Hello all Storm here with a new story! Yes another new story, but what can I say I really wanted to do this one. Not much else to say other than hope you enjoy the story. So, without further ado.

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Naruko ran as fast as her legs could carry her, knowing if she slows down for even a moment they'll catch her and hurt her, just like all the other times.

'Why, why me? I didn't do anything?!' Naruko thought some she had thought since she was three years old

Running into an alley Naruko quickly ducked behind boxes, curling up to be as small as possible when the sound of the mobs footsteps grew closer. Holding her breath Naruko rocked back and forth and began repeating a mantra she made two years ago.

'I am no one. My family hate me. I need power, power to do anything.' Naruko thought

'When I was three-years-old a masked man attacked my parents while my mother was giving birth. Taking my brother hostage until my father saved him, then taking my mother and extracting the Kyuubi from her before having it attack Konoha. My father fought the masked man and forced him to retreat, he then planned to summon the Shinigami to seal the Kyuubi into my brother. Only for the Sandaime to take his place and seal half the Kyuubi into my brother and the other half into me.' Naruko thought rubbing her throat where a very faint white scar could be seen running across her throat

'But that wasn't the only thing to happen. No, I was stupid enough to leave the house and encountered the masked man. I would have tried sneaking away, but he had spotted and would have done who knows what had he not heard the Sandaime approaching. Instead he slit my throat severing my vocal cords and rendering me mute. Not that anyone cared about me or that I was hurt, my parents included.' Recited Naruko with a scowl

'It's funny, they planned to have my brother, but not me. I was the mistake that shouldn't have happened, even though it's not my fault they couldn't keep it in their pants. It was during the Third Shinobi War when they got all hot and bothered, resulting in me. I was born during a war, but my family only saw me as a nuisance and liability. They hated me, blaming me when their comrades died. But when my brother was born their hatred turned into disgust. They thought I was to blame for everything bad happening to them. They're complete idiots.' Naruko thought

'Five years passed and Boruto's arrogance inflated to new heights, from being worshipped as both the son of the Yondaime Hokage and Red Death, but also as a hero for containing the Kyuubi. And what happened to me, I was left alone and hated. The only good thing was I had Kurama to talk to, Kurama being the name of the Kyuubi. It was surprising learning the Kyuubi had a name even more so that the fox told me it. Then again I'm sure no one has also blatantly walked up to the Kyuubi and hugged it, not my fault its fur looked really soft and cuddly.' Naruko thought not exactly having the best common sense when she first met Kurama

That and she didn't really care of Kurama had killed her or not, what did she have to lose and who would miss her.

'But that was the only good thing that's happened in my life. A couple months before my eighth birthday I overheard my parents talking with Jiraiya, a perverted lecher I have desperately wanted to castrate, gauge out his eyes, cut out his tongue, and chop off his hands. I couldn't really hear them clearly, only bits and pieces about some prophecy they believed was about Boruto. Personally, I think prophecies are all bullshit that only idiots follow. But one thing I did hear was that they needed focus entirely on training Boruto, this I didn't really care about, what did I care about was what they said next. They couldn't have any distractions, including me.' Thought Naruko

"This, obviously, worried me as I thought they'd simply kill me, which I sometimes wonder would have been kinder. No, instead what they did was drug me and put a memory seal on me making me believe I was just some orphan with my parents died during the Kyuubi attack. The only reason I still remember is Kurama was able to destroy the seal a week after it was placed. I didn't go back to the Namikaze family, as there'd be nothing to stop them from simply putting another seal on me, and probably tightening Kurama's seal preventing him from helping me again. Besides in a way my parents were dead, they died long before I was even born. So, I was just Naruko, another unfortunate orphan that was hated by everyone.' Naruko thought

'That had been a year ago, I'm nine now and I've done surprisingly well. I've stolen anything I need to survive, I didn't really care who I stole from, nobody in Konoha care about me so why should I care about them. And that's my story, a little girl abandoned and alone, with her only friend being a giant angst filled fox, who was secretly a big teddy bear.' Naruko thought

"I heard that! I am not angst filled or a teddy bear! I am the mighty Kyuubi no Kitsune, strongest of the Tailed Beasts, a living force of nature, they very thing of nightmares! I. AM. FEAR! Fear me mortal!" Kurama roared

'Love you to Kurama.' Naruko thought

"… You know what? I fucking hate you." Grumbled Kurama

Naruko listened for any signs that the mob was still around. Not hearing anything Naruko exited her hiding spot sighing in relief. Though her relief was short lived when something hard impacted the back of her head sending her to the ground.

"Hey, I found the demon bitch!" Someone shouted

'No, no, no, no!' Naruko thought fearfully looking behind er seeing a villager holding something in their hands, likely whatever struck her

Looking around Naruko's fear increased when she the mob returning bigger than before. All of them holding assorted weapons, whether it be actual weapons like kunai, knives, or anything they could grab that'd hurt. This worried Naruko even more as usually they only struck her with their fists and feet, never weapons.

'No! I can't die here, I won't! I still have so much to live for, to gain power, my revenge, I won't die, I won't die, I won't! NO!' Naruko thought unconsciously calling on Kurama's chakra and something else inside her unleashing a blast a red chakra and a shockwave of darkness and light blasting all the villagers away before she suddenly felt the sensation of falling

Then darkness.

*Remnant*

A girl opened her eyes unable to see anything clearly, only blurry shapes moving in the distance.

'What? Why is everything blurry? Where am I? Who am I?' The girl thought before she drifted back into unconsciousness again the last thing she saw being what looked like someone coming towards her

*Later*

Scrunching her eyes the girl heard voices, two that sounded like females, but she couldn't make out what they were saying.

'What's happening? Where am I now?' The girl thought feeling like she was laying on something soft remembering she was laying on something hard before

Slowly the girl opened her eyes as everything came into focus. She was in a plain looking room, that didn't have much besides a desk, a dresser, a closet a window, bedside table with a lamp, and the bed she was currently laying on. There was also someone sitting beside her bed, a woman, likely one of the two she heard. She couldn't really make out any features besides her long dirty blonde and dark blue eyes, she also looked to be eighteen or nineteen. The woman was dabbing something cold against her head and looked at her in concern.

"Oh, You're awake! Thank goodness." The woman said smiling in relief

'Huh? What's she talking about? Was I hurt? Who is she?' Thought the girl

"Hang on I'll get you some water." Said the woman getting up an exiting the room

She returned again not to long holding a glass of water.

"Here you go." The woman offered holding the glass close to her mouth

The girl gratefully began gulping it down soothing her dry throat. Once she had enough the girls head rest against the pillow under her. Opening her mouth to thank woman, but when she tried speaking the only thing that came out was scratching noise before the girl began coughing at the pain.

"Hey, hey are you okay?" The woman asked concernedly, though the girl didn't hear her as she started freaking out and hyperventilating

Why couldn't she speak, why couldn't she speak, why couldn't she speak?!

"Hey, calm down. It's okay, it's okay." Said the woman comfortingly pulling the girl towards her resting her head on her chest

The girl shivered, still freaking out that she couldn't speak. But the woman's warm presence was helping calm her down. After a few moments the girl finally calmed down enough to lie back down.

"Hang on I bet I know what'll cheer you up." Said the woman leaving the room again

When she returned she was holding a bowl filled with something colored white, pink, and brown.

"Here you go, ice cream always cheered me and my sibling up whenever we were upset." The woman said holding out the bowl for the girl to take

'Ice… cream?' The girl thought not sure what that was

Taking the offered bowl, which felt really cold, the girl looked at the ice cream, seeing red chunks in the pink parts. Tentatively she grabbed some of the pink parts with the spoon and put it in her mouth. After it touched her tongue, the girl froze for a moment before immediately began devouring it, much to the woman's surprise.

"I guess you really like it huh?" The woman said rhetorically smiling as the girls rapid nodded

The woman was surprised though when the girls eyes and hair changed color. Her turned half-pink and half-brown, the right side being pink with white streaks and the left side being brown. While her eyes began changing between pink, white, and brown before settling on the right being pink and the left being brown.

"Wow! That's pretty cool, is that your Semblance?" The woman asked intrigued not having seen many Semblances

The girl tilted her head to the side a confused expression.

"Uh, your hair and eyes they changed color." Said the woman now seeing the girl wasn't aware of what she did

Blinking, which also reversed the color of her eyes, the girl grabbed a strand of her hair and saw it was pink with white streaks and the other side being brown. The girl looked at the woman with a curious expression.

"Oh, you don't know what a Semblance is?" She asked, the girl shaking her head no

"Well I'm not to knowledgeable about it since it's a Huntsmen and Huntress thing. What I do know is that a Semblance is a special power that's unique to a Huntsmen or Huntress and connected to their Aura. Aura being the manifestation of ones soul." Said the woman adding the last part quickly

The girl nodded slowly, she didn't really get all of it, just that her hair and eyes can change color because she had a superpower.

"Hey if you don't mind me asking, who are you? How were you injured? Why were you alone?" The woman asked gently

The girl frowned at the questions looking down, trying to remember what happened, but coming up blank. She couldn't remember how she was injured, she didn't even know she had been injured, why she was alone, she couldn't even remember her own name!

The only thing that came to mind was a blinding light and a black shadow. Other than that nothing.

Feeling a hand on her shoulder the girl looked into the sympathetic eyes of the woman.

"You can't remember can you." Stated the woman, the girl looking down in sadness confirming

"Hey, don't worry about it. I'll help you, me and my wife. We'll see if there's anything we can find about you and if there's anyone looking for you." Said the woman comfortingly

The girl looked at her surprised at her kindness, she already felt the woman did enough by taking care of her, now she's offering to help her find out who she is and if anyone's searching for her. The girl didn't think before wrapping her arms around the woman's middle.

Surprised at the sudden hug, the woman returned it patting the girl on her back.

"Alright get some rest, we'll start searching first thing tomorrow. Oh, almost forgot my names Saphron, Saphron Cotta-Arc." Introduced Saphron grabbing the now empty bowl and heading for the door

'Saphron… that's a pretty name.' Thought the girl as she drifted off back to sleep

*Timeskip-Five Months*

Five months passed since the girl appeared in Argus, the name of the city she learned, and saved by Saphron.

True to her word the next morning Saphron and her wife, another nice lady named Terra Cotta-Arc, began setting up fliers with a picture of the girl in her original form, before she changed her hair and eye color, listing her as a missing person, along with sending some to their families to see if anyone was missing her.

They also began teaching (or re-teaching?) her things to see if anything would hog her memory. They told her about the four continents, Sanus, Solitas, Anima, and Menagerie, the four kingdoms, Vale, Vacou, Atlas, and Mistral the latter kingdom being the one they were currently in. They also told her about a fifth dragon shaped continent to west of Vale and north of Vacou, that apparently used to be inhabited but isn't anymore.

They told her about the Creatures of Grimm, known as "creatures of destruction" that lack souls, that are drawn to feelings of negativity-such as envy, sadness, loneliness, and hatred- often congregating towards the source of these emotions. The girl couldn't explain it but when she was told about the Grimm she felt a splitting headache but didn't know why.

Next they told her about the Huntsmen and Huntresses, men and women trained to fight the Grimm using transforming weapons, and a mineral known as Dust. The four Huntsman Academies where people go to train to become full-fledged Hunters, with Mistrals Academy being Haven Academy in the City of Mistral. She was also taught sign language so she could communicate besides with a pen and paper.

They told her everything they knew, but unfortunately nothing ever rang any bells for the girl, a few times she'd get a headache when certain topics were brought up, but no memories.

Even worse was that no one had called or shown up asking about her, saddening the girl even more after being unable to remember anything. While she may not remember anything about her life or herself, she was still smart enough to know this meant two things, the first was anyone that knew who she was is dead and that's why no one was looking for her. Or two any family she might have knew she was missing but just didn't want to find her.

Either way she was alone and unwanted in a world she didn't remember, except for Saphron and Terra but she didn't want to be burden to them.

The girl was pulled from her thoughts when the door to her room was opened and Saphron and Terra came in. The girl noticing Saphron holding her hands behind her back.

"Hey you." Saphron greeted, since they didn't know her name they tried to avoid calling her something and the didn't want to give her a new name in case someone showed up calling her something else which would only confuse the poor girl even more

"Did anyone show up?" The girl signed with a hopeful expression only to look down when they shook their heads

"No, we're sorry no one's shown or called." Terra said

The girl looked down in sadness but looked up in confusion when Terra and Saphron sat down on either side of her with smiles on their faces.

"But listen, Terra and I have been talking it over, and since no one has come by looking for you and it's been five months already, we were wondering if…" Saphron trailed off before showing something she was holding some papers which she handed to the girl

Confused the girl looked at the papers only to stare in shock at they said at the top.

Adoption.

Looking between the two women in shock as they looked at her hopefully.

"How would you like to be part of our family." Said Terra

'They… want to adopt me? They want me?' The girl thought feeling overcome with emotion

"You don't have to decide right now if you aren't sure, you could take all the time you need. We just figured since you've been staying for so long we'd make it permanent-" Terra was cut off when the girl threw her arms her neck

"Can we take it that means yes?" Asked Saphron rhetorically

The girl nodded rapidly as she gave Saphron a hug as well.

"Great! We already filled out everything, the only thing left is to decide on a name. We figured you'd want to pick a name out." Saphron said

The girl felt touched that they were letting her pick her own name. Taking the offered pen, the girl thought for several points on what she should pick, while knowing it had to be color related. It didn't take long before she had the perfect name and wrote it down before handing the now completed papers to Saphron.

"Neopolitan huh? Alright then, it's settled you are now Neopolitan Cotta-Arc, though maybe just Neo for short." Saphron said smiling to the now named Neopolitan

Neo couldn't stop the smile from spreading across her face or the tears that gathered in her eyes.

She had a family, she was wanted!

*Timeskip-One Year*

Neo happily ran through the park in Argus, while being mindful of her mothers warning to not get lost or leave her sight.

It's been year since she was adopted by Saphron and Terra, and Neo could say it's been the best year of her life, that she knows. Saphron and Terra were the best parents she could ask for, always being kind to her and loving her. At first it was a little awkward for Neo, having previous lived with them for five months as just a guest and now being their daughter.

Though she eventually got used to calling to calling them her moms, she called Terra her mother and Saphron her mom to better to show who she was 'talking' to. But Neo was still mindful of herself not wanting to be greedy or selfish living with her new family, something Terra and Saphron took notice of and worked to help be more relaxed.

It wasn't until her tenth birthday, which they decided they'd celebrate the day they adopted her since they didn't know her actually birthday, that they took Neo shopping and said she could whatever she wanted no matter what it was. Neo was of course worried about getting to much, Saphron however wouldn't have any of it and all but ordered Neo to get whatever she wanted. Reluctantly Neo did as told and immediately began picking out everything she wanted.

By the time they left Neo had an entirely new wardrobe, being mainly colored pink, brown, and white, a new bed, a new dresser, a book shelf and plenty of books to put on it, a Scroll, and anything else a ten-year-old could want. The entire time Neo was worried Saphron and Terra would get upset with her for everything she was getting, but they only smiled, even when they got home and helped her set up her room, and afterwards got her a cake and wished her a happy birthday.

That was day Neo fully accepted them as her parents.

But she still made sure to do her part and doing chores around the house, along with helping out anyway she could. Neo had also decided to eventually enroll into Sanctum and later Haven, something her moms were supportive of but still worried of her choosing such a dangerous profession, while she wasn't sure if she actually wanted to be a Huntress it never hurt to have the training.

She even already knew what she wanted her weapon to be.

All in all Neo was happy the way her life turned out and if she's honest, she no longer cared about what her life might have been like before.

Neo suddenly stopped running when she heard something, she couldn't quite place what it was, though it reminded her of noise her mom's would make whenever they were lifting something heavy. Deciding to investigate Neo followed the sound, eventually reaching the center of the park. There Neo saw a redheaded girl, looking around two years younger than her, wielding a practice xiphos sword and shield. She was also Amazonian-esque armor.

The sight was adorable to Neo, seeing a little girl practicing fighting.

Approaching the girl, getting her attention and causing her to stop fighting. The girl turned to Neo, allowing her to see her bright vivid-green eyes.

"Oh, sorry I didn't see you there." The girl apologized, Neo smiling and waving it off

"It's fine, I just heard something and came to investigate, and I found you." Signed Neo, the girl frowning

"I'm sorry I don't understand sign language." The girl said

Frowning a little at that, though Neo then took out her Scroll and typed out what she signed.

"Oh, sorry if I disturbed you." Said the girl

"It's fine, I wasn't really doing anything. By the way I'm Neopolitan Cotta-Arc." Introduced Neo

"Hello Neopolitan, I'm Pyrrha Nikos, it's nice to meet you." Pyrrha said smiling

"You to Pyrrha. So can I guess from you practicing fighting you want to be a Huntress." Neo typed, Pyrrha nodding with a smile

"Yes, I've always wanted to be a Huntress. It was something I always wanted to do, to help people and do everything I can to help the world." Said Pyrrha, surprising Neo at her words not expecting to hear something like that from a child

"What about you Neopolitan, do you want to be Huntress?" Pyrrha asked, Neo shrugging

"I haven't decided, though I plan to enroll in Sanctum and Haven, but I'm not sure if I want to be a Huntress. But it never hurts to have the skill. Also my friends call me Neo." Typed Neo

"Friends? You want to be friends?" Pyrrha said surprised, Neo nodding

"Yes, that is if you want to be friends."

"Yes! I would love to be friends with you Neo." Said Pyrrha smiling at making a friend

Neo returned the smile while hoping things didn't change from what they are now.

Unfortunately Neo would soon experience many changes in the coming years, some good, some bad, and nothing will ever be the same again.

So, what did you think, good. That's right Naruko has become everyone's favorite ice cream girl, Neo! And don't deny it you all love her. This of course will have some differences, namely Neo being stronger than she is in canon and having a different backstory, if we ever learn about her backstory, but don't worry she'll still become that sadistic little girl that enjoys taunting her opponents, it'll just take some time to get there. Also for those who have kept with their RWBY they should know who Saphron and Terra are, and how Neo has the lovable Invincible Girl, before she becomes the Invincible Girl, if you haven't kept up though well to bad you wanna know go watch the episodes. The next, maybe, two chapters will mainly focus on Neo's life before the start of the series, so be prepared to see plenty changes, but still keeping it close to canon. So, review if you liked go away if you didn't and have a Happy New Year!

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