Chapter 2
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"Cold" was the only word Naruto could use to describe the room they were in. After talking with the blonde woman, they made their way towards the police station under her request. The room they were in was dark, barely lit by a hanging lightbulb with three cold, steel chairs. "Not made for comfort" he thought blandly while eyeing the other two people in the room with him, Ruby just sat down and waited patiently while the witch woman just stood there looking at them. A comfortable silence appeared as they sat and waited for the other person the blonde was waiting for.
Naruto decided to break the comfortable silence by asking a question he's had on his mind, "Hey miss, now that we're here, do you mind telling us your name?" He asked as he set his eyes on her, recognizing her from somewhere but couldn't remember from where, only to see the blonde witch widen her eyes slightly in surprise but quickly replaced it with her usual business demeanor. Crossing her arms she closed her eyes thinking and a minute later opened them, "My name is.. Glynda Goodwitch" she told him studying his reaction. "OMG THE Glynda Goodwitch, famous teacher from Beacon!" Ruby blurted out jumping up and down not being able to keep her quiet and excitement of one of Beacons prestigious teachers talking with them.
Naruto on the other hand was deep in thought, remembering her connection with the headmaster of Beacon Academy. "well thank you again Ms. Goodwitch for all your help, me and Ruby here-points thumb over to the girl sitting next to him-are grateful, as I am sure you already know I'm Naruto and thi-" he was cut off by Ruby, "and I'm Ruby Rose!" the young huntress playfully interjected, sending a grin Naruto's way, while he sighed softly and playfully glared at her.
"Excuse me" Ruby asked the teacher directly, "Why are we here exactly? We didn't do anything wrong right?" she finished nervously twiddling her thumbs around looking at the ground waiting for the woman's response. As she waited she felt someone's hand gently squeeze her shoulder, looking up she saw Naruto smiling reassuringly, "don't worry red I'm sure she has a good reason for asking us here, remember we agreed to come" he told her, making the young girl sit up and nodded at Naruto's words, smiling back.
Clearing her throat, the two teens jumped slightly caught off guard, opting to glare at the teacher they sorta forgot was there.
"well" Glynda said uncrossing her arms and siting in the chair looking at the two teens, "I brought you two here so you could answer some of my questions, while what you did was commendable and your talent is obvious based on the footage, you still put others and yourselves at risk and that is something you must realize even with your great talents.. That is why there is someone who wants to meet you two."
Just as she finished her sentence the door opened as someone walked into the room, his body covered in shadows.
The light revealed a really tall man, who wore a dark green suit with a green overcoat, a green scarf wrapped firmly around his neck, his hair was a silver gleaming in the light, with dark glasses held by his nose but not covering his eyes. He was holding what looked to be a mug filled with coffee in his left hand, and in his left a plate half filled with chocolate chip cookies and the other half pocky.
Naruto narrowed his eyes at the sight of his favorite snack.
"How did he know.."
Examining the man closer Naruto knew who this mysterious man was, he was none other than the Headmaster of Beacon Academy, Ozpin, if what Sun told him was accurate.
Glynda quickly stood up from the cold metal chair as he reached the table. Simply standing in the corner of the room with her arms crossed, as he calmly took a seat.
Looking and Naruto and Ruby he took a sip of his coffee and waited another moment before speaking, "Ruby Rose..You .." Ozpin stated before leaning forward and started directly at the young huntress. Ruby however was getting nervous by his neutral stare, while Naruto's golden yellow eyes gleamed with intrigue on what he was going to say. "have Silver eyes."
Ruby looked confused as he said that, "umm yes I do?" Naruto took this time to observe his friend's eyes as the headmaster said this, "Huh so she does?"
"Well I apologize if you hear that a lot. The only other person I've met with them, didn't use a scythe like yourself.. So tell me, where did you learn to use a scythe?" Ozpin asked strongly, good or bad, he wasn't sure.
"Actually.." Ruby started, "it was my Uncle Qrow, with a Q. I really wanted to learn from him because he's so awesome and it looked so coool. He works as a teacher at Signal, so I learned from him there. Ruby finished excitedly as Ozpin put the plate on the table. Ruby grabbed a cookie before sniffing and examining it, once she was satisfied she quickly bite into it melting at the taste, while Naruto's hand shot forward like a bullet grabbing the pocky like his life depended on it and started snacking. Ozpin raised a brow at Naruto's reaction, not thinking he really enjoyed it like he thought.
"At first I was complete trash at fighting until my uncle offered to teach me." Ruby admitted to them as they both looked at her.
"As you can see, I'm pretty awesome now, like a ninja" she said as she made ridiculous noises while making fighting hand gestures.
Ozpin now took the time to study the boy in front of him, "Naruto your...powers are unheard of" Naruto raised one eyebrow at his statement, not sure what to make of it. Seeing the boy's confusion the headmaster took his time to clarify, "you have strange powers and no background at all, yet show such talent." He stated seriously as he eyed the boy curiously, taking out his scroll and showing the young snake footage of his powers in action in Vacuo, Atlas and today.
Outside Naruto had an emotionless expression, but was nervous on the inside, "Why would Ozpin have footage of me, where did he get it and why does he care" he quickly thought as he was thinking of a response.
Naruto crossed his arms and leaned back, a stick of pocky in his mouth as he spoke never falling out, "My power is unique to me alone, and my semblance allows me to manipulate my aura to the highest degree. As for my other abilities, they were inherited by my.. late master and brother." He said the last part in a whisper fighting the urge to cry.
Glynda took this lapse in questions to ask her own, "Why is it that there is no mention of you at all in the systems, like you were never born."
Luckily Naruto had an answer to this he practiced years ago
"When I was born my biological father was killed by Grimm trying to protect me while my mother barley alive and weak from childbirth died as well. I was found by a traveling old man outside our secluded home in the forest and he put me in an orphanage in Vacuo, until I ran away from it due to. Issues." Everyone but Ruby noticed the sadness and pain that flashed in his eyes for a second before they reverted to their normal state.
"I was then found by my late master and father figure along with his apprentice and they taught me to defend myself and later to become a huntsmen, until some old enemies of my sensei came and killed him one day along with his partner, he died as well protecting me and I've been on the run since." He finished with a frown as he looked at Ozpin looking for a reaction.
Ozpin and Glynda shared a glance as they digested his story, both feeling a bit disheartened at the boys tribulations while Ruby was on the verge of tears, she could only imagine what losing everyone you love would feel like, quickly she shot out of her seat and hugged the black haired boy tight, tears streaming down her face.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, -sniff-" she said as she hugged the boy tight while he rubbed her back softly. "H-Hey red it's ok really, please don't cry" He said unsure how to console the girl in his arms.
A few minutes of silence passed with the exception of Ruby's sniffling and quiet cries until she stood back up and shook her head wiping away the tears and siting back down chomping on a cookie as she waited quietly.
"So..Ruby why do you go to a school training Huntsmen and you Naruto.. why are you training so hard to be a huntsmen" The headmaster asked the two, a smile on his face as he waited for their answer.
"I want to be a huntress to protect my family and people all over." She answered with complete seriousness.
Naruto took the silence after her answer as his que, "Never give up, that's my way, I want to be a Huntsmen to complete my father's dream as well as my own, he wanted me to show the world the power of the White Snake, while I dream of protecting the world and helping it achieve peace, together I will make my mark on the world.. The mark of the new White Snake. Naruto answered smile.
They were all shocked by Naruto's conviction and the determination that his voice held when talking about his reasons for fighting.
A smile broke on the headmasters face as he heard both their responses, "Bringing peace and killing Grimm..very ambitious" Ozpin said to them.
"Since I don't want to waste your time I'll get to the point, I want to attend Beacon to help people and im sure red will agree with me here." As he said this to the Ozpin, Naruto and Ruby looked at each other and nodded, grins on their faces.
".. Are you aware of who I am?" The headmaster asked them, as he saw them both nod.
"Yeah you're the headmaster of Beacon, Professor Ozpin." Naruto answered with a lazy carefree tone breaking the normal tone he's had the whole time speaking. Ruby nodded at his answer as well showing she knew as well.
Ozpin's smile grew as he intertwined his fingers and leaned forward propping himself on his elbows, covering his smile with his hands.
"Would the two of you like the opportunity to come to Beacon." He asked them, both their eyes widening in shock.
"I think I speak for the both of us when I say of course we would." Naruto replied not even needing to think about it.
Ruby agreed with him 100%, "yeah I would, more than anything"
What felt like an eternity passed as they waited for the man's response, until he leaned back in his chair and took a sip of coffee from his mug.
"Alright then." Ozpin said, taking another sip.
Naruto smiled as Ozpin made his decision, "Thanks Ozzie, you won't regret this" he said as he jumped up from his Chair and stuck his hand out to Ozpin
Chuckling at the boy's nickname for him he shook his hand.
Ruby had the biggest grin on her face as she pumped her fist in the air, excited to be going to beacon with her sister.
"well if that's all I have a few things to pick up and make now that I'm going to Beacon, and im sure Red needs to go back home now it is quite late, is it ok to go now?"
"yes it is, but before you go, since I will be admitting you to Beacon I will be making your transcript. Can you think of a last name you could use while attending that I may write?" Ozpin asked the boy as they all stood up.
"Actually yeah there is, I would like you to put down Yakushi as my last name.. yeah Naruto Yakushi." Naruto told him with a fond smile on his face.
"I'll always remember you Kabuto-nii"
Sorry for the short chapter I promise the next one will be way longer, just had to get this done first.
Anyways please review and leave suggestions, I always like improving.
Ja Ne!
