AN: Hey guys, I'm back with another chapter. So I went back to chapter 4 and as I read I noticed that I screwed up a bit and I stated that Cardin was using a Claymore when he was actually using a mace so my apologies for that.

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Chapter 7

It finally came, the day of the tournament. It has been about a week since the incident at the docks with the White Fang and everybody involved has recovered. However, numerous schools were entering so to cut down the competition, they had the preliminary round before the one-on-one combat started. They were waiting in front of the eastern entrance to Forever Fall with multiple teams from other schools until finally someone appeared in front of the crowd of students. He had black hair that was combed back, wore a monocle in his left eye, had a facial complexion similar to that of an aristocrat, and had an scowl that could give Danzo a run for his money. He wore a black business suit with dark blue pinstripes and black formal shoes. He was about 5'9 and looked to weigh around 160 pounds. All in all, he didn't seem like the person you would see on a battlefield however, his coiled posture and high aura reserves said otherwise.

"Listen up maggots, my name is Pierce and I'll be the proctor for those of you who live through the first round. Before we get to the fights between students, we're gonna have a little preliminary round to see if you're tough enough to face off against each other. In this round, we have taken everyone's weapon except for one person from each team and your goal is to gather your team's weapons on the western end of the forest then come back here. Also, everyone will be allowed to use their auras. Currently, there are around 20-30 teams here, only the first 5-7 teams to retrieve their weapons and return will compete in the second round. I will call the names of those who will be keeping their weapons throughout this round and you will receive them from me now let's begin" and with that, Pierce began calling students one by one to receive their weapons but Naruto tuned him out until he finally got to a name he recognized.

"Nora Valkyrie of team JNPR from Beacon Academy, come forward and receive your weapon" said Pierce, making Naruto sigh while rubbing the bridge of his nose.

"I hope he will realize that he practically gave them the match with that hammer" Naruto muttered to himself.

"Yang Xiao Long of team RWUBY from Beacon Academy, come forward and receive your weapon." After Yang walked back, Naruto noticed that she was fairly nervous, much to his confusion.

"Yang, what's wrong?" Naruto whispered as Pierce kept announcing names.

"It's nothing, it's just… what if I can't protect you guys?" she stated sadly until Naruto put a hand on her shoulder and gave her one of his cheeky grins.

"You keep forgetting that your not alone on thus team, we're here to help and protect you too." he said with determination etched in his voice, causing Yang to smile a little.

"Thanks, I needed that" she said gratefully.

"Roy Arc of Sifpher Academy, come forward and receive your weapon" stated Pierce, making Naruto freeze in place. He looked and saw a boy in front of Pierce with light brown hair and the same blue eyes as Jaune. He wore a pair of black pants and black shoes along with a dark green t-shirt and a gray jacket with Sifpher Academy embedded into it along with a picture of a great sword pointed downwards with a snake intertwining with the blade. He stood at a somewhat short 5'4 in terms of height. Naruto looked over at Jaune to see barely repressed anger at seeing his brother again along with Pyrrah giving Jaune a worried look. Naruto noticed that when Roy walked back to his spot, there was no team there, just him.

"That is all, now then, line up along the forest in the spots designated to your teams" with that, they all ran to their spots, all of which were about fifteen feet away from each other to the left and right. "Ready, Set, BEGIN" all the students ran forward, most of which had those who had weapons, lead in the front. Naruto took notice of the difference in the length of the forest from the initiation in Beacon to now. Before, they were going from the southern end to the northern end which was relatively short however, the distance from the eastern section to the western section was about three times as long. Naruto created his scythe just in case they ran into any unwanted Grimm. (AN: I forgot to mention, Naruto's scythe looks exactly like Spirit's scythe form in Soul Eater.) After about an hour into their run to the center, they still hadn't encountered anything besides a Beowolf or two here and there which gained Naruto's suspicion.

"Hey guys wait for a sec" said Naruto, making the others pause. "Isn't it kinda strange"

"Isn't what kind of strange?" asked Blake.

"We've barely fought any Grimm and the ones that we have fought were very low class. We've fought tougher enemies in the initiation so why are there barely any here?" he pointed out.

"Grimm are usually very outgoing in their hunting unless there is another very powerful Grimm nearby that is seen as too large of a threat to face" stated Weiss getting a look of realization from Naruto.

"GRAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" the group heard an enormous roar followed by the sound of trees being shattered by an immense force. The sound got closer and closer until eventually, the monster popped into their line of sight. It was a Deathstalker which was obvious due to the its claws and its stinger however, this was no ordinary Deathstalker. It could be described as an Alpha Deathstalker seeing as how it was nearly twice as large as an average one.

"Oh, you have gotta be fucking kidding me" said Naruto as he and the others moved out as it barreled through their previous location. It turned after barreling through a few more trees and started heading towards them again. Yang started firing her long distance shots out of Ember Celia in attempt to slow down its charge which barely worked so Naruto sent out a wave of fire using his Katon-chakra infused scythe, knocking it back but not leaving any visible damage.

"Ruby, Blake use your speed to distract it and form openings, Weiss you use your glyphs to guard them from attacks that will make contact with them, Yang and I will take any openings and attack it directly" Naruto ordered to which they nodded and began their assault. As ordered, Ruby and Blake gained the attention of the Grimm and used their semblances to escape what ever attacks were thrown at them and whenever there were any that would come too close for comfort, Weiss would block it using a glyph. While they were distracting it, Naruto and Yang were launching attack after attack at it, however, none of the attacks could make it any further than a minor dent in its armor.

"Damn it, nothing is working!" shouted Yang as she repeatedly punched the Grimm's head. The Deathstalker eventually pointed its attention at Weiss and hit her with one of its pincers into a nearby tree, dazing her.

"Weiss!" Ruby yelled as she tried to attend to her teammate. The Deathstalker used her distraction to knock her back with its other pincer into a tree as well. It then used its tail to swipe away Yang, Blake, and Naruto from behind it as it moved towards Ruby. Ruby was still to dazed to move, the only thing she could see was the Deathstalker that was approaching her while raising its stinger. She tried to move to get out of the way but found that her body was in to much pain to move due to the harsh impact. She saw that the Grimm was now in front of her with its stinger raised and all of her teammates were too far away for them to reach and so the stinger made its descent.

As it fell, Ruby's most important memories surfaced: her life as a child with Yang and her parents, finishing the creation of Crescent Rose, her first day of Beacon, meeting Naruto and all of her friends, initiation, being made the leader of her team, and finally her first kiss with Naruto. She couldn't help but smile at that memory despite her current situation.

Then something odd happened, she had a sense of Vertigo in her stomach for a few seconds, the feeling you get on a large drop on a rollercoaster or the feeling you get on an elevator moving downwards. She held her eyes closed for a few more seconds but opened them when she didn't feel the stinger pierce her abdomen. She opened her eyes to see Blake and Yang on the ground next her, obviously recovering from the hit a few seconds ago.

"Guys, how did I get here and where's Naruto?!" she asked, snapping the others out of their dazes.

"I don't know he was…" Yang started but then stopped and paled as she looked at the scene around twenty feet away from them. They followed her gaze and paled as well as tears started to form in their eyes. There with the tip of the stinger protruding from his back, was Naruto.

"NOOOOOOOOO!" shouted the three of them as they got over there initial shock. Eventually, the Deathstalker cocked back its pincer intent on making sure the being currently on the end of its stinger was dead. The three of them along with a newly recovered Weiss ran at it attempting to stop it, however, all of them knew it was futile, even if Ruby used her speed she wouldn't be able to make it in time.

Then another unbelievable event occurred, the pincer stopped but not of its own free will seeing as how it was still struggling, no, a single hand stopped it, Naruto's hand. As the beast struggled, Naruto slowly raised his other hand, grabbed the pincer, and pulled it out. Besides the gaping hole in his chest, there was another crucial detail evident on Naruto, there was currently a third tail swaying behind him. (AN: from now on, every tail he uses becomes his new default until his 5th or 6th tail.) With the stinger out of his chest, he threw the Deathstalker away about ten feet. As it recovered from the toss, Naruto appeared in front of it with his wound recovering at such a fast rate that you could see the vertebrae reconnecting as the bone marrow formed. Then they notice the position of the tails, all three of them were arcing over his head and the fur was straightened perfectly giving it a much sharper tip and it seemed to have a black aura emanating from it, the same color as Naruto's chakra/youki. Naruto's tails extended far past their regular length and pierced the Deatstalker in three places, the joints connecting the pincers to the abdomen, and one straight through the center of its head, coming out the other side.

"The beasts legs gave out as they could no longer function and so, the Deathstalker literally dropped dead. Naruto retracted his tails and gave a weak smile to the others before passing out.

(Later on)

Naruto woke up to see a white ceiling directly ahead.

'What the hell, a ceiling, wasn't I in the forest?' he thought as he took in his surroundings and noticed he was on a hospital bed. He groggily stepped out of the bed and noticed a pair of fresh clothing at the base of the bed. As he changed into it, he noticed a decently sized scar a few inches above his belly button from the Deathstalker's stinger. 'Oh great, yet another reminder of my near-death adventures' he thought to himself dryly as he finished putting on the clothes.

He walked through the door only to be glomped by four blurs, being tackled the ground in the process. When he finally regained his bearings, he looked down to see Yang, Ruby, Blake, and Glynda hugging him. He would've found extreme comfort and warmth in this if it wasn't for one thing.

"Can't breathe" he managed to choke out as they released him with sheepish looks on their faces.

"Did we pass?" asked Naruto.

"Yes, you passed, after you fell unconscious, they took turns carrying you while they grabbed their weapons and headed back" Ozpin replied. After he stated this, Naruto was promptly hit on the back of his head by Glynda.

"What was that for?" he said while nursing his head.

"For nearly dying you idiot and this-" she said as she pulled him into a kiss. "Is for coming back" he turned around to see everyone staring at him.

"Um… is there something on my face? Why are you guys staring at me like that?"

"You just took an Alpha Deathstalker's stinger through your chest, how the hell are you still alive?" asked Weiss incredulously.

"Well that's the thing you see I'm pretty sure that I'm… immortal"

AN: Hey Guys I know it was a short chapter but the next one will be longer. Also, it's your last chance to put in your OC's along with your vote on the poll so make sure to get those in. Next chapter, the Tournament round 2.