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Chapter One: Uninvited Guests

Ozpin and Glynda watched the different feeds monitoring students in the entrance exam for beacon. So far things were going quite well. Yang Xiao Long and her newly appointed partner Blake Belladonna were nearing the ruins to attain their artifact. Ruby Rose and Weiss Schnee finally seemed to be heading the right way, albeit not truly under their own power as they had seemingly hitched a ride with a giant nevermore. Jaune Arc and Pyrrha Nikos had yet to be killed by the giant deathstalker they had riled up, an impressive feat. Ozpin didn't wish to comment on Nora and Ren, other than he had to acknowledge the boy would make a fine educator with his level of patience.

All in all things were going well. Except for one massive hiccup. Somehow a group of non-students had entered the training ground and appeared to be searching for something. Ozpin and Glynda had only caught glimpses of the elusive individuals, yet still the pair were nearing a point where they felt the need to step in and get involved. Whoever was out there wasn't supposed to be. Ozpin couldn't honestly think of what reason they would be there. This part of Emerald Forest was box canyon with no notable resource or any constructs except an old ruined temple complex long since picked clean by archaeologists and treasure hunters.

That led the two experienced hunters to assume the worst, these people were here for a student. Perhaps to harm multiple students. Ozpin still was having difficulty coming to decide who they were though. He thought perhaps they were white fang members after either Weiss Schnee or Blake Belladonna each for their own reasons. That was until he managed to pause the camera and paled considerably. There a blurry still of a mask, similar to yet still noticeably different from the white fang masks. Shinobi. The thought alone made Ozpin pale considerably. What more he had no way of knowing the exact number or worse yet their objective. Someone could have hired them for nearly anything from an assassination to a massacre to simply scouting the future competition for the upcoming vytal festival.

The Shinobi of the Elemental league nations were well known for their morally gray areas. Their economies largely hinged on the underworld which they partially embraced in contrast to the four kingdoms. It kept their terrifying soldiers up to snuff in peace time as well as war. Sadly the image was too blurry to catch any identifiers on the mask. The forehead symbol marking which of the nations they hailed from remained obscured just barely enough to keep him unsure.

He didn't have to contemplate on that for long though, soon the cameras around the ruins drew his attention. There in the ruins, a man with a scratched headband seemed to be fleeing toward the ruins. Behind him a Shinobi with a mask and matching forehead symbol gave chase. The movement of the two shinobi was stunning. Ozpin had encountered only a few in his life, but had seen their unique way of using their aura even less often. He knew they could use it to enhance their body's strength, speed, endurance and many other ways however now he was watching two shinobi give him a full display.

The masked shinobi seemed to be funneling the unmasked man toward the cliff wall to box him in. Occasionally flinging kunai or shuriken at speeds much faster than normally possible. Again Ozpin noted that they were enhancing themselves with their aura.

"Ozpin, Xiao Long and Belladonna are on a collision course with the Shinobi." Glynda stated. She sounded calm but their was worry in her voice. Few knew the extent of shinobi abilities due to their secretive natures, even amongst their own people, however a huntress of Glynda's caliber knew fully well what an encounter could entail. If this was a mission tabled to be unknown then the girls would likely be eliminated as witnesses.

A burst of water from the masked pursuer slammed into a tree stripping a large section of bark and cracking the trunk slightly. Suddenly the man in front lost his balance in avoiding the attack and tumbled painfully directly into the path of Blake and Yang as they were approaching.

Ozpin, did something he hadn't in years at the sight of the bewildered faces of the teen girls. He cursed, taking Glynda by slight surprise.

With that the two hunters took off into the forest below.

Yang and Blake had been making great progress in the test so far. It already seemed like their style of fighting complemented one another well enough. Yang was a frontline wrecking ball in a fight, and Blake's speed, agility, and ability to slip around her opponent made them easy to modify with Yang sticking to her enemy's face and Blake slipping in shots whenever there was an opening.

Personality wise they might have to work a bit. Blake was quiet, uncomfortably so for Yang, and the opposite was true as well. Luckily they seemed to get along well enough. Having a small and honestly pointless conversation about their new school.

This was of course interrupted when a man, who appeared in his late twenties slammed into the path before them. It was obvious he had not intended to come rolling out of the brush like a bowling ball. However when he came to a stop it was apparent his day was probably not going well.

Both girl's were shocked by his arrival. It was easy to tell he was not a prospective student like themselves. He was far too old to be just now applying. More shocking however was how roughed up he seemed to be. Small cuts and scrapes littered his outer extremities and back. A large gash on his chin was bleeding heavily and several bruises were beginning to darken on his face and body. Snapping out of her stupor Yang raced over to the man intent on helping him.

"Hey dude, a-are you awake?" Yang asked. The man didn't respond at first but slowly his eyes fluttered open and he looked back at the two girls in confusion.

After a moment he seemed to remember where he was because he bolted to his feet, despite wobbling slightly and began scanning the trees around him with his dark eyes. Yang was trying to calm him down and get him to sit back down before he hurt himself, but Blake stood stock still.

Staring at his forehead she was terrified. She knew not only what that symbol meant but also the slash through the same symbol. She was just about to reach out and drag Yang back but then three of them turned as one to a new presence resting above them in the trees from the same direction the man had tumbled from.

The figure before them was intimidating. Grey and black sleek body armor, and a white mask with orange, red, and yellow markings making it look like a fox, topped off with an engraved symbol matching the one on the man's headband gave the person the appearance of a horror movie killer. Or a trained assassin.

"Shinobi…" Blake whispered. Fear evident in her voice. The figure above her snapped it's eyes to glance at her before focusing on the man Blake knew to be a rogue.

Yang watched the apparent woman above them sit silently and size them up. She assumed woman, hard to tell with the mask and the crouched positioning she was in. However she had a more lithe physique than most men and long blonde hair tied in a single ponytail with two bangs framing the side of her mask.

Without warning the girl flung a kunai out and it struck the man in the arm he brought up to defend himself. Just barely protecting his throat from the blade. As he tripped and fell back against the tree behind him, Yang and Blake prepared themselves for a fight.

"What the hell are you doing?" Yang shouted. It was obvious this masked maniac was trying to kill this guy behind her. From the looks of him she had him on the run for a while.

"Do not interfere this does not concern you." The masked figure spoke in a light feminine tone. It was very obvious now that it was a young girl that was behind the mask.

Yang stepped in front of the man and aimed her gauntlets. More or less saying that to get to him she had to go through her.

"Last warning, you in black, you know what I am, and you know what he is. You would be smart to stay out of the way." The girl spoke again.

Blake hesitated. A part of her. A very big part of her wanted to do exactly what this girl told her too. She was somewhat disgusted with the part of her that would so willingly give someone over to the person trying to kill them. The same part of her that wanted to leave the man to his fate was extremely pissed that it wasn't the biggest part of her. The biggest part of her wanted to stop this girl from killing the man behind her.

"No, you tell us why you are after him." Blake said.

The masked girl shifted slightly for a moment. Blake and Yang tensed, expecting another attack. They were right to. In a sudden flicker two copies of the girl appeared and drew Kunai and Shuriken before launching themselves and their weapons at the two huntresses-in-training.

Blake easily avoided the weapons and coiled around the clone after her with extreme fluidity. Yang on the other hand simply let the weapons bounce off her bulky gauntlets before hurtling herself into her enemy at high enough speed to disperse the clone.

Shocked by the ease with which the two girls eliminated her clones the masked shinobi had to move before a shotgun blast slammed into the tree she had been standing on a moment later. Flipping over the buxom blonde woman attacking her the shinobi flung another brace of shuriken at the rogue shinobi the two teens were protecting. Only one managed to hit the man as the rest were blocked by the sudden arrival of Blake as she used her sword to deflect the incoming attack.

Again flipping over gunfire, this time from the unique kusarigama style weapon Blake used, the masked girl ended up in another tree. She drew another Kunai, however before she could aim she was blindsided by the much large blonde whon slammed her off the tree branch and onto the ground.

Groaning in pain the girl attempted to roll with the landing but instead received a sudden blow to the face from a gauntleted fist that sent her crashing into another tree, and then dumping her on the ground. Again though the girl rolled to her feet. Now however her face was exposed causing her opponents to hesitate.

Yang and Blake had known she was young, however they didn't realize how young. Before them was a girl that Yang realized was around Ruby's age if a little younger. What surprised Blake the most though was the girl was a faunus. More specifically a fox faunus. Her long blonde hair was now slightly loosened, and disheveled. Some blood ran from her lip and down her chin, two long fox ears, now stood on end out of the thick hair on her head. On her face she had three whiskers on each cheek, but most notably were her ruby red slitted eyes that were beautiful and intimidating at the same time.

"Ha! They sent you? I have been running from you? No wonder I'm not dead. I can't believe it." The raspy voice of the man behind Yang and Blake rang out.

"This whole time I thought some true blue rogue hunter was after me and it was you. I didn't even fight back because I thought...Haha. Oh is this your first S rank? Is that why there are so many others in the forest? Babysitting a baby shinobi." The man seemed completely different now. Gone was the cowering figure Yang and Blake were protecting and now in his place was a confident shinobi. One that was guffawing at the expense of the girl in front of him.

Without warning the man raced forward, in the blink of an eye he was beside her before slamming his fist into her stomach hard enough to lift her off the ground and catapult her into the same tree as earlier. Then spinning he slammed a foot hard into her head sprawling her across the ground.

"Ha see you didn't earn that mask brat." The man bellowed as he stomped on the girl's back hard enough to cause a shout of pain to jump from her throat.

All of this had happened so quickly that Yang and Blake had not even reacted yet. Luckily they didn't have to. A red blur of rose petals rocketed into the man's side and again pressed him into a tree. A white design appeared in the air and suddenly he was pressed hard against the tree as if gravity itself was trapping him there.

Ruby and Weiss joined Blake and Yang in standing in the clearing. Finally processing the sudden series of events Yang and Blake broke out of their shocked state and took up positions with the red and white themed girls, keeping the man in sight all the while.

"Can someone please tell me what is going on? This guy is obviously way to old to be trying out to be huntsman, and that girl looks younger than Ruby." Weiss commented.

"Well that girl was about to kill that guy so we fought her, but then that guy saw her face and started fighting her too, she didn't stand a chance. I don't know why though." Yang informed the two new arrivals.

"Because he is a rogue shinobi." A new voice stated at the same time as Blake. Causing the group to look back to see Ozpin and Glynda standing there.

"Well done all of you you seem to have had the situation handled. It appears out intervention was not needed in the slightest." Ozpin said as he sipped his coffee, somehow looking uninterested in what was going on.

"Now, congratulations you four, you are being given a pass for the rest of the test. Ms. Goodwitch and I will be taking these two off your hands." Ozpin stated.

The four teens shared a brief smile before a wet squelch sound filled the clearing. Turning they saw a kunai buried into the back of the man pressed against the tree. Less than a second later the kunai seemed to explode. The tree and the victim of the attack shattered under the explosion.

Turning to the girl Yang yanked her to her feet by the collar of her shirt and glared.

"Why did you do that?" She hissed between clenched teeth. Beside her Glynda scowled and Ozpin faintly grimaced at the sudden death of the rogue shinobi. Weiss and Ruby both looked shocked at what had happened. They had thought everything was fine and over when Ozpin and Glynda arrived. Now though someone was dead and in literal pieces all over the place.

"Those that abandon the mission are trash." The fox faunus said simply as she glared defiantly back at Yang.

Hesitating only a moment Yang pulled her fist back to punch the girl in the face, but stopped when her cheek suddenly split open. Glancing up into the trees the two hunters and four hunters in training slowly took in their audience.

Half a dozen figures, with matching outfits to what the girl had been wearing, were arrayed throughout the trees. The seemed to defy gravity in some cases resting on branches that shouldn't support their weight. Out of the several new threats one stood out the most. His mask was similar to the girls, a fox though his seemed caught in an enraged snarl and utilized far more red paint than the yellow and orange the girl had. He stood stock still, arm extended from having thrown the blade that had caught Yang's attention.

"Released her. Now." The fox masked man commanded. Unlike most of the others he wore a hooded cloak that concealed his hair and body for the most part. However judging by his voice he sound relatively the same age as the hunters in training.

No-one moved for several moments. However rather than releasing the girl, Glynda used her semblance to seize her and pull her into a closer position beside her and Ozpin. Yang rejoined the other three teens in a defensive position though it was very obvious how nervous the girls were.

"Brother, I'm sorry. I completed the mission, I…" The girl began but was cut off by a glare from the masked man.

"Be silent Narumi. You give away information too easily, you aren't ready for ANBU." The apparent brother of the now named Narumi coldly stated. The young girl appeared as if his words had physically slapped her. She teared up slightly however nodded and lowered her head, staring at the ground.

"It would seem we are at an impasse. If you would please surrender yourselves to myself and Miss Goodwitch, I can assure you all humane and fair treatment." Ozpin stated.

The masked man stood silently for a moment. One or two of the other masked shinobi shifted slightly. The situation was a difficult one. Technically orders were to eliminate their imprisoned ally and destroy any evidence, however those actions had long since fallen to the way side since the most recent leadership ascended to the throne. Not to mention, Narumi was not someone that could be simply cast aside like many Shinobi could. It also went without needing to be said, that their leader would not let something like that happen to his sister.

"You are outnumbered, and your only leverage is one girl. I am sure you, Ozpin know the actions that I am to take in this situation." The man spoke. His even tone from earlier having gained a slight edge into it.

"Oh I am quite aware, and had Miss Narumi here not mentioned you were her brother I would expect nothing less of a Shinobi. Especially one of you masked ANBU. However she did call you brother, and I doubt you would have allowed me to negotiate with you were you intending to eliminate her." Ozpin replied. He held no emotion in his voice. It was flat, utterly so and it agitated the Shinobi captain as the Shinobi were typically the emotionless logic based fighters in a conflict.

"Captain." A deer horned Shinobi began nearby. "Time is short."

"Understood. You Ozpin. Release the girl and I will take her place." The captain said.

As soon as the words left his mouth gasps from the other shinobi were heard and the girl's head snapped up, tears freely streaming down her face.

"Captain, you can't that sort of…" The same horned shinobi began before being cut off with a raised hand.

"What do you say Headmaster Ozpin. I will trade myself for my little sister and my people will go on their way. No more bloodshed. No more fighting." HIs voice had gone from an undertone of anger to one of slight desperation. Both Ozpin and Glynda easily picked up on that. It seemed this boy truly wanted to protect his sister even at the cost of himself.

"Remove your mask and give your name, drop your weapons and approach slowly." Ozpin ordered calmly.

The shinobi began to do so. Slowly removing his katana and wakizashi before unfastening the many holsters of kunai and shuriken. Slowly but surely he lowered himself to the ground before walking halfway to the gathered hunters. Calmly he pulled back his mask and hung it from his belt.

The man before them was young, like Ozpin and the others had expected he appeared around the student's age. He had a somewhat feminine face though his masculine jawline assured his sexuality to the people opposite of him. Like the girl they held hostage, his face bore whisker marks and from what they could tell elongated and sharp canine teeth. Out of his wild blonde hair rose two fox ears, now that his hood was removed. His eyes, like Narumi's were red with a slitted pupil. His face also bore a small scar on his left cheek running diagonally from the direction his mouth toward the top of his ear.

"Release Narumi, and I will surrender myself to your custody Ozpin." The boy stated. His red eyes seemed focused entirely on Ozpin, though in reality his attention was primarily on his sister.

With a nod from her superior, Glynda disabled her semblance and the girl slowly rose to her feet. It was obvious she was in serious pain from her earlier beating. Passing by her brother she stopped and gently rubbed her head and whispered too quietly for any of the hunters to hear.

The girl finally stepped passed him and continued over to the perimeter set up by the rest of the shinobi before two shinobi dropped down beside her and then disappeared with her into the trees.

Slowly one by one the rest of the Shinobi disappeared. Until only the one with antlers remained.

"Captain, we will come back." He seemed very distraught about what was happening.

"I know, the moment you tell the two bosses back home about what's happened, everything will be worked out. Really it's fine." The fox faunus spoke. Getting a hesitant nod from his apparent second in command, before he two disappeared.

Everything was silent for a moment before Ozpin stepped forward and took the boys appearance in. His mind was screaming at him that he knew who this was, but couldn't quite place it. It didn't help with how secretive the Elemental League nations were. So content with fighting one another, that they largely ignored the rest of the world, but wary of outsiders to the point of extreme paranoia. The headmaster made a mental point that he blamed Mistral for treating the region's political situation like a playground one too many times.

"I believe I still haven't gotten your name." Ozpin commented.

The faunus boy stayed silent a moment, sizing up Ozpin and the others. For a moment the group tensed, expecting him to lash out or go back on his word and attempt a fight. Instead he sighed in a defeated fashion, while maintaining his air of elegance and regla authority he held throughout the encounter.

"My name is Naruto. It will take much more than me being your prisoner to get more than that." The now named Naruto stated.

Ozpin's inner voice was even louder now, but he just couldn't place his finger on it. Glynda likewise was certain she knew of the boy. However no-one except Naruto noticed the stunned look on Blake's face as she stared at the boy in shock and a myriad of other emotions.

"Shall we continue on to your academy, or do you want to cuff me first?" Naruto quipped.