Path to the Future
Okay before we get started I first wanted to say thank you Born2BeGodLike for the support that you have shown. I will also answer all the questions I can that you have dropped, as long as it doesn't spoil much of the plot.
On the topic of adding Naruto to the filter, well the reason I didn't was because I would have to fill it up with Menma, Itachi, and Sasuke and then that would be all of the slots I could use, but the story is heavily influenced by team RWBY as well so I just chose to put nothing on their.
Also thank you, that is what I was going for as when I introduced all of team IMSN. I am also glad that you liked the pairing with Itachi and Weiss. My favorite character is Minato in Naruto and for those who think he has a big role now for the direction of this fanfic. Well lets just say that his importance is beyond that and it won't be explained a little of how until the last chapter.
On the question of being interested of how they are those type of faunus, I actually hinted at it a couple of times, you may have to go back to check.
With the killing I tried to retain some of that from Naruto and also as a huntsman and huntress there would be (I assume) some jobs involved with less than… human people. Also with Sakura I can say now that she will be making a return and that is when I will delve more in their relationship as it is a little different from cannon Naruto.
On to Ryoko. I have a lot I want to say but it will ruin it. She is a big part in the story however keep in mind that Hiruzen is also a big part of the story, since he awakened Naruto's form, and something else that will spoil the plot and he died. Not saying that Ryoko will die or not, but starting next chapter she becomes more prevalent in the story.
Again thank you and to all that has support this story I thank you so much as well. On one more note, to get some people excited and to build up more of it. Volume 3 will be changed, not in the sense of Beacon falling I will say that it is still happening, however Volume 3 has a lot of sh*t in it that I can't wait to write and honestly 3 and 4 will probably be my favorite to write. Oh one more thing Sun also plays a bigger part in canon as well
On that note, enjoy the newest chapter
Chapter 21: Dance Dance
Itachi was walking around after talking to Ozpin after what they had found out, so he decided to head to his room to sleep, however he was stopped by Weiss, "Hey Itachi."
Itachi looked to see Weiss in her night clothing in front of her door, "Hello Weiss how has your day been."
"It has been great, thank you for asking," Weiss slightly fidgeted.
Itachi saw that she seemed nervous, "Weiss, you seem nervous. What's wrong?"
"W-well, I know this is a bit unorthodox, but I was wondering i-if you would like to go to the dance tomorrow with me," Weiss asked with a slight blush on her face.
Itachi at first just stared at her until he started to chuckle to which Weiss became a little nervous. Itachi saw her nervousness and attempted to quell it. "This is rather interesting. If I am correct usually this is the guys job." Weiss blushed as she looked away, but it made Itachi smile, "I would be honored to take someone as such as yourself to the dance. If you would allow me?"
"Great. I have to be there early with Yang, so if it is okay can you arrive here early?" she asked.
Itachi nodded, "Of course I'll be here at 7, now then get some sleep you have a long day tomorrow." Weiss nodded and went inside her room but not before hugging Itachi and saying her thanks.
The next day Sasuke was in team RWBY's room as he made sure that Blake got the sleep she need as he began to think on the talk they had when she left the classroom yesterday
Flashback
As Blake had exited the classroom after Yang she continued to her room, when Sasuke decided to make his presence known, "So what do you plan on doing now."
Blake quickly turned around to find Sasuke there. She knew what he meant and answered with, "I can't put this to rest until I know for sure that the Torchwick is behind bars," this put a frown on Sasuke's face, "But I- no we need a break. So I am going to get some much need sleep before going to the dance tomorrow."
Sasuke smirked slightly, "You know I actually didn't approve with what you were doing to yourself."
Blake looked at him confused, "Then why didn't you say anything, I may have stopped myself sooner."
"It is because you would have stopped yourself and completely listened to me is why I didn't say anything," Blake looked at him perplexed as Sasuke got off the wall, "Blake, as much as I dislike the fact, but I am not always going to be here for you. You needed to think or have a talk with someone other than me. Thankfully Yang was able to do both." Sasuke put a hand on Blake's head, "I will always support and that is true, but at the cost of your health then I will go against it for your benefit." Sasuke rubbed her head with a smile and rescinded his hand after, "Now then besides that I wanted to ask if you wanted to go to the dance with me?"
Blake smiled and nodded as she hugged him for awhile before letting go, "Thank you," she said.
Sasuke withdrew from the hug, "Now go get some sleep. You look like you need it badly."
Flashback End
Sasuke raised his eyes from his book, as he looked at Blake's sleeping form, "What am I going to do with you?" He then pulled out his scroll and read the time to be 4:30pm, "The girls should be back anytime now to get ready so I should go." With that Sasuke left to get dressed.
"Again!" Naruto said. Ryoko was panting as she charged at her father with a yell as she seperated her bow into her two swords that had dragon like engravings on it. She struck out at Naruto with rapid and fast swings, to which Naruto either blocked or dodged effortlessly.
"Why! Can't! I! Hit! You!" She yelled with every swing to which Naruto parried them all. Naruto leg sweeped her and slashed his sword upward as he slashed her torso, however thanks to her aura, to which she had an abundance of from Naruto, she received nothing from the attack.
"Your becoming predictable with your strikes, while you can use the styles that I taught you, you can also transform it to your own style. Something unique to you. Also put aura into your strikes, they will be more powerful that. Just because I am your father doesn't mean that I will go easy on you. Now get up and lets try it again," Naruto said as his daughter struggled to get off the floor.
Naruto was going to relax his stance, until Ryoko finally was able to get up with determination in her eyes the likes of which Naruto had rarely seen as he smirked, and readied himself in his Iaido style stance. Ryoko dashed forward faster than before as she struck out to Naruto only for him to deflect her attack. Ryoko tried again and again to get through Naruto's defenses with him blocking and deflecting them. She then jumped using her small frame to go over Naruto and attack however Naruto blocked again and then went for a counterattack as he slashed at her only for her to jump high. Naruto smirked as he jumped after her and began to attack, however Ryoko combined her two swords into it's bladed bow form as she began to spin like how Ruby does with her scythe into something akin to a buzzsaw. Naruto was surprised at this and quickly put up a defense as Ryoko with aura behind her strike slammed into Naruto as she grinded against the blade forcing them both to the ground kicking up dust.
As the dust settled Naruto was still standing with Ryoko on her knees panting. Naruto smiled as he sheathed his weapon and pat his daughter on the head, "That's my girl."
Ryoko looked up at Naruto with one eye open and had a smile on her face due to her father's praise, until they heard clapping in the distance, as they both turned to Yang who was walking too them. "Well, I'm glad to see you both having your father and daughter time together. However Ryoko it is time to get dressed." Ryoko smiled as she jogged to her mother, with Naruto looking confused.
"What are you talking about?"
"Oh, Ryoko will be attending the dance as well."
Naruto looked perplexed at this, "Are you sure that this is a good idea?"
Yang smiled, "It will be fine, I promise."
Naruto sighed and then smiled, "Okay. I'll trust you."
Yang's smile grew, "Thanks Naru, now go and get dress so you can pick me up."
Naruto saluted her, "Aye, aye captain."
At 7 Naruto and Itachi both made their way to the Team RWBY's dorm to pick up Yang, Weiss, and Ryoko. Naruto wore a white buttoned up collared shirt with a black blazer with a red trim, along with black slacks and black dress shoes. Lastly he had a red tie to complete his outfit. Itachi wore a black buttoned shirt with a red vest over and a black blazer to top that which unlike Naruto it was closed and buttoned. Lastly he had black slacks, black dress shoes, and a red tie.
"Are you nervous Itachi?" Naruto asked.
"If I was being honest yes," Itachi said with a straight face.
Naruto chuckled at this slightly, "Funny. You don't seem as though you are nervous."
"I have just learned to mask my emotions very well."
"Which might I add is scary since you do it better than any of us. Hell even Weiss."
Itachi just shrugged, "I just felt that it would be good ability to have. You know just in case."
Naruto nodded as they arrived to team RWBY's dorm, as Naruto knocked on the door. It cracked open slightly revealing Ruby's face, "Hey, why are you guys… oh Weiss, Yang, and Ryoko. Okay give us a second." Ruby then shut the door leaving no room for Itachi and Naruto who just looked at each other and shrugged as they waited. After five minutes the door opened to find Yang, Weiss, and Ryoko with Naruto and Itachi gawking at their respective dates.
Yang wears a short, white, halter neck dress with a pale gray hem and white pumps along with a black crystal necklace that she had for tonight.
Weiss wears a short, white, sleeveless dress with cutouts on both sides of her waist. The yoke of the dress is translucent mesh, and she also wears white pumps.
Lastly Ryoko had a short blood red dress with red girl dress shows, with a grey crystal necklace around her neck.
"So boys how do we look," Yang said with a smirk as she did a slight pose.
"You look amazing Yang," Naruto said with a slight blush and then he turned to his daughter and bent down to her lever as he rubbed her head, "And doesn't my daughter look so cute," he said in a mocking tone which made Ryoko laugh. Naruto looked at both Weiss and Itachi who were still staring at each other, "Let's give them their space,"Naruto whispered to Yang and they left leaving Itachi and Weiss alone.
Itachi was the first to respond, "You look very beautiful tonight Weiss."
Weiss blushed and found the ground to be interesting as she said, "You don't look so bad yourself."
Itachi smiled and outstretched his elbow to take, "Shall we my lady?"
Weiss took it with a smile, "Yes we shall."
Ruby had just finished and was stepping out of the room as she was trying not to stumble, "Stupid lady stilts," she complained. Ruby wears a short, red, sleeveless dress with a thick black sash around the waist and black trim along the bottom. The bodice of the dress is split vertically to the sash and laced with black lacing. The yoke of the dress is translucent mesh with an opaque collar and hem, as well as opaque lines connecting the collar to her shoulders. She also wears black stockings and pumps.
"I would say you look wonderful," someone stated. Ruby looked to her left to see Menma standing against the wall. He wore a black dress shirt and a grey vest along with a black tie, black slacks, and black dress shoes.
Ruby blushed, "H-hey Menm."
Menma smiled at her, "Hey," Menma saw that Ruby was struggling to stand and walk and decided to give her his arm, "Shall we be off my rose."
Ruby blushed again, while taking his arm and shyly nodding, which got a chuckle out of Menma.
Blake was walking to the dance as she wore a short, purple, asymmetrical, halter neck dress that is split up the right side and has a black collar. Translucent black mesh covers her shoulders, decolletage and back, and decorative black swirls cover the left side of the dress and continue up the left strap. The outfit is completed with black pumps, and she wears a teal bow as opposed to her usual black one.
And waiting for her near the door to the ballroom was Sasuke who had a white dress shirt with a navy blue tux with it being open along with a navy tie with black slacks and black dress shoes.
"Sasuke."
"You look beautiful Blake," he said as he offered his arm.
Blake blushed and took his arm as they had peaceful silence with Blake having her head on his shoulder as they walked.
Unbeknownst to them Sun and Neptune saw the whole thing, "Your just going to let her go?" Neptune asked.
"Yeah I am. She is happy with Sasuke. I would be a douche if I started something, but if she needs me, I'll still be their to help." Sun said.
"Your being surprisingly mature."
Sun playfully punched Neptune, "Shut up, now let's go have some fun."
Yang had finally let the last set of people inside which was Mercury and Emerald, as she finally was able to enjoy herself to the fullest for the rest of the night. However surprisingly enough when Pyrrha came she was with Jaune and it turns out that he had asked her out to the dance, which surprised both her and Pyrrha.
However other than that little surprise everyone had a good time with people enjoying team JNPR's little dance performance. And after a small talk with Ozpin Ruby was convinced by Menma to dance, which she stumbled a lot but Menma was always there to catch and quickly began to get the good with dancing and moving with her heels.
After consulting with Ozpin, which Naruto and Yang asked him to watch over Ryoko for awhile as they dance, which he accepted and even took the liberty of introducing her to Ironwood, which was okay with Naruto and didn't preach any of their agreement. With the time that they had alone Naruto danced with Yang and they ended up drawing a crowd as they danced and when the dance ended Naruto ended it with a kiss in front of the crowd who all shouted praise.
Weiss and Itachi also thoroughly enjoyed themselves as they danced and talked all night long, and for the first time in a long time Weiss had actual fun and was happy at a party, which she thanked Itachi for.
Blake and Sasuke, after Blake had danced with Yang, had danced as well as they enjoyed themselves and ended up also started to have fun with Sun and Neptune as well.
Ruby and Menma had decided to go outside for a breather, "This is great, I think we really needed this."
Menma nodded, "Yeah it has been one non stop adventure after the other it's great to be able to have a night like this."
"Yeah…" Ruby said looking down.
Menma saw this, "Ruby what's wrong?"
Ruby shook her head and put up a fake smile, "It's nothi-"
"Ruby," Menma said sternly.
"I…" Ruby started as she contemplated if she wanted to bring this up now, "I… It's just that, I still am sorry for the way I acted towards you in Konoha."
"Ruby I told you it is fine, don't beat yourself over it. It's my fault for… doing that in front of you."
Ruby shook her head, "No, you did it so that I wouldn't be surprised and stunned when it happened later on in an important time. It's just that when you did all of those things, I couldn't stomach it, I was confused, and in that confusion, I hurt you more than I should have. I can't forgive myself for what I did that to you. And then with the news with Sasuke might be put in jail or executed for a crime he didn't commit, I couldn't stop thinking, 'what if you were taken away.' What if you were taken away from me, like my mom. What if I caused it from hurting you again later on. What if-"
Menma had then cut her off as he hugged her, 'To think she bottling so much inside of her.' Menma continued to hug her until she was able to calm down however she did shed tears. Once she was calmer Menma looked at her in her eyes, "Ruby, I want to let you know that I am not going anywhere anytime soon. I isn't your fault okay, you were scared, so it is fine. I love you Ruby and nothing will stop that. I won't leave you, I'll always be by your side," Menma said as he wiped her tears away.
Ruby sniffed a little, "Promise?"
"I promise."
"I love you Menma."
"I love you too Ruby," Menma said but after that something nearby felt off so he looked around.
"What is it Menma?"
Menma turned to the CCT and saw a guard on the ground, "There is a guard unconscious near the CCT." Ruby saw this and looked at Menma as they both nodded, and called their lockers for their weapons, Crescent Rose and Seraphim.
Menma and Ruby rushed to the elevator and took it to the top, and once they arrived they saw nothing out of the ordinary, "Hello?" Ruby said out loud until she stumbled forward with Menma catching her, "Is anyone there? Hello?"
From the corner they saw a woman in black with a black mask stand, "Miss I don't think this is a masquerade party so take off that mask and come with then we'll-" The women interrupted them as she threw some dust in the air only to solidify it to make it shards and threw them at the pair. Ruby and Menma quickly spun their weapons to deflect them then Ruby began firing at her only for the women to deflect them with her hands and summon two black swords swords. Ruby twirled her scythe then used the firing system to give her a boost and swung her scythe downward at her opponent. Ruby missed sadly and got her scythe stuck into the ground unable to retrieve it quickly because of her heels. The women then jumped up and fired three arrows from her bow which she used her swords to combine to make, however these would not hit Ruby as Seraphim in its blades whip configuration curled around her, thus protecting her. "I don't think so," Menma then flicked his wrist as Seraphim quickly traveled to the women which surprised her as she had been struck in her chest sending her out the window. Menma was going to pursue when he heard Ironwood come up the elevator he looked back at the window and ran to see if she was there only to find her gone, 'Dammit.'
"So much for a peaceful night," Ruby said.
And there is another chapter, also thank you all for the support.