A/N: Double update day! Another one for the bin!

Here's an idea a co-writer and I were going to work on together, but alas, they left Fanfiction some time ago. Can't be helped.

Soo...here we are. Looking forward to seeing your thoughts on this little drabble.

Peace~!

"Some say life is good. Some say life is evil.

Me? I say neither. Life is fun!

Enjoy it while you can.

You only live once.

Sooo...LIVE!"

~?

All the Time in the World

"This is to be your last hunt for quite some time then, I take it?"

"For awhile, yeah." Rueful laughter filled the open space of Ozpin's office. "I've been missing the twins."

"You mean they've missed you." The headmaster smiled. "They take after their mother, no?"

A smirk. "Don't tell Blake that! She'd have my hide."

"Your secret is safe with me, old friend."

Naruto didn't look up from the board; there was no need. Ozpin knew him well enough by now to guess which move he would make. Sure enough, the sage moved shifted his staff to his left hand and raised his right. The other darted forward and with a quick flick of his wrist, he moved his knight into position...there! It was a strategy he'd used many a time. Instinct seized him. He tried not to take advantage of it. He really did. Naruto was many things, but in tactics, he often favored to the blunt approach.

To be fair, said approach had saved the world. It just didn't make him very good at chess.

His hand moved of its own accord and countered him. "Check."

Naruto twitched. "Again? How do you keep doing that?"

"Not every problem is a nail to be hammered-

"Kidding!" the blond cried out in triumph and too late, Ozpin saw the opening he'd left. "You fell for it! Checkmate!"

In but a single move his fellow immortal hemmed his King in, denying it any avenue of escape. Ozpin balked. Blinked. Frowned. No matter how he squinted at the board the outcome didn't change. He'd been lulled into a false sense of complacency by what seemed like simple moves, blind to to the hammerstroke until it fell upon him. His mistake. For all his unassuming smile and gentle words, the man before him was anything but simple. How often he forgot that.

"I may not look it, but I'm older than you Ozpin." a blue eye twinkled. "Give me some credit."

"Fair enough."

Between the two of them, they rearranged the board for another game.

"So?" his erstwhile ally ventured, choosing the black pieces for himself. "How's Salem?"

Ozpin laughed despite himself. "Six months pregnant and an absolute terror. All of my hate, Naruto. You have it."

"Aha! So you are hiding from her up here."

"She was craving food from Vacuo. Better to hide up here than put my foot down."

"Heh." the whiskered warrior snickered. "She'd probably hack it off."

In truth, he'd never expected to reconcile with his ex-wife. Not after their parting. Who would? The gulf between them had always seemed to wide to bridge, their differences too great. They say time apart made the heart fonder, but to this day, he still didn't know what Naruto had said to her before that fateful battle. He suspected he never would. They'd made it to her tower, but rather than a final confrontation, the blond took her aside, dragged her into a room and locked the door. They'd not come out for an hour. The moment she emerged she'd all but flung herself at him, babbling apologies all the while. She'd been insatiable ever since.

These days, a pregnant Salem was a scary Salem. Speaking of children...!

Ozpin saw the chance to change the subject for what it was and pounced. "Tell me, how are little Azula and Zuko?"

"Urk." Naruto made a choking noise and thumped his chest. It had nothing to with the whiskey he'd brought. "I love the kids, but they're little terrors. No idea how they both wound up with fire semblances. Blake's barely able to corral them sometimes." the bottled tipped back and he guzzled it greedily. "But noooo they love Yang! Helps they can't burn her, I suppose...

...you did decide to marry her and Blake both."

"Tch. More like they bullied me into it." his laughter lacked any real rancor. "I couldn't choose!"

"And now you have a gaggle of children following you wherever you go."

"At least Mikasa listens to what I say, even if she's only two...

Ozpin didn't laugh. Certainly not. "Are you sulking?"

"No!"

"Surely your children are better than little Sparrow." Ozpin temporized with a wave of his hand. "She and her team have become quite...infamous this year."

"Eh? Winter's and Qrow's kid? Lemme guess, little bugger's already got half of Beacon wrapped around her finger. What's their team name again? V.N.M.M. or something along those lines? Venom?"

"Not our best choice." Ozpin snatched up the bottle and drank heavily. "You've no idea. Cinder's son is even worse."

Blue eyes twinkled. "I'm not surprised. Her and Ironwood were a match made in hell. What's his name? Eren?"

"Aaaand just like that I feel the need to drink even more. Thank you for that."

"You're welcome." a blond brow quirked. "But Weiss and Ruby weren't? Still not sure how they...you know...had a kid. Cute little bugger though."

Ozpins shrugged. "Magic? Miss Schnee did have the Relic of Creation for quite some time...

"Eh, probably. Magic's weird. Need I remind you of Nora and Ren? Or better yet, Jaune and Pyr-

"No, no!" Ozpin flailed his hands. "No need to go there. Speaking of matches, I don't suppose you'd be willing to-

"Not a chance!" Naruto ripped the bottle back from him for a draught of his own. "I ain't taking your job. Professor Uzumaki sounds bad enough, but Headmaster Uzumaki? Nope!" with a loud guffaw he thumped the bottle back down and moved his next piece -a pawn!- across the board. "There are some jobs even I'm afraid of."

Ozpin matched him, wary of any tricks. He took up a pawn of his own and moved it forward.

Within three moves, he had a checkmate. Well. This was an awkward feeling.

Naruto chuckled.

"Another round, then?"

Laughter filled the air. "Why not? We've all the time in the world."

A/N: Just a little drabble of sorts. Hope you enjoyed it. One of my happier endings here.

So in the Immortal Words of Atlas...Review, Would You Kindly?

And of course, enjoy the previews. Potential ones.

(Previews~!)

"Nora, can I borrow your hammer?"

"Whyyy?"

"No reason! Just see a nail that needs to be hammered down. Hard."

...wait why are you staring at Cardiiiiigetitohmygodsyes! Its all yours! Give 'em a smack!"

Ren groaned. "Why am I friends with the two of you again?"

"Pietro...what did you do?"

"Alright, but you can't be mad at me."

Naruto's right eye twitched, turning a visible shade of gold.

A tiny hand tugged at his sleeve. His gaze swung down. Widened. "Did you make a mini me?!"

"Its not a phase, dad!"

...your father's coming to visit?"

"I should warn you, he's a bit eccentric-

Hazel didn't have a chance to explain further. The entire tower shook.

"Hazel Rainart! You get your ass down here right now, young man! Don't make me sic Gretchen on you!"

R&R~!