Fusion of Forces: Remnant's Maelstrom

All of team NNPR sighed in relief as they turned down the hallway that housed their room, all members - even the stamina monster Naruto - were tired and bruised all over and could not wait to embrace the soft comfort of their beds.

Of course their relief became raised eyebrows as they entered the room and saw that the wall behind the door bore slight cracks in the dry wall as if someone had slammed the door open in a fit of fury.

Shrugging off the oddity of the cracked wall, the four teens decided that their fatigue and need for a shower far outweighed any curiosity they held about said mystery.

Despite it being just a few minutes into sundown, the team had managed to cram as much as they could into the the two hour slot that Naruto had reserved for them. Thanks to the intense pace Naruto had set for them, the team was able to get a better handle on how to not only work as a group of four, but also pairs.

The pairing of Nora and Nauto, aptly nicknamed Disaster, was obviously the frontlines duo responsible for either taking out numerous enemies or providing a distraction for the backup pair of Pyrrha and Ren which was named Rose.

What surprised the rest of team NNPR was how devastating of a combo Ren and Naruto made. The two male teens could work perfectly as a stealth unit, what with Naruto's shinobi training and Ren's own grace and agility, or a quick strike unit capable of unleashing untold amounts of destruction before disappearing. Thanks to this the duo were nicknamed Bolt Flower.

The two females of NNPR were the backup to Bolt Flower and worked as a solid all around unit by themselves, capable of either fighting on the frontlines or providing covering fire. That in mind, the two girls had decided to name their formation simply, Queen.

Of course all of the battle strategy that they had spent the past two hours going over was the furthest thing from any of the teen's mind instead being replaced by thoughts of food, showers, and sleep.

As an unspoken agreement, Naruto, Ren, and Nora collapsed onto their beds while Pyrrha took the first shower.

As the sounds of the shower being turned on became the only background noise in the room, Nora having already decided to take a nap and Ren quietly being...Ren, Naruto rolled over and sat up, scratching his head as he realized that a certain Kitsune was oddly absent.

The blond Uzumaki wasn't particularly worried about Kurama himself, being more concerned for anybody with the unfortunate luck of being stuck with the troublesome Bijuu (Tailed Beast). After having spent the literal entirety of his seventeen years of life with the fox, Naruto knew that wherever the Kitsune was, trouble was not too far off, if the sentient chakra construct was already causing it.

Shrugging it off Naruto decided that food would be a good idea to have when his team was showered and ready to either finish whatever homework they had or sleep like he planned.

That in mind the blond rolled off his bed and decided to venture off to the cafeteria to see what was available. Hopefully Remnant's advanced technology extended into the food area as well and he could just simply grab his teammate's favorite foods without any fuss. Having ramen would just be a huge plus really.

Much to the blond's relief the cafeteria was just as technologically advanced as every other area of Beacon which meant not only could he get his teammate's favorite food, but he could also indulge himself in the sweet sweet food of the gods, ramen.

But now came the had part, carrying all the food. Normally the solution to such a situation would be easily solved by the quick use of a jutsu that he had abused as a preteen. However seeing two of the same people walking the halls would be weird and would raise questions Naruto didn't want to answer.

If Naruto were in the right state of mind he would realize that he had plenty of other jutsu to help to keep his identity as a shinobi hidden. However said blond was far from the right state of mind. Tired, hungry, and with the worry that his precious ramen was getting colder with each passing second, Naruto's higher thinking faculties were otherwise preoccupied.

None of the other students who occupied the cafeteria thought to mention to the blond staring heatedly at the plates of food in front of him that there was an even simpler solution to his conundrum in the form of the food carts that sat not feet away. Really though it wasn't their fault as said students really had no clue as to what Naruto's problem even was in the first place and instead just passed him off as another one of the many oddballs who called Beacon home.

The importance of this was to not only illustrate the level of Naruto's fatigue and love of ramen, but to also allow for the perfect timing of a certain Kitsune to come bursting through the doors of the cafeteria with a less than happy looking team RWBY hot on his tail.

Each of the girls had leaves and twigs littering their hair with small tears and cuts on their clothing. All in all it looked like they had gotten into a fight with a tree and lost.

Even still it wasn't the commotion that was caused by Kurama and team RWBY's less than quiet entrance that snapped Naruto out of his almost meditative state of mind, but the feeling of a familiar weight settling around his shoulders.

Coming back to the waking world, Naruto turned his head and saw Kurama had taken his usual perch on the blond's shoulders and was grinning like he had just finished eating the tastiest rabbit ever.

Naruto's attention was finally drawn to the four disheveled and angry females standing behind him. Even in his current state of mind, it was ridiculously easy for the Uzumaki to connect the dots, leading to him giving Kurama a deadpan stare.

"Do I need to put you back in the cage?"

Team RWBY wondered what a simple cage would do to a less than normal fox, but if the fearful look that crossed the Kitsune's face was anything to by then said punishment was probably the worst thing that the troublesome fox could experience. Of course while the girls thought Naruto meant a normal cage, Kurama knew full well that his container was talking about putting his furry ass back inside the seal that had kept him behind bars for sixteen years.

Not only was the space behind said bars small, but Naruto's mindscape hadn't changed in the slightest and was still the dimly lit, damp sewer it had always been. Admittedly it was far better than the seal his previous container, Naruto's own mother, had used, Kurama had very much so grown used to having a vast majority of his freedom back. The past year was the first in near a hundred years that the fox was able to freely roam and stretch.

He had been stuck inside his first Jinchuuriki, Mito Uzumaki, for close to a hundred years where said Uzumaki had kept him immobile with the use of seals. That wasn't so bad, but she didn't even let him scratch any itches that popped up and that shit is not fun.

Then there was Naruto's mother, Kushina, who had kept him chained to a massive fucking slab of rock with her chakra chains. Not only was he still unable to scratch any itches, she had the nerve to crucify him, pinning his limbs and tails down to the slab and there he had stayed for almost twenty years.

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