Disclaimer – I do not own Naruto or Senran Kagura!


Katsuragi could count on one hand the amount of times she's felt genuine fear. Being left behind by her parents and forced to survive on her own was terrifying, but she never gave up. She always aimed to persevere and move forward. For the most part, it's worked out.

The suffocating air in the basement was enough to make her feel unparalleled dread. The red energy produced a suffocating aura.

Watching Naruto, the boy she could honestly say she related to more than anybody, turn into something like this was horrifying. He promised to protect them at any cost today, and she wondered how far he would go. The blood red energy flailing, the darkened visage and overall feral appearance left her more than a little concerned. The rouge evil shinobi was the root cause of Naruto's rage and Katsuragi felt a very tiny amount of pity for the man.

She knew Naruto would stop at nothing to kill him.

There was nothing the group of Hanzo girls could do as they stood frozen at the sight of Naruto clashing blades with Hotaru.

The jinchūriki scowled at his trench knives not cutting cleanly through the gleaming silver blades in Hotaru's grip. He didn't understand how the man could put up a defense like this, but he knew it wouldn't last for much longer. Naruto began to pump more chakra into the trench knives.

Hotaru's arms shook under the intense pressure of a three tailed Naruto. All that muscle and power built into his body was not enough to hold back the boy. After only a scant second of clashing weapons, he felt his blades give way. Much to Naruto's confusion, he started to grin, a disgusting stretching of his face.

His blades vibrated against the knives but Naruto paid it little mind.

Hinata's killer widened his lone eye when the boy let out an enraged shout and the energy swirling around him shifted. As if it had a mind of its own, the red bubbling aura formed a gigantic fist that was more than capable of crushing a regular person's skull.

Naruto slammed the makeshift fist right onto the man and thought he landed a hit on the shinobi.

'He's behind you!' Kurama growled out.

Naruto pivoted with ease and slashed out with his knives, aiming for a fatal blow.

Hotaru's body moved just barely to avoid the swipe as his blades seemed to vibrate once more.

Red slitted eyes darkened at the missed attack.

Hotaru put some distance between himself and the demonic shinobi. He felt some pain in his right arm and burnt flesh was revealed through his ripped sleeve.

'His energy, it's corrosive. If I go for the kill, I have to ensure it will connect. I planned to play with the demon for a little while, but I can't afford to die here.' He turned his attention to the group of frozen girls. 'They could pose a problem too. A six on one isn't favorable odds. Even with my enhancements...' Fortunately, he had some help in the shadows if the girls stepped in during his fight.

Naruto shot forward again, shattering the ground he previously stood on. His trench knives gleamed with a menacing red. Hotaru pushed his body to the limit in order to duck under a strike meant to separate his head from his shoulders. He grit his teeth as he realized the only thing he can do was dodge and throw the boy off marginally.

The silver blades vibrated again.

Naruto clung to a wall with his chakra after the wild slash missed, staring at the man who was keen on dodging instead of fighting back.

"What's the matter boy? I thought you were going to kill me. You can't even hit me! Ah... what a shame. If only Hinata could see her precious child now. Believe me, I would have loved to keep her alive. Her body was second to none, she was the talk of the criminal syndicate." The disrespectful words were delivered with purpose on Hotaru's end.

'If you end up using a fourth tail, I can't guarantee the girls wouldn't get caught up in the destruction. Focus on taking him out Naruto. His meaningless words won't matter when he's buried beneath the dirt.' Kurama spoke to its container.

"Naruto!" A shout coming from Katsuragi caught him off guard and stole his attention. Then he felt a hard kick impact with his side, uncaring of the chakra cloak. Naruto shot off the wall and landed on the opposite side of the room.

Hotaru's face was riddled with pain as he looked to the confused boy. His right leg was burnt just like his arm, he justified it as a worthy sacrifice. The boy wasn't indestructible. That made him feel more confident. He just had to keep throwing him off using his skill set.

'Kurama. Genjutsu?' Naruto questioned the bijuu. He was staring directly at the man and didn't sense any movement. How did he get past him?

'... I can't be sure what this is but your chakra isn't being disrupted by anyone else. You need to keep him in your sight.'

Naruto rubbed his side, a portion of his shirt and coat were the only causality from that attack. Kurama's chakra did wonders for healing him.

"Ikaruga did you see that?" Katsuragi whispered to her teammate. Ikaruga turned to her with an analytical stare.

"Naruto-san... he is just barely missing his attacks. Not to mention the rouge shinobi disappeared before our eyes." The Hanzo girls were shaken up but they still focused on the fight intently.

"... An illusion." Yagyū declared quietly.

"I-Illusions?" Hibari questioned with a stutter. The girl was very nervous at the time being. No one could blame her.

"Yes. That's the probable cause. He doesn't look like the type considering his body but he is certainly using something to disrupt Naruto-san." Ikaruga explained to the group.

Katsuragi focused on every little aspect of the gigantic man Naruto was up against. Her eyes widened at the blades in his hands that were swaying in the dull light. Were they... vibrating?

"Come on demon! I'm waiting." Hotaru spread his injured arms out and yelled arrogantly. He briefly glanced at a corner of the room and nodded a single time.

Naruto gave him what he wanted. The blond shinobi vanished and reappeared behind the rouge with his knives raised above him. Hotaru rose his own vibrating weapon up in a flash. Right before the blades could clash, Naruto stopped. In that brief moment, Hotaru furrowed his brow and something similar to a cracking whip filled his ear.

His body was swatted away in an instant by the large red chakra covering the boy. He screamed in pain as he felt his shoulder shatter once he crashed through the basement walls.

"H-He baited me into..." Hotaru couldn't even continue muttering to himself as Naruto descended on his location. With a great amount of effort, Hotaru still held onto his weapon through sheer will and the silver blades vibrated in place.

Naruto's trench knives stuck into the crumbled wall directly next to the man.

'I missed?'

Hotaru extended his good arm and sent the shaking blade towards Naruto. The whiskered teen tried dodging, easily seeing the blade before he felt something rip into his side.

"Heh...hehe..." Hotaru chuckled maliciously and put some distance between him and Naruto. One of his silver weapons dripped blood onto the ground. He knew for a fact that his blades wouldn't survive a clash against this demon. The corrosive energy was even able to affect his weapon.

Naruto hissed in pain at the long cut to his lower abdomen. His mind going into overdrive thinking about how he could have missed both his attack and dodging the obvious strike.

'I saw it coming. I even moved in time. This makes no sense.' Naruto became tempted to blow him away using some more of his destructive techniques, but the rational part of his mind knew the Hanzo girls could be harmed. Not to mention, he did want Hotaru to suffer.

Though, if he was just like other evil shinobi the Hanzo teams safety wouldn't be a problem. He would have gladly sacrificed the girls for his own cause. Naruto's red eyes flickered to Katsuragi's for a moment. Green met red and he knew he had to play this smart.

Steam covered his wound as a way of showing Kurama's chakra began healing the wound.

'If you had one more tail out, that pathetic weapon wouldn't even be able to penetrate the cloak. My chakra protects and heals you like this Naruto, but a fatal blow can still cause problems.' Kurama reminded him not to recklessly take too many slashes. He was not immortal after all.

"He's an illusion user Naruto!"

Naruto looked surprised at Katsuragi's information that she shouted his way. Illusions?

Hotaru snapped his head in her direction and snarled. The nerve of that girl to expose his technique to the demon. Maybe he should have dealt with the extras first... his face lit up. He didn't need help with the boy, however, his subordinates can deal with the others.

"We need to help Naruto-kun." Asuka knew the boy was incredibly strong. Overwhelmingly strong. This fight proved that fighting against shinobi that utilized illusions was a weakness of his.

"Obviously!" Katsuragi tensed her body to jump towards the large man.

The sound of gunfire stopped the Hanzo girls in their tracks. The bullets certainly were not normal based on the size and color. These could genuinely do damage to the young team.

"I'm afraid we can't let you interfere with the boss when he's busy like this." A snarky voice called out to the girls.

"More shinobi?" Ikaruga wondered out loud.

"Trained by the boss himself!" From the darkened corners of the room two people around Katsuragi's age emerged. They were almost perfect opposites of each other. One tall and thin, the other short and overweight. The tall one carried a large club weapon that completely betrayed his image of being rather skinny. The overweight one was armed to the teeth, his body covered by all types of ammo and shrapnel. He held a large machine gun that required both hands to use.

"That freak seems to know all sorts of babes doesn't he Takeshi?"

"Yeah. Once we get finished with these girls and that freak, we really need to find that snake girl. I'm willing to bet she grew up nicely."

"Haha! Michio, her ugly face couldn't have changed though."

"Hmm. I guess bags exist for a reason right?"

The Hanzo girls felt disgusted as the boys continued to prattle on about a girl they didn't even know.

Naruto heard everything.

Hotaru noticed the boy begin to shake in rage and struggled to raise his blade in a crossed shape formation. They vibrated wildly against each other and Naruto felt his head spin momentarily.

Before his eyes, Hotaru seemed to multiply repeatedly. The copies didn't share the same injured shoulder as Hotaru. The rouge evil shinobi started a new round of laughter.

"I never had to use any of this against your mother you know? She wasn't a shinobi, and barely a threat besides some surprising moves. I regret it now though. I could have made her suffer more."

Hotaru's copies raised their blades and pointed them all at the boy. Naruto couldn't even see the Hanzo team anymore, nor could he hear them.

'They are obviously fake. I can't dispel this technique, it's not like our chakra. The damn shinobi of this world...' Kurama hated showing any weakness and it seemed illusions would be something they both needed to learn how to resist all over again.

"Clones..." Naruto's face split wide into a savage smile. Fake or not, this man chose to use clones against him of all people.

The illusions all blitzed towards the stationary jinchūriki.


"I'll let you pick. Whose ass am I kicking first?!" Katsuragi bounced on the balls of her feet as she glared at the strange duo.

"Katsuragi-san, we need to gather intel before you rush in, please focus and..."

Ikaruga was cut off as the sound of gunfire that fired towards the Hanzo team. Yagyū jumped into action and shielded the two closest to her position, which happened to be Asuka and Hibari. Her large umbrella blocked the onslaught of bullets.

Katsuragi and Ikaruga didn't have the same amount of luck when it came to having a shield. Though they had experience, having been trained for years now. Ikaruga used her impressive dexterity to almost dance around the gunfire, easily tracking the enlarged bullets that were no doubt affected by a shinobi technique. Her blonde teammate grit her teeth and jumped away from the gunfire, her gaze focused on a stationary Naruto and Hotaru. She was confused as to why they seemed to be standing still.

"Nar-!"

"Don't get distracted sexy!" A voice she already hated rang throughout her ears. She turned her head just in time to dodge a gigantic club that tried to cave her skull in. Katsuragi bent low to the ground and attempted to sweep the newcomer off his feet. Her large greaves made contact with something, but it wasn't a leg like she intended.

Her attack connected with the club in the boys grip. 'What the hell was that thing made out of that it didn't even budge?' She questioned internally.

"Impressed? I can show you something much harder than this club though." The smirk on his face made her stomach turn.

"I've never met someone that I hated after just seeing their generic ugly face." Katsuragi was all for sexual taunts or dialogue. Well that wasn't completely right, she only enjoyed that with certain people. Her eyes flickered to her whiskered teammate.

In that split second that she removed her eyes from her opponent, he took the chance to swing the club at her once more. His frail looking arms didn't seem to affect his strength and ability to lift such a large weapon.

Before the dangerous club could even touch Katsuragi, she felt a presence appear right before her. The sound of a blade being unsheathed can barely be heard due to the gunfire.

"I told you to focus Katsuragi." Ikaruga narrowed her eyes at the smirking boy before her. Her ornate blade was holding back the club but not without difficulty on her end. The boys physical strength was quite substantial in her opinion.

"Oh, all of you girls are so beautiful. It's a wonder that the freak from the orphanage is around all of you. Regardless, Takeshi will make quick work of your team over there. I'm Michio by the way, I hope we will be spending a lot more time together." The boy didn't receive a response verbally. Ikaruga's blade began to glow a bright blue and he felt his club being pushed back.

"How interesting! You girls really..."

"Shut the hell up!" Katsuragi got around to his open side in an instant and swung her leg out towards his head, showing off her trained flexibility. Michio widened his eyes and knew the only way to block would be with his club.

Katsuragi smirked.

"You're wide open!" She screamed as her kick hit the weapon again.

"What?"

"Hien Hõsen!" Ikaruga's declared loudly. Taking a unique stance, Michio never even saw her sheathe her nodachi in a flash.

"That's my girl..." Katsuragi whispered as she lowered her leg.

Only her teammate briefly saw the quick draw technique that she used. Ikaruga's blade moved at speeds that a weaker shinobi wouldn't even be able to track. Elaborate and calculated slashes struck into her enemy's body. Michio felt every slash against his body and his hold on the club was wavering.

Then with a small click noise reached Michio's ears, over the madness occurring in the room.

'B-But her blade was sheathed!'

He felt his body being put through the wringer as he got blown back to the wall behind him. The club dropped to the ground with a loud slam, showing its hefty weight.

"Michio!" His friend and partner in crime yelled as he continued to fire nonstop on the umbrella covered girls.

Michio wiped the blood that was dripping from his mouth away and began to stand shakily.

"For a whore... that was a good attack!" He insulted Ikaruga who didn't appear to care at all. Michio dusted himself off and hoisted his large club onto his shoulder.

"Just for that stunt, I'll be sure to give you a little extra treatment, Ikaruga-chan." The way he said her name made her skin crawl.

"I'm going to kick him in the dick. Multiple times."

"... I will not stop you Katsuragi-san."

Pounding a fist into her palm, Katsuragi stood in front of Ikaruga.

"Back me up and deflect any bullets if that fatty tries anything. I'll take the lead." She was going to kick this perverted loser until he couldn't make any more comments.

"Understood." Ikaruga's eyes were locked onto the opponent.

Then Katsuragi began sprinting, her large boots making more noise than ever before.

Meanwhile, the other Hanzo girls were all feeling differing amounts of frustration.

"We have to do something!" Asuka told her teammates as she held onto her swords tightly.

"If I drop this, he will certainly hit the three of us." Yagyū explained with an annoyed tone. She didn't enjoy being pinned down like this.

Hibari looked between the two girls in silence, contemplating something heavily.

"Well we have no other choice! Ikaruga-chan and Katsu-nee are busy with the other guy. Naruto-kun is dealing with their boss too." Asuka knew they had to handle this.

"... We need to distract him." Yagyū struggled to suggest that.

"I'll do it."

Asuka and Yagyū's turned at Hibari's bold claim. The girl was reasonably scared for most of the day, but her pink pupils were shining with determination now.

"I... I feel so useless. Even when we were fighting upstairs, Yagyū-chan had to save me a few times. I can't even help Naruto-kun!" Hibari told her teammates sadly. "So let me be the distraction! I can do it!"

Both girls looked torn on allowing Hibari to risk injury to get an advantage on the enemy, especially Yagyū. Before they can argue with her once more, she grabbed their hands roughly.

"I want to do this."

Since joining the team with Hibari, Yagyū has never seen her display such confidence.

"Hibari-chan, just avoid the bullets as much as you can please. Yagyū-chan and I will stop him." The look in Asuka's eyes were enough for Yagyū to finally accept Hibari being the distraction.

"… Fine." A frown was permanently etched onto the eye patch wearers face. Hibari smiled nervously before steeling herself for her next move.

Continuing on with his onslaught of bullets, Takeshi narrowed his beady eyes at the large umbrella that seemingly deflected every bullet. He wracked his brain for ways to penetrate the defense. While pondering the different ways, he didn't remove his finger from the trigger of his massive machine gun.

"OVER HERE!" A very loud voice yelled out and he blinked in surprise at the busty pink haired shinobi that slipped out of the umbrella. Not even thinking of the other two girls, he chuckled at the girls stupidity before aiming his gun in her direction. He didn't even bother looking over to his partner for the moment.

"I can see the biggest part of you is not your brain!" He shouted before he let the bullets fly. Hibari panicked as they neared her. Biting her lip hard enough to draw blood, she focused intently on evading. She didn't need to attack here, she trusted her teammates.

Katsuragi threw one more look at her teammates as she continued throwing kick after kick at the scum before her. Naruto was still out of it, and Hotaru wasn't moving either. However, witnessing Hibari move around the gunfire safely with such sloppy movements was shocking. It seemed that girl had some hidden talent. Ikaruga's stern voice telling her to pay attention brought her back to the fight.

Takeshi watched in disbelief as this klutz of a shinobi moved around with absolutely no grace in her movement at all. He was sure even he could do better and he wasn't exactly made for close range combat.

A great deal of annoyance set in for the heavyset boy at the erratic dodging he was witnessing. Before he could throw out another taunt, which was seemingly the only thing he and his teammate were good for, he noticed the lack of an umbrella nearby. Taking his eyes off the clumsy girl, he whipped his head around to search for the defenseless girls.

"Looking for us?!" The second he heard that shout he felt something slam into his gut and he lurched back, his large gun falling with a slam. Even while stunned, he saw the brown haired girl glaring daggers at him, a look that didn't suit her delicate face. Before he can steady himself, he felt something press into his back, stopping him from toppling over completely.

"… You like bullets huh?" Yagyū whispered with malice. His ears picked up the sound of something opening up behind him, and Takeshi had absolutely no time to react to the umbrella releasing its own personal bullet hell.

Yagyū did not enjoy the previous comment pertaining to Hibari's intelligence.

She counted every bullet she fired at the rotund shinobi.


Hotaru cradled his arm that was most certainly broken beyond repair and watched his illusion made copies relentlessly attack the demon before him.

His blades were specifically made with his unique abilities in mind. Whenever the blades would vibrate, different types of illusions can be placed on whoever he pleased. His strategy to subtly interfere with Naruto's perception before worked, and now this technique he considered to be his best. Within this illusion, he purposefully trapped himself with the boy, and whatever damage done in here would reflect in the 'real world'. Luckily, his copies were not injured like him or else this would be an impossible fight. He bit his tongue at the sharp pains shooting through his aching body.

The rouge grimaced at the illusions disappearing in a relatively quick fashion as Naruto cut them down. He didn't care how many it took, he'd tire the boy out before going for a killing blow.

Naruto swept his eyes over the clones rushing him down. No matter how many he cut down, they kept coming from all directions. If he weren't in a bad mood currently, the host of Kurama would have yawned at the power of these fakes.

'If you've calmed down enough, you don't need my chakra for this. You're only going to put more strain on your body by using my chakra so much today' Kurama informed its container. Naruto frowned as more clones reached him. Oddly enough, their blades were not vibrating. Dodging and weaving through the mass of illusions, the chakra cloak assisted him in swatting away the fakes. The corrosive chakra made quick work of any attackers.

'I am going to kill him Kurama.' The finality in that mental statement didn't shock Kurama in the slightest. The Kyuubi was reminded of how Naruto originally vowed to kill Nagato after witnessing the destruction and deaths in the village. There was one big difference here though.

Naruto did not have a bond with Hotaru through past teachers. There would be no ideologies or past transgressions discussed.

No. It was simply revenge.

'If you are so insistent on revenge, it would mean more coming from you than by using my chakra. You're more than capable of finishing this weakling off.'

As soon as Kurama finished speaking, Naruto felt the chakra covering him begin to fade, returning to his seal with little fanfare.

Hotaru immediately noticed the red energy disappear and newfound confidence surged in the man. He smiled through the pain and began to run his mouth again.

"Getting tired demon? I see that disgusting energy is gone." He left one of his blades on the ground near his feet, his arm unable to support carrying anything. "Don't worry. I'll end this soon."

Naruto closed his eyes and breathed in deeply, calming his rage at just hearing that voice. Blue eyes were revealed to the rouge shinobi, and interestingly enough a slitted pupil remained.

"I was thinking the same thing." Naruto shrugged off his coat, the one that resembled his sage attire in his past life. Knuckles cracked as his trench knives glistened under the still dull lighting illuminating the ruined basement.

"There's no escaping this illusion. For all that power that you have, you can't get out of here by running." The unending taunts spewed from Hotaru's mouth. More clones appeared around the man and prepared to rush Naruto once more.

"… Do you remember the wounds you left on her that night?" Naruto's question stopped the rouge from moving momentarily.

"I remember that I left that bitch gasping for air." The cruel response made Naruto's eyes narrow.

"I do. You know why? I see them every day. Every single day." Naruto began pumping chakra into his legs, his enormous reserves not even feeling the strain.

"What? Did you take a picture of her dead body or something freak?" Hotaru painfully chuckled to himself.

Naruto didn't answer.

Kurama understood what Naruto meant.

Hikage's tattoo's weren't just for fun.

"I'm sure I can stab you the same way if you want it so bad demon. You have a weird obsession with a whore who found wealth in a ragtag gang." The insults kept coming.

"I'm going to shut that mouth of yours. Once and for all." The chakra Naruto was building up started to leak out of him. The energy that was usually naked to the human eye rapidly became visible.

"Hahaha! This is my illusion. You still don't understand." Hotaru gestured to the increasing copies of himself and closed his only eye confidently. "My illusion was strong enough to take out any shinobi sent after me for years on end. Good enough to keep myself hidden while overtaking this gang. Good enough-!"

An absolutely sickening crunch noise rang throughout the area as a pair of brass knuckles smashed into the insulting mouth of Hotaru. The rouge felt his teeth shatter with the impact and his neck snapped back, giving him a major case of whiplash. He never even saw Naruto move. Somehow, his illusions reacted as soon as they caught sight of Naruto.

The Hebijo/Hanzo shinobi turned on the mass of copies and sped through a sequence of seals before sucking in a large amount of air. Naruto's chest swelled with the buildup of chakra before a massive pressurized blast of wind released from his mouth and destroyed anything in its path. Kurama was internally happy that Naruto took advantage of his natural element more in this lifetime as opposed to his last. The chakra beast held more than enough knowledge of techniques to teach the boy some highly destructive wind jutsu.

Hotaru, a shinobi whose body was in peak form with muscles that were the envy of most men, struggled to hold back the intense scream that ripped through his throat.

Naruto didn't give the rouge a chance to even raise his silver blade, his trench knives blurred forward with purpose.

Tearing through the flesh like tissue paper, the last gift Naruto received from his mother struck at particular areas on the shinobi's body.

They were perfectly identical to Hinata's fatal wounds.

Hotaru felt nothing but suffering as the trench knives stabbed into him and were pulled out roughly.

Hinata's killer fell onto his back, his mouth leaking copious amounts of blood onto his own burly body. The illusion that once surrounded the two in the basement began to crack. As this was too much for the rouge to keep his technique or body up, the illusion couldn't last.

Naruto shook his head as he stood across from the man, the lingering effects of being under an illusion left him with a headache. He knew he needed to practice escaping the techniques of this world some more.

Hotaru, the real one, appeared to be frozen in place before his body gave out. The damage was done from the illusion, it was a vicious side effect of trapping himself with his opponent. He never even saw Naruto move, partially due to his own arrogance. Through the bravado, the insults, the taunts, Hotaru realized something.

He was hopelessly outclassed.

All the help he received from that man. All the supposed intel on this boy. It wasn't supposed to be like this.

The wounds appeared on his body and he began to bleed out. His mouth tightly closed from the shattering punch Naruto delivered to him.

Naruto didn't break his gaze with the fallen body of Hotaru. The Hanzo girls and chaos around him were an afterthought right now. He took slow footsteps forward, his trench knives hanging loosely.

Hotaru desperately tried thinking of anything. An escape. A distraction. Something.

The footsteps got even closer and his vision was becoming blurry. His breathing became strained.

Naruto paid little attention to the shouts he recognized from the surrounding area. He was almost in a trance.

Pushing his body forward, Hotaru tried to move as far away from the approaching demon. With his clouded vision, the bright blond hair still remained. It was almost the same shade as that woman.

This time, the positions were reversed.

Naruto tilted his head down at the pitiful form of a rouge evil shinobi. All his accomplishments and plotting were all for nothing. Overtaking gangs, running from good shinobi, training others, it didn't matter. Naruto saw his mouth move slowly, in a desperate attempt to speak.

"W… Wait…" It was a pathetic attempt to plead with the Hebijo shinobi. Naruto placed his trench knives back to their original position on his waist before raising his right hand slowly.

Hotaru wheezed out shuttering breaths. He knew this was it. His pride shattered. The muscular man had nothing left. His idiotic 'students' meant nothing. The gang he practically stole meant nothing.

"You… you will… this won't…"

Before any more information or begging can continue from the dying shinobi, a shrill noise emanated from Naruto's palm.

"B-BOSS!"

"NARUTO!"

The calls rang out from various individuals

Before his life was snuffed out, the last thing he heard was a small whisper coming from the avenger.

"I'm sorry… Hikage."

Hotaru, for all his arrogance and grandiose style of provoking opponents, did not go out the way he imagined. There would be no lasting legacy, no shinobi revering his name. He was set to be another death among the shinobi populace.

The concentrated sphere of chakra showed him no mercy.


Asuka witnessed a lot of shinobi techniques in her young life. Her grandfather was known as one of the most powerful for good reason. Whereas Hanzo tended to stay grounded when it came to his move set, meaning subtly was a big part of it, Naruto had no such restraint. His technique, that bright blue ball of energy, demolished the ground and area around the basement. She had to shield her face to avoid being cut from any stray debris.

When the raging storm of energy and destruction settled down, Asuka practically forgot about her previous opponent that Yagyū riddled with bullets. Her still innocent eyes, even after two years of training, drank in the sight of a very obvious dead rouge shinobi. She heard the yelp that Hibari let out when her eyes no doubt spotted the man.

Naruto's technique wasn't one Asuka ever wanted to be hit with.

This was purely used to kill.

Hotaru's body was mangled due to multiple stab wounds and an arm that was bent at an odd angle. The blood that surrounded him would have caused any human being to bleed out in a matter of minutes. Naruto obviously didn't intend to let that happen.

The spiral-like pattern that was imprinted into Hotaru's chest appeared similar to a drill penetrating a surface. Asuka felt her stomach flip as she noticed the sheer brutality and resisted the urge to shut her eyes.

"You bastard!" A desperate voice came from the opposite side of the room and Asuka got ready for another fight.

"Oh no you don't!" Whatever plan the club wielding ally of the now deceased shinobi had, it was ruined by Katsuragi.

A textbook dropkick nailed Michio in the head. Katsuragi held nothing back when it came to knocking him unconscious. There was a high chance of a concussion or brain damage after her powerful kick.

"Michio!" The cry from his teammate caught everyone's attention. Yagyū stopped her bullets shortly after Naruto decided to destroy the ground. Takeshi's overweight body was battered from the girls attacks.

Naruto heard the familiar boys voice and snapped his gaze onto him. Kurama grumbled deep from within the seal, already knowing Naruto was going to do something.

Not even sparing another glance at Hotaru, someone he believed worse than trash, Naruto approached the panting Takeshi.

Hibari gulped as Naruto got closer, fearing his reaction. Yagyū placed herself closer to the girl as a means to calm her down. Neither were keen on staring at the rouge shinobis body.

Asuka tried speaking, although that was hard to do when words died in your throat.

Ikaruga placed her hand on Katsuragi's arm to stop the bouncy girl from interrupting Naruto. The unofficial leader of the Hanzo team was curious as to what his next move would be. Today was full of many emotions for all the girls.

"Yo… Takeshi."

Frantic beady eyes locked onto calm blue. They were almost too calm.

"We were right about you! Y-You freak!" Takeshi tried backing away from the group of shinobi but his wounds strung with every little movement.

"How could I ever forget you two?" Naruto tilted his head at the cowering deviant. The Hanzo team were put on edge by the look on his face. Takeshi swallowed deeply at the sight, it was a far cry from the boy that he and Michio were able to beat down all those years ago.

"If it weren't for you two, I would have never met Hebi-chan." The soft smile on his whiskered face did not fit the situation. Every Hanzo girl was instantly curious about the nickname, especially Katsuragi. They added it to the ever expanding list of mysteries and questions surrounding Naruto.

"You two freaks belonged together…" Takeshi glared defiantly at him and Naruto gave him credit for not passing out.

"Of course. I heard your little plan from before ya know?" The smile quickly became cold on his face. "I could have sworn I told you to leave her alone in the past. Right?" Naruto questioned him.

"Wait…" Takeshi stuttered as Naruto got closer.

"Not to mention… that night. You helped that scum kill her didn't you. You were there." Naruto closed his eyes and shook his head, recalling a distant memory. Takeshi's hand inched towards a small pouch on his large waist.

"There isn't anyone here from an orphanage to stop us this time."

Takeshi, using whatever strength he had left, flung his hand outwards and threw a small silver blade at the face of Naruto.

With little effort, Naruto intercepted knife and almost admired the craftmanship.

For all the wrong reasons.

"I see you even have the same blades that he did. Funny." Blue chakra started forming around the knife, sharpening it to an extreme and lengthening the edge.

"You're not even worth killing with my own weapon." Naruto gripped the knife and Takeshi saw his life flash before his eyes.

"Naruto. Don't." Ikaruga commanded him. Naruto stopped moving and angled his head in her direction.

"He is an evil shinobi, standard protocol for good shinobi is to eliminate them. Correct?" Ikaruga frowned at the statement. He was not wrong.

"Both him and his teammate can be used for information. This mission did not at all go the way Kiriya-sensei intended it to. There's too many unknowns here to eliminate a lead on making sense of this mess."

Naruto hummed deeply at her explanation. Denying her would go against his whole image as a good shinobi.

'You don't need to give them anymore of a reason to distrust you. You got your revenge, this pathetic creature before you isn't worth exposing these girls to more of your recent brutality.' Kurama chimed in.

'Since when did you care about people being exposed to brutality Kurama?'

'Get your head out of your ass kid. You're starting to act like an Uchiha.'

The chakra fizzled out and the small knife fell to the ground with a faint clang.

Takeshi released a breath he was holding in for the past minute, which was an accomplishment for the overweight boy.

Unfortunately for him, he didn't expect Naruto's foot to come crashing into his face. His nose shattered and the overwhelming pain sent him into unconsciousness.

"Naruto!" Ikaruga did not expect that.

"Katsuragi probably gave the other asshole permanent brain damage but you're mad that I knocked him out?"

"That…" She had no retort for that. Naruto sighed and faced the entire group. His appearance was disheveled from all the events that occurred on the mission. He studied each girl and deep down, he knew he deserved the looks hidden on their faces. Or unhidden in Asuka's and Hibari's case.

"Can you explain… all of this? Please?" Katsuragi was the first to speak up, her anxiety from feeling Naruto's power and rage was decreasing.

"Let's get out of here first." Naruto left no room for argument. He didn't want to stay here for much longer.

The Hanzo group quickly agreed to that.

"Um… who is going to carry them out of here?" Asuka pointed to the prone forms of Takeshi and Michio.

"You girls go on ahead. I'll use some clones."

Before Ikaruga can fight him on that, Hibari rushed out of the basement. The poor girl was unable to handle the serious situation for much longer. Yagyū rushed after her, throwing Naruto a undecipherable look. Asuka looked saddened before reluctantly moving ahead, allowing her shinobi transformation to finally drop.

"Do not cause them anymore harm Naruto-san. They are needed alive for interrogation." Ikaruga had a lot she needed to know right now, but her answers would not come while they remained here. She also had to tip the police off regarding a gang operating here so they can come make arrests. A lot of them. The third year of Team Hanzo chased after her teammates.

Katsuragi stared at Naruto intently, her mind a jumbled mess of questions.

"Do you feel good?"

That was the one that spilled out from her mouth. It was an almost childish question and Katsuragi felt stupid. She didn't even expect him to answer.

"No." The quick answer shocked her.

"You got your revenge. I don't know the whole story but this seemed very personal and now you don't feel good about it? I don't understand."

"… Go on ahead. I'll catch up in a minute." He ended the questioning there.

Katsuragi's stubborn nature wouldn't allow for that but she knew the severity of the current situation. She spun on her heel and proceeded towards the exit.

"I will figure you out Naruto Uzumaki. I swear." She spoke aloud.

Naruto mentally wished her luck. He didn't even know who he was at times.

Two clones burst into existence and Naruto pointed at the injured boys on the ground. His copies grimaced before lifting them like they were trash being taken out, which they technically were.

Before the original could follow them, he walked over to the almost crater sized hole that he made in the expansive basement floor. He was surprised that the building was able to hold up under the pressure.

Two silver blades rested on the ground, covered by debris. Bending down and retrieving them, Naruto tightened his hands around them, holding himself back from putting everything he had into destroying them. He had other plans.

'Smart. Assuming the blades work in the hands of others, this will be a good way to familiarize yourself with the illusions they are able to cast here.' Naruto nodded at Kurama's assessment of the situation.

"What do I do about him?" Naruto wasn't speaking in his mind for once, seeing as everyone left the area. He was referring to the crushed form of Hotaru.

'You don't know any jutsu that can burn him. You don't have any scrolls to use for sealing. There's no way you can carry him out of here in that state and you wouldn't bother burying him anyway.' Kurama stared through Naruto's eyes. 'I do have a few ideas, all of which you wouldn't like.'

"Seriously? I am a shinobi you know." Naruto would soon regret those words.

'Oh? Well Mr. Brutality, show me how much of a shinobi you are after this.'

Naruto opened his mouth to argue with his partner.

'Ready another Rasengan. I'll add some chakra.'

Revenge or not, Naruto was not a fan of this.


Hikage and Haruka sat at the couch of their shinobi room quietly. Two cellphones rested on their laps as they stared at nothing in particular.

"..."

"... Perhaps I should call him again?"

"It just goes to voicemail. His phones off."

"That's strange." Haruka commented with a sour face.

"I know."

Hikage wasn't in a great mood when she realized her boyfriend hasn't answered either of their calls or texts for hours. Seeing as it was a weekend with no mission, Naruto always had his phone at the ready. Hell, missions and school didn't stop him anyway from using the device.

"This is the last time I allow him to go on a date with another girl." Haruka told her seriously.

"..." That would usually warrant a response from the green haired girl.

"Hikage-chan? This is the part where we argue about darlings relationships."

"It's not normal for him to not answer. Do you think something happened?" Hikage turned to her teammate.

"Well, it is Naruto-kun. It would be unusual for something not to be happening with him around."

"Good point."

"You thinking what I'm thinking?"

"That's questionable."

"What I meant is we should go find him. Use that weird sense of smell you have to track him down."

Hikage rose a thin green eyebrow at that comment.

"What're you talking about?"

"You always smell him. Everyone notices." Haruka withheld a giggle at Hikage's face.

"She's right Hikage-san." Yomi chimed in.

"You do smell Naruto-nii..." Mirai admitted.

"Fuckin' weirdos." Homura mumbled from her place on the floor. The tanned girl was lounging peacefully.

"The council has spoken Hikage-chan." Haruka told her friend happily. "Now put that to the test and let's find our boyfriend."

"... It's not weird, he just smells good..."

"It's weird!" Homura screamed.

"Homura-chan, close your legs. You're giving everyone a show again." Haruka couldn't help but poke fun the girls position.

"Oh come on!" Homura blushed fiercely, happy that Naruto was not around at the moment.

Hikage sighed and lazily stood to lead Haruka around town. She may not know Naruto's exact location, but she can certainly try to find him.

'I won't let these people shame me... they just don't understand.'

"Sorry for kink shaming you Hebi-chan."

Hikage still hated Haurka.


A/N - Life is crazy so the updates are suffering I know I know. By the way, everybody stay safe with all the craziness happening in the world right now! Seriously, keep yourselves healthy.

Anyway, THE-Twilight-BlazeKnight (thanks my guy) suggested having little 'omakes' or extra side stories that involve Naruto and the Senran girls just like in their games. I really like this idea so I think I'm gonna add a few of them here and there. I'll title the chapters accordingly (such as side story or extra, or something stupid), but basically this will allow me to update the story a little more frequently with these shorter side stories. They won't be useless at all, I'll still be developing friendships and all that good stuff. Plus I can add some more creative ideas without following the basis of the Senran story.

When thinking about Hotaru's weapon and the vibrating aspect, I thought of Jetstream Sam from Metal Gear Rising : Revengence. Of course these aren't on the same level of that beautiful high frequency blade but hey, that's what I was thinking of, besides the whole illusion thing. Play that game if you haven't by the way, it's amazing.

Also the amount of followers and favorites for this story are insane in my eyes. A Senran Kagura crossover receiving this much attention is wild. Love you people.

Besides that, I hope you guys liked the chapter and again, be safe people :)