Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or RWBY.

A/N: THIS IS A DOUBLE UPDATE READ CH 22 FIRST!

I won't apologize for the lateness of updates as for those that don't read my Legend of Korra, Star Wars or Young Justice stories, I lost a friend of the family early this month and took time off for that and was ahead on those stories to update them.

Speaking of Korra, I'll be focusing on that story on its next update to finish the show and take a slow update as little time on the computer will make doing the sequel comics which are two parts each that have 3 80-100 pages issues for them longer to do.

Beta: ANUBIS the god king.

Chapter XXIII.

Last Time.

As Roman continues, Ruby kicks away a Nevermore and notices the button on Hush. You know the old saying, 'If you can't beat 'em-'!" Suddenly, Ruby reaches for the parasol, causing it to open and send Neo flying off the airship, leaving her with a frightened gasp as she is pulled off. "NEO!"

Ruby got up at that to glare. "I don't care what you say! We will stop them and I will stop you! BET ON THAT!"

As Ruby charges at top speed with the use of her Semblance, Roman grips Melodic Cudgel with both hands, the left hand holding the shaft, as he quickly catches the projectile with the hook end and hurls it at Ruby, knocking her away, before smacking her with the business end of the cane, ramming the weapon in her stomach, and firing another shot, sending her on her back once more.

"You got spirit, Red. But this is the real world!" Roman then whacks Ruby with the butt of his cane, sending her back a few feet. "The real world is cold!" Roman lands another coshing, this time on Ruby's legs. "The real world doesn't care about spirit!" Ruby then kicks him in the knee, causing him to lose balance as he prepares a downward strike. "You wanna be a hero!? Then play the part and die like every other Huntsman in history!"

He then proceeds to smack Ruby with the butt end of the cane. "As for me, I'll do what I do best: lie, steal, cheat, and SURVIVE!"

Just as Roman prepares a final, overhead swing, an Alpha Griffon suddenly appears from the sky and swallows him whole.

"(ROAR!)"

The roar sends Ruby back a few feet, before the two charge at each other. Ruby prevails when she kicks the beast in the head, sending it through the hull and causing it to crash. And then, she grabs Crescent Rose, leaps off the falling airship, and propels herself in the air, shooting at the ground as if her weapon was a pogo-stick, before landing safely on the rooftops of Vale.

Now.

Vale.

Back in the city, Glynda uses The Disciplinarian to knock back a few Creeps, while Qrow slices and blasts at a few infected Knights with Harbinger. Nearby, Cardin giddily knocks back an Ursa with his mace but then gets held at gunpoint by a few infected Knights. Suddenly, their heads are shot off, surprising Cardin.

As the smoke clears, it is revealed that Ironwood miraculously survived his crash, his damaged uniform exposing the entire right half of his body is cybernetic. He then shoots down all of the infected Knights with Due Process. Flipping it into his right hand to club the last one as it leaps at him. "This area's secure! We need to-"

Suddenly, Qrow's expression changes into anger as he turns. He transforms his sword into a scythe and charges toward Ironwood. "Qrow! This isn't my doing!"

Qrow continues charging, despite Ironwood's words. James flips his gun in his hand and gets into a battle stance, preparing for the perceived attack. However, Qrow leaps past Ironwood, who turns around just in time to see a large Griffon lunging at him. With one swing of Qrow's scythe, the Griffon is sliced in two. Upon landing, Qrow turns around to address Ironwood. "(Scoff!) You idiot. I know you didn't do this."

Ironwood relaxes and sighs, while Glynda places her hand on his shoulder. "So what now, General?" Qrow asks as he walked up.

"Someone's done the impossible and gained control of my machines. And that enormous Grimm seems to be fixated on the school. Glynda, form up the local Huntsmen and establish a safe zone here in Vale. We need to evacuate Beacon. Qrow, I'm leaving that to you and my men. I still need to get to my ship."

BOOM-BOOM-BOOM!

The three hear a loud noise and turn to see his ship slowly nosediving into the ground. "Well, it won't be much of a walk." Qrow joked as the Atlesian Knights that are still functioning attempted one last time to harm the Huntsmen, before powering down.

In the Beacon courtyard, the students stand prepared to fight the Atlesian Paladin that is charging toward them. However, electricity arcs across it and it suddenly powers down, collapsing and sliding to a stop in front of them. "Hm. That went better than expected.

Naruto Shiki, Haru, and Natsu panted as sweat fell down their foreheads as Weiss doubles over, exhausted, leaning on her sword to keep herself standing.

"Weiss!"

They look to see Yang running up to Weiss. "You're okay! Have you heard from Ruby?" Weiss shakes her head. "What about Blake?"

"She went after an Alpha..." Weiss points in the direction that Blake ran. and some members of the White Fang."

"You look for Ruby. I'll meet up with Blake." Yang said as she turned. Se then turned back and pulled Naruto in for a kiss. After a moment, she pulled back and winked. "Just in case."

She ran off as Naruto blinked. "What the fu-!" He stopped as Nora turned him around to kiss him. And when she pulled back, Coco followed before getting a kiss on the cheek from Velvet. "(Sigh) Haru, Natsu, can you go help them?"

"… Yeah." Haru got up and jogged as Natsu followed.

In the Beacon vault, an elevator opens up to reveal Ozpin, Jaune, and Pyrrha. The three immediately sprint out of the elevator and down the corridor. "What is this place?" Jaune asked as they ran down the hall.

"It's... a type of vault," Pyrrha replied as she looked forward.

"You've... been here before?" Pyrrha stayed silent at that. "What would this school need to... hide?" Finally, they came to the end where Jaune saw the Aura transfer machine, Jaune stops in his tracks, gazing wide-eyed at the strange contraption and the comatose girl inside. "What? Who?"

"Jaune…" Pyrrha trailed off before Ozpin went to the controls.

"Pyrrha! Get to the pods!" Pyrrha looks at Jaune, then runs to the second pod. "Mister Arc, if you'd like to help, you can stand guard here."

Jaune looks at the two before he turns around and gets into a guarding stance. "What do we do now?" Pyrrha asked Ozpin.

Ozpin types on the machine's hologram keyboard before answering. "We, do nothing." The second pod opens, and Ozpin turns his head to look at Pyrrha. "You, Miss Nikos... Have a choice to make.

Pyrrha looks at the pod, then at Jaune, hesitating. Her expression changes from uncertainty to sadness, and she wipes a tear from her eye, still looking at Jaune. She then climbs into the pod, which closes.

Blake Vs Adam.

"This could've been our day! Can't you see that!?"

"I never wanted this! I wanted equality! I wanted peace!"

Blake yelled at Adam as she raises her sword, its blade folding into sickle mode, and shoots at Adam, who blocks both bullets with his sword. "What you want is impossible!" He sheathes his sword and backhands Blake across her face, knocking her over. "But I understand because all I want is you, Blake." She begins to raise her sickle again, only for him to kick it out of her hand, knocking her over once again. "And as I set out upon this world and deliver the justice mankind so greatly deserves, I will make it my mission to destroy everything you love."

"Blake!"

Yang's voice draws their attention to one of the broken windows. She soon comes into view and shoots a White Fang member, before looking around for her teammate. "Blake! Where are you!?"

Adam looks at Blake to see her terrified expression, then returns his gaze to Yang. "Starting with her."

Just then on the other side, Natsu and Haru ran to a window as well.

Ozpin, Jaune, And Pyrrha.

"Are you ready?"

Ozpin asked as Pyrrha looks at him and gives a slow nod. "I... I need to hear you say it."

"Yes."

"Thank you, Miss Nikos."

Ozpin presses a few more buttons on the screen, and Amber's pod raises. Amber begins glowing orange, and her eyelids begin fluttering. The orange glow travels along the pipes connecting the two pods, first up to the ceiling, then down to Pyrrha's pod. An orange glow surrounds Pyrrha, who begins screaming out in agony.

"Pyrrha!"

Jaune runs over to Pyrrha's pod, moving his gaze back and forth between Pyrrha and Amber's pod. While Jaune panics, trying to understand what's going on, Ozpin looks away. "I'm... So sorry."

Suddenly, an arrow pierces the glass of Amber's pod, striking her in the chest. Amber gasps, and her eyes open, then begin to close again, while the machine begins beeping an alarm. Ozpin and Jaune turn around to see Cinder standing halfway down the corridor from them, an obsidian bow in her hand. She lowers the bow, a tiny smirk creeping across her face.

Amber struggles to breathe, her eyes wide, the machine's alarm still playing. Finally, all her breath leaves her. Her eyes drift closed, and her head leans to the side, her whole body going limp. The green flames that light the torches throughout the vault suddenly snuff out.

Haru, Natsu, Blake, And Yang VS Adam.

Adam draws his sword and stabs it into Blake's abdomen near her left hip, causing her to shriek in pain. The cry catches Yang's attention. "Huh?" Adam stands upright, pulling his sword from Blake's flesh and turning to face Yang. "Get away from her!"

"No... please…" Blake reaches out as Adam sheathes his sword, smiling.

"RAH!"

Yang screams, her eyes turning red and a burst of flame erupting from her. She leaps at Adam, drawing her fist back with tears in her eyes. Adam swiftly draws his sword, swinging it through the air at Yang, as his Semblance activates.

Clang!

Only for Haru to hit it up and had the tip stab Yang in the shoulder. Yang flies through the air, and lands beside Blake, hitting her head on a beam, and began to lose consciousness.

Adam slowly turns and was hit in the stomach by Natsu who glared. "Come on bastard!"

Haru's Ten Commandments changed to have a rectangular hilt with chains and a black double edge.

(A/N: The Gravity Core Version)

He ran at Adam followed by Natu and attacked. Adam jumped back as the two destroyed the floor he was standing on before running off.

Ozpin Jaune, And Pyrrha.

Pyrrha frantically beats her fists against the glass of her pod. The orange glow leaves Pyrrha and travels back through the pipes into Amber. The glow then bursts out of Amber, shattering the glass in its way, and enters Cinder. The murderer glows, begins floating, and gains long trails of flame around her eyes, with orange energy swirling around her. Pyrrha beats even harder on the glass, her stress increasing. Jaune raises his sword and charges toward Cinder. "Stay back!"

Cinder summons a large fireball casting it toward Jaune, who blocks it with his shield and is blasted backward, landing on his back. "Jaune!"

Finally, Pyrrha uses her Semblance to rip the pod's door off its hinges, throwing it at Cinder, who knocks it away like it's nothing. As Cinder begins to descend to the floor, Pyrrha leaps out of the pod and charges, calling her weapon and shield to her with her Semblance. However, Ozpin puts his arm out, stopping her.

"Take Jaune and get out of here! Find Glynda! Ironwood! Qrow! Bring them here right away! The tower cannot fall!"

"But I can help."

Ozpin slowly turns his head to stare Pyrrha in the eyes. "You'll only get in the way."

Pyrrha hesitates for a moment but obeys Ozpin, scooping up Jaune and running away. While she does so, Cinder descends to the floor and watches them leave, with the glow, the swirling energy, and the flames around her eyes all disappearing. Cinder turns her attention back to Ozpin, her eyes still glowing for a moment. "This whole time... right beneath our feet. She was right about you." Ozpin turns his cane in his grip, staring hard at Cinder. "Such arrogance."

Ozpin and Cinder clash weapons against each other. After a clash, Cinder slides back, using her hand to melt the floor below her, and summons ice crystals from the newly-formed substance, hurling them toward Ozpin. Ozpin deflects them all by moving at superhuman speed, and then darts forward and delivers a bunch of strikes at Cinder with his cane, with the last blow launching her back.

Cinder then floats mid-air by unleashing her Maiden power. Ozpin then slams his cane into the floor, forming a spherical force field around him. Cinder then unleashes a powerful fire blast, with Ozpin leaping into the attack with the barrier protecting him.

Outside of Beacon, airbuses are picking up the last few civilians and students. Peter and Oobleck oversee the evacuation. "That's it! Everybody is on board! This is a mandatory evacuation!"

"A safe zone has been established in Vale! Please, remain calm and listen to Atlas personnel!"

With the students who fought, Weiss stares at what happened, in disbelief. As Ruby Rose comes running down the path, Zwei barks to alert Weiss to her leader's presence, and Weiss turns around to greet her. "Ruby!"

"Oh, I found you!"

"Ruby, where have you-"

"Don't worry, I'm fine! What's going on?" Unsure of what to say, Weiss lowers her gaze sadly. Ruby: Weiss? What is it?"

Weiss steps aside, giving Ruby a clear view of Blake and Yang both girls have bandages wrapped around their wounds, and the latter is unconscious as Naruto held her with his other arm around Blake. Behind them sit Nora, Ren, and Naruto's teammates who are too battered and bruised to fight. Blake reaches over and places her hand on Yangs.

"I'm sorry."

"It wasn't your fault." Naruto looked down and held her tightly.

Ruby reaches out and opens her mouth to say something, but stays silent. "Yang..."

Sun walks over to them at that. "Hey. She's gonna be okay. The soldiers have a ship ready to take you guys to Vale."

"But Jaune and Pyrrha are still missing." Nora attempts to stand, but she quickly sits back down, groaning and holding her side.

Naruto sighed as he closed his eyes and took a breath. Suddenly, orange came over his eyes for a second and he opened them to show they became yellow for a split second before slowly getting up. "Pyrrha's in danger!"

"What!?"

"We gotta get to her fast!

Weiss then raised her sword. "I can use my glyphs."

Naruto kissed her before smiling.

Smack!

"(Squeak!)"

Weiss jumped as Naruto smacked her ass. "Look, guys, that giant Grimm is circling the school! Even the White Fang are pulling out! We all have to go, now!" Sun aid as they saw the large Grimm.

"We'll find them... And bring them back." Ruby said as she followed after Naruto.

"Watch over the others," Naruto said to his team who nodded. "We will," Haru replied as the trio ran back toward Beacon Academy, while Sun watches them go.

At the Beacon Tower, Jaune and Pyrrha run out of the front door as they heard the muffled sounds of Ozpin and Cinder's fight. "Okay, I think I have Glynda's number... Oh, where is it?" He said as he walked away trying to get a signal. Pyrrha turns and stares silently at Beacon Tower. Jaune's voice soon breaks her concentration. "Pyrrha? What was all of that?"

"I..."

BOOM!

Their conversation is interrupted by an explosion, followed by Cinder using fire to fly up through the elevator shaft. The two teens stare at the tower in surprise. "But... Ozpin..."

"There's no time." Pyrrha shakes her head, then looks at Jaune, quickly adopting a determined tone. Go. Get to Vale and call for help."

"Huh? What are you gonna do?" Pyrrha slowly turns her head to stare up at the top of Beacon Tower. Following her gaze, Jaune realizes what she plans to do. "No... no, Pyrrha, you can't. You saw how powerful she is! Pyrrha, I won't let you do-" Suddenly, Pyrrha grabs Jaune and then uses her Semblance on his armor, pushing him directly into a nearby locker, which slams shut from the impact. "Hey! Wait! Stop, stop! Pyrrha, please don't do this!"

Pyrrha walks over to the locker and begins typing coordinates into it. She looks him in the eyes, before stepping back and watching the locker fly away. Once it vanishes into the distance, she clenches her fists and, once again, adopts a determined demeanor as she walks toward the tower. Once she steps through the entrance, she runs to the nearest elevator and uses her Semblance to force the doors open.

Inside, she finds that Cinder has left a large hole in the floor and roof of the elevator on her way up. Pyrrha steps inside the elevator closes her eyes, and begins mustering all of her strength. The elevator begins shaking. She focuses even harder, straining herself until the elevator begins a quick ascent toward the top.

Meanwhile, Naruto, Ruby, and Weiss are on their way back to the Beacon campus, when Weiss' Scroll begins ringing. "It's Jaune!" She then answered and put it on speaker. "Where are you?"

"Weiss! Please, you have to stop her!"

"What!?"

"Pyrrha! She's going after that woman at the top of the tower! She doesn't stand a chance!"

"Jaune, what are you talking about!? Where are you?" Naruto asked before Jaune yelled.

"Don't worry about me!" They then hear him start to cry. "Please, you have to save Pyrrha."

"Oh, we will… Are you okay?" Naruto asked only to get silence as the call then ends. "Damn."

The ground shakes, alerting the trio to the danger that approaches them. The Wyvern flies circling Beacon Tower with black ooze dripping from it. It perches on one of the arches stemming from the tower and utters a screech. "(SCREECH!)"

Ruby draws Crescent Rose, shifting it into its scythe form in preparation for the Grimm spawning from the ooze. "I have a plan."

The other two grabbed their weapons and Naruto grabbed his rifle as well. "You always do.

At the top of the tower, in Ozpin's office, a large amount of smoke flows out from the elevator, masking the entrance of Cinder as she confidently strides to the window across the room, a smirk on her face. As if sensing her presence, the Wyvern climbs up to the top, peers at her through the window, and screeches. "Shhhh... This is your home now."

The Wyvern stares at her and utters a shorter, quieter screech. Cinder backs away from the window and holds her hand out to the side, creating a fireball in her palm. The sound of sparks distracts her, and she looks over her shoulder at the elevator, her fireball dissipating. After a few moments, the sparks come to a stop, and immediately upon the elevator doors opening, Pyrrha's spear flies toward Cinder, who casually leans to her right to dodge with a smirk on her face.

The spear is soon followed by Pyrrha's shield, backed by Pyrrha herself, and Cinder puts her arms up, blocking it and pushing it away. While Cinder uses fire to hover in the air, Pyrrha calls her spear and shield back to her with polarity, staring down her opponent. Cinder gains a fiery glow around her eyes and swipes her hand through the air, attacking Pyrrha with an arc of fire.

She then shoots a stream of fire, which Pyrrha dives over. Six small fireballs form in a circle behind Cinder, and she sends another streak of fire toward Pyrrha, who barely avoids it. Once again, the Maiden sends a stream of fire the young redhead's way, but this time, Pyrrha blocks it with her shield. She leaps toward Cinder, powering through the flame, and as soon as the fire stops, she spins around and slashes Cinder's arm with her spear.

However, Cinder catches the blade and pulls it, turning Pyrrha around. Cinder slams her palm into Pyrrha's stomach, and fire bursts forth, blasting Pyrrha away. Pyrrha slams into a wall and falls to her hands and knees. She then stands back up and faces Cinder with determination still in her eyes. Cinder propels herself forward with flames jetting from her hands, smirking once again.

She attempts to slam into Pyrrha's abdomen, but Pyrrha leaps into the air above her and wraps her arm around Cinder's. As Cinder slows to a stop, Pyrrha positions herself to place her feet on the wall behind her and pushes off, flipping herself over Cinder. She uses the momentum to flip and toss Cinder across the floor.

Cinder lands on her front and, as she slides, she pushes off the floor to get back on her feet and perform a back-handspring. Her smirk turns into a look of slight concern upon the sight of Pyrrha charging forward to slam her shield into Cinder's abdomen and push her over. As Cinder stumbles backward, Pyrrha hits Cinder's right hand with the blunt end of her spear, then slashes Cinder's left hand with the spear's blade. She then spins around and slashes across Cinder's abdomen and legs.

Pyrrha spins around to attack again, but Cinder performs a backflip whilst kicking Pyrrha, with flames trailing behind her foot. The kick knocks Pyrrha into the air, and Pyrrha quickly rights herself. She flips her spear in her grip, holds it back, and then tosses it toward Cinder while firing the gun mechanism. Six fireballs appear around Cinder again, but they dissipate when Cinder backhands the spear away.

Pyrrha's shield then flies toward her, and she hits it away, as well. After being momentarily distracted by the shield, Cinder returns her attention to Pyrrha and gains a look of slight surprise, then annoyance. Pyrrha launches herself toward Cinder and puts her arms around her, tackling her. The two turn each other in mid-air, fighting to be the one on top.

Upon their landing, the room fills with a white cloud. When the dust settles, Pyrrha has Cinder in a choke hold, and Cinder is barely managing to hold Pyrrha's spear away from her neck. The Wyvern flies away, and Cinder's eyes begin glowing as she applies heat to the spear in her hands. Her grip tightens as she heats the spear more and more, staring over her shoulder at Pyrrha.

Upon hearing a loud screech, Cinder turns her gaze ahead and smirks, while Pyrrha gains a look of fear. While Pyrrha sets her focus on the Wyvern that is flying toward the tower, Cinder finally snaps the spear's melted blade into pieces. Just before the Wyvern slams its wing into the roof of Ozpin's office, Cinder elbows Pyrrha in the abdomen.

The room fills with a green glow as the windows shatter and Pyrrha goes flying across the room. Giant cogs and debris come crashing down in the office, and the structure containing the CCT's transmitter falls to the ground outside, in pieces.

Pyrrha crawls toward her shield, while Cinder watches on from her position levitating off the floor with flame jetting from her feet. While looking for a way to distract Cinder, Pyrrha notices Ozpin's collapsed metal desk and uses her polarity to throw it at the corrupt Maiden, knocking her to the floor.

She then quickly grabs her shield and rolls across the floor, sitting up on her knees and holding the shield up. With a burst of flame, Cinder throws the desk off of herself and levitates in the air. Pyrrha rolls out of the way of two streams of fire that Cinder sends her way and attempts to block a third. However, the force of the third sends Pyrrha tumbling backward, and the floor momentarily catches fire while Pyrrha rolls to her feet.

From behind the wall of flame, Pyrrha throws her shield at Cinder, who confidently backhands it away. She then looks up in surprise to see a multitude of giant cogs floating in the air around her. Using her polarity, Pyrrha directs her shield to knock Cinder's feet from beneath her and then slams a cog down on Cinder's abdomen to pin her to the floor.

She calls her shield back to her arm, then brings the cogs together into a pile on top of Cinder. However, Cinder blasts them away with a powerful burst of fire, sending them in all directions. One of the cogs flies toward Pyrrha, who raises her shield to block, but in vain. The force of the impact slams her into the remains of a wall, taking away the last of her Aura.

On the ground below, the trio fights off Grimm. Naruto took several out with shots to the head. "We've gotta hurry!"

Weiss looks around for a moment, before casting a series of glyphs up the side of the tower. "You can do this."

"Back in a flash!" Naruto ran to the glyphs and ran up the tower.

Ruby runs forward, then uses her Semblance to propel herself up to the first glyph. She then sprints up the wall, the glyphs propelling her forward and keeping her from falling off.

Inside, Cinder forms an obsidian bow in her hand. As she raises it and draws back an obsidian arrow, Pyrrha charges forward, spins, and throws her shield at her. Cinder loses the arrow, which shatters upon impact with the side of the shield. However, as the fragments part ways above and below the shield, they glow orange and rejoin each other on the other side. The fragments melt into each other and cool into the shape of an arrow, which continues on its path.

Suddenly a concrete block gets in its way having it explode as Naruto lands and holds his revolvers up. "Sup, bitch!?"

Cinder responds by throwing fire at the two having Naruto grab Pyrrha and jump back to the edge and fell off as Ruby lands and saw Naruto falling. "NARUTO!" She yelled as she clenches her fists, curls her arms to her body, and then suddenly flings her arms out to the sides, beginning to levitate slightly off the ground.

Brilliant white light flows from her eyes as she screams. The white light envelopes her, spreading out to the Wyvern and Cinder.

"WHAT?!" Cinder yelled as everything became white.

Down below, Naruto held on to the ledge and Pyrrha before being blinded by the white light and fell. They hit a beam and rolled into the lower floor, breaking through the window and hitting the wall on the other side hard, cracking it. They both then cover their eyes as the white cover the room and area. Naruto blocked Pyrrha as he closed his eyes before hearing a deep voice in his head.

"Welcome Back... Friend."

After a moment, he heard Qrow speak up. "It's alright. I got ya, kiddo. I got ya."

"Who's there?"

"What?" Qrow asked turning as white and grey dust covered the tower, and the frozen Grimm looked down to see Naruto panting ad bleeding. "Well damn!"

A Few Weeks Later, Ruby's And Yang's House.

Ruby's asleep in a bed, wearing gray pajamas. Birds are tweeting as sunlight is streaming onto the wall behind the bed's headboard. After a few seconds, she wakes up and looks over to see her father asleep in a chair.

She sits up and sighs quietly, causing Taiyang to stir awake. "Ruby!" He gets up and runs to kneel by her bed. "You're awake!"

"Ugh... what happened?"

"Your uncle Qrow found you, unconscious. He got you out of there, though, and brought you home safe."

Ruby looks down in thought for a split second, then looks at Taiyang. "Wait! Yang! Is she alright!?"

"Uh... She's uh... She's gonna be alright. I think she's just... I think it's just gonna take some time for her to get used to things. She's too strong to let this stop her…" He trails off as he covers his eyes for a moment, sniffling, then looks up, smiling. "I'm just glad to have my girls back at home."

"What happened to the school?! And Vale?! Were they able to clear out the Grimm?"

Things at Vale are under control, but the school... It's... it's not that simple. That thing, whatever it is, doesn't seem to be dead. Don't get me wrong, you did a number on it. But it's not disappearing. It's... kind of... frozen. I know that doesn't sound too bad, but it keeps attracting more Grimm to the school.

Ruby tilts her head before speaking. "I did... What?"

"Hmm?"

"You said I did a number on it. What do you mean?"

Taiyang sighed at that. "I... Look that's not important right now. We can talk about it later. Things are just... kind of a mess."

"It's always a mess."

Ruby and Taiyang look to see Qrow suddenly standing in the room, near the door. He finishes off the contents of his flask before continuing. "Mind if we have a minute?"

Taiyang raised an eyebrow at that. "What, I can't stay here?!"

"Tai. Please."

Taiyang stands up, sighs, and then leans in to kiss Ruby on the forehead. "I'm glad you're alright. He starts walking away before speaking again. "I'll go make us some tea."

Taiyang glares at Qrow on the way out, but the latter doesn't appear to care. As Qrow approaches Ruby's bed, he grabs the chair and drags it with him. He then spins it around to face the bed and sits in it with a significant slouch, crossing one leg over the other. "So, how are you feeling?"

"Um... I kind of hurt... all over."

Qrow chuckles at that. "That makes sense, after what you did."

"You guys keep saying that! That I did something! What are you talking about?!"

"What's the last thing you remember?"

Ruby looked down at that. "I ran up the side of the tower, and when I got to the top, I... Naruto! Is he...?"

"A little banged up."

She looked to see Naruto at the door, in his leather jacket, black sleeveless shirt, and blue jeans. "But I've lived through worse." Ruby got up and walked over to hug the blonde. "Heh! Easy, still tender with my stitches." Naruto hugged her back before looking at Qrow. "I gotta see Yang, I think your uncle still wants to talk."

"Pyrrha?"

"Fine as well, she's in a hospital since her hometown was too far."

Naruto then lets her go and walks out as Ruby went to sit on her bed.

Qrow then explains to Ruby that she's 'Special'. That her silver eyes, a trait she shared with her mother, are extremely rare. He continues that in an old legend that pre-dates Huntsmen and the Kingdoms, it is said that those with silver eyes are destined to lead the life of a warrior and that the creatures of Grimm feared them.

Qrow continues explaining that he had been investigating the enemy under Ozpin's direction, but with him gone, Qrow will have to continue Ozpin's work in his stead. Just before leaving, he deliberately mentions that his investigations led him to Haven.

Yang sits alone in a spare bedroom, staring out a window. Her remaining piece of Ember Celica rests on the nightstand next to the bed.

"Knock-Knock."

She turned to see Naruto walking in and up to her. "Holding up OK?"

"(Grunt!) As best I can." She replied as she was in her tank top her shoulder and upper arm bandaged.

"Yeah, I know Blake would be here, but after her birthday, she wanted to go talk to her parents about the White Fang's involvement with the attack."

"She just disappeared Naruto, but why would she go to her parents on that?"

"I didn't ask, all of you but Ruby are 18, you're free to do what you want."

"Weiss?" She asked as he sat beside her.

"With my teammates… They'll hide low for a bit I guess as her father's looking for her, we're planning on meeting at Haven as that's the closest place from here."

"Pyrrha?"

"Still recovering… I know Jaune's talking about going out to help get the person who did this, I'll be taking her in a few days when she's well.

"Yang?"

The two turn to see Ruby standing in the doorway. "Ruby."

"Ruby runs over and hugs her. "I'm so glad you're okay!"

"Could be better." Ruby frowns and releases the hug. It's all gone, the school, Penny..."

"Yang, where are Weiss and Blake?"

"Blake went to talk to her father about the White Fang's involvement in the attack, and Weiss is with my team on the way to Haven as her father tried to get her and go back home to forget becoming a Huntress."

"No one outside of Vale knows what happened here." Yang picked up after Naruto. "Before the tower fell, the last thing people saw was Atlas attacking innocent people and Grimm destroying the city. Everyone's scared. No one knows who to trust."

"So, what do we do now?"

"You can do whatever you want. I'm gonna lie here and heal." Yang said as she laid down before Naruto left.

"Not gonna tell them?"

Naruto heard the voice in his head. "No… They wouldn't believe me… Kurama."

Later that evening, Ruby steps outside, wearing a backpack, and quietly shuts the front door.

"Hey."

She turned to see Jaune with a pack as well.

"Hey, Jaune. Haven's a long way to go."

"I know. It's the only way we have. Plus Naruto's team will be there with Weiss and he'll come with Pyrrha in a day or two."

"Are you sure you want to come along?" She asked as Ren and Nora walked over both with packs as well.

"The journey will be perilous, and whether we'll find answers at the end is entirely uncertain," Ren said holding the straps.

"But we wouldn't be here if we weren't up for it." Nora grinned as well.

"Then let's get started." Ruby nodded before the four begin their long trek, down the road leading away from Taiyang's home.

Unknown Location.

A woman stood on a small bank overlooking a lava river in a dark area.

Her skin is a deathly pallor, with jet-black sclera in her eyes and glowing crimson irises. Her bleached, pale white hair, is styled into a large bun with six offshoots wrapped together that also suspends several obsidian-colored ornaments. She has dark purple veins that line her face and arms, and now a black diamond-shaped marking in the center of her forehead.

She's wearing a very long, short-sleeved black robe that obscures her feet and partially drags across the ground, with its distinctive feature being a curved high collar with dark red trim bordering the outer edge of a narrow window exposing her bust in a vertical ellipsis resembling an eye and completed with a long shawl emblazoned with three interconnected, maroon-colored vertical elliptic sigils resembling a trio of overseeing eyes above a series of maroon-colored diamond emblems.

She also has a ring resembling a Beetle on her right hand, and long fingernails with jet-black nail polish.

She smiled before she spoke looking down. "A smaller, more honest soul... A simple spark can indeed ignite hope, and breathe fire into the hearts of the weary. The ability to derive strength from hope is undoubtedly mankind's greatest attribute. Which is why I will focus all of my power... to snuff it out. How does it feel, knowing that all of your time and effort has been for nothing?"

"That your guardians have failed you? That everything you've built will be torn down before your very eyes? Your faith in mankind was not misplaced. When banded together, unified by a common enemy, they are a noticeable threat. But divide them, place doubt into their minds, and any semblance of power they once had will wash away. Of course, they won't realize it at first. Like you, they'll cling to their fleeting hope, their aspirations. But this is merely the first move."

"So you send your guardians, your Huntsmen and Huntresses, and when they fail and you turn to your smaller soul, know that you send her to the same pitiful demise. This is the beginning of the end, Ozpin... And I can't wait to watch you burn." She turns to see a castle before her eyes glow ominously as she gave an evil grin

Later, Woods.

On a cliff, Qrow is watching Ruby and her friends continue on their journey. He then holds up Ozpin's cane, before jumping from the cliff.

"(Caw!)"

A crow flies up from where he fell and flies toward Ruby's group.

To Be Continued.

A/N: Thanks for reading and let me know of any mistakes.

THIS IS A DOUBLE UPDATE READ CH 22 FIRST!

I won't apologize for the lateness of updates as for those that don't read my Legend of Korra, Star Wars or Young Justice stories, I lost a friend of the family early this month and took time off for that and was ahead on those stories to update them.

Speaking of Korra, I'll be focusing on that story on its next update to finish the show and take a slow update as little time on the computer will make doing the sequel comics which are two parts each that have 3 80-100 pages issues for them longer to do.

We decided on finishing the Volume and I decided to split it into 2 6,000 chapters to keep the smaller chapters for this story.

ALSO SINCE VOLUME 4-EP 6-8 of Volume 5 will be canon it'll be skipped for a couple of OC chapters of Naruto taking Pyrrha to Haven... ANNYTHING FOR THEM TO DO OR MEET FOR THOSE THAT SENT OC TEAMS feel free to send.

Next to be updated will be Naruto on Board this Thursday (June 1st) for the 10 YEAR ANNIVERSAY!

Nothing else to say.

Talk To You Later,

Lone Wolf Out.🐺