Warning: I do not own RWBY, that belongs to Oum & Rooster Teeth. Nor Naruto that is shonen and his creator.
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GamerX568: Well for magic and chakra there are reason why that is not happening. Unfortunately those are spoilers so sorry.
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Guest: You do remember the jutsu is a forbidden one. The only reason naruto knew it was by stealing the scroll.
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Over two years has passed for Naruto.
Two long, gureling, and downright sadistic year for him. More than once he complimented on ending his own life to escape the trai—torture that was Ozpin. So much in two years, his head throbbed whenever he thought to much on it.
And yet he learned and grew more then his entire time in the academy. More about Aura, Remnant, fighting, and the ancient arcane arts of magic. If he was to be honest he probably was stronger than anyone in his class, that included sasuke.
Odd, two years ago he would be rubbing this in the boys face when prancing around like he was the king of the world or something, or maybe even show it off to the old man. But now he did not see the reason, sure he would love to beat sasuke and show whose better ... but it wasn't his goal or what he wanted.
It would be nice but not something he need nor something he would pursue.
A year of his soul merging with Ozpin had tempered the old him. Sure he had a temper but no longer was something uncontrollable and he learned to reign in that anger. Plus the added hundred or so years memories he got helped to.
But still on the topic of sasuke his own grade in the class had skyrocketed. With the help of Ozpin he was no longer the dead last but was now in the middle of the class, average in almost everything. A perfect position for him, nobody would bother them. As for his relations in the class, he had made his amends, Sakura being the first one: A few words and promise to not bother her again fixed that.
The rest went something similar to that. His relationship with Kiba had improved and their was mutual respect between them. He even had lunch one with his family, an ... interesting experience for him and a apologetic one for Kiba. As for the other clan heads, there a was some level of friendship but nothing more. He sometimes played with Shikamaru or hanged out with him and Choji.
Hinata on the other hand well he learned about her crush on him.
That was ... awkward to find out and Ozpin milked every moment of it. He did not hate it, but he did not expect it from Hinata of all people, it was nice in it's own way.
Sadly he could not return those feelings.
One, Ozpin kind of ruined the chance with her thanks of all the memories theyhad sex with other women. Second, he had a lot of other things on his plate, maybe on day he could return those feelings, but not now. For now he just pretended not to notice and be more nicer to the girl.
Another big change was his wardrobe. It was still orange, that he would not never budge on. He still kept his tracksuits but now opted for a orange sweater with black cargo pants and fingerless again he really wished he reconsidered, the sun was a scorcher today and Ozpin wanted him to wear a sweater of all things (1). Thank the God Brothers for the mercy of aura.
"Are you excited Naruto, today is the day that you finally become a genin" Ozpin knew the boy was excited, he could feel the anxiety and excitement coming from the boy.
"I have been waiting for this day for a long time Ozpin or course I'm excited" he whispered back. Of course with that excitement came anxiety, he worried what would happen if he ever failed. He knew he could not, the old man did gave him that jutsu and he has practiced with it every week plus with the help of Ozpin he knew that the written test would be a breeze.
But it never stopped the worry if he ever did fail. He knew that he had to retake the a year ... or follow with one of Ozpin's plans if he did not want to retake a year.
No, he shock himself of those thoughts, he was going to pass the genin exam and get one more step close to becoming Hokage. No one was going to stop his goals, he had the skills needed and he will pass it. Straightening himself he walked more confidently to the academy. Room 240, opening the doors there were quite a few people with many nervous but excited.
He took his seat in the middle row, between two of his classmates and waited.
Thirty minutes later the door opened and Mizuki & Iruka entered the room with a stack of paper. All the students got up and gave their mandatory respects.
"Good Morning everyone, today is the big day to see if you become ninja or not" said Iruka "I know many of you have been waiting for this day for a long time and I hope that you all pass this class. I am proud how far you all have come and I will be honored to call you comrades by the end of the day. The genin exam will split into three parts. A written exam, then a physical exam, and finally the jutsu portion. Pass all parts and you will get your headband, fail and you have to retake next year."
"Mizuki will hand you the paper now, you have two hours to finish the exam and you start when the paper comes" Mizuki was already handing out the papers as everyone got ready.
xxx Later xxx
"And time!" Iruka slammed his table as everyone dropped their pencils. The students quickly rushed to hand their papers to the man.
"Hey Naruto, how did you do the exam? Man that was so hard, I think I got some them wrong" worried Kiba as they went back to their seats.
"I think I did well, the last few did trip me up a bit" Naruto lied. Really it was Ozpin that did the test and he was pretty sure the Immortal made sure they got a ninety to perfect score. Kiba nodded in agreement but was stopped when Iruka ordered them to the gym. The class made their way a large course stretching to both ends of the gym, the course was filled with different exercises.
Mizuki explained that they had to get to the end of the course or as far as they could and would be judge by how fast they make it.
The students went by pairs of two and the exam was a breeze for the blonde. The stuff they threw at him was no different from what Ozpin did, only he had to it everyday. Plus aura helped out a bit too.
Finally it was the most dreaded part, the one he had feared the most of. The jutsu section: It was simple, use the three academy techniques and if you had any other jutsus you could show them for extra credit. The civilians were the first ones to go when they got back to their room, most of them passed the part as a few made some mistakes. Before the clans came up his names came.
"Naruto Uzumaki" Iruka called out. Getting up he walked down to the two teachers. "Naruto, please use the Substitution Jutsu for us, you may use Mizuki as the target."
Naruto flipped through the hand signs, there was a sharp pull on his gut as in a instant he sitting Mizuki's chair with the man nodding at him. Getting back to the front the two teachers signed off something on the board before continuing.
"Alright, next use the Transformation Jutsu for us, please turn into me next" said Iruka. Once again Naruto went through the signs as smoke exploded from him and he transformed into Iruka. The man got up and looked at the transformation, checking off the box as he nodded as the jutsu. "Very good, you may turn it off now. Now, the final jutsu will be the Clone Jutsu"
"You can do this Naruto, you have been readying for this day" said Ozpin, he gave his own assurance to Naruto. The blonde nodded as he went through the hand signs and slammed the ground.
"Earth Style: Earth Clone Jutsu" rock jetted out of the ground as it condensed into a humanoid shape. Mizuki seemed surprised by this but the simile from Iruka calmed him as he jotted it down. Iruka nodded and let him go back to his seat. He could see that everyone looked surprised by that jutsu.
"What the heck was that Naruto? When did you learn a super cool jutsu like that!?" Kiba asked as Sasuke went down next. "Did somebody teach you that?"
"It was from the hokage, don't go telling anyone else okay Kiba" he was about to silence him from the amazed look coming from him. "And the reason I got ... well it's kind of embarrassing but I have too much chakra in me. It makes it nearly impossible for me to use the normal clone jutsu so the hokage gave me this instead."
"Pfft, you can't be serious, 'to much chakra' that's a load of bull man. How is having more chakra bad, if I had more chakra I could use my clan's techniques more often" said Kiba.
"Yeah well when you have my reserves it is pretty hard, plus chakra control is pain too, like really badly" Naruto replied "Besides, it took me a months for me to get it down. Don't give me that look Kiba this jutsu is harder than it looks and I really mean it" It really was difficult for since he had hundreds of other skills he needed to work on at the same time.
The rest of the exam was blur for naruto as the others went by. At the end the two left the room and it exploded with chattering and gossip. He ignored them all, even Kiba's pestering and talked to Ozpin.
"So what now Oz? I mean I'm sure I have the exam in a shoe in." Naruto mentally asked.
"Well we still have a ways to go, your skill with The Long Memory is going well but still is years away at what it is needed" Images of Ozpin and his past incarnations appeared as they fought against human, faunus, and grimm foe alike. They looked more like blurs to him, showing different features of the cane. "Your aura is adequate for someone who passed primary hunters school. I admit if we had more time then it would be on par with Beacon students. Magic is going fine and now we only have to wait for it to return more"
"Yeah about that, exactly how long is that going to be? It's been a year already but you said I'm only at half strength?"
"Soon, the more stronger magic grows the more chakra it needs to consume and at the rate it is going ... we can expect it back in a few more months: At most a year more Naruto" Ozpin assured his incarnation. Naruto smiled, it has been a year since he learned of magic but it was the most interesting by far.
And so terrifying at the same time.
Magic ... opened new knowledge he never knew about and some he wish he never knew— Iruka and Mizuki returned back, this time with a large tray of headbands. One for each student. At that moment he felt his eyes watered a bit, he was going to be a ninja. He felt the pride coming from Ozpin as he waited for his name. Five minutes passed, he counted, before Iruka called for him.
"Congratulations Naruto, I'm proud of you and far you've gone. Take it, your earned it" he handed the headband to naruto as he took. Tying it around his head he shook with joy at the news, he had finished his first step at being hokage. The rest of the day was a blur as Iruka gave a speech to the class and about their new duties plus about them coming back tomorrow for their new sensei's.
Naruto quickly left the building and ran straight to Ichiraku ramen.
"HAHAHA, I knew you would pass Naruto. First plate to our new shinobi!" Teuchi laughed, the old man was proud the minute he saw his favorite customer coming in with that headband. His daughter was also happy but was more reserved with her joy, but the family of two was happy for Naruto.
"Thanks old man, I still can't believe it I'm now one step close to my dream" said Naruto "I can't wait for my first mission, oh I hope it's some kind of guarding mission where we have to protect a princess from a evil overlord who—"
Teuchi smiled and nodded to the boys tale as it became more and more grander, his own daughter had only inflated it with her own spin. Of course he knew the boy would be devastated when he learned what genin really did, any civilian in Konoha knew about it they just didn't tell the new kids. Still it made him smile at the boys happiness, he hasn't seen the boy give a real smile like that in two years.
He knew something changed in the boy about two years ago. He became more secretive and muted, sometimes he saw the old naruto inside but ... sometimes it felt there was someone else to; Crazy thought but just a gut feeling of his. Plus that change of clothes, I mean who wore a sweater during the summer?
Before he could think anymore someone else entered into the shop.
"Huh? Oh hey Mizuki sensei, what are you doing here?" Naruto greeted the white haired man as he took a seat.
"Hm? What, can't a man get some grub to eat?" He teased the blonde "I also wanted to congratulate you on becoming a genin. You really have improved in two years, even learning an advanced jutsu back there. Where there you even get such a jutsu anyway, I'm pretty sure Iruka didn't teach you that?"
"That? Oh well the hokage gave it to me, he said that I had lot of chakra and what not" Naruto answered back. Mizuki nodded as he ordered a bowl "Well I am still proud of you, but I also wanted to tell something to. Something between us shinobi if you get me."
"Um what is it?" Mizuki motioned him outside. He grabbed Naruto by the shoulder and sent them above the shop to nearby buildings roof.
"Sorry about that I didn't want anyone to listen in. Naruto, I want to know if Iruka or the other students ever told you about the secret exam?"
"Secret exam?" Naruto looked perplexed by that. Neither he nor Ozpin hear of any secret exam, they thought they were done.
"I see so they never told you, figured they wouldn't. I'm not suppose to talk about it but I think you deserve it with how much work you put in the last two years. It's only know to the teachers the top male & female students but there is an section of the exam where if you can infiltrate and steal a scroll from the Hokage tower you get to become the new rookie of the year plus you get a powerful Jutsu if you pass" Mizuki watched as Naruto looked conflicted his eyes shifting a bit before speaking.
"So, when is this exam?" Naruto asked.
"Today actually, well tonight really. I can give you the window you have but you have to be quick" said Mizuki "This is a one in a lifetime opportunity for you Naruto, I'll give a few hours to think on it. If you do it then you have till 9PM-10:30PM to get the scroll. I will be waiting for you tonight near the edge of the village" The man returned the two back to the shop and once done with his bowl quickly left.
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"I must say he is a moderately skill liar, I could see it working on an academy student or maybe a fellow comrade ..." said Ozpin.
"—But not on us?"
"Not on us. This does pain a rather grim picture, we have a traitor who wants us to steal something valuable from the Hokage. It seems we have two possible options; One, we inform the Hokage and let them deal with, Second, we can take care of it ourselves" said Ozpin. "I am confident that you can handle Mizuki, with your skills you should be able to handle him. But if he is too much I can take control. The choice is up to you Naruto."
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"We're going after him" Naruto declared. No way is he going to let a traitor get away, maybe he should tell the Hokage about this but at the same there was always the chance he may escape or worse. Plus he also wanted to test himself, this was the perfect chance to. "We have till midnight to prepare and I want us as ready as we can be."
"Naruto! I knew you would make it, do you have the scroll" Mizuki watched as the boy came to the meeting place. A bit late but it seemed he pulled it off after all.
"Yeah, right here sensei" he patted on a cloth covered scroll behind him "Man that was tough job sensei, I really thought I was going to get caught."
"But you didn't, congratulations Naruto you passed. Now can you hand the scroll to me"
"Sure thing sensei" Naruto tossed the scroll over to him. Mizuki thanked him as his hand rubbed the scroll, slowly he pulled on the tip of the cloth and quickly pulled it.
To show nothing.
"W-What!?" There was nothing inside the clot—Where did the cloth go, he saw it a minute ago!?
"Oh gezz, sorry sensei I must've forgotten the scroll and I had to make a fake one on the spot" said Naruto "Still, a fake scroll is rather appropriate for a fake shinobi, isn't that right traitor?"
He watched as Mizuki's eyes momentary widened as the man tried to speak "Save it sensei it isn't going to work. I knew your attempts the minutes you told me. A little advice, try to stay loyal instead of lusting for more power."
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"Tch, it doesn't matter then I'll kill you, what a waste of time" whatever remained of his mask vanished and the man snarled at him "I'd hope to frame you and take the scroll but your dead corpse will do."
He felt the mans killer intent, coming at him
He felt worse from his memories.
Extending his cane he activated his aura and ran to Mizuki. The chunin hadn't expected his speed before the cane was firmly in his gut, naruto let out a light barrage that threw him down. He swung at Mizuki before it the body disappeared in a puff of smoke. Rolling out of the way two large shurikens sunk into the ground.
"Not bad brat, didn't expect the hokage to teach you that" said Mizuki, he was still hiding in the forest. Naruto needed time to know where he was hiding. So talking game it was then.
"You know it is quite surprising to see a chunin hiding from a genin of all people. Sad to see the quality of shinobi fall so low, man if Iruka could only see you know, the man he called a fir—" he blocked the kunai coming at his throat.
"That bastard wouldn't have been where he is if it wasn't for me! He doesn't deserve anything!" Ooh looks like he found Mizuki's button and that fast. He threw some kunai at the source, Mizuki jumped his positions and took the larger shuriken from his back and threw. The metal sparked against the cane as he pushed it away and opted for charge after Mizuki. The two attacked at each other as they tried to get the advantage. Normally Mizuki should have the advantage, his age and more developed body.
But he had aura, and experience.
Going with a side kick Mizuki moved back and gave naruto time to jab at his chest, pushing him further back. The man flashed some hand signs and disappeared. His aura flared as Mizuki tried to stab at his shoulders, he kicked him away as the two jumped further back.
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"Not bad demon brat but not good enough for me" the chunin sneered at Naruto's confused look "Whoops slipped my mind, and I had a speech for you."
"What are you saying?" He circled around the man "Last time I checked I didn't have horns or a tail"
"But you are a demon. Your the Kyuubi No Kitsune reborn! The day you were born the fourth hokage sealed the beast within you, the old man made the adults keep it a secret from you! Your are the jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi!" Mizuki shouted.
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"Hm, interesting" Naruto appeared before the man and headbutted him. The Long Memory glowed as he tapped the man's gut with it, Mizuki eyes bulged and hacked out spit and blood. Looking up Naruto's eyes were no longer blue but were a glowing yellow. "Thank you Mizuki for the knowledge we had out suspicions but thank you for confirming them."
Ozpin/Naruto watched the man get up, trying to move away form the immortal. Not that it matter, his internal organs were not going to make the next day. The chunin called out his final attack "Fire Style: Great Fireball" a stream of fire blew from his mouth as it transformed into a massive fireball coming straight at him.
Ozpin/Naruto channeled their aura into their cane.
And the swung the blade, the fireball dissipated and left cinders.
Mizuki looked horrified
"Be grateful your death will be quick" he walked to the man as he watched the chunin start begging. With the fact blood was coming out his mouth and him holding his gut in pain it was a sad sight. He ignored the man's attempt as well as smash his knees and hands, just to make sure he did not escape.
"From dust man came to be and through magic it shall unmake him, be free of this mortal coil Chunin Mizuki"
He tapped his forehead
Like ice his body hardened and took an almost reflective sheen. The eyes turned murky and glassy. The head was first, it cracked and turned into dust as the wind carried it away. It worked all the way down to his shoes, in less then a minute Chunin Mizuki perished.
Naruto's eyes returned back to their normal blue, he looked at where Mizuki one was. This was his first kill, but it did not feel like it not at all.
He had killed too many times in his past lives and each one he saw the thousands that died to his cane.
"You did well Naruto, there is nothing left to do here" he knew the boy was still processing the death. He may have seen their previous lives but this was the naruto's first one. "Go back and rest, we can talk more tomorrow about the Kyuubi"
The boy nodded and started to head back home. Less than a day he had killed a traitor and today learned why the villagers hated him. So many questions but no answers. Not that it mattered, he had the time to get them.
He was Naruto Uzumaki, the next incarnation of Ozma and he would be Hokage
(1) Look up pictures of young ozpin and replace the green sweater with a bright orange one
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