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Reading: Veritas Aequitas
IV: Day One
"Alright, out of the forest and into the classroom..." Jaune cheered. He hung his head and frowned. "Man, I'd rather be back in the forest. My grades suck..."
"I keep telling you that you've gotta eat Ren's pancakes in the morning, Jaune," Nora said with a wag of her finger.
"Most pretty...so beautiful...Yes, lovelies, I love you all...Even you..." Naruto had a silly grin on his face as he slept in his assigned bed. The grin widened as he snuggled into his bed with his arms wrapped around his pillow. There was a small puddle of drool next to his face.
"Well, he must be having one heck of a dream!" Yang laughed.
"Ugh, that's disgusting." Weiss frowned.
"I love you all...My wonderful...luscious...well-rounded...smoking hot…
"Ooh harem party."
"Yang, shut up!" Ruby groaned and covered her ears.
giant...big...squeezable...noodles..."
Blake smirked at her partner. "Yes, that's one dirty dream, isn't it, Yang?"
Yang rolled her eyes and refused to take the bait. She failed to hide her disappointment, though.
Haku stared at his slumbering partner with mild surprise while he waited for the bathroom to become open. He had awoken early at six, but was surprised to find that Kurama had beaten him to the bathroom. Sasuke was just now starting to stir while Naruto, well...
"I love you, Ramen..." Naruto proceeded to gnaw on the corner of his pillow that he held in his arms.
He was still in dreamland.
"Didn't peg him to be such a talkative sleeper, did you?" Kurama's voice startled the other boy slightly. Haku arched a brow as he took in the...modified uniform that Kurama wore. He'd ditched the jacket entirely and replaced the blue vest with a red one along with a tie that had a curled up fox pin in the middle of it, rather than the plain red tie they had been issued. His sunglasses were back in place, and Haku was slightly curious as to what the Faunus' eyes looked like.
"Thank you school regulations!" Ruby cheered as she hugged her beloved cape.
Realizing he'd yet to answer Kurama's question, Haku gave him a sheepish smile.
"I hardly know anything about any of you," He said. "We all sort of rushed to our rooms and went to bed. You three fell asleep before I had even finished my evening wash."
"Nice to know a boy with a good sense of hygiene." Weiss laughed to herself.
"I got nothing on that." Jaune conceded.
Kurama nodded and brought his tail around in order for him to brush it. "Sorry about that, but I had drained two other students in the forest and empowered Naruto twice along with Sasuke's one time. It was taxing for me. Sasuke, likewise, was exhausted from using his Semblance along with my aura. Naruto...He's just a lazy bastard."
"There's nothing wrong with sleeping in once in a while." Ren defended.
"That's because you stay up all night." Nora chided her best friend.
"...Only a few times."
"So I see." Haku chuckled and gathered his clothes. "If you'll excuse me, I think I'll shower and dress before the other two wake up."
"Sure thing. Don't worry about finding any fuzzy surprises, I don't shed when I bathe." Kurama chuckled at his own joke while Haku let out a soft laugh of his own. Kurama waited until the bathroom door had shut and the shower had started before he looked over to his partner.
"Haku's in the shower now, you can stop covering your morning problem."
"Screw you, Ōtsutsuki." Sasuke grumbled as he sat up and covered his morning problem with his blanket. "How the hell are you and Naruto not having this problem with her so close by?"
"Just put him out of his misery already." Blake shook her head at 'male-Blake's problem.
Kurama's grin widened at the inaccurate pronoun, but concealed it as he began to carefully brush his tail.
"I can't say anything for the ramen addict, but as for me? I'm not that interested in you hairless apes," Kurama said. Sasuke rolled his eyes at the insult while the fox-tailed teen continued. "I plan to find myself a nice Faunus girl later in life and have a litter or two like my father did. Hopefully nothing like my siblings were, though..."
Sasuke snorted and waited for a few minutes before his morning problem went away. He looked around the rather bland room and then looked over at the generic clock on the wall. "It's only six forty-five? We've got less than two hours before classes start."
"Well, would you like to wake sleeping beauty or – GAH!" Kurama suddenly went rigid and clapped his hands over his ears as he fell off of his bed to the floor. "Son of a bitch! Who blew that whistle!?"
"…I didn't do it!" Ruby cried instinctively. She shrunk down from Weiss' glare.
"It was stupid." Blake pointed out, her poor sensitive ears.
"It was unnecessary." Weiss argued.
"I thought it was a riot." Yang shrugged with a smile on her face.
"Who? What? Where's the ramen thief!?" Naruto asked after he shot up from his bed ready to fight. He looked around the room and then frowned. "Hey...This isn't Ichiraku's All-You-Can-Eat Ramen Buffett!"
"That was just a dream, idiot." Sasuke grumbled as he wiggled a finger in his ear. He got up and went over to the window, which he promptly slammed shut. "Soundproofed up until you leave a window open."
"When I find whoever blew that goddamned whistle I'm going to kill them," Kurama said with a low growl as he got back to his feet and adjusted his glasses.
Ruby wisely decided to hide behind Yang. She made the best shield.
He fixed his uniform and looked at his tail and the comb on the floor. "Oh, dammit, I lost count!"
"Ugh, I hate when that happens." Yang pouted and started to pet her hair. "Such a time consumption."
"...You brush your hair?" Jaune asked.
"Duh."
"Aw, man, that was just another dream!?" Naruto sulked. He raised a fist to the ceiling and shook it menacingly. "Curse you reality! You show me happiness and then snatch it away before I can partake in it!"
"Partake in what?" The three looked at Haku as he stepped out of the shower in the men's uniform. Sasuke looked very surprised at this while Naruto and Kurama merely glanced at him.
Naruto gave the uniform a once over and shook his head while his arms crossed over his shoulders firmly. "I'm not wearing that. Too stuffy."
Kurama sighed. "Naruto, you can modify your uniform slightly, but you must wear it to class."
"Make me!"
"Get the duct tape!" Nora declared with her fist in the air.
"Sounds like a good time," Yang said. She laughed when the others glared at her.
Kurama looked at Sasuke, who stood up and promptly went to the bathroom with his clothes in his arm. It was his way of saying, "This is your problem, and I'll let you deal with it."
Frankly, Kurama felt as though his partner had ditched him. With an aggravated sigh, Kurama looked at his longtime friend. "Naruto-"
Naruto's eyes darted to the Faunus. "Kurama, that thing tells me that the wearer is high class, obnoxious, snotty, no fun and bland! I am none of those things!"
"I beg to differ, our uniform makes us look like da bomb." Yang grinned.
"The boys' uniform is a bit tight in the collar." Jaune pursed his lips. "And a bit...preppy..."
"Sucks for you guys," Yang said without sympathy.
Kurama sighed. "Well, you're wrong on two accounts."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Naruto asked with a scowl.
"Naruto," Haku said as he put a hand on his partner's shoulder before Kurama could answer him. "As our team leader, you are expected to set an example. By not conforming to the rules, you make yourself look ill-suited to be the team leader and make us look unequipped or unprepared for the challenges that we face ahead."
Ruby winced. That was why she tried so hard...after Weiss blew up on her. She liked being leader, despite the challenges it forced on her, and wanted to do her best at it.
Naruto frowned and crossed his arms childishly. "Yeah, but...there's no orange."
"Oh my-! Really?" Weiss deadpanned. "That's the problem?"
"Hey! We all have our quirks." Ruby pouted at her partner while she hugged her cape.
"And thus we come to the real problem with the uniform," Kurama said with a roll of his eyes. He gestured to himself. "Naruto, look at me. I all but ditched the jacket and swapped out the vest and tie. This is still acceptable and you can wear your uniform however you wish."
"...I gotta wear the shoes, shirt and pants, though?"
"And a tie." Kurama added.
Naruto grimaced. "I hate dressing nice."
"I totally agree." Kurama nodded. They looked up as Sasuke walked out with the jacket and vest over his shoulder.
"They can't seriously expect us to wear these without modifying them, can they?" Sasuke asked.
Haku looked down at himself and arched a brow. "I don't see anything wrong with it."
"That's because it suits you," Sasuke said with a smile.
"It really does." Pyrrha nodded. Her comment pulled the attention to her and she began to stammer. "Um, well…"
Naruto blinked in confusion while Kurama smirked and snickered. Before the leader of Team NHKS could ask what was so funny, Sasuke looked at him. "Your turn to shower, idiot. Don't use all the water in the ocean."
"You guys are so mean..." Naruto huffed as he disappeared into the bathroom with the uniform and a few other clothes in his arms.
Haku looked at the two and folded his arms over his chest. "He does have a point. That's rather cruel to call your friend an idiot multiple times."
"True, but we're just ribbing him." Sasuke shrugged. "He's not dumb, but he's not the brightest bulb in the house, either. He knows when we're kidding around. However, we probably should warn you about his classroom...habits."
"And I suddenly felt a chill go down my spine." Weiss narrowed her eyes. She stole a glance at an innocently whistling Ruby, who was still seated behind Yang.
"Habits?" Haku asked as he ignored the loud bangs that came from a nearby room.
Sasuke and Kurama exchanged a look before Kurama turned to Haku. "Naruto does not do well in classrooms."
"Does he have a learning disorder?" Haku asked.
Sasuke shook his head as he pulled on a navy vest that had his symbol on the back. "No, he's just bored. He never really understood what use any technical words or theories could have in a field. He's a kinesthetic learner through and through.
"Jaune does better with a hands on approach, as well." Pyrrha added. She threw a smile at her partner. "You tend to get bored in class."
"Only in some. Others are sort of interesting." Jaune admitted while he scratched the back of his head.
Outside of class and on a mission, there's no one else I'd want to lead me."
Kurama nodded. "He's very good at what he does."
"Interesting," Haku said as he took in this new information about his partner. His thoughts were put on hold as Naruto came out of the bathroom in part of the school uniform without the jacket on. His white shirt's sleeves were rolled up to his bicep, and somehow in the few minutes Naruto was in the bathroom, another patch with Naruto's swirl-like symbol was sewn almost professionally into the right shoulder. Unlike his friends, he'd kept the navy vest with Beacon's insignia and Naruto was in the process of adjusting his orange tie.
"Mm, mama likes." Yang let her half-lidded eyes roam over the image as her smile grew.
"Down girl." Blake bopped her teammate on the head gently.
"This thing is such a pain," Naruto said with a sigh as he gave up. He looked around at the surprised looks on his friend's faces. "What?"
"...Damn, stupid, you clean up good. If you had dressed up more often back in Kon, I think you could've had at least two girlfriends by now." Kurama mused with a grin. He was comfortable with his sexuality enough to know when a fellow male looked good, but whereas Haku was nearly a girl in beauty or Sasuke had the right angles that gave off the prince-like appearance, Naruto was the handsome rogue, much like himself.
"Oi! I had a girlfriend!"
"Really?" Yang asked, her smile dimming slightly.
"A few dates with a girl doesn't make her your girlfriend, Naruto." Sasuke drawled.
"Oh, cool. I get to break him in then." Yang's grin returned to its previous size.
"...I'm going to pretend you didn't just say that." Blake and Weiss drawled together.
"Ditto." Ruby mumbled from her sanctuary.
Naruto stuck his tongue out at Sasuke and crossed his arms over his chest. He looked at the door when there was another bang. "Geez, who's being so crazy at a stupid hour?"
"Probably PJ," Kurama said nonchalantly as he resumed brushing his tail.
"Think they're up?" Naruto asked as he leaned against his designated dresser. He watched Haku and Sasuke as they began to make their beds and looked at his mess with an indifferent gaze.
"Hard not to be after that whistle." Kurama grumbled.
"…"
"Ruby, stop hiding behind me already." The older sister sighed.
"No, he's scary! Like a big bad Beowolf!"
"That's just a story!"
"It's a scary story!"
"Ruby, I'll fart! I mean it!" Yang warned.
Ruby scowled and crawled out from behind her sister, going back to her seat next to Weiss. Blake glared daggers at Yang.
"If you do need to pass gas, please leave the room. I'd rather not die again."
"Oh, c'mon...I'll just bring you back with some CPR."
Blake smacked the snickering Yang's arm while she flushed.
An hour later, Naruto led his team out of their room, with Haku beside him looking at their schedule and map of Beacon. Kurama followed behind them, his brushed tail swished lazily inches from the ground, and Sasuke walked alongside him, his face buried in the most recent release of 'Ninjas of Love'.
"Huh, he really is male-Blake." Weiss admitted.
"That means nothing." Blake hedged, her cheeks pink.
"You know, a lot of people give the Toad crap for his dirty books, but I have to say, there's some decent plot here." Sasuke mused.
"I still can't believe you're reading that in public." Haku muttered distractedly as he looked on the map for their first class.
To Sasuke, however, it sounded angry and he grimaced.
Kurama saw this and grinned widely. Oh, this could be fun.
"I totally agree," he said with a nod. "Only the most perverted men can read such garbage in public."
Sasuke snapped the book shut and glared at Kurama, who merely gave him a grin in return.
"At least our Blake isn't so lewd to do such a thing."
"Right? She'd be a bit more fun, though."
"I can kill you two in your sleep." Blake threatened the white and blonde haired girls. The girls zipped their lips, but were still grinning in victory.
Naruto, who walked lazily with his hands intertwined behind his head, paused as a faint yell came from somewhere behind him. "Did you guys hear that?"
"Hear what?" Haku, Kurama and Sasuke asked. Kurama's tail flicked and he tilted his head.
"Hm, I think our clock's off by a few minutes," he said.
Haku lowered the map and looked back at him. "Why do you say that?"
Kurama stepped to the side of the walk and gestured for the others to do the same. "Well, for one thing, most of the Aura I sense is already gathered in large groups. However, there are a few small groups, including us, that are outside of the gathered areas. Two such small groups are rapidly approaching and should pass by in five, four, three, two..."
"WE'RE LATE!" Jaune cried out as he and his team followed Team RWBY. Naruto waved at the two teams as they shot past and then let his hands rest behind his head.
"Man, his radar is awesome." Nora hummed. "I wonder if he uses his tail to connect to an outlet to recharge or something. That'd be funny, like those old cartoons!"
"And potentially dangerous," Ren said.
"...Yeah, but it'd still be funny!"
"We should probably fix our clock." Sasuke noted as he pulled his book out from behind his back. He'd seen what happened to a few boys that dared show some girls they read the series, and with a group comprised of six girls, Sasuke didn't want to take any chances.
"Nah, Blake would be cool with it."
"Yang, stop talking. Now."
"Sure, sure, whatever ninja girl."
He was already on thin ice with Haku as it is.
"Meh, what's done is done." Naruto shrugged. "Can't fix the past."
"But you can determine the future."
Team NHKS looked to their right as Professor Ozpin and Glynda Goodwitch stopped at the intersection beside them. Ozpin had his coffee mug in hand while Glynda had her scroll out and was looking something over.
Naruto smiled at the headmaster and gave a small wave. "Morning, Professor!"
"Mr. Uzumaki." Ozpin nodded back and took a sip from his mug. "Aren't you worried about being late for class?"
Naruto chuckled sheepishly and let one of his hands fall to his side while the other rubbed his neck. "Eh, we weren't five minutes ago when we thought our room's clock was working fine, but now that we know otherwise, there wasn't much chance for us to be on time anyway. As my old teacher Kakashi use to say, why hurry when we'll already be declared late?"
"Wow," Ruby said, wide eyed. "I feel so stupid for rushing now."
"We were only late by a minute." Weiss frowned.
"Still, we ran for no reason! And while I like a good run, it's not fun if it's pointless!"
"...Class isn't pointless Ruby." Weiss sighed into her hand.
"Sometimes." Ruby argued.
"She's got a point," Yang said with a nod, a few agreeing mumbles and nods coming from Team JNPR.
Ozpin let a small smile cross his face. "Kakashi Hatake? I was not aware he'd taken to teaching. He's a good huntsman, a wise man as well."
"Wise is not the word I would use to describe him." Glynda drawled as she looked up from her scroll and her gaze landed on Naruto and his team. She shut her scroll with a snap and crossed her arms. "Mr. Uzumaki, where are your jackets and ties?"
"Eh, we ditched 'em. They were too stuffy," Naruto said with a shrug.
"No fear...the fool." Jaune whispered. Goodwitch was one scary woman.
Sasuke clapped his hand over his face while Kurama chuckled at the blunt honesty. Haku merely sighed and folded his campus map up, there was no real reason to have it out anymore since, like Naruto said, they were already late.
"Mr. Uzumaki, it is listed in Beacon Academy's rules for students to attend classes in uniform." Glynda frowned at the boy.
Ozpin cleared his throat and looked at his friend. "Now, Glynda, you as well as I know that adjustments can be made or accessories can be added to the uniform. In this case, it seems that Team NHKS has decided to exchange some materials while keeping with the style."
"Professor Ozpin..." Glynda began to say only to stop herself and sigh. "Of course, Professor. It is your school."
"Professor Ozpin is so awesome." Ruby smiled at their Headmaster.
"Big time." Jaune smiled faintly.
"Quite." Ozpin agreed with a small smile before he looked at Team NHKS. "And while your tardiness today can be overlooked, I would advise you not let it become a habit, Mr. Uzumaki."
Naruto let a nervous chuckle out and nodded. "Right, sorry Professor Ozpin."
"Professor, since you're here could you tell us where our classroom is?" Haku asked politely.
Ozpin nodded and pointed down the way Teams RWBY and JNPR had run. Team NHKS walked off after thanking him and the headmaster took a sip of his coffee. "A nice group of boys, aren't they Glynda?"
"Mr. Uzumaki and Mr. Ōtsutsuki are highly rated in combat, but their penchant for mischief and troublemaking when together worries me," Glynda said as she adjusted her glasses. "And while Mr. Uchiha and Mr. Yuki are not prone to the same delinquency, I do not have confidence that they'll be able to contain the other two."
"Boo to containment!" Yang jeered. "Where's the fun without some troublemakers?"
"CRDL?" Pyrrha arched a brow at the blonde.
"They were bullies, not troublemakers," Yang said, waving off the Mistral champion. "Troublemakers are mischievous boys who just want to get a laugh, or punish the wicked."
"Oh...I see." Pyrrha nodded in understanding.
"So you have informed me time and again when we reviewed their initiation." Ozpin wryly replied before he took another sip from his coffee mug and continued his stroll.
"My grandfather said 'Peter, you've' – Oh, hello, boys!" A rotund man at the front of a classroom said when Team NHKS came in through the doors. "Team NHKS, was it?"
"Yes sir," Naruto said with a grin while his teammates walked down a few steps and slid into a row, leaving the seat on the end for Naruto. They had been tardy all day and after their last class this fact had earned them a talking to from their professor. The team leader scratched the back of his head as he looked at the last professor he'd have to deal with today. "Sorry we're late, we sort of got lost on the road of life."
Ruby rubbed her chin. "That's a good one..."
Weiss poked her finger into Ruby's cheek. "No, you can't use that excuse."
"But it's perfect!" The red-themed girl whined.
"No, Ruby."
Sasuke groaned and let his head fall onto the desk in front of him while Kurama let out a single laugh. Haku sighed and pulled out his Scroll to take some notes for the class.
The professor seemed to accept this answer, much to the bewilderment of the other students, since he nodded his head and smiled. "Ah, very problematic that road can be. It takes a well-educated mind and a finely tuned body to traverse it with ease.
"Oh come on!" Weiss furrowed her brow and scowled when Ruby gave her a smug smile.
"See? Told you it's perfect."
"Shut up, Ruby."
You may have a seat, Mr. Uzumaki. I'm Professor Port, if you didn't already know."
"Thanks, Prof. P." Naruto gave a two-fingered salute and plopped down in his seat.
Professor Port nodded back and looked around the classroom. "Now, where was I? Ah, yes, my story. You see back when I was a young lad..."
Haku nearly jumped when Naruto suddenly slumped over, out cold and letting out soft snores. The feminine boy looked to his two other teammates, who shrugged or smiled in a 'what-can-you-do?' fashion.
"…He has classroom narcolepsy?" Blake asked, perplexed at the thought.
"Best. Disease. Ever." Jaune was in awe at how fast Naruto zonked out. "That's gotta be a record or something..."
Realizing that they weren't kidding when it came to Naruto's lack of desire for education, Haku sighed and made an additional note at the top of his page to ensure Naruto got a copy.
Kurama decided to take time to appreciate the notes of the Grimm on the board and tuned the professor out. He did arch a brow when he thought he heard the word cabbages, but ultimately decided to resume his studying of the board's notes on the structure and weak points of a Deathstalker.
"That would have been useful before we fought it." Jaune deadpanned.
Pyrrha shrugged. "What can you do? We did it and that's what counts."
"Right..." Jaune nodded with a small smile.
Sasuke, like Haku, had his scroll out and was taking down notes. Unlike, Haku, however, he was making notes of his observations on the teacher himself rather than the material that was being discussed.
Narcissistic, egotistical, whimsical, boring, and to top it all off he's F-A-! Sasuke's thought broke off when the professor cleared his throat and gave a pointed look to Team RWBY, who had unfortunately been stuck in the first row. Sasuke arched a brow and smirked as Professor Port stared the four girls down. Well, that sucks for them.
"Not cool." Yang frowned at Sasuke. "It was weird enough for us, but did he have to point it out?"
"He's got that kind of attitude," Jaune said with a frown. "Like a mean Ren."
Ren frowned. "Are you trying to imply something?"
"Er...No?" Jaune swallowed when Nora reached for her beloved hammer...that he didn't realize was in the room.
"In conclusion, a true Huntsman must be honorable."
Kurama looked out the window as a butterfly passed by before a bird snagged it. He smirked. The wonders of nature.
"True Huntsmen must be dependable."
Naruto snorted awake and took in his surroundings. Geez, this guy's still talking? Curse you reality, you once more keep me from which I love right as I'm about to truly experience bliss...
"True Huntsmen must be strategic, well-educated and wise!"
Sasuke sighed as he let his Scroll rest in front of him and glanced lazily at Professor Port. Shame you're none of those last three things.
"He's not that bad." Weiss defended the rotund professor with a frown.
I can see you checking out the Fem-Naruto from here-
"I knew it!" Yang's eyes flashed red.
"Yang, take it easy." Ruby tried to placate her sister while Blake grabbed the blonde's shoulder. Yang grumbled to herself and her eyes cooled down into lilac. Her arms crossed under her bust and she scowled.
"I demand compensation!"
"You probably won't get it." Weiss drawled.
"I can still demand it!"
Wait...Did I just call her a...? Oh crap-baskets, he's rubbing off on me!
"Now, who among you believes themselves to be the embodiment of these traits?" Prof. Port asked as he looked around the room.
Naruto arched a brow. "What traits?"
Haku offered his scroll and Naruto looked them over.
"Nope, not me." He decided with a chuckle as he rested his head on his arms.
"Well, at least he's honest." Pyrrha chuckled at Naruto's blunt nature.
"Offer him some lien, though," Kurama said with a smirk.
"Hey, more lien means more ramen, and I'm always up for more ramen!" Naruto returned with a cheeky grin.
Sasuke shook his head. "There's no one here who truly feels that way about themselves."
"Aside from you?" Naruto asked.
Sasuke shook his head. "Even I'm not that full of myself."
Weiss made herself small when her teammates looked at her.
"Not. One. Word." She warned.
"I do, sir!" Weiss' hand shot up.
"I stand corrected, apparently there is someone here who truly feels that way about themselves," Sasuke said in surprise.
"Wow, someone more egotistical than Sasuke. Maybe we were wrong," Naruto said. "Maybe Sneeze is the Fem-Sasuke instead of Bell."
"…I'm going to murder him." Weiss fumed while Blake had mixed feelings on the matter.
Kurama chuckled and leaned back in his seat. "Man, I wish I had a camera ready. This is going to be good."
Haku sighed and closed his Scroll as a rattling cage slowly rose up from the ground. "I believe there's no more notes to be taken today."
"Aw, man! There's a Grimm!? I would've said something if I'd known there was a Grimm to fight," Naruto said with a pout as Professor Port gestured to the cage and told Weiss to get ready to face the monster. They waited for a few minutes before Weiss returned with her white themed outfit on and rapier in hand.
"Go Weiss!" Yang cheered.
Blake waved a small flag with her team's name on it. "Fight well."
"Yeah! Represent Team RWBY!" Ruby cheered.
"D'aww." Yang reached over and pinched Ruby's flushed cheek. "Such a cute widdle weader!"
"Shhoop!" Ruby winced out, waving her arms around. Blake rolled her eyes and smacked Yang's arm out of her face. Ruby rubbed her cheek and smiled at her Faunus teammate. "Thanks Blake."
Blake just nodded.
Kurama chuckled. "Oh, I want to jeer at Schnee, but that was just adorable."
"See? Even grumpy Kurama thinks your cute!" Yang smirked. "Careful, Weiss, Ruby's movin' in on your man."
"That's not funny." Weiss scowled at the thought while Ruby turned red.
"I beg to differ."
"Kurama's got a weak spot for cute girls," Naruto said to his partner, who nodded.
"I completely understand." Haku smiled lightly. "Ruby is a cute girl, it's hard not to have a weak spot for her."
"Yeah, if she pouted at him, I'm fairly certain he'd bend to her every whim," Naruto said with a grin.
"I would not!" Kurama snapped with a scowl as he glared at the blond.
Ruby gained a gleam in her eyes.
Sasuke smirked. "Well, Naruto, it seems that Kurama has decided to indulge in denial."
"Oh, so he's on that boat with you, huh?"
Now both Kurama and Sasuke were glaring at the grinning blond.
"All right, let the match...begin!" Port declared as he used his blunderbuss-axe to remove the lock from the unknown Grimm's cage. The cage door fell down to reveal a shadowy warthog-like creature with the white bone mask connected to two large tusks and plates scattered across its small body. Weiss avoided the initial charge that the Grimm made and even dealt a counter out as she did.
"Hm, not bad," Sasuke said thoughtfully. "Had Borbatusks not been so heavily armored, I'd say that this would already be over."
"Indeed," Haku said as he observed the fight.
Kurama laughed when Weiss' rapier was caught in the Grimm's tusks. "She actually charged at it? Come on, even newbies at Kon knew that Borbatusk's are more armored near the head so that they can handle the impact their attacks make."
"Repugnant little-!" Weiss looked red in the face at her own fault, but she didn't need to be reminded of it from some ruffian!
"We'll have to cover Ruby's eyes and ears." Yang mused.
"Shut up, Yang!"
Naruto groaned as Weiss was disarmed. "Man, she's really not paying attention to this thing at all, is she?"
"Nope." Haku agreed as he shook his head. This was actually kind of irritating to watch. He sighed when Weiss dodged the Borbatusk's charge and the Grimm bounced off of the desk without any damage done to the wood. "She does remember that she can use her Semblance, right? I would assume that since Professor Port can bring a Borbatusk into the classroom that there would be some sort of safety measures in place for the other students."
"He brings up a good point, that was dangerous." Blake frowned.
"Or there's not and we're just expected to be able to dodge," Naruto said. He leaned back in his seat and rubbed his head. "We are training to become Huntsmen and Huntresses after all."
"...That makes more sense." Blake mumbled.
"True." Haku conceded.
"Weiss, go for its belly! There's no armor underneath it-"
"Stop telling me what to do!" Weiss cut Ruby off.
Naruto sighed and shook his head. "Not cool."
"It seems that Team RWBY has more cracks than one would think," Haku said.
"Every team has them starting out." Ruby mumbled.
"We didn't." Jaune said, well, except for his debacle, but they took care of that quickly enough. He pointed at the screen. "Team NHKS doesn't seem to either."
"Three of them have been friends for a while, though," Blake said pointedly.
"Yeah, but Haku's new, wouldn't that throw off the balance?" Jaune asked.
Sasuke crossed his arms. "There was bound to be a clash of all those different personalities. The only reason I get along so well with idiot one and idiot two is because we've known each other since childhood. And you fit in with us because, well, you're nice and polite, something to balance out our leader's brash and rude attitude."
"That answers your question, Jaune. Haku has a very calming presence, much like Ren." Pyrrha looked to her teammate. Ren nodded at her in thanks for the compliment.
"...Man, they really kind of lucked out, didn't they?" Jaune mumbled.
"Some of the worst fights can be between friends," Blake said as she and Weiss had a brief glance with each other.
"Screw you, Uchiha." Naruto flipped the dark haired boy off without removing his eyes from the fight. He pursed his lips as the Borbatusk curled into a ball and spun rapidly before it charged at Weiss. "I'd punch it, grab a tusk and bury the head into the ground, then use a bullet to finish it off."
"Restrain and reveal the underbelly, then do the same." Haku nodded.
Kurama dug in his ear with his pinky. "Eh, I'd probably find a way to knock it on it's back and pierce it with Rikudo."
"I would electrocute it." Sasuke shrugged when the three other members of his team looked at him. "What? When it works, it works."
"Damn elementals, having it so easy." Yang huffed.
"...Yang, you can bench like three of you." Nora pointed out.
"...And?"
"Just saying."
"True." The other three conceded and watched as Weiss made a few figures in the air to reflect the Borbatusk and then jump off of to impale the Grimm with her rapier.
"Bravo!" Professor Port said as a few members of the class applauded. "It seems that we're in the presence of a true Huntress!"
Kurama snorted and flicked the discovery in his ear off to the side. "Yeah, she's a true huntress and I'm going to ask her to marry me."
"Heavens no!" Weiss exclaimed with a face.
"Here comes the bride, dressed just like Weiss..." Yang sang softly with a grin. "Here comes the groom, howling at the moon!"
"Shut up, Yang!" Weiss and Blake glared at the snickering blonde. The former for obvious reasons and the latter for the very inaccurate and racist comment.
"Careful, Kurama, that's how those sorts of rumors get started." Sasuke warned his partner with a smirk. He stood up as Professor Port dismissed the class.
"Oh, like you can start a rumor, Sasuke." Kurama scoffed. He buffed his nails on his chest and smirked. "You're but a novice in the art of gossip, whereas I am a master. I did manage to get that rumor started after all."
Sasuke and Naruto shuddered while Haku frowned in confusion.
"Now I really want the dirt on that rumor," Yang said earnestly.
"What rumor?" he asked.
"Nothing!" Sasuke and Naruto cut in quickly before Kurama could answer him. They glared at the grinning Faunus as he slipped by them and walked out of the classroom.
"If you say so..." Haku frowned in confusion while both Naruto and Sasuke sighed in relief.
They certainly dodged that bullet.
"Boo! Tell us now!" Yang yelled at the screen.
"Hey, Whisker Boy, where've you been all day?" Yang said to her fellow blonde as Team NHKS walked up to herself and Blake while they sat with the boys of Team JNPR. The girls were in the midst of a spar, with Pyrrha offering advice to the energetic Nora after each attack she missed.
"You never sit still!" Nora accused childishly with a look of contempt.
Pyrrha gave her a weak smile in return. "Well, you're hammer looks like it hurts. A lot."
"…Only a little." Nora mumbled.
"I'll still dodge then."
"Lame!"
"Getting in trouble for having a broken clock and being late to every class today. How's it Yanging?" Naruto asked with a grin while Yang laughed and Blake sighed.
"No more puns, please?" Blake asked.
"That's like asking the sun not to rise." Yang scoffed.
Blake sighed in defeat.
Naruto grinned at her as he took the spot next to Yang. "No promises, Bell."
Sasuke shook his head and sat down next to Ren, while Kurama claimed the seat next to him. "Good luck with that. We've been trying to get him to stop being stupid for years. The most we can manage...Well, Kurama?"
Kurama nodded and reached his jacket to withdraw a rubber chicken. He then tossed the chicken on the ground in front of Naruto. "Naruto. Don't do anything stupid."
Naruto stared at the chicken and looked like he was about to start hyperventilating before he whipped out a paddleball from somewhere. "Must, resist, stupidity impulse!"
"Wow, he's got a process." Ruby blinked.
"I thought it was just a hobby last time." Yang admitted with a snigger.
"Is that healthy?" Blake asked as she arched a brow while Yang snickered.
"It gets better." Kurama smirked as he threw down a marker and a can of green beans.
"Isn't that a bit cruel?" Pyrrha frowned.
"I don't think he cares." Weiss sniffed and crossed her arms.
Naruto did start to hyperventilate and sweat poured down the side of his face. The paddleball became a blur as Naruto's eyes flickered between the objects he desired to use so badly and the current source of 'entertainment' he had on hand. "Must, resist, stupidity impulse...Must...Resist...Not resisting well!"
"That's not normal." Haku pointed out with a look of concern on his face.
"It's not, and I'm getting a little scared." Ruby started to curl up into a ball of safety.
Kurama chuckled. "No, but it is funny. With so many people present, it's harder, but if he was by himself, he'd last longer."
"So he gets off on having an audience?" Yang asked with a lewd grin as she stared at the sweating and trembling whiskered blond. "What's wrong, Naruto? Performance problems?"
"Yang," Pyrrha frowned.
Yang shrugged. "What? It's an innocent question."
"Woman, do not tease me right now!" Naruto grit out as bullets of sweat shot from his head while the paddleball looked like it was about to burst into flame – never mind, there it goes.
Yang grinned and, despite the frantic waving coming from Kurama and Sasuke, leaned in to whisper in his ear. "I can help you with those problems..."
"Why in the world would you poke a bomb!?" Blake glared at her partner.
"Because it's fun?"
Blake groaned while Nora cheered.
"Boom!"
The paddleball snapped off the string and shot into the sky. Naruto tossed the ball-less paddleball away and grabbed his head with an anguished cry. "I can't take it anymore!"
He vanished in a burst of speed that left a large cloud of smoke in his image. Yang waved her hand through it and the smoke scattered in the air. The items at his feet were gone, as if they were never there.
"Why to go, Yang." Ruby deadpanned.
"...I'm not apologizing." Yang huffed.
"...Oh, Oum, what have we done?" Kurama mumbled. His skin seemed to pale and his glasses slid down slightly to nearly reveal the top of his eyes. "We armed him!"
"Well, there goes Beacon." Ruby slumped her shoulders.
Sasuke looked worried. "You don't think he'd actually prank her first, do you?"
"Um...Prank who?" Jaune asked nervously.
"Sasuke's fetish appeal."
"Goodwitch?!" Jaune paled. Oh no…That was the end of it all.
"We need bunkers! Why don't we have bunkers!?" Ruby whimpered.
"...Screw you, Ōtsutsuki." Sasuke grunted with a punch to the Faunus' arm.
Kurama snickered while Jaune looked worried.
"No, but seriously, who did he want to prank?" he asked again.
"Who did who want to prank?"
The group looked back to find Naruto back in his seat next to Yang, looking like he hadn't just run off like a madman frothing at the mouth. He even had a new paddleball in his hand and seemed to casually play with it while he tilted his head to admire Pyrrha's derriere when she bent over to help Nora back on her feet.
Pyrrha flushed and scooted back in her seat, concealing her rear from view.
"It's not bad, but...Mine's better." Yang mumbled. She rubbed her chin. "Hm...I wonder if he's a booty boy? Might have to start working on that so I don't lose to Blake."
"...Why would you lose to me?" Blake asked, her cheeks a bit red.
"Because you got the Bellabooty."
"The what?!"
"You heard me. What's your secret? Is it the tuna?"
"We are not talking about this!" Blake hissed.
Yang pouted. "Spoilsport."
"...Naruto, where did you go?" Haku asked his teammate. He got no response. "Naruto!"
"Hm? Sorry, I was admiring the scenery." Naruto grinned at his partner.
"Lecher," Weiss said with a scowl.
"He's just being a boy. You wouldn't mind if Neptune ogled your butt, would you?" Yang countered.
"That-! I-I have no idea what you're talking about!" Weiss heatedly denied.
"Uh-huh, sure you don't."
"Sup, Haku?"
"Where did you go just now?" Haku asked again.
"Me? I didn't go anywhere. I was just sitting here admiring the scenery and playing with my paddleball." He looked over at Yang and adjusted the way he held the childish toy so that it made a lewd hand gesture. "You know, to prepare myself for those long lonely nights."
Yang snickered despite herself. Blake shoved her slightly and Yang gave her a sheepish grin. "What? It's funny."
"It's nice to see a guy with a sense of humor." Yang smirked.
"It's disgusting." Blake drawled.
"This coming from the girl with a copy of Ninjas of Love," Naruto said dryly. He ignored the blush that flared up on Blake's face and looked at Sasuke. "Seems Kurama and I were right, Sasuke. She is a female version of you."
"I hate them. All of them." Blake growled.
"You're just mad because they know you read porn." Yang waved her off.
"That means he was in your room!" Weiss glared.
"Oh. Hm…" Yang paused, unsure how to react to that.
Yang looked at her partner with a grin. "So...Ninjas of Love, huh?"
"Shut up." Blake hissed. She glared at Naruto. "How do you know that?"
Naruto glanced over at her with an arched brow. "Know what?"
"That I have a copy of Ninjas of Love."
"You do? Wow, that's kinky. Hey, Sasuke, I have good news for you! You got a book buddy! You can start a book club, a kinky book club!"
"I'd like a membership card." Yang said with a raised hand.
Blake slapped the hand down, her cheeks still pink from her other falling for that so easily.
"Ow, catty, aren't you?"
"Shut up, Yang."
"Meanie...Well, look on the bright side, Weiss. He wasn't in our room...yet."
"No, Yang." Ruby and Weiss frowned at the grinning blonde.
Yang burst into laughter along with Kurama while Sasuke and Blake flushed bright red. Ren and Haku rubbed their faces with their hands while Juane looked confused.
"What's 'Ninjas of Love'?" he asked.
Naruto looked at his fellow blond with shock and his paddleball stopped. "...Tell me you're joking."
Jaune shook his head.
"...Dear Oum, you poor boy..." Naruto gave his new friend a smile. "Alright, where to begin. Well, it all starts with our hero named Nimato from the village of Pu-Sei.
Weiss gave Blake a disgusted look. "Some standards you have, Blake."
"Oh shut up, Weiss!" The Faunus snapped back, her whole face as red as Ruby's cloak.
Nimato is on an endless journey to find his one true love."
Jaune smiled. "Aw, that sounds nice. I should get a few copies for my sisters."
"It does sound like a good idea," Jaune said lowly.
"No!" Blake exclaimed in panic.
"No!" Sasuke and Blake cried out quickly while Yang fell backwards into the bleachers as she laughed.
"Ah, yes, I guess I should be honest if you have sisters. Don't want any visits home to end in a broken Puke Boy, now do we?" Naruto asked. He leaned forward and looked at Juane. "You see, Nimato is a master of the Fa Pin Fist style and has yet to be defeated on the battlefield against any male or female opponent."
Yang, who had never read the series, stopped laughing and sat up. "I'm sorry, what?"
Naruto looked at her with an arched brow. "What? Nimato experimented from time to time."
Yang's eyes widened and she let a small grin cross her face. "...Go on..."
Yang glanced at Blake.
"…You're not getting my copies."
"Psh, you're no fun." Yang pouted.
"What are you all talking about?" Pyrrha asked as she walked over to join the group with Nora not far behind her.
Naruto looked up at her, taking a brief moment to admire her figure from this angle, before he grinned. "Oh, Sasuke and Blake just suggested a book for Jaune to read."
"You son of a bi-!" Kurama, who looked far too giddy as he listened to this whole conversation, covered Sasuke's mouth before he could finish that sentence.
"I'll-!" Blake, likewise, was stopped and her mouth was covered by Yang, who looked at Naruto expectantly.
Blake looked at Yang in betrayal.
"It must be done," Yang said with a serious face.
"No it doesn't! God, Yang, he's not even real!"
"I don't crush your dreams, don't crush mine!"
"Don't leave me hanging, Naruto, how many guys did Nimato take on?" she asked.
"Yang, there's only one thing I let hang purposefully, and that's because of genetics." Naruto quipped with a grin.
Yang grinned back at him. "Oh, is that a fact?"
"What's the book you were discussing?" Pyrrha asked, curious and trying to not think about what the two blondes had meant while Nora pestered Ren about his pink cheeks that matched his hair.
"Hm? Oh, something about duality. I dunno I wasn't really paying attention." Naruto admitted as he went back to playing with his paddleball. He reached into his vest pocket and pulled out his Scroll, which he used to check the time. "Any second now..."
Kurama stopped smiling and released his partner's mouth. "What did you do?"
"I certainly didn't set up an elaborate prank that would take too long to explain with the materials you left so tantalizingly close to me," Naruto said with an innocent blink of his eyes.
"That means he-"
"Yes, we know that means he did it, Yang." Weiss cut off the blonde. Yang just kept grinning.
"Why do I feel doom in the air?" Jaune wondered aloud.
"Goodwitch is going to kill them, and then us," Ruby said with a whimper.
"...We are so expelled." Sasuke groaned.
"That's only if I'm caught." Naruto grinned as his team all paled. "And as far as all of you know, I was here the whole time. Which I was."
Yang snickered and let her arm wrap around Naruto's shoulders. "Whisker Boy, I'm starting to think that you and I are going to get along way better than I originally thought."
Haku and Blake shivered. Being the two blondes partners, that meant they were partially responsible for their actions and were required to keep an eye on them.
Blake closed her eyes and let out a soft whimper.
Jaune opened his mouth to say something when a loud scream came from the other side of Beacon. All eyes went to Naruto, who once more resumed playing with his paddleball.
"...Nora, whatever you do, do not ever make Naruto angry." Ren firmly told his partner and longtime friend.
Nora tilted her head. "I don't know why I would, Ren. I don't want to make anyone angry. I want us all have pancakes!"
"I prefer waffles."
"DEATH TO THE WAFFLE LOVER!" Nora proclaimed to the heavens, her eyes red as her team jumped on her to keep her down.
"Nora! Snap out of it!" Ren grunted.
"HE MUST BE SLAIN!"
Nora glared at Sasuke, who merely stared back with a brow arched, silently challenging her to do something about it.
"Nora."
"But Ren!"
Ren stared at her.
Nora pouted and glared at Sasuke. "I will break you."
"Into a thousand pieces." Nora said in a low menacing voice. She was now bundled up in a cocoon of duct tape.
"Better people have tried."
"They haven't met my hammer then!"
Ren flicked her nose. "Nora, settle down."
Naruto and Kurama took that as their cue to start whistling innocently.
Haku sighed and looked up at the orange-red sky. "It's getting late and we still have classes tomorrow. I suggest we turn in for the night."
"Good call, partner." Naruto grinned and hopped to his feet, still playing with his paddleball. Haku, Kurama and Sasuke weren't far behind him as he started to walk away. "See you guys tomorrow, tell Ruby and Sneeze we hope they have nice dreams!"
"It's Schnee!" Weiss said indignantly, her hands balled into fists.
"Okay, how can you two be so comfortable with this?" Sasuke asked under his breath as Naruto and Kurama started to change into some nightclothes while Haku ducked into the bathroom for a shower.
Naruto looked at his raven-haired friend as he pulled up a pair of running shorts and tossed his clothes in a bin at the other side of the room. "Comfortable with what?"
"She's showering and you two are-are just getting all casually undressed!" Sasuke replied with a frown.
"Finally, it comes to fruition." Yang rubbed her hands eagerly.
Naruto blinked. "She?"
"Haku, you idiot!"
Naruto looked at Kurama, who gave him a smirk. Naruto seemed to get the idea as he grinned back and looked at Sasuke. "She hasn't complained so far."
"Besides, Ozpin probably wouldn't have assigned her to stay with us if she wasn't all right with it," Kurama said with a smirk. "I spoke with her earlier while you were in the lunch line. She went to a co-ed school and shared showers with guys, so sharing a room with guys wasn't that big of a deal for her."
"…Oh that's down right evil. I love it!" Yang laughed, holding her sides. "This is too good!"
Naruto turned away and bit onto his knuckles to conceal his laughter while Sasuke snapped his head over to Kurama so fast, the Faunus was slightly worried his partner had broken something.
"R-Really?"
Kurama smirked. Hook, line and sinker. Damn, I'm good. "Really."
Sasuke's surprised stare turned into a soft smirk that usually made girls back home fawn over his appearance, or as Naruto would put it, cream their panties.
"It's nice, but not that impressive." Yang shrugged, though Ruby looked a bit pink in the face. Huh, maybe there was some hope for her weapon-nut of a sister.
He grabbed his towel off the rack outside the bathroom and stripped himself down to his birthday suit.
All the innocent girls, and guys, covered their eyes.
"I've seen worse." Blake shrugged.
"Meh, I've looked up better." Yang commented. She rubbed her chin. "Whiskers has nicer abs, and a sexy Don Belt. The only thing Sasuke has is a pretty decently sized and trimmed-"
"Stop narrating!" Weiss fretted, her eyes covered with her hands.
"My innocent ears!" Ruby whined, covering her face with her cloak's hood.
The two other males weren't all that impressed, they had seen their friend naked before in the locker room.
"If you'll excuse me, I think I'm going to go see if I can make this team really worthwhile," Sasuke said as he slipped into the bathroom.
Kurama waited until the door shut with a soft click before he hopped up from his bed and began to dig around in his dresser. "Camera, where's my camera? This is going to be amazing!"
Naruto, once he'd managed to calm down, looked over at the excited Faunus and scratched his head. "I dunno, Kurama. Maybe this was a little much...I mean, Haku probably won't enjoy Sasuke's attempt to seduce him."
"He won't, but we will." Yang smiled widely.
"I'll make it up to him later," Kurama said as he brushed Naruto's worries aside. Both teens looked at the bathroom door as a loud shriek came from the bathroom and was followed by a thud. They heard the shower cut off and a concerned soft voice mutter something they couldn't make out. The two waited silently until Haku burst out of the bathroom with a towel around his waist and a worried look on his face.
"Guys! Sasuke's fallen and hit his head on the toilet, what do we do!?"
"Get out of my way, I need to get pictures of this!" Kurama rushed past the bewildered Haku while Naruto fell off of his bed and roared with laughter.
Poor Haku could only wonder why they had reacted in such a manner while flashes and clicks of a camera came from the bathroom. In the end, Haku sighed and went to his dresser to dress for the night. His teammates were weird, but he wouldn't trade them for the world.
"I would in a heartbeat." Weiss argued.
"If you had them, right?" Ruby blinked.
"That's what I meant, yes."
"I wouldn't." Yang grinned.
"We know." Ruby, Blake and Weiss drawled.
