Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or RWBY. I just steal the characters and manipulate them as I see fit. For Science.

Chapter 1: The Arrival

Once more, for the third time that day, a boy in orange and a toad could be seen fighting one another. They were in an area dotted with tall, rocky spires. While to many it would seem strange for this boy to be fighting a toad, the both of them knew better.

For both the boy and the toad had a specific goal in mind: training the boy to be better at Sage Mode. Even from a distance, it was clear the boy didn't look normal. He was covered with toad-like features, indicating a less-than-perfect transformation.

The toad, meanwhile, had had decades of practice to perfect his own Sage Mode, on top of already being a toad. It was obvious that the boy couldn't even come close to the toad's power. And so, for the third time that day, one could also see the boy lose to the toad in combat, as he was slammed into one of the many rocky spires around them. He nearly fell all the way to the ground, but for the toad sage catching him halfway down.

"Not bad, Naruto-boy," said the toad, in an obvious attempt to lighten the boy's spirits.

"Ya know, you don't have to lie to my face like that, Geezer-Sage," answered the boy. It was made clear by his tone that he wasn't discouraged in the least, but rather driven even further by seeing how strong the toad was.

"Nonsense, Naruto-boy," the 'Geezer-Sage' resumed. "You've made great progress in your Sage Mode transformation. Why, even Jiraiya-boy took years to get to this point, and you've done it in only about a week."

Naruto blushed a little from the praise, and mumbled something about how he could never match the 'Pervy-Sage,' who seemed to be Jiraiya. The toad, Fukasaku, smiled at the high regard with which Naruto held his teacher. Despite the nickname, which itself was said with love and affection, Naruto was amazed to hear about all the things Jiraiya had done.

"So, how long do you think it will take for me to master it?" came the sudden question. Fukasaku was a little taken aback. Naruto didn't usually seem to want to know things like that, how long it would take to do something. He usually seemed to just accept that they would take time.

"Well, Naruto-boy, at your current rate, I'd say it should only take ya a week more. With my help of course," the toad replied proudly. "Why do ya want ta know, anyways?

Naruto just shook his head. "I've just got this feeling, like somethings going badly somewhere, and I could help," he said, closing his eyes.

Meanwhile, in the Leaf Village, the god known as Pain was blowing thine enemy to tiny bits. There were people dying in every way, from being crushed and eaten to literally having their soul torn from their body.

Naruto opened his eyes, saying, "Oh, well. It's probably just a feeling. Nothing to worry about."

Fukasaku nodded. "Of course not, Naruto-boy. The Leaf Village would tell us if anything had happened. If ya like, we could have Ma summon us there for a bit, just to check," he said, sure of the blonde's answer.

As he expected, the blonde's eyes lit up, and he began vigorously nodding his head. The toad spoke again, "Alright. Although, something to cover all the dirt on your back first. Oh, I know. Come with me, Naruto-boy."

Minutes later, Naruto had a new haori to wear to the Leaf Village. He got the feeling that Fukasaku had made it specifically for him. It was dark red, but with a black flame pattern at the end of it. Also, it seemed to be made of a rather durable material. It would take a truly hard hit to rip it. He had to admit, he looked awesome.

He couldn't wait to see the look on his friends faces when he showed up.

"They want me to summon them near the Leaf Village?" asked the female toad to the messenger toad. The messenger toad nodded.

'Very well,' thought Shima. 'Must be some kind of paranoia.'

It didn't take long to find a good spot to summon them. There was a small clearing nearby, bare of any grass at all. But, as she started the handsigns, she saw a pillar of smoke coming from Konoha. She stopped, and simply stared at it, horrified. She was very quick to get closer. It only took her about a minute to traverse the forest between where she was and the destroyed village.

At the top of the wall, she saw Konohagakure being demolished by all manner of things. There was a rhino, a chameleon, a bull, a centipede, and others. She knew what it meant.

Pain.

"What's taking her so long?" thought the toad, out loud. Naruto nodded in agreement. It had been nearly a half hour since the messenger toad had left, and they still hadn't been summoned.

The messenger came back, confused when he saw them there. He told them that Shima had started the handsigns while he was leaving. At this point, Naruto and Fukasaku were both deeply concerned.

"Alright then," said the toad, abruptly. "I didn't want to use it, but Naruto-boy, we're going through the pond." Naruto stared at him as if he had gone insane.

"Oh right," the toad continued. "I never told ya about that. See, we have a small shrine near Konoha that holds what we call the Distant Body Water. If ya jump through it, you'll end up in the shrine to it that we have here. And it works two ways, see."

Naruto nodded with understanding. Then he furrowed his brow, asking, "Then why didn't we use it already?"

"It doesn't always work for people," the sage explained. "In fact, only those who can use Toad Sage Mode or are already toads can use it. And for humans, it's unpredictable. They say it was created by the first great elder himself."

Naruto looked amazed, as if he wanted to see it right away, like a child who had been told about a new toy. "Well, let's go then!" he shouted, running off. He returned very soon. "Where is it?"

The shrine was very small. It was just a stone foundation with a small bowl on it for the pond. And the pond was rather small. Naruto would have trouble fitting through it. But still, he thought he could make it through.

"Alright Naruto-boy, you first," said the toad. Naruto stepped forward, and stared into the water. It was very still, like no one had ever touched it. There were no ripples, just his reflection. His feeling came back, stronger than before, and he jumped into the water.

And promptly fell flat on his face.

Brushing himself off, he got up and looked around. He didn't recognize the area he was in. Unlike what Fukasaku had told him, there was no other shrine here. In fact, there wasn't even a forest. As far as he could tell, he was in a destroyed city.

The buildings- which towered above him- were barren and empty, riddled with cracks. He was stood on some kind of black earth, which was also cracked and broken. There was rubble littering the streets, and no one in sight. And a sense of danger. Not much danger, but as if he should be on his guard, like he was expecting to be attacked.

He didn't know where he was, but he knew for certain it wasn't anywhere near the Leaf Village. The architecture of the buildings revealed that much. He had never even seen buildings so tall, except for the one time he had seen a picture of Amegakure. Even then, the buildings had seemed much smaller, and much differently designed. They had looked like a collection of pipes, while these buildings looked as if someone had just made a really tall house.

As he stood there, he noticed movement at the end of the road. He looked again, but saw nothing. He sprinted to the corner, just fast enough to catch sight of someone turning a corner not too far from where he was. He noted that the person was very slow. They also had seemed to be wearing some kind of white armor. Perhaps one of those Samurai from the Land of Iron? Except that the armor hadn't covered them completely. It had only been around their torso.

He decided to let up on the speed a little, to get them to lower their guard. He also removed his hitai-ate. Didn't need them knowing he was a ninja if he wanted them to underestimate him, right? He turned the same corner they had, just in time to see a door close. It was clearly closed slowly, so as to not make noise.

He walked up to it, a look of curiosity on his face, as he did his best to look like a kid who saw something interesting. He opened the door, only to see that he was in a destroyed hotel lobby. That, and he had three… things pointed at him. He wasn't sure what they were, but they seemed to be weapons of some kind, given how their wielders were trying to get him to stay back. He had looked down immediately upon entering, so as to look less threatening

"Alright, kid," a woman said. He noticed they were all wearing the same armor, looking upwards, meaning he was looking forwards. "Hands on your head, and kneel on the ground." Naruto complied, wondering where this would lead. But also, he had no idea what those weapons did. Best to be safe.

"Hey!" one of them shouted. "Look at us when we speak to you." Once again, Naruto complied, and looked up at them. They all immediately took a small step back, eyes widening in shock. The same man said, "Oh… sorry, kid. We didn't realize."

Naruto cocked his head, brow furrowed, staring at them in confusion. That's when he noticed that one of them had deer antlers, another had a dog tail, and the last one had rabbit ears. "What do you mean?" he asked them.

"We thought you were police or, like, a huntsmen. We didn't realize you were a Faunus," said the woman with the antlers. "What kind are you, anyways? The whiskers don't really tell much."

Naruto raised his hand to his whiskers. He thought he understood. These people thought he was this 'Faunus' thing that they clearly were on account of his whiskers. Although, if Faunus were what he suspected they were, then he technically was one.

"Uh… Fox," he answered, unsure of how they would respond. They looked at him a moment longer, before talking amongst themselves.

"Do you think he's related to Jim?" one of them asked. The man with the dog tail shook his head.

"Nah. Jim said he joined 'cause the Schnees killed his family," he responded.

Naruto was shocked to hear something like that. This person spoke of a man's entire family being killed so casually, he could almost be mistaken for a member of ANBU. But he also clearly wasn't a ninja.

"Right, right. Forgot about that," answered the girl with rabbit ears. This shocked Naruto even more. How do you forget something like that? He surmised that it must be common, which meant he had to be in ninja territory.

"Sorry about this, kid," the rabbit girl said to Naruto. "But protocol dictates we need to keep you here, since you've seen us."

Naruto didn't mind. She did seem genuinely upset by it, after all. He did have one thing he wanted to ask them, however, "Who are you guys?"

They stared at him blankly. At least, he assumed it was blank. They had some kind of masks on, so he couldn't see all of their faces. Then the dog-man spoke, "We're the White Fang. Surely you've heard of us?" They seemed disappointed at the lack of reaction from Naruto.

Then, Naruto remembered how he got here. He smacked his forehead for being so forgetful. He had been so distracted by everything around him.

"How do I get to Konohagakure from here?" he asked. They, once again, stared blankly.

"Where? That's not a name I've ever heard before," answered the deer-lady. "Are you ok, kid?"

He shook his head. "No. I've got to get back there right away!" He turned and ran out the door, ignoring the shouts for him to stop. He heard a loud bang of some kind, but ignored it since he was already halfway down the street.

"Wow. Of course the kid had some kind of speed semblance," said the dog-man, seeing the red-and-orange-clad boy run down the street at such high speeds. "What a shame. A Faunus that fast would have been useful."

It had been three weeks. Three whole weeks.

Naruto was in the middle of the wilderness, having gotten lost only minutes after leaving the city. Nothing terrifically eventful had happened in that time, other than Naruto heading towards the direction his instincts told him to go. Since the fox had an influence on his instincts, and his luck, he decided it would be best to follow them.

He wasn't disappointed. Three weeks and 4 days since he arrived in this strange land, he saw another city in the distance, this time not destroyed. He had been walking along the shore for over a day now. He wasn't thirsty, since he knew a jutsu to purify salt water, but he was hungry.

"Kit"

All of a sudden, Naruto was in a sewer. He groaned in annoyance.

"What do you want, ya damn fox? I'm busy," he shouted into the cage. He saw two red eyes appear in the darkness.

"Do you remember the half-humans from weeks ago? How they called themselves and you a 'Faunus'?"

"Yeah. What about it?"

"Well, you are. If a Faunus is a half-human, half-animal, then you meet the criteria. Congrats Kit, you're not human, just like those villagers said," joked the fox. Naruto grimaced at the thought of them being right about him.

"Why does that matter? And more importantly, what do you mean? I thought the seal kept you separate from me," he asked the Bijuu. The fox chuckled.

"The seal can't keep my influence away. Notice the whiskers? You can thank me for those, since they're there due to my influence on your birth," answered the Kyūbi.

Naruto stopped cold. He looked directly at the fox. "You knew my parents?" he asked, with desperateness in his voice. The fox was a little shocked, but still lied his way out of it.

"No. I just know that I was right there all the way through your birth, Kit. My point is, you're a Faunus. I'm making fun of you, you stupid brat."

Naruto seemed a little down at this, like he thought he was about to find out about his family. He ripped himself out of his mindscape, and continued to walk to the distant city.

Naruto felt like smacking himself. He could just summon a toad and ask them to summon him back to the Leaf Village, or even Mount Myōboku. He ran through the handsigns, overjoyed that he could finally get back to the village and his friends. He could also get another haori from Fukasaku. The one he had was still in perfect condition, but he wanted another one for when this one began to smell.

"KUCHIYOSE NO JUTSU!" he yelled. The familiar pulse of chakra, the blood on his thumb, the explosion of smoke, and the toad.

Who didn't appear.

The toad didn't appear.

Naruto fell to his knees. If no toads appeared, then he was in a place where summoning couldn't work. That was it. It had to be, He would just need to find a place where it would work. Simple. He stood, and continued walking to the entrance to the city. He was close now. He would get there within the hour.

"What do you mean, he isn't here?" yelled a familiar toad sage. "He went through first! He has to be here!"

"But he's not, Pa. He never came through," responded Shima, trying to calm her husband.

"Alright. A simple solution: We summon him," said the sage. He and his wife performed the technique in sync.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" They both called out. There was an explosion of smoke, but Naruto didn't appear.

"Oh, no," said Fukasaku. "If he didn't appear, then he's dead. How? Why? Was it the pond that did it?" he looked back at the pond. It had never killed anyone that went through it before, but there was a first time for everything.

"HEY, KID!" someone shouted. Naruto looked up at them. They stood above what seemed to be the entrance to the city. "What are you doing out there? What are you here for?"

"I just want to enter the city," Naruto called back. The guard, Naruto could tell even from here, rolled his eyes before he opened the gate. Naruto walked through, marveling at the size of everything. Back home, the biggest building was the Hokage's Mansion. This city had huge buildings many times that size.

He wandered the streets for a while, staring up at everything, not even noticing the metal boxes that contained people that were passing by. Eventually, he walked out onto the street, just crossing it, when one of those metal boxes almost ran into him. He stared at in shock. It had wheels on it, and the person inside seemed to be controlling it with that wheel in front of him. Then it made a loud blaring noise.

Naruto covered his ears to block out the noise. He took them off again to hear the person shouting at him. "Get out of the way, you stupid Faunus brat!" Naruto got out of his way, stunned at the anger the man had displayed, when he could've just gone around the boy. He kept walking, looking around when someone with a monkey's tail walked up to him and handed him a flyer of some kind.

"If you want to fight for your rights, then come to the rally tomorrow," the woman said, before walking off again. Naruto didn't even have time to ask her what she was talking about before she did. He looked down at the paper she had given him, to see that it talked about something called the 'White Fang.' The name sounded familiar, but he couldn't place it.

"Wasn't that what that group called themselves, when you first arrived?" he heard the fox ask. He realized he was right. He wondered what the group did, and why it seemed to be only Faunus that were in it. He also noted that the fox was rather talkative recently.

He kept walking, hoping to find somewhere he could spend the night that was fast approaching. He had his ryo with him, but he didn't know where any hotels were. When he finally found a food stand, he found out that his ryo was worthless here, and that these people used a currency called 'Lien.'

Luckily, the owner of the food stand was kind enough to trade Naruto a 'hot dog' for one of his ryo, because the owner liked collecting rare coins. Naruto had nothing against this strange food called a hot dog, but he wanted to find some ramen. He hadn't had any in weeks and weeks. He was worried about going into withdrawal.

He finally found a hotel some time later. When he walked in, the receptionist shrieked and screamed at him to get out, and that they didn't serve his filthy kind. Those were her exact words. He frowned with disappointment. It was like the Konoha villagers had been reincarnated into these people. Perhaps it was because he was just a teen.

But as he stood outside after being thrown out, he saw another teenager go in, and get served with kindness. Naruto frowned even further. It was very confusing. A girl walked up to him. She was wearing jeans, and a simple white shirt. She had goat horns on her head. She looked to be about his age.

She spoke to him, "Let me guess: They kicked you out?" He nodded. She seemed outraged. "It's so ridiculous! Just because of how we're born, they don't let us stay in this place! Racist assholes."

He was a little shocked at the sudden anger. One moment she had seemed so calm and collected, and now she was practically foaming at the mouth. He tried to calm her down, saying, "Woah, now. I'm not that upset by it. I think she could tell I didn't have money I can use here."

The goat-girl looked at him, almost with pity. "No money? Then what were you doing going into a hotel?" she asked him. He shrugged.

"Do you know if I can exchange ryo for Lien anywhere around here?" he inquired. She looked confused, clearly not recognizing the word.

"Ryo? What's that?" she asked. He told her it was his native currency. "Ohhh. You're foreign," she answered back. "Well, hello. I'm Lisa." She held out her hand. Naruto took it.

"I'm Naruto," he said. She giggled a little at the unusual name.

"Well, Naruto, Welcome to Vale."

Naruto wasn't sure what was more incredible: The airships or the buildings. On the one hand, people could fly. While he had heard of shinobi, and even met two of them, who could fly using various ninjutsu, these were transports that carried multiple people.

On the other hand, the buildings towered into the sky. He had learned they were called skyscrapers, and he could see why. It was as if they were capable of cutting a hole in the sky.

Other than that, he had learned that these people had what they called Aura, and with the Aura came a 'Semblance,' which Naruto could only liken to a kekkei genkai, but being unique to each person rather than each clan. He also heard people talk about 'Grimm' occasionally, but he had no idea what they meant. He had spent weeks in the wilderness, and never run across any.

'That's thanks to me, brat. No doubt they're terrified of all the power and hatred I give off,' thought one very smug fox.

Naruto had spent his days scavenging for food, since he had no money and had yet to find a place that would give him a job. He learned, very quickly, that humans looked down on Faunus. He found it out when he saw a man shove in front of a Faunus while in a line at a food court, and several people gave the Faunus the stink-eye.

He felt outraged. It was no different from the Jinchūriki back home, and how they were treated as less than human because of something they couldn't control. He was even more frustrated, however, when he found out that the White Fang he had heard about was the only large Faunus civil rights group, and they had devolved into being little more than terrorists.

Naruto was very, very excited. Despite only being 16, and thus technically one year too young to attend, Naruto was accepted to try Beacon Academy's entrance exam. When he had found out that there was a school that could 'teach' him how to fight, and that he could be paid to fight afterwards, he immediately signed up. He just didn't think he would be allowed in.

He had decided to hide his actual abilities, and make it appear like he was an average fighter. He wanted to avoid awkward questions, like why he was probably better than some of the stronger people on this planet. He had decided that his agility would be the most useful ability he had, and wrote down speed as his semblance on the form, since teachers needed to know what the student's abilities were, for whatever reason.

So, he had a week before he would be tested on his ability to fight. To most, it was a week to prepare. To him, it was a week to warm up. He knew he could pass no matter what they threw at him.

And so, he decided to spend his week practicing his Sage Mode. After discreetly climbing a skyscraper, which wasn't much harder than climbing the Hokage Mountain, he sat down, cross-legged, and began to try to pull in Natural Energy. He was shocked to find that the Natural Energy here was different. That pretty much settled it. The suspicion he had had since a few days ago, when he saw the moon, was confirmed.

He wasn't on his own planet anymore.

HAHA! DRAMATICS!

Yes, I decided to do a crossover of Naruto and RWBY. If this displeases you, keep something in mind: I don't care.

In all seriousness, let me know what you think. If you liked this first chapter, let me know. If you hated everything about it, feel free to track me down and leave a long list of why it was bad. Or you could just leave a review. That would probably be the sensible course of action.

Also, yes, this story will be updated very randomly. As opposed to my other stories, which receive updates every other Thursday, I will update this story as soon as I finish each chapter to it. Meaning that, depending on my motivation, there could be another chapter out as soon as the day after one went up, or it could take months. Just kidding. It would be years.

Again, joking.

Until Chapter 2: The Test!