I can only write the Akatsuki D: The Konohanians give meh writers block. I've changed the ame of this thing about 3 times XD I've settled on this though :3 If Google Translate is to be trusted (which it isn't) it means Apocalypse of the Dead. This thing actually has a plan :O Shocking, I know.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

Silence fell over those conscious of their minds for a second as they stared in horror at the gruesome scene in front of them. Teeth sinking in to pale skin; blood decorating the two of them as it spurted out of his vein and into the beasts awaiting maw. The scream echoed out above the groaning of the living dead as he pushed it away and proceeded to attack it viciously with the arm thrown at him previously.

"What the fuck was that for you fucking asshole! That fucking hurt!" Satisfied that the zombie was dead he turned back to the five (seven if Pein and Konan had seen)

"What? Oh right... Ow," He stared in awe at the gaping hole where his left thumb used to be. It was really quite fascinating; a hand without a thumb looked a little bit like a deformed foot.

"Where'd your thumb go?" Sasori asked, not seeing it in the fallen zombies mouth.

"I dunno, fucker probably ate it. Can we go, they're kinda… gone," and indeed they had; where and when they had shuffled off nobody knew, they were a bit preoccupied with Hidan.

"Yeah, but you should probably bandage that first though, Kakuzu," Pain and Konan had made their ways down to the group, taking care of any stray zombies beforehand. Kakuzu merely grunted in reply; tearing off a strip of his shirt to tie around the injured mans' hand. They would get it fixed properly when they met up with the others,

"Do we even know where they went?" Itachi asked, looking a bit paler than usual.

"Yeah, we told them to go to the nearest superstore. It should keep us safe for the time being," Kisame said. They moved out in search of their missing men.

It was not until halfway there (though they didn't know that at the time) that the implications of Hidan getting bit dawned on them.

"Holy shit, he's gonna turn isn't he, un!" they had been, for once, in silence. Deidara's shocked gasp had snapped them all out of their thoughts, whether they be pondering the likelihood of retaining their mortality or whether or not it would be worth using Tobi as bait.

"Oh son of a bitch, could this get any fucking worse? Seriously!" Hidan halted in his tracks and dropped to the his knees with an irritated groan, awaiting what he thought was going to be his execution. When none came he looked up, confused. What he saw shocked him, to say the least. Half of them had walked on, the other half were staring at him, having no idea what he was doing.

"Come on you idiot," Kakuzu hauled the smaller boy over his shoulder, ignoring his cries of protest, and stalking off to carry on searching.

"What the shit? Are you guys fucking retarded! I could kill any of you and you're not even gonna leave me? That's... sweet. In a totally gay and suicidal way," He twisted his body in a very awkward position that actually didn't look possible and grinned at them all cockily, "I knew you guys loved me, I mean why wouldn't you? I am me after all, and I am too fucking awesome for words," His ramblings would have continued the whole trek if not for Kakuzu 'accidentally' dropping him on his head, knocking him out.

"Why are we keeping him alive then? Are we just going to wait until he turns?" the lone female of the group voiced.

"Do you really want to deal with killing him while he's still human? It's stupid but you know none of us would be able to kill him, even if he did want to be killed," Pain replied. They stayed quiet; they knew he was right.

"You have got red on you," Lee pointed at his new pet – Gaaras' - chest. They had run into some of the undead on the way there and the redhead had gone sick on them.

None of them were really surprised that he had snapped; the loss of Temari and Kankuro had taken it toll on his already lacking sanity and it was only a matter of time before he killed someone.

They were just glad it wasn't one of them. It was the ferocity of his attack that had shocked them. They hadn't expected anything that violent; Hinata and Tobi wouldn't even look him in the eye now.

All Lee got in reply was a glare that could level mountains and a nice view of Gaaras' arse as he left to sulk inbetween the watermelons.

"They're back! GUYS, OVER HERE!" Tobi was jumping up at the doors; bashing on them, trying to get the attention of the Akatsuki. It worked, they rushed over and let themselves in as fast as possible.

"You have no idea how much this hurts, do you? You can't just bash me about like that you fucktard!" Hidan, upon awakening, wasted no time complaining about Kakuzus' rough treatment of him.

"How much what hurts? If you've gotten bitten you can't stay here," Sasuke glared at them venomously.

"Chill dude, we've already decided he's gonna be tied up so calm your little ass down, un," Deidara flicked the slightly shorter boy on the nose and pushed past him in search of food.

"T-tied up? Are you fucking insane! Not only are we gonna have a zombie with us, we're gonna have a fucked off zombie with us that we can't even kill because we're attached to it!" Hidan grinned at the confirmation of his awesomeness (as he saw it, anyway) while Itachi only gave him a stern glance.

"Language, Sasuke. Just because Mother and Father aren't here doesn't mean you can start speaking like Hidan,"

"I resent that," Hidan piped up from where Sasori and Kakuzu were tying him up to the shelves of Marmite.

"Oh, this is bullshit, you can't tie him up on the Marmite!" Sasukes' attempt at a scandalised tone came out more like a whiny five year old.

"Why not? Nobody likes the stuff," Sasori deadpanned, not looking up from the double constrictor knot he was tying

"I do!"

"Exactly," Kakuzu smirked

"Gaara? I am sorry if I have done anything to annoy you..." He was ignored; at first he thought that the younger boy was asleep but seeing as this was Gaara, he quickly dispelled the thought.

"Gaara? Gaara!" He looked up slowly; Lee backed away in horror, running away as fast as possible from him.

"Naruto! There is something wrong with Gaara, he- he is. I do not know what is wrong with him but you have to come and help me!"

Naruto snapped his head up and apologising to Hinata, whom he had been consoling, he grabbed his shovel (which he had found in someones garden after failing to use a machete correctly) and followed the distraught boy, fearing the worst.

"Gaara? Oh... oh God," Naruto went pale. It wasn't that Gaara was a zombie, no. He was crying. Gaara was crying. It wasn't loud or obnoxious, just the odd silent tear. He hadn't appeared to have noticed them.

"Temari... Kankuro..." They understood. The living corpses of his siblings were part of the mass that they had run into. They had all hoped that in the redheads blind rage he had not noticed.

"Gaara, they may have looked like them but it wasn't. The Temari and Kankuro you know are dead-ttebayo," Naruto slung an arm over his shoulder and Lee did the same on the other side.

"I know... and if you tell anyone about this I'll kill you myself,"

They wouldn't put it past him.

Oh yeah, can you just feel the bromance? ¦D OOC Gaara is OOC. But I'm trying to get him to do something other than just shut people up so... meh. Anyone catch the Shaun of the Dead reference? And would anyone be interested in a ghost story? With attempted SasoDei? ._.