And I'm back to post another chapter. Hope you enjoy this installment!

Hakuryukou79: Naruto will be unpredictable; sure he'll still be a fist fighter, but ah…I'll add in the fact that the weapons he showcased are only a fraction of his full armory. And yes he has an armory.

BATMAN SIZE ARMORY

salman21: The explanation for the Faunus transformation for Ragna, Jin, and Noel will be revealed this chapter.

And now to present the chapter!

Disclaimer: first chapter.

Chapter 3: Branching Path: Makoto

"Care to run that by me again, Naruto?" Asked the tall, blonde man named Jin Xiao-Long, Ruby's and Yang's muscular and intimidating father, who's also Naruto's boss at the restaurant, Little Dragon Den.

Naruto cleared his throat and said, "I'm going to the Eastern Kingdom." He let the message sink in before continuing. "I've got a job addressed over there."

Curious, Mr. Xiao-Long asked, "What's the job?"

"Please don't take it the wrong way, but I'm delivery." Mr. Xiao-Long's eyes widened considerably.

"Did-"

"Yes, but I'm not being asked to be a cherry popper, if that's what you're asking." Naruto interrupted the man's question as if anticipating it. "I'm to deliver myself to a person in the Eastern Kingdom, but here's the kicker; the girlfriend I was separated with is in the Eastern Kingdom, and a friend of hers wants me to surprise her with a reunion."

Mr. Xiao-Long was baffled by the information, but then again, Naruto needed this. Plus, with all the customers raving on about the heroic Faunus chef bouncing around for a while, this'll make good publicity Mr. Xiao-Long can use for his restaurant. "I see… I'll inform Signal that you'll be out for a couple of days then." Naruto smiled, and bowed to the man.

"Thanks a lot, Mr. Xiao-Long!"

The man placed a hand on his left shoulder. "Hey! I told you to call me Jin."

"Eh…I can't really do that when I have a friend named Jin." Naruto said weakly. He then perked up and told the man this, "Tell Yang to work on those Aura punches while I'm out."

"Noted, Instructor." Jin smirked; Naruto didn't dislike the title, but sometimes made him feel too old. However, in truth, Naruto would turn twenty-seven; sure that's not old, but calling a twenty-seven-year-old, instructor, is too formal, in Naruto's opinion. He turned to leave the restaurant, but a customer bumped into him.

The individual Naruto bumped into has earthy, brown hair slicked back, and had an unbraided rattail at the bottom of his hairline. He wears a silver knight visor with vertical eye slits, and has a design of a blue 'Y' curved at the fork to accommodate a blue circle. The 'Y' spreads out like wings, and the design is placed at the top of the visor and at the center of it; connected to the visor is his headphones that act as the joint that allows it to be raised. His top consisted of a red, buttoned vest and a black, collared shirt underneath. He chose to not wear his breastplate because he's not in Signal at the moment. He did leave his greaves though; it's silver, like his visor, but at the sides, there is an ellipse extrusion that exposes another copy of his emblem. At the sides as well, the same blue encompassed the extrusion, but it didn't color the whole greave. Underneath that, he wears a pair of black slacks that have belt straps to hold several cylinders of unknown substances for his Hydrokinetic-based semblance, a unique ability an individual has. His armored shoes clank with every step, and his weapons did the same when strapped to the back of his hip. This person is Carmine C- I mean Azul, Naruto's first guy friend in the new world and his first job; which consisted of crafting him a shield, named Sentinel, that Naruto took the concept of to create his Deceive shield.

"Hey Hero, where're you going?" Carmine asked nonchalantly. "You know you got some paparazzi aimed to get your secrets." He pointed to the window, where several pairs of reporters were inadequately hidden under obviously fake bushes. "Is it a job?"

Naruto nodded. "Sorry Carmine, but duty calls; this time to the Eastern Kingdom. Why are you here anyway?"

"I have a maintenance job for you to do on Sentinel here, but you can let your clones do that." Carmine answered like it was a normal occurrence; which it is. Naruto's clones do everything he needs to do in his absence, minus teaching because one solid hit in spars make the clone disappear.

"Yeah sure, Carmine. Now if you'll excuse me, I've a delivery to do!" Naruto rushed past him and ran out the door, heading East. The stalking reporters never got the chance to ambush Naruto as he exited the restaurant; he jumped abnormally high and flew away using his gauntlets and Deceive as flight tools.

-Makoto-

During Makoto's stay at the Lie compound, she heard of the discrimination against the Fauna; she'd experienced it before, and it was through the help of Naruto's moral guidance that she didn't seek to hurt humans for their stupidity and prejudice. When she met the clan head of the Lie family the first time, she was surprised to see not a single one judge her for her animalistic appearance. It was smooth sailing from then on for the most part. Many of the Easterners weren't too prejudiced when it came to the Faunus compared to the humans in the other kingdoms.

She got an outfit change (sort of). Her battle outfit now had a orange jacket that had a zipper undone halfway just beneath her breasts; she noticed how others guys had lecherous or lustful gazes when she wore her battle outfit, and decided to do something about it. Only Naruto would see her body, nobody else will ever look at her that way again, or she'll beat them to an inch of their life.

Makoto got to go to a Grimm hunting Academy to learn more about this world, and she understood that in Remnant, Chakra is the more potent and offensive version of Aura. Aura, the force that mostly defends living beings from the Grimm, is the pre-evolution of the power Naruto, Noel, Jin, Ragna, and her know.

During her time in the Eastern kingdom, she also met Ragna with a black-haired Faunus and a redhead bull Faunus at one point. She confronted the white-haired teen, who now became a dog Faunus for unexplained reasons, until she asked.

Her meeting started when she called him. "Ragna? Ragna is that you?" Makoto asked as she walked up from behind him. The dog Faunus was recognizable not only by his hair, but also by his signature blood-red coat that he wore which made him infamous in the Hierarchical cities. He turned around, curious about the girl who knew him; he didn't realize it was Makoto until he spotted the squirrel tail.

He was shocked and happy at the same time; he thought he'd never see the day he'd see a familiar face. "Makoto? It's you right? Oh thank goodness!" He said happily. Makoto noticed the black-haired girl's jealous look; it was nearly imperceptible, but Makoto's a girl, and she could see the clear discontent within the girl's gaze.

"Yeah, yeah Ragna! Ease up on the happy factor; you aren't exactly the Reaper if you act like a happy-go-lucky idiot." Hey, he hadn't seen a friend of Naruto's for two years; I think he needs to feel super happy that he met one. "So, how've ya been?"

"Good…" Ragna said hastily. Makoto narrowed her eyes. She suspected something, and she noticed the nervous look on the dog's face. "So, have you seen Naruto around?"

"Do you see him with me?" Makoto asked as she spread her arms open as if there was a hidden compartment on her. "No of course not! If anything, he'd try to find his girlfriend as soon as possible!" Makoto was too busy answering sarcastically that she failed to see the slightly relieved look on the cat Faunus. "I've been looking for him too, but he's just doesn't seem to pop up here in this kingdom." True as she said. While she may have spent time learning about this world, a shadow clone was dedicated to search for Naruto's whereabouts.

"I know what you mean. He's here somewhere, but where could he possibly be?" Ragna silently cheered that he was able to change the subject quickly. Makoto didn't need to know his story or the fact that he's a high-ranking member of the White Fang, which he would guess that Makoto would know well.

"What's with the nervous look you had earlier?"

"W-what do you mean?" Ragna said trying to hide his nervousness and failing very miserably. Makoto pointed at him.

"Like the one you have now?"

"Ah…um…give me a minute." He turned away and took his silent friends with him into a group meeting of whispers. The squirrel wondered what they're talking about. Then she noticed the emblem of a red wolf with claw marks behind it on his sword strap! 'Ragna's part of the White Fang?!' Makoto thought in disbelief.

"Okay, radical. You can stop your huddle." Ragna had a visible twitch run his body; he'd been found out. In retrospect, he shouldn't have allowed the tailor to etch the emblem there.

"Well…you caught me. What are you gonna do to me? Arrest me like what the others would have done?" Ragna asked seriously with his hands up in surrender. Makoto smiled and shook her head. The bull and the cat wondered what the two were talking about. "Like the others?" What did that mean?

"No way. A friend of my boyfriend is a friend of mine; besides you must've woken up at their HQ if you're part of their group." Ragna weakly chuckled and rubbed the back of his head. "Wait… You woke up at their HQ?! Amazing Ragna; you were considered a criminal before, but this is divine judgment if you landed at an extremist group's front porch!" Makoto laughed hard.

The cat rushed in, pulling out her sword and placed the edge on Makoto's neck. "Don't badmouth the White Fang." Yet despite the intimidating action; Makoto noticed whom the girl meant. The girl's eyes wander slightly to the red-clad Faunus. 'Ohoh… we got ourselves an admirer eh?' Makoto couldn't hide her smirk and the cat called her out on it. "What're you smiling at?"

"If you put the sword away, I'll whisper it in your ear." Makoto answered the question in a sing-song voice. Reluctantly, the cat withdrew her weapon from Makoto's throat. Almost immediately, Makoto dragged the girl and turned away from the boys. She got close to her ear and whispered, "You liiiiiiiiiiiiiike Ragna, dontcha?" The girl's eyes shot open further than normal. If she wasn't awake before, then she is now. The cat failed to hold back a blush, but thankfully, her face wasn't visible to the man that held her heart.

"Hey, Adam." Ragna whispered. "What do you think they're talking about?" Adam noticed the twitch Blake had, and with that smile on Makoto's face, Adam figured out that Makoto must know Blake's crush on Ragna.

Feigning ignorance, Adam shrugged his shoulders. "Hell if I know. I'm a guy; I don't know what's going through a girl's head." It was then the huddle was broken up and Makoto continued the conversation.

"How'd you end up as a Faunus anyway, Ragna?" The fact shocked the two other Fauna; Ragna didn't tell them that he didn't used to be a Faunus! Silence surrounded the group and it stayed longer than it should have. The white-haired man placed a palm on his face to hide his misery.

"Way to go Makoto, and here I thought I'd never explain myself to these two." Ragna muttered. Makoto heard it.

"Aren't they your friends?" She asked in disbelief. Why would Ragna hide this fact? She told Ren and Nora about the truth a week after she got here, but Ragna's been bottling up that important fact?!

"Of course! They're my best friends after Naruto!" Ragna's passionate answer returned to Makoto full force, but she didn't back down, opting for a harsher truth to be revealed.

"Then why the secrecy?" Makoto asked for the two shocked Fauna. "Why hide the fact that you aren't originally a Faunus, or the fact that we aren't part of this dimension!" The silent Fauna shut up; their voices would waver if they tried to talk. "Now answer my question? How did you become a Faunus?" He voice wasn't in a fit of rage; it was calm but accusatory.

Ragna stood silently, pondering over how to answer this. When he got his answer, he sighed; he'd tell how he got turned into a Faunus. "The Rabbit came into a dream of mine a week after we landed here." He started. "She said that there's little to no chance of returning because our wills were only focused on Naruto when we went through the Boundary. She said the only way to return was if our minds only wandered through, and not our bodies. And the fact that our focus was on Naruto, our Faunus friend, the Boundary must've put the forceful change to turn me, possibly Jin and Noel into Fauna." The explanation seemed sound to Makoto, but to the other two, their minds were all over the place.

"I see…" Makoto muttered. That was a bit to take in. They'd most likely never return to their original world. She already missed her parents and siblings. "Well you have a lot of explaining to do, so I'll be on my way." Makoto started to walk away, but stopped for a brief moment to tell something further. "If you want to talk to me, go to the Lie family residence; I stay there for the time being. Sorry about ruining your secret."

It's been a year or so since that encounter; Ragna did return to talk. He and his friends coped with the fact that Ragna, and Makoto's friends are interdimensional travelers. Usually when Ragna appeared, he would be sending reports about Naruto's whereabouts; they usually were quick appearances or rumors. Naruto was an enigma in this world, and he pops anywhere he wants. The two wouldn't give up their search, and Blake, the cat, and Adam, the bull, aided in any way they can.

It was Ren's luck that he found a delivery service, well not a delivery service, but a jack-of-all-trades shop with Naruto's name on it. The Dustnet gave wonderful reviews of his service: quick, safe, mint condition, etc. After they saw the news and confirmed that was him, Ren consulted Nora about it, and the two quickly try to contact him. It was gratifying for the two to hear his voice, and it was even more satisfying that they'd reunite a couple.

Present time with Ren and Nora, the two childhood friends were smiling happily as they ate at the park with Makoto for a picnic. Makoto sensed a weird feeling emanating from the two and was suspicious of the two. She was so suspicious because Ren was smiling, a rare action done by the boy.

"Okay… Who are you and what have you done with Ren?" Makoto asked sternly. The boy seemed offended, Nora too, but they were expecting such a reaction to happen; sometimes the stoic Ren leaks off some emotion in such a manner that others would question his legibility to be the actual Ren.

"I'm still me, Makoto. Last time I checked, I have no twin brothers…or clones for that matter." Ren hastily added the last part to add a bit of humor in his words. By all means it failed because nobody can laugh from Ren's jokes; he's too stoic to be humorous.

"Yeah! Ren's still Ren. Do you need your eyes checked, Makoto?"

"NO!" Makoto denied. "All I'm saying is that Ren is a bit too happy to be Ren."

"Is it that unbelievable that I have emotions?" Ren asked monotonously.

"I've only seen you smile for the second time! The first time was when we met!" Makoto said in frustration. She already was on edge after seeing Naruto on the world news, but Ren's little out-of-character moment has made the squirrel go crazy!

"Okay…So I've been neglecting my human emotions; is it that big a deal? I mean you see other characters in fiction do it, why not me?" Makoto couldn't argue with the point and quickly silenced herself. "Besides there's a good reason to be smiling." Makoto wondered what he meant by that. They ate their lunch and packed up their picnic and headed home.

Meanwhile Naruto is being interrogated because of his trespassing in foreign kingdom soil. He'd take the Dustplane, but why wait? He had the tools to fly his way there, and he already has the Chakra to fuel those tools to keep him airborne. It was through a stroke of luck that one security guard recognized him as the boy who apprehended seventy-five White Fang members. With the newfound respect, the questioning eased up and Naruto was able to explain that he was here for a delivery because it was his job. When it was confirmed that his work was legitimate, they wondered why he created a job for himself.

"A delivery you say? But you look more like a Hunter rather than a delivery boy?"

"I need the money and a myriad of skills that'd go to waste if I didn't make this job. Plus I have some leeway from my school because I have the skill of experienced Huntsmen or Huntresses compared to my peers. I killed a Garm." The guards stood in shocked silence. "They let me do these jobs because I can catch up on the material anyway."

The guards heard enough, and wrapped up the conversation. "Alright, young man, we're done here." Announced the guard interrogating him. "Be safe when delivering whatever it is you're delivering." That sentence got the others questioning.

"What are you delivering anyway?"

"Myself." Naruto answered. He then started explaining how he got separated from Makoto and a friend of hers stumbled upon his job and contacted him to do a reunion for the two.

"Aw that's sweet. Good luck meeting your girlfriend. And once again, be safe." Naruto left the room with a bow. He popped back in the room not even three seconds.

"Can you give me directions to the Lie family residence?"

"You're in luck, it's just past this building; head to the left from the entrance, and go straight for about seven blocks. The house is a green mansion; you won't miss it."

After the picnic, Makoto and friends head home to spar against each other. The park was a few minutes walk away and they would have reached Ren's house in time if the Grimm alarm hadn't blared to alert everyone of Grimm entering the city. There was a breach on the wall that separated the public from the forest.

Naruto heard the alarm and hurried back to the police station. He needed to ask where that breach originated. It'd take a while for the Huntsmen and Huntresses to get there even with fast transport. He had to get that crucial info or many lives would be lost.

"Hey, guys! Where's that breach?" Naruto asked frantically.

"Just three blocks past the Lie residence turn right; that's where it is! Hurry, young man." Naruto opened his back pouch, where his weapons come from. He opened it fully and pulled out a red motorcycle armed to the teeth with machine guns strapped to the front and a missile platform on the sides of the seat; this is Kariudo or Hunter. Naruto revved the bike's engine and drove to the breach.

The breach consisted of a Boarbatusk horde, but the strange thing was that the Boarbatusks seemed scared and were led to the wall. It said the breach originates at the forest three blocks away from the park. In retrospect, the city officials shouldn't have designed such a public place next to an area known for an infestation of Grimm.

The three friends head off to the breach, intent on slowing the invasion down. When they arrive, the first block, the one in front of the breach was destroyed and was now in ruins. The second was almost destroyed. The Boarbatusk are reckless and determined Grimm. Their method of attack rested solely on charging with their head tilted down to either overrun a person or launch said person away. The Grimm itself looks like a black Boar with tusks; clever name no? It's secondary important detail of its appearance is its armor, which almost covers its face that held four, glowing, red eyes and a set of bony plates that protected most of its upper body. Its Achilles heel is its underbelly; there are no signs of any armor protecting it there. Makoto cuts off the river of swine-like Grimm by using her Chakra and making a giant, blue arm to allow a few to be taken out by Ren and Nora. The squirrel handled the rest by swinging the Chakra arm around. Seeing as she had the brute strength needed to beat the Boarbatusk without the need to go for the weakpoint, Makoto smashed her enemies.

The squirrel was doing fairly well. Her Chakra infused punches easily defeated the D-class Grimm; her punches literally turned them to black dust in the wind; no blood or anything else was left whenever she let loose her mortally fatal punches. It was amazing to see that under Naruto's tutelage, Makoto became a master of her version of her master's original fighting style. She also let loose a group of shadow clones to hasten to eradication of the Boar-like Grimm. The clones did their job as efficient as the original; they wiped out a portion of the charging horde with the Chakra arms, and weakened the total attacking force.

"When does this horde end?!" Makoto yelled in frustration. She already counted about forty-three Boarbatusks were slain, but more and more just keep appearing. It seemed that the wasted effort held no meaning if more Boarbatusks just keep entering.

A concentrated force enters, and Makoto is unable to prevent them from entering and is about to be overrun. That would've happen if a sniper shot hadn't penetrated a column of the charging Grimm. Yes it only took one Aura-coated, high-caliber bullet to annihilate a now weakened force. Then a Windmill Shuriken goes past Makoto and cuts through a line of Boarbatusks and returns from where it originated. Then a lightning strike create a smoldering crater where twenty-five of the Boarbatusks where at that time. And after that, a salvo of rockets fire into the remaining few to finish off most of the Grimm.

These attacks are from a team of Huntsmen named RLTT, or Roulette. The owner of the sniper is Topaz Grimal, a cheetah Faunus with orange hair and turtleneck shirt. Over it, a golden hoodie with orange claw mark patterns stitched on it. On his left shoulder, a gunmetal gray Pauldron outlined in forest green situated itself there. He wore navy blue baggy pants and yellow sneakers. His weapon is a gunmetal gray high-caliber sniper rifle capable of turning into a Railgun; he uses Aura as well as his electromagnetic semblance and 'Shock' Dust to fuel the electric current needed to fire the supersonic bullet. Though he rarely uses the second form as the destruction that comes after usually leaves small trenches on the ground. His gun also turns into a staff in case of close ranged battles.

The owner of the lightning strike is Twilight Scribe. She is a Huntress that is a master at glyphs. Her weapon is a book that catalogs all her attacks and she simply swipes the glyph off the page to attack or defend. She is a raven-haired woman with dark purple highlights on her bangs. She wears a purple scarf and a dark purple-buttoned shirt, which is almost covered by her midnight black trenchcoat. She wore a magenta skirt that ran the length of her thighs and black boots. She is a long ranged fighter and uses her glyphs to keep her enemies far away from her and set them up for a trap or an attack.

The salvo of rockets came from Nora's father, Loki Valkyrie. While not as tricky as his namesake, Loki had handcrafted the missiles and manufactured it for a multitude of purposes that only he would know of. Many a fool have tried to withstand his unpredictable salvo only for the rocket to snake around their guard, explode upon close proximity, extreme homing capability, stickys, etc. The man was built to handle heavy things; he's a blacksmith half the time after all. In fact his body structure is so unlike his namesake that he should be called Thor instead! Nora did wonder what her grandparents were thinking when naming her dad and uncle their complete ancestral opposites.

Anyways, Loki is a heavily armored man wearing a vibrant silver armor outlined in orange at the ends of his armor. He wore pauldrons, graves, gauntlets, the full package, and yet he still has the strength to move just as, if not faster than a track runner while the man wears his incredibly heavy armor. His weapon is a rocket launcher/war hammer named Ragnarok. He uses the hammer much like his daughter does, except intead of a burst of recoil, Loki uses the stream of fire to continuously swing faster and harder.

The last member, the one who threw the Shuriken, is Ren's father Lie Rong. The man is lean like his son and has the speed of his cheetah teammate. He wears a similar outfit like his son; green kimono with strips of pink and black on it, white pants and black flat foot shoes. He is a master at barehanded close combat with Aura infused strikes. His weapon is his Shuriken, which he uses to wipe a herd or pack from a long distance, he asked Twilight to make a glyph that only he could use to make his weapon return to him like a boomerang; it wouldn't do a Hunter to be weaponless after all. His weapon can also turn into a very elongated katana, which he coats in Aura to swipe a large area in a flurry of slashes carved by the wind.

His son is currently under his tutelage because the Eastern Kingdom's way of teaching future Huntsmen and Huntresses is to assign three students as a team under the teachings of a volunteering Hunter or Huntress. This fulfills the role of a four-man team and has a leader in it to fill the gap needed. It's much different compared to the learning Mistralians do because they learn by trail by fire, meaning they learn by getting put into a pit of Grimm. If they fail, then they fail. Survive, you are taught by an instructor. Anyways, Rong is a terrific master and he is thankful to only have to teach his son how to fight. Loki was teaching his daughter how to swing a hammer properly during the afternoon, while Makoto is a master in her right. She says it's thanks to her boyfriend that she is even able to fight on her impressive level.

With a full-fledged team as reinforcements, the three teens are revitalized for another round of defending the walls. But one question wrapped around their minds: What could have caused a herd of Boarbatusks to run rampant? It sure wasn't because they were scared, that's for sure.

Makoto and Rong along with his son go in hand-to-hand and leave holes in their opponents, or in Makoto's case transmute them into black dust as they plow towards the breach. Nora and her father break the line of Boarbatusks by launching explosives at them. Twilight used this to trap several and allowed Topaz to shoot them all like it was target practice. It repeated, this plan, and it worked. Many, if not all of the attacking Boarbatusks were dead, save for the few that are running amok in the city, which should be dead in a couple of minutes. The suppression force of seven surprisingly took less than three minutes to destroy the countless amount of Boarbatusks that entered. No one other than team RLTT had even come in time to help.

"Hah…Geez the others can be so irresponsible. Why can't others be here faster?" Makoto complained. Ren, who was panting loudly, walked next to her and said, "You do know it takes a while to get here, right? The Huntsmen and Huntress guild is stationed at the center of the city, plus, the Academy is literally next door." Makoto grumbled, "Did you forget it's a Saturday?!"

"Makoto! Ren! Behind you!" The two individuals turned behind them, and a gigantic boulder invaded their view. Makoto was ready to punch the boulder into dust; however, a kunai whizzed by her right cheek, and it was a very familiar kunai. It was three-pronged and had a seal on the handle. 'It couldn't be him, could it?' she asked herself. It made contact with the boulder and bounced harmlessly off the hard surface. 'No… it is-' The kunai was enveloped in a fireball that held a Faunus within it; it was Naruto. 'Blonde hair with red tips? Check. Whisker marks? Check. Red fox ears and nine tails? Check. Red gauntlets with neon blue pattern? Check.' Makoto identified Naruto and was giddy on the inside.

Naruto's right fist made contact with the boulder, and the boulder was fired back like it was a rubber ball being bounced on the floor. He flipped and then landed on both his feet, skidding to a complete stop. He dusted off the dust accumulated from him punching said dust off the boulder, and then turned around to talk to the people he saved.

"Hey Mako-Umph!" He was tackled into the ground before he could finish his sentence. "Alright! Easy with the h-Mmph!" He was interrupted by a kiss from his girlfriend; this he didn't stop. The two childhood friends who set up this meeting, while not as planned, worked out in the end with satisfactory results. The adults did nothing but stand awkwardly because they were unsure of what to say or do at the moment. When the kiss was done, another boulder was launched. This time Makoto punched it, and the main difference was that the boulder was in tiny, harmless pieces of rock.

Topaz inspected the horizon on his scope. He twiddled around while he searched as he kept on sucking on a lollipop he just opened seconds ago. What he found was dangerous. He yelled to everybody, "We got Golems and a Titan! Hear that? Golems and a Titan!" He then proceeded to pull out his scroll, a rectangular, holographic pad that can be expanded like a scroll. He hastily searched for the emergency button, while his partner, Twilight lit up a red flare and sent it sky high.

They need backup immediately. Golems are B-class Grimm with the ability to utilize the earth they stand on as an extra layer of protection. It gets its name because many see its initial state to be already covered in rock, dirt, and other things on the ground. The Titan is an A-class Grimm and has the same capabilities as a Golem, but with the added bonus of being able to manipulate the earth offensively. There are Four Golems in total and one Titan.

"Mako-chan!" "Right!" "LET'S GO!" The two fist fighters charged with seemingly no plan of action. Loki wanted to stop them, but Rong had other plans. He wanted to see the teacher that taught Makoto how to fight so masterfully. "Makoto! Use your Big Bang Smash!" Makoto did what was asked and summoned her Chakra fist. Naruto placed his Chakra on the palm of Makoto's Chakra fist and inputs the motions of a Rasengan on the palm. When done, Makoto's Big Bang Smash has a full powered Rasengan in its hand. "Go! Mako-chan!" "You got it!"

Makoto ran towards the breached wall that was no more due to a Golem walking through it. She cocked her fist and launched it forward, slamming the gaint Rasengan on its armored torso. "Take that! Maximum Rasengan!" The Rasengan drilled through the Golem's earth armor and reached the white sturdy material on all Grimm. It did the same thing, but only scratched the surface. Makoto was now on the ground, and with solid footing beneath her, she took a step forward and thrusts the Chakra attack deeper into the Grimm's tick armor. "Blow away!" The Rasengan explodes in a furious gust of wind that launched the Golem into another of its friends. "Go, Naruto!"

"RAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Where Naruto stood was a raging tower of fire. It sped towards the Golems and Titan like a bullet. It tore through the ground, leaving a burning trench, as it got closer to the Grimm. When it did reach the Grimm, a large explosion occurred. Then, an earth-shaking event happened soon after. A large slab of rock erupted and flicked a small object that got closer, which was Naruto's fumbling body. "Ugh. That turned out better than expected."

"What were you expecting?" Makoto asked with great curiosity.

"I thought I'd get flattened like a pancake." Naruto said nonchalantly. "Neh, Mako-chan. How about a tag team?" His grin of trouble plastered itself on the blonde's face.

"Isn't that what we're doing right now?"

"Oh right… So, are ya up to give a hearty beatdown?"

Makoto held a palm to her chest. "You offend me with your question, Naruto. You know I love a good beatdown."

"Well then children, we'll clear a path." Rong answered calmly. Loki shot every missile he had loaded on his hammer, Twilight placed an Anti-gravity gylph underneath the Golems, Rong turned his Shuriken into a katana and slashed the air and cut through the white armor, and Topaz said, "Outta the way!" His sniper turned into its Railgun form, and electricity channeled through the rails. He loaded the stock with his shock dust to fuel an even stronger shot and coated his bullet with almost all of his Aura. It'd take a tremendous amount of penetrating power to get through that white armor; Twilight gave almost all of her Aura too for a successful eradication of the Golems. "And right between the eyes!" He pulled the trigger, and a massive shockwave came from the barrel. A hot orange trail of electricity followed the bullet. Upon contact, the high-penetration bullet did its job and easily went through the Golems like they were paper.

"Why did we need backup again?" Loki asked as he saw the raw destruction of a single Aura coated bullet tear through the Golems with ease.

The same can't be said for the Titan. It did erase the earth armor, but the armor was returning quickly, and the bullet only left a sizable dent on its chest. It seemed as though the Aura coating ran out after going through the fourth Golem.

"Thanks guys!" Makoto said cheerily. "C'mon Naruto, let's kill us a Titan!"

"Alright!" Naruto and Makoto charged at the towering Grimm, and as they got closer, they thought up ideas on how to get through that armor; Naruto had an idea, but it's stupid an can get both Makoto and him killed, so he dismissed that.

"Naruto! Go behind its head and punch it into the ground!" Blondie did what was ordered of him and chucked his kunai just a meter away from the Titan's cheek. He teleported and saw the back of the Grimm's head. He punched it with his average strength when fighting Grimm and added his Chakra into the mix, sending the tall Grimm's face right into Makoto's fist. "A huge weight difference…" Makoto sent her other fist up into its face. "Means nothing…" She jumped high as the Grimm's body was lifted off the ground. She was above the Grimm and yelled, "When you've got the will to win!" She slammed her fist on the Grimm's sturdy head and her Chakra arm followed and drastically increased the damage output and left a crater on the ground.

Naruto teleported to where he hit the Titan and inspected a grand weakness: an unprotected gap in its armor that allowed the Grimm to move is neck. He took out one out of the nine Bloody Fangs and was about to stab the back of the neck when the Grimm stood up in haste and shook its intruding passenger off itself. The blonde's suspicions were correct, but now it seems the Grimm is aware of its weakness and will protect it at any cost. Naruto sighed, "Well time for good old fashioned fisticuffs."

The Titan aimed at Naruto, who dodged the attack barely and jumped onto the Grimm's arm. Makoto channeled her Chakra to her shoulders; she was using an original technique she created during her time here. "Asura Mode!" The technique was announced and four smaller Chakra arms situated themselves at Makoto's shoulder blades. She jumped up and landed on the arm that was about to swipe Naruto off the other arm. She looked to her boyfriend and saw a glint his eyes; she understood it and jumped at the same time. They jumped in sync to punch the Grimm in sync. The two powerful blows left shockwaves as they continued the combo. Makoto took the left collarbone while Naruto took the other. They proceeded to have a game of Titam head ping-pong.

Makoto smashed the Grimm's face with force that could send a person to the top of the atmosphere, but all it did was crack the armor a tiny bit. Naruto did the same, if not stronger because his punch created a larger crack. Naruto jumped to meet the front of the Grimm's face to smack it away. It was sent back a kilometer away and landed on its back. Makoto landed next to him.

"Oh. Nice technique you got there, Mako-chan."

"Why thank you."

"Got something that'll pin it down for a while?" He asked seriously while the Titan furiously got up and ran towards the chatting duo. Makoto laughed, "Of course I do. But first, let me have my fun."

"Sure. I need to get another weapon out anyway." Naruto crouched down and searched for that certain weapon that help in destroying that thing's armor. She positioned herself in front of her boyfriend and yelled, "Asura Gatling!" True to the name, she punched with her Chakra arms rapidly and at the exact rate a Gatling gun would fire off. Makoto battered the Titan's body with her punches, which left cracks and chips off its armor. "Now!" Makoto sent her arms to the shoulders and legs of the Grimm and forcefully stopped its movement. "Hurry up! I can't hold it long!"

Naruto jumped to the Titan's chest, where he bullet failed to penetrate. He brought out his new weapon, a giant jackhammer being held like a Gatling gun on his right hand. He aimed it perfectly at the tiny trench and there was a circular part that moved near the chest; it held three legs separated equally. The legs attached to the armor via seals. With it in place, the nail reared back to hammer itself on the armor with the exact force as its creator's punch. The Titan was forced to stumble, but it kept itself standing. Naruto placed Deceive on his hips and made it fire off his Chakra to keep Naruto airborne. He put maximum output on the boosters as he too increased the power of the hammering force of the nail.

He was satisfied when the nail is halfway hidden by the armor. He shifted its form, the nail now a drill and his arm inside the unit with a hollow space just beneath the drill. This space is the place where Naruto uses his Chakra to spin the drill. "Alright! Time to end you!" Naruto willed his Chakra to spin wildly and form a Nova Rasengan, a fiery version of the Planetary Rasengan. The drill spins as fast as the Rasengan that fuels the spinning force of the drill, and it quickly punctures through the armor. Without any resistance left, Naruto released the legs and propelled himself deeper into the Grimm. When the drill is embedded into the Grimm, he retracted it, leaving the raw Rasengan open to burnable flesh. "Burn into a furious inferno!" The Rasengan expanded and out the back, a vortex of flames erupted, disregarding the armor. The blonde jumped off the burning husk of the Titan and withdrew his weapon named Tonbogiri or Dragonfly cutter.

"What a crazy job this is…" Naruto commented out loud; he didn't care if others heard. "Seriously, what would lead to a breach of this magnitude while I'm heading here to do a job. It's like I'm a magnet for trouble both normal and Grimm trouble." He wondered for a long time before, "Screw it! If they come, I'll beat the life out of them."

It was seconds later when the cavalry arrived to help. It was hilarious to see the confused looks of the reinforcements when they saw no Grimm left to slaughter. Topaz was the one to call out on their incompetence by saying, "Nice of you guys to show up after we did all the fighting. Thanks for giving us some reassuring help!" Twilight didn't say anything; she fully agreed with her partner about their incompetence. Rong and Loki held intense glares that many of their colleagues feared.

"You should be ashamed of yourselves, you almost left this city unguarded because you did not answer quickly." He walked away and so did the others except Naruto, who gathered the leftover armor of the Titan and stuffed it in his bag. "Score! I could make some durable weapons with these!"

-Hours Later-

It's nighttime and Naruto and Ren just finished dinner with his family along with Nora's and the rest of team RLTT. The two teens are on the rooftops and having a conversation together.

"So you're the one who contacted me. Nice to meet you, Ren. I appreciate this. I really do. I would have never found Makoto without your help." He bowed to the raven-haired young man.

"It's nothing really. I was happy to do this. Nora and I wanted you two to see each other again despite us not knowing you."

"Does Makoto know you guys did this?" Ren shook his head.

"No, but Nora is easing the information down her throat"

"And by easing you mean retell your story in a faster way and distracting herself."

"Exactly." Both boys laughed, but it soon died down. "What now? Do you want Makoto to come with you?"

Naruto shrugged his shoulders. "It's Makoto's choice really. I can't deprive her of friends now can I? That'd make me a terrible boyfriend." Naruto sighed and stared at the sparkling stars held inside the onyx sky. "If she does stay, we can meet again in Beacon."

"Are you satisfied by that?"

"Yup. Besides I have all night to catch up with her. I'll waste tonight to just speak with her and listen to her voice." Ren let the calm silence wash over them. "She's changed, you know."

"Huh?"

"She completely trusts you guys. She had a tiny bit of hate aimed towards humans before. I was her moral compass." Naruto explained. "She has only a couple of human friends before from the other world; she did tell you the truth of our existence, right?"

"She did. You're not of this world or dimension, and you and your friends are supposed to be older. Anyways, for her to be trusting not only to friends but her friends' families is a feat I might admit that I can't achieve on my own." Naruto answered and silence resumed to take over. "I think I'll go have that bonding time with Makoto now. Goodnight, Ren."

"Goodnight."

And so the couple wasted the night telling their stories and experiences to each other. A phone call interrupted their happy conversation. Naruto picked it up; it was work related seeing as he was called on his work phone.

"Hello Naruto odd jobs, this is Naruto speaking. What's your job?"

"Naruto-nii?" The voice, a girl asked. Naruto recognized the voice and the way she addressed him.

"Noel-chan?"

"No way! Noel? Noel is that you?"

"Makoto? You're with Naruto-nii right now?"

"Yeah!"

"That's great! I called because I found your work number, Naruto-nii."

"I can see that. So why'd you call other than the fact you found my number?"

"I missed you." Noel said sadly. The couple could hear her loneliness in her voice. Naruto would reassure Noel.

"Don't worry. Makoto and I will go to where you are. What's your address?"

"Well its…" The night seemed even livelier as another friend was found.

Omake: Titan's demise by a drill

Naruto pulled out a giant jackhammer to smite the Titan. Topaz was shocked, "You're going to beat a Titan with a giant power tool!? You're crazy!"

The fox grew a tick mark on his head. He hated it when someone doesn't trust his abilities, or in this case his weapons, an extension of his abilities. He retracted the nail, leaving Naruto's palm open. He yelled, "Who the hell do you think I am? I'm Naruto Namikaze, a Hunter-in-training with more weapons than a whole army! I'm not letting you insult my crafted weapons like they'll break!"

He created a Rasenshuriken. It spun rapidly as its blades arced up into a single point, resembling a drill, a giant blue drill that keeps on increasing in size and rotation speed.

"I'll show you my strength!" He pointed the drill at the Titan as the drill's size enlarged itself even more. "GIGA…" Naruto said demonically. "DRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIL…" The drill spun even faster as he summoned Deceive and place themselves on his hips and fire off maximum thrust. "BREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK!" The fox was no more; just a speeding drill headed for the Titan, which didn't even get to block the attack. The drill pierced through the Titan and it exploded for no reason whatsoever.

Naruto landed with his gigantic drill still whirring. He stared at Topaz with mild malice in his eyes. The cheetah Faunus cringed at the glare he was receiving; he tried to get help from his partner, Twilight, but she was focused on reading a book. One can never retrieve her once she's reading a book. Topaz internally sobbed as he noticed the drill aimed at him.

"WHAT? Hey! Let's be calm about this and ta-AHHH!"

And so concludes another chapter. Next is Noel's path. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and follow/favorite and review if you please.

salman21: I hope you find my explanation adequate. If not, I'm sorry I can't explain it any better than that.