Opzin sighed as the Bullhead shuddered. A dim red light filled the cabin of the transport craft, cold grey walls with a row of black seats sat opposite of him. Ozpin was a tall man, dressed in a black vest, a pair of black trousers, a black overcoat with green trimming. On top of all that black was a green scarf with a simple cross mounted on the front. He ran a hand through his grey hair, tousling it further.

Listening to the patter of rain, Ozpin peered out the window opposite of him. Seeing nothing more than inky black clouds past all the rain, with the occasional flash of lightning. The aircraft shuddered again as Opzin stood, making his way to the cockpit. He muttered a greeting to the pilot as he took a seat in the copilot's spot. Ozpin glanced at the pilot and the various instruments and dials, not really able to make heads or tails of most of it.

"How much longer until the storm passes?" Opzin asked

The Pilot glanced down at the instrument panels and pressed a few buttons. One of the many displays pulled up a series of green concentric circles, eight in total, that contrasted greatly on the black background. A green line appeared and began to spin clockwise, lighting up the screen with different green color blobs.

Ozpin studied it for a moment before noticing a bright green dot blinking in between the fifth and sixth circles in the top left of the screen.

The pilot pointed at the dot, "We're almost out of the worst of the storm, another ten or so minutes, sir."

Ozpin hummed as he glanced out the windscreen, past all the rain, spotting a spherical blue flame in the distance. He panned left, spotting a second one about the same distance away as the first.

"And what of our...escorts?"

"Two more showed up about twenty minutes ago, and have taken a position on our flanks. But, there's something...odd going on sir."

Ozpin quirked a brow "Odd? How so?"

The pilot pointed at one of the displays, this one also with concentric circles. In the center of it sat an outline of the Bullhead, flanked on both sides by blurred triangles. In front of the Bullheads' outline were two tiny blurs, with no definite shape to them.

"My scanners picked the two newcomers up from nearly two miles away."

Ozpin gave him a blank look, not well-versed in tracking technology.

The pilot noticed the look and further clarified:

"Bullhead scanners are designed to locate and track everything that flies with clear and precise data. I can track a Nevermore the size of a hawk up to nearly five kilometers. Other Bullheads at nearly fifteen kilometers."

Ozpins' eye narrowed in realization. He should've been able to track these aircraft from much further out.

"That's not all." The Pilot continued "My scanners are telling me that our first two friends are the size of a small bird. Which means that even if I wanted to get a solid lock on them, I wouldn't be able to."

"...Could it be the storm?" Ozpin questioned.

"Possibly, but my scanners are a mixture of radar, lidar, and sonar. And most of my data is coming from lidar and sonar sensors."

"I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I'm not familiar with those terms."

The pilot took a moment to gather his thoughts.

"Lidar, at least in this form, is just a laser range finder. As for sonar...well, I can hear them."

"Hear them?" Ozpin echoed.

The pilot nodded.

"And how do you hear them?"

The pilot grimaced. "How about I just show you."

He reached for the overhead control panel and flipped a switch. Almost instantly the cockpit was filled with the sound of the storm outside, accompanied by a strange noise. It sounded like a dull roar mixed with a high pitched screech.

"The best way I can describe the noise is as if someone put some ball bearings in a stainless steel cup and began to spin it around. Amplified to a much larger factor. Gave me quite the headache when I first heard it too."

The pilot flipped the switch again and the noise was cut off.

"That's just passive sonar, if I were using active I would be pinging my own sound of them and listen to them. Using passive sonar I can get a bearing and use my lidar to get a range down. What you're seeing on my display is the radar portion. That is what is odd because I am able to get sonar and lidar tracking, but radar is not able to get an accurate lock on the first two at all. They're clearly larger than a small bird."

When he didn't get a response the pilot looked over to see Ozpin deep in thought. He shrugged and went back to monitoring his flight all while keeping an eye on his escorts and his radar display.

"What do I owe this visit to Qrow?"

Ozpin gazed at the man seated at his desk, studying him. Qrow was an interesting individual, with brownish-red eyes, slicked black hair and some stubble on his chin. He was quite the looker, using his attractive features to drag information out of women and force to get it out of men. He had a grey and white long sleeve shirt, sleeves rolled to his elbows, and a black collar with a red waist-length cape. Currently, his black dress shoes were propped up on his desk with a flask of alcohol to his lips. He looked stressed, tense and eyes darting around despite his laid back mannerism.

"Have you no respect Qrow?" An exasperated female voice spoke up. Ozpin looked to his right to see his deputy headmaster standing there. Green eyes gazed out from underneath blonde hair at his guest with apathy. Wearing a white blouse with black leggings, a pair of black knee length boots on her feet. A black cape with a purple interior sat on her shoulders, a riding crop in her hand. Her hand pushed her glasses back up her nose. Glynda Goodwitch was her name, and she looks every part of a witch.

Qrow made to retort but Ozpin cut him off.

"Now Glynda, don't you have classes to attend soon?"

A blonde eyebrow rose "Of course Headmaster."

She cast one last glare at Qrow before making her way to the elevator. Both men listened for the door to shut. Ozpin gave Qrow and expectant look, watching at the crow-themed man seem to transform from relaxed to sharp. Ozpin repeated his earlier statement.

"What do I owe this visit to Qrow?"

"Well, Aiden sends its regards." Qrow grinned.

"Aiden? I don't recall encountering someone with that particular name."

"Because it's not a person Ozz, its a place."

Ozpin sent him a curious look.

"You remember that one continent that no one ever seems to remember exists? Ya know, the one where the top half is shaped like a friggin' dragon? Called Eden?"

Ozpin seemed perplexed.

"Of course, its the potential origin spot of the Creatures of Grimm. Thought to be uninhabitable."

"Yeah well, it is very much inhabited."

Ozpins' eyes sharpened "Explain."

Qrow grinned "Aiden is the name of the country that occupies Eden. And it's friggin huge and damn powerful."

"You said country, not kingdom?"

"Of course, it's much larger."

"And why have we not known about this Aiden before now?"

Qrow leaned forward "Because what the Grimm don't kill, they do. Something about secrecy and politics and all that."

Ozpin leaned back "This is quite the discovery you've made. Care to tell how you know so much, Qrow?"

Qrow shrugged "Because I was captured."

Ozpin stared at him.

"It was fortunate that I wasn't captured a day earlier, probably would've been executed."

Ozpin stared harder. "And why is that Qrow?"

He fished around his pockets, eventually pulling his scroll out. He tapped a few things on it before Ozpins' scroll dinged.

"Because of that."

Curiously, Ozpin tapped his desk a few times, a hologram popping up. An image showed on the screen.

It was a massive Creature of Grimm, easily a hundred meters tall. It had a pair of black wings with claw-like hands about halfway down the limb. A massive black head with an even larger pointed beak. The trailing edge of the wings seemed to be on fire. Finally, the eyes were enormous, a large reddish-yellow pupil with the white sclera.

Ozpin stared at the eyes that seemed to be glaring at something off camera. Those were not like the rest of the Creatures of Grimm. Those eyes have intelligence that not even the most ancient of Grimm has. Those eyes were human eyes.

"It's a video Ozz." Qrows' voice cut through his thoughts.

Humming, Ozpin tapped the now known video.

The massive Grimm flapped its wings, sending shockwaves through the city below. Small black and blue silhouettes flashed by the Grimm before trails of light and smoke slammed into the Grimm.

It screeched and flapped its wings, attempting to stay in the sky as explosions rocked its body.

Several more trails of light and smoke flew into the creatures' wings, sending it tumbling down as they exploded.

The creature crashed down in the city below, growling lowly. Its eyes glaring at its attackers, a yellow glow appearing in its eyes.

Suddenly a bright purple light shone to the right, the camera quickly panning towards it.

A massive warship, dark grey in color floated in the air. Its front section was split in two, and upper and lower. The purple glow was emanating from the front of the upper half. A huge purple beam shot forth from the ship, the camera panning back to the Grimm as the beam slammed into it, pushing back and into a hill before it detonated. A final cry came from the creature before it ceased to exist.

Ozpin sat back in his chair staring at the screen, his mind reeling with what he just watched.

"They called it Rodan, the fire demon."

Ozpin snapped back into reality, staring at Qrow. The bastard was grinning.

"Rodan came from a dormant volcano, they believe some seismic activity woke it up. It popped out and started laying waste to the city in the video. It took less than five minutes before a response team was there. Those little black and blue dots, combat aircraft to distract it from laying further waste to Dresden."

"Dresden?"

"The city Ozz."

"I see." Ozpin paused "How long did it take for that warship to get there?"

"Well, seeing how Dresden isn't that far from a major military installation, about twenty minutes."

"And how do you know that?"

"Because I was captured about three hours after I took that video."

"I see…"

The two fell into silence, one thinking, one grinning.

"Qrow, if you were captured, then how are you here?"

"That's because they let me go."

"Were you interrogated?"

"Honestly? Not really. They asked me some basic questions: Who are you; Why are you here; Who sent you. I answered honestly, and I got to talk to some hotshot admiral. After that, I was released, told to 'check-in' with some dude every couple of hours, explore the city they brought me too. Had to talk to some more bigshots: generals, admirals, governors, and their Senate."

Ozpin sighed "Did you escape?"

Qrow smirked "Nope."

Ozpin blinked "Nope?"

Qrow confirmed "Nope."

"Nope as in…"

"Nope as in they told me to give you this."

Qrow dug an envelope out from somewhere, it was crumbled a little but still in good condition. He handed it to Opzin.

"With this" Qrow grinned "is our victory."

Opzin blinked as he came out of his memory. Looking around he saw that the rain had stopped, and the clouds were getting lighter and thinner.

Remembering his escorts he looked right and saw it.

It was much larger than the Bullhead he was on, black in color and aerodynamically shaped. Its nose was pointed before it flared out into the rest of the aircraft, a bubble canopy about a fifth of the way behind the nose. A strange triangular shape started just underneath the canopy before disappearing into the rest of the aircraft. A pair of enormous wings took up a large portion of its surface area, with the back section of the wings looking like they were capable of movement. A pair of smaller wings sat in the very back of the aircraft, twitching minutely to keep the aircraft level. And on top of it stood two tall vertical wings, starting at the end of the first set of wings. Blinking lights, both green and red were scattered around the aircraft. Two tunnels of blue flame stretched out the back of the aircraft, apparently propelling it forward.

It suddenly banked away from the bullhead, exposing the underbelly. An underbelly armed to the teeth with a bunch of pointy weapons. Ozpin counted nearly two dozen missiles before it disappeared into the clouds.

He turned to look at the pilot but saw that his eyes were wide with surprise and mouth ajar. Curious to see what had the pilot in a state of shock, Ozpin looked forward. His eyes widen in surprise, staring at the massive black shape. His eyes spied the white lettering on the side of the hulking vessel:

Primo Victoria

"Well...it certainly is larger in person."

*-* "All warfare is based on deception" *-*

Hey guys and girls, Broadside here. I've been thinking this fic up for some time now, and it took me a few tries to get the Introduction correct. Anywho, you'll have to wait for further chapters to come out for more info, but I'll give some simple info:

Naruto is 20 in this fic, the pairing will probably be with Blake -it won't be overpowering, just some added flavor- I'll lay a foundation for that in the future chapters but it's not going to be immediate or abrupt.

Jaune won't be at Beacon, at least not how you think he will be.

Teams are going to be different.

The plot will correlate, the main points will stay, just not as you think it will. The addition of another faction will really throw Cinder off, Salem...not so much. She's known of Aiden, as made apparent by Rodan.

Yes, there will be Titans/Kaiju and the Tailed Beasts in this.

Chakra won't really be a thing, but jutsu will be.

Kurama won't be sealed in Naruto, but they will be connected in another fashion.

The Hidden Villages won't be "Hidden" but will be Military Installations.

The Aircraft described by Ozpin is the F-15X, or as known in this fic as AF-115F EAGLE

I will be using modern weapons and technology. The bird sized blips is a particular stealth aircraft, you've probably already guessed it.

Primo Victoria is named after the song by Sabaton, the meaning of it will be made known later, and the general shape of it is a Paris Class Heavy Frigate in Halo, but for my purposes, it is an Air Battlecruiser.

I will be using the Marine Corps rank structure, as I am already intimately familiar with it.

ANYWHO, thanks for reading and stay tuned for more updates!

~Broadside