chapter 20: Start of the festival
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—"because I did it" The character thought.
— "How are you?" Biju/Summon/Beast Thoughts.
— "I fell in love with." , character speaking.
This fanfic is bigust for fun, I don't own any characters from Naruto or the rwby series. I hope you enjoy reading this story I created
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There is something that Naruto is very good at and it is natural and innate to him, and that is that he is extremely persuasive, he is a great businessman.
Even though Ozpin insisted that they should talk right then and there, Naruto convinced him to wait until he finished his work, that he would come talk to him himself, and would do so an hour later.
So they decided to go back to the principal's office and waited patiently for Mr. Uzumaki to walk through that door so they could talk to him.
And as Naruto said, he arrived at the principal's office in an hour, everyone was very happy with how attentive and disciplined Naruto is, but this time Ozpin really couldn't hide his annoyance even a little.
—"I think I said I wanted to talk to you personally, Mr. Uzumaki."
—"Yes, I heard you very well sir." Naruto was firm and had a guilty face, — "the truth is that I was going to do that, but my team insisted on following me."
—"Then I don't know if you could ask them to leave. They don't obey me in these types of situations." said Naruto.
Ozpin simply sighed: —"Miss Nikos, Mister Lie, Miss Valkirye, could you leave now? I need to speak with your leader."
None of Naruto's companions spoke, they just stood still, Ozpin repeated again, asking them to leave but no one moved from that place.
Pyrra was the first to walk in front of her leader and proceed to speak, —"we will not, any situation that needs to be discussed with my leader, we will be with him."
—"It's like Pyrrha says," Ren said and stood in front of his leader with Nora following him, they were practically protecting him.
—"Is this because of the kidnapping incident orchestrated by our leader? Then we will also assume the consequences of those actions." Nora was strangely serious.
— "A kidnapping?" Glynda spoke with her eyebrow raised and also alarmed.
—"Didn't Mr. Qrow say anything?" Nora said quietly, knowing that if that was true, then she shouldn't have mentioned it.
Glynda, Ozpin and James looked at each other, but more specifically they looked at Qrow who simply took from his canteen and continued drinking as if he didn't care.
— "If that's the case," then Naruto pushed his companions aside and handed a document to Ozpin, who took it very carefully.
—"what is this?".
—"The mission report, there's everything you need to know about what we did."
—"Oh, yes, of course, of course," Ozpin touched those papers as if he were some kind of mortal enemy.
Naruto saw Ozpin's expression and was simply shocked. Ozpin, although he is the director, you could say that he is an extremely lazy man in these types of cases, this type of work is not something he would do, he was practically a man of action. He was a damn magic knight before he was a damn office worker or director, but that's a story for another time.
— "sure, I'll read it later."
—"you should read it now sir."
— yes, I will... later, Ozpin put all those papers aside, —"now as I was saying, Miss Nikos, Mr. Lie and Miss Valquirye, you should leave, this matter only concerns your leader and no one else." .
—"Pyrrha," called Naruto, who put a hand on her shoulder,— "listen, I'll be fine, I don't think it's anything bad, maybe they're just going to punish me for what I did and nothing more, don't think they'll expel me. Right?" the blonde said, turning his gaze towards Ozpin.
— "Don't worry, you won't be expelled."
Pyrrha looked at her leader and sighed, —"Very well, but we will wait for you outside the office."
—"Perfect, no problem Pyrrha, wait a while, I don't think we'll be long."
And when his team left, Naruto again stood up and was waiting for Ozpin to continue, but for a few minutes Ozpin didn't say anything, he just had his hands crossed like he was some kind of movie villain.
—"Now tell me, Mr. Uzumaki, what can you tell me about the masked man you fought?"
—"Well, he is an incredibly strong, skilled and powerful man, and he has abilities that I simply cannot explain, it should not be possible for a person to control the elements, much less perform illusions."
—"What did you say?" Ozpin narrowed his eyes.
—"He creates illusions, haven't you noticed? Practically when everything turned black he attacked, he can alter the senses, that's something I noticed when I fought him... That was a very unequal battle, he was completely overwhelmed and by a few moments I really thought he was going to kill me.
—"I see, Mr. Uzumaki, and what do you tell me? Could you beat him in the future?"
—"I will continue training sir, I will improve and the next time I face him I will finish him off."
— "I see, he will take Sasuke to the authorities."
—"No," Naruto said with a dark gleam in his eyes, —"I'm going to finish him off,... I'm going to say it openly and without filters, I'm going to kill him."
—"...I hope that changes in the future Mr. Uzumaki. What we come to then."
Then Naruto Uzumaki stopped the director in the middle of the act, —"Sorry, first things first," he bowed to Ozpin but it was not directed at him.
—"I'm sorry, Mrs. Goodwitch and Mr. Branwen, I was very frustrated that day and frankly panicked, I shouldn't act that way towards you. I apologize."
—"You're excused brat," then Qrow pointed his middle finger. —"There you are, accept my apologies. Haha."
Glynda hit Qrow in the head. —"I understand Mr. Uzumaki and I understand the situation. I didn't mean it."
—"No, of course not. I would never tell him."
—"Always so chivalrous Mr. Uzumaki. It is a good trait for such a young boy," Ozpin smiled but immediately his expression returned to serious.— "This enemy, Sasuke, is very dangerous Mr. Uzumaki. Not even two of the best hunters of the world were able to do something to him, but you, Mr. Uzumaki, I don't understand how, but you managed to fight him and even managed to hurt him. I wonder what kind of training you had? But that's beside the point. "He is the only one I know who can face that enemy. And with what little we have seen and what we have witnessed recently in that battle in Vale, he is far superior to any hunter."
—"I refuse," Naruto said flatly without even waiting for Ozpin's proposal.
—"You have not heard my proposal yet, Mr. Uzumaki."
—"I have a good idea of what he's going to say, I'm already skilled enough," Naruto said, raising a hand and flexing a finger. — "that I am above any hunter I have ever seen, that I should not continue studying in the first year, that I should already be a graduate and be a hunter, so I suggest that you graduate before your classmates. And I will tell you that No, I won't, because frankly I'm not interested in graduating so soon.
—"Oh, and why would that be Mr. Uzumaki? Could you explain?"
—"Look, when I was studying at Empire Academy I would have no qualms about graduating early, my school life was not good so to speak. The students and teachers were complete stupid and idiots, they isolated me and treated me badly, so they ,I showed that no matter how many obstacles were put in my way, they couldn't stop me. And I graduated early,... but here it's different, here everything has changed, I have friends, I have excellent classmates."
—"to accept your offer would be to separate myself from my companions, of course, I could see them sometimes, but this coexistence that I always have with them would be a little impossible, so to speak. And I don't want that, I want to spend as much time as possible with them, and even if they allow me to graduate early, I'm not going to accept it".
Ozpin remained in a dead silence and did not say anything for a few minutes, and then simply smiled kindly,— "I understand you and I understand you quite a bit, Mr. Uzumaki, that's all I wanted to talk to you about, you can leave."
—"If you'll excuse me sir," Naruto bowed and left that room.
—"Why didn't you just press the issue, how did you do it to me when you included me in your inner circle? Or why didn't you just mention that there were evils in this world that I had to fight against."
— "No, he would not have accepted, I know his type of people very well, he will not accept and it is better not to tell him any information when I am sure that he will not accept to work with us... ...So we will have to force him to agree our side".
—"And how are you going to do it, Ozpin?" Glynda said, a little afraid of the answer.
— "He appreciates his friends very much, he would do anything for them just to protect them. Miss Nikos is in our sights to be the next maiden, she has to accept the power."
—"Are you serious? Are you going to use his friends to get him to work on our side?", said James.
—"I'm desperate James. Sasuke is an enemy we didn't see coming and he's extremely powerful. We can't let this get out of control. We need someone to counter him. And so far none of you have been able to face him. Not even the four of you together. I don't have all my powers. I'm not like I was before. If I face the masked man I won't win".
No one said a single word, Ozpin sighed and took the papers that Naruto gave him and began to read them carefully. —"I see, I see. So you had very interesting days." Ozpin opened his eyes in surprise and stood up from his seat.
—"Ozpin, where are you going?" Qrow said.
—"Where is this Argo guy?"
—"He should be in jail right now. Why?" Qrow asked.
—"I really didn't think it was possible."
— "What? Do you know him?"
— "Yes, in a very ancient time I was their king."
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When Ozpin left his office, he could see the NNPR team laughing and chatting happily. Naruto looked into the director's eyes, they stayed like that for a few seconds, which seemed imperceptible to him — "Mr. Uzumaki."
—"Director Ozpin".
Ozpin then got into the elevator and left.
—"You didn't tell us why the director called you," Ren asked.
—"Right, sorry for not mentioning it, he wanted me to graduate now," Naruto said dismissing it, as if it were the most normal thing in the world. All of his friends opened their eyes in surprise and screamed.
—"What!" Nora shouted. —"But but ..."
— "He saw my skills in Vale and thought I'm too skilled, so it would be a waste to stay here and not be a hunter."
—"And why didn't you accept?" Pyrrha said a little doubtfully.
Naruto smiled widely and hugged his friends. —"Why would I accept? Everything I need is with you, and who knows? If I became a hunter maybe I wouldn't see you so often anymore and I enjoy being with you."
— "No, of course not, while your friends are a part of the reason why you didn't accept Ozpin's offer, that's not the real reason."
—" You know me well ," Naruto spoke seriously to the Kyubi. — "No, many times I was under people's orders, never again, I work for myself and I don't fight anyone's battles, if I'm going to do things, they will be my way."
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—"Ozpin, why are we rushing so fast? I mean, the guy is in jail, he's not going anywhere."
—"If that Argo is who I think he is and is not another idiot with the same appearance, then he is very important, he could have valuable information."
—""I see".
Pam! Then, Ozpin accidentally crashed into a janitor.
— "Oh, I'm sorry Director, I'm sorry, I wasn't looking."
—"Mr. Garrison, don't apologize and apologize for bumping into you, get on with the job."
Even when everyone left, the janitor still looked at Ozpin's back and smiled imperceptibly. — "Wow, it's nice to take on someone else's appearance, and what the hell. I don't want to do this, because the boss is going on a trip to Menagerie, and I'm staying here?"
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Mr. Garrison whistled and walked down the halls until he ended up in a very familiar room and knocked on the door.
When the door finally opened, he could make out a woman with red eyes and mint hair. — "Miss, how is she? I've come to clean, if you don't mind."
—"No, I think we'll take care of that."
—"I'm sorry but it's my job . " Then Mr. Garrison pushes Esmeralda aside and enters the room. —"Hello Mercury, how are you? It's been two days, I'm sorry about that."
Then the janitor took the nightstand from that room and sat down, and looked in front of him, towards a woman who was with her legs crossed and her arms crossed, as well as having a frown.
—"Who the hell are you?"
—"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's the costume" .Then the janitor burst into smoke and you can make out a man with a hood and a white mask.—"Hey guys, it's been a while."
Everyone in the room had their eyes wide open, including Cinder, but suddenly everyone's gaze turned cold.
More or less you would say they were furious. The masked man was sitting there, waiting, with something similar to nervousness and fear, but it was more discomfort because of the looks.
—"Why can't children with Down syndrome see ghosts? ...because they are paranormal experiences, HAHAHAHA!"
Nobody said anything. That joke only increased her annoyance.
—"HAHAHAhahaha...ha...sorry, that wasn't a good joke. I wanted to break the ice."
—"Sasuke, you are putting me in a very difficult situation. You know that right? I am considering a lot..."
—"No Please!" . Then Sasuke lunged at Cinder and hugged her legs. —"Please! Don't fire me! I have a family to support!"
—"Miss Cinder, find it in your bitter and battered heart to forgive me!"
—"Let go of me, Sasuke".
—"Please, I swear I will do the best I can from now on."
PAM!
Cinder kicked the masked man. He took a few steps back and fell face down on it so that he could quickly get up.
—"Well, at least I suppose you'll give me a recommendation for another job, right?"
—"Who are you Sasuke?"
— "Well, I'm a simple salaryman, exploited by my boss and I have terrible health insurance, so I guess I'm a simple man."
Sasuke stopped a crystal blade that went straight to his face, —"You are a bit fickle miss, control your temper or it could cause you a lot of trouble in the future."
— "Alright, I'm going to say it again," Cinder lit her hand on fire — "Who the hell are you?"
—"Let's make a deal, okay? How about you tell me who you are and I tell you who I am?"
Cinder remained silent.
— "Listen Miss Fall, I work for you, I do what you ask me and that's it, you don't have to know who I am. You're my boss, you pay me and I do what you tell me, I shouldn't know anything more than that, I shouldn't inquire ,What do you do or who you hang out with? So if you want to know who I am, tell me who you are. Do we have a deal?"
—"Do you really think you're in a position to make any claim? Stupid, I could cremate you right now."
— "Yes, it could be true, you could kill me or maybe not, but even if you decide to attack me..., it won't be easy. You've already realized that, right? It would cause a big stir in the institution, and it's the last thing what do you want".
—"So please, I just obey your orders, you ask me to kill someone. I do it, you ask me to destroy a train, I do it, you ask me to steal something. I do it. Now, regarding knowing information about me ,There's no reason, unless you feel threatened by me."
Cinder didn't say anything, she just frowned, she didn't really want to admit it, but she felt threatened by this mysterious man.
—"I know what he's trying to do, if he finds out something about me, he'll possibly make connections. He'll look for people close to me and have me tied by the neck. No, of course not, I'll tell you this, it won't work, even if you knew who I'm close to, it wouldn't do you any good, you wouldn't have any power over me".
The calmness with which the masked man spoke irritated Cinder greatly and her eyes shone with fire.
— "whoa, whoa, whoa, calm down miss" ,The masked man raised his hands in surrender. — "I'm not here to hurt her, nor to destroy her plans, I'm here to do my job in exchange for money. So in a sense I'm here to please her."
—"Tell me what you want, Cinder? I can help you. Do you want something that's here, in this school? I can steal it for you. Do you want to destroy the kingdom? I can do it that simple."
–"I do not need your help".
—"I can facilitate your plans, you can have the fewest enemies possible, you just have to ask me. For example, if we want the plan to work and there are no setbacks, we have to eliminate the main threats. I mean Ozpin, Glynda, James, Naruto and Jaune Arc."
Cinder gritted her teeth.
—"What the hell...?"
—"I can't kill Naruto Uzumaki for obvious reasons. He's extremely powerful, it would take forever to kill him and take him by surprise. But Jaune is on a more accessible level. It would be so easy to just put a sword on his neck and that's it. It would be better that way. He has a lot of room for improvement. In the future he can be very dangerous."
— "He is not a threat." Cinder spoke dangerously low.
— " Interesting reaction . No, I think it is. Have you seen how strong he is? It's inhuman. Why do you resist destroying a threat that could be dangerously deadly in the future? It's absurd."
—"Jaune is a simple soldier, he follows the orders of his general. So he will simply do what James asks of him. He will not go where he is not ordered."
—"That's where you're wrong, Miss Fall. Jaune is a soldier, of course, but he's a good man. And if there are orders that go against his ideals, he will immediately disobey them."
—"Don't go near Jaune. Now shut up."
—"I'm just warning you that, Miss Fall. Hehehe, I'm starting to believe that you really don't want to hurt Mr. Arc. Because from what I understand, you had no qualms about hurting any member of the Fang. But with this one boy is very different. Why?"
—"You are walking on dangerous ground, Sasuke, I am warning you, do not approach Jaune."
Sasuke simply stared into Cinder's fiery eyes.
—" This is very interesting, a person should not be so defensive just for mentioning a person ... you have a history with him, that 's what I can deduce. You've only known each other for a week. so it's impossible that you are so close to him, he knows her before, he feels something for..."
Cinder grabbed Sasuke by the neck and slammed him into the wall. —"I told you to shut up, idiot. You better not touch Jaune or I'll burn you to ashes myself."
—"You reacted very abruptly, Miss Fall. I think so, you're right. I shouldn't have gotten into your business. I'm sorry, I'll leave now."
—"I want the next step of the plan to be completed, do you hear me?"
—"Understood."
Cinder loosened her grip on the masked man's neck.
Sasuke simply dusted himself off. —"Wow, you are a very intense woman. I understand why Jaune is so attracted to you, very well, I will leave then."
Then the masked man transformed into the janitor and left.
Esmeralda saw her boss and didn't know what to say, she had some doubts about her, she had known her for so many years and she had never seen her like this. Just saying Jaune's name made her act very differently than she always does.
—"Cinder, I hate to admit it, but Sasuke is right, Jaune is a very big potential threat and in the future he could harm us."
— "Jaune Arc is not a threat," Cinder looked directly at her two lackeys. —"He is a soldier, but for me he is just another pawn that I can use, he is under my hands and I control him like a puppet... after all he still loves me," she said that last thing with a voice so low that no one heard it.
—"Sorry, I didn't hear the last part," Mercury mentioned.
—"It's better to have Jaune on our side, it will be better than killing him, can you imagine someone of his power fighting on our side?"
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Sasuke was outside Cinder's room, he had nothing to do and the truth is that it was something curious. This cloning technique, many times the so-called clones in quotes do not look like the original, but rather they usually have their own personality, their own tastes and their own character.
Sasuke, looking like a janitor, put his hands behind his head and sighed. —"Well, I could walk around here, it would be very entertaining to see the daily life of the students... no, who am I kidding? It's shit, I better go to the cafeteria, I'm very hungry."
—"Sr. Garrison... ¡Sr. Garrison!".
—...—
—"¡Señor Garrison!"
He stopped when he heard someone call him: — "right, I'm Mr. Garrison."
— "Mr. Port, what a pleasure. How are you? What happened?"
—"Well, there was an incident in my class that caused an incident in the bathroom that needs to be fixed."
—"ohhhhhh, I see, I'm going there right after."
—"Yes, I'll accompany him."
—"no, no, I'll go there in a moment, I'll finish..."
—"No, this has to be fixed now, the bathrooms are the top priority in this situation, can you imagine the image that would be left of Beacon."
— "Yes, you're right, fucking shit, I should have dressed up as a teacher, but then it would have been worse, I would have had to teach ."
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—"What the hell happened?"
Well, Port scratched the back of his head in pity. —"A student, a Grimm and a serious problem with indigestion... I'm sorry Mr. Garrison."
— "yeah, don't worry, I'll clean it up, you can leave," Sasuke simply couldn't believe his bad luck, he wears the janitor suit and now has to clean a completely messy bathroom. There's vomit everywhere,—"alright, I guess I could use the time."
Then the masked man took a small seed out of his pocket and put it near his ear, and from there he could hear a very interesting conversation.
—"《Argo, how are you? I haven't seen you in a while.》".
—""I know you?"".
—"How interesting". Sasuke approached some pipes that connected to the sink, "What the hell? What plumbing work is this? Yuck, to be one of the best academies in the world it really needs maintenance."
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Ozpin and his companions saw a man lying in a cell, then Ozpin signaled to the guard to wake up the prisoner and the officer hit the bars.
—"¡Hey, wake up!".
—"Mmm, 5 more minutes."
—"Don't make me go in there and hit you!"
— "Yes, yes, yes, okay, I'll get up." Then the man got out of bed and rubbed his eyes to make the dream go away.—"So I'm good."
—"You can leave, officer, I'll take care of this," Ozpin spoke and the guard in charge retired, being sure that the prisoner would not escape, since Director Ozpin was in that prison.
— "Argo, how are you? I haven't seen you in a while."
—" I know you?".
— "If you know me, wow, it seems like you haven't changed at all, you still have the same appearance."
—"oh well, who are you?, oooohh, let's see, what does the great and powerful director of Beacon Academy need from me, Qrow, good afternoon too, how long has it been?"
—"three days".
—"So long? Well, what do they want from me?"
—"Argo Flammendes".
—"How do you know me?...by Oum, Omar? Heh, my lord, how are you, it's been a while."
—"I never thought it was possible, but you have survived a long time thanks to your semblance."
— "I guess I know why you came here. Are you looking for some information? But from whom? Oh, oh, from Salem, the witch."
— "So if you know her."
—"Yes, I worked with her for a while, let's say I was the cause of the destruction of the ancient people of Armenia."
— "so you helped Salem destroy that settlement."
—"Yes, it wasn't easy, she and I helped each other."
—"I'll get straight to the point, what are you planning?"
—"I'm sorry to disappoint you, Omar, but the truth is that I have no idea what he's planning."
—"Don't lie to me, you worked with her. You confirmed it, now tell me what she's planning."
—"Yes, I worked with her, but it was 100 years ago, not anymore, that woman is crazy, I don't know what the hell happened to her."
Ozpin frowned but decided to change the subject, realizing that Argo wasn't actually lying, he didn't have any knowledge of any of Salem's plans. "...So I want you to help me with this, do you know this one?" man?", Ozpin took out his scroll and showed the image of Sasuke.
Argo was like his ability to breathe was taken away, his eyes widened and he began to move his hands restlessly,—"oh no, no, I know him, that mask, by Oum, is this guy here?"
— "¿Do you know him?".
— "Yes, I know him, personally, you can say that I screwed him up in some way, I don't understand what I did, honestly. But that guy, you should be careful with him, he is very powerful."
—"We know, we already fought with him, he caused many disasters in Vale."
—"No, you haven't seen anything this idiot is capable of, have you heard of ishbal?"
—"That town that is kilometers from Vale, yes, I know it well, and that?"
—"Well, it's gone."
—"What do you mean?" Glynda asked doubtfully.
—"he literally left, he disappeared, not a single stone was left and this guy is responsible."
— "It's not possible, that town was incredibly large. How is it..."
—"don't ask me. I've seen a lot of things throughout my life, I've seen a damn witch who controls the Grimm, can you imagine that? But I haven't seen anything like what this idiot does, he literally reduced ,To ashes a town, with all its inhabitants, left no trace. Even if you pass by that place where that town should supposedly be, you won't notice it... I just hope this guy isn't immortal, otherwise we're all lost." .
The passive hysteria with which Argo spoke about Sasuke actually scared everyone a little. He seemed a little crazy just mentioning that man.
—"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have acted like that, ah, of course, one thing, how come you're still alive, Omar?"
— "that's a story for another time, now. Here's a deal, I need someone with your experience to help us beat Salem."
—"I will categorically refuse to fight for you, I once served you, remember? Now I serve myself and follow my orders."
— "You have to help me Argo, this woman wants to destroy the world."
—"No, you're wrong about that Omar, she doesn't want to destroy the world. She wants to subjugate the world, she wants to put every living being under her feet, she wants to make life suffer constantly, that's what she wants. She doesn't want to extinguish humanity just wants to see us suffer."
—"Then all the more reason you should help me defeat her."
—"You know very well that it is impossible to beat her, she is immortal, do you think I haven't tried? I worked with her once and when I found out about her plans I went against her. She hit me badly, that's how close I was to dying, she told him I threw everything I had and I didn't even scratch her. Well, I hurt her, but it was only a few seconds and then she continued as if nothing had happened. It's impossible to defeat her Ozpin, the only thing you can do is contain her and delay her plans for a few more years. It's all you can hope for."
—"Then you refuse to help me," Ozpin spoke with great disappointment.
—"It's not that I refuse, I would help you if there was the slightest possibility of defeating her, but there isn't."
—"It's a disappointment, I'm very disappointed, many years ago you would have fought by my side."
—"Ozpin, that was years ago. Many years ago, but I have changed, everyone changes."
Ozpin simply shook his head, turned around and walked out of that cell. —"I hope you have a good life, Argo, or what's left of it."
—"I would applaud your optimism, Ozpin, but as you see I can't, hahaha, ha! , ha! , HA, HA!", then Argo burst out laughing,—"How funny! ,I really love "This! It's like the old days. A King who refused to give up, who always believed he would have a chance against those beasts, but never did, and you are still fighting now."
Glynda, Qrow and James looked at Ozpin's back, the word immortal resonated in their minds, that word implied many things, and one of those was the impossibility of being defeated, Salem was impossible to be defeated, it implied that their fight was absurd, they felt afraid.
James tried to stop Ozpin harshly, but Ozpin hit the ground twice with his staff and suddenly Glynda, Qrow and James were in shock, their eyes lit up with a phosphorescent green, Ozpin pronounced with effort,
—"Forget"
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Despite all the lively atmosphere that surrounded the dining room, in a certain sector of that room it was not like that, in fact they were a little depressed, but not all of them were. It was just the RWBY team, they ate but they ate with reluctance and all their friends looked at those actions with a little suspicion, normally this team was very lively, except for Blake, and it was practically almost like saying that they were the life of the party, even Cardin got quite worried.
— "Where's Naruto when you need him?" Cardin muttered under his breath.
— "He's with Professor Peach. Every Tuesday he's always with her," Dove murmured near Cardin, — "I think those two have something."
Cardin hit his friend's rib, — "Shut up, don't say that, do you know how much trouble you can get into?"
— "Yes," Dove simply closed her lips.
she had the notion of what could happen to her if she made comments about Naruto, she would receive dirty looks from her friends, especially Pyrrha and Weiss.
—"How much do you gossip?",Blake interrupted those two boys.
—"Nothing, just that Cardin, my friend is thinking about the date he will have with Velvet."
Cardin gritted his teeth but decided to nod. This was something they should never have found out...
—"Actually?!" Yang said cheerfully,— "Oum, where are you taking her now?"
Cardin simply decided to continue the conversation, if this lightened the mood a little, he was willing to sacrifice a little.
—"Naruto introduced me to this restaurant, and he also set me up on a date. So I'll take Velvet there and we'll have a good time together."
— "mentioning that," Blake puts down her book, — "Have they told their team yet? You know, about their relationship."
Cardin made a face of guilt and reluctance.— "No, we haven't told Velvet's team anything."
—"They will have to tell them or they will find out and it will be worse."
—"We are going to do it, but in due time."
—"Don't let them find out like when Naruto found them kissing in the locker."
—"What? how..."
— "Naruto told us everything," Weiss interrupted.
—"Yes, it was very descriptive," Ruby added.
— "What a miserable son of a..., I'm not supposed to tell it."
—"You mentioned something about how his team shouldn't find out about that, but he didn't say anything about us. So, he opened his mouth a little," Yang smiled brightly at her.
—"You wretch! I will kill him when I find him!"
—"You look a little upset Cardin, what's wrong friend? What happened?"
Pyrrha smiled when she saw her leader. —"Nothing, Cardin was telling us about the date with Velvet."
— "Oh, right. You have a date with her this Friday, buddy. Congratulations," Naruto pats him on the back.
And then Naruto sat between Pyrrha and Weiss and started eating while listening to Cardin and his friends' conversation. He could feel that the mood was certainly improving, but there were still traces of depression.
— "And now I don't know what to do, it's the first date I have with her."
— "Well, they've already kissed, I don't think it's that difficult," Naruto spoke.
— "Yes, but this time I want to formalize it and I would like to do things right once and for all."
—"I see, well, start by giving him a compliment."
—"I think it will work but I need something else."
—"Maybe, but believe me, friend Cardin. When it comes to compliments, women are like insatiable monsters, they always want more, more, more!, and if you give it to them, the reward is very generous."
— "It's not necessarily true, Naruto," Ren said.
Then out of nowhere Professor Peach appeared who was upset, frowning and a little disheveled from overwork. — "Naruto, I want a 40-page report by tomorrow."
Naruto grimaced. He sometimes hated being so trustworthy and being the best. —"Wow, that's a lot of work, but I'd do anything for you,"
The Uzumaki turned and looked into Professor Peach's eyes and expressed false surprise.—"Wow, it's only been a few minutes but she is more dazzling than the last time I saw her, her hair shines and her glasses highlight her fine face. No I think I will find no one like you, Professor Peach. You walk with elegance, with firm and soft steps that captivate any man who looks at you. You have captured my heart, teacher, ooh, I'm sorry, I got lost in my thoughts... so about the work. Don't worry, I'll give it to you tomorrow."
—"No, don't worry, Naruto," Professor Peach touched his hair gently. — "You have until Thursday to hand in your work. You don't need to hurry, see you later, Naruto-kun."
—"See you later, Miss Peach."
Cardin watched this with wide eyes as did many of his male friends.
— "Wow," everyone said, including Ren.
—"Do you know more about women, Naruto?" Cardin asked.
—"No, that's all."
Naruto looked at his non-existent watch and hurried to finish his meal. —"I have to go now. See you later, gentlemen."
—"Where are you going, Naruto?" Nora asked.
— "I have to train".
—"I see, don't try too hard."
—"Don't worry Nora, you know I never overdo it," Naruto grimaced knowing that wasn't true and his friends knew it.
—"I wish I was as strong as you, Naruto. I'm still very scared from the Vale incident." Ruby's hands were shaking, but beyond the fear she felt was frustration and anger. They couldn't do anything to stop Sasuke. —"I don't know how to deal with this, we tried our best, but they defeated us overwhelmingly. I put a lot of people in danger by simply making bad decisions and I don't know..."
¡PAM! ...
—"¡Haaaaaaa!".
—"What the hell Naruto!" Ruby covered her mouth when she realized she said something rude. Naruto had hit her on the head and he was simply looking at Ruby with a raised eyebrow. And the two stayed like that for a few seconds until Ruby started laughing out loud no matter how many people were looking at her.
—"HAHAHAHA! Oum, I can't believe it, really? Thanks Naruto."
—"No problem, Rubí. Frankly, your depression and bad mood was starting to bother me. So I made you react."
—"Now listen to me all of you," he said this, but these words were especially directed at the RWBY team. —"They were defeated, big deal. All their capabilities, both physical and mental, were pushed to the limit. Just as their morality was tested. Well, this would have to happen at some point in their lives. It's better that it happened now."
—"I am not against them having their duel and their moments of doubt. At some point it is necessary. But let this not afflict their fighting spirit."
—"Easy for you to say, Naruto," Yang spoke softly, but with restrained fury. —"You are completely capable of many things, but for us... Even we together couldn't do anything to Sasuke! We lost miserably. You don't know how frustrated I felt. You don't know how helpless I felt when my life sister was in danger. You wouldn't understand, you would never understand."
Naruto didn't say anything, he was just smiling. —"You're right, I wouldn't understand. It's not like at some point in my life I lost everything, right?"
Yang's eyes widened as she understood his accusation. She decided to apologize, but Naruto interrupted her.
—"I cried, I got frustrated, frankly I was very angry with the world. But you can say that like you, I had someone who helped me a lot, kept me company and kept me on the right path. You have your sister, your team and, even if at some point you lose them and they are no longer with you, their teachings will continue to be for you, follow them, do not deviate, because that is what they would have wanted for you".
Naruto looked up at the ceiling and had a longing look on his face. —"People die, Yang. It is very painful. Their absence is felt and eats away at your soul. But the best thing for you is to follow the ideals of the person you lost and keep alive the hope with which they always believed. If you lost your sister or lose one of your friends, you would try to keep their ideals alive and the same goes for them".
—"I'm sorry, Naruto," Yang spoke very quietly, but everyone could hear her.
—"Don't worry, it's normal to feel angry."
—"But still... I shouldn't have attacked you. This problem is mine alone and I took out my anger on a friend. I saw that you acted very calm and carefree, as if it didn't affect you, although it can be seen in your shoulders that you are a a little tense and stressed. But... I don't really know how you feel inside. I... Forgive me, Naruto."
—"Calm down," Rubí approached her sister and hugged her tightly. —"The next time we see Sasuke, we are going to destroy him and bring him to justice. We will also bring Naruto. After all, he is the only one who can face him so far."
Naruto made a complicated face and winced in pain, even though he was not hurt at any time.
Rubí, understanding what she had done, tried to say a word, but not a single voice came out of her mouth.
—"You know what? I have to go, it's getting late." She had to hurry. She couldn't waste a single second. She had to escape from that room. But her arm was held tightly by a Weiss with a dark look.
—"Where are you going, Naruto?"
—"I'm sorry, Weiss. I already told you. I have to..."
—"No, no, no. You stay here." Weiss pulled and sat Naruto down.
—"What was that, Naruto? How come you're the only one capable of facing Sasuke?"
—"Well, actually it's a misunderstanding, Weiss. Don't think wrong."
—"Don't tell me that..."
Naruto simply remained silent, but sweating profusely.
—"Do you care about Sasuke alone?".
He didn't answer, but obviously the answer was yes. And Weiss already knew it. — "I can't believe it!" He shouted, getting up from his chair and standing in front of Naruto, who was still sitting, but with his eyes downcast.
—"—"I can't believe how stupid, how irresponsible your actions were! How can you think of fighting Sasuke alone?! You didn't have a chance with him! ,Didn't you see that he beat us All of us We!? ,Are you stupid?"
— " You're not the one to tell me that, Weiss . " Naruto expressed it in his mind, but he didn't dare say it. —"Weiss, understand. That..."
—"Why didn't you tell me?!", she screamed louder.
—"Because I knew how you were going to get and well... I didn't want this to happen. I'm sorry, Weiss. Please, can we talk about this in private?"
—"Of course not".
Naruto looked around surreptitiously. Many students looked in his direction and saw the scene Weiss was causing. —"Did you not think about how you could have been hurt?! You could have died, Naruto! We could have lost you! Why did you do it?"
—"He hurt you, Weiss." The aforementioned stopped as she reprimanded Naruto.
—"He hurt you and I wasn't going to let things continue like this."
—"There is still no justification. You should not have done something so reckless."
—"You're right, thank you very much, Weiss." Naruto stared into the white haired girl's eyes and smiled at her. The truth was that he didn't like being scolded. Tsunade did it, Sakura did it and she frankly wasn't in the mood to receive any of those things right now.
—"Thank you, Weiss. I really appreciate your concern."
—"But of course I worry."
Naruto stood up and faced Weiss and caressed the white haired girl's cheek. —"Thank you so much".
—"It is my duty to make you understand your idiocies."
—"I know and I appreciate that you do it, but when I saw you that time, it hurt me. I couldn't help it, I felt so angry. How dare he hurt you? I couldn't stand it, so I lashed out at Sasuke. Don't worry, though It doesn't seem like it and although we haven't told you, I did give him a couple of good hits. I wasn't going to let him get away with it. He hurt you. How dare the idiot, I wasn't going to let it happen."
— "Very good, Naruto. You already have her attention. Now you just have to pay her a compliment. Distract her with nice words and leave as quickly as possible . "
—"You are an amazing woman. Despite your cold attitude, you can't help but care about people. It's charming in many ways. Even though you try to appear strong, you can't help but feel pain when someone is hurt. Thank you very much for caring about me. Not many people do it and there are very few people who would actually do it for a person like me."
—"Don't say that, Naruto, I worry about you, I worry about your safety," Weiss firmly took Naruto's hand that was caressing her cheek.
—"Oh, woman with lovely blue eyes, snow-white hair, and a firm, loving demeanor, I am so glad you are here with me. I know that no matter how hard you can be with me, you do it for my good and my safety.I couldn't be happier to have you by my side. There is no woman so strong, so determined."
Weiss was just trying to endure it as best she could, but the words Naruto said were beautiful and were making her blush.
—"Promise me you won't do anything reckless again."
—"I'm afraid I can't promise that, Weiss, it's in my nature to be reckless. But that's why I have you, to remind me how stupid I am, right?"
—"Yes, I will be there for you."
—"Then I guess I have to go, it's tragic but I have to separate from you."
—"It's tragic, I know," Weiss whispered.
—"Goodbye," and Naruto slowly walked away from her and held out his hand, pretending he didn't want to leave, and disappeared running out the door.
Weiss still fascinated by those words and Naruto's touch, she simply blinked and shook her head — "No, no! Wait Uzumaki! I'm not done with you, damn it!" She stomped on the floor almost breaking it — "she ran away, how did she do it?"
—"Well, he just paid you a compliment," Cardin said, drinking a glass of juice.
/-/
—"Wow, I'm already seeing land, this is impressive, it took me 2 days to get there going at maximum speed." In the middle of the sea of Menagerie there was a man who practically walked on water.
Spent 2 days running from Vale to reach Menagerie. He could have taken a boat to reach his destination, but he decided to do it the old-fashioned way because it would take less time. She was much faster than any ship this world knew. And since she was already close, he decided to walk as if nothing had happened.
— "Wow, wow, what an exciting day, the sun is shining and there were almost no storms. It seems that everything is going as desired, it seems that the world is smiling at me."
—"Hello guys! How are you? I hope you enjoyed your trip!" Sasuke waved to a ship that was to his left. The crew members stared with wide eyes at the man walking calmly in the water. With constant movements, the ship moved ahead of Sasuke.
—"Okay, I guess it's time to make plans. The kids are coming in a week and I have to organize everything... but I can't walk to Menagerie."
Sasuke, realizing that he could attract a lot of attention, let himself sink into the water and began to swim slowly towards dry land. A few minutes passed. It was very gratifying for him to feel the water, since it was a little hot. And then he stepped onto the sands of that beach.
He walked slowly towards the village of Kuo Kuana. She greeted some children who were enjoying the hot day at the sea. —"How are you? Nice day."
He walked slowly. Many inhabitants looked at him with suspicion, because it was very strange to see someone who looked like him. You could say that he was a faun, but he didn't have any very visible characteristics that would prove that he was a faun. And it's because he wasn't. He was practically human.
And then some guys with some masks pointed at Sasuke. And he took it calmly—"Good afternoon, sorry if I caused a bit of annoyance. My name is."
—"Human silence! Why are you here? How did you get here? And why are you wet?" .
—"Well, come to the ship over there," looking towards the ship that was returning to the ports of Vale.— "It's a long story, you can practically say that I was traveling with them and they threw me off the ship."
—"Why would they do that? Did you do something wrong?"
—"Well, I... it could be that I slept with the captain's daughter."
Many of them looked at each other and laughed.
— "Yes, it's very funny. I swear it wasn't intentional, she messed with me. I just accepted her advances, it wasn't my fault."
— "Stop distracting us, you damn scum! Why did you come here?!" one of the White Fang members shouted, pointing at Sasuke's head.
—"It is not necessary to use violence, sir, I just come to hang out and do a little sightseeing."
—"Humans are not allowed here."
— "I know my appearance may confuse you, but I am a faun."
—"Don't lie to me! You don't have any animal characteristics, no tail, no ears, no scales. So don't come here to deceive us."
—"Yes, I'm sorry about that," Sasuke opened his mouth slightly and showed his fangs a little longer for a human,— "I don't have any visible animal characteristics. This caused me a lot of problems. Can you imagine being discriminated against by humans and for your own kind?, Isn't it nice."
The White Fang members looked at each other doubtfully. But they decided to lower their weapons.—"I come to go sightseeing and maybe to settle in. I'm already tired of traveling."
The White Fang members were still suspicious and it was understandable, he was a damn foreigner from other lands. And frankly they didn't have very good experiences with foreigners.
—"Check it," ordered a group of three men who approached Sasuke and took his suitcases. The other two men were checking every part of his body to see if he had no weapons. They found nothing except clothes, shampoo, a toothbrush, toothpaste and canned food.
—"Impressive, they are very professional," Sasuke commented.
—"Thank you," said a White Fang member.
—"Well, since you saw that I have nothing, could you introduce me to this whole place, I'm new here," Sasuke asked.
The White Fang members looked at each other, but decided to refuse, they were on duty.
—"I understand, it's good that you keep working," Sasuke said ironically.
—"You do the tourism yourself, the town of Kuo Kuana is not that big, it is not like any of the other kingdoms... it is very small," answered one of them.
—"But I still wouldn't want to go alone, I would like you to show me the busiest places or something interesting," Sasuke insisted.
—"Then I could help you with that," Sasuke turned his head and looked at the man behind him. He was big, huge, like twice his size, he had black hair and amber eyes and hair on his chest. He had a fierce look and crossed arms as well as a distrustful posture.
—"Nice to meet you, sir." Sasuke extended his hand and the man only accepted it out of courtesy.
—"Ghira Belladona".
—It is a pleasure to meet you Mr. Belladonna and your beautiful daughter.
The woman next to him chuckled,—"Oh, how cute, but no, I'm his wife."
—"Really?! Wow, she looks so young, like she's 17."
—"Haha, what a flattering boy."
Ghira saw and analyzed this intruder. When he discovered that there was supposedly a human in Kuo Kuana he decided to check it out himself. It was better that he did it and not Sienna Khan, because this problem could escalate to a larger scale. — "What is your name, boy?" Mr. Belladonna spoke dangerously.
—"Oh, right, sorry for my manners, my name is..."
/-/
Have you had the feeling that something very bad is going to happen? That even though you haven't done anything all day that deserves something bad to happen to you, you have something in your being that tells you that something is going to happen and it will be very bad?
Argo felt that, she didn't know why, but ever since Ozpin left his cell all day she had that feeling. Every time a guard entered or he heard some strange sound he was always alarmed, he felt this chill, he had not felt anything like that since that day. —"What the hell is happening? Something's not right here."
— "You're right, something's not right here."
Argo quickly turned around and saw in the right corner, a man was standing in the darkness, a man wearing a mask. —"Hello Argo, it's been a while."
—"No, no, no, no, how did you find me?"
— "It makes no sense to wonder how I found you, what does make sense is to wonder what will become of you from now on. Please sit down."
Argo, deciding not to disobey the masked man, sat on his bed and Sasuke sat on the other bed, facing Argo.
—"Nice to see you, it's been a while, how long has it been? I see life hasn't been kind to you," Sasuke said, referring to Argo's missing limb.
— "It was a battle with a boy."
—"Did you try to finish the failed ritual in Ishbal?"
—"Yes," Argo answered carefully.
— "I see, you didn't make it and someone stopped you. The truth is that I'm very happy that it happened, and I'm even happier that they didn't kill you. It would have been a shame if I didn't do it myself, but thank you for being so elusive, Argo. Because now I will have the pleasure of killing you."
—"Wait! Let's make a deal, please don't kill me, I can do anything, I can work for you."
— "No, no, no. I don't need subordinates. I don't want you especially."
Then Argo simply put on a defiant look. —"So, what are you waiting for? Are you trying to make me suffer? Finish this quickly."
— "You try to put on a proud facade and appear not to be afraid, but I see that your legs are shaking. Despite the years you have lived, you are still afraid of death. You would think that an immortal had already overcome that."
Argo quickly got up from his bed and slammed his fists on the bars. He screamed and called for help, but got no response.
—"They won't come. I made sure of that, Argo. I'm here to kill you, yes, but I'm also here to thank you."
—"¿Thank me?".
Sasuke stood up and walked towards Argo, grabbed his collar and lifted him up.
Desperately trying to break free from Sasuke's grip, Argo used his legs and fists to punch the man, but they did nothing.
—"I come to thank you, Argo. If it were not for your actions I would not be here. If it were not for all the shit you did that day I would only be a farmer in the town of Ishbal. But no, thanks to you I was created and given to a purpose for which I live. And although frankly I would have preferred a thousand times to be a farmer, you can't go back in time. This is goodbye Argo, I thank you very much for everything you did, but at the same time I hate your actions".
—"W-What did I do wrong?" Argo gasped, —"Who did I kill to have this fate?"
— "That is something you will never know. You will die ignorant, you will die without knowing the name of the person you should not have killed and whose actions led you to this. Now the world will be free of your filth, it will be free of your miserable presence and will finally be pure."
—"Please, I can be useful to you. I know many things, I can tell you the secrets of this world."
— "It's not necessary, I know enough. I don't know everything, but I know enough. After all, I was always listening."
—"Now, Argo, I want you to stare at me," Sasuke carefully removed his mask. —"Look at the face of the one who is killing you, look at the face of your executioner. And if there is a life after death in this world, you will remember me for all eternity."
—"It's not possible," Argo saw that face, but how is it possible? —"No, no, it's not possible, Naruto."
—"No, I'm not Naruto's idiot. I'm not like him. See you later Argo."
—"W-What have I done? I created a monster."
—"No," Sasuke squeezed Argo's neck harder so he wouldn't say a single word, —"You have created the savior of the world."
And Sasuke snapped the man's neck and dropped the limp body to the ground and spat it out. He slowly walked out of that cell and closed the door.
No one found Argo's body until the next morning. And Ozpin when he found out that, frankly he was quite surprised.
It had only been a day since he visited Argo and the subject had died. There was something suspicious about that, he checked his clothes and made an inspection of everyone who was in that cell, but he found nothing. Just a little seed on his clothes from yesterday.
/-/
The fighting has begun and it has started strong. The fights were very close and entertaining. Naruto was really excited, this made him nostalgic, it reminded him of the chunin exams.
Only the battlefield was a little more interactive, plus the atmosphere was incredibly cheerful. And the truth is that that actually bothered him a little too. You would think that with the Vale incident this event would simply be canceled and Ozpin would prioritize finding the person directly responsible.
But he had a good idea of Ozpin's thinking. He perhaps wanted tempers to remain high so that the Grimm wouldn't be attracted to people's negative feelings. It's a neat trick, but at the same time a very egregious decision.
You have to increase security, put any police and hunters on all the streets. Search for clues to the culprits, they had Roman, they just had to force him to talk... but who was he to talk? He was also really enjoying this event.
—"Well done Yang!" Nora shouted from her left. Team RWBY was fighting, it was actually an amazing battle and it was no surprise that they won. The beginning of this tournament opened with the CRDL team match, everyone had to admit it and that team had improved enormously and gave Beacon its first victory.
— "Well, we have to go congratulate you, friends, get up."
— "The truth is that I would like to see the next battle," said Ren.
—"Yes because?"
— "Well, Jaune is going to fight."
—"Don't worry, he's going to win."
— "You have a lot of confidence that that will happen."
—"But of course, he won't lose. The only one he can lose against is me, and until the time comes, no battle he participates in interests me."
—"You trust Jaune a lot."
— "Yes, just look." Then his entire team looked towards the combat arena and saw Jaune's team.
They also witnessed how an opponent approached Jaune directly, but he simply stepped aside, grabbed the unfortunate boy by the face, and threw him to the ground, thus creating a large crack in the ground. The subject was instantly unconscious.
Everyone on stage went silent, that was a record actually. In an instant the opponent was completely defeated. And suddenly cheers of joy were heard, everyone shouting Jaune's name.
The Arc boy looked up, looking directly at Naruto Uzumaki and staring back at him. Jaune pointed his index finger at the defeated boy and Naruto grimaced as if to tell him that he is not impressed by what he did.
and Jaune Arc, seeing that expression, continued to take it as a challenge.
—"Anyway, I'll stay with Nora and watch the fight, analyze the fighting styles."
—"ooh, I see, good strategy. I understand what you're trying to do, keep it up, I support you."
—"I think you are misunderstanding my actions, Naruto."
—"no no, don't say any more, Pyrrha," Naruto grabbed the redhead and led her away bridal style, —"we have to leave the lovebirds alone."
—"No, you're misunderstanding on purpose, Naruto! We're not together!" Nora yelled, but Naruto ignored them and left.
—"Damn shameless! Come on Ren," Nora took her faithful companion by the hand and dragged him out of his seat to follow her leader.
—"But I want to stay," Ren insisted.
—"You have no say here, Ren, you follow me."
— "Well", it was really useless to convince Nora otherwise.
—"Idiot leader, how many times do we have to tell him that we are not dating?" .
—" Leave it alone, I find it endearing that he opens up to us, at first he was very closed and now I'm glad that's not the case, it's very entertaining to have someone like Naruto. It's like having a doppelganger of yours, but less scandalous and more. ..annoying", Ren narrowed his eyes..
/-/
Pyrrha and Naruto walked happily and calmly, with Ren and Nora following them. Team RWBY was not found in the hallways leading to the battlefield.
So they decided to look for them everywhere, and it should be noted that something very good about this tournament is that the battlefield or combat arena is a giant fucking structure that floats over Beacon! When Naruto saw this, his mouth was actually open. He was absorbed, he never imagined seeing something similar in his life.
And just as it said in its premise, this was a holiday to celebrate the various cultures of the Remnant. And it was not surprising that there were many food stalls with different dishes from many regions of the world.
—"Wow! I've never seen that before! What's his name?" Nora shouted.
—"That's something called sushi, it comes from Menagerie."
—"Have you tried it before?" Pyrrha asked.
—"I've tried it before. You'll like it if you don't mind eating raw fish."
—"Do you want to go eat sushi together, Naruto?" Pyrrha asked with a very happy smile.
—"Sure, no problem. Let's go with all the kids."
—"I would like to go alone with you, Naruto."
—"Why? I mean, it's better to eat in company."
—"Yes, but isn't being in my company enough?"
—"Sure, you know I like being with you, but I would like to be with others, sharing stories, smiling happily and drinking juice. Of course, no alcohol."
—"True, sometimes I forgot that you are 15 years old."
—"Although I'm 15, I'm very tall. I need about 10 cm to reach you, Pyrrha. And it's not my fault that you're so tall and you also wear heels. It's not fair."
—"Haha, dwarf," Pyrrha mocked.
—"I'm not a dwarf!" Naruto was quite offended. It had been a long time since they had teased him about his height.— "Ruby and Weiss are dwarfs and so is Nora. I'll get taller. Wait a few years, I'll be as tall as Jaune. You'll see."
— "Okay, now say it without crying."
—"Pyrrha, you're walking on dangerous ground. You're not going to like what I'm about to do."
—"Come on, Naruto, you've done some pretty embarrassing things in all the time I've known you, nothing can surprise me anymore."
—"Oh, really? Is that a challenge, Pyrrha?"
—"Of course it's a challenge," Pyrrha got very close to Naruto and faced him, and crouched down a little, and almost touched the Uzumaki's face with her nose. —"I want to see what you will do."
Naruto slowly and without drawing Pyrrha's attention, raised his hands and made some small movements with them, and quickly grabbed the redhead's ribs.
—"¡Haaaa!"
He was startled, not expecting it, and suddenly burst out laughing.
—"HAHAHAHAHA", Naruto was tickling him— "No, wait Naruto! Please stop!"
—"Do you think I'm going to stop just because you beg me? Oh no, of course not."
—"No! They're watching us!"
— "Let them see, I want them to hear how you plead, and I want to hear your beautiful laugh." Naruo made Pyrrha fall to the ground and climbed on top of her, tickling her more.
— "HAHAHAHAHA, no!, wait!, please!, go!, I surrender!, I surrender
—"No, there is no surrender here, there is only defeat here."
—"So I'm defeated! HAHAHAHAHA."
Pyrrha grabs Naruto by the shoulder and pushes him, she is now on top of Naruto.
For a moment Pyrrha saw the blue eyes in the Uzumaki, she was hypnotized, little by little she approached the blonde boy.
Naruto is a little confused, but just like her, he was enthralled. Those beautiful green eyes, he was aware of how beautiful Pyrrha was, he couldn't deny it, no one could say otherwise, but he never paid much attention to that feature of Pyrrha's, but now that she was so close, he couldn't help but be fascinated.
He felt Pyrrha's hands running down his shirt. She shuddered at the contact, they were absorbed in their own world, they didn't care that there were people around them.
—"Hump huump, is everything okay down there?" Nora interrupted with a mischievous smile, the two boys looked at their orange-haired partner and separated in an instant.
— "I... I'm sorry, I overdid it Pyrrha."
—"Don't apologize, Naruto," the redhead couldn't see her partner out of embarrassment. —"I shouldn't have challenged you."
—"Well," Naruto stood up as if nothing had happened and dusted himself off. —"It's okay, we were distracted in our joke. Then we didn't realize it, can you get up?"
—"Yes, but it seems that the little game left me a little tired, it will take me a while."
—"I see, does the lady want me to take her to her destination?"
—"My hero". Pyrrha, as if she were a child, rushed onto Naruto's back.—"Take me to where team RWBY is."
—"At your service my Queen."
Pyrrha and Naruto resumed their walk as if nothing had happened, and from behind, Nora and Ren watched them with a slight smile. Well, Nora was smiling broadly.
—"It seems that little by little Naruto is aware of Pyrrha. That's a lot of progress, I say, considering how dense he is." expressed the thoughts of him Ren
—"If this continues, Pyrrha X Naruto will be official. It's a shame for Weiss, but she's not going to win," Nora spoke.
—"Guys! How long are you going to stay there?! We have to look for Ruby and the other girls!"
—"Go!" , Nora screamed and ran towards the leader of her.
Ren saw his friends who were waiting for him in the distance, he smiled, he liked this a lot, he liked what he was able to do here. to have something very close to a big family, Nora was his family, but to have so many people close to you, who help you. It was something he hadn't felt in a long time.
They got along very well with Pyrrha, and Naruto understood them better than anyone, they shared a bond of loss. This could have been fate and he was grateful that someone like Naruto was on his team. he made them closer.
Naruto felt a small shiver.
/-/
For the girls' first official match, they did quite well, the truth is that they could have done better. but they were always in direct contact, they never made many plans to defeat the enemy, they always did everything on the fly.
They were going to have a small celebration for their first victory and well, they were going to do it. if it weren't for the fact that Emerald was praising Ruby for her battle, and the little girl was very embarrassed but at the same time happy for all that recognition.
—"You did very well, impressive in every way, the truth is that I am very careful to fight against you, I pray that I don't have to fight with your team."
—"Oh, you're not that bad," Ruby said, blushing a little.
—"I heard your team made it to the next round," Weiss spoke.
—"We did very well".
— "Well, leaving that aside, we were going to go to a small food stand for our celebration, do you want to come? Your team is invited too."
— "Well," Esmeralda said, feigning a little embarrassment, and she looked to the side and everyone looked in her direction. They saw Mercury who was sniffing a boot.
— "My team is somewhat introverted. They are terrible at social coexistence."
—"Yes, we already realized," Yang spoke.
—"Tomorrow the doubles fights will begin. So Mercury and I are going to participate, and you?"
— "It's a difficult decision," Ruby spoke, — "it has to be talked about very delicately."
—"We took a vote," Weiss said.
—"And that's an idea I proposed," Ruby said to save her dignity.
— "Yang and I will go to combat," added Blake Belladonna.
—"oooooh, I see. Well, I'll go watch the next fights, I want to have the biggest advantage possible. See you later."
Esmeralda slowly approached Mercury who put the boot aside, "and how are your new companions?"
—"Las hate".
—"Orders are orders, you have to live with them. Even if you don't like them."
–"I just can't understand how they can be so happy all the time, damn it. I hate this."
And suddenly the name of the team that won the fight was heard over the speakers. It was no surprise that it was Jaune. In fact, Cinder stayed to watch the battle and sent Esmeralda to investigate which were the possible combatants of the other teams.
—"Cinder was left alone to see her little boyfriend."
— "He's not her boyfriend, he's an idiot, a manipulable man, a necessary piece for Cinder's plans, he's a simple pawn."
—"I wouldn't see it that way," Mercury said with a petulant laugh. —"It seems like Cinder really likes Jaune. Aren't you curious about the history these two have?"
—"Of course not, and any story they have doesn't interest me. That idiot, Cinder is just using him. Now shut up, I don't want to hear you."
—"Oooh, looks like I hit a nerve there."
Esmeralda saw out of the corner of her eye that a certain Rubio was approaching in her direction. Well, she could take out some frustration on him.
As the blonde walked past her, she surreptitiously and quickly reached out to the Uzumaki's pocket and snatched his wallet.
—"That was very easy."
-"Did you steal that idiot's wallet?".
—"Yes, to be so skilled you really need to be a little more cautious." Esmeralda saw the wallet and looked at its contents, there was nothing, that surprised them both a lot. There was only one note and Esmeralda read it.
—"《To anyone, good luck next time. Seeing your situation, I understand that you may be in extreme need, so at the bottom of your wallet there is a surprise》."
When Esmeralda read that, she glanced at the wallet out of the corner of her eye and suddenly, WOW!, the ink exploded on her face. And some traces of ink also splashed on Mercury who wiped his clothes in disgust.
Esmeralda saw an arrow drawn on the paper, so she turned the piece of paper over and read what it said.
—"《hahahaha, stupid, I can't believe you fell in love with that》".
Esmeralda's fury only increases, she crumples the paper and throws Uzumaki Naruto's wallet to the ground. and she stomped on him countless times: —"Son of a bitch, at some point you're going to pay me back when I find you!"
Mercury whistled very impressed, that must have been prepared well in advance.
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You always have to party and celebrate the good times, you never know when they might end, and the RWBY team decided to celebrate their first win at a ramen stand for no particular reason, but subconsciously maybe it was due to a certain blond friend
Each girl ordered their respective dish and Blake ordered something very special, her ramen dish would have to have fish. — "Alright, here it is," Weiss gave the chef a card, but the cook immediately returned it because he was rejected.
— "What happened?", she was confused.
—"My ladies, a pleasure to meet you here."
Everyone looked to their left and noticed Naruto's team approaching. Weiss's eyes narrowed as he saw Pyrrha carried behind Naruto's back.
—"Hello Weiss," Pyrrha said, waving with a smug smile that normally shouldn't be there, it seems like she's become a little more assertive.
—"So you decided to try the dish of the gods, a very good choice to celebrate your victory. Today is the day, it seems that the path is illuminated for you, you have understood the meaning of life and you have responded to the call of the ramen!" Naruto spoke to the sky, exclaiming, and the chef nodded, as if agreeing with the Uzumaki.
—"And what happened?"
—"Weiss's card was declined." Ruby responded.
—"I see, don't worry. I'll invite you." Naruto took out a wallet.
—"Hey, that's not your wallet," Ren told him.
—"Yes, it's mine, I changed it last night, the previous one was already worn out."
—"No, it was in very good condition."
—"Leave the details Ren, Naruto took out a wad of Lien and gave them to the chef."
—"Very well, my beautiful maiden, you may alight, your noble steed has taken you to your destination."
Reluctantly, Pyrrha got off Naruto's back and stood on his right. —"Girls, I have to admit that your battle was quite impressive. However, there are many things that could have been improved."
—"Yes yes, leave your sermon for another time Naruto, we come to celebrate." Yang said nonchalantly.
—"You're right I'm sorry".
— "Who will participate in your doubles matches?" Rubí asked.
—"That depends on the type of opponent." said Naruto.
—"I knew I would find you here Naruto," the Uzumaki turned and saw Jaune with his respective team approaching them.
— "Yes, you were always a fan of ramen." Jaune said.
— "Thank you for remembering that fact, my friend."
— "It's impossible when you always talk about it."
—"Do you celebrate your victory?" Naruto asked.
—"My friends have never tried ramen. So we have to take advantage of it."
—"《NNPR team, approach the combat arena》".
—"We just found you girls and I'm leaving," Naruto lamented. —"Very good team, we have to go."
— "Take care Naruto!" the entire RWBY team shouted.
—"Please don't be so hard on them," Jaune said calmly.
—"Don't worry, I'll be soft and hard at the same time, a little distant and cruel, like a woman's heart," that earned him a slap from Nora.
— "Imbecile."
— "I'm sorry, Nora, you know I don't mean it."
—"Aren't you going to see your friend's fight?" Neon asked Jaune.
—"No need, I'm not interested in any fight that isn't against me," said Jaune. — "I'm just waiting for our fight," the excitement in his voice was palpable.
—"Don't lose Naruto!" , Jaune yelled at his friend.
—"That won't happen! As long as you're not in the combat arena, I'm not allowed to lose."
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[mini report].
Lazily, his eyes widened at the sound of an alarm, he lazily turned off said device and stood up annoyed, but in reality he was disoriented. —This is my room? How did I get here?. The last thing I remember was him cleaning the hallways. Damn, I'm hungover, did I go drinking at night? But I don't remember anything. Shit, I have to get ready for work.
The man took a shower, brushed his teeth and put on his work uniform. Luckily his room was practically in Beacon.
—"Good morning Mr. Garrison," a student greeted him.
— "Good day".
Garrison did his daily checkup, passing by Beacon's garden and was quite surprised, there was a certain section of the garden that wasn't maintained so to speak, it had dead plants and all that. And repairing that was the gardener's job, but he was on vacation so no one checked that area. But now the plants were fine, revitalized, it was very beautiful, better than any part of the garden.
— "Wow, it looks like Marco is back. He checked the bathrooms and saw the plumbing," the plumbing was new, replaced.
I was very surprised, some structures in Beacon were a bit old and needed a lot of maintenance, but now they were replaced and repaired.
—"When did this happen? I better go to the cafeteria, I need a coffee." And when she entered the cafeteria she was also surprised, this dining room had two coffee machines. But that was not possible, there was only one, the previous one broke down a couple of months ago, but now it was working fine.
He had a coffee and a sandwich and left the dining room. —"Possibly I fell asleep and in that period of time Ozpin hired workers to fix the Academy,... or hell! I hope this doesn't cause me any problems."
—"Mr. Garrison," the aforementioned became a little tense, he knew that voice.
— "Ah, D-Director Ozpin," his voice trembled. —"How are you? Good day".
He expected annoyance from the Director, but nothing, in fact he smiled happily, as if the day had started well. And behind the Headmaster was Glynda and the General.
—"Mr. Garrison, how have you been?"
— "Well, a little tired."
—"I imagine, after the work you did yesterday, I'm really surprised that you're still doing so well."
Ozpin approached Mr. Garrison and put a hand on his back and patted him.—"I would like to thank you very much for your work and your work in this Academy, I have never seen so much commitment."
—"It's nothing sir."
—"Isn't it nothing? You replaced structures and gave it incredible maintenance, you even fixed the damaged coffee maker."
—"I think you are confused sir, I didn't do any of this."
—"How modest Mr. Garrison, all the students saw it, you did all the work, I want to thank you, a vacation plus a raise."
—"Director Ozpin, I think you're really misinterpreting the situation, I don't..."
— "I understand that you don't really want to overshadow the other workers, but don't worry, you deserve it, you've done a lot for this Academy in a single day."
Ozpin walked away from Garrison and went to his office: —"If you did all that in one day, I can imagine what you'll do if you work for me for a year or years to come! Enjoy your vacation, Mr. Garrison."
— "Sir... I," the words did not come out of Garrison's mouth. He was processing what Ozpin said. Did he really do all that yesterday? He didn't remember. Did he get high somehow? Well, if anything, he downplayed it, he had a raise and vacation. This is the best way to start the morning.
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I hope you liked this chapter as much as I did.
I want to apologize for any spelling errors this text may have. It's the first fanfic I've written and I would love to receive your feedback with tips and suggestions to improve my story. This is the English version of my Spanish story, which has some changes from the original. I don't know English, I used a damn translator and I must say that this story does not respect the original canon of the RWBY series.
Thanks for reading and I look forward to your opinions.