Chapter 1: Calling All Monsters

In the vast expansive region named Emerald Forest, an orange furred fox ran pass numerous trees. This was no ordinary fox, no, it was a kitsune, a fox monster. Five luscious tails swung in the air as he dashed across the field.

Hot on his trail was a horde of agitated Beowolves. The black wolf like creatures of Grimm chased after the kitsune with a passion. This was an unusual case, seeing that the Grimm rarely chased anything besides the unfortunate human or Faunus.

But the fox had earned their ire through provocation. It had been quite rude of him to drop a pile of boulders on the resting Grimm. Staying behind to point and laugh had only worsen the situation. Thinking back on his actions, the kitsune actually resumed his snickering.

As the fastest of the pack began to catch up on him, he collected wind on a single tail and shot it behind him. A rush of wind shot past them, knocking a lot of them down. So enraged, the unfallen ran over their comrades to tear down that troublemaking kitsune. The angrier they got, the more mirth entered the kitsune's eyes.

Displacing himself with some wind, he leapt into the trees and began running on the tree branches. His snickers were audible. The chase brought the group to a series of bridges holding up an eroded tower. Panting and smirking, the five tailed monster raced on the nearest bridge. On his way to the center, he caught sight of an area with a number of chess pieces.

A genius idea entered his mind. If he would take a number of them, he could easily mess up whatever plan the nearby humans were conducting. Should his memory be correct, this was the area in which the huntsmen school Beacon carried their initiation. Relics were a favored item for the quest. Leaping above one of the pedestals, he caught an ebony bishop piece. With his tail, he was able to grasp yet another three identical bishop pieces, because more was always better. Bubbling merriment erupted inside of him, as he thought about the confused and frustrated administration.

Using great aerobatics, he flipped over the rest of the area to land onto the bridge, from which the pursuit continued. Looking over the edge, he grew giddy about how high it was. The mischievous beast ceased his running. All the Grimm came to the stop, the wide smile unnerved even them. With a light wag of his tail, a mighty gust collapsed the bridge and sent everybody falling. All the while, the kitsune was calm, if not amused. For miles they fell, all manner of grunts and squeals came from the Grimm. Soon the ground was visible. With practiced ease, the kitsune touched down.

The Grimm weren't as lucky. Crunching sounds echoed as their bodies fell. Said bodies were quite contorted. As he walked away, the kitsune noticed a number of the bodies disintegrating. That was what made it so nice to harass the monsters of Grimm over human and Faunus.

No clean up required.

Giggling at the morbid thought, the orange furred fox took greater note of his surroundings. Carved into the base of the cliff was a grand looking mansion. It had seen better days. The structure was elaborate to say the least. Having nothing better to do, he decided to explore the interior. It didn't exactly scream livable.

Entering through the front door, he walked into what he assumed was a library.

"Welcome to my domain, little Mr. Kitsune", a feminine voice called out. The kitsune looked up to find the source of the voice.

…

Above the Emerald Forest was a cargo airship that made its way across the area. A bout of turbulence wildly shook the cargo area, causing the back latch to momentarily burst open. Before it could automatically relock itself, a single item fell from it. A black coffin.

It cut through the wind, whistling to the ground. The ground blew up from the impact of the coffin. Foliage and rocks spurred around. Slowly, the coffin rose. Pink hair popped out of the coffin. Sedately, a young woman pulled herself out. Cutely, she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes as she rubbed them. On her body was a white sun dress. A Rosario hung around her neck.

"Morning? This doesn't look like the castle." Dazed, she tumbled a bit before she came face to face with a bear Grimm. It stared at her for a moment, before walking away. "Bye Mr. Bear", she said tiredly. Using her advanced eyesight, she saw multiple people traversing around the forest. Stretching slowly, she took a random direction.

Some travel time later, the girl heard the sound of combat. Waking up, she picked up the pace to see two girls fighting a number of Grimm. One wore black and red and the other had blue and white they used a scythe and rapier respectively.

The girl in black warned, "Watch out Weiss."

Behind Weiss was a Beowolf, raising its claws. "Go away." The pink haired girl called out, she lightly pushed the creature away. Surprisingly, the Grimm flew right out of the battle zone. Both of the armed girls looked at her with shocked awe. "Are you two unhurt?" She questioned demurely.

"That was neat. I'm Ruby Rose by the way." The girl in black and red introduced herself.

Coughing, Weiss collected her thoughts and introduced herself as well, "I am Weiss Schnee and I thank you for your assistance."

"Schnee? That sounds fancy."

A single twitch occurred on her lips, "Don't tell me you haven't heard of the Schnee Dust Company? One of the largest providers of dust. Don't tell me you just as ignorant as my foolish partner."

"Hey!" Ruby cried out in offense.

The pink haired girl blushed, "I'm sorry for being ignorant. I don't always catch on to current events. But it's a very pretty name. I'm Moka Akashiya, a pleasure to meet."

"Charmed", Weiss returned coolly.

Ruby was quick to shake her hands, "Don't worry about Weiss. She's just a little uptight."

"Excuse you. I am most certainly not uptight. You merely lack the maturity to take this seriously. Beacon Academy is for the best of the best, not a child jumping all over the place."

Ruby wilted from the reprimand.

"Come now, she can't be that bad. It's better to get along." Moka tried to add in.

Ruby seemed very appreciative to the support. She gave a small smile towards Moka. Moka returned it.

"Can I travel with you, just until we get out of the forest?"

"Sure, the more the merrier, right partner?"

Weiss huffed and merely put away her weapon as she began to walk, "She might as well."

Moka and Ruby cheered as they made to follow behind elegant girl.

…

A brown haired teen held onto his glasses as he was being carried away. His carrier was a muscular blue ogre. Low rumbles followed each of his footsteps. On occasion the ogre would plow down a tree or two.

"I don't want to do this. Please let me down."

The ogre shook his head apologetically, "Sorry young master. Your grandfather has decided that it's time you interacted more with the outside world. It has been decided that this was a good place to start."

"But Beacon Academy? This is too extreme, have I even been registered?"

All he got was silence.

"Please don't ignore me!" The boy cried out. His grandfather was the leader of his family, but he was just too whimsical. "Grandfather is only sending me because he thought it would be funny, didn't he?"

Once again, the ogre neither confirmed nor denied it. And that said a lot in itself.

A sense of dread spread in the boy's body as the ogre raised him in one hand. "I'm sorry young master, but I have been instructed to do this."

Said young master shook his head in fear, "It should be fine to just leave me here. No one shall find out. Please be reasonable."

"Once again, I'm sorry, but I have my orders." Without another word, he flung the teen through the sky. The poor boy screamed as he clutched his family's sword. If he survived this, his grandfather was going to get such an earful. There were so many ways he could've gone about this. He just didn't have his grandfather's skill in deception and trickery. By the end of the day, he was going to end up incarcerated.

He could feel himself descending. Closing his eyes he prepared for impact. Instead, he felt his body being held bridal style. Opening his eyes, he met kind eyes of Moka. "Are you alright. You gave me quite the fright with your screaming."

"I'm sorry. I lose my nerves easily. I thank you for the help." He was left down as he dusted himself. Now he noticed two other girls beside his savior. Rubbing the back of his hand, he chuckled nervously, "Rikuo Nura, dropping in."

Ruby sound pained from the pun, while Weiss looked contrite. Moka giggled lightly. "That was horrible Rikuo."

"Well it's good that you find it so amusing, Moka. I personally think it fell flat." Weiss stated.

The rest of the group just stared blankly at the white haired girl. Noticing their looks she bristled, ""What?" When they didn't answer her, she took the time to recall her previous statement. "Ha ha, I wasn't making one of those horrid puns."

"It's okay Weiss. Everyone have different senses of humor. I won't respect you any less just because you make puns." Moka attempted to placate her.

"Wow Weiss, I didn't know my partner would have that in common with my sister."

Weiss simply crossed her arms and huffed away.

"Oops, I think we made her mad again. Congratulations on becoming partners you two. Maybe you'll have a better time than me." Ruby mumbled the last sentences lowly as she kicked a pebble.

Having met Weiss, Rikuo thought he won the lottery in this regard. A headache already became to form for the tired teen.

…

Inside the cliff based manor, the fox merely smiled innocently before he went up in smoke. As the smoke dissipated, a young man in his late teens walked out. The figure had spiked sun kissed hair, tan skin, and vivid blue eyes. Hints of his true nature were visible by the five swaying fox tails behind him and a trio of whisker like marks on his each of his cheeks. Dressed in orange multi pocketed pants, and a simple blue short sleeved shirt. In the center was an orange spiral connected to nine tails. Resting on his head were a pair of green googles.

Hung around his neck was a blue green jewel that glistened without light. Plastered on his face was an expression of contentment. "What do we have here, missy? I didn't think that the place was haunted."

Sitting on a very high chair, a small female rocked her feet back and forth, her tail following suit. She had short dark hair and unique eyes. Said eyes were black sclera with no visible pupils. It made a cute picture along with her youthful appearance. Amusingly enough, she wore a tan one piece pajama.

"Beware you enter my domain… and please make yourself at home." From behind her back, she pulled out a bouquet of wild flowers. She grew encouraged as he delighted at the sight of some of reeds in the mix.

With the elegance of a gentleman, he took hold of the bouquet and tucked into his shirt. It didn't displace any of his clothing.

Blushing, she twisted her foot into the ground. "Marry me!"

"Going pretty fast aren't you?"

"How and when we met isn't important. My passion knows no bound. I'll make a wonderful bride, don't you agree?" She smiled demurely.

Before he could respond, a crash sounded in the room. Looking behind them, they saw that the Grimm were filing into the room. Each glared, albeit weakly.

Besides the kitsune the angry female shook in place, a fierce expression on her face. "H-How dare you? You've ruined my proposal! Take the flames of my love!" Gathering energy into her mouth, she shot a large burst of fire that destroyed a fair number of them.

Whatever stragglers that were left met their end by the end of the kitsune's tails. Piercing wind blades tore them apart.

"Stupid Grimm." Both said at once. Smiling to each other they began laughing.

"See!? Our hearts are already synchronized beloved." Holding her hands together she closed her eyes and puckered her lips.

"They just might be. Well, see you around."

As he made for the door, he found himself on the floor. Turning around, he found her clutching his shirt, with tears down her eyes. "Huh!? I'm not good enough or something. We were having a magical moment that should've ended with a passionate lover's kiss."

The humanoid fox turned his head to the side and laugh dryly, "Sorry, didn't get the memo." Pausing for a moment, he scanned the interior of the manor. A thick layer of dust covered most of the family areas. It all just lacked the emotional ties of a home. Patting her on the back, he suggested, "Suit up. There's a mortal academy near here. I could use a partner, who knows maybe our romance shall bud like the most elegant of flowers." After that, he passed a bishop piece towards her.

She cheered up immediately and hugged him around the neck. "Thank you, thank you, thank you. You won't regret this. What's this?" Eyeing the chess piece, she spun it around.

Picking up the girl by his tail, he explained, "I've heard it called a relic before. It's just something a human put up for a test." Putting her down again, he put his hand out "Naruto five tailed fox, 400 years old."

Gripping the extended hand firmly, she replied, "Oska Duke, 300 years old."

"A pleasure to meet you." Both said as one.

…

"We have to go faster!" Moka screamed. A grand Nevermore was chasing after them. It cawed angrily, wings flapping furiously.

"This is all your fault, Ruby", Weiss cried clearly outraged, as she continued to run away from the foul beast. The Schnee's brow furrowed in disapproval.

"I know, I was wrong!" Ruby cried back, her semblance allowing her to make the greatest distance from the aerial Grimm. "I thought it was a good idea at the time." How could she have known that the mound of fluff near the cliff was a Grimm? Besides all that anger couldn't be good for Weiss' blood pressure.

"Watch out!" Rikuo warned. The Grimm swooped down to devour them. Moka held the beak open as the mighty jaw attempted to swallow them whole. Taking the chance, the other three jumped out of the mouth and clung to the head.

Pushing off the beak, she got unto the back as well. "It's going too fast, we're going to fall off."

Rikuo held her closely by the waist and smiled reassuringly at her, "Don't worry." He stabbed his blade into the neck of the Grimm so they could hold on. Ruby and Weiss had to cling unto the dark ruffled feathers of their ride.

By the time they got adjusted to the winds, they only had mere seconds to scream in fear. Just in front of them was the cliff side.

"Uuwaahh!"

"Eeeeeh!"

"Oh Nooooo!"

"Aaaahhhh!"

Moka flipped in the air and slammed into the ground. Rikuo rolled just before he hit the ground. His tumble had him crashing right into the pink haired girl. Blinking, Rikuo saw that Moka laid beneath him. A beautiful blush spread on her face.

"Are you alright?" Moka questioned worriedly.

Jumping off the poor girl, he nodded rapidly, "I'm fine, how about you?"

She smiled in reply.

Weiss and Ruby ended up making a human pile over a blonde and a dark haired girl. The blonde complained, "Well this sucks."

Turning around he saw the reason, a giant Nevermore was still flying towards them. A rustle was heard in the bushes. Turning around he saw a scrawny blonde teen in light armor tumble in. "Run!" He screamed and took his own advice.

Thundering steps were heard behind him. From the direction of the noise a red headed girl in armor ran out, "Sorry for the inconvenience."

"Really!? Anything else you want throw in, universe?" The blonde girl yelled. In response a whole horde of Grimm were seen migrating towards them, having heard the commotion.

"We have to go Yang." Ruby told the blonde girl and ran to take her relic. Moka and Rikuo disregarded the relics and ran with the rest of the group. The horde raced ahead and succeeded in cutting off Rikuo and Moka from the others.

Ruby paused when she realized what was happening.

"Go on ahead guys, we'll take care of these Grimm. We should be able to make a break for it, if we get overrun. Understanding, Ruby nodded and wished them well. Her group had to deal with a Nevermore and a Deathstalker.

Meeting each other's eyes, Moka and Rikuo ran right through the pack of Grimms, surprising them. Rikuo ran ahead of Moka and cleared a path for her by cleaving all opposing Grimm. This allowed her to pick up speed to actually ram some of the bigger Ursa Grimm.

Once they were in a more open clearing, Rikuo ran to the tallest of the lot and did a high spinning kick, knocking it back. From the corner of his eye, he saw one racing towards him and another jumping behind him. The boy took his blade and did a vertical cleave, destroying the jumping Grimm while also cutting off the leg of the charging Grimm.

Moka was having a harder time. Her strength outdid her partner's, but she wasn't an active fighter. Most of her battle tactics involved running and pushing the enemies. Fortunately, her innate strength easily overcame her opponents.

Rikuo impaled another of his adversaries and used him as a batting ram as he plowed through a section of them. Eventually, his arm tired and he had to release the body. Sweat poured down his face, this was getting bad. "Mok-"

Before he could finish his sentence, an immense gale of wind washed over the battlefield. A vast tornado descended from above and tore up the earth beneath it. Two figures rode on the funnel of the wind, dual laughter echoed within.

Naruto had stepped out the funnel, along with Oska sitting on his shoulders. Ignoring the multitude of fallen Grimm, she was brushing her fingers tenderly through his spiky hair. The kitsune's smile broadened as he approached the two partners, "Yo. I thought you guys could use some help."

…

"I have yet to find any documentation of these four individuals, Ozpin." A strict looking blonde woman said as she pulled away from her wireless scroll device. A frown marring her mature appearance.

Ozpin, headmaster of Beacon Academy, leaned back into his seat. "This is both problematic and an opportunity. Four people have not only gotten involved in the initiation, but they have shown immense potential. This is especially true in regards to the fox Faunus. His mastery over his wind semblance is amazing. Even now, he hasn't released the technique and it is in complete control."

"But sir, that doesn't change the fact that he intruded on this affair. We have little information about their priorities or possible motives." The woman rebutted.

Ozpin took a sip of his coffee and thought her words over, "I fear you are correct Glynda. These aren't the times with which we can't be too careful. It would be best to question them before the ceremony. Please bring them up."

Glynda sighed. Her boss seemed to be in a fanciful mood.

…

In a nicely lit room, Naruto, Oska, Moka, and Rikuo sat idly. After they had reached the rest of the groups, they had been pulled away by a Ms. Glynda Goodwitch. By her looks they had been thoroughly caught.

Naruto found this absolutely exciting. How much did they think they knew about them? A bubbling of mirth erupted from his core. But he had been here for ten whole minutes. Bored he had took three of his tails and started to tickle his 'teammates'.

"Oh dear, you are too bold." Oska swooned into the tickling.

"Hahaha, please haha stop haha I'm ticklish." Moka rasped out, tears running down her face.

Oska glared fiercely at Moka. She just knew that she was trying to seduce her Naruto with those filthy flesh bags on her chest. She looked down at hers and began crying silently. She cheered up a bit when his tail wiped the tears off her face. She wagged her own dark tail in contentment.

Rikuo was smacking the tail with the sheathe of his sword.

Their interaction was cut short by the headmaster entering the room. His assistant Ms. Goodwitch followed behind.

Rikuo was sweating in fear. He was going to jail, he knew it. He couldn't end up there, they would eat him alive.

"Now children", this caused Naruto, Oska, and Moka to snort. "Your existence in this Academy leaves me in a bit of a dilemma. I have yet to pull up any relevant information about the four you."

Naruto reached into his shirt and pulled out a steaming cup of green tea. Smirking, he shook his head, "It's not really a concern for you." Slowly, the steam filled the room. Both headmaster and assistant gained dilated eyes. "Each of us came from little known outposts outside of the Kingdoms. You will not draw attention to us. If anyone asks you shall give them the same story. You believe Naruto and the rest showed immense potential. They make a good team and shall look into it no further, or draw attention to it."

Ozpin coughed and continued, "Thank you for clearing that up ladies and gentlemen. If you will excuse us, we have to prepare for the ceremony."

The team cheered.

"I try." Naruto said 'humbly'.

Rikuo frowned a bit though, "I have some conflicted feelings about mind control. It's a total disregard for independent freedom."

"Oh shush, they're just humans." Naruto rebuffed.

Rikuo didn't exactly have a comeback to that, so he just grumbled.

…

"Naruto Uzumaki, Rikuo Nura, Moka Akashiya, and Oska Duke will came up Team NROM (Neon), led by Naruto Uzumaki." Ozpin announced on the microphone. Already on stage, Naruto took the microphone from an amused Ozpin.

"Listen you all, this is the team with the most. We'll be rocking Beacon, for we are invincible", Naruto roared as the audience cheered. Rikuo pulled Naruto away after he returned the microphone, causing the audience to chuckle at the behavior.

Moka seemed completely at a loss at all the attention. Oska just looked star struck by his manliness.

In the audience Yang was cheering, "Now these guys know how to have fun."

"You better not act out like that hooligan." Weiss warned.

…

Team NROM stood inside their dormitory. Naruto took one look and sneered, "This room is crap. This is all is crap. Get out." Just like that, Naruto tossed the rest of his team outside, after which they ended up in pile.

Rikuo was the first to get out, "He could have just asked, geez." Below the door, he saw a bright light. The team gulped and turned the knob.

They were blown apart by what they saw. Instead of a quaint room, they had a vast manor like room. Just outside was a peaceful forest, not all like Emerald Forest.

"What?" They all thought at once.

"Welcome to my personal pocket realm. I believe you'll find it much more comfortable that the drafty thing the school was trying to shove unto us."

"Anyway, introduction time. I'm Naruto the five tailed fox."

"I'm Oska an emotion monster."

"Moka a vampire."

"I am Rikuo Nura, nurarihyon."

On that day three monsters that shouldn't have ever met, became a team.

And more importantly, friends.

Author's Note:

My muse has struck again. I think I won't be uploading anymore stories until I finish a few of my others, most likely the drabbles. But don't quote me.

Please tell how you think of my characterization of Naruto. I really want to run with the mischievous trickster route.

The hardest part was coming up with the name, I think NROM as Neon is a bit of a stretch. Maybe my lovely readers can put out some ideas?

Please review, I really want to know if there's any interest in this fic.