Head for the Sunset
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He had no idea where he was or how was alive, all he knows is that he was in a rook tied to a chair with the sun starting to set over the left side of his body, and his wake up could've been better without the need to waste any water.
"About time you got up" said the blonde beauty from before as she began to put down the bucket before pulling out Naruto's knife and began to pull his head back while pressing the blade against his throat.
"I'm going to ask you one, and you say anything stupid, anything to piss me off and I will kill you here, are we clear" said the blonde beauty as Naruto could only grunt in response.
"Who are and who told you about me" asked the blonde beauty, "Back in town where we first met, a woman named Queen Raven and her gangs called the sons of Grimm" said Naruto.
"Children of Grimm" corrected the blonde beauty, "Right, Children of Grimm were all parked outside, with Queen Raven promising to reward anyone should we know anything about you, her daughter Bear" said Naruto.
"That's not my name, not anymore, not ever again" said the blonde beauty, "Ok" said Naruto as he knows what not to call her, but didn't know what to call her before she went and punched him with her prosthetic arm.
Not so much as hissing in pain, Naruto spat some blood to the ground before turning to face the blonde beauty again as she had turned to pick up the his rifle.
"I'm going to ask you this once and if I know you're lying to me, I promise you a slow painful death, are you here to turn me in and find me" asked the blonde beauty as she began to switch off the safety of the weapon.
"No, I was just trying to get the hell out of there since your arrival has kinda turned the area into a hostile area" explained Naruto.
"And I still intend to do that by getting far away from you and everyone back there" said Naruto, "And how can I trust you" asked the blonde beauty, "Cause I plan to keep on walking east, you mother said her camp was to the north" said Naruto.
"Is that what she said" asked the blonde beauty, "Yeah before she and her gang drove off" said Naruto as both of them stared at each other for a good minute.
Once they finished their stare down, the blonde beauty went and cut Naruto free as he began to massage his wrist.
"A word of warning, you'll find nothing towards the east other than an equally big, if not bigger gang of raiders who are more than obsess with anything to do on wheels" said the blonde beauty.
"Then lucky for me I don't know how to drive much less got wheels" said Naruto as he got up from his chair and put his hand out for the blonde beauty to return his stuff, which she did.
"You don't, but obviously you know how to fight" said the blonde beauty, "To an extent" said Naruto as he was still sore from the ass beating he got early this today.
As Naruto began to pack his belongings the blonde beauty took a minute to think about something, before she looked back at Naruto before smirking as if she had a bright idea.
"I thinks it's good enough" said the blonde beauty before she made her way around and stood in front of Naruto.
"Listen, I don't know a whole lot about you as you do with me, but I think that'll suit us just fine" said the blonde beauty, "Ok…" said Naruto not sure where this conversation was going.
"Look out in the east as I said, has an equally big and dangerous gang that call themselves the Windmill Warlords" said the blonde beauty, "What kind of name is that" asked Naruto.
"Don't let the name deceive you, they're the only gang I know who are able to make power out of their winds, and use it to not only fuel their homes, but most of their vehicles and other equipments as well" said the blonde beauty.
"Getting power from the wind, I call bullshit" said Naruto, "I've seen people also getting power from not only bullshit but pig shit too, but that's besides my point" said the blonde beauty.
"Then what is your point" asked Naruto, "They got more powerful fuel sustaining vehicles than anyone else you'll most likely find on this side of the wasteland, and they usually offer them up as rewards to anyone who dares to drive on the Tracks of Black Death" said the blonde beauty.
"Ok, but what does this have to do with our conversation" asked Naruto, "Look I'm a great driver and any firearm you put in my hand, however I can't do both at the same time, so this is where I need you to come in and be my lancer" said the blonde beauty.
"Lancer" asked Naruto as he was definitely knowledge in the world of post apocalyptic wasteland lingo when driving.
"It means you either take that rifle or knife of yours and kill that guy who's trying to kill us before he does while we take on tomorrows challenge" explained the blonde beauty.
"Sorry, but I'm not interested, plus there's no benefit for me" said Naruto, "Oh yes there is, you can't go back without dying in the cross fires of the gangs closing in from either the north or south, and going to the east will get you nowhere" said the blonde beauty.
"However, help me win and should we both survive, we'll drive back to the furthest reaches of the west, where not even my mother dares to venture" said the blonde beauty.
"Are you serious, there's nothing out west besides ruins of the old world and mutants that roams those lands now" said Naruto as he's never ran into one, but heard of stories of how a single mutant could kill 4 well armed men without dying.
"Exactly, plus I have other business out there" said the blonde beauty, "Like what" asked Naruto as it had better be a good reason to get himself killed as well.
"Let's just say I have a promise to fulfill" said the blonde beauty as Naruto began to shake his head, "Sorry, but that ain't a good enough reason for me to die" said Naruto.
"Fine, don't join me, however you owe me a debt from saving you back there, and it's only just that it be settled before we part ways" said the blonde beauty.
Rolling his eyes, Naruto turned to see that this blonde beauty was in desperate need of help, and her only chance was with him.
"I can't promise anything, but should you prove yourself worthy when we win, maybe they'll allow you place within their ranks, I'm not sure but to a lot of gangs once you've proven yourself to them, an invite is usually what comes next" said the blonde beauty speaking from experience.
Maybe it was because he had a life time of guilt built up of never having to help people, maybe cause he had no purpose in life to do anything, maybe this is his chance to finally die, but for whatever reason, Naruto did something he had never done before.
"Alright then, we have a deal" said Naruto as both stuck their arms out and spat in their hand before shaking on it.
"Right tomorrow we partake on the Tracks of Black Death, and then we head for the sunset" said the blonde beauty.
The Next Day
Traveling towards within the lands of the Windmill Warlords should have been dangerous, however they were civilized or sadistically patient enough to wait for anyone wanting to participate in the Tracks of Black Death.
And it seems that a lot of people had chose to arrive today as they began to ready for the race while taking in the lands they had run.
While you'll find location a settlement or society has large gardens called Green Harvest to water pump facilities and some sort of gas station, none of those places seem to have what this place offered.
It was a heavily gated area, with mountain tall cars covered by an electrical barbed wired fence keeping anyone unwelcomed to come inside, with people running business stands to trade anything from food, water, fuel, weapons, and other vices.
"You sure that these people are bad" asked Naruto to the blonde beauty as they drove past these stalls, "Don't let them deceive you, they maybe a well built and established society, but at the end of the day that society is ruled by a power hungry warlord who seeks nothing more than to rule this side of the wasteland for his own power and benefit" explained the blonde beauty.
As they continued to walk down the street with their vehicle being a properly maintained yellow sports bike, a group of men wearing the uniform of the Windmill Warlords stepped out of an establishment laughing in celebration.
Though out of all of them, one stood out by having long raven hair, wearing a belt lined with katana as it was lined with bolts and a tube connected to a can of motor oil.
He didn't wear a shirt, but instead straps that held various knives as he turned his head towards where Naruto and the blonde beauty was at.
"Well what do we have here, how you doing beautiful" said the man with the katana as the blonde beauty brushed off his advances.
"Hey gorgeous no need to be so cold with me now, I can promise you a great time so long as you stay here and hang with me as long as you like" said the man with the katana as he stood in front of her.
"I don't deal with soft men" warned the blonde beauty, "And I don't deal with any man, so why not ditch the washed up scab and come with a real man for a change" said the man with the sword as he grabbed on the blonde beauties arm.
In return she turned around and held a vice grip on his wrist as he tried to break free from her grasp and the pain.
"Last chance before I plant you in the ground punk" warned the blonde beauty before not only his gang but people who ran market shops pulled out their weapons and had it pointed at her.
This can't be good, thought Naruto as no way nowhere would any settlement would go and gang up to kill a couple of outsiders like right now, less of course the person in question was important.
"You bitch, do you have any idea whom you're threatening here" said the man with the katana, "Don't know, don't care" said the blonde beauty.
"I'll have my men execute you" said the man with the katana, "You want to scare and impress me, than meet me on the Tracks of Black Death and beat me yourself" said the blonde beauty before she let go of the guy.
"Alright, but mark my words that'll be your last regret" said the man with the katana as everyone began to lower their arms as he lead his men out of the market.
"Way to make friends with the locals" Naruto said sarcastically, "There are only 2 types of people here in the wasteland, those that are strong and those that are weak" said the blonde beauty as they continued to make their way to the tracks.
After their little scene, they made it to where the other racers were at, and realized that they're at a huge disadvantage, considering how everyone was driving either cars or trucks that were more heavily armed than they were.
Confucamus, thought Naruto as both he and the blonde beauty readied themselves for a race.
"Hey ramen guy, I never did get your name" said the blonde beauty since this whole time they remained professional in not sharing any personal information, so it was only natural that Naruto looked at her with his brow raised.
"This could be end for both of us, and if one of us manages to live, I'd rather know your name, that is your real name, mine is Yang" said Yang as she looked at Naruto.
"Naruto, my name is Naruto" said Naruto, "Alright, let's try to win this thing" said Yang before fan fair could be heard as the crowds began to roar upon seeing the announcer.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, survivors and scabs of the wasteland, since the foundation of our society many have claimed these lands to be prosperous beyond words, as such it has caused to attract many to all kinds of attention" said the announcer.
"And while we have long since the numbers and means to fend and kill anyone who dares challenge us, our leader the Warlord of the Winds, the man who controls the war, Fujin Fugaku has thought of better plan, a reasonable one, where anyone who wants something that is beyond their grasp can now attain it" said the announcer.
Soon everyone in the crowd began to chant from the top of their lungs 'Fujin' for a good minute giving the racers an idea who's the man they should either fear or keep their eyes opened for.
"And he offered it to those brave enough to drive on the Tracks of Black Death" exclaimed the announcer as the crowd went wild.
"And joining us in today's race is one of the Fujin's sons, you know him, you love him, Sasuke and his vehicle Raiden" said the announcer as lights were shown on the man with the katana both Naruto and Yang saw back in town as the people were chanting his name.
"Oh shit" said Naruto as he had a feeling they pissed off the wrong guy back in town.
"Scabs of the waste, warriors of the road, survivors and racers start your engines" said the announcer as everyone began to do so and prepare themselves for their final race.
"Ready… race!" shouted the announcer as everyone began to drive on the Tracks of Black Death.
Instantly drivers rammed into other drivers, crashed their way through the crash derby of today, and overall trying to stay alive.
As for Naruto and Yang, it was definitely the latter of that list as drivers would try to ram and run them over, but Yang had proven to be very proficient in driving them out of danger.
"Don't just sit there, take my shotgun and start shooting" said Yang, "I've never fired a gun before remember" shouted Naruto as Yang sped up a little to avoid them getting rammed.
"Better learn fast, all you got to do is make sure to point the barrel away from us, and cock the under lever below the barrel, and just pull the trigger" shouted Yang as the driver behind them was persistent in running them over.
Doing as Yang instructed, Naruto cocked the weapon back, before Yang dropped their speed to be driving next to the driver chasing them, where Naruto pointed and pulled the trigger of the shotgun to completely splatter the man's head, causing his vehicle to go out of control that it took out another driver behind them.
"Good job, now be ready for more" said Yang as they continued to drive on the Tracks of Black Death before seeing that not far from them they witnessed a driver and their car being blown.
"Careful drivers for we've went and placed landmines across the tracks, just to make sure you stay sharp" said the announcer.
Not caring for this new set of obstacles, Yang continued to drive as Naruto continued to shoot anyone who got to close, which speaking of.
Sasuke himself was driving his own car that had a V8 engine sticking out front as it had the horse power and the protection to kill anyone that get's in his way.
"Yang, we got trouble" said Naruto as he cocked a spent shell out the shotgun, "Be ready to kill that punk once he gets close enough" said Yang as Sasuke was approaching.
Coming from their left side, Sasuke's lancer rolled down his window and tried to pick at them both with a rod, which Naruto did the mistake in trying to grab, before feeling a shock that recoiled his hand back.
"What the hell" said Naruto as he looked into the back seat of Sasuke's car that there was a battery connected to the rod his lancer was using.
"That thing must be conducting electricity, be careful and keep us safe" said Yang as she kept her eyes focused on the road, "I'm trying" said Naruto as he was trying to get a good shot to shoot the lancer, while avoid getting poked by that electrical rod.
Waiting for the right moment, Naruto began to aim his gun at the wheels of his car instead, but upon pulling the trigger, he heard only the shotgun making a clicked sound.
"Yang something's wrong with the gun" said Naruto, "You need to reload it" said Yang as she continued to drive.
"How do I do that" asked Naruto as this was the last thing Yang didn't want to hear, yet also forgot to take into account, "Right here on my left hip in that little brown pouch are more ammo shells, grab one and put it inside the same slot where the shotgun shells had ejected from" explained Yang as Sasuke was getting dangerously close and even began to tap against her motorcycle a little.
Not sure what to do, the duo was only saved when a different driver threw a Molotov cocktail at Sasuke's car, getting his attention.
"You narcissistic scab" said Sasuke angrily as he diverted his attention away to focus on the driver next to him, with him pulling out a grenade and tossing it in the driver's car before speeding up.
As they were in the clear from the explosion, Sasuke was ready to focus back on killing Naruto and Yang, but that was put on hold when his back wheel popped a tire and he began to drive out of control and crashed his car.
While Sasuke was able to leave the crash alive, his lancer didn't as he been electrocuted to death with the pole being crushed into his chest.
Driving past him he saw Naruto and Yang driving past him with Naruto making sure to unload the spent shell in front of him so he'd know that they were the ones to bring him down much to his frustration.
Eventually the race came to an end as they made the first loop around as every other driver had either crashed or died driving on the Tracks of Black Death.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have never seen this, but a couple of outsiders have gone and not only won today's race but actually beat one of the Fujin's sons" said the announcer as there was a high mix shouting of cheers and jeers.
"Alright, we won your race, now give us our reward" said Naruto from below, "Of course our champions, for you all earned yourselves a premium machine that can travel between 100 miles by the gallon and can take either normal fuel or sun fuel to keep her running" said the announcer happily before someone had attempted to shoot him.
"Hold it, these scabs don't deserve any reward, not after the shame and disgrace they've put me through today" said Sasuke as he held a Fletcher .45 in his hands as he began to aim his sights towards the blonde duo.
Before Sasuke could pull the trigger, someone else had gone and shot a bolt in his arm causing him to drop the firearm.
"Sasuke, you know the rules better than anyone else" said a man standing from the VIP seats of the stand with an archer next to him.
"But brother" said Sasuke, "No buts, we shall discuss this later" said Sasuke's brother as Naruto and Yang felt a sense of relief.
"Thank you I mean it, and my offer still stands if you'd like to accompany me out west" said Yang as she looked at Naruto to make up his mind, which had been set for a while now.
"Something tells me that I'm not gonna fit in right here, no matter what I do" said Naruto as both he and Yang awaited for their rewarded vehicle.
Here you go guys, one more chapter finished just for you before I give this fic a chance to breath and sink into the community.
No worries I don't intend to put this on hiatus yet or any time soon, just don't want to make these daily updates without it feeling rushed.
Also to answer one interesting comment that stood out, the whole setting I made for this fic, while we'll still have the characters we know and love expect some heavy OOC from just about everyone, but they'll all still retain their quirks and what made them special someway.
And I know that it may sound like I'm just smashing up words together for the most part, which I'll admit I am, but that kinda fits the whole tone set in a post nuclear wasteland as established in Mad Max or in Fallout, which was the inspiration for this fic here.
Until then guys, be safe, be good people, and please support you local fandom communities.
This has been your Humble Narrator and official author Tobi Yaza. =3