Plague: GAAAAAAAAAAH I'm seriously getting freaked out by the fact that my mind INSISTS on a new plot bunny even though The Prototype Shinobi is having problems. On that note, I am very VERY sad to say that TPS will have to undergo a rewrite. I'll officially announce it as a 'chapter', along with the reason why.

Anyway this is my own solo project (seeing as Roamer already has one :( ), with one of the most insanest crossovers ever. Basically it's a Naruto and House of the Dead crossover (but you already knew that if you read the summary AND the story tags). Only the Arcana (AKA the bosses) of House of the Dead will appear. No normal zombies, or the AMS, just the Arcana, all in one summoning contract. I'll explain how the contract works at the bottom of the chapter, but for now, ROLL TAP- oh wait disclaimer.

Disclaimer: I do not House of the Dead (Sega's) or Naruto (Kishimoto's).

Plague: This will not include OVERKILL, as they do not have any Arcana names and thus would not fit into the contract properly. Also worth mentioning that this had been inspired by Dirty Reid's 'All Manner of Horror' (this could actually fit with that, but to each author their own). NOW ROLL TAPE!!

Chapter 1: The Chariot

Uzumaki Naruto stood shock still, watching from a distance as Iruka-sensei defended him verbally against Mizuki-teme's claim of him being a beast that only wanted the scroll for his own power. Tears entered his eyes as he recalled the events that led up to this.

He had failed the academy exam for the third time, when Mizuki had approached him with the proposition of a make-up test that involved stealing the Forbidden Scroll and learning a technique in it, before showing it to Mizuki, who would then graduate him if done successfully. However, this all proved to be a farce, as when Iruka found Naruto first, he had been shocked at what Naruto told him of the 'make-up test'. Soon after, Mizuki had shown up, hurling a volley of kunai that hit and pinned Iruka to a tree, before asking for the Scroll from Naruto. When he only showed confusion at the situation, Mizuki then continued on by telling Naruto the truth of why people hated him:

Twelve years ago, while officially, the Yondaime Hokage had defeated the Kyuubi no Kitsune that had attacked Konoha, in reality, he had been unable to defeat the Kyuubi and instead had sealed it within a child: Naruto. Shocked and confused, Naruto could not react as Mizuki hurled a large shuriken at him, only for Iruka to take the hit with his own back instead. Only becoming more confused by it all, along with great shock at the revelation, he had run away.

Now, he watched as Iruka, having been Henged into himself, had struck back at Mizuki who had been Henged into Iruka himself, before the current situation.

'What do I do...If this keeps up, Iruka-sensei will die! What do I...wait THE SCROLL! Maybe it has something!'

Slinging it off his back, he quickly opened it again, before quickly skimming over its contents.

'Nope, nope, nope, I can't use this, this one's too difficult...DAMN IT I need SOMETHING, or else Iruka-sensei will die!'

Starting to feel hopeless at the situation, he suddenly spotted a inky black seal that stood out on the scroll, along with a small note scrawled onto the scroll just above it.

Arcana Summoning Contract

This immediately caught Naruto's attention, as summoning contracts were relatively rare as compared to the large number of other jutsu.

'A summoning contract? I've never heard of something called Arcana, or of ANY summoning contracts outside of a clan, but...maybe I can use it to help Iruka-sensei!'

Quickly, he applied chakra to the seal, as had been taught in the Academy, before a small 'poof' of smoke revealed another scroll, albeit small, and an inky-black color. Gulping at the dark color, that just screamed 'CAUTION', he quickly cracked it open to reveal dark red lines outlining 'slots' on the left side of the scroll, while a curious design filled the rest of the space on the right. It consisted of twenty-two circles placed in three dimly-outlined circles, each enclosing the previous outline. One of the circles stood prominently in the smallest outline, six of the others placed evenly in the middle outline, while the remaining fifteen were also spaced out evenly in the outer outline. Curiously, two of the middle circles looked like they were burned out, along with another circle in the outermost outline. There appeared to be kanji in each circle, but the dark red ink on the black scroll made it hard to decipher in the dark night.

'No time to think about that now, now what did Iruka-sensei say on how to sign a contract again?'

Remembering how it was done, and that time was slowly running out for Iruka-sensei, Naruto quickly bit his thumb, before signing his name in the first slot. Almost immediately, darkness spread into his vision, before he collapsed onto the ground.

"Urgh...What just happened..."

Naruto groggily groaned out as he came to his senses, only for dark surroundings to appear in his vision. The expanse of black seemed to reach forever, with no sign of anything at all.

"What the...where's the forest, and...oh no! Iruka-sensei! What do I do, what do I do, what do I-"

"You should calm down, child, or else you'll simply make the situation worse in your own eyes."

"GAH!!!!"

Whirling around at the sound of the sudden voice, Naruto was met with what appeared to be a slightly pale-skinned man, wearing a business suit along with shaded glasses, sitting in a black office chair with a relaxed posture.

"Um...who're you mister? And how do I get back? I need to help Iruka-sensei!"

"My name is not your most immediate concern, for I am simply here to explain some...rules and details to whoever signs the Arcana summoning contract."

Naruto cocked his head slightly, the reply being somewhat confusing, yet also informative.

"Well could you hurry up at least? I need to help-"

"Yes, you wish to assist your teacher, which is understandable. However, child, you should be aware that we are in your mind right now-"

"EH?!?!"

"-and time flows differently in one's mind as compared to the outside world. At most, we will take around one minute in the outside world to finish this conversation, seeing as you are in a hurry. Do you understand so far?"

Naruto slowly nodded his head, having just connected a few dots: he had absolutely no idea about this Arcana summoning contract, and this...man?...was going to help him with that, and in turn helping him save Iruka-sensei.

"Good, now what you must know above all that this summoning contract is very different from other contracts. There were originally only twenty-two summons, now only nineteen summons. I will explain why at a later date. Now, of these nineteen summons, you may only have access to three at first. If you wish to use the others, you will have to fight, and defeat, them to prove that you are worthy of summoning them. Am I clear so far?"

Another nod.

"Very well then, when you wish to summon any of them, you must call out the Summoning Jutsu, along with the desired Arcana summon's name. Otherwise, it will not work. Another thing to note that you may only maintain ONE of the Arcana summons at any time. Attempting to summon another will send the first back.

"Finally, this regards the Arcana summons in overall. The initial three available to you are the weakest in overall power, but all the summons excel in their own specialization. You can access this information through the scroll, it has special seals for that. Oh and one more thing..."

Naruto cocked his head slightly, before flinching back slightly at the sudden serious tone the man's voice took.

"Under NO circumstances is this scroll to fall into the wrong hands. As the first to sign the contract, you are to take responsibility over it, and you WILL ensure that that situation does not happen, or there will be...CONSEQUENCES...for your world. AM. I. CLEAR?"

Naruto nodded his head furiously at the demand the man made, before suddenly realizing that the 'edges' of the no longer seemingly infinite dark expanse was turning white, and coming closer to him and the man.

"Hmmm, it appears that your time here is up. We will talk later, child."

"But...I don't even know your name!" Naruto managed to speak as the white reached the man.

"...You may call me..."

Naruto barely managed to hear the name just as the white overtook his vision.

"Goldman..."

"GAH!"

Naruto shot up from his lying posture on the ground. Quickly, as his mind re-processed the talk with 'Goldman', as well as the sudden information of the Kuchiyose no Jutsu's seal sequence, he turned his head to the scroll to see three of the outer circles' red ink now a bright glowing red, making the kanji in each visible at the same time.

'No time to waste, let's just hope the one I pick can help Iruka-sensei!'

Randomly picking one of the three, reading and memorizing the kanji in it, Naruto placed the summoning contract into his pocket and the Forbidden Scroll onto his back, before quickly jumping into the clearing as Mizuki was about to stab Iruka with a kunai.

"MIZUKI-TEME!!"

"What the-BRAT!! Hand me the scroll NOW!"

"Naruto, RUN!!"

"Shut up Iruka, Naruto, hand me the scroll NOW!"

Naruto only showed a determined facade, before biting his thumb, and started flipping several hand seals, which both Chunin were startled to realize that the sequence was familiar.

'Isn't that the seal sequence for the Kuchiyose no Jutsu?!' was what ran through both Chunin's minds.

"Hell no! How about something I learned FROM the scroll instead? Kuchiyose no Jutsu: CHARIOT! (Summoning Technique: Chariot)" Naruto shouted as he slammed his hand into the ground after finishing the seal sequence.

Mizuki's eyes widened almost hilariously in horror at the massive spike of chakra, before a large blast of smoke burst in front of Naruto, which was soon cleared by a swing of a large bardiche...wait WHAT?!

The cleared smoke revealed a tall figure in imposing gray armor, with what appeared to be a breathing apparatus fixed to the front of the helmet. A glowing red gem stood out prominently on the figure's right chest armor piece. What unnerved Mizuki however was the aforementioned bardiche, which looked like it could easily cleave him in two, and the glowing red glass that covered the figure's eyes. Iruka, facing only the back of the figure, could only see the bardiche, but was still equally unnerved due to a thought: that came from the Forbidden Scroll?

Unbeknownst to both Chunin, Naruto was having...interesting thoughts.

'Woah...'

'You are our new summoner, I presume.' At this, Naruto nearly jumped out of his skin, and almost shouted out.

'WHA-'

'In front of you.' That was when Naruto finally got the hint.

'Wait wait, you're...err...Chariot?'

'Indeed. Who would have me decapitate?' Chariot sounded almost TOO happy when asking the question.

'WAIT WAIT WAIT, no killing, no killing. Just...beat up the guy in front of you, can you?'

'And WHY is that so, summoner?' There was a tone of annoyance edging into Chariot's voice, possibly due to being unable to kill someone.

'Because...he needs to be punished later, and I don't think it'll be easy to explain how a Genin...err...decapitated a Chunin without explaining about you guys, and I don't think you guys appreciate being in the limelight.'

'...For being the first human we have met in a long while, you possess impressive intelligence and even thought things out...despite your short figure...'

'Heh than-HEY WAS THAT AN INSULT?!' Naruto only heard a deep mental chuckle in response.

'Not fully intended...Very well then, if you so wish, no decapitation. I suggest however that you summon a few...Kage Bunshin was it? That way you could explain the man's eventual injuries as simply your clones beating him up.'

'Hey that's a good-Wait how did you-'

'When you signed the contract, you created a mental link that allows all of the Arcana, even those who are not presently available to you, to access your knowledge. The concept behind those Kage Bunshin is actually interesting...but I digress. The man is starting to move.'

'Huh?' Naruto finally snapped out of the mental-conversation-induced stupor to see Mizuki reach for the large shuriken on his back. This was when Chariot exploded into action. Swinging his bardiche onto his back, he quickly rushed forward at Mizuki with great speed and, before the Chunin could react, launched a wicked right hook into Mizuki's face, sending him flying while dropping the large shuriken from his momentarily numbed fingers. As he tried to stand back up, Chariot was in his face again, punching deeply into his chest, breaking a rib or two in the process. Getting knocked onto the ground, Mizuki tried to support himself with his arms, spitting out blood at the same time, only to look up at the looming armored figure above him, who already had an armored fist raised.

The next few painful (for Mizuki) minutes only consisted of Chariot pummeling the downed Chunin repeatedly, holding back however to ensure that the Chunin would be (barely) recognizable for the other shinobi who would come eventually. Naruto, following Chariot's suggestion, had called up some Kage Bunshin, who all, along with Iruka, now watched with grim fascination at the one-sided (marginally) held back punching match, wincing every now and then at the occasional large scream from Mizuki, or the sound of bones cracking.

Finally, Chariot stood up, and started dusting off his hands, while Mizuki lied weakly below him, moaning pitifully now and then. Then, he turned around before walking back to Naruto, who had a grim look on his face at the bloodied Mizuki.

'My work here is done then. See you another time, summoner. And do NOT disappoint us.' Chariot 'spoke' mentally, before a burst of smoke heralded his self-dismissal. Blinking at the sudden disappearance, Naruto and his clones just stood there confusedly until he heard a pained cough behind him. That was when he remembered about Iruka-sensei.

"AAAAAAAAH!! IRUKA-SENSEI!!!"

Plague: Ok HOPEFULLY you guys liked it. A crossover of any sort with the House of the Dead series had to happen eventually, and what better way than to do it with one of the most crossovered series, Naruto.

Now, to explain how the contract, and thus the Arcana, work. Currently, Naruto has only access to three of them: Chariot and two others. For this story, I will be specializing all of the Arcana for specific roles, along with improving some of the weaker Arcana slightly, but in terms of overall power, these three will be the weakest of all nineteen Arcana . There will be an explanation for why there is no High Priestess, Devil and Moon in the story, as the series has not revealed these three yet.

To gain access to the stronger ones, Naruto will have to fight them in a mental world. There is, in actuality, no set order in which Naruto must fight them, but it would not be a really good idea fighting the stronger ones until he becomes better. I am also considering whether to allow Naruto use special skills that relate to each 'unlocked' Arcana.

Seeing as The Prototype Shinobi will be undergoing a re-write (T.T), the Monster Form poll will be kept in stasis, but will be replaced with another poll at a later date. Roamer may or may not be using the poll as well.

Now then, I am going to mix up the teams a bit. I would like to ask, most importantly, who should be on Naruto's team. There will be a chapter or two before the Genin team announcements, so no worries. Also, I am unsure if I should do any pairings, as this IS meant to be quite...gory, which would make things confusing if there WAS any romance (which, as I have just discovered, I suck at).

Finally, I am again VERY sorry about The Prototype Shinobi, but it is necessary. Now then, feedback/reviews are our lifeblood, just PRESS the green button just below this. Do it! DO IT! DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE- *BONK*

Roamer: ...Whoops...not.*drags Plague away*