Chapter 1: New Arrivals

The spirit of Ozma had inhabited many bodies over the thousands of years since he'd foolishly decided to accept the God of Light's deal of returning to his home-world, suffering in some lives while prospering in others. Yet it wasn't until he helped found the four Huntsmen academies that Ozma truly felt like he was doing something to better mankind; at least more than just constantly trying to stall his now ex-wife. He now stood in the main tower of Beacon Academy, inhabiting the body of his latest incarnation; a young man by the name of Aleister Crowley. This incarnation placed him in the body of a young man born with wealth, a wealth he then used to reclaim his position as headmaster of beacon. He was also fairly good looking, with neatly combed black hair, a strong jaw, warm brown eyes, and a rather unique semblance. There were naturally rumors going around about how he bought his position, which was rather funny in Ozma's opinion considering he practically built the school itself, yet years had calmed his temper quite a bit.

Still, Aleister watched as several transport ships flew promising new students to his school; the latest model coming right off the production lines of Atlas itself. He'd decided to be a bit more hands on this go around, especially after the disaster that was his previous life, and chose each of the attending students himself. It had taken him several days to go through each application himself, having next to no sleep, but at least it would be much harder for Salem to send in a team of her own and quite literally slit his throat while he slept. Perhaps it was time he struck back, which meant molding the best teams of this year into his own personal agents; something that he was still torn on doing.

"Headmaster Crowley, the students are almost all assembled in the main hall. Are you ready?" came a voice from just a few feet behind Aleister, both prim and proper in all ways professional and belonging to the one and only Elphaba Thropp.

"Thank you, Ms. Thropp, I'll be down in a moment," Aleister replied as formally as he could, giving off the impression of a man that needed a moment to adjust to his new position in life when in reality he was mentally preparing himself for the coming trials that this latest generation would bring him.

"Sir," Elphaba nodded stiffly before turning around and marching out the door, her long black dress flowing with each step, leaving Aleister alone with his thoughts.

"I wonder what you plan is this time, Salem? Will it be another group of assassins, a horde of Grimm, or perhaps starting another war? *Chuckle* Is it strange that this is what we consider romantic, trying to find some way to end each other after all these years?" Aleister just shook his head as a single tear slid down his cheek and landed on his glove covered hand, "Although, I do believe it's my turn to strike at you, wouldn't you agree?"

Aleister turned and began to slowly walk towards one of three elevators leading up to his office, the ominous glow of the green overhead lights cast a shadow over his features. For just a moment, a fraction of a second, the man's eyes glowed a vicious green. Slowly the elevator doors opened and Aleister stepped in, turning to face the doors and pressing the button with his cane.

"Let the games begin."

While many of the new students at Beacon were being flown in on some of the most advanced aircraft known to Remnant, a select few other students were being brought in by the docks located at the very base of the cliff Beacon itself was built upon. The water based vehicles pulled up to the stone docks of Beacon, lowering their massive ramps and allowing those select few to step out into the light. It should be noted that those who exited the boats looked a lot rougher than those that came by airship, possessing a glint in their eyes that spoke volumes of what life has thrown at them. Each of them were already armed and armored with their personal equipment, having refused to hand it over no matter who asked or ordered them to.

Yet, while everyone seemed to be sticking to themselves, two people stood together and eyed everyone else with suspicion. They were twins by all obvious characteristics, with almost matching red eyes, the same shade of black hair, and the way they stuck close to one another in a way that was more than friends but less than lovers.

The first and eldest of the twins was named Raven, after her ability to draw others in and command them through fear while also maintaining a mysterious yet strong aura. She was about the same height as her twin, only about an inch or so shorter, but it was clear that she was the one in charge between the two. Her torn red and black dress, cut short to reveal a pair of black shorts, had caught the wandering eye of many of the other new students. Her hands and forearms were wrapped loosely in white bandages, no doubt giving some splight protection from the elements, while thigh high black boots protected the majority of her lower legs utilizing small leather plates sown in. Finally, strapped to her waist by a single piece of rope, was a single edged sword that was just slightly curved and held in a wooden sheath that looked rough and hastily put together.

Next was Qrow, whose own outfit was just as well put together as his sisters. From his tattered white shirt, black gloves that looked like a five-year-old cut the fingers off, hole filled pants, and old black boots caked in mud. Strapped to the back of his waist was a slightly longer than normal short-sword with a sawed-off shotgun strapped to his left leg in a homemade holster. Finally, wrapped around his forehead was a long grey piece of cloth that helped keep his own wild black hair out of his face.

All it all, they looked like they just crawled out of the woods after fighting an Ursa with their bare hands! Almost everyone around them got the feeling that these two were on a completely different level than they were, holding themselves like two wolves being cornered on all sides by another pack.

"Heh, how nice of them," Qrow grunted, his voice low and raspy as his light red eyes gazed up at the massive path up the cliffside.

"Don't tell me you're afraid of walking up a few stairs, little brother," Raven mocked, placing her hands on her hips and sending Qrow a cheeky smirk that always seemed to crawl right under his skin.

"Are you saying you actually want to?" Qrow countered, crossing his arms over his chest.

"I'm not going to bitch about it," Raven turned and began walking up stairs without another word, resolved to leave Qrow behind and let him catch up if he didn't want to simply be left behind; it was the Branwen thing to do.

"Hey, I'm just saying they could have at least built an elevator or something. Aren't these people supposed to be more advanced than us common folk or something?" Qrow grumbled as he quickly caught up to Raven and walked in sink with her with his hands stuffed in his pockets.

"Don't get too used to being here, remember why we're here in the first place," Raven whispered harshly, making sure no one nearby could hear her properly or even read her lips.

"Yea yea yea, I'm just saying why not take advantage of not actually having to look over our shoulders for once or sleeping with one eye open. Hell, I'm sure even you could get laid in a place like this," the younger twin just knew he was going to get it the next time Raven thought she could get away with punishing him.

"I will end you!" if there was one thing Raven had almost no control over, it was her temper.

"LOOK OUT BELOW!" fortunately for Qrow, his legendary bad luck was apparently focused completely on Raven seeing as she had to practically dive out of the way just seconds before a human shaped object slammed into the stone stairs.

"You bastard, just wait till I get back up there! I'm gonna beat the shit out of ya!" Raven could only stare wide eyed as the person that had nearly crushed her, who had apparently landed on his feet while cracking the stone beneath him, shouted back up at the top of the cliff while shaking his fist dramatically.

"Dude, did you just fall off a cliff and land on your feet?" Qrow asked, his eyes almost comically wide at how ridiculous what he just saw was.

"Huh, I didn't know there were even more students coming to Beacon," the new arrival seemed to have finally noticed the twins, along with all the other rough looking teenagers that were giving him equally as wide eyed looks.

Standing at around the same height as Qrow himself, the new arrival was almost the polar opposite of the rough looking teenager. With his wild and spiky blonde hair shooting out in seemingly every direction, bright blue eyes that became even brighter when the sun hit them a certain way, and three odd whisker marks on his cheeks. The clothes he wore were evidently designed to make him as light as possible, with only a light orange colored jacket and pants, a pair of open toed combat themed sandals, and light armor along his forearms and lower legs. His weapon, or in this case weapons, of choice were eight kunai held in a specially designed kama that allowed four to be placed on each side of his legs. Strapped to his arm was another kunai but designed differently from his other ones, given that it had three blades instead of one and the handle was a bit thicker. Also held in his kama were four large cylinders that had a different symbol for four different elements, ranging from wind, fire, earth, and ice. Finally, holstered to his back was a wakizashi about twenty-four inches in length.

"Just what kind of place trains people that can survive that far of a fall?" Qrow heard one of the other new students say without thinking about who may have heard him.

"Hm, why are you sitting on the ground like that?" Naruto asked innocently, tilting his head when he saw Raven was still looking at him with a freaked out expression from her position on the ground, holding out his hand, "Want some help up?"

Raven seemed to finally shake out of her stupor and shot to her feet in an instant, slapping the blonde's hand away a bit rougher than was necessary as she did so, and wasted no time in trying to establish dominance, "What do you mean asking such a stupid question like that?! I moved out of the way so you wouldn't kill me!"

Uh-oh, Qrow had seen that look before and it generally never ended well for the person it was aimed at! The way her bandaged hands instinctively wrapped around the hilt of her sword, how her body grew tense in preparation for attack; the last person in such a position had their head removed and body left for the worms! The younger twin knew how impulsive Raven could be when her fuse was already lit and chopping off someone's head was a sure fire way to get them both thrown in jail before they'd actually learned anything!

"Well I did shout for everyone to look out, isn't that enough warning to move?" the blonde was digging his grave deeper and deeper, Qrow could actually sent a small prayer out to any god listening at the moment.

"That's not the point!" Raven pulled her sword free by just an inch, gritting her teeth when the blonde still continued to look confused.

"Then what is the point?" that had been enough, Raven had had enough and Qrow watched in worry as she finally tore her blade free in an attempt to remove the blonde's head in one fluid motion.

Qrow would forever remember this as the day Raven failed to kill someone when she was actually trying to. In almost slow motion the blonde rotated on is feet and dropped down low, low enough so that he could slice the small rope holding the sheath to Raven's sword with the three pronged kunai now held in his left hand. With his right hand he grabbed the falling sheath, regained his footing, and positioned the tip of it right under Raven's chin. All of this managed to take place in the time it took the blackette to finish her initial swing. Needless to say the anger in her eyes was quick to fade away and was instead replaced by a certain amount of shock she wasn't expecting to experience while at Beacon Academy. She'd been outclassed by someone her own age, a feeling she'd never experienced before while living with the tribe!

"My names Naruto, by the way," the blonde grinned as he took a step back and just started walking away with the sheath to Raven's sword, "Ja ne!"

"Hey, you alright there?" Qrow asked, making sure to keep out of sword striking distance just in case Raven decided to come after him next.

"Get back here, you bastard!" Raven soundly ignored her twin in favor of finally taking off after Naruto, who was somehow already halfway up the mountain while still walking at a casual pace.

"How the hell did he do that, wasn't he just in front of us?" Qrow's eye twitched, he should have stayed back with the tribe.

(Fifteen Minutes Earlier)

"HELLO BEACON ACADEMY!" Naruto shouted as he stood on top of one of the many light poles that lined the pathway to Beacons massive main door.

Life was good, at least until a rock suddenly pelted him right in the head and sent the blonde crashing to the unforgiving ground below. It was thanks to years of training that Naruto managed to flip around and land safely on his feet, catching the second rock thrown at his face with practiced ease. Standing just a few yards away, a smirk almost permanently carved onto his face, was Taiyang Xiao Long casually tossing another sizable rock up and down. Tai looked like a toned down version of Naruto, with blonde hair that wasn't as bright, blue eyes that weren't as shining, and a presence that wasn't quite as hyperactive.

"What the hell was that for, you bastard?!" Naruto yelled, dramatically pointing at Tai while stomping over to his fellow blonde; the both of them being completely ignored by the other new students of Beacon.

"Mom and dad said to keep you from doing something stupid," Tai said with a shrug, no more intimidated of Naruto that one would be of an angry puppy, "And I'd say shouting at the top of your lungs while standing on a light pole definitely counts as stupid."

"So you threw a rock at my head, you could have killed me! Besides, the view of this place is much better up there!" Naruto moved to tackle Tai, only for both boys to pause when they heard a very girlish giggle that was no doubt directed at them.

Sitting on top of the very light pole Naruto had just been standing on as a girl around their age dressed in a long white cloak, with the hood up, giggling while eating a bright red apple. The first thing Naruto recognized about her was her odd silver eyes that seemed to flash almost pure white when the sun caught them. Tai, on the other hand, noticed the knee length black skirt she was wearing along with her grey stockings and knee high boots with red soles. Then there was also her black blouse and black/red corset.

"I think you're right, the view is much better from up here," the girl giggled some more at Taiyang's suddenly flushed face as she carelessly kicked her legs back and forth like a little kid sitting on a bench that was to big for them.

"See Tai, the cute girl agrees with be," Naruto smirked, crossing his arms and closing his eyes with a triumphant smirk, only to grow confused when he didn't hear Tai say anything back.

"I think I broke him," said the girl from her new and sudden position next to Naruto, almost making the blonde scream like a little girl if he didn't have more self control, "I'm Summer, by the way, Summer Rose."

"What the, how, never mind," Naruto just shook his head, chalking up the girls sudden movement to being her semblance or something, and held out his hand with the friendliest smile known to man, "Naruto Uzumaki, nice to meet ya!"

"Um, is your friend alright, he's just standing there staring at the light pole?" Summer asked, waving her hand in front of Taiyang's face but got no visible reaction.

"Oh this happens when he sees something his mind can't comprehend, don't worry though I have the perfect solution," Taiyang really should have been paying attention to the revenge fueled smile on Naruto's face, because moments later Naruto grabbed him by his arm, spun slightly, and threw Taiyang right over his shoulder and into one of the stone columns just a few yards away.

"Gah, my back!" Tai's sudden scream brought a satisfied smile to Naruto's face, one that was mirrored by Summer's bemused one at what she thought was boys just being boys.

"I can't tell which one of you is the older brother and which one is the young," Summer said in good humor, making Naruto chuckle as he just shook his head.

"I'm the older one, but only by like two days," Naruto's clarification did little to clarify anything for Summer, in fact she looked even more confused than before.

"So you're not twins?"

"Nope, mom was pregnant with Tai when they found me. Long story short, I'm adopted," now that did make sense to Summer, but unfortunately anything else she might have said was interrupted by Taiyang suddenly slamming both his feet into Naruto's chest with a rather impressive flying kick.

Normally this wouldn't have really done anything more than put Naruto on his ass, but unfortunately Tai had his semblance activated and sent his fellow blonde flying over the edge of the cliff. You could hear Naruto cursing Tai all the way down, but the younger blonde didn't seem to care and instead just got back to his feet. He then proceeded to turn to Summer and hold out his hand.

"Taiyang Xiao Long, at your service," now Summer was back to being confused.

"But wasn't your brother's last name Uzumaki?"

(Present Time)

The newly renovated amphitheater of Beacon Academy, of which the new headmaster was rumored to have spared no expense on, was quite a sight to behold once you walked in through a massive set of double doors about sixty feet tall. The massive glass dome and raised bleachers encircling the stage were the newest additions, leaving quite a large area open in front of the stage itself where the latest batch of students now stood. Naruto was a little starstruck the moment he walked in, having never seen anything like this back home and especially not from the training school he and Tai went to before coming to Beacon.

"Man, would you just look at this place," Qrow said as he came to a stop right next to Naruto, hands still stuffed in his pockets as his big sister walked up next to him; she was still trying to fix the rope Naruto cut to steal her sheath.

"I know, right? This place is gonna be awesome!" Naruto said, his voice somewhere between a laugh and a shout as he threw his hands up into the air with a big old grin on his face.

"Whatever," Raven hissed, still a little pissed she'd actual been beaten and was looking to get as far away from the blonde menace as possible, "Lets go, Qrow."

Naruto just stood there and watched the twins walk away with a confused look on his face; it wasn't like he'd done anything wrong to them right? Oh well, he wasn't gonna let a grumpy girl get him down when he's so close to achieving his dream of becoming a legendary Huntsman the likes of which the world had never seen before! It was going to be great, with all the adventures he'd go on, all the Grimm he was gonna fight, and maybe meet a few pretty girls along the way! Oh yes, the future really was looking bright!

"Hey Naruto, where've you been?" upon hearing Tai's wonderful voice, Naruto slowly turned his head to face his little brother with an all to pleasant smile on his face.

"Oh Tai, you know, just dropping in on some of the other new students," Tai knew that tone of voice better than most, "But you wouldn't know anything about that, now would you?"

"Ehehehe?" the younger brother slowly backed away, scratching the back of his head, while wondering what his chances were of making it past Naruto and getting back to the transport ships before he was caught.

"Everyone, quiet down," a sharp female voice cut through the air like a hot knife through butter, silencing everyone in an instant and saving Tai from a major beating.

Standing up on the stage, with several green lights cast upon her to give her the appearance of green skin, was the legendary Headmistress Elphaba Thropp. Standing at a staggering six feet, Elphaba was dressed from the neck down in a very form fitting black dress with bright red heels poking out from beneath the folds of her dress. Her long black hair was left loose to flow in the wind while a pointed hat rested atop her head to keep it all in place. You could already see hearts forming in some of the male student's eyes.

"There, that's much better," Elphaba nodded to herself as she took a few steps forwards to the edge of the stage, "I'd like to personally welcome each and every one of you to Beacon Academy and applaud you on both your skill and talent for making it as far as you have. It takes a special kind of talent or skill to be accepted into the most renowned academy in all of Remnant, of which I myself am most eager to see grown during your stay within these halls. Now, without further ado, allow me to present Headmaster Aleister Crowley."

Whispers once again began to fill the auditorium as the newest headmaster walked forward and into the light, stopping next to Elphaba and resting both hands on his cane. He slowly turned his head as his eyes scanned the crowd, noting that every single one of the students he showed interest in had indeed joined his academy.

"Welcome to the first day of the rest of your lives."

I can't believe I finally got around to watching RWBY seven seasons after the show came out. It's like once you get to season 3 the graphics just keep shooting up and up!