A/N: Surpass Your Limits will be update Tuesday/Wednesday.
Its a long chapter already, given Gojo's part in it, and I want it to be perfect.
Holidays are still beating me down, slept through both my alarms, and this is posted from my phone.
With my fifteen year anniversary on this site finally here, I find myself reflecting on the little things in life. What was once a lazy pastime meant for me and a few friends really grew and evolved over time. There are days when I look back on the last fifteen years here and I wonder if anyone will remember me; if I made an impact, despite never making a single cent on any of these stories. Some days were happier than others, and some stories I enjoyed writing WAY too much; to the point where I'd stay up all night working on them.
And of course, there are times when I look to the future ahead and wonder what will become of things when I'm gone.
Of course, I try not to dwell on the latter overmuch lest it poison my mind; I'm still alive and still writing. In an ideal world, I'd like to keep doing so for as long as I can. But old age is catching up to me and these days, the world is filled with so much madness and death. Feels like everyone's lost their minds. Even before that, so many friends and fellow writers I once knew are gone, now. Will I still be here in twenty years? Ten? Five? Its a chilling thought. But for now, I'm still here, still writing.
So here we go. The fate of this story depends on you, the reader. Your feedback determines the fate of this tale, and many others.
As ever, I own no quotes, references, themes, or memes. Not a wit or a one! They're tributes to legends far greater than I.
I'm just a humble author trying to make his way in this wild world, one word at a time.
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"Ohhhh that is a broken semblance!"
"I know, right?! Its bullshit!"
"Definitely!"
~A Rwby Reference.
Vector Prime
"The heck's a vector?"
A finger poked her.
"Language."
Ruby wrinkled her nose and kicked at a stray leaf in the Emerald Forest as she walked. "Heck isn't a swear. I didn't say hell."
"Even so you shouldn't be tossing around words like that. You're too young."
"I'm fifteen!" her voice filled the trees. "I drink milk!"
"So do I, and you don't hear me swearing."
"Why, you...!"
Ruby made angry Ruby noises and kept walking. "You still didn't answer my question!"
At a glance her new "partner" almost resembled Weiss; so closely she could've sworn they were related. But they weren't. His hair wasn't quite white for one, just a very pale shade of blond, and those eyes were red like roses -heee!- not at all the the icy blue orbs that had intimidated her yesterday after her little accidental dust explosion. Besides, Weiss didn't have whiskers and she certainly wasn't always smiling. It was kinda scary, if she was being honest.
But he was nice! Sure, kinda snarky, and he'd ripped apart that Grimm, but still, nicer than miss ice queen!
"Why, thank you! I'm soooo glad to have your approval."
She wilted. "...I said that out loud, didn't I?"
"You did indeed."
...kill me."
"Can't do that." he hummed, giving her a gentle nudge. "You wouldn't have a partner otherwise. I need to get into Beacon."
Aha! Common ground at last. She dared to peek over her shoulder. "And why do you want into Beacon so badly?"
The blond winced a little at that. "I promised someone I would do better this time around.
Strange choice of words. "Well, if that makes you feel better, mister...
"Naruto."
Right, right, names were a thing.
"I'm Ruby Rose!" she stumbled over her last name. "Erm, yeah. That's my name."
Whiskered cheeks dimpled. "I gathered as much."
They walked on in silence for a moment.
"So about these vectors of yours...?"
"Its my semblance."
"You're not gonna say anything else, are you?"
"Meh," He shrugged one shoulder, and she glimpsed the scars there. "I could, but..." A Grimm rose out of the brush ahead of them, a great big bear, and he paused with a grin. "Here. Lemme show ya."
It saw them and lumbered forward.
"Going straight for me, eh?" Naruto's grin took on shit-eating proportions; it kinda reminded her of Yang before she got all punchy in a fight. "Oi, oi, oi. Just because I'm a little weaker doesn't make you stronger now, does it?!"
He stomped a foot down harshly, placed his left palm upon a tree, and uprooted it roots an' all with a seemingly benign shove.
Ruby heard a noise then. A sharp, keening noise, almost like a drill. The Ursa did not. It had already been flattened.
Ohhh, she realized belatedly. So that's why he doesn't have a weapon. He is the weapon.
How on earth did you get a semblance like that?!
Was it too late to find a new partner?
(.0.0.0.)
"How is he doing?"
Winter looked up from the footage. "Well, sir."
Well, she said. He was tearing through Grimm with ease.
James hummed his approval. As expected of their "Accelerator" project.
Letting him enroll in Beacon had been a good idea after all. Ozpin would be pleased.
A/N: Aaaaand scene.
To be clear, this is Naruto with Accelerator's skillset...but not nerfed at all.
Hope you enjoyed this little tease. Soooo? Should this be a story? Once again! This is an AU.
Hope someone, somewhere, enjoyed this. I just don't know anymore these days. Its terribly hard to tell...
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