"How do you not know what aura is?" Pyrrha asked. Naruto shrugged but the action opened his wounds slightly making him wince.
"I'm a little new here. I might need some help." Naruto responded before his vision started fading.
'Brat you're losing blood fast. I can't heal you. Stay awake!' Kurama shouted from his mind. Naruto tried blinking away the blackness that was closing around his vision.
"Pyrrha, what would this aura do if I had it?" Naruto asked. Blood was starting to fall down to his stomach and drip to the ground. His tails began drooping behind him as he lost the strength to hold them up.
"Hold on Naruto, I can unlock it for you. It might buy us some time before you bleed out by healing some of your wounds." Pyrrha stated before she walked up to Naruto and kneeled before him. She took both of his hands and held them up. "Close your eye." She ordered. Naruto complied and closed his one eye. Naruto heard Pyrrha start to say something but he didn't pay attention to that, instead he felt something welling up from deep inside himself. It felt like chakra but instead of it being something he could create, this felt like something that belonged to him his entire life and was waiting to be freed.
He didn't notice that Pyrrha had let go of his hands due to being entranced by the energies that were now coursing throughout his body. The newfound energy started to heal some of the injuries on his cheast which lessened the blood flow that fell to the ground. Naruto tried to push himself off the ground but fell down.
"I don't think that I can get up." Naruto told Pyrrha. She nodded in response.
"Jaune, could you please help me, we need to get to the cliffs." Pyrrha asked. The blonde boy in an orange and black hoodie, jeans, and some armor that covered his cheast came up to them and grabbed Naruto's arm and threw it over his shoulder. Pyrrha did the same and soon enough they were walking away. Ren and Nora were following right behind them with Nora making incessant chatter. After a while they made it up to the cliffs by taking a slight detour since the bridges were destroyed. At the top of the cliffs the others were sitting and talking, all the while waiting to be picked up.
"Hey Naruto!" Ruby said when she finally noticed him. She got up and ran over to him but stopped when she noticed all the blood on him. "Are you okay?" She asked with concern in her voice.
"Yeah, it's fine." He replied quickly with a laugh. "It'll take much more than that to kill me because I'm the great Naruto Uzumaki!" Naruto stated. Ruby giggled at his strange display.
"Alright. But you tell me if it gets worse. You're a friend of mine now and that means you have to take care of yourself. Got it?" Ruby asked. Naruto nodded. Above them a few bullheads appeared. "Hey our rides are here!" Ruby shouted in excitement.
"What the hell are those!?" Naruto exclaimed.
"Oh those are just the bullheads. They are what will take us back to Beacon." Ruby stated. Naruto just nodded. As the bullheads landed a door on the side of it opened itself up. All of them started going into it while Jaune and Pyrrha helped with dragging Naruto inside.
When they were all seated Naruto started to close his eye. 'Naruto no! You have to stay awake!' Kurama screamed. When Ruby looked at him she started to shake him as he drifted off into unconsciousness. She mouthed at him to stay awake but his vision went black.
When Naruto opened his eye he was greeted to the sight of a grey haired man in a black suit and green scarf with a cup of coffee in his hand. "Well hello there, finally awake are we." He stated with a smirk. "You gave both team RWBY and JNPR a real fright." He finished with a sip of coffee.
Naruto lifted himself up. "What do you mean by team RWBY and JNPR?" He asked.
"That would be the teams made up of the students that you encountered in Emerald Forest. It has been three days since you have been unconscious. Miss Rose has been visiting you for those past few days. She was in here just a few hours ago." The man stated.
"Who are you and who is Miss Rose?" Naruto asked.
"Rose is Ruby's last name. My name is Ozpin and I am the headmaster of this academy." Ozpin replied before taking another sip from his cup. Naruto's eye widened at this.
"Wait, Ruby has been visiting me. But we just met." Naruto said in confusion.
"You must have made a good impression on her. You did save her life from the Death Stalker that was trying to kill her." Ozpin replied. "But I digress; my concerns are about who and what you are." Ozpin said with a stern expression.
"What do you want to know?" Naruto asked.
"Well when I checked all the records on creatures in Remnant I could not find a single mention of something like you. So that puts me in an awkward position on what to do with you. So the first question is what are you?" Ozpin asked.
"I am a monster." Naruto said sadly while examining his clawed hands. "I used to be human but now, I am just a miniaturized version of a monster that I had to fight."
"And what monster would that be?" Ozpin asked with slight concern.
"The Ten Tails." Naruto replied. He felt a hand grab his shoulder and looked up to see Ozpin grabbing him.
"I believe that to be untrue," Ozpin said before smiling "If you were a monster, then why did you save Miss Rose even though you were already injured? That seems like the work of a hero and frankly Naruto that is the type of person we want to teach here at Beacon. So Naruto, the real question is, do you want to remain a monster or do you wish to become a hero?" Ozpin asked. Naruto started smiling at this.
"I guess I could do that but what about my appearance?" He asked while motioning to his body.
Ozpin chuckled slightly at this. "Don't worry we can take care of that. Now on another matter entirely, you were dangerously low on aura when we brought you here. Could you explain why even when Miss Pyrrha Nikos activated it for you that there was barely any remaining?" Ozpin asked.
"Well before I got here I had to fight this really strong lady who wanted to rule the world or something. Old man sage was never really clear on that. All I know is that it would have been bad. But then me and my…friend managed to beat her. Then my friend betrayed me and I ended up here." Naruto explained. Ozpin nodded.
"You have my condolences. But on a lighter note, if you wish to become a hero you will start classes tomorrow." Ozpin stated.
"Wait I have classes!?" Naruto screamed. Ozpin smiled.
"This is a school for training potential hunters and huntresses. Everyone begins somewhere. I'll give you your schedule and dorm room tomorrow. Today just rest and relax." Ozpin replied to Naruto. Behind him they both heard the doors open to reveal team RWBY.
"Hey guys!" Naruto said while waving his hand at them. His tails wagged slightly shifting the blanket that was on top of him. Ruby just smiled and ran over to him.
"You're awake!" She exclaimed before hugging him. She let go while the rest of team RWBY walked up to the bed.
"Careful there Ruby, he's still in the infirmary for a reason." Yang stated to her sister with a smile.
"Wow, didn't know I had so many people who cared about me." Naruto stated. He grinned at them. "So how has the past three days been?" Naruto asked.
"Well we started classes already and now Weiss is my bestie!" Ruby replied. Weiss just hmphed.
"Alright. And what about you two?" Naruto asked while pointing at Yang and Blake.
"We are doing pretty well." Yang replied while putting her arm over Blake's shoulder.
"What about the others?" Naruto asked.
"Well Jaune was made leader of his team and they are doing pretty well right now. But then again I was made the leader of my team and we are doing pretty good as well." Ruby responded.
"Wait, your name is Ruby and you're leading a team called RWBY, won't people get confused?" Naruto asked.
"Well we haven't dealt with confusion next so we are doing well enough. Anyway, what about you?" Ruby asked.
"Well I'm gonna be in your classes from now on." Naruto responded.
"Yeah! Now I will have more friends in class than my team and JNPR!" Ruby exclaimed.
"What's wrong with us?" Weiss asked in a slightly angry tone. Ruby just put her hands up in a placating gesture.
"Nothing, nothing. You guys are great; it's just that now I have another friend here in class." Ruby replied.
"Alright. Alright. How about you guys go and leave me to sleep a little longer. You'll get to see me tomorrow and then we can hang out." Naruto stated.
"Aww. Fine then but I'm holding onto that as a promise to team RWBY." Ruby stated.
"That's alright because I never go back on word since that is my ninja way." Naruto said with a thumbs up. Team RWBY walked away after this and left Naruto and Ozpin alone in the room together.
"So then. I will see you tomorrow Mr. Uzumaki." Ozpin stated before walking away. Naruto's eye just widened.
"But I didn't even tell you my last name!" He responded but by then Ozpin was gone. Naruto pondered this a bit before giving up and going back to sleep. When he did this he was greeted to his mindscape. Inside Kurama was just lying on his stomach still looking thin. Actually now that he thought about it he kind of looked thinner.
"Hey Kurama, why do you still look thin? It's starting to freak me out." Naruto asked as he walked over to Kurama on all fours.
"Brat, I look like I'm anorexic because I lost a lot of chakra saving your ass. We were torn by three different summoning jutsu's you know." Kurama took a moment to then realize what he just said. "Damnit, now I'm saying your catchphrase!" He shouted.
"It is kinda catchy isn't it?" Naruto replied. He then looked at Kurama seriously. "Are you ever going to get all of your chakra back?" He asked. Kurama looked away for a second before staring at Naruto in the eye.
"Yeah, don't worry. Just have some fun out there and give those people hell. I need entertainment while I'm in here." Kurama stated with a smile.
"Alright partner. Tomorrow we can take on the world together. Nothing is gonna separate us!" Naruto shouted with as much enthusiasm as he could muster. Kurama chuckled.
"Alright brat. Now go to sleep because you're gonna need it. School is not your strong suit." Kurama stated.
"Alright mom." Naruto sarcastically replied. He eventually flickered out of the mindscape leaving Kurama alone.
"Together huh. I hope so." Kurama said as he stared at his hand. The fur and skin was extremely tight to the bone. A second later it grew tighter.
In an office filled with gears Ozpin sat and sipped his coffee. Above him the thunk of gears resounded in a repetitious pattern throughout his office which gave it an eerily calming effect. Ozpin started to mess around with a touch screen device called a scroll as he set Naruto up to attend Beacon. He continued even as the door was opened by Glynda who walked in with an annoyed expression.
"Ozpin why are you accepting this creature into the academy? You barely even know who and what he is." Glynda asked.
"On the contrary to that, I would say that his actions during the initiation exam have shown him to be the type of person that we like to look for when finding students for beacon. And besides, in the end we are going to need all the help we can get." Ozpin replied while still fiddling with his scroll.
"Ozpin, is this the right choice to make? The lives of students could be endangered by his prescence." Glynda asked.
"My dear Goodwitch, when are the students's live not endangered? They did all decided to attend a combat academy. There is not such thing as the correct choice. In the end, it all comes down to the best choice that you believe can work and I believe that this choice will work." Ozpin replied before drinking the last of his coffee. "Oh and Glynda, I am going to need more coffee. I just ran out." Ozpin stated with a smirk while upending his cup before Glynda to drive his point home.
"Fine. I swear a quarter of the budget is used in order to fund both yours and Oobleck's coffee addiction." Glynda said as she started to walk away.
"It's for a good cause. All of this is." Ozpin replied.
There you go. Another Chapter. Are you not entertained? So now the ball is starting to roll and eventually we will get to see Naruto attending Beacon…somehow. Chapters will come out pretty quickly in my bid to try and get my story past the first season before season three ends. Also the monster in my writing dungeon likes to eat comments so feed it. I can't since it keeps trying to eat my fingers.
