Path to the Future

Chapter 13: Ryoko Namikaze

"Uh?" Raven intelligently said, as she didn't really have anything to say because she was surprised, "Um how long have you been up?"

"A couple of minutes now, but it felt so refreshing and warm being held by you that I didn't say anything so I could stay but I guess it's time for me to get down now."

Raven let her little grandchild down so she could walk on her own. Ryoko stretches before she walked to the door and knocked on it without stopping to ask Raven. "Hey you little brat I-"

Raven was cut off by the door opening, to reveal Taiyang her ex-husband. Tai looked in complete shock to see her, at his doorstep no less, with a little girl with red hair and violet eyes. "R-R-Raven?! W-What are you doing here?!"

Raven sighed, "Well really I'm here to drop her off."

Tai looked like someone hit him with a truck and said person said, 'watch where you're going', "Wait, wait, wait. Let me get this straight. You came back just to leave another child with me. Firstly I need answers, who is this child, why me, and why do you have her."

"Grandpa," Tai looked at the girl who was staring at him. Taiyang looked around for anyone else and then looked at Ryoko, pointing at himself. Ryoko nodded, "Yes grandpa, don't get so mad at grandma, she is only doing what she was asked?"

Taiyang looked like someone just blew his mind, which was true. "So If I'm your grandpa and Raven is your grandma that means…"

"Yes. I'm the daughter of Yang Xiao Long and Naruto Namikaze. My name is Ryoko Namikaze."

Taiyang just stared at her, "So what you're saying is your Yang's daughter?" Ryoko nodded, "And your last name is Namikaze?" Ryoko nodded once again, "So your Minato's first born's child?" Ryoko nodded one last time. "Alright then." Taiyang said as he proceeded to pass out into unconsciousness.

"Oops did I tell him too much information at once?" Ryoko asked Raven.

"That and the fact that you're my daughter's child."

"Oooh…crapbaskets."

Taiyang finally woke up on the couch and looked around to find no one in the house but Zwei, "Whew just a dream."

Just suddenly Ryoko dropped from the ceiling and into Taiyang's lap, "Heya grandpa!" She yelled smiling with her canines being sharper than her other teeth, scaring the hell out of him.

Tai jumped up, "Ah!" Ryoko now standing on the floor was laughing up a storm. Taiyang calmed down, "Well I now know for sure your Yang's daughter."

"It was her idea," Raven said coming out of the kitchen with a glass of water. "Now then let's hurry up and get to business," she said as she took a chair and placed it in front of Taiyang where she sat. "Now then before you go killing Minato's boy, which by the way if you did Kushina would either haunt you or torture you when you die, Ryoko here," Raven gestured to her, "Was born genetically, not by actual means."

Taiyang sighed in relief, "Well that's good to hear, but then who created her, and why?"

"It was Titus. He was the one that was able to get a sample of both Yang and Naruto's DNA to create her."

Taiyang's eyes widened, "Titus but why did he create her and why send her here?" Raven then pulled a note from her pocket and handed it to Tai. Tai read the note explaining his role and why she was created. "Hm… I see." Taiyang started to laugh slightly, "Ah Minato always the smartest of the group. Alright then I'll wait for this person. In the meantime I want to say thanks."

"Thanks for what?"

"For bringing her here instead of turning her down," Tai faced Ryoko who was sleeping with her head in Taiyang's lap, "Even though she was genetically made she's still Yang's daughter and is part of the family. So thank you."

Raven just turned away from him, "Anyways I've been away from my tribe for too long. I will be leaving."

Raven then created a portal and was about to walk through until she felt arms around her waist, so she looked behind her to see Ryoko hugging her." Goodbye grandma Raven I'll miss you."

Raven stopped and was stunned for a moment then a picture came into her mind. It was of her, Taiyang, Yang, Naruto, and Ryoko smiling as one big family. But it soon disappeared, and Raven was facing her portal. She then took Ryoko's arms off of her, "Don't rely on me to fix your problems. As I told Titus, this was a one time thing. Don't let it get too ahead of yourself." She looked at Ryoko again and saw she was still smiling at her. Raven then walked through her portal and left.

Raven once she came to her tribe, went to her residence and when she was inside her knees began to feel weak, as a tear dropped from her eyes and touched the carpet. 'I swear if you don't take care of them Naruto, I'll…" and for a long while she just stood there in complete silence.

With Taiyang

Tai showed Ryoko to Yang's room to sleep in her bed. Now Tai was in the kitchen, 'So Minato's boy is with Yang.' Taiyang chuckled, 'If he's anything like his father then Yang, you sure know how to pick em.' Tai's hands went to his pocket and then he felt his scroll, and an idea popped into his head, 'That doesn't mean I can't scare them before company comes over.'

Teams RWBY, JNPR, and IMSN were all at a cafe in Vale, just spending time with each other. Yang sat in the middle with Naruto to her right and Blake to her left. Next to Blake was Sasuke and next to Naruto was Nora with Ren next to her to keep her in line. In front of Yang was Ruby with Menma next to her and opposite of Naruto. The rest of JNPR was to Menma's and Weiss on the other side of Ruby with Itachi. So everything was nice. Well that was until Ruby's scroll rang. Ruby took it out, "Yang it's dad."

This put Yang a little on edge, since this was out of nowhere, "I wonder what he wants?"

Ruby answered, "Hey dad you call… okay?" Ruby switched to where Tai could see her and vice versa.

"Now can you give your scroll to Yang?"

"Okay?"

Ruby handed her scroll to Yang, "Hey dad what's up?"

"Don't you what's up me, young lady!"

Yang was taken back by this and looked confused, "Um, dad what are you talking about?"

"Okay, I'm going to take a big guess here and say that a boy named Naruto is sitting right next to you."

When this one sentence was said, Naruto and Yang froze with their eyes widened. Not only that but everyone heard and this made Ruby freeze as she knew if her dad found out that she was with Menma then she was screwed. Yang swallowed hard, "W-what do you m-mean?"

"Oh so there isn't a boy named Naruto Namikaze right next to you?"

Now Naruto was sweating, 'I'm so fucking screwed.' "Um I uh…"Yang mumbled feeling the pressure, "Dad I can explain."

"Then explain me why you have never told me… let me see him."

"Dad-"

"Yang," Taiyang said with a stern look. Yang quickly adjusted the scroll so that Naruto is in as well only to avoid her father's wrath, "So your Naruto Namikaze."

"Y-yes s-sir," Naruto stuttered. Meanwhile Menma and Sasuke were trying their hardest to not burst out laughing, Itachi was chuckling, Blake was snickering, Nora was doing the same as Menma and Sasuke, and Ruby was giggling.

Taiyang glared at him, while Naruto was looking at anything but his eyes, and Yang was sweating bullets hoping beyond hope that her father wouldn't come and kill Naruto. But all seriousness left when Tai bursted out laughing confusing everyone. "HAHAHA! Oh my Oum you guys should see the look on your faces right now!"

"Wait what?" both Yang and Naruto said.

Tai calmed down a little, "Oh man that was great. Ha Tai-1 Minato-0!"

Naruto's eyes widened and so did Menma, "You knew my father?"

"Yes not just your father, but Fugaku as well. We as well as Qrow were best friends when we attended Beacon. Which by the way, I must say that you look a lot like your father. While Menma looks like your mother especially with her red hair, which by the way Ruby," Ruby froze, "Your not off the hook either." 'Oh crap baskets,' Ruby thought.

"What do you mean dad," Ruby said putting on an innocent smile.

"Oh don't think you can play the innocent card this time Ruby, I know that you know that I know about Menma. But unlike Yang I won't give you as much of a hard time."

"Favoritism much!" Yang yelled out.

"Tai however ignored her raging daughter, "Just as long as Menma, will never hurt because if he does well… it goes without saying there will be one less Namikaze, because when I'm done you'll wish you had Kushina here to stop me."

Menma gulped slightly, "With all do respect sir, I think Ruby, Yang, and my brother will get to me before you do."

Taiyang smiled at this, "True. Anyway I just came to say a hello and would like to say that the same goes for you Naruto."

Yang was hoping that this didn't affect both her and Naruto, however she looked at him and noticed him smiling, "Yes sir however I would never hurt and I would protect her with my life," Yang blushed, "Besides let's be honest here, Yang would probably kill me or leave me to burn in a volcano." This made both Tai and Naruto laugh, which made Yang blush harder.

"How right you are?" Tai was about to say goodbye but decided to say something about Ryoko, "Oh before I go there is someone who is going to be there at Beacon to meet you and drop someone off in your care."

"Who is it dad?" Yang asked.

Tai chuckled, "Oh you'll see, just letting you know you might have a lot of things on your hands… Anyways I got to go, hope to talk to you two soon."

"You too dad."

Taiyang hanged up the call, and heard a knock on his door, he answered to reveal Shisui, "Shisui nice meeting you here you haven't come for awhile."

Shisui nervously rubbed his head, "Yeah I've been busy with missions sorry about that how is the family."

"They're fine. Both Ruby and Yang are at Beacon. Ozpin allowed Ruby to come two years in advance as well. Not only that but your friends are also there as well."

"Yeah, I heard…" Shisui didn't know how to segway into this sohe just came out with it, "Titus is dead."

Taiyang looked down, "Yeah I kinda guess that after my ex came in with a girl he created genetically."

"Yeah that would mean team KNUM is no more."

"Yeah…"

Shifting the topic, "So I hear I'm suppose to take this girl to Beacon, so before we take off can I see her?"

Taiyang nodded, "Ryoko!"

Just then Ryoko came downstairs with a photo album that she found in her mothers room. "Oh you must be Shisui Uchiha. Titus talked about you saying that I would meet you after I awaken."

"So your Ryoko Namikaze." She nodded, "Well then Titus told me to give you this," Shisui then revealed Third Union.

"Isn't that…?" Tai asked.

"Yeah it's Kushina's weapon with a little tweak, which if I'm right, will help Ryoko wield it as well as Kushina did."

Ryoko looked at the weapon with interest. She reached out for it but then the sword crystallized and then disappeared, "Wait what happened?"

Shisui kneeled in front of her, "Now try to materialize it in your mind." Ryoko nodded and held out her hand and concentrated, "Feel the weapon out, and reach to the depths of your soul." Ryoko did as she was told, and felt a feeling she remembered not having. So she grasped it and pulled hard. She then opened her eyes to see the weapon materialize in front of her and into her hands. She thought it would be heavy but it was so light.

Shisui smiled, "Well then it looks like the weapon has found it's rightful owner. Now then let's get going I have a ship waiting for us in Vale, which means we need to leave."

Ryoko nodded and then turned to Taiyang, "Thank you so much for taking care of me grandpa, even if it was for awhile."

Taiyang kneeled down to Ryoko and ruffled her hair, "Hey don't worry about it, I promise you'll get to see me again, besides a eight year has to visit their grandpa from time to time." Tai said tickling her a little.

When they calmed down she said, "Actually I'll be nine in a couple of weeks."

"Then grandpa will have to send you a gift now won't he. Now then run along and go give your parents hell for me." Ryoko nodded and kissed Tai on the cheek before running along with Shisui.

At Beacon

Ozpin was in his office, relaxing while sipping his coffee. That was when Glynda opened the door to his office, "Hello Glynda is there something you want to ask me?"

"Actually Shisui is here and he wants to speak to you, about a girl."

"Shisui?!" Ozpin sat in his chair, "Let him in please."

Glynda opened the door, and in came Shisui and Ryoko, "Glynda! I haven't seen you in ages!" Glynda scowled at him, "Wait are you still upset about what I did to your classroom senior year?"

"Yes I am. You were going to win, you didn't have to break my roof and made the guy piss his pants."

Shisui shrugged, "Hey what can I say the guy pissed me off."

"Whatever."

"Anyway," Ozpin said, "It's surprising that you are back here especially with a little girl." Ozpin got up from his seat and stood in front of her until he kneeled, "Hello and what is your name?"

"I-I'm Ryoko Namikaze."

Ozpin and Glynda was in shock to find a Namikaze, "Wait I thought the only Namikaze's left were Menma and Naruto."

"Oh that's my daddy and uncle."

"What?!" both Glynda and Ozpin said.

"Yeah, my father is Naruto Namikaze and my mother is Yang Xiao Long so that also means that Ruby Rose and Menma Namikaze are my Aunt and Uncle." She said with a smile showing off canines that was like her father.

Ozpin was flabbergasted and so was Glynda. "Wait then how old are you?" Glynda asked.

"I'm eight years old."

"She was genetically made out of both Yang and Naruto's DNA by Titus."

"Titus?"

"Yeah sadly he was killed and I couldn't reach him in time…"

"That is unfortunate," Ozpin said, "So that means team KNUM has all perished…" Shisui nodded.

"He also said that Minato has asked of him to help Naruto and Titus thought this was the best solution."

"I see," Ozpin said. 'Minato always one step ahead. Now we don't have to push Miss Rose so quickly. If what I think he is planning works then we could end this with this generation.' Ozpin smiles at this thought. "Well then if that is the case, young Namikaze you will be able to stay in your mother's dorm until a situation will arise."

Ryoko smiled and ran and hugged Ozpin, "Thank you, Mr. Ozpin, sir!" She then let go bouncing up and down with joy, "Can I go see them, now?"

Ozpin smiles, "I don't see why not."

Ryoko beams at this as she turns to Shisui, "Hey uncle Shisui can we go now? Can we, can we?!"

"Uncle?" Shisui questions, but then chuckles, "I guess so. Besides I want to meet them again as well." Ryoko jumped for joy and ran to the door, "Hold on Ryoko. You don't know which dorm their in." Ryoko stopped before she fully opened the door, she turned back to Shisui and smiled sheepishly and rubbed the back of her head in an embarrassed way.

Glynda then gave them their room number and told them that they overheard that both Ruby and Naruto's teams were having a group study session. And with that they left.

Everyone in team RWBY's dorm were studying. If we were talking about intelligence wise Itachi was the smartest bar none. He knew the material already so he was just helping the others. Second would be Weiss, and then third was surprisingly a tie between Naruto and Sasuke. Sasuke was smart on his own with his intelligence of information rivalling Weiss. And Naruto ever since he took his role as village leader in Konoha his intelligence outside of combat started to gradually increase.

Yang and Naruto was on the floor with Naruto explaining things to her, Weiss was helping Ruby and Itachi did the same for Menma, while Sasuke and Blake studied together on Blake's bed. Then suddenly they heard a knock on the door, "I got it!" Yang yelled.

"Nope," Naruto sat Yang right back down, "No you continue, I'll answer it."

Yang pouted, as Naruto got up to answer the door. He opened the door to a little girl with red hair and violet eyes. Her mouth opened as if she was in awe and he saw fangs, like his and slitted eyes. He looked her more in the eyes and felt a sense of familiarity. He then step back a few steps so that the others could see her, "So um, hello what's your-" He was then cut off by the girl hugging him tightly.

This confused team RWBY so they looked at the guys to see them just as confused. They then heard the girl started to cry, while Naruto felt this attachment to her so he kneeled and hugged her back as she cried on his shoulder. He also started to rub her head.

"Wow, already being a parent that was fast."

They all looked towards the door to see, "Shisui?!" team IMSN exclaimed.

"Yo," he said with a two finger salute.

Then they heard the child speak, "I… I've wanted to s-see you for so long…"

Naruto looked confused at this as he broke the embrace to the child, "Have we met? Because I felt like I have."

The child shook her head, "No we have not but I've heard so about you."

Naruto smiled, "Well will you tell me your name."

The child nodded, as she wiped her tears away, "My name… is Ryoko… Ryoko Namikaze." This shocked everyone, "and not only that but… I'm your daughter," she said sheepishly.

Now Naruto's mind exploded, "Wait, what? How? I never-" He was then cut off as he felt murderous intent from behind him. And Naruto knew exactly who it was from as the room suddenly got hotter. Naruto gulped, and turned around to a furious Yang, "Wait Yang before you kill me-"

"Naruto you have 1 minute to explain yourself before you are turned into mush,"

Ryoko then turned to the snickering Shisui, "Uncle Shisui why is mommy mad at daddy?"

Everyone heard that statement and now Yang's mind was blown. "Wait what?!" both Yang and Naruto exclaimed.

Yang was then tackled by Ryoko, but Yang held her ground, "It's so great to see you too mommy."

At this point Shisui was laughing out loud, "Shisui explain. Now." Naruto said sternly.

"Well it's as she said your her father and Yang is the mother. It's as simple as that."

"But," Yang then covered the child's ears, "We never had sex." After saying that word she let go of Ryoko's ears, who looked at her in confusion but then shrugged it off as she nuzzled into her mother.

"Well where is your weapon Naruto, you as well as I know that no one who doesn't have at least some of your aura can't hold it. If you think I'm kidding give her the sword." Naruto nodded and went next door to get his sword and when he came back he kneel in front of Ryoko.

"Ryoko if it isn't too much to ask, I need you to hold this for me."

Ryoko nodded and turned to Naruto and his weapon, and waited for awhile until she took the sword right out of his hands. They all waited until it dropped but it didn't as Ryoko then pulled the blade out of the scabbard inspecting it. This shocked everyone as it was true, she was Naruto's daughter.

After the initial shock, Naruto just accepted it and started laughing, "Well then," Naruto took his sword from her and sheath it, "Good job kiddo." He then affectionately ruffled her hair, which she purred to. Now even Shisui was shocked that Naruto was taking this so well.

"Your taking this way better than I thought you would."

Naruto shrugged, "I wondered why I felt my aura in her as well, but that answers it, however I would like to know how."

Shisui then explained how she was created and who created her but didn't say why as he told him that he'll tell him that stuff later. Naruto nodded, "Well then," Naruto then picked up Ryoko and put her on his shoulder, which made her ecstatic, "I mind as well play the part, besides I basically raised Menma anyway."

"Hey! I'll have you know that… I… damn, he's not wrong."

Shisui, Naruto, Itachi, and Sasuke laughed at Menma's embarrassment. Naruto turned to Yang, "If you don't want to take care of a child as well, then I understand…"

Yang thought about it for a second and if she was honest it was a hard decision. At one point she loved Naruto to death, however she also wanted adventure, she was a thrill seeker, so that would have to take a back seat to helping with the child. While she was thinking this there was one thought that solidified her decision.

Yang looked at Naruto and Ryoko while smiling, "What kind of mother would I be to leave her with you, I would no better than my mom,"

"That's not true," Yang looked up at Ryoko, "Grandma is the one that helped me get to grandpa. Because Uncle Titus was going to go away. He said that bad people were coming out to get him."

"Wait what?!" Everyone yelled.

"But why?" Yang asked.

Ryoko shrugged, "I don't know. She told me that was the only time she'll help me but i know she was lying." Ryoko smiled.

Naruto was slightly conflicted on one occasion she kill Hiruzen but then on another she saved his daughter, granted a daughter he just met but still, his own flesh and blood. "At any rate, I think I'll have to thank her for taking care of you."

Yang was also conflicted but nodded, "In any case, Shisui right? How do you know about dad?"

"Oh well they were friends of the Uchiha family, not only that but when you were at Signal, I was the guy who were checking up on him." Shisui looked at his scroll and back at them, "At any rate it's getting late and she is arranged to stay in team RWBY's dorm, and before I go I will like to point out that she has her own weapon that can be wielded only by her. So if you want to teach her then you could."

Yang smiled at this prospect and nodded and was going to say something until Ruby popped up in front of Ryoko, "What kind of weapon is it? I want to see, would you show it to your dear olé aunt?"

Ryoko was going to say yes but then a yawn came out instead, so Yang took Ryoko from Naruto and set her on the ground, "Maybe tomorrow, I would imagine that she has been moving around all day. So she must be tired, tomorrow is saturday let's speak then," Yang then turned to Shisui, "Is that fine with you?"

Shisui nodded, "Yeah I'll be here for awhile and I wanted to talk to both Sasuke and Itachi about things but it can wait till tomorrow."

Sasuke nodded and started to leave, "Well we'll see you all tomorrow, let's meet up at the cafe, that we were at today. Agreed?"

Everyone nodded and Naruto walked to Ryoko and smiled, "I'll see you tomorrow Ryoko, be good now."

"Of course!" she said with a smile. Naruto ruffled her hair affectionately and then left with the guys.

"So where is she going to sleep?" Weiss asked.

"Come on Weiss where else would she be?" Blake said.

"So she is going to be on Yang's bed?" Weiss asked.

Ruby nodded, "But if she ever feels the need she could stay on my bed," Ruby said while fidgeting nervously and poking her fingers together.

Ryoko smiled and ran to hug Ruby, "Thank you Aunty." Ruby paused but then smiled and hugged her back. Yang looked at the other two members of team RWBY and nodded. The simple hug between the two grew to a group hug from all occupants in the room.

Next day at the Cafe

It was essentially the same seating but with Ryoko between Naruto and Yang, and Shisui pulled up a chair at the end of the table also JNPR was not present. Everyone ordered coffee with the exception of Sasuke, Itachi, Blake, and Ryoko who ordered tea. They all talked and had a good time with Shisui sharing some of his missions which Ruby listened with extreme fascination. Something that surprised Shisui was how quick Naruto and Yang adapted to their new role, something he was expecting would take time, but to them it was like second nature. However the more he thought about it he realized that they already did something like this with Ruby and Menma. Naruto basically raised Menma from when he was four and onwards, while Yang was basically the women of the house after Summer died.

They all later went to the mall to get Ryoko some better clothes. Naruto let the girls do all the shopping for her, "Hey we'll be right back, you think you guys got this?"

Weiss scoffed at this question, "Of course we do."

"Great we'll see you in a bit."

The guys then left to the cafeteria because Menma still wanted a snack from their. After they purchased their snack they sat down at a table, "Alright now for business, Shisui why did you need to speak to us? We know it isn't just because of Ryoko so start explaining," Sasuke said.

Shisui sighed, "Always the forward one are you?" Shisui gathered himself and then sent an aura pulse to make sure they didn't have unwanted listeners as he got ready to explain the news he needed to tell them, "Alright I'll be blunt, you guys need to watch your backs and stick together."

"Why is that?" Menma asked.

"Why? I can't say, at least for right now. However you all need to be stronger for what is to come. I have no doubt in my mind that there going to be people who will try to take you down a peg either because of jealousy or just an ulterior motives."

Itachi asks, "Is there any information you could give us? That would help."

"Not that would help you guys as a whole however for Sasuke and Itachi. I must tell that just because you have just the complete Sharingan doesn't mean that it can't evolve a step further." Sasuke and Itachi looked at him in curiosity, "What I mean is…" Shisui closed his eyes and opened to reveal a sharingan with a shuriken like pinwheel, "This is what is called the Mangekyou Sharingan and this is a form beyond the regular sharingan."

"How do you evolve it then?" Sasuke asked.

"Well you won't like this but, all I know is that the sure fire way to do it… is to kill the person closest to you."

Everyone at the table was shocked, "Then did you…?" Menma let the question hang in the air.

"No, I did not." This made the others sigh in relief.

"So that means you imply that you gained it a different way," Itachi said.

Shisui chuckled, "Always the perceptive one Itachi. Yes there is another way to unlock it, however that method is unknown and it varies for each Uchiha individual. Your father unlocked it a different way from what I had, so it leads me to believe that the method varies from person to person. But what I do believe is that it is tied to something important to you."

Sasuke and Itachi nodded to him in understanding. Shisui then got up from his seat, "I know that this next conflict will be a test for you. Can you stay together as a team as a family? Or will you crumble and fall apart." Shisui started to turn, "I have to go now, I'll see you in two months as I have a mission, tell Ryoko I said bye." He then started to walk away, "See ya." Shisui used his semblance to fade out as he walked away.

Team IMSN just sat there for awhile, until Naruto got up from his seat, "Well whatever we do, we do together as a team and a family." Everyone nodded to this and went to go find the girls and have a good rest of the day.

Naruto was walking to his headmaster's office in order to talk about the arrangement of Ryoko. So he knocked on the door and waited to be called and once he was he entered. "Naruto, it's nice of you to come by. I expect you know about Ryoko." Naruto nodded, "So you are wondering what the plan for her is?" Naruto nodded. Ozpin thought for a second, "Well if I would be honest, Ryoko is a special case as she is genetically made from both your and Yang's aura and DNA. So really it is up to you Naruto." Ozpin got up from his desk, "While Yang is the mother and I believe will have a decision and hand in Ryoko's life moving forward. However you are eighteen thus an adult, meaning you have the final say in this."

Naruto thought for a second, "No matter what she will be staying on campus am I right."

"If that is what you wish then yes."

Naruto thought more on this, "Is it possible for me to come back to you about this?"

Ozpin nodded, "Yes however I'm sorry to say that you have until tomorrow evening."

Naruto nodded and then left in order to think on this. 'Ryoko's future depends on what I say and what I do…"

The next day Naruto was at the door of team RWBY and he knocked on the door and was presented with Weiss, "What is it?"

Naruto sighed, "Can I come in for a sec."

Weiss saw how he looked and even looked as though he didn't get any sleep, so she wondered why Naruto was like this as he was never like this. Weiss opened the door for him and step aside so he could come in. As soon as he took five steps in he was tackled to the ground by Ryoko, "Good morning daddy."

Naruto smiled, "Good morning." Naruto sat up and looked at everyone while Ryoko was in his lap.

Yang looked at Naruto and saw the bags under his eyes, "Are you okay, you look like you were up all night?"

Naruto sighed, "That's because I was up all night," Naruto then started to explain his conversation with Ozpin yesterday.

Yang sat on Blake's bed with a sigh, "So you have the final authority, but want my opinion right?"

Weiss smirked teasingly, "Aww, you guys are already acting like a married couple. Consulting each other before making a decision."

Yang blushed slightly at this, so did Naruto but his tired expression masked it, "Anyway, Yang what do you think?"

Yang thought for a second, 'We could put her in with us so she would learn like us, but do we really want to subject her to this that early?' "What were you thinking of doing?"

"Well," Naruto said, "What I was thinking… was to keep her out Beacon Academy's student program and then… train her myself and whoever would like to from our teams and JNPR except Nora for… obvious reasons."

Yang shuddered at the thought of Nora with Ryoko for an extended period of time, however she thought about this idea, and then nodded, "To me that sounds like a plan. But out of curiosity why this decision?"

"I would like to know that as well," Blake said.

Naruto chuckled, "I put a lot of consideration in this and came to the conclusion that… I don't want her to be like me."

"What do you mean?" Ruby said.

"Yeah daddy why don't you want me to be like you? Your awesome and I look up to you." Ryoko asked.

"Well… from what my father told Menma and I, a father always wants their child to be better than them. I had to fight for everything just to keep Menma and I alive. I don't want you to have to experience what I had to. However…"

"You don't want to leave her defenseless. Right." Yang said. Naruto nodded, "Well then I'm all for it." This made Naruto smile as well as the girls in the room. And then the next day Naruto told Ozpin of his decision.