A silver-eyed girl looked across a small table, exclaiming to a lilac-eyed blonde her victory strategy. "I shall move my Vacuoian Sand Riders toward Sumire, where they shall conquer the region! Thusly, your last stronghold before your capital city shall FALL MUAHAHA!"

"Well, Commander Ruby, while that is true…you activated my trap!" The blonde exclaimed, flipping a card over. "My army has set up a night raid, with it, I use it to take your heavy tanks!"

"No, not my tanks, how dare you?!" Ruby admonished the blonde, pointing at her accusingly.

The snicker of the blonde grew, "And with it…since it is now my turn. I shall counter-attack you, using my Valian Tanks!"

"Gah, Commander Yang, you've outsmarted me! However, this isn't the end, for I shall return to conquer your lands!" The rosette declared, pulling her remaining troops back on her turn.

An icy blue-eyed girl sitting behind Ruby snorted, "She's going to use that momentum, Ruby."

"She'd be a fool, Weiss, a fool to cross into my desert!" Ruby declared, watching as Yang smirked.

Her smirk grew considerably larger, "Oh, wanna think that over Rubes? Because I have something from Atlas!"

She held out her card, "Atlasian Battleship, Omega!"

"NO!" Ruby shouted, recoiling as Yang moved the piece over her units. "They have families, show mercy!"

Yang sneered, waving her off, "Pish-Posh. There is no mercy, now with my cannons, I lay upon thee an EXTERMINATUS!"

Making explosions sounds, Yang wiped the board of Ruby's units, watching as her crestfallen face recognized her defeat. A blonde-haired teen with blue eyes sat behind Ruby, by him was a redhead with green eyes, watching as the rosette became sullener than she previously was after the counterattack. She watches as the older blonde marched her troops towards Vacuo's capital, using Mobility Cards she had saved up throughout the match. When Ruby's Vacuoian flag was felled, and a Valian one raised, the entire board waved the great banner of axes.

"The legend that is Yang Xiao-Long, conqueror of Remnant, and defeater of sisters!" Yang exclaimed proudly, getting up with her fist at her hips.

Ruby, sullenly, got up and outstretched her hand. "GG…"

Yang took it, "GG little sis," she says while looking at the door.

The blonde behind Ruby patted the girl's shoulders, "Hey crater-face, its all good. You'll get her next time; War for Remnant is a tough game."

"Thanks, Jaune, but man, I was so close~!" She bemoaned, and then groaned, "I'll never have such a good game like that ever again…"

"That isn't true, another day is just another opportunity, besides we know you can beat Yang!" The redhead laughed, "After all, you did beat Weiss."

The ice-eyed girl looked at the redhead, "Pyrrha…we agreed not to talk about it."

"Come now, I'm sure you could put some Weiss on that burn," Pyrrha tried to pun, making Yang snicker.

Weiss was flustered, looking away, "Blake, can you help me out a little?"

The Cat-eared Faunus looked up from her book, humming, "Nope."

Getting up from the chair, Blake closed her book. She yawned, stretching, exposing her navel. Sliding the chair back under the table she got it from, the teen walked toward the exit door of the library. She looked at her team, smiling. Motioning for them to follow them if they wanted, Yang yawned, scratching her backside as she walked toward Blake.

"Yeah, I'm tired too kitty cat," Yang stated and looked toward Jaune. "Maybe you can teach my sister a few moves since you beat Pyrrha."

"Wait," Ruby glared at Jaune, "You defeated Pyrrha, and didn't even tell me?!"

"Well…no." Jaune replied bluntly, "Pyrrha made a mistake, I capitalized…and Yang is right. I have a few moves I can teach you, seriously, there some rookie mistakes that she made I'd dismantled her army with."

"Oh, really vomit boy," Ruby giggled and pulled the board closer so he could sit down, "Show me!"

"I meant to ask, where is Nora…and Ren?" Weiss inquired, noticing the blonde and redhead lacking two members.

Pyrrha looked at her, "Nora's Training Regime, its leg day."

"Oof," the white-haired heiress winced.

Naruto was sitting in a forest. He was supposed to meet with Ozpin for a tour of Beacon. However, he had a matter to discuss with an old friend. Sitting in lotus, the blue-eyed Shinobi focused hard on being calm. The mediation would take a moment, but slowly he began to drift into the state he needed to be in. All around him, his mind began to shift the area, like water, the area began to flow away. The Realm of Spirits became visible to him as he opened his eyes.

Six Paths Chakra flowing through him, his irises went from toad-like to foxlike, allowing him to stand up. The glowing on his right hand sent out a pulse as he raised it up. Clouds began to form in front of him, stepping out of them, Hagaromo bowed in greetings to the younger Sage. Hagaromo looked at Naruto, his Rinnegan scanning over the blonde, noting the fresh generation of Six Paths chakra.

"I see that you've gathered enough natural energy to transform it into Six Path's Chakra. Very impressive, as well as your deeds over the last few months. Still, however, you do not come here to simply chat, do you?" The Rikudō Senin inferred with a question, sitting upon his Truth-Seeking Orbs after getting comfortable.

Naruto glared at him, "I don't if I should even trust you…"

Hagaromo looked surprised, "Why the hostility, young man?"

"You didn't tell me none of The Bijuu were still here. Now there being hunted down, again. Yet, you chose to make sure I didn't know, why?" Naruto growled as he felt his rage boiling.

The Sage sighed, "I didn't want to tell you in fear that your actions would draw her to you."

"Let me guess," Naruto crossed his arms, "Salem?"

"That would be the name, yes. Naruto-san, for what it is worth, I am sorry. Chomei, and now Matatabi, are suffering under her hand. Believe me, I wish them no harm, they are my children as well. My greatest feat, and my greatest example of Ninshu. They are connected to you, me, and Nature itself. I fear, for you, that she may move against you soon enough. You've been watched since Shajara, she knows who you are." Hagaromo answered Naruto.

"Then why won't you let go and save them, what about Kurama?!" Naruto yelled, demanding an answer.

Hagaromo sighed, "Kurama is fine, he sleeps still. I feel that even if Salem found him, she couldn't do much to capture him."

"The reasons I didn't tell you, is exactly this. You would charge blindly if you are captured, she'd make sure Kurama knew. If Kurama got captured, all other of his brothers and sisters would've quickly fell as well. She'd have the ultimate tool to her victory, but I fear, her victory isn't simply just conquering Remnant." Hagaromo revealed, gazing at the incoming souls.

Naruto watched as a child's soul floated down into the ether, glowing bright blue, flowing into the golden light. The Rikudō Senin merely sighed, saddened by the death of a child at the hands of a beast of the night. He turned to the younger Sage, watching as Naruto looked away. He was angry, hurt, over the fact that such a key detailed was hidden from him. His Six Paths Chakra began to fade, it was a short-lived burst, and the blonde his time was running short.

"It's been a month since we last spoke," Naruto sighed as he talked to Hagaromo. "I'm sorry if I'm upset, I just can't bear the thought of friends being hurt. I don't have to stand around either, there's gotta be a way to help them!"

Hagaromo nodded, replying to him, "Indeed there is. That Sun Mark on your hand remains, because of it, you can awaken their true power once more and take them into you."

"Okay, so, where are they?" Naruto inquired, hoping to get to the nearest one soon.

The blonde noticed the old man lower his head, "I don't know…their presence is blocked from me. I fear The Dark God is meddling with my ability to sense them."

"Then let me to talk to that jerk," Naruto yelled out, "You hear me, I want to talk to you!"

"Naruto-san, its not that simple…he's chosen his side and champion. This game they play, for whatever reason, is more dangerous than you couple possibly imagine. They've both forsaken the natural order, impurity upon both Pure and Material Worlds. Their pride blinds them from human suffering, their lust for knowledge dilutes their care for life, you shall not get sympathy out of them." Hagaromo stated, talking down Naruto from yelling out into the void.

Breathing hard, the blonde just took a deep breath to calm down, "So? That's it huh, go find The Bijuu and reunite them?"

"No," Hagaromo corrected him, "The plan is for you to lay low and try to think of a way for them to meet you!"

Getting confused, Naruto took a moment to think, "How does Ozpin know about me?"

"He is a champion of The Light God as well. Do not reveal what you know, he trusts very few, and if he trusts you then it's all the better." Hagaromo responded, trying to answer as transparent as possible.

Naruto sighed, "Then who am I the champion of?"

"The Light God as well, as I said, they play with things like toys." Hagaromo reminded Naruto, considering that their time was short.

The blonde faced away from Hagaromo, feeling as if body weighed a ton, "What happened to Kaguya?"

"I don't know, once again, The Dark God blocks my view. He chose as her as a champion, and for all I know…he chose no one else." Hagaromo answered him, but then looked weary. "If my mother is on Remnant, her presence would've already been felt through the world, either by herself…or through something else."

"Black Zetsu," Naruto realized, a shudder going through his spine. "I didn't see him with Kaguya."

"Hmm," Hagaromo looked at Naruto, "I'll have to inform Sasuke."

Naruto's eyes widened, "Wait, don't…"

"Don't?"

"Don't forget to tell him that he's a Teme." The blonde laughed, rubbing the back of his head.

The area around him began to fade out as he sat down, getting into a meditative lotus. Hagaromo approached Naruto, putting his hand on his back as the forest started to come into view. The Sage's hand turns to dust as the forest became reality. Opening his eyes, Naruto found himself back within reality. Standing up, stretching, he felt sore as he looked up toward the clearing of the canopy. The sun was starting to go through the latter parts of its cycle, indicating he had been in mediation for a couple of hours.

"Crap," Naruto bemoaned, "I'm really out of practice when it comes to this."

'Without any of their chakra inside of me, I cannot maintain my Six Paths Chakra for long.' Naruto flexed his right hand, 'I need to train it…'

He looked up toward the sky, glaring it almost, 'I'm not your toy and neither are my friends.'

"I still don't get it," Yang said to Blake as she opened a can of soda. "So, Oobleck has a coffee in that thermos?"

"Yes." Blake confirmed, she turned the page in her book, "It's not half bad actually."

"Okay, but isn't Dust supposed to be dangerous to consume?" Yang reasoned, and she then pointed out, "Oobleck should be burning."

"Maybe he has a semblance that allows him to consume Dust," Blake replied and began reading the scene in the book. "Burn Dust is highly energetic."

"True," the bombshell blonde agreed, "But if that was the case wouldn't he prefer Electric Dust?"

The Cat Faunus hummed, surprised by Yang's logic, "True."

Yang then thought for a moment, and looked at a cloud go by, "I wonder what it would be like to be a Bird Faunus?"

"It's not really that great," Blake told her as she flipped a page. "I had a friend who told me that it was just like walking. The thing is wings make it hard to walk through tight spaces and its just extra targets."

Yang nodded, "Yeah, I can see that…"

"Hey, Blake, are you alright?" The Blonde suddenly asked. "You know, since the docks?"

"I'm fine, besides, we've already made up for that. Still, the media is spinning it whatever way it can to make it sensational. It's a bunch of garbage," Blake stated as she put her book at her lap. "My father was once the leader of The White Fang. We try and try to be peaceful, but under…Sienna…it just got more violent."

Yang frowned, patting her friend's back, "Hey. Don't be down about it, there's still some saving them. Everyone can change, ya know."

The Faunus thought about it, until a redhead appeared in her mind, "I'm not so sure…I know a few people…"

Blake sighed, looking toward Beacon's surrounding walls, noticing something. Her eyes squinted, and then she saw him. A blonde, hopping over the wall in one go. Yang noticed her friend looking a figure in the distance, getting up, both began walking toward the person. Not taking any notice of them, the person suddenly vanished in a burst of speed. Blake's eyes widened at how fast he seemed to just move, one moment he was there, the next moment he wasn't.

"What the…" Yang mumbled as she looked toward her partner, "That was fast."

"And worse," Blake got her scroll out, bringing up Glynda's contact, "I'm going to contact Glynda. Yang, get Ruby and Weiss, quickly!"

"Right," the blonde agreed and began running toward the main building.

Blake began to think about where the person headed. Judging by his speed, either his semblance was activated, or he was just fast. Quickly, the teen ran to where she had seen the person pointed his body at. Looking up at the taller walls lining the school, mostly used for parkour practice, she could've sworn she someone moving in the shadows of them. Her scroll began to buzz, looking at it, she found that it was Glynda calling her.

"Ms. Goodwitch," she answered it, "I think I am in pursuit of an unknown person on grounds."

"Stand down Ms. Belladonna, U.P is an invited guest of The Headmaster," Glynda replied, Blake could hear her tapping on something. "Please call of Yang before she tears down half the school…"

"Right…" Blake nervously replied, "I'll call her right now."

Glynda hung up as Blake scrolled through her contacts, bringing up Yang's number and pressing the dial icon. She watched as her scroll flashed, with it bringing it up a video call. The blonde bombshell was in the locker rooms with Weiss and Ruby, they were already grabbing their weapons.

"Yo, Blake, we're gonna be there soon!" Yang told Blake as she was putting on the last of her gauntlets on.

"Stand down, Glynda told us to stand down…" Blake told her partner, watching as the blonde stopped.

Yang looked at her, "Oh, really that's some bullsh-…"

Blake hung up before Yang could finish her statement, the Cat Faunus sighed. She saw the shadow move, a nervousness coming over. Very few people she knew could move at speeds like this, and one of them made her dread living. Shaking a little, she brushed off the feeling after a moment and began walking back toward the student halls.

Ozpin watched as a window opened in his office, "You could've just taken the elevator…"

"It's something an old friend of mine used to do," Naruto stated as he entered the office. "Sue me for wanting to have some fun."

"Speaking of fun, you almost caused a U.P moment," Glynda stated, entering through the elevator.

Naruto blinked, "You pee…um…I don't think Ozpin here is a baby."

Pinching her nose, Glynda looked at her fellow blonde, "Unknown Person."

"Ooh," the Shinobi realized. "You could've just said that, Dattebayo."

'Please don't be another Qrow,' Glynda begged the Gods. "Mr. Uzumaki, regardless of how you got here, you are here."

"Not really much choice," Naruto replied as he placed both hands behind his head. "I'm just processing how big this place is, plus I had to dodge around one of your students on the way in here."

"Ahh, so that is what Ms. Belladonna was talking about. The student that spotted you almost called a U.P alert, which means a total lockdown of school grounds. Considering it is the weekend, well, that wouldn't make you too popular around here." Glynda hotly pointed out to him.

"Because you'd have to go through, follow procedure, and that's a headache." The Shinobi figured.

"Exactly," she replied.

Naruto sighed, "Well, I'm sorry."

"Don't be, it didn't happen, but I do have a particular hotheaded student who's been not having a fight recently. She thought it was "go" time, and currently, she's probably punching out her locker." The Combat Instructor told him.

"Can't number how many times that happened to me," Naruto admitted as he looked at Ozpin. "So, you wanted to show me around the campus?"

"In a moment," Ozpin replied as he motioned for Naruto to sit in front of him.

The blonde walked over to the seat, sitting down. Ozpin pushed a cup of cocoa over, smiling. Naruto took it, sipping on the contents, finding that it was sweeter than any other cocoa he had drunk before. Looking at the thick, creamy, texture of the piping hot drink he saw where it was still bubbling slightly. It was freshly made, even though Ozpin had been sitting there waiting for him.

Ozpin took a deep breath, "I'm not going to lie to you, Mr. Uzumaki. You are being brought into the fold, those people we fought at the docks aren't normal people. I suspect you are not a normal person either."

"So, I've been told," the young blonde replied. "This fold you are talking about. Not many people know it, don't they?"

"No, they don't. My circle is few but powerful. Every Huntsman Academy Headmaster and their future successor are a part of it. Ms. Goodwitch, for example, was sworn in by me when I took this office. While we train people to kill Grimm. The few, in my circle, seek to find a way to permanently stop them. However, as you heard that one-person shout, there is a leader amongst them." Ozpin reached down as he spoke, grabbing a photograph. "That person has been around for many millennia."

This photograph seemed to have been taken from a distance, as it was slightly grainy. It, however, still had the effect that the blonde didn't see coming. Naruto's blood ran cold when Ozpin held the photograph up. The woman on the photograph was very much demonic in appearance. She had red eyes with slitted pupils, with black sclera making those irises shine. Her hair was in an ornate dressing, with six fixings.

Her face, angular, reminded him of the Goddess he had fought nearly a year ago. The blonde looked deeper into the photo, finding that seemed to be communicating with The Grimm around her as if instructing them.

"This was taken a few weeks before The Fall of Mountain Glenn. A city project that would've expanded Vale's living space, but sadly, it didn't pan out. This was about twenty years ago, hundreds of people died, and we lost several squads of veteran Huntsmen. The problem is, with very little intel, we've no idea how she coordinated The Grimm around the automated defenses." Ozpin revealed, leaning back into his chair.

"The panic was great, Vale itself was thrown into chaos for a time. All automated defenses were upgraded, android soldiers refurbished, and a new urban combat program initiated for new Huntsman. The issue remains, unfortunately, that the woman in the photograph still had help from the inside." Glynda took a seat beside Naruto, explaining the woman further.

The silver-haired man nodded, "Salem, an insidious woman. Her main goal is power, the power that comes in the form of pieces left behind by The Twin Gods."

"Wait, pieces, as in…?" Naruto questioned, watching as Ozpin got an old parchment.

The parchment was unfurled, revealing the objects. A sword, brush, lamp, and crown. Each of them was listed in order. Destruction, creation, knowledge, and choice were the names of the relics. The blonde took the parchment, reading over it. It stated that with all four together The Gods would return. Something, somewhere, didn't seem right to him. He didn't show it, not wanting to arise suspicion, but he wasn't too thrilled about old Gods returning.

Something he had a very personal experience with.

"She's after these," Ozpin explained as he took the parchment back, "And with them, she aims to shape the world to her will. If she has little care for human life, imagine what it would be like if she gains the ultimate power?"

"It would be the genocide of almost every Faunus and human at best," Naruto realized while speaking to Ozpin, "And total extinction of everything else at worse."

"Exactly," The Headmaster of Beacon concurred. "Though, there are other things at work. Your entry my circle comes with a price my young friend, that price is simple."

The man reached into desk, pulling out some paperwork. On the paperwork was a list of names, dossiers, and such. Sliding them across the desk, Ozpin gauged Naruto's reaction based on the dossiers he skimmed over as he had handed him. Each of them contained information on criminal organizations and leaders. Their roles in politics, if applicable, and even close contacts. This information was no different than the ones he'd get before a mission, perhaps this world's Huntsmen were truly no different from Shinobi.

Glynda interjected before Naruto could assume anything, "Don't get the wrong idea. We're not in the business of bloodshed, we simply need to capture some of these people for interrogations."

"Good," Naruto sighed in relief, "Because I don't like killing."

Ozpin took note of that, taking the dossiers back, "It shouldn't be too difficult for you. I did the same with Qrow…"

"Wait," Naruto crossed his arms as he interrupted him, "Qrow is a part of this little circle?"

The silver-haired man nodded, "Yes."

"Interesting," the young blonde murmured as he looked at Ozpin. "What do you want to know about me?"

"Magic, were you born with it?" The Headmaster inquired, still believing that Naruto's Jutsu was magic.

"If by magic, you mean what I did, then yes. I was born with it," Naruto leaned back as he answered.

"Interesting answer," Ozpin looked at him in the eye, "Do you have an agenda for doing what you do?"

"I just believe in keeping my word, and that innocent people don't deserve to be in pain. I really need to ask you, what am I to you?" Naruto inquired, taking another sip of his cocoa.

"The same as Glynda and the others are, an ally." Ozpin crossed his legs, twiddling with his cane.

Naruto chuckled, "Well, maybe that makes two of us."

Glynda took notice of Naruto's shaking hand that wasn't on the mug. It jittered a little bit here and there, his fingers twitching ever so slightly. The young man's, and older man's, talk continued forward. She noticed a cold sweat on his face, he seemed to be slightly paler than when they met at the restaurant.

Finishing his cocoa, Naruto groaned a little, "Man, this is some good hot chocolate?"

"It is the greatest, isn't it? So, Mr. Uzumaki, as you are expecting to join us, I must warn you. You can never tell anyone about this circle, each member has a code each other's scroll, where they cannot be blocked. Glynda Goodwitch and I took the leisure of applying that code at the restaurant. Also, as a member, you're permitted on school grounds. I have feeling that somewhere, at some time, a student or students may not be who they say they are. In which case, you have to do your best to protect our students here." Ozpin took a breath, and finished with a smile, "You're going to be given a dividend for living expenses."

"How much are we talking?" Naruto inquired.

Ozpin smiled, "About four hundred liens per week. Enough to afford a nice apartment somewhere in the city, along with gear if you need it."

Glynda got up from her seat as she felt her scroll buzz. She looked at the contact, it read Qrow, which made her grumble.

"Yes?" She answered.

"Glynda, we may have a problem here. I just took the liberty of tracking that Grimm horde that was heading to Sumire. It changed direction, its heading for Mountain Glenn, just without explanation. I think it might be her, I'm going to follow them. If the worst happens, well, you know where my will is…" Qrow sounded frantic, she could hear the loud roaring in the background.

"Qrow, disengage, and head back toward Vale City," Glynda ordered him.

He laughed over the call, "Aw c'mon Glyn, you act like you actually care. I'll keep in touch, but just in case, I'll send you my coordinates every hour. If I don't send them after two hours, then start praying."

Glynda grew flustered, nearly yelling as she ordered him. "Qrow, this is a direct order, do not…and he hung up on me…"

Ozpin looked over Naruto's shoulder, "Is everything alright?"

"Not really, Qrow is going AWOL again on a mission. A horde that was previously heading for Sumire has changed direction and is heading toward Mountain Glenn. For no reason apparently, the horde is now traveling in the complete opposite direction. However, we know better, it may very well be that Salem is in our backyard as we speak." Glynda explained the situation to Ozpin, putting her scroll up in the process.

"She's never come this far out before…" Ozpin was bewildered as he spoke aloud.

He got up from his seat, "Mr. Uzumaki, as you are aware, we deal in defending against Salem. The Witch, as we all call her, may be in our backward. You have a mission, and that mission is to link up with Qrow Brawen, and make sure he returns to us alive."

"When do I leave?" Naruto inquired as he got up from the chair.

Ozpin looked him dead in the eye, "immediately."

(Hi Everyone, so I hope you're enjoying the story. Anyway, the next chapter will be awesome, and slightly longer than previous chapters have been *save for the prologue…maybe…* and I just want to take the time and tell you that Primrose won the vote. So, until this story is completed, none of my other stories will become updated.

If you love this story, please, don't be scared to put your input into it. Season One is getting ready to be over, and we'll move into Season Two shortly after. Hopefully I got the RWBY characters down pat, because I want a more natural feel to the flow of the story than last time.

Screaming Sun, as of right now, is on notice because I kind of wrote myself into a corner with it. It's me being candid and honest with you. I love you guys, and I'll see you all in the next chapter.

Blaze/Chris.

P.S HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA, MY BEAUTIFUL HOMELAND!

May the beer flow responsibly.
May you explode things carefully.
And, may we raise a salute to those that fight for what we have here now.

God bless.)