"IT'S MORNING. IT'S MORNING. IT'S MORNING." Sang Nora as she seemingly teleported around Ren and Naruto at the same time.

He was barely awake so he thought he was only imagining her teleporting.

"Good morning, Nora." Said Naruto as he got up and stretched.

He left Ren to suffer Nora's rambling. He thought she was funny and crazy, but it was too early to deal with it.

He washed up, got dressed, and noticed Jaune still wearing his...pajamas. He shuddered at the sight of the monstrosity and if people said his orange jumpsuit was bad, they haven't seen this.

He pried his eyes away from the horror of Jaune's sleep ware and went to the locker room to get his combat gear. Despite what people think of Shinobi, they do not fight without some form of protection. He wore a metal fishnet shirt underneath his jacket with metal shin guards.

His equipment was light but strong enough that a wild bear would have trouble clawing him out...except for that damn cat, Tora. How that cat out of hell could tear up his armor, he didn't know. That cat was evil incarnate. Hell, Konoha could recruit the damn thing and set it loose on other villages. The whole world would be conquered by the demon cat, Tora.

His locker was next to a red-haired girl along with Weiss. Since most of the students wore their combat gear and armor over their usual clothes, there was no need for separate locker rooms. He removed his jacket and put on his fishnet shirt and shin guards strapping the leather clasps together making sure it was secured and wouldn't fly off.

As he was doing so the red-haired girl took notice of the boy next to her. He was shorter than her with the top of his head reaching her shoulders. She like most was curious about the blond haired boy. More specifically, why someone so young was attending Beacon. Granted, beacon didn't have an age requirement, however, the norm was between fifteen to eighteen for first years. She was curious about a different reason. The way he strapped on his gear showed years of habit. Every strap was well secured but wasn't too tight.

She tapped Naruto on his shoulder. "Hello, I'm Pyrrha Nikos. Good luck out there." She said with a smile. She thought he could use a bit of encouragement.

Naruto smiled back at her.

"Thanks, you too. I'm Naruto Uzumaki." He said holding out his hand for her to shake.

She accepted the handshake.

"Nice to meet you, so how do you think teams will be formed?"

"No clue. I was just gonna wing it." He said honestly, putting on his jacket and stretching a little to test it all out.

"Would you like to team up with me. I have room on my team." She said while closing her locker. She felt like Naruto could use a helping hand, here at Beacon so she would watch his back if she could.

"Thanks for the offer, but I don't think we get to choose our teams... That'd be too easy and if Ozpin is like the pervy sage, then expect an overly difficult test." He said with a shiver remembering the time Jiraiya threw him of a cliff and at that time, he made him survive in the forest of death for two weeks with his chakra sealed off.

"And what would a kid like you know..." Said Weiss with a stern look. "...and don't you know who you're talking to?"

Before anything else could be said, Jaune walked up and tried to flirt with Weiss. Pyrrha thought it was kinda funny.

"Well, Naruto, if we do get to choose, I hope we end up on the same team." She said while smiling at Jaune's attempts to woo Weiss.

Naruto gave her a thumbs up before tying his Konoha headband around his forehead.

"Thanks, I'll see ya around." Said Naruto as he left to head for the cliffs.

At beacon cliffs.

Naruto was standing on a platform next to Blake, waiting for the test to start. In front of the students were Professors Ozpin, Glynda, and Jiraiya. Oh, Kami, help us if he had anything to do with this.

"Hello, students, I know many of you have heard rumors about team placements. Today, I'm am here to put those rumors at ease. The first person you make eye contact with will be your partner for the next four years." Said Ozpin. Naruto swore he could hear glass breaking.

"WHAAAAA' cried ruby.

"You will each be launched into the Emerald Forest. Your objective is to find the ruins hidden in the forest and to retrieve a relic. Once you and your partner retrieve the relic, return to the cliffs. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path or you will die."

Before Naruto knew what happened, people were being launched.

"Um sir, I have a question," said Jaune.

"Yes?." Said Ozpin trying hard not to grin at the poor boy. He would consider this payback for thinking he wouldn't notice a fake transcript.

"Um, you said we'd be launched. So what, are you gonna hand out parachutes?"

"No. You will be falling, Mister Arc, and you will be making your own landing strategy.

Before Naruto could listen to more, he was launched into the air. Yup, this was either a family trait or Jiraiya had planned this. Naruto spread his arms and legs enjoying the feeling of falling with style. He watched as students used their weapons and semblance to land safely on the ground or on the tops of trees. He reached into his pouch and pulled out a kunai. He quickly tied a wire to it and threw it into a tall tree. He used the wire to swing his way to the ground.

Once his feet gracefully touched the ground he smirked.

"Huh, that was easier than I thought." He said while pulling back the kunai. Even if they were useless against the grim he couldn't afford to leave any of his current equipment.

"Gggggrrrowwwwwwllllll."

Naruto quickly turned to where the growl came from and was met with an Ursa Major. It was twice the size of a normal bear with a mass growing on the bone. The Ursa was slowly circling the blond boy.

Naruto did the same making sure to pay attention to his surroundings like he was trained to do.

"SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!" Yelled Naruto as he made ten clones. Two of the shadow clones rushed the Ursa dodging a swipe from one of its arms. Both of the clones rolled underneath the Ursa and kicked it into the air.

"U..."

Two more clones jumped off the other clones feet, kicking it higher Into the air.

"ZU..."

Two more clones jumped up and uppercut the Ursa in the jaw.

"MA..."

The final clone jumped off the last two clones and shoved a Rasengan into its stomach, propelling it further into the air until it reached the treetops.

"I..."

The real Naruto was thrown above the Ursa, flashing through hand signs.

"FIRE DEATH BARRAGE!" He shouted before launching a giant fireball into the Ursa slamming it into the earth while on fire causing a small crater.

To make sure it was dead, he made another clone and made a Rasengan. The clone threw Naruto towards the Ursa and slammed it into its head.

He kept away from the beast, waiting to make sure it was dead. The Ursa tried to get up but with a final groan, it fell back to the floor dead.

Naruto grinned as the Ursa began to erode. He quickly jumped onto one of the tree branches and tree hopped into the forest. He didn't know where he was going, but his first step was to find a partner. He knew that whoever he partnered with, he would be stuck with. He was hoping it was either Ruby, Jaune, or Pyrrha. Since he had met those three and they each seemed like good friends... Lie Ren and Nora were cool too.

He kept going in a random direction, not noticing he passed a pinned and slightly unconscious Jaune hanging in a tree.

He kept on tree hopping until he came to a small clearing. He landed on the ground looking around for any threats. He then calmly walked ahead if he was going to get a partner. He'd have to be at eye level with them. He walked around for a while until he saw smoke in the distance. He immediately started running there. He saw a big tree in a clearing that was on fire. He also saw Weiss and Ruby on a hill further. He quickly tree hopped to catch up to them.

It took him two minutes to catch up to them and he dropped down breaking up their bickering.

"Yo, Ruby, what's up?" Said Naruto as he landed next to the hooded girl surprising both of them.

"Geez, Naruto, you scared the dust out of me." Said, Ruby, while clutching her chest.

"Where is your partner?" Asked Weiss annoyed at his sudden appearance.

"Don't have one so I'll just tag along with you two until we either get to the temple or I find someone to partner with. That ok, Weiss?" Asked Naruto since Weiss came off as the kind of girl that was really uptight and hated when things didn't go as planned.

"Very well, so long as you don't slow us down. Three heads are better than two. Have you run into any Grimm yet?" Asked Weiss out of curiosity.

" Yeah, I ran into a big Ursa a while ago. He went down pretty easily though."

Weiss didn't seem to believe him but ruby looked impressed. "How'd you manage to take on an Ursa without a weapon?" Asked Ruby.

"SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!" Yelled Naruto as he made another copy of himself.

" I used my signature combo on him with the help of my clones." Said Naruto. Ruby poked around his clone to see if it was real and Weiss was stunned.

"I'll admit that's an incredible semblance you have." Said Weiss.

"That's not my semblance." Said Naruto shocking both of them.

"It's a jutsu that allows me to make physical copies of my self." Said Naruto as he dispelled the clone in a puff of smoke.

"Coooool!" Said, Ruby, as they began to walk again.

Meanwhile at the cliffs.

Jiraiya was watching closely how Naruto handled the exam.

"I must say, Jiraiya, Naruto is quite skilled. You've trained him well" Said Ozpin.

"Yes, Mister Uzumaki is doing well... Tell me, what team do you think he'd be suited for?" Asked Glynda.

"An assault team would be preferable, but then again, a team with good defensive capabilities might help him." Said Jiraiya receiving a nod from Ozpin and Glynda. They continued to watch the exam unfold.

After being lost for two hours, Weiss disregarding Naruto's directions and with Ruby's idea to climb atop a nevermore's back ended with the three of them hanging on for dear life.

Naruto was laughing in joy " THIS... IS... FUCKING ...AWESOME!" Shouted Naruto as he stood on the back of the nevermore with his arms spread out. He was sticking to sticking to the Grimm's back using chakra.

Weiss looked at him as if he was crazy. And also asking herself how he was defying the natural laws of physics.

" YOUR BOTH FUCKING INSANE" She yelled angrily. It was Ruby's idea to climb on it's back and Naruto was having the time of his life like they weren't on a dangerous Grimm.

" IN HINDSIGHT, THIS WASN'T SUCH A GOOD IDEA!" Yelled Ruby who was next to Weiss clutching the black fears for dear life.

" I can see the ruins. We'll be right over them in a few seconds." Yelled Naruto as they were flying above Yang and Blake.

"HOW ARE WE GONNA GET DOWN?" Asked Weiss more than a little miffed

"WE SHOULD JUMP!" Yelled Ruby as she and Naruto jumped off the nevermore's back, leaving Weiss behind.

Naruto made multiple shadow clones in mid-air and jumped from each of their backs to land safely on the ground in front of Yang and Blake.

Ruby was air tackled, by Jaune into a tree with the two of them hanging onto branches.

Nora burst Into the clearing riding on an Ursa until it collapsed exhausted.

"Awe, it's broken." She whined before she smiled and danced around one of the podiums.

"nora...huff...huff...never...huff...do that...huff...again." gasped Ren and rounds he patted the poor Ursa on the back for a job well done before he stabbed it in the back of the neck killing it.

" RUBY!"

"YANG!"

"NORA!" Yelled Nora as she jumped up between Yang and Ruby.

"BELIEVE IT!" Yelled Naruto. Everyone just stared at him.

"Sorry, I thought we were yelling random things." He said

"HOW COULD YOU LEAVE ME!?" Yelled Weiss who was still hanging on for dear life.

" I TOLD YOU TO JUMP!" yelled ruby as they all watched her from the safety of the ground.

"They are so gonna get it when I get down there." Growled Weiss as she let go of the nevermore.

"And she's falling." Said Blake with a bored tone.

"Seriously, she was launched from a cliff, yet she can't handle a drop from a nevermore?" Asked Naruto as he ran up a tree to catch Weiss bridal style.

"Sup, Ice Queen?" he said and landed in front of everyone.

"...thanks." Said, Weiss, as Naruto put her down. Dusting herself off, her hand suddenly yang burst into flames with her eyes glowing red.

"Can everyone cool down for five seconds!" Yelled Yang as everyone stopped moving. After five seconds past, Pyrrha came crashing into She was being chased by a giant deathstalker.

"Well, you got your five seconds at least. What's the plan now, Yang?" Said Naruto as he grabbed a random artifact.

"I've got this!" yelled Ruby as she charged the deathstalker.

"Wait, Ruby!"

Ruby tried to fight the deathstalker only to be swatted away by one of its giant claws. She tried to get some distance from it but the nevermore fired a barrage of feathers pinning her by her cape.

Weiss didn't hesitate to rush into the fray and help out her partner. She drove the front of the deathstalker along with the tail.

After they had their heart to heart moment, they all made a beeline for the cliff with the nevermore shadowing them from above. Naruto could hear the ice shatter as the deathstalker gave chase again. He cursed under his breath from what he could remember about these two Grimm. The deathstalker had extremely hard bone plates all over its body, however, there was a weak spot underneath it in its center. The nevermore was different depending on the age (size). Their skin could rival the defensive capability of that of a deathstalker, not to mention that the damn bastard is flying and could shoot feathers at high velocities. Out of the two Grimm, the nevermore would be more difficult for him to kill.

They were crossing a stone bridge when the nevermore perched atop a temple altar and screeched at the group of students. The deathstalker burst into the clearing, blocking off their escape route.

"Well, looks like we have to fight!" Yelled Naruto as he ran along with Yang and Ruby to dodge the nevermore arrows. Naruto flipped over an arrow and used it arrows spring to launch himself self toward the deathstalker arrows Rasengan in his hand already he Slammed it into its exoskeleton grinding at the bone leavening a spiral dent.

The deathstalker screeched in pain before it lashed arrows ready him with its claw.

Naruto was shocked his most powerful attack failed to do more damage. His shock led to him being knocked away by its claw. Naruto flew into Yang, who tried to catch him.

"Dang, that things tougher than I thought." Said Naruto who was holding his stomach. The Fox was already working to heal the damage.

Yang put Naruto down before activating her gauntlets and shooting at the nevermore.

"Get your weapon out, kid." Said, Blake, as she rushed the deathstalker doing her best to try and make an opening for someone with a stronger weapon to kill the deathstalker.

Ruby, Weiss, and Nora were shooting a barrage of bullets, dust rounds, and grenades at the nevermore. It flew underneath the bridge destroying the pillars causing the bridge to start to collapse. Naruto dropped onto the nevermore's back along with Blake.

Blake ran along the nevermore slashing at its back as she ran and jumped onto a pillar. Naruto ran to the front of the nevermore flashing through hand signs.

He jumped ahead of the nevermore and inhaled an inhuman amount of air until he started to bulge.

"WIND DRAGON BULLET BARRAGE!"

Exhaling, Naruto shot small concentrated bullets of air at the nevermore. The bullets collided and bounced off the nevermore's face, except for one that met it's marked and shot through one of its red eyes.

Before Naruto could fall or be eaten by the Grimm, Blake's bow wrapped around his waist and pulled him onto the pillar she was standing on.

"Thanks for the assist." He said while giving a thumbs up to Blake. When he looked back at the nevermore, he saw Yang punching and shooting shotgun shells down its throat.

" WHY (bang) WON'T (bang) YOU (bang) DIIIIEEEE?!" She yelled as she finally jumped from the nevermore's beak onto a pillar.

"Dang, nothing's working!" she said with a curse.

"what's the plan?* he asked as he towed several kunai with explosive notes at the nevermore.

" GIVE IT EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT!" Yelled Ruby as she changed her sycthe Into its sniper form.

Naruto jumped to another pillar and created three shadow clones. He Heard Heard his Head his clones He And His Clones Flashed through hand signs.

"FIREBALL JUTSU!"

"WIND RELEASE: GREAT BREAKTHROUGH!"

Yelled Naruto and his clones as they launched a massive and deadly ball of fire. It was fueled and strengthened by his wind jutsu at the nevermore. Burning it's left wing caused it to land for a moment against the cliff wall. With a screech, it tried to fly again, only for Weiss to freeze the end of its tails to the wall. Ruby rushed over to tell him her plan. Naruto got into position in the middle of the bridge between the two pillars. Weiss flipped onto one of her glyphs and launched herself backward to where Ruby was balancing on her scythe against Blake's bow. Naruto was behind her bloated with air.

"Can you make the shot?" She asked Weiss who was aiming her glyph so Ruby could kill the damn thing.

"Can I?" She said smugly.

"Can you?" asked Ruby.

"Of course I can!" Weiss yelled at her as she shot Ruby with Naruto propelling the girl forwards with a great breakthrough.

Ruby fired more bullets to speed up her already deadly attack. She swung her scythe dug into the nevermore's neck. Weiss made glyphs on the cliff wall allowing Ruby to use her semblance to run up the side of the cliff. As she dragged the giant Grimm over the top of the cliff, she took its head with her in a shower of roses.

" THAT WAS AWESOME! BELIEVE IT!" Naruto yelled as he high-fived Weiss.

"Let's go." She said with a smile. She was actually starting to like Naruto...just a little bit. He was loud, yes, but he was definitely strong. The fact that he could fight a Grimm without a weapon spoke volumes of his potential. Not to mention, there was something about him that just made you want to be friends with him.

"You know what, Naruto... I actually hope we end up on the same team." She said while walking down the bridge while Naruto was right behind her with a grin on his face.

Meanwhile with open and co.

"Huh, he's come a long way. I didn't even know he could do that with the wind dragon bullet technique. He never ceases to amaze me." Said Jiraiya with a proud smile. He was recording Naruto's test in his own personal biography. He knew that he just witnessed something great. He was very proud of his godson.

" I must admit Mister Uzumaki is extremely skilled for someone his age... I think I'll place him on Team RUBY as a sub-leader. Led by Ruby Rose. As for the other four, I'll have Mister Arc be the leader of Team JNPR." Said Ozpin since Naruto showed great teamwork and collaboration with the other members of the team. He was definitely a powerhouse. That's for sure.

" I agree. He is more suited to that type of team as well. From what I can tell, the members of Team RWBY serve as a powerful assault and possibly a stealth team. This is right up Naruto's alley." Said Jiraiya as he watched the footage of Naruto's battles again.

"Not to mention, his teammates are major hotties." He mumbled under his breath causing Glynda's eyebrow to twitch with annoyance.

"Yes, well, I think he would need some lessons in using his aura. I could tell even without the equipment, he didn't use any to shield himself or even to heal his wounds." Said Glynda while also watching a replay of Naruto's fight, especially when he was hit by the deathstalker. "In his and our own line of work, it would be dangerous not to have such a basic form of defense."

Ozpin took a sip of his coffee, watching as the last of the students climbed over the cliffs edge in the distance, with a proud smile on his face.

"We definitely have some promising students this year, don't we Glynda?" he asked calmly and with a hint of anticipation in his eyes." I can already tell they'll be great hunters and huntresses."

Team placements

After everyone got a short break and check up from the school infirmary, they were all lead to the auditorium.

" Ruby Rose, Naruto Uzumaki, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, and Yang Xiao Long. You, five, will be the only team of five. You will be known as Team RUWBY, led by Ruby Rose and sub-leader Naruto Uzumaki." He said shocking the two younger students. Yang gave both of them a hug. Weiss was more than a little conflicted. Blake simply smiled and nodded at the two.

"Professor Jiraiya will lead you to your dorms. Welcome to Beacon Academy" Said Ozpin.