A/N: hei guys, I know it has been 2 years since I updated this but I might be concentrating on this story now. I've found out what I'm going to do with this plot so that is why I plan to move this forward. Look forward to new chapters soon.

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Chapter 3: SDF TAKES ACTION

Main road… 11:51am

Sasuke's Toyota Celica roamed the streets with care unable to imagine how he had driven the same streets just four hours ago. Now there were dead bodies lying on the side of the streets, cars that had crashed against one another with still fire burning on their engines. And of course there were the 'monsters' walking around in the streets, most of them busy feasting on the corpses of others.

Sakura had to resist the urge to puke her guts out upon the sight of the corpses being consumed by the undead creatures. Luckily it seems the zombies had no idea there were people in Sasuke's car and thought of it as just a moving object. Sasuke just had to drive carefully for now.

"So what's our next course of action?" Naruto asked.

"Our first priority is to look for a safe place," Shikamaru pointed out, "Assuming there is even one."

As if to prove his point, outside the car there was a wounded survivor trying to run away from a horde of zombies. Unfortunately he was far too slow and the large mob of monsters caught him and pulled him down, all of them eager to sink their teeth into his flesh. Sakura had to walk away as Sasuke speeded up a little, eager to get out of the main roads.

"God, why the hell is this happening to us?" Naruto cried out.

Sasuke looked in the rear-view mirror and directly at Shikamaru, "How about we go to my place?"

Shikamaru raised an eyebrow, "Why?"

"Well I do live in a mansion and my place is quite secure. We have a gate that not everyone can access so it should keep them out for a while." Sasuke explained.

"Yeah I've been to his place," Naruto supported, "Trust me; Sasuke's place should be able to hold us out for some time."

"But for how long?" Sakura questioned, "How long before-"

"I don't think we should be debating right now," Sasuke interjected, "Our lives are on the line and while I do like to plan what we should do, we're still in danger by being out here. Let's just head over to my place and then we can plan our next move."

Silence ensued in the car as Shikamaru weighed their options. Although they could all decide what would be best, the other three knew that Shikamaru was the best when it came to planning and narrowing down their best options.

Naruto waited patiently as he held onto Sakura's hand and Sakura tightened the grip, finding comfort in the warmth they shared. It was truly a frightening period in their lives and they now had to rely on each other to probably stay alive. They had no idea where their friends were and whether their parents were safe. If they were still alive then they must be doing their best to find them.

Naruto looked outside the car's window and immediately yelled, "Sasuke watch out!"

Sasuke was shocked and also saw what was coming at him. Another green car, a Nissan Sunny was speeding towards Sasuke from the left and had zombies on his windshield, blinding the driver's vision. Sasuke tried his best to avoid it but it was too late as the car crashed on the side of Sasuke's Toyota Celica.

Because the green car had been moving over hundred kilometers an hour, Sasuke's car was thrown into the air before landing upside down, turning the car useless at that point. Glass shattered on impact and one of the doors had even been blown off. The four teenagers slowly crawled their way out of Sasuke's destroyed car.

"Ah fuck…!" Sasuke groaned out once he was back on his feet, surveying his damaged car.

Naruto cursed at their predicament, "Damn it now what?!"

Shikamaru turned to Sasuke, "How much further to your place?"

"Around ten minutes from here. We should go before those monsters notice us."

"But we have no weapons!" Sakura remarked, "What do we do to defend ourselves? Our weapons we got from the school are stuck in the car!"

"We don't have time to waste," Shikamaru said, "Just grab whatever you can and let's go!"

With their destination in mind Sasuke grabbed a glass shard that had broken from the accident just now. Sakura and Shikamaru could not find anything worthwhile while Naruto planned to use his fists, preparing to use Jiu Jitsu techniques and then make a run for it. They had to be quick or else the monsters would consume them.

Animal Research Facility center… 12.15pm

Hatake Kakashi successfully landed on the ground as he released the straps from his parachute. He and his team had jumped from the helicopter a minute ago and while their main objective was to bring back control in the City of Konoha, Kakashi had informed central command that he wanted to investigate the Animal research center first.

Gai and Asuma landed behind him a few seconds later, the both of them removing the straps from the parachute and loaded their weapons. Gai revealed his Ithaca 37 shotgun, inserting three shells and then moving into position next to Kakashi, defending him. Asuma had his MP5 sub-machine gun and equipped a silencer to his weapon. A while later, Genma landed behind the team and quickly equipped his M-16 assault rifle.

Surprisingly Kakashi's team spotted no zombies in the area despite being briefed that the city was infested with them. Kakashi took out his two 9mm handgun from the holsters and then signaled for his team to follow him. Kakashi led the front with Gai by his side while Asuma was the third to follow, watching their left and right. Genma secured his team from behind, making sure they were safe from the back.

At the main entrance of the animal research facility, Kakashi leaned on the wall to wait for his team to get into position. Their actions were disciplined like that of the SWAT team and after his team was in position, Kakashi nodded his head, giving the signal to proceed. Gai stepped back from the main door and kicked open the door, the door breaking off its hinges from the raw power of Gai.

"Go!"

Team Kakashi stormed into the research facility and entered the lobby of the facility. Now they spotted several zombies lurking about the lobby, not having noticed the intruders. The lobby had a reception desk and a dead receptionist was still on her seat, her stomach split open. The lobby was rectangular in shape and also had two televisions on the left and right of the wall, probably to entertain guests.

"Alright, we'll split into two teams. I'll go with Gai and cover the first floor." Kakashi said, "Asuma and Genma, the two of you are to clear the ground floor and search for any survivors. Are there are any questions?"

Two seconds passed and no one raised any questions. "Alright then, move out!" Kakashi barked out.

Kakashi and Gai quickly hurried for the stairs and by then, the zombies heard or saw the duo and ran towards them. With the aim of a sniper Kakashi easily shot any monsters that approached them in the head. Each of the bullets flew through the air and met its mark, piercing through the skull of the undead monsters.

Gai would prefer to not use his shots unless if he really had to. The shotgun's shells could destroy at least two to three zombies in one shot so Gai preferred to not waste them needlessly. Besides he was Kakashi's cover so if Kakashi was attacked from behind, Gai would be there to assist him.

The duo climbed the stairs and entered the first floor. Throughout their journey there were several zombies dressed in white lab coats, signifying they worked here before their death. It simply aroused Kakashi's suspicion that the whole thing could have started from here. He had heard the news report earlier in the morning and hypothesized that it began here. Kakashi also hoped that if that were true then maybe he could discover a way to stop this epidemic.

"Kakashi, watch out at 9 o' clock!" Gai yelled.

Kakashi spun to his left and saw a horde of zombies running towards him. Also behind them several more creatures had followed them from the ground floor and were ascending the stairs. Gai and Kakashi quickly delivered lead into the undead monsters. Gai shot several rounds at the horde of zombies, each shell penetrating several of the zombies, sending them down the stairs, dead.

However Kakashi was soon overwhelmed and had to kick a few zombies away with his feet before delivering another wave of bullets at the undead monsters. Soon enough Kakashi ran out of bullets and Gai took over, moving to Kakashi's front and delivering a blast at the horde of undead scientists.

Kakashi began reloading, picking up a brand new magazine when he heard guttural sounds from behind him. The silver haired gunman spun around to find a zombie on all fours crawling towards him and when it realized it was spotted, the zombie pounced on Kakashi (This is the infected known as 'The Hunter' which normally pounces on the player and will proceed to claw the player to his death unless another player knocks or kills the Hunter).

Kakashi could not react on time as the Hunter pounced on Kakashi and was on top of him in a straddling position. Helpess the Hunter revealed its sharp claws and attacked Kakashi. Before the hunter could wound Kakashi, the silver haired gunman grabbed hold of the Hunter's wrist but the hunter's strength was proving too much for Kakashi.

"Hang on Kakashi!" Gai called, smashing his shotgun against the hunter's cheek.

The hunter shrieked in annoyance and moved back to all fours and was about to pounce on Kakashi when the silver haired gunman picked up his handgun and without a moment of hesitation, shot the hunter in the head and killing it instantly.

Gai offered a hand to Kakashi, "Are you alright?"

Kakashi accepted the hand and Gai pulled him up, "Yeah I'm okay. Whatever that creature was, it was definitely much smarter and deadly than the normal ones."

"Then we should be careful. It seems that these creatures have different types among them."

Kakashi nodded in agreement, "Come on, let's clear this floor and search for any clues we could find."

The duo then moved together slowly, killing any undead zombies that were foolish enough to approach them. There were the occasional small group of zombies running towards them but one blast from Gai's shotgun and they were easily dealt with. After checking every room and clearing any undead that stood in their way, the duo soon reached a room that caught their interest.

Kakashi took a peek inside the room and was stunned, "This is…"

***With Asuma & Genma***

"Cover my six o'clock!" Asuma yelled as he shot a number of bullets at a horde of zombies.

Genma nodded and then spun around, shooting bullets at whatever zombies that came after them. The two were originally fine, scanning the corridors for any survivors when Asuma heard gunshots coming from above them; no doubt Gai and Kakashi. Unfortunately for them, this attracted the attention of other zombies loitering the area and Asuma and Genma were quickly discovered and a large wave of undead monsters came after them.

"Shit I'm out!" Asuma stated loudly, releasing the magazine from his MP5 and taking out a brand new one, "Cover me, I'm reloading!"

Genma grunted and took out a spare handgun he had in his holster, now becoming happy trigger guy as he continued shooting the zombies in front of him with his M-16 while shooting with his handgun on Asuma' front. Three seconds later Asuma thanked Genma and resumed shooting and then it was his turn to cover Genma as they delivered wave after wave of leads at the infected humans.

Genma that spotted something that was a cause of alarm, "What the hell is that?!"

Asuma spun around and his eyes grew wide. A few meters away from Genma was a zombie that looked normal but his right arm was massive and had increased in thickness, resulting in his right hand becoming a swollen lump with stubby fingers. His left arm, inversely, has atrophied to the point of being useless though. (This zombie is known as 'The Charger' and in the game, it attacks by charging on a group of players and will grab the first player it touches and separates it from the other players. After a while, the charger will stop and slam the player on the ground repeatedly or unless the charger slams the player on a wall).

"I don't know what the hell that is," Asuma said, "But kill it!"

With the horde of zombies dealt with, Asuma and Genma began shooting at the charger and despite almost of the bullets hitting the large creature, the charger ran towards Asuma and Genma at an incredible speed. Asuma and Genma realized it was not going to die yet and jumped out of the way at the last second, the charger sprinting past them and smashing into the wall, disorienting it. Asuma and Genma then again shot another wave of bullets before it finally took down the charger.

Asuma gulped in fear, "What the hell… was that creature?"

Genma said nothing as he realized that the situation in Konoha and other major cities were much direr than they thought.

Konoha City, established neighbourhood… 12.37pm

Naruto and his friends were careful on the way to Uchiha Sasuke's mansion, making sure to stay hidden and hiding behind cars or trees as some zombies passed by. Fortunately for the group they realized the undead creatures were surprisingly dumb and had difficulty in spotting them. The only reason why the zombies swarmed people was because of the cries of help from people and the noise attracted them to their location.

Of course at some point they could had no choice but to kill a small number of undead monsters that stood in their way. Naruto would attack first, throwing an elbow at a zombie in the face, stunning it followed by Sasuke appearing from behind the zombie and breaking the zombie's neck. Other times Sakura would take the initiative, throwing stones she found to stun the zombie and Sasuke stabbing the zombie in the head with a glass shard.

"How much further Sasuke?" Sakura asked.

"We're actually almost there. It's just around the corner." Sasuke said.

Sure enough a minute later Naruto and his group sighted the Uchiha mansion. Sasuke ran quickly but he immediately came to a stop. Naruto and Sakura joined him soon and stood by his side, not saying a word. Shikamaru wondered what was going on but when he neared them, he soon understood why.

Before the group of teenagers was the Uchiha mansion but the gates had been broken through and within the compound of the Uchiha, there were already several dead attendants and zombies consuming the dead bodies.

Shikamaru sighed, "This is going to be troublesome…"

***Chapter End***