Author's Notes: Midterms were a nightmare, but I pulled through. In celebration, I sped through since today to release this just for you. Progress on bonds has been steady, and I'm still wondering how to pull off a fight between Naruto and Yagura. But I'll cross that bridge when I get there. And Naruto 696: Sasuke, please stop reading into shit. It's creepy that you refer Naruto's Shadow Clone Jutsu as his symbol of his loneliness. It's just…stupid, and even more stupid if you're using that as an excuse it not copy the jutsu. As for you Naruto, if you really want to stop Sasuke, then take him on as for you're going to kill him. He won't die that easy, moron. Now on with the story. Enjoy!
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The Earl of Pancakes – I like your handle name lol. Anyway, I'm focusing on the RWBYverse harem for now. The story won't be heading to the Narutoverse anytime soon.
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Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, RWBY, or the other crossovers that'll appear, including any other crossovers that might appear.
Special credit and thanks to zemryx for letting me use the RWBY-ifyed Red Queen he drew on DeviantArt.
(Opening Theme: This Will Be the Day by Casey Lee Williams)
Chapter 02: Welcome to Beacon Academy
(Beacon Academy)
Beacon Academy lies along the east edge of Vale, and has a wide river that runs through part of it. Airships, like the one that just landed in front of the Main Avenue, are used to transports new students to the academy.
As soon as the Dust ship landed, Naruto was about to step out of the ship when he suddenly sidestepped out of the way when the blonde boy who threw up on Yang earlier sped out of the ship and hunched over to the nearest trash can, losing his breakfast as Naruto, Ruby, and Yang passed him by.
"So, this is Beacon Academy. It looks bigger in person." Naruto mused as he and his surrogate siblings in the sight that is legendary Hunter training facility, Beacon Academy.
"The view from Vale's got nothin' on this!" Yang said as other cadets disembarked the airship, with Ruby, going chibi form, suddenly squealing at certain equipment they're all carrying on their person.
"Ohmygosh, Naruto, sis! That kid's got a collapsible staff! And she's got a fire sword!"
She goes to scoot away to get a closer look, but both blondes pull her back, when turned her back to normal, "Ow! Oww!"
"Easy there, Ruby. They're only weapons." Yang chided her.
"'Just weapons'? They're an extension of ourselves! They're a part of us! Oh, they're so cool!" Ruby swooned in excitement.
"Well, why can't you swoon over your own weapon? Aren't you happy with her?" Naruto asked, making Ruby hug her red scythe sniper weapon happily.
"Of course I'm happy with my baby Crescent Rose! I just really like seeing new ones. It's like meeting new people, but better…" Ruby mumbled at the last part.
"Ruby, come on." Yang said, playfully pushing her sister's hood down, "Why don't you try and make some new friends of your own like you did at Signal?"
"But why would I need friends when I have you two?" Ruby asked as she pulled her hood back down, "You two are all I need here."
Naruto and Yang looked at each other for a moment and sighed. Ruby may be the same age as them, but she was still acting like her shy, fifteen-year-old self that gets nervous at meeting new people, but gushes over their weapons.
Not everything was sugar and rainbows at Signal Academy at times. Naruto has a feeling that Ruby's still feeling the effects of those incidents that got her the short end of the stick, such as bullying. Yang found out and would've killed them if Naruto hadn't held her back. Naruto on the other hand, after finding out, humiliated and blackmailed them to keep them in line. Thankfully, they never passed Signal's final exam, so they won't be seeing them any time soon.
"Ruby, think of Beacon as a fresh start. Sure, there are strangers here, and yes they'll be some assholes, but there'll be friends among them that you have yet to make. Plus, one of those friends may be your future partner." Naruto said.
"Future…partner?" Ruby asked, confused.
"You'll find out soon enough." Naruto told her, having been informed by Konan about Beacon Academy's style of initiation, "It's be fun."
"What is he talking about, Yang?" Ruby asked her blond sister, but unknown to her, Yang didn't know either, and she certainly didn't show it.
"Well…actuallymyfriendsareherenowgottagocatchup'kayc'yabye!" Yang said quickly as she rushed past her brother and sister to join a crowd of people that were heading up to the school.
"Yang!" Naruto shouted and went after her, leaving Ruby spinning and dizzy-eyed from the sudden departure of Naruto and Yang.
"Wait, where are you going?! Are we supposed to go to our dorms? Where are our dorms? Do we have dorms? I don't know what I'm doing..." Ruby moaned, reeling as she fell backwards into a luggage cart, sending the luggage flying.
Meanwhile, back with Naruto and Yang…
"Yang!"
Naruto caught up with Yang and pulled her by her scarf to get her to stop as the crowd she blended in with went on ahead.
"What was that about, leaving Ruby high and dry like that?"
"You and all both know that words aren't enough to get Ruby to create new bonds here at Beacon." Yang countered, pointing at the direction where Ruby is.
"I'm not codling Ruby here, but not everyone can swim once you've kicked them in the deep end of the pool. As for Ruby, there's a chance that she'll snap like all those previous times she came under pressure. The temper I inherited from my mom's been kind of a bad influence." Naruto replied flatly.
"Ruby will be fine. I think it's a good thing that she got your temper from you to defend herself. Besides, we're always nearby." Yang said with confidence.
"Yeah, when you're not ambushing me in a closet." Naruto countered back, with Yang gaining a flirtatious smirk.
"Don't act like you don't enjoy our private activities together, whiskers." Yang said, licking her lips and getting into her fellow blonde's personal space.
"Touche, my little sun dragon." Naruto whispered in her ear after holding her close and stroke her hair, making Yang moan a little.
While she hates her hair being touched or damaged, the only people in the world who are allowed to touch her hair beside herself are Naruto, Ruby, and their father.
"By the way, I snuck in your bed last night, and found myself in your little world again, where I heard an interesting conversation between you and Kagura. What's this about controlling your potency?" she whispered back, with Naruto feeling her mischievous smile on her cheek as they touched.
"Geez, I gotta find out how you and Ruby manage to do that. And I was going to tell you, but…" Naruto began, but Yang put a finger to his lips.
"It's okay. All that matters is before you officially acquire a harem to restore your familys' clans, I get first dibs." Yang declared, and Naruto blinked before realizing something.
"You went through my stuff and found by parents' will." Naruto said and scratched his head, "What about your previous statement of saving yourself-"
"I wasn't being serious at the time. As Hunters, tomorrow's not promised, and I want to have pleasure in my life just in case-" Yang ranted, but was stopped by Naruto.
"I'm going to stop you right there. I promise that I won't let anything happen to you or Ruby. Not while I still draw breath. You and Ruby, along with Konan, Taiyang, and Qrow are my family, and I won't let anything happen to it. Besides, we still have to find your mother, but don't even think or talk of dying before then." Naruto growled at her before kissing her full on the mouth, surprising her.
Their tongue danced for several seconds before they pulled back to catch their breath. It wasn't their first time kissing each other, but kissing always returned Yang to normal whenever she started talking funny.
"You always know how to make a girl feel better. Especially me." Yang said, with Naruto giving her a foxy grin.
Then, the moment was interrupted by a sudden explosion in the distance.
"That's where we left Ruby." Naruto noted as they looked back, "I sense she's fine, and her life isn't in any danger, but I should go check."
"I'll see you both at the assembly!" Yang said as Naruto used his speed to disappear, "Leave a piece of whoever tried to blow Ruby up while you're at it."
Moments ago after Ruby fell into the cart full of luggage…
"What are you doing?!" an angry voice demanded as the owner of the voice stood over Ruby.
It was a young girl who was Ruby's age, but a few inches shorter than her, with long white hair pulled back in an off-center ponytail shifted to the right, ice blue eyes with a crooked scar down her left eye, a pale white complexion, a slender figure with a C-cup dust, and wearing a pale blue bolero jacket with a snowflake symbol on the back over a thigh-length dress with a combat skirt, an apple-shaped necklace along with a pair of thin, rectangular earrings, white heeled mid-calf wedge boots, and a small bag on the back of her dress.
And right now, she was downright angry at Ruby knocking over her things, even if it was an accident.
"Uh, sorry!" Ruby said quickly as she got up and tried to help the girl's servants clean up the mess.
"Sorry? Do you have any idea of the damage you could have caused?!"
Ruby didn't answer as she picked up a case and was about to put to back on the cart when the girl snatched it away from her.
"Gimme that! This is Dust, mined and purified from the Schnee quarry!" the girl said haughtily, opening it to revealed vials of twinkling Dust.
"Uh, I can see that-" Ruby started to say, but was interrupted by the girl.
"What are you, brain-dead?" the girl asked, apparently not hearing what Ruby just said as she out a vial of red Dust and shut the case, "Dust! Fire, water, lightning, energy!"
"I… I know…tha-" Ruby coughed as the red Dust poured into her face due to the girl's shaking of the vial in her face.
"Are you even listening to me? Is any of this sinking in? What have you got to say for yourself?"
Because of the Dust being senseless shaken in her face by the white-haired girl, Ruby let out an uncontrollable sneeze that reacted with the Dust in her face, creating a huge explosion of flame, snowflakes, and electricity right onto the white-haired girl, with the vial she was holding sent flying and landing right at the feet of a girl their age; with everything coming full circle.
The girl in question has long, wavy black hair with a black ribbon tied in the form of a bow, amber eyes that are slightly tilted upwards at the ends complemented by light-purple eye shadow, a light olive complexion like the other two girls, a slender figure with a D-cup bust, and wearing a black buttoned vest with coattails with a white sleeveless undershirt that exposes part of her midriff with white shorts connected to her shirt, a detached scarf-like collar around her neck, black ribbons on both her arms with a detached sleeve on her right arm and a silver band on her left wrist, black stockings with people fade at the end, and black low-heeled boots. She also has her weapon housed on her back.
She picks it up and scowls upon noticing the Schnee Dust Company logo on the side as she reads from a book and looks over at the scene, where the white-haired, now covered in soot, was now going full-on alpha-bitch mode, which was slowly starting to aggravate Ruby.
"Unbelievable! This is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about!" the white-haired girl shrieked angrily as the soot on quickly disappeared.
"I'm really, really sorry!" Ruby apologized, embarrassed, but Weiss continued to snap at her, causing her embarrassment to be overridden by anger.
"Ugh, you complete dolt! What are you even doing here? How can someone as clumsy as you get into a school of excellence like Beacon?"
"You…"
"This isn't your ordinary combat school. It's not just sparring and practice, you know! We're here to fight monsters, so... watch where you're going!"
"Oi, she said she was sorry! But then again an apology is never enough for a rich brat like you. You haven't changed a bit, Weiss Schnee."
The girl identified as Weiss flinched when he heard the familiar voice she hoped never ever hear again, and yelped when she saw Naruto.
"Naruto!" Ruby squealed in joy at coming to her rescue before she snapped herself.
"Eh!" Weiss screamed, pointing at Naruto in horror, "You can't be here! Why are you here?!"
"Isn't it obvious? I'm a new student as well, just like you and Ruby." Naruto said as if commenting the weather, "Though I am surprised. Did that kidnapping attempt I rescued you from five years ago inspired you to become a Huntress?"
"Th-that's none of your business, Namikaze!" Weiss stuttered, trying to intimidate the blonde, was failing.
"Naruto, do you know her? Is she a princess?" Ruby asked.
"Her? Hardly." Naruto scoffed, "She's…"
"An heiress, actually." the black-haired spoke up as she approached the group, "Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company. One of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world…"
"Finally, some proper recognition." Weiss said smugly while Naruto shook his head.
"Wait for it…"
"The same company infamous for its controversial labor forces and questionable business partners, ever since her father took the reins." the black-haired girl finished.
"There we go." Naruto said as Weiss got angry again while Ruby chuckled, "So you gave up a cushy job back in Atlas to being honor back to the Schnee name after your pops smeared it to ground by escalating the conflict with the White Fang, but we shouldn't holding our breath since it's you."
"What's that suppose to mean?" Weiss snarled as Naruto took to the bottle from the black-haired girl and examined it.
"You know what I mean. Winter once told me that you wanted to be a better person, but given your reaction with my sister here, you're failing. You continue on like this, and you'll still just be the annoying little rich bitch I had the misfortune of meeting when I saved your ass that day." Naruto said coldly as he crushed the vial of Dust with his bare hands, infuriating Weiss.
"Wha- How dare you- The nerve of...!" Weiss shouted, getting in Naruto's face.
"Bring it." Naruto taunted as they butt heads, with Weiss getting the worse of it.
"…Ugh!" Weiss growled, holding her head as she stormed off.
"You certainly have a way of making friends, Naruto." Ruby noted before turning to the black-haired girl, "So, what's…"
But the girl was already walking away from the pair.
"I really screwed up, didn't it?" Ruby mumbled as she rubbed her hair.
"Never did. You just ran afoul of the wrong person." Naruto told her, "I'll see you at the Amphitheatre. There's someone I want to catch up with. Don't worry. I'm sure you're find a friend next time."
"Okay." Ruby said as Naruto left, and she collapsed backwards onto the ground, "Welcome to Beacon…"
She remained on the ground for a time until a figure stood over her.
"Hey, I'm Jaune." the figure said, offering his hand to Ruby.
He is tall with messy blond hair, dark-blue eyes, a toned build, and wearing a black hoodie with a white chestplate and shoulder armor, brown wrist-length gloves with exposed fingertips and small metal plates, blue pants with a white patch on the left knee, a sword in a sheath strapped to his waist, and black shoes.
"Ruby." she responded, taking his hand and stood up, smiling, "Aren't you the guy that threw up on the ship?"
Back with Naruto, he caught up with the black-haired girl.
"Kind of rude not to say hi to me back there, kitty-cat." he called out to her.
"Why do you insist on calling me that?" she asked in indignation.
"Why do you insist on wearing that bow? Hiding what you are will make it worse if someone find out and spills what you are." Naruto remarked as the girl's bow twitched.
"Not everyone is like you, Naruto. They're not as strong as you, especially me…" the girl said sadly.
"But you are strong enough to be here at Beacon and not with Adam and the White Fang." Naruto pointed out as their eyes met.
(Flashback, in the forest of Forever Fall)
"Hello, Blake Belladonna. It's been some time since our last skirmish." Naruto greeted as he walked up to the black-haired girl sitting on a rock, waiting for someone.
"Naruto, what are you doing here?" she asked, looking around with her hand on her weapon, "Where's Adam?"
"Don't worry, he's five minutes away. I thought this is perfect a chance to talk about what you and him are about to do."
"…I don't know what you're talking about." Blake said nervously.
"Of course you don't, but one of your mooks sang like a canary when I got through with him. While I don't think much of the Schnee Dust Company in general thanks to its CEO, it's a different story when innocents get caught in the crossfire."
"What are you talking about? All we're doing is hitting them where it hurts by stealing their Dust. The crew isn't our targets."
"Sure, sure. Then why is your friend carrying a bunch of charges on his person?"
"Wha-?"
"Your friend's embraced the new ways of the White Fang, which has become a shadow of the organization you joined when you were a kitten. Continue on this path, and the blood of the innocent will be on your hands. Think about it."
"Adam maybe have changed, but he wouldn't do this."
"…"
"You're not going to stop us?"
"I haven't received a contract to protect that train, and Mr. Schnee and I have a sour relationship just because I liberated some of his Faunus labor while calling him less than scum. So by all means, go ahead. As for you, you have a chance for redemption. I just hope you make the right choice after this, kitty-cat."
Naruto left, leaving Blake to her thoughts until her partner arrived a minute later.
"Blake. It's time."
"…Okay."
(Flashback end)
(Beacon Academy, present time)
"I just had enough of their violent ways. The crewmen were not only human, there were Faunus along them too, and Adam planned in sacrificing them to cover our escape. So I separated Adam and the Dust from the passengers. I haven't seen him since…"
"So this means you're out of the White Fang now?" Naruto inquired as they entered the Amphitheatre in Beacon Academy that was filled to the brim with new students.
"As a renegade? Yes. They're sure to come after me, but I made sure that they won't find me here." Blake said.
"You've made the right choice, kitty-cat." Naruto said, put a hand on her shoulder, "But so you know, if you decide to defect back to the White Fang, we'll see how many of those nine lives are left when I'm through with you. Capiche?"
"You don't have to worry about that." Blake said as she brushed his hand off gently, "I'll be dedicating my life to becoming a Huntress. That's why I'm here."
Blake walked off to a different section of the Amphitheatre, with Naruto watching her.
"'Dat bellabooty." Naruto thought, smirking as he looked at her rear until she disappeared into the crowd.
"Damn pervert." Kaguya suddenly growled in Naruto's mind.
"You're just jealous because I never compliment your ass." Naruto countered, and immediately cut off the connection when Kaguya stuttered in anger.
Meanwhile, Ruby and Jaune just arrived themselves.
"Ruby! Over here! I saved you a spot!" Yang called out to her over the crowd's voices.
"Oh! Hey, I-I gotta go! See you after the ceremony!" Ruby told her new friend and sprinted off after Yang, leaving Jaune.
"Hey, wait! Ah, great. Where am I supposed to find another nice, quirky girl to talk to?" Jaune groaned as went to find a free spot, not knowing that he caught the attention of a redhead in Amazonian attire.
"How's your first day going, little sister?"
"You mean since you and Naruto ditched me and I exploded?"
"Yikes; meltdown already?"
"No, I literally exploded a hole in front of the school! And there was some fire, and I think some ice...?"
"Are you being sarcastic?"
Ruby scoffed and went into a rant, "I wish! I tripped over some crabby girl's luggage, and then she yelled at me while shaking that fire Dust in my face, and then I sneezed, and then I exploded, and then she yelled at me again, and I felt really, really bad, but she wouldn't stop yelling at me, and I nearly lost it until Naruto came to-!"
She was interrupted by a foreboding tone coming from Naruto's scroll when he came up to them.
"What's the Jaws Grimm ringtone for, whiskered?" Yang asked as Naruto looked behind Ruby.
"Because a Great Weiss Shark is coming up behind Ruby. What else?" Naruto said simply, before a loud crash came from behind Ruby, making her jump back to reveal Weiss herself, who face faulted at being caught and the latest insult uttered by Naruto.
"Oh god, it's her!" Ruby wailed and jumped behind Naruto.
"Come to bother Ruby? Don't you have anything better to do, like buying up a whole catalog?" Naruto asked in amusement.
"Shut up!" Weiss yelled while leaping up and pointed at Ruby, "She's lucky we weren't blown off the side of the cliff!"
"Oh, my God, you really exploded..." Ynag said in mock shock as Ruby stepped out from behind Naruto.
"It was an accident! How many times do I have to say it- What's this?" she asked when Weiss held up a pamphlet in her face titled "DUST for dummies and other Inadequate Individuals" with a picture of a man holding a Dust crystal in his hand and a puzzled look on his face.
"The Schnee Dust Company is not responsible for- Hey!"
Naruto snatched the pamphlet out of her hands and crumbled it in his hand.
"You'll melt her brain with shit like this." Naruto said coldly as he burned it on his hands, "Why don't you do what you failed to do before this and accept her apology? Before I make you regret it."
Weiss gritted her teeth as Naruto glared at the heiress.
"Look, uh, it sounds like you guys just got off on the wrong foot. Why don't you start over and try to be friends, okay?" Yang said quickly in an attempt to diffuse the tension surrounding them.
"Yeah! Great idea, sis!" Ruby agreed, wanting to diffuse the situation as well and held out her hand to Weiss, "Hello, Weiss! I'm Ruby! Wanna hang out? We can go shopping for…school supplies!"
"Yeah! And we can paint our nails and try on clothes and talk about cute boys, like tall, blonde, and scraggly over there!" Weiss said sarcastically as she jabbed her thumb without turning around in the background at Jaune, who perked up at the mention.
"Wow, really?" Ruby asked with hope it her eyes, but faltered when Weiss "kind" smile turned to a glare.
"…No." she said plainly.
"Ah, ah~, and I had such high hopes for you. But I should've expected it from a spoiled little rich bitch like you who thinks she's better than everyone else…which you're not by the way."
Naruto's word struck a nerve in Weiss, who shook as her anger skyrocketed. She moved to strike Naruto, but Yang caught her by the wrist.
"You know, I thought I recognized you after I recalled Naruto telling me about you in passing. I thought he was exaggerating…" Yang growled as her eyes turned red.
"I never exaggerate."
"…But he wasn't. If you have nothing positive to say to us, then shut your trap before I shut it for you, permanently!" Yang threatened, putting her fist in Weiss' face threateningly and making her sweat.
Thankfully for Weiss, everyone's attention was drawn to the stage where Ozpin, with Glynda besides him, patted the microphone to get their attention, with Yang pushing Weiss away to listen to the headmaster's speech with the others.
"I'll... keep this brief. You have traveled here today in search of knowledge - to hone your craft and acquire new skills, and when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step."
As the students whispered among themselves in reaction to Ozpin's speech, Glynda stepped up to talk.
"You will gather in the ballroom tonight; tomorrow, your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed."
"He seemed kind of…off." Yang remarked.
"It's almost like he wasn't even there." Ruby agreed.
"But he wasn't wrong. There's more to being a Hunter than simple street knowledge and skill." Naruto commented.
Weiss was about to voice her opinion when Jaune approached her from the side, in an attempt to be suave.
"I'm a natural blonde, you know!" he declared, making Weiss and Naruto facepalm.
"Eh, so are Naruto and I. We blondes have more fun, right?" Yang said as she tossed out her hair.
"Does this guy even recognize sarcasm though?" Naruto muttered as he pinched the bridge of his nose.
"He is an idiot." Kaguya spoke up, "Unlike you."
"Thanks."
"Wait a minute, aren't you Vomit Boy?" Yang asked as she finally recognized him, causing Jaune to groan in embarrassment.
(Ballroom, nighttime, hours later)
After dinner in the cafeteria, the new students retired to the ballroom, where sleeping bags littered the floor as everyone was turning in to get rested for the rumored initiation tomorrow.
Everyone has changed out of his or her Hunter gear and into their pajamas. Ruby, wearing a black tank top with a heart-shaped Beowolf design on the chest and long white pants with pink rose designs, was writing in her journal when Yang, wearing an orange tank top with a flame emblem on the front and brown boy shorts, crashes next to her.
"It's like a big slumber party!" Yang said joyfully.
"I don't think Dad would approve of all the boys, though." Ruby remarked, not looking up from her journal.
"I know I do!" Yang purred, watching several muscular, shirtless guys until Jaune, dressed in blue-full-body pajamas with blue bunny slippers, smiled and waved to her, making her groan as Naruto returned from the bathroom, dressed in a black sleeveless shirt with a red Uzushio symbol on the front and blue boxers.
He blinked when he noticed Jaune's attire and sweatdropped.
"Oh dear lord, please tell me that's not a onesie." he said, now making Jaune groan as he went to his sleeping bag that was right next to Ruby and Yang's, "And Yang, I heard what you said. Just for that, I think I'll have my sleeping bag for myself tonight."
Ruby still didn't look up as Yang leapt at Naruto and put him in a bear hug with his face in her breasts, begging him to reconsider.
"Yang…choking…not breathing!" Naruto shouted in a muffled voice, his arms flailing until Yang let up on her hold, "Fine, you can sleep with me, but since we're not the only one here-"
"No sex in front of everyone. I got it." Yang said as she rolled her eyes and noticed what Ruby was doing, "What's that?"
"Oh, just a letter. I promised to tell my old classmates all about Beacon and how things are going." Ruby said.
"Aw, that's so cuuuute!" Yang cooed until he was knocked off of Naruto by a pillow Ruby launched at her.
"Shut up! I didn't get to take the friends I wanted to pass with me to Beacon because they scored low points! It's weird not knowing anyone here besides you and Naruto!" Ruby mumbled.
"What about Jaune? He's... nice! There you go! Plus one friend! That's a hundred percent increase!" Yang said cheerfully.
"Pretty sure Weiss counts as a negative friend. Back to zero..." Ruby countered as she laid back, making the blonds frown before Yang's expression brightened back up.
"There's no such things as negative friends! You just made one friend and one enemy!" Yang said, only to be hit in the face by Ruby's favorite dog pillow.
"Look Ruby, it's only been one day. Like I said earlier, you've got hidden friends all around you that you haven't met yet." Naruto said and patted Ruby on the head.
Before anything else could be said, the three noticed a candle being lit nearby. Looking towards the source, they found Blake, wearing a black yukata with gray and white as sub-colors, sitting against the wall reading a book.
"That girl…" Ruby whispered, remembering her from this morning.
"You know her?" Yang asked after she recovered.
"Ruby doesn't, but I do. That's Blake. She and I are…old acquaintances." Naruto answered.
"She saw what happened this morning, but left before I could say anything." Ruby commented, giving Yang an idea.
"Well, now's your chance!" Yang declared, grabbing Ruby's arm and lifting her up.
"Wait! What are you doing?!" Ruby yelped in protest as Yang dragged Ruby over to Blake.
"Oh, boy…" Naruto muttered and followed after the sisters.
Blake continued to read her book before she heard noises, and looked up over her book to see Yang dragging Ruby over to her with Naruto following.
"Hel-looooo!" Yang greeted in a singing voice before letting go of Ruby, who hid behind her and Naruto, "I believe you guys may know each other?"
"Hey, Blake." Naruto greeted with a grin.
"Hey Naruto. So she's your sister? The girl that exploded?" Blake asked in amusement, looking from Naruto, to Yang, to Ruby.
"Uh, yeah! My name's Ruby! But you can just call me Crater..." Ruby said before faltering, embarrassed, but managed to continue, "Actually, you can just call me Ruby."
"…Okay." Blake said as he went back to her book.
"What are you doing?" Yang asked in a loud whisper, elbowing Ruby.
"I don't know – help me!" Ruby hissed back before going back to smiling at Blake.
"So, you're Blake. Naruto told us." Yang said, attempting to start a conversation.
"Yes. You're well informed." Blake said while sighing at being distracted again, "And you?"
"Well, Blake, I'm Yang, Ruby and Naruto's sister!" Yang introduced herself, "I like your bow!"
"…Thanks…" Blake said, her eye twitching as she was now little irritated at bring interrupted again.
"It goes great with your... pajamas!"
"Right..."
"Gah, nice night, don't you think?"
"Yes, it's lovely! Almost as lovely as this book…that I will continue to read…as soon as you leave!" Blake said, with Naruto picking up the subtle hints that she wanted to be left alone.
"Oh come on, don't be such a spoilsport." Yang said as Ruby took notice of Blake's book.
"Geez, you're acting as socially awkward as Ruby." Naruto mumbled under his breath.
"What's it about?" Ruby suddenly asked.
"Huh?" Blake asked, surprised.
"Your book. Does it have a name?"
"Well... i-it's about a man with two souls, each fighting for control over his body. It's based off the book of the old world before Remnant, the Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde." Blake revealed, becoming a little more open to the others.
"Oh, yeah... That's real lovely!" Yang stated sarcastically, but with no malice, but Naruto elbowed her all the same.
"I love books. Yang used to read to me every night before bed. Stories of heroes and monsters... They're one of the reasons I want to be a Huntress!" Ruby explained, making Blake giggle a little.
"And why is that? Hoping you'll live happily ever after?" Blake questioned, hearing the naiveté in Ruby.
"Well, I'm hoping we all will. As a girl, I wanted to be just like those heroes in the books... Someone who fought for what was right, and protected people who couldn't protect themselves!" Ruby said with determination.
"Huh. That's very… ambitious." Blake said before her smile turned into a frown, "Unfortunately, the real world isn't the same as a fairy tale."
"…Well, that's why we're here! To make it better." Ruby tried to reassure her, but Blake didn't look convinced, which was only noticed by Naruto.
"Oh, I am so proud of my baby sister!" Yang squealed and grabbed Ruby in a bear hug into the air.
"Cut it out!" Ruby cried, her feet kicking out before punching Yang in the face, causing the forced sisterly evolved into a dust cloud of fighting limbs and flying stars.
Blake watched with an amused smile as Naruto stepped in to break up the fighting, "Well, Ruby, Yang, it's a pleasure to ha-"
"What in the world is going on over here?! Don't you realize some of us are trying to sleep?"
Weiss, wearing a faded bluish sleeping gown with short sleeves and white trimmings with her family crest on the upper-right chest and her hair down, came storming over to the group, and skidded to a halt when she saw exactly who is was that was making all the noise.
"Oh, not you again!" Weiss and Yang shouted at the sight of each other.
"You just said people were trying to sleep, and here you are shouting." Naruto mused.
"Why you, shut up Namikaze!" Weiss screeched as Ruby quickly placed her finger on her lips.
"Shh! Guys, she's right. People are trying to sleep!" Ruby said as the Devil Hunter and the heiress glared daggers at each other before Ruby's words drew Weiss' attention to her.
"Oh, now you're on my side!" Weiss snapped.
"I was always on your side!" Ruby countered angrily.
"Yeah, what's your problem with my sister? She's only trying to be nice!" Yang asked as her eyes turned red, "Is it because of Naruto?"
"They're just both hazards to my health!" Weiss said, stamping her foot on the ground.
"Kiss my ass…" Naruto replied flatly and gave her the finger.
Blake, who rolled her eyes at the fight, closed her book after saving the spot where she left off in her book, and reached over to the grab her candle and blows it out, enveloping the ballroom in darkness.
Unfortunately…
One of them tripped over the other, and then came the sounds of kicking, swearing, panic, and the likes, until a light flicked on, revealing Naruto with a lighter, showing Ruby holding Weiss in a princess carry position while Yang was sitting on the wall with Blake in her arms.
"What are you doing, you dolt!" Weiss stammered, blushing furiously as Ruby's breasts pressed against her frame.
"Uhh…" Ruby said, having no idea what the hell happened.
"Zzzz…"
"Hey Blake, don't fall asleep!" Yang moaned as Blake leaned into her neck sound asleep, and put her hand on her head until she felt something underneath her bow, "What the? Are these…ears?"
"What else could happen? What else?" Naruto groaned as he rubbed his eyes.
This was going to be a long four years.
END OF CHAPTER TWO
Next time – Chapter 03: Enter the Forest (tentative title)
-Today's the day of the Beacon Academy Initiation, and with the way partners will be chosen revealed, the Hunters-in-training scramble in Emerald Forest to match up with the ideal partner.
READER INTERACTION: What things do you want to see in this story? Please respond in the review section.
POLL: Should I even consider Glynda Goodwitch to be in Naruto's harem?
Naruto's Harem Pairing Names
Naruto x Ruby – Spiraling Rose
Naruto x Weiss – Snow Fox
Naruto x Blake – Shadows of Love
Naruto and Yang – Amber Blondies
Naruto x Pyrrha – Tailed Chariot
Naruto x Nora – Fishcake's Hammer
Naruto x Rin – Spiral Lotus
Naruto x Velvet – Rabbit Season
Naruto x Miltia x Melachite – Devil's Claws and Talon
Naruto x Cinder – Burning Devil
Naruto x Neo – Devil's Trail Mix
What do you guys think?
REFERENCES
Some scenes in this chapter are inspired by the earlier RWBY 4-kowas during the times the trailers and Volume 1 episode were released.
Released: Saturday, October 18, 2014
