So before this starts I want to say something real quick. Naruto will occasionally be using some Japanese terms such as Ero-sennin and the like, because they are a part of his natural language, and English is something that he learned only recently. Besides, saying Tsunade-baachan always just sounds better to me than Granny Tsunade. Am I the only one?

And this is my first story on her, so criticism is welcome, just please be civil about it.

Chapter 1:

To Meet New Friends, Sometimes You have to be Ditched by Old Ones

'Geez, I can't believe Ero-sennin is making us come to this school when we could be training to learn awesome new jutsus,' Naruto Uzumaki thought to himself as folded his arms in front of him. Using his reflection in the giant glass window, Naruto tried to make his hair at least a little neater and attempted to straighten his jacket, not wanting to look like he had just gotten out of bed, even if it was technically true.

It had been nearly three years since he and Jiraiya had left the Hidden Leaf Village and begun this training trip. A year into the journey, Jiraiya had decided to take them overseas to train. He said it would get them farther away from the Akatsuki, who Naruto still didn't know too much about other than that they wanted to capture him. The teen, however, was pretty sure that Jiraiya had done this just so that he could peep on more foreign women.

The outside world was much like back home, except there were no ninja villages, no people with chakra, or tailed beasts. Heck, few people even knew what their home was like. Instead, this continent had huntsmen and huntresses, men and women who helped to protect the people from creatures called Grimm, creatures of darkness that were attracted to the negative emotions of humans, like hatred and fear.

Those who wanted to become huntsmen trained for years to become one. In a way, it was similar to how ninjas were trained, except here they taught a lot longer before becoming an official huntsman/huntress. And since Naruto had many of the skills that were taught before a person went to one of the big academies, which were, in Naruto's opinion, essentially colleges that taught courses on killing monsters.

And Jiraiya had decided to sign him up to go to one of these advanced academies. One called Bacon… or was it Beacon? He hadn't looked at the brochures and pamphlets for the place other than few bored glances.

The worse part of this was the fact that Jiraiya had signed him up without talking to Naruto at all about it, saying that it would be a good place for Naruto to hone his skills further. In his opinion, Ero-sennin did it so that he could have more time to do his "research" without Naruto's interruptions.

"Yo, Blondie, what're you thinking about?" A nonchalant voice rang out beside him, and Naruto turned his head to look at the boy who had spoken.

Naruto's blue eyes met the purple eyes that belonged his comrade, Suigetsu. The young man had straight, white hair, with just a slight tint of blue to it. His mouth was closed, but one of his many pointy teeth poked out from the top. He wore a purple sleeveless shirt, and he had a massive blade strapped to his back.

"Hmm, wishing that I could manage to pull a Sennen Goroshi on Jiraiya for sending us to a school. I thought I was done with that when I graduated from the academy," Naruto muttered in reply. "They better have ramen, at least."

"I will never get over your obsession with that food, Naruto," another voice, this one feminine, joined the conversation.

"Don't diss the food of the gods, Karin, dattebayo!" Naruto exclaimed, raising a fist to the heavens to accentuate his statement.

Karin was a girl with bright crimson hair, though she chose to wear it in a very strange style. The right side was shorter and spiky, while the left was longer and straight. Her red eyes held a slightly exasperated expression behind her brown rimmed glasses. She dressed in a lavender jacket that revealed her navel and a pair of black shorts.

"Yeah, Karin, you should know better," Suigetsu said with a mocking tone, partly to annoy the girl, and also because he didn't want Naruto to go off on another one of his infamous "ramen rants."

"Shut it, Suigetsu!" Karin yelled and drove her fist into Suigetsu's head, which promptly turned into water and allowed her hand to pass through with no harm to himself at all.

"Please try not to fight with Karin, Suigetsu. At least not while we're all trapped in this airship."

Naruto spun around to meet with the massive figure of the person who was often a voice of reason and a mediator between Suigetsu and Karin. He had spiky, bright orange hair and eyes of the same color, which Naruto personally thought was awesome. A person could never go wrong with orange.

"Yeah, yeah," Suigetsu replied, "whatever, Jugo."

Naruto grinned at the interaction between the three. He had met them several months into his training. Jiraiya had decided to take Naruto to check out a lead on Orochimaru, hoping to find Naruto's former teammate, Sasuke Uchiha. While they hadn't found Sasuke or the creepy snake Sannin, they had stumbled upon one of his many hidden bases.

Jugo, Karin, and Suigetsu had been there, and Naruto hadn't exactly started off on the best start with them. However, after he ended up getting separated from Jiraiya and releasing several of Orochimaru's dangerous and terrifying animal experiments, Naruto had teamed up with the three to kill the creatures so that they could all survive.

They had learned that they worked well when fighting together, and Naruto had managed to gain a bit of their trust. He even convinced them to leave Orochimaru to travel with him and Jiraiya.

Though they had started off as nothing more than people who were barely allies and were going in the same direction, it didn't take long for Naruto and his boisterous personality to grow on them. And now they were all good friends, even if two of them wouldn't admit to it.

Naruto had even learned through their introductions that he was part of the same clan as Karin, which had come as a bit of a shock since he had no clue that he was part of a clan at all. Jiraiya had had a "fun" time explaining that. Technically, the two of them were just the remnants of their clan, most of the Uzumaki having been killed off years ago. But it was still nice having some family, even if she was probably a very distant relative.

"I suppose the upside to this situation is that I have many more prank targets now," Naruto mentioned with a cackle, making his three companions sweatdrop.

"May God have mercy on their souls," all three said unanimously, feeling sorry for everyone at the school. Each one of them had personally been on the receiving end of one of Naruto's pranks. How he managed to sneak around in such a bright outfit was still a mystery to them. If anything it spoke volumes about his capability as a ninja.

In the next few minutes, the airship approached closer and closer to the school grounds. Naruto continued muttering to himself, coming up with various plans for his pranks. He was going to need a lot of paint and duct tape, lots of duct tape. His first target would probably be that Goodwitch lady who was currently talking to the other passengers by hologram. He just had a feeling that she was a very strict and uptight teacher, and those were his favorite kinds of people to prank. Oh, how the Hyuga clan hated him.

It would take a little bit of more planning and supply collecting for that project, so he would just have to improvise for his first day's prank with what he had brought with him.

Naruto was snapped out of his thought process by a blonde haired guy in simple armor running past him, looking in desperate need of a bag or trash can. Naruto pitied the poor guy, who would have to hold the urge to vomit off until they reached the ground. And if he did lose his stomach contents before then, he better not do it near Karin unless…

Naruto shuddered, unable to finish that thought. Karin was a vengeful person, and very violent when angered. Those two traits were never good together. Individually not as bad, but together it was like gas and fire: explosive.

Luckily, the airship landed without Puke Boy throwing up near Karin, and he was among the first out of the ship. Naruto looked out at the school filled with his new victims and threw his arms up to the sky.

"Ready or not, Beacon, here I come!" Naruto called out with a broad grin, before turning around. "Hey guys, what do you thin-"

He stopped his thought as he realized that his friends were no longer behind him. He moved his head to look for them, with such speed that it would have given many people whiplash, but alas, it would seem that his friends had left him behind.

"I can't believe they left me."

"I can't believe she left me."

Naruto jumped at the voice that rang out next to him, having not noticed the person's presence. It was a girl, who seemed a little young compared to everyone else. She wore a black dress, which had a little red mixed in with the skirt, and a red hood. Her silver eyes were filled with nervousness, making Naruto wonder if she was afraid of crowds. Her hair was a dark red, almost black, that became much more noticeably crimson near the tips.

Remembering what she had said, he questioned, "Friends ditch you too?"

"My sister," she replied sullenly, stroking some sort of weapon attached to her belt. An awkward silence stretched between the two.

"So…" the girl spoke up, trying to think of a good way to start up a conversation other than asking about his weapons, "you new here too?"

"Uh-huh," Naruto answered, before extending his hand to the girl. "Name's Naruto, by the way. Uzumaki Naruto."

"Ruby Rose," she greeted and shook his hand. "Nice to meet you, Uzumaki."

Naruto facepalmed as he forgot one of the ground rules of this place's language. He quickly corrected her by telling her that Naruto was his first name. She began to apologize with a bit of embarrassment, causing her to bump into someone else.

That person was someone who seemed to love the color white almost as much, or perhaps even more so than Naruto loved orange. The girl's hair was so white that it made him question whether it was dyed or if she had been born with it. She wore a white dress that extended a bit past her thighs. However, Naruto's focus soon found itself locked on the scar that crossed one of her blue eyes, making him wonder how she had got it. He also noticed the rapier that she was carrying at her side, and wondered how good of a swordswoman she was. Perhaps she and Suigetsu could get along.

"What do you think you're doing," she snapped at Ruby, and Naruto sweatdropped. Well, that answered his question. He instantly knew that if Suigetsu and this girl ever met, then they would probably be at each other's throats.

"Sorry," Ruby said as she picked herself up from the pile of suitcases that she had crashed into.

"'Sorry'? Do you have any idea the damage you could have caused?"

"Listen, she didn't mean to bump into you. No need to be so angry," Naruto told the snowy-haired girl, picking up one of the suitcases and, noting the strange smell that seemed to be coming from it, sniffed it.

"Give me that!" The case was wrenched from his hands by the livid girl, who opened it up. "This is Dust, mined and purified from the Schnee quarry."

"The what, now?" Both Naruto and Ruby asked in sync. They were met with a hard glare.

"What are you, brain dead? Dust! Fire, water, lightning, energy!" With each word she shook her hand, with a vial of the dust clutched inside it, to add emphasis. A light cloud of dust formed around her, and Naruto noticed that Ruby's nose was beginning to twitch.

"Uh…" she muttered as she tried to take a deep breath.

"Are you even listening to me?" The stuck-up girl, who was beginning to get on Naruto's nerves, continued her rant. "Is any of this sinking in? What do you have to say for yourself?"

Ruby was silent as the dust continued to fly up her nose. Moments later, she sneezed, and an explosion engulfed all three of them, the smoke cloud being filled with ice crystals and lightning, as the bottle of dust went flying.

"Unbelievable!" Their slightly charred aggressor shouted at Ruby, who was pressing her fingertips together in embarrassment. "This is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about!"

"I'm really, really sorry," Ruby told her, and Naruto coughed up a bit of smoke as he tried to rub the soot off of him.

"Ugh! You complete dolt! What are you even doing here? Aren't you a little young to be attending Beacon?"

"Well… I-"

"This isn't your ordinary combat school. It's not just sparring and practice, you know. We're here to fight monsters. So learn to watch where you're going!"

"Hey, I said I was sorry, princess," the younger girl shot back swiftly. Naruto watched the exchange, telling himself not to jump in unless they started to fight with weapons.

"It's heiress, actually," someone spoke up, making three heads swivel to the side. A girl with black hair topped with a bow walked up. She wore a black vest over a white sleeveless undershirt and a pair of white shorts. Her amber eyes had a slight bestial look to them, making Naruto think of the Inuzuka clan back home.

Naruto was glad that someone had managed to step in between the two without fanning the flames even more. Part of the reason he hadn't tried to was that negotiations weren't really something that he excelled at. He was more the type of person to solve things through both force and words.

"Weiss Schnee," the new girl said, pointing at the girl in white. "Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, one of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world."

"Finally, some recognition." Ruby and Naruto flinched at the harsh glare they received from Weiss.

"The same company infamous for its controversial labor forces and questionable business partners," the other girl continued with a small frown.

Weiss got angry again, though now it was directed at the newcomer. "What? How dare-! The nerve of-"

Ruby snickered, and Naruto also couldn't help but chuckle as Weiss grabbed the bottle of dust and stormed off. He turned to thank the girl who had stepped in but was met with a glare as she walked away.

'Geez, someone's got their panties in a bunch. I mean, I'm used to that kind of thing back home, but I haven't even pranked her yet.'

"You know, we should probably follow them," Naruto told Ruby. "They seem to know where they're going."

Ruby agreed, and the two headed down the path towards one of the large buildings as they began to converse. Ruby started off by asking him what kind of weapons he used.

"I'm not much of a weapons guy; I like using my fists. But if I need them, I have my kunai, shuriken, paper bombs, and special ninja wire."

"My sister's like that," Ruby commented. "She uses gauntlets and usually just punches her way out of trouble."

Naruto chuckled. "Probably one of my favorite strategies. You'll have to introduce me to this sister of yours later. She sounds cool." Naruto looked at the thing at her waist that he assumed was her weapon. "What about you? What's your weapon?"

Ruby grinned and the relatively small thing that she had been carrying transformed into a giant scythe. "Meet Crescent Rose, my best friend in the entire world, not counting my Sis, Dad, Zwei, and Uncle Qrow."

"Whoa. I gotta admit, it's pretty impressive that someone of your size could wield something so big."

"She's also a high-impact sniper rifle. Oh, we've killed so many Grimm together," Ruby said, fawning over her weapon in a way that reminded Naruto disturbingly of Suigetsu. He would definitely get along with this girl, they both seemed to have the same amount of obsession over weapons.

Yang Xiao Long was wondering what was taking her little sister so long to make her way here. The Headmaster's speech was about to begin, and Ruby had yet to walk through the doors. Thankfully, she saw the unmistakable figure of her sister rush into the room, but to Yang's surprise, she was with someone else. Her weapon loving sister was with another living, flesh and blood human. Yang felt a surge of happiness that Ruby had actually made a friend, even if Yang hadn't expected her sister to.

Yang couldn't also help but notice how good looking her little sister's new friend was. He had an exotic look to him and was unlike anyone she had ever seen. His blonde hair stuck up in all directions, and he had, weirdly enough, three whisker marks on each side of his face. He wore an orange and black jacket and orange pants that were just as bright as his top.

He said something to Ruby before breaking off and rushing towards a group of three on the other side of the room, and Ruby ran over to Yang.

"So how's your day going, little sis?" Yang questioned. "And who was your new friend?"

"Hey," Naruto shouted, "why did you guys ditch me so soon, -ttebayo?"

Naruto watched as the three shared a look before replying in sync, "We didn't want to be caught up with you if you decided to pull one of your pranks as soon as we arrived."

"But you could have at least said something." Naruto pouted, looking like a wet kitten. He crossed his arms in front of his chest as the headmaster of the school approached the microphone.

The man gave off a feeling that reminded Naruto of the Third Hokage back when he had been alive. He wore dark green clothes, and had grey hair, though Naruto wasn't sure whether it was because of age or not. His light brown eyes held both a gentle warmth and a stern look in them. Naruto tried to remember what his name was but blanked on it. He would just ask Karin afterward.

The man cleared his throat. "I'll keep this brief. You have traveled here today in search of knowledge. To hone your craft and acquire new skills. And when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people."

Naruto yawned, having heard a similar speech back in the academy, and beside him, Suigetsu eyes were filled with boredom as he sipped from his water bottle. But the professor wasn't done yet.

"But I look among you, and all I see is wasted energy in need of purpose, direction." Naruto's ears perked at this, surprised by the change of tone. "You assume that knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step."

He walked off, and that Goodwitch lady told all the new students that they'd be sleeping in the ballroom for tonight and that the initiation would be tomorrow. Right after, the students all began to disperse.

"Those were some tough words," Karin mentioned. "Professor Ozpin's speech might scare some of the new students."

Naruto made sure to remember the name of the man; he didn't want to forget it again. "Yeah, but he's right. Just knowing what a book says will only get you so far. What matters is how you're able to apply it to real world situations. I had a teammate back in Konoha who knew everything that the books taught in the academy, but she was unable to take the next step and apply it in combat. If these kids don't get that, then they'll die once they step foot onto an actual battlefield."

Naruto blinked when he saw the surprised stares of his three friends looking back at him. "What?"

"Nothing," Jugo said. "You can just be really good with words sometimes."

"Very rarely, though," Suigetsu added with a snicker. Naruto didn't deny it, after all, he knew it was true.

Seeing Ruby hanging out with a blonde girl, who he assumed was her sister, Naruto grinned and began dragging Suigetsu, Karin, and Jugo over to introduce to her.

"Hey!" Suigetsu shouted. "Let me go, you blonde moron!"

Naruto ignored the struggles of his friends and would later deny that he was taking them someplace against their will.

"Oi, Ruby," Naruto called out, getting her and the other girl she was with to turn. The girl with Ruby reminded Naruto of Tsunade-baachan if she was a teenager. She had long blonde hair, and her lavender eyes were looking at him in a way that made him think of the looks that Jiraiya would give women, except maybe her looks were a bit tamer than his teacher. She wore a brown vest over a yellow tube top and pair of black shorts. Though Naruto's favorite part of her outfit was right below her chin, where an orange scarf was wrapped around her neck. Naruto was glad to see that she wasn't an orange hater, who were almost as bad as ramen haters.

"Naruto!" Ruby exclaimed cheerfully. "I was just telling Yang about you."

The female blonde cut in between the two and extended her hand. "Yang Xiao Long. Pleased to meet you." She shook Naruto's hand before a grin spread across her face. "Maybe later, the two of us could yang out."

Naruto snickered and replied, "Sure just yellow out for me when you're ready."

The two blondes laughed, while the other four facepalmed at the horrible puns. Ruby loved her sister dearly, but her puns were never good. And yet, Yang never seemed to learn.

"So in terms of what we could do," Naruto asked, "how do you feel about pranks?"

"Now you're talking," Yang said with a wide Cheshire cat grin. "What do you have in mind."

All across the world, all those who had any sort of connection to Naruto or Yang felt a shiver run down their spine, and Ruby's, Jugo's, Karin's, and Suigetsu's faces all paled at the horrifying sight that lied in front of them.

"There's two of them," Ruby and Suigetsu muttered in a panic, each referring to their respective companion.

"Daikokuten, what did we do for you to curse us?" Karin questioned fearfully, almost unable to believe that such bad fortune could even happen.

"I'll start finding bunkers," Jugo added dryly.

"Why do I feel a sense of dread," a white-haired man wondered, before shrugging to himself and holding his telescope back up to his eye. He giggled as one of the objects of his spying stood up from the water. "Yes, that's right, turn this way and let me see everything."

Naruto rolled his eyes at the four, before introducing everyone. It was slightly funny how much Ruby had to crane her head to look Jugo in the eye when she shook his hand. Karin made a comment to Ruby to make sure to watch out for Suigetsu, getting a shout of complaint from him. However, Suigetsu's introduction to Ruby was perhaps the most entertaining.

After a quick name exchange, Ruby's eyes locked on to Suigetsu's weapon strapped to his back. Rose petals fluttered to the ground where she had been standing as she reappeared behind Suigetsu, looking at the massive sword with starry eyes.

"So cool!" she squealed. "What's it made of it? Can it do anything special? Is it a fire sword?!"

Suigetsu smirked as he grabbed the handle and held the blade in front of him. "Finally! Someone who appreciates a fantastic weapon. This is Kubikiribōchō, one of seven swords that can only be wielded by swordsmen of the highest caliber. This one can use the iron that's in blood to repair itself, no matter how damaged it is."

"Whoa, that's amazing!" Ruby commented before she pulled out her weapon, "But it's got nothing on Crescent Rose."

Suigetsu's eyes widened at the site of the giant scythe, and he actually began drooling a little. "It's so beautiful. The design is great, and it's part gun as well! I can already imagine how easily that blade must slice through flesh and bone. Where did you get it from?"

"I built it myself," Ruby said with a surge of pride, glad to finally be getting some respect from someone other than her Uncle Qrow on how great her weapon was. She was surprised when Suigetsu slung an arm over her shoulder and wiped a tear from his eye.

"Kid, you and me are gonna get along just fine," he stated, and Ruby smiled.

"'You and I,'" Karin corrected the pointy-toothed swordsman, and the two immediately launched into one of their usual spats. Jugo sighed while Yang began laughing.

"This might be fun after all," Naruto said, as he looked at the two new friends he had already made.

From her position on the other side of the room, Blake glared at the blonde that she had seen earlier being harassed by the Schnee. The whisker marks on his face made him look somewhat like a Faunus, but she could tell that he wasn't. His scent was all wrong.

Just being around him made her sick because of his smell. He reeked of evil and hatred. She had only ever felt like this around Grimm, but his was much stronger than any Grimm she had faced before. This meant that this person- no- thing was some new species of Grimm. It could disguise itself as a human to gain the trust of its prey so that it could kill them easier.

However, Blake knew that she couldn't take it on as she was now. Along with the hatred, she could feel the power that it radiated. If she tried to attack it now, there were no guarantees of her survival. This strength... it reminded her of Adam.

And if she told anyone of her theory, they'd just think that she was nuts. So instead, she would keep a close eye on the beast and get stronger so that she could take it out when it attacked.

So just a quick word before I end this. This isn't going to be just Naruto and friends tagging along with team RWBY. They'll hang out and work together for some things, but they'll also get their own separate missions. And as you can see, this is slightly AU due to Naruto meeting and now traveling with Jugo, Karin, and Suigetsu.

Also, I did a lot of research beforehand, and while the color naming rules of characters usually don't apply to crossover characters, all the Naruto characters that are going to Beacon fit in. Except one.

Most people know Naruto's name can mean maelstrom or fishcake, but it also is a type of orange(as in the fruit, not the color.).

Karin means scent of perfume (or something like that), which is often associated with the color pink or purple.

Suigetsu means water moon, so his name can be associated with either blue or white.

Jugo was the one that stood out without a color based name. Although there is a juice company with the same name, but I don't really know if that counts.

And whenever I get to the team name, I will explain my reasoning behind choosing it and how it fits into the color naming rule of teams.