Hey guys and girls.
Welcome back to the second chapter for Dead Men Walk Again.
Alot has happened for our hero. He was given a vial with an unkown substance. He was chased down and then killed when he smashed it open. After that he woke up on a table about to be cut into. And ontop of that he's got a head full of strange symbols that he doesn't even know about.
But here is the newest chapter.
Enjoy.
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Chapter 2: Confrontations And Explanations.
Bolting up as he sharply breathed in air, he clutched his head in pain as the memories of what happened before he died came back to him. Looking around he found himself in Saeko's apartment. It was very simple. A desk with a laptop in the corner, basic kitchen, bedroom, bathroom and a lounge, with him on said couch.
"You've finally woken up." came a voice from the doorway behind him.
Looking back, Naruto found himself staring at Saeko who was already in school uniform and her bokken in the sleeve Naruto bought her on their 4th date. It was a simple red colour with a strap that ran from the top to the bottom. She liked it very much.
"How long was I out?" asked Naruto as he sat up properly still holding his head.
"3 days and 12 hours." replied Saeko.
"3 days?! I've been out for 3 days?" shouted Naruto as he looked at the digital clock in the room. Just below the clock was the date.
12/04/2018.
"Dammit. What happened while I was out?" asked Naruto.
"We buried your memories and then you suddenly show up at my window. What happened Naruto?" said Saeko now sounding like she was demanding something.
"Does anyone know?" asked Naruto trying to evade the question.
"No, but police and other Black Ops units have placed a look out warning. They say a man dressed like you broke into the local morgue and stole the body of Naruto." said Saeko clearly falling for it. It worked.
"Have you told the gang?" asked Naruto.
"No." replied Saeko.
"Thank you. And I'm sorry for what I did to you and Saya." said Naruto.
"Just know that I can't protect you for long. Black Ops are patrolling the streets and searching the buildings. And another thing, we hoped you would come back to us." said Saeko as she walked out leaving Naruto with those words.
After the door locked, Naruto got up and found his body was a sickly pale colour. Was it possible that the vial did this to him? No it wasn't. But then the thought of when he got shot multiple times hit him. Lifting up his shirt slowly, he found there were no bullet holes, and no bullet holes on his shirt. What the hell was going on?
Was it possible that he was dead?
Checking to find his pulse, Naruto found that he had a pulse, but it wasn't the pulse of his heartbeat. He learnt enough Biology from High School to know the rythm of a heart beat. But this was an entirely different pulse. Was this something to do with that vial? Deciding to not think about it any longer, Naruto made his way to the bathroom. It was all white. Something he found the case with every bathroom.
Getting undressed he ran the water. Only to find that he couldn't feel the water on his skin. Things were getting very weird. Stepping out the shower, he grabbed the tap and pulled the knob, having trouble in the past with the taps in Saeko's apartment he put in a small bit of effort. Water came gushing out as Naruto looked from the tap in his hand to the leaking faucet. So naturall, panic took over.
"Shit shit shit." said Naruto as he grabbed the pipe and in one smooth motion, he clamped it shut.
"What the fuck?" said Naruto as he looked at the pipe. That was copper reinforced steel. Normal human strength wouldn't even make the thing budge, but he did like he was opening a door. Placing the tap head down, and getting changed back into his clothes, he made his way to the kitchen only to find himself thinking that the problem will happen like it did to the poor tap in the bathroom.
His train of thought was pulled to a stop when he heard someone knock on the door.
"This is the police. Open the door please." said the person on the other side.
"Shit." whispered Naruto as he frantically looked for a way out. There was none.
Running into the bedroom Naruto hid in the closet. Much to his fantasy and dismay. Fantasy, because he used to dream of being in there when he first saw Saeko in her undergarments once upon a time. Oh man that was a sight to see. Him getting the living shit kicked out of him. Dismay because he had to use his trump card as a hiding place he was going to use to surprise Saeko. Oh well.
Pulling the doors closed he sat there. The knocking stopped but only for a few minutes. That was when the door was bashed down. From the footsteps heard, Naruto counted 4 policemen. Maybe one of them was a soldier. Hearing them walk around the room, Naruto thought his hiding place was brilliant. But that was until he heard them tearing down the house. Maybe it was a bad idea to hide in the closet.
Thinking that he wasn't going to go down this easily he waited for one of the soldiers to come into the bedroom. He didn't wait long as the sounds of footsteps were heard coming into the bedroom. Seeing the shadow stop just outside he braced himself. When the person opened the closet Naruto shot out and did the one thing he never thought was possible. Cocking a fist back he sent into the person's gut, only to have it come out the other side. In the panic of seeing his fist protruding out a man's body, he did something he never thought was possible. Tendrils of red and black color appeared out his back and impaled the man. Watching the body become nothing but skeleton and bone kept tightly held by skin, he dropped the corpse and clutched his head in pain as he gained his memories.
Web Of Intrigue.
"Why must we do this?" he said.
"Orders from the higher ups man. We're just cops." said the other person as they got dressed.
Naruto watched the man pull out what looked like a photo. In it was a little girl with her mother. That was when he learnt from the memories that his family was dead and this was his way of making them rest easy. His daughter was killed in car accident along with her mother when a drunk driver ran them over.
"Right. Let's get this done." he said as he placed the picture down and closed the locker.
End.
Releasing his head, Naruto found himself now in a jam. There were 3 more in the other room and they had guns. Again in the panic of being caught, his body shifted on its own and Naruto was now as the cop. Looking at his own body he was stunned at what he had become. Super strength, shifting abilities. This could prove very useful. Hiding the body he walked out. Walking out he looked to see the others not even phased by this. Looking at the others he saw two were cops while the other was a soldier. Most likely a BLACKWATCH operative.
"Anything?" said the BLACKWATCH operative.
"Sir, you must check this." said Naruto.
The BLACKWATCH operative followed Naruto into the room only to find nothing, but when he turned around he came to the sight of Naruto punching him in the gut and morphing back to his normal form.
"Surprise." said Naruto as he concerntrated and the tendrils shot from his back and stabbed the man through out his body. Digesting the bio-mass, Naruto gained the memories.
Web Of Intrigue.
"Sergeant, your orders are simple. Go door to door and look around for any forms of infections. Now if you can't do this then I'll relieve you of any further missions." said the commander.
"What type of infections?" asked the BLACKWATCH operative.
"That knowledge is above your paygrade. Let's just say were looking for signs of alien infections. And it spreads like you can't believe. Now fucking move it." said the commander.
End.
After that ordeal was done. Naruto began to think. Make us whole. Infections. Alien shit. This wasn't just a normal science hiccup. This was on an apocalyptic level. Global extinction. One that will destroy everything. He had to find Saeko. Now. Walking out the room in his regular form he sprinted and killed the other two. When they were dead and consumed he jumped out the window and landed on the ground forming a crater but he himself had no marks. This was remarkable.
Bolting down the road he ran to her high school. Running at speeds that would seem to be impossible he ran to her school. Aproaching an intersection he was nearly run over by a car. Jumping up into the air he sailed over 7 cars as he made it to the other side. Thinking abit about other things, he jumped along the side of a building and suprisingly, he was running along the side. This power was incredible. Jumping off the building he landed on the ground and continued his journey.
At the high school.
Takashi was standing outside, bunking his lessons. He didn't do it on purpose. Infact he was very clever. But ever since what his childhood friend did to him his marks began to drop drastically. He wore the usual clothes which consisted of black pants and blazer. He wore a red shirt under the blazer and always carried himself in a way that made others think he wasn't going to make it in life.
Thinking of the friend he used to have before he died, he sighed as he looked at the clouds. That was when he was brought out of his thoughts when some random guy banged himself against the gate.
Watching 4 students walk up to the guy and try to get him to leave. Kyoko stepped in alongside the Gym teacher. Watching the gym teacher pull the man into the gate, then get his arm bitten then die. Takashi witnessed the most scariest thing happen after that. The dead Gym teacher got up and approached Kyoko. Thinking the teacher was going to die, Takashi looked away. But he looked back when something slammed into the ground.
Looking back he saw a ghost. Naruto stood there in all his glory. And the body of the dead teacher was crushed under him. Naruto just looked around as the other people gathered around him.
"Who are you?" asked Kyoko.
"My name is...Alex. Alex Mercer." replied Naruto.
"You look like my one student." said Kyoko.
"I get that alot." replied Naruto.
"What was that thing?" asked one of the students shakily holding up a finger at the thing still under Naruto.
"A zombie. I don't know how they came around, but it is something that will kill us." said Naruto.
"But what about you?" asked Kyoko.
"I know for a fact that I can resist pain. But I'm not sure about withstanding them." said Naruto as he pointed to the thing outside.
"What should we do?" asked one of the students.
"Don't cause any panic. First. gather the following people. Takashi Komuro. Saeko Bujimeo. Saya Takagi. And a school nurse with some experience will do nicely." replied Naruto.
Just as Kyoko was going into the school the intercom went off. From the sounds of it, the principle was scared and after what he had to say, he was killed by them.
"Okay. New plan. You, stay with me. You four. Gather as many people who you think will be assets." said Naruto.
"And me?" asked Kyoko.
"Stay with me. I told you." said Naruto.
Kyoko just blushed as they followed the orders given to them. Making their way through the building the duo made sure that everything was okay. But as they turned a corner, a zombie bit Naruto on the arm. Feeling the teeth sink into flesh he kicked the thing off him which sent him into the lockers and killed him instantly. Kyoko looked at the teen at what he just did. Normally that kick would be impossible, but then she gasped at another thing she noticed, there was no blood coming out the wound. Instead she saw what looked like red and black tendrils swishing around as they covered the teen's arms. Creating a vortex of swirling tendrils around his arms.
Naruto felt the virus enter his body and begin to affect him. But then he felt his own body turn the virus strain into something else. His arms soon began to pulse with tendrils as they shifted to become something else. When the rippling tendrils stopped, Naruto stood there as he looked at his arms. Tendrils covered his arms from the shoulder to the finger. But instead of 5 fingers. He had 4 long blades as fingers, the thumb blade was slightly shorter than the others and was opposible. He had unlocked the Claws. (A.N. Think of Heller's fully upgraded Claws from Prototype 2).
Letting the new power have its share of fun, he sliced them in half like they were made of soft butter, as the two made their way along the corridor. Zombies ran to them but Naruto sliced them down the middle. Turning a corner, Kyoko told him that the school nurse was in the room at the end. But there were several zombies in the way. Naruto just bolted to them and mowed them down in one smooth move.
On the other side was a woman with sun kissed blonde hair much like his and a very vuloptous figure. Directly next to her was Saeko. The woman he was after.
"Naruto? What are you doing here?" said Saeko.
"Naruto?" said the other two in confusion.
"Shit. Can we talk about this later?" asked Naruto as he looked outside to see if there were anymore zombies.
"But how?" asked the nurse.
"What the hell happened to your arms?" asked Saeko with a mix between fascination and horror.
"We'll talk about it later." said Naruto now getting irritated.
With them thinking it was best to leave things unsaid until the moment was right, they pushed forward with Naruto. Shizuka was a little scared of the fact that Naruto had Claws for hands but she thought it was a little more better than to be bitten and turned into a zombie. Can't be fussy in this situation now can you. As the group pushed further, Naruto spotted two girls. One was being chomped while the other was backing away from the approaching horde.
Jumping into the air and sailing over their heads, Naruto sliced down with his Claws and killed the zombies. After saving her, Naruto made her fall in line and they continued moving. Reaching some class rooms, the others chose to go inside and catch their breath. Naruto stood guard by the door. As he stood there, Kyoko approached him.
"Are you really Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze?" she asked.
"Yes and no." said Naruto.
"What do you mean by yes and no?" asked Saeko clearly confused.
Naruto just morphed his arms back to normal and then switched his identity to the BLACKWATCH soldier, then to the cop and then back to his normal form again.
"As you just saw. I can change my appearance. I can be who ever I want to be." said Naruto.
"So that means you're not Naruto but at the same time you are." said Saeko.
"Yes." replied Naruto.
After a little while of waiting for them to catch their breath, Naruto reactivated his Claws and they made their way out. Toshimi, the girl who Naruto saved told her that some students were held up in a room. But judging from the screams heard everywhere. They chose to look anyway. Naruto kept thinking that her friends would be dead.
Walking into the room first, Naruto pulled Toshimi away from the room.
"What the hell are you doing? My friends are in there." she yelled at him but Naruto covered her mouth.
"Shut it. The friends you had in there are not alive. I'm sorry." said Naruto.
"That can't be. My friends will never become one of them." said Toshimi.
Walking into the room, she saw Naruto was right. Blood coated the walls, guts littered the floor as the rotting corpses of her friends lay there with horrified faces plastered on them. While three zombies fed on their insides. So Naruto killed them in one fell swoop.
"No." she said as tears welled in her eyes.
"I'm sorry for your lose." said Naruto as he tried to hold her but advised against it. Seeing that his hands were Claws. That was when the sounds of an electric drill echoed through the hallways.
Alerted to the sounds, Naruto instantly bolted out the room, knowing full well that the party he had were okay with Saeko. She was after all the best Kendo fighter ever. Turning at high speeds along the corridors he came to a sight of Kohta trying to comfort Saya who had dropped the drill and looked at her bloodied hands.
Turning around, Kohta had one hell of a heart attack and accidently fired a nail into Naruto's chest. But Naruto felt nothing. Sure there was a bit of blood, but he still felt ziltch. Could his pain receptors be turned off? Kohta for his part saw what he had done and apologized to the man. But when his eyes landed on the man's arms, he brought up his guard again.
''Easy, I'm not here to hurt you.'' said Naruto holding up his clawed hands in a display of surrender.
''What are you?'' asked Kohta now sounding like a demander.
''A person who was human.'' replied Naruto plainly.
''Why are you here?'' asked Kohta more pressingly.
''To help you.'' responded Naruto.
''Naruto-kun. We have to get out of here.'' said Saeko as she, Kyoko and Shizuka followed her.
''Wait, Naruto-kun? Is it really you?'' asked Saya as she had broken out of her little episode.
''Yes and no.'' said Naruto as he walked to the door only to realise that with his new toys, he couldn't open doors. The claws weren't moveable. Well that sucks.
Saeko just sighed and grabbed the door knob. Slowly twisting the handle the group walked further on. Further down they found Takashi and Rei who was very pissed off with Takashi for killing Hizashi. Naruto just told them to get in formation. Stopping to see where they could get some supplies, Naruto kept guard at the door. But as he kept a look out, he clutched his head in pain as he began to see the same glyphs he saw last time.
''Make us whole. Make us whole. NOW!'' screamed the creepy voice in his head. But the voice sounded eerily similar. Where had he heard it before?
''Naruto-kun? You okay?'' asked Saeko as she held out a bottle of water for him to drink.
Thanking her and taking the water, he downed it in a very fast manner. He soon enough realised he couldn't taste the full intensity of water anymore. What was happening?
''You look like you've been seeing ghosts.'' said Saeko.
''That is because I've been hearing them.'' said Naruto as he turned away from her face.
Saeko just hugged him with all her strength, pulling his head into her bosom as just started stroking his head as she ushered words of comfort. Before Naruto and her broke up, she would always hold him like this, she enjoyed it actually, the way he would just lie in her arms and just enjoy the love she gave him.
''Maybe you should put your demons to rest. Ever since your parents died, you've been taking it more harder than any of us. We all knew Mr. and Mrs. Namikaze. But what happened was not your fault. Come on Naruto, we need you to be strong. Help us in our time of need.'' said Saeko as Saya walked up to them and placed her hand on Naruto's shoulder.
''Naruto, we're here for you. No matter what.'' she said as her hand went from his shoulder to his hair and ran her fingers through it.
Releasing her grip from Naruto Saeko watched as Naruto donned a face of pure determination. Activating his Claws they walked out the office and decided to grab a ride to get out the school. Spotting a school bus on the far side of the school, they bolted for the vehicle. Toshimi dropepd to the floor as she felt something grab her leg. It was a zombie. It had its legs missing and was already making its way to her leg to sink its teeth in. Screaming on the top of her lungs, she alerted Naruto who turned back and saw the zombie's teeth by her anckle, ready to bite. Sprinting like crazy, he bolted at such high speeds it left a small trench in the ground. Stopping just in time, he sliced the zombie's head clean off, blood sprayed everywhere as the zombie's hand went limp. Blood coated the Claws and poor Toshimi's face. Poor girl, she was horrified.
Catching a glimpse of a few people climbing onto the bus, his blood boiled to new heights. The stowaways were Shido and a few students who worshipped in ideoligies. Turning his left hand back to normal he grabbed Toshimi and sprinted to the bus. Throwing her inside, he slammed the doors closed as he turned to face something.
''Naruto-kun, what are you doing?'' asked Saya as she stuck her head out the window.
''Just go. I'll hold them off.'' said Naruto pointing at the large horde which was in full sprint to them. The entire populace in the bus looked on in shock at the sheer size of the horde. There had to be atleast 4 dozen in the horde.
Hesitating to do as he instructed, Shizuka who was in the driver's seat slammed on the gas, surging the bus forward and drove off with great speed. Turning to the zombies, Naruto sprinted at full speed, reaching 240 km per hour (A.N. Over 129 miles per hour). Slicing and dicing as they came to him, he let them have it. But as he jumped back, he clutched his head as the glyphs were seen in his vision again.
''How willing are you to stop this? How far are you willing to go to make enemies to save friends? How far are you willing to go to gain their trust? Truth is you will never gain it as you've already made enemies. Your friends think of you as a freak. A monster. A being that should be killed immediately.'' said the creepy voice in his head.
''That's not true.'' snarled Naruto as he clutched his head more as the pain increased.
''Oh but it is. You will find out soon enough.'' pressed the voice.
''Shut up!'' shouted Naruto as he brought the Claws above his head and slammed them into the ground. All around Naruto, large spikes the size of a two storey building shot out the ground. Impaling every zombie around Naruto and in a 7 meter radius. Perhaps evern further. By the time Naruto came to, he looked around in absolute shock and horror. Every zombie that was massing around him. Were now laying dead before him, pulling his Claws out the ground, he watched as they fell to the ground with a very big hole in their chest. Getting up and not knowing what he just did, he broke into a full sprint to catch up to the bus that left a few minutes ago.
In the bus.
''Ah, my fellow followers. Let us rejoice in the knowledge that one of our own has sacrificed himself for the greater well being of us. He did this knowing that Shido was there for him all the way.'' said Shido with his followers looking at him with stars in their eyes at how he was so amazing.
''More like trying to get away from your fucking stench.'' mumbled Saya as she looked out the window clearly not liking what that stupid fuck was spitting out his mouth.
''Do you think Naruto will be okay?'' asked Kyoko as she looked at Saeko who was standing up along with Takashi.
''I hope he is.'' said Takashi agreeing with Kyoko.
''He'll be fine. After all he is now something else.'' said Saeko making the others look at her wide eyed.
''What do mean by something else?'' asked Kohta having his interests piqued.
Before Saeko could answer the sound of Saya gasping in absolute shock pierced the air in the bus, alerting everyone. Including the Shido Cult.
''Saya-san. What is it?'' asked Rei as she looked at Saya who was looking out the window and pointing at something. Or more like someone.
Following her finger they too gasped in absolute shock. Running right next to the bus, going at the same speed as the bus, which was traveling at 160 km/h. (A.N. Over 99 miles/h). He looked to be more holding back with his speed than actually staying with the bus.
''How can he be still alive? More importantly, he can't stay with us. For a human that is impossible.'' said Shido clearly scared shitless at what he was seeing.
''Then its a good thing he isn't human.'' said Saeko smiling making Shido look at her with a confused looked.
''What do you mean?'' asked one of the lesser knowledge inclined idiots.
''Look closely. Tell me what you see.'' said Saeko smiling more.
Looking closer apart from Shizuka who was concerntrating on the road, they all took a gasp in shock at what they were seeing. Shido was the one who spoke first.
''There is no way he can have Claws for hands. What is he?'' asked Shido clearly upset that this person has such power.
''I don't know. They say he transcended death itself.'' said Saeko thinking it was a brilliant bluff to make Shido more uneasy.
''I call bullshit.'' called another of the Shido Cult.
That was when Naruto began to slow down as the bus came to a stop, but something went wrong. The brakes failed to engage and was going straight for a collision with the truck infront. Seeing this happen, Naruto morphed his hands back to their original state and sprinted to be infront of the bus. Slamming his feet into the ground, making small craters, and stopping a few feet away, he shot his hands out infront of him and waited for the bus to come. And when it did, it hit him square in the hands, breaking them from the wrist. They were useless now. But after a few inches of struggling, he managed to stop the bus.
Sighing in happiness at what he did, he walked over to the door and Kyoko opened it for him. Just before any of them could say one thing. They all noticed the blood dripping from his wrists and the limp hands that hung at his sides. This horrified Saeko to extreme measures.
''Oh well, let's leave him and he can say that he was in my presence before he died.'' said Shido getting applauses from his group. This only made Naruto chuckle and then burst into full blown laughter.
''Me? Be in your benevolent presence? I'd rather take Satan on a date more than your ugly ass as he has more charisma than your ugly ass.'' shot Naruto as they watched tendrils swirl around his injured hands and repair them. When the swirling stopped, there was no blood, no form of damaged skin, and ontop of that the small pieces of shredded clothes, were back in place.
''But how?'' asked Kohta getting up from his seat holding his make shift gun.
''I honestly don't know that myself. I think it has something to do with what Itachi-san had in that vial.'' said Naruto as he looked at Saeko who just smiled to him.
''What are you?'' asked Rei looking at the man before her.
''Hm, good question. I know that I woke up as Naruto, but now that I'm this...whatever it is, I need to find answers.'' said Naruto.
''Hey, we should find a place to crash, it's getting dark soon.'' said Kohta making Naruto and Saeko widen their eyes in shock.
''So what?'' asked a student.
''You don't understand dumb fuck do you? So I'll spell it out for you. Our abilities will be tested to the limit when night comes around.'' said Saeko with both Naruto and Kohta nodding their heads in agreement.
Hearing from Shizuka that a friend's apartment was close by, they decided to go there and crash for the night. Naruto took first watch while the girls enjoyed a nice hot bath. Both Kohta and Takashi had managed to pry open a locker that was stashed with weapons. Naruto just gazed from his position by the gate as he looked out to the city that was now turned into a hell hole. Sometimes he thought that maybe this was his fault.
''Naruto-kun? You okay?'' asked Saya as she walked up to him. She decided to go for a bath later as she wanted understand why Naruto was still alive. So she asked and she got her answer. To say she was shocked would be like saying the moon was made of cheese. Her entire world of how everything was good, was destroyed right before her eyes.
''So what are you going to do?'' she asked as she placed her hand on his shoulder.
''I don't know. The only thing I can think of right now is...Fuck, I forgot about Hinata-chan. She should be in my apartment still mourning my death.'' said Naruto as his mind became a haze of what he didn't do when he woke up.
''Uh Naruto, I think that may not be a good idea.'' said Saya very quickly. But her protest fell on deaf ears. When Naruto sets his mind to something, he doesn't quit. He was just like his mother when it came to that.
Jumping over the gate he sprinted to the apartment he and Hinata shared when he was still alive. The only thing he could picture in his mind was wanting to hold her again. He felt the old fire he had put out with Saeko and Saya beginning to reignite, but he couldn't just leave his girlfriend alone like this. He knew for a fact that he'd get an earfull when he opened the door.
And scene.
So Naruto has managed to gain a power. Claws. There will be a few powers I'll be porting over from Prototype 2 like Bio Bomb and a few other elements. As well, seeing that the Necromorphs are going to be in there, I decided to take the Brawlers, Hydras, Goliaths and Juggernauts from Prototype 2 and bring them into here. Wouldn't it be something? To see our hero take on a pack of Brawlers? Or may some Juggernauts? Or maybe a Goliath?
Either way, it will be a show not to miss. Stay tuned.
Chapter 3: The Cold Heart. Coming soon.
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