Chapter 5: Rescue Operation with a Side of Intimidation

In the headmaster's office, Ozpin sat down as he rubbed his temples. Glynda was beside him with her ever stern expression. At the moment, the man wanted to dump everything on his assistant and be done with this.

"James, I need you to understand that actions like this are very unfavorable", Ozpin reiterated.

The image of General James Ironwood was on a screen as he stared resolutely at the headmaster of Beacon. "Once again, I must stress that my actions were both justified and necessary."

"James, I want my students back. This matter has been blown completely out of proportions."

"Look, Ozpin, we are in difficult times and we require answers. With the tournament coming up, we can't afford suspicious activities. Ms. Duke was being difficult. And more importantly, something is strange about that girl. The amount of power she demonstrated was too abnormal. My instincts are telling me that she's knows something", James insisted.

This caused Ozpin to lean back in his chair and speak warningly, "I know Naruto Uzumaki and this young man can be… rash at the best of times. If you insist on detaining the girl, without just cause, then I shall wish you the best of luck. Your paranoia is doing you a disservice. Good day." Ozpin turned off the connection before James could continue.

"Was that wise? I don't believe James will appreciate being brushed aside like that."

"That will be the least of his problems. If I know anything about Mr. Uzumaki it's that he plays by his own rules. As playful as he typically acts, he runs a tight ship. Team NROM are a close knit team and I have little doubt that they will attempt a rescue."

"That's a bold statement. What can three students honestly do?" Glynda sounded skeptical at best. She browsed through the team's records, "As charismatic as he is, I'm not sure he can pull this off. Do we even want him to pull it off?"

Ozpin rose from his seat and looked at the view from his office, "It is no longer my concern. I assure you, by the end of the day, James will see that questioning that girl is more trouble than it's worth."

…

In the skies of Vale, the remainder of Team NROM traveled to Oska's location. At sonic speeds, a funnel of wind carried the lot of them. Hair lashing wildly behind them, they could barely see the ship.

Until the funnel slammed onto the top of it. Miles away from the school was a large aerial carrier. The ship rocked from the turbulence as Naruto smiled wildly, "Let's rescue Oska!" The others cheered in agreement.

Moka, in her released state, began the assault. She rushed through iron bolted double doors causing both sides to fly out precariously. The males ducked easily enough and followed behind her. With total disregard for the structural integrity, she rushed right through a number of walls.

"I feel that this isn't the most efficient method of raiding this ship", Rikuo admitted worriedly.

His leader didn't seem phased by the wonton destruction, "It's a little late to worry about discretion. We are breaking so many laws as it is, might as well throw caution to the wind."

"Stand down intruder or you will be shot", a white armored guard commanded. Behind him was a team of guards with their weapons pointed at the team.

Without a second thought, Moka threw one of the destroyed walls right at them. Rikuo nearly screamed as he saw the soldiers get thrown like rag dolls and break apart.

"What are you doing!? That's too much", he cried as he shook his partner.

She averted her eyes and coughed into her fist, "You waste your concern on such things."

Rikuo's ire was redirected by Naruto's whistling, "These are some pretty neat robots. Man, technology just keeps moving forward. I'm impressed." His words rang true as there were body parts with circuits sparking.

"Let's just find Oska before you two bring this place down", Rikuo said with a tired sigh.

"That's the spirit", Naruto said with a gusto. "Since the guards appear to be robotic, we don't have to be too careful."

All of their eyes glistened in happiness. No mercy.

Like a radar, Naruto and Moka were able to pick up Oska's energy. Leading the way, they ran towards her location. "Move!" Naruto roared as they each moved aside and missed ice spikes hitting their previous location.

A white haired woman with military attire walked out. In her hands were a pair of rapiers. "This is unacceptable. You all will cease and desist. There are suitable prisons on board for the lot of you."

Naruto's body shook wildly as he leaned back and began to laugh, "This is too good. You think I'll just obey you!? You have my dear friend locked up here and you think I'll follow your reasoning? Woman get out of my sight. Or should I say, Winter Schnee?" The blonde kitsune wasn't smiling at the moment. Conviction strengthened his words.

"If you're aware of my identity, then you should be equally aware of your capture or worse."

"Don't kid yourself. This can only end in your defeat", he retorted hotly.

Winter Schnee was the older sister of Weiss. He had gleaned a lot of her capabilities and behavior from digging around in the younger Schnee's mind. It hadn't been too thoroughly, considering that he hadn't found it interesting.

Naruto's five tails stretched out and lit flames on each tip. Collecting his foxfire, he turned to the others, "Go to Oska, I'll deal with this situation." Shifting his weight slightly forward, he flung all of the flames at Winter.

With the grace of an expert, she dodged the flames and their following explosions.

"You two aren't going any-"

Winter was cut off as Naruto seemingly teleported in front of her, grabbed her hands, and flung her across the hallway. This gave the rest of his team ample time to pass her by. The blonde made his way to her with a big smile, "Shame on you. You let two people bypass you. The General will be most displeased. Does someone like you belong in the Atlas military", he questioned in a kind voice.

The woman got back on her feet and summoned a number of bird like constructs. Pointing at him, she had them assault him.

He backed up and was narrowly dodging them. Then, his tails swung and brushed them aside with a small gust of wind. Spinning out of the way of an incoming construct, he dashed right at her. Once he was inside of her guard, he thrusted his tails at every possible opening.

She held her ground and deflected his tails with her weapons. Their respective means of attack clashed at each other. Two tails held her blades at bay. Using a kick as a distraction, he landed an uppercut like blow with his tails at her chin. Just as her feet left the ground, a free tail wrapped around her neck.

Undeterred she used her left rapier to aim for his neck. Inches away from contact, Naruto released her and backed away from her attack range. Opposite to her expectations, Naruto wore a wide smile that went to his eyes. Sharp fangs shined through his smile.

She lunged at him and stabbed her blades into each of his shoulders. With some struggling she was able to cut both his arms off. No blood spilled even as his arms fell to the ground. Detached, his arms rose from the ground and circled an unfazed Naruto.

Like a rocket they shot out at the Schnee woman. She back flipped and avoided the right arm. She brought down her blades and deflected the other arm. Spinning, she blocked the returning right arm. She used fire dust to try to incinerate the arms through a horizontal arc. Both arms dropped to avoid the flames.

Seeing an opening, she pierced the left hand, but couldn't find the missing arm. It burst from the floor and held her ankle. Pulling her weight up, it twirled and released her, just in time to collide into a floating fist.

As she grunted on the floor, both arms melded with the ground. Rapidly, they shot out of the ground and ricochet as they hit her repeatedly.

"Fall, Winter", Naruto said as he kicked her squarely in the chest, sending her flying.

"Silence!" She yelled in return. Glyphs appeared beneath her and boosted her speed to dash at him. She unleashed a barrage of thrusts.

Each and every one of them were dodged by a hair length. She targeted his ankle and he jumped. She used her free hand to slash vertically, but he spun out of the way. Multiple glyphs appeared around them and she attempted to ricochet through them.

Naruto's arms reconnected and he took hold of the glyphs. Even as her face morphed to one of shock, he slammed the symbols unto her face, disorienting her. "Get up, Winter. This isn't over." He took her by the neck and tossed her into what appeared to be a mess hall. She collided with a number of tables and chairs.

A sharp wind picked up in the room. As Naruto slowly walked towards her, the winds picked up rapidly. Flinging a single tail, the whole room was engulfed in snow. The results was some bizarre winter wonderland. Frost traveled from his fists to his biceps. Cracking his neck in an unnatural angle, he smiled, "What's wrong, too frosty for you Winter!?"

Narrowing her eyes, she called forth another glyph. This time a wolf appeared to be coming from it.

Naruto punched the floor and ice traveled up to her and froze her legs. By that time, the wolf Grimm had been summoned and snarled at Naruto. His smile never fell off his face, with a snap of his fingers, an ice golem rose behind him, its head reached the roof. "Mine's bigger", he taunted.

The last thing Winter saw was a huge ice fist tearing her summon apart and colliding with her form. She was knocked out instantly as she slammed into the back wall.

"Well, that's that." Whistling, he went his merry way.

…

General Ironwood grimaced as he received reports. Three children were taking over his ship. Winter had been found unconscious and a pair of them were racing towards Oska Duke. He could almost see Ozpin shaking his head. It riled him up something fierce.

It came as little surprise when his door was kicked open. The blonde menace of a leader strolled in like he owned the place. The boy wore a too wide smile that held a complexity of emotions. For someone who had battled Winter Schnee, he looked particularly fresh.

"You have no right to invade my ship, boy!" He roared, standing up. Some punk and his team weren't going to humiliate his forces like this. Such blatant disrespect had to be punished. "Just how many laws and regulations do you think you're breaking right now? As admirable it is to save one's allies, you lot have selected a poor enemy."

"Silence", the Faunus stated. There was near palpable venom laced in his words. The lack luster presence was washed out, leaving a nearly predatory countenance behind. Still the boy smiled. "I don't care or recognize your laws, human. I was doing what I pleased before you were even conceived!"

Ironwood was faintly aware how dangerous the boy was. Callousness and kindness slurred into his words as some kind of foul concoction. Something just short of madness was flowing from the fox Faunus.

"You words are nothing to the wind. You still speak because it amuses me. I am he who has traversed countless lands and ages. My mind is sharper than any of your blades. And you dare command me!" The boy was almost snarling at this point.

Ironwood was hit with the distasteful presence he had only faced with Grimm. Fear rattled him for but a second before he reigned it in. Life and death situations were nothing new to him. Though from the looks of things, this Naruto had caught onto his slip. Regardless, he had to look for an opening.

Naruto was chuckling darkly, "Just a little bit, I think I understand why the Grimm pester you so much. Did you really think you could screw around with my team and get away with a slap on the wrist?" The arrogant brat inched closer until he was inches from his face, "With one hand I can rip every happy memory of yours asunder and mutilate them into never-ending horrors. Your dreams are my domain! Do not think to scold me!"

The Atlas General felt his body go rigid. Naruto placed his hands on both sides of his face and leered. "Let's see what so important, shall we?" When the boy touched his mind, images of his experiences seemed to replay in the General's sight. Every little dirty secret, conspiracy, and organization were stolen from him.

All the while, the boy wore that frustrating smile of his. Laughter erupted from the blonde teen as tears almost ran down his face, "Humans are so amazing, but it's time for you to sleep. By the time this is over, it would've all been a bad dream."

The General's eyes grew heavy and before he knew it, he was unconscious. Laughter continued to echo in the room.

…

Moka and Rikuo turned the corner to see Penny standing in their way.

"Why are you invading?" Penny questioned more curious than upset.

Rikuo coughed into his fist and explained, "We're here to bust out our teammate, Oska."

Penny placed her hand on her chest and sighed, "I have become close friends with her and I don't want to lose that. I cannot help directly, but it appears that I don't need to." She pointed to the left, "You must continue that way to break her of her confines."

"Thank you. I'll be sure to let her know", Rikuo said.

Moka nodded in respect to the girl and went after Rikuo.

Sirens were blaring loudly as the duo raced to the location. They ended up in a long hallway that ended with prison quarters. Moka rushed ahead and did a flying kick at the door. It broke under her might.

Oska small form ran past Moka and rushed into a hug towards Rikuo. "Darling! I knew you would come to rescue me~." Both their forms fell to the ground, which surprised Oska, considering that Naruto had always been able to hold her up. Opening her eyes she grunted in disappointment.

"Sorry for not being Naruto", Rikuo grunted out. He was pulled up by Oska after she disengaged the hug. He could respect Naruto, who could take out those hugs. "I hope you didn't let yourself get kidnapped so you could be 'rescued'."

Cute tears ran down her face and she whimpered, "Why didn't Darling come rushing for me?" She completely ignored her teammate's question. She had bigger concerns.

"Why would you think I wouldn't, oh so captured beauty", Naruto whispered in her ears as he appeared out of nowhere.

Oska smiled widely and ran to hug him. Naruto smiled softly and returned the hug. "There's no way I would leave my partner behind." His hands softly caressed her head. "But we had some help, didn't we guys?" His eyes looked onto Penny, who was nervously standing by.

"She directed us to your cell", Rikuo added in.

Oska puffed her chest, "That's my buddy. I knew she was reliable. Thanks a lot Penny."

"It was my pleasure. Is this not what friends do?" Penny replied.

"Of course it is, Penny. It is when we unite that we gain true power. Despite it being inconvenient, you still aided in her rescue. As her partner, I thank you for your contribution", Naruto said kindly.

Moka flicked her hair in mild interest before looking the red haired girl up and down. "You aren't human."

Penny froze in anxiousness and failed to reply. She was nervously rubbing her left arm in fear.

"It's fine", Moka said as she rolled her eyes.

"Yeah! None of us are humans or Faunus. We're monsters!" Oska said proudly as she stood tall. It didn't looked nearly as impressive as she thought, considering that she was the smallest of the group. They found her more adorable than anything.

"Monster? I was informed that such things were fancies of the mind, stories to scare children."

"Nope~. Monsters are just as real as robots with souls. Your secret is safe with us", Oska said energetically. They ignored the ship rocking haphazardly.

Naruto walked up to the girl and looked her right in the eyes, "You helped save my dear partner, there's no way I would reject you for something as minor as not being human. Know this, you'll always have a place with this team." Pulling a card from his pocket, he gift it to her. "If you ever need assistance, burn that card. Oh and Penny, don't be a stranger. We nonhumans need to stick together. "

"This is most glorious", she followed her friend's example and gave the blonde leader and tight hug. The rest followed suit and made it a group hug, even if Moka had to be forced into it.

"It's nice to have warm fuzzy moments like this", Naruto drawled. It seemed insincere with his suspicious smile.

…

When Ozpin saw the whole of Team NROM walking through the halls, he didn't bother to question or comment. It didn't come as much of a shock to the man.

Who was he to question the mysteries of life and the miracles of teamwork? He was but a simple headmaster.

Besides Ozpin didn't get his position without knowing how to read people. If Naruto succeeded without causing war, than he had shown incredible restraint. Past files on Naruto had described him as determined and extreme.

Sipping his tea, he smiled. Poor James. He did not know what he was doing.

…

The next day teams NROM, RWBY, and JNPR were eating together. Naruto was too involved with a bowl of supreme ramen to really pay mind to the conversation. No one dared to interrupt him. They had seen the depths to which he would sink for that bowl.

Swallowing the last bit, he finally spoke, "So we busted Oska from Atlas detainment yesterday."

"I'm shocked that they would release her that easily", Weiss commented in doubt.

Naruto looked downright flabbergasted, "Who said anything about 'release', I said busted out for a reason. The military had very little say."

Yang slammed her fist together, "Your group is so hardcore. I bet that showdown was a thrill."

Nora had a huge pout on her face, "Why weren't we invited? We could've busted some heads just fine."

"That would be incredibly illegal, Nora", Ren said helpfully.

"You're such a fanboy of the law. Live a little, be free Ren, be free!" Nora cried in desperation.

Ren rolled his eyes fondly as he kept Nora away from his face.