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"Don't give up! Don't surrender to your exhaustion! Our hopes for a better Menagerie are within our grasp!"

Naruto's shouts to the many Faunus and Bandits who were standing before him resounded through everywhere. Naruto stood taller than before, now nearly 6 feet tall in height, with a smaller change in outfit. He now wore his own version of his father's jacket, made to fit his size so that his father's coat could be retired with honor. He still wore bandages around his revealed stomach, but now he had them on his fists and wrists as well. The scarf around his neck was now black, and the size of the scarf was decreased, but it still had his red spiral on it.

Blake was standing nearby with a scroll pointed at him, broadcasting what he was saying to all of the Faunus and Bandits scattered across the desert landscapes of Menagerie.

It had been almost 2 years since he had become the Chief of Menagerie.

'So much has changed since...' Blake trailed off as she looked towards the tall windmills in the distance. She could see both the Solar Plants and Wind Turbines in the distance, the completed projects that reduced Menagerie's need for Dust to practically zero. The plants were producing enough clean power for the entire island, and the steam coming from the solar thermal plants actually helped to slightly increase the amount of rain.

Then there were the water purification plants that were coverting sea water into fresh water, and recycling their used water into clean water once more.

"YES!"

Menagerie had taken massive steps for improvement, though the island was still mostly desert, life had vastly improved. They had expanded their territory into the desert with the help of the bandits, and they had conquered over half of the desert. Having taken the lands from the grimm roaming them, they built a wall that seperated the desert they had conquered from the desert that had the most dangerous grimm.

"Then GO!" Naruto shouted as he raised his fist up.

Bandits and faunus groups who were skilled with dust, at the moment, were currently scattered across the desert lands they had taken. They all placed the blue and brown dust crystals in their hands against the sands of the deserts. They all channeled their aura into the dust crystals they had in the sand, and water shot down into the sand, while the sands themselves were coverted from sand into more solid soil. Blake could feel the air cool down slightly as the soil spread out far and wide, the group of 20 bandits and 30 faunus having used enough dust to change close to a mile of sand in to fertile soil.

Naruto's current plan for Menagerie.

Transforming the desert into a forest, the sand into fertile growing land, and making land that could be used for more comfortable housing.

Blake watched as even the land beyond what their group was doing started to transform, since Naruto had close to 10 groups of people scattered across the desert all following his orders. Blake looked at the very wet soil at her feet, the water dust having soaked into the soil already.

"We just need to do this 5 more times, and this desert will be completely converted." Naruto grinned when he looked out into the distance. There was so much desert, that even with the massive amount of land converted, it would be awhile before they fully changed everything they had into something better. He looked at the men and women gathered who were helping, and saw they were all completely exhausted of their stamina, and he knew they were done for the day.

Emerald came up from behind Naruto.

Blake gave her a glance.

"The Fish Faunus have good news, they finished building the underwater defense system you asked for." Emerald told Naruto, and he gave a laugh of victory.

That was great.

Menagerie didn't have the natural borders of the kingdoms, so they had to make their own instead. The wall that seperated them from the part of the desert that was too dangerous for the normal soldier had cannons and wall mounted guns ready to take down any grimm that got to close, with faunus who had been trained to use them being stationed at the walls. The ocean contained several underwater buildings that served as alert systems for any large aquatic grimm, with several automatic defense systems that were gifted with them from Vale when asked for them.

"All of you did great work, please take the week off, recover and relax with your loved ones. Now it's the farmers turn to begin cultivating this area." Naruto called out to his people.

The ones in front of him prepped the land, the farmers then used the land and made sure that the plants would take to them. They were importing trees from Vale by sea, trees with strong roots that would take to the soil. It was very costly, and so were the grass seeds that were being shipped from Vale, but if they could turn half of Menagerie into a lush forest, they would have so much more land to work with.

"Also, there is news about the rogue White Fang splinter. We've captured several of them, and we're getting closer to finding Adam." Emerald noted for him.

Ironic, that the girl who used to be a thief, had become one of Menagerie's the current Chief of Police.

To reduce his workload, Naruto had assigned several of his most trusted people into important positions.

Emerald, Chief of Police.
Raven, Head of Defense.
Sienna, Headmaster of Venery Academy.

Who better to find criminals, than a criminal? Who better to defend the nation from grimm, than somebody who spent years leading her people through grimm infested territory? Finally, there was nobody better to train the next generation of Menagerie Huntsmen, then somebody who had trained her entire life to fight for Menagerie?

"Good, he's been on the run for too long. Now, come on Blake." Naruto saw a Bullhead lower a rope down to them. He grabbed onto it, and held his hand out for Blake. He would leave Emerald to watch over the safe return of the people. His sister grabbed his hand, and the Bullhead started to fly off towards the the main area of Menagerie. Naruto looked down as they flew around quickly, and gazed with pride.

The evolution of life had been quick for them, and not without sacrifice by the people of Menagerie, but now so much had improved.

Menagerie was truly it's own country now.

Those without jobs were finding jobs by becoming wall defense, or joining the farming league for those who were dedicated to growing the crops and helping the desert terraforming. The island was a lot less cramped now that space had been successfully divided for certain purposes.

"So much desert is..." Blake saw miles of land in the desert truly had been transformed. The creative use of the few dust crystals that they did have, now that they relied on different sources of power, had ended up allowing for such a great change to their island. It would only be a matter of time before half of the island was transformed into usable land. "Naruto, there is something I want to talk with you about." Blake brought up as they dangled in the air by the rope Naruto was holding.

"Shoot."

"... I want to become a huntress." Blake said it as she looked up at him.

When they got to main Menagerie, Naruto let go of the rope and dropped both of them to the ground, landing on their feet. He glanced back at Blake with a raised eyebrow.

"Sure, but I'm going to make sure you are treated like any other student. Being the chief's sister won't mean anything for you." Naruto told her with a firm nod, a serious grin across his lips. He was going to tell all of the other teachers at their new academy, it only opened up merely a month ago, that his sister would be attending the academy. "I've been meaning to recruit some talented people anyway. Now that I'm not so busy, I was going to find students for the school." Naruto wanted both humans and faunus to attend the academy.

He even wanted to invite teenagers from other kingdoms to join the school, those who caught his eye, were well known, or those that Raven suggested to him.

"You're okay with it...?" Blake was confused.

"It's what you want to do, so I'll support you. Just get strong enough so that you don't die. You've been done with rehab for awhile, and you've improved enough to make it into the academy. A leader can't just be peaceful, they have to have the strength to protect their people... one day I'm giving you the White Fang. You need to get stronger than you are now." Naruto told her as they walked together. Naruto grinned and pick an apple off of the stand of a fruit vender.

They were able to grow crops so much easier now than before, they actually had their own fruit crops, and the prices of foods had decreased. Now that they didn't need to import all of their foods, the venders could sell everything at a lower price.

Blake took a lien from her pocket and placed it on the counter as she walked by.

'Just like when we were younger.' Blake thought, remembering the times Naruto did what he just did when they were growing up. Of course, he always had her with him to pay for what he took, and he never got anything really expensive either. "You're really okay with this... You're not going to be- OW!" Blake shouted when she was bopped on the head.

Not by Naruto.

"Sup." Naruto greeted the person who gave his stubborn sister a bop.

"Speaking of talented people, I gotten a list of a few people who you might want to see about recruiting, oh dear fiance of mine." Raven spoke with a cocky smirk on her face as she walked in broad daylight, amongst the citizens of Menagerie.

The bandits, thanks to their efforts in expanding the borders, had become more trusted than they were when they first arrived. It was a shaky trust, and they were on thin ice, but they were being accepted as Menagerie citizens at the moment.

"Raven." Blake spoke with extreme bitterness.

Blake had not accepted Raven, even knowing her for well over a year, and the chances were that she would never accept her.

"Let me guess, this list has a lot of... talented people with a penchant for trouble... like your daughter." Naruto mentioned with a knowing look.

Raven snorted.

"I don't care about her... at all. Now that I'm part of Menagerie, and no longer the leader of my tribe, I'll help bring powerful warriors to protect this place. My daughter will become strong. She shares my blood after all." Raven turned her nose up in arrogance. Of course, Naruto could see it was just a front. He had spent enough time with his still wife-to-be, the wedding date had yet to be set, and he had learned many of her unique mannerisms.

'Whore, get away from my brother.'

Blake didn't like Raven.

"Just leave it on my desk, I promised Lil'Ghira that I would take him fishing today. He's been begging me, and I have some free time." Naruto mentioned with a grin.

Blake smiled.

Their little brother, named after their father, would be turning 2 years old in a few months. Just like herself, the little boy idolized their big brother to a fault. She loved their little brother, and how much he reminded her of their father. Though, his personality had taken after Naruto and Kali, having a very playful side to him.

Raven snorted, but nodded.

"Fine, I want you to visit me tonight though. We have a lot to talk about." Raven hinted to him as she turned to leave.

Leave by transforming into a bird and flying away.

Naruto could never get used to the way she would just transform into a raven and fly off like it was nothing.

"I don't like her."

"You don't like any girl I talk to." Naruto deadpanned at her, knowing full well that everytime he talked with any female, she (Blake) glares at them.

He feared she might be a brocon.

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