A/N: This story was greatly inspired to me after watching an anime called 'High School of the Dead'. It was a show that had me hooked from the beginning and I loved every minute of it. There was only one HUGE flaw to it, however...

It only had TWELVE Episodes.

And for those of you wondering, yes, it is a completed show. Who makes an AWESOME anime, but only creates TWELVE episodes for it?

Bastards.

It had everything any anime-lover/male would love; Blood, zombies, guns, hot girls, partial nudity (no real sex scenes...) and sexual themes every now and then. I know there's a manga for it, but I much prefer anime instead.

Did I get off topic?

Anyway, here's a Naruto horror story for ya. I know there's only a few out there on FF, so that adds to being a unique story. :)

Oh, and no; the setting will not take place in a high school. This is the normal Naruto-verse.

In the corner of the room, Naruto could continue to hear her sobbing. He hated when she cried. He hated when any girl cried. He just sighs and let his head drop, looking down at the floor. He couldn't close his eyes. He just couldn't. The images of that bloody face would pop into his subconscious. And the haunting memory of what he did would playback over and over again. He couldn't remember the last time he'd slept since this whole shit had happened. He couldn't even remember what day it is today.

Not that it really mattered.

Taking in a very deep breath, Naruto mustered up his strength to stand up. He walked over to her and stared at her as she cried into her knees. Once he got up to her, he gently put a hand on her shoulder. He watched as she nearly jumped out of her skin at his touch. He could tell that she was still pretty shaken up. Hell, who wouldn't be?

"Come on." Naruto told her gently, his voice still scratchy from not talking in a while. "We have to go."

"Go? Go where? Are you fucking kidding me? I'm not going back out there!" she barked at him. He didn't flinch at all. He kept his composer and the same expressionless face never changed. He just stared into her teary, light blue eyes.

"We have to. We're running low on food and supplies and if we don't go now, we'll starve to death." he said.

"I don't give a fuck!" she exclaimed. Naruto just stared at the bags under her eyes from all the crying as she continued to yell at him. "I'm not going out there! We'd be better off just waiting here until help arrives!"

"Ino," Naruto said gently. "I doubt that any type of help will be here anytime soon. The best thing to do is to go out in search of food. Even still, we have to go eventually because staying couped up in here for the rest of our lives will lead us nowhere." he told her. Ino remained quiet.

"...Why even bother...?" Ino whispered as the tears began swelling again. "If we leave, we die. If we stay, we die. The best thing to do is to just stay here and wait 'till we starve to death. That way, it'd be a painless way out..."

"Ino, we're not going to die. I'll protect you, even if-"

"Oh, like how you protected Tsunade-sama...?"

Naruto could literally feel the pain stab his heart after she said that.

"If Tsunade-sama couldn't make it, what makes you think that we will? We're all done for, and you know it..." she mumbled, going back to crying into her knees as she has been for the past few hours. Ino's last comment still hurt Naruto badly. But trying to brush it off to the side, he simply sighs and goes down on on knee to meet Ino eye-to-eye.

"I wont let that happen again, Ino-chan. I promise. And you know how I always keep my promises." he whispered to her with a small considerate smile. Ino didn't respond right away, but she raised her head to look at Naruto. Her eyes narrowed.

"That's the same thing you said to Sakura after Tsunade died. And look how she ended up."

A man can only take so much damage to the heart before he snaps.

"Ugh...!" Ino groaned as she felt her back hit the wall. She re-opened her eyes and could see a very pissed off Uzumaki staring deep into her own eyes. Her hands were pinned above her head by him and cursed as his strength was hurting her wrists. Her eyes widened when she saw his eyes change from a deep blue to a ghastly purple.

"Damn it Ino, don't you think I fucking know that!" Naruto roared in her face. She could see that his canines got longer. "I know what I said! Tsunade was like a mother to me, and a sensei to you! Sakura was the fucking love of my life, and your best friend! I know I failed to protect them! I know I fucked up! So you don't have to keep bringing that shit up all the damn time! It's bad enough that we may possibly be the only ones alive in Konoha, hell, possibly even the whole world, but mentioning my failures makes it better for nobody! Even though we don't know each other that well, we're the only ones left, and you're the only thing left that's precious to me! I can't afford to lose you too!"

Naruto and Ino just stare at each other, both holding opposite facial expressions. Ino's held a look of fear and shock, while Naruto held a look of anger and guilt. His expression hardened even more.

"And what the fuck have YOU done to save Sakura-chan or Baa-chan?"

"..."

"Exactly. Nothing."

"..."

"Fuck it," Naruto declared finally after a long pregnant pause. He let Ino go and grabbed his backpack. "If you want to stay here and die, be my fucking guest. But I, on the other hand, want to live. See ya later, Ino-chan. Or maybe not." Naruto grunted as he began heading for the door.

"W-Wait!" Ino shouted towards him. He simply ignored her and released the barrier jutsu. Just as he grabbed the door handle and twisted it...

"I'm sorry..." Ino whimpered as he felt her arms wrap around his waist and tears stain his back. "I'm sorry, Naruto-kun... I've been a real bitch to you for the past two days... It's just that... w-with what happened... recently, I-I... Oh God, I'm so sorry Naruto-kun! You don't deserve what I've been putting you through...!"

"..."

"It's bad enough that everything is like how it is, but you don't deserve my attitude... I've just been through a lot, I mean... I've seen my dad die and become one of them in front of my own eyes. I hope that you can just forgive me Naruto, even if I don't deserve it... Just please... please... don't leave me..." she pleads, her sobbing and tears going berserk.

"..."

Ino gasps as Naruto turns around and holds her tightly in his arms. She then lets her muscles relax and pours her tears into the chest of Naruto's jacket. She holds Naruto tight as if he'd dissolve away if she let go.

"I forgive you, Ino-chan." Naruto whispers, letting his own tears fall. "We'll get through this together. I know I've said it before, but I promise that I won't let anything happen to you. I swear that on my life."

Naruto and Ino spend the next twenty minutes crying in each other's arms using their body heat to comfort each other.

*Two Days Earlier*

"Ah man, that ramen never gets old!" Naruto declared happily, rubbing his satisfied stomach with both hands. Ino, Sakura, Shikamaru, and Kakashi all stared at the fact that it was bulging out of his jacket.

"Forty-four bowls." Sakura commented. "Wow, Naruto-kun... That's a new record for you." she remarked with an intrigued smile. Naruto turned his head to look at her and grinned.

"Psh! Naw, I've had way more than that before! This is probably the most you've seen me eat. I eaten a lot more when I was by myself!" Naruto said proudly as the five continued down the streets of Konoha.

"Be that as it may," Kakashi says. "I'm just glad that you payed the bill for once." he mentions, very relieved that he didn't have to pay the combined total of 4502.76 ryu for them. Usually, it's somewhere around 3000 ryu...

"Hehe, yeah... I was feeling a little generous today. That last payment from my last mission put quite a bit of money in my pocket." Naruto replies, putting his hands behind his head in a content manner.

"Geez, you're worse than Choji... I know you make Teuchi-san a very rich man." Shikamaru states with a smirk.

"Where does he even put it all...? I wish I can eat like that and maintain my figure..." Ino complains to Sakura, who simply giggles in response.

"Kakashi-senpai!" they suddenly hear and can see a masked ANBU member to their right.

"Yes?" Kakashi replies.

"Tsunade-sama requests to see you," the ANBU Black Ops Member informs him. He then looks over toward the man with the pineapple head. "and you too, Shikamaru-san."

"Eh? Me? What does she want with me?" Shikamaru questions with a cocked eyebrow. The ANBU member simply shrugs.

"She didn't say. All she said is that she wishes to see the both of you ASAP." he replies.

"Troublesome." The Shadow Manipulator groans. "Alright guys, I'll see you later. Come on, Kakashi-sensei." Shikamaru waves goodbye before he, Kakashi, and the ANBU shunshin in a poof of smoke.

"Huh. That was weird." Naruto states, gaining two nods of agreement from his two female partners. He then shrugs it off.

"Hey, Pig." Sakura suddenly says to Ino with a smile. "Since Naruto-kun has been so courteous enough to treat us all to ramen, hows about you and I teach him how to shop for a woman?" she suggests. Ino forms a similar smirk to Sakura's as Naruto sweatdrops.

"Not a bad idea, Forehead. Lets." Ino says. Naruto gets nervous as both women look at him with a devious grin.

"Uh...! Geez guys, I'd love to, but uh... I got this thing to go to at a place with this guy at a certain time... and I think I'm late for it..." Naruto mumbles, trying to ease his way away from the two girls. But before he even gets a chance to turn around and run away, Sakura already has him tightly by the collar, preventing his escape.

"Oh no you don't!" Sakura declares victoriously. They then begin to walk, contemplating which store the should go to first... dragging Naruto in the process.

"Fuck my life." Naruto thinks to himself flatly.

*Present*

"N-Naruto-kun, I'm so scared...!" Ino whimpers, holding onto Naruto's arm as if she'd get lost if she let go. Naruto was equally as nervous, but it'd be best to hide his fear for Ino's sake. It'd only been two minutes since they left their barricade in the Hokage tower, and now the two are slowly walking down the same street that the Yamanaka flower shop is located.

"Don't be scared, Ino-chan. I'm right here and I'm not letting anything happen to you." Naruto whispered to comfort her. It only worked slightly, but Ino was still tearing. "Try not to cry so much, Ino-chan. I need to listen out for one of them." he told her. That immediately silenced her whimpering, but her tears would not cease.

Naruto was seriously on his toes and listening for any rustling nearby. Konoha was so quiet. It has never been this quiet. It looked so... dead and deserted. But Naruto knew well enough that they were out here with him crawling and lurking about. His head turned every direction every few seconds, knowing that they were masters of sneak attacks. Especially since they were still shinobi...

"Ino-chan, if you hear anything let me know, okay?" Naruto told her cautiously. He didn't see her nod, since he just couldn't keep his eyes away from his environment for even a second, but he felt her head nod against his shoulder. He noted that Konoha looked so... devious... Even though it was daytime at the moment, everything still looked so dark and creepy. The sky was a sickly red color, which was beyond unusual.

"Reminds me of those scary zombie movies..." Naruto thought to himself with a dry chuckle. "Only this ain't a movie and Ino-chan and I are the main characters."

"N...N-Naruto-kun... I think I-I... heard something..." Ino whispered so quietly that Naruto almost didn't hear her. He stopped in place and held his breath.

"...Where?"

"B-Behind us..."

He gulped and tensed his body. Slowly turning around, Naruto pivoted and took a look at what was behind them.

...He felt his heart jump and start to pound faster in his chest.

There was one of them. A deceased ANBU Black Op. Those were one of the things that would haunt Naruto's memory if he ever dared to close his eyes. It was missing a mask, so they could tell that it was a female. She sported a brown bob-cut hairstyle. She would have been fairly attractive if it weren't for a few factors...

For one thing, she was missing an eyeball.

Her skin was disgustingly pale; her skin color may as well be called grey. Blood drooled out of her mouth and oozed out of her eye socket where her eye is missing. Her other eye was rolled all the way into the back of her head, giving it a pupil-less, vein-bulging look. Her ANBU outfit was ripped to shreds, but still hung on her. Every area where there was a hole in her outfit either revealed a bloodstain, or an area where it showed her insides, providing evidence that she was either part of one of their snacks, or someone tried to finish her off.

Ino almost gagged when she saw a little bit of her muscle and fat hanging out of her arm.

"...Ino..." Naruto breathed, just as the female zombie slowly turned it's head in their direction. Once she spotted them, she stuck her putrid, long tongue out and licked around her mouth, spotting prey. "I w-want you to run... Now. I'll hold it off."

"No, Naruto." Ino protested as the mutant zombie took a step towards them. "I'm not leaving, and I'm not going anywhere by myself. We're doing this together."

Naruto sighed, but didn't feel obligated to put up a fight against her. "F-Fine." He growled. He wasn't frustrated with Ino's disobedience, he growled because he couldn't decide whether or not to run or to stay and fight. Those things may be brainless and dead, but they were fast. Their speed was nothing short of Kage-level. He knew that normal ANBU aren't that fast, and that this... transformation greatly improved their speed.

And their strength.

The last time he tangled with on of them, he felt as if he was fighting Tsunade. He knew they weren't just as strong as her, but they were pretty close. Which is why he didn't want to fight or run.

He knew one thing for sure though... He better make up his mind quick. It started to rapidly close the gap between them.

"S-Shit...!" Naruto grunted. "Ino-chan, hurry up and jump on my back!" he told her. She looked at him questioningly.

"Why would you w-?"

"JUST DO IT!" he shouted as the zombie began sprinting. With a little bit of hesitation, Ino jumped on his back and soon as he made she that she was secure on his back, he turned back around and took off. "Hang on!" he said. Ino did as she was told and held Naruto as tight as she could. Naruto dreaded the fact that chakra wasn't on his side today; due to the lack of sleep, he barely had any at all. He could use a few Kage-Bunshins, and maybe form a few Rasengans, but that was almost all he had at his disposal, and they're scarce at the moment, therefor, he felt that he should use them unless it's absolutely necessary. Of course, he had Kyuubi's chakra as well, but he in his right mind didn't trust himself to use it unless he or Ino was hairs away from danger.

"N-Naruto-kun, she's right on our ass!" Ino informs him, looking back only to see the undead ANBU was catching up with them.

"Damn it!" Naruto cursed, dreading the fact that he's running as fast as he could and she's still catching up. "Ino, do you have any kunai or weapons on you?"

"N-No, all the weapons I had I already used and lost..." she responds, barely missing a chance of getting caught by their pursuer by arching her back. Otherwise, she would have caught a hold on Ino's blouse. Ino's lights up when she gets an idea. "Naruto! Head toward my house! My family and I have a storage place for weapons!"

"Uh...! We're going to have to take a detour, though." Naruto grunts. Ino was about to ask why until she looked forward and saw a whole group of them up ahead lined up in a circle, probably sharing a body for dinner. Thinking fast, Naruto jumps up on one of the roofs, the female ANBU still following his steps. "And we're going to have to lose this bitch, too." he adds. He then curses again that some of the undead were on the rooftops as well.

"How do you think we're going to lose her, Naruto-kun? Because I think she was just just chasing us for kicks up until now..." Ino states, noting the fact that the brunette zombie was beginning to get a little more serious.

"I don't know, Ino-chan. I have a few ideas, but they're very risky..." he says, amazing himself at his ability to concentrate on thinking while running from and avoiding the undead at the same time. "Ino... I really hope that you have more jutsu and techniques besides medical ninjutsu and that Shinrashin technique..."

"Actually, I have quite a lot of Shinrashin techniques... But they're pretty useless on undead, brainless zombies..." she sighs. Naruto does the same.

"Shit... I need more chakra... If I had more, I could probably take care of this bitch myself." Naruto growls. Ino raises an eyebrow.

"If all you needed was chakra, you should have- AH!" Ino yelps mid-sentence when the deceased ANBU grabs Ino's blouse by the collar. "Naruto! She has my blouse!" Ino yells.

"Then take that shit off!" Naruto yells back.

"B-But all I have is a bra on under thi-"

"OH FOR GOD'S SAKE, INO!" Naruto roars. "Worry about that later! Do you want to die instead?"

Ino whimpers and quickly undresses her blouse, thanking the fact that Naruto was holding her thighs, otherwise, she would have fell off of his back. Due to the inertia of pulling on Ino's blouse, the ANBU staggers a bit when Ino sheds her purple blouse, ripping it mid-way through.

"...That was my favorite shirt..." An almost bare-chested Ino complains, wrapping her arms around Naruto's waist for security. The ANBU only drops the blouse and resumes it's task in chasing the two living shinobi.

"Get over it. You probably have, like, forty of the same one in your closet somewhere." Naruto says flatly. Ino groans.

"Thirty-two." she mumbles. Naruto rolls his eyes, but says nothing. He then speaks up upon remembering something. "Now what were you saying before about me needing chakra?" he asks, still swiftly and gracefully avoiding contact with the other nearby undead, while dodging the strikes from the one behind him.

"Oh, I was saying that if all you needed was chakra, then you should have told me earlier."

"Why?"

"Because my dad taught me this technique where I can transfer my chakra reserves to another being via mind techniques. The only downfall to it is that I'll be unconscious for twenty-four hours after I do it..." Ino says worriedly. Naruto thinks for a minute.

"...Ino-chan, do you trust me?"

"At this particular moment, I'd trust you with my whole life right now!"

"Good," Naruto says. "Perform that technique. I'll make sure that your body is safe once you give me the chakra, okay?" "Even though Ino-chan's chakra reserves are nothing compared to mine. But at this moment, I can use all the chakra I can get." Naruto says mentally.

"Alright..."

"Okay, so what do I have to do?" he asks, making a sharp U-turn upon realizing that he almost got boxed in by them.

"I have to form these five hand seals..." She says, forming them while Naruto holds on tight to Ino's thighs and legs. "Then I have to um..."

"...Yes?"

"Uh..."

"Come on, Ino-chan! We don't have all day!" Naruto groans, while walking up a brick chimney, then performing a back flip over the zombie chasing them.

"Turn your head towards me, Naruto-kun." she says. Not hesitating to do as she says, he turns his head where her face is, still looking at where he's going through the corner of his eyes.

He almost staggers and falls into a deep alleyway when Ino kisses him.

He was about to break the kiss and ask what the hell she was doing, but suddenly feels himself feeling more...energetic. He could feel Ino's chakra poring into his body through each other's mouths, and loved the feeling of it.

They two continue their lip-lock, while Naruto simultaneously looked through his peripheral vision to see where he was going, until he feels Ino go limp in his arms. He parts his lips away from Ino's and grins when he feels new strength course through his veins.

"She had a little bit more chakra than I thought." Naruto thought. "And Ino-chan, you would kill me if you were conscious to see what I'm about to do right now..." he adds. He then gathers as much strength in his legs as possible and jumps around 80 feet in the air. He releases Ino's thighs and performs a two-handed cross seal. "Kage-Bunshin no Jutsu!" he declares. In a poof, a shadow clone poofs into existence and catches the falling Ino and carries her bridal style once it lands on it's feet. He then creates two more and commands them to drop her off at the Yamanaka residence/flower shop and guard her while he (the real Naruto) is busy. The clones take off with Ino in another direction and can only prey that they don't run into trouble along the way.

Naruto then stops in front of the putrid-looking female zombie, and takes his fighting stance once it stops as well. He blinks and notices that she didn't follow after the clones and Ino, almost as if she didn't see them.

"So... This zombie has a crush on me or something? Or can it sense the real person apart from clones...?" he notes. "Even still, it didn't go after Ino either. I don't know, but I'm not complaining the least bit."

"Raagh...!" the undead kunoichi hisses, opening its mouth to stick it's unbelievably long, disgusting-looking tongue out at Naruto. Naruto grimaces.

"Sorry, I already had a potential girlfriend." he says to it with a grin. He then frowns. "But then she had to become one of you bastards...!" he shouts, forming a clone to create a Rasengan.

"Go to Hell where you belong, you filthy fucking pieces of shit..."