In loving memory and dedication to one of the most greatest all time multi genre legends to ever walk on earth Chester Bennington, you will be missed by all.

Disclaimers I don't own neither Naruto or RWBY or the title, just a fan showing his love and appreciation to someone who has been impacted and inspired as much as the fictional heroes we root for.

Keep in mind this takes place in an alternate universe, and fellow huntsmen and shinobi and soldiers, you are not alone.

One More Light

Naruto Uzumaki, recent high school grad with a promising future to show and prove to everyone once they would return in the high school reunion.

Any idea he had hope to fulfill once he had set off to college, get a job find the right girl, make some new friends and then some like everyone else he had known.

That was about the idea he had hope to accomplish 3 years ago, instead he is now cornered to either do a nickel in the slammer or a whole year of group therapy, and given the choices, he choosed the ladder.

It wasn't always like this, he had 2 best friends since child hood, a mom and dad who loved him, albeit divorced, but none the less both had loved him till the day they died.

Where it all began was when he was 12 years old, initially his parents would squabble over little things, but it naturally grew into more aggressive arguments, before eventually domestic violence.

A year later his parents were divorce with Kushina winning the case as to gaining custody for Naruto, who at that time like any teenager was having self loathing doubt and hatred towards himself, but now he felt he was nothing more than property leverage amongst his family.

As the years passed, he would continue going to school with Sasuke, and Gaara, and would make a bunch more.

Eventually there was a bit of a fallout when Sasuke had killed himself after years of verbal abuse from his parents and the lack of a parental figure in his household eventually got the best of him, before he killed himself.

Following the loss of Sasuke, Gaara and Naruto made a pack to do things together from now on, from both going to prom with dates together, to graduating, and eventually joining a gang.

Yep, Naruto and Gaara were trekking on a dark path when they joined a gang called the tailed beast, and did things from drugs, fighting, grand theft, vandalizing, and the works for the years to come.

This devastated both families as Temari and Kankuro would hire private eyes to find them, and bring back Gaara.

When Kushina had found out about Naruto's recent activity she insisted he stop, before eventually causing Naruto to run away in return.

Heartbroken, Kushina had took her life, as she didn't want to live in a world with a son who doesn't show a bit of gratitude for all she and her ex husband have done.

A few months back, the duo would eventually get caught, and were to be punished justly.

Things didn't go well for Gaara as he had punched a cop when they were arresting him, and was sentenced to 5 years with potential parole if he were to behave.

At least that is what he heard the judge telling him, Naruto on the other hand as mentioned to spend a year in group therapy for a year, along with staying under his father's supervision until further notice.

Right now, the father to the Namikaze name was driving Naruto to the local community center where he was suppose to serve his punishment.

"Ok Naruto here we are, I'll be back to pick you up in a few hours" Minato said as he pulled up to the side of the road, "Whatever" Naruto said as he wore an orange and black hoodie, and see that he had ink work done over his birthmarks.

Just as Naruto reached for the door, Minato had instantly locked it, "Look kid, this isn't easy for any of us I know" Minato said with a frustration under his breath.

"But please, all I ask is for you to behave yourself, and try not to do something you might regret" Minato said, "Can I go now, the last thing we want is for these dudes to tell the judge I was late for my first session" Naruto said as Minato obliged.

No words were exchange as Naruto exited the car and slammed the door behind him, and not look back as he walked his way to the community center.

Naruto had hated it, being surrounded by staff volunteers who claim to understand his pain, or want to understand his pain was a load of shit to him, but none the less he wasn't keen to going to prison anytime soon.

As he approached the desk, he bumped into a red haired girl with clearly major daddy issues, as she was dress in Gothic clothes.

No surprise to see a little misfit like her to be in a place surrounded by these helpers, thought Naruto, "I'm sorry" she said as she bowed her head towards Naruto.

"No fret" Naruto said as he hoped to intimidate her, but only got her to smile, "So what are you in for".

"I uh…" the red head said as she hesitated to say and began to fidget, Whatever, thought Naruto as he rolled his eyes, "Anyways kid gotta go" he said.

"I hope to see you again soon" smiled the young red head, as Naruto chuckled at the thought of hanging with a chick like that would only get him into more trouble than he wanted.

Once Naruto had registered at the front desk, he found out what room he was suppose to be at and found out he was the last person to enter.

"Naruto Uzumaki" asked the helper, as Naruto casually waved before sitting himself down, before the speaker began talking about pep talk, motivation, and how there's no shame in talking about your feelings.

Naruto had completely tuned, well not completely as he notice that someone in the room who was sitting across from him looked familiar.

The man had lines on his face that made him older than he look, and had his hair kept in a long neat ponytail, but what definitely stood out was his stare.

His blank, soulless stare that had complimented his onyx colored eyes remind Naruto of someone familiar, like Sasuke.

"Itachi would you like to say a few words" said the speaker, "Alright" said Itachi before the name and look finally clicked, as Naruto began to pay attention to the man.

"My name is Itachi Uchiha, I was once part of an unnamed crime syndicate, and I'm here hoping to become a better person" said Itachi before Naruto stood from his spot.

"You're Sasuke's older brother" Naruto said as he pointed at him, "Hello Naruto, long time no see" Itachi said casually, "Tell me, how is Sasuke doing".

"How's he doing? He's dead, he's been dead for 3 years now, because he couldn't stand the abuse back at home" Naruto said as he was astonished how Itachi wasn't up to date with his own family affairs.

"Hm, pity" Itachi said emotionously, "Pity, is that all you had to say?! For god sakes your brother is dead, and all you can say is 'pity'" Naruto said with an unbarred shock in his tone.

"Look I know father was tough, he was tough on me, but to kill himself like that seems almost pathetic" Itachi said as he finally pissed Naruto off.

"You Son of a Bitch" shouted Naruto as he lunged at himself but was stopped by 2 other people sitting right next to him.

"That dude was my best friend and little brother, he had endured from the most cold hearted bastard I ever met, and you consider his death to be a pathetic" yelled Naruto.

"Look, Sasuke made the choice to kill himself and leave you behind, so as heart breaking it is for him to kill himself, it's more selfish to take his life and cause your friends to commit to a life of petty crime" Itachi said as he stood up and glared down at Naruto.

Nothing stopped Naruto as he broke free, and tackled down Itachi and began to deliver a series of punches to his face, before more people pulled him back.

"Mister Uzumaki stop" said the councilor, "Screw this, I'm not gonna stay here with this asshole, and with some guy who doesn't know jack shit about pain" Naruto said as he broke free and stormed out the door.

Once again Naruto bumped into the same red head from earlier, though this time she had on a red sleeveless hoodie, as she back up and made a startled yelp.

Not in the mode for small talk, Naruto left right away with the councilor from behind, "Wait" he called out, only to startle the red head this time.

"Ruby, I'm sorry" said the man, "No it's fine, just… need any help" asked the identified Ruby.

"Yes could you please go get mister Uzumaki, and try to get him to come back, or at least get him to sit down and talk" asked the man, before Ruby nodded and made haste.

With Naruto

It was frustrating, so much so that Naruto had stormed to the men's restroom before locking the door behind, before he finally got sit down and think.

For sure he's probably going to jail, in fact he came to terms with it the moment he punched Itachi, and just thinking about him just infuriates him to where no words could be said.

Wanting to cool off, Naruto had began to turn the sink on and splash some water in his face, before looking at himself in the mirror.

He has now realized that out of everyone he hates, he hates himself, he hates himself for the stupid tats on his face, for the crimes he committed, he just wish that someone could kick his ass for him.

Before he knew, aggression kicked in as Naruto punched the bathroom mirror before going on a rampage and began destroying all the mirrors stalls and the paper towel dispenser until nothing was left unbroken.

Fuck the rules, fuck the world, fuck everyone, and fuck my life, thought Naruto as he let a scream and punched the bathroom door before he decides to take a breather and sit down and relax.

With Ruby

Ruby had followed Naruto all the way into the bathroom and didn't think much as she thought maybe it's best to give him a moment before she heard a loud smashing sound.

She knows that this isn't going to end well as she each to turn the door, but it was locked from the other side.

Fearing for the worst Ruby had rushed into the janitors closet and began to search for the spare key to stop Naruto for doing something he'll regret.

With Naruto

Exaughsted by his tantrum, Naruto had slumped down and sat around the shards of glass before he picked one up that was big enough for a multitude of reasons.

I fucked up, and now I'm going to jail. Shit I probably deserve to be there, thought Naruto as he looked at his reflection in the broken shard of glass, before he frowned and squeezed it hard until his hands bleed.

"Maybe it be better if I died" mumbled Naruto before he heard a loud banging from behind the door.

"Naruto please I don't know what you plan to do but please let me in" came the voice of Ruby, "What do you want Red" shouted Naruto.

"My name is Ruby Rose, and I only want to help you" Ruby said as Naruto scoffed at the statement, "Listen kid your 5 years too young to worry about the life of some guy who's better off dead" Naruto said.

"Don't say that, never say that about yourself because there are people who do care about you" pleaded Ruby as Naruto was just about done with the bed side manner from everyone.

"Alright you want to help and know about me, well here it is; I'm a former gang member with his best friend incarcerated, was responsible for the death of his mother, and is now forced to live with a father who could care less about me at this point" stated Naruto.

"I highly doubt some girl with daddy issues would understand where I come from, but go ahead and prove me wrong, otherwise piss off" shouted Naruto.

"I do understand you asshole" shouted Ruby as this was unexpected from the blonde, "And for the record I have mommy issues because she passed away a long, my sister who had always been there for me had decided to do a life of stripping and bartending that it became addictive that she's now going to rehab" explained Ruby.

"And it had hurt so much that I had attempted to commit suicide that I can't go anywhere in public without revealing the number of cuts and scars on my arms, and it was only coming here that I'm on a healing process, and got me inspired to help people like you" concluded Ruby.

"So please open the door and let me help you" pleaded Ruby as Naruto sat that in silence, as he began to think things over.

That was a part of him that wanted to take the chance and get help, another is telling him to scare her off before the police arrest him, while the another is tempting him to kill himself.

At this point Naruto was crossing the line between imprisonment and death, yet a part of him hoped that he may go off easy if he allowed Ruby a chance inside.

With so many heavy emotions barring over his shoulder, Naruto let out a long fierce yell, before moving his hands and cut his cheeks over the tattoos that covered his birthmarks.

Naruto didn't stop until he cut all 6 lines before tossing the shard across the wall and watched it shattered, before he unlocked the door at long last.

Ruby had crept in before shutting the door behind her, and saw what Naruto had did to himself, and motioned her hands to touch the fresh cuts, "Touch my face, I get to tough your boobs" Naruto said to warn her off.

Ruby ignored the tough guy act, and lifted his chin and have Naruto see here face to face, "We promise to not say a thing, but only if you allow us to help you" Ruby said.

Naruto had wondered his eyes around before looking back at Ruby, "Only if you're the one helping me" Naruto said as a smile crept on Ruby's face, "You have yourself a deal" Ruby said.

Later

In the end, Naruto had to clean up the bathroom and apologize to Itachi even though a lot of people agreed that he had clearly deserved it, but as long they don't extend his sentence or send him to jail, it doesn't even matter at this point.

On the plus side Naruto got his way to have one on one sessions with Ruby, and both exchanged cell numbers before his dad picked him up.

It was a silent night, and a nearly silent dinner, but Naruto told him that he'll be breaking the habit of his, as his dad gave a light smile to the response.

After dinner, Naruto went and stayed in his room, and sighed in frustration, since the only games he had were from 5 years ago on a council that was outdated, and unfortunately they searched his room well for drugs leaving him bored and alone essentially.

As hours past and it came close to 1 a.m., Naruto had decided to spend the night star gazing, before he thought he saw a shooting star for a brief moment.

In fact it was just a plane, before he remembered something back in school, and that was when a shooting star passes by, it generally means that star had went out and die.

As beautiful and hopeful they are, nobody had really cared as to whether or not if one star across the galaxy went out, and for the moment Naruto would wonder if any cared if he went out.

Before he could dwell on those thoughts, he got a message from Ruby asking him 'You awake' with the =3 symbol attached to it.

In short, Naruto got his answer when he knew there is some who cares if one more light goes off, before he texted Ruby all throughout the night.

Hope you guys like it, campy and filled with over the top clichés and Marie Sues, but I'm writing what my heart is telling me today.

It really saddens me that Chester Bennington has died, and frankly it still hurts me to this moment, but to all those who are reading this and love LINKIN PARK as much as me, remember the lyrics and messages of Chester, Mike, and all of them and that suicide isn't the answer, and listen to my message when I say it's one thing to die for someone, yet another is to live for someone.

I'm not gonna lie, to those who are reading my work for the first time, you'd know the type of guy I am if you read my other work, but today I myself felt like killing myself by either slitting my wrist or jumping off the highway bridge, but even with Chester, and the band and everyone who knew them were devastated over this great mans loss, I listened to their music especially today and after having a group gathering today with all my friends of this day's loss, I turned a new leaf, and promised myself to live life to the fullest and do what a lot of my inspiring heroes did in life and make the world creative, filled with hope and imagination, so we can escape this terrible world, and hopefully make a better one for tomorrow, even if it's for an evening.

In short me and everyone will miss you Chester Bennington.

With love and hope from your Humble Narrator.