Chapter 2. Team JNNP
It was the morning of Naruto's initiation and currently the blond was fully dressed and brushing his teeth over a sink. He was moving at a rather slow pace while a bubbly and cheery Nora jumped all around behind him.
"Can you believe we have been here for a full twenty four hours? It's crazy to think I'm actually a student at Beacon. Don't you think so Naruto? Well do you?" Nora asked each question quickly, showing off that even in the morning she was full of energy. "It's even crazier that we are still together, not together together… not saying you're not handsome. But where was I going with this?"
The bombardment of questions and comments continued into breakfast, where the two sat down alone at a small table and ate some pancakes. Naruto was using his manors and slowly eating with the use of his knife and fork. While Nora on the other hand had a whole pancake hanging out of her mouth.
"Oh yeah I hope we end up on the same team today." Nora mumbled with a mouthful of pancake, before swallowing the entire thing whole and perking up. "Oh I have an idea, we need a plan to make sure we are on the same team! What if we bribe the headmaster? … no that won't work, he has a school."
Naruto rolled his eyes and their one sided conversation continued to their lockers. Where Naruto was busy equipping his weapons.
"I know we should make a signal, like a secret signal so we can find each other!" Nora purposed before getting into Naruto's face and poking his cheek. "Can you imitate a sloth?"
Naruto sighed and finished attaching his weapons to his back. "Nora… I don't think sloths make much noise." He admitted in a tired voice.
"That's why it's perfect! Nobody will suspect we are working together!" Nora declared happily, causing Naruto to smirk as he closed his locker.
"Let's get going Nora, we don't wanna be late do we?" Naruto asked, as he started to walk off.
Nora followed the blond closely and as they made their way away from the lockers. Both Naruto and Nora were unaware that Ruby and Yang had arrived to their own lockers just a few feet behind them.
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(Beacon Cliff)
Naruto and Nora were walking side by side as they arrived at the destination for their initiation. They both noticed they were not the first students to arrive, but by no means would they be the last either. As the duo approached a small gathering of students, Professor Ozpin who was standing in front of everyone waved the two down.
"Good morning Naruto, how are you and miss Valkyrie today?" Ozpin asked while giving the two a small smile.
"Fine Oz." Naruto replied in a annoyed tone that none of the students present would dream of using with their headmaster. In fact some were rather shocked at the blond's bluntness with Ozpin. "So what kind of dumbass initiation do you have planned?"
Nora and half of the students present stumbled forward at Naruto's question. While Glynda who was by Ozpin's side merely glared at the young Branwen.
"Young man!" Glynda began, but she stopped when Ozpin raised his hand and started to laugh.
"It's very fine Glynda, young Naruto takes after his mother a little too much it would seem." Ozpin spoke with a light chuckle, but as he adjusted his glasses he motioned his head to the line of students before him. "But I'm afraid I won't explain everything yet, I don't want to repeat myself after all. So why don't you stand on one of those platforms and wait."
Naruto shrugged his shoulders and pulled out his flask. "Whatever you say Oz." The blond replied before taking a drink. "You heard the man Nora, let's go over there."
Nora followed Naruto and quickly leaned into the blond. "I don't think Glynda likes you very much." The orange haired girl pointed out, while looking over her shoulder to the scowling school teacher. "Maybe you should be a little more polite and not drink."
Naruto stopped walking and stood on one of the platforms. He then turned to Nora and was about to make a comment towards the girl's statement. However, a new unfamiliar voice grabbed his attention.
"Kid you're some kind of stupid starting trouble with the headmaster." The voice of a male to Naruto's right pointed out.
Naruto cocked his head to the side and glanced to the new voice out of the corner of his eye. The boy beside him had dark orange hair and was dressed in what appeared to be armor.
"Listen." Naruto drawled his voice out towards the boy beside him.
"Cardin." The boy cut in.
"Yeah I don't really care what your name is, just piss off." Naruto then turned to Nora and completely ignored the fuming boy beside him.
"What did you say bitch?" Cardin asked, while grabbing Naruto's shoulder and flipping the blond around to face him.
Naruto's blood red eyes focused on the hand grasping his shoulder. His right hand slightly tensing up into a fist. "It would be wise to get your hand off of me." The blond warned in a low near silent voice.
Cardin sneered. "Or what?"
Naruto slowly moved his eyes to meet Cardin's own, which instantly sent chills down the boy's spine. In fact Cardin quickly released his hold on Naruto and slightly backed away. He was terrified of the blond's glare alone, as he felt like Naruto was suffocating him with just his gaze.
Over to the side Ozpin observed the scene and silently sipped on his coffee. Naruto was just like his mother, a ticking time bomb of anger that could go off at any moment. The silver haired man even considered stepping into the conflict before things got out of hand and Cardin got hurt. However, Ozpin didn't have to because someone beat him to the punch. This someone just happened to be the blond's first and only friend, Nora Valkyrie.
As Nora grabbed Naruto's arm and gave the blond's bicep a small squeeze. The young Branwen relaxed and turned to face the girl. His anger filled eyes quickly turning soft as he looked into Nora's concerned filled ones.
"Just ignore him Naruto." The normally energetic girl instructed in a clam voice.
Naruto smiled at the girl's attempt to calm him down, so much so that he poked the girl on the nose. "Boop." He mumbled in a playful manner.
Nora blushed and swatted Naruto away playfully. "Hey that's my thing mister!" She yelled with a small pout as the two started to laugh.
Cardin jerked away and pretended to ignore the blond, he wouldn't admit it, but he was actually afraid of Naruto. The blond's glare alone was enough to make the bully back off and keep his distance from Naruto. So he really didn't want to see what the blond was actually capable of.
Ozpin on the other hand watched Naruto and Nora interact and could only smile. 'Just like how Tai always kept Raven in check I'm glad to see Naruto has someone to keep him in line. I do hope they end up as partners, from miss Valkyrie's file her and Naruto can both benefit from each other.'
As the time passed more students began to arrive at the location for the initiation. Though Naruto and Nora were so busy talking to each other, the blond didn't even notice his sisters who were at the end of the line. Eventually after everyone had arrived, Ozpin decided to step forward and explain to everyone the rules of the initiation.
"Let's get started." Ozpin began, earning everyone's attention. "You may have heard rumors about team placements, well know that your teams will be decided today."
Several gasps went throughout the students, but Nora and Naruto merely shared a smile of confidence.
"You will be launched into the forest behind me and the first person you come in contact with shall be your partner. I hope luck is on your side, as your partner will be with you for your entire time at Beacon."
Naruto smirked. "Luck is something I have an abundance of." The blond whispered in a low voice.
"Now once you have acquired a partner, you're to travel to the ruins in the middle of the forest. There you will find a relic, you and your partner will obtain a single relic and meet back here. Is that understood?" Ozpin asked, causing a few students to nod. "Good, then I wish you all good luck and be careful, the forest is full of dangerous creatures after all."
With that being said, the platforms began to fling the students into the forest. Naruto quickly looked over to Nora and gave the girl a smile.
"See you in the forest." The blond spoke, before being launched into the sky.
Nora nodded and grabbed her hammer. "He better not forget to make sloth noises." She mumbled before being flung into the air herself.
Over with Naruto, the blond was soaring across the sky at a blinding speed. Though as he slowly started to descend to the ground, Naruto grabbed both of his wakizashis' and quickly stabbed them into a tree. This caused him to come to a stop and allowed him to see the other students. More importantly it allowed him to see Nora come flying past him. She was riding on her harmer and using the grenades built into the weapon to propel her further.
"Damnit Nora." Naruto cursed as he started to jump between the trees and chase after the girl. "I'm not ending up partners with a dick like Cardin because you can't keep yourself from going overboard."
As Naruto chased after Nora he was unaware of the large Grimm following him from behind. Though as he jumped from one branch to another, the branch he landed on snapped. This caused the blond to fall towards the ground.
"That's surprisingly unlucky." Naruto mumbled in a low voice, but as a giant snake Grimm latched it's mouth onto the tree where he should have been he chuckled. "Yeah that seems more like it."
Naruto flipped himself around in midair and landed elegantly on his feet. He then watched as the snake slithered its way down the tree it had just bitten.
"Lets see what you've got!" Naruto challenged as he prepared himself for an attack. Though once he heard a sound from behind he jumped to the side. Moving with just enough speed to avoid the second snake Grimm. "And there is two of them, that's just great!"
Naruto placed his wakizashis' together and pressed a button. This caused the two blades to expand out and begin to connect together forming a black and white katana.
"I need to hurry and find Nora, so I'll make this quick." Naruto spoke in a low voice before sprinting after one of the Grimm.
The Grimm opened its large mouth and launched its head towards Naruto. The blond didn't waver however, he simply jumped over the Grimm's head and moved his sword in a quick downward arc before landing on the ground.
"One down." Naruto noted with a proud smirk, while looking over his shoulder to the headless Grimm. "Now for the other-..."
Naruto stopped speaking and quickly spun around, so he could bring his sword up to guard against the second snake Grimm. The blade of his sword Kitsune clashed against the large fangs of the Grimm. Causing the teenager and creature to engage in a fierce battle for dominance, one that Naruto was slowly winning. Though showing quick resourcefulness and intelligence, the snake batted Naruto's away with a strong surprise attack using its tail.
The blow caused Naruto to go rolling down the forest floor, but showing off his combat experience. Naruto planted his hand onto the ground and pushed himself high into the air. He then did a few flips midair before landing onto a tree branch in a crouched position.
"Not bad." Naruto commented before standing straight up and letting Kitsune fall to his side. "But compared to my mom you hit like a bitch. Though some would say those two are the same thing-..."
Once again, Naruto stopped mid speech as the Grimm launched a straightforward attack towards him. Though the creature missed the blond by a mile, since Naruto avoided the strike by leaping away.
"Alright, no small talk." Naruto grumbled while dropping into a sword stance. His crimson eyes focusing on the Grimm that was coiling itself around the tree he was standing at only moments ago. "Let's end this!"
The snake unleashed a loud hiss and lunged at Naruto, that latter of whom stood his ground and didn't move. Then in a split second, right before the Grimm was about to bite down onto Naruto's body the blond jumped into action.
"Take this!" Naruto shouted as he swung Kitsune right into the mouth of the Grimm. Then by unleashing a loud battle cry, Naruto started to move forward and run his blade through the Grimm's body. "You're finished!" Naruto declared before he finished cutting the Grimm into two perfect halves.
Backing away from the snake, Naruto watched as the creature started to disappear into a dark black smoke showing it was dead. He then turned Kitsune backed into their wakizashi form and started to walk. However, he stopped as he heard rustling in the trees. Which made him wonder if more Grimm were trying to attack him.
"Caw! Caw! Caw!" A familiar voice called out towards Naruto, causing him to smile.
"Nora." The young Branwen began, while Nora who was hanging on a tree branch above him appeared by his head. "I don't think that's the sound a sloth makes."
Nora giggled and tapped Naruto on the nose. "Boop!" The orange haired girl spoke playfully while flipping out of the tree. "Looks like we are partners!"
Naruto grinned and started to walk. "Wouldn't have it any other way." He informed his one and only friend. "Let's go find us a relic."
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(On the Cliffside with Ozpin)
As Ozpin watched his students with various cameras hidden throughout the forest, he could only smile as he focused on two students in particular. These two were of course the two newly formed partners of Naruto and Nora.
"It would appear some of the students are finding their partners. And I'm glad to see Mr. Branwen and Miss. Valkyrie have been matched together." Ozpin admitted to the woman by his side.
Glynda rolled her eyes. "Why would you think that Ozpin? The boy has the same undesirable traits as his mother and even some from his uncle. While the Nora girl is hyperactive and from her files a little unstable. They are a terrible match for one another."
Ozpin smirked and took a sip from his coffee mug. "An old friend once told me to look underneath the underneath. See when I look at Naruto and Nora I see two young souls who bring out the best in each other by supplementing what the other lacks."
Glynda shook her head. "I still disagree with you on this one. They will be at each other's throats within a month."
Ozpin nodded. "And you're free to think that way, but it looks like we are about to have our first pair of students obtain a relic. And it looks like it would be Naruto's very own sister Yang Xiao Long."
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(With Yang)
Yang was currently smiling wide, as she held a white knight chess piece in her hand. Her partner Blake Belladonna merely looked to her partner with an approving look.
"Well Blake that was easy." Yang proclaimed in a casual voice, earning a nod for the black haired girl.
Blake opened her mouth to speak, but stopped as she heard two loud shrieks. Looking up into the sky Blake was hit was a small wave of confusion. "Is that your sister and the Ice Queen, riding a Nevermore?"
Yang looked up and squinted her eyes. Then as she noticed the large bird like Grimm and the two girls hitching a ride she nodded.
"Yeah that's them…." Yang mumbled in a low voice, but as she saw Ruby leap off the Nevermore she ran forward to catch her baby sister. "I got you!" Yang shouted as she held her hands out to Ruby.
"Yang!" Ruby shouted in a happy voice, while landing into her sister's arms. "Thanks for the save!"
Yang grinned and placed her sister onto the ground. "Anytime you need saving sis just drop on by." The elder sister replied, earning a groan from her partner. Blake didn't know if she could stomach four years of terrible jokes and puns.
"Well how do you plan to get the Ice Queen down?" Blake asked the two sisters, earning a shrug from Ruby.
"I don't know, I told her to jump." The small girl admitted innocently, while looking up. "Hurry up and jump Weiss!"
Blake looked up and waited for the girl to jump, because of Weiss's family the Faunus didn't care for the airess all that much. So she really didn't care if the white haired girl got down safely.
"Maybe we can shoot her down." Yang proposed, causing Ruby to frown and Blake to contemplate the idea. "Nah that's a crazy and stupid idea."
Though before a group consensus could be made about helping Weiss, a loud roar of a Grimm caught their attention. Readying their weapons and turning to the forest, all three girls prepared for an attack.
What they were not prepared for was the sight of one Nora Valkyrie, who came riding out of the tree line on top of an Ursa. Her ride came to a quick halt however, as the Grimm fell over dead and made the orange haired girl frown as she hopped off.
"Oh no Naruto I broke it!" Nora whined as she looked over the dead creature. "Can we find another one?"
The three girls watched as Naruto slowly walked up behind Nora and sighed. "Nora sometimes you're un-bear-able." The blond joked, earning a loud snort from Nora as she slapped his shoulder.
"Was she riding an Ursa?" Ruby asked the two older girls.
Instead of answering her sister Yang giggled. "Heh un-bear-able, that's gold!"
Blake looked at the two blond's and groaned. "Oum help me there is two of them!"
Hearing the voices of the girl's talking about them, Nora and Naruto turned to the small group. Both their eyes growing wide for different reasons, Nora got excited as she saw the relics they had to obtain. While Naruto looked to the faces of his two sisters with shock, after seventeen years he finally had the chance to meet them.
Nora was the first to move as she ran over and grabbed a white rook piece. "Naruto I got at it and look at me! I'm the queen of the castle!" She declared while holding the chess piece high above her head.
Naruto momentarily forgot about his partner and walked towards the girl's. His eyes focusing on Yang and Ruby.
"Yang, Ruby, it's nice to meet you." Naruto began while stopping a few feet away from the girls.
Ruby titled her head to the side. "Do I know you buddy?" The small teenager asked, earning a chuckle from Naruto.
Yang looked her fellow blond over, everything from his facial features to even the way he held himself. It reminded Yang of herself, but as she gazed into his crimson eyes she narrowed her own. She had seen those eyes before, in old pictures her father had of her mother and brother.
"Who are you? How do you know me and Ruby?" Yang demanded to know.
Naruto smirked and folded his arms, they really didn't know who he was, but that was somewhat expected. "My mother told me about you two." The blond replied cryptically, as he decided to have a little fun with his sisters.
"What do you mean?" Ruby asked, while Yang looked to the boy with a slight build up in her chest. Thinking to herself it couldn't be him, the boy she was talking to couldn't be her brother.
"Well you see-..."
"Naruto!" Nora interrupted, as she jumped onto the blond and snaked her arms around his head and placed the chess piece into his face. "Look I got the relic!"
Naruto chuckled and patted Nora's head. "That's nice Nora, but I'm trying to talk to those people I told you about earlier."
Nora who was hanging off of Naruto cocked her head to the side and studied the three girl's. "Wait are these girl's your sisters!" She shouted loudly, earning three dropped mouths and one sigh.
"Awww you ruined my fun Nora, I wasn't going to tell them yet." Naruto whined as he poked the girl on the forehead and pushed her off of him. "No pancakes for a week."
"Aww no fair!" Nora argued back while making a small pout. "You can't do that to me!"
Naruto laughed. "You're right, I'll just have to cut you off a little bit." The blond replied.
"Wait." Blake began while pointing to Ruby and Yang. "You two have a brother? How did you not recognize him?"
Ruby frowned as she looked up to Yang, the latter of whom was trembling. "Yang we have a brother?" The youngest of the siblings asked.
Yang whose eyes were now glowing as red as her twin's slowly nodded. Her right hand quickly latching onto Naruto's shirt while her left moved back for a punch. "Where have you two been for all these years?" Yang demanded to know.
Naruto didn't give away any emotions, instead he looked to his twin with a blank expression. "Here and there, mom liked to move around a lot. She was never one to stay in a single place for long. But you know that just as well as I do."
"You think this is funny?" Yang yelled while she debated decking her brother as hard as she could. "Dad and Uncle Qrow have been searching for the both of you for years!"
Naruto shrugged his shoulders. "I do find a few things funny." He admitted with a small smirk. "Like this little imitation act you're doing, it's a poor facade. You're trembling, on the verge of crying and have no intentions of harming me." Naruto placed his hand onto Yang's and removed her hold on him. "So why don't you drop the act Yang."
"Why are you here? After all these years!" Yang yelled, while she started to lightly punch her brother on the chest in great repetition. "Tell me damnit!"
Naruto stood still and allowed Yang to continue to hit his chest. She was starting to slow down and her eyes had already returned to their normal color, but now she was crying.
"I ran away from home to meet you and Ruby." Naruto revealed, as he placed his arms around Yang and brought her into a hug. "Mom was pretty pissed, but she is rarely not pissed."
Yang moved her arms around her twin and tightened her hold. "I have so many questions and I also want to kick your ass. But I'm glad I've at least found you, I can't wait to tell dad."
Naruto laughed. "I'll try to help you as much as I can." The blond mumbled while looking over to Ruby and raised his eyebrow. "Would you like a hug as well little sister?"
"I'm so confused!" Ruby admitted in a cute childish voice. "Yang how do we have a brother?"
Yang chuckled and backed away from her brother. "Ruby I would like you to meet my twin and your older brother Naruto." The blond female introduced causing Naruto to wave at the girl. "When we were little our mother ran off with Naruto and never returned. Dad never talked about him or mom much, that's why you don't know about him."
"Oh, well hey big bro. Can you make cookies?" Ruby asked, causing Naruto to have a sweat drop on his head.
"Well you match mother's description of Summer." The blond admitted.
Yang narrowed her eyes. "Where is our mother anyway?" She asked, hoping to learn where her other family member was.
Naruto shrugged his shoulders. "Who knows, the tribe is nomadic thanks to all the Grimm in the wild. Plus mom pretty much told me to not come crawling back to her for running away to meet you two. So your guess is as good as mine." Naruto admitted while looking high into the air. "But who needs that grouchy old bird? And one question, what's with the chick on the Nevermore?"
Ruby placed her hands onto her cheeks and shriked. "Ahhhh, we forgot about Weiss!"
Blake rolled her eyes. "Oh well, you could always get a new partner." The stoic Faunus pointed out.
Yang placed her hand under her chin. "We should at least try to help her."
Naruto snickered and looked over to Nora. "Don't worry me and Nora go this one." The blond declared before looking to his partner. "Nora shoot her down."
Ruby, Yang and even Blake all turned pale, as none of the three thought the two were serious… truly they didn't know Nora Valkyrie and Naruto Branwen, both of whom were quite serious.
Nora got a gleam in her eyes and she pointed her weapon up at the Nevermore and Weiss. "I'm on it!" She yelled while firing multiple shots at the Nevermore.
The Nevermore released a loud shriek as dozens of explosions went off around its body. This caused the beast to shake its body violently around in the air. Making Weiss bounce up and down while she held on for dear life.
"What are you imbeciles doing?" Weiss yelled in fear.
Naruto scratched his forehead and glanced over to Nora. "Try blasting her off of the Nevermore." The blond purposed. "Or maybe blow the Nevermore's head off. She will come down one way or another."
Nora nodded and pointed her weapon at Weiss and the Nevermore once more. Though before she could fire a loud cry of fear caused her to stop. "Is there another girl in trouble?" The energetic girl asked.
Naruto looked over his shoulder and found a blond haired boy running towards him. While he ran another teenager with red hair was right on his heel. Though the girl seemed a little more brave, as she was constantly trying to fight off the Death Stalker that was chasing them.
"Is that puke boy?" Yang asked, while glancing down to her sister.
"Yeah it is." Ruby answered with a sweat drop.
Blake opened her mouth, but she went silent as a white blur crashed down onto her body. This caught Nora's attention, who looked down to Blake who had a rather irritated Weiss on her.
"Well that's one problem solved." Nora declared with a large grin.
Blake groaned in pain, which caused her partner to snicker. "Looks like you got some bad luck there Blake." Yang chuckled, while her twin coughed awkwardly into his hand.
"You buffoons!" Weiss roared in anger, while glaring at Naruto and Nora. "What were you thinking!"
Naruto put a finger to Weiss's lips and grabbed his flask with his free hand. "Shhh, your loud mouth is ruining my buzz." The blond replied before taking a long drink from his flask.
Yang rolled her eyes. "Great you have a drinking problem like Uncle Qrow." The youngest twin mumbled.
Naruto snickered. "Blame mom, she had me drinking by the time I was seven." Naruto revealed before taking another large drink. "And it's not a problem, I can stop anytime I wish. I just don't want to stop."
Blake moved Weiss off of her and stood up. "That's great and all, but should we help those two?" The black haired teenager asked, earning a few nods from the girl's and a shrug from Naruto.
"I got this!" Ruby declared, while extending Crescent Rose into its scythe form and taking off towards the death stalker.
"Ruby wait!" Yang yelled as she tossed a hand out to stop her sister, but it was too late.
Ruby quickly passed Jaune and the retreating Pyrrha. Then by lifting her weapon over her shoulder she moved in for the attack. Though as she moved, Ruby was completely ignoring the Nevermore from above. This proved to be a major mistake, as the Nevermore moved its wings in Ruby's direction and fired razor sharp feathers down onto the girl. A vast majority of the projectiles missed their mark thanks to Ruby's speed, but one managed to catch her cape. This in turned caused the girl to come to a fast stop and fall onto her backside.
"Ouch." Ruby whined, before she looked up in horror to the Death Stalked looming over her. "Oh no!"
"Ruby!" Yang yelled in fear as she prepared to run forward.
"It's going to get her!" Jaune shouted in fear, while he watched the Death Stalker move its stinger back for a strike.
Pyrrha looked over her shoulder and started to turn her body. She planned to rescue the brash girl, but she didn't know if she was fast enough.
"We have to help her!" Blake yelled.
"That dolt." Weiss spoke with worry, while preparing to spring forward.
"Naruto we have to save her!" Nora began before she heard a clicking noise, which caused her to turn her head over to Naruto. Though oddly enough the blond was nowhere to be seen.
Ruby looked up to the Death Stalker and closed her eyes, while raising her arms to guard herself. "Ahhhhhhhhh!" The small girl cried out, while everyone watched on in horror as the Death Stalker moved in for the kill.
Time seemed to freeze for Ruby, as she waited for her demise at the hands of a Grimm. Though after a few minutes Ruby realized time wasn't frozen and the Grimm still hadn't impaled her with its stinger. So as she opened her eyes, Ruby was met with the cocky smirk of her older brother. The latter of whom was standing overtop of her, while his sword Kitsune was over his head and blocking the Death Stalker's stinger with ease.
"You okay Ruby?" Naruto asked in a calm and caring voice, his crimson eyes looking her over for any injuries.
A tear trailed down Ruby's eye and she nodded. "Yeah, I am now." She replied with a large grin.
Naruto smiled. "Good, now let me take care of this Grimm for you." The blond replied before tightening his muscles, then in one quick motion he spun around and sliced the Death Stalker's stinger off with one clean cut.
Naruto wasn't near finished, as he stabbed his katana deep into the head of the Grimm. Then as the creature twitched, Naruto pulled his foot backwards before releasing a powerful kick into the Death Stalker. Hitting the beast with enough force to send in flying off his sword and into the forest.
Everyone watching looked to Naruto with a gaping mouth, while Nora clapped her hands and jumped up and down.
"Way to go Naruto, that's my partner!" The orange haired girl cheered, while she sported a large smile on her face.
"I've never seen someone kick a Grimm that hard, let alone one as large as a Death Stalker." Blake mumbled in surprise, while he eyes glanced over the oldest of the three siblings.
"Just who is that guy?" Weiss asked. "I didn't even see him move."
Yang let an awkward chuckle pass her lips. "My twin brother." The younger sister explained in a low voice, as she didn't expect her brother to be so powerful.
Jaune who was worried about his friend, ran over to where Naruto and Ruby were standing.
"Ruby are you okay?" The boy with the shield and sword in hand asked.
Ruby pulled her cape free and looked up to her brother, the latter of whom was looking up into the sky. "Yeah thanks to my big brother I'm fine." The small girl replied, while tossing the Nevermore feather to the side. "I just got a little unlucky it seems."
"That's goo-... WAIT! you have a brother!" Jaune yelled while looking over to Naruto.
Ruby scratched her head. "Yeah I do, he's Yang's twin actually." She clarified.
"Which explains why he kicks so much ass!" Yang yelled, while walking over to the group with the rest of the girl's following her. "I mean damn bro you're fast and strong! Where did you learn to do that?"
Naruto kept his gaze in the sky and frowned. "Our mom trained me." He explained in an offhand voice, while he continued to look around the sky.
Yang looked down. "That makes sense." She replied softly.
Pyrrha looked to Naruto and held her hand out, she was assumed by many to be the strongest student at Beacon. Though from watching Naruto's speed and strength, she knew they were on different levels of power. However, she wasn't jealous, in fact she was actually happy to meet someone who could help her strive to be better.
"Thank you for the assistance." Pyrrha began in a kind voice. "Your skills are quite impressive."
Naruto nodded and waved the girl off. "No problem." The blond replied, earning a growl of anger from Weiss. Who didn't care for his rude attitude.
"Why don't you show some manors!" Weiss yelled, before gritting her teeth when Naruto didn't even look at her. "And what are you looking at!"
Naruto glanced over to Weiss and massaged his forehead. "One I'm not drunk enough to deal with you. And I'm looking for the Nevermore which has disappeared."
Blake looked at Naruto in confusion. "So it flew away? Not hard to figure out."
Naruto narrowed his eyes. "Nevermores never flee, they are relentless creatures that attack until someone dies. So that presents the question, where is the Nevermore?"
Nora titled her head. "Maybe someone else killed it, there is plenty of other people in the forest." She pointed out, causing the group to nod in agreement. All except Naruto.
"That would be true, but the Nevermore flew in a direction opposite of the starting point of this little test. So there is no one in that direction, which means if the Nevermore was killed. It wasn't killed by a student of this school." Naruto explained.
Nora titled her head, "then who killed it?"
Naruto shrugged his shoulders. "I have an idea, but we have our relic so let's get out of here." The blond replied as he started to walk away.
Nora nodded with a small smile and followed Naruto back to the starting point. While they walked away everyone watched the duo before their minds clicked and they followed Naruto and Nora's lead.
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(Beacon Auditorium)
Naruto stood off to the side with Nora by his hip, both teenagers were looking to the four girls standing by their headmaster.
"Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long." Ozpin began, while each girl's picture appeared on a large screen overhead. The first letter of their names appearing under their portraits. "The four of you obtained the white knight pieces. So from here on out you shall be known as team RWBY, lead by Ruby Rose."
The auditorium erupted into loud applause and cheers, while Naruto gave his sisters a small nod of approvement. Nora on the other hand started to yell loudly and cheer the four girls on. This of course caused Naruto to laugh at his friend's outgoing behavior.
"Now would Jaune Arc, Naruto Branwen, Nora Valkyrie and Pyrrha Nikos please come forward." Ozpin instructed, while team RWBY walked away.
Naruto and his future team walked up and stood in front of Ozpin. Each teenager looking to the man with a different look. Naruto was uncaring, Nora was overly excited, Jaune was nervous and Pyrrha appeared confident. This caused Ozpin to smirk, they were by far his favorite team placed together this year.
"The four of you retrieved the white rook piece. So you four shall be known as team JNNP, lead by Jaune Arc." Ozpin explained with a proud smile. "Congratulations."
Once again applause went off in the large room, causing the newly formed team to smile. Well all except their leader.
"Me leader?" Jaune mumbled in surprise, as he felt he was the last person who should be leading his team. "Surely this is a mistake."
Pyrrha smiled and placed a hand on Jaune's shoulder. "You'll be a fine leader."
Naruto joined in with a smirk. "I agree, you're the only logical choice. I'm always too drunk to lead, Nora is Nora and I'm sure Pyrrha isn't cut out for leadership either." The blond pointed out, while Nora laughed.
"What Naruto means is that we all have faith in you Jaune!" Nora declared.
The support of his team caused Jaune to smile as the four started to walk off. "Thanks guys, why don't we head to our dorm together then." The newly appointed leader purposed. "We can talk and get to know each other as we walk."
Pyrrha grinned. "That's a lovely idea Jaune." She replied, while looking to Naruto and Nora. "What do you two say?"
Nora waved the two off and turned back around to face Ozpin. "I'll catch up later, I want to see what team Ren gets on." She explained, earning confused looks from her two new teammates.
Naruto flashed Jaune and Pyrrha both a soft smile. "I'll stay here with Nora, why don't you guys head out. We will catch up after the ceremony." The red eyed teen explained, while he placed his hand on Nora's shoulder.
Jaune was still confused, but as Pyrrha and Naruto locked eyes. The red haired female understood what was happening and started to lead Jaune away.
"Let's go Jaune." Pyrrha began in a soft voice, as she walked away. "We have a lot of unpacking to do."
"But we were the last-..." Jaune began but Pyrrha jerked him around and frowned.
"I know." The redhead replied, cutting her friend off. "I know."
Naruto glanced down to Nora who was watching everyone leave with a frown. "Did they forget about Ren?" The pancake loving girl whined, as the auditorium started to clear out. "Or did we miss him?"
The blond Branwen placed his hand onto Nora's and gave the girl a soft comforting squeeze. "Hey Nora why don't we go get some pancakes." The blond purposed in a low voice.
Nora perked up and looked to Naruto with a large smile. "That sounds great!" The girl replied, her mood doing a complete one eighty. While she took the opportunity to jump onto Naruto's back. "Take me to the pancakes my trusty partner!"
Naruto shook his head and started to walk off, while Nora rode happily on his backside. While this happened Ozpin watched the two teenagers with an approving smile. He had seen the whole scene and was glad to see the small interaction between the two.
"You may be just like your mother Naruto, but you still have your father's kind heart." Ozpin mumbled to himself, before he started to walk away.
Chapter End
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Well here is the next chapter, tell me what you think! And I also want to take the time to thank everyone for the amazing feedback! The first chapter did so well so I must thank everyone for your kind words and support.