The Grimm Change

Disclaimer : I do not own Naruto or RWBY

Naruto opened his eyes with a groan, only to wince and shut them when they were hit by the bright light.

"God, I have to stop waking up like this. It's hazardous to my health."

Naruto put up a hand to block the fiery sunlight, before sitting up and taking a note of his surroundings. He seemed to be in a forest of some kind. There were gaps in the canopy which allowed sunlight to filter through. The trees were tall and sturdy, and reminded the young blonde of the foliage that surrounded his previous home, the Hidden Leaf Village. Naruto examined himself, noticing that he was still wearing his torn orange jumpsuit. Naruto stood up shakily, feeling as if he got hit by multiple Gatsuugas. He groaned as he stretched a little and his joints popped back into place.

"Kami, how long have I been down for?"

"Three days, actually. I was surprised that it took you that long to heal, in spite of my chakra assisting you. Well, that's besides the point. Seems like you have successfully arrived in the new dimension."

"Kyuubi, is that you? Where are you?" Naruto called out towards the forest, but couldn't see or detect anything within his range.

"I'm still in the seal brat. I'm speaking to you through your mind. Now get up, we're in a forest and there are bound to be some predators inhabiting it. You should head for the nearest form of civilisation, and see if you can find some food."

The young ninja got up and used all his senses to attempt to find any sign of civilisation. He heard the sound of water in the distance.

"Sounds like a lake, and where there is water there are people. And where there are people there is ramen."

Naruto's eyes glazed over a little near the end, and his mouth began watering at the mere thought of his personal ambrosia. He rushed towards a tree, aiming to climb up its side and then continue hopping across the trees, only for him to fall down onto his rear after getting a few feet up the trunk.

"Hey what's the deal?" The blond began to whine, only for a now familiar voice to speak out with no little amount of exasperation in the tone.

"You idiot, you already know you can't mold your chakra, so why are you even trying at the moment. Your chakra has been split down the middle into two different energies, namely your physical energy and your spiritual energy. You need to learn how to combine those if you hope to ever use your precious jutsu again."

"B-but, you will teach me how, right?" Naruto could only stutter out a reply as he realized how vulnerable he would've been without his chakra and jutsu. His taijutsu was sub par, to say the least. It was more of a brawling style than actual martial arts. It may have made his movements unpredictable, but that was about all it had going for him. His moves were sloppy and unpracticed, leaving him at a severe disadvantage against anyone who was adequate in any kind of martial arts.

The only other kind of combat taught to ninja was kenjutsu, abd other than being able to wield kunai pathetically, he had no practice of the art.

"I hope you are coming to realize just how much you relied on your chakra. I will not have a weak host, as that only decreases my own chances of survival. That is why I will take it upon myself to assist you in being at least adequate in each of the different ways of combat, along with your chakra control.

"Umm...How long will it take me to go back to where I was in chakra control?"

"With the right training, eight months, give or take a few weeks. And stop talking oht loud you buffoon, I'm in your mind and can hear your thoughts. Besides, we don't want you coming off as crazy in front of the locals."

Naruto attempted to block out the beast's lazy attitude, instead being excited at the prospect of being trained by a creature that had lived for centuries, having fought ninjas of awesome power, like Madara Uchiha, Hashirama Senju and his very own father, Minato Namikaze, to name a few.

'So when do we begin to train?'

"As soon as you take us to the nearest town and you eat some damned food. You still need to recover some chakra, and have been without food for the past 72 hours."

Naruto immediately got up once again and this time jumped into the air, catching a low branch before swinging himself up onto a higher one on the adjacent tree. He then ran across the length of the branch before jumping onto the one in front of him, heading towards the distant sound of flowing water.

After nearly an hour of jumping across trees, Naruto arrived at a huge clearing. Within it was a waterfall that fell down from the top of the cliff-nearly thirty meters in the air- and came crashing into a small lake near the foot of the cliff. The lake then connected to a narrow river that trailed away further behind the cliff, from where he could hear multiple indistinct sounds.

Naruto walked up to the edge of the lake before sitting down and washing his face of all the sweat and grime that had accumulated over the previous few days. He dragged a wet hand through his hair, only to stop dead with eyes widening in surprise when he felt something on top. He tried to grab whatever it was and pull it off, only to yelp in sudden pain and shock. He bent forward and could see two large attachments on either side in the surface of the somewhat murky water.

He pulled out a small mirror he kept in his jacket's pocket in case he had to scout for anything behind him and looked at it, only to drop it into the water, stunned at what it had shown him. His hands slowly rose to his ears, hesitatingly, as if refusing to believe what he had seen. He stroked the appendage on the right side tentatively, not sure of what to make of this new, rather strange development.

'Ears...How the hell do I have fox ears?' The question was more to himself, so he couldn't be blamed for jumping slightly when he got a reply.

"It must be a side effect of the Bijuu chakra I used in your system. Although I must confess, this was unexpected. At least they're orange."

Naruto seemed to mull over the beast's words as he subconciously began to stroke his own ears. He stopped when he realized it was addictive, and got up to his feet.

'Well, I might as well go and see if there is civilization wherever this river ends.'

The blond shinobi began to jog along the along the river, but as soon as he turned around to go behind the cliff, he was met with something he hadn't expected. Just behind the cliff was a small town, surrounded by a sturdy wooden wall. The river snaked its way through a small, grated opening into the village, and Naruto could see tall guard towers surrounding the village walls.

Naruto felt slightly intimidated by the defenses, but continued to walk towards the only visible gate, despite the fact that it was closed. As he arrived in front of it, a guard climbed down from the nearest tower and walked towards Naruto slowly, with his gun held up at the blond. The man wore a green suit of armor that covered him completely, with a lime green screen covering his face.

"What is your name and business?" He spoke in a no nonsense voice, getting to the point immediately. Naruto held his hands up in surrender, attempting to placate the man.

"I'm Naruto Uzumaki, and I needed some food so I followed the river here."

The guard seemed to stare at the young man with a calculated look, before reareaching for a sort of clasp near the side of his neck. He opened it before pulling it off.

The man had a round, handsome face with a slight tan and a beight smile. His green eyes radiated happiness as he swept a hand through his messy brown locks. But what surprised Naruto the most was the rabbit ears on his head.

"Well, I gotta at least give you a chance, otherwise I'm no better than the humans that would kill us before getting to know us. I'm George, George Garnel." The man's voice was soft yet stern, his hand extended forward for the blond boy to take.

Naruto took George's hand with only slight trepidation, before asking,

"Us?"

"Yeah, you know, Faunus. Humans always thought of themselves to be better than us just because we had some animal traits, but now with the White Fang and all, it's getting much worse."

"It seems that the beings of this world have been seperated into two categories, the Faunus and the Humans."Naruto nodded to his tenant's words, before looking upto George once more.

"So, would it be alright if I went inside the village?"

"Sure, and don't worry about any humans, as the only ones residing here are those that have no problems with us."

The brunette once again donned his mask, before making some signs towards the guard tower near the gates. The young blond watched as the wooden gates opened with a groan, the village being revealed.

Naruto was amazed by the sight. There were paved roads and large apartment buildings in front of him, and he could see the large market district in the distance. There were many children, playing in a large grassy field near the centre of the village. Many adults sat on benches nearby, either watching the children or chatting among themselves. There was even the occasional couple walking down the street, while holding hands or being engaged otherwise. Naruto smiled as the sight reminded him of his previous village. The only visible difference seemed to be that most of the population had various animal traits, be it a pair of horns crowning their heads, or a couple of wings sprouting from their backs.

He began walking inside, only turning around to thank George, who was already headed back to his tower.

"Thanks a whole lot, old timer. Well, let's see what this place has got in store for me!"

Author's Note :

Hello! Wow, took me a long while to get this out, but with school and clubs and whatnot, I had prioritise. I apologize for the late update, and the relatively short chapter, but trust me when I say I plan on completing this fic, no matter what.

And I know the ending was a little poor, but I really didn't know what to do after this. I have a rough idea now, but that's for the next chapter.

Well, guess that's a wrap I guess, see you guys at the next chapter, hopefully some time this month.

Peace Out

Kofukuna Shi no Kami