This was taking longer than he thought it would. The clones thankfully couldn't use a lot of aura. They only had enough to form a single aura blade. Naruto sidestepped a slash from one of his clones. Weiss charged forward attempting to stab the clone only for another clone to block her attack with his own saber. That was the problem with these clones. They had incredible teamwork. Every time one of them attacked, another was there to cover the other. Thankfully they haven't used any powerful jutsu yet.
Naruto back flipped away from the clones and aimed at the clone. Weiss froze the clone's legs and cartwheeled away while Naruto fired a bolt of aura that destroyed the clone. One down four to go. Ruby and Blake were wrapping a bow around clone using their speed to trap him. When he couldn't move at all, they both charged him from different directions slicing the clones in half.
Naruto could slightly feel how his clones died and where they both came from. He didn't have much time to ponder it when Yang and Weiss destroyed the last clone.
Ruby sighed heavily while sweating slightly. "Good job, team. Naruto, your clones are pretty good at fighting... You are Naruto...right?" She said as she poked Naruto in the ribs. Naruto decided to mess with her and crushed smoke pellet in his hand so it looked like he disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Ruby screamed. "AHHHHHH! Did we accidentally kill him?!" She screamed. Naruto chuckled. His team looked up and their mouths dropped. Naruto was sitting on the ceiling. He was looking...up...down at them." how are you doing that?" Asked Weiss in amazement.
Yang slapped herself in the face not believing what she was seeing. Blake wasn't as shocked as the others since she saw him walk vertically up a tower.
Naruto jumped down landed on his feet.
"Wow...you guys saw that too right? One of those clones didn't hit me too hard on the head." Said Ruby as she rubbed her head. Every one else nodded.
"Naruto, how did you do that?" Asked Blake with bewilderment in her voice. It wasn't everyday you saw a fourteen year old boy sit on a fucking ceiling.
Naruto grinned. "It's a trade secret." He said. The rest of his team sweat-dropped at him. Naruto was arguably the most mysterious person on the team.
"Can you show me how to do that?" Asked Blake. "I mean, I get it ninja secret but...that's pretty cool."
Naruto scratched the back of his head. "Sorry, Blake, but im not sure if you could learn the technique." He said honestly. "I'm not sure I'm allowed to teach you guys anyways."
Meanwhile in abandon factory(there are a lot of those in the show) in Vale.
Cinder was for once interested in something other than criminal activity. She was watching a replay of the warehouse fight between a member of the White Fang triad and a shinobi no less. At first she thought the boy might have been part faunus because of the whiskers, but there was no recorded species of faunus to have facial markings of any kind.
"Tell me, Adam, will he be a threat to our plans?" Asked Cinder as she was analyzing the blond boy in the video. He was a unknown factor in her plan.
Adam smirked. In time, he may very well be a threat...or a powerful new piece." He said. He could respect this kid. He had potential. "In any case, he has my attention... I'd like to fight him again." Cinder only analyzed the blond boy with curiosity. Adam was usually only interested in helping faunus and his organization. For him to show an interest in a human boy... Well, there must be something special about him.
"Emerald, I want you to keep an ear open for this boy." She said. Emerald only grabbed her arm in embarrassment.
"Um, yeah, about that...you see...I kinda know the kid." She said getting an odd look from her partner, Mercury.
Cinder turned and faced Emerald raising her eyebrow. "And how do you know this kid?" Emerald laughed nervously and was sweating slightly. Cinder was damn scary.
" I tried to pickpocket him yesterday. He caught me and I challenged him to a contest of who's the better thief. He won. He wanted to know where the White Fang rally was. I told him but I also tried to distract the kid from the rally. We hung out. He's a cool kid... I told that idiot not to do anything stupid and he goes and fights off a terrorist organization...no offence." She said looking at Adam. He only scoffed at her.
Cinder glared at emerald with fire erupting from her body.
"You told a kid where the White Fang rally was taking place and played with him...then you let him go? Emerald, just tell me where can I find the kid and his name." She said rubbing her head.
Emerald was finding the floor very interesting.
"His name is Naruto. I have no idea where he is though... It was a lapse in judgment, ok? It won't happen again." She said. Cinder's flames died down. Emerald was one of her most trusted pawns...but she would serve her part.
She looked back at the video.
"Emerald, I have a mission for you." She said causing Emerald to stiffen. She had no problem killing...but she didn't want to kill Naruto.
" I want you to get closer to the boy and possibly convince him to join us... If he declines or proves to be a threat, Mercury will kill him." Ordered Cinder. This would test Emerald's loyalty. "Other than that, keep your hands clean while in Vale... Am I clear, Mercury?"
Emerald nodded as did Mercury. Emerald hoped Naruto was smart enough to lay low or accept the offer to join. Mercury was inwardly smirking. He wanted to meet this kid. He sounded like a blast.
time skip one week.
The last week was torture for our resident ninja. The detentions with Professor Goodwitch was complete hell. The detention itself was just him getting thrashed by Miss Goodwitch's special aura training.
Since she noticed that he had a virtual sea of aura, he couldn't use it properly. She had made him a offer of either writing reports during detention or take her special aura training class. She would use her magic to batter and completely drain his aura. After ten minutes, his aura would completely refill itself and the thrashing would continue once more.
The rest of his team could only cringe every time he crawled back into their dorm. They had decided to take turns sharing a bed with Naruto since none of them had a problem with sharing a bed. Ruby thought Glynda was being too hard on Naruto since he was literally beaten black and blue with how hard the training was.
Jaune was still Cardin's chore boy. For some reason, no one knew the reason why. Naruto already had a prank ready for Cardin and his team. He just needed to wait until he knew what Cardin had on Jaune before he made his move. Cardin would regret ever bullying his friends and would know the reason why he was "KING OF PRANKS".
He and jiraiya were still kinda...off. He didn't know what to say to him. What could he say? He didn't realize that Jiraiya had similar thoughts. What do you say to your godson after not being there for them for several years. 'Hey, brat, I couldn't raise you because I was busy, but you turned out just fine and I'm here now.' He didn't know what to say to Naruto so he decided to let him have his space.
Naruto, himself, couldn't open his father's scroll. He was overjoyed to know his mother loved him...but he couldn't face what was in his father's scroll. He wasn't ready for another emotional episode.
He trained in a few water techniques. His favorite one so far being the Water Whip and the Hidden Mist technique. He felt a little closer to Zabuza throughout that technique.
He was struggling in his history class. Luckily Professor Oobleck made him a deal. He would help Naruto with history one-on-one. In exchange, Naruto would teach him the customs and history of the Elemental Nations. Naruto actually enjoyed those little sessions he and the professor shared. He thought he was interesting since he was so hyper active.
At least today he didn't have anymore detention. He was sleeping peacefully that morning glad to just be sleeping in for once. That was until someone's scroll alarm blared out waking him and Blake up.
Ruby jumped out of bed with a huge grin on her face.
"GOOD MORNING, TEAM RUWBY!" She shouted earning groans and a curse from Weiss. Only she and Naruto were real morning people. Everyone else liked to sleep in when there wasn't anything important to do...which to all their knowledge did not have anything planned.
Naruto slipped out of the bed that he shared with Blake for the night." Ruby...why did you wake us all up at...five in the morning" he said with obvious annoyance he was by all means a morning person but even he drew the line when it was half a hour before dawn. The night before, he had to deal with the psychotic witch and her damn purple magic shards.
Ruby's grin grew bigger. "Simple, my whiskered companion. I have a surprise for all of you." She said as she zoomed into the bathroom and back fully clothed. Now, get dressed, team. You'll all thank me later."
After everyone was ready in their usual clothes, Ruby led them all onto a bull head and headed into the streets of Vale. Ruby was still grinning and insisted that they'd all thank her later. Naruto didn't really care, though he enjoyed spending time with all of them. Yang was like a big sister to him. She showed him how to box and get aggressive. She also helped him in a small way when he was experimenting with his gauntlets.
Blake was a mystery even to him and he hung out with her more then anyone else on his team. She would rather read her book, but would often join in on the fun everyone was having. She just never started anything. They exchanged different ninja/shinobi training regiments. Naruto also played a more stealth oriented version of ninja. So far Blake was in the lead with five 'assassinations.'
Weiss was acting like a mentor to Naruto. She would sit Naruto down and try to drill some proper manners into him. Key word being tried. Naruto didn't really have the patients to deal with all the proper manners.
She was able to drill some proper table manners into him at least. She used ramen as an incentive. So he didn't inhale it all in a few seconds. She said it was better to savor it...and he bought it. He at least didn't inhale everything at once and didn't slouch, so Weiss won an almost impossible challenge there.
Him and Ruby were very close. He just liked hanging out and throwing out ideas for other weapons. After all, who said he could only have one. She made her own suggestions of upgrades and parts for his Rock Busters and even shared her secret to a fast reaction from her weapon (One, I, the author, cannot tell you because Ruby has Crescent Rose to my neck. She is currently holding me hostage and is demanding ten dozen freshly baked cookies for my life and is smiling a little to sweetly at me... I think I'm going to die... Please send help!). The two of them could be sleeping together or sitting back-to-back or just be 'cuddling' and be completely comfortable with each other. That was something Yang would tease them both about all the time.
As they all walked down the streets of Vale, Ruby lead the way. None of them noticed three small children running towards them from behind.
Naruto was tackled to the ground by something as three more small pair of arms wrapped around his waist and neck. "NARUTO!" Three children cheered. Sure enough, it was the three children he had saved before.
One girl who was the oldest was around ten years old. He thinks her name was Jessica. She had blond hair she was wearing a red Chinese dress. Her little brother was hugging his waist. Damien, if he remembered correctly. Naruto thought he was seven or eight. He was wearing a blue kimono with a red sash around his waist with his ram horns sticking out of his curly brown hair. The youngest was a little girl. Naruto remembered as Emily. She was hugging his leg looking up at him with a big smile and sparkling gray eyes. She had blond curly hair and wore a yellow Chinese dress similar to her sister.
Naruto grinned as he got up with the three of them hanging off his body. "Hey, guys, how have you all been?" He said messing up Emily's hair.
"We've been great. Mama and Papa reopened the restaurant and are feeling great thanks to the nice doctors. Thank you, Naruto." Said Jessica as she let go of him and grabbed his hand. "C'mon, you've got to see the restaurant." She said as her brother grabbed his other hand and led Naruto away.
Naruto only laughed. "Alright, alright. I'm coming. I'm coming." Blake was honestly surprised to see this. Weiss was smiling at Naruto. She was mad that he risked his life but she was happy to see these kids safe. Yang and Ruby thought Naruto was doing well with kids. Ruby had a stray thought of a little girl with blond hair and red tips. She immediately tried to think of something else.
'I don't have a crush on him... I don't have a crush on him...but Naruto is fun, strong, honest, cute, good with ki- OH GOD I HAVE A CRUSH ON HIM!' She shouted in her head. She was struggling internally. 'He's younger then me, he's... Actually, there aren't that many bad qualities to Naruto... NO I CANT HAVE A CRUSH ON MY TEAMMATES YET ALONE SOMEONE YOUNGER...but it's only one year and... NO, THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE! An object of known size IN INCHES x 27.8 divided by the object's size IN MILS equals its distance IN YARDS' (actual sniper calculations). Yang noticed her sister and her obvious dilemma. Ruby had a crush on a boy or girl (no judgment)...and she had a feeling it was a certain whiskered teammate of theirs.
They all followed Naruto and the three small children.
Emily was still hanging onto Naruto's leg. She was having the time of her life. She was smiling and laughing the whole way. Jessica was telling Naruto about how they were all doing and that she and her brother wanted to become a huntsmen and huntresses thanks to Naruto.
They arrived at a two stories Chinese restaurant with a red carpet leading Into the restaurant. There were golden dragons coiling around the handles. When he walked in, he recognized Carla and Daniel greeting other guest. Carla saw Naruto and she beamed a bright smile at him and walked over to the Beacon students.
"Hello, Naruto, it's nice to see you again. I see my children have captured you." She joked looking at her smirking children. "Well, now that your here, I insist that you have a meal on the house it's the least my husband and I can do for what you did." She said as Daniel joined them. He grabbed Naruto's hand shaking it. He had a bright smile on his face. One of his arms was still in a sling, but he looked better then when he last saw him.
"Ah, Naruto, it's great to see you again. The money you gave us was more than enough to pay for the medical bills and reopen our restaurant. We still have money left over. I truly can't thank you enough for what you've done for my family. Your always welcome at our restaurant." He said still shaking Naruto's hand.
Naruto scratched the back of his head. "It was nothing. I'm just glad you guys are doing well." He said honestly. "Oh, these are my teammates, Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang." He Introduced them all. Carla and Daniel eyed Weiss suspiciously.
A Schnee...well, as long as your a customer." She said with a dull voice. She like most faunus had a dislike for the Schnee family. However she didn't out right hate everyone that was a Schnee. Weiss only had to change her opinion of herself...her family was a lost cause. Weiss held her tongue. Any comment she made would definitely come off as racist here, especially since Naruto saved these people from the White Fang. "So, Naruto, would you and your friends like a table?" She asked as she grabbed a few menus. She led them all to the best table they had. It was on the second floor overlooking the koi pound. "This one's on the house." She said as she left Naruto to order his meal. Ruby looked around the restaurant. She loved all the vibrant colors and decorations on the walls.
Yang decided to play matchmaker.
"So, Naruto, have you ever had a girlfriend?" She asked causing Weiss to choke on her water. Ruby found the conversation interesting and Blake was thinking about 'Ninjas of Love'.
Naruto blushed. "No, I haven't...although there was a girl I had a crush on but I grew out of that. She was really rude, now that I think about it." He said thinking of Sakura. She was like a sister to him. A very loud and violent sister but still. "She had pink hair and green eyes. I actually asked her out but every time I was shot down violently." He said honestly. Everyone at the table realized this was probably the first thing Naruto had shared about his past.
Ruby leaned in. "Hey, Naruto, can you tell us about your home." She asked. Naruto drank some water and played with the chopsticks for a bit before he sighed in defeat.
"Alright, fine. I'll tell you guys...tonight when we're back at the dorms." He said as he opened the menu signalling he didn't want to talk about the topic. He lived in the Leaf but it was a hidden village that trained kids from a young age to act as a military and mercenary force. To other people, Konoha would be the bad guys. Morally, at least.
They ordered some orange chicken, fried rice, ramen, beef chow fung and white rice. It was heavenly. The ramen, alone, rivaled Ichiraku's. Naruto abandoned all his manners and inhaled four bowls of ramen.
"That was great." Yang said as she rubbed her belly. "We've got to come back here some time, Naruto." She said.
Naruto left a tip and left saying good bye to the Ching family.
Ruby, once again, led them all through the streets of Vale. Honestly, Naruto was very curious where Ruby was leading them. They walked into a giant glass building. Inside was the world's biggest arcade. There was all kinds of games from old Pac Man games to futuristic virtual reality games. Naruto's jaw dropped. "This place is awesome...what is this place?" He asked causing everyone to sweatdrop... Well, one thing at a time. Ruby and Yang taught Naruto about video games that he instantly fell in love with. They all spent the entire day there. He couldn't remember having that much fun...ever.
Even Weiss and Blake, who were the most annoyed by what time Ruby woke them all up, were having a good time.
Naruto and Blake played a few rounds of 'Dance Dance Revolution' and actually drew a crowd to watch the two ninjas face-off on the virtual dance floor. Neither of them lost a single step. He and Yang played a bunch of racing games. He enjoyed all the virtual racing simulators.
Weiss was having fun at the karaoke bar. She attracted a crowd and a lot of guys tried to flirt with her. Ruby was destroying every record for every shooting game.
At the end of the day, Naruto and the gang were all sitting around the room. Naruto was playing with his scroll. Ruby and everyone else was looking at him. He sighed. "Alright, alright...but you all have to promise me to never speak of this outside this room." He said Ruby and Yang crossed their hearts . Weiss simply nodded and Blake held a finger to her lips.
"Alright...I grew up in a village called Konoha."
as always I hope you all enjoyed and leave a review.
Later days
~Wiseotaku