"You know I think something other then orange would look good on you," Teal's voice rang out through the forest.

They had been walking for what seemed to be an hour. However, with Teal's nonstop talking it made it seem more like an eternity.

"Onyx used to always wear these tie dye shirts, and I remember I had to throw it all in the garbage ca-"

Stopping in his tracks he looked at Teal with a blank face, "You're not throwing away my clothes," he stated in a matter of fact tone.

She opened her mouth, but shut it when she saw him continue onward. With an evil glint in her eyes, she followed her partner. It was funny seeing someone so short. Maybe he hadn't hit his growth spurt yet?

"Hey Naruto?"

"Yes?" he sighed.

"How tall are you?"

He stopped in his tracks.

Silence.

"Naruto?"

A rain cloud formed above him as he slouched over while muttering something inaudible to her. He continued walking with a drag in his step. Biting her finger was that something of a sore spot for him?

'Might as well make some light talk,'

Jogging next to the whiskered blond she put her hands behind her head before matching his pace.

"Soooo," she started while giving the blond a quick glance, "What brings you to Beacon?"

Giving her a deadpanned look she couldn't be serious?

"You know a lot of things to do here to become a hunter."

Silence.

"Any hobbies?"

Waiting for a response she received nothing but silence. Propping one of her eyes open, he was still in the same state.

"Favorite food? Desert? Fruit? Anything you like in general?"

Still no response.

With her eye twitching she was about to show him her fist if he ignored her one more time.

"Favorite soup?"

Silence.

As if something snapped inside her she grabbed the boy by the shoulders before violently shaking him, "IF YOU DON'T ANSWER ME RIGHT NOW I'M THROWING YOU INTO THE DEEPEST DROP I CAN FIND, AND THEN SAVE YOU ONLY TO DO IT AGAIN!"

Being shook in the girls grip his eyes widened in fright.

A woman's wrath… something he never wanted to be at the end of.

"UNDERSTAND!"

"RAMEN, CHEESECAKE, STRAWBERRIES, AND RAMEN BROTH."

Releasing her grip the anger inside her dispersed, and replaced by an innocent smile, "Good!" she chirped as she patted his head.

Letting out a nervous laugh his eye twitched out of fright or the girls quirks he wasn't sure. Maybe a mixture of both.

Resuming their journey he made sure to keep an eye on her, so he wasn't going to see the same end Jiraiya had been met with so many times.

"Say Naruto," she started again, only this time getting his full attention, "I don't want to make this sound corny or anything, but what are your dreams for the future?"

He almost stopped in his tracks, that was something he himself was trying to figure out.

What did he want?

More importantly what did he want here?

When he had heard what Itachi was to do with the clan he had immediately 'volunteered' to help. He couldn't have let the whole burden fall onto his friends shoulder, and once he was gone, what else does he have left in the village?

Painful memories of the once joyous times he had?

Perhaps a part of him knew that once he completed staining his blade with the blood of his adoptive family, the fox and the weasel would part ways, promising one another to help when the other would call.

Once Itachi had left, he had nothing.

Nothing but guilt and failures. He had been broken only to be fixed and then tore down again, but even during that time in the Uchiha household he still felt like something was missing.

He had practically journeyed throughout every part the Elemental Nations had to offer, he had crossed the point of breakage so many times, and yet he didn't have a single ounce of care for his safety. His scarred filled body was proof of that.

Yet, with all of the missions he had been on he still wasn't satisfied. Or he was never satisfied to begin with. Only brief moments that filled him with a rush that quickly passed as he tore their lives away. He wasn't a pacifist at heart like Itachi.

The feeling in his soul still haunted him. As if each time he was coming closer to an answer only more questions would come. Something was missing, or it could be the part that he needed, to regain what he had lost.

Had he come her in search of that missing piece?

A new reason?

What about the small boy he had left behind? The two boys he had failed?

Or was he just running from his problems?

Stopping in his tracks the noise of leaves crunching caught his attention. His breath hitched a little at the sight of a lone fox who looked as if it would drop on the ground any second. And it did, it layed next to a rose. While its murky amber eyes stared at it if it was it's last hope. Hoping it would give him something to further on. Or was it simply just admiring its beauty?

Despite having a distaste towards foxes he could sympathize with it somewhat. A wandering soul in search of a reason for its existence, and right now he felt like he was lost in a dark forest with only one objective in mind.

Oh wait… he was.

Shaking his head he had his current problem to worry about.

"Holy crackers!" he heard Teal yell, "That guy just went woosh! And that King Taijitu's head just went boom!" turning towards her partner she jumped on her feet, "Did you see that!" she exclaimed.

Letting out a chuckle he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "No…"

"Let's go say hi!" she exclaimed before jumping over the fallen log she was hiding behind.

"Wait!" he called but only for it to fall on deaf ears

"Hey! You two!" Teal called out while waving her arm around. Running towards the two teens one had black hair with a pink highlight in it, while the other was a ginger who held an electric spark in her eyes that remind her of herself.

"That was awesome! You went woosh and wash! And then BANG! His head exploded!"

The ginger haired girl followed Teal's excitement as she jumped down from her tree, "I know right! Ren was like Wah! And Ha! And than Wah-Ha!"

With a radiant smile on both of the girls faces they jumped around in excitement, which only seemed to fuel the others.

"It was amazing!" the two chirped at the same time while high fiving.

Smirking the ginger leaned herself against her black haired partner, "Ren here is the best of the best when it comes to ninja related stuff," she spoke with pride getting a small smile from the boy, "And making pancakes!" she added.

"Well Naruto here," she started only to find her blond companion wasn't next to her, but instead hiding behind the same log she was before, "Give me a sec."

Teal held an arm out and Naruto's eyes widened as he felt his body fly towards his partner against his will

What the hell!

A moment later Naruto was being held up by Teal who proceeded to plop him in front of the other two.

"He," she started once again.

"Is adorable!" Nora chirped picking the boy up. How the hell was she doing that!? She was shorter than him! A moment later he found himself being smothered in the girls chest similar to how Teal did him earlier.

"Exactly!" Teal agreed with pride lacing her voice, "And! He… uh… What exactly do you do?" she asked looking at the dizzy blonde who was being twirled around by the petite ginger. His eyes having become swirls from the constant spinning. Opening his mouth to request being put down, he was cut off by Teal who had seemed to have a lightbulb light up, "THE STRONGEST IN BEACON OF COURSE!"

What?

Hearing a gasp come from her new friend she had all but dropped the blond on the ground, "What! No way!"

Naruto on the other hand was taking deep and ragged breaths as the girl had almost suffocated him between her breasts.

'Do not give in!'

Looking at the other boy he extended his hand out in desperation, "H-help me," he barely managed to get out.

Receiving a saddened look from the boy he had mouthed him a 'I'm sorry'.

His head fell to the ground in defeat before Teal picked him up like he was some sort of plushie.

'Why me,'

/

"Are you sure this is the right way?" Onyx asked his partner. They had been walking for what felt like an hour, and he was pretty sure they were walking in a giant circle.

Looking around he had already spotted some similarities from where they were now, and half an hour ago. It was almost like a mirror image.

"Yes," Cardin growled out.

Rolling his eyes at his partner's attitude it was going to be a long four years.

"I'm pretty sure this isn't the right way. Didn't we pass tha-"

"For the love of god can you shut up for a single second," Cardin barked, "I'm not an idiot like you, or a dimwit like that girlfriend of yours!"

Narrowing his eyes his anger boiled, "Excuse me? I'm sorry that I'm putting my faith in you."

"Yeah well shut up, or go your own way bastard," Cardin remarked shoving Onyx.

Not liking the way his partner was treating him he shoved him back harder.

"The hell's your problem!"

"My problem?" Onyx asked, "Oh I don't know maybe the fact that i'm trying to be nice here, and you're making an ass out of yourself!"

"Ooo, look at me I'm a goody two-shoes," Cardin mocked, "We can split ways right now. You can go find your girlfriend and play like rabbits all you want, and I can go find my friends. Sounds good to me."

"Rules are rules Cardin!"

Rubbing his face Cardin looked at Onyx before poking his finger in his partners, chest, "Stop being a scaredy cat and live a little. It's already bad enough that you fell, so low to date a faunus." Looking him straight in the eyes he could feel the heat from his glare, "You sissy."

He didn't know what he was expecting, but he wasn't ready for what happened next. Onyx had punched him straight in the jaw.

Cupping his cheek, he glared at the dark haired boy, "Really?"

Not receiving a response, he charged at him before tackling him through the bushes. With their hands interlocked they attempt to overpower the other. Rolling down the hill they stayed in their power struggle.

Seeing that overpowering Cardin was to no avail, he had released his dominant hand from their lock before punching the boy.

Tumbling a bit away from Onyx the two stood up. Their clothes and armor was scuffed; however, they didn't care.

Their surroundings had changed to a flat patch of grass with the hill on one side and a ravine on the other.

The two gripped the handles of their weapons. Standing their waiting for the other to make a move, but it was Onyx who had decided to make the first.

Charging at Cardin he popped his pommel off before throwing it straight at his opponent. Cardin had managed to swat it away, but wasn't prepared for when Onyx had tackled him to the ground.

Sitting on his partner he started to throw punch after punch. His fist was caught before being thrown sideways. The roles had switched with Cardin now on top of him delivering haymakers all around.

Feeling his partner stopping his assault he was grabbed by the collar.

"Don't try something stupid like that e-"

However, before he could finish Onyx had head butted him between the bridge of his nose.

Recoiling a little, Onyx took that chance to deliver a brutal right hook that had sent Cardin off of him. Struggling to get up he wobbled a little before regaining his balance. He took a couple of steps forward but wasn't expecting the kick to his shin.

Stumbling back his eyes widened when his foot didn't meet the ground. He fell backwards where he was met with the sky staring back at him.

This was it.

Killed by his own partner.

Closing his eyes, he had expected to feel the surging winds as he fell to his doom. Instead he felt a hand gripping his ankle. Looking up he was met with the bruised face of Cardin, which was similar to that of his own.

Feeling himself being pulled up the two boys laid on the ground next to one another. Both taking in as much air as they possibly could into their lungs.

"I… told you… not to… " Cardin spoke in between huffs.

"Shut Up…" Onyx retorted.

Looking at the burnt orange haired boy he seemed to hold an arrogant smirk on his face.

"You owe me one…"

Slowly nodding he couldn't deny that.

/

Back at the launching point Ozpin watched as the two boys laid there on his scroll.

"It would seem that those two were possibly the worst possible partners for one another," Glynda spoke up watching the two on her own scroll.

Looking at the headmaster she was somewhat surprised when he had shaken his head, "Quite the contrary."

Glynda's response was to raise her brow. Hadn't these two just tried to kill one another?

"Where Cardin is more likely to cause mischief and go against society's rules and standards, Onyx is the exact opposite. An honorable trait but the two could learn from one another. As hunters they'll need a creative mind, and realize there's more than one way to an objective."

Taking a sip from his mug he gave a quick glance to his assistant.

"Don't you think so?"

Looking back at her scroll her blank face remained, "That's if they could survive what's to come next."

Glancing to the device that had the two boys on it, they seemed to be completely unaware of the danger that was emerging.

"Indubitably."

/

Letting out a sigh Onyx slowly stood up from his spot. Extending a hand out he offered it to Cardin, only to be denied. Despite the disrespectful gesture he couldn't blame him. He would've done the same.

Rubbing his hand through his hair he let out a small sigh. Were they even going to reach the artifacts in time?

Opening his eyes they widened proportionally as he took a few steps back.

Cardin noticing this couldn't help but raise a brow, "The hells wrong with you?"

"Run!" Onyx yelled before grabbing his partners hand and entering a full on sprint.

Still confused on what he was so scared about he gave a quick peek where he had entered a state that was similar to Onyx's.

There was a freaking Griffon behind them!

/

"Ohhhh myyyy goddddddd, what's taking so long?!" the familiar voice of Teal yelled out.

Wincing a little, Naruto covered his ears.

"Are you sure we're going the right way?"

Burying his cheeks in his scarf he knew they weren't going the right direction. They had headed East while Ren and Nora had headed in the right direction.

"Yes," he meekly let out.

In all honesty he just didn't want more people around. Teal was already enough and with, what he had dubbed 'Orange Teal', he just knew that he would spend more time looking inside his hoodie than outside.

Puffing her cheeks out she slumped over a little. This was taking too long!

Glancing at his frustrated teammate he had to admit as well this exam was going on for too long. There wasn't anything exciting and the only other thing they heard was a high pitched scream a bit ago.

Letting out a sigh at least the next few minutes would be ones filled with silence.

"I HAD ENOUGH!"

Or so he thought.

He watched as his teammate had already stomped away in some other direction. Letting out a sigh by some lucky chance she had actually picked the right way. Surely there couldn't be anyone else there right?

Following in her steps he passed through some rather large bushes only to be met with their objective. A small temple with pedestals clearly displaying the artifacts. The only problem there were two left.

"Yahoo!" he heard Teal chirp, "See that Naruto! I'm practically a map when it comes to these sort of things!"

He started to tone out Teal's ramblings as he looked at the temple bewildered. Were they actually this close? From the path they had taken it would've taken a good walk from-

"Naruto?"

"Huh?" he blurted.

"You're spacing again." she stated.

Rubbing the back of his head sheepishly maybe he was wrong, or maybe Teal had some unknown gift that he hadn't seen yet. Glancing at the girl she was cleaning her ear with her finger.

Or not.

The two walked up to the pedestal. Two pawn pieces laid on different ends as he picked up the golden one. Inspecting it, he couldn't help but find some humor in the irony in this.

A pawn.

Something which most people overlooked, and used it nothing but as a sacrificial tool. It held no real value, and wherever it survived the game or not is all up to the wielder of the pieces.

Something he knew all too well.

Shaking his head, he pocketed the artifact, giving Teal a look she seemed to be pondering upon something.

"Teal," he called out, "What are you doing?"

"I'm going to take it."

"What?"

"I said I'm taking it," she repeated.

Raising a brow just what exactly was she thinking?

"We already have a piece we ca-"

"NO!"

Flinching a little, at the girls booming voice he had wanted to cower behind the first thing he saw. Or preferably hugging a pillow while trying his best to hide himself from the teen.

"Onyx needs this piece!" she stated in a matter of fact tone.

"And how do you know that?"

"Cause, he'd be here waiting for me, duh."

Slumping over he should've expected a response like that. Massaging the bridge of his nose he just wanted this day to be over, "So what, we wait for him?"

"Yep!"

Another sigh escaped his lips. He just hoped that no one else would run into this place. Glancing at his teammate she was playing around with the artifact. She was practically a child, but he knew her heart was in the right place.

His only problem would be if Onyx wasn't on their team. He couldn't even imagine what Teal would do.

Letting out a sigh his head perked up at the snap of a twig. Glancing towards the noises direction he awaited whatever caused it to come out. And it did. In the form of two teens. The ones he had dubbed the 'jocks'.

"I told you Sky!"

"Oh shut up you idiot. At least I can open my eyes!"

"At least I don't look like an elf!"

The boy growled at his partner's comment. He was about to throw another remark, but the sight of two other people in front of them stopped him.

"Great…" he muttered.

"What's wrong Sky?"

Turning to look at his teammate he had to resist the urge to clonk him, "I'm starting to think you can't actually see at all."

"My eyes are squinty! Not glued closed!"

"Very squinty."

Of to the sides Teal had walked up next to her teammate. The two stayed in silence as they watched the two bicker. They were like an old married couple.

Sharing a look their mouths hung as they returned to the two in front of them.

"Shut up! You know I'm sensitive about my eyes!"

"Dove, Dove, Dove," Sky started, "It's not that hard. Look," he stated only to get a deadpan from his teammate, "Oh yeah I forgot. Just," placing his fingers on Dove's eye lids he attempted to lift them open to no avail, "Damn…"

"Shut up!" Dove screamed.

Shaking his head, Sky looked on to the two teens ahead. His eyes widened slightly at the two before him.

"Holy crap Dove, look! Coonboy!"

His eye started to twitch as a vein started to throb on his forehead.

"Really?"

"Yeah can't you see?"

Feeling the light glare, he let out a slight laugh before wiping a tear in his eyes. Looking at the other two they couldn't have gotten any luckier. A dim witted Koala and a kid who would rather hide than fight.

Grinning this couldn't have gotten any better, "Alright you two," he started before clearing his throat, "Why don't you give me your artifacts and we won't have to beat you up." Pausing he closed his eyes before opening them, "I'd rather not beat up a girl and a child."

"Yeah well! We… uh… we'd rather not…." Teal tried to retort only for her to hit her forehead in an attempt to think of something, "Uhhh…" glancing at her teammates for help, Naruto let out a sigh.

"Hey Coonboy," Sky started getting Naruto's attention.

He had already buried his face into his scarf, and straighten himself out while taking a saluting pose.

"Yes sir!"

The two boys shared a look with one another. Hell was this kid doing? However, the mischievous grin on their faces hadn't left. The kid was clearly scared… they could use that to their advantage.

"You don't want to get yourself hurt right?"

Loosening his posture, he relaxed himself slightly. He was completely fine with getting hurt, and despite Teal's annoyances he didn't want to put her in harm's way.

"Uh…"

"The answer is 'no'." Dove cut off.

Leaving the protection of his scarf, he looked at the two in a new light. Were they trying to threaten them? His eyes narrowed slightly, but they weren't focused on the two in front of them.

'Is that…'

"Now hold on a damn second!" Teal interrupted with the stomp of her foot, a raging fire in her eyes. "I'm not even going to start how you copied my weapon design!" she yelled while directing her anger towards Sky. It was true, their weapons were very similar, a halberd with a gun function, except hers was at the bottom of the weapon, "I don't care who you guys think you are but if you try something to that cute little fox right there I'll make sure you meet the ends of my boot Doo and Blue."

"It's-" Dove started only to be interrupted by the girl again.

"I don't care what it is!" she yelled with the fire she held in her eyes only intensifying.

The two stepped back a little.

Women really were scary.

Glancing at her teammate she looked at the line of direction he was staring at. The trees seemed to rustle violently as if something big was going through them. Squinting her eyes, a little the form of two figures came into view. Raising a brow her eyes lit up at the sight of her boyfriend!

"Onyx!" she chirped as she ran towards him to envelope him in a big hug.

"Run!" he yelled scooping his girlfriend as he ran.

Confused on what caused her boyfriend's fear she felt slight anger towards whatever it was. Nothing! And she meant NOTHING! Gets in the way of interrupting her time with a boyfriend!

Staring into the tree line a Griffon emerged from it.

Not even a Griffon!

Shaking herself out of her boyfriend's grip, she grabbed her weapon before turning it around and firing an explosive round at it. It did nothing, and only seemed to agitate the flying grimm further as it looked at her direction.

Throwing her weapon in the hands of Sky she pointed a finger at him, "He did it!"

"What?"

As if it understood her the grimm dove itself at the boy before snatching him up with its claws. Screaming at the situation he was in, Sky thrashed around in hopes of being released. Glancing at the weapon in his hand he let out a battle cry before attempting to let the bird go of him.

Slamming the halberd with all it's might it did virtually nothing, and instead fell out of his grasp. His face turned into that of horror, watching as the area he was once in shrunk in size.

Letting out a sigh of relief she wiped the sweat off her forehead and watched as her weapon fell before planting itself next to her. The Griffon left, and that was completely fine with her! Back in the direction they had come from. Whistling she grabbed it before putting it back on its strap. Turning around she threw her arms out before running towards her boyfriend.

"Onyx!" she yelled, pouncing on the boy.

However, instead of the warm feeling of his arms wrapping around her like he always does, he stayed as still as a statue.

"Onyx?" she asked with a hint of worry.

Glancing at him he seemed to be concentrated on something else. Following his line of sight, she was met with the second boy who had come with Onyx. Was that his partner?

"Cardin…" Onyx called out only to not get a response.

Watching him take a step in the direction the Griffon had left in he was shaking?

"Cardin," he called out once again, only firmer this time.

Watching him slowly turn towards him his eyes dark blue eyes burned with rage.

"I'm going after him."

His shoulders sagged as he watched the back of his partner. Slowly but surely he had entered a full blown sprint into the tree line. Gently grabbing Teals hands, he unwrapped her arms around him before following his teammate. He wouldn't let him do this alone, he owed him that much.

"Onyx," Teal spoke out softly. Getting no reply, she raised it, "Onyx!"

Unlike the last time, Onyx gave her a quick glance with a reassuring smile, and just like Cardin he too quickly ran in the direction of his partner. With the intention of both helping him and breaking even.

Letting out a sigh he couldn't help but rub his temples. Their group of six had quickly been cut in half, and in all honesty he was fine with that. The less people the better. However, giving his teammate a glance she was in utter turmoil. He was not fine with the fact, despite her being annoying, scary, and…huggy, of his teammates hurting inside.

If he could help them than why not. After all, according to Teal they were…

"Comrades," and he couldn't be any happier with just letting that word roll off his tongue. Knowing that it held some meaning to it. Faces that were alive would appear in his mind when he thought of it.

Something that would bring up a feeling he hadn't felt in a long time.

Not the ones that had haunted him every time he closed his eyes.

His eyes focused on her as he placed a hand on her shoulder. Giving her a foxy smile her eyes widened slightly, "Let's go save your rock headed boyfriend."

Calming down a little the turmoil in her eyes vanished, and was replaced with determination. Rustling her partners hair, she returned the smile, "That's the first time I've seen you smile," she started which caused Naruto's eyes to widen a little, "And it's ADORABLE!" she squealed.

Wrapping her arm around his throat she held him as tight as possible before pointing in the direction Onyx had left in, "Onward!" she yelled but only received the sound of gagging. Glancing at the source, Naruto's face had turned blue.

"I'M SORRY!" She yelled cuddling the boy into her breasts.

/

Running through the forest the noises of his panting and his feet meeting the ground was the only noise to reach his mind. He ignored the branches that dug themselves into his skin, or the leaves that had brushed against him.

He only had one goal in mind and that was to save his friend.

"Sky!" he yelled out in hopes of doing something. Anything! Even if it was to let him know he was there.

Running forward his eyes never left the Griffon above.

To distracted looking up, he never had the chance to see the tangle of roots that exposed themselves to the surface.

"Damn it!" he yelled falling face first into the ground.

Placing his hands onto the ground he pushed himself up before planting his right foot in preparation to continue his run. Pushing his leg off the ground he didn't manage to get an inch closer as the flooded feeling of pain exploded within his ankle.

Hissing in pain, he refocused his gaze on the fleeing Griffon.

"Sky!" he yelled once more.

Balling his fists together he slammed them against the forest floor.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

"Cardin!" he heard come from behind.

Snapping his neck towards the source he felt some relief seeing Onyx. Despite his obvious dislike he preferred his stupid partner over a grimm.

"We need to go, now!" he exclaimed, pointing towards the direction of the Griffon.

He was glad that Onyx didn't say anything, but only responded with a nod.

"You ok?"

"Do I look ok?" he sneered.

Glancing at his teammates ankle it was obviously twisted. How had he missed that?

"Well are you just going to look at me, or are we going to go?"

Shaking his head, he adjusted his sword before squatting in front of Cardin. Feeling his partners, hands on his shoulders he refused to say anything as Cardin hissed in pain in order to climb his back.

"Ready?" he asked giving his partner a glance seeing he was giving him a piggyback ride. Feeling Cardin nod he focused on the direction of where the Griffon went before sprinting off.

His feet met the cold ground floor as adrenaline coursed through his veins. He was to focused on running forward that he didn't care about the excessive weight which was Cardin, or his rapid heartbeat which felt to be going beating in bursts of three.

He didn't know how much he ran for, but all he knew was that he was near the same hill they had their scuffle in. The ravine must've been where it resided in. Preparing himself for the hills descending slope he planted his feet in it firmly before sliding down it.

Stopping to look around his face turned into that of confusion, seeing that the Griffon was nowhere in sight. Setting Cardin onto the ground he ignored his cry of pain before walking towards the ravine he had almost lost his life in. Looking into the abyss below he couldn't resist the chill that ran down his spine.

"It's up there!" he heard Cardin yell.

Raising a brow, he looked directly up finding the bird flying in circles. Almost as if it was waiting for them.

"Cardin," he called out, still focused on the Griffon, "Don't do anything st-"

"Uhg!" he heard Cardin grunt as if he had thrown something.

And he had, his only weapon, which hit the grimm bird right in the forehead. Of course due to the surprise of the attack it had released It's death grip on his partners friend which caused both of their eyes to widen.

Watching Sky fall to the ground he was sure this would be the end of him.

"I got him!" he heard a familiar voice chirp.

Never had a few measly seconds seemed like an eternity as the two watched, to what they believed to be someone falling to their death. Their worries had disappeared as fast as Sky's descent to the ground as he was pulled towards the hands of a familiar koala faunus. Trailing behind her, a socially awkward whiskered teen who looked at her actions with curiosity.

With a smile plastered on his face he was sure of it.

Everything was fine now.

Sky had landed into Teal's hands bridal style, "Onyx!" Teal yelled with an overly sweet voice. All the while, throwing the blunette face first into the ground.

"T-T-teal," he stuttered out in fright. If there was one thing he didn't like was when Teal used that tone. Glancing at the fox like boy behind her, he was already sending him looks of pity.

They both knew he was royally screwed.

CAW!

The trio quickly glanced towards the source of the noise. Their eyes widened as the Griffon landed in front of Cardin, its wings spread apart in an attempt to threaten the downed boy, all but while taking a menacing step forward every second.

Cardin, in an attempt to escape tried to move backwards to prevent the inevitable. With the pain exploding within his ankle again he grabbed it with both of his hands before applying pressure on it. Shutting his eyes tight he awaited, for his untimely demise.

"Cardin!" he heard Onyx scream.

Running towards the back of the Griffon he was about to do something really stupid! Jumping on the back of the bird it shook its head and wings around in an attempt to get him off.

Placing both of his hands on the birds head he shut his eyes and gritted his teeth before waiting for the drawbacks of his semblance to kick in.

The ground trembled around him as the Griffon let out a squawk of pain. Despite the feeling of all of his motor functions shutting down he kept his grip tight until he was sure they had enough time to escape!

Losing the feeling of his whole body he slid off the bird, which was thrashing around the place. It must have been in a similar state as he was, and was panicking to regain its motor functions back. Smirking slightly, he fell to the ground floor, just inches away from the abyss he had almost fallen in before.

Using whatever strength he had, he moved his head. He was happy to see that Sky was already helping Cardin get up, and his girlfriend was running to help him. This was the perfect opening for them to escape.

Closing his eyes Teal knew what to do in case he did something stupid like that. He had used his semblances full potential and these were the drawbacks.

Quake, he could send vibrations into any surface his hands were planted on within a twenty-yard radius. Or like he had just done, focus in on a specific target. The drawback being the after effects it had on his body depending on how powerful the vibrations he created was.

"Onyx!" he heard Teal's worried filled voice yell across the clearing to him.

His eyes shot up and blood came out of his mouth from the feeling of pain from the unexpected heavy blow of the Griffon. It had smacked him in his ribs in its wild frenzy. He flew over the ravine with heavy lidded eyes as he descended into the abyss he had faced before.

"Teal!" Naruto yelled towards the girl, "Your semblance, can it repel as well?"

Getting a shaky nod from the girl tears were already flowing out of her eyes like a stream.

"You!" Naruto continued looking over at Cardin and Sky. "Fire everything you've got at that thing!"

"Who the hell put you-"

"JUST DO IT!" he snapped.

The duo jumped at the authoritative voice from the younger teen they had tried to bully the day before. A moment later the two began firing all they had at the Griffon who turned to look at them in rage.

'Good,' Naruto thought coldly. Now it would come back.

"Teal!" He called again. "Throw me!" he exclaimed getting her to widen her eyes.

"What?!"

"Throw me!" he told her again only this time with more authority in his voice. She didn't think he could muster that tone with his shy and timid nature.

Locking her hands together, Naruto quickly jumped on top of them before jumping into the ravine. Seconds later he felt Teals added force with her quirk causing him to descend even faster.

Just like before his eyes held an all to calm look for the situation he was in, yet there was something in them that would send a chill down even the mightiest of hunters.

His gaze focused on Onyx's falling form where he quickly grabbed him with both of his hands before planting his feet on the ravine walls. Channeling the small amounts of chakra he had to work with, the soles of his sandals burned as smoke came out from behind them due to the friction.

Stopping to a halt he gave the surface a gaze where his eyes hardened.

"N-naruto?" he heard Onyx mutter.

"I'm gonna borrow this," he stated without a hint of emotion, grabbing Onyx's broadsword. Not caring about whatever, the boy said 'yes' or 'no', "I promise I'll get you a new one."

"What?"

Ignoring his confusion, he unsheathed Onyx's blade, letting its sheath fall even further into the endless abyss. Straightening himself as he ignored the laws of physics, he held Onyx's sword in one hand while carrying Onyx with the other.

Taking in a deep breath he let out a long exhale before opening his eyes. His blue orbs held no fear as he watched the griffon descend into the abyss, where it would more than likely try to kill them. As if he himself was an unstoppable force, he started his sprint towards the surface.

Channeling the leftovers of his chakra, Onyx's blade erupted with a thin rainbow like aura as cracks started to form along it. Time seemed to slow as the Griffon let out a mighty 'caw'. It tucked its wings to its sides in order to gain more momentum.

Jumping at the creature, Onyx's sword met its open mouth where he quickly cut the bird in half like a hot knife melting through butter. The griffon exploded in a mix of black feathers and of what seemed to be droplets of rainbow. The blade of his friend's sword quickly crumbled away as if it was sand being blown away by wind.

Planting his feet along the ravine wall he continued running upwards, the dangerous look in his eyes disappeared along with the Griffon.

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Watching the spectacle right in front of him, Ozpin could say he was truly impressed. It would seem despite doing nothing for the betterment of three years he had still retained his sharp mind and skills.

'So this is Konoha's Calamity… Interesting.'


Hopefully you all enjoyed that chapter. I did have to go back and revise it a little due to having contradicted myself in a later one that I had just written so yeah. I got a PM asking me if Naruto is Itachi's age, and who Kurama's container is. Hopefully this chapter made the first question clear, but I left a line or two to answer the second one. If you can't find it don't worry cause there's an upcoming one that's gonna make it very clear who it is. It's not a big spoiler or anything, but it might be a spoiler nonetheless. Drag0n5on did help me write and revise most of this, so he definitely had a big influence when I wrote this chapter to make it as best as I could. If you have any questions feel free to PM me, or leave a review cause those always help. I hope you've all enjoyed and had a wonderful day, and i'll see y'all later! Anyways, thanks for reading!

(Side note, I made an edit because someone pointed out a mistake I had made. Thanks you!)