Naruto explained to them who he was, what he was, and what he had done. He told them about the Nine-tailed Fox, about his life growing up in Konoha, and about how the people treated him like the plague. Through it all, Ruby, Yang, Weiss, and especially Blake listened intently. Blake saw Naruto in a new light. He went through life much like a faunus had...alone, starving, and easily corrupted, yet unlike her or Adam, he pushed through it from the start to try to prove everyone wrong. One bloody fight after another. In a way, Naruto was what the old White Fang used to be. They were determined to show everyone that they were people too. However he was alone throughout it all and he didn't know why he was hated and worse of all, he had no one to rely on.

Ruby was amazed someone younger than her could go through so much, yet smile so brightly, but made her heart ache at how broken he sounded when he talked about his childhood. That is a time where your supposed to have a family and not have a worry in the world. Everything she took for granted, he never had the chance to experience.

Weiss listened in silent rage. Rage toward that village for treating a child like that. She would have to try to convince Naruto to leave the village.

Yang was gripping the bed frame in silent but obvious rage. She was tempted to go over there and make whatever disaster this nine-tailed fox made look like a gust of wind in comparison.

When Naruto finished his explanation of where he was from and what exactly he went through, the room was silent. Naruto was looking down just waiting for some one to say something, to scream, call him a monster...or to shun him again. He heard a bed creak and a pair of feet walking towards him. He closed his eyes waiting for the rejection. A pair of arms to wrapped around him to bring him into a hug. He opened his eyes in surprise to find Ruby crying. She brought his head into her chest and rested her chin on top of his head.

" I don't care." She sobbed softly holding Naruto. "I don't care about the fox. You are Naruto. You're my friend and a good person and those people in Konohe don't deserve someone like you." She said as another pair of arms wrapped around him. Blake had joined the hug. She was shedding her own tears.

Weiss and Yang both joined the group hug. Weiss was a bit teary eyed. Naruto let out a sigh of relief. He smiled and hugged them all back. "You're our friend, Naruto. You believe that." Said Yang.

He smiled and whispered "thank you" to his friends...his precious people.

None of them realized the door gently closing. Jiraiya sighed and walked down the hallway with an aching heart. 'Naruto...I'm sorry I should have been there for you...better yet I should have taken you with me.' He thought as he walked out into the courtyard. He looked to the night sky watching the illusion that was the shattered moon. 'If i knew how hard it was on you...I would have taken you away...I would've taken you here to remnant away from the village and the Akatsuki to have a normal child hood...' He walked to the fountain of the arc and set down the giant scroll he always carried. '...but I know sensei wouldn't allow it. It's probably why he never told me about how bad the villagers treated him.' He pulled out a notebook and began to write about his current thoughts. 'Minato, would you and Kushina curse my name right now?... No, Kushina would have killed me by now... You would have burned all my Icha Icha copies minato.' He chuckled at the thought. His face was donning a solemn expression as he gazed at the stars. 'Naruto...your strong. I know you will do great things...but I don't know if you'll ever forgive this old fool.' He finished his thought and packed his notebook away into his coat.

'I'll talk to him tomorrow. We really need to talk.' He thought as he walked back to his room. 'At least you have people who accept you. Don't let them go. You'll need them.'

The next day.

Naruto woke up being cuddled by ruby again her head resting comfortably against his shoulder. Her face mask had slipped onto her forehead and she was drooling a little. Naruto smiled at his 'leader'. 'You're such a dork but your fun to be around.' He thought and waited for her to get up when the door opened and jiraiya walked in. He and Naruto stared at each other for a few minutes. until Jiraiya gave him a perverted smile and two thumbs up Jiraiya mouthed

"that's my boy. I knew you had it in you."

Naruto mouthed back "it's not what it looks like, you pervy old man."

Jiraiya silently giggled. "Take your time, gaki. When your done, meet me on the roof. We need to have a chat."

He left the room making sure to close the door as silently as possible.

Naruto sighed silently. He supposed he avoided the pervy sage long enough. He waited for Ruby to get up in silence. He listened to her steady breathing... He had really gotten used to sharing a bed. He didn't know if that was good or bad.

It seemed like Ruby was going to wake up any time soon so he looked around the room and locked eyes with a discarded pillow so he swapped places with it via body flicker.

He made his way to the roof. He went at a slow pace as he collected his thoughts. He was the son of Kushina Uzumaki...and Minato Namikaze...and Jiraiya had left him alone for a decade.

He honestly didn't know if he could forgive the pervy sage that easily...but he needed to get stronger to save Sasuke. He walked up another pair of stairs. 'Where was he when I needed him? Why did he leave me alone?' He at least wanted to know why. Why did he have to suffer?

He reached the door that lead to the roof...it was now or never. He took a long calming breath before he walked onto the roof. Jiraiya was sitting on the ledge with a popsicle in his hand.

"Done so soon, lover boy." He joked as he held out a orange popsicle for Naruto. Naruto accepted the frozen treat and sat down next to Jiraiya. They didn't say anything. Naruto slowly ate his popsicle and Jiraiya worked on his next book. Neither of them spoke to the other. They were waiting for someone to say something.

Finally, Naruto sighed. "Hey Jiraiya...why did you leave me?" He asked. Jiraiya flinched. As much as he hated the nickname that Naruto gave him, it showed that he, at some level, cared for him.

Jiraiya sighed and closed his notebook. "My sensei promised me you'd be taken care of...I had been in the village only four times after you were born. Each time I was assured that you were healthy, and well taken care of... To be honest, Naruto, if I had know how badly the village treated you...I would have taken you with me. I would have retired as a shinobi and left the village with you." He said with regret clear in his voice. "The third hokage lied to me, Naruto...my own sensei... I'm sorry, Naruto... I failed you." Naruto listened to him with his eyes downcast. He could tell Jiraiya was telling the truth.

"Hey, Pervy Sage...I...I don't blame you. If you had taken me away from the village, I never would have met so many people. I never would have met Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi, or Konohamaru. I would have never tried or fought as hard as I do now...I'm me because of the choices I made. I am Naruto N. Uzumaki, shinobi of the Leaf and huntsmen in training." He said with a smile. "Besides, I don't know how to get back to the elemental nations."

Jiraiya grinned at Naruto. He was so much like his mother and father. "That's good... Alright, Naruto, it's time I taught you about seals." And so the day went by with Jiraiya drilling Naruto to use perfect calligraphy so he did not completely destroy the roof. Afterwords, he and Naruto practiced some hand-to-hand fighting with Naruto showing great skill and improvement when it came to boxing. Then Naruto showed his progress in the Hidden Mist Technique and Water Whip. In all honesty, Naruto and Jiraiya were surprised how easy it was for things to return back to normal. Well, by shinobi standards at least.

When night-time came, Jiraiya carried an unconscious Naruto back to his dorm. He himself had a proud smile on his face. 'He's a faster learner then Minato was when I started training him. You really are something, Naruto.' He walked down the stairs to Naruto's dorm. They had practiced well into the night. It was already a quarter till midnight. He was honestly amazed at how hard Naruto would push himself to learn something new. He really gave it everything he had in anything he tried to do. If he wasn't good at something, he would try and try again and try again until he succeeded.

"ALRIGHT, TEAM, OPERATION FIND NARUTO IS A GO!" cheered Ruby. Her voice came from somewhere down the hallway. Naruto subconsciously smiled at the sound of her voice...yup he liked Ruby. Jiraiya chuckled at his student before he continued to walk down the hallway. He turned a corner and saw ruby looking outside a window, most likely searching for Naruto.

"Miss Rose, what are you doing up at this hour." He said catching her attention.

"Oh, Professor, I didn't see you there. Me and my team are looking for Naruto. He's been missing all day." She said obviously worried about Naruto's well-being. "Have you seen him?" She asked. Jiraiya simply gestured to his back.

"Yeah. We were training and the fool pushed himself so hard he fell asleep." He said as Ruby let out a sigh of relief. "Miss Rose, do you happen to have a crush on my apprentice?" He asked with a grin. Ruby's face turned a deep crimson blush.

"Nonono we're just friends...yeah just friends." She said laughing nervously. Jiraiya deadpanned at Ruby.

"Well, Miss Rose, a little advice. Naruto is really dense...so if you ever tell him how you feel, you better make sure it is as clear and loving as possible for him to get the message." He said before he walked back to her dorm room. Ruby let him in. He was amused to find Yang looking under the bed .

"NARUTO, YOU IN THERE?" She shouted under the bed. Jiraiya couldn't help but envy his student...these girls were hot.

"He's right here, Yang." Said Ruby as she pulled out her scroll to inform Weiss and Blake that she found Naruto. Jiraiya placed Naruto down on one of the beds.

"Alright, I'll leave him in your hands." He said before leaving. The minute that he exits the door, he burst into a fit of perverted giggling. 'My boy, you've given me so much material without even realizing it.' He thought while heading to his own dorm.

Another week later.

Naruto and Jiraiya were back to normal and Naruto had finally figured out what Cardin had over Jaune. Jaune Arc had cheated his way into Beacon...something Naruto was conflicted about.

On one hand, Jaune was a great friend and was smart in his own way. On the other hand, he never really made his way into Beacon and stole that opportunity from someone else. To Naruto, that was an insult to anyone that truly pushed themselves to get into Beacon.

He still pranked team CRDL brutally.

Flashback.

Cardin was in the shower of his dorm washing his hair when the water stopped. He looked up at the faucet only for globs of white goo to spurt out and cover him head to toe in the white goop.

"ARGH! WHAT THE HELL?!" He yelled as he turned off the water. He stepped out of the shower tripping an invisible wire. On the way out, he heard a click and the next thing he knew, he was being launched through his dorm into Sky and Russel. This splattered them with the white concoction as well. Cardin attempted to get up only to his horror to be stuck to his two teammates. Sky and Russel tried to get out as well. They even tried to take off their clothes to get out of the mess they were in. This only worsened their situation as they were now only in their underwear, but stuck to their big oaf of a leader.

Cardin reached up to grab something to pull him and his teammates up only to grab onto a long pink dildo with the words "Mama's boy" written in cursive on the side.

He immediately tried to throw the sex toy away only for it to stick to his hand. Dove tried to pull Russel off only for both his hands to quickly stick to his waist.

They fumbled around the room until Cardin felt a familiar click at his feet. He looked down to see one of the launch pads from the cliff.

The four of them were launched out of there window until they crashed into a tub of neon pink paint and glitter. The four of them now drenched in pink paint showed great teamwork in getting out of the tub only for Dove to trip another invisible wire and a bucket of brown curly hair landed on his head sticking it in place and covering him in hair.

They tried to walk carefully only for Cardin to once again trigger a trap and another dildo to come flying out of nowhere and land in his mouth. He couldn't even open his mouth to spit it out as it like everything else was quickly stuck to his face.

Dove was stumbling blind and pushed them onto another launch pad and was sent flying into the air only to land in a pit of pink rubber dildos. To Sky's horror, one of them found a way inside his ass.

Cardin was getting incredibly pissed. He pushed off of the ground and tried to rip off Sky only for his hands to get stuck on his shoulders as well. They were not prepared for the sudden drop as they all fell down a slide landing in a bed of multicolored feathers. There was a vein throbbing on Cardin's face. As he yelled out, the dildo muffled his screams. The bed was then launched into the air until they broke through a window and landed in the dinning hall...while dinner was being served.

Naruto and Yang laughed their asses off while Yang shielded her sister's eyes. Jaune stared at the team that caused him so much grief the last few weeks in such a state. This brought a smile to his face. It also slightly disturbed him. All around the once menacing team of bullies was both humans and faunus alike that were taking pictures with their scrolls and spreading the brutal prank.

Jiraiya and Professor Goodwitch arrived not long after. Jiraiya gave Naruto an amused smile while Glynda levitated the boys out of the dining hall. Yang high-fived Naruto as the two professors left.

Present day.

That had been one of the most elaborate pranks in Beacon history, trumping the prank Team CFVY pulled last year. Most people did not know who it was that pulled it off, except for those that were prank masters in their own right.

The Forever Falls field trip had been mostly boring as he and his team enjoyed the scenery. He did hear that Jaune saved Cardin's life by killing a Ursa Major.

He gave Jaune a pat on the back and also offered to soar with Jaune anytime.

Today was supposed to be a lazy day. He liked training but he always enjoyed a lazy day every once and a while. Lady Luck was not on his today because Ruby received a message from Ozpin saying they had a mission. Naruto simply shrugged since he had been on a dozen missions, but he made sure to bring everything in his arsenal. More then halve of those missions became increasingly more difficult at one point or another.

Team RUWBY stood before Professors Ozpin, Jiraiya, and Glynda. Standing next to them were the upperclassmen, Team CFVY.

"Good morning to you all. I've called you here because we have a request from the mayor of Vale to capture this man." The curtains in the room were drawn to dim the outside light. A projection showed a picture of a tall man in his late twenties. He had brown hair with streaks of purple on the left side of his face. "This is doctor Mason J. Omaly. He was a researcher in the medical use of dust. He was actually responsible for a number of medical achievements. He found away to eat away at cancer cells using a mixture of fire and thunder dust and physical therapy ointments. However his latest research has been more extreme. Reports indicate that he had a psychological breakdown after his wife died from an unknown illness. After his wife's death, he started to experiment on infusing dust into the human body."

Weiss gasped. "That's insane."

"Indeed it is, Miss Schnee, however he had succeeded once with a kidnapped girl a little over a decade ago. He went missing and disappeared off the face of Remnant...however he's returned he's kidnapped multiple civilians and is both holding them hostage and experimenting with their body's.

Teams RUWBY and CFVY will have two phases to this mission. Phase one will be to gather information on the doctors whereabouts. Phase two will be to infiltrate his base and capture him. Save as many lives as you can." He instructed. "Are there any questions?" He asked.

Ruby raised her hand nervously.

"Sir, why is a first-year team on this type of mission?" Asked Cocoa placing a hand on her hip. "Not to be rude, but they don't have the experience to aid in this type of mission."

Ozpin folded his hands in front of his face. Actually, Miss Adel, there is a member on team RUWBY who has had more successful missions on his record than your entire team. Is that not right, Mister Uzumaki?" He stated. Naruto nodded.

"You still didn't answer my question, headmaster. Why is a first-year TEAM doing on this mission?" She said mostly out of concern. Team RUWBY was still a new team and she doubted that they had worked out suitable teamwork. That and most first-years were too eager to charge into a mission. Often times, it would end in the failure of the mission or injured teammates.

Ozpin only sighed. "Because you will need the backup. Normally, this kind of mission would be left to professional hunters, however there isn't an experienced hunter team available at the moment so I decided that you would work alongside Team RUWBY. Naruto, himself is a shinobi and Blake has shown impressive stealth capabilities. Also, Miss Schnee's expertise with dust might prove invaluable. The mission itself will be under your authority, Miss Adel." Cocoa simply nodded and Ruby finally spoke out.

"Do we know a general location that we should search?"

The screen changed to show a map of Vale. He zoomed in on a specific district. It was one that Naruto was already familiar with. "Yes, he is hiding somewhere in this vicinity. Be careful when you engage him. He is reported to use a hammer that can shift into a rocket launcher." He said. Naruto payed close attention to the details of the mission. He already had the feeling this was going to be like another Team Seven mission.

"You will head out in two hours. You're all dismissed." He said as the two teams left his office. Once in the hall, Cocoa and her team properly introduced themselves. Naruto immediately recognized Velvet and gave her a friendly smile that she returned.

Cocoa wrapped an arm around Naruto's neck and congratulated him on his prank. She also told him that she hadn't laughed that hard since last year.

The two teams disappeared to pack for their missions. Naruto made sure he had plenty of dust, kunai, rope, shurikens, ninja wire, prank kit, and his trusty hammock. They honestly didn't know how long they would be searching for the doctor, but naruto had this really bad feeling about the mission that he couldn't shake. He ignored it, though since he chalked it up to not being on a good mission in months.

He just jinxed it didn't he?

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~later days

Wiseotaku