Huntsman's Mimicry
Thank you all for the support, glad people like the broken Naruto aspect. That had me worried on how well it would have gone down.
"I'm sorry for what I did Neo, if you want to talk, just say so" Naruto tapped into his scroll. Closing the scroll, Naruto gazed upwards to the sky. 'The Sun's rising… better get up' he straightened his back, getting a pop. 'I have been here all night' Naruto stood up, still gazing off the roof. He stepped back, turning his head away. 'I-I should get back' Naruto left the roof with a shiver. He gazed at his trembling hand and groaned. 'The pill hasn't completely past through yet, calm down Naruto… calm down, you'll be back to normal in a couple of hours' he took a deep breath to try calm his body down. Naruto shoved his hands in his pockets, tensing his body to try forcibly stop himself from trembling.
"Naruto!" a yell came from down the corridor.
"Yes!" the blond jumped in freight. "O-oh, it's just you Weiss" Naruto gulped over the shock.
"Of course, it's me" Weiss stomped elegantly with her heels clicking in rhythm. "And where have you been? You never returned to your dorm all night, we-I was worried about you. You reek of alcohol, what were you… um". The heiress paused as she gave him a long stare.
"W-what is it?" Naruto spoke meekly as he rubbed his arm nervously.
"I can't believe this…" Weiss crossed her arms and looked away. After a couple of silent seconds passed, she stared at him again "just forget it". Weiss huffed and spun on her heel, storming away from him.
"I'm… just so confused" Naruto sniffed as he felt his eyes watering. 'Don't cry, don't cry, you emotional dumbass' he fanned his eyes using his hands.
"Morning Naruto~" Ruby pepped up, making Naruto jump in surprise. "I thought Weiss said she was with you? Did she-" the young girl gasped.
"W-what?" Naruto stepped back in fear.
"OH MY GOD! Your eyes are so cool" Ruby bounced towards the blond. Landing straight in front of him, she lifted herself on her tip toes to get a better look at his eyes.
"My eyes…" Naruto trailed off as his mind broke. ' I don't have my fake eye contacts, oh crap' he turned his head away. Not understanding his dilemma, Ruby tip toed around him to get a good view of his eyes.
"They are so awesome~" Ruby squealed. "Ooo~ are they real? That's amazing I have never seen anyone with eyes like that".
"Ruby… too close" Naruto mumbled quietly as a small blush appeared on his cheeks as he felt Ruby brush up against him. He groaned as Ruby was too enthralled to notice his plea and he noticed something worse to add to his situation.
"Hello~" Yang strolled towards them, hands behind her head. "Am I interrupting a Yanging good time?" she smirked seeing the two up close with each other.
"Yang! Stop making weird sentences to make a pun" Ruby turned to her sister, huffing. "Anyway! Look at Naruto!" she quickly changed to an excited tone again. "Look at his eyes, they're red and cool… and red!"
"Sweet, do your eyes change when you use your semblance too?" Yang punched her palm. "My eyes go red and my hair is like whoost, fire hair".
"No, it's not my semblance, I…" Naruto looked between the two sisters. 'Neither of them will hate me because I'm a faunus right? Wait is it even alright? Are they allowed to know I'm a faunus? I haven't shown my faunus features as Kurama, so it is fine right? Right? What if they tell other people? Would it be better that way?' Naruto blinked "I-I uh, yeah I uh, I-I…" He took a deep breath "I am a faunus".
"Oh? Is that all?" Yang shrugged. "It hardly makes a difference because I can still mess with you" she slung an arm around Naruto's neck. Yang tugged him tightly, holding him in a headlock. "See! Naruto?" she hummed as she held him under her arm with his cheek touching her breast. Yang snickered "when did you become such an embarrassed little kid, Naruto?". She commented on her flustered and red, Naruto's face became from the contact.
"I-it's not what y-you think… I swear" Naruto gulped. 'God this pill is killing me, the dose I should have taken shouldn't have been too heavy to sort me out… got to act like I usually would or Yang is just going to make this worse for me, I can do this'. He swung his hand down, smacking Yang's behind, fast enough to not get embarrassed by the feeling. "Heh… I was just playing with you" Naruto wriggled out of the headlock.
"Yeah Yang, there's no way Naruto would be embarrassed by you" Ruby shrugged it off with a wobbly smile. "After all, you two did things, right?"
"Please, we hardly did anything you could call a thing in the way you mean it" Naruto brushed it off, trying his best to keep a straight face.
"Yeah, we never did anything alright" Yang put a hand on Ruby's shoulder. "Nobody has stolen this V card yet" she raised a peace sign with her fingers.
"Y-Yang!" Ruby turned tomato.
"Don't worry Ruby" Naruto put an arm across Ruby's shoulders. "I'll help you lose your V card when you are old enough" he smirked. 'This is good, right? This is the normal flirty Naruto, right?' he bit down on his tongue, using the pain to keep a straight face.
Ruby fidgeted "I-I was expecting you to".
Naruto and Yang froze at Ruby's words. Yang moved first "whoa, whoa little sis, you can't be serious".
"Yeah, I-I mean I didn't really mean for you to, you know…" Naruto gulped.
"HA!" Ruby pumped her fist before dramatically pointing at them. "I finally got you, pay back for all the teasing from before".
"Aw, shut it" Naruto playful nudged Ruby.
"Oh Ruby you are such a child" Yang winked. "Stealing your big sister's jokes and humour, how terrible" Naruto tilted his head, trying to find the joke in her words but just became confused.
"No one want to steal you jokes" Ruby deadpanned. "And stop ruining my moment" she pouted.
Yang and Naruto shared a glance. Naruto shrugged "don't be embarrassed about milking jokes from your big sister-"
"-because she has got double the Yangs" Yang finished, puffing up her breasts. "Heh, nailed it" she raised her fist as Naruto fist bumped her.
"Ha, ha, ha…" Ruby pointed at them. "Ha, ha, ha… HA, HA, HA… Hiagh" she tackled Yang into a fight cloud, where only limbs could be seen.
Naruto just nodded at the sight before him. 'I should probably just leave before I am dragged into… whatever that is' he stepped away backwards, only for something to catch his foot as he tripped backwards. "Ow…" the blond looked up. "Cardin… you alright up there mate".
"Yeah, buddy" Cardin reached down to pick Naruto up. Only he grabbed Naruto's shirt instead of offering a hand, then threw Naruto to his feet and to a wall.
'He's physically strong for a student, I'll give him that but compared to others… kinda disappointing' Naruto trembled. Mistaking it for fear, Cardin grinned as he pinned Naruto to the wall. 'This is annoying…' Naruto groaned as a migraine hit him.
"I thought something was off about you but you being a damn animal answers a lot of my questions" Cardin growled. "Don't worry though, I'm a nice guy… a few Lien and I can make sure you are safe".
Naruto smiled with wide eyes "you'll keep me…" His head snapped to the side "safe". Naruto hummed "nah". The blond jabbed his hand at Cardin's face, poking him in the eyes.
"Argh, you fucking creep" Cardin grabbed his face in pain. "You little-" he reeled back a fist and ran at Naruto with puffy red eyes.
"Hey!" Ruby appeared in between the two boys with floating rose petals. "What are you guys doing? Why are you fighting?"
"I don't know" Naruto yawned. "Don't care".
"Get out the way little brat or you will get some too" Cardin threatened, trying to tower over her.
"Touch a hair on her and I will personally use you as a punching bag" Yang shoved Cardin away from Ruby. Cardin turned to face Yang but the blonde was already up in his face and shoved him back again. "Take a hike, now!" she cracked her knuckles. Cardin snarled but hastily left the trio, muttering under his breath.
"And that's how you do it the Yang way" Naruto finger gunned Yang as the blonde flexed and kissed her arm dramatically.
"Thanks Yang" Ruby mumbled, poking her fingers together.
"Heh, it's no biggie" Yang grinned. "I'll always be here for you" she grabbed both of them, and put them in a head lock under her arms. "I can't let anything happen to my little sis or the boy toy after all" Yang teasingly moved Naruto's head so his cheek pressed against her breast.
Naruto returned the favour by rubbing his cheek against her, only blushing lightly at the contact. 'Well at least I know the pills side effects are wearing off, if I am not too embarrassed by this'. He clicked his tongue "so I am a boy toy, eh?"
"Yeah…" Yang leaned her head down to Ruby. "A boy toy with a huge… bulging… rock hard…"
"Aaaah! I get it already, lalalalala" Ruby squirmed unable to get away.
"…Personality" Yang finished with a coy smile. Ruby pouted as she still struggled to get out of the blonde's grip.
"Oh Yang, you give me too much credit" Naruto chuckled. "You're the one with a massive… firm…"
"Personality" Ruby mimicked Naruto's voice the best she could, sticking her tongue out.
"Actually, I was going to say, juicy pair of tits" Naruto responded, also sticking his tongue out.
"You two are the worst!" Ruby flailed, much to the blondes expenses.
"Simply making you look good in comparison, little Rubes" Naruto gave a thumbs up as Yang started to drag them away.
…
"YOOHAA! Finally we are out of class!" a typical yell came from Nora. "And now… the moment we've all been waiting for" she grinned in a false malicious intent. "It's lunch time".
"Actually Nora, we still have one more class before lunch" Ren stated as Nora slumped on the spot.
"Don't worry Nora" Naruto grinned. "It's the best class of all with your favourite teacher, Professor Port".
"And how is that the best class!?" Nora put her hands on her hips, challengingly.
Blake crossed her arms "because Professor Port doesn't notice when you sleep during class".
"Please Blake, I am offended" Naruto gasped holding his chest in shock. "How could you accuse me of such a thing? Do you think so little of me?"
"Naruto, you sleep in most classes" Jaune added.
"Do you sleep alright at night?" Pyrrha asked. "Or is it that, you are not eating enough? It's important to stay energised"
Naruto huffed "yes mama Pyrrha, I am sleeping and eating enough". Pyrrha blushed lightly at the nickname as a couple laughed at her expense. "But seriously, is it even a problem that I sleep all the time" Naruto shrugged. "I'm perfectly healthy, mentally… and physically, also I'm like in the top 10 of all the first years in terms of grades".
"Is that a problem!?" Weiss stepped forward, jabbing a finger in his chest. "Of course it's a problem, the way you get such good grades now is pure dumb luck… oh what am I kidding, you probably just cheat through every test". She jabbed her finger on his chest again "well, not going to say anything?"
"Weiss, calm down, there's no need to…" Yang started but Weiss ignored it, waving her hand to indicate she wasn't interested.
"Just drop it Weiss" Naruto sighed. "Don't just start making false accusations" he stated blankly. 'Where is this attitude coming from? Did I do something? Can't remember'.
"There's a high probability of truth being there, given it is a drunk hooligan like you" Weiss put her hands on her hips.
Before Naruto could respond, Blake stepped in between Naruto and Weiss. She gave the heiress a hard gaze "why are you treating Naruto so differently now? Before you seemed like decent friends". Blake crossed her arms "is this because Naruto never went on a date with you… or is it because he is a Faunus?" She frowned giving a quick glance back at the blond 'Naruto really is brave showing his faunus traits when he can easily hide them… should I do the same?'
"Well it's because he is a faunus obviously, how could he hide something like that from us" Weiss yelled making the group step back in shock. "Well…" Naruto just pulled out his scroll, ignoring the Schnee. "What are you…" Weiss paused as her scroll vibrated. Taking it out, her eyes widened slightly at what she saw.
"Well since you obviously don't care about me, I just blocked you so you don't message me by accident" Naruto placed his scroll back in his pocket.
"Wha… I didn't mean to…" Weiss started but Blake stopped her.
"Don't make excuses, you ignorant little brat" Blake narrowed her eyes.
"It's fine Blake, you don't need to involve yourself in this argument" Naruto placed a hand on Blake's shoulder. "Now I suppose I better get drunk and fall asleep in class" he turned with a blank look plastered on his face. Blake sighed walking with him, leaving the group behind.
"That wasn't cool Weiss" Yang left without another word.
"I didn't mean it that way" Weiss yelled. "I swear I don't have any problem with the faunus".
"I believe you Weiss" Jaune spoke up. "It will be okay, you just made a mistake".
Ruby hummed awkwardly "I don't think Naruto will hold it against you, he doesn't seem like that kind of guy". She fidgeted "if you just talk to him, I'm sure you can be friends again".
"I hope so" Weiss sighed.
…
"Naruto, do you need to talk about that?" Blake asked, as she walked side by side with Naruto. "I know how hard it must be to show your true self but I am here if you want to talk".
"You won't even skim read your book" Naruto chuckled. "I really feel important" Blake just shook her head but smiled softly. "Look Blake… I don't want to sound like an ass but…" he scratched the back of his head. "Weiss liked me because she thought I was human but you… Blake, you only started paying attention to me when you realised I was a faunus a little while back" Naruto closed his eyes. "So aren't you being a little hypocritical, no offense".
"Naruto, do you want to know why I ignored you?" Blake asked rhetorically. "You were a drunk loudmouth which is literally the opposite of my personality, apart from conversations in a large group. The only interactions we had, was you hitting on me while you were drunk. I only started talking to you was when you calmed down, even if only a little".
"You know what…" Naruto face palmed. "That make so much sense" he shook his head.
"Don't worry about it" Blake shrugged. "For the record, you are really attractive but your personality is such a turn off for me".
"Um… what?" Naruto raised his eyebrow with curiosity.
"Oh, I read that guys like info like that" Blake tilted her head.
"I mean… it is interesting, I'm curious. How well do I do on the Blake love meter" Naruto wondered.
Blake deadpanned "I suppose… 9/10 if I was desperate for a one night stand, 1/10 if I want a relationship".
"Well I guess you're not desperate then" Naruto winked.
"Obviously" Blake stated bluntly. "And no, I don't care what you think of me".
"A wise man would never answer a question, if the answer will always lead to danger" Naruto stretched.
Blake tilted her head "you read the Soul's Journey, 3rd edition?"
"Y-yeah… I wasn't really a fan of the book but it's got some good quotes that I like to use" Naruto nodded. 'What the hell is she talking about? I don't understand these bookworms' he sweat dropped.
…
"And that's how I began my journey of MANLINESS!" Prof. Port punched his chest as he waddled in front of the class. Spinning his tale of the past, not noticing the dull looks of his students.
"Urgh…" Naruto groaned quietly. "How can anyone stay awake for two hours of this" he yawned.
"Naruto" Pyrrha whispered beside him.
"Sup" the blond hung his head to face the red head.
"Don't you usually sleep in this class?" Pyrrha asked but immediately covered her mouth. "Not to mean I expect you to be lazy… but…"
"No, I get where you are coming from" Naruto stopped her. "It's just, to sleep in a place like this is kind of hard because it is not comfortable so I usually sleep against someone". The blond nodded to himself "I usually need to sit beside someone who won't mind me sleeping on them and they actually have to be comfortable to lean against… but the usual people are not next to me".
"Who are the usual people?" Pyrrha raised an eyebrow.
"Cinder, Ruby and Yang" Blake spoke from the other side of Naruto. Although, engrossed in her book, Blake took a few quick glances to the side while listening to the conversation. "Cinder doesn't seem to care if Naruto is lying on her but she is absent today. Ruby and Yang like it when Naruto sleeps against them but they are up front next to Weiss so Naruto doesn't want to be there".
"Yep…" Naruto dripped his head down as his eyes struggled to stay open. "That's the reason of why I am here, sitting at the back".
"Did… did you want to sleep against me?" Pyrrha asked with her usual smile. "You don't look so good when you are tired?"
"Really… my dear Pyrrha? I don't want mixed signals going to a certain someone" Naruto muffled a giggle. "What would he think about the girl that asked another boy to sleep on her?" the red head placed her hands on her growing red face, hoping to hide all embarrassment. "Aw, aren't you adorable, how's it going with the Jaune~boy?" he place a hand on her shoulder. "Tell me if you need a wingman".
"That's not funny" Pyrrha huffed. Naruto just smiled smugly, finally seeing the red head make a face which wasn't the norm.
"Naruto, if I may…" Blake put the book down. "Why are you always so tired?"
"I am always up late" Naruto shrugged.
"Why?" Blake persisted.
"Masturbating" Naruto winked as Blake and Pyrrha nearly spat in shock, a deep blush on their faces. "Sorry I just baited you there, some would say I am a master of it" he snickered as Pyrrha sighed while Blake glared daggers at the blond.
"You are worse than Yang" Blake scowled, yet her blush remained.
"True, but my jokes make sense" he nudged Blake's arm. "What's wrong, got an image of me stuck in your head?" Blake stiffened at his comment and turned her head away. "I never thought you would be so innocent or… is it perhaps, all the dirty books you read that have the image stuck in your head?"
"S-shut up" Blake crossed her arms. "Why can't you just flirt with Ruby or Yang?"
"Hey, books are your thing, flirting is mine, deal with it" Naruto stuck out his tongue. "Anyway, Ruby just turns tomato and Yang isn't affected by the flirting like others so it isn't funny".
"So it's just a joke to you?" Blake huffed.
"No, not really… I just like seeing you squirm, it's adorable" Naruto winked only for a punch to hit his cheek.
…
"And now… IT'S LUNCH TIME!" Nora yelled.
"Yes" Ren just stated as Nora danced around him. "Pyrrha, did Naruto feel too upset about the Weiss incident?"
Pyrrha shook her head "no, he doesn't seem to be but he might be hiding the pain".
"Hopefully, it won't be too bad then…" Jaune sighed. "Weiss is going to talk with Naruto in private… hopefully they can sort everything out".
"We can only hope that to be the case" Ren nodded as he noticed the blond following the heiress down a different corridor.