AN: Hello everyone! Thank you all for your continued support of my story. I didn't change anything plot related when I edited the previous chapters so you don't have to go back and read the previous chapters. I know the chapters have been lacking fighting…. Hopefully this chapter changes that.

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Chapter VII

The door shut with a soft click. Naruto had just finished his conference with Mui's recruiter and was now exiting the recreational building.

After the door clicked shut the first sounds to invade Naruto's ears was screaming and the smacking of flesh. Immediately Naruto found the source of commotion to be a riot in the middle of the courtyard, along the path in the middle of the 16 buildings. The riot had started while Naruto was meeting with the inmate.

Taking off in a sprint, Naruto ran towards the large brawl. On the other side of the brawl happened to be the cafeteria building. Naruto wanted to use the riot as a distraction to explore the spare room of the cafeteria uninhibited. The guards would surely be busy controlling the rowdy crowd outside.

Coming up on the riot Naruto witnessed a blood bath. It was an unorganized mosh pit. Every man for themselves was the mentality apparent to every inmate. There were no groups fighting other groups. It was just a free for all.

Naruto's attention was suddenly grabbed by the man coming right towards him. Naruto had no time to size up his opponent as he dodged a sloppy right hook by the assailant. He was obviously not trained because as Naruto dodged the man he was left off balance. He had put a lot into that punch. With the man now flying by, Naruto kicked his legs out from under him, forcing him to fly into the rocky pebble landscape. Not giving the man any time to react Naruto was on top of him in a flash and with a quick karate chop to the back of the head, the man was incapacitated.

Looking up from his seated position on the prisoner's back Naruto saw that he had the attention of several other inmates now. Three to be exact. As Naruto started sizing them up he realized that the three inmates looked like each other, down to every facial feature. They must be triplets.

The staring contest was cut short as the triples charged towards Naruto. They knew what they were doing too. The tree siblings zigged and zagged as the charged. The siblings farthest to the Naruto's right aimed a snap kick low, intending to hit Naruto's right knee. Naruto's attention was cut in half as the sibling on the left simultaneously went high with a right cross aimed for the left side of Naruto's mandible. The sibling in the middle held back, presumably looking for an opening.

With precision gained from years of training Naruto bent his knees and flipped over his opponent to the left. As Naruto was flipping over the first triplet he grabbed the outstretched arm of the man. Naruto smoothly turned the man's arm over as he landed his flip. The man's arm was now turned over with his elbow joint now flush against Naruto's shoulder. In one quick motion Naruto ruthlessly snapped the man's arm like a twig.

Naruto knew his movement was effective when he heard a loud scream from the man behind him. As if the scream was his trigger to move the second triplet that hung back sprung towards Naruto. Hoping to catch him off guard the second man went for a flying kick. That was a mistake because once you are in the air, you can't dodge anything thrown at you whether it be a jutsu, a throwing knife, or even your own sibling.

Gripping the first siblings broken arm even tighter Naruto bent his knees and got low to the ground. In one swift motion, Naruto swung the man around his body once before letting go and letting his momentum carry him into his brother. The two siblings crashed into each other with a pair of loud grunts.

As Naruto released the first man he saw the third triplet dash towards him with new found speed. The third man planted his front foot and sung his back leg around hoping to land a hard roundhouse kick. Naruto simply ducked underneath the kick and with his back exposed Naruto quickly jabbed the back of his head, knocking him out instantly.

Naruto watched the third triplet ceremoniously drop to the ground unconscious and then turned his head to stare down the two remaining triplets. The first triplet was holding his broken arm gingerly while glaring daggers at Naruto. Peering to his left Naruto saw the second triplet replicating the look of his brother.

Nearly a second later, the second triplet charged at Naruto. Hiding in the shadow of him was his sibling. The second triplet went low with a leg sweep, hoping to knock over Naruto. Without breaking a sweat Naruto jumped backwards, successfully avoiding his kick. Leaping over his brother, the last triplet went for the knock out. He swung his right leg straight up. He wanted to decapitate Naruto with an axe kick. What he wasn't expecting thought was for Naruto to kick off the ground and jump towards him. Naruto contorted his body around the kick and brutally smashed his right elbow into the jaw of the third triplet. He blacked out before he ever hit the ground.

Looking on with an exasperated expression the second triplet was sweating profusely. The man in front of him had dismantled him and his siblings easily. Recognizing defeat was coming the last conscious siblings raised both of his hands in the air and slowly walked towards his downed brothers. When he reached his brothers, he picked them up one at a time. Throwing each one over one of his shoulders. Cautiously, He backed away from Naruto. Retreating into the fracas in the background.

With his enemies defeated, Naruto dashed through the riot. Errand arms, legs, and extremities were flying around like bugs around a lamp. Naruto barely dodged a fist to his right before he was hurling over a downed inmate. This continued for a minute, once Naruto escaped one attack he was onslaught with another. Only his agility kept him from being struck. After a minute of playing dodgeball with human extremities, Naruto made it to the outskirts of the mosh pit and was now across from the cafeteria.

-Inside the Cafeteria-

The doors shut with nary a sound. Slowly, Naruto peered across the cafeteria to try and find any movement that would show the presence of another person. As Naruto was peering across the room he saw a lone figure sitting at the far table, the table directly next to the entrance of the other room. Acting oblivious to the man's presence, Naruto trekked towards the other side of the room. Naruto hoped that the man had not noticed his presence.

As Naruto reached the end of the cafeteria he heard a distinct annoying voice call out, "What brings you to these parts Blondie?" It was Maroi. The lone figure in the room just had to be Maroi.

Naruto pivoted his head in the direction of Maroi's voice and saw the man grinning like a happy go lucky idiot. Seeing no way of avoiding a confrontation, Naruto made his way over to the table. Naruto did not like where this was going. From their first meeting Naruto never really felt right around Maroi. Something always seemed off about the man.

"I planned on using the riot outside as a diversion to explore more of the prison. I was going to start with the room behind you." As Naruto was talking he had finished making his way over to the table and was now sitting across from the sketchy Cloud ninja.

Maroi's happy go lucky expression changed to be more stoic as Naruto explained his plan. A couple of seconds after Naruto finished explaining his idea Maroi reached back towards his man bun with his right hand. Pulling his hand back, Naruto could see a hair pin firmly held in between his thumb and index finger.

"If you want to explore the rest of this building then stay close and don't blow our cover. The minute you disappear, you are dead to me." Maroi's tone left no room for argument. Naruto's response was a simple nod in acceptance of his conditions. Naruto didn't have a problem with what he said. It would be hypocritical to criticize him over his words because Naruto would have said the same thing.

Standing up from the table the two comrades walked towards the door to the opposing room. Bending down in front of the door, Maroi stuck the pin in the lock of the door and started jiggling it around. 20 seconds later a distinct click signaled that Maroi had unlocked the door. Slowly and steadily Maroi pushed down the handle. Once the handle was fully extended, Maroi pushed the door ajar. Looking through the crack in the door Maroi checked to make sure there wasn't a guard or another person on the other side.

After several seconds Maroi opened the door to its full capacity. The room on the other side was nothing spectacular. It looked like a carbon copy of the inmate's lunch room. Tables were spread amongst the room, a large window was open along the wall for access to the kitchen, and the steel theme was apparent throughout the room.

As Naruto was observing the amenities of the room he noticed a staircase in the left corner of the room. Tapping Maroi on the shoulder, Naruto signaled with his hand towards the staircase. Maroi's eyes widened for a fraction of a second before his face returned to its neutral façade. Maroi nodded his head in a silent affirmative and the pair made their way over to the metal stairway.

Naruto had started climbing the stairs when he saw Maroi disappear from his peripheral vision. Looking back Naruto saw Maroi make his way over to the door they just came through. Naruto was confused before realizing that they had left the door ajar and never closed it. If anyone had visited the cafeteria they would have noticed the ominous open door.

Trying to ignore their obvious mistake, Naruto continued his trek up the stairs. He molded the slightest amount of chakra to his feet to quiet his footsteps. He was silent all the way up the stairs until he stopped at the opening to the second floor.

Naruto moved his head at sloth like speed around the corner. Observing the room Naruto saw it was as simple and drab as the first-floor room. It held several tables but the collection of cabinets and closets was much more apparent.

Naruto turned around to check his tail and he found Maroi standing a couple of steps behind him covering their backs. Naruto moved down a step and tapped the forearm of the Cloud ninja. Maroi instantly turned around to face Naruto. With his attention on Naruto, Naruto made a waving gesture that he was going to enter the room. Maroi just nodded in affirmation before Naruto turned the corner and entered the space.

Immediately, Naruto went to the first cabinet on the left side of the room and started to go through the contents inside. The contents of the first cabinet were nothing special. It was just general cleaning supplies. It continued like that around the room. Naruto found general supplies for the guards. In one cabinet he found toilet paper and shampoo while in another he found toilet bowl cleaner. The first part of his miniature mission had run straight into a brick wall.

Backing out of the final cabinet Naruto saw that Maroi had started going through the few closets that decorated the room. Standing up from his prone position, Naruto walked towards the closest closet. As he was about to grasp the handle and open it he heard Maroi quietly exclaim, "No!" As if the door was a hostile enemy, Naruto jumped back a few feet.

Looking over at Maroi in confusion he saw Maroi had a very serious expression on his face. "Some of the closets are booby trapped." Immediately, Maroi walked over and started to check the door. "It doesn't seem like any traps have been planted but you can never be too sure."

Naruto was beyond confused at this point. Why would guards lay traps around closets in their commons area? If the closets were protected by traps then wouldn't the cabinets be protected as well? It was absurd to think that the guards would lay traps for their coworkers. Then again, a certain purple-haired ninja back in the Leaf would do something like that so who was he to question these people.

After Naruto finished his line of thought he saw Maroi open the door to the closet and then simultaneously close it behind him. Maroi was acting very suspicious. What did he not want Naruto see? Is he trying to keep some secret? What is he trying to play at?

A minute later the door to the closet opened and Naruto saw Maroi walk out. He was wearing the same clothes and nothing about his appearance had changed. That detail didn't deter Naruto though. He got an ominous feeling about this entire situation.

"Is there something you don't want me to know?" Naruto decided to just call him out on it. No more speculating or bullshit. He wanted to know whether his informant was really who he said he was.

Walking out of the room Maroi tossed a kunai knife to Naruto. After Naruto caught the knife his eyes returned to Maroi to see a plethora of weapons in his hands. Maroi cleared his throat and said, "There is no space in that room. It took me awhile to find all of the right weapons as well. I knew we couldn't hide long swords in our jumpsuits so I gathered all of the smaller weapons from their armory."

Naruto nodded his head and accepted his explanation for now. It still doesn't explain why he closed the door on himself. Why would you need privacy for what he just did? Naruto would keep the rest of his suspicions to himself for the moment being.

Pretending to be unfazed by the smooth explanation Naruto walked around Maroi with the knife still in his hand and made his way into the closet. The closet was a tight space. There was little room for movement. Swords, knives, kusarigamas, and everything in between lined the walls like wall paper. Finishing his quick investigation Naruto gave in to Maroi's statement. He could very well just be over thinking all of Maroi's movements. Naruto needed to just relax and focus on finishing the mission.

As Naruto was about to walkout of the closet he noticed a stack of weapon bags in the corner. All of the bags were a dark black except for the burlap sack half hazardly thrown on the very side. Burlap sacks where a common mode of transporting materials for ANBU's. The bag was commonly used by tradesman and it was common amongst civilians but all ANBU bags had one key difference. The inside of the bag was always lined with Kevlar so knives and ninja stars would not poke through the side. The inside of this bag had Kevlar.

Naruto could just be over-thinking this entire situation. If an ANBU had infiltrated this prison it isn't practical for a supply drop to be made inside a guard's armory. It also isn't farfetched to think that some of the guards at the prison are highly trained and supplied well by the Village Hidden in the Grass. Naruto will need to ponder this more when he gets back to his cell.

Walking out of the closet Naruto saw Maroi tying different knives to his body underneath his clothing. Maroi had removed the small amount of string that was strung throughout the material he wore. His jumpsuit was falling apart at this point. He sleeves were reduced to two pieces of material hanging off the torso of the suit.

Following along Naruto used the tip of the knife, just the tip, to cut one of the pieces of strings sewn into his jumpsuit. Then, he proceeded to pull on the end of the string until it was completely removed from the suit. The string Naruto had pulled out was about the length of his forearm.

To complete the next step, Naruto laid his left forearm flush against the table. The palm of his hand was facing the ceiling. Now with his right hand he placed the knife along his left forearm. Taking the string, Naruto slowly encircled his arm several times before tying the loose ends together. The knife was now firmly secured to his forearm, hidden underneath his jumpsuit, and ready to be transported back to his room.

The knife was now tied snug to his arm, Naruto started to exit the room. Looking back, he saw Maroi had just finished fastening all of the weapons to his body and zipped up his prison attire.

Naruto exited the room and made his way down the stairs. The mission was a partial success. He had discovered what was behind the door but he still had yet to locate the box. Naruto did have access to a weapon though. The knife will come in handy in the future, he was sure of that. This mission did raise more questions about Maroi though. His character was always in question but none more so then now. He acted fairly suspicious at the last closet and then he found the ANBU bag inside. Naruto would have to consult Ryuuzetsu on this issue.

-Back at Naruto's Cell-

Naruto returned to his cell to find it to be empty. When he left the cafeteria, the riot had been diffused and inmates were either punished or brought back to their cells. He had wanted to explore more of the nooks and crannies in each building but the guards saw him the minute he left the lunch room. Subsequently, he was escorted back to his cell.

He was hoping to find Ryuuzetsu when he returned to his cell. There weren't many places she could be. Free time had ended basically when the riot started.

A rough voice broke Naruto from his thoughts, "All right maggots! Due to the riot we have to do an inspection. Step outside your cell and stay situated there until your cell has been cleared by the guards. Then you can go back to touching yourself or whatever the fuck you do in that cave."

Naruto started sweating profusely. He needed to hide the kunai knife he stole from the guard's armory. Thinking fast Naruto lifted up his mattress so it was now leaning up against the wall. Swiftly untying the knife from his arm Naruto pointed the edge along the mattress. He made a small two-inch-long incision along the mattress. He stuffed the knife inside the mattress and flipped the mattress back down on the cot.

Looking around Naruto realized that Ryuuzetsu still wasn't here. Where could she possibly be at a time like this? Naruto racked his mind of all the possible things she could be doing right now.

-Flashback to Yesterday-

Naruto paused in his story to observe Ryuuzetsu's reaction. She moved her right hand up to her chin and a thoughtful expression was painted on her face.

"If you are able to disguise yourself, do you think you would be able to change the appearance of an object, say a pillow?" Naruto's mind started working in overdrive to try and comprehend Ryuuzetsu's idea. Theoretically, it was possible. If he can disguise himself he, he should be able to disguise a small inanimate chakraless object.

Deciding to speak his mind, Naruto said, "I believe I can? Why?" Naruto did not have to wait two seconds before Ryuuzetsu started to describe her idea, "If you can disguise your pillow to be my sleeping figure then I will be able to explore the prison one night and look for the mystical box. We suspect the room where I would need to go. I would just need to find a way in."

-Flashback End-

That crazy woman. She was going to discover what he just did. She was going to sneak into a guard's commons area. This wasn't going to end well. He was going to have to just go along with their bastardized plan from yesterday.

Naruto grabbed a pillow and started pushing miniscule amounts of chakra into the object. Naruto closed his eyes and concentrated on Ryuuzetsu's appearance. After a few seconds, Naruto opened his eyes to see a sleeping Ryuuzetsu in his arms.

Naruto knew this was his best shot. He held the disguised pillow as though Ryuuzetsu was fast asleep and was leaning on him. As Naruto finished adjusting "Ryuuzetsu" the door to his cell creaked open. It was showtime.

-Until Next Time-

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