Finally I have returned. I have triumphed over the emperor of time, slain the hordes of procrastination, and toppled the tyrant of responsibility. Now I share with you the spoils of this last war.

I do not own Naruto or RWBY, these series belong to their respective owners.

Chapter 2: Forecast

A holo-screen activates and a young woman with short brown hair wearing a light blue blouse appears. The woman sits behind a news desk bearing the symbol of ANN (Atlas New Network) with the symbol of Atlas behind her head.

"Thousands are dead and over a hundred left homeless and displaced after the tragedy at Konoha. In the wake of this disaster the Schnee Dust Company has gathered their resources in an attempt to help the survivors. Let us go to the field where currently Schnee Dust Company CEO Jacques Schnee is giving a speech." The woman says professionally.

From beside the woman's head an image appears before it takes over the holo-screen. Inside of this image we see a man with short cropped white hair wearing a white suit. The man is standing at a podium as a large crowd of reporters snap pictures of him.

"In the face of this tragedy the Schnee Dust Company has decided to lend their support to the survivors. Already the Schnee Dust Company is gathering supplies, food, water, clothes, and dust, in an attempt to help the victims of this terrible tragedy. We have even begun construction of homes for the survivors."

"The Schnee Dust Company would also like to use this time to announce the creation of the Konoha Memorial Fund. We are hoping to raise enough money to help us build these new homes for the survivors and later help send the children to school. Finally, the Schnee Dust Company has begun serious talks with the military in the hopes that a tragedy like what happened at Konoha will never happen again."

"That is all. My daughters and I plan to be with the first wave of Schnee Dust Company employees to help the refugees from Konoha." Frost Schnee finishes before walking off to the side and collecting his two daughters, Winter, a girl older than her sister with her hair cut down to her neck, and Weiss Schnee, the younger of the two with her long hair done up into a ponytail that was beginning to crawl down her back.

The screen shrinks before once again the holo-screen is filled with the original reporter.

"The Schnee Dust Company has already made true on their efforts and supplies have begun to arrive at what many are now calling the Konoha Refugee Center. Jacques Schnee and his family are reported to be arriving in five hours, just in time for the arrival of the refugees."

"Proponents of the Schnee Dust Company's actions are applauding the company for its humanitarian aid and have already begun to promise their support for the company's efforts. While opponents are saying that Jacques Schnee is using the deaths of thousands to further his company in a political stunt."

"It is now 1200 hours; this has been Melony Bell from ANN news, signing off." The screen goes dark as the news report ends.


On board of a passenger class airship, like the ones students would usually take to Beacon Academy, a young blonde looked sadly out the window.

"It's so different." Naruto thought to himself.

Whereas Konoha had the appearance of a mostly suburban area with the only city like structures being near the airport, while also maintaining an abundance of parks and farmland; the city of Atlas, Atlas's capital city, was vastly different. Tall buildings made of metal towered over the ground, trees were scarce, and he had yet to see a park. The sky itself seemed to be populated with aircraft and ships from the fleet patrolled the sky.

Taking a glance away from the window he looked back at the surrounding people, his fellow Konohanians? He didn't know any of these people. During his time onboard of one of the military vessels he had wandered around in an attempt to find someone he knew but he hadn't found any. He had cried himself to sleep more than once over the realization that like his parents, everyone he knew was gone.

It hadn't helped that on his first day in the custody of the Atlas military that there had been a mass funeral for those lost. And even though Naruto couldn't count that high he was sure there were a lot less bodies than the nearly eight thousand lives they were honoring.

In the following days of his week onboard the Atlas military vessel Naruto had little to cheer him. Perhaps the brightest moment had been when he had been cleared by the doctors as healthy and when a couple of the soldiers had taken time to keep him company.

Even Naruto's exploration on the ship had only brought him more sadness and anger as he discovered many people hooked up to machines as doctors scurried around checking the bouncing light on the screen or inserting needles into their bodies. He had even witnessed the doctors pull the sheets over some of their heads. Naruto didn't understand what was happening but by the atmosphere he knew it was bad. He had eventually been escorted out of the room by a couple of soldiers. Since then there seemed to always be a soldier watching him and occasionally play with him.

He hadn't even been allowed to check on the other kids onboard the ship. The three kids apparently having been saved by someone called Pvt. Saffron. The soldiers kept telling Naruto that they hadn't been as lucky as him and were still recovering from their injuries but reassured him that they would be okay.

Shaking his head from his saddening thoughts Naruto turned his attention back towards the window, noticing that the ground was beginning to get closer. The ship had started to land.

It did not take long for the ship to land and lower a ramp before a group of soldiers stepped forwards and began to help guide the Konoha survivors down the ramp. It was now time to disembark.

Walking down the ramp to the crowd of people quickly became a surreal experience to Naruto. Cameras were flashing as they took pictures of him and the other refugees while other people were standing in front of cameras talking about his hometown. Even more people, this time in white suits or military uniforms walked up to the people who got off the ramp and helped to guide them towards the temporary dwellings, a series of easy to assemble igloo like structures.

Once off the ship Naruto was soon guided over to one of the tables where someone would take him to his new home. That is if the whispers about being taken to the orphanage if a member of his family was not found did not happen.

"Name?" The person at the desk spoke, their voice an interesting mix of pity and boredom.

"Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto responded.

The person looked up when he heard Naruto's childlike voice and his face softened as he entered Naruto's name into the computer in front of him. Giving Naruto his most reassuring smile he called over one of the soldiers before turning to address Naruto.

"Naruto you will be put in housing C8. That's the eighth house on the third row. The nice soldier beside me will take you there. If you have any questions please feel free to ask him." The man at the desk says as kindly as possible.

"Thank you." Naruto mumbles unsure of what to say at the moment. However his mother had always said to say thank you to those that helped him so it seemed right.

Once more the man at the desk smiled before the soldier came forward. "Come on Naruto, let's get you settled." The soldier said kindly while offering his hand.

Accepting the man's hand Naruto was guided through the white igloo like structures and soon reached the place that would be his new home. Entering the building he was greeted to four beds with a chest in front of each of them. On top of each of the beds he could see a box.

Seeing the question on Naruto's face at the number of beds the soldier decided to answer the unasked question. "You will be staying with the other children from Konoha. The boxes are full of clothes and you can pick your own bed. A Schnee employee will be assigned to take care of you during your stay here and will take you to meals and to the bathing area."

Nodding absentmindedly Naruto moved over to one of the beds and collapsed on it, ignoring the box. He had no desire to open it.

The soldier watching Naruto's lethargic ways gained a gleam of understanding in his eyes as he watched the boy. Perhaps he had seen similar in his fellow soldiers or experienced it himself, but he recognized the boy's behavior. "If you need anything just ask any of the soldiers or a Schnee employee. The Schnee employees are the ones in the white suits." The soldiers said as he left the igloo.

Naruto watched as he left before he went back to lying on his bed and staring at the ceiling. The past week had been too much for the boy and he felt that he was letting down his mother. He had promised that he would be happy but he couldn't bring himself to smile. All he saw was death and he had yet to meet another child. How was he supposed to be happy when everyone he knew was dead?

That thought only invited more dark thoughts as he wondered how he could possibly live up to his promise to his mother. These thoughts whirled in his mind, mingled with the memories of the Grimm and their attack on his home, of the deaths of his family and friends. Luckily before he could fully sink into these thoughts he felt an urge from his bladder. He had to go to the bathroom.

Hopping out of bed Naruto left the igloo like structure before spotting one of the adults in the white suits and asking him where the bathrooms were. Once he was pointed in the right direction Naruto ran off and reached a row of porta-johns. Apparently the water was not yet running in the bathing facility, so the Konoha survivors would have to make due for the next couple of days.

Finishing his business quickly and finding a sanitizer station, Naruto turned to regard the camp that he would likely call home until the government shipped him off to an orphanage. Neither his mother nor his father had any living relatives to speak of. The bathing facility was simply a large metal box with two large tanks being filled with water while people in white suits worked on it, trying to get the facility ready for the Konoha refugees. The lines of igloos stretched off to the side from where he came from, and a larger building that could probably hold everyone here had been constructed, most likely the meal area as well as the town center. Likely this would be the only building to remain once the survivors were on their feet and integrated into the city.

Shrugging his shoulders Naruto decided to explore. Waiting in his igloo was boring and lonely. Who knows maybe he will find something that will make him happy like his mother wanted while he explored.

It was as Naruto was moving around the igloos that he crashed into someone and they both fell to the ground with an 'oomph'.

Naruto rubbed his sore butt as he rose from the ground and turned towards the person that he had run into.

"Hey watch where you're going." A girl said in annoyance after she rubbed her sore behind and regarded the boy before her. He wasn't wearing the clothes of a refugee, just a pair of pants too big for him and a shirt. The clothes looked like what the military wore but shrunk many times so that it could fit the child. Perhaps he was a child of one of the soldiers.

Naruto immediately responded back to the girl with long white hair done into a ponytail and wearing a white dress. "You watch where you're going."

"You're the one that bumped into me." The girl argued back.

"Well I was distracted." Naruto crossed his arms, stamped his foot, and turned his head. But instead of a pout on his face he had a smile. He didn't understand why, perhaps it was because this was the first conversation he had with a sense of normalcy, but he was happy.

"You should have been watching where you were going. You can't walk around like that. We're trying to help these peo…" Before the girl could finish lecturing the boy in front of her Naruto interrupted her.

"Hey do you want to play tag?" Naruto suddenly asked the girl, the smile on his face shining brightly as his eyes took on a playful glint. This girl was the first person he had encountered his own age and she didn't give him those strange smiles and looks, she treated him like he was a kid.

"Tag? We can't play tag. What about…" Once again the girl was interrupted by Naruto as she was poked in the ribs.

"Tag you're it." Naruto said before running off.

The girl growled to herself before taking off after the boy. "Hey get back here." She screamed.

The girl took off running after the blonde boy. She couldn't let him run here, her father said it was too important to fool around. Plus she kinda sorta didn't want to be it. She planned to catch him, make him it, and then she would educate him on proper manners here. But first she had to catch him.

The two children raced through the refugee center, their actions not bringing reprisal but smiles to the surrounding adults as the children brought a sense of innocence to the area, a change from the depressing atmosphere.

Soon the girl caught up to the boy and tagged him. "Hah now you're it." She cheered before giving an exaggerated ojou-sama laugh.

"Agh. You got me." Naruto said as he caught on and pretended to be stricken before falling to the ground and going still.

"Hey are you alright?" The girl asked as Naruto continued to play possum.

Walking towards the crumpled child, the girl reached out her hand and shook his shoulder. As if the action was magic the boy sprung up and tackled her to the ground and declared proudly, "tag you're it."

"Hey no fair." The girl whined as the boy got up. However before the boy could get far a smirk appeared on her face as she rose from the ground and jumped onto his back, tackling him to the ground.

"Ha, now you're it." The girl said with a smile as she got off the boy.

"Not for long." Naruto cried out before giving a childish war cry before running at the girl.

The girl smirked at Naruto before she turned around and ran.

This game of tag would continue for many rounds and their smiles would never leave their faces. The girl would forget about lecturing the boy and have fun while Naruto, Naruto would for the first time in a week be able to honor his promise to his mother and be happy.

It was as the game ended that the two stopped and panted for breathe, with Naruto bending over with his hands on his knees and the girl plopping onto the ground. It was actually while they were catching their breath that they realized that they didn't know the other's name.

"Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto said as he extended his hand to the girl.

The girl looked at his hand before accepting it with a smile. "Weiss Schnee."

What the two children hadn't realized is that they had moved towards the edge of the refugee area away from the military and the Schnee company employees. Nor did they realize that someone overheard their introduction, or more specifically Weiss's introduction.

Unnoticed by the two children someone approached Naruto from behind and shoved him out of the way while drawing a knife from his sleeves.

"Death to the Schnee!" Exclaimed the assassin.

This assassin is a faunus who believed in the more extreme ways to gain faunus rights. He and his group had heard about the Konoha Refugee Center and seen the Schnee family on the news and sent him. It had been his hope that he would be able to kill Jacques Schnee but the man was always surrounded by his bodyguards and the military was everywhere. It had been his lucky day when he overheard Weiss introduce herself. Killing Jacques's daughter and carving his message into her flesh would drive the point about faunus labor rights quite nicely.

As for Naruto, he watched as this man approached his new friend with a knife in his hand. He saw the fear on Weiss's face. He could not let this happen. Weiss had quickly become the only light in his world, she made him happy, and he could not let her die, not again. But how could he stop a grown man.

Unknown to Naruto was that his mother had activated his aura a few days before the Konoha incident so that his body could get used to it. She had thought it would be a great bonding activity for them to do in the mornings. If Naruto was going to continue with his desire to follow in his parent's footsteps and become a hunter so that he could save others and fight the Grimm, then he was going to be safe while he did so.

So it was that as Weiss screamed and closed her eyes and the assassin sliced at her face with his knife that Naruto threw out his arm and a bluish translucent square barely the size of Weiss's arm and nearly a finger's width in thickness appeared in front of her face. The shield held, barely, only allowing the tip of the blade to slice from above her left eye and down to her cheek.

Naruto's semblance, the reflection of his soul had presented itself, the ability to project shields. A semblance that had been influenced by his parents when he saw that despite his father's unstoppable offensive based semblance he had been unable to save anyone while his mother's more defensive based semblance had managed to save many. This lesson had imprinted itself on Naruto's very soul, the soul of a guardian, the soul of someone who wanted to protect, and given him the ability to create a shield that could save his new friend's life.

As the assassin stared at his blade and pulled it back, Weiss looked at Naruto in wonder, even as the boy stared at his hands in confusion. Meanwhile Weiss's bodyguards who had been following the game of tag from a distance had become visible and were quickly reaching the children.

The assassin noticing the appearance of the bodyguards and valuing his own life turned towards Naruto and said, "Damn kid." before dashing off.

With the assassin gone Naruto quickly ran towards Weiss and hugged her before asking if she was alright. Weiss just nodded as tears fell from her eyes and she held onto her new friend.

By the time the bodyguards reached the children and secured the area while one attempted to pry Weiss and Naruto apart so that he could look at her wound a bond had been forged. A maelstrom and a snowflake had come together.

Alright and that is the end of chapter two. Sorry this took so long but even now I am using a computer that isn't even mine (that one died at the end of September and I haven't had a chance to replace it).

I also wasn't sure if I was going to write a chapter two after such a poor reception (the first reviews I read for this story were bad) chapter one received. I had thought it was a flop. That is until I saw all of the favorites and followers and decided I couldn't let you guys down. So thank you for caring, it is nice to know you all enjoyed my writing.

This chapter is the birth of Weiss's and Naruto's friendship. It also introduces Naruto's aura which I am calling projection (pretty sure no one has done it before), whether it just makes shields will be discovered as the story progresses. Also when I last checked it had not been confirmed where Weiss's scar comes from as in the White intro it is already there while in parts it's not so for the sake of the story it is from an assassin from a faunus terrorist group (not White Fang since I don't believe the leadership change that made them a violent group has happened yet).

After this chapter will either be an interlude or the beginning of Beacon Academy.

Finally I hope I stayed true to Weiss's character but I believe her to be a fun person if a little strict and proper at times. You can see she can be over the top and silly actually when she asks Blake what is wrong by jumping on a chair so she pose and then puts it back once she realizes she was silly in front of people.

Also where can I watch volume 3, I think it's out but I don't know where I can watch it. As it is I will buy it when it is available but I'd like to know where I can view it since they have apparently revealed Winter.

Oh and once they reveal Weiss's dad's name I plan to change Frost to whatever his real name is, but until then it is Frost.

Thank you for reading. Please leave a review at the bottom.