(All I have to say just be ready for wild ride, for very…very…wild ride. All I'm going to say is that pay attention to what Matatabi said, but also pay attention the following events. I just hope no one is turned off from this. Also, please go and give Rio Skyron some love people. His grandfather passed away a week ago, and I've been meaning to finish this up sooner rather than later. Sorry bud.

-Love Blaze/Chris!)

Ozpin watched as the storm raged outside of his office. His arms behind his back, staring into the swirling rage of nature. Rain pelted the stain glass windows in his office, he noted that he felt some kind of pressure from the storm. Something was different with this one, it felt like unnatural. He glanced back at his desk, new reports from his local contacts within The Weather Survey Office reported that Mountain Glenn's neighboring mountains had a moving heat signature inside of them. The only explanation that they could come up with was a massive horde Grimm, none dared to think it is only one Grimm, otherwise, it would've been of titanic proportions. However, titanic, would've been best the usage of the third possibility.

He knew of Titan Grimm, Grimm so powerful that cities could fall if it wasn't for massive armies keeping them in check. He named the Grimms after demons, and two resided in Mountain Glenn's Mountain Range. The Fire Demon, Rodan, a Large Nevermore with flames hugging its entire body. Then there was also Kong, a Large Beringel Grimm that fought its own kind.

"Any word on Qrow?" Glynda inquired.

"Mr. Uzumaki managed to rescue him from a horde, but he's banged up. The hordes are on the move, but I have a feeling that our newest member will make quick of them." Ozpin took a deep breath, "However, The Titan Grimm are stirring due to the heat signature."

"I see…should I inform the council on your behalf?" Glynda asked, concerned over Vale being close to the edge of battle.

"Not yet," Ozpin replied as he turned back toward the window. "I have a feeling we're not going to need it."

"Okay," Qrow sighed as he looked at his scroll's map. "The Hordes seem to be all heading here."

Naruto, crouched besides Qrow in a cave, frowned. The hordes were all converging on a mountain just outside of where Mountain Glenn was. Faulty intel almost threw them off the trail, but luckily his clones had managed to set them back on course. Morning would be coming in an hour, with the rain still going strong, the blonde had decided to set up shop in a nearby cave from where they had their battle.

Qrow's jacket and shirt were off to the side, the man was shirtless, with bruising on his midsection from the tree falling on him. The weird magic Naruto did to him was allowing his aura to increase its healing, but it came at the cost of making him drowsy. He watched as Naruto stood straight up, watching the storm increase in intensity. At least there wouldn't be any Nevermore to worry about in these conditions, Qrow knew that they'd prefer to hunt in much clearer weather.

Sighing, the red-eyed man looked at the teen, "This storm is getting worse."

"Yeah," Naruto confirmed as he watched a tree below them topple over. "I'm not going to lie to you, Qrow, I think its best if I do this on my own."

"You're powerful, but you'll get killed." The man warned, "We should wait for the storm to pass."

"No," Naruto rebuked with a frown. "This storm isn't natural; something is causing it."

"Now that you mentioned it, I kind of feel it too. Man, this entire thing is fucked…" Qrow complained, taking a swig from his flask, holding it out toward Naruto. "You might want some of this."

"I'm fine," Naruto declined. "I'm trying to stay away from it."

"Ah, yeah, I can tell…your arm has been shaking nonstop." Qrow pointed out, watching as Naruto looked his right hand that had been shaking.

Biting his lip, the blonde thought about all the symptoms he had been feeling lately. Having suppressed them with chakra, the symptoms only got worse. He threw up just an hour ago during cold chills and shook violently while taking a nap. Reluctantly, Naruto walked over and took the flask, throwing back his head while swallowing some of its contents.

Handing it back to Qrow, the heat of the alcohol flooded his body. Naruto took a deep breath, going over toward the small fire he had made when the man was asleep. Holding his hand out, focusing chakra into and changing its nature, he creates a small sphere of water. Dipping his to the side, the sphere of water flows and extinguishes the fire.

The Brawen looked at the boy, "Since you're a part of our circle now, mind telling me how you do that?"

"Like you said before, magic, poof." Naruto cheekily made a small fire appear in his hand.

"Smartass blondes," Qrow grumbled as he got up. "Still, we need to get to that mountain."

"Yeah," Naruto agreed. "However, I think you need to head back to Vale City. You're internally injured, if I find anything, I'll take pictures."

Qrow rolled his eyes, "And mail them in a postcard?"

"More like," Naruto yawns mid-sentence, "Hand delivered."

"Alright kid," Qrow relented. "I'll head back and report Oz on what we found. Don't get killed out there, kapeesh?"

"Kapeesh?" Naruto inquired, confused.

"It's a phrase," Qrow answered. "I got a long walk ahead of me, throw me my jacket."

Naruto reached down, grabbing Qrow's clothing, tossing it over to him. The Huntsman quickly put his shirt on, throwing his jacket on himself soon afterward. Grabbing Harbinger, checking over it, he noted a strange rune on the hilt. He looked at Naruto, who gave him a small smile.

"It's a seal for one of my techniques, the same my kunai had. It allows me to sense you, and if need be, teleport to you." Naruto answered as he walks toward the cave entrance.

Taking a deep breath, The Shinobi looked to The Huntsman, "Take care Qrow-san."

"San…heh, see you around, kid. Hey, by the way, if you ever want to tell me a secret or two, I'm good at keeping them." Qrow offers as he laid against the cave entrance.

Naruto thought about it, he sighed, "Maybe. You should wait for the storm to stop, so that way you fly back."

"That's the plan, genius, now get moving before I change my mind," Qrow said before resting his head on a rock.

Without much hesitation, Naruto bolted out of the cave, using his chakra to increase his speed and glide on the water puddles in his path.

The forests grew thicker nearer to Mountain Glenn and another mountain that Grimm was converging onto. Preparing for a fight, Naruto had gathered nearly enough nature chakra to enter Sage Mode on the fly if he needed too. Without Qrow being near him, he could cut loose, a rare golden opportunity to flex his power.

Sliding to a stop, Naruto felt that something was off. He looked around the forest, his senses alerting him to something. Almost out of nowhere a barrage black needles launched themselves from a tree line. Naruto saw gecko-like Grimm with a split jaw like a snake opened wide, revealing the source of the needles. It launched itself at the blonde, a spiked club on its tail clashed with his kunai.

Its hiss signaled another of its kind to fire several its needles toward Naruto from behind. Jumping up, Naruto sunk a kunai into the original's head by kicking it, and backflipped while twisting his body to avoid other needles. He saw a greenish liquid drip off one of them, an indication that they were poisoned. Landing in the mud, Naruto formed a couple of hand seals to manipulate his charka into Earth Chakra and slammed his right palm into the ground.

Almost immediately afterward a large spike of earth impaled the second Gecko-like Grimm, killing it instantly. Standing up, Naruto heard a loud crash of thunder as something shook the ground. Feeling the burning on his right palm, he looked at his now pulsing Sun Mark. Moving to where it pulsed quicken, the blonde noted that it pulsed more frequently when pointing at the nearby Mountain Glenn Mountain Range. Sighing, gathering himself, Naruto took a few steps forward before sprinting.

Dashing through trees, Naruto stopped on occasion to take out Grimm in his path. Falling on top of Beowolf, Naruto noted the shaking got worse as he neared the mountain. Suddenly, from below, cracks began to form. Entering Sage Mode, Naruto noted a huge Dark Spot under him. Jumping up, the ground caved into as a cavern opened. A giant Beringel, standing about thirty meters tall, jumped out and landed in the forest. Trees shook, chains on its wrists jingled as it pounded its bone armored chest. Landing on the ground just in front of it, Naruto watched as the Grimm shook the rubble off its jet-black fur.

"Oh crap," Naruto mumbled as he readied himself. 'This thing is bigger than that Poseidon Cyclops thing I fought…'

The giant ape-like Grimm pounded the ground with its palms before glaring down at Naruto. The blonde's golden eyes glared back, and he dropped into a fighting stance, ready to go. He didn't have to wait long. The Giant Beringel bellowed a war cry before launching itself at him. Naruto caught it by its outstretched hand's finger and proceeded to bellow his own war cry out before slamming it into the ground.

It rolled, flinging the blonde of his hand. Naruto twirled in the air, landing onto the side of a nearby rocky plateau. Using his chakra to stick the surface, the blonde formed a hand seal. Several puffs of smoke exploded behind him, and with the smoke distorting, several Narutos were launched toward the massive beast.

Two were smashed into the ground, as the third was munched on with its mouth, it exploded into smoke as well. Confused, the massive Beringel turned to the sound of a screech. It barely jumped out of the way of a Rasenshuriken, but the bladed ball of energy traveled along the cliff. Naruto smirked as he disappeared in smoke, revealing that he was a Kage Bunshin. Catching the Rasenshuriken, the original Naruto was about to launch it only turn around and slam it into a Nevermore that tried to sneak attack him. The Nevermore screeched as it was torn asunder, but as Naruto dropped, he used the sliced off wing to kick-off and launch himself toward the Giant Beringel.

Stumping down on its head, Naruto felt the creature absorb the impact through its bone armor. Springing off its head, Naruto landed behind it before using his enhanced strength to club the ground with both of his hands at the same time. Cracks began to form, webbing their way behind and in front of Naruto. The blonde smirked, watching as The Beringel charged at him, roaring as the ground gave way.

However, just before he went under, he slammed the ground with his own paw.

With the impact, the ground gave out, causing Naruto and The Giant Beringel to fall together. As pieces of rubble floated by him, Naruto's heightened reflexes seemed to slow down time, allowing him to jump from one piece to another. He was about to reach the exit, but he felt his senses scream at him to dodge! Listening to his instinct, Naruto twisted his body to avoid a sharp piece of rock being flung at him. His eyes widened as Kong, The Giant Beringel, launched itself upward. Its maw wide open to swallow him, and Naruto had no chance to dodge as it closed its mouth around him.

Landing on the ground above, on a more solid piece, The Giant Beringel suddenly screeched in pain as Naruto pushed its mouth open. Holding it up with one hand, Naruto used his right hand to form a Rasengan and slam it upward. It blasted part of the beast's face off and allowed him to escape. Twirling through the air as he landed on the ground, he brushed his jacket off.

The beast roared, thrashing about, in pain. With his victory secured, Naruto took a deep breath and held his right hand above his head. Gathering chakra from nature, Naruto's eyes changed to a more foxlike slit instead of the toad-like bars. Shining with golden power, briefly entering his Six Paths form. Naruto swayed with the wind as he finished gathering energy.

"This may be overkill, but I need to give this a trial run anyway," Naruto stated as he watched the beast quit thrashing and face him.

Holding his fists up, Naruto watched as the pounded its chest. It got ready to charge at Naruto, who merely cocked his right fist back. Opening it to form a highly condensed Rasengan with nature chakra. As the Giant Beringel charged at him, Naruto dodged to the left before jumping up above it. It turned around as its red eyes widened as a little blue ball of light suddenly grew huge. It screeched with energy as it quickly expands to the size of a small house. Twisting his body to deliver the attack, Naruto screamed out his attack.

"Senpō: Chōchōōdama Rasengan!"

The supermassive ball of energy collided with Kong. Its screams silenced for eternity as its body disintegrated underneath. However, Naruto didn't gauge his power properly and ended up creating a huge explosion. The ground caved in under the force, revealing a huge cavern system. With no way to manipulate his landing, Naruto landed on a pile of rubble inside of the cavern. However, it wasn't all that it appeared to be. Instead of just being the underside of a mountain, it appeared to be a temple of sorts.

Feeling around for anymore Grimm, Naruto found none and deactivated his Six Paths Sage Mode. Huffing as he fell to one knee, he still needed to practice it, or find a way to gather Bijuu chakra. He needed his friends to maintain the form more effectively, otherwise, it was just a quick burst of power for a finishing blow. However, with the drawbacks of Six Paths without the tailed beasts being extreme drainage of normal chakra to offset any true negative effects, his chakra was basically cut in half.

It was his glass cannon, for now.

However, before him was workings of mankind thought lost. The crumbling above, where he had breached into it, sent small chunks down toward him. Jumping away as a large boulder smashed into the ground where he had been. Rolling forward, he noted that the giant Beringel was the only Grimm he felt around this area. He knew that some Grimm were territorial, but they still worked together to kill a powerful enemy. The Nevermore that tried to kill him was happenstance, it just happened to be in the area. The fact that this giant Beringel was all alone, by itself, meant that something was unusual here.

"Man, my back hurts. Not used to taking such a fall," Naruto complained as he rubbed his sore back.

He noted a cold chill emanating from the manmade structure. Slowly, he walked toward it. Approaching the corridor, Naruto eyes widened tremendously at the presence of something he thought none would know. Walking toward, he saw it, Kanji. He looked at the Kanji, and what it displayed. Placing his hand on it, he moved back as it glowed a bright golden color. It seemed to trail along the wall as if pointing him somewhere.

Following the golden lighted Kanji, Naruto came toward a large cavern. Inside of the large cavern, he found what appeared to be ruined buildings. As if a massive battle had been fought down below, taking a deep breath, Naruto took out his scroll and began recording in its night vision feature. He felt like something was very wrong, that something was warning him away deep inside of him. However, even as mind told him to leave, his heart demanded that he stay.

Taking a leap of faith, Naruto jumped!

Qrow stumbled into Ozpin's office, "Yo, Oz…I went in over my head on that one."

"Qrow, my Gods, are you alright?" Ozpin inquired as he walked over toward Qrow.

"Yeah," Qrow reassured his leader and friend. "I'm fine, sober, but fine."

"What of Mr. Uzumaki?" Ozpin inquired further.

"He went on, on his own," The red-eyed Huntsman replied. "Kid's on a mission but can't say I blame him for sending me back here."

"We lost his scroll signal an hour ago," The Headmaster of Beacon revealed. "He's probably in one of the underground caverns, many are filled Grimm…many more uncharted."

Qrow sat down, breathing hard, "That storm is finally settling down."

"Yes," Ozpin confirmed as he looked toward the mountains. "It had died down a little…"

"You seem lost in your thoughts, Ozpin, car to share?" Qrow reached for his flask, noting that it was empty. "Shit, I was hoping a little bit more still was in there."

"You know, Qrow, it could be a sign for you go sober." The Headmaster jokingly offered.

The red-eyed Huntsman just chuckled, "Nah, think I'll pass on that…"

"What do you think of Mr. Uzumaki?" Ozpin inquired, taking a seat in front of Qrow.

"Kid's a badass, knows magic like you, and viola suddenly it's confirmed that seven people that can use magic exists." Qrow pointed out, and then thought of his charge, "Well…six…"

"Amber wasn't your fault," Ozpin reached for Qrow's shoulder.

"Get the fuck outta here with that, of course, it is, Glynda thinks it is anyway. I was shopping for some things she requested, she also wanted to be alone for a minute. She was young, beautiful, and now she's in a coma. Probably going to die, which is just great. Like I told you, Ozpin, I'm not fit to protect anyone." Qrow took a deep breath, "My semblance is a guaranteed death sentence to someone."

"Summer wasn't your fault either," Ozpin watched as Qrow got out of the chair. "Where are you going?"

"Going to find a place to get a drink," Qrow told Ozpin, "You're more than welcome to join me."

"I've led the life before, Qrow, it only leads down to self-destruction. Trust me," Ozpin sighed as he leaned back. "There's a reason why I drink hot cocoa all the time."

"Yeah, why?" Qrow asked half-heartedly.

Ozpin sighed, "Never mind, Qrow, continue what you're doing. Just remember, I have reset…you don't."

"Whatever," Qrow rolled his eyes as replied, "I'm out."

"Alright, oh, put in a call to that one pilot that owes you a favor," Ozpin ordered Qrow. "I have a feeling we might need him."

"Yeah, yeah, I'll give Jack a call." Qrow waived off Ozpin, "Night."

"Night, you're going to be out all night?" Ozpin asked.

"Yeah, and besides, Jack likes to meet in person," Qrow replied before walking out.

Ozpin sat there in his office, he looked at his cocoa, 'Daddy misses you, Ursula.'

Naruto had been walking around what he could only describe as an underground city. It was ancient, the Kanji was mostly like his, but slightly different. Taking a deeper look into the facilities of this underground city, he passed up muddy yards dug into small shafts. Obviously, what amounted to as controlled farming. Walking toward one these shafts, he noted the presence of a lantern of sorts. Using the night vision on his scroll as a guide, Naruto found where a seal pattern began.

Reading it, it amounted to basically an on/off switch. So, without much ado, he placed his palm in the circle, twisting left to close the current of latent chakra he felt. Watching as suddenly lantern inside of the shaft lit up, and then another, and another. Suddenly, he felt his chakra being drained out, however, he pressed further into the circle.

More lights lit up around the underground city, he started to notice familiar Kanji. Kanji for Lightning, Earth, Mist, Leaf, and Sand. His eyes widened at a set of Kanji, this wasn't a normal city, but a colony. A joint effort, for unknown reasons, and Naruto felt something in his heart scream out to him. Whatever he had just found, he needed to know, he needed to KNOW!

He felt the chakra increasingly being drained from him. There was a feedback loop that was starting to happen, he saw where there were signs of a massive battle. Burnt rocks, crushed houses, and finally human bones became known to him.

There was also something else obvious, The Cavern City was large enough to hide a Bijuu if need be.

'I need to see what happens. Something is compelling me to do this!' Naruto screamed out as a burst chakra left his mark. "What kind of game is this, what is this, this shouldn't be here…I NEED TO KNOW!"

Immediately after the inward scream, a feedback loop hit him, blowing him backward. He slammed into several stone houses, the rubble collapsing around him. His eyes grew heavy, and soon, they closed. Slowly, he started to breathe calmly and fell asleep under the rubble. Calmly, his mind repeated the phrase that had started with the feedback loop.

'I need to know…'

Waking up, Naruto shot out of a hospital bed, collapsing on the floor as soon as his legs touched it. Atrophy took hold of him and found himself pulling off plugs, and pulling an I.V out of his arm. A nurse rushed in, exclaiming profanities before joyously screaming to heavens before helping him up. Dusting him off, the nurse used light to check his eyesight.

"Sakura-San," The Nurse called. "Naruto-sama is awake!"

"What, when?!" Naruto heard a familiar voice yell before its owner walked into the room and dropped her clipboard.

Tears leaked from her eyes, she declared his name, "Naruto!"

"Huh, Sakura?!" Naruto was helped up into the bed by her while she gripped him in a bear hug, "What's going on?"

"Don't talk, just…just relax, alright? Please, you need to relax, you've been in a coma for the last year. Oh God, thank goodness you woke up," She wrapped her arms around him. "We've missed you, Baka."

She cried into his shoulder, he looked around, "So, what happened?"

"Sasuke took to the roads across the entire continent, he's due back any day now to check up on you. He's been training as the next Hokage. You were lost for about five months before you just suddenly popped back into existence about a year ago. Naruto, we thought you were dead, every bone in your body was broken when we got you." Sakura explained further, she whimpered, "We thought we were going to lose you when you just receded into a highly vegetative state."

"This doesn't feel right," Naruto said to her. "Sakura, I... this is going to sound so stupid, but I don't remember anything."

"It's fine Naruto, we're just glad to have you back here. Listen to me," she propped him up a little. "You are going to be fine, Kurama is back inside of you."

"Kurama…" Naruto closed his eyes, "Kurama?"

'Hehehe, took you long enough to wake up, dumbass.' Kurama, the nine-tailed fox, said within Naruto.

"Oh, this is so weird, I just…I swore…never mind. Wait, Hinata, where is Hinata?!" Naruto yells as he moved to grip his head.

"She's fine, Naruto, she's been every day since you were found. Figures that the day you wake up, is the day I finally convinced to go home and rest. It's going to take a while for the atrophy to wear off, but sooner or later, you'll up and walking around like nothing ever happened." Sakura told him as she pulled away.

Naruto noticed something on her finger, a ring. She smiled, walking out of the room, she had other patients to attend too. The blonde Shinobi just laid back in his bed, taking a deep breath. Looking around, he took a big whiff of the air, smiling. It smelled of tall oaks, honeysuckle, cherry blossom, and roses. Yes, this was Konoha, this was home!

He felt his stomach grumble, "Oh man, I'm hungry."

"Hokage-Sama," he heard someone call out from outside of his room. "Sorry, but Sakura-san asked for no one to visit him yet."

"No, he's fine, let her in!" Naruto called out, expecting Tsunade to walk through the door.

When Kakashi walked in wearing Hokage Robes, Naruto blanched slightly. The man smiled under his mask, looking at Naruto with both his brown eyes, one with an old scar under it. Kakashi sat at the end of his bed, his mirth was very apparent.

"Good morning sleepyhead," Kakashi said while looking at him in the eye. "Naruto, do you remember anything at all?"

"Not since the explosion, no, I don't…" Naruto admitted, trying to scramble his brain for information. "Sorry, Kakashi-sensei, I ain't got nothing."

"Tell us something we didn't know," he laughed.

"Screw you," Naruto chuckled out. "Where's Teme, and Ne…ji…"

"Ahh, you just now remembered, didn't you?" Kakashi inquired.

"Y-yeah is Hinata alright, Sakura said she's been coming here every day." Naruto inquired, trying to move his legs.

'Brat, your legs are going to be out of commission for the moment.'
'No kidding, didn't figure that out even when I couldn't feel them.'

"Man," Naruto grimaced as he felt his shoulder pop. "I've got really bad timing on things."

"Yeah, you do, but looks like someone else here to see you." Kakashi faced the door, "You can come in, I was sure Sakura would've let know of all people."

Hinata walked through the door, her hair was unkempt slightly. She had bags under her eyes, those beautiful lavenders were slightly bloodshot from like of sleep, she walked over to the bed. Stunned silent, looking at Naruto's blue eyes. She whimpered out, reaching for his hand.

"Are really awake, Naruto-kun?" She asked, believing it was a dream.

Naruto responded by grinning his signature smile, "Of course I am, just took a nap."

Hinata wrapped her arms around, sobbing into his shoulder. The Shinobi brought his arms around her, comforting her by slowly rubbing her back.

"I'm not going anywhere, Hinata-chan, I promise…" He stated while returning her hug.

Still though, somewhere deep in his mind, something felt very off.