Zombies

"You located your brother? No way Tachi! "

Hidan felt excited for his friend, his friend would get to reunite with his little brother again, for the first time in... years? Itachi nodded and looked around once more.

"There's a problem though. "

"How? " Sasori asked, and Itachi sighed and placed his hand on his cheek.

"He's in Washington D.C. with Kakashi, Rin and Obito who wouldn't just let me see Sasuke again-there would be problems. He's probably been through so much and I couldn't protect him. " Itachi stared at the ground as his sharigan started to appear... in a much different pattern. "I can't seem to protect anyone... "

/twelve years ago
Itachi Uchiha's backstory/

Itachi stared hard, rethinking his entire life. That every single decision he had ever made led him up to this... watching his best friend jump off a cliff down to his death. Every single decision led him to this...

If only shisui had talked to him... he'd been in the same situation- he had tried to end his life... but- why? Why now? What was the purpose of life if it would end just as it started? Without thinking he ran to the edge of the cliff, his friends smile never left his face... all the way down... Itachi felt his eyes burning as he watched... his eyes burned.... they itched. It didn't feel right to him. Nothing felt right.

His friend was dying. His friend was inches from death. How could he go back in time? Fix this. Fix this mistake. He didn't want this- his friend never seemed to want it either. His friend was happy- that wasn't for him to say. He knew stuff about how Shisui was treated. Never the full truth, and now his friend was dead, at the bottom of a ravine, dead. Dead. Itachi never noticed the tears slipping from his eyes, he never noticed he was crying.

A scream escaped his mouth and he collapsed back onto the grass, this place... this is where he and shisui always hung out. Just a little ways out from where the Uchiha plaza was, but now... it was just a place that would be filled with horrific memories.

Itachi Uchiha would never recover from this.

Itachi Uchiha unlocked his mangekyo sharigan that unlucky day- and he wouldn't know until later on in life.

~~

/present/

"Hey Itachi! "

"Itachi? "

"Tachi? "

it was all mumbled to Itachi as he spaced off and thought about his past. The past he wish he could have forgotten. All the court trails that followed it... he wished he hadn't lived through any of it. He wished he jumped off with his best friend that day.

"I am gonna head to bed. "

Itachi stood up and quickly walked to his room, ignoring the concerns of his friends. Was he gonna enter another depression wave? He had been diagnosed all those years ago- but he hadn't had a wave hit him in years. Maybe since before this whole apocalypse started. He wanted to lay in bed and never face the earth again... yeah. That sounded good to him. Very good.

~~

"Itachi Uchiha is temporarily out of commission. " Nagato stated to the group, "he is in a wave of depression and is to not be bothered. "

Hidan felt his heart sink at those words. Clearly those things with his brother had an effect on him. Poor Itachi...

"I volunteer to scout for anti depressants. "

"Hidan? " Kakuzu didn't think Hidan was so loyal. He would scout out for medicine to help his friend without a second thought.

"Ah... hmm. That could be something we can do. While out looking for those scout for other medicines. " Nagato purple eyes scanned the group... Kisame would most definitely go.

"Any other volunteers? "

Kisame was the first to raise his hand, followed by Sasori.

"Since the nearest pharmacy is a ghost town... I'll need two more volunteers. "

A ghost town was a town completely filled with walkers. Every building had at least two zombies occupying it.

Deidara whispered something at Sasori who rolled his eyes. "I'll go. " Tobi said and Deidara eyes widened. Tobi couldn't outdo him! No!

"Me too! " Deidara yelled and Nagato nodded in agreement.

"So Hidan, Kisame, Sasori, Tobi and Deidara. The rest of us will take care of base... don't worry. You set out in ten minutes. " Nagato turned over to the cars and sighed. "Bring some gas, Medicine, but most importantly... anti depressants. Take the rover. " the rover was the smallest car, but the quietest. It was ideal for a ghost town.

"You didn't come eh Kakuzu? " Hidan said as he packed a quick bag the trip. He hadn't told many people... but he was a professional skater before he was put in the asylum. He decided to bring it, it could be used for many things. His skateboard that is.

"My daughter is the most important thing right now Hidan. "

"Even after all of our flirting? " Hidans heart did jumps as he talked. He kept his blush relatively hidden, but if looked at deeper it was noticeable.

Kakuzu stared at Hidan... why did he feel so warm and gushy from what he had said? Feelings for Hidan? Yeah right! "Even after all the flirting. "

"Give me a good luck kiss... " Hidan started, "Bruno Bucciarati! " Hidan let out a laugh at Kakuzus face, who mumbled something under his breath.

"Hehe... that was a Jojo reference. "

"Hidan do you have your knife? " Kakuzu had the honor to make sure Hidan didn't miss anything... he was missing his knife.

"Ah! Shit.... well fuck. "

"Mhm. Get going already they are probably waiting for you. "

"Kiss my Bruno figure while I'm gone... maybe the mista pictures too. "

"Shut up Hidan. "

~~~

Hidan stood next to the 'rover' with Kisame and Sasori. Tobi and Deidara still weren't ready. "Did Deidara only come cause he didn't want Tobi to one up him? " Hidan asked while looking at the sky.

"Yes. "

"What a kid. " Kisame scoffed.

"He better not slow us down. " Kisame looked sad. He looked like he would do anything to find the anti depressants for Itachi.

"Deidara is strong. "

"He uses explosives I doubt he wouldn't be, it's a matter of how loud. "

"Noise attracts the normal zombies, which I see as a win no? "

"The smart ones won't be so impressed... those are the ones we should be worried about. "

"Look Kisame, we are fucked either way. Deeply. Just believe we can work together and get through this. "

Kisame stared at Sasori. The kid deserves more respect than he gets. He can stand his ground in an argument with an adult. He would have been a good lawyer...

"Okay. You win. "

Sasori grinned and Tobi and Deidara finally joined them after two more minutes of waiting. "Let's go. We are running behind schedule. " Kisame hopped into the front seat and Tobi followed in suit stepping into shotgun. That left the three seats in the back too Sasori, Deidara and Hidan. To Deidaras delight.

The drive to a ghost town would have anyone's nerves up. Hidan remembered in the journal he had read that the person had been in a ghost town. Maybe it was for emphasis but the page was filled with blood stains. The author explained it with such fear like it was something you wouldn't go to even if a trillion dollars waited at the other side.

But the five of them didn't hesitate to go. Tobi owed Itachi a lot. Itachi thought to take Tobi before they escaped the Uchiha plaza. Even with all the childish things Tobi did, Itachi went to get him.

Sasori and Hidan went for the same reason; Itachi was their friend. Itachi would do the same for them.

Deidara... is petty. That is why he sits in the backseat asleep on Hidans shoulder. He wasn't worried at all. He wasn't one to be very scared. He was all about that I'm here for a fun time, not a long time.

Kisame just wanted Itachi to be... Itachi again. He loved Itachi. He would do anything for Itachis pain and sadness to be gone. He would go barefoot over hot rocks for his Itachi. A ghost town meant nothing if he could see Itachi be Itachi once again. That smile...

He would do anything.

~~~

They arrived just outside the town and shared a few glances. They're nerves arose, (minus deidara. He still wasn't nervous.) "Are you guys ready? "

It was a question that needed an answer. Kisame wouldn’t drive into the town until he got answers from all of them. He wouldn’t drive someone into a town filled with those creatures who wasn't ready to face them. Even if he fiancée was in trouble. Itachi would do the same.

"I'm ready. " Deidara spoke calmly. He was completely calm. He wasn't scared of a few hundred zombies.

"I'm ready. " Tobi loaded his gun as he said that, a gun with a silencer. As stupid as Tobi was (sometimes) he wouldn't bring a loud weapon into a ghost town and risk his friends death.

"Fuck yeah I'm ready! " Hidan didn't mean to raise his voice too much... but he did anyway... and got shushed by everyone in the car.

"Ready. If I die Hidan can just revive me again- Ow."
Sasoris speech got interrupted by Deidara and Hidan punching him.

"Don't say stuff like that. "

"Okay... sorry. "

"Well if we are all ready, let's go. " they drove into the town of Abingdon Illinois. A ghost town. Something... long forgotten by the people that escaped the town. In the book Hidan had read the author explained that ghost towns weren’t just the zombies spreading their disease fast- no it was 59.4% of the towns population turning zombie. It was a thing the author didn’t understand. How could a whole town turn? Hidan never questioned it. He wasn’t good a logically thinking. He was only ever good with numbers.

“We will stay silent, not a single movement other then this car. A single sound- single anything can kill us. “ was all Kisame said. Everyone understood.

The five minute drive to the pharmacy was tense. The walkers crawling, waddling, and lurking in the streets would put anyone on edge. It was lucky that zombies didn’t ever wander out of the cites or towns from when they turned. They rarely left those places.
Like a part of their soul didn’t want to leave the only familiar place- like maybe- just maybe... they are still even a little human.

They stopped in right in front of the pharmacy, it was silent. No one even moved. “I will go. “ Kisame whispered and just before he could step out the car-

“YO DUMBASSES! “ Deidara was already running out of the car- he was playing distraction... the group the stared in horror as Deidara started to set off his explosions causing hundreds of zombies to sprint towards the loud noises.

“Let’s take this opportunity yeah? “ Sasori was out of the car fast- he didn’t waste a second of Deidaras distraction and handled the lock on the door as quickly as he could. He got it open and Tobi and Hidan waited outside to protect the two inside from any lurking zombies who didn’t run for the distraction. Sasori and Kisame were quickly in the building and scouted around, knives out and ready for any hidden zombies getting ready to jump out at any second.

“Quickly take as much as the other medicine, I’ll take care of the anti depressants. “ Kisame hopped the counter and sorted through all the medicines and looked for a non expired bottle of the pills. “Bingo. “ he picked one up and quickly shoved it in his bag and turned back around the counter looking around before jumping over.

Deidaras distraction wouldn’t last much longer, they would tire out eventually and Deidara honored his life. Slightly. He wanted to go out in a Big Bang, not to a bunch of stupid rotting corpses.

“Sasori I got it. “ he didn’t speak to loud but Sasori understood and shoved the last bit of bandages and gauge in the backpack in his hands. They rushed out the building and shoved the bags in the back seats and hoped the in the car...

How would deidara escape this?

BOOM!

that’s how.

Deidara came running as the zombies rushed towards the explosion. “Fucking go! “ Deidara jumped into the car with a wild grin on his face.

“You are fucking insane kid. “

Was all Kisame said as he pushed on the gas hard and rushed out of the town without a look back. He got Itachi the medicine that could help him. What more could he ask for?