The Grimm Change

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"So, do you want to be a Huntsman?"

Naruto mulled the words over in his mind, and found himself actually wondering if he did. Naruto had always dreamed of being the Hokage, and his determination to do so had allowed him to survive till now.

The blond realized that the chances of him going back to his world were, to say the least, ugly. But did that mean that he could just drop his dream of being Hokage, the promise he had made to himself.

'Promise! Oh God, I forgot about the promise I made to Sakura. What will I do now?'

Wokian seemed to notice Naruto's hesitance, so he spoke up.

"I do not require an answer immediately, just think over it for a week. If you decided that you wish to follow the path of the Huntsman, come to this park at six in the morning, on Monday. Which apartment are you staying in?"

A look of relief passed over the blond's face as he took a deep breath and then replied.

"I haven't rented out an apartment yet. I just got here today."

"Well in that case head over to the Grazing Heights Flats. A friend of mine runs the joint, so he'll be able to see you get a good apartment. It seems that this is where we bid adieu. I hope to see you in a week's time."

And with these final words, Wokian turned around and walked away from the blond, his staff reverting into a ladle.

It was a full minute later that Naruto realized he was still tied up by the ninja wires. He began wiggling and swearing vehemently, not noticing his constant companion attempting to communicate with him. It was when a stinging pain surged through his arms that he snapped out of his fury, and saw that the wire had cut into his skin.

"You idiot, did you forget that ninja wires tighten if the captive struggles. The only way to break it is by using a chakra enhanced kunai.

'Then how the hell do I get out of here. I can't use chakra anymore!'

"While that is true, you can still use physical and spiritual energy seperately, and physical energy can be used to enhance weapons. Just channel your energy into a kunai like you would chakra, and you're free to go."

Naruto rolled over and picked up a kunai that fell out of his pocket. He concentrated and circulated a small amount of chakra through the kunai's metallic structure. He noticed that although the effect and procedure was similar to chakra, it felt completely different as the energy moved through his hand. It was like a much weaker, watered down version of chakra.

Its blade seemed to glint dangerously as it sharpened immediately, and made short work of the bindings.

Standing up, Naruto smirked.

'Well, that was much easier than I thought it would be. Seems like I'll be back to jutsu in no time.'

"Actually, your spiritual energy will require much more effort to unlock, as the ratio of physical energy and spiritual energy is 7:3, and you also have to learn how to form a flow of chakra while keeping the consistence of the chakra the same. It's a slow process, believe me."

With that the blond sighed before his eyes were filled with steely determination.

'Well, no matter. I'll just have to train until I can use chakra again.'

"We will just have to find out when we begin training tommorow, won't we?"

The ninja got up excitedly, anxious for the awesome training he'd be doing the next day. He asked a random passerby for directions to the Grazing Heights Flats. Heading towards it, he broke the silence within his mind.

'Hey Kyuubi, about that Huntsman thing the Old Man talked about, what do you think I should do? I mean, this Huntsman business seems to be a great gig and all, but what about becoming Hokage.'

"I'm gonna be straight with you. Your dream of becoming Hokage will never come true, because guess what, the word Hokage doesn't exist anymore. I know you love your village and all of your petty friends back in the Hidden Leaf Village, but you aren't going back. You can't do anything about it, and you have to realize that. Your friends wouldn't want you to waste your life thinking about them and what you couldn't do. You have to stop this and begin on a clean slate. After that, well, its your life."

Naruto let a heavy sigh escape from his lips, the realization finally crashing down upon his shoulders. It seemed he had to move forward, but forgetting about his friends seemed to be too difficult and cruel a task.

"Well then don't forget about them, but even if you do it won't matter."

The blond thought over these words. He seemed to realize something. Naruto Uzumaki, the knucklehead unpredictable ninja of Konohagakure was dead. He was Naruto Uzumaki, the soon to be Huntsman of this world.

As soon as he came upon this decision, a burden seemed to be alleviated from his shoulders, as his inner conflict was finally resolved.

'Well that's the answer for the Old Man. Hey Kyuubi, when did you soften up on me?'

"What the hell do you mean to imply you arrogant buffoon? I was just giving you the talk you needed, because had I not, your indecision would have gotten you killed sooner or later. And I go with you."

With a smirk at being able to finally get a rise out of his tenant, he came to a stop in front of a tall building. It was at least ten stories tall, with a sign on its top that he could barely make out from this distance.

'Grazing Heights Flats'

Naruto was impressed by the building. It was one of the tallest in the town, dwarfing any of the buildings back in Konoha.

He made his way through the large doors, seeing a door to his right and a stairway leading up in front of him. He walked into the door and was treated to the sight of a small room, where an old woman sat behind a wooden desk.

The woman had long gray hair, with slivers of brown present. Two large, curled up horns were present on top of her head, a sweet smile present on her face as she looked towards the young boy. She wore a yellow dress that had white lining on the edges, and stood up as Naruto entered.

"Well hello there. My name is May Glenner, and I am the landlady of Grazing Heights. How may I help you?"

The blond sent a smile at the lady, before going straight to business.

"Hi, I'm Naruto and I'm new in town, so I need a place to crash. Old Man Wokian sent me here and said that you'd have a spare room."

May looked through a large book that sat on top of her table.

"Well, Rooms 12, 42, and 63 are empty for at least the next two months. The price is 25000 lien per month. So which one will it be?"

The ninja pondered over it in his head, as while it may seem like no big deal, he would probably deal with the room for a few months, so he might as well get the one that he likes.

"I'll go with Room 63, and how many coins would you need for the 25000 lien?"

"I hardly think you will be able to pay up 25000 in coins."

Despite the woman's comment, Naruto pulled out his frog wallet and brought out the coins. The lady stared at them in shock before picking up the largest gold coin and biting it. The coin was half an inch thick, and about as large as her palm, with a strange symbol on it.

She reached behind the desk and produced a small key, before presenting it to the blond.

"The room's yours. Sixth floor."

With that she once again focused on the coin, knowing Wokian wouldn't have asked the young man to stay here if he was a crook or bandit of some sort. But still, it's not everyday that a thirteen year old gives you a coin worth a small fortune.

Exiting the room, Naruto could only sigh at the reaction of everyone that saw his gold. Seems like it was a pretty big deal in this new world.

He quickly made his way up the stairs to the sixth floor, stopping in front of a small room that had a sturdy wooden door. Opening the door he saw that the apartment was quite similar to his old one.

There was a small living room of sorts on the other side of the door, with a sofa and a coffee table present in the middle of the room, as well as a bokshelf on the far wall. There was another door on the same wall, on that probably led to the bedroom.

Upon further investigation the room turned out to indeed be the bedroom. It had a four poster bed in the centre of the room, with a bookshelf and a dressing table also present, opposite of the bed. The bed had simple white sheets, with the table being the soft brown color usually associated with chocolate. There was also an en suite bathroom.

Naruto dropped down on his bed with a tired sigh, the events of the day taking a toll on him. The apartment while not great, was not bad either, and frankly was more than he had expected.

'Well seems like this is home, for now at least. Might as well make the most of it.'

He heaved himself up from his soft bed somewhat begrudgingly. He took out the scrolls in his pockets, putting them on the shelf for now, before stripping down as simultaneously walked into the bathroom.

Stepping under the shower he turned on the hot water, and let out a groan of satisfaction as the warm water slid down his form, washing away all the grime, dirt and sweat that had accumulated over the previous few days.

A few minutes later, a freshly washed and somewhat rejuvenated Naruto, dressed in nothing but his boxers, came out of the bathroom. He went over to the bed and laid down, still a little excited by the prospect of extreme training in the morning.

"Something that won't be happening unless you fall asleep."

Naruto had no trouble falling asleep after that.

Author's Note :

Hi guys, new chapter here. I know it's relatively short, but I didn't want to continue it and have it drag on for forever.

Now some of you might be getting a little bored of the relatively slow pace and none of the main cast coming up. I apologize, but I want to have Naruto develop a firm grip of the RWBYverse. But do not fret, for Naruto will interact with some of the main cast before he goes to Beacon.

And I got questions about Naruto's Semblance and his weapon. Both are definite secrets, although you will get some hints on the Semblance in the next few chapters.

I guess that ends this chapter. So, until next time.

Peace Out

Kofukuna Shi no Kami