Chapter 4. The Weak Link

It has been a few weeks since Naruto had met his father Tai and learned the truth about his family. Since then Naruto had continued through school as normal and has kept his relationship with Yang and Ruby the same. He did hate keeping the truth hidden from the girl's about Ruby's true parentage and the true reason behind Raven leaving. However, Naruto was mature enough to understand that some secrets need to be kept, especially considering all he knows involving the relics, maidens and Salem.

So that's why Naruto kept what he knew to himself, it wasn't his place to reveal those secrets anyway. The truth needed to come from each girl's respective father, when they finally decide to do so of course. Besides Naruto had enough to worry with his school work. He absolutely hated all the lectures and assignments. Though there was one class her favored above the rest and that was combat training.

This was a course where the class would come together and spar tournament style. Unfortunately not everyone would fight, as only the ones selected by Ozpin would spar. Naruto figured Ozpin never selected him for a match because he would manhandle any student he went against, which for someone who loved to fight like Naruto was very annoying, but Naruto still got enjoyment from watching his fellow classmates spar.

However, as Naruto stood by his partner Nora and teammate Pyrrha. Both of whom were watching two students engaging in a spar with him, enjoyment was the last thing Naruto was experiencing. Actually as Naruto stood with his arms crossed, he watched his leader Jaune fight with a scowl on his face.

"Does Jaune have any form?" Naruto asked while he watched Jaune get beat around by one Cardin Winchester. "I mean he telegraphs every move he is going to make. He's lucky this is only a spar, in a really fight he could get himself killed."

Pyrrha frowned at Naruto's criticism, she like the blond fought at a very high level. She wasn't as good as Naruto, but she was still better than most. So she could easily make the same observations that Naruto was making. However, she felt sympathy for Jaune, it was obvious he had no training or skill, but he was still a great individual. So Pyrrha hated to see him struggle so hard in his fighting ability.

"I'm sure Jaune will improve, he just needs help." Pyrrha tried to convince her team.

Nora leaned into Naruto. "Maybe we should help him. You're pretty strong Naruto, maybe you could help Jaune." She purposed before giving the blond a wide smile. "I know you said your mother trained you, while don't you give Jaune the same treatment?"

Naruto zoned out, his eyes growing wide as his mother's devious smirk and condescending laughter ringed throughout his mind. "First rule of training with mommy, don't talk about training with mommy!" Naruto recited his mother's words out loud.

Nora tilted her head and laughed. "Okay then." She mumbled before looking over to Pyrrha. "Well Pyrrha why don't you help Jaune, I mean you're a champion fighter."

Pyrrha placed her hand to her chin, thinking that she could actually help Jaune improve. "I could offer to help him, though my fighting style may not blend well with Jaune." The redhead admitted, before glancing to Naruto. "Are you sure you can't help him without killing him Naruto?"

Naruto kept his gaze focused to the wall, as he was still zoning out. "Second rule of training with mommy, always go for the kill!" Naruto shouted, causing Nora to pout.

"Thanks Pyrrha you broke my partner." Nora grumbled while smacking her hand against the back of Naruto's head. "Snap out of it."

Pyrrha had a small sweat drop roll down her forehead as she watched the two. "Um sorry about that."

"Fourth rule of training with mommy, never say sorry!" Naruto stammered before Nora brought him into a headlock.

"Hey mister I said stop." Nora grumbled as she held the boy down with her surprising strength.

Pyrrha laughed awkwardly and rubbed the back of her head. "You two are an interesting duo." The red haired warrior chuckled, but the sound of someone hitting the ground hard got her attention. So looking back to the fighting area, Pyrrha noticed Jaune was knocked onto his backside. While the aura display above showed the boy was currently in the red, which meant he was defeated.

Glynda who was overseeing the match stepped forward and signaled the fight was finished. "This spar is over and the winner is Cardin Winchester." Glynda then glanced down to Jaune and released a small huff. "Mr. Arc, have you learned nothing yet from your time at Beacon? You need to pay closer attention to your aura levels by using your scroll. If this was an actual battle and not a spar your forgetfulness could get yourself killed."

Jaune looked down and gritted his teeth, he was humiliated in front of his entire class. He tried his absolute best during his fight with Cardin, but he just wasn't good enough. The blond leader moved his gaze to his teammates and tightened his fists. Naruto and Nora were both busy dealing with each other as usual, while his partner looked to him with a sad look.

'I'm so pathetic.' Jaune thought to himself. 'Any three of my teammates could wipe the floor with Cardin no sweat. Hell Pyrrha could probably take Cardin's whole team on and Naruto could take on the whole school. So why am I the leader of a team where I'm clearly the weakest link?'

Picking himself up and walking to his team, Jaune tried to think of the answer to his question. Though the young team leader could not think of one.

"Jaune you fought admirably today." Pyrrha complimented, as she saw her partner needed his spirits lifted. So she placed her hands on his shoulder and gave him a genuine smile. "I'm proud of you."

Jaune felt slightly better from the compliment, but he suddenly released a grunt when Carden walked from behind and shoulder checked Jaune's back. Causing the weaker male to stumble forward and almost fall over, but Pyrrha quickly moved her hands outward and caught him.

"Oh my bad Jauny-boy, I didn't see you there." Cardin lied, while he looked to the boy with condescending smirk. "Way to take a beating today by the way. Guess you don't suck at everything!"

Cardin then released a loud laugh and walked off, while his three snickering teammates followed closely behind. Though as he passed Naruto and Nora, who were too busy with each other to notice his presence. The normally high and mighty bully turned his head to the opposite direction of Naruto and kept walking.

Pyrrha watched Cardin leave and released a small sigh. "You shouldn't listen to him Jaune."

Jaune tightened his fists and looked down, his blond locks overshadowing his eyes. "Why not, it's not like he's wrong. I do suck."

Pyrrha's face shifted into a small frown. "Jaune." The girl began in a saddened voice, but her attention was grabbed by her teammates. Well more precisely Nora, who jumped into the conversation and wrapped her arms around Jaune and Pyrrha.

"It's dinner time!" Nora shouted in a gleeful voice. "Let's go, let's go, let's go!"

"Nora." Naruto began while pinching his nose and grabbing the back of his partner's shirt with his free hand. "Calm down, we will get dinner together. Isn't that right team leader?"

Naruto looked over to Jaune with a small smile, but the words leader stung and made Jaune wince. As the young Arc truly didn't believe he was worthy of the title of team leader.

Nora looked to Jaune with a small frown. "Hey Jaune you gonna speak up?" The orange haired girl asked, making Jaune shake his head.

"Uh yeah, sorry guess I zoned out." Jaune replied, while trying to speak in his normal happy go lucky voice. Even though he was far from happy. "But let's head to the cafeteria."

Naruto and Nora both nodded and started to walk off, while Jaune followed close behind. Pyrrha on the other hand stood still and watched Jaune walk, she knew he was troubled and she wanted to help him anyway she could. The only question was how?

"Pyrrha you coming?" Nora called out.

Deciding she will figure that out when she gets there, Pyrrha waved her friend's down and chased after them. "Yes I am coming."

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(5 minutes later In the cafeteria)

Team JNNP accompanied by Team RWBY were currently gathered at a large table. All the teens present had their eyes glued to Naruto, as he was retelling an old story from his childhood.

"So there I was all alone, while twenty Beowulfs' were slowly surrounding me." Naruto began, as he took a pause to build the suspense. "My right arm was still broken from an earlier fight with a nest of death stalkers'. So things were looking bad to say the least."

Ruby's eyes grew wide as she was absorbed into the blond's story. "What did you do?" The youngest teen asked.

Naruto smirked and leaned over the table. "I took Kitsune into my left hand and stood my ground. Thinking to myself that I may have fought my last battle, but before the Grimm swarmed me. I was saved by my mother and together we defeated the Beowulfs' and celebrated with a few shots of dust vodka afterwards. And that's the story of how I celebrated my seventh birthday and got my first drink."

Everyone besides Nora looked at the blond with sweat drops, while Nora seemed amused by the tale of underaged drinking.

"That's an amazing story Naruto, it reminds me of this time me and Ren fought off Beowulfs ourselves. Or were they Ursa? I always forget, I'll have to find Ren and get my story straightened out." Nora explained before her eyes scanned the cafeteria, almost like she was looking for someone.

Naruto smiled and ignored Nora's strange behavior, he was accustomed to it now. "Thanks Nora and I'd love to hear your story sometime." He admitted before glancing to his twin. "What about you sis, got any good stories for me?"

Yang snorted and shook her head. "None as great as yours, dad was a little more stable than mom. So I don't have any Grimm killing stories that end with celebratory shots."

Blake looked to Naruto with a blank expression. "No offense but your mom doesn't sound like a good parent." The black haired Faunus pointed out, causing Naruto to laugh.

"None taken." The blond replied, in a casual tone. "She had her moments, but I grew up with a drill sergeant not a mother. She groomed me to be the best fighter I could be, so I don't have many memories that don't involve training or fighting."

Weiss actually looked to Naruto with some sympathy, if anyone knew about being raised by a cold hearted parent it was her. Though she wouldn't ever let the red eyed boy know about her sympathy. Though before she could say anything, a voice in distress caught her and her friend's attention.

"Stop it." A small bunny eared Faunus begged, while one Cardin Winchester tugged on her ears. All the while the bullies teammates watched the scene with loud laughter.

"What a freak, I told you it was real!" Cardin shouted.

Blake tightened her fists and almost released a small hiss under her breath. As the mistreatment of Faunus was something she hated more than anything.

"That jerk." Blake insulted in a low voice.

Weiss huffed and glared at Cardin. "Someone should teach that jerk some manners."

Yang nodded. "Yeah treating poor Velvet like that isn't cool." She began before looking to her twin. "Why don't you go kick his ass bro."

"Yeah go break his legs!" Nora added in, while placing both her fists up.

"Nah not my fight." Naruto replied in an offhand voice. "Mom taught me everyone fights their own battles. Only when your tribe, in this case my team or family is in trouble is when I step in. Like I said before, mom taught me the weak die and the strong live."

Ruby titled her head and looked to Jaune. "Hey doesn't Cardin bully you though?"

Naruto raised his eyebrow, he never paid much attention to Jaune. Since he always had most his attention given to Nora. So Naruto didn't know if the boy was getting bullied by Cardin or not. Though Jaune was his leader, teammate and most importantly friend. So if he was getting bullied then Naruto would put a stop to it.

"Jaune." Naruto began in a serious voice, while his crimson eyes were giving off fiery glow. "Is what Ruby says true? Is Cardin bullying you as well?"

Jaune released an awkward laugh. "What Cardin? Bully me? Nah he's just always messing around, it's nothing serious." The boy lied.

"But didn't he push you down the stairs the other day?" Blake asked.

"And I saw him push you into your locker a few days ago." Ruby admitted.

"I saw that too, plus he's always throwing spitballs at you during class." Yang added in.

Naruto frowned at what he was hearing, while Jaune looked down. It was obvious to Naruto now that Cardin has been mistreating his team leader.

"It's nothing to worry about." Jaune mumbled in a low defeated voice.

Pyrrha looked to her partner with a sad expression. "Jaune if you want we can deal with Cardin for you. I'll even break his legs."

"Now we are talking!" Nora chimed in.

"No." Jaune quickly snapped. "It will only make things worse. Besides I can deal with Cardin myself."

Naruto sighed and stood to his feet, he knew Jaune wasn't going to stand up for himself. So someone had to stand up to Cardin. "I'll be back." Naruto informed the table of friends.

Jaune reached out for his teammate. "What are you doing?"

Naruto looked over his shoulder as gave Jaune a deathly serious stare. "Protecting my tribe." The boy informed in a matter of fact tone, causing Nora to perk up.

"Yeah! Make sure to break his legs!" The orange haired girl shouted.

Naruto smirked and slowly walked over to Cardin, the latter of whom was still messing with Velvet.

"Hey dick head." Naruto called out. "Let the girl go, me and you need to have a chat."

Cardin looked over to Naruto and narrowed his eyes. "What did you say?" The bully asked, while he released Velvet and pressed his chest against Naruto.

"Me and you are going to have a chat." Naruto replied, while keeping an emotionless mask. "What are you deaf and stupid?"

Cardin growled and pushed Naruto, which made the blond move back a few inches. "Wanna take those words back bitch?"

Naruto's right hand slightly tensed up into a fist. "I've been informed you've been bullying my teammate, that stops today." The blond Branwen informed, causing Cardin to snort.

"And what are you going to do? You act tough, but you're not all that." Cardin insulted.

"You wanna know what I will do?" Naruto asked in a low voice, his eyes burning a bright red. "Let me show you a small sample."

"You wanna fight bring it!" Cardin yelled, while he reared back for a punch.

Though Cardin's eyes grew wide when Naruto moved at blinding speeds and his hand firmly grasped around his face. Then in one swift movement, Naruto lifted the bully into the air and slammed the boy through one of the lunch tables.

"Stay away from my friends." Naruto warned, while he stood over top of Cardin. The latter of whom was seeing stars from being sent through a table. "Or next time I won't be gentle with you."

Cardin's teammates were all trembling while they caught the glare Naruto sent their way. This caused them all to run off, leaving their leader behind and unconscious.

Turning his back, Naruto slowly walked back over to his friends and took his seat. Which caused Nora to instantly wrap herself around the boy.

"That. Was. Awesome!" Nora shouted in a gleeful voice. "You gave that jerk what he deserved!"

Yang nodded and gave her twin an approving smile. "Yeah bro way to put that jerk in his place."

Blake nodded. "What Yang said."

Naruto who was being strangled by Nora glanced to Jaune. "Well he shouldn't be bothering you anymore Jaune. And if he does just tell me, I'll take him down another peg or two"

Jaune looked down, he didn't want to have other people fight his battles for him. He wanted to become a great warrior and hero, not the damsel in distress.

"Thanks." Jaune mumbled, while he stood up and turned away. "I'm gonna go head back to our room and get started on some homework."

Pyrrha frowned as she watched her partner leave the table, she unlike everyone else saw his defeated look. "Jaune let me join you." She began as she left and followed after the boy.

Nora titled her head and looked to Naruto. "What's gotten into them?"

Naruto shrugged his shoulders, as he wasn't trying to read into the situation to much. From his perspective the issue was resolved. "Who knows, maybe they are worried about all the homework we have."

Nora's mouth opened up. "What! We have homework?" She yelled in a shocked voice.

Yang laughed and looked at her twin's rather strange partner. "Nora we all have homework, don't tell me you forget." The blond explained with a light chuckle.

Nora rubbed the back of her head and laughed awkwardly. "Heh, guess I forgot!" She replied before making a small pout and looking around. "But Ren's always suppose to remind me of these things. Me and him are gonna have a serious talk about this!"

Weiss lifted her eyebrow. "You always take about this Ren, just who is he?" The white haired girl asked.

Nora smiled wide. "My friend silly."

Team RWBY looked confused at the girl's rather vague answer. As it really didn't answer anything.

Naruto sighed and placed his hand around Nora's shoulder. "Hey Nora why don't we go get started on our homework?" The young Branwen purposed while standing up and holding a hand out to his partner.

"Alright!" Nora chirped, while standing to her feet and pumping a fist into the air.

Yang watched her twin walk off with his partner and waved them off. "See you two love birds later!" The teasing sister yelled.

Neither Nora or Naruto turned to face Yang as they walked away. Though Nora did have steam rolling out of her ears and Naruto did flip his sister the bird, but that only caused the blond female to laugh.

"Yang maybe you shouldn't tease Naruto so much. He did say he was going to get you back for last time." Ruby pointed out. "Our brother isn't someone you should mess with."

Blake nodded with a small smirk. "I agree with Ruby. After all, we saw what your brother did to Cardin, so I wouldn't mess with Naruto."

Yang snorted and waved the two off. "I'll take my chances." The girl replied, before she noticed the odd look Weiss had. "Hey what's with you Ice Queen?"

Ignoring her nickname, Weiss placed a finger to her chin. "Just thinking about your brother's partner Nora. She is always talking about that Ren, who none of us have met before. Do any of you know anything about this Ren character?"

The rest of Team RWBY shook their heads, since like Weiss they had not come across a Ren in their time at Beacon.

"Well we could always ask Naruto what he knows, I'm sure he has some information." Ruby pointed out.

"Maybe, but your brother also acts weird when Nora mentions Ren." Blake began, causing Weiss to nod and the sisters to look confused. "I mean he always changes the subject and redirects Nora's attention away from this Ren guy. Which makes me wonder as to why he does that?"

"Exactly!" Weiss shouted in agreement. "They are both clearly hiding something!"

"Well what should we do?" Yang asked, as she was interested to find out if her twin was hiding something.

"Well we could just ask them?" Ruby purposed in an innocent voice.

Yang, Blake and Weiss all looked to Ruby with a blank stare. This caused Ruby to laugh awkwardly at the strange looks she was receiving.

"Rubes you got a lot to learn." Yang sighed in a low voice. "There is only one way to figure out what is going on, we spy on Naruto and Nora."

"I don't think that's a good idea." Ruby mumbled in a low voice.

"I agree with Yang" Weiss declared.

"Same." Blake chimed in.

"Then it's decided!" Yang yelled cheerfully while tossing her arms into the air. "We will spy on my brother and Nora."

Blake and Weiss both nodded in agreement while Ruby groaned and smacked her head onto the lunch table.

"This won't go well." The youngest of the girl's mumbled into the wooden table.

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(Team JNNP's Dorm)

Naruto and Nora both walked into their dorm, planning to meet up with their teammates Jaune and Pyrrha. However, the two were not expecting their dorm to be completely empty. This of course caused Nora to make a small pout and place her arms on her hips.

"Hey where are those two?" She asked, while glancing up to Naruto.

Taking a few steps inside the dorm, Naruto glanced out their window and noticed the sun was slowly setting. He then looked around their dorm and noticed it was in the same condition as they left it this morning. Which made Naruto conclude Jaune and Pyrrha haven't returned yet.

"Well they obviously are not here." Naruto began before stretching his arms out. "I'm sure they will be back soon, but we should get started on this stupid homework."

Nora nodded and walked towards their bathroom. "Sounds good, but I got to use the little ladies room." She explained before pointing to her bed. "Go ahead and grab my book, I think it's under my bed."

Naruto watched Nora enter the bathroom and close the door behind her. He then rolled his eyes and walked to the bed beside his own. "Why am I not surprise this is where you keep your books?" The blond mumbled before bending down and moving his arm underneath Nora's bed.

Feeling around underneath the bed Naruto tried to feel for something that felt like a book. Though he quickly found out that Nora liked to horde objects under her bed. So the blond Branwen began to pull various objects out and observe them. "Well here is some weapon polish, extra ammunition, a hair brush, a pair of headphones…. a half eaten pancake?"

Naruto sighed and tossed the pancake over into the trash and continued his search. "Let's see we have a suitcase, some empty syrup bottles, some….." Naruto turned red and quickly placed the object he grabbed back under the bed. "Panties." The blond spoke in a low and embarrassed voice.

Feeling around some more Naruto felt something that seemed to be in a rectangular shape. So he pulled it out, but was quickly hit with a wave of confusion. It wasn't Nora's books, but instead was a medium sized green box with a pink lotus flower right on top of the box. Once Naruto lifted the box into his hands he noted it was actually quite heavy.

"What is this?" Naruto mumbled to himself, while he contemplated on opening the box himself to get his answer. However, as he heard a flushing noise, Naruto quickly grabbed everything he had retrieved including the box and shoved it back under the bed.

"Well are you ready to get some work done?" Nora asked, as she kicked the bathroom door open.

Naruto chuckled as he leaned over Nora's bed and tried to act like he didn't find items that he probably shouldn't have found. "Sorry I couldn't find your books, we could always just use mine."

Nora smiled wide. "Sounds like a plan!" The orange haired girl agreed, before she started to skip over to her partner. Though something in their trash can caught her eye. "Awwww you tossed out my midnight snack, I was saving that for later."

Naruto released a soft chuckle and shook his head. 'She's a goofball, but that's what I love about her.' Naruto thought to himself, but his own thoughts clicked in his mind. 'Wait love? Where did that come from? Grrrrr Yang.'

Nora titled her head and she noticed her partners odd look. "Hey Naruto what's the matter?"

Looking to Nora, Naruto waved the girl off. "Oh nothing just thinking about my annoying twin." The blond replied, while he walked over to where he kept his books. "But let's get started on our homework."

"Okay!" Nora agreed, while she jumped onto her bed and took a seat.

Naruto reached out for his books, but as he felt his scroll vibrate he pulled out the device. His mood instantly shifting to a less joyful one once he saw the message on the screen.

'Meet me at this location.' The message read, before a follow up message with coordinates appeared on his scroll.

"What could she want." Naruto mumbled in a low silent voice, while he looked over the two messages sent from his mother. Though his attention was quickly brought to Nora. "Sorry Nora I have to be somewhere, you will have to get started without me."

Nora released a loud whine and crossed her arms. "Awww you're ditching me again?"

Naruto walked over to the door and flashed the girl a smile. "I'll be back, I have to deal with something first. I promise to make it up to you."

Nora pointed at her partner and grinned wide. "I want pancakes tonight!"

Naruto laughed and opened the door. "Alright I'll make you some later." The blond replied, before he left the room.

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(With Jaune and Pyrrha)

Standing side by side on the roof of their dorm, Jaune and Pyrrha both overlooked their school together. Though Jaune was a little confused as to why Pyrrha dragged him up here. She did so with little explanation, only saying she was going to make him feel better.

"Ummm Pyrrha." Jaune began while looking over the edge. "I know I've been depressed lately, but I'm not that depressed."

Pyrrha looked to Jaune and then the edge and quickly flailed her arms around before grabbing Jaune and pulled him backwards. "Ahhh~! No that's not why I brought you up here." She clarified before giving Jaune a soft gaze. "See I've noticed you've been having a difficult time in class. And you're not the strongest of fighters… so I wanna help you."

"What?" Jaune asked, as he was still confused.

"We can train up here in private where no one can bother us." She explained.

Jaune rubbed his head and looked down. "You think I need help?"

"No, that's not what I'm getting at." Pyrrha replied, as she tried to backtrack a little.

"But you just said it." Jaune pointed out.

Pyrrha held a hand out to her partner. "Jaune everyone needs a little help. It's nothing to be ashamed about. How do you think me and Naruto got so strong? We both had people to help us." Pyrrha began before she swayed side to side. "Besides you made into Beacon, that speaks volumes of how capable you truly are."

Jaune turned around, as he couldn't look the girl head on. "You're wrong, I don't belong here."

"Jaune that's absurd, of course you belong here."

Jaune turned around and gave Pyrrha a frustrated look. "No I don't." The blond boy snapped, while he shook his hand around. "I really wasn't accepted into Beacon. I never went to combat school. I didn't pass some test to earn my spot here either."

Pyrrha looked both shocked and confused. "But how did you come here then?"

Jaune sighed in a defeated tone, as his spirit was broken. "I lied. I came across some transcripts and faked my way into Beacon by lying."

"But why would you do that?" Pyrrha quickly asked.

"Because I wanted to be like my father and grandfather, a fierce warrior and hero. Though I was never good enough, so I lied to get into Beacon."

Pyrrha placed her hand onto Jaune. "Then let me help you."

Jaune jerked away. "I don't want help, I don't want to be the damsel in distress. I want to be the hero! I can't have you and Naruto fighting all my battles and cleaning up my messes!" Jaune tightened his fists and closed his eyes. "I'm tired of being the lovable idiot who gets stuck in trees while everyone else fights his battles."

Pyrrha reached out to comfort Jaune, but he quickly backed away from her.

"Just leave me alone." Jaune mumbled.

Pyrrha looked down and slowly turned around. "If that's what you wish." The red haired beauty replied, while she walked off.

Jaune watched Pyrrha walk off and sighed, he instantly regretted snapping at his partner. Jaune knew she had good intentions, but he couldn't let Pyrrha train him. He needed to improve on his own, as he needed to prove to himself that he actually belonged at Beacon by doing this by himself.

"My, my, my Jauny-boy I never took you as the rebellious type." The voice of Cardin began, while the bully climbed up onto the roof. "I mean faking your way into the academy, who would have believed you had it in you."

Jumping in surprise, Jaune turned around to meet the arrogant grin of his tormentor Cardin.

"Cardin, please don't tell anyone." Jaune begged desperately, while the bully merely smirked.

"Jaune would I do that to a friend?" Cardin asked, while he walked over and brought the boy into a headlock. Using enough force to slightly strangle Jaune.

"F-friends?" Jaune gasped out in a weak voice.

Cardin smirked. "Of course we are friends and as long as you're there for me. We will be friends for a long time Jauny-boy." The orange haired boy explained with a slight smirk. "Speaking of which I don't have time to finish my homework, so can you do that for me? Of course you will Jauny-boy, or else I might tell the headmaster about our little secret."

Jaune looked down, he was in a pickle and there was nothing he could do. "Okay Cardin."

Cardin grinned he couldn't get one back on Naruto, but he can still make Jaune pay for the humiliation the Branwen placed him through. "Good boy Jaune and I'll warn you, tell that little bitch Naruto about our deal and I'll go to the headmaster."

"I… I understand." Jaune replied in a completely defeated voice.

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(With Naruto)

Coming out of a red portal fully dressed in his casual attire, Naruto noticed he was in a secluded forest, but he wasn't alone. As his mother was perched on top of a rock and was gazing at him with a blank stare.

"Well I'm here." Naruto began, as the portal behind him closed.

Raven smirked. "That was faster than usual, you've gotten better at creating portals. I'm glad to see you've been practicing our family techniques."

Naruto crossed his arms. "What did you want mom. Last time we talked you basically told me to not come back to you." The blond haired child pointed out.

"I missed you too brat." Raven replied sarcastically before she jumped off of the rock she was on. "Besides you should know I wasn't serious, I've even been checking up on you from time to time."

Naruto nodded. "Yeah I figured you were the one who killed that Nevermore during my second day at Beacon."

Raven nodded. "It wasn't my plan, but the stupid Grimm spotted me and attacked. So I was forced to kill it, had to make sure my children didn't get killed after all."

Naruto narrowed his eyes and growled. "Bold words from the woman who won't even take the time to meet her daughter." The younger Branwen began, making his mother huff.

"You know why I won't meet Yang-..."

"Dad told me the truth involving Summer's death and why you left." Naruto cut in a serious voice.

Raven looked down. "So you know the truth, what about Yang and Ruby?"

"No they don't know, but you could at least meet your daughter." Naruto replied. "If wouldn't kill you or her."

Raven huffed and looked away. "I didn't come here to argue with my child. I came to warn you." The stubborn woman explained.

"Warn me of what?" Naruto asked.

"Leave Beacon." Raven began, as her crimson eyes glanced over her son. "My scouts say Salem's forces are advancing. They are also gaining allies within the White Fang and the criminal underground. I'm telling you right now, Beacon is going to fall."

Naruto's mouth dropped open. "Is this true? We have to warn Ozpin! We have to prepare ourselves!"

Raven shook her head. "It's a fool's quest, Beacon has no chance. Salem's forces are too great. And trust me in a few months Beacon will be no more."

Naruto gave his mother a fierce glare. "I could care less about that old bitch! My friends and family are at Beacon and I will protect them." The blond declared, as he would be damned if he would let something happen to his sisters or Nora. "If Salem is bringing the fight to Beacon, then I'll start working for Ozpin like you use to and bring the fight to her."

"You little idiot, you will get yourself killed!" Raven shouted in anger, as she dreaded the thought of losing her precious son like she lost Summer.

"I'd rather die protecting those I love than abandon them." Naruto declared with conviction behind his words.

Raven groaned in anger and pulled out her katana, then by swinging the sword downward. She opened a portal to her side.

"Fine I won't stop you from getting yourself killed, but I want stay by and watch my child die." Raven growled, while she walked over to the portal.

Naruto walked behind his mother and gave her a strong hug from behind. "I love you mom and I know if we work together we can stop Salem. So why don't we both go to Oz and figure something out?"

"I love you too Naruto." Raven mumbled in a low voice. "But I can't." She add in, while walking into the portal she created.

Naruto watched his mother disappear and sighed. "Why can't my life be simple?" The blond asked himself, while he created a small portal of his own. "Guess I have some news for Ozpin…. plus I owe Nora some pancakes…. tonight is going to be a long time night."

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Well here is Chapter 4 and I've started working into Jaune's little character arc. While also setting up Naruto to begin to work for Ozpin. Also some of you will be excited to know that next chapter will be very Nora centric and you will learn about her past and yes the question that everyone has of what happened to Ren.

So like always thanks for the support and tell me what you think of the story so far!

Also bonus points for any theories anyone has about the box under Nora's bed and what role it will play in the future!