Guiding the Way Chapter Two: Day One Part 1
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Naruto felt a sigh of relief escape his lips as he heard the sound of the door clicking signaling that Jaune had unlocked the door. It was a very tiring day for the blond and he was looking forward to getting some rest.
After the initiation and the announcement of teams, Team JUNPR and RWBY went out to celebrate, luckily the meal was half price as it wasn't actually even only day one of the semester but it wasn't like the blond had money anyway.
"Well this is our room." Naruto sighed as he looked around. The room was nothing below or above average. No special decorations, a single bathroom, four beds, some curtains, a small kitchen… wait. "Fuck." Naruto simply cursed he could feel Pyrrha slightly nudge him for cursing but truthfully he had spoken everyone's mind.
"There are only four beds." Jaune groaned before his eyes looked at one of the beds. Everyone sweat dropped as they heard the quiet snores of Nora's slumber.
"Well there's one taken." Ren commented while scratching his head with closed eyes and a groan.
"I'll just sleep on the floor." Naruto finally said causing everyone to look at him.
"Are you sure?" Pyrrha said as he looked at Naruto with some slight concern for her friend.
"We can take turns on the floor." Jaune said.
"It's fine honestly. Plus I don't think our leader should be sleeping on the floor anyway." Naruto replied and grinned at his comrades. "I'll just go get a pillow and some covers." Naruto said exiting out the door; he was way too tired to go out searching for a sleeping bag.
He knocked on the door several times and got no response till abruptly he heard random bickering and shuffling inside. After a while it stopped and the door opened to reveal Weiss in her night gown.
"What do you want Uzumaki?" Weiss asked a little rudely, the blond wasn't offended though. It was pretty late at night at this point and the way the white haired girl was rubbing her eyes she had just woken up.
"What are you doing here foxy?" He heard the familiar voice of Yang call. A flash of blond hair came into his sight before he found an arm slung above his shoulder. "Hoping you can sleep with us."
He chuckled a bit at her actions before moving on. "No, I'm just here to see if you had an extra blanket and pillow I could use." He said.
"Is he in here asking for a blanket and pillow?" He heard the sarcastic monotone of Blake's question. Naruto would've face palmed at how 3/4 of Team RWBY had woken up.
"Pretty much." He simply answered.
"I'm pretty sure my sister Ruby has some." Yang spoke. "I'll have to go wake her up though." Naruto would've protested but the arm slung over his shoulder was gone and Yang was already on her sister's bedside.
"N-Normal knees!" Ruby shouted as she fell out of her bed. Naruto would've laughed but honestly he was too tired to. "Huh?"
"My sister's kind of childish." Yang commented on her sister's actions causing said sister to begin blushing embarrassment.
"No I'm not!" Ruby shouted back.
"Guys look I just want to…" Naruto began before being interrupted.
"It looks like we have no pillows." Weiss said as she looked at Naruto who was out the door. The Uzumaki looked at Blake who just shook her head, his line of vision moved to Yang and Ruby who were arguing
"Alright night guys." He said sighing.
"Night." They both replied before shutting the door. Naruto groaned as he moved back to the team's dorm right across the hall.
"Did they have any?" He could hear Pyrrha say from her bed. The Uzumaki simply shook his head as he lay on the floor. He closed his eyes silently before he felt a light material touch him. "Here." He opened his eyes to see her holding a pillow out to him with a gentle smile.
"Thanks." He said as he accepted the pillow. She simply continued to smile before going back into bed. "Night Pyrrha." He calmly spoke from the floor.
"Good night Naruto." She said still with a smile as she fell asleep.
-Break-
Naruto could feel fingers touching his face as he awoke from and slumber, though when he opened his eyes he had not expected Nora to be touching his whisker marks.
"They're like a kitten's whiskers." She said keeping her energetic tone intact.
"They're birthmarks." He told her as he stood up and stretched his arms. She nodded and before moving away from the boy's area of sleeping and jumping excitedly.
"Want to hear my dream!" She cheerfully asked. Naruto's eyes gazed towards the alarm clock.
'It's only 6:37am… and everyone else is asleep.' Naruto thought before looking back at the hyperactive girl. "Sure!"
"So…" She began dramatically.
-Break-
"And then I had to… dress up as a man to get back my hammer!" The bubbly girl finished her dream with dramatic emphasis. Naruto looked at Ren who had woken up shortly after Nora began her story. The childhood friend of Nora had corrected his friend whenever see over exaggerated her dream.
"That part was true." Ren neutrally stated to the surprise of Naruto.
'Hey Ren how do you know so much about Nora's dreams anyway?" Naruto questioned with a raised eyebrow.
He shrugged before standing up off his bed with a groan. "Who wants pancakes?" He said as he moved into the little kitchen of the dorm.
"Ren's pancakes are the best!" Nora said hinting excitement into her voice.
Naruto grinned at the two. "I'll have to see on that!" He eagerly said with a laugh.
"But I ate all the syrup!" Nora spoke and Naruto continued laughing.
"Nora how many times have I told you not to eat it!" Ren called causing Nora's smile to widen as she skipped into the bathroom.
"It seems you've gotten to know them a little better." Naruto heard from behind. His head turned behind to see the familiar pair of red and green of Pyrrha's hair and eye color.
"Yep! Ren's pretty calm, and collected, while Nora is… well Nora." Naruto stated with a nod from both causing both him and Pyrrha to laugh. Suddenly a very sweet aroma rose from the kitchen and found its way into their noses. "And Ren's cooking pancakes." Naruto informed with a smile and a slightly watering mouth. Pyrrha smiled seeing how easily the team had found common ground.
"Maybe we should wake up Jaune." She said with agreement from Naruto. Naruto gently shook Jaune bed expecting him to wake up.
"I'm serious I didn't disguise myself as a lady!" Jaune woke up with a start. He fully opened his eyes to see Naruto and Pyrrha laughing at him. He sheepishly scratched his head before standing up revealing himself to be wearing footie pajamas. Nora exited the bathroom and afterwards looked a Jaune before bursting out in laughter.
"What's so funny?" He said as he looked at the girl.
"Your pajamas!" She said in between her constant laughter.
"What so bad about footie pajamas?" Jaune asked again with a twitching eyebrow.
"That's enough, breakfast is served." Ren said from the kitchen ceasing Nora's laughter.
-Break-
Naruto moved his hands around his uniform with a strained look. The uniform was kind of... stiff. One again Naruto looked at the alarm clock. It was 8:45 signifying 15 minutes before the start of classes.
"Hey Pyrrha, Jaune we have the first period together." Naruto spoke to his teammates. Jaune sighed in relief at having at least two friends in one class.
"Speaking of classes…" Pyrrha spoke from behind Naruto. She then promptly dropped a book onto his lap. "You need to at least know some of the basics of being a hunter." Naruto groaned at what she said causing the red head to giggle. "It won't be that bad."
"Maybe… Maybe not." He told her as he looked down at the book.
The Idiot's or Foreigner's Guide to Everything Remnant
"Grimm are soulless creatures meaning they can't use aura. They are the darkness and we are the light." Pyrrha calmly spoke. "Long ago when mankind was in infancy Grimm appeared. Their goal was to destroy human and all of its creations, all hope of evading the goal from becoming a reality never existed till the power of dust was found causing mankind to thrive which led to the formation of kingdoms… And that's pretty much the basics." She said concluding her explanation.
"Man Pyrrha you sure do know a lot about them." Naruto complimented the girl. "But still I don't see why-" Naruto continued before being interrupted.
"What's all the commotion about?" Jaune asked as he looked outside the door. "What are you all running for?" He asked as he saw Team RWBY rush out their dorm room.
"Can't talk I have to get to class!" He heard Yang yell.
"Huh?!" The members of Team Juniper bluntly said in unison before they began running.
"See ya Ren, Nora." Naruto said as he, Jaune, and Pyrrha split apart from the other members of their team.
"We only have a minute till class starts we're going to be late!" Jaune said in panic.
Naruto grit his teeth before grabbing his two friends' hands and dashing as fast as he could. If there was one day you didn't want to come in late to class it was day one. He sighed in relief when he realized they were in the class with only a second to spare literally.
" how very lucky seeing as you barely made it to class on time." Naruto heard an unfamiliar voice call. He could feel himself gulp when he figured that the teacher of his class was speaking to him. "If I've heard correctly you are a foreigner?" Naruto nodded in response. "Well then answer me these questions: What do we hunters fight?"
'I wasn't the only one late though.' Naruto thought while looking at the teacher with a questioning look of his own before he felt the light elbowing from Pyrrha. "Uh Grimm." He answered.
"Correct, now what material has mankind discovered which allows the combat of these creatures." The teacher continued.
'Dust." Naruto answered and let out a breath he had not realized he had not known he was holding. He could hear Pyrrha whisper him "Told you so" with a light giggle following and he only, with a dumbfounding look, nodded. One thing was for sure now; he wouldn't doubt Pyrrha's judgment anytime soon.
The rest of class went by pretty fast, mostly the three tuned out most of what the teacher had said well at least Naruto and Jaune did for the most part and after saying their goodbyes to Pyrrha and Jaune he continued the school day.
-Break-
"Naruto!" Ruby shouted as she entered the class. "I just wanted to say sorry for ignoring you when you asked us for help." He looked at her with a raised eyebrow before remembering the previous night.
"It's fine." He assured as they sat down in class. "So this is the weapon's class right?" Ruby nodded at his question eagerly.
"Yep~." She said with a jolly tune and pulled out a very condensed rifle from behind. She gently laid her hand across it before transforming into a scythe. "This is my sweet darling Crescent Rose. What's your weapon?"
"I don't really have weapons on me right now… though I did use kunai and shuriken as support weapons before." He replied with a smile gracing his face at the thought of his old battles.
"Kunai and Shuriken huh? Those are pretty outdated weapons." She said before a smile grew on her face. "I'll make you a weapon then!" She declared happily.
"You sure I don't really need one I always have my fists to back me up." He told her thought his words fell on deaf ears.
"I make sure to make the best weapon as possible though sometimes I do go a little bit overboard sometimes though." She continued, ignoring Naruto's words and keeping her grin.
"Any idea what weapon you're going to make then?" He questioned as he looked at the girl with an unconscious smile, he knew there was no way she wasn't going to make him a weapon.
"…" Ruby took a deep breath dramatically. "No spoilers." She said with a satisfied smirk. "But trust me it'll be the best weapon you've ever used!" He nodded at her with a grin.
"So how's everything going with you team Ruby?" Naruto questioned changing the subject; the scythe user would let any more details on his weapon escape her mouth.
"It's been ok for now but it's only the first day." She said with smile gracing her lips. "I think Weiss and Blake are even starting to warm up to me." She continued. "And it's great because not only that but I'm making a lot of friends…" She accidentally said aloud. Naruto grinned at what she said causing her to gain a sheepish face and laugh. "It is kind of silly."
"It's not; the chance of making friends is great. People have different reasons for wanting friends but I just love having friends for the enjoyment and bonds you can share, ones that you want to protect." Naruto said still having a grin before gaining a sheepish look himself. Ruby looked at him with a kind smile.
'Normal knees.' She thought in relief.
"Yang Xiao Long you're late." The teacher of the class said pulling Naruto and Ruby away from their discussion and onto a familiar blond.
"So much for not being late the first day." Naruto said to his fellow blond as she took her seat next to him. She smirked at him but ignored the comment.
"So you took one for the team and slept on the floor, you're quite the gentlemen." Yang said with a teasing grin. "Though I guess I can't say the same for me and Ruby, so I guess we're sorry about yesterday."
"No problem, but it was pretty cold on the ground last night." He said pretending to shiver at the memory. He looked to see Ruby and Yang gain slightly guilty looks but Naruto just grinned. "Just kidding."
"That wasn't very nice foxy." Yang said poking at the blond's cheek.
"Honestly I can say the same about you goldilocks." Naruto retorted gaining a grin.
'Wow never thought Yang would find somebody who can make a comeback from her.' Ruby thought as her eyes darted back and forth at their exchange of words. She could see her sister gaining a grin as they continued.
-Break-
"I'm telling you one day you'll open your wallet and you'll see…" Naruto began as he sat down on the lunch table with his team and team RWBY.
"A wad of cash?" Ruby more questioned then finished.
"Barely anything." Naruto finished.
"What's your point?" Blake questioned.
"Shortly afterwards you'll find only one opportunity left." He said with a nod following. "You'll be buying a pack of instant Ramen noodle cups." Jaune face faulted at his comment, while the many of the table's occupants laughed.
"I'm not sure if that's what really happens." Jaune said.
"Plus, you said you're a foreigner so you probably don't really use the same currency as us." Blake informed and was actually correct.
Yang's face gained a look of amusement. "So basically you're broke." Naruto nodded confirming her thoughts.
Soon the bell rang in all the ears of the cafeteria's occupants. It was time to go to next period, it was only the first day and Naruto could already tell he was bored of his classes so far but he was pretty happy that he had friends to talk to. Though there was still half a day left.
A/N: I was going to just extend this chapter to the whole first day but I decided to just only do the first half for this chapter meaning next time will be Part 2, the last half of the first day. With this hopefully after Part 2 the story will pick up but let's not rush things. Mainly I'm just going to be having Naruto familiarize himself with Team JUNPR and RWBY before I do slight time skips. Also, as some of you have pointed out this story is also has some influences from other RWBY stories, but trust me it'll be going in a different direction. As for those characters which haven't had their time to shine yet don't worry they'll be getting their moments soon.
I've also decided that for now I'll be using a system for missions similar to the one in the Naruto World, EX: Ranked missions which give rewards based on task. For now at least since so far it hasn't been elaborated in Volume 1.
Anything weird, incorrect, or OOC in this chapter? Don't be afraid to point it out it'll help me improve as the story continues. Thanks for the support and as always keep it up!