Authors Note: So, this has been in my head for a while, and I figured I'd give it a shot.

This is not a Harem or a threesome. I'm either pairing Naruto with Ruby or Weiss, I haven't decided yet.

I don't own the rights to Naruto or RWBY.

Naruto leaned against a random tree, panting heavily. Despite being near collapse, he was happy. He'd just defeated Pein, a man not even Jiraiya, bless his perverted soul, could beat. He'd even managed to convince him to revive everyone he'd killed in the village.

His musings were cut short by a childish voice. "You've been a bad boy!" Naruto's head shot up. He recognized that voice. "So Tobi has to punish you now, because Tobi is a good boy!" Tobi walked out from the shadows, revealing himself to Naruto. Along wiht the traditional Akatsuki cloak, the man also concealed his face with an orange spiral mask, only revealing a single Sharingan eye.

"Why do you *pant* act like that? I know that *pant* it's just an act." Naruto asked, still leaning on the tree. However, his trembling seaced as he strove to become still.

"Because it's fun." Tobi said, though his voice had had completely changed, becoming deep and ominous. "But then, I suppose the time for fun is past."

"What a shame. I guess you've got to leave then." Naruto's voice was now steady voice, and he had successfully forced his body to be completely still, despite his exhaustion.

Tobi chuckled dryly. "I'm afraid not. You see, you just turned my favorite puppet against me. And I don't like that."

"Was that all he was to you?! A puppet!" Naruto somehow growled without moving his mouth. He couldn't afford to. As drained as he was, Naruto knew he needed Sage-Mode if he was to have any hope of escape. Unfortunately, with his remaining reserves, this was stupidly dangerous. Then again, he'd never let that stop him before.

"Well, not a very good one. He did betray me after all." Tobi said glibly. "It hardly matters now. Assuming my young friend succeeded, you're the last Jinchuriki I need."

'Just a little longer. I'm almost there… Is that Kakashi?' On the heels of Naruto's thoughts, the man himself arrived and charging Tobi with a Raikiri.

"Really Kakashi." The masked man berated as he let the attack pass through him before whipping around to deliver a devastating blow to his back. "You must know that attack is much too loud to surprise anyone." Tobi didn't give Kakashi time to counter and flashed over to place a hand on Naruto. "I'll see you soon." He said, activating his Kamui.

At that moment, Naruto finally entered Sage-Mode and wrenched himself from Tobi's grip. Now, the Dimensional-Warp had already begun, and as such he was temporarily uprooted from his reality. Given a quarter of a quarter of a second, his body would have snapped to the nearest plane of existence, namely the Elemental Nations. But, against all odds, someone, or something, took advantage of this small fraction of time. A circle of Runic symbols flared into existence at his feet and enveloped him in a blinding light. The, quick as it had arrived, it vanished, taking Naruto with it.

Weiss mentally cursed Ruby for abandoning her. Sure, the girl had some talent, but she way too reckless. Case and point, she'd somehow convinced her to hitch a ride on a Nevermore. What's worse, she'd jumped off, leaving Weiss to fend for herself.

"How could you leave me!?" She yelled at Ruby as she clung desperately to the Nevermore's talon. Somehow, Ruby had made it to the others, not that it helped her much.

"I said jump!" Ruby called.

"And that makes all the difference." She mumbled sarcastically. The nevermore violently shook its talon, and suddenly Weiss was falling. If she had been thinking clearly, she would probably have used her semblance to create a platform or something. Instead, in the grips of panic, she instinctively cast a glyph she'd never used before: A summoning glyph. Even though it was slightly different than the one she saw Winter use, Weiss recognized it immediately. She cast her mind out, trying to focus on bringing something that might save her. For some reason, the ridiculous thought of a giant frog leaping to catch her midair flashed through her mind. Her snort of amusement was interrupted as the glyph glowed brightly.

'I swear to God, if I die because I just summoned a stupid FROG-' Only, when the light faded, it wasn't a frog. Instead, a blonde teen appeared beside her.

He blinked at her with strange yellow eyes, then looked down at the rapidly approaching ground. "OH, COME ON!" He shouted in frustration. Faster than Weiss could react, the boy grabbed her and rotated, positioning himself beneath her. She froze at his touch, but before she could yell at him, they hit the ground.

Weiss's landing was relatively painless. Between her aura and the boy-! "Dust! Are you ok!?" She asked as she hurriedly jumped off him. She'd worry about how she'd summoned him later, right now she had to make sure he wasn't hurt. He did just use himself as her airbag, after all.

He surprised her by casually hopping to his feet. "Yep! It's going to take more than that to keep me down!" The grin he gave was so full of life that Weiss couldn't help but return it with a small smile of her own. She took the time to study his face. He was actually quite good looking, with his wild blonde hair and exotic whisker marks. But it was his eyes that drew her attention. The orange pigmentation surrounding them, combined with his yellow irises and horizontal pupils, gave his gaze an intense quality, as if he could learn everything about her with just a look.

Weiss was about to introduce herself when a resounding bang broke through the clearing. "That idiot!" She exclaimed when she saw her partner foolishly charge a Death-Stalker. Ruby was, predictably, tossed aside by the monster.

"What is that!?" The boy asked in shock.

"A Death-Stalker." She replied grimly as Ruby ran away from it. Overhead, piercing shriek sounded. "Oh dust." Weiss cursed as the returning Nevermore launched a volley of giant feathers, pinning her partner by her cloak. Knowing that she had little time, the heiress rushed towards Ruby, casting glyphs to increase her speed. Weiss reached her moments from disaster and stabbed Myrtenaster into the ground, the ice dust causing a frozen barrier to surge forward and catch the stinger, inches from Ruby's face.

"You are so childish!" She berated the girl.

"Weiss…?" Ruby asked from her position on the ground.

"And dimwitted, and hyperactive, and don't even get me started on you're fighting style. And I suppose… I can be a bit… difficult." As she spoke, she approached the downed girl and leaned over. "But if we're going to do this, we're going to have to do this together. So if you quit trying to show off, I'll be… nicer."

She leaned away, allowing Ruby to speak. "I'm not trying to show off. I want you to know I can do this."

For the first time, Weiss gave her a small, but genuine, smile. "You're fine." She was about to walk off when a voice stopped her.

"Are we just going to leave this thing here?" The whiskered teen, whom she still didn't have a name for, asked from beside her. "I mean, that ice isn't going to hold forever."

"There's no point." She stated in a dismissive tone. "By the time it melts, we'll have gotten our objective and be long gone."

"If you say so." He shrugged, before asking, "What is the objective?"

"What, did you hit your head playing hero?" They turned to face the new speaker. It was that busty blonde girl. Weiss is pretty sure she heard Ruby call her Yang "Ozpin said we need to get the relics," She held up a golden horse piece, "And get back to the cliffs."

The boy nodded, though it was clear he was still confused. "… and Ozpin is?"

"Wait, seriously?" Yang asked.

"He isn't exactly a student." Weiss interjected.

"Then who is he?"

"Isn't it obvious!" Everyone jumped back in surprise as an Orange-Haired girl jumped between them. "He's a magical goat fairy!" She turned to him with sparkling eyes. "Mr. Fairy, I wish for infinite pancakes! No! Make me Queen of the Castle! Wait! The Queen of the Pancake Castle!" She gleefully requested in rapid fire.

Said fairy was obviously annoyed by his title. "Ok, first of all, my name is Naruto. Second, I am not a goat fairy! Or any other kind of fairy!"

"Are you sure? Cause you have goat eyes, and you popped right into the sky in a burst of magic sparkles to save Weiss. I'm pretty sure that makes you a goat fairy."

As Naruto developed a tick mark, the other girls burst out laughing, even Weiss, though she tried to hide it.

"These" He pointed at his eyes, "Are not goat eyes! They are Toad eyes. Toad!" He visibly calmed himself. "And as for how I got here…" Nora, Ruby, and Yang leaned in close. "I have no idea." They face-faulted.

"That's actually my fault." Weiss explained. "I… might have summoned you. On accident."

Instead of getting angry as she expected, he seemingly took it in stride. "Makes sense."

"… You're not upset? Or surprised?" She wondered.

Naruto shrugged. "You said it was an accident. Besides, after the day I've had, this is nothing."

As Weiss pondered what could've possibly happened to make this seem insignificant, the others raced towards them. "Guys! That thing's circling back! What are we going to do?" The other blonde boy, Jaune, asked.

It was Ruby who, after taking a deep breath, spoke. "There's no point in fighting these things. We just need to grab the artifacts and get to the cliffs." She looked to Weiss, who nodded in approval.

"Glad to see you're finally using your head." She said.

Ruby chuckled sheepishly. "Yeah."

"Here." Blake said as she tossed Ruby a horse piece. "It's time to go." As if to punctuate her statement, the Death-Stalker increased its struggles.

"Right. Let's go!" Ruby called, waving everyone forward.

(AN: For my sake, I will be referring to everyone by name, even if Naruto doesn't know them yet.)

As they ran through the ruins, Naruto pondered his options. He wasn't too worried about getting back to Konoha, figuring that if worst comes to worst, he could just ask Ma to reverse summon him again. No, he had more immediate problems, namely the giant monsters chasing them.

The Nevermore flew perched atop a lone tower placed directly in their path, forcing the group to skid to a stop.

"Well that's great!" The blonde girl, who rivaled Tsunade in the breast department, said sarcastically.

As soon as she finished her statement, the Death-Stalker broke into the ruins with a screech. "I told you we should have killed it!" Naruto complained to Weiss.

"Save it!" She yelled as they rushed towards the fray. Nora gracefully maneuvered through the Nevermore's deadly volley of feathers before pulling out her weapon. She laughed gleefully as she fired several pink explosives at the bird, completely unaware of the Death-Stalker approaching her from behind.

"Oh no you don't!" Naruto cried, leaping towards it. He only had two minutes left, max, so he'd have to stick to Taijutsu. As Blake and Ren executed a dual cross-slash, Naruto delivered a devastating heel strike to the creature's skull, driving it into the ground. He used the force to launch himself into a backflip and landed next to the other two. "Come on, before it gets back up." Normally, he'd be all for finishing the thing off, but he was on a tight schedule. They nodded and, together, they chased after the others.

The bridge they were on was one of several radiating out from the central spire, which was set in the middle of a giant chasm. Crossing it left them exposed, but they didn't really have a choice. "It's coming back around!" Naruto shouted as they reunited with the group. His senses proved correct as, not moments later, the Nevermore came screeching in, intent on ramming the bridge. Not about to let the thing hurt anyone, Naruto leapt at the creature and latched onto its horn. "Up we go!" He yelled as he yanked its head back, forcing the Nevermore to veer upwards with a shriek of pain and causing them to barely miss the bridge. For some unfathomable reason, the Grimm did not take too kindly to its new passenger, and so decided to ram the structure atop the central spire to the Sage in a shower of rubble.

'Here we go again.' Naruto thought as he plummeted towards the depths below. He contemplated using his remaining chakra for a clone to throw him back up, but the woman swinging towards him made that unnecessary.

"Hang on!" Blake yelled as she intercepted him midair, grabbing him by the waist. She yanked on her ribbon, whipping them back above the ruins. As she maneuvered them through the air, Naruto sensed something odd.

'Are those… Cat ears?' However, now wasn't the time to ask. "Thanks." He told Blake when they landed on the remaining platform of the spire.

"You're welcome." She said as she yanked her ribbon, dislodging her weapon from the stone. A cacophony of explosions drew his attention to the side, where Ruby, Yang, and Weiss were unloading a barrage of metal, fire, and ice at the returning Nevermore. Never one to be left out of a fight, Naruto decided to join in. His few remaining kunai would be ineffective against its armor, so he took advantage of the surrounding rubble and began hurling large sections stone at it. "Where are the others?" Naruto asked Blake as she also opened fire.

"They're dealing with the Death-Stalker!" She yelled over the noise.

"I knew we should have killed it when we had the chance." He mumbled. Noticing that the avian had grown a little too close for comfort, he threw a well-aimed stone, around twice his size, at its wing, knocking it off course.

"This isn't enough! We need a plan!" Weiss called.

"I've got it! Cover me!" Ruby suddenly exclaimed.

As the Nevermore came charging back in, Naruto asked Yang, "Are you sure about this?"

She scoffed. "You really think that over-grown rooster is going to scare me? Please. I'm cocked and loaded, and ready for action!" She said enthusiastically.

He chuckled as he picked her up. "Then let's do this." Now, to remain in Sage-Mode for this long, he'd been forced to gather some extra natural energy while Ruby had explained the plan. It had felt slightly different than he was used to, but he could still work with it. However, what little of his own chakra that he'd managed to regain during his short time here wasn't enough to remain perfectly balanced. As a result, his hands had developed slight webbing and a few warts, and he wasn't quite as strong. Still, he was plenty strong enough for this. Taking careful aim, he yelled, "Head's up!" as he hurled Yang at the monster bird's face.

It was a perfect throw. When the Nevermore attempted to swallow her whole, Yang instead used her body to brace the beak open. "I! HOPE! YOU'RE! HUNGRY!" She yelled as she fired continuous rounds into its beak, keeping it distracted as it flew towards the cliff face. As the approached, she jumped out of its mouth, nailing the dismount with a perfect backflip onto the ruins. The Nevermore tried to change directions, but it was far to late for that, and it flew headfirst into the cliff. It fell, landing on the bridge with a scream of defiance.

Weiss was having none of that. Using her glyphs, she rushed the creature. She jumped at it and stabbed its perch, freezing the Nevermore's tail in place before it could escape. She used another rune to propel herself back to the others, where Naruto and Blake had stretched her ribbon between two pillars.

When Ruby jumped onto it with Crescent Rose, stretching it, Weiss kept her in place with a black sigil.

"Of course you would come up with this idea." Weiss commented.

"Think you can make the shot?" Ruby asked.

"Hmm, Can I!" She answered confidently.

Apparently Ruby failed to pick up on that. "Can you?"

"Of course I can!" She snapped back. As Ruby looked forward and cocked her gun, Weiss charged her glyph, turning it a deep red, before releasing it.

Ruby shot forward like a cannonball, speeding through the air as she used her weapon's recoil to accelerate further. She caught the Nevermore around the neck with her Scythe, landing vertically on the cliff face, where Weiss created another trail of runes running up the stone wall. Yelling with effort, Ruby raced up them, dragging the monster behind her. As she reached the top, she put on one last burst of speed and, as the Nevermore hit the edge, decapitated it in a flurry of Rose Petals.

When she stood at the edge of the cliff, here cape fluttering in the wind as wielded her giant scythe, Naruto couldn't describe her as anything other than pure badass. "She sure is something." He commented in awe.

"I guess she is." Weiss conceded. In all honesty, she was thinking along the same lines Naruto was. These thoughts were cut short, however, as he collapsed beside her. "Naruto?!"

Weiss studied Naruto as he slept in the infirmary, where he'd been rushed to as soon as they'd exited the Emerald Forest. As far as the doctors could tell, he was suffering from exhaustion; though, even that was a guess as their instrument's couldn't accurately read his aura.

He looked largely the same, the only difference was the disappearance of the orange highlights around his eyes. Was did that mean? Was it good? Bad? Did it even mean anything? As concern continued to plague her, she found that her worries over team RWBY's leadership seemed somewhat less important. Yes, they'd gone through team placement about an hour ago, though she'd been largely unable to focus. They others had visited Naruto too, but had left a little while ago. Well, Blake and Yang had left. Ruby had decided to stay with her, but she'd fallen asleep in her chair.

If he didn't get up, if he was seriously hurt, it would be her fault. She was the one that brought him here after all. She'd pulled him from dust knows where into a free fall, and his immediate reaction was to protect her. She chuckled slightly at the irony, a Faunus protecting the Schnee heiress. Sure, he probably didn't know who she was, but the point still stands.

He completely subverted her expectations of dealing with Faunus. Her dealings with the species were limited to say the least, and growing up under the constant threat from the White Fang, coupled with her father's frequent rants, had led to Weiss developing an unfavorable view on the race. Sure, logically she knew that most weren't bad people, but the mind wasn't always logical. Yet, Naruto hadn't thought twice before risking his life to protect her

Her musings were disrupted when someone spoke behind her. "You look troubled Weiss."

She whirled around. "Oh, Professor Ozpin. I'm- I'm fine. I just…" She trailed off, unsure how to voice her thoughts.

"Hmm." He hummed as he sipped from his ever-present mug. "You know, at this point in my life, I'm rarely surprised anymore." He gave her a look. "Yet, you haven't even been here for 48 hours and you've managed to do so twice."

"Twice?" She asked I confusion.

"Yes, twice. Now, obviously the first was the boy's appearance, but it's your attitude towards him, despite his heritage, that impresses me."

She stiffened slightly at the implied accusation. "I'm not my father."

"Yes, I know." He took another sip of his coco. "I'm glad to see I was right about you."

A moment of silence passed before Weiss asked, "Professor, what's going to happen to him?"

"Now, that all depends on what young Naruto wants, doesn't it?" He approached the bed as his hand began to glow a bright green. "Why don't we ask him?" Ozpin suggested. He placed his hand on the boy's shoulder and the power discharged in an audible zap.

Naruto rubbed his hands together in anticipation, not even bothering with the drool dripping from his open mouth, at the prize before him. It was at least as big as his apartment, and it was all his. This amazing, massive, delicious bowl of ramen.

Teuchi and Ayame really outdid themselves this time. After he had defeated Pein, the entire village had chipped in to purchase this masterpiece for their savior. Even Sasuke, the duck-butted jerk that he was, had come back to thank him for saving their home. "Get ready! I'm gonna jump!" Naruto called down to the cheering villagers. Well, not everyone was cheering. Sasuke just gave his trademark "Hn," but you could hear the approval in it. "Here I go!" He yelled as he dove towards the bowl. He didn't even bother holding his hands in front of him, instead plummeting towards it headfirst with his mouth wide open. He was moments away from that heavenly goodness when a surge of power rushed through him.

"Gah!" Naruto shouted as he sat up in bed. He looked around, disoriented, before his gaze fell on the man beside him. "You couldn't have waited another five seconds Kakashi-Sensei! I-" Naruto blinked as he came into focus. "You're not Kakashi."

"No, I'm afraid not." The man said with a chuckle. "My name is Professor Ozpin, Headmaster of Beacon academy." He gestured towards two familiar girls behind him. "You've already met two of my students, Weiss and Ruby."

"Oh yeah. Hey Weiss! Good to see you again!" He greeted cheerfully.

"How are you feeling?" She asked, a bit surprised by his good mood, or that he was even up at all. She figured Ozpin must have a healing semblance or something.

"Oh! I'm fine." His eyes then locked onto Ruby's sleeping form, and a devious smile spread across his face. "Hang on." He said to forestall any further discussion as he climbed out of bed. Wiess moved to stop him, only for Ozpin to shake his head. The boy was a curiosity; even with the slight bit of magic he'd used to wake him up, he seemed far more recovered than he should. Perhaps it was reckless to use magic for something so trivial, but he was intrigued.

Naruto steadily made his way over to Ruby, not showing any signs that he'd been hospitalized for extreme exhaustion earlier that day, and placed his mouth directly by her ear. "GOOOOOOOD MORNING!" He shouted, before leaping away. It was a good thing he did, or the small girl might have decapitated him.

"Stay away from my cookies!" She shouted as she brandished her Scythe, swinging it wildly. It took her a few moments to realize that tiny evil mole Grimm were not, in fact, trying to rob her of her baked goods. "Hehe. Oops." She said awkwardly to the three faces staring at her. The awkward silence reigned for a second before Naruto burst into laughter, falling back on the bed.

"Hahaha! That- Haha- Was awesome!" This seemingly opened the floodgates to allow Ozpin and Weiss to release laughter of their own, albeit theirs were far more subdued.

Ruby sighed in relief as the tension left, only to realize who it was that had spoken. "Naruto!" She bounded over and pulled him into a surprisingly strong hug. "You're ok!" She cried.

"Air." He choked out.

"Get off him you dolt! He just now woke up!" Weiss demanded.

Ruby jumped back, flushed with embarrassment. "Sorry! I was just really happy you're ok." She averted her eyes and fiddled with her scythe, how'd pushed her fingers together in a very Hinata-esque fashion. Naruto frowned as he remembered how she'd sacrificed herself for him. Even if Nagato brought her back, that didn't change the fact that she was willing to die for him. Why? His memory about it was fuzzy, but he knew she'd said something. Something important. Deciding to shelve the thought for now, Naruto refocused on the present to find the others looking at him with concern, and some anger in Weiss's case.

"What?" He asked.

"What do you mean what? You're the one ignoring us!"

"Sorry about that." He apologized, sheepishly rubbing the back of his head. "Ruby just reminded me of someone."

"Oh good. I thought I said something to make you hate me." Ruby said, before freezing at Naruto's questioning look. "I said that out loud, didn't I?"

"Yeah. Why would you think something like that?" He asked.

"I'm… not really good with people. I have trouble making friends, and when you went quiet, I thought it was my fault." She admitted hesitantly.

"Well that's just stupid." Naruto said, causing her to become depressed. "Why wouldn't I want to be your friend?" Her head shot up at that, all traces of depression gone. "I mean, seriously. You're cute, you're super nice, and the way you fight is just awesome!" As he talked, Ruby's face blushed a deep red to match her cloak.

"Th-thanks." She stuttered.

"So how about it Ruby! Want to be my friend?" He stuck out his hand.

"Yeah!" She took his hand in a firm grip despite her embarrassment. "That sound's great!"

When they disengaged, he offered the same hand to Weiss. "How about you Weiss? Want to be my friend too?"

She hesitated, thinking about how her father would react to her befriending a Faunus. No, this was her decision, her life. Not his. "As a matter of fact, I would." She gracefully accepted, shaking his hand with far more delicacy than Ruby.

"Well, now that that's out of the way, I was wondering if you could answer some questions for me." Ozpin said, clasping his hands.

"Sure!" Naruto agreed.

"Splendid. The others have already told me their side of the story, but I must ask. Who are you? And where did you come from?"

"Is that all? I'm Naruto Uzumaki, Shinobi of Konohagakure and the Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku!" He would have continued, but Ruby stopped him by repeatedly poking him in the face.

"Amazing." She rapidly poked him in several places before stepping back, satisfied. "What's your secret? You look so young, I'd never have guessed that you're an old man!"

"Old! What are you talking about? I'm sixteen!" Naruto denied indignantly.

Ruby cocked her head in confusion. "You're not? But aren't Sages supposed to be, like, really old?"

"That is a common misconception." Ozpin said. He gave Naruto a calculating look. "A Sage is anyone that can become one with nature and use its energy."

"Yeah, that's right. How'd you know?" Naruto asked.

"Oh, I once met a Sage long ago who explained it to me." He answered vaguely, before his expression turned grim. "Unfortunately, he died shortly after."

"I'm sorry." Naruto apologized.

"Don't be. Like I said, it was a long time ago. I am curious where you learned it from."

"I learned it from the Toads." Naruto answered.

"You mean other toad Faunus, right?" Weiss asked for clarification.

Naruto looked at her, confused. "What's a Faunus?"

Weiss looked taken aback. "Wha- I- You know, a Faunus! They're like humans, but they some animal feature, like bunny ears, or a tail, or like your eyes!" She exclaimed in disbelief.

"What do you mean 'like my eyes'? What's wrong with them?" Naruto asked, panicked. He didn't feel any of the Kyuubi's chakra, but if his eyes had changed, then he was clearly doing so.

Ozpin, rapidly assessing the situation, grabbed a nearby mirror. "See for yourself." He said, handing it to the Sage.

When Naruto looked at his reflection, his panic rapidly gave way to shock. His eyes… they weren't slit like the fox's. No, staring back at him were the horizontal eyes of a toad.

Authors Note: Alright, new story. Now, updates for this might be a little irregular because I'm going to be mainly focusing on A Raven's Sage, but I wanted to give this a go. I hope you guys enjoyed.