Chapter 4:

Please Point the Gun-Sword away from Me

Jiraiya looked down at the toad who had just given him an update on the search for the Devourer. They had seen him, but he was still on the path here. Jiraiya thought it strange that the man would choose to walk the entire way from Atlas, especially when it came to the Grimm that populated the areas around the paths.

"Jiraiya," the toad said, "be careful when you confront him. The little knowledge we have could be his best weapon against you."

"But he also knows nothing about me," Jiraiya replied without worry, and the toad sighed before it disappeared in a poof of smoke. Jiraiya steeled his gaze and took off running with the sun beating down on him. He was intent on taking care of this problem before it got anywhere close to Naruto.

Naruto sneezed and rubbed his nose. He hoped he wasn't catching a cold. Beside him, Suigetsu was eagerly holding onto the hilt of Kubikiribōchō. They were in the middle of their sparring class, and Suigetsu was eagerly waiting for Professor Goodwitch to choose him.

However, she instead opted to pick Jaune as the first of the students to enter the ring for this match. Naruto, ever since his last match against Jaune, had wanted a serious match with his fellow leader and raised his hand high in the air in an attempt to be picked. He didn't miss the exasperated look of Karin at his behavior.

"Mr. Uzumaki, will you please put your hand down. After what you did during your last match, you should consider yourself lucky to have gotten away with a minor punishment," Professor Goodwitch stated with a stern look, and then she turned to face one of the other students. "Mr. Winchester, please come down to the ring."

As Naruto watched the leader of team CRDL walk down with a smug smirk on his face, he snickered as he remembered the first day of sparring.

-(Flashback Start!)-

"Naruto Uzumaki, Jaune Arc, please step into the ring."

Suigetsu groaned, and Naruto jumped into the ring. He heard his other two team members telling him good luck. Meanwhile, Jaune seemed really nervous as he stepped in front of Naruto.

"Don't worry, -ttebayo," Naruto assured his fellow blond. "I'll make it relatively painless."

"Thanks," he replied dryly, not really feeling relieved since he had no clue what "relatively painless" was to Naruto.

The match began, and Naruto quickly made a hand seal. One which all of his teammates recognized. Suigetsu started laughing his pants off, his frustration at not being the first to fight fully gone. Jugo's face remained neutral, but a faint blush could be seen if you looked close enough. Karin groaned and was ready to heal Naruto from the backlash of the double-edged sword that Naruto was going to use.

A large smoke cloud surrounded Naruto, blocking him from view. Jaune tensed up and prepared for the inevitable surprise attack.

Nothing happened, though, and Jaune found himself questioning what was going on. However, as the smoke began to clear, Jaune froze completely at the sight in front of him, as did most of the other students.

Standing in Naruto's place was a girl with long blonde hair tied into twin ponytails. Her blue eyes were rounder than Naruto's, but the whisker marks were still the same. But what had Jaune struck silent was the fact she was completely nude with only a few wisps of smoke covering her intimate areas.

She blushed and bashfully tried to cover herself using her arms. "Mou, it's embarrassing! Please don't look," her eyes stared right into Jaune's, "Mas-ter Jau-ne."

That was the final straw, and Jaune shot back with a stream of blood flowing from his nose. He flew out of bounds and collapsed into an unconscious heap. The same thing happened to some of the audience too, and Naruto transformed back with a laugh. He could feel the female fury directed at him from some of the girls, one of whom was most likely Weiss.

"Totally worth it." He saw the glare he received from Professor Goodwitch and was prepared for any punishment she could dish out.

Jaune's teammates rushed down to their leader, and Nora stood over him.

"Don't go, Jaune! You still have so much to live for." She raised her hands into the air and electricity began flowing through them. "Clear!"

Pyrrha and Ren grabbed her before she accidentally did stop Jaune's heart. Meanwhile, Suigetsu was wiping tears from his eyes, and Jugo was looking away from everyone in an attempt to hide his embarrassment.

-(Flashback End!)-

Jaune's luck had pretty much been the same for any match he had since then. He always lost a match without so much as putting a dent into his opponent's Aura level. And this match with Cardin was no exception. He lost pretty quickly, and Naruto was quickly beginning to question how exactly Jaune had gotten accepted into Beacon.

As Jaune's Aura dropped into the "red zone" -Naruto still wondered how they managed to measure a person's Aura level- Professor Goodwitch called the match and began to berate Jaune on his failure to look at his Scroll in the middle of battle.

That was something that Naruto was guilty of as well, and something he doubted he would be able to change. He was used to fighting and gauging how much strength he had left without a scroll, so he didn't need to use that strategy.

With the class now over, Glynda prepared to dismiss class with an announcement. "Remember, everyone, the Vytal Festival is only a few months away. It won't be long before students from the other kingdoms start arriving in Vale, so keep practicing. Those who choose to compete in the combat tournament will be representing all of Vale.

"Hey, Naruto, you signed us up for this Vytal Festival thing, right?" Suigetsu questioned.

"Of course. I want to see just how strong huntsmen from the other countries are too." Naruto took out his scroll when he received a message on it from an unknown number. "That's weird."

"What is?" Karin came over and peered at the scroll over his shoulder. She saw the message that told Naruto to meet the person in front of the statue at the front of the school tonight.

"It's most likely a girl who wishes to confess her feelings to you," Jugo commented as he took a look, using his knowledge of the many visual novels he had gone through since coming to Vale.

Naruto blinked several times, and then he began laughing at that prospect. "Nice one, Jugo. Come on, there's no way a girl would actually feel that way about me for real."

Naruto began walking off towards the cafeteria intent on getting food in his stomach, leaving the rest of his team staring blankly at his back.

"That dense idiot," all three said in sync.

"He doesn't help the case against dumb blonds," Suigetsu muttered. "Even I know that quite a few girls have been fawning over Naruto since we arrived at Beacon. How can he think that no one would actually have feelings for him?"

Karin sighed as they shuffled out of the building. "It makes sense, though, when you consider how he grew up. He didn't have parents or anyone who could teach him about love. And with how the villages back home treat Jinchuuriki, it's not like he had girls back home lining up to go out with him." Karin looked at the back of her fellow Uzumaki. "When you're treated like that, when you're hated by everyone around you… It can be hard to believe that someone actually could love you."

Naruto looked over to the counter, where Jugo was getting his lunch, and turned back to listen to Nora's story about taking on Grimm. Ren cut in every few seconds to correct some details such as how many Grimm there were along with the fact that they were Beowolves and not Ursai. Jaune lazily poked at his food, not taking a bite of anything on the plate.

Naruto looked to the right and saw Blake reading a book, but he could feel her hatred directed at him. He had no clue what he had done to her, or whether she was just really vengeful, even if it was something stupid like pranks. Maybe he looked like someone else that she didn't like, like an ex-boyfriend or something.

Shaking off his thoughts, he looked over to Weiss, who was finally realizing her place as a part of a team. The animosity between her and Ruby was no longer as severe as it was when Team RWBY had first come together.

"And we made a boatload of Lien selling Ursa-skin rugs," Nora declared proudly as she finished her story.

Ren sighed. "She's been having this recurring dream for nearly a month now."

Pyrrha noticed Jaune picking at his food without eating it. "Jaune, are you okay?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah. Why?"

Ruby was about to reply, but Suigetsu beat her to it. "You're acting like a puppy that just got kicked." He shrugged off the strange stares he got from Teams RWBY and JNPR. "What? It's true."

"Guys, I'm fine. Seriously, look," Jaune said with a nervous laugh, but everybody continued to stare at him in disbelief.

Their intervention with Jaune was interrupted by the sounds of Team CRDL, who had nothing better to do with their time and were bullying a Faunus girl who was in the second year.

Naruto's fist began to shake as he watched the brown haired girl with rabbit ears being mocked for something she couldn't control. No matter where he went, there were always people like that. People who would hate someone who was different from them. To see someone else go through something similar to what he had in childhood… It made him mad. He would rather take all the hatred of the world onto himself than see someone hated for who or what they were born as.

To his right, Karin could sense the chakra within Naruto turning into a maelstrom. His usually calm chakra was being overcome with the dark chakra of the Nine-Tails. She lightly pinched his arm to snap him out of it, and he began to calm down.

"Jaune, Cardin's been picking on you since the first week of school," Pyrrha said, and Jaune turned back to look at her.

"Who? Cardin Winchester? Nah… He just likes to mess around, you know? Practical jokes."

Naruto frowned at Jaune. He made it sound like what Cardin was doing was nothing more than what Naruto did when he played pranks. Practical jokes were supposed to get a laugh out of people, maybe annoy the recipients of the joke as well, but never to harm someone.

"He's a bully," Ruby stated, narrowing her eyes at Cardin.

Jaune tried to deny the claim, but everyone was quick to point out the clear instances where Cardin had bullied Jaune. The most notable of which was the time that he had pushed Jaune into a rocket-propelled locker and sent him flying to some random place on the campus.

"I didn't land far from the school," Jaune replied.

"Jaune, you know if you ever need help you can just ask…" Pyrrha told him.

Nora stood up quickly. "Ooh! We'll break his legs!" She suggested passionately.

"I vote for castration with a rusty blade." The sadistic gleam in Suigetsu's eyes made Naruto scoot a little further away from him.

"Guys, really, I'm fine." Jaune stood up with his plate as he prepared to leave "Besides, it's not like he's just a jerk to me; he's a jerk to everyone."

Cardin was still picking on the Faunus girl and was roughly pulling on her ears.

"Ow, that hurts!" She exclaimed. "Please, stop."

Cardin ignored the girl and continued his abuse. Naruto watched as Jugo, who had been heading to the table they were sitting on, deviated from his course and began walking over to the table Cardin was at.

"Oh, this is going to be good." Naruto grinned and kept his eyes glued on Cardin, fully prepared to watch him get his just deserts.

Jugo walked up to Cardin and looked down at him. Cardin paused, and he let go of the girl's ears. He tried not to look nervous at the imposing figure of Jugo but failed miserably.

"She told you to stop, Cardin," Jugo said with a terrifying yet impassive gaze. "And you picking on her is disturbing the others here who are trying to eat."

"Oh, what's it to you? She's just a filthy Faunus."

Cardin reached for the girl's ears again but was intercepted by Jugo. He tightly grabbed Cardin's hand, steadily adding the pressure he applied to it. It didn't take long for an expression of pain to find its way onto Cardin's face.

"I'm asking you to stop. She's done nothing wrong and is just as human as you or me." The crack in Cardin's wrist was nearly audible, and his teammates had long since abandoned him. "You're going to promise to leave her alone, and then I'll let go of your hand."

"Alright! Alright!" Cardin cried out. "I promise! I'll leave her alone, just don't break my hand!"

Jugo relaxed his grip, and Cardin was quick to get away from him, sending a spiteful glare at Jugo. Jugo turned to the girl and picked up the camera that she had dropped in the commotion. He handed it to her, and she put it away.

"Thank you," she said quietly, smiling at him. "I'm Velvet."

"My name's Jugo." Jugo shook her hand, taking care not to accidentally use too much force. "I don't like people like Cardin, and I couldn't stand to see him hurting a fellow student like that."

Naruto and Suigetsu began to clap for Jugo, making him look over to see the shocked faces of everyone at the nearby table. He said goodbye to Velvet as she left and sat down next to Suigetsu.

"That was awesome!" Yang exclaimed, and everyone was quick to agree. "I swear it looked like he was going to need a new pair of underwear at any second."

"Jugo's a sucker when it comes to cute girls," Suigetsu said teasingly, and Karin decided to join in.

"He'll deny it, but cute girls and animals are his mortal weaknesses. So he had no choice but to help someone in need who is a combination of those two things."

"..." Jugo stared at Suigetsu and Karin with slight annoyance and began eating his food.

"Hear that, Ruby?" Yang looked at her sister with a grin. "Put on some cat ears or something and you can have Jugo wrapped around your finger."

"Yang!" Ruby shouted in embarrassment, eyes flickering over to Naruto slightly. Naruto nearly choked on his food as he laughed. The image of Jugo being bossed around by Ruby in a cat costume was just too hilarious.

As Suigetsu and Karin put away their quarreling to join forces in teasing their teammate, Naruto finished up his meal and cleaned up his mess. He saw Jaune leave the building and decided to give a little bit of support and advice to him.

"Hey, Jaune!" Naruto ran up and placed a hand on Jaune's shoulder. "Listen, don't let Cardin get to you. He may think that you're the weakest link on your team, but-"

"Well, I am," Jaune exclaimed, throwing his arms up in the air. "I can barely swing my sword to save my life, and I didn't even know what Aura was until Pyrrha told me in the initiation."

"So?" Naruto looked at him with raised brows. "What does it matter when you learned about Aura or how badly you've swung a blade before. Those things don't affect the future you."

Jaune scratched his head. "What?"

"I used to be a lot like you. I started off as someone who didn't really have a lot of power and was pretty useless in a fight because deep down I didn't believe in my own strength." Naruto pointed at Jaune's weapon. "All you need to do is learn how to use your strengths that you already have and train up the parts of yourself that need it, like your swordsmanship."

"So are you going to train me or something?"

Naruto laughed. "Oh, heck no, dattebayo! I suck at teaching people." Naruto looked over to the other three members of Team JNPR who were approaching towards them. "Our fighting styles are too different anyway, but you have teammates who will always be there to help you through anything. In fact… Doesn't Pyrrha use a sword and shield too? Ask her to help train you. I'm sure she'd be glad to."

Jaune looked at Naruto's broad grin, and it was too contagious for him not to smile as well.

"Thanks, Naruto. I needed to hear that."

Before he could run off, Naruto grinned mischievously. "Despite what I said, there is one training exercise you and your team could do. It will help to improve your stealth and teamwork, along with your ability to work under pressure."

Jiraiya crouched on the tree branch as he saw the incoming figure, who was the Devourer according to his toads. The man looked little like the blurry photograph. He was lean and tall, with bright crimson hair. He wore a nice suit and looked like he had just come from a business meeting. Jiraiya was unable to spot a weapon but assumed that it was hidden within his clothes.

Jiraiya ran through a few hand signs and prepared to use a jutsu the moment he came into range. Each step seemed to take longer as the Devourer approached.

'Now!' Jiraiya jumped off the branch he was sitting on. "Katon: Endan!"

Several large balls of fire shot from his mouth and enveloped the Devourer inside. Jiraiya didn't relax his guard, though. He doubted that someone with such a dangerous reputation would be taken out so quickly.

Sure enough, the smoke soon cleared and revealed a shield made of water floating in front of Devourer's open hand. The water dropped to the ground, and he smiled.

"I expected someone would come to prevent me from reaching Vale." He stared at Jiraiya with a curious glance. "Who are you? One of Ozpin's new dogs?"

Jiraiya smirked. "I'm glad you asked." Jiraiya began doing kabuki poses as he introduced himself. "From the far off land of Mount Myoboku, the man who makes women swoon and men drop to their knees in despair when they see his awesomeness, I am the gallant sage of toads, Jiraiya!"

The Devourer's smile never dropped. "I enjoy people who have a penchant for theatrics such as yourself. I wish we didn't have to be on opposite sides of the battlefield. You would have made an excellent comrade."

Jiraiya watched as he reached into a pouch on his belt and tossed something into his mouth. Moments after, his body began to grow larger until he looked more like the heavily muscled monster that had been in the photograph.

Along with the increase in size, the Devourer's shirt had begun to rip at certain points, allowing Jiraiya to finally catch a glimpse of his weapon. Instead of a traditional weapon, the man was covered in dust infused tattoos that circled around his arms, legs, and torso. Jiraiya began trying to figure out exactly how the marks worked, but it wasn't long before he got a demonstration.

The markings glowed and the Devourer slammed his hand into the ground. A split second later, Jiraiya had to dash away from spikes of earth trying to impale him.

Jiraiya blocked a punch thrown at him and retaliated with a strike of his own. Devourer was sent sliding along the ground, but he shot a gust out of his hand to slow down.

Jiraiya made a single hand seal, and then his hair became as sharp and strong as steel blades. "Ranjishigami no Jutsu!"

Jiraiya's hair grew longer and launched towards Devourer, forming into the shape of a lion's maw. Devourer grunted in pain as the attack made contact and did his best to protect his vital organs.

"That's a pretty impressive ability," he complimented Jiraiya before disappearing. "I think I might take it out for a test spin."

Jiraiya looked around before he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder and saw his opponent biting down on him. Jiraiya slammed his fist into Devourer's face and briefly glanced at the wound. It wasn't too bad, but he would definitely have to do something after he was done here to make sure it didn't get infected.

"Oh, this feels weird." Devourer looked at his hand before forming them into a crude Snake hand seal. "Let's see if this works."

Jiraiya's eyes widened when he saw his opponent use a smaller and less powerful version of the Ranjishigami no Jutsu. He shouldn't even have chakra, let alone be able to mold it to that level.

Jiraiya made several more hand signs, knowing that he had to finish this guy even quicker if he had the ability to use chakra.

"Katon: Ryuuka no Jutsu!"

An inferno came out of Jiraiya's mouth and followed the Devourer's hair back to its source and enveloped him in flames.

Before his opponent could catch his breath, Jiraiya ran forward and formed a Rasengan in one hand, slamming it into the stomach of his opponent.

Devourer crashed into a nearby tree and weakly stood to his feet. He had transformed back to normal, and he wiped a bit of blood that was leaking from his mouth.

"Not bad," he said, "I haven't had this much fighting someone in a while. Unfortunately, I must take my leave. I have a mission to complete, and I doubt I could survive this fight if you went all out. See you later."

He threw something into his mouth before turning invisible. Jiraiya tried to capture him but was unable to find him.

Jiraiya cursed. He reached up to the wound on his shoulder and pulled out his medical supplies. As he began taking care of the injury, he thought back to his fight. The Devourer's abilities were much more dangerous than he had anticipated.

His dust tattoos allowed him to use some pretty devastating attacks, especially if he was able to combine the dust, and he could never be disarmed like other human opponents normally could. And although Jiraiya didn't have concrete proof yet, he believed that the Devourer's ability was not shapeshifting. In fact… it seemed more like he was copying the powers and abilities of Grimm, and even Jiraiya himself. The only question Jiraiya had was if it was permanent or not.

Jiraiya stood to his feet. Regardless of how Devourer's abilities worked, Jiraiya had slowed him down. He would have to heal from the wounds of this battle. That would give Jiraiya and Ozpin time to plan out a counter strategy. It was time to head back to Beacon.

"I wonder how those brats are doing?"

"You are a cruel and horrible person, Naruto," Suigetsu said. "I knew we became friends for a reason."

Naruto, Karin, and Suigetsu were watching Team JNPR struggle with the task that Naruto had given them. They were trying to sneak into a room and place a special seal on a spot on the floor. They had to not get caught by any of the teachers, and Professor Goodwitch was precariously close to their location.

Naruto hadn't told them everything about this "training exercise" because they probably wouldn't have accepted otherwise. In reality, they were helping him prank Professor Goodwitch with the seal that he had given them. He grinned as he saw Ren and Nora desperately trying to find a place to hide before they were caught.

Naruto watched Karin take the Icha-Icha book away from Suigetsu, who let out a quiet shout of anger.

"I can't believe you're reading this garba-" Karin stopped as she saw whatever was written on the page. "I didn't know that was even possible."

To the surprise of Naruto and Suigetsu, she flipped to the front and actually began reading it. Deciding that it was a good thing his partner had taken an interest in the Icha-Icha series, Suigetsu began reading over her shoulder instead of stealing the book back.

Naruto chuckled at the two and checked the time real quick. He stood up and looked to his teammates.

"Suigetsu, Karin, keep an eye on them. I've got to go meet whoever sent me that message earlier."

Suigetsu waved his hand. "Yeah, yeah. Just don't do anything stupid, I doubt Karin wants another cousin running around in nine months."

"What do you mean?" Naruto questioned, and Suigetsu groaned at how dense he was.

"Never mind. I don't think she'll have to worry about that anytime soon."

Naruto ran towards the front of the school, leaving Suigetsu to watch Team JNPR while Karin blushed as she read the contents of the book.

When he reached the statue, the area was devoid of life, and he began wondering if this was just some elaborate joke. Before he turned and walked away, he heard a click and froze up.

Spinning around, he saw Blake pointing her weapon right at his head. He gulped and saw the hard stare she was giving him.

"We need to talk." Staring directly into his eyes, she asked, "What are you?"

Naruto gave her a confused look as he tried to figure out what this could possibly be about.

"'What am I?'" Naruto repeated, and Blake nodded. "I'm Naruto Uzumaki, -ttebayo!"

"That's not what I meant. Ever since I first saw you, you've given off the feeling of a Grimm. I was so sure of that fact, but you can't be one since you have Aura. The air of hatred, anger, and evil around you is still there, but you're not a Grimm… So what exactly are you?"

Naruto looked at his stomach. So she could sense it, much like Karin was able to He pulled up his jacket above his stomach and molded his chakra so that the seal appeared on his abdomen.

"It's a bit hard to explain. You might want to sit down."

Yang looked at the empty bed of Blake's and looked over to Ruby and Weiss. "Do either of you know where Blake went?"

"She said that she'd be back later. Nothing else," Weiss replied, looking through the schedule for the next few days on her Scroll.

Yang nodded, but then noticed the distracted look on Ruby's face and went up to her.

"Hey, Ruby, are you thinking about some crazy way to upgrade Crescent Rose. Or does Dad have to worry that some guy has stolen his precious little daughter's heart." Yang began laughing. "Man, I crack myself up. The day you get a crush on something that's not a weapon is the-"

"Yang, have you ever been in love?" The question made both Yang and Weiss do a double take.

"Oh my gosh, I was right." Yang grinned as she approached Ruby. "So who is it? Give me all the details."

"She doesn't have to tell us if she doesn't want to, Yang," Weiss said, before looking desperately at her leader. "It's not Suigetsu, is it?"

Ruby shook her head, getting a sigh of relief from Weiss. "No."

Yang began muttering to herself. "Not Suigetsu. Probably not someone who's mean. Most likely a friend. Carry the nine… Is it Naruto?"

Ruby's red face was all the answer Yang needed. She let out a cheer before tightly embracing her sister.

"But he's probably already got someone back home," Ruby mentioned, and Yang pulled back to look at her sister worriedly. "Besides, even if he doesn't, I doubt he'd choose me over someone as beautiful as you, Yang."

Yang's heart wrenched. She knew that she had good looks and frequently bragged about it. To hear Ruby doubt her own chances with a guy because of that, it frustrated Yang. Ruby was too sweet and kind sometimes, and it caused her to think of others before herself in situations where she didn't have to. Sure, Yang had made a few passing comments about going out with Naruto, but she had never really been all that serious about that.

"Ruby, not all guys care about how a girl looks. Naruto seems like the type of person who would love a girl for who she is on the inside." Yang pumped her fist into the air. "Ruby, I promise that I'm going to help you with this. Operation 'Make Naruby Happen' is a go!"

"'Naruby'?" Weiss questioned.

"Yes, it's the name I'm giving to the relationship between the two of them."

The two shorter girls sweatdropped, but Ruby quickly smiled at her sister. "Thank you, Yang. You're the best."

"And don't you forget it!" Yang placed her hands on her hips with a confident smirk. Let the plotting commence!

Katon: Endan/Fire Release: Flame Bullet

Ranjishigami no Jutsu/Wild Lion's Mane Jutsu

Katon: Ryuuka no Jutsu/Fire Release: Dragon's Flame Jutsu

And the first introduction and taste of the Devourer's abilities is here. Although the battle was short because I didn't want to give away too many of his abilities and he would be unable to beat Jiraiya anyway. And yes, this story's pairing is Naruto/Ruby. Just asking, is that last scene with Ruby, Yang, and Weiss too awkward, or is it okay? Writing stuff like that isn't my strong suit, and I hope I managed to keep everyone in character.

Also, a bit of Naruto and Jaune bonding, with more Team JNKS and Team JNPR interactions coming next chapter. Also the Velvet's first appearance, with Jugo coming in to help her out. And a little bit of humor with Karin getting interested in Icha-Icha in the end, because I've always thought she'd be a closet reader of the series.

And now time to answer some reviews:

blue-hart: Don't worry, Naruto will not be some overpowered monster due to his Jinchurikki status, but compared to most of the RWBY characters many of the Naruto characters have the advantage in a fight. Also, the reason I didn't make Jugo the leader was because he is always shown as more of a follower of the one who can reign him in, which is Naruto in this case, which is a personality trait carried over into this story.

Guest(1): I am thinking of Naruto getting some type of weapon, nothing too big, but it would be related to the chakra blades that he uses in the Naruto vs. Sasuke OVA(Can't remember the actual name). I've always thought those things were cool, but as far as I know, Naruto never used

Cmedina1: Yeah, the Akatsuki could easily deal with most of the huntsmen at Beacon. Except maybe Ozpin. He was able to go toe to toe with Cinder after she got the Fall Maiden's powers, and we still don't know exactly what happened to him. I plan to show the difference in power between a huntress and a member of the Akatsuki in the arc right after this one.

Guest(2): Yes, Naruto is going to be paired with Ruby, and I do have plans for Jugo to be paired with someone from the RWBY universe.