Naruto was looking at himself in the mirror, he was rubbing the now ear long hair, he had two bangs that came down just below his ears but the rest of his head was styled spikes instead of their wild shaggy mane.

The blonde looked at it, slightly rubbing his head in the mirror as he wore a long sleeve orange and blue sweater that had a similar design to his Sun Lily on his sherwani. The Sun Lily design was made of red thread, to which Naruto concluded was his style and a sign.

Coco looked at him, he was wearing conforming black pants that were made of Vacuo cotton which made him not itch, on his feet was a pair of black leather combat leather boots. However, the most unique flare to this design was a single golden and blue sash tied around his waist and acted as his belt.

The sash was made of silk, strong and durable, but very stylish in her opinion. He also had bought a jacket, since Fall was soon approaching and Vale would take a nose dive in temperature. "You know Naruto, that sweater and the few button up shirts we got you for the dance actually…look very nice." Coco says as she patted his back.

"You've learned well little wagawan (Padawan…)" Coco compliments him as she watches him pick up a red scarf he had gotten, he was staring at it. "Something up?"

"Oh…it's just I remember my mother giving me a similar scarf when I was younger, but I lost it when my dad took me away from her." Naruto held the scarf up, "it's probably not going to go well with the clothing but it'll go good at least with my sherwani in cold weather."

Naruto threw a couple of punches and kicks while wearing the clothes, "wow, easy there tiger…what are you doing?"

"Being prepared for anything, I'm going on a bet-date with a good frenemy of mine that has a history of being mugged." Naruto points out, "I gotta be able to throw a couple of jabs and a nice o'l right hook in."

Naruto flipped up on his hands, "they stay up as well."

Coco sighs, before she walks with Naruto out towards the doors, as the sun hit him. Jaune and Yang stood there, looking flabbergasted at him. "Oh my…god…Coco what did you do to Naruto?!"

"He actually was very corporative; his new haircut still holds the wild luster but shorter and easier to maintain. Plus, he picked from Vacuo and Mistralian clothing. Stuff that he was used to waring, in fact, he looks like nobility in these clothes, doesn't he?" Naruto rubs the back of his head at Coco's compliments and blushes a little bit.

"Well Coco, you civilized him, anyway we better get going." Yang tells her, "I got Jauney boy here that has a little shopping of his own to do."

Yang begins dragging Jaune towards the clothing store, the brunette and blonde watches as the duo of blondes walk into the store. Naruto stands there, before sighing, "you know Coco…this is actually the first time I ever went…Fashion Shopping."

"Damn, don't go all sappy on me now, you just started earning brownie points blondie." Coco lightly jabs him on the arm as they start to walk, "besides have you had Faygo?"

"Falo?"
"No, Faygo…F.A.Y.G. O, it's a great ice-cream place in town and it tastes like soda."
"I never…really drank soda before."
"Oh my god…you and I are going right the frig now!"

Naruto was then dragged by the stylish brunette towards an ice cream parlor.

Naruto was eating vanilla and strawberry swirl, which tasted like the sodas they were named after. The blonde lapped at the ice cream with his tongue, his ears twitched a little bit, "this is so good Dattebayo!"

The blonde lapped up the remnants of his ice cream, before placing the bowl gently down, meanwhile Coco just stared at him. He had totally forgotten use a spoon half way through the eating and enjoyment. However, she could tell that he was happy.

"Tell me, Naruto, what have you've never done before?" Coco asks.

"Oh, plenty of stuff Coco! I've never kissed anyone, I never been on a date, I never played with toys, I don't think I ever been to a bar before." Naruto points out, "but I've been drunk before off wine. In fact there was this one guy named Amir who was traveling The Great Desert and he let me guard his tent for the night."

"I left out of there with a hangover, but it was fun, I sort of gave him a horse I managed to control with my aura and named Devasena…it was sort of me pretending to be a knight." Naruto chuckles as he sips on his soda, "and now I can I say I've tried soda and ice cream."

"Hahaha," Coco laughs, "you're truly the salt of the earth Naruto."

"I heard that you can sing, you know, girls find guys that can sing attractive, right?" Coco says, "so where did you learn?"

"My mother, when I can remember her, she used to sing. Her voice was like a humming bird's call…silky smooth, and she always sang to me to sleep." Naruto tells Coco before he sighs, "those are the few happy memories that I have from my childhood."

Sighing, Naruto looked at Coco, "so…I thank you, and don't think you owe me because of Velvet. Velvet from what I've seen is very sweet, kind if not a little soft handed, but deep down I can sense that she has a power that's wanting to burst from her."

Naruto chuckles a little bit, "I believe aura is like a flame. The more you have to fuel it, the stronger it becomes…the stronger you become."

"So, what makes you strong?" Coco asks, she was honestly fascinated.

"You, Weiss, Ruby, Jaune, Pyrrah, Ren, Ozpin, Nora, Yang, just…everyone…and in a strange way even Cardin." Naruto says, "as much as I hate him…deep down…I can sense a pain that's not so different from mine."

"And, that would be?" Coco crosses her arms, this she had to hear.

"Abuse, verbal…spiritual, emotional." Naruto slightly gripped his hands, "physical…that scar on my back, as small as it was…it's not from some Grimm or even am enemy. My father was drunk, he would throw bottles at me if I was annoying and one night a piece of glass sliced open my back."

"Did he even take you to a hospital?"
"No, my Aura was active at the time…it just healed me."

Coco looked at him, "Naruto…just why…seriously…why are not just hunting him down right now and getting revenge?"

"Because," Naruto chuckles, "I'm better than he'll ever be. Also, as much as I hate it, he's got another family…it'd be a damn petty thing of me to just destroy his new life because he left me behind. No, I'll just take this life…and then one day when I have my own little ones I'll make sure to give them all the love…the attention…the hopes and dreams my father should've gave me along with my own love."

Coco, for the life of her, just stared at him. At one hand she was so used to the dunce that Naruto portrayed himself as…and yet…here right now, he was probably the most grounded person in Vale. A dreamer if anything at best, but a doer and go-getter at worst.

"So, what would you do if you could control Grimm…like all of them?"
"I would stop the fighting, make it to where I'd take the ones that would be like Rexy and just take them away from the lands inhabited by Faunus and Humanity. So, that way, we all could have a bright future, and a generation of us will never…ever…know a single war for our entire existence."

Coco laughs a little, "you know…what's really funny about that, normally I'd say that's a lot. However, I take one look at you and I just see you pulling it off."

"Hey, give me another year, and let's see if Beacon doesn't have the first all sentient Grimm battalion." Coco chuckles before laughing a little bit, before she watches Jaune and Yang walk over to where they were.

Naruto was currently walking through the halls of Beacon, before slowly coming to a stop. Sighing, he looked around before turning around and looking down a hallway. "I know you've been following me around, c'mon out."

Ruby came from around the corner, she looked around nervously, "how did you know?"

"I smelt strawberries when I was around you, so I smelt the air, and bam…strawberry." Naruto tells her, "so why've you been following me?"

"Well, Weiss told me to follow you and when I saw you hanging out with Coco and Yang I sort of backed off and stayed away, so…you got a haircut." Naruto laughs a little as he rubs his hair, "it…looks nice actually."

"Thanks Ruby, I…sort of took advice from Coco on what I should look like when I take Weiss out for coffee…but honestly it's a bit of esteem booster for myself." Naruto tells her, "wanna walk with me for a minute? Tea?"

"S-sure," Ruby says, "but don't you like Weiss?"

"Huh, yeah…sort of…why'd you ask?"
"Well you're asking me to go have tea with you."
"I'm a friend, right?"
"Oh ahaha, sorry…silly me."

Naruto laughs with Ruby a little bit as they start to walk, "you know Rubes, you don't have to be sorry. I just wanted to ask you how was Weiss…someone with her pride and ego…well get shattered."

"She's not really said anything all day," Ruby says, "I think she's just as stunned as I am…"

"Hmm, So, you considered me a dummy?" Naruto asks.

"A little bit, but don't take it the wrong way, you're actually one of the nicest people I know." Naruto smiles a little bit, "which is why I have to ask…why Weiss?"

"Well, there's something about her Ruby and I can't explain it. She makes me mad with arrogant and spoiled bratty attitude…but…on the other hand I see that she has a fairer side to her." Naruto tells her, "it's like a sleeping beauty, an unknown forest, and it's just hidden behind a mountain of bad attitude."

"You seem to like nature, back home my dad owns a house surrounded by the woods…it's actually almost always covered in snow."
"Well, I grew up in the desert…and my mother always loved gardening. She would talk about how flowers are like children, cultivation and rearing is like planting the seeds maintaining the flower."
"Did you garden?"
"Of course I did, everywhere I've been I always wrote in my journal about the various plants I saw and flowers…tress…even grass. Did you know that Vacuo Grass in its few forested regions is almost like pine needles?"
"No…I didn't, that actually sounds really nerdy."

Naruto and Ruby laughed, "trust me I'm not a nerd in any sort of the word. I like nature, I like doodling the plants I seen my journal. However, my most favorite flower is The Desert Sun Lily." Naruto tells her as he puts his arms behind his head, "it was the first flower my mother ever talked about to me and she describes as the ultimate example of a mother caring for her child."

Ruby looked at Naruto, "how so?"

"Well, you see, The Desert Sun Lily is a Vacuo exclusive flower. It only grows in the desert, it's a small flower as well, it's easy to miss when walking among the dunes. However, it's the ultimate testament to mother nature's love for the world…that she would give up everything she has to just cultivate a tiny flower among the ocean of sand." Naruto says, "it's the only flower that naturally generates an aura field like humans…and the aura field beats like a heartbeat so long as it's not plucked."

"So, if you pluck it, you killed it?" Ruby asks, she was kind of sad.

"Not really, you see Ruby…a Desert Sun Lily is like The Equinox Flower from Mistral, it blooms in the presence of a strong aura. The world as we know it produces aura itself, plucking it from the world takes away the aura field it survives on…however." Naruto smiles a little, "a person can replant it and it will blossom once more or if you're like me you can actually feed aura directly to it."

"Your semblance!" Ruby points out, "Moku…Mokunon…Mokui…Mokuto…"

"Mokuton, it's an ancient word for Wood and Release. It's basically my bodies naturally ability to give life energy into the plants around me to make them grow, or make life grow from seemingly dead spots." Naruto sighs, "but it's not exactly perfect…because of rapid nutrient usage…the plants I make die shortly after."

"Awe…well…" Ruby sighs, "speaking of mothers…mine…well she passed away a few years ago."

"Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to bring up…" Naruto sighs, "sorry Ruby."

"No, it's fine, it is…" She sighs, "my mother's favorite flower was a white and red rose. Purity…love…it's almost like interconnected you know."

"Eh, love can be marred…" Naruto points out, "do you have a father?"

"Yes, he's awesome…and well…he's been sad ever since mom died." Naruto sighs a little, "something wrong?"

"Mourning can take a long time Ruby, you still hurt…and don't say you aren't I can sense from you." Naruto looked at Ruby as she looked at him stunned, "I've always been seeking to gain favor with my father. He abandoned me when I was kid, I fended for myself so long that I almost became animalistic."

"However, one day, I was attacked by a younger looking Beowulf…and I blacked out, I accepted that I was going to die…but the strangest thing I woke up to a blue-eyed Beowulf cuddling around me." Naruto tells Ruby as he smiles, "Rexy…my friend…my brother…he saved me from myself. I had someone to talk to, I had someone that could hold me."

"I found acceptance, that I was wanted…" Naruto tells her, "and then I met you all…and I've never been happier in my life."

"So, what you're saying is…that…you had no one?" Naruto chuckles a little bit.

"Yeah, I had no one, but I was never happy. Honestly, my embers are you guys, you all make me stronger. I think I would never be as strong as I am if it wasn't for Rexy, but one day I'll be stronger than everyone because I'll be protecting everyone." Naruto tells her, "so when you ask yourself what makes you strong…think of your sister…your father, your friends and there is nothing in this world that's not out of reach."

"So, I also…got told by Weiss to ask you when you wanted to take her for coffee…" Ruby says and remembers why she had been following him in the first place.

"Haha, well, probably this Saturday." Naruto tells her before looking at her, "and Ruby…I've seen you doubt yourself as a team leader."

"I'm not very good at it, heck even Jaune is better at it than me."
"Nah, you're probably just as good."
"Really!"
"Yeah, really, trust me on that. You seem like you'd throw yourself into the fire if it meant saving one of them."

Ruby chuckles, "I totally would."

"So, keep your head up, because if you don't mind living…I think me and you will be competing for The Best Huntsman award one day."
'Is there really an award for that?"
"Nah, but I'll bet that one day there'll be a tournament for it…heck…I may even make it."

Ruby laughed, "you're probably right. Can't wait to kick your butt in it."

"Hahaha, good luck with that small fry."
"Small fry, you're barley taller than me!"
"Pfft…so, I'm still taller."

Rexy was resting on a bed as he looked around, before he felt something pulse inside of him. Getting off the bed, he stumbled around for a bit before another pulse hit him, before he sighs. "Master…Naruto, I can…feel changing…"

Slowly, Rexy got onto the floor, huddling himself in fetal position as he slowly closed his eyes and his heart started to beat slowly. As this happened a blue aura slowly came around, the bones that were his armor started to grow and cover him as well.

The bones covered him, until it was one solid white cocoon made of bone, however it emitted a sort of soft hum as blue aura flowed around it.

The door opened to the room, revealing Cinder who walked towards the cocoon and placed her hand on it. She closed her eyes, concentrating on it as she saw Emerald walk behind her. They both looked at each other, "should we go get Naruto?"

"Yes, I believe we should, but I can feel that Rexy is still alive." Cinder says as she lightly rubs her hand on the cocoon of bone, "and changing."

Dio was chained up in a dungeon of sorts under Beacon, he looked around before smirking. A pair of green eyes came from the shadows, "awe…Doctor…please help me."

The chains were then sliced off as the barer of the green eyes came forward, a younger looking woman with dark brown hair stood there. Her eyes flowing with green light as they had black veins growing out of them, "Dr. Merlot has sent me to rescue you…brother Dio."

"You're another hybrid?"
"Merlot has finally begun to enact our plans to achieve the next stage in evolution…he has taken traits from all Grimm in our captivity and is now implanting himself with these traits…he demands that we come up with a plan to retrieve several Hunters."
"For their blood?"
"He needs them for his perfect body that he's currently creating, and by the way Dio…my name is Kami."

In the darkness Dio's eyes focused to where he could see this Kami, she had a different set of features from him, instead of Beowulf claws she had feathers on her arms and legs. She wore a brilliant looking, but short, kimono as well.

Kami looked at him as she clicked her katana back into its sheath which sparked with flames, "Goddess of fire…I greet The God of Time."

Dio smirks, they began to walk out of the dungeon before a few sets of green eyes emerged behind them, revealing themselves to be Creeps.

"Ah yes, revenge is going to be so sweet!" Dio says.