The Grimm Change
Disclaimer : I do not own Naruto or RWBY
Naruto awoke early, just as the sky was beginning to lighten up. He had always been an early riser, but he would have a habit of going back to sleep after ten minutes or so.
But this morning he jumped out of bed, and proceeded to the bathroom. After some fifteen minutes, he came out, his hair still glistening, and his boxers on once more.
He took out a ration bar from his jumpsuit, and quickly chomped down. The taste might have been horrible, but Granny Tsunade had changed its composition since she became Hokage. It now had the nutritional value of a full course balanced meal, although it was less than satisfying. Naruto decided that he would have to pick up some groceries from the market later.
He got a scroll from the shelf and unfurled it. He was about to place his palm on it before he hesitated.
'Hey fox, can I use physical energy to unseal things from sealing scrolls.'
A growl sounded within the reccess of his mind, followed by a series of curses aimed at kids that don't let good people sleep enough.
"Yeah yeah, knock yourself out." With that confirmation, the boy pressed his palm against the sealing matrix and channeled some of the physical energy into it. A set of clothes appeared atop the scroll, neatly folded and all.
Naruto grinned before quickly dressing up. The blond now wore a orange sleeveless jacket over a blue t-shirt, but you could only see the sleeves of the t-shirt as the jacket was zipped all the way up to the neck. He also wore a pair of orange shorts that ended just below his knees, with a kunai pouch wrapped to his right leg.
'Well, time to train!'
With that statement he jumped out of the door, closing it on his way out and sprang down the stairs, his skills as a ninja even without the chakra evident. Within moments he was out of the building and was walking on the abandoned street, going back to the park he was in last night.
Upon arriving at his destination, he first went through some light exercise to warm himself up. It was more out of habit than anything else, for once he was done with his stretches he planned on working on his chakra.
'Hey furball, tell me how I activate my energy.'
"It'll be easier for you since you have already used it unconciously for chakra. But call me that one more time and I'll rip your mind to shreds. You gotta focus your physical energy through your hand, and you'll feel another energy mixing within it. Pull on that."
'But if it's already mixed why do I have to seperate it.'
"You bozo, you have to seperate the energies, regualte their ratio, and then mix them to form chakra."
With a look of understanding Naruto sat down and channeled some energy into his palm, attempting to imitate the rasengan. He was unsuccessful, but like the Kyuubi had said, there was a distinctly different substance flowing in between the physical energy. He pulled it and managed to seperate a good amount of it. This energy seemed more powerful than the other, this one being more concentrated and focused.
"Seems like you were actually able to get hold of it pretty quickly. That must be because your chakra coils are abnormally large."
'So how do I seperate the two?'
"That is the harder part. You have to feel out for both energies, before pulling them away from each other. Your job is to merely to keep them seperated, until I can channel them into their seperate coils. After that you will have to learn how to combine them according to the correct ratio and keep it that way for your jutsus."
Naruto understood that this would be a long, tedious project, but the journey of a thousans miles begins with the first step, and Naruto Uzumaki never feared a challenge.
But when he attempted to seperate them, he lost complete control over them and they remained in the state they were in.
'Well, this might take a while.'
After three hours of practicing, Naruto was no closer to his objective. By now he was glaring daggers at the air directly above his hand.
"Gah...Why the hell can't I get this right!"
"Well it seems like your physical energy and your spiritual energy are not as easy to mold as you might have thought. And judging from what I could sense of the Huntsman you fought, you have exponential amounts of both energies. If these energies are anything like chakra, that must mean that you have a lot of difficulty in controlling them. Well that should be enough for today."
'But I can go on.'
"While that is true, you have to learn more about this world today. If anyone learns that you aren't from this world, you'll either be disected for experimentation or killed in case you're a threat. Look for a local library or bookshop."
'But I hate books.'
Despite his complaints, Naruto slowly got up and began looking around the village for a library or something of sorts. After asking a local, he discovered that he'd passed the library twice already.
He entered the large building to find a huge room, with books lined on the walls and on the aisles. It was rather deserted, which either meant that people didn't come here that often or it was still too early for these people.
Walking up to the librarian's desk he was about to ask for the history section, only to find the librarian asleep with her head on top of the desk, a cup of coffee in her hand and a line of drool moving down her cheek.
He chuckled to himself before heading to the aisles, finding the History Secrion near the far wall. He looked over the shelves, but only a few books caught his attention.
Naruto situated himself at a small table and opened the first book. 'A Grimm History'
With a sigh he began to read.
Remnant, or Vytal as it was once known before the Great War has no detailed description of its history. Most knowledge is based off of secondary evidence and legends, myths created by people.
More than a few centuries ago, Remnant was nothing but wild lands, where primitive humans lived, haunted by the creatures of the Grimm. These Grimm came in various shapes and sizes, and were thought to be Darkness incarnate, although their exact background is not known.
But then, mankind discovered Dust, a powerful form of energy that could be used to combat the Grimm. When mankind was finally able to push back the massive numbers of the Grimm, if temporarily, civilization bloomed.
The first five cities created were Vale, Atlas, Mistral, Vacuo and Vytal. The cities Vale, in the centre of Remnant, and Vacuo, in the west, were made on the continent Sanus, whereas Atlas was made on the northern continent, Solitas, with Mistral being situated towards the east, on the continent Anima. Vytal is the name of the island above Vale, below Atlas.
Mankind established power and expanded quickly, becoming more powerful and pushing back the Grimm, the creatures that hated man and all of its creations.
But almost two centuries after the discovery of Dust, the nations turned against each other. The Great War broke out, dealing heavy damage to all the nations. The war was caused by people rebelling against the government, due to the suppression of individualism and self - expression. The negativity associated with war also lead to the increase of Grimm activity. The small settlements that had sprung up suffered greatly as well.
But after the war ended in a stalemate, reparations were paid by all the countries, such as the installation of the Cross Continental Transmit System in all nations, courtesy of Atlas.
People also grew much more tolerant to individualism and art. Naming children after colors became a common culture throughout the continents.
The end of the war also brought about the creation of Huntsmen and Huntresses. These were warriors trained in special Academies and Institutes, warriors taught how to fight against the Grimm to proteect those that couldn't protect themselves.
It seemed as if peace had finally been achieved, but only decades after the War, Faunus rights revolts broke out. The Faunus are human-animal hybrids that are capable of intelligence equal to humans. But most humans treated them unjustly and cruelly due to their different traits. This caused animosity to grow between the two races, which led to the revolts.
During the revolts, the Humans and the Faunus formed a peace negotiation. The White Fang represented the Faunus at that time, and relations grew better.
By now the world seemed to be in a state of peace, excluding the occasional Grimm attack or the sort. But then, the White Fang began to attack various cities, starting out small, but slowly becoming more vicous. This caused Human-Faunus relations to drop to an all time low, with the White Fang being named a radical terrorist group.
Although the Faunus haters aren't a majority, it is a large percentage of the population, causing the average Faunus's life to be filled with hardships and obstacles.
After the Great War, the government was replaced by the Councils, groups of officials that represented the needs of the people and brought a certain degree of prosperity.
Naruto, while no fan of reading, couldn't help but be intrigued by the short summary. Going to the next chapter, he endeavored to read on.
After working through two more books, the blond decided to familiarise himself with the town. The ninja had seen a map in one of the books, and came to discover that he was in Monchak, a small town located on the Sanus continent, several thousands of miles south from Vale.
He headed towards the market, doing his best to remember the path he had taken yesterday.
Naruto finally arrived in the market, and his stomach growled at the sight of the familiar ramen stand, but his tenant forbade him from entering the shop. The Kyuubi was very...persuasive in convincing Naruto of the fact that ramen once a week was more than enough.
The blond was quite angry at this new order, but was slightly assuaged when the demon told him that the healthier food intake would lead to his body developing better, which would benefit his fighting style later on.
He headed to a pawn shop first of all, and gave them all his small coins and most of the regular sized ones, keeping the large ones for himself.
The man behind the counter had been a middle aged Faunus, his black hair adorned with two long ears, and his nose resembling that of a canine. He had been surprised that one so young was carrying such a precious cargo, but he didn't doubt Naruto or question him.
The blond believed that this was because of his new...features. These Faunus seemed to have quite a few perks in the village, although he was still unsure if he actually qualified as one. Naruto may have had animalistic features, but he didn't get them the same way the Faunus did.
After receiving his money, a staggering 500,000 lien, he decided to get the much needed food. Even the young blond knew that he had enough to last him for quite a while.
He went over a few stalls, buying a variety of foods. He got vegetables, some fruits and tinned foods, because he wasn't going to risk buying other stuff, only for it to go bad. He ate an apple as he looked around.
He also got a stock of ink and paper, as he would need it later for fuinjutsu.
As he was walking back towards the apartment building, he came across a small weapon workshop. Walking in, he was surprised that it was actually quite well stocked for its size. He could see not only the usual weapons, like the swords, nunchucks, chakrams and the such, but strange, metallic contraptions that had muzzles of varying lengths, and strange triggers.
There were also other weapons and even armors, but what caught his attention was the kunai and shuriken, or lack thereof.
"Why hello young man! It's a surprise to see one so young in this shop. But a customer is a customer regardless of age. Tell me, what can I do for you?"
Naruto was shocked by the sudden presence behind him, as well as the booming voice that filled the shop. He turned around to find a man with auburn hair who seemed to be in his thirties. The man had striking green eyes and was wearing a large black apron that covered his entire front. His tanned skin was covered with scorch marks and soot, just as his hands were, and you could tell by his burly figure and bulging muscles that he worked hard. The man was quite tall, and seemed to tower over the blond.
Pulling himself out of his stupor, the ninja pulled out one of his last kunai and shuriken.
"I need kunai and shuriken like these, and I was wondering if you had any. I'm running out of them and I need a fresh stock soon."
The man rubbed his chin, smearing it with more ash, before taking the weapons and examining them closely. He tossed the kunai up and caught it, before turning around and throwing it towards a dart board behind him. The younger boy was stunned when the knife easily embedded itself deeply into the centre of the bullseye, as not most civilians he knew could accomplish such a feat.
"Well, it's made out of ordinary steel, although most people don't use that anymore. They prefer Dust Metal, because it holds Dust the best. You're pretty lucky, because steel's pretty cheap nowadays."
In Naruto's head, he heard his companion voice his opinion on the matter.
"Seems as if this workd uses something similar to chakra that they channel through weapons."
He walked over to a desk and pulled out various instruments. He placed the kunai on a scale before writing down a measurement. He then placed it in water and wrote down another measurement. After repeating the process with the shuriken, he walked back to the blond.
"Well young man, the name's Drake Forecc, and I'd be happy to make you some of these kunai and shuriken. I can get a batch of 50 each done by tomorrow. If you want more you can send over an order later."
"That'll be great. Write it down for the name Naruto. So how much is the material and the production gonna cost."
"Well, the volume of the kunai is 500 ml of steel, and 1 litre costs about 100 lien, so 50 kunai adds up to 25 litres of steel. The shuriken have a volume of 100 ml apiece, and 50 of those make a total of 5 litres. That should be a total of 30 litres, making it 3000 lien. The production cost is a total of 2500 lien, so you're total bill adds up to 5500 lien."
The man wrote this down as he spoke, and gave the receipt to the blond. Naruto pulled out a wad of bills and gave the blacksmith 6 bills, green bills that had 1000 written over them.
"That should be enough. I'll see you tomorrow, Drake."
"See you then Naruto!"
Author's Note :
Hello guys, I have another chapter for you, another relatively quick update. I was sick the whole week and had to stay in bed, and only got to this chapter on Saturday so I apologize if it seems rushed or anything.
Now I know there are some non canon compliant changes to the world of Remnant, but they are all intentional, and besides, its fanfiction.
I actually planned on ending the chapter in the library scene, but then thought that what the heck, might as well complete the village thing.
So I realize that this chapter is short, but hopefully you guys still enjoy it as this was a very important chapter. Naruto couldn't remain ignorant of the world he now resided in, not with Kurama in his head. Sorry to all you history-haters out there.
And if you guys are into a strong, eventually godlike Naruto story, go over to 'Kaze no Kami' by th4n. Its a really nice NaruxFemKyuu story that I really enjoyed and thought that I might as well mention.
I wanna squeeze this in, sorry for the long A/N. Thanks for all the support, it really does matter to me and I appreciate every single one of your favorite, follow and review. I can't believe I already hit 200 follows. Show me lots of love and leave a review or shoot me a PM, be it to ask a question or just to chat.
Well, that's a wrap, see you guys next time.
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