Fusion of Forces: Remnant's Maelstrom

When Naruto had first come to Remnant he had no idea that there would be an almost entirely different form of human life that coexisted alongside the "normal" humans. Said race of humans were called Faunus. For the most part these Faunus looked and functioned like any other human, except the fact that they bore animalistic features. These features ranged from being a simple pair of cat ears to having the claws, eyes, and tail of a dog.

However the differences between human and Faunus were not merely cosmetic. Faunus exhibited traits similar to the animal they looked like. Those with canine features had a sharper sense of smell and hearing while those of the feline family had enhanced eye sight and agility.

Coming from the Elemental Countries where there were families of people who could use their own bones as weapons, expand any portion of their body at will, or had a colony of bugs literally living inside of them - well needless to say Naruto wasn't impressed.

Naruto himself bore some animalistic features due to being in the womb of his mother while she housed the soul of Kurama and then having said Bijuu (Tailed Beast) trapped inside his own body. Of course his features were hardly noticeable with the whisker marks that marred his cheeks being the only immediately visible difference.

It was when Naruto channeled Kurama's chakra that the features became more noticeable. With the influence of the Kitsune's unique energy flowing through him Naruto's normally blue eyes would become a bloody crimson with his pupils becoming slits like that of a fox's. His nails would sharpen and grow in length, becoming knife like claws. To top it all off the whisker marks on his cheeks would thicken and become even more noticeable.

Being the container for a Bijuu marked Naruto as a Jinchuuriki (Power of the Human Sacrifice) and to some this meant he wasn't exactly human himself. Years ago he had struggled with this concept, refusing to believe that he was different from the "normal" people. Of course in the shinobi world where walking on water and giving the laws of nature and psychics the finger was a daily occurrence, "normal" was a loose term.

Still the civilians of Konoha who had seen the fearsome and destructive power that was an angered Bijuu feared and hated Naruto, not being able to look past his title of Jinchuuriki to see the lonely orphan who only sought the love and warmth of family and friends.

Many lesser people would have crumbled under the weight of such emotions, but Naruto had only turned around and sought to make the world a better place, a place where no other person would have to go through the prejudice and hate that he had as a child.

As such it was no surprise that Naruto deeply sympathized with the Faunus of Remnant. They were like him. Treated harshly because of something they had no control over.

Normally Naruto was a fun loving person and very easy to get along with. There were few things that could truly anger him. The sight in front of him was one of those things.

A fellow first year student, a guy named Cardin from what he gathered from the whispers in the cafeteria, was publicly bullying and humiliating an older student. Simply because she was a Faunus.

Nothing angered the blond more than seeing someone pick on another simply because they looked different.

What only angered him more was seeing that nobody, not even a professor, was going to stop it.

He wasn't the only one though. The normally calm Pyrrha was tightly clutching her food tray while Nora was frowning and seemed to be debating on grabbing her hammer. Even the stoic Ren looked visibly angered by the scene.

Team RWBY was no better. Yang was clenching her fists tight enough that her knuckles were turning white and Ruby was glaring heatedly at Cardin. Weiss looked indifferent for the most part, but if one looked closely they could see her own abject disgust with the male. Blake was the most visibly angered. Her amber eyes had become slit and you could hear her almost hissing while her hair bow twitched in agitation.

As Cardin shoved the teen Faunus causing her to fall and spill her lunch, Naruto stood up, shocking those around him from their own thoughts. Before anyone from his team could stop him, the blond was gone in a blur of speed.

The next second he appeared and the series of events that followed shocked everyone watching. There Naruto was, suspended in mid air, his fist inches away from Cardin's face, while Cardin himself was being held with his hands behind his back.

The sharp sound of heels hitting the floor echoed throughout the cafeteria as Glynda Goodwitch stalked through the now silent building.

It was now clear to everyone what had happened. The female professor and Huntress had intervened at the perfect time and stopped the blond teen from giving Cardin what both teams NNPR and RWBY thought he deserved.

Naruto himself was angered deeply by the appearance of his fellow blond.

'Tch, of course she happens to intervene right when this teme was gonna get what he deserves.'

"I hope you know that we do not condone fighting amongst students outside of the arena, Mr. Uzumaki," the buxom professor lectured as she stared straight into the angry eyes of the still suspended Naruto.

Still pissed at not only her choice of timing and words, but at Cardin as well, Naruto lashed out, "But you do condone bullying I take it? Cuz I didn't see you or any other professor here stop this jerk from attacking that girl who did nothing wrong."

Glynda almost visibly flinched at the retort, knowing that if she said the wrong thing, not only would her credibility take a hit, but so would Beacon's.

Adjusting her glasses Glynda continued in the same voice, "The situation would have been handled properly, and as such there was no need for you to intervene."

Naruto narrowed his eyes at the blonde woman before he scoffed and, shocking everyone - Glynda included -, flared his chakra quickly, breaking him of whatever the female professor had done to stop him.

Without even glancing back Naruto stormed out of the cafeteria, clearly less than happy about how the situation was "handled".

Shaking herself from her thoughts of the enigmatic blond, Glynda turned to Cardin and released him from her hold, "Mr. Winchester, you will be coming with me to see Mr. Ozpin to address your actions here and your subsequent punishment."

Outraged for being punished Cardin retorted with a yell, "Why!? I didn't do anything wrong! Besides what about that...idiot blond!? He should be in trouble too!"

Glynda was far from happy to have another student yell at her for the second time in a day and glared heatedly at the teen, scaring the piss out of him and a few others in the vicinity, "Do not question me Mr. Winchester. The situation with Mr. Uzumaki will be dealt with appropriately and you needn't concern yourself with it. Do I make myself clear?"

Clearly cowed by the angry visage of the imposing professor, Cardin only nodded his head.

As Cardin was led out of the cafeteria by the strict professor, the cafeteria exploded into gossip, the wheels of the rumor mill already turning.

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