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Sorry for not updating sooner. My senior year has been….. well different to say the least. And I wanted the chapter to be lengthy because it didn't feel right to split it up. It doesn't help that im easily distracted and that I have fate grand order which is somehow addicting despite me not knowing lick about Japanese and im trying not to let it influence this story since I have an actual fate story locked in my folder somewhere.
I guess I might just start going outside of canon rwby because that would make things go so much easier/faster for me.(things like relatives for characters or names/looks of characters unknown)
As for the reviews ive been getting…. Well they helped me make this, but I am surprised nobody said anything of some of the stuff I added for a joke. Sasuke getting sakura pregnant, Naruto getting into a reverse gangbang lol.
Also I deleted some parts of the chapter but left others in so if the beginning looks a bit messy sorry. I try to keep things consistent but sometimes my mind decides on certain scenes to have and I never notice contradictions till its too late. Since this was before raven was essentially revealed as a mother they may be references to suggest otherwise. Ignore those references
To make things clear, I will never make an omake of something that will not or can not happen. So the little omake with Glynda will happen in that chapter/episode but it will not be written again. In other words, omakes are canon.
If you couldn't tell from the omake chapter Ive been convinced to let Glynda back in the harem, the other two/three girls are now unknown as I have gotten slightly hesitant to let pyrrha in. but I do want it to be albeit unique so the choices will be: Pyrrha, cinder(but that would be a long time after) hinata or some Naruto(series) girl,.
Anyways, for rwby fights, a music ost will always accompany it. I am trying to make it similar to the show as how monty had done it. I take his philosophies seriously and I remember him talking about rhythm. Granted its less good since its being read but nonetheless.
The beginning fight was meant to be an omake but I decided to just include it now since I owe my readers for not updating in so long.
And if you were still reading this, then you know that sometimes things look random as situations or perspectives change. The reason is because it was only recently that I noticed that uploading the word doc with the story on it removed all lines.
NOW CHAPTER START.
A FEW DAYS BACK.
Naruto stretched in an arena. This was the last battle he accepted from the party. He couldn't wait to end this.
{{begin ost Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei OST – Election}}
Naruto then gave the sign of respect to his opponent.
Who was his opponent you may ask?
Pyrrha Nikos. The so called invincible girl.
He was sure it would be a good fight. He would hold back his skills naturally but he would be taking her very seriously.
Knowing what her semblance was, Naruto didn't take out a weapon.
Naruto otherwise would have brought out his tambo. These were okay to bring out since he only used them out of his mercenary disguise. That slip up in the clearing the day he met Ozpin and Glynda was only because he knew he was alone.
He still wasn't sure what to call them. Tenten would get on his case if she found that out.
That girl took weapons way to seriously.
Watching the timer on the side go down from ten. Naruto took his stance. Legs spread. Arms up. Fists clenched.
People never realized it, but Naruto had improved leaps and bounds from when he was a genin even before he left Konoha. At his new skill level, Naruto could defeat even masters like Rock Lee, Neji, or Gai.
Specifically, it would be a 3:2 in his favor. It all depended on how the fight was going to determine if he won or lost.
They were currently in the arena in the city. After this Naruto would go to the temple for a reward or something.
Naruto knew his opponents fight style. She used her semblance to manipulate the odds in her favor during a battle. Thus, victory was always on her side.
But victory was not on her side today.
"Alright then champion. Let's see what you got."
{{if it wasn't already there. Put the music at 1:17. The word election essentially starts the fight like a video game.}}
Pyrrha barely had enough time to process the match starting before a blur of red and gold rush at her.
Naruto threw a single jab first. Pyrrha blocked it and switched her spear to sword form.
She swung at him multiple times but he kept backhand springing multiple times. Then on the last backhand spring he kicked Pyrrha's weapon holding arm which knocked her off balance. Landing on his feet he grabbed that arm and turned her around so he had her arm in a painful lock. He knocked her to her knees with a kick to the legs.
Somehow Pyrrha was able to shift her weapon to gun form and shot at him. He jumped away to keep himself from getting hit any longer. Little damage to his aura or no, it would be too arrogant to just let himself be hit.
Pyrrha held her rifle over her shield and fired. Naruto didn't miss a beat and started to run to the side.
Pyrrha might be a good shot, but the speed of an expert shinobi was too much for her to focus on.
A clicking sound rang as it showed that Pyrrha used up all the ammo. Immediately Naruto turned a quick 90 degree angle and rushed while Pyrrha shifted her weapon to a spear once more. He jumped off his right leg and used his left to knee her spear up. Then he outstretched his right leg and kicked her shield sending her several feet away.
When both bodies landed, Naruto jumped high in the air and maneuvered his body to where he was looking up and saw Pyrrha on her back on the ground.
Naruto took ninja wire out from his pockets and attached them next to Pyrrha. Pulling harshly he ended up crushing the arena floor and got himself stuck in the ground as Pyrrha rolled out of the way. She quickly took advantage and did a combo on Naruto. Whenever Naruto blocked her sword the shield came bashing at his head. And whenever he took hold of her shield she stabbed his chest.
Eventually Naruto got sick playing Piñata, and grabbed her shoulders and slammed his head into hers.
Both were disoriented by the hit. Naruto's back nearly touched the ground while Pyrrha stumbled backwards.
While Naruto worked on getting himself out, Pyrrha was able to take a glance at the aura gauges. She was at 64 while Naruto was at 92 still. She quickly figured that he had so much aura that she needed to trap him somehow.
Naruto looked at the wires in his hands before attaching them to her legs. All of a sudden fire and ice began to visibly conduct itself through the wire. Pyrrha could see the frosty mist and the orange flames trickling to her. Tossing her shield, it disconnected the wires and bounced off the ground to Naruto.
Cracking out the wires like a whip he hit the shield back to its owner. He ran at her while spinning his hands so the wires wrapped them like bandages. Once more they began tricking with the same elements as before.
His left arm connected with the shield and mist sprung out. His right arm connected and black smoke came out.
Pyrrha tried not to let herself get sucked into his rhythm. She spun her spear so it was parallel to the ground and slung it across her shoulders and onto Akoúo̱'s indentations, allowing her to stab at Naruto while also protecting herself. ((AN: watch the Achilles vs Hector fight from Troy and you'll see what im trying to say))
When Pyrrha saw him readying for another punch she realized she wasn't observant enough as wires wrapper around her spear and shield arm. Her shield arm was burnt while her weapon arm was frozen.
Taking advantage of her shock Naruto decided to finish it in one last shot. He was disappointed in the so called Invincible Girl. But she was young. He had assumed that she would be able to give him a challenge like a true huntress. But in the end she was just a child after all.
There was a limit to how far fighting for sport and honor could take you.
He hadn't realized he said this out loud as he slid behind Pyrrha and gave her a German suplex. Sending her aura levels from 23 to 4.
Naruto would later realize that this fight would help Pyrrha take another step closer to being an adult. To being a mature fighter.
Naruto lied her down as he swept his forehead. Then all of a sudden he heard clapping and a redheaded woman entered the arena.
"Greetings. Child of Prophecy." Fuck. It can never be simple with him can it.
IN THE PRESENT.
'Sometimes these White Fang guys annoy me. Granted I know they are pretty justified but come on do they have to be such a hassle?' Naruto thought.
Naruto was in his Akatsuki uniform and mask. He leaned against a wall in a grey hall with banners of the White Fang symbols everywhere.
"These guys are seriously conceited, even more than Sasuke. Who the hell puts their own symbols every ten feet away from each other?"
"Perhaps a group trying to prove something no matter what?"
A voice came from his left side and he looked.
"You both sure took your sweet time…."
The two looked at each other.
"Raven, Qrow."
The person to his side was a person wearing a shallow cut black dress and five necklaces with an assortment of beads, a red girdle-belt, and some gauntlets. She had black, thigh-length boots with a red splatter pattern. The thing most noticeable was a fearsome, full-face mask that resembles the face of a Creature of Grimm. The mask had a demonic appearance to it. The woman had, in Naruto's opinion some fine legs. Not that he would tell Raven that.
"What can I say? Sometimes a girl needs time to look pretty." She mused calmly as she took off her mask.
Under the mask was a rather pretty woman. She had long midnight black hair and a blood red shade color for her eyes. She had a pretty face in the Blonde's opinion.
"Considering that you wear a mask that is highly unlikely." Naruto breathed out, his voice distorted because of his mask.
"Aw, that hurts me. Really it does." There was not a single hint of hurt in her voice. Just quiet amusement.
"Easy now you two." Came from the man next to Raven.
He was wearing a greyish looking suit with black pants. He had a red cape on his back that went to the middle.
"Qrow, why don't you have your weapon?"
In return he got a small smirk and glare.
"It's your fault for breaking it, its still in repair."
Naruto sweatdropped and apologized. He had forgotten about his fight with Qrow that destroyed the weapon when Naruto forgot to hold back.
"Don't worry about it. Besides, a good hunter has to be able to fight without their main weapon." Despite his words he pulled out an incredibly bland scythe. It didn't even look as if it had a gun on it.
For now.
Raven and Naruto deadpanned him. They got a smirk in return.
"Whatever, its about time you got here. Winter and her little sister must be on edge right now."
'Because it was asking too much to pay a friendly, non-fiasco visit to a friend.' Naruto thought exasperatedly.
The two girls were kidnapped the morning of that day. Luckily Winter Schnee was able to call Naruto for help just before she was captured. The two met when Naruto was on business as himself and not as Akatsuki.
Naruto thought he could save the two by himself, but he thought it would be easier to have some help just in case. So he called up Raven, who he met and fought during a misunderstanding where they had the same objective, but that's a story for another time. Qrow and Naruto met due to Ozpin.
Anyways like most people Naruto meets, they quickly ended up hitting it off after a small rocky beginning.
"Oh I'm sure the two princesses can last a few more minutes." Raven moved her mask in front of her with her right hand as if admiring it.
Raven was right. In the end both heiresses were huntresses. Or in Winter's little sister's case, one in training. Naruto himself could vouch for the skill of Winter but not so much of Weiss'.
"I'd prefer not making my friends wait for me in a terrorist jail cell." Naruto retorted as he left.
They ran through the halls quickly. The two Branwens were able to keep up despite Naruto not running his full speed.
The trio of fighters took up a simple formation instinctively.
Naruto was in the front leading, due to him knowing the layout of the base the best from previous raids. His fighting style allowed him to enter a stance and attack immediately no matter the hallway size or the size of his weapons. None of which were out.
From there was Qrow behind him to the left and had the backup scythe laid out in the back, close to touching the ground. He was ready to jump over Naruto and slash away if trouble arose. He was right handed so he needed room for his enormous scythe to be swung.
Raven was the farthest back and to the right due to her weapon. Her sheathe was on the left so she needed room to swing it out. Its size made it easier for her to defend from the back and the weight of her rotary chamber sheath ensured that she had to slow down to cut down on her use of energy.
No doubt about it. They were efficient, stylish, and awesome. Those would be the thoughts of anyone watching them run.
In fact, it was the exact thoughts of a white fang member who held coffee in both hands as he exited the coffee room. He was RIGHT in front of them.
'Oh balls.' The poor faunus barely realized that they were about to blitz his ass into the next century.
Naruto acted quickly by spinning on the tips of his shoes. He swept the legs of the faunus with his right leg, making him fall forward. However Naruto used his momentum to continue his attack.
Since Naruto was spinning, he was able to quickly hit him with his left arm- just below his wrist- the White Fang member had been completely stopped in falling forward and was not harshly being pushed backward with his body parallel to the ground. The assault continued as Naruto punched diagonally down to the left with his right, then quickly in the opposite direction with his left. The body of the man flinched harshly with each hit.
On Naruto's left swing he didn't let the body of the faunus fly out and instead kept his fist connected to the body. He grabbed the left leg and after a spin launched the body onto the ground, the force of the throw launched the body back up but Naruto left it alone and kept running.
Instead, Qrow picked up where Naruto left off. With the scythe already in motion the moment Naruto started the blitz, the gray haired handsome man slashed upward-twirling his body slightly in the process. The body of the White Fang member flew up to hit the ceiling, but Qrow followed through his slash and his scythe slammed into the ground.
No longer was the scythe wielder facing forward to where they were running. Now he was facing backward with his scythe into the ground.
In one second the body made contact with the ceiling, making a sickening crunch in the process. And in that one second Qrow balanced himself on his right arm alone on his scythe and now his body was perpendicular to the scythe. He kicked the still coffee holding faunus with the back of his feet-launching him into Ravens line of fire.
He had no sympathy from Raven as she mercilessly decided to finish him off.
A quick draw of her sword sent the faunus flying backward and rather than place her red katanaish blade in the sheathe she continued going on the assault.
Several slashes later she ended up kicking out with her right leg because she was slashing downward. This sent him into the ceiling where she showed her physical prowess by running on the walls.
First wall running on the right wall she ended up on the ceiling using her momentum to keep her from falling down.
This allowed her to put him out of her misery as she stabbed her katana into his gut and dragged him across the ceiling with his stomach facing the floor.
Flames trickled across the top of the hallway. Slowly, the sword was disappearing as she grinded it while following the lead of Naruto and Qrow.
When the sword disappeared the faunus fell onto the floor harshly and passed out due to the pain.
Whereas Raven gave a show of acrobatics and landed on the floor Naruto kept leading the way to the elevator and thought, 'Did that guy really deserve an overkill at that level?'
Unfortunately, he didn't but that didn't mean it couldn't be done for a good show.
As they were led to the elevator, Naruto had time to think to himself. So he decided to reflect upon the party that wasn't as half as good as his goodbye party from Konoha.
A FEW DAYS IN THE PAST.
Boy oh boy.
These were quite the festivities in the city.
How did he come to this conclusion?
Well… the people were partying for one thing. It was almost surprising at how much and how hard they did so.
But when you think about it, they just witnessed a miracle happen in which a city was not overrun by Grimm, in fact- there were no fatalities but instead major or minor injuries.
It can be nothing else but a miracle. Humanity may have come far from their ancient times, but the fact stood that no city was ever truly safe from being overrun.
Anyways, getting back on topic….. both men and women alike were perhaps at their liveliest right now.
Hetaira if Naruto remembered that right, were some women that were currently everywhere, conversing with anyone,dancing alone and with people, and handing out food and drinks to people that weren't at tables.
All shops were currently closed down. Anyone that served food were serving it outside at the tables.
Those who fought were sitting together on a long tables set together. They showed the same camaraderie from earlier that day as they laughed and drank and ate.
Naruto was the only one sat at the head of the table, it was an honor everybody accepted as one that belonged to the blonde man.
Having already eaten his feel from the selection of 'greek' food and otherwise, Naruto sat back and drank from his golden goblet. It was apparent that the wine served tasted rather good. Before he could continue those thoughts he noticed he ran out of wine. A tap on his shoulder showed one of the girls that have been hanging around him since the party started, she poured him some more wine and as he smiled at her in thanks, she fainted.
Naruto brought his attention back to the table, ignoring how the fainted women was being dragged away and placed into the pile with the other girls he smiled at.
To his right and closest to him was Pyrrha, who he learned was a four time champion of Mistral's regional tournament. The tournament itself held different divisions:
Team battles, in which a group of three, four, or five would fight against the equal number.
Battle Royale, which was self explanatory.
The solo battles, which reminded Naruto of the chunin exams.
The most intense, in Naruto's opinion, were the school battles. Where the schools of Mistral selected individual students and competed against each other to show off the badassery of their schools.
That also reminded Naruto of the chunin exams.
Obviously, for each of the divisions, they had different,well, divisions. It wouldn't be fair to put up someone who's-say 22 against someone who's 15. The difference in training was just a bit too much.
Naruto had actually ended up agreeing to spar with a fair amount of the warriors, including Pyrrha.
Pyrrha herself wasn't quite sure what to make of the older male. He didn't seem to treat her any different that anyone else after learning she was a champion. He didn't really admire her looks like some of her fans but she knew that he thought she looked good.
Unfortunately, Pyrrha thought rather morosely, there didn't seem much of a point to getting a crush on a man that she would likely never see in person ever again. Yes there was always the option of exchanging information and going on dates, but she would be going off to Beacon to continue her training as a huntress while she learned that he was a teacher so he would be as busy or even more so. So the likelihood of them both having time for each other was low.
'Besides,' Pyrrha thought. 'This man can have anyone he wants. Even if I'm confident in my looks, I don't quite think I can make him interested in me.'
Now, you may wonder, why would the Incredible Pyrrha Nikos, be not confident in getting a man, even if he's older than her.
The reason would be because he was literally making women faint for him by smiling. While he didn't seem the type, it was completely possible that Naruto liked having women throw themselves at him.
And Pyrrha had too much pride to resort to that.
'Well,' Pyrrha thought and laughed at a joke one of the men said from across her. 'Let's not ruin this night with such thoughts.'
While Pyrrha was off thinking about relationships. Naruto was going through his own kind of conundrum.
'What am I missing?' He wondered. When he compared it to his going away party, only one other thing was missing besides a hot moresome with all those hot wom-
'OHHHHH,' he realized, 'It's a speech.'
That's right. A lot of the time Naruto would end things like that. He did so when he left the Shinobi nations.
He stood up with his wine glass up for everyone to see. The mere act quickly got everyone's attention and the music and other sounds stopped.
Naruto cleared his throat before he started. This was gonna be important. He couldn't fuck up. He couldn't fu-
CRUNCH.
Naruto looked at his hand and thought, 'Shit.'
Distracted by wondering what he should say, he ended up crushing his goblet of wine. Acting quickly, he took the goblet of the man across from Pyrrha.
"Hey!" The man had heavily tattooed arms and without any facial hair looked younger than what he was supposed to be. He had two blondes on his lap. Or more precisely, he had a blonde on his lap, someone who is no doubt his wife due to their rings and equally tattooed arms, and she had what was a young child on her lap. Despite his objection, they were all smiling.
His wife laughed a little. "Here ya go don't cry in front of all these people." She handed him a beer from out of nowhere.
Naruto gave a smile at the family trio as he went "Ah yea. That hits the fu- erm. The spot."
The cute kid just giggled at the interaction.
It was interactions like these that reminded Naruto why he reached out for peace so much.
"Now, I'll try to keep this short so we can go back to partying. Today, we've proved ourselves. As warriors and as humans. We were able to do what has never been done before. A complete and utter successful defense against the Grimm. We may never know what the future holds, but today proves that our future can be full of hope and peace. Rather than having a toast to our victory, let us toast to the future of hope and peace that both we and our descendants will have."
He raised his drink and the rest followed. They chanted the toast together and drank.
And for the rest of the night, they partied.
But Naruto's contribution was not forgotten, and thus would the man be gifted with something that would help shape his future.
Naruto snapped out of his thoughts as he realized they hit the lowest floor where prisoners would be held.
It would do no one good if he wasn't paying attention to what was going on around him.
Luckily his emotion sensing ability would ensure that he would never be snuck upon really. Not many had the ability to completely wipe their emotions when they attack, people always feel something when they attack and that worked in Naruto's favor.
Right now he was sensing a lot of fear and a bit of desperation in one of the rooms.
He led the way, both of the Branwens were hot on his trail.
Naruto hurried as he could also feel some burning anger and sadness coming from one person. Usually anger and sadness did not mix very well.
"Okay you two, we're here. Prepare for battle." He uselessly cautioned.
"Roger." They said in unison.
It was almost strange how they obeyed him like a squad leader. Naruto wasn't sure he would ever be able to get used to people looking at him like a leader, like a Hokage almost. Naruto didn't really lead anyone during the war, it was more along the lines of him acting alone with other people being around to provide assistance when necessary.
Okay, sure he was able to inspire the army and get everyone acting, but he saw that more as being seen as their hope rather than as their leader, even though many seem to disagree with him on that notion.
And now he was going to have to teach kids who will look at him like a leader or even more so.
If there was one thing he was happy about in becoming a teacher it was the chance to have his ideals and legacy passed on, ensuring a better future, and even having a close pupil-master relationship like he had with Jiraiya.
Still, Naruto hoped he wouldn't have to deal with too many problem students. He wasn't sure how he would solve the problem besides taking a page from Iruka and being patient.
Raven and Qrow were on the sides of the door with Naruto right in front of it. He stuck out his gloved palm and it was held a few inches away from the door.
"Let's get this show started."
The door was blasted away with tremendous force and speed. Both Raven and Qrow ran in first with Naruto walking in behind them. He was in no rush as he could tell that the previous murderous intent that he felt earlier was no longer there.
As Naruto surveyed his surroundings, he was surprised to see that the jail cell wasn't at all what he expected.
It was dark, but that was because the lights were off, and jail cells weren't bars but instead just metal boxes to place people in. The squares had enough space for two people to spread their arms wide out.
In front of Raven and Qrow were Winter and Weiss, both of whom were kneeling in front of two white fang members who had masks. And in front of them was a red haired man in a suit and a typical mask.
{{Insert Soul eater Justin law theme: Step Up}}
Naruto admitted to himself that he seemed rather familiar for some reason, though he couldn't exactly place where from. He meets and sees lots of people after all.
"Now what do we have here." The man said.
Naruto looked over the man, he seemed to be relatively calm now, though that could change at any moment.
"I take it you are here for the Schnees." He asked-no stated.
The Branwens in front of him didn't respond though the smirk on Qrow's face guaranteed a smartass remark.
"We might be." Naruto decided to take things slow. He began to drop tiny particles of dust from his gloves beneath his cloak.
"Well I never expected that I would ever meet the famed Akatsuki, the one who's being known as the Indomitable Mercenary." Oh yes. That's one of the names being were starting to call him too. Honestly Naruto wasn't even bothering to keep count of what people call him anymore. He has so many names in both personas that he no longer bothers to keep track of them.
"So, is there a reason that you decided to kidnap these two? Not that I really mind, more work for me." Naruto joked a little. He ignored the little glare that Winter gave him through the blindfold. She probably would have said something if not for the piece of cloth in her mouth. Weiss didn't say anything or do anything on the account that she was afraid of the situation she's never been in before. One that's she knows have killed family members and workers for the company.
If Naruto was being honest, he wasn't too worried about them. And while that sounded horrible he felt that way only because he felt confident that he would save them.
Naruto lifted his hands out of his cloak and waved them around harmlessly, "Now now, I'm sure we can solve this diplomatically."
The red haired man snarled. "As if we would ever be fine simply handing over these Schnees. Perhaps this will teach a lesson to those damn racist humans."
Naruto found slightly humor in the hypocrisy that the man called humans racist for what they do when he was doing the same thing to them.
"I see. In that case, there's no need to hesitate."
He shouted out suddenly, "GRAB EM."
His two allies jumped to grab the sisters while the white fang guards rushed in front to block them off. The man with red hair was bringing out his weapons but stayed in place.
Naruto crushed both his hands and the dust that he had been weaving into the air came into effect.
The guards were encased within a block of ice and suddenly kicked away by the two Branwens and stuck to the wall.
Before the sole remaining enemy could react, a glyph appeared under him and ejected him upwards, through the next few ceilings and into a new room.
Naruto followed up by showing his unnatural ability by jumping up with no assistance whatsoever, bringing the dust with him. Different colored sparkles came out from underneath his cloak.
Qrow and Raven untied and helped the sisters. Raven however, quickly disappeared before they could see her.
"Hmph. It's about time he got here. And I see he brought company." Winter said as she dusted off her clothes. Luckily the dust Naruto weaved into the environment allowed her to use her semblance of glyphs.
She wore white clothes which was a schnee thing, and had this strange pair of boots-that's how Naruto would describe her.
"Who is that man. He was far too carefree for this situation!" Her sister Weiss said. Unlike Winter who wore a suit like clothing, she wore a dress which Naruto would say was impractical in battle.
"Calm, sister. He was not as carefree as you think. He was setting up the battlefield the moment he walked into here. He has a mastery over dust that is quite beautiful." She explained to the less calm of the two. It was true, the moment they let him release dust into the air was the moment they lost.
It can be said that strong warrior fights when the battle begins, but a great warrior fights before the fight begins.
Weiss had to admit, the man-whoever he was- was ingenious for being able to do that without anyone noticing.
"Not that I mind being underground and stuff, but maybe we should leave before the whole building collapses on top of stuff." Qrow suggested.
Winter scowled. "Qrow….."
"Much as I would like to argue Ice Queen. We best be getting out of here." He quickly cut her off.
He held a good point, the room was shaking from whatever battle was going on a few levels above.
Naruto was standing straight as he watched his opponent support himself with his sword. He would admit the faunus was quite strong if he could withstand some of those blows.
"Tell me then, what exactly is fueling you to stand up and fight? We both know how outmatched you are." Whether or not he was referring to the White Fang and their methods or the battle was up for air.
"I fight…." The man lifted up his sword and his….axe?
"BECAUSE I CAN'T LET THOSE HUMANS GET AWAY WITH WHAT THEY'VE DONE." The red haired man rushed at him while encased in flames.
The body of the man and his weapons morphed into a demonic appearance. He slahed down with his axe and met resistance in the form of an ice block shield.
"My Best Friend is dead because of them, and I had tell his little brother that he died." The man was shouting and morphed more and more. Gaining strength too Naruto noted.
"I am Richter Taurus, know the name of your killer damn mercenary!" the shield he was using broke and he was hit backwards to the wall.
{{AN: im tryin to avoid doing AN in the middle of the story but I couldn't resist. Bet you thought it was adam but it not! Aha. Anyways just showing more "tales of" influences. It will be a bit rushed because I want this chapter out already but just think him as another oc with the backstory of a known character to make things easier if you want.}}
Richter was extremely angry thinking about the death of his friend, Aster. Telling his little brother Emil that Aster died due to the prejudices of humans tore him up inside. He refused to let anything happen to his younger brother Adam and so he joined the harshest part of the White Fang. The part that attacked the humans directly.
"Nothing will stop me from my revenge! Not even YOU!" He yelled.
The demonic looking Faunus seemed intimidating, but that was nothing for Naruto who could face down Madara, Kaguya, and Kurama-not in that order.
Naruto snapped his fingers and the dust exploded into mist.
"Playing hide and seek now are you."
"Unfortunately for you..." He brought up his sword.
"-I'm not willing to play!" He turned around and slashed. Flames cracked as Naruto had jumped away to avoid being skewered. A deep slash was on his cloak now.
Richter rushed out as he engaged Naruto in close combat. He stayed close and made sure that Naruto didn't have much room to move so he couldn't use the dust.
He jumped up and threw his axe at the ground. It exploded and sent Naruto back. He landed, grabbed his weapon and rushed to Naruto. He locked the airborn naruto into his clutched and rushed through another wall into another room.
He let go and Naruto was thrown into a soda machine where grape soda splashed over him.
He groggily got up. The faunus was tough no doubt. By the time he got himself composed Richter was almost within attacking distance.
Richter was stopped dead as something hooked around his leg, looking back, he saw an ice tail that lead to the inside of the cloak of Naruto. "What?" the tail whipped and sent him straight to a wall.
Naruto watched as his opponent ran out of the small crater and to him. Snapping his fingers once more, ice formed around Richter's feet and arms.
Then Naruto hooked the left arm between his right calf and thigh, pulling on the horns he pulled Richter off balance.
Jumping off his left leg he kicked the male with said leg off into the air.
Landing in a handstand he pushed off and appeared behind Richter after he crashed into the ceiling
"This move is from a friend."
Glowing red solid dust bindings appeared around Richter.
Naruto threw Richter into a bear hug and they began spinning harshly on the way down.
"Primaaary-"
"Lotus!"
Naruto jumped out from the smoke cloud that appeared.
"Always wanted to try that out."
"You're an incredible man, but do you think your friend would want you to be like this?"
"Look at where you've ended up. You said it yourself, Aster was killed and you were forced to tell his younger brother. The same brother that right now you should be protecting! But instead you're in a entirely different section of the world. Ready to die for your revenge! You think you're a hero! Don't fucking bullshit me! This is the problem with you avenger types. You always think that what your doing is something you're supposed to do!"
"Shut up!" surprisingly enough, that didn't come from his oppnonent.
Turning his head he saw a familiar looking enemy. "I don't appreciate what you've been doing to us mercenary. And you will leave my brother alone."
"Adam!" Richter was surprised that his brother came.
"I came to have a talk about our current situation, but it seems we can take care of it now."
The two began to walk towards their enemy, the cloud from the Lotus technique almost gone.
Adam needed to defeat the mercenary. He was ruining their chances for faunus to have better lives.
They have been through so much discrimination. For his brother and his kin, he won't lose again.
When the battle began once more, the two brothers seemed to have their own rhythm of attack. Clearly, this wasn't their first rodeo together.
Richter would block off and disrupt Naruto's attacks and Adam would take those second openings and slash.
Gunshots and whirls were heard as a red blur would beat up a cloaked figure.
An ice spike was sent to them from behind and Adam spun diagonally. Cutting the spike and Naruto in one move.
Naruto knew he was in trouble now. Adam was a lot stronger than when they first fought. He grabbed a locker that was right next to him and threw it in-between the two.
They jumped away and Naruto appeared in front of Adam. He shot a fist out only for it to clash with Adams katana which glowed red and Naruto was blasted away by it.
Naruto needed to get back the momentum…but how?
Luckily it seemed the two brothers were currently arrogant enough not to finish him off immediately as they walked to him.
A shot ran out and hit Adam. Unprepared, he was knocked forward.
THIS WAS HIS CHANCE.
Suddenly, it seemed as if a menacing aura appeared over Naruto. Dust was converging onto one point. Him.
Naruto was glowing a furious blue shade of ice. He was going to go easy on the men, but he was pissed off now.
"I'm done playing nice."
One might wonder why Naruto was such a master at dust manipulation. A skill that would take years for anyone to obtain. Shadow clones was one answer.
The second was a bit more complicated.
Naruto had large reserves in many things. Power, techniques, stamina, chakra and even aura.
It was strange since aura is constant: it cannot get bigger or smaller. However a person can change the effectiveness, the quality of their aura. It was similar to chakra in that regard.
In other words.
An expert can use less for more.
Aura was the manifestation of the soul. And it can be said that few have stronger souls about as strong as Naruto.
Naruto, and by extension his soul have gone through hardship. Such trials have made everything about him grow. Maturity, skills, everything.
Dust was manipulated by the soul. For Naruto, a person who understood himself so well to accept his own darkness, is it not obvious he would master a skill that requires his own soul be used?
Naruto swung his arms up and ice pillars shot up encasing the limbs of the brothers.
He kept it up for several seconds until he closed his masked eyes and spun his hands around with dust visibly sparkling off of him. Pushing his arms out to the trapped brothers. Spikes formed from all around and bombarded the criminals. He didn't let up one bit. Eventually a few minutes passed and he stopped firing.
"Tch. That was too close for comfort."
"Heh, I'll say. You getting soft or something? Don't tell me stuck up Glynda is getting to you."
He rolled his eyes at Qrow, the one who helped him. "Trust me. She isn't so stuck up in bed."
"Ahem." He looked over to see a disapproving Winter and an awestruck Weiss.
Time to go.
An anticlimactic adventure as far as Naruto was concerned. Nothing too crazy happened.
Unknown to him. Physical shadows began to emerge slightly from Adam who was still conscious.
He nodded over to Qrow, who was in between the sisters.
Receiving a nod in return, Qrow chopped the neck of both sisters.
"What are you foo….."
"Huh?"
The two were knocked out.
Taking off his mask, Naruto shook his head of some sweat before nodding to nobody in particular.
Raven came out of nowhere and a portal appeared, large enough to hold them all.
Naruto closed his eyes and begun to think deeply.
A FEW DAYS IN THE PAST.
Naruto was led deeper into the temple by the oracle. A red headed woman named Pythia, and she wore some type of toga(?) Thing. It didn't really hide her figure and Naruto was surprised at the lack of modesty she had. Naruto only stared a little bit, a good body wasn't something that couldn't be seen on any kuniochi or a huntress. Besides he had Glynda to look at. And he didn't need to just look with her at least.
Apparently he was being rewarded for his heroic deed. Naruto wasn't humble enough to not accept as he knew full well that "a good deed doesn't go unrewarded". And the kid part of him was hoping it was something cool.
Besides he didn't want to insult anyone by not accepting and what's the worst that could happen?
Worst comes to worst it's something he'll never use but best comes to best he will absolutely use it.
Besides Naruto did hear the legends surrounding this temple so maybe looking into it is worth something.
There were things on the walls, tapestries he believed they were called.
He couldn't quite understood what they meant, but he was sure to keep them in mind.
Eventually the two made it at the bottom of the temple in silence.
"This here is a sacred weapon gifted to us by the gods, we wish you to have it in accordance to the gods wishes."
Naruto was amazed at the weapon. He could believe it was divine alright, especially after dealing with the power of the Sage and Kaguya.
He picked it up and felt a surge of power.
Then, as if he wielded the weapon for years, he began to spin it in his hand and swung it around.
"Also, please take good care of my sister." This made Naruto choke and drop the weapon, he knew she looked familiar. That Pyrrha could have said something when he was being led here.
Naruto still had questions for her though. "But wait, why do you have something like this in the first place really?"
She gave a quaint smile. "Allow me to enlighten you of the History of Remnant, Sage of Shinobi. You will find that just like your world, Myths are more than just Myths."
And what he heard blew his mind.
He was going to have a talk with Ozpin.
IN THE PRESENT. INSIDE AN OFFICE.
Naruto was still fundamentally the same person as he was as a kid, when he learned the hiraishin his thoughts were similar to what they would be as a kid.
Which were 'it is badass and I want it.'
Second most being that: if it was good enough for my father it's good enough for me.
Besides-it wasn't that big a deal when you consider that all of his feats in general kind of overshadowed the fact that he can use it. Besides if he has to go all out against someone it would simply be easier to enter his strongest mode and run. He was faster than teleportation in his final form after all.
A younger Naruto didn't really believe in fate, but as he learned about Hagoromo, Asura and even the child of prophecy that Jiraiya and other shinobi believed in- it had shook that belief up rather badly. But even if he changed his beliefs slightly- it was nothing more than him maturing further. That's what he thought.
He still didn't put much stock in fate of course. It was a way for cowards to put the blame on something else and Naruto was no coward. But that didn't mean it was necessarily a bad thing to believe in it as it could give hope as well.
Naruto would say that he believed in destiny more than fate. Because destiny would always be shaped by one's own hands.
Why was he having these thoughts?
Well, for one thing he just learned, or perhaps the right word is confirmed, that things in the past are important to know because myths and legends are ALWAYS more than that.
Qrow, James, Glynda, and Ozpin have told him of the maidens and the Brotherhood.
If he was being honest, he was pretty miffed. Them keeping the Maidens isolated (though it wasn't a harsh isolation) pissed him off.
And the Maidens did remind him a bit of Jinchuuriki. The power. The secrecy. The painting of targets on their back. And the Brotherhood, as far as he was concerned, were making the same mistakes that the shinobi did.
"Naruto?" A concerned voice rang out.
He looked at Glynda and calmed down. They thought they were doing the right thing. And they were at least not too bad in comparison to the Shinobi. Naruto was mature enough to realize that things couldn't always be so bright and dandy.
"I'm fine. I just need to-"
He scratched his cheek. "Process it all I guess. But this would explain why Amber and Raven could do all these crazy things. Kinda wish they told me when I asked."
He stopped and looked at Ozpin. "But wait. Were you planning on letting me in on it? I mean. It is sorta your fault I met them in the first place."
The smirk not quite hidden by the mug told him his answer.
James decided it was time he said something. "Naruto. I am sure that you….disagree. With some of our methods. But it's for the best. We are just acting in the best Interests of Remnant. Not only that, but if your suspicions of the real threat looming over our heads is true. Then it will be for the best if we all work together."
Naruto sighed while Qrow took a drink. "Which would mean breaking down the barrier over the Elemental Nations completely." He raised a hand to catch what Qrow threw at him.
It was a drink. He took a swig of it. Not that it would help too much.
When he was done he asked a question. "Hey James. If Winter is so trustworthy, then why isn't she here?"
He replied quickly. "Winter can be…volatile. At times. Much as I trust her and her skills. I do not believe this secret should be told to her just yet. She is hotheaded at times, knowing what we know now may have her act rashly."
Then James changed the subject. "Moving on to other matters. Naruto you did well in capturing the Taurus Twins. The new Atlesian Knights and Paladins and my Soldiers should be enough to transport them."
Qrow audibly scoffed. "Is there a problem Qrow."
"I think its laughable that you think those hunks of junk will be able to transport two highly dangerous terrorists. But don't let me rustle your Jimmies. Jimmy."
"That is enough out of both of you. This is not the time nor the place for this." Glynda's crop struck Ozpin's table.
Naruto sighed and leaned on the new weapon he got.
Qrow stretched against a wall and scratched his back.
Glynda looked at Naruto with eyes of warmth.
James tightened and untightened his hand.
Ozpin drank from his mug.
Naruto let out a sound of frustration. "That's enough then! I'm tired of all this serious talk."
He walked over and grabbed Glynda's hand and pulled her with him. "Huh? N-Naruto!"
"Me and Glynda are going on a date to relax before we have to deal with students. This topic can wait for another day. Our enemies won't be able to act too soon anyways."
The elevator closed and the men looked at each other.
THE END OF A CHAPTER THAT SHOULD HAVE COME OUT MONTHS AGO.
And because its been awhile have a teaser for the future. The next chapter would be out sooner then this one tho. .
"What are you kids doing here?"
"Sorry Boss! Lady Tsunade sent us here to act as students!"
"That hag." Naruto muttered.
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Teams of Beacon sat in shock as they saw their teacher was a hero.
"Listen here you little shits. You might have assumed this class would be easy because I'm a new teacher but if I decide that you don't shape up your ass is out of Beacon before you can count up your mistakes."
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"I'm sorry Ozpin. But there's really nothing I can do for Amber."
"And you're positive of this Naruto?"
"Do not think I would let her just be in this condition!"
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"Hmm. This puts a wrench into the plans. But I'm sure we can adjust. Mercury, Emerald. It's time we call in the Calvary."
"That bastard gets in the way too much."
"Language Mercury. It's a mere setback. He cannot be there forever. Not if we mess with his…priorities."
"Perhaps, then. You will finally allow ME to take care of him."
"Hm. Very well then…..Orochimaru."
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"H-H-He's so powerful…."
"You should have never tried to mess with the Bijuu or the Maidens.