Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or RWBY, and neither the original fanfic Remnants of Who You Were but I do own my own fanfics, so check them out if you get the chance. . . . pretty please, c'mon I'm on my knees for crying out loud.
Reading Remnants of Who You Were
"How long has she been at it," Weiss asked her friends as they continued observe Ruby, still squee-ing her heart out.
"Yang's keeping count," Blake informed to the Schnee heiress.
"49, 50, 51, 52, 5 –" Yang's count halted after Ruby immediately stopped, "Damn, so close to a new record."
"Finally, some quiet –" Weiss moment of silence was soon disturbed as Ruby took a deep breath and began to squee once again, "OH C'MON!"
"Wow, Ruby's got lungs, doesn't she?" Jaune's eyes narrowed as he finished his comment, that came out wrong.
"4, 5, 6," Yang resumed her count as the rest of the members waited until Ruby finished her orgasm of joy, listening to music to drown out the noise.
After another fifty-two seconds passed, Ruby soon officially stopped her girlish squee. No record was broken much to Yang's disappointment.
The rest were weary of Ruby, believing that she would start again. Their worries were alleviated as Ruby got up and began to speak.
"That. Was. AWESOME!" Ruby said excitedly, "That intro made him look so cool! and for some reason we were there! We were like – Hoowaaah! Witchaaa!"
Yang snickered at seeing her sister being all excited about seeing the intro before she finally realized, "Wait! We were there, how?"
The huntresses and huntsmen in training soon were hit with the realization of Yang's question.
"Holy shit, she's right!" Jaune was the first to curse much to Pyrrha's disapproval, "How the hell are we even there? Shit, I don't remember doing any of that!"
"Jaune, language!" Pyrrha pleaded to her leader.
"Not now Pyrrha," Jaune immediately dismissed, disheartening the poor invincible girl's heart, "We got to get to the bottom of this!"
"Looks like we have a mystery in our hands gang," Nora raised her index finger in the air, smiling triumphantly.
"How? We got no clues to speak off," Blake observed.
Jaune scoffed, "The TV is our clue, Blake."
"Duh," Nora added to Jaune's sentence, both motioning the TV.
"Which is back to the static screen," The cat-eared Faunus rebutted, "Also we can't prove anything since we never even recorded it."
"She has a point," Ruby said, standing next Jaune.
Jaune grumbled under his breath.
"Even though we can't prove anything, I do find it concerning that we were there standing with Naruto," Lie Ren spoke his concerns to the rest of the group.
"I noticed he looked older in the intro," Weiss pointed out which many murmured in agreement.
"Yeah, he looked around sixteen or seventeen if I could tell," Yang said as she remembered Naruto's facial features, "Now that I mention it he looks kind of hot."
Blake gave a dry stare to her partner, while Ruby blanched and Weiss rolled her eyes.
Seeing their negative response, Yang flippantly replied, "God, can't I check a guy out?"
Ruby saw her point but she still found it gross every time Yang tried string her along into her boy talk.
Blake and Weiss detracted their looks, they were being a bit hypocritical given that they checked their perspective kind of guys, Sun and Neptune.
"Well Naruto's good looks aside, the question still remains. Why are we there?" Pyrrha questioned, getting everyone back to the topic.
Being the comic buff that Jaune was, he shared a plausible theory to his friends, "If I go by comic book settings, I think this might be an alternate universe or an elseworld of sorts. To put it simply, were looking at another version of us but in a different world."
. . .
"NEEEEEERD!"
"NORA!" Pyrrha frowned at her teammates disrespectful comment.
"Behave," Ren said as he sprayed her with a water bottle.
"GAH!" Nora hissed, her weakness! How did he know!
Team RWBY ignored Nora and the self-proclaimed cat ninja of the team decided to get conversation back on track.
"Jaune may be right," Blake the first to respond to his theory, "We saw some very familiar faces like Professor Ozpin and Glynda, General Ironwood, and even those students from Haven that Ruby mentioned. There's even an unknown person that we don't know."
"Oh, that's our uncle Qrow," Yang informed to everyone.
Blake blinked, surprised to hear the information along with the rest, "Really, didn't you told me he had a scythe?"
Then it was Ruby's turn to explain, "Uncle Qrow likes to play around when he fights, he only bust out the scythe form when he's serious."
"I see," Blake said absorbing that piece of knowledge, "Well I guess we might meet him sooner there than here. I'm curious to know how we may act in this world, there are many possibilities that maybe different from ourselves."
"That sounds really cool, if what you say is true I wonder if I'm a robot in this world," Ruby said, her body failing to hide her excitement.
"Okay sis, calm your horses," Yang put her hand down on her sister's shoulder to stop her from vibrating.
"B-but," Ruby's eyes got teary-eyed as she looked over sister.
"Well, our leader's childishness asides," Weiss got the room as everyone now payed attention to her, "Jaune's theory may sound plausible but we need to prove it."
"And how do you propose that?" Blake asked, ever the skeptic.
"Easy," Weiss replied coolly with an insufferable grin.
Everyone in the room saw Weiss walked to the TV, which was still locked in static. Her next action caught everyone by surprise.
"Mr. Creepy Narrator voice, could you please answer my question."
The static immediately disappeared as the screen went pitch black.
[Yeah sure, go ahead.]
"Is Jaune's theory correct?" Weiss asked, much to everyone's disbelief.
[Jauney boy is right, and so is Blake's. This is an alternate universe and even despite these people looking like you, there personalities could be and might be a little bit different from yours in their own way.]
Everyone absorbed the information that Mr. Creepy Narrator voice had shared to them, everyone was now in deep thought wondering what might have changed from them or so.
Yang was the first to speak, "Well, I just I hope I'm still cool."
Many agreed to Yang's comment.
[Well now, since all of you asked me a question, I hope you don't mind me if I asked for one.]
Weiss contemplated with the group and replied, "It seems fair for you to ask, go ahead."
[Do you want to see more?]
This question took many by surprise as they all then looked at each other.
"Can you give us a moment, please?"
[Take your time.]
And that they did.
After three minutes of decision, Weiss rose from the couch to give out the unanimous decision.
"We are curious enough to know more," Weiss replied.
With that a familiar music started playing in the background.
Ruby let out a squeal as she watched the intro all over again.
Many had to agree with Ruby's earlier comments, they did look cool.
Blake frowned at the end as she saw Naruto take an almost Faunus like transformation, but it was to bestial and feral for Naruto to be one. It bothered the cat Faunus somewhat about his appearance. His nails turned into white claws, his canines turned to fangs, his whiskers marks became more pronounced, hair more wild and shaggier, and his blue eyes became red and his pupils dilated into slits. Naruto was more bestial than any Faunus could ever be which further bothered Blake, it left her with so many questions on who he was.
Other members were more focused on Naruto's past memories, than to pay close attention to the end of the intro.
Chapter 2: Meeting a Crow
Ruby and Yang shifted a little, trying to hide their smiles.
They could've told the group, but no one like's spoilers.
With that they kept quiet.
The town of Seafoam, a small—and Naruto used that term loosely—seaside settlement made famous its port, their salty alcoholic drinks, and the vibrant mix people. The little Vale they called it. From all over Sanus, from the true Kingdom of Vale to the Kingdom of Vacuo, people came to this place to drink and gamble, among other things. Seafoam was also rather infamous for its absurd criminal rate; the town was a safe haven for pirates, mercenaries, smugglers, you name it.
"So why is he wandering there," Weiss disapproved of Naruto's poor choice of setting location, "That isn't a place he should be in the first place."
Pyrrha agreed with the heiress.
The rest chose not comment as they decided to keep on watching, hopefully finding a good explanation of Naruto's change of location as well as choice.
Which was why he was here,
Weiss frowned increased further.
standing in front of a cracked door, a deadpan expression on his face as he listened in to the sounds of laughing and fighting from the rowdy occupants inside. A whole year of soul searching and aimless wandering trying to figure out who he was, and this is where it'd led him. To the Seaweed Tavern, to meet some strange dude promising to help him out, who also might or might not be planning on robbing him.
"It's obvious he's trying to rob you," Weiss said, "If this person really wanted to help, he would've meet you in a much more comfortable environment."
"I don't think that would've changed much," Yang replied, "He would still get robbed even if the tavern was in the city or any location in general."
Weiss could see that Yang had some truth, but she still disapproved of it.
The fourteen year old sighed. "I'm going to regret this..."
"Who would've guessed," Weiss said with dry sarcasm.
"Be easy on him Weiss," Pyrrha asked to the member of RWBY.
"Hmph," Weiss folded her arms as she kept quiet as the show continued.
he mumbled to himself. Reaching up, the blond tugged at the orange scarf he'd taken to wearing and pulled it up around his face. The marks on his cheeks always got him into trouble in places like these, where alcohol bolstered a man's confidence and urged them to say distasteful things.
"Ugh," Blake's brow furrowed in disdain after hearing that, assholes.
Her friends shared Blake's sentiment as they too frowned.
These people's attitudes did not surprise Weiss one bit. She expected this sort of behavior from lowlifes like them.
Taking a deep breath, Naruto steeled himself and then pushed the cracked door open. Like one of those old western movies people were so fond of, all eyes turned to him. Even the heavy music stopped, leaving an awkward silence in its place.
Jaune whistled an old western theme as Nora soon followed his lead.
"I'm looking for a man. . . . a dead man," Nora said in her best Clot Westwood impression.
"Yeah girl!" Yang cheered on her impression while some laughed at Nora's antic.
He shuffled uncomfortably at all the eyes and scratched at the back of his head.
"Uh, hey?"
"BOOOO!" Nora, Jaune, Ruby and Yang jeered in unison.
The rest stood quiet but they did share their disappointment in Naruto's impression in the tavern.
Somehow that worked. The drunken men and women raised their glasses high at his rather meek hello and huzzah'd before chugging like there was no tomorrow. The music came back on and no one spared him a second glance unless he looked their way first.
"How typical," Weiss criticized.
Cool. Naruto grinned underneath his makeshift mask and strode right in, all the while searching for his particular stranger. He waved at a table and they all waved back, and then proceeded to drink some more. These people are alright!
"There probably just trying to fool you," Weiss commented on the drunkards' behaviors.
"But they seem pretty all right," Nora retorted.
"No comments from you," Ren intervened as everyone soon then continued to watch.
"What can I get you boy? No alcohol of course. This place still has an image to keep up after all!" The bartender was a sharply dressed man in comparison to his customers, with fine features and warm eyes.
"Hmm," Weiss opinion of the tavern, admittedly started to soften after the barman said that.
"See?" Nora smiled triumphantly.
Weiss eyes glowered but conceded nonetheless, she would give her this victory.
"Pop please!" Naruto said, taking a seat on a nearby stool, his rather short legs dangling.
"Guess he didn't do much growing over the year, huh," Jaune said as he observed.
Pyrrha frowned, "He seems like a person who would skip out on his vegetables."
Ruby blanched when Pyrrha mentioned those wretched greens.
"Coming right up!"
The man turned around and grabbed a cup and with practiced ease he tossed it, the glass landing safely underneath the soda machine. Smirking in satisfaction with the machine started to fill the cup a half-second later.
"Nice," Nora complimented, while the rest of her friends admired the barman's technique.
Naruto grinned. "Cool trick, old man."
"Hahaha! Thank you! So tell me kid, what brings you to this side of Seafoam? There are friendlier areas for you to wander into you know? And my name isn't old man by the way. My name is Apricote." He grabbed the now full cup and slid it over to where the grinning blond sat.
"My name's Naruto. And I'm not actually lost. I'm meeting someone here."
"Who may or not be trying to rob you," Weiss reminded.
"You know he can't hear you, right," Ruby informed, missing the Schnee's sarcasm.
"Of course, I know that you dolt," Weiss said as she swatted Ruby's head lightly.
Ruby whimpered as she clutched her head, Weiss is a meanie.
Apricote made a face.
"Naruto? What a strange name…"
"Yep," The viewers agreed with Apricote except Nora, who took a sip from her pop.
The blond in question scowled. He'd heard that one plenty of times by now. "And Apricote is any better?" He grumbled.
"He got him there," Nora said as she waved her drink loosely forward.
Weiss frowned at the wielder of Magnhild's loose action, that drink better not stain the carpet.
Apricote only shrugged.
"That'll be 400 Lien for the pop kid."
"BULLSHIT!"
"Guys!" Pyrrha frowned at her friend's colorful response.
Naruto almost spit out his drink, his one arm slamming the glass down as he gaped. "400 Lien?! For a glass of pop! You're a damn rip-off artist! A con man!" He shouted, gesturing to the man with his chin while waving his free arm menacingly.
"A guy's got to make a living you know?"
"That's no excuse," Weiss frowned disapprovingly.
She wondered how this man even had his tavern open for business.
Naruto was about to retort when another man took the stool next to him and loudly blurted out his order, swaying back and forth with a dumb look plastered on his pale face.
Yang groaned when she took notice of the man in the screen.
"Uncle Qrow!" Ruby exclaimed excitedly.
"That's your uncle?" Weiss asked, wondering if this was the same person in the intro.
"Uh huh," Ruby nodded happily.
"How quaint."
"Yep!"
This time the Schnee heiress just rolled her eyes.
"Yo, Apricote! I'm going to need two more rounds!"
"I don't think that would be good for his health," Pyrrha frowned at the level of intoxication the man was about to consume.
"First thing about our uncle Qrow Pyrrha is that two beers will never be enough," Yang informed to her redhaired friend.
"My," Pyrrha said shock.
"You'll learn to get used to it," Ruby shrugged as she went back to the screen.
The blond made a face at the smell of liquor on his breath. "Damn dude, get a breath mint." He whispered to himself.
"Hah, you wish," Yang smiled half-heartedly much to the rest of the members' confusion, except Ruby, "Trust us, we tried to convince him to start using them. Didn't work out, right Rube's?"
"Yep," Ruby said in a small chuckle, remembering the episode when they were little.
"Ugh," Weiss was liking this Qrow person less and less.
"K-Keep your dumb comments to yourself, brat!" The drunk next to him spoke, sparing him a cloudy glance and snarling. "You know they say talking to yourself is a sign that you're going crazy. Are you kid? You must be, if you're in a place like this at this time of the night."
"Qrow does seems like a delightful person to talk to," The sarcasm was not missed in Weiss's voice this time.
Ruby and Yang chuckled awkwardly while watching their uncle make an ass of himself again.
Naruto didn't seem fazed.
"Yeah, I can come up with better jabs than your uncle," Nora spoke, getting looks from everyone, "What, just saying."
"And you know trying to scare little kids is a sign that you're already batshit crazy. You must be, because that's what you're trying to do right now."
"Hah!" Nora supported Naruto's excellent comeback.
"Oooh, I like him," Yang said approvingly.
"C'mon uncle Qrow! You can't let him beat you like that," Ruby whined.
The rest laughed and giggled respectively.
"Tch, stupid brat..." The man grumbled, snatching both the drinks placed in front of him and then downing one right after the other. "Ahhh! That's good stuff!" He grinned and then motioned to his right arm. "Bet you wish you still had one of these, eh?" He taunted the youth while swinging the appendage up and down.
"What the hell!" Yang said as her eyes blazed red.
Ruby gasped, that was uncalled for.
"Qrow definitely seems delightful," Weiss frowned at that comment, jerk.
Nora's eyes narrowed disapprovingly, "Dude, too far."
Many agreed to that.
Naruto fought the urge to get into a fight with a random stranger, but for once, he wasn't the one to start it this time around.
"BOOO," Nora jeered, "Kick his dusty old ass!"
With exclusion of Pyrrha and Ruby the rest jeered along with Nora.
They wanted to dine in crow soup!
"Thanks for the drinks, Apricote! I'm feeling nice and alert now. Oh and, here, for the kid too." He dished out the appropriate amount for his own drinks and Naruto's, before turning to the blond and speaking. "You know what? I'm going to enjoy this a lot more than I thought I would."
Yang's eyes narrowed as they still glowed red, "He better not. . ."
Naruto would have questioned what he meant had a fist not suddenly hit him hard in the gut and sent his entire body flying. His back colliding with the door and breaking it off its hinges.
"He did. . ." Ruby finished weakly.
"And this is for the door."
"Thank you, Qrow."
"I hope you go out of business," Weiss glowered, he may not have allowed underage drinking but he seemed fine with a minor taking a beating.
Naruto sprang to his feet and shook the dirt off his coat, gritting his teeth all the while. That asshole! That punch actually kind of hurt! He made to go after the man and make him regret his decision, only for that man to stride out, a sly smirk on his face
"Punch his face in and force him to eat his teeth!" Nora violently demanded.
Jaune, Yang and Weiss were the only ones that supported Valkyrie's violent message.
as he unsheathed the blade tied to his side.
Ruby and Yang frowned when they saw this.
Blake was confused as that didn't look like a weapon that could transform into a scythe or in the intro, an expression that was shared with the rest.
Naruto, to his credit, was already prepared for something like this to go down. In fact, he was more upset it didn't happen until after he'd gotten the chance to talk to the contact.
"We can't always get what we want," Ren chimed as Nora patted him on the back.
This caused the Stormflower wielder to give a long sigh. Every day is a challenge with her.
"You just made a huge mistake, buddy. I don't know what your problem is, but I'm going to make you regret holding me up!" The blond threatened, unzipping his cloak and letting it fall behind him while simultaneously pulling down his scarf. By now, the crowd had already thinned and only the few brave and the many drunk remained to watch it all unfold.
"Oh? Are you now? A cripple boy thinks he can take me on?"
Ruby whined at her Uncle's uncalled taunts towards might-be-a-ninja-alien-that-fell-from-the-sky Naruto.
Qrow laughed at the notion. "Alright kid, your funeral."
I hope it's yours, Weiss thought darkly.
At that Naruto charged.
"Wait can he fight?" Pyrrha asked, as she finally realized that Naruto was actually picking a fight with an actual huntsmen and experienced one to boot.
Yang started to realize that and frowned, she knew that her Uncle was a badass even without his main weapon at his side but she didn't want to rule out Naruto so quickly.
"Who knows," She spoke, "I know this is wishful but I hope he does cave in some teeth's."
"YEAH!" Nora raised her fist in the air in approval.
Qrow had heard tell of his speed,
Many rose the brows in curiosity, many realizing that Naruto was probably somewhat well-known despite one year or so.
but hearing about something and seeing it firsthand were always two very different things. Even to him the blond was hard to spot—almost a blur—flashing about until suddenly he was at his side, one good punch aimed at his head. Qrow fended the attack off with his left hand, grabbing onto the extended fist and using the blond's momentum to toss him away, effectively putting some distance between them.
"Whoa," Nora whistled.
The rest widened their eyes at Naruto's display of power.
Yang smirked, maybe he can kick his ass.
Damn he hits hard for a kid! The man winced at the stabbing pain over the palm of his hand.
Jaune, Nora, Weiss and Yang cheered approvingly at this feat.
Naruto rolled and came back up again, a frown on his face.
"You're no ordinary drunk.
Yang scoffed, Uncle Qrow breaks the barriers and limits of drunks everywhere.
Most people can't keep up with me with like that." He commented.
"Tch, and it looks like you really aren't just some kid. I guess the stories about you weren't all made up." Qrow then grinned. "Well that's fine by me, it'll make this all the more fun!"
"Ooh, wonder what he's famous for," Ruby said curiosity, getting many to wonder as well.
"...Stories?" Naruto asked.
The blond found himself playing defense when the tip of the blade went sailing past him, and like so many other times before he managed to doge seemingly on pure instinct alone. He had no time to think however as a fist collided with his jaw, stunning him. Another one landed on his stomach, then another, and then his chin again.
"OOOOOHHH!" The viewers said as they saw the blows connect.
Naruto stumbled for a moment, stars in his vision, but he still managed to catch the powerful kick aimed at his ribs. Qrow grunted and tried to free himself, but it was pointless.
"BREAK HIS LEG!" Nora eyes widened in madness letting her bloodlust seep over the room.
The members of team RWBY and JNPR scrambled away from her in a safe distance.
With a mighty cry, the blond gripped the outstretched leg in-between his forearm and bicep and squeezed tightly, smirking when he heard something pop. Qrow screamed at the sharp pain
The room was quiet, to the point that not even the cricket dared to disturb the silence.
Sound was then returned as Nora spoke softly.
"Yes. . . Yes! YEEEEES! THIS! IS! AWESOME!" Nora's body trembled in pure joy after hearing the sweet symphony of Qrow's leg being dislocated, she was going to need a new pair of underwear after this episode was finished.
Everyone looked at Ren for help.
He shook his head, not even he could get her out of her trance induced madness.
and delivered a powerful elbow to the back of the kid's head, stunning him again and using that split-second to push the blond off. He felt it was a rather low blow but the kid really didn't leave him much of a choice.
"You fight like a damn animal you shitty brat!" His knee was dislocated, and man did that fucking hurt!
Despite the uncalled taunt's that their uncle made, they did worry a little about his wellbeing. They were quite surprised to see him actually get hurt.
"Show me some skill or something!" At this rate this would just end up looking like him beating on some random teenager.
Oh, wouldn't they just eat that one up!
"Given that it's you, definitely," Yang grinned as she watched the fight continue on.
"Shut up!" Naruto cried whilst nursing his head wound. "You almost killed me throwing your sword like that!"
"That was the point you fool! I'm trying to kill you here!"
"Yeah! I. Want. BLOOD!" Nora cackled in glee, creeping out her friends in the process.
The blond blew a raspberry.
Many let out snorts of chuckles and giggles at Naruto's childish response.
"Fine, if that's the way it is then I'm not holding back!"
Qrow blinked and then grinned. "So, you're going to take this seriously then? Alright, show me what you've got Grimm Reaper."
Ruby squealed when she heard that, trying her best to hide her envy as she spoke softly, "That's such a cool nickname . . . . I want one."
Many nodded at that.
Before his very eyes, Naruto exploded in a bright showing of ephemeral blue flames. They licked at his skin and flowed off of him like wisps of smoke, but he looked unharmed. He could visibly see the aura, could feel it too. It sent shivers down his spine and gave him goosebumps!
"Awesome," Jaune observed, "They look just as cool in the intro."
Many agreed as they admired the scene of Naruto's flames.
What kind of power is this? He marveled at the sight.
"All right you bastard, clench your teeth!" Naruto's blue eyes were practically glowing with unrestrained power. And when he blasted off, the ground underneath him cracked.
"FUCK HIM UP NARUTO! FUCK HIM UP!"
"Nora!" Pyrrha was aghast with her friend as she continued her vulgar chant.
Yang chuckled, Nora would fit right in with the crowd of EPW (Extreme Pro Wrestling).
Qrow sobered up almost immediately.
"No that's something I don't see every day," Yang quipped.
Ruby giggled when she heard that.
The kid was twice as fast now—no, even more than that! Qrow didn't even bother trying to catch his punch this time, he was sure the impact alone would have broken his hand without him taking the proper countermeasures.
"PUSSY! PUSSY!"
Ren groaned at Nora's chanting.
Ruby frowned, he uncle wasn't a pu – er, coward!
He ducked to the right and watched Naruto rocket past him, his quivering fist hitting the wall of the Tavern behind him and blasting it to pieces; smoke, chunks of metal, and broken glass flying everywhere. It felt like the entire building itself had shaken from the impact of that blow alone.
"FUCK THAT PLACE! FUCK THAT PLACE!"
Weiss agreed as she grinned at the makeover the Tavern was getting.
Damn it! He'd have to pay for that too!
What the hell? He's ridiculously strong. I'd heard he might be a Faunus, but this much is insane even for them.
Blake begrudgingly agreed with Qrow on this.
Naruto burst from the smoke and came at him with even more ferocity than before. The kid has great instincts, but no control. He really does fight like a wild animal. He ducked a punch and reeled back, avoiding a follow up knee. The man blinked and Naruto was already in front of him by the time he'd landed.
"I WANT BLOOD! I WANT BLOOD!"
Ignoring Nora's chants, Pyrrha keenly watched the battle between the skilled huntsman and Naruto. She agreed with Qrow, Naruto's fighting style was rather wild like an animal and for what she could tell by observing the match, While Naruto did have speed and power he couldn't make much use of it given that his offensive strikes lacked in skill and coordination. He just swung where he thought it would hurt the most, while that wasn't exactly bad on paper Naruto wasn't approaching Qrow's weak points strategically and deceptively. The only thing she could praise him was his defense, where he seemed to be rather experienced in as well as being able to resilient enough to take a hurdle of strong blows.
"Where did you learn to fight kid?" Qrow asked while avoiding another blow. At the very least he had much more experience underneath his belt. As strong and as fast as the kid might be for his age, the man had fought stronger, faster, and much bigger opponents in the past.
Naruto growled and rushed after, coming down on him like a blue comet, his left arm reared back and practically cackling with explosive power.
"NARUTO'S GONNA KILL YOU!"
Yang barked up a laugh at that, it was funny but she doubted it.
"None of your beeswax!" He roared. When his fist met the spot where Qrow stood another tremor shook the building.
"Whoa! You need to be more careful kid, there are people in there!"
"FUCK THOSE GUYS! FUCK THOSE GUYS!"
"Geez Nora," Pyrrha said as she wondered her friend's morality.
Qrow advised from far away, waving at the now angry blond.
"S-Shut up, damn you!" Naruto strutted before following after him.
The two played a game of cat and mouse for quite a while, with Qrow leading him farther and farther out of the city and toward the shore without Naruto ever realizing it. As he evaded each attack, the dark-haired man was rather surprised to know that Naruto had yet to figure out that he was the contact.
The kid isn't very bright either...
Pyrrha chuckled as she too noticed, analyzing Naruto's fighting skills.
"Stop running away you jerk!" Naruto cried while rushing him, kicking up a storm of sand behind him.
"Yeah! Fight like the huntsmen you are!" Nora angrily expressed at the screen.
She wanted that other leg broken, dammit!
His aura cloak is weaker too. He doesn't know how to properly channel his energy.
And lacks control of his unknown energy, Pyrrha thought as she finished assessing Naruto's fighting skills. Finally finished analyzing him Pyrrha could tell with confidence that Naruto needed to be taught the proper basics of hand to hand combat in order to strengthen his offense. He also needs to be more deductive when fighting an opponent. Finally but not least, better control of his energy, for some reason Pyrrha could tell that was going to be the most difficult task.
Qrow suddenly stopped and put his arms up in the widely-recognized gesture for surrender. "Alright Naruto, that's enough. You've impressed me. Now chill. You don't want to beat up the guy you're here to meet, do you?"
"BOOOOO! I WANT BLOOD! NOT PEACE!"
Ren slapped Nora upside the head and gave her a stern glare which promised her that there will be no Pancakes in next semester of class.
Nora grumbled as she died out her chants.
Naruto heard him, but couldn't stop. It's not that he didn't want too—he just couldn't even if he tried. What little control he did have over his massive aura reserves didn't allow him that much. It seemed his now revealed contact had realized this, as he'd easily side stepped the incoming attack and watched with mild-interest as the blond hit the water and skipped like a thrown rock. Unlike a rock however, Naruto didn't sink.
"What. . ."
Everyone of team RWBY and JNPR said, wondering if the TV was playing tricks on them.
Qrow watched on, his jaw actually hitting the floor, as the kid laid above the water like it was solid and then stood, groaning all the while.
"Ren, I think I had way to many pancakes because I think I'm seeing a person walking on water," Nora said, still transfixed at seeing Naruto, who somehow did not sink in the water.
Ren couldn't reply as he was too busy staring as well.
"I really need to work on my landings..."
Many chuckled, but anyone could tell how forced it was.
He muttered. "And you! You've got some expla—what? Why are you looking at me like that? You're creeping me out dude!"
"You...you can walk on water...?" Qrow whispered, shock written all over his face.
Naruto tilted his head and nodded slowly.
"Yeah. Can't everyone?"
"Holy shit."
Surprisingly this came from the mouth of Pyrrha.
Everyone soon stared at her.
The invincible girl soon registered the words she muttered out and in shame and embarrassment she covered her mouth, letting out a rather cute and humiliated whine, I'm sorry mother!
She was raised better than this!
Everyone couldn't savor the moment to chuckle as they stared back at the screen, Naruto still standing in the water like it was solid ground.
"He's definitely not a Faunus," Blake said with resolution in her voice.
"I think this a sign," Weiss said, "I have no idea what it is but I can feel it."
Some weren't sure how to respond to Weiss comment but they could tell she wasn't exactly wrong.
The tall man deadpanned. Just who the hell was this kid?!
The fire cackled, and over it three fish were slowly being roasted. Now that the fighting was done and over with, the two sat before the flames by the beach, setting up a small camp while they talked, a starlit sky accompanying the broken moon above them.
"So, the Grimm Reaper is what people are calling me?" Naruto grinned. "That sounds so cool!"
"It does, doesn't it," Ruby whined, slowly losing the shock of seeing Naruto walk on water.
Many agreed as they too were shaking off their shock.
Qrow nodded across from the blond.
"Yup. A cripple with one arm and no weapon, who travels around offering to kill Grimm for food and a place to sleep,
"Ugh, it even has a cool backstory to justify the name~" Ruby whined further.
"Who needs two arms when you only just need one," Nora said approvingly of Naruto's feats.
A badass doesn't need two arms, he only needed one.
something like that is bound to start rumors. Although up until now, I'd thought most of those things were just that. A rumor. A miscommunication. Now though," ruby red orbs eyed him. "I can definitely see how you'd be able to kill a Grimm without a weapon."
Everyone agreed with that after seeing Naruto's fight with Qrow.
The blond brought a fist up to his chest. He seemed proud to hear those words.
"Damn right you do!"
The older man chuckled. "You're an odd one, no doubt about it. Here we are, chatting it up like old friends as if I didn't threaten to kill you. I have to ask, are you always this trusting?"
Naruto blinked, mimicking an owl. "Well, you explained to me that it was just a test. Why should I be mad at you? Besides you're going to help me, right? You said you could in your message."
"Your being to forgiving," Weiss disapproved of Naruto letting Qrow get away with the insult of his lost limb.
"We demand punishment!" Nora cheered.
"I offer to kick him in the balls!" Jaune shared to his friends.
"Jaune that is vulgar!" Pyrrha cried out.
Jaune stared at her with neutrality, Pyrrha blushed as she cowed cutely to his stare.
"I forward and will carry out that motion as her niece who bears his unwanted sins," Yang proclaimed.
"Yang! He's our uncle!" Ruby gasped.
"Not anymore sis," Yang replied coldly, much to Ruby's horror.
In a tavern, a dusty old crow scratched his balls in a vulgar fashion, must be an itch.
Despite his thoughts, he couldn't shake off the dreadful feeling.
"Aye. That I did. But to help you, I'm going to need to know a little more about you." Qrow spoke, crossing his arms and leaning forward.
"I'd like to know more about me too." Naruto said, poking at the fires with a stick.
Everyone perked up at this.
"What do you mean?"
"I have amnesia. I woke up in a forest by the village of Sunflowers, and I stayed there for a month before leaving on a trip to try and figure out who I am. I've been searching for a year now, looking for clues and stuff. I haven't learned much. Every now and then I'll remember something but it just ends up confusing me more."
Qrow hummed aloud.
"I see. Sunflower, huh? Makes sense considering your name is just as weird as theirs. Can you tell me what it is you do remember?"
Naruto thought it over for a moment, before he nodded. "Yeah, sure. Some of it is actually pretty cool! For starters I'm a ninja!"
. . . . .
"Holy shit," Nora said in shock that soon turned to a shit eating grin, "Ruby, we were right!"
After hearing the little red speedster squealed once more as she clapped her hands repeatedly like a child.
"I can't believe it . . ." Weiss watched the scene unfold in disbelief.
Nora rose from the floor and motioned her hand forward to her leader Jaune, "Cough up the Lien, Jauney boy!"
Jaune crossed him arms as he decided to enlighten Nora, "You said that he might be an alien, it was Ruby who said that Naruto could be a ninja. So really it was Ruby who was right."
Nora snarled in rage as she gave Jaune a vicious glare, her hand closed in a wrathful fist.
Jaune the self-proclaimed fearless, brave, cunning, and total heartthrob leader of team JNPR screamed like the little girl that he was as he heroically scrambled towards Pyrrha, clutching her tightly over his body.
The poor invincible girl was still recovering from cowing down to Jaune's stare after motioning the kicking of Qrow's balls moments ago, having him hug her so tightly wasn't helping her blush die out and instead it only increased it further as it went on. Pyrrha tried to wiggle out of Jaune's grip but every time she tried he held more tighter each time, by now Pyrrha's face could've given a tomato a run for his money.
Nora rudely pointed her finger at Jaune as she spoke, "When he's revealed to be an alien you will pay me double."
Before Nora could intimidate Jaune furthermore, Ren came in to save the day as he threw a plate of freshly cooked pancakes that the lover of all pancakes immediately leaped out for them.
Jaune sighed as he let go of Pyrrha, he gave a small silent thank you to his friend.
Ren just bowed as he took his seat on the floor.
Pyrrha now free from Jaune was trying to calm her beating heart, shifting her legs rather nervously.
Ruby finally stopped squeeing, getting everyone's attention.
The silver eyed warrior then looked at Weiss, pointing triumphantly, "I. Was. Right!"
Weiss made a loud groan at Ruby's smug face.
"We know lil sis, we know," Yang said as she sat her down.
"Let's continue on," Blake added.
Qrow snorted. "Hey! It's true! I was pretty good one from some of the fights I've been in, er, remember being in. I could do a lot of really amazing stuff like making clones
"Just like Blake and Sun!" Ruby pointed out.
The cat Faunus nodded at that.
when I had both arms, but I can't now
"Why does he need two hands?" Ruby asked to everyone.
They didn't answer her because they didn't have clue on why.
... I don't even remember how I lost my arm in the first place..."
All the members frowned when they heard that. Yang desperately wanted to give him a hug, but Naruto was at the other side.
he trailed off for a moment, before catching himself. "A-Anyway, I remember being lonely as a kid. I also remember being on a team, with a teacher and two friends. And...and...I remember these eyes."
At this, the red eyed man perked up. Naruto's expression had gone from somber to disturbed within seconds and there was a faint weakness to his voice.
Everyone noted it too as they paid more close attention to the conversation.
"I remember these huge, bloody eyes. They were looking down at me, and this voice, this messed up and evil voice. It spoke to me. 'You should be grateful,' it said, 'to that pathetic man, and, to me.' I—I don't know what it was or what it meant, but I remember that one the best for some weird reason."
"That is weird . . ." Ruby whispered.
The rest thought the same.
Blake wondered if this connected Naruto to that beast that he behind his back at the end of intro, it was plausible. The wielder of the Gambol Shroud knitted her brow in thought, the more she knew about Naruto the more mysterious he became.
The fire cackled and helped to alleviate the weight of the silence that settled between them following his explanation. Naruto bit his lip and averted his gaze after a moment, expecting the man to laugh at him or brush what he'd said off entirely like most others did. Instead, Qrow sighed and reached for a fish, taking one and handing it to the perplexed blond before grabbing another for himself.
Yang and Ruby smirked, nothing fazed their Uncle Qrow.
"Man, you're just the whole package aren't you, kid?"
"Totally," The entire group chorused in harmony.
He said. "Amnesia, crazy powers, a hothead." A half-smirk came to life when the blond angry protested, incidentally proving his point. "I'll be honest. I mostly lied when I said I could help you.
Not many were surprised by the Huntsman's revelation.
I just wanted to meet you and see what you were made of. I have to say, you didn't disappoint. But you could be better." He paused. "How would you feel about coming with me, Naruto?"
If Yang was having drink she would've spitted it out right now.
'Yang, we get to meet Naruto first!" Ruby said in glee, "Were going to be friends with a ninja alien!"
"That's great Rubes," Yang gave a half-hearted smile to her sister's enthusiasm, Ugh, wonder how dad is going to be cool with this decision.
"He's not an alien," Jaune corrected the wielder of the Crescent Rose.
"Yet. . . " Nora whispered as she stared back at Jaune.
Jaune stared back at Nora in an equal stare, she will not have his Liens!
"I don't know...I'm not sure if I—"
"C'mon, say yes!" Ruby always wanted a ninja alien friend!
"—Correction. You should come with me. By now I'm not the only one who's heard of the Grimm Reaper stirring up trouble in the west. More people will come after you, and when they see what you can do. I promise that they won't have your freedom in mind." He still seemed uncertain. "Come on kid! I've got my cute little niece with me too! She's around your age I think, and she's waiting in an Inn in the town right now. I'm sure she'd love to meet you!"
"I would!" Ruby squealed cutely with her fist in the air, "And I get to meet him much early, yay!"
Many laughed at her antics.
Naruto frowned, ignoring that last bit and asking what was on his mind.
"Hey. . ." Ruby pouted cutely, she didn't want to be ignored.
"And how exactly are you going to help me, hm?"
"Good question," Weiss spoke.
Qrow grinned. "I'm glad you asked. I can't solve your memory problem, but I can teach you how to control that outrageous power of yours! You won't be any more trouble than Ruby is so I don't mind!
"Hey, I resent that!"
Of course if you try and distract me from my booze, I'll beat you senseless!"
"He's not kidding," Yang informed to the group, "My dad and him almost get into fights because of this."
The blond sighed.
"Can I sleep on it?"
"Say yes," Ruby whispered, she wanted a ninja buddy!
"Sure kid. You can sleep on it."
Naruto nodded and took a bite out of his fish, smiling at the taste and greedily digging in for more.
Qrow watched him from the corner of his eye and frowned, taking a bite out of his own cooked fish to hide the act. There was another reason why they would come for him that he'd felt the blond didn't need to know. The Grimm that he slayed weren't there out of sheer coincidence. No. They'd followed him to those cities and towns. Followed behind the malevolent feeling that outright seeped through this kids skin without him even knowing like rabid dogs.
Everyone frowned when they heard that.
Ruby's normal enthusiasm died at what she heard, she wanted to ask but she doubted she would get answers as of now.
Even now Qrow could see it. The faint image of those same bloody eyes he'd spoken of and a jagged smile lurking behind him.
You really are the complete package, kid.
Everyone stared at the thrilling visage of the monster that stood behind Naruto.
Blake gave a worried look and wondered, what is he?
Happy DBcember guys! The announcement of the Dragon Ball Super dub has been confirmed by the voice of Vegeta! YEEEEAHHH!
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