A/N: I don't normally answer questions, but I guess I should to help clarify a few things.
pointed out about Yang going to meet Ozpin. Since we have seen no other form of political leadership outside of the Academy Headmasters, I have chosen to put Ozpin in that position. Yang isn't applying for Beacon at 8 years old, merely being registered as a citizen of Vale. As to Ozpin refering to Taiyang as "Mr. Xiao Long" that is the formal way to greet another person, especially one who holds a political position, and infront of people you do not know.
Zwei was a nin-dog, yes. Some of them were blood thirsty, yes. But Akamaru was cute; it is just a way I chose to explain Zwei's... "abilities" in volume 2 of RWBY.
I am explaining Yang's confident, flirty nature as a product of the shinobi world she was born into. I didn't want the story to focus entirely on the Naruto universe, but I didn't want to cut it out completely.
Jiraiya is a pervert, but in the Naruto Universe, it could be understood that, once graduating from the ninja academy, you are an adult.
Origionally, I was going to make the entire Chunin Exams into one chapter, but it was running too long for what I wanted, so I elected to cut it into two chapters.
I do not know if I will make an official pairing or not; if I do, I have a few characters in mind, but I will see when I get to that point in the story. There will be attractions to other characters, but so far, I consider it more of appreciating beauty, and less about romantic hetero/homosexual relationships.
As for the third member of Team 7, and several other Naruto-centric story elements, I may chose to leave them to the reader's imagination, because I want to focus more on Yang, and less about tertiary characters.
I do not own Naruto, or RWBY; please support the official release.
Finally, it was the day of the Chunin Exam Finals Tournament; Yang was excited to see the combatants fight it out for the privilege of promoting. The blonde girl was almost bouncing as she bathed, got dressed, and ate her breakfast, her sister Ruby sharing in her excitement. The training they'd been doing had really sparked Ruby's interest in fighting styles and seeing who was not only stronger, but more cunning in their fights.
Once again, the Hokage was joined by Professors Ozpin and Glynda from Beacon, and a selection of huntsmen and huntresses to serve as body guards. Also in attendance was the Kazekage, the leader of Suna, the desert village. He was here to bear witness and show support of his three children who were participating in the exams. Yang and Ruby were with their father, in the secondary VIP box; the Hokage, Kazekage, Ozpin and Glynda were in the primary VIP box next to them. The huntsmen guards were split between the two areas, with Jiraiya also providing guard services to the Ambassador's family.
The fights were all exciting to watch, Neji Hyuuga won his match against some no-name guy from Kumo. The big fight that everyone was expecting, Gaara vs Sasuke Uchiha was currently on hold due to Sasuke having not shown up yet. Normally failing to show up on time would disqualify a contestant, but at the behest of the Kazekage, they chose to wait for the last Uchiha. Kankuro, Gaara's older brother, had forfeited his match with Shino Aburame before it even started, lame; ok, so almost all of the fights were exciting. Shikamaru forfeited his fight against Temari after he had secured the win, which was odd; he had claimed it was because he ran out of chakra, but Yang suspected that he either was too lazy to finish the fight, or had a bit of a crush on his opponent; she was betting on the latter. As the last fight came to conclusion, the crowd was beginning to grow restless; they wanted to see the last Uchiha's fight.
Fifteen minutes passed after the end of the last match, and just as the proctor was about to call Sasuke's disqualification, a swirl of leaves appeared in the middle of the arena. As the leaves fell to the ground, they revealed none other than Sasuke Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake. The pair turned to the proctor, who was in the middle of his announcement, "We're not late are we?" Kakashi asked, causing everyone in the stadium to face-palm. Of course they were late, they were supposed to be the second match, and the first round was completed already, except for his fight.
At the reasoning of the Kazekage, that the majority of the crowd was here to see the last Uchiha fight, the Hokage motioned for the proctor to allow the fight between Sasuke and Gaara to proceed. This was met with cheer and relief as the two combatants got into position, squaring off against each other. With a puff of smoke, Kakashi disappeared from the arena floor and reappeared up next to Yang and her family, receiving a hard glare for his famous tardiness. The grey haired Jounin sheepishly rubbed the back of his head while apologizing, saying something about losing track of time. Yang turned back to the arena floor, the long anticipated match was about to begin, and she had to admit, while she hadn't really seen Sasuke before, he was kind of cute, if a little on the emo/broody side which she didn't care for.
As the procter called the start of the match, Sasuke leapt forward, throwing a punch to test the 'Ultimate Defense' that he had seen Gaara use in his fight against Lee. The test punches and kicks were all blocked easily, without the red head even moving or flinching, and after each blow, the sand shot out, trying to capture the attacking limb to crush it. Sasuke had the advantage of speed though, and was able to keep away from the attacking sand, activating his Sharingan to predict the movements. Switching up his strategies, the raven haired boy spit fire balls at his opponent, each one being blocked as well, the attacks seeming to do nothing against the automatic barrier that had formed into a sphere around the Suna Jinchuriki. Floating in the air, Sasuke was unable to dodge as a wave of sand lashed out, knocking him towards the arena wall. Flipping in the air, Sasuke landed with his feet on the wall, looking at his opponent with a smirk on his face. Three quick hand signs later, and his left hand was sparking with blue energy; Chidori, blue electricity that dances along the user's fist and arm, increasing piercing power and speed.
Sprinting down the wall, Sasuke sped towards his target, using his Sharingan to predict and dodge the spikes of sand shooting at him. As he reached the sphere, he thrust his hand into the ball, aiming where Gaara's shoulder should be. When the attack landed, everything went still for a moment, everyone's breath hitched in their throats. Did he do it? Did Sasuke Uchiha land a victorious blow on Gaara of the Desert? Suddenly a pained scream erupted from the sphere, the power rolling off of the red haired boy knocking the Uchiha backwards, his hand covered in sand and blood. He had landed his attack, and in the moment when Gaara felt pain again for the first time in years, his control over his Bijuu started to slip as he gave in to the demon's angry whispers. As the sphere of sand fell away, it revealed Gaara, half covered in sand, taking on the image of a tanuki. In this new form, he was too fast for the bearer of the Sharingan, batting him away before attempting to go on a murderous rampage. Seeing their brother's transformation beginning, Termai and Kankuro leapt down from the stands, each grabbing an arm and spiriting the younger boy away.
Yang had felt that something was off about Gaara, something familiar to herself. As she watched the fight, she could almost feel a connection to red haired boy. She felt a loneliness radiating off of him, a loneliness that she herself had known, before her family. Gaara was a boy that seemed to be shrouded in darkness, filled with hatred for everyone around him; when she was a small child, she had felt the whispers of darkness and hatred too, but she pushed them away when she met her first precious people. It was the memory of those feelings that made her feel the connection to the boy, and to believe that she could help him. A sense of dread came over her when she saw the sphere of sand envelop Gaara, Sasuke running at him with that blue lightning in his hand. She had wanted to jump down, to stop the fight, but Jiraiya's hand on her shoulder kept her in her seat, the gentle squeeze reassuring her. When she heard the scream, she stood up, her hands on the rails as she watched with wide eyes as the sand melted down around Gaara to reveal his half transformed body. Before she knew it, Gaara was gone; Temari and Kankuro had grabbed the boy and ran off with him, Sasuke quickly following the trio, Sakura quickly following suit.
There was commotion all around her, another village had planned and executed a scheme to invade Konoha, hoping to incite a war between them and their new ally, but Yang was focused on the fleeing Genin, between Jiraiya, Kakashi, Ozpin, Glynda and the rest, everything would be fine here, she had to make sure her friends were safe. With that thought, Yang leapt from the balcony, dispatching the enemies in her way with a single punch each; she followed after the strange boy that had more in common with her than she realized.
She was only a handful of seconds behind Sasuke and Sakura; during their time together, she'd learned that Sasuke was her teammate, and that Sakura had a thing for the last Uchiha. When she finally caught up to the group, she found Sakura pinned to a tree by sand, Sasuke was kneeling on the ground holding his right shoulder as if he was in pain. Temari and Kankuro were standing off and away from their younger brother, and it wasn't hard to understand why, the manic look on his face would cause anyone to back away from him.
A wave of sand shot forward, aimed at taking the Uchiha's head from his shoulders, and it would have, if not for a flash of yellow, knocking the sand away with. Violet eyes stared into the hate filled eyes of her enemy. "We don't have to do this," she called out to the boy. "We don't have to fight," she finished; the only answer she received was a maniacal laugh, taunting her and disregarding what she said.
'So, that's how it's going to be…' she thought as she took up her fighting stance, a typical boxing/brawling style, hands raised, weaker foot forward, and body half-turned. She knew it was coming, the sand shot out at her quickly, trying to slam into her like it had Lee, and Sakura, and Sasuke, rotating her whole body, she threw her punch to meet the attack, her fist glowing like a golden fire as her aura flooded her arm. When the two attacks met, the sand exploded outward, driven away by the force of Yang's punch.
Gaara's eyes widened at the strength and power of this girl, but what shocked him more was that the sand he'd used for that attack was no longer responding to his chakra control; he had plenty more sand to use, but this revelation was a disturbing one. Next Gaara chose to fling two spinning wads of sand at the girl as he leapt at her, each ball of sand was dispatched with ease, but the half-boy half-sand demon flying towards her was a different matter. A large claw made of sand made to take her head from her body, but she was already in motion, ducking out of the way of the attack; but Gaara's lunge was only a feint, as a blast of sand shot up from under the blonde fighter, slamming into her stomach and launching her backwards into a tree, cracking the stump as she hit.
"Yang!" came the weak cry from the barely conscious Sakura, unable to free herself from the confines of the sand.
Gaara let loose a laugh as he saw the foolish girl slam into the tree with enough force to break her spine. His moment of victory was cut short however, as that same girl stood up, her body glowing as if on fire; when she looked up to meet his gaze, he saw that her eyes were no longer violet, they were red, her hair glowing with that golden flame.
Yang launched herself at Gaara, knocking away all of his attacks with her punches, crossing the distance between them at a rate that alarmed the sand user as she suddenly appeared next to him, her fist impacting his gut as she followed the punch through, sending him flying backwards from the force. Yang took a moment to look at her hands, they looked different somehow, she'd channeled her aura before and got the same golden flames effect, but somehow it seemed different. She should be in pain from the blow she took, but instead she felt stronger, faster, like an unstoppable force. She was brought out of her thoughts when Gaara came flying towards her again, most of his body covered in sand now, his eyes held a fury she had never seen before. She blocked his swipe with her left arm, quickly countering with a blow to his face, knocking some of the sand away, before more replaced it. This struggle went on for a couple minutes, Gaara growing more and more furious with each clash, never landing another blow on the girl while she continuously countered his attacks. There was only one thing he could do to win this fight, he had to enter his voluntary sleep state and let Shukaku take the fight from here.
Jumping back to a safe distance, Gaara focused his chakra, sand bubbling up around him, more sand than he had used before. The sand quickly took the shape of a large raccoon looking thing, with Gaara sticking out of its head, looking like he was asleep. "You… have to… wake him up," came the voice of Sasuke, he'd been knocked out by Gaara's attack earlier against Yang; she saw the crimson of his Sharingan and guessed that was how he'd figured out Gaara's transformation. Nodding to the boy, she returned her sights to Gaara, and the giant sand demon he was little more than a pimple on. Focusing for a moment, she tried something she had only previously considered; she was going to mix her aura and chakra together, maybe that would give her enough power to break through the sand demon and make it to Gaara. Shukaku wouldn't give her the time she needed though, as it launched a series of attacks at the girl, forcing her to dodge out of the way and disrupt her focus.
During her evasion, Yang had landed next to Sasuke, turning in time to see a gigantic sand fist on its way to crush them. Lifting her arms, she caught the giant fist, stopping its descent with a grunt of effort. As she struggled to fend off the sand that would crush them, she heard a whisper from deep in her mind, a voice she hadn't heard in years. "You can't hope to beat Shukaku as you are, let me help you and together we can destroy your enemy," came the voice of the Kyubi, dripping hatred with every syllable. Shaking her head, she stamped down the voice, she wanted to help Gaara, not kill him. Searching deep within herself, as the ground beneath her feet cracked from the pressure, she found another source of light; not the bright yellow light of her aura, this light was soft blue light, her chakra. As she pulled this blue light out, she felt another surge of strength flood her body. Using this strength, she forced Shukaku back again, the explosion of power temporarily overwhelming the one-tailed demon. The yellow and blue flames swirled around the girl as she launched forward, pummeling the creature with a flurry of punches and kicks, the sand demon reeling in pain.
For all her effort and success in fighting the Shukaku, the tailed beast had far greater stamina than she, and she was burning through her aura and chakra reserves while the giant sand demon had barely even tapped his. So while Yang was gradually slowing down, Shukaku was still fighting at the same level. With a sigh, the voice from earlier chose this time to speak again, "If you're not going to use my power to kill, then at least use it to survive, I will not die because my container refuses to win at all costs," the demonic voice said, flooding Yang's body with power. "One last thing, little vixen, if you wake up the boy on Shukaku's head, he will lose control and his sand body will fall apart," the demon fox finished, the image of him curling into a ball to take a nap being the last thing in her mind before the rush of power took hold.
Meeting Shukaku's eyes again, her red eyes with slit pupils burning with confidence that erased the fatigue that had been building in her body, she felt different, she felt super charged. The ground under her feet cratered as she leapt, the sand demon unable to follow the blonde girl's movements. Pain erupted on his back as her fist drove into the beast's body, her power overriding Shukaku's control over the sand that made up his body. Again and again, she rained blow after blow on the Sand Demon's body; with each blow his form got smaller and smaller, Gaara's unconscious form appearing as the sand encasing him fell away to reform Shukaku's lost limbs. With her target now in sight, Yang sped around the shrinking demon, dodging the flailing attacks that were begging to find purchase. As she rounded the front of the panicking demon, she adjusted her aim, jumping towards the sleeping red head on Shukaku's head. The tailed beast caught a glimpse of the golden beauty flying straight at him, swinging his arm of sand to intercept her. Using her left hand, she braced against the attack, using it as a springboard to launch herself higher. With her fist cocked back, she gave one last cry as she closed in on her target, "Wakie wakie sleepy head," her fist collided with Gaara's face, she had pulled her aura and chakra back, she didn't want to kill the boy, she only wanted to wake him up. The impact dislodged Gaara from Shukaku's head, the second he left the spot, the beast cried out in pain as his body crumbled.
Gaara's unconscious form landed limply on the ground with Yang landing not far away. Breathing heavily, she watched Gaara's body, as the sand started to return to him. Walking over to the prone boy, she reached down, placing her hand on his head, pushing a small amount of her chakra into his body to disrupt the sleeping jutsu. A brief moment later, and pale green eyes opened to see the relieved and smiling violet eyes above him. "Hey there Red, have a nice nap?" Yang asked.
"Why… why didn't you kill me?" Gaara responded, his body drained of energy.
"Because I wanted to help you," she responded simply.
"Help me? How can you help me? You don't know anything about me," the red head responded, his green eyes filling with anger.
"I know that you're alone," the blonde started, her smile gone from her face. "I was alone too, a little girl, all alone, drowning in sadness and hatred. Sadness because I had no one, I was an orphan, kicked out onto the streets when I was five; hatred because everyone ignored me," she continued, never breaking eye contact. "But then, one day, I met my new family, and they saved me from the loneliness, sadness and hatred. I know what it's like to be alone, and I don't want that for anyone," she finished solemnly, turning her head to look up at the bright sun overhead.
"But I'm your enemy," Gaara almost spat back, not wanting to believe that someone cared, no one would care about him, why should they?
"No, you're not my enemy…" she replied, meeting his eyes again, the fiery determination in her violet eyes burning into his. "You're not my enemy Gaara, but I would like to be your friend," a tiny smirk growing on her lips at the hopeful glimmer she saw in his pale green eyes.
"My… friend?" Gaara muttered to himself as the thought played around in his head.
With their brother defeated, Temari and Kankuro, who had largely been forgotten during the battle, appeared next to the fallen boy. "We don't want to fight, we only want to get our brother out of here," Temari said, her body tensing in case they needed to flee from her fellow blonde.
"Take care of him, if he's your brother, then it's your duty to save him from the loneliness that consumed him," Yang said, turning away to help her friends, seeing Sasuke holding an unconscious, but breathing Sakura in his arms. She heard the sand siblings depart, heading away from Konoha.
Walking up to the downed Uchiha, she asked "Can you walk, or do you need me to carry you?" with a smirk on her face. Blushing slightly at the thought, Sasuke had to admit that, while she wasn't his type, she was too loud and brash, she was beautiful and strong. Attempting to stand, he stumbled, being caught by Yang before he fell over on top of Sakura. "While I'm sure Sakura would love to wake up with you on top of her, we should probably get you back to the village before you take your pants off," she joked, getting an incredulous glare from the raven haired boy. The situation wasn't helped as he was placed onto her back, before the blonde knelt down to pick up and carry the sleeping pinkette in her arms, leaving Sasuke to hang on by wrapping his arms around her neck. Slowly the three made their way back towards Konoha, silence falling over them on their journey.
Walking into a small clearing, Yang smiled as she heard a Bullhead arrive overhead, slowly descending to land. Her father, sister, and Kakashi all jumped off the airship, running over to meet them, Kakashi taking Sakura from her arms as Sasuke let go of her neck to stand on his own. A medical team approached the group, checking the unconscious girl for any serious injuries before moving onto Sasuke. After they were certain that none of the teens were in need of immediate medical attention, the group moved to board the Bullhead and return to Konoha.
As the aircraft touched down, its passengers disembarked, Sasuke and Kakashi walking to the hospital, following the medics that were transporting Sakura. Yang looked in the direction her friend was being taken, before turning to face her father and sister with a smile. Ruby reached up and smacked Yang on the back of her head, glaring at the blonde as she clutched the point of impact. "Ow, what the hell was that for?" she asked.
"That was for running off and making us worry!" Ruby yelled back clearly upset with her older sister. Before Yang could retort, she was suddenly enveloped by Ruby's arms, the smaller girl shaking slightly as she cried her worries out.
Smiling down at the shorter girl, Yang wrapped her arms around her, "I'm ok, shhhh, I'm ok," she comforted, rubbing her sister's head affectionately; turning her head to face her father, "Is everyone else ok? What happened here?"
"A few cuts and bruises, but everyone is fine. There was an assassination attempt on Ozpin and the Hokage, but thanks to Glynda and Jiraiya, they are both alive and well. It seems someone was trying to disrupt the treaty we signed five years ago," Taiyang answered. He could see the tired look on Yang's face and decided it would be best to get the girls back to the Ambassador's Residence so they could rest; today had been a long day. They only had a few days left before they needed to head back to Patch. "Common girls, lets head back, I think we could all use a rest," he said, putting his arms around his daughters, leading them off.
Sakura had made a quick recovery, as did Sasuke, the criminals responsible for the attack were locked away and the village was safe. Apparently, the Kazekage was an imposter, some creep name Orochimaru who wanted to destroy Konoha. He had been stopped, but he was able to flee before he could be captured. Jiraiya was leaving on a two part mission, to track down Orochimaru, and to find Tsunade; it seemed that Hiruzen finally agreed that he was too old to retain the title of Hokage, and had decided to pass it down… again. Jiraiya would be gone for a few months while he tracked his former teammates.
On the morning of their departure, Taiyang, Yang, Ruby, Ozpin, Glynda, and their entourage had gathered by the gate leading to the clearing where their Bullhead was waiting to take them back to Vale. The Hokage, Kakashi, Sakura, Sasuke, Ino, Shikamaru, Choiji, and a couple others gathered to see their friends off; Ino and Sakura standing off to the side with Yang. "So, which one of you is going to bag Sasuke first?" Yang asked with a smirk on her face, peeking over Sakura's shoulder to get one last look at the Uchiha. Both Ino and Sakura blushed deeply, unable to form a coherent answer. Yang leaned in closely, her head between theirs, "If one of you doesn't snag him, I might have to come back and claim him for myself," she said, winking at the raven haired boy, earning a quizzical look from the boy.
Both girls looked at her in shock, she wouldn't… would she? The two friends turn, looking to see who, or what Yang was looking at, finding the source of their discussion in her sights. Flustered, Sakura stammered out, "B-b-but you c-can't go after Sasuke-kun!" causing Ino to nod her agreement.
Yang let out a laugh as she walked back towards the larger group of people, turning her head to call back over her shoulder, "Don't worry you two, I won't steal your boy-toy away," making sure to be loud enough for Sasuke to hear, getting both of the girls and the boy to blush a deep red. Everyone else looked at her like she was crazy as she passed the group and boarded the airship, pulling a pair of headphones out of her bag and turning on her favorite music. Soon all the passengers were onboard and the craft was lifting off, their friends from Konoha waving goodbye as the Bullhead started its journey back to the Kingdom of Vale.