A/N: So hey guys and gals. Thanks for waiting. I've been having a...mental block of some sorts, so yeah.
Also, I'm here to share something with you guys; George Miller has just announced that, due to certain circumstances, Filthy Frank will no longer produce any more episodes. For those who knows him and his YouTube channel, so if you guys could do this with me,
NYEEESSS~~!!!
Chapter 4
"...Looks kinda cramp, doesn't it?" Yang said as she and her new team stood at the doorway of their new shared place. It was mid noon, and they were just dismissed from the final part of the initiation, the forming of the teams, and now looking at their new living space. Though, there's not much space to begin with, and they weren't much happy about that fact.
Weiss, a person used to large spaces, was the first to complain, "Do they think that this place is adequate for four people to live in? And our belongings won't probably even fit in here!" She complained with an eyebrow twitching.
"Maybe if you haven't brought you're whole room with you, then we might've possibly been able to manage." Blake said while reading a book, pointedly ignoring Weiss' irritation. She then threw a quick glance to the room, seeing the room for the first time. With a wince, she quickly added, "I gotta agree with the Schnee though. Our stuff won't fit in here."
"How about we set up b-" Ruby was about to suggest something, before Naruto spoke up,
'How about I help you expand?'
Ruby then quickly went into her and Naruto's shared soulscape and gave Naruto an illegally adorable, inquisitive look, 'You can-Wow, I still sound weird. Anyway, You can do that?'
O'course I can, dear! I am, according to Kakashi, a person who can fix mostly anyone's problems! Though, he also called me a person who has trouble looking over his shoulder.' He said proudly at first, before mumbling the last part. He then brightened once more, 'A little Fuinjutsu here, a small time and space altercation there, and your comfort troubles are gone!'
'Pfft, you sound like an advertisement,' Ruby's comment made naruto falter, but he immediately perked up when Ruby continued, 'Thanks though. You're always trying to help me, even with the smallest things.'
Naruto then grew bashful, 'Ah geez, you're welcome. 'sides, you're my awesome wife, so of course I'll always try and help you! You're the greatest thing that happened to me.' He grabbed her hands and squeezed them gently while giving Ruby a soft smile. A gesture she returned.
'Still, thanks. Love ya.' And with that and a kiss to Naruto's cheek, Ruby left their shared, leaving a goofily grinning Blond.
'Love ya too!'
Coming out of her trance, Ruby noticed the slightly amused, impatient, and curious look directed at her, coming from Yang, Weiss, and Blake respectively. She suddenly grew self-conscious from all of the looks she's getting, "...What?"
"Grrr, your idea! What is it?!" Weiss growled-asked, asked in frustration. She was an heiress, and heiresses do not growl, thank you very much.
'Spacing out for a few moments, gaining a hazy-eyed look as if unfocused on the outside world, and when they do return from their spell, they aren't aware of what happened? Oooh, she's like the character from the book I'm reading!' Blake thought to herself somewhat excitedly, while still keeping an aloof look.
"R-Right, that..." Ruby trailed off, unsure of how to continue.
'Just tell them to wait outside and not to worry.' Naruto supplied.
"W-Well! Just wait outside and don't worry about anything! I'll handle everything!" She told her new roommates.
Yang gave her a thumbs up and went outside to try and get comfortable while waiting, while Blake and Weiss gave her wary looks. Weiss' more so than Blake's.
"...Alright." was all Blake said, still a tad suspicious, but decided to trust her new leader. 'I can at least get on with my reading.'
Weiss was about to voice her discomfort with the idea, but thought better of it, 'It's not like she'll make our living space much more uncomfortable.' She thought and made to leave, but not before giving Ruby a slight glare. She was still a little miffed sit not being made leader, but gave the headmaster's decisions some faith. He wasn't the headmaster for nothing, after all, and she did show some good qualities.
"Don't worry," Ruby said to Weiss, "It'll only take..."
Four hours at most.' Naruto supplied.
"Four hours! At most!" Ruby continued, ushering Weiss outside, making her glare even more annoyed. 'Now what?' She asked Naruto.
Naruto, after making sure that everyone was out and not gonna barge in, released his hold on Crescent Rose and Turned to Ruby with a raised eyebrow and a grin, "Now? Now you'll tell me how to design each and every room."
o-o-o-o
Outside Team RWBY's dorm room, three hours and thirty seven minutes later.
"Ugh, I'm bored~." Yang moaned out, sprawling out her limbs at her sides, now bored of playing her scroll. She then turned to her two teammates, "Hey guys, wanna play the 'let's make out with each other and see if were compatible' game? It'll be fun~" She suggested to Weiss and Blake while wiggling her eyebrows suggestively.
"H-How obscene!" Weiss exclaimed with a red face, "Do you ask that to every people you just met?! Such lewdness!"
Blake's answer was a blank look, though there was a faint red tinting her cheeks, 'What a pervert. Though I guess I'd be a liar if I said I wasn't one. Everyone IS one, after all.' She thought to herself.
Upon hearing Weiss' comment, Yang scoffed, "Of course not! I only ask that to every hot girl I just met, not every person." She crossed her armed at this, losing her insulted look and replaced it with an appraising one while at Blake and Weiss up and down, "I mean, you two are one of the hottest girls I've ever seen, bar myself of course."
Before Weiss, or possibly Blake (if she felt like it), could retort, Ruby's voice called from the other side of the door, "Hey guys~! It's done~!"
Weiss, already tired of dealing with the perverted blonde, was the first to move to enter their dorm. Of course, upon seeing it, she immediately had to correct herself, for it was no simple room anymore.
Before, it only had just one room and one bathroom solely for waste disposal (showers were taken at a shared facility), now it has a living room, which has two couches, one loveseat, a coffee table in the middle, a television attached to wall, and a shelf of books right aside by the tv, and two corridors, one leading to four doors, two on each side, which she assumed were their rooms, while the other has five doors, two on each sides with the last one at the end of the corridor, looking ominous.
"...Okay, how did you do... this?" Weiss said after a couple moments of awe, indicating to their new dor-, 'Not one anymore. More like an apartment.'
"Please telll me there's a gaming room in one of those doors?" Yang, the one who asked the question, was pointing at the corridor with four doors.
"Nope! Those are the bedrooms," Ruby said, before pointing to the other corridor, "The recreation room is over there."
"Sweet!"
'How is this even possible? Is this her semblance? Then what kind of semblance is it?' Blake thought to herself as she moved closer to a couch and say down, "This is comfortable." She said with a small smile.
Ruby put her hands on her hips and puffed her chest, "Only the best can be bought for team RWBY!" She then looked at Blake and Weiss (Yang, after finding the right door, was already in the recreation room), "Why don't you guys unpack? Your names are on the door of your rooms."
With a sigh, Blake stood up and went towards her room, but not before throwing the couch a subtle longing look, 'Goodbye for now, comfy couch.'
"Very well. But what will you be doing?" Weiss said as she stood up and looked her partner.
"Me? Well, I already unpacked my stuff, so I'm gonna do a little exercise," Ruby said, 'Exercise how to play better at video games.' She thought to herself.
Weiss smiled faintly, completely misunderstanding what Ruby said, not that it's her fault. She said, "Keeping in shake is very good. I'm glad you're taking initiative."
"Yeah. I mean, I gotta keep at it if I want to beat my uncle one day!"
"I'll leave you be then. If anyone needs me, I'll be in my room."
"Alright! Now, time to murder some video game characters..."
o-o-o-o
Meanwhile, at Salem's castle...
"What do you mean mistress is dead?!" A young raven haired woman asked the figure sitting on her goddess' throne.
"Just as I said, dear. My...cousin, was murdered, quite easily so if I might add." The being said in a powerful yet alluring androgynous voice. "And so, you will now do as I say. Do you understand?" [1]
"That can't be! Mistress is-!" Ravenette woman was cut off by an immense wave of power that washed over her.
"Understand?" The powerful being asked once more, this time getting a small nod from the woman. They then stood up, their figure still obscured by the shadows as before, "Good. I'm glad we've come to an understanding, Cinder Fall, otherwise. Hmhmhm, otherwise..."
Despite all her courage, all her intelligence, all her power, Cinder couldn't her but shiver from that person's tone, and not the pleasant kind either, "Y-Yes. I am glad-"
"You know what I despise the most?" They suddenly asked, interrupted, Cinder, but didn't wait for an answer, "Liars. Especially those who lie to themselves. So save your breath, and prepare yourself. Now, let's talk about my cousin's convoluted plan."
"Y-Yes, well..."
o-o-o-o
Nighttime, Beacon Academy, Team RWBY's dorm, Ruby's Room
Ruby Rose, currently in her sleeping attire, was in front of a mirror brushing her longer than usual hair, "I should get a haircut soon." She mumbled quietly.
Naruto, currently lounging on their bed, heard her what she practically whispered. He sat up and said, "I think it suits you."
"W-What?" She asked, a tad surprised at Naruto's sudden comment.
"Long hair. I think it suits you. You look more beautiful with long hair." He said once more, though a little more clear.
"Really? I mean, it's kinda uncomfortable and messy and hot and... And I'll look too much like mom." As she mumbled the last part, she looked down at her feet, "I mean, I really love mom, and I'm really thankful you brought her back and made our family complete again..."
"But?" Naruto asked.
Ruby sighed, "It's just that... It'll seem like I'm just a complete copy of mom. Just Summer Rose, two-point-oh. Not Ruby Rose, one-point-oh. I mean, I want to be just like mom, but I don't want to be her. I want to be my own person. I wanna make my own legend, ya know?"
"Pfft." Naruto snickered. But before Ruby could admonish him for it, he spoke, "Sorry, you kinda triggered something. But yeah, I get ya. But you don't have to worry about all that stuff. You might think that it's like that, but it isn't. Whenever I see your face, you know the first thought that comes into my mind?"
"What?" Ruby asked.
"That I'm lucky that I'm married, BONDED to you, the most unique person I've ever met. A one in a million lifetimes. You might look like an amalgamation of Summer and Taiyang, but you're your own person. Believe it." He finished looking at Ruby from across the room. He then laid down and Ruby joined him not a minute after.
"...I'm still having my hair cut." Ruby said after a few moments if silence. She then added, "It's uncomfortable."
If it wasn't for his wife's adorable-yet-still-terrifying glare, Naruto wouldn't have relented, "Fine. I still stand by what I said though."
After a few moments of silently laying down and being spooned by her husband, Ruby suddenly remembered something, "I just remembered. Why did you take so long? And no, I didn't have the time to read the PT Scroll."
"Well, besides getting caught up in otherworldly gossip, packing up your and Yang's souvenirs took a while. And no, I'll give it to you tomorrow evening. Also, I've got great news!"
Ruby then sat up and looked at her husband, "What is it?" She asked.
"I'm pregnant!" Ruby's answer to that was simply a deadpan look which got her husband to correct himself, "Sorry, but you kinda set that up," He cleared his throat when Ruby's blank look impossibly intensified, and spoke once more, "Anyway, I can finally walk freely in public!"
Ruby's blank look shattered, "R-Really?" She stuttered. This was, after all, big news. Him being able to freely do so now meant that those major threats that he told her about were gone. "T-Thats great!"
"I know!" He said, before laying down while bringing down Ruby with him. He then let out a sigh and spooned Ruby once more, "Sometimes I wish I wasn't a god so that the lives of my love ones, your and your family's lives, won't be at risk, you know? But then I thought, 'If I wasn't one, then how the hell-
"Swear jar."
"-am I suppose to meet you?' I can't, which is why I'm glad I am one, ya know? So I guess I'll just have to protect you all."
"...Where did all that come from?" Ruby asked. Don't get her wrong, she was touched by what he said, but he just said that out of the blue.
"I dunno. Maybe stress?" He suggested, "Maybe I'm reassuring myself? Maybe it's my fear talking? Fear of losing you guys to people who're out to get me?"
Ruby rolled herself and looked at Naruto in the eyes. She said, "There's no need to be scared. You know that we can protect ourselves, and if it's an enemy out of our league then we know, I know that you can defeat then. You won't lose us, You won't lose me, not even after a hundred million lifetimes. And if I do get lost? I know you can find me, and even if it takes another million lifetimes I'll wait for you."
"And I will never keep you waiting." He said. He then lowered his head and touched his lips to hers, sharing a tender kiss with his wife. When the kiss broke, he looked at the silver pools that were Ruby's eyes, and said, "I love you. You're the greatest thing that ever happened to me. You're my most precious person. And I will never love another, even if i reincarnate I'll just go back to you, my precious gemstone."
"I love you too... I don't have anything to say besides that. Ehehe." Ruby ended with a red face, from what Naruto said, and an awkward chuckle.
"Hehe, 's alright." He said. He then shifted Ruby so that she was facing the way he was and brought her close to him. He reached over and turned off the bedside lamp, kissed Ruby's head , and whispered to her, "Goodnight."
"Mm, g'night."
o-o-o-o
The next day, Team RWBY's dorm
It was early in the early, with the sun having just risen, birds chirping, and four ringing alarm clocks each accompanied by groans.
As the four girls were slowly getting in their feet, a blond could be seen cooking and singing (And shaking his booty) in the kitchen with an orangette sitting at the kitchen table waiting eagerly.
"Making pancakes~, makin', makin' pancakes~! Making pancakes~, that's what I love ta make~! Makin' panca- Morning Ruby! Yang! Yang and Ruby's teammates!" He cut off his song as he noticed team RWBY slowly trudging into the kitchen.
Weiss and Blake immediately went stiff and made a move to prepare themselves against the horned and tailed stranger...who was wearing a frilly pink apron? Ruby and Yang however...
"You do know it's too damn early, right? Ah, screw that, I'm up now anyways. You cookin' banana pancakes?" Yang asked, getting a nod for an answer, "Sweet."
Ruby, finally awake enough, sat down at the table besides Yang, "Morning Naruto, Yang, Blake, Weiss, Nora...wait," she said, finally taking taking notice of the eccentric orangette, "What're you doing here?"
"Well~ I-" As Nora was about to start explaining herself, a voice cut her off.
"There are TWO STRANGERS inside our kitchen! Are seriously asking one of them what they're doing here?!" Weiss asked in an indignant manner. She continued, "What if they're here to kill us?! OR WORSE! Kill ME?!" [2]
Naruto had a deadpan look on his face (That Ruby, Yang, and Blake also had) and faced Weiss, while STILL flipping pancakes, "If I wanted to, I could've done that while you were asleep." He faced the stove again before continuing, "And the only ones dying here are your tastebuds, cause they're gonna be drowning in flavors!" He finished with a flourish of the spatula he was holding, eliciting a giggle from Ruby, Nora, and Yang.
"Also, we worked with Nora yesterday, remember?" Yang reminded Weiss. Naruto then handed her a stack of pancakes, "Ah, thanks."
"Ooh, where's mine, foxy?" Nora asked while raising her right hand. The young blond man handed her her plate, "Mmm~ Thank you~!"
"Strawberry pancakes? Thanks, dear!" Ruby said after receiving her own stack, oblivious to the shocked face of Weiss and Blake's wide eyes. Nora...Well, she's Nora, nuff said.
"D-Dear?! What do you mean 'dear'?! Who IS this?! What's he doing here?! And will you stop cooking pancakes for a freaking moment?!?!" Weiss screa-questioned, questioned. Again, she was an heiress, and heiresses never scream.
After a moment of silence, Naruto asked her, "So you don't want pancakes? Well, what DO you want? I can make you some french toast, if you want."
Finally giving up, Weiss said, "Y-You know what? Yeah, that actually sounds nice." She then sat down next to Ruby and sighed, "...Morning everyone."
Naruto then looked at Blake and motioned to an empty sit with a plate waiting in front of it, "Sit down, yeah? And what do you want? Pancakes? Waffles? Hash browns? French toast? Just say it."
Blake, completely weirded out by the situation just plopped down tiredly on the indicated seat, "D-Do you have any fish? With eggs if able."
"And frying!" Naruto then created a clone to take over the stove, pointedly ignoring Weiss and Blake's wide eyes, and sat next to Ruby and began eating his own plate of pancakes. After a few moments of tense silence, he spoke once more, "So, how was yesterday?"
Before anyone else could answer, Nora did it for them, with a full mouth and wild hand gestures.
...Yeah, not going through that hell hole that's called Nora's imagination
Back to the story. Before Nora could continue on recalling her version of what happened, Weiss interrupted her, "I really hate to interrupt you, but it seems that out time is lacking for you to finish your take. We must take our showers now." She then rounded to the still eating Naruto with a finger pointed at him, "And don't think I've forgotten about you, stranger. I wi-"
"Stranger?" Ruby said, "He's no stranger. Well, maybe to you guys, but Yang and I know him."
"Then who is he?" Blake asked, finally finished with her wonderful breakfast.
"He's my husband."
"...H-Huh?" "...W-What?" "Congratulations!"
Were the reactions of Blake, Weiss, and Nora respectively. The first two then looked at their team leader with shocked faces. Before the two could ask her their questions, a shifty ringing sound could be heard.
"You five better start getting prepped. It's eight sharp, one hour until classes." He said, spurring team RWBY to go to their rooms, leaving Nora, who was still eating, and himself who just finished, in the kitchen. He then looked at the happily munching Valkyrie with an amused cock of an eyebrow, "Want more pancakes?"
"Yes please!"
o-o-o-o
Explanation/s:
Weiss and Blake's eating some stranger's coking? - Well, some of you might say that they're too trustful for two people who're training to be monster killers. They aren't. They just trust Ruby and Yang, and the sisters trusted the stranger and so did they. Stupid logic, I know, but it actually happens more often than not in the real world. Meeting a friend's friend and becoming friends with the person is an example
Blake and Weiss' lack of reaction to Naruto's Tails and Horns? - They noticed, they just have some manners. And no one asks a stranger about a physical aspect, that's just rude. Like, 'Hey, I just noticed that you have small breasts. Thought I'd let you know and ask why.' See? Rude.
Even more shitty content then usual? - I said 'mental block' up there because I've been having some troubles thinking and putting what I thought into words and writing those words. I have ADHD and schizophrenia. So yeah. It'll be explained down there...Yeah, just scroll downwards.
[1] - Try and guess who this person is. A clue is one the title summary
[2] - I was gonna have Weiss say, 'Maybe they're here to kill us?! OR WORSE! Have us EXPELLED?!' Somewhat like Hermione Granger, but then I thought, fuck her and her lines, then I remembered what Emma looked like...
So yeah
A/N: Now, this chapter is rushed, horrible, etcetera etcetera. Well, that's because it is. It's because I'm not feeling too well these past few days. I've been having some problems with my body and my head's throbbing real painfully nearly everyday. But it's nothing major!... I hope
Anyway! As I've said at the section up there, Filthy Frank is no longer creating episodes, but George Miller WILL continue in the music industries. Some of you might be thinking, 'Mr. Unorthodox, we don't care about your personal shit' or whatnot. The reason I writing all of this is because I'm just feeling so emotional. So euphoric I got to witness something great till the end, sad because my favorite artist is stopping his career in comedy, etcetera. So yeah.
Also, I'd just like to say this once more; my updates and word count won't be consistent. But I will try and update once every three months AT THE LATEST. And I will try and push for two thousand word counts at the least for every chapter.
I'd also like to mention the fact that this story won't probably reach fifteen chapters. That's because this is just a test drive of some sorts. I mean, I already have ideas, drafts even! For stories with actual story lines. But, if I do write again after this, I will still do crack fics.
Lastly, I'd just like to thank you all again, and I know I'm becoming redundant, my thankfulness is redundant, so I'm gonna leave you all with,
Nyees~!