Chapter 1
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Black rover could be the only car seen on the empty street. The driver, black haired girl with black eyes and red glasses wasn't really surprised. She just heard on the radio before it would stop working not to leave houses, lock everything and...And What? No one knows. It definitely wasn't end of the world so why lock yourself up at home, alone? The girl chuckled and then sighed as she looked at her watch. She was late for work...again.
Suddenly her phone rang and she slightly jumped. Yep, not the morning person at all. She took it out from her purse and not even look at the screen to see who it was, she answered.
"Yes?" She asked and fixed her eyes on the road.
"Hey! Sarada! It's me, boruto."
'Of course...' Sarada thought and rolled her eyes but then the realization hit her. He sounded nervous, really nervous and Uchiha Sarada knew that Uzumaki Boruto wasn't someone who she had seen nervous for her entire life.
"What's wrong? You alright?" She asked and tried really hard to keep looking forward.
"I...I don't know. Hey, do you remember 3 days ago when I left the city? With Mitsuki? On a business trip?"
"Yeah yeah...What about it?" She asked. Come on, she was also starting to get nervous.
"At first I didn't take it seriously and now...Oh my god it's real and it keeps getting crazy!" The boy whisper-yelled.
"Wait what? What are you talking about?" Sarada asked. She got really confused. What was it all about? Couldn't he just spit it out?
"Listen Sarada. I know you won't believe me but..." Boruto sighed and Sarada could feel how tense he was, "Mitsuki told me when we were on our way to get here..As you know his dad is scientist and he has gotten the information that some kind of disease has started to spread throughout the world. Some starter scientists wanted to create medicine which would help people live longer but everything had gone wrong and..."
"And??" Sarada asked almost immediately. She knew it was about something very,very important.
"...A zombie apocalypse has started..." he finally whispered.
Sarada was frozen for a second, then she threw her head back and started laughing hysterically.
"Yeah, that was a good one." She said finally as she calmed down and once again fixed her eyes on the road in front of her. She was sure if the road wasn't empty, she would definitely crash into several cars.
On the other side, Boruto sighed.
"I knew you wouldn't believe me that's why I want you to come here and see it with your own eyes! Right now I'm in my apartment, looking out from the window and seeing people running around, trying to survive. I can also see some...walkers"
"Walkers?" Sarada asked as she tried so hard not to laugh.
"I don't want to call them zombies so...why not call them walkers? As in 'walking dead'?" Boruto said and sighed.
"I knew that show would have affect on you. See?" Sarada teased and started checking her nails.
"I guess the disease hasn't reached..." Boruto started but was cut off.
"Shit!" Sarada yelled as she looked up and saw a man standing in the middle of the road. She was fast enough not to crash into him fully but side of her car still hit the man's leg and forced him on the ground. She cursed again as she stopped the car and got out.
"I think I killed someone...he's not moving. Boruto, you hear me?" She whisper-yelled as she looked at the men in a few feets away from her on the ground.
"You hit someone?" He sounded panicked.
"Yeah...her me check on him if..."
"No! Don't get close!!" He yelled and Sarada jumped, now completely scared.
"Why? He may be alive and..."
"No no no you don't understand! He may be one of the walker!"
"Stop it! How is it possible. Listen..."
"No. YOU listen Sarada. Where are you? In the town or on the main road outside of the town? I guess the answer's the second, right?"
"Yeah, so what?" She asked, clearly annoyed.
"The road was empty wasn't it? Since I couldn't hear any voice and all..." He whispered the last part.
"Yeah that's also true...Wait I think he moved just now. I need to..."
"No! He's definitely a walker!" Boruto screamed desperately.
"You are wrong!" Sarada insisted like a stubborn child.
"Then answer me. What was he doing there, in the middle of the empty road, frozen?"
"He wasn't frozen. I think he was trying to cross the road and also..." Sarada stopped talking and Boruto could practically hear her heartbeat. He also heard how Sarada gulped.
"Hey, Sarada, What's wrong?" He called. No answer. Just whimpers.
"Sarada! You alright?!" He called again and slid a hand through his yellow hair.
"He...He just...He..."Sarada tried to say but couldn't form a sentence, "Boruto...He...He growled...just now and now...He...he's trying to...get up!" She yelled the last part and then he heard how Sarada ran, probably towards her car.
"Calm down! Just get in the car and lock all the doors!" He instructed as calmly as he could.
"that's what I'm doing rig-" A scream...banging sound..."Oh my god Boruto...he's right beside me, banging on the window!"
"Don't scream. If others are around, they will hear and more will come. Just get away from there as fast as you can!"
Sarada started shaking. 'It's real, it's real, dammit!' The words kept repeating in her mind as she drive as fast as she could.
"Where should I go now? I wonder if it's safe to..."
"don't you dare think about going back in the town! It's most likely too late now." Boruto said and sighed again.
Sarada wasn't stupid. She knew what it meant. If there was one outside of the town, in the middle of the road, then the town was probably infected already. Now she connected all the pieces. The radio announcement. The empty roads. This accident. She was one hell of a lucky person.
"Then where should I go?" Sarada asked. Her head was about to explode from all this.
"I don't know...I really don't know. Wait, I will ask Mitsuki if there's a way for you to come here. The more people, the better." He said and chuckled lightly, tried to lighten up the mood. Oh well, he tried...
"I'm glad he's alive." Sarada replied after a while, "Where is he now?"
"In the bathroom, trying to call his dad. But he doesn't answer. Probably he...too." Boruto whispered, almost for himself.
"Think positively. I'm driving towards Kirigakure. You're there, right?"
"Yeah. I'll call you later once I speak to Mitsuki. Stay safe."
"Alright. You too, guys." She bid her farewell and hung up.
After about an hour of driving, she stopped once she saw a messy haired boy, with a sword in his hands, trying to fight off several...'walker'.
He seemed pretty young. Probably her age, probably not. He was swinging his sword while yelling some words Sarada couldn't understand. Sarada realized that Boruto was right about 'being loud'. More walkers appeared from several directions.
Sarada knew he was struggling and didn't stand a chance against them. They were more than 10 now! So she decided to help him. She quickly pulled the window down and called:
"Hey!!! Stop that and come, fast!!"
The boy started looking around and when he finally spotted her, she waved and pointed towards herself.
The boy didn't waste anymore time and started running away from the group of walkers and then towards the car. She quickly opened the car door beside her and as soon as he got in, she drove away.
The boy, who's name appeared to be Asta, was the same age as her,19. His hair was ash blond color and also had soft green eyes. He reminded her of Boruto who had similar features and was also so loud. As Sarada has found out, he was from the clover country, and was on vacation in Sunagakure. But then this started and..bruh, You all know what happened after that.
Sarada told him about her story and how she ended up 'homeless' in this crazy world. He just laughed at that.
"I also didn't believe it at first, ya'know?" He stopped and Sarada knew he was thinking about something, so she decided not to bother him with other questions.