AN: Man, I never thought I was going to do one of these again, feels nostalgic now that I think about it. Let's see if I still got it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or RWBY, and neither the original fanfic Remnants of Who You Were. . . . . . for now that is. *Evil laughing at the distance*
Reading Remnants of Who You Were
[Wait a minute is that?]
[POWERBOMB! POWERBOMB ON THE TOP TURNBUCKLE! *CRASH!* AND INTO THE TABLE!]
[BAH GAWD! THAT KID'S BODY IS BROKEN IN HALF! PUT THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN TO BED! GOOD GAWD ALMIGHTY IN HEAVEN, WOULD SOMEBODY STOP THE DAMN MATCH!" ]
"Ugh, can't we watch something more civilized than this fake garbage," said none other than Weiss Schnee herself, and did not hide her displeasure one bit in watching a bunch of so called 'Sports Entertainers' duking it out in the ring in live television.
Nora who was at the floor happily eating her pancakes while watching wrestling immediately frowned at Weiss. She stood up and stared down the Schnee dust company heiress. Ren sighed as he stood alongside his childhood friend.
"Hold my pancakes Ren," Nora spoke with an edged tone.
"Nora I think it's best that you don't make a big deal out of this," Ren tried to reason with his partner with no avail.
"She insulted wrestling," she said as her blue-green eyes narrowed dramatically, "She must pay in blood!"
"Whoa their Nora, hold your hammer," said none other than the beautiful Yang Xiao Long as she tried to defuse the situation between the inevitable catfight between them, "Remember you were invited, along with your team to hang out and play some games after the whole Breach mess a week ago and besides these are re-runs that some of us already seen."
Ever since the Breach incident all the students had to remain in Beacon and stay in their dorms, they could only get out if they were attending classes or needed to go to the bathroom. Overtime students were filing complaints for not having enough freedom which General Ironwood conceded to their demands and allowed them to hang out with other friends in their dorms and stretch around the school campus yard, as long as they didn't mind security accompanying them.
Team RWBY invited team JNPR in to their dorm to watch some movies and play some games due to the partial boredom they were suffering, except Blake as she kept herself entertained with her new books that she preordered from her scroll (Yang: NERD!). They all settled in and made themselves comfortable. Ruby was in floor and lay flat on her stomach as she watched the match between Epic King and Rock Lasher. Jaune was happily sitting on the edge of the couch that they brought in and read to the latest issue of X-ray and Vav which he shared the comics contents with his partner Pyrrha, who was giddy at being close to him. While the rest were now having situation.
"Yang has a point Nora, we can watch it next time in our room," Pyrrha said as she got up from the couch and consoled her friend.
Nora grumbled a bit before she conceded. Her eyes locked with Weiss's, sending her message that this wasn't over.
Weiss response was gleefully changing the channel.
"I'ma kill her!" Nora said as she was immediately held back by the tall and beautiful redhead, chuckling awkwardly at her small friend behavior.
[Last time on Loving Truth and –]
"Boooooring!" Yang said as she snatched the control and changed the channel.
"Hey!" Weiss glared at her friend, "This is a good show! And you are not in charge of the remote!"
"Neither are you," Yang countered smoothly, a small Cheshire grin present, "And your show also sucks, the dialogue in this show is dull and has way too many cheesy pick-up lines that wouldn't even work in real life."
"I rather watch wrestling than Loving Truth and Compassion," Nora added her comment much to Weiss displeasure.
"But Weiss has a good point, you're not in charge of the remote either Yang," Blake voiced out, making herself present in the conversation.
"Thank you," Weiss smirked triumphally.
"I'm not finished," Blake pointed out as she continued where Weiss interrupted her, "We should vote on watching Weiss show. All in favor raise your hand."
No one had raised their hand.
Weiss gave a betrayed look before she sat down at the couch with the rest of her squad and conceded her defeat as she as sat next to Pyrrha.
"So, anyone has any show recommendations other than wrestling?" Yang asked her friends.
Her response was met with shrugs.
Yang sighed, "Then I guess will just have to see what's on these days."
She clicked the control, instead of changing the channel the screen turned off.
"What did you do," Weiss said quick to jump in accusation.
"Nothing," Yang quickly defended herself as she tried to turn on the TV, "I tried to change the channel but it turned off by itself."
"Maybe it's just a glitch, happens sometimes," Jaune added as he put his comic away.
"Well if it was Jaune then the TV would turn back on if I tried to press the power button, but nothing is happening," Yang said as she made her frustration clear as she pressed the power button repeatedly but with no results, much to her dismay.
"Gimme that," Weiss said as she took the remote back and pressed the button herself.
To Yang's surprise the TV turned on.
Before Weiss could brag they noticed that screen was in static. Many of the members looked awkwardly before the screen soon died black and a deep husky voice was then soon heard.
[Remnants of Who You Were, you should be watching.]
"But were already watching," Nora said, pointing out what she thought was the obvious.
"Nora it's probably just a slogan," Ren reasoned until the TV then, somehow, responded.
[Well don't go anywhere]
"Ahh, our TV is possessed!" Ruby said in fright as she quickly latched behind her big sister.
Nora (for some reason) was not bothered by the talking TV unlike her friends as she responded, "But I want to get a snack."
The TV quickly responded, [NO DON'T! STAY HERE . . . with me. . .]
"Ahh! Stop talking like that, talk normally!" Ruby complained loudly behind Yang, afraid at the TV's creeper voice.
[No. . . They pay me to talk like this. TenshinG's going for a new angle. . . SEXY]
"Well it is working," Nora informed with a smile as the rest of the members gave her bewildered and odd glances which she noticed, "What?"
The rest of team JNPR and team RWBY looked away awkwardly until Ruby noticed.
"Look guys, I think the show is starting."
All the members got quiet and comfortable in their seats as the show then started.
Chapter 1: Waking Up
"Ugh, the title sucks," Nora grumbled, waking up sucked.
Most of the immature huntsmen's and huntswoman in training agreed with that.
When he woke up it was dark, and what little he could see made him nervous. Sitting high above within a starless black sky was a ball of light. Big and round and shattered; broken more like. It was the moon, or what was left of it. Remnants of its once whole body drifting off to who knows where within the inky darkness that spanned forever.
He didn't remember the moon being like that. In fact, he didn't remember much at all.
"An amnesiac protagonist, huh," Blake commented as it's been a long time since she read a story about that specific trope.
"Oh, if that's true then I wonder what his past is going to be," Ruby said excitedly.
"I bet he comes from an alien race that will devour our planet by using a giant killer tree!" Nora said in glee as the rest looked at her weirdly.
"Please ignore her," Ren said as looked away in shame from his childhood friend's bizarre behavior.
"Where...am I?"
"You're in Remnant, star traveler," Nora quipped while Ren grumbled, the others just laughed at the joke.
What he could remember was not very much, his own name—Naruto Uzumaki—and a few other trivial things. He could remember faces too, but no names, and when the faces spoke, no words came out.
"His name is Naruto, never heard a name like that before," Blake repeated, "I wonder if his name alludes to something."
Ren who held similar styles of name with Naruto enlightened Blake, "If I remember correctly I think his name means Maelstrom."
"Really? His name has a pretty cool meaning," Jaune pointed out, while the rest agreed.
In legends Maelstroms were thought to be powerful forces of natures in many tales of the old. Blake even read a short story of it, she wondered if this Naruto person lived up to his name.
His fingernails dug at the earth underneath him as Naruto tried to sit up, and found that in itself was a chore. His chest ached, and there was an annoying tingle running up and down his right arm that made him feel even weaker. Come to think of it, sitting upright was proving to be more of a chore than he'd previously thought. His left side was easy to support; his right however, was where the issue lay.
"Hmm, wonder what's wrong with it," Yang said as she and the rest of the crew finally saw the face of the protagonist.
Everyone noted that he was quite young, probably ten or eleven. Blonde, weird looking whisker mark-like scars, blue eyes, and all around a cute looking kid.
Blake wondered if he was a Faunus, but admitted she hadn't seen marks like those on any Faunus before. The cat eared Faunus wondered if this was a new discovered trait. Scientist would be up all night if they discovered the kid first, trying to figure their species out on what made their species tick.
Yang admitted she would like to pinch his cheeks. He looked easy to tease.
"I hope he's all right," Pyrrha said in concern as she noticed Naruto looking pretty banged up.
"He looks like he got run over by a pick-up truck," Nora said as she noted the injuries.
"I think that's an overexaggerating Nora," Ren said as her friend shrugged.
Slowly, bright blue eyes moved to examine the limb only to find a rather horrid sight. He no longer had a right arm, everything from his forearm down was gone, bits of blood leaking out of the grizzly wound.
The room felt silent.
"Oh god."
Until it broke at Yang's comment, that summed up everyone's reaction. And for some reason Yang pretty much knew that she felt the most uncomfortable in the group at seeing Naruto's lost limb.
"What the hell...?" From what little he could remember Naruto was absolutely sure he was the proud owner of two arms. Now, he only had the one.
"How did he lose it?" Pyrrha questioned as she watched Naruto's stump.
"A fight? Maybe," Jaune added his theory.
"If that's true, then it must have been really personal to get that deep into the violence," Blake said as she continued to watch.
Carefully, he brought himself up to a sitting position, wincing all the while, and then let out a long sigh.
He was in the woods, which was great, just great! Injured and alone in unfamiliar territory with no clue as to how to get home or even where home was, really spectacular at that. At least his arm didn't hurt; the tingling was all he could feel at this point. It was his sore and exhausted body that gave him the urge to drop like a bag of potatoes. It felt like some huge creature had stepped on him a dozen times over. Still, his body wasn't bleeding as badly as his trunk of an arm.
Ripping away a piece of his tattered orange jacket, Naruto wrapped his wound and hoped for the best before clumsily standing.
"Hopefully he makes it out okay," Pyrrha said.
"I need to find a way out of here." He mumbled, before dragging himself out of the clearing and into the pitch-black woods ahead.
He walked and walked and stumbled and fell, took short minute-long breaks, and leaned against the impressively sized trees to recover, and then walked and walked some more, and with each step he took, with every second that passed, Naruto felt his energy return to him, until he was no longer stumbling like a drunk. Soon, he was running, his injured arm held close to his breast and his left flailing freely behind him.
The more he ran however, the more he noticed them, and they him.
Black creatures shaped like massive animals with bone white appendages sticking out of their shadowy skin and strange symbols etched onto their bodies. More and more of them began to follow him, stalking his every move. Their beady red eyes glowing in the night and filling him with a sense of dread. So far he counted nine of them in total. What were they? What drew them? Was it his blood?
"It's the Grimm," Ruby spoke as she noted the obvious.
"I don't think I can watch this any longer," Pyrrha said with sadness, she was no stranger on how this might end for the blonde.
The rest agreed, except Nora.
"Stop being a bunch of babies, he's the protagonist guys," Nora noted to everyone, "He's got plot armor and he's not bleeding as bad as he should be either, he'll be fine."
Blake blinked at that, along with the rest. Nora wasn't exactly wrong.
With that they continued to watch.
None of this makes any sense!
A light at the end of the tunnel, that's exactly what he saw in his moment of despair and all too eagerly he rushed through the bundle of vines and branches. What awaited him on the other side was an even larger clearing than the one he'd woken up in. A massive pond, or river, he wasn't quite sure, seemingly glowing in the light of the broken moon. It was a beautiful sight, and it would also prove to be his downfall. There was nowhere he could run or hide now.
Naruto had the sense to roll out of the way, crying out in pain when his left shoulder hit the ground, a black wolf flung itself at him from behind and he'd moved almost on instinct. It was fast, but it still felt slow in his mind's eye. He didn't have time to think about it though as the rest of the pack quickly followed.
"That was a good dodge," Pyrrha said as she noted the perfect timing in him rolling out.
"What I told you," Nora motioned with her hand, "The plot armor is strong in this one."
He caught himself mid-fall and seamlessly fell into another run. His chest burnt and he was tired, but he had to keep running. A loud, ear wrenching shriek from above told him to duck and seconds later birds swooped down, their claws barely grazing his head. Then from seemingly out of nowhere, a shadow burst from his right side and slammed into him. Naruto screamed and fell, fresh blood spilling from what used to be his elbow and splattering all over his torn orange pants. The blond arched his back and gripped his shoulder with his left hand, screaming all the while as the tingling jumped to a full on fire within seconds.
Team RWBY and JNPR winced at seeing the blonde in agony. They couldn't imagine the pain that he was going through.
Naruto had no time to consider his situation as a tail had wrapped itself around his leg and with a single flick tossed him with enough force to snap the tree he'd been unfortunate enough to make contact with. He spat out a glob of blood and this time, he couldn't even manage a scream. He hit the ground seconds later and only lay there, twitching and vomiting his own blood, all the while the snarls and yelps and screeches grew closer and closer.
Most of the members looked away as they saw Naruto's vomit blood.
Ruby couldn't see anymore due to Yang covering her eyes.
"Yang please, I'm fifteen," Ruby pleaded.
"Nope, this is too dark for you to see right now. You can look until I say so," Yang replied, not budging her hands one bit from her little sister's innocent eyes.
"D-Damn you, if I could fight back...I'd...slaughter...you...all..." He wheezed the words out and coughed up another bit of blood at the end before he passed out.
"At least he won't feel it," Weiss finally spoke.
"I don't think that will make a difference," Blake said.
"Quiet you two, there's still more," Nora pointed out as she continued watching.
Jonathan Sunflower was a simple man.
"Sunflower, ha!" Nora laughed at her hearts content until Ren elbowed her.
"Be respectful, Nora."
Nora replied with a raspberry.
"He has a flowered themed last name like Ruby," Weiss mentioned.
"That's right best buddy!" Ruby said cheerfully.
Weiss grumbled at that comment.
He loved his family, he loved his people, and he loved his village. They were his livelihood, his reason for waking up every morning and starting the day. As the middle-aged man made his usual rounds through the foggy streets, waving at the residents and stroking his goatee all the while, he came upon an unusual sight. In the far distance at the very edge of the town was a figure. His first instinct was to say it was the Grimm but the shadow was a little too...small. Jonathan had never seen a Grimm shorter than the average man. Any further thoughts were cut off by the figure slamming face first into the ground.
Jonathan was at his side in an instant, rolling the orange clad figure over to take a good look at his face only to realize it was a child, one who looked no older than his own. Beady brown eyes looked the blond up and down, taking note of the dried blood, torn fabric, and missing arm. The poor boy looked to be at deaths very door, waiting for his host to open up and let him inside. If he didn't do something soon he would probably—
"He's alive? How?" Pyrrha asked bewilderedly.
"Plot armor, that's how," Nora quickly answered.
"That isn't even a proper answer," Weiss argued as she crossed her arms, "Let's just see if there's a good explanation."
Nora shrugged, she still thought it was plot armor.
"H-Hey, mister..." Jonathan's eyes grew twice their size. Heavens, the boy could speak! "Mister...please..." A single hand came up and gripped his dusty brown shirt, pulling Jonathan close. "Please...feed me...I'm-I'm starving!"
"Feed me human! Or I'll eat your soul!" Nora exclaimed dramatically as the rest snickered a bit in her antics.
Then, he promptly passed out again.
. . .
Jonathan wasted no time, scooping the boy up into his arms and rushing him over to the local healer, all the while ignoring the looks on his citizens faces as he sped by. Stranger or not this was still just a boy, and in spite of the many questions and doubts running through his head, Jonathan knew what he had to do.
These were dark times they were living in, after all, humanity had to stick together.
"That is very kind of him," Pyrrha said, it made her smile when other people acted kind to one another.
Everyone nodded at that.
"Child, you should slow down or you'll choke." Naruto didn't listen, he was too preoccupied stuffing his face full of fish and rice.
"Ugh, doesn't this kid know manners," Weiss looked aghast at the pace the blonde chowed down on his food.
"What's wrong with his table manners?" Nora asked, seeing nothing wrong at the way he ate his food.
Weiss scoffed, not bothering to explain to her guest, leading Nora to be more confused.
The old woman who'd nursed his wounds and fed him sighed. "Where exactly did you say you were from again...?"
"Don't remember!" he exclaimed while slamming his third plate down and grinning. "Thank you very much for the food!"
Weiss rose a brow at seeing the character, Naruto's rather odd cheerfulness was truly optimistic, "He doesn't seem that bothered in not knowing where he comes from."
"Maybe he's hiding it," Blake mused, she read many stories were characters like him hid their worries by putting up a cheerful façade.
"Well being bothered about it won't get him anywhere," Yang pointed out. "He'll dwell on his origins when he wants to."
"And that makes it all the more exciting, I wonder if his past has some ninjas in it – Oh! Oh! – Or maybe he's a ninja!" Ruby shouted in glee, that sounded awesome!
"Your ridiculous" Weiss said unapologetically. "Ninjas? Give me a break Ruby."
Ruby frowned as she pouted cutely, ninjas sounded awesome to her and she wasn't ridiculous.
She managed a weak smile, at least he was polite. "Think nothing of it. You are after all, a guest."
"Susan, could you give us a moment?" Jonathan asked. Giving him a look, Susan sighed again and then nodded before doing as he asked. When the door behind him shut, Jonathan regarded the boy. "Now then, Naruto was it?" At the blonds enthusiastic nod he continued, "well then, do you mind answering a few questions?"
"Sure!" Naruto chirped while reaching for his fourth.
"Seriously?" Weiss let an abysmal expression grace her features at seeing the blonde going for his fourth bowl.
"Hey, a guy gotta eat what he's gotta eat," Nora said as she patted her swollen belly after devouring several stacks of pancakes much to Ren's confused shock.
"He needs to eat Weiss, he did lose an arm," Pyrrha reasoned.
That made Weiss back off, she hadn't given it much thought about the missing limb. He probably needed the energy.
Unbelievable.
"Err, very good. Tell me, do you remember your full name?"
"Mhm. It's Naruto Uzumaki."
The man nodded. "Good, and your age?"
"Uhh...thirteen, I think."
"He's a bit too short to be thirteen," Jaune noted at the young blonde's four feet and ten-inch stature.
"Maybe he's a late bloomer," Ruby quickly spoke, sounding defensive and rather insecure in the way she answered.
Blunt as ever Weiss spoke her thoughts, "Or maybe he's just that short."
Ruby grumbled at Weiss uncalled answer.
Jonathan pursed his lips at that, his eyes wandering over to the newly bandaged stump.
"And what about where you're from? Or how you came to be here? Do you remember any of that?"
"Asking all the right questions Jonathan," Nora said as film noire music played in the background, "Who is Naruto? A ninja, an alien, or maybe something more. There are so many questions, yet no answer."
Team memebers of JNPR and RWBY looked at Nora oddly as she got up and looked towards the window.
Weiss summed up the scene perfectly as she twirled her finger close to her head making the loopy-head gesture. Many agreed while Pyrrha and Ren debated on that.
Ren sighed, "Nora sit down and let's finish watching the show."
"Okay."
Naruto thought about it for a moment and then shook his head. "No, I...I can't remember much. All I know is my own name and that I woke up in the woods last night."
"And it's a miracle that your alive," Pyrrha said as others agreed.
Jonathan hummed aloud. "This is strange," He moved to the chair near the blonds bed and took a seat, "the woods are dangerous, and they're even worse at night. Do you think you could—Oh! But how silly of me! I've yet to introduce myself, I am Jonathan Sunflower, the Mayor of this humble village! It is a pleasure to meet you, Naruto." He extended a hand and waited for the blond to take it, only to realize it was his left and that Naruto didn't have a right.
"Ah! My apologies I—"
"It's okay," the boy interrupted, "I'm still getting used to it myself." Naruto grinned again and Jonathan found himself mimicking the action. If anything, the boy was bright.
Weiss blinked, the boy was rather positive despite his lost limb, "Are you sure he's putting a façade Blake?"
"I'm not sure," Blake answered in just as much surprise as Weiss.
"Either way, my apologies. As I was saying, do you think you could recall last night's events for me?"
The blond nodded once and began his tale. He spoke of waking up wounded, of being attacked and almost killed by the monsters, of falling unconscious with wounds that would have killed any other man and then waking up as if it were all just a bad dream, perfectly healed. All the while Jonathan fought back a growing sense of dread at Naruto's every word. The boy spoke of the Grimm, and they were a very real and dangerous thing, one alone was a death sentence let alone nine.
Whatever that feeling was last night wasn't just a figment of his imagination.
"...and that's that. I woke up and made my way over here, but during the way all of my adrenaline wore off and I felt super tired and super hungry." Naruto finished his recollection of last night's events.
"I can see that!" Jonathan said, smiling as he motioned to the numerous stacks of plates and bowls. The blond had the decency to look embarrassed. "It's no trouble of course so don't feel bad. We are happy to know we could help. Although, what you've just told me is rather worrisome. Susan said you took quite the blow to the head by all the blood, but there was no actual wound. I'm sure you have amnesia, but I don't know how bad. Perhaps we can jolt your memory with words..." the man trailed off, practically rambling to himself by the end of it while simultaneously stroking his goatee. "Yes, yes! I'm sure this might work, tell me Naruto, do you remember the name of those monsters from last night?"
The blond made a face and then shook his head no.
"Nope."
"The Grimm."
"...The what?"
Many of the members – Except Nora, who was looking rather giddy – were now looking at Naruto oddly. They noted that his confusion wasn't an act.
"The Grimm my boy, that is what they are called. Monsters that are attracted to anger and hate, jealousy and fear, and all negative feelings! That prey on humanity! The Grimm!" He loomed over the blond and spread his fingers like they were claws. Naruto could only deadpan in response.
"Still not ringing any bells here, old man."
"Wow his amnesia must be very bad if he doesn't know about Grimm," Jaune spoke.
"Maybe he's an alien," Nora added with smile.
"Doubt it," Jaune replied quickly.
Nora laughed, "If I'm right then your Lien is mine."
"You're on! If you put up yours," The leader of team JNPR took the challenged.
"Deal," the wielder of Magnhild said as she flashed her Lien for Jaune to see, Sucker.
Ren and Pyrrha sighed at this.
"Gah! The nerve of you child! I am not that old!" Jonathan scowled.
"Sorry, sorry." By now he was fighting back a fit of giggles, the man wasn't very inclined to believe him.
Withholding a sigh, Jonathan crossed his arms and leaned back into his chair, taking a moment to think. "Hmm, tell me Naruto, do you know of Remnant? Of Sanus? Do you remember any of this?"
Naruto shook his head again, this time with a frown tugging the corners of his lips down. He seemed genuinely frustrated, the boy wasn't faking it that was for sure.
"I find that weird," Yang said to the group, "there's no way he can't forget something as important as the Grimm."
"Your right it is concerning," Pyrrha agreed with the Dual Ranged Shot Gauntlets wielder.
"Makes him a bit interesting," Blake added her thoughts.
"Well Blake I guess you aren't wrong," Weiss said as the blonde boy peaked her curiosity, who is he exactly?
"Makes it exciting," Ruby quipped with a smile.
"Odd, just how hard did you hit your head?"
The blond shrugged. "Who knows, maybe I fell out of the sky?" he joked,
The group laughed.
the frown gone as quickly as it came.
Then it died.
In that instant, a massive headache split his skull in half. The blond gripped his head, pulling at his hairs, and hunched over on the bed while fighting back a scream. White flashes, a lot pain, and then split-second images that danced before his tightly shut eyes. Everything was blue and he could feel the wind all around him, and...he was falling, and falling, and falling for what felt like an eternity. The last thing he could really remember was thinking how nice it felt to fly, then everything went dark he could see or feel no more.
The group looked worried at Naruto's state.
His sudden mood swing of emotions took them by surprise.
Seeing his flashback through his eyes. Noting the considerable height on how high he was up in the sky.
No one spoke as they continued to watch the event unfold.
When the headache finally went away, Naruto blinked and whispered two words.
"Holy shit..."
"Language," Pyrrha frowned at young Naruto's colorful vocabulary, breaking the silence of the group.
"Give him the soap to wash his dirty mouth Pyrrha," Ruby cheered as Pyrrha agreed.
She will wash that mouth clean.
Yang chuckled at the scene while the rest gave small smiles at the redheaded duos antics.
Jonathan was about ready to scold the blond for his use of language when he turned widened eyes to him and spoke.
"I actually fell out of the sky."
"How?!" Weiss questioned in disbelief as much as everyone, "Even if he did fell, there's no way he could've survived the fall."
"But he did," Ruby said to Weiss.
"I know Ruby, it's just weird that his skull hadn't split from the fall," Weiss said in annoyance.
"He was bleeding from the back of his head but there was no wound," Blake keenly remembered from Jonathan's words.
"Aura can heal you, but wounds like those would've needed medical attention," Pyrrha voiced in.
"But he's all right, maybe Naruto has a semblance that can heal him, a healing factor if I may add," Jaune shared his theory with the rest of his friend.
Many found the theory plausible. It sure did explain why he didn't die from his injuries.
"Maybe he's an alien with mystical ninja powers," Nora added her own theory.
"C'mon Nora."
"Nora please. . ."
"Please stop embarrassing me."
"Let's be realistic here."
"Would you please cut it out."
"I think that sounds cool."
"Let's not get crazy about this lil sis."
Hearing the complaints, Nora grumbled, "You guys suck, I'm only joking."
Ruby was disappointed to hear that while the rest sighed.
"Hey look the screen went back to static," Nora pointed out as the rest noticed.
Soon the screen dyed to black once again.
Many were expecting to hear the creepy narrator voice but instead to their surprise a name they never heard before popped up in bold letters.
Story by Reain
Song: [KY0UMI/CDanielART] - Amnesia - Zoetrope (ENGLISH)
A soothing females voice began to sing, catching many off-guard.
[Like fragments of a dream fallen apart]
The members of team RWBY and JNPR soon saw Naruto appear in the background of the music. His back only shown before them.
[I've lost final pieces of my fragile heart]
Then suddenly a flicker of ethereal blue flames began to emerge form Naruto's body slowly.
[I don't know how I'll find myself but still I have to try]
The azure flames began to grow and flickered more violently, engulfing Naruto in the process. Oddly he did not seem harmed or in pain.
[Till I reach the end of this rainbow-colored sky]
Naruto turned his head back, his blue eyes shining with determination as the blue flames soon engulfed the screen, leaving a white screen.
Remants of Who You Are
[Running of a flame that's fading]
Naruto stood in the center of blank field, as his aura-like flames faded away. He looked up and closed his eyes in thought.
[Trapped inside of distant daydream]
Team RWBY appeared, there weapons aimed and ready as they posed. Highlighting them in different angles.
[On a road that is ever changing]
Team JNPR appears in formation. Posing next to team RWBY
[Still I know I must go]
Ruby broke from her formation as she saw a crow flew in the distance of the sky. Qrow Branwen appeared and smiled as he attacked with his weapon, changing the scene in process.
[Now I'm feeling my heart beat faster]
Naruto memories flashed of him fighting a person with a white mask. Their battle intense and heavy as the blood stained on the floor
[Pushing forward and pulling backward]
The scene changed of Naruto fighting another opponent, a beast of some kind. Large and made of sand, he ran fearlessly into the eye of the storm, headbutting a red-haired kid, their blood dripping freely.
[Take control and save my sorry soul]
Naruto's dream sequence was interrupted as a large horde of Grimm then surrounded him. He growled as he was about to fight but team RWBY and JNPR dropped from the skies and pushed them away, coming to his aid.
[And make me whole]
Naruto smiled as joined his friends in the fray. They soon made work of the Grimm.
[Silence my fear]
Roman Torchwick appeared with a dust crystal at hand with members of the White Fang at his side.
[Take me from here]
Naruto looked at team RWBY and JNPR, sharing the same idea, they soon attacked him and his army. The scene faded out and changed.
[As I slowly piece together everything I've seen]
Naruto stood in front of Beacon Academy and made eye contact with Ozpin, Glynda standing at his side.
[In this never-ending dream]
Naruto closed his eyes and turned his back and walked away, passing team RWBY and JNPR.
[I am trying to break free]
He caught Cinder walk slowly pass him. She smiled at him as she walked away with her teammates behind.
[From this carousel of]
Naruto looked back to see Cinder but he was once again back in the blank field. He looked up and saw his memories.
[Memories that aren't even really what they seem]
His memories flashed in shattered mirror fragments. Seeing himself in an intense battle with dark haired kid that wielded lightning at his hand. He frowned at the image, his eye color starting to change.
[Spinning fast and around me]
He found himself clutching his head in pain as his ethereal blue flames burst from his body and then soon dyed into red and dark sinister colors.
[Until I find the one that finally sets me free]
Naruto's features soon took a sudden change into a more feral appearance even by Faunus standards. He looked up to his memories with his bright red eyes and gave a roaring howl as silhouette of a demonic beast appeared behind him, roaring alongside him.
Everyone was speechless as the song ended. They had so many questions but couldn't answer any of them.
Ruby was the most silent of the all, never moving from her spot. After processing at what she had witnessed, Ruby's face was attacked with a multitude of emotions and the only way she could express it was through a loud and piercing squee.
Everyone around her soon covered their ears.
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You know I could've finished this chapter pretty quickly but due to me being me, I got distracted. Heck I could've finished it yesterday at an early time but I got distracted by the new episodes of RWBY and Team Four Star, Dende was the best part. Then Reain posted the third chapter of Remnants of Who You Are and it left me finishing this fic around 8 or so, but I felt it needed more and decided to add an opening song. At first I wasn't going to do it because I wanted to keep this for myself and maybe for my fic but I was like fuck it and did it anyway. I'm not even sure if I'm ever going to post that fic I want to write anyway.
This for my friend Reain, he's a good fanfic wirter and you should really check out his other works, especially his Highschool of the Dead x Naruto fic Through the Eyes of. I did some fanart for the guy as well so check that out also.
As you probably already know (If you looked up the song) the song is an anime opening that is originally sung in Japanese but the one I showed was the English fan cover by KY0UMI. She has lot more dub covers of other anime openings as well so check her out if you want. Believe it or not there has been a lot of English covers of anime openings and endings on YouTube, there's even some Naruto English covers, some are good and some are not so (But they try). If you like to check these people out and subscribe to them uh let's see, Y. Chang, Pellek, Sapphire, LeeandLie, and JorporXx. Oh and there's also this guy called Black Rage Infinity doing an event called Naruvember, trying to cover as many Naruto openings and endings as possible, some are pretty good if you asked me while some are okay.
Also, expect the next reading chapter to come on the next eclipse. . . . . . bye!
P.S. If you want to read more of my work then check my profile and also I promise to make the next chapter funnier.