NITL

Volume One

Arc Two: Initiation

Chapter Thirteen: Two in One


The first thing Tsuna did when finding himself soaring through the air was activating his weapon. Once activated, the Burn Dust within sprang into action, blasting flames from the palm and thrusting Tsuna into the air once more. Once gaining an acceptable height, the boy stopped and allowed himself to hover over the forest. From there, he watched as his fellow Initiation takers fell to the forest below or use some way to continue to fly.

"Birdy NO!"

Tsuna chuckled to himself, watching his redheaded friend fly through the air. Once finding the temple where he suspected- no, where he knew is where the Relics were, the boy immediately got ready to fly-

"YAHOOO!"

Only to be brought back down to the forest as another boy slammed onto his back.

"DWAHAH!?"

Rock and dirt flew as the two landed roughly onto the ground. Once their momentum ended, Luffy Monkey reached for the skies, cheering, "WOOHOOHOOOOO! That was AWESOME! Let's do it again! Again, again!"

From under him, Tsuna could only groan. Of all people, why did he have to be paired with one of the most troublesome people he's ever met? Hell, he would have preferred Yang and her awful puns rather that this crazy guy on top of him.


From afar, Yang's cowlick sprang into action.

"Hmm!?"

The girl looked around her, her eyes furrowed as she felt something amongst the pun forces. "Nnh… my pun-ny senses are tingling…" She repeated. "I think somebody is making fun of my awesome puns!"

Gazing at her from a few meters away, a certain girl with a black bow could only groan, "Of all people, why her…?"


Natsu whooped into the air as he flew over the forest. Once finding himself being lowered due to gravity, the pinkette grinned before grabbing onto his Crimson Lotus, an ordinary sword with what appeared to be a large muzzle in the middle. It is soon revealed that the blade is actually a pair, as it split in half and, while still attached to hilt, pivoted to where the blades were now horizontally perpendicular to each other. Almost immediately, flames burst from the muzzle and Natsu slowed his descent.

Once landing, the boy shut off his weapon, reattached his blades together, and sheathed it.

"Woo, that was fun!"

Almost immediately, the bush behind him began to rustle. Once again reaching for his weapon, Natsu aimed Crimson Lotus at the bush, the Burn Dust within it glowing bright red and the heat escaping from the muzzle releasing hot air. Before he fired, however, a growl came from his left, as another bush rustled. Still aiming his weapon at the first bush, Natsu immediately raised his left hand, allowing it to grow a bright orange-red before it burst into flames.

His eyes narrowed, the rustling within the two separated bushes increased before suddenly, two figures exited the plants.

One was a petite girl, with straw blonde hair and twin tails on both sides of her head. She wore clothing that akin to a standard female school uniform. She had green eyes and pale skin. In her hands is what appears to be a long-barreled pistol chained to a small grass scythe.

"A kusarigama?" Natsu thought with awe, looking to the other figure who appeared.

The other was a tall wolf-like Grimm. It had white bone spikes covering its shoulders, forearms and back. Its signature Grimm mask covered its face and its eyes glowed in a sickly amber gleam.

Maka Albarn blinked, staring at what she deduced to be a flamethrower sword that looked ready to blast her face into burning oblivion. She looked over it to the pink-haired boy in front of her, before following his left arm and her gaze landed on the Beowolf staring at them both. Natsu also stared at Maka before turning back to the Beowolf.

There was silence.


Ichigo watched as Pyrrha shot her javelin into the air and straight into the blonde kid's – Joan, Ichigo thinks was his name – hoodie and into the tree. Hearing the girl apologize, he thought to himself, "Perfect aim as always…"

With his Aura, Ichigo simply stepped off of the air and landed on his feet. Satisfied after finding what he assumed to be the temple the Headmaster was talking about, the orange head dropped himself and landed onto a tree. Immediately after, he stumbled after a large explosion happened nearby.

"What the hell!?"

Jumping off the tree branch and onto the more stable earth, Ichigo lifted his left hand to grab ahold of his shorter weapon. Once grasping Hollow, the swordsman unsheathed it and looked around for any potential enemies. Once finding none, he immediately began to rush over to where he last saw the temple possibly containing the relics. Despite understanding what the Headmaster had said, Ichigo believed that attacking any Grimm that crosses his way was simply optional. As such, the boy simply passed by a confused Beowolf. Unaware, another figure dropped in behind Grimm, killing it before following the orange headed swordsman.


Negi and Stella both walked through the forest and shrubbery. Moving the bush and leaves out of their way, Negi turned to Stella, "So what's your name?"

Stella turned and looked at him, "…"

Negi blinked, figuring that she was a shy person. "Umm… D-do you have any hobbies?"

"…"

"A-any weapon?"

"…"

Negi sweat dropped. Despite being the genius he was back home, he was terrible with reading faces. Then again, he wasn't known to be a face reader or some kind of telepathist or perception reader. He just wanted to be a Hunter to find his missing father and mother – he refused to believe that they are dead – and with the help of his best friends and cousin, he made it this far.

Stella continued to stare at Negi, forcing the boy to shy back in nervousness and awkwardness.

"Stella."

Negi blinked. "O-oh, i-is that your name?"

Stella nodded, looking back at the sky. A large question mark appeared next to Negi's head.

"What a quiet girl…" Negi pondered. If she hadn't answered that time, the spectacle wearing boy would've assumed that the girl was a mute.

"I'm Negi," He introduced himself. Getting a simple nod from his companion, the one-sided conversation soon turned into an awkward silence. Biting his lips, Negi pondered what to do before looking around the forest.

"… So, nice day we're having… right?"

Silence.

"This is going to be a long day…" Negi sighed.


Ren sighed, dusting himself as he stood atop of the King Taijitu he just killed. Looking around, he spotted his weapons on the ground. Smiling, he was just about to jump onto the ground and grab them when he heard a rather… familiar… distinctive call.

"Ka-kaaaaww! Ka-kaaaaww!"

Looking up, Ren swatted the leaves falling on his face away before he was greeted with a familiar face. He smiled.

"Hey Nora," He greeted, gazing at his best friend hanging upside down. "I still don't think that's what a sloth sounds like."

"Boop," Was all his friend gave, touching his nose with her index finger.


Ichigo continued to rush through the forest. Every so often, he would looked behind himself.

"Guess I wasn't imagine it. Someone is following me. Well, might as well give it a welcome."

Sliding to a stop, the orange head spun and turned to where he last ran. His left hand reached over for Hollow, gripping it while waiting. Seconds passed, and suddenly, a pair of dark figures arrived.

"Lunar Flash!" Ichigo roared, swiping his shorter weapon and unleashing a small, almost crescent-like, arrow energy wave. Within seconds, the first figure was killed, roaring as it disappeared, showing that it was a Beowolf. The second figure, however, jump and roared at Ichigo.

Ichigo gripped his sword, determined to get the second Grimm when suddenly, its head was cut off. His eyes wide, Ichigo kept his grip on his sword tight as the perpetrator revealed himself.

"Whoo, that was close!" The blonde said, swiping his sword of its imaginary blood and grime before sheathing it. His smile almost brightening, the blonde gazed at Ichigo.

"Sup! Name's Naruto! Howzit goin', mister… scowly… orange head guy!"

"… It's Ichigo."

"Ichigo… like the strawb-…" Naruto stopped once a blade reached his neck. Ichigo's scowl deepened to the point one could mistake it for a face of disgust.

"Don't ever call me that," Ichigo growled.

"G-gotcha…" Naruto gulped.

Sheathing his weapon, Ichigo sighed, "So I guess we're partners then."

Almost immediately, Naruto grinned, "Yup! You know where to go?"

"That way," Ichigo pointed to his right. Naruto looked at the direction and nodded. Folding his arms behind his head, Naruto began walking with Ichigo.

"Sooooo… what'cha wanna do 'til we get there?"

Ichigo shrugged, "How're your fighting skills?"

Naruto grinned, reaching over to pat his sword, "I'd say I'm pretty good with swords!"

"That right?"

"Yup!"

"No other functions?"

"Nah, just your regular everyday sword," Naruto admitted, before smirking mischievously, "But I do have a secret weapon if I need to."

Ichigo rolled his eyes, "If you say so."

Now walking backwards, Naruto grinned, "So, didn't really take you to be the front face on the soda cans."

Ichigo blushed, "That was a mistake, and don't you ever mention that to anyone!"

"Aww, come on, man! Just sayin'! I like the sodas and all, but I don't think guys would like to have some frowny guy pictured on the cans," Naruto said, not even thinking off the big fan group Ichigo has all over Remnant. Let it be known that while she roots for Pyrrha, Weiss is actually one of the double digit members of the fan group; just behind an orange head with pinned hair, who sneezed before looking around, deducing that some aliens have finally arrived to kidnap her for her awesome (translate: awful) cooking.

"Anyway, I think we'll make great partners, what'd ya think?" Naruto asked.

Ichiog smiled a bit, having read underneath Naruto's question. They were both swordsmen, so it would be easy to create coordinate attack when need be. Plus, Ichigo was confident that his skills is just as good as what Naruto claims to be. Maybe even better, he allowed himself to gloat. "Sure. Why not."


A/N: SPOIL RANT! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! SPOIL RANT!

So... that RWBY Chapter, huh?

Volume 3 sure did turn dark pretty fast... I don't even wanna know what's going on in Terry or Miles' minds when they think of stuff for the next chapter and shit.

Damn, what can I say? I- I'm just, I'm just speechless, really.

Penny's in pieces, literally.

Cinder now has all the Autumn Maiden powers.

You had one job, Jaune. ONE! JOB!

Ruby-Neo fight was pretty awesome.

Roman's (apparent) death was sooooooo anti-climatic! Like seriously! WHAT THE FUCK!? That's like the only thing I see that was stupid and freaking useless!

A friend of mine actually gave some interesting points about the whole Tauradonna pairing (AdamxBlake). She said that Adam might've been an abusive lover. I can see why. Blake mentioned that he [Adam] changed into a different man after the White Fang turned dark. Heck, since Volume 1, Blake was so secretive and mysterious and then by Volume 3, Blake's warmed up with her team and friends!

Why would someone who's actually friendly, start out as a cold, secretive person?

Simple. Blake's had trust issues since she left the White Fang. She can work with them, but never befriend until she knows for sure that they can be trusted.

... I feel like punching Adam now.

HE MOTHERFUCKING CUT YANG'S ARM OFF! THE FUCKER!

Anyone else see the Star Wars reference? Robot clone army betrays the good guys, one of main characters gets his/her arm chopped off, temple/academy in flames, freaking Adam as a RED SWORD!

Star Wars Reference anyone!?

AND THAT MOTHERFUCKING DRAGON GRIMM!

GAAAAH, THE HYPE!