Kamui Candy

by Nasha Rei-Kun

Obito Uchiha was a boy who simply couldn't handle it anymore. He wanted out of this hell and despite his personal endeavor to do so his Sharingan had better ideas. Sent to a different plane where spirit use was king, demons roamed and silver eyes were special, there was a woman that connected him to them all in the form of Summer Rose. Warrior, hero, baker of cookies, and mother.

26. HARD Prep II

Watch out for '~XXX~'s

Also almost finished the next chapter for 'Revive the Boss, dood!', look forward to that.

~NRK~

Vernal blinked at Obito's twitching eyebrow before turning to look at the group of misfits who'd entered the store, sipping on her caffeine some more. "Who're they?" She whispered to him behind her mug.

Obito covered his mouth in fake thought, answering back. "Salem trouble."

Vernal's eyes didn't shift as she placed her cup down before 'yawning' and looking into its depths.

"Fuck."

"Hello, again, sir?" Obito said unsurely as Scorpa blushed bright red, Tock raised a brow at everything in the place, Tyrian smiled in his 'disguise', and Gage simply came to the counter and sat down. "... I'm guessing this is your family?"

"... O-Oh, um, yes," the young man said as the other three came over. "This is my mom," Tock threw Obito an unimpressed look. "My dad," Tyrian waved heartily. "And my sister."

Scorpa covered her face as she shook it in her hands, Obito actually throwing her a pitying look.

"Sandwich… please," the guy said, getting a raised brow from Obito.

"BLT?"

"Yes," the boy's eyes widened in a form of excitement, Tock's eyebrow raising in interest. "Yes, more of that."

"BLT, huh?" The mother of two said in a curious manner, looking at Vernal who raised a brow at her. 'What's one of the Branwens doing here?' She thought as she shrugged at the other woman. "Give me one of them, too."

"Then we shall all partake!" Tyrian said, getting a snort from Obito as he made a pair of clones that went to work. "... Yes, this ability of yours, very capable," the man said and Obito raised a brow at the… intrigue in it.

Someone had ideas he didn't want a part in. "Yeah, they're pretty limited and take a long time to program," Obito explained with a smile on his face. "They're a pain, though. Real long time to get 'em to this level," there, neither a lie nor a truth.

"Well, I'd assume you'd become more versatile with some extra practice."

"Eh, I'm capable but not that capable," Obito continued the charade. "I can do things like scaring your daughter but that's it."

"Yes, that event. You see, my child was rather… shaken from the event. Do you believe you could do the same to-" Tyrian began to scope out the boy's abilities.

Maybe he could bring him in as a priest! Oh, his abilities would give their Goddess all the followers she could want! With her magic and this 'Obito's Semblance, which seemed to have multiple parts, this man would become a force to be reckoned with.

That said, his gaze turned to the door where Emerald came in, blinked, gawked, and then rubbed the back of her head.

"Um… am I interrupting something?" She asked nervously with some laughter even as she pressed a button on a pager attached to her back pocket.

Wearing a pair of brown, skin-tight, pants with a pair of black sneakers and a white t-shirt, Emerald grinned at the group. 'Bro, I have no idea how you do it.'

Seriously, she had to take tips because this entire situation was ridiculous.

"Ah, Emerald, how's everything?" Obito asked as his hands moved about, working on four sandwiches. "How's it going?"

Emerald came over before taking the seat next to Vernal, the older woman shooting her a knowing look as her eyes flickered back to the group before coming back to Emerald.

A quick application of her Semblance had Vernal nodding inconspicuously.

"Sup."

"How's it going, Vernal?" Emerald asked as her fingers blurred against her Scroll, the girl not even looking at it as she sent something.

"Just spending some time with Obito."

Obito hummed as he finished up the sandwiches by using a quickfire jutsu, gaining Tyrian's attention.

"Oh? You can breathe fire can you?" He asked with a widening smile as Tock's eyes narrowed in concentration. "That's quite the skill."

'Hold on,' her eyes squinted at the back of Obito's head. '... Do I know this guy?'

That didn't make sense but maybe she should check in on her contacts in Mistral.

"It's a part of my Semblance using little air ruptures, it's also part of the clone ability, I just don't know how."

"Oh, trust me, Semblances can be odder than odd," Tyrian said with a smile as Obito served the family, paying the man with twenty lien.

"... And, here you go," Obito said, handing the man his change only for Tyrian to shake his hand.

"No, no, keep the change, I'm not exactly fiending for cash… I believe that is the saying," the scorpion man said as he cupped his chin. "I don't necessarily understand where this 'fiending' word comes from."

"Hmph," Obito chuckled a bit as he put the cash in the cash register. "Well, that's slang for you. Vernal-"

"Obito, we're coming down!" Came Velvet's voice from the staircase and Obito's smile twitched in agony as Scorpa blinked at the familiar sound. "Careful-"

The door to the store opened at the same moment as the door from his apartment room.

Qrow came inside in his usual ware while the rest of Obito's harem came out with a blink and smile at the group inside.

Velvet came in with a long black nightgown that came down to her shins while her face was framed by her long black hair set in two thick pigtails. Her coffee house slippers clapping against the floor as she and the others took their seats.

Cinder smiled nervously at the Callows family with her thick black nightcap on and in a pair of dark blue pajamas, her long, braided, black hair patting against her back, almost touching the floor near her kangaroo slippers.

Winter was perhaps the most shocking, wearing a large red wig that gave her a combover over her right eye. Her body was covered by a long, long-sleeved, purple t-shirt that was Obito's and a pair of black tights that led down into narwhal slippers.

Scorpa blinked at the group, balking at the array of colors, bodies, women. "U-Um, who are they?"

"... Uhhh," Obito coughed into his fist. "Friends," Obito said with a grunt as Vernal chuckled. "They were just staying over for a bit."

"Staying over, huh?" Tock asked with a raised brow as her son ate like a man starving for years. "Control yourself, kid!" She slapped the back of his head and Gage blinked before blushing, slowing down. "Hmph, is this how I taught him how to eat?" The crocodile woman said with a twitching brow before eating. "..."

She ate with control, barely, at least.

"Hm, hm," Tyrian chuckled as he and their daughter ate. "... hmmm! I like this! Can I guess that this comes from another settlement down from Vale?"

"Yeah, how'd you know?" Obito asked.

"I've visited, that town's tomatoes were its pride and joy!" Tyrian explained as he ate.

Qrow's eyebrows rose as he flagged Obito down. "Can I get a chocolate martini? Add in some coffee, too. Need the boost today," Qrow said as Obito nodded, his clone already moving with purpose. "Damn, how's business this Monday morning, I know that some of the Beacon students should be coming down here since classes start later today."

Velvet hummed as she flagged an Obito clone down. "Could we get a Questionable Coffee?" She asked and he leaned down.

"What do you want in it?" The clone asked.

"Obito's what's going on?"

"That's a solid bar in it but I can't say it's not dangerous for your teeth," he said, marking it down.

"Are they criminals?"

"That's a yes, adding extra cream."

"... Can I get a shot of espresso?"

"Extra espresso coming up!" Obito said as he walked over to Cinder and Winter. "And you two?"

"... Be safe," Cinder whispered and Obito's eye softened before he nodded, writing down on his notepad.

"It'll be a smooth texture, promise."

"Let me know if anything happens," Winter whispered. "I can call down the guards at some of the Schnee-factories nearby."

"Gotcha, it'll be fine, no other instructions needed," Obito said with a chuckle and a smile. "Alright."

He went about and simply made them their favorite drinks with Velvet's, ironically, being an actual Questionable Coffee. It was a menu item she came up with where you could add whatever you wanted to a basic coffee.

Qrow was soon served alongside Emerald who ordered a chicken sandwich. The others were quickly given their orders and Obito found himself, and his clones, talking to his customers.

"So, tell me, how long have you been here, Mr. Obito?" Tyrian asked from their new personal booth table, reading off the nametag.

That'd been a decision he'd made, just using his first name would be fine for everyone to know.

"Give or take two years, soon," Obito said as Gage ate his third sandwich. "It's rather surprising how fast time flies."

"Fascinating," the man said as the mother to his children scoffed before looking at her children. "Why, have you ever considered relocation? Say… near Mistral?"

Qrow's eyes narrowed along with Vernal's but their gazes were hidden by a mug or turned head, respectively.

"Eh, I've considered doing a continent-wide pilgrimage before, with a cart. It seems like a nice idea to both see the sights and spread awareness of my shop, though I've already been on a few blogs and websites."

"Spreading influence is an important part of our lives, we need to or else others won't understand who we are," Tyrian said both cryptically and sagely.

"Ignore him, he's an idiot," Tock said with a roll of the eyes and a grunt before laying down some more money. "So, I hear you've got the attention of a Councilman."

Obito's eye blinked thrice and did his to not react. "... oh, you mean Councilman Rain? Oh, yeah, I helped him out once back in the day and we hold a tentative acquaintanceship. Who's asking?"

"Wanna become a contact, kid?"

"I'm almost twenty-one."

"And I'm in my late thirties," he looked surprised as she chuckled, sharp teeth on display. "I'm literally almost twice your age, trust me, you're a 'kid' to me."

"Hmph," Obito rolled his eye but his eyebrow rose. "Anyway, a 'contact'? Like in movies?"

Qrow nodded to himself.

Playing stupid was the best way of not having this place on a dangerous 'map'.

"Yes, it'd be good to have information from within the cities. We travel around a lot, you see, so we can't always connect to the kingdoms' CCT towers."

"Huh, I mean, if it's just that, I don't mind," Obito shrugged after blinking twice. "Sounds kind of cool."

Velvet blinked at this character Obito was playing while Vernal grinned, sending the girl a text as she did.

Velvet blinked before pulling it out of the chest-level inner pocket of her nightgown and giggling a bit.

Scorpa blinked and turned her head to the five as they chuckled, laughed, and just joked about something via text.

'I guess that's not her,' she'd been confused for a moment, her voice had been so familiar to Velvet's but Scorpa wasn't so stubborn as to not realize that there might be someone else who sounded like her former 'applicant'. 'Whatever, what's this Questionable Coffee about?'

"Good to know someone in this place," Tock said with a chuckle as she got up. "The way I want it is that I'll pay you whenever we come here. You give us info and I'll just listen. That's all."

"Fine," Obito answered with a shrug.

"Alright, that's all I'm here for," Tock said as she got up and left. "Do whatever you want," she said with a barely-there wave back at the group.

"Hmm, I'd like some of your sweets for the road," Tyrian said with a hungry grin that Obito chuckled at before going to grab. "Oooh! Get the vanilla cream-filled ones!"

"Chocolate or caramel?"

"Both!"

Watching Obito go, Tyrian hummed in appreciation.

"He is quite fetching and polite, Scorpa," the girl burned a bright red as Gage blinked, looking up from the table. "Why, he could become an amazing husband for you!" Tyrian somehow whispered and yelled all in the same breath.

"F-Father, no!" Scorpa complained as she held her face. "N-No-I'm not even thinking about stuff like that!"

"Hmmm, it might be a bit early," Tyrian hummed in consideration as Gage just looked around. "Very well, it will remain unrequited my candy owner associate," the scorpion father shrugged wistfully.

"Father!"

"Hmm?" Obito blinked as he returned with their candy, raising a brow at the quickly reddening Scorpa. "Did something happen?"

"Why, yes and no, friend," Tyrian wiped his eyes dramatically as Obito looked confused. "A family matter. Here is the payment for the items and we shall take our leave," the Faunus father said as he and his children stood up.

"... Haa, are you going to keep doing this?" Obito asked as he looked at the money on the table, shooting the man a flat look.

"Hm, hm, and he's upstanding! A sad opportunity," Tyrian said to his daughter who burned bright red before replaying a scene from last week. "Ah, repetition!"

"FATHER STOP!" Scorpa said as she carried the man out of Obito's establishment.

Gage blinked, looking at Obito and then back at the door.

"Go on and remember this," Obito said as he handed the young man the bag of candy. "Take it easy."

Gage nodded rapidly before rushing out the door, leaving the area with only Obito-associated individuals.

"... they're criminals, right?" Velvet asked as she turned to Obito who picked up his payment. "Obito?"

"It's more complicated than that, Vels," Qrow said as he got up along with Emerald. "These guys are a bit more dangerous than random criminals."

"Like that Torchwick burglar?" Winter asked as she adjusted her wig.

"WAY more dangerous," Emerald explained. "Oz has us tailing these guys. I'm glad I knew you guys were upstairs and had all those wigs… speaking of," she turned to Obito who blinked before chuckling nervously. "What's with all the wigs?"

"I bought all of them when I knew Cinder was coming with me this Thursday," Obito said as Cinder tilted her head. "I even got weave which, speaking of, did you all actually tie that into her head that quickly?"

"No," Velvet chuckled. "We just attached it with some rubber bands and Cinder's using the Wall-Walking method to hold it up."

Cinder nodded, dropping all the hair a moment later with a sigh of relief as Vernal snickered.

"With that all said, who are these dangerous criminals?" Winter asked as an Obito clone sat at the counter, paper over a piece of the underside. "?"

"Bug," Obito said. "Me and Vernal noticed it and she told Emerald."

"They think it ended up in a crack in the floor," the green-haired girl said as the clone pressed the bug down into the floor, a quick application of earth chakra having it absorbed with a thick handkerchief over it. "So, she'll probably end up coming back for it eventually."

"... I see, good teamwork," Qrow said with a smirk and his arms crossed. "Man, Verns, Obi, Ems, and Velvet would have made a killer recon team in Beacon. Touch, Eyes, Mind, and Ears, that's a wicked combo."

The designated four chuckled.

"And, for your information, Winter… Actually, Velvet knows this but I know some underground people here," Qrow raised a bright in intrigue while Vernal balked, Cinder blinked, and Winter's mouth dropped. "I cook over at The Club down a few blocks. I helped their leader, Qrow, that woman who was attacked?"

"Wait, holy shit, her?!" Qrow balked. "Some lady was attacked in the streets of Vale in broad daylight by mobster assassins," he explained to the others. "Apparently they were of an old blood guy who died as well… And you know this woman?"

"Yes, she and that man's son, who helped her overthrow him, lend me three favors every month in the way of intelligence," Vernal looked interested while Winter cupped her chin with a frown.

"... I understand, in the end, this does help."

"I'm not doing any of that, Winter, I can promise you," Obito said seriously and the vice-president smiled softly at him. "Trust me, I just cook down there, nothing more. And they've informed me of Gage Gallion, that reptilian Faunus, and Tock Croc, the woman. I fought that woman almost ten years ago but she disappeared from my 'marks' and yet she shows up… and, worryingly, she feels far different, Aura-wise," he explained to his girls who blinked.

"How so?" Emerald asked.

"It feels… darker, for lack of a better word. Like she filled it with dust, the dirt. It's muddled."

"... I'll let Oz know. Anything different from what you told Em about Tock and Gage?" Qrow said as he flipped through his Scroll and pressed numerous keys. "I'm assuming it's bad."

"No, outside of them being here? Nothing else but I should inform my own contacts."

"... Actually," Vernal crossed her arms and leaned back in her seat as she spoke. "... You know, Obito, when we met with that Jade woman," Qrow and Emerald blinked. "It's more underground stuff, anyway, Jade did say that they were tearing things up. Not so much them by name but she said of a woman and her kid destroying the system. I'm assuming it's Tock and Gage. From what she said, didn't they pick up all the dust and money?"

"Yeah… yeah, she did… It's probably only for money but that much Dust? That's worrying."

"That's gonna be interesting," Qrow said as he walked towards the door leading to Obito's apartment. "I'm gonna write some stuff down before heading out the window."

Qrow disappeared from sight, leaving Obito with his harem and Emerald.

"I guess you should probably prepare for class, Vels," Emerald said after a bit, getting up and taking her own leave. "We'll talk at lunch! Later, Obi-bro."

Obito hummed at that, turning to face the girls.

"So, what's going on?"

~NRK~

Coco grunted as she blocked one of Fox's kicks with her weapon in its purse form.

"Geez, you're lucky this baby isn't real or I'd have you paying for a bag looking like this!" Coco said as she swung out at the approaching Fox before grunting as she threw herself to the side to avoid an uppercut. "Whoa!" She rolled into a kneel, activating her weapon.

"Too slow!" Fox threw out a dropkick that sent her rolling head over heels before flopping against the floor. "... You seriously need a better weapon. Even if it's just Grimm, you can't just have that thing in its purse state and, even then, you'll be slower than slow if it isn't. You need a better weapon."

"Ugh!" Coco groaned as she laid there before finding a hand in front of her, Fox leaning down with an amused face. "... Dammit," she grasped it and allowed him to pull her up. "Don't go and break all my hopes and dreams, Foxy, I worked hard on 'em."

Fox shrugged as grunts happened all around them. "There's simply nothing more I can say, that weapon's so unwieldy, what was the point of it?"

"Overwhelming stopping power that can tear through any Grimm while working alongside my Semblance," Coco said as she patted off her thighs before standing straight with a sigh and her arms crossed. "But, as it turns out, I either need a new fighting style or a new weapon and I'm not a fan of that second option."

"Hmm," Fox considered her with a pulse of his Aura. "... Well, might as well try the first, right?" He asked with a grin as she threw him a raised brow before chuckling. "Well, for starters, do you have any hand-to-hand combat experience?"

"... A little. I used to use a powerful handgun I made in Pharos combat school," Coco said. "It's back in my old home with my sis, in a port town."

"Hmph, I wasn't aware you had a sibling."

"Hehe~ Now you know," she said with a teasing grin that he didn't see but felt, raising a brow at her as he crossed his arms. "Hm, hm, you're good. Dammit, is this an upside to being blind?"

"I'll have you know I have many upsides," Fox said with a smirk before blinking and grabbing her shoulder. "Duck!"

They came down as a body flew overhead, the two looking to see a recovering Marker with his crossbow-pickaxe mix out, held up at the flying overhead Coral, the girl blocking a shot from his weapon only to hit the floor with her legs, grunting.

The two of team CFVY jumped back as the grass crunched in Marker's charge before he swept low, pulling his Faunus teammate's legs out from beneath her.

Coral yelped a bit and looked up to see a crossbow bolt aimed at her face.

"... I concede," she said with a grimace as Marker shakily smiled, helping her up but she gripped his arm tautly, holding him close. "..."

Coco grinned slyly as the Faunus girl let him go a moment later, huffing with red cheeks as Marker coughed into his fist.

"T-Today's going well, I guess," he said, embarrassed, much to Coco's amusement as Fox raised a brow.

He opened his mouth to say something but Coco whispered into his ear and the blind boy stopped and nodded.

"Ahh, I see," Marker blushed at Fox's understanding hum. "Marker has an odd road ahead of him."

"BYE!" The other boy ran after his teammate, leaving the two chuckling Team CFVY members.

"Hm, hm, hm, where's Yatsu and-"

"ARRRRGGGGHHHH!" Came large shout, an explosion, and a green wave shot into the sky.

"There he is but where's-?"

An explosion of white tore off the edge of the familiar cliff they were on, a girl falling from the sky to land next to a hulking boy and many other students.

"There they are," Fox answered with a grin as Coco shouldered him before they moved. "... Ah, I might have an idea for your fighting style."

"Hit me."

"Right now?"

"Smartass."

---

Yatsuhashi nodded as Velvet landed, the two the wonder of the crowd as Orchid walked up to their side with Silver staying far away.

"That's pretty amazing," he said with a smile as Yatsuhashi chuckled. "I'm curious about your ways," Orchid said as he turned to look at a shrugging Velvet.

"I was always taught that you need to be more creative," she explained as she clanked Blast & Cleave together, making a little spark. "Using physics helps as well, hm, hm," Velvet with a grin as the boy before her nodded with a slight blush.

Yatsuhashi raised a brow at that and shook his head in pity.

Oh, that poor poor boy.

"So, say, if I was to use water?"

"I think, to pull off something like that you'll need more Aura control," the Faunus said as the rest of her team came over. "I use both sparks and Wind, as well as Fire, Dust in my weapons," she explained as she held out Blast & Cleave, their jagged knuckle sections glowing a soft light green and bright orange.

"Telling your trade secrets, Vels?" Coco asked as Fox raised a brow. "Not exactly a good idea. Gotta have the upper hand."

"Nothing that could stop me," Velvet said with a gentle smile as Coco chuckled while Fox grinned. "It's basically everything I told you all."

"Still, it's rather simple but complex," Yatsuhashi said as the other students began trying to send out large Aura waves, Team CFVY moving down the 'range' of the cliff wall. "It's more than just using Dust and Aura," he whispered to his fellow teammates.

Once out of earshot, Velvet nodded.

"It's also about timing, I have to be able to catch the sparks, after all," she explained. "Adding on 'extending' my Aura in a circle and then using Aura Shot? It seems easy but it's really hard in the beginning."

"Damn," Coco said before finding Fox's hand on her shoulder and the blind teen throwing her a thumbs-up. "... Wait, you're gonna teach me how to do that?!" The team leader grinned as she slapped Fox's back, the male teen grinning as he didn't even budge. "Oh, I'm gonna have you teach me everything ahead of everyone else!"

"Well, it's never wrong to redo the basics," Fox said before humming at a signature coming towards them. "Heads up, Emeralds coming."

The group turned to- "Hey guys," Emerald said, shocking Fox as his team's heads snapped back to their front. "Looking for something?" She asked with a smirk that confused the blind teen.

"I… How did you-"

"Get in front of you?" Emerald said with a grin that seemed so excited. "Oh, nothing, just a new part of my Semblance," she said with such glee, she looked like Christmas came early.

It was true but the reason was easily because of her new Maidenhood! She'd been told she'd awaken to new powers of the Fall Maiden and had been told that her Semblance would be enhanced because of it.

She'd never know when but it'd happen and, as of an hour ago, it did!

Emerald remembered when Obito had explained to her the true powers of his 'eyes', their failsafe plan, and she'd realized it was like one of them.

Izanagi, the power to make 'illusions' or 'dreams' reality! Sure, it wasn't as powerful as he explained to her his version was, she had to literally pass her Aura to her illusion-self before 'teleporting'. It was an easy process but it took five seconds, in that time, she lost the ability to use her body and would freeze up.

But, her 'version' of it was for good, no lost eyes or nothing!

"This is a part of your Semblance? Really?" Velvet looked surprised and Emerald threw her a thumbs-up. "That's amazing, Emerald!"

"Hehe~" Emerald grinned widely, hands behind her back. "I know, it's awesome!"

"Hmph, so you can, like, teleport everywhere now?" Coco asked.

"Nah, it's way more limited than that," Emerald said with a wave of the hand. "But forget about it, what are you four up to?"

"Teaching Coco a zoning technique and, if possible, a zoning pattern over the following year and the beginning of the next before the Vytal Festival," Fox said as Coco cupped her chin with a 'sagely' nod. "Ignore her, she's partially blind to things that aren't her ego."

"Oh, those sound like teasing words there, Fox."

"Oh, see, you didn't hear me correctly," he said with a slowly-growing smirk as he walked off. "Come along, I shall lead my fellow disabled to a tree!"

"For the love of, you are so evil!"

"Spoke to a mirror recently?"

"Duh."

"And it strikes again!"

"Dammit, walked right into that one."

Velvet, Yatsuhashi, and Emerald sweatdropped as the two bantered back and forth.

"It's like they've known each other for years," Emerald noted as Yatsuhashi chuckled. "... W-What, he a friend of yours?"

"Yes, Fox and I have known one another for most of our lives," he explained with a smile as Emerald's own froze, eyes widened, and cheeks reddening.

"T-That so?! W-Well… You know, Obito taught me plenty of stuff… w-wanna-"

"I'd be honored," Yatsuhashi said with an excited grin, getting one in return along with a completely blushing Emerald. "Come, we can-"

"In the forest!" Emerald said as she grabbed his bicep and ran off with him. "This way!"

"V-Very well!"

Velvet giggled like a loon as she watched the two displays happen, taking a seat on the cliff edge.

"These days are really nice," she said to Glynda as she floated down next to her, following her example. "It feels like everything just makes life better each day."

"Hmm, it's a good mindset to have," Glynda said with a smile as she removed her glasses and let them hang off her neck by their strap. "I take it everything is going well?"

"Marvelously," Velvet replied, resulting in a chuckle from the older female. "Ever since that day… I don't know but it feels like Obito and I are more connected now than ever before."

"Yes, intercourse can certainly leave Aura-users with a heightened sense of connection," Glynda explained with some red on her own cheeks but a calm smile as Velvet giggled. "Obito's a bit different but… ahem, connecting," the rabbit girl blushed bright red like Glynda did. "Is more than just a bit literal. The love you both have for one another, should it be above just pure affection, stays for however long it lasts, it's almost magical in design. Hm, hm."

"Really?" Velvet smiled as she looked down at her hands, flashing her Aura over them. "I really like it."

~NRK~

Obito blinked as he perked up from his seat before shaking his head at the warmth filling his body.

Weird. "So, yes, they're here," Obito explained to the group who looked alarmed.

"When?" Muffett asked herself with a grimace, fanning her face. "... Do you happen to know?"

"I believe it had to be recent," Obito said as Miltia leaned into her seat next to him as Melanie crossed her legs like her mother. "I got a good sense on Tock and Gage. There'd be no way I"d forget such disgusting Auras. It'd have to be hard for no one to sense them out."

"Hm?" Muffett frowned at that, getting a raised brow from him. "I believe you have to be mistaken, I didn't notice a single Aura so vile as you put it."

"Wait, your Semblance didn't?" Obito asked in disbelief. "... Then I think the boy has a neutralizing Semblance because this happened to me before and she disappeared from my senses. There has to be a correlation but the guy had to have been, at best, six or seven at the time of our fight."

"..." Miltia frowned as she found some info on her Scroll. "Nobody's got any new info other than them leaving with a 'private' bullhead guy, Hop, a week or so back," she said with emphasis on 'private' with air quotes. "Which is worrying."

"Why?" Obito asked.

"You see, Obito, you don't just find a 'private'," Muffett repeated her daughter's actions. "Bullhead, not to say it's impossible but this person is known to work under a specific mafioso. If they've found one of them, they know about where some of the others are… which means-"

Junior's eyes narrowed. "They're probably here for Muffett," he grunted, the twins sitting up in attention, their faces scrunched in anger. "Was it just them?"

"..." Obito considered telling them about Scorpa and found no reason not to. "Yes, she has a… he's the father to her children," the man found the words, shocking the group.

"Children?" Muffett balked.

"It's only two… Do you remember that Scorpa girl? She's their other child, Scorpa Callows."

Miltia blinked as she put that last name in. "There's no record for her but is her dad named 'Tyrian', by any chance?"

"Bingo."

"Damn, turns out this guy was a big serial killer," Miltia said with a frown as she scrolled through the articles that popped up on her Scroll. "... Ehhh," she cringed. "He's some sort of religious fanatic for the Dark Brother, in the myths and it isn't pretty, fuck."

"Hmph, all we need to know is that he's here with three others," Muffett said as Junior nodded.

"You know their location?" He asked Obito who nodded.

"I do but you all may not need to do anything," Obito explained, confusing the four. "You know I know Velvet-"

"One of your girls, yeah," Melanie said with a blank look. "I couldn't think of anything else."

"Hush! The point is, I also know the Headmaster, Ozpin White," Obito explained, getting a very raised brow from Ms. Muffett and Junior.

"... Who the hell are you, again?" The latter asked. "You not only know Atlas scientists-"

"One of them is Vel's dad."

"Regardless, you have an in with Atlas scientists, you know the Headmaster of Beacon, and you're dealing with us, is there any pot you haven't dipped your hands into?"

"... That's not important."

"Oh, gods."

"Ignoring that! The point is, he's had his eye on these people for a while and knows the name and face of Tyrian, I've informed him of their whereabouts and he has people watching them. He's also trying to get rid of these people."

"... Hmm, I'm assuming it has something to do with Mistral?" Muffett asked.

"It does."

"Hmph, well, if either of you handles it that'd be a monkey off my back."

"I'll see what he's going to actually do about it."

~NRK~

The following evening, Obito found himself in an elevator with Emerald, Emerald dressed as she'd been the day before save for now wearing a black top.

Obito wore his Kamui Candy uniform and had a box in his hands bearing a familiar Mangekyo Sharingan pattern all over it.

"How's the tailing going?"

"Well, so far, these guys have only gone to antique stores in the area," Emerald explained with a frown as Obito followed her example. "Otherwise, they've stayed inside their little apartment."

"Be careful, I believe Gage has some kind of skill where he can deny sensing, I've got two records of strong sensory abilities being nullified."

"Seriously?" Emerald grimaced further as the elevator came to a stop and they exited into Ozpin's office. "Geez."

"I know," Obito said as they looked up at Ozpin who was currently handling some paperwork. "Surprise."

"Welcome," Ozpin said with a smile as he looked up, gesturing to the chairs in front of his desk.

Quickly taking the offered seats, Obito and Emerald nodded as Ozpin put down his pen and folded his hands.

"I can assume things are going well?" Ozpin asked and Emerald nodded as Obito offered him the box in his hands. "... Cake?" He guessed and Obito chuckled with a nod. "Oh, you're really feeding that baby, Obito. Honestly, I have to make sure to cut a slice before Glynda gets all of it."

"Snrt!" Emerald snorted. "Mom's been very conscious of how much she's eating and has been using the treadmill in the gym a lot, as of late… yet she keeps eating your cake," the moss head said as she turned to a proudly smiling Obito. "I swear, that cake is more hypnotic than your eye."

"An amazing compliment," Obito said with a chuckle before turning to Ozpin. "The reason I'm here was because I was curious. What is the plan for our witchy family?"

"... Hmm," Ozpin leaned back in thought. "For now, we've been keeping them under surveillance but I know what you're saying. They need to be dealt with, assumably, before they try to do whatever it is they're here for. As for that… it has to be quick and swift, I don't want them realizing one of their numbers is gone and, possibly, just choosing to wreak havoc on the populace."

"How?"

"... I know this might be a lot, this might be me overstepping my boundaries with your sensibilities," Ozpin said with a frown as Obito closed his eyes and leaned back in his seat. "But, Obito, I need you to end these four's lives should things get too out of hand."

"..." Obito knew how he felt and grimaced as he looked outside. "... I'll do what I can," he said with a sigh as Ozpin wore a sad smile.

"Apologies."

"... Should the time come," Obito spoke as he looked up. "I don't want Velvet to know… If she did, I don't…" Emerald laid a hand on his shoulder and nodded with a resolved frown.

"I'll do my best to make sure it doesn't happen, bro, promise."

"Thank you, Emerald."

"I'll also do my best to ensure she doesn't get involved," Ozpin said as he looked at a paper on his desk. "I'm actually mapping out the Freshman teams' first Chaperone Missions. These are missions that will allow them to shadow a Hunter and see how the missions work."

"... I see," Obito hummed in thought. "... Is it possible to have Velvet shadowing a police investigation?" Ozpin looked surprised. "I'm already handling her physical situational abilities as is but I want her to use her strengths more. She's decently smart and her hearing is greater than most."

"Hmmm," the Headmaster looked over some of the papers before raising a brow. "Well… If you don't mind Port being with her team."

"That actually sounds great," Obito said with a smile as the other two threw him uneasy looks.

"I don't know how he does it," Emerald said in disbelief as Ozpin cleared his throat. "I-It's! You shouldn't like Longwinded Port! You've infected Oobleck's kid, too! Irin laughs!"

"It is rather… impressive," Ozpin found the word as Obito's expression went flat. "That you've inspired another generation… but against Port?"

"You hired him! Why are you complaining?!"

"..." Ozpin didn't look at the one-eyed man, clearing his throat and turning to his papers. "Weren't we talking about-"

"Ozpin!"

~NRK~

He moved with Cinder on Wednesday night, Winter clapping in time at their side, as they practiced in the Schnee manor.

"Mmm. Clp! Clp! Clp! Clp-Clp!" Winter clapped her hands and the two moved in rhythm. "And… done!" Obito and Cinder came to a stop with one arm around the other's waist and their other set of hands clasped, and up, at their sides. "It's good that you're all able to get this down pat."

Obito and Cinder nodded as a scroll glowed a bit away, a circle of their copies each moving as they did, or at least tried to.

The copies dispelled into smoke at an expulsion of Aura from Cinder and a handsign from Obito. When they disappeared, Cinder shivered as rested her head on Obito's chest.

They'd dressed in light, but formal, clothes. Obito in some black slacks and a white dress shirt while Cinder wore a short red dress with short sleeves was shin-length. The two hugged after they finished, Cinder nuzzling Obito's neck as the man chuckled.

Winter smiled before shifting as an Obito clone massaged her shoulders, the vice-president wearing a dress similar to Cinder but it was powder blue and frilled from the waist and came down the back.

"Hmm," she sighed in satisfaction as the clone rubbed at her back, the dress the two women were wearing having a leaf-shaped opening in the back where you could see their bare skin. "Hmph, the Shadow Clone Formula is such a relief when it comes to things like this. Cinder's basically gotten almost two weeks under her belt and she wasn't even that unfamiliar with professional dancing to start with."

"Hmph, I'm glad," Obito said as he and Cinder walked over. "We've been at this for five days, so far. Five hours with ten clones every hour, she's making good time."

"Thanks, you two. I mean it," Cinder said with a smile and a determined smile. "I-I don't want to let you all down."

"You really won't," Obito said with a raised brow. "It's not like our lives are on the line, Cinder. Enjoy yourself."

"He's right," Winter said with a warm smile as she held the Obito clone's forearm, the man behind her wrapping his arms around her neck. "Hm, hm, you've told me how you used to always look at the balls that'd be held at your… old home. You love the idea of them, the dresses, the atmosphere, the music, and the dancing. This is your time, even if it's only once, this is your moment, no one can take that from you."

Cinder looked at the two, three, with a look of conflict.

"... I'm not sure if I can."

"Just remember," Winter said. "You are there just to have fun, this isn't even a mission for Obito to truly solve outside of a few fights. Simply take a step back and look over everything that you'll be enjoying."

Cinder considered it for a moment before sighing.

"I'll try."

"That's all we ask," Obito said as he embraced her from behind, the mouse Faunus's face going nuclear. "Now, am I the only one who's tired?"

~XXX~

Obito wondered if he had some form of magic because of that question.

Wearing a black tank top and shorts, he blushed as both his arms were secured by a long head of hair, oh, and the women attached to said sets of hair!

Cinder and Winter wore a pair of rather translucent teddies, Winter's being white while Cinder's was black.

The mouse Faunus smiled serenely as she nuzzled the left side of his head while Winter burned bright like a lightbulb but she'd still found the time to lay a hand on his chest that slowly slid down to his abdominals.

'Oh no…'

"I-I hear that there's an amount of h-heat, down here," Winter listed off with a red face as her hand circled Obito's stomach, snaking under his shirt with her hand and getting a 'twitch' out of 'him'. "... O-Oh," she blushed harder, somehow, but her curiosity was piqued and her eyes followed the 'reaction'.

Obito shivered as Cinder giggled, the latter following her fellow harem mate in running their hands in Obito's shirt. The man growled a bit at the feeling of a pair of feminine hands on his abs.

"Hmph," he grunted as his lower half decided it needed more blood. 'Oh, goddammit.'

His hands, which had been laying their lower backs, slipped down as he got some handfuls.

The two jumped as Obito grabbed both their rears before glowing neon red as he growled.

"You're not the ONLY ones who can play this GAME."

They hitched a bit, grabbing his top and moaning a bit as he massaged their bounties before they both squeaked.

Obito found a good purchase on Winter's bottom and brushed his finger against her sensitive sex while he bit at Cinder's neck.

"W-Wait-Mmm!" Winter tried to speak up, the ball of warmth that had just coiled in her stomach sending her thoughts in a less than… appropriate direction before she clamped down on Obito's side as he slowly entered her sex. "O-Ooohhh~" She moaned in his ear and the man's eyebrows furrowed as he grew more excited.

Cinder shivered as Obito sucked on her neck before moaning as he cupped one of her cheeks.

Obito was starting to worry that he was falling into these sexual roles… too easily and blushed as bright as Winter moaned into his chest but her butt hitched up a bit so as to give his finger more leeway inside her.

Winter had masturbated before, of course, she had, to understand her fellow women she'd wanted to get some form of understanding despite how embarrassing that thought was.

So fingers i-inside her weren't unusual… but this was so much different than doing it herself! Her hands simply braced herself against the nearby sturdy object and Obito took her to a land she'd be entering the following week.

Cinder, meanwhile, moaned more in Obito's ear and knew she was losing all forms of control. Seeing Winter in the throes of being satisfied made it harder to think but she knew she had to do something.

She looked down and locked onto Obito's 'excitement'. An erection, she'd only ever seen in videos.

Vernal and Velvet hadn't been hesitant in explaining its dimensions and the experience but, seeing it up-close, they simply couldn't do 'seeing it', in real life, service.

So, as Obito began to 'round her corner', she attacked before he could and reached down to grasp it.

He grunted and Winter let out a groan as he pushed 'up' farther than he had before, getting clenching walls around his digit as she reached that aforementioned 'end' to her… f-fingering.

Obito's eye widened as his head turned to Winter for a quick two seconds and that had been his fatal mistake.

Cinder, with great reluctance, moved away from his warm hand before crawling between his legs, shocking Obito.

She didn't hesitate to hook her fingers into his pants, and boxers', waistband and looked up at the red-faced Obito who looked steps away from horrified… and grinned before shucking his pants down and be greeted by a tense, thick, twitching, mass that was Obito's member.

'Cock' was the proper term, wasn't it? This was his cock at full-mast and twitched in the cool manor air.

"..." She held it and blinked as it twitched. "... And I pump it," Cinder said narratively as she did as she said once.

Obito nearly choked as his hips bucked the slightest amount.

Winter looked at the fleshy organ with wonder and shuddered at the idea of it going inside her.

Cinder, meanwhile, grew focused as her face grew red. Her slender fingers felt all of it, the twitching, the veins, the heat. Obito's member smelled like earthy musk.

She pumped it experimentally a few more times as Winter worked as a good lockdown weight to keep Obito still. Cinder hummed before licking it.

Obito's biceps bulged as he gripped the bedsheets as Winter remained transfixed on Cinder taking testing licks on Obito's phallus.

The mouse found the taste hard to describe but 'salty' came to mind, The Faunus traced each vein with her tongue before kissing the bottom of the tip, getting a pained grunt from Obito.

Cinder nodded before holding it down a bit, facing her, and then licking around the gland. Obito twitched as she serviced him before gasping a bit when Cinder sucked on it.

'It's kind of weird,' doing this on a part of a person's body to pleasure them… but, physically, her body reacted.

Her sex grew heated, her breasts perky, and her eyes lusted over as she serviced her lover.

Winter's eyes widened as Obito's head leaned back and he let out a long groan, and growl, at Cinder. This was pleasure for a male, yes?

She observed and didn't let anything come past her as her hands roamed up to Obito's neck while the other spread across his stomach.

Cinder worked an inexperienced tongue but emitted a powerful will to try and learn. Soon enough, Obito groaned as he brought his head up.

"C-Cinder, I'm really-" He made to let her know but, with just those few words alone, she sucked harder. "?!"

Obito cursed and flopped back as he climaxed, Cinder's eyes narrowed as she felt and tasted Obito's cum.

'Salty… earthy? Strawberries?' It seemed like she had to look into that fact about males more. 'And it's thick.'

Soon, her mouth and nose with his scent, and her eyes fluttered as she swallowed all of him, Obito grunting as his 'finish' came to an end. "... Glp, hmmm," Cinder hummed after she finished her 'meal', leaning on Obito's thighs as she looked at him. "... Hmph, strawberries?"

Obito blushed before letting out an explosive sigh as Winter raised a brow, red-faced but curious, as she reached up and combed a hand through his hair. "Vernal told me that I should eat fruits you all like before your personal days come up… I've started doing that almost every time before I'd meet with you all," he admitted with redder cheeks and his other hand scratching his cheek. "Glad to know it's working, at least."

"Hm, hm, hm," Cinder chuckled before going to the bathroom and washing out her mouth. "... Interesting."

When she came back, Cinder found Obito sitting up with Winter, the latter red in the face and the former determined.

He beckoned her over and Cinder approached quickly before standing before his seated-

Everything blurred for a moment before Cinder was sitting on the bed with Obito standing, no now he was kneeling, before her.

Her loins burned as he pressed his face into her stomach and wrapped an arm around her waist.

"Can't leave you to suffer for so long," he said with a chuckle before sliding his hand into her panties and Cinder shivered. "Now, let's take care of our precious Cinder."

She watched him all the way down as he removed her underwear, leaving her pussy bare and her cheeks flooding with blood.

Winter watched with observing eyes as Obito kissed Cinder's stomach through her nightwear before lowering to her legs and kissing exposed skin.

Cinder hitching and the vice-president raised an eyebrow at how perky her nipples were. Obito chuckled before sliding under her teddie with a hand on her thigh.

The mouse woman jumped at a hot kiss to her awaiting sex before Obito blew on it, sending the sensitive Cinder's legs inward to close around his head but his mouth then sucked on her inner thigh.

"A-Aahhh!" Cinder's thigh trembled around his head and her hands soon found his shoulders but he didn't relent, cherishing the inner side of her legs. "Mmm!"

Obito nodded as he turned towards her, growing moist, sex before spreading her folds a bit with his fingers and licking vigorously at her flower as she pushed down on his shoulders. To no avail, Cinder let out barely-held back moans, remembering that they were in Winter's house with lots of staff around.

Obito's ability to multitask was strong though as the hand holding on her leg slithered up her body before pinching her tender peaks and Cinder's back arched as he attacked her on both fronts.

Winter became a bright red lightbulb again that night as she imagined what that'd be like.

Obito grinned at his results, moans and bodily twitches rewards something he'd become accustomed to over these past two weeks. That said, she was really into this and Obito had a feeling that she'd take little time to bring to completion.

So he gave up harsh licks and 'ate' as he sucked on her bud before plunging his tongue into her sensual canal and Cinder covered her mouth with one of her hands as the build-up was right at the edge.

Then Winter came in front behind and grasped her unattended breast with embarrassment before nodding and pinching the nipple between her massaging fingers.

Obito lapped up Cinder's climax like a dying dog, his tongue lashing into the hole numerous times before he sucked on the bud one last time and finished, removing his head from under her teddie to see what'd happened.

His face went blank at Winter's administrations and stood up with a twitching 'soldier'.

Both looked up.

These two really were Yin and Yang. They formed that tentative balance that perfectly broke him.

---

The following morning, Obito awoke with two women on his arms with satisfied, smiling, faces.

'... What kind of life am I living right now?' The question hit him as he began to chuckle like an idiot in his head. 'SERIOUSLY?!'

Whatever god had given him this kind of love! Thank you!

His life had taken a really crazy turn!

The door to Winter's room opened to reveal the peeking eyes of one Willow Schnee and Obito's face shifted from happiness to an expression of muted horror.

Her eyes widened as they caught his, her gaze shifting around the room to Cinder and Winter before they snapped back to him.

The door closed and Obito was left feeling a horrible amount of ice in his veins.

~NRK~

"S-So, your mom caught you three in the act?!" Vernal guffawed in amusement as she wiped her eye, Winter burning bright red along with Cinder and Obito as the group sat at the counter. "D-Dude, that's fucking hilarious!"

Vernal, Velvet, and Winter were dressed as they'd been the day before, wigs and all, while Obito and Cinder were more dressed for a flight.

Obito wore a dark blue t-shirt, a white peacoat with dark blue buttons, and a pair of black slacks that led down into white sneakers while Cinder donned a sleeveless, dark red, turtleneck sweater along with a pair of bell-bottom jeans, and white, open-toed, stilettos. Around the latter's neck was a white scarf and around her forearms were arm warmers of a similar color to her sweater. Obito, meanwhile, donned some black gloves that he tugged on to adjust.

"I-It sounds… terrifying," Velvet said but her cheeks burned bright red. "W-Well, let's not tease them too much."

"Vels, we're the only two who know," Vernal said with a sly grin as Obito coughed. "I'm getting as much mileage as I can out of this."

Qrow, Emerald, and Glynda came in at that moment, the door to the store open but the sign showing it to be 'Closed'. The three dressed in their normal wear.

"I'm glad we caught ya before you two left," Qrow said as he and Obito bumped fists before the latter gripped Emerald in a hug. "So, all you're doing is have a measuring contest to help Old Man Rain's wife back?"

"Essentially," Obito said as Emerald, Vernal, and Velvet snickered. "It's… I actually never thought about it like that but it's pretty accurate."

"Hmph," Glynda nodded to him before looking at the slightly nervous-looking Cinder. "I hope things will go well, I do," she said with a softer gaze. "You've been practicing for this day, after all."

"... yes," Cinder nodded with a shaky smile but a smile nonetheless. "I won't make all of it a waste."

"I know you won't."

"You just gotta believe in yourself, Cinder," Emerald said with a fist-pump. "You've got this in the bag. All ya need is confidence."

"I've been told that a l-lot, recently… and I'll try," Cinder said while reciprocating Emerald's fist-pump uneasily. "I just… I'm just going to do my best to face it all."

"Of course, no one's expecting you to become an Atlas socialite in a night, just do yer best to not let them step over ya, it's easy," Qrow said.

"O-Okay."

"Good. So, when are you due to go and see the Councilman?"

This was bound to be a nice story to hear after it was all over.

~NRK~

I'm starting to think I'm getting a hang of these 'limes' and 'lemons', that last one came way too easy… worryingly enough.

Onto the Omakes.

~NRK~

~Omake: I SAVED the Future (RWBY Canon) ft. Obito, Cinder, Summer, and Ruby~

The following afternoon that followed the fall of Salem's army, the witch herself, and their loss, Hazel, Mercury, and Emerald found themselves just… flying off to somewhere.

"..." Emerald looked to her right where Mercury sat, the young man's eyes on the floor and mouth set in a small frown. "... what are you thinking about?"

"... What we're going to do from now on?" Mercury said with a sigh as he ran his hands through his hair. "I don't fucking know, I never thought I'd be in this situation. This is too weird even for me."

"... Yeah… Yeah, I guess that sounds right," Emerald said, looking down as well. "... No Salem, no Tyrian, no Watts… no Cinder," the thief whispered, feeling cold as Mercury held his head in one of his hands. "What are we supposed to do now?"

"... Find a new life, both of you," Hazel finally spoke, voice deep and baritone while carrying a form of gravel in it. "This isn't your side anymore… perhaps it's time you found it."

"Find our side?" Mercury said in disbelief. "What side? The 'good guys' just beat possibly the evilest bitch on Remnant who was immortal, what side?"

"Aren't you thinking too simple?" Hazel said back, confusing the two. "If you want to live a life, you have to choose."

"... I… I get that, Hazel, but what are we choosing from?" Emerald asked as she held her arms. "What are we supposed to live for?"

The large, hulking, man shrugged. "Is there nothing you wished for out of this? Perhaps something you gave up before joining Salem's side?"

"... no, I didn't," Mercury said as he flopped back on his seat, crossing his arms, and just lazily looking at the ceiling of the bullhead with a frustrated frown. "... Me thinking like that is not my strong suit."

"Then Emerald can," said young woman's head snapped up. "Emerald… I heard the two of your talks," both teens winced. "... And I'm going to agree with Mercury, Cinder has no feelings for anyone. She's not someone you trust with your back if something better comes along," he said as they flew over icy waters. "So, you have to think for yourself. What do you want? What does Emerald Sustrai, the young woman who's been freed from evil, want?"

"..." Emerald bit her lip. "I don't know…" She answered. "I never had dreams, Hazel, I was just a street rat."

"Then take this chance you now have, both of you," Hazel explained as the teens sighed. "Not many people get these kinds of mercy."

They knew, how couldn't they? That Obito person had made them aware of that fact.

This was their last chance and, taking on Mercury's pessimistic tendency for a bit, Emerald didn't know if that was the actual truth.

They had to hope it was.

~NRK~

Three hours of sleep later, Obito awoke, slowly, to the sight of a head of black hair on his chest. He smiled softly, running a hand… He blinked before looking to his left and chuckling at a tinier head of black hair but this one had the beginning marks of dark red in them.

Obito hummed, looking from Ruby back to Cinder and then back to Ruby, his Ruby. Looking up at the door, he caught it as it was just opening to reveal Summer Rose who blinked, grinned, and then brought out her Scroll.

A few eye-twitching flashes of her camera later, Obito found Summer sitting on a set of chairs at his bedside and, now that he looked, he chuckled at the sight of Team… everybody of the younger range sleeping in a pile.

Team RWBY were a leaning tower of sleepyheads, Rubes had Weiss leaning on her, Weiss had Blake leaning on her, and, finally, Yang was leaning on Blake, the group leaning in one of the couches in the room.

At the base of the couch, next to some sword-cleaning supplies, Jaune sat with his eyes closed and his head against the front of the arm of the couch Team RWBY was in. Leaning back on his side was Ren while, on the other, was Nora, the couple performing symmetry on their leader's sides. Finally, sitting against the side of the couch, was Penny, the female android seemed to be looking down at her arm, an opening pulling up a screen that was muted as she pressed key after key on it.

He might have lied earlier, Obito didn't see Oscar at all and wasn't surprised. The boy had a lot to deal with, one of those things being Salem's entire being.

"Where's everyone else?" Obito asked quietly to his mother as Summer took her seat and smoothed out her skirt. "Everything alright?"

"Well, the AceOps are currently helping deal with all the stragglers," she explained. "Ironwood and Winter are with them along with half of the Academy students. Finally… Oscar… Ozpin, they're just… talking with Salem. Well, Oscar subs in sometimes so Ozpin can work on a sealing solution, he wants to see you about that, by the way."

"Hmmm, alright," Obito nodded as he looked at the two on him at the moment. "Hm, hm," he looked at Summer expectantly.

A minute later, both Cinder and Ruby were enveloped by a personal Obito clone as the original nodded to her.

~NRK~

"I see…" Ozpin said as he looked over the Kage Bunshin no Fuin Shiki. "It's a conceptual creation that takes full shape once chakra is added, yes?"

"... Yes," Obito said flatly as Summer giggled. "I mean, that makes the most sense. When chakra is added, you're only then able to seal things into seals."

"Hm… fascinating," he said with a smile, getting up. "You can take it back, I'll research it another time," Ozpin said as his smile became slightly brittle as he looked behind him to a woman scrunched against the wall. "... If I can return her to normal, just getting rid of the Grimm essence, I'm sure that-"

"Ozpin," Obito spoke up and the old man winced. "Whatever happens, it's not my job to oversee it, this is your decision. Not mine."

"... Ah, thank you, I… Apologies, this is just… odd, to me."

"We understand," Summer said with a sad smile. "If we can find Salem, in our timeline, it'd be nice to end her reign but I'm unsure of how that would go."

"The differences are… worrying," Obito said. "Dr. Watts is on our side along with Leonheart, James, Cinder, Emerald, and the White Fang. I know Adam Taurus, I've helped our Blake talk with him. It was for the best, too, because he was full of rage that he needed to get out."

"Ah, what I wouldn't have wished for to have you here and solve this before it started," Ozpin said with a sigh and shrug. "That said, you're correct, this is our world which is affected by our choices, we'll have to strive to be like yours. Even without an otherworldly man who has a harem."

"... Was that last part really necessary?" Obito asked with red cheeks as Summer giggled.

"... Perhaps."

~NRK~

Two hours later, once everyone was up, cleaned, and aware, they sat in the lunchroom of Atlas Academy, Obito working the stove along with his clones and bringing out the food.

Being plated a large slab of steak, Ironwood swallowed his drool as he hummed hungrily. "Is there anything you don't do?" He asked as the Obito clone chuckled.

"Being fair, I've got a lot of experience."

"Bro-bro, this is delicious!" Yang said after a swallow of some Vacuan Noodles. "Seriously! This stuff kicks ass!"

"Yang! Bad words!" Ruby said as Rubes and Blake snorted, Yang blushing a bit before snickering. "I knew you were hanging around Aunty Raven for too long!"

"... Actually," Jaune chuckled as he looked at an Obito clone. "Now that we're… relaxed and all together, why not tell us everything?"

"Hmph, sure," the clone said before making another copy and popping it, one of the Obito's at the stove perking up. "It's all on you, boss man."

"I've got it," the original Obito answered as he came over. "So, let's just start with popcorn questions, I'll just pick whoever."

"Yo!" Elm raised her hand and he raised a brow. "Another!"

"YEAH!" Nora cheered with an empty plate in hand. "ANOTHER!"

Obito rolled his eye as the clone 'waiters' chuckled. "An actual question?"

"So, Raven's on the good guy side, huh?" Qrow asked with a hand rubbing the back of his head as Yang looked to Obito for answers. "You said she just met… well, the fam?"

"Basically, I don't know what happened. That'd be mom."

"Well… It really was just a lot of talking," Summer explained. "We confronted Raven on a lot of her… issues and just came to an understanding. It's weird to think but people do need to just… talk sometimes. Airing out their grievances is important in reaching a compromise."

"... I see," Weiss said as Winter nodded, the former sighing as she held her head. "... We might need to actually do that after this."

"?" Obito raised a brow at the two, now blushing, Schnee siblings. "... What happened?"

"... I might have been snubbing my brother for the past few years… and recently," Weiss admitted with a cough at Obito's dropped mouth. "... For what it's worth, Whitley has never liked me or Winter," Winter looked alarmed and Weiss took a moment to blink before wincing at both Winter's confusion and a phrase she was supposed to remember. "... I'm starting to think we should have connected with Whitley more."

"I wasn't… I didn't know," Winter said with a grimace as Weiss sighed. "... I haven't really… spoken to Whitley in… far too many years, now that I think about it."

"Not gonna lie, I'm a little confused, Weiss," Yang said and Weiss had a feeling she was about to feel worse. "I mean, yeah, Whitley might have been a little snobbish… but he didn't seem that bad. I mean, he did also get punch thrown on him."

Hello, rock bottom. "I… I never saw eye-to-eye with him."

"You didn't?" Winter asked with more confusion. "When you two were younger, Whitley never left you alone."

"..." Weiss held her head in her hands as she remembered her mother's words.

---

"Of course he's cold… you left him here, alone… with us."

---

She'd made a horrible mistake, hadn't she?

"Well, what's done is done, we can't change the past, Weiss," Obito said. "At a point, things change whether we caused them or not, we just have to live with those changes and make the best of it."

"... I know, I know," Weiss said with a groan before Winter laid a hand on her shoulder. "?"

"We'll both do our best, from here on out," Winter said with a resolved frown and nod. "... Perhaps… I think I should also speak with father," she said with a wince. "Now whether he'll want to speak with me is up in the air, as they say."

"It's a difficult road," James explained with a nod and a faraway gaze. "Haa, we were so different as kids, it's honestly saddening to see where the three of us ended up."

"I… General Ironwood, did you know my father from childhood?"

"Yes," Winter looked gobsmacked. "I also knew Arthur Watts as well. Your father was from a small elite household, though not always. I was from a military family, and Watts was… well, he was basically a scientist's son."

"That's… weird," Rubes said. "How'd everything go the way they did?"

"I don't know… after I joined the military, Jacques was finally thrust out of poverty," Weiss and Winter balked along with many of the others.

"W-Wait, you're telling me that Jacques Schnee… had been poor?!" Marrow asked in disbelief. "W-What!?"

"... Ah, yes, well, Jacques doesn't exactly like to remember those days," James explained, tapping his steak. "Jacques's family were former elites but they hit bankruptcy before he was born and it wasn't just normal bankruptcy. They were rock-bottom poor and hidden in a sector after a huge scandal they'd been framed for. I met Jacques when we were ten and Arthur came a year later."

"That's rather… saddening, in a way," Clover said with a sigh as Robyn huffed at his side but looked conflicted. "It's rather admirable that he worked his way up to this point but the man he's become has been overtaken by ambition. I'm sure that, had he been a… better man," the leader of the AceOps chose the word with intent as Winter frowned at the table. "I'm sure he'd be one of the most beloved in the world, odd to say."

"I don't know, most rich people aren't exactly saints," Harriet said around some beef. "If anything, at least he wasn't intentionally trying to kill people or something. We know about more than a few disgusting people up here who've tried that shit."

"Wait, what?!" Winter paled as Harriet shrugged with a nod.

"Did you honestly think your father was the worst there is up here?" The group looked alarmed outside of most of the other military personnel. "Oh, Jacques is a piece of work, he's an asshole but there are some real monsters up here, Winter. You kind of lucked out if you think of it with that in mind."

"It doesn't excuse him of what he's become… but, back when I was first making material for the science wing, Dr. Watts made a good point," Obito said as Winter sighed.

"What did he say?" Weiss asked with a frown.

"That there are people up here who are FAR worse than Jacques ever could be," Obito answered. "Jacques isn't a saint but he's not exactly a denizen from hell, either. He's just an ass, that's pretty much what anyone could say. A greedy man, sure, but he's just an asshole."

"..."

"..."

"... How exactly are we to even take all this information?" Winter asked as Obito held her seat. "?"

"Well, you do what you want with it," he explained and she raised a brow. "Winter, no one in here's trying to exalt Jacques from this place," her eyebrow twitched at that and he chuckled. "But learning the full picture doesn't exactly hurt when you make full-informed decisions."

"No plan comes with all the information, Schnee," James explained and Winter leaned back in her seat, wearing a… well, bemused expression. "Sometimes, it comes too early, other times, too late."

"... Understood… I want to talk to all of them, in one room, after all this," the former heiress said with determined eyes. "If it's possible to fix then I want to fix it."

"Hehe," Obito chuckled a bit and she closed her eyes with red cheeks and a nod. "That's the Winter I lov-KNOW! Know, don't worry about anything else. Hahahahaha!" The shinobi said before quickly correcting himself as Winter blushed bright red.

"The hell?" Robyn said in disbelief as Clover blinked and Qrow snickered. "What's all this about?"

"I-It's nothing, Ms. Hill-!"

"Oh, you all wouldn't believe it!" Maria said as Pietro came into the room with Penny, Cinder looking confused. "It's crazy! She just laid one on him! No time to respond-!"

"Maria!" Both Obito and Winter shouted at the old bag of bones who laughed. "T-That's not-!"

"So you waited until I was gone?" Cinder asked with what could only be called curiosity, a fact that tore at Qrow's sanity. "Winter… Since this is a different dimension, I am willing to give leeway-"

"What am I hearing?!" Oscar said in disbelief as Jaune checked his own temperature. "T-That's not-! N-No normal women just accept that!"

His eyes flashed over and his mouth set into an amused smile. "Being fair, back in my day, harems weren't exactly uncommon."

"Someone actually said it," Vine said with a very raised brow as Obito and Winter burned like candles. "Someone, outright, said 'harem'... I believe this is called 'what the hell?', yes?"

"S-Sir, I…" Marrow looked more conflicted than a dog looking at two bones. "... Yes, yes it is."

"It's like magic!" Qrow said in disbelief and comedic rage. "Do you realize how much I have to work for a woman to even look at me?!"

"Is it that hard?" James asked with a snort as Weiss looked at her sister with disbelief edging on insanity. "And… well, good luck with this, operative Schnee."

"I-I-I."

"W-Winter?!" Weiss looked red in the face and faint. "Y-You can't just! T-That's unwoman-like!"

"I thought I just said it was okay?"

"Cinder not now!" The mouse woman leaned back as Weiss's gaze turned on a nervously chuckling Obito. "You did this!"

"Ah, good ol' super-rage Weiss, I've missed it," Yang said as she wiped a tear from her eye and Weiss mechanically turned to look at the grinning blonde. "Damn, bro, not bad."

"Y-Yang!"

"Hm, hm, I… I'm curious," Rubes said. "Who else is he… w-with?"

The room got silent and Obito began to sweat.

"... Winter, Velvet, and Vernal," Cinder admitted casually as Obito's mouth hit the floor. "It's not like it's harmful."

"W-W-W-Wait?!" Weiss slammed her hands on the table with shock that stood above all shock sat on her face. "Y-You're in a f-five-way relationship with the soon-to-be CEO of the SDC?!"

"... Yes?" Obito answered with a hand on his face. "L-Listen, Weiss-"

"Don't you 'listen Weiss' me!" Obito promptly shut up. "W-Where does this madness come from?! How are you dating a high-profile in society with three other women and no one said anything about it?!"

"... B-Being fair, only our families know," Cinder explained and Weiss looked ready to destroy the table. "... Sorry?"

"M-My parents approved of this?" Weiss looked ready to faint, paling. "W-W-What?!"

"... Your parents seemed… pretty alright with it… actually," Obito said with a cough at Weiss's disbelief. "Look, when we started this whole thing, I made sure to go and talk with everyone's parents, to let them know what was happening."

"And they all agreed?" Clover looked astonished. "H-How do you even pull off something of that scale?"

"... W-Well, I mean, it was weird," Obito said with a nervous chuckle. "So, off the bat, Raven and Vernal's grandpa didn't care."

"And no one was surprised," Yang said with little energy. "Somehow, that's less surprising than I thought."

"Right. And since Cinder and Velvet have the same parents-"

"I'm still confused about that," Ren spoke up. "How did that… happen? When Cinder is in Atlas and Velvet's family, presumably, lives in Vale?"

"It was the first bodyguard mission I was doing for Hughes when I was… eleven, I think?" Obito said as the other sweatdropped. "Anyway, we stayed at a hotel that Pietro set up for us called the Glass Unicorn."

"Ah, that place," Pietro cupped his chin as Penny's eyes were swiped by numerous articles. "Yes, I remember that one."

"Hmm, all articles say that the owner, and her daughters, died six years ago," Penny explained with a frown. "Along with a Hunter in a… basement."

"... What?" Cinder blinked in confusion. "A-A Huntsman?"

"... It does not say," Penny lied through her 100-core processing unit. "It just says Hunter but has identified them as a female," Cinder looked relieved and Penny felt that she'd made the right choice. "It fell under new management a year later and became known as the Crimson Phoenix."

"... Ominous," Obito said with a grimace. "They were horrible people, I won't lie, but they didn't deserve to die."

"..." Cinder remained silent.

"... Anyway, that's how I met Cinder and I took away from her 'home' two weeks later," Obito said.

"Why wait?" Rubes asked with a look of confusion. "Y-You should have saved her quicker!"

"It's likely because it'd be too coincidental," Ren explained as Team RWBY blinked at him, causing him to sweatdrop. "Y-You all, you can't just run everywhere without a plan!"

"..." The RWBY collective didn't look at their horrified friend.

"... Oh goodness," Jaune chuckled as he placed a hand on his suddenly very exhausted-looking friend. "T-The point is, Obito probably interacted with his world's Cinder very publicly and had his, and Velvet's Father's, faces seen."

"Well, they saw my mask but it was noticeable enough."

"I see," Vine said. "While kidnapping isn't exactly something I'm a fan of," Obito chuckled. "This was the right way to go about it."

"It is. After that, with some finagling from yours truly, Hughes's wife didn't mind adopting Cinder. After that, she and Velvet just seemed to fall into a good sisterly relationship."

"Velvet always tried making me stuff when we were kids," Cinder said with a smile. "It was always something new, I have a little glass case for each year."

"That's adorable," Blake said with a chuckle. "Velvet always seemed like the caring type, I'm glad she's even more than that."

"Yup!" Obito grinned. "Years later, we had Winter come to one of my training sessions and things just… snowballed from there?" The ninja said with a cough and mutter. "I don't know when they all started liking me. After that, I spoke to all their parents. Jacques was supportive in line with me dating powerful women, I think?"

"... I'm both surprised and not," Weiss said with a grunt and a look of confusion. "And mother?"

"She just seemed curious, like, she didn't hate it in the least… now that I think about it, your family's weird."

"?!" Weiss felt like she'd been shot as her friends laughed at her expense. "M-My family is not weird."

"Sure, Weissy," Yang said. "Don't freeze up on us now."

"Ugggghhh, Yang, you ruined it!" Both Rubys shouted in unison and Yang choked.

"N-Not even the other Ruby likes my jokes?!"

"... It's not that bad," Jaune said, confusing his friend group. "Hey, it can grow on you."

"No, it doesn't," Ren said immediately.

Obito shook his head. "And after a long, heartfelt, talk with Cinder and Velvet's parents, her mom being the one who came up with this little group relatio-"

"Stop. Please. I don't know how much more I can take!" Qrow stood and raised his arms. "You are not telling me, right now, that Cinder's mom came up with this!"

"It's…" Cinder blushed a bit and Qrow dramatically hit his knees. "W-Well, she said if we wanted to be happy."

"What kind of life do you live?!"

"... Ehh, I'm getting used to it," Obito said with a chuckle, a shrug, and a blush. "Two years and I'm still not fully there but it'll be interesting not blushing every time someone brings up my affections."

"Oooh," Summer whined with pleading eyes and Obito's eyebrows twitched. "Don't take my fun away from me!"

"No promises!"

~NRK~

When all was said and done, a week later, the group found themselves in the familiar location that was Ironwood's office.

"Apologies for Winter and Weiss not being here," James said as he and Obito grasped hands as Cinder, Ruby, and Summer gave their own hugs, and waves, goodbye to the others. "I'm sure she's just trying to work through her family with her sister."

"Oh, no, it's fine, I sent a clone that way just in case."

~NRK~

Weiss hummed as she considered the next 'meeting' they were to have as she traveled the halls, looking for Winter.

"Where is she?" She wondered before coming around and corner and… well, stopping as Whitley did. "..." Weiss cleared her throat and bit her lip a bit as Whitley's surprise gave way to a smiling expression.

It was perfectly balanced and let his emotions stay under control and she hated how this was the reaction she garnered from here.

'In time,' she thought as she mindlessly embraced him before going off. "I'm going to find Winter."

Whitley just sat there stunned, confused, worried, and, embarrassingly enough, pleased.

"... Where does father keep his expensive liquor?"

He'd need it for whatever was going on in his home. "..." Whitley turned and quickly followed after Weiss, mindful of his distance as she came to a door that was emanating noise.

Weiss, meanwhile, frowned at the sounds she'd heard.

Grunting, a creaking bed, small, rough, voices that said words she couldn't make out.

When she heard Winter scream, she rushed right in with her weapon raised, a glyph pushing the door open, and her eyes snapping to-!

Weiss Schnee froze and lit up like a Christmas tree as Obito Long Hua and Winter Schnee froze mid-coitus.

"W-Weiss?! W-Wha-Mmmm-N-No, wait, please understand-!"

The door slammed shut and Weiss ran like bats were at her heels.

"THIS IS A GOING-AWAY GIFT?!" She shrieked in the halls and Whitley blinked as he leaned around the corner.

"What is she on about?" He wondered as he walked over, raised an ear to the door, heard what Weiss had presumably heard, and opened it. "W-Winter, I-?!" Whitley froze as Obito held Winter Schnee down against the bed, her back facing him in the sheets. "?!" The boy choked before backflipping out the room.

"... Y-Your siblings apparently don't know how a door works."

"... S-Shut up and let f-finish, I should t-talk to them!"

"Gotcha."

"M-Mmmm!"

~NRK~

Obito chuckled a bit before being embraced by Rubes, Nora, and Yang… Wait, no, why was Nora-

"You helped me figure some stuff out," she… answered? "Thanks a lot, one-eyed Bito!"

Obito figured it was safer to just roll with it lest he fall into this young woman's form of madness.

"I'm glad," Obito said with a chuckle as he ruffled both his 'siblings' heads. "And, you two need to just take it easy. You've still got a career ahead of you but, now, I hope you both can enjoy life a little more without Salem around and all of your enemies taken care of."

"I'm planning on it!" Yang said with a chuckle as she and Rubes let go. "It's… I don't know how to explain but I feel so light right now!" She said with a fist-pump and grin. "Like I know if I try something, it'll work out."

"Me, too!" Rubes said with a grin and a cheer. "Learning more about my eyes is bound to be fun! I can't wait! Imagine all the weapons I can change!"

"Alright, Ruby, a little less energy?" Jaune asked with a chuckle as Ruby stuck her tongue out at him. "But, she's right, in a way," he said cheekily as she shot him a pout. "Alright, put that away. Anyway, thanks, for all of this," he said as he and Obito clasped forearms.

"No problem, I'm glad I could do something for you all, especially on this scale," Obito said.

"Heh."

More of such conversations were had and, soon enough, the group was ready.

"It'll be interesting seeing this from this side," Ironwood said as Obito's group's forms began to grow hazy. "Oh, wait, you said it was a time limit?"

"Yes, our bodies get pulled back to the 'base', so to speak, as a failsafe. Better safe than sorry," Obito explained.

"Completely understood. If you can, you all should visit again, sometime."

"We'll try!" Summer said with a snicker as she waved at Qrow. "And you go get hitched already!"

They vanished one by one, with Obito being last.

He threw them a thumbs up. "Hmph, maybe you all will find a way, one day! Until next time, see ya!"

And, just like that, they were gone, leaving a room with more hope than it ever had before.

"Hmph, what an amazing experience," Ironwood said as many of the others nodded. "... I don't think I need to say it but there are very few people who can know about this."

"Understood," Qrow said with a chuckle as he rubbed the back of his head, Ironwood grunting. "Tai and Rae will not believe this."

~NRK~

Returning to the basement of Obito's store, the owner chuckled.

"Hell of a time, huh?"

"Yep!"

~Omake End~

~NRK~

That finishes that Omake and we'll head on to the next one. Once I finish it, we'll head back to the Naruto (Canon Pre-Timeskip) dimension.

The original chapter has been a ride, let me tell you. Gonna have some fun next chapter. Hope you all like 'Cinder's Day'.

Now, onto the next one!

~NRK~

~Omake: Bloodlines Ft. ?'s Group~

They looked at the scrolls before locking eyes.

All seven of them, this was going to be a super-intensive trip and they'd packed everything!

"Are we just about ready?" Came the voice of a tall boy whose blue eyes looked around at his group. "No last-minute potty breaks, right?"

"Hey! I'm good!" Came a boy with spiky brown hair. "We've got this, Vermillion!"

"Yer darn tootin', bro!" Came the squeaky voice of a girl with black and brown hair set in a curly hairstyle. "Hmph, hmph! Besides, I made this happen, I'll have you know!"

"Only because your mom is a bleeding heart and dad's a total softie for us," the first boy said as he ran a hand through his black mohawk, eyes looking at the ceiling. "... This will be interesting."

"I know it will!" Came a girl with long black hair and heterochromatic eyes of amber and black. "Hehehe~ Y-You think he'll love my music, still, bro?" She asked nervously, messing with a small box that had several colored strings. "D-Dad says I'm so good at it but m-maybe this will be different-Hmph?" she said, looking down, before feeling a hand on her head. "?"

"Nothing's gonna change, dad's, what, 35? I doubt that guy will change," the first, tall, boy said and the girl looked up at him with eyes of wonder, a mouse tail waving behind her.

"Y-You sure?"

"I promise."

"You've gotta be a bit more confident, sissy," came a girl from the former's side, her features all the same save for her eyes being reversed in color and a pair of mouse ears on her head. "He'll love it, especially once I start dancing!"

"Hey! If we're performing, I'm the lead as always, Ember, Ashe!" Vermillion said and the twin girls smiled or nodded. "Now, Solace! Tobi! Make sure things are gonna go well!"

The last two of this seven-person group of children looked up from the sealing array around their feet.

One of them was a boy with short, smooth, black hair with a long braid down one side of his face with sharp blue eyes and pale skin. The other was a boy with short, spiky, white hair that had a long ponytail and peach skin, his coal-black eyes looked at the array beneath them.

Both bore glasses and the black-haired one was a few inches shorter than their oldest brethren.

"I believe she's talking to us, my sibling," the black-haired one said as he adjusted his glasses, the light pinging off them. "Let us show her our greatness!"

"Uuhhh, I believe you'll want to 'chill out', brother… I believe those are the words," the short one said as he wrote down an equation. "Yes… 'Chill out' equals PUN!"

"Don't start that shit again, Tobi!" The first boy shouted and both jumped before the taller of the siblings adjusted his glasses. "I've got my eyes on you!"

"Hmfufufufufu, oh, onii-san, I believe you underestimate Tobi's brilliance! That said, you've never been thesmartest, huh, Kawaki-nii-san?"

"Solace I'm gonna shove my foot so far up your ass, you'll be tasting steel for the rest of your life," the now-named Kawaki said as his right arm began to creak.

"Duly noted!" Solace said with a smile as glowing eyes shot back at his eldest sibling. "But-"

"Whoa now!" The second boy, direct brother to Vermillion, came between them, a large scroll on his back. "Chill! We have to finish this before dad finds out, remember?"

"Hmph, and I keep telling you that the adjustments we've made have made it so time moves differently. We're adjusting space-time jutsu to make the passage of time, here, go slower than there, Velu."

"Right but we need to leave, like, now? Because I can sense my and your moms upstairs."

"..."

"..."

"... Get a move on!" Kawaki said with urgency and the two glasses brothers finished up.

They finished and the group huddled around their eldest sibling who raised his arm.

Kawaki's limb turned into wood before a glowing red eye appeared on the back of it bearing a familiar set of commas.

All the children followed suit with their own eyes, Kawaki included, and they sent their energy into the array below.

"KAMUI!"

~NRK~

Pretty obvious what just happened but enjoy the wait.

Ciao.

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~NRK Out~