So if you're wondering where I've been I was working on another chapter of Fox and Cards. Now that it's out of the way onto Maelstrom of Roses! I'm also really busy with summer courses in college.

"So… what are we doing here?" Yang asked as she and the rest of team RWBY sat at their desks in Summer's classroom. Ruby seemed to be the only one who knew the reason for the gathering but was keeping quiet about it. Granted the speedster was bouncing in her seat in excitement but her lips were sealed.

Weiss looked over at the anxious leader in annoyance, "Ruby, could you hold still and tell us what's going on already?"

"Why don't I do that instead?" Summer said as she walked into the classroom. She shut the door and locked it before she walked to her desk, "Sorry for the wait. The staff meeting after class took longer than anticipated. I have a mission for you, the members of team RWBY."

"YES!" Ruby shouted as she jumped to her feet, "We're going to bust the bad guys!"

Blake looked between the two before she raised her hand, "Um… what do you mean Professor Rose?"

"We're going to take down a White Fang recruit ring operating out of the old warehouse district." Summer answered to the surprise of Weiss, Blake, and Yang. "Naruto, Ruby, and I stumbled across the operation last night while we were in Vale. Normally a mission like this would be given to a group of Huntsman and huntresses, but with the Fang using children to gather dust from shops across the city, Ozpin agreed with me that we simply don't have the time to wait and gather a team of the available Huntsman to handle the matter. Since all the second years and above are already undertaking missions, Ozpin has authorized the mission to be led by me. Naruto is already on board and is currently scouting out the location. If you accept, I'll go over the details."

"Of course we'll accept!" Ruby said in excitement.

Summer expected the excitement from her daughter, so she scanned the faces of the other three team members. It was when she noticed Blake's expression of concern that she spoke. Before Summer could address Blake's expression, the teen asked, "Ruby, maybe we should think about this before just jumping into it. We're all first years here and have been in class for less than a week."

"I'm for it." Yang said as she punched the palm of her hand, "A good old beat down sounds awesome!"

Weiss seemed the most reserved about the idea for a moment before she chimed in, "I vote for the mission as well. Anything to put a stop to the White Fang…"

Blake became silent afterward. She wanted to speak more against the mission, but she was clearly outvoted. "I didn't think I'd be going against the Fang this quickly…" Blake knew that becoming a Huntress would eventually lead to her battling those she called allies and friends at one point in her life, but to be so soon was a little nerve wracking.

Summer stayed quiet as she observed Blake's behavior. "She's hiding something…" Summer pondered in her mind. One trait that definitely improved over her years in the shinobi nations was her ability to read people. Blake was showing clear signs of some sort of past connection to the White Fang but had not said anything on the matter, which concerned Summer. Hiding one's history, no matter how dark, from one's team never ended well. "I'll look into that another time, however…" Right now the mission took precedence. So long as Blake did her part then Summer could overlook the teen's history for now. "Alright, since the matter is settled I'll explain the mission. Our main objective is to disrupt the recruitment ring and recover the stolen dust. If recovery is beyond our reach, then we destroy it all to ensure the White Fang cannot use it. We're to capture any members of the White Fang we can as well."

"What will we do about the people who they're trying to recruit?" Ruby asked with concern. She was certain they couldn't do the same as with Crystal, Grey, and Cobalt.

"We'll capture them and turn them over to the authorities obviously!" Weiss said angrily as she crossed her arms, "Anyone who is a part of the White Fang is just a degenerate who deserves a cell!"

Blake quickly glared at Weiss with a quiet fury. A glare Summer did not miss, but left alone for the moment as she addressed Weiss's outburst, "While I understand your point, Ms. Schnee, we're not going after anyone who isn't in a uniform of the White Fang."

"What?! Why?!" Weiss shouted as she stood up and slammed her hands on the desk.

"Simple. For one, if it's anything like the three that led us to this operation last night, they are most likely children younger than all of you. They will know little to nothing about White Fang operations, therefore, arresting them would serve no point besides to raise tension between human and faunus relations. Why do you think these faunus are looking to join the White Fang in the first place, Ms. Schnee?" Summer asked as she stepped away from her desk towards Weiss.

Weiss seemed surprised by the question as she sat back down in her chair, however that didn't cause her to hold her answer, "Because they hate humanity! They look to steal from and harm every human on the planet!"

Summer wasn't surprised by this claim of Weiss's. With the previous assassination attempt on her life, and the actions of the Fang going far further back than that, it was a given the heiress would see faunus with prejudiced. "Well Ms. Schnee, you're not entirely wrong on that matter… but not entirely correct either." Summer said in a serious tone as she leaned over the desk closer to Weiss, "In my experience, people are often driven to the extreme when they feel no other option is left. While there is no doubt that some of the White Fang do indeed hate humanity and seek its destruction, there are others who feel like they had no choice but to join the White Fang in order to change the world for what they feel would be the better." Weiss looked away in discontent for a moment as Summer straightened back up, "Perspective is a powerful tool, Ms. Schnee. Good and evil do not exist within people because to your enemy, they are the good and you are the evil. Being able to see the story that makes the person and help them is how you make enemies into allies and break the cycle of hate that envelopes us all. If we arrest every man, woman, and child at this ring than all that would do is fuel the fire of anti-faunus groups and sympathizers alike. That is part of the reason we're not going to get the police involved until the matter is resolved.

"Do you really think letting them go will work?" Yang asked as she crossed her arms.

"Not for all of them, no, but it should scare most of them back home. Another reason we're not going to worry about them is that they won't know anything on the White Fang plans. On the scale of priority, they are minor. That's not to say you cannot defend yourself and capture anyone who attacks you first." Summer said before she checked her scroll, "Now we'd better be on our way to meet with Naruto."

"Mom, one quick question. How did you get Ozpin to let us take the mission?" Ruby asked as she and the others stood up.

Summer simply smiled at the girls, "I just made valid points. That's all."

Flash back:

Ozpin took a sip from his mug as he pondered over the proposal Summer laid out for him. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Summer, are you sure about this? It is extremely early for first-year students to be undergoing missions."

Summer, resting in a chair across from Ozpin's desk, crossed her legs before she answered, "Yes I am sure. We observed the operation for a short time before returning here last night. I determined that it is only a small portion of the White Fang in the facilities. The rest appeared to be Faunus who most likely learned combat on the streets drawn in by the promises of the terrorist group."

Glynda narrowed her eyes with a frown, "I don't believe this is a good idea. These children have had almost no time to improve their skills."

"This isn't their first training school Glynda. They have more than enough combat experience to accomplish this. Not to mention a mission inside a city doesn't present itself often. Should the worst case scenario indeed happen, emergency treatment isn't far away unlike any mission outside the city's walls." Summer countered, "The police aren't able to handle the White Fang to begin with. Even if they could, we all know the faunus wouldn't be treated properly and that would only add fuel to the fire of tension between human and faunus. A Huntsman team is the only option we have right now and given the time it would take to assemble one that didn't involve the teachers here, it would be too late."

Ozpin swirled the liquid in his mug as he contemplated his options for a moment before he set down the mug, "Very well, I'll trust your judgment Summer. You along with a team of your choosing and Naruto will have this mission. Do be cautious, however."

"Of course Professor." Summer said with a smile as she stood up to leave and plan how the attack on the White Fang operation.

"Check. Clone B, any changes in the patrol?" Naruto asked through the radio on his neck as he looked down at the plans he had crudely drawn of the warehouses with a pair of binoculars next to it.

"Still two people in plane clothing hanging out by the entrance. One two-man patrol passing by every few minutes." The clone answered.

"Clone C?" Naruto asked.

The radio was silent for a moment before the clone answered, "Two-man patrol still going back and forth along the back wall. They stop to chat occasionally so it's hard to time it."

"Roger that." Naruto said as he looked down at the diagram, "The rest must be inside the building with all of the people that went in. Makes sense I guess. It draws less attention." He mumbled to himself as he looked down at the tally marks he made to count a number of people that went inside. As Naruto counted the tally, Summer and team RWBY arrived on the rooftop. Naruto perked up at the sound of people walking behind him and waved them over, "Yo Auntie!" He said before he turned around, "Hey Ruby, Yang, Blake, and Weiss! Glad you all came!"

"I wasn't going to miss this!" Ruby said as she quickly joined Naruto and squatted next to him, "So what's this?"

"Just notes of the warehouse. The door is being watched by two guys with one patrol going by every few minutes and there is another patrol going back and forth in the back near the water." Naruto answered before he turned to Summer, "There are at least thirty civilians in the building Auntie, and most of them are younger than us."

"So they are focusing on recruiting kids…" Summer said quietly as she took the binoculars and looked down at the warehouse, "Were they armed?"

"I don't think so. I didn't see any weapons on them, but they could have been hidden." Naruto answered.

Summer lowered the binoculars as she grabbed her chin in thought, "Hm… This seems less like a recruitment ring and more like the kids are being used to acquire dust."

"What makes you say that?" Yang asked as she took a look at the warehouse

"Their actions." Summer said, "When you think about it, it's a clever plan. You use the children to rob the stores of their dust, which keeps suspicion off the White Fang since they're not in uniform. This lets the group operate with less heat than usual. On top of it, you find possible new recruits and weed out those that may become a problem later on." She lifted the binoculars again towards the warehouse, "Without knowing how many are inside we're at a disadvantage… "

"Are we? Naruto is able to even out the numbers right?" Weiss asked as she crouched next to Summer.

"Yes, but the clones do have a limit. Without an aura of their own, one good strike or gunshot will remove the clone. The clones leave smoke and if enough smoke fills the building people can use it to escape, even if it is for a short while…" Summer replied before she turned to the clone maker, "Naruto, I want you and Blake to sneak inside from the rooftops. Scout the numbers and where the dust is being kept."

Naruto simply gave a mock salute with a smile as Blake looked surprised, "Me?"

"Yes, Blake. You showed excellent stealth skills during the initiation from Beacon. I trust you can watch Naruto's back and he can watch yours while not getting caught. Once we have the information we need, the rest of us can move in." Summer said as she pulled a small radio from one of her pouches on her belt and put it around her neck. "Naruto, channel?"

"Channel two." Naruto said as he stood up. He passed his crude map to Ruby, "Hold onto that. It's not great, but it has the patrols marked with how long they take." Once Ruby had the map Naruto turned to Blake, "Come on, we can get in from the rooftop." Blake nodded and effortlessly followed Naruto off the roof onto another. After they were a few rooftops away, Naruto gave Blake a playful smirk, "So excited for your first mission?"

"Not really. I still think it is too soon for the team to be on assignment." Blake replied as she scanned the ground for any stray members of the White Fang that Naruto could have missed.

Naruto let out a quick laugh, "My first mission outside my village was when I was twelve. Turned into a really dangerous one too." Naruto said before he gave Blake a pat on the back, "Don't worry about a thing Blake. We'll be fine. If anything happens you have Auntie and me to clean things up!" With that said he leaped over to the warehouse roof. Naruto was completely oblivious to Blake's annoyed stare. She could only sigh before she followed him over to the next building; after all, any hesitation on this would definitely get the attention of the others. She quickly followed the blonde onto the roof, who was already climbing inside one of the building skylights. "Auntie, we're in." Naruto whispered into the mic as Blake landed on a rafter next to him. The two stayed behind the lights as they crept closer to the center of the room. "That's a lot of kids…" Naruto whispered as he looked over the crowd. On one side of the floor was the group of children Naruto had seen entering the building and the others were more White Fang members taking all of the Dust the children had acquired. The members appeared to be sorting it out before moving it into secure containers to be transported to a room in the back.

One large man with a different mask than the rest on what appeared to be a stage with a banner behind him caught Naruto's and Blake's attention. "Oh no…!" Blake thought when she spotted the person.

"Thank you all for coming! Those of you joining us tonight, you have proven yourself worthy of being brought together under the name of the White Fang! The mission to gather Dust was little more than a formality to prove you were true to the cause! It showed you were capable of carrying out the orders given to you. We will now begin handing you your Grimm masks and uniforms. With these, you are considered full fledge recruits for the White Fang! Together we will take our place back in this world from the humans!" The White Fang lieutenant said with gusto as the audience started to cheer.

"Well… he definitely won't be one we convince to go home after tonight…" Naruto mumbled to himself before he pressed the button on his radio, "Auntie, you were right. There are more Fang members inside. At least a couple dozen along with someone that looks like he's higher on the food chain. Some of the dust is still in the main room but they're moving it to the back as we speak."

"Follow the dust and find out how much more they've managed to gather." Summer responded.

"Roger that." Naruto acknowledged before he nudged Blake," Let's go."

Blake didn't move for a moment as she stared at the Lieutenant. He would definitely recognize her if seen. Therefore, she needed to remain unseen. She quietly followed Naruto as the two moved through the rafters to the back wall, carefully staying in the shadows of the lights the entire time. When they got close to the wall, they both dropped down behind a set of boxes. The pair watched as a group of Fang members carried more dust into the back and carefully followed them without being seen. Once in the back room of the warehouse, they dived behind more crates near the door. Sneaking quietly using all of the scattered crates and equipment to remain hidden, the two moved closer towards the Fang members. Once they found a good hiding spot to spy on everyone, they gasped at what they saw. Along with another couple dozen soldiers loading up enormous amounts of dust and weapons into shipping containers that rested on the back of flat bed trucks sat a short woman with pink and brown hair. The woman, Neopolitan, seemed to be keeping an eye on the grunts as she crossed her legs and spun an open parasol slowly as it rested on her shoulder, "I thought the White Fang was an anti-human group…" Naruto muttered before he pressed his radio button, "Auntie, we have another two dozen grunts in the back and at least three large containers that they're loading the dust into. Also, there seems to be a human woman here helping them."

"A human woman? Are you sure?" Summer asked.

"She doesn't have any animal traits as far as I can see." Naruto confirmed in a hushed voice.

Back on the rooftop Summer cupped her chin in thought. Bringing a human into the folds of the White Fang was never heard of before short of them being a captive. If she was assisting the organization, then workings of the terrorist group itself could very well restructuring. This could explain the sudden change in the group's behavior with such a bold recruitment system. They couldn't ignore this development, "Slight change of plans. Are you able to secure the dust?"

"It'll be difficult since I don't know how to make these vehicles go. I can easily make enough clones to carry it all but it'll be a bit hard to get it out without getting caught in the cross fire. Plus that will leave less manpower to round up the targets." Naruto answered as he and Blake watched the grunts. Blake's eyes narrowed at the woman. The sight of a human working with the White Fang clearly angered her but thankfully Naruto was too focused to notice as he awaited Summer's instructions.

"Hm… When we begin the operation, wait for the grunts to try and leave. Only stop them if the woman tries to escape as well. Once she is secure we'll focus on the leader. If they try to escape with the dust, destroy the trucks." Summer said.

"Roger that… oh speaking of the big guy, he's coming in right now. Going silent." Naruto whispered as the Lieutenant walked into the room. He quickly relayed the orders from Summer to Blake before the head cheese could speak.

The Lieutenant stopped as one of his grunts saluted, "How is the loading process progressing?"

"We'll be finished before sunrise, sir. It would go faster if the wench would help as well…" The grunt commented sourly as he turned to the woman. She simply looked at the grunt with a smirk and twirled her parasol again.

"Just ignore her. The Commander has ordered we work together with her and those other humans. As much as they disgust me… they do serve a purpose. Once the containers are loaded, move them onto the trucks and head for the hideout. We'll move the recruits to the camp for training." The Lieutenant commanded the grunt before he turned to address some of the other White Fang members in the room.

"Blake, think you can hold your own with this many around?" Naruto asked only to receive silence for an answer. He turned to his stealth partner and noticed her glare towards the woman in the room. While giving Blake a gentle nudge he asked, "Do you know her?"

"No…" Blake answered, "I just know she doesn't belong here. The White Fang would never accept help from a human."

"Unless they've gotten desperate." Naruto replied as he pulled Maelstrom out in its compact form, "When you hate something enough, you'll turn to any option to help you destroy what you hate. Even if that means working with the very enemy you resent so long as it gets you to the greater enemy."

Blake's eyes narrowed at this revelation. It was possible for the White Fang to find and use humans to their advantage if it furthered their own goals. After all what better way to strike at humans than show that even other humans would turn against them? Of course, once their purpose was fulfilled than the terrorist group would simply dispose of the help as they have done to other humans in the past. Blake clenched her fist in anger… Reasons like this were why she left the organization in the first place. She had watched as it turned from a peaceful group to the monster unworthy of its own name. The White Fang, an un-bloodied fang that did not shed blood to reach coexistence with humans. That's what it was supposed to be… "We need to find out what they are planning." Blake said as she readied her weapon.

Naruto placed a hand on her shoulder, "We will. Just wait for the signal." He said before he contacted Summer, "Auntie, we're ready to go. Their boss is just giving out orders." He said to her.

Back on the rooftop, Summer smiled, "Alright. We'll begin the operation shortly. Once the chaos starts, capture the woman and their boss." She said. She received a "roger" from Naruto and readied her weapons in gun mode as she addressed Ruby, Yang, and Weiss. "This is the plan. There are roughly around four dozen White Fang members on the premises. That isn't counting the kids inside who we'll have to subdue as well if they join in the fight. Weiss and Yang, you'll both come with me towards the door. We're going to make as much noise as possible to get attention. Ruby, you'll stay up here and cover us with sniper fire. Come down if it gets to the point where there are too many to shoot and meet up with us. Under no circumstance are any of you to go off on your own." The three teens nodded as they readied their weapons. "Let's go!" Summer commanded as she leaped off the roof. She, Weiss, and Yang all fired off towards the guarded door, easily taking the two guards by surprise and definitely getting the attention of the rest.

Soon enough the rest of the Fang members started to pour out of the warehouse to address the threat as most of the unmasked teenagers fled the warehouse. The front runner of the White Fang was dropped within seconds of a bullet hitting his chest from Ruby's sniper rifle. Bouncing from target to target, Ruby took down a number of the assailants from her cover position. Granted one shot wasn't enough to stop the target for good but it brought everyone else helpful seconds.

The grunts were proving a little challenge for the rest squad. Yang was easily holding off two attacks at once, blasting them away with an Ember Celica enhanced punch each. Weiss would send multiple Fang at a time flying with her dust enhanced glyphs. Most of the grunts handled by these two managed to get back up for another round with the two teens. Summer, however, showed her experience in combat as she completely incapacitated her targets. The first Fang member to attack her found himself blocked by Summer's blade. She punched the man in the stomach and followed it up by kicking his legs out from under him. As the man fell to the ground Summer slammed the blade into his back. The force of the attack was enough to render the man unconscious as she turned to her block her second attacker. She parted the blade to catch the attacker's sword between the two pieces of metal and blasted the attacker's sword to pieces with a pair of revolver rounds. The Fang member recoiled in shock at the destruction of his weapon only to be slugged in the face by Summer followed by a round house kick to send him to the ground. She turned to the other White Fang members with a smile as she rested her weapon on her shoulders, "Next please."

"We're being attacked!" One of the White Fang members shouted from the front room.

The Lieutenant growled behind his mask before he turned to a few of the henchmen, "You four help me get the trucks ready to leave! The rest of you to the front!" Most of the room cleared out within seconds of being ordered.

Blake cursed her luck mentally as her breathing hastened. No doubt her secret would be exposed once she was seen. Then she would have to explain to everyone how she was both a faunus and a former member of the White Fang. Blake was so focused on her thoughts that she nearly jumped when she felt Naruto's hand on her shoulder, "You ready?" He asked with Maelstrom in its gun mode.

Blake froze for only a second before she nodded. It was beyond the point of no return in her case. "Maybe… If I can get the drop on him…" She thought for a moment. If the Lieutenant was knocked unconscious then he couldn't reveal what she was.

"Alright. I'll go for the big guy after we take out the lackeys first!" Naruto whispered before he folded his hands together.

The Lieutenant, Neopolitan, and the henchmen all turned to the shout of, "Shadow Clone jutsu!" Smoke erupted from the hiding place before a squad of Naruto clones all leaped out at their targets. The grunts all went down with ease as the clones tackled down to the ground. Neo countered her clone easily with her open parasol as she deflected her attacker away.

The Lieutenant quickly pulled his two-handed chainsaw sword out and blocked Naruto's blade. He pushed Naruto back and revved the chainsaw's engine, "You are a fool coming in here alone!"

Naruto only smirked as he assumed his combat stance, "I'm never alone pal! Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto shouted as he formed a squad of clones to swarm the Lieutenant.

Neopolitan moved to assist her fellow criminal only to stop at the sound of Gamble Shroud being fired off. She stepped back just in time to see the weapon fly past her face and turned with a fierce glare at its owner. Blake returned her weapon to its sword mode with its sheath in her other hand. Neo's glare lightened up as a smirk appeared on her lips. She could play with this girl for a bit for fun as the White Fang Lieutenant dealt with the blonde one.

Blake versus Neopolitan:

Blake sized up her opponent from afar. A closer look only reaffirmed that short woman was definitely not a faunus. "Why are you working with the White Fang?!" Blake demanded to know, only to be answered with Neo's smirk. This smirk only irritated Blake as she scowled, "Fine! We'll get the answer out of you one way or another!" She shouted as she charged forward. Neo only continued to smirk as she avoided each and every one of Blake's slashes with ease and grace. Blake leaped back from Neo when she noticed none of her attacks were connecting. She transformed Gamble Shroud and threw it at Neo again. Neo avoided the attack once again before she surprised Blake by wrapping the ribbon of Blake's weapon around her umbrella. She used the ribbon to pull Blake towards her and drive the heel of her boot into Blake's jaw. Blake used her semblance to avoid the kick; however, with Neo still holding the ribbon, her escape was severely subdued.

Neo seemed puzzled by the lack of effect her strike had for only a moment before she resumed the battle. Blake raised her sheath to cut the ribbon free of her weapon only to have her arm caught by Neo. The short fighter turned her back and forced Blake's elbow down against her shoulder. Blake dropped her sheath from the force of the pull despite her attempt to keep hold of it. Neo kicked the bladed sheath away as it fell, sending it sliding across the ground away from the two. Neo's smile remained as she surprised Blake with her flexibility and delivered a kick to Blake's face from the front. Blake recoiled back as she did not expect the strike. Neo attempted to follow up with a second kick only to hit Blake's semblance. Blake spun around Neo and grabbed the other half of her ribbon, using it to return Gamble Shroud to her hands. She quickly used the blade to cut her ribbon free before she went after her sheath with a roll. "She's no push over…" Blake thought as she recovered her second weapon.

Neo removed the remains of the ribbon and opened her umbrella, twirling it slowly as she let it rest against her shoulder. She clearly wasn't taking Blake seriously in this battle. Blake took a moment to tie the remains of her ribbon back into place, "I have to be careful." Blake thought before she fired off a barrage of bullets at Neo. Neo blocked the rounds with her umbrella as Blake charged forward. Before the two could continue their battle, however, a loud explosion grabbed the attention of both. The two females turned to the source of the explosion in time to see the dust filled truck violently explode and send them both flying back as the foundation started to crack.

Naruto versus the Lieutenant:

"Rah!" The Lieutenant screamed as he attempted to swat away the annoyances that were Naruto's clones. The clones were too quick for the large man however as they ducked and weaved out of the range of his attacks. Naruto's training over the years made him and his army this Lieutenant's worst type of opponent. His brute force style of fighting had little hope of hitting Naruto, and the added factor of clones made it virtually impossible. One of the clones blocked a strike from the chainsaw sword as another clone charged in and delivered a haymaker to the stomach. As the hulking man leaned over from the blow another clone launched him into the air with a kick. The remaining clones leaped at their aerial target and delivered a slash as they flew by with another Naruto appearing above the Lieutenant, "Naruto Uzumaki Barrage!" Naruto shouted as he sent his foe to the ground with an axe kick. "Heaven's drop!" Naruto added as he pointed his sword down and used his semblance to propel towards his target.

The Lieutenant rolled out of the way of the attack and grabbed Naruto's leg once he landed, "Come here!" He shouted and he threw Naruto across the room. Naruto crashed into a crate before it popped into a cloud of smoke. The Lieutenant knocked away another Naruto as he climbed to his feet only to find it was another clone, "You irritating blonde brat!" The Lieutenant yelled as grabbed and revved the engine of his weapon again. He resisted the urge to charge seeing as he had barely dented the clone's numbers. This didn't stop a group of clones from attacking him together as they all rushed in from the front.

The Lieutenant slashed through the three clones and created a cloud of smoke and in front of him. "Rasengan!" Naruto shouted as he came through the smoke with the jutsu ready in hand. The Lieutenant screamed in pain as the attack ground through his armor before he was sent flying into the wall. With a loud thud and groan, the Lieutenant fell onto a crate limp, but alive. "Good thing you have an aura pal, or your insides would be a pile of mush right now." Naruto said as he walked up to the unconscious Lieutenant. As Naruto walked past, one of the unconscious grunts slowly got up. Seeing his boss unconscious and the blonde teenager not even marked, he quickly fled to one of the trucks in hopes of making a quick getaway. Naruto turned at the sound of the truck's engine attempting to turn over and reacted out of reflex, "No you don't!" He yelled as he threw an explosive tag kunai into the open trailer on the truck.

Naruto's mind caught up to his action as he realized what he had done. "Oh shit!" He thought as the kunai exploded. One moment later all of the dust inside of the truck reacted violently to the dust set off a multi-elemental based explosion that sends everyone flying back. Naruto slid across the ground while the unconscious Lieutenant flew off into a wall. Blake crashed through a crate as Neo slammed into the flat side of a steel beam that held the building's roof up. The back of the warehouse itself was torn to pieces by the force of the explosion. "Blake, you okay?!" Naruto called out as he picked himself up. Silence was his answer

"Yeah… My aura is shot though." Blake answered as she looked at her scroll.

"Let's grab these two and then…" Naruto started to say before the ground started to crack and crumble into the ground. The remains of the truck were swallowed as the rest of the warehouse started to follow suit. "Sinkhole!" Blake yelled.

"Blake go! I'll grab these two!" Naruto commanded her as he made a shadow clone to take the Lieutenant out while he went for the dazed Neo. Blake fled from the growing hole as commanded as the clone lifted the unconscious Faunus dead weight. Naruto reached for Neo has he reached her only to see her be swallowed by the earth along with himself as the warehouse collapsed on top of them all.

Summer groaned as she picked herself up after being knocked over by the explosion. "Next time…Tell Naruto to simply leave the dust." Summer thought as she took a quick look around. No one seemed to be caught in the direct blast and was simply blasted away. The remaining conscious members of the White Fang all scattered as they recovered from the blast, knowing it would attract the attention of the law enforcement. After getting their asses handed to them by three teenage girls and one woman, common sense kicked in and told the remaining awake members to scatter. "Weiss! Yang! You two alright?!" Summer yelled as she climbed back to her feet.

"I'm good!" Yang answered as she hopped to her feet and dusted herself off.

Weiss took a second to steady herself after Yang helped her up before she answered, "I am uninjured as well."

"Mom!" The voice of Ruby exclaimed as she appeared in a red blur next to her mother, "What happened?!"

"I'm guessing Naruto happened." Summer answered. "Yang and Weiss, you two round up the unconscious White Fang members. Ruby and I will check on Naruto." Summer commanded. The two teens nodded, but before anyone could take action the ground started to crack and crumble. Summer noticed the concrete foundation start to sink below, "Everyone run!" Summer yelled as the ground started to collapse from the warehouse. Yang hoofed it as she carried two of the unconscious Fang members with her. Weiss used her glyph to fire herself and a group of the knocked out members to safety. Summer followed suit with one Fang member slung over her shoulder as Ruby followed her.

"Wait! What about Blake and Naruto?!" Ruby asked as she turned back to the warehouse just in time to see it collapse into a large sink hole. "NO!" She yelled as she prepared to speed into wreckage only to be stopped as Summer grabbed her hood.

"Ruby stop! You'll just get caught in the wreckage!" Summer yelled as she pulled her daughter back, "We have to trust that Blake and Naruto got out okay. We'll search the perimeter of the sink hole first!"

"But…" Ruby started to say only to stop when she noticed a figure climbing out of the hole. "Blake!" Ruby yelled before she and the others rushed to her aid. "Blake, are you okay?!" Ruby asked as she and Summer helped her away from the sink hole.

"I'm fine… but Naruto… I didn't see him make it out." Blake answered. She had barely made it out of the opening before the building came down and used Gamble Shroud to stop herself from falling into the hole itself.

The teens were all at a loss for words at the news of their friend's possible demise. Summer however simply turned to the hole, "Don't be too worried. It will take more than some rocks and metal to stop Naruto." She said as she pulled out her scroll. After pulling up the aura reading application, she smiled, "His aura is still showing, though it is in the red. For now…" Summer said as she took a look around at the warehouse buildings. A good bit away she spotted a mobile crane. "Blake, Weiss, and Yang, you three will make sure these fang members don't go anywhere. Ruby you're going to come with me. We'll use that crane to lower you down and help Naruto out.

The girls all nodded before they split off. As Summer and Ruby went for the crane, Blake couldn't help but say, "She's rather calm about this entire situation, especially with Naruto falling into the sink hole… Even if his aura is showing a reading, he could be buried alive!"

"Well…" Yang started to say as she gave one of the stirring White Fang members a punch to make sure he stayed asleep, "I can see her point. Naruto is anything but normal. I wouldn't be surprised if he came running up the wall."

In the hole:

Naruto groaned in annoyance as he sat up holding his head. If he had grabbed that woman one second sooner they wouldn't be in this mess. He glanced around, grateful the light from the surface reached down to his location, in search of anyone else for a moment before he spotted Neo partially buried under some rubble. "Hey, you okay?!" He asked as he made his way over to her. From what he could see she wasn't too worse for wear, although she wouldn't be using one of her legs for a while.

Neo groaned in pain before she spotted Naruto. Her pain turned to anger as she attempted to stab at Naruto with her umbrella, "You dumbass!" She yelled only to stop from the pain her leg emitted as Naruto caught the umbrella.

"Calm down. Unless you want me to leave you buried down here in this mess." Naruto said as he pointed at rubble pinning Neo down. "I can get you out, but only if you agree to my conditions."

Neo scowled in anger at the blonde boy before she looked down at her leg. It seems like she didn't have a choice in the matter this time. "What are they?" She asked, the anger she felt clear in her voice. She would team up with this boy for now. At least until she was free of this mess.

That will do it for now. Yes, Neo can talk in this story! Seeing as the people of RoosterTeeth have said before she has a voice actress and line, but simply haven't used her yet. So I've decided to break the usual silent Neo set up and have someone annoy her enough to get her to speak!

Again I'm really sorry this took so long. College hit hard so I've been real busy the last five months. On top of that, I feel as if I really suck at combat scenes. If anyone has any good tips on how to improve the small scenes I did in this chapter, it would be greatly appreciated