{Alright-y then, this chapter is finally here, as you can see by the fact that the words are on your screen. Anyway, this arc will be focusing more on Naruto's side then that of the Hanzo Shinobi as a whole, as those actions are rather aptly shown in Burst. This means that I'll be making stuff up for almost the entire arc. With all that said, please enjoy the chapter.}

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*

Naruto awoke slowly to the feeling of a pounding headache and an arm stretched just a bit too far above his head for comfort. Next thing he noticed was the fact that his leg and shoulder had been fully healed, meaning that his captors had gone through the trouble of healing him after he'd been knocked out. Finally he decided that he needed to get a hold of his surroundings, the blonde peered around the room he was in for anything that he could use to get a layout of his location, and possibly allow him to escape.

The first thing he noticed about the room was the material it was made out of, stone lots of stone with metal bars being used as a door. That was already a big indicator of exactly where he was, that being a prison cell, but rather than give up there he decided that knowing the contents of his room couldn't hurt. The first thing he notices was the bed, which was built into the wall to his right, which was little, more than a metal shelf. Next was the bucket in the closest corner to his left, which was more than likely the stand in for a toilet given the rest of the room. Finally, and most obviously seeing as it was pulling his arm upwards, was the pair of shackles attached to a chain that was attached to a track in the ceiling, and even though he only had one arm, he still couldn't manage to wiggle his arm out of the bond it was held in.

It was then that Naruto picked up the feeling of a Shinobi Presence entering his range, which caused him to stop his struggling and go back to playing sleep, and just in time too as he was able to feel the presence reach his door, and he could practically feel the eyes crawling over his body as the person stood there. He was surprised when the sound of a calm, and slightly apathetic, woman's voice cut through the still air of the cell.

"How much longer are you going to pretend to sleep?" Seeing as his ruse was pointless now, Naruto just opened his eyes and glared at the woman on the other side of the bars, taking in her appearance as he did so. The woman had purple hair that was pulled into a short pony tail while her amber, or are they red, eyes were slightly obscured by a pair of red rimmed glasses. Moving further downward, the blonde was able to see that the woman was wearing a classy white dress shirt that clung to her body a bit too well, and was just small enough to reveal the black of her underclothes of her bust. She also wore a tight black skirt with black stockings rimmed with black lace, with said stocking being held up by a set of black garters, and her feet were covered by a pair of black dress heels. He was unable to guess her age, which was common as older shinobi get really good at concealing that fact, but he was able to tell that figure was a ninety seven bust, a fifty seven waist, and a ninety set of hips.

"I guess they weren't wrong, you do take a bit too long in sizing up your opponents. You need to work on that." The sound of the woman's voice brought his attention back to her face, which was still set in that uncaring frown, which made it even harder to tell if she was insulting him or giving him genuine advice, either way though, it didn't stop him from making a smart comment in response.

"Well I wasn't exactly expecting to wake up again, so I do hope you'll forgive me." Naruto swore he saw the woman's frown twitch at his remark, and he honestly didn't care if it did or not, he would take it as a victory.

"That's acceptable, but the only reason you weren't awoken by violent torture is because a certain group donated a very large sum to our school to make sure you were left unharmed." That remark took the wind right out of his sails, and he swore that he saw the woman smirk for a second before it vanished.

"What do you want; if it's the scroll, then I honestly don't know where it is." His glare had returned as he addressed the woman, and to his surprise she simply nodded at him.

"I know that, and the Elite already have someone working on a plan to obtain the scroll, and your presence here was all that was needed to make it happen." Now he was just feeling like garbage, first he nearly loses his life to a ridiculously strong woman on the beach, then he losses horribly to a trio of Hebijo's Elite after being poisoned, and now he is responsible for the Hanzo Scroll being taken. Can this get any worse?

"I will leave you for now, but I will be leaving a guard to watch over you for now. Rindo, he's all yours." His question was met with his minion nemesis emerging from just out of sight, and he began mentally cursing himself for deliberately provoking Murphy's Law.

*Some Time Later*

Naruto had done everything in his power to avoid meeting the eyes of the girl that was leaning against the wall across from his cell. Though despite his best efforts he would catch himself glancing at her, and other time he would catch her glancing at him, which led to both of them glancing away from each other. This was the most boring situation he had ever been in, and considering the fact the he already knew exactly how many bricks made up his cell, the only thing he had left to do was actually look over the minion that was watching him.

The girl was utterly average in most ways, long brown hair, brown eyes, fair skin, and an utterly civilian figure that he couldn't bring himself to acknowledge due to its sheer averageness. Though he was able to get his first view of a true Hebijo Uniform, Homura's Shinobi Outfit didn't count because it was modified. Anyway, the uniform was almost completely different than the Hanzo Uniform, with its two main colors being black on the shirt and skirt, with both articles having red accents on them along with black shoes and socks to cover their feet. However, despite the completely stereotypical color scheme of evil, he had to admit that the fact the shirt was purposefully cut short reveal the midriff was a strangely eye-catching touch.

After getting done with the uniform she was currently in, Naruto couldn't help but recall the girls shinobi outfit, because he was just that bored in this cell. If he was remembering correctly, she wore a white sleeveless shirt with a white skirt over a pair of dark grey tights that led into a pair of knee length boots. Next thing he recalled was the fact that she wore a red scarf to cover her face in that outfit, which was a shame now that he'd actually seen the girl's face, which had a certain charm to it, as he was used to seeing only the spectacular beauty of the excellent shinobi that make up the Good Shinobi forces. Next he was able to remember those claws that she used to fight with, and now that he thought about it, she was rather skilled for a minion.

He quickly shook his head as he finished his mental examination of the girl. He was honestly surprised at the detail he was remembering, and the new details he was picking up when he was left alone with his thoughts. He missed having people to talk to; his thoughts were honestly starting to freak him out.

"Rindo, report, did he cause any problems?" The sound of Homura's voice made Naruto snap his attention to the door, and he was surprised that the girl had actually told the true story that he'd been silent the whole time rather than making up some story top get him in trouble when he couldn't defend himself. Maybe these Evil Shinobi girls weren't all bad, and that would be a weird thing to think for someone that had fallen into the Dogma that all Evil Shinobi were vile and senseless killers. Then again, he was an Uzumaki, the one clan of Shinobi that had members on both sides of the proverbial coin, so he probably shouldn't be as surprised as he is. After the girl was dismissed, Homura turned towards him, a strange expression on her face as she had her arms crossed under her breasts. After a few minutes of just staring at each other, the tanned girl suddenly sighed before unlocking his cell's door and walking into it.

"I honestly don't know what the higher ups are thinking sometimes, but I guess I have no choice. You're being moved up to the Elite Room, someone out there must really be looking out for you." Naruto was shocked at the girl's statement, but didn't get much time to think it over before his face was introduced to the hilt of a katana, sending him back into the all too familiar blackness.

*Some Time Later*

Naruto awoke with a groan, though as he regained control over his body he noticed a few weird, though completely welcome, changes to his situation. First, and most importantly, he wasn't locked up anymore! Next, and more comfortably, he noticed that he was lying on a rather comfortable leather couch, and it was much more comfortable than anything back at Hanzo. He most certainly wasn't jealous, not even a little … okay maybe a little, but only a little.

Still, he knew that he shouldn't get to comfortable, and when he pushed himself up, he was surprised to see that the five Hebijo Elite were simply looking at him from the other side of the room, and that's when he noticed something else that was new about his situation, his clothes had changed from the nearly worthless set of casual clothes to a Hebijo Track Suit, and he decided not to ask how or why this had happened, instead choosing to simply stand up and address the girls who are holding him captive, or were seeing as he was certainly not a normal prisoner anymore.

"So, um, nice weather we're having isn't it?" Yep, awkwardly talking about the weather, truly the best way to talk to a group of people that had tried to kill your friends yet spared you for some unknown reason. He would be cursing himself for this for no small amount of time.

"It has been rather sunny recently, perfect days for training. See, this Hanzo guy gets it!" He was honestly surprised when Homura took his comment at face value, and he was even more surprised when this seemed to get everyone else to relax as well. Then he nearly jumped out of his skin when that same woman from the first time he woke up spoke up from almost right behind him.

"I'm glad that you're enjoying yourself," Naruto spun around to face her, his hand instinctively going for the Kukri that was not there as the woman continued. "However, you are still a prisoner, and although your cage is now gilded, it is still a cage. Remember that."

Naruto grit his teeth as she said this, and he didn't even acknowledge the fact that she left as he just dropped to the ground, sitting on one of the small steps that had been built into the floor, showing just how much more money these Evil Shinobi had when compared to the Good Shinobi. He didn't get a chance to start sulking as a hand was laid on his shoulder, and he raised an eyebrow when he saw that it was the black haired loli, Mirai, was the owner of said hand, and her face was set in a weird expression of guilt as she looked at him.

"Are you alright? If you feel any lingering effects of the poison, just tell me, alright?" Despite himself, Naruto smiled at the girl, causing her to flush slightly as he addressed her.

"Thanks, but I'm fine, just feeling a little defeated at the moment." No point trying to hide it, he literally had been defeated and made a prisoner of the Hebijo. Besides, there was no reason in trying not to make friends with the girls; they were just following orders after all, same as he was whenever he fought them. His attention was drawn to Homura, as the girl suddenly clapped her hands to draw everyone's attention.

"Well, let's get down to training you guys, we can't slack just because we have a prisoner now." He watched the girl's head to the elevator, and he was fully expecting to be left with some miscellaneous guards as they went out to train, so image his surprise when he suddenly found his kukri being tossed to him by the tanned girl. She clearly saw his puzzled expression, as she smirked at him when he looked up at her.

"Don't think were just gonna let you stew here, that would be insulting to our honor as Evil Shinobi." Naruto gave the girl a smirk of his own as he walked towards the elevator, it might not be as good as being able to get free, but damn if he wasn't going to take advantage of this opportunity.

{Done and done, okay so this chapter isn't all that action packed, but if you know what happens in Chapter Three of the Hanzo Story of Burst, then you know that stuff will pick up soon, as in next chapter. So until then, I'm going to leave you with a short spoiler/hint to the beginning of the next chapter. Hibari feels guilty. Enjoy Life Readers.}