Disclaimer: First Chapter
I am going to dedicate an ENTIRE arc to the test, because I CHANGED the test!
Story Start!
"Now... I know you have all been hearing of rumors of being assigned your partners... let me put those rumors to rest... you will be getting your partners... the first person you make eye contact with will be your teammate for your remaining time at Beacon." Ozpin told everyone that was around. Naruto winced when he saw how shocked Ruby looked, and how devastated she was for the news that she couldn't pick her own partner.
'To be honest, that much was obvious.' Naruto thought with a slight grin on his face.
"Now, because of the larger number of students this year... there will be one team of 3." Glynda informed everyone, with Naruto counting the people in the line.
Yep, odd number of students.
'Yes, I can get BOTH of my siblings.' Yang thought with a wide smile, knowing that if she could get Naruto then Ruby would seem to follow. Ruby would search through the entire forest to find Naruto, so if she found Naruto, then she would be able to get both of her baby siblings on her team.
'Naruto... I have to remember where he lands.' Pyrrha thought with a look towards Naruto. Was she a bad person because she wanted to be on the same team as her rival, because she didn't think so.
'... Gotta find Naruto, he is the only one I know... besides that weird...' Blake thought, before her eyes widened and she blushed when she remembered the hot lesbian kiss she had gotten last night. She looked towards to Yang, before she shivered... the kiss had been great, but at the same time she was extremely confused over why it had happened.
'Naruto or Pyrrha, they are the two with the greatest potential.' Weiss thought as she looked at Pyrrha and Naruto. She was going to find both of them, with one of them her team would have a powerful member, with both of them, her team would be nearly invincible. She could put up with the clumsy nature of Naruto, everyone had faults, but he also had a lot of perks... she knew that forming powerful bonds helped you make friends... and she only wanted friends that stood at the same level as her.
After all... if her friends were at the same level as her, they couldn't be using her for her family name.
'Gotta find Naruto or Yang... Naruto and Yang... have to get Naruto for sure... and maybe Yang? Naruto and Yang?... Okay, not a good idea... just Naruto then.' Ruby though with a growing smile on her face.
'... A cute girl, PLEASE a cute girl!' Jaune thought to himself with fingers crossed.
'Pancakes, pancakes, sugar!' Nora thought as she hopped from foot to foot.
'That Naruto seems level headed, and he seems to be used to crazy things... I guess I wouldn't mind teaming up with him and Nora.' Ren though with a serious look on his face. He was seriously going to be paying attention to where the dual hair colored boy... he couldn't really say that since he had black and pink hair.
'I don't really care who I team up with, but I hope I get Ruby... why do I feel a sense of danger... like a lot of people are thinking my name?' Naruto wondered with a raised eyebrow. Naruto looked and shivered when he saw multiple people staring at him.
"Now, because of the number of students and the calibur of the students... instead of the test I had planned I will be doing something... different. This test will be about teamwork... you must survive the night in the forest. Anyone who leaves the forest before 24 hours is up will not be accepted into Beacon." Ozpin told them all, and everyone looked alarmed at this... almost everyone that is. Most of them hadn't been expecting this, nor had they packed for a whole night of staying in the woods.
"This test will be monitered, but if you find yourself in danger... help will not come. We will not be able to get to your location in time anyway, so you will have to trust your partner... or partners." Glynda explained as she looked at her scroll, and there were multiple screens that showed each and every one of them.
"That being said, there are 2 pre-packed bags in the forest filled with enough supplies for... 2 people per pag to survive the night." Ozpin explained, and Naruto chuckled to himself for a second.
Now he got it.
Ozpin was turning them all against each other, and if the lucky... or unlucky 3 person team got a bag, they would fight amongst themselves for the supplies. Ozpin was testing their ability to work under pressure, their survival skills, and what kind of people they were. Anyone who left the forest couldn't be tested, so they failed... he was making sure that only good people were going to enter his school this year. The man could pass for a second coming of Kakashi if he wanted to.
Nobody else had figured out the test.
Naruto could see that just by looking at them.
'Ozpin was right... that boy understood the test the second he heard it. That boy is unnaturally good... young... but it is like he has more experience than even us.' Glynda thought with a slight frown on her face when she saw the understanding on Naruto's face.
'I was right, Naruto understood the true meaning of the test... I had expected it, but to think he understood right off the bat... simply amazing.' Ozpin thought with a proud look on his face for a moment. He had told Glynda that when he looked into Naruto's silver eyes that he had seen experience in them, more experience than a 15 year old boy should have. Now he had confirmed that there was something different about Naruto.
"Also hidden in the forest will be a Golden Treasure... the team that finds this treasure and survives until the morning will be rewarded." Glynda explained to the teenagers, who were all surprised.
"Rewarded... as in how rewarded?" Cardin asked, and Naruto for the first time noticed him.
'Didn't Yang crush your nuts?' Naruto mentally asked, and he could see that Cardin was holding himself with a careful aura.
His nuts must still hurt.
"Secret, now I suggest you all prepare yourself. The test will start the moment you finish deploying your landing strategies." Ozpin said, and Naruto snorted when he saw the first unlucky student get sent flying by a platform. Naruto was grinning to himself, and most people started getting read to get sent flying towards the forest off the edge of the cliff.
The second student went flying.
"Wait... landing strategy? What is that?" Jaune asked, unsure of what they was.
The third student went flying.
"Just what it says, a strategy for landing." Ozpin answered calmly, and Jaune had yet to notice the people sent flying.
The fourth student went flying.
"So... are you going to drop us off?" Jaune asked, not sure what to think of those words.
"Oh no, you will be falling." Ozpin told Jaune, just as the fifth, sixth and seventh students went flying at the same time, surprising all of those students as they hit each other in mid-air.
Cardin went flying.
"So... we are getting a parachute?" Jaune questioned with a growing sense of fear forming in the bit of his stomach.
Ren was sent flying.
"No, you will land on your own skill." Ozpin answered back without even having to think about it.
Nora was sent soaring through the air.
"Oh... so we are going to be... so how does this go... that looks like a long drop." Jaune said nervously as he looked at the forest in the distance.
Blake was shot through the air.
"The drop is about 700 feet after being launched." Ozpin told Jaune, clear amusement in his voice at this moment.
Pyrrha went next.
"That... that is a long drop." Jaune said nervous, and Naruto was nearly dying of laughter at this point.
Yang was rocketed after Pyrrha.
"Yes, it is a long drop... would you like some advice?" Ozpin asked Jaune for the first time.
Naruto went flying after Yang, a grin on his face.
"Really!? That sounds just great!" Jaune said with a thankful expression on his face.
Ruby went next.
"Don't die." Ozpin said, and Jaune looked worried.
"Don't diiiiiiaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!?" Jaune screamed when he was sent flying through the air with zero grace at all, just flailing around.
...
"He screams like a little girl." Glynda commented to Ozpin, having been the one sending the students flying the entire time. Ozpin merely sipped at his tea with a satisified expression on his face.
That was fun.
Chapter End!
Please Leave Me Lots Of Nice Long Reviews, But No Flames Please!