Naruto was standing outside Sanctum Academy, he looked at it, smiling slightly as he saw the tall structure. "I really, really want to go there~"

"Too bad you're under me, but in return, I can make you a Huntsmen by the time those people go into actual academies." Anko tells while placing her hand on his back, she noted the look of both happiness and sadness, "your father would be proud of you, Fishcake."

Naruto smirked, he sighed, "I know…just wish I wasn't so careless when it came to his scroll."

"Like I said, it was just a machine," Anko said as she gently made him start walking away.

The blonde took a deep breath, then smiled as he looked in the sky. "Anko?"

"Hmm?" She acknowledged him with a hum.

Naruto looked at the skies, "does it ever snow in Mistral?"

"Not really, unless you right where we are, in the mountains. Never seen it snow?" Anko questioned as she looked at the blonde.

He shook his head, "I always overheard the villagers of Busan talk about it."

"Just gets cold and rains nonstop, it sucks." Naruto then tells her with a small laugh, "Busan sucked."

"See, there you go, pick your favorites kid. Cause now, you have choices. So," Anko then bumped him with her fist, "want to do that race, Fishcake?"

Naruto looked at her, smirking before taking off running as fast as he could, she yelled at him. "You little punk!"

"You better not lose, I'm hungry!" Naruto yelled back in reply.

"To Haven, race to Haven!" Anko yelled at him and realized something.

He was running much faster than what he started, looks like The Maki Training would now be ineffective, she watched as he took off. He looked toward the tall buildings, running toward them, they were located near the stairs anyhow.

She followed, not really intent on winning, just seeing where he was agility wise. He surprised her when he started to run up the walls with good pace, she even watched as he flipped backward and springboard near the top of one to just get a head start.

Following closely behind him, she watched as he showed no fear about jumping over gaps in the buildings. Yelling out when he did, he seemed genuinely happy. That's when she noted something else, orange colored wind seems to follow closely behind him.

Chakra?

It looked like, but not only that, his semblance was active, so he could very well be using that to get extra airtime. When he surprised by suddenly stopping, she should've kept running to keep the illusion of the race.

However, he just looked toward the sun as it poked up from behind one of the mountains, he smiled as he clutched his chest. Noting the brightly colored skies of orange, blue, red, and even pink. He then sighed, looking at her.

"I'm not stupid, you're not racing me for real." Naruto stated as he turned her, "but I really never said thank you."

"Huh?" Anko looked at him, "what do you mean?"

"I mean thank you, for taking me under the wing and all of that. I never would've been this happy if I remained in Busan, and I've been taking the advice you been giving me about the scroll…its sunrises like that one…that make me think about my dad." Naruto giggled as he watched a figure run by, "I am not racing you, I'm racing him…"

Anko got flustered slightly, "oi, you want me to race you for real?!"

"No, well yeah, but don't take it the wrong way. I meant that I am not only going to be like my dad," Naruto raised his fist into the air, "I'm going to be better!"

"Your father was legendary, what makes you think you'll do better?" She crossed her arms, grilling him slightly, "Fishcake."

"Because I have you as a teacher," her look turned to one of shock, "Anko Mitarashi The Greatest Swordswoman in Remnant!"

She then smiled and took off at him, she slapped him on the back of the head, "then you better keep up, Fishcake!"

"Oi!" Naruto yelled as he took off behind her, "I'll not only keep up, I'll win!"

It was midday as Naruto was frowning, he had to just poke the bear!

Anko was laughing as she looked at him, "hey Fishcake, look on the bright side, you lost to me."

"Ah crap," Naruto muttered as he waved her off, "now you'll never stop talking about it."

He stopped suddenly, his eyes widened as he looked behind them, "Anko…he's here."

"Who?" She laughed and then noted the look of absolute terror in Naruto's face, "how did you notice?"

"He smells like death, hatred, and just all around bad." She took a sniff of the air, finding nothing, "you can't smell it?"

"Kid, I don't think you're so much as smelling as sensing him, can you get him exactly?" She inquired, reaching for her sword.

Naruto shook his head, "no, I just feel that he's nearby."

Naruto scanned the crowd, looking at them with his eyes, but something was weird as he focused harder. He could see lights, lights in all of the people, varying. Blue, green, red, and the red ones felt…off…like anger and disgust.

Anko looked at him, "he's sensing negative emotions, perhaps it's a bloodline technique?"

Naruto kept focusing, now even placing his hands together in the Mudra symbol for Tiger but kept it low just to keep it hidden enough. He took deep, long, breaths. Focusing more and more, until his eyes turned crimson.

He saw something, amiss the colors, there was one that was totally different. It was blacker than night, felt like death…smelled of death!

He realized what she meant by sense, his body just probably made it to where he could "smell" as a means of coping for his ability. However, that didn't make sense to him because that wasn't his semblance, but he wasn't exactly one to argue.

However, his blood ran cold as he noticed the owner of the black color. He turned off his senses, looking directly at the owner through the crowd. The owner had stopped moving, staying just in the center of walking masses.

Knowing that he was safe to do so, because that woman by him wouldn't risk exposing magic users let alone herself to the world. He then looked right at the boy, the boy's eyes still glowing red as they looked upon him.

The Wendigo, mythical as his name was, lived up to his name as he licked his lips. He made sure Naruto could see him, taunting Anko as he looked at her. He had a bruise on his right hand from where Naruto's semblance had impacted him.

Very solemnly did he ever get injured, it just meant that the prey was going to be worth the catch.

"I found you, tag you're it." The Wendigo mouthed at Naruto before walking with the crowd while winking at Anko.

The man, The Wendigo, had blue eyes and brown hair. He also seemed very familiar, it made Naruto shake slightly as he wanted to run after him. However, when he started moving Anko placed her hands on Naruto's shoulders and gripped them.

She lowered her head, "he's playing us, listen to me Naruto…you do not leave my side once so ever…understood?"

"Y-yes, Anko, did I screw up?" Naruto questioned as he shook.

She shook her head, "no, because now we know what he truly looks like…but he's smart enough not to be out of the view unless he wants to get killed."

Naruto shuttered, then realizing why he chose the forests to hunt, "no one in the forests…Grimm."

"Ding-Ding," Anko's eyes even widened as she looked down, finding Naruto's scroll.

The Wendigo's face was on it, "how and when?"

"I passed right near you, you should really keep an eye on your student better Anko Mitarashi, Prelate's Spell Book…know of that little relic?" The Wendigo inquired from Anko, "Giles De Rais…in age before the color naming rule ever applied or even thought of, an age of where magic was commonplace."

"He was a quote unquote serial killer back in the days of kings, Vale specifically, he was obsessive of Grimm. Why they hunted Humans and Faunus, how they got stronger with age, and then he realized something…The Grimm had master, had to. No natural thing like this could ever exist," The Wendigo licked his lips, "imagine if, for a moment, one were to master Dark Magic?"

"So, you're trying to be a fucking hero," Anko spat as she looked at him, "don't me laugh."

"Hehehe, good men often do bad things, but there is no God or Gods to punish them. If you so, just asking, why hasn't anyone punished me?" He questioned as he licked his lips, then he looked right at Naruto, "those red eyes are very befitting of you…hehehe."

"We will stop you," Naruto declared as he glared at the man through the phone, "you screwed up by giving us your face."

"But, you see kid, that's where you're wrong. I have magical abilities," suddenly The Wendigo's face changed to that of a Grimm and then to another person, "I can be anyone or anything…fool."

Anko watched him twiddle his fingers, then he looked right at her, "I can sense a wealth of energy inside of young Naruto there. Make me a deal, I get him, and I leave Mistral."

"You're out of your fucking mind if you think I'll just hand over my student," Anko then squeezed the scroll, her eyes widened.

"Oopsie, I forgot to mention that I deleted all of the photos on this scroll…but I think I did a better job of replacing them with something else." The Wendigo laughed as he looked at Anko and Naruto, "I won't kill again till the next full moon…four days from now."

Suddenly he hung up, but then much to their horror, pictures of dead children and women started to pop up on the scroll. Each of them having a Cheshire smile cut into their faces, while The Wendigo posed in each one.

Like a Huntsman with a trophy deer.

Ren was waking up in the hospital as he looked at Nora, "Nora?"

"Ren?!" Nora screamed with happiness, "you're alright!"

"I am," Ren looked at his leg and saw it was there, "thank goodness…"

Nora coughed slightly, looking at her friend before getting up and wrapping her arms around him, "Oh God I was so worried…don't ever do something so stupid alone again, Ren!"

"I was just trying to get you some medical help for your throat," Ren then hugged Nora back, only for the doctor to walk in.

"Ah, young man, you're awake. Good news is that you'll be keeping your leg, the shot didn't impact anything major, thankfully." The doctor then puts a chart on the bed, "we'll be taking you back to X-ray soon enough."

"Okay doctor, but, could you please also see my friend here. She's got the flu, and well, she seems like she's getting better…I think." Ren then heard Nora growl slightly and then face the doctor.

He looked at her, he smiled, "open your mouth young lady."

Nora frowned, opening her mouth and the doctor looked inside of it. He hummed, looking at her, and then smirked. "Looks like your body is strong, I see a few blisters, but they'll go away soon enough."

"Sye-Renmy-tosh-yim-sim." Nora spoke with her mouth open, then felt the doctor quit looking, "just hope you can get back to class soon…I'm about to slam my head into the desk."

"Ah yes, Sanctum, you should be good for combat practice in a few weeks. I'll put you on antibiotics, a pain medication that isn't addictive, and I'll be sure to bill the school since your insurance is through them." The doctor looked at Ren, "you're a very lucky young man, I heard what happened."

"I was lucky enough to have a few good friends," Ren admitted and leaned back in the bed, "is he okay by the way?"

"Oh, the boy, Naruto? Yeah, he's fine, he managed to get you out of the forest when your teachers arrived there." The doctor then looked at him, "my bad, his teacher."

Ren saw the smile on the doctor, it was slightly creepy, he then sighed. "I need a nap."

"What, you just woke up?!" Nora yelled as she looked at her friend, "c'mon, you been out for nearly two days."

"Being unconscious miss Valkyrie is not the same as sleep," the doctor motioned her, "do you need help getting back to your school?"

"Well…I don't really like traveling at night." Nora admitted rather sheepishly, "you wouldn't mind doctor?"

"Of course not, after all, I took the oath to help and do no harm." The doctor laughed as he left the room, "I'll be back up later tonight."

Naruto was walking with flowers toward the hospital, yellow roses to be exact that Anko had bought him to take to Ren and Nora, he was being escorted by Itachi while she got a nap. Itachi looked down at Naruto, who was bouncing with joy at the prospect of his friend being awake.

"So, Itachi, you and Anko know each other?" Naruto inquired as he smiled, "were you two…"

"No," Itachi sighed as he motioned the boy across the street, "she's just a really good friend from an age's past."

"Oh," Naruto lowered his head slightly, "well she's awesome!"

'I know, so this friend of yours, Ren? Did they say anything regarding his leg?" Itachi questioned Naruto, almost sounding concerned.

Naruto nodded, "yeah, they said he was going to keep it."

The blonde suddenly stopped, he then felt a wave of pressure hit him as he felt frozen in his tracks. His eyes turned red as he looked at the hospital, Itachi immediately understood and he had his semblance ready as they both made a run for it.

It was late in the evening, the sun going down.

Naruto and Itachi both looked around, with them seeing nobody and then ran up the wall toward Ren's room. Itachi managed to pick the lock on the window and open it for them to enter. Ren was laying in the bed, he was asleep.

Nora, on the other hand, was nowhere to be found!

The blonde's heart sank as he looked around, he walked quickly over to Ren, "Ren!"

"Huh, Naruto, those for me?" Ren mumbled as he took the flowers, "or are they for my friend?"

"They were to be for both of you, where is Nora?" Naruto inquired as he looked at Ren.

Ren yawned, he then looked at the empty chair, "probably went back to the academy with the doctor…since when did you have red eyes?"

Naruto bit his lip, scared to tell Ren that The Wendigo may have gotten her, but when the door opened the blonde turned around at the presence of the doctor. He was exuding extreme amounts of darkness around him, but just then he moved back as the bathroom door open.

"Hey Naruto," she then closed the door and faced the doctor, "hey doc!"

Ren caught on to what was going on, "hey, Nora…can I ask you a favor?"

"Yeah, sure Renny, what's up?" Nora inquired as she walked over toward Ren, leaving the doctor all by his lonesome.

The doctor chuckled, looking at them with his blue eyes, his blonde hair had a tinge of black at the base. He took a moment, looking at Itachi, then to Naruto.

"I'll give you this much, you're one lucky little bastard." The doctor closed the door behind him, "but luck can only get you so far."

"You're not that stupid," Itachi was about to activate Amaterasu, but then stopped when the doctor unveiled an oxygen tank from behind him. "Shit…"

"Go ahead, we all go boom." The doctor says dryly, all the while tapping his finger on the oxygen tank.

Naruto squeezed his fists, he looked right at the man, unknown to Naruto, however, his hands had started to grow claws which dug in.

Itachi hearing several drops of liquid looked down, his eyes widened slightly as he saw Naruto's hands bleeding from how hard he was squeezing his knuckles.

"W-what's going on, Renny?" Nora mumbled, she was slightly scared.

Ren backed up on the bed, looking right at the doctor, "he's The Wendigo."

Nora's eyes widened as she went to punch into the electrical outlet, "I'll show you for hurting my friend!"

Suddenly The Wendigo unscrewed the top of the oxygen tank, smirking, "go ahead, missy…blow us all up."

Naruto growled further, cocking his arm back and yelled, "I won't blow us up bastard!"

"Naruto don't!" Itachi yelled, but it was too late as Naruto threw his fist forward.

Suddenly Naruto was blasted back as he hadn't trained his semblance well enough to properly control it, his anger getting the better of him, he went crashing out of the window just The Wendigo threw the oxygen tank at Itachi.

The Wendigo smirked as he ran right toward the window that Naruto crashed out of, all the while snapping his fingers. Itachi's eyes widened as burn dust, laced in the door handle-activated. He grabbed Nora and Ren before using his semblance to shield them!

Naruto fell out of the air and luckily landed in a nearby pond, he got up from the water and glared right at The Wendigo as the man charged at him. He looked right up at the window, his eyes watered as he believed his friends to be dead.

"No!" Naruto yelled as he totally ignored the threat, only to suddenly get kicked by The Wendigo, who sent him across the pond.

The blonde crashed through the shallow water, smashing into the metal gate, his aura sparked around him as he struggled to get up. He looked right at The Wendigo who suddenly made energy pulse around him.

Naruto then understood when cameras around them exploded!

Suddenly The Wendigo appeared on the gate behind him before he could react, he sent another kick into the blonde and sent him back through the water. Naruto took one look up at the windows, seeing Itachi, the man jumped down to aid him only for a massive gout of water to explode upward.

The blonde turned around for the source, finding The Wendigo holding up a new hand seal. He growled as he ran right at the man, uncaring for himself as he bashed him in the stomach with both his feet by doing a dropkick. The Wendigo smirked as he lost concentration on his attack on Itachi, he then kneed the blonde boy in the face before grabbing him by the hair.

The Wendigo watched as Itachi landed, he felt Naruto struggle in his arms before he hissed when the blonde bit him!

He let go, but when the blonde tried to dash away he just reached down and grabbed him by the leg. The blonde fell face forward into the water, being held down by Wendigo's leg as he started to drown the boy.

"This little bastard is tough, I'll give him that!" The Wendigo comments as he held Naruto underwater still and watched as Itachi charged toward him.

He could hear LEO sirens in the distance, he suddenly reached down and grabbed scalpel before holding Naruto up. He put the scalpel on the blonde's neck, looking right at Itachi, and smiling.

"You know this game," nicking Naruto over his artery, the man then held the blonde tighter.

"Let him go," Itachi yelled, "it's over!"

"No," The Wendigo spoke as he suddenly smirked, "the fun is only starting!"

Naruto weakly tried to pull the man's arm away from his neck, struggling as he was being choked. He kicked backward, trying to at least hit the man in the testicles, but found he couldn't reach as he flailed about in the man's arms.

"Ita-chi!" Naruto choked, "h-elp!"

"Let him go!" Itachi yelled as he saw the lights of LEO vehicles coming.

The Wendigo smirked as he then ran backward with Naruto in tow, "like I said, you know this game Itachi!"

Itachi tried to intercept, but the man winked as ice dust activated in the water. Itachi jumped up, but one of his leg got caught in the now ice filled pond. He looked right at Wendigo as he jumped up and over the guard railing, and toward an open sewer drain from a construction crew.

"Naruto!" Itachi screamed.

Naruto closed his eyes, he knew if he went down the drain he wasn't coming out!

His eyes suddenly widened as he screamed, a blast of wind ripped off Wendigo, even his arms as he was sent flying away from the blonde.

Naruto slammed into the ground, a few feet away from the drain that The Wendigo then fell down in. The blonde grimaced on the ground, coughing up a wad of blood as he shook. Itachi got near him, just as LEO turned the corner.

"You there, halt!" An officer yelled.

"I'm a Huntsman, don't shoot!" Itachi yelled at them before ordering them, "get some doctors!"

One of the officers ran toward the hospital while looking up, "mother of God…"

He saw the flaming room, looking over at a girl that ran out of the hospital, "is he okay?!"

"Is who okay miss?" The officer asked Nora, "miss?"

"Our friend, he was in our room and went out of the window when The Wendigo attacked us!" Nora told them, watching as several doctors ran past them, apparently someone called a security guard over the radio.

"We don't know, is he the blonde kid we found near the drain?" Nora's eyes watered slightly, and she nodded as Naruto was being brought up.

"That's him!" Nora yelled, only to get grabbed by the police officer.

Suddenly she found herself being dragged away when she tried to scream a piece of cloth went over her mouth, and as she went unconscious the officer chuckled as he slowly transformed. The Wendigo in his black hair and blue eye glory held Nora while wearing a police officer uniform.

"All too easy," he mouthed as he walked into the back alleys.

The body of the fake Wendigo slowly dispersed into black dust as it was approached by officers, they all looked at each other. Itachi's eyes widened as he followed them, he then he looked back up at the hospital and ran toward it.

"Who was that officer that arrived here first?" He inquired as the officers looked at him, with one officer getting his radio.

"That would be officer Periwinkle," he grabbed his radio, "go for all units."

"This is dispatch, we have a four-eighty on officer Periwinkle at Vale PD, all units be on the lookout for squad car Four-Zero." Dispatch called on the radio.

Itachi and the officer looked at the squad car that had stopped first.

It was squad car Four-Zero, Itachi then ran toward the hospital.

Intent to check on the kids there.