A/N: Done with the permission of MothBallz, who did the base story, "Remnant's Maelstrom Shinobi", and adopted from TrollerBear who made an attempt at the Reading version of it.

Naruto Uzumaki frowned in concentration as he once more began to examine the seal matrix that his old sensei, Kakashi Hatake, had brought him to look at. It was odd, some sort of design which neither of them had seen before. It had only been a week or so after the end of the fourth shinobi war and Kakashi had been cleaning out the old basement that sat below the Hokage's tower.

It was almost time for Kakashi to take the mantle of Hokage and he had decided to do something that had not been done since the office was created; clean out the storage room that the Hokage used. It was a personal storage meant only for the one who would sit in the seat and the only reason he had felt comfortable with Naruto in the room was due to the fact that he was sure that Naruto would easily take the position after him.

It was during their cleaning of the room that Kakashi had stumbled onto a very old sealing tag that he had not recognized. He and Naruto had to go through everything, making sure it was safe to be thrown away or destroyed if not, and the sealing tag was something that he had immediately brought towards the attention of his ex-student. The man was, after all, the best seal master that Konoha had.

Naruto had quirked an eyebrow upon seeing it before double taking in its direction. Not even he could decipher the complexities that this seal was and because of that he had cleared a portion of the floor and began to study it. Truth be told it was the most complex thing he had ever seen; the only portion that he had been able to make out was some sort of space-time paradox that easily outclassed his father's Hiraishin.

"How's the seal going Naruto?" At the call of his sensei the blonde man turned his head towards the man before the frown on his face became stronger. "I don't get it at all dattebayo! I've studied the works of my father, mother, Jiraiya, and even Uzumaki Mito. None of what I have ever seen even comes close to this seal and I'm kinda curious to see what it'll do."

Kakashi frowned at that. "Naruto we have no clue where that seal came from and activating it would be a terrible idea. You should not even consider doing something like that." As soon as the words left his mouth Kakashi's eyes widen. He had just made the mistake of telling Naruto Uzumaki to not do something. The teenager was as pig-headed as they came and as the masked man saw the grin begin to stretch at the hero's mouth he knew that he had fucked up.

"Naruto, don't!" His cries where met with nothing but a blinding light as Naruto sent some of his chakra through the seal, already determining that it was non-lethal. When the light died down there was no sign of either student or sensei, both having disappeared with the light that was now vacant from the dank basement.

Blake Belladonna let out a slight sigh as she perused the large book shelf that resided within the establishment known as the Sage's Tome Trade. It was a store that she was not as familiar with as Tuskon's, but it was the only other store in the city of Vale that had a similar enough reputation as Tuskon's that she did not mind shopping at it.

Her favorite book store, which was situated so much closer to the bullhead station that she used to go to and fro from Beacon Academy, had recently been closed and she had been forced to look for an alternative. As far as the black-haired girl's knowledge went the Sage's Tome Trade was the only other book store in all of Vale that had an equal selection andtreated faunus as kindly as Tuskon had.

Her keen eyes narrowed at the thought. Of course, faunus acceptance was the higher priority on the list, but she refused to shop at a store that did not have a decent selection.

As Blake continued to go through the books that resided within the fiction portion of the store a light frown began to form on her face. There was a great deal here and the girl found herself in need of possible assistance in choosing a book of her preference. She turned away from the shelf, making her way towards the front of the store.

As she approached the counter she couldn't help but smile at the visage of the man that sat behind it. She had heard rumors of him and his strange appearance before, but the girl truthfully found it to be rather fresh. Perhaps he just belonged to a stranger species of faunus than herself, but his appearance could be called anything but inconspicuous.

The man was pale, deathly so, and had short-cropped white hair sitting atop his head and a beard that brushed the counter it was so long. His eyes were a deep purple, lacking sclera, and two horns sat atop his head. He looked up from the large and foreign book that he had been reading as Blake approached him, a small smile framing his face.

"Hello young miss and welcome to my shop. Is there anything that I can hel p you with?" The elderly man offered the girl a small smile, one that she retuned eagerly. He seemed so welcoming, so kind. At the same time, there was an intelligence and wisdom that he seemed to exude; something that she had never seen before.

She nodded her head before she held up a book that she carried with her; Ninja's of Lovebeing her favorite title it was subject to being carried around with her. "Yes, I was hoping that you would be able to recommend something similar to this book. A piece of fiction."

The old man nodded as he closed the old piece that sat in front of him, the book being fashioned to the name of the store; a legitimate tome. He did not walk from out behind the counter like she had expected, no, instead the man leaned down and produced an old novel from the recesses that she could not see.

It was old and leather-bound. The book itself had a rather non-descript title and no cover art.Remnant's Maelstrom Shinobi it read. The title of the book was the only thing present on the front and it appeared to be done in some sort of beautiful gold leafing. As Blake opened to the first page she once more felt the age of the book in front of her. Brown were the pages, oxidized over the years since it had been printed. The book was truly beautiful, a patronage to the arts before heavy printing had been available.

"I want you to have this book Blake Belladonna" the old man said as he turned around to straighten something out behind him. "It will cost you nothing, but I request that you read this title with some friends or family perhaps. It is a good group read that I highly recommend that follows the tale of a shinobi. You know them by their more street name, ninja."

As the man finished Blake's eyes practically shone with excitement, but something was stopping her. This was an old book and that meant that it had great collector value. She couldn't so easily take something that didn't belong to her that she had not worked to pay for. As the old man caught sight of her imminent protests he raised his hand.

"Do not worry too much about it. If you are concerned about the value of the book, simply return it to me when you are finished with it. I like to put my faith in the young generation and I will put my faith in you." As he finished he lifted the larger book with both hands and passed it to the wide-eyed girl.

Blake took it gently, almost lovingly, as she held the book close to herself. Offering the man a final goodbye she ran out of the store, already more than happy to share the novel with her friends at Beacon. This could be a good way to distract them from the up and coming Vytal festival and it would be much needed break for both teams RWBY and JNPR.

As she made her way out of the building she missed the wince from the old man. "Good thing she didn't notice me call her by name" the man spoke aloud, alone once more within his store. A smile graced his face once again as he walked to the front of the building and produced a closed sign to put on the storefront.

His work here was done and he could not wait to see the product of his meddling.

As Blake returned to her dorm room she was greeted with the sight of her team lounging around doing nothing. As she closed the door behind her she noticed her team leader perk up and turn her way before speaking. "Blake! Where were you today? We had practice with Jaune and his team earlier but we couldn't find you? Are you okay?"

As the diminutive team leader entered Blake's personal space, firing off far too many questions in such a short amount of time, the taller of the two smiled at the team leader. It wasn't a grin or anything large, but a small smile from Blake Belladonna did convey a great deal. As the smile framed Blake's face Ruby instantly quieted, intent on learning why her friend was in such a good mood.

"Sorry for not being able to make it to practice on time Ruby, but I was going to get some literature. The book store that I have been using has currently been closed and I had to go across town in order to shop at a different one."

The girl nodded her head, but became rather surprised when Blake produced an old novel from her backpack in order to show it to the girl. It was old, like, really old. Ruby couldn't stop herself from lightly tracing her fingers over the leather cover as she read the title.

"Remnant's Maelstrom Shinobi?"

As the youngest girl snapped out of her own thoughts she idly noted that Weiss and Yang had moved in order to join the two at the front of the room. They most likely desired to know what the commotion was about as well.

"I've never heard of that title before. It seems to be near ancient and well preserved as well. We had some books of similar age in the Schnee library back home, but even ours were not in such good condition."

Once again Blake felt her lips tug upwards as she watched her team look at the book in curiosity. "You know the man who gave it to me wanted me to read it with my friends?"

At her question all of her teammates looked rather surprised, but name came as close to Ruby. The girl's eyes were practically shining in excitement at the prospect. "Can we start now?! Can we Blake?"

The whine sounded cuter than just about anything and Blake easily relented. It wasn't as if this was not her plan to begin with. "Alright Ruby just go and see if team JNPR wants to join and then we can start."

Blake had not even finished her sentence when Ruby disappeared from sight, a flurry of rose petals was the only thing left in her wake. Immediately returning with Jaune, who seemed quite struck, and the rest of his team shortly behind, she looked to Blake with bated breath.

"What's all the commotion about?" The blonde boy could only rub his head as he familiarized with his setting. One minute he had been in his bed and the next he had appeared inside of Ruby's dorm.

"We were just about to start story time and Blake had asked Ruby to inform your team. Instead she appears to have forcibly dragged you here before asking." The comment came from Weiss as she looked at her team leader who was now scratching her head. The girl seemed to be blatantly disregarding the semantics and was already seated and ready to begin reading.

As no one from JNPR voiced any kind of concerns Blake opened the book to the first page.

As she did so she, her team, and JNPR were all met with a blinding light. As quick as it came it was gone, but as Blake's eyes readjusted she quickly realized that they were no longer in the training ground. As she quickly scanned the small room that they were currently in she began to think that they may no longer be in Beacon Academy.

The room was white, terrifyingly so, and was only accented by two white couches, a white-stained table, and a wall-mounted television. Granted there was a hallway, but she was more concerned with why someone had hired Weiss as an interior decorator.

It seemed to not matter that she was reluctant to explore as Ruby immediately zoomed down the hallway and back, using her Semblance in order to get her there faster. As she returned she frowned and quickly pouted before speaking. "Where are we?! The hallway only leads to a kitchen, a bathroom, and a couple of bedrooms!"

She seemed frantic, at least until Yang put a hand on her shoulder. Her sister didn't say anything, but Blake could tell that the girl was easily looking out for threats.

"Guy's I think you should get a look at the T.V." This time it was Jaune who spoke and as each of them turned towards the television all of them began to spook a little bit.

'Wait for the final members before reading the book.'

The words displayed on the television and all of the currently residing students began to grow wary of the room that they were currently trapped in. That was the case until they were once more blinded by a light very similar to the initial one that hit.

Once it died down all of the present students of beacon academy where met with a man who could have been the missing brother of Professor Ozpin smacking a blonde boy rather hard upside the head. "Idiot! You have no idea what that seal was and you so carelessly activated it!? That could've been something left over from the warring states days when the Shodaime took the office! Now where the hell are we?"

As the man finished, letting out a rather indignant huff, he turned towards the rest of the people in the room. He only blinked slowly before he lazily raised his hand towards the group. "Yo" the man began. "None of you would happen to know where it is that we are would you?"

As his questions finished all students of Beacon academy shook their heads in negativity, causing the masked man to let out a long sigh. "Great just great. Looks like you've gone and gotten us trapped somewhere Naruto." As he finished the man walked over towards the couch, sitting down on it and tried to change the channel on the television with the controls.

"Oi" the oldest in the room began, causing everyone to look in his direction. "What's this television saying about reading a book?"

As all students turned towards the television they found that the stranger was indeed correct. Instead of the previously seen message a new one was displayed for all the occupants. 'Finish introductions and then begin to read.'

Yang Xiao-Long simply shrugged her shoulders as she read the message. As far as the adrenaline-seeking teenager was concerned she might as well just go with the flow. She quickly extended her arm towards her fellow blonde, who was still on the ground clutching his head, before she introduced herself.

"Hey there! The name's Yang Xiao-Long and don't you forget it." As she said this she helped hoist the boy onto his feet, giving him a large grin that could almost the boy's own.

"The name's Naruto Uzumaki and the same goes for you, dattebayo!"

As soon as the resident brawler of team RWBY had given her introduction the rest of her team seemed quick to follow. Ruby quickly raised her hand, waving at the boy, before she smiled brightly. "I'm Yang's sister and I'm Ruby Rose! It's nice to meet you." Naruto smiled at the young girl, quickly returning her wave with one of his own. She seemed genuine and that was something that the boy had always respected. It was hard to find people like that in a world of shinobi.

With their introductions out of the way Ruby and Yang quickly went over to sit at the table, each giving Kakashi a wave as they passed him by. As Naruto turned back towards the large group of individuals the next one to introduce themselves left him rather confused. "I am Weiss Schnee, heiress of the Schnee dust company" the white-themed girl began, giving a small curtsey as she did so.

The boy nodded his head, offering a small bow, before the girl went and joined her friends at the table. Naruto's mannerisms may have been rough, but if Granny Tsunade had ever caught wind of him treating a possible foreign dignitary with disrespect? Well he was not sure what would come to pass, all he knew is that he didn't want any of it.

The black-haired girl with the bow atop her head nodded in his direction as she followed the Schnee girl past him. "Blake Belladonna," was all the girl offered before joining the other three. Truthfully the cat faunus had been rather afraid as to what was happening. The book given to her by the store owner had done this and she was rather confused as to why.

Naruto just chuckled lightly to himself. He was slightly miffed at the lack of attention that she had given, but was easily able to figure that her mind must be elsewhere. It was then that he turned towards his fellow blonde, only this one was very much so taller than he was. Extending his hand, he clasped his with the individual. "Name's Jaune Arc."

As that introduction finished Jaune made his way over towards the couch, sitting at the opposite end as Kakashi. The grey headed man offered him a lazy wave as he slowly pulled a familiar orange book from his shinobi pouch and began to read.

Pyrrha Nikos, four-time consecutive winner of the Mistral regionals, clapped her hands together and offered a beautiful smile to the blonde in front of her. "Hello" the girl began, her voice coming out cheery. "I'm Pyrrha, nice to meet you!"

Naruto offered the girl a small smile and an awkward wave as she went to join her team leader on the couch. He smiled as he watched the girl sit next to Jaune and begin speaking to him so animatedly. As he returned his sight to the last two individuals that he had not met yet he offered them a small smile and a brief apology.

"Sorry about that but she looks very similar to my mother." They both nodded their heads before a grin split the girl's face.

"Oh Ren! We should totally go and get some pancakes when we are done here! I heard the diner that we go to in Vale now uses some even higher quality maple syrup!"

The dark-haired man that was wearing the green tail-coat simply sighed lightly. "I'm Lie Ren and this is Nora Valkyrie. It's a pleasure to meet you." He offered a light bow as grabbed Nora and made his way over to the opposing couch. Naruto just chuckled lightly to himself as he made his way over next to Kakashi. Sitting next to the man, but still having a space between himself and Pyrrha.

It was then that the instruction on the television began to fade away, being replaced by new ones. 'begin to read the book. Take turns per chapter. The fridge in the kitchen and the pantry are stocked in need of meals.'

"Um what book exactly is he talking about?"

The question from Naruto had everyone turning to face him once more before Ruby produced the old book from seemingly nowhere. "This book," she began only for Naruto to raise an eyebrow in question.

"Well," the boy began before shrugging his shoulders. "Who wants to read the first chapter?"

As the words left his mouth all eyes from the Remnant crowd turned towards one Blake Belladonna. She initially figured it must be someone or something behind her, so she too turned to look. Once she did she realized that she was the center of attention and let out a short sigh to herself. Holding out her hand Ruby passed her the book, a triumphant smile on the young girl's face.

Blake coughed, clearing her throat before she began with the first chapter. "Remnant's Maelstrom Shinobi chapter one."

The city of Vale. One of the four major cities of Remnant that stood as a symbol of mankind's perseverance and ingenuity. It, along with its sister cities, cast a light of hope into the hearts of people around the world, showing the world that no amount of Grimm or disaster could eliminate the human spirit so long as one light shone through the dark.

"Oi, not to interrupt," Kakashi began. "But, what exactly is a Grimm?" As the question was raised a visual representation of several more well-known Grimm displayed on the television. A pack of Beowulf in one frame before shifting to a large Ursa Major.

"They are the creatures against humanity. Their only goal is to eradicate humanity from the face of the earth." Weiss sighed as the words left her mouth. "It is believed that they appeared shortly after the dawn of mankind and did everything that they could to destroy us, but we were able to learn and adapt. Fighting back through the use of our semblance and aura."

As Weiss finished her lengthy history lesson Yang grinned next to her. "Calm down there, nerd. Don't want to give the masked man an aneurism." Weiss quickly turned red but ignored the obvious bait from her blonde teammate. Huffing and turning away from the blonde it became apparent that she was done with this discussion.

Blake simply sighed before she began again.

As a major capital Vale boasted one of the largest shopping districts as well as numerous smaller settlements that lay on the outskirts of the sprawling city. At the heart of Vale was the prestigious Beacon Academy.

It was here at Beacon that the defenders of Vale were trained to combat the forces of darkness. These defenders, normal men and women, who had chosen to dedicate their lives to keeping Vale and her citizens safe were called Huntsmen and Huntresses. Wielding their own unique weapon alongside their equally unique power known as Semblance these warriors were to be the first and last line of defense against those that would wish to harm the citizens of their city.

They were to be symbols unto themselves; symbols of strength, pride, and hope.

"Similar to the ninja academy," Naruto noted to his sensei. Sure enough the man nodded his own head in agreement. He may be a rather lazy individual, but that would not stop him from stealing possible lesson plans from the instructors and using and implementing them within Konoha.

He gave Naruto a look of gratitude as the blonde handed him a notebook and pencil. The blonde was only saving himself the effort of designing academy curriculum down the line when he inevitably became Hokage.

It was here at the entrance to Beacon Academy that we find a tall and well-built teen admiring the massive structure that was the academy. The teen surveyed the building with blue eyes so intense that they seemed to be like twin pools of the ocean itself. Three marks that resembled whisker marks marked his tan face on each cheek. Blonde hair as gold as the sun fell in messy spikes around his head, the bangs falling across his forehead, further accentuating his electric blue eyes.

The blonde was garbed in clothing that seemed fitting of a warrior ready to march on to the battle lines. A plain black shirt with some sort of swirl in a burnt orange color on the chest clung to his top half. Over top the shirt was a black jacket with the same swirl on each shoulder. The top part of the shoulder was covered by some form of white armor. The back of the jacket as well as some parts of the front were dotted with the same pieces of white armor.

Covering his bottom half was a pair of plain grey pants. On his left thigh was a black pouch. Laying horizontally attached to his belt was a small and plain looking scroll. Covering his feet was a pair of black leather boots with the ends of his pants tucked into the ankle high footwear.

Standing at a solid six foot with a lithe build, the blonde would have struck an imposing figure if not for the twitching of his eye and the fluffy orange furred fox kit wrapped around his neck like a scarf.

Naruto's eyes went wide as the book finished describing him. "Oi don't tell me that this book is going to follow me!" His shout was indignant and bothered. Of course it would be. Who would desire for others to be able to read their personal thoughts.

Next to him Kakashi snickered. He was all the more ready to continue taking notes on this story that he would be able to use against his protégé as revenge for getting him stuck in this situation to begin with. The blonde's eyebrow twitched erratically as Blake ignored him and continued to read the story.

"Remind me again why the hell I have to go to school...AGAIN Kurama?" The blonde asked aloud, voice dripping in annoyance.

At that revelation Naruto became interested. Not in school, nah screw school, but in being able to conjure a body for Kurama to walk around in. If he could escape the boundaries of the seal that would be extremely nice. "I agree kit. It would be nice to stretch my limbs once in awhile." a voice in Naruto's mind rang out, Naruto already knowing it was Kurama speaking.

Some would think the teen crazy for talking to himself however that was far from the case. The fox that lay around his neck stirred and allowed one of its closed eyelids to crack open revealing ruby red eyes. Shaking its head in a very human show of exasperation a gruff male voice rang through the blonde's head, 'Because it seems to be both the easiest and best way to get a job and possibly some answers. Besides it should be easier since you have done this before. Also, don't talk out loud you dumbass, people will think you're nuts.'

Everyone from Beacon had their eyes wide like dinner plates, and were having a bit of trouble picking out words to even try to react to what was currently going on.

"Did that fox… just talk? More accurately, use telepathy?" Ren queried.

"Yes, yes he did, it'll be a thing explained later, for now, just roll with it." Naruto explained.

"Works for me!" Blake stopped reading as she, and everyone else, turned towards Nora and Ren. The boy simply face-palmed before shaking his head in mild exasperation. "Please continue Blake." The request came out more urgent than intended but it was easy enough to tell why. Nora herself simply shrugged her shoulders, not exactly understanding the situation.

A sigh escaped the teen's lips before his head fell in resignation, 'But I hated school then and I doubt this will be any different from the Academy back in Konoha.'

'That may well be true, but keep in mind that despite the situation not changing YOU have changed Naruto. And for kami's sake please don't act a fool. I think we've suffered one lifetime too many of that,' the voice replied back.

Ruby couldn't help but send the sitting blonde a sympathetic look. She too hated school and she could easily sympathize with anyone who held sentiment similar to her own. The boy simply sent her a thumbs up and a grin, making her smile in a way similar to his.

"Kami?" Yang questioned, her head tilted to the side, wondering what that meant.

"Kami" Kakashi began, "is another word for a god, deity, divinity, or spirit. Many times when used it is referring to the concept of gods, so it's basically another way of saying "God"."

"Ohhh, that makes sense." Ruby surmised.

Stretching his limbs, the now named Naruto sighed again and folded his arms behind his head, 'Wasn't exactly my decision. Not my fault those teachers were too bigoted to actually teach me properly.'

'Fair point kit, but you also weren't exactly helping yourself by acting like an idiot either.'

'Touché Kurama, touché.'

It was Kakashi's turn to frown. He had learned during his initial gauging of skill of team seven that Naruto had been neglected during the academy. The boy should have been far more able than he had been, given his current level of skill. If he struggled with a couple of techniques it would have been okay, but the boy had truly been shafted on the teacher selection for the first couple of years of the academy. Truth be told Kakashi had a rather good idea of how much Mizuki had jeopardized Naruto's education and it honestly made the silver haired man sick.

Before the mental conversation between the teen and fox could continue they were both startled by a sudden explosion only a few yards away from them. Both raised an eyebrow as they saw a girl about Naruto's age dressed in all white screaming and hollering at a younger girl in red.

"Oh no!" This time it was Ruby's turn to lament her introduction. She pulled her hood above her head, already knowing what was coming. This was not how she wanted to be introduced! Why couldn't it have started when she took down Torchwick?! Why did she have to be introduced after exploding?!

Not only that but now Yang would get to see what actually happened during her initial meeting with Weiss! She could already see the snickering face of her sister every time she closed her eyes. Oh, the humanity!

Their eyebrows ascended even higher as a girl in black interfered on behalf of the girl in red. Naruto felt bad for the younger girl seeing the regally dressed girl in white stomp off with the girl in black quietly sauntering off, leaving the girl in red to fall to her knees in sadness.

Feeling sympathetic Naruto made his way over to the red themed girl who was muttering to herself about knees...which was rather odd.

"Good going Ruby, your possible knight in shining armor arrives on the scene and you weird him out by talking about your knees of all things!" Yang chided, thinking it was such a wasted opportunity for her sister.

"It's your fault Yang!" Ruby retorted from within her hood, still a bit salty about what happened on the first day while Naruto blushed at what Yang was implying.

"How is it my fault?!"

"You were the one that said people would think I was the bee's knees! Then you left me, your own sister, to fend for herself alone!" Ruby whined from within her hood, albeit rather dramatically but still, she had a point.

Not one to judge though Naruto lowered his hand into the girl's vision, offering to help her up.

Before Yang could even make a comment, Ruby removed her hood and looked at Naruto with wide, brimming, and tear-stained eyes. If Naruto had been there on that day, would he have come to her aid as well? She was touched and happy, her nervousness already being forgotten as she began to swing her legs in the tall chairs that they were sitting on.

The Red Riding Hood look alike turned curious gray eyes up to the owner of the hand and was slightly surprised to see a rather good looking blonde offering her help. She took the offered hand and was a little surprised when the teen pulled her to her feet with only a slight tug.

Naruto had to resist the urge to slap himself when he noted just how attractive the red haired girl was.

'Seems that you inherited your father's love of red hair, ne?' Kurama chuckled mentally.

And just like that Ruby had already retreated back into her cloak, a defense mechanism similar to that of an ostrich. If she could not see the world, than the world could not see her. Meanwhile on the couch Naruto's face was lit up in a light blush as well.

"Sorry Ruby...didn't mean or want to make you feel awkward like that." Naruto said to his new acquaintance.

At the sound of a perverse giggle, Naruto turned and glared at his sensei, who was currently grinning at the boy through his mask, he growled out three words.

"Don't. You. Dare."

His threat did nothing to his, still grinning, sensei. The man simply turned back towards his notebook, scribbling down a couple of words before looking at Blake. "We are ready when you are." As he said the words Naruto couldn't help but notice the smugness in his sensei's voice. Then and there Naruto Uzumaki swore to himself that he would have the last laugh.

Naruto just childishly glared at the cheeky fox.

Before he could come up with a rebuttal the girl whose hand he was still holding spoke up, "Uh...thanks for that...um..."

Realizing that the girl was asking for his name Naruto let go of her hand and grinned, "Naruto. Uzumaki Naruto."

"I don't get it, is Naruto your first name or your last name?" Nora asked Naruto with a curious demeanor.

"Naruto is my first name, some cultures, like back home introduced themselves with their last names first. It's a tradition that mostly only people close to you may call you by your given name." He explained with a shrug. "Personally, I never cared much for it."

The girl's face lit up in a smile, "Nice to meet ya! I'm Ruby Rose."

"Aww just look at how adorable my little sister is!" Yang glanced over at Ruby only to begin laughing as she saw that her sister had all but vanished inside of her own hood. She had always found teasing her younger sibling to be fun, but this was just too much.

The sound of Kurama's snickering echoed in Naruto's head causing his brow to twitch. Of course, the fox would find her name amusing. Though even he had to admit that it was all pretty funny. Red cloak with red highlights? And her name was Ruby Rose? Yeah it seemed like her parents really wanted her to like the color red or liked the story of Little Red Riding Hood a little too much.

On the other hand he wasn't one to talk either. After all he had gone around in a bright orange jumpsuit for a few years and then spent another 3 or so years in a darker version of that same jumpsuit. Even now his love for the color orange was hard to repress, evident by the rather large swirl on his chest.

At that declaration, it was the Schnee who looked at him, disgusted. "You would actually wear something like that? That sounds absolutely hideous!" Naruto shrugged his shoulders but was rather surprised when someone from the Remnant crowd came to his defense.

"Are you really one to talk, Weiss? I mean you aren't in Atlas anymore. White isn't natural camouflage for you anymore." The white theme girl turned towards Blake, astonished that she would even say such a thing. Her glare was only returned by the victorious smirk of her teammate before the girl broke eye contact and, once more, began to read.

Pushing those thoughts to the back of his mind along with the sounds of a still laughing Kitsune Naruto offered one of his patented foxy grins, "So I take it this is your first year here at Beacon?"

Ruby nervously chuckled, "That obvious huh?"

"No all the experienced Hunters and Huntresses are blowing themselves up with Dust," Naruto chuckled.

Yang simply elbowed her partner before grinning. "This is going to be great." Blake didn't say anything, but her yellow eyes did linger on her team leader. A small smile framed her face as the girl continued to hide, obviously distraught by the unrelenting teasing of her friends and sister.

Childishly flailing her arms Ruby replied back, "But it wasn't my fault! I mean well I guess it kind of was, but still it was an accident and now because of that I won't have any friends and this is gonna be horrible and..."

Naruto could only barely resist the urge to laugh at the rambling girl. How she was able to talk so fast was a little mind boggling but he had seen stranger so he let her continue to vent out her frustrations.

A few minutes later a slightly winded Ruby blushed as she kicked at the ground, realizing that she had just spilled her guts to a guy she had met all of five minutes ago. The thought that he would be too weirded out with her to be her friend crossed her mind. Luckily before she could go on another worry induced ramble Naruto's voice broke through her thoughts.

"Better?"

"...little bit," Ruby admitted.

"Now it's time for my entrance," Jaune Arc stated, confident in his call. He had appeared here when he had first met Ruby and it would only make sense for him to do so here now. Pyrrha sent him a light smile, but no one really acknowledge it.

For a few seconds neither said anything, Naruto just standing there still grinning and Ruby still blushing in embarrassment. Then it broke. Laughter overtook the silence and filled the air, the two enjoying the oddness of the situation.

When they had regained their breath and were now just chuckling out the last of their laughs Ruby asked, "So you're a returning student here?"

Naruto flashed her a grin, "Nope!"

A sweat drop trailed down Ruby's head.

"Wait so you're a new student like me?"

Yang Xiao-Long erupted into laughter. This time it sounded more like cheers as she listened to Blake read through the rather awkward interactions between her sister and the man that she had only recently met. She usually would not be so relentless in her teasing, but this? This was simply gold.

"Yup!"

Ruby cried crocodile tears, "I was hoping you would be able to show me around!"

Naruto shrugged before folding his arms behind his head, "Well it can't be that hard to get around here...right?"

Jaune Arc blinked at Blake when she explained the page break that was indicative of the next scene. "So, where was I at?" At his question eyes turned towards him, inquisitively. They all knew that this was where Jaune was supposed to make his entrance and none of them had any idea where it was that he was. The question would only continue to grow in their minds.

The gathering of incoming students to Beacon all raised an eyebrow together as a girl in red came soaring through the open doors of the hall like she had been shot out of a canon. Lucky for her she landed in the arms of a busty blonde haired teen who grinned at her like the situation was normal.

"The one and only Yang Xiao-long makes her grandiose appearance." The grin that stretched the blonde's face was wide, yet diminished slightly at what she heard next.

"Thank god there is only one of her."

She turned to Weiss, who was currently whispering to Blake. The betrayal! Yang huffed as she flicked her hair, making quite the show of it, as Weiss and Blake erupted into light giggles on the side. She had been betrayed, abandoned for the Schnee! Yang Xiao-Long would have to remember that.

"Ruby!"

Realizing that she was currently in her sister's arms Ruby wrapped her arms around the blonde's neck and cried in joy, "Yang! I'm so glad to see you!"

Before anyone could question why Ruby had come through the door via the air, their attention was drawn back to the entrance of the hall where a blur of yellow raced into the hall before quickly slamming the twin doors shut.

There leaning against the door, panting and out of breath, stood another blonde with a frightened look to him. Even weirder was that a small fox kit was mirroring the blonde, looking equally terrified.

Kakashi's eyes were wide in astonishment. His student, the man who defeated Kaguya, and was revered as the strongest ninja of all time was afraid of something. Kakashi could only let out a shaky breath at the thought. Whatever was attempting to breach that door must have truly been monstrous. Perhaps the strongest of all Grimm had come to challenge an appropriate champion?

Ruby hopped out of her sister's arms and rushed the panting blonde, clutching to his chest like he was her husband who had just come back from war.

Yang bit her lip, trying desperately to hold in her laughter. Ruby acting like this towards a boy?! It was a first! And, more importantly, A RIOT!

"I thought I'd never see you again Naruto!"

Brows were raised even higher as Naruto wrapped his arms around the much smaller girl.

"Shh it's ok Ruby. That...thing will never hurt us again!"

Ruby looked up with a hopeful look shining in her gray eyes,

"Silver," Ruby's voice corrected.

"You killed it?"

Naruto looked away, "No. I was barely able to get away from it with my life."

Once again Kakashi found himself truly flabbergasted at the thought that his student was so worked up. He found himself truly fearing for the inhabitants of Beacon academy if Naruto Uzumaki himself would not be able to defeat the enemy.

Before the soap opera like situation could progress any further Yang shoved her way in between the two before asking the question that was on everyone's mind.

"Ok what the hell are you two talking about!? And how the heck do you know his guy Ruby!?"

Ruby just grinned and appeared by Naruto's side, "This is Naruto Uzumaki. Naruto this is my sister Yang."

"It appears that the older sister is more similar to a mother hen." The quip came from the place that none had expected. All eyes turned towards Ren, who had a small teasing smile on his face as he looked at Yang. The girl herself looked affronted. She wished to say something, but at the same time she was too proud of Ren to say anything.

Ruby's head poked out from her hood as she looked at the exchange in awe. She appeared in front of the sloth-like boy before looking at him, determination sparking in her eyes. "Teach me your ways."

The boy in question blinked before schooling his own expression. "First you must go sit back down. It shall teach you patience, which you will need in order to prep for the time to strike." Ruby nodded her head enthusiastically before, once more, appearing in a flurry of petals in her original position.

Naruto chuckled as he nervously waved at his fellow blonde who was inspecting him like a lioness would an unfamiliar creature. He had enough experience with busty blondes to know not to make them angry. That usually lead to a painful beating.

'Jeez she's almost as big as Tsunade Baa-chan (Granny Tsunade) and she's like half her age!'

A lewd grin spread across Yang's face as she turned towards the sitting boy. "You like what you see, big boy?" Her voice came out seductive as she flashed her eyes demurely and pulled her arms over her head, giving a rather generous display.

"Have some decency, Yang!" The call from the Schnee was not able to detract from Naruto's reaction in the slightest.

The boy's face turned as red as Pyrrha's hair as he buried his head into his hands. Next to him, Kakashi giggled perversely as his student lamented his terrible luck.

Before Naruto could question what the girl was eating to grow such a...healthy body Kurama made himself known by hopping his way up to Naruto's shoulders where he wrapped himself around the blonde's neck.

'Kit, kami must love you or something. I mean you've pretty much spent your whole life living every pervert's dream, surrounded by busty and hot females.'

Naruto would have normally had a snarky comment to reply back with, but he could find none. The fox was right. His stalker since childhood, Hinata, had blossomed into a beautiful young woman with a pair that could give Tsunade a run for her money. Then there was Tsunade herself who boasted possibly the largest pair in all of the Elemental Nations. Both Anko and Kurenai were equally beautiful and as equally gifted in the chest area. Not to mention Shion the priestess who wanted him to father her children. Of course, who could forget the Mizukage (Water Shadow), Mei Terumi, who had no shame in flirting with him whenever a chance arose.

Jaune Arc was the one who whistled this time. The young man was not much of a pervert, but even he had to admit that each and every one of those women were beautiful. Next to him he missed Pyrrha pouting, her bottom lip protruding out slightly as she watched the object of her affections look at the women on the screen.

Naruto didn't know whether to cry in frustration or joy. On one hand, he had tried his hardest to not fall to the dark side and become a pervert like every male role model in his life, but it seemed Kami had other plans or just enjoyed tempting him.

The females of Remnant all looked at the Uzumaki with respect in their gazes, though they did pity him for the divine being seeming out to corrupt him. Yang even got out of her display of her assets at that.

Resigned to his fate Naruto just stuck out his hand in greeting, "Nice to meet you Yang."

Not even bothering to reply to the greeting the blonde did a total 180 and was instantly invading his personal space bubble and gushing over the cuteness of Kurama. The fox himself was enjoying the attention, only serving to boost his already massive ego.

Within his mind Naruto, could hear the fox cackling in delight. Who would have guessed that a large concentration of pure chakra could even be a pervert? It was then that Naruto realized that the thought was entirely moot, his mind drawing back to Matatabi and how much of a shameless flirt the two-tailed cat could be.

Bijuu could be perverts just as easily as humans could be. Granted Naruto knew that none of them came close to his late sensei. Jiraiya had been a pervert above all other perverts, a self-proclaimed super pervert and he would be remembered as such. It was his legacy and his spirit would be feared in the hot-springs around Hi no Kuni for generations to come.

"Um...I'd like it if you didn't do that. Stupid fox already has a big enough ego."

"How could such a cute little thing have an ego?" Yang cooed in a baby like voice while cradling Kurama in her arms.

The fox was more than enjoying the situation he had found himself in, 'Kit...I now understand why Jiraiya was a pervert.'

Naruto could only sigh and pinch the bridge of his nose in frustration, though on the other hand looking at his fellow blonde he really couldn't blame the fox. Even he had to admit that the term "blonde bombshell" fit Yang almost to the letter and if the metallic bands on her wrist and the smell of gunpowder were anything to go by, the bombshell part may just be literal.

Yang blinked at the analysis, her gusto returning to her in full force. Naruto had just made a pun regarding her and her appearance. She was beginning to like him more and more already.

With the excitement over, the hall descended back into the chatter of friends and the group was left to their own devices without having to worry about having the whole freshman class' eyes on them. Of course, both Yang and Naruto were the type of people who could care less what other people thought of them and Ruby wasn't focusing on the background people enough to care.

As the group of three (plus one fox) chatted and got to know each other, Yang found herself actually enjoying the company of her fellow blonde. Far too often would guys chase after her and her sister and spend that time simply ogling them like creeps. She knew her outfit didn't exactly help, but not only was it easy to move in it also gave her an advantage over those perverts who would stare at her chest in the middle of a battle.

"Ah, the old Anko Mitarashi skimpy clothing technique, eh?" Kakashi grinned at that. The oldest of the group had spent a great deal of time with Konoha's resident snake mistress. She had been only two years his junior, but had graduated over half a decade later than him from the academy, as he had graduated at six.

Naruto shivered at the mention of the 'scary snake lady'. Even after all this time, after all these years, he still found her to be one of the most terrifying individuals in all of Konoha. Inquisitive eyebrows raised from the Remnant crowd at the mention of this individual, but none asked. They had seen Naruto's initial reaction and truth be told they were perfectly fine without knowing.

Naruto was different and instead looked her straight in the eyes which, with his piercing blue eyes, unnerved her a little bit. It was like he could pierce straight through her without even trying. What made her a little more on edge was how comfortable she was with the guy.

Not even a few minutes with the blonde and she was joking with and teasing him, which she found incredibly fun to do because of how he reacted. Seeing the somewhat cocky blonde turn into a blushing stuttering mess was just hilarious. Sure she was known for teasing people, but to be this comfortable with someone so fast? It made her a little worried. You didn't see and do the things she had by trusting everyone you met.

Yang couldn't help but agree with her other's sentiment. From the short amount of interaction that she had already had with Naruto she could easily see herself becoming attached. Not only that but he had been so much fun to tease! He had been harder to bait than most people she knew, but once she knew what cards to play even he was easy to reduce to a stuttering mess.

Before their little get together could continue a certain princess in white stomped her way to them and made her presence known by pointing her finger at Ruby whilst yelling, "You!"

Ruby reflexively jumped into her sister's arms and cried, "Oh god! She's back!"

The girl in white merely continued on her rant, "You're lucky you didn't blow us right off the cliff!"

"Yeah," Blake began, interrupting her own reading in order to contribute to the banter. "That would have been such a crying shame." The sarcasm in the cat faunus' voice was easily apparent and Weiss could only glare halfheartedly at her friend. She had become closer with Blake after the various escapades that they had gone on.

Instead of getting angry and fuming, like she was well known for, the white themed girl simply slapped Blake lightly on the top of the head, as if chastising a child. "Quite you," the heiress stated, sounding like she was scolding a child. "Get on with reading, your skills at that are far superior than your ability to attempt banter."

As she finished she cocked her head to the side, haughtily. Blake's mouth, and the mouths of several others hanging wide open in shock. Weiss Schnee had just made a joke and it had been good!

Only once she had snapped out of her stupor was Blake able to continue.

Yang looked at her sister who was still in her arms in surprise, "Oh god you really did explode."

"I told you it was an accident!" Ruby exclaimed in an attempt to defend herself.

"To be fair you were kinda shaking those vials of Dust around, so you are also to blame," Naruto butted in.

Ruby gave Naruto a grateful smile, while the princess gave him a dirty look he was all too familiar with.

Naruto, once again, shot Ruby a thumbs up with his wrapped arm. The girl sent him a slight smile as she felt it "safe" outside of her hood again. It was always heart-warming to the young girl that she could make such good friends. People that would stand up for her like this were people that she wanted to surround herself with.

Even if it was probably not permanent, residing within this world instead of her own, Ruby was glad that she got to meet Naruto. It might not be the same one as in this story, but she could easily tell that they were almost identical in personality.

'Hey Kurama you think she's part Uchiha or something? I mean only an Uchiha can sneer like that.'

'You got a good point there kit. But Uchiha's are also known for the love of black sooo,' Kurama said as he pointed out Weiss choice in clothing color.

Kakashi snickered at the comparison. "A woman out for Sasuke's heart huh?" He spoke quietly, only getting the attention of Naruto and both of them chuckled at the comparison. "I don't know," the boy drawled out lazily, similarly to how his sensei spoke on occasion. "I haven't seen her talking about avenging her family, bringing death and ruin onto her brother yet."

As Naruto finished he shifted his voice to a more arrogant tone and crossed his arms. "Now I must perfect my katon techniques as well as my spooky eyes. After that you better watch out." Once again he and Kakashi laughed at the expense of their estranged teammate.

It wasn't so much that Naruto disliked Sasuke, no he loved his brother, but past mistakes were in the past and could, therefore, be made fun of. He could imagine the conversations that he and Sasuke would have about this when they were old men, sitting around and talking about the 'good ole' days'. He was sure that Sasuke's past would be a pretty big point of interest when they got to be that old.

"And just who the heck are you?"

Taking a page out of one his teacher's books Naruto gave the girl a lazy look and drawled out, "I'm sorry did you say something princess?"

All eyes turned towards Naruto and Kakashi, the later having opened up his orange book and the younger placing his hands atop his and whistling indiscriminately. No one bought the act for a second, but no one truthfully cared.

While the girl was turning red from anger and not so silently fuming, both Yang and Ruby were just looking at the interaction between the two with barely surprised giggles.

"I said who the heck are you!?" The girl all but screamed.

Naruto just grinned lazily and somehow managed to smile with his eyes, "Isn't it polite to give your name before asking someone else's?"

Even though this currently was not happening to the real her, Weiss felt her eyebrow still began to twitch. She understood that when she first came to Beacon that she had a slight attitude problem, but dealing with Naruto would have still made her angry to this day. Deciding to just let it go she let out a disgruntled sigh.

It truthfully was not worth it.

That was the straw that broke the camel's back. Yang was on the floor rolling in laughter while Ruby was not fairing much better, hands on her knees as her shoulders shook from laughing. Even those within hearing distance of the group were either laughing or grinning when they saw how well the white themed girl seemed to be imitating a tomato.

'Kit...you're evil...and I'm so proud!'

Jaune simply looked over at Naruto. He was kind of miffed that he appeared to not be present so far, but he had to think that Naruto was making a far stronger impression than he upon first arriving to Beacon. The guy hadn't even used a single cheesy pick up line yet! It was honestly kind of saddening.

Barely stopping herself from strangling the infuriating blonde in front of her she seethed out, "My name is Weiss Schnee."

Around them some jaws dropped hearing the name Schnee. Evidently Naruto knew the name as well because his own jaw dropped, "As in the Schnee Dust company!?"

The now named Weiss crossed her arms and gained back her arrogance, "That's right my father is the owner of the largest Dust company in all of Vale."

Naruto did a complete 180 and went back to his uncaring posture from before, "Wow then you really should've know better than to be shaking vials of Dust like a rattle."

This time Kakashi couldn't keep up the façade and almost fell off the couch he was laughing so hard. So were most of the Beacon students.

"Stop laughing!" Weiss snapped, red-faced and feeling mortified.

The moment was lost on the rest in attendance as they simply sat back, watching in awkward silence.

Almost instantly the laughter came back even stronger than before as Yang gasped in an attempt to get some much need air into her lungs, Ruby equally out of breath. Weiss on the other hand let loose a scream of frustration and threw her arms in the air.

"UGH! YOU ARE SO INFURIATING!"

As Weiss stamped away in anger Naruto just chuckled as Yang leaned on him, still trying to regain her breath, "Foxy, I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship."

As the crowd began to quiet down a man dressed in an all green suit with silver hair and glasses walked his way before the microphone, aided by a metallic walking cane of some sort. This was the head of Beacon Academy, Ozpin.

The screen lit up for the benefit of Naruto and Kakashi. The man on the screen looked similar to Kakashi, but his hair was down and he seemed to have an affinity for the color green. "Not a bad looker" the white-haired man stated rather lazily.

"I will...keep this brief. You have traveled here today in search of knowledge, to hone your craft and acquire new skills. And when you are finished you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people...but I look amongst you and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step."

Once again Kakashi frowned. This was mediocre at best. If this man truly wished to inspire his students he needed to put them to the test, put them in a situation that could kill them. They would need to understand the importance of a life, the importance of what it costs when a life is taken away.

Without a word more Ozpin began to walk away, not even sparing a glance at the crowd of his newest students.

Equal amounts of shock, anger, and denial ran through the teens in the crowd after Ozpin's rather bleak speech. Yang huffed in anger at the man's words, while Ruby looked down in contemplation. Naruto merely stood there with his arms crossed.

'Great, another Kakashi. Wonder if he has some porn stashed away like the scarecrow too,' Naruto thought to himself.

At that, most of the females turned towards Kakashi in order to glare at him. "Is that what you're reading," Weiss began rather angrily. "Some garbage smut novels? Are you that much of a pervert?"

"He is. Trust me, you're talking to a guy who reads porn in front of children...in public... before sticking his fingers up their butt. After that, it hurt to use the bathroom for three days! It was horrible!" Naruto shuddered.

At that, most of the women all unleashed Bijuu-level murderous intent focused solely on the man as they continued to glare at him, the man beginning to break out in a light sweat similar to when Kurenai used to do the same. He honestly didn't think that he would be on the receiving end of a glare this strong again in his life. Kakashi was just glad they didn't have any weapons on hand at the moment!

A blonde haired woman wearing glasses and a cape of some sort strode up the microphone to take Ozpin's place, "You will gather in the ballroom tonight. Tomorrow your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed."

Sitting atop the windowsill with one leg dangling outside, Naruto allowed the crisp night air to brush against his face, his blonde locks rustling in the wind while his cerulean orbs stared at the moon that now hung in the starry night sky.

Going over today's events he had to chuckle at the parallels in this new life of his. Without even opening one of his eyes Kurama spoke through their mental connection, 'Parallels there may be, but remember kit, there will also be many differences. You can not allow your past to haunt you any longer, lest you become like that one eyed sensei of yours.'

This was all new to everyone present. Naruto's eyes narrowed in thought. This world was different from his own, yet he seemed to obtain all memories of his past life, at least until a certain point. He still had his arm, so he doubted that he had confronted Sasuke. Truth be told, he wasn't even sure if he had participated in the fourth shinobi war in this timeline.

Apparently, during his time in the life of his alternate self in the story, something had changed and he had ended up in the very different world of Remnant. He had traveled dimensions during his battle with Kaguya and it wouldn't be that surprising if he had been stuck in one.

Away from his friends, stranded in a different world. The thought made him shudder, it was not something that he would desire to live. If his past was going to haunt him in this life as Kurama said, then it was obvious that he must have made some mistake. A mistake that had cost him dearly.

Naruto only offered a bittersweet smile as he absentmindedly allowed his fingers to softly stroke Kurama's fur. Looking back now it was funny how much things had changed. Almost a year or so ago and the fox that was curled up in his lap had wanted nothing more than to tear him to bloody bits and break out of the seal that kept him in Naruto. Now? Well Naruto had no idea how he would've survived this long without Kurama's help.

Then there was Naruto himself. Looking back he could've slapped himself. Admittedly he really hadn't changed all that much. He was still pretty hyper and knuckleheaded, but the difference now was that he had balanced out. Thanks to Kurama's help and his own determination he had been able to improve in almost every area by leaps and bounds.

Naruto couldn't help but snort. He considered himself to be rather humble, but he was still proud when it came to his abilities in a fight. He had brought an end to war during his time and he had defeated a goddess. No matter how strong training with Kurama had made him, he doubted it would be as impressive as he and Sasuke teaming up against Madara and then Kaguya.

Naruto was knocked out of his little reverie when he felt the presence of Ruby next to him, "Penny for your thoughts?"

The blonde turned and took in Ruby's pajamas with a smile. While in her normal clothes the girl looked ready to go into battle, or a Halloween party, however in her pink pajama bottoms and black tank top, Ruby actually looked her age.

Ruby also took in Naruto's own sleep wear with a minor blush. The white tank top with some sort of leaf like symbol that hung off his form allowed his well muscled arms to be seen quite easily. Likewise the navy blue gym shorts with that red swirl of his did a good job of showing off his equally well-toned legs.

Ruby had to blush as, with the moon in the background and blonde hair swaying gently in the breeze, Naruto looked quite attractive.

Once again Ruby was gone. All people present had seen her face to darken past the shade of red that her hair currently was and then jump inside of her cloak once more. She fell out of her chair, landing on the ground and rolling herself up as if she was in a blanket. She did not think of boys that way! She just wanted to hide until all of this blew over.

Yang simply bit her lip as she felt a smile tug at her lips. She could tease Ruby over this, but the girl was already distraught enough. Instead she turned her attention to her fellow blonde on the couch.

"Who would've guessed that you would have been able to give my sister such naughty thoughts?" the girl began, placing her hand to her lips as if she was scandalized. "I can't wait to see you in clothing similar."

A light dust painted Naruto's cheeks, but he refused to fall victim to this once again! Holding his ground he quirked an eyebrow at Yang before giving out a short taunt. "Is that all you've got? I've received worse from my grandmother and she's ancient."

Kakashi's eyes widened at that declaration. If Tsunade ever caught word of Naruto saying that he was sure that she would put him through a mountain or two and that would just be her warm up! He put the pen in his hand down, not even he would condemn his student to a fate such as that.

Yang Xiao-Long lightly glared at Naruto. She would have the last laugh! She swore it upon her title of greatest teaser at Beacon academy!

"Just thinking about home."

"Where are you from?" Ruby asked curiously. She admittedly didn't know much about her new blonde friend, which was something she wanted to remedy.

Naruto just turned his gaze back to the moon. He had spent enough time here on Remnant to have come up with a back story which was as close to the truth as he could get without having to tell everyone the complete truth.

"It was a village out in the middle of nowhere. It was my people's attempt at starting up another city like Vale. It had actually been around for awhile and thanks to the forests that surrounded it, it was named Konohagakure no Sato."

Blake frowned as she read that. She had never expected the boisterous blonde over there to have any sort of tragic backstory. True, it always made a book better to read about a reluctant hero in her mind, but it was different this time.

After all the tragic hero that this book was written about was not even ten feet away from her, sitting on the couch and having to listen to this. She was sure that things had turned out differently for him in actuality instead of fiction, after all he wasn't on Remnant now, but it still didn't make it much different for her.

The way that Naruto held himself truly did show experience beyond his years. She could only assume the boy was seventeen or eighteen at the moment and it was obvious from the way that the held himself that he had experience that few did. He looked similar to the really old war veterans in the white fang that she had grown up around. Faunus that had experienced the great war on the frontlines and lived to tell about it.

Before Ruby could question exactly what the name meant and what language it was in, a slightly surprised yet subdued voice made its way into their conversation.

"The Village Hidden in the Leaves."

Both Naruto and Ruby turned their eyes to see the black haired girl who had helped out Ruby earlier in the day making her way to them, book in hand.

Naruto raised his brow and nodded, surprised that someone actually knew the language, "Yea that's spot on actually. I'm surprised someone even knows that language still."

The raven haired teen offered her brow raise, "Same can be said for you. For all intents and purposes it's a dead language."

It was then that Naruto turned towards Blake. "You speak Japanese?" The girl simply shook her head in response. She didn't; a skill that must have been privy to the version of her in only this book.

Naruto just smiled, "My village actually preferred it, made names and stuff sound a lot cooler. By the way I'm Uzumaki Naruto."

"Blake. And your name...your parents really liked ramen huh?"

Naruto childishly pouted, "Damnit that's not what my name means!"

Ruby giggled at Naruto's pout before asking, "So what does it really mean then?"

The blonde just puffed out his chest and proudly declared, "Maelstrom."

Blake chose to interject, "So your full name means 'Maelstrom Spiral' then?"

"To think you were named after a protagonist in one of Jiraiya-sama's novels and you cannot even appreciate his literature."

Naruto turned towards his sensei, a neutral mask on his face. It was almost as if his look was begging the question of 'are you kidding me'. "You're just mad that pervy-sage only wrote ONE decent novel in his life. You can continue to believe that the trash you read is good, but it still doesn't have a movie of it, and you will never star in it if it does."

The man's eyebrows twitched erratically. If his student was still weaker than him he would definitely give him the what for. Instead a smirk came to his face. Perhaps when they returned and he became Hokage he could find a suitable punishment. Kakashi's hands rubbed together ominously as he thought about the D-rank missions that he could assign to his young protégé.

Naruto just grinned cockily, "You got it!"

Yang suddenly appeared behind Naruto, scaring him enough to almost make him lose his balance and fall out the window. Thankfully she had also chosen to grab his whiskered cheeks and began tugging at them, "I don't know, I think I'll just stick with calling you Foxy."

With Yang still painfully tugging at his cheeks, Naruto began to cry dramatically, "Ruby help! Get your crazy sister off me!"

"There's no helping him." Ruby's voice came from under her cloak, the girl still hiding for the time being. She feared for her friend, but at the moment, she feared for herself even more. If she got involved with this battle than she would only be collateral damage.

"Who you calling crazy Mr!?" Yang yelled as she began to tug at Naruto's cheeks even harder, laughing maniacally all the while.

"Why's the "Mister" part in its abrivation form?" Blake wondered.

"Lazy author?" Weiss guessed.

Ruby began to laugh as she watched her sister torture their new friend, while even the normally cool Blake cracked a grin as she watched the two blondes interact.

"SAY IT! SAY UNCLE!"

"YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!"

"YOU WANNA BET FOXY!?"

"OW OW OW OW! DAMNIT YANG THAT HURTS!"

"SAY IT!"

"NEVER!"

"SHUT THE HELL UP! SOME OF US ARE TRYING TO SLEEP!"

Silence.

"It appears that the creature from the white lagoon will be making her second appearance."

Weiss shot a glare at Blake as she cracked a smile and Yang giggled at the dark-haired girl's joke. "You laugh now, but just you wait, Blake. Vengeance will be mine!"

Even though the line had been spoken in jest, both Kakashi and Naruto's eyes widened dramatically. The boy rose a shaky finger, remembering his earlier conversation with his sensei, as it slowly pointed at Weiss. "You wouldn't happen to know any fire-based techniques, would you?"

The girl only quirked an eyebrow at the question as she nodded. "I specialize in all types of dust; fire is something that I use on occasion."

Both men broke into fits of laughter as Naruto struggled for air. "Close enough!" was all he was able to get out between gasps for air.

None knew what was going on, but all let the oddity slide.

Ruby stared at the poor bastard who had told both Naruto and Yang to shut up with wide eyes. This was not gonna end well...for the guy at least. Quietly she wondered what kind of flowers he liked.

Both Naruto and Yang slowly turned their heads to face the brave (read: foolish) soul who would dare interrupt them.

For a moment both parties stared directly at each other, the nameless and random teen defiantly glaring straight back at the pair of blondes. However when Yang slowly stepped off of Naruto's back and cracked her knuckles, he began to sweat. When Naruto began to crack his neck, the glare dropped off his face.

With fearful eyes he watched as the blonde duo stalked their way over to the his place on the floor, people quickly clearing the way so as not to get in between the cold fury of Naruto and Yang and their prey.

That night screams of pain echoed throughout the school grounds for ten minutes straight before all was quiet.

Weiss sent a triumphant smirk towards the B in team RWBY as the section of the chapter finished. "It appears that it wasn't myself after all, just some poor soul who was not me."

A hum escaped the faunus' lips as she thought over the quandary. It appeared that subtle differences such as this one would be present in the story. In the original timeline, it had been Weiss who had interrupted the conversation between Ruby, Yang, and herself. Perhaps this was destiny's way of letting Weiss live.

If Weiss had engaged against Naruto and Yang, well the dark-haired girl could only shiver at the thought. Regardless of their rather awkward past fights, Blake rather liked Weiss. It would be kind of hard to enjoy the company of a girl if she was not whole.

"AH! Now that was a good night's sleep!" Yang declared as she stretched, drawing the eyes of every teen male in the room.

Naruto grinned as he stretched as well, "Couldn't agree more Yang! Slept like a log."

Ruby could only sweat drop upon seeing the devious grin the two shared. Maybe introducing them to each other was a bad idea.

Naruto couldn't help but shrug at the thought. He was sure that he and Yang would have gotten in plenty of trouble together if they had attended the academy, or, god forbid, been on the same team. It was a fair judgement call from the girl, but he knew what was coming next as soon as he witnessed the proverbial gleam in Yang's eye.

"Awwww...is sister embarrassed by little ol' me?"

Yang was attempting to provoke something but all that the group was able to see was a slight shifting in the cloak. The smirk was still on her sister's face and Ruby knew it.

Naruto collected his stuff before walking out of the hall, Yang, Ruby, and surprisingly Blake not too far behind.

As the group made their way to the locker rooms where their battle clothes and weapons were Naruto decided spark up a conversation, not one for silences, "So you guys ready for whatever our initiation is today?"

Ruby was bouncing around like a rabbit out of excitement in response, "Oh my gosh! Today's the day! We're gonna become Hunters and Huntresses! THIS IS SO EXCITING!"

Naruto chuckled at the girl's exuberance while Yang shook her head at her sister's hyperactiveness, "You bet your butt we are Foxy!" Winking at her fellow blonde she continued, "Just don't get left behind ok?"

Naruto laughed as petted a still sleeping Kurama, "Psh. Speak for yourself. I got this test in the bag, -ttebayo!"

Naruto couldn't help but chuckle at the taunt that Yang had given, even if it had not been towards him. He was not exactly sure how strong people from Remnant were, but he had a hard time believing that any of them could come close to where he was at the moment.

If he had been able to manifest Kurama in that life he was sure that he was plenty powerful there as well. As far as he was concerned Yang had it backwards. She should be making sure that she could keep up with him.

Blake raised an eyebrow at the verbal tic before turning curious eyes at the fox kit wrapped around Naruto's neck. She had seen the fox before, but seeing as it had spent most of the time sleeping she had passed it off as nothing of importance. Now however, with them no doubt heading into combat, she raised a question, "Naruto, what about your pet? Is it a good idea to bring it along?"

The fox seemed to have heard her and in response opened its eyes before glaring at her and growling. While Kurama usually appeared to be sleeping he was always keeping his senses out, making sure to keep him and Naruto aware of anything and everything around them. As such he had heard Blake's question and was none too happy at being called a pet.

'She better watch it! I am no pet! I am the great Kyuubi no Kitsune (Nine Tailed Fox)! Strongest of the Bijuu (Tailed Beasts) and I could easily crush her underneath my paw!'

"How big is the fox supposed to be?"

The question came from Ren as he leaned forward, opening his eyes in the process. It was a fair question. The creature described so far was no larger than an average fox and only possessed one tail. Its size was an adjustable factor in his mind.

Naruto shrugged his shoulders as he thought about it. "Probably about the size of a small mountain. He was kinda smaller than that for a while, but now he is a little bit larger than the Hokage monument back home."

Ren simply blinked a couple of times before nodding his head and leaning back in his chair. He didn't have the energy to think too much about this.

Blake was mildly surprised to see twin crimson orbs bore into her own amber eyes, clearly expressing just how angry the fox was.

The blue eyed teen turned to face Blake, "Uh I'd apologize. Kurama here doesn't like to be called a pet."

Blake raised an eyebrow wondering just what kind of fox this Kurama was. She had never seen a fox or any animal with such unique red eyes, or even fur of that color. The fox also seemed to be extremely intelligent, having perfectly understood what she had said.

"Uh...sorry Kurama?"

"Damn right she is. I have killed far stronger and more intelligent life-forms for far less than that." Naruto simply rolled his eyes at Kurama's idle threats. He and the fox both knew that Kurama was far too lazy to put in the effort to kill anything now a day. He was just being prideful like always.

The small fox looked to have actually scoffed, further surprising Blake and the others, before resuming his position as Naruto's scarf.

'Stupid cats. Think they're so amazing,' Kurama huffed.

Naruto sweat dropped at his friend's comment, "Well that's probably as good as you're gonna get. He's pretty stubborn when he wants to be."

Blake decided to voice her question as she kept looking at Kurama in curiosity, "What kind of fox is he? He's pretty smart and doesn't look like any fox I've seen."

Naruto shrugged, "He was sort of an experiment my village was doing. They wanted to see how Aura affected animals and so as a small kit he was injected with doses of mine, which is why we're so close. That's also why I know he can take care of himself, he has his own Semblance."

"Aura? Semblance?" The two words were spoken separately, questions in the mind of both student and Sensei. It was Pyrrha who took up the role of instructor this time. "Our Aura is a power that manifests from our souls. It is attributed to a physical shield that blocks us from harm and also helps us heal. The bodies of humans and faunus that have their aura awakened are naturally stronger than average people.

Our Semblances are abilities that manifest from our aura. A unique ability that everyone with aura possesses. It is typically unique between people and manifests from the individual's personality. For example, when you saw Ruby move so quickly, disappearing in a flurry of rose petals, you saw her semblance. That ability is entirely unique to her."

Naruto simply hummed as Pyrrha finished her explanation, offering the girl a small smile in return. "Thanks." The one word conveyed a great message between the two of them as Pyrrha instantly returned his smile.

"If you don't use Aura then what do you use?" Pyrrha had been slightly nervous about asking, figuring that it might be considered personal, but the boy only shrugged his shoulders and held out his hand, a blue ball of spiraling energy quickly forming in it. "It's called chakra and I'm sure that we will get to see it in action throughout the story."

Kurama mentally grinned, 'My, my kit that was a pretty good lie. Seems like you really are becoming a true shinobi.'

Naruto just shrugged. Just because he kind of trusted Ruby, Yang, and Blake didn't mean he was gonna just spill his whole life story to them. He had been stabbed far too many times in the back to be that trusting anymore. Besides it wasn't like they'd believe him if he told them that Kurama was actually just a physical manifestation of energy that had been sealed inside of him by his parents and Death when he was only a few minutes old. Or that Kurama was actually several stories tall and so powerful that with just a flick of his tail he could crumble mountains.

Blake found herself pausing as she read. From what she had been able to gather, from the conversations in the story and the ones between her and the shinobi on the couch, the place that they came from wasn't exactly friendly. She couldn't help but wonder if Naruto had been subjugated to treatment similar to the faunus for some reason or another.

With the way that he had described the way he had been back stabbed on several occasions the idea certainly had merit. She wouldn't bring it up, but she had already begun to think that the two of them might have more in common than she thought.

After all, having a Beast as terrifying as Kurama sealed inside him by death itself could easily lead to the thought process that Konohagakure no Sato might not be such a hospitable place.

Yeah he'd be locked up in the loony boon faster than his father's Hiraishin no jutsu (Flying Thunder God technique).

Both Yang and Ruby shrugged at Naruto's explanation, their family had a dog who also acted as a partner on some missions so Naruto having a fox who could do the same wasn't that weird to them.

As the group of four plus one fox finally reached the locker room they separated to head to their lockers and get changed. Naruto had the foresight to get dressed away from the girls, knowing what happened to guys who tried to peek on women who knew how to fight and had sharp pointy things on hand.

"And that, Kakashi, is why I never listened to any advice that Jiraiya gave me regarding anything other than training." The man only nodded his head sagely in response. He might have been a disciple of Jiraiya, but not even he was foolish enough to take up the practices of the man he revered so highly.

Finally dressed in his clothing and making sure that his pouches were full of kunai and that he had his main weapon sealed into the scroll attached to his belt, Naruto began to make his way out of the locker rooms. On the way out he managed to catch the tail end of Weiss asking someone to be her partner for the exam.

Wondering who was apparently so good that the princess was asking them to be her partner Naruto peeked over and was shocked.

Standing there with a small smile on her beautifully unmarried face was a girl so beautiful he was sure his jaw had just hit the ground.

Noticing the dumb look on his container's face Kurama turned to look at the girl only to have his eyes bug out, 'Kit, I know I'm always teasing you, but...damn! Now I see why your dad liked red-head so much!'

And Kurama wasn't wrong. With hair as red as blood tied into a ponytail and garbed in bronze looking armor and a battle skirt with boots, the girl looked as dangerous as she was beautiful. Naruto was able to catch what Weiss said about the girl. Apparently she was so good that she was the undefeated champ of some tournament for three years and had even earned the moniker of "The Invincible Girl".

Pyrrha had known where this was going before it had even said her name. She may have been slightly prepared, but that didn't stop her face from glowing brightly. She desired to take a page out of Ruby's book and hide somewhere, but she knew that she couldn't.

In similarity to Pyrrha's face, Naruto's was rather red as well. He began to massage his temples as he looked at the ground, not being able to meet his sensei's face at the moment. He was not sure he desired to see what was there.

'It's always the red heads,' Naruto lamented to himself.

Unfortunately for him Naruto knew very well just how he was around such women. Confident, strong, yet gentle and understanding. And the red hair? Yeah he'd be lucky if he could throw a kunai straight with her around. He really had inherited his father's love of red-heads.

"It appears that my student has become quite the ladies man."

If Jiraiya had been present he would have been proud to see how well Kakashi could move his eyebrows. Naruto didn't raise his head and Pyrrha did not either. Both were just ready for this part of the book to be over as fast as possible.

Hoping that Kami was on his side and that he wouldn't have to be around her for too long for the sake of his dignity, Naruto made his way out to join Ruby and Yang.

Had he looked back once more he would have seen the red head ignore Weiss in favor of turning to look at his retreating form, 'Hmm it's that blonde guy. His name was Naruto I think. He's a little odd.' Smiling to herself she recalled his entrance at the freshman speech, 'And funny too.'

Naruto moaned in embarrassment at that as his and Phyrrha's blushes worsened.

As Blake once more brought up the line break Jaune Arc felt completely devastated. "Where the heck am I?! This is the third scene I was supposed to be in, and I couldn't even be there to give Weiss the pickup line that began to win her heart!"

Naruto picked his head up as he eyed the white themed girl curiously. Instead of agreeing, her face turned red not in embarrassment but in anger. "Don't spread such lies, Jaune! Don't let these people think anything of the sort!"

As she finished, Naruto stood and walked towards the other couch, sitting a couple of spaces away from Ren and Nora. He subtly noticed Pyrrha scoot towards the middle and he also saw the small smile forming on her face. Regardless, he did not want the girl to feel anymore awkward than she already did.

The current gathering of students consisting of a grinning Naruto, a hyperactive Ruby, a cocky Yang, calm Blake, haughty Weiss, an odd girl with short orange hair bugging a teen with long raven black hair, a serene red head, and both Ozpin and his assistant Glynda, stood at the edge of cliff, below which stretched miles upon miles of wild untamed forest.

Taking note that everyone who needed to be there was there, Ozpin began after taking a sip from his coffee cup, "For years you have trained to be warriors and today your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest."

"It's official," Yang said as if she was stating fact. "Vomit boy isn't at Beacon." All eyes turned towards Jaune as he hung his head, having already come to the same conclusion. He would not be relevant in this story and it appeared that Naruto might be taking his place.

Glynda decided to step in and with some sort of tablet in hand continued for Ozpin, "Now I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of teams. Well allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates...today."

Naruto raised an eyebrow at the mention of teammates.

'Jeez can this get anymore like Konoha?'

Kakashi only scoffed at the declaration. He had put his student through hell and he wasproud of that fact. The initial testing that he had put team seven through was harder than what any other sensei did and he was certain that it had saved all of their lives during the wave mission. He had administered it for a reason.

Implying that this test was going to be anything nearly as bad as what he did was almost insulting. Anything worse could be considered borderline torture.

Though he did have to wonder why Ruby looked so down while Yang was giving her an "I told you so" look.

"These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon, so it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well," Ozpin lectured.

Ruby turned to give Naruto a hopeful look, silently asking him if he would be her partner. Naruto guessed that Yang was attempting to get her little sister to meet new people, but he could see that Ruby would be more than comfortable only having a small handful of people she could trust, a sentiment he shared with her. As such he just gave her a smile and shrugged, silently agreeing with her.

Once more Ruby emerged from her cloak to give the boy a bright smile. She was so glad that in that life, and even in this one to some extent, she had been able to meet such a kind and caring individual. More and more throughout this story she was beginning to learn about Naruto and she was rather glad.

Her friends at Beacon had been rather close knit and to not be able to meet an individual as caring as Naruto kinda sucked. Sure, she had Jaune and she cared deeply for her friend, but Naruto was a unique individual all on his own. She truly felt cheated that she did not get to experience Beacon academy with such a great person.

As if to shatter any of Ruby's hopes at being paired with someone she knew Ozpin continued with a small amount of pleasure in his voice, "That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years."

Naruto had to withhold a laugh as he saw Ruby's world begin crumbling down around her. Off to the side the girl with orange hair happily turned to her friend, "See! I told you!"

Not wanting to be interrupted any further Ozpin continued his little speech, "After you've partnered up head to the north end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path or you will die."

Kakashi hummed in appreciation of this tactic. Perhaps Ozpin wasn't as easy going as he had initially thought. Regardless he would still have to fault this principle of teaching.

These children were going to become protectors of the world and he was sure that Grimm was not the only things that they would be running up against. They should have been pitted against one another or given a human opponent to face in conjunction to the Grimm in order to give them more realistic world experience. At least this was a good start.

At hearing that a sudden grim look came across everyone's face. Our favorite blonde protagonist meanwhile had to resist the urge to sweat drop, 'Ok this is getting freaky now. I mean really? Another silver haired teacher preaching the need to walk into a test with the intent to kill.'

"Mah Mah, don't complain Naruto," Kakashi began as his eyes crinkled up, signifying his usual smile. "I gave you a test worse than this one when you were twelve. This should be a piece of cake for you."

Naruto only glared at his sensei. He wanted to bring up the fact that he still felt phantom pains in his rump from when he had practically been violated the pervert, but he cared far too much for his own image to do so. Regardless, he still owed Kakashi for that one.

"You will be monitored and graded for the duration of your initiation, but our instructors will not intervene," taking a sip of coffee Ozpin paused in his speech, allowing the weight of his words to really sink in. After a few seconds he continued, "You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several relics. Each pair must choose one and return to the top of the cliff. You will guard that item as well as your standing and be graded appropriately. Any questions?"

The group nodded in the negative, everyone already clear on their instructions, simple as they were. Find a partner, get through the forest, grab a relic, and make it back to cliff, hopefully in one piece.

Ozpin nodded, seemingly satisfied with the determination each of his prospective students was showing in the face of the obstacle before them.

"Good. Now, take your positions."

Already having seen the silver launch pads beneath their feet, each student prepared themselves. The first to be launched into the air was the Schnee heiress who merely allowed herself to fly through the air with a bland look.

Naruto only let out a whistle. That sounded like it could be pretty fun. From the various nostalgic faces in the group he could tell that this had been a good time. Why wouldn't it have been? This is where their teams were chosen, they were bound to be fond of it in some way or another.

At least, excluding Jaune. He just appeared to be getting visibly ill at the memory of the interesting launch devices.

One by one each of the students was sent rocketing into the air by the pads beneath them. Soon only Yang, Ruby, and Naruto remained. Before Yang was launched into the air she winked at Naruto before pulling out a pair of sunglasses from...somewhere and with a whoop of joy she too was sent flying.

The action was mimicked in the room they were residing in. From seemingly nowhere Yang pulled out some shades and put them on before striking a pose. "Forgot I had these."

Naruto laughed boisterously while Blake cupped her face in her hands. It seemed Ruby was equally affected by her sister as she made some sort of strange whining noise as she sat on the ground.

Ruby turned and offered a smirk at Naruto before she joined her sister and the others in the air. As the last one left to be launched Naruto looked at both Ozpin and Glynda before offering them a cocky smirk as he rotated his neck, cracking it in the process. He bowed to the two and was launched off into the sky like a bullet.

"YAHOO!"

Ozpin turned and regarded his longtime friend and associate with a raised brow, "He was an...odd one."

Glynda frowned, clearly unhappy with how nonchalant Naruto had seemed, almost like life or death situations were nothing new to him. The other students had looked just as excited to prove themselves, but it was clear they were also weary of the danger that called the forest home.

The blonde did not. He had a look in his eye that she had only seen in veteran Hunters and Huntresses, the look of someone who had spilt blood and fought in battles their life on the line far too many times. It did not sit well with the strict woman and set her on edge.

Naruto could only shrug. It was a look similar to what most people had in the elemental nations and he really didn't see it as a big deal.

Eyes were, after all, the proverbial window to the soul. You could always tell the life that a person lived by how they carried themselves, but you could tell the battles they fought from the look in their eyes.

He caught Blake eyeing him curiously and sent the girl a small smile. She returned to the book, her cheeks slightly pink at the embarrassment of being caught staring.

Wondering just who the blonde was she instantly pulled up the video feed of him on her tablet and pulled up his record next to it.

Naruto laughed to himself as he saw several of the others already begin to descend back towards terra firma. However Naruto wasn't an adept user of Fuuton (Wind Release) for nothing. Calling forth only a small portion of his massive chakra reserves he allowed it to coat his form, creating a streamlined shield of wispy light green chakra. Now far more aerodynamic he pushed only a smaller portion into his feet, propelling him further and faster than the others.

"You can manipulate the elements with your chakra?" The question came from Weiss as she turned towards Kakashi, who only shrugged in response.

"Sure," the silver-haired man replied. "I'm pretty good with lightning and Naruto is a wind type. It is considered to be one of the harder practices to master with chakra, but it is a staple in most high-level shinobi where we come from."

The girl only nodded, satisfied with the answer.

Soon he was naught but a screaming blonde bullet tearing through the air like a knife through wet paper. As he passed the others who had been launched before him he could hear the gasps of shock and one girl in red as she attempted to copy him by using the recoil from her weapon only to slice through a bird in the process.

"BIRDY NO!"

Naruto nearly died of laughter as Ruby blushed at that memory. She had forgotten about the poor bird that she had hit on entry to the emerald forest.

Soon the others began to follow suit, using either their weapons or their Semblance to propel themselves even further into the Emerald Forest. However humans were not meant to fly and eventually gravity began to show itself, bringing them all back down to the earth.

Seeing that he was slowly making his way into the trees and wanting to avoid any injuries or broken limbs he reached into the pouch on his thigh and pulled out two kunai knives. Holding the ninja knives in a reverse grip he allowed his bubble of Wind Natured Chakra to pop, letting the winds slam into him, greatly slowing him down. With his speed slowed down the blonde was able to weave through several of the trees, each time he did so bringing down his speed even more. Eventually Naruto had slowed to a decent enough speed to be able to stab his kunai into a large tree trunk. Curving his legs inwards he swung his body around the tree, carving out a spiral into the trunk as he made his way to the forest floor.

When he was close enough to the ground that he wouldn't break a bone from a fall, he let go of the blades and performed a flip whilst tucking into a ball. As Naruto came even closer to the ground he unfurled himself and like a gymnast landed perfectly on his feet before bowing to the imaginary crowd.

'I'll give it a 9 out of 10,' Kurama snickered.

Naruto blew a raspberry at his fox friend, insulted that he didn't get a perfect score.

"Truth be told it sounds like you just ripped me off."

The comment came from Ren as he had, once more, sat up and opened his eyes. He looked at the blonde who simply rolled his neck and shrugged. "Eh I would have gone with something flashier anyway. Have to appeal to the imaginary audience dattebayo!"

As the blonde flashed Ren a grin the green-clad teenager couldn't help but let out a short chuckle. It was a similar technique he had used to dismount, but that really didn't matter. He just found it rather funny that his own landing would not have gotten a perfect score from a mountain-sized fox with nine tails.

The sound of the bushes rustling put him on high alert. Thinking that he was already going to be attacked by something that wanted him as dinner, he pulled out another kunai knife and with perfect aim tossed it into the bush with the precision and speed that came with his years of experience using the knives.

He was surprised though when, instead of the squelching sound of metal piercing flesh, he heard the metallic ring of steel meeting steel. As the victim of Naruto's paranoid attack emerged from the brush all he could do was face palm while Kurama was near gasping from laughter.

'HAHAHAHA! Kami really loves to see you squirm kit!'

Out from the brush emerged a smiling red haired beauty, round bronze shield and spear in hand.

"Fuck me." As the words left Naruto's mouth he hung his head, a storm cloud forming over it in an over dramatized way. Pyrrha wasn't faring much better as she placed her head into her hands.

The girl had sort of come to expect this when Jaune had not made an appearance. To be partnered up with Naruto didn't seem so bad, but she could already hear the comments from Yang.

"The boy always did have the devil's own luck," Kakashi said as he attempted to fight off his giggles. Yang busted out in laughter similar to his own as they both continued rioting over the expense of one Naruto Uzumaki.

Looking skyward Naruto began to curse out Kami, convinced she had either abandoned him or just enjoyed torturing him.

Resigned to his fate he offered a smile and hand, "Naruto Uzumaki."

The red head returned the smile before attaching her shield to her back and shaking Naruto's offered hand, "Pyrrha Nikos."

Naruto nervously laughed as he rubbed the back of his head, an old nervous habit of his, "Guess that makes us partners huh? By the way sorry for almost...ya know stabbing you with one of my kunai."

"I'm sure you would've liked to stab Pyrrha with something else as well." Yang was back in full force as neither Pyrrha or Naruto had any sort of rebuttal to the current onslaught of teasing. Ruby's face turned red in a way that put her color scheme to shame, but that wasn't the only response she got.

"Yang! Don't you have any shame?!"

The blonde girl turned towards her blue-eyed teammate and offered the girl a cheeky grin. "If I did I wouldn't be so awesome." She had desire to see what Weiss would say, but Blake cut off the desired reaction.

"Is that what we are calling it now? I didn't think 'awesome' was synonymous with 'annoying'. All my books and I don't have a thesaurus. Such a shame."

As the words left Blake's mouth Yang immediately deflated and Naruto began to laugh heartily. He sent Blake a thumbs up and a motion conveying he wished her to continue. He didn't want Yang to recover prematurely after all.

Pyrrha simply offered a kind smile and laughed, "We are indeed and no harm done!" She looked at Naruto who seemed to be unarmed, outside of the the aforementioned kunai, "Do you not have your own weapon?"

Naruto grabbed the scroll that hung from his belt and twirled it on a finger, "I do, but I usually don't use it unless I need to. I can usually handle most opponents just using my...uh...Semblance and kunai."

As he stumbled on his words in the middle of the sentence he began to mentally curse himself, 'Always the damn red heads!'

"At least you aren't as bad as your father. Before your father and mother were married that man would fall to piece around Kushina with the exception of missions. It was actually quite comical."

Naruto spared Kakashi a glance. Kakashi had been, what, six or seven when his parents started dating? Had it really been that obvious? If so, how had nobody been able to figure out whose son he was? Some of the people his parents had known must have truly been oblivious.

Luckily Pyrrha didn't show any signs of her being suspicious or even having caught him falling over his words and nodded her head, "So what is your Semblance then?"

Naruto just winked at the red head, some of his usual bravado making its way back to him, "That my partner is a secret. Though hopefully I won't have to use it anytime soon."

As he said that the sounds of twigs snapping caught both teens' attention and again Naruto began to curse Kami all over again.

Lumbering out of the trees was, unfortunately, not another of the people taking the initiation, but was instead the massive form of bear like beast. Instead of the usual brown fur though, this monster was covered in pitch black fur with a bone white mask covering its face while various pieces of what looked to be bone protruded out from random areas on its towering form.

This was a Creature of Grimm, an Ursa. Judging by its near 8 foot stature and plated form this was an older and more experienced Ursai, an Ursa Major to be exact.

As Naruto drew a pair of kunai and Pyrrha pulled her shield off her back, Naruto could only mutter a single sentence, "Well fuck you too then Kami."

As the line finished Blake looked up from the book and offered a small smile to the people present in the room. "That is the end of the first chapter. Who would like to read next?"