Huntsman's Mimicry
Thanks for the support everyone. One thing I have been asked is who is going to be the pairing. I have an idea on where Naruto will be heading in the story so I just want you people's opinion. There is going to be one pairing that will be reasonable.
eniox27: thank you, and no he can't bank them but I'll cover his semblance soon
'FUCKING HELL, NEO YOU GAVE ME WATER, YOU PROMISED ME VODKA' Naruto furiously typed his message into his scroll. Glaring at the device, a small ping showed Neo's reply which was filled completely with emojis. 'Neo, just because you can't speak any words gives you no excuse not to type them!' Naruto twitched as he was responded with a mocking face. Sighing, Naruto slipped his scroll into his pocket with shaky hands. "Okay Naruto, you can do this it's only a day sober".
"Hey what's wrong with you?" Naruto glanced over to a smiling red head. "Are you nervous? You're shaking quite a bit".
"No, no… just wondering about something" Naruto groaned. "I just need fresh air… I'm Naruto" he offered his hand.
The red head took his hand with slight glee. "It's nice to meet you Naruto, you can call me Pyrrha" she put a hand on her hip. "Is there anything I can do to help?"
"No I'll be fine" he internally groaned. 'Pyrrha Nikos… a national champion three times in a row, she could be my hardest challenge here'.
"Hello and welcome to beacon, I am Glynda Goodwitch-" multiple holograms appeared at each side of the ship.
Naruto rolled his eyes ignoring the announcement and opted to gaze out the window. Cranking his head around, Naruto looked around the ship already bored of the window. 'Alright I really should gain some friends here to make my job easier' he crossed his arms loosely. 'I could be with Pyrrha but if she finds me out, I'm not sure if I can even beat her much less do it quietly. Or I could remain with those two sisters, pretty sure I can take them down if I need to but… no Ruby only met Roman, if she fought Neo there is a possibility she could find the similarities in our fighting'.
"Hey" Mercury stopped in front of Naruto. "I'm Mercury, how are you?"
"Naruto, I'm good nice to meet you Mercury" Naruto nodded in acknowledgement.
"Hello, I'm Pyrrha" Naruto almost jumped at her voice, completely forgetting she was standing next to him.
"Sorry I'm bad at this" Mercury rubbed the back of his head. "Meeting new people is not specialty".
Pyrrha shook her head "don't worry about it, we all have stuff we are bad at". Naruto subtly grabbed his scroll 'What the hell is Mercury doing?'
Waiting a moment, a text from cinder pinged 'we need to show we can in fact talk to other students, it will look weird if we just keep to ourselves all the time'.
'Why did you send him over to me then?' Naruto smiled as Pyrrha told a joke but didn't really pay attention.
'He was meant to. Look just go along with it, it will be more natural if friends manage to get in the same team together' he sighed. "Would you look at that, we're landing" Naruto stated with a twitch. 'Staying with Pyrrha won't be a good idea, too strong and popular for my tastes, it will be hard to do my job around her'. Noticing Pyrrha gazing out the window to see the view, Naruto walked away as a small crowd of people also moved to the window to get a better view.
"Mmmfht" Naruto's eyes followed a blond run slowly past him, his hands covering his mouth.
'If he gets motion sickness then it's likely he has never done high speed combat, the weak link… probably a terrible drinker as well…' Naruto grumbled. 'I NEED A DRINK' he twitched.
"Hey Naruto, that's where you ran off to" Yang tugged his arm harshly, spinning Naruto right around. "Poor Ruby thought you ditched her" Yang giggled.
"Yang, we just went over this I don't like Naruto in that way" Ruby put her hands on her hips. "Your jokes are getting worse by the day".
"Ruby, Ruby, denial is a terrible thing after all, we already had a date with milk and ramen" Naruto rested his arm on Yang's shoulder to lean on her. "Oh no… I can tell what's happened, I've been friend zoned" he held his chest in fake pain. "Looks like the rose I tried to pick had thorns".
Yang snickered "oh my Ruby, you're looking a little red there". Both Ruby and Naruto rolled their eyes at the joke. "Get it, because she's wearing a lot of red" Yang finger gunned both of them.
"You're as bad as each other" Ruby pouted. "And you two aren't helping either".
Naruto put his hands up to calm her down. "Don't worry Ruby, you might be a bit young for me… and a bit to easily embarrassed" he moved his face forward, leaving about six inches between them.
"Whoa too close, too close…" Ruby stumbled back, tripping backwards. "Ow" her eyes spun in circles. Shaking off the fall she pointed accusingly at Naruto "not funny".
"You've… not been to many clubs have you, even most teenage parties have rave dancing right?" Naruto chuckled.
"Oh you like hitting the clubs too" Yang raised her hands. "Maybe we could go dancing some time?"
"Ooh~ sounds fun" Naruto grabbed Yang's waist as they shuffled, doing a soft grinding dance. "I'll dance but we will need some drinks".
"Hey! What are you two doing?" Ruby blushed as she stared at them.
"Planning a night out on the town" Yang rushed to her sister's side. "You want to come sis, you never came with me before".
"Not that, I meant when… you two… started… touching" Ruby poked her fingers together.
Yang waved it off "oh I sometimes forget how silly you are". She pulled Ruby's hood over the girl's face. "That's just club dancing but I doubt you would do anything more than that".
"Don't worry Shorty, there's other dances with less contact we can show you on the night" Naruto winked. 'Everything is going to plan'.
"Bleegh" the three turned to the blond that was running around to see him partially throw up.
"I guess the view isn't for everyone" Yang sighed.
"Well we're basically here so we won't have to see that much longer" Naruto glanced over into the crowd, noticing the gaze from Cinder. 'Creepy bitch'.
…
'Finally' Naruto yawned to himself. "Well… oh they left me" he strolled behind the crowd.
"Excuse me, coming through" Emerald walked past him.
Putting a hand in his pocket, Naruto felt an extra scroll with a sticky note. 'Transfer data on the main computers?' he hummed. 'Fair enough' Naruto continued his stroll to see Yang and Ruby stopped to chat. 'Wait a second' Naruto glanced to the side. 'Weiss Schnee… exactly like her sister' he gritted his teeth with a frown. 'No… no calm down, you have a job to do' Naruto cracked his neck.
"Sorry my friends are here" Yang motioned behind her to a group that appeared. "So go make some friends, don't forget you still have Naruto" she dashed off spinning Ruby. "See ya".
"Wait where do we go? Where are our dorms? Do we have dorms? I'm so lost" Ruby collapsed backwards into a pile of suitcases.
"What are you doing?" Weiss yelled putting her hands on her hips.
"Sorry" Ruby rubbed her head, still a little dazed.
"You're sorry? Do you have any idea of the damage you could've caused?" Weiss leaned over Ruby in a superiority fashion.
Naruto coughed slightly to gain their attention "forgive me ladies, may I ask what ever the matter may be? There seems to be quite the ruckus if I do say so". He bowed slightly, confusing Ruby but Weiss huffed. "May I assist you ladies in any way, a delicate flower such as yourself should not push yourself" Naruto put out his hand out, palm upwards.
"We're fine, thank you" Weiss gently put her hand on top of his. "Finally at least someone with proper manners".
"Uhh..? what's going on" Ruby blinked.
"Oh forgive me, allow me" Naruto to help Ruby up. Holding his scroll in front of him out of Weiss's sight, he showed a message written down. 'Don't worry shorty, I'll save you from getting shouted at, I know posh people' turning around, Naruto slipped his scroll out of sight.
"You!" Weiss pointed at the blond. "Do you have any idea of who I am?"
"As it happens, yes I do" Naruto stood up straight. "You're Weiss Schnee, Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company… and happen to be… a mirror image of your sister" he tensed. "And for your information, I'm Naruto Uzumaki".
"I never heard Winter talk about you before" Weiss crossed her arms.
"Yes… I heard Winter became quite distant to her family after she became part of the military" Naruto commented. "A smart decision" he ended with a whisper.
"Yes that's true, Winter never returned to the family home since she joined the military" Weiss looked down sadly.
Ruby kicked the ground "well… this is nice".
"You! I haven't forgot about you" Weiss stomped straight to the girl's face, pointing her finger at her. "You could've blown us to the end of the world" she snatched a case sitting beside Ruby. "This is dust!" Ruby glanced at Naruto for help but ended up snickering. "What do you think this is funny?" she yelled with Naruto making childish gestures behind her back. Ruby put her hands over her mouth and shook her head. "Well do you?" Weiss took out a dust bottle from the case. "These could've been damaged because of you" she began shaking the dust bottle back and forth to make a point.
"Aah… aaah… aaaaahhh!" Naruto dived behind cover, also known as Weiss. "Aaaachew!" he flinched hearing Ruby's high pitch sneeze followed by an explosion.
"Unbelievable, this is the exact thing that I was talking about" Weiss snapped.
"I'm really, really sorry" Ruby stared downward.
"You-" Weiss stopped as Naruto moved between them.
"I see what's going on here" Naruto pushed the two together. "You two want to be friends but you both are too awkward" both girls turned their heads confusingly. "Yes I know it's hard to accept these feeling so how about you kiss and make out" a sly grin made it's way onto his face.
"Hey, you dropped this" Naruto glanced at the brunette before up at her bow then around at her back. "I'm guess this is the heiress's bottle".
"Hmph more recognition, finally" Weiss glared back at Ruby.
"Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, said to have infamous labour force and questionable business partners" she continued.
"Wha- how dare- argh" Weiss snatched her bottle as Ruby giggled at Weiss's frustration.
Leaving in a huff, Weiss half skipped, half stomped away. "I'm sorry, I'll make it up to you… somehow" Ruby called. "I guess I'm not the only one with a terrible first day".
"Hey I'm still here" Naruto whistled. He glanced behind him noticing the sick blond was coming closer to them.
"Hehe~ sorry" Ruby scratched the back of her head embarrassed. "Oh hey, do you… uh" she turned around but the brunette was already walking away. "Aw" Ruby sighed falling back. Rolling his eyes at Ruby's overdramatic behaviour, Naruto leaned forward grabbing her waist before she hit the ground.
"Are you always like this?" Naruto dragged her up to her feet.
"No I'm not I uh" Ruby shook her head. she looked down, a small blush hitting her cheeks "um could you…"
Naruto followed her vision "oh… right". He took a step back noticing his arm was still around her waist. 'God she's so childish to blush over that… has she not had a childhood crush or something, I mean sure at that age it can hardly be called a relationship but surely she's at least hugged a guy before'.
"Um hi" the sick blond, slowly approached them. "I-I'm Jaune" the boy started to wave but dropped it, chuckling nervously.
"Hey… I'm Naruto" he gazed Jaune up and down. 'He's the most opposite of impressive, I have ever seen… a couple of Junior's boys probably could knock this guy out' Naruto rolled his shoulder. 'But he does have a lot of Aura, at least he has something going for him'.
"Hi Jaune, I'm Ruby" she waved back at the blond. "Wait… aren't you the guy who threw up on the ship?"
Jaune hung forward letting his arms dangle "yeah I am".
…
"It seems Naruto has been successful" Cinder smirked. "Now that he has made his way into the student groups, it shouldn't be long until we find out each students abilities".
"That'll make the tournament easy right?" Emerald asked.
"Exactly and once Naruto is in a suitable position, we will be able to hide in the shadows" Cinder gazed between Emerald and Mercury. "It will be a slight wait until the true plan starts but you two need to be ready"
"For what?" Mercury crossed his arms.
"The preparations" Cinder trailed off.
…
"I'm just saying, vomit boy was the first thing that came to mind" Ruby shrugged.
"Oh yeah and what if I call you crater face?" Jaune retorted.
"Hey that explosion was an accident" Ruby complained. "Right Naruto?"
"You know Jaune, I prefer short fuse than crater face but to each their own" Naruto shrugged only to get a punch in the arm courtesy of Ruby. "Well I guess it was only half your fault, you were the one who sneezed, knocked over the dust and annoyed snowflake but you know… make that 51 percent your fault". Naruto rolled his eyes as Ruby punched him again.
"So…" Jaune echoed through the awkwardness. "Are you two a couple or something?"
"Why does everyone think that?" Ruby huffed.
"Well one reason could be that you started following me after you exploded… that was ten minutes ago" Naruto glanced back to Jaune. "But to avoid shorty getting all grumpy, no we're not a couple… so if you want to go for it, on you go".
"No I didn't mean… well you know… uh, sorry" Jaune trailed off.
Ruby looked around like she could visibly feel the awkwardness. "So… I got this" she whipped around revealing her scythe.
"Whoa" Jaune jumped back scared while Naruto ran his eyes down the weapon silently. "Is that a scythe?"
"It's also a customisable, high impacting sniper rifle" Ruby cocked the gun.
"Um what?" Jaune blinked.
"It's also a gun" Ruby cleared with the blond. "So what do you guys have?"
Naruto shrugged taking his spear out, spinning it before resting it on his shoulder. "Spear nice and simple, it's also a hunting rifle and dust flare launcher" he glanced to his fellow blond. "regular gun and exploding gun".
"Right, um I uh, a sword" Jaune unsheathed his sword. Ruby hummed loudly, trying not to sound disappointed "and I also have this shield".
"So what do they do?" she tapped the shield, springing it from Jaune's grasp.
"Whoa, whoa…" Jaune stumbled around trying to catch his shield. Naruto groaned as Jaune finally caught the shield. "Well the shield gets smaller so it's easier to carrier when I'm tired".
"It still weighs the same, doesn't it?" Naruto shook his head.
Jaune looked down "yeah it does…"
"That doesn't matter… I'm kind of a dork when it comes to weapons, I may have over designed it" Ruby stood up her scythe against her.
"You made that?" Jaune asked in surprised.
"Um yeah, all signal students make their own weapons" Ruby stated while Naruto tilted his head. "Didn't you make yours?"
"No I… it's a hand me down, my great, great grandfather used it to fight in the war" Jaune rubbed his arm nervously.
"Sounds more like a family heirloom to me… well I like it" Ruby tried to cheer the boy up. "Not many people have an appreciation for the classics these days".
"Yeah, the classics…" Jaune trailed off.
"It's fine Jaune, we all start somewhere" Naruto sheathed his spear and continued walking.
"Hey Naruto… where are we going?" Ruby quired.
"Oh I'm just going sightseeing" Naruto stare upwards. 'Also I'm trying to ditch you idiots to meet up with my pay check bitch'.
Ruby froze "shouldn't we go to the initiation?"
Naruto shrugged "probably".
*Omake*
"Hey I never asked you to follow me" a 13 year old Naruto rolled his eyes. "Don't give me that look" he squinted his eyes. Behind him was a smaller looking Neo, just smiling. "Yes, yes, I know this job is a bit more dangerous than usual but you've got-".
"Silence, we are not paying you to blabber" a young white haired woman wearing a training cadet uniform strolled in front of them. "Father has put trust on your reputation as mercenaries, do not disappoint, am I clear?"
"Yes… of course, Ms Schnee" Naruto lowered his head. "We promise to not disappoint" putting a hand on his heart he bowed slightly with Neo mimicking him.
"Hm" Winter narrowed her eyes in disgust. "Failure is not an option, Father wants all the dust to be in one piece once we reach Vale. With that uprising terrorist group, the White Fang our security has to be at the top. Even if it resorts to hiring… vagabonds".
Naruto sneered subtly 'it seems every bloody Schnee is the same but up Winter are the most stuck up bitch out of all of them'.
"The train will depart in 0500 hundred hours" Winter opened her scroll. "You have 3 hours 28 minutes and 15 seconds to do as you please as long as no disruption is made. Be aboard the train 10 minutes before departure or you will lose your payment".
"Very well, we will take our leave until the contracted time" Naruto bowed his head before turning away. "Come Neo… let's go practice" the petite girl nodded opening her umbrella and resting it on her shoulder. Leading the girl out of the room silently, he glanced back sharing looks with her. "Mhmhm good one Neo, if only others could hear you" Neo twitched. "What do you mean that doesn't matter? You fine with just me being able to understand?" she blinked a couple of times. "Yeah big bro as well… but does he really understand what you are… Saying?" Naruto wondered. "Oh so… he only understands some words, you know for a 'master thief' I thought he would have that covered by now. Yes Neo, I know he's a bit slow". Naruto chuckled as she stuck her tongue "aww love you too, little sis". Neo pouted "I mean you're only a year older than me but if I may". He motioned his hand to show the difference between their heights. Neo stomped on his foot "hey! Easy there ice cream… Ow! Stop stomping on my foot, fine, fine I won't call you little again". Naruto shrugged "I just thought calling you little was cute… ow what you mean you want to be called little, you just told me not to".
"Jeez love you too, little idiot" Naruto rubbed her head. "But seriously don't call me that" he grabbed her in a headlock. "What did I say little ice cream?" Neo giggled mutely. "What are you doing now?" Naruto sighed as Neo snuggled in instead of escaping the headlock.
Chapter end