Hey guys! I'm back with another chapter for you. I'm sorry there is so much time between chapters. Hope you'll enjoy this chapter.
UNKNOWN LOCATION
"Where are the others?" Sasuke asked the blonde ninja in front of him, as they walked on an abandoned path through the mountains. The black haired ninja started looking around, having a weird sensation as they were followed.
"Don't worry about them. Let's go fast. I won't like spending the night here." Naruto said, as he sped up, not seeing the red glowing eyes that appeared in the bushes along the path.
As they traveled, they could see a small town in the distance. The sun was slowly going down and wolves could be heard in the background. Reaching the village's entrance, they waited to see if someone would come out to greet them, but there was only silence. Entering the gate, the only things that could be heard were the wolves in the distance. As they passed buildings, everyone inside looked scared as they started barricading themselves inside.
"What's going on?" Sasuke asked, weirded out, seeing everyone scared as they passed by.
"I don't know, but something is wrong." Naruto said looking around. Closing his eyes, he extended his aura, but could not feel anything, just darkness. "Something is very wrong here." He continued as a scared man started running towards them.
"It's coming. It's coming. Run away. Run now." He said terrified. "He's gonna kill us." The man yelled as he stumbled at Naruto's feet. "Please don't let it kill me." The man said looking up at the blonde, eyes wide, sweat dripping down his forehead.
"What's going on?" Sasuke asked curious and confused looking down the path the man ran.
"The white grimm." The only thing the man said looking about to have a heart attack.
The boys looked confused as they looked in the darkness. Suddenly two red glowing eyes appeared, as a white humanoid grimm appeared, slowly walking towards them, snarling, making Naruto's and Sasuke's eyes go wide.
"This is not possible." Naruto said as he grabbed the man and jumped on the roof of the closest building.
"Am I seeing the same thing as you or did my sharingan started to malfunction?" Sasuke said jumping next to the blonde. "That's a White Zetsu."(a/n in this, the akatsuki are already using white zetsus army in the elemental nations, except it isn't as big of an army as in the manga/anime) He continued looking down at the slow walking monster. "How is this possible?"
"I don't know, but if the Akatsuki managed to merge Grimm and the Zetsus together, we're in big trouble." Naruto said looking suspicious. "We must find the Fall Maiden then return and report."
"Understood." Sasuke said nodding, still looking at the slow moving Grimm Zetsu. "At least we know why everyone is inside, barricaded." He finished making the blonde nod.
Hiding the unconscious man in a trash container, they started making their way to the exit. Exiting the village, they looked back.
"Hope everything will be right." Sasuke said frowning.
"Unfortunately we don't have time to waste." Naruto said serious, starting running away from the village. "We must find the Fall Maiden before Salem."
BEACON ACADEMY
"Concentrate Yang." Kakashi said surrounding the girl with shadow clones. "Which is the real one?"
Yang had her eyes closed as the clones ran around her. She scrunched her eyes, trying to find the real one. Suddenly, she opened her eyes and punched the Kakashi behind her, but it turned to be a clone. An exploding one, which sent the blonde girl flying.
"That's enough for today." Kakashi said sighing.
"But I can still go on." Yang yelled sitting up, dusting herself, but she had some bruises and her clothes were beat up.
"No Yang. You're tired and can't concentrate. You need rest." Kakashi explained getting closer to the girl, ruffling her hair, smiling, only for the girl to try to punch him, but to no avail, as he jumped away from her. "You're starting to act like a young Naruto." Kakashi chuckled, remembering his training with the blonde.
"Come on Yang, the crew is waiting for us." Ruby yelled smiling, waving at her sister. Weiss and Blake waiting for the sisters at the building's exit.
As the girls arrived at the exit, Blake was eyeing Yang.
"You're a mess." Blake said emotionless, turning away leaving the building, making the blonde girl look down at her clothes.
Weiss didn't say anything, just turned away and left.
"Let's go, sis." Ruby laughed as she went out, Yang following her without looking back.
Kakashi was the only one who remained in the training building. He chuckled as he saw the girls leave. Suddenly Emily appeared next to him.
"Why are you laughing?" the girl asked, confused, head tilted.
"She's more like Naruto then we thought." The scarecrow said smiling. "He always trained till he collapsed and I had to carry him." He smiled, remembering his times with the blonde ninja.
Emily just smiled. "They're siblings after all." She said looking up at the ceiling; the broken moon could be seen through the window on the ceiling. "Let's go. It's late and the guys should be returning soon." She finished making the one-eyed ninja nod as they disappeared.
UNKNOWN LOCATION
A brown haired woman was walking along the road. She had medium sized hair, wearing a green hooded cloak on top of an off-white blouse with a brown vest, corset and pants. She also had a gold bracer on her left arm, two gold bracelets on her right wrist and a pair of golden armored boots, as well as a golden pauldron on her right shoulder as well as a shoulder strap with some pouches slung diagonally across her body.
"You must be Amber." Naruto asked as he sat on the wooden fence as she passed by, not looking at him. Jumping off the fence, he started following her. "You're really quiet." He said, his hands, up behind his head. She started walking faster, Naruto imitating her. Not giving in, the girl started running, making the blonde run after her. "Hey stop. I'm not trying to hurt you." He finished as they kept running.
"Then why are you following me?" she asked as she continued running, her hood falling from her head, revealing her face.
"I'm here to help you. Please listen to me." Naruto said starting to get closer to her.
She suddenly stopped and turned facing him, but something was wrong. Her eyes started having a weird flame glow around them, as she raised her arm and aura fired from the hand, towards the blonde, but he jumped to the side as he stopped.
"Please stop and listen to me." Naruto said looking at the Maiden not losing his guard. "I'm not here to hurt you. There are people after you." He said serious.
"You're lying." She said as she started firing aura at the ninja, but he managed to evade them. "And even if someone is after me, I can take care of them." She said firing another volley of energy at him.
Losing his patience, Naruto turned on his Kurama cloak on, using his tails as shields. As dust covered the blonde, before it settled down, he sent two tails towards the girl, but she easily avoided them, only to be caught by a third tail he hid beneath the ground.
"Let me go." She said struggling to get out. "I'm not done."
Before Naruto could say anything, her eyes turned white and her aura turned visible, expanding around her body.
"Oh no." The blonde ninja could only say before the aura exploded, blinding the ninja. As the light faded out and the dust settled, Naruto realized that the girl was gone. "Dammit." He said annoyed, as Sasuke appeared next to him.
"I can't feel her around anymore." Sasuke said serious, as he looked around, waiting for the blonde to get up.
"Neither Kurama can't sense her anymore." The blonde said angry. "Goddammit." He yelled. "We must go back to Beacon. And wait for another lead."
"Understood." Sasuke said looking at the sky.
As the ninja walked away, a rustle in a nearby tree could be heard.
"Finally." Amber said, jumping down, dusting herself. "Who were those two? They were strong." She thought walking away.
ONE WEEK LATER – BEACON ACADEMY
"So good to be back." Naruto smiled entering the courtyard. A black blur suddenly tackled him. "Whoa, Emily, calm down." He said smiling, hugging his girlfriend. "You sure missed me."
"Of course, idiot. You leave for a week without telling anyone." Emily said hitting the blonde on the head.
"Well…" he said laughing embarrassed. "Kakashi and Ozpin kind of knew." He looked away.
"Sasuke." She said looking at the raven-haired boy.
"Emily." He acknowledged back, smirking. "Come, Naruto. We have to report to Ozpin." Sasuke continued, disappearing in a puff of smoke.
Naruto sighed. He could not wait to be back to spend some time with Emily before his next mission. "Fine." He said getting up. "I promise. I'll be back. I love you." He finished, disappearing.
HEADMASTER'S OFFICE
A white haired girl was pacing in the office as a man stood there watching her. Suddenly the elevator opened as Ozpin, Glynda and a strange man got out.
"What were you thinking?" The white haired girl said angry, before being interrupted by the same man that was waiting.
"If you were one of my men, I would have you shot." The man said pointing at the guy standing between Ozpin and Glynda.
"If I was one of your men, I'd shoot myself." The weird guy replied, opening a flask, drinking from it.
"Well, I wouldn't condone his behavior, retaliating like you did, surely didn't help the situation." Glynda said serious, crossing her arm as Ozpin sat at his desk.
"He was drunk-" the girl tried saying getting interrupted.
"He's always drunk!" the woman replied annoyed, as the guy started drinking making everyone look at him, getting a little embarrassed.
Recovering, Ozpin sighed. "Qrow, why are you here?" the professor asked serious.
"You've been out of contact for weeks. You can't just go dark like that in the field." The man said looking at the weird guy, known as Qrow.
"I'm not one of your special operatives, Jimmy." Qrow said annoyed.
"General." The girl said, making the drunken man sigh.
"Whatever." He said looking annoyed. "You sent me to get Intel on our enemy, and I'm telling you our enemy is here." He finished explaining.
"We know." The general said, propping on the desk.
Suddenly a small explosion happened in the office. As the smoke settled down, two silhouettes could be seen.
"Interrupting something?" Naruto laughed embarrassed, looking around at everyone. "Qrow? When did you get here?" he said smiling at the drunken man. The general and white haired girl looking shocked.
"Who are you and how did you get here?" the girl said, in a commanding voice.
He turned to the girl and smiled. Standing straight, with a military salute. "General. Miss Schnee." He said making the general sigh.
"At ease Naruto." He said making the blonde grin and the girl look shocked. "Good to see you."
"Good to see you too, Uncle James." The blonde said, making the Schnee girl gape.
"Winter, meet Uzumaki Namikaze Naruto. Heir to the Uzumaki and Namikaze Clan, holder of the Nine Tails Demon and best ninja around these parts." The general said presenting the boy to Winter.
"He doesn't look that str-." She started saying before feeling something pushing on her heart, something oppressive. Looking up, she swore she had a nightmare. The only thing he could see, was a fox with red eyes and big teeth, staring at her. The pressure was so intense, she colappsed on the floor hugging herself.
"Naruto, stop this instant." Ozpin said as the oppressive pressure disappeared in an instant.
"That's for not looking underneath the underneath." Naruto said looking serious, at Winter.
"What have you find?" Ozpin said looking at the blonde boy. "Tell me you found something." He sighed.
"We found the Fall Maiden." Naruto said shocking Ironwood (aka the general) and Winter, who finally got the strength to get up. The blonde pulled out a scroll and put it on Ozpin's desk, making a picture of Amber, the Fall Maiden appear, with some stats written to the side. "Unfortunately, she escaped." But got stopped by James.
"Winter, I'm sorry, but from here everything is classified. I need you to leave." The general said looking at the girl, who tried to protest. "Winter." He said commanding.
"Fine." She said leaving through the elevator.
"Why'd you send her away?" Naruto asked curious and confused.
Qrow looked saddened. "We found that girl two days ago." He said sighing. "Almost dead." He finished, shocking the blonde.
"What? How's that possible?" Naruto asked looking at Qrow serious. "She gave me and Sasuke a lot of trouble just for trying to talk to her." He explained.
"We don't know, but you have to calm yourself." Ozpin said looking at the angry boy. "And please stop scaring the shit out of people." He said referring to the Winter incident.
"Uncle James, Uncle Qrow. Hope to see you again." Naruto said as he prepared to leave.
"Naruto, where are you going?" Glynda asked her maternally instincts kicking in.
"To see how is my sister doing." He smiled wide, disappearing, making Qrow and Glynda smile and Ozpin and the general sigh.
"He looks ok." Ironwood said looking at where Naruto was.
"No thanks to you." Qrow said making the general try to protest. "We promised Kushina We will always look after him and Yang. Instead you disappeared only to find out you became a General in Atlas." The drunken man said annoyed, making the general look, disappointed, at the ground.
"Now, now. Let's not get hasty." Ozpin said trying to calm the two men. "No one is at fault here." He continued. "You're right Qrow, we promised to look after them, but we couldn't stop doing our job, and he still got powerful." He finished, last part referring to the blonde jinchiuriki.
WITH NARUTO
He was still angry, hearing about Amber, but knowing nothing could be done for now, he calmed a little. Wanting to see how Yang's training is going, he walked towards the academy dorms. Arriving at the front door, he slowly opened the door, looking around for security. Sneaking in was easy, till he got caught by Ruby.
"Hey there." Ruby said appearing behind a crouched Naruto.
Hearing her voice, he yelped and jumped in the air, falling on his ass, making the girl giggle.
"I guess you're here for Yang." She continued looking at the blonde smiling. "She hasn't come back yet. I think she's still at the training facility." The rosette said making the ninja nod.
"Thanks Ruby." He said getting up, putting a hand on her shoulder. "Thanks for taking care of her." He said tightening his grip.
"Don't worry about it. It's my duty as her leader and sister." She said grinning, making Naruto laugh.
"Say hi to the other girls." The blonde said smiling going out. "Let's see if Yang is still up." He said to himself leaving the dorm building.
WITH YANG
Finishing her training for the day, she had to close up the building. He made her way back to the training ground. Arriving, she saw a hooded figure, sitting in the middle of the training ground. Yang carefully got closer.
"Who are you?" the blonde girl asked, her guard up.
"Oh my. I guess the princess found me first. You already know who I am." the hooded figure stood up, turning towards Yang, revealing that he was Tobi.
"YOU!" she yelled. "What are you doing here?" she continued, preparing her gauntlets.
"Calm down. I'm not after you. I'm after your brother." Tobi said making the girl widen her eyes.
Suddenly Yang's semblance flared up, making her hair rise. "You're not gonna touch him." She said loading her bracelets. Firing them behind her, the shot propelled the girl forward towards Tobi, but him being faster, dodged the punch and caught her wrist throwing her towards the wall, but Yang shot a round slowing her down.
"You should stop trying, girl. You'll never beat me." Tobi said angering Yang. Seeing that he started laughing. "So easy to rile you up."
Yang closed her eyes, concentrating on her aura, feeling a strange sensation as blue started to mix with her yellow aura. Standing up, she looked at her hand as blue and yellow danced around her hand not mixing together.
Naruto being close to the building, felt the sudden flare of chakra and dashed towards the training facility.
Back with Yang, images of her team, of Naruto, of Ozpin, came to her mind, the Aura/Chakra mix surrounding her. Opening her eyes, her pupils were green. She suddenly disappeared, appearing behind Tobi, punching the man in his gut, making him fly towards the wall, making a hole in it as he hit it.
"Well, princess, you really caught me by surprise." He said chuckling. "It won't happen again." Tobi continued turning serious. He dashed towards the girl with the intent to hit her, but Yang was on guard and dodged his kick, hitting back but passing through him. "I told you it won't happen again." He said hitting the girl. She flew back but she got her balance back, landing on her feet.
Naruto appeared at the training ground seeing both Tobi and Yang fighting. He waited to see what was happening. Yang was panting and the masked man just looked at Yang. Suddenly, both Yang and Tobi dashed towards each other, with the intent to finish this fight. Naruto, knowing what Tobi was trying, dashed towards them.
"Yang! Stop!" He yelled and appeared in front of Yang exactly the moment Tobi tried absorbing the girl, instead taking Naruto.
"NARUTO!" Yang yelled falling to her knees, seeing Naruto smile as he faded away.
Jumping back, Tobi laughed. "Thank you, princess." He said laughing, disappearing, but the laugh still echoed around.
Yang kept staring at the place where Naruto was before being kidnapped.
At the same time Naruto vanished, Kakashi, Emily and Sasuke stood up. They all met in the hall.
"Did you feel that?" Emiliy asked, making the guys nod. "I can't feel Naruto's chakra anymore."
"Let's go see what happened." Kakashi said all dressed up.
They quickly made their way towards the last place they felt Naruto's chakra, the training facility. As they arrived, they could see Yang kneeling in the middle of the training ground sobbing.
"Yang, what happened here?" Emily asked the girl as the guys investigated the place.
"N-Naruto is g-gone." The blonde girl said sobbing, jumping in Emily's hands.
"What are you saying? How can he be gone?" Emily asked, getting worried, both Sasuke and Kakashi coming back.
"I was about to close the place, when the masked man, Tobi, was waiting. I started fighting him, but he was about to use that absorption thing on me, when Naruto got in front of me." She started sobbing harder in Emily's hands. Emily just looked worried at the guys.
"Naruto's strong. He won't let Akatsuki touch him." Sasuke said, making Kakashi nod.
"It's my fault. I should have run away." Yang said crying. "He's gone because I was weak."
"Stop blaming yourself." Emily said grabbing Yang by her shoulders looking in her eyes. "It's not your fault. He would have done it for anyone." She continued smiling. "So don't blame yourself. Well find him, and like Sasuke said, he's strong, he won't fall easily. Now get up, you need sleep." Emily said helping the girl stand. Kakashi and Sasuke looked at each other.
"We'll go report to Ozpin." Kakashi said, looking back at Sasuke, who nodded and disappeared.
HEADMASTER OFFICE
Qrow didn't left the office yet. He was still talking to Ozpin when Sasuke appeared in the office.
"We have a major problem." The raven boy said. "Naruto's gone." He continued, shocking everyone in the room.
"What do you mean he's gone?" Glynda asked still shocked.
"He got kidnapped by someone from our place." Sasuke explained. "We were relaxing in our rooms when we stopped feeling his chakra. I, Kakashi and Emily made our way to the last place we felt his presence, the training facility. When we arrived there we saw Yang on her knees sobbing. As me and Kakashi investigated around, Emily questioned Yang. We found out that the leader of an organization who's after the Bijuu was waiting in the building. They started fighting and when Tobi tried absorbing Yang, Naruto got between them, getting absorbed." Sasuke finished his report, making Ozpin sigh.
"This is the last thing we wanted." Ozpin said sitting up, looking out. "Do you know where he is?" Ozpin said making Sasuke shake his head.
"Unfortunately, Akatsuki has bunch of bases around the Elemental Nations. He could be anywhere." Sasuke explained. "We have to go and find him, before it's too late." Sasuke said, making Ozpin turn around.
"You know that you don't need my permission to go." Ozpin said looking at Sasuke.
"I know, but it's courteous to tell our host that we're leaving." He said smirking, looking back as Yang busted in the office.
"I'm going too." She said looking at both Ozpin and Sasuke. "It's my fault he's gone, so I'm going too." Making Ozpin sigh again. He looked back at Sasuke.
"Will you be able to protect her?" He asked making Sasuke nod. "Fine. Miss Xiao Long, be careful and bring your brother back." He said making the girl grin wide.
"You bet." She said punching her hand.
NEXT MORNING
"Are you ready?" Emily asked the blonde girl, smiling.
"I'm always ready!" She smirked, taking her backpack.
"YANG! Wait up!" Ruby yelled as her team came up. "You thinking of leaving without us?" Ruby said grinning, with Blake and Weiss behind.
"Guys." Yang said looking at her team. "You'll be in trouble."
"Don't worry. We're a team. You can't leave without us." Ruby said pulling out her scroll showing what was supposed a mission card.
Seeing it, Yang hugged Ruby tight, making the ninja trio smile.
"Now let's go." Emily said starting to walk towards the forest.
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