Fox of Remnant

by Zagger the Bloody Angel

A wish. His wish and dreams were placed into the hands of another. And their wish was for him to live peacefully. It seemed Fate was a cruel mistress and still had plans to use him for her gains.

5. Chapter V

WARNING! This chapter gets dark. I have not upgraded to M-rating (As of now it has been upgraded to M for future Chapters for I continue to bring this level of intensity to scenes when necessary) as I don't see this ultra-violent or gory and is still suitable for those in the Teen demographic, but I believe a warning is needed for what is to come later for those that do not wish to take part in this topic. It will not be marked so as a natural progression and the subject of this chapter.

WARNING! This chapter will contain Police and Racially Charged Violence. You have been warned.

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Scanning.

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Source Found.

Purging.

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Naruto was currently not impressed with being a Hunter. He was sure Ozpin was at fault for that as he was getting all his jobs from him, and he wouldn't complain as it kept a steady flow of lien in his pocket but…

The jobs were easy.

They were just making sure the other students were okay going on expeditions or taking out a few troublesome Grimm that had gotten a little closer to Vale than the council would have liked. The fact there was a council suddenly sounded alarm bells, but it made sense as there had to be a group of overseers for the entirety of the world of Remnant that was comprised of members of each major city.

That was a step up from the Elemental Countries in his mind's eye as that literally was forced upon them at the end and they were barely cooperating with each another. If it wasn't for his sheer force of will and his way of words he wasn't sure he could have gotten as far as he did with A and the other Kages.

Tsunade and Gaara sure but the others… Well, Mei was a maybe… She might have a thing for him now that he thought about it…

The way she was licking her lips when she looked at him…

Shaking his head, it seemed Oz had no intention of letting Naruto travel outside of Vale any time soon, not that it would do him any good at this point anyways. He very much wanted him here and there had to be a reason for it. Maybe that was he had the broadcast of him such a gifted hunter, a prodigy faunus. Staunch human superioritist feared him, the faunus adored him and the White Fang was now hunting for him to join their ranks.

All of these were problems that made him just stay in Beacon and cloak himself when he had to go Vale or at least go with a group.

Regardless, he started to send clones out transformed to dig up information in the unground as now was the time to start acting. The source of negativity was firmly planted where it had always been he could sense its desire was growing and that meant moves were finally being made. It seemed Oz was starting to take things a little more seriously even if his demeanor was still lax as ever. He would only just occasionally ask for reports on if anything was dug up.

Naruto just found it annoying that the Wizard knew he was information gathering… But the extra lien giving him info on criminal syndicates and the likes didn't hurt either so, score for him. If he ever needed to bust down the local thugs or gangs, he'd hop to it.

The reason he didn't was what they were doing was small time and nothing severe in his eye. People had to make a living and as long as they weren't being disruptive to society and actively harming people, Naruto was one to let crime like that go.

It wasn't like it was too far out of the norm from average business practices anyways and that frankly disgusted him. That some of these guys were get labeled as criminals while those in the elite positions would get labeled as great businessmen or politicians irked him to no end. So unless he was forced to…

He'd let most of them slide. And they'd probably be good sources of information for it in the process.

His new weapon came in and to this point he rather liked it. Its handle was thicker than a regular kunai, almost as if had a double handle, and the blade was longer to compensate for its transformation, so he had to have a separate sheath for it all together but was fine. Because when he flicked a small switch on the handle it transformed and became a kick-ass little saw-off shotgun with dust-infused rounds.

And that was the kicker and why Oz stated he wasn't sure if it would work with his 'aura'. Oh, it did. His chakra did something more with dust and those blasts could pack a serious punch depending on how much chakra he pumped into the round. He hadn't played around too much with them as dust prices had skyrocketed due to all the theft going on, but it was still good to have a more plentiful resource.

Ruby had gone ballistic at the sight of his new weapon and wanted to give it a new name, but Blake had the best idea and it stuck with him. And honestly it fit well so he went with it.

Shattered Dreams.

He had talked a little more about his life with Blake who was willing to lend an ear when he needed it. Or because she needed time away from the rest of team RWBY. He wasn't sure which but regardless she seemed to spend at least a little part of her day with him over the month, so she had become a constant fixture in his current life.

That and probably spilling his soul made her trust him so she was just willing to spend her time. Now if he just get her to open up on what was going on inside her head as he could feel the swirl going on within her and knew she needed to talk. He would not force it but if it didn't come out soon there was going to be…

Well, there was going to be a cataclysmic event with her and her team. It was just a matter of who it was going to be.

Ruby was far too kind heart and good-natured so that crossed her off the list. Yang was a possibility as while they started getting along a lot better, as Blake made the effort, their personalities still clashed as Yang was highly extroverted and Blake… Was a true introvert.

The funny thing was Naruto had always thought he was an extrovert but when he came here to Remnant without a goal or purpose, he kind of realized something… He wasn't. He had a lot of extrovert tendencies sure, but he was goal-oriented, and without that… He kind of liked being off on his own or with a small group of people of his choosing.

Maybe that was why Blake was always choosing to hang out in his room for an hour or so for a cooldown period to read as he was just quietly studying seals or working on chakra theory to see if he could mix magma into his Rasengan while in base form…

God, he was work oriented. Did he have classification besides just work maniac?

Returning to his thought the other problem that he knew Blake could run into was definitely Weiss. He knew she had a problem with faunus and while he had flipped her perspective to a degree on that it was most likely targeted directly at him. She didn't seem to mind Velvet all that much but that was because Velvet…

He hated to say it but Velvet just accepted the status quo and took it. The girl might be sassier and stronger with Coco around but without her, she was mild and tame otherwise and he needed to find a way, so she was just sassier all the time while still being sweet and mild.

Blake was strong-willed and knew a clash of wills would be coming if something came out or god forbid it came known that she was a faunus and had been hiding it all this time. Hell, she still hadn't told him she was even though he was pretty sure she knew he knew.

And Weiss was strong in her beliefs, and he was certain there was something behind it as well. He was certain something happened in her life, and it had to be trauma related. He could feel the pain and conflict in her the one time they were alone and go over her glyphs, so something was up with her. He just ignored the other emotions she was dealing with as they weren't either of them…

Just what did she think she was trying to do when she purposely tripped into him? That was a new tactic he hadn't seen before, and he wished he could form a mind link across worlds to go over it with Sasuke.

He missed his raven-haired brother… Sasuke would enjoy it here. If he was here, he wouldn't have to rely on Oz and they would have just gone and taken care of everything…

Or caused a revolution. He wasn't sure which honestly. Either would have been a blast.

Naruto got to know team JNPR a little more as well since they were basically next door as well, just surprisingly nowhere near as noisy. How that was possible when Nora existed, he wasn't sure, but he counted his blessings.

He was still dealing with his body's reactions to Pyrrha, but he was slowly getting that under control. As long as she didn't realize she caused such a reaction in him he was good but if she did…

Well, it probably wouldn't end well for either… No, it would end well it just wouldn't end in the way he wanted. He just needed to stamp out his mother's voice in his head screaming for strong, red-haired grand babies and the need to rebuild the clan…

Naruto swore if his mother's spirit was speaking to him from the afterlife, he would find a way to the pure world and seal her mouth shut. Now was not the time to be thinking about family. He was still recovering from losing his old life!

Otherwise, Pyrrha was cordial every time they met. They didn't have too many interactions mostly due to Naruto slinking his way around her for his sanity.

Ren was exactly who he thought he was. Quiet, calm, and collected young man that was here to learn to become a hunter. He was focused on the job but was grateful for everything and everyone around him. It also seemed he was Nora's keeper and the only thing keeping her chained down and not bouncing off the walls twenty-four seven.

That had to be a tiring job on its own.

Nora… What was Nora? A sugar-high cocaine rush fused with an acid trip? At her peak that would be the best way to describe the ball of energy she could be but at other points, she was positively quiet and thoughtful, usually after Ren told her to calm down.

Even after a few weeks of observing her and run in with Nora… Naruto couldn't classify her.

Nora was Nora.

Jaune… Was hopeless. After getting his ass kicked this morning by Cardin, he just seemed like a lost cause. His emotional state was all over the place and his confidence bounced from mild-mannered to over-inflated to completely crushed at frightening speeds and it was hard to watch. Why Oz even allowed him to get this far was something he wasn't sure of.

Naruto wasn't even sure Jaune could be one of Cardin's flunkies and that was saying something as even Glynda, the Wizard's pawn, was calling him out as nearly worthless as she announced the Vytal festival this morning.

He made a mental note to make her life worse. Maybe Phase 3 should open in her apartment….

"Are you okay?" Blake's voice echoed as she looked at Naruto worriedly and she poked him in the shoulder. "You've sat here quietly for the last two minutes and barely touched your ramen… Your hands normally are a blur when they serve it…"

"I don't know," Naruto answered honestly as he poked at his favorite food as he was lost in thought. "Was thinking about everything and now…. I get the feeling something is going to happen here soon and I'm not going to like it."

"It was in the middle of the night!"

"It was in the day, Nora." Ren corrected as she tried to exaggerate her story about the expedition they last took.

He too, however, noted that Naruto seemed off shorts and it perplexed him to an extent. He was one of the very few people that could handle Nora's energy as proven when they went out on the expedition together.

Ren had to wonder what was going on in his head.

"Then, swoosh, crash! Naruto and I slammed two Ursa together and BOOM! A beautiful explosion only to be surrounded by twenty more!" Nora proclaimed standing on the table as Ren stopped paying attention to the story while Yang and Ruby were hanging onto every word.

"They were Beowolves and there were only two more."

"Ren!" Nora complained as he was ruining her amazing story of their expedition.

So, what if she was fabricating the truth a little? It made for a better story! And it was still completely believable considering who was involved!

"Jaune… Are you okay?" Pyrrha ignore the plight of her other teammate as she noted that the other blonde was also poking at his food dejectedly.

"What, oh, yeah… Sure. I'm just not very hungry this afternoon." Jaune stated as he meekly tried to excuse his lack of appetite.

"Yeah, not buying it. If I'm admitting something wrong cause I'm not eating ramen you need to buck up and admit you have a problem. If there's one thing about this table… There are some good ears here." Naruto tossed a grape into Jaune's face and called the other blonde out.

"Ow… How'd a grape hurt?" Jaune complained as Pyrrha chuckled and Blake and Ren nodded in agreement at Naruto's assessment. "Well… I guess… It's Cardin. He's been kicking my butt during spars…"

"And then the rocket locker incident," Ren added as he remembered pulling his leader out of the locker after searching for Jaune for an hour.

"Don't bring that up!" Jaune panicked as he didn't want others to know about that. "Yeah, I guess he can be a bit mean outside to me."

"No, he's a bully Jaune." Blake flat out said with a growl as she had a personal detest for him and how he had seen him treat not only Jaune but anyone weaker than him but any faunus he came across.

Naruto was the only exception as he seemed to give a wide birth which was a fair assessment. Don't piss off the Hunter on campus.

Or the guy that can cause landscaping shaking shockwaves with just his aura alone.

Or that could set fire to water. She still hadn't figured that one out yet.

"I agree. He's been picking on you from the first day on campus." Pyrrha agreed with Blake's assessment and had tried to step in on multiple occasions only to be stopped by Jaune himself or when the damage had already been done.

"What, no. He's only been pulling practical jokes on me…" Jaune tried to defend Cardin's actions when he was suddenly pegged in the face by another grape.

"Not trying to be a bully here myself and apologies but it's to get your attention," Naruto called out Jaune. "Once, maybe a practical joke if they go make sure the other party is okay. What I do is practical jokes cause I'm always going to make sure you're okay after and I'm never going to push it overboard… Unless your name is Ozpin and Glynda."

At this statement, everyone knew Naruto had declared war and was calling the witch out. It had only been Ozpin he had been pranking so for him to put Glynda's name in there…

A statement had been made.

Shaking her head of that, Pyrrha agreed. "He has a point. Jokes are when both parties can find it funny. What Cardin has been doing isn't… To be frank I've been ready to stop him myself…"

"Ow! Stop that hurts!" Velvet's voice echoed from further away. "Please stop!"

"I don't you're going to have to Pyrrha…" Weiss' pale features drained entirely as the bowl of ramen shattered onto the floor a terrifying aura filled the cafeteria.

And Naruto took a single breath as his blood boiled and he blurred out of existence with a single target in mind.

"See I told you they were…"

"I'm going to give you a fair option… One that I think that you would be wise to take." Naruto's voice growled violently as he stood directly behind the Winchester and between all of his cronies, his eyes dilated and feral. "Let go of her and apologize and I will… Give you a pass on this day."

"But if you harm another hair on her head… I will break every bone in all your bodies!"

Cardin Winchester was not dumb. He could feel the absolute blood lust rolling of the animal that was directly behind him and he knew exactly who it was. He did not fancy his odds in this situation and with the intent solely focused on him.

So carefully release Velvet, Cardin raised both of his arms to show he meant no further harm. "Alright, alright. We've had our fun… SKY NO!"

At that exact moment, his crony decided to think for himself, and after he let Velvet go. He had to make the worse decision of all of their lives. He purposely stuck his leg out and tripped Velvet into a nearby table and she bounced off and onto the floor. "Oh, my bad you stupid rabbit."

"YOU DUMB PIECE OF SHIT!" Cardin roared as he moved to discipline his teammate before everything was drowned out by the literal wave of killing intent.

And you could see the heated breath coming off of Naruto as his blood boiled and he hit his limit. "Everyone's bones it is!"

A fine mist seemed to cover the cafeteria, no one being able to understand where it came from and Naruto simply vanished from sight. That was only briefly as the immediate offender Sky Lark was lifted at an alarming speed and swiftly slammed through a table and cracked through the ground, headfirst.

He did not get back up.

Dove Bronzewing was next as he was pulled into the mist. Several snaps and screams were heard before he was viciously thrown back into view, skidding on the ground, unmoving. Russel Thrush screamed and tried to run away but hit back and was constantly struck by an invisible force. Suddenly he pulled underground to where only his head was before he was knocked unconscious as Naruto stomped on his face and stood before Cardin.

Then in an instant, he faded back into the mist, but his words echoed all around.

"Throat, Spinal Column. Lungs, Liver. The Jugular vein, the Subclavian artery. Kidney and the finally the Heart." Cardin shivered as he felt Naruto's hand touch each of these spots on his body but couldn't see him.

What was this animal? A trained assassin?!

Naruto reappeared once more and dropped Cardin with a single haymaker to the face as the mist faded but before it did, he caught the falling by the right arm twisted just for good measure. He might not have felt that now but he would when he woke up.

Along with everything he broke in his face.

Letting out a deep breath as he surveyed the damage he just caused, Naruto mentally sighed as this probably going to come back and bite him in the ass. They deserved it but he probably didn't need to invoke his memory of Zabuza…

Even if he thought Cardin might have needed that lesson of fear.

Bending over to check on Velvet, who was a little frazzled at what transpired from both sides, Naruto sighed externally as he couldn't blame her. "Sorry… I lost my temper… Maybe I do need to look into seeing a therapist."

"Naruto Uzumaki!" Glynda Goodwitch's voice came at the wrong time for him as she rushed into the cafeteria soon as she knew there was going to be an altercation.

"SHUT UP!" Naruto roared before taking a deep breath and calming himself as he stood up and glared daggers at the witch. "Maybe if you were on time or you know, had a will of your own instead of being a pawn of the wizards, a different outcome might have occurred? Instead, this is what you get when I have to step in."

Glynda was startled by Naruto and his bluntness as walked passed her but growled one last time. "Maybe if you were a better teacher your students would reflect what you want of them."

And with that Naruto walked out leaving Glynda shell-shocked for a moment before she quickly recovered and with a quick wave, she started repairing the damage before pulling out her scroll. "Get the medics here immediately. Four students with moderate damages, mostly broken bones, heavy bruises, and probably bruised egos… Most likely each has a concussion at the very least."

Putting her scroll back, Glynda looked at where Naruto left the room as the rest of team CFVY had arrived on the scene to check on Velvet as team RWBY and JNPR had been there moments before.

"Just what did you go through to have such an outlook on life at such an age?"

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"Goddamit!" Naruto roared as he snapped what felt like the hundredth tree with his fists. "Is this actually a faunus trait that I'm just going to have to overcome? Or is something else because this is getting out of hand!"

"AHHHH!" Naruto roared as his blood boiled and steam literally came off his body as it hyper oxygenated as his chakra spiked along with it before he started to calm himself and take, slower, shallower breaths.

"Okay… That's new… And I don't think this is entirely a faunus trait… Fuck off fates!" Naruto growled but continued to calm himself as he could see his muscles bulging from the anger he was feeling and the rush of oxygen and chakra they were getting.

He thought it was a technique he was developing but no, it was something far more. Something the fates morphed when he was transported perhaps? Some lingering will of Kurama's anger of possibly the malice of his Yin chakra mutated into this?

No matter what it was… It was a drawback despite the small benefits it did give. It was something he was going to have to focus on and master before anything else and it could not wait if it was directly tied to his emotions, specifically his anger.

"What the hell… What happened here?" Yang's voice snapped Naruto into reality as he was still focused on coming down. "The trees I get but it looks like a steam house just blew up over here with you at the center of it."

"Are you okay?!" Weiss' voice carried concern as the two found him, an odd pairing, and the princess rushed to his side. "Everyone went looking for you after you disappeared, and you didn't show up for class."

"Yeah, even Fox is looking for you. Put up a poster backward, said you were an invisible super ninja, you know. That kind of stuff." Yang grinned as she tried to make light of the situation with things Fox did.

Somehow Naruto believed he did those things. It was just in Fox's nature to do those things when he was around or for him. He seemed to bring out his prankster's spirit out him.

"Yang! Now is not that time for…."

"No, Fox would do those things."

"See."

Weiss just bristled silently.

"But seriously… What happened here?" Yang looked around at the burnt devastation and was curious as this was not a normal fire hazard.

"I… Think I found the crux to my emotional issues, but it is also connected to me physically… Also, does anyone have water cause I am thirsty… I think I literally poured out all that steam from my body." Naruto started before realizing he was seriously dehydrated and realized this was going to be an issue and he was going to need to keep a ton of water on him.

At this, both Yang and Weiss were severely alarmed, and Weiss started fiddling with her purse before she pulled out a bottle of water she kept on her for emergency's sake. And as Naruto chugged it down, she looked in horror at the scene around her. "This… Was because you were angry?"

"Seems like it… So I guess therapy is on the menu along with a lot of physical and emotional training until I have this under lock and key and can control it." Naruto stated before he darkly looked down. "I was… Very close to this very limit in the cafeteria and if it happened in there… More than a few would have been hurt including Velvet."

Weiss could only look solemnly in understanding as he simply did want to hurt anyone. Yang understood as well but there was something else that was bothering her. "Dude, just how many abilities due you have cause this doesn't sound like you knew about this one. Then there is your aura control and supposed sensory abilities… I call bullshit! I want that kind of power!"

"Do you really when it costs you everything?" Naruto questioned Yang. "I was driven at a young age to be what I was while being scorned and hated. I had no life. It was all about training and getting better to become what I am… The fact that I have a personality and want to protect others is a miracle in itself when I think about it…"

"I was raised to be a living weapon."

As were a lot of his friends were… It just seemed to be the ninja culture. A lot of the others just were spared the things other more unpleasant things he had to deal with and were luckier because of it.

This one sentence sent a shiver down Yang's spine and made Weiss tremble. While she always wanted to test herself and grow stronger it was all for fun. But the realization there were those out there who weren't given a choice and were simply made to be stronger as soon as they could do so…

That life seemed barbaric.

Weiss found deeper respect for Naruto despite his upbringing and what he was all he wanted to do with protecting others, no matter who they were… Now if she could just convince him and could convince her dad to not care about the ears…

"So… How many texts did I not answer… Good grief everyone... How did Fox even text me? …That makes sense… It's gibberish." Naruto sighed before he smiled near the end as someone had to click on it for Fox and then he just went to town before letting them send it.

However, there was a sudden call on his scroll and it was from Ruby. "Hey… What's…

"YOU-NEED-TO-GET-HERE-NOW! THEY'RE-ARRESTING-VELVET! I-DON'T-KNOW-WHAT-TO-DO! PLEASE-HELP!"

"WHAT?!" Naruto roared as both Weiss and Yang paled at hearing Ruby's panicked and sped-up voice.

Without another word he calmed and let the world's natural energy seep into him so he could activate his Sage State. In a second, he had their location pinpointed. "THERE!"

Bursting off without another word, not that the other two could blame him as they were sprinting in hot pursuit despite not having a chance to keep up with Naruto.

Naruto didn't understand. Why Velvet? It should have been him they were looking for if anyone? She had done nothing wrong, and they were arresting the wrong person!

Landing beside Ruby, deactivating his sage state as it would do him no favors to come in with force in this situation, Naruto quickly gauged the scene.

Ruby was in a panic obviously and was nervously bouncing from place to place, unsure of what to do as she tried to talk to the officers. Blake was extremely frustrated and standing in front of the two officers with hands held out, trying to stop what was happening with Yatsu at her side, ready to draw his sword if he needed to. Jaune was there, for some reason, but was trying to explain how Velvet was on the receiving end and could not possibly be arrested.

Ren was physically holding Nora back from using her hammer while Pyrrha seemed at a loss for words and simply standing idly by. Coco for once was at a loss and was not her cool, confident self as she had seemed to try and talk the officers and her team down and nothing was working. And Fox was ready to throw down, his intent solely focused on the officer with Velvet in his grasp.

"Officers, she's innocent… I'm the one you want." Naruto immediately sacrificed himself on the sword as he watched the events before him. "If this is about the event that involves Cardin Winchester, Sky Lark, Russel Thrush, and Dove Bronzewing… I am your faunus."

"Naruto, no! What are you doing?!" Velvet cried out as this was even worse as while she didn't want to go to jail for something she commit she didn't want her friend to go for protecting her.

"The warrant was put out for Velvet Scarlatina." The officer stated as kept his grip on Velvet's cuffs, tightening them as this situation was tense and was hoping back up would get here soon. "The witness account from the victim personally stated it was her…"

"Those cowards are so fucking dead!" Fox growled as no one picked on his teammate and then tried to frame them for a crime. "When I get my hands on them…"

"You will do no such thing, Fox! That will only make things worse!" Naruto barked as while his blood boiled, he knew he had to stay calm.

He had to. It was for everyone's sake now, not just his own. This situation demanded it.

"Their brains must have been scrambled harder than I intended but I can assure you it was me." Naruto corrected the officer as he put his hands up as he offered himself up. "Skull contusions and concussions can cause that kind of effect on people. Not to mention all those ribs I broke… Or the snapped radius and femur in Dove or the snapped ulna in Cardin to go along with at very least a broken nose, cheekbones, and jaw?"

The second officer immediately caught the injuries and tapped the officer on the first's arm. "I'm calling it in… Those match the exact injuries from the boys… I think he is the actual culprit."

"Then why the hell would they name her?" The other officer growled out before he pulled out a key. "I'm going to just go with saying he is the one and call this a day! I hate coming to this campus for shit like this!"

"Naruto… Please…" Velvet cried, tears streaming down her face as now everyone else was concerned for a whole new reason and wasn't sure how to respond to the other officer cuffing Naruto as he gave himself up.

"The call came in. I'm taking you instead." The officer stated as he informed Naruto as he locked the cuffs in tight but made sure they weren't cutting into his flesh.

"It's fine… I did this, let me get out of this." Naruto comforted the girl as she was released, and they began to move him to the vehicle, but Blake still refused to budge and Yatsu was now in a more defensive position. "Guys… I've thought this out… Move… I don't need you getting in trouble."

"Naruto… No… You did the right thing. It was just…" Blake tried to stop him and Yatsu was wavering but was not budging either.

"Believe in me would you." Naruto smiled at the two of them. "Do you think I would give myself up if I didn't have faith… You're late again witch."

"What is going on here?" Glynda marched onto the scene, extremely upset seeing the police on HER campus "I'll have you know that all matters here go through our channel first, officers."

"Not if they're civil mam." The officer replied and this caught Glynda off guard, and she growled through her teeth. "We came for a warrant to arrest Ms. Scarlatina but this gentleman offered himself in her place with very detailed information on the crime and how he did it instead. So, we are taking him to the station for processing."

"What if I have video proof clearing both parties of wrongdoing as I was an act of defense, and a clear warning was given? Faunus have equal right here in Vale, you know that as well as I, and that would clear him of the crime." Glynda responded as she worked her way around this problem and pulled up her pad as the evidence was on hand.

"Well, I would have you bring it down to the station for the investigators as that isn't our job. Our job is just to get the suspect. If everything clears, he should be processed by tomorrow morning as they are unfortunately out dealing with a bigger case right now." The more reasonable officer continued speaking as the other officer was just on edge and wanted to get out of Beacon.

"That's fucking bullshit!" Yang finally arrived on the scene and had quickly caught up and was ready to throw down.

"We have the evidence right on hand that should be more than sufficient enough to have him released!" Weiss immediately was ready to try and pull all the power she could muster in this situation to get Naruto off the hook as once more he jumped in.

"Girls!" Glynda growled as at this point, she knew this was fighting a lost cause, and seemed Naruto knew it as well. "Blake, Daichi. Please stand aside and let the officers do their job. I assure you that I will do everything in my power to make sure Naruto is out by tomorrow morning.

Feeling defeated as she had seen scenes like this time and time before and had always been on the losing side, Blake dejected stood aside while Yatsu did the same but was still very much angry at the situation at hand. Opening the door, the officer slowly slid Naruto in when Glynda spoke. "Could I have a word with him before you leave?"

Sighing as he would like to leave, he nodded as he wasn't going to tempt a Huntress. They were above them in the chain of command. "Please make it quick. I don't have all night."

Pulling out a bottle of water, and seeing Naruto's state Glynda helped him drink but softly spoke to him as she did. "Vale may be a more tolerant place, but the station is still the worst place for a faunus…"

"The night will most likely be rough and I would not be surprised if they would try to cohere a statement out of you before the evidence is processed… I know you are strong but be prepared as there are dirty cops even here and… You are a faunus and I fear for the worse…"

"I don't want any of my students to face that kind of oppression."

"Got it… Going to be worse than my only other time in jail… And I had an electric shock trap attached to me siphoning my aura if I tried to use it." Naruto responded with a sad smirk as the witch did care.

Glynda could only look at him with slight horror. "My god what kind of life did you live?"

"One of a kind."

"I'm sending you to therapy."

"I need it."

Shaking her head, Glynda patted Naruto on the thigh and gave him a sad smile. "I will be there in the morning. Do not give in and above all, do not lose your temper. That will only make things worse, and they will have a case at that point."

"Yeah… I know."

Standing up from the back of the cruiser, Glynda sighed and allowed the officers to finish their job. Closing the door, the two officers entered the vehicle before the driver complained loudly. "Fuck this place! It's always a damn zoo! Fucking hunters, huntresses, and damn faunus everywhere!"

"Shut up! And go!" The other office growled at his partner as they hit flight mode in the cruiser so they could get to Vale quickly from here. "Hey, kid… For what it is worth… You did the right thing. Turning yourself in and trying to calm everyone else down…"

"Ha, fucking good that did…"

"I said shut up and fly! Do you want another demerit on your report?! You still have a lot to learn if you want to be a good field officer! Keep this up and I'm recommending you be sent back to the desk."

The lower-ranking officer only grumbled as he glided their rig in silence.

"As I was saying…. Regardless of species… That thing takes a kind of guts you don't see very often, and I wished it was more common." The officer continued. "To do the right thing even in the face of adversity…"

"I'm sure the evidence will clear, and you'll be out tomorrow morning so just keep your head low and I think everything will be fine… Who's working tonight?"

"Victor Noct, Alice Lumine, Ferris Bueller and…" The other officer began as tried to remember who was all coming in on shifts tonight. "Hugo Sill."

"Oh… That is a problem. Let's see if they'll let me work a double... For the third time this week."

Somehow Naruto realized his night was going to be as rough as Glynda feared.

---

Sitting in a cell with another meek and very skinny faunus who looked like he hadn't eaten a good meal in a week along with a big, muscle thug with bronzed skin, Naruto sighed.

Picton Blue, the officer he liked, had tried to convince the chief to let him stay the shift which would have put him into serious over time. Over sixty hours. And his boss wasn't having it, threatened to fire him if he kept trying to go so far overtime every week and he sent him home.

The chief had serious issues and had to wonder what his deal was.

But before Picton was forced to leave, as the chief stayed on him like a hawk, he quietly warned Naruto to keep his head low and if Sill was the officer in the room with him at any time not to make eye contact or any threatening gestures.

So, it was going to be a very, very long night.

At least he got a good description of what Sill looked like. Black hair, snake-like yellow eyes. Pale to white skin. He painted the picture of what he imaged to be a wimpy, weak-willed Orochimaru clone that was partially aborted if he was being honest.

Except even that snake seemed to turn around so who the fuck knew anymore, to be honest. He was fighting on their side at the end of the war, so anything was possible.

He made a mental note to send some anonymous funds now and then to Blue when he was getting better paychecks. Good cops like that deserved more. They simply got weighed down by the bureaucracy of police politics and then all their good work was quickly snuffed out by bad cops. A rough system truthfully but not one that could be fixed overnight. It was something that was going to take a long and arduous time to fix.

"So… What'cha in for?" The skittish wolf faunus spoke with an obvious speech impediment. "I was out caught dosing up again… The war'th… Felt good…"

"You're going to die doing that shit." The big man spoke, not in a caring way.

Just stating facts.

"Prob'bly… But I need the war'th… It's too cold…" The wolf spoke once more, jerking around as he spoke.

The big, still not looking like he cared simply spoke. "You get out in three days?"

"Give or t'ke. No more time ge's added." The faunus responded.

The muscle thug only nodded as things like that did happen, unfortunately. "Alleyway on fifth street. Good little group there… Might have to do a few small things here and there but nothing hard… And they're friendly and take in anyone… You'll stay warm and they'll get you off that shit."

"Really… I'll get war'th? That'd be ni'e." The wolf looked dreamily before turning back to Naruto. "So what'cha in for?

Naruto stayed quiet as he watched their interaction. Even in the dregs there was always hope and that was the one thing he liked to see. It wasn't what everyone always thought it was. Just criminals and thugs raping, thieving, and killing.

It was just mostly people that had fallen on hard times trying to make a living or battling something they couldn't beat on their own. There were the others, sure. They existed out there but even then, in a lot of cases there was something seriously wrong.

Very few were evil just to be evil. Those that were...

Well, that's why there needed to be people like him, willing to do what needed to be done.

"Me? A friend of mine was mine was being attacked and bullied by four so-called wannabe racist hunters… So, I gave them the choice to back down or be broken… They chose to be broken." Naruto took a moment before answering. "Then they decided to try and frame her for the crime when they woke up from my ass beating and I surrendered myself so she could go free."

"Woah… They s'me assh'les." The wolf responded.

"Sounds like they need some more breaking." The bronze thug let out a low growl and would love to get his hands on them.

Naruto liked these guys. "Yeah… But I have evidence, so I'll be processed by morning… And then I have a plan to scare them straight or at least piss themselves… Maybe both."

The big guy could only nod. "Well, that's good. Those in the right shouldn't get punished… Wished it worked that way more often."

"Me too man… Me too." Naruto responded with a sad sigh before the door opened and a very pale man walked through and to the desk on the other under.

"Oh no!" The wolf panicked and tried to scamper underneath the bench.

"Shit, Sill is working tonight! Thought he was on suspension!" The bronzed man looked worried and showed emotion for the first time before motioning to both Naruto and the wolf to get behind him. "Whatever you do man… Don't say a word… He's a bonified faunus hater and has gotten away with neglect, beatings, and improper use of force. He fucking killed a faunus in here less than a month ago and he was only suspended but it looks like he's back… How the fucker get away with that?"

Naruto narrowed his eyes. He had heard of bad cops, but this was a bit much. Murder in a police station was something that shouldn't be allowed and to have gotten away with it…

"Man it's ca'se he's the chie' son… They 'id the evi'ence. Ain't no way he goin' to let his son get con'icted." The wolf cried foul as he knew the truth of the situation.

Naruto could only blink. How corrupt was the police situation here? When Glynda said there were some bad cops this wasn't what he thought.

There might need to be thinning of the force through legal means or… Less than legal.

Seeing that he was walking in their direction with a clipboard, the bronze man cursed as he knew it was time for a roll call. "Shit… Don't look him in the eye. Don't speak… Follow my lead."

"Up to the line maggots and animals!" Hugo spoke with disgust in his voice as he looked at all three of them but had the most venom in his voice when looking directly at Naruto and the wolf.

Keeping his head down and adverting her eyes, Naruto just wondered what the hell the other guards were doing on shift. Surely there should be more than just one back here with the prisoners? And why would the one that just returned from suspension for murder get that duty?

There was a whole bunch of dereliction of duty going on here.

Yet he was glad it was him here as he would not want Velvet in this situation. He could take this and didn't even want to think how she would handle being put in this spot. He was sure big bronze would do everything he could but sometimes that just wasn't enough.

Then again, he would be pretty sure he'd be tearing apart the station so…

"Mahony Bran… Back again I see." Sill tapped the clipboard before looking at the big bronze man. "Still can't stop roughing up those upstanding folks at the Rainbow Hotel and Bar? My, you are just a worthless thug, aren't you?"

Mahony kept his tongue still, but Naruto could tell he wanted to say something back. And with what intel he had been digging that hotel with a cesspool of drugs and money laundering that broke people's backs.

Seemed like they kept a few cops in the wallets too.

Instead, Mahony answered with a simple. "Here boss."

"Vajo Ruffus… Ah, the stray mutt got caught drugging out again. When will you just die out there and stop wasting our resources?" Hugo growled as he looked at the jittering wolf who was extremely nervous and his eyes were darting everywhere.

Thankfully it was everyone but Sill so he wasn't looking in the eye…

"FUCKING SAY HERE ANIMAL!" Hugo grabbed Vajo by the collar and then slammed him into the bar nose first, breaking his nose and sending the wolf crumpling to the ground.

Naruto immediately went to check on Vajo and cringed as he wished he knew a medical technique or snuck in anything from his pack so he give him a pain killer to at least alleviate some of the pain for his fellow faunus.

"YO BACK THE FUCK OFF!" Mahony slammed into the bars but was unable to reach Sill as he easily backed off and as if to prove his power over them, he pulled forth a gun out of the desk for effect and then slid it back in.

"With that level of aggression, it'd be easy to pull the trigger and say it was self-defense. And no one would believe the words of two other criminals, so I just get another paid suspension before coming right back here… And that's if I get suspended… I might just get slap on the wrist as I could have been in so much danger." Hugo smugly stated before he mimed being in terror at the end.

Taking a deep breath to calm his boiling blood as it would do no one any favors if the cell exploded in a steam eruption right now, Naruto assisted Vajo to the back as he sat him on the bench before returning to the line. He wasn't sure how, but he'd find a way to make this bastard pay.

He just needed to get through the night.

"Naruto Uzumaki… What have we here… Defiled four upstanding gentlemen for harming a worthless faunus girl… Evidence to prove innocence and marked for release tomorrow morning? No, no, no we can't have that…" Hugo stated as he shook his head and left the room, heading for a particular room.

"The fuck?" Naruto's emote senses were exploding and what he was sensing was the foulest energy he had sensed from another person that wasn't the negative void.

Even then he thought it was possible the void might recoil from this person. Or at least feed them to a Grimm with a smile on their face as they got rid of worthless human scum. "The hell are you planning! I'm fucking innocent!"

"Stand back! That's not the evidence room he went to… It's the interrogation room!" Mahony growled and was standing in front of the jail cell door, planning on blocking them in. "I don't know what the runt has going through his mind, but this stops tonight… I'm taking his head!"

Seeing Hugo exiting that room, Naruto's mind was racing a mile a minute. Just what in the hell did he get himself into? "It's fine! I'm built like a tank and survived literal explosions… There isn't a thing this little ant can do to me, and I don't want more time added to what you have left!"

"Are you sure?" Mahony looked worried but seeing Naruto's look he could only nod. "Alright… I'll take care of Vajo."

"Yeah… I guess I keep him busy… Joy that's going to be." Naruto suddenly realized what he was signing up for and wished for a miracle.

Like a Grimm to bust through a eat the racist. That'd be nice. And also give him an excuse to break free of the cell as right now he felt completely powerless.

The most powerful being on the planet and he was rendered powerless due to the law as he tried to be a law-abiding citizen. How ironic.

"Turn around animal and give me those hands!" Sill ordered as much as he despised it, Naruto did as he asked.

He, however, was not going to make it easy for him as he pulsed chakra through his wrist to buff his muscle's strength as he knew he was going to try to put them on way too tightly and had to grin as they snapped clean in half.

"What the hell?!" Hugo tried again with a second pair of cuffs, but the same result occurred, and he was getting extremely frustrated and slammed Naruto against the bars. "The hell are you doing filthy cunt! Cuffs don't break that easily!"

"Maybe if your toys were made of stronger material they'd stop breaking?" Naruto commented as he cushioned the blow to bars with a light amount of his chakra as he felt harder shots from academy students.

Mahony immediately recognized that something was up. Naruto was indeed fighting back but understood he wasn't going to do so directly. He couldn't show any aggression but what he was doing was working as it was frustrating Sill to no end.

He simply kept himself in front of Vajo and rooted for the blonde faunus. He knew what he was doing.

However, Hugo was done with cuffs and went for a simple binding they used for the real troublesome suspects and slipped it around Naruto's wrists as hard as he could. Naruto could break this as well but this time it was slightly looser, so he didn't feel the need to further agitate the racist cop.

This was going to be a long night after all.

"Stand by the door with your back to it!" Hugo ordered and Naruto did as he was instructed, giving Mahony a grim smile as he did, the cell opened only for him to be roughly pulled out and the cell slammed close.

But the message was passed on. He would be fine.

He unfortunately had been trained for situations like this. He'd have to thank Ibiki and Anko as that was rough on them as well. He asked for the training in the worst-case scenario in case someone like the Akatsuki captured him.

It was the only time he had seen Anko cry as she begged for him to give in.

Tsunade was not pleased with any of them after that and he could only imagine what Kurama would have said if they were on good terms at the time.

But as they entered the interrogation room Hugo was in for a world of shock as another officer with medium-length black hair and a full beard and stach was in the room, examining the camera in frustration. "The hell happened… Why did it suddenly break?"

"Ah, Victor… What are you doing here?" Sill seemed nervous as the officer known as Victor Noct turned around and immediately narrowed his eyes at the scene. "I thought you were working the reception desk tonight?"

"I was… Until I noticed the camera to this room mysteriously went down." Victor mentioned with a slight edge to his voice and a hint of annoyance as he surveyed the situation. "And what is it that you are doing? You were assigned to watch the prisoners, nothing more. Interrogation is for the investigators, not the night watch. We're here to simply keep the peace and call in back up if we need it…"

"But we also can interrogate in extraneous circumstances and when the investigators our out," Sill responded, still nervous as Victor seemed to be someone, he genuinely was wary of but not willing to back down from. "They were given the night off due to all the Dust thief going on and how overworked they all have been, so I'd thought I'd take it from here…"

"You are the least qualified fucking person for that task." Victor walked straight up into Hugo's face, standing a full half foot taller than the man, and looked down at the man. "If there is going to be an interrogation tonight either Alice or I will handle it after we looked into… Why the fuck is their blood… God fucking dammit!"

Victor roughly pushed Hugo aside and rushed into the jail cells before he immediately yelled out. "Sill! You fucking little wannabe shit-stain!"

With that Victor blitzed back in and with no hesitation dropped Hugo with a single punch, leaving a bruise on his left eye. "Again with this shit! I don't know how your father keeps getting away with covering everything you do but I swear I'm going to find a way to make this stick if it is the last thing I do!"

"Put him back while I go take Vajo to the infirmary!" Victor went back into the cells to get Vajo treated but he had one last message to give as he did. "And I swear to god if anything happens as I'm treating him… I will do everything I can to end you! You will not keep getting away with this!"

Hearing the cell open and close, Naruto was glad Vajo was getting treated and his respect level for the good cops in the district went up a notch. There needed to be more like Picton and Victor in the force and not be restrained by bureaucracy and brought down by bad cops so they could be allowed to do their jobs correctly.

However, as another door clicked, Naruto knew his night somehow wasn't over and it seemed Hugo was only incensed more as he silently clicked the interrogation room shut. Just what was this guy's issue?

"Have a seat." Sill calmly stated as pulled the chair out for Naruto, pretending to be civil about everything that happened.

Naruto really didn't want to. He knew shouldn't and that every second he bought mattered at the moment as he tried to feel out where every presence in the building was.

He could feel Mahony was just going ballistic in his cell, not that he was surprised. Victor was already too far and moving upstairs with Vajo to get him treated so unfortunately, he was already not going to be of any help. He could only sense a third person that probably had to be another officer and they were in the basement, and he couldn't tell what they were doing but from what he saw on the signs that was the lab so…

Possibly examining evidence.

Not exactly useful for him in this scenario. There was supposed to be a fourth officer on duty but they might be out in the field as something was called in and they went to answer it so that was even less helpful right now.

His options were really limited, and he couldn't lay a hand on this guy without everything getting so much worse. It was really infuriating.

"I said take a seat you worthless waste of flesh and bones!" Sill violently struck out, but Naruto instinctively tilted his head and avoided the strike with ease.

This only served to further infuriate the already incensed officer as he grabbed Naruto by the collar of his coat and thrust him into the chair. "You think you are better than me?! Is that it?"

"I'm better than most, that's just a fact. I was bred and trained to be the best." Naruto wasn't going to sugarcoat it or bend to this delusion officer on a power trip even if he was in a position he wasn't allowed to fight back.

He wasn't going to give him the satisfaction.

Naruto knew he shouldn't have answered that way as it agitated Sill, but it felt good. Even as the pale man struck him in the face, he had the satisfaction he got way more out of it than the corrupt cop. "Fuck off animal! What the hell are you made of?!"

"Stronger stuff than you." Naruto tilted his head back and held back a grin that he wanted to let out as he watched the pathetic cop shake his hand and grip his wrist.

Most likely broke a few things with that punch.

Wasn't the best answer as Hugo flipped him out of the chair but with his reflexes he simply rolled to a seated position as he easily absorbed what the cop was trying to dish out.

This was child's play so far.

He might just get out of this by annoying him so much that he'd just leave or even luckier he'd have him stroke out from his building rage.

Naruto knew he was getting close to having one and that would just end in the death of the cop and that would be hard to explain.

"Cocky little fucking freak… So full of yourself like the rest of your White Fang brethren I bet." Sill responded as he moved to apprehend Naruto but this time he had none of it as he simply rolled away, slid back into his chair, and kicked it back up to a standing position.

Again, Naruto just wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of trying to manhandle him if he could help it and would try and make it seem like he was cooperating.

Even if he really wasn't.

To his credit Hugo only looked incredulousness for a moment before his anger returned in full force, grabbing one last set of cuffs and cuffing them to the restraint and the chair itself. Naruto frowned as that was going to make things a little more difficult.

The prick had a least a fragment of knowledge of what he was doing and that wasn't a good thing.

"Alright… Let's me this quick and maybe I won't be too rough on you…" Hugo panted as this was harder than he expected and realizing there was a time limit he needed to be quick. "If you just confess to hurting those pour, innocent boys I won't have to… break too many of your filthy animal bones."

Naruto couldn't help but frown as he used a partial statement of what he told Cardin and his crew when they were tormenting Velvet. That was something he hid and didn't like and he felt like this asshole was let loose on purpose now.

The chief definitively moved up on his list.

"Defending my friend is the only thing I did. I gave clear and concise…" Naruto began before his eyes narrowed as a few fools were pulled forth from a bag that had been left on the table. "Commands… You are going to lose your job you know that right?"

"I don't think so, scum." As he held a baton before with a quick flick of his wrist jab the handle into Naruto's sternum, who absorbed the blow and simply glared daggers. "What the…"

"I deal with Grimm daily… Try harder." Naruto answered truthfully all the while not intending to incite the officer to remind him of his place.

He wasn't dealing with someone his tactics were effective against. He was trained to handle far worse violence than anything he could dish out.

It didn't seem that thought immediately registered on Sill as he violently struck out and smashed Naruto in the face with the baton but he hardly budged, his glare only intensifying as he tried to stay calm and keep his blood from boiling.

He would deal with him later, just not today.

Not seeing a single reaction, Sill struck repeatedly as he lost his temper and patience. "What the hell are you freak?! Even hunters would bruise from strikes like this! What are you, a fucking monster?! A demon?!"

Killing intent leaked from Naruto at that statement. Oh, that word hit a nerve. How many times he had been called that when he was a child? How many times had he been thrown out of stores or had been humiliated in front of other children when he was trying to make friends by parents calling him that word?

Sill was not a normal person. He sensed the intent and instead of recoiling in fear he relished it. This was what he wanted. He wanted this reaction! He wanted him to strike back! To give him a reason to make this faunus' life as worse as it could be. He couldn't just let this animal get off with a slap on the wrist!

"Oh, hit a nerve, did I?" Hugo realized as he backed up as he looked at the choice of tools and found one, in particular, to be very, very intriguing. "So, if you deal with Grimm physical force isn't going to be all those useful against you… How about a little… Current convincing to get that confession, hm demon?"

He buckled against his restraints but only just as it was more of Naruto keeping himself restrained. He wanted nothing more than to break this man in front of him as he felt his temperature rise but he couldn't.

Naruto needed to stay calm and in control just to outlast this sociopath. Once he did the night would be over and then he could figure things out from there…

"Fuck you!" Naruto growled as the stun rod was shoved into his chest and lit, and he immediately went to work on neutralizing the damage by applying lightning affinity to his chakra to absorb the volts coursing through his sternum.

One thing he was grateful for being the Asura reincarnation was that he temporarily had control of all affinities and into practice now had the idea of how to do so naturally.

He just wasn't fluent in lightning as that element was just so erratic and hard to control.

Not to mention he had the damn things amped to full and it wasn't a civil model, so it probably had an amp of 5.0 at least if not higher.

So it hurt even him. It wasn't anything compared to Chidori through his chest or anything, but it still was going to hurt. A lot more than he would like so he had to mitigate as much of the damage as possible.

"Feeling different about that confession yet, monster?" Hugo responded before hitting him again just for fun as he liked to see the faunus squirm, but his arrogance suddenly turned as Naruto's eyes turned feral and he simply laughed.

"I've had lightning strike me through the heart you bastard, you think your little stun rod is going to do anything? You're just a jizz stain that can't measure up to the rest of daddy's cum that he left in your mom's mouth last night." Naruto responded, remembering a little bit of what he went through with Ibiki and Anko and how they were even thrown off by his boldness in the interrogation.

He would not back down, and he refused to now.

Naruto Uzumaki would not give him the satisfaction!

"You fucking piece of shit! What did you call me?!" Sill struck upwards and into Naruto's throat with the stun rod, catching the blonde faunus slightly off guard but he continued working his chakra system to absorb as much of the current as he could. "You think you are funny, huh!"

Getting his chair knocked over again, Naruto growled as he wanted nothing more than to break free as his blood boiled and his breath steamed as he glared at the toxic man before him as he struck again this time in his face.

It was a lot harder to absorb the electrical shock into his face. The current was going straight into his brain, and he was trying to control his chakra to absorb but it just wasn't working. He was taking a full brunt shock to the cranium, and it was one of the more painful experiences he experiences.

That was it… He was ready to snap. He couldn't take this… This man he wanted his fucking throat!

"Confess you fucking animal! Confes… Umph!" A kick to his face silenced Hugo and slammed up against the wall and a woman in uniform with blonde hair and shining blue eyes and two cat ears on top of her head separated the two of them before she marched straight to the downed officer, cuffed him.

"What… Alice, what are you doing?"

"Doing what should have been done long ago… You're under arrest Hugo."

"Fuck you, you faunus whore! Let me go!" Sill screamed at Alice as she ripped him up by the cuffs with little effort and dragged him into the cell room without any issue and with the intent of booking him.

At the same moment, Victor rushed back in and cursed loudly at the scene before him. "Mother fuck! I knew I should have called downstairs for Bueller! Even if he never does anything it's better than this! Asshole probably sleeping downstairs in the evidence lab like usual!"

"God… A stun baton… Are you okay?" Victor undid the cuffs as Naruto tried to calm his breathing as his blood had reached the boiling point and he could feel the explosion was just moments off.

"No… Leave the room… Now! My semblance is activating… I can't control it…." Naruto growled out as his eyes dangerously glinted with feral intent as steam violently came from his breath and skin turned a bright right, veins pronounced as he felt his blood boil.

Victor's eyes widened at the realization that this was Hunter in front of him and had been pushed to the point he had no control. Jumping the table, Victor rushed out of the room and tackled a surprised Alice who let out a surprised "What are you… Woah!"

Steam erupted through the interrogation room as Naruto roared, his boiling past the raging point and he could no longer contain himself. It was the restraint snapped off as he rolled onto all fours, and he tried to control his breathing and calmly pulse his chakra through his body in a smooth, calming fashion in the way Shizune had taught him when he was longer to calm him when he was stressed.

The steam slowly began to recede as he began to control himself and slowly, and woozily stood up, before nearly collapsing onto the table. He had hardly hydrated from before and had another eruption of his own blood steaming…

He was not feeling the best after that.

Alice was the first in the room, waving the steam away with her coat before she immediately slid under Naruto's chest with her shoulder and lifted him. "Let's get you to the infirmary! They got some saline and water there!"

At the same time, he could hear Victor roaring and slamming a clipboard against the cell where Sill was most likely being kept. "Are you fucking serious?! He's a goddamn Hunter you stupid shit! He has jurisdiction over us and he submitted himself to us willingly! You are going to fucking bring us all down with this you dumbass! I'm almost glad the chief won't be able to save your ass this time, fuck! About time but god dammit this could be all of us! I hope you get locked in there with some of those you tormented over the years because it's going to be a long time coming for you to realize what you've been doing you idiot!"

Slowly fading out, Naruto could at least feel slightly accomplished.

He fucked his day.

---

"This is unacceptable!" Glynda's voice was heard throughout the entire station despite being right outside the infirmary. "Chief I hope you know your days are numbered as I will be doing a full investigation and there be no cut corners! I expect your resignation by the end of the week!"

The door to the infirmary snapped open and an irate witch stormed into the room as the IV was finally pulled from Naruto's arm, Alice watching in amazement at how it immediately healed over before she could put anything onto it.

Naruto only gave a weak wave. "I survived… If just only… Could use that therapy now. Think I have anger issues to work on."

Glynda's face softened and almost uncharacteristically, to Naruto, she gave broke down and hugged him. "I am sorry… I failed you."

Feeling a tear fall from her moving gesture, Naruto felt her regret and sorrow. And was simply lost on what to do. Was this really the same witch that was just Ozpin's pawn? Because this felt like she was something far more and reminded him….

Like he was home with Tsunade.

And that broke him.

After taking a moment to let him calm down as he seemed to break, Glynda let go of the hug and allowed Naruto to recompose himself and wipe the tears from his eyes. "I didn't come alone… No matter what I said they were coming and skipping class today… And I couldn't blame them."

"Well shit… Now I have to have another crying break down." Naruto halfheartedly laughed but knew what was going to happen soon as he walked outside. "How much of them already know what happened?"

"They don't but they all knew I was in a foul mood and the more observant may expect something more may have occurred. Ms. Belladonna and Ms. Scarlatina are the most likely to expect something like this as… They are familiar with this kind of violence unfortunately and is a common thing to happen to faunus in jail." Glynda sighed as despite her normal demeanor she was not able to hide her displeasure at the news and the three teams following her did not help matters.

"Belladonna?" Alice immediately spoke as that name was familiar to her, which caught Naruto's attention. "Like as in Menagerie…"

"The same and you are to keep that to yourself. Understood?" Glynda immediately cut off the officer. who immediately nodded as the intent was clear, as that knowledge was something Blake did not want that information publicly known and she would keep it that way. "But that isn't for here and now. It is time. They are waiting."

Filling that new bit of information as something he would investigate himself, or hopefully, Blake would come forward with, Naruto nodded as he left with a small wave to Alice as she was a nice, good cop. The precinct was buzzing and alive during the morning and he had so wished it had been during this time he was brought in as everything would have been taken care of so much faster.

How life worked cruelly.

However, as the light of the outside hit his eyes, a sad smile filled his face as he heard his name be called from several different sources. There was also a "WHERE?" but Fox was going to Fox.

He was awesome like that.

"NARUTO!" Blake and Velvet were the first to immediately latch onto him with strong hugs.

"Don't you ever do something like that again! I won't forgive you!" Velvet cried and it looked like she hadn't slept all night and had been crying the entire time.

"I swear… I'm just so happy you are okay." Blake growled as she wasn't in a much better state, but she still looked ready for a fight.

"Naruto!" Ruby suddenly flew in and was hanging by his neck, partially choking him but he adjusted so it wasn't so tight. "I'm so glad you are okay! Yang was saying some many bad things about jail, Blake was so worried, and Weiss kept making calls. pacing and yelling all night… I was so scared!"

"I mean… I had to try and do something…" Weiss stated as she was next as she refrained from joining the pile but was extremely tempted to. "All you do is stick your neck out for others so I felt it right to see if I could use any connections I had."

"Well, if I had my way, we would have been in there last night busting you out." Yang cracked her knuckles as she walked beside Weiss, still not pleased with anything and was still out for a fight.

"Glad it looks like you're alright." Yatsu was next as Fox walked beside him as he was waiting for the call from Yang last night.

"Yeah, don't need to sever a few certain heads tonight… Still might." Fox added as he still was not feeling good about everything that happened.

"We talked about this, no… We'll get them back in the arena… Where it is legal to break them as much as want." Coco growled as she had come up with her own comeuppance and decided she would find a way to get the four of them to agree to an arena match against her team.

It would be therapeutical after what they put her and her team through.

"I think I can arrange that when they're healthy." Glynda slyly commented as she wasn't too happy with the boys for causing this situation as it should have been a simple reprimand, some community work, and maybe a fine but everything was well in line with defensive protocols otherwise. Especially since a warning had been given.

This went far beyond what it should have ever been, and she wanted all four out of HER Academy.

"Yeah! I want to introduce them to Magnhild! Repeatedly!" Nora jumped between everyone and broke the hugs with ease as she held up her hammer but was stopped from smashing it into the ground by Ren.

"As much as I agree let's not cause a commotion in front of the police station… That will be bad for us all." Ren lightly placed his hand on her hammer to stop her from doing anything.

Nora laughed sheepishly before she gave Ren a sudden 'boop' on the nose.

"Man, I'm just glad you are okay." Jaune came up next looking tired and worn out. "To think this all started with me trying to defend them saying they were just joking… God, I look like a fool."

"It's not your fault." Pyrrha tried to comfort Jaune as she patted him on the back before she looked at Naruto worried glance as she noticed something was not quite right. "They… Did something, didn't they."

Blake stiffened and a yowl caught in her throat and Velvet choked back tears. Yatsu froze and Fox's hand twitched towards his weapon. Ruby and Weiss looked shocked and terrified. Yang was still looking for a fight and was about to go in with Nora ready to join. Ren simply held her back. Coco's calm broke once more and Jaune stuttered a 'What?'

Even Glynda twitched as she was about to reprimand the girl as now was not the time and place for that, but Naruto beat her to it. "I'm honestly fine. But I am very hungry and extremely thirsty… Is there any place we can grab breakfast? My blood count is extraordinarily low from activating my semblance twice within a day and I could use a buffet right about now."

Glynda was glad for the cover as everyone seemed to relax a little and quickly agreed to the sentiment.

As much as she didn't agree with the call to make Jaune the leader of JNPR now she started to see some of the faults in Pyrrha. She was frozen during the situation yesterday and just now she had no tact in disclosing obvious information that would upset everyone present in high tension situation and possibly cause an incident.

Jaune may have been the better choice. Not better than Ren but that was a discussion for another day.

"There is a place a few blocks from here with a good selection and enough room for everyone… My treat." Glynda spoke as she felt like the faster they got away from here, the better.

Naruto was of the same opinion and if he ever saw this place again it would be too soon.

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Tossing and turning in his bed as the moonlight came across his bed, he just couldn't get to sleep. He was still very much in pain and the medication slur they had given just wasn't doing enough to deal with it. Not to mention his stupid partner decided to think it was funny to keep picking on the faunus when they didn't need to.

And then they did the worse thing possibly imaginable and framed the girl while he was still out to the cops all because they were too scared of the fox. The fact they did something that stupid drove him crazy as it was just a fucking beating, nothing more. If they couldn't take that then they needed to toughen up and be better men. And to frame the woman instead...

He beat them further when he had heard despite how much it hurt him.

Cardin had no love for the animals and didn't think they deserved rights, but he wasn't going to push against them either. They had fought and won them, something they earned whether he liked it or not. He was still going to pick on them or anyone weaker than he was when he got the chance as it was dog eat dog world out there.

It's why he beat Jaune whenever he could. He was weak and did not earn his position as a leader. Now that Pyrrha girl… She was strong… And should be polishing his…

In an instant he, Russel, Sky, and Dove were all yanked into the air as snare wrapped around their right ankles tightly. He tried reaching up but the pain in his body reminded him he and the rest of his team were still very injured when he noticed a shadow standing in front of the door of their room, cloaked in the darkness.

And it walked slowly towards them with a glimmer of a blade drawn.

Terror filled every fiber of his being as the being approached but to his surprise instead of everything being put to an end right then and there the person simply sat down on his bed. "You know… At any given time I could have killed all four of you tonight and none of you would have been the wiser. You don't really know how long I've been here... Setting up these traps, watching each you breathe and waiting for the right moment to spring them."

"One slice to the jugular and it would have been over. Fast and easy to clean up. Your bodies would have been so easy to discreetly dispose of so that no one could ever find or identify them even if they could find what I did to them." Flipping his hood, Naruto revealed himself to the four of them as his eyes glinted dangerously. "Do you want to know why I'm sparring the four of you?"

As dread filled the four of them realizing he was not joking and they all could have killed without a second thought, Naruto did not give them a chance to respond as he looked at the moon outside. "It is because I believe in second chances and all four of you are so young that I think that is possible that just maybe… You can change."

"That you can be better. To help others instead of putting them down. To use your strength for what's right." Naruto proclaimed as he stood up and cut Cardin down before moving to do so for each of the cronies. "To do the right thing when it matters most."

And as he moved to the door, he stopped as he flipped his hood back over his head. "So please do not make me regret this decision… One time is enough. There will not be a second."

With that Naruto vanished into the shadows and the rest of CRDL was left shaken and had a lot of thinking to do for the rest of the night.

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"So how have things been going in therapy?" Blake asked Naruto as she noted it seemed he had his appetite back as the blur had returned and the ramen was no more.

"It's only been one day but I already think I'm working through a few things… You might want to try it!" Naruto started before he grinned at the end and Blake hissed as she knew what he was hinting at there.

She still wasn't ready to talk yet! Maybe soon but not now!

"Did Blake just hiss?" Yang commented at her partner's action and found it curious as Blake's eyes widened before she tossed a grape into her face. "Hey, what gives? You want to go!"

"Quit trying to start fights sis! You said you were going to work on that!" Ruby whined at her big sister.

"Yeah, yeah… I'm trying!" Yang sat back down before eating the grape. "Hey wait, I have an idea with these… Nora."

"I'm already ahead of you!" Nora had a spoon loaded and flung a grape straight at Yang.

Who caught straight with her mouth, barely. "Alright… We need to work on our timing and aim."

"Don't play with your food you two…" Ren sighed in exasperation.

"But we want to!" Both Nora and Yang said in synchronicity.

"Hey, watch where you're going!" Velvet cried out as a random person bumped her and nearly her as she was trying to walk to their table.

"Yeah, whatever animal… Whoa!" The random guy started before he was sudden bumped and bowled over in the process. "Hey what gives…"

To say everyone at the table was surprised at who just stuck for Velvet was an understatement and even Naruto was to an extent.

"You were in my way. What are you going to do about it?" Cardin Winchester glared down at the student, speaking with a slight lisp as his jaw and rest of his face was still on the mend.

The student simply got up in a hurry and ran off as Cardin huffed and glared at him before looking over at Velvet. "Weakling… No need to thank me… Just stay out of my way too. I'm here for myself to get stronger..."

Velvet wasn't sure what could cause such a drastic change or shift but she believed Cardin. She by no means was going to trust him but it felt like…

A step in the right direction.

The rest of RWBY/JNPR was just in shock as Weiss summed it perfect. "What did we just see? Who replaced Cardin with an actual human being?"

Naruto said nothing which Blake noted as odd as he always had quips for moments like these and had to wonder. However, her attention was broken as Velvet sat down next to her and when Jaune excitedly pointed at a news article on his scroll. "Guys check it out! The officer that got suspended the same day Naruto was released just went missing! What is his name… Hugo Sill!"

From where he was standing time stopped as Cardin slowly turned as he heard what Jaune said and he slowly turned his attention to what seemed to be an emotionless blonde faunus who was listening to the story as Jaune continued how the search was seemingly fruitless and there seemed to be no evidence of foul play. However, for a split second Naruto's eyes bore directly into his and they were positively feral and filled with intent and he remembered his words.

"One time is enough. There will not be a second."

Feeling a shiver of terror, Cardin turned and walked to his teammate quickly.

He did not want to ever again cross the man he knew to be an assassin. And he was going to make damn sure the other three understood even if he had to beat them personally!

Meanwhile, Naruto had returned to his friendly persona but the message had been sent. There were some laws he would skirt if need be.

He was a ninja first and foremost. He was only learning how to become a Hunter.

Someone like that going missing was an acceptable loss. The world would be a better place without them...

So why did he feel like he was less than trash for taking care of the trash?

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Purge Complete.

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More Irregularities Detected.

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Unacceptable.

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Course Rerouted.

Purge Commencing.

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A/N: I don't think I have done a chapter this size in a long time… Not since I tried to do Troublesome back in the day. There was no way to break this up for me and it had to be done in one-shot and anything less would have been doing a deserve to those reading.

Now to the crux of the issue… I needed to talk about this. We have so much of it going on around us I needed to point out the needless hate going on around us. What good is it? What can we actually do to stop it? I don't have those answers truthfully and I just write down what I think is a good story while trying to explore that topic.

Then I decided let's throw police brutality in as that's been going on since I stopped writing a while back. And yes, this is entirely an unrealistic cop and scenario. Getting that out right now… Well, I hope it is and there isn't a cop like this out there because otherwise, the fuck? Took inspiration from Percy from the Green Mile and then just made him a sociopath... And then I went further beyond.

I also didn't want to just leave it bad cops as there are good cops out there as I think I had a few good ones told here and then there is jaded one and then the off screen lazy one which is I think more truthful to life and also probably worse in a lot of ways. There is also the entire system that need a retooling but that takes time and these are issues that just aren't going to go away quickly if at all.

Yes, Naruto has a semblance. I was thinking on the breathing ability he discovered and decided to make a full-on body adjustment as he learned it was something more. The fact this semblance actually feeds off his chakra, oxygen and emotions is something I wanted to go with while giving him a tremendous boost in physical strength while giving him a massive negative if he lets it get out of hand is very similar to how he first harnessed Kurama's chakra.

The fact that it can be harnessed with Sage mode is what's really going to make it dangerous once he gets his emotions back in check.

And yes, I think Naruto should have PTSD and everything else that is going on with him as he has lived a hard life for a seventeen-year-old to suddenly die and come to a new world where it immediately… Isn't as much. Things are currently peaceful. Those that know RWBY know everything is about to go bottoms up for now he needs the much need break to mentally recover.

Yes, I freely ad lib a few events that aren't canon as that is my choice but most of the things happened to this Naruto are still what happened in canon. I just sprinkled a few things in here and there for creative purposes and depth. I wanted it to be like Naruto he was a Hokage in-training so they were putting him through more things that were… A bit rougher.

Regardless I hope you enjoyed this chapter if you can handle it.

A/N2: I absolutely hate doing this but I can't figure out how to put a poll on story or if is even possible anymore and I don't want to link it my profile as not everyone visits that. So I guess I asking for participation here because I need your help on deciding.

I had to split Chapter 7 into two, which was going to be the end of Volume I. It has become massive and it made sense to do it when you see Chapter 8 as it is currently already as large Chapter 3 in size and still has way a good ways to go and 7 comparable to the first 4 chapters.

So what I am asking is what everyone wants to see on the update. Wednesday will be Chapter 6. Chapter 7 will be Friday. However should I continue the usual update schedule and update the second half on Sunday? Or should I make this a double feature and back-to-back updates and update a Saturday morning for the conclusion of Volume I? That also means that, as long as my normal update pace continues, the start of Volume II will start on Monday instead.

Or I might take like a day break and rest my brain or something but we'll see there.

So to recap, and I will be doing these on the first of every week as long as I'm ahead, this is the CONFIRMED update schedule of the week.

8/17 Wednesday - Chapter 6

8/19 Friday - Chapter 7

Peace Out