*Hey you guys. So I decided to change my style of writing and honestly think this way is better since the previous Volume was kind of like if I was writing a script and not a story. Anyways let me know if this is better and I'll keep writing in this style. I hope you're enjoying the story.

Chapter 01

TWO SEPARATE PATHS

A new light shines over the Kingdom of Dawn as Okami was named the Fourth King of Dawn. The people are more hopeful since they know Okami and his dedication to serve both the light and the people of Dawn. They say he is the one who will fix the mistakes of the past King's. But if he wants to make changes he'll have to fight the Senate who will be a challenge. Currently, Okami is sitting at the throne room and along with him is his newly assigned Captain of the Honor Guard Rai. Meanwhile, General Takashi is rushing over to the castle and enters the throne room. He walks up to Okami and takes a bow. "My Lord!" he said as he bowed. "You were in a rush. What's the matter?" Okami says out of curiosity. Takashi replied, "My Lord. Grimm has been spotted at the frontier near Shino." Okami then questioned, "How many Grimm?" Takashi instantly replied "Ten Beowulf's my Lord." Okami then began thinking on what actions he should take in the matter. But Takashi makes a suggestion or more like a demand. "My Lord! I request you to dispatch me and some of my men to help the men stationed in Shino and destroy the Grimm." Okami remained silent for a moment still thinking on the right thing to do and decided on his own. He turned over to Rai and asked "Rai. How many Vanguards are currently here?" "At least 20 my Lord." Rai replied. Okami then makes his move "Very well. Takashi! I'm afraid I'm gonna have to deny your request. You and your men are needed here. Instead I'll send over the Vanguard to support Shino." Takashi doesn't seemed very pleased with Okami's order but he had no choice but to obey and didn't try to change his mind. "Understood my Lord. I'll go and send the Vanguards. So if you'll excuse me." Takashi takes a bow and leaves the throne room.

Rai noticed that Takashi wasn't happy about Okami's decision, so goes ahead and talks to him. "My Lord. Are you sure we shouldn't send him?" Okami replies "Vanguards are more capable in fighting Grimm. Besides right now I need everyone I trust by my side." Rai understood what he meant since most of the Senate doesn't support Okami; as well as Izuka and his followers are still at large. Okami needs to be cautious of his surroundings since he doesn't truly know who is with him and who is against him. A minute later another door opens and Meiji, Head of the Senate, walks in and takes a bow. "You requested for me my Lord?" Meiji asked as he bowed. "Yes. Gather the Senate. We have a lot to talk about." Okami demanded. Meiji and Okami gave each other a long stare as if they truly resented each other. "Right away my Lord." Meiji relied taking a bow and leaving. Okami then remembered something and is now calm. He gets up, turns to Rai and asked "Hey Rai where's Hakuoh?" "I believe he's with Akari helping her learn our history." Rai answered. "Hmmmm? Well I guess I'll have to wait after our meeting then. Lets go." Okami and Rai then leaves the throne room to speak with the Senate.

Meanwhile, Hakuoh is helping Akari learn about the past Kings of Dawn in her room. Hakuoh goes on teaching her "The First King was Hajime. Even though during most of his rule he was building up the Kingdom, the people loved him and basically worshiped him if he was a Saint. He created the Mitsuki code to give us a purpose in this world. Everyone wanted to be like him and serve the Light. He later resigned giving the crown to his elder son Suzo. The Second King Suzo seemed to distrust the rest of the world. He broke all ties with the other kingdoms and isolated us from the world causing our economy to go down. However, this didn't effect our people way of life somehow. He even gave the homeless and the Faunus shelter and a place they can call home. Even though everyone remembers him as a tyrant that didn't serve the light, he served the people as best as he could. And as for father well I don't think I need to explain about him to you right." As Hakuoh explained to Akari about the Kings, he stopped and realized the difference in those who ruled. The difference between serving the light and the people. He managed to piece it all together. Akari looked up at Hakuoh in concern. She tugged on his shirt getting his attention. "Big brother?" she said. Hakuoh looks at her and gave her a warm smile. "Sorry Akari. I was just thinking about something. Now shall we continue?" Akari returned the smile and was curious about something. She looked at the book about the Kings and looked back at Hakuoh. "Big brother. If Suzo was helping the people why did everyone not like him?" she asked. "Because people expected him to be just like his dad. But since he wasn't all the sudden changes made him seem like a bad guy. He even didn't honor the code that Hajime created. Therefore, everyone thought he fell into Darkness since he didn't serve the light." Hakuoh responded. Akari seemed a bit confused but continued with the questions. "Why did Hajime leave?" she asked again. "No one knows exactly. That remains a mystery." Akari was curious about that subject and about the Kings. She starts to think really hard but burns out her mind. Hakuoh just watched her and laughs a bit since it brought back memories about Okami and him learning the same subject from Mifune. Akari still asking questions. "Big brother. What kind of king do you think Okami will be?" Hakuoh looked at Akari and smiled at her. He pats her head with a smile and answered "A king who will serve both the light and the people. As well as the future." Akari smiles and goes back into reading the book. Hakuoh thinks to himself "Akari. Okami and I will do whatever it takes. You will be a great queen." Hakuoh continues to teach her on what she needs to know.

Okami, walking down the hallway that leads to the council room with Rai by his side. They stopped at the door and looked at each other. "Alright lets do this." says Okami and then walks in. He stops in the center of the room with all the senators present. They all stood up and took a bow, returning to their seats. Meiji begins "My Lord. I have gathered all of the Senate. But first I heard you send all of the Vanguard who were currently here to Shino. Why?" As the room became silent, Okami didn't hesitate and with confidence and a smile he responded "Because they're more capable to fight off the Grimm. With their support the number of casualties would be low." Okami loses his smile and got serious. He continued "Which leads to what I wanted to discuss about." Meiji seemed curious but the rest seemed unpleased with the matter since Okami made a serious decision on his own but remained silent. "And what will that be?" Meiji asked. "I want to station most of our troops in towns near the borders to the South." Okami responded. Half of the Senate weren't pleased and stood from their chairs yelling questions to Okami but couldn't understand them since they yelled over each other. Others started to argue in either agreeing with Okami or trying to let him explain himself. Meiji raised his hand to silent the Senate. He then asked "What do you mean?" "General Takashi has the largest of the three army in our kingdom. So I want to split his army into three companies, each lead by one of his captains. One company will go to Shino and the other to Akita. This should greatly increase our defense against the Grimm to the South." Okami explained. Meiji having such curious look then continues. "What about the third company?" he asked. Okami responded "They will remain here. General Takashi, along with the General Hime since she has the smallest army, will be in charge with Yamato's defense." Okami answered. Meiji knows theirs more to it and was gonna continue but before he could ask, he was interrupted by another senator. "And what about General Shinji and his army? I'm sure you have something for him." he said. Okami giggled a bit and smiled at the senator and said "Haha you're sharp as ever Senator Onoki. But yes I would like to send them to Yuri and leave Baku to Ulysses and his men."

The Senate were outraged at Okami for wanting to leave the town of Baku to Ulysses who's an outsider. They were already at a distrust with him since he works for the Schnee Dust Company and they tried to expand their mines deeper into what seemed to be sacred grounds within the mountain caves. "You want Ulysses, a foreigner, to be in charge of Baku? And what of the mines? How will we make sure he doesn't break our agreement?" Onoki bombarded Okami with questions. However, he was prepared and responded saying "The men of Atlas are superior then us in technology and are just as good as us at fighting Grimm. Therefore, they can defend it. Also just in case they try anything funny, I will dispatch five of our best Vanguards to keep an eye on them." The room now in silent, the Senate now no longer have a counter argument against Okami and on his proposed actions he wants to take. The Senate sits down and began to whisper to each other. Meiji just sat their as he has a stare down with Okami. He then stands from his chair and raises his hand to gain the rest of the Senates attention. The room once again silent. "King Okami. You wish to move our armies to increase our defenses at locations where Grimm are highly active?" Meiji asked. "Yes!" Okami responded. Meiji then looks around at the senators who are looking right at him as well. "For all in favor of Okami's proposal please rise." Meiji told the Senate. Including Meiji, there are nine senators and only three stood up. Okami needs at least five to be in his favor to take action. Onoki leaned forward and asked Okami "Why exactly do you want to do this my Lord?" Okami smiled big and answered "Because I promised I will serve the people! And I'm willing to do whatever it takes." Onoki's eyes widened and was bright. He smiled a bit and stood up in favor for him. Now its up to Meiji since the votes are split. Meiji stood up and still has a serious expression. "King Okami. I hereby announce that the Senate…...are in your favor. We will send word out immediately." he stated. The Senate who weren't in his favor were shocked that Meiji agreed to his terms as well as Okami. Okami couldn't help but smile that he was able to somehow convince the Senate to agree with his proposal. "Thank you Head Senator Meiji. But before I go there is one more thing."

Hakuoh walk was quickly walking through the halfway along with Rai. He then make it to the throne room where Okami was sitting and waiting for him. Hakuoh stops in front of Okami and bows with Rai returning to his post next to Okami. Okami smiled and began to laugh. "Um is something funny my Lord?" Hakuoh asked. "Haha I would of never seen the day when you would bow to me. I always thought it would be the other way around." Okami continued to laugh but then stopped. "Is that so?" Hakuoh responded. Okami stood from his chair and walked up next to Hakuoh. He grabs Hakuoh's shoulders and smiled. "Hakuoh it is time for you to achieve your goal." Okami said. Hakuoh in shock, eyes widened and said "Wait does this mean." "Yes. The Senate agreed without a doubt. You'll go and travel to Vale and Mistral to change the world opinion on us. At the same time you'll be going as a diplomat as well." Okami stated. "That's great! Wait diplomat?" Hakuoh asked. "That's right. While you're on your journey I need you to go to Beacon and to talk to Ozpin about opening his academy to us. This way we can learn more ways to fight the Grimm. As for Mistral, I would like for us to set aside our difference and trade with them like we did before." Okami explained. "What about Vacuo?" Hakuoh asked. "Senator Onoki agreed to go their. Leave it to him. But you'll eventually go there too since its part of your journey you're about to take." Okami answered. Hakuoh filled with joy smiled and shed a tear. He goes to hug Okami and says "Thank you brother." Okami returns the hug and was too filled with joy as that was the first time in a while that Hakuoh called him brother. "No problem that's what brothers are for."

On the next day Hakuoh was packed and armored up ready to take his great journey around the world. He goes to see his mother in her room who sits their still in depression after Izanami's death. He goes up to her and takes a knee grabbing her hand. "Mother I'm not sure if you heard but I'll be gone for a while so please take care of yourself and watch over Akari." Hakuoh told her but she sat their silent. He gave her a kiss on her forehead and pet Bigsby who laid next to Eira. He began to leave the room but stopped as soon as he heard Eira say "Wait." Hakuoh stopped at the door and turned to her. "Please be careful and come back home." Eira said as she began to cry a bit. Hakuoh smiled and replied "Of course mother. I promise." He leaves the room and headed for the stables where Okami and Akari waits for him. Hakuoh places his stuff on his horse and goes to them. "Akari remember to study and continue training alright?" Hakuoh said to her. "Alright big brother." she said. They then gave each other a hug as a farewell. He then goes up to Okami. "Mizuko and Fu will be traveling with you just in case. Well I guess this is it." Okami said. "The start of new and bright future." Hakuoh said. Okami and Hakuoh looked over at the mountain and watched as the sun rises behind it. "Good luck out their brother" Okami said as he reached out his hand over to Hakuoh. "And to you too….My King." Hakuoh responded and grabs on to Okami's hand as their way of saying farewell. Hakuoh mounts his horse and leaves, with Mizuko and Fu, on to his journey and mission that can benefit Dawn. Okami walks back to the castle holding Akari's hand. He now will do whatever it takes to make changes within Dawn for the sake of its people. Both now walk separate paths that'll lead to obstacles that they'll have to face without each other. Whether its a path for the people or the light, both have one goal in mind while they walk separate direction…..to protect Akari and build a better kingdom, a better future. For the sake of the people and their beloved little sister.