NITL

Volume One

Arc Two: Initiation

Chapter Seventeen: And the Pieces Fall into Place


All was silent as the group of four teenagers stared at the area where Ruby used to be falling from. Yang had her mouth hanging in surprise while Tsuna turned to where the other group of four landed onto a tree not too far from where they were. Blake was simply staring at the Nevermore flying over them whereas Luffy was sucking his lips in to make a face of surprise and weirded out.

"Ah… ah, ahhh…" Yang had difficult trying to speak while Tsuna shielded his eyes from the sun, trying to see just where exactly the four teenagers landed.

"That was your sister, right?" Blake asked out of the blue, still staring at the large Nevermore that flew pass them again.

Before the blonde girl could answer, an explosion was heard. Looking to the other side of the clearing, the four bore witness to an Ursa roaring as it stumbled and tripped over its own feet. Another explosion was heard and the Ursa fell, the signs of it dying clearly showing by its disintegrating body. From behind, a pink-themed orange head landed from behind the bear-like Grimm.

"Aww…" She muttered, "It's broken…"

"Did… that girl just ride here on an Ursa?" Blake asked.

"I, uhh…"

"naaaatsuuu, you asSHOOOOOLE!"

The four now blinked, looking to another direction to see a familiar pinkette flying at high speed towards their direction. Behind him were two girls, both being latched onto by grabbing onto the back of their collars or hoodie, as the pink head dragged them along for the ride. The straw head was clearly the one screaming at the flying boy while the other was struggling against her hoodie, trying very hard not to suffocate.

The group landed with a large explosion of dirt. The sound of jets cooling down is heard as the pinkette stretched his arms into the sky. "Nnnnngh… woohoo! That was fun- DWAOW!? The back of my face!"

"Maka CHOP!" Maka screamed, slamming the spine of a rather thick hard covered book on Natsu.

"Did she just hit him with a book…?" Blake asked once more.

"NARUTOOOOOO!"

"What now…?" Yang almost whined as Tsuna looked at another side of the tree lines.

From within the forest, out came a young man garbed in black with orange hair. The boy panted as he slowed down from his rushing through the dense forest. Looking around, he growled, "Where the hell is that blonde bastard!? I'm gonna rip him a new one for ditching me back there!"

"Did something happen to him?" Blake asked.

Ichigo blinked when the trees behind him began to shake. Looking back, the orange head could only drop his mouth when a large Death Stinger emerged from the trees. In front of it ran his fellow Mistral champion, who was now panting and glistening in sweat. "WHAT THE-!?"

"Ichigo!?" Pyrrha called out as the orange head began to run ahead of her. Smiling, the redhead ran as fast as she could before she was running at the same pace as her old friend. "Nice weather we're having?"

"This isn't the time to be asking questions!" Ichigo roared.

"Did she just run all the way here with a Death Stalker on her tail…?" Blake asked. The cat in hiding flinched when Yang suddenly went up in flames, her eyes as red as fire.

"UWAAAAAAHH! I don't get it! What the fuck's going on here!?" The blonde screamed. Yang huffed and puffed in anger as Tsuna could only give a comforting pat on the back.

"Yang?"

The girl turned around to see her sister walking up to her, with Naruto picking the leaves and twigs that she forgot to take out of her hair. Behind the two, Negi was offering to help Jaune untangle himself from the tree. The spectacles wearing boy yelped when Jaune freed his foot only to fall off and onto the boy helping him.

"Ruby!"

"NORA!" The pink-themed girl exclaimed between both Yang and Ruby. The two sisters yelped when their hug was rudely interrupted.

Naruto blinked when a thud was heard. Looking done, he was greeted with a panting and wheezing Ichigo and Pyrrha, both having had been knocked back by the large Death Stalker that slid across the soft earth. "Oh, hey Ichigo."

"I'm gonna –huff– kill you –gah– later…" Ichigo could only growl.

"Hey, we're all gathered around here now!" Yang suddenly called out sarcastically, "Now we can all die toget- Owie!"

The blonde yelped as he head was lightly chopped by Tsuna. "Be quiet Yang…" The brunette chastised.

"Aw come on, Tsuna, I was just havin' fun!"

Tsuna simply shook his head while Ruby looked around. Frowning, the girl pointed a finger on her chin, "Anyone seen Weiss?"

"Weiss… the white girl?" Naruto asked. Despite not being racist, the group around him couldn't help but call him out as such. The boy shrugged, not even thinking about why several people were looking at him like he was retarded. Their problem, not his.

"If you're asking about Weiss Schnee…" Ren began, having caught his breath, "Then you might want to look up."

As one, the group as a whole all looked up. Cawing, the Nevermore Grimm simply flew above them, doing a few barrel rolls here and there as well as a loop-d-loop. As the flying Grimm continued to fly, the group below faintly heard a scream: "How could you leave me!?"

"I said jump," Ruby shrugged.

"She's gonna fall…" Blake muttered.

"She'll be fine," Tsuna quipped in.

"She's falling," Ichigo mumbled.

Slapping his face at the fact that they were right, Tsuna immediately activated his weapon, the Dust inside burning and quickly acting like jet engines, allowing Tsuna to fly.

"Tsuna!?" Yang called while Naruto was looking at the Death Stalker that was creeping up to them.


Weiss screamed as she flew several hundred feet towards the ground. Whipping out her weapon, she pointed it to the ground, trying to focus and use her semblance. Her eyes wavering, the white haired girl couldn't help but let her fear of becoming pancakes on the ground overcome her, so she closed her eyes.

Almost immediately after, Weiss felt herself stop falling, and beginning to rise. Cracking open her eye, the girl gasped when seeing Tsuna slowing down their descent. "Ts-Tsuna!? Wh-what are you doing here!?"

"Taking the initiation to become a Beacon student…" Tsuna deadpanned.

"B-b-bu-but, but, I- I thought you were going to attend Atlas!?"

"I was going to, but I changed my mind…" Tsuna answered, finally landing as he dropped Weiss down onto her feet. Almost immediately, he was smothered in breasts as Yang held him tight.

"Dammit, Tsuna, don't scare me like that!" The blonde yelled, shocking Weiss at her familiarity with the brunette. "I thought you were gonna become tuna fish for that Nevermore!"

"Goddammit, Yang…" Tsuna groaned at his name pun as Luffy cheered.

"Aha! I knew your name meant tuna fish!"

"It does not!"

"Anyway," Ichigo butted in, "We might wanna do something about these Grimms."

Everyone stopped bantering to look at the Death Stalker that now loomed above them. All of them held blank faces as the scorpion Grimm growled at them. A sudden battle scream distracted them from the Grimm, turning their heads to see a familiar scythe wielding girl charging at the Grimm.

"RUBY!?" Yang screamed in horror as the girl simply bounced off the Death Stalker.

"Oh no…" Tsuna groaned, quickly readying his weapon if need be. He and Yang immediately ran together to reach their friend and family respectively.

Suddenly, a loud screech was heard from above. Looking up, Tsuna immediately cursed, something he rarely did, as he activated his weapons, grabbed Yang, and dove away as sharp feathers dropped like rain and pierced the ground in front of them. From ahead of them, Ruby jerked and chocked as her beloved cloak was caught by one of the feathers.

"R-ruby! Get out of there!" Yang called out as Naruto began running through the forest of feathers. The girl in question tugged against her cloak.

"I'm, nngh, trying!" Ruby grunted. She slowly froze when the shadow of the Death Stalker loomed over her. It reared its tail back, ready to pierce through the young girl. Closing her eyes for the impending doom, the girl was blind to the blonde rushing towards her.

Running as fast as he could, Naruto was nearly hyperventilating for some reason as he reached out a hand towards the girl. Behind him, Yang also began to rush through the feathers. Her eyes widened when the tail of the Grimm moved to stab Ruby a new hole. Time seemed to slow for the blonde girl, as the scissor-like arms moved closer and closer to her younger sister. Her breathing hitched and her heart stopped when-

"You stupid little childish girl!"

Yang blinked, and Ruby disappeared in a flash of white. Slowing to a stop, Naruto watched as scorpion-like Grimm was suddenly encased in ice. Behind the Death Stalker, Weiss landed on one of her Glyphs. Dropping Ruby on her butt, the white haired girl took some satisfaction to see her partner cringe at her glare.

"Not only are you dimwitted, hyperactive, and naïve, you have the nerve to cause trouble for me!" The Schnee heiress scolded. "And don't even get me started on your fighting style and-…"

Yang, while hyperventilating, nearly crumbled at the pressure of nearly losing her relative. Turning to Tsuna – who finally caught up to her – to lean on him, the girl wrapped her arms around the brunette. "Aww, that was so scary… Tsuna, please be my cuddle tuna for a while…?"

"Sure, Yang…" Tsuna breathed out.


A/N:

Not much going on except that the Initiation is coming to a close soon.

Most of you guys already figured out the teams. Then again, I was being pretty obvious about it.

Anyway, much going on my kinda-life as an Artist (kinda). See, I'm an Admin for a RWBY FanPage on Facebook, and I'm planning on doing some free commissions for the fans during Spring Break (which will be in two weeks). No, I will NOT be asking you guys for something to draw. That's exclusive only for those who are fans on the Facebook page I admin.

Either way, I got big plans on how to expand my RWBY fanboy life and step one is to get out some more fanarts onto Twitter, DeviantArt and Facebook.

See ya next chapter!