The Grimm Change
Disclaimer : I do not own Naruto or RWBY
Up on the sixth floor of Grazing Heights, in Room 63, a young blond was pacing in the bedroom of his apartment.
'Well, this is finally it. Breakfast, check. Weapons, check. Annoying fox, check.'
"You know that you're just wasting time, you bald baboon."
Naruto had to agree with the fox. He had done his warm ups earlier in the morning and had just finished off some eggs with toast for breakfast. He checked over his newly stocked kunai pouch once again. Drake had made weapons of such great quaillity that Naruto had asked for 5 more sets. He now had each set in a scroll, and carried two of those scrolls with himself in case he ran out of the weapons.
The blond walked out the door, locking it behind himself and heading to the bottom floor. It was still, relatively early, but Naruto just couldn't go back to sleep.
The ninja had grown quite accustomed to the streets after spending nearly a week in Monchak, and could easily navigate his way to the park he and Wokian had first sparred in.
Upon arriving there, he saw the old shopkeep standing in the middle of the park, in the same clothes he wore last time, but had decided to forego the apron this time.
"Hello once again Naruto. It seems that you have made your choice, and I commend you for it."
"Yeah, this Huntsman business seems to be okay, plus it'll help me to grow stronger."
"If that is the case then we shall begin your training immediately. Even if we do live in times of peace, we cannot grow complacent, as you never know when an enemy may strike, or conflict may occur. Now let us decide what you require immediate attention in."
"Okay, that sounds alright. But first, I wanna know how you healed the cut on your cheek after our spar. It didn't even leave a scar. And how did you control those metal wires and the shuriken. That isn't normal."
A look of surprise came across Wokian's face. Aura was a simple ability of most Huntsman, and he was shocked that a warrior of Naruto's calibre, age and experience aside, knew nothing of it.
He walked forward and placed his hand on the blond's forehead, and found out that his Aura had indeed been unlocked, and was surprised that his reservoir of the essence was so gigantic.
"It was the use of Aura, a energy that occurs naturally in all humans and faunus alike, alongside the more powerful Semblance. These are powerful tools that Huntsman can use in battle, with Aura being an energy that can be used to heal oneself or dampen the power of enemy hits by using it as an armor. Semblances are abilities of sorts, being specific to certain individuals, and sometimes to specific families. I used my Aura to heal the scratch, and my Semblance allows me to turn metallic objects into sentient beings, if they are within a certain range. All people are born with Aura and Semblances, it is only a matter of unlocking them. And by the looks of it, you have already unlocked your Aura."
'This Aura sounds a lot like physical energy, and this Semblance must be what they call spiritual energy. And if this man knows about spiritual energy, he might be able to teach me how to use it. And then, I'll have my chakra back in no time.'
"Seems like you lucked out with this guy. And if he can also help out by training you in the other areas, like taijutsu and kenjutsu, it'll be even better."
Focusing on the situation at hand, the ninja grew a smile and spoke.
"That sounds awesome, but when can I learn to use my spir-Semblance. And what else can Aura do, because I thought it could only be used to strengthen weapons. Can you help me train me in those things too?"
The old warrior couldn't help but chuckle at the young boy's exuberance, and assured him with a pat on his shoulder.
"Do not worry Naruto, all will come in time. But I need to assess all of your abilities seperately first."
With those words he reached into his pocket to pull out a small box that fit in his palm. He opened it and revealed a small, folded material. Wokian unfolded it and it opened up into a large board with a bullseye on it.
"This will determine your strength, and your aim."
Naruto was confused as he saw Wokian hang it up against a tree. How would that tell him of how strong he was?
"Punch the centre."
The shopkeep's words regained the blond's attention, who was still not buying the test, but saw no damage in humouring the old man.
Running the ten metres to the tree, Naruto cocked back his fist and jumped off the ground, using it as leverage to push himself towards the board, increasing his momentum.
His fist landed on the small red circle and he was quite shocked when he felt the rigid board. The ninja had thought it was a fabric or some soft material, but he had obviously been wrong.
The tree shook slightly, and the short blonde turned to the old man. Wokian seemed to be focusing on some contraption that he held in his hand.
"So how was that Old Man?"
The shopkeep looked up toward Naruto before looking back at the item in his hand.
"It was impressive. I'm glad we are doing these tests before the actual training, because your strength is around the level of a first year Huntsman-in training. Had I judged you according to the small fight, I would have rated your strength to be that of a Preparatory Student. While that would still be good for someone of your age, it is not that extraordinary. Well, I'd like to get these tests out of the way as soon as possible."
The young boy's chest seemed to swell up at the praise, and he was more than ready to tackle the next test.
"Yeah, I wanna start the real training!"
Wokian smiled at the blond's determination. He pulled out a small stopwatch.
"Now Naruto, I want you to run to the large tree over there, and run back as soon as possible. It's 100 metres one way, and I'll time you. So one the count of three, one... two...three!"
The boy ran, toward the tree, putting all of his strength into every step. He quickly touched it and raced back, his ninja training and natural stamina leading to his breathing being completely fine.
"So how was that Old Man?"
Wokian looked towards Naruto before tapping the strange contraption in his hand.
"Umm..Old Man, what're you doing, and what's that in your hand?"
Wokian was mildly surprised that Naruto didn't know of the Scroll, but by now he suspected that the kid's grandparents had never wanted him to be immersed in the world of technology like so many other children. That would explain his apparent shock when Wokian pulled out anything created in the previous few decades.
"This, Naruto is a Scroll. It is a mechanical device that allows you to contact people from across the world, to look through the world's vast database of information, or play a video game and much more. I'll be able to tell you more about it later. Now as for your speed it seems like it will require some work. Your speed is slightly slower than a Preparatory Student's, and even if you are the strongest man on the face of the planet, it doesn't matter if you can't hit your opponents."
The man then reached into his pocket and procured a new object. It looked a lot like those things he had seen in Derek's shop, but was quite smaller. It had a brown handle and a long, silver, tube-like structure on the other end.
"What's that?"
"That my boy, is .45 pistol. It fires Dust pellets, and you can choose which kind of dust you want to use, although I personally prefer Ice."
With that, he raised the gun, aimed at the target board that was still hung up on the tree, and pulled back the trigger.
Naruto could only watch in amazement as something tiny flew out of the pistol at amazing speeds, and hit the target in its centre. Shards of ice flew around and the part of the board hit froze completely.
"Awesome! Can I try it?"
The weapon seemed to fascinate the boy, as he was jumping on the spot, eager to attempt what his sensei had just done. Nothing on his world had been able to do that, although many shinobi had done better with their ninjutsu, but to do so without spending chakra, and the fact that there were multiple elements of these things could be quite the boon to Naruto's repertoire of skills. His signature jutsu were the Shadow Clone Jutsu and the Rasengan, both leaving much to be desired when it came to long ranged combat. Maybe he could stop over at Derek's and get one of these things for practice.
"Oh it's gonna take you some time before you can use these. A Huntsman crafts his own weapons. This leads to the Huntsman knowing of each and every weakness and strength of his weapon. Since you do not have a weapon at the moment, take out some kunai or shuriken, take aim, and throw it at the board."
Naruto gladly followed the instructions given to him, taking out a handful of kunai and tossing each at a time towards the target. Out of the ten he threw, eight hit the bullseye with the other two barely missing it. The blond smirked, it wasn't one of his worst scores. But Wokian's next words immediately flattened his ego.
"Seems like your aim also requires some serious effort. A Huntsman must be an excellent marksman. He should be able to find the narrowest chinks in an opponent's defense and hit it. It seems we have our work cut out for us."
With that the shopkeep asked Naruto to fetch the board and packed it up again. Then he faced the boy and smiled in a manner that sent a shiver down the boy's spine.
"Let's start with a simple warm up, say, 1000 push ups before running around the village perimeter ten times. Then we can get to the real physical conditioning." Wokian proceeded to walk to a tree and lie down under its shade, as Naruto was still standing there, his mouth threatening to drop to his feet.
"Well, what're ya waiting for? Get to it!"
Author's Note :
Heh heh, hello guys and gals. I guess its been quite some time eh. Sorry to any of those who thought that the story was dead (ha, over my dead body) or kept on PMing me to ask if they could adopt it.I know this is a really short update after a really long time but some issues came up and after three weeks of not writing, I kinda felt lazy.
I sincerely apologize for doing this, but you must understand that, while extremely important to me, this stroy does not take first priority in my life. So these fluctuations might occur from time to time.
Now, moving on from that. Naruto has begun his official training. There will be some chapters and a few timeskips before Naruto meets the main cast, but it will happen. And maybe not in the wah you think it'll happen.In case my knowledge of the RWBYverse is old, I admit I haven't watched more than three and a half seasons. I guess I'll have to get to that soon, but if you see an error, feel free to point it out.
Peace Out
Kofukuna Shi no Kami