Yuki looked at everyone that listened along as he began reading. "Chapter 1"
1 year later
Jaune Arc, current age: 14
Jaune sat in the backyard of his home cross-legged, his eyes closed as he meditated, trying to get a better feel for his chakra for his preparation in Senjutsu training.
Everyone listening were curious about Senjutsu. They had heard about it in the previous story, but it wasn't really shown much and only the basics of it was explained. Yuki decided to humor them and showed a bit of the canon Naruto's training for the art, including the increase in strength, as well as the downsides.
Needless to say, they all had that inner child moment of wanting to learn something that cool.
In the past year since his arrival on Remnant, in the small fishing village of Luven, he had grown a bit, since he wasn't eating just Ramen anymore, and he'd even decided to up his training a bit by using resistance seals that Ero-Sennin had left for him in the large scroll.
"Those will be included in everyone's gift piles, as long as you guys promise to have a Jounin, the Hokage, or Might Gai regulate the level they are at to prevent anything going wrong. Over using them can lead to being stunted in growth, being crushed by the forces, or developing wrong."
At the same time, he was curious to see if he'd even manage to form chakra chains like his mother had apparently used, as they might prove helpful one day.
Yuki had to quietly remind Naruto that the chakra chains were already a part of his gift.
He was also really excited when he had managed to actually pull off a genjutsu, although a minor one, it proved to be very powerful, as only he could dispel it, and he didn't need to stay concentrated on it, nor did constantly require chakra to stay active.
"Can't add it because I don't know which genjutsu it is. If your other does use it, I'll add it. Also, if its proven that you guys can use aura as well as chakra without any real side effects, then having your aura unlocked will be a part of your gift collection."
The genjutsu in question served to hide his whisker marks, mostly because he was getting tired of people mistaking him for some kind of cat faunus, he also did not want a repeat a Konoha when he would go shopping in Vale, the largest city in the kingdom.
An overhead view of the city in question popped up on the screen, which got looks of awe from the gennin. Those looks grew when more screenshots came up, showing off just how advanced in technology this new world was. Yuki also explained in a bit more detail the mechshift that most weapons in the RWBY-verse, as well as explaining what firearms were and a general idea of how they worked. He didn't want to go into detail and have guns show up in the elemental nations after all.
While the original Jaune was thinking this and meditating, multiple groups of clones were currently doing different training exercises.
One group was working on tree climbing, another on water walking, one on mastering wind manipulation, one on water manipulation, and one on mastering the Rasengan.
A clip showing what exactly a Rasengan was, and what it could do played on the screen, as well as a short clip of jiraiya explaining the technique a bit and the revelation that it wasn't complete, followed by clips of what a Rasenshuriken could do, with and without sage mode. The fact that Naruto, at least in the future, was able to do something that not even the fourth hokage or one of the sennin could do was amazing. Those not after the blond's affections had feelings of terror at just how strong the blond could become.
The girls in Naruto's little 'harem' were feeling a bit hot and bothered and couldn't exactly figure out the reason why.
Shadow clones were seriously cheating when you stopped to think about it, any knowledge gained by a clone was sent back to the original upon being dispelled, and since Jaune had high Kage levels of chakra, he could create an army of clones, although he couldn't dispel them too quickly or else he might become brain dead from the information overload, so instead he would dispel his clones in groups of 20 every minute.
As a side note, he'd also sent a few clones into the house to do some of the chores, to take the load off his mother, she was already occupied dealing with 8 children, so the least he could do was help with the chores, as well, he sent some into the woods to scout out for any Grimm in the area.
Grimm had been a surprise for him when he learned about them, to think that there were animals that were even angrier than the fuzz ball.
That brought on the explanation on the various Grimm, including pictures of the various known grimm that plagued Remnant.
''I heard that kit.'' a voice growled from within his mind, making Jaune raise an eyebrow.
''Kurama? You're finally awake?'' Jaune asked before he was pulled into his mindscape by the mighty Bijuu.
At first Jaune expected the usual sewer when he entered inside, but instead he found a forest, and the usual cage was now made of powerful looking trees.
Yuki smirked. "Kurama's not going to be left out of this deal, so I'll be helping out with the restructuring of the sealscape so its similar... maybe through in some large bunnies for him to hunt..." the last part was muttered out loud to himself.
If Yuki had looked into the seal, he'd would have found a certain Biju lost in his fantasy world as he was dreaming about rabbit.
''Woah, everything's changed.'' he said in amazement.
''Not too surprising considering how things have turned out for you recently kit.'' Kurama grinned at him through the trees.
Jaune chuckled ''Yeah, in retrospect, it would make sense.'' he looked up at his partner ''So, you're finally back at full power then?''
''You know it kit, and I already got one thing for you to train on now that I'm back, controlling the cloak better.'' said Kurama with a grin.
Jaune's eyes widened a bit ''You sure about that? I know I can handle one tail's worth of power just fine, but I'm not really sure about higher for now.''
Hearing that made Naruto nervous. To be honest, he was still a bit scared about what would happen if/when he does train in that cloak and something bad happens...
The girls sensed his distress and held him close in an attempt to comfort the blond.
Kurama nodded in understanding ''Which is why you'll be sending out another group of clones into the forest, and give just one of them the order to tap into my chakra, while the others will observe it and dispel it should it start to go out of control. The practice the clone gets will transfer over to you once it dispels, thus making this method safe for your family.''
Yuki made sure to leave a scroll on that method. Knowing that super perverts methods, Jiraiya would probably either forget or ignore it for his methods if it didn't.
Jaune nodded after thinking it over for a few seconds, stepping out of the mindscape and creating a group of 50 clones, giving one of them the order to use Kurama's chakra and activate the cloak before sending them into the forest, adding in the extra order of trying to fight any grimm he comes across while in the cloaked state, and that if the one activating the cloak gets dispelled, to have another one of them activate the cloak, up until only ten of them were left, that was the moment to stop testing the cloak for the day.
He heard Kurama chuckling in his mind ''You've gotten pretty good at giving out orders kit, you're looking like a natural born leader, especially with backup plans.''
Jaune scratched the back of his bashfully ''Thanks a lot Kurama.''
''Now then, there's something else I want you to try, I know that you're not ready for Senjutsu yet, but, have you ever tried to summon one of the toads since we've arrived here?'' Kurama asked of Jaune.
Jaune laughed a bit nervously ''Well, I didn't feel like I would need it really.''
He could just feel Kurama's dry stare ''Do it right now, and while you're at it, why not have it send a message to Jiraya.''
Jaune thought about it for a moment ''Yeah, it would be nice to talk to him I guess, even if it isn't directly.'' with that in mind, Jaune bit his thumb to draw blood and went through the correct handseals before slamming his palm on the ground with a shout of ''Kuchiyose!'' the seal matrix appeared on the ground, followed shortly by a poof of smoke.
A few moments later the smoke was cleared, revealing an orange toad with a blue jacket that was about as big as Jaune's head ''Yo!''
The girls were somewhat torn between thinking how cute the toad was, and how icky it was since it was a toad. Quite the odd look to be on their faces to be honest.
Jaune smiled ''Gamakichi! It's been a while!''
Gamakichi tilted his head in confusion for moment before smiling ''Wait, Naruto is that you?''
Jaune frowned a bit at the use of his old name, but nodded nonetheless ''Yeah, and I go by a new name now, it's Jaune.''
Gamakichi nodded before jumping onto Jaune's shoulder ''So, new name, and new home from what I can see, where'd you get the money to buy this kinda house anyway? Did you run another casino into the ground?''
Naruto was brought out of his fear of the kyuubi's cloak and began grinning evilly. He still remembered that one night his Jiji took him to the annual jounin poker tournament.
Jaune chuckled at being remembered of the one time he had went into a casino and with his immense luck at gambling, actually won... everything. No seriously, the casino ended up having to close down because of him, although he didn't keep the money, he had gotten it to help Baa-chan pay off her debt ''No, I didn't buy it myself, my new family owns it.''
That got more than a few looks from everyone, while the evil grin on Naruto's face just had everyone there make a mental note not to bet against the boy.
Gamakichi's jaw dropped before he grinned brightly ''Way to go man! I knew you'd find people like that one day!''
Jaune smiled while high-fiving Gamakichi ''Hey, could you send a message to Ero-Sennin for me?''
Gamakichi nodded ''Lay it on me boss.''
Jaune smiled ''Tell him that I'm doing fine, that I have a family that looks out for me, that I'm keeping up my training, even training in the Kyuubi's chakra, tell him about my change of name, my full name is Jaune Arc now, and that I will kick his ass if I ever learn he is still peeping-ttebayo!'' Jaune paused after finishing ''Huh, I'm getting better at not saying that.''
Gamakichi laughed a little bit before hopping off Jaune's shoulder ''You got it man, I'll be sure to tell Jiraiya-sama everything you just told me, oh, and as a precaution, can anybody else hear it?''
Jaune thought about it for a moment before nodding ''Baa-chan, Hinata-chan, Iruka-sensei, crazy snake lady and the Ichirakus can hear it if any of them end up being there when you deliver it, And I guess Gaara too if by some miracle he's around.'' he said the last part jokingly.Yuki explained to the others about what had happened in the future. While Naruto was happy to help out a fellow Jinchuuriki and get a new friend out of it, he was tearstruck at the thought of loosing his jiji. The girls, now that they had feelings for the boy, decided that it hurt too much to see him that sad and they all practically glomped him in an effort to cheer him up.
Gamakichi saluted ''You got it boss!'' and in a puff of smoke he was gone back to mount myoboku.
Jaune didn't have to wait very long to hear back from Jiraiya, receiving a message back from him a few days later.
The message said that Jiraiya was glad to hear that he was doing good, and that he was proud to hear he was keeping up his training, wherever he was.
The message also contained details about what had recently happened in Konoha since his exile.
The land of waves, the land of spring and the land of tea had completely broken off their alliances with Konoha. (after all, Jaune was the reason those alliance even existed in the first place)
The gennin were looking in shock. Naruto was in shock as he stared at the book while the others were staring in shock at him. He did all of that?
A faint "That's my boy -ttebane!" was heard, but quickly dismissed as a figment of their imaginations.
The alliance between Sunagakure was rocky, but those in power understood the Hokage wasn't the one to blame.
Tsunade was slowly working to get rid of the civilian council, which Jiraiya had approved of.
Jiraiya had actually taken a new apprentice, Hinata Hyuuga, which had surprised Jaune at first, but he was proud of the girl.
Naruto quietly kissed Hinata on the forehead and whispered to her that he would always be proud of her, making her blush and nuzzle into his chest.
The really weird part was that Jiraiya had done like Tsunade had years ago and left the vilage for an undisclosed amount of time, taking Hinata with him much like Tsunade had taken Shizune-nee-chan with her.
He smiled a bit when he read that Sakura had also become Tsunade's apprentice, the girl giving it her all to match her teacher's expectations.
Sakura got a kiss on the cheek and back rub/hug for that, making the girl blush lightly. She was definitely going to be picking up being a medic-nin.
Especially with how accident prone her teammates seemed to be.
As for Kakashi, he had asked to be put in back into ANBU at the moment, he needed to get back into shape, and what better way to put on his old Inu mask again. (funnily enough, Jaune knew Kakashi was Inu, his gravity defying silver hair being unmistakable after all, and remembered him from when he was but a baby, as Kakashi had volunteered to protect Jaune as a favor to his former sensei, Minato Namikaze.)
After a few more things, such as reading that Iruka was doing well, Anko was still as crazy as ever, and that the Ichirakus had added an 'Uzumaki special' to their menu, Jiraya had apparently handed the message over to Hinata, who started writing to Jaune, although she made a nice attempt at a joke at the beginning by starting with 'Dear Naruto-Kun, or, I guess it's Jaune-Kun now'.
This got a couple of chuckles. however Naruto was in a slight daze at the thought of an Uzumaki Special at Ichiraku's.
Her part of the letter explained her reasons behind become Jiraya's apprentice, saying that she wanted to be strong, so that what happened to her would never happen again, and so that one day, she could stand by his side as an equal (left unwritten was the part where Hinata though 'and as a wife').
Naruto and Hinata both blushed, especially since they were well on their way to being like that, only with more wives in Naruto's case.
She'd also decided to explain to Jaune what exactly happened, since he had never gotten the specifics, needless to say, he became much less worried for Hinata's mental state after reading it.
The duck-butt haired emo bastard hadn't fully defiled Hinata by the time somebody found her, so he was happy for her that she hadn't had her first true experience fully ruined by him.
There were some sighs of relief, mostly from Sasuke. Although Yuki's next comment didn't help his mood.
"There's also a popular bashing of Sasuke that involved him being too small to go that far even if he had the time."
That got lots of laughter from the gennin, and a blushing Sasuke who sulked and sank in his seat.
Although what infuriated Jaune, to the point that he unconsciously tapped into Kurama's chakra, changing his eyes to red and making his whisker marks thicker and visible even through the genjutsu (he was reading the letter at the dinner table with one of his older sisters, Violet, sitting across from him, which led to a lengthy explanation of what had made him so angry, and Violet swearing that if she ever saw the Uchiha boy herself she would 'castrate the little fucker') was that the bastard had branded Hinata on her thigh, leaving the Uchiha clan mark, as if he was saying he owned her now, although he managed to calm down a bit when he read she had managed, with the use of chakra, to change it's appearance to something else that was a significant improvement, as well as managing to make it look more like a tattoo (again, left unwritten was what exactly Hinata had changed it to, being the Uzumaki clan symbol instead, the implication of that not being lost on the kunoichi, which led to being teased for it by Jiraya until she threatened to Jyuken him in the balls... being around the super pervert 24/7 actually helped her to grow a bit of a backbone).
Sasuke sank even further, as if he could actually feel the rage his other had aimed at him.
Yuki muttered out loud "and all it took here was a lesbian love story..." getting said kunoichi to blush at how they had basically jumped Naruto at the time.
He was also impressed to read that she was trying her hand at the Rasengan, that she had decided to sign the toad summoning contract as well (where they noticed that the name Naruto Uzumaki had been replaced by Jaune Arc, most likely made by the elders after Gamakichi reported in) and that she actually had enough chakra to make one shadow clone, which while not a lot, showed she had some rather impressive reserves to be able to do so.
Yuki smirked to himself 'And nobody seemed to have caught that, that'll be a surprise to see the shadow clones added to Hinata's list.'
The letter ended off with a few seals, the first read 'Fuinjutsu' which when Jaune activated found a few scrolls with detailed explanations on the specifics of Fuinjutsu, something that made him a little giddy on the inside at the prospect of becoming an amazing seal master just like his parents, and at the idea of creating his own crazy seals like any good Uzumaki, his clan was renown for being seal-crazy after all, and it seemed to be hard-wired into their genetics, thus leading to Jaune chuckling madly while muttering 'All the possibilities'.
Naruto seemed to be proving the story right as he began to daydream and drool a little at the thought of what he could do with seals. Prank or otherwise had yet to be determined.
The next seal read 'Father' and when Jaune unsealed this one, he found a letter, a scroll filled with Fuuton Jutsu that Jiraya hadn't given to him already, a three pronged kunai with a yellow grip, and a scroll that detailed how the Yondaime Hokage's famous Hiraishin and Rasengan worked, written by Minato Namikaze himself.'And again, nobody noticed. This time the Hiraishin will be added for Naruto' Yuki mentally chuckled, before speaking out loud "As with the other stuff, since I don't know what was included, I can't add it to what you are getting Naruto until your other uses it."
It didn't take a genius to figure out that this was his inheritance from his birth father, which made Jaune smile that he was being entrusted with so much.
The letter had even made him shed a tear when he read it.
'Dear Naruto,
If you're reading this, then I'm afraid I'm no longer of this world, and I apologize for being unable to be with you and watch you grow. How I wish I could have trained you myself, watch you grow from a bumbling Genin to an amazing Jonin, yet the chance was taken from me before I could attempt to seize it. And so, I entrust you with my prized possessions. The Fuuton jutsu I give to you as I have a fealing you'll inherit both my affinity and your mother's affinity, a lot of them are powerful, a few even being A-rank and up. The kunai I give to you as something for you to remember me by, as a weapon (obviously), and as a means for you to create your own arsenal of them and perhaps intergrate your own Hiraishin into. The scroll containing my two signature techniques, I leave to you in the hopes that you will learn them, and perfect them, as I had yet to perfect the Rasengan at the time of writing this, but I know you can do it my son, as for the hiraishin, it can prove helpful to you in whatever endeavors you may encounter, although you will have to create your own seal as my seals react only to my own chakra signature, and I'm sure you'll be able to make it as applicable as I had. I wish you good luck in anything you may aspire to do my son.
With love, your father, Minato Namikaze'
Just like with the last story, Naruto burned those words, any words, that his parents left him into his mind, so he would never forget them.
Jaune couldn't help the smile on his face from showing, which meant his sister Violet pestered him again, although this time he was quite happy to explain it to her, and she agreed that it was a touching gesture from Jaune's birth father.
The third and last seal, he immediately knew what it contained upon seeing the word 'Mother', it was his inheritance from his birth mother.
Upon activating the seal, he was greeted by yet another letter, a scroll filled with Suiton jutsu that he hadn't learned from the scrolls Jiraya had given him, a short Wakizachi with a red grip, obviously his mother's old katana, which he saw was made from an extremely durable chakra metal, all he had to do now was sharpen the blade a bit and it would be as good as new, and a scroll on basic and advanced kenjutsu forms, which surprisingly came straight from Uzushiogakure's library."Again, while possible that its not the real thing, a copy of the weapons listed will be added to the stuff you get."
This letter, unlike his father's which only made him shed a single tear, actually made him cry a bit.
He already knew his parents loved him, but reading this truly made him happy.
'Dear Sochi-kun,
If you're reading this, then something has most likely happened to me after I gave birth to you. I wish I could be there for you right now, hugging you and telling you how much I love you my little maelstrom. When I learned that I was a pregnant it was the happiest day of my life, to know that I would bring new life into this world. Sure it put a stop to my career as a kunoichi for some time, but I didn't care, I was just so happy about becoming a mother. Although it's quite funny to constantly see Minato-kun fussing over me, I have to admit, I sometimes wonder if he really is the Hokage with how much of a goofball he is, it's rather hilarious. Now, you're probably wondering why the presents I left you, well, the jutsu scroll is because I'm pretty sure you got my water affinity, at least I hope you did. The sword was the one I used during my career which gave me my infamous bingo book nickname of the Red Death, as well as making me an A-rank nin with a 'Do not approach alone or unprepared' order, not as awesome as Minato-kun's 'Flee on sight' order, but still pretty impressive nonetheless. The kenjutsu scrolls come straight from my birth home of Uzushiogakure, the home of our clan, which sadly, you and I are the last as far as I know. There's so much more that I want to tell you my little maelstrom, but I think I'd end up writing a whole novel if I wrote down everything, so I'll just tell you some of the essentials. First and foremost, I want you to eat well, you've probably inherited my ramen addiction so I'm telling you this for your own good, don't eat JUST that, I did that for a bit and I suffered for it, trust me, it's no fun. Secondly, make lots of good friends, they'll always be there for you when you need them, and get a good girlfriend as well, I want to be a grandmother someday after all... although you might have to get more than one to rebuild the clan a bit since you'd legally fall under the CRA which is a load of bull I'll explain to you some other time, and yes I realise the irony in saying that if you're reading this. Third, and this one is the most important, do not fall to the three vices of shinobi, and stay away from Jiraiya, he'll be a bad influence on you, Minato-kun just got lucky. Now, I think that's everything I needed to tell you, I love you my little maelstrom.
With love, your mother, Kushina Uzumaki'
Along with making him cry (And Violet too when she read it to see what had made him cry) it made him laugh to see some of his mother's sense of humor being written into her last will.
Naruto was in just as many tears as his other, proving that even without knowing his parents for the longest time, he truly was a momma's boy.
He also really loved the nickname she had for him, even if it didn't work with his new name anymore.
After reading the letters and putting them somewhere safe, he decided that he would use his mother's sword and one of his father's kunai as his weapons, naming them after their bingo book nicknames of the red death and the yellow flash, but in a different language, as a way of further preserving their memory.
He called the blade Rubeus Mors (Red Death) and the kunai Crocea Mico (Yellow Flash).
Jaune had a lot to look forward too in the future on his path to becoming a hero.
Yuki stopped for a moment "Before I end the chapter, I should probably tell you guys about the original Jaune Arc." The screen lit up with images of the boy in question. "the original Jaune Arc was an under-trained, slightly cowardly, but tactical student at Beacon Academy, the school to which most of the story takes place. His weapon of choice is a sword and shield combo passed down in the Arc family called Crocea Mors, or Yellow Death oddly enough. It doesn't have much in tech as the only thing it really does is the shield retracts to form the blade's sheath. It is not 'also a gun' like most other Remnant weapons tend to be. the original Jaune Arc then goes on to falsify his way into Beacon, which usually needs transcripts from a lower level combat school, or the student in question has to perform a combat test to see if they are qualified to attend.
Jaune ends up as the leader of team JNPR (Juniper), and unfortunately doesn't have his aura unlocked until either the qualifying team test at the beginning or until his first combat class, and his semblance is relatively unknown, however it is believed to be the ability to reflect the force and momentum of any attack aimed at his shield, but that's unconfirmed.
His teammates are Pyrrha Nikos," a picture of her pops up on the screen "Looking very Uzumaki-like I might add." He chuckled to himself "Her weapons are Milo and Akouo" He showed off Milo as it switched between rifle, javelin, and short sword, as well as the shield Akouo and its discus-like uses. "Her semblance is referred to as polarity, allowing her to control magnetism. Her subtle use of which had earned her the moniker 'The Invincible Girl' due to her coming out of numerous tournaments untouched in battle. However she remains modest about her skills and has a crush on the original Jaune due to him treating her like an ordinary person instead of an idol to place on a pedestal." That got a bunch of hugs by some very protective girls. "Don't worry, we won't be bringing her or any other girls in on Naruto's little harem" Yuki told them with a teasing smirk, getting a bunch of blushes from Naruto and his girls.
"Next is the ever bubbly Nora Valkyrie." Showing off said girl "And her weapon of choice Magnhild, a hammer/grenade launcher combo." The screen showed both in action, including Nora's use of grenades as a hammer booster "Her semblance is electricity. her aura naturally aligns with the lightning element and not only can she generate it, she can also charge herself by absorbing it from an outside source. Her main use of it however is in the boosting of her physical strength. She is also more hyper than Naruto on a sugar rush, has an addiction to pancakes and syrup much the same way Naruto does ramen and she gets just as pissed as he does if someone disses their respective food of the gods."
"Finally, there's Lie Ren, or just Ren to his friends." Showing the calm and collected Ren "His weapons are a pair of bladed pistols named stormflower, and the pink in his hair is from Nora dying it. Yes they are childhood friends but Nora always claims that they are not 'together-together'" he told them, using the finger air quotes in the process. "His semblance is unknown but could be either a non-combative ability or a boost in aura control."
"They are the second team the story focuses on. The only other two teams the story focuses on at all out of the Beacon students are the upperclassman team CFVY (Coffee), and the morons of team CRDL (Cardinal). They are bullies of the highest degree, but are usually the lowest and weakest students in the school with an unknown reason why they haven't been booted yet. And yes, they will most likely be on Naruto/Jaune's permanent prank list."
Yuki let all of this sink in before he flipped the book back open to start again on the next chapter.
