Sitting in a dinky little apartment in Vale, Naruto was busy infusing his chakra into a vat filled with a variety of different colored Dust. Most of it would be combined with other things in order to better weaponize it. However some of it would be left as is.
Raw Dust was a very effective weapon against Grimm. Of course so was chakra, but Aura was a skill he had much less experience in than chakra manipulation. It was one of the reasons that he enrolled into Beacon Academy. Another reason was the weapons.
On Earth, ballistic weapons such as the ones that were used all over Remnant had never been invented. He figured it had to be because Earth had access to chakra and it was the main means of combat. There was never a need to make these types of weapons.
On Remnant though, the need for long range combat was far greater than close range combat as Grimm were deadly close up. The Grimm themselves never posed a problem to him, but it didn't mean that he ignored the weapons used to defeat them. They were a weapon that he had little experience in and he wanted to correct that.
A more interesting part of the weapons though, was their ability to conduct Aura. It wasn't anything like channeling chakra through a weapon, but it did make him want to test certain theories he had. This made him wonder if he could conduct his Semblance through a weapon to further increase its destructive potential.
That was another thing that Aura had that intrigued him. The ability to physically manifest your Aura. Of course since Aura was just the manifestation of the soul, a Semblance was just the physical manifestation of the soul.
He knew for a fact that his own soul was powerful. After all, his soul had resisted reincarnation multiple times and instead had incarnated into himself in a different world. Not only that, his memories had stayed intact after coming to this world and so had his chakra. Although it was known that powerful chakra had a habit of not dissipating like it should.
Deciding to focus back onto the task at hand, he finished infusing the Dust, and he began to move it around with just his chakra. Moving it around himself, he had it condense into a sword in his hand. Breaking it back down into powder he sealed most of it away into a small cubic container he hung on a belt at his waist. The container had a variety of symbols written all over its six faces, each one meaning something else and only he knew what they meant.
The remaining Dust was separated into its different colors and stored into a pouch that he specially prepared just for it. The pouch had a jutsu formula applied to it that was based on his version of the Flying Raijin Jutsu. It allowed him to draw out exactly the Dust he needed without having to actually reach in and grab it.
Sealing away the vat, he walked out of the apartment he had rented for the week. Leaving the keys at the desk with the landlord, who looked at him with a sneer when he saw the jackrabbit ears on top of his head, he began to make his way to the skyport. He had a flight to beacon that he needed to catch.
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Looking out at the view from the airship, Naruto enjoyed the tranquility as the other students were busy talking among themselves. At least until he heard the tell tale signs of someone retching up their food.
Turning his head to look at the poor unfortunate soul, he was surprised to see it was a student with hair almost as blond as his own. Feeling pity for him he walked towards him, ignoring the puke getting on his shoes.
"I'm going to guess that this is the first time you've ever been on an airship?"
All he got as an answer was more vomit on his shoes. Grabbing a thermos from his pack, he gave it to the poor boy.
Seeing the thermos the young man grabbed it and chugged as much as he could. Once finished he gasped as he leaned against the window and gave the thermos back.
"I'm Naruto." He said as he extended his hand.
"Jaune and sorry about your shoes." Jaune replied as he shook Naruto's hand.
"I've stepped in worse and it seemed like you could really use the help." Getting a weak smile back, he struck up a conversation with Jaune as the airship approached Beacon.
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"7 sisters? Sheesh and I thought having a little brother was tough."
"It's not so bad. Thanks to them I'm an incredible dancer." Raising an eyebrow at that statement, Naruto shook his head deciding not to comment.
Hearing an explosion, they turned to look behind them and saw two girls in a small crater. Wondering what happened, he caught the faint scent of fire Dust in the air. Looking at the taller of the two girls, he saw some ash on her hand and realized she must have set it off on accident.
"You'd think people would be more careful with explosives." He said as Jaune began to walk to the girls who had been joined with a third. However before he could arrive two of them had left and the only girl left dropped to her knees and then to her back.
Walking after Jaune, as he had nothing better to do, he heard the girl introduce herself as Ruby. "Aren't you the guy who threw up on the ship?"
"He says it was motion sickness, but I say nervousness." Naruto cut in before Jaune could say anything. "Naruto."
"Ruby." She replied shaking his hand.
"Hey, you can't blame me for being nervous. Today is a big day." Jaune said defending himself.
"No I get it. I'm nervous too. Doesn't help that my sister ditched me." She said in a comforting tone.
"Your sister?" Naruto asked curious to learn more about his new acquaintance.
"We're both first years, but I got accepted early so she's the only person I know here." Ruby explained with a sad look.
"Well congratulations on getting accepted early." Naruto said with a small smile.
"And, now you have two new friends here." Jaune said with a grin.
Blushing in embarrassment, Ruby muttered a small thanks. Seeing that she wasn't all that comfortable with praise, Naruto asked her about the thing on her back.
"Oh that's Crescent Rose." Ruby said as she pulled it out and showed it off.
"You make a very juxtaposed image Ruby." A giant transforming scythe was not something that Naruto had been expecting.
"Juxta-what?" Ruby asked as Jaune looked at the very sharp blade the scythe had.
"Contrasting images being placed together. In this case, a cute little girl with a terrifying weapon." He said as he noticed that Crescent Rose had a gun scope on it. "Is it a gun too?"
"Yup! It's a high impact sniper rifle." She answered as made a show of pulling the bolt on the gun. "What about you two?"
"Well, I've got this, but it's not like your scythe." Jaune said rather timidly as he pulled out his shield and sword.
"Ooh, a sword and shield. You don't see too many like those anymore. I'm glad you went with a classic design for your weapon." She said as she saw that he seemed rather bummed about his weapon.
"It's actually a hand-me-down. It was my great-great-grandfather's. He used it to fight in the war." Jaune said with some embarrassment.
"So it's a family heirloom. That's neat." She said supportively.
"Yeah, neat." Jaune said without any enthusiasm.
"I think it's amazing that your family believes in you so much." Naruto said as Jaune didn't seem to understand the responsibility he had.
"What do you mean?" Jaune asked confused about what he meant.
"The sword and shield of your great-great-grandfather. It means that they believe that you'll be a great huntsman like him." Naruto finished as Jaune gained a frown on his face.
"Don't you think that you're reading too much into it?" Jaune questioned as he looked at his weapon.
"Maybe." Naruto admitted as he began to walk towards the academy. "But then, why did they give you something that has such a legacy attached to it if they didn't believe in you?"
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Reading a book in the dark, thanks to his faunus eyes, Naruto absentmindedly realized he was the last person awake. This didn't really come as a surprise to him. Even in his previous life he never needed much sleep, it was hell for his parents though. A baby that would only sleep six hours every two days would tire out anyone.
Thankfully as he got older he learned to occupy his time with things like reading, training, or even theoretical work. Things weren't any different now except that he couldn't train at the moment since he would wake up everyone in the room. As such he decided to read a book about the Grimm.
Most of the things in the book were unfortunately speculative. The inability to keep Grimm specimens in captivity for any considerable amount of time prevented crucial research. Of course the fact that Grimm corpses disintegrated soon after dying didn't help either.
However, the book wasn't completely useless. It did hold some things that were known to be true. Grimm became more intelligent and cunning the older they were. Young Grimm seemed to be completely controlled by their instincts whereas older Grimm knew better than to kill a human as it would just result in their death. This didn't mean that they stopped trying to accomplish their one singular goal though. Ancient Grimm were known to patrol large human cities waiting for their chance to strike.
Closing the book as it didn't really have anything else that was useful, it had began speculating that Grimm might be the souls of ancient humans, he sealed it away. Sighing, he brought out another book, this one about Dust manufacturing.
Reading it, he realized that in a few hours the sun would begin to rise. Flipping the page, he hoped that he might at least finish the book by that time.
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Opening locker 6-3-1, Naruto grabbed a change of clothing. Unlike most of the students who had stored away equipment, he had just stored away a change of clothing. Armor would be useless and his Aura provided all of the defense he needed.
Grabbing a dark blue shirt, he began changing without a care for others around him. Putting it on, he quickly tested the sealing formulas he had applied to it with a quick burst of chakra. Seeing the seals glow for a moment, he knew they were still active. Putting on a red vest, he zipped it up and it too glowed for a moment as the seals on it connected with the seals on his shirt.
Changing into some black pants, he hung his symbol covered cube at his waist. Once again, his entire outfit lit up with seals, but this time they faded slowly. His clothing had all been equipped with sealing formulas that he believed might be useful for unfortunate situations. From summoning weapons, to sealing enemies, to suicide jutsu; he had applied them all and the glowing indicated that they had calibrated themselves.
Putting his sandals back on, he took a moment to note he would need a new pair sometime soon. Closing the locker, he made his way towards Beacon Cliff where he could feel Ozpin and Goodwitch.
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Waiting at the Beacon Cliff, he took a look at the metal plate he was standing on. Channeling his chakra into it, he found out that he was actually on a launch pad. That meant that the initiation would be in the Emerald Forest.
Turning his head at hearing the rest of the students arriving, Naruto waved Ruby and Jaune over. Of course when another joined them, he was understandably confused. At least until he saw how similar she looked to the scythe wielder. "I'm guessing you're Ruby's sister?"
"Yup the names Yang." She said before crossing her arms. "I guess Ruby wasn't lying when she said your rabbit ears made you look adorable. I especially like the marks on your cheeks. Makes you cute."
Scratching the back of his head in embarrassment, he didn't really know how to answer that. "Thanks? I've never been complemented on them before."
"Well don't worry bunny, I've got your back." She said back with a big grin.
Laughing at the nickname, he smiled back. "I'm guessing that unlike Ruby you're not too worried about the team thing?"
"Yup. Any team with me in it is gonna be amazing by default." She said with confidence.
Smirking, he was about to say something before he saw Ozpin and Goodwitch approaching. "Well Yang, I hope your team measures up to your expectations."
"You too bunny."
Focusing on Ozpin, Naruto saw that he was observing all of the students. For a moment he looked at all of them and then he began his speech. "All of you have been training for years to become warriors capable of defending this world against those who threaten to destroy it. Today, you will be evaluated on everything you have learned in the Emerald Forest."
"I'm sure that many of you have heard rumors about teams. They are true and you will be assigned teammates today." Goodwitch said as a matter of fact.
"Your teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon, so it's in your best interest to group up into teams that you can work with. However, the first person who you make contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years." Ozpin finished as he heard cries of surprise from a few of the students.
"After you have a partner make your way north towards the abandoned temple at the end of the path. Once there each pair must grab a relic. You will guard this relic and your lives as you make your way back." He said as he took a sip from his coffee.
"While we will be monitoring and grading you, we will not interfere. As a result, death is highly likely if you hesitate from destroying anything that gets in your way." He said with seriousness as everyone immediately understood that people have died during the initiation.
"Any questions? Good." Ozpin purposely ignored Jaune's attempt to ask a question. "Take your position."
"Um... sir?" Jaune asked rather timidly as everyone around him took stances. "Are you going to drop us off?"
"No. You will be falling." He stated plainly.
"So did you hand out parachutes and I didn't get mine?" Jaune's asked hopefully.
"No. You will be using your own landing strategy." He said answering the question without missing a beat.
"So, what exactly is a-" Jaune's next question was cutoff when he was sent flying into the air.
Chuckling, Naruto jumped off the platform at the same time it sent him flying. Catching up with the rest of the students, he saw that a few were already preparing to land.
Landing on a branch, he began tree jumping while keeping his momentum. Within a few seconds he had already passed most of the students. Stopping on a branch, he placed his hand on the trunk of the tree. Using it as a conduit for his Wood Style, he sensed the location of every living thing within the forest.
Finding the location of every student he saw that he just had a few seconds before some of them began to catch up. Taking note of every camera in the forest, he triangulated a blind spot that was near him. Running towards it, he placed his palms together. 'Chameleon Jutsu'
Turning completely invisible, he was able to sneak by a few Beowolves as they were unable to catch his scent. At the same time he bypassed all the other students still looking for partners. As much as a team would he nice, they wouldn't be anywhere near his level of skill and unfortunately would hold him back.
Reaching the temple in a couple minutes, he saw that the relics were chess pieces. However, there where two colors and four of each piece. Each color had two of the same piece which meant that teams would be formed from the pairs that grabbed the same piece.
Looking at the black king chess pieces, he activated Kamui. Warping both of them into its dimension, he pulled one of them back out for his initiation. Finished with the objective, he started making his way back towards Beacon Cliff.
Along the way he saw Yang with a black haired faunus girl, Ruby and the girl who blew her up climbing a tree, and Jaune with a tall red haired girl.
Looking around as he ran, he quickly killed a few Grimm that he saw near unaware students. Checking the position of the sun, he saw that less than an hour had passed since initiation had started. Stopping on a branch, he checked the position of all the participants in the forest. A few of them were already returning from the temple, so it was safe to assume that finishing initiation in less than an hour was considered impossible.
Sitting down on the branch, he decided to wait for the other students to catch up. It wouldn't do to pass the initiation and then get disqualified because it was technically impossible to finish it in an hour.
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"Mr. Uzumaki, it seems that you somehow finished your initiation without ever making contact with anyone." Ozpin said as he held the black king chess piece in his hand.
"Well the objective was to reach the temple and grab a relic, there wasn't any reason to fight any Grimm. Also, it's a big forest. It's entirely possible to never see a single person in it." Naruto reasoned as Goodwitch looked through the camera's in the forest.
She was trying to find any sort of evidence that showed Naruto in combat so that they could evaluate him. Unfortunately there wasn't any. Shaking her head to let Ozpin know, she saw him nod.
"Unfortunately we don't have any video of your abilities on file. For the moment you won't be assigned a team. At least, until we have a better understanding of your abilities." Ozpin said before he resumed his monitoring of the other students.
Hearing a faint screech, Naruto turned his head towards the source. Raising an eyebrow at the giant Nevermore in the distance, he raised the other eyebrow when he saw a few explosions around it. Forming a lens of chakra over his eyes, he was able telescopically zoom into the fight.
Seeing Yang in the Nevermore's mouth made Naruto wonder if the woman was insane. However, he knew that what seemed insane to an outside observer might actually make complete sense to the person doing it. Shaking his head he used the forest to keep an eye on his new friends. While he wouldn't interfere, he still needed to make sure they wouldn't die.
Leaving Beacon Cliff, he noted that Ozpin had turned back to look at him. It seemed that Ozpin knew there was something strange, but rather than call him out on it he wanted to observe to see what else happened. The man was shrewd if nothing else.
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Laying on a hammock he had attached to the ceiling of his room, Naruto was reading a book. This time one about firearms.
After all of the teams had come back to Beacon Cliff with their relics, Ozpin had led them all back to the Academy and began to introduce the new first year teams. Team CRDL, Team RWBY, and Team JNPR where the only stand out teams among all of the new first years.
Team CRDL possessed impressive Aura reserves, but that seemed to be about it. He needed more information about them before he made any sort of decision on them.
Team RWBY on the other hand was overwhelmingly impressive. He knew that Ruby and Yang were skilled, but he didn't know anything about Blake and Weiss. Once again, he needed more information.
Team JNPR was interesting in its composition. Jaune Arc was unskilled but had tremendous Aura reserves. Ren and Nora seemed competent, but like before his information was lacking. Pyrrha Nikos was intriguing though.
She had a combat record that stretched back four years as she had competed in tournaments and won each time. However, the most telling thing he noticed was when Jaune was made leader. She wasn't disappointed or indifferent about it. In fact, he was quite sure she was glad that Jaune had become leader. That meant she either saw something in Jaune that impressed her, or she was just glad someone else was leader.
At the moment he couldn't make a decision about it, so he'd see how things played out during the coming weeks. He could however help out his friend. Flipping a page in his book, he decided to help Jaune out later in the week by beating him up a bit. He'd make sure that Jaune would be fine, but he needed to learn to fight if he didn't want people to begin to suspect how he even got into Beacon Academy.
Sending his chakra into the academy grounds, he sensed that everyone on campus was asleep except for a few people here and there. Spreading it outward he saw that the original Naruto was still killing Grimm in the Emerald Forest. Checking the clock, he saw that he'd been at it for a few hours already and it didn't seem like he'd be stopping.
Closing the book, he sealed it away and dispelled himself with a puff of smoke. The original would want to know about the plan he'd come up with to help Jaune out.
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Kicking upward, Naruto heard the sound of bone snapping as the Ursa's head jerked back. Kicking off the ground with his other leg, he back flipped over the charging Beowolf. Grabbing it from the bony protrusions of its back, he flung it into another Ursa. Summoning some lightning Dust from his pouch into his hands he activated it and sent bolts of lightning at the two.
Turning around before the bolts even finished killing them, he summoned some fire and wind Dust into his mouth. Crunching the Dust and then activating it, he blew out a small concentrated stream of fire that lanced through anything in his way. Spinning in a circle quickly, he bisected any Grimm unfortunate enough to be within his range.
Pointing his palm into the sky, he used ice Dust to flash freeze anything in the air around him. Hearing the sound of ice shattering let him know that the Nevermore's that were circling in the air had just died.
Breathing out, the last bit of fire Dust that he still had in his mouth dissipated into the air. Pulling out his brand new Scroll, he added in Jaune's new training schedule into his calendar. Most people couldn't keep up with his ridiculous training regiment, so he'd cut Jaune some slack.
As he was planning Jaune's training he remembered that he needed to make some soldier pills. Adding that in for later that day, he was forced to stop looking at his scroll when a Boarbatusk came charging into the new clearing he had made.
Sidestepping it, he killed it quickly with a knife hand. Not even bothering to look as it died, he summoned wind Dust into his left hand and launched a few wind blades into the forest. Hearing flesh being sliced apart, he looked to his right and saw some more Grimm arriving. Storing away his Scroll, he calmly made his way towards them. He had a few more hours of training to get in for the night and he'd just barely make it if it took this long for the Grimm to regroup.
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Making his way back to the dorms at 6 A.M., Naruto sighed with disappointment. The Grimm in the Emerald Forest were a complete letdown. He had hoped that with killing a bunch of them it would attract even more, but that did not seem to be the case. They made for terrible sparing partners as he just killed them far too quickly.
Entering his room, he touched the wall to his right to disable the security system he had painted on the wall. A useful little trick he had learned from one of Menma's friends.
Taking off his clothes and throwing them into the hamper, he went to take a shower. Maybe an idea would pop into his head as he washed off the grime from the night.
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Eating his giant stack of pancakes, which seemed to be standard as everyone also had them, Naruto noticed Team CRDL making their way to him. Taking note of them gesturing to his ears, he focused and sensed their emotions. None of them seemed to be overly hostile, but they did have some worrying feelings whenever they looked at him.
Seeing one of them about to grab his ear, he grabbed their wrist. Applying some pressure to it, but not enough to injure, he asked them, "Can I help you?"
Surprise and then anger leaked out of the leader of CRDL as he yanked his hand back. "Yeah, I wanted to see if they were real."
Ignoring the aggressive tone, he replied back, "All you had to do was ask." Waving his jackrabbit ears to show that they were indeed real, he felt anger emanate from Cardin aimed directly at him.
Seeing Cardin going to grab his ears again, but this time in a much more angry fashion, he gripped his hand in a much harder grip. Applying just enough pressure to keep the wrist from cracking he looked Cardin straight in the eye, "I showed you they were real. If that's not enough for you grab an anatomy book."
Pushing him back, he saw Cardin stumble. Feeling his anger turn to rage, Naruto stayed sitting as the rest of team CRDL held Cardin back. "I'm gonna get you, freak."
Rolling his eyes, Naruto resumed his breakfast as CRDL dragged their leader away. It seemed that while Cardin was extremely hotheaded his teammates knew better than to let him get into a fight on the first day of classes.
Opening his Scroll to double check his classes, he saw that he wouldn't have any combat oriented lessons until later in the week. Putting it away, he finished his breakfast and began to make his towards his classes.
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Reading a book as Port began some story about his youth, Naruto saw out of the corner of his right eye that Jaune was about to hit his head on the desk. Shoving a textbook over, Jaune's head made a quiet thump as it bounced off it. Sitting up straight, he looked around trying to see if anyone saw him nod off.
Relieved that no one had, he began to try and take notes. Next to him Naruto was still reading his book. Looking at the back of the cover, he saw that it was about something called fluid mechanics. Dragging his hand down his face, he looked over and saw Team RWBY were diligently paying attention.
Of course unaware to him, Team RWBY was having its own problems. Yang was annoyed that Port tried to hit on her, Ruby was unable to pay attention, and Weiss was annoyed that her teammates were so nonchalant about their class. Blake in the meantime was daydreaming but made it look like she was paying attention.
Looking over the top of his book, Naruto saw that Port was still going on about the story he made up. Sighing, he ignored everything and just focused on reading. It was extremely unlikely that anything important was going to happen in the next few minutes anyway.
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"Sheesh, what's with her?" Jaune asked as Naruto closed his book.
"Hmm?" He asked as he hadn't been paying attention.
"Were you reading your book this entire time?" Jaune asked with surprise.
"Yeah, did something happen?" Naruto asked as he put his book away into the knapsack he brought along for class.
"Well, Weiss just fought a Boarbatusk and she yelled at Ruby." Frowning in confusion, Naruto looked over to Team RWBY and saw that they were all rather glum.
"Start from the beginning."
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"Ah, I get what happened now. Ruby was distracting Weiss." Naruto said as he slipped his knapsack over his shoulders.
"But Ruby was just trying to help." Jaune said confused about the entire thing.
"Weiss is the type of person who takes everything seriously. It's possible that she thinks that Ruby isn't and it's insulting to her. It probably doesn't help that Ruby's younger than her but was made team leader." He explained to try and help Jaune.
"Oh," Jaune let out as he understood what happened.
"We should leave them be. If they can't fix something this simple it'd be best if the entire team fell apart now rather than later on." Naruto said as he walked towards the cafeteria.
"That's kinda harsh don't you think?" Jaune asked as he caught up to the shorter Naruto.
"We're training to be warriors Jaune. Simple little things like this will get you killed on the field. It's best for them to happen in a controlled setting." Naruto explained before he saw Jaune's face.
"Now let's go. I want to meet the rest of your team. We didn't get a chance to yesterday." Naruto said to distract Jaune as he opened the door to the cafeteria.
"They're awesome, you're gonna love them. By the way, where's your team?" Jaune asked as he walked over to where his team was sitting.
"Ah, well..."
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Grabbing a basket, a clone Naruto went around the store grabbing the ingredients he'd need for his own custom made soldier pills. Every medic ninja had their own little recipe. However, what mattered most was not what went into the pill, but its effects on the body.
As such Naruto had figured out a way to combine the effects of the pills with medical ninjutsu. However, those he reserved for the most dire of situations. It wouldn't do to have someone become addicted to his pills after all.
Stopping at the candy section, he pondered on whether to include them into his pills. The sugary taste would make them more palatable, but at the same time if you're being forced to take soldier pills you shouldn't take them in excess.
Grabbing a few sweets, he decided to add them in. It was unlikely that he'd be forced to use the pills, but if he did he'd rather not vomit from the taste.
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Ducking into Jaune's guard during his attempt at a sword swing, Naruto grabbed his chest plate and swung him around and sent him flying. Hearing Jaune scream was interesting as every time he did it sounded just a tiny bit differently. Most of his teammates would agree if they weren't too busy feeling sorry for him.
From the few rounds Naruto had gone with Jaune, they learned that he didn't let him get away with anything. Already he'd been thrown across the room three times and since Naruto was dragging him back into the arena it wouldn't stop there.
"This is normal right? Friends do this to each other?" Pyrrha asked desperately hoping for confirmation.
Seeing Ren shake his head no, Pyrrha turned to ask Nora, "Should we stop this?"
"Next time throw him twice as far!" Nora yelled to Naruto who gave her a thumbs up.
"What'd you say Pyrrha?" Nora asked once she turned her attention to her.
"Please would someone just stop him?!" Jaune pleaded to anyone within earshot of his screams.
"If you're complaining this badly I can only imagine what you're gonna be like when I take you into the Emerald Forest." Naruto said as he punched Jaune's shield hard enough to stagger him.
"Wait! You're gonna what?!" In his shock Jaune dropped his guard, and once again Naruto grabbed him by his chest plate and sent him flying, but just for Nora he sent him twice as far as before.
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"So you have an entire room just to yourself?" Pyrrha asked as she the group to Team JNPR's room.
"Yeah, but it's not as exciting as it sounds. There's a lot of empty space." Naruto replied to the taller girl as he shifted Jaune's unconscious body on his shoulder.
"I put up a hammock to take up some space, but it still feels really empty." He explained as Ren opened up their room.
"You have a hammock!?" Nora asked with excitement and a giant grin on her face.
"Yes. You want to use it?" He asked completely serious.
"Can I?" She asked with hopeful eyes as Naruto dropped Jaune on the bed that Ren pointed to.
"I don't see why not." He said as he walked down the hall and opened his door.
Touching the wall to his right as he went inside his room, he deactivated the security art. Without needed any further invitation Nora ran in and jumped onto the hammock. Stretching, she relaxed into the slight sway it gave.
Pocking his head in, Ren pointed at Naruto's bed and asked, "You put all of the beds together?"
Every room in the dorms were equipped with four beds, but since Naruto didn't have a team the extra beds were taking up space. As a result he put them all together to make one gigantic bed. He actually took it a bit further and used Izanagi to fuse them into a single bed, but he wouldn't tell anyone that.
"Saves space, plus giant bed." He said as Pyrrha looked at the walls of the room and traced the line art.
"You paint?" She asked curiously as the the art on the walls was quite nice.
"Not seriously. It's just something I do from time to time." He lied as he had little artistic talent in painting. He cheated by painting with ink he made from his chakra. It took the form he wanted it to and that included turning into a dragon that stayed on the walls.
Hearing a soft yawn, everyone turned to look at Nora who was starting to doze off on the hammock. Shaking his head, Ren woke her up. Smiling at their interaction Pyrrha spoke up, "With that I think it's time we all went to sleep. We still have the rest of the week to get through."
Waving them off as Ren carried Nora, Naruto closed his door and activated the Fission Jutsu. Splitting into two they nodded to each other, one half of Naruto grabbed his knapsack and teleported away with a flash. The remaining half of Naruto summoned a mortar and pestle. Grabbing the bag that was on his desk, he began to prepare the ingredients for the soldier pills.
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Walking into the academy library, the other half of Naruto began to walk down the rows of books looking for the weapon crafting section. Arriving at it, he was surprised to see that there were only a few books in the entire shelf.
Grabbing one of the books, he frowned as he flipped through it and saw that it was a weapon crafting history book. Looking at the rest of the books he saw that they were along a similar vein. They were about weapon crafting as a subject, but not practical information about weapon crafting.
Putting the disappointing books back, he looked around and saw a bunny eared girl sitting at a table that was filled to the brim with books. Most of them were open and the girl was furiously flipping through most of them and writing things down every so often.
Looking at the spine of one of the closed books, he saw that it was An Imbecile's Guide to Weapon Crafting. Understanding what was happening he decided to leave the library. He wouldn't get anything done and from how rabidly the girl was going through those books, she probably needed them more than him.
Pulling out his Scroll to check the time, he saw that it was a little past 1 A.M. Making a quick calculation, he realized that it was still sun out in Vacuo and Mistral would have daylight in a few hours. Walking into a blind spot in the academy security system, he teleported to Vacuo.
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Dehydrating the last pill by actively draining it of water with his chakra, he placed it with the others. After a few hours work, he had a few jars filled with them. Sealing the jar with a cap and making sure the seal was airtight, he began to channel medical chakra into them. This last batch would be his special soldier pills.
The dark green chakra flowed from his hands into the pills and caused them to slightly glow. Medical chakra always had to be properly directed when used on the human body or it could accidentally cause damage. As such, the chakra that was going into soldiers pills was a variant upon what was normally used. It worked as an anesthetic and it strengthen the body.
A man on the verge of death taking one of his special pills would gain strength and feel no pain until the drug wore off. It had saved many a ninja in his previous life. However, the feelings of power and euphoria ended up resulting in cases of extreme addiction among a few ninja. As a result it had been prohibited for medic ninja to carry more than one pill per person in the squad with one extra for absolute emergencies.
Naruto himself had only used the pills when he was absolutely certain he would die without them. Thankfully, he had many more years of experience under his belt now and as a result he was quite sure that he would never have to take the pills again. He'd rather the pills go to waste and never be used. Now that he had to worry about other people however, he didn't feel right not being prepared for absolutely anything.
Finishing the infusion, the pills glowed faintly green. Sealing those away into his Kamui dimension, he did the same to the rest of the soldier pills. Stretching, he looked at his other half who had just teleported in.
"I'm going to need more money soon." His other half said before they joined back up together.
Sorting through the memories took a moment before Naruto realized he had spent a bit more than he should have in the bookstore in Vacuo. He'd have to find another White Fang cache in the next few days to keep up with his spending. Thankfully, they weren't all that good at security.
Laying down on his hammock, he summoned up one of his newly bought books.
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"You don't have help you know. We could both die." Naruto said to his companion.
"Yes, but if I don't you will die." Itachi said as they ran along the battleground that had served as the host for the Shinju.
"Yeah, but you have a wife and daughter waiting for you." Naruto countered back as they arrived at the site of the destroyed divine tree.
"Who do you think told me to come after you?" Itachi said with a small smile.
"Tch." Naruto said as he scratched the back of his head as he couldn't think of anything else to say.
"Fine, but if we do die you can't blame me. I was all ready to die, but you wouldn't let me do it alone. Got it?" Naruto asked with a frown while pointing a finger at him.
Chuckling softly, Itachi just nodded.
"Alright then. Let's do this."
Summoning forth their chakra, both of their faces gained the markings of the sage as they absorbed nature energy.
Slamming his palms together, Naruto yelled, "Sage Art: Supreme Wood Golem!"
Activating his Sharingan, and then progressing it into his Rinnegan, Itachi bellowed, "Sage Art: True Majestic Attire!"
A gargantuan titan of wood sprouted from the ground as it stood head and shoulders above the clouds. Once it finished forming, it was cloaked in flames as red armor was summoned forth and covered it from head to toe.
Turning it's massive head towards the falling moon, it raised its hands towards it. "ALMIGHTY PUSH!"
Instantly the backlash of the technique destroyed the godly titan as it began to fall to pieces. Among the pieces of debris, the falling bodies of Itachi and Naruto could be seen. Having channeled all of their chakra into the Almighty Push, it had left them susceptible to it's backlash and as a result they were unable to stop themselves from falling.
Opening his eye as best as he could while falling, he looked at Itachi and saw that he was absolutely covered in his own blood. Looking at himself, he saw that he was no better. Feeling his eye close, Naruto fell unconscious.
Opening his eyes, Naruto realized he had fallen asleep. 'Strange that I dreamed of a memory.'
Getting off the hammock, he looked at the clock and realized he still had about an hour before class. Enough time to wash up and eat something.
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Walking towards the dorms of Shade Academy, Itachi ignored the flirty looks he was given by a few members of the student body and some of the faculty. Entering his room, he locked the door and sighed as he slid down against it.
He himself couldn't believe it, but he was quite bored. In his previous life he had enjoyed the peace and tranquility he had helped create. In his current life though? He felt like he was going insane from boredom.
He actively missed going on missions, patrolling, and he even missed guard duty. It was the reason why he wanted to become a Huntsman. It would be similar to what he used to do and it would keep him from having to get some sort of boring normal job.
Knocking the back of his head against the door, he sincerely wished that exceptions would be made for talented individuals so that they could become Huntsman quickly. It'd get him out of the academy and actually out into the world where he could do something.
To make things worse, Vacuo was quite peaceful. There was little crime and organized crime wasn't anything bigger than a few small gangs here and there. Unlike Vale which was apparently going through quite the crime wave if the news he heard over the last few months was true.
Banging his head again, he regretted coming to Shade instead of Beacon. He had thought that the peaceful kingdom would be to his liking. How could he have known that wouldn't be the case?
Standing up, he made his way over to his bed and fell down on it. He was glad that he was currently a teenager or that would have seemed very immature.
So this came into existence after I binged both Vol 1 and 2 of RWBY.
If you're one of my regular readers, you probably want to know about my other stories. Well, these past few months have been pretty bad. However, I have been writing little by little again, but don't expect anything for probably the rest of the year. This story might get updated again before then, but don't count on that either.
Now a little backstory for this Naruto.
He was born 4 years before canon. His younger brother Menma, original name I know, was born 4 years later. Orphaned after his parents died the night Menma was born, he raised his little brother. At 6 he graduated from the Ninja Academy, at 7 he was chunin, at 8 he tried to enter ANBU but was denied for his age. Instead he entered the Medic Corp and found a passion for research and analysis. At 10 he was given the offer to join ANBU, but he turned it down.
Years down the line he began to study the Sharingan and as a result learned about Izanagi. A bit later he learned to use Kamui. Further down that line he learned to use the Almighty Push.
The Wood Style came about similarly, but he developed it when he was a bit younger.
I plan on writing this story later on, but I'm still building things up and figuring things out for that world. Maybe next year I'll release the first chapter.
A little head canon I have about the Almighty Push is that when it's used it results in a backlash. However the technique itself uses some chakra to prevent the backlash from hurting the user, but a skilled enough user can instead use all of the chakra to instead boost the power of the Almighty Push. Doing so results in the backlash affecting the user. Using it on a massive scale like what Naruto and Itachi did almost killed them.