Huntsman's Mimicry
dracohalo117: you hope for more, I will give more
Raimon: understand that completely, won't have to worry about that for now. No omakes this time, it's going fully into the chapter.
YuukiAsuna-Chan: to be honest, no. the story has not really picked up while the omake went straight into it but now the story is picking up, your opinion may change, idk. Or you could be a Neo fan.
"Mmhmm" Naruto groaned. 'I can't remember the last time I got so wasted when I went out drinking' he opened his eyes to darkness. 'Hmm… hair?' he closed his eyes again, realising he would see nothing with the amount of hair in his face. Naruto reached forward with his hands 'must have crashed with Neo again…' Naruto pulled her in closer. 'Hmm…' he ran a hand down her stomach. Naruto reached down grabbing her thighs 'Neo is tiny… this isn't Neo…' He slowly moved his hand away, as he edged back to move his face from the forest of hair. 'Blonde… Yang?' Naruto sighed quietly. 'Maybe I should just hide and pretend… nah I can handle Yang even if she went berserk'. He paused 'no I can't, hiding would be the best method of survival… that and hide it from Roman and Neo, in that situation, it will always end with an umbrella to the nuts'.
"Mmm… turn the heating on" Naruto cracked his neck around as Yang shivered. She reached around, as she searched for the missing warmth. "Urgh, jeez…" Yang sat up, her eyes searching for something warm. "Hey Naruto…" Yang yawned. "What?" she gave him a strange look as Naruto averted his gaze. "What!"
"Am I allowed to look or are you going to be mad?" Naruto pointed in her general direction.
"Huh?" Yang looked down noticing she had her shorts and bra on only, the latter with the straps hanging loosely. "I… just… just look at me and tell me what happened" she groaned in frustration, holding her head.
"Nothing serious!" Naruto spat out quickly, in a diffusing attempt.
"I can tell… we never did that" Yang fixed her straps. "But what did we do?" she looked around for the rest of her clothes.
"Err… I bit, I mean a big bit of kissing and grinding" Naruto rubbed the back of his neck. "I may also have played with the fun-bags for a while".
"Is that it?" Yang glared dangerously in his direction.
Naruto shrugged "I passed out before you so unless you want to confess something?" He shivered 'Nah, she definitely passed out before me'.
"Do you want me to kill you?" Yang gritted her teeth.
"I was under the impression, I was going to die either way" Naruto rolled his neck. "And I'd like to see you try kill me" he reached over to his hanging coat, taking a flask out of the pocket.
"Are you seriously still drinking?" Yang commented on Naruto taking a gulp of the burning liquid.
Naruto glanced dully at her, swirling a bit of alcohol in his mouth for a minute. Never taking his eyes off her, he shrugged. "If you want to 'explain' to everyone what we did sober, be my guest".
Yang took a sharp breath, snatching the flask and downed it. Almost immediately after, began choking and spluttering. "Fuck… that's strong".
"It's a small flask so I put the stronger stuff in there, probably about an 85% rating" Naruto leaned down, grabbing the remainder of Yang's clothes off the ground. "Here…" he tossed them on her lap and took his flask back.
"Urgh… Ruby is going to kill me" Yang put a hand to her face.
"How so" Naruto grabbed his shirt, slipping into the sleeves.
"It's well… alright but you better keep this a secret, she can't know I told you" Yang sighed. "Ruby has… a crush on you" Naruto nearly spat in laughter. "What?"
"Yang, I know that" Naruto waved her off. "Ruby goes red whenever we talk, she acts weirdly… oh the list of hints go on".
"If you knew, then…" Yang started.
"Look, it's complicated… besides I'm not the best guy material anyway" Naruto finished putting on the rest of his clothes.
"Well yeah but-"
"But nothing… classes haven't even started and you want me to go out with your sister after going to bed with you". Naruto cracked his neck "nothing personal but these types of things come naturally… if we date, we date… if we don't, we don't". He paused "and I probably have more of a thing for you now since we did sleep together".
"But nothing happened" Yang bounced off the bed, hooking him in the jaw. Naruto twitched, kicking upwards, returning Yang's jaw the same favour. Although, she stumbled back on the bed "damn, how are you flexible enough to kick me like that?"
"Hm, oh my… sister taught me this" Naruto twisted his leg before putting it back down.
Yang shuffled back on her feet "hm you don't look flexible, it's surprising".
"Want me to teach you~?" Naruto clicked his tongue, only for Yang to smack the back of his head. "Deserved that one… but could you stop hitting me… for five minutes! This is my house, you could at least be thankful I let you in here". He huffed "also that is my sister's bed you have slept in and I would like to leave before she gets back".
"Jeez don't be so sensitive, I'm only messing with you" Yang nudged his arm.
"Sorry…" Naruto sighed. "I'm just grumpy in the morning, and hangovers don't help". A sound of clutter outside the door stopped the two for a moment. "Just go… let's just climb out the window, please…" Yang rolled her eyes opening the window and looked out towards the ground shrugging. Being fancy, she flipped out the window. Just as Naruto put his foot on the ledge, the door eerily creaked open. "Heeeeey… how's the triple melt?" Naruto spun around to face the petite girl in the doorway. Neo smacked her umbrella in her hand as she elegantly stomped towards him.
'So what the fuck were you doing with that bitch in MY bed?' Neo stopped in front of him. Her upwards glare still managing to make Naruto feel small despite the difference.
Naruto waved his hands in front of him as a defence, he gave her a pleading look. 'Look we just hugged a bit and collapsed in your bed, I'm sorry I was drunk and…' he yelped quietly as Neo whacked his shin.
'Of course you were' Neo flailed her hand to express her point. 'I told you to stop drinking multiple times'.
'Oh sure, but you don't mind me drinking with you… had drinks and danced together, eventually towards us cuddling on a bed' Naruto shook his head.
Neo stomped on the spot 'why do you think I do that?'
'I don't know, you rejected me before so I'm out of answers' Naruto sighed.
'…' Neo stopped her glaring. 'Sorry…'
'No, I'm sorry…' they stared at each other awkwardly for a moment. 'Come here then' Naruto leaned down as Neo stood on her toes, giving each other a tight hug. "Things were much simpler when we were kids" Neo moved her head back into his sight.
'It was better back then… you were better back then…' Neo slumped away from the hug.
Naruto turned away from the petite girl. "It can never be the same as back then, and no one can change that" he leaped out of the window.
'Never, huh?' Neo tossed her umbrella at the door in frustration.
…
"Thanks for waiting up Yang" Naruto complained.
"I knew you'd catch up" Yang waved off.
"Well, you're lucky… if I never, I might have just said 'I banged the Yang' to everyone" Naruto ducked under a right hook. "Yang, you really are violent, you know that right?"
Yang hummed "that's because you're cheeky".
"Oh I'm not too bad… most of the time" Naruto put an arm around her waist and pouted, resting his head on her shoulder.
"And you are annoying" Yang giggled, grabbing his head in a headlock. "Not complaining though" she ruffled his hair roughly.
"YANG! NARUTO!" the two blondes were instantly tackled to the ground, in a pile of rose petals. "You're both alive! Are you two okay? Where were you?" Ruby panicked on top of the two of them.
"Are you trying to help them or hurt them?" Weiss huffed. Blake followed silently behind them, a small book in her hand as she glanced between the people and the words. The three on the ground shuffled back onto their feet. "I am curious to where you two have been?" she put a hand on her hip.
"Just at his place, I just crashed there for the night" Yang patted Naruto on the back.
"Yep, she stole my bed so I had to sleep on the couch" Naruto sighed, getting Yang's attention. "Got to say, she's grumpy in the morning but hey… at least she doesn't snore".
"Hey that's…" Yang paused. "I'm not grumpy"
Naruto dived away from the blonde, literally rolling behind Blake "help me, Blake, she's a mad woman" her eyes rolled but never left the book as Naruto peered over her shoulder. "Go and get her, Blake… don't worry, Yang's not very flexible".
"… Right…" Blake looked at Yang and raised an eyebrow. "Not flexible, huh?" she stated monotone, the smallest of lip twitches appearing and disappearing in a second.
"Do you need to make fools of yourselves all of the time?" Weiss crossed her arms.
"Don't be such a downer, Weiss" Yang looked around. "Naruto?" she asked as the blond disappeared from behind Blake.
"Yes, Sunshine" Naruto appeared behind Weiss, making the heiress jump. 'Now that is an interesting Semblance, Blake… I should report to Cinder that I have found out everyone's semblance in this year, well who have one at least'.
"Whoa… you're fast too?" Ruby piped up.
"Uh… yeah" Naruto flinched slightly at the outburst. "But I am not quick" he stuck his tongue out. Ruby tilted her head in confusion, the other three on her team groaned while shaking their heads.
"But if you're really fast, you would be quick" Ruby hummed in deep thought.
"You really shouldn't think about it too hard" Naruto stepped back from the group. "Unless you want to… oh this is not working out for me today" he sighed. "I'll catch you later".
"Are you okay, Naruto?" Ruby darted to his side, nudging him. "You seem a bit off this morning".
"Yeah, fine Rubes" rubbing her head, Naruto pushed her playfully away. "I probably should just get back to my team… they might be missing me". He sighed as he left the group 'thought I'd never get away from them'. Naruto pulled out his scroll, a message from Neo appearing on the screen. 'Maybe I was a bit hard on her… I'll talk to her later' he shook his head of those thoughts. "Cinder, where am I to meet? And when to begin?" Naruto typed on his scroll, as a response game fairly quickly. 'Hopefully I still have my hair dye'.
…
"Are you about ready, Kurama?" Cinder hummed, mockingly. "Aren't you just precious?"
Naruto twitched "are you just here to mock me? I thought you would spend more time planning or something". He stared into a mirror, moving a hand through his hair. Naruto gripped his hair, showing the roots. "Alright, the dye is set… looks natural enough" he commented on his now red hair.
"You look decently different than before and you pulled it off rather quickly" Cinder leaned on the wall beside the mirror. "Will that definitely keep your cover?"
"Oh yeah" Naruto reached to the side, grabbing some mascara. However, instead of his eyes, Naruto ran the brush across his cheeks three times. "Most people think I'm human anyway, even Roman who I shared a roof with took about… 4 years to figure out I was a faunus" he reached up to his eyes, taking out his contact lens.
"4 years?" Cinder crossed her arms.
"I mean look at me, compared to most faunus I'm not very animal like so with a few effects… I get no discrimination from humans" Naruto stepped away from the mirror, grabbing two forearm length metallic gauntlets. Sliding them on, a dark red light emanated from the small joint gaps.
Cinder motionlessly picked up a bladed star from the table. "What are these?" she turned it in the air.
"Shuriken… you put a small bit of dust in them to make them explode on impact" Naruto plucked it from Cinder's hands. "They're useful but a bit hard to aim".
"Either way, you better not fail this job or I'll have no more use for you" Cinder trailed her finger across his chin dangerously. "And I would hate to dispose of you".
Naruto gritted his teeth "don't touch me".
"Are you threatening me, brat?" Cinder growled.
Naruto glanced down at her hand still on his chin, then back up to see a cocky smirk on her face. He reached up grabbing her wrist, while his other hand shot up gripping Cinder by the throat. "Don't test me… it won't be the first time I killed my employer".
Cinder kept her smirk, grabbing the hand at her throat. With a straight face, Cinder strained as she pulled his hand away, her eyes once again glowing a slight orange. "I bet you never had an employer this powerful or one that is paying you as much as me".
"Both true… but" Naruto slammed her back against the wall. "You may be powerful with that strange ability you have" he motioned to her eyes. "But it looks kind of half baked" Naruto stood close to her, pinning her against the wall.
"It's still enough to stop you" Cinder tugged herself out of his grip. "And with it, I will get what I like with it"
Naruto rolled his eyes "whatever… I have a job to do". He sighed as Cinder stepped in front of the door "what?"
"You have at least an hour to spare before you need to go" Cinder smirked.
"And?" he replied dully.
"And… as I said, I always get what I want" she stepped in front of him, their eyes burning in a staring contest. Cinder shoved him back on a wall "I hate you with a passion… but". She leaned in closer "I take what I can get".
"Heh, heh, no…" Naruto awkwardly side stepped her. "You look great and all, but you are like the opposite of my type".
"We don't need to like each other to do it" Cinder cracked her neck.
"Offers nice but still a no" Naruto shook his head.
Cinder chuckled "you leave and I'm not paying you, stay and I'll pay extra". Naruto stopped on the spot, turning his head back towards her "it's not a bad deal for you".
"Why? You chose me out of everyone and why would...?" Naruto paused. "You just want to show who is in charge around here, don't you?"
"Have you seen the people around us, why would I even want to touch some of them?" Cinder walked over to the chair and sat down. "But you don't seem to understand the position you're in, you have two choices. Stay here and have a pleasurable time with me or you can leave without any money and I can expose your criminal status to all of Beacon… choose".
"You'll just expose… you haven't done anything yet… and you'll be found innocent" Naruto trailed off. "I do have a question" he glared at Cinder. "Any particular reason you chose me over… I don't know, Mercury?"
"You weren't really a choice… you were just the best out of the trash, and I have needs" Cinder smirked, motioning him over with her finger. "You know your place don't you, little fox?" she sinister personality physically plastered in her eyes.
Naruto stepped back in hesitation. 'No, I can't back down from Cinder or Roman and Neo will be in danger by my association'. He groaned, unstrapping his weapons and slid over beside Cinder 'I can't win…'.
…
"Are you okay, N- Kurama?" Roman whispered as he peered his head around an alley corner. Naruto remained silent, now wearing a long white cloak with flames licking the bottom. "Kurama?" Roman turned back unable to sense any emotion, partially due to silver fox mask covering his eyes.
"I don't want to talk about it" Naruto reached into his pocket, pulling out a tri prong kunai. "Let's go" he darted to the side of the building, subtly. Stopping nearer the entrance, Naruto crouched behind the architecture of the building. Hidden from the guards at the entrance, Naruto stepped closer to them, making sure he was out of their peripheral.
"Naruto, pause" Roman spoke into his earpiece as he fiddled with his scroll. "Just wait 5 seconds" Naruto glanced up noticing the camera. "Go" as the words buzzed into his earpiece, Naruto was instantly behind the guards.
"Wha-" was all the guards could get out before they collapsed.
Naruto waved the red head over. Roman strutted over still fiddling with his scroll "and there we go". He hovered his scroll over the security panel, watching it turn green as the door opened.
"How many?" Naruto asked, taking a look inside.
"eleven on this floor" Roman replied. "All security is down here, just make sure they don't make a call".
Naruto motionless took three shuriken out with his left hand. "Got it" the blond charged in, jumping to the wall. Using the protruding frames, Naruto quickly managed to climb up to the top of the room. Moving along, Naruto glanced down taking note of all the guards "I'm going". He hurled the three shuriken in his hand. Each one making their mark into the three furthest guards, jolting them as the shuriken exploded with lightning dust.
"We're under…" Naruto landed on the guard talking, gaining the attention of the remaining seven.
"Freeze" the guards all pointed either a gun or sword at Naruto. The blond hummed, raising his hands in surrender. "Alright, I'm arresting you on assault, trespassing…" a guard approached Naruto from behind with a pair of handcuffs. "And you will…" Naruto jumped up, backflipping over the guard as he snatched the handcuffs away. Pouncing forward as soon as he landed, Naruto smacked him over the head. Naruto waved at the remaining guards as they got ready to attack but a dust flare hit four of them.
"Are you having a party without me?" Roman strolled in, spinning his cane. Noticing the guard's confusion, Naruto quickly knocked down two other with a spinning kick. "Whoa, there" the hook in Roman's cane shot off, grappling the last guards collar and threw him back against a wall. "So, you going to tell me what's wrong already?" Roman walked over to the elevator button and pressed it. Naruto mumbled under his breath "I know you usually talk to Neo about these things but I'm still here and very much your handsome brother".
"I wouldn't say handsome is the word to describe you… charming would work better for you" Naruto walked over beside Roman.
"You're avoiding my question" Roman leaned on his cane as the elevator door opened with a single guard.
"I don't want to talk about it" Naruto rushed forward, slamming the guard's head against the elevator before tossing his body out.
"Is this another phase between you and Neo?" Roman pressed the button for the floor. "Because trust me when I say this, I have sort more problems between you two than I've stolen stuff".
Naruto sighed "no it's not Neo… well we aren't in the best place right now but it is nothing that I can't deal with".
"So what's wrong then? Just tell me or you are going to tell me when you get drunk" Roman hummed as the elevator doors opened to a surprisingly empty room. "Come on, I won't hear the end of it when you are drunk… might as well tell me in advance" he took out a large memory disk from his pocket.
"It's complicated" Naruto watched as Roman plugged in the memory disk to the hardware and begin hacking. Roman did a mocking hum "it's a bit…" Naruto opened his clothing slightly to show his chest, filled with scratches, kisses and bites but also some serious burns.
"God! That's… well that looks rough" Roman flinched noticing the blonde's skin was badly bruised. "I think Neo was right to be angry with you, if you got drunk with that blonde and that's what happens I-".
"It wasn't her… it was Cinder" Naruto looked down.
"Cinder? Why would you? I heard you always complain about working for her, you only stay because the moneys good… and why are you doing those things? You're not legal bud" Roman groaned.
"It is not really… by choice" Naruto readjusted his clothes.
Roman sighed "do you want me to talk to her? I can… persuade her to stop".
"No, my life, my choice… you know I don't like you getting involved in my problems" Naruto pressed the elevator button as Roman finished his hack. "Don't mention… this" Naruto moved his hand up and down his body. "To anyone… especially Neo".
"I don't like this but you have my word, that I won't say a word" Roman tapped his cane awkwardly. Naruto nodded and hummed in thought "what is it?"
Naruto shrugged "I was just thinking, Cinder never got off me the whole time and… hm".
"And?" Roman edged on, annoyed by the blond, as he dragging thoughts on.
Naruto scratched the back of his head nervously "and I'm just wondering if I messed up Cinder's plan". He gulped "because I… never used protection" Roman gave him a dull look. "And we did manage a couple of rounds".
"For fuck's sake" Roman complained as the elevator doors opened. "Uncle Roman, huh?" Naruto gagged at the idea of his and Cinder's child.
"Oh?" Naruto paused as he noticed a few familiar faces. "Roman if you could do your thing".
Roman stepped forward, waving at the group in front of him. "Oh, hello Red, I see you brought some friends this time" he strolled up cockily as the group took out their weapons. "Aw, isn't this nice you got all these friends to play with… how about you get acquainted with my friend? Kurama, if you would".
Naruto stepped forward with narrowed eyes 'why can I tell this is going to be a common occurrence' He thought with frustration.
Chapter end