I'm back people! Sorry for having to be gone for about a month (I think; losing track of my days here), but I'm back from all of my first exams and it's now high time I got the ball rolling for my new fanfic!

On that particular note, with my poll now over, here's the results: God-like Naruto story: 7 votes. Naruto/RWBY crossover: 7 votes. Reimagining of HOTD: 7 votes. As for the other choices I put up, they all got 0, save for the Labeling a Devil sequel, which got 1.

That said, because of the unexpected three way tie, I had to seriously think on what to do and I've ultimately reached a conclusion: my truly sincerest apologies HOTD voters, but I am going to have to put that HOTD overhaul on hold for perhaps a later time. As for the remaining two tiers – the God-like Naruto story and the Naruto/RWBY crossover – I also did some more deliberation on that and I've reached a compromise on it: I decided to combine the two ideas into one!

And so this fic will be just that: a Naruto/RWBY crossover featuring a god-like Naruto. And as you will very quickly discover, this fic is actually none other than a sequel to my previous fic. Yes, that's right, this fic will be a sequel to The God Slaying Wolf!

Now, on another note concerning this new fic, if any of you are now worried that Naruto and co. will outshine the RWBY characters, please rest assured that this will not be so. It will take quite some time, but I fully intend to make the main RWBY characters even more badass than they already are in order to deal with… certain events that I already have planned out for this fic. But please keep in mind that this badass-boosting process will. Take. TIME. Just thought you should know all of this in advance.

And now on one final note: updating. For now, this fic will be my main concern, but in due time (possibly a week or so following this being posted), I will be starting a new original story in my free time and I intend to alternate between the two (one chapter for this, one chapter for the OS, one chapter for this, and so on…). And as I am still pretty much in the middle of my college semester and have two essays getting ready to fling themselves into my face, I cannot honestly tell you guys just how often I will be able to update or if it'll be a regular updating schedule at that. But as always, please rest assured knowing that I WILL be posting new chapters whenever I get the first chance to do so.

Sorry for the long AN, but I just have to make sure to keep you all in the loop.

Now without further ado, onto my new fic!

P.S. Once again, to those of you who voted for the HOTD overhaul, I cannot express how sorry I am for not going through with it… but Naruto was pretty much 2 for 1 against HOTD's '1.'

The Wolf Amongst The Sheep Prologue

It was yet another bright and beautiful day at Beacon Academy, where many young men and women went to, aspiring to be hunters and huntresses.

But of course, it was only a bright and beautiful day to those young men and women who were actually enjoying their current class, which most of the team known as team RWBY… weren't.

The members of team RWBY – Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, and Yang Xiao Long – were all very much doing different things right now. The leader of the team, Ruby, was simply doing her best not to fall asleep. Weiss, always the more studious one of the group, was actually quite focused on the professor's lecture. Blake was only partially paying attention and so was Yang, who was simply looking outside the nearest window with longing. It was too nice a day to be stuck in a classroom, the sole blond of team RWBY silently felt.

And their professor's lecture wasn't exactly the most riveting thing any of the students have ever heard either; the lecture was on Vale's military force. Now while this should've sounded interesting to them, all week long, the professor has so far only been speaking about basic protocols and the likes – nothing truly interesting just yet.

Their professor knew this. He knew this fact quite well. Hell, even he was bored of this. But he wasn't about to stop just because of something like that. And besides, during lectures like this, he can sometimes do some fun stuff… like what he did just now.

Ruby, now nearly dozing off, was startled badly when the professor, who had been passing her by in the front row, suddenly smacked her empty desk with a rolled up paper, producing a loud 'smack.'

"I know this isn't the most interesting lecture ever, Ms. Rose…" the professor said with a wolfish smile. "But please try not to use it or the fact it's morning as an excuse to sleep."

Ruby, ever the awkward girl, simply chuckled sheepishly. "Sorry professor Namikaze. I'll try to stay awake," she replied, rubbing the back of her head in embarrassment.

The professor, Naruto Namikaze, smiled. "I'll hold you to that," he said before walking back to the front of the classroom.

As he did this, Ruby and a number of other students carefully watched their professor. They were not quite sure what to make of him. Ever since the end of their initiation test and the start of their classes, none of them were sure on how to feel about him in particular.

There were those – mainly girls – who found him to be rather attractive in spite of his seemingly scrawny – they couldn't tell due to his button up shirt being a little on the large size – physique, though he was certainly tall, standing at a few inches over six feet in height. Not to mention he had rather short and spiky blond hair that was positively vibrant in color. Though what threw most people off was the fact that he always had his eyes closed… while wearing glasses. They just didn't know what to make of that at all.

"Seriously…" many students had already thought at some point during this week, "just how does he not bump into things?"

Ultimately though, the rest of the lecture passed by with nothing of note happening, save for Ruby's little 'wake-up' call courtesy of Naruto.

As the class ultimately came to an end and the students left, the blond professor sighed in slight relief. And once the classroom was empty save for himself, Naruto finally decided to loosen up. He'd taken to slightly slouching forward and hunching up his shoulders in order to make himself look less threatening, but it was a killer on his body to be doing that for particularly long periods of time.

"Man, what a day…" he muttered as he took off his glasses and opened his eyes to reveal his ocean blue irises. Cracking his neck, he now took a moment to quietly stare out the nearest window. "Wonder how things are going for the others…"

A little later that day, lunch finally came about and students of all years quickly lined up in the cafeteria for a meal. They've quickly come to learn that while their food doesn't look particularly special or otherwise out of the ordinary, it was truly excellent, tasting incredibly delicious.

This was due to the two people that mainly took care of all the cooking. Said two people happened to be working behind the counter where the students received their food trays, bidding hellos to the cooks as they got their meal for the day.

"Next!" Miki now spoke, as yet another student finished getting his tray of food and leaving, though before looking at Miki with just a tad bit of attraction in his eyes.

Currently dressed in an unflatteringly large white long sleeve shirt and apron, Miki Namikaze, happily served food to the students that approached. Though it was still only the first week of the year for the students and staff, the former group had already taken a liking to Miki.

Many found her to be quite attractive, with soft yet mature looks that would often be labeled as either 'pretty' or 'cute,' in spite of her appearing to be in her mid-twenties. Her long brown hair pulled back into a ponytail, combined with her happy and endearing smile, it was easy to see just why she already had such a fan-base in the academy. Her cooking didn't exactly hurt either.

But if she was something of an eye-candy figure for the boys, then her fellow cook was one for the girls. Dressed in similar clothes to Miki, Ryuichi Sumeragi worked just a little ways away, preparing the students' meals with much gusto and speed.

Much like Miki and Naruto, he now appeared to be in his mid-twenties. His hair had slightly grown itself out and his features have become a little sharper since his teen years. He was also taller than before too, standing at just an inch or so shorter than Naruto.

"Here you go…" He then said a minute later as he finished up preparing the next tray, passing it to a female student that blushed at his smile. Watching as the student muttered out a 'thank you' and walked away with her giggling friends, he had to fight down an urge to chuckle at the sight. After all, it was yet another busy day thus far for him and Miki; slacking off for even a second simply wasn't allowed.

And so it was with that, that yet another day passed by.

That is… for the students at least.

For the three once known, albeit unofficially, as team magi, their day may be over, but the night was now only beginning to start.

After the students have all finally headed back to their rooms to sleep, the three magi met up after their long day at work.

"You have no idea how much I've missed you after today…" Naruto said with a smile as he approached Miki. The two of them shared a long kiss immediately after he said that.

Ryuichi, watching this, simply shook his head, but with a smile on his face. "Head back to your room if you plan to go beyond that."

Shooting Ryuichi a playful glare, Naruto and Miki stopped. And so the three of them began to make their way for the headmaster's office. "So how are things as cooks?" Naruto asked as they kept on walking.

"I personally like it; fun to watch the students enjoy our cooking," Ryuichi spoke with a grin.

"Mhm…" Miki agreed. Then she scratched her head a little sheepishly. "Though the two of us could probably do without being hit on…" She chuckled lightly as she recalled a small number of students trying to flirt with either her or Ryuichi, unaware of a number of things about them, namely that they weren't single.

They then took a moment to simply stay silent, enjoying the quiet time and slight breeze that went rushing through the area as they moved about. This held especially true as they were wearing more casual clothes than before.

Naruto was dressed in grey pants and a long sleeve black shirt, with a grey long sleeve button up over it. Around his neck, he still wore the wolf pendant he received a long time ago from Miki. As for Miki, she was no longer dressed in the simple cook wear from earlier; instead she now wore a long white dress with black strings tied beneath her breasts and on the end of the sleeves. Combined with her brown hair that was no longer in a ponytail, Miki, always a pretty girl back when she was younger, was quite stunning to look at. And as for Ryuichi, he wore clothes similar to Naruto, albeit his pants were dark blue while he wore a simple black long sleeve shirt. He also still wore a single black glove on his left hand.

A handful of minutes later, they finally reached their destination: an elevator that then took them up to the top floor of the place.

Knocking lightly on it, Naruto and the others then received a slight mutter of 'come in' and proceeded to do just that.

Sitting in the room was, of course, none other than the headmaster of Beacon Academy himself, Ozpin. "Naruto, Miki, Ryuichi," the man himself greeted, rising from his chair to walk up to them halfway. The three of them mildly noted he was once again drinking coffee. "I hope you've all had a good week."

Naruto simply shrugged. "Could've been worse, could've been better… though I still can't believe you talked me into being a professor here. And on our military of all things," he muttered out with a head shake.

This earned a slight smile from Ozpin, who has known the three people standing before him for many, many years now. It never ceased to amaze him just how young his three comrades looked in spite of their true age.

And in addition to knowing their true age, Ozpin very well knew their 'story,' namely that of a time that predated the current world of Remnant.

More than a few centuries ago, the world now known as Remnant hadn't even existed. Instead, prior to this current time filled with hunters and huntresses and Faunus and the Grimm, the world had instead been filled with people that are now only really mentioned in stories: shinobi. And magi as well.

Following the end of the magical ritual known as Ragnarok, made by Naruto's ancestor Tatsuya in a bid to revive his wife Kiyomi, team magi and their fellow magi had gone on to live rather happy lives following Naruto's defeat of Tatsuya who was then known as Odin. But it hadn't quite remained a peaceful time for them for long; roughly two years following the end of Ragnarok, the organization known as Akatsuki had made its appearance and its goal was to hunt down and capture the jinchuriki.

This had led all of the five major villages to scramble together in order to combat the Akatsuki, said organization being comprised of a number of powerful missing nin. So powerful in fact, that they could very well combat a kage on their own.

A war had ended up erupting when it was later discovered that Kakashi's supposedly dead friend Obito was alive and had tried to masquerade himself as Madara Uchiha. But thanks to the sometimes subtle and other times not so subtle help of their fellow magi, team magi had managed to make a change in the tide of the war, preventing Obito from reviving Madara and weakening him enough to be finished off by a combined attack from Minato and Kakashi, both of whom had felt guilty for how Obito had ultimately turned out.

Given the sheer level of power each of them had possessed by then, any member of team magi, especially Naruto, should've been able to singlehandedly win the entire war on their lonesome. But they had ultimately decided against it, recalling very much what they've learned from their friend Katsumi about the Fimbulvinter War and not wanting to risk a second one possibly starting.

Ozpin, thinking on all of this, could feel himself almost now literally shake his head. For it had been quite some time following the end of this '4th Great Shinobi War' that the age of shinobi eventually began to wind down and eventually disappear altogether, thereby eventually giving rise to the world now known as Remnant as humanity ultimately evolved, chakra transforming into the energy now simply known as aura while the Grimm were formed from offshoots of chakra from the biju that the Akatsuki had been able to capture at one point.

However, Ozpin was roused from his thoughts when Miki suddenly spoke. "You're doing it again…" she said quietly.

"Sorry." Ozpin earnestly apologized. This wasn't the first time he'd thought so deeply on all that he's learned from the three magi. And how could he not? All of this knowledge that he now had on shinobi and magi were not mentioned in any of the history books that had come to be following the rise of the Grimm. He was quite literally one of a few people that knew of the world before Remnant and to have three people from that time period still very much alive and looking in their mid-twenties standing before him… well, even for a hunter of his caliber, it was certainly a mindboggling thing, even after how long he's known them now. "My mind wandering aside, I do apologize for talking you all into working here at the academy."

They simply shrugged it off. "No need to sweat it. We could've easily said no if we had really wanted to," Naruto calmly replied, slowly walking until he now stood just before Ozpin's window. He looked over the academy grounds, taking in the sight.

"And besides," Ryuichi now spoke. He took on a serious expression. "You did say that something was going to eventually happen. Something rather big."

Ozpin nodded. "That's right…"

From before the night he and Glynda had met Ruby, who had tried to take down Roman Torchwick of all people, he had long since been looking into all of the crimes that involved Dust being stolen. Some kind of massive operation that he had most recently come to learn involved Torchwick himself. And in addition to this, further private investigation had yielded some more info: Roman Torchwick may very well not be working alone. It was also implied that the mysterious woman Glynda had briefly done battle with had a hand in all of this too. Dust, while an abundant substance if one knew just where to look, was highly dangerous if mishandled. But in the hands of dangerous criminals like Torchwick and this mysterious woman? Both of whom would most definitely be using such a vast amount of stolen Dust for their own uses? Clearly there was something big going on and it was this info that Ozpin had shared with the three magi and had been what prompted them to come here to Beacon in the first place.

"The calm before the storm…" Ryuichi muttered, mulling over all of this. "That's what it feels like now."

"Yeah," Miki agreed with her longtime friend, folding her arms beneath her bust. "There's definitely something else going on here with these Dust robberies."

Indeed, she, her husband, and best friends have been just a little on edge lately. They have yet to truly share their exact thoughts with Ozpin or anyone else, but they could sense that there was much more to all of this than what the headmaster of Beacon has learned thus far. Something that, dare they even say it, could possibly be related to magi. But this was simply a feeling and nothing more for the time being. They couldn't actually be sure just yet.

Naruto then sighed. Turning around to face Ozpin, he scratched his head in slight annoyance. "Looks like we'll have our hands full for a while, at any rate. Especially since I'm getting the feeling that your students could end up getting involved in this entire mess."

Ozpin nodded, sipping his coffee. "Yes. I'd much rather that not be the case though."

"Well, like we told you when you first talked us into this… we'll do our best to watch over things here," Naruto then replied. "But even with our level of power and experience, there's no telling just what could happen… not to mention having to pretty much stay hidden like this…" He sighed yet again.

As magi, they lacked the ability to use the ninjutsu once used by shinobi and as such throughout the centuries they've lived thanks to their extended lifespans as magi, they've had to resort to other means of making sure no one quite caught onto them never quite aging and the likes. This was partially why he tried to make himself look smaller and frailer than he is. However, the main reason why he did so was because long ago he had discovered that thanks to the vast amount of power he had gained from defeating Tatsuya his presence had become quite 'heavy.' There were often times where people simply were unable to be around him without feeling like they're being crushed, at least whenever he unconsciously was letting out a tad bit of his mana. But through many years of self-discipline and playing the part of a semi-scrawny and somewhat odd looking young man, he was able to keep people from noticing anything truly off about his 'presence.'

"I know." Ozpin clasped him on the shoulder. "And I appreciate all the trouble you're going through. But I'm sure that overtime you three may very well come to truly enjoy your time here at Beacon."

That got a slight chuckle out of the three magi. "Only time will tell," Miki said.

Nodding, Ozpin took another sip of his coffee. And then, for the first time in a long time for him, he sported a look of surprise. "…It just occurred to me, but where's Hanako at?" He asked this with only the mildest of tones, looking around slightly for Naruto's humanoid magical weapon.

The blond magus just chuckled. "Still sleeping in the room," he answered. He shook his head. "Even after all these years, she's still as lively as ever."

Indeed, Hanako approached things nowadays with the same level of enthusiasm and wonder that she did back when she was first ever summoned. She had spent the better part of this past week simply fawning over everything that Vale and Beacon had to offer and did so, amazingly enough, without any of the students spotting her. It was because of this that she was then left tired enough to sleep all day back in the room provided for them by Ozpin.

"Ah." Ozpin actually smirked a little. "That does sound like her."

"Mhm…" Naruto then fell silent. So did everyone else. Eventually, he did sigh. "Well, we just came by to check in with you is all. I think it's about time we call this a night."

Ozpin nodded as the three magi made way to the door. "Of course. Good night." He watched as the three returned the farewell gesture. It wasn't until they left and were out of earshot that he sighed tiredly.

Heading back to his chair and sitting for the time being, he couldn't quite help but feel just a little worried over things. Even with Naruto, Miki, and Ryuichi here… he too couldn't shake the feeling that soon enough things were going to seriously changed.

And he had the stinking suspicion that his students would be caught up in the middle of it all.

And that's a wrap for this prologue! So what did you think everyone? Bet you didn't see the whole 'centuries have past…' part. And you can expect such a fact to play an larger role in the grand scheme of this fic.

You can also expect to see some returning characters from the previous fic as well. And on that note, please forgive me if any RWBY characters (who will be getting more screen-time in the coming chapters) seem slightly OOC. I've never quite worked with personalities as straightforward yet diverse as theirs, but I'll do my best to keep them spot on to their canon selves.

And on one last note, you can definitely expect this to not be the end of the 'explanation' as to what's been going on these past few centuries in story… over the course of the story I'll be revealing more of what's come to pass over team magi's lifespans.

Please look forward to it.

And once again, due to me being smack in the middle of my semester and my other story (the original one) that I'll be starting soon, I can't say exactly when I'll be able to get the next chapter out… but I will do my best to make sure it doesn't take me too long to do.

Hopefully until next time everyone. Take care!