Author's Notes
Yo, CrimsonKyuubiSage here. Sweet Kami the days feel as if they're blending together, but I still am trying to write chapters for this story. I got an idea for one of the scenes I plan to do for the story, but couldn't decide if I should do the scene for this chapter or not. I tried getting some advice from one of the reviewers, but I didn't get a response in time. So, I decided to flip a coin for it, and then I finally decided not to do it for this chapter, though you will see it later on, just not in this chapter. Also, in the last chapter I put a reference to Kushina's wrath, surprisingly no one pointed it out, but I admit it wasn't easy to find the reference. Still... Oh well.
Now onto responding to the reviewers:
Stratos263- That's the scene I was contemplating on doing as said above, considering that Lie Ren already fought a pair of those giant black and white snakes in the last chapter, I decided against doing it for this chapter. Don't worry though, Naruto will fight one of those giant snakes eventually, and I'll try to make it as comical as possible.
ImagineBreaker7- I thought that making the Jinchūriki Faunus would be a clever idea, and don't worry, how they each got here will be explained later on once Naruto's ignorance stops and finally figures out who they are, more specifically where they're from. As for your other question, let me officially state that this is a Naruto/Ruby pairing. I thought about the idea for a NaruHarem, but figured it was overused and I don't think I could pull off a harem fanfic just yet, this is my first story after all.
OBSERVER01- Hmm, that's actually not a bad idea, you're on to something. If I do decide to do your idea, I'll give credit to you for the idea. But, I need to figure out how Naruto will do this whilst not straying from the storyline.
Karlos1234ify- Like I said to ImagineBreaker7, there will be a chapter later on that explains when, where, and why three of the Jinchūriki are in Remnant. As for your question, that will be explained with the Jinchūriki chapter.
Disclaimer, I do not own Naruto or RWBY.
"Hey" - Regular Speech
'Something' - Regular Thoughts/ Sarcastic Remarks
-Somewhere, 10:00 A.M.- -Statement of A Time/Place/Change of P.O.V.
"Hello" - Demon/ Grimm Speech
'I'm going to eat you' -Demon/ Grimm Thought
"Hello" - Flashbacks/Dream Text
(Witchcraft) -Song Insert
Chapter - Chapter Start/ Chapter End
Chapter Start
-Emerald Forest Cliffside, Third P.O.V.-
"The last pair has been formed, sir." Glynda said to Ozpin as they watched Lie and Nora on their tablets, "Poor boy... I can't possibly imagine those two getting along. Still, he's probably better off than Miss Nikos,"
"Mmmm..." Ozpin said as he drank his Espresso.
"I don't care what his transcripts say. That Jaune fellow is not ready for this level of combat. I guess we'll find out soon enough. At their current pace, they should reach the temple within just a few minutes. I guess we'll find out soon enough. At their current pace, they should reach the temple within just a few minutes... Speaking of which, what did you use as relics this year?"
"You'll find out soon enough. What of the unknown Grimm?" Ozpin asked.
"We're still following it, but none of our instructors on the ground can identify what kind of creature it is," she replied as she tapped on her tablet to show the screen that followed the leech-like creature.
Suddenly, as they were watching the creature, it stopped. The leech Grimm just stopped right where it was, and sniffed the air for a few seconds, then disappeared in a blur, much to the shock of the duo.
"What was that?!" Glynda exclaimed.
"John! What just happened?" Ozpin yelled at the instructor tasked with following the creature.
"I don't know!" John replied back, sounding quite panicked, "It- It just disappeared!"
"Find it!" Ozpin retorted, a frown covering his face.
This was very troubling. First, there was this unknown Grimm that appeared seemingly out fo nowhere, then it just disappeared AS they were tracking it. Now this Grimm was loose in the forest, where the students were, and had just disappeared from their surveillance.
-With Naruto and Fu-
"Do you even know where you're going?" Fu asked as the duo travelled through the lush green forest.
"Of course I do," Naruto replied, "we're going to the ruin thingies that Professor Oz told us to go to."
"And how do you know it's even in this direction?" Fu questioned.
"Because I'm awesome 'ttebayo!" Naruto exclaimed puffing out his chest in pride.
"That isn't really a good reason." Fu stated, causing Naruto to deflate, his pride slightly wounded.
"So, do you know anyone else in the academy?" Naruto asked, trying to keep the conversation going.
"Yeah, three other people," Fu replied, "there's Han Irukauma, he may look intimidating cause of his height, but he's pretty nice once you get to know him. Then there's Roshi Yamazarurokku, he's a bit goofy, and one hell of a prankster. And finally, there's Blake, she's quite, but nice and a good friend. What about you? You know anyone else in this place?"
"Well, there's Jaune Arc, he's a nice guy, but seems a bit nervous. Then I know Yang Xiao Long, she's a good friend, just don't mess with her hair. And then there's Ruby Rose," Naruto said that last name with a small, but noticeable, blush on his face, "she's kind, sweet, cute, and a big fan of weapons."
"This, Ruby Rose you speak of... do you have a crush on her?" Fu asked, noticing the blush that Naruto had when he mentioned Ruby's name.
"Hm? Why would you think that?" Naruto asked innocently, not noticing the comical sweatdrop appear on Fu's head.
'... He's not that dense, is he?' she thought, taking another glance at the look of innocence on his face, 'I can't believe it, he is that dense...'
"Nevermind." Fu quickly said, promising to help those two get together. Unknown to her, she was not the only one who was currently trying to get Naruto and Ruby together, nor would she be the last to try.
-With Han and Roshi-
We find the Jinchūriki duo arriving at what was most likely the ruins that Professor Ozpin had told them to go to. The area looked like the remains of a rotunda, with five stone columns that stood tall while four other columns lay broken and scattered. The floor of the structure bore a symmetrical design, behind the temple ruins was a stone pillar-lined walkway that lead to a staircase that went down a chasm. At the edge of the floor's symmetrical design were twenty-four pedestals, each held either a black or gold chess piece that were in clusters of two of the same, one black and the other gold.
"Huh, you know, I expected this mystery item to be something else." Roshi said to his partner.
"Well, what exactly were you expecting?" Han asked rhetorically.
"A few jewels and golden idols hooked up to booby traps that involve darts, decapitating axes, and giant boulders." Roshi replied.
"It was a rhetorical question." Han deadpanned.
"Eh? It was? Nevermind, let's just grab one of these pieces." Roshi said, heading to the nearest pedestal. He grabbed the black king piece hesitantly, as if expecting a giant boulder to drop out of the sky and drop on him.
Seeing as nothing happened when he grabbed the chess piece, he went back to his partner, a smirk plastered on his face.
"Well that was a bit anti-climatic." Han said.
"Yeah, it was," Roshi said, "maybe we should wait and see who else comes along."
"Sure, sound good." Han replied before the duo leapt into the nearest tree to wait and observe the other students.
-With Ruby and Weiss-
"It's definitely this way," Weiss said, walking right, but stopped and started walking left, "I mean... this way! It's definitely this way... Alright, it's official: We passed it."
"Weiss, why can't you just admit that you have no idea where we're going?" Ruby asked, slightly annoyed.
"Because I know exactly where we're going! We're going... to... the forest temple!" Weiss exclaimed frustratingly, causing Ruby to sigh in frustration as well.
"Oh, stop it! You don't know where we are, either!" Weiss countered.
"Well, at least I'm not pretending like I know everything." Ruby retorted.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Weiss asked, getting more and more angry.
"It means you're a big, stupid jerk and I hate you!"
"Just keep moving!" Weiss said, walking in another direction.
"Oh, just keep moving! Hurry up! Waaaah! Watch where you're going!" Ruby said in a faux imitation of Weiss' voice, going back to her regular voice, "Why are you so bossy?"
"I'm not bossy! Don't say things like that!" Weiss exclaimed as she turned around to face Ruby.
"Stop treating me like a kid!" Ruby exclaimed.
"Stop acting like a kid!" Weiss countered.
"Well, stop acting like you're perfect!"
"I'm. Not. Perfect! Not yet... But I'm still leagues better than you." Weiss stated and started walking away.
"You don't even know me..." Ruby said dejectedly.
-With Yang and Blake-
Coming out of the forest, Yang and Blake stepped out into the clearing that held the ancient temple ruins. Moving closer to the temple ruins, they saw the pedestals that held the chess pieces, five of the pedestals were missing pieces.
"Think this is it?" Yang asked Blake, causing said girl to give Yang an incredulous look and head down the hill, Yang not far behind. They walked across the floor and observed the items they now recognized as chess pieces.
"Chess pieces?" Blake questioned, confused.
"Some of them are missing. Looks like we weren't the first ones here." Yang stated, finally noticing that several of the pedestals had missing chess pieces.
"Well, I guess we should pick one." Blake said.
"Hmmmm..." Yang said as she studied the golden knight, picking it up and showing it to Blake, "How about a cute little pony?"
"Sure." Blake said, slightly smirking. They walked to the center of the temple floor.
"That wasn't too hard!" Yang exclaimed.
"Well, it's not like this place is very difficult to find." Blake said as they shared a smile.
-With Jaune and Pyrrha-
Jaune and Pyrrha looked into the mouth of a dark cave, stalagmites and stalactites littered around the cave. Inside the cave, unknown to the duo, was a cave drawing depicting two men, one held a staff with a circle on the top end and the other held an all-so-familiar sword, both were apparently fighting a giant beast that was depicted to have ten tail-like appendages and a single red eye.
"Think this is it?" Jaune asked as they entered the cave, moving along with a makeshift torch that Jaune was able to make before they entered the cave.
"I'm not sure this is it." Pyrrha said once they were inside the cave.
"Pyrrha, I made a torch, could you at least humor me for, like, five more feet?" Jaune sighed. Soon enough, the duo came across the cave drawings.
"You have any idea what these drawings are?" Jaune asked his partner.
"It looks to be about a thousand or so years old, but I don't know what these drawings are supposed to mean." Pyrrha replied.
As the two continued further into the cave, Jaune tripped on the ground, the torch flying out of his hand and into a small puddle, extinguishing the flame so the two were cast in darkness with only their eyes visible.
"Do you... feel that?" Pyrrha asked as Jaune got up grumbling.
"Soul-crushing regret?" Jaune said.
"No, it's... warm..." Pyrrha said.
The pair continued onward through the cave untill they saw a large glowing point of gold right in front of them, illuminating Jaune's excited features.
"That's the relic!" Jaune exclaimed as he reached out to grab it, only for the object to move away from his swipe, "Hey! Bad... relic!"
He tries to get it again, then jumps forward and hangs onto it as the object raises him above the ground.
"Gotcha!" he exclaimed as the finally caught the golden object.
"Jaune...?" Pyrrha asked worried as Jaune's catch lowered itself so he was dangling in front of the now-glowing red lines and eyes of a Death Stalker.
-With Naruto and Fu-
"I think this is the right place." Naruto said as they came into the clearing with the ruins of an ancient temple.
"Hopefully it is." Fu said. The two looked around to see their two friends in the center.
"OI, HI YANG!" Naruto shouted out, waving to Yang.
"NARUTO! GOOD TO SEE YOU'RE STILL ALIVE" Yang shouted back, as Naruto and Fu got closer to the center. Naruto went over to take one of the chess pieces, specifically the golden king, while Fu went over to talk with Blake.
"Good to see you're still alive, Fu." Blake said smiling.
"Right back at you, Blake." Fu said with a similar smile.
"Hey Fu!" a voice from behind her said. She turned around to see Han and Roshi leaping from a nearby tree onto the ground near her.
"Han? Roshi? It's good to see you." Fu said to the duo. Suddenly, a girlish scream could be heard from far away, causing all to look in the direction the noise came from.
"Some girl is in trouble! Blake, did you hear that?" Yang exclaimed to her partner.
"No, I'm pretty sure that was Jaune." Naruto said with a deadpanned look.
"Are you sure? That sounded like a girl's scream." Fu pointed out.
"Trust me, that was Jaune." Naruto said.
-With Jaune and Pyrrha-
At the cave entrance, Pyrrha was rushing out right as the large, dark, scorpion-like creature of Grimm known as a Death Stalker crashed through the hole, roaring and waving its grass-encrusted claws as Jaune hung from its stinger.
"Help! Whoa-ah-ah-ah-ah! Why?! Pyrrha! He-e-e-elp! Pyrrha, this is not the relic! It's not!" Jaune exclaimed as he continued sobbing whilst being thrown around, "Do something!"
"Jaune! Whatever you do, don't let-" before she could finish her sentence, the Death Stalker hurled its tail back and launched the still-screaming Jaune across the forest, she could only watch in dismay, "... go."
Turning back to the creature in front of her, she smiled embarrassingly and rushed away after Jaune, the creature following in pursuit, snapping its claws at the retreating form of Pyrrha.
-With Ruby and Weiss-
"Ruby! I told you this was a bad idea!" Weiss exclaimed as they hung from the side of a large, dark, bird Grimm.
"We're fine! Stop worrying!" Ruby said loudly, trying to be casual about it.
"I am so far beyond worrying!"
"In a good way?"
"In a bad way! In a very bad way! How did we even get in this situation in the first place!"
"Well, why don't we just jump?" Ruby asked, ignoring Weiss' question.
"What are you? Insane?!" Weiss said, only to notice that Ruby had already disappeared, "Oh, you insufferable little red-!"
-With Naruto, Fu, Yang, Blake, Han, and Roshi-
"Hey, did you hear that? What should we do?" Yang said.
"What are you... talking... about...?" Naruto asked, looking up to see a red and black blur falling from the sky, getting closer and closer.
"Heads uuuuuuuu-" the free falling form of Ruby said, just as she crashed into Naruto. The two fell with Naruto under Ruby.
"Uuuggghhh, what hit me?" Naruto asked, little Uzumaki swirls in his eyes, finally shaking the headache he got he looked up only for his cerulean blue eyes to meet a pair of celestial silver ones. Both Naruto and Ruby were speechless as they gazed into each other's eyes with a heavy blush on both of their faces. They stayed that way for a good minute, but to them it felt like an eternity.
"You two lovebirds done yet?" Yang teased. Said individuals were sputtering to come up with a comeback and got off of each other, their blushes still prominent on their faces and avoiding the other's eyes. It was then and here that the rest of the rookies became part of a betting ring each week where people would place bets on what day those two would hook up, it had yet to happen, but it had become a very big thing behind the duo's back, Yang being the dealer with everyone's betting money.
"S-Sorry about that." Ruby finally said to Naruto.
"I-It's okay, no big deal." Naruto replied. Suddenly, a blond blur rushed by through the sky.
"Hey Jaune! Watch out for that tree-" Naruto couldn't finish as Jaune collided with the nearby tree trunk. Suddenly, several crashing noises are heard in the forest ahead of them, and an Ursa comes out, claws swiping, just as a pink blast of energy hits it in the back and it crashes to the ground, depositing its orange-haired rider.
"YEEEE-HAAAAW!" Nora said, rolling off the creature's back and getting up with a groan, "Awwww... It's broken." she finished as she dashed onto its neck and observed the carcass as Ren came up from behind her.
"Nora! Please... Don't ever do that again." Ren said panting and leaning on the monster. Looking up again he noticed the pink dotted outline of where his partner should be and looked to see she had run off again.
"Oooohh..." Nora said, picking up the golden rook piece, "I'm queen of the castle! I'm queen of the castle!" she chanted in a sing-song voice whilst dancing around.
"Nora!" Ren exclaimed.
"Coming, Ren!" Nora said, skipping off to her friend.
"Did that girl just ride in on an Ursa?" Blake questioned her partner.
"I..." before Yang could finish, she was interrupted by the sound of a screech from their right. Looking to where the sound came from, they saw Pyrrha running to the temple with a Death Stalker right behind her.
"Jaune!" Pyrrha exclaims, seeing her partner up in the tree.
"Pyrrha!" Jaune exclaimed as well, waving at his partner.
"Ruby!" "Yang!" "Nora!" "Naruto!" those last two were spoken by said people, interrupting what was supposed to be a hug between sisters.
"Did she just run all the way here with a Death Stalker on her tail?" Blake questioned, Yang getting angrier and angrier, bursting into a small fire, her hair splitting into nine bunches and seemingly defying the laws of gravity.
"I can't take it anymore! Can everyone just chill out for two seconds before something crazy happens again?!" Yang exclaimed. A small silence was heard as everyone stood awkwardly waiting for Yang to cool down, Ren running over to a ditzy Nora, and Blake, Fu, Han, Naruo, Roshi, and Ruby looking up.
"Umm... Yang?" Ruby said, tugging on her sister's sleeve and pointing upward. All followed to where her finger was pointing to see Weiss hanging on a talon the size of her entire body that belonged to a gigantic Nevermore.
"How could you leave me?!" Weiss yelled at Ruby from her position.
"I said 'jump'!" Ruby shouted back.
"She's gonna fall." Blake pointed out.
"She'll be fine." Ruby dismissed.
"She's falling." Ren said.
Jaune, having finally recovered from his collision with the tree, looks up to see Weiss falling through the air. Jumping off the branch with his arms outstretched, he caught her in a slowed-down moment.
"Just... dropping in?" Jaune says, both look down and see that they still haven't touched the ground yet, "Oh, God."
They hang on to each other wide-eyed as their moment of suspension ends, their weapons flying behind them.
"Oh, noooooooo-" was Jaune's exclamation before he faceplanted into the dirt, limbs splayed out, serving as the perfect landing spot for Weiss as she falls into a seated position on his body.
"My hero." Weiss said mockingly.
"My back..." Jaune groaned.
The Death Stalker is still hunting Pyrrha, but she manages to land on her side at the feet of the heroes.
"Great! The gang's all here! Now we can die together!" Yang says.
"Not if I can help it!" Ruby says followed by a battlecry and charging at the creature, followed by Yang, Blake, Weiss, Pyrrha, Jaune, Nora, and Ren, leaving Naruto, Fu, Han, and Roshi back at the temple.
"... So now what?" Naruto said. Suddenly, each of their ninja instincts kicked in as they jumped out of the way just in time for a black blur to crash into the spot the four once were and make a small cloud of dust, concealing whatever was attacking them.
"Naruto!/Fu!/Han!/Roshi!" each of the Jinchūriki's respective bijuu called out, all of them too surprised at what they were seeing.
'What kind of-' Naruto thought.
"-Grimm is that?' Fu thought.
"Kit, that isn't a Grimm." the Kyuubi told its container.
'-Well then what is it?' Roshi thought
"That there is-" the Gobi said.
"-the Reibi." the Yonbi finished.
"Its a malevolent spirit, created by the dark thoughts and feelings of downtrodden people." the Kyuubi said, though that last part about its creation being a lie. As all the bijuu knew that this creature was a failed attempt by 'it' to escape 'its' prison.
"Guys, we have to take this thing down!" Naruto commanded, the others nodding their heads. Naruto grabbed his Kubikiribōchō off his back and got into the Uzumaki Offense Kata, Fu took out her pair of tonfas and switched them into their twin sub-machine gun mode and got into a Wind Cutter Kata, Han took his battleaxe-shotgun weapon off his back and got into a Rock Smasher Kata, and Roshi took out his twin revolver-blades and got into a Saru-Iwa Kata. They surrounded the Reibi and all at once, jumped at the beast.
"Show me the darkness in your heart." the Reibi spoke before charging at the four Jinchūriki.
-With Itachi and Kisame-
Here we find the S-Ranked criminal duo at the docks of one of the ports near the Oki no Okunote in the Land of Waves. Having snuck past the sleeping fisherman and into one of the fishing boats.
"Are you sure we can't hack off a few limbs Itachi?" Kisame asked his partner.
"We're trying to be stealthy here, so no. We can't." Itachi said.
"Aww... Oh well, I can just hack off other people's limbs later." Kisame said with a grin on his face.
The two boarded the fishing boat and set course for their destination, Samehada picking up feint traces of three year-old chakra. Unknown to his partner, Itachi silently summoned one of his crows to be stationed at the docks for the Konoha retrieval team.
-With Team Seven (Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi, Chiyo, Gaara [Desceased])-
Here we find what is left of Team Seven, Kakashi, Sakura, and a recently reinstated Sasuke fighting alongside Lady Chiyo of Suna against Sasori and Deidara. Well, the fight was over now.
Sasori was dying from the blade that Sasuke used to pierce his only weakness, his heart. Deidara got away, albeit missing an arm or two.
"Heh... Looks like I'm dying..." Sasori said as he coughed up a glob of blood, "Before I die, I need to tell you something."
"Save that 'we're gonna take over the world and make peace' crap, I've already heard it." Sasuke said. He was able to be reinstated as a Genin due to the fact that he is part of a clan and due to the pestering civilian side of the council. Sakura, after a harsh scorning and a few smacks from Tsunade, focused solely on her iryounin carrer. Kakashi threw himself into his work, focusing on his missions.
"No." Sasori said, "Not that, it's something else-" he coughed up another glob of blood, indicating his mortal wound, "The... The search for one of our targets has lead us to send two of our team members across the Oki no Okunote."
"So what? You sent two of your team members to their doom, I don't care." Sasuke said.
"The team consisted of Kisame Hoshigaki and... Itachi Uchiha." that got Sasuke's attention, as he still wanted revenge on his brother, "Their target... is the Kyuubi Jinchūriki, Naruto Uzumaki..."
And with that, and a final cough up of blood, Sasori was no longer part of the world of the living. Team Seven was shocked, not by Sasori's death, but by the news of Naruto's whereabouts.
Side Story Start
The Maelstrom Hunter- Remnants of the Past
Part II- The Aftermath of the Battle
With the power of the Shinju in her grasp, the battle became one-sided. Lightning struck from the skies, trees attacked soldiers, giant tidal waves swallowed their galleons whole, it was as if nature itself was fighting for Kaguya against the Egyptians.
Just like that, the battle was over. The Egyptians were easily defeated singlehandedly by Kaguya, and peace reigned once more.
To further the ties between their two nations, Princess Kaguya and King Arthur were wed. It wasn't just for the political ties, as the two had fallen in love and eventually, they had two children.
One by the name of Hagoromo Otsutsuki, who took on the last name of his mother, and the other by the name of Julius Arc, who took on the last name of his father.
Unfortunately for the royal family, things would soon take a turn for the worst. For the great fruit hath fallen from the tree, will eventually rot. For humanity had yet to have the power of the gods in their grasps, they had yet to experience the power, the knowledge, the joy, the sorrow, the pain, the greed, the envy, the corruption that powers brings unto them...
For humanity had yet to feel the power of the Infinite Tsukyomi. The power of the Shinju...
Side Story End
Aaannnddd done! Sorry that it took so long to post this chapter, but I had a lot going on this week and couldn't find the time to work on the chapter, but by the weekend I was able to pull this chapter out for the readers. The next chapter will be the big fight scene between Team RWBY vs. Nevermore, Team JNPR vs. Death Stalker, and Team RHFN vs. Reibi. I give out internet cookies to all those who figured out the team I put Naruto on before this chapter. And if you can figure out what Team RHFN is an acronym for, you can get an internet cookie.
Anyways, I'm CrimsonKyuubiSage, this has been the next chapter of TMH, peace out.