So I would like to thank you all for such positive reviews! Every review I get makes my spirit rise just a bit, even if it's a rude one. So the pairing is now officially NarutoxNeo. There might be a few other girls that will like him but ultimately it will be those two.
Disclaimer – I don't own RWBY or Naruto. They both belong to their respective owners.
Neo's Spar
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Naruto crouched and blocked the incoming sword with his own, preventing the girl in front of him from doing any damage. Despite blocking, Naruto still was knocked back and had to regain his senses.
Growling out, Naruto ran to his enemy, jumping over her when he got there.
Taking a swing at her back, Naruto truly thought he had gotten her until a surprising counter attack happened right then and there. She followed his movement and was able to dodge before taking her own swing. Naruto couldn't block this time and had to face the consequence of getting hurt. There wasn't much time now.
Therefore he began charging up to use his final move. This was it. He would finish this now!
...That was until the girl decided to stop waiting and went in for the attack. Naruto's eyes widened as he was frozen, charging up.
"Wait! Stop! Don't do something you'll regret Neo!" He screamed out worriedly, trying desperately to gain control of his body.
The multicolored girl just smirked before slicing the man's neck, severing his head from his body. Neo let out a giggle as she calmed herself down from the rush of battle.
"SOARING NINJA WINS! TOTAL ANNIHILATION!"
Naruto groaned, flopping onto his back and started at the ceiling. "This is the third time in a row Neo, just how good can one be at a game!?" He yelled out, making her roll her eyes at his attitude. Naruto may be laid back but he didn't like to be beat...at anything.
Neo stood up and put her face over his. "I'm going to head over to the library, want to come?" She mouthed.
Naruto had figured out very quickly that Neo was a mute and that he would have to get used to reading lips. Luckily it wasn't that hard and if push came to shove then Neo could just use her notebook to write down what she said. Naruto shook his head before standing up, towing over the smaller girl.
"Nah, I got some work to do in the city. I also want to visit a certain place." Neo just nodded her head and headed to the door, picking up her umbrella that was against the wall. She then turned around.
"That's fine. Just be careful. You know how trouble is attracted to you and all." She put on her trademark smirk and her eyes narrowed slightly, flipping colors. "And you better not be going out with some random girl."
Naruto chuckled nervously and put up his hands in a mock surrender. For some reason Neo seemed to be extremely attached to him. He still wasn't sure as to why she seemed so worried about his "love" life, if you could call it that. ' Meh, probably just a girl thing… ' He thought.
"Don't worry Neo, I'm just gonna check out this dust shop I heard of. Alone." He chuckled nervously.
Neo smiled and nodded, turning around and swiftly leaving the room. Naruto gave a sigh of relief and ran a hand through his hair. Things had gotten so weird since Neo had became his roommate. He was still wondering what professor Oz was thinking when he paired her up with him.
(Flash Back)
"But professor Oz! I really don't need a teammate. Not too long ago you said that I was qualified for solo missions. What changed your mind?" Naruto asked the headmaster.
"Naruto, while the Schnee train got to it's destination safely, it was still unguarded for half of it's trip. You also let one of the assailants make their way past you. I just thought it would be best for you to have a little backup." Ozpin said rubbing his forehead as if a headache was starting to form.
Naruto glanced at the odd girl that was sitting patiently near the door. He fully turned in her direction and frowned. "And what do you make of this? Do you really want to be my partner?" He may not be that good with people but he was a great judge of character and he could tell that this girl could handle herself on the battlefield without anyone helping.
The heterochromia smiled and nodded. "I've never had a battle partner. That's why I requested one to get my experience with one." She mouthed. Naruto could make out the sentence but lost a couple words. Sighing, he turned to Ozpin who was glancing at his new ' teammate '.
"Well...if it's what you think is best." He said begrudgingly.
"It is Naruto. Neo needs the experience of teams of she wants to become a true huntress. Not to mention that you yourself have lost experience with working as a team, ever since the incident."
Naruto narrowed his eyes and turned around, briskly making his way to the door. "Come, Neo." He said before leaving without another word.
Neopolitan looked a bit confused at the attitude change before shrugging her petite shoulders and quickly following after the taller hunter.
Ozpin sighed and stared at the door that the duo had just left through. "I just hope that this is enough to get you to forgive yourself, Naruto."
Outside Naruto was frustrated. Oz knew that mentioning that ' incident ' would upset him and yet he still did it! Sighing frustratingly he frowned, thinking things over. He knew that he should just get over it but he just….couldn't!
The blonde was surprised when he felt a couple tugs on the back of his cloak. Turning around he saw his partner with a semi worried, semi comforting smile. That caused him to smile back. He had just met her and yet she was already trying to help him. Giving her one of his foxy grins that nearly made his eyes shut, he spoke in a happy voice.
"Thanks Neo. You're a real sweet girl, you know that?"
The girl blushed slightly as her eyes grew, switching colors in surprise. Had he just called her...sweet? If she wasn't so touched then she would have laughed at the irony of it. Neopolitan was not sweet. She was harsh, strong, and confident. She had only given those smiles to be able to gain trust faster.
She used her umbrella to knock him upside the head in which he gave a satisfying "Ow!" and she walked a head of him with a ' hmpf ', still embarrassed.
' Still...it was nice hearing that...Naruto. ' She thought, a small genuine smile made it's way onto her face.
(Flash Back Over)
It had been about a year since then and ever since, they had began to grow closer and closer. They had began to use team attacks during battles together and despite Naruto's completely different fighting style, they just seemed to click.
He had found out that her favorite food was ice cream (Go figure) and that she enjoyed training just as much as he did. Although she liked to train herself more logically with all the books she reads.
"I guess I should get going. I need some more water dust for my hidden mist." he mumbled, slipping on his boots and sword. He decided not to put on his cloak for this trip so he left the room and locked the door.
"I wonder if anything interesting will happen..."
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Neo carried her book on advanced aura manipulation to a nearby table and sat down with it, opening to the first page. Despite Neo having great control over her semblance as well as extreme hand to hand capabilities, she didn't know much about aura.
She had always gotten by in fights by dodging, countering, and using her semblance to win but if one were to be able to land a clean punch n her...it would hurt. She just didn't know enough about aura to protect herself with the so called "Force field".
The most recent case of this happening was when she and Naruto had sparred for the first time. She had been the one to initiate it, to gather Intel on her enemy. Cinder wouldn't take to kindly to her just lazing around and not sending in reports.
She sighed happily, remembering their...satisfying battle.
(Flash Back)
"You want to fight me?" The blonde asked, looking at her with a confused expression. He was filling out their latest mission report when she had remembered what had happened during the mission.
She nodded and looked at him expectantly.
There had been packs of beowolfs attacking a local town so they were sent out to exterminate them, a simple job really. They had finished off half of the enemies when two Nevermore's had appeared, screeching as they dived toward the duo. That's when she had first seen him use it. The other aspect of his weapon.
Mist or steam started to spray out of the bottom of the blade, blocking the Grimm's vision. She herself had been slightly blinded by the mist but she was close enough to Naruto to still be able to see him. That was until he just...disappeared. The nevermore never stood a chance.
That was what had made Neo so curious about her target. She knew that the fox faunus was capable in battle but she just didn't know how capable he was. So she figured that she would ask him for a spar to satisfy her curiosity AND get the information about his semblance for Cinder. It was killing two birds with one stone.
"Yeah, sure, why not." He said and then went back to writing.
Neo blinked owlishly. That was weird. Normally Naruto was more reluctant when it came to things that he found too exhausting. She decided to ask him so she wrote down her question on her notebook and pushed it in his direction.
"Just like that? No resistance?"
The sword wielder looked at her with a smirk and stood up, towering over her smaller form. While normally this wouldn't scare her, she did feel slightly unnerved that the nice blonde man was looking at her like she was prey.
"Recently I have been wondering about your abilities and skills. So I was thinking about testing them out in a training session. Though having a spar is an even better idea. So let me finish this report and we'll get started."
Neo couldn't help but feel a slight chill go up her spine at the thought, wondering what she had just gotten herself into.
Soon enough, Naruto was done with the report and they both found themselves outside in one of the team training grounds. The fox faunus was dressed in his typical anbu attire minus the cloak and he was using his sword as an arm rest at the moment. Neo on the other hand was dressed more casually by the looks of it. It seemed that she was wearing no armor and just her normal white and pink jacket, dark brown gloves, and white boots. Over all she looked quite fashionable, enough to get even Coco's attention. She was currently twirling her umbrella with a smirk.
"So, how do you want to do this?" The blonde asked.
"Simple. We continue fighting until there is a clear victor. Everything is allowed." She mouthed, smirking.
Naruto nodded seriously, pulling the executioner's blade out from the ground and pointing it at her. "Ready?"
Neo nodded and took off running at him with her closed umbrella. Naruto expected this and prepared himself for her onslaught, instantly going on the defensive.
Thanks to her size, Neo was much faster then Naruto and while most of her strikes were blocked by his sword, she had managed to get a couple hits in.
Naruto seeing that she was faster decided to show his strength and raised the blade suddenly and bringing it down. Neo jumped back out of the way as the sword slammed into the ground, sending a shock wave out. Naruto ran at the girl with yell, stopping slightly when he got into range. Spinning around in a circle, Naruto used the momentum of the spin to swing him blade at the girl.
Neo however was ready and ducked under the incoming blade. She wasn't ready however when Naruto quickly stuck the sword into the ground and used it to propel a dropkick at her. Moving the umbrella in front of her, she managed to block the heavy hit by opening it in the nick of time. The kick still made her skid back though.
"Heh, not bad Neo, not bad at all."
She agreed. He wasn't too bad himself but they had just gotten started. Naruto ripped his sword out of the ground and charged again, lifting his sword above his head. Swinging down, Naruto only found the ground once more as Neo used her speed to dodge again.
She pressed a certain button on her weapon, causing a pointed, needle like blade to pop out of the end. She jabbed in his direction but he managed to get behind his sword and lift it up, using it like a wall. Coming around on the side, she sent another jab at Naruto. He dodged the strike and threw a punch at the girl.
Grabbing his wrist, she deflected the blow and jumped away quickly. Standing a few feet away from him, she decided to use her trump card. Creating an illusion like wall around her, she made her way to the side of him. Too Naruto, it would still look like she was standing a few feet away from him.
Naruto ran up to the fake wall and swung down, causing it to shatter and causing Naruto's eyes to widen. Knowing this was her chance she ran at him with her umbrella sword. Jabbing at his shoulder, her eyes widened to greater proportion then ever before.
Her blade had just gone right through him! There was no resistance!
She wasn't allowed to stay confused for long as Naruto's own trump card began to make itself known. Mist leaked out of his sword as he menacingly turned around, narrowed blue eyes staring at her before they were quickly covered up with the mist.
She knew that she was in trouble now so she quickly made another wall of illusion and tried to make it out of the mist.
"Your illusion's don't hide your scent Neo..."
She gasped painfully as she felt the weight of his sword smash into her side, sending her flying all the way outside of the mist. She hadn't been able to brace herself so it had hurt quite a bit. She didn't even want to get up.
"You should really focus on aura control Neo. If you could have braced with aura then you would still be battle ready." Naruto said, walking out of the now dissipating mist. "Are you okay?"
Neo nodded and tried to stand, though she quickly found herself stumbling. Thinking she was going to fall, she closed her eyes and prepared to hit the ground. She snapped her eyes open when she found herself in the arms of the taller man. He was grinning down at her in a guilty way.
"Sorry for hitting you so hard. Let me make it up to you." He said before picking her up bridal style.
Neo was blushing as his hands slipped under her legs and blushed even more when she was pushed into his chest, feeling his warmth through his armor. Neo pushed her face silently into his chest, not out of embarrassment but more so because of his wonderful warmth.
Naruto was using his aura to comfort the girl as he made his way back to their room. Unknown to the girl, Naruto's face was slightly red at the feeling of the smaller girl in his arms. She was slightly colder then a normal person and was soothing to hold.
When he made it back to the dorm room, he had set the girl on her bed as she had fallen asleep on their way back. Making his way over to his own bed, he plopped down and quickly dozed off. "That was a great spar..." He thought, not noticing the girl shifting slightly as he fell asleep.
Neo had never actually fallen asleep, she had just gotten so relaxed in his arms that she had been in a near blissful state. Noticing that her personal heater had moved away from her, she had waited for him to fall asleep before making her way over to him and slipping under his covers with him, curling up next to him with another genuine smile. ' I could get used to this… ' She thought.
The next morning would be awkward.
(Flash Back End)
And it was. Very much so.
The fox faunus had woken up the next morning and she had woken up at the same time. When they looked each other in the eyes, two things happened.
One, Neo giggled and snuggled with him more.
Two, Naruto fainted.
Not the reaction she had been expecting but still a funny one. Now she would sneak into his bed every night just to feel that wonderful warmth that she had never experienced before. Yes, that spar was quite satisfying. Smirking, she began to read the book, thinking over ways that she could beat him.
While Neo could tell that she was beginning to have feelings for the blonde, she knew that her job came first. She just assumed it was a small little crush that would ultimately go away in time. She frowned. Cinder would quite literally kill her if she ever tried to betray the organization.
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Naruto made it to the dust shop "From Dust Till Dawn" and gave a friendly hello to the old clerk. He made his way over to where they kept the dust crystals and asked for a couple of each. You never know what they might be needed for when you're a huntsmen.
After paying for his choices, his eyes caught sight of a bright red hooded figure in the back, looking at a magazine. He decided to go check out the magazines with the stranger, maybe he would find something interesting.
Going up to the smaller person, he noticed it was a girl, though he couldn't see her face clearly with her head so buried into the book. Shrugging his shoulders, he began to flip through a random magazine, reading an article about some type of new machine warriors in Atlas.
He was so focused on the article that he didn't even hear the man talking to the girl behind him.
"Hey! Put your hands up!"
Naruto just continued to read, even when the man was knocked across the store by the girl. It wasn't until he heard the window shatter did he start paying attention again. Looking over, he saw the same girl that was next to him outside, a bright red scythe leaning against her shoulder as she faced off against the men in red and black.
Naruto just groaned at all the trouble and ran a hand through his hair once again.
"Ah crap..."
