Fusion of Forces: Remnant's Maelstrom

The two teams eventually made it to class on time without further incident. Minutes into the class however most of them were wishing that they hadn't made it on time.

Professor Port, a short and rather large old man, was boring beyond measure.

Naruto was trying his damnedest to stay awake while Kurama had actually taken the train straight to snooze-ville and was lightly snoring away on his container's lap. Pyrrha was attempting to look interested, but it was clear that even she thought the professor was an absolute bore. Nora was not even trying to look interested and was instead doodling away inside her notebook. Ren looked even more apathetic than was his norm, something Naruto thought was scientifically impossible.

The only mildly interesting thing that had happened during the professor's lecture was his not so subtle attempt at flirting with Yang. Naruto was honestly surprised his fellow blonde hadn't straight up punched the guy's lights out, but that was him. Nonetheless he considered Yang a friend and made a mental note to offer her his services as the infamous Prankster King of Konoha.

If he could get away with putting itching powder on the robes of the Hokage, the so called strongest shinobi of Konoha who had a near 24/7 guard of highly trained shinobi from the ANBU Black Ops Division, then just imagine the pranks he could pull on some old Huntsman.

Pyrrha sweat dropped when she noticed that the formerly half asleep Naruto was now wide awake and furiously writing notes of some kind with a very mischievous grin stretching across his face.

Everyone's attention was drawn to Weiss though when the professor asked who thought themselves to have the traits of a true Huntsman or Huntress with the Schnee heiress promptly raising her hand.

The professor took this in stride and had Weiss go and retrieve her battle gear. When she returned, there in the middle of the class was a cage holding something that definitely wanted out.

As Naruto watched the rest of Weiss' team cheer her on, his eyes narrowed when he saw the rapier wielder grow frustrated. Naruto began to to pay even more attention as Weiss faced down the Boarbatusk that Professor Port had released from the cage. While he hadn't known the Schnee heiress for long he knew her style of fighting very well. The way she fought depended heavily upon her speed and ability to dance around her opponent, all while keeping calm and in control of the flow of battle. However it seemed that something, or rather someone, was making her exceedingly frustrated, throwing her fighting style off.

It was becoming increasingly clear who the source of said frustration was as the minutes ticked by and Weiss grew sloppier and sloppier with her movements. Evidently it was her own team leader, Ruby. Naruto had a feeling he knew exactly why as well. Like he and Kurama had said before, the Schnee heiress was like a female version of his old teammate Sasuke Uchiha.

Both were born into highly prestigious families and were raised getting almost everything they wanted handed to them on a golden platter. As such they grew to be arrogant, thinking themselves better than everybody else simply because of their upbringing and family name. Naruto didn't like to admit it, but there was a good reason for that arrogance.

It seemed that like Sasuke, Weiss had taken advantage of her wealth and family name, getting herself the best combat tutors that money could buy.

It certainly paid off.

While Weiss was far and away from being as strong as some of the shinobi he knew or even some of the Huntsmen and Huntresses he had met, she was still very much so ahead of her age. Ruby, Blake, and Yang were all strong in their own right, but Weiss was as well. Backed by her formal training and such, Weiss was a formidable opponent and would only come to grow stronger...if she allowed herself to.

It was true that she, again, like Sasuke, would grow to a level of strength that most could only dream of achieving thanks to her family name and wealth, but she would eventually hit a plateau of her own making. Only by opening up her mind and ridding herself of that arrogance would she be able to reach her proverbial peak.

After witnessing the little episode between Weiss and Ruby and Port's subsequent call for class to end, Naruto quietly collected his things and gave his team a look, letting them know that he would see them in a while. The four teens just nodded their heads, knowing that their leader would want to help in any way he could.

As Naruto caught up to Ruby and Weiss, he caught the tail end of their conversation. Hearing what Weiss said Naruto had to resist the urge to go up to Weiss and physically knock some sense into her.

"Ozpin made a mistake."

Naruto could see just how much that hurt Ruby to hear from Weiss, someone she considered a friend and he was sorely tempted to go up to Ruby and console her.

However seeing the silver haired headmaster of Beacon only feet away from Ruby, Naruto knew she would be in good hands and instead decided to look for Weiss. He was not just going to sit back and watch a team fall into the same faults that had caused his own team to shatter into pieces.

Weiss sighed to herself and began to contemplate what she had said to Ruby. Part of her regretted saying what she had, knowing that while part of it was her true feelings, most of it was the result of pent up frustration. Misplaced frustration at that.

True she was angry at Ruby and part of her was questioning why Ozpin had made the younger teen team leader, but she could have said so in a much more thought out and easier to swallow manner. Not in a way that had no doubt crushed Ruby. Ruby who really wasn't at all to blame.

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