VICISSITUDES

It was short, resounding over short intervals just as the red lights around the City of Vale came on and off. The alarms blared loudly, waking even the deepest sleeping individual up from sleep.

A young boy, not older than twelve blinked as he saw the red lights piercing through his windows, illuminating his dark room with its light. He moved to the windows, noting people running off in fear. He saw a young girl, a girl he knew, running with her parents down the streets.

"What's happ-"

He was startled as his door was suddenly barged in. His parents ran into the room frantically, fear visible on their features.

"Gale!"

"M..Mom, what's happen-"

He was shocked as his father quickly picked him up and shouted to his mother. "Let's get the hell out of here!"

…

From the top of Beacon Academy, Neji was seen on the highest structure looking to the distance with veins bulging around his eyes. "This is not good." he muttered in stunned silence as he spotted the swarm of Grimm heading towards the Academy. Looking to the skies, he saw several Dragon-like Grimm heading towards the Academy as the lookout towers burned right behind them.

His eyes widened as he looked to the top of the Largest Dragon Grimm in the middle and his eyes widened a bit. They then narrowed as he whispered silently, a grim expression on his face. So you are here.

"Hey!"

A shout from below caused him to look down and see Ruby and Yang looking to him in confusion. "What the hell is happening?!" Yang asked, as Neji pursed his lips at them. He had seen them around the academy, students if he was certain.

From what Danzo had told them, they were allies, and besides, it seemed futile withholding information when the threat was right in front of them. He didn't really need to tell them about Naruto though. They knew nothing of him so it was pointless wasting time on needless things.

"A large swarm of Grimm are heading to our position." He said as he jumped down to their location looking around the city to note the chaos.

"Grimm?!" Yang looked in shock.

"We need to get to Weiss and Blake!" Ruby spoke out in alarm as the swarm began to get closer. The Grimm sped forth without exhaustion or hesitation. They had a goal, and it was to bring down the city.

Neji pursed his lip and nodded. "You do what you want to, I'm heading to locate my comrades."

And with that he jumped down, hoping to locate the rest before the Grimm made contact.

…

"Activate the barricades!" Professor Potts yelled out through the microphone which was connected to the defense outposts on the outskirts of the city. He looked at the video surveillance which were positioned in strategic areas in the forests surrounding the city. This was the Central defense tower, positioned in the CCTS Relay Tower.

He looked as the Grimm grew closer, destroying most of the cameras as they carved their way towards the city.

At the outskirts, the guards stationed there pulled on the levers and immediately, the earth began to tremble. The earth caved in as humongous metallic walls began to emerge from the earth tunneling upwards till it reached very high, almost blocking the city completely from view.

Potts nodded, they all activated successfully. This was going to buy them enough time against the lower tier Grimm, but considering the flying Grimm heading towards the academy, not as much as he thought. They needed to evacuate the people to safety.

"Prepare to fire." He muttered.

Multiple war crafts were launched into the air, and their bullets let loose against the incoming horde.

Ozpin, Glynda, Winter and Ironwood were seen outside the academy, heading towards a squad of Hunters positioned close to the wall.

Ironwood noted the hunters guiding most of the civilians to safety. "Do we know their target?" He asked noting a platoon positioned right ahead of them, waiting for their orders.

"Hoping Danzo has something for us." Ozpin muttered as the Captain drew his team's attention to their arrival. "I have a feeling this has something to do with him."

"Sir!" The Captain gave a respectful salute as the Hunters stood in attention.

"What's the progress?"

"We are getting the civilians to safety, the defensive walls are up and running but we have the Dragon Grimm heading towards the City, they can fly over the walls. The war crafts are engaging them now, but it seems futile."

"Yeah we should be able to take care of that."

"My drones are heading here. Might take a while so let's hope they aren't too late." Ironwood spoke as Ozpin looked around, noting the chaos taking form.

He looked to the captain of the unit. "Notify all the outposts, we are at war..."

…

Danzo looked forward to his escorts from Konoha. Hinata, Kiba, Shino, Tenten Neji, and finally Shikamaru. They were down on one knee, looking to the ground in subservience.

"So he is here." Danzo said. It was not a question, Neji had confirmed it for him already.

"Yes."

"Hmm."

"What do we do, Danzo-sama?" Hinata asked her with her head still bowed down.

"We need to take him out. I hope your past history with him doesn't come into play here."

"He never cared about it." Shino said. "He showed his teammates no mercy. We will respond in kind."

"Good." Danzo said. "No go and take care of this, before they manage to get him to talk."

The shinobi vanished from the spot as slight rumbles began to be felt around the area.

…

A Hunter on the walls screamed out in fury as he let loose a barrage of bullets from the Gatling gun positioned on the wall. The bullets pierced through the air at incredible speeds, tearing through the skin of the Grimm without restraint.

He was not alone. The other weapons positioned on the walls as a defensive measure were used to their optimal purpose. The Hunters holding rocket launchers let loose the projectiles towards the Grimm approaching from the air. Some connected, some didn't. But the strength of Grimm not only lay in their physical force, it laid in their numbers, and considering the horde that was threatening to rain hell down on them, the weapons was just delaying the inevitable.

"We need to take down the perpetrator!" Potts spoke from the top of the walls right next to Ozpin, Glynda, Winter and Ironwood. The attacks are just buying time. It's like four rise up to take one's place when one dies. Eventually they'll run us over!"

"The person over there." Ozpin said gesturing to the largest Grimm staying behind and watching from afar. "That's Uzumaki Naruto right?"

"That's what the sky drones picked up." Ironwood muttered. "The question is, what is his goal?"

Winter commented. "All we have to do is catch-"

"His goal is destruction, like all the Grimm. He can't escape his true nature."

Ozpin and the others turned to see Danzo looking to them with a blank expression. Ozpin hated that he couldn't get a read on the features of the man right behind them. He was not someone he was ever going to trust with his life.

"Where were you?"

"Gathering the necessary intel." Danzo muttered. "My team will handle Naruto, don't worry about that. Just focus on the enemy right before us."

"We need him captured."

"This is a matter of Konoha, we would deal with it as such."

"It was," Ozpin spoke, getting in Danzo's face. "Until, he decided to attack Vale." Danzo said nothing, looking to Ozpin with a blank gaze. "Besides," Ozpin continued, "I'm supposed to believe that the day will be saved, just like that?"

"Unlike your soldiers, I have a high amount of faith in mine."

"Look out!"

They looked up in alarm as multiple blasts of energy came raining down towards their area. They quickly dispersed, avoiding the simultaneous blasts that was certain to kill them. The other soldiers who were unlucky couldn't avoid it and were killed instantly. The weapons that were positioned within that area were destroyed completely. The walls were solid, holding strong.

They looked startled as the smoke cleared to reveal Cinder landing right ahead of them.

A hunter morphing a weapon from thin air attempted to stab her from behind only for Cinder to dodge and kick him away from the wall to the ground where he crashed, dying instantly. Noting a large amount of soldiers heading towards her from the other side she quickly placed her hands down to the metal wall and a blazing wall of fire emerged, blocking them from reaching her.

"Don't need distractions."

She muttered as she looked ahead to note the powerful individuals right ahead of her.

Their eyes all widened at the new person and immediately they took defensive stances.

"He is not alone, is he?" Ozpin pursed his lips. "I don't like this."

"Who are you?!" Ironwood asked with authority in his voice.

"Are you really hoping I'll answer that?" Cinder asked in amusement as a large energy circle emerged right before her. "Let's keep that a mystery!"

Winter immediately conjured a large ice shield before them as a large blast of fire emerged from Cinder, threatening to disintegrate them.

Danzo mused, "She has the advantage."

Ironwood scoffed, "You don't say. We being on this wall limits our movement, we are trapped."

Ozpin adjusted his glasses. "And she being here is an attempt to bring down the walls. We either need to draw her away from here, or defeat her."

"Would you really have time for that?" Cinder smirked. "They are here."

From the other side, Danzo turned to note the dragon Grimm flying right over them and his eyes narrowed as he noted what it was carrying within its claws.

"What the hell?" Ironwood looked with his eyes widened.

The Dragon Grimm had many lower class Grimm right within its claws, dropping them down to the inner part of the city.

"They are picking the Grimm and dropping them into the city!"

"Winter, Danzo, handle her." Ozpin ordered. "Ironwood, Glynda, come with me now!"

The Grimm had reached the walls colliding with it furiously like a rabid horde, and soon, the eastern region of the city was covered in black.

…

"Come on!" A man yelled to his wife as they headed towards their doors, apparently, hiding in their home did nothing to help.

Before they could reach the door, a Grimm crashed down from the roof, landing in front of them, causing the woman to scream out in fear.

"Get behind me!" The man yelled out as he looked for a weapon, only finding a knife within sight, and he grabbed it without hesitation.

The Grimm shook its head, trying to clear its head from the disorientation from being dropped from the skies. It staggered a bit before staying still, and slowly turning towards the couple.

It let out a growl as its teeth began to drool.

They were both terrified. But the man's face was one of resignation, he was willing to die for her.

"I love you." He said, tightening the grip on the knife. "Now run."

"Wha…"

"Run!"

The Grimm snarled and lunged, ready to take a large chunk off his neck when a powerful blast cleanly took his head off, stunning the family. The man looked in shock to see a girl a lot younger than him standing to the side her weapon aimed to the Grimm's position.

"Get to safety now!"

"Thank you!"

He didn't need to ask anything, right now was to go and hide till this nightmare was over.

"Come on!"

"What the hell is happening?!" Ruby looked with widened eyes as multiple Grimm crashed down to the city as the Dragon Grimm let out a screech, terrifying the citizens that were not evacuated yet.

"We need to get the others to safety!" Yang said, looking to the distance to note Weiss freezing a Grimm in place, before slicing through it.

A sword travelled through the air, piercing through a lot of Grimm before returning back to Pyrrha's grip. She had a bead of sweat running down her head as she noted her team dispatching the Grimm with ease. Although, this was not the problem. The problem was how long could they hold on, before they were worn out?

Argh!

Yang looked to the sound of the pained grunt to see Ruby grabbing her head, and going down to her knees.

"Ruby!" She ran to her sister's side, looking to her in worry. "Are you alright?!"

Ruby grit her teeth as a burning sensation went through her head, it was like her head was trying to explode from within.

"Ruby!" Yang called out to her as the pain began to subside. Ruby's breaths began to calm, as she inhaled greedily.

What was that?!

"Ruby…"

She blinked, looking to Yang who was blurry for a second, shaking her head, she sighed as the pain subsided.

"Y…Yang?"

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah…" Ruby said, unsure of what was happening. "Just had a slight headache."

Yang was worried, but let the matter drop. Besides, it didn't seem like Ruby had the answers.

"Okay then. Now," Yang looked out, "Let's save this kingdom."

…

Naruto looked from afar, an impassive expression visible on his face. He watched as the weapons and war crafts from the city rained bullets down to the Grimm that were creating a heap on the wall, as well as the rockets and projectiles that were directed to the Dragon Grimm.

He observed as one of the Dragon Grimm moved down, picking up some of the low class Grimm and flying till it was above the wall, before crossing over and dropping the Grimm on the inner part of the shield. Some were more successful than others, the unfortunate Grimm being blasted point blank by the rockets launchers and mortars positioned on the walls. The flames and smoke he saw brimming at various areas gave him the indication that The Grimm were causing as much chaos as possible.

At that moment, he felt nothing.

His nose twitched, and suddenly his eyes widened, and jumped away as a wide slash cleaved the Dragon's head off. Dashing to the forests beneath him, he was stunned, seeing a fast and powerful tunneling mass heading right for him.

Unable to maneuver out of the technique, his eyes widened as a Dragon Grimm not under his control flew till it was between him and the attack, taking the full brunt of the offensive move.

Not wasting the chance given, he stepped on the Grimm and dashed into the forest that was right beneath him, giving one last glance as the attack tore right through the Grimm. Kiba looked to Naruto who moved towards the earth. Missed him!

Naruto's knees bent inward as he landed on the earth, which caved a bit. Displaying a quick show of reflex, he moved to the left, avoiding a quick palm strike aimed for his head and grabbing the outstretched arm, he drew Neji closer, delivering a clothesline which sent him to the earth.

Sensing an energy signature, he quickly shifted his pupils to track an elongated shadow about to ensnare him and he placed his hands into his pouch, removing a flash bang and quickly threw it towards an unmoving Shikamaru.

Just as the Shadow made contact with his, the flashbang exploded before Shikamaru's eyes, which made him to simultaneously let go of the hold he had over Naruto.

Naruto grinned, seeing a huge swarm of carnivorous insects heading towards him, and after coating his fists with an incredible amount of pressured air, let them loose towards the horde, killing them instantly.

His eyes widened as he turned back, seeing multiple projectiles launched towards him from behind with exploding tags attached to them, and as soon as they were within range, they exploded, making the earth tremble beneath his feet.

A huge shockwave was the result as surrounding trees were blown apart by the destructive force of the attack. Smoke covered the results of the blast from view, as Shikamaru shook his head, clearing his vision.

Tenten looked ahead from the branch of the tree she was on. "Did it work?"

Hinata's byakugan was activated as she accessed the blast. She let out a frown. "No."

"Sorry." Naruto said, drawing their attention. The Earth Dome that had protected Neji shattered, and Neji quickly regrouped with his team. The smoke dispersed, showing Naruto looking to them, unharmed from the blast. He smirked, letting out a few chuckles. "I tend not to make things easy."

"We are familiar with you." Shikamaru said. "Still, doesn't hurt to try."

"You know, I never expected to meet you guys here." He shaking his head. "Wonder what happened to make Danzo lose his wit."

"Take a wild guess." Shikamaru said.

"Using those illusionary insects of yours to sneak towards me Shino," Naruto smirked, "almost got me."

Shino muttered. "We can try again."

"Hmm." He nodded absentmindedly.

"Why are you doing this, Naruto?" Hinata asked, to which Naruto shook his head in amusement.

"Does it matter now that your attempt to kill me didn't work? Cool teamwork by the way."

"Why Vale?" Shino asked.

"You wouldn't understand even if I told you. Besides, I'm sure Danzo has given his orders."

"What of Sakura and Sasuke?" Kiba asked, looking pissed. "Did they understand?"

"I…" Naruto frowned. He glanced to the earth briefly before looking to Shikamaru. "He is a snake, Shikamaru."

"Why then are you attacking Vale, if your beef is with us?"

"I have a mission to accomplish, and I have to think over whatever petty squabble I have with Konoha. Besides, you just attempted to kill me." Naruto said, clenching his fist. "You've made your intentions of this encounter, quite clear."

"I miss you, Naruto." Tenten said, letting out an exhale to which Naruto gave a wistful smile noting the bracelet around her wrist.

"The feeling's mutual, Tenten," Naruto scoffed, "Funny how things work out."

"Give up Naruto." Hinata said. "End this assault, let's not be forced to do what neither of us want. Come with us to Konoha."

"If only it was that simple."

"Well then." Neji stepped forward going into a stance. "Let's get this over with."

"You had the surprise factor earlier," Naruto said, his eyes glowing red, "don't think this will fare how you expect. Besides, I can't waste any time here."

"What the-" Hinata's eyes widened as the earth they were on exploded outward, splitting them up. Multiple Grimm emerged, and dashed after the six shinobi from Konoha.

Shikamaru was mid-air when a bipedal Grimm was seen right in front of him. His eyes were widened as it tracked its legs. With its muscles tensed, it drove its foot straight into his gut.

He gave a pained grunt as he was sent back and he continued until hit a large tree, which caused the wind to blast out from his lungs as he broke through it easily.

Shikamaru grit his teeth in pain as he came to a stop. He looked to his team to note a horde of Grimm quickly surrounding them. He can manipulate such a large number of them?!

He looked to Naruto who had not moved from his spot, observing them passively.

"You're all strong, top tier maybe." Naruto mused as he watched each of them kill the Grimm he sent after them, only for four more to take its place, always keeping them on their toes.

Neji grit his teeth after his Kaiten attack only for more Grimm to pounce upon him.

"But," Naruto smirked, "Our strength lies in numbers."

Tenten kept slashing wildly, in all directions, considering she was surrounded by the Grimm.

"I would've loved to stay and catch up, but," Naruto looked to the walls of Vale as a Dragon Grimm began to drop to his position, "I can't be delayed. I have a mission."

Naruto simply got on the Grimm as the swarm began to increase around his former teammates.

"Naruto!" Shikamaru yelled, as he saw Naruto fly away and towards Beacon. "Fuck!"

Danzo had sent them to their deaths, and it was just a matter of time.

…

Cinder ran to the sky on platforms conjured by her, in order to avoid the continuous wind blades that Danzo had sent after her.

Quickly seizing her vantage point, she sent a humongous blast of fire that emerged from her right palm and tunneled down, intending to burn them to crisp.

Winter quickly conjured an ice wall that blocked the blast, spider web of cracks appearing over the reflecting ice mirror. Multiple pure white beo-wolves shot out from the shield upwards towards Cinder who sped down, crafting a fire blade and tore through the Grimm like paper.

Danzo who had jumped to the skies, getting ready to intercept her, narrowed his eyes as she vanished completely. His pupils shifted all around till he removed a Kunai powered by the wind and sent it with incredible accuracy past Winter towards Cinder who had reappeared right behind her.

Cinder moved away from the strike but had to contend with Winter on hand to hand combat. Considering Winter had capitalized as soon as Cinder evaded the projectile, Cinder was on the defensive.

Cinder staggered back a bit deflecting multiple strikes by Winter to her vital regions. After Cinder shifted her head to the left evading a punch, she had to duck as Winter tried to use her elbow to give a swift strike to her head. Cinder, seeing that Winter was opened, smirked, and quickly conjured a blast of fire, ready to incinerate her to dust.

Her eyes widened as she had to head back, evading a deadly slash of wind that dug into the metallic walls of Vale. Cinder looked to Winter and Danzo with a frown.

"I'd say we work well together, do you agree, Miss. Winter?"

"We have yet to hit her even once." Winter said, "That's not good."

"We are wearing her out." Danzo said with a smirk. "We'd play the long game."

Cinder said nothing, she just stared ahead, to the two veterans, sizing them up.

This was not going to be easy.

…

Ruby Rose kept fighting through the Grimm that had managed to get into the city. Using her Crescent Rose she shot down a number of Grimm that were within her region. Only for her to look up in surprise as she saw more Dragon Grimm dropping to the earth in the distance, and she bit her lip in irritation.

"These guys wouldn't just end!"

"We need to find whatever caused this and stop it." Yang said, biting her lip, before looking to note Team JNPR fighting alongside them, "for all we know we could just be using buckets to stop the flow instead of shutting the tap entirely."

"A well placed analogy, miss."

The voice drew the attention of Team RWBY and JNPR. They looked with confused expressions at the man before them.

"Who are you?" Weiss asked already in a defensive position.

"Tyrian." He said, slowly walking towards Ruby Rose from a distance.

"And what are you doing here Tyrian?" Pyrrha asked, not liking the oppressive atmosphere around him. He was an enemy no doubt.

"I'm here to offer a solution. To shut the tap." He said earning their complete attention.

"You are with them aren't you," Jaune said with a frown, "You are part of the people attacking us!"

"We are here for one thing, and if you give it to us, we leave, we end this assault right now."

"And what is that?" Yang asked.

Tyrian just chuckled and pointed his finger, directing it past her. "Her."

Yang clenched her fist and turned to see Ruby looking stunned. The other looked confused but had their decision already made.

Tyrian looked to Ruby whose fingers began to tremble. He gave a sadistic grin. "We are here for you, Ruby Rose."

Yang looked pissed, "Why?"

"For our nefarious purposes of course." Tyrian grinned, letting out a brief chuckle. "If you are not going to give her to me, I'll just kill you all till I get to her."

"Well then you can take her when I'm dead!"

"That's more like it!" Tyrian grinned and moved against them, heading for Ruby, who was startled at the ferocity he came towards her with.

As soon as Ruby stepped back in reflex, Pyrrha quickly moved to intercept, gritting her teeth at the pressure of the strike from his wrist blades. Her knees buckled under the pressure.

"Snap out of it Ruby!" Pyrrha said as Tyrian pulled back his right arm and sent her away with a kick. Using his wrist blades he quickly deflected multiple shots from Ren as Yang began to close up on him.

Ren stopped his assault as soon as Yang moved to engage in close quarters with him. Tyrian quickly evaded the punches and with a strike so fast, gave a roundhouse to Yang, who gasped out air as she was sent away.

Tyrian performed a backflip, evading an attack from Nora's hammer - which smashed down on the earth, creating a huge crater – and moved towards Ruby, intending on immobilizing her.

Ruby who had her Crescent Rose pulled out, began to fire multiple blasts towards Tyrian who quickly evaded the projectile as he moved towards her. His movement was fast, slick, not wasted, and his intentions made clear.

Tyrian jumped to the air to avoid multiple ice projectiles sent to his position by Weiss only to blink in surprise at the rope the coiled itself around his foot, immobilizing him mid-air. He looked with surprise to Blake, but didn't have enough time to dawdle as Ruby jumped towards him, her Crescent Rose drawn and ready to strike.

With a roar, she let loose a hail of bullets towards Tyrian, and after willing her weapon to morph, gave a strike to his midsection, sending him to the earth.

Ruby grit her teeth, noting him colliding with the earth. His aura is hard to break!

Tyrian quickly finding his feet, accessed the battle field in just a second and moved.

He quickly met Ren, avoiding his bullets and quickly got within close range to him. Ren's eyes widened as Tyrian by passed all his defenses and dug his fist into his gut.

The blow was so powerful, Ren hacked up a bit of blood as a shockwave was felt around the region. As wind and blood were blasted from his lungs, he was sent flying away till he collided with a wall, going straight into unconsciousness.

"Ren!" Nora yelled out at the quick way her teammate was dispatched. The others were given no time to dawdle as Tyrian quickly shifted his target sight and looked to Jaune, and a grin spread over his face.

"Now I haven't seen what you can do."

Jaune gulped. They had certainly swallowed more than they could handle.

…

The wind moved through the city as the Grimm laid their assault all over the Kingdom. Pillars of smoke were seen at every region as every Hunter, and student were engaged with the enemy.

Some were seen taking civilians to safety, at the cost of the live of their fellow Hunters.

A Dragon moved over the city and as soon as it was on the Beacon Tower, Naruto dropped down, observing all that was happening.

His expression was blank, not seemingly bothered with what was happening before his eyes.

He looked to the walls noting the Hunters stationed their directing their fire towards the approaching Grimm that didn't seem to end.

His nose twitched, and turned back to note Ozpin and Glynda right behind him.

"Is this what you wanted?" Ozpin asked as he took in Naruto's features. For the mastermind of such an attack, he was dressed so simply. A dark blue jacket with a hood was worn over a grey round necked shirt and black trousers.

Naruto looked to them, his eyes lingering on Ozpin. "The Headmaster of Beacon Academy, Ozpin. I guess we had to meet eventually."

"Why are you attacking my city?"

"Why? Why? Why?" Naruto shook his head, "that's a question everyone seems to ask."

"Have we done anything to provoke you?"

"No you have not. Unfortunate circumstances it seems, don't take this personally. It might as well be any of the other Kingdoms, you just weren't lucky."

"You come to my city and aim to destroy it and you tell me not to take it personally?"

"Is that a question? Besides, your hunters are quite good at defending themselves, don't you think so?"

"Surrender now." Glynda said, causing Naruto to arch an eyebrow in confusion.

"And why would I do that?"

"Whatever the outcome of this battle is," Glynda said, "You have just declared war against the world, Uzumaki Naruto. Is this because of Shimura Danzo?"

Naruto's eyes narrowed. "I guess he'd come tattling about me. Danzo is in a long list of people I have scores to settle with, but unfortunately, the reason for this attack is quite simple. I didn't aim on fighting every hunter in Vale, which could've happened had I come myself. I just needed to keep them occupied."

"To what aim."

"I'm here for someone," Naruto said, as the edges of his lips twitched up a bit.

"And who is that?"

Naruto stared forward to the two fighters before him. He needed to get to Ruby, especially now that Tyrian had engaged them, he was honestly worried that he was going to go insane and kill them all.

"I have to go." Naruto said, prompting a frown from Ozpin, whose expression was shadowed.

Multiple Grimm began to creep up from the ground between Naruto and them.

"I know that you would love to capture me, but time is of-"

In a swift move that Naruto almost didn't see coming, Ozpin quickly removed his staff and went for a strike causing Naruto to harden his arm and place it in defense.

The Grimm that had begun to rise up were decapitated and began to disintegrate. Ozpin looked to the white bone that now became Naruto's arm, and looked to Naruto who looked stunned at the fierce expression the Headmaster had on his face.

"You are not going anywhere."

The edges of Naruto's lips twitched up. "As expected from the Headmaster."

Using his strength, Naruto sent Ozpin away towards a wall, only for Ozpin to use it as a foot stand to blast forward towards Naruto at incredible speeds untraceable by the human eye. The wall Ozpin used caved in and was destroyed as Ozpin clashed with Naruto again; a shockwave emerging from the collision.

The earth Naruto was on caved in due to Ozpin's offensive attack. Sensing movement, he quickly looked to the side seeing Glynda with a rune circle before her.

An incredible blast of fire emerged, heading towards Naruto who was rooted in his position, using his free hand, he clenched his fist towards the incoming flames, depriving the flames of the much needed oxygen, causing them to go out in a wisp. Unclenching his fist, he let loose a windstorm towards Glynda, and as a bone jutted out from his hand, he attempted to send it through Ozpin only for a spherical shield to emerge around the Headmaster, protecting him.

Ozpin used Naruto's puzzled expression to land and use the tip of his staff, aiming for his vital organs. In a quick show of speed that looked like Naruto had phased through the attacks, he appeared right beside Ozpin who was exposed and gave a right hook to his face, causing the headmaster to fly back a couple distances.

Immediately a black wall emerged from the earth right behind him, blocking a hail of sharp ice projectiles from trying to harm him. The wall seemingly absorbed the attack and to Glynda's surprise, Naruto placed his hand through the wall sending the attack back, with an intensity that doubled the initial attack.

Using her semblance, Glynda negated the attack before it reached her, causing it to dissipate to tiny particles as they vanished from view.

Naruto was occupied by Ozpin, who was very fast, quite nimble on his feet. He mounted offensives upon offensives, aiming to drive Naruto into a corner. Naruto's pupils darted left and right, tracking the headmaster who emerged from all sides.

Naruto noted Ozpin's movements noting that he was getting predictable and grinned as soon as he deflected a strike from Ozpin, and turned, catching Ozpin as soon as he landed.

Ozpin grunted as Naruto's foot dug itself into his gut, almost causing him to bend in half. The kick sent him rolling across the concrete and Naruto quickly moved towards Glynda who was stunned at the new attention Naruto gave her.

Considering she wasn't great at hand to hand she conjured up a shield in an attempt to make the battle more long ranged. She was stunned to find Naruto right within her inner space as soon as the shield came up a smirk on his face.

Next thing she saw was darkness as Naruto gave a pressured wind blast point blank which sent her away from the region crashing through the windows into a building adjacent to the Academy.

Naruto just turned and enclosed his fist around the staff that Ozpin attempted to use to strike him with, a dark glow visible around his hands. A sadistic smirk emerged from Naruto's face as lightning sparks emerged from his palms, causing Ozpin to grit his teeth.

What followed was a catatonic dose of lightning channeled from Naruto's palms through the staff, directed to Ozpin who blacked out at the voltage his body was introduced to. His body shook at the attack that didn't seem to end, Naruto intending on ending the battle as soon as possible.

"Tell me something, Headmaster Ozpin." Naruto whispered, as he ceased his attack, Ozpin filled with spasms, his hands still on the staff. "Why all the effort, when you know… this is how it ends, eh?"

"Y…You would n…never get…" Ozpin grit his teeth in anger as he went into unconsciousness.

Naruto let go of the staff, letting Ozpin drop to the concrete. He looked to the distance, as the commotion around the city took place.

He closed his eyes, taking in the smell of smoke and ash, and for a moment all was quiet.

…

Tyrian inhaled and exhaled softly, a grin emerging from his lips as he overlooked the defeated Teams of RWBY and JNPR. They stood no chance, kids having delusions about the lives of Hunters and Huntresses.

He looked to Ruby's form on the earth and seemed giddy. "My queen will be so pleased! I have singlehandedly delivered the silver eyed human to her!" He laughed maniacally, slowly walking towards Ruby's prone form.

Reaching her position, he bent his knees, moving closer to her level. Before he could touch her, he was interrupted.

"Keep your hands of her."

Tyrian rolled his eyes and moved his gaze to see Yang looking at him, rage in her eyes.

"You are boring you know. He asked me not to kill you guys, but you are testing my patience. Stay down like the dog you are, or die."

At this moment, Tyrian was not joking, the killing intent was visibly seen in his eyes, a look that shook Yang down to her core, but she persevered, because it was for Ruby.

She looked to him, her fist clenched and read to engage.

"I told you," she said, the conviction visible on her face. "You can take her over my dead body."

"With your current strength there is nothing you can do." He said, standing up and facing her, not noticing Yang's hand flickering red. To him, there was nothing she could do, there was no power she could conjure to help her case. He gave Naruto leeway considering their lives, because he knew the orders to capture Ruby came from Salem herself.

But he never said anything about them persisting. Besides… He grinned, letting an eerie chuckle out as Yang bared her teeth, her expression hidden. The goddess said, Any means necessary!

Within the blink of an eye Tyrian vanished from view and prepared to run his wrist blades through Yang, only to be shocked as he hit air, Yang vanishing from view.

"What the-"

Feeling a deep pulse of air right beside him, he seethed and turned swiftly, only for his face to be greeted by a vicious punch by Yang which sent him flying away from the region.

Yang looked to Tyrian, her eyes blazing red.

Tyrian who was about to crash into a pillar, quickly regained his bearings. His wrist blades dug into the structure, using it as a support. He looked with a snarl, as he saw Yang standing before Ruby, looking to him fiercely, no doubt on her features.

"As I said…" Yang said, only to move her head sideways as Tyrian's fist, attempted to take her head off with his blades. She looked to the blades, which had cut a couple of strands of her hair, in that moment, her pupils looked to Tyrians only to see bloodlust, and that made her scared of her life at that very moment, but again, knowing that this kind of man was after her sister made her strengthen her resolve.

Tyrian attempted a round house kick, only for Yang to block it, the earth caving in at the collision. She held on to his leg, using it to fling him away, and she sped off after him, not intending to give him a chance to regroup.

…

The faint sounds of collision were heard, and Pyrrha's face squinted, as she looked to the skies. For a moment, she wondered where she was, her memory was a bit vague, but as soon as she saw a Dragon Grimm fly through the skies she regained her bearings, and a migraine tore through her head.

It was then she remembered the battle she was engaged in. The enemy was too fast, all she saw was a blur and she saw darkness. She clenched her fist, was she that weak?

Her eyes widened as the sounds of collision reverberated through the region, and she looked to note Yang engaging toe to toe with Tyrian.

Pyrrha looked to note the rest of her teammates unconscious, from Tyrian's assault and she pursed her lips observing their movements. The part that made her to worry was that Tyrian had not yet revealed his semblance yet, whatever it was. He was able to fight and dispatch them quite easily on his base form.

And that was what scared her.

So the key thing was to stop him from ever increasing his power, by defeating him before he could activate his semblance.

She had one shot, now that Tyrian's attention was drawn from her. She had to make it count.

The sounds of grunting caused her to look in surprise to see Nora and Ruby coming to.

"Pyrrha?"

"Glad to see you're still in the fight, Nora. Hey Ruby."

Ruby used her Crescent Rose and looked around to note their teammates. "Are they…"

"Don't worry, they are okay." Pyrrha said.

"He's very strong." Ruby said feeling guilty, "He was after me. Maybe if I would've-"

"Hey…" Nora flicked Ruby's head, "snap out of it. Besides, it would take more than that to put me down. Yang's holding him in place."

"She's really cool." Ruby said with a smile, observing the fight from the distance.

"But she wouldn't be able to hold him off any longer." Pyrrha observed. "Nora, I need your speed, to catch him unawares. Yang is currently engaging him I need you to be ready. As soon as he makes a mistake, we strike, you will direct him to my position. We cannot face him head on like the last time, we would lose. Yan can only keep up with him due to her speed. As soon as she weakens, he would take advantage."

"No biggie." Nora bit her lip and looked to Tyrian who was beginning to get the better of Yang.

"Ruby, I need you to distort his sense of smell as soon as Nora is done with her part." Pyrrha said, "He keeps sensing us before we can strike, that makes it very hard to catch him by surprise, I'm sure we can only surprise him once, now that Yang has occupied his time. I need you to do it so we can get a finishing blow."

Ruby nodded her head. "Got it."

Nora looked to the distance as Ruby readied her lightning crystal to fire at Nora. "And if it doesn't work?" She asked, holding her hammer in place.

Pyrrha looked to Tyrian, her gaze steeled in determination, "I'll make sure it will."

…

Yang rolled across the earth as she evaded a strike from Tyrian that was certain to injure her fatally. She was getting weaker, and she knew it. Tyrian was keeping up with her, and seemed to be aware of the fact.

This just showed her how far the strength gap was between them. Honestly she was certain that she would have passed out a long while ago, but one thing kept reverberating in her mind, one thing kept pushing her past her limits.

Ruby.

Yang quickly evaded quick and decisive strikes from Tyrian, she tried to move only to find her back against a wall. Gritting her teeth in irritation she clumsily dropped to the ground, evading a fatal strike from Tyrian which dug into the wall.

Noting that the enemy's hand was still lodged in the wall, Yang quickly capitalized and channeled all her aura to her right arm, and with a roar, gave a bone shattering strike to his midsection which caused Tyrian to grunt in pain.

He was not expecting this turn of events.

Yang roared as sparks of red coated her right arm, sending Tyrian flying away to the distance, and as if filled with a fresh burst of energy, darted after him.

Tyrian snarled as he bounced on the earth, kissing it a couple of times as he rolled to a stop. He gave a growl and looked ahead only for his eyes to catch a blazing red fist a few millimeters away from his face.

He gritted his teeth in rage as it connected, and was about to fly away only for Yang to hold him in place with her other hand. With an intense vigor, Yang kept punching and punching Tyrian's face, not even giving him time to mount a counter offense.

Unknown to her, her power levels even began to swell. It was like she had tapped into a burst of energy, and her entire body was blazing fire as she mounted punch after punch on Tyrian.

Tyrian was befuddled, wondering where this strength came from while he was the recipient of multiple strikes. With a thundering roar, Yang punched Tyrian's face into the concrete ground, which caused it to cave in considerably at the strength of the attack.

Yang looked on in a haze, her mind completely consumed with power. Grabbing Tyrian's leg, she roared as she sent him through a pillar in the far distance, and Tyrian came crashing down. She looked ahead and noted a white streak of light heading after him.

Is that…

For a moment, Tyrian was actually worried and before he could think, he turned his head mid-air and saw Nora consumed in lightning. She was looking to him with a grin and hammer in tow.

"Hi!"

"You bit-"

With a skull crushing strike, Nora, sent him to the earth to which he collided violently, a huge shockwave emerging from the collision. The earth caved in, a huge spider-web of cracks spreading from Tyrians position was observed from above.

Tyrian whose vision was in a haze got up groggily, and courtesy from Ruby a dust exploded before his eyes, blinding his field of view and the noxious smell, caused him to snarl in discomfort.

He quickly jumped away from the smokescreen and tried to clear his vision only to catch a flash of gold and he leaned backwards, avoiding a shield thrown to his position, his blurred his vision tried to track the shield only to blink as it stopped right before him. He looked puzzled only for his eyes to catch something blinking right underneath the shield.

Looking to it was a mistake as the flashbang went off, causing him to roar out in discomfort and use his hand to cover his eyes, which was done in reflex despite the fact that it was too late.

With his sense of smell and sight impeded at the moment, Tyrian cursed and began to cough out blood, his other hand going to cover his mouth.

What did that bitch shoot me with?!

Pyrrha who was within range willed her shield back and emerged in front of him with a roll, stabbing into his heart with her sword, plunging it to the hilt.

…

The sounds of alarm blared on and off as the hunters were seen on the streets, fighting the endless horde of Grimm that didn't seem to end. Some hunters died, the others being witnesses to their death.

Vale was going to fall if a miracle did not occur. The command tower was in flames, the CCTS tower was seen in the distance, crashing to the earth, the sounds echoing over miles.

As it crashed, Naruto walked slowly forward, not even giving heed while the Hunters took the crash as a sign of despair.

They were officially cut off from the world.

The gunners on the fence fired with hopelessness in their eyes, not wanting to admit defeat even though it was imminent. Cinder Fall panted, staring forward to Winter and Danzo, who were not in great shape also.

Tyrian looked stunned, staring forward to Pyrrha who looked to his eyes in conviction, never wavering as his bloodied lips trembled. Nora, Yang and Ruby stared forward in silence, feeling a huge weight off their shoulders.

"Y…You… fucking…." Tyrian panted, "You… fucking… kids."

That was the most baffling thing to his mind. That these kids, students, were able to fatally injure him like that. Someone the goddess prided herself in, her soldier, was fatally injured, by a bunch of kids.

Pyrrha removed her sword, watching as blood flowed down his chest. Tyrian dropped to his knees clutching his chest. Pyrrha pointed her sword to his head.

"You have been defeated." She declared.

"She did it." Nora said with a sigh and began to walk towards Pyrrha leaving Ruby and Yang.

Yang smiled at the scene as her vision began to blur. "Good."

She dropped to the floor as Ruby put her hand, stopping Yang from reaching the floor. "Yang!"

"I'm okay Ruby." Yang said as Ruby set her down to sit on the earth, while looking to her with a worried gaze. "I'm just tired."

Ruby's lips quivered as her eyes began to gloss over. "Thank you."

"What are sisters for?" Yang chuckled as Ruby enveloped her in a hug.

"Thank you."

Yang gave a smile; she had done her part.

She had protected Ruby, and she began to fall slowly into unconsciousness.

Tyrian looked stunned to the distance while he was on his knees. He was a disappointment. A huge disappointment. He had disappointed his queen.

He… had disappointed Salem.

Before Pyrrha could think, a slash from a scorpion's tail sent her flying and crashing into an untouched building sending her straight into unconsciousness.

"What the-" Nora looked in shock. "Pyrrha!"

Before she could blink, the tail went through her midsection, coming out of the other side, bathed in blood. Nora looked to note Tyrian right in front of her, closing the distance between them in a hurry. She looked to his eyes to note it blazing red, similar to that of the Grimm.

Tyrian, not even giving her a glance, flung her away.

"What the hell?!" Ruby looked horrified, grabbing her crescent rose. "Nora!"

"I tried it the easy way," Tyrian said with a snarl, black miasma enveloping his body. "I gave you a chance. Come to think of it, why does the queen need you for?" He began chuckle as he looked more demented than usual. There was no reasoning now.

"You are a threat." He grinned. "And you will die!"

Ruby looked with widened eyes as the scorpion drew blood before her eyes.

Tyrian had sent a very deep slash across her chest, only for it to be intercepted by a weary Yang.

"No!" Ruby screamed out in horror. "Yang!"

Ruby watched as Yang dropped before her, her body unmoving.

"She was always a pest." Tyrian spoke snidely. And swung his tail towards Ruby, only to be shocked as he was blasted away by a flash of white light which began to turn the surroundings to ice.

Tyrian rolled across the floor only to look up in awe to note Ruby covered in complete white energy, ethereal wings emerging from her.

He seethed. "So this is why… Salem wants you. This is why, you are a threat. The world will look in wonder, as Red meets Silver!" Tyrian exclaimed, laughing maniacally.

"You…" Ruby spoke simply, her glowing white eyes looking apathetic. "You… killed… Yang."

Before Tyrian could blink, a searing hot blast went through his gut in a speed he couldn't counter; Ruby appearing right behind him in an instant.

"Yang."

Ruby materialized right before her sister - paying no attention to a writhing and screaming Tyrian in the background - staring down in shock. Her breaths began to increase, her fist clenching painfully. She grit her teeth, roaring out.

"Yaaaaaaang!"

What happened next was nothing short of extraordinary. A wide flash of light encompassing the entire city emerged from Ruby and it spread till it covered it in a dome.

"What the hell?" Winter looked puzzled looking around in stunned silence. "What is happening?" She looked to Cinder. "What have you done?"

"Watch." Danzo said, gesturing to the Grimm which were enveloped by the light.

Suddenly, the Grimm began to glow, and disintegrate into white particles of light. And Cinder using the confusion as a cover, disappeared from view.

Winter attempted to pursue only for Danzo to stop her. "Wait, I don't think things went along to plan for them."

Naruto stared to his hands watching a white glow encompass it and he clenched his fist and a blast of red erased the light from his body.

"I see." He muttered, as his expression was hidden beneath his hair. A slight distance from the epicenter of the blast, was Tyrian coughing out in pain.

"Tyrian."

"Y…You." Tyrian spoke out while lying on his back, his skin began to take a black tint. Naruto went down to his position observing the region. "You failed, Tyrian."

"Look at her." Tyrian spoke out, gesturing to Ruby's unconscious frame in the distance. "You… You can take her to… the queen."

"I've always wondered what prompted your unquestionable loyalty to Salem." Naruto spoke, looking to the skies. "It was then that Salem explained your situation in a way. She told me that there were Grimm who possessed humans at an old age, unlike the natural which possess them when they are infants."

"I…" Tyrian made out only to be interrupted.

"She said, that in cases like that, the host will not get accustomed to the new tenant, and psychological issues may occur, I figured your behavior was just a quirk, but as it turns out it was not." Naruto shook his head. "You were experimented upon, weren't you, Tyrian."

Tyrian looked in anger clenching his fist in pain.

"I did my research on you, and I found out about it all." Naruto sat down right next to him. "They hated what they had created; an unstable, uncontrollable monster, and they tied you up, found a way to restrain you, never feeding you, not even caring to check up on what they had locked up in the closet."

Naruto smiled mirthlessly. "Humans can be quite vicious eh?"

"S…Salem s…aved-"

"I know." Naruto said. "In a way we were kindred spirits. You just didn't know it. We all share that pain, some more than others but it's there. And I would have felt for you, I would have mourned you, if you all hadn't killed my parents."

Tyrian's eyes slowly widened in realization. "Y…You knew."

"I've always known." Naruto looked to Tyrian apathetically. "My parents told me they were going to face the Class VI Grimm the last time I ever heard from them. And Salem told me, we were the only ones left in the world. It's quite simple to put two and two together, isn't it?"

"You… w…want revenge?"

"Yes." Naruto said simply, "I once fooled myself into thinking that I was over it, but it was just because I couldn't put a face to the group of people who killed them. Fortunately for me, it all ties up with my goal."

"And what is that?" Tyrian said with spite.

Naruto just chuckled placing his left palm to Tyrian's chest just right above the gaping hole Ruby left in him. "It's no use talking to a dead man is it?"

"No… No… NO!"

Naruto stood up and walked to the epicenter of the blast, seeing Ruby lying on the earth, unconscious while cradling her sister's body. Tyrian gasped as his body began to disintegrate to nothingness.

"Hmm. Interesting." He bent his knees, moving down to her position. "Hey there Ruby."

Ruby's body shifted and she stared towards the voice that called out to her. From her expression, it was clear she was subconscious.

"N..Naru…to?" she muttered out.

Naruto trailed his right index finger across her cheek, sparks of silver and red emerging from the contact.

"Fascinating." He spoke out. "Just look at what you've done Ruby…" He observed the Grimm dissipating into nothingness. "Such… power." He looked to her. "Salem wants you, probably to harness your power."

Naruto looked in thought, as he observed Ruby's pained expression.

"You've been through way too much today." He smiled at her as his hands began to take a black glow. "Come and find me Ruby. I'll be waiting for you."

The glow began to envelope Ruby's form entirely and disappeared into the ground, taking Ruby with it. He looked to Yang, a twinge of pain on his features. "I'm sorry."

His nose twitched and almost simultaneously, Cinder came into view.

"Where is she?" Cinder asked, to which Naruto stayed silent, looking to the distance to note Tyrian's remains.

"It seems Tyrian's failed." Naruto observed, a hidden smirk emerging on his face. He turned and looked to Cinder, a stoic expression on his face. "She's gone."

Cinder looked to Tyrian's degrading form in the distance.

"Salem will not like that."

Naruto began to walk away as Cinder willed Tyrian's body to incinerate to ashes. "No, she wouldn't."

The battle was won, but the war was lost.

…

Holy Cow! And that's it for the first part of this series. I'm so sorry for the long delay but I have been offline for quite a while due to me being on my final semester in Pharmacy School. Projects and trips and lots of work has kept me busy, but I used the spare time I had to draft this chapter. I honestly would admit this was not easy considering the length but I feel I owed it to finish this first part of the trilogy.

I initially intended to split this chapter into two but I figured it was better in its condensed format.

THE NEXT PART IN THE SERIES IS: Remnant: Red and Silver.

And considering examinations would be done by the 20th of October I unfortunately wouldn't be updating any story till then. I'm sure most of you might have forgotten the story but the great thing is that you can quickly recap to remember it.

Thanks for your support, and how did you think this finale went?

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