The world came to being in a haze of dreariness and blurry vision. Like someone had sucked the color of the world away and filled him to the brim with alcohol the night before.
That second bit probably wasn't that far from the truth considering the way festivities had been heading from what little he did remember.
Though it was blatantly clear he wasn't in the woods of his home.
Konoha's trees were much more intimidating and lively.
"Ooohhh why did I talk Kurama into letting me do that.." Naruto grumbled to himself unhappily.
In hindsight, convincing an age old mass of chakra to do anything was a feat very few could say they pulled off, Naruto was reasonably sure Kurama agreed just to watch the horrible, painful aftermath.
It started at a country wide celebration. Naruto had just been brought back from the moon via weird moon portal thing, and was content to just relax and figure out his brand new responsibilities.
AKA being a good boyfriend.
Hinata and he had taken to the lightened streets of Konoha, being lavished in praise and well wishes. It had been a bit much for both of them to be honest.
Somewhere along the way, he had managed to bump in to Sasuke, who had apparently been kind enough to save the village from a massive chunk of moon.
For obvious enough reasons, Sakura had been right along side the Last Uchiha.
'I'll still need to thank the Bastard for that..' Naruto mused as he held his head, wincing as the bright sun beat down on his poor eyes.
That decided it. He was going to destroy the sun. It had annoyed him one too many times.
"Hhhnnn.." a female groaned a few feet to his left. Casting his eyes over, he was entirely un-surprised to see Hinata laying in the grass next to him, his coat being cuddled like a babe would a blanket.
For all of his awful hangover, it was adorable as hell.
Naruto went back to recounting his night, trying to figure out...well just where the hell they had ended up.
After bumping into the Raven and Bubblgum pair, he and Sasuke had devolved into their petty Rival selves. The first challenge had been fish scooping, then after a series of festival games and a mountain of stuffed animals for Sakura and Hinata, they had taken the final step into the realm of full on adult challenges.
A drinking contest for short.
At the on set, Sasuke had been against the idea, stick in the mud as he was.
But on Naruto's insistence, and the girls already making bets on who would win, he was quickly persuaded.
The straw to break the proverbial camel's back had been Naruto's assurance that he would have Kurama lower his metabolism to that of a reasonably seasoned shinobi.
Fair ground as it were.
What a stupid idea.
At some point Hinata and Sakura had thrown down their own gauntlet, egged on by the already toasted males, and then...nothing.
"Someone...please...turn off the sun..." a broken whine reached his ears from across the field. He once more winced as his head came up to quickly to confirm that, yes, Sasuke and Sakura had arrived...where ever they were with Hinata and himself.
Well, that was a plus.
The way Sakura was buring her face in Sasuke's chest seemed a bit much though.
"I...am never drinking again." The other male of team seven muttered darkly as a lone eye cracked open, only to snap shut immediately.
Naruto ignored that all however and tried to concentrate. He still wasn't sure on where they even were and Sage Mode would go a long way in sorting that.
Or...it should have at least. This forest was old. Very old. Almost as old as the Forest of Death, a place that had stood even before the Village Hidden in the Leaves. It sorta of felt like the forest of the Toads on Mount Myōboku. Ancient and full of Nature's Chakra, individual signatures popping up all over the tree wrapped expanse.
Naruto and Sasuke sobered as much as they could immediately, grim looks crossing both their faces. Though for different reasons.
They weren't anywhere near Konoha. Or any other Hidden Village as far as Naruto could tell.
"The Rinnegan..." Sasuke spoke softly, his one hand touching under his left eye softly.
He had used it. For something big apparently. He could barely bring his Sharingan to bare.
"...looks like we're a long way from home.." Naruto spoke back. A moment of silence passed between them, before both nodded, a silent message clear to each other.
A duo of startled gasps left the two girls as they were swiftly wrapped in their respective love's arms and carried away, Naruto at the helm.
He had felt a conglomeration of differing energy signals a few miles away, probably a settlement of some sort. First things first. Location, information, and assessing the situation.
~CATB~
What they came across in their short furray from the woods...wasn't what they had expected.
It had a number of buildings to be sure, but the lavish nature of them seemed far out of place considering the surrounding over growth.
The flying machines were a hell of surprise too. Naruto was sure Spring was the only land to employ transportation of that nature. They seemed far more sophisticated than the dirigible of Spring as well.
"What in the Sage..." Hinata gasped from Naruto's back. She had never seen such a wondrous place before, even the capital of The Land Of Fire didn't hold buildings such as this!
"It seems to be an academy of some kind.." Sasuke replied to the unfinished question. Even at the distance they stood now, his Sharingan was able to make out a number of young individuals in matching uniforms. Some holding odd pieces of equipment or ever age old weapons.
A training academy. Oddly fitting.
Any further conversation was abruptly cut short as several forms flew over their heads. One screaming quite loudly.
"...well you don't see that every day." Sasuke deadpanned, something Sakura hummed to in agreement from Sasukes side, having climbed down from his back as soon as the school was clearly in sight. Aside from Naruto, she had the best time adjusting to a hangover, having spent years as Tsunade's student and medic.
Self-healing for the win!
"I'm counting...12? Who launches 12 people into a forest?" Naruto said, moving most of Hinata weight onto his left hand and back as his right came up to scratch his head.
"We should probably follow them...they may need some medical assistance.." Hinata muttered quietly, her head still pounding. She was honestly so jealous of Naruto and Sakura at the moment. Sasuke was probably doing better already as well, but she had never been drinking before and had no healing abilities to really speak off, aside her excellent medical cream.
"All in favor?" Naruto asked, a goofy grin on his face. He loved stuff like this! Random adventures were the best!
"Hn."
"Might be smarter to just hit the building across the ways for information...but what the hell. I'm curious too."
As a mutual agreement was achieved, three ninja leaped into the tree line, making a B-line to the forms already disappearing into the foliage.
An apology from Naruto floated on the wind as a whine from Hinata let him know how unappreciated the sudden movement was.
~CATB~
Naruto, after a long career of one fucked up sitatuon or another, had learned to suspend any sense of disbelief. This was a man who had fought on the surface of the moon for Sage's sake. Impossible didn't exist in his vocabulary anymore.
Even still, watching a pair of girls that could pass for a sexy jutsu version of him and Sasuke fight a groups of creatures resembling the Zero tails was a new one in his book.
They were very effective too, though still sloppy in covering one another, their fighting styles mashed well, covering short and long range. The weapons they employed were nothing to scoff at either. Those metal gauntlets launched varying nature based explosions!
They had to have some serious seal work on them!
"We'll keep our distance for now...information is the name of the game." Naruto spoke quietly, his eyes never straying from the girls.
The dull green glow from his left cut off, and a relieved sigh escaped the Hyuga Heiress.
Seemed Sakura was finished.
"I'm curious about those creatures...they look like that beast we fought at The Land Of Sky." Sasuke spike, observing how they evaporated after being dealt fatal blows.
Perhaps they would reform somewhere else? A defense mechanism like that of the summons?
"I'm sure we'll hear all we need too. Come on, their moving." Naruto replied, a more serious tone in his voice. Those creatures were using Natural Energy, or at least made of it, of that Naruto had no doubt.
Even still, something felt...wrong about them. Tainted.
Naruto shook his head to banish those thoughts as Sakura and Hinata rejoined them in a tight formation, before each of them silently followed the unwitting pair below them.
He could figure it out later.
~CATB~
"How about a cute little pony?" The blonde girl, identified as Yang, spoke to her partner, Blake. Said partner just shrugged in nonchalance, a blank expression on her face.
It took all Sakura had not to point out the similarities between the Duo in the ruin and the Duo observering them. It was almost uncanny. A dark haired stoic type, and the bright bubbly blond battle brat.
Sakura blanched at her inner monologue. 'That was a lot of alliteration...'
Any further speculation on the matter was cut off by a load "YAHOO!" of a pink haired girl riding in on...was that a bear?!
~CATB~
"Did that girl just ride here on an Ursa?" Blake asked blandly, a finger pointed to the edge of the tree line were an orange haired girl in pink had just rolled from the form of a fallen Ursa, all laughs and smiles. A black haired boy in green followed from the trees, light gasps leaving him.
"Nora...never do that...again." The boy spoke, half pleading, half demanding.
Only to realize he was talking to air.
Nora was currently dancing a jig with a golden rook situated atop her head. "I'm Queen of the castle, I'm Queen if the castle!"
"Nora!"
The pink themed girl broke out in a wider grin, if such a thing was possible, and made to rush back to her friend and now partner. "Coming Ren!"
Two screaming voices drew Blake and Yang's eyes to the sky, were they bore witness to a blond boy crashing into a black haired girl. A heavy grunt leaving both.
Blake cast her eyes to Yang's disbelieving face. "Did your sister just fall from the sky?"
"I...don't..."
Crashing at the tree line caused both girls to turn and take in the sight of a girl with burning red hair ducking and diving around the pincers of a large Deathstalker.
The young girl from earlier chose that moment to land a few feet from Yang.
"Ruby?" The blonde asked with a slight smile, though it was strained.
The Little Red Riding Hood excitedly greeted the older Blonde. "Yang!"
"Nora!" The Orange haired girl interrupted before the sisters could hug, shocking both.
Once more, Blake couldn't help but state the obvious. It seemed to be a running theme at the moment.
"Did she just run all the way here with a Deathstalker on her tail?"
Yang looked ready to burst, her face a mix between annoyance, disbelief, incredulity, and annoyance!
And thus, soundly and literally, exploded in anger.
"I can't take it! Can everything just calm down for like two seconds!" Yang shouted, flames shooting up around her as her eyes bleed to red.
The world gave those precious moments, all before her younger sister tapped her on the arm.
"Umm...Yang?" The blonde hung her head for a moment before glancing at her little sister and then following the directing of her pointing hand.
High above the group, a girl in white hung from the talon of a rather ridiculously large bird.
"How could you leave me!" The girl screamed down to the ground.
"I said jump." Ruby spoke back a bit bashful. She hadn't expected Weiss to stay on the Nevermore.
"She's going to fall." Blake spoke despondently, though a certain light flashed in her eyes.
"She'll be fine." Ruby waved her hand at the black haired girl, completely sure of her partner.
"She's falling." Ren spoke up as he straightened after catching his breathe.
"AHHHHhhh-huh!" The white haired girl paused mid scream as a pair of powerful arms wrapped around her and halted her decent.
It was a male, that much was certain. However the strange golden glow he gave off was astounding to say the least. His yellow eyes had the strangest pupil Weiss had ever seen, and had she mentioned the fact that she was no longer falling?
Weiss looked at the ground, a squeak leaving her as she say the three or so dozen stories they still had to fall!
She wrapped her arms around the male and waited for the impact.
And waited...
And waited...
"Uh...are you okay?" Naruto voiced, a bit perplexed at the girl's tightened hold on his neck. Was she afraid of heights or something?
Weiss cracked open an eye in surprise. Why weren't they falling?!
"Ah...fear of heights. Nothing to be ashamed of! I have a fear of ghost myself." The blond sounded reassuring, even as he slowly, gently lowered them both to the ground, in front of the group of people that had been standing around GAPING at the sage.
Naruto gently placed the white haired girl on her feet and killed the energy powering his Six Paths Sage mode. He probably could have gotten away with just catching her, but damnit he loved a flashy entrance!
Naruto turned on the spot as another body flew at him, this time the red head from before, he caught her and spun with the momentum to lessen the impact on the girl. "Woah! Easy there Red!"
"What...the..." Yang slowly spoke as she weakly raised a finger and pointed at her now fellow blond.
Pyrrha opened her eyes as her momentum slowed and had to bite back a gasp. Those were VERY blue eyes..
"Damnit Naruto! Can't we go one day without you show boating?!" A pink haired girl shouted as she too landed in the clearing.
On top of the Deathstalker.
Crushing it into oblivion.
"Of course not. He wouldn't be the Dobe otherwise." A masculine voice called from the back of the group, a tall black haired man making all present aside from the male holding Pyrrha jump.
"Look whose talking Sasuke! I'm still pretty sure it's your fault we're here in the first place!" Naruto accused, a finger pointed at his best friend/rival. "Hey wait a second...where is Hinata?" The boy took to looking around in confusion.
"Empty Air Palm!" A shout greeted them as the Nevermore in the sky exploded in a gory show of feathers.
Hinata wasn't releasing the anger of seeing her brand new boyfriend catch and cradle not one, but two random, highly attractive women! Honest!
"There you are! Hinata that was awesome!" Naruto shouted with a grin, releasing the red head and running over to the Hyuga Heiress.
Said girl promptly blushed at the close hug he gave her. Who was she kidding, she couldn't stay mad at this blond lug.
"That. Was. Awesome!" Nora and Ruby shouted together. "You were like woosh! Then you flew!" Ruby pointed to the now approaching pink haired girl and carried on. "And you! You came in like blam! Splat! No more Deathstalker!"
Nora pointed to the black haired boy next, her own eyes shining. "And you were like a ninja! All silent! How did you do that!"
"What about that girl! She just exploded a Nevermore!" Jaune chimed in as he limped toward the group. He hadn't seen much aside the girl pointing a hand at the large avian creature, but the results don't lie.
"I'm more interested in the one that can apparently fly." Ren spoke calmly, his eyes cutting over the celebriting blond as he rubbed his cheek to the increasing embarrassment of the girl in his arms, though she didn't seem upset by it at all. Something about that blond was...wrong.
~CATB~
"You didn't see that." Ozpin's calm voice washed over the cliff side he shared with Glynda.
Honestly, if she HADN'T seen it, she would have claimed anyone that had was a liar.
Ozpin was a calm and collected man. Someone who could face the toughest situations with a calm smile and two dozen plans.
He DID NOT spit take.
Even if that's exactly what happened at the random group joining in at the ruins. Neither of them had seen the small team before, and based on what they just witnessed, that was a BAD thing.
Those four were highly dangerous, Glynda was positive. The Boys hadn't shown much in the way of skill, but the way the other two seemed to defer to them spoke volumes. The Pink one had FLATTENED an ancient Deathstalker for Oum sake!
"It seems we will be welcoming an additional team to Beacon this year." Ozpin cut through her thoughts, and Glynda was sure her incredulity was clear on her face.
Was he out of his mind!?
~CATB~
"So...uh hi! I'm Naruto! This is my girlfriend Hinata, and my teammates, Sasuke the broody one, and Sakura, the scary one."
"Broody?" Sasuke replied incredulously, an eyebrow raised.
"Scary!?!" The pink shouted as she clinched a fist.
"To be fair Sakura...you did just smash that creature to bits." Hinata spoke softly, trying and failing to defend her love's opinion.
"Oh look whose talking little miss birdie blaster!" Sakura rounded on the Hyuga easily, her finger poking out in accusation. There was no real heat behind it, and after a moment the two girls shared a short laugh.
"If that's all settled..." Sasuke stared as he tossed a golden king to his teammate, something Naruto caught without even looking up, too busy as he was with a mental conversation with Kurama. "It seems we completed our objective. Perhaps we should move away from this combat zone. That noise would have drawn more."
He wasn't really worried about fighting, but why fight when you don't have to?
"I'm inclined to agree...we should head back to the cliff." Pyrrha spoke, having finally shaken herself from her stupor. That blond was very...solid.
Her cheeks reddened. Yes solid was a good word.
Apparently all in agreement, the three groups of four left the ruins, heading back to the direction they had originally been launched from.
A.N. As you guys can tell, I've been on a RWBY kick the last few days, don't worry! Other stories are still being updated, and KOQ should have an update in a day or two.
Now, this will mostly be a crack fic. Suped up Team 7 plus 1 just kicking ass and taking names in the RWBY universe. Might get a bit touchy later in the time line, such as the Blake issue, white fang etc. but mostly just for laughs. I've been kicking it around for a while and just decided to dive in.
Might make a harem thing out of it, but I don't know. I kinda like the homey feel of just a NaruxHina SakuxSasu, but I also have that in The Baby Diary. I already know how I'd divvy that all up so give your opinion if I should or not.
Let me know what ya think!
DarkStar, Out.