Naruto – Jaded Harbinger of Peace

Hey guys, I hope you are enjoying this story so far... even though there is only 1 chapter of this story... two when this one is uploaded. I hope it is different than what you normally see in Naruto x RWBY crossovers.

I know that you guys might not like how I portray Velvet in this story, but she simply has so little screen time and lines that it is pretty hard to get her character correct. The new After The Fall book only helps so much.

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Chapter 2

As Velvet continued to chase the yellow fox kit through the forest, she started to notice how everything was becoming heavier, like a crushing emotion that was threatening to obscure everything around it and never let it go, and to let whatever it was obscuring to suffer in isolation and torment.

Her ears droop low and her body starts to shiver at the feeling that this part of the forest was giving out. It felt completely wrong, yet she could also feel a small part of happiness and tranquility, it was miniscule, but it was there... at least it was something other than this crushing feeling.

However, everything soon came crashing to a halt when she heard a low and almost haunting howl.

The worst part was, it was extremely close to her.

She shakily looked around, like she was in the line of sight of a predator, and she was the prey. Her fingers twitching, barely fighting the sheer instinct to either run away and never come back, or go to her weapon and try to defend herself from whatever was making the noise and exueding the feeling of complete domination over her instincts.

The sudden feeling of something watching her made chills run down her body. She felt like it was her dying moments, however, she didn't let up. Mentally commanding her kness to stop wobbling and forcing her heartrate to become normal once again and to try and think rationally once again, remembering how foxes, kitsunes and vixens were tricksters and masters of the art of seduction, she stood proud, thinking it was just a test to prove something of her. What it was? She didn't know... but she wasn't going to let up.

If she wanted to improve her self-esteem and try to build up more of a tough exterior, then she needed to display it, right here and now.

Suddenly, out of two perfectly fine shrubs with small amounts of berries and small flowers blooming on them, came out two more foxes, both of a different colour than the yellow one she saw earlier and chasing.

One of them looked considerably larger than the yellow fox, which she could now easily call a kit from the sheer size difference with the others she can see now. The first one was pristine white in colour, with no smudges or grime anywhere in the fur and three whiskers of each cheek, all white in colour as well. Not even a small twig or remnants of berry juice from the surrounding berry bushes were found matted in the groomed fur. It's bright green eyes were staring at her, in a mixture of curiosity and intrigue, its claws, while still sharp looking, looked well groomed, its large, almost rabbit-like fox ears were perked up, and occasionally twitching every time she breathed a breath of air.

'This one... is female?' Velvet thought to herself, seeing the difference in posture and slight changes of looks that the white one had compared to the light sky-blue one, along with seemingly less muscle mass around its body and it being slightly more pronounced around its pelvic area.

Speaking of the sky blue one. It was looking at her with intrigue clear in its deep blue slitted eyes, along with a look that looked eerily similar to a cat ate the canary grin, with small, yet sharp fangs poking out from its mouth, four whiskers on each of its cheeks seemingly twitching in the slight breeze. It had the exact same rabbit-like ears as the snow white one, just a little shorter than it. Its claws seemed to be more rough and jagged compared to the snow white one.

Velvet could clearly see the mass of muscle was more pronounced all around its body, she could also see it tense its muscles in case of anything was to happen and it needed to react accordingly.

Taking a deep breath and deciding to do something completely stupid, in a sense of her being the 'prey' of being a rabbit Faunus and having two predators in front of her. She went down to her knees slowly, with them sinking slightly in the soft and luscious soil, slowly and hesitantly extending both her arms out in front of her, with her palms facing upwards. She looked down, her hair covering her eyes and ears flopping down slightly as she waited with baited breath for something to happen, whether it be from a positve reaction or negative reaction.

'Please don't kill me. Please don't kill me... actually don't hurt me.' Velvet repeated like a mantra in her head as she continued the torturous wait, her own muscles tensing and untensing with every passing moment and her rabbit ears folding down even more.

The two abnormally coloured foxes, one that could not be explained by any scientific means avaliable, both looked to each other with them seemingly holding a mental conversation, before looking back at the kneeling female before them. Then thier slitted eyes met much more larger ones, ones that held infinite power and wisdom within them, along with them being a scary shade of deep red and having a more pronounced slit in them. A large muzzle with impossibly large teeth was seen through the shadow of the massive treebreak it was hiding in, before it made a discreet gesture with its head it continue on.

The two larger than average foxes carefully made thier way up to the cute rabbit Faunus girl, although with great trepidation. Sure, she may seem harmless enough and with the Beta kitsune motioning to them that it was fine, but it was still instinctual for them to fear the unknown piece of something greater.

They were told of many stories from thier Alpha, who wasn't even a fox, but the Beta held great respect and loyalty to him. They heard about how they didn't even blink when they backstabbed him so many times, nearly broke him to the point of no return... but they would put thier trust in the decision made by the Beta.

"Eeep." Velvet yelped out in instinct when she felt two wet muzzles rub against both of her palms. Fighting off the instincts flaring up inside her to either get away or protect herself physically from the touch.

She cracked open an eye and was rather surprised to see the larger foxes rubbing thier muzzles against her skin, however, both sets of eyes were staring directly at her, she almost felt like curling up in a ball when she finally noticed the amount of power hidden behind those slitted eyes. However, she allowed a small smile to grace her face as she soon moved her hands away from the muzzles and carefully placed her hands under the chins of the kitsunes, as they narrowed thier eyes and seemed to tense up, she finally started to rub and lightly scratch under the chins.

The result that Velvet was expecting was rather mixed to say the least. The snow white one melted into the touch, making content yipping and purring noises as it seemed to lean further into the touch and start rubbing against her hand even more than before, as its beautifully groomed and furry tail made its way and rested onto Velvet's lap. The sky blue one on the other hand was more tense about this situation, although that quickly changed when the ministations continued and it finally gave in to the pleasurable feeling of being petted under the chin. It's gutteral purrs were deep and nearly frightening to the poor girl, now she was certain that this kitsune was male, with more bulk around its body and from the deepness of the purring that it was putting out.

Although they were predators, Velvet couldn't help herself as she cracked a slight smile at the two kitsunes. They were adorable, in thier own way. Thier colouring only further enhancing that aspect.

THUD

Velvet nearly jumped out of her skin, standing up abruptly and unwillingly cutting of the pleasurable ministrations of the two kitsunes, quite literally causing them to look at her with a longing look... mainly towards her hands as they suddenly went to her back and nearing her weapon which she was about to take out.

As she turned around, she was met with something that made her feel like she was in a nightmare.

Just before her, stood a massive kitsune, maybe a small mountain in height, making her feel like she was a mere ant standing before an elephant... or better yet, before a God. She briefly noticed that she didn't even reach the joints in the middle of its paws. The deep red fur seemed to have lost most of its natural shine and looked ageing, with small tufts of grey fur coming through the coat. Nine tails trailed behind it as she could see that the claws of the massive nine-tailed Kitsune were easily nearly half the height of her alone. Yet, she was nearly compelled to look up, even if she didn't want to.

As she craned her neck upwards, she saw that its muzzle was completely full of impossibly sharp teeth, stained with small amounts of yellow and red and had a nasty case of bad breath, that not even a whole bottle of mouth wash could fix, nor could mints fix in a small amount of time. Wrinkles and folds in the skin were more prominent around its muzzle and face, she also noticed that this kitsune also shared a similar trait with the others, that being very, very large rabbit-like ears on top of its head, slightly angled and pointed. Its gleaming red slitted eyes seemed like they were peering directly into her soul, like she was being judged right before death.

"What is a Faunus doing here? How did you even find this place?" Its deep and guttural voice made Velvet more nervous and she felt like quivering in front of such a creature, and it definately sounded masculine... in a demonic and scary nature.

However, her mind finally caught up with what was happening, before she shakily looked at the nine-tailed fox and her eyes widened. "W-w-wait! Y-you can speak!?" She squeaked out, before the beast snorted, the force of such nearly knocked her off her own two feet.

"Of course I can! Answer the question, and maybe... MAYBE, I will answer your questions." He spoke out, annoyance clear in its demonic voice as everything was screaming at Velvet's instincts to speak now.

"Eep!" Velvet squeaked out again, she felt power flowing from the beast. It was horrifying, it felt like utter rage and hatred all focussed into one being. "I-I was simply walking around! Until I met a yellow fox kit and it led me here." Velvet spoke quickly, not wanting to anger the beast even more than it seemed to be. She was rewarded with a rather long and tense silence that seemed to last for minutes, when in fact, was only mere moments.

The nine-tailed giant looked at the trembling rabbit girl carefully. While he may not be as great as sensing lies or ill-will better than his respected comrade, she didn't look like a type of person to lie. He could also tell that she had potential hidden inside of her... what type of potential? He didn't know.

"Hmm." He hummed out, looking over to the two abnormal coloured foxes behind the trembling rabbit girl, both of thier heads lowered in respect to him. He saw in the distance, behind another shrub bush, the same yellow fox kit, looking at him with near begging eyes and a small nod to the head. He could tell that it was a small kit, only about 4 months old, but it seemed to have bonded with the rabbit girl. So, he made his decision. "Fine. I believe you. Beware, if you even consider harming any of the kitsunes or vixens here, or my comrade..." He let the threat speak for itself as he watched the poor rabbit girl nod her head frantically. He finally decided to let up on the pressure he was outputing to allow the girl an easier time to talk and move around.

"I promise! I wont!" Velvet yelped out after the threat was given, sure she nodded to it, but she felt like the towering fox deserved a verbal reply... even if actions speak louder than words. She squirmed a bit, before feeling the two abnormally coloured kitsunes from before come up to her and place their tails around her legs in an almost comforting gesture. "Umm... could you answer some of my questions?" Velvet meekly added after making eye contact with the beast, who seemed to relax more around her now, her hands snaking thier way down to pet the two kitsunes by her side.

"Fine. Only two, so they better be worth it Faunus." Velvet felt a little annoyed at the kitsune for speaking to her like that, and also felt shift of temperament from the voice of the male nine tailed kitsune, the voice still was deep and demonic, but it did sound more... relaxed then what it first was when he spoke to her.

"My name is Velvet." Velvet clarifed for the giant kitsune, who just waved his paws in a nonchalant manner. "Umm, also, I would like to know where I am and why you seemed so surprised to see me here. Secondly, I want to know; why are you here?" She asked her questions, seeing how the kitsune not so subtly tensed during one of those questions. She hoped she didn't hit a proverbial landmine.

A deep breath of somewhat rancid air that smelled awfully like fish mixed with some berries hit her senses as the other kitsunes backed away slightly. "Interesting questions..." The kitsune took a smaller look at Velvet before giving a tiny sigh, seeing her determined expression plastered on her face reminded him way to much of his comrade before everything turned to absolute garbage... also, he sort of expected to answer the obvious question of; why can you talk... he already explained it one to many times to the other... interesting duo that showed up years ago. "To answer your first question, you're in a hidden spot in the Forever Fall forest, where most people can't even get to. Second one is; I am here as a guardian to my comrade." He answered briskly, trailing off a little when he mentioned his comrade... his former warden.

Velvet perked up at hearing the word comrade again, her eyes also standing ramrod straight, both twitching slightly as she heard the slight breathing of the kitsunes near her. "Comrade?" Velvet questioned, her big chocolate brown eyes clouded in confusion as she heard that word come from the kitsunes mouth again. She thought that he meant the other kitsunes and vixens in the area, but now it started to seem like he was talking about a... human? Faunus maybe?

"Yes. Comrade, someone who overcame barriers and a terrible life and completed his dream all those years ago." He said, trailing off again, before his eyes widened as he quickly brought his line of vision down towards the rabbit girl, who now had a curious expression plastered on her face... even her nose was twitching slightly... something which he wouldn't dare say was cute... for a ningen anyway.

"You make it seem he is still alive, and older than myself." Velvet pointed out quietly, hoping not to anger the male mountain of kitsune.

"He is, in both senses... though, you could say he was... reborn." He muttered out lowly, still not to sure why he was revealing so much of this information to someone who he hasn't even known for half an hour yet. 'Damn. She really is like Naruto... actually, throw in a mix of Hinata as well.' He thought to himself. He could easily see the distinguishable characteristics of those two in Velvet. Her timid side, and her side which seemed to exued happiness and a deeper wish for something selfless.

Velvet blinked once, then her chocolate brown eyes seemed to widen and her brows knitted together. "You mean, reincarnated?" Velvet questioned with a small head tilt.

"Yes. In a sense. I wo-" He was cut off when he felt his comrade approach. It must have been the first time in over a decade since he was actually awake... the last time he was awake was when he stumbled upon two injured females in the Forever Fall forest. He couldn't remember the names, but thier personalities were easy to remember.

"Umm, what's wrong?" Velvet asked, a little concerned when he suddenly stopped speaking at his eyes seemed to widen, and gain a small amount of happiness. Her ears twitched when she suddenly heard the many excited yips coming from the smaller and abnormal coloured kitsunes... which, to completly be honest with herself, forgot they were there... they were so quite and behaved.

The massive nine-tailed kitsune didn't reply to her, which worried her some more, however, her worry was soon turned into confusion, then she remembered that this massive nine-tailed kitsune seemed to be fond of a companion.

Soon, a peaceful presence was thrown over everything. Completely drowning out all of the negativity in the area and Velvet felt like she was under a woolen blanket with fire dust in it, it was so comfortable and held so much warmth that she found herself on her ass before she even knew it.

"Kurama, what is happening around here? Why do I sense a new presence in the area?" A deep and smooth voice spoke out, definately of the male gender and maybe in his late teens or early twenties, although it did seem somewhat scratchy, maybe due to the lack of human contact.

Velvet suddenly had her attention purely grabbed by a mop of golden blonde hair as another figure made itself known... and to be honest with herself, she felt her face heat up with a fierce blush and managed to make her brain a little scrambled as she gazed upon the completely handsome figure.

The man stood at a healthy height of 5'10, a mop of unruly golden blonde hair that reminded her of Yang Xiao Long, a first year that she has seen around in the academy, although with some changes, the first one being a pair of near-horn like potrusions of his hair spiking upwards and his hair being shoulder length.

Cereluean blue eyes that had a piercing quality to them, but also held so much power, wisdom and surprisingly enough; sorrow. A weird white and black cloth wrapped around his forehead, preventing some of the hair from getting into his face and line of vision. Three whisker like marks found on each cheek, giving him a more feral and exotic appeal to him, cleanly shaven... which was surprising considering they were in the middle of the forest. Comfortably around his neck, was a black necklace with nine black magatamas attached to it.

His body had a fair amount of muscle and a slender figure to back it up, she could basically feel the muscles of his body tense through the very air itself. He was wearing a wierd looking cloak that was somewhat tattered and white in colour, with an interesting black design on it, he also wore an interesting white robe with burnt orange insignias and a golden obi wrapped around it, with white pants to match it, while being barefoot. It honestly gave him a hermit type look, or even a wandering sage appeal to him.

The adonis looking figure turned his attention to the apparently named Kurama, to the yipping foxes besides the sitting bunny girl, who also noticed that they were bowing thier heads, and with Kurama doing it, although, only a teensy level... maybe he had pride issues.

"Oh." Was the simple reply that came from Naruto as he saw the bunny girl on the ground, who was looking at him with a large blush on her face and small amounts of drool rushing out of her open mouth, which was nearly in an 'O' shape. "Yo." He simply greeted, a small wave of his hand as he closed his eyes and gave an eye smile, along with a small grin on his whiskered visage.

END CHAPTER

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