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(Chapter 1: Introducing the Prince)

Myths; Legends; Stories we share with family and friends as a means of inspiring feelings of hope and courage or sometimes, caution and fear. We all hear various tales of heroes and villains, princes and princesses, of grand fights and tragic losses. Where the good guys are always just and the bad ones tyrannical. Such is the nature of myths and legends. Yet it is said, that all myths and legends are always based on a modicum of truth, but how many times do we ever hear the true story? How many times has someone stripped away the lies and pretty colors to tell you how those heroes you looked up to and the villains you cursed really came to be who they are?

Our tale begins in a dark hallway, where two men make their way to a dimly lit room. The first gentleman was a clean-cut man in his mid-thirties with short grey hair and circular wireframe glasses in a black vest and jacket with a green undershirt. Oddly enough, he carried with him a plate of cookies and a mug of coffee.

The second person was a young man no more than twenty years old wearing an orange coat with a black flame motif along the bottom with a tight black shirt and dark orange pants. Even in the dark hallway one could easily make out his sun kissed blonde hair. What people may have found most peculiar about the blonde, however was the darkly tinted goggles that hid his eyes from the outside world. Despite walking down a poorly lit hallway he gave no indication of his sight being hindered. In his hands was an electronic device much like a handheld computer, a scroll replaying surveillance footage dated less than an hour ago.

"So what do you think?" The grey haired gentleman asked his companion.

"Well, Ozzy…I think the VPD are a bunch of cheapskate bastards who should pay their damn electric bill."

"It's Ozpin," the newly dubbed Ozpin corrected caught between annoyance and amusement. "And I was referring to the girl in the video, not the hallway leading to the room for Hunter interrogations. We rarely use these rooms as it is, so it's fairly understandable why-"

"Yeah, whatever," his partner said cutting him off. He honestly didn't care for the why, he was just stating his opinion. "So you want my thoughts on the girl…hmm. Well she athletic, skilled in combat, and has an adorable face. My verdict? I'd tap that in three years."

Ozpin nearly lost his footing at his partner's crude assessment. "NARUTO! I can't believe you just said that!"

Naruto gave his friend a massive shit eating grin, "You're right, I'd totally do her in two."

This time Ozpin did lose his footing and his hold on the plate of cookies. Acting quickly, Naruto grabbed the plate and managed to save every cooking on it. Regaining his balance, Ozpin glared over at the still smiling blonde before forcefully taking the cookies away from him.

Sighing, he asked, "Can you at least try to be serious. I want your opinion of her as a potential student for this year."

"If that's what you wanted, then you should have said so."

Ozpin didn't even deign that with a response. Naruto put the scroll away as he continued to walk beside his older friend. "My answer would be yes. She might have some trouble fitting in based on her age and maturity, but she has more than enough raw potential and talent that waiting until she was seventeen would just be us holding her back. My only real concern is what she wants."

"Well let's find out." Ozpin replied as the two approached the interrogation room. Inside sat a fifteen year old girl with dark red hair and silver eyes wearing a red and black dress with a long red cloak being lectured by a stern looking woman with blond hair and green eyes wearing a blouse and knee-length skirt that practically screamed "business". The blonde haired woman noticed their presence but said nothing as she continued to walk around the girl sitting at the table giving her a harsh sermon.

"Why are we still waiting out here?" Naruto asked.

"Because you never interrupt Glynda's lecture and I like to make an entrance."

Naruto snorted. "You two are such drama queens."

Ozpin smirked at his younger friend.

"Hello pot, this is kettle. You're black." He said walking into the room as Glynda stepped aside revealing him to the young girl. "Ruby Rose…"

Naruto grumbled at Ozpin's parting remark and ignored the rest of the exchange as he walked into the room and took a spot on the wall to Ozpin's left while Glynda remained a step behind the grey haired gentleman's right. The girl, Ruby took notice of him and Naruto gave her a friendly smile and a wave before stuffing his hands into the pockets of his coat. Ruby gave him an uncertain smile and wave before returning her attention back to Ozpin.

The blonde hair boy listened as Ruby was questioned on where she learned her skills to which the girl hesitantly answered. Ozpin gave a hum of thought before placing the plate of cookies before the girl, which she promptly stuffed her face with much to Naruto's amazement. Just how did she fit so many? He debated the possibility of her being a hamster Faunus before giving a mental snort.

"It's just that I've only seen one other scythe wielder of that skill before," Ozpin continued from where he left off. "A dusty old crow."

"Thachts ma ounkl." Ruby enthusiastically responded with her mouth still full. This time Naruto couldn't hide his snort, both at the girl and the look on his friend's face prompting both to glare at him. The blonde waved their glares off before indicating they should continue. The two continued to talk with the young rosette getting more and more worked up about her dreams of being a Huntress and helping people until her excitement came to a head and she had to take a moment to catch her breath much to Naruto and Ozpin's amusement. Glynda just continued giving the girl a doubtful stare.

Still smiling softly at the girl Ozpin asked, "Do you know who I am?"

"You're Professor Ozpin. You're the Headmaster at Beacon."

Glynda and Naruto exchanged a look telling each other they were impressed with the girl's answer. Many people knew Ozpin's name and position, but not even half as many could actually recognize him by face. For someone so young to be able to do so told them just how much she had studied about Beacon Academy. Ozpin himself smiled wider.

"Hello." He greeted.

"Pleasure to meet ya." Ruby replied.

"So you want to come to my school?"

"More than anything!"

Ozpin glanced over at Naruto and who gave a nod in return. He then looked to Glynda and saw her huff in annoyance before turning away, but both men still caught her subtle nod. Looking back at Ruby he said, "Well okay."

Ruby's eyes lit up like someone told her, her birthday came early and that she was going to have a week long party.

"This is Professor Uzumaki," Ozpin stated gesturing towards Naruto. "He will take you to Signal Academy so you can pack your things and say goodbye to your friends before dropping you off at the Shattered Moon hotel."

Naruto frowned at his boss, "This is payback for earlier isn't it?"

"Yes, it is." Ozpin freely admitted. Meanwhile Ruby started to panic.

"I'm leaving so soon? I mean it's already like really, really late and I mean my friends will likely already be asleep and then I, I, uuuuuuuoh."

"My apologies, Ruby. But I feel it's best if we make sure you're with the other first years. You wouldn't want to accidently be left behind and miss the chance at your dream, right?"

"I…I guess not." Ruby said pushing her fingers together.

Naruto smiled and took pity on her. "Don't fret too much, Ruby. The first day at Beacon isn't too stressful. You arrive, have lunch, get a tour of the campus, listen to a brief if not boring orientation, then dinner and it's off to bed. No Grimm hunting or anything that will reflect poorly on you from a lack of sleep."

"I still won't get to spend much time with my friends before I have to leave." Ruby said sadly. Naruto reached into his coat before pulling out his scroll before sliding it across the table. Ruby picked it up and looked at him in confusion.

"Why not just call them? You're already going to wake them up anyway, right? May as well do it now. This way you can explain the situation and ask them to pack your things while we head over there. Then you can spend the time you would have been packing saying your goodbyes."

Ruby's eyes widened before she immediately started dialing her friends' numbers. Naruto made his way over to the other two adults in the room to give the girl some privacy.

"We'll be waiting for you back at Beacon." Ozpin said quietly.

"Aww, I didn't know you cared enough to stay up and wait for me. You're so sweet, Ozzy."

"It's Ozpin," Glynda said with annoyance, speaking for her boss. "And we still need to go over what happened tonight. See what you can dig up. Though I dislike praising anything that has to do with you, your spy network is better than ours."

"Yes, mom. It's not like I hadn't already planned on doing that and thanks for giving me your approval. It's nice to know you care." Naruto drawled sarcastically. Glynda tightened her grip on her riding crop and debated the pros and cons of striking the young professor with it. Before she could come to a decision Ruby spoke up.

"Okay! I'm ready to go."

Naruto suddenly disappeared and reappeared with his arm around Ruby's shoulder leading her out of the room. "Great timing, Red. Let's leave this musty old place before the mean old lady takes out her pent up frustrations on us."

Glynda was all but growling as her eyes followed the two out of the room before she rounded on Ozpin.

"Don't look at me. I think you look lovely for your age."

*THWAK*

Ozpin stood back up with a wince and rubbed to newly formed knot forming on his head wondering if Naruto may have been on to something with his comment.

"I still don't understand why you put up with his blatant disrespect for authority." She said with a glower.

"Would you like the answers alphabetically or numerically?" Seeing her glare grow fiercer he quickly raised his hands in surrender before answering her seriously. "You already know his history, Glynda. Given who he is, or should I say was and what happened to him, is it any surprise he acts that way to those with power? Even if he considers us his friends, he still doesn't trust those with authority. The best we can do is treat him as an equal and that means giving him as much grief as he gives us rather than taking offense to it. He respects that kind of attitude. So the next time he steps out of line, make sure you take out your "pent up frustrations" on him instead of me."

*THWAK*

Despite his pain, Ozpin smiled. At least he deserved that one.

XxX

Ruby couldn't help but steal glances at the slightly older boy walking next to her as they made their way through the Vale City Police Department. Tonight had just been full of surprises from stopping a robbery, meeting a Huntress and the Headmaster of Beacon Academy, getting accepted to go to Beacon, and now she was walking side by side with a boy who couldn't be much older than her sister who was both a Huntsman and a teacher at her new school. That last one really threw her for a loop and she wanted to ask him all sorts of questions but was afraid he might take offence.

"Something on my face?" Naruto asked having noticed her stares. Ruby blushed

"Sorry, you're…just not how I pictured a professor of Beacon."

"Oh?" he prodded with a teasing knowing grin.

"Well, I mean, um, oooooh." She trailed off getting more and more anxious before finally coming out and asking. "Aren't you a little young to be a teacher?"

"Aren't you a little young to be a student at Beacon?"

Ruby stopped walking and looked to the ground with her shoulders slumped. She knew it was a bad idea to ask. She hadn't even been talking with him for five minutes and already she was insulting him. Her stupid mouth and lack of social skills made it hard to open up to others. Maybe she really was too young to be a Huntress? What if he took his annoyances out on her at school? What if her sister suffered for simply being related to her? What if-

A comforting hand rested on her shoulder while another moved under her chin to raise her head up. She stared into the black goggles Professor Uzumaki desperately wishing she could see past them. Not being able to see a person's eyes made it hard to judge how they were truly feeling, but his friendly smile helped ease her fears.

"Relax, Ruby. I'm not offended and you shouldn't look so down. Age doesn't always relate to talent and experience. Age requirements are just a representation of what is considered average. There could be students older than me that are just starting at Beacon just as there could be students like you who get the opportunity to join early." Seeing she needed one final push, he added. "You already have my, Ozzy, and the mean witch's approval. What more proof do you need?"

Ruby covered her mouth to try and stifle her giggles. "Ozzy?"

Naruto's grin seemed to grow impossibly wider. "He hates that name, but I like screwing with my coworkers. Even if they're my boss."

The young girl giggled more. Naruto ruffled her hair before turning around and leading the way. Ruby childishly pouted behind him as she tried to fix her hair before quickly catching up.

"Thanks, Professor Uzumaki."

"Naruto."

"Huh?"

Naruto stopped to look at her. "My name is, Naruto. We aren't in class and I'm not yet your professor, so don't call me that. Besides I hate being called "Professor Uzumaki". Makes me sound old and stuffy, like the mean witch."

"Oh! Okay then…N-Naruto." Ruby said shyly getting a smile from the older boy.

Maybe things were looking up after all.

XxX

"WHAAAAAAA!" Ruby screamed as she clung to Naruto's back for dear life. The two were on the back of Naruto's motorcycle, Maelstrom as the young Huntsman sped down the highway going well over the speed limit. "CAN'T YOU SLOW DOWN?"

Naruto looked over his shoulder at her before facing the road once more. "Well I guess I could…"

Ruby looked at him with hope filled eyes.

"…But I won't."

Ruby was too afraid to let go so instead chose to do her best to beat his back with her head. "STUPID, STUPID, STUPID. I HATE YOU!"

Naruto just laughed out loud before cranking up the speed even more.

"WHAAAAA!"

XxX

The two arrived to Signal Academy without further incident and just pulled up to Ruby's old dorm. Said girl quickly jumped off the motorcycle and collapsed to the ground all the while glaring up at the chuckling blonde leaning casually against his bike. "Where did you learn to drive!? You're as bad as my sister! Wait, how can you even see anything with those goggles on!?"

"I have really good night vision." He answered with a laugh. "Better hurry if you want to still have time to sleep after saying goodbye to your friends."

Ruby just continued to glare at him as she got up off the floor and shakily made her way into the dorm. Naruto stayed behind to give her some privacy as well as take care of some more sensitive matters. When he was certain she was out of earshot he reached into his coat and pulled out his scroll. A few button presses later and he heard the telltale sound of ringing before the phone was answered.

"Well hello, Naruto." The seductively elegant voice of a woman said. In the background he could hear the muffled sounds of music that could only be found at a dance club.

"Tamamo." Naruto responded with a pleasant smile. She was his contact in the criminal underworld. An information broker at the best of times and someone you didn't ever want to cross at the worst of times. Actually, she was someone you never wanted to cross at all. "Hope I didn't disturb you."

The sound of a man crying out in pain came through seconds before Tamamo spoke with a light laugh. "Oh not at all, just wrapping something up actually. I suspected you would be calling and thought I'd get the latest bit of gossip out of one of Junior's little lackeys. They've been coming by more frequently lately. Seems he expects me to pay him "protection" money now that all his regulars come here ever since his club got trashed."

Naruto snorted. "The day you need protection from anyone is the day I'll return home."

"I thought you said that place wasn't your home anymore."

Wincing, he replied. "Slip of the tongue. You know, old habits and such."

"Indeed." She purred, not believing him for an instant.

"Regardless, we're getting off topic. Do you have something for me?"

"Oh I have plenty for you, my Little Prince." Tamamo cooed into the phone. Naruto would have blushed had it not been for the man screaming in the background. Combining torture with arousal was just not something he was in to. "But I suppose you are referring to tonight's breaking story."

"I am. Dust theft has been on the rise and it isn't just Torchwick who is going after it. I'm betting Ozpin believes there is a connection and I agree with him. The problem is neither organization involved with the thefts would ever work together, but all evidence seems to the contrary. The only other possibility is-"

"That they're in competition," Tamamo said cutting him off. "But then the question becomes, what is the prize they're after?"

"Exactly."

"Hmmm…" The man in the background cried out once again. "Oh hush, I barely even cut you that time."

"Tamamo." Naruto called redirecting the woman's attention.

Tamamo sighed over the phone. "Sorry, Naruto but there really isn't much I can tell you that you already don't know. Roman's a slippery little bastard. Whenever he gets his hands dirty he works is small, hard to notice groups and has an escape route or several prepared. If I could have figured out which hole he was hiding in, I'd have dealt with him a long time ago."

Naruto frowned. "Damn, I was hoping you'd have more than that."

"I could give you a little of my own personal insight."

"And what would that cost me?"

"Oh…nothing really." Tamamo said sounding bored. "Maybe stop by and visit more often. I do so rarely get to see you these days."

Naruto shrugged not that she could see. "Meh, new school year is starting. You know us teachers tend to get busy this time of year. Still, it has been a while so I'll see what I can do. Maybe I'll bring some friends."

The man in the background cried out even louder this time. "Ooooh I do love meeting new people."

"So…insight?"

"Hmm, well personally I believe our two criminal groups are working together. If they were competing then Roman would be losing and the man hates losing."

"How do you figure that?"

"Roman has only targeted the Dust shops in town and the occasional shipment that runs through his territory. Our other group however has been hitting the Dust mines and has been targeting much larger shipments. So if it's a contest there's no question who is in the lead. And as I said before…"

"Torchwick is a sore loser. So he'd be making a much larger fuss instead of going about business as usual."

"Bingo~" Tamamo sang.

"Thanks, Tamamo. I promise I'll stop by sometime within the next two weeks."

"Better not break your promise, my Little Prince. Wouldn't want to get a girl's hopes up."

Naruto grinned ruefully. "You know me, when I make a promise I keep it!"

"Till next time, Naruto." Tamamo said before hanging up.

XxX

On the outskirts of the city, inside one of Vale's biggest night clubs a beautiful woman wearing a red and black corset with an ankle length black dress that had a slit running up her mid-thigh, tucked her scroll back between the valley of her breasts. Her waist length red hair was tied off into nine low ponytails and atop her head were two fox ears. Her cold red eyes with slit pupils gazed down at a heavily bleeding man tied to a chair. He was covered in cuts of varying depth from head to toe and the blood dripping off of the woman's claw like fingernails was all the evidence one needed to know how the man became so grievously injured.

"So what should I do with you?" Tamamo cooed to the barely conscious man. "Junior has been pissing me off so I think I need to send him a message. A letter, maybe?" She mused thoughtfully with a finger on her chin not even minding the blood that transferred over. Shaking her head she continued voicing her thoughts. "No, no, no that won't do at all. No one ever reads the card they just look to see if there's any lien inside. A present then! Oh, but what to give him. A head is too cliché and I doubt your life is valuable enough to warrant ransoming you off. So something like an ear or a finger won't do. No, it needs to be something creative. Something that will inspire fear as well as make it clear just how annoyed I am with him. Hmmm…I got it!"

Gripping the man's bound wrists she leaned down to stare him in the eyes with a feral grin. "I'll send him your cock! You men seem to treasure that dangly bit of meat between your legs so it would make the perfect gift! I'll even use a nice box with a pretty little bow!"

The man whimpered in fear as Tamamo stood back up and turned to the door. "Oh, Kuro! Could you come in here really quick?"

The door opened to reveal a seventeen year old girl with long white hair tied off into two low ponytails with a pair of white cat ears atop her head. Her outfit consisted of a silver and black kimono. She paid the bleeding man no mind. "Yes, Mistress?"

"Get me a nice box with pretty wrapping paper. Oh and a bow, don't forget the bow."

"How big should the box be?"

Tamamo glanced at the man before turning back to Kuro. "Oh not too big, I'm pretty sure he's not."

"It will be here within the hour." Kuro said before leaving.

As the door shut, Tamamo turned back to the man still whimpering in pain and quivering in fear of her. "You hear that? You get to live for another hour! Now what should we do to pass the time?"

Her sinister smirk told him she already knew what they would be doing and just as it had for the last two and a half hours, the club's music drowned out his screams.

XxX

Naruto put his scroll away as he watched Ruby come out of the dorm waving behind her to a handful of kids her age. She shouted she'd write them before running up to him carrying a single backpack. The blonde hair professor quirked an eyebrow and how lightly packed she was.

"That's it?"

"Huh? Oh! No, my uncle stopped by and said he'd have my stuff delivered to Beacon tomorrow so I just grabbed the important things. You know like my pajamas, toothbrush, and oh, oh my doggy pillow! Wanna see?"

"Maybe another time. Let's get going." Naruto said as he hopped onto his bike. He quickly noticed Ruby's absence and saw she took a step away from him. "What's wrong?"

"Um…can't we get a taxi?"

Kick starting the engine, he scoffed while patting the side of his bike. "That would take too long and I refuse to leave my baby behind."

"But you drive like a maniac!" Ruby shouted with a childish stomp.

"Oi!"

"You go over the speed limit, swerve between traffic, and I'm pretty sure those "shortcuts" of yours were just an excuse to make us go airborne! I haven't even mentioned the times you were on the wrong side of the road!"

"You know your constant griping is going to bite you in the butt on our way to the hotel, right."

"Nu-uh," Ruby declared shaking her head and crossing her arms. "There is nothing you can do to make me get on that thing."

"That so?" Naruto asked before cranking the throttle driving five feet and performing a sharp U-turn only to pull up right alongside Ruby. He then grabbed one of her arms and threw her over the seat behind him.

Ruby was too stunned to react immediately, but quickly realized how compromising her position was with her butt in the air facing her old dorm. Panicking she hurriedly cried out. "Wait, wait! I'll sit down properly! I won't complain anymore! I won't-"

Naruto ignored her cries before pulling back on the throttle and speeding off. The wind from their speed effortlessly lifted Ruby's skirt showing her dorm mates her pink chibi-beowolf panties.

"WHAAAA!" Ruby cried in embarrassment. "EVERYONE CAN SEE MY UNDIES!"

XxX

Eventually the two made it to the Shattered Moon hotel where the other potential first years were sleeping before their trip to Beacon. Sometime on the ride over, Naruto pulled over and let her sit down on the bike properly, but not before he was slapped several dozen times in retaliation by Ruby. As the bike came to a stop just outside the front door of the hotel, the young Huntress-in-training hopped off on steadier legs and glared at her ride.

"I hate you."

"Love you too, Red." Naruto replied with a laugh getting a more heated glare from the young girl. "Now make sure to let the front desk know you're a last minute addition to the Beacon first years and they'll set you up with a room."

"Just like that?" Ruby asked. Sounded too easy to her.

"Just like that. Late arrivals or last minute add-ons aren't exactly uncommon since we get potential students from many different regions. Some end up facing delays on their way here."

"Oh…so I guess this is goodbye?" She asked uncertainly. Driving aside, he had been really friendly to her.

Naruto shrugged. "More like an "I'll see you later". We'll meet up again at Beacon, Red. At the very least, I can guarantee you'll see me again tomorrow night."

"So, uh, I guess I'll see you later?" Ruby asked shyly. They may have got off on the right foot, but they had only known each other for a couple hours and Ruby was still feeling a little nervous around him. Well, at least when he wasn't doing anything to irritate her. Despite her social awkwardness, she couldn't deny that she was looking forward to seeing the young professor again soon. Naruto smiled and gave her a short wave.

"Until tomorrow." He said. Just before he was about to speed off he called out. "Hey, Red!"

Ruby was just about to enter the hotel when she stopped to look back at him.

"Cute panties!" He yelled jovially before peeling out. Laughing the whole time as Ruby yelled how much she hated him.

XxX

It didn't take long for Naruto to make his way from the hotel to the airfield where Professor Ozpin and his assistant Glynda Goodwitch were waiting for him by the Bullhead transport that would take them to Beacon. Naruto hopped off his bike and let an attendant load it into the plane, but not before threatening to break the man's legs if there was a single scratch on his baby. The attendant just took it in stride having heard that particular threat seven times already in the past.

"I thought you two were going to head straight to Beacon?" Naruto questioned as he walked up alongside them and they made their way into the plane.

"We were, but then Glynda reminded me that you see the rules of the road as more of an open suggestion and then we figured we may as well wait up. At least this way we can save time and talk on our way back to Beacon."

"What about the other professors? Didn't you want to discuss this with them?"

"We decided to wait until morning." Glynda supplied. "It's unlikely anything you discovered is something we can act upon."

Naruto took a seat opposite of them and slouched in his seat much to the annoyance of Glynda. The younger blonde felt she needed to get laid, that would probably lighten her up a bit. Not that he would actually say that. He knew there was a fine line between testing her patience and completely shattering what little hold she had on it.

"You're right about that," He agreed. "Tamamo didn't tell me anything we already hadn't figured out. That aside, she did agree with our suspicions that Torchwick is working with the White Fang."

"Troubling," Ozpin said as he took a sip from his mug. "He's an open opponent to Faunus/Human relations. So the very idea that he is working with a Faunus elitist group like the White Fang means whatever they're working towards is big."

"That's assuming Professor Uzumaki's contact wasn't lying or withholding information." Glynda commented.

Naruto frowned at her accusation. "I may trust Tamamo as far as I can throw her, but she has never lied to me. Information is her primary trade and she wouldn't dare do something that could hurt her credibility. Besides, she hates Torchwick. He's competition in the underworld."

"She's still a criminal." Glynda grumbled. She hated having a known criminal run free, but Tamamo was cunning, intelligent, and well connected making it hard to pin a crime on her. "I know you have some evidence against her. Why do you continue letting her do as she pleases?"

"Because I like living?" Naruto said as if the answer were obvious. "Besides she's a better off as a resource than an enemy."

"You only say that because you're consorting with her."

"And you're just jealous that I think she's sexier than you." Was Naruto's opinion.

*THWACK*

"Ah fuck! My leg!" The younger blonde cried as he rubbed his new welt. "That doesn't do much to disprove my theory."

*THWACK*

"OW! Geez for the love of Dust woman, quit it!"

Ozpin continued drinking his coffee happy to not be the target of his assistant's ire.

"By the way, Naruto. Did she have anything to say about our mystery woman in red?"

Naruto continued rubbing his leg whilst glaring at Glynda, who was happy to glare back at him. "She didn't offer anything and I didn't bring it up. Had she known, she'd have mentioned it. Whoever this woman is, she's either a new hire for Torchwick or someone higher in the food chain who is as good at covering her tracks as, Tamamo."

Ozpin took another sip from his coffee. "Troubling indeed…"

XxX

The next day seemed to be the start of a really long roller coaster ride for Ruby. She woke up feeling exhausted having only gotten a few short hours of restless sleep. When she made her way to the hotel's breakfast buffet, she tried finding her sister. Unfortunately, there were simply too many students. She honestly felt afraid and alone. All these people were clearly older than her and seemed to have their own friends to hang out with. It only served to remind her that aside from her sister, Yang she was going into Beacon all alone. The reminder only made her feel even more uncomfortable. She didn't want people to look down on her for her age and it made her wonder if she really belonged here.

You already have my, Ozzy, and the mean witch's approval. What more proof do you need?

The words of encouragement from Naruto came back to her. The older boy may have annoyed her to no end, but he did seem to know what to say and when to say it. Besides, he was right. She had the approval of two Huntsmen and one Huntress. One was even the Headmaster of Beacon and the other two served as teachers. Her resolve strengthened she grabbed herself some breakfast consisting of eggs, bacon, hash browns, and an extra tall glass of milk, the drink of grown-ups.

She quickly found a table occupied by a quiet boy with black hair with a pink stripe and a very exuberant girl who seemed to be incapable of not talking. Ruby wanted to introduce herself, but didn't want to interrupt the girl who was speaking enough for all three of them so instead she just quietly ate her breakfast. That seemed to be what the boy was doing though Ruby could have sworn he gave her an apologetic look.

After breakfast the students were ushered onto a bus and taken to an airfield where they would board one of three planes to get to Beacon. It was as they were getting off the bus that Ruby found her sister.

"Yang!" She called out running to a girl with long flowing blonde hair. Yang was an attractive young woman wearing a tan vest and yellow crop top. Her waist was adorned with a pleated skirt-like belt of the same color as her vest and very short shorts. Her ensemble was concluded by an orange scarf that she rarely took off.

"Ruby?" Yang said in surprise as her sister hugged her. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm going to Beacon too!" Ruby said letting go.

"Huh?"

"Yeah, see there was this robbery and I was there so, you know I figured I would help stop it. Then I was all wa-cha and hai-yah! But then the big bad guy was trying to run away, so I chased after him, but he tried attacking me! Then, a Huntress showed up and saved me while chasing off the bad guys! I asked for her autograph, but instead-"

"Whoa, whoa slow down, little sister." Yang said calming Ruby. "Now what were you saying about going to Beacon?"

"Uug!"Ruby growled in annoyance. "I was getting to that but you interrupted!"

"You were taking the long way of getting to it, Ruby." Was her sister's response as they were told to board.

Ruby pouted childishly as she stepped into the plane. "Fine, long story short the Huntress took me to the Vale City Police Department where I met Professor Ozpin. He asked if I wanted to come to Beacon and I said yes."

Yang seemed to be brimming with energy before she engulfed Ruby in a tight hug. "Oh I can't believe my baby sister gets to go to Beacon with me! This is the best day ever! Of all time!"

"Please stop." Ruby groaned as her sister continued to crush her ribs. She hoped one day Yang would learn what "restraint" meant.

"But I'm so proud of you!"

"Really, sis. It was nothing." To her, last night was no big deal and even if it was, she didn't want it to be.

"What do you mean? What you said sounded incredible! Everyone at Beacon is gonna think you're the bee's knees!"

"I don't want to be the bee's knees!" Ruby protested. "I don't want to be any kind of knees! I just want to be a normal girl with normal knees."

"What's with you? Aren't you excited?"

"Of course I am. It's just…I got moved ahead two years…I don't want people to think I'm special or anything."

Yang walked up to her sister and wrapped her arm around her shoulder giving her a hug. "But you are special."

Any further conversation was cut off as the two noticed a news broadcast reporting the events of the night before. As the report concluded it cut back to the anchorwoman who proceeded to report about a Faunus civil rights movement, but was soon cut off as a holographic projection of Glynda Goodwitch, or the mean witch as Naruto was fond of calling her appeared to welcome all the first year students. As Glynda finished her welcoming speech, Ruby and Yang couldn't suppress the anticipation they felt towards the coming year.

XxX

"And that brings us up to date on the events of last night." Professor Ozpin said to his staff. "We will continue to monitor the situation in Vale, but until something comes of it I expect you all to fulfill your duties as teachers of Beacon."

"Does this mean we aren't redrawing lots for babysitting the new students?" Naruto asked much to the amusement of the rest of the staff.

Ozpin sighed, "Yes, Naruto than means we aren't redrawing who monitors the students when they go to bed tonight. Yes, you're still on first watch. And no, you can't convince me to replace you."

"What if I'm ill?"

"Good question. Glynda, your response?" Ozpin said turning to his assistant.

"Then you're going to have an even more miserable first watch." Glynda said glaring at her fellow blonde.

"Damn."

XxX

The day had gone exactly as Naruto had said and for Ruby it followed the constant pattern of emotional highs and lows. After arriving at Beacon, Yang had ditched her to go hang out with her friends from Signal leaving Ruby alone where she encountered two girls. One was incredibly bossy and mean and seemed to have a thing for the color white. The other was very quiet and calm and dressed in a lot of black. Ruby failed to befriend either one to say the least.

She was about to let her depression swallow her up when she was greeted by a blonde hair boy. At first she had thought it was Naruto, but it turned out to be another first year. His name was Jaune Arc and she found he was funny and nice like Naruto had been. Just in a different way. Naruto was the teasing prankster sort of funny, but Jaune was the loveable goofball sort. They got along really well and Ruby believed it was because they both felt awkward in social situations that helped them get along. After all, it's a lot easier to talk to someone when you can relate to them. The two hung out for most of the day until it was time for orientation where she met up with Yang and they went their separate ways.

Sadly, that was where her day hit another low point when she and Yang ran into the bossy girl from earlier. Weiss Schnee if Ruby remembered her name correctly. Weiss was a pale girl with long white hair tied up into a side-ponytail wearing a white thigh length skirt much like Ruby's black one. She also wore a white bolero jacket with a red lining inside. However the most noticeable thing about her was the crooked scar running down her left eye. Despite having a scar on her face, it didn't seem to detract from her overall beauty. Ruby thought it was a shame that her personality sucked.

The orientation itself had been incredibly short and Ruby was a bit surprised with how different Professor Ozpin had seemed. It was like he was distracted and wanted to focus on something other than greeting the newly arrived first years. Once it was over they were ushered to the cafeteria where Yang revealed an interesting bit of gossip she picked up when she was hanging with her friends.

"So, Ruby ever hear about the Prince of Beacon?" Yang asked with a wide smile while taking a bite out of her sandwich.

Ruby looked at her sister in wonder completely ignoring her soup. "Beacon has a prince? Like a real prince? Whoa…I thought it looked like a castle from outside, but I guess it really is one."

"No, no, no." Yang waved wildly. "Not a real prince. It's just a nickname they gave to this really hot professor."

Ruby visibly deflated. "Boring…"

Seriously what was with her older sister and boys? Sure some were nice to look at but most of them tended to be really, really dumb.

"Oh, little sister one day you'll understand." Yang lamented. "Anyway, they say he's a young blonde who's really handsome."

"Did someone say "blonde, young, and incredibly handsome"?" Jaune asked coming out of nowhere and sliding up to Yang in an attempt to act suave.

Yang cringed before developing a teasing smile. "He's also a fully-fledged Huntsman, wears goggles all the time, and can make the color orange look sexy."

This time Jaune visibly deflated.

"If only I could remember his name…I remember it started with an N…"

As Yang tried to recall the name of the so called Prince of Beacon the details she listed started to filter through Ruby's "ignore" filter until they all clicked together.

"Naruto?"

Yang perked up, "Yeah! That's it! Naruto! How'd you know?"

"He was the one who took me to Signal so I could pack my things before dropping me off at the hotel last night."

Yang's eyes widened considerably before she was suddenly on the other side of the table shaking her sister and spouting off question after question. "You already met him? Is he hot? Does he live up to all the rumors? Did you get his number?"

"SToOoOoOp sHaAaAaKiNg mEeEeEeE." Ruby cried. Yang let her sister go and gave her a minute to clear the cobwebs out of her head. Jaune patted her back.

"Well?"

"I don't know okay!" Ruby said a bit heatedly before becoming uncertain once more. "I-I mean I guess he is handsome, but most of the time he was teasing me and laughing at my expense. He even threw me over his motorcycle and drove off fast enough that my skirt was lifted and revealed my underwear to all my friends!"

Jaune started picturing that scenario, but was quickly socked in the face by Yang who rounded on her sister once more. "He has a motorcycle!? That's so awesome! Maybe I can convince him to go riding with me sometime!"

"Didn't you hear me!?"

"Yeah, you said he has a motorcycle. He has a motorcycle, I have a motorcycle. What else matters?"

"He made me flash my underwear!" Ruby stood up and yelled grabbing the attention of everyone in the cafeteria. She quickly sank back into her seat and pulled her hood over her head trying to make herself look as small as possible.

Yang chuckled at her sister's antics. When would she learn most of the trouble she got into was due to her own actions? "Look at the bright side…"

Ruby looked up at her.

"…It couldn't have been any more embarrassing than what you just did right now."

"Uuuuuuuoh." She cried pitifully wishing the ground would swallow her.

XxX

After dinner they were led to the ballroom where they went about setting up their sleeping bags for the night. Ruby had just returned from changing into her pajamas when she noticed a familiar figure in orange leaning against the wall and watching the students. She quickly stomped over to him and before he could notice her, smacked him on the arm.

*SMACK*

Naruto glanced over at the girl glaring up at him. "Hey, Red. Any reason you just-"

*SMACK*SMACK*

Ruby smacked his arm twice.

"…Okay."

*SMACK*

Naruto quirked an eyebrow at her. "You gonna say what this is about or just keep smacking me?"

Ruby smacked his arm again. Once, twice, then a few dozen more for good measure. All the while, maintaining her glare.

Naruto glanced at the panting girl and was starting to get annoyed. Her attacks hadn't hurt at first, but after being hit so many times his arm was starting to sting. "Done yet?"

*SMACK*

Naruto's eyebrow developed a tick. As Ruby raised her hand for another slap he said. "You hit me one more time and I'll spank you in front of everyone here and tell them what a bad girl you were being."

Ruby's arm quickly dropped, but her glare intensified. "You embarrassed me!"

"Last I recall, I wasn't the one who shouted "He made me flash my underwear" in the cafeteria."

Ruby's face matched the color of her hood as she remembered what had to be the most embarrassing moment of her life. "I never would have said that had it not happened!"

"And it never would have happened had you simply got on the bike without protest." Naruto countered. The two continued to glare at one-another before Ruby heard her sister call out to her.

"There you are! I was looking all over for…well hello handsome." Yang said as she noticed Naruto. "So who's your new friend, Ruby?"

Ruby grumbled. "He's not my friend. He's just a no good panty flasher!"

Yang glanced over at Naruto and took note of his blonde hair, goggles, and preference for orange clothing. Smiling she held out her hand. "So, you're the Prince of Beacon! I'm Yang, Ruby's older sister."

Naruto took her hand with a smile and bent down to give her knuckles a chaste kiss. Yang's smile grew. Oh she liked this guy. He knew how to lay on the charm. She wasn't the sort to let her heart go all a flutter by such simple acts, but she was someone who could appreciate and respect another member of the flirt brigade.

"Some have called me that, but you can call me, Naruto. At least, outside of classes. Glynda gets a little pissy if I act too unprofessional."

"Sure thing, Naruto." Yang said with a massive smile and a wink. "So my sister claims you had a wild time last night."

"I assure you, all of it is true." Naruto replied with his own grin.

"Bold thing to say to the older sister of the girl whose panties you flashed."

Ruby blushed hard as two students walked by and stared at the trio oddly having heard Yang.

Naruto just shrugged. "It was late and she wouldn't get on my motorcycle."

"Yeah, she seems to have a fear of motorcycles. I can't understand why. They're awesome! By the way, I have a motorcycle too. Maybe we can get together and go for a ride sometime."

Naruto grinned at his fellow blonde. "Sounds good. Now if you'll excuse me, I must go break up a make-out session. Why Beacon thinks putting teenage boys and girls in the same sleeping space is a good idea is beyond me."

The two sisters' watched Naruto walk off, one with a massive grin, the other still blushing from embarrassment.

"Well, he seemed nice."

"Speak for yourself." Ruby said with a huff before stomping over to her sleeping bag. There was still about ten minutes before lights out so she grabbed a notebook out of her backpack and a pencil and started writing.

"What's that?" Yang asked as she laid down on her sleeping bag next to Ruby's.

"A letter to the gang back at Signal. I promised to tell them all about Beacon and how things are going."

"Awww that's so cuuuute." Yang teased before being smacked in the face with Ruby's pillow.

"Shut up! I didn't get to take my friends with me to school. It's weird not knowing anybody."

"What about Jaune? He's…nice. Or maybe Naruto? He seemed pretty cool to me. There you go! Plus two friends that's a 200 percent increase!"

"I'm not so sure I'd call Naruto a friend." Ruby grumbled still annoyed with the blonde. "Besides he's still a teacher and I'm pretty sure Weiss counts as a negative friend. So it's back down to zero."

"I guess you have a point about Naruto being a teacher. But hey! There's no such thing as negative friends! You've just made one friend and one enemy!"

Ruby's retort was to throw her doggy pillow at Yang's face. Seeing how upset her sister was, Yang decided she had teased her enough. "Look it's only been one day. You have friends all around you, you just haven't met them yet."

The sound of a match being lit drew Ruby's attention to a girl leaning against the wall reading a book by candlelight. She had black hair and amber eyes and wore a black and grey yukata.

"That girl…" Ruby whispered recognizing her from earlier.

"You know her?"

"Not really. She saw what happened this morning but left before I could say anything."

"Well, now's your chance!" Yang said standing up and pulling Ruby up by her arm before dragging her over to the reading girl. The girl heard the commotion and lowered her book just enough to see what was going on. "Hello~. I think you two may know each other."

She glance over to the short brunette before asking. "Aren't you that girl that exploded?"

"Yeah." Ruby said trying to sound chipper. "My name's Ruby. But you can just call me crater…er…actually you can just call me Ruby."

"…Okay." The girl said not looking up from her book.

"What are you doing?" Yang whispered to her sister.

"I don't know! Help me!" She whispered back.

"So," Yang started. "What's your name?"

The girl sighed before answering. "Blake."

"Well, Blake I'm Yang! Ruby's older sister! I like your bow!" The blonde greeted enthusiastically.

"Thanks…" Blake said though it was clear she didn't care.

"…It goes great with your, um pajamas!" Yang said. Even she was starting to feel a little awkward talking to the quiet girl.

"…Right."

The two sisters shared a glance before Yang tried starting a conversation with the girl once more. "Nice night don't ya think?"

Blake lowered her book and spoke with mild annoyance. "Yes, it's lovely. Almost as lovely as this book…"

The two sisters didn't seem to get the hint.

"…that I will continue to read…"

Seeing they were still oblivious to her desire, Blake decided to spell it out for them.

"…as soon as you leave."

"Yeah, this girl's a lost cause." Yang said to her sister. She was about to leave when Ruby spoke up for the first time since Yang had taken the reigns of the conversation.

"What's it about?"

Somehow that question actually managed to grab Blake's attention. "Huh?"

"Your book."

"Well, it's about a man with two souls. Both fighting for control over his body."

"Oh yeah…that sounds real lovely." Yang said feeling a little out of place.

"I love books." Ruby said with a soft smile. "Yang used to read to me every night when I was a kid. Stories of heroes and monsters. They're one of the reasons I want to be a Huntress."

"Why is that? Hoping to live happily ever after?" Blake asked with a bit of dry amusement.

"Well, I'm hoping we all will. As a girl, I wanted to be just like those heroes in the books. Someone who fought for what was right and who protected people who couldn't protect themselves."

Naruto was standing a ways off listening to the two girls talk and couldn't help but smile. Despite how childish she could be, Ruby was someone with a strong will and he felt his respect for the girl rise a notch. Sure she had said things like that when she was speaking to Ozpin last night, but this time he could clearly hear her conviction.

"That's very ambitious for a child." Blake praised before her eyes fell and a sadness seemed to seep into her. "Unfortunately the real world isn't the same as a fairy tale."

"Well, that's why we're here. To make it better."

Ruby's words seemed to have a comforting effect on Blake which impressed Naruto further. Not many people could cheer up a perfect stranger quite like that. However the mood was quickly shattered when Yang picked up her younger sister in a big hug prompting Ruby to attack her. He was about to intervene when another girl entered the scene.

"What is going on over here!? Don't you realize some of us are trying to sleep!?" When the white hair girl noticed who she was yelling at she yelled again in tandem with Yang.

"Oh no! Not you again."

Ruby tried to play negotiator, but was quickly swept up into the arguing. Blake rolled her eyes and was about to give up reading entirely when…

*POW*POW*POW*

Weiss, Ruby, and Yang were hunched over rubbing the top of their heads with an annoyed Naruto standing behind them with his fist still raised.

"All right, no more fighting! The only cat fights I'll approve of will involve pillows and giggles!" He said getting three glares and one amused smirk for his last comment. "Now off to bed you three!"

Weiss grumbled, but decided arguing with a Beacon professor wasn't worth the trouble. Ruby trudged back to her sleeping bag while Yang gave him a flirty wink before following after her sister. Naruto glanced down at Blake who looked up at him with a neutral gaze.

"You can have thirty minutes to continue reading, but after that it would be best if you get some sleep as well." He quietly told her.

Blake nodded her understanding. She would have given the blonde a smile in thanks had he not made a pillow fighting comment less than two minutes ago. Naruto walked off to let the girl finish reading in peace. As he made his way over to the wall next to the door leading out of the ballroom, one thought occupied his mind.

Babysitting teenagers sucked!

(End of chapter 1)

Okay so it's been a while since I've done any writing of the fanfic variety, but I really wanted to get back into the swing of things. Especially since I've started writing more original project. Anyway, a few things I feel I should note. First, I've read a few RWBY crossovers and have rarely if ever seen a fic where the crossover character is actually a teacher. He's usually always a member of Team RWBY. Now for those who feel this will hurt his interaction with the girls, relax I have a perfect idea for making sure they are almost always together. Hint, hint think Genin Squad.

Secondly, how many people actually take Monty's vision to heart and make certain their characters are allusions to characters in myths, legends, fairy tales, or history? I can tell you right now every character I introduce into the fic from the Naruto-verse will meet that criteria and will even go as far as to mention who they are alluding to. Except Naruto. I want you all to guess his allusion. Also, don't expect characters from Naruto to have major roles (except for Naruto obviously). They will be there for his storyline and only serve as brief side-characters that way I don't have Naruto constantly stealing Team RWBY's thunder. I hate crossovers where one character just completely overshadows everyone else.

Without further ado, here are the character allusions for chapter one.

Tamamo – She is a mythological Japanese figure from the late Heian period known for her great beauty and wicked cunning. She is also one of the many human names given to, you guessed it, the Kyuubi no Kitsune. The full name is Tamamo no Mae if you wish to look it up.

Kuro – Kuro is an allusion to the Nekomata, a two tailed cat that is famous in both Japanese and Chinese folklore. Her appearance is based off a fusion between Koneko and Kuroka from Highschool DxD. Hence where the name Kuro comes from.

So yes, I have the Nibi and Kyuubi in this story. I highly doubt the other biju will make an appearance. To be honest, Kuro was a last minute addition but I felt Tamamo should have a more solid appearance as a crime lord and have a guard show up, but rather than just do some nameless face I decided to add Nibi.

So any questions or comments?