A new chapter for you guys today, I've decided what I want to do with the plot at this point and if all goes well then there will be three separate sagas set in different universes other than the High School of the Dead or Naruto's own. I don't own anything except my OC's.

The pale fingers of the rising sun crested over the hilltop dojo where our hero and his new lover rested after their bout of passionate love-making. The wind whistled against the grass, lulling the pair into the waking world of the living.

"Saeko-chan, they're coming" Naruto adjusted his holsters and strapped his vest onto his body before drawing his sword.

"No Naruto-kun, they're mine" Saeko grinned and unthreaded her chain-whip, snapping it across the open air.

The moans of the undead caught and carried on the wind as they stamped up the stairs, some falling to their second deaths.

"Then go on" Naruto smirked and felt an ounce of pity for the undead and the brutal deaths that awaited them.

The purple-haired women grinned before charging the dozen or so shambling zombies and ripping through them with a ferocity that turned Naruto on to no end.

Blood flew through the air in crimson streaks as heads rolled down the steep slope.

"I'm getting wet!" Saeko screamed as she cut through the last of the undead with the same ruthless efficiency that Naruto had only seen in ANBU sword masters.

As the massacre ended, Naruto wrapped his new lover up in a new embrace and began nibbling her neck," Wait until we get to the house. I'll show you the wonders of chakra and my shinobi conditioning."

She purred against him, the chain-whip wrapped securely around her hips.

"We have only a small ways to go before we reach her family home" Saeko motioned to the large manor that sat on the hill.

"Let's hope we don't run into that fucker, Drake, again. I need to start training again, with Kurama's help" Naruto frowned and clenched his fists as he remembered his humiliating defeat at the hands of the leader of The Darkened.

"Who's Kurama?" Saeko asked as they began to descend the hill.

"The name of the demon sealed inside of me."

"It has a name?"

"All tailed beasts do, they are sentient after all" Naruto chuckled as he sensed Kurama's displeasure.

"What do you think Drake meant when he said that Colin and Rose are lying to us?"

Naruto was about to open his mouth when he sensed an energy behind himself and Saeko, too close.

He struck backwards with his sword, only to have it deflected and a chuckle was heard.

"Jeez, is that really the welcome I get?" an Irish voice drawled.

"No way" Saeko's eyes were wide.

"C-Colin" Naruto choked on his spit.

Gone was the slightly scrawny Irishman, replaced by a man in ice-white battle armor. The chest piece had a large, red cross and the gloves were clawed. (1.)

"I'm back from Hell, the food was awful" he grinned.

"H-how?" Saeko stepped forward and embraced the loud redhead.

"We have a lot to discuss and I won't be skippin' on the details" Colin got serious.

"Start with who you really are" Naruto eyed the man skeptically.

"My name is really Colin David MacAteer, descended from a long line of Irish warriors. I was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1329 to John David MacAteer and Sarah Elizabeth O'Connor. We were a somewhat noble family, descendants of the great Ulster Clan. In 1340 the Bubonic Plague swept through Europe and killed huge chunks of the population, Ireland was not spared. 14,000 people died in Dublin alone, my parents and sister were among them" Colin's hair shadowed his eyes.

"I thought you said your family was murdered" Naruto placed a hand on his shoulder.

"They were murdered…It was called the Black Plague for a reason. The Darkened, the bastards that they were, spread the disease through rats in an attempt to wipe out a large chunk of humanity. I thought that I had escaped the plague, I thought wrong as I quickly found myself at Death's Door. Everything was turning black when I heard heavy boot steps next to me and where I had lain down to die. It was a knight like out of the old story books, he offered me a new life and a way to combat The Darkened."

"And what offer did he make?" Saeko asked.

"To join The Knights of the Whit Light, an order dedicated to eradicating the scourge of the Darkened. I've been fighting with them ever since" Colin smiled his crooked smile.

"What price did it come with?" Naruto had a feeling there was a catch.

"Each time I die…My soul becomes more and more corrupted until I eventually become a pawn of the dark" Colin's voice turned solemn.

"So you did actually die?" Saeko gasped.

"In a sense, yes."

"What do you know about Drake? Or Shade? Or whatever the fucker calls himself?" Naruto needed any and all info if he wanted to combat the knight.

"Drake…Drake was the bravest knight in our order."

"What!?" Naruto cried.

"The first in and the last out of any battle, he was our champion and hero. He fought in every major and minor battle, although it finally came with a price. He died for the last time over two centuries ago and his soul was finally filled with corruption" Colin had been there in his final moments.

"So he's a non-willing villain?"

"I guess you can say that, it was a major blow to the knights to lose him. And now we have to fight him, his battle sense and sword play are unmatched" Colin sighed.

"Then how do we fight him?" Naruto shouted, frustrated.

"I…I don't know" Colin hung his head.

"Naruto-kun? Are you okay?" Saeko went to place a hand on his shoulder.

"Okay? Colin's back from the dead, the fucker I have to fight might just be invincible, there's an order of knights now apparently, and I think I might be losing my fucking mind. Yeah, I'm peachy" Naruto rubbed his temples.

"Take a deep breath and calm your estrogen levels, Naruto-chan. Yeah, it's a lot to take in but for the love of God you're from an alternate universe comprised of ninja and demons. Calm your shit" Colin smacked him on the back of the head.

"Colin, how many more times can you…die? Before you're corrupted?" Saeko asked.

"Two more times. Rose has three the last time I checked. It's the curse of the knights, I guess" Colin looked out towards the sun.

"So what's the plan once we make it to the manor?" Naruto quickly changed the subject.

"Saya's father is the Don of the Tokonosu prefecture's ultra-nationalist organization and her mother was once a Wall Street stockbroker. I assume they'll have ample supplies and a strong leadership chain, most likely we'll barricade up until it becomes no longer safe. We should probably move" Colin grinned and the trio began walking.

The silence was deafening until Colin cracked a joke.

Into a Belfast pub comes Paddy Murphy, looking like he'd just been run over by a train.

His arm is in a sling, his nose is broken, his face is cut and bruised and he's walking with a limp.

"What happened to you?" asks Sean, the bartender.

"Jamie O'Conner and me had a fight," says Paddy.

"That little shit, O'Conner," says Sean, "He couldn't do that to you, he must have had something in his hand."

"That he did," says Paddy, "a shovel is what he had, and a terrible lickin' he gave me with it."

"Well," says Sean, "you should have defended yourself; didn't you have something in your hand?"

"That I did," said Paddy. "Mrs. O'Conner's tit, and a thing of beauty it was, but useless in a fight."

The three were silent before Colin spoke up," What? Just because I'm a knight of some holy order doesn't mean I can't be a pervert."

"I'm not even going to question the logic behind that" Naruto chuckled.

Outside the Takagi Manor

"There she is, Takagi's place" Colin adjusted his shield and sword.

"Isn't the armor going to raise some eyebrows?" Saeko pointed out.

"Hm. Guess you're right" Colin huffed before performing a hand seal, his armor and weapons fading.

He was left standing in a pair of black slim-fit jeans, combat boots, and a red shirt under a bulletproof vest.

"That's…convenient."

"My order's existed since almost the beginning of time, eventually you'd guess we'd learn to blend in" Colin deadpanned.

"Oh…right" Saeko turned red in embarrassment.

"Halt!" cried a voice from the gates in front of them.

"It's okay! We're friends of-" Naruto was cut off as a bullet slammed into the ground next to him.

"I SAID HALT!" the guard shouted and readied his rifle.

Well, up until the point Saya appeared and smacked the man in the back of the head.

"Idiot! I told you to expect two people!"

"But, Takagi-sama! There are three!" the guard rubbed his head.

"Three?" Saya turned to look at us and gasped.

"Long time no see there, Saya-chan" Colin smiled.

"Y-you're supposed to be dead!" Saya rocketed towards the Irishman and wrapped him in a bear hug.

"I'm supposed to be a lot of things. In jail, a college student, dead. The list goes on" Colin hugged her back.

"Allow them in!" the guard opened the gate and shuffled them inside.

As soon as the trio stepped foot inside the large manor, they were mobbed by their teary-eyed friends while Saya clung to Colin's arm.

Rose stepped forward and gave Colin a questioning look before the Irishman held up two fingers. The soldier nodded sadly before giving one more look.

"Yeah…they know about the order" Colin sighed and allowed his armor to reappear.

"I've got the feeling we're missing out on something" Kohta looked to Takashi.

"No shit, Sherlock. I hope they clue us in on all this. Colin's alive, in armor, looking ten years older. First zombies and now knights, the author must be having a field day with us" Takashi looked towards the sky.

"What? Author?" Kohta checked his friend for a fever.

"Nothing. Nothing" Takashi waved him off.

Takashi had a feeling that things were about to become complicated.

Well, more complicated.

Naruto stood at the back of the group with Saeko's arm threaded through his, observing his friends with a strange tenderness.

He also had a feeling that things were going to change.

For better or for worse…he didn't know.

Well guys, I hope you like it. Check out Naruto of the Dead and my other stories and I'll be glad if you review. Have a good day :D See you later bro's.