Author's Notes: This is pretty much a White Rose focus chapter, with me expanding and giving out more hints why Weiss acts the way she does. I'm just glad that I got this chapter over with, because I'm going to have so much fun with the next two chapters. I'll elaborate more on my excitement in the after chapter notes on the bottom.

In the meantime, KORRASAMI FTW!

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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 weapon from Devil May Cry 4 he drew on DeviantArt; and fairy tail dragon slayer for letting me use the Adaptability semblance from his story Naruto the Huntsmen.


(Opening Theme: This Will Be The Day by Casey Lee Williams)


Chapter 06: Sour and Sweet


(?)

"I will not have my little girl fraternizing with such trash you call friends! Know your place in the world up top the food chain like we are!"

*crack*

"Ah-ahh! No! Please!"

"We Schnee are better than anymore else in this world. If I have to administer pain to make you see it, then so be it! Bonds will only make you weak, and it will not be tolerated in my house!"

*crack*

"STOP IT!"


(Team RWUBY Dorm Room, 6:00am)

The sun was rising on Beacon Academy, and everyone was sleeping comfortably without a care in the world. Since Team RWUBY didn't let up their rooms yesterday, they settled for sharing bed temporary until they officially set up their room. So for now, Ruby and Weiss were sharing a bed, with Ruby's facing Weiss' back and her arm over her waist; and Naruto, Yang, and Blake were all sharing a bed, with Blake facing away from the blondes who were extremely enough for Naruto's hand to be under Yang's top and Yang's hand right in Naruto's shorts.

Yep, there's going to be an awkward awakening when their alarms go off.

*click*

That is, until…

BANG

A loud shotgun blast echoed through the wall of Team RWUBY's Dorm Room, rudely rousing its occupants from their peaceful slumber.

"Wakey wakey, eggs and bakey!" a familiar gruff voice rang out as Team RWUBY yelps and fumbled, falling out of their beds.

"Sarge, you dick!" Naruto yelled angrily as he summoned Thorn and Petal.

"Uh-oh. Now might be a good time to run."

Naruto leapt up and ran to the door, only to find Sarge rounding a corner with Grif, Simmons, Donuts, and Lopez until they were gone.

"That son of a-" Naruto seethed before slamming the door shut.

"What was that about?!" Weiss shrieked her hair all fizzed out due to the shock, "Namikaze, did you-"

"If you're implying that I had something to do with what they did, you are mistaken." Naruto interrupted her, as Ruby, Blake, and Yang got up, dizzy-eyed.

"Well, look on the bright side. At least we're up." Ruby said as she shook the cobwebs out of her head.

"For what?" Weiss demanded, confused.

"The first day of classes!" Ruby yelled excitedly, "But first, since it's 6am, let's go out and warm up so we can be fully awake for the day ahead!"

"Sounds like a plan." Naruto agreed, nodding, "What say you, Yang? Blake?"

"I don't mind." Blake shrugged.

"We can work on teamwork exercises!" Yang suggested, with Ruby nodding.

"But our first class is at 9 o'clock!" Weiss protested, making the others look at her weirdly, "What?"

"It's 6." Blake deadpanned, "That's three hours from now. Is there something else you need to do, Weiss?"

"…" Weiss was quiet with a pouty face.

"Come on, princess. It'll be fun." Naruto assured her.

Afterwards, Team RWUBY changed into the tracksuits and went outside into the warm dusk air, finding an open lawn in front of the school. Following Naruto's advice, Ruby led her team in doing stretches before doing calisthenics. This is followed by some light jogging, with Naruto leading followed by Ruby, Blake, Yang, and Weiss, the latter whom Naruto and Ruby noted seems to have low stamina. This showed during the eventual teamwork exercises, where Weiss looked as if she barely had any energy yet to do such exercises.

Or she could be faking to avoid said exercises.

An hour later, they returned to their new dorms, with Ruby carrying a tired Weiss until Naruto transfer some energy to her via his Aura to help her recover. Weiss collapsed onto her bed despite that, wanting to get more sleep, but barely ten minutes in, Ruby blew a whistle point-blank at her, making the heiress fall out of bed.

"What is the world is wrong with you, Ruby?" Weiss complained angrily to her partner, who sported a cat-like grin.

"Now that you're plenty rested by dear partner, we can officially begin out first order of business!" Ruby stated while ignoring her question on purpose.

"And what is?" Weiss questioned as she got up and brushed herself off.

"Decorating!" Yang responded while holding a collection of objects consisting of pillows, pamphlets, a candleholder, etc.

"What?!"

"We still have to unpack." Blake said, holding up her suitcase until it fell open, spilling its contents, "Aaaand clean."

Weiss didn't not look amused, especially when Ruby used her whistle on her again, startling her and making her fall again.

"Aaaalright! Weiss, Blake, Yang, Naruto, and their fearless leader Ruby have begun their first mission!" Ruby declared as she raised her fist into the air, "Banzai!"

"Banzai!" Blake and Yang joined in from either side of Ruby with their first in the air too.

"Please tell me that all mornings won't be like this one." Weiss whined at Naruto, who unpacked his own suitcase.

"It's better than trying to drag an extremely shy Ruby to her first day at Beacon." Naruto replied with amusement in his voice, "Lighten up. I'm sure every morning won't consist of this."

And so began the decorating of Team RWUBY's room, starting with Naruto putting analog/digital cloaks on all four walls of the room, including the ceiling where everyone could see from their beds, who there'll be no excuse for anything. Yang placed a poster of a six-man boy band called "THE ACHIEVE MEN" on her part of the room. Weiss perfectly placed a painting of the Forever Fall forest on her own part of the room. Blake puts her books on her section of the bookshelf. When she picked up a book called "Ninjas of Love", her eyes widened before she pressed the book close to her, warily looking around at the others who were busy before hiding it behind her books. Little did she know that Yang caught her in the act and grinned mischievously. Ruby meanwhile uses Crescent Rose to slice a diagonal potion of the curtain off, with Naruto facepalming before going to fix her mistake after putting a shelf full of manga on his section of the bookshelf.

As they did this, they changed into their Beacon Academy-issued school uniforms, with Naruto wearing the male uniform consisting of a black suit jacket lined with gold over a blue suit and a white dress shirt with a red tie and black slacks with dress shoes, and the girls wearing the female uniform consisting of a brown jacket over a tan vest and a white dress shirt with a pink ribbon and a red plaid skirt with long stocking and dress shoes. Ruby kept her favorite red hood on her uniform.

Later, the four girls and one guys stood in front of the room, admiring their handiwork…with one slight problem.

The beds are messily stacked together in the middle of the room.

"Could've been better." Naruto mused, as he was not involved with putting the beds in the center of the dorm.

"This isn't going to work." Weiss commented dryly.

"Maybe we ditch some of our stuff…" Yang suggested glumly.

"Or we could ditch the beds... and replace them with bunk beds!" Ruby piped up excitedly.

"Oh no way! That sounds incredibly dangerous!" Weiss debunked adamantly.

"And super awesome!" Yang said, matching her sister's excitement.

"It does seem efficient." Blake agreed with a nod.

"Well, we should put it to a vote!" Weiss complained, but Naruto shook his head.

"Kinda late to the party on that one Weissy." Naruto said grinning.

Blake gave thumbs up *ding*, Yang made a double-rocker sign *ding*, Naruto shrugged *DJ scratch*, and Weiss however put her fist down at her sides with her tongue out *buzz*.

2 yes, 1 not caring, and 1 no, making Weiss sigh.

"Well, I always wanted bunk beds." Weiss thought as her mind wandered to the past before she flinched and returned to the present.

Decided, Ruby led the charge as they rearranged the beds into bunk beds.

"Objective: Complete!" Ruby declared after thirty minutes of jackhammering, sawing, and connecting the pieces.

"Not bad." Naruto said, sweatdropping as Ruby's bed was over Weiss' supported by rope, Yang's was over Blake's with the latter's more useless novels raising Yang's bed, and Naruto's…

He didn't have one, as he and Yang agreed to share the latter's bed, much her delight.

The set up is temporary though, as Naruto planned on buying supplies to makes the beds true bunk beds, because there were a few hazards that would give the girls rude awakenings in the middle of the night if the makeshift bunk-beds were to give.

"This is as good as its gonna get." Naruto said, dusting off his hands, "What say you, Ruby?"

"What you said, Naruto! Allllright! Our next order of business iiiiiiiis... classes!" Ruby said as she picked up the team's schedule, "We have a few classes together today. We have Grimm Studies at 9, then-"

"What?! Did you say 9 o'clock?!" Weiss suddenly interrupted her in panic.

"We have fifteen minutes Weiss. We'll be out in a few." Ruby assured her before continuing, "After Grimm Studies, we have-"

"We don't have time for this! We have to go now!" Weiss yelled at her with all eyes on her now.

"Is it that time of the month for you or something?" Yang asked in a bored tone that made Weiss sputtered.

"If you keep interrupting heiress, we'll never get anywhere." Blake deadpanned as Ruby snapped the schedule shut.

"No…it's okay. It's obvious what I'm doing is wrong since my partner's complaining so much. Let's just get to class." Ruby said quietly as she gathered her things.

"Smartest thing you've done for once-" Weiss started to say until she was punched in the face across the room by Yang.

"Little bitch." Yang spat as Ruby left the room with shadows over her eyes as Blake frowned and followed after her.

"Ugh, it's starting to be a banter first day." Naruto muttered as he hoisted up his school bag and looked over at Weiss, "Better get some ice Dust for that."

Naruto and Yang left the dorm, with Yang giving Weiss an evil glare as they left, with Weiss looking ashamed once they left, and hit the wall behind her.

"Dammit! Why isn't this working?! Why do I have to get hit for everything?!" she seethed before she flinched, holding her shoulder as those less pleasant memories crawled back to the surface. "I'll show you. I'll show you that I can be better than you." Weiss whispered as she picked herself, got her things, and left for class, "And that starts with me proving that I should've been chosen. Chosen as the leader of Team RWUBY…"


(On the way to class outside)

"Hey, Ruby." Blake called out as she caught up with her.

"Blake…"

"Look, I'm not the least bit surprised Weiss is acting the way she is, but don't let her get you down."

"I won't, but it's frustrating! I feel like she won't even give me a chance!" Ruby complained as Blake put a hand on her shoulder.

"Well, it doesn't matter if she's not giving you a chance, because I'm giving you a chance to prove yourself, as well as Yang and Naruto. You'll do fine." Blake assured her with a genuine smile.

"Thanks Blake. Somehow, I knew we could get along."

"It was a foregone conclusive the moment we became a team." Blake states as Naruto and Yang caught with them.

"Woah Blake. Did you just give a motivational statement just now?" Naruto asked with Blake grinning.

"I can be unpredictable just like you Naruto." Blake told him and turned to Ruby, "Don't be afraid to hold a conversation with me. I can be a good listener."

She patted Ruby on the back, making her blush.

"Heh. This is how it should be. Just the four of us on the same team as Team "RUBY"!" Yang said with the others nodding in agreement.

"If only…" Naruto sighed as he saw Weiss running to catch up with them.


(Grimm Studies, a while later)

The classroom that is Grimm Studies in an auditorium-like classroom with the whiteboards displaying drawings of Grimm and demons; with an axe-blunderbuss weapon displayed above the board.

The teacher of Grimm Studies is Peter Port, a slightly overweight middle-aged man with gray hair and a gray moustache with closed eyes, and wearing a double-breasted burgundy suit with gold piping and buttons and pants that are tucked into his olive boots.

"Monsters! Deeeemons... Prowlers of the night! Yes, the creatures of Grimm and the demons of the Demon World have many names, but I merely refer to them as prey! Ha-ha!"

Team RWUBY, who were seated in the front row, had varying degrees of interest: Blake and (even) Yang were sitting up and paying attention; Weiss was taking notes; Ruby had her head propped in her hand napping until she woke back up due to Port's bad attempt at a joke; and Naruto looked absolutely bored to death and sweatdropped as a cricket-filled silence filled the room.

"Uhhhh... And you shall too, upon graduating from this prestigious academy! Now, as I was saying," Port recovered and started pacing, "Vale, as well as the other three kingdoms, are safe havens in an otherwise treacherous world! Our planet is absolutely teeming with creatures that would love nothing more than to tear you to pieces! And that's where we come in. Huntsmen! Huntresses..."

At that, Port gives Yang a flirtatious wink, which she groans uncomfortably at, while Naruto gave him a death glare for that, making the teacher sweat nervously, noting never to do that again as he continued.

"Individuals who have sworn to protect those who cannot protect themselves! From what, you ask? Why, the very world!"

"Ayyyy-yep!" a random student cheered, making the others look at him strangely before he sat back down, embarrassed.

"That is what you are training to become. But first: A story. A tale of a young, handsome man... Me! When I was a boy..."

Naruto groaned as the speech morphed into "blah"s for him and the other students. Weiss, who was now looking a bit bored herself, notices Ruby drawing something on her notepaper.

"...Despite smelling of cabbages, my grandfather was a wise man. 'Peter', he told me..."

"Oh, for… This is gonna be an easy pass." Naruto mumbled as the "blah"s returned for everyone.

Meanwhile, Weiss' eyes twitched when she heard Ruby continuing to draw and looked to see her finally up the drawing to the rest of the team: a drawing of a general ball-with-limbs-and-a-head of the teacher directing the funny drawings of her and her team in battling blurs of line that are the Grimm.

Naruto looked mildly impressed while Blake and Yang silently laughed with Weiss looking annoyed.

"Ah-heh-hem!"

The team jumped and gave Port their "undivided" attention.

"In the end, the Beowolf was no match for my sheer tenacity, and I returned to my village with the beast in captivity and my head held high, celebrated as a hero!"

Port takes a bow while Naruto sarcastically clapped, with Weiss noticing and gets frustrated with his blatant disrespect and the rest of her teammates' antics.

"The moral of this story? A true Huntsman must be honorable!"

Blake was seen reading a book catalog, looking for the next addition of Ninjas of Love.

"A true Huntsman must be dependable!"

Yang was seen yawning before taking out a brush to brush her hair.

"A true Huntsman must be strategic, well-educated, and wise!"

Ruby pretended to fall asleep again and mocked waking up, bored and looking for some action.

All of these little antics fueling Weiss' rage.

"So, who among you believes themselves to be the embodiment of these traits?"

Weiss immediately raised her hand, "I do, sir!" "Not exactly the "embodiment", but what the hell."

Weiss whipped around to find a bored Naruto with his hand raised too, not noticing that he raised her hand the same time he did.

"Wha-?"

"Well then Miss Schnee, Mr. Namikaze, let's find out!" Port said and whipped off a cover to reveal two shaking cages with two sets of glowing red eyes and growls within them, "Get changed, step forward, and face your opponents!"

"Gladly, but chivalry lives, so ladies first." Naruto said, gesturing to the floor to Weiss.

"For once in your life, you make sense. Its only fitting someone like me goes first. I am a Schnee after all" Weiss said haughtily as Naruto smirked.

"Didn't she learn her lesson the first time?" Blake wondered as Yang tried to remain calm and not knock Weiss into next week.

"You're right, but not the way you're thinking, Ice Queen. In chess, the pawn always goes first." Naruto countered, making Weiss bristle with anger before she stomped off to the changing room in the classroom, "Sorry Professor, but she opened that avenue for that insult."

With that, Naruto went into the male section of the changing room, as Port internally shook his head.

Team RWUBY is a promising team in Beacon, and possibly the next incarnation of Team Blood Gulch if they could fins another team to work well with, but they had a cancer, and that cancer is Weiss Schnee due to her personality and attitude. However, the cancer can be treated, if one plays their cards right, the teacher noted as Naruto and Weiss stepped out of the changing rooms with their combat attire and weapons on hand.

"Are you ready?" Port asked.

Naruto nodded in response and stepped to the side where the rest of Team RWUBY is as Weiss stepped forward, facing the cage.

"Go, Weiss!" Yang said, not as cheerfully though.

"Fight well!" Blake said, waving a small flag with "RWUBY" on it.

"You can do it!" Ruby said while trying to be upbeat.

"Will you guys shut up? I'm trying to focus!" Weiss snapped at them, while many frowned at that unnecessary reaction.

"Allllright!" Port said quickly before the rest of the team could react, "Let the first match... begin!"

Port used the axe-blunderbuss to break the lock on the first cage, revealing a large, armored, wild boar-like Grimm labeled a Boarbatusk; and upon spotting Weiss, it immediately charged her. Weuss used her Myrtenaster to deflect it attack, allowing her roll to the side. The Boarbatusk rounded on her and studied her intently.

"Ha-ha! Wasn't expecting that, were you?" Port said boastfully.

"How long do you think it'll take for Weiss to kill the pig?" Blake whispered to the others.

"I think the better question is how long it'll take Weiss to find its weak spot. I say…five minutes. Tops." Yang stated.

"Come on, Weiss. This Boarbatusk should be easily pickings for you." Ruby muttered quietly, but groaned when Weiss took her turn to charge at it, which was a bad idea considering that while they don't look it, the Boarbatusk Grimm are intelligent to a degree.

That fact was far from Weiss' mind as she rushed towards the oncoming Boarbatusk, and managed to stab it in its skull. Unfortunately her rapier was stuck in the Boar Grimm's tusk, as Weiss discovered when she tried to reel back, and ended up getting tossed while trying to get her weapon back.

"Bold, new approach! I like it!" Port praised.

"Come on, Weiss… How could you've studied much like you said you did and not capitalize on its weak point?" Ruby muttered as the Boarbatusk managed to disarm Weiss, sending her weapon flying.

"Maybe she wants more time in the spotlight." Naruto replied as the Boarbatusk knocked Weiss back.

"Oh-ho! Now what will you do without your weapon?" Port questioned the Schnee Company heiress, who was seething at the loss of Myrtenaster.

"Maybe this time she'll go for the belly?" Blake wondered as Weiss dodge rolled out of the way as the Boarbabusk flew past her and crashed into the professor's desk.

The boar's tumble allowed Weiss to slide toward her rapier to retrieve it. Weiss then rushed forward as the Boarbatusk back away from the wreckage, and stabbed it in the side. The Boarbatusk gave her a look before spinning around while jumping back, making Weiss tumble herself into the ruin desk.

"This is too painful…" Yang said while facepalming.

"Oi, there's no armor beneath its belly. Just thought you should know!" Ruby called out to her partner.

"Don't tell me what to do, lowlife!" Weiss snarled at her before getting spin tackled by the Boarbatusk that sent her crashing into a wall.

"Enough of this bullshit…"

The Boarbatusk reared back and was about to charged when it was suddenly impaled through its stomach by Red Queen that went out of its back and into the other gate, killing the other Grimm inside. Weiss recovered just in time to see her target squealing before falling silent.

"What the?!" Weiss raged as Red Queen send shot out of the cage and returned to Naruto's hand, "Namikaze, you bast-"

Her insult was lost when Naruto leveled her with a major death glare that would make Shinigami proud, making a cold chill sweep through her body with her instincts telling her to shut up.

"Well then, it does appear that we are indeed in the presence of a true Hunter-in-training! Just as well since I'm afraid that's all the time we have for today. Be sure to cover the assigned readings, and remember…stay vigilant! Class dismissed!" Port said, ending the class.

Weiss was not happy and looked to find everyone looking at her with varying degrees of emotion, wondering what was her malfunction.

"If you think I care what you fools think of me, you're wrong!" she shouted and moved quickly to the exit, ignoring her teammates.

"What's with her?" Pyrrha wondered, with her Jaune, Rin, and Nora not having an answer.

"She's just being a typical elitist Schnee, who thinks she knows everything when in reality they don't." Blake replied, "I thought despite her being a bitch, she would be different, but…"

"Hey Ruby!" Yang suddenly shouted as Ruby, who was steaming, took off her Weiss, "Oh no."

"Oh yes, Yang. Weiss got just a taste of the real Ruby behind that mask of excitement and happiness back in the forest. Now she's gonna get the full serving." Naruto said and felt sorry for Weiss, "Oh well. Better her than me…kinda…"


(Hallway)

"Weiss!" Ruby called out when she caught up with Weiss.

"What?!" she snapped, turning around to find an angry Ruby.

"What the hell is wrong with you?! Why are you being-?!"

"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you? You're supposed to be a leader, and all you've been so far is a nuisance!"

"Excuse me?! Exactly what have I done to be a nuisance?!"

"Telling me what to do!"

"What?! I never did back there! I only told you the obvious fact about that Boarbatusk's weak spot that you seem to have forgotten! That's it! Only told you, not ordered! It was up to you neither to exploit or not! The time you took to call me a "lowlife", you could've easily counter it when it charged at you!"

"I…shut up! You're not cut out to lead me, a Schnee!"

"Oh really? How's that, Weiss Schnee?"

"You've done nothing to earn your position! Back in the forest, you acted like a child, and you've only continued to do so; annnd you cut into my favorite clothes!"

"Sounds like someone has selective memory! Where the hell is this coming from, Weiss? You've not the same person that helped me, Yang, Naruto, and Blake take out that Nevermore in the forest ruins! What happened to all the talk about 'working together'? I thought you believed in acting as a team. Was I wrong?"

"No. For once in your life, you're not wrong. I do believe in acting as team, just not in a team led by you. I've studied and trained. And quite frankly, I deserve better. You know why? I'm far better and more perfect than you, Blake, Yang, and Naruto could ever hope to be." Weiss said, turning her back on a shaking and fed up Ruby, "Ozpin made a simple mistake that will be rectified soon enou-"

"Pathetic doesn't even begin to describe you, Weiss Schnee." Ruby said in an eerie, calm voice and made Weiss whip around.

"What do you sa-"

*SLAP*

Weiss' head jerked to the side as she fell to the floor as Ruby's hand was outstretched after her slap. Weiss slowly turned her head to find Ruby with her face shadowed, except her eyes were growing red and tears coming out of them.

"We don't need a rotten, judgmental, piece of shit princess like you! Go to the man you claim made a "simple mistake", get the hell off my team, and go back to your cushy life in Atlas! That's an ORDER!" Ruby screamed in rage and stormed off.

In her rage while attempting to calm down, she rounded a corner and bumped into someone that amazingly didn't spill their coffee or lose their cane.

"Hmm… Now that didn't seem to go very well." Ozpin noted, having seen Ruby and Weiss' spat.

"What was your first clue?" Ruby asked bitterly as she wiped her eyes.

"The fact that you mirror Summer Rose's temper so well." Ozpin answered, with Ruby nodding, already figuring out that someone like Ozpin knew her mother, and thankfully, hearing her mother's name made her calm down somewhat?

"Is my…"partner" right? Did you make a mistake?" Ruby asked, and was surprised when he laughed lightly.

"Ruby, we all make mistakes. The one I made with you being leader…remains to be seen." Ozpin remarked, as he noted Ruby's doubtful expression.


(Another hallway, a while later)

Meanwhile, Weiss was walking around the hall, rubbing her sore cheek that now sported a red handprint where Ruby slapped the hell out of her, and it was even more painful when got punched again.

Weiss knew what she said, and thought it to be true, because she believed that they were true; that she was better than anyone because she was a Schnee, and found her talent for combat after her kidnapping a few years ago.

It was just a minor group of Human terrorists who attempted to kidnap Weiss for ransom. Due to the currently undisclosed events of her…childhood, Weiss wanted to prove that she wasn't a weakling. Catching her captors off guard during transport, she punches, slapped, bit, kicked, and clawed her way out of the car but was injured since the car was moving when she jumped out. She would've been captured again if not for the timely intervention of Naruto, who happened to be nearby after completing a job, and rescued her.

Normally, one would be grateful for the save, but not a bratty Weiss, who was angry with him for saving her, because it made her look weak, not realizing that because of her injury, there was nothing she could do. After that, Weiss felt her calling in fighting and learning everything she could about fighting, which led her to dropping out of a academic school and into a training facility for Hunters-in-training. While she wasn't physically strong and started into the Hunters game late, she did manage to rise up the ranks with her skills in Dust Application being high enough for a spot in Beacon.

And now here she was…with a few road bumps in the form of her team.

She did not like Naruto at all, not because of his blatant disrespect for her family (technically her father mostly), but for his free-spirited nature, and the fact that he always has a rude retort for everything she says, with the mother of all of them being dropped on her after her little spat with Ruby, followed by another knuckle-sandwich on the slap-mark courtesy of Yang, right after she did what she normal did and insulted the two along with Blake.

"Weiss Schnee, the mistress of bitching, that's what they should call you. Seriously, five ancient sages of bitchdom all gathered together one day on the peaks of Mt. Bitch to proclaim your birth, and 100 years later when all the bitch stars had aligned, you were born & made everyone's life around you a living hell, because you are such a fucking BITCH!"

She officially hated Naruto now, along with Yang and Blake for their acts of disrespect, and finally, she could not stand Ruby, who was everything she hated in a person. Just like she did at the Hunters-in-training facility she went it, she thought she could step on their toes to get to the top. Boy was she wrong for so many reasons.

But lately, Weiss felt a change within her, but tried to squash it by acting the way she usually does, only to find that she was feeling…guilt for her actions as of late.

"I can't do that. A Schnee doesn't feel guilt. It's not what he would want…" she thought, holding her shoulder.

Shaking her head, she walked on until she came across a balcony where Professor Port was watching the sunset over Beacon's rooftops.

"Professor Port!" she called out to him as she approached, drawing his attention.

"Ah, Miss Schnee! And to what do I owe this fine pleasure?" Port greeted warmly.

"I... I enjoyed your lecture!"

"Of course you did, child. Despite what happened at the end of the class, I can say for certain that you have the blood of a Huntress in you."

"You really think so?" Weiss asked hopefully.

"Most surely!" Port assured her before noticing her frown, "Hmm… Something's troubling you."

"Yes, sir…" Weiss admitted and rubbed her cheek where the handprint remained.

"Dear girl, confess to me your strife!"

"Well… I-I think I should have been the leader of team RWUBY!" Weiss said with conviction, expecting the professor to agree with her without question.

"…That's preposterous!"


(Ruby)

"No disrespect, but that does not sound encouraging, professor." Ruby said coolly.

"What I mean is it's only been one day. Ruby... I've made more mistakes than any man, woman, and child on this planet. But at this moment, I would not consider your appointment to leader to be one of them." Ozpin said and looked directly at Ruby, who still didn't look convinced, "Do you?"


(Weiss)

"Excuse me?!" Weiss shrieked as her rage returned.

"I've believed in Professor Ozpin for many years, and the man's never once led me astray!" Port said, scoffing.

"So you would just blindly accept his decision even after seeing how exceptional I can be compare to the rest?" Weiss asked, confused.

"With all due respect Miss Schnee, your exceptional skill on the battlefield is outmatched by your poor attitude to your fellow peers." Port stated bluntly, causing Weiss to seethe.

"How dare you-!" she started loudly.

"My point exactly." Port said, cutting across her, "I see a girl before me who has spent her entire life getting exactly what she wanted."

"That's not even remotely true!" Weiss protested, but the teacher's gaze told her he wasn't fooled, "Well... not entirely true, but it came with a price!"

"If the rumors of your household along the Faunus populous were any indication."

"Yeah, but… Wait a minute. What did you stay?"


(Ruby)

"Being a team leader isn't just a title you carry into battle, but a badge you wear constantly. If you're not always performing at your absolute best, then what reason do you give others to follow you?" Ozpin questioned Ruby, who looked thoughtful, "You've been burdened with a daunting responsibility, Ruby. I advise you take some time, to think about how you will uphold it."

"I will, but it'll only happen if I can have a team I can work with, who are will to work with me." Ruby said and walked away as Ozpin looked after her with concern.


(Weiss)

"I will not go into detail about the rumors, for they have no bearing here at Beacon or in my class. So the outcome did not fall in your favor. Do you really believe that acting in such a manner would cause those in power that are not your father to reconsider their decision?" Port asked her pointly, making her calm down as she thought it over, "So instead of fretting about what you don't have and trying to lord over your peers, savor what you do have and the bonds you have yet to form. Hone your skills, perfect every technique, and only then will you not only be the best leader, but the best person you can be."

"Do you really think I can do that?" Weiss asked nervously, wondering if such a thing is possible as Port put a hand on her shoulder.

"The only person who can stop is not your father, but yourself. Only if those rumors are true." Port told her and left, leaving her to think about his words of wisdom.


(Team RWUBY Dorm, after classes were done for the day)

"Do you really think Weiss will leave the team like Ruby ordered?" Blake wondered, as she, Naruto, and Yang were outside the dorm room, with Ruby inside it, alone in her thoughts.

"I wouldn't be surprised if she followed though. I have to admit I had high hope for Weiss to be free of her old man's mental grip on her. I guess I was wrong since I saw major shades of it today." Naruto remarked as he read the first volume of a manga called Akame ga Kill.

"What exactly happened to her? There's no way she was a total bitch all her life." Yang commented, with Blake grimacing.

"Oh hell no. According to her sister Winter, who's only one of the handful of good Schnee in the family, Weiss was a sweet girl thanks to their mother. It's just that her father always being his frustrations of his work home with him, and both Weiss and Winter suffered for it." Naruto said darkly.

"Do I even want to know?" Yang asked with Naruto shaking his head.

"Let's just say that it has something to do with the Schnee Dust Company's feud with the White Fang and leave it at that." Blake answered as they saw Weiss round the corner and coming towards them.

"Hey, guys." Weiss said in a much more pleasant-sounding tone, but became uncomfortable when her three teammates just stared at her, "Is Ruby in there?"

"Why do you care? I thought an elitist like yourself don't associate with "lowlifes" like our leader." Blake said coldly and glared at the heiress.

"I…just need…to talk to her for a second…" Weiss said, choosing her words carefully and trying not to react to Blake's harsh words.

"…Just watch that mouth of your, or Yang'll break your jaw." Naruto said as loud cracks came from Yang's fingers.

"I'll…keep that in mind…"

Weiss pasted the others and entered the dorms, where Ruby was laying on her bed.

"Guys, I haven't-" Ruby started, sitting up and spotting Weiss, "Oh."

"Ruby…"

"What do you want?" Ruby asked irritably.

"So, I guess I've been kind of a bitch since the forest." Weiss admitted truthfully.

"Oh. Well yeah, sure, if you wanna put it lightly."

"Oh come on Ruby! I'm sorry! I'm sorry for the way I acted, but you must understand that I have…issues that made me act the way I am!" Weiss tried to explain, but Ruby just looked at her.

"And you think that excuse will fly and make everything better. Even if it's true, do you even know how to act normal?" Ruby asked, catching Weiss off guard.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Ruby took a breath, "If you keep being a bitch to everyone, everyone will keep being either a bitch or an asshole to you, and then everyone will be at each other's throats, instead of doing what they came here to do and become Hunters to protect Remnant. In simple terms, everything will be bad, and no one will be safe."

"Oh dear god, is Ruby pulling a Caboose?" Naruto thought as Ruby leapt off her hammock-style bed.

"I mean, come on! Is this really what you want in life? You just…you just wanna be an arrogant, angry bitch and think you're better than everyone else 24/7? That's not what a normal person does, because that is by far the stupidest thing to do ever, and you wanna know what? You're a real dumbass for thinking that!"

"Uh…I…" Weiss stammered as Ruby's tore her apart.

"Oh wow." Yang said, putting a hand to her mouth.

"So we're all not disciplined like you. So we're not perfect! Who cares, because we are all born onto his world to be the best that we can be. No one is born perfect, and we'll never be, because we all make mistakes sometimes, so when we do, we can learn from them. So squash whatever's making you Princess Bitch, and get over it, because there's no place for it on Team RWUBY, ya got that?!"

"…"

Weiss was silent, having nothing to say as her leader and partner panted for a bit. In a funny way, Ruby made a lot of sense. Weiss let the pain of her past dictate her present and future, and pretty much made her un-friend-able to everyone, which in Ruby's words, was stupid.

"Are you all right, Ruby? That was quite a tirade." Blake noted as Ruby started breathing normally.

"I'm fine, Blake." Ruby said and turned back to Weiss, "Now that I said my piece, think we can start over? For real this time?"

"…"

"Instead of fretting about what you don't have and trying to lord over your peers, savor what you do have and the bonds you have yet to form. Hone your skills, perfect every technique, and only then will you not only be the best leader, but the best person you can be."

"I'd…like that. And again, I'm sorry. You won't see me acting like…that…again. You can hold me to that."

"We'll see." Naruto, Yang, and Blake thought as Ruby looked at Weiss for a moment before smiling.

"Well then. Hello Weiss, I'm Ruby. Wanna hang out? We can go study together and watch the older students spar."

"Yeah! And we can paint our nails and try on clothes and talk about cute boys, like cool, awesome, and handsome over there!"

"Oh you got to be kidding." Naruto said as Weiss pointed at him.

"Wow, really?"

"…Yes. Now how do you take your coffee?"

"Eh? Uhh, one cream and five sugars."

"Geez, no wonder you're so hyper."

"Better me than Naruto. It's suicide to give him caffeine." Ruby commented and giggled.

"Hey!" Naruto said indignantly.

"Good to know." Weiss said smiling, finding the exchange kind of fun before looking apologetic again, "Ruby, I think you have what it takes to be a good leader. Just know that I am going to be the best teammate you'll ever have!"

Ruby smiled appreciatively, "Thank you Weiss."

Ruby stepped forward and gave Weiss a hug, which surprised the girl, as she then felt warm from Ruby's contact, and returned it.

"Aww!" Yang cooed lovingly.

"My faith has been renewed for now." Naruto said and smiled.

"It's a start, but for how long…" Blake thought to herself, knowing while Weiss was now slowly getting out of her shell, Weiss still has some negativity to let go concerning a certain species sharing Remnant with humans.

"You know, I always wanted bunk beds as a kid, and friends to call my own." Weiss said and looked out the window, "I'm through having your shadow of ideals haunt me, father. Now I'll follow my own path, and once I become a Huntress and take over the Schnee Dust Company, things will be much different!"


(Balcony, the next day)

"Hello everyone! I'm your fearless leader Ruby Rose. My semblance is Speed! I like weapons, especially my Crescent Rose, sweets, cookies, red things, hunting Grimm, my family, and my puppy Zwei back home. I don't like those who underestimate me and judge me based on my appearance and personality. My dream is to become the greatest Huntress ever, and surpass my mother, Summer Rose."

"I am Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company. My semblance is Glyphs. I like singing, snow, blue things, my mother, and my sister Winter. I dislike the way my family company is being run now, idiots, indecisive people, and…another…certain…people. My dream is to become a Huntress and inherit the Schnee Dust Company to fix it and turn it back to what it once was."

"Blake. Blake Belladonna. My semblance is Shadow. I like reading books. I dislike prejudice. My dream? …I haven't really thought about it…I guess be a Huntress to protect Remnant…"

"Yo, I'm Yang Xiao Long! My semblance is Damage Aborption! I like thrill-seeking, beating up monsters, fighting, watching cheesy soap operas, and my family. I don't like some things yes, but I solve and deal with them with my fists! My dream is to become the strongest Huntress of all time to find a certain person!"

"Last but not least, I'm Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze. My semblances are The End thank to my tenants, and Adaptability thanks to my biological parents' bloodlines. I like ramen, planting flowers, girls, training, parkour, kicking ass, pulling pranks, my family, and everything good that comes with them I dislike assholes, complete naiveté, arrogance, and being control by outside forces. My dream is to gain the title of Devil Huntsman and reopen and operate Devil May Cry, like my ancestors before me, and restore my parent's clans by having my own family."

…Quite the team assembled. Remnant better take notice.


(Unknown Location)

"Pleasure doing business with you, Mr. Schnee. This is certainly the beginning of a beautiful partnership between us and our companies."

"Indeed. Welcome to the beginning of a new age of the Schnee Dust Company, Mr. Gato."

END OF CHAPTER SIX


Next time – Chapter 07: An Unexpected Shift Part I (tentative title)

-When there's school, there's bullies, and they take the form of Team CRDL, and said team have set their sights on Jaune Arc since the first week at Beacon; not just Jaune, but others as well, including Faunus. But CRDL doesn't matter, as Jaune's past and motives are revealed.,, coupled with making the most foolish decision of his life.

After-chapter notes: Finally, this roadblock of a chapter is done! Now I can finally work on the next two chapters I've been imagining for months! Just a heads up: If you're a Jaune fan, you're not gonna enjoy them, but I'm sure as hell gonna enjoy being it to life. I'll explain more next chapter. Stay tuned! Possible release date is early January (no promises)!

Also, can you spot the Big-Lipped Alligator Moment in the chapter? A cookie for you if you get it right…if you can get pass Ruby.

And finally, one last thing, KORRASAMI FTW!

-Harem Update

Neo is definitely, for sure, in! You're gonna love the backstory between her and Naruto that I planned.

Glynda's in as well, for I finally figured out a scenario where she and Naruto can bond.

Cinder is…still on the fence I admit… *dodges rotten fruit* I meant she's in! While it all still depends on her grand master plan, I now know how to get her in.

Coco…(depending on how many requests I get), I'm still working on a scenario for her and Naruto, just in case *dodges gun shots*

There will also be a set number of Naruto girls in the harem as well since Konan, Kaguya, and the Bijuu are already in.


REFERENCES

Sarge appearing with a shotgun to wake Team RWUBY up is reference to a Red vs Blue x RWBY mini-comic Rise n' Shine drawn by sketchingchaos.

Naruto's bitch insult during the second half of the chapter is from the Dragon Ball Z Abridged series. Used it because someone made a motivational poster of the rant with Weiss' picture on it.

Ruby's rant to Weiss is reminiscent of Caboose's motivational speech in Red vs Blue S12E16.


Released: Tuesday, December 23, 2014