So, I was gonna update Hail To The King first, but I already had this half-done, sooo…

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or RWBY. Each franchise belong to their respective owners.

Enjoy, chapter 2 of,

ARMORED HERO


Remnant was in a buzz.

Articles were printed and sold, radios talked endlessly, while news outlets all covered one thing.

The return of one, Naruto Namikaze.

The trip from Vacuo to Atlas was smooth, boarding one bullhead to another, until they finally got to the final transportation which was a larger Atlesian airship which could house a medium sized car.

The airship touched down on the pavement in Atlas' own military airbase, where General Ironwood himself, was waiting for the young CEO's arrival.

The doors slowly slid down, making a ramp as squad of Atlesian soldiers walked down the ramp.

Naruto soon appeared, looking better than before, wearing a suit with a sling supporting his right arm, while Winter helped him down to meet the high-ranking General.

"Miss me, General?" Naruto greeted his father's old partner with a grin.

Ironwood had a small smile of his own. Glad to see a bit of Minato in the man's son.

"It's been quiet in Atlas without your usual noise." James smirked.

Naruto laughed.

"Let me fix that." He continued the banter, before his eyes landed to two white haired people behind the General.

"But first…"

The man stepped aside as the CEO walked towards a white haired man.

"Jacques, how are you doing?" Naruto greeted the mustached CEO with a thin smile.

He never did like the man, but for appearances sake, he'd try to be friendly.

The Schnee regarded the blonde with quick greeting.

"Namikaze." The man grunted.

Looks like the feeling was mutual.

Naruto moved towards the white haired girl beside the Schnee.

He grinned at her.

"Your eyes are red." He noticed. "Did you miss me?"

Weiss sniffed, and wiped away something that was definitely not a tear in her eye.

"Shut up!" She yelled. "Who would miss you anyways?!"

Naruto just kept grinning like a loon.

He missed these kinds of banter.

"Well, if you're done talking with Mister Namikaze… I'll be at the estate." Jacques said hurriedly. Giving the young CEO the stink eye as he left with Klein.

Naruto just rolled his eyes at the man's obvious distaste.

Weiss suddenly found the floor interesting as her father's limousine rolled out of the military zone.

"Naruto." Winter's voice cut through the awkward silence that came.

The CEO turned his head towards her, seeing the woman standing next to a car that was supposed to be his escort.

Naruto soon entered the vehicle, Weiss following shortly, sitting beside him.

Winter sat herself at the front seat.

"Where to sir?" The designated driver asked.

"Take us to the hospital-" Winter was about to say.

Naruto immediately cut her off.

"No."

Weiss turned to the blonde in shock.

"Are you even taking this seriously?!" She hissed at him.

"Weiss, there is two things that I want right now." He said seriously, "One, I want ramen-"

"Of course you would say that…" Weiss muttered, rolling her eyes.

"And two… I want a call for a press conference now."

"… Are you even taking this seriously?!" Weiss hissed at him.

"Yes. Yes, I am. Driver go. Ramen first."

Winter sighed and glanced at the blonde with a look. "Naruto-"

"Winter, I've been held in captivity for a month, I just need this one press conference. Please."

"What for?"

Naruto didn't answer, opting to look out the window as the car started to move.

"You'll see."


"This is… peculiar." A man dressed in green hummed as he stood in the hallways of the military base.

He looked

From the outside, news reports, and journalists alike were standing in crowds, all holding out microphones, and their scrolls.

"What is, Ozpin?" Ironwood glanced at his fellow headmaster.

"Is it rather strange that young Namikaze would call for a press conference like this after immediately returning from Vacuo?" Ozpin asked, stirring his mug.

"Perhaps he would like to speak out, answer some questions people would have after his recent kidnapping, maybe?" James mused quietly.

Ozpin stayed silent.

"Perhaps."

A sudden noise outside caught the two headmasters attention.

The door soon opened, revealing Naruto himself.

"And the guest of the hour arrives." Ironwood muttered.

Ozpin gained an amused smile.

Reports flocked to the CEO, assaulting him with question after question, before they made way for him to get on the podium.

Ironwood walked behind the podium, whereas Naruto sat in front of it. Holding a steaming bowl of ramen.

Winter, followed by Weiss, stood at the sidelines.

The blonde set aside the bowl, and cleared his throat.

"Would it be alright if everyone sat down?" Naruto asked, "That way you can see me, and I can be a little less formal."

The news reporters and journalists complied, as did Weiss and Winter, along with Ozpin and a blonde haired woman next to him, while Ironwood crouched down next to the CEO.

Scrolls were soon took out as the press conference began.

Weiss fixed her skirt as she sat down, flattening it, and fixing her posture.

A voice caught her attention.

"Weiss?"

The heiress looked behind her.

Standing, was a boy her age, with black hair that was swiped back, wearing a standard Atlesian uniform.

His charcoal black eyes looked at her with a questioning gaze.

"Sasuke?"

Sasuke Uchiha sat down next to her.

"I thought you were stationed near the boarders?" Weiss asked.

"I got out of my station as soon as I heard Naruto was back." The boy explained, "Oum knows how much trouble that idiot causes."

He shifted his gaze to the blonde in question.

"What's he doing now?"

Weiss rolled her eyes. "Don't look at me. I'm not the one who wanted this press conference."

The chatter soon quieted down as they focused their attention to the blond up front.

"You know, I never got say goodbye to my father." Naruto began, "These questions I would ask about what his company did." He said, "If he was conflicted, if he ever had any doubts… of if he was the inch of the man we knew, the man we remember him by."

"it's been barely two years since I took over my family's company," Naruto said, adjusting his sling. "And I continued the business, building weaponry to assist our soldiers and huntsmen alike."

He looked at the audience of reporters, "And then, I saw people, human and Faunus alike, killed by the very same weapons I created to defend them and protect them."

His mind flashed back to the girl that helped him escaped.

"And I saw that I… I had become part of a system that is comfortable with zero-accountability. And a cycle of war that won't stop."

From the crowd, hands rose up, as reporters called the man's name to get his attention.

Naruto motioned the man up front.

The reporter looked nervous, before he leaned in.

"What… happened over there?"

The noise died down as they waited for a response.

"I…" Naruto closed his eyes, before opening them a few moments later.

"I had my eyes opened!" He suddenly exclaimed, getting up from the front of the podium before walking behind it.

"I came to realize, that I had more things to offer Remnant, than making things blow up, and that is why, I am shutting down the weapons manufacture division of Namikaze International."

Cameras flashed left and right as the crowd went wild.

"Mr. Namikaze!"

"Sir, if you would please answer this question-!"

"Mr. Namikaze, over here please!"

The reporters and journalists stood up and shouted his name, begging for more answers as they flocked to the front while Ironwood helped Naruto up.

From the sides, Ozpin sipped his coffee, his eyes trailing the young blonde exiting the building.

"Interesting."

The crowd tried to follow the General and CEO, only for them to be disappointed when they went up an awaiting airship.


"Naruto." James called out.

"Yes?"

"What you did was bold move in your part, and while I respect that, I have to ask, why?"

Naruto stayed silent for a moment.

"You know the reason, General." The blonde said, glancing at the older man.

"Shutting down the weapons division of my company is better than having it do the same thing it's done since my dad was still here." Naruto explained. "I don't want to soil my father's legacy. But I also what my company's weapons can do in the wrong hands. The danger it can produce if the White Fang, or any other kind of group get their hands on it."

His fist clenched.

"I don't want innocent blood dirtying everything my dad's built."

James looked surprise at how genuine the young man sounded.

Was this really the boy a month ago?

"I… see." The General said. "Nonetheless. I respect your decision."

'I just hope you know what you're going to do, once the backlash of your choice comes back to you.'

"Now, if you excuse me…" Naruto slid off Ironwood's hold, "I'll be heading back at Namikaze Industries."

"About that, Mr. Namikaze." James grabbed the boy's shoulder.

"What?"

"During your… absence, the board of directors for your company, is claiming a Post-Traumatic-Stress dysfunction." James explained. "They're filing you a junction."

"A what?!"

"They're locking you out." Ironwood clarified.

"I don't have PTSD!" Naruto argued heatedly.

"That's yet to be seen, Naruto." James tried to calm the young man down, "For now, until you take some medications. The board is going to keep you locked out."

Naruto growled, but nodded.

"So, in the meantime, would you consider going into Atlas Academy?" Ironwood offered. "We could use bright students like you."

"I was about to say the same thing, James." A new voice interrupted.

The two turned their heads to the newcomer, as the tapping of a cane echoed in the airship.

"Professor Ozpin?" Naruto asked.

The man in question smiled and nodded.

"In the flesh."

"Ozpin?" James looked at his friend. "I thought you went back to Vale?"

The Professor sipped his mug, a hidden smile on his face. "While I was, at first, going to do that. I wouldn't miss the chance of recruiting someone such as Mr. Namikaze here, into Beacon." He said.

"So, how about it?" Ozpin asked bluntly, "Miss Schnee also plans to attend. You two could go together."

"Weiss is going to Beacon?" Naruto asked, "I thought she was attending Atlas' Academy?"

"Miss Schnee and her father had a rather… falling out, recently." James admitted.

"Okay. I get it." Naruto nodded.

He already knew why Weiss wanted to get away from her asshole of a dad.

"Back to the topic at hand." The General cut off. "Naruto, your choice?"

"I think…" The blonde started, "I'll give an answer, later." He finished.

"I just need a bit of rest."

"Very well then." Ironwood said. "I'll tell the pilot to head for your company-"

"Actually General." Naruto interrupted, "I'll be staying at Vale, for a while." He said. "Since I have nothing to do here at Atlas… I thought, 'Might as well treat it as a vacation.' Right?"

Ozpin's smile widened.

With the boy in Vale, he had more of a chance to snag him into Beacon than James had into Atlas' Academy.

"I… see." James tried to not sound disappointed.

"And what will you do, in Vale?"

Naruto smirked.

"I've been… thinking of a personal project lately."


Night at Vale was peaceful, Naruto mused.

It was far more quiet than in Atlas, what with the various machinery, and factories that occupied the industrious Kingdom.

It was a stark contrast from the quiet and peaceful air that Vale's Kingdom seem to bring.

He liked the change of scenery.

His car's engine hummed silently under the hood, as he drove over to a black gate that had the symbol of his company smack dab in the middle.

He parked the vehicle in a circular area, where a fountain stood in the middle. Which then led to a white house.

Naruto opened the glass door of his vacation home, greeted by the sight of darkness, and the sound of running water at the side.

The only light source, was the moonlight that crept in from the balcony.

He sighed happily.

His home away from home.

"KURAMA, I'm home!"

As he walked in, lights blared to life. Filling the dark mansion with color.

Naruto waited for an answer.

"KURAMA? You there, buddy?"

A new voice answered.

"Reporting in, sir."

Naruto smiled tiredly as he walked towards the couch.

"There's my favorite A.I."

"I have just been uploaded to every application in the household."

"How about connections? Are you connected to the server?" Naruto asked, throwing his suit jacket onto the couch, before he walked towards a set of stairs leading down.

"Online, and ready to use."

"Good, set up security." The blonde ordered.

"Scroll ID as well?"

"Sure, go ahead." He shrugged.

The teen walked down the stairs, eventually facing a glass door, a keypad at the side.

"And while you're at it, scan the actual face."

Naruto opened the glass door as it finished its scan on him.

More lights came on, revealing a garage, filled with exotic cars, to motorcycles and choppers. On the side, was a jukebox and a widescreen TV.

Wide panels of glass faced the garage, giving the view of Vale's ocean overhead.

The blonde walked up to three sets of computers and swiped his hand over the pad that sat in the middle. It glowed blue, before sets of keys appeared.

"Sir, you have twenty miss-calls."

"From who?" Naruto asked curiously.

"Scroll number is Miss Weiss Schnee's, sir."

Naruto rose an eyebrow.

'The Princess herself worried about me? Now that's a first.' The blonde smirked.

"Ignore it for now, I'll listen to it later." Naruto ordered and sat down on a chair.

"KURAMA, find dad's old files, please?"

The A.I did as it was told, and soon, as screen popped up, showing various files that had numerous titles under them.

Naruto browsed through them with a bored look on his face, doing this to pass the time.

His boredom ceased however, when a particular file caught his eye:

"Wait." Naruto stopped, "KURAMA get the last browsed file." He said.

Another screen popped up, this time showing the acquired file, with a title that read-

"PROJECT: GUARDIAN." Naruto mused. "Open up the schematic."

A blueprint appeared in the screen, showing a schematic for an armor of some kind, heavily resembling the robotic soldiers Atlas had today.

"What is this?"

"After your father helped create Atlas' Knights and the recent Paladins, he also had an armor planned to help Atlas' soldiers in Grimm and human combat."

"Before he called it PROJECT: GUARDIAN. Your father simply dubbed it, PROJECT: IRON-MAN."

"Interesting…" Naruto eyed the schematic with a gleam in his eye.

He typed something on the keyboard.

"KURAMA, start a new folder for a project will you?" He asked.

"Call it… 'Mark II'."

Naruto took out a pen, and clicked it, before dragging his father's schematic onto a table.

"Shall I store it into Namikaze Industries public server, sir?"

"No. Keep it on a secure, private server." Naruto commanded, "Don't want the board thinking I'm up to something again."

"Working on a secret project, sir?"

Soon, his father's blueprints for the armor popped up on the table in a 3D layer, along with the first suit he, and Yinsen created back in Vacuo.

"I don't want this ending up in the wrong hands." Naruto explained as he flipped the mask open on the figure display.

Naruto looked at the schematic, and hummed, before he removed a chunk of his armor's suit, before transferring it into a virtual trashcan.

The blonde dragged some parts of his father's armor, and sized it up on to his own armor, comparing the two metal contraptions.

"The less bulky, the better…"

He spun the figures around, before taking out more chunks of his armor and unto the trashcan.

"Maybe I can do some good for once…"


"Okay, that's not good." Naruto, now dressed in a tank top and simple black panys, muttered as he leaned back, looking at a metallic boot, where the rods on the back moved sporadically.

"Ok, up, a little higher…"

The buzzing of machinery clicked in response, as the robotic arm held a magnifying glass, while Naruto soldered near the top of a metallic boot, as the rods stopped moving. He moved his hand towards the side of the boot, then continued his soldering at the edges.

"Sir, you have a visitor."

"Who is it?" Naruto looked up from his work, as a monitor popped up, showing a certain white haired heiress.

"Weiss?" Naruto shrugged, "Let her in." He said, before continuing with his tinkering.

Shortly after, Naruto was now wearing the metallic boot, his leg also wearing another, as his hand held a metal clamp that had wires connected to his Arc Reactor, which glowed through the tank top.

He stood on a small platform, adjusting the boots, as the machinery clicked in conformation.

He looked at the robotic arm which held a camera.

"Is it recording?"

The arm moved up and down, nodding.

"Okay, let's do this right." Naruto announced, walking back a few feet.

The teen exhaled deeply.

He looked at the robotic arm behind him, which held a fire extinguisher with a look.

"Don't hit the lights, you're gonna standby for fire safety." He ordered.

"Alright. Let's start up nice and easy…" He mumbled, as he got into a stance, "Start up on ten percent thrust capacity and…" He held the metal clamps tightly.

"Three…"

"Two…"

"One…"

He hit the buttons.

And was flying.

Flying smack dab to the wall behind him, to be specific.

Naruto landed with a groan of pain as the thick extinguisher covered his area, his aura luckily shielding him from potential brain damage.

It still hurt like a bitch.

"Naruto!" Weiss' voice alerted him of her presence.

"W-Weiss?"

Said girl rushed to his side.

"Are you okay?!"

"Yeah, I'm fine." Naruto assured her, rubbing his head as he did. "The only thing damaged here is my pride. A bit sore on the back though."

Weiss held on to his arm.

Naruto looked at the robotic arm with a look.

"Next time, don't use the extinguisher unless I'm on fire, okay?" He asked irritably.

"What're you doing here?" Naruto turned his attention to Weiss. "Also, mind letting go of my arm?"

Weiss jumped back a bit with a pink dusting on her cheeks as she did, watching as Naruto tried to stand up.

"Winter asked me to check on you while I was in Vale." Weiss explained, "She gave me your address." She said, "What are you doing?"

"It's an idea I had." Naruto replied.

Weiss crossed her arms and gave the teen a look.

"What?"

She huffed.

"You really are a dolt, aren't you?"

"I take offense to that!" Naruto cried out.

The girl just rolled her eyes in response.

"You need to rest." She stated.

Naruto scoffed.

"Nah, I'm good." He denied. Standing up completely, though slightly wobbling as he did. He successfully regained his balance and stood tall, holding his arms out.

"See?"

Before he fell backwards, hitting the ground with a thud.

"Ow." Was heard from the blonde.

Weiss palmer her face.

"Help me up, please?"

Weiss sighed, and walked over to the blonde, a hand outstretched.

Naruto gladly took the hand and tried to pull up.

Only for Weiss to fall too, landing on top of him in a rather… certain position.

There was silence.

"Well… isn't this awkward?"

The grin on the boy's face didn't help in the slightest.

By this point, Weiss' entire face was red.

"I. Hate. You." The girl gritted out.

Naruto laughed nervously.

The sound of the door opening alerted the two.

"Naruto-" Sasuke was about to say, before he stopped abruptly, staring at the scene before him.

"…"

"…"

"…"

"I'll leave you too alone…" Sasuke slowly muttered, walking back to the door, despite the two's protests.

The glass door closed with a click.


"We will never speak about this." Weiss grumbled as she straightened her bolero jacket with a slightly red face.

"Yeah, yeah… I get it." Naruto said as he placed his invention on the table.

"You better." Weiss fixed her hair and got ready to leave the garage.

Before a hand stopped her.

"Weiss."

The heiress turned her head to glance at the blonde.

Naruto looked down and sighed. "Look I've been meaning to say that I'm-" He stopped.

"That I'm…"

Weiss rose an eyebrow.

"That you're…?" Her tone took on an amused one.

Naruto rolled his eyes when he noticed the tone. "You really want me to say it, don't you?"

The girl nodded happily.

"Fine. I'm sorry for treating you badly the past years or so. Happy?" The blonde grumbled.

Weiss smiled.

"Very." She said and resumed her walk towards the stairs.

Naruto grunted, before walking back to his metallic boots.

"And also, Idiot?" Weiss' voice echoed from the door.

The teen glanced at her.

Weiss gave him a small smile.

"You're not that bad as the paper say you are."

With that, she left.

Naruto blinked, before he smirked.

"Yeah." He agreed as he got back to soldering his boots.

"You're not that bad either…"


The next day, Weiss found herself entering the Namikaze mansion once more.

Under Winter's request, of course.

As she stepped into the lavish mansion, she set her purse aside.

"Dolt?" Her voice echoed in the large house.

There was no response.

Slowly, she entered the living room, hearing the running water of the mini-water fall at the side, and the flickering flames of the fireplace near the front.

"… Naruto?" She asked again.

"Hey Weiss." An intercom sounded out, revealing to be the blonde.

"Quick question, how big are your hands?" He asked.

Weiss blinked at the random request.

"What?"

"How big are your hands?" Naruto repeated.

She gave the camera that was zooming at her a suspicious look.

"Why do you want to know?"

"Get down here, I need them."

Weiss sighed as the intercom went silent. "Might as well…" She muttered.


Walking down the stairs leading to the garage, she held her Scroll up to the keypad, before it clicked, signaling her permission to enter.

The heiress spotted the blonde quickly, seeing him laying down, shirtless, leaving his chest exposed, on a table, which was angled. Weiss quickly took notice of his appearance, particularly the small reactor that was in his chest.

Also the heart monitor wired up next to him.

"Morning!" Naruto greeted cheerfully.

The girl pointed at the thing on his chest.

"What is that?"

Naruto ignored her question, "Show me your hands, let's see them." He ordered.

Weiss held her hands up, spreading her fingers as she did.

He studied her hands for a moment before nodding.

"Perfect."

He grasped the glowing reactor.

"What's that thing in your chest?" Weiss voiced out her curiosity.

"Oh, this?" Naruto pointed at the dull version in his chest. "That is an antique." He said, before holding up the glowing reactor. "This, will be keeping me alive for the foreseeable future."

"Then what do you need me for?" Weiss asked.

"I need you to replace it." He answered, "So, I'll guide you in replacing it." He said.

Seeing the hesitancy on the girl's face, the blonde quickly added. "It's easy, it's like screwing a light bulb." Naruto reassured her.

Grabbing the reactor in his chest, Naruto twisted it, unlocking it from its place and pulled it out. He then yanked the plug off and handed it to Weiss.

The girl looked alarmed when he gave her the old reactor.

"W-Wait, what do you want me to do with this thing?" She asked

"Put it on the table," The teen gestured towards a table set up behind the girl. Setting it down shortly, Weiss turned to him.

"Now what?"

"Now, I need you to reach into this tube and pull out the copper wire." Naruto instructed.

"Is… Is it safe?"

"Of course it is! It's fine," Naruto said, "It's just like Operation, just don't let it touch the side."

"… What's Operation?" Weiss asked.

"Don't worry about it." He waved off her question, "It's just a game. Just reach inside, then gently pull the copper wire out." Naruto repeated.

Weiss gulped, before she slowly reached inside.

"Just be careful." Naruto advised.

The girl rolled her white sleeves to her elbow. Carefully, she slid her hand down the tube connected to the boy's chest. Her face was set into pure concentration, repeating Naruto's instructions in her head as her lithe hand made its way down the tube. Her concentration was broken, however, when she made contact with a slimy substance.

Weiss made a face.

"Oh, it's puss!" She whined.

Naruto rolled his eyes.

"It's not puss, it's an endoplasmic discharge from the device." He corrected.

The girl sniffed, before leaning back.

"It smells!"

"Yeah, it does." Naruto agreed as Weiss continued to reach down.

"The copper wire." The blonde reminded. "Did you get it?"

Weiss shifted, before she felt something metallic touching her palm, she grasped it.

"Yeah." The girl confirmed.

"Now, when you pull it out, be careful not to touch the si- DES, SIDES!" He suddenly exclaimed, a jolt of pain striking him like lightening.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!" Weiss apologized profusely as she tried to pull the wire out.

Naruto inhaled slowly, then exhaled.

"Now, when you pull it out, be sure not to pull the magnet at the end of it-"

A pop was heard and the blonde saw Weiss pulling out a circular ring out of the tube.

The heart monitor began to beep.

"… Way to go, you pulled out the magnet." The blonde pointed out.

"W-What do I do?!" Weiss tried to place the ring back.

"Don't put it back in!" The blonde stopped her, "Don't put it back… in-"

The heart monitor beeped once more.

"What's happening?!" Weiss asked frantically.

"Nothing, I'm just going to a cardiac arrest because you YANKED it out-"

"I thought you said it was safe!"

"Look, let's just finish this." Naruto handed her the new reactor, "Just put it in."

"Okay, okay." Weiss grabbed it shakily, trying to calm herself down.

She looked at Naruto, "I'm going to fix this, you're going to be fine, do you hear me, dolt?!"

"Hear you loud and clear, Princess!" Naruto nodded, "Okay, now, I need you to connect the wire to the base plate at the bottom of the tube." He instructed.

Weiss nodded, before she grabbed the bottom of the wire and stuck the end into the tube, reaching as deep as she could, then plugged the reactor.

Naruto jumped in shock, before crying out in surprise as Weiss placed the reactor onto the tube.

The heart monitor stopped its frantic beeps.

The blonde laughed.

"See wasn't too hard, was it?" He grinned, grabbing the reactor, before twisting it into place, securing its position.

"… Are you okay?" Weiss asked breathlessly.

"Yeah, I feel great." Naruto said cheekily.

Weiss went silent.

Before she started to laugh.

After a few seconds, Naruto joined in.

The slap the girl gave him echoed in the garage.


"Alright! Day eleven!" Naruto announced.

His previous machinery was upgraded, the clamps now extending to his arms, where a white orb sat in the middle of his palm.

"Test… thirty seven. Configuration 2.0, for a lack of a better option," Naruto re-counted. He turned towards the bot holding the same fire extinguisher. "Dummy, is still on fire safety." He said.

He gave the bot a glare.

"If you douse me again and I'm not on fire, I'll donate you to Signal, got it?" Naruto warned the bot.

He look forward and cracked his neck.

"Okay, nice and easy, seriously. We're gonna start with one percent thrust capacity."

He held his arms out, his palms facing the ground.

"In three…"

"Two…"

"One…"

The arms and legs machinery activated, lifting him off the ground, hovering just a few meters above the pavement.

"Nice and easy, Naruto… nice and easy…"

He tried to keep his balance as the Dummy bot followed his movement. He hovered in a circle, before he landed, balancing himself.

Standing straight, Naruto looked at the bot holding the extinguisher. "Also, don't follow me around with it either," He said, "I feel like I'm gonna catch on fire spontaneously. Will you please stand down until I need you?"

The bot looked down in disappointment.

Naruto faced the windows once more.

"Alright! Let's kick it up to two point five!" He shouted.

"Three!"

"Two!"

"One!"

The arms and boots activated again, firing up as he hovered above the ground, a little higher than the last test, moving into a wider circle. He kept hovering, moving farther away from the pad as he did.

"This is where I do not need to be…" The blonde muttered and tried to maneuver himself out of the dozens of cars he had lined up in his garage. He then hovered over his desk, papers kicking up by accident while he did.

Naruto sighed in relief when he saw himself out of the desks way. He turned around.

And was met face-to-face with a wall.

"Shi-!"

Acting quickly, the blonde pushed back, before pointing his arms down, trying to keep him in place.

He continued to hover himself in the position, slowly, but surely reaching the pad again.

Naruto slightly wobbled as he hovered over the center, stiffening his arms and legs rigidly, as to control his flight. He spun around as he descended, stopping about a foot in the air.

Landing quickly, Naruto flailed his arms around to get his balance. After a few steps back, he stood completely straight, then looked around, not minding the various papers scattered around the floor.

He smirked in victory.

"Yeah, I can fly."


"Is it ready, KURAMA?"

"Ready for you, sir."

Naruto looked out the window of his garage, seeing the sun set over the ocean of Vale. Nodding, the blonde walked up to the pad.

"Alright, let's do this."

Robotic arms moved towards the blonde's legs, screwing metal plates on the boots he made, covering it in chromatic steel. Clicks and clangs were heard, as the machine locked in place.

Soon, his entire body was covered in chromatic metal, the lights from above reflecting from the shiny steel as the arms screwed the parts in place.

Naruto rolled his shoulders, feeling weight placed upon it as he did. Walking up to a table, he reached for a shaped face plate, then grabbed it, turning it around.

He placed it on his face.

"KURAMA, you there?"

From the insides of his helmet, the A.I's voice rang out.

"At your service, sir."

"Alright, engage heads-up display." He ordered.

Window screens popped up in his mask, while a light blue cross hair appeared on his left side.

"Check." KURAMA confirmed.

"Import all preferences to home interface."

"Will do, sir."

"You done?"

"I have, indeed, been uploaded, sir." KURAMA said.

"We're online and ready."

"Start the virtual walk-around." Naruto requested.

"Importing and calibrating virtual environment."

Soon, Naruto saw the garage once more.

"Nice. Can you check on the control surfaces?"

"As you wish."

Different panels around the metal suit Naruto wore began to move in an order. It began to adjust, as a couple of panels on the back of his boot tilted and re-positioned itself, the kneecaps adjusted, as did the circular flaps on the sides of his hip did the same.

Motors on the blonde's neck secured themselves, while the compartment on the side of his forearm opened and closed.

"Test complete. Preparing to power down and begin diagnostics." KURAMA informed.

"Uh… yeah, tell you what, KURAMA. Do a weather and ATC check, listen in on Vale's ground control." Naruto ordered.

"Sir, there are still terabytes of calculations needed before an actual flight can-"

"KURAMA," Naruto stopped the A.I.

"Sometimes… you gotta run, before you can walk." Naruto stated, before positioning himself.

"Ready?"

"Sir…"

"Three…

"Sir I need you to reconsider-"

"Two…"

"Sir, please-"

"One."

Immediately, the thrusters on his boots and arms activated, slightly pushing Naruto off the ground. He leaned forward, the suit moving forward as he did, before slowly pushing himself off the ground, and towards the garage door.

Naruto tilted his body as the suit flew to the exit of the garage.

"Let's do this!"

And out he flew.


Naruto whooped, as he flew in the night air, not even feeling the cold breeze that Vale's night had, his blood pumping in excitement, the blonde spun in the air as his suit adjusted itself, the panels tilting as he did.

The suit helped stabilize him, keeping him flying straight.

The blonde flew up to Vale's night skies, looking below.

The teen's eyes widened at the view from above, where the buildings of the Kingdom were merely specs of light from up where he was. He took a few breathes, as a level-on display locked on, marking the horizon. Naruto exhaled, before tilting his body to the side, flying towards Vale with his arms out. "Handles like a dream." The blonde noted.

Bringing his arms to the side, he accelerated.

The blonde flew past Vale's docks, tilting his body to avoid the crane that was transporting a crate full of Dust. He looked down below, as workers did their job, while civilians occasionally walk past the pier.

Accelerating further, Naruto went past the docks, flying towards the ocean.

He flew towards a small island off the coast of Vale, where he knew some people lived in.

'Patch', he believed the island was called.

Naruto flew in the island, seeing people walking back to their homes.

He looked around the island.

Before an excited squeal managed to hit his ears, seeing that he was fairly close to the ground.

The blonde looked at the side, where the sound was from.

He saw a girl, teenager, maybe a few years younger than him, dressed in red and black, along with a bombshell of a blonde in brown, that was probably the same age as him.

The younger girl pointed at him in awe, her silver eyes lit up in excitement, whereas the blonde girl next to her just stared in wonder.

He gave the two a two-finger salute, before flying off.


After a bit of exploring, along with testing his new suit, Naruto shot straight to the sky once more.

"Alright, let's push this thing to the limit!" Naruto exclaimed. His designated path now up. "KURAMA, what's the AT-72's reference?"

"The altitude record for fixed wing flight is eighty five thousand feet." KURAMA answered.

"Records are made to be broken! Come on!" Naruto shouted, shooting towards the midnight sky with a whoop.

Soon, the cracked moon of Remnant came to view, the blonde's excitement continuing to grow as he reached higher altitudes.

He barely noticed the ice that began to form on his suit.

"Sir, there is a potential fatal build-up of ice occurring." KURAMA warned, display messages popping up on Naruto's interface.

But Naruto persisted.

"Keep going!" He strained as he accelerated further.

"Higher!"

He was almost there!

"Almost…"

Before the thrusters froze dead. And he stopped.

His suit shut down.

The only light source he had was his reactor and the moon above.

He fell.

And fell.

The specs of Vale's city lights began to view from the slits of his suit's mask.

In the distance, the top of Beacon Academy came to view.

Ice shards fell off.

"The ice's gone! KURAMA! Deploy flaps!" Naruto immediately commanded.

"KURAMA!" The blonde called out again, his fast descent continuing.

He moved his frozen arm, and tried to shatter the ice collected at the downside of his suit.

"Come on!" Naruto insisted, cracks forming as he repeatedly struck the ice.

"Gotta. Break. The. ICE!"

His hands soon found their way to the circular flaps attached to his hips.

He twisted it.

The flaps deployed, as power came back to his suit.

Naruto quickly activated his thrusters, narrowly missing the ground as he flew off Beacon Academy.

As he zoomed back into the sky, Naruto roared in excitement, laughing as he did, making his way back to his mansion.

He shortly appeared in his home, slowing himself down as he hovered above the roof.

"Kill power."

The suit shut down.

And the blonde fell through the roof, going down on the piano, through the floor, before finally crashing on one of his cars.

Debris and dust covered his suit, as Naruto laid on the wrecked roof of his car, well, one of them anyways.

"KURAMA, you there?"

"Always for you, sir."

"Get me out of this thing, and fetch an icepack while you're at it."

He really need to work on his landings.


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