If you didn't get the memo, I'm starting to stray away from a schedule that is weekly based. Instead, I'm starting to lean towards rotating out my stories. I could go back to the weekly thing soon, but I don't see the point of saying it is weekly if I am going to continuously be late.

And we're back! Welcome to Legend of the Silver Shinobi, Chapter 4!

I intended to get this out on the one-month anniversary, like I've done for my other stories, but I didn't get to it until later than I anticipated…Meh, close enough.

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Naruto winced minutely when Ruby let out a high pitched squeal of excitement upon seeing the weapons and other items in the store. Glancing to the side, a feeling of amusement hit him when he noticed that Yang had her fingers in her ears, having anticipated such a reaction.

Taking a moment to grumble in annoyance, Yang removed her fingers and shot Ruby a disgruntled look. "Why do you do that every time we come here? You've seen all of this before!"

Her sister waved her off. "Psh, like it matters!" She zipped from display to display. "I simply respond in the manner that is appropriate to how awesome this stuff is!" She gasped. "Oh my Oum, is that a Vulcan Fury?!" She disappeared in a burst of rose petals. Naruto couldn't help but smile at her enthusiasm…despite the questionable topic.

"So, I take it that this is normal?" He asked Yang, who decided to wait out Ruby's geek mode.

Yang sighed. "Yeah…I mean, I guess it's kind of understandable, what with how good she is when it comes to understanding weapons, but…" She shrugged. "Sometimes I kinda wish that she would put that enthusiasm towards other things."

His head tilted. "Other things like what?"

"Like actually going out and talking to people, not weapons!" Yang responded with obvious exasperation.

"Hey! I do not talk to weapons!" Ruby's indignant voice was heard clearly from somewhere nearby.

"You don't? Then who was that you were talking to the other night when I walked into the workshop?" Yang asked. "You know, the one you kept on calling beautif-"

Suddenly, a beet red Ruby appeared in front of Yang, hands covering her elder sister's mouth. "Yang! You promised to keep that a secret!" Yang rolled her eyes. Still blushing, Ruby sent an uneasy smile to Naruto. "Ignore her! She's kidding! Hahaha…"

Naruto's amusement grew upon watching their interaction. "Forget about it, I know that she was joking." Ruby slumped in relief. Unable to completely help himself, Naruto continued with a deceptively innocent tone. "After all, who the heck would actually talk to a weapon? That takes obsession to a whole new level…"

Ruby laughed nervously, unable to catch on to the fact that he was messing with her. "Y-Yeah, um…That's totally crazy…" Lilac eyes dancing in delight showed that Yang figured that Naruto was messing with her.

"Yep. I would seriously be worried for my niece if she did things like talk to her weapons." Naruto smiled at her. "But that's fine, because neither of you do that!"

"R-Right!" Ruby let out a small breath of relief. 'I'm so glad he bought that!'

'Does she really think I bought that?'

"A-Anyways!" Ruby cleared her throat. "I'm going to the counter to get the mod for Crescent Rose now. Be right back!" She removed her hand from Yang's smirking mouth, and after what she perceived to be an intimidating look as warning, she went to the front of the store.

Once Ruby left, Yang turned to Naruto, a wide grin in place. "So Uncle Naruto knows how to play around!" She said happily. "That's good, a boring uncle is never fun."

Naruto shrugged. He was honestly a little surprised with himself for messing with Ruby like he did, but she was simply the kind of girl that was easy to grow fond of. Despite the heavy mood that his discussion with Ozpin left him in, Naruto felt himself relax around the girls. "I couldn't resist." He replied. "She makes it too easy."

"Don't I know it. While it's cute, I wonder how she can fall for it so easily…" Yang shot him a playful expression. "That just means that it is up to us to make sure that she understands the concepts of joking and sarcasm!"

"I assume that we are to do that by providing her with a firsthand experience?"

"Of course! What other way is there?" Yang replied brightly. "The best way to teach her is by showing her, and the best way to do that is to mess with her!"

He rolled his eyes. "What a nice and caring sister you are…" He said flatly.

"Aw, I do my best." Yang responded with false bashfulness. "But thanks."

"Okay, I have it!" Both of the blonds turned in surprise when a beaming Ruby skipped over to them with a box.

"Already?" Yang asked. "That was fast."

Another dust of pink lit up Ruby's cheeks. "Huh? O-Oh, Uh…They kind of…saved one for me…" Although she whispered it, both of them still heard her.

"They saved you one?" Naruto asked. "Why would they do that?" Don't get him wrong, he thought that it was nice of them, but it didn't make much sense…

While Naruto didn't understand, Yang obviously did, if her laughter was anything to go by. "They knew you would rush over from Patch to get one! You come her so often that they know you would want one?!"

"Don't say it like that! I don't come here that much!" Ruby protested. "I don't!"

"Oh yeah? Then when was the last time you came here?" Yang probed. "I bring you here when you need to get here fast, and then I sometimes come because I don't have a reason not to, but I'm not too sure of how many times you come besides that." The silence from Ruby was very telling. "Come on, tell us…I promise not to laugh." 'Too much.'

Despite appearing to be skeptical with that promise, Ruby hesitantly spoke up. "I really don't come here that often…Just a couple of times a month."

Yang hummed thoughtfully. "And exactly how many times is a 'couple of times'? Do you come every other week?"

Ruby's expression was one of extreme discomfort, but she still answered. "I come…" She muttered something so softly that not even Naruto was able to hear it.

A blond eyebrow raised above a lilac eye. "Sorry, could you repeat that? I didn't hear."

"I said, I come here t…" Yang still wasn't able to hear her, but a surprised laugh from Naruto clued her in that it wasn't an expected answer.

Glaring, Yang crossed her arms. "Fess up, how much time do you waste here?"

"It's not a waste!" Ruby shot back, but she wilted upon seeing the stare that Yang was giving her. "I come here…two times a week?" She hastily diverted her eyes from Yang's narrowed ones.

"You come here two times a week?!" Yang echoed. "Why?! I know that they don't get new items that frequently, so what's the point?!"

"I can't help it!" Ruby whined. "Everything here is so cool! And I always need some new parts for Crescent Rose, so I come here to get them!"

Yang shook her head. "You can order most parts online and they will be delivered to you on Patch! Seriously, Ruby. This weapons obsession is getting out of control!"

"No it's not! I can stop focusing on weapons any time I want!"

"Oh yeah?" Ruby did not like that challenging look from her sister. "Then you won't mind not visiting a weapons shop for the next month?" Ruby's face paled, but she held strong.

"Of c-course not! Something like that is e-e-e…" She swallowed. "Easy for me!"

A smirk made its way onto Yang's face. "And you won't work on Crescent Rose above the standard maintenance for the next month." Naruto winced at the horrified expression Ruby made.

"No way! I refuse to neglect my baby!" Ruby cried. "I can't believe you're telling me to do such a cruel thing!"

"Ruby, it's a weapon!" Yang exclaimed. "It won't even be able to tell!"

Ruby gasped. "Silence, nonbeliever!"

Deciding that enough was enough, Naruto spoke up. "While I would love to hear more about how Ruby treats her weapon as a child, we are drawing a crowd." Both of the sisters blinked and glanced around, and while Yang simply shrugged, Ruby blushed and retreated into her hood. Naruto smiled at the sight. "Now then, how about we go and get something to eat?" Ruby eagerly agreed, wanting to get out of there as soon as possible.

Yang grinned at him. "Fine, but as the new uncle, you're paying." She wasn't expecting a matching smirk to form on Naruto.

"Who said anything about me paying?" He held up a wallet, and it was one that both Ruby and Yang recognized. Catching onto his plan, Yang's grin widened. "Taiyang suggested it, so he can pay."

That's what the jerk got for trying to pawn Naruto's wallet out on his daughters.

Back with Taiyang

'Where the hell did I leave it? I know I had it in my pocket…' Taiyang thought in annoyance. 'It doesn't make any sense. I bought a drink out of the vending machine on my way back from the office, so I at least had it then…And after that, I met back up with-' He stiffened. A moment later, a scowl formed, confusing the other people in the meeting.

"Naruto…" Oh, he was going to get that bastard back for this…

The City of Vale

Ruby munched happily on her dessert as she, Yang, and Naruto ate at a relatively expensive restaurant in the city. Naruto sat alone on one side of the booth while the sisters sat on the other. After taking another bite, she cast curious eyes to Naruto. "So, Uncle Naruto, you've been travelling around a lot?"

A small smile graced Naruto's lips. "Yeah, I've been doing it since before you two were born." He confirmed. "At this point, I think I've been to most regions of the world…With a few exceptions, of course."

"Why do you travel around?" Yang asked curiously. "Don't get me wrong, I love to travel, but you make it sound like it's all you have done for decades…Which I wouldn't be too surprised about, actually."

Naruto let a wistful smile stretch his lips. "I travel so much for a couple of reasons…For one, I never truly had much of a reason to stick to one place. Sure, I had a couple of friends here or there, but they all had their own lives that needed them to stay put. I didn't have ties like that…" 'Not anymore…'

'That's…kind of sad…' Ruby thought to herself. Not wanting him to focus on thoughts such as that, she quickly intervened. "That's not your only reason, right? You must also like to travel."

He nodded. "I enjoy seeing so many places, yeah. I first started to travel for an extended period of time when I was around your age, and it just stuck with me. I didn't get the chance to travel again for a while after that," 'As in a while.' "but I did start again eventually."

"So what do you do when you travel?" Yang grimaced. "Is sightseeing all you do?"

Their uncle chuckled. "No way. I also help people out while I travel. Nothing too serious, but I sometimes stumble upon someone who needs an extra hand with something…Maybe a job to exterminate some local Grimm or even a guard for someone who is travelling through dangerous territories outside of the kingdoms."

The black and red haired girl gasped excitedly. "Then you must have had so many adventures! You have to tell us about them!"

Naruto nodded lightly. "Sure, I don't mind. There are some stories that I think that you would like hearing…Like the ones that involve how I wound up fighting off some Grimm."

Yang shot him a curious glance. "So are you a huntsman too? You never really said…"

"Of course he is-"

"Nope." Ruby stopped short at Naruto's simple denial. Slowly, she turned to Naruto. Not understanding her reaction, Naruto shrugged. "What? I'm not."

"But…But you said that you've been all over the world! That you've had adventures! Helped people! Fought Grimm!"

Even if he had wanted to, he wouldn't have been able to completely hide his amusement. "Ruby, having adventures, travelling, and fighting Grimm aren't exclusive to huntsmen. Other people do it too." Naruto replied.

"Yeah, but it's not that normal unless you have some kind of job that involves it." Yang said. "Especially the fighting Grimm part."

Naruto shrugged. "Maybe so, but I'm still not a huntsman. I never even went to one of the schools as a student, only ever a visitor."

Yang gave him a suspicious look. "But that doesn't mean that you aren't strong…Actually, I'm willing to bet that you are as strong as a huntsman."

"Well, I don't mean to brag, but…" Naruto said playfully. "I can hold my own well enough."

"Is that right?" Yang leaned forward. "Then can you fight evenly with…our dad?"

"Tai?" Naruto repeated. "I've never fought him personally, but I've seen him in action." He smirked. "Eh, he's nothing special." Yang laughed at the casual dismissal of their father.

"I'll be sure to tell him that you said that."

"You go and do that." Naruto shot back.

Ruby couldn't help but giggle at the ribbing that her dad was getting from her sister and new uncle. "Come on, guys. Dad is pretty strong, so don't act like he isn't." Both of the blonds waved her off.

"Nothing special." Naruto said again.

"Well if you don't think our dad is that good, then what about Uncle Qrow?" Yang asked. "Is he something special?"

"Qrow, huh?" Naruto cupped his chin in thought. "Qrow is something else altogether…He acts like a lazy bastard who is nothing but a drunk, but we all know that isn't true…"

"So you don't think you would be able to win?" Ruby considered his words. "If you two fought, Uncle Qrow would beat you?"

Naruto shot her a wink. "I never said that. I only said that I wouldn't be able to treat him the same way as I would your father. I would still kick his butt."

Yang propped her head up with a hand. "You talk like you are super strong, but how do we know that you aren't bluffing?" She challenged.

"I guess that's just something you'll have to trust me with." Naruto said in a forlorn manner. "I hope that one day I will be able to convince you that as your new best uncle, I don't lie."

"Our new best uncle?" Yang's amusement was clear. "I don't know…Uncle Qrow has been pretty awesome so far. Do you seriously think that you can take his place?"

"Ha, Qrow's got nothing on how awesome I am." Naruto replied.

"If that's the case, then I look forward to seeing how you prove that." Yang quipped. "It will take a lot of effort on your part. I hope you're truly up to the task."

"Leave it to me. Give me a bit and you will know that I'm a way better uncle." Naruto retorted. Smiling, he glanced between the two of them. "So, what about you two?"

They blinked and traded looks. "What about us?" Ruby asked in confusion.

"I told you a bit about myself, but you haven't told me about yourselves. Fair is fair, after all. I tell you something and you tell me something. We can go back and forth that way." He smirked at Ruby. "All I really know is that Ruby is…an extreme weapon enthusiast." He said delicately.

Although she wanted to shy away at being the one of the ones who were getting questioned, Ruby nodded. "Okay…" She traded a glance with Yang. "What do you want to know?"

Naruto hummed in thought. "…Actually, you know what? Let's do this a different way. We still haven't really introduced ourselves properly, have we? You guys don't even know my full name, so I think it would be a good idea for us to properly get that out of the way while sharing some basic information at the same time."

Ruby tilted her head in thought. "How do we do that…?" The grin on Naruto's face threatened to split it.

"The same way that I was told to do when this was presented to me. Each of us will share our names, likes, dislikes, hobbies, and dreams for the future. Got it?" They both nodded in understanding. "Great, I'll start. My name is Naruto Uzumaki. My likes are ramen, foxes, the two nieces I just found out I have," Ruby beamed at this while Yang simply saluted. "and travelling. My dislikes are needless violence and people who look down on others. As you've probably guessed, my hobby is travelling. And my dream for the future…" He paused, confusing the girls. "I guess…I'm not too sure at the moment. I've done a lot of the things that I've wanted to do in life…"

A frown marred Ruby's face. "You can't have no dreams for the future. There has to be something you want to do!" She insisted.

The elder blond chuckled at her attitude. "Maybe there is…But I sure as heck don't know what it is." He replied quietly. With a life like his, what was there left to do? His eyes slowly panned to Ruby and Yang. '…'

It was now Yang's turn to frown. "I don't believe you." She said simply. "There is no way that there isn't a single thing that you want to do in life."

Sighing, Naruto shrugged. "You'd be surprised." Recovering, he plastered a smile on his face and gestured to them. "If you want to know more about me, then keep up your side of this interaction. One of you introduce yourself now."

Blinking, Ruby grinned. "My name is Ruby Rose. I like roses, the color red, strawberries, weapons, Zwei, and my family!"

Yang slung an arm around Ruby in a hug. "D'aww! Love you too, sis!"

"Yang! Get off me!" Embarrassed, Ruby struggled out of her sister's grasp and glared at her with rosy cheeks. Seeing that Yang wasn't repentant in any way, she pouted and went on with her introduction. "My dislikes are being the center of attention, bad guys, and not being able to work on Crescent Rose…Oh, and school!" That last remark earned amused expressions from the two other occupants of the booth. "My dream for the future is to become the best huntress! Ever!" She declared.

"That's a pretty ambitious dream, but I don't doubt you're up for it…" Naruto's gaze shifted to Yang. "Your turn."

Yang grinned. "Saving the best for last? No problem, my name is Yang Xiao Long. My likes are the color yellow, having fun, my motorcycle, a good joke, and my family. Especially my cute little sis!" Ruby let out a whine as she attempted to hide herself in her hood. "My dislikes are being bored, killjoys, school, and people who take advantage of others…I guess you can say that my dreams are to live life with no regrets…and to…" She paused, momentarily, as if debating what to say. "…Yeah…that's it."

Despite her not saying anything, Naruto could fill in the blanks using what Qrow told him and her body language. 'She's fixed on her mother's leaving…' Sighing internally, Naruto spoke up, making sure to mask his thoughts. "Nice to meet the both of you." He locked his silver eyes with Ruby's. "You said you wanted to be the best huntress ever? How come? I'm not saying that it's a dumb idea, but I'm just a bit curious…"

The moment the question left his lips, Ruby perked up while Yang adopted a mock-exasperated look. "I want to be a huntress so I can help people." Ruby answered. "I want be the person that people can reply on when they need someone to help them. To be the person who fights for what was right and saves the day! To me, that is the best thing ever."

"The best huntress ever, huh?" Naruto said lightly. "You're going to need to work hard to do that…"

"I can do it." Ruby said. "I will do it." She did her best to give him a determined look. There has been more than one occasion where people reacted with skepticism when she told them her dream.

Naruto stared at her for a minute before smirking. 'So much like them…' "I believe you…And I look forward to you proving it to everyone else." Ruby was caught off guard by his sudden acceptance of her dream, but she soon recovered with a brilliant smile.

"Thanks, Uncle Naruto…" She said quietly. "I won't let you down."

"Never even crossed my mind." Naruto said softly. "Now then, what ab-"

"Hey, hold up!" Yang interjected. "You said that you ask a question, and then we ask a question. Don't go breaking your own rules!"

Huffing a laugh, Naruto raised his hands in surrender. "You're right, you're right. Go ahead and ask me something."

Nodding, Yang crossed her arms. "How old are you?" She eyed him critically. "I seriously doubt that you are around our dad and Uncle Qrow's age, so how old are you really?"

"Yang!" Ruby hissed. "You can't ask someone that!" Despite her own words, Ruby couldn't help but be a little curious about the answer.

"It's fine, Ruby." Yang said dismissively. "Now come on, tell us. You've apparently been travelling for a long time, and Uncle Qrow hinted that it's been over a decade since the last time he saw you…You also didn't know about either of us, but you are only blood related to Ruby, so I'm going to base this on her age…I'm going to guess that it has been at least fifteen years since you've been in Vale…" Her face scrunched up. "So how old? Thirty? Thirty-five? Forty? Even that much is pressing it because you hardly look twenty!"

The two watched as Naruto lowered his head to the point that his hair shadowed his eyes. Growing nervous at his silence, Ruby hesitantly spoke up. "U-Uncle Naruto?" She hedged. "I'm really sorry about Yang…She can be kind of blunt someti-"

"Hahaha!" Ruby was abruptly cut off by Naruto breaking out into laughter. Not expecting this, the younger sibling jumped in her seat while Yang simply quirked an eyebrow. Getting control of himself, Naruto flashed them a smile. "That's the next thing you want to know about me? My age?"

Pouting defiantly, Yang attempted to defend herself. "Hey, don't laugh like that, I'm serious! Uncle Qrow made it sound like you are some middle aged dude, but you don't look like that at all." She smirked again. "So come on, tell us. How old are you?"

Naruto pretended to think over the question. "Well, I suppose that I don't appear to be getting on in years with grey hair like Qrow does, huh?"

"Exactly!" Yang leaned forward. "Quit stalling!"

"Hmm…Nope, not saying!" Naruto beamed at her disgruntled look. "I'm just blessed with graceful aging…It actually runs in the family from my mother's side, but I admit that it's more obvious in me."

Ruby's attention was caught at the mention of it running in the family. "You said that you got it from your mom…Are we related from that side of the family? Does that mean that I'm going to look younger than my age?"

Quickly thinking over the best way to answer the question, Naruto nodded. "Yeah, my mother's maiden name is Uzumaki, and we are related through the Uzumaki clan…But distantly. I'm not sure how well the trait of retaining one's youthful appearance is in you." Ruby hummed in understanding. "As for you, Yang…" He turned back to her. "You can go ahead and wonder how old I really am, but I'm not going to be answering that question anytime soon. Not even your father or Qrow know my exact age."

Although clearly dissatisfied, Yang relented. "Fine…Don't tell us then…I get that some people are sensitive about their age once they get to a certain age." Her jab did not gain the intended results. Instead of becoming irritated and denying the accusation as Qrow would have done, Naruto shrugged.

"Whatever, I'm old. I don't have a problem with admitting that."

"Tch. Just ask your stupid question." Yang grumbled.

Naruto chuckled to himself, but complied. "Alright, how about this…I know from Qrow that Ruby uses a scythe, but what about you, Yang?" Yang wasn't expecting to be the target of his curiosity this time around. "What kind of weapon do you use?" His eyes trailed to the yellow bracelets she wore. "I assume that's it?"

An air of pride overtook Yang. "Yep! This is my baby." Raising her arms, she activated the bracelets. The next moment, her forearms were encased in a pair of yellow gauntlets. "Say hello to Ember Cecilia! These beauties both power up my already power-packed punches and act as a shotgun." Even though she wasn't as enthusiastic as Ruby when it came to weapons, Yang was very partial to her own.

"Very nice…" Naruto said approvingly. "Then I can only guess that you're a close range melee type…And Ruby is something of a speed type, going off of how fast she is." He propped his head up on his hand. "It amazes me that you both managed to create those weapons yourself. I could hardly sharpen a blade without cutting myself when I was a teenager." He jested. Both Ruby and Yang soaked up the praise, but Ruby in particular seemed to glow with happiness at his words.

"What? You bad with weapons or something?" Yang asked.

"Hmm…Am I bad with them?" Naruto repeated. "I wouldn't say that…More along the lines of it takes me some time to get used to one. For the longest time, I only knew how to fight with nothing but hand to hand tactics. Sure, I could use small knives and other daggers, or even some shuriken, but nothing extreme like a sword…It wasn't until I was nearly seventeen that I began to branch out a bit and experiment."

This instantly served as enough to catch Ruby's attention. "Branch out? Branch out with what? What kind of weapon do you use?"

Naruto considered the question. "I've used a lot of different weapon types, but I'm still the most comfortable with close range weapons. Give me a dagger or a sword and I'm happy."

Something about his wording made Yang frown. "Wait…Uncle Naruto, do you not have a weapon of your own?" She asked incredulously, earning a gasp from Ruby.

"Of course he does! After everything he's said he does, how could he not have a weapon?! I mean, that would be cr-"

"If we're not counting normal kunai, then nope."

"What?!" Ruby yelled, only to blush when the other people in the restaurant turned questioning and annoyed gazes to her. "Sorry…!" She whispered. Seeing that they went back to what they were doing, Ruby glared at the snickering Yang, but addressed Naruto. "Uncle Naruto, you only have kunai as your weapons? How is that enough?"

The elder blond looked at her with amusement dancing in his eyes. "Ruby, you're forgetting that I'm not a huntsman. I'm not required to be armed with any fancy weapon in any way." His demeanor became a bit smug. "Besides, I already said I'm awesome. Do you seriously think that I need a weapon?" He scoffed in a playfully haughty manner. "I'm more than strong enough to make do without one."

Despite her thoughts, Ruby couldn't help but giggle at the man. "But you have to have a weapon. How do you fight Grimm without one?"

"I already said I'm fine with just my kunai." Naruto defended. "Those are more than enough. If anything, then I add in some shuriken and I'm fine."

Ruby opened her mouth to speak again, but Yang beat her to it. "Oh really?" There was something challenging in her tone, and both Ruby and Naruto noticed it. "Then you won't mind putting your money where your mouth is."

Naruto quirked an eyebrow at her. "What did you have in mind?"

"How about the three of us get out of here and you can prove that you're really all that with nothing but some kunai and shuriken." Yang challenged. "You can do it by having a spar against one of us."

That didn't sound like a good idea. "Yang, I don't know if that is a goo-"

"Come on, it'll be fine!" Yang waved him off. "Don't worry about it."

A grimace appeared on Naruto's face. "You say that, but I'm the one who will need to deal with Taiyang if anything happened to you." She winced at the reminder. "Exactly."

Swallowing nervously, Yang tried again. "Forget about dad…As long as we don't take things too far, he'll never know." She nodded to herself with a grin. "It's perfect!"

"No, it's not…" Naruto deadpanned. Looking to Ruby, he questioned her. "What about you? What do you think of this?"

"Um…" Ruby's eyes flicked between the two of them. "I kind of…want to spar with you?" She gave him a hesitant smile.

"Seriously?" Naruto muttered. Taking in Yang's grin and Ruby's shy hope, Naruto sighed. Yang was about to pump a fist in victory, but Naruto pinned her with a stare. "…Fine, but you will be explaining it to your father if he asks. I'm not sure if he would be against it or not, but I don't want to be the one yelled at if he is."

She grimaced a bit, but saluted. "You got it."

"Good…But I don't think we will be able to find a place to do this…"

Immediately, Ruby started to bounce in her seat. "Signal has a few rooms where people can spar!"

Naruto frowned. "But wouldn't that defeat the purpose of doing this without your dad finding out?" She shook her head.

"It's nearing the end of the school term and it's the last Friday of the month, so he is probably stuck in a meeting. The faculty normally holds them monthly, but they always take a lot longer around this time of year." Ruby checker her scroll. "Yep, I'm pretty sure he will be in there for a while longer."

"Wonderful." Naruto muttered sarcastically. Finding no further excuse, he decided to make himself at least feel a little better as they left. Smirking widely, he pulled out Taiyang's wallet. After making sure to leave a very generous tip, he got up. "Come on, let's get going then."

Signal Academy

Since he was still slightly reluctant, Naruto was a bit annoyed that it didn't take much effort for the three of them to find an empty room that was made for spars. Now that they were there, he was standing across from an eager Yang while Ruby sat on a bench off to the side. "Yang, I honestly don't see the point of us doing thi-"

"Quit stalling! You're fighting, and that's that!" She shouted. Getting into a fighting stance, she activated Ember Cecilia. "Now take out a knife or kunai or whatever and get ready!"

"What's this? This looks interesting…" The sudden inclusion of a new voice caught Ruby and Yang off guard, prompting both of them to snap their heads around to see an amused Qrow standing by the entrance. "Yang wants to fight Naruto? How come?"

"Because she wants to see if my claims to strength are true." Naruto drawled. Hearing this, Qrow couldn't help but snort. "Don't laugh, jerk. I'd rather not do this…"

Qrow fished out his flask and took a swig. "Too bad. I don't think Yang is going to let this one go…"

"You know it."

"So you may as well go with it." Qrow smirked. "In fact, why not make this more interesting? Ruby!" The girl jolted in surprise at the unexpected shout. "Get in there! You and Yang against Naruto!" Ruby bit her lip, but did as he instructed.

Naruto glared at him. "You're not helping."

The smirk on his face only grew at Naruto's words. "Never intended to."

"Aren't you supposed to be in a meeting or something?" Naruto shot back.

"Yeah, I am…But I'm not." Qrow walked over to the now vacated bench and plopped down on it. "Now then, be sure to give me a good show! You girls try not to get your butts handed to you too badly!"

Yang pouted at Qrow. "Come on, Uncle Qrow. Don't you have any faith in us?"

Qrow shrugged. "Sure I do. If you two were up against any of the students here, I would bet on you in a heartbeat…Probably. But against an adult? Someone like Naruto?" He shook his head. "Not a chance."

"Tch. Then I guess we'll need to prove to you that we can do this! Are you ready, Ruby?!"

Deciding to just go with it, Ruby took Crescent Rose off her back and shifted it into scythe mode. "Ready!"

Sighing again, Naruto reluctantly took out a kunai and held it in one hand in the way that one would hold the hilt of a sword. "Ready…" Yang frowned at his choice of weapon, but didn't say anything. He had said that he uses kunai, after all.

Seeing that everyone had their weapon of choice out, Qrow nodded. "Then on my signal…Three. Two. One. Fight!"

Instantly, Ruby blurred towards him with a trail of rose petals in her wake. Keeping a blank face, Naruto side stepped the simple slash of her scythe, allowing the girl to go by him. Blinking in surprise, Ruby whirled around and came at him from behind with a follow-up attack, but was met with the same result. Frowning now, Ruby fired a round and used the recoil to propel herself to a faster pace.

Although he smiled at the method she used to quickly maneuver around, Naruto kept pace with her and ducked out of the way of each one of her attacks. The more he avoided her, the deeper Ruby's frown became. Eventually, she vanished completely into rose petals, only to reappear behind him with her scythe streaking towards his back.

However, Ruby's eyes widened in shock when the kunai in Naruto's hand came up and stopped her scythe cold. "What?" She whispered in disbelief.

"You really are fast." Naruto complimented with a smile. "That must be your semblance then…"

"Don't forget about me!" Naruto's smile grew as he jumped back, narrowly missing Yang's attack that came from above.

"It's a good idea for you to attack me while I'm preoccupied with Ruby, but it wasn't smart of you to announce your attack like that, Yang." He chided, gaining a glower from the younger blond. "Now try again." He smirked. "Come at me with the intent to do harm, or you don't have a chance of landing a single hit on me."

Rising to the challenge, Yang charged at Naruto with a reared fist. Using punching at Naruto, Yang hit nothing but air when he simply stepped to the side. Not letting this deter her in the least, Yang launched into a fast paced combo, but got nothing but the same results. Soon, she started to growl as her frustration raised. "Why. Don't. You. Sit. Still?!"

"None of your opponents will ever simply sit still." Naruto replied. "There will be times that you face someone who has some advantage over you. It could be that they are stronger than you, faster than you, smarter than you, more experienced than you, has a longer range than you, or even a combination…But there is often a simple way to get around that." Suddenly, he grinned and jumped to the side. The next second, a large scythe impacted the floor where he had been standing. "And that's by using teamwork."

Ruby and Yang stared at him warily. After a minute, they glanced to each other and nodded, and then at the same time, they rushed him. Naruto ducked under the swipe of Ruby's scythe, only to be forced to roll to the side so he wouldn't meet Yang's fist. Springing back to his feet, he grinned as the sisters attacked him from either side. 'They work well enough together…' No doubt their father and Qrow's doing.

Eventually, it was Yang's temper that broke first when the girl decided to step up the stakes and shoot a shotgun blast at Naruto. Unfortunately for her, Naruto had been anticipating such a thing and was ready to deflect her arm up towards the ceiling. "That could hurt a person if you're not careful." He taunted, further aggravating the girl.

"Ugh, take this seriously!" She demanded as she moved in close to try to finally land a hit on him.

"Hmm…No, not yet." Naruto spun around Ruby to get to her side. Ignoring the startled yelp from the girl, he stuck out a foot and made her trip into her sister.

"Whoa-Ruby?!"

"I'm sorry!"

Chuckling, Naruto waited for the two of them to pick themselves off the floor. "You guys work well enough together, but there is still obvious room for improvement…" He tilted his head. "Are you guys done already?"

Glaring, Yang balled her hands into fists. "Not on your life." Not saying another word, she sprinted at him. At the same moment, Ruby dashed to get behind him.

Naruto was sure to withhold a frown when he saw this. 'Do they not have any other tactics? Maybe I gave them too much credit.' Deciding to prove a point, Naruto pumped some chakra to his arms and lashed both hands out, making Ruby gasp in surprise and Yang scowl. With one hand, Naruto stopped Yang's attack in its tracks by catching her fist, while with the other he did the same to Ruby's scythe by blocking it with his kunai again. "Is that really all you guys have to how me? Attacking from different angles?" He sighed. "That isn't good enough."

Yang glared and brought her other fist back in preparation to punch him, but she never got the chance to. "What are you doing?" All three of them froze at the voice. Slowly, they turned their heads towards the entrance, only to see a frowning Taiyang standing there.

Grimacing, Naruto released Yang's fist and lowered his kunai. "Hey, Tai…We were just sparring a bit."

Taiyang's eyes swept over them. "Yes, I can see that…" He appeared to struggle with himself, but he soon sighed. "At least come and get me next time before you start…"

All three of them blinked in surprise at his words. "You're…not against this?" Naruto asked. He wasn't too surprised, but he got the impression that Taiyang was very protective of his daughters…But then again, he only had the small interaction from earlier to go off of.

"Why would I be mad?" Taiyang questioned. "Sparring is normal for students here. I'm not against it."

Naruto frowned. "Then why did you seem angry a second ago?"

"Because no one bothered to get me!" Taiyang repeated. "This is something I would like to see!"

"Oh, I get you." Rolling his eyes, Naruto put away his kunai. "We'll be sure to do so next time, but this fight was pretty much over. I was actually about to wrap things up." Taiyang let out a disappointed sound at this.

Yang huffed and crossed her arms. "There was nothing much to see, dad…We couldn't land a single hit on Uncle Naruto."

A snort from the sidelines drew their attention. "Why are you surprised about that?" Qrow asked. "Did you seriously think that you would be able to do anything against him?"

"I thought that we would at least be able to touch him!"

Ruby jumped up and down excitedly. "You are awesome, Uncle Naruto! You're so fast! Do you have a speed semblance too?!" Smiling at the excited girl, Naruto opened his mouth to respond, but Qrow beat him to it.

"Nah, Naruto is just naturally really fast. Although he can boost his speed slightly by using his semblance." He called over.

"Then what is your semblance?" Yang's curiosity was obvious in her tone. "If it's not speed, then what?"

Naruto shrugged. "This." Raising a hand, he aimed a finger at her. The moment he did this, a light breeze swept through the room, making Yang's hair sway. It had taken him a long time to become this advanced with his natural chakra affinity, but Naruto had nothing but time. It also came in handy for times like this when people asked him about a semblance.

"Wind?" Ruby tilted her head. "Your semblance gives you control over wind?"

"Exactly." Naruto agreed. "I can create anything from a gentle breeze to a harsh gale, but that is obviously more tiring." He lowered his arm, allowing the breeze to die down.

"But how does that make you move faster?" That didn't make any sense to Yang. How could wind possibly lead to a speed increase? "Do you just blast a bunch of wind behind you?"

A chuckle escaped from Naruto's throat. "That's not practical, so no. What I do to increase my speed is I alter the airflow around my body to make myself have less resistance. Added to that, I create currents that boost my speed…So in part, yes, a tailwind is created when I need one." He smirked. "That's not all it can do…But let's not go into that right now."

Yang hummed in appreciation. "Sounds pretty neat." She complimented.

"I like to think so." Naruto replied. "Now then, shall we go over the fight?" Yang and Ruby winced. "Where to begin…?"

"How about saying that they suck?"

"Not helping, Qrow." Naruto called back. "You two didn't suck, you were just up against a stronger opponent…But yeah, there could be improvement."

Ruby hung her head in defeat. "Like what?"

"First, let's talk about the good things I saw. You both fight well for your age, and your fighting style work for your builds and weapon choices. On top of that, you can fight together without messing one another up…Unless your opponent does it intentionally. Attacking from two fronts is a solid tactic, but is that all you were planning to do?"

Their expressions gave them away.

"Figured as much…" Naruto sighed. "That won't always work, you know. As you saw today, if you are against a person who has enough experience, speed, and strength, then you would be defeated right then and there."

Yang frowned. "Then how do we get around that?"

Naruto smiled at her. "By attempting to outsmart and outmaneuver me. Ruby, you could have used your speed to keep me dodging and moving to the point that I was in the right position for Yang to come in and attack me. Or Yang, you could have attacked me to the point that I needed to focus on you or else risk getting hit. Once I was blocking your attacks, Ruby could have zipped in and landed a bunch of smaller hits on me. Instead of doing that, you both attacked me together and went for the heavier hits. I admit that what you did today may have worked on some opponents, but there will always be someone where you can't brute force your way through." He glanced between them. "Understand?"

"Yeah…"

"We got it…"

"Good." Naruto said in approval. "But besides that, you two did great." They perked up and looked at him. "Wonderful job, girls. The amount of work you must have put in is obvious. You should be proud." They smiled.

"Thanks, Uncle Naruto!" Ruby chirped.

Yang nodded. "Yeah, thanks."

"Not a problem. If you want to spar again, just tell me. I don't mind giving a few pointers again." Naruto told them. It's been a while since he was in a position that he helped someone train…

Qrow got to his feet and walked over to them. "That went about as well as I expected it would." He commented. "Just as entertaining too."

Taiyang glared lightly at him. "Don't be like that. There wasn't really any way that they could have beaten Naruto."

"Doesn't stop it from being fun to watch." Qrow retorted. "The only thing funnier today was the way that Naruto made you pay for whatever they did while in Vale." His smirk grew to new proportions as he said this. He had seen the whiskered blond pocket the wallet, but chose to stay quiet.

Immediately, Taiyang's head snapped around to see an unrepentant Naruto. "Oh yeah, that did happen, didn't it?"

Naruto smiled at him. "Don't worry, Taiyang. We only stopped by one place and the bill wasn't even forty Lien." He paused as if a thought came to him. "Oh…But then you did leave that waitress a sixty Lien tip. That was very nice of you." While Ruby only giggled with an apologetic expression, Qrow and Yang had no problems laughing out loud.

"Naruto!"

"Next time, don't sell me out to my nieces!"

There we go! All done with Chapter 4!

I'm still deciding Naruto's exact strength in the story, but nobody has a problem with the way I made him easily beat Ruby and Yang, right? If you do, then I think you're gonna have a bad time while reading this. I'm of course going to do my best to not make him just walk in and beat everyone/everything, but he is stronger.

Questions? Comments? Concerns? Post a review!

Until next time,

Kog6943