ANBU Naruto becomes a student of Beacon

by 10000future naruto

A crossover using Life in Konoha's ANBU by Shezza with RWBY. Inspired by Between Two Worlds by Ryshe, but continuing and developing the idea in a new direction. After the brief war of the Shinobi Alliance against the Remnant explorers, spurred by the Grimm and death of thousands. Naruto makes his way to Remnant as per the ceasefire accord with conflicting emotions for peace or war.

2. Chapter 2

ANBU Naruto becomes a student of Beacon Chapter 2

Author Note.

Just note some parts had been copied and edited from Between Two Worlds, so big thanks to the author Ryshe.

I am making a bit of a complex story and truth been told I haven't read Life in Konoha's ANBU to an extent where I remember everything and as such am reading it again. I'm reading it again now and will, therefore, be making adjustments to my posted chapters. For now, it is just small bits, but in the overall picture, they will have a big impact. Some changes are included below for chapter 1:

Naruto is 16 and a half years old.

Itachi is dead, Sasuke remains alive.

Naruto is wearing Tsunade's necklace (forgot to mention that).

Change the overall feel around total casualties and death toll (forgot to adjust that).

Naruto has a large storage scroll attached to his back.

From watching RWBY again, I just realised how dark the world is and how horribly evil Ruby is though I don't plan to reflect Ruby in that way in my story. She carries a sniper scythe and from what happened in Mount Glenn and other combat instances, all those Faunus are dead, some even bisected in half as she continues to smile like nothing is wrong with the world. Truly dark. This new revelation won't reflect in my story.

There was one critical review I wanted to address as Undead3 has brought up some valid points and would help you understand the premise of the story. I've watched Game of thrones so look underneath the underneath to better understand what i'm getting at. Towards the end of the chapter you'll get a better idea.

-Nations of remanent sort of did surrender, more around the idea of the ceasfire will be explained in later chapters. I can't pour everything in the prologue. It has to do with politics and why Naruto is sent to the Academy after all. Some of it is mentioned below, he is after all a badass from the story Life in Konoha's ANBU.

-You are right, I incorrectly alluded to an low casualties and death count. I will adjust that as mentioned above.

-For the potential huntsmen acting in fear. There is a reason why, that has been explained below. If you don't understand what I'm getting at pop another review and I'll tell you, its not that subtle in this chapter. the prologue was a bit of a teaser for the upcoming themes of the story.

-For the shinobi coming out on top, yes, of course or Naruto wouldn't be at their school. The Details and the themes of the combination story will make sense very soon in later chapters, but if you read Life in Konoha's ANBU, you'll understand there is strategy to the political moves.

-As for one-punch man. No they're not. I will adjust the casualties and death toll to make it more obvious. Hunters and Huntsmen and the military of Remnant are use to fighting and training against Grimm, Shinobi are used to fighting and training against people in all fields, medical, intellectual, tactical and more and actively kill people which remnant do not. They would come out on top, plus population is greater.

-As for thousands of foes slain with no losses, I think you misunderstood. Thousands are dead across the elemental nations because of Grimm, their people. They saw a connection to Remnant (will be explained further chapters) and attacked them. Details will come later, read the chapter and you'll better understand what I'm getting at. Idea is similar to Between Two worlds, I just want to capitalise on it

Chapter 2: Beacon Academy

Weeks prior to present day. Battle for South Hi no Kuni.

Naruto watched perched on top of a tree branch overlooking the vast southern plain. He watched as the opposing forces from the landmasses across the ocean continued to make landfall with their powerful airships, most dropping off soldiers and supplies while two remained stationary in the air likely to provide air support until the forward base of operations is set. He counted 8 airships in total and from looking ground side he estimated an army of 15 000 to 20 000 at least, most were those automated metal puppets they faced before, more yet still remained unaccounted for inside the airships. He watched as makeshift tents either with crates full of supplies, weapons and ammunition were erected or simply acted as on field living quarters. Additionally, it looked like the enemy was trying to set up a large wall around the camp with large guns adorning the posts.

The plan would need to be changed.

Naruto with his signature Ferret mask covering his face was adorned in the newly specialised ANBU chakra armour developed and presently being mass produced in part to the technological prowess of Iron Country, Snow/ Spring Country and them working together with the manafactorium in Bird country. He still couldn't believe how successful Konohamaru was on the mission and to believe he would end up saving a princess of such a technologically advanced country. Never thought he would see that ever happen, though of course other villages have started to produce their own, but not as efficiently as the co-operation between the manufacturing powers.

Notably, the new armour was far different to the regular ANBU armour in that it utilised a specialised light metal material adorned with chakra making it less flexible but tougher compared to the ANBU leather armour. The present design was just a prototype, but due to recent events saw to its immediate mass production for the Shinobi alliance. It, however, just like regular ANBU and other black ops armour throughout the nations was adorned with fuinjutsu seals and projectile resistant properties brought about by the new weapons the enemy used, guns. It was supposed to still be in development with rumours circulating around shielding just like their enemies, but the advantage it would bring was far too important for it to be shelved for a time, after all with or without the shielding, the armour hindered the enemies combat rounds most of their weapons emitted.

Naruto briefly looked back at the forces hiding out in the trees and on the ground assessing overall moral. Everyone was tense but was also excited, likely eager for some form of vengeance for the thousands of innocents lost on their land. He looked again taking in their details analysing possible combat advantages or disadvantages they held. Some ninjas were adorned in the new specialised armour, most black while others decorated in different colours. Most ninja however still wore their respective villages flak jackets and vests signifying Chunin and Jonin ranks.

Most didn't wear masks due to the manufacturing limit and costs producing them. Those however that wore distinguishable ninja masks of animals, demons or unique human features were of greater notoriety, notably of significant Jonin rank or respected black - ops operatives from Suna, Kumo or Konoha. Few Kiri and Iwa operatives were with them, most already in place for tactical manoeuvring and therefore, were out of sight for now.

There were, of course, significant inclusions of samurai from the Land of Iron as well as from the regular armies as part of the Shinobi alliance, but they, of course, fell into a separate category of their own being decked out in reinforced steel armour with seals. They were made for direct heavy fights and as such would make up the bulk of the forward battle line units while the ninja made for speed and stealth and would use more indirect tactics to engage the opposition.

One final, but important addition was that some of those of lower rank, chunin and the weaker samurai were provided newly developed projectile weaponry in thanks to Konoha and their victory over the Sky Country forces. Most, however, were still being given to the new combat division Konoha had developed for its armed forces after all the defeat of Sky Country and the acquisition and development of their technologies have created new breakthroughs in the Land of Fire, which of course had not gone unnoticed with more clientele pouring in.

The now infamous kunai launcher was one of the more notable developments.

These days the Kunai launcher acted as a great supplement weapon against their enemy's 'guns' and although the guns were still far more developed and advanced, kunai launches were still a dangerous weapon to contend with. To believe new developments of storage and propulsion seals working in tandem would create such a revolutionary weapon. Of course for the more experienced and elite of ninja, such a weapon would only serve as a hindrance in their hands and as such it was designated to those that would put it to good use on the battlefield.

Naruto looked to his left and watched as Kitsune, Kakashi Hatake, Darui and Shikamaru, the key field commanders for the southern campaign relay the new development to the command centre and to who he assumed was Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka as well as the Kages heading the key strategic offensives for Iwa and Konoha as well as any new Grimm activities. He honestly expected the enemy to continue their advance directly to Konoha in their large airships after all, the Shinobi alliance hasn't demonstrated any aerial combat capabilities as of yet. He was hoping to start the attack against them by going into Kyuubi mode and launching Biju dama balls at the airships, but he still didn't have much control like Killer Bee who was on the other front. He really only got lucky against Madara Uchiha and the opposing Akatsuki. It would cause more harm than good using it now and besides if what he was seeing was true search and destroy would change to capture and control.

Initially, the forward force was supposed to only do guerrilla tactics against the opposing air force while slowly falling back into the secondary defensive line for a renewed assault, kinda the reason why those recognised for speed and projectile techniques were on the forward assault. However with what's happening the method of assault will change to capitalise on potential gains.

"Kitsune. What's the order?" Naruto spoke up.

"Strategy has changed to control and capture. We wait for the secondary position personnel to reinforce the forward assault teams before we commence a direct offensive."

Kitsune paused, likely getting new strategic orders from command. "The Aerial personnel will deal diversion tactics for the airships and flying units. Our key objective is to capture the docked airships and take prisoners if possible."

Kitsune paused again. "By the looks of the airships and the large cannons plastered on the sides, they deal significant area damage and are likely difficult to react against speed attacks. We have the advantage of mobility and the inability of the enemy to use the large guns effectively. It is also imperative that such destructive power doesn't make it to any highly populated centres."

Naruto contemplated on the new orders and the tactics involved. If they could pull this assault off successfully they would not only capture a whole assortment of lucrative technologies and weaponry, but also airships and prisoners which would become a significant bargaining chip on the negotiation table. Sure there was still some language barriers preventing the T and I departments from gaining important information about them, but he was sure in time such a hurdle would be overcome.

Present day.

Naruto looked out the window as the airship broke past the cloud banks and straight into the view of beacon academy. Naruto was awed by the beauty from the window. Vale was an impressive sight, but Beacon academy was a league on its own. Beacon academy was adorned with complex ornate buildings and elegant spires towering to the sky and the largest clock tower he had ever seen, only comparable to the smaller buildings of Amegakure. To top it off the academy was surrounded by rivers all running off towards the cliff and down into a larger lake as well as mountains and forests. It was a far cry from the constant urban setting Vale had established itself as.

To believe this was Beacon academy, the institution that took in the most skilled young fighters throughout Remnant and turn them into powerful hunters and huntresses. This was to be his home for the next four years. Konoha's ninja academy could really learn a thing or two from Beacon's aesthetic design and would probably improve their clientele by people just looking at it. On the bright side of thing's this school/ representative mission would be a welcome break from the annoying Kage paperwork, which undoubtedly has increased since the war and creation of the alliance.

Naruto watched and waited as the airship stabilised itself over the docking pad in front of Beacon academy. He decided to wait a bit as everyone departed, some leaving quickly giving him a brief glance before running off, others not caring or simply not knowing who he was and going at their own pace.

After several minutes, he to walked out the airship and although the scenery was one of the best things he'd ever seen in his life, the effect was lost on him as his situation dawned once again about his unique set of problems. Well, at least, it wasn't going to be as bad as the Kiri civil war, he doubted anything would top that mission in enemy territory. It still brought shivers down his spine now knowing Yagura had been subtly influenced into his insanity against bloodlines by the now dead Obito Uchiha.

As Naruto walked down the pathway to the main building taking into account the shrubs, trees and lamp posts adorning the sides, he took note of students walking and rushing about. He quickly noticed the young girl decked out in red who he now identified as Ruby from eavesdropping being shouted at by another girl who was almost decked out in white. From what he could see she had long white hair done up in a pony tail and wore a white combat skirt with the insides adorned in red along with noticeably heeled wedged boots. the most important feature he paid attention to was the distinct rapier she had to her side. Essentially her appearance was screaming prestige no matter what way you looked at her.

Naruto decided to observe their interaction from afar. He knew making friends at the school was going to be hard with the reputation of the Elemental nations and all, but Ruby seemed like the type to get along with anyone so why not. All he had to do was wait for the right moment to strike. He was a ninja after all and he sure wasn't going to spend the next four years as a loner. If war did break out, he'd cross the bridge when it got there, hell the idea of it breaking out may even provide him extra incentive to ensure peace between both factions.

Naruto watched on with mild humour as the Ruby sneezed setting of an explosion of fire and ice leading to the appearance of another girl, adorned in black and white with a bow atop her head. She introduced Weiss as an heiress to the Schnee company while also insulting her with their questionable practices regarding Faunus labour and partnerships. This peaked his interest because he remembered Winter Schnee, and how could he forget her, he did end up fighting her and when their side surrendered she 'helped' teach him their language. He had been mildly briefed on the Schnee company as a whole and was officially a target of interest regarding Dust and Grimm. As a large company information about them is crucial because in war time they would be the key supplier for the enemy and in peace time potential trade partners for international commerce.

Now that he thought about it there was so much stuff he had to look into and report about. The bright side of it was it was about another culture which would be fun, far better than reading through D- ranked mission reports that should be renamed chores.

For now, though he would need to focus more on developing his communications skills and establishing relationships. He had spent weeks upon weeks learning the language, after all, communication was important through war time and even after he didn't stop. He even had hundreds of shadow clones aiding him to do so for weeks. That was why he was decently proficient in their language and able to understand them. He really should thank the T and I department for setting the necessary communication templates up, books, audio tapes and more. He supposed they would appreciate it through heavy, detailed and extensive information reports. Something he shouldn't be letting them down in anyway. An image of Kakashi appeared in his mind.

Elsewhere Kakashi sneezed as he read a new book, 'Ninja's of Love'.

Naruto watched on as Weiss plucked the bottle of dust out of the black haired girls hands and stomped off in irritation, her personal butlers following behind with her trolley full of white suitcases. Man, what's with Vale and their obsession with colour, then again he supposed he shouldn't comment since he was obsessed over orange, or, in other words, his awesome orange cloak with black flames on the bottom. Every moment sewing and knitting it together was worth it, especially since the clones did all the work.

At that though Naruto felt mildly depressed considering he was still a young 'man' and the old fart had him growing up as part ninja, part chore boy. So lost in his thoughts Naruto missed the black haired girl walk off behind him and seeing Ruby fall on her knees in sadness.

'Oh God, how many people just saw me explode myself!? Way to make a good impression Ruby.' The girl in Red thought to herself

"guess I'm not the only one having a rough first day."

Naruto approached the downed Ruby, her just noticing him as his shadow overlapped her face.

"Hey there," Naruto spoke up offering his hand out for her to get up and greet.

"I'm Naruto."

"Ruby." she replied as she used his hand as support to get off the ground.

Ruby looked him over. She had to admit he looked nice with him being just below Yang's height. He had the nice exotic feel to him and was easy with the eyes, had good taste in clothing and an orange coat with black flames on the bottom. That was pretty awesome in her books. She also noticed a pretty green crystal around his neck, it was out of place, but it really suited him. What really set him apart from the rest of the students, however, was the blue headband and metal plate atop his head with a symbol of a leaf etched on. She was mildly confused on what it was.

Ruby who wasn't particularly up to date with the news that wasn't related to advancements in weapons technology didn't recognise the headband, the symbol or who he was. She was after all 15 and was a girl with her own passions. Hardly anyone her age watched or cared about the news, or so she thought.

Naruto looked on as all he saw was mild confusion on her face, no fear or anything. This really brought him in a loop, but whatever, he'd take any chance he could get to converse with anyone. Her being a girl was just a bonus.

"So, from all and the explosions I'm gonna assume you're completely new here just like me. Oh, you okay by the way?"

Ruby blushed in embarrassment,

"I- I'm fine. Just a bit... Frazzled." The explosion was small and she had her Aura active absorbing most of the blast.

It was an awkward walk down the path. She cursed Yang for abandoning her with all the strangers, it wasn't even three minutes until something bad happened, her exploding and almost setting a fellow student on fire, Weiss, heiress of the Schnee family if she remembered correctly. It just happened all so fast with her being yelled at, all the new people it was almost a haze and to top it off a pretty boy appears in front of her creating a quiet, but awkward atmosphere.

"Uh... So my names Ruby by the way." She said awkwardly hoping to start a conversation as they walked down the pathway.

"I know, you mentioned that when I helped you up," Naruto spoke nonchalantly, hands behind his head just happy to take the stroll having been cooped up in the airship for some time.

Ruby blushed in embarrassment again. 'Right', she thought with determination. 'If I'm going to make friends I've got to make the first move. With her new found determination she relied on the one thing she always had confidence in.

"Sooo, I got this thing," She said as she proceeded to grab the red rectangular object from her back.

Naruto watched with mild interest. He himself had no idea what to say after all he had no idea how people conversed in this part of the world, but he did appreciate her attempts to get him to communicate.

As soon as Ruby pulled out the object it immediately unfolded to into a large red scythe with a gun as the handle and the tip hitting the ground with a thud. Naruto was immediately shocked before composing himself. It was just out of place that a small girl would be holding such a large and dangerous looking weapon that was bigger than her. Then again he had seen more obscure things in his ninja career, the Cult of Jashin to name one. Still for some reason it just seemed to fit her, probably because of all the red she was carrying. Seriously what's with it with Huntsmen and Huntresses carrying such weird weapons. At least the regular military soldiers and the metal puppets they controlled seemed standardised.

"W- Wow, you carry that thing and you can fight with it. It looks bigger than you. You must really train hard to carry it." Naruto spoke mildly surprised.

"Thanks." She smiled 'Heh, that got his attention.' she thought to herself as a small chibi her danced in her mind in victory.

"She's a High- Calibre Sniper Scyth. She's called Crescent Rose, designed and built her myself." She continued beating her chest in pride.

"Huh, never seen a weapon like that before and I've seen and heard of a lot of unique weapons. Isn't it heavy for a little thing like you to carry?" Naruto spoke. He was genuinely interested. If kids like her were attending the academy then he'd really underestimated the school he was going to.

"Heh, I'm kind of a dork when it comes to weapons. I guess I did go overboard designing her." She beamed in happiness.

"She's lighter than she looks, lightweight metal," She spoke and to demonstrate her point Ruby lifted up her weapon single handily and jingled it around. Naruto was impressed and it showed on his face.

"If its lighter, that means it's less sturdy and, therefore, prone to frequent repairs and maintenance. Isn't that a problem?"

"A bit, but she's my baby you know and she's a part of me. I enjoy spending time on her, repairing her, improving her." Ruby paused a moment realising what she said.

"Sorry if I sound a bit weird."

"No problem at all. I thought your dedication was cute." Naruto smiled.

"You'd make a great weapons expert back home. I know someone who'd love to meet you. You sort of act like her when it comes to weapons, though she hordes a variety of different types and so far you seem pretty set on keeping one." Ruby beamed at that. She was glad Naruto didn't think she was weird, she did, after all, have trouble making friends in Signal academy because of her eccentricity towards weapons.

"So, what've you got?" She spoke as she put Crescent Rose away back behind her.

Hesitating slightly, Naruto relented to her puppy eyed face and dropped his left hand to pull out his Wakizashi and prepared to show case other weapons such as Kunai, Shuriken, explosive notes and smoke bombs he stored on himself. He thought it was okay seeing he was going to use them and limit the abilities he had to showcase. Besides it was quite openly used against them in the war so everyone probably already knew about them.

Sure he was not overly close to his weapon like Ruby was to hers or even that of the legendary swordsmen of the hidden mist or Yugao Uzuki and Hayate Gekko of ANBU. He saw it more as a tool for combat like his kunai and shuriken. Expendable and only there for back up, after all, he was a hand to hand and techniques driven ninja. That and if you lost the weapon you were comfortable using your entire life, you were far less effective against your enemy. This proved a significant advantage against the hunters when the alliance fought them as many were overly reliant on a specific weapon. When disarmed, they were pretty useless and were easily captured and detained.

"Well Ruby, I do have a variety of weapons on me, I'm not limited to using one."

Firstly he showed the Wakizashi, Ruby looked at it closely and he even handed it to her to look at.

"What does it do?"

"Uhh... It cuts stuff."

Ruby faulted. "Is that all it does?" she asked curiously. She had been used to weapons doing more than one thing, swords with guns, swords with specialised dust rotations and so much more.

"Well, it does allow me to channel chakra efficiently through the blade which can have a variety of different effects depending on the user." Naruto continued. He doubted the information would matter anyway. The military was undergoing significant upgrades and the standard Wakizashi would probably be outdated soon enough.

"What's Chakra?" Ruby asked quizzically.

"It's you know, the energy the Ninja and Samurai in the Elemental nations use." Naruto continued though doubt was starting to enter his mind.

"Ohhh... I know what Ninja and Samurai are from story books." This peaked Naruto's attention.

"What's all the rest?" Ruby continued not having heard anything about that. She hadn't after all been keeping up with the news and Yang and dad haven't told her much of anything.

Naruto almost faulted over. Well, it does explain why she was so open to him, still it was a let down knowing her opinion of him could change drastically if she simply started listening more. Had she been a ninja, such a bad habit would get her killed.

Naruto looked seriously at Ruby unnerving her a bit. "You don't listen to the news much do you?"

"Ahahahaha" Ruby laughed good-naturedly.

"Sorry, I don't really keep up with the times. I have pretty much been focusing on weapons, training and new technology coming out for Crescent Rose." She spoke counting off of her fingers for each excuse.

Ruby continued again but in a more subdued tone, poking her fingers together as she spoke, "I didn't exactly get in for being bright."

"Ruby" Naruto started again.

"I'm not angry or disappointed in you or anything. It's just you may think differently of me when you learn of some things." He sighed. He decided it was best to divert the conversation back on track and avoid any further depressing thoughts.

"Well, other than the Wakizashi I do have a variety of other weapons," he said as he pulled out a kunai from his leg strap, a few shuriken inside his coat, some explosive notes and smoke bombs. He held them out openly in his hands.

Ruby looked on curiously hoping for him to continue.

"I train myself using different weapons and none at all for combat. I see the weapon more as a tool, rather than as an extension of myself."

"Cool, so what do they do?"

"Well the knife is called a kunai and it can be used for a variety of ways, hand to hand combat, as a projectile or even setting traps. It is one of the more practical weapons for a Ninja and is a staple weapon on the field. I'd go into the details of what it can be used as and why it is shaped as such, but it would take too long."

Ruby continued to listen on intently. This was the first time she'd seen such weapons and although they looked old fashion she knew Naruto saw them as highly effective and was attending Beacon Academy so there was some merit to his words, as such she continued wrapt in attention anyway. Weapons were weapons, after all, she could even learn a few new things about them and apply something to Crescent Rose.

"The shuriken is used more specifically as a projectile weapon and can also be utilised a variety of ways, for instance, attaching a wire could allow it to be guided when thrown and help set trapping moves in combat." He carefully put the kunai and shuriken away when done and showed her more specifically the smoke bomb and explosive note.

"The round ball is a smoke bomb. It is simply used to obscure vision and lastly the explosive note." Ruby was most curious about this as she failed to understand why a piece of paper with scribble could be used as a weapon.

"This piece of paper creates an explosion when chakra, the energy of the Elemental Nations is applied. The best similarity you have would be the grenade."

"R- Really. This paper with scribbles can explode?" Ruby looked at him again with puppy dog eyes full of excitement.

"Can you show me?"

"Maybe some other time, we got to get to the auditorium for the welcoming ceremony, besides one accidental explosion should be enough for one day," Naruto smirked while Ruby chuckled half-heartedly.

As they walked to the Auditorium, Ruby was happy to share information about Vale to Naruto. It seemed like two friends were talking, rather than Naruto simply gathering information on his surroundings. It was a nice change of pace and Ruby was just as hyperactive as Konohamaru if not more. She talked about her childhood in Patch and visits to the city. She had been particularly hyperactive about recounting how she tried to stop a robbery, swinging her scythe here and there knocking out goons and battling against Torchwick leading to her getting enrolled into the academy two years ahead of schedule. She had tried to demonstrate her moves with her arms, but without the Crescent Rose out it just looked like hyper hand gestures all over the place. It was still a fun story to Naruto.

"So who taught you how to fight?"

Ruby smiled. "My uncle Qrow did."

"Qrow huh..." Naruto thought contemplatively, the world was just full of quirky coincidences

"Yeah, back at Signal he..."

"Ruby, sis!"

The call had cut Ruby in the middle of another one of her exaggerated escapades as they walked into the hall surrounded by potential students.

Ruby turned happily to see the welcoming sight of Yang pushing herself through the crowd, her well kept blond hair making it easy to pick her out from the rest.

Yang's eyes twitched in annoyance as she looked at Naruto's forehead protector, sure she liked what she saw but her expression changed as she made her way towards them, less enthusiasm in each step. She had thought Ruby had made a friend when she ran off to give her some space to do so, however when she saw the headband her expression soured with annoyance and anger clear on her face.

Naruto frowned when he saw her. Talking to Ruby and dealing with her hyperactive nature had him almost forget that most of the people here still didn't like him for his affiliation. He couldn't really blame them, he'd feel the same.

"And that's my cue to leave red. If you still want to talk to me and make friends, later on, just ask. Later." Naruto muttered beside her. With a wave and pat on the shoulder, he quickly disappeared into the crowd leaving Ruby behind to face his sister.

As Naruto left he immediately began to notice certain things about the auditorium. Firstly the students weren't sending him as much of fearful looks anymore, rather more of annoyance and loathing. Probably because the news was finally getting around that he was attending the academy as an official representative from the Elemental Nations. He was surprised that the announcement had come extremely late though now that he thought about it there were a lot of benefits sending the message out late. There would be notably fewer reporters as he made his way to the opening ceremony, which is, of course, is open to media knowing the importance of Hunters in society. Less time meant less planning and he doubted he would even get in with the media storm his arrival would have shaken up.

Another advantage is the determent of students and/ or teachers that would have attempted to transfer to the academy due to his sole attendance and position. Reasons could range from hatred and assassination to seduction and power gains. He did already have enough on his plate and having to openly worry about such things and dealing with such people would be extremely difficult considering he was in a different land. Last thing the Elemental Nations and Remnant needed was an international incident on top of the ceasefire and tense relations.

Those were, of course, the main reasons he could think of at the top of his head.

Truthfully he hoped it was just ambassadorial work, but apparently much of the political power and negotiation potential was focused on Beacon academy in Vale, hence attending school (apparently this is an actual thing in RWBY so far, man I'm good at integrating the stories XD).

Naruto found a pillar he could lean on as he waited for the introductory ceremony to begin. He noticed several students taking glances at him then looking away quickly, others outlandishly taking photos of him, most were females with a barely noticeable blush on their cheeks as they did so. He knew he looked slightly older and mature for his age along with the looks of his father, but he still couldn't help but beam and stroke his ego when women blushed his way.

Screw you old man, I'm not ugly and shrivelling away.

Elsewhere in Konoha

Hiruzen Sarutobi sneezed blowing away all the paperwork on his desk onto the floor while at the same time spilling his tea soaking most of the papers.

"Imp." immediately an ANBU member appeared kneeling with an Imp mask adorning his face, two notable small horns and big ears on the mask. One distinct feature about the ANBU was the long blue scarf around his neck.

"Yes Hokage-sama" Imp responded, fury evident in his tone.

"Why are the papers on the floor and soaked in my tea?" he spoke in seriousness.

"Because you sneezed blowing the papers and the cup onto the floor," imp responded in great mirth.

"Do you know why?"

Imp didn't respond.

"It's because the tea was too hot and mixed with the wrong amount of herb. Make me a new one and clean up this mess. The papers won't dry themselves you know."

Imps eye twitched "Screw you grandpa! You can treat Naruto as your slave, but you can't treat me the same."

"What was that Imp!?" The Kage responded with KI rolling off him in great intensity. Konohamaru, the newly identified imp began to sweat.

"I- I will fight for my liberties," Konohamaru spoke out in determination, though significantly less than before and mixed with greater uncertainty.

"Oho... It appears an ANBU member is rebelling and needs to be disciplined" Hiruzen spoke out in amusement before immediately appearing behind Konohamaru.

Konohamaru immediately swung his fist back in an attempt to disable his old man and make his escape, no matter how futile such an attempt was.

As expected Hiruzen captured the fist with ease and immediately reached down for Imp's ear pulling hard on it.

"ita ita ita."

"You are coming with me" Hiruzen spoke with authority and amusement as he dragged his grandson to the training grounds by the ear.

"H- Help me Naruto-niiiii," Konohamaru shouted out in desperation for a miracle.

As both Sarutobi's left, the ANBU guards followed unable to hold in their snickering. Ah, new blood.

Back in Beacon Academy

Naruto sneezed slightly. Someone was clearly talking about him, though considering where he was it was probably the whole of Vale.

It didn't even take a full minute from his resting place by the pillar until he saw someone familiar on the news, a female journalist, light lavender hair, yellow eyes and the same clothes from the broadcast. Her clothes, however, were all over the place and it was clear that she was tired with her attempting to catch her breath and sweat rolling off her face and down her neck, microphone still in hand.

She seemed really dedicated to her work. He respected that and as such he just didn't have it in him to turn her away.

He approached her and held out a cold wet towel and prepared a dry one. Where he got it from, why obviously storage seals of course. He came packed with everything, his entire room in Konoha was emptied and most of his saved money spent on supplies, all stored either on his body for those of more likely immediate need, a wet and dry face towel was simply one of them and the rest in a large storage scroll he was currently carrying on his back.

Screw bags.

She eyed the towels warily before accepting the wet one to wipe her face and hair before taking the dry one and drying herself. Naruto was surprised, though, she had to be the only reporter he had seen that didn't wear makeup. That was a good thing or she wouldn't be looking as presentable as she was.

Lisa took a deep breath, "Thanks."

"No problem."

Lisa continued to clean herself up and make herself presentable combing her hair back to the pristine straight she was known for as well as straightening her clothing and buttoning the buttons back up.

She looked at her watch before sighing in relief. She had 15 minutes till the opening ceremony for Beacon academy and henceforth the deadline for the brief interview.

Naruto was use to this. He was, after all, the Kage's personal aide and secretary no matter how much it sucked and he had built himself quite a reputation with his exploits garnering the attention of media.

He watched as the camera crew rushed into the hall quickly spotting Lisa who was now more composed as a reporter while they were sweating all over seeping into their clothes, armpit and neck area in particular. They were quite a sight for the new prospecting students as everyone turned to look at them. He sweat dropped, these people were really dedicated to their work and damn did his presence make them move.

He brought his attention back to Lisa who was trying to talk but was sort of uncomfortable in what to say. He understood why, there was still lingering fear and resentment and things had not settled yet. It was his mission to see to the facilitation of a peace process after all.

Naruto stood up in attention. He was still representing the Elemental Nations, and no matter how traitorous the Kage were to him to put him in such a position, after all, the good he had done, he would still perform his task diligently as instructed.

"Lisa Lavender."

Lisa stumbled back a bit in surprise. Naruto would giggle after all he did sound full of authority and scaring her was funny, however, this was serious business. He really couldn't mess around with media. His words and actions would reflect more on the Elemental Nations than on him.

"Don't be too surprised. I saw you on the holographic projector on your way here reporting about the Faunus civil protest and you receiving breaking news of me arriving here today. It wasn't even an hour ago."

Lisa calmed down before speaking up.

"So you know why I'm here?"

"Of course. You rushed on your way here for a quick interview before media would be cut of Beacon for a while until the orientation exams were completed of course and students settled in. For that, you have garnered my respect."

Lisa smiled at that. She was already in the good graces of the ambassador. It would make interviews in the future a lot easier and if possible, full of more substantiated answers.

Naruto briefly looked on at the camera crew setting up as quickly as they could. He took immense interest in the camera itself, which was hovering over the ground and coloured in pristine white. The ones he saw in the elemental nations still had stools, wheels and wires needed for function and mobility, though that would probably change with the technological boom from the 'acquired' technology.

"Just that you are aware Lisa, I cannot pertain to information regarding the status of the elemental nations, relations and direct problems between our civilisations as of yet. I believe that that would be best undertaken in an official interview in the future. Perhaps after orientation and class finalisations."

Lisa nodded. She was pressed for time and would take what she could get. Introductions are a good start anyway and there wasn't time to cover any of the big issues like why the war started in the first place or actions undertaken in the war. She was just glad the war ended in a more substantiated manner where a peace process could be reached, regardless of bad blood.

"So for now, I suggest the questions you will ask focus on me as an individual." Naruto continued to speak showing clear signs of extensive experience.

"Okay."

He watched as the female journalist and camera crew composed themselves one last time before checking the time on their watches. He had already figured that this was going to be a live broadcast, but he had faced worse and come out on top in media. He wasn't nervous whatsoever. He would simply introduce himself and relay another time for interviews for more distinct information regarding the situation between Vale and the Elemental Nations. It would also allow him time to get acclimated with their view on certain issues and debates regarding the war. It was a win-win though he was on the defensive and needed far more research than them. Thank Kami for shadow clones.

He watched as the a member of the camera crew gave directions and looked around briefly noticing that everyone in the room was looking at them, or rather more noticeably at him.

His eye twitched, great, just great.

"Okay, we go live in 5, 4, 3..." the key camera handler began before using fingers as an indicator for 2, then 1, mark.

"This is Lisa Lavender reporting live at Beacon Academy entrance ceremony. We have managed to secure a live interview with the ambassador for the elemental nations, which at the present time is willing to share information about himself and provide a general background."

Lisa then looked to Naruto "Can we start with your name and title sir?'" she said before pushing the mic as close to him as possible.

Naruto put on the best face he could for the cameras. "my name is Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze though I prefer to be referred as just Naruto Uzumaki. At present, I am the unanimously agreed upon ambassador for the Elemental Nations and Shinobi Alliance under the authority and jurisdiction of the leading Kage's and Daimyo's."

"Okay, and what do you hope to accomplish with your new found position as core representative between our peoples?"

"Well Lisa, as you and most of Remnant are aware war had erupted between our people with arguments going both ways."

There was a small but noticeable 'eep' in the background. Guess Ruby really was one to skip a war.

"This, of course, had been stopped by the recently established ceasefire and as brief, as the war had been, far too much blood had been spilled needlessly on both sides. Much of the problem can be attributed to the misunderstandings between our cultures and miscommunication between our people further exacerbated by our language barriers. I wish to facilitate the development of a peace agreement between our people to allow the healing of past wounds and ensure prosperity between our civilisations. Much can be learned and gained through one another. trade and manpower to name a few."

"How do you suppose being a student at Beacon Academy while being a representative would help this. Would it not be more adequate to remain in one position or the other?"

Naruto almost visibly twitched at the question. Of course, he should be in one position or the other. He shouldn't have so much on his plate. Kami damn lazy Kage's and Daimyo's for not sending another person over. It's not like he did anything wrong... Anything wrong that was long lasting. Well okay, maybe there were a few reasons, but he still shouldn't be juggling so much.

"You are right Lisa. It would be more adequate for a normal person to fill one position or another, however, I believe, and the leaders of the Elemental Nations believe that the future lies with the children of tomorrow. As far as I see it Ninja, Samurai, Hunters, Huntresses and even the regular soldiers are not so different. We both fight with a purpose, some to help and protect friends, family, loved ones. Others to fight for their country, survival; their very existence. I envision a future where all of us don't have to cower behind petty emotions of fear and hate, but rather a future where we can all work together for the common good. Humans, Faunus, Chakra users, Aura users, people of Remnant, people of the Elemental nation and more. They are but labels for people. People who make mistakes, who stumble and fall. But as long as we live we hold power through our words and our hands for great kindness and great hate."

Naruto took a slight breath to continue letting the words sink in. taking a quick subtle look around, he had seen that he had captivated the audience. This was good, maybe his stay in Beacon wouldn't be as bad and as hard as he initially made it out to be. Portray yourself as the good guy caught up in things after all.

"Having already qualified as a well versed Shinobi and undertaken a significant amount of missions," 'even if most of them were paperwork and chores' Naruto thought internally.

"I never really experienced school or made friends through such means, though as a Shinobi it is what I fought for, the basic Liberties most take advantage of. By attending Beacon Academy; Conversing and learning more about you while you learn more about me, I can help facilitate the peace process. Bad Blood between our people won't disappear overnight. It may never disappear at all, but the leaders of tomorrow will continue to rise. All that really needs to be done is for small steps to be taken at a time." Naruto spoke sagely completing the question.

Inside however was another story. There was a chibi Naruto doing a victory dance. 'Hokage, here I come...'

What he said was just based on the basic observation of the Shinobi system and what he picked up from being around. He was truly flunking the speech, but now that he thought over it, it would have a profound political impact. Positive for his position of course and better yet it was broadcasted live from Beacon. You can't stage something like this.

There was complete silence in the hall. He looked around subtly seeing the thoughtful faces of everyone, of course until the next question was asked by Lisa still slightly stunned over the answer.

"W- What makes you think you're qualified to take on such roles..."

"That's enough Lisa." A voice broke booming over the auditorium speakers.

Everyone turned their heads away from Naruto and focused on the stage. A middle-aged man with tousled grey hair, thin brown eyes adorned with shaded glass spectacles made an appearance in front of the microphone. He was wearing an unzipped black suit with button vest, black trousers and shoes. The most notable feature was his dark green scarf adorned with a small purple, cross-shaped emblem in the middle. Naruto knew who this was. Professor Ozpin, also someone who for some reason holds a lot of political clout.

Lisa quickly responded looking at the camera. "This is Lisa signing off."

Taking that as the signal to cut the feed and leave, Lisa quickly handed Naruto her contact card. "Don't forget the interview."

Once she gave the card she, along with the camera crew began to exit the auditorium. Inside however Lisa was jumping for joy. The Ambassador Naruto really did answer the questions effectively and undoubtedly her rating would rise dramatically along with a sizable bonus from VNN for her performance.

As things settled down in the Auditorium everyone began focusing back onto Ozpin, remembering why they were here, though some were showing doubts for their reason for being hunters and huntresses after the speech.

Ozpin began as he looked at Naruto then at everyone else there. "I doubt I can ever top the words just spoken so I won't and will keep it brief."

'That was rather blunt,' Naruto thought internally. He went back to the pillar he was planning to lean on before the interview and crossed his arms as he waited. It still came of no surprise when several people were sending glances his way, with conflicting emotions. One, in particular, was the busty blond sister of Ruby.

Yang.

"You have travelled here today in search of knowledge, to hone your craft, develop new skills and when you finish, plan to dedicate your life to the protection of people. But I look amongst you, all I see is wasted energy in need of a purpose. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time in this school will only prove that knowledge can only carry so far. It is up to you to take the first step."

Naruto thought about what Ozpin was saying. For the inexperienced it meant far little and is generally what most people would say to them regardless. For Naruto however who held so much more of a deeper meaning, he had personally discovered in his travels and in his different ANBU missions.

As headmaster Ozpin made his way off the stage, Glynda Goodwitch approached the microphone "You will gather in the ballroom tonight. Tomorrow your initiation begins, be ready. You're dismissed."

As soon as the words were said Naruto disappeared in a Shunshin. This action obviously didn't go unnoticed by several onlookers, particularly of that of Glynda, Weiss, Rose and Yang.

Naruto was taking a stroll around the school. Things were getting quiet as the sun had started to set. He had already spent time exploring the outer areas of the academy visiting the pristine rivers running down the sides of the school, the steep mountains and, of course, the forests. The bright side of all of it was that he can continue his sage training. He was of course still struggling, but four years was a long time to master it. He wasn't expecting any extensive combat that would require such power in this part of the world after all. One important thing he discovered, however, was that the forests past the mountain or below cliff sides were full of Grimm. Sure not as much as he was use to, so he assumed that these were used as either training grounds while huntsmen and huntresses did what they could to clear as many of them out, to keep the population low.

He, the Kage and most of the Shinobi Alliance, particularly that of the medical, information and research divisions were perplexed on what they these Grimm were. They couldn't sense them through chakra means and were only identifiable through observation and external senses. This, of course, was one of the reasons why he was here, to discover more about the origins of Grimm in a place where they came from, where they started. Naruto was no fool, Grimm didn't have boats and the amount of Grimm that began appearing signified a population boom on their land. At first, they were quiet observable creatures in forest albeit aggressive to humans until they began attacks in large hordes. Even with months of fighting much about them still remains unknown.

Why do they attack humans and not animals on sight?

Why when they die they evaporate?

What are their origins?

How do they reproduce?

These were just some of the questions that needed answers and he hoped he could answer them while he was here

It was getting late and it was about time he made a report before heading back to sleep.

On a high tower overlooking Vale.

Naruto sat perched on the edge of a Beacon Academy tower overlooking Vale. It was huge, definitely, the largest city he had ever seen and the lights flickering just made the view all the more impressive. He had finished writing up a preliminary report regarding his arrival, his encounter with the media, what was said and the attendance of Weiss Schnee heiress of the leading Dust company. It was all official so there was no need to include his personal experience about school.

Naruto looked out, hearing the footsteps of someone approaching though he already knew who it was going to be.

"You shouldn't try sneaking up on a ninja."

"I wasn't, just here to talk. Mind if I take a seat?"

"Sure. I'm an Ambassador. It's my job to converse with you. "

"Well it's nothing official, I can assure you."

Naruto raised an eyebrow at that before looking back out at Vale, the nightlife starting to show. He was expecting something along the lines of politics or interrogation, but he wouldn't mind making do with casual conversation.

"It's quite the view isn't it?" Ozpin commented as they sat beside each other. There was no tension between them, it was if were two friends were just conversing and sharing the moment.

"I fid the view from Beacon to be very inspiring. It reminds me what we Huntsman stand for, what we protect." He spoke before sipping on coffee casually and watching the sun set.

Naruto hummed in agreement. "I know the feeling. I do the same back home when I'm deep in thought. Helps clear the mind."

"I understand that you have travelled quite some way to get here Mr. Uzumaki. How was the journey?"

"It was bearable. Could have gone have gone worse with all the company, but the view made up for all of that."

Ozpin took another sip from his cup.

"Fear of the unknown is a natural human trait, especially in a society beset on all sides by danger. Ours in particular. It will lessen in time as visitors between our lands become more common and your face becomes a regular sight to your classmates though you already know that."

"I wouldn't be the man for the job if I fell apart because people don't like me."

"I suppose you wouldn't be. Though I won't lie, I was worried who your alliance would send over. They really picked well."

Naruto contemplate. "I'm still young and I don't expect to do everything perfectly, but I will try."

"That's good to hear"

There was a contemplative silence for a few seconds, allowing words from both sides to sink in. Ozpin really sounded like the old man, when he wasn't going through one of his spats of insanity of course.

"You will find yourself with a challenge shared by some of the more unique students. You have been told of the Faunus yes?"

"To a degree."

"It's an unfortunate truth that many humans, even some of those in the academy look unfavourable upon them. Considering them lesser beings because of what they are ignoring who they are, their actions, their character." Ozpin's lips pursed in disapproval as he spoke.

Naruto contemplated the similarity between them and his early days of childhood. Those were of far distant memory. What really struck at him was similarities drawn to the Land of water and the rebellions, the discrimination against bloodlines, this was of course to a lesser extent.

"Like many faunus students, you will face the challenge of forging the bonds that are so important despite misconceptions others will have about you." Ozpin took another sip.

"Though if what you said today is true. I don't doubt my worries were misplaced. I look forward to seeing how you will handle the challenges ahead of you, Mr Uzumaki."

That had been quite the introduction. Nothing like what he had been expecting. Though he had greater respect and wariness of the man, more beyond what dossier provided had provoked.

He looked one last time out into the nightlife of Vale contemplating over and over again about his position. If his suspicions over the initiation tomorrow were right, he'd best get some rest. One way or another he needed to be at top performance.

Ruby cutely huffed in anger as she hugged her corgi pillow while scribbling into her journal. She ignored the blond that lay beside her poking her in the ribs.

"Aww, c'mon sis, lighten up a bit." Yang pestered, slowly moving her fingers towards the ticklish spots on Ruby's side before yelping and being thrown shot back as she received a pillow to the face. The shorter girl sat up and huffed again, crossing her arms and glaring at her sister.

"I'm still not happy with you!" She declared, pointing dramatically at Yang's face. "You ditched me earlier, so I had to explode and deal with that Weiss girl by myself and then when I finally make a friend you go and scare him away"!

"Meh," Yang shrugged, flipping the pillow that had downed her so that it was beneath her head.

"You should watch the news more Rubes. Those ninja guys are bad juju. It doesn't matter what he says, he probably killed a few Vale explorers himself." Ruby huffed in response unsure what to think; Yang had an over-protective streak a mile wide when it came to Ruby and the older girl had been quite shaken up by some of the darker news coming out of the Elemental Nations.

"I'm a huntress now Yang, same as you and I can protect myself. I didn't come to Beacon because I thought it would be safe and I don't need you to protect me all the time anymore!"

"Whatever you say, sis," Yang replied dismissively. Ruby rolled her eyes and returned to her journal as she scrawled all her thoughts and experiences so far about Beacon onto the paper. She still didn't know much about the conflict on both sides and simply relying on Yang to tell her wasn't good, some of it really sounded bad. Naruto seemed like a decent guy and all, maybe he had his own thoughts and reasons.

She still couldn't believe she lazed her way through a war. She will definitely start expanding her horizons.

Ruby was just getting settled back into writing her letter for her friends in Signal when she heard Yang let out a low whistle to which Ruby couldn't help but roll her eyes. A bunch of the male students apparently preferred to sleep topless and Yang had been very vocal about her appreciation of that fact.

She suddenly paid a bit more attention when Yang actually spoke. "Mmmm, we can add making ninja-boy wear that baggy coat to the list of his people's crimes." Her older sister purred, the tone making Ruby shudder before she actually processed the words.

Ruby took the bait and followed Yang's eyes to see what she was talking about, promptly blushing bright red. Naruto had returned from wherever he had disappeared to with sleeping bag in hand and like many of the other males was topless, wearing only a pair of small tight boxers as he set his sleeping-bag out.

Despite standing shorter and leaner than the average Beacon male, it was quite obvious that the ninja was in good fighting shape. He moved with an unconscious grace and his smaller frame held clearly defined muscles and was littered with scars. Women liked scars and this action, of course, got him more than a few jealous looks from the other males as they felt uncomfortable comparing their manliness.

Ruby couldn't help but giggle at the looks being sent while picking up more details about him. She admitted she hadn't seen someone quite driven like he was and by looking she could pick out the assortment of scars, some large, others small that covered his naked body. She could also make out oddly shaped swirling tattoos spreading across his upper arms and shoulders as well as one in the middle of his belly. One tattoo she liked, in particular, was the one on his left shoulder, it looked like two waves meeting (ANBU tattoo)

Ruby quickly turned away when she noticed what she was doing, but not before Yang noticed her. "Shut up," Ruby muttered pre-emptively.

Yang's eyes sparkled and she opened her mouth, only for Ruby's corgi pillow to nail her straight in it. The blonde fell back spluttering and Ruby gave her a glance. "I thought you didn't like him anyway?"

Ruby hadn't taken to well to her being told that the boy who she counted as her first friend at Beacon was supposedly a member of a pack of dangerous murderers, nor was she completely convinced otherwise. Naruto had seemed nice earlier; a bit weird and quiet at first but hey, she had exploded herself so she couldn't talk about weird.

"I don't," Yang replied, adding the corgi pillow to her collection and leaning back leisurely. "But long as he stays over there and away from you, I can enjoy the view from a distance."

Naruto settled down his sleeping bag. He had put away more of his less needed items into the locker such as his cups of Ramen, other unnecessary food items as well his main storage scroll to clear some space. He noticed Ruby and Yang on his way to the sleeping area with a sleeping bag in hand. He paid them no mind. Either he or they will approach him later. He, of course, did notice the jealous looks he was getting, nothing too serious, though.

Quietly and quickly he set his sleeping bag down in a more isolated area of the room. He was still in unfamiliar territory and he couldn't just converse openly. He was a ninja, his guard had to be kept up all the time, especially during sleep where people are at their most vulnerable. Because of this, like all ninja, he was a light sleeper.

Not much longer the lights began to dim before going out. A bunch of grumpy looking older students started patrolling, dispersing any commotion to hush out any noise. Muttering something indistinct about Yang's hypocrisy Ruby pulled her face mask down and wormed her way into her sleeping bag. "Night Yang," She mumbled around a yawn, twitching as she felt Yang's hand ruffling her head one last time before the older girl too settled down to sleep.

"Good night."

Chapter end

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As I'm still wrapping my head around the story, I may do some edits in the future. The concept will remain the same. I have made a few small adjustments to the prologue and have mentioned it on the top Authors note, refer to that on any small changes or more specific info on the story.

This was an exceptionally long chapter so I may have missed some things or said something off so I may edit this in the future, edits shouldn't be that significant.

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