Hello readers to another story crossover. This combines Naruto, Blazblue, and RWBY. To understand the context, I suggest you read my fanfic of 'The Unpredictable Distortion' before reading this to at least get some context as to why Naruto and Blazblue characters are in the RWBY dimension.

So…time to introduce this story!

Disclaimer: The characters, except for a few OCs, are not mine. The franchise and the creator's works are not mine. The story itself is mine.

Chapter 1: Welcome to Remnant

Falling into the unknown is…terrifying, to say the least. Falling into the unknown while fatally wounded…now THAT is death in itself. That is what Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, a fox beastkin, is in right now. A beastkin is a humanoid with animal features; he is a fox beastkin. He is a spiky blonde haired man with red tips on his hair. His face held a natural tan and six whisker-like birthmarks with three on each cheek. Normally, he has azure blue eyes, but minutes before, it easily showed crimson, slitted eyes, and it signified his ferociousness and anger, as well as seriousness in battle. He has rabbit length fox ears like that of a Fennec Fox along with nine, furry foxtails adorning the same shade of red. His top is a black, short-sleeved hoodie with neon red lines at the seams of his hoodie. For the pants, he wore cargo pants with the same color scheme at his top while having several pockets held by belt straps. His red shoes have a chrome steel toe on each shoe. As for his weapon, he wore red gauntlets with a neon blue vein-like pattern running vertically along the arm of each gauntlet.

Now you could ask yourself, "Why is he in this peculiar predicament?" But if you've read the story before this, you'd understand.

Okay…I'll explain. He stopped a gigantic blade from killing a friend he considered his little sister even though he has a sister. Now, how big is the sword? Hmm…larger and longer and slimmer than a train car, that's for sure. While protecting said sister figure, he gets hit by it and is launched into the giant chasm known as the 'Cauldron' like a baseball. Going further back, Naruto only wanted to stop the unity of two individuals who'd create a catastrophe if done right.

Shame… he was having a decent night until he had to learn his friends had a death wish and that his girlfriend pranked the self-proclaimed Prank King (Naruto himself). He wanted to do a revenge prank on her, but sadly couldn't. With his unconscious and bleeding condition, I doubt he's going back up anytime soon.

So let's go back to the topic at hand. He falls down into the 'Cauldron,' where only one Murakumo unit, a humanoid weapon similar to the one he fought moments ago, was capable of going there and back without a scratch. Right now, his body fell at terminal velocity, the crimson life fluid trailing his descent like the smoke trail of a rocket heading to the deepest part of the Cauldron. The sight would no doubt demotivate his friends, except one: Makoto Nanaya, his girlfriend. She's a beastkin like him; the difference is that's she's a squirrel type. Her fighting style is the same to her boyfriend; he taught it to her. She has chestnut brown hair with vanilla white tips at her bangs. Her small squirrel ears and tail hold the same color, and in addition, the girl's bushy tail holds a chipmunk pattern and color scheme. She wore a provocative orange battle uniform that hid next to nothing as it hugged her body, showed the underside of her sizable breasts, and the sides of her panty going high up her curvaceous body. Her skirt is simply a piece of orange cloth that is cut at the sides to accommodate more articulation for footwork. Then going down, she wears a pair of black leggings that hugged her tantalizing thighs with a white cuff at the top and an orange strap with a golden button. Her boots were the same orange as the other parts of her uniform and had a golden or sun-yellow steel-toe on each boot. With her Ars Magus, Crux on her, a pair of cross shaped Tonfas with a gold ring at the center of each weapon, she charged at the defeated and fallen armored girl who wore her sword as armor, a Murakumo unit by the name of Nu, the 13th Prime Field device. Once again, shame that the fox is going through this.

Only Naruto's friends would truly see what happens with the enemy. Noel Vermillion, lieutenant of the Preatorian Guard in the NOL. She is a blonde officer that wears a blue beret with a metal piece stitched onto the bottom of the cap. Her top consists of a collared dress with a red tie with white at the center of the dress and blue at the sides separated by a black seams to outline the colors, it's black on the chest area as well to cover, her lacking, and pitiful bust. On her arms, she wore two blue detached sleeves that had black and gold at the ends of the sleeve. On top of the sleeves, metal arm bracers hug her biceps and on it is a long, red string with a diamond-shaped metal piece that seems to hold no purpose, but for aesthetics. She wore a pair of black leggings and blue steel-toed boots with a golden cross on the middle part of her boots. Her weapon is a pair of white, elongated pistols named Bolverk, a Nox Nyctores, or a weapon made in the first Dark War to fend off the Black Beast. She was the one Naruto took the blow for with major consequences on his health. There were two more people to go.

Ragna the bloodedge, is another friend of his. He is (in)famous among the hierarchical cities as he is an SS-class criminal with a bounty enough to buy a small island. His infamy had granted him the moniker, the Grim Reaper, due to his weapon, affectionately and purposefully named Bloodscythe. His weapon is a white broad sword with only one edge and has and elongated black hilt with a red revolver with seemingly no purpose other than to be there. His spiky, silver hair contrasted with his red, high-collar jacket he is known to wear. On the jacket, two aesthetic, gold belt buckles hold black belts that wrap around the jacket and reach the back. Going lower, he has wears a large belt on his waist and a pair of black hakama pants and red steel-toed shoes.

Jin Kisaragi, ranked as a Major in the NOL, Ragna's brother is the final friend to see Naruto fall. Like Noel, his uniform is blue; however, unlike his subordinate, he wears a white kimono under the blue, high-collar jacket. And with the jacket, two sleeve-like cloths are strapped to it; two button-like protrusions hold them together. Underneath the kimono, a black, skin-tight long-sleeved shirt covered his chest and white gloves cover his hands. He wears the same material for pants and blue steel-toed boots with a golden cross on it. His weapon is Nox Nyctores: Mucro Algesco Yukianesa, or Yukianesa for short. It is a katana with the ability to freeze anything, even the very air it touches.

It would be minutes later when things would return to a sense of normalcy…well normal enough to not visibly mourn for Naruto. Makoto gave a hearty beatdown to her opponent, and she became a crumpled mess (the Unit). Makoto vehemently refused to accept Naruto's death, and a 'Rabbit' agrees with her.

Naruto is not dead. Otherwise, where would this story go? I digress. We must focus on the fallen fox; we shall focus on the others at a later time.

At the end of the journey, or descent if want to be literal, Naruto lands on the cold ground. Fitting because currently, it's snowing, well a snowstorm or blizzard to be more exact. Now in his condition, a wounded Naruto will be a dead Naruto if he doesn't escape the harsh weather in this new, unforgiving land. When inspecting the wound, we can see a large gash slowly closing and slowly leaking more and more blood, gradually turning the white snow into scarlet. His Chakra is acting on its own, trying to heal as best as it could without the aid of medical techniques. It would a long and excruciating process as his body slowly fails him.

Meanwhile, a small child in a red, hooded cloak is trapped within the blizzards as well with no means of finding a way out of the maze she allowed herself to be in. She only wanted to play in the forest, but her uncle wouldn't let her; obviously, she didn't listen to him, and is now shivering from the brutal, cold winds of the blizzard as she searched for any form of shelter. She forgot to take into account that other creatures would be searching for shelter as well, and the ones she needs to look out for…

Are deadly.

"Yang!" She called out, trying to pierce through the veil of wailing winds. "Yang, where are you?!" She tried again helplessly. "Uncle Qrow! Anybody?!" She tried desperately to call for her family, yet her attempts fail one after another. Her cloak fluttered wildly as the breeze picked up, making the girl stumble. The girl, Ruby, a short, black-haired girl with red tints, wore a black jacket and pants and boots; she ran in a random direction, her mind begging her that she was going the right direction.

She ran until she saw something…interesting. Something…

RED. Lots of it, spread across the vanilla ground like strawberry mixed itself.

She ran towards it, curious and worried. She failed to notice several shadows moving behind the trees; they waited, stalked, and scouted the girl and the other body. They were hungry after smelling the blood, but they'd wait to see what happens.

Ruby got closer, and as she got closer, she got a clearer view of what she saw as red in the distance. It was nothing short of terrifying for the girl; she saw a bloody Faunus bleeding and freezing to death. His face and body are covered in a growing pile of snow; his face looked deathly pale, yet somehow holding whatever tan complexion he had from before.

Ruby was told by her friends to stay away from the Faunus, but she couldn't just leave him to die. 'How'd he end up like this anyway? It didn't seem like a bite, but a large cut…from a sword?' She wondered. Her curiosity got the better of her and immediately snapped out of it and started to try to wake the Faunus up. "Wake up, Mr. Faunus." She said as she shook Naruto's body. "C'mon Mister, you REALLY need to wake up!" She shook his body even harder. "Mister, please wake up!" The blood seemed to stop leaking, but the wound still remained as open tissue. With repeated attempts, she seemed to gained progress when she noticed him breathing, he was barely breathing before, but now it's, different.

The Faunus, or beastkin if you didn't figure it out already, opened and blinked his eyes several times to try and focus on what he was seeing. At first he saw a black blob, and as time went on, the image focused; it was small compared to him. It took several more moments to focus until to see the silvery eyes of a young girl that seemed like ten years old. He grunted and tried to get up. He failed. He groaned in pain; it was unbearable, yet somehow he's still alive.

"Gah…that really hits a bad spot." He told himself. Turning to the young savior, he thanked her for waking him up. He would've said more had it not been for the shadow that popped into view behind the girl's unguarded back. Moving through instinct and adrenaline, Naruto parried the strike of a claw. Upon closer inspection, his opponent was a black, bipedal, wolf-like creature with white bony spines sticking out of the forearms and a white faceplate with red markings on it.

"Guh…w-what are you? I'm g-guessing you're not a friend?" it snarled at the weakened blonde. "Okay…I'll take that as a no." The wolf creature swiped its other paw, trying to get a hit. It was parried like the many other futile attempts at trying to harm the fox. Annoyed by this standoff, Naruto coated his arm in a red aura and launched the wolf away with the charged attack dubbed "Impact." That same red aura quickly dissipated after contact with the wolf. The force made the wolf stumble and unable to stand. To make up for the injury, others join in on the fun.

"Damn…you guys don't let a guy take a break…" Naruto weakly says to the group of bipedal wolves. Looking at his injury, Naruto really doubted he could cut loose with that thing hindering his peak condition. With that in mind, why use your body, when you have an appendage that is basically longer than an arm? "Kai!" From his back, nine lines of fire erupt and form nine blood-red katanas with a golden fang-shaped guard, the handles were wrapped in white leather, leaving red diamond-shaped openings, and the pommel was golden. The red blade has a standard shape, but closer to the guard, serrated edges form, a function meant to cut through a stalemate between blades or anything else. When it was summoned, they cleanly landed in the snow, not one sword a millimeter off in its stabbed position on the ground. "Sorry, fellas, but you are a threat to the young lady. GET DOWN, KID!" Ruby instantly dived into the snow awaiting the end of the confrontation. At the same time, all fifteen wolves jump and try to pounce on the blonde fox.

The keyword in the previous sentence is: try.

In the air, unless the creature is capable of flight, nothing is able to alter it's own course in the air. That is true for the wolves and with the fact blatantly stated for you readers, you know what it means, right? All fifteen wolves are cleanly bisected, with each cut, there was no resistance and it only served for the blonde to slash faster and wilder.

To Ruby, the scene was a personal blizzard. The force of the swings, the speed, the cutting power, made for a rotating dome of snow, metal, and blood. Anything within the dome became shreds in an instant. Ruby was amazed and frightened at the same time; the gory event is something a ten-year-old girl should be scared of after all. When the fox was done, the butchered and shredded corpses of the wolves were sprawled across the snow; their blood too stained the beautiful moon-tinted snow. The fox goes on one knee from the pain at his side. Quickly trying to heal it, Naruto tried to use the medical ars he learned during his senior year at the Academy.

Nothing happened. No seithr coated his palm. Naruto tried using a 'Rasengan' with seithr. The same outcome happened. "What happened?" He said out loud. 'Where's the seithr?' Seithr, the invisible gas that fuel Naruto's as well as others attacks were non-existent. Seithr came from the Black Beast of the first Dark War; it released seithr as an effect because it existed. When destroyed by the Six Heroes, the seithr remained, and it forced many, if not all to go to higher ground; this is how the Hierarchical cities were created.

And once again, I digress. Sorry 'bout that. Now think back to when Naruto used 'Impact.' Naruto instinctively used Chakra, the combination of spiritual and physical energies within the body, to fight against the wolf.

"Where did it go?" He muttered to himself. Then he remembered, he was supposed to die. The Cauldron is where he's supposed to die, yet he's not dead or anywhere near a Hierarchical city for sure. His train of thought shattered as his injury was brought back into focus. "Thank goodness I still have Chakra. " His right hand glowed green and it quickly rejuvenated and regenerated the cells that created his skin and muscles. Thirty seconds later, the wound seemed erased, but it was still there. Right now, it is still soft tissue; it could still be harmed and will reopen the wound if one clean hit allows.

Standing up, he went to the girl, who still cowered in fear. He poked her. "We can't stay here. We need to go." The cloaked girl slowly stood up, and with a clean view, Naruto saw how tall she was. She seemed almost a head shorter than him, yet her face clearly dictates that she's a ten-year-old.

His mind shut down. He realized something: he de-aged.

A slap to the face brought him back.

"Sorry, you were out of it, and I couldn't figure out how to get you back." Naruto heard her, but the growls in the distance were of more importance. He turned around and went on his knees.

"On my back, now!" Ruby noticed the urgency in his words and did not question his order. She placed her legs by his waist, and her arms wrapped around his neck in a position that wouldn't choke the blonde. "Hold on tight." Ruby doubted they could outrun the wolves, but she's heard that a Faunus is unique and takes on attributes from their animal counterpart. While a fox isn't the fastest, they are cunning.

She was right. Her savior used tree trunks and blasted off from them to gain speed, and easily outran the wolves. While they were running, she noticed a strange three-pronged knife firmly clutched in his hands. Is he planning to fight with that?

"I'll warn you right now. What I'm planning to do will make you nauseous."

"What does 'nauseous' mean?"

"Sick. Barf sick."

"Eww. Don't do it please."

"I need to."

"Why?"

"So we can get closer to town. You've got people that hunt those things right?"

"Y-yeah… but can't y-OAHHHH!" Ruby is in the air. Why is she in the air? Why is she still in the air? "AHHH! Get me down!" she ordered.

"Wow…not a sign of nauseousness at all. That's a first." Naruto said to the girl on his back as he searched for lights through the wall of snow and wind. With some difficulty, he saw it, the lights of a city a large city, not Kagutsuchi large, but large nonetheless. Seeing his target, Naruto plopped the kunai in his hand into the ground and teleported his way to it.

"Say…girl, do you want to just run away like this?"

"What did you do?"

"The kunai, this knife-" he pointed to his weapon, "-allows me to teleport." He explained simply.

"Wow! That's so cool! Let's do that instead of running. It's better for you to than running right?" He nodded. "Then let's do it, I don't feel sick at all."

"Okay." He let her stand normally. "What's the name of my cute passenger boarding the Thundergod train?" Ruby blushed up a storm, and Naruto having a girlfriend now noticed the small actions a girl does, and he mentally slapped himself. Fuu, Ino, Temari, Tao, Timi, Hinata, Karui, and now this little girl; what did he do to deserve an admiring harem when he's clearly devoted to one person? "I-I'm sorry, could you repeat that? I may have sensitive ears, but even that doesn't help me decipher mumbles."

"Ruby. My name is Ruby Rose." She said clearer. Naruto smiled, "A lovely name for a lovely girl." He placed a hand on her shoulder and threw the knife in the direction of the town and disappeared into a fireball.

"And you, Mr. Faunus?"

"Faunus?"

"That's what you are, a person with an animal trait." Oh. A beastkin.

"Thanks."

"What for?"

"For…not calling me a freak, thing, or things like that. I have emotions, wants, wishes; I'm a…person. While I'm not a human, I am confident enough to say that I'm a person. My full name is Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze. Call me Naruto. Nice to meet you Ruby."

"Ditto, Naruto."

After minutes of teleporting, Ruby spoke and broke their silence.

"I hope Uncle Qrow finds us." She said sadly. "I only wanted to play in the snow, I didn't mean to get lost."

"Think of it this way, if you hadn't disobeyed your uncle, I'd be dead right now." Naruto said with a laugh at the end. "Don't feel bad, it's normal for a ten-year-old to rebel a bit."

"But he'll get angry at me."

"So? Take it. You need to learn how to be responsible for your actions."

"What side are you on?"

"The side that makes you more compassionate." Naruto answered calmly. "Now let's go find your family." Ruby was confused, yet thankful for Naruto's words. She was glad that she found a nice Faunus. She didn't believe that crummy, white-haired girl's word about all Faunus being evil, and it paid off in saving his life. Say…what happened to the wound?

"Ru…" "…bes." "Rub…"

"Hear that?" Ruby nodded. Those were the voices of Yang Xiao Long and Qrow. Naruto stopped teleporting; they could run the distance. He doubted the wolves could reach them in time.

A memory crept up on him, catching him off guard. The memories of his clone reached his head. Fire killed it. That clone was five minutes away from this position.

Nevermind.

"Uncle Qrow! Yang! I'm back!"

"Ruby!" The girl received bone-crushing hugs from her uncle and sister. "We thought we lost you." The scene was heartwarming, that's true, but they, along with a group of armed men and women failed to register Naruto's presence.

"Ow. Yang pwease staph…" Ruby choked on her words.

"But I'm so glad I got my baby sister back. Thanks, Mr. Faunus." Yang, the blonde girl said. The girl wore heavy, yellow winter clothes with fur at the edges. Qrow, the uncle, looked like Rachel's butler, Valkenhayn, but younger, much, much younger than his beastkin counterpart. Immediately, the Huntsmen and Huntresses readied their weapons and aimed it at Naruto.

"Hey. Hey…put the guns, swords, mace, whip, and rocket launcher down. Shouldn't you be thanking me that I brought Ruby back?" He asked calmly. He received no response, until Ruby's elder sister hugged him.

"Thanks a lot, fox guy! I didn't know what I'd without my baby sis."

"It's fine…um…Yang, right?"

"Yup."

Qrow went closer to the blonde fox. He stared him down, trying to intimidate Naruto. The fox rolled his eyes at the attempted intimidation; he had worse experiences with his mother. "So sir, can you tell me about those wolves?"

"Wolves? You mean the Beowolves, one of the most gruesome and tactical Grimm? The ones that can easily catch up to any prey?"

"You mean the same ones that I outran with a less than five minute gap?" Naruto countered. Qrow was taken aback; a mere twelve-year-old outran Beowolves, not even Huntsmen or Huntresses with the semblance of speed could outrun them if there was a long chase. "They don't seem like much."

Just as he said that, a transmission came and reached the radio on one of the Huntsmen.

"Guys? I found a really large pack heading for your position. It's lead by a Garm too, I see no Alpha in sight."

"Roy! What are you doing gawking at them then? Get out of there!" cried out one of the Huntresses, the distress in her voice easily heard.

"Way ahead of you." A stick snapped under his step. The growls became louder and closer. "You're not getting anything from me!" The transmission became erratic; the sounds of gunshots, growls, and grunts filled the radio chatter. The sounds of bone, flesh, and crunches were transmitted; a morbid sound none had wanted to hear.

"Roy!" The Huntsmen and Huntresses cry out. It was hopeless; the man, Roy Alblu, is dead. Two Huntsmen cursed their luck; a Garm is leading an unnaturally large pack of Beowolves that has no Alpha; a strange phenomena indeed. A Garm is a very mobile and agile Grimm despite its hulking size and frame. Its bulky front legs are covered in the same white, bony structure and shaped into the form of a gauntlet; the feature of this Grimm is that it's able to produce and expel flames. This wolf-like creature has an elemental ability many high-level Grimm have, and all abilities have no known origin to point out how this or any Irregular Grimm have it.

Now I shall give a small class on ranking. There are two classes; one Regular, the other, Irregular. Regular class Grimm are ranked D to C rank Grimm. They are based on their seemingly instinctive drive to eat, and the lack of an elemental ability. Irregulars are ranked B to S. They have elemental abilities only beings with Aura should have, hence the name Irregulars. While they have no soul, they have unique quirks compared to the mindless Grimm in the Regular class. Although there are exceptions to the mindless part, the Beowolves hunt in packs, a surefire sign that they have tactical abilities. Anyways, Irregulars have a distinct dislike or personality that distinguishes it from other Grimm. The Garm's quirk is that it NEVER loses its prey, and it doesn't discriminate against anything destruction wise.

Now let's return to the story. Naruto frowned on the Huntsman's death. He would've gladly fought that pack if it meant nobody died, but his previous condition prevented him from fighting in his peak form. Now, he still isn't in top condition, but can easily wipe that pack off that face of the planet.

What's stopping him?

He ran to where he came from, and ignited his palms with crimson and golden flames dancing along his arm. No one was able to react fast enough to stop Naruto's charge, and instead ran after him to try and save his life. When a pillar of fire erupted within the forest interior, everyone knew that the Faunus meant business.

Naruto's right hand held a fireball large enough to burn the trees around him as well as Beowolves scouting for his scent. He plowed through the trees, and left a moist path to follow, where soft, thick snow used to be. As he brute forced his way around, he searched for his target; it should be large, seeing as animals had an Alpha to lead them and were usually was large. Then he saw it, the massive wolf with white alabaster, bony gauntlets covering its forelegs to contrast the thick, scarred black skin of the humongous creature. Now positioning his right arm, Naruto moved it in front of his face, planning to thrust the attack into its face. The Garm did the same, but opened the bone to show golden flames wrapping itself around its arm.

The two appendages clash with a semi-circle wall of orange flames and golden embers fluttering about in the wind. The clash shook the snow around them and melted it almost instantly, leaving the dewed grass to dry up to the heated air.

"Man you are one big doggie, arentcha?" Naruto slyly commented. It growled as if it understood the fox, and it strengthened the force of its arm. Naruto did the same, treating this stalemate as a strange arm wrestling match.

The Huntsmen and Huntresses along with Qrow and his nieces arrived to see the spectacle of a twelve-year-old looking like he's fourteen at a stalemate against the brute force of the Garm.

"H-how…?" One Huntress managed to croak out in disbelief. "How is that kid that strong to be at a stalemate with that behemoth?! No one has that kind of monstrous strength to do that!"

"Yet here we are seeing the spectacle in a twelve-year-old Faunus, who seems like can use his Aura properly by shaping it into a specific attack, a feat not many have done." Qrow said to the Huntress. She closed her mouth, not wanting to incite wrath from the scythe-wielding professor.

To Naruto, he waited long enough, and broke the deadlock by shifting the attack to his right, fully evading the arm, and exposed the Garm's side. Naruto grinned at the large opening, and brought his left fist into a powerful left hook that made the Garm be launched away about thirty meters away from his position. The audience gawped at the sight once more; the Faunus has incredible strength to push back a heavyweight Grimm like that.

The beast shook off the pain and growled at the Faunus before roaring in rage. Naruto took it as a challenge as he said, "Up for more? Come at me bro and get your beatdown of the century!" The two fiery fighters ran towards each other, intent of pummeling the other into the ground. The Garm struck first, aiming a flaming paw at his tiny, but powerful prey. Naruto halted his charge just enough that the paw would marginally miss him, but the shockwave would hit him. To prevent that, he spun clockwise and punched the paw just perfectly so that the paw destabilized the Garm and made it tumble into the ground.

"And the Doggie is down!" Naruto cheered to no one while he brought his arm up into an uppercut and force the Grimm up from its casual meet with the dirt. He launched his tri-pronged kunai to its left cheek and teleported right there, and gave a bone-crushing Chakra infused punch that produced a shockwave. He did the same thing to the right before holstering his kunai now that he has tagged his opponent. He cycle through the motions, making the Garm go back and forth from the punches.

The Garm had enough. When Naruto teleported to its right, it moved with the attack, lessening the force and added to its momentum when it spun counter-clockwise to give a human-sized paw to Naruto's face and body and sending him into several trees.

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" The enraged Garm roared at its fallen knew it wasn't done, and jumped up at a height a beast of its size and frame to not be able to do. It launched itself high enough and brought both its flaming paws down to its prey to crush and burn it.

Meanwhile Naruto returned his bearing to the right place before feeling the warm air on top of him. Without hesitation, he teleported only at the last minute, giving an effective shock to his raging beast of an opponent. He teleported to its right cheek, and the Garm eyed him with its pure red eyes. Naruto did the same, his normal blue but slitted eyes turned crimson, and gave a toothy grin as he punched to Garm away.

The hulking beast rolled on the ground, unable to meet stable ground. When it did, Naruto shot a kunai at its unshielded head and smacked it down into the ground and made a colossal crater.

"Sucks to be you, Doggie." The Faunus gave a forceful right hook and leaned on his left knee and sprung off it to return with a devastating left hook and did the same thing to his right knee and repeated the cycle, performing a Dempsey roll of the Grimm. To end the combo, the blonde did a clockwise overhead punch, knocking the Garm's face further into the ground. "How's that?" The Garm answered by removing its face from the dirt and met its face with Naruto's, who headbutted the Grimm into a staredown. "So that's your answer? Pretty ballsy for a monster like you." It was there that Naruto noticed how much the de-aging has done; Naruto's personality has degraded somewhat to his cocky self when he was twelve, but the rest of his personality as a mature man retained. In simple terms, Naruto is cockier than before.

The next action shocks the audience. Naruto's swords appeared and swung wildly behind him; the scenery and the Beowolves behind him were decimated. "Neh, Doggie, you got any new tricks?" The two break contact when the growl of the Garm intensified into a roar. The heat around the wolf increased and materialized into flames; a dome of intense flames erupt around the Grimm and envelopes the fox. When the dome of fire disappeared, so too did the fox. Confused, the Grimm searched for its prey. A fireball appeared right at its underbelly; it was Naruto with a flaming sphere with smaller orbs orbiting the sphere like planets.

"BURN!" Naruto yelled at the top of his lungs as he thrusts the orb into the giant wolf's belly. It grinded and burned the Grimm's skin and fur like sandpaper, and the final effect of the attack sent the Grimm flying away in a ignited vortex of fire. "I'm not done yet!" He teleported again to the Garm's belly and grabbed it, flipping the colossal wolf over himself and slamming it into the ground. The Garm rolled around, trying to get up. "What does it take to end your life, Doggie?!" Naruto yelled at the Grimm. The Garm roared, the fire in its arms springing forth like a spear and aimed for Naruto. The fox blocks it, but it exploded on contact, stunning him. The Garm swung a paw, effectively cracking bones on the left side of Naruto's body. The impact sent Naruto rolling on the ground and made Naruto hit several tree on his newly recovered side. However, now it seems that wound has opened once more.

"Gah…" Naruto gasped in pain. "Damn it all. I'm still not in perfect condition." He tried standing up, but a paw crushed his body into the dirt. "AAAAAAAAUGH!" The scream of pain echoed to the audience. Qrow was ready to fight; the boy had done enough, and most likely, the boy was dead.

"Damn DOG!" A pillar emerged from the paw crushing the blonde. "I'm done playing! How about you?!" The Garm roared in approval, igniting the rest of its body, giving the impression of a hellhound. "Come on!" The two charge at each other slamming fist to paw with such force that the trees shook at their roots and the snow beneath them blew away and melted when the two sources of heat clashed. The Garm swiped its right paw, sending a stream of fire to its prey. Then something strange happened: the fire seemed to wrap itself around the fox's weapons. "I'm not gonna let you do anything to hurt innocent people!" The fox exploded a burst of Charkra, and willing his body and weapon to get stronger.

"Lucky fox…you passed my trial. Alright partner, let's beat this stubborn dog."

"Sealing glyph 1 through 13 activated, limiter breakdown commence. Breakdown rate: 200%. Astral Engine activate now. Limiter code: Armageddon." Naruto muttered the words, unsure of their origin. The Garm tried attacking, but a barrier prevented harm to come to its caster. It took two minutes when Naruto said, "Glyph 1 through 13 destroyed. Moving to the final seal. Death seal: reconfigured. Status: Revertable. All seals destroyed. Come forth Nox Nyctores: Astral Armageddon!" With that the barrier shattered, and with it, a modified weapon attached itself to its wielder. The new form extended to the base of Naruto's arms. It now had a pauldron with a crest that looked like a crown. It linked to the gauntlet form, covering the biceps and triceps of the fox using leather. The gauntlet's vein design extended to this new part, arching across towards the crested pauldron. The hand now contained a rectangular knuckle attachment and what seemed to be a trigger at the handle. But there was a final addition to the Nox. On the pauldron, there is a circle extrusion. In that circle, lines curved, stretched, expanded to form the line art of a face of a fox in glowing neon blue. Naruto snapped out of his wonderings when he realized this was the forbidden form of the Crimson Breaker, his weapon's base form. This was the form that resulted in the death of his older brother, and now he's using it.

"So…Arma, huh? Nice to meetcha, partner." The weapons glowed blue intensely for a second. "I agree. We oughta beat this dog out of existence." He flashed a murderous grin at the Garm, and slammed his fists together, an action that signals, "I'm ready!"

Moments after, the Garm pounced on its prey, who jumped towards it, and headbutted it. Releasing a burst of Chakra, Naruto launched himself away from the Garm like a rocket. Doing the same thing but altering it slightly, he turned his bursts into projectiles, and while not a powerful as his 'Comet Cannon' or 'Flare Cannon,' this would deal enough damage to stun it. Teleporting again, Naruto slammed his powerful strikes at the Garm in an onslaught of power and destruction. Now on top of the downed Garm, Naruto grabbed the beast and chucked it upwards with greater strength and force than before.

With that success, Naruto jumped and did several backflips in one sitting. As soon as he initiated his final backflip, he teleported to the Garm's belly, grabbed its fur and released a burst of chakra like afterburners on a fighter jet, increasing the rotation speed Naruto created by doing backflips. "Up you go!" The timing was perfect and the throw made it so that the Garm headed into the sky at a perfect ninety-degree angle. "And now for the Finale!" In his right hand the same sphere emerged, only larger, blue, and instead of having three orbs orbiting, it had five red spheres with their own tiny, blue orbs orbiting their respective sphere; it looked like a galaxy was materializing out of his hand. What surprising to the group watching was that not only did Naruto know how to use pure Aura as a weapon, but to manipulate it into a shape. Now this galaxy-looking attack spun wildly, screeching like a train coming to a stop. Naruto threw the buzzsaw-looking attack towards the Grimm.

On contact, it grinded on the skin and fur and burned it again. When the first layer, the rings of 'planets' and its 'moons,' disappeared, the 'center' of the galaxy-like attack did the same thing on a much larger scale before exploding into a sphere of crimson, gold, scarlet, and orange fire that reached the treetops. The heat from the attack melted all the snow around the area, leaving the wet grass and muddy ground exposed to the cold weather that turned hot.

"Thanks a lot, Arma. Couldn't have done it without ya." He said to himself as he fell backwards due to exhaustion and the reopened wound.

"My pleasure, partner. You Uzumakis always have the tenacity and an unyielding will, you know that?" The Namikaze grinned.

'It's Namikaze, but yeah, the 'never giving up' attitude is hereditary.'

"Looks like your paparazzi is coming to get you, partner. I'll take a nap, later."

'Yeah…later.'

Yang and Ruby were the first to arrive, eager to tell the Faunus about the sight. "THAT. WAS. AWESOME!" Yang told the blonde enthusiastically. Ruby nodded with a smile plastered on her face.

"Quite the feat, young man. Not only were you able to manifest pure Aura and used it offensively in such a professional level, but you also manipulated its shape, a rare case in history." Qrow complimented the Faunus. "What's your name?"

"Shouldn't…you be introducing yourself first, farmer?" Naruto joked.

"This farmer's name is Qrow, and I'm a professor and an expert in scythe-wielding."

Naruto frowned. "Jeez, I was only joking. Learn to lighten up, old man Qrow." Said man sighed.

"Are you that laidback and disrespectful to your elders?"

"Are you that old?" Naruto answered back with a smile. Qrow scowled, and Naruto cringed slightly; he had worse experiences with his mom. "Anyways, nice to meet you, Qrow. Name's Naruto Namikaze, and if you don't mind, I'll take a nap. I'm exhausted." The blonde told the truth. Almost immediately, the snores emerge from the Faunus.

"This kid…I hate to say it, but he's skilled and refined to the point that he can be a full-fledged Hunter now. It's as if he's fought like an experienced man." One of the Huntsmen says reluctantly.

"Indeed. This child is most interesting. I suggest you enroll him, Professor. He'd do well in Signal and in Beacon." A Huntress said, supporting the Hunter's opinion.

"Naruto Namikaze… In the Eastern Kingdom, that translates as 'maelstrom wavy wind.' How true. The wind blows strongly for the boy."

It was at that same time, four portals appear in separate locations. One is Jin Kisaragi's, who now sported a sleeveless, blue high-collar shirt with golden trims and seams and a white, vertical cloth. He also wore the same black Hakama pants his brother wears, but his footwear remained the same. We landed in an unfamiliar place; the eye-catcher was the alabaster-white castle-like mansion with the emblem of a snowflake, an emblem he doesn't recognize from any of the Duodecim families. He woke up at the forest edge, almost hidden away from passer-bys.

Almost.

A white-haired girl who shaped her hair into an asymmetrical ponytail spotted him. She wore a silver blouse with red inside it and a wool coat over it. She screamed.

That did not go well, if the oncoming horde of armored guards were anything.

"Who goes there?" Asked one of the guards. Jin weakly stood up, wondering where are the other, but this was another matter that took more importance.

"I am, sir. I'm lost can you tell me where I am?" Jin asked politely; however, the guards thought differently. He was slammed into the snowy ground.

"A Faunus? How'd you get in here?" Yelled the head guard.

"I told you I'm l-"

"Don't spew that rubbish around here Faunus."

'Faunus? Animal? Am I a beastkin?'

"Now just what is going on here?!" asked the commanding voice of a woman. The woman was the lady of the House. Lady Blanche Schnee. She looks like the older version of the girl of yonder, her mother perhaps? "Guards! Tell what happened."

"We came across this Faunus scum when miss Schnee screamed." Answered one of the guards hastily. Another released the blonde Faunus out of fear of inciting the wrath of the Lady of the house.

She turned to Jin. "And who are you, young man?"

"Jin Kisaragi miss-"

"Blanche Schnee. Now what brings you my family's home?"

"I don't know, Lady Schnee. I woke up here."

"At least you know who you are." The way the boy answered seemed like he had amnesia. Thank goodness that wasn't the case. "If you don't know where you are, do you at least know what you're doing before you came here?"

"I… I'm searching for a friend." Jin answered.

"A friend?"

"His name is Naruto Namikaze. He's a spiky blonde fox Faunus with nine red tails and a pair of red rabbit length ears. He wears predominantly red of black clothing in the form of short-sleeved jacket, black pants, steel-toed shoes. His facial features are six whisker-marks, three on each cheek, and has blue slitted eyes. Personality wise, he's laid-back, but serious in a fight, and has a smile that makes it seem like he won the lottery."

"You know how to profile your friends." Lady Schnee commented. "Impressive." She stood still, thinking about what to do. Then an idea popped in her head. "How about you become a bodyguard for my daughter?"

"What?/ WHAT?"

"Looking at your frame, you're a swordsman, aren't you?" Jin nodded and summoned Yukianesa. "Become my daughter's bodyguard, and I'll assist your search of your friend."

"It'd be an honor, milady."

In another area, Ragna landed at a forest edge as well. "Oh man, that hurt. My head ringing all types of bells I don't wanna hear." He groans in pain as he sat up. His outfit changed to his training outfit in the past. He'd say more, but a red katana's edge was pressed on his throat.

"Now who…are…you?" The figure behind him questioned him. "Dog."

"The hell you talking about? I ain't a dog!" Ragna said defiantly. Then he felt a tug on his hair, but the thing was…

It wasn't hair.

"This thing doesn't help your argument, Dog." The figure said. "Now who are you?" He pressed the blade closer and deeper on Ragna's throat.

"I ain't telling you jack!" He said as he yanked the blade off him. He turned around and.

"O-hoh… I've got nothing more to say now, Cow." Ragna said with a grin on his face. The figure behind him was a red-haired teen with a bronze half-mask with intricate flame designs on it. He wore a black jacket and a red shirt underneath, and he wore black pants and shoes. His weapon's sheath is a-

"Why the hell is your gun a sheath?" Ragna yelled.

"My fighting style." The red-haired answered simply. Then he pointed his sword to Ragna. "Now. Name, Dog?"

"Oh I'm on for a fight, Cow!" He pulled out Bloodscythe and trained it on his opponent. The two took stances, readying a fight. That was going to happen, but a two by four hit the red-haired teen on the head. The same happened to Ragna. "Oww… What the hell?!" He looked for his aggressor, a pretty, black-haired girl with cat ears held the two by four.

"No fighting you two. Now make up!" Ordered the girl. "You first, Adam."

"Blake can-"

"Now, Adam." The girl named Blake ordered harshly again. Adam sighed and sheathed his blade. He composed himself before the newcomer.

"Sorry…um"

"Ragna Kisaragi. Sorry 'bout that too erm…"

"Adam Taurus."

"And you?" He asked Blake.

"Blake Belladonna." She said. "Welcome to the White Fang Headquarters."

"White Fang?"

And in another area, an alleyway is more appropriate, Noel's clothes remain unchanged, however, she now sports a pair of golden cat ears and a tail. She is knocked unconscious, but a pair of Rabbit Faunus finds her.

"Oh dear, what happened to this young lady?"

"I don't know mom, I just found her like this."

"Let's bring her to our house, and let her rest properly."

The last area was a backyard. There was a mansion, eastern in origin. It was grand; its green roof blended with the clear, night sky. The red pillars were sturdy and thick to support the mansion, and on it was an emblem of a pink Lotus. Its walls were paper-woven. All in all, it seemed like the homes of that of the Ikarugan people. Here, Makoto wondered where she was as well as where her boyfriend went. It was then and there when something orange came into view.

"Hiya!" A girl greeted with a beaming smile. "Who are you and where are you from?" The girl asked. Before Makoto could answer, the girl asked, "Are you a squirrel? Can I touch it? Is it fluffy? Do you eat acorns?" She bombarded the squirrel with questions faster than she could answer them. Makoto was getting irritated.

'This girl…is just as talkative as that blabbering flirt; only that guy was more annoying than this one!' The girl wore a silvery gray shirt and a pink skirt and pink sneakers.

"NORA!" A boy cried out. "How many times do I have to tell you to not launch a barrage of questions at strangers?"

"Hmm…I lost count after 3775!" The girl, Nora, answered sheepishly. The boy sighed. When he came into view, Makoto saw a black-haired boy with a magenta strand on the left side of his hair. He wore a green kimono with the same Lotus emblem etched on the columns of the mansion. He also wore white pants and black flat-foot shoes.

"Hello. My name's Lie Ren. This here is Nora Valkyrie." "Hiya!" "What brings you to my home's backyard?" Asked the boy.

"I don't know how I got here." Makoto answered groggily. "I remember jumping down a chasm and that's it."

"Do you at least know who you are?" Makoto scoffed at the question.

"Of course I do! My name's Makoto Nanaya, and I'm looking for my boyfriend."

"Boyfriend?" "Ooh! What does he look like? Is he a Faunus like you? What type of Faunus is he? How old is he? Can other Faunus breed with a different type of Faunus?" "Nora…" "Sorry Ren."

"How about we talk this over with my family?" Ren suggested.

"Okay!" Makoto agreed heartily. "Lead the way, Ren."

And so a new journey begins and unfolds for our heroes. These five individuals separated at the starting line will go through their own path. However, their paths would lead them to one road; a road that points to a Beacom of light and a tower of darkness.

Well guys? What do you think of this crossover? Follow and favorite if you desire. Review too. It'd help.

Next time: Branching path: Jin

After that: Branching path: Makoto, the Noel, and then Ragna.

Clarify to readers. Naruto taught the others how to use Chakra; it's not stated officially in my other fic, but I have said that the others have been taught. Hope this won't affect your opinion of my story.

Azure out.