Sagesumasareta ressei kakusu
(Everything is in black and White)
Roxas is leaning against a wall tossing a pair of dice up in the air. He is wearing a bandana with his symbol on it. He is wearing a weathered, beaten, and torn tracksuit and sneakers. He tosses the dice one more time before holding them between his fingers. His right eye is covered in bandages and there are band aids littering his face and neck. Despite this he gives the camera a cocky smirk.
Yue koko ni tatsu imi wo motsu
Percy is spinning a pipe in his hands before stopping and leaning it on his shoulder. He is wearing a stocking cap but bandages covering his forehead could be seen. He was wearing a ripped up leather jacket with a shirt with a skull on it and a pair of torn jeans. His feet were covered in a pair of loose short neck boots. He looks at the screen before smiling sinisterly.
Kesshita yuen nigezu ima sagasu riyuu
Caboose is crouching down on the fround when he looks up. As usual his blue cap is on hiding his eyes and hair. There is a lone bandage on his nose. He was wearing a t-shirt with wet markings all over it. (Most likely blood) He was wearing a pair of sweatpants, socks and sandals. His mouth was covered by a bandana with a crazy smile on it. He looks up at the camera and waves cheerfully at the camera with a gun in his hand.
Kawarazu saibou samasu hikari yo
Naruto is wearing a torn hoodie which is opened to reveal his bare chest. He looks up and unlike his companions doesn't have any bandages except on his arms and hands. His face and chest are littered with scars and bruises. He gives a crazed blood thirsty smile to the camera. H elifts his rifht arm back and cocks it.
I wanna renegade down
He thrusts his fist forward and hits the camera. The screen goes black with the word UMPR in white
Gibberish and instruments.
The word UMPR bumps up as if it were a speaker randomly over and over until the last one blows it up.
Meitei shisou na hodo no
Naruto is shown before a new picture appears to him getting spear kicked in the wall by Ruby. The picture shifts to him and Jaune sitting down and Naruto smacks Jaune upside the head. Jaune yells at him angrily but Naruto doesn't look fazed.
Miminari ga shita
Caboose is shown next before the picture changes to him talking to Church who looks at him in comical sadness. The scene changes to him Yang and Nora slamming down on the table in tandem while singing happily.
Yukkuri to me wo akenakereba
Percy is shown. The scene changes to him opening his door to Weiss without a shirt who (Percy doesn't have the shirt get your mind out of the gutter) who gets a nosebleed at the display. It changes to Percy walking away from Blake and stiffening before running away from her with Blake smirking as he runs.
Ushinau mono erabenai hodo
Roxas is shown. The scene changes to him and Pyrrha walking and talking next to a devastated looking Naruto as they head to class. The scene changes to him and Ren yelling something at Nora as they looked frightened at something she said.
Nanika ni sugaru ishi-tachi yo
It shifts to random scenes of things the team has been through together. Watching Caboose run around the school excitedly, Naruto and Roxas arguing while putting the bunk beds together. And Percy and Naruto shrug something off as they watch Ooblek zoom across the room.
Take away and do for me
The team is walking down the streets in Vale. They are back in their usual clothing.
Kotae no nai sekai demo
They pass by Tentens weapon shop who looks out her window at them as they pass by
Carry on
It focuses on Caboose as he passes by Grif who has his hood up to cover his facial features like always. Grif looks over his shoulder as Caboose passes.
and burn it down
The four stop and look at a mass of goons with strange masks on with Roman in front of them.
Get away every bug
(The screen is in color)
The four don't hesitate to charge forward at the goons and Roman.
Take away and do for me
Naruto punch a few of them before he ducks down to avoid a wide swing from a sword one is holding. He gets on his hands and spins his legs in the air and his multiple ones back.
Nijinda kono koe wo
Roxas jumps in with Oathkeeper and Oblivion in their doubl blade form. He swings it around and then blocks an attack from above. He splits his weapon into two and pushes the guy off of him and swings at with oblivion at other goons who are charging at him.
Carry on and burn it down
Caboose is using Freckles at a fast pace taking the goons out. He then holds his holds his fist up and his arm begins to glow. Church appears before mimicking his thumb crossing thumb across his neck. A light blue energy blasts from around Caboose's fist engulfing the goons in its path.
you've got to be the one you want
Percy is surrounded. He lifts Neró into the air. The screen backs out to show blue dots littering the ground among the goons. He slams Neró into the ground and the crystals explode causing a large tidal wave pushing the goons away from Percy.
Breath in
(The camera is slowly moving so each person can be seen one by one)
Nora appears from the air and slams her hammer down causing a small explosion and goons to fly back.
breath out
Ren appears from the air next diagonally in front of Nora who is slowly disappearing from the screen. (This process will repeat for all but Ruby) He slashes down at the goons as he lands causing them to fall
fill out
Pyrrha appears in a twirl as she swings Miló in javelin form around and knocks a goon away.
your voice
Jaune appears but blocks with his shield and slashes at a goon deafeating them.
Calling
Yang land one good punch literally blowing the goon away in an explosion.
Calling
Blake comes swinging down with Gambol Shroud in kusagami form and kicks her enemy.
find out
Weiss having already been on the ground merely thrusts forward a high speed blowing the goons away.
your name
Ruby appears in a shroud of rose petals and swings her Scythe knocking the goons away. The camera zooms on her face.
This is
A boy with blonde hair and a monkey tail with arms crosses looks at the screen. A cocky grin on his face.
your life
A girl with orange hair appears next replacing the boy. She leans slightly and waves in a friendly way with a happy look on her face.
You never lose yourself
The camera pans to Ozpin and zooms in on his face. The screen begins to turn white but just before he disappears a small smile graces his lips.
Why don't
(It goes back to black and white)
Naruto and Roxas appear back to back. They're in the outfits they were wearing at the beginning of the opening and the screen is black and white once again. Naruto has a fist in another hand and looks cocky while Roxas has a smirk and one hand in his pocket and the other tossing the dice in the air.
you come
Caboose and Percy are standing side by side. Caboose is holding the gun sideways while pointing it at the camera. A bright smile on his face. Percy is swinging the pipe around in his hand. He gives the camera a knowing smile.
Peace out
The four are shown together in their same poses except Naruto and Roxas are on opposite ends representing the letters they stand for in their team name. Then the screen went black.
Line Break
"Welcome to The Armory, how may I help you today," Naruto greeted as a person walked into the store. He thought back to how this had all happened.
Flashback
Naruto was on his hands and feet and looking at the ground. He dared not look up at the person he could feel glaring down at him.
"I don't like this," The person said.
"I know Tenten," Naruto answered meekly.
"You owe me big time for this," Tenten hissed.
"I know Tenten," Naruto answered again.
"And it won't be cheap,"
"I know Tenten,"
"I'm using some of your credit to the store,"
"Oh come on!" Naruto protested finally looking up at Tenten.
Tenten got in Naruto's face. "You!" She poked Naruto in the head. "Brought strangers into my home in the middle of the night," Tenten continued. "And asked me to put up with you for a few nights,"
"But come on my credit!" Naruto protested again.
"Either that or work in the store," Tenten countered.
"Fine!" Naruto said.
"Without pay,"
"What!"
"Strangers. To. My. Home."
The two glared at each other for a moment. Then Naruto sighed.
"Fine," He grunted out.
Tentens scowl turned into a smile. "Good you start work in the morning,"
"Whatever," Naruto hissed out.
Flashback
And that's how ended up with a job. There was one bright side. Ruby would be so jealous when she found out.
Line Break
CRACK!
Weiss and Yang looked at Ruby with wide eyes as she had just crushed part of the table they were eating at with her bare hands.
"Ruby!" Weiss scolded.
"I don't know why but for some reason I feel…weird," Ruby said as she looked at the crushed wood in her hand. "I'm gonna hit Naruto next time I see him," She scowled.
Line Break
Besides maybe he could think of ways to add in the last feature to Savage Scurra properly. You know without killing him or destroying his weapon.
"For the record I blame you for this," Naruto turned to look at Blake who gave him a slight glare.
"Don't look at me Sun was the one who opened his mouth," Naruto defended.
Flashback
"Well glad it all worked out," Sun cheered. "Have fun working tomorrow,"
Tenten stared at the other two Faunus. "Oh you think he's the only one who's working tomorrow,"
Blake and Sun blinked.
"Huh?"
Tenten grew an evil smile on her face.
Flashback end
And that's how Tenten got free labor for a weekend.
"Hey it's not all bad," Sun encouraged as he brought in a box from the back. "And besides, she's letting us crash here so it's the least we could do,"
"Well said Sun," Tenten said as she walked up to them with a wide smile.
"Thank ya, boss," Sun said with enthusiasm.
"Alright now I need you and Naruto to head to the back and do inventory and organize," Tenten said.
"Aye aye," Sun saluted and headed to the back with Naruto right behind him.
"What do you need from me?" Blake asked. Despite her dislike for being forced into this Tenten did give them a place to stay. Helping in the store was the least she could do.
"Not much right now just greet customers and direct them to me if they have any questions you can't answer," Tenten answered with a shrug. "Truthfully it should be a slow day,"
Blake nodded in understanding. "Again thank you for the hospitality," Blake said.
"It's no problem," Tenten waved off. "Alright yell if you need me," Tenten said as she walked off to help the customer who was waiting at the register.
Blake decided to walk around the store to get a good look around and get familiar with where everything was for when someone asked her where something was.
Despite not being in a more rural part of town with more foot traffic the store had good quality stuff. All the weapons were clean, and almost all looked brand new. And the dust came I all shapes, from uncut to refined to round, to size and everything. And Tenten apparently had a forge in the basement to create, customize, or fix weapons at request.
Ruby would absolutely love this place. The weapon shop in town square didn't offer to customize weapon or even fix them. She made a mental not to bring the young captain here.
'That is if they ever forgive me,' Blake thought sadly.
She had judged Weiss harshly. She realized that. But she couldn't help it. She hadn't known the pain of growing up as a Faunus.
Years of constant racism, abuse and hatred. She had grown up around it all her life. She had endured the looks and the comments. She had felt sorrow of Faunus families as husbands, wives, aunts, uncles, and even children would go missing.
She had been there during peaceful protests that would usually end up with policemen trying to arrest them for wanting their voices to be heard or just plain abusing their powers.
For Oum's sake look at her home! The place was over crowded; they could only expand a third of the island because the rest was a death trap, And the seas were full of sea grimm making it hard for them to bring in supplies, and food for themselves.
And yet the kingdoms had the gall to say this was a gift to them. It was nothing more than a way for them to get them out of the way. And yet they never named it on any map in the kingdoms. They could name the other villages outside the kingdom but not theirs.
Because Oum forbid they receive any recognition. And she wouldn't talk about her days as a part of the White Fang. She had seen the absolute worse in humanity.
At that moment the bell rang and a customer walked in.
'Time to work,' Blake thought as she walked to the door.
"Welcome to The Armory how may I assist you today," Blake greeted the man who had just walked in.
"Yes can you…" The man trailed off as he looked at Blake. Blake looked at him in confusion as his face turned into a scowl.
"Is something wrong sir?" Blake asked.
"Yeah, I don't talk to animals," The man growled. Blake's eyes widened and remembered that she had not put her bow on this morning. "Bring me someone else to talk to,"
Blake looked at the man for a moment in sadness. She bowed her head to him. "Of course sir just give me a moment," She then turned around and headed to Tenten who was looking through a binder at the register. As much as the man had hurt her she would not react in the middle of working for Tenten. She didn't want to ruin business for the girl who had taken her in. Tenten seemed to have sensed her coming because she looked up just as Blake arrived at the register.
"Hey, Blake wassup?" She asked.
"Tenten the guy at the requires your assistance," Blake answered. Tenten looked at the guy who was still by the door as if waiting for someone or something.
"Why, can't you help him?" Tenten asked curiously.
"I didn't know what it ws he was looking for," Blake lied. Tenten must have known she did because she began to frown. She got from behind the stand and began heading towards the customer.
"Hello sir sorry my employee couldn't be help you she's still new," Tenten greeted the man as she approached him. "What can I do for you today," Tenten asked with a smile.
"It's quite alright," The man said nicely. "Can't expect much from an animal,"
The smile on Tenten's face vanished. "What?"
"If I were you I would get better employees," The man suggested.
Tenten looked at the man for a brief moment and turned back to see Blake by the register. 'So that's what this is,' Tenten thought.
"Blake can you come here a sec," Tenten said. Blake hesitated but made her way to the two of them.
"Now then here's what's going to happen," Tenten spoke up getting the attention of the two. She pointed at the customer. "You! Are going to apologize to my employee,"
"Excuse me," The man frowned.
"Oh your excused," Tenten dismissed nonchalantly. "Now apologize,"
"What," The man said indignantly.
"I said apologize," Tenten said again. "Or is your head so far up your ass you can't hear me,"
Blakes eyes widened. The man's face began to turn red. "How dare-" He began.
"No!" Tenten interrupted angrily. "How dare you insult one of my employees! How dare you walk into my store and call someone out of their name! How dare you come in here and stink up my store with your hideous odor! Ever heard of deodorant! Or do you bathe in shit every night you go home!"
The man looked absolutely livid.
"Now heres whats going to happen," Tenten continued. "You are going to apologize and then you're going to get the fuck out of my store,"
"Well don't worry about the latter, I was just on my way out," The man turned to push the gorr open but found he couldn't. He looked down and noticed thin, near invisible wires around the handle.
"I'm sorry," Tenten said sarcastically. The men flowed the strings to Tenten was holding the door closed with her right hand. "You seem to be under the impression that there was a choice," She growled out. "Well there is," Tenten continued as she reached behind her. "Either apologize or…" She trailed off as she pulled out a five-foot pole with a very large mace on one end and slammed it on the ground. "Leave here looking like a piece of swiss cheese,"
Blake's jaw dropped. Where had she been hiding that!
The man's face turned very pale. "I'm sorry for calling you an animal," He screamed frantically.
Tenten began to smile. "Thank you. See that wasn't so bad," She said happily. She real eased her hold on the strings allowing the man to leave. "Now get the fuck outta my store,"
The man didn't need to be told twice.
"Freakin dick bag," Tenten growled out before turning her attention to Blake. "You ok?" Blake simply nodded that she was fine. "Good," Tenten said happily. "Don't hesitate to tell me when we get customers like that ok. I don't tolerate that shit,"
Blake smiled slightly. "Ok I'll let you know if it happens again," She assured her employer. Tenten nodded before swinging the mace over her shoulder. "Now let's go check on the boys,"
With that Tenten headed to the back with Blake right behind her with a small smile on her face.
Well not all humans were the same.
Line Break
Ruby Rose was not in the best of moods. In fact, she was a frantic mess. Her team was divided. Blake was missing, and Weiss was in a very bad mood. Ironically Yang was the calmest of all of them but Ruby could tell that even she was torn. On one hand her partner had been lying to her and on the other Weiss's discrimination against Faunus though justified was not helping.
Ruby was worse though. She wouldn't admit it but her confidence as a leader had taken a hard blow yesterday. Blake had apparently not trusted her enough to admit she was a Faunus, and Weiss had made it clear she didn't want to talk to anyone. The worst part was this had been her fault. She let the argument continue, she didn't put her foot down to break it up, she didn't try to diffuse the situation. And now she had a missing team member.
Maybe Weiss had been right at the beginning of the semester. Because right now she sure felt like it had been a mistake if one of her teammates didn't trust her enough to tell her she had been a Faunus.
Now here she was walking around aimlessly through the halls of Beacon.
"Hey Ruby you ok?"
Ruby looked up at Percy who was walking up to her.
"Yeah I'm fine," She said with fake enthusiasm. She didn't want others to worry about her team's situation. So she put on a smile and tried to make it seem like everything was ok.
"Liar," Percy said without hesitation. Well that failed. "What's wrong?" He asked.
"Nothing really I'm fine Percy," Ruby tried again.
"Liar," Percy said again.
Damn it!
Ruby looked dawn at her feet. She refused to speak. She heard a sigh.
"Look you don't have to tell me if you don't want to," Percy reassured. "But could you do me a favor and let me or Roxas know if you see Caboose or Naruto,"
"Wait their missing too?" Ruby asked finally looking back up at Percy.
"Too?!" Percy asked in alarm. Shit! "Who else is missing?"
Ruby hesitated. Then she gave in. "Blake ran away last night," She explained.
"What?!" Percy nearly shouted. "Why?! What happened?!"
"That's not important right now," Ruby said quickly. She wasn't going to tell anyone what happened. It was a fight between her team so it would stay in house.
"And your still here?!" Percy scolded.
"I could say the same to you!" Ruby countered. She took a deep breath. "Look I was about to go get Weiss and Yang and We were going to go look," Ruby explained.
"Yeah ok," Percy said. "Sorry for snapping," He apologized.
"It's ok." Ruby assured. "I did too,"
"Well I'll head out and if I see Blake I'll let you know and I'll tell Roxas to be on the lookout as well,"
Ruby nodded. "Ok and I'll do the same," Ruby agreed. "I'll ask Jaune and the others to be on the lookout while at school if that helps,"
"It does, and thank you," Percy smiled. Without another word he moved passed Ruby and continued on his way. Roxas had left before he did so he had to make up for lost time.
Ruby looked back at Percy before continuing back to her room. Hopefully her teammates were in there.
Line Break
Tenten looked at the two blondes standing in front of her. Her right eye was twitching and she had a vein throbbing in her forehead. Blake just sighed at the idiocy she was witnessing.
"What the hell are you two doing," Tenten grounded out. Her inventory room had been rearranged. There were boxes strewn everywhere and the two people she had asked to organize it were covered in paint.
Naruto and Sun looked at each other before looking back at Tenten.
"Welll," Naruto began.
Flashback
Naruto and Sun had just unloaded the last few boxes off of the delivery truck.
"That everything?" Naruto asked the driver as he was looking down at his scroll.
"Yep," The man commented as he turned the scroll over to Naruto. "Just sign here,"
"Sure," Naruto said as he put his signature on the scroll. Tenten most likely would be getting a call about whether or not she got the shipment since his signature meant shit but she could deal with that. Payback for not paying him.
The guy nodded at Naruto and headed back to the the front of the truck after closing the back. After he left Naruto and Sun began to put the boxes up where they were meant to go by matching them with boxes with the same name on them.
"Hey look at this," Sun said as he noticed a box that didn't match anything. Naruto walked over to him to look at the box. It was slightly smaller and there was no tag on it.
"What do you think it is," Naruto asked.
"Only one way to find out," Sun shrugged. Naruto nodded. Then the two opened the box.
Inside were paint guns and next to them were vials filled with red or blue pellets. The two looked at each other slowly. Then matching grins made their way on their faces.
Flashback end
"And you can guess what happened next," Naruto finished.
Tenten looked ready to kill them. "I'm going to my office," She grounded out. "If this is not fixed and organized when I come back down you both can find a new place to sleep tonight.
"Aye aye," Sun nodded with cheer in his voice. The threat didn't seem to bother him.
"Whatever," Naruto said with a cocky smirk.
Oh so they wanted to play like that.
Tenten reached behind her and pulled out twin battle axe's and twirled them in her hand. "Care to repeat that," She threatened.
Blake looked at her with wide eyes. Where had she been hiding those. And where did the mace go?!
Sun and Naruto had paled at the two weapons.
"Yes ma'am," They squeaked out.
"That's better," Tenten said finally calm. She turned around and headed back to the front. "Blake watch them but don't help. They did this so they can fix it."
"Ok," Blake said faintly, still trying to figure out where she had been hiding the weapons.
As the two began to organize and clean the room Blake sat down in a chair and simply watched the two in confusion.
Why had Naruto been out and why wasn't he at Beacon. Though he did his best to hide it. The normally cheerful Faunus was clearly troubled by something. Sun might not have noticed and she thought Tenten suspected but she definitely knew.
It came with the territory of spending nearly every day with the guy for the past few months. He wouldn't share with her but who was she to judge. She hadn't share with her teammates and now here she was not sharing with these people about why she wasn't at Beacon.
Though not for Sun's lack of trying. The monkey Faunus seemed to want to know about her if his pestering from last night and from earlier this morning was anything to go by.
"So you never explained why you didn't stay in your dorm last night,"
Speaking of pestering.
"That's because I didn't want to tell you," Blake said blandly.
"Fair enough," Sun said. "What about you vulpine" Sun said in humor to Naruto.
"Well, primate," Naruto countered with just as much humor. "If you must know, there was a falling out of sorts with one of my team members,"
"Really?" Sun blinked. "What happened?"
"He said he was leaving Beacon," Naruto said nonchalantly.
Blake whipped her head to Naruto. "What?" She asked in alarm.
"Yeah," Naruto said. "A friend of his came by and after a…conversation… he decided to leave with him," From the edge in Naruto's voice, he didn't agree with the decision.
"Man I'm sorry to hear that man," Sun said and he genuinely sounded sorry. He had known these two for less than 24 hours and yet he sounded so sympathetic. Like it actually affected him.
"Don't worry about it," Naruto dismissed. "It's not like I've given up. I just couldn't go home because I was to upset." He explained.
"So your gonna go back?" Sun asked.
"Yeah," Naruto said. "Most likely tonight after Tenten closes the shop,"
"Well good luck man and if there's anything I can do to help don't hesitate to tell me," Sun said confidently.
"No problem and don't worry about a place to stay," Naruto said back. "I'm sure Tenten won't mind having you around as long as you help,"
"Sweet!" Sun cheered. Blake looked at the entire exchange in shock.
"How?" She asked. Naruto and Sun turned to look at her.
"How what?" Naruto asked in confusion.
"How can you tell him so much about your personal problems," Blake asked. "How can you share so easily. You barely know him," She insisted heatedly.
"It's because I barely know him," Naruto explained. Blake looked surprised at the answer. "Since I don't really know he has no personal stake in my team's problems,"
"Yeah," Sun piped up. "So there's no bias for me so my opinion won't really affect anything in the long run," Blake looked at the two in understanding. Maybe there was more to them then they showed.
"Although now that we do know each other," Naruto said as a smile came across his face. Sun returned the look.
"And even as I wonder," Sun began. "I'm keeping you in sight," He whispered.
"You're a candel in the window," Naruto slid in. "On a cold dark winters night" 'beautiful metaphor,' he thought.
"And im getting closer than I ever thought I might," Naruto and Sun sang together as they stood back to back. They turned around to lean on each other as their hands met.
"Woo!" Sun said as he hit his chest. "That's a little high for me,"
"Baby I can't fight this feeling anymore," Sun turned around and made a weird sin with his hands and two golden silhouettes of him began walking forward snapping their fingers as he continued to sing.
"I've forgotten what I started fighting for," Naruto sang as he began to shoot into the air with the paint gun.
"And if I have to crawl upon your floor," Sun yelled as he sang into his closed scroll.
"Crawl upon the floor!"
Blake turned around to see that Tenten had popped her head out. Then just as quickly as she appeared she left.
"Come crashing through your door," Naruto sang.
"Crashing through your door." Sun said quickly.
"Baby I can't fight this feeling anymore," Sun sang into a funnel to make his voice louder.
"I can't fight this feeling any," Naruto got on his knees and took a deep breath. "MOOOORRRRREEE,"
Sun and Naruto looked at each other with happiness.
"The brother I always wanted," Sun said. Naruto nodded in agreement. The two walked by each other and gave each other a high five and as they passed their arms swung down and gave each other a low five backwards. The they snapped their fingers and kept on walking.
…Did… they just make up a hand shake?
Blake took back her previous statement. They were idiots. No doubt about it.
But they still had a point.
"Do you still want to know about me?" Blake asked. Sun looked at her with an eager grin. "Then I'll tell you about me. But not now and not here," She explained. "I'll tell you both at lunch,"
Line Break
"Blaaaake!" Ruby yelled.
"Blaaaake!" Yang yelled as well.
Ruby had gotten Yang, and Weiss to help her go back to Vale and look for Blake. She had also informed them to keep an eye out on Naruto and Caboose. Though from the reactions of both Yang and Weiss only she would be really looking for them.
"Blaaaaaaaake!" Ruby yelled once again. "Where aaaare yoooouuuu!?"
"Blake!" Yang shouted. Ruby was beginning to notice a patern.
"Weiiiiss, you're not helping!" Ruby reprimanded as she turned to her partner.
"Oh! You know what might be able to help?" Weiss sadi as if she had an idea. "The police!" She exclaimed with a straight face.
"Ugh, Weiss..." Ruby growled. She was beginning to get annoyed.
"It was just an idea!" Weiss defended.
"Yeah, a bad one." Ruby muttered.
"What all I'm saying is, why look for any of them," Weiss said. "Caboose probably thinks he's playing a game of hide and seek, Naruto is probably bullying someone else or at a secret white fang meeting and Blake's probably there to,"
"Well, Caboose is Caboose so I'm sure he's ok," Yang said trying to release some of the tension. "And I doubt Blake's at a meeting," Ruby and Weiss noticed how she didn't deny Weiss's claim about Naruto.
"Well whatever I don't want to be out here anyway," Weiss said.
"Ok THAT IS IT!" Ruby shouted stomping her foot getting the attention of her teammates. She had been dealing with Weiss's attitude all day and Yang's issue with Naruto. It was time to put her foot down. "I don't care what problems either of you have with the people we're looking for! I don't care that you don't want to look for them! I don't care for your attitudes either! I DON'T CARE!"
"Ruby-" Yang began but stopped when Ruby held her hand up.
"You both will continue looking and that is a direct order from your leader!" Ruby finished.
Yang and Weiss looked at the girl completely speechless. Apparently their leader decided to bare her fangs. Ruby didn't say anything else she just continued to walk.
"Weiss, I think we should hear her side of the story before we jump to any conclusions." Yang sighed out deciding to try and save face.
"I think that when we hear it, you'll all realize I was right!" Weiss said also trying to get over the fact that she had just been chewed out by a 15-year old girl.
"And I think Weiss' hair looks wonderful today!" Penny commented as she stated walking behind the trio.
Wait.
What?!
"Aaaah! Penny! Where did you come from!?" Ruby shouted in alarm as she and her teammates turned around in shock. Then they looked again at the person walking behind Penny.
"Hey guys!" Penny greeted cheerfully completely ignoring the question "What are you up to?"
"Uhh..." Ruby began.
"We're looking for our friend Blake." Yang explained.
"Ooooh, you mean the Faunus girl!" Penny said.
Wait.
What?
Ruby, Weiss, and Yang looked at Penny like she had grown a second head.
"Wait, how did you know that?" Weiss asked in alarm.
"Uhh, the cat ears?" Penny said pointing to her head as if it was obvious.
Yang chuckled at the prospect. "What cat ears? She wears a... boooohhh..." Her eyes widened as she trailed off with her statement
A tumbleweed blew by in the wind.
"She does like tuna a lot..." Ruby whispered.
"So, where is she?" Penny asked.
"We don't know." Ruby explained dejectedly. "She's been missing since Friday."
Penny gasped in shock "That's terrible!" She approached Ruby who looked slightly uncomfortable. "Well, don't you worry Ruby, my friend! I won't rest until we find your teammate!"
"Uh, that's really nice of you, Penny," Ruby said with a bit of a forced smile. She liked the girl but she didn't know if she would be able to handle her eccentric personality right now. "But we're okay! Really! Right, guys?" Ruby turned around to look at Yang and Weiss. Only to see blinking outlines indicating their sudden departure from the company of the strange girl.
A tumbleweed blew past them once again.
"It sure is windy today!" Penny observed.
"Yep," Ruby mumbled. "Sure is,"
"Don't worry Ruby," Penny said. "Me and my boyfriend will help you,"
"Thanks Pen- Wait Boyfriend!" Ruby shouted in alarm.
"Oh yes I think you will like him," Penny said happily. "He's very nice,"
"Ugghhh," Ruby began.
"In fact we should head back,"
"Huh?" Ruby asked. "What do you mean,"
"Well he went to the bathroom and while I was waiting for him I saw you guys and came to say hi,"
"Ok…," Ruby said. She was going to try and say she would be fine but the more she thought about it the better she thought it would probably be if Penny and her … boyfriend helped. Vale was a large city and there were only minus her team only Percy and Roxas were out looking around. To top it off they were looking for three people so the odds of them being together wasn't really high.
"Let's go!" Penny cheered as she began dragging Ruby behind her.
Plus, despite her appearance Penny was freaking strong!
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"So you want to know about me?" Blake asked Sun and Naruto who sat across from her.
The three of them were at a small café sitting outside at a table on the balcony. Tenten had been very cool with letting them all go to lunch at the same time.
"Actually he did," Naruto corrected as he pointed to Sun. "I'm just had nowhere else to be,"
Blake glared at him for a moment before taking a deep breath and calming down.
"Are you both familiar with the White Fang?" She asked sadly.
"Of course!" Sun exclaimed. "I don't think there's a Faunus on the planet who hasn't heard of them. Stupid, holier-than-thou creeps that use force to get whatever they want. Bunch of freaks, if you ask me!" He said angrily.
"They don't exactly help the stopping of discrimination," Naruto mentioned.
"I was once a member of the White Fang." Blake said seriously.
Well then.
Sun nearly choked on his drink. Naruto didn't even try to hold it. His drink hit the head of a passing pedestrian.
"What the hell!"
Naruto ducked down to hide completely forgetting he was on a balcony so the man couldn't see him.
"Wait a minute, you were a member of the White Fang?!" Sun asked in alarm.
"That's right. I was a member for most of my life, actually." Blake explained. She gained a humorless smile on her face. "You could almost say I was born into it..." There was a hidden meaning under her words but neither boy could tell what.
The scene shifted to a simple silhouetted flashback of fallen weapons plunged into the ground - swords, guns, and any number of combinations.
"Back then, things were different." Blake said. "In the ashes of war, the White Fang was meant to be a symbol of peace and unity between Humans and the Faunus."
Two trios - animal-eared and tailed Faunus on one side, regular Humans on the other are seen together shaking hands and making peace after their struggle.
"Of course, despite being promised equality, the Faunus were subjected to discrimination and hate. Humanity still thought of us as lesser beings." Blake continued as she held her tea cup closer.
A Faunus was cowering in fear of human aggressors who were throwing stones and rotten fruit at the young Faunus. A few other Faunus soon came to the aid of bullied brethren by trying to push the crowd back peacefully.
"Of course, despite being promised equality, the Faunus were subjected to discrimination and hate. Humanity still thought of us as lesser beings. And so, the White Fang rose up as the voice of our people."
Faunus protestors are revealed, It, shows different scenes with Faunus with the White Fang's first symbol on their clothing at different protests or protecting their weaker brethren from the harassment of humans.
"And I was there. I was at the front of every rally. I took part in every boycott. I actually thought we were making a difference. But I was just a youthful optimist."
A young Blake is seen at protests in the front and one of the first to cheer and chant as a leading member gives a speech Then her sitting in a seat and refusing to get up. Next she is seen talking with other White Fang members as they were preparing Picket signs. It shows her trying to reach something but she can't since she's so short. A few of the older members are seen laughing at her in amusement. She tried to pout but a big grin came across her face as well.
"I was too naïve,"
The picture of the smiling Blake burns away.
"Five years ago, our leader stepped down, and a new one took his place." Blake was gripping her cup tightly. "A new leader, with a new way of thinking."
The blue flag of a white wolf with sad eyes and a circle behind its head is lowered, and raised in its stead is a red monster with three bloody scratches and teeth bared at the world. The new symbol for the new White Fang.
"Suddenly, our peaceful protests were being replaced with organized attacks. We were setting fire to shops that refused to serve us, hijacking cargo from companies that used Faunus labor. But I stayed. Because no one was getting hurt. I excused it as just a more aggressive way of thinking.
A quick series of images are shown - Faunus replacing their picket signs with axes and blades, windows being broken, thieves leaping on trains to steal their cargo.
"Then the deeds kept escalating. Soon enough we were spilling blood. And that was when I knew I needed to get out,"
A young Blake is seen looking on in horror as she watches a White Fang member brutally murder someone. But that's not what had horrified her. It had been the malicious grin and gleeful glint in the man's eyes at having killed the humans that would haunt her dreams for years.
"So, I left. I decided I no longer wanted to use my skills to aid in their violence, and instead, I would dedicate my life to becoming a Huntress." Blake finished explaining to the two boys.
"So here I am: a criminal hiding in plain view, all with the help of a little black bow." She said humorlessly as she wiggled her cat ears beneath the fashionable disguise to demonstrate.
Naruto had remained oddly quiet and Sun seemed to still be trying to come to terms with what he had been told.
"Are you with them now?" Naruto asked.
"No," Blake answered.
"And you never killed anyone?"
"That's right," Blake continued.
"Then there's nothing to worry about with me," He finished.
Blake blinked in surprise.
"Pretty much," Sun chimed in. "Look I know you barely know mw and all but if you want my opinion then you should tell your team. I'm sure they won't look down on you because of this,"
"Yeah," Naruto agreed. "Weiss might be a problem but the other two won't be."
"Besides the way I see it you recognized that the White Fang was going in a direction you didn't support. That makes you good in my books,"
If only guilt worked that way.
"So, what's the plan now?" Sun asked. "Are you going back or are we gonna continue with the comedic sitcom of working at a weapons shop and living there,"
"I'd watch it," Naruto said.
"I still don't believe the White Fang is behind these robberies." Blake answered. "They've never needed that much Dust before."
Sun's eyes widened. "What if they did?" He looked at Blake with a smile. "I mean... the only way to prove that they didn't do it, is to go to the place where they would most likely go to if they were to do it, and not find them there! Right?"
"Yeah you have a point," Naruto said. "Innocent until proven guilty."
"Couldn't have said it better myself," Sun said with a grin.
"The only thing is, I've no idea where that would be."
"Well, while I was on the ship, I heard some guys talking about offloading a huge shipment of Dust coming in from Atlas."
"How huge?" Naruto asked with a raised eye brow.
"Huge." Sun said expanding his arms. "Big Schnee Company freighter."
"You're sure?"
"Positive,"
"Well what are we waiting here for?" Naruto asked as he got ready to leap off the roof. "Let's go catch a thief,"
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So, Blake is your friend?" Penny asked Ruby as the two continued walking to where Penny had left her boyfriend.
"Yes, Penny." Ruby sighed as she walked next the strange girl.
"But you're mad at her?" Penny asked to confirm.
"Yes." Ruby answered. Then she seemed to think about her statement and decided to elaborate. "Well, I'm not. Weiss is."
Penny blinked and looked at Ruby "Is she friends with Blake?"
"Well, that's kind of up in the air right now..." Ruby finished sadly.
"But why?" Penny asked. She seemed to be confused by the information.
Ruby sighed again. She really didn't want to explain but at the same time she couldn't help it. The girl reminder her way to mush of herself. "Well, you see, Blake might not be who we though she was..." Ruby explained.
Penny gasped "Is she a man?" She asked in shock
"No! No, Penny. She's..." Ruby said though she was struggling not to laugh. After calming down, she continued her explanation. "I don't know what she is. She didn't exactly talk to us before she decided to run off."
"I don't have a lot of friends," Peny said. "But if I did, I would want them to talk to me about things."
A sad smile came across Ruby's face. "Me too..."
A few moments later The two found themselves in front of a shop.
"He should be out soon," Penny said. "Then we can go look for your friend!"
"Great!" Ruby said. The sooner they got back to looking the better.
"So since I have a boyfriend does this mean we can no longer talk about cute boys?"
"Ugg…" Ruby honestly didn't know. She had never really had crushes. Well there were a couple but she had let them go quickly when they expressed their desire to be with Yang. And while she loved her sister she wasn't the best role models when it came to relationships. So she really didn't know how to answer the question. Thankfully she didn't have to as the door opened and someone walked out.
"Oh there he is!" Penny said.
Ruby looked up at the person and her eyes widened in shock.
And done. Yeah sorry this chapter was a bit shorter than usual. I wanted this to be more of a buildup chapter. I wonder who the mysterious boyfriend is for Penny. So team UMPR took the backseat this chapter but that's fine because next chapter and the next few chapters I have planned will really make them POP. I hope I was able to get some support for Blake due to her childhood. She didn't have it easy either as you can tell and children are influenced by their surroundings. Next Chapter is the end of volume one… for RWBY but not UMPR. Since this was more of a build-up chapter I decided against a new opening so I reused the previous one. I have a special one planned for the next chapter so be ready.
On to questions because I got a lot this time around which I LOVE
Guest: My updates are sporadic though I do try to have a new chapter within two weeks unless I say it'll take longer. That's the best I can do to narrow it down. Also if you look at my summary now it should mention it is a multi crossover.
Loony Lupasta: At first I was confused at the Naruto is an OC but I over looked my story and noticed that only Caboose really portrays how I wanted him to be. That is my fault. So I'm going to add focus to my character's personalities more so they'll be more prominent. I'll do it like tv shows do. They're really similar at first but their unique traits develop and are more prominent over time. As for the Naruto x Ruby I will explain in a moment.
J: I decided to use those weapons because they just felt right to me. Plus I haven't seen anyone else use the combination of boots and Gauntlets as weapons for him unless he's just an OP character that kicks everybody's ass and personally while I find them entertaining. Not as interesting for plot and character development. I didn't go with guns because I had Caboose. And the spear because I had Percy's trident. It just felt right. If you have ideas though or questions just PM me and we can talk more about it. I love it when people give me their opinion and ideas. I love creating stories for you all to enjoy and if that means getting outside help then bring on the ideas! XD
Now unto an issue that has been rising up. Cross over. People seem to get upset with me about how I say it's a Naruto X RWBY crossover. Plus the whole Naruto is an OC thing which people seem to think that because of that this story technically isn't a Naruto x RWBY story. Guys give me a break.
I can name five stories right now in this section that use more than just Naruto characters and in three of them where Naruto acts OC like assuming you meant because of his personality. If you mean OC because of his abilities, then please go back to chapter four and the explanation I gave to He Who Seeks The Joys in Life (By the way to him hi I hope your still reading this). If it helps a lot of shit is about to happen in the next few chapters.
Back to the cross over seriously. I'll mention that it is a multi cross over n the summary but my story will stay right where it is.
I hope that doesn't turn anyone away from this story and you will continue to read it.
Well that's all for today guys. I'll see you next time. I'll try ti get this out before Christmas but don't hold me to that.
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