Cinder Falls was one of the most dangerous and intelligent people on Remnant. And now, she had the man that gave her the ability to control dust. Omaly was sprawled out on the floor injured, but alive. His leg was bandaged up and his wounds were taken care of. She was currently sitting on a luxurious red velvet couch while drinking some red wine. The room was spacious with a velvet rug and a single glass table in the corner of the room. Neo was poking Omaly in the ribs with the handle of her umbrella.
"Good work, Neo. Go get some ice cream or something. I have some business with the good doctor." Neo gave Cinder the finger before she disappeared in a shatter of glass. You see, Neo didn't like Cinder at all, but she was getting paid good money to work for her. Cinder only scoffed. If it wasn't for Neo's skills, she would have killed her already. True, the ice cream midget would put up a decent fight, but she would still die. Cinder got off her velvet couch and poured what was left of her drink on Omaly's face. He woke up and weakly looked up at Cinder. His eyes widened when he saw cinder before he broke out into a smile.
"My my my... These past few days are just full of surprises. I mean, I never thought I'd see little Cindy again." He said only to be kicked in the chin by Cinder's foot knocking out one of his teeth. Cinder only glared down at Omaly.
"I would like nothing more then to kill you right now...but your research is invaluable...I want you to make me an army of these Dust Grimm." Omaly spat some blood out.
"Tell you what, I'll make you an army...but you need to capture some one so I can continue my research." He said as he tried to get off the ground. Cinder pushed him back to the floor with her heel. Her heels dug into his back drawing a small amount of blood. She hated him more then anyone else on Remnant, but she had ambitions and she would use this piece of shit to reach that ambition.
"You don't seem to understand the situation your in. YOU WILL make me an army!" She demanded. Her fist caught on fire. The room was silent until Omaly laughed lightly.
"Heheheheheheheh! You can't kill me. Cindy, I made you what you are." Cinder released her foot. And extinguished her flame.
"Who do you want?" she asked slowly. she honestly didn't care who Omaly wanted. It wouldn't matter after she learned how to make these new Grimm. She would kill him after discovering his secret. Until then, she would humor him and capture whoever he wanted.
Omaly grinned with insanity as blood dripped from his mouth. "Naruto Uzumaki."
Cinder blinked once, twice in shock.
"I'm sorry, but I don't think I heard you. Did you say NARUTO Uzumaki?" She asked Omaly. He nodded. "...damn it why did you have to choose him?" She asked as she rubbed her forehead. This kid showed up every few weeks on her radar. He was already a nuisance at this point. And she couldn't find out anything about him. it was like he just appeared out of nowhere.
"Simply put, he's better then you." Said Omaly plainly. This caused Cinder to freeze.
"What?" She didn't even know where that came from. She was perfection. No one else on remnant possessed abilities like her. She controlled fire at will, she was able to manipulate both people and dust, and she was also feared by entire countries. What about this blond haired boy was better then her?
Omaly only chuckled as he spit more blood out of his mouth. "You were lucky, Cindy. you could have died at any moment, but you survived against the odds. Naruto, however went beyond. He survived FIVE different dust infusions in a row. Dust is literally growing from his body now, where you were a stroke of luck. He is an invaluable piece to my research. He is alive and powerful. I don't know why, but when I tried to extract some of his aura, he went on a rampage turning into some kind of giant beast. He decimated an entire forest and most likely would have killed me had he not regained control. There's something about him that allows him to fuse with the dust. I want to know what it is. He's the next step in my research. Imagine the possibilities. if I can replicate what makes him so powerful, I could make better Grimm...better people. The possibilities are endless." Cinder was listening to Omaly intently. Once again, Naruto Uzumaki appeared on her radar. This time, however there wasn't a feeling of nuisance or irritation. No, this time, there was another feeling entirely. She didn't know what it was. Slowly, a smile grew on her face as her Amber eyes narrowed; a clear sign she was plotting something.
"Very well, Omaly, but you picked a difficult target. He's a student at Beacon. It will take some time to get him." She removed her heel and he slowly got up from the ground. "I'm curious about this kid now. I'll see what I can do. Until then...GET TO WORK ON MY ARMY!" she snapped her fingers and Mercury and Emerald walked in. You two escort our guest to his lab. You better not disappoint me, Omaly."
They both escorted him out. All the while, Omaly was laughing. Even after all these years, Cinder was still the same girl he kidnapped all those years ago.
Cinder walked back to her couch, poured some more red wine into her glass, and sat down. She twirled the glass in her hands. She watched as. The wine swirled around until she brought the glass to her lips tasting it.
She held out her glass, staring at her own reflection. There was someone else like her. Someone else that went through hell to gain power. She smiled again at the thought. Perhaps she could have Emerald recruit him and (possibly) give him a choice to join her or become nothing more then a lab rat. Of course, a test or two would be in order... Who better than Adam or Neo to test Naruto...or why not do it herself? If he was like her, then she could take him under her wing. But where and how could she find him outside of Beacon?... Well, time to call in a favor.
She reached for one of her scrolls and called an old friend. She waited for a old friend to answer and when she did, a smile broke out on her face. "Hello, Peach, it's been a long time. I'm calling in that favor you owe me."
It was silent for a few minutes until the woman on the other side of the call answered. "What do you want Cinder?" She asked with anger clear in her voice.
Cinder only hummed. "Aw, what's the matter, Peach? We used be such great friends...I want to know where a student named Naruto Uzumaki will be during his break. Find out and tell me and I'll consider your debt paid."
Once again, there was silence.
"Fine. I'll call back once I find out. After this, it's over."
She hangs up and Cinder once again twirled the glass in her hand. It would cost her a pawn, but she might just steal a powerful new piece for her side.
At Beacon.
After Naruto calmed down and yang was bandaged up. Ozpin decided to fill Naruto and his team in on what exactly happened to him. He kicked Jiraiya in the rib, causing the man to groan before he got up.
"Well, Naruto, while our knowledge is limited, when it comes to Dust Infusions, here's what we found out. The dust enhanced certain aspects of your genes changed the color of your hair, for example." Said ozpin
"It also enhanced your mother's Uzumaki genes allowing you to use chakra chains and you're already insane chakra reserves grew even larger, brat. Your control is going to be complete shit for a while." Said Jiraiya. Naruto's shoulders slumped in depression. "We're going to have to retrain you in chakra control."
What's really curious is the fact that dust is growing from your body. It doesn't seem to be causing any harm to you. What's really curious is the fact that dust is growing from your body. It doesn't seem to be causing any harm to you." Said Ozpin. He enlarged his scroll and showed Naruto what was happening to his body. "It's in a small crystallized form, but a majority of it is fused with your muscle and nervous system. There's also a small patch of some kind of black dust growing at the stem of your brain. I'm going to be completely honest here, we have no idea what is going to happen."
"Actually, the dust won't be much of a problem." Said Minato. "You see, we are made purely of dust. I won't run out of ammo, so long as there is dust in Naruto's system. Right now, the dust is producing what it needs to help the body. If anything, Naruto is healthier than he's ever been."
"Oooh, that's cool." Said ruby only for Weiss to pull her ear.
" he nearly died you dolt." She said angrily.
"Oh right...sorry."
" it's okay, Ruby, this isn't the first time I've nearly died. Probably won't be the last either." Said Naruto only for Weiss to pull his ear.
She glared at naruto tears threatening to break out. " DON'T BLOW THIS OFF AS IF ITS NOT A BIG DEAL! You nearly died...we had to watch you suffer...do you not realize how helpless we all felt..." She looked down at the floor with tears falling down her face. "...to watch powerless as our friend almost killed himself to hear him scream in pain."
"Weiss, I'm sorry. it's just for shinobi, death is part of the job." Weiss started to tremble uncontrollably until a low growl erupted from her. "DON'T YOU DARE SAY ITS NOT A BIG DEAL, YOU IDIOT." She said before she slapped Naruto across his cheek and stormed out of the infirmary. The room was silent for a few moments. Ruby was looking between Naruto and the door. I'll go make sure she's okay...she's not wrong, Naruto... We were all worried about you." Ruby ran after Weiss, leaving the three professors, Blake and Yang.
Jiraiya sighed before he walked next to Naruto and placed a hand on his shoulder"...you should give Weiss some space, Naruto... Trying to talk to an angry girl doesn't work out very well." Naruto wanted to say something, but he couldn't find his voice.
"Honestly, Whiskers, you scared all of us. My sister is just good at hiding it... She's always been good at hiding her problems. I don't know how you do things in konowa, but here, we care about our teammates lives...especially our friends." Said Yang as she and Blake left. Blake spared a glance at Naruto and then followed her partner.
"It's not entirely his fault in the academy. It's drilled into the students, 'the village before your life'... That includes your friends and family. Thankfully, there are people in our village that teach the importance of teamwork and protecting your friends and family. It's a slow process, but the village has been slowly changing for the better over the years." Said Jiraiya. Ozpin nodded in understanding while Glynda's grip on her riding crop tightened.
"That's barbaric... How can you justify teaching children to willingly sacrifice their lives for a village?" She said while glaring at Jiraiya.
Ozpin placed a hand on her shoulders. " It's not so different from huntsmen, Glynda...and you know it... That's the sad reality of the world... We ask our children if they want to be heroes, then we train them in institutions, we train them to be soldiers." He said.
"Hey, pervy sage, what should I do?"
"Give them some space, brat. They aren't like the kunochi of our village. They aren't used to the idea of death. I think we should go on another trip during the break. Maybe go to another kingdom... I heard Vacuo is nice during this season." Said Jiraiya. The door to the infirmary opened and a short woman wearing a lab coat walked in. She had orange curly hair and wore a pair of glasses.
"Yes, it is." She said as she held out a hand for Naruto to shake. "It's nice to meet you. I'm professor Peach, the Dust Alchemy teacher here at Beacon. I wanted to ask if I could get a sample of Mister Uzumaki's blood to study. Maybe I can find a way to reverse what happened to him...or make a vaccine for some ailments. Who knows what I'll find in his blood."
"Well, Jiraiya, I don't normally allow it, but I will authorize you and Naruto to leave early. It's normally a two week break, but since you're leaving early, you two get three weeks." He said as he sipped his coffee. "It's a shame we lost Omaly, but I'm more relieved that my students made it back home. Naruto, your free to leave whenever, although team CFVY asked to see you when you got cleared."
Professor Peach only huddled in the corner with a storm cloud above her head. "... Maooooo Ozzy and Glyn Glyn ignored me again... That's so cruel." She whined as she stared at the floor.
"Is she OK?" Asked Naruto, only for her to appear in front of him holding both of his hands.
"FINALLY SOMEONE NOTICES ME!" She shouted. "You have no idea how long I've been waiting for someone to notice me here."
"Um...OK, uh...who are you." He asked.
She slumped her shoulders in depression. "I'm Professor Peach, the Dust Alchemy teacher. Because of my semblance, people often forget or ignore me." That made sense. He always wondered why he could never remember who his teacher was in that class.
"well, I'll try to remember you from now on, Professor Peach." He said. Peach smiled and brought him into a hug.
"YAY, ITS OFFICIAL, YOU'RE MY FAVORITE STUDENT, NOW! "She cheered. Jiraiya coughed, getting their attention.
"Well, brat, why don't you go talk to Team CFVY while I go get your things. I'll meet you at the airfield when your ready." He left Naruto and Peach.
"So, Naruto, can I get a sample of your blood? I just want to study it a bit." She said.
Naruto nodded. Peach extracted some blood with a syringe.
"Thank you. Now, go have fun. Oh...and don't think you'll get away from doing homework." She said before leaving.
Naruto left shortly after. He asked the main nurse where he could find Team CFVY and went to go see them.
When he walked in he saw the four of them leaning against a wall. Cocoa had her arm in a sling and a few bandages on her face and neck. Velvet had an ice pack on her head and a busted lip. Fox's right leg was in a cast and he was sporting a black eye. And Yatsuhashi had a neck brace and his right arm was in a cast.
"Sup, Whiskers, I like the new look." Said Cocoa. She only had her beret on. "So I just wanted to say thank you for getting my team out of danger." She said before Fox tossed him a small package.
"That's a gift from all of us." Said Fox with a wave.
"You guys didn't have to." Naruto tried to return the small gift but Velvet pushed it back into his hands.
"Um...please accept the gift." Said Velvet.
Naruto opened the package to find a pair of sunglasses and a chocolate colored ring.
"Consider it a gift for your first mission, getting us out of that place, and for having balls."She said. "I mean five dust infusions, that's impressive. Although I have a feeling your teammates aren't very pleased at your choice, but hey, I doubt any of them would do any different." Naruto put on the sunglasses.
"See, I told you they'd look good on him. That ring is like a badge of honor for team CFVY. Coco Puffs seems to have taken a liking to you." Said Fox.
"Yup. I like you kid. How would you like to be my apprentice? I'll teach ya everything I know about the world of fashion and the pranking world."
Naruto pretended to think about it.
"Sure, I guess."
They five of them chatted for a bit before Naruto headed out towards the bullheads. He was kinda depressed to only see pervy sage there.
"Well, brat, how did you like Beacon?"
"It was fun. I can't believe I'm saying it but I actually like school now, although I'm a little bummed they didn't come to see me off."
The bull head landed and Naruto was about to step on board.
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