Naruto was currently walking through Vale as he looked for the hotel Pyrrah and the others were staying in, it was the day before the airlifts would take them Beacon. Naruto looked at the massive walled school from where he was standing, he leaned up against a building, sighing.
"Damn, can't find them…" Naruto mutters, "I was hoping to pay her back tonight."
Slowly, Naruto took a deep breath, before closing his eyes. Sensing the area, Naruto looked for high aura signatures around before seeing two walking inside of the crowd. Opening his eyes, he found a teen blonde much like himself walking in the crowded street with a mixed haired girl with silver eyes.
Sighing, Naruto got up from the wall before looking around, seeing that this was a venture wasted he decided that he was going to go looking around when something caught his eye. Blonde hair, not the girls, but his hair…well it looked like his shaggy mane anyway.
He noticed the man it belonged to, before his eyes widened. "Father…" Naruto mutters as he sees the blonde-haired man/bastard walk past him, paying him no heed once ever.
Walking into the crowds, Naruto put a scowl on his face as he saw the man walking merrier than a drunk with wine. Reaching into his backpack he got out a cloth and tied it around his head to hide his hair as well as face. Revealing just his eyes, the cloth fluttered in the air as he walked.
Naruto was close to stopping him, but stopped when he heard someone shout. "Stop Thief!"
Growling, Naruto turned to see a cloaked figure dashing through the streets as fast as the figure seemed to go. Cursing, he turned back to see the man he thought was his long-lost father disappear into the crowds, "next time you bastard…"
Naruto ran through the crowd as he leapt over several carts that were in the street, apparently, he was the only aura user to hear it but sensed that another aura user was giving chase to the thief. Tying the cloth around his face tighter, Naruto leapt onto the rooftop of a building, before watching the thief run away from a white-haired girl in a good-looking dress…a high-end dress.
The blonde noticed that thief was easily outpacing the girl, before he saw the thief take a turn towards the gates of Vale and evading two of the guards as they came after him. Cursing, Naruto landed near the gates as well, before passing the guards, "I got'em!" Naruto shouts.
The guards looked at each other, before shrugging.
Naruto watched as the thief leapt through the forest, the thief himself seemed to be an aura user, before noted that the thief lacked such an aura. Dropping down, Naruto landed in front of the thief, "this is as far as you go."
"When and how the hell did a Hunter get pass me!" The Thief shouts, "damn it…and this was a good score too!"
"That girl you were running from isn't too far behind us, I say you should wait here and give her back her stuff, or I'll have to break your leg." Naruto states as he crossed his arms, "and don't try me…I'm in a very foul mood."
"Oh yeah!" The Thief screams as he reaches into his coat pocket before pulling out a revolver, "die bastard!"
Naruto slid Bahuubali out just in time to block the first bullet before dashing backwards and avoiding two others. When the man fired two more he found Naruto easily dodging them, before he scowled and smirks. "Fine then…" the white-haired girl appeared in the clearing before time seems to slow down as he pointed the gun at her, "I'll just take her life."
He was about to squeeze the trigger when a Beowulf appeared and tackled him to the ground. The Beowulf had tribal painting on it, and Naruto smirked under his scowl and turban as he walked over to the man who was being held down.
"Not so tough now eh asshole?" Naruto quips as he kicks the gun out of the man's hand casually, "good job Rexy!"
The Beowulf barked before turning to see the girl standing there with a fencing type sword at the ready in her hand, before she looked at The Blue-Eyed Beowulf and then to the person standing next to it. "Thank you…sir…but I had him."
"Nah," Naruto states, "you were about two seconds away from having a hole in your chest."
"I'm not following, I saw him point the gun, but I guess you managed to use some sort of semblance to control a nearby Beowulf and tackled him before fired a shot." She walked over to the man, "amulet…ground now please."
"O-okay!" The man yells as the Beowulf growls at him, "take your amulet…just don't let this thing eat me, please!"
"Rexy is kind of hungry…" Naruto mutters nonchalantly aloud before turning the man with his smirk covered by the wrapping around his face, "he's not eaten in three days."
"Okay, you can stop torturing him now."
"Who said I was torturing him?"
"Eh?! You're being serious!"
"No…not really…maybe…meh."
The girl grabbed her amulet, backing off, "you're not a Hunter are you!"
"Not yet," Naruto replies as he pats Rexy and allows the beast to let go of the man. The man gets up before feeling Naruto's sword hover over his back, "and who the hell gave you permission to leave."
"Eh!" The man squeaks as he felt Naruto's blade slightly poke his back, "p-p-pl-please don't hurt me."
"Can you believe this guy," Naruto points his thumb to the thief, "and here he was about to shoot you."
"No, please, wait!" The man screams before feeling Naruto's elbow crash into the back of his head, knocking him out cold.
"Oh, just shut up!" Naruto yells, "seriously…what a coward!"
Naruto clicked Bahuubali back into its sheath, he turned the girl before noting her light blue eyes. "So, quick question, if you're an aura user how did he sneak up on you?"
"I got stuck in the crowd, looking for a good place to get coffee and this jerk runs up and steals my amulet!" The girl yells pointing her finger at the man, "I hope they lash him…he's probably some street trash looking to make a quick buck."
"Meh," Naruto shrugs, "honestly I think the authorities will be handling him."
"That is true…" The girl sighs, "so what's your semblance called…Rexy?"
"Hahaha!" Naruto busted out laughing, "no…no…Rexy is the Beowulf."
"Wait…you named a Beowulf!" The girl yells, "but it's a Grimm…a vile and vicious creature!"
"The big guy here is a puppy, isn't that right Rexy?" Naruto questioned as he patted the beast's head, "good job by the way."
The Beowulf barked, before wagging its tail. The teen in the Vacuo clothing patted the beast with a soft hand before mounting him like one would a horse, "need a ride back to town?"
"No!" The girl yells, "h-how can you even…gah…just get away from here!"
"Well, excuse me princess, you're welcome!" Naruto yells as he turns his chin upwards and crossed his arms and Rexy began to walk away.
The girl was fuming at the tone before she walked in front of them, "excuse me? I'm not a princess, and I'm not some helpless girl!"
"Never said you was, but hey, I'm not the one acting so rude over someone's friendly Beowulf!"
"Beowulfs are Grimm, G.R.I.M.M, the things that kill humanity and eat said humanity!"
"Not mine, he's a cute ball of fur once he warms up to ya!"
"Are you kidding me right now, get off that thing before it turns on you!"
"No…"
"Now!"
"Nuh-huh."
"Are you stupid or crazy."
"Crazy."
"That was rhetorical!"
"Rhe-what now?"
"It wasn't a question, it was a metaphor…understand?!"
"Um…what's a…metaphor? Are you trying to say I met you before?"
"Excuse me, but didn't you learn basics when you were a kid, how can you not know what a metaphor is."
"Maybe I'm just too smart to use it!"
"Wh-what…that doesn't…gah! I'm insulting you, you dunce!"
Naruto blinked at her, before chuckling under his cloth, "oh! Oh! It was a question I wasn't supposed to answer because it wasn't a question!"
"Yes!" the girl yells, "that's exactly what I did!"
"But…that's dumb, why ask me a question if I can't answer it?" the girl eyes bugged out as she leaned forwards a little bit, "what?"
"So…you somehow found a way to tame a Grimm…but you don't know what rhetorical or metaphor means?" the girl questions him. "Next you'll be telling me you're a huntsman in training and going to Beacon."
"Hmmhmmhmm…" Naruto hums as he bounces his eyes around, "maybe…"
The girl nearly slapped herself, "you're kidding me right…oh god…you're not. Look do me a favor, Blue Eyes, do not talk to me at all at the academy if you even can show up on time…can you even read time!"
"Analog, digital, sun positioning…or moon positioning."
"W-what?"
"Well, what time do you want?"
"I…I have a scroll for a reason!"
"Well, can you tell time?"
"Of course, I can!"
"Well, why do you need a machine to tell it for you?"
"D-di-did…you just…nope…done! I'm done, I'm going back into the city, away from you and your furry buddy!"
"Oh c'mon Pretty Eyes, he won't bite I promise!"
"What did you just call me?!"
Naruto chuckles, "pretty eyes, you can't just call someone something else like Blue Eyes and not for them to return the favor."
"That's not how it works, that's not how any of this works!" the girl sighs, "seriously…what's your name?"
"Naruto Namikaze." Naruto answers before he rubbed the back of his head, "soon to be the greatest Huntsman on Remnant."
"Pfft," the girl crossed her arms, "moreover that title is going to be mine…the Greatest Huntress Weiss Schnee."
Naruto blinked once before blinking twice, "oh…you're a Schnee?"
"Yeah, what about it?" Weiss asks as she crossed her arms, "I'm from the greatest family on Remnant."
"More like the biggest bunch of crooks on Remnant, but hey, to each their own." Naruto states as he pats Rexy, "let's go…I'm sure princess Schnee has some white horse somewhere to ride."
"Screw you!" Weiss yells, "I've never rode a horse!"
"Bullshit!" Naruto shouts as him and Rexy walk past her, "and even my Grimm knows it!"
Rexy barks, before growling at the Schnee, before both faced away from her, "goodbye and I hope you can read time!"
"Excuse me, I can read time perfectly!" Weiss snaps as she fumes, "and you better keep that thing on a tight leash!"
"Blah-blah-frigging-blah!" Naruto yells as she watches them dash off, before she stood there alone.
"The nerve of some people, hmph!"
Naruto was searching around town once more, before sighing as he gave up both looking for Pyrrah and trying to find his father in the crowds of people. "Damn it!" Naruto yells as he sits on top of roof, "this close to finally decking the ass for leaving me behind and I get sidetracked by a stupid, white haired, uppity, highbred brat!"
"Mas…ter okay?" Rexy asks as he curls around Naruto.
"Yeah, just peachy…" Naruto rolls his eyes, "but this damn close…after four long years!"
Naruto just takes a deep breath. "I never got one birthday card from him, never got one 'I love you son' from him, and he just walks right past me as if I'm a stranger! I want to just find him and beat him up so bad that he'll see me, and then I get to make him feel how I felt!"
Naruto hit his fist on the roof, before taking a deep breath. "All the times he slapped me, all the times he was drunk and throwing bottles at me, I remember all of it." He hisses as he scrunched his fists up, "and he walks around gayer than a bear in a honey farm!"
"Are…you…hap..py?" Rexy questions as he looks up at his master, "do…I…ma..ke…you…hap..py?"
"Yes," Naruto looked at his Beowulf, "but it's just…a part of me."
"The child inside of me, it just wants acknowledgement, and the man inside of me wants me to wipe my slates clean…erase Namikaze from myself. I would throw this sword back into his face if I can get the chance, but part of me would want him to know that I did great things with it…that I wasn't some monster!" Naruto yells as he brought his hands to his head, "gah I'm so mixed up right now! Why haven't I been able to get over it Rexy, it's not right…I should hate him so much for what he did me…why would I care for his judgement!"
"Acc…ept..tance." Rexy voices out, "you…wa…nt…acc…ept…tance."
Naruto looked at his Beowulf, before a few tears slipped from his eye, "Rexy…I…' Naruto closed his eyes shut as thunder roared around them, "I just want someone to love me…and remember me."
"I…lo…ve…you…mas…ter" Naruto looked at Rexy with a sad but warm smile, "Mas…ter…is…my…fri…end."
"I…acc…ept…mas…ter, mas…ter…is full…of…li..ght." Rexy struggles, "Mas…ter…tau..ght…me. Many…th…ings. I…am…no mon…ster…as well."
"Rexy…you're…you're talking!" Naruto yells out in excitement, "holy crap your saying full sentences!" Wow, I…I…how?"
"Mast…er…teach…Rexy com…passion. Rexy…le…arns through…mast…er" Rexy tells Naruto, "Rexy will…be…with Mast…er. Mast…er…is…fam…ily."
"Family…" Naruto mutters, "I never taught you that word. Rexy, you're are my family, it's me and you against the world buddy. Willpower that can shatter mountains and claws sharp enough to slice open the void!"
"I…can…be…the…wolf." Rexy looked at Naruto before giving a sort of smile with his maw, "and…you can…be…the…fox."
"Hahaha," Naruto patted Rexy's back, "yeah…I love that…I really do."
"I'm…sleepy…" Rexy mutters as he lays his head on Naruto's lap, "Rexy nap…here."
Naruto lovingly stroked the fur on the Beowulf's ears, "yeah Rexy. You can sleep here, I'll just be sitting here ya know, looking at the stars."
A child Naruto and a child with red eyes and black hair stood together in a white void. The child looked at Naruto, "my name is Rexy." Rexy says, "I'm your brother."
"Rexy…hehehe," Naruto chuckles, "brother…that's a good word…brother…br-ahaha-other."
The child Naruto slowly walked with human-child form of Rexy and both journeyed through a white a void, devoid of everything but each other. However, as they walked, they noticed a red hair child walking towards them and in the company of an orange and black-pink haired child as well.
"Pyrrah, Ren, Nora, you're in my family too!" Naruto yells happily, "are you my brothers and sisters!"
"Sure are!" Nora yells while giving a thumbs' up.
"You can say that, bro." Ren says, while Pyrrah chuckles.
They all walked together, before Naruto looked at the void they were in, before smiling. "One day, I'm going to fill this all up with family, my brothers and sister…people who acknowledge me…"
"Yeah…that would be nice…"
Naruto woke up as rain pelted them, before seeing Rexy up against him. Smiling, the blonde took off his sherwani and put it over the Beowulf. "You deserve the extra cover tonight buddy." Naruto says as he patted the Beowulf's head.
Getting up gently, Naruto stretched, before seeing lightning erupt in the sky. Looking up at it, Naruto could have sworn he saw a figure standing on top of a building's tower and looking right at him. However, on the next flash of lightning, the figure disappeared.
Naruto sighs as he walks over to Rexy before picking up the Beowulf and began to jump across several roofs. Landing near an overhead, before snuggling up under it. "I've got to be awake tomorrow, we've got to be awake tomorrow…tomorrow…we show the world that we're strong and we can fight through any challenge given to us."
The thunder roars once more, before Naruto sighs, "but I don't know why…but I feel warm despite being in the rain…in fact I'm kind of dry."
Naruto didn't notice it, but if he had been looking in a mirror the soak patter would've matched someone holding him from behind, as if a sort of spirit had protected him as best as it could from the rain.
Naruto slumped against a wall, pulling out a photo, before looking at it. It was a picture of Naruto's mother and father holding hands and wearing wedding clothes. How could it have ended so badly that his father chose to not only take him away from her, but to forget him as well?
Sighing, Naruto, looked at the photo. Noticing the lump that was his mother's belly, she had been pregnant before they got married, apparently his father and mother fell deeply in love prior to them sliding rings on each other's fingers.
Naruto watched his father throw his ring away, but he never knew what his mother did with hers. Would she have kept remembering good times, to hold out hope that Minato would waltz back into her life with him and that they could be a happy family once more?
Were they foolish hopes?
A clandestine dream, doomed to never happen?
Like leafs in the wind, they drifted apart, each ending up in different parts on the ground that was the world. Naruto knew his father was close to him now, but he held up hope that his mother was close…who knows maybe she was looking for him still, maybe she was dead and was comforting him now in spirit.
Is that why he felt so warm, like someone taking away all the bad emotions? Was that the power of a mother, a person who with simple coos and sentences could make the living hell that was Remnant into heaven…what was a mother and what was a father?
Naruto looked at himself, in a puddle of water, noticing something around one of his eyes. It was faint, but one of his veins had turned black.
