"YANG!" Ruby cried as hit the ground from being tossed, cursed, and breathed heavily as her silver eyes looked up at the ground in locked into her sister's purple eyes with despise. "I'm starting to hate you!"
"Good!" Yang looked down at her sister as she slowly picked herself back off the ground, smirking at her as she wiped the dirt from her face. "That means we're getting somewhere. Now let's try this again!"
"ARGH!" Ruby cried out as he ran at her sister, trying to emulate her sister as she came swinging.
"No, Ruby that won't work!" Yang blocked her strikes easily, grabbed her sister's right wrist before tagging her in the chest, and sent her stumbling back onto the ground on her ass. "You don't have my physical strength or stamina! Fighting like me is never going to help you."
"You need to be using what works well for you," Qrow spoke, hanging out nearby as leaned against a tree and watched his niece's train, and gave his advice. "Ruby, what gift do you have in combat that others have a hard time dealing with already?"
"My… Speed?" Ruby responded, a little uncertain at first but getting a nod from her uncle she thought about.
"Exactly!" Yang commented as she helped Ruby get up with a smile. "This entire session you've been just coming at me and I've just been throwing you around… It's a lot like what Naruto does to me to be honest as kicks my head in…"
"Have you learned the lesson?" Qrow asked simply with a raised eyebrow, knowing his elder niece still struggled against kicks and throwing them.
"Fuck you." Yang flipped off her uncle as she continued teaching Ruby. "Instead you should have been using what you do best and finding angles using your speed and agility to come at me… Something I picked up yesterday was that we need to be ready to fight dirty as what's coming for us…"
"Is uncaring, will be looking to kill, and will not hesitate. Naruto did a decent job in demonstrating that." Qrow finished for Yang, surprising both. "Yes, I saw it. Ozpin recorded it knowing I wasn't going to sit idly by and let you two train on your own… It's his way of keeping me in the loop while I'm here."
"Right…" Yang grasped her throat, remembering that moment quite vividly, and flinched at the thought before turning to Ruby. "I think this is a good place to stop for today… Besides, you got to go find Pyrrha!"
"Oh… Why do I have one of the heaviest workloads? I feel cheated…" Ruby growled in frustration as she glared at Yang. "I feel somehow you got out of this with a lighter punishment… You barely have to attend any of the sessions!"
"Ruby, everyone is working just as hard. Don't you worry about that," Qrow comforted the youngest as walked over and ruffled her hair. "And don't you worry… Yang isn't getting off easy."
"What now?" Yang looked a little surprised as she was going to go and see what else was going on elsewhere, maybe head into Vale for dinner or catch a movie.
Qrow just smirked as he drew Harbinger from his back. "Go on now Ruby… I have to teach your sister some Branwen family secrets…"
"Oh… Hehehe…" Ruby giggled before picking up Crescent Rose, giving her family a wave, and running back toward the main portion of Beacon to find Pyrrha and the group for her training.
"Uncle Qrow… What do you mean, Branwen family secrets?" Yang looked nervous and swallowed hard as she could just see the smirk on his face.
Qrow just continued to smirk. "Oh, that was just to get Ruby to leave. …Pick up Ember, Yang…"
"It's time to stop playing Huntress starts now…" Qrow as the branch above Yang snapped and she was forced to dodge and roll to her weapons, sliding Ember onto her fist only to just block the handle of Harbinger. "It's time you learned what it takes to become a real Huntress!"
Kicking Yang back easily, Qrow stood before her and beckoned for his niece to come.
He was going to make sure his family was prepared.
"Gah!" Jaune cried out as he slid onto the ground, breathing heavily as his shield was knocked out of his hand and he was barely able to hold onto his sword. "Somehow… This even worse than normal…"
"Did… I go too hard on him?" Weiss looked pitifully at Jaune before looking over at Pyrrha, who shook her head.
"No," Pyrrha answered honestly with a slight amount of mirth in her voice, glad that Weiss accepted her help in assisting Jaune for the day seeing that she was going to be joining in for the stamina session here shortly. "He… Might be dealing with another issue than just training at the moment. Something about a dance I believe? I don't know, something about wanting to somewhere with someone that is here and just knocked him on his ass... And isn't the one that has spent all their time focusing on him and wanting him to be great."
"Hey, wait…" Jaune commented as he looked up at Pyrrha as she just purposely sold him out as managed to stand back up. "This was not how I wanted this to go… Also, are you okay Pyrrha? You seem a little... Agitated?"
"Never better Jaune! Why do you ask?" Pyrrha growled as she glared at the subject of her current ire and desire, having partially moved on from the idol of Heracles.
Mostly.
Weiss took a moment to register before thinking about what was said and shook her head. "Sorry, but no. Jaune you've become more respectable but I'm not going you to the dance… Haven't even thought about a date honestly. Too many things are going on in my life to care... I barely even want to go to the dance and I am only going to support my friends."
"Oh… Sorry." Jaune apologized and realized things were more complicated. "Well, it still didn't hurt to try and ask… But someone…"
Pyrrha simply glared at Jaune and he swallowed hard. No, he wasn't picking that fight. She seemed mad for some reason and he wasn't going to figure out why.
Even Weiss could tell something was going on and she took a step out of the way in case Pyrrha needed it. She wasn't sure what it was but something felt a little off… Did she start viewing Jaune in a different light instead of just her pupil?
And the sudden smile on Pyrrha's face almost confirmed Weiss' suspicion as she clapped her hands together and seemed almost giddy. "It seems that you don't have a date for the dance Jaune so I'll be more than…"
"You don't have a date Jaune?!" Ruby busted into the roof area they were training, kicking the door wide open leaving Pyrrha with wide eyes. "I don't have one either! Want to go together as friends and hang out!"
"Ruby… No." Weiss looked mortified as she saw the shadow hang over Pyrrha and she see the redhead twitch physically as she gave the younger, with a much stranger shade of red, redhead a death glare.
"Huh… That sounds good. Thanks, Ruby, let's go together!" Jaune suddenly felt a lot better and agreed to Ruby's proposal to the horror of Weiss as Pyrrha's twitch became stronger.
And suddenly a cloud of depression hung over Pyrrha's head as her head sullenly as she was defeated in her pupil's eyes once more. It was bad enough that her Heracles had already had a date but that was too expected…
"This is the weirdest damn scene I have ever walked in." Coco came into the roof with Velvet behind her.
"Considering it's probably about the dance… I think it makes sense." Velvet lightly giggled before Coco cracked a grin and realized what she walked into.
"Oh, is that so?" Coco simply just grinned as she realized the almighty Pyrrha must have somehow failed to get a date. "So even miss invincible can't get herself… I feel like I'm about to die…"
Velvet had moved from the spot, abandoning Coco without hesitation sensing the mood, and Weiss watch the cloud morph into a thunderstorm of anger overwhelmed Pyrrha as she stood up and her attention was solely focused on Coco.
Then she had the sweetest, most sadistic smile on her face any of them had ever seen as Milo and Akouo were drawn. "Stamina training huh… I feel like I need to let go a little…"
"COCO RUN!" Jaune's eyes widened in horror and screamed knowing that nothing good come of this.
And this was the scene Blake walked into the roof and she immediately turned around and walked away. She did not just leave her therapy session to deal with whatever this was.
She had enough to deal with on her plate.
Dashing across the trees, her golden eyes shone in the moonlight as she constantly kept searching. She knew he was here, just where did he…
"Fuck!" Blake growled as the branch snapped and several shurikens came flying towards her and she was barely able to deflect them with Shroud in its sheath form.
Yet she still couldn't see him!
In the dark, she couldn't see the damn bastard wearing orange! And she could flitter the light in the darkness and see perfectly fine!
"I still don't understand how you blend in like this…" Blake hissed as she knew he was around and had Shroud transform into its wakizashi form in preparation. "It has to be some kind of technique…"
Her bow twitched as she heard leaves rustle behind her but she knew that was a diversion. Too easy. He wouldn't strike that quickly and that loudly. Another rustle to her right. He was playing with her now, she knew it. Using her hearing against her.
Knowing she couldn't stay still as that would be giving him the advantage, she leaped back into the tree when to her horror the branch snapped and she began to plummet. "What the… You weakened it?"
Blake's eyes widened as she saw the branch had been indeed cut and rustles must have been to keep her from hearing that. Hitting the leafy ground, she instantly used her shadow clone as she knew it would be trapped and it proved right as turned into a pitfall.
What she wasn't prepared for was the spot she ended up being at was for her foot to be caught in a snare and lifted straight into the air and her golden eyes bored straight into Naruto's cerulean gaze. And then he planted a deep kiss onto her lips, surprising her and earning a stifled moan before he pulled back. "Lesson one… Look underneath the underneath."
"You… jerk… You can't do that during our midnight training session." Blake yowled unpleasantly as she blushed furiously as he took a few steps back and she cut herself down, quickly flipping and landing gracefully. "It… Really throws off the entire mood of the night…"
"And that's a bad thing?" Naruto commented as he looked at Blake's form as she caught her breath, panting deeper and heavier than he thought she would have been normally. "It's been a long day already and I know we do this nearly every night and then we watch the stars together and enjoy one other but... I've had to keep my eye on Cinder's bunch and do several training sessions after and you have had classes and training. And now we agreed to this and well… With everything going on right now and how tense it is…"
"I want to treat this like a midnight tryst," Naruto spoke softly as he looked at Blake's form in the moonlight. "Who knows how many more chances we'll get like this, to be honest."
Blake's eyes soften before a soft growl echoed from her throat as he body moved. And she leapt.
Tackling Naruto to the ground, taking a full mount position, Blake's lips passionately locked with Naruto. Both her hands pinned his and their fingers intertwined with one another as she pressed her body against his, sinking his into the soft grass below.
And while everything felt nice and as engaged as she was, something felt off. He felt something wasn't entirely right. And as Blake broke the kiss and her breath was deep and rigid, her body slowly beginning to make movements against his he could see the wildness in her eyes.
"Oh…" Naruto let out a mild sigh before he flipped the two and put Blake on her back, surprising the cat faunus but keeping her a little more under control. "When did it start? You're supposed to tell me these things so we know when to pull the reigns back a little, okay?."
Blake's bow flatten as the moist grass snapped some control back into her and she flushed, deeply embarrassed. "I was on cycle to start today… But it was so hectic I forgot… I'm sorry."
Lifting Blake so they were both seated, Naruto sighed as he gave her a light kiss but nothing further as he wouldn't agitate her heat any further. "No, I understand. It has been a lot. I just want to make sure when the moment is right, it is our choice, all right?"
Whimpering as the kiss did more than she let on, Blake sighed as she looked down shamefully. "The damn medication… It does wonders and makes everything tolerable but at that moment… My instinct took over."
"I could tell." Naruto gave her a soft smile and slid his hand into hers and gave it a light squeeze, offering small comforts while giving minimal contact now he was aware of how her body could react now that there was an explanation on her everything worked, being similar to regular woman's cycle in some regards but... Fused with that of the natural elements of whatever animal's heat the faunus corresponded to. "You like to joke around but you aren't that aggressive or frisky."
"Jerk…" Blake lightly growled before she looked into Naruto's eyes as something earlier had come to her attention. "I… I know this is asking a lot but when I was on top of you… You weren't refusing my advance… Are you?"
"I've come to terms with my past… Mostly." Naruto honestly answered as he looked back into her brilliant golden hues. "I still think there might be a few lingering issues but I can put them aside… I did so for Velvet and she and I are on good terms again. She's eating with us more frequently at lunch again and she understood why. Hard to have a working friendship when you see the last love of your life in that person… And now I have a whole new issue with how she fights brings up memories of Sasuke. Don't know how to bring that one up..."
"And with Jacques, learning the void's true identity and knowing that everything could end up in a smoldering pile of ashes here shortly… I'd think I need to put aside everything and live life to the fullest while I can… And prepare to make sure everything and everyone comes out okay." Naruto stated, his eyes still locked with Blake's as her eyes glistened with understanding.
"But… I also know that you aren't… And I'm willing to be patient and willing to wait. I know that kind of damage can't…"
"But… I want to be." Blake cut Naruto off with a light kiss before pulling back as her body screamed at her to continue, her eyes glistening in the moonlight. "I've… Had time to think about this after running into Adam… And I don't care anymore. He broke his vows to me."
"He may have cherished me at one time, but that passed when he started to manipulate and brainwash me. He never protected me as he would have kept those things from happening and most of all… He would have listened to me when I confronted him and given me at least the thought of thinking he was in the wrong." Blake growled as she remembered everything happened over the last two years.
"So I'm done… What was there is gone and he made me see that clearly and you… You have made me see that I have so much more to live for. Even if this doesn't work out… I feel like I can move on without regret as at least… I know that it wasn't anything either of us did. It is just the world taking it from us and I rather be happy in the time left… Like you said."
"There is still regret that and I need a little time to work out… Give me two weeks… Two weeks and I think I'll be ready." Blake finished as she closed her eyes a gave a soft smile, having made her choice.
Naruto sat silently as he listened to Blake as she confessed to him, taking in her words. He took a moment to let them wash over him as and he looked over at her smiling face that seemed far lighter than it had in the months lighter.
It was like a weight was lifted from her.
"Are you sure about this?" Naruto asked as wanted to make sure while Blake's eyes opened and gazed back into his is. "You do know what day that is… Right?"
"Yes… And I know." Blake purred and her eyes glinted mischievously. "If I feel everything is right… What better night? Despite everything else… The mood should be set as it all said and done."
Taking a small breath, Naruto gave a nod and squeezed her hand in confirmation but his ears twitched seeing her mischievousness. "All right, if you are ready… As we both said, we are in no hurry and want to make sure the other is comfortable."
"Naruto…" Blake responded her eyes softening as she spoke from her heart. "I'm… The most comfortable I think I've ever been with this decision… When you and Weiss came back with that news it absolutely devastated me and it sucked all the hope from me and left me hollow… I didn't know what I had left as it just felt like something else good this world had taken from me and Weiss' slap reawaken something in my heart… A lesson that I should have taken away from my time from my father long ago."
"I must keep fighting for what I believe in… For what I want! Otherwise, it is just going to keep taking everything!" Blake growled as her fire and passion lit within. "And I refuse to let what this has become be taken from me! I love the moments we spend together… Our quiet moments… Our playful ones… The ones where we just talk… When we confess everything in our hearts!"
"I don't know when it happen but I feel this isn't just some sort of affection or crush any longer, it became so much more… Naruto, I…" Blake was silenced as Naruto brought in for a passionate kiss, interrupting her but she mewled into the touch and scowled as it broke. "You… really shouldn't be doing that right now."
"Sorry, but the moment felt right." Naruto grinned and tilted his head and Blake stopped her entire body from pouncing at that moment. "So… I guess…"
"Yeah… But it still leaves a massive issue." Blake sighed softly as she looked up into the shattered moon. "He's still somewhere out there and he's going to be coming for us."
"Then we deal with him, together." Naruto squeezed her hand to give her gentle comfort as he gazed at the moon with her.
"Right, together." Blake purred as she really wanted more contact but refrained from being closer.
How sometimes she wished life of a faunus was a little easier. She wanted more of his touch right now.
"So… It's a little like aura sensing in a sense?" Ren commented as everyone sat in the park taking their lesson from Fox.
"In a sense, yes." Fox breathed in and took in everything around him. "That's one thing you must keep track of. But you also have to hear every sound, track every smell, and feel every vibration in the air. Even your taste can warn you if something is off even in the slightest."
No one wanted to miss learning this and even Qrow was watching curiously above in his crow form, occasionally cawing just to see if he get on someone's nerves.
"Shut the hell up bird!" Yang screamed as she picked up a rock and threw it at the crow, her twitch growing more severe at its existence. "One of these days I'm going to snap your fucking neck!"
Naruto just grinned, knowing who the crow was and Ren was confused as he could sense aura well enough to know that was a person and he felt he met the person rather recently.
"Yang, you have to focus." Fox berated the blonde, not that he knew that, as he took a calming breath. "If you let little things like that bother you it is going to be hard for you to attune yourself and let yourself feel everything around you."
"Wait, say that again?" Naruto commented as that sounded awfully similar to the start of the process to achieve sage state.
Hearing Naruto's tone, Fox was curious. It wasn't the tone of someone that didn't hear correctly. It was the tone of someone that caught information. "About letting yourself feel everything around you?"
"Yeah," Naruto responded as now everyone was listening intently to their conversation. "It's the way you said it. To attune yourself. It made it sound like you almost become one and flow with nature."
At this Fox smirked a little before letting out a small chuckle. "Well, I kind of do. It is what allows me the few glimpses of sight that I ever get at you guys, to be honest."
Naruto was taken aback. Fox was using nature to see. It made sense, nature sight gave him a way of sensing everyone and every living thing around him. With practice with the other senses, he could map out a pretty good picture of the world around him…
But it didn't seem he had mastery of it.
"That sounds amazing. It reminds me of the sages I heard about from my tutors during my training." Pyrrha spoke as it seemed she had little knowledge about it. "They would occasionally bring up them but when they did they would always mention them in reverence… That despite their old age in this advancing society they stuck to their path and tried to become one with nature yet no Grimm nor Huntsman or Huntresses could ever defeat them."
"Yet he never mastered it," Fox commented as he gave a sad smile at the memory. "I was taught by one of the last of those sages, if not the last."
Naruto, along with everyone, was intently focused on the story. Sages existing in this world was very interesting to him as that meant that teaching gathering natural energy was possible.
Not likely as one had to be extraordinarily hardy and, in his world at least, had to have massive reserves of energy to transform.
"I was born blind… And I was probably a bit of a burden on my family as they just thought I was useless and weak as a child. I resented that and I just couldn't handle it and I attempted to run away from home." Fox growled for a moment before he laughed. "Didn't get far, blind as shit… However, I ran into my master that day and for whatever reason, he saw something within me… And he taught me how to see the world."
"It took some time but I was able to see some things… And he kept hitting me over and over with his staff every time I complained my body began to hurt…" Naruto's eyes widened as instantly caught onto what the staff was doing. "But before I knew it… I was able to see and move around decently enough."
"But by that time, he was too old to continue but he was so thankful that he was able to pass down his arts to someone… And he gave me his staff before he passed." Fox sighed and shook his head. "Funny thing is I grieved his death more than my parents as he seemed to give more a shit for me than they ever did in the short time we ever knew one another… Hell, he is the reason I have my entire goal of protecting those who can't protect themselves and why I'm trying to become a Huntsman."
As everyone let the story sink in, Velvet was the first to speak. "I think… That is a beautiful story, Fox. I thank you for sharing it and it really helps me understand what this means to you."
"Yeah," Naruto responded before following up. "Fox, do you still have that staff."
Fox nodded. "Keep it in our room, why?"
"Because we need to stop training today if we're going to be learning this." Naruto and Fox's eyebrows went up. "There was a reason why he was hitting you with it when you complained of discomfort… Your body wasn't attuning and was starting to mutate, becoming stone in the process."
"Wait, what do you mean? How do you know this?" Fox growled as he was very confused and his attention was entirely focused on Naruto.
Naruto took a breath as he took a meditative stance in his seated state and closed his eyes. "Fox, attune yourself… And feel my presence and everything will make sense."
"Naruto, what do you…" Fox took a breath and started to do as he did and then he felt the pull from all around him, the flow of nature and everything drawing… "How in the fuck?! Master could never do that!"
Opening his eyes and showing they were the golden hue with the square pupil that Blake knew meant he was using his full power, Naruto simply smiled. "Because I am a sage of my world… And the most likely reason your masters were never able to fully master the technique was due to their bodies either not being durable enough or having enough aura to keep from fully turning."
"Wait, is that why you said that one park felt unnatural?" Weiss stated as she quickly put things together. "Is that you are just entuned with the planet itself?"
"Yes to the first… No to the second." Naruto commented as even he didn't think it was possible to constantly hold sage state as that would be a ridiculous strain on one's body.
"Yeah, no. Even my master stated that this was something to be used only in bursts and never for prolonged periods. Our bodies aren't meant to be that harmonized with nature… Almost like we are no longer natural beings." Fox added before he questioned the state of humanity.
There was some logic to his thought process.
"So… You just have more bullshit powers… But this one we can learn!" Yang cracked her knuckles and was ready to get to it. "This sounds like my kind of… Ow!"
"You aren't learning it… Not with that attitude." Fox growled as he hit Yang with a rock before he pulled ADA from his pocket and returned it to his ear. "It takes utter focus, intense meditation, and complete control of one's aura to get to where I got to… I can only imagine what it took to get to where Naruto got."
"You… Don't want that answer." Naruto responded honestly as it would be entirely deflating to hear just how easily he picked up the skill in comparison despite the sheer effort he put into it for the amount of time it took.
"Let's leave it at the, shall we?" Fox stated as he was okay with not knowing as he felt it just upset him further knowing a skill the master that taught him and tried to learn for his entire life was probably learned within a short amount of time by the damn prodigy in front of him.
How the hell did his world didn't think he was one? What was wrong with them?!
"So… Next week then?" Jaune asked as this was the most relaxing training session yet and he could get behind this.
Fox twitched before he looked over at Naruto and grinned sadistically. "Can I do the hitting?"
Jaune paled as quite a few laughs were heard before a pat was felt on his back and Ren smiled. "Come on now. Let's go. Don't want to miss the cake. Nora made it herself and she is quite the adept hand when it comes to baking sweets."
"Yay! Birthday cake!" Ruby cried as she jump up and she and Nora began to sing together. "Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you!"
"Guys, the cake and cookies haven't even been served yet! Come on now!" Yang pushed out of the way. "Will sing to Ren when it's the right time! Timing is key! Come on!"
"That sounds like fun, I'm in. Especially after these last few days." Coco jumped up and everyone went to give wish Ren a happy birthday.
"Weiss… Relax." Naruto commented as he could feel the tension coming from the heiress as she was a nervous wreck as they saw the airship touch down, having been informed by Ironwood of her impending arrival ahead of time. "I know you haven't seen your sister in years but…"
"It's not that!" Weiss snapped before she hung her head in shame. "Sorry… I have mixed feelings. Despite loving my sister as she was the best thing for Whitley and me when mom stopped paying attention… She also left us when we needed her the most. I get it now why she did it and understand further why she purposely joined the military… It's just so complicated."
"You have a brother?" Naruto raised his eyebrow at this revelation as he never heard him mentioned once. "I know it isn't very relevant but… Still."
"Have… I not mentioned him?" Weiss commented looking a little befuddled before she thought about it and a shade of depression hung over her head temporarily. "Wow… I am a horrible sister… I forgot about my little brother."
Pursing her lips for a moment, Weiss sighed. "Yes, Whitley is the youngest in the family although he always seemed to be in father's good graces. I never remember father being angry or upset with him, even when he was upset with the White Fang or drinking… Never seemed to be around, it was always mother, Winter, and me."
Frowning, not wanting to call out that her father might have had favorites and it was the first he heard that Jacques drank and would explain some of the home issues at the very least, Naruto watched as the bridge of the airship descended onto the dock. "Interesting. Sounds like he got the best of it out of everyone…"
"Father always wanted a son…" Weiss angrily gnashed her teeth before taking a deep breath and calming herself. "It's a shame that Whitley is last in line. I rather he took over the family business… It would make things exponentially easier in all of our lives… I don't even think I want to deal with Dust right now after everything I've learned since coming here to Beacon."
Naruto said knowing that was a fair assessment from Weiss, he grinned as he saw Winter and whispered. "Weiss… Your sister is…"
"Naruto I swear I will tell Blake you weren't behaving," Weiss growled at Naruto and glared at the blonde faunus.
He simply grinned at her. "Well I was going to say just a filled out, more mature version of you but after that outburst, I'm going there… She's hot."
Weiss twitched and anger boiled over before everything faded and a deep blush adorned her face… He said her sister was a more mature version of her… And she was hot… Did that mean?
"Wait… No, hold on… You are supposed to be getting angry. That wasn't meant to be taken as a compliment." Naruto was confused and realized something was backfiring and he did not like the response he was getting out of Weiss and somehow things were getting taken out of context.
His luck with women was starting to be rather odd.
"Ah, Weiss," Winter spoke in a loving tone, snapping the two out of their weird quandary, and gave a formal bow. "It has been some time… I'm sorry I had to depart on the terms we did."
"It's fine… I've started to understand myself and forgive you a long time ago." Weiss smiled warmly and returned the bow. "But it has been too long… I just wish the circumstances were better…"
"Father?" Winter questioned as while Ironwood said he was doing a favor for the new Huntsman it was particularly involving her family so she had a good idea of what the cause was going to be. "I can only guess of what he could do if the new Huntsman that the General is helping is involved… His history with the faunus is well documented."
"Oh, I'm not touching that one and I thought the same thing going in." Naruto put his hands and repressed the growl in his throat. "Let's just say this is… An unpleasant arrangement."
"Arrangement?" Winter's eyes lit up at that word and she froze for a moment and she gnashed her teeth herself. "He wouldn't… And he's more of a bastard than I thought if he did."
"He did… And he is using my license and my stay here as the bargaining chip." Weiss grimly responded as she clenched her fist. "Naruto may have an idea but still need a lot of help and any help or outside help and ideas are appreciated and you were the first person…"
"Fill me on everything when it's quieter." Winter walked beside them before motioning to continue walking as she could see a crowd of reporters and wanted nothing to deal with them. "Make no mistake, I will not allow this to happen Weiss. Our father he may be but…"
"He has no right to control our fate." Winter's eyes were burning with passion and she was extraordinarily upset hearing just the small news she heard.
Naruto smirked. He felt he was going to get along with Winter just fine.
"Any reason you guys have been working so hard as of late? Putting a lot of other people here to shame from what I've seen." A monkey faunus questioned as hung from a tree while he watched a group of Jaune, Yatsu, Pyrrha, Coco, and Weiss all run through an obstacle course she and Naruto had designed to help train everyone's agility and test their reflexes.
They all had paint covering them as Naruto decided to use paintball shots instead of deadly weapons to signify when they got hit by an attack during the course. Didn't want Jaune to die as he wouldn't be able to dodge most of the traps and triggers…
"Fucking hell Naruto!" Jaune fell into a pitfall and Coco nearly went in after, barely stopping and stifling a small laugh seeing there a small puddle of paint at the bottom. "How did you and Blake create this so quickly?! How?!"
"SCIENCE FICTION!" Naruto yelled from the distance as it was morning and he was watching Cinder's group but somehow still knew what Jaune was complaining about.
"HOW DID YOU EVEN HEAR THAT?!" Jaune screamed as he got help from Coco and Pyrrha out of the pit before growling. "I swear… He hates me…"
"No, he just wants you to do better Jaune." Pyrrha giggled despite being a little worn down and hit from a few paint shots herself as the agility course was set to Blake's designs but trapped by Naruto…
So it was a fair course design to help build their movement but the dodging required was a bit on the extreme side and she didn't think it was entirely meant to be possible. Just to see what you could recognize and react to.
"Sun Wukong is it?" Blake remembered the faunus from being caught from the boat when things went south first for her here at Beacon.
Then again if it wasn't for that day would she be together with Naruto? Or even contemplating what she was going to do in less than a week… Or what she was about to do after this practice?
That had her even more nervous and her therapist had suggested she do it a while ago!
She wasn't ready for that! She still wasn't and was going to do it… As she needed the support and the advice…
"Ah, you remembered my name!" Sun Wukong dropped down… Only to scream as a pitfall enveloped him as he fell below. "Ow… Why'd this one have rocks down here? That's mean. They're even sharp. That's just rude. It's like someone was trying to hurt me."
"Naruto must have known you were here." Blake silently commented to herself before shrugging as she felt a small amount of satisfaction knowing that.
"To answer your question, we train because we feel like we must," Blake responded as Sun Wukong jumped out of the pitfall and sat before it, looking no worse for the wear. "After going through what we did in the base, none of us wanted to go through that again… So we are all preparing as hard as we can to make sure it doesn't happen again. Our friends are joining us so they don't get left behind…"
"And because Naruto's a prick!" Coco yelled as she got yanked up by a trip wire and pegged by multiple paintballs. "How is this even fair?! And what is this even attached to? We're in the middle of the courtyard!"
"Pay more attention!" Blake called out as she even saw that trap as these were the easy ones that he could lay out and she had been getting a taste of that during the night sessions when they trained…
Which only seemed to last for so long as it seems to end in a cuddle session midway through…
"Well, that makes a lot of sense… Saw the news of that. Looked pretty gnarly but glad there so few casualties and those that were belonged to the Fang. Could have been much worse." Sun responded as he scratched the back of his head.
"Yes, it could have…" Blake responded, repressing a growl as she still felt the blood on her hand from those deaths, and even if Naruto claim partial responsibility as he handed her the trigger…
She pulled it trying to take Adam out.
"So… I know you said this before… But I know technically that wasn't the truth before…" Sun started as he tried to be a gentleman.
"Stop." Blake looked at Sun and shook her head and gave him a pass. "I am taken and I'm already going to the dance with the one you probably saw me setting the course up with… You seem nice but if you are interested in a faunus, try asking Velvet…"
"She's going with Fox!" Coco cried out as she could not get down from the trap wire. "But I will go with you if you get me down from here and save me from this madness you handsome, barrel-chested, hunk of a man!"
Blake simply blinked while Sun sighed at one rejection, and nodded at the response he expect before he looked at Coco for a moment. He then stood up, cracked his knuckles, rolled his shoulders, and started to get his legs loose. "Well, I can't ignore a plea like that my lady."
And with a burst of speed, Sun blitzed into the obstacle course, jumping through each station like it was nothing and dodging each shot that came through. He avoided every trap before leaping up and pulled out his nun chucks, transforming them into a bo staff and cut through the wire. He then caught Coco, who now had hearts in her eyes as she wrapped her arms around his neck and position herself like a damsel as he landed and finished the course without a single paintball hitting either of them.
"The fuck!" Jaune screamed as he looked at what just happened before kicking the grass in front of him until a chunk of dirt ripped out of the ground. "I'm so mad right now that you are making me kick grass!"
"That's what it looks like with someone with adequate agility, speed, and awareness is put through this. I can do that as well. It's not as hard as it seems." Blake commented as everyone just stared at her with their eye twitching except for Pyrrha knowing Blake was incredibly quick and she was the only one that was moderately dry from paint, taking this course knowing she could use betterment in terms of movement.
"My hero! I think I'm in love" Coco simply looked up adoringly at Sun Wukong before he put her down.
"Yeah… That's a bit much." Sun admitted and held out his hand, shaking his head before giving her a dazzling smile. "I will take that date, though. Just maybe tone it down a little. No one likes infatuation."
Coco snapped back to more of her norm at being called out before grinning. "Right then, better be prepared! I'm the best there is!"
Blake sighed as she shook her head. "Everyone's good… We got classes anyway. Pyrrha, let Glynda know I'm going to be missing… I've got something important I've been meaning to do and it's going to take some time."
Pyrrha looked concerned at first as she had to wonder what was so important that Blake was skipping class first thing in the morning when she saw her pulling out her scroll. Not going to question it now, knowing there was a reason at the very least, she let Blake wander away as they went to go clean off and get breakfast before heading to class.
Blake was extremely nervous as she looked at her scroll, knowing the number she was pushing. She knew it hadn't changed unless something drastic had happened. And if that happened her world would come crashing down regardless…
Using Naruto's room since he was out and quite frankly she didn't know where Neo was currently as she wasn't asleep, possibly getting breakfast as well and staying on a relatively normal schedule as who knew with the illusionist, Blake sat down on a zabuton.
Her heart was racing but she finally hit the call button and let the call ring. And it rang. Once, twice. Thrice…
"Hello, who is this?" A calm and polite woman's voice echoed from the other end of her scroll.
And it made Blake begin to tear up as heard the voice for the first time in almost three years.
"Mom…"
"Blake, honey! Are you okay?! Where are you?! Do you need us to come and get you?!" She could hear her mother's voice recognize hers immediately as her voice immediately became concerned and she could hear sounds rustling in the background…
And she knew what they were.
"Mom… It's okay… I'm fine… I'm safe… I have a lot to talk about… This is going to take a while."
"Welcome to the Beacon Dance! Please enjoy yourself!" Yang smiled, wearing a strapped, short white dress that seemed more like a skirt, as she hosted and allowed a blue-haired young man to enter the dance before sighing. "How did we get strapped with this?"
"Glynda saw that we didn't have dates and put us to work…" Weiss hung her head as she too wore a white, strapless dress that flowed down to her knees. "And it's worse because she knows how hard we have been training."
"How do you walk in these things?" Ruby complained as she stumbled in beside Jaune, who was holding back a snicker the entire time as he was giving her his arm to balance herself before glaring at Yang and Weiss. "I'm not forgiving either of you for this! I didn't want to wear heels!"
"You look beautiful though, deal with it." Yang huffed at her sister, wearing a black collared red dress, as somehow she got out of this by deciding to scope up Jaune right under Pyrrha's nose.
Meanwhile, Pyrrha in her red dress twitched at the sight as she had to help set up the entire day for the dance. A storm cloud and a rain cloud changed intermittently over her head as her mood switched between depressed and annoyed and she couldn't decide on which to settle on.
Weiss simply took a step away from the redhead and gestured for Ruby and Jaune to proceed. "Well, enjoy yourselves. We still have a while before we can enjoy the festivities."
"Yeah, looking forward to it when you guys join in." Jaune sheepishly scratched the back of his head as he helped Ruby along as she fruitlessly tried to walk in heels. "Am I going to have to show you how to do that?"
"Why do you know how to walk in heels Jaune?" Ruby cried as it wasn't fair and all she had to question knew how.
"I have six sisters… I was forced to learn things I didn't want to learn." Jaune hung his head a little before laughing a little. "But one thing I am proud of is I am a really good dancer so tonight is my night to shine. I can show you a thing are two!"
"And I'm over here willing to learn…" Pyrrha hung her head with a shade of shame hanging over it, about to cry. "Teach me..."
"No, no! It's going to be okay!" Yang tried to comfort the redhead warrior who looked on the verge of tears.
"The fuck is going on… You know what, just let us through." Mercury blinked at the scene before him as he walked in with Emerald at this side. "I don't care anymore. This place can die in a fire."
"Mercury, please be civil." Emerald chastised her partner but giggled nonetheless at his statement. "But can we go in now? We'd like to enjoy the festivities."
"Sure, go right ahead," Weiss stated with a smile but was cautious as she let the two go on through, frowning as she didn't know where the third member of their group was. "Enjoy the night."
"That we will. Tonight is going to be quite fun." Mercury grinned as he walked on by with Emerald still giggling at his side.
As they watched their retreating backs, Yang's right eye twitched. "He has a face I just want to punch repeatedly… With a brick."
Weiss would have normally reprimanded Yang to be more ladylike in a situation like this but hearing the door open she had to greet the next person. "Welcome… You're wearing that again?"
"If it was made for me, I'm getting my usage out of it." Naruto grinned as he wore his fire tuxedo before sheepishly scratching the back of his neck. "And…"
"He also doesn't have any other dress clothes," Blake commented and rolled her eyes as she expected as much from him. "Every outfit he owns is for work or sleep. He doesn't own anything else besides this and getting something new was going to be a hassle."
Neo simply nodded in agreement wearing a strapless, asymmetrical pink and white dress that flowed to her right ankle on the white side and cut off just above her thigh on the pink while the pink side had a sleeve that went all the way to her wrist and the white had none. Hush spun in her hand, she tapped her brown four-inch heels and a grin spread on her face as she looked in Mercury and Emerald's direction.
"Have fun, Neo! Let me know if you need anything!" Naruto called out to the ice cream woman, who turned and smiled back.
Her smile brightened at being validated. She simply waved and turned and passed by everyone and made her way toward them. Her night would be fun.
Their night was going to be suffering.
Naruto could only shrug as that was just what he was, never really having thought to need an outfit for such an occasion like this before. It was something foreign to him and he was exploring new territory.
That being said, he looked at Blake and she was simply stunning. Wearing a sleeveless purple dress strap dress that was attached to a black collar at her neck, with a black see-through shirt underneath. The dress flowed and accentuated her curves and she wore a black ribbon around her waist to tighten and pronounce her features further. The dress ran down the length of her body to her knees and there was a slit on each side of her legs that ran up the middle of her thigh to give her slight ease of movement. And in the place of the black bow she wore was a purple bow.
It was also the first time he had noticed Blake had gone out of her way to apply make-up. He noted that she did regularly with a little eyeshadow and the like but it was a little more pronounced tonight as if she was going the extra mile and making the night a special occasion.
And he remembered what was said two weeks ago and that made him extra nervous…
"Nice." Yang and Pyrrha joined Weiss as she looked at both before smiling at Blake. "Told you that dress was going to work out. And Mr. Sauve over here, burning the house down with that scorching design."
"I know what suits me." Naruto grinned back at Yang before nudging his arm forward, which Blake was holding onto. "Shall we take the floor, my lady? I think it's time for everyone to know whose house this is."
Blake only gave a confident smirk despite the situation, hating the sheer amount of people and wanting nothing to do with it, and went along with Naruto's lead. "By all means. I think it's time we steal the show."
Parting and letting Blake and Naruto gracefully glide down and straight to the dance floor, Yang whistled, Pyrrha gave a soft sigh and Weiss shook her head as she looked at the two. "You know for two that hate going out…"
"They are going to steal the show tonight," Yang gave a wide grin as she watched the two. "Despite feeling a little put out not having my own date…"
"We all know he was already taken," Weiss responded with a grin, making Yang twitch as she glared at the heiress.
"You want to take this outside?" Yang growled before shaking her as Weiss had gotten bolder and more playful over the last semester before looking at Naruto and Blake as they started to slow dance, more in particular she focused on her partner's eyes. "Besides that! …In this time Blake has become a different person."
"It's like she found something lost within her, buried under everything, and the flames of old passion reignited… And it's just been a joy to behold… And a living nightmare at other times as she fought her demons along the way." Yang smiled before she cringed as she remembered the few moments Blake lost it entirely but those were due to layers of trauma she was unpacking to get to where she was now.
"And it all began… With him just doing what he always does… Finding someone in need and providing help in what way he can." Weiss sighed as looked over at Naruto, a small pang in her heart before she was overwhelmed by the joy she saw the two were having as the song kicked up and forced them to speed their dance speed up.
Their night was only just starting.
The night was still young but all her targets were gathered in one place and out of the way for once. Even Neo had taken the bait and followed Emerald and Mercury into the dance, leaving her alone for the task at hand.
Things were much more difficult than she had anticipated and it was because she had done exactly what Salem warned her not to do. She incurred the wrath of the Third Chosen and brought him directly into this game.
Naruto may have already been playing but it may have been much simpler to persuade him or move around him if they simply made other moves. Played it differently and Salem was getting very upset with her in particular.
She only wanted the blonde by her side or out of her way… But she also got the weirdest sensation that her mistress was intensely drawn to him, seeing something that one else saw in the faunus and that frightened her.
The Cross Continental Transmit tower tonight would be lightly guarded. Everyone was at the Beacon Dance.
Ozpin.
The bitch witch Glynda... How she began to hate her so.
Ironwood.
His choice of the future winter maiden, Winter…
Neapolitan.
Naruto. ...Especially him!
He wrecked any and everything they did with such ease! He even didn't care about staying hidden! He, just yesterday, put his arms around her and Mercury as they were walking and asked where everyone was going and asked if they minded if he tagged along!
Like they had a choice in the matter!
She didn't see a clone in sight either. He was oddly relaxed for the night it seemed… Maybe the faunus girl was doing something for him tonight? Good, she needed him off her back for just a moment.
If seduction was what it was going to take, fine! She would find a way to get him off her… Or on her! Whatever it took give them a break! She'd throw Emerald under the bus too if it got the job done! Mercury too if he was into that!
"That faunus has been a pain…" Cinder growled as she took the last guard out before she smirked as the elevator opened to reveal two more guards. "Oh, you picked the wrong night to work boys! I need stress relief!"
Cinder entered the elevator and the two guards attempted to scream but were cut short as many slams were heard, and snaps cracked before their bodies were tossed near lifelessly out of the elevator. Cinder casually pressed the button as she descended upwards,
The doors opened to the communication room and she walked in, noticing no one inside. After all, the difficulty she had been going through this seemed almost too easy. Even as she drew the black queen piece out and was ready to insert the drive, she knew something was wrong…
What she was not expecting was a crab to suddenly fall from above onto the console and snap at the chess piece, breaking the connection piece. "What in the fuck?!"
Crabtholomew blew a few angry foam bubbles and started to scuttle away, jumping to the floor and trying to weave in out of objects. His job was done as the bewildered woman who had just infiltrated this communication tower with the intent of doing something to the system.
"Oh you are not getting away with this," Cinder somehow knew Naruto was involved and in her anger drew her bow Midnight and with a quick snipe, Crabtholomew had no chance.
The arrow pierced through his shell and pinned him to the floor, the sentience leaving his little black eyes as he served his father's purpose and did the best he could.
And the crabs angrily responded with the leader down, scuttling into the room from all angles by the dozens, opening panels and ducts that were otherwise inaccessible to others.
"What the fuck?!" Cinder saw the small army of crabs descend upon her, firing another arrow and stomping on the one closest to her. "The hell is this? A horror movie?! I did not sign up for this!"
A small group of crabs snapped the arrow that took their leader's life, lifted him off the object that impaled him, and began to carry him away. He deserved an honorable burial and they would take him home. He lived the life of a true king.
"Okay, fuck this!" Cinder cried as the crabs neared her and got annoyed activated her semblance, heating the ground cooking that tried to get near her, forcing them to back off as they realized something was wrong. "Yeah, fuck you! Back off… What?! Get off my face!"
A crab fell from the roof and clutched onto her hair and she reached to grab it when a crow shattered through the glass. Her eyes widened as transformed into a human and a scythe nearly went through her stomach. "I don't have time… MY EYE!"
Cinder screamed as the other pincher pierced straight into her eye, Qrow looking mildly impressed by the crustation army's work as he came in for the finishing blow once more. She was still fast enough to rip the crab off her face, ripping her eye out of the process as the blood flooded freely as dodged back and fired multiple arrows towards Qrow, superheating the heads and shattering them in his direction.
Qrow vanished and easily avoided the shrapnel before reappearing and kicking Cinder straight through the other window, leaving the woman surprised as she started to plummet to the earth below. She growled around her and began to heat and she focused on the Branwen.
And he felt the whisper in the wind and move as fire erupted in a pillar of flame exploded where he stood and kept him from chasing. Rushing back to the windows, Qrow cursed as he could no longer see Cinder.
Somehow she managed to escape. "Dammit, used Salem's new little trick to get out of here…"
Qrow sighed before looking at the corpses of the crabs in the room and noticing a few blowing bubbles at the window angrily. He simply gave the closest one a pet.
"Good job guys. You did fine work.
"This has been a night." Naruto huskily responded as the beat had slowed down and after he and Blake took a short hydration break for some punch, they resumed on the dance floor, aiming to steal the show.
Blake, with a healthy sheen of sweat, purred in response as she moved in step with her partner before breaking for a spin underneath Naruto's arm before returning to his comforting embrace. "It has been… Mercury breaking his face on the dance floor was a moment."
"Ah, Neo is finally gaining some favor?" Naruto questioned as they swayed with one another, leading his partner in the duet.
"Just a tad… I believe I have a scar that will never fully heal as sufficient reason why I can never fully trust her." Blake responded honestly enough. "But in this instance, her actions have been most satisfactory."
"My god, how are you two still dancing?" Jaune passed by with a satisfied Pyrrha in his arms after Ruby had failed to learn how to walk in heels let alone dance. "At this point, you two should just get a room."
"That sounds like an excellent idea." Blake purred and her eyes glinted mischievously into Naruto's.
"Gah…" Jaune coughed as Pyrrha stumbled and stepped on his foot, causing further pain to the situation., her eyes widening at the insinuation "That was a joke! Don't take things so seriously!"
The two simply slowed their dance to a still as Naruto held Blake, looking her in the eyes as clutched her close. "Are you sure about this?"
"Never been more certain. Let's go." Blake whispered as she broke the hold, trailing her hand upwards until she gripped his tie and started to lead him by it to the exit of the ballroom.
"Um… What? …Woah!" Yang tripped into and over current dance partner Neptune, who was Sun Wukong's teammate and tripped into Ren, knocking him over as Nora simply just let go and gave a thumbs up.
"YEAH! You can do it!"
"Nora... Not now..." Ren groaned from the bottom of the pile, exasperated.
Neo simply held the door open, hurrying the two out and guarding it as she looked all over as if she was challenging anyone to follow as she closed the door and glared at everyone as she smacked her umbrella a few times. She then happily pulled out her notebook and checked off her goal.
Mission accomplished.
"Ugh, I hate these stupid, no-good, shoes! Why were they invented?!" Ruby threw the heels to the ground and walked barefoot as her night felt like it went as bad as it possibly could have gone. "Like I'm not hurt about Jaune dancing with others, that's fine but… It's so frustrating I couldn't even do anything right tonight! Gah! I looked like a fool!"
Weiss could only offer to pat Ruby on the back, deciding to accompany her friend for the walk outside and back to their dorm. "For what's it worth you tried… You complained the entire time, but you tried… Maybe we can practice for the next dance? It's not the most necessary skill but it is something you might want to learn for that special someone one day."
Ruby grumbled and picked up her heels and nodded. She then sighed as she let the cool and comfortable air of the night breeze blow through her hair. "Yeah, maybe one day… But not anytime soon. I don't think I'm quite ready for anything like that… Especially after seeing those two on the dance floor."
"Thought they were supposed to be taking things slow…" Weiss grumbled a little before sighing as the events that happened might have triggered something within the two. "I understand that feeling… I think I've learned more about what a healthy relationship is by watching those two than by living at home with my family my entire life."
Ruby tilted her head and nodded as there were a few things she noted odd, but then again that could just be culture-wise from both and that wasn't something she could judge. Naruto was raised as a child soldier and Blake… Had a troubled life these past few years.
Weiss simply sighed. Things were dicey at the moment but things could be worse. The issue with her father was a problem but, with Winter there and Naruto working on it she was sure a solution would come forth. And with the fire born in Blake's heart now she would factor in and nothing was going to take him from her.
A pang of pain came from that despite everything, she couldn't quite quash the crush she had developed from the moment he had saved her back in the initiation test. Everything from before he had said and done attributed to that moment but, it was a stupid thing to develop feelings for. And it only intensified realizing more of who he was and what he stood for…
But she let it go. She tried to in her heart. She saw the way he and Blake shared their time and recognized something more was there. Something she didn't have. Even as she poured her heart out to him and he comforted her… She didn't feel the same connection. He was there for her, yes, as any friend would be.
And that was okay. That was what she needed the most and he gave that comfort to her. He was truly a gentleman…
Suddenly as both were lost in their own little worlds on the walk back, the wind blew both of them back as if something was coming and they recognized it as the landing of an airship. But why would one be landing right in front of them?
"Grab them!" A voice yelled and caught both Ruby and Weiss off guard as several White Fang operatives rushed out of the Bullhead straight for them.
And they didn't have their weapons on hand.
Trying to pull out her scroll to summon her locker to her so she could get Myrentenaster, Weiss found it knocked out of her hands as did Ruby.
They were going to have to do this by hand then, unfortunately, and neither great at that…
"Ruby, I'm making everything slick!" Weiss called out as she activated her semblance and glyphs to slicken the ground beneath them as she threw the Fang member trying to grab her to the ground and stomped him on the face.
"Gotcha ya!" Ruby used the slickness to her advantage to use the Fang's weight against him and throw him off her before using her speed and slipperiness to slide past and kick the knees out from behind. "Got to thank Yang later!"
Weiss rushed over and stomped the Fang in the skull to knock him out as Ruby raced behind her, trying to get to her scroll to call for Crescent Rose but two Fangs got in her way. "All right, let's do this!"
Using her semblance, she burst past both but unfortunately sent the scrolls flying in the process. "Oh, I forgot that would happen! Shoot!"
"Ruby you have to be careful!" Weiss shouted as she threw another Fang down before turning and her eyes widened as she was backhanded viciously against the ice she created, sliding against it.
And she was out cold.
"Weiss!" Ruby called out as she saw what was a behemoth of a faunus step out of a second bullhead that landed nearby with two grizzled claws for hands with matted fur on his arms.
"Worthless grunts… Letting two physically frail girls beat you without their weapons… I don't care if they have semblances, this is pathetic!" The faunus stated as he towered over Ruby, his golden eyes looking down at the tiny girl before him. "We only need the other one... You'll make for a fine snack. If you even survive a hit that is."
"I'll show you!" Ruby cried as she activated her semblance, bursting out in a petal of roses, dashing to the side, and got behind as she activated it once more and threw her right knee to the back of the man's skull.
And she screamed as she felt her right knee cave in on itself, her leg wrapping around his head. "Bad move girl… My semblance gives me the ultimate defense and your frailty makes it all too easy to take you out."
Grabbing Ruby by the skull with his massive paw, he slammed her into the concrete and the ground gave way as it cratered around her head. Several cracks were heard for all to hear and blood gushed from her forehead as her stitches reopened and her silver eyes rolled into the back of her head, blood pouring out of her mouth. The light slowly faded from her still open eyes...
He then lifted her and tossed her ragdoll body into the Bullhead as another Fang put Weiss' body on board. "Leave the worthless. We've got the girls, that's what matters right now… They're coming."
Getting onto his Bullhead, the first lifted off with Ruby and Weiss, taking off without a word and left as the remaining Fang struggled to get on board with him. But it gave them enough time to get way ahead and that's what mattered.
And as his Bullhead took off, he grinned as he looked down to see who it was. "Ah, Third Lieutenant! Good to see you again! Sienna sends her regards!"
"Bron!" Blake screamed seeing someone she was quite familiar with from the White Fang, looking around and saw two scrolls as Naruto picked them up and saw whom they belonged to and a low growl echoed as he looked up and his eyes glinted dangerously, contemplating if he could make the jump in his current state. "No… What did you do?!"
"It's called a lure, my little pussy!" Bron grinned widely as they flew away, way out of jumping range, and Naruto as they looked on in anger. "You will join the White Fang by end of this week or the girls will not be amongst the living! Make your choice wisely, boy!"
"Will I have a sweet Rose filled meat delicacy or the Schnee specialty? I wonder which tastes better!" Bron laughed in the distance.
Naruto growled as Blake fell to her knees, tears filling her enraged eyes as she watched the Bullhead fade into the distance.
And she let forth a primal, guttural scream that echoed through Beacon as tears freely fell and a purple aura pulsed around her, slowly darkening as her golden eyes burned brightly with rage. And as her scream echoed through her aura turned pitch black, her eyes glinting in hatred.
Battlefield Set.
Commencing Purge…
'…'
No… You are not allowed.
I'm not… Stopping…
Yes…
You Are.
Go… To… Hell!
LEAVE MY DOMAIN!