AN: So I probably shouldn't be starting up another fic, but this wouldn't get out of my head. After I finished it, I figured I should post it. Yeah… so here's the first chapter of Far From Home. I hope you all enjoy.

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Stranded

Naruto and Sasuke stared each other down for the briefest of moments as they caught their breath. They were tinted in purple and golden-orange respectively, clad in Susanoo and the full Kyuubi transformation. Their first contact in these forms had gone as they'd both expected. It was a stalemate, but neither of them planned for it to stay that way for very long.

The two of them traded blows, blocking and dodging swipes of the sword and the claws. Neither of them were making any ground. Sasuke knee he had to make something happen soon and Naruto felt the same. The two of them backed away from one another, their chakra control so perfect that the water did little more than ripple as they moved away from each other.

"What… is that all you've got? You'll die if you keep slacking like that." Said Sasuke. Naruto remained silent for a moment, just staring at his Susanoo-clad teammate backdropped by the crumbling valley. Naruto narrowed his eyes and glared.

"There's no way I'm letting you kill me. You going on with this whole lone wolf act again… my one and only best friend… choosing this place precisely because… you knew what it meant to both of us… there's no way I'm leaving you alone!" Naruto shouted. A chidori screamed to life in Susanoo's right hand as a Bijudama swirled into existence within Kurama's mouth. They charged at one another; the once calm waters being flung into the air behind them.

Sasuke activated Amenotejikara. Naruto was moved toward him in an instant, forced to switch places with a few droplets of water. Sasuke plunged his hand forward, but Naruto was not deterred by his forced movement, meeting the chidori with his bijudama. The two attacks clashed, and their power engulfed the combatants in a ball of light.

And when the ball faded, they were gone.

~X~

Mercury smirked as he brushed his shoulder, playing up his victory over Yang for the crowd. She'd gone down easier than he'd expected. At this rate, they'd be relying fully on little miss Nikos to dismantle the robot girl for their plans. He hadn't even gotten seven steps away from where he'd put down Yang when he felt the heat. Turning, Mercury laid eyes on Yang standing tall, her eyes burning red. She brought her two fists together and her hair seemed to burst into flames.

The fight from that point on was not to Mercury's liking, but he knew the plan. At this point he was going to have to throw this. And so, he did. Yang put him down and was declared the winner.

"Better luck next time," she called over her shoulder as she walked away. Behind her, Mercury stood to his feet.

"There won't be a next time." Yang turned as Mercury flung himself at her with a flying kick.

Then there was an explosion between them. Dust covered the stadium so thickly that not even the advanced cameras tasked with watching over the action packed battles of the Vytal Festival could see within the cloud. Yang coughed as she struggled back to her feet. The impact of the explosion being enough to deplete her aura shield and then some. Squinting, she tried to see through the cloud of dust she was in the thick of, but she couldn't see more than a couple feet in front of her. What she heard, however, had her throwing her hands up in anticipation for a fight even though she had never heard a sound like it before.

The chirping of innumerable birds filled her ears. In the distance, blue light broke through the cloud of dust. She couldn't make anything out aside from the twisting arcs. The light shimmered in and out but remained constant at a central point. Yang felt like she was looking at lighting dust roam freely through the air. She didn't get it though. Mercury hadn't used any lightning dust during their fight.

Yang neared the ball of lightning only to watch it get snuffed out abruptly. Then she heard the far too familiar sound of flesh smacking against flesh. Her steps faltered. That wasn't right. Is Mercury fighting someone? But who was the question. No one else should have been down here but the two of them.

Gathering her courage, she continued onward. Ahead of her, something purple burst to life, glowing even brighter than the ball off lightning from before. Whatever it was, it was growing rapidly. Next thing Yang knew, she's falling onto her butt with a yelp as a large purple structure passes by her, nearly clipping her shoulder. It disappeared into the dust cloud above her, Yang's eyes following it up until she could see it no longer.

Her heart hammered in her chest and her hands hurt from landing on them wrong. A growl vibrated the air from where the purple structure had come from. The flap of wings sounded off above her and for a moment Yang worried a Nevermore had somehow found its way into Amity Colosseum. But that didn't make any more sense to her than a free roaming ball of lightning or Mercury fighting someone else.

Luckily for her, she wouldn't have to remain in suspense for long.

The wingbeat of whatever had been above her was powerful, extremely so. Yang squinted more and guarded her eyes with her right arm as the dust around her was whipped around and blown away. Yang gasped and her eyes widened at what she saw. A towering purple giant adorned in some sort of armor she'd only seen in small pieces on Yatsuhashi. Brief as it was, she wondered if this thing was from Vacuo somehow. Two purple wings rested on its back. Its face was set into an angry scowl and its nose was long. At the center of its chest seemed to be a person, but Yang couldn't make out much more than that. Her neck hurt just trying to look up at the thing.

A roar tore through the air, forcing Yang to cover her ears and flick her eyes to where the purple giant was gazing. Snarl set upon its long snout, a humongous golden-orange, black striped, nine-tailed fox was standing on its hind legs, its tails waving hypnotically behind it. Inside its head, near its throat, was another person. Much like the last, Yang could make out very little else about them.

Her breaths came short and quick now as panic filled her. She was a fighter. She was brave. She could stare down Grimm and smirk, but Yang had never seen anything like this before. Her aura was depleted; she was hurting.

Yang was afraid.

The two colossi suddenly moved, the once confused and worried murmurs of the spectators shifted from silent shock into hysteric screams. If not for their sheer size and her current position, Yang was sure she would have lost track of the looming monstrosities. Nothing that large had any right moving that fast. The two colossal creatures met in the center of the arena, their forearms crashing against each other. Below them the arena began to crumble. There was an explosion and Yang felt her body lift off the ground, rag-dolling in the air. She felt uncomfortably hot for only a second before her world went black and she knew no more.

~X~

Yang awoke with a deep gasp, sucking in air as if she'd never breathed before. Her eyes shot open and she felt sweat roll down her brow as she sat up, ramrod straight. Immediately she winced; her arms felt like they were being jabbed with thousands of pins and her back groaned in protest of the sudden movement. Then came dizziness. Despite the pain, Yang brought a hand up to her head as she moaned pitifully. What happened…? She wondered.

"Yang! You're awake!" In a blur of petals Yang could barely recognize with her swimming vision, Ruby moved from the door to her bedside. Taking a moment to let her sight settle, Ruby's face came into focus. Her eyes were watering, and she gripped the railings of Yang's bed as if her life depended on it.

"Ruby… what happened?" Yang asked. Ruby didn't say anything, she was so focused on not crying.

"Something crashed into the arena after your fight with Mercury ended. Whatever those things were… they were powerful. The purple one cleared the smoke and when it and the golden one clashed… well, you were flung into the stadium walls… you were burned pretty badly and the doctor says you hurt your back and head when you hit the wall," said Blake, standing near the now closed door. Yang hadn't noticed her, Weiss, and team JNPR enter the room, what with Ruby and her own injuries taking up her attention.

"After that we were all evacuated as quickly as possible. The colosseum is in ruins. We were so worried you hadn't made it. But a few hours later we were escorted here to find you bedridden," Blake continued.

"How long have I been out?" Yang asked. No one said anything. Yang looked around at their faces, trying to catch their eyes. They wouldn't meet hers.

"Nearly a week," said Weiss eventually, her voice almost a whisper. There was nothing left of her typical haughty tone.

"We didn't think you'd wake up," hiccupped Ruby.

"A week…? Then… why am I still feeling like crap?" Yang asked, choosing to lie back down. She did not feel well at all.

"Whatever those things were… they have an effect on aura the likes of which no one has really seen before. It interfered with your ability to heal. You only really started healing a couple of days ago," Pyrrha said.

Yang laid there in silence, just trying to take it all in. the white ceiling overhead did little to calm her thoughts, so she closed her eyes. A few minutes later she opened them again.

"There were people inside those things."

Yang's words left her lips evenly enough, but her trembling fingers gave away her worry as similar thoughts went through the minds of her friends.

Who could possibly be that strong?

~X~

"I don't understand how you could think this is a good idea Ozpin! Look at what they've done!" Yelled Ironwood, his fists clenching as he tried to make his longtime friend see reason.

Ozpin just sipped his coffee.

"I find myself agreeing with him on this, Ozpin. Those two boys can't be allowed to leave the room you've placed them in. A room that should be a cell," Glynda added, a rarity if Ozpin had ever heard one. Glynda agreeing with James? He never thought he'd see the day.

"'You two are under the impression they cannot leave whenever they wish. That would be untrue. If they want to leave that room… or a cell… there is, quite frankly, nothing any of us could do to stop them. They are being courteous by staying put, so instead of letting them see us as their captors—which I don't imagine would end well for us in the long run—I say we try and reach some sort of workable coexistence with them… which means we need to willingly let them out of that room. It's the first step to our companionship," Ozpin said.

Ironwood's face screwed up in confusion and he stopped his pacing upon Ozpin's nice blue carpet, something the headmaster of Beacon was grateful for.

"Companionship?" Ironwood asked incredulously, his voice coming out at a higher pitch than he had planned in his disbelief.

"Yes, James. As I implied, they are stronger than us. All of us. We mistreat them and it's likely Salem could sway them to her side. We know that they aren't familiar with anything here on Remnant and just want to go home. I know you think that was a simple deception, but individuals as powerful as they are would not need such things if all they wanted to do was hurt us or get at Amber. We're going to offer friendship and lead with a show of faith," said Ozpin. Ironwood scowled.

"I'm still not sure I trust their word. They could be from anywhere. But an entirely different dimension? It seems so farfetched," Ironwood responds. Glynda, who had already started to come around to Ozpin's line of thinking (if reluctantly), took a seat on the left side of Ozpin's office with a sigh.

"James, we're in a war with a seemingly immortal witch who is capable of controlling all Grimm. Ozpin reincarnates. There are four relics that can essentially reshape the world in their own way and there are four women on the planet who can control the elements without dust; their power migrates based on feelings. This—and I can't believe I'm saying this anymore than you probably can—really shouldn't be surprising," said Glynda. Ozpin just smiled pleasantly, though neither of them could see it behind his coffee cup.

He took another sip.

Ironwood sighed. Glynda had a point. Running a hand through his hair, he merely looked to Ozpin and nodded.

"Fine. We'll do this your way, Ozpin," Ironwood conceded.

"Then let us go greet our guests," said Beacon Academy's headmaster.

~X~

Naruto and Sasuke sat in their room. They'd been here for a little under a week now, mostly spending their time talking and looking out of the window. The room itself was large enough that they were sure it could fit another two people. There was a door that led to a bathroom on the left side of the room and the beds were comfy and large.

All-in-all, they were living in luxury. If this was their reward for finally putting the Elemental Nations back on the track of peace, then it was a pretty good one. There were only a few problems for them. They weren't in their home dimension, didn't know how to get back, and they'd yet to fully settle things between them.

Their fight had ended when the two of them had been pelted with something they had later been told were "bullets." The two Shinobi thought they were useless. What good was tiny metal if it was so slow? No respectable Shinobi would be hit with such things. It was after the bullets basically disintegrated from meeting their chakra that they took the time to look around, trying to determine who could possibly be getting in their way. They half expected Sakura and Kakashi. A smaller part of them thought that maybe some White Zetsu had survived somehow.

That certainly wasn't the case.

Imagine their surprise when they notice that they're not only in a stadium of some sort, but they're surrounded by hostiles and fleeing civilians. The change of scenery was so jarring that they just stopped their battle. They may not have been on the best of terms right now, but they'd already proven they'd throw everything aside and work together when they were threatened. They had prepared to demolish their opposition when one of them stepped forward. The grey hair made them think of Kakashi, a distraction the man surely didn't know he should be thankful for. It saved his life.

A few hours and an oh so informative chat with Ozpin later, the two of them found themselves in this room, worried and wondering how they could return home. They had a decent idea of how they got here. Six Paths chakra and Amenotejikara undoubtedly landed them here, but that was the issue. They'd been fighting when it happened and there was no way to tell how their two chakras blended to bring them here. Sasuke hadn't planned this and told Naruto that he wasn't proficient enough with his eyes to do this consciously.

They were stranded.

"Just sitting here won't get us anywhere, Naruto. We need to leave," said Sasuke.

"Give the old guy a bit longer. I don't think he's out there thinking up a way to kill us. Have a little faith, ttebayo," Naruto replied, folding his arms behind his head as he lounged against the wall on his bed. Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"He might not. But the others might be."

"That's your problem, Sasuke. You just assume the worst of those around you," Naruto frowned. Sasuke met his disapproval with a level stare, his Sharingan active.

"Humans are prone to violence and hatred. Why shouldn't I?"

"Because working with everyone to reach an understanding is better!" Naruto growled, nearly shouting. They shouldn't be fighting over this. He knew it. Sasuke knew it too, but their bad blood was still fresh, and they'd been stuck in here for a week. They needed some space from one another. Space they knew they wouldn't be able to have even if they left the room. But even knowing that, it would be so much better than just being cooped up in here like this. They couldn't stay here much longer, or they'd kill one another.

And that was not a metaphor.

Sasuke snorted at Naruto's optimism. Naruto bristled and was just about to open his mouth again when they both froze, calmed themselves, and looked to the door. Moments later it silently slid open and they laid their eyes on Ozpin, Ironwood, and Goodwitch. Ozpin met their gazes. He smiled.

"Expecting us?" Ozpin asked.

"You're not very quiet. At least, not quiet enough," Naruto replied. Ozpin hummed in response.

"Yes, well... I suppose that's fine. We weren't trying to sneak up on you, after all. We've come to an agreement and we'd like to show you around, if you'd like," Ozpin offered with another pleasant smile. Sasuke and Naruto were on their feet in a heartbeat. Neither of them wanted to stay in that room.

"We'd love to!" Naruto said eagerly. Sasuke rolled his eyes. "We were at each other's throats in here." While Ozpin merely nodded, the thought of the two of them being at odds startled Ironwood and Goodwitch heavily. They'd seen what they could do and after hearing that they hadn't meant to come here, they were able to piece together that the damage they'd caused the arena was only due to a battle against each other. They didn't want those boys to be fighting one another again.

"I'm glad you restrained yourselves. I'd like it if my school remained intact," Ozpin responded. Naruto and Sasuke looked repentant. Well, Naruto did. Sasuke just "hned."

"Um… speaking of damages," Naruto began as he awkwardly scratched at the back of his head, "Was anyone hurt when Sasuke and I fought the other day?" Ozpin took a sip of his coffee as he looked the young blonde over. The more time passed, the more he felt he'd made the right decision in trying to offer friendship over violence.

"Yes… a first-year student of ours was injured. She was in the arena when you… arrived," said Ozpin. Naruto and Sasuke shared a look. By the looks of it, Ozpin assumed they were having a rather significant conversation with their eyes alone. Suddenly, Sasuke sighed and Naruto looked back to Ozpin, leaving the older man to wonder how close these boys were… and what could have driven them to do battle so seriously.

"Could we see her?" asked Naruto.

"Why?" countered Glynda suddenly, her first words to the two boys ever. She didn't want such dangerous elements near her students.

"Well… to apologize. And help, if I can," Naruto answered.

Ozpin sipped his coffee.

~X~

Teams JNPR and RWBY chatted in one of the room's in Beacon's spacious infirmary. It would be more fitting to call it a hospital than anything else. The "Nurses office" just didn't fit despite that essentially being what it was. Hours had passed since Yang had awoken, and she was slowly recovering. Slowly being an understatement. All conversation in the room had to be held at a lower volume than normal, a struggle Nora had failed several times already.

Yang felt nauseous whenever she sat up for too long and her skin was something she didn't even want to look at. One thing she always prided herself one was her appearance. She was sexy and she knew it; she flaunted it. Now she couldn't even stand the sight of herself. She felt extremely lucky her hair had somehow not been burnt though.

"This sucks," grouched Yang, "I hope this doesn't take too much longer." Blake looked up from her book at her partner incredulously.

"You can't be serious," was her bland reply. Blake just didn't get Yang sometimes. How she could complain about how slowly she was healing after barely escaping with her life was beyond her.

"Completely. I'm thankful I made it and all, but I'm not the type to stay still for this long. It's killing me!" Yang whined.

"That's not funny, Yang," Ruby admonished, finding the mention of her sister dying to be far from entertaining. Yang sighed and apologized. She hadn't meant anything by it. it wasn't even supposed to be a joke.

"I know it's not your thing, Yang, but you're just gonna have to put up with it. Unless a miracle cure walks through the door in the next couple minutes, you're probably not going anywhere for a while." Said Jaune, sitting next to Pyrrha near the window.

There was a knock on the door.

Everyone looked towards Jaune, whose eyes had gone wide. Nora called her leader a wizard and demanded to know why he hadn't wished up a pancake castle for her with a syrup moat. Ren groaned. The door slid open just a few short seconds later and in walked Headmaster Ozpin, Professor Goodwitch, General Ironwood, and two boys none of them had ever seen before.

"It's good to see you awake, Ms. Xiao Long." said Ozpin, "How do you feel?"

"Not that great… I'm healing so slowly," Yang replied.

"Yes… it's a curious reaction. But nothing our new friends here can't fix, yes?" asked Ozpin as he turned towards the two boys. The students looked to them in confusion. They didn't look any older than them, what could they possibly do here? Ever vocal, Weiss wasted no time in asking just that.

"I'm sorry professor, but what are two students going to be able to do for Yang? Do they have some sort of powerful healing semblance?" Weiss asked. She took note of the sour looks on the General's and Glynda's faces. Her eyes narrowed. Something was wrong.

"No. From what they've told me, they don't quite have Semblances where they come from. Naruto, Sasuke, these young men and women here are teams RWBY and JNPR. I'm sure you can get all of their names later boys, but for now let me introduce you students to Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke. They…well, they're the ones who hurt Ms. Xiao Long. And they wanted to remedy that."

The two teams of hunters in training were struck silent.

"W—what?" Stuttered Ruby.

"That can't be true," said Weiss incredulously. They're no older than us! How can they be so powerful? It's simply impossible. I don't believe it, she thought.

"I am afraid it is, Ms. Schnee. They aim to fix that, however. You see, they meant no harm to Ms. Xiao Long and made it clear to me that they wanted to assist her when they discovered she'd been injured," Ozpin replied.

"Can we get this over with already? I'd like to find somewhere to train," grunted Sasuke, directing the question to Naruto more than Ozpin or any of the other authority figures in the room. The students couldn't believe it. To disregard three powerful huntsmen? Unheard of. Weiss in particular was speechless.

"Sasuke, why can't you be more friendly for once," snapped Naruto.

"Hn. Friends like us? I don't think you want me to do that." Sasuke replied with a smirk. Naruto grit his teeth and rounded on his friend. Sasuke's hand went to his sword as Naruto's fists clenched. They glared at one another, remembering once more how desperately they needed to settle things. Suddenly it felt as though something changed in the room. The very air they breathed felt heavy and charged with energy, as if some unknown force was making itself known and declaring that there was nothing above it.

"Boys. I believe we agreed you wouldn't destroy my school," Ozpin interjected, placing his cane between them. Personally he felt that if things came to blows he had the least to lose out of everyone here. And more importantly, he would protect his students.

Naruto and Sasuke didn't take their eyes off each other, but eventually—after much tension— Naruto turned away and Sasuke scoffed. With an inaudible sigh, Ozpin lowered his cane and everyone else released a breath they hadn't realized they'd been holding. He was ultimately happy he needn't intervene. Professor Ozpin would have gladly laid down his life for his students, but he didn't want to die just yet.

Turning towards the students, Naruto took a deep breath before exhaling and throwing on his typical smile. It helped little. They still seemed a bit nervous.

"Sorry about that, my friend and I have some disagreements to put to rest. Anyway, like old man Oz said, we hurt you and so I wanted to help," Naruto said. Yang looked him over, her heart beating hard in her chest despite herself. She felt like she did in the arena just from seeing them square up. It was inexplicable, but she could tell these were the same colossi who'd fought above her.

Yang felt like an ant.

"What are you going to do to her?" asked Blake.

"I'm pretty sure I only need to place my hand on her chest. That's how I healed the last person," Naruto shrugged.

"Her chest?" Weiss repeated, her cheeks coloring. Naruto rose a brow obliviously.

"Yeah?" he said, questioning more than stating.

"They think you want to feel her up, idiot." said Sasuke. Naruto's face burned immediately.

"N—no! Not like that," denied the young Jinchuriki. Within the seal, Kurama's howling laughter was unstoppable. With a groan, Naruto ran a hand down his face. How did this happen? He wondered.

"We can try somewhere else if you want, okay? I've just never done it anywhere else before," Naruto said. Yang really wanted to make some sort of innuendo or snarky comment, but the two of them unsettled her more than she liked.

"Just do what you usually do. I'd rather be up and walking than in this bed. Even if you do feel me up, I don't care as long as I'm okay by the end of it," Yang said, prompting Naruto to groan again as Sasuke smirked.

"I'm not going to feel you up," Naruto says as he walks towards her, "let's do this, Kurama." He adds in a mumble, though the silence of the room allowed everyone to hear him. One moment he stood before Yang's bed as normal as can be, and the next he was adorned in a golden-orange cloak. It wasn't just that either, his sandals and his hair were the same color. There were these black bars on each of his cheeks as well as a horizontal bar intersecting with a vertical slit where his pupil should be. His irises were golden. The clothes beneath the jacket seemed to have become one and turned pitch black, the only color on them being an orange circle near his naval and magatama that curved with the neckline of his shirt. Floating behind him were nine orbs so dark that Yang could see nothing through them.

Naruto looked as if he was made up of pure energy at this point and suddenly the students took Ozpin's words about the two boys far more seriously. The energy they'd felt earlier had certainly been off-putting, but only now were they fully convinced. They'd never seen anything like this, and the colors matched up. Yang unintentionally tried pushing herself further into her bed as Naruto's hand neared her chest, but it was in vain. She wasn't going to get anywhere. Her heart thudded. She stopped breathing and squeezed her eyes shut as his hand made contact just above her breasts.

And then the most pleasant sensation she'd ever felt enveloped her. She felt safe; taken care of. It was like a warm hug all over her body. A pleasurable tingle rose up her spine and then went back down, traveling to her fingertips and her toes.

And then the warmth was gone. Just like that. Yang opened her eyes to find that Naruto had pulled his hand away. Whatever transformation he'd taken up was gone and he was just grinning at her.

"Well, how do you feel?" He asked. Yang blinked. Abruptly she remembered why he'd even touched her to begin with. She blinked again and sat up, looking down at her arms, her burn free arms. She threw her legs over the side of the bed and stood. She wobbled a bit at first, unused to walking after a week of being unable, but she got her feet under her and took slow steps towards the mirror. Her face was unscathed now. Her head didn't feel funny and her back held no pain.

"A miracle cure really did walk through the door," said Jaune, astonished. Yang rounded on Naruto and after a few steps she threw her arms around him and hugged him tight.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!"

"Um, you're welcome. You don't have to thank me though… that was our fault after all," Naruto replied, patting the girl's back and ignoring her bosom pressed against his chest as best he could. Yang just hugged him tighter.

Ozpin sipped his coffee as he watched the scene unfold. He still didn't quite know who these two boys were, but he knew that if he could acquire their help, the tides of battle were sure to change.

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That's the chapter. I've seen so many Naruto RWBY crossovers start from the beginning, but I don't personally want to go through all of those mundane class days. Don't get me wrong. I plan to go through some, but I wanted to try something different.

As far as pairings go, I'm also going to try my hand at Naruto having two. Outside of Weiss, I don't know who else to pair him with. Feel free to throw some ideas at me.

Not sure how frequently this will be posted in comparison to the others. I have a new job now and my schedule has shifted due to it. Gonna see where this fits. Anyway, as stated earlier, hope you all enjoyed. Peace.