Huntsman's Mimicry
Welcome back, I know I have had a few people asking about a pairing and stuff. Yes I have chosen but it won't happen for a while.
KukanKing: not going to deny that about Cinder, wouldn't be surprised if she did those types of things in canon with her personality. Yeah Naruto might not be part of Cinder's group permanently.
Nise no kishi: that may be true but people can be blind to love under hardship.
YuukiAsuna-Chan: I agree with Cinder's precautions but from Naruto's perspective, he might not know she is on something.
BlackDragonShinigami: means a lot
Xemenon: thank you
Guest: thought it was a bit early for a lemon
Sarcoisagoodboy: glad you do
Naruto stepped in front of Roman, cracking his neck and clearing his throat. "Would you look at that, four little huntresses… or are you just girls with toys?" his voice deepened to change its sound. 'I wonder if I can beat the whole of team Rwby, as far as I can tell individually, they lack the skills and experience I have from being a mercenary'.
"So it looks like Roman has a new lacky?" Yang punched her fists together.
"Oh yeah, we're a team now… they can't beat us because we're the best" Ruby took out her scythe with a spin. Weiss huffed and Blake just nodded as the rest of the team took out their weapons.
"Aren't you girls being a bit optimistic? Thinking you can stop criminals because you have some fancy weapons" Naruto shook his head slowly. "I am Kurama, and I have killed several huntsmen and huntresses in my time… so I suggest you leave, kids like you won't go on my kill record". Naruto watched as the four tensed with a trace of fear 'good, if I do this right they will be too scared to fight and we can go on our merry way'.
"You said Kurama, right?" Weiss stepped forward, standing in a pose with a failed intimidating look. "It's you… you're the one my father locked up after you attacked my house".
Naruto supressed a growl "only fair when he destroyed mine". he closed his eyes, clearing his thoughts. "So… dear little huntresses, are you going to get in our way? You are free to leave" Naruto shrugged.
"You two are just scared by our awesome team" Ruby cleared her throat, changing her composure. "I'll probably beat you… by myself, yeah… you scared".
'Is she… is she trying to copy me? I mean Ruby does have the same pose as me during Emerald Forest but it is a shaky imitation' Naruto sighed. "Very well then, Roman get out of here… you'll just get in the way".
"Ladies" Roman tipped his hat to them as he ran around the building.
"Hey" Ruby yelled as she began to give chase but three shuriken stuck the ground in front of her and exploded, halting her run.
"Hold up there, little red" Naruto chuckled. "Did you forget you have to get past me?" he held out his palm as Naruto's gloves glowed as a dust ball formed.
"I didn't forget" Yang shot herself forward.
Naruto smirked as he darted forward, right in front of Yang in a whirlwind of rose petals. "Rasengan…" before she could react the orb slammed into her gut.
"Yang!" Ruby screamed as the blonde was flung back but Yang managed to roll on the ground as she landed, easing the damage.
"I'm… fine" Yang grunted. She held her gut as she glared at Naruto with annoyance. "Careful, that thing packs a punch" Yang pushed herself up, still holding her stomach.
"Yes it does, doesn't it" Naruto clicked a small dial on the inside of his wrist. 'A Rasengan only takes two hits to destroy somebody's aura, problem is it takes time and it needs to be a direct hit. It will be hard doing that against a team'. He crouched down, waiting for their next action 'I just have to stall until Roman is clear, time is on my side as long as others aren't attracted here'.
"Weiss" Ruby called out as the Schnee created a triple layered glyph that Ruby jumped on.
"Hm… whoa there" Naruto was forced out of his thoughts as Blake and Yang began taking pot shots at him. With little difficulty, Naruto flipped back and to the side with the flexibility of a gymnast. "Too slow" Naruto stopped flipping and slipped down into the splits, as bullets whizzed over his head. 'Phew… thank god I remembered my protective pad or my nuts would be crushed' Naruto lifted himself from the splits without using his hands. 'Damn Neo, not having a problem doing splits… not fair'.
"Hiaagh!" Ruby yelled as she blasted forward from Weiss's glyph, using her semblance to get the most speed. Naruto twitched, turning his heel and darted in the opposite direction. "What?" Ruby gapped in surprise as she saw him use her own semblance against her.
'What?' Naruto narrowed his eyes as he began to out speed Ruby. He rolled out of the semblance as Ruby stopped her semblance. 'I'm… faster than Ruby, impossible I never usually beat the person I'm coping with their own semblance because I don't have the same experience.' He paused before smiling.
"That was the same as yours right?" Weiss stated, directing it to Ruby. She nodded in response, little red getting a serious face on.
Naruto glanced to the black and yellow duo as they started to run at him. 'Yang's annoying' he flicked his hand as he took out four shuriken, holding them between each finger.
"Watch out!" Blake called to the blonde. Naruto hurled the shuriken at Yang, the blonde smirked as she punched the shuriken with her rocket fists. "Below".
"Wha-" Yang blinked as a fifth shuriken hidden behind the others, struck her leg. This one exploded with ice dust, not enough to hurt her but made Yang tumble to the ground with her limited movement. Blake continued however, jumping in with her sword. Naruto met her with his kunai, they glared at each other as they exchanged blow for blow. It was quickly made clear who had the advantage as Naruto pushed her back, forcing Blake to use her semblance to it's maximum. Naruto gritted his teeth in frustration as every time he cut Blake, she faded to shadow.
"Grrr…" Naruto spun kicking Blake in the gut. He began grinning as Blake slowed down with the overuse of her semblance. "Too bad" Naruto commented as Blake blocked his kunai well but fell victim to his punches and kicks.
"Hold on, Blake!" Ruby shouted as her and Weiss charged at him. Naruto huffed as he made a final kick to Blake's head, knocking her back but also cracking her aura.
"Take this" Naruto gulped in shock as he felt a large hit against his temple, send him stumbling back. Before another hit him, Naruto noticed Yang had recovered and had no signs of letting up. Naruto flinched under Yang's punches, everyone he blocked, the more his arms became numb.
"That's enough out of you" Naruto took several steps back quickly as he got the distance. Now with space, Naruto began to easily dodge Yang's punches while keeping an eye on the others "Hmph". He opened his palm as a Rasengan began forming. Naruto tossed his kunai to the ground and caught one of her fists while he hooked the back of her leg with his foot. Falling backwards with a thud, Yang couldn't stop the fully formed Rasengan striking her chest. 'Nearly…' Naruto heard the shot as he felt a large pain in his shoulder. He looked around to see Ruby sniping him with Weiss thrusting her sword forward, dangerously close to him.
"Aaaarrrghhh!" Yang roared as her semblance burst into existence. Naruto smirked slyly as he grabbed Weiss's sword by the blade with his bare hand. "Raaghh!" Yang lifted herself up quickly and threw a dangerous right hook. Using Ruby's semblance, Naruto darted around Weiss, pushing her forward putting her in the punch. Yang's eyes widened but it was too late as her fist indented itself in Weiss's stomach. The heiress screamed in silence as the air was forced out of her.
"Whoa!" Naruto wheezed feeling some of the force. He stepped back in shock with slight fear of Yang's semblance as Weiss fell to ground gasping for breath, her aura gone. 'Fucking hell… Weiss went down in one hit, her aura may be smaller than most other people here but one hit?' he glanced at Yang. 'Her semblance is gone? And her aura? So it's a final blow kind' Naruto shrugged as he looked at the last remaining member. Ruby stood still shaking in fear "so it's over". Naruto sighed as he walked over to her 'I didn't mean to break her'. He sighed "don't feel bad little rose, I won't pluck you yet". He placed a hand on her shoulder, hearing Ruby sniffle as she dropped her scythe to the ground. Naruto shook his head "I don't mess up brats so run Ruby… you can't hide under your hood forever". He grabbed her hood and pulled it over her face.
"W-wait!" Ruby flailed, getting the hood off her face. She spun around noticing 'Kurama' was gone. Unknown to her, Naruto stood on the edge of a rooftop as he glanced down at her.
"Kurama, I am at a good distance away now… are you okay? I sent Neo over to help you just in case"
Naruto sighed putting his hand to his ear piece. "Everything is fine here, Roman… they are only students that haven't had a class at beacon yet, any qualified huntsman could have wiped the floor with them".
"True but Neo was insistent" a moment of silence passed. "Cinder also wanted me to tell you about the classes, there are those fight classes right so she wants you to hold back".
"By how much?" Naruto pondered as he stared at Ruby trying to help her team up.
"Enough so it won't be suspicious that Mercury can be chosen over you in the Vital Tournament".
"Anything else?" Naruto glanced over his shoulder, hearing light footsteps. He sighed as a small weight landed on his shoulders.
"Nothing else right now, catch you later" Naruto hummed in response taking the ear piece out. He rolled his eyes as a hand reached down, removing his mask showing piercing red eyes. "Hey Neo" Naruto spun around, ignoring the fact Neo had comfortably sat on his shoulders. She spun down off him, like a monkey to a tree. "Neo… I have no idea what you are 'saying'" Naruto commented to her as she wore his mask.
Neo took the mask off with a pouting face. 'Well maybe you should look at my eyes more' she giggled silently.
"Yeah, yeah, if you are implying I look at your bust all the time… yeah, you're kind of right" Naruto shrugged.
'What was that?' Neo put on a fake angry look.
"Hey it's not my fault, you are the one that's so short I have to look down when I talk to you, 'they' just happen to be in the same picture as your eyes". Naruto scratched his chin "didn't you realise something was up when Roman never looked at you when you stood close together?"
Neo smirked, crossing her arms to put emphasis on her chest. 'I guess I know who the gentlemen out of you two is'.
"That so called gentleman is always stealing your makeup" Naruto pushed her head away playfully.
'Want to go for a drink?' Neo butterfly blinked.
"You mean milkshakes, don't you? Sure whatever" Naruto cracked his neck. "But I doubt no where around here is still selling milkshakes at this time… so we can do it later".
Neo shook her head. 'Jeez, how hard is it to get a date?' With her head turned away, the blond was oblivious to the ice cream girl. 'How about we have some other drinks instead?'
"Huh?" Naruto blinked. "Trying to get a favour from me, Ice Cream? We both know you hate me drinking and you are the biggest lightweight, what you after?"
Neo pouted 'Nothing, nothing at all'. She stomped off leaving a confused Naruto in her trail.
…
"I hope you remember the plan, Naruto?" Cinder hushed. "Remember not to stand out to much with those skills of yours" she pushed him against the wall, out of sight of everyone else.
"Yeah, yeah, I know" Naruto looked away from her.
"And I'm itching for more of our activities tonight, be a good boy and maybe… I won't burn you too badly" Cinder whispered into his ear before biting it. However, it wasn't playful and punctured his ear, drawing blood.
"Yes Cinder… anything for you" Naruto replied monotone with a glassy look, as his aura healed his ear quickly.
"That's a good little fox" she scratched his chin mockingly. "Roman and Neo, will remain safe as you do so" Cinder turned on her heels.
'You are next on my shit list Cinder, just you wait' Naruto snarled at her retreating form. He raised a hand to his ear, noting the bleeding had stopped before wiping away any dried blood. Looking around, Naruto noticed the familiar groups of people 'alright, act natural…' Naruto pulled a flask out of his pocket. 'Best be prepared for the day' he twisted the cap off and flung it in his mouth, allowing the burning liquid to somewhat ease his throat.
"Young man, are you sure it is wise to drink before your first class?" Naruto paused, slowly lowering the flask from his mouth as he noticed the headmaster approach him.
"I, um…" Naruto twisted the cap back on. "Don't worry Professor, it's… ah, water, the flask just looks better than a water bottle".
"Relax… Mr Uzumaki, was it?" Ozpin glanced down at the flask as Naruto nodded. "You wouldn't be the first that can work just fine under the influence of alcohol. Actually, quite a few students of mine, current and former have had some… interesting quirks to say the least" Ozpin gazed around. "How they got anything done is beyond me?"
"Yeah, that does sound weird" Naruto awkwardly hummed.
"Are you okay Mr. Uzumaki? Are teenagers like yourself not used to casual chit chat with grown-ups?" Ozpin stared intently at the blond.
Naruto refused to make a twitch before shrugging "actually, I just prefer talking to girls".
"Oh, and why's that young man?" the stare continued as Ozpin searched him for a reaction.
"I mean… look at me, lady's man over here" Naruto smirked. Waiting a moment, Naruto continued seeing Ozpin's unsatisfied look. "What? Do you think I have a motive befriending girls, Professor?"
"No" Ozpin trailed off. "You just remind of someone else… I hope you don't run like they did" he strolled past Naruto. The blond stared at Ozpin's back as he left before strutting off.
"Hey Naruto!" Naruto twisted his head around slowly, noticing Jaune rushing towards him, panting.
"Morning" he replied with a lack of enthusiasm. "Are… you alright?" Naruto watched as Jaune continued to pant heavily but also shake his head.
"I'm… fine…" Jaune stretched his back as he got his breathing under control. "I, uh… was hoping to ask you something" Naruto hummed. "I kind of noticed how well you… got along with girls and I was wondering…" Jaune scratched the back of his head nervously. "Could you help me ask Weiss out?"
"And you can't do it yourself, because…" Naruto sighed.
Jaune mumbled "well I don't know how to and I'm not sure if she likes me or not". He grabbed Naruto's shoulders and shook him "and you are like the crush of those girls, you've even slept with Yang".
Naruto twitched "you won't stop annoying me until I tell you how". Jaune nodded in agreement "okay so Weiss is uptight so try and get the best grades".
"That's impossible" Jaune whined in defeat.
"I guess you can try and be like me" Naruto shrugged. "People really don't mind me since I have no motive, no enthusiasm… I'm just so chill that people just let me into their personal bubble" he placed his arm around Jaune. "So getting to know them better is a piece of cake".
"I… I don't get it" Jaune mumbled.
"Look just be true to yourself and don't try too hard to be friends… trying too hard, mostly annoys people" Naruto patted his back. "And my lessons are complete". Jaune tilted his head to the side confused "so you coming over there to say hi to your 'girlfriend'?" Naruto dashed off surprising the blond.
"H-hey wait… she isn't… Naruto!" Jaune chased after him.
"Helllllooooo, team Rwby!" Naruto jumped up behind them. Landing on Yang, the most likely one of the group not to fall over.
"Hey" Yang smirked as turned her head back.
"Hello" Blake rubbed her arm at the loud social interaction.
"Really, what are you doing?" Weiss crossed her arms with a sigh. "Why would you just jump on som-"
"Hello!" Jaune copied Naruto, only jumping on Weiss instead. Unlike Yang, Weiss toppled down with the blond. "Oww"
"Jaune… you're an idiot" Naruto spoke softly getting a small chuckle from Yang. "Hm, hey Rubes" he dropped off Yang. "Why are you looking so down, 'Big Red'?" Naruto squatted down in front of her so she was taller.
Ruby muttered "I'm not a good leader". She looked down like she was about to cry "I couldn't help them".
"Aww it's alright, Rubes… I know you're a good leader" Naruto smiled softly.
"Really?" Ruby wiped her eyes, despite the lack of tears. "But I-"
"But everyone has their moments, we all get nervous, we all feel we can't do enough" Naruto stood up and poked her forehead. "I trust someone as amazing as you Ruby would be one of the best leaders ever… just remember to drink your milk" Naruto raised his fist.
"Yeah!" she fist bumped him. "And just you wait, I'll be the best leader ever with all my moves" Ruby jumped back, doing some karate chops in the air.
"Whatever you say, short stuff" Naruto slyly smirked. "But those moves will never hit me with those stubby arms". Naruto dashed away from her as she pouted.
"Hey, I'll grow taller than you" Ruby puffed her cheeks as she crossed her arms. Naruto stuck his tongue out at her. "Yang" Ruby whined.
"Gotcha" Yang nodded. The blonde grabbed Naruto's waist from behind "upsidaisy". Yang lifted Naruto up before jumping back, giving him a high powered Supplex. "There we go" she commented, dusting her hands.
"Yang, I didn't mean slam him" Ruby rushed over to Naruto with concern.
"He's fine" Blake crouched down beside the blond. "He didn't hit his head".
"But goddamn it hurt" Naruto droned out. Blake motionlessly grabbed him by the collar and forced him to his feet. "Thanks Blake" Naruto spoke gratefully as he gave a half glare to the two sisters. 'Having to fake my skills and take a small beating, should be a regular occurrence here. Still probably better than my training with Neo… umbrella smack every time I did something wrong'. He turned his head to see Weiss was berating Jaune for earlier 'poor boy, I feel sorry for him'. Naruto cracked his neck "so Blake, my friend". He could practically hear a non-existing groan from Blake as she rolled her eyes. "How are you today? Not feeling like throwing anyone today, are you?"
"You work fast, lover boy" Yang smirked, hoping for his embarrassment.
"Please Yang, how could you call me a lover boy" Naruto put an arm around Blake. "I'm a man, not a boy… right, Blake?" he winked at her. Blake dead panned as she stared at him. "O-kay" Naruto stepped back from her.
"IT'S 9:05! WE'RE LATE FOR CLASS!" Weiss yelled with all of her might. "I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M LATE ON THE FIRST DAY!"
Chapter end