*Desclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in this story.
Warning: language, gore, yaoi, fluff*
His screams echoed around the quiet air. The others jumped, thinking their blond was hurt only to see him cradling one of the bodies. Gaara was the first to react, walking over toward the blond. He pushed the body off of the boy's lap, he grabbed the back of Naruto's head and pushed his head into his chest, muffling Naruto's pained sobs. The boy grabbed fist fulls of the redheads black shirt and sobbed into his chest. Gaara held the blond awhile longer before he wrapped his arms tightly around the blond and lifted them off the ground and walked the both of them towards their group. He walked passed them, mumbling about how they should find a place safe enough to stay for the night.
"Sasuke?" Tobi called softly down a hall of the school.
"We should split up, cover more ground," Pein suggested.
The others nodded and Pein separated them into groups before they split up and searched for Sasuke.
"Sasuke, un?" Deidara asked into an empty classroom.
"There's no one here," Sasori said as he leaned against a wall.
"We should still keep looking, un," Deidara said as he started walking further down the hall. Sasori sighed as he watched the blond continue on down the hall.
"Hey! Little Uchiha! Sasgayyy?! Heyy! Asshole are you here?! Fucking prick," Hidan mumbled the last part.
"Will you shut up? Your attracting unnecessary attention," Kakuzu said as he watched in annoyance how Hidan would kick open a classroom door and then yell for Itachi's younger brother.
"Keh, whatever, dumbass," Hidan said as he walked passed Kakuzu and started to yell yet again. Kakuzu sighed and glared at Hidan.
"Hn," Itachi grunted as he stood in the middle of a hall while Kisame checked the janitors closet.
"Empty, do you think he might have left, Itachi?" Kisame asked as he stood in front of the eldest Uchiha.
"Yes, it's quite possible," Itachi spoke as he glanced up at the tall man before him.
"Let's go," Itachi said again.
They turned down a hall and nearly walked straight into a zombie.
Silently Kisame grabbed the Uchiha around the waist and snatched him back around the corner. Itachi slammed into the sharks broad chest and grabbed his shirt in shock.
"We should go find the others and leave," Kisame whispered quietly.
Itachi nodded quickly and they silently snuck down the hall. Kisame glanced around a corner to see the next was empty. Soon they were running down the halls, desperately trying to find their friends before something disastrous happened.
"This is such a waste of time," Kakuzu grumbled. Hidan sniffed before widening his eyes.
"Hey, hey! 'Tachi said we should get food and water and shit, right?" Hidan asked.
"Yeah," Kakuzu said as he raised his eyebrows in question.
"So let's fucking raid the damn cafeteria!" Hidan said excitedly with a huge smirk.
It was quiet for a few seconds before Kakuzu replied
"That's a surprisingly good idea for an idiot like you,"
"Hey! Who are you calling an idiot, dumbass?!" Hidan yelled.
Kakuzu shrugged him off and walked into a classroom, spotting multiple abandoned backpacks. He walked over and picked up as many as he could at once. Hidan noticed what he was doing and picked up backpacks too and dumped the objects inside out onto the floor. They picked up water bottles and lunch boxes if they found any. Once they were empty, they had about a dozen, two dozen backpacks. They quickly left the classroom and left in search of the cafeteria.
Pein and Konan walked around quietly, hand in hand, searching for Sasuke in silence. Suddenly Konan stopped causing Pein to stop as well. He turned to her and looked at her questioningly. She looked at the floor shaking slightly, her hair falling in front of her eyes. Pein gave her a sympathetic look before stepping closer, brushing her hair out of her beautiful eyes. He lifted her head and smiled sadly at her as tears started to fall from her eyes.
"I'm scared, Pein," she whispered as more tears fell from her eyes.
"I know, but I promise, I will protect you with my life," Pein whispered to her as he whiped her tears away.
She nodded and started to sniffle, helping Pein in whiping her tears away. She let out a breath and managed a smile. Pein leaned in and placed a reassuring kiss on her lips. He smiled back at her once he pulled away.
"Pein!" Came a whispered shout from behind him.
Pein turned around to see Kisame and Itachi run up to them.
"What is it?" He asked, concerned as they panted from running.
"We have to find the others and leave!" Kisame said.
"Why?" Konan asked as she glanced from Kisame to Itachi.
"'Tachi nearly smacked straight into one of those things. Not to mention the entire hall was scattered with them," Kisame said as he breathed deeply.
"We split up, find who we can and get the hell out! Ten minutes, meet us outside," Pein stated, taking charge immediately. The others nodded and quickly they ran in different directions in their groups.
"Down here," Pein said as he pointed down the hall. Konan nodded and followed the man down the dimly lit hall. They heard the distant sound of singing and followed the noise.
"Tobi," Zetsu said in irritation.
"Let it go, let it go! Can't hold it back anymore! Let it go, let it go! Turn away and slam the door. I don't care what they're going to say. Let the storm rage on. The cold never bothered me anyway." Tobi then started humming the instrumental part while making gestures with his hands and occasionally skipping around Zetsu.
"Tobi, if you don't stop now I'm going to say it!" Zetsu said harshly as he sighed at the strange sight.
"Say what mister Zetsu?" Tobi asked as he stopped singing and skipping around.
"You're a bad boy, Tobi," Zetsu said and smirked at the gasp the boy let out.
"N-no! Tobi is not a bad boy, Tobi is a good boy!" He yelled as he started shaking.
"You are a good boy, if you stop singing!" Zetsu said.
"Okay mister Zetsu!" Tobi said, cheerful once more. Zetsu let out a tired sigh.
"There you are!" Konan yelled as she and Pein rushed toward the duo.
"Hm? What do you want?" Zetsu questioned rudely.
"We need to leave, at once," Pein said from where he stood a few feet away from Konan.
"Why, leader? Did Tobi do something wrong? Oh, no! Tobi didn't mean to, Tobi is a good boy!" The boy yelled out in distress.
"You didn't do anything wrong, Tobi, Itachi and Kisame stumbled upon a whole hall full of zombies. We need to leave as quickly as possible," Pein explained, soothing the boy's distress about having done something wrong.
"What about the others?" Zetsu asked.
"Itachi and Kisame are probably looking for them, though we should see who else we can find on our way out," Konan said as she glanced around, looking for any sign of her friends. Or the zombies.
"Let's go," Pein said as he gestured them to follow him.
"Dammit, brat, there's no one here, let's go," Sasori said as he started to loose what little patience he has.
"But Sasori danna, what if they're here, but they're just hiding because they're scared, un," Deidara said as he looked into yet another classroom.
"I already told you, brat, don't call me that," Sasori sighed in frustration.
"And I told you not to call me brat, un," Deidara said as he went to turn a corner.
"Only if you stop acting like one," Sasori said and followed behind the blond. He stopped once noticed how Deidara stumbled back and fell onto his ass. He scrambled away and got to his feet, a fearful look in his eye as he sprinted toward Sasori and grabbed his hand.
"What the-" Sasori was cut off by multiple groans and moans as an entire group of zombies rounded the same corner Deidara has.
"Shit," Sasori cussed as he turned and ran, dragging the blond along with him. They turned multiple corners and ran down halls, but the group stayed on them. Turning yet another corner, Deidara managed to smack right into Itachi. The Uchiha stumbled back from the force, but was saved from falling by Kisame.
"What the hell, guys?" Kisame asked.
"Shut up and run, you idiot!" Sasori shouted as he grabbed the blond once again and proceeded to sprint off again. Itachi and Kisame were quick to follow once they heard the distant moans and groans.
They ran right out of the exit and slammed the door shut, it locking once they were out. They panted and gasped for air.
"Oh my God, I'm so happy your okay!" Konan yelled as she embraced Deidara and Itachi.
"Where's Hidan and Kakuzu?" Pein asked. Kisame shook his head.
"Where are they?" Konan asked once she released the two she had trapped. No one answered her.
"I won't ask again, where are Hidan and Kakuzu?!" She screamed.
"Right here, bitches," a voice rang out.
There stood Hidan and Kakuzu with multiple backpacks.
"Oh thank God," Konan breathed as she pounced on Hidan, hugging the life out of him.
"What's in the backpacks?" Kisame asked as Konan let go of her deadly hold on Hidan.
"Oh you know, food, water, some weapons," Kakuzu drifted off.
"Really, un? Wow you guys were smart to raid the cafeteria, un," Deidara said as he smirked sheepishly.
"It was actually Hidan's idea," Kakuzu said as he placed some of the backpacks on the ground.
"Are you serious?" Konan asked as she picked up two backpacks to carry.
"Yeah," Kakuzu said as he handed two over to Deidara and two more to Sasori.
"Wow, looks like the apocalypse got you all smart, huh, " Konan asked.
"Eh?! What the hell do you mean?! I was fucking smart before all this bullshit!" Hidan exclaimed as three backpacks went to Pein, two for Itachi and three for Kisame.
"Keep telling yourself that," Kakuzu said as he gave Tobi one and Zetsu two.
"Why you-" Hidan was cut off by Pein.
"We should head off to that house, perhaps Itachi's younger brother is already there or along the way," he said. They all nodded.
"Good, let's go,"