Reading Remnant's Maelstrom Shinobi--SandewrPally Style

by sandewrpally

After landing himself in the world of Remnant Naruto finds out that team RWBY has a book that details what his life would have been like had he come to their world. As they read the changes he brings to the book characters may just rub off on the ones reading it. Done with permission from MothBallz. Come and Read another version of Remnant's Maelstrom Shinobi!

1. Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I don't own anything of Naruto, RWBY and Persona series.

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Reading Remnants Maelstrom Shinobi

Chapter 1

By SandewrPally

Original Story by MothBallz

Naruto could only stare at the seal before him, mesmerized by its intricate patterns and Kanjis that made him almost certain it was a space-time style of seal, albeit one he had never seen before. Kakashi merely coughed, startling his student before he sheepishly looked up from the seal.

"So what can you tell me about it?" the now-named Hokage asked.

"Well, it was made by an Uzumaki to start with, whether Mito or Mom is up for grabs. But it seems someone added some more to the seal, as if completing the parts that were left out by whoever created it."

"Can you tell exactly what it does? There must have been a reason for the first Hokage to have it stored in a secret compartment in the storage room." Kakashi asked, wary of the seal matrix in front of him. Before he could stop him Naruto had touched the seal, before it started to glow."

"Uh, I didn't do anything." Naruto said, wary as his teacher as the scroll started to glow with the Uzumaki clan color and velvet blue intermingled throughout it. Very familiar chains sprung from the seal before wrapping around Naruto.

"Crap! Sensei!" Before his very eyes Kakashi watched as the chains dragged his student into the matrix, before it went up in a puff of smoke. Several thoughts raced through the Hokage's mind, but all led to the same conclusion.

"I'm going to be a dead man."

Vale

Blake had a small smile on her face as she perused the shelves of one of her favorite book stores. It was one of the places that didn't discriminate, and had one of the best selections of books she had ever seen. Which also meant they had the newest book of Ninja's of Love. As she took the basket of books to the front counter the woman, who she had learned was named Margaret, gave the young faunus a smile as she rang her up.

"Ah, I almost forgot." Margaret stated as she reached under the counter "A book came in that I thought you would be interested in."

Margaret set the book on the counter and Blake was instantly interested in it. The book had leather for a cover, with a swirl emblem imbedded in it, orange and Velvet blue intermingled in it. The title was another thing that caught her attention was the title.

"Remnant's Maelstrom Shinobi?" Blake muttered, before the book was placed with her others. The confused teen looked at Margaret, who offered a small smile in response.

"Since you are such a good customer we figured it could be on the house. I believe your friends would even find it enjoyable."

Blake gave the woman that she had known for about two semesters a small smile, her mention of her friends bringing a pleasant feeling to her chest. Ringing the rest of her purchase up Blake gave the woman at the counter a wave goodbye as she exited the shop. Not moments later the yellow-eyed woman stepped up to the shop's front and switched the sign to 'closed'.

"So I can assume he will be ready?" Margaret sounded out, before another woman came from the back.

"Seal activated a little while ago, so he should be there."

"Good. We'll need to get Theodore to make food and drinks for our guests. I trust you can let him know?"

The other woman gave her sister a smirk, confidence radiating off her to exaggerate. "Of course I can
!"

"Without possible maiming his psyche?"

"….Your no fun."

Both women's attention was drawn to the back room, were a fidgeting man was seen approaching them. They were immediately suspicious, mainly because of his current demeanor. The man seemed to gain a little courage, though he still flinch as both women pinned him down with their gazes.

"Ummm….we might have a problem."

"What exactly do you mean by problem?"

The man, Theodore, was now sweating under the piercing gazes. This was not going to be fun to explain.

Beacon Dorms

Blake arrived back at her dorm with a small smile on her face at the small collection of books she had acquired. Not only had she gotten her Ninja's of love, but the book she had received for free also looked like an excellent read. As she entered the dorm things were actually calm for once, something that didn't happen as often as she would have liked. Though that may have to do with the two sisters doing htier homework, a rather irate Weiss looking seconds away from hitting the two. Yang was the first to no0tice Blake's return, and took the chance to extract herself form the current homework.

"Hey Blake! How was the bookstore?"

Blake gave the Y of Team RWBY a deadpan look before shrugging "It was good. They had everything I wanted and then some."

Ruby followed right along with her sister "Anything in particular?" Ruby had hopped up away from the table they had been using. Weiss huffed before turning her attention to Blake, who was placing her newly squirted books with her collection. While the Schnee Heiress would never admit it her faunus teammate had rather good tastes when it came to literature.

"I did receive a book for being a returning customer." Blake responded as she pulled out the book she had been given for free. The three other members of RWBY looked at the book, interest evident in their expressions. Though it quickly turned to confusion.

"Um Blake?" Ruby piped up, a little confusion and worry in her tone "Are books supposed to glow?"

Raising an eyebrow Blake tuned to book to see that the spiral logo had started to glow more, and get brighter every second. As the book got brighter, it actually started to shake, prompting Blake to throw it away from everyone. The four teammates had instantly drew their weapons, pointing it at the very suspicious and worrying book.

"Okay I know that books don't do that!" Yang yelled, prepared for whatever came next. In a flash of light all four teenagers were blinded, before a crash sounded out and a draft came in from their doorway. Clearing the spots form their eyes the girls were greeted with a destroyed door, the trail of destruction leading to the other side of the hallway, were JNPR's door had also been ripped off by whatever had just happened. The four girls were somewhat glad their friends were out in vale for a day of team bonding as they approached the object that had crashed through two dorm doors. Approaching the object he girls noticed that said object was in fact a person and more specifically, a blonde haired boy about their age. Well except Ruby but it was a moot point.

The boy in question was clothed in a jacket of black and orange, a white shirt with some sort of mesh revealed through the cut around the collar. Black pants with bandages wrapped around one leg led to open heel and toe sandals. Going back to his face Yang and Blake had a small blush at the handsome face, made cuter by the whisker marks adorning his cheeks. A bed of golden blonde hair spiked in an unruly manner, adding to his somewhat feral charm.

"Um, should we call someone to help?" Ruby pipped up, poking the unconscious blonde with the barrel of Crescent Rose. Weiss was already on it, calling for the nurse and a school teacher, figuring that they would need to let Glynda or Ozpin know about this.

About an hour later

The four girls were sitting in Ozpin's office, the book that had brought the blonde into existence between them. Having just finished up explaining the circumstances that led up to the blonde just appearing out of thin air.

"I see." Ozpin stated, curiously looking at the cause of this situation. "Until the young man wakes up there is not much we can do. Glynda will have repaired your dorm rooms of any damage, so I'll be sure to notify you when he awakens."

"Thanks Headmaster!" Ruby said, gathering her team and riding the elevator down. After watching Team RWBY leave Ozpin grabbed the book, leaning back in his chair as he regarded it. Before he could open it Glynda had arrived, with a file on their newest visitor no doubt.

"Ah Glynda. What can you tell us about our newest guest?"

The deputy headmistress huffed before taking a seat across from her boss, handing the folder to him. "From the data we were able to get on the young man he is extremely heathy, almost a perfect example of a Hunter if I was assume. His aura has never been unlocked, but our equipment picked up a different source of energy. Several scars are on his body, the worst being a wound that by all means looks to be fatal."

Ozpin noticed the frown on his co-workers face, before adopting one of his own at the picture detailing the mentioned scar. It was a gruesome one for sure, one that Ozpin had only seen on some of the more veteran Hunter and Huntresses. "He has definitely seen combat, on a scale someone of his age should not have to. Until he wakes up we won't be able to know more."

Glynda nodded, before speaking up "We were lucky that a lot of students were out today, otherwise we would have rumors going around right now."

"Indeed." Ozpin nodded in agreement. He could easily think of several elements that would wonder about this new arrival, and all of them not friendly either. As Ozpin put the file down he rose an eyebrow in curiosity as he saw Glynda reading the book, a confused expression adorning her face.

"Glynda?"

"Oz, this book it…" shaking her head she handed it to Ozpin, who opened it to start reading it. After several moments the headmaster looked up, a look of curiosity adorning his face.

"This has become interesting."

Beacon Infirmary

Naruto groaned as he regained conscious, the familiar smell of disinfectant letting him know that he was in the hospital, though the air seemed to be different. Since he had completed his sage training he had been able to sense the ambient energy in the air, and right now it was completely different that what he sensed within Konoha. Opening his eyes he was blinded by the glare of sunlight, and after blinking for a few seconds managed to regain his eyesight.

He was instantly on alert when he recognized nothing that he had seen in the Konoha hospital. The building he was in was nothing like the hospital, and the machines themselves were not anything he had seen. Before he could panic further his attention was captured by the soft cough of a person to his side. Turning around Naruto met the eyes of a man in a black and green accented suit, a green scarf around his neck. Silver hair, the same shade as his sensei, gave way to brown eyes with small shades. The man reminded him somewhat of his sensei and the Third Hokage for some reason.

"I'm glad to see you are up, and I have no doubt you have questions."

"You could say that." Naruto replied, caution as to how the man knew who he was. He had never met this man before, and being in a strange place didn't help either. As if noticing his uncomfortableness the man picked up the book in his lap, catching Naruto's attention because of the similar pattern that was on the seal he had activated somehow.

"For some reason you, Uzumaki Naruto, are followed in this book as someone who arrived on Remnant, which is where we are now. I can't tell you anymore, but rest assured that you are safe here."

"Um, thanks Mr?"

The man smiled as he held out his hand for a shake. "My name is Ozpin, Headmaster of Beacon Academy."

Taking the offered hand Naruto sat back, before asking Ozpin about where he currently was. The next hour was full of explanations about where the blonde had landed, and the world in its current state.

"Huh. So you said something about an alternative me here?"

"Yes." Ozpin nodded, handing the book to Naruto. "I would suggest not reading it until I can gather the people who it affects more than others."

"Okay. And second question. Where are my clothes?"

Dorm Common Area

Both teams RWBY and JNPR were sitting in the Dorm common area, having been asked to be there by Ozpin himself. The members of RWBY had a good idea what the gathering was about, and after explaining the events of last night JNPR had caught up as well.

"So I guess the guy that crashed here woke up?" Jaune asked, sitting with his team on one of the couches in the common area. He had been a little skeptical of the story that RWBY had told them, but trusted the other team.

"It seems that way." Weiss replied, curiosity getting the best of her.

"Well I don't know about the rest of you but I won't mind seeing that cutie again." Yang said with a little bit of truth and mirth. Blake silently agreed, wondering if the boy was a faunus with those whiskers on his face.

"Um, thanks?" The two teams turned around at the questioning tone to be met with the blonde from last night, looking not knocked out. As the blonde rubbed the back of his head sheepishly he approached the group, Ozpin following behind him. "Name's Naruto by the way."

"Ah, I see your all here." Ozpin said as Naruto took a seat on one of the lone chairs. "The reason I asked you all to gather is because of this." As he finished Ozpin held up Remnant's Maelstrom Shinobi, earning curios looks from everyone expect Naruto.

"What does the book have to do with anything?" Asked Jaune. Ozpin merely gave the group a small smile before handing the book over to Blake.

"I believe our friend here can explain. Also your room will be in the spare dorm room on their floor."

"Thanks Oz." Naruto replied before leaning forward and started to explain what the book was about. Ozpin slipped out, leaving the group to read. "So apparently this book is about an alternative version of us, one where I'm apparently attending Beacon at the same time as you all are. I haven't really read any of it but that's what Ozpin said.

"So cool!" Shouted Nora, Yang and Ruby at the same time. Jaune and Pyrrha had curios looks while Ren merely raised an eyebrow. Weiss sputtered, not believing that they were excited to read about their alternative lives. What if it revealed something embarrassing?

"C'mon Blake start already." Ruby whined while giving the cat faunus a pleading puppy look. Rather than responding the girl started to read, avoiding the adorable look on her team leader's face.

The city of Vale. One of the four major cities of Remnant that stood as a symbol of mankind's perseverance and ingenuity. It, along with its sister cities, cast a light of hope into the hearts of people around the world, showing the world that no amount of Grimm or disaster could eliminate the human spirit so long as one light shone through the dark.

The group smiled at the description of Vale, including the hope and spirit it inspired in the description as well. Naruto was reminded of the various ways the Third Hokage would describe what the village was to its shinobi and civilians.

As a major capital Vale boasted one of the largest shopping districts as well as numerous smaller settlements that lay on the outskirts of the sprawling city. At the heart of Vale was the prestigious Beacon Academy.

It was here at Beacon that the defenders of Vale were trained to combat the forces of darkness. These defenders, normal men and women, who had chosen to dedicate their lives to keeping Vale and her citizens safe were called Huntsmen and Huntresses. Wielding their own unique weapon alongside their equally unique power known as Semblance these warriors were to be the first and last line of defense against those that would wish to harm the citizens of their city.

So are you a Hunter?" Ruby asked, wondering if the whiskered blonde was in fact like them.

"From where I come from were called shinobi, or ninjas." Blake fought down a blush, as she had easily imagined Naruto as one of the characters from her more risqué set of literature. Naruto himself was leaning away from Ruby and Nora, who both had sets of stars in their eyes at the revelation that Naruto was in fact a ninja.

They were to be symbols unto themselves; symbols of strength, pride, and hope.

It was here at the entrance to Beacon Academy that we find a tall and well built teen admiring the massive structure that was the academy. The teen surveyed the building with blue eyes so intense that they seemed to be like twin pools of the ocean itself. Three marks that resembled whisker marks marked his tan face on each cheek. Blonde hair as gold as the sun fell in messy spikes around his head, the bangs falling across his forehead, further accentuating his electric blue eyes.

While he had already been informed of the book more or less following his life Naruto groaned, knowing that there would be embarrassing moments to come.

The blonde was garbed in clothing that seemed fitting of a warrior ready to march on to the battle lines. A plain black shirt with some sort of swirl in a burnt orange color on the chest clung to his top half. Over top the shirt was a black jacket with the same swirl on each shoulder. The top part of the shoulder was covered by some form of white armor. The back of the jacket as well as some parts of the front were dotted with the same pieces of white armor.

Covering his bottom half was a pair of plain grey pants. On his left thigh was a black pouch. Laying horizontally attached to his belt was a small and plain looking scroll. Covering his feet was a pair of black leather boots with the ends of his pants tucked into the ankle high footwear.

Yang whistled at the look, liking what the blonde had been described in. Before anyone could blink a ping form the television in front of them, before clicking on with the image of Naruto in the described attire.

"Anyone else think that was…"

"Spooky?" Naruto answered for his fellow male blonde. "Then yes."

"Speak for yourself." Yang stated as she ogled her fellow blonde. She had to admit, the outfit looked good on him.

Standing at a solid six foot with a lithe build, the blonde would have struck an imposing figure if not for the twitching of his eye and the fluffy orange furred fox kit wrapped around his neck like a scarf.

"No way." Naruto said in shock. Another ping rang out before said fox kit appeared on his lap. The fox himself looked surprised, scanning the room before landing on Naruto.

"Kit." The fox spoke, further shocking everyone "Where the hell are we and who the hell are they."

"The fox talks." Weiss muttered as she tried to wrap her head around the situation. Blake looked towards her partner, expecting a similar outburst that she had in the Emerald Forest. Fortunately the blonde bombshell was occupied by looking at the fox kit, restraining herself from glomping the poor thing for the moment.

"It's a long story." Naruto sighed, before his eye started to twitch as Yang couldn't resist anymore. She had scooped Kurama up and hugged him to her breasts.

"Oh aren't you just the cutest thing! Even if you talk in a way scarier voice than you should."

Blake had stopped because of current events, but continued after Naruto silently urged her on.

"Remind me again why the hell I have to go to school...AGAIN Kurama?" The blonde asked aloud, voice dripping in annoyance.

"So his names Kurama." Pyrrha commented, noticing the fox rather enjoying the attention he was receiving form Yang, Ruby and Nora.

"Yep." Naruto said, eye twitching at the fox's ego being raised from the attention he was receiving.

Some would think the teen crazy for talking to himself however that was far from the case. The fox that lay around his neck stirred and allowed one of its closed eyelids to crack open revealing ruby red eyes. Shaking it's head in a very human show of exasperation a gruff male voice rang through the blonde's head, "Because it seems to be both the easiest and best way to get a job and possibly some answers. Besides it should be easier since you have done this before. Also don't talk out loud you dumbass, people will think you're nuts."

Naruto rolled his eyes, a smile on his face as he did. He was secretly happy that something had granted Kurama the ability to walk around. Well maybe later, as he was being held by Yang, Ruby or Nora at the moment.

A sigh escaped the teen's lips before his head fell in resignation, "But I hated school then and I doubt this will be any different from the Academy back in Konoha."

"That may well be true, but keep in mind that despite the situation not changing YOU have changed Naruto. And for kami's sake please don't act a fool. I think we've suffered one lifetime too many of that," the voice replied back.

That drew several gazes to Naruto, who shifted uncomfortably under said gazes. "There were complications while I was in the academy." Naruto said. It just drew up more questions for the assembled group.

Stretching his limbs the now named Naruto sighed again and folded his arms behind his head, "Wasn't exactly my decision. Not my fault those teachers were too bigoted to actually teach me properly."

"Ok now we gotta know what you mean." Yang stated, getting agreement from the rest of RWBY and JNPR.

"It was due to events out of his control." Kurama spoke up, coming to the rescue of his container "please leave it at that."

Noticing the uncomfortable position they had put Naruto in everyone backed off, but still glanced at the blonde ninja with some worry.

"Fair point kit, but you also weren't exactly helping yourself by acting like an idiot either."

"Touché Kurama, touché."

"Beaten in an argument with a fox." Weiss stated, getting a playful glare from Naruto as Kurama chuckled. Naruto couldn't really hold it against his partner when it came to things like that, as it was sometimes hard to argue with a chakra construct many more times your size and age.

"Whatever fox-jiji." Naruto smiled as Kurama muttered something about 'baka blonde'

Before the mental conversation between the teen and fox could continue they were both startled by a sudden explosion only a few yards away from them. Both raised an eyebrow as they saw a girl about Naruto's age dressed in all white screaming and hollering at a younger girl in red.

Ruby groaned, knowing exactly the moment that Naruto had decided to make himself known. Weiss was of the same mind, as she freely admitted she was a bit more temperamental than she needed to be when she first arrived at beacon.

Yang had a large smile on her face, completely into getting dirt on her sister. Was teasing not one of the big sisters main jobs when it comes to their younger siblings?

Their eyebrows ascended even higher as a girl in black interfered on behalf of the girl in red. Naruto felt bad for the younger girl seeing the regally dressed girl in white stomp off with the girl in black quietly sauntering off, leaving the girl in red to fall to her knees in sadness.

Blake had to admit that maybe she could have helped Ruby out more that day, but everything turned out alright after all.

Feeling sympathetic Naruto made his way over to the red themed girl who was muttering to herself about knees...which was rather odd. Not one too judge though Naruto lowered his hand into the girl's vision, offering to help her up.

"The first person you meet after un-sociable and princess and you talk about knees?" Yang asked, a teasing tone in her voice. Despite having pulled her hood up, Ruby retorted in the face of her sisters teasing.

"It's your fault Yang. Talking about bee's knees."

"Bee's knees?" Naruto asked "Please tell that's not a real thing Like 'Springtime of Youth'." At the questioning looks from the remnants Naruto shuddered, repressing memories of sunsets. "Don't ask."

The Red Riding Hood look alike turned curious gray eyes up to the owner of the hand and was slightly surprised to see a rather good looking blonde offering her help. She took the offered hand and was a little surprised when the teen pulled her to her feet with only a slight tug.

Yang was ginning at her sister, the mere mention of Ruby thinking someone was good-looking was enough to set off her teasing parameters.

Naruto had to resist the urge to slap himself when he noted just how attractive the red haired girl was.

"So it's a mutual attraction." Yang stated. Ruby had retreated into her cloak, hoping against Oum that her blush would be camouflaged by it. Naruto had no such camouflage, and promptly looked away to at least attempt to hide it.

If the smirk form Yang and Nora was any indication, it didn't really work.

"Seems that you inherited your father's love of red hair, ne?" Kurama chuckled mentally.

Pyrrha could now be added to the list of people with blushes, though by far hers was the smaller of the two.

Naruto just childishly glared at the cheeky fox.

Before he could come up with a rebuttal the girl whose hand he was still holding spoke up, "Uh...thanks for that...um..."

Realizing that the girl was asking for his name Naruto let go of her hand and grinned, "Naruto. Uzumaki Naruto."

"You introduce yourself like some of the old Mistral families." Ren commented. Naruto shrugged in response.

The girl's face lit up in a smile, "Nice to meet ya! I'm Ruby Rose."

The sound of Kurama's snickering echoed in Naruto's head causing his brow to twitch. Of course the fox would find her name amusing. Though even he had to admit that it was all pretty funny. Red cloak with red highlights? And her name was Ruby Rose? Yeah it seemed like her parents really wanted her to like the color red or liked the story of Little Red Riding Hood a little too much.

Naruto had to hold in a laugh as the girl in question attempted to get smaller by wrapping her Cloak around herself in a cocoon. It was actually really cute how she reacted.

"Sorry Ruby." Naruto apologized. He could have sworn he heard a mutter of 'It's okay' from the cocooned girl. The rest of the group had amused looks on their faces, more than used to the young team leader's antics. Yang gave her sister a soft smile, happy that she was getting along with the rather handsome ninja sitting in the room with them.

On the other hand he wasn't one to talk either. After all he had gone around in a bright orange jumpsuit for a few years and then spent another 3 or so years in a darker version of that same jumpsuit. Even now his love for the color orange was hard to repress, evident by the rather large swirl on his chest.

Naruto had to hide a wince when this outfit from his fresh out of academy days was displayed on the screen, getting cringes from all the women and astounded looks from the males.

"You were a ninja." Weiss began, building up incredulous thoughts wat a rapid pace. "That wore a 'kill me' bright orange jumpsuit."

"Orange so bright it burns the eyes." Yang commented as she, Nora and Kurama snickering at the whiskered blonde's expression. Pyrrha and Ren had small smiles, ones Naruto was sure were filled with a little pity.

"It wasn't that bad…" Naruto scanned the group before sighing "Was it?"

"well…" Jaune stated before being stopped by Naruto raising his hand. "Just please continue."

Pushing those thoughts to the back of his mind along with the sounds of a still laughing Kitsune Naruto offered one of his patented foxy grins, "So I take it this is your first year here at Beacon?"

Ruby nervously chuckled, "That obvious huh?"

"No all the experienced Hunters and Huntresses are blowing themselves up with Dust," Naruto chuckled.

"Too bad I didn't get to see it." Yang muttered. While she did feel a little bad about what happened to her sister it would also be funny as well.

Childishly flailing her arms Ruby replied back, "But it wasn't my fault! I mean well I guess it kind of was, but still it was an accident and now because of that I won't have any friends and this is gonna be horrible and..."

Naruto could only barely resist the urge to laugh at the rambling girl. How she was able to talk so fast was a little mind boggling but he had seen stranger so he let her continue to vent out her frustrations.

Whereas Naruto, along with everyone whose name was not Ruby, were laughing or amused by the spectacle in front of them. The girl in question had hid in her cloak as the laughing teetered off, before slowly making her way out to snatch one of her cookies.

A few minutes later a slightly winded Ruby blushed as she kicked at the ground, realizing that she had just spilled her guts to a guy she had met all of five minutes ago. The thought that he would be too weirded out with her to be her friend crossed her mind. Luckily before she could go on another worry induced ramble Naruto's voice broke through her thoughts.

"Better?"

"...little bit," Ruby admitted.

"Sometimes we just need to let it out." Naruto said, getting chuckles from the group.

"So any instance where you acted that way?" Asked Yang as she fished for some blackmail.

Naruto groaned before nodding, hoping that his counterpart had a handle on a certain verbal tic.

For a few seconds neither said anything, Naruto just standing there still grinning and Ruby still blushing in embarrassment. Then it broke. Laughter overtook the silence and filled the air, the two enjoying the oddness of the situation.

Yang, Weiss and Blake smiled at the comfortable atmosphere that Naruto had created for their team leader. Ruby herself was staring at Naruto with wide eyes, awe that he just accepted her even being weird like that.

Off to the side Jaune was wondering where the heck he was, as this was the moment that he had met Ruby.

When they had regained their breath and were now just chuckling out the last of their laughs Ruby asked, "So you're a returning student here?"

Naruto flashed her a grin, "Nope!"

A sweat drop trailed down Ruby's head.

"Wait so you're a new student like me?"

"Yup!"

"It's like seeing double." Weiss muttered, only to receive a pinch from Yang. The blonde brawler could only smirk as the Schnee sent her a glare.

Ruby cried crocodile tears, "I was hoping you would be able to show me around!"

Naruto shrugged before folding his arms behind his head, "Well it can't be that hard to get around here...right?"

"That's just tempting fate." Jaune responded, getting a nod from his teammates.

"Like no pancakes for breakfast!" Nora exclaimed.

"I personally prefer the food of the gods, ramen, for breakfast." Naruto retorted. Before anyone could say anything sparks began to fly between the two smirking teenagers.

"Pancakes!"

"Ramen!"

"Pancakes!"

"Cookie?"

Both teens turned towards Ruby, who was holding out a cookie for each of them. Smiling at the younger teen both ANruto and Nora separated before going back to their seats enjoying their cookies. Ren was staring at Nora, more than happy that another FFF, Favorite Food Fight, was not going to occur this day.

The gathering of incoming students to Beacon all raised an eyebrow together as a girl in red came soaring through the open doors of the hall like she had been shot out of a canon. Lucky for her she landed in the arms of a busty blonde haired teen who grinned at her like the situation was normal.

"Not the way I would have introduced myself but ok." Yang shrugged at the lackluster entrance of her counterpart.

"….You would have made a pun within a second." Blake said with a deadpan expression on her face. Ruby could only groan, hoping against all else that her new friend would not be subjected to the horror that was the Xioa Long puns.

"Ruby!"

Realizing that she was currently in her sister's arms Ruby wrapped her arms around the blonde's neck and cried in joy, "Yang! I'm so glad to see you!"

"Surprisingly that's a rather normal reaction." Yang said, much to her sister's embarrassment. Weiss decided not to say anything, fondly remembering her own interactions with her sister before things became complicated between the other members of her family.

Before anyone could question why Ruby had come through the door via the air, their attention was drawn back to the entrance of the hall where a blur of yellow raced into the hall before quickly slamming the twin doors shut.

"Ooh, maybe they were running from a pack of beowolves in sheep's clothing."

Ren merely palmed his face into his hands as everyone looked at Nora with varying emotions. Naruto eased the tension by cracking before everyone else either shook their head in friendly exasperation or wonder as Blake continued.

There leaning against the door, panting and out of breath, stood another blonde with a frightened look to him. Even weirder was that a small fox kit was mirroring the blonde, looking equally terrified.

"I'm equal parts curious and wary." Pyrrha stated while looking towards Naruto.

"Knowing the Kit it's probably a prank." Kurama lazily stated. The pout from Naruto in response was rather cute.

At least several of the girls in the room thought so.

Ruby hopped out of her sister's arms and rushed the panting blonde, clutching to his chest like he was her husband who had just come back from war.

"I thought I'd never see you again Naruto!"

Brows were raised even higher as Naruto wrapped his arms around the much smaller girl.

"Shh it's ok Ruby. That...thing will never hurt us again!"

"You got my sister to get in on a prank?" Yang questioned before a full blown grin erupted on her face. "I gotta say whiskers, you do nothing simple do ya?"

"You don't know the half of it." Naruto responded. He was simply happy his counterpart shared in his love of pranks.

Ruby looked up with a hopeful look shining in her gray eyes, "You killed it?"

Naruto looked away, "No. I was barely able to get away from it with my life."

Before the soap opera like situation could progress any further Yang shoved her way in between the two before asking the question that was on everyone's mind.

"That is a lot of people staring." Blake idly commented, more than happy to let the spotlight shine on the sisters and Naruto. She was never one for it after all.

"Ok what the hell are you two talking about!? And how the heck do you know his guy Ruby!?"

Ruby just grinned and appeared by Naruto's side, "This is Naruto Uzumaki. Naruto this is my sister Yang."

Naruto chuckled as he nervously waved at his fellow blonde who was inspecting him like a lioness would an unfamiliar creature. He had enough experience with busty blondes to know not to make them angry. That usually led to a painful beating.

"It's true." Naruto responded to their questioning stares. Granted some were deserved, and at least he got nowhere near the level of his late godfather, bless his soul, received at the hands of Tsunade, but he still had memories of said beating.

"I see your social skills still need some refinement." Weiss stated with a confident smirk. Said smirk was forgotten when she received a sense of foreboding, before noticing the rather mischievous look on said ninja's face.

Weiss had a feeling sleeping with one eye open would be in her best interest in the near future.

'Jeez she's almost as big as Tsunade Baa-chan (Granny Tsunade) and she's like half her age!'

Yang proudly displayed her assets, getting various responses from both male and female in the group. Weiss merely looked at her own chest before looking to Yang's, bitter feeling of inadequacy cropping up in a rare moment. Ruby could only groan as her sister went into her teasing mode. Blake had a restrained smile on her face, knowing that while hey may be bigger they gave her more back problems as a result.

Before Naruto could question what the girl was eating to grow such a...healthy body Kurama made himself known by hopping his way up to Naruto's shoulders where he wrapped himself around the blonde's neck.

'Kit, kami must love you or something. I mean you've pretty much spent your whole life living every pervert's dream, surrounded by busty and hot females.'

Naruto received several looks from the group, one of jealousy, a few of admiration, and the rest teasing.

Naruto would have normally had a snarky comment to reply back with, but he could find none. The fox was right. His stalker since childhood, Hinata, had blossomed into a beautiful young woman with a pair that could give Tsunade a run for her money. Then there was Tsunade herself who boasted possibly the largest pair in all of the Elemental Nations. Both Anko and Kurenai were equally beautiful and as equally gifted in the chest area. Not to mention Shion the priestess who wanted him to father her children. Of course who could forget the Mizukage (Water Shadow), Mei Terumi, who had no shame in flirting with him whenever a chance arose.

As each name was said a picture of them showed up on the screen, getting everyone to stare in admiration at the forms of the women on the screen.

"Dang." Yang said, eyeing each of the women. "And you haven't…."

"NO. To whatever you're suggesting."

Both Ren and Jaune had crossed their legs to hide their slight arousal at the woman on the screen. Weiss had merely held her head down, contemplating what in the world she needed to do to even get half the size that Yang and these women were.

Naruto didn't know whether to cry in frustration or joy. On one hand he had tried his hardest to not fall to the dark side and become a pervert like every male role model in his life, but it seemed Kami had other plans or just enjoyed tempting him.

'I wouldn't mind tempting him.' Blake thought, a blush appearing on her face not a moment later. They could possibly re-enact several scenes from her books. It must be because he was a ninja, and didn't look half bad to be honsest.

Resigned to his fate Naruto just stuck out his hand in greeting, "Nice to meet you Yang."

Not even bothering to reply to the greeting the blonde did a total 180 and was instantly invading his personal space bubble and gushing over the cuteness of Kurama. The fox himself was enjoying the attention, only serving to boost his already massive ego.

"Ohh, how can such a cute thing have such an ego!" Ruby said as she hugged the fox to her chest. Naruto merely groaned, knowing that the fox would want to milk this for everything it was worth.

"Um...I'd like it if you didn't do that. Stupid fox already has a big enough ego."

"How could such a cute little thing have an ego?" Yang cooed in a baby like voice while cradling Kurama in her arms.

The fox was more than enjoying the situation he had found himself in, 'Kit...I now understand why Jiraiya was a pervert.'

Naruto could only sigh in resignation. He already assumed the worst, especially when he had met Matabi, the two tails. It stood to reason that the tailed beasts could have hobbies of the perverted kind as well. And knowing his luck the fox was a decent candidate for perversity in his life.

Even more so since he apparently had taught his counterpart.

Naruto could only sigh and pinch the bridge of his nose in frustration, though on the other hand looking at his fellow blonde he really couldn't blame the fox. Even he had to admit that the term "blonde bombshell" fit Yang almost to the letter and if the metallic bands on her wrist and the smell of gunpowder were anything to go by, the bombshell part may just be literal.

Yang grinned, more than happy to discover that the blond could make a decent pun himself. Everyone else, especially ruby, could only groan as they hoped the blonde ninja was not a purveyor of puns that the Y of RWBY was.

With the excitement over, the hall descended back into the chatter of friends and the group was left to their own devices without having to worry about having the whole freshman class' eyes on them. Of course both Yang and Naruto were the type of people who could care less what other people thought of them and Ruby wasn't focusing on the background people enough to care.

"Hooray for background people!" Nora shouted. Ren just gave his best friend a smile, more than used to the orange hammer wielder antics.

Naruto himself offered a grin in response to Nora's outburst before Blake continued.

As the group of three (plus one fox) chatted and got to know each other, Yang found herself actually enjoying the company of her fellow blonde. Far too often would guys chase after her and her sister and spend that time simply ogling them like creeps. She knew her outfit didn't exactly help, but not only was it easy to move in it also gave her an advantage over those perverts who would stare at her chest in the middle of a battle.

"You're just like Anko." Muttered Naruto.

"Who?" In response to Yang's question Naruto pointed to the purple-haired kunoichi on the screen. Yang gained a critical eye, more than liking what she was seeing.

Naruto was different and instead looked her straight in the eyes which, with his piercing blue eyes, unnerved her a little bit. It was like he could pierce straight through her without even trying. What made her a little more on edge was how comfortable she was with the guy.

Not even a few minutes with the blonde and she was joking with and teasing him, which she found incredibly fun to do because of how he reacted. Seeing the somewhat cocky blonde turn into a blushing stuttering mess was just hilarious. Sure she was known for teasing people, but to be this comfortable with someone so fast? It made her a little worried. You didn't see and do the things she had by trusting everyone you met.

Yang shifted uncomfortably, knowing exactly what the book was talking about. She had gone to some risky places in search of information on her mother, and those experiences had left her with a healthy dose of paranoia. Looking over to the blonde sitting next across from her she could easily see why her counterpart was getting along with him so well. The blonde ninja exuded an air of comfortable companionship, even though they had only met just a short of a day ago.

Even if he was unconscious at the time.

Noticing the stare on him Yang chuckled awkwardly when Naruto sent her a teasing smile. Oh he was just asking for it now!

Before their little get together could continue a certain princess in white stomped her way to them and made her presence known by pointing her finger at Ruby whilst yelling, "You!"

Weiss groaned, not really looking forward to her behavior when they had first met. She had little doubt that Naruto would do something to her. She just had this sense of dread about it!.

Ruby reflexively jumped into her sister's arms and cried, "Oh god! She's back!"

The girl in white merely continued on her rant, "You're lucky you didn't blow us right off the cliff!"

Yang looked at her sister who was still in her arms in surprise, "Oh god you really did explode."

"In my defense it was a little unbelievable." Yang said, wincing when Ruby rounded on her

"You're supposed to support me Yang!" Yang groaned when her puppy eyes started, knowing that immense guilt was on the way. Luckily she grabbed her EC (emergency cookie) and promptly held it in front of the pouting Ruby. Said argument was quickly forgotten as the leader of RWBY settled down with her cookie.

"I told you it was an accident!" Ruby exclaimed in an attempt to defend herself.

"To be fair you were kinda shaking those vials of Dust around, so you are also to blame," Naruto butted in.

Ruby gave Naruto a smile in return, with the blonde Uzumaki giving her a thumb's up. Yang and Blake were grinning, having a good feeling that Weiss was about to get her humble pie.

Said heiress was dreading the next part.

Ruby gave Naruto a grateful smile, while the princess gave him a dirty look he was all too familiar with.

'Hey Kurama you think she's part Uchiha or something? I mean only an Uchiha can sneer like that.'

Naruto merely glanced at Weiss, reserving his judgement until he knew more about the girl in question. The remnant teens had perplexed expressions as they wondered who this Uchiha guy was.

'You got a good point there kit. But Uchiha's are also known for the love of black sooo,' Kurama said as he pointed out Weiss choice in clothing color.

Several snickers caused the heiress in question to blush.

"And just who the heck are you?"

Taking a page out of one his teacher's books Naruto gave the girl a lazy look and drawled out, "I'm sorry did you say something princess?"

By this point Nora and Yang had erupted into laughter. Ruby and Blake merely had giggles, though Ruby was not far from devolving into laughter herself. Blake merely had a smug look as she continued reading,.

While the girl was turning red from anger and not so silently fuming, both Yang and Ruby were just looking at the interaction between the two with barely surprised giggles.

"I said who the heck are you!?" The girl all but screamed.

"The one about to serve you some humble pie." Blake muttered. Naruto snickered as his enhanced hearing caught it, giving the cat girl a thumbs up in return.

Naruto just grinned lazily and somehow managed to smile with his eyes, "Isn't it polite to give your name before asking someone else's?"

That was the straw that broke the camel's back. Yang was on the floor rolling in laughter while Ruby was not fairing much better, hands on her knees as her shoulders shook from laughing. Even those within hearing distance of the group were either laughing or grinning when they saw how well the white themed girl seemed to be imitating a tomato.

Weiss had her eyes closed, a mantra of 'Don't kill the blonde, even if he is cute' running through her head. The rest of the group had devolved into laughter or chuckling while they compared the blush on their own Weiss to the story.

'Kit...you're evil...and I'm so proud!'

"I would be." Kurama piped up, earning a new round of laughter from the group.

Barely stopping herself from strangling the infuriating blonde in front of her she seethed out, "My name is Weiss Schnee."

Around them some jaws dropped hearing the name Schnee. Evidently Naruto knew the name as well because his own jaw dropped, "As in the Schnee Dust company!?"

Weiss knew that the blonde ninja was up to something. That infuriating look coming from the one in the same room as her only pounded the nail in the coffin.

The now named Weiss crossed her arms and gained back her arrogance, "That's right my father is the owner of the largest Dust company in all of Vale."

Naruto did a complete 180 and went back to his uncaring posture from before, "Wow then you really should've know better than to be shaking vials of Dust like a rattle."

By this point everyone had gone back to laughing full force as an extremely red-faced Weiss had closed her eyes to prevent herself from freezing her friends into a block of didn't help as much as one would think. After all she could still hear the laughter around her. Even the snickering of that damn adorable fox laying in the blonde's lap.

Almost instantly the laughter came back even stronger than before as Yang gasped in an attempt to get some much need air into her lungs, Ruby equally out of breath. Weiss on the other hand let loose a scream of frustration and threw her arms in the air.

"UGH! YOU ARE SO INFURIATING!"

"Weiss so mad Weiss?"

Everyone stopped laughing to stare at the buxom blonde and lover of puns Yang. The girl had a full-blown grin on her face. Luckily her sister was there to help her out.

"Boo Yang!"

The sister merely scoffed before scanning the other members of their little group. Each of them had varying degrees of deadpan or exasperated expressions. Hoping for just one supportive face Yang turned her eyes to Naruto. Said ninja, having been exposed to various quirks of the Shinobi world, merely shrugged his shoulders in response.

It was better than nothing.

As Weiss stamped away in anger Naruto just chuckled as Yang leaned on him, still trying to regain her breath, "Foxy, I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship."

'It really would be.' Yang thought as she recovered from the fit of laughter at Weiss' expense. Even if the Naruto sitting across from them wasn't the same one in the book she had a feeling that he was very similar to his counterpart.

As the crowd began to quiet down a man dressed in an all green suit with silver hair and glasses walked his way before the microphone, aided by a metallic walking cane of some sort. This was the head of Beacon Academy, Ozpin.

"I will...keep this brief. You have traveled here today in search of knowledge, to hone your craft and acquire new skills. And when you are finished you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people...but I look amongst you and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose, direction. You assume 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."

'Jeez, it's like a combination of Kakashi and Jiji-san.' Naruto thought in response to the headmaster's speech to his students. Naruto easily understood the underlying message, though he noticed that the headmaster seemed rather distracted.

Without a word more Ozpin began to walk away, not even sparing a glance at the crowd of his newest students.

Equal amounts of shock, anger, and denial ran through the teens in the crowd after Ozpin's rather bleak speech. Yang huffed in anger at the man's words, while Ruby looked down in contemplation. Naruto merely stood there with his arms crossed.

Both of teams RWBY and JNPR thought back to that moment, one that they could look back on and say that the headmaster knew what he was talking about. Yang merely huffed like her counterpart, still a little miffed about the way Ozpin had presented his speech to them.

'Great, another Kakashi. Wonder if he has some porn stashed away like the scarecrow too,' Naruto thought to himself.

"He was my sensei and yes, he did read porn almost the entire time you would be around him." Naruto responded to the various looks of disgust from the females of both teams.

A blonde haired woman wearing glasses and a cape of some sort strode up the microphone to take Ozpin's place, "You will gather in the ballroom tonight. Tomorrow your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed."

Sitting atop the windowsill with one leg dangling outside, Naruto allowed the crisp night air to brush against his face, his blonde locks rustling in the wind while his cerulean orbs stared at the moon that now hung in the starry night sky.

Naruto frowned as it showed the image of his counterpart, before noticing that the shattered moon in the background. Ever since the end of the Fourth Shinobi War the moon had been a frightening thing, knowing that it was in fact a prison that he and Sasuke had created to imprison the Kaguya.

Going over today's events he had to chuckle at the parallels in this new life of his. Without even opening one of his eyes Kurama spoke through their mental connection, 'Parallels there may be, but remember kit, there will also be many differences. You can not allow your past to haunt you any longer, lest you become like that one eyed sensei of yours.'

Yang and Blake grew rather concerned at the melancholy look on the counterpart Naruto's face as the story continued. While they hadn't got the complete story about the blonde ninja it seemed something had happened to him that the Naruto sitting with them had not experienced.

Naruto only offered a bittersweet smile as he absentmindedly allowed his fingers to softly stroke Kurama's fur. Looking back now it was funny how much things had changed. Almost a year or so ago and the fox that was curled up in his lap had wanted nothing more than to tear him to bloody bits and break out of the seal that kept him in Naruto. Now? Well Naruto had no idea how he would've survived this long without Kurama's help.

Naruto merely smiled down at his own Kurama, who huffed as he rested his head on his forelegs. Sure they had a very rough start, but now they considered each other friends and brothers.

Than there was Naruto himself. Looking back he could've slapped himself. Admittedly he really hadn't changed all that much. He was still pretty hyper and knuckleheaded, but the difference now was that he had balanced out. Thanks to Kurama's help and his own determination he had been able to improve in almost every area by leaps and bounds.

Naruto had to wonder what the heck his counterpart had experienced to get to that point with Kurama and more importantly himself. It had taken the equivalent of fighting for his life against a undead Madara and his army to get to that point.

Naruto was knocked out of his little reverie when he felt the presence of Ruby next to him, "Penny for your thoughts?"

The blonde turned and took in Ruby's pajamas with a smile. While in her normal clothes the girl looked ready to go into battle, or a Halloween party, however in her pink pajama bottoms and black tank top, Ruby actually looked her age.

Ruby was torn between outrage and embarrassment as the image of the two teens popped up on the screen. Yang merely smiled as she pulled her sister into a headlock as Blake continued, ignoring the younger sisters pleas for help.

Ruby also took in Naruto's own sleep wear with a minor blush. The white tank top with some sort of leaf like symbol that hung off his form allowed his well muscled arms to be seen quite easily. Likewise the navy blue gym shorts with that red swirl of his did a good job of showing off his equally well-toned legs.

Ruby had to blush as, with the moon in the background and blonde hair swaying gently in the breeze, Naruto looked quite attractive.

Ruby desperately struggled against her sisters superior strength as the blush on her counterpart was replicated by her. Yang's grin suddenly became more feral as she looked towards Naruto.

"Making my little sister fall for you? Should I be worried?"

Naruto chose not to respond, as it was somewhat true that he had a weak spot for red hair. The fact that two rather cute girls had red hair made it somewhat difficult to deny Yang's teasing. A fact that she seemed to realize as she sent the blonde ninja a predatory wink, full of mischief.

"Just thinking about home."

"Where are you from?" Ruby asked curiously. She admittedly didn't know much about her new blonde friend, which was something she wanted to remedy.

The thought was similar to everyone else, though Yang and Blake were slightly more invested I the answer.

Naruto just turned his gaze back to the moon. He had spent enough time here on Remnant to have come up with a back story which was as close to the truth as he could get without having to tell everyone the compete truth.

Naruto sighed, having already suspected that his counterpart would have to do something like that. It was one of the things Jiriaya had pounded into his skull when it came to arts involving the spymaster trade.

"I'm sorry." Naruto apologized for both himself and his counterpart. It took several seconds for everyone to realize what Naruto was apologizing for. It was Ren who spoke up for everyone, surprisingly.

"It's understandable. You did not know us, and apparently was stranded here." Nora nodded in agreement, while Jaune and Pyrrha merely smiled to show they didn't mind. Weiss merely huffed in her 'noble' way while Blake perfectly understood where Naruto's counterpart was coming from. Her experience when it was revealed she was in the white fang was still fresh in her mind. Finally Yang and Ruby stared at Naruto for several seconds, before shrugging in response.

"You seem like someone who will eventually tell us when the time comes. Just don't wait long foxy."

"Yeah! That's what friends are for!"

While initially surprised Naruto had to remember that these weren't shinobi, who were naturally paranoid. Naruto merely smiled in joy, gaining blushed from Blake, Yang and Pyrrha. Grateful that she could hide said blush behind the book as she continued to read.

"It was a village out in the middle of nowhere. It was my people's attempt at starting up another city like Vale. It had actually been around for awhile and thanks to the forests that surrounded it, it was named Konohagakure no Sato."

Before Ruby could question exactly what the name meant and what language it was in, a slightly surprised yet subdued voice made its way into their conversation.

"The Village Hidden in the Leaves."

Eyes turned to Blake, confused as to how her counterpart apparently knew this other language that Naruto spoke. Speaking of which-

"Now that I think about it, how did you know our language?" Weiss asked, realizing that Naruto didn't necessarily have the same language as Remnant did.

"I-I don't know." Naruto replied, rather worried about what the travel to this other dimension had done to him.

Both Naruto and Ruby turned their eyes to see the black haired girl who had helped out Ruby earlier in the day making her way to them, book in hand.

Naruto raised his brow and nodded, surprised that someone actually knew the language, "Yea that's spot on actually. I'm surprised someone even knows that language still."

"So apparently your language did exist." Pyrrha commented. Naruto merely nodded, wondering how his language fit into the world of Remnant.

The raven haired teen offered her brow raise, "Same can be said for you. For all intents and purposes it's a dead language."

Naruto frowned at the mention of his language being 'dead'.

Naruto just smiled, "My village actually preferred it, made names and stuff sound a lot cooler. By the way I'm Uzumaki Naruto."

"Blake. And your name...your parents really liked ramen huh?"

"Of course that's the thing you would translate." Naruto pouted while everyone snickered at his expense.

Naruto childishly pouted, "Damnit that's not what my name means!"

Ruby giggled at Naruto's pout before asking, "So what does it really mean then?"

The blonde just puffed out his chest and proudly declared, "Maelstrom."

Blake chose to interject, "So your full name means 'Maelstrom Spiral' then?"

"What?! That's awesome!" Ruby shouted as she looked at Naruto in awe for the moment. The blonde chuckled, thinking of all the various techniques that were in his language. Japanese truly allowed for some awesome attack names, and personal ones as well.

Naruto just grinned cockily, "You got it!"

Yang suddenly appeared behind Naruto, scaring him enough to almost make him lose his balance and fall out the window. Thankfully she had also chosen to grab his whiskered cheeks and began tugging at them, "I don't know, I think I'll just stick with calling you Foxy."

Ruby sent Naruto a look of pity. Now that Yang had set her sights on her newest friend, there was no stopping her sister from teasing and messing with him in general.

With Yang still painfully tugging at his cheeks, Naruto began to cry dramatically, "Ruby help! Get your crazy sister off me!"

"Who you calling crazy Mr!?" Yang yelled as she began to tug at Naruto's cheeks even harder, laughing maniacally all the while.

A maniacal grin on her face yang turned to Naruto, who quickly realized what she wanted.

"No."

"Aw, c'mon."

Everyone else was confused as to what exactly Yang wanted, but had a feeling they would rather not know.

Ruby began to laugh as she watched her sister torture their new friend, while even the normally cool Blake cracked a grin as she watched the two blondes interact.

"Sorry Naruto." Ruby replied to the blonde's betrayed look. Ruby was internally very thankful that her sister had another target for her teasing. She had a whole lifetime, she deserved a break too!

Unbeknownst to everyone Blake's thoughts were of a similar kind. While she liked her teammate sometimes her teasing and puns were a little too much.

"SAY IT! SAY UNCLE!"

"YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!"

"YOU WANNA BET FOXY!?"

"OW OW OW OW! DAMNIT YANG THAT HURTS!"

"SAY IT!"

"NEVER!"

"SHUT THE HELL UP! SOME OF US ARE TRYING TO SLEEP!"

Silence.

"Well it's a male voice so we know Weiss is out of the picture." Blake said, having read ahead a little before commenting.

"What?!"

"Could it be Jaune?" Said teen blanched at the comment from Nora. Was she trying to get him killed?

"Nah." Yang leaned forward looking at the screen. "My money's on Cardin."

Ruby stared at the poor bastard who had told both Naruto and Yang to shut up with wide eyes. This was not gonna end well...for the guy at least. Quietly she wondered what kind of flowers he liked.

Both Naruto and Yang slowly turned their heads to face the brave (read: foolish) soul who would dare interrupt them.

Nora started to hum a funeral tune as the video played. He two blondes were menacing figures when they wanted to be.

For a moment both parties stared directly at each other, the nameless and random teen defiantly glaring straight back at the pair of blondes. However when Yang slowly stepped off of Naruto's back and cracked her knuckles, he began to sweat. When Naruto began to crack his neck, the glare dropped off his face.

With fearful eyes he watched as the blonde duo stalked their way over to the his place on the floor, people quickly clearing the way so as not to get in between the cold fury of Naruto and Yang and their prey.

"Damn right." Naruto said, puffing his chest out. No o0ne messed with Uzumaki Naruto without getting pranked. Or a fellow beat down!

That night screams of pain echoed throughout the school grounds for ten minutes straight before all was quiet.

"Aaah, we didn't get to see the massacre." Nora whined. Yang silently agreed with the orange haired member of JNPR.

"AH! Now that was a good night's sleep!" Yang declared as she stretched, drawing the eyes of every teen male in the room.

Yang smirked as she noticed the blushes on Naruto and Jaune's faces, knowing she still had it.

Naruto grinned as he stretched as well, "Couldn't agree more Yang! Slept like a log."

Ruby could only sweat drop upon seeing the devious grin the two shared. Maybe introducing them to each other was a bad idea.

"Aww, is little sister worried that I'll embarrass her?"

Ruby dared not respond, knowing when her sister was baiting her. Well, most of the time.

Naruto collected his stuff before walking out of the hall, Yang, Ruby, and surprisingly Blake not too far behind.

"On a fox hunt are we?" Yang asked Blake, getting a narrowed glare directed towards her teammate. "He is rather cute."

Naruto and Blake sported blushes at Yang's comments. Blake would never admit it but the whiskers on the blonde ninja made him all the cuter. Which was, oddly enough, the same thought as a certain red-haired member of JNPR.

As the group made their way to the locker rooms where their battle clothes and weapons were Naruto decided spark up a conversation, not one for silences, "So you guys ready for whatever our initiation is today?"

Ruby was bouncing around like a rabbit out of excitement in response, "Oh my gosh! Today's the day! We're gonna become Hunters and Huntresses! THIS IS SO EXCITING!"

Ruby had retreated into her cloak, embarrassed as the video showed her excitement for all to see. Naruto was reminded of himself when he first became a genin, hyperactivity and all.

Though that hyperactivity was still present today in some aspects.

Naruto chuckled at the girl's exuberance while Yang shook her head at her sister's hyperactiveness, "You bet your butt we are Foxy!" Winking at her fellow blonde she continued, "Just don't get left behind ok?"

Naruto laughed as petted a still sleeping Kurama, "Psh. Speak for yourself. I got this test in the bag, -ttebayo!"

Naruto, at this moment, wished he had a cloak or even a scarf to hide himself with. Lady luck was apparently against him Nora of all people had noticed his embarrassment.

"Oh, what does that mean?"

Naruto mumbled his response, though Blake smirked in response. Heaving a great sigh he explained that it was a verbal tic and really meant nothing at all. The fact that he had apparently inherited it form his mother only made it better.

Blake raised an eyebrow at the verbal tic before turning curious eyes at the fox kit wrapped around Naruto's neck. She had seen the fox before, but seeing as it had spent most of the time sleeping she had passed it off as nothing of importance. Now however, with them no doubt heading into combat, she raised a question, "Naruto, what about your pet? Is it a good idea to bring it along?"

"I am no pet." Kurama replied, sending the cat faunus a death glare. Naruto bopped the fox on the head, giving Blake a much needed reprieve from the killing intent that Kurama had sent her way.

The fox seemed to have heard her and in response opened its eyes before glaring at her and growling. While Kurama usually appeared to be sleeping he was always keeping his senses out, making sure to keep him and Naruto aware of anything and everything around them. As such he had heard Blake's question and was non too happy at being called a pet.

'She better watch it! I am no pet! I am the great Kyuubi no Kitsune (Nine Tailed Fox)! Strongest of the Bijuu (Tailed Beasts) and I could easily crush her underneath my paw!'

Blake was mildly surprised to see twin crimson orbs bore into her own amber eyes, clearly expressing just how angry the fox was.

"That is terrifying." Jaune said, shaking a little in fear. The Remnant teens nodded, while Kurama merely smirked in amusement. It was good to know that even in his diminutive state he could inspire fear in people.

The blue eyed teen turned to face Blake, "Uh I'd apologize. Kurama here doesn't like to be called a pet."

Blake raised an eyebrow wondering just what kind of fox this Kurama was. She had never seen a fox or any animal with such unique red eyes, or even fur of that color. The fox also seemed to be extremely intelligent, having perfectly understood what she had said.

"Uh...sorry Kurama?"

Before said fox could respond Naruto clamped his hand over the Bijuu's mouth. "Apology accepted." IN repayment for his actions Naruto started to scratch Kurama right behind the ear, getting pleased purring not a moment later.

The small fox looked to have actually scoffed, further surprising Blake and the others, before resuming his position as Naruto's scarf.

'Stupid cats. Think they're so amazing,' Kurama huffed.

'Just because your jealous of your sister getting-'

'We agreed never to speak of that!' Kurama replied mentally before going back to purring.

Naruto sweat dropped at his friend's comment, "Well that's probably as good as you're gonna get. He's pretty stubborn when he wants to be."

Blake decided to voice her question as she kept looking at Kurama in curiosity, "What kind of fox is he? He's pretty smart and doesn't look like any fox I've seen."

"Damn right I'm like no fox you've ev- oh right there." Kurama replied before Naruto injected a little bit of chakra into his petting. Yang had to restrain her self from making a joke at her teammate's expense, especially when she saw the flash of wanting in her partner's eye. Weiss and Nora by this point were cooing at the cuter side of Kurama rather than the murderous one that had not been present but a moment ago.

Naruto shrugged, "He was sort of an experiment my village was doing. They wanted to see how Aura affected animals and so as a small kit he was injected with doses of mine, which is why we're so close. That's also why I know he can take care of himself, he has his own Semblance."

"Oh like Zwie!" Ruby exclaimed, wondering how the family pet was doing. Tai had just gotten him to go to the toilet last time they talked.

"Who?"

At Naruto's question Ruby whipped out her phone and displayed the most recent photo that she had. Naruto had to admit, that was one cute dog. Much cuter than any of Kakashi's summons, especially the one that wanted you to feel its paw.

'Why do I have a feeling I'll be meeting this mutt soon?' Kurama thought, already somewhat loathing the creature pictured in front of him.

Kurama mentally grinned, 'My, my kit that was a pretty good lie. Seems like you really are becoming a true shinobi.'

Naruto just shrugged. Just because he kind of trusted Ruby, Yang, and Blake didn't mean he was gonna just spill his whole life story to them. He had been stabbed far too many times in the back to be that trusting anymore. Besides it wasn't like they'd believe him if he told them that Kurama was actually just a physical manifestation of energy that had been sealed inside of him by his parents and Death when he was only a few minutes old. Or that Kurama was actually several stories tall and so powerful that with just a flick of his tail he could crumble mountains.

Yang instantly bottled up her reply to the previous paragraph. If she was in the same position she would so the exact same thing. Ruby and Blake had realized this as well, with Blake drawing on her background of being in the white Fang when they had turned violent and murderous.

Yeah he'd be locked up in the loony boon faster than his father's Hiraishin no jutsu (Flying Thunder God technique).

"So cool." Ruby whispered at the name of the technique.

Both Yang and Ruby shrugged at Naruto's explanation, their family had a dog who also acted as a partner on some missions so Naruto having a fox who could do the same wasn't that weird to them.

As the group of four plus one fox finally reached the locker room they separated to head to their lockers and get changed. Naruto had the foresight to get dressed away from the girls, knowing what happened to guys who tried to peek on women who knew how to fight and had sharp pointy things on hand.

"So I guess I didn't come to Beacon…" Jaune said, rather dismayed that he hadn't met any of his current friends in the counterpart story. Before anyone could respond to his comment the screen popped up with a message.

Jaune Arc became an apprentice under General Ironwood. He will appear later in the story.

"An apprentice under General Ironwood?!" Weiss exclaimed. What circumstances had happened to Jaune's counterpart to get him noticed by the Altesian general?

"Ok, a little less bummed." Jaune said, wondering the same thing as Weiss.

Finally dressed in his clothing and making sure that his pouches were full of kunai and that he had his main weapon sealed into the scroll attached to his belt, Naruto began to make his way out of the locker rooms. On the way out he managed to catch the tail end of Weiss asking someone to be her partner for the exam.

Pyrrha was a little excited to see her first interaction with the blonde ninja. Especially since she had a suspicion that he was replacing Jaune in the story.

Wondering who was apparently so good that the princess was asking them to be her partner Naruto peeked over and was shocked.

Standing there with a small smile on her beautifully unmarried face was a girl so beautiful he was his jaw had just hit the ground.

Ok, maybe she shouldn't have been so excited. The dumbstruck look on his counterparts face had Naruto blushing up a storm, his love for redheads coming through once again.

Noticing the dumb look on his container's face Kurama turned to look at the girl only to have his eyes bug out, 'Kit, I know I'm always teasing you, but...damn! Now I see why your dad liked red-head so much!'

Naruto had to hold his head in his hands, lamenting his genetics at the moment. His father's demeanor, from what he had heard from Kakashi and several others, was of the same effect his counterpart was having at the moment.

And Kurama wasn't wrong. With hair as red as blood tied into a ponytail and garbed in bronze looking armor and a battle skirt with boots, the girl looked as dangerous as she was beautiful. Naruto was able to catch what Weiss said about the girl. Apparently she was so good that she was the undefeated champ of some tournament for three years and had even earned the moniker of "The Invincible Girl".

'It's always the red heads,' Naruto lamented to himself.

Pyrrha smiled as she realized that Naruto wasn't concentrating on her body or title, but rather her hair. The only people she had comment on it were her own family, and those were merely complimentary on how well she did its upkeep. With Naruto it was a focal point and, to her joy, was more attractive than her title of 'The Invincible Girl.'

Unfortunately for him Naruto knew very well just how he was around such women. Confident, strong, yet gentle and understanding. And the red hair? Yeah he'd be lucky if he could throw a kunai straight with her around. He really had inherited his father's love of red-heads.

"The fact that it runs in the family is hilarious. Should I be looking out for my little sister?"

"YANG!"

Hoping that Kami was on his side and that he wouldn't have to be around her for too long for the sake of his dignity, Naruto made his way out to join Ruby and Yang.

Had he looked back once more he would have seen the red head ignore Weiss in favor of turning to look at his retreating form, 'Hmm it's that blonde guy. His name was Naruto I think. He's a little odd.' Smiling to herself she recalled his entrance at the freshman speech, 'And funny too.'

Pyrrha's face lit up with a blush matching her hair as her counterparts private thoughts were laid bare to the group. Nora had a mega-watt grin on her face, one that Ren and Pyrrha were wary of the moment it appeared on her face. Jaune was still thinking of how in the world he had gotten noticed by the headmaster of Atlas, to the point he had entirely missed the last few paragraphs.

The current gathering of students consisting of a grinning Naruto, a hyperactive Ruby, a cocky Yang, calm Blake, haughty Weiss, an odd girl with short orange hair bugging a teen with long raven black hair,

Nora was excitingly motioning to Ren that they were on television.

a serene red head, and both Ozpin and his assistant Glynda, stood at the edge of cliff, below which stretched miles upon miles of wild untamed forest.

Taking note that everyone who needed to be there was there, Ozpin began after taking a sip from his coffee cup, "For years you have trained to be warriors and today your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest."

Glynda decided to step in and with some sort of tablet in hand continued for Ozpin, "Now I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of teams. Well allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates...today."

Naruto raised an eyebrow at the mention of teammates.

'Jeez can this get anymore like Konoha?'

"You have a team back were you're from?" Ruby excitingly asked. She flinched after noticing the uncomfortable look Naruto was now sporting.

"It's complicated."

Though he did have to wonder why Ruby looked so down while Yang was giving her an "I told you so" look.

Ruby groaned as she remembered the realization that her teams were completely random. Though she wouldn't trade it for the world.

"These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon, so it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well," Ozpin lectured.

Ruby turned to give Naruto a hopeful look, silently asking him if he would be her partner. Naruto guessed that Yang was attempting to get her little sister to meet new people, but he could see that Ruby would be more than comfortable only having a small handful of people she could trust, a sentiment he shared with her. As such he just gave her a smile and shrugged, silently agreeing with her.

Before anyone could blink Ruby had slammed into Naruto full force, gripping the blonde for all she was worth in a massive and bone-breaking hug. Naruto merely smiled as he patted her head, earning a muffled 'stop it' in response. While this was going on Yang had to sigh as she realized that maybe she could have supported the idea of them being a team from the beginning seriously. She didn't want to think of what would happen if they had not ended up with the teams they had now.

After several more seconds of hugging Ruby returned to her seat, a prominent blush on her face. Yang decided to not tease her at the moment because of the happy smile on her sisters face.

As if to shatter any of Ruby's hopes at being paired with someone she knew Ozpin continued with a small amount of pleasure in his voice, "That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years."

"Your headmaster is a little sadistic." Naruto commented. "Not even the leader of my village would do that when teams would be created." 'For damn good reason.' Naruto mentally added.

Naruto had to withhold a laugh as he saw Ruby's world begin crumbling down around her. Off to the side the girl with orange hair happily turned to her friend, "See! I told you!"

Not wanting to be interrupted any further Ozpin continued his little speech, "After you've partnered up head to the north end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path or you will die."

At hearing that a sudden grim look came across everyone's face. Our favorite blonde protagonist meanwhile had to resist the urge to sweat drop, 'Ok this is getting freaky now. I mean really? Another silver haired teacher preaching the need to walk into a test with the intent to kill.'

"Wonder if they're related." Naruto muttered. He snickered when he imagined Ozpin and Kakashi standing side by side.

"You will be monitored and graded for the duration of your initiation, but our instructors will not intervene," taking a sip of coffee Ozpin paused in his speech, allowing the weight of his words to really sink in. After a few seconds he continued, "You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several relics. Each pair must choose one and return to the top of the cliff. You will guard that item as well as your standing and be graded appropriately. Any questions?"

The group nodded in the negative, everyone already clear on their instructions, simple as they were. Find a partner, get through the forest, grab a relic, and make it back to cliff, hopefully in one piece.

"Yeah simple." Jaune muttered. Everyone, including his partner, gave him deadpan looks. "I'll shut up now."

Pyrrha gave her partner a sympathetic pat on the back, knowing that his heart was in the right place.

Ozpin nodded, seemingly satisfied with the determination each of his prospective students was showing in the face of the obstacle before them.

"Good. Now, take your positions."

Already having seen the silver launch pads beneath their feet, each student prepared themselves. The first to be launched into the air was the Schnee heiress who merely allowed herself to fly through the air with a bland look.

"Leave it to ice queen to make even something fun boring." Yang said, earning a glare form Weiss. Giving the girl a cheeky wink the Schnee heiress huffed and turned away, getting chuckles from everyone.

One by one each of the students was sent rocketing into the air by the pads beneath them. Soon only Yang, Ruby, and Naruto remained. Before Yang was launched into the air she winked at Naruto before pulling out a pair of sunglasses from...somewhere and with a whoop of joy she too was sent flying.

'Now that's making an impression.' Naruto thought, reminded of himself in certain ways. He still had his Shinobi picture with the face paint on it after all.

Ruby turned and offered a smirk at Naruto before she joined her sister and the others in the air. As the last one left to be launched Naruto looked at both Ozpin and Glynda before offering them a cocky smirk as he rotated his neck, cracking it in the process. He bowed to the two and was launched off into the sky like a bullet.

"YAHOO!"

Ozpin turned and regarded his long time friend and associate with a raised brow, "He was an...odd one."

"Wow, not even one day and the teachers already think you're a little weird." Jaune commented, earning a raised brow in response from Naruto.

"And what's so great about being normal?" Naruto shot back, earning a grin from Nora and Yang.

"Touche."

Glynda frowned, clearly unhappy with how nonchalant Naruto had seemed, almost like life or death situations were nothing new to him. The other students had looked just as excited to prove themselves, but it was clear they were also weary of the danger that called the forest home.

The blonde did not. He had a look in his eye that she had only seen in veteran Hunters and Huntresses, the look of someone who had spilt blood and fought in battles their life on the line far too many times. It did not sit well with the strict woman and set her on edge.

"She's not wrong." Naruto said, getting looks fomr the remnant teens. Though I've always tried to not go the route that standard Shinobi do."

'Said route earned you a chidori through your chest.'

'Don't remind me.' Naruto thought in reply.

"So you're like a ninja super hero?" Ruby asked innocently. Naruto had to resist the urge to reply yes.

"Don't be silly Ruby." Weiss replied, earning a rather adorable pout form the team leader of RWBY.

Wondering just who the blonde was she instantly pulled up the video feed of him on her tablet and pulled up his record next to it.

Naruto laughed to himself as he saw several of the others already begin to descend back towards terra firma. However Naruto wasn't an adept user of Fuuton (Wind Release) for nothing. Calling forth only a small portion of his massive chakra reserves he allowed it to coat his form, creating a streamlined shield of wispy light green chakra. Now far more aerodynamic he pushed only a smaller portion into his feet, propelling him further and faster than the others.

"Talk about being aerodynamic." Yang commented, earning a groan from several members of the reading group. "What? That wasn't even a pun!"

"It sure felt like it." Blake responded before continuing.

Soon he was naught but a screaming blonde bullet tearing through the air like a knife through wet paper. As he passed the others who had been launched before him he could hear the gasps of shock and one girl in red as she attempted to copy him by using the recoil from her weapon only to slice through a bird in the process.

"BIRDY NO!"

The group erupted into laughter at the comical expression of despair on one Ruby Rose's face. The girl herself merely retreated back into her hood, lamenting the loss of a cute bird that day. Even if it was a grimm.

Soon the others began to follow suit, using either their weapons or their Semblance to propel themselves even further into the Emerald Forest. However humans were not meant to fly and eventually gravity began to show itself, bringing them all back down to the earth.

Seeing that he was slowly making his way into the trees and wanting to avoid any injuries or broken limbs he reached into the pouch on his thigh and pulled out two kunai knives. Holding the ninja knives in a reverse grip he allowed his bubble of Wind Natured Chakra to pop, letting the winds slam into him, greatly slowing him down. With his speed slowed down the blonde was able to weave through several of the trees, each time he did so bringing down his speed even more. Eventually Naruto had slowed to a decent enough speed to be able to stab his kunai into a large tree trunk. Curving his legs inwards he swung his body around the tree, carving out a spiral into the trunk as he made his way to the forest floor.

When he was close enough to the ground that he wouldn't break a bone from a fall, he let go of the blades and performed a flip whilst tucking into a ball. As Naruto came even closer to the ground he unfurled himself and like a gymnast landed perfectly on his feet before bowing to the imaginary crowd.

"Isn't that how you got down Ren?" Nora piped up, getting everyone to look at the stoic R of JNPR.

"Indeed."

'I'll give it a 9 out of 10,' Kurama snickered.

"And apparently an almost perfect dismount for a fox." Ren finished as everyone snickered at his expression.

Naruto blew a raspberry at his fox friend, insulted that he didn't get a perfect score.

"Oh? And what, oh great and mighty Kurama, could I have done better?"

"Not be such an idiot."

"….Baka-kitsune."

Ren merely shook his head in amusement that he himself would not have gotten a perfect score from a talking fox.

The sound of the bushes rustling put him on high alert. Thinking that he was already going to be attacked by something that wanted him as dinner, he pulled out another kunai knife and with perfect aim tossed it into the bush with the precision and speed that came with his years of experience using the knives.

He was surprised though when, instead of the squelching sound of metal piercing flesh, he heard the metallic ring of steel meeting steel. As the victim of Naruto's paranoid attack emerged from the brush all he could do was face palm while Kurama was near gasping from laughter.

As the video showed the mystery person several things happened at once. Team RWBY snickered at Naruto's expense, Yang outright laughing. Jaune slumped in his seat, having finally realized that Naruto had replaced him on team JNPR. He wouldn't hold it against him, but it would still suck sometimes, he just knew it. Pyrrha was a little…torn about the revelation. While she liked Jaune he definitely didn't fit in at Beacon, though he had made great strides since she had begun to teach him. From the short interactions and the blonde's own demeanor he was already an accomplished warrior like her and would even, dare she admit, prove a very suitable challenge for her.

Ren and Nora were excited ot see the changes Naruto would bring, though Nora was by far the more noticeable about it.

'HAHAHAHA! Kami really loves to see you squirm kit!'

Out from the brush emerged a smiling red haired beauty, round bronze shield and spear in hand.

Looking skyward Naruto began to curse out Kami, convinced she had either abandoned him or just enjoyed torturing him.

"Both." Was the simple reply from Kurama.

Resigned to his fate he offered a smile and hand, "Naruto Uzumaki."

The red head returned the smile before attaching her shield to her back and shaking Naruto's offered hand, "Pyrrha Nikos."

Naruto nervously laughed as he rubbed the back of his head, an old nervous habit of his, "Guess that makes us partners huh? By the way sorry for almost...ya know stabbing you with one of my kunai."

"Sure it was just the kunai you wanted to stab her with?" Asked Yang with an amused glint in her eyes. The atomic blushes that sprouted on both Pyrrha and Naruto's faces were priceless, though the blushes that came on everyone else's faces made it all the better.

"Yang! Stop being gross!" Ruby cried out as she threw a pillow at her sister, hitting her straight in the face. Yang merely laughed, more than happy that she had embarrassed everyone.

Though a certain kitty seemed to be lost in her own fantasy for a moment before she continued.

Pyrrha simply offered a kind smile and laughed, "We are indeed and no harm done!" She looked at Naruto who seemed to be unarmed, outside of the aforementioned kunai, "Do you not have your own weapon?"

Naruto grabbed the scroll that hung from his belt and twirled it on a finger, "I do, but I usually don't use it unless I need to. I can usually handle most opponents just using my...uh...Semblance and kunai."

Ruby pouted at the mention of said weapon, wanting more than anything to see what a ninja would consider using as a weapon. She only wanted to take it apart. A few times, no big whoop!

As he stumbled on his words in the middle of the sentence he began to mentally curse himself, 'Always the damn red heads!'

"It's like Ren and sexy librarians!"

"Nora!" Ren shouted with a prominent blush on his cheeks.

Luckily Pyhrra didn't show any signs of her being suspicious or even having caught him falling over his words and nodded her head, "So what is your Semblance then?"

Naruto just winked at the red head, some of his usual bravado making its way back to him, "That my partner is a secret. Though hopefully I won't have to use it anytime soon."

"You mean wind isn't your semblance?" Weiss asked, remembering his superior use of it as he was falling.

"It's an affinity I have." Naruto answered. He smirked when everyone leaned in, expecting more, "but you'll have to wait for any more."

As he said that the sounds of twigs snapping caught both teens' attention and again Naruto began to curse Kami all over again.

Lumbering out of the trees was, unfortunately, not another of the people taking the initiation, but was instead the massive form of bear like beast. Instead of the usual brown fur though, this monster was covered in pitch black fur with a bone white mask covering its face while various pieces of what looked to be bone protruded out from random areas on its towering form.

"That's a grimm?" Naruto asked, analyzing the creature before his counterpart. He innately felt something…wrong from the creature. Even though he wasn't anywhere near the thing.

"Yep." Ruby piped up "they've been around for as long as anyone can remember."

This was a Creature of Grimm, an Ursa. Judging by its near 8 foot stature and plated form this was an older and more experienced Ursai, an Ursa Major to be exact.

As Naruto drew a pair of kunai and Pyrhha pulled her shield off her back, Naruto could only mutter a single sentence, "Well fuck you too then Kami."

"Language!" came the exclamation form Ruby and ….Behind them?

Turning around the group was met with a beautiful woman with red hair and violet eyes, wearing a simple white blouse and green dress. The woman was wearing a confident smirk before her eyes landed on Naruto. The teen in question could only stare slack jawed as he regarded the woman in front of him.

"M-mom?!"

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And we'll just leave it right there for now. for those that have read my other reading Story you know that i try to create a story within the reading. And go and read Dylan Millwoods version. Because its enjoyable as hell.

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