{So I really hope that you guys like this chapter, as these next few chapters are going to be the preparations for the battles against the scrubs, followed by the next chapter that actually features the battles. In the chapter after that, I will be epilog-ing the first arc, so that is the vague outline of what to expect from the next few chapters. Enjoy the chapter, or not it's your choice.}

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Senran Kagura, they are owned by Masashi Kishimoto and Marvelous AQL respectively.

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

Ninja Arts

"Important places/things"

*Time Skip/ Area Jump/ Flashback or Dream Sequence*

The Hanzo Academy Shinobi Room was a very quiet place when Naruto arrived there the next morning, and given how the room was normally a nice and happy place it would be very shocking to anyone who didn't know why this had happened. However, Naruto knew exactly why this was happening by the fact that his injury was the last thing he was conscious of before he learned about the plans he and his classmates were going to stop. In fact, he was almost that this was the first time this group of shinobi had ever been this serious about one of their missions.

'Well, at least this isn't a super dangerous mission against enemy shinobi. Still, I hope that we don't run into too many problems. I don't want to lose any of my friends to some simple delinquents in a strange cult.' Naruto shook over his worry not long after he finished his thoughts, worrying never helped anyone, in fact worrying normally made things worse than they already were. So instead of worrying, the blonde went about making sure that he had everything he needed for this mission.

It was just about then that his presence was noticed by his classmates, he wondered if it was because they were all shocked that he was already up and about after his injury yesterday. Asuka proved that this was true as she asked, "Naruto, why are you here? Shouldn't you be resting?"

The blonde laughed at the brown haired girl's words, confusing the rest of his classmates as well before a stern look from them caused him to explain himself. "Sorry, sorry, but I was just glad that you guys didn't know about how advanced Shinobi Medicine is. Well, let's just say that I've been hit by a lot worse than that, I mean just look at me!"

That last statement seemed to make the girl's look away from him, and that was when he remembered that he was missing an arm. Hey, he's been missing that thing for a long time and he's kinda used to it. "Oh, uh, not the whole arm thing. I was talking about how I look like an idiot, and I act like one too."

He did not have to wait long before Yagyu, being the quick witted girl she was, barely wasted a second to respond to the male of the group's statement. "It's true; you do look like an idiot."

Naruto smiled at the girl's words as he pointed at her, "See, she gets it! Now, let's finish preparing for this mission, shall we?"

After his last statement the mood was lightened, not to its usual light hearted state but much better than the dark broody seriousness it had been before. In fact, everyone also seemed to be a lot more confident about their chances in this next mission. That was what made Naruto smile; even as he went about with the monotonous task of checking each and every piece of his equipment to make sure that it was up to snuff.

'And now my mood is shot, why didn't I wait until after I did this to raise everyone's spirits? Ugh, I really am an idiot.' And with that last bit of self-reflection, Naruto set his entire being on this task, trying to power through it without half ass-ing it. This wasn't that hard given how many times he's done it in his career.

*Later*

The six shinobi in training stood before Kiriya-sensei, the man meticulously checking over his student's equipment as they prepared for their first real, if a bit underwhelming, mission against enemy shinobi, or delinquents with shinobi powers, but the point was the same. Naruto was almost certain that the girls were as nervous as he was when the white haired man stepped away from them, the man not even looking at them as he prepared to deliver his verdict on their preparations. In fact, the blonde was almost certain that the man was enjoying his sick torture of his students.

"I have checked over your equipment, and I have one thing to say to you …" Naruto spared a quick glance to his fellow students as Kiriya paused before he finished, and Naruto once again had to wonder if the man was sadistic or just an asshole. "You are ready for this mission." All at once, the group's nerves melted away as the man spun to face them.

"Now let us go over the plan." The group followed Kiriya to the table as he laid out a detailed grid map of the shopping district before pointing at a seemingly random street as he looked up at his students. "This is the main street area; this is where our informants say that two large groups of the 'Scrub Bandits' should be heading here, along with a pair of their captains. In response to that information, I want Yagyu and Hibari to be at different ends of the street in order to prevent the two groups from meeting up and causing havoc."

The two girls nodded at their sensei's words, already preparing themselves for their assignments as Kiriya-sensei moved onto the next part of the map, letting his finger rest on the streets near the area he had assigned the two first years as he started speaking once again. "Alright then Katsuragi, you will be assigned to the side streets near your comrades to prevent any ambush forces for any of the three groups. If you can, I want you to eliminate the fourth captain as well."

Katsuragi acknowledged the man before she began to stretch, and the man didn't even acknowledge it before he moved his finger to the shrine just past the side streets as he addressed the last female third year. "Ikaruga, your task will be to stop any damage that the delinquents will try to do to the shrine, and we have reason to believe that another commander will be there as well so stay alert."

Ikaruga acknowledged the man as she checked her sword over one last time, leaving just Naruto and Asuka without assignments as the man moved his finger to the old warehouse district, addressing his last two students as he did. "Alright then, Asuka and Naruto will be following a lead on the location of the Scrub main base. In one of these warehouses, we have received word that not only is the final commander has been seen there. In addition to that, we've also heard that a strange woman with green hair with a pair of strange wing-like accessories on her back. I don't care how you decided to split up the work, but one of you will need to take out the commander while the other goes to bring the mystery woman into custody."

Naruto and Asuka shared a look before the blonde gave the brown haired girl a grin and a thumbs up, which got him a smile and nod in return as they went to join their teammates in the final preparations. The silver haired man simply watched as his six students left the shinobi room, for the first time looking like they were actually ready to do a Shinobi's duty. It almost made the silver haired man smile, but he didn't because he had more control over himself then that.

*Hibari*

Hibari couldn't help but gulp as she saw the woman she was tasked with fighting, and when said woman saw her she simply sighed as she dragged her weapon along the ground. "Oh man, I can't believe that I have to face the innocent little bunny girl. I was hoping that I would face Mr. Ninja instead, he would actually be entertaining to face."

Hibari's face changed into a scowl, though it wasn't very intimidating on the pink haired girl's face, as she pulled out her Shinobi Arts Scroll. "Don't underestimate me because I'm a first year! I can fight too!"

Lola watched the girl carefully before sighing as she reached into her pocket and pulled out a Shinobi Arts Scroll of her own. "I guess that I have no choice, just try not to bore me okay?"

The remaining members of Lola's group simply stood back and watched as their leader prepared to fight the young shinobi, knowing better than to get in-between Lola and a fight. It would never end well for those that tried, plus they could use this time to rest as their boss dealt with the girl.

*Yagyu*

Yagyu couldn't help the twitch in her eye as she saw the person she was up against, and the girl she was fighting couldn't help but grin as she opened her big mouth. "Oh good, I get to fight the little bitch that can't hold her own without her boyfriend to draw my attention. This should be easy."

Yagyu simply pulled her scroll out as she watched Carrie reach into her skirt before pulling out one of her own. However, at her silence the pig tailed girl grinned once again before speaking once again. "Aw, what's the matter bitch, can't speak without your boyfriend here to give you permission?"

Yagyu gripped her scroll tighter as she said, "You need to learn how to stop talking."

With that the two girls prepared to fight and the left over Scrub bandits made sure to get as far away as possible. They were not going to be anywhere near a fight between two girls that use long range attacks as their primary method of attack. To be close to such a match would be suicide.

*Katsuragi*

Katsuragi grinned as she saw would she would be fighting against, and her opponent simply face palmed as she complained about the blonde. "Oh joy, I have to deal with the pervert, why couldn't I have gotten that pink haired girl, I heard that she was such a cute little thing too."

That made the blonde girl mad, and she was talking before she even finished pulling out her scroll. "Okay, originally I was going to just harass you a bit before knocking you out. But now that you've started to look down on me, I have no choice but to beat your pretty ass red."

Alison turned a harsh glare as she pulled out her own scroll, "This is exactly why I didn't want to face you, because if a pervert doesn't get her way she turn's violent. I will have to make sure that you learn your lesson personally."

With that the silver haired girl pointed her cane at Katsuragi, and the left over Scrubs simply went to the outskirts of the area before simply waiting to watch. After all, this would be the first time that their captain was going to teach someone else how to behave properly. This would be a very therapeutic day for them.

*Ikaruga*

Ikaruga and her opponent simply stared at each other, both girls watching the other intently before Louise started talking. "Well crap, I can't believe that I actually have to fight now. Ugh, why couldn't you have gone after Alison or something? This is too much work for someone like me."

Ikaruga simply pulled out her scroll as she responded to the girl, "If it's too much trouble for you, you could simply surrender. It would save you the trouble of having to fight me."

Louise simply sighed before pulling out her own scroll, "I can't do that, both Sakura and my lady need me to do this job. I'm pretty sure you know the feeling of not wanting to disappoint someone you care about, eh Miss Ninja?"

Ikaruga nodded at the woman before responding, "Yes, I do know that feeling very well. Let's get this over with then, shall we?"

As the two girls prepared to duke it out, Louise's Scrub back up took the time to set up so that they could watch the upcoming battle. This would be one of the only times their captain would ever actually fight, and they were not going to interrupt it. It's a once in a life time situation, and they had front row seats.

*Asuka and Naruto*

It was not very difficult for the duo to make their way over to the warehouse district, and they were both very disappointed that their targets didn't have groups of minions for them to fight as well. Still, as they made their way through the seemingly abandoned area they noticed certain different things that showed that it was not, in fact, abandoned. Said things were like a large amount of footprints and the fact that one of the warehouses had lights on and an opened door, complete with a familiar woman standing in front of said open door.

Naruto walked towards the woman, reaching for his kukri as he did so, fully prepared to get some sweet revenge as he glared at the woman. He was stopped by Asuka, as the girl glared at the woman staring at them from the doorway. Naruto kept his glare on Sakura as he spoke to his partner, "What the hell Asuka? Why can't I fight her?"

The girl didn't look at him as she responded, "I want you to deal with this 'Dragonfly Queen' person, and I will fight this woman. Can you please let me handle this?"

Naruto grit his teeth at the girl's statement, really wanting to fight the woman, but he eventually relented to the brown haired girl's demand with a sigh. "Fine, but I swear if you lose I will tie you to a chair and tickle you to death."

The amount of seriousness he said that with, combined with how off the wall that statement was, nearly made Asuka turn towards the blonde to ask what he had just said. However, seeing as he had already taken off towards a separate entrance to warehouse, leaving Asuka to assume that he was just trying to lighten the mood before she fought this older woman.

"I see that you want revenge for what I did to that male ninja. I acknowledge your strong desire to avenge you teammate, but I must warn you that this time I cannot allow you leave this battle field alive." The woman followed her statement by pulling out her scroll, making Asuka pull out her own before she finished her statement. "Now then little girl, I hope you are prepared to meet your end."

Asuka merely glared at the woman as she stared at her, fully prepared to fight with this woman for what she had done to her friend, still she couldn't help but excitedly think in so deep part of her mind, 'Now, I finally get to test my shinobi skill against a worthy foe!'

Asuka didn't let her excitement show as she fully prepared herself to fight the woman with her full strength.

*Naruto*

'Well … that was easy.' Naruto thought as he went into a door at the side of the warehouse which wasn't even locked, despite its unguarded location, and he was surprised at how well furnished the warehouse was. He noticed that there were fluffy couches and leather chairs all over the place, along with a large number of beds and small TVs as well.

However, the blonde noticed that the warehouse looked to be cut in half by a large metal divider that went all the way to the ceiling. He also noticed that the metal divider had six doors built into it, each with one of the flower symbols on the door, showing who belonged to the room behind said door, with one sole exception. Said exception was a large double door with the picture of a dragonfly over a stylized number seven.

Deciding that was as good a place as any to start, Naruto made his way towards the door and knocked on it, no use being rude to the woman he had come to capture after all. He was not expecting for the woman whose door he had knocked on to call out to him, even using his name as she did so. "Come in Naruto, I've been expecting you."

That put the blonde on edge, his hand flying to his kukri as he watched the door automatically open before him, revealing a large room covered in various workbenches, a few glass panels with various bugs behind them, and a large wall of screens showing short videos of not only him, but all of his new classmates as well. In front of said wall of screens was a large been bag chair, in which Naruto could just barely see a woman with short green hair with caramel skin sitting in it.

"I'm so glad you came to see me personally so soon, I was worried that your friends would somehow get assigned to get me instead, ssu." Naruto watched the woman stand, the glare of the screens hiding anything but the vaguest hint of the fact that the woman might have been naked as she watched the videos. This was proven to be true as the woman bent over to pull a white shirt (?) off the floor and pull it over her chest, followed by an equally white skirt that the woman just pulled up her legs before dragging some white arm warmers onto her arms.

The girl brushed off her clothes, if the small pieces of fabric counted as clothes, and placed her arms behind her head as she walked towards him. "You know, I've been keeping a close eye on you for a while now, I hope you don't mind ssu. Anyway, I'm going to have to bring you down now, can't let that fox cunt beat me after all ssu."

The woman proceeded to grab a scroll from one of her tables as she walked towards him, prompting Naruto to do the same as he glared at the girl. "Sorry, I'm sure you're a good person but I don't need another stalker, the one from last year is more than enough. Anyway, let's just agree to fight and then separate as just friends, kay?"

The woman simply shook her head as she stopped resting her hands on her hips as she sighed. "I'm afraid I can't do that Naruto, because if it's a choice between your freedom and me beating my sisters, I win every time. So try not to struggle too much, at least not until I can tie you up properly." Naruto suppressed a shiver as he heard that, he was not going to just lie down and get dominated by some random girl with a ninja scroll, he didn't before now and he wasn't going to now either.

The duos all around the city stared at each other, before as one they all called out, "Shinobi Transformation!"

{Done and done, okay so in the time since I start this chapter, meaning about two days ago, I have managed to get '100%' on both stories of Senran Kagura Burst. I put those little marks on the 100% because I've only managed to beat all the missions, I have yet to actually get all the titles, art, and both sets of mission clears with all the characters. So, with that said, expect much more of this story as I work on doing just that. Enjoy Life Readers.}