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Disclaimer: I do not own anything that has something to do with Naruto or RWBY the only thing that's mine is this story and the idea behind it, not the characters itself.

Hey guys it's Deztiny071216 here bringing you another chapter of "The bishop of Beacon". Shout out to Lavist,LegionsOfHell and Captain Cranch for following/favouriting me or the story. You guys rock.

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Chapter 9: the shopkeeper

The first day of work (4:00pm)

"Okay then. This is the first day of your work here. I have been informed that you four are here because of your punctuality on your first day of school. Am I right?" The shopkeeper had a croaky voice and it was a bit difficult to understand him but the team knew what he was saying. All four of them nodded at the shopkeeper even though they were able to just barely understand him. They were inside the shop and the see-through glass door had a sign that said the shop was closed. The shopkeeper stood behind the desk while the four were standing in front of the desk. "I closed my shop for today so I could train you for this. I hope you four actually help me in some ways." The four nodded again at the shopkeeper, except Naruto.

"Umm, old man, why do we need to train, all we have to do is give them the dust they want right? It sounds easy to me." The shopkeeper froze for a bit and Naruto thought he gave him a heart attack or something. "HOW DARE YOU! Selling dust to people is much harder than you think it is. You have to advise them about what dust to pick, explain what certain dust do so you must be educated, continuously restock the dust supply and connect with the customers. Do you have any idea how hard it actually is?!" Naruto didn't understand a word he just said as he spoke too fast while he was in his rage moment. Naruto nodded at his head fearfully and quivered a bit as he was a bit scared at the temper of the old man.

The old man nodded his head at this and folded his arm. "Now then, let's get started. We have no time to waste." The first day of work ended up as them being educated about a few things. The four team members were educated about the different types of dust there were, about human behaviour as this shop requires workers to interact with people and how to be quick on your feet so you know what to do when a problem arises. It was surprisingly tiring but they were able to do it in the end and they were ready for the next day, physically, not mentally.

The next day (3:55pm)

"Okay, five minutes until the shop opens. Based on what happened yesterday I will give you your own respective job." The team was wearing the shops uniform which is the clothes that the old man was wearing which was a green shirt with a red apron and grey trousers. "Sasuke, you're smart and you showed the greatest knowledge of dust, you will be the advisor, the person who helps people when they don't know what to get or wondering what to get." The shopkeeper gave Sasuke a pin which said 'Sasuke Uchiha (Advisor)'. Sasuke didn't say anything but gave a little nod instead as he went on to Kakashi. "Kakashi, you showed a great talent of doing things on the spot. Therefore you will be the helper, the person who helps anyone when the need arises for it even though you might not be prepared." The man gave Kakashi a pin which said 'Kakashi Hatake (Helper)'. Kakashi had a small smile underneath his mask. That's right, he still wore his mask, it took quite some time for the man to let Kakashi wear the mask but in the end, Kakashi was able to wear it.

"Sakura, you memorised this entire shop and you know what goes where, as such, you will be in charge of restocking various supplies." He gave Sakura a pin which said 'Sakura Haruno (Re-stocker)'. Sakura gave a little thank you to the shop keeper who said "You're welcome" back to her. "Naruto, you didn't show any knowledge about dust other than the gravity crystal." Naruto was a little hurt by this but it was the truth, he knew nothing about crystals other than the gravity crystal. "You can't prioritise your objectives to save your life." That comment stabbed him which made him tear up a bit. "And you can't even remember where the windows of the shops are." Although it was exaggerated it might as well be true which made Naruto cry a river with a forced straight face. "But, you are the most cheerful person in the team which is a quality anyone would want. As such, you will be the person behind the desk who sees every single customer that enters the shop and exits the shop. Your kindness will make customers happy themselves." The shopkeeper gave Naruto the last pin in his hand which said 'Naruto Uzumaki (Cashier)'. Naruto was happy. That was the only word you can describe him with at the moment. He wiped the tears of joy that started to form from his eyes. "Don't worry; we'll make you a lot of money." Naruto pointed at his heart with his thumb "Believe it!" The shopkeeper smiled at this. This team could possibly be the best thing that happened to his shop, they showed a lot of potential which can be used for the shop and for battle.

It was three-fifty nine which meant only one more minute until the shop opens. Naruto was behind the desk. Kakashi and Sasuke were walking around the shop to check everything and Sakura was also checking all the dust to see if they forgot to stock anything. It was now four o'clock, but no one came in the shop yet. Naruto sighed and sat down on a chair that was with him behind his desk. 'This is going to be a long day.'

Two days later. From dust till dawn(5:00pm)

"Is there something wrong?" "Yeah, I don't…" A customer was looking at some crystals with a confused look so Sasuke went up to the customer to help. The customer was about to say his problems but then saw Sasuke's face and froze for a bit. "Oh… I-it's nothing actually. Th-thanks anyway." The customer said while stammering quite a bit. He then walked away quickly while sweating a bit. "Hmm, this is the fifth time this happened to me today. I wonder what's wrong the customers today." It didn't only happen today as well; it was the same as yesterday, customers kept on running away from him when he offers them help.

"You're scaring the customers off. Why don't you smile a bit or something?" The shopkeeper saw what happened and pointed at his mouth to show him a little smile. "I don't understand, all the customers keep on running away from me when I try to help." Sasuke told the old man with his normal look. "You have a… Scary kind of look on your face and it scares people away. It might not scare huntsman and huntresses but it scares normal people. In order to properly talk with normal people, you usually have to smile even if it's a forced one." The shopkeeper pointed at his mouth again to show a smile. "This can also be useful in a mission so then the client knows that they can trust you, this can also help you interact with the client and customers. You try smiling now." Sasuke tried to copy his smile which didn't work out too well; he looked like a devil with a smile. The man chuckled a bit at his attempt. "Don't worry, you'll get there."

From dust till dawn (5:10pm)

Sakura was walking around the shop with boxes in her hand looking for something to stock. She was sweating quite a bit as well from walking without stopping and holding the boxes, without her semblance, this was actually kind of heavy, if only the old man would allow them to use their semblance. "Sakura what are you doing?" The shopkeeper saw Sakura walking around and she looked like she was lost from the way she was looking around. "I'm just looking for things to stock, that way none of the customers will see something that's not stocked and I will be doing something as well which will keep me slightly entertained. It's a win-win." Sakura said this with a smile thinking that she did something good. The shopkeeper sighed making Sakura a bit worried. "What's wrong? Did I do something bad?" Sakura looked confused, isn't this the right thing to do?

"You see, it's impossible to keep everything stocked at all times, there will always be times where something isn't stocked. I understand that you're thinking about customer satisfactory. But really, you shouldn't be working yourself so hard for other people." Sakura looks at him thoughtfully. "There are times in a battle where you shouldn't be doing anything at all and just let your team mates take some hits, and other times you should actually be doing something." The old man walked away leaving Sakura to think to her for a while, but she went back to the stock room and left the boxes there. She decided that when she sees something or was told that something needed to be stocked, that's when she's going to stock it again. Until then she'll just walk around and help people or just rest.

From dust till dawn (5:30pm)

Kakashi was walking around the shop like Sakura was earlier but the only difference was that Kakashi was reading his Erotic novel. "KAKASHI!" "AAGGHH!" Kakashi threw his book into the air as he was startled by the old man's loud voice. "I didn't do anything!" Kakashi put his hand in the air like he was about to be arrested by the police while the book fell on the ground with a picture page facing upwards. The shopkeeper's nose started to trickle with small amounts of blood after seeing the page. He wiped the blood away with a tissue that he got from his trouser. "Kakashi, there was a customer right there who is obviously having trouble finding the right dust." Kakashi looked towards where the man was pointing and saw a customer who was obviously panicking about not finding the right dust so Kakashi walked to him and helped him find the dust that he was looking for. After that, Kakashi went back to the owner and looked a bit ashamed of him for not noticing.

"Listen, I know that it's hard to stop something when you're in the middle of it. But you can't be distracted by it during work hours. If you read your book or getting distracted by anything while your teammates are fighting, what do you think will happen to your teammate." Kakashi looked dejected and a bit scared about the thought of his teammate getting hurt or in the worst case scenario, the teammates dying. The shopkeeper could tell that Kakashi learnt his lesson and without saying anything else, he left Kakashi. Kakashi picked up his book and looked at it for a few seconds. He then ran to the shopkeeper. "Umm. Hey, can you hold this until the end of work?" Kakashi asked the shopkeeper as nicely and politely as he can. The shopkeeper smiled and nodded. He then took the book away and smiled at Kakashi.

From dust till dawn (5:55pm)

Naruto was bored, really bored, he could die for, boredom, at this rate. While everyone in the team was walking around and doing as much as they can. Naruto was staying at one place and the only thing he was doing was just taking the money from people who bought something from the shop. "Hey, what's wrong?" The shopkeeper leaned on the desk facing Naruto after making sure that no one was walking to the desk. "I'm just so bored. I've been standing here for almost two hours!" Naruto started to complain to the shopkeeper who just who was just listening thinking about what to say to Naruto. He was able to give everyone else advice so he should be able to do the same with Naruto.

"Naruto… When you're doing nothing and you're just waiting for something to happen. Even if you're bored, don't make that bored face, it will give the customers the impression that you are bored." "But I am bored." Naruto wasn't listening which made the man palm his face. "Okay, when you're in a fight, if you're hurt, do you show people that you're hurt?" Naruto shook his head sideways. "Exactly, they can tell what state you're in and use that against you somehow. With customers, when they see a sad face, they become worried or sad themselves. This will give them a bad impression of the shop." Naruto understood what he meant and knew what he had to do. "I have to pretend to be happy to deceive the customer's." Naruto said as he punched his right fist into his left palm. There were some customers around that heard that but Naruto didn't care. The man chuckled awkwardly while looking around. 'Losing two or three customers isn't that much I guess.'

One day later. From dust till dawn (5:00)

The shopkeeper was amazed. In only a day, everyone was able to fix their errors and became better at their job. Sasuke was able to interact with nearly all the customers and he was able to force a smile as well, although it did look a bit too… Fake, but he's going to get there. Sakura was either resting or helping people now and when she sees something that has ran out completely, that's when she goes to the supply room and restock it. Of course she's not perfect but who is.

Then there's Kakashi who left his book with the owner earlier to keep so he won't get distracted and that way he can help more people. He still gets distracted or just looks into space but everyone does that from time to time. And then there's Naruto. Naruto's face was completely different. Instead of that boring face which can affect the customer. He now has a more happy face, even when no one is there which makes the people who see his face from outside of the shop happy as well and he brings more customers in with his radiant face.

One week later. From dust till dawn (4:37pm)

Ruby was laughing, Weiss was laughing, Blake was chuckling but that still counts as a laugh, Yang was laughing, Jaune was laughing, Pyrrha was laughing, Nora was dying from laughter and Ren was laughing. All of team RWBY and team JNPR was laughing. What they're laughing at you're asking? Well it's at team SSNH, when they found out that they've been working for a week just for being late once, they decided to see it and check if the rumour was true. They were all at the front of the desk where Naruto had to work and they were all laughing. Naruto was blushing quite a bit at this. It was embarrassing for him, Naruto was the biggest troublemaker around and yet here he is working for free just for someone else who was late. He also had to wear the uniform of the shop and it was the exact same clothes as the old man. He didn't like it, he didn't like it at all, and he was embarrassed by it. "Why... Are... You... Guys... Here." Naruto's right eye was twitching as he was trying his absolute best to not go crazy. Blake was the first person to respond as she was laughing the least, she wiped her tears away and stopped laughing to talk, but she was still smiling. "We heard a rumour about you guys that you were working here so we had to see if it was true." Blake then started laughing a bit again. Nora was on the floor laughing her ass off and rolling around.

They all continued to laugh for a bit longer and all Naruto did was fantasise about the different punishments he can give to them. "What are you doing?" Sasuke came to the front desk from the weapons section of the shop with a person next to him who was pointing at them. That person was most likely complaining to Sasuke about the loud nuisance. "If you're not going to buy anything..." Everyone ceased to laugh and waited for Sasuke to finish his sentence with a scared face. "Get out." Sasuke said this in his normal voice yet everyone was frightened by this and was this close to pissing themselves, well everyone except Jaune, he already pissed himself. Jaune escaped without anyone noticing to change his clothes while everyone was still a bit scared.

"Kyaaaaah! Sasuke you're so awesome!" Sakura entered the scene from the door behind Naruto with a box full of dust but she dropped it in order to fawn all over Sasuke. Everyone in the shop including the people who were just browsing sweat dropped at her behaviour. "Does she have a crush on Sasuke or something?" Ruby whispered to Naruto but everyone except Sasuke and Sakura can hear them. But Naruto didn't reply as he was too busy looking at Sakura with hearts in his eyes. "She's so cute when she gets excited; too bad it's always about Sasuke! But she still looks so cute that I can forgive her for that. Sasuke on the other hand is someone I will never forgive." Naruto was switching his mood between love for Sakura and hate for Sasuke. The two team sweat dropped at this as they watched him.

"Sorry but as Sasuke said, if you're not here to buy anything, can you please leave." Kakashi told them as he walked in with boxes on top of each other filled with dust which is held by his both his hand. He came in from behind the desk like Sakura did earlier. Everyone looked at him and they all started to leave the shop. "Sorry for disturbing you guys." Pyrrha apologised for everyone else and left as well. Only Weiss and Ruby stayed. "Hmm, what's wrong, do you want to buy something after all." Naruto asked them as Sakura got back to restocking dust supply and Kakashi was helping her which was what they were supposed to do in the first place, while Sasuke got back to helping the customers with any queries they had.

"Umm... We have a gift for you, as a present for getting into Beacon." Weiss said with a small blush as she looked on to the floor, it is kind of embarrassing giving a present to a boy after all. Ruby was so energetic that she pulled a box from a non-existent pocket from her skirt and gave it to Naruto. Naruto took the box from her with thanks and opened it. It was two rings with a purple crystal embedded into it. "It's a ring that I made with a gravity crystal embedded into it. It took me a few days to make it. You better wear it all the time." Ruby said excitedly but then said the last sentence with a serious face and she even pointed at him to make her seem scarier which made her seem cuter somehow. "Do you like it?" Weiss asked with a bit of fear, she was kind of scared that he might not like it. "... Couldn't you have gotten me a motorcycle or something?" Naruto said with a small smile. "How mean Naruto. Guess we can take it for now then." Ruby reaches over the desk to grab the box off him but Naruto pulled the box away from her. "But I guess it'll do for now, I'll just wait with this until I get my motorcycle." Naruto said this with an exaggerated sigh.

After a few minutes of playing around, Weiss and Ruby both left the shop to let Naruto get back to his work. Naruto put one ring on his right ring finger and the other ring on his left ring finger. Naruto looked at it for a bit before he heard a voice. "So how has your week been?" Ozpin and Glynda walked in the shop and Ozpin asked him with a smile. "It's been kind of boring. But we haven't been late once and the old man really likes us, and we've been working our butts off." Naruto leaned on the desk and held his head with his hand to signify his boredom. "I see, well I just came to check up on you guys to see how you were doing. Tell the rest of your team hi for me and Glynda." With a short conversation, Ozpin left the shop with Glynda behind him. But before Glynda left, she took one last look at Naruto who was watching them leave and looked at the rest of his team that were working. Glynda turned around on her heels and left the shop. 'What's up with her?' Naruto thought that she acted strangely and she watched her leave with a raised eyebrow.

Outside the shop (6:50pm)

"It was really kind of the owner to let us out early today." Sakura was the first to be out of the shop while stretching her hands out. "Well he did say that we've been working really hard this past week and wanted to reward us by letting us out early." The rest of the team exited the shop with Kakashi's hand behind his head while Naruto was waving his hand above his head to the owner and Sasuke just walked out the shop casually. They changed out of their uniform in the changing room inside of the shop. That's where they leave their uniform when they go there to work. They all started to walk towards their dorm and talked about meaningless things about what they thought about the past week or anything at all.

When they got back to their dorms, they were all left to their own devices. Kakashi was at his bed reading his book, Sakura was staring at Sasuke without making it too obvious, Sasuke was staring at the ceiling while he was laying down thinking about many things about his life and Naruto was playing a ninja game called ninja online (I think this game is only for iOS but I really recommend this game. It's called ninja online and it's a game about Naruto. This is not a sponsor. (I wish it was!)).

After a few minutes of everyone doing their own respective business, a ringing sound came from Sasuke's scroll. "Hello." Sasuke got up into a cross legged position and sat like that on top of his bed. "Yes my team is here... You want me to put it on speaker... Ok wait a minute. Hey guys, listen to the call, this guy wants all of us to listen." Sasuke went to the table and stat down on his seat; everyone looked confused until they all decided to sit on their chairs. Sasuke put the scroll on the middle of the table and pressed a button on the holographic scroll which put it on speaker mode. "Everyone is here and the scroll is speaker mode, please continue to speak." Sasuke spoke from his seat while everyone looked at the scroll. "Okay, now then. Hello team Susanoo, I hope you have been having a good day." The voice was a deep voice and it was emotionless from the sound of it. No one said anything back to the voice. "I will get straight to the point. I'm sure you are all familiar with the owner of the shop called 'from dust till dawn'. Well, I kidnapped the owner to put it bluntly." Everyone's eye widened at this. It happened so quickly and from the blue. One second they were just doing their own little things and the next second they've been told that the owner has been kidnapped. "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" Naruto was the first person to respond to the sudden news. "You heard me loud and clear and I'm not going to repeat it. If you want him to live to see another day, I suggest that you listen to me." Naruto had nothing to say and so did everyone else. Right now the only things they can do are to grit their teeth and listen to him. After the silence, the person on the other end of the scroll spoke again. "Good, I will give him back to you if you meet me tomorrow at four o'clock pm tomorrow at the dust shop. I will be there waiting for you. Oh and you will be fighting me two on one. And if I win that, I will be fighting the other two pair. So decide which two pair is going to fight me and in which order. You have to win at least one out of the two times to save him otherwise…" There was a short pause after this while everyone waited with sweat dripping down their forehead. "...he dies. That is all."

The person ended the call leaving all of them in silence. They all loved the old man. He taught them things that the school probably can't teach them and now they were told that a person is going to kill him. Naruto tried his best not to run out of the room and beat the fuck out of the man who kidnapped the shopkeeper. None of them said anything until Sakura decided to speak. "What do we do? We have to help the shopkeeper, he taught us so much." Sakura was about to break down and cry, in fact tears are already started to form out of her eyes. "We will help him, and in order to do that we need to think of our two teams." Sasuke was already planning a way to save him. For the entire day, they talked about who's going to fight him and in which order and after that they all just tried to go to sleep but failed.

Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Remember to pm me about pairings or anything else you want to talk about with me. And I just want to say that my two week holiday has started so expect quicker updates. That's all from me, until next week.

This is Deztiny071216 signing off.