So, a few people have decided to give my work a chance and that just feel nice! Thank you for giving me a chance to show my work and have you all read it. Now as for a summary of what last chapter was, it was a prequel, a small taste of what this story will be like if people like it!
Also! Little thing, there's going to be some suspension of disbelief in this story. The speeds Naruto will reach in the saber will be absolutely ludicrous in this story, though with dust and the fact that aura is a thing, the speeds the Saber will reach is insane, and she may or may not, through ozma's magic, be a little bit alive. You'll see what I mean by that later.
So, by all means, like it, comment on it your thoughts, and keep an eye out for each new chapter. I have more then a few plots for fics in my head now, so I really do appreciate you guys reading my first story and giving me a shot! For now, though, ONWARD! To the next chapter!
"hello" regular speech
'hello' inner thoughts
"hello" radio/scroll calls
Disclaimer: I don't own anything! Not Naruto, not RWBY, and not Hot Wheels: Battle Force 5!
(Now is the time I recommend a song for you all to play while reading this. its '1000 horsepower' by 'Godsmack' this time folks!)
(Outside of the garage)
A ramp opened up about 50 yards from the front of the garage, the Saber flying out a good 20 yards before touching back down on the salt flats outside the garage. As soon as she hit the ground, she took off, screaming across the slat flats at 100 MPH straight towards the Grimm horde.
Sat in the cockpit of his car, Naruto had to hold back his laughter and elation at finally being back in the seat of his pride and joy, having missed driving her at the speeds she could reach, though admittedly, he wasn't pushing her now compared to what she could really do.
100 MPH?
That's nothing but a warm-up.
And he had no desire to stay at those speeds. No, for Naruto Rose? The 'blood red blur of Vale'? He wasn't going anywhere near fast enough. After all, he designed the saber to be faster than him, and he was still driving at his running speed, never mind sprinting speed. Time to bring her up a few gears.
"Come on, old girl! I know you can go faster than this!" shouted Naruto, hands firmly grasping the wheel, watching the area in front of him for Grimm.
As if in response to his call, her engine roared louder still, RPM's steadily climbing up as her speed quickly rose to 200 MPH, then 250, then began to level out at 300. To an outside viewer, the Saber was nothing but a red blur, a streak of crimson cutting across the salt flats like a wrathful bolt from the brother gods.
To Naruto however, she was just barely going faster then he could. Still, she hadn't been properly pushed in twelve years, so this was enough for now to satisfy him. Besides, they both knew she could still go faster, she just had to get used to dealing with those levels of speed again.
"Oh well, time for us to deal with those Grimm, eh?" questioned Naruto, having not taken his eyes off the growing black mass on the horizon, one that was far closer now than it was 5 minutes ago. And with that, he started his favorite opening act for dealing with hordes like this.
"Spin and slice, Saber!" he called, wrenching the wheel to the right, setting the entire vehicle to spin towards the right. She started to rotate violently, spinning faster then should be possible, and with her sharpened blades near the cockpit and the sharpened bumper, she eliminated dozens of Grimm in her first pass, cutting the hoard down by 2/3rd of its original number.
Straightening her out was a simple task for Naruto, having mastered the maneuver almost as soon as they old crew finished up their individual vehicles, finding it to be an incredibly effective opening gambit, as well a solid projectile deflection tactic.
Making a solid loop around to circle them, he saw that his spin had actually taken one of the goliaths out, something he did not expect to see. However, that had the immediate effect of infuriating the rest of them, setting them to chase after his car.
"Well, that happened." He growled, thinking that this just got harder than it needed to be. His initial plan had been to deal with the smaller ones first then deal with the goliath in one quick strike. That plan was out the window with them enraged now though. They would solely focus on him now, even to the point of squishing lesser and smaller Grimm to get to him.
Admittedly, it helped with the goliaths squishing some of the smaller ones, but it wasn't a big enough number to make up for the rage and charging at him, and eventually the smaller Grimm would realize the danger of being near the goliath when they were this angry, and move away from them while still chasing him, spacing them more and making the engagement that much more drawn out while he made passes to kill them only to not hit as many as he could.
"Got to get them bunched up and close enough to where I can get the rest of them in one shot" Naruto muttered, still running circles around them in an effort to keep them contained. Eventually, on his third pass of the circle, he saw an opportunity to wipe out the horde in one pass, but not without some risk.
Grinning at the shot he had, he called out a phrase that those who knew him came to fear for the insane risk it carried from his hairbrained plans, but he always managed to pull his insane ideas off perfectly.
"Time to thread the needle Saber!" he shouted, swinging the back of the car so as to be pointed right at the angle he needed to make this work. Shooting forward, he grabbed a lever on the side of his cab, pulling it toward himself, causing his favorite part of his car to engage.
It's mecha-shift function.
As he pulled the lever, the front half of his car opened up, the tires rotating with it to be side on, as they started to push out force towards the bottom to keep him moving at the proper height for moving at high speeds thanks to the small but powerful jet engines in them, while also expanding upward, with blades jutting out of the tires and beginning to spin at high speeds to form two buzzsaw blades on the front.
Meanwhile the opened shell was revealed to also be a sharply bladed edge that over doubled the cutting front edge of the saber, while a quick glance revealed a third hidden and un-necessary, for now, weapon to the setup. Naruto felt no need to engage that part right now, it wouldn't help with his charge through them, it was meant for more… brutal engagements then this.
As he finally hit the first of the remaining horde, he began to carve through them with the ease of a knife through warm butter, splitting most of the smaller Grimm clean in half. As for the goliaths, he found a small natural ramp, taking it sent him at perfect height to cut them off at the knee, killing the rest of the horde in one swift strike.
Skidding to a halt, the mecha-shift disengaged shifting it back to its regular, if still dangerous form. The cockpits hard light shielded top receded, allowing him to pull himself out with a grunt and a heave. Sighing, he turned to look at the remains of the horde, seeing them fade away, he began to walk forward, pulling out his twin blades as he went, searching for something, for a way to send a message to the one in charge of them. Suddenly he began to hear a growling sound coming from a short distance in front of him.
Smirking, he continued to walk forward, eventually finding a Beowolf that was missing its lower half, trying to pull itself toward him snapping its jaws at him even now. Taking his two blades to its arms, he relived the beast of it's struggle to pull itself towards him, before grabbing it by the back of its head, pulling it up to look towards his own face.
"I know you can hear me, Salem, so I'll only say this once. Stay the hell away from me and my home. Stay away from the salt flats. If you can manage to do that, I'll stay away from the fight between you and ozma. Same with the rest of my squad. If you can't even manage that, then you'll leave me with no choice but to intervene and fight back. Remember my words, Salem, it's the only warning I'll give you." Uttered Naruto, before dropping the Grimm to the ground and heading back to the Saber, hopping in and starting the engine, driving forward and ensuring that he ran over the Grimms head with the tire of his car, before taking off towards his home, much slower than he drove towards the fight. Afterall, this was his return to his solitude and the return of his pride and joy to the resting bench. He wanted to enjoy this as much as he could.
"Naruto, I'm receiving a broadband call for help from the city of Vale. It seems there was an incident in the train tracks towards mount Glenn. A rather substantial force of Grimm has headed into the city and are causing problems." Reported Sage, her icon popping up in the corner of his H.U.D. to report in on the incident that was occurring.
"You have access to the street cams, sage?" questioned Naruto
"I do indeed" she replied
"Then can you tell me how the situation is going?" he further questioned, still taking his time.
"The academy students on site seem to be handling it well, especially after atlas dropped in it's mechanical soldiers to aid in the suppression of the Grimm. One Glynda Goodwitch is using her semblance to seal the breach as we speak." Replied Sage, knowing it's best with Naruto to give a quick and concise report initially, he'll want the details after the situation is dealt with.
"Then there is no need for-" he began, not wanting to go back to vale.
"MASSIVE GRIMM ENERGY SIGNATURE APPROACHING THROUGH THE TUNNEL!" Screamed Sage, his entire Hud flooding red and flashing warnings all over. This jarred Naruto out of his melancholy riddled state, snapping him back into combat mode.
"How big a horde is it sage?" he questioned, wanting a rough idea of how they might fare.
"it's…" Sage began, trailing off as soon as she started.
"Sage? Sage, what's wrong?" questioned Naruto, almost fearing the answer.
"…it's a single Grimm Naruto." She replied, understanding exactly what she was telling him.
"…and if it were a horde, how big would it be?" he inquired, feeling a rather familiar feeling bubble up from inside his heart. A feeling he hadn't felt for over ten years.
"…Class five, it would be a class 5." Sage finished, knowing what would happen.
Naruto clenched his teeth, his grip on the wheel of the Saber turning into a White-knuckle death grip at the thought of who was walking through the tunnel and into the city of Vale. His most hated enemy, the one Grimm that he truly, venomously Despised with all his being.
The one that took his sweet, little sister from him.
Behemoth.
The true monster of death, the ultimate Grimm, the one true Grimm, and the only Grimm that Salem would not, or rather, could not control. A Grimm of such abominable power, even a silver eyed stare couldn't kill it, hell that would barely even slow him down.
No, there were old family records that he had read that showed a silver eyed warrior killing Grimm Wyverns with a single stare. But the behemoth merely shrugged those glares off, behaving as if they only infuriated him to further to the slaughter, he had begun over 2000 years ago.
And he was about to walk into Vale.
"Let them know that he's on the way and tell them to begin evacuations from the bastards rampage, he's not going to stop until Vale is ash and dust in the wind." Ordered Naruto, knowing the best course of option isn't to fight the monster, it's to stall him out until civilian casualties can be removed from the equation and then getting the hell out of dodge.
Buildings can be rebuilt, items recovered and replaced, but people's lives couldn't be so easily replaced.
"And get me a live feed of the response to the warning, I want to watch and make sure the evac goes as planned, focus it on the breach point." He added, for his own conscience he had to make sure it went well. He would accept nothing less.
And with that a live feed of the breach of vale popped up on his Hud, showing him the response to his message, except there was a problem. Nobody was moving away from the breach. No, infact, the atlas mechs were fortifying their position around the breach along with the hunter trainees.
"Sage, has the warning been delivered?" he questioned, wondering if the message hadn't gone through yet, that would explain their actions, right? They didn't know that he was coming, they thought they were just reinforcing the breach, RIGHT?
"It went through immediately Naruto; I spoke to Ozpin and Ironwood myself. They are aware of what's coming for them." She replied, almost annoyed at the doubt of her abilities in all things technological.
His hope was crushed with those words, and his fury was roused something fierce.
"Then what in the fuck are they doing!?" he roared, wanting to know what was going on with the mechs and students not leaving and, infact, looking to prep for a fight. 'You can't fight that bastard, you'll only die!' his thoughts screamed at them, wanting nothing more then for the students to run, fuck the mechs, they might give them just enough time for the students to run.
"Ironwood believes with their combined forces, as well as arriving hunter reinforcements, that they can hold the city and push him back. Ozpin, reluctantly, agreed with him." She informed him, having stuck around in their scrolls long enough to hear their decision with the information presented to them.
Eyes burning with unshed tears he bit out a bittered request to her for a list of the trainee's names so that he could make a memorial for them in the ashes of beacon when behemoth was done with Vale. When he received the list, he didn't deny that most of the names didn't stand out too much to him, but 8 names on the list were known to him quite personally.
Jaune Arc: age:17. 'Huh, must be Francis' boy, didn't think he would let his only son go off to be a huntsman. Still, he'll be devastated by his death, especially after the loss of his fifth wife.' He thought, having known Francis for years, still bought his fresh fruit from the mans frontier orchards, best apples in remnant were the orchards claims, certainly were the best he'd ever had.
Pyrrha Nikos: age: 17. 'hmmm, didn't lee say about 6 years ago that he had taken up teaching a young girl by that name? If that's the case, he'll be devastated to hear of her death to the sonovabitch' he pondered, knowing each student that lee taught was considered to be one of his children. In lees' mind, if he was willing to put that kind of effort into training you, you were one of his kids. It's why he only had three of em, he truly taught each one to the best of his ability, and it showed.
Nora Valkyrie: age: 17. 'If I remember right, Choji and Shikamaru said that they had taken in her and another young boy over 12 years ago now. Choji said the girl took after him, while the boy followed shikamarus' path. Shame about that. Wonder where the boy is?' he questioned, knowing that anyone trained by those two understood the meaning of working together.
Lie Ren: age: 17. 'Well, I suppose that answers the question of where he is, doesn't it? Still, they'll both be furious over the kids being killed by the big bastard' he thought, knowing while Shikamaru may be too lazy, and Choji too gentle, their fury would be apocalyptic if the kids were hurt, never mind killed.
Blake Belladonna: age: 17 'Yugitos' niece? I guess she finally left the fang, about time. And she decided to try and follow in her aunt's footsteps, huh? Good of her to try, but it's not likely to happen if she doesn't leave now.' He thought, thinking on the only member of the team he had regular contact with, and how she would call him in tears over the atrocity's her 'adorable, innocent little niece' would commit in the new, twisted white fang that had strayed so far from her brother-in-law's original idea and purpose, something that actually hurt even him to see, because he actually supported the original incarnation of the fang, and to see it fall far enough that he wouldn't shed a tear if it were to fall into the deepest pits in hell, it actually made him quite sad.
Weiss Schnee: age: 17 'winters' little sister? She and the teme are going to be devastated over her death, lord know they have a right to be, she's winters sister, and Sasuke practically raised her, more then Jacques ever did for damn certain. Willow is a coin toss, honestly, she'll either be devastated that one of her three children are gone, or happy about one of Jacques spawns are gone. Though knowing her like we do, I'd say 90% of the former, 5% neutral, and 5% the latter is the more likely odds there. Whitley likely won't care.' He thought, pondering on his right hand and his long-time fiancé, knowing that despite it being an arranged marriage by Jacques and Fugaku Uchiha to form a more powerful political powerbase, the two of them had grown to genuinely care for each other, and a few years ago admit that they loved one another.
Yang Xaio-Long: age: 17 'Tais' firstborn? Not a surprise there, she's definitely the daughter of her mother and father, all the fury of Raven, but with all the courage of Taiyang, it's no surprise that she would become a huntress. I had hoped Summers influence would curb her temper, but evidently, there wasn't enough time for that.' He thought, remembering both of her former teammates, both of who he had intimate knowledge of, truthfully speaking he had deep personal connections to all of her teammates, she was always so willing to show off her team to him that there was no way for him to avoid knowing them. He didn't like the little bird, to much of a coward for him, but the man that stole his sister's heart was fine in his book, after the beating he gave him anyway.
It was the final entry that really caught his eye, and in the same instance, completely froze his heart.
Ruby Rose: age: 15
"…Ruby?" he whispered, not believing what he was reading at first before turning his eyes back to the live feed to search for her, desperately hoping he wouldn't spot her there, only for him to pick her out immediately from the crowd despite her being smaller and darker dressed then most.
"…she look's just like her…" he whispered, seeing his little niece looked exactly like her mother did at that age, down to the dress styling and hairstyle, weather she knew it or not. The only thing she was missing was the color scheme.
Without even realizing tears had begun to stream down his face. His baby sister's little girl had grown up, into the fine young woman standing there looking exactly like her mother.
"And where was I?" he questioned, despair and self-loathing beginning to grip him like a vice, sinking its teeth into his heart to rip a huge scar into it. "Where was I while my sister's little girl grew up with only her father and Qrow to care for her? Off in this fucking desert, wasting away while she grew up wondering where her mother was, what was she like, what had happened to her…" he ranted, before trailing off, as suddenly a new thought occurred to him.
The behemoth was on his way towards vale and standing in his path was Ruby Rose.
…no
…No
…NO!
"NOT AGAIN YOU BASTARD!" he howled slamming his hand onto the symbol on the right side of his chest that functioned as a homing and recall beacon for his squad, allowing them to make use of the experimental technology only they had access to for instantaneous transport. A battle-gate.
"YOU AREN'T TAKING ANYONE ELSE FROM ME, DO YOU HEAR ME!" he screamed into the skies above him, hoping the behemoth somehow heard him.
In the city of Atlas, a purple beacon went off, drawing a pair of pitch-colored eyes to it, before those eyes turned red as he stared, knowing that he wouldn't call for no reason. As he took off towards his armory stand carrying his purple equipment and garage, he only hoped that it was worth his time to acknowledge this.
It was time.
In the city if mistral, a yellow beacon activated, drawing the attention of a powerfully built man who wore a forest green jumpsuit as he dropped the 500-pound weights in each hand, before he blurred over to look at it, his eyes hardening as he saw what it was. He immediately went towards his garage, ripping off his jumpsuit to reveal a yellow version of Narutos' suit beneath it.
"So, its time"
In the city of vacuo, at an open-air barbeque shop was playing host to an absolute mammoth of a man, easily 7 feet tall and built with muscle to match that were seen through his skin-tight blue suit, who was currently devouring a rather large rack of beef ribs, after eating a leg of goat, a whole beer can cooked chicken, and entire pigs worth of porkchops, all with a small glass of water beside him, which during his breaks of ribs, he took almost dainty sips from.
Sat beside him, dressed in the same gear as Naruto but colored blue, was a significantly shorter man, at least compared to his friend, calmly and quietly cutting and chewing on a fine steak he had requested. As he made to put the last piece in his mouth, the Icon on his chest went off.
"…Troublesome."
Knowing who it was, he dropped his food, tapped the giant on the arm and made for their vehicle, all while throwing the exact pay for the food they ordered on the table, along with a sizable tip for the waitress for putting up with his friends' obsession of barbequed meats. The giant just dropped his food and gave chase immediately, knowing what was happening.
The call had been put out.
On the island on menagerie, lounging in sunlight in her sisters' home, sat a rather tall and bountifully curved blond woman whose hair was pulled into a braided ponytail, easily revealing her two cat ears on top of her head while her eyes had a feline slitted pupil instead of human's rounded pupils. As she lounged about in her loose blouse and skin-tight leggings, the ears on the top of her head twitched, hearing the beacon on her old uniform go off. She darted off towards her gear and car, knowing only one person could put out the call to reassemble their squad.
"Naruto…"
"YOU WANT TO COME TO MY HOME? FINE! THEN I'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU, BASTARD! COME AND SEE WHAT THE BATTLE FORCE 5 HAS TO OFFER!"
Hello everyone! So that's it for now, next upload is going to be a new story all together, but still within the crossover of this one, meaning another Naruto X RWBY story. This new story is going to have Naruto be older than most of the cast, but that just opens up a few more doors for me to play with! However, this story will be updated again soon! Meantime, leave a comment! I would greatly appreciate it! And I'd like to hear some opinions on my work. So long for now!