Warning: I do not own RWBY, that belongs to Oum & Rooster Teeth. Nor Naruto that is shonen and his creator.
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Everpeach: As for power levels, well I can't say much outside of spoilers but Salem will be strong regardless
Habu2010: Thank for the notice and yes Naruto/Ozma is in for a bad time
bloddymoon: Not fun, I can tell you that.
GoTeam: They will appear much later
Guest: Still an omake but for romances I am not focusing on that right now.
GamerX568: Eh well not like it matters much.
Fire, everything was on fire and everything hurted too, like really badly. And was he bleeding to? ... Oh, he was bleeding, that was great.
It was harder to breathe too, either that was from the smoke or maybe it was from wounds on his chest. Probably both ... yeah it was both. His aura was working over time but a part of him wonder if he would make or will it be another incarnation, again?
At least ... Pyrrha? and ... Jaune? were safe at least. Odd, who were those people anyway? He was pretty sure he never met a blonde or a redhead like that. Hopefully they can get Qrow here, should he die at least Qrow will be able to put down the fall maiden.
Speaking of maidens, his eyes turned over to the raven haired women coming to him. Maybe if he reached with his magic—Nope that wasn't an option. Couldn't feel his right arm anymore, either it was broken and his aura was making it numb ... or it was gone, both of which sucked.
His left arm was buried under the rubble still. That sucked too. Still, the fall maiden stared at his fallen body. Her lips formed a simile as she reached out to him.
"Oh wizard, when my mistresses said you had fallen from your prime I never thought by this much. All this power and you gave it away, just like that. Now look at you, broken and defeated, your allies leaving you and everything crumbling around you."
He really wished he could punch that smirk off her face. Whatever he was saying ended up as gurgling. Oh yeah, lung issue was probably deeper than before. The fall maiden waved her hands, magic concentrated into her hand and she cleaved it down. The space around shifted and warped as a purple portal appeared. She tore my body from the rubble and moved it to the glowing portal.
"Do not worry so much Ozpin. My lady made sure this spell will put you in ... early retirement, Salem gives her best regrades" and then the maiden threw him in.
Dozens of colors passed through as the portal closed. Everything was so bright and dark at the same time. His eyes closed, waiting for the end to-
"Na-"
Pain, pain exploded everywhere.
"Nar-"
He felt like he was being ripped apart
"Naru-"
He wanted to scream, but his lungs were annihilated
"Narut-"
His soul was bare to the universe as something grabbed hold of him and everything-
"NARUTO"
KONOHA
The blondes snapped wide open, shooting up from the bed.
"WHA-What was that! I .. I ...—" Naruto rushed off his bed and to his bathroom. He nearly broke the top off as he vomited into it. Even after his stomach was emptied he was still dry heaving.
"That's right Naruto, just let it all out, don't hold it back" the immortal said softly, he used their aura to ease the boy's stomach pains.
"What ... oh god what was that!? I felt like I was dying there" Naruto clutched his face, realizing they were tears on his face and his throat as in pain too.
He was crying and screaming for the entire dream
"That, that was not a dream Naruto. What you saw there was ... was my death" he felt the boy surprise and horror.
"T-That was you? But why did I see your death!?"
"One of the consequences of this curse. As my memories becomes yours you will start to remember a lot of things. One of them is death, or in this case the various deaths we been through from most recent to oldest"
Naruto paled, every death he'll have to face. There was no he could do that, that's just impossible. He'll go insane before them.
"If it offers hope, the pain does become numb after a while. After the ... 30th death it becomes easier to handle" Ozpin explained "I know it is not much and your still scared. But I promise you that you will make through this, I know you can"
"I ... I ... I don't know" he admitted. If felt so real, like he was there ... well in way he was, but that was not the point. It felt he would disappear from the world, like this was the end. And yet he was still here, in a new body and yet alive, but not the same.
...
"But, but I'll hold on. Barely"
"Do you wish for me to take control?" Ozpin felt the boy give control before taking over. Wiping his face he cleaned himself. Once he was finished he got back on the bed before giving control back to Naruto.
The rest of the night was no longer filled with death, something Ozpin made sure of.
xxx The Next Day xxx
Today was a Saturday and Naruto had no other things today. Besides, the immortal felt it would be wise to do something to take the blonde thoughts off of yesterday. And aura training was just the thing.
"So, um, why are we here anyway Ozpin?" the blonde wondered why they were at the academy again. No one else was here, the students were relaxing and the teachers were back at home grading.
"Because it's the best place to practice aura" Ozpin explained "With no one here we don't have to worry much about others catching us. I doubt anyone will be here during the weekend since all the teachers graded at home. Besides, if we are noticed I will handle it. Do you understand?"
He nodded, he did not like it but he could understand it.
"Excellent, now Naruto I want you to draw it your aura. Try to remember the feeling when you first felt aura"
Naruto closed his eyes as he tried to remember the first feeling of aura. It felt like he got a sugar rush, like he could do anything even fighting the old man one on one. As he remembered that feeling the power of aura came to him, at first it was a trickle but with the help of Ozpin it became a constant stream.
"Open your eyes Naruto"
Opening them he saw his body covered in a light green glow "Woah ... um, how am I supposed to turn this off? I really don't want to explain this to the old man or someone else."
"Concentrate on the stream of aura, and focus on making it thinner"
The blonde focused on the stream of aura coming out of him. He focused on thinning it as the light died down till it disappeared.
"Good, right now your aura is concentrated at the center of your chest where your soul is. Try to expanded to 'stream' from your chest and to your left arm" Ozma always fashioned aura like a stream. Ever flowing and constant, one of the benefits of being an immortal was a deeper understanding of the soul, especially with his curse.
The immortal 'saw' his next incarnation attempt to move the stream out to his arm. It was slow but that was normal. Aura was similar to chakra in that it was like a muscle, the difference was that aura was more ... easier to move around than chakra.
It took the boy half an hour before he could coat his entire arm, in a few weeks Naruto will be able to do that subconsciously. He had previous incarnations to back that up.
"Excellent work Naruto, tell me how does it fell?"
"Pretty cool, I mean my arm feels a lot stronger. So this is the power of aura then huh? Oh man with this there's no way I can lose to sasuke" said Naruto. The blonde could already see it, sasuke down on the ground with everyone cheering him on, sakura saying he was the coolest ninja ever, and the old man giving the hat to him—
"—You won't be using it on sasuke nor will you use it in front of anyone else. No one is to know of your aura" Ozpin stated.
"... WHAT? Oh come you gotta let me use it, how else can I show everyone how cool I got" he argued.
"There are many opportunists besides now to gain recognition. Right now our goal is becoming an official ninja, once we reach there we can focus on showing off our powers. Besides, it is much safer that less people know of aura, it will give us an edge over other enemies in the future" Ozpin explained.
"But, but, bu—" this was unfair, how was anyone going to take him seriously? This was the best way, if everyone saw how powerful then they'll have to listen to them.
"Or kill us before we can become a threat, or capture and torture us for the knowledge. Naruto, there is a time and place for everything but right now is not the time. I promise you it will make sense later" Ozma calmly retorted.
Naruto wanted to argue but feeling the sense of urgency made him reconsider. After a bit of urging from Oz he conceded for now.
"Alright, then let's just get on with more aura powers"
"Very well, now while aura can be used to augment one's self it can also be infused into other object, including weapons. Aura infused weapons are far more stronger than an average one and more durable. However, infusing weapons with aura requires a constant stream, but for us that will not be a problem."
"What about living things?"
"With living things it is a bit different, since the living being already has a soul all your doing restoring their aura or making it stronger" the immortal explained.
Naruto nodded, man this aura stuff was pretty amazing to him. He knew he was repeating himself, but this stuff was so cool and it also helped that Ozpin explained things. Well that and for some reason it felt ... natural, to him using aura felt like riding a bike after a while. At first it is hard to do but after some time it becomes easier. Compared to yesterday this was way more easier.
Must be Ozpin's memories and the whole reincarnation thing.
"Yeah, still not sure about that. I mean I did promise to I be the best I can be ... still, reincarnation is pretty crazy" for bit Naruto wondered if the man would reply back. Seeing no response he continued.
"So um what do we do next? Besides practicing with aura, can we do get a cool weapon or something?" the blonde was already imagining himself wielding a large katana with it glowing in his aura, ready to defeat all his enemies in one-
"We already do Naruto. Using some of our advanced skills I'm happy to say our weapon is with us. And it is close or in Konoha to" said Ozpin. Naruto could feel the joy coming from the immortal.
"Oh is it a sword, or a spear, or a super powerful kunai like the fourth hokage, or is it like-" Naruto rambled on.
Right before Ozpin showed him the weapon.
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"A ... CANE!? Aw man why a cane of all things!?" Of all the things he had to get a cane, a literal day to day cane that old farts would use.
"Now Naruto you should not go writing off things because of their looks. I can assure that 'The Long Memory' is far more than it seems"
"Long Memory?"
"The Long Memory. It was not just my weapon, but my previous incarnation and the one before him and so on. It is weapon passed from each incarnation from the last, for thousands of years this cane has been at our side" Ozpin explained.
"... Oh, I uh, I didn't know that" Naruto suddenly felt guilty for insulting the weapon. He never knew it carried such a history with it.
"Plus, it does have some secrets and tricks hidden within that will be very useful in our journey" he added.
"So then what are we waiting for Ozpin? Let's get us our weapon, you said it should in Konoha right?"
"Should be in or very close to Konoha" he had used his magic when the boy was asleep to find it. It made him happy that his old companion followed him into this new world.
"Well what are we waiting for? Aura training take a hike, this should be a real—"
xxx Forest of Death xxx
"—Pain the ass. Um, your sure it's here and not somewhere else, like somewhere more sunny. Also less growling coming from it?" pushing back his spit he looked at the dark menacing forest ahead of him.
"It is here Naruto, if you are worried I can take control from here"
"No way, I mean this is ... well going to be my weapon one day. I should at least get it with my own two hands"
"Very well, but should we face something more difficult than you can face I will take over. Understand?"
He nodded. Looking at the forest he took a deep breath.
And took a step forward.
xxx Later xxx
"Hey Ozpin, can I ask you some questions" Both of them had been hiking for a bit and at the moment Naruto was feeling curious.
"What is it?"
"Well, I wanted to ask about this Mistral place. When you told me to remember this Haven place I suddenly remembered about this ... kingdom? What is Mistral or a kingdom in that matter?"
"Ah, that is rather complicated, especially complicated due to our current predicament. But to answer your question, Mistral is one of four Kingdoms of Remnant. A Kingdom is similar to your land of fire, another name for nation
Mistral itself is located on eastern side of Remnant, like the rest of the kingdoms it was chosen by it first settlers because of its supply of natural resources and defenses against the grimm. Mountains, vast hills, floating islands, and shallow waters all provided excellent protection against all sort of enemies
The kingdom itself has been the biggest contributor to culture, arts, and various others wonders to humanity. I promise that one day I'll show some the famous plays there, they are quite superb I must say."
"Huh, this Mistral place really—Wait did you say floating islands!?"
"Indeed, the gravity dust in the region is particular rich, allowing some unique settlements to arise" Ozpin showed the boy memories of the floating islands. The blonde was awed. Before him were massive island floating in the air just like Ozpin said. He saw water rushing down and dozens of small forest growing. On those islands there were settlements all dotted along with wooden ships power by dust moving between them.
Whoa, this place looks amazing Oz. And people live on those islands, man that must be so cool!"
"Well hopefully I can show one day Naruto. It's even better in person" said Ozpin.
"Also, what is this dust you keep talking about? Like the dust under my bed?" Naruto himself wondered dust could even make islands float, unless there was some ultra cool technique he didn't know of.
Ozpin just chuckled "No Naruto, not that dust. The dust I am referring to are a special crystals type. They are the primary fuel source of all of remnant, from vehicles, to weapons, to even communication, all of it runs off of dust."
Images of dust appeared in Naruto's head as he remembered holding them, feeling the energy within as he saw people using the stuff everywhere. From people fueling up large ... metal boxes? To people using some kind of tube like weapon, firing something from inside of it. And then people sprinkling the stuff on their weapons, causing it to burst into fire.
"Oh man, Ozpin can you teach me that!? Dude that stuff was straight out of magic or something, please tell me we can, pretty please?"
"I am afraid not. It is not that I don't want to teach you about dust it is that I can't. During my time here I have not heard anything remotely about dust. Until we can find dust there is nothing I can show you. That and only source of dust I know may not be reachable at the moment" he apologized.
That put a tamper to his mood. Naruto hoped that dust did exist on his world because making a sword come on fire was pretty cool. Plus he could maybe even throw a fireball out of his hand too, that would be awesome.
"Well maybe there is dust here, I mean we could always look around or even ask the hokage for help. I bet he knows about dust" Naruto offered
"Maybe, but first we should focus on finding our staff. Which should be riiggghhhttt ... here"
"Here? Where?" He looked around for any sign of the cane.
"Up ahead, in that fallen tree. It should be lodged inside" Naruto went over the large fallen tree trunk.
He looked around trunk before finding a hole on top, it was around the size of large cat of maybe an average dog. Peering in he eventually spotted a hint of silver.
"I ... think ... I got it?" his hands gripped a metallic handle "Alright now all I need is ... I need is ... what the—Come on you stupid cane don't tell me your stuck."
Great, the cane was stuck in the in wood. Dear god what happened that made so stuck to begin with?
"Come on you little—"
...
"—Maybe if I"
"Na—"
"Ok how about this—"
"Naru—"
"—Oh so that it ehh?—"
"Naruto—"
"Maybe I should bring a hammer and—"
"Naruto!"
"Hm, what Ozpin? Little busy trying to get the cane out"
"Look up and listen" Ozma stated.
"Why loo—Oh ... well ... fuck" the first thing he saw a lion. No, two .. three ... five, five big lions all growling at him.
Now more than ever he struggled to get the cane out.
"Naruto, you let me take care of this. Watch and observe" before the blonde could object his eyes glowed as Ozpin took the wheel. Aura rushed into his arm as he tore the cane out, ignoring the cries of anguish from Naruto, and brought it leveled to the closest lion. Five lions, all surrounded, and from the looks pretty hunger to.
Good, gives them a chance.
"Well then, who wishes to go first?" he opened his arms out. The nearest lion striked first, it's jaw opened and ready to crush his skull. The teeth chewed on air as Ozpin looked at it from the side.
"Hm, so a young one then. So brash for a quick for a meal, well at least one less idiot in the gene pool" The lion's neck snapped as 'The Old Memory' broke its neck with a simple jab.
The other two lions leapt forward, ready to avenge their kin. Ozpin dodged the attempts, swing at the jaw of a lion. It's jaw cracked and it was thrown into a tree, the bark ripping apart flesh and skin as it's body feel limp.
Ozpin sprinted to the other lion. And retracted his cane, he bended his legs back, avoiding the swipe. He brought the cane up and extended it, the tiger's head snapped upwards before three jabs made it permanent.
"So two more to deal with. Tell me, how do you wish to go? You running away or ... well let's say very unfortunate, so?" He raised an eyebrow at the remaining two.
The remaining two looked wearily as they circled around him. Seeing that we're not going to strike Ozma went on the assault. Aura gathered at the balls of his feet, nearly glowing as he stepped down and caused the ground to explode.
He flew in the air as aura coated his cane. With the momentum and his augmented strength the creature's neck snapped violently, it's head shave off cleanly, and leaving one more lion. It was the oldest too, judging by the scars and look in it's eye.
"He um looks pretty scary Oz, you got it?"
"I do ... but I think I'll give your body back, consider this the testing phase"
"Wait wha—" Naruto had no time as felt the tiredness from his body as his formed broke.
"W-Wait, I thought you were going to handle this!?"
"I was, but I figured this would good experience. If the situation gets too dangerous I will step in. Think of this as a test" Ozpin explained cheerfully.
"Oh you litt—Um hey there big guy, uh sorry about killing your friends. Now I'm sure we can come to a—" the lion growled, sensing the difference in it's prey. "Yeah, yeah this is not going to work" Naruto took a deep breath, and readied himself.
And ran away from the lion.
"You can't run away from your enemies Naruto"
"Shut up shut up shut up, trying to run away and not get maimed"
"Unless you kill the lion that may be likely, also use your aura you have it for a reason" naruto leaped onto a closet tree trunk before climbing it up. The lion still on his track.
Jumping onto a branch he raced across it before reaching its end. Turning around the lion was just meters away from him, now snarling at the blonde as it readied itself.
"Dammit Ozpin" he tightly gripped the cane. He let out a battle cry as he charged at the lion, it went for swipe at his face as he ducked. Swinging it backward he struck it in reverse, hearing it cry in pain. Not letting up he pushed more aura into his body before letting out a barrage of strikes and throwing the lion back down to the ground. Naruto could barely hear the thud.
"Well, that was an excellent job. Impressive work on your form, I did not teach of that and especially not that move" Ozpin mused.
"I ... it was your memories right?"
"Correct, do not be so alarmed my boy. naturally our combat oriented memoires will be the fastest to process and soon enough you'll be re-proficient with the cane. But we still need to work on your muscles to"
"Yeah, yeah I know ... so does that mean we can go home?"
"I think we've earned it"
"Good, I'm starving."
OMAKE
"Ugh, how in the world are you so happy Naruto?" Sakura groaned. She watched her teammate nearly skip after finishing another D-rank mission.
"Ma ma, you need to relax. This nothing but a good and relaxing vacation" said Ozpin. It was for him at least, after he realized that this world was not in any danger and their was no duty he had to uphold. Just him in a 'relatively' peaceful world with no other duty, so this is what a vacation felt like.
Plus his crazy ass wife isn't here.
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"Uh Hey sensei, was konoha suppose to start its space-time ninjutsu classes today?" asked Sasuke.
"No, that was yesterday ... why?"
The uchiha pointed to sky that started to darken as it as a hole in reality started to form. Then Naruto started to sweat when he felt magic coming.
"No no no no no no no ... DAMMIT" he cried when he saw who came out.
It was Salem, and she was pised. "OZMA, WHERE ARE YOU!?"
"Well its was nice knowing you all but now I have to erase your memory so my crazy wife doesn't find me so bye" team seven was caught in a green flash and Naruto soon ran back to his apartment.
He slammed the door and magically reinforced it
Then slammed the bathroom door and magically reinforced it
And finally shutting his shower curtains and magically reinforced it.
A few minutes passed as he waited. He then heard loud explosions from outside as he waited. The explosions got closer as he began hearing the cries of those idiots in her way. Good job meat bags.
Minutes passed before the room next this his blew up, then a nearby apartment next.
...
And then the explosion finally died down, there was still screaming but that was finally over.
"Yew, now I have to do is—"
CREEEEKK
CRRASSHHH
Dust and debri came out of nowhere as he started to cough, trying to get the it away from him. Opening his eyes he meet red glowing ones.
Salem's head glared at him through the other room.
Ozma promptly screamed.
