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Chapter 1 Dos-Point-Oh!

This rewritten chapter is more unique than the other rewritten ones, because I made sure to keep my old style of writing format. I consider it a homage, so don't expect this style again until the middle of chapter 5 till 15.

Special thanks to the amazing author, ShadowofheartsXIII, for giving me the motivation and inspiration to write this story. His work is what influenced me, and I couldn't recommend his unique and amazing stories enough.

Previous Chapter Is Gone, Because It Was Utter Junk; Also, Poor Rhyming Is Now Part Of My Funk!

Chapter One: The False Poet Travels Abroad

'Has it truly been two years since then?' Sasuke Uchiha thought as he remembered the finals days of the Fourth War. He could have sworn it was sooner than that. 'How things have changed in such a short amount of time. Even after the issue with another Ōtsutsuki.' He couldn't help but wonder as he was consumed in the nostalgia of the Chūnin exams within the Forest of Death.

Many of the comrades he was willing to kill years ago were now his friends who would die for him as he would for them, they were his only family now that those he shares blood with were gone, but that was temporary. The Uchiha clan was composed of only a single person, but it grew one more member a few days ago with a new addition to the family even if not by blood, Sakura Uchiha, formerly Haruno.

Indeed, after over a year of a hassling on-and-off dating and his return home for the time being, he finally proposed and she happily agreed to it. The elders were certainly pleased with 'revival' of the Uchiha clan, but Sasuke didn't marry her simply for the revival. So those wrinkly bastards can go and fuck themselves as far as he was concerned.

Sasuke never could forgive them for their involvement with Itachi's sacrifice, but he withstood their presence for those he cared about. Sakura, his beloved wife; Naruto, his brother-by-bond and best friend; Kakashi, his mentor and Hokage. Compared to these three people alone, Sasuke would not betray Konoha and his friends by slitting the elders' throats; no matter how tempting it was.

'The Uchiha clan aren't the only ones seemingly going to be revived.' While they would soon tie the knot, Naruto still had admirers who were willing to throw themselves to the hero. One in particular, and most deserving in Sasuke's opinion for her patience alone, tended to shy away from the blonde fool when push came to shove.

However, that shyness was dying away recently, and she finally accepted the Uzumaki's proposal after the problem on the surface of the moon a week or so ago. She still sputtered and blushed when talking about the upcoming marriage, though. 'Even with my time away while traveling, somethings just don't change,' he thought in mild amusement about Hinata.

However, the one thing that did change was peace. Finally, many people's hope for peace throughout the Elemental Nations has come, but it was no doubt as fragile, even with the unity between nations being stronger than ever. Sasuke had no doubt many people were strengthening themselves to keep the peace going from any opposition, ninjas in Konoha included.

Lady Tsunade gave Naruto a Senju arm, but the Uchiha knew that it wasn't needed since the blonde fool was strong already, but didn't doubt it would be useful when he became Hokage.

Naruto wasn't the only one strengthening himself, though, as Sasuke began training to master the Rinnegan over the two years he acquired it. First and foremost was being able to deactivate it until it was needed. It was a fickle process, but he finally found a way to cut off the Six Paths Chakra from flowing towards his eye, making it black once more.

Once that was out of the way, he spent most of his time training his new eye and its abilities as he traveled around the continent. The Paths were his to use at his leisure, even though the multiple perspectives from the Animal Path was jarring even today. Sakura told him that Pain was able to use all the summons at his disposal at the same time, which was certainly an endeavor from what the Uchiha experienced with only a few extra eyes.

Once he mastered the Naraka Path, however, Sasuke used its restoration capabilities to bring back his arm. It was a painful process to say the least. The Uchiha gripped his restored hand at the memory. 'The less I use it for myself, the better.' He had no intention of losing a limb again, and regrowing the arm from the bone was far from pleasant.

Regardless, he would not waste these capabilities when he could use them to keep the peace, and now he was going to delve into a technique that he could theoretically use. The one technique that gave Sasuke and Naruto hell when they fought Kaguya, the Amenominaka.

'Few could win against me if I used it, and even less could survive if they won.' They would be trapped in another dimension, so their loss was assured regardless of the outcome if they won against Sasuke or not. But he needed to learn it first.

He had seen Kaguya use it with his blessed eyes enough for the workings of the technique to be ingrained in his mind, but he still lacked the Rinne-Sharingan itself. Sasuke either could use it, or not at all.

Looking around in the familiar forest, the Uchiha saw no one in the near vicinity, then looked to himself. He changed out of his travelling clothes into the wardrobe he had at home, which was similar to the one during the Fourth War. The Uchiha fan proudly displayed on his short-sleeved, grey shirt, and Kusanagi still strapped on his rope-belt at an angle on the back of his waist.

Sakura occasionally implied that it was perhaps a time for a change of style, and considering that he intended to return to his travels after his visit in Konoha, she was probably right, but he would get on that later.

"It's time," the Uchiha told himself and took a deep breath. He closed his eyes and began routing the necessary Chakra towards his eyes. Sasuke could feel the Six Paths Chakra begin flowing around his eye in a peculiar manner. It took him time and experimentation to find the pattern to be able to mimic it, but he found it eventually.

Opening his eyes once more, he saw the same lush greenery that made up the forest, but far more vividly. Activating the Rinnegan in one and the Sharingan in the other was a success, a simple and familiar action, but now was the moment he delves into experimentation of dimensional travel.

With hand seals to assist, Sasuke's Chakra began forming the properties and shape needed for the Amenominaka technique. With a final seal, he muttered, "Amenominaka."

And just like that, he was over familiar lands of lava he had seen two years ago. The sight, while frightening in its own familiar way as he drew closer to the pools of molten rock, had Sasuke feel a certain level excitement. 'Success,' he thought with a small grin. If this was used in battle, it was practically a sure-win strategy.

Biting his thumb to draw blood, he had his palm face towards whatever world he was on. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu." Under him was an explosion of smoke, and it contained his hawk summon, Garuda, who saved him from a molten death as they flew over lava.

Sasuke looked around, recalling the fateful fight from years ago. He couldn't help but feel some pride for the success. Doubts were in his heart at the idea of attempting a Rinne-Sharingan technique, but that quickly put to rest when he saw he was capable of it.

Time of being in another dimension was over, and it was time to head home. Forming the Chakra again for the technique, he said one more time, "Amenominaka."

Another blink, another dimension, but it wasn't what he was hoping for. Around the unhappy hawk summon, there was snow wherever he looked, and the blizzard he was in blinded him from seeing any farther. Already he began feeling the unnatural chill seep through to his bones, and Garuda was having trouble staying steady in this storm.

"Amenominaka," he said once more after forming the necessary seals, and again he was in another world that wasn't his own. "This isn't good." Concern started to grow as he looked around in the world of rumbling earthquakes and geysers.

Further thoughts stopped when a geyser struck Garuda's belly and having the hawk leave the dimension in an explosion of smoke, causing the ninja to start freefalling. His eyes saw the rumbling ground coming closer and closer, but again, he made a leap of faith. With grit teeth, he shouted, "Amenominaka!" He closed his eyes as his body hit soft sand.

Standing up, the Uchiha saw his surroundings and believed he was near Sunagakure in Kaze no Kuni, but that immediately went out the window when he saw two suns in the sky. This wasn't his world; not even close.

In the ever shifting sands, Sasuke tried returning home one more time. The Chakra was formed, eyes were closed, and the hand seal was made. Focusing on the image of Konoha, he kept the image clear in his mind of how he would be standing in front of the Hokage residence.

For one final push, he said, "Amenominaka."

The feeling of sand was gone, and in its place was the feeling of solid ground beneath his feet. Even with a sore left eye, the Uchiha couldn't help but sigh in relief. 'I'm home.' Even in this cave, he could smell the forest of the Forty-Fourth Training Grounds

Considering the light he could clearly see on one end with his black eyes, he decided to exit the cave he was teleported in, but not without thought. 'The Amenominaka is too unstable to use without the Rinne-Sharingan.' It's a miracle he even found his way home again. He might have to research more into the eye before attempting it again.

He got the teleportation part right, but specifying the destination seemed to be a roll of the dice. If it was going to stay this finicky, Sasuke believed he could be just fine without it.

As he exited the cave, the Uchiha felt a rumble of the ground he was standing on, and heard a somewhat feminine scream, but it was emanating from the cave he just left. That soon became clear when a redheaded young woman was running towards him, to which he happily stepped out of her way before she ran into him.

The mystery woman ducked and rolled before leveling her sword and shield towards the cave entrance. One thing of note that Uchiha had noticed was that the rumbling hadn't stopped. If anything, it was increasing. So he put two and two together before leaping forward beside the young woman.

It proved to be a good decision on his part when the massive, black scorpion with white, bone-like armor covering it crashed through the cave entrance. Which wasn't the only peculiar thing about it, because- "Pyrrha, it's not the relic!" -a blonde young man kept yelling as he was hanging on its flailing golden stinger. "Help me!"

The Uchiha wasn't exactly sure what he was seeing, but his respect for the person immediately dropped for him as he kept screaming for help. Flailing around wasn't helping his case either.

Sasuke's eye stung as he activated his Rinnegan for one more technique. Forming the seals, he jumped closer to the large creature, and shouted as he slammed his palms to the ground, "Earth Release: Rock Pillar Prison!"

Several thin, earthen pillars poked out of the ground surrounding tightly against the black scorpion and limited its movements, even the tail stopped flailing. However, he knew this containment method wouldn't last long against a creature of this size.

"Get down," Sasuke ordered, but the fool was still shakily gripping the golden stinger a few feet from the ground. He couldn't kill the beast with a Chidori without the risk of electrocuting the fool as well. If he wasn't off the creature soon, then he was dying with it; either by electrocution or smashed by the creature he was holding onto once it breaks free.

"Jaune!" the woman called, which seemed to have snapped the now-named Jaune from his frightened stupor. "Let go of it!" He happily followed her order, and released the golden stinger, before leaping backwards with a small scream instead of keeping his face inches from the scorpion.

Before the two had a chance to even say another word, the sound of birds chirping filled the air. When they turned to the source, they saw the new guy's arm covered in pale blue electricity, sparking wildly in all directions. That very arm began zipping towards the scorpion just before jumping into the air and onto the Deathstalker through the stone pillars, piercing through the back of the white, bone-like armor and electrocuted the massive creature.

It hissed loudly as its legs contracted into itself as electricity coursed through its body and nerves. Its shaking hadn't ceased, but he cut off the Chidori anyway. A creature this large would need more than a derivative of an assassination technique to kill it, but he must have fried its nerves enough to put it out of commission.

The Uchiha jumped off of the twitching beast, peering his black eyes towards the only two people in the vicinity, one of them moving closer to the captured beast with a victorious smile on his face.

"Ha! Not so tough now, are you?" the blonde said. He then punched the creatures face before immediately backing off at the retaliatory hiss. "It's still alive!"

The redhead ignored her companion and turned towards the black-haired lightning-user. "Thank you for helping us," she said politely, then looked towards the ensnared Grimm. "Not many trainees could handle a Deathstalker of that size alone." She was impressed how he could trap it so quickly, and even more so when he put it out of the fight with that lightning technique of his.

"Deathstalker?" Sasuke questioned with a raised brow, to which she simply nodded. Did they name the creatures of the Forest of Death? Looking at his surroundings, this place didn't have the same vibe as before. It was usually littered with creatures even he hadn't heard of and with a foreboding atmosphere, but this place seemed rather. . . bright.

"Perhaps it's best we head north for the relics we were looking for, Jaune," the young woman said pointedly. The statement was directed towards the blonde teen, who looked sheepish at his nearly fatal mistake.

The Uchiha noted two names, Jaune and Pyrrha, both of which were pronounced oddly from what the usual spelling he knew. Essentially, the things adding up were far from his favor, and hoped it was only shinobi paranoia.

"C'mon, don't you want to pass initiation?" he heard 'Jaune' say suddenly, snapping him from his thoughts.

'So it's a type of examination?' Sasuke wondered. Considering their age, these two might be Chūnin or older Genin. Could it be a task by the Jōnin meant to guide them? There were a lot of 'maybe's and he wasn't happy about it, so he followed behind to ascertain things.

If the large scorpion was similar to any beast he knew, it would just leave them be and continue on with whatever it was doing.

"I don't remember seeing you from the cliffs," Pyrrha said as the Uchiha walked by the duo. She also wanted to mention how he was older than those she saw, but thought it would be rude to say.

The Uchiha was in his own world, but he heard her. "I was never at the cliffs you speak of," he replied. 'Am I even in the same continent?' If so, then he had a chance of getting home. The environment was certainly familiar, if perhaps a tad warmer.

"Wait, then how did you get here?" Jaune asked. "You didn't come here from Vale?"

'Bad luck,' Sasuke replied mentally. "No, I wandered into this place by accident, but it doesn't matter. I will continue on my way soon." He had no intention of staying here. Once he figured out his bearings, he would have an idea where home was and head there immediately.

The two teens looked to one another, unsure of what to make of that statement. If he wasn't here from Beacon, does that mean he stumbled in from Vale somehow? Not really possible to let people wander in to a Grimm-filled area. So if he wasn't for Beacon and wanted to leave, there was only one other answer that made sense.

She suddenly stopped and looked at the ninja. "You're from outside the walls, aren't you?" Pyrrha questioned. There was no border stopping Grimm from entering the Emerald Forest, so it was likely that this individual wandered in during initiation.

It's not like people from communities that were made beyond the protection of kingdom were rare, but how could this person make his way here from wherever he was from before? As far as Pyrrha knew, this forest bordered and was also part of Grimm-infested lands.

"I'm not from this area, nor did I reach this place from 'Vale', if that's what you're asking," Sasuke replied, stopping just steps ahead of them. "Are you going to continue leading the way, or should I?" He needed information about his surroundings, and these two at least had an idea about a point of interest.

Whether or not he would recognize it was another matter entirely.

Nodding, she continued moving forward, but not in silence. "It's just that not many people survive outside the protection of the kingdoms for long," she commented. "At least, we don't usually hear from them again, is what I mean."

If there was any evidence that he was in a different continent, it was now. Unless it was some reclusive tribe or civilization that nobody had heard of. Realistically speaking, things weren't leaning towards what Sasuke wanted.

"So you're not here for the initiation?" Jaune asked, to which Sasuke responded in the negative. "I guess the headmaster would know the authorities to send you to."

The Uchiha didn't know who this 'headmaster' was, but he would rather avoid meeting officials and leaders if possible. Last thing he needed was to be involved with people in power in a region the ninja didn't belong to.

Crossing the tree line, the three saw two people looking up into the air, a blonde and a brunette with a bow. When Sasuke followed their line of sight, which was when a scream was heard.

"Heads up!" a young girl shouted just as she crashed onto the blonde of the two. "Owww~" both girls moaned on the ground.

Of all the things the Uchiha could have seen to describe if this was his world or not, that wasn't one of them. . . Gravity seemed to be working properly, though.

"Comrades of yours?" Sasuke asked. He wasn't sure if he should label them as a threat after their crashing performance earlier, but the last thing he wanted was to harm some allies of his guides.

A roar was heard from nearby, and what quickly followed was a black bear with white armor similar to the scorpion from before, but it soon fell dead just as it crossed into the open area. Then an orange-haired girl and her companion jumped of its back, one of them looking disappointed.

"Dang it, it broke," the girl said sadly.

The one with her, however, wasn't so distressed for her loss. "Never again," he demanded, but in his heart he knew it was a lost cause. "Please, never again." Nope, he still didn't feel that she would listen anyway. Especially when she ran off to take a chess piece rather than listen to him.

The Uchiha was about to start questioning things, but the two impromptu guides he had were missing a person. Apparently, Jaune followed the first two's line of sight, and witnessed a white-haired girl being carried by a large raven-like creature. That was before the two from previously on the bear arrived, and now the blonde fool caught the falling white-haired girl from the bird, who now disrega-.

Long story short, Sasuke stopped thinking into it when he felt the beginning of a headache come on.

"Comrades of yours?" Sasuke repeated to Pyrrha. Just any answer was fine at the moment.

The champion looked unsure at the question. ". . . Yes," she said reluctantly, then sighed as she went to check if Jaune was okay.

Sasuke followed after her, finding himself with a group of people younger than he was, one of whom was much younger than the rest. Off to the side, he saw Pyrrha help Jaune off the ground he was smashed into by the white-themed girl. To the other side, he saw the eccentric girl from earlier dancing with the chess piece she had, the boy with her seemingly just waiting for her to stop. In front of him, the two that crashed into each other were helped up by the girl with a bow.

'A bunch of misfits.' He hoped that there were more sensible people that could help find out where he was, but beggars couldn't be choosers.

As the group were collecting themselves, a low, angry roar was heard in the distance from where the Uchiha came from, he and the others were able to hear the ferocious howl. The only creature that could be that angry and that loud from their path was obvious.

"The Deathstalker broke free," Pyrrha stated to Sasuke and turned to him. "And it's coming for you." Getting one of them angry was like painting a target on yourself, especially with ones so old. So it was best for the untrained to hide rather than fight. Fortunately, there weren't any untrained people here as far as Pyrrha was concerned. "We need to get ready to face it," she told the group.

Sasuke never heard of instinctual animals targeting specific people or prey. They either got their food, or they didn't and had to find another. Something like this, however, was unheard of, especially when he could hear the distinct sound of trees being trampled on steadily growing closer. The girl was right, it was definitely coming this way.

'This is not natural.' No wild animal outside of summons had this kind of sentience. The shinobi looked to the group, and saw that they were as human as he was; even the language was the same, so he had to be in his world. However, there were things that made him have questions that needed to be answered.

"That's not our only problem," the girl in white stated, then pointed towards the sky. "We've got a giant Nevermore also coming after us." He words were emphasized by a loud squawk as the Grimm flew overhead, which had her glare towards the youngest trainee. "I'm blaming you for this."

Just then, the large scorpion finally showed itself as it crashed through the trees, and only paused as it looked towards the group of humans in front of it. It hissed angrily as it spotted a familiar, red-eyed figure, snapping its claws threateningly at the memory.

"Maybe we should run," Jaune suggested with a gulp. "You know, strategic retreat." He was happy with the amount of holes already on his body without that stinger adding to them.

"No need," the young girl stated as she brought out her scythe. "I can handle it." She dashed forward with impressive speed, eager to prove herself in front of everyone. Especially her icy teammate. So much so that she didn't hear her sister's cry just before the young girl ran.

The Uchiha watched the weapon she brought out with interest. Even as the girl's first attack with the weapon failed, he saw with his Sharingan how she pulled the trigger of the weapon, shooting a blazingly fast piece of metal from the shaft towards the creature, but it did nothing but anger it before it began chasing after her.

A screech from up above showed the Nevermore from before heading towards the now-named Ruby. It didn't take Sasuke much to notice its intention to attack the girl, so he began running to save the girl from her own brashness.

It was new to see a bird that large dispensing its own feathers as a weapon, which was worrisome as the ninja saw it was quickly heading towards the girl. He flickered to her side, wrapped his arms around her, and jumped away before the steel-like feathers impaled either of them.

Although the Nevermore issue was temporarily away, the Deathstalker was making a beeline towards the two, until a pink explosion met its face and stopped it in its tracks with an angry hiss.

"Now!" Jaune yelled as the six with ranged weapons began pelting the side of the giant scorpion with bullets, energy bolts, and explosives to its sides, causing it to turn away from its prey in anger to shield itself from the group with its claws as it scurried closer to them.

The Uchiha didn't show it, but he was fairly surprised at the amount of firepower those six possessed from their weapons. These were vastly different from the blades the shinobis and samurai use. The bullets were faster than any arrow or crossbow bolt his home had, and doubted that could see them as clearly without his Sharingan being active.

"Um, can you let go of me now?" He looked to the girl he's holding close to his chest, and let her go to stand on her own since the danger was no longer immediate. After dusting herself, she said with a sigh, "thanks for saving me." She was disappointed that she wasn't able to show off her skills, and even more so that she needed to be saved in the end.

"Later," the Uchiha replied and brushed off her gratitude. "Your comrades are in need of assistance." The group manage to divert the creature's attention, but that doesn't mean they're killing it. If anything, they're agitating it more and more as it kept trying to kill them with its claws and stinger, but they kept dodging out of harm's way as they pelted the beast with rounds.

'The armor on that thing is tough,' Sasuke thought as he moved to help the group, drawing out Kusanagi from its sheath. Those explosives and bullets didn't even seem to be making a dent, and that called for something with extra penetrative power like the Chidori, but one that would certainly kill it.

Before he could take a stance, the girl behind him shouted, "the Nevemore's coming back!" Looking up, Sasuke saw the massive raven coming in to make another run on them. A new approach was needed to handle both of them.

Her shout wasn't only heard by the red-eyed ninja, however, as heads of those handling the scorpion began turning towards the sky, a few getting close calls with the stinger from the distraction.

The stinger almost hit Jaune, but a shot from the red girl altered its path and had it miss the blonde. "Get back!" Ruby shouted, just as the large bird shot more of its feathers to the large concentration of humans.

The trainees dodged out of the way and ended up running back towards where Sasuke stood, but the Deathstalker was following closely behind it with an angry roar. It skittered over the feathers that impaled the ground to get its collection of new prey.

"Shoot the eyes! For God's sake, someone shoot the eyes!" Jaune shrieked as he ran in panic, slower than the others. He didn't do much up close other than dodge, but he noticed a few small things that could've been done before the large bird came over to kill them. "Hurry!" He also noticed how he was slower than the actual trained students that ran ahead of him.

With a quick nod to herself, Ruby was already in place to take another shot to redeem her previous, and nearly fatal, failure. Crescent Rose was ready, and she obliviously had the red eyes of a certain warrior on her peculiar weapon.

Sasuke watched with interest as the girl aimed down the scope before she fired a shot towards one of the glowing red eyes. He saw how it hit dead on, and how the beast stumbled and staggered for the momentum it lost, before stopping still as it reeled from the pain of the second shot that hit another eye.

However, the Uchiha couldn't dwell on the weapons too much since he knew that stunning the creature wouldn't buy them too much time, especially with the flying Grimm that was setting up to make another run at them, so he had to act quickly to get rid of his guides' problem.

"We should retreat," the girl in red said, her weapon no longer making an effect as the scorpion began covering its face with its own claw, taking some time to recover from the earlier damage.

Retreat sounded like a good idea with such a severe lack of even general information, but every passing moment of them being occupied by these things were hindering a particular person's time to get answers. "Hold off the scorpion," Sasuke suddenly told the group that were reloading their weapons and preparing for a strategic retreat.

Considering their previous and short brawl with it, they had a chance to at least survive long enough so that he could take care of the 'Nevermore' before handling the 'Deathstalker', both of which were closing in on the crew of trainees. The flyer being infinitely faster than the slowly approaching, overgrown, armored insect.

Sasuke took a step forward towards the massive scorpion, a plan already forming in his mind on how to kill both of these black creatures as quickly as possible without having it kill his closest sources of information.

"Are you insane!?" the girl in white shouted as the Uchiha began stepping towards the massive insect. "We need to regroup, and approach this strategically and carefully." Her idea was sound if it was just them finding a better area to fight in.

In his opinion, he was either fighting these creatures here or fighting them in some other area with a different terrain, so it made little difference to him, but it was better in this open field where Sasuke had room to move in against the Deathstalker. First of all, though, he had to get rid of the bird and remove the air superiority against him.

"Feel free to leave if you wish," the Uchiha told the girl, not stopping his march to the scorpion. He was confident that he could kill these things quickly enough and reach them before they got too far. If they were going to stay and fight, then it would be all the easier for him to find them.

"We'll help!" the girl he saved proclaimed suddenly, and ignored the incredulous look of her teammate. Sasuke didn't reply besides giving her a small shrug as he continued walking towards flier that just began turning to give another run at them.

If they were going to stay, then he might as well give them a small boost to ensure their survival.

The trainees looked towards the sudden explosion of smoke, and saw an exact copy of the newcomer standing at his side. "If you're going to fight, try to stay alive," the original said before he changed directions towards the Nevermore.

It was a little bizarre seeing two of the exact same person walking in different directions, but it certainly wasn't the time to contemplate on this as the scorpion and flier were coming towards them.

"Wait, you intend to fight the Nevermore by yourself!?" Ruby exclaimed, the clone didn't even follow him like she was expecting, but rather waiting around for them. She didn't receive a response, so she turned to her group and asked, "just who is this guy, a second year?" Now that she had a good look at him, she noticed how he was older he seemed.

"Jaune and I met him at the end of that Deathstalker's cave," Pyrrha said as she readied Miló and Akoúo̱. "All I know is that he's from outside the walls, and that I can't really just stand by and watch him face these two alone."

"Nobody said he would," Ruby stated, which had the group eye her as she readied Crescent Rose. "Can't call ourselves heroes if we can't help. Anybody wanna join me in taking on the Nevermore?" Yang excitedly raised her arm.

However, a more mature voice spoke up. "Your assistance is unneeded." The group turned to the copy who was walking towards them. "Simply hold off the scorpion until boss can come and take care of it." Boss could handle these creatures, but he wasn't so sure about this band of trainees.

Now that the clone thought about it, how did the girls in red and white get on the 'Nevermore' in the first place? Better yet, what was the point of the endeavor?

"Hey, buddy, we're not Huntsmen-in-training for nothin'," the blond brawler stated. "Besides, you're boss saved my sister, and I am not letting that go unrepaid."

The clone shrugged. "I'm only a clone whose here to make sure none of you die foolishly," he stated. If they were going to split up, then it might be a tad more difficult for him, but then again, the original would be watching the second group. So as long as they don't get in his way, they should be fine, right?

Sasuke saw how the Deathstalker spotted him and made its way to him rather than the group. He noted again that such targeted vehemence wasn't normal to what was clearly a wild beast. Whatever region he was in, it certainly had peculiar fauna.

Hearing explosions behind him, he figured that the group were taking on the Deathstalker with their even more peculiar weapons. He continued walking towards the approaching Nevermore, ready to use clones to throw him towards it. The Rinnegan was definitely out of the question, especially with how rigorously he used it recently.

Moving through different dimensions probably wasn't light on it in the least, and how it stung when he used the earth jutsu doesn't bode well.

The Nevermore was approaching quickly, and Sasuke saw how it was prepared to launch more of its feathers at him, but things took a turn as it dodged hot metal and energy bolts. Neither of which were from him, but rather from behind him. Sasuke watched the large flier twist in the air over him to dodge the oncoming projectiles.

Looking back, he saw four of the girls firing upon the creature as it flew over them. He peered a bit closer at them with his Sharingan active, taking notice of something he overlooked. When there should be flaming Chakra coating these warriors, there was instead a haze surrounding them, as though they were emitting heat that displaced the light.

Something wasn't right, he now knew that. Sasuke hoped he was in the same continent at least.

"Stop staring, we need to move!" the girl in white shouted suddenly. "Preferably without your suicidal tendencies." Honestly, facing a Nevermore alone wasn't smart unless you knew what you were doing. This guy simply walking out there to face a flying Grimm head on wasn't helping her opinion of him.

"This open place is pretty bad for us to take on a Nevermore," Ruby stated to Sasuke, reloading her weapon to signify she was ready for another round. "But don't worry, we won't let you fight it alone!"

Weiss facepalmed with a groan, and glared at the newcomer through her fingers. "Look at what you did to my partner." Even this little girl knew it was a bad decision to fight it here, but she was gonna stick around anyway. Madness! And here the new guy was, walking towards them as if nothing happened.

Really, these people were more than bizarre. Whatever kind of Chakra they used was just as peculiar as their weapons. Regardless, the language and physiology were the same as his, so perhaps he was in some hidden clan or nation of some kind. With the 'walls' the redheaded girl spoke of earlier, it certainly seemed like it.

"It's coming back!" the girl with the bow exclaimed, pointing towards the Nevermore that's making a turn. "Any plans?"

"Yeah, we can all die together," the easily irritable one said as she took a stance once again with her rapier, aiming towards the Nevermore that's about to fly over the Deathstalker. Honestly, was she the only adult- "Are you seriously walking to it again!?" Sasuke then broke to a run towards the Deathstalker after he walked past her. "Oh for the love of. . ."

"Cover him!" Ruby shouted as she began shooting towards the flier. Okay, she began to doubt this guy's sanity; savior or not. But she would still help him; insane or not. . . Was that what he was thinking when he saw her take on the Deathstalker by herself? Yeesh, it seemed like such a good idea at the time.

The Uchiha kept running, ignoring the rounds and bolts that were flying over him to hit the large raven. He'll find answers about those later, but killing these two creatures was long overdue.

Looking ahead, Sasuke saw that his guides and the other two holding off the scorpion, with the blonde fool narrowly and miraculously dodging wide strikes. To the side, he saw his clone in a stance to jump in if one of them were in danger. He whistled and brought its attention to him. He gestured to the scorpion's tail, then to the Nevermore.

The clone nodded before running to it, but decided to take the time to get Jaune away from a stinger aimed downwards to his head. Fortunately, this made the clone's job easier, as it jumped away from Jaune and onto the stinger, gripping it tightly with his hands.

As he intended, the clone's legs were in the air, but his hands imbued with Chakra to make sure he stuck while the original could use him like a launching platform towards the Nevermore, added with force of the scorpion's tail to fling them upwards.

When the tail reached its lowest point a few feet in the air, the copy ran lightning down and let it course to keep the Deathstalker paralyzed until the real Sasuke got into position before he 'made flight'. He ignored the creature as it clenched in on itself and its angry roars.

Sasuke jumped, landing on the feet of his upside-down, crouching clone, ready to be shot towards the Nevermore.

"These people offered to assist, and I accepted," the clone said rather than releasing Deathstalker from his electric prison to fling the Uchiha up.

Before he could ask what he meant, Sasuke was interrupted rather loudly.

"Nora, now!" Jaune yelled.

With a disturbing, toothy smile, Sasuke saw her get her hammer into an underhand wield, spin her body a few times with the hammer going upwards while getting closer to the stinger.

Looking back to the clone, Sasuke simply stated, "I hate you." All the clone did for its defense was an upside-down shrug. He knew it was a better idea, but the concept wasn't exactly. . . flattering.

"Up you go!" Nora yelled, as she slammed the flat side of Magnhild on the underside of the stinger to launch the new guy in a massive pink explosion, leaving a trail of pink smoke as he flew to the Nevermore. "Good luck with your suicide mission!"

Thinking again midflight, the term 'unflattering' didn't really do Sasuke's pink situation justice. Should he kill them to remove any witnesses and the possibility of mentioning this? Particularly Jaune, who offered the idea and assistance when he found out from the clone what he intended. It was a passing thought, but a tempting one.

If Naruto heard of this, perhaps he could be convinced that it was actually lightish-red.

The Uchiha left that thought on the backburner as he quickly approached the flying Nevermore diagonally and alone, the clone having disappeared from the impact with that girl's hammer. The initial plan had changed slightly, but the result was the same.

Apparently, the creature saw them and decided to make a beeline towards this free meal. Thankfully, those bullets and energy bolts have stopped, so it was clear of one of those warriors below hitting him by accident. It opened its beak to swallow him whole, but it would only be disappointed.

Drawing Kusanagi out, Sasuke began flowing lightning Chakra through the chokutō. It wasn't the original Kusanagi he had since that one was lost during the Fourth War, but this replacement was damn good and close enough to it.

Lowering the blade with the sharp side up, he waited for the creature close enough. A beam of pale blue electricity shot out of the sword causing it to extend downward, and he could tell the Nevermore began to think about this since it closed its beak, but it was too late.

The Nevermore was now too close to dodge in time. Now in position, Sasuke yelled, "Chidori Eisō!" And swiftly raised Kusanagi, bisecting the raven from the middle, its inertia adding to the cutting power of his blade. When the Uchiha made it all the way through, he saw something in the sky that caused him worry.

A faded and shattered moon. This wasn't his world.

'That's not possible.' These people spoke the same language and had similar physiology. The chances of finding a world that held those similar was statistically improbable. 'No, it's just fucking impossible!'

Agitated at this new development, he turned around to take out on the Deathstalker down below. With his fall adding to his speed, Sasuke aimed his lightning imbued sword, adjusting his trajectory to pierce the overgrown insect's hard shell.

His aim proved true and stuck the back of the creature, pinning it to the ground while it was still alive and writhing. "Move away now!" he ordered loudly as he stood upon it. What time he gave for those nearby was enough, and immediately smooth, pale blue spikes made of lightning popped out of every direction.

Sasuke gripped the hilt tighter in frustration as the black creature began slowing its movements to a dead stop. This wasn't his home, was it? Surely it had to be. How else could all these similarities be explained? Statistics was on his side, but everything else wasn't so far.

Ashes filled his vision, and it confused him until what he was standing on just evaporated into nothing. 'Another thing against me.' Walking away from where the corpse was supposed to be, he found the group gathered in the same place, most likely out of misplaced concern for him or in celebration of some kind.

When Ruby saw the guy fly towards the Nevermore, she had questioned his plan and sanity, but that certainly cleared up when he sliced it in half. And considering he had some kind of lightning sword, it was on different levels of awesome! Of course, then he skewered the Deathstalker as he was falling.

Yep, definitely awesome.

"Amazing!" Pyrrha shouted as she clapped her hands together. "I haven't seen such an extraordinary method for hunting Grimm." When Jaune said that they intended to launch him via Deathstalker's tail, she did have to take some time to process what he meant and if he was joking about such a bizarre plan. Thankfully, it worked out in the end.

Walking closer to the group, he was approached by the blonde girl from earlier for whatever reason, but Sasuke wasn't in the mood to even humor her. He immediately crossed her off the list of people he would ask for information when she opened up her arms for a hug.

Wrapping her arms around him, she said, "I didn't thank you for saving my sister yet." Yang picked him and gave him a crushing hug with a smile. When she looked down at him, instead of seeing black hair, she saw unkempt blonde on a bright red face. "Jaune?"

She unceremoniously dropped him on the ground, then looked around to find her sister's savior, who turned out to be in the exact same place where Jaune was supposed to be. The ones beside him jumped away slightly in surprise when they found him instead of the other blonde.

Sharingan active, he turned to the white-haired girl from before, and asked coldly, "where am I?" Extremely intricate weaponry, bizarre creatures, and a moon that wasn't his. Sasuke's patience had run out.

Weiss thought he was insane when the fool decided to simply run towards the Nevermore, even more so when he stood on the stinger so he could fly to it before cutting it in half. That was not something she would retell to anyone without some kind of video proof.

Now, that same insane and skilled fool stood in her face with regal composure and impatience. It reminded her of Winter a little bit too much. Clearing her throat, she said, "I believe some introductions are in order. I'm Weiss Sch-"

"I didn't ask for your name, only for my location. Where. Am. I?"

Weiss took a second to gawk at the rude attitude on this guy. "Excuse me? Listen, I don't know how they do it wh-Hey!" He decided to walk around her to find someone else, and gave her a glare that shut her up. Weiss backed away for now.

He wasn't in the mood to tolerate introductions when he needed answers. Hopefully, this girl with a bow would answer him appropriately. Actually, he'd make sure of it.

Noses centimeters apart, he said an even colder tone, "I will ask you questions, and you will answer them and only them. Understood?" How fast he got her to nod would have made his father proud. It even had the blonde girl from earlier to stop approaching him from behind.

"Where am I?"

"Emerald Forest for the Beacon Academy initiation," the girl replied quickly. She understood that he was from outside of the Kingdoms, but could he give her a bit of space? "Could you-"

"Where is Beacon Academy?" he pressed on, ignoring the discomfort he was causing her.

"In the Kingdom of Vale." She wanted to take a step back, but she just couldn't bring herself to do so with those red eyes on her. It felt like a demon was peering into her soul, and with how those commas were slowly spinning was only adding to that effect.

The Sharingan would tell if she was lying, but unfortunately for Sasuke, she wasn't so far. "Where is Vale?" The more he heard her answers, the more he felt concerned about his situation. 'Just any familiar answer would do.'

"Er, south of Atlas." His face was turning more and more into that of someone who was far from pleased of his answers. Blake wasn't lying, but her answers didn't seem to be what he was hoping for.

"Where are Atlas and Vale?" The Uchiha began dreading the answer.

These questioned were certainly bizarre, so she furrowed her brows to form a reply, and answered unsurely, "err. . . on the world of Remnant?" Her answers before caused him displeasure, but that one caused him to scowl heavily. Clearly, that last one wasn't something he wanted to hear. Honestly, what was he expecting?

Sasuke brought his hand up to his face, took a deep, calming breath, and exhaled slowly. Now with a calm expression, he turned his black eyes towards the group. "You will take me to this Beacon Academy, yes?" It was more of an order than a request.

"Sure!" Ruby said happily. "Just give us a moment to get our relics."

The Uchiha merely nodded, and waited around for them to finish up whatever it is they needed. He considered using the Rinnegan at the nearest convenience to find his home, but the Amenominaka might just send him in an endless loop of worlds that he couldn't survive in until his Rinnegan stopped working.

Ruby waved him over, and he began walking with them in silent and irritated contemplation on what to do. It was clear he needed to head home, and it was clearer that using the Amenominaka was too big of risk to rely on.

"If you want to say something, then out with it, girl," he said abruptly as he noticed the youngest hesitate when she tried to approach him a couple of times. In fact, a few of them seemed like they wanted to say something, but they must have noticed his irritation and steered clear.

He appreciated the solitude to think, but this girl's obvious hesitance and visible backtracking was becoming overly pitiable.

"Oh, err. . ." the girl said with slight embarrassment of being caught. "I wanted to thank you again for saving me." He accepted her gratitude with a nod, but she wasn't done, it seemed. "I'm Ruby, by the way. Ruby Rose. What's yours?"

Social interaction. Yay. . .

Even after the massacre, the Uchiha name still carried weight throughout the continent, so he had to be wary of who introduces himself to from time to time. Not that being Konoha's number one traitor for a while helped ease the infamy. "Sasuke Uchiha," he replied.

Then again, he wasn't in a world where that very infamy was present. Proof of that lack of infamy was when the blonde who tried to hug him approached him after the younger girl had her talk.

"I'm Yang Xiao-Long," she greeted. "I also want to thank you for saving my sister. Though could you tell me how I hugged Jaune instead of you?" Her sister? Sasuke doesn't remember saving anyone that looked like her recently. She must have noticed his confusion because she continued. "Ruby's my sister. Same dad, different mom. Now about switching with Jau-"

She was interrupted when the orange haired girl from earlier appeared. "And I'm Nora. If you want someone to launch you up in the sky again, you can count on me," she stated with a wide, proud smile.

Sasuke would make sure to avoid such circumstances at every opportunity.

"And this is Ren," Nora said as she dragged in her companion, who looked like he was too used to this kind of behavior. "We came here together. But we're not together-together, because that would be weird since we were friends since we were kids."

Looking at the poor boy, Sasuke asked, "how?" Quiet mentality and loud boisterousness mixing well didn't really make sense. Hell, he was in a similar boat and he still wasn't completely sure how it worked.

He knew from the beginning that Sasuke was similar to him where peace and quiet were preferred, but there was really only one quick answer to his question. "You get used to it," Ren replied with a shrug. There was more to it, but there wasn't enough time in the world to explain.

That response made the corner of Sasuke's lip twitch just a small bit. He couldn't help but think that there was more truth to that than Ren thought.

"So you're from outside the kingdoms?" Sasuke looked back to see who asked that question. It was the girl in black he 'questioned'.

"What if I am?" he replied without stopping his walk. Was it some kind of taboo in this world, or perhaps some sign for barbarism? He wasn't sure.

Weiss Sch-something was the one who answered. "It's just that Grimm infest everything outside the walls, making living out there extremely difficult, if not just plain suicide."

Well, that was new information about the geography of this world. Definitely not something that his own world possessed. "Grimm? Was it one of those beasts I killed?" Was Grimm one thing, or a collective of creatures? The more he heard these terms, the more he hated not knowing.

"Are you serious?" Weiss said in disbelief. "Of course it was those things! Please tell me that you just have a different name for them rather than living in a cave." In which case he would still find them. "Are you not trained to kill them like a Huntsmen? You must know at least these sim-" She fell face-first to the dirt suddenly.

"Weiss, are you okay!?" Ruby shouted in worry, picking her up to see if she was okay. "Huh?" Was she seriously so tired that she began sleeping in the middle of the forest? Princesses don't seem to have much stamina it seemed.

"You're comrade will awaken within an hour," the Uchiha said as he deactivated his Sharingan. It may have paused the march for a little while, but he didn't have the patience to humor her condescending lecture.

Naruto gave him enough lectures for ten lifetimes, and that was before, during, and after their fights to the death.

Clearly, it sparked interest as now Pyrrha began asking. "I've never seen someone with such a different ability set. What is your Semblance exactly?" Asking such things is normally between friends and comrades, but Sasuke displayed different abilities that aren't linked with one another.

"You used an earth technique against the Deathstalker, but then used lightning directly from your hand, so I assumed you used earth Dust before," she began, which had the others listen intently to the short history with the new guy. "Then I saw you used a clone, and now making people pass out. Forgive me, but I can't wrap my head around what your Semblance might be."

Her 'question' explained three things to the Uchiha. One, having a diversity of abilities seem to be rather uncommon for the average denizen of this world. Two, this 'Semblance' was heavily related to said abilities. Three, dust had elemental properties here. . . Okay, why not?

Thinking of a response that wasn't 'I'm from another world that's populated by assassins', Sasuke replied, "I don't know what some of those words mean. I believe certain words that you mentioned are different from mine." Playing dumb, he hated it as much as actually lacking information.

Looking towards the students gathered around the sleeping heiress, Sasuke remembered the haze that coated them rather than Chakra. It would make somewhat sense that there would be some form of energy surrounding them like him, but perhaps not exactly like him. He'd make sure to look into it further if it turned out that he'll have to stay here for a while.

"So you have different words for such things as Aura, Grimm, Semblance, and Dust?" Blake asked suspiciously with a frown. Sasuke shrugged, he didn't know what those words meant here. In his world, they don't mean anything worthwhile as they're making it out to be.

He looked to Pyrrha for an explanation, and she understood what his stare meant. "Aura is the energy we use as Huntsmen to fight the soulless creatures of Grimm, and the two you killed were among the variety of their kind," she explained in a textbook manner. "We use our special ability, our Semblance which is unique to each person, to augment our capabilities to fight them. Dust is the material we use to call upon the elements to power everyday needs, but also to augment our weapons to kill Grimm."

Sasuke took a moment process the information he was just given. 'There are similarities between Aura and Chakra, Semblance and the bloodline limit, but the rest are alien to me.' There was nothing of his world that could be compared with this 'Dust' she was talking about, and Grimm's only counterpart would be the Bijuu, but that's like comparing a series of crumbs to loaves of bread.

Looking to Ruby and people around her, he said demandingly, "someone pick her up so we can continue." Of course, it was Jaune who decided to give Weiss a piggyback ride before they continued on their way.

Well, Grimm didn't have any energy he could see when he looked to them with the Sharingan, perhaps it has to do with the 'soulless' remark that Pyrrha mentioned. The Rinnegan might help identify these things a bit more properly.

'It's best I don't use that too much around here,' Sasuke thought. The last thing he needed to be was some power tool for someone when they saw him use the Rinnegan. Thinking about it some more, it would best he didn't display too much of his abilities. He knew the Jinchūriki's purpose, and the last thing he needed to be was a weapon to be used by someone or some nation while he searched for a way home.

Or more specifically, someone's dream weapon, because there was no way in hell would Sasuke freely allow anyone to force him to do their bidding.

"You didn't answer my question," Pyrrha followed up. "Forgive me for pressing, but what you had shown is very unusual." She could assume the lightning and earth techniques he used were from Dust, which certainly explains it, but cloning and making people pass out wasn't applicable to Dust.

If she was gonna ask, then chances were someone else would ask as well, so Sasuke needed something convincing to get them off his back on the matter. "It is as you said," he began. "The earth technique was when I used earth Dust, but the lightning was using my Aura which has an electric nature." Only the second bit wasn't entirely a lie. "My Semblance is the ability to make clones; however, to make people pass out is an ability passed down my family."

It wasn't technically a lie to say that either. The Sharingan was an ability only passed down by the Uchiha clan, but clones were more Naruto's special ability than his own. Regardless, it was enough to make Pyrrha nod with content for his answer, if perhaps only reluctantly accepting it.

"What of making your eyes red?" Again, it was the girl with the black bow. She probably wasn't happy to be interrogated like that, especially with red eyes staring into her own. She must have noticed how his current eyes were black, but when in battle they were red.

The response for that was an easy and simple one the Uchiha had thought of beforehand. "My eyes simply turn red when I become agitated or excited, usually during battle." If there was any chance of an Orochimaru-like person in this world, he would rather not have the word out about the capabilities of his eyes.

Yang seemed to have found something interesting about that. "Huh, the same thing happens with me. So we might be related, eh?" That was thankfully impossible. "Don't look so annoyed at the idea!" He thought he hid his frown well. "And what about the when I hugged Jaune instead of you?" Arc coughed at the soft yet firm memory.

"It's gotta be speed, right?" Ruby thought out loud, and got a nod from the ninja. "Told you so." She wasn't wrong, but it was a bit more intricate than that.

"I put my arms around him before he turned into Jaune, I don't think 'speed' explains it." Yang then looked to the Sasuke. "Fess up, how'd you do it?"

Blondes, there had to be something genetic that made them stubborn. Since it worked somewhat back home, the Uchiha just ignored her and continued walking in the direction they were leading him in. He even ignored her oath to squeeze it out of him later on.

They weren't attacked by the same creatures Sasuke killed, or any for that matter. It helped them reach the top of the cliffs quicker, and it certainly got him closer to the castle-like building he saw in the distance. And he had to admit, it was certainly a marvel up close.

Looking towards the route he was being lead, Sasuke saw two people that seemed have been waiting for them, or just the company he was with, anyway. The closer they got, the clearer he could see who was waiting for them. A man in a green suit with silver hair, and a blonde woman with a vibe similar to Lady Tsunade's assistant.

"Congratulations to the eight of you," the man said, clearly indicating who he meant. "You have passed the initiation and are now students of Beacon." Sasuke wondered if that was regardless of his intervention or not. It didn't seem to matter to the new initiates as they cheered for their victory. Weiss not so much as she was still asleep.

"As for you, Mr. Uchiha," began the blonde woman. "You will come with us."

That wasn't a statement he expected to hear. "You know my name?" he asked, a little hopeful. Was he wrong and that this was actually his world? He hoped so. A shattered moon wasn't something he could miss, unless the situation Naruto solved had done something to it abruptly without him knowing.

"We have cameras in the forest and picked up your name from the feeds." There goes that shimmer of hope. The blonde turned to the students and said, "all of you are to go in and prepare yourselves. In the meantime, Mr. Uchiha will be coming with us to discuss his situation."

At least he wouldn't have to explain his lies again. He accepted Ruby's welcome and everyone else's best wishes before they left to one of nearby buildings of Beacon, leaving him alone at the clifftop.

Looking towards the two adults, Sasuke said, "lead the way, and I will follow." The green one nodded and gestured for the Uchiha to follow behind as he and the woman began walking to one of the larger buildings.

Sasuke took the opportunity to see his surroundings, and he had to admit, the architecture of this world surpassed his home in leaps and bounds. Unless Beacon had a weapon made to destroy villages, then not even the castle of Sora no Kuni when it was operable could match it in design.

"Is this your first time seeing a building like this?" the blonde woman asked as they walked through the halls. It wasn't in a prideful way, but more out of curiosity of how this new person seem to be taking in the sights.

"Somewhat," Sasuke answered curtly. The castle of Sora no Kuni was rather dilapidated when he last walked within it, but he could tell it was extravagant during its prime. Even then, he doubted it was at the level of Beacon. "The design is certainly new to me, however."

The sparse amount of people around him had only respect to the two in front of him, and a curious glance or two to him. Sasuke assumed these two were respected 'Huntsmen' as well as faculty of this institution, and that was a common occurrence even when they reached an elevator. It had lead them rather high considering the time it took them to reach what Sasuke assumed to be the last floor.

Sasuke wasn't a stranger to machines, even if he wasn't adept in how they work, he understood and seen enough to understand certain things. That being said, he couldn't help but think all the gears were just for show rather than practicality. It was certainly an interesting sight though, showing more machinations that this world seemed to be fond of.

"Coffee?" Sasuke looked back to the man and shook his head. The man shrugged and poured the brown liquid into his mug before taking a seat behind a desk. "Let's get introductions out of the way. I'm Ozpin, the headmaster of Beacon Academy," he stated, and then gestured to the woman that walked up beside him. "This is Glynda Goodwitch, one of the teachers here and a personal friend of mine." Sasuke nodded in greeting to her, to which she returned.

"Let me get to the point," Ozpin continued. "While finding people from outside the kingdoms isn't unheard of, it is bizarre to know that they would be oblivious to the kingdoms themselves." Blake Belladonna was an example of someone outside the kingdoms and knew the common knowledge they knew.

"I doubt you've heard of mine either," Sasuke replied. At Ozpins quirked brow, he knew he was meant to explain that. Not that he would truly explain what he meant. "My village wasn't proactive in finding new nations outside its own walls, for reasons even I don't know, even now I wonder what the elders had in mind." He added the last bit when he saw the look on the headmaster's face.

Sharing information of his nation to another, an action done by traitors. However, that wasn't the reason the Uchiha was staying quiet about it, even though his inner, returned ninja-loyalty to Konoha kept telling him to remain silent. The real reason was that he needed to iron out details to make a story believable without loopholes.

"How can we know that you weren't brought here to fool us?" Glynda voiced out. There were valid reasons to be wary of outsiders after what happened to Amber, and she knew Ozpin was well aware of this.

"Would telling you a story help if you should be wary of me or not?" Sasuke hoped that it was the case, if only to make things easier for him. "You don't have to concern yourselves. I will leave immediately." He needed to find somewhere to rest and recover his Chakra. Jumping between dimensions haven't been kind to his reserves.

"What if I said you didn't have to leave?" Ozpin said, leaning forward onto his desk. "What if I said you exhibited skills that I find interesting?"

'You wouldn't be the first,' Sasuke thought. "If you're expecting me to be some soldier for you, it's best you think otherwise." Unbelievable. Even in a different dimension, someone still wanted his power. He probably should get used to it by now.

But Ozpin continued, "forgive me for my tone, that wasn't what I meant." The look on the ninja's face had shown what he thought about his apology. "I understand trust is not something given out freely, something that seems we both believe."

Ah, Ozpin didn't trust him that way, but was indeed actually interested in his talents, Sasuke mused. He nodded in understanding and agreement of the headmaster's statement, but did wonder what this man was leading up to.

"However, something happened somewhat recently that made us a little desperate, but also very wary," Ozpin said. Sasuke didn't know what happened, since he was 'off-world' at the time, but he understood the sentiment of being in a bind.

"So you are interested in my skills, but cautious if I'm one of the people that caused the event you spoke of." It wasn't a question, but the older man nodded anyway. "You would be foolish if you allowed me closer to your people, then." The way they both rose their brows showed that they were caught by surprise at the blunt statement.

The Uchiha wasn't involved in harming these people nor did he want to, but they didn't know that, and he would rather not be put under heavy surveillance simply because they were wary of him when he was searching for a way home. It would be best if he did so as discretely as possible during his stay in this world.

Ozpin tilted his head. "If you're a spy, you're a terrible one." He smirked at that, even Sasuke did so lightly but for an entirely different reason. "Now what to do with you? Usually I would hand you to the authorities where you would get adjusted to our laws."

That was far from what Sasuke needed, and it seemed to show on his face, because Ozpin said, "but I would like to see your capabilities for myself, first."

"I will not be your pawn," the ninja sneered, activating his Sharingan in preparation for anything. Being 'adjusted' by whatever government body here was out of the question, and being turned into someone's underling was just as undesirable.

The headmaster waived his arms placidly. "That wasn't my intention, Mr. Uchiha," he quickly said. "Considering you have particular talents, I was hoping to convince you to join us in our fight against Grimm rather than handing you over to the council's men."

With his eyes still active, Sasuke asked, "what do you want that you would even consider recruiting a stranger into your fold?" Ozpin was speaking the truth about convincing him to join his fight, but even then that still wasn't enough for him to trust them or throw himself with their lot.

"Now I'm not recruiting you, Mr. Uchiha," Ozpin retorted. "I just want to see your capabilities benefit the realm of men." Again, he wasn't lying, but it wasn't a solid answer. "Sit with the students here, learn what they learn, and understand what the purpose of a Huntsman is. That is what I want." This guy knew how to choose words carefully. Just like a politician, and that was reason to be wary. "If you do not find it suitable, I will not stop you from leaving Beacon."

That last one was enticing. "I will not be some student for you to teach," Sasuke said, but without the heat from previously. "I am not some child who needs to be tutored, and I don't intend to be under the thumb of any of your teachers." The Uchiha wasn't some young amateur warrior who had much to learn, he was a veteran of war with skills and abilities rivaled by few.

Being a student was probably a method to keep some form of eye on Sasuke, and being treated as a student wasn't simply just an inconvenience. But perhaps there was more to get closer to what he needed. He didn't doubt that the headmaster's mind was conflicted with a choice between safety and opportunity.

Sasuke could use his genjutsu to ease him into the right decision, but this world meant new laws, and he wasn't sure how and if the technique would work on someone who uses this 'Aura' instead of Chakra. And since this person had to be a powerful Huntsmen if he became a headmaster, there was no guarantee it would go unnoticed. Hell, it was even a gamble to make Weiss pass out.

"There are things you aren't telling me," Ozpin stated. "It would be difficult for me to accept someone who won't even explain himself, even if it was someone who showed skill in the forest."

Now it was Sasuke's turn to raise a brow. "You aren't any different," he stated. "You are a person that holds power, and those people tend to hide things more than most, lest enemies discover them and make you vulnerable." It was always best to have an ace up your sleeve, even from friends. "You are not wrong. I hold secrets, even my origins will be a secret, more so because I don't trust you, and I don't expect you to trust me either."

Trusting a ninja? A fatal mistake made by many, but in this case it was different. This man knew how powerful secrets were, Sasuke could tell that much from the way he spoke earlier. Give the opponent information, then you give them power over you.

"So you won't tell me anything?" the headmaster asked.

"Not at this time," Sasuke said with a shake of his head. Perhaps in a few days when he worked out a work of fiction that would have made a certain dead Sannin proud. Then again, Jiraya wasn't exactly someone to aspire to in creative writing, so that bar was rather low.

"You're not making this easy for me."

"My trust was never easily gained to begin with, and I refuse to give someone control over my movements." A ninja being trustworthy of others at first glance? How laughable. Those don't tend to survive for very long, even after the fourth war.

"Is it possible that we wan we continue this conversation tomorrow?" Sasuke asked, cutting off whatever retort Ozpin had to say. "If possible, I would like to spend a day here to rest. I have grown weary from my travels." That was the only truth he would tell the headmaster.

His Chakra was lower than he liked in a place that may not welcome him thanks to all the dimension hopping, and the fact he had to search for a way home wasn't making things easier. There was no way the Amenominaka was a viable option. He was lucky enough to be in a world with breathable air.

The headmaster looked towards Glynda for her opinion on things, but all she did was sigh and gave a short nod. Sasuke assumed they would keep him under watch for at least one day to make sure he wasn't doing anything malicious until an agreement had been made. He didn't care as long as there's a bed involved.

"We will host you for the day. Professor Goodwitch will handle things from here. For now, I have several things to announce," Ozpin said as he stood up from his seat. "Until next time, Mr. Uchiha." With that, he walked out of the office onto the elevator.

Looking towards the woman, she opened one of the drawers of the desk, and pulled out what might have been a phone if it was only made of glass. Sasuke had seen cellphones being a trend for the younger ninjas, but he didn't partake much of it during his travels. Naruto was talking him into taking one with him before he 'arrived' on Remnant.

"Have you handled a Scroll before?" Glynda asked as she held the device out to him.

Sasuke had handled scrolls many times before, but he doubted it was the same kind as the one she was thinking of. "Sparsely. I wasn't one for new technology," he replied as he took the pho- Scroll from her. He was fascinated in how it was fully transparent, but also had a display of things like phones from his home.

"I will be sending the code for it to be the key to your room," she explained, tapping on her own larger version of the Scroll. That was definitely not one of the functions the cellphones from the Uchiha's world had.

The one in his hand beeped, showing an exclamation mark to notify him of something. He looked back to the blonde professor for further details, but she only sighed slightly at the realization what 'sparsely' entailed. Sasuke could tell she was thinking the same he was. 'This is going to take a while. . .'

Quick note, chapters 2, 3, and 4 will be single perspective, as will most new chapters starting with 16. What can I say? I learned shit during the gap, and it feels wrong not to. I blame Coeur Al-Aran, his mastery really changed how I should write a good story (or acceptable at best in my case).

Trivia:

1-This story was meant to be called 'A Crow's Plight', but ShadowofheartsXIII informed me that crows were Itachi's thing. Another candidate for a title for the story was 'Shinobi Vs Hunters', as a reference to RvB, but I didn't like it enough to go through with it.

2-I took my writing style from reading different, amazing stories and it just sunk in. As a tip to most aspiring authors on FF, do the same I did and simply read stories (I emulated the trivia bit since I enjoyed it, and thought some of you may as well). You're set in the terms of mechanics for writing, but the plot and how it goes is completely up to you.

3-Only when I started re-writing the first chapter did I see similarities between AHP and the tale of Alice in Wonderland. Kinda suits with RWBY's theme if you think about it. Now if only I could have Sasuke wear a poufy, blue dress with a white apron. . .

Next chapter is ready for you to read at your leisure!