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Amber eyes glowed in the night, narrowed slightly as she watched her target. The owner of said eyes was none other then Cinder Fall, the young lady seemingly focused on whatever she was watching. It wasn't a look of menace but more of a gaze that one would give when they were concentrating.

Frowning slightly from her spot in a random tree, she lowered her bow and began to look around the area more, trying to look for something or someone. She strapped her bow back to her back and jumped down from the tree, easily landing on her feet without any issue. She then took off running.

' Three years….' Cinder thought to herself as she ran at a steady pace through the forest. ' It's been three years since I met him….'

Indeed it had been three years for Cinder since that moment where she had met her teacher. It however didn't even feel like one year had passed, let alone three. Things had changed so quickly for the now thirteen year old. One thing being her outfit.

Instead of the dirty brown and red rags she had worn, she now wore a simple red shirt that had a yellowish fade at the bottom. Black sweat pants covered her legs and she wore some of the standard boots that one would wear when just becoming a huntress.

Her hair had been grown out then cut soon after, the hair only getting in the way of training. Cinder had never felt much of an attachment for her hair so was willing to do what Naruto had said. "Cut that damn hair Cinder! It will only get in the way of when you're kicking ass!" He had said with a grin.

She sighed and smiled, the thoughts of her teacher coming back to her head. Despite it being three years, he still didn't seem to change much. The same red cloak with black flames licking the bottom, the same short blonde hair, and the same adorable whisker marks that made her think he was part faunus. Birthmarks he had told her.

She blushed a little, shaking her head as she came upon a clearing of where the forest ended. In front of her was a huge plain with very little tree's littering the area. A little ways in front of her was the same man that was plaguing her thoughts. Naruto Uzumaki.

He was sleeping….

Cinder looked at him with now a look of anger as she stalked over to the sleeping man. She looked at him and smiled menacingly, her boot lifting up and lining up with his face. "Naruto Sensei...wake the hell up!"

Birds flew from the tree's at the sound of a very girlish scream that resounded the area.

The morning sun rose up, basking the land in warmth and light. Two figures walked down a path in the kingdom of Mistral. One had what looked to be a wooden bow on her back while the other didn't seem to have any weapons at all on his person.

"I don't know why you had to hit me Cindy-chan….couldn't you have just nudged me awake?" Naruto complained, rubbing his head in pain. Those boots sure did hurt.

The shorter figure looked up at him and frowned. "We were supposed to be doing my training exercise you lazy fool. Weren't you the one who said ' How can you fight if you can never find your target? '. I was supposed to search for you!" She growled out, crossing her arms.

"And you did! You found me so why are you mad?" Naruto looked at her with confusion.

"You weren't even trying sensei. You probably just made that exercise up to get rid of me for the night…." She frowned as she looked away from him.

Naruto's eyes widened as he stopped and shook his hands in front of him. "No no no! I would never do that to my precious student! Umm...hey! Why don't I buy you something nice the next town we go to? It's going to be a port town too so there should be quite a bit of exotic goods! What do you say? Would you forgive me then?"

Unbeknown to the blonde haired teacher, Cinder had been smirking as she stopped and continued to look away. She knew she was being quite mean but she couldn't help it. She just loved in when her teacher would buy things for her. It made her feel especially special to the man.

She hummed in thought and looked back at him with a smile. "You got yourself a deal sensei." She said happily, the look of sadness completely erased from her face as she continued to make her way down the path. Naruto just looked at her with a deadpanned expression. "That was a quick attitude change…." he mumbled to himself.

As he caught up to her, Cinder had a thought. "Say, sensei?"

"Hmm?"

"Why are we going to a port town anyways? For the last three years we just traveled around Mistral but we never went to a port town before now that I think about it."

Naruto closed his eyes and found himself frowning. "I got an important call the other day from my friend, Qrow. You know, the one that I went to school with?" She nodded at that. "Well it seems that something….bad….has happened. He didn't explain it to me over the scroll but said that I should come back to Patch, an Island west of Vale."

"Wait...that means we are leaving Mistral?" Cinder asked surprised. She had not once even had the thought of leaving the kingdom. She was so used to things here that it was more then a little frightening at the thought of going to a different kingdom. How would things be different there?

Naruto nodded, still deep in his thoughts. If Qrow had thought that something bad had happened, enough to call him back to Patch, then it was serious. If things get to out of hand then he might have to do something with Cinder, as to not get her involved.

Cinder looked up at her sensei in worry but looked back down the path, a look of determination on her face. She would protect her sensei because he wasn't just her sensei. He was also family.

Two Hours Later.

The blonde haired man sneezed as he and Cinder arrived to the port city. The buildings were moderately tall and made with a white brick, making the entire place seem colorless besides the hints of blue and brown near the docks. Naruto smiled and looked down at the girl.

"I'm gonna go buy the tickets for our voyage alright? Why don't you go and browse some of the shops and try to find something you like that is in my price range, got it?" He said, not waiting for a response as he gave her a pouch of lien and walked towards the dock.

The amber eyed girl walked around, looking at all the stalls that were open, displaying their wares. She smiled as she looked around seeing all the neat little trinkets and even some weapon stalls. She then took notice of one of the wooden stalls that seemed to sell accessories.

She made her way up to it and started to browse the different bracelets and necklaces that were made in a variety of color. The old woman behind the stall smiled as the young girl's eyes shined, seeing all the stuff.

"Hello there." The old woman said smiling.

"Huh? Oh...hello there." Cinder said, a little nervous. She had gotten over her shyness mostly when around Naruto but new people were still a little hard to talk to.

"Looking for something to express yourself with?" The old woman asked with a raspy voice. Cinder only nodded still looking around the stall.

The old woman smiled. "Well if you don't mind, I think this here would look cute on you. Not to mention it should help with you being a huntress and all."

Cinder looked in surprise at the old woman as the gray haired woman just chuckled. "I saw your weapon sweety. Not many civilians with those around here. And with the forest so far it would be unnatural for just a regular hunter to be here." She explained.

Cinder nodded at that, again opting to stay quiet in the presence of the wise lady. Her eyes then grew and sparkled as the lady pulled out what she was talking about.

"See? I thought you would like it. It's nicely made and matches your clothes quite nicely. What do you say? Only 14 lien."

Cinder smiled widely as she nodded, payed the woman and grabbed her good. This was amazing! ' Just wait until Naruto sensei sees this! ' She thought to herself as she ran to the dock area, looking for her master. She quickly put it on so that Naruto would see her with it.

Naruto had just payed for the passage on the ship when he heard quick footsteps rushing towards him. Turning around he found his student with a wide smile on her face. "Hey there Cindy. Find something nic-" He began smiling.

His face grew surprised as he looked her over again. Here was his student, looking the same as before but now….now she had a freakin cool headband on! One that matched his in everything except color! While his was a pitch black, hers was a crimson red, one that matched her shirt and eyes completely

He smiled as he walked up to her and placed his hands on her shoulders, look down so she couldn't see his face. "You...you….look amazing!" He shouted, drawing heads from the other traveling folks. His head shot up as he looked at the now blushing girl. There was tears flowing freely from his eyes as a wide smile formed on his face.

Cinder looked away from and shuffled in her spot, blushing. "Thank you sensei, but could you keep it down...you're embarrassing us."

Naruto sniffled and nodded, wiping the tears from his eyes. "Sorry sorry." he chuckled. "I just get emotional when someone uses the same style as me."

Cinder giggled and was about to respond when the ship decided to make itself known by blaring it's horn. Naruto smiled and looked at the ship. "Well, time to go Cindy-chan. Are you ready?"

She nodded with happiness as she followed him on board. Nothing could ruin their time together!

Qrow sighed sadly as he comforted the crying children on the couch. The smaller one had short black hair that faded into a red at the end. She was wearing her white onesie pajamas that had multiple little roses littering it. This was Ruby Rose, Qrow's niece and she was currently crying into the arms of one Yang Xiao Long, his other niece.

Yang had on her own pajamas that were a light brown with yellow flames littering around, just like Ruby's. Her long blonde hair shined unnaturally and her lilac eyes were shining with fresh tears.

Qrow frowned and looked at them sadly as he watched over them. Taiyang had already left the house to express his own sadness. One that was probably more violent then the two girls in front of him. Unfortunately he couldn't go and help his friend right now. He had these two to look after.

Qrow looked down and he could understand all the tears. I mean heck, even he wanted to cry and he probably will later, but right now he had to be strong.

Because today was the day that Summer Rose was announced dead….

Ruby probably didn't really understand it fully as she was only four years old right now but her older sister Yang definitely understood it. For yang it was hard because this was the second mommy she had lost and it didn't make it any easier.

Qrow took a swig from his flask as he sat down on the couch. Almost instantly the two girls had crawled up to him and cried into his sides. Qrow could only think about how his friend Naruto would feel when he would have to break the news to him. Summer was like a sister to the whiskered man, always helping him out when he was down.

Qrow frowned again and put his flask away. He only hoped that Naruto would forgive him….

And that's the end of this chapter! About the same word length, sorry about that but I'm not much of a lengthy typer. Hopefully I can make up with that in the amount of chapters. Also if you are wondering "What happened to Cinder and her parent's issue?" Well i suppose you'll just have to keep reading to find out. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Please Read and Review! Bye!