Author's Notes: I heard that Monty's got plans for up to 8 volumes of RWBY, and two has gone by, so that means there'll be 6 more years of RWBY, along with that upcoming video game RWBY: Grimm Eclipse. Anyway, I'll be plenty busy next weekend at Youmacon 2014, so there may be no new chapter of this story or any other.

Naruto 697 reaction: That's it! Good old fist-a-cuffs! Beat the stuffing outta each other because you two are nothing but idiots and morons! And Naruto, you better move before you become a Naruto-ka-bob…again!

RWBY V02E11 (No Brakes) reaction: Monty really loves train battles doesn't he? The episode was all kinds of awesome! Neo and that mysterious red samurai swordswoman is so badass, and I'm in love with the latter's weapon! Weiss' fight with chainsaw guys screamed Resident Evil. I'm pumped for the season finale! I'm gonna have all kinds of fun when this story gets to Volume 2!

-Review Reponses

Hakuryukou79 – I am basing Ruby's and Rin's appearance off Shikniful's version on DeviantArt. That one comic with Ruby, Rin, and Nora is my absolute favorite.

eniox27 – Weiss bashing should be a given because of her attitude, but yeah, they'll be redemption.

Guest1 – Naruto x Blake Ninjas of Love would be for a story where Naruto is a ninja. In this story, Naruto isn't classified as one.

Rebmul – (from Chapter 1) No, Naruto's hair will stay the same. (from Chapter 3) And yeah, you did see some White Rose and Bumblebee.

SonOfHades and LoverOfArtemis – You know~!

The Earl of Pancakes – Oh trust me. The team thing's gonna be fun.

hollowichigo12 – Don't worry, I won't. You saw Weiss and Blake not fall for Naruto immediately, so I think I got that part covered.

Seta – (from Chapter 2) You know dude I wrote everything else and all you read was titties. I guess you forgot about the ecchi tag on the first page.

Ramen junky – Naruto and Penny will just start out as friends. Neither or not there will be romance between them is up in the air.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, RWBY, or the other crossovers that'll appear, including any other crossovers that might appear.

Special credit and thanks to zemryx for letting me use the RWBY-ifyed Red Queen weapon from Devil May Cry 4 he drew on DeviantArt.

(Opening Theme: This Will Be the Day by Casey Lee Williams)

Chapter 03: Falling Into the Forest

(Beacon Academy)

"Wake up, lazy bun! It's morning! It's morning! It's morning! It's morning!"

Blake's bow twitched as the sound of a girl's voice rang out through the ballroom, causing her to groan and was about to get up and stretch when she found she couldn't as she felt held down with her head resting against some soft pillows. Snapping her eyes open, she found herself not in her sleeping bag, but in a different one, as she was wedged between Naruto and Yang, with her head resting against Yang's breasts.

Luckily for her before she could panic, the voice of the girl from earlier roused Naruto from his sleep.

"Yang, why is my sleeping bag so constricted?" Naruto groaned, clearing his vision until he saw a blushing Blake and Yang, the latter showing signs of waking up as well, "Kitty-cat? How did you…Oh yeah, you fell asleep on Yang and she dragged you in here. Sorry about that."

Naruto reached for the zipper and opened the sleeping bag, allowing Blake to hop out and slip away just as Yang got up and stretched.

"Aww. I would've loved for Blakey to stay a little longer." Yang said, smiling at Blake's retreating form.

"You'll have a hard time getting through her shell." Naruto commented and stretched herself.

"But you have."

"Not exactly. So what was the point of stuffing her in my sleeping bag with us? I know you're in full support of a harem, but I prefer girls who like me for me and join willingly."

"That goes without saying." Yang agreed as they went to the restroom, "But I bet you always wanted a catgirl like Blake, right?"

"So you found out, huh?" Naruto said after putting his finger to Yang's lips, "That's not common knowledge and Blake wants to keep it that way."

"I found out by accident. Don't worry, her secret's safe with me." Yang assured her as they stopped in front of the restroom, "Now, if only the showers were co-ed…"

"Yang…"

"I'm only kidding- Woah!"

"I'm late! I'm late! I'm late!" Ruby wailed as she sped into the restroom past the two blondes.

"Well, at least we won't have to drag her out of bed like we need on the first day of Signal." Naruto remarked.

As he, Yang, and Ruby brushed their teeth, they heard the same girl from earlier chatting animatedly with her friend.

"I can't believe we've been at Beacon for a full twenty-four hours! Not that I thought we'd get kicked out or anything - I mean, you're the perfect student and I'm... well, I'm me! But it's just crazy, you know?"

"Geez, she's an energetic one, right whiskers? Whiskers?" Ynag looked around to find Naruto gone.

"He's already went into the showers, and instructed me not to let you sneak in." Ruby said after spitting out some water.

"Why would I? I need all the energy I can get to get through this initiation." Yang said, "And then some."

"Yeah well, I wouldn't put it past you and Naruto to have some…fun, during the initiation." Ruby replied flatly.

A while later, Naruto exited the shower, changed into his default Hunter outfit, and exited the restroom after seeing that Yang and Ruby were in the shower as well. After he finished cleaning up his, Ruby, and Yang's area and rolled up the sleeping bags, he held the same voice again chatting with her friend.

"We've been friends for soooooooo long! What are the odds we'd still be together? Well, not 'together-together'... Not that I'm not saying that you're not beautiful; you are beautiful, but that'd just be weird, right?"

"She sounds like Ruby, only more chatty." Naruto thought as he tied up the sleeping bags.

(Cafeteria)

"…And she still going at it. She's been talking nonstop since this morning." Naruto grumbled as he spared a glance at the talkative girl and her friend, the latter cutting into her pancakes.

The talkative girl is the same height as Ruby with short orange hair, turquoise eyes, pale white skin, an athletic figure with a D-cup bust, and wearing mix-and-match clothing that consist of a collared black vest that has her symbol on the back with two layers of red and light-blue clothing under it, a white sleeveless top with a tiny heart-shaped cutout between her cleavage and collarbone with detached sleeves, thin armor from the shoulder and neck and end at the waist, fingerless gloves, a mid-thigh length pink skirt with a bow on the back, and pink and white shoes with pink lace.

Her clearly suffering-looking friend is a bit taller than her friend with long black hair tied into a ponytail that fell down her back with a magenta streak on the left side of her hair, magenta eyes, pale white skin, a slender figure with the same D-cup bust as her friend, and wearing a tight-fitting diagonally-buttoned Chinese-style tailcoat dress of dark-green silk and black and gold trimming with detached wide sleeves, thigh-high white socks, and high-heeled black shoes.

"Right! What was I thinking? But still, I hope we end up on the same team together!" the orangette said before slurping down the rest of her pancake that was hanging from her mouth, "Oohhhh! We should come up with some sort of plan, to make sure we end up on the same team together! What if we bribe the headmaster? No, that won't work. He has the school."

Yang followed Naruto glaze and smirked, "Already scouting potential targets, eh whiskers?"

"Nope. But feeling sorry for the silent girl." Naruto said and looked at Ruby, who was wolfing down her own pancakes before downing it with a glass of milk, making him snigger.

"What?" she asked as she set her glass down.

"You got something on your…" Naruto said, motioning to his upper lip.

"Ruby, you got a milk moustache!" Yang giggled, pointing at the leftover milk below Ruby's nose.

Ruby stuck her tongue out in responses, but her eyes widened when Yang leaned forward and licked the milk off of Ruby.

"Whoa." Naruto said in mock dull surprise, "I know you're sisters, but that was hot."

"Wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-what was that for?!" Ruby squeaked, covering her hand with her mouth and her face turning red.

"I was a bit thirsty." Yang replied simply and winked at Ruby, reddening her face further, "Aww, you're so cute when you're blushing!"

As Yang continued to tease Ruby, Naruto felt as if he was being watched and looked towards the entrance, where he thought he saw a mane of brown hair with rabbit ears whipped around the corner and disappeared.

"Mmm, I smell rabbit!"

"Go after it!"

"Can it, Kiyomi, Kurami."

(Locker Room)

"I know! We'll have some sort of signal! Like a distress signal! *gasps* A secret signal so we can find each other in the forest! Can you imitate a sloth?"

"A…sloth? Nora?"

"Yes, Rin?"

"Sloths…I don't think they make a lot of noise."

"That's why it's perfect! No one will suspect we're working together!"

"Come on Nora - let's go."

"Not 'together-together'..."

"Has anyone ever heard a sloth make noise before?" Naruto wondered to himself as Rin and Nora walked past him, Ruby, and Yang at their gear lockers.

"Sloths are too lazy to make any noise, but I would say no." Kagura commented before hearing the sounds of Kaguya falling into another one of her pranks.

"What was that?" Naruto asked as he heard the distant sounds of Kaguya screaming every swear word in the book.

"Never you mind. By the way, I hope you finish your initiation early. It's that time of the month for Shukaku-chan again and I'm gonna need your assistance…again." Kagura said as she looked over the direction where Shukaku made their territory in her landmark.

"I know, and you ladies never let me forget it." Naruto grumbled and cut the connection, "It's a nightmare every time…"

"Wonder what those two are so worked up about?" Ruby said as she opened her locker to retrieve Crescent Rose.

"Oh, who knows? So, you seem awfully chipper right now!" Yang noted as she finished equipping her Ember Celica.

"Yep! No more awkward small talk or 'getting-to-know-you' stuff. Today, I get to let my sweetheart do the talking." Ruby declared and strokes Crescent Rose lovingly, sighing happily while Naruto shook his head as he geared up.

"Well, remember, Ruby, you're not the only one going through initiation. If you wanna mature, you're gonna have to meet new people and learn to work together." Yang told Ruby, making growl in irritation.

"Ugh, you sound like Dad!" Ruby complained, shoving Crescent Rose back into her locker and folding her arms, "Okay, first of all: What does meeting new people have to do with fighting? And secondly: I don't need people to help me grow up! I drink milk!"

"Which has done wonders, by the way." Naruto said with a grin as he looked at her breasts before looking back up, causing her to sputter in embarrassment, "As for your first question: Lots of Huntsmen and Huntresses work together and watch each other's backs. Meeting people help build trust and bonds, and I don't mean in the financial sense."

"But I rather go solo!"

"Then what about when we form teams? It's mandatory." Yang reminded her as Ruby then became nervous.

"Um, I don't know, I... I'll just be on your team or Naruto's or we all can be…" Ruby replied without looking at them.

"Maybe you should try being on someone else's team, Rubes." Naruto said seriously after finishing loading Thorn and Petal and holstering them as Yang nervously grabbed her own hair and began stroking it with her hands.

"I'm sorry Naruto, but are you and Yang implying that you both don't wish to be on the same team as me?" Ruby asked angrily as she got into her faces, glaring cutely at them.

"What?! No? Of course we do! I just thought…I don't know, maybe it would help you…break out of that shell of yours!" Yang explained hastily.

"What the-?! I don't need to 'break out of my shell'!" Ruby ranted furiously, "That's absolutely-"

"Ridiculous! There's no way I put my gear in locker 636 yesterday! I would've remembered having to count that high! Why does this have to happen today?" a lost Jaune suddenly said as he walked between the siblings as he looked for his locker.

"It's towards that wall." Naruto said, pointing towards said wall under a few windows after putting on Trickster.

"Oh! Thanks Naruto!" Jaune said gratefully and made a beeline for his location as Naruto turned to Ruby.

"Ruby, nothing in life is easy, like making new friends. You may get a homerun, you may strike out, but that doesn't mean you should stop trying. Everyone's aiming for the same thing here, no matter if they're upstanding or an ass. Nonetheless, if you want to partner up with either of us, we'll across that bridge when we get there." Naruto said and did a short appraise of Red Queen.

"Of course. With you armed with the knowledge of how teams are formed, I can be with you guys." Ruby agreed while Naruto and Yang look uncertain.

"I don't know, Ruby. Konan confided in see about how teams are formed, but they change up the ways every year, but I don't know how they're doing it this year." Naruto admitted, with a cloud of gloom appearing above Ruby's head as he put Red Queen on his back.

"What did they do last year then?" Yang inquired with Naruto having a thoughtful expression.

"The first person someone tags becomes their partner. From what Konan told me, it got pretty ugly." Naruto said and grimaced when Ruby started to panic again.

As Yang proceeded to calm Ruby down, Naruto could've sworn he heard thunder and looked over his shoulder to see a thundercloud. Curious, he left the sisters and walked through it to find Weiss in a scheme pose and a manic smile when he looked over her shoulder.

"Oh, hello Naruto!" said a cheerily voice, making him look up in surprise to find a familiar face, "Long time no see!"

It's a young woman almost as tall as Naruto with red hair tied in a waist-length ponytail with a bronze circlet, vivid green eyes with light green eyeshadow around the far upper corners of her eyes, pale white skin, a muscular figure with E-cup breasts, and wearing strapless leather split top under a low bronze V-neck, a large bronze gorget around her neck, a bronze bracelet and bracer on her left arm and wrist and a shoulder-length glove on her right arm, a red belted miniskirt with a pouch with her symbol and brown short shorts and a red drapery around her back, thigh-high bronze greaves and boots.

"Pyrrha Nikos? What a surprise! I didn't expect you!" Naruto said and passed by a shellshocked Weiss.

"Wait, what?" Weiss said as Naruto and Pyrrha fist-bumped each other, "You're friends with him Pyrrha, after what he did to you?!"

"What do you mean?" Pyrhha asked, confused.

"After what I did to her? What exactly are you accusing me of?" Naruto asked, narrowing his eyes.

"What do you think?! You broke her four-win winning streak at the Mistral Tournaments!" Weiss replied angrily.

"Hey, it's not like I decided to join the tournament to do just that. I actually lost a few of those tournaments myself, and learned from the experiences. Pyrrha was the best opponent I ever fought with." Naruto said with a smile.

"And I would love to have another go again. But this time, I'll come out on top." Pyrrha declared with fire in her eyes.

"Sounds great. I'll be looking forward to it." Naruto agreed and they shook hands.

"Ugh, you got to be kidding me." Weiss groaned and put a hand on her shaking head just as Jaune came out of nowhere over her shoulder.

"You know what else is great? Me. Jaune Arc. Nice to meet you." Jaune introduced himself Casanova-style.

"Argh, you again?" Weiss said, getting even more irritated.

"Nice to meet you, Jaune!" Pyrrha greeted, walking forward, but Jaune pushes her aside.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." he said continues talking to Weiss.

"Uh, did he seriously just do that?" Naruto asked himself, looking at Jaune like an idiot, "To Pyrrha of all people just to court the rich bitch?"

"I can only guess that the kid was smoking something." the Hachibi, Gyuki, said within Naruto's head, "Who does that?"

"To quote Kaguya, Gyuki…massive idiots." Naruto said as he watched the exchange between Weiss and Jaune.

"So, Weiss, couldn't help but overhear your fondness of me the other day." Jaune said, making Naruto face fault in the background.

"Oh, you've got to be kidding me!/Oh, you've got to be kidding me!" Weiss and Naruto said/thought at the same time.

"Don't worry! No need to be embarrassed! So, been hearing rumors about teams~! I was thinking you and me would make a good one! What do you say?" Jaune offered, getting close to an uncomfortable Weiss.

"Why don't you buy a pet shark while you're at it!" Naruto thought as he got up as Pyrrha stepped forward and got Jaune's attention, "You…dumbass!"

"Actually, I think the teams are comprised of four students each, so-" Pyrrha started to say, but…

"You don't stay." Jaune said smoothly again and advanced on Pyrrha, "Well, hot stuff, play your cards right and maybe you could join up with the winning team."

"This guy's read a book on how to pick up chicks. I know it." Naruto thought t himself as he watched Weiss quickly get between the two, "Think he read Tucker's book?"

"No, otherwise he'll be using less…appropriate terms." the Yonbi, Son Goku, piped up.

"Jaune, is it? Do you have any idea who you're talking to?" Weiss asked has if Jaune was stupid.

"Not in the slightest, Snow Angel." Jaune countered gently, making Naruto looked white-eyed before face faulting again.

"Snow Angel?! Really? Really?!"

"This. Is. Pyrrha. Nikos."

"Hello again!" Pyrrha said, waving.

"Pyrrha graduated top of her class at Sanctum."

"Never heard of it." Jaune said as Weiss scoffed.

"Like I said, She's won the Mistral Region Tournaments four years in a row! A new record…until Namikaze ruined it." Weiss mumbled the last part.

"The what?" Jaune asked while trying to keep the confusion out of his voice.

"She's on the front of every Pumpkin Pete's Marshmallow Flakes box!" Weiss said loudly, waving her arms rapidly in anger as Jaune finally recognized her from that.

"That's you?! But they only do that for star athletes and cartoon characters!"

"Yeah, it was pretty cool. Sadly, the cereal isn't very good for you." Pyrrha admitted, a bit embarrassed.

"So, after hearing all of this, do you really think you're in a position to ask her to be on your team?" Weiss asked the now depressed Jaune.

"I guess not…Sorry…" he mumbled, hanging his head.

Naruto however, scowled at that last sentence Weiss just uttered and looked at Pyrrha, who looked hurt at what she said.

"Typical elitist snob." Naruto growled as she turned Weiss towards him, "If that's the case, you don't deserve to be her partner."

"And you think you do?!" Weiss snapped at him.

"Better me or Jaune than you." Naruto replied, "Unlike you, at least we wouldn't partner up with her just because she's a celebrity."

"Wha-?! That is absolutely not true!" Weiss lied as Pyrrha went to comfort Jaune.

"Cheer up, Jaune! I believe you'd make a great leader!"

"D'oh, stop it!" Jaune said bashfully after brightening back up.

"Seriously, please stop it. This kind of behavior should not be encouraged!" Weiss snapped, trying to separate the two.

"Sounds like Pyrrha's on board for Team Jaune. Spots are filling up quick! Now, I'm not supposed to do this, but maybe I could pull some strings, find a place for you. What do you say?" Jaune offered in his Casanova mode while leaning into Weiss again.

"Alright, that's a bit too close! Pyrrha, a little help, please?!" Weiss whined.

A clicking sound was heard, with Jaune turning around in time to see Pyrrha's weapon Miló in Javelin Mode strike him in his hood and sending him wailing into a wall.

"I'm sorry!" Pyrrha apologized as Naruto rolled his eyes.

"Would all first-year students please report to Beacon Cliff for initiation? Again, all first-year students report to Beacon Cliff immediately." Glynda spoke through the intercom system.

Weiss passed by the prone Jaune without a second glance, with Pyrrha coming up next.

"It was nice meeting you, Jaune." Pyrrha said as she retrieved Miló and followed after Weiss as Jaune dropped to ground.

"Likewise." he groaned, slumping against the wall.

"You know, I think you have an admirer, buddy." Naruto said as he looked at the departing Pyrrha.

"Who? Weiss?" Jaune asked hopefully, making Naruto face fault for the third straight time as Ruby and Yang came up.

"I admit I can be dense myself sometimes, but your density is in the idiot territory." Naruto said as he got up.

"The lady-killer is having some trouble?" Yang asked.

"I don't understand. My dad said all women look for is confidence! Where did I go wrong?" Jaune groaned in disappointment as he accepted Ruby's hand and uses her to lift himself up.

"'Snow Angel' probably wasn't the best start." Yang told him as she and Naruto passed him by.

"You really need to recognize sarcasm buddy." Naruto told him over his shoulder.

"Come on Jaune, let's go." Ruby said as she led him and his damaged self-esteem out of the locker room.

"More like an ice queen…actually an ice bitch." Naruto said and frowned.

"You're really critical of her, aren't you?" Yang said quietly.

"My insults to her are to help her grow up and be a better person. When she becomes that, I'll stop. But it looks like that won't be happening anytime soon." Naruto stated as his mind wandered to their fellow blond.

He found it odd that Jaune didn't know exactly who Weiss, and Pyrrha really are, and even more confused that he didn't know about the tournaments. All Hunter-to-be knows everything Huntsmen and Huntresses related, and the fact that Jaune's lack of knowledge was getting a bit suspicious to Naruto, but he'll worry about that later.

(Beacon Cliff)

The Beacon Cliff is the sight of the beginning of the Beacon Initiation where it overlooks the forest where the initiation will take place. Right now, the first year students are standing on silver tiles in front of Professor Ozpin with a mug of coffee and Glynda with her tablet scroll. Naruto, who was at the far end, took a quick look to see Jaune next to him, followed by Ruby, Yang, until he moved his head to the side when Glynda threw a small Dust spell at him to get his attention since Ozpin was about to speak.

"For years, you have trained to become warriors, and today, your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest." Ozpin stated as he looked among the students.

"Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of 'teams'. Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates... today." Glynda announced.

"What? Ohhh…" Ruby whined at this unexpected development.

"These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon. So it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well." Ozpin advised them.

Naruto looked at Ruby as she whined some more, with Yang winking at him.

"That being said, for this year's initiation, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years." Ozpin declared.

*glass shattering*

"Whaaaat?!"

Naruto could literally hear Ruby's world shattering into little shards of broken glass and immediately felt really bad for Ruby, and hoped that her luck wasn't so bad to pair her up with a certain heiress.

"See? I told you-" Nora said to Rin, but was interrupted by Ozpin as he started speaking again.

"After you've partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path... or you will die."

Jaune set out a short nervous laugh and gulped loudly while Nora looked way too happy, before Ozpin continued.

"You will be monitored and graded through the duration of your initiation, but our instructors will not intervene. You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several relics. Each pair must choose one and return to the top of the cliff. You will guard that item, as well as your standing, and grade you appropriately. Are there any questions?"

"Yeah, um, sir?" Jaune started to say while raising his hand.

"Good! Now, take your positions!" Ozpin instructed.

Everyone got into her battle stances on their own tile, readying to begin, except for Jaune, who still had his hand raise and was not in position like everyone else.

"Uh, sir? I've got, um... a question." Jaune spoke up, not noticing the tile under Weiss launching her up into the air like a springboard and over the forest with others following suit, "So, this landing... strategy thing... Uh, wha-what is it? You're, like, dropping us off or something?"

"No. You will be falling." Ozpin said as if commenting the weather.

"Oh, uh, I see..." Jaune said as he still failed to notice his fellow students being launched into the forest, "So, did you, like, hand out parachutes for us?"

Naruto turned his head towards Jaune with a look of disbelief. If they handed out parachutes, he would've known by now.

"Whoo-wee!" Nora yelled cheerfully as she was launched.

"No. You will be using your own 'landing strategy'." Ozpin said as Glynda gave the boy a calculating glare while Rin was launched.

"Uh-huh... Yeah." Jaune said slowly while still oblivious to what is happening.

Yang winked at Ruby and Naruto, the latter giving a thumb-up in return, put on her pair of aviator sunglass before getting launched.

"Woo-hoooooooo!" Yang yelled before Ruby, with a smile on her face at Naruto, joined her in the air.

"So, what exactly is a landing strateYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!" Jaune wailed at the last part as he was catapulted and sent soaring ungracefully into the air.

Naruto prepared for his own launch…yet nothing happened. Scowling, he stomped on his tile and looked at Glynda and Ozpin.

"Really? Really? Do you hate me that much to break my launchpad…Professor Goodwitch?" he asked, scowling at her.

"I don't hate you! Professor Ozpin has put on hold on yours so you two can talk." Glynda countered, with Naruto looking skeptical before turning his attention to Ozpin.

"Naruto, we found a Hell Gate." Ozpin said abruptly, with Naruto's eyes widening in surprise.

Hell Gates are monolithic structures that serve as portals between the Human World of Remnant and the Demon World of Makai. They started appearing years ago before Naruto came to Remnant, and they were mostly hidden underground until they rise up to unleash demons upon Remnant. Only the most experienced of Huntsmen and Huntress could fight the demons, since they're more powerful than the weakest Grimm. That is, until Naruto started his side-job as a Devil Hunter at the age of 9 after Shinigami revealed his heritage. While he had trouble at first in his early year, despite Konan training him in the shinobi arts, he started picking the demon apart more easily at the age of 12 using his parents' jutsu he learned from the Kyuubi twins, Kiyomi and Kurami. The Hell Gates were hardly to find, but they've been popping up recently and more frequently to the point they stick out like sore thumbs.

"Are you sure- Wait…you're having this initiation WHILE THOSE DEMONS ARE ON THE LOOSE?!" Naruto roared in rage, thinking about Ruby and Yang and what might happen should they encounter a demon.

They could handle the one's like Scarecrows, but not the ones like Faults, Assaults, and Blitz yet! They haven't gotten that far in that kind of training yet!

"Don't fret. Team Blood Gulch has carton off the area until your arrival. They're the only group of Hunters that can deal with demons of their caliber." Ozpin assured him, "And since you're the only one in the world who capable of defeating Greater Demons…"

Naruto nodded after calming down, "I understand… Once I deal with the boss demon guarding the Hell Gate, I can destroy it for good, and then get on with the initiation. But I doubt any partners will be left once I'm done."

"It's all right. Besides, we have an uneven number of students this year, so you can join a team of your choice should it come to that." Ozpin said.

"You'll be well compensated for the assignment. In addition to that, there will be something for you at the abandoned temple where the relics are; something we found in one of the caves in the forest that's tied to you. You'll know when you see it." Glyunda informed Naruto and typed some buttons on her tablet.

Naruto looked down when his platform shifted.

"We'll be launching you there directly. Good luck, Naruto." Glynda said.

Naruto grinned and nodded before being unexpectedly launched into the forest where the demons are, "Boooooo-yaaaaahahahahahahahah!"

"Only you Naruto, the descendant of Sparda, can end the threat of the Demon World invasion." Ozpin said and took a sip a coffee from his mug.

(Emerald Forest)

A bird Grimm was flying slowly and magnificently over the forest until it shrieked and exploded in a burst of feathers thanks to Ruby crashing into it.

"Birdie, no!"

Ruby fired a few rounds from Crescent Rose's Gun Mode to slow her down, then switched to Scythe Mode to catch the branch of a tree with her blade to descend to the ground safely.

Weiss summons a white snowflake glyph and leap off it to slow her own fall into the forest.

Nora sailed by Rin who spun in the air and used her weapons StormFlower, a pair of green-colored SMGs with axe-like blade attached under the barrels, to spiral around the trunk of a large tree and landed on the ground, brushing her clothes of dust before looking up to see Yang soaring past her.

"Woo-hooo! Yeah! Ally-oop!" Yang yelled as her used Ember Celica gauntlets and their recoil to "tree-surf" through the top of the forest, spinning in the air and laughing with each blast as she went further north, "Whoa-whoa!"

She crashes through the leaves of some trees while whooping and bounded off of two trees before rolling onto the ground.

"Nail it!" Yang boasted and ran off, unaware that she landed near a certain catgirl who began to trail her.

Pyrrha, with her weapon and shield Miló and Akoúo, used her shield Akoúo to tank through several trees before landing on a branch, shifted Miló into Rifle Mode to check her surroundings and saw a screaming Jaune falling helplessly into the forest. Pyrrha twirled Miló around as its transformed into its Javelin Mode, calculating her aim, and threw it as its recoil rocketed Miló deep into the forest until a dull "THUNK!" was heard.

"Thank you!" Jaune called in the distance.

"I'm sorry!" Pyrrha replied, waving.

Naruto's own landing strategy involved just soaring through the air and into the forest before landing on the ground on his feet and slid through the tree towards his destination while sensing the Hell Gate's presence as he got close.

"Let's see, there's the Hell Gate, some lesser demons, followed by a Greater Demon that's patrolling the area, and… Team Blood Gulch, a team of idiots who're the only Hunters capable of dealing with demons due their crazy planning and dumb luck similar to me. Yeah, this will be one fun initiation…" Naruto sighed and groaned before smirking.

Meanwhile in the middle of the forest, Ruby landed in a crouch and sped off with single goal in her mind.

"Gotta find Yang! Gotta find Naruto! gotta find Yang, gotta find Naruto, gotta find...! Yang!? Naruto!? Oh, this is bad, this is really bad... What if I can't find them? What if someone finds them first? Well, there's always Jaune. He's nice. He's funny! ...I don't think he's very good in a fight, though. Ooh! What about Blake?! So mysterious, so calm... Plus she likes books! Then again, I'm not sure I'd be able to hold a conversation with her... Ugh! *shakes her head* Okay... Who else do I know in this school? There's Yang, Naruto, Jaune, Blake, aaaand..."

Her train of thought was detail when someone crashed into her from above. Time seemed to slow down Ruby shook the cobwebs out of her head and cleared her vision to find herself looking into the eyes of Weiss, who was straddling her waist with a look of shock on her face.

"Oh, no…" Ruby thought as Weiss slowly got off of her, "No…"

There was a pause between them before Weiss turned on her heel and walked the other way, not caring about the rules of pair matching.

"Well, north is this way…"

Ruby followed after Weiss and watched as she struggled through the bushes and low tree branches.

"Don't follow me. I'm not being partners with you." Weiss snapped as she cleared the bushes.

"Oh-ho! So the big bad Schnee is going to break school rules? What would your family say huh?" Ruby countered as he walked in stride in her.

Weiss opened her mouth to retort, but failed to find the words to say as Ruby continued.

"Besides, the professors are monitoring us as we speak, and have no doubt mark us down as partners, so even if you "find another partner", they wouldn't count it since our eyes are met."

"…You sure thought a lot about this…"

"There's nothing to think about. At least I listened to Professor Ozpin despite my complaining."

They then stopped when they heard a voice above them.

"Come on! Come on! Stupid…!"

They looked up to see Jaune stuck to a tree thanks to Pyrrha's weapon embedded in the trunk, and was trying to pull it out until he saw the two and gave an embarrassed wave and laugh. Before Ruby could go to help him, Weiss grabbed her by her hood after realizing that Jaune would've been her next choice after leaving Ruby, but then again, Ruby was right about the rules.

"By no means does this make us friends." she said as she pulled Ruby in the direction they were walking.

"Hey, wait!" Ruby said as Weiss quickly dragged her way into more bushes.

"Wait! Come back! Who's going to get me down from here?!" Jaune yelled and waved his arms hopelessly.

"Jaune?"

He stopped and looked down to see his savior, Pyrrha.

"Do you... have any spots left on your team?"

"Very funny…" he said as he crossed his arms, but looks down and gives her a smile, which she returns.

Meanwhile, back with Ruby and Weiss…

"Geez, what's the hurry?" Ruby asked after pulling away from Weiss.

"I will not let my mission be delayed because you're too slow! I swear, if I get a bad grade because of your-" Weiss said as she looked away at Ruby, but was startled when she looked to the front to see Ruby leaning against a tree with a smirk on her face and arms crossed, "What the…?"

"You don't have to worry about me! Man, you really do judge a book by its book do you?" Ruby said and pushed herself off the tree.

"But, how did…" Weiss stuttered, slightly amazed.

"Why, my semblance, silly. Weiss, just because I don't exactly know how to deal with people doesn't mean I don't know how to deal with monsters! You experienced the Ruby that is awkward around others, but now…" Ruby puts her arm around a skeptical Weiss' shoulders, "You're about to witness a Ruby who's the best in the world about what she does: slaying Grimm and demons. And one more thing…"

Ruby lets go of Weiss and adopts a serious expression.

"You may have high expectations, but I wasn't born in this world to live up to yours, and the same goes your you. I was born to be a Huntress, like my mother before me. And now, I'm gonna prove it."

Ruby suddenly whipped out Crescent Rose in Scythe Mode to behead a Beowolf lunging from behind her. Weiss gasped and jumped out of the way as another Beowolf lunged at her.

"Where'd they come from?!"

"The area's too closed off. Come on!"

Ruby grabbed Weiss and used her speed to get them out of there and to an open place where they can fight, while a pack of Beowolves with bony armor rushed after them.

(Emerald Forest, Hell Gate Perimeter)

"You're right on time, Naruto. The others are finishing up the lesser demons as we speak." a man in steel black armor with yellow lines said to an incoming Naruto.

"Thank you, Wash. Hopefully the cleaning up process doesn't involve one of Sarge's crazy plans that gets Grif killed?"

"Thankfully, We managed to avoid that scenario. There's a huge clearing a mile out from here where Caboose of all people spotted the Hell Gate and mistook it for a slide."

There was a huge explosion to the right in the distance.

"Ugh, its Sarge, I know it! Will you be okay here?"

"…Obviously. Now go stop them. Remember that there's an initiation going on."

Naruto watched as the armored man ran off, and then looked in the direction of the Hell Gate.

"Right, let's get this done…" he muttered as his right hand and arm was encased in a demonic gauntlet-like arm known as the Devil Bringer, and looked back towards where the initiation was taking place, "I'll be right there, Ruby, Yang…"

END OF CHAPTER THREE

Next time – Chapter 04: Welcome to the Jungle (tentative title)

-As the partner pairings work to get to the temple to complete the initiation, Naruto deals with the Greater Demon guarding the Hell Gate while his support, Team Blood Gulch, takes care of the escaping lesser demons.

READER RESPONSE: So, for those who are familiar with a certain iconic RoosterTeeth show, what do you think about "Team Blood Gulch" being a squad of Hunters?

REFERENCES

Naruto yelled like Kuzco from The Emperor's New Groove going down the waterfall when he was launched.

Released: Saturday, October 25, 2014