Here's the new chapter for you!
It's pretty obvious who the pairing choice is, I don't have to spell it out. I'll take it slow as the story progresses, there will be some moments here and there, though.
Also, no on the harems, this is a single pairing, so sorry for those who wanted/expected a harem for this story. I maybe, and that's a big maybe, add Blake in, since Gabriel Herrol suggested that, but I'm still deciding.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Naruto or RWBY, each series belong to their respective franchises.
Enjoy, Chapter 3, of,
ARMORED HERO
"And just what were you thinking kidnapping a man who could very well bring the might to the Atlesian army down to us?!"
Adam Taurus bit back a growl, as he bent down on one knee, Wilt and Blush strapped to his side, and the ever white mask he wore covering his face.
The chamber, lighted with candle lights, was silent, save for the occasional breeze, or cough from one of the guards stationed inside.
The light was strong enough for the banner that held the White Fang's symbol to be seen from the throne it was set upon.
Bracing himself for the next outburst, Adam looked up.
Sienna Khan was beautiful, anyone could admit that. With that beauty also came power, with a hungry vigor to right the racism that had pushed back her kind long ago.
Her ideals to fight that, however, were different than her predecessor's, who sought equality through peacefully negotiating, speaking out the wrongs of what the humans had done to their kind.
The fool.
At least, in her mind, Ghira was. While she did respect the previous leader of the White Fang, Sienna knew, that trying to achieve peace with the humans would not end well. She knew that simple rallies, and protests would not garner the results she wanted.
So, she found another method to get equality that the Faunus deserved.
Through force.
Don't get her wrong, she didn't war, no. Much as she wanted equality, she wanted respect. She wanted her kind to show that they were more than just animals, to show that they too, can be good, if not—better than their counterparts.
But she also wanted her kind to be respected.
Sienna would not want to wage war with the humans, but she would gladly encourage her fellow Faunus to show force, if needed to be.
However, Taurus, seemed to think otherwise.
The leader of the Vale branch of her organization was young, and had seen tragedies, coupled with numerous acts of violence to their kind at a rather young age.
She knew that those events had shaped the Bull Faunus into something unpleasant, a man, who wanted the best for their kind. While that was admirable, yes, he was did it in a different way.
By committing terrorism.
Of course, when she heard the news, she was infuriated with what the young man had done.
Yes, she allowed violence, but only to an extent. To show that if push comes to shove, then her kind would gladly shove harder.
But, that didn't mean she allowed her organization to go a series of acts that labeled the White Fang into a terrorist group.
Kidnapping a boy who had close connections within the Atlas military was the last straw for her.
She glared murderously at Taurus, her face looked calm, but it didn't fool anyone.
The Bull Faunus spoke.
"High Leader, you must understand my reasons! We need to show that our kind should not be trifled with, showing them we have power-!"
"By abducting a young, but powerful boy who could destroy our organization?" Sienna refuted calmly, but her eyes told a different story, to those who looked at her.
Adam swallowed in nervousness.
"High Leader-!"
"Enough!" Sienna snarled, her calm demeanor gone, her temper finally reaching its breaking point.
"You tread on dangerous waters, Adam Taurus!" She hissed, "I ignored your frivolous acts in Vale, I forgave your various stunts that brought shame to the White Fang, but this, has been the last straw for me." Her golden eyes narrowed at the Bull Faunus in anger.
"Consider this a warning, if you so much as try something as ludicrous as that…" She trailed off her threat.
"It will be considered treason."
Between the slits of his mask, Adam glowered silently, but nodded nonetheless.
Sienna gave a satisfied nod.
"Return to your post."
The horned Faunus stood up, and left the chamber in haste, anger and humiliation wafting off him in waves.
The chamber doors closed with a shut.
Sienna watched him go, her temper calming, before she fully relaxed on her throne.
The large doors opened once more, a White Fang guard walking towards her, before kneeling down as he approached.
"Speak." She ordered.
"High Leader," The Faunus started. "A man wishes to speak with you." He informed.
The Tiger Faunus rose an eyebrow.
"Is he a human?"
"Yes," The Faunus confirmed, "But. No matter how much we refuse, he insists, on meeting with you."
Sienna rose her other eyebrow.
A human, wanting to negotiate with her?
Her interest was piqued.
"Curious." She muttered. "What is his name?"
The guard looked nervous, his form fidgeting slightly.
"Well… he goes by a title, High Leader."
'An alibi? Strange.' Sienna thought.
"A title, you say?" She leaned forward slightly. "What is it?"
"His men call him the Mandarin."
Naruto sighed as he sat on his char, surrounded by his various computers as an ice pack numbed the soreness on his shoulder, which slightly gave him a better feeling on his situation.
He was happy with the creation of 'Mark II', don't get him wrong.
It was just that he needed to modify it.
Mainly the problem he had come across on his very first test flight of his suit.
"KURAMA, make a note," Naruto requested, the silver helmet displayed on one of the screens, dotted with well, dots around it.
"Main transducer feels sluggish as hell on plus forty altitude, hull pressurization is problematic. I'm thinking icing is the problem." Naruto reported for his A.I. Standing up, he threw a rag on the table as KURAMA responded.
"A very astute observation, sir." KURAMA patronized. "Perhaps if you intend to visit other planets, I suggest we improve the exo-systems." KURAMA advised as Naruto blew a steaming cup of ramen.
The blonde mixed his ramen as he turned to the other monitors.
"Connect to the Cisco, have it reconfigure the shell." Naruto slurped the noodles loudly, "Use gold titanium alloy this time, from the Paladin-290 that General Ironwood loves to brag about, that should ensure a large integrity while maintaining a power-to-weight ratio, got it?" The blonde asked.
"Yes, shall I render using proposed specifications?"
"Thrill me." Naruto smirked, sipping the broth of his half-empty bowl of ramen, his other hand reaching towards the remote and turning on the TV on the other end of his wall.
"Tonight's special charity event is being held in late honor for the return of Naruto Namikaze."
Said blonde stopped eating his ramen, and narrowed his eyes at the current on-going video that displayed on the TV screen.
He set his bowl down.
"KURAMA, did I get an invite for that?" Naruto asked.
"I have no recording of such an invitation, sir."
The teen picked up a template mask, scribbled with various math equations he had done the few hours before, as he held it up his face, listing to the reporter.
The reporter, a woman looking in her twenties, was fair skinned, and looked serious, and calm, her light purple hair cut short to her neck.
She turned to the cameras again.
"Jacques Schnee, CEO of the Schnee Dust Company himself, is sponsoring the charity event, which is a shock to all who are attending, seeing as the SDC and Namikaze industries have been rival companies for the past years."
That, was also a shocker to Naruto.
So much so, that he almost dropped his ramen from the table as he stood up.
Thankfully, he managed to catch it in time.
Back to the matter at hand…
"Jacques Schnee, sponsoring my event?" Naruto muttered to himself, his brows raised up in surprise.
"It is speculated, that CEO wants to bury the hatchet of the on-going rivalry between the two major companies in the Kingdoms. Add with the recent rumors of Naruto Namikaze dating the CEO's second daughter, and heiress, Weiss Schnee, it all seems to add with the speculation."
Naruto thought otherwise.
He scoffed, "As if. Like the prick would ever want to 'bury the hatchet'." The blonde muttered.
He knew just how much deep the rivalry his father and Weiss' dad had.
Almost every time the two were in the same room with each other, they would always try to one-up the other in any way they could.
Be it business partners, trading, deals, whatever it was, his dad, and Jacques would never back down if it ever meant to gain an upper hand against the other.
He vaguely remembered his mom, bless her soul, accurately called it "A dick measuring contest".
It really was.
"According to our sources, the young man, who we haven't seen days after his return, is reported to have a case of post-traumatic stress, and is bed-ridden for the time being." The woman said, "Whatever the case may be, no expects an appearance from him any time soon. This is Lisa Lavender, signing out."
The TV shut down as Naruto clicked on the remote, chuckling as he did.
"We'll see about that." He smirked, finishing what was left of his ramen. He let out a content sigh as he set the bowl down.
"Taste never gets old."
"The render is complete." KURAMA suddenly announced.
Naruto looked over at one of the computer monitors, watching the suit turning into a shade of gold.
He studied it, before shaking his head.
"A little ostentatious, don't you think?"
"What was I thinking? You're usually so discreet." KURAMA quipped as Naruto turned around, his face in a thoughtful look.
"How about add some orange in there." The teen suggested.
"You do like your orange, sir."
The blonde spun in his chair, taking a glimpse of an old-fashioned car, noting the yellow flames streaking down on the sides.
An idea struck his head.
"Actually, throw a little hot-rod red in there instead."
"Yes, that should help keep you a low profile." KURAMA remarked as the monitors displayed the suit disappearing for a few moments, before eventually re-appearing with the red added in.
"Render is complete."
Naruto glanced at the monitor once more, the hot-rod red now the main color on the suit, covering the chest, shoulders, and most of the legs and boots.
Now that looked badass.
"Yeah," He nodded approvingly, "I like it fabricated." Naruto said, tossing the template mask down on the table.
"Paint it!"
"Commencing automated assembly. Estimated completion time is five hours."
Naruto glanced at a clock hung on the wall.
He stood up.
"Don't wait for me honey." He said as he walked up the stairs to the main floor.
"Time to crash a party."
Weiss sighed as she roamed around the lavish halls that had many people, dressed appropriately for the occasion filling the wide hall.
She carefully maneuvered between the various people, and often chatting and mingling with the guests, which included General Ironwood, who decided to attend. Along with him was her sister.
Of course, her father was there, who himself had sponsored, and hosted the event, she knew his real motivations, while the public thought it was some sort of cooperation between the SDC and the dolt's company, she knew otherwise.
It was only for reputation.
Her father's company had obviously been in the bad light for some time, with the poor work environments that the Faunus her father hired, it was no surprise at how much backlash he had to face when the little tidbit was shared.
But the Faunus were supposed to be happy! They had jobs, a living for Oum's sake! They should be satisfied with what they have! (1)
So, in order to get back into the media's good graces, her father had decided to host the event in the dolt's name.
She sighed again, when she was done talking with another guest, who, for the umpteenth time, had talked about politics, and business.
It was starting to wear her out a bit.
But, for appearances sake, she had to at least act friendly.
Just as she was about to move on, a loud sound, that suspiciously sounded like a car engine, revved from the outside, prompting several people to flock to the entrance.
Curious, she went to check on the commotion.
"What's this world gotta come to, for a gut to come crash his own party?!" A very familiar voice shouted out.
A voice Weiss knew.
"Of course he was going to come here." Weiss muttered.
"I'd be surprise if he didn't." She heard her sister say from beside her.
Everyone, sans her and Winter, roared and applauded, separating , revealing to be Naruto, himself, now dressed in a expensive black suit, and an orange tie on his neck.
They rushed to the blonde's side as he walked towards the hall, the guests making way for him as he stepped through.
Naruto made his way to the bar, sitting down on one of the stools.
"Bartender!" He called out.
"Get me something that'll really shake things up!"
The man nodded, and rushed to the shelves of drinks displayed.
As the blonde waited for his order, he felt a figure sit beside him.
"I'm not surprised that you would show up late to your own party." Weiss told him dryly as she drank a bit of wine she ordered.
Naruto grinned at her in return.
"What can I say? Everyone knows that being fashionably late is my kind of thing," He replied cooly, "I mean, did you see how many people rushed to me?"
"Yes. After making a loud ruckus outside." The Schnee rolled her eyes.
"Your drink, sir." The bartender appeared once more, placing a fancy-looking glass cup on the table.
Naruto thanked him, and sipped a bit of it.
"This good! What is this?"
"Single Malt Scotch, sir."
The blonde downed the liquor in one go and set the glass cup down.
"Another!"
Weiss gave him a dry look.
"Must you?" The heiress asked.
"Don't knock it till you try it." Naruto stated as the bartender handed him another Malt Scotch. The blonde sipped a bit of it, before offering some to the girl.
"Want some?" The blonde offered.
Weiss shook her head, grabbing her own glass cup, filled with white wine.
"No thank you, I prefer something with more class."
Naruto insisted.
"Come on! Try it!"
The girl stared at him blankly, before she sighed, and set down her wine, gently grabbing Naruto's own.
She gave it a sip. Tasting the blended whisky with her tongue.
"Like it?"
The girl set the cup down, before grabbing her wine.
"Not bad. But not my cup of tea." She waved him off as she sipped her own wine.
"Sure it is, Princess." Naruto teased her lightly, sipping his drink.
"If it isn't the guest of the hour himself." Ironwood made himself known.
"Indeed, it is." Another voice chimed in.
Naruto turned, and saw the all-to-familiar mustache of the head Schnee.
Jacques Schnee sat beside Ironwood as he, too, ordered a drink of his own.
"Gotta hand it to you, Jacques, you know how to get a guy." Naruto grinned at him. "Have to know, where's the missus?" He asked.
"She… preoccupied as of now." Jacques answered rather uncomfortably. Nodding at the older man's answer, Naruto switched his gaze at the older man surprised at his appearance.
"General, thought parties weren't your kind of thing." Naruto smirked.
"When you have to negotiate with many individuals, you get used to it." James replied.
"Well you two, care for a toast?" Naruto asked the two older men, holding his Malt Scotch filled cup with a smile.
The general ordered his own whiskey.
Ironwood raised his cup. "To Namikaze Industries!"
"To Namikaze Industries!" Naruto grinned, also lifting his drink.
"To Namikaze Industries!" Jacques raised his own cup.
The teen gulped his drink down, as did James, who downed his whiskey, while Jacques drunk his brandy.
The party was in full swing now when Naruto arrived, guests and various business partners flocking to him, as he mingled with the crowd, interacting with them.
As he talked and chatted with the guests, a particular figure dashed through the room, which caught his eye.
Cerulean orbs glanced at amber eyes.
Raven locks fell down, cascading to her shoulders, her red and gold dress that looked like fire itself danced across it, swayed from side to side as she walked across the halls of the charity event, gently moving out of people's way as she went about.
Naruto smiled at her.
The raven haired woman smiled back, turning around as she went outside.
The teen took a glance at the General and his fellow CEO, seeing the two of them busy with their own guests.
He stood up, and followed the woman.
She stopped, just at the balcony that overlooked Vale in all its glory, gazing at the Kingdom with her small smile on her face.
Sounds of footsteps hit her ears.
She smirked, turning around, meeting her gaze towards Naruto once more.
She moved with grace, approaching him with a sultry smirk.
"Should I consider myself lucky that someone like me caught your attention?" Her voice was smooth, silky, and smoky at the same time.
Naruto smirked back.
She was playing that game, wasn't she?
'Okay, let's play your game.'
"You should be." He replied.
She laughed gently.
"Aren't I special?" The raven haired woman sauntered up to him as he grabbed her hand and kissed it.
"Naruto Namikaze, pleasure to meet you." The blonde smiled charmingly at her.
"The pleasure is all mine." The woman gave him another smirk, "Cinder Fall."
"A beautiful name to fit a beautiful woman." Naruto flirted.
"Aren't you a romantic?" The now named Cinder stared into his eyes.
"I tend to be." He leaned forward.
She giggled, and placed a hand on his chin, leaning him more.
Closer…
And closer…
Before she pulled away.
Cinder smirked as she walked away from Naruto.
But just as she left the balcony she gave one last glance at the teen, her searing amber eyes piercing his own eyes.
"Maybe next time, Namikaze."
With that, she left.
It was mid-afternoon, and Naruto could be currently found at his garage/workshop, lounging on his couch. On his left arm, was a fully painted, red titanium alloy, gauntlet that KURAMA had finished the hours before.
The gauntlet was connected to several different wires that all reached back to his arc reactor, which glowed brightly from his chest, bright enough to look visible on his shirt.
He tweaked with the mechanical piece, using a screwdriver as he tinkered and fixed some minor problems that had occurred on the freshly painted gauntlet with a long screwdriver in his hand.
"Sir, something came up." KURAMA made his presence known.
"Another proposal to bring back the weapons division?" Naruto asked, an underlying tone of irritability hiding beneath.
It seemed that while the board still locked him out, they continually asked him to open up the closed division no matter how many times he refused.
The pricks.
"No sir," KURAMA denied, much to Naruto's relief.
"An intruder has breached one of Namikaze Industries' abandoned weapons division warehouse."
"…Run that by me again?" Naruto calmly asked, his hand still holding the screwdriver as he clenched, and unclenched his fist multiple times.
"Tripwires were alarmed, but it seems the intruder managed to get disable the Atlesian Knights that guards the area." KURAMA informed.
His kept his eyes on the screen that showed footage of a silhouette that dashed past the robots that Ironwood assigned to guard the warehouse.
Another footage showed a hand ripping out an Atlesian Knight by the chest, exposing wires and mechanical parts as it fell down, destroyed in an instant.
As he clenched his fist one more time, the orb on his palm started glow, Naruto screwed the arm it again, and felt it lock in place.
The last footage was dark, too dark, the only thing visible was the visor and lights of the one Knight that was stationed in the corner.
Until a streak of red lightning flashed, strangely looking like a whip, attached to the Knight.
Before it could even react the robot was ripped apart in half as the electrical whip flung back by force.
And the footage went black.
"That was all that I managed to get before they disabled the rest of the security, along with the Knights, sir."
Naruto stood up, approaching the counter at the side, tossing the screwdriver on the stone surface. He turned around, staring at the unlit side of the workshop which held other mechanical machinery.
Slowly, he raised his arm.
And his gauntlet fired.
His arm recoiled a bit, but he managed to keep it steady.
It was bright, the energy, he meant, it was blue, which then turned into a mix of white as it made contact with the objects. Which speaking of, were all scattered around on the floor, burnt, or obliterated.
Even the light wasn't spared.
The blonde looked at the damage he made, before glancing back at his red gauntlet, with a rose eyebrow.
Turning towards the three window panels that decorated the side of his workshop, seeing his reflection on the surface.
He took aim, his other arm holding his gauntlet.
Then fired.
The first panel shattered easily.
The teen aimed at the second panel.
It went down as quickly as the first.
Naruto twirled around and shot at the remaining panel, the middle glass that stood amongst its shattered brethren.
It shattered like the first two.
He fired all shots with little to no recoil.
He looked at the shattered remains.
"KURAMA?"
"Yes, sir?"
"We're taking Mark III for a test drive."
Naruto stepped onto the pad, and tapped it with his foot.
Multiple layers suddenly disassembled, disconnecting to reveal another layer which held a mechanical, red boots that had rods sticking down on every side.
He fit his sole on the boots, as the undersides connected to his calf via robotic arms, while the boots started to fold out as the other parts were drilled in.
Three mechanical arms came down from the ceiling. Two from the sides, each holding a disassembled red gauntlet, whilst the middle held a mechanical spine for him to fit into.
The blonde held his arms out, as the arms from the sides fit the gauntlets into each of his hands. The robotic arms extending as it connected each individual part that belonged to his two appendages.
The robotic arm in the middle adjusted the spine, drilling in a red plating to cover it.
A mechanical chest plate now covered his torso, including his arc reactor, which another piece was being assembled to.
His reactor glowed brightly, as another red chest plate soon covered his body, fitting into it perfectly.
Naruto brought his arms back to his sides as the mechanical arms finished its work on them.
Two more came down, holding two sets that mirrored each other. They quickly fitted it onto the sides of his face, as the back of his head was then covered by the same red as his suit.
Another arm came to view, this time from behind, holding a shaped face-plate that was painted gold.
The arm fit the plate on top of his head as it went back up into the ceiling.
The face plate closed down almost instantly.
The slits lit up in a light blue color.
"Let's kick this guy's ass."
The sun set, as the orange, and vivid colors of the setting sun came to view, across the sky, were beautiful white clouds that were surrounding as the once, blue, sky, was now covered in orange, purple, and black.
Did he mention orange?
Oum, he loved orange.
But that didn't matter right now.
The clouds, fluffy and white, were abruptly streaked by a red and gold blur, destroying its shape, which now went to the direction of where the blur shot to.
"KURAMA, how long till we get to the warehouse?"
"My estimation suggests we should be arriving in… ten minutes, sir."
Naruto tilted his body as he shot past through more clouds, his eyes scanning down.
"Let's cut that to five. Add more power to the thrusters."
"As you wish, sir."
He accelerated, his boots and arms pushing him forward faster than Mark II could ever achieve.
"Sir, we are approaching the warehouse, should we proceed cautiously?"
A monitor popped up in Naruto's visor, showing a thermo-scan, revealing a single figure in the warehouse.
"No. I don't have much time, let's confront him right now."
"I don't think it is wise-"
"KURAMA…"
"… Above, or the front?"
"Above. Give him a bit of surprise."
Naruto hovered to the window of the warehouse, which was filled with crates upon crates of weapons, ranging from mildly dangerous, to deadly.
His weapons.
His creations.
And his responsibility.
The blonde quickly caught a glimpse of the intruder's shadow.
'And there you are…' Naruto thought.
He shortly thrusted himself up to the air, his fist raised above his head.
And shattered the window.
He impacted the ground with a crash, spider-cracks forming under him as he did, his metal fist keeping him steady.
Slowly, he looked up to meet the intruder.
The intruder was tall, and slim, wearing armor that's color scheme was mainly red and black, his mask had skull-like design to it, but it wasn't any normal skull, no, it looked like a Grimm's.
His shoulders and upper chest supported grey. While the side of his right shoulder held the symbol of the-
'Just my luck… White Fang.'
"I suggest you be careful sir."
The intruder tilted his head as he stared at the kneeling red and gold metallic-looking figure who crashed down from the ceiling of the warehouse.
"And what're you supposed to be?" He jeered, "One of Jimmy's personal toys sent to take me out?"
The figure stood up, its blue slits for eyes staring back at him.
"Not much of a talker, huh?" The intruder chuckled hoarsely, his voice raspy.
He jerked his arms, and two whip-like weapons came out, glowing red, coursing with electricity.
"The hell is that?" Naruto questioned silently.
He didn't have time to answer, when the intruder suddenly attacked.
Naruto easily dodged the first whip, leaning to the side as it passed him, he could see every pulse of lightning Dust that was powered into the weapon, the intruder's whip destroying one of the crates as it did.
Immediately reacting, Naruto shot a blast towards the masked intruder, who dodged it expertly, his weapons clinking back onto his hands as he moved.
But the teen was relentless, activating his thrusters, the blonde dashed towards the intruder, hovering a bit as he did. He dodged a whip strike from the masked man and sent a strike of his own, successfully connecting towards the intruder's stomach.
The intruder growled, and sent a kick of his own, but the armored man managed to catch it just as it was about to make contact.
He gripped the leg hard, before he twisted it painfully.
Naruto raised his other arm up and prepared to fire another blast.
Only for the whip like weapon to latch on to his gauntlet, denting the metal, as electric currents streaked through the glowing whip, and onto his armor.
The teen gave a shout of pain, when a force, akin to small lightening shocked his arm, making him pulling it back by instinct.
Behind his mask, the intruder grinned and freed his leg from the armored figure's arm.
He raised his whip up, over his head, and brought it down, cracking it against his opponent's crimson helmet, making the armored teen stagger back.
Quickly, the intruder lashed at him once more, his weapons cracking as he swiped it left and right, continuously hitting the teen.
Naruto grunted, as the man's assault continued, thinking quickly, the blonde prepared for the next attack.
"I can do this all night, tin-man!" The intruder gleefully shouted as he brought his weapon over his head.
Then brought it down with force.
To the teen, it looked like slow-motion, the energy cracking from the weapon as it was brought down upon him.
He dashed to the left.
"Activate the thrusters!"
Naruto accelerated, and he charged head first, approaching his opponent in mere seconds as his boots rocketed him forward.
He grabbed the intruder by the waist, and added more power to his boots, sending them crashing through crates upon crates of weapons that all clattered to the ground.
The armored teen paid no mind to it, as he let go of the intruder, and immediately raised his arm, and aimed it to the man's masked face.
"Eat this!"
He fired a blast, watching as the blue and white energy knocked the intruder away from him, sending him flying to the warehouse walls.
He impacted the metal walls with force, breaking the iron-clad surface with his back.
Kneeling slightly, the intruder chuckled as he cracked his neck.
"Wanna play rough, huh?"
An energy beam that struck his chest was the armored assailant's response.
Naruto lowered his arm, its repulsor powered down. Silently, he watched the smoke that had enveloped the intruder.
"I'm not done yet!" He heard the raspy intruder's voice shout out.
Red streaked across the room, and latched on to his neck, wrapping around it as it did.
Another streak came by, this time wrapping across his torso.
The teen cried out in shock, as the weapons electrocuted him, all the while forcing him to move forward.
The smoke soon cleared, as the intruder held his arms out, pulling with all his might, to get his opponent near him.
However, Naruto acted, grabbing the whip that latched onto his neck, he wrapped it around his arm, before grabbing the other extendable weapon, and wrapped it on his other arm.
With all his might, the blonde pulled with a cry.
And the intruder was sent flying.
"Come to daddy!"
Naruto reared his fist back.
And struck the man right in the face, hard.
A satisfying crunch came from under the man's mask.
It was music to the blonde's ears.
Acting quickly, Naruto twisted around the dazed intruder.
Now behind him the blonde drove his metal elbow towards the back of the man's head, sending the black and red clad intruder down to the ground.
But he wasn't done, Naruto dove forward, facing the man head-on. He activated his thruster on his left leg, and kneed the man hard, the propulsion from his boot adding more kick to the attack, which sprung the intruder back up. He grabbed his shoulder, and forced him to bend forward.
The intruder blearily opened his eyes as he tried to stabilize himself.
Only to meet face-to-face with his assailant's metal arm.
It the short beam shot towards his face in a millisecond, shooting him up, with a powerful attack.
Naruto spun to the man's back again, and kicked the back of the intruder's leg. Forcing the intruder, to once more kneel in pain.
The armored blonde quickly twirled again, and he too, kneeled in front of the man.
He aimed at the intruder's face with both of his gauntlets ready.
The flat orbs on his palms glowed brightly.
And he fired.
The blast was large, and with it powerful. So powerful that it sent the intruder flying once more towards the walls.
Naruto watched as his repulsor's died down once more, staring at the prone figure outside the warehouse with caution.
"KURAMA, read vitals."
"He's alive sir, but at the moment, unconscious."
Naruto sighed in relief as he relaxed a bit.
As if on cue, the sound of military-grade Bullheads buzzed into the area, the symbol of Atlas clearly seen from the top.
"Looks like Ironwood caught wind of whatever happened here…" Naruto muttered as he slowly backed into the shadows of the warehouse, his chest, and eyes glowing from the dark as soldiers filed out of the Bullheads.
"KURAMA, how much power do I have left?"
"About forty-five percent sir, just enough to make it back to Vale with power to spare."
"Good." Naruto nodded.
Positioning himself, his thrusters once again activated, as did the ones in his palms as he slowly started to hover above the ground.
Quickly, Naruto accelerated, and shot upwards as more soldiers came into the area.
Now in the skies, the blonde's boots accelerated further, and further.
Soon, a big 'boom' sounded off as he rocketed through the clouds.
"Let's skidaddle before somebody notices my absence in Vale."
Sienna Khan stared, calmly, at the man before her. Her golden eyes piercing into the lenses of the man before him.
Eyes, covered by white lenses stared back, just as challengingly, as the broad-shouldered man stood up from his kneeling position. Clad in a black and gold armor that left no skin revealing, a helmet that looked akin to the olden warriors of Mistral, along with the clawed boots and gauntlets, the man was intimidating just as he was respected among his men.
"Greetings, High Leader Khan." The man spoke, his voice, altered by his helmet, giving it a deeper, and darker tone.
"I am the Mandarin."
Sienna crossed her leg over the other.
"I've been informed." She said, her golden eyes narrowing at him, "Speak."
The black and gold glad man chuckled, his voice sounding like a monster children would fear.
"I would like to make an offer with you."
(1)~ This is Weiss before her whole character development that happened in Volumes. Mind you she hasn't even entered Beacon yet. So, she's still kinda racist. Just a bit.
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