Hello all Storm here with a new story! Here we'll be seeing Naruto once again going to the world of Remnant, only this time he won't be going alone. I won't spoil anything else and hope you all enjoy the story. So, without further ado.
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Near the border of the Land of Fire and the Land of Sound, was the Valley of the End. Home to the sight of the final battle between Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha when the latter defected from Konoha. Only to return with the Kyūbi no Yōko under his control, and challenged Hashirama, with their battle having reshaped the landscape. Leading to the creation of the Valley of the End, with statues of Hashirama and Madara having been created to serve as a reminder of their battle.
Currently, another battle was being fought at the valley, between friends and teammates, Naruto Uzumaki and Satsuki Uchiha.
The reason for their fight, was due to the fact that Satsuki had attempted to abandon their home village, Konohagakure. In order to join the Snake Sannin, Orochimaru, so she could gain the power needed to kill her brother, Itachi Uchiha. While Naruto had been part of the team sent to bring Satsuki back, refusing to let her get away.
At the moment, Naruto had begun using part of the Kyūbi's Chakra sealed inside him, enough to turn his eyes red and his whiskers to become darker. While Satsuki had black markings covering the left half of her body, showing her Curse Mark was activated. With their boost in power, both Genin were fighting evenly against each other, though they were also starting to feel tired from how long they've been fighting.
"Why, why can't you just leave me alone?! I chose to leave, I wasn't kidnapped, brainwashed, or whatever you think! I chose to leave!" Satsuki shouted, glaring at Naruto with her Sharingan activated, now possessing three tomoes in both eyes, angry that he wouldn't let her go, that he had to chase after her and get in her way.
"I already told you, no matter what happens, I'll never give up on you, or let you run away! Even if I have to beat it into your head! You can either come back willingly, or I'll drag you back!" Naruto said, refusing to let Satsuki join Orochimaru, and just become another one of the snakes hosts.
"I'm not going back! I need to get stronger to kill Itachi, and I can't do that in Konoha!" Retorted Satsuki, her last encounter with Itachi still fresh in her mind, how he easily defeated her, knocking her Chidori aside like it was nothing, breaking her wrist, and then using Tsukuyomi on her again.
No, Satsuki wouldn't get the strength she needed by staying in Konoha. But Orochimaru could give her the power she needs, and once she's learned everything the Sannin can offer, she'll kill him before he can try taking her body. Then once he's dead, she'll hunt down Itachi and finally kill him.
"If you run now, then you won't ever get stronger, you'll always be weaker than Itachi!" Shouted Naruto, with Satsuki's attention snapping towards him, as her eyes widened in anger at what he just said.
Satsuki charged towards Naruto and swung her fist at him, only for the blonde to grab her wrist, with the Uchiha proceeding to slam her knee into his chest. With Naruto doubling over, gasping, as the wind was knocked out of him, with Satsuki following up with a spin kick to his head, knocking Naruto aside.
"Don't you ever say that again!" Satsuki growled, refusing to let anyone think she'd always be weaker than Itachi, believing she wouldn't be able to kill him.
"It's true, and you know it! Do you think Itachi or Orochimaru became as strong as they did, by running away to get power somewhere else?! They didn't, they trained their entire lives in Konoha to get to where they are, and you can do the same. You could be just as strong as them if you stayed in Konoha, you would even become stronger than they are." Naruto said, with Satsuki scowling in confusion at what he meant.
"What're you talking about? How could I become stronger than Itachi or Orochimaru by staying in Konoha?" Demanded Satsuki, doubting that was possible.
"Because look at them both. Orochimaru is a Sannin, just like Pervy-Sage and granny. But look at Itachi and how strong he is, and he's not even half as old as Orochimaru, along with what he did to Kakashi. Everything he can do, he learned it in Konoha, and so could you. You could learn even more than he did, and everything he can do, not only growing stronger than he is, but learning how he fights." Naruto said, with Satsuki's scowl fading slightly, as she began thinking over his words.
"And look how strong you are already, like during the Chūnin Exams, you were able to get passed Gaara's sand, something only Lee was able to do before, and he had to take off those heavy weights, just to do it. You were able to do it after just a month of training and was even able to get passed his sand and Sand Armor to wound him. You were also able to fight that bastard Aoi to in the Land of Tea, as well as Dotō in the Land of Snow." Naruto said.
"Yeah, but you were still the one to defeat Gaara and Shukaku, you were the one to kill Aoi and break the Raijin. And you were also the one who killed Dotō, as well." Retorted Satsuki, having begun feeling insecure about her own strength, when Naruto, the supposed deadlast, was able to defeat such opponents.
"I was only able to beat Gaara thanks to Gamabunta, while I could only beat Aoi, after you already managed to damage his sword. The same with Dotō when you damaged his Chakra Armor's core." Naruto said, with the Uchiha looking at him surprised having believed her Chidori had no effect on the Raijin, but now is hearing she did manage to damage it.
"You may not think it, Satsuki, but you are strong, and you'll keep getting stronger if you really try. But if you run away to Orochimaru, then you won't surpass Itachi, or beat him, it'll be Orochimaru that does it, because he gave you the power to do it. Do you want that, to beat him because someone gave you the means to do it? Or will you prove that you surpassed them both, with your own strength and training, that you got on your own?" Naruto asked, with Satsuki looking at war with herself, as she thought over his words.
Satsuki wanted to find and kill Itachi, more than anything else, but to do that she needed to get stronger. And she could get that strength from Orochimaru, much faster than she ever could in Konoha.
But then what would be the point?
What would she prove, if she gained the power needed to kill Itachi, if it came from someone else? She'd finally step out from Itachi's shadow, but then she'd simply be stepping into Orochimaru's, always being compared to someone else, never being seen as just Satsuki.
'Except by him.' Satsuki thought, while looking at Naruto.
He always saw her as Satsuki, never the last Uchiha, never as Itachi's little sister, she was always just Satsuki for as long as they've known each other. And now he's saying that she was strong, and that she would even surpass Itachi and Orochimaru, if she stayed in Konoha to train just like they did, before they went rogue.
'I never did bother going to my clan's Jutsu library.' Thought Satsuki, knowing the Uchiha Clan has a large collection of Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, Taijutsu, Kenjutsu, and Bukijutsu Scrolls, whether it was from creating them, learning them, copying them, or taking them as spoils of war.
But she never bothered looking through it, having never wanted to return to the Uchiha Compound, after the last time, when she was let out of the hospital after that night. And yet here she was, complaining about not being strong enough, when she had the means to grow, but didn't take advantage of it.
"And if that's not enough to convince you, then I'll always be with you every step of the way, helping you get as strong as you need. Even if it's just to be beaten up and knocked around, I'll be there to help you, Satsuki." Said Naruto, with Satsuki looking at him in surprise, not even noticing as her Curse Mark began receding back to her neck.
"Fine…fine, I'll go back." Satsuki said, sighing, knowing that if she still left after everything Naruto just said, it'd only make her look more like a whining brat, that wasn't getting her way.
It also made Satsuki damn her teammate's/secret crush's stubbornness and unorthodox charisma. But Satsuki couldn't deny that she was also thankful for it, and his refusal to give up on her.
Hearing this, Naruto smiled in relief, glad he was able to convince his teammate to come back. And he intended to keep his word and help her with anything she asked of him.
Though suddenly, before either Naruto or Satsuki could move, they were surrounded by ten Anbu, wearing blank masks.
"Satsuki Uchiha, we are here to you bring to Orochimaru, whether you want to, or not. And our master requires your presence, Kyūbi Jinchūriki." Said one of the Anbu, blankly, with Naruto and Satsuki tensing at this.
"What the hell are you talking about? You're Anbu, shouldn't you be trying to bring me back?" Satsuki questioned, knowing something was definitely wrong, if these guys were actually trying to bring her to Orochimaru.
"Why are you even here?" Demanded Naruto, since Tsunade didn't say anything about sending Anbu.
"That is none of your concern. Now, you will come with us." The Anbu said, as they all pulled out their tanto's, before charging the two Genin.
Knowing that they couldn't let themselves be taken by these guys, Naruto began pulling out more of the Kyūbi's Chakra, as it began forming a foxlike cloak around him. While Satsuki activated her Curse Mark again, needing the power it provided her, right now.
Unfortunately, even with their power boosts, Naruto and Satsuki were still feeling tired and fatigued from their own fight. While these Anbu weren't just perfectly healthy, but also older and more experienced, as well. Satsuki had even resorted to transforming into the Second Stage of her Curse Mark, turning her skin grey, her hair growing longer and turning a pale gray-blue, while gaining large wings, shaped like webbed hands.
But even then, they were still outnumbered and outclassed.
It didn't take long until both Naruto and Satsuki were taken down and surrounded by the Anbu.
"It's over, now you will be taken to Orochimaru, and our master." Said one of the Anbu, as they went to grab Satsuki, with Naruto growling in anger, as the red Chakra around him flared up.
"Leave. Her. ALONE!" Naruto roared, as two more tails formed behind him, for a total of three, before vanishing in a burst of speed, reappearing with his claws stabbed through two of the Anbu's necks.
"Use the seals now!" The lead Anbu shouted, as the remaining ones all pulled out scrolls, that their master had given them to subdue Naruto, should he start going berserk.
The Anbu opened the scrolls as they began glowing, with seals spreading out and connecting them together, just as a kunai stabbed through one of them. With Satsuki having been the one to throw the kunai, not knowing what they did, but knew it wouldn't be good for Naruto or her.
This resulted in the seals glowing even brighter, before all the scrolls blew up, without warning, from the disruption in the seal. With the Anbu being engulfed in the explosion, while Naruto and Satsuki were thrown back.
When the smoke cleared, it revealed a large crack floating in the air with a myriad of colors within it. Along with it starting to suck everything inside of it, including Naruto and Satsuki!
Naruto and Satsuki fought against the pull, only for them to suddenly be lifted off the ground, and forcefully pulled towards the crack. Not a moment later, Kakashi came running through the trees, with his eyes widening at seeing his students about to fall through the strange crack.
'I gotta grab them!' Kakashi thought, channeling Chakra to his legs and running to save his students from whatever, that portal was.
Unfortunately, as he got closer, Kakashi soon found himself being pulled into the portal, as well. With both of the students and their teacher being sucked in, with the portal closing itself, not long after.
Meanwhile, in a short distance away, Zetsu had watched the events with a scowl on his face.
'No, no, no! Damn you, Danzō! You've ruined everything!' Thought Black Zetsu, angry that Danzō's interference has resulted in the loss of the Kyūbi Jinchūriki, delaying and potentially ruining his plans.
Sinking into the ground to report what happened to Obito and Pein, Black Zetsu swore to make Danzō pay for getting in his way.
*Remnant-Land of Darkness*
Within the Land of Darkness, rested Evernight Castle, home to the Grimm Queen, Salem.
Salem's skin is a deathly pale color, with her eyes having jet-black sclerae, and glowing crimson irises, that shines brighter when she is agitated. She had bleached, pale white hair in a large bun, with six offshoots wrapped together, that also suspends several obsidian-colored ornaments. Over the passage of time, she has since grown dark purple veins, that line her face and arms, and now has a black diamond-shaped marking in the center of her forehead.
Her attire consisted of a very long, short-sleeved black robe, that obscures her feet, and partially drags across the ground, with its distinctive feature being a curved high collar, with a dark red trim bordering the outer edge of a narrow window, exposing her bust in a vertical ellipsis, resembling an eye, and completed with a long shawl emblazoned with three interconnected, maroon-colored vertical elliptic sigils, resembling a trio of overseeing eyes, above a series of maroon-colored diamond emblems. She also wears a ring, resembling a beetle on her right middle finger, which now has longer fingernails, with jet-black nail polish.
Currently, Salem sat within the meeting room, where she would meet with her current group of subordinates. At the moment, Salem looking into a Seer Grimm, showing various images of young teenage girls. All of them being candidates, with Salem planning to recruit one of them, to locate and possess the power of the four Maidens.
'Hm, Cinder Fall. She has nothing, no friends, no family, no power and yet craves it. She has potential and would be easy to manipulate.' Salem thought, seeing Cinder had the potential to become the host for the Maidens' powers and easily convinced at the promise of having such power.
Though that was also a problem, since while Salem could manipulate Cinder with the offer of having such grand power, the girl was too easily ruled by her emotions. And her desire for power may lead to her trying to betray Salem, or even believe that with the Maidens' power, she could challenge her.
Salem was then pulled from her musing when she caught sight of something out the window.
Looking, Salem raised a brow, when she saw a falling star coming straight towards her land. Standing up, the Grimm Queen went over to the window and saw the star crash into one of the Pools of Grimm, sending the tar-like liquid splashing everywhere.
Raising a brow for a moment, Salem was about to turn away and resume her search, only to pause and turn back to the pit, where the star landed. Her curiosity peaking when she felt something actually alive inside the pit.
'Curious.' Salem thought, now intrigued of what that "star" was and how it was still alive, perhaps even giving birth to a new type of Grimm.
Exiting the castle, Salem went down to the pit and watched as it bubbled, waiting to see what emerged from it. Which it didn't take long as a deathly pale hand emerged from the pit, as a young girl with long white hair emerged from it, wearing tattered clothes, and possessing strange webbed hand-like wings.
Salem's curiosity only increasing, as the girls wings then began transforming until they were now a pair jet-black feathered wings, like that of a Fallen Angel's.
"Curiouser and curiouser." Muttered Salem, as the girls head snapped up revealing a dark black sclera with unique red iris and black markings in it, depicting three overlapping ellipses around the pupil.
Not a moment later, the girl fell unconscious in front of Salem, with the woman regarding her in amazement and curiosity, wondering just how this girl managed to survive falling into a Pool of Grimm.
More intrigued than ever in her long life, Salem picked up the girl in her arms, before bringing her to the castle and placing her in a "guest room".
Sitting beside the girls bed, Salem subconsciously brushed some of her hair out of her face.
"I believe I just found my Maiden, and perhaps…something more." Salem said, smiling softly as she looked at the girl, who's appearance now made her nearly identical to Salem herself.
In a way, the girl could be considered her…daughter now, after being able to survive falling in a Pool of Grimm.
'Yes, I quite like that. A daughter for me to raise and train, and rule by my side. One that you won't take from me again, Ozma.' Thought Salem, refusing to let her former husband take away another daughter from her.
*Unknown Location*
Meanwhile, on an island off the cost of the continent Sanus, a second "star" soon crashed right outside a large complex. With the smoke clearing, revealing an unconscious Naruto lying in a crater.
Not long after, several androids approached the crater and saw Naruto lying inside it. Before they went down and grabbed the boy, bringing him inside the facility.
Once inside, the androids went to a large laboratory, where an old man was inside. This was Doctor Merlot, the believed to be dead leader of Merlot Industries.
Merlot is an old man with a robotic, glowing red eye. He also has a robotic right arm, with red inner circuits. He has disheveled gray hair, with a matching mustache and beard, along with prominent eyebrows. While he wore a gray jacket, with a high collar and a red shirt underneath.
"What is it?" Merlot said, not looking up from his work.
"We found this boy outside the facility, in a crater. He appears to have fallen out of the sky and is still alive." Said the android, this catching Merlot's interest as he looked up to see the boy.
His interest only increasing, when he saw glimpses of the boy's wounds and how they were healing before his very eyes, even at a faster rate than Aura.
"Put him on the table." Ordered Merlot, wanting to see what abilities this boy has and if it could prove beneficial to his research.
Wordlessly, the androids placed Naruto on a metal table, as restraints snapped around his wrists and ankles. Going over to the boy, Merlot began scanning his body and performing various tests, taking a few DNA samples as he did so.
Once he was finished, Merlot brought up the scans and was amazed at he saw.
'This boy, he seems to have what appears to be a second nervous system within his body. Only it seems to be pumping some type of energy through his body, like the heart pumps blood.' Merlot thought, amazed at having never seen something like this.
Even more so, when he saw a second energy source within the boy's body, centered around his abdomen, which also seemed to be accelerating his healing factor. And not just that, but the boys biology was different from both human and Faunus alike, and yet he was certainly human himself.
Merlot soon gain a wicked grin, as it seems he has found the perfect specimen to begin his experiments in creating a Grimm/human hybrid.
*Timeskip-One Years*
'Oh what a shame, and I had such high hopes.' Merlot thought, frowning as he looked at Naruto, who was now suspended in a glass pod, completely immobile and sedated.
A year had passed since the boy landed on his island and his subsequent discovery of his unique abilities and power. With Merlot having experimented on him for the past year, studying him and seeing just what he was capable of. All of it finally amounting to his greatest creation, the first ever Grimm/Human-Cyborg, having successfully infused Naruto's body with the power and essence of a Grimm. But Merlot didn't stop there, he made him even better with robotic attachments and armor, uploading various fighting styles directly into his mind and making him proficient with every known weapon.
But his greatest ability though, had to be his ability to analyze his opponents fighting style and adapt to them, along with being able to perfectly copy them and evolve the more he learned.
Yes, Merlot would say this was his greatest creation and the proof of what he's always said, about Grimm being part of the next stage of human evolution.
Unfortunately, the boy was uncontrollable and wouldn't listen to any of Merlot's orders. And no matter what programming Merlot used, the boys willpower and rebellious nature allowed him to override the commands. Thankfully, he had managed to escape, though not without losing most of his mutated Grimm as well.
'At least my prized Deathstalker was one of the survivors.' Merlot thought, thankfully that he didn't lose that specimen.
With no other choice, Merlot had him subdued and sedated, placing him in a pod until he could properly control the boy.
'Besides, I did get something useful as well.' Merlot thought, smirking as he went to another room, showing another pod.
This one containing a second Cyborg, with this one being completely Grimm in nature, that was shaped like a nine-tailed fox, who growled at Merlot viciously.
It took some time, but Merlot eventually managed to discover the second energy source within Naruto and successfully extracted it, place the beast within a new body. Essentially having this creature reborn as a Grimm, before adding cybernetics to it, as well. With him now using it as a power source for his facility and future experiments, given it had nearly unlimited energy.
'And that's not even the best part.' Merlot thought, smiling sinisterly, as he went to a viewing platform that overlooked a courtyard filled with Grimm.
But rather than the usual black color, these Grimm were blood red.
He had used the fox's energy to create these genetically engineered Grimm, resulting in their red color, along with being much stronger and more bloodthirsty than regular Grimm. With Merlot having taken to calling them Yōkai, as a result.
'Yes, things are coming along nicely.' Merlot thought, knowing he's come farther in his research than he has in years.
*Timeskip-Three Years*
"Girls, I have a special assignment for you four. I have recently gotten reports that the security network in the Emerald Forest has gone down, and I wish for you all to investigate how this happened, while Professor Port works on repairing it." Said Ozpin, Headmaster of Beacon Academy, as he looked at Team RWBY, consisting of Yang Xiao Long, Blake Belladonna, Weiss Schnee, and Ruby Rose the leader of Team RWBY.
"We won't let you don sir!" Ruby said with a salute and a large smile, before she and her team left to get ready for their mission.
Unaware of just what they'll encounter, while on it.
So, what did you think, good. Yep Naruto and Satsuki have both been sent to Remnant after being attacked by ROOT Anbu, with Kakashi also getting pulled in along for the ride. With Satsuki landing in te Land of Darkness right into a Pool of Grimm, being able to survive and taken in by Salem as the Grimm Queen's new daughter. While Naruto crash landed on Merlot's island where he was turned into a Grimm/Cyborg Hybrid, with his powers and abilities being based off of Zero from Megaman, along with Metal Sonic's ability to copy, replicate, and evolve. While Kurama was also extracted and turned into a Grimm Cyborg and used as a power source, with Merlot also creating a new breed of Grimm from Kurama's power. Finally we see Team RWBY being sent off to check on the security network, not knowing what they're in for when they do. So, review if you liked go away if you didn't.
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