Hey guys, back again with something I'm not 100% sure about honestly. Why? Well I kinda wanted to finish ADKS before moving onto something else but I have a book filled with half assed drawings and plot bunnies that I'd like to at least attempt, and if I can't complete it, then I'll try to find someone to fill the shoes I leave.
As you can see by the area you're in, this is a cross between RWBY and Naruto. I had the idea while playing Bloodborne and listening to the soundtrack to Undertale, both amazing games. To be truthful im kind of excited to see what I can make with this. Hopefully ill do well.
Its gonna start out during the Kaguya fight, like last time, but a bit different. Youll find out soon. The only elements I intend to bring from BloodBorne are weaponry, considering RWBY kinda revolves around that in an aspect. Also, two and only two aspects from Undertale. I might put them in sooner rather than later simply because of who I have set for Naruto's semblance to be based off of is actually a lot like Naruto. Also please excuse me if I get something wrong, it's been a while since ive watched RWBY and im going off memory of its lore as well as what I know happens (EX: Juane pukes on the airship: Vs how [!SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW!] Cinder extracts the power of the Fall maiden from Amber) If its been explained im sorry.
Gonna Start a year before Canon RWBY too btw.
Ya know enough with my rambles, for now. HERE WE GO!
Disclaimer: I don't own RWBY or Naruto. Both belong to Monty Oum(Bless his resting soul)/Roosterteeth and Masashi Kishimoto respectively.
"FUCK!" Naruto screamed out as he was swatted away by this self-proclaimed Rabbit Goddess, Kaguya. He was smashed into the ground and shook as it crumbled on top of him. The blond flinched as he stood, every bone and nerve was telling him to stop moving and rest. However being a powerhouse, and stubborn, in his own right, he ignored those screams and focused on getting back into the fight.
He glanced up just in time to see Sasuke get smacked down next to him, though he recovered mid-air and landed on his feet. Both were heavily breathing and could barely keep going the way things were. At this rate Kaguya would win and all because they couldn't touch her at the same time. "Damnit, Kurama you have any ideas?" "Not a o- wait. Maybe I do. It will take a few minutes though, and you might be in even worse pain than before." "At this rate ill take pain over this bitch winning." "Get to the tree, ill take over from there. See if the Uchiha can get you a few minutes." "Got it, SASUKE!"
The brooder flinched and looked at him, "Im right next to you, you idiot. What is it?" Naruto held up his palm. He knew what it meant. "Five minutes? No problem." And just like before, the successful avenger blossomed his Susanoo and ran back into the fray. Naruto turned to the Shinju, the God Tree, and made a B-line for it. When he reached the base there was nothing but a few flowers around it, and if he didn't know better he would say it was beautiful there. "Alright Kurama, you're up. " The sage set his palm against the tree and let Kurama do his thing.
During the time that the two reincarnations were apart, while his 'mother' was focused on the Uchiha, Zetsu was drawn by the fact the Uzumaki wasn't attacking as well. He glanced across the field and saw him standing at the base of the Shinju just touching it. At first he was confused until he felt his connection with 'mother' lessening, "That brat is trying to unseal the Biju!" How can he even fucking know how to do that?!
"Mother! The Uzumaki!" Zetsu screamed out and distracted Kaguya from Sasuke. Indra's reincarnation took the opportunity and with a swift swipe, detached the arm that hid Zetsu. Kaguya let out a small scream as her arm flew to the ground and growled as a new one formed from the socket.
The Rabbit Goddess narrowed her eyes, "You insolent child, don't you see im trying to help?!" Sasuke didn't get a chance to answer as she flew at him and landed a right hook into his jaw, and before he could go flying she gripped his hair with her left hand tried to toss him in the other direction. When she grabbed him however he slid a kunai into his hand and lopped her hand off. It crumbled to dust and he had to duck before his head got sliced by her sword-like elbow.
"Naruto, whatever you have planned hurry the fuck up."
"Kit, Im almost done. This is gonna feel like hell, but it should be quick." Kurama slid out of his meditation position and get next to his container, shrinking down to the size of a horse. "Im…gonna be honest with you Naruto. I don't know if you'll see me again after im done. What im doing could be considered treason against higher powers, though Kaguya is higher on that list than me." The strongest of the nine sat on its hind legs. Lights flashed through the mindscape as figures appeared. Shukaku, Matatabi, Isobu, Goku, Kokuo, Saiken, Chomei, and Gyuki. They just filtered in as though they were simply invisible before.
Naruto looked at them all with a giant smile until what Kurama had said to him caught up. "Wait what do you mean' never see you again?'"
Kurama looked down, not answering. Gyuki looked around before he could feel what was happening," Naruto I suggest you brace yourself." The word 'why' was on the tip of his tongue before a scream ripped through his throat. Just like that, he crumbled where he stood flying into the fetal position alternating between holding his head and lying down flat as though trying to relieve the pressure on his chakra pathways. Matatabi and Saiken ran to him, hoping that they could at least see if they can help him control the pain. Saiken feeling his temperature created bubbles that, even in his mindscape, felt as though they worked on the outside as well.
Kurama just stared at his host with sadness. He knew what awaited him after this. More than likely, after they killed or resealed Kaguya one of the gods, the true gods, would descend on them and snatch him away for punishment. At least he entrusted the safety of his brothers and sisters to Naruto. The host to contain all 9 biju looked over at Kurama in his pain induced daze, seeing him say a few words to Gyuki before the 8-tails nodded. He held his hand up against Matatabi and softly rubbed her flame-like fur. After just a few moments, even though it felt never-ending, the pain had substantially subsided. A dull aching throb echoed within him and he just lay there, continuously petting the nekomata.
Two minutes passed in the real world as Naruto came to. His body still ached but not as bad as before. Besides, past the aching he felt…whole? More invigorated than he ever has been before, even after the old man gave him that special chakra. The sound of lightning pierced his ears as he saw Sasuke barely holding his own against Kaguya, though they all knew she was toying with him.
Punching and slashing at the Rabbit goddess only annoyed her, even after infusing lightning chakra into his Kusanagi it did nothing to her. Sure he cut her arm and hand off but that was because she wasn't expecting it, but now…she was pissed, more than before. Sasuke felt a surge in chakra on the blonde and hoped that whatever it was finished soon. As much as he may be strong and prideful, even he knew that he'll get killed at this rate.
While fighting her though, he caught onto something. Kaguya seemed as though she had to put more effort into her strikes, more energy into her sidestep. Like she was...getting…weaker.
Sasuke's eyes widened slightly and stole a glance over the woman's shoulder to the blonde at the tree. "You brilliant fucking idiot!"
Kaguya herself was in confusion, She had felt her power slowly being siphoned off, but couldn't tell how. She pondered it while sidestepping and noticed she needed more energy than normal to move from Indra's attack. She kept dancing around his strikes and could tell he was getting tired from being on the constant assault, but realized that as soon as he stopped she would be right there to continue where he left off.
Like a smack to the face, Kaguya widened her eyes as she knew what was happening. Zetsu's words sang out to her. That lapse in concentration caused her to catch Sasuke's left heel in her cheek. That was all the Uchiha needed to catch a second wind. Skillfully slid the sword back into its sheath and came back around to throw his right fist into her nose. Utilizing the new ability to fly, he stepped on the air and slid behind the ex-royal and kneed her head, snapping it forward.
The Goddess screamed her annoyance and shot her elbow out and extended the bone hoping to catch the Uchiha out of tempo. Thanks to the Sharingan, he saw the bone slide from her elbow and stepped to the left getting to her right side. Before he could try anything he had to duck and back step as she swung her arm around to cut his head off.
When Sasuke looked up at her, he almost gave up. The once regal face that held no emotion was filled with an unholy fury directed solely at him. She crouched slightly and started to dash toward him. Thinking quickly he flew through the seals for the Chidori Eiso and used it as a sort of buffer between them. He didn't have to hold out long as Naruto appeared beside him. "Wait, what?" Sasuke looked to his right at the blond who literally just appeared, as though he had been nonexistent beforehand. "I can't sense him, like he isn't even here. But….his chakra, it's too damn bright." "Sasuke." His name broke his thoughts. "Sorry about that. It was more painful than what was described to me."
The avenger scoffed, even out of breath he had time to jest," Nothing I couldn't handle, unlike you." A smirk was his answer. "This idiot," Sasuke stole another glance at him," he's radiating confidence and power. Just what the hell Naruto."
Naruto kept his eyes trained on Kaguya, the slightly panting goddess might have been slightly erotic if not for the fact they were trying to kill each other. "Right," Naruto started," this is it Kaguya. And to be truthful, I feel as though somehow we could've been friends if you weren't so hell bent on everyone's death." Kaguya stared, eyes still narrow.
(Insert Shinedown: Adrenaline)
The sage exhaled softly, and within an instant his whole demeanor changed. Gone was the silly blonde who was always rushing in. Now stood before her was a serious shinobi who wanted to end this fight, and most likely however he can. Some of the awake ninja compared the look to that of Minato when he entered a battle.
Naruto snapped his eyes open and an instant later he was in front of her smashing his fist into her face. The impact sent her flying with wide eyes. The blonde crouched and shot off after her trying to get ahead to follow up.
Kaguya righted herself and screeched to a halt. Extending her fingers to him, she shot the fingertips like bullets at him but Naruto simply dipped and slid out of the way. Just as he got within range for her to try using more bones from her Shikotsumyaku, he disappeared. In that moment she and Sasuke off to the side had a terrible revelation. "My Sharingan…it can't track him!" Behind her Naruto kicked her in the side sending her crashing down to the planet.
Bouncing off the ground, Kaguya coughed and stood as fast as she could. That blond child had taken power from the Shinju and it gave him more prowess than her, HER. SHE was the goddess here. NOT A SPOILED CHILD.
She didn't have time to react when said child came right down on top of her with a heel kick that forced her head to the dirt again. When she felt the earth against her cheek, she twisted her body to try and kick his feet out from under him. Naruto felt himself go down but leant back and used his hands as a spring to right himself with a backflip.
Kaguya noticed something about him when he backed up. He wasn't using the cloak that symbolized his union with that beast. It…it was all him. Slight fear crept inside her at that thought before being squashed. She wouldn't give him the opportunity to even try it. Her Rinnesharingan pulsed when she threw her hand out sending the blond careening with a Shinra Tensei. Smacking into a rock formation, the sage quickly hit the ground and was on the move toward her once again.
"This woman. I have to get Sasuke near her quickly. She needs to be re-sealed and fast." "Sasuke, you ready?" The avenger was still in awe, but quickly caught on. He nodded and started moving to Kaguya. She turned and smacked the fist aimed at her stomach away and punched the Uchiha a few feet away before she had to duck from another fist aimed at the back of her head. She threw her left elbow out and caught Naruto in the stomach before he burst into smoke covering her vision. Her Byakugan flared quickly searching for him and back stepped when he tried coming at her from above with another kick. She saw the Uchiha behind her throwing those lightning senbon. She turned and used the Rinnesharingan to absorb the chakra, but had to move when the sage came at her from the side throwing his own kunai.
Kaguya was breathing heavily. Never had she had to move so much. The others simply died or moved from her way.
"Kit, I can spare a bit more chakra but after this I'll have to rest again." Naruto nodded and stuck his fist out to bump. When they touched fists Naruto's power, already high, skyrocketed once more. His cloak was different this time around, but he couldn't focus on that. Naruto zoomed in on her drawing her closer to Sasuke so they can seal her. Kaguya had to duck the first strike, but the second hit from the blond almost made her head fly from its perch. It snapped to the left and followed using his momentum to turn and roundhouse kick her in the side sending her skidding back further.
Sasuke was right up on her, using as much lightning chakra he could muster, shocked the hell out of her. Kaguya's body froze up and convulsed but try as she might she couldn't move and inside…resigned to her fate. "Done in...by my own grandchildren."
Naruto slid next to Sasuke and pressed his palm against Kaguya. It was weird. He felt happy, but something inside him cried out in sorrow. He looked into the white haired princess's face and saw her smile. She began to lift in the air, the earth around them coming together around her body. Trying to form her new moon prison.
"You…"
Sasuke and Naruto turned to see the severed arm of Kaguya, yet inside its sleeve the black Zetsu was writhing within. The two reincarnations looked to each other before nodding. Naruto walked to him, "You wanted to be with your mother right?" Zetsu had a crawling fear at those words. Naruto reached him and grabbed the arm. "Well," he drew his own arm back and threw it toward the forming moon. "JOIN HER!"
"ILL KILL YOU UZUMAKI, UCHIHA! JUST YOU WAIT!" And with that harrowing cry the fight between the goddess and the rest of the shinobi nation had ended.
(SONG END)
Naruto looked at the new moon, a sense of confliction inside him. He knew it had to be done, but…he shook his head. No there was nothing else that could have happened. She would have killed them all. He looked over at Sasuke, about to thank him. However he noticed the look his friend had. Just like all those years ago he was jealous.
"Sasuke." Nothing.
"Sasuke!" Again, nothing.
Sasuke's hand twitched and before Naruto could call out to him again Sasuke turned and looked him in the eye, "Kamui." No chance, not even to move, he was sucked into the dimensional rift and gone from this world. Before he was fully gone, he heard the bastard mutter, "Im sorry…Naruto."
SCENE CHANGE
Wind whipped past his face, and his body hurt. Not from the fight, no the upgraded healing factor from having the 9 biju got rid of that. It felt like his body was slowly trying to change the chakra he had but his body fought back.
He could hear the screaming of the biju calling his name out but couldn't answer himself. He didn't know how long he was falling but he knew that it would definitely hurt when he hit grou-
The sound of earth moving from force sounded out in the forest. And while normally one would simply right it off as a pissed Grimm, when you see the sight of a body falling from the sky, you have to at least go and retrieve it. Luckily for the body, one Qrow Branwen was out with a class that day. Turning to his assistant, "Take them back to Signal, I'll be back soon. Tell Ruby and Yang to wait for me after classes." And with that he jump out into the forest in search of the crash site, after taking a swig from his flask of course.
It wasn't too hard to find the site considering it was a large crater in the middle of no where. When he went to the side of the hole he slid don it to get next to the body. Quickly doing a once over to check on damage he saw nothing. So he picked the boy up and got out of there. He didn't feel like fighting Grimm at the moment.
A couple days passed on the outside world. For Naruto however, it had been weeks. His mindscapes time flow was a blessing and a curse. It did help in get an explanation from his inner friends about what was happening, but then he had to get used to how it felt compared to chakra. While the same in a short sense, it had a different affect than what it could do. For starters, he gained an ability that he thought was as badass as the biju's bijudama. It also felt like a protective coat along his body, similar to the cloaks his friends gave him.
His friends were ok too thankfully, it seemed as though the 'conversion' didn't harm them and still felt normal. So using the time he had, he did what he normally does. Train. While nothing physical like running or pushups, he did train his mind to use his new abilities since that is more mental than physical.
Alas his training came to an end when his body began to wake up. He glanced around the room he was in and scowled lightly. "Stupid hospital." "Ahh, you're awake?!" Naruto looked over at the voice and saw someone that reminded him of Isaribi.
The woman was medium height, 5'6" maybe, brown hair that fell to her shoulders and a doctor coat. Didn't seem so weird except for the fact she had two cat ears atop her head that twitched occasionally. The woman saw him staring at her ears and they drooped slightly, expecting this man to be a racist too, but…"…kawaii…" The soft call of her patient drew her attention back and turned to see him up and just about to rub her ears.
"Please don~Nyaahh!" the denial was squashed as she felt his fingertips scratch at the base of her ears. And within moments she delved into purrs. Which had to come to a crashing halt as the door opened and in came a man whom his friends told him had the same signature as the one who carried him here.
Qrow opened the door expecting to see the nurse changing the IV on his rescue, but when he opened the door and saw the man standing and scratching the Faunus nurse on her ears, he didn't know what to do. So he did what he always did in awkward situations and turned on his heel and left.
The half purr-induced-comatose nurse used the opportunity, though reluctantly, to move away from him. "Sir, please ill need you to sit back down and let me run a couple tests." All she got was a blank stare.
"Nani?"
"What?"
Naruto blinked twice and asked his friends what to do. They drew a blank as well, but Matatani suggest they bump fists with her. So he did, or tried to. Naruto held his fist out for the nurse to bump but she just stared at him with a raised eyebrow. Naruto getting that she didn't know what to do made the motion of bumping his own fists and held it back out. The nurse was confused on how this will help but did it anyway. However they didn't think they would get drawn into his mindscape.
The nurse flew back onto her butt as she saw the nine giant figures, she knew they weren't Grimm from the non-black-white coloring but that didn't make it any less scary for her. The giant blue cat-like, which she approved of, slowly moved to her. Her instincts screamed at her to get away, but she couldn't move, rooted in her fear of them.
She felt another presence behind her and saw her patient giving the cat a 'really?' look. "Matatabi, please don't. I can feel the fear she's giving off." The nurse looked at her patient," I can understand you!"
Naruto looked at her and blinked," Huh, well then that works too. Hopefully I will be able to understand the other people too." He glanced back at the giant cat, "Thanks for the idea Tabi-chan." The giant cat laughed lightly. "Kitties now how to talk to one another Naruto-kun."
The sage turned to the nurse in his mindscape and helped her up," Hi, im Naruto and im sorry but," Naruto's face turned serious and the nurse thought she was in trouble, for what she didn't know," you seem….a little pail." At that moment the tense atmosphere was broken and the blond held a small watering pail in his left hand. He chuckled at the look on her face and willed the pail away. All the giants behind her groaned at the stupid joke, though they can sense that the woman was less scared now.
"Thanks for the help everyone but I think she'd feel better out in the real world." With that they left the biju alone.
The nurse opened her eyes to see the blonde smiling at her," I will have to ask that you keep that a secret ne?" She nodded blankly, no one would believe her anyway. She had to go get that Qrow guy anyway, he was responsible for him since being brought in. She turned and left. Naruto silently waved, and when the door closed he frowned. When she was brought to the mindscape he didn't mean to, but he saw some of her memories. "Just like me, huh."
A minute later the door opened and the guy that supposedly brought him in came in along with a blonde haired girl that was about as tall as him that wore bike shorts, a yellow tanktop underneath a brown leather-like jacket. Following her was a smaller girl with black hair and red highlights wearing a black and red shirt and matching battle skirt, overtop that was a red hooded cape.
"Hello kid, my names Qrow. I'll cut to the chase, the hell happened to you?" As soon as the sentence left his lips, the blonde girl smacked the back of his head. He tsk'd and mumbled about being old enough to curse. The small girl just stared at Naruto with curiosity. "Gotta agree with old man here." The man named Qrow was now in a corner drawing circles in the floor with a stick from…somewhere.
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto. And I have no idea where I am."
Qrow was back on his feet with a serious look in his eye. The blonde girl along with the short one were shocked. Qrow was never serious. "If the nurse hadn't told me you were speaking another language 5 minutes ago, I wouldn't have believed you. However considering she told me you bumped fists and magically learned how to speak ours, imam gonna chalk it up to some aura power from wherever you're from." He relaxed his stance a little bit," So ill do you a favor, ill tell you a bit of the history and you tell me yours. Sound good?"
Naruto silently thought a bit, he knew some of whats been going on from that nurses memories, but didn't know a lot. He only knew that Faunas are discriminated against, the land is called Remnant, and there were beasts modeled after animals called Grimm that plagued the land. Coming up short on information wasn't good for a ninja, so he had to take the advantage.
"Alright ill bite, but" Naruto held his fist out," It'll be easier this way. We can take as much time as we need if we talk like this." Qrow raised his brow but proceeded to fist bump Naruto. And in that moment, his mind was blown. Naruto showed Qrow some of his memories, matching up to the stories he told him, leading up until the point of him arriving in Remnant. He also figured that he should only show Qrow these things, as he has seen what its like to be in a war, even if it was against beasts. In turn Qrow filled him in on what spots he was missing, the kingdoms, their leaders, military(to an extent), Hunters and Huntresses, along with the school training them.
After a moment outside the two broke apart and the two girl with Qrow saw something in his eyes. They only saw it once when he brought them along to visit that old man Ironbutt, something like kinsman-ship. Like a teammate and fellow fighter. Qrow sighed lightly and smiled," Well Naruto, that is indeed quite the story. And from what I saw, I have no chance but to help you adjust." The sage smiled at the Qrow. "Thank you Qrow. I guess you can tell how much it means to me."
Qrow nodded still smiling, turned to the girls," Well introduce yourselves to your new housemate!"
The blonde girl snapped a little. "Wait, WHAT?! You didn't even say a word! You just touched his fist and all of a sudden you're friends and he's STAYING WITH US?" Qrow turned to her and saw the serious look back in his eyes. "Yang. Trust me." That was all that was needed and she was quiet again.
Naruto looked at the other girl with them and matched her gaze. Immediately he knew she had immense power within her. He clammed up slightly when he stared into her eyes. Silver. A flash of the Rinnegan flew into his mind but went away quickly. No they weren't like that. They were more…pure. "You," his voice caught their attention and saw his staring at Ruby's eyes." You have silver eyes." Qrow widened his own eyes slightly, could Naruto feel the power of….No. No he couldn't, he was only just brought here. He doesn't even know the legend. He'll have to talk to Ozpin soon. He was anyway considering Naruto's prowess, he'll be in Beacon in no time.
Ruby blushed lightly, no one has stared at her eyes like that before. "Uhmm thanks." Yang however saw this as an opportunity, even in front of Qrow she'll tease her sister.
"Oooohh? Does little sis have a crush on the cute blondie here?" Naruto blushed along with Ruby though Qrow looked slightly miffed and amused. He can see this already being a good bond forming.
(SIX MONTHS LATER)
Qrow and Naruto panted as they finished their spar. Qrow, after getting Naruto to the shared house he had with his nieces, asked if he wanted to learn anything besides kunai and the other ninja weaponry. Feeling as though the knowledge of different weapons would be good he took up that offer and instantly took a liking to Qrows scythe. The way it curved menacingly called to him, that or it was the 9 inside him saying it was badass and to make his own. And so he did. A scythe/assault rifle hybrid.
It is said that students at Signal make their first weapon. That is true but some like him and Ruby made theirs before their final year. Since they were the same age they got the same classes and year. Ruby didn't mind, she along with her uncle and Yang had gotten close with Naruto. She more than Yang and Qrow though. They after all did make similar weapons, that coupled with the fact they are in the same classes, made the same friends, though Naruto seemed better at it, and had an unholy love of cookies. Naruto cried when he found out there was no noodle shops. He had to find a substitute somewhere.
Naruto's first weapon was a scythe he decided to call Shingetsu (New Moon). It was kinda funny when Ruby named her's Crescent Rose. When asked why, she lightly blushed and said," After every New Moon there's a Crescent." It was also her way of saying she'll always be right behind him. Helping him when he needed it. She was a bit infuriated when Qrow was teaching them and he seemed to just soak the information into his head and nearly always, perfectly executed a move. If he remembers right, Naruto saw Qrow cry mumbling something about," Having to work forever and he sees it once and does it the first time."
Needless to say he wanted to make another weapon to learn about. This one seemed more like a rapier, with a pistol built into the handle, he decided to name it Reiterpallasch. When he was making it, Qrow shook his head and mumbled about cashing a favor in. He was supposed to be finding that out now.
Qrow exhaled heavily one last time. "God kid you sure can give me a workout. Surprising all things considered." Naruto rolled his eyes, he knew how old Qrow was. "That being said I did say that I would tell you what I mentioned about your rapier. Since I work with my scythe and its forms I couldn't help ya. But do you remember old Ironbutt I told you about?" Qrow had taken a liking to the nickname his nieces had given Ironwood.
Naruto nodded." You said he was teaching the other heiress, right? Weiss?" The old scythe master nodded. "Right, well she is using a rapier like weapon as well, I guess you can see where I'm going with this." The ninja nodded," I'm guessing that since you're too lazy to come with, you're sending me out alone to learn with her." He could feel the sheepish headscratch Qrow wanted to make.
"That's actually ok, but my question," Naruto leaned forward a little, whispering," do Yang and Rubes know?" He didn't want to hurt their feelings, maybe making them think he was never coming back. Yang was like a sister to him and Ruby….well he didn't know honestly. He couldn't describe it but it felt like maybe there was something there. He wasn't good with relationships. Especially when he didn't see the blatant sign of Shion asking him to fuck her, as pointed out by Shukaku. It made the situation worse when Qrow and Yang both looked at him and Ruby playing a game on the TV one day shoulder to shoulder, and told the two, "We approve, just use-" and then get cut off by Ruby using her speed semblance to push them away.
"Yea they do, and they told me to tell you that you better bring them something nice back from Atlas." Naruto let out a chuckle. He spoiled them what can he say. "Ahh, before I forget, what is it you wanted to show me?" The sage tensed slightly but figured it was time. During the initial showing of how he got to Remnant, Naruto left out all knowledge of the biju. It was time to rectify that.
He held out his fist and bumped together with Qrows. When he reopened his eyes he almost fell.
An hour later saw Qrow and Naruto at an airship docks waiting the ninjas ride to Atlas. Qrow quickly came to accept the fact Naruto had biju in him. It wasn't hard considering all the other shit he was shown. "Naruto, when you meet the heiress, go easy on her." Qrow in a showing of his soft side spoke about Weiss. "Winter, well plainly put I don't like her, don't hate her, but I definetly don't like her. And I have more than a feeling that Winter and Weiss's father may be an issue in that as well."
Naruto looked at the now seemingly older man before nodding. The airship arrived soon after and took Naruto off to Atlas for his training. A few hours later when he landed, he kissed the cold ground. Someone on the flight had been having some bad thoughts and drew a small murder of Nevermore to the ship. And they wouldn't let him do anything, not even man a gun. Some of the shots got a little too close for comfort from the surrounding craft but they got through it.
He stood back up when he heard a cough and looked to see a man about the same age as Qrow wearing a slightly different version of the Atlesian military uniform. "So you must be Naruto." Said ninja nodded his head and stuck his hand out, didn't want to accidentally bring him in like that nurse lady. "Nice to meet you. General Ironb-wood." Qrow told him what Ironwood looked like. Would've been bad otherwise. The general took the hand and looked into Naruto's eyes for a moment searching for something. He pulled his hand away and smirked," I think i'm gonna like you kid."
They began walking inland toward a specific building. Inside was a huge field with obstacles and an arena clearly meant for challenges. In the middle of said obstacles was a girl with pure white hair, with an off white/blue dress, running the course. And she was fast. Incredibly so. Almost as fast as he was without a couple of the seals he had to set. It had come clear to him he needed to limit his power when he almost killed Qrow in a spar. He let out a low whistle.
Ironwood, thinking he was whistling at Weiss and not the work she was doing," Piece of advice for you kid, don't let her catch you. She may be used to the suitors and such, but it definitely doesn't mean she likes it." Naruto blushed and stammered out that he wasn't looking at her like that. Though secretly he was. "Im just impressed at how fast she is going." The general looked at the blond. Oh yea, he was gonna have fun teasing this kid. Hey, a general he may be, but fun he can have.
"Right, well that is her semblance. Glyphs. She has the ability to make different ones. Elemental if she infuses dust with them, or even the speed ones she's using now." Their conversation came to an end when she finished the course, took a breath, and turned to see her instructor and some blond boy with whisker-scars on his face, though they were thin. She didn't hate Faunus, contrary to belief because of her father and how the company stands.
She looked at his waist and saw a rapier not completely unlike her own. Naruto caught her gaze and slowly pulled Reiterpallasch from his waist. When she got next to them, Weiss said hello to her teacher and sized the blond up, him doing the same. After a moment he held out the sword and asked to see hers. She pulled Myrtenaster from her side and they swapped weapons momentarily.
Naruto after being taken in learned a lot more about the world than he was initially told. So when he saw the dust canisters on the side of the weapon he nodded in respect. He should've done that with his own.
Weiss was having similar thoughts. The rapier in her hands was self-made. She could tell by the small inscription she couldn't understand near the hand guard. She lifted the grip and looked at the way the pommel sat and figured that it could be moved so dust could be fired from the barrel along the blade.
The two turned back at each other and gave the weapons back. Naruto smiled," Ya know I wish I had thought of using dust cylinders instead. I have aura to spare sure, but I can't add elements to mine." Weiss looked at Ironwood and he nodded lightly, a little sign they set up for wannabe suitors. Nod means they're ok, shaking means she has something else to do.
"It was a thought I had when having it made actually. Coupled with my semblance and it could be over in minutes." Being a ninja, Naruto detected the subtle hints of arrogance forming her sentence though he couldn't say anything as it could also be a true statement.
Ironwood stepped up. "Weiss, this here is Naruto Uzumaki. As a favor to a dusty old crow he will be learning the basics of rapier combat." Weiss raised a brow. "Why just the basics?"
Naruto took point," Well I need a stable format to form my own style." The heiress looked at him a little shocked honestly. Rapier combat had been the same for…quite a while actually. Maybe it was time a new style came up. No doubt people, pray gods she never have to fight another, would find a way to counter it.
Already thinking ahead," Ok ill help too if when you're finished with it you teach me too." Ironwood raised his brow this time. It took Weiss weeks before she asked for help, and this boy….hmm. Naruto simply smiled," Sure, I have no problem with that."
Yes, the general mused. This may be more than beneficial for dear Weiss.
(2 MONTHS 3 WEEKS LATER)
A lot has happened in the almost three months. Naruto, like with Qrow soaked the knowledge up from the general and heiress. Since he was learning fast he decided to tell them a bit about himself, not his past but just some things here and there. Not only that but he had already started teaching Weiss some of the movements to the style he thought of. Since he was a ninja he was agile and Weiss being already quick and having to twist her body to efficiently use her glyphs, he thought she could benefit from it. At times it got awkward however.
When she would misstep or loose balance Naruto was always there to correct her, or catch her. When she couldn't get a movement right, Naruto, not seeing how intimate it seemed, took her back to his front and flew through the motions again loosely. Often times he would see her blushing afterward and not know why. Even after being told by the biju about Shion he was still clueless about romantic feelings.
Today was a different occasion though. Today was not a day to train, but it was Weiss's test for her acceptance into Beacon academy. Naruto was told about Beacon along with its headmaster Ozpin. He'll just have to see what happens though. He didn't have a good feeling about her test however, it wasn't about her failing no he had perfect faith in her. It was the room itself. There was someone here who radiated bad intent and he couldn't pinpoint it without going into Kurama's sage mode. And he didn't want that chaos just yet.
Watching Weiss silently beside him was Ironwood, next to him was Weiss's Father. And like Qrows prediction, Naruto didn't like him. He always held the 'holier than thou' attitude along with holding Faunas in a complete shite light. Scattered around the room were spectators of Atlas both Faunas and Human. Mr. Schnee wasn't so bigoted that he couldn't stop them from watching, or show off.
It was going smoothly until Weiss got knocked onto the ground after the Atlesian Knight she had been scripted to fight side stepped and swung over her head and put the force of the metal of its body, along with its sword onto her. When she fell, the blade of the knights sword sliced her over her right eye vertically, just missing her actual eye and cutting the skin above and below. Blood seeped out slowly and soon dribbled down her chin. She flinched lightly as she stood, but quickly overcame the surprise of being stuck and used her glyphs to dash around the Knight and strike at the area on his back, soon the metal man was down and inoperable.
Weiss slowly sat out of breath, and turned to look up at her father, seeing him stoic which is usual, Ironwood smiling lightly, and Naruto simply beaming at her. She swore she saw a sparkle on his teeth. The moment was cut short as she felt someone walking to her holding something, a quick glance up at the booth that held her father, teacher and friend showed they thought it was weird. And Naruto himself was no longer smiling.
She looked at the man approaching and started to get fearful when he dashed at her, raising his hand. The serrated steel of the knife glinting in the lowly lit room. "Die you Schnee bitch!" She had to move! She was exhausted, but she had to move! Weiss's body fought her though and in the end won. It didn't matter however as before the would-be attacker got within 5 feet of her, a beam of white-grey light struck through him and made him fly across the room.
Looking to her left, Weiss saw Naruto a few feet away with an emotionless face and his hand extended like a gun, a weirdly shaped floating skull behind him. She put the pieces together and exhaled lightly with a shaky breath. Naruto reached her and helped her up. Military personnel running to the downed man to apprehend or save his life long enough to jail him. The fellow students of Ironwood left to their training ground. They had designated a spot to rest when teaching her the new style. Said spot being out of the eyes of the other rooms occupants at the time, was in the rafters. A ladder leading up to it put there by Naruto to make it easier for Weiss to reach.
They got to the spot and it looked as though there was a room there. A chair and table set up as well as a couch and TV, all white. Naruto sat Weiss down on the couch and sat next to her. He knew what she was feeling right now. Almost dying is…not the best experience. He had felt the hatred that man had been putting out but it was so thick he couldn't pinpoint it. When he finally was making his move to Weiss, the sage finally felt the source and had to move then. He would've released the seals but he didn't have the extra few seconds so he resolved from jumping down to the arena, slightly surprising Mr. Schnee, as Ironwood was already relaying orders to his solders.
Even as a ninja, with all the seals on him he was as good as any chunin, but it wasn't enough, so he settled for things the other way. He raised his hand like a gun and took aim just ahead of the attacker. He recoiled his hand as if he had just shot a gun and heard the tell tale sign of his semblance form and fire behind him. The beam hit the man dead in his chest and he was either already dead or would be within minutes. It was the reason he didn't use his semblance. It either killed someone or put them on the process to dying.
Weiss was shaking slightly, she only took a deep breath. "Thank you Naruto." Said ninja just grabbed her shoulder lightly, and turned her to face him. Fear was still in her eyes again you can't blame her. "Weiss." She looked at his face and saw his light smile. "It's ok to cry sometimes." And that was all it took. Her face scrunched up as tears bled from her eyes. She gripped him as hard as she could, her body making sure she had a comfort source and sobbed.
(NEXT DAY)
He was standing in Mr. Schnee's office along with Ironwood and a few Atlesians. He was brought in to be thanked but then it quickly delved into striking back at the White Fang as they had found the Grimm mask hidden on the dog Faunus's body.
"General I want SOMETHING done! You can't just expect me to sit here with my thumb up my ass when someone just attacked my family!" While he may not show it publicly, Mr. Schnee was indeed a family man, the one thing Naruto liked about him.
Ironwood shook his head," And as I keep telling you we can't do anything yet. Nothing has turned up about them until after the White Fang has done something." He sighed and took a seat. "But, there may be a way if someone is up for it." The general made a pointed look at the blond ninja.
"Im at least willing to listen."
"Good." Ironwood shifted his other leg," Admittedly I thought you were a Faunus until I saw you didn't have a single trait besides the scars on your face and from what you told me, they might just help us here." Naruto could already tell where this was heading. "Honestly it might not even work but with those scars you can pass as a Faunus, or at least a human who understands the plight their trying to fight against." Called it.
"You know im not Atlesian, or in the military for that matter." Half false. Technically he was still a Konoha ninja.
"I know, that's why im asking not as a military leader, or even your teacher, but a friend. And if not for me…" Bastard knew he couldn't say no now.
"Just tell me where you need me. And tell Weiss ill be back for Reiterpallasch."
(NEXT WEEK)
He had to leave then and there. So there wasn't any time for a good bye. Leaving Weiss his rapier made sure that they'd see each other again though. He also gave the things he bought for Yang and Ruby to Ironwood to send to Qrow along with a letter explaining things. Besides that though. Their little plan worked. He was inside the White Fang. It was actually an accident. He was heading back and forth in the woodlands on his way to Vale to start his search there, when the train he was following came under attack by the very people he was searching for. It was a small group, surprising considering the company they were attacking, only about 5 of them. So to make matters simple, he helped. He knew that, thankfully, there were no humans on board and it was controlled and manned by robots.
He didn't have any qualms about ripping them up.
To make the story he thought of at least somewhat real, he had the biju create an illusion over his whiskers that made them seem larger, more jagged, and about 3 years old.
The White Fang members were obviously wary when a teen popped up from nowhere, but when they saw his face and the fact he was shooting the robot Knights with them, they made a decision to stay their blade. It also helped the fact that they were losing before he came. After it was all done they thanked him but still kept their blades out he asked if he could speak with the current leader. They all looked at each other before nodding and bagging his head.
About an hour passed in silence as they took him somewhere. He couldn't smell it out and his touch was halted by two of the members.
Sounds of talking and eating were cut short as the group entered the camp, carrying around a sacked person. More than a few were wondering what was happening but none more than Adam Taurus and his chosen partner Blake Belladonna. They stepped out of the tent they occupied moments ago to face the group. "Someone explain. Now." One of the members stepped in to report the job was successful. "And truth be told it was thanks to him."
He looked at Blake and pointed his head at the hooded guy. Blake slid next to him," He helped the crew, whether or not he knows who they are fully can be learned though. That as well as why." Taurus nodded and told them to remove the hood. Only to be slightly enraged as it turned out to be a human. He was about to simply kill the blond where he sat when he looked up, and behind him Blake gasped.
On the blond kids face where six very jagged scars, three on each cheek, like whiskers. They looked only somewhat recently healed as well since they weren't completely sunken in his face. Taurus sighed. Even he as merciless to humans he was, still felt sympathy for those that were on the receiving end of the racism that they crafted. So just this once," I'll hear you out."
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki, when I was younger I used to go to the White Fang rally's in support. One day my parents caught me and forbade me from ever going to another one. I wasn't going to listen so I kept going. At one of the rally's someone had crippled the friend I was with, a fox Faunus by the name of Kira. I flipped shit and started throwing punches at the guy. All I remember is the cops showing up and the next morning im in jail. The guy who hurt Kira was free and Kira can never walk again. They did nothing to that man but decided to incarcerate a kid because he stood up for a friend. It was so fucked up and I was pissed. My parents came and got me but we moved so I couldn't go to another rally as I didn't feel safe without a friend. I had moved to Atlas about 4 years ago when I made some friends I thought were ok. So I decided to tell them about when I was in the White Fang before….they, they…" His breathing got shaky and his hands clenched and shook.
Blake looked to him in sympathy, he was kinda like her. Being a part of the old White Fang before it became more radical. She only stayed because of Adam truthfully but seeing how he hasn't changed like she hoped…
Adam on the other hand was thinking. This kid, he helped out before new management and paid a price not needed. Yet even with how they were now he still seeked them out. It was strange but not fully unwelcome. Sure he wanted to make Faunus rule supreme, but seeing humans, even if only one helped them…
"Naruto, I'm doing this because of a certain…deal we have with someone else at the moment, but im extending my hand to you. Im offering you a position with the White Fang." All members present were shocked, none more than Blake, but she was happy too. Another member spoke up," But, but hes a human!" Taurus turned to the woman," Human he may be but the heart of a Faunus he has! Few humans would stand up with us when we were weak, yet he did. Now we are strong and the humans fear us, yet he sought us out. Whether it was bravery, stupidity, or hope I don't know. But what I do know is that while he may be human, his Faunus heart shows and he stands with us."
Everyone was quelled at that. Naruto was smiling with tears budding on his eyes. Adam walked behind him and uncut the bindings. He pulled Naruto along and grabbed Blake on the way back to the tent. They had an old member to catch up.
(TWO MONTHS LATER)
It didn't even take a week for Naruto to be respected among the White Fang, though it was a shock to them that a human wanted to help and not subjugate them.
He had grown close to Blake as she was his partner for most raids and espionage missions. Adam was always busy with other troops and he still didn't trust Naruto 100%. The fact he had any trust in him at all was surprising.
Blake had become fast friends with Naruto. Maybe because of the feeling of him being an older member or his story but either way she could say she was his friend. She was glad he also shared her view on killing needlessly. Having only to incapacitate humans. She was surprised when one day Naruto had approached her. "Blake, hey can we talk?" Being a healthy teen she had delved into more..ahem..spicy literature. Not only that but since there was a full moon and her thoughts had already been running rampant about her new male partner she of course went straight into more dirty thoughts about the two. But before she could continue those thoughts she saw his face as one of seriousness. So she squashed the fantasies she made and moved with him.
They walked a few minutes away so no one would hear them. Naruto turned to look at her face. "Blake, do you think…do you think what we're doing right now is right?" Blake immediately clammed up. Of course she did. She was having that thought even before he came around. Now faced with the same question from a different source she knew the answer. "I…used to think that it was yes, but now." She looked down at the forest floor.
Naruto looked at her and made a split second decision that hopefully wouldn't bite him in the ass. He pushed his fist out for her to bump.
She stared at him.
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"What am I supposed to do?"
"Just bump fists dammit."
The cat bumped fists with the fox and her mind connected to his. Opening her eyes she saw she was in a room that was completely white and endless. "Where are we?" "My mind." She turned to see Naruto. She looked back around the room then back to him," But how?"
The ninja sighed," I need to show you some things as well as tell you the truth. God you're really gonna hate me for this but I feel like you need to know." Blake was more than a little confused. "Ill start with the worst of it first…that story I told you, it wasn't true. Not completely." Now it was time for Blake to sigh. "I actually kinda figured that." Naruto blinked. "Your story was mine only I didn't have a friend get hurt. I went to every rally, every stand-in, every protest, never once did I see your mop of blond before."
Naruto looked down in sadness, even with her resigned tone he could hear the betrayal within it. "Please let me finish. I need you to know the full story." She nodded her consent and he kept on. "Im here on a mission by the Atlesian military to gain information on the White Fang, but after today. " He shook his head. "Like I said my story wasn't completely fake. What im about to show you is a memory. Just know that even if you try, you can't change anything ok?" She nodded but it was hesitant.
Naruto snapped his fingers and brought forth one of his worst memories. Of when he was four and didn't stay home on his birthday. (AN: Alright so I know its not canon/confirmed that Naruto had any sort of physical torment made to him when he was younger but for plot? Lets make it happen. K? K.)
Blake watched in horror as they held down a child and sliced his cheeks open, just as they were on the outside world. They cursed him called him a demon and beat him with whatever they could find. She was about to jump in when Naruto reminded her that it's a memory. She looked at him to see his stoic face. The memory came to a close as the men left his room and continued merrily as if they hadn't just almost killed a kid and destroyed his mind.
Blake turned to him again, eyes full with tears cascading down her face and she hugged him. He lightly held her for a few moments before she pulled back. "Why?" It's all she could say after seeing that.
"Because that friend of mine wasn't a lie either. Though his name-Is Kurama, not Kira."
Blake turned and saw the form of a giant fox towering above her. She dropped her jaw and babbled. "Huh-but-wai-how-is he-can it- is it even-"Naruto chuckled lightly at her reaction, tossing her head back and forth between demon and container. "Kurama is a Biju, a I guess you could say demon that resides within me. We used to hate each-others guts but some events happened about eight months ago that caused us to be as we are now. And I'm glad for it too." Naruto looked at his giant pal who rolled his eyes. "Yea whatever ya sap. Hurry up and leave I was napping."
Naruto chuckled and touched Blake's forehead, the next second they disappeared. And reopened their eyes to see the forest surrounding them. Blake looked at him. "Naruto, you…." He avoided her eyes expecting the worst," You're just like the character in this book!" and immediately lost his worry. In fact he was happy enough to laugh, in which Blake soon joined. After a few moments the ninja looked at her," Im glad you don't hate me." Blake moved a little closer and hugged him. "I don't think I even could." She backed off for a moment then looked back at the ground.
"Do you remember that last mission we did? When we were leaving you said that I shouldn't hide my ears because they were cute?" Naruto blushed lightly, yea he remembered it. He felt his palm open and a ribbon fall into his hand he looked up and saw Blake with her cat ears on display. "Blake…"
"I'll try, try, to keep them out. Ok? And only because I…I li-BLAKE NARUTO LETS MOVE WE GOT ANOTHER MISSION!" Blake's confession would be cut short as Adam had moved near them. Blake sighed and moved to head back… but Naruto didn't. She looked back at him and caught his whispered," Sorry." before he dashed out of the clearing, intent on returning to Atlas and report.
She shut her eyes tight as she heard his steps echo out, counted to ten then ran back to camp, she had to keep up appearances at least. She knew he needed that much. Within the next five minutes the whole of White Fang, even Adam, would be shocked. Though new and a human, they had been betrayed. Little did they know it wouldn't be the last betrayal.
(ONE WEEK LATER)
Naruto made it to Atlas in no time and rested first, before sleeping he looked at the ribbon he held onto the entire run. He quickly tied it around his wrist and fell asleep. The next day he walked into Mr. Schnee's office and gave them the rundown of what had happened. General Ironwood sighed lightly. "I see. Thank you, Naruto. You'll also be happy to know that Weiss, while slightly angered with you, can't wait to see you at Beacon."
"What do you mean? I'm technically still enrolled at Signal and can't keep Qrow from telling them to withdraw me." The general smirked though it seemed Mr. Schnee was less than thrilled at the mention of both schools and Qrow. "The perk of doing favors my dear boy. You may want to head back to Vale to get everything set."
Naruto thanked them and left. Ironwood turned to Mr. Schnee. "You know she feels for him correct." "HN!" Ironsides sighed and began to leave," I swear you're just like the Uchiha he told me about."
The next evening Naruto was back in Vale walking to the shared home he had with Qrow, Yang, and Ruby. He knocked on the door and a dejected Ruby opened it, not even looking at him. "Helloo?"
He hadn't told a pun in a long time. Ironwood and Weiss got tired of it quickly, Blake only laughed at ones involving fish, and he hadn't said one to his pseudo-family since he got here. So he figured why waste the opportunity. He told this one to Ruby when they couldn't go get ammo for Crescent Rose.
"You know what they call a lazy kangaroo?"
Still dejected," A pouch potato." And she moved to close the door but stopped.
"A pouch potato?" She looked back through the open door. "NARU!" the door almost flew off the hinges and smacked the wall as Ruby gained flight as her semblance and leapt at Naruto, almost knocking him down. "You blond dolt!" Yang came through and did knock him down.
They got up and brought him inside. "Look you caught us right before we left, I'm about to head into town for more info on mom and Ruby wanted to hit that dust shop. Wanna come with? I'll let you ride on my lap." Yang ended with a wink.
"Or, I can take Ruby cause I need to check something at the shop anyway." Yang raised an eyebrow. "How do you plan on getting there?" The ninja smirked and pointed out the window, up the street there was a white and orange motorcycle just like Yang's. "How'd you get that?! That looks like an Atlesian motor!" They all got up to leave," Remember, I had that thing that the general needed me to do. This is only part of his payback for it." Yang whistled and hopped onto her own bike, revving the engine as it turned over. "Milk it for all it's worth Naru." And with that she took off.
The ninja chuckled, made sure Ruby held on and took off himself.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaand done, for now. Yes there's a reason the first chapter is so large. The first reason is I wanted to at least establish a relationship with the RWBY four. I'm sorry if the bonding seemed a bit rushed but like I've said before. New to writing and still haven't found the style that suits me best. Second reason is because of the fact that I have no update schedule and it's NOT. GOING. TO. CHANGE. I can't promise a chapter a week, or even a month. When it hits me ill do it but I cant just make motivation appear. Admittedly I love the reviews I get, mainly because I don't think ive seen a single negative one. But that's not all there is to motivation. I love you all I really do, but my personal life is hellish at the moment. Ill do what I can but remember. NO PROMISES.
Authors Note: This is a re-up because I made quite the few mistakes. While it says that I uploaded it at 3/30/16 around 12 pm, that's when I finished it. As in I didn't sleep XD. So, yes, there were some grammar mistakes that i went back and fixed, as well as calling General Ironwood as Ironsides. Had Fallout on my brain I suppose. Also gonna answer a couple questions that are there.
1. A couple people mentioned a harem...nah, I don't know honestly. I had actually planned on it just being one person, two at max. Like in my other story. Two I can do, three? Not just yet. Also no Gen-bend, once i see a character that's it. I can't, CAN'T imagine someone like say Juane or Glynda switching what makes them a man/woman.
, IF, I decide to do a harem i'll ask, otherwise i have a plan for 1 or two of the women. what was the other thing...Ah! Someone didn't like the Blake bit. Well, if i had to explain it... When you, literally, put your life on the line with someone for a certain amount of time, whether that's a week or a month, and they're always there watching your back? That's gonna leave an unmistakable impression. So when he told her the truth and could tell that she felt betrayed, he had to make it up to her. It's Naruto's nature. He hate's betrayal, so he had to show her that while the story he told wasn't his real past, it was a piece of it.
So now that that is over with, tell me what you think and…
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