735Chapter 1. Naruto Branwen
Under the cover of night, a single individual was walking by himself. As he moved, it was clearly evident that he had a slight stagger in his movements. However, this was not attributed to any injuries, but rather the simple fact that the young man was a little drunk.
Said man was dressed in a red and black dress shirt, that was left untucked so it could hang over his matching black pants. The man also sported a long and tattered black cloak, with a hood he kept flipped up to conceal his face. His most defining features however, were his long blond hair that poked its way out of his hood, and his deep crimson red eyes.
In the young man's right hand, he was firmly grasping a stainless steel flask. Which was filled with contents that a man of seventeen shouldn't have. As the young man continued to walk his cloak moved wildly behind him. Revealing two wakizashis' on his backside. One which was white as snow and had its handle pointed to the right. While the one underneath, was completely black and it's handle was pointed to the left.
These were his signatures weapons and left the impression to most that he was a huntsman, or at least one in training. That wasn't exactly true as he wasn't a huntsman, but rather a warrior raised and trained by his mother; Raven Branwen.
Though who was this individual, and why was he walking down an empty sidewalk alone in the middle of the night? These answers were simple, he was Naruto Branwen. The eldest son of Raven Branwen and Tai Xiao Long. Who had recently ran away from his home and mother to go meet his two sisters, Yang Xiao Long and Ruby Rose.
So that is why we find a currently intoxicated Naruto Branwen walking aimlessly around a city in Vale. See Naruto knew of both his sisters, as Raven had kept some tabs on their family. However, she never passed the information as where he could find them, but Naruto figured he would cross that bridge when he got there.
Unfortunately for Naruto, he had arrived at that metaphorical bridge a long while ago and he still had no idea where to find his sisters. So that is why he decided to just do what he did best, get wasted and let his incredible luck do the rest of the work for him.
Sadly Naruto's luck was about to take an unfortunate turn as his scroll started to ring, signaling Naruto had a call. This caused the blond to slightly tense up, he was drunk, but still sober enough to be aware of what was happening around him. So as his scroll rang it meant only one thing, his mother was calling.
"Well shit, I should have figured she would call by now." Naruto grumbled, while he fumbled in his pockets for his scroll. Then as he answered the call he gave the most innocent smile he could muster. "Hey mom!"
There was a moment of silence, as the disapproving glare of Raven Branwen glared her son down. Though after a few moments she finally decided to speak.
"I'm only going to ask this once. Where. Are. You?"
Naruto looked left and then right and then left again. He then moved his eyes to his mother and gave her a blank stare. "Umm outside?" The blond replied in a slightly confused tone.
Raven's glare dropped for a small moment, as her lips and eyebrows twitched. Her son always found a way to get under her skin, but after all he got those traits from her. So she often wondered if her son was payback from the universe for how she treated other people.
"You know what I mean Naruto. You left the tribe and no one has been able to find you. So tell me where are you?" Raven asked, her voice holding back a small build up of anger.
Naruto smirked. "I thought you were only going to ask me once?"
A large tick mark appeared on Raven's head, before she moved so close to her scroll only her mouth was visible. "You listen here you son of a me! If you don't tell me where you are trouble doesn't even describe the kind of shit you're in!"
Naruto sighed and ran his hand through his hair. "I'm going to find my sisters, I want to meet them." Naruto revealed in a low voice. "I've spent the last seventeen years only knowing my mother… I wanna meet more of my family. My only problem is I don't know where they are."
Raven backed away from her scroll and looked her son over. She wasn't mother of the year by a large margin, but she did always have a soft spot for Naruto. So when she heard her child's plans, Raven could only sigh.
"I heard Yang is attending Beacon this year, I don't know about Tai's other child. But if you really want to meet Yang so bad, Beacon is where you will find her." Raven explained, causing Naruto to beam with joy. "But know this, if you head to Beacon you're turning your back on the tribe. You will be turning your back on me and I won't be there when you want to come crawling back."
Naruto gave his mother a blank stare. "Geez I love you too mom." The blond grumbled in a low voice.
Raven frowned. "You know why I took you away from your father and sister in the first place. And I doubt they will want to keep you around once they learn of your semblance. But what do I know? I'm only your loving mother. Good bye Naruto." The black haired mother replied before ending the call.
Naruto sighed and placed his scroll into his pocket, he really did love his mother and he knew she loved him. She just had a very strange way of showing that love. Though as Naruto moved his thoughts to his sister, he couldn't help himself from smiling.
"Looks like my next stop is Beacon." The blond declared to himself, before shaking his flask in the air. "But Beacon can wait, tonight I get wasted."
An unfamiliar voice chuckled from behind, this of course caused Naruto to stiffen up. Last time he checked the sidewalk he was on was empty, but now he was no longer alone.
"Now why would a young man such as yourself want to get drunk?" The voice asked, right before Naruto spun around to meet the man who had snuck up on him. "Though you Branwens' always had a taste for alcohol. I myself prefer coffee."
'I didn't sense him until now, who is this person?' Naruto thought in surprise, while his right hand slowly hovered over one of his weapons.
The unfamiliar man's outfit mainly consisted of an unzipped black suit over a buttoned vest and green shirt. He also wore black trouser shoes and long, dark-green pants. In addition he had a cane in one hand and a coffee mug in the other. Though his most eye catching traits were his silver hair and shaded glass spectacles.
"Who are you?" Naruto asked, his fingers slowly grasping his weapon.
The man had a small look of amusement on his face. "Now there is no need for violence young man, I overheard your conversation and I merely wish to speak with you." The man explained before releasing another chuckle. "Though I should at least introduce myself, I am Professor Ozpin; Headmaster of Beacon Academy."
Naruto relaxed, he had heard many stories from his mother about Ozpin. He just never imagined meeting the man like this.
"My mother told me about you, she said you're a superstitious ass." Naruto replied, earning a slight snicker from the man.
"That does sound like Raven, I do hope she is doing well." Ozpin admitted before taking a sip from his coffee mug. "Though knowing your mother she has probably told you a great deal many things. Maybe even some things that are better left a secret."
Naruto folded his arms and leaned back a little. "Like the relics, maidens or Salem? Nah mom won't tell me nothing."
Ozpin nodded. "I see, but last time I checked your mother wasn't concerned with all of that. She only wanted to keep the best interests of her tribe. So I'm curious as to why she told you."
Naruto shrugged his shoulders. "I'm mom's favorite."
Ozpin nodded. "That could be the case, but back to the topic at hand. I overheard you wanted to meet your sisters Yang and Ruby. Well they are both attending my school this year and I could extend the same offer to you as well. I'm sure Raven has trained you to be a proper Huntsman after all. So you should fit right in."
Naruto folded his arms, this was a great opportunity to meet his sisters. However, his mother nailed the concept into his head that people always had an agenda of their own. So the blond was very sceptical of what Ozpin's true intentions were.
"That's a very kind offer Ozpin, but tell me. What do you gain from letting me in your school?" Naruto asked.
"You really are Raven's child." Ozpin began before taking a drink from his coffee cup. "What I get is simple, you're obviously highly trained thanks to your mother. I would even say you could be stronger than most full fledged huntsmen because of your mother's training. You also have knowledge on many subjects that only a small circle of people are aware of. So with that being known, what I get is a reliable and powerful friend."
Naruto narrowed his eyes. "You mean a tool to use against Salem." The blond corrected.
Ozpin shook his head. "I never said you had to help me and the fellow headmasters in our endeavor. I'm only offering you a chance to become a student at my school. However, you're the future, as one day your generation will be leading the world. So it's only rational I take a strong and trusting young man like yourself and see if you're worthy to keep protecting the world from evil like I and those before me have."
"So you are letting me in so I can continue your fight then." Naruto replied before taking a long sigh, but before he could say anything else Ozpin spoke up.
"Maybe that's what I'm doing, but I promise you for now my only intentions are for you too meet your sisters and have a normal life. So what do you say Naruto, would you like to attend my school?"
Naruto weighed his options, but he didn't have many to pick from. So the teenager merely shrugged his shoulders and nodded his head. "Sure Ozpin, I'll join your school, but I have a question. What is the headmaster of Beacon doing wandering the streets at this hour?"
Ozpin smirked and held his mug out. "You might say it was a stroke of luck I ran into you. See I had recently met with little Ruby about joining my school and I decided to take a walk. Then I just happened to run into a young man I haven't seen since he was a baby. And you should know the rest."
Naruto nodded and shook his head. "Luck huh? Seems to be the story of my life." The blond mumbled before looking around. "So what's next?"
"Well how about I give you a lift to Beacon?" Ozpin offered in a friendly tone. "Orientation is tomorrow after all."
"Alright Ozpin, lead the way." Naruto mumbled in a low voice, as he followed the headmaster towards his new life.
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(The next day)
Naruto thanks to the aid of Ozpin, had arrived to beacon much earlier than the rest of the new students. So instead of taking an airship to Beacon with his soon to be classmates, he was sitting alone on a bench. Silently waiting for the transportation ship to arrive and drop off his little sisters.
Though as he waited his nerves began to get the best of him. He was about to meet his sisters for the first time in his life and Naruto was worried about making a good first impression. So many things could go wrong, from him messing up and offending them. Or even the possibility that his sisters want nothing to do with him.
"What am I going to do?" Naruto asked himself as he gazed up into the sky. "I know nothing about Yang or Ruby, so what should I say? Hey I'm your brother who was raised by the lady who walked out on half her family? What if Yang hates me for how much closer I am to our mother than she is? What if I get jealous of how close Yang, Ruby and our father are? Gah! I'm driving myself crazy with all these questions."
Naruto sighed, but his attention was suddenly grabbed by the loud roars of an approaching airship. This caused the blond to stand to his feet and watch the large ship land onto the ground.
"Well looks like it's time." Naruto mumbled as he approached the ship, while watching the doors open to reveal hundreds of students. All of whom came barreling at the blond in a mad stampede. This of course caused Naruto to sweat drop as he saw the approaching students. "Well shit."
In seconds the young Branwen was forced to swerve in between the large crowd of running students. This wasn't too difficult for the blond as he was pretty quick on his feet, but as he moved another blond haired blur zipped past him. Which of course caught his attention and broke his focus.
"Yang?" The blond tried to call out as Naruto thought he caught a glimpse of his sister. Unfortunately the girl who had passed by was in fact Yang, but she didn't hear or see her twin. "Hey wait up!" The blond called out, before he started to chase after his sister.
Naruto only made it a few feet in his chase for Yang however, as he was quickly hit from behind and brought onto the ground. The force of the blow knocking the wind out of him, as it felt like Naruto was hit with a brick house.
"Arghh, what the hell?" The downed Branwen groaned, his vision slightly blurry.
"Oh no Ren, I killed him!" A loud and rather bubbly female voice spoke out in concern.
Rolling off his stomach and onto his backside, Naruto looked up to a single girl hovering over top of him. His unknown assailant had short orange hair and turquoise eyes, the latter of which were gazing into his crimson eyes. She was wearing a collared black vest that ended at her waist, which underneath had two layers of clothing, colored red and light blue respectively. She also had a white sleeveless top that formed a tiny heart shape between her cleavage and collarbone. The girl was also wearing a pink skirt and matching shoes.
"Ahhh are you alright?" The girl asked the slightly disoriented Naruto, while trying to hold a hand out to the blond.
Naruto studied the girl for a moment and didn't move. 'This is not how things were suppose to go, I figured with my semblance I would have lucked out today and easily ran into Yang and Ruby.' The blond Branwen thought to himself. 'But instead this girl runs me over, just who is she anyway? No one besides mom has ever hit me that hard.'
The orange haired girl tilted her head to the side. "Are you okay? I didn't hurt you did I?" She asked with worry in her voice.
Snapped back into reality, Naruto chuckled and accepted the girl's hand. "Don't worry, it takes a little more than that to hurt me." The slightly overconfident Branwen began before standing to his feet and dusting himself off.
The girl smiled as she was glad that she didn't harm Naruto. "Well that's good to hear, I'm Nora by the way. Nora Valkyrie." The now named Nora introduced before pointing her finger to her side. "And this is my friend Ren!"
Naruto raised his eyebrow and looked to the rather outgoing and friendly girl with confusion. Though he eventually nodded his head and locked eyes with Nora. "The names Naruto Branwen." Naruto introduced before pulling his flask from his pocket and taking a quick sip. "Nice to meet you Nora, glad we could run into each other."
Nora laughed and slapped Naruto's shoulder, causing the blond to stagger a little bit. "Hah, I get it! Cause I actually ran into you!"
Naruto nodded and grinned at his own lame attempt at a joke. Though he quickly looked away from Nora and checked his surroundings, which in turned caused him to frown as he didn't see any of his sisters nearby. Nora noticing this frown latched onto Naruto's arm and began to drag the blond off.
"No frowning mister, you're my first official friend at Beacon! So it's your duty to explore the school grounds with me!" Nora declared, leaving no room for discussion.
Naruto looked down to the energetic girl with a surprised face as he followed her. "Wait friends? But I have to find-.."
"I said no buts mister!" Nora cut in, causing a sweat drop to roll down Naruto's head.
"You only said not to frown." The blond whined in a low voice, as the surprisingly strong girl dragged him along.
While Naruto was being dragged off by Nora, a woman with wild black hair watched the boy she had raised from afar. A lone tear trailing down her cheek, but she quickly whipped into away and tried to toughen up.
"A ladies man like his dad." Raven Branwen began before opening a small red portal. "Be safe at Beacon my little annoying maelstrom." She mumbled before disappearing into the portal.
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(30 minutes later, Beacon Auditorium)
Eventually after dragging Naruto all across Beacon, Nora finally brought the blond to the auditorium for their orientation. Though along the way they both swore to hearing a rather loud explosion. They never found the cause of the explosion, considering Naruto had forced Nora's attention towards not being late for their orientation.
So currently the blond and orange haired duo were leaned against the far back wall of the auditorium. Nora was busy taking in all the sights and people, while Naruto was busy scanning the area for his sisters.
"Where are they?" Naruto mumbled in a low voice to himself, while impatiently tapping his foot.
"Where is who?" Nora asked, as she looked to her new friend with curiosity.
Naruto folded his arms and glanced down to Nora. "Nobody important." The blond lied, earning a pout from Nora.
"You better not be hiding something from your new friend, I won't forgive you." Nora took a pause and smirked. "Unless you make me some pancakes, can you make pancakes?"
Naruto chuckled nervously, Nora was definitely an odd girl to say the least. "Ummm yes?" The blond replied awkwardly, causing Nora to beam with joy.
"Well, then you'll have to make me pancakes everyday. After all, Ren can't make me pancakes anymore." Nora spoke in a low sad voice while looking down, but she quickly perked up. "Speaking of Ren where is he? I swear he hides so well he has to secretly be a ninja."
Naruto was about to speak, but the voice of Ozpin clearing his throat grabbed his attention.
"I will keep this brief." Ozpin began, while adjusting his glasses. "You have come here in search of knowledge, to hone your craft and acquire new skills. And when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you, and I see wasted energy in need of purpose and direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove knowledge will only take you so far. It's up to you to take the first step."
Ozpin stepped away from the microphone and began to walk away. This caused his assistant Glynda Goodwitch to step forward.
"You will gather in the ballroom tonight, tomorrow your initiation begins. Be ready, you're dismissed." Glynda instructed.
Nora turned to Naruto and smiled. "Well that was a weird speech and now we have an initiation?"
Naruto nodded and motioned for Nora to follow him. "That's Ozpin for you, and the initiation is Beacon's process of deciding partners and teams." The blond clarified. "My mom told me about it once before."
"Oh is your mom a huntress? Did she go to Beacon too?" Nora quickly asked.
Naruto smirked and ran a hand through his hair. "You could say that, but forget about her. She's a dusty old bird, let's head to the ballroom."
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(Later that night)
All the new students had gathered together in the ballroom. Everyone was dressed for the night and Naruto and Nora were no exception. Naruto had dressed into a simple pair of black shorts and a skin tight black muscle shirt, which showed off his impressive build. Nora like Naruto had decided to go with a pair of shorts, though her's were pink and quite short. She also had a pink shirt with a small white lighting bolt on the chest.
Currently the two new friends were off to the side talking up a storm. Naruto would have never imagined befriending the hyper teenager, but he was glad he did. Maybe his semblance was working for him earlier and he didn't even know it.
"So Naruto." Nora began in a happy tone. "I saw the two weapons on your backside earlier. Do you have a name for them?"
Naruto perked up at the question, his weapons was something he took pride in. "Well they are two wakizashis' that combine into one katana. So they share the same name Kitsune." He explained with a large smile. "What about you Nora?"
"Well my weapon is a giant hammer slash grenade launcher called Magnhild." Nora explained as she made a fist. "I pack quite the punch with Magnhild, even without my semblance."
Naruto chuckled, he didn't doubt the girl's strength one bit. "What's your semblance anyway?"
Nora grinned. "I can absorb electricity and use it to make myself stronger."
Naruto raised his eyebrow. "That's quite impressive and useful." The blond praised.
"Heh thanks." Nora replied with a wide innocent smile that made Naruto blush. "What's your semblance?"
Naruto looked down and frowned. "My semblance isn't that great, it's more of a curse sometimes." The blond admitted in a low voice, before making a fake smile and looking up to Nora. "It's nowhere as great as your semblance Nora."
Nora tilted her head and brought a hand to Naruto's face. "Boop." The girl giggled, while lightly poking Naruto's nose with her finger. "I bet your semblance is great, so why don't you tell me about it?"
Naruto's fake smile turned into an honest grin, he didn't know why, but somehow Nora knew how to cheer him up.
"My semblance isn't like most people's, as it's something I can't turn off. It's always apart of me no matter what I do." Naruto explained in a plain voice. "See my semblance is good luck, I have more good luck than any living person could ever dream of. Though my luck takes away from those around me and leaves them with bad luck. It's great for fighting enemies, but not so great for friends and family. My semblance is why my mother took me away from my father and sister in the first place. She was afraid I would harm them because my semblance was so similar to hers."
Nora was a little surprised, Naruto was sharing a lot of personal information with her. Which of course left her with so many questions.
"Well if your semblance is good luck, what is your mother's bad luck?" Nora asked, but Naruto shook his head.
"See my family has shared the same form of semblance throughout the years. The Branwen family have always had semblances that work similar to mine, in the fact that it can't be controlled or shut off. Some of my family bring misfortune to those around them. Some have avoided sickness by bringing illnesses to those around them. My mother's semblance is death, she brings death to those around her. That's why when my twin sister was born she decided to leave her to protect her. See my sister was lucky and was born without a semblance from my mother's side of the family, but I wasn't as lucky. Which is an ironic use of words considering my semblance is luck."
"But wasn't your mother afraid her semblance would harm you?" Nora quickly asked.
Naruto smirked and shook his head. "Our semblances counterbalance each other. My good luck protects me from her death, and she deals with a little bad luck so I could have a family. Though because of how I was raised I've never met my father or my sisters. That's why I'm at Beacon, I'm here to find and meet my sisters."
Nora's eyes lit up. "That's who you were looking for earlier!" She shouted before placing a hand above her eyes and scanning the room. "Are they in here?"
Naruto laughed and tried to calm Nora down. "They are somewhere in here, but there is too many people to see. I know with my luck I'll find them soon enough, I just have to be patient."
"Aww that's no fun." Nora whined. "I wanna meet your sisters!"
"Well if you keep sticking by my side I'm sure you'll meet them eventually." Naruto admitted before looking down a little bit. "That's if you can deal with some bad luck."
Nora smiled wide. "You're my first friend since Ren, I'm not letting some silly luck keep us apart." The orange haired girl declared.
Naruto smiled he was glad to have made a friend like Nora on his first day at Beacon. She was kind, funny and a little crazy, but Naruto loved her personality. After spending seventeen years with his mother, it was nice to be close to someone who was the complete opposite of his mother.
"Well let's get some sleep Nora, tomorrow we get our teams picked. And if we are lucky we may end up as partners."
Nora smiled wide. "I hope so!"
Naruto grinned and started to unroll his sleeping bag. "Me too, goodnight Nora."
Nora nodded and searched through her bag. "Oh no I forgot my sleeping bag!" She shriked in a disappointed voice.
Naruto sighed. "And so it begins." The blond mumbled, before handing his sleeping bag to Nora. "Her take mine, I really don't need it."
Nora looked to the sleeping bag and raised her eyebrow. "Are you sure?" She asked in a low voice.
Naruto placed his arms behind his head and layed on the ground besides Nora. "Yeah it's fine." The blond replied, while closing his crimson eyes.
Nora smiled and poked Naruto once more on the nose. "Boop." She giggled out before jumping into the sleeping bag. "Goodnight Naruto."
Naruto grinned. "Night Nora."
Chapter End!
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Well here is the first chapter of a little project I've been thinking of for awhile. And thanks to the new episodes of RWBY I've been inspired to give it a try. So tell me what you think about it!
##SPOILERS##
##only read if you're caught up with all of the RWBY episodes##
So I have to ask you guys something that has been bugging me.
I've always liked the idea of Qrow being Ruby's dad.
-they dress alike
-he trained her
-has protected her multiple times, both in the past and present.
-was the one to explain everything after Vol 3 instead of Tai
-then there is the question as to why Ruby took her mother's name and not Tai's like Yang has.
My problem with the Qrow being Ruby's dad has always been it makes no sense. He has obviously been in her life so what's the point of lying about their relation? Though the newest episodes that revealed Qrow's semblance got me thinking.
If Qrow's semblance brings misfortune what if he decided to keep his distance from Ruby to protect her? So he decided to be the Uncle who is occasionally there instead of the father that is hardly there. Also what if Qrow's semblance got summer killed? Chances are he is not Ruby's father, but it's interesting to think about. But I would like to see it happen because like many Qrow is my favorite character.