A/N: So hey, I'm back, and I'm here to explain the seemingly new antagonist of the story, and how it's a clone of Naruto when I mentioned that there's a clue in the story summary. Now, the keywords, rather the keyphrase (not a word, I know) is 'He's gonna mess with fate. A lot'. Now, there's this person who said that it's Fate itself, which kinda amused me (no offense, dude or dudette) 'cause the answer is so far and yet, in a way, so close.
Chapter 5
So hey, it's Naruto again. This is my second entry, and...I'm not sure what to write about exactly.
Oh yeah! Yang and Ruby are officially Huntresses-in-training now! Or is it Huntswomen? Anyway! They're teammates too! And believe it or not, Ruby's a team leader now! I'm kinda worried about her, though. Being a leader's a stressful job with a lot of responsibilities. She'll have to- Bah! What am I talking about? She'll do great! She did amazing yesterday, after all!
Anyway, I just met their teammates this morning. Well, not really. I don't even know much aside from their names. But I'll get to that when they get back. Which is right about-
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"We're back!" A voice called out accompanied by knocking.
"Now," he said, walking out of his and Ruby's room to greet team RWBY, "Hey guys."
Yang, after returning his greeting went towards the kitchen, while Weiss and Blake just stared at him.
Ruby gave him a peck to the cheek and proceeded to plop down on the loveseat, arms at her sides, "Today was exhausting!" She groaned out.
"Yeah? What happened?" Naruto asked, heading towards the Redhead and proceeded to take her off of it before sitting down and placing her on his lap, letting her lean on him.
Shlink! Shlink! Shlink!
"Die! Death to you! Crescent Rose shall be your end!"
"Yeah! Murder that Grimm, girl!"
"Hush, Nora."
"...We learned that Ruby's a little murder happy." Weiss said with a dull tone. She sighed before taking a seat on one of the couches, leaving Blake to lounge completely on the other. She then looked at Naruto and said, "Okay, we've established your Ruby's husband this morning. But why are you here?"
"I can't really leave her alone. Well, I can. I'd rather not, though." He said while taking off Ruby's boots for her, "You're really tired, huh?" He asked her softly, with her the only one hearing him. He received a hum in response.
"And why's that?" Blake asked, not that she really cared, she just wanted to contribute to the conversation. 'Hello again, sweet and comfortable couch.'
"It's complicated. I'm Naruto Rose Uzumaki, by the way. Ruby already told me your names, Blake Belladonna. Weiss Schnee." He told then, having realised that he hasn't introduced himself this morning.
"What's so complicated about it?" Yang said as she walked in coming from the kitchen door with a mug of something, "You and Ruby're bonded. That's all there's to it, right? I mean, I never did understood your godly shit-,"
"Swear jar." Ruby interrupted, A little muffled what with her face in the crook of Naruto's neck.
"-but I think that's it. This is good chocolate, by the way. Where'd you buy it?" She asked, taking a sip from her mug.
"Girl, you insult me. I made that myse-" Naruto was cut off by Weiss.
"'Godly'? I don't want to deal with a deranged and strange looking faunus right now, so kindly leave." Weiss snarked. What? Don't look at her like that. She already has deal with ones coming for hind, she doesn't want to deal with another, this one apparently with a god complex.
"So quick to rebuff something you don't know. Why is that, Weiss queen? Feeling a little inferior?" Yang said in defense of her fellow blond. She then looked at said blond before saying, "Why don't you show him a miracle, bro?"
Naruto just shrugged, which jostled Ruby's head slightly, before snapping his fingers and conjured a four sided mirror to appear above the coffee table, surprising...everyone actually. "I had to introduce Ruby to Mom and Dad anyway."
Then, after a few moments, the mirrors rippled ever so slightly. After the ripples calmed down, an image of a blond man, redheaded woman, and a tall white-haired man showed up.
"Hey Naruto! Can you hear me?!" The redhead asked.
"Yeah mom! I can hear ya!" Naruto replied smiling, ignoring the gaping looks of Weiss and Blake, and motioned to Ruby, "This is Ruby, my wife."
"H-Hello! It's nice to finally meet Naruto's parents. I'm Ruby." Ruby said with her head bowed slightly.
"Oooh! She's adorable, ya know? Right Minato?" The older woman asked the man besides her, getting a chuckle from him.
"Gahahaha! You definitely picked a looker, brat! And you're surrounded by cute girls too? Ha! It took years but you've finally- Ack!" The tall white haired guffawed, before being smacked by the redhead.
The blond man only owned his face before looking at Naruto, "So, a redhead too, huh?" He chuckled at the girl's red face. He then looked at Ruby and said, "I'm Minato, by the way. The redheaded woman is my wife, Kushina, and the man she's beating into the ground's Jiraiya, my and Naruto's former teacher."
"That buxom blonde over there is a Ruby's sister, Yang Xiao Long." Naruto said, with aforementioned girl waving at the mirror-screen.
"Hello! I've been waiting for Xiao Long to meet Ruby's parents-in-law. Get it?" She asked, getting a chuckle from Minato and a groan from Ruby.
"Dang it, Yang." Ruby mumbled out.
"The one in black's Blake Belladonna, and the one in white's Weiss Schnee." Naruto said, motioning to the girls at the call of their names.
Blake merely gave a wave, while Weiss was a little more vocal, "It's a pleasure. Though this still doesn't prove your point, Yang."
"Hm, what point?" Kushina asked, having just finished beating the old pervert into the ground. She then waved at them and said, "Also, hello again~!"
'Are all redheads so chirpy?' Blake thought to herself, thinking about Ruby, Nora and Pyrrha, then Adam's image popped in her head, 'Oh yeah, there's him. I guess it's just them.'
"Naruto being a god." Yang stated bluntly. What? She wasn't really that good with words, and she'd rather not beat around the bush.
"Well, he is one, ya know? I mean, look at his eyes and horns." Kushina said.
"What about those?" Weiss asked with narrowed eyes and a raised eyebrow.
"Those are signs of divinity. Or at the very least, it is in our realm," Minato stated, before continuing, "Besides, we wouldn't be talking right now if he wasn't one."
"And why's that?" Blake asked. 'Wait, 'realm'?'
"'cause we're dead." Kushina said bluntly. She then had a big glowing smile and spoke, "But then, Naruto's made into a god an' all, so he can talk to us. My son is so awesome, ya know?"
Noticing the shocked looks of black and white, Naruto proceeded to talk to his parents, "So anyway..."
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After introducing his parents and godfather, Naruto then introduced the tailed beasts who were just passing by, further sending Monochrome into shock. After getting over their shock, they immediately tried to apologize to Naruto.
"I-It's alright. I mean, I wouldn't believe myself either if I were in your shoes." Naruto said. He then remembered something, "Oh yeah!" He exclaimed, creating a seal-less clone who proceeded to go into the Rose-Uzumaki room.
"What is it?" Yang asked curiously.
"Gifts! Forgot to give 'em to you guys! Though, I only have specific things for Ruby and Yang. Only some random souvenirs for you two. Sorry." He said while playing with Ruby's hair. The clone returned with a large scroll of parchment and handed it to the original before disappearing from existence.
"I-It's fine, Lord Uzumaki. Again, I'm so sorry for not believing you earlier." Weiss said with her standing up, in front of Naruto, and bowing her head. Blake was emulating her actions and words, which seemed to amuse Yang.
'Heh, the look on their faces.' Yang thought to herself, before registering what the blond said, "So what's my souvenir?"
Naruto unsealed the scroll, revealing smaller, different colored scrolls of parchment. He sifted through it before holding out a red scroll for Yang, which she took, and gave Blake and Weiss black and blue ones respectively. He gave Ruby a silver one before he spoke again, "You two see that symbol in the center?" He asked Blake and Weiss, getting a nod in response, "Just activate your Aura near it."
And once everyone did, they were surprised at what they found; For Ruby, she had a couple (a lot) of blueprints, a medium sized pouch of strange-looking-yet-sweet-smelling objects, and a notebook with the initials 'TS' on the front; Yang had a red pulsating crystal and the same pouch of something ; A violet orb and the same pouch were what Weiss was given; lastly, Blake had a cloak and the same pouch. All of them, bar Ruby, also had a piece of paper. None of them paid those any attention however.
"What's this?" Blake asked curiously, holding the cloak. "I've never seen anything like this before." She stated, rubbing the dark side against her face, 'So soft, so silky~'
"O'course you haven't! I'd be surprised if you have!" Naruto exclaimed.
"It's nice that you'd gift us with these and all, but what is this? And this pouch. What's in the pouch?" She couldn't help but ask while holding the crystal in her right hand and the pouch in the other.
"The pouches contains something rare, something delicious...something I don't know the name of. But I can, however, say that those are safe to eat and are delicious. The crystal? Well, let's just say your temper's about to get even hotter." He said.
Ruby then unfurled the blueprints and felt her eyes widen. "No way...Are these even possible?" She whispered. "These look like Atlesian soldier armor, only more advanced."
"They are. Saw one of those in action too. It was awesome." Naruto said. He stood up in front of Ruby, covering her in a blanket of tails, "Now then," He said, garnering the others' attention, "Why don't you guys go to sleep and test out your gifts when it's Saturday? It's pretty late and you guys still have classes tomorrow."
"B-But..!" Ruby began, only to stop at the look Naruto directed towards her, "Fine." She then stretched out her arms towards Naruto, which prompted him to cradle her in his tails. "Goodnight everyone."
Yang looked at the Weiss and Blake and said, "You guys wanna figure out how these things work?"
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Grimm Castle
"Is this everyone, girl?" The 'mysterious figure' said. 'God, I hope boss could just kill these guys. I'm getting tired of acting.'
A young raven haired woman bowed her head along with four other people, "Yes, my master." [1]
"You dare assume I am a male?!" The transformed clone said. 'Hehe, the look on her face.' "Do you not see my lofty beauty?!"
"Yeah, you're real lofty alright." One of the people behind Cinder, the silver haired one mumbled, which had him receive an elbow to the gut courtesy of the mint haired girl besides him, "Hss! The hell?!"
"O-Of course I can, my mistress! I'm sorry for assuming you were a male. It's just-"
"Bah! Enough with your fumbling! Let us get on with this!" 'She' said, stepping down the throne finally revealing herself. She had pale white skin, three whisker marks on each cheek, red slitted eyes, and black spiky hair that reaches down to her thighs. She was wearing a black cloak that reaches down to her feet, collars lined with fur. Her face so otherworldly beautiful that it caused blushed to appear on everyone's face. Of course, letting out a minor illusion technique was also helping affect the others minds, 'Heh, who'd have thought sneaking into those Kunoichi classes would come useful.' She thought. [2]
"S-Such beauty..." Cinder whispered out with a blush adorning her cheeks. Menma then let out a pulse of her power, bringing everyone down to their knees, "S-Such power."
'He, looks like I'm what others would call a 'Fem Fatale'.' "Yes, that's right! Kneel before me, peasants! You all are not worthy and yet you're all seeing such beauty!" She said, laughing haughtily. "But I digress. As you may or may not know, dear cousin Salem met her end recently and I'm here to take control. I, great mistress Menma Uzumaki, shall take the reigns!" She then sighed forlornly and spoke once more, "But alas, there are obstacles in the way..."
'She's kinda egotistical.' Emerald, the mint haired girl thought. 'But if Mistress Cinder is following her, then I would too. I wonder if she'll reward me if I'm good~' She added with a mild blush unnoticed by all except by Menma, 'cause, you know, she's a clone of a Shinobi.
"What are the problems, mistress?" Cinder asked.
'What a bootlicker.' One of the others thought. This was an orange haired one, Roman Torchwick, an infamous thief.
"Aside from your hideous clothing? My handsome and strong brother~ is here with us in Remnant." she said in a sultry voice, causing blushes to appear once more, 'My handsome creator~' [3]
Cinder tried, and failed, to contain her blush. She then said, "What're we to do to him?"
"You? Do something to my great brother? Ha! Such hilarity! He cannot be trampled by anyone! Not in power, no. Which is why we are going through another route. Seduction." She said, 'Oh god! This is too easy!'
"W-What?" Cinder asked, "Why not just threaten someone close to him? O-Or find his weakness."
"Are you questioning my methods, girl?" Menma said with a flex of her powers, 'Man, Pervy Sage was right. I'm awesome in acting.'
"N-No, my mistress. Please forgive me for my impudence." Cinder bowed her head.
"I'll let your impertinence pass this one time, Fall. For now, we must talk about how to captivate my cousin's heart." She then noticed that the silver haired teen was raising a hand, "What is it, foul hairless monkey?"
"My name's Mercury Black," He gritted out, "And why are me and Roman still here?"
"It's 'Roman and I', you uneducated whelp. Besides, I still need some bumbling idiots to cater to my every needs." Menma scoffed, before sitting down on her throne once more, "Now, let us discuss our plan without anymore distractions."
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Beacon Academy, Team RWBY's Kitchen, early morning
Team RWBY, plus Naruto were currently sitting at the kitchen table, silently eating, with only the slight scraping of utensils making sound. Everyone except Naruto and Ruby were still a tad sluggish and drowsy-looking, though Naruto noticed Yang and Weiss were more so than Blake.
"Hey Yang, Weiss. You two okay?" He asked, causing the two to suddenly jolt slightly. He then took a sniff and noticed something weird, 'Sands and dragons? Where're those smells comi-' "You two messed with your gifts, didn't you?" Yang and Weiss nodded tiredly. Blake did too. "Blake too, huh? But I guess she's the lucky one out of the three of you." He added, making Weiss and Yang groan and Blake to smile lightly.
"It's a rather simple yet very useful gift. Thanks again, Lord Uzumaki." Blake said with a slight bow of the head. By the moment she looked up, everyone else were almost finished eating.
"It's not a problem!" He said with a smile and squinted eyes, not noticing Blake's faint flushing. "Anyway, I'm finished. Gonna take a shower." He stood up, heading towards his room.
"Wait for me! I'm almost finished!" Ruby said, shoving the rest of her food into her mouth. She then put her dish in the sink and made her way towards their room, leaving three wide eyed girls.
"W-Wait. The hell?"
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[1] - I know that the word 'master' can be used for both genders, but I'm kinda nitpicky with that kind of shit. Just a little
[2] - Naruto, when he was a child still, would do partially anything to get stronger, to get closer to his dream, right? So, to me, when he'd hear the word 'training', he'd jump into it immediately. Like, headfirst. But that's me though, that's just my thought. So yeah.
[3] - His clones are kinda...unique? Yeah, let's go with that. They seem to develop their own personalities after time passes. I mean, sassy clones! The hell, right? Anyway, yeah, in my fic(s), um, Naruto's clones, if left alive for a prolonged time, will develop their own personalities and traits. So yeah.
A/N: Hello again to those who actually read the author's note. Before we get to discussing shit, I'm already telling you guys that there'll be no harem and no lemons in this fic...or will there?
I'm just kidding. No, there won't be any lemons anytime soon. But anyway, I'm sorry if some of you might dislike or outright hate this chapter, but, you know, I'm still getting disoriented often, but not not as often as before, so good news there!
Not like anyone would care...
Anyway, this story is somewhat nearing it's end, like seven or so chapters more, so I'd like to hear everyone's input on which I should do next and even some thoughts if you have 'em;
So here are the choices,
1.) Instead of starting at their base forms, Naruto and Sasuke powered up to their ascended mode; the six path sage mode and the second level curse mark respectively. This, of course tears the fabric of time and space and teleport the two of them to a new dimension. Problem? Well, nothing much, just the fact that they're both seen as gods, with the amusement of one and the annoyance of the other. (Naruto/RWBY or Naruto[Something else]) Suggestions?. Yeah, it's kind of a summary, I know. But it's kinda self-explanatory already, right?
3.) 'Weird Curvy Edges'. Naruto, bearing the yang chakra of the six path sage, locks himself in a statis, feeling that he'd be needed in the distant future. He was released early, but that's okay, because he has his beloved snowflake with him, through thick and thin. (Naruto/RWBY) (Naruto x Weiss) (Yang Chakra Rikudo Sennin Naruto [technically god Naruto])
4.) 'Shatter their expectations'. God/King/The Creator Naruto (unsure of second and third titles), somewhat dark characteristic, was taken by Obito after the nine tails was sealed, trained by Madara, raised to be an Uchiha, paired with fem Sasuke (same name), has a twin named Menma who has canoNaruto's attitude, (Naruto/?) which universe?
5.) Naruto is Ruby and Yang's stepfather (And stepmother [through Naruko] [Taiyang having died alongside Summer]), still has the yang chakra of the six path sage but not the tailed beasts (having freed them), has no transforming weapon, no semblance, on a different team than STRQ, post-Kaguya, A momma-dad and papa-mom, harem? (Input here)
6.) Post-Kaguya Naruto, got approached by Ophis to help her, easily dispatched Great Red (Truth seeking orbs [destroys anything that doesn't have nature energy]), decided to stay in dxd universe, got approached by many beings
Don't worry, there WILL be explanations why they're like that.
So yeah, pick only one. Also, if you guys have any questions, just send me a PM. Oh yeah,
Nyees~!
And yes, I'm gonna keep doing that