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Naruto's Undead Nightmare: Chapter 3
Eastern Konoha; Near Naruto's apartment
A lone infected walked down an alley moaning and groaning as it stepped through the scattered trash and debris; the infected was an old man maybe mid eighties to early nineties still wearing his fluffy bathrobe which was open revealing his hollowed out stomach.
Suddenly there was a light whistle from behind it and the infected turned around with a moan; the next second Naruto slashed at it with his machete. The machete connected with the right side of the infected's jaw; the sharp blade sliced through the mouth sending the upper half of the head falling to the ground with the body following a second later. The sound of the attack was almost silent as it sounded like the snapping of a celery stalk.
"Holy shit, this thing is sharp" Naruto whispered over his shoulder to Tenten; Tenten was posted on top of a nearby dumpster with her crossbow aimed at the infected that Naruto just killed. She raised it as there was no more threat and snuck over to near Naruto.
"How much farther is your apartment?" Tenten whispered and Naruto whispered back.
"Just around the corner up ahead is the stairs" Naruto said and Tenten nodded; Naruto and Tenten snuck up to the corner at the end of the alley and Naruto peeked around not seeing any infected. "Follow me" Naruto said as he and Tenten snuck through the alley towards the stairs to his apartment; Naruto slowly walked up the stairs and saw that there was blood going up.
Naruto gripped his machete tighter as he walked up and saw the apartment doors; there were four doors, one was cave in, one had a bare and bloody skeleton in front of it, the other one seemed completely fine and finally was his door. Naruto walked up and looked inside the door that was caved in.
The entire apartment was trashed and there was a single infected eating his land lord; Naruto motioned for Tenten who snuck up and aimed at the infected "hey" she said in a normal tone.
The infected land lord looked up and Tenten shot it between the eyes; Naruto felt absolutely no pity for his dead land lord. He was a complete prick to Naruto the entire time he lived there; he was like much of the rest of the village, hating him for holding the nine tails inside his body.
Naruto walked away, passed the skeleton and went to his door; Naruto took out his key and put it in the lock. Naruto took a deep breath and looked to Tenten who was right behind him; she just reloaded her crossbow when Naruto spoke.
"I don't know if there's infected in here; but just stay close to me" Naruto said and Tenten nodded.
"Alright, it's on you" Tenten said; Naruto turned the knob and walked through the door. Naruto only took a single step inside his apartment when he stepped on a trip wire that made him stumble forward.
"Huh, what the-" Naruto began until something came down from the ceiling and smacked him in the face; the next thing Naruto knew he was falling forward and hit the ground. There were the sounds of Tenten and another voice present.
"Oh crap, boss!" Said a voice.
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Naruto was laying on the ground awoke to a powerful burning sensation to his nose and he shot up "gah, it burns" Naruto whined as he grabbed his nose; he then felt a throb from his nose "oh… my nose".
"Sorry boss; I thought you were one of the infected" said a voice; Naruto went wide eyed and turned to the voice. Konohamaru Sarutobi was kneeling next to him holding some smelling salts; Konohamaru was the grandson of Ji-Ji and one of his friends, despite him being a little kid. He had spiky brown hair, a chipped tooth and a blue scarf around his neck which apparently looked ripped as it usually flowed down his back but now was only around his neck. His yellow shirt and shorts were covered in muck and grim as were his goggles.
"Konohamaru" Naruto said happily "you're alive; wait, did you hit me?"
Konohamaru looked sheepish and rubbed the back of his head "not really, you walked into my trap" he said; Konohamaru pointed at the door and Naruto saw what he was talking about. Konohamaru had rigged up a trap that had a fire axe that swung down towards the door; Naruto went wide eyed at this and spoke.
"How the hell am I not dead?" Naruto said as he felt his head and face; he had bandages wrapped around his forehead and a cut in between his eyes and a part of his upper nose.
"Your forehead protector" came Tenten's voice and Naruto turned and saw her washing her hands in the sink "you're lucky you were still wearing it". Tenten reached into her pocket and pulled out Naruto's forehead protector revealing it was nearly split in half by the axe "looks like wearing it properly saved your life; also you fell forward so the axe didn't have it's full momentum" she said.
"Shit" Naruto said wide eyed.
"I'm really sorry boss" Konohamaru said looking down saddened "I haven't seen anyone ever since the village fell; if I knew you were coming I would've deactivated it". Konohamaru then felt a hand pat his head; Konohamaru looked up at Naruto with hope in his voice "boss I-" he began.
"You little turd" Naruto said as he grabbed Konohamaru into a headlock and began to choke him "you nearly killed me".
"How was I to know?" Konohamaru said as he elbowed Naruto in the gut making him let go; both boys wrestled on the ground until Tenten walked up and grabbed the both of them.
"Break it up you dumbasses" Tenten said pushing them apart.
"Fine, fine" Naruto said before looking at Konohamaru "sorry"; Konohamaru nodded and both boys shook hands. "Alright then, I found one of the people I was looking for; now I need to find the others" Naruto said "Konohamaru, have you seen Iruka sensei, Moegi, Udon, Ayame or old man Teuchi?"
Upon hearing this Konohamaru lowered his head "Iruka sensei, Udon and Moegi all died; I was at the academy when it all happened" he said and Naruto felt his stomach drop "one of the girls turned in class and attacked us; Iruka sensei tried to stop it but he got bit on the hand". "Then those things came and tore the academy apart; all four of us were able to get out and hide in my clans compound" Konohamaru continued "later that night Iruka sensei turned as well and got Udon; me and Moegi ran away and tried to get here, we were hopping from rooftop to roof top but Moegi's footing wasn't right and she…". Konohamaru paused and wiped a tear "she died on impact and she didn't turn".
"Damn" Naruto said as he grabbed his head as more dead friends landed on his shoulders "so why did you come here?"
"I had your key and had no where else to go" Konohamaru said revealing the key Naruto gave him "I know this area super well because I always came here to hang out with you".
"So you haven't seen anyone else this whole time?" Tenten asked butting in and Konohamaru looked at her and nodded.
"Yeah, I've been all alone; luckily the boss had a bunch of ramen cups here, I've been eating them like crazy" Konohamaru said "I've been sneaking out to find stuff; I got a decent haul including these". Konohamaru reached behind himself and pulled out two trench knives "I tried looking for my uncle Asuma; I went to his apartment, didn't find him though, I guess he's still out on a mission with his team" he said.
"Wait, Asuma is the guy with the beard and cigarettes right?" Naruto said and Konohamaru nodded 'Asuma is Kakashi sensei's friend, the guys who's team ten's jonin sensei; that means it's possible Shikamaru, Choji and Ino are still alive'. "That's great news" Naruto said nodding "that means not all of the teams were in Konoha at the time".
"Maybe, but yeah I've mostly been in here so I don't know; what are you guys doing?" Konohamaru asked.
"I'm looking for any of my friends still alive; and if I find any we're going to get the hell out of here" Naruto said Konohamaru looked at him wide eyed "to be frank… this place is screwed; if we stay here we'll die".
"Alright then, I guess I'm with you guys" Konohamaru said making both Naruto and Tenten smile as he stood up "let me pack my stuff"; Konohamaru ran over to a backpack and opened it and began to pack up his things inside. Konohamaru's bag was full of bags of beef jerky, waters, soda's and other kinds of foods.
"Where did you get so much food?" Tenten asked and Konohamaru looked at her.
"I looted that convenience store down the street; all the cold stuff went bad, but their dried foods are still good" Konohamaru said "I've been eating their baked goods and snacks the entire time". Konohamaru got up and walked to a closet and opened it revealing boxes of more food stuff making Naruto and Tenten go wide eyed "you guys need any; this is way too much for just me".
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After about thirty minutes of Naruto and Tenten sifting through and packing up snacks they left the apartment with Konohamaru; as Naruto passed a nearby table which contained pictures. There was one of Naruto and his team, one of him and Iruka sensei and one of him and the Third Hokage; Naruto opened each picture frame and took out the photos and put them in his inner jacket pocket. Naruto closed the door to his apartment and locked the door but left the key inside; instead Naruto pulled out a marker and wrote on the door; after finishing his message he looked to Tenten and Konohamaru "alright then, lets go to Ichiraku's" he said.
The trio ran off leaving behind only the message on the door saying 'Food Inside, Safe Inside- Naruto Uzumaki'
In the streets: With Naruto, Tenten and Konohamaru
Naruto, Tenten and Konohamaru all snuck through back alleys as they made their way towards Ichiraku's ramen shop; as they snuck through the alleys Naruto periodically looked out into the streets.
The streets were crawling with infected and Naruto was glad he and his group were taking the long way around; if this was the day he got sent into a coma he would've been spamming shadow clones left and right. But now he felt more on edge than he ever has before; even after the first time he fought Zabuza when Kakashi sensei was captured.
Naruto continue to lead the group towards the ramen shop when they stumbled across a group of infected feasting on what looked like a dog; they all stopped and looked at the scene. There were four infected and Tenten spoke up.
"Alright, lets take them out" Tenten whispered "we'll get their attention and I'll shoot the first one; Naruto and Konohamaru, you guys go in and take them out".
"Alright" Naruto said taking out his machete; Konohamaru gulped but nodded as he took out both of the trench knives.
"O-okay" Konohamaru said; Tenten fell to a knee and got into a shooting position.
Tenten whistled and all four infected looked up towards Tenten; Tenten shot a bolt towards the first infected nailing it between the eyes and killing it for good. The other three infected rushed forward and Naruto and Konohamaru got ready.
One of the infected lunged towards Naruto who came down with an overhead chop hitting the infected in the crown of the skull, splitting it's head open.
Konohamaru however had both the other infected combined towards him; they both lunged at the same time but Konohamaru went low and dove between their legs. He spun around and slashed the back of their ankle severing the tendons and making them fall down face first to the concrete below; Konohamaru quickly got back up and sent two stabs to the back of their skulls. Konohamaru pulled out the blade and began to feel queasy at the sight.
Naruto wiped off his machete and spoke "what's up?" Naruto asked.
"Nothing, it's just-" Konohamaru began but paused "I don't like killing these things; it makes me feel uneasy"
"I understand" Naruto said as he looked at the bodies "I still don't believe these used to be people".
"Well they're not" Tenten said walking up and past them towards the infected that she shot "they're dead, that's all there is too it"; Tenten pulled out the bolt and flicked off the blood. As she did this she looked at the dog and took a pause; the dog was actually bigger than she expected, it was more wolf sized "huh, that's weird" Tenten said as Naruto and Konohamaru walked up.
"What's weird?" Naruto asked.
"This is a nin-dog; like ones that the Inuzuka clan use" Tenten said "I wonder how long it's been out here; it must've been a while".
"Who cares about some damn dog" Naruto said "we gotta reach Ichiraku's"; Naruto led the way again they continued going through the alley as they tried to find the right direction. After turning down another alley Naruto saw a familiar piece of graffiti on the wall "alright cool; we're getting close" he said.
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They continued stealthily sneaking around the back alleys until they saw a lone infected digging through a trashcan; Naruto looked at the others and nodded "I got this" he said.
Naruto slowly crept towards the infected which appeared to be a woman in a torn and bloody chunin outfit; as he got within distance he raised his machete and swung it down at the infected woman. Only for her to spun around grab his arm and perform a shoulder throw.
Naruto slammed into the ground coughing out his breath just as he saw the wild eyed look of a living girl raising a kunai "woah, wait, I'm alive" Naruto said just as the girl stopped her stab.
"What the hell?" the girl said; the looked to be eighteen or so and had brown hair, brown eyes and a pretty face. But what was most peculiar were the red fang tattoos on her cheeks "why did you-" she began but paused when she felt something poke the back of her neck.
Tenten had ran up and was now holding the crossbow to the back of her neck "let him go; or I'll kill you right now" she said; the girl dropped the kunai and raised her hands.
"My name is Hana Inuzuka; I swear I thought he was one of the dead" Hana said trying to calm down the situation "I don't want any trouble, I'm just looking for my dogs and my brother".
"Yo, Tenten, chill" Naruto said holding his hand up "it's cool, she didn't kill me; she's just scared"; Tenten hesitated for a moment but backed up and Hana let out a sigh. Upon getting to his feet Naruto held out a hand "I'm Naruto" he said; Hana took his hand and was helped to her feet.
Tenten lowered her crossbow and spoke "Tenten" she said.
"I'm Konohamaru" Konohamaru said putting his trench knives up.
"Hold up, ain't you Lord Thirds grandkid?" Hana said and Konohamaru nodded.
"Yeah" Konohamaru said feeling uncomfortable at how that's how she knew of him.
"So you're looking for your brother and dogs?" Tenten asked and Hana nodded "umm… one wouldn't be the size of a wolf would it?"; as soon as she said that Hana went wide eyed.
"Oh my god yes, that's one of the triplets; is she safe?" Hana asked and all three of the group looked at her "oh…".
"We killed the infected that did it" Naruto said and Hana nodded "we're heading to check Ichiraku ramen for some people; if you want you can come with us, after that we can check for your brother". "What's his name?" Naruto asked.
"His name is Kiba" Hana said and upon hearing this Naruto groaned.
"Aww man, he's your bother?" Naruto whined "he's such a prick"; Tenten and Konohamaru sweat dropped at this while Hana let out a little chuckle. "But… I guess we can help you save him" Naruto said "but I swear if he's gonna be a dick he's not getting any of my food".
"Alright… thanks" Hana said; Hana reached down and grabbed her kunai, it was her last weapon and she had to use it sparingly "do you guys have any extra weapons?"; Naruto and Tenten nodded and Tenten being the weapons expert gave Hana a full restock of kunai and shuriken which was a dozen each.
The group began to once again to sneak through the area on their way to Ichiraku's, and luckily for them it was going to be one block over.
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Upon reaching the end of another alley, the group of four huddled down and saw that the area was pretty free of infected as there was only six present; Naruto took out three shuriken and Hana who was beside him took out three as well.
"On my mark" Hana said and Naruto nodded before winding up for the throw "three…two… one… now"; Hana and Naruto threw their shuriken and hit all six infected at once killing them. Naruto nodded and looked to Hana.
"Nice job" Naruto said and Hana for the first time in nearly three weeks smiled; the group got up and broke cover entering the area. Tenten and Hana went to gather the shuriken while Naruto and Konohamaru went to the ramen shop; the ramen shop had it's rolling metal gate down and Naruto began to feel some hope.
Naruto knocked on the metal shutter "Ayame, Old man?" Naruto said in a loud-ish whisper "it's me Naruto; you in there?"; Naruto didn't hear any response and groaned. Naruto looked to the side of the door and saw a latch with a pad lock on it; he turned over to Hana and Tenten who were walking over "can you girls pick a lock?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah I can" Hana said as she walked over to the pad lock; Hana reached into her pocket and took out what looked like a lock picking kit. She placed two picks inside the lock and began to mess with the tumbler system; listening closely Hana moved the picks to raise the pins, after a few seconds and five clicks later the pad lock opened "we're in" she said.
Naruto and Tenten grabbed the metal door and raised it up revealing the completely trashed inside "damn it" Naruto said as he felt even more anger and sadness rise inside him. Naruto walked in and looked over the counter; Naruto saw the bodies of both Ayame and Teuchi laying on the floor. However their bodies were fresh, their corpses still had wet blood on them; Hana and Konohamaru came forward and saw this.
"Damn it all, those infected bastards got here before us" Naruto cursed as he punched the counter; Hana however was focused on the bodies, they had bites on their throats but the radius was too big to be from a person.
Naruto took out two kunai and threw them at Ayame and Teuchi hitting the both of them in the head to make sure they don't come back; Naruto began to cry and Tenten seeing this walked over and patted his shoulder.
"I'm sorry Naruto; I wish we could've gotten here sooner" Tenten said trying to comfort him "lets just go and-"; Tenten's words were cut off when they all heard growling. Naruto, Tenten, Hana and Konohamaru all looked to where it was coming from and it was coming from the kitchen; the sound of nails hitting the tile of the ramen shop made everyone stand on edge.
Out of the kitchen came a small white puppy with brown ears that Hana recognized as Akamaru; the puppy was covered in blood and had milky white eyes.
"Oh god, Akamaru" Hana said as she began walk backwards; Naruto and the others followed as the infected dog got hopped onto the counter and began to growl a blood and mucus leaked from it's mouth.
The group made it no more than a few feet before another growl came from behind them; the group spun around and there was a wolf sized dog snarling and growling. This dog was in worse shape that Akamaru as it's flesh was falling off and it looked mangy; off to the left came another growl and another wolf sized dog appeared.
"Oh you've got to be fucking kidding me" Naruto said as he drew his machete.
"What's up with those dogs?" Konohamaru asked as he pulled out his trench knives.
"They've been eating infected flesh" Tenten said before looking at Hana "you were going to put these dogs down, weren't you?"
"Yeah, along with Kiba" Hana said; no sooner did she saw that then a howl echoes through the air. Everyone looked to a nearby roof top and a figure dropped down; the figure stood on it's two legs looked at the group.
Kiba Inuzuka was standing there snarling and rabid as his claw like fingernails began to grow; his eyes were milky white, the lips around his mouth were gone and his teeth were now sharp and rotten.
"Holy crap, it's Kiba" Naruto said as he focused on Kiba; Naruto took out some shuriken "sorry dude". Naruto threw the shuriken at Kiba to kill him and put him out of his misery; however to his, Tenten and Konohamaru's surprise Kiba dodged the shuriken and snarled. "What the fuck?" Naruto said.
"D-Did he just dodge?" Tenten asked and Hana nodded.
"Yeah, he's a variant" Hana said "I saw this with my mother; some of the infected have special traits". "Haven't you seen them?" Hana asked and Tenten shook her head.
"No, this is a first for me" Tenten asked.
"I only sneak around" Konohamaru said.
"I only woke up a few days ago" Naruto said; Naruto focused on Kiba and took a breath "alright then, I'll take on Kiba; you guys take on the dogs".
"Are you sure?" Hana asked and Naruto smirked.
"Nope, I'm never sure; but I gotta try" Naruto said as he took a step towards Kiba "alright you rabid bastard; time to take a long nap"; Kiba merely growled as he charged towards Naruto running on all fours and taking a bounding leap aiming his claws at Naruto.
Naruto raised his machete in defense as Kiba came at him as his first battle since the land of waves was about to begin.
Ok another chapter done; I hope you all enjoy it. If you can't tell I based Kiba off the 'Hunter' from Left 4 Dead and the dogs off of the infected dogs from 'Resident Evil'. If you enjoyed it please like, comment and share with your friends; and until next time bye.
