Lemon, you have been warned.
~XXX~
The kiss had gone from chaste to lust-driven in seconds.
The door hadn't even closed yet before Inaba was already rubbing Obito's crotch.
"Mmm!" She moaned as he held her to the wall, body hovering in front of hers for mere milliseconds before she was pushing her own against his.
Obito pressed and she received with eagerness, the two not separating for minutes before letting go of one another's lips with a reluctant gasp.
"Haaa, I-I didn't think-" Inaba tried to say only to moan as Obito's big strong hands massaged her ass and one of her breasts. "Mmmmm."
The normally stoic man growled in her ear before nipping at it, getting more responses.
She bucked against him and he pushed back with a sort of slow powerful thrust that rolled his tented cock against her stomach, right near her nether regions.
It was maddening.
She moaned under his rubbing and quivered before gasping in euphoria, panty soaking through and dripping through the open parts of her shorts.
Obito's nose twitched at the scent and he released her only to let his hands rest on both sides of his fellow rabbit brute's head.
Yes, he was pretty sure she was a rabbit as well, too many similarities in his lust-dulled mind.
He crouched down slowly, powerful eyes never leaving her dazed ones before he was by her soaked crotch.
Obito's fingers hooked around her shorts and panty waistband before dragging both down in one swift tug that had Inaba gasping from the warm air's contact.
"A-ahhhh~" She trembled as Obito's eyebrows lowered- "AHH!"
He gripped her thighs before lashing out at her flower with his tongue.
Inaba's legs had turned to jelly already, too sensitive to his tongue's administration, but his arms had wrapped around her thighs to support her as he turned her spine, and mind, to mush.
And to mush it'd went as her mouth wobbled with incoherent words while Obito was mouth deep against her cunt.
He licked, swirled, and popped her sex canal with his tongue, taking her mind to zones that hadn't been possible with her Happy Carrot!
Drool vacated her mouth in rapid drops, her hands pushing Obito's head down and towards her crotch, the pleasure blooming inside of her chest as her nipples twitched dangerously.
Obito's work came to an end as he sucked on her clit while fingering her with two of his thick fingers!
Inaba's body spasmed as her climax rocked her mind.
Too good! TOO GOOD! SEX! She wanted to have sex!
To FUCK like the rabbit she was!
Obito felt his entire body tense as his cock twitched in agony. "..." He growled in his throat, releasing the climaxing woman before him.
He lifted her in his arms as her face contorted into the embodiment of lust and carnal desires.
Even in that short distance from the wall to his bed, he lifted her higher and nipped at her perky nipples.
She spasmed in his grip, hands covering her mouth to prevent her euphoric screams from reaching out.
Inaba then changed tactics, barely removing her hands to grab his head.
Their lips met once more, a macabre of intense licking, sucking, and swallowing taking place right by his bed.
Obito placed her down on the bed, roughly, but Inaba was seeming more turned on the more rough things he did.
So, as she laid on her back, vulnerable to his whims, he took action and undid his pants.
She scrambled onto all-fours as he whipped out his cock and Inaba was forced to stare at that… that cock.
That thick, above-average-lengthed, cock.
It was a slightly darker skin tone than Obito's own but sturdy and veiny and-
Obito groaned as she latched onto his dick in seconds, working his shaft with her hands as her mouth sucked on the tip with more energy than she'd ever had before.
He gripped the back of her head as she kept pushing his length down her throat time and time again. Soon enough, his hand added motion and she held onto his thighs as he used her head a living fleshlight, the young woman's eyes rolling as her rear trembled before a fluffy white tail grew into existence, her hips flaring out to give her an even bigger ass from his point of view.
Obito came to his first climax of the past five minutes. "I'm gonna…!" He grunted as he blew his load into her mouth and down her throat where his cock lay.
Inaba's throat, spine, and rear twitched as his cock did, his cum filling her stomach as she swallowed every so often.
When he was done, the older brute groaned as he removed his member from her throat, the young woman letting out pleasured gasps as she swallowed the last of his seed, falling back on her amazing-looking ass.
"H-Hm, hm, hm," his eyebrows twitched and he shut his eyes with a grimace as his cock remained hard, Inaba's giggling after a rough throat fuck not doing it any favors. "T-That was amazing," she whispered with crazed eyes.
Whelp, there went his last chance out of this.
Obito's muscles activated once more as he rolled his shoulders. "Time for some fucking, correct?" He said to her more than asked and Inaba's eyes shined with a lust that was half as much as his own.
Obito put one knee onto his bed as Inaba welcomed his approach with spread legs and a finger-spread cunt.
He was above her in seconds and placed his cock by her entrance before pushing in with little warning.
Her eyes rolled as he slammed his hands down on both sides of her head, hissing for every incredible inch of velvety confines he dove into.
"Fuck…" He cursed in pleasure as he was halfway inside.
He used one of his hands to caress her cheeks and the female rabbit's eyes barely focused on his smirk.
Then it dipped towards one of her breasts, cupping it as he thrust in all the way, getting a powerful hold on his member and her legs snapping around his lower back instantly.
She made some kind of sound he didn't understand but promoted more with a shift of his hips.
Inaba was on cloud nine, the lack of a hymen not due to previous experience but simple transformation, the breaking being something she hadn't known back when she was first a brute.
But this was the act that normally broke that barrier. This moment where a cock violated her pussy with its monstrous contents.
She moaned as her entrance moistened around the male rabbit's cock.
Obito shivered at the increased warmth before rocking his hips back and forth, inciting gasps and bucks from Inaba which tossed his cock in and out in deeper thrusts.
They moaned in unison each time and moved to that speed… but it wasn't enough.
She did it more with each increase and Obito didn't hesitate, responding in kind.
Obito had released her breast and placed his hand back by her head, in need of support as Inaba's hands wrapped around his neck, finding some form of a foothold in their clashing bodies.
Their lips met time and time again, the rapid thrusts too good to ignore every other second.
She bit his neck as she hit her third climax.
Obito grunted as he hit his second.
The fluids mixed viciously into a concoction that lubed up Inaba's sex while slipping out from Obito's plunged state, causing her flower to drip onto his bed.
They hadn't cared, riding out their orgasms in unity as their lips fought against one another's.
When it came to an end, they were gasping for air, Obito hovering closely over Inaba.
"Haa… Haa… apologies," he finally found his brain post-orgasm, much to his complete mortification. "I… I didn't…" Obito grimaced before hands found his face.
Lips met them and he pressed back as Inaba Ui moaned a bit into it.
They separated. "I-I wasn't… I-I didn't mind! I-I also needed," her face was completely red as she admitted to it. "I-It worked out, right?" Inaba said with a small squeak that Obito snorted at.
"Yes, well… it did, thank you, I really needed that," he said with a groan and redder cheeks, looking off to the side with a scoff. "And… it seems I haven't calmed down."
She reddened some more before shifting her hips with a small moan once more. "H-How long have you…?"
"... Masturbation hasn't been working," Obito said. "I took to working out to ignore it and it's worked for the past… three months."
Her eyes widened in horror at the sheer idea of that much pent-up lust.
Inaba was well-aware she'd have gone to even Sumitomo if she was so pent-up! She would have been THAT DESPERATE!
… but now that wasn't… she had an assured option, maybe?
"W-Well, if you don't mind me a-and helping me out… too," she said with her face stuffed into his neck and Obito breathed through his nose.
"I really don't mind. That's the truth… now," he wrapped an arm around her waist and held her back to look her in the eyes, Inaba's light brown orbs widening at his seemingly burning crimson orbs. "Turn around, ass up."
Her body quivered at the command that wasn't to be disobeyed.
She did, white fur formed over more powerful legs with a more amazing ass.
Obito mounted her in seconds and she barely covered her mouth as she cried out in euphoria, the transformed arms of her lover slamming down by her shoulders as he plunged his more impressive cock into her awaiting caverns.
Like they were rutting dogs did they fuck. Obito didn't relent, hilting inside of her time and time again as his climaxes came and went.
Her own slammed into her ability to think time and time again, sporting twice as many as he.
Thirty minutes had passed when they were back into that first position, Inaba's clothes all completely gone save for her shoes and socks.
He kept thrusting while pushing her folded legs to her sides, opening her up to her limit and violating her depths to no end.
Inaba had given up on thinking by that point, mouth a wet, drooling, mess that made nothing but barely coherent demands for him to go faster.
Obito grunted as he hilted inside of her again, for the tenth time, and climaxed, filling her already violated flower with more of his seed.
He wasn't thinking straight and he knew that'd cost him.
Come ten minutes later, damn near 50 minutes after she'd just arrived, they'd finished on their twentieth climaxes.
Their hands and fingers intertwined, Obito had her front pressed against him as he came one last time.
Inaba babbled before swallowing as they finally finished… Her mind remained in a haze as Obito let out slow, deep, breaths above her, cock twitching inside of her pussy as it released the last bits of his ejaculation.
When he was truly finished, he groaned, placing his forehead to hers, bringing Inaba some form of clarity as her eyes flickered to consciousness.
"Thank you…"
"No… problem."
Still, as they basked in the afterglow, Obito looked around nervously as she moaned softly.
"Oh… I am so boned," he said as she giggled.
"Y-Yeah," Inaba said and he grinned nervously.
"Not that way."
She blinked before her eyes widened as her rabbit ear twitched, skin paling and reddening all in one go.
"S-Someone's coming!"
"To the shower," Obito said quickly, groaning as he got off, and out, of her. "Fuck," he cursed before lifting her off his… broken bed.
His very broken bed, oh, God.
Obito knew a losing battle when he saw one but decided he'd keep some dignity, dammit.
Three minutes later, he answered his opened door with a shaky grin, a dark blue kimono, and a mind full of excuses he could spout, but it was all for naught as Taiga and Eruza stared at his destroyed room in disbelief.
Then they saw the bed and then they smelled everything.
Eruza's face burned like a candle while Taiga covered his mouth, looking away with red cheeks.
"Please don't ask," Obito pleaded.
~NRK~
Inaba's head stayed down as she sat at the dinner table of the Yatsubishi group, utterly embarrassed beyond any form of horror.
Wearing one of Obito's kimonos, a white one, the shocked gallery composed of the brutes of the Zaibatsu… and Seira, Okajima, Shidou, and Hitomi weren't doing her any favors as Obito held his head down next to her.
Kaori's mouth had dropped while Ryouko had cackled upon learning the news. Taiga cleared his throat as Eruza sputtered as she had for the past ten minutes.
Hitomi had blushed and done as Taiga had earlier, not look at him as Shidou focused on a rather interesting empty corner of the kitchen.
Seira looked like she was close to fainting as Okajima cleared his throat, face bright red.
"We… may have miscalculated," he found the words as the two rabbit brutes slammed their heads into the tabletop. "... Yes, I… don't know how to deal with this situation."
"H-How do you deal with this?" Kaori asked in disbelief, cheeks slightly red. "Um, yeah, putting two rabbits, male and female, alone in a room probably wasn't the…. Brightest idea."
"W-We'd come as soon as we realized," Seira stuttered in embarrassment, fan covering her entire face. "... this isn't… good."
"F-Fraternizing?" Eruza asked with a nervous swallow.
"No, at least…" Seira was completely out of her depth. "If… someone comes of this, I don't know what to do."
The implication had turned the entire atmosphere on its head, again, as Obito flinched while Inaba's eyes widened.
Taiga grunted. "..." He grimaced, unable to say anything. "... I can't…"
"Hmph! So, you're saying that these two having a kid, which is basically guaranteed, by the way," Ryouko said with some satisfaction as Seira shivered. "It'll be so out of bounds no one'll know what to do?"
"It's not… impossible for the Zaibatsu to have considered this," Okajima said nervously. "But… this isn't going to end well."
"Why? So, they s-screwed, big whoop," Hitomi said slightly bluntly before Shidou sighed.
"It's not that easy, it never is," he said as she looked at him in confusion. "To send the female rabbit brute to the male rabbit brute is going to be looked at… unfavorably. They're going to assume that Yatsubishi and Ishida, or at least Ishida, is going to have been playing the field behind people's backs."
"Right, Shidou-san!" Yashin said as he appeared, getting a jump out of the group. "The fact remains, I probably should have considered Obito-kun's pent-up 'nature' as it were. He should have spoken up."
"I don't… I do not have the energy to respond to that," Obito said as he slammed the side of his fist onto the table. "... Dammit, there's literally no way to bring such a thing up!"
"U-Um," Hitomi spoke up before blushing and coughing. "Right…"
"I mean, you have three teammates, possibly four, I won't judge, Taiga," the tiger brute looked horrified. "You could have asked, quite frankly, this is all your fault."
Obito's eyebrow twitched but, despite how much he hated him… fucking Yashin was right.
This was his fault but not for not asking his teammates but because he should have swallowed his pride and dealt with this, privately, with Yashin somehow. Hell, maybe even his mother would have given him phone numbers to call!
He'd simply been too horny to think straight!
"U-Um, it's not only his fault," Inaba spoke up with a completely red face. "... S-Sorry!" She bowed in her seat.
"Well, sadly, the past is in the past. Can't bring that back to life," Iwasaki chuckled. "Still, there is a high chance of you… 'carrying', what is the plan?"
The group grimaced at the unspoken question.
What were the two going to do?
Inaba's eyes widened while her fingers twitched. Obito looked down at the table with a frown.
"There are contraceptives, aren't there? We can just use those," he said, coolheadedly, thank God. "I'm well aware of how those work, at least."
"Hmm, that is rather calm-headed," Yashin snickered. "I guess I can just let this go. I was also a part of this. But, if this is to keep happening, please don't cause an intercompany incident."
"That's something I want to ask," Seira spoke up, far more calm with a possible pregnancy not on the table, hopefully. "Had this been… unchangeable, what would have happened?"
"Hmm, well, the question of employment comes up," Yashin said with a shrug as the group blinked. "You'd literally be having a child between two different companies. This is important."
Shidou sighed. "Whoever gets the child will be taking care of it. Whether it's the brutes or the medical facility."
Obito frowned at that. '... No, fuck that, I couldn't…' He couldn't put someone through that, especially not if it was his own child. "What else?"
"That's where another issue comes in, we'd have to make a case about this not being fraternizing and is simply brutes being people," Yashin added. "And, yes, while that can be easy at first glance, the others will always challenge me on things. It'll get rough fast."
"I can't believe that's it," Seira said with a frown.
"It's not," Shidou supplied. "The issue remains that now there's an unaffiliated brute," he said.
"Wait, you literally just said one of the companies has to take it," Taiga said with a frown. "How is that 'unaffiliated'?"
"Because, the result of two brutes is a brute," Yashin answered and the group winced in unison. "Exactly. You get a random brute mish-mash who could come with issues… were it not one of two of a similar family name," he said with some relief as the two rabbit brutes blushed a bit. "They'd be safe in that regard but the child's future becomes an issue. A random brute brought about? They'll see it as a betrayal of the rules since that's just one more brute in their eyes."
"Fuck them, their opinion isn't important besides knowing this wasn't a ruse," Obito said as Inaba nodded shakily. "If we were going to throw around suspicion on that kind of shit, why aren't we examining Sumitomo's every move?"
"He's got a point," Kaori said. "If anyone's sexually fraternizing, it'd certainly be those disgusting people," she added with a frown.
"... Not impossible," Seira said with a nod. "But, they wouldn't be the ones under scrutiny, unfortunately."
"S-So, the child would have to… choose?" Inaba asked and Seira wore a sympathetic expression.
"The kid would probably have to be considered but they could just as easily not participate, no?" Okajima asked and Yashin nodded.
"Of course, this hypothetical child would need to be supervised but as long as we could provide such evidence, they'd be free to live whatever life they please."
"... Haa," Obito sat back down with his forehead in his hand. "Dammit… Well, right now, we'll need to grab those contraceptives before doing anything else," he said with a hand pinching the bridge of his nose.
"..." Eruza grumbled at the entire situation Obito was in… before frowning as something was coming to mind but she couldn't… something that felt like it should be said now. "...?" Her eyes discreetly locked onto Yashin before they widened at the grin the man had on his face. "... Y-Yo, Yashin," she spoke up as Seira's eyes narrowed.
"Yes?"
"... Will those day-after pills work?"
"..." The CEO's mouth set in a big grin that Obito and Inaba froze at. "... I guess this is better than giving them some form of hope."
"... Fucking hell, Yashin," Shidou grimaced as the two looked shocked. "... Haa, did you not think that the companies wouldn't have wanted to keep such a thing from happening? Of course, contraceptives got involved at one point."
"Normal ones don't work on brutes, do they?" Seira asked with a wince as he nodded. "Oh, goodness."
"It's unfortunate to say but I wondered if they couldn't have done something about this, luckily."
"T-There aren't brute versions?" Inaba asked in horror.
"Attempts have been made, Sumitomo's forces are something to be considered, but something's always wrong," Yashin hummed curiously. "It's honestly what makes beastilization so interesting. For some reason, there's more to this than just trying to stop the sperm cells. It's hard to make one for brutes."
Obito cursed at that while Inaba swallowed nervously. "..." He took in a deep, solid, breath before letting out a sigh. "Alright, alright… what do you want to do with this… possibility," he stressed to Inaba.
The young rabbit woman froze like a deer in headlights, rabbit ears shooting up in alarm.
"?!"
"It's not even guaranteed," Obito reminded her, looking at Yashin with intent.
"Well, it's never been before but you two are rabbits, surprise, they have a libido and reproduce too quickly most times," the CEO said, causing Taiga and Kaori to blink.
"Wait, so, what? It'd be twins on the first go or something?" She asked as Obito's eyebrow twitched while Inaba paled. "... R-Right, sorry, didn't mean for that to discomfort you," God this was so weird!
There was a high chance she'd be an aunt, that was scary!
Eruza grumbled with a pout as Ryouko snorted.
"So, boy or girl?" She asked with a grin before hiding behind Taiga with a bigger one as Obito glared at her. "That's not an answer."
"... I believe this might be too much for Inaba," Seira said with a frown before bowing to the brute who jumped and stared in disbelief. "This… is my fault," she admitted.
"M-Ma'am, no, I…" Inaba choked on her words.
"I have to take responsibility," Seira deflected as Okajima frowned, rubbing the back of his head as he followed suit.
"If we'd have considered things first, maybe ask Yashin about Obito-kun's… condition, we could have planned this better, apologies," he said with a wince. "The fact remains, it's still us who went out of their way to make this happen."
Inaba's ears flopped. "..." What was she to say?
In the end, she at least knew they all had some responsibility in this. Yet, that left her with the possibility of a child in her belly.
"..." Obito considered things. "Ishida isn't that big, yet, right?" He asked with determined eyes as Yashin grinned while Seira blinked.
"We're not…" She responded with some intrigued eyes. "Why?"
"Hmm… Companies can seek temporary partnerships, can't they?" Obito asked as the group balked. "If you called this that, despite how cold it sounds, you could play it off as a transaction. It's not like Yashin disagreed and I doubt you want to look like you're incompetent, Yashin," red eyes locked onto dark gray ones. "Right?"
"Hahahaha, as always you seem more devious than I ever could have considered," Yashin said with amusement. "And perhaps. Heavens above, a good reputation is hard to cultivate."
"... Obito-kun," Shidou said as the brute turned to him. "You realize you're doing the opposite of separating from this life, correct?"
"I am," Obito answered with a nod. "I can still play this off, though. They could easily call this the safest, most viable, option," he said as Inaba blushed bright red. "Rabbits, right?"
This young man was more terrifying than Shidou had ever expected… and yet, he was still a better person than a lot of the people he knew, scarily enough.
Still, his ability to think straight in this situation was powerful. "Hmm, you're not wrong. It's also the fact that you two just finding out about you both having brute rabbits would make it easier," Shidou said to Seira who hummed before looking at Inaba.
"What do you think about all of this, Inaba-kun?" The wife of the Ishida CEO asked as her company's brute looked down. "This is planning that you'll have no need to involve yourself with… but you'll be taking on the responsibility of a parent, most likely," she frowned. "That's not some simple task."
"..." Inaba considered the idea before swallowing and nodding. "I… I don't want to inconvenience you, Seira-san."
Seira's eyes softened. "This would be a bit more than just relieving me of paperwork. You'll be dealing with an entire other life. That's not easy."
"Y-Yeah, I get that," the female rabbit swallowed. "B-But, well, it's not like I'm a… fighter, so…"
"Haa," the picture-perfect Seira sighed. "Well, consider it a long assignment, I suppose, when it happens," Okajima chuckled while Shidou hummed neutrally. "If it ends up coming to be, you'll be taking… hmm, maternity leave with the job of 'securing company assets'," Seira twitched her fingers.
"M-Ma'am!" Inaba cried tears of joy.
"Once again, it is my fault but, coldly speaking, Obito-kun is right. This would be another potential brute," Seira said, looking at the father-of-the-hour. "Is that fine?"
"Yes," Obito answered. "I'm still going to be in this kid's life but having them under Ishida is probably for the best, all things considered."
"... Ah, right, we have a bigger rep now," Taiga said with a blink. "... I'm completely lost on how things got like this."
"Because someone suffers alone," Eruza grumbled next to him and Taiga's eyebrow shot into the atmosphere. "Stupid senpai."
Obito wore a shaky smirk. "Hmph, I take it you wanted something from me, Shidou-san," he said as Shidou blinked.
"Ah, yes, Hitomi," the man said as the girl grinned widely, coming forward.
"I want a spar next week."
"... alright…" Obito said slowly as Hitomi grinned like an idiot. "This is gonna be an interesting new chapter of my life," he added with a grunt. "So, for now, I'd say it's best to just see what happens."
"That's sound," Yashin grinned and Obito didn't even have the energy to hate him, for a bit. "And, now, you're not some ticking time bomb."
"... When did you notice?"
"Hmm… give or take a month or so back."
"W-What?!" Eruza choked while Yashin grinned.
"I'm involved in a lot of things, Eruza-kun, but I wasn't getting involved in that."
"..." She hated how he was right but, still! "Hmph."
"The best response," Kaori said with a snicker. "So, consider a name already?" She asked cheekily as Obito scoffed while Inaba blushed bright red. "Oh, this'll be fun."
"!" Inaba blushed. "So… w-we just wait, now?" She asked her… buddy.
"Yes," Obito said with a hand rubbing the back of his neck. "For now, just living life like nothing's wrong is the best thing. Besides, nobody is focused on something like this with the Destroyale, and my restaurant, happening."
"You just needed to throw that in there, didn't you?" Kaori asked with a smirk.
"Advertisement is important."
~NRK~
A week later… and it was time.
Standing before a large, almost half-mansion-sized building with cream-colored walls, dark brown wooden accents, and blue windows with two levels, the rabbit man nodded to the railing on the second floor for outside walking while knowing about the rooftop space with more amenities like fold-out chairs, tables, and a vending machine or ten.
Obito smirked as he focused on his attire.
It was his restaurant's uniform of a black shitagi with red clouds on the back that was tucked into a pair of dark red pants that he had tied at his ankles and led into black ninja sandals.
"It's time," he said with a clenched fist as cars, limousines, and more vehicles began parking by his ryokan.
Obito smirked before turning to his… workers, basically.
Taiga stood there in a uniform similar to Obito while Eruza, Ryouko, and Kaori donned the female version.
It was basically something he remembered Tsunade wearing but with his establishment's colors.
Their haori were black while they had sleeveless, red, shitagis that were untucked and flowed by their thighs via small white sash. Their legs were covered by fitting black pants that stopped by mid-shin and they had on normal old-world zori sandals with tabi socks.
All in all, the group was quite the sight to see. "So, uh, run this whole thing by us, again," Taiga asked.
"I'll handle all the cooking, the accounting with Kaori, and so on," Obito explained with a nod. "While the women will be helping handle getting me the orders and taking the food out to the tables. You all remember which ones, right?"
"I've got the first row," Kaori said.
"I've got the second!" Eruza declared.
"Hmph, I've got third," Ryouko huffed.
"I'm handling the floater position… I think," Taiga said as Obito nodded with a smirk.
"The rooms will be set up and clean by the time we open up. When guests leave, we'll book them only when we've finished cleaning them up. There are no sexual favors in this place from the staff, anyone who tries I'll boot them out when you tell me," Obito said as he pulled a pager out of his pocket.
"Who uses pagers anymore?" Eruza asked as she messed with the one in her haori pocket. "Like, seriously?!"
"We do," Obito smirked. "I'll open and clean the baths while having the food station open on Mondays and Fridays, allowing me to help out more in the building," he added as many people looked on in disbelief at the types of folks coming into his store. "We'll handle everything else by ear. Got it?"
"Alright, let's serve some bastards!" Taiga declared heatedly.
"Oh, I'm liking this place, it seems to have powerful staff," Yugo said as he, Yoko, and Jerome came up to them with smiles, or smirks, aplenty. "So, I'm liking the uniforms but the ladies' could have been more eye-catching."
"Control yourself, Yugo, I doubt you'll think straight with how much booze I'm sure you'll drink," Obito said with a roll of the eyes as the Brute Lion grinned. "... And, for the sake of keeping your hands off my staff, anything you do in your rooms isn't my business as long as it's legal. So, go plan like I'm expecting you to."
"Fuck yes!" The lion man hissed in satisfaction, his white shirt and black slacks creasing in joy as his sandaled feet strode on in, his arms completely covered in bandages as he walked with a slightly noticeable limp. "I'm coming here, a lot, hell yes."
"Ignore him, please," Yoko pleaded, wearing a white dress shirt, black slacks, and some open-toed high heels. "Haaa, thank you for having us, Obito-kun."
"It's what it is. Hopefully, I don't have a Killing Bites in my rooms," Obito said with a nod. "Kaori?"
"Got it. Come on in, Mitsukado Princess, we've got you booked," Brute Civet said and Yoko smiled.
"Thank you."
"How big are the bathhouses again?" Jerome asked, wearing a dark blue kimono and sandals and Obito smirked.
"They're big enough for several men of your size, Jerome," the Brute Rabbit said with a snort as the bear man grinned widely.
"How's the booze?"
"All kinds with some personal specialty wines and alcohol made in-house," the man looked ready to sing. "You don't do enka, do you?"
"How'd you guess?"
"Maybe we'll get a stand one day," Obito chuckled before bowing to both. "Welcome."
Yoko blushed with a smile before going in after a snickering Kaori. "Ah, he's really gonna ruin some lives one day."
"How so?"
The group went in with their next guests coming through, a familiar pair.
"Shidou-san, Hitomi-kun," Obito said with a nod as Taiga smirked before going inside. "You're best for handling Leo, Taiga."
"Don't I know it."
Eruza stood next to Obito as Ryouko looked out at all the cars.
"Man, this place is huge," Hitomi said in shock, wearing a black shirt, white shorts, and some white sneakers. "How do you manage it all?"
"Well, since the only people who come here are those… involved," Obito said vaguely to those in the know. "We can use our… 'quirks' to get things done more quickly. Hell, I think I could have us fake cosplay if nothing else."
"Smart," Shidou said in a dark gray suit. "Hmm, how many rooms are in this place?"
"About 35," Eruza answered with a grin. "Each one could be called a mini-apartment in size. Getting this was way too good despite Yashin being Yashin."
"That's some good structure," the man said as he adjusted his glasses.
"The rooms can even be divided, as well, so it's hypothetically 70 thanks to a thick foldable wall in the middle. There's a track in the floor," Obito added before bowing. "Welcome to the Akatsuki," he said with a real big smirk. 'That's never sounded so hilarious before.'
The two nodded before going inside, allowing for an interesting trio to come forth.
Inaba blushed in her light pink, bare-shouldered, dress and white sandals. "H-Hi!" She said and Obito nodded.
"That's a lot of guests," Seira said in her usual white kimono but she also had a parasol with her that was dark purple in color with gold accents. "Good afternoon, Obito-kun."
"Welcome," Obito said as he looked at the smiling Okajima. "Okajima-san, good afternoon."
The big man was wearing a black three-piece suit and dress shoes, looking more in place than ever before.
"Thank you. Thanks for having us, Obito-kun," Brute Hippo said with a chuckle. "The menu is pretty diverse, yes?"
"It is. All personally made. I'll be fine, before you ask," Obito said with a chuckle as the man's eyes shined.
"So, how's life so far?" Eruza asked Inaba who blushed.
"W-Well, since we just started training, still, pretty good!" The young woman said with an embarrassed smile. "A-And for the… other thing… I haven't noticed anything yet," she whispered as Eruza huffed.
With a week to reassess, Eruza knew she still had her chance but it'd require power, dedication, and a bit more growing but she had a feeling she'd make it happen!
Bet on it.
And, perhaps, in that time, she'd have a little child to dote on, spoil, and mess with, maybe.
"Welcome," the two bowed to the three in unison.
"Hm, hm," Seira's eyes shined with amusement before she smiled and nodded. "Thank you for having us. I assume Kaori-san is handling the room dealings?"
"Yes, she and Taiga are inside," Obito turned to Ryouko. "Can you make sure everything is going well? Just as back-up."
"Hmph, alright, alright, boss, I'm going,' Ryouko pouted as she walked in front of the Ishida group.
"Well, she's helpful, at least," Eruza said as Obito nodded.
They welcomed people time and time again before they became booked up.
It was time to look after their guests.
~NRK~
Miyabi growled as he was serviced by a girl under his desk, the CEO looking at the news about the 'Akatsuki' nonsense!
"Bitch, work faster, I'm pissed than cumming."
She did as told as he groaned as he hit his release, collapsing into his chair as she finished up.
"Hmph," he grunted as she got up and left. "..." Miyabi sighed as he leaned back in his seat, eyes on the ceiling as he contemplated. 'Right now, the biggest problem between me and him is the other fucking companies,' he considered.
Right now, Obito Shinada is protected on all fronts. Martially, financially, and socially.
The wife of Ishida seemed to have built a rapport with him along with Mitsukado. Yoko Mitsukado was on friendly terms with him while her grandfather was amused if not amicable.
Three of the Main Four Zaibatsu were fine with him and that was bad. Sumitomo wasn't on his side and likely had made a bad impression over the past month.
He grimaced. 'How? How had this boy attained so much power in his lifetime?!' Obito Shinada was seemingly some sort of business savant who made connections like he ate grains of rice! 'Think, think,' he had to remove him, somehow.
With him gone, Yoko, Seira, and even Yugo would be left without a powerful outlet. Yatsubishi would be weak and disorderly, and he'd get back his assets.
'If I could bring him into the Destroyer Royale somehow… somehow,' it'd be great to defeat him there.
With some bribery, partnering, and a little loss of pride, Miyabi was sure he could grab many of the smaller companies' attention.
He grimaced as cameras were brought into the establishment into the restaurant side… and the bald man's eyebrows twitched as Obito Shinada manned the kitchen alone. He would have loved watching him flail but then the boy was handling orders with ease, eyes shifting across ten pans and pots as he worked his large kitchen with a mastery not expected.
~NRK~
Eruza smiled for a pair before taking their orders back to the kitchen. "Taro-based casserole, make it swim! Along with an order of baked salmon!"
"On it!" Obito said as he moved a fish out of his fridge.
A knife found its place in his right hand and he breathed out, arm flashes about the animal with minimal contact with his hands.
He put it back before removing the skeleton of the dead animal 10 seconds later.
It was the work of a master and the cameras focused on him, the rabbit man smirking as they did.
'Bring it,' he said mentally as he worked the stoves and ovens with ease, no loss of movement to be found. 'This place is gonna be big, dammit.'
He'd make sure of it.
In the dining area, Seira sat at a table with Shidou, Hitomi, Okajima, Inaba, Yashin, Yugo, Jerome, and Yoko.
"Hmm… Snnnn, oh, that's good wood," Yugo said with a relaxed look as Eruza came over with a large platter. "Ooh."
When she began handing out their food, the group was very intrigued by the assortment of food.
All sorts of steaming, glistening, meals laid out on it and the young cheetah woman smirked.
"Obito's pretty good especially when it comes to food," she said with a grin as she placed down meals before turning the rotating table to put down the rest.
When she had all the food down, Yugo breathed in with a grin as Okajima's eyes shined.
"He's got an assortment of cultures down, does he?" Seira asked, looking at the taro casserole with eyes full of interest. "Yes, but we'll have to taste it first, yes?"
The group nodded, taking pieces of their food and placing them in their mouths.
Seira's eyes widened at the taste on her tongue shivering in satisfaction as Okajima ascended to another plane of existence.
"W-Whoa, now!" Hitomi's cheeks flushed a bit. "How is he this good at cooking?!" She wondered in disbelief, blushing as Shidou chuckled with a smirk.
"Yes, I'm also curious about this," he said towards Eruza who hummed.
"From what he's told us before we all became brutes, well, you know how his mom's a former prosty, right?" She asked and he nodded as Yugo snorted.
"Man, the midnight mistresses are more powerful than I'll ever know," he said as Yoko rolled her eyes.
"Hmm… no comment. So, like, he'd cook there often, hell, he used to go back there to cook even after becoming a brute before he went to our high school. He just had lots of time on his hands and he either spent it cooking or training. He only brought up poison resisting stuff when me and bro were in."
"Ahh, now his skills make more sense," Hitomi said with a grin as she ate some more.
'H-He's like the complete opposite of me!' Inaba realized in disbelief. 'A-Aren't we only, like, two years apart?!' The world was truly mean to her!
But then she remembered that day and she would give some leeway. That'd been a hell of a sex situation!
"Hmm, yes, Obito-kun has cooked for his parents and I for most of his time in Yatsubishi," Yashin explained. "He seemed to enjoy having more mouths to feed. I sometimes wish to rub it in the other companies' faces by having a cookout but this is much better."
Yugo snorted as Youzan hummed in delight at his food.
"He's truly a diamond found in the rough. A teacher, fighter, and connoisseur? It's quite a stack of titles," the old man said as he enjoyed his baked fish with a hum of joy. "Truly fascinating."
Yoko nodded, cheeks flushed as she ate. 'I-I didn't know he was such an accomplished cook!' And he was so many things on top of it.
Goodness!
The group chatted mindlessly, not minding one another's company for a surprising amount of time before four hours later, dining time was put on hold.
Claps echoed throughout the area as Obito came out of the kitchen, bowing to them all.
"I hope you all enjoyed your time here," he said with a smirk. "For now, the dining area will be closed but it'll be open at around 4 pm. In that time, please enjoy your rooms. On the regular, alcohol is allowed to be ordered from upstairs."
The groups were quick to approach him as he answered question after question, denying advances, or considering opportunities.
"Must be nice being so popular," Yugo said with a dramatic sigh.
"Hmph, not so good being the unreigning King, ay?" Hitomi said with a smirk as Yugo snorted.
"It only means there's something interesting in these things again."
She could agree with that.
~NRK~
An hour or two later, Obito hummed as he set up the bathhouse sections, rabbit ears up and perked.
With Eruza's help, they'd finished the Men and Unisex bath sections in under 45 minutes.
They were finishing up the Women's side when his ears perked up.
"Eruza," Obito spoke up, removing a cloth from his pocket and tying it around his eyes. "Lead me-"
The flaps to the Women's Section flapped, allowing Hitomi, Seira, Inaba, and Kaori to come in, the four blinking as the blindfolded Obito was led out by a snickering Eruza.
"Take care," he said as he was helped out. "... Kaori knows where the extra sundries are. If there's anything wrong, let me know," Obito finished as Inaba blushed, nodding as he was helped out.
"Hm, hmph, it's interesting," Seira said with a chuckle, Kaori smirking along with her.
"It is, isn't it?"
~NRK~
Come nighttime, after another cooking session, Obito was sitting in his room, looking out his window as he drank some alcohol.
Wearing a dark blue kimono, he hummed as he watched the clouds pass the moon above.
'This is my life,' he thought with a small smile, drinking some more from a sake cup. 'This isn't so bad.'
He had a future to consider, yes, but he'd allow what came to come to him.
His ears perked up as he heard a knock on his door.
Obito got up and walked over to it, opening the door to see… "Inaba?" He said softly and the young rabbit woman blushed bright red. "... I'm unsure of how I'm supposed to take this," Obito admitted, rubbing the back of his head as she nodded. "... come in."
She did and he closed the door, walking back to his original seat by his window before patting the space in front of him.
Coming over and sitting down, Inaba swallowed, looking up at him. "..."
"You've been thinking, haven't you?" Obito asked her and she messed with her yukata before nodding. "... About the… child?"
"Y-Yes," Inaba admitted with redder cheeks. "I… I want to know what you really want, in the case of a b-baby."
Obito blinked at her before frowning, looking out at the sky outside. "... I'm going to be honest, I don't know," he said bluntly as Inaba rubbed the back of her head. "I've never considered this happening to me. And, while surprising, I don't mean accidental pregnancies, I mean the idea of me having a son," he said with a frown. "I've… I don't know if I'm capable of being a parent."
"S-So?"
"... As I said, I don't know," he repeated. "But, what of you? Are you still fine with having the child?"
"... I don't want to abort it," Inaba admitted with a frown. "N-Not just because of Seira-san's amazing policy on life but punishing a child for our mistake isn't something I'm fine with."
"I understand," Obito nodded. "... I still stand by my words but, despite that, I'll do my best to be in the child's life, both of your lives," she turned a nice pink, rabbit ears exploding into existence. "Hmph. The fact remains, I can't possibly see myself seeking romance as is, never mind with a kid… so," he said slowly as she swallowed before nodding. "If we want to try and give this whole parent thing a real go… yes?"
She nodded repeatedly. "I-I'd like that," how had her life taken such a turn?! "B-But, still, you have a whole new business to run, h-how would we…?" Inaba insinuated, her core burning bright.
"Well, I don't work weekends. Ignoring my future spars, which won't take all day, we can get to know each other more at those times."
"O-Okay!"
"... And, well," Obito rubbed the back of his head. "If you want, we could start now," he said and she beamed. "So, tell me about yourself."
They chatted well into the night, falling asleep in one another's arms the following morning.
~NRK~
Come another month, things got interesting around the time of the Destroyale.
"Hmm, well, Seira, this is going to be difficult," Seira Son sighed as her husband rubbed the back of his head. "I mean, sure, we weren't entering but I wish I'd been informed about this… still, we are getting another brute out of this. One with powerful genes," the man said.
"Yes, Yashin was rather willing to share. In his words, 'it'd be an interesting development for beastilization'," Seira lied as they sat in his office. "Still, you've another idea in your head?"
"... Next year, I want us to get involved in the Destroyale," he admitted as she frowned with a nod. "Inaba Ui is going to be without a child, hopefully, by then. But that doesn't solve our shortage of brutes."
"... I'm following," she said, confused.
"... Is there any way for Yashin to lend us the young man?" Seira's eyes widened. "Surely, there's some way we can make that work."
"While this can be kind of ridiculous, is that fair?" She asked with a frown. "Ignoring that, why would Yashin even consider it instead of just lopping him onto his team? With everything all the companies know about Obito Shinada, they know that him being on any team is going to be a bonus that will shift tides, especially since he's still growing into adulthood."
"Yes and I don't doubt many would try if they didn't also think how you did," he said with a thoughtful expression. "But, we do have one thing that Yashin might want."
"..." Seira's eyes widened. "Seigi!?"
"Look, it's just an idea. Besides, we're still assuming Yashin won't just find another rodent brute to mix with Obito Shinada's blood," Seigi Son groaned. "We're in serious need of good fighters."
It was only then that Seira remembered something… important. "Oh, well… she couldn't possibly replace Obito-kun… but there's also a brute under Shidou Reichi. Hitomi-kun seems eager," Seigi perked up. "And… even then, Inaba-kun is training under Obito-kun on the weekdays. They date when they can on the weekends," she said with a small giggle as Seigi blinked. "He's a rather upright young man, Seigi. He wants to do right by her."
"R-Really?" The man swallowed. "W-Well… if he can give her a literal fighting chance… I guess that'd work. What about this Hitomi girl, though? Have you seen her in action before?"
Seira nodded with a smile. "She tries to spar with Obito-kun on the weekends, too. During that time, her hardheaded mindset has slowly been bending to more thoughtful means. On the other hand, she's ferocious, decently fast, got thick defenses, and has powerful attacks. She'd probably be a good fighter."
The man looked relieved.
~NRK~
The ball before the event was interesting, Obito found.
Wearing a dark blue three-piece suit, he tied back his hair into a low ponytail. He'd need to cut it soon.
Standing by him were Inaba and Eruza, the two in a strapless white dress with pink tie-die and an orange, dark brown-bordered, bodycon dress, respectively.
Inaba swallowed as she held onto his right arm while Eruza did the same to his left. 'How'd my life get like this?' He wasn't sure.
Ever since things with Inaba had become more… 'in-depth', Eruza had been rather aggressive as of late. He didn't know why but Inaba hadn't shown any form of negative reaction to it, weirdly enough.
He'd long since learned that he'd never get women.
"So, you, Kaori, and Taiga. Have you all planned this out?" Obito asked Eruza as Inaba looked intrigued. "I'm going to be leading you from HQ so I can't give you any orders besides directions."
"Yea, well, the idea is to meet up with bro, first and foremost," Brute Cheetah said as she held his arm a bit tighter. "The thing is, before that, we figured there's no way that we won't get into a fight so we're gonna keep things simple and outlast our opponents."
"A good strategy," Yoko Mitsukado said as she came up to them in a red spaghetti string dress with a white shawl over her shoulders. "Since we of the Mitsukado won't be joining, watching your strategies will be interesting."
"O-Oh, hi, Yoko-san," Inaba greeted and the young woman nodded before huffing at Obito's occupied arms.
"Hmph, good evening. Speaking of your strategy, what's your game plan, specifically? I mean, you can't very well expect to just coast through without a fight."
"Hehe~" Eruza grinned. "That's easy, once we meet up, we're gonna keep an area of attack," Yoko blinked. "With our last bit of training, we've got this in the bag."
"Confident," Okajima said as he came with a chuckle, wearing a black tux. "I can't say I'm not curious about how this will go. Especially since we'll see things differently from you all."
"Not wrong, our view is going to reveal more information," Yoko nodded. "And I can see what you're going for. Make it a battle of numbers, right? This Destroyer Royale is going to be a bit different with my company and Sumitomo not participating. With that, this one was opened to more companies with brutes. They can even form teams if they wish."
"W-Wait, isn't this supposed to have all of the companies in it?" Inaba wondered, Obito answering.
"Yes and no. Typically, most Killing Bites are used to see who can participate. You wouldn't want a set of competitors who couldn't win even one normal match here," the male rabbit brute said as Inaba nodded eagerly. "All things considered, since this is such an odd circumstance, they're going to make this a sort of open fight. Right now, my money's on our side unless one of the other groups has started training in secret or pumped their brutes full of drugs."
"Yeah, that'd kind of suck," Eruza said and Inaba's confused look got a snicker out of her. "The thing is, drugs aren't against the rules. As long as you can make the best brute most don't care. It's kind of sad, in a way, that they'd need to, though."
"It is. If you can't show your research as superior, it'd just mean you can't compare," Yoko agreed as Okajima hummed.
"Honestly, if they used those resources for the benefit of others, I'm sure one of these companies could have easily made it big," he frowned as Obito nodded. "Sadly, they're only focused on these events, most of the time."
"Is that something you should be saying, Okajima-san?"
"Hmm, that'd depend," the big brute chuckled and Yoko shrugged. "Generally, though, I don't think it's wrong to think that way. All things considered, most are in this for clout, resources, and money."
"Not wrong."
The lights dimmed, allowing a screen's glow to light up the space.
"Hmph, this Destroyer Royale is, interestingly, going to be rather different," Yashin announced, the official for the event. "With some companies passing on this one, we'll be opening the floor to a few companies who had rather decent brutes for the past… but that also opens up for some concern," he said with a chuckle before a light fell upon Obito whose eyebrow began to twitch. "So, Obito-kun, I'd ask that, for tonight, you work as our clean-up crew and on-the-move camera!"
"That's… interesting," Yoko said unsurely as Obito grunted before sighing with crossed arms.
"Being honest, this is the least crazy idea he's ever had," he said as Yugo snickered from a nearby table, Taiga snorting by his side, alcohol in hand. "What exactly is my job here?"
"Quite simple, really, you can give us cameras where we can't see," Yashin explained and many nodded. "There are quite a few areas on this island we typically use that have a hard time getting footage. You'll be working as the referee, there, so to speak."
"... Alright, that's fair," at least it wasn't putting him in the way. "So, when should we-"
"Right now, if you would!"
Yoko giggled while Okajima chuckled.
Eruza snickered at Obito's eyebrow twitching. "He always does this, why am I surprised still?"
"Because you've got this thing call, standards, Obito-kun," she said with a smirk as his eyebrow twitched more.
"Man, didn't think you'd end up reffin'," Hitomi said as she came up to the group in a sleeveless, numerous cloth-wrapped, dress that leaned to the side, in. "This'll be my first time seeing this so close. It'll be fun," she added with a grin as Obito snorted.
"It's also going to give you an idea of how these tournaments work," Yugo said as Obito nodded.
"This is going to be a valuable experience for anyone who hasn't been in one," he said, looking at Inaba who blushed. "You need to make sure you watch, closely, especially since your future's looking rocky."
She paled as Eruza snickered, Taiga humming as he cupped his chin.
"This is going to be our Destroyale debut, this oughta be good," he said as Yugo smirked.
"It's basically in the bag for you guys, unless these smaller comps have some kind of super-brute in their midsts," the lion brute said with a hum, looking around at the brutes about. "Though, some of these guys are gonna be interesting to watch. You've got Skunk Elvis Presley over there," Taiga twitched and Leo smirked. "Catch up, won't you? Brute Kangaroo Mouse looks ready to kick some teeth in, looks fun. Then there's Brute Walrus over there along with Brute Orangutan, Brute Viper, and Brute Cassowary… oh, man, that one will at least be fun, Taiga."
Taiga perked up, looking to see the man in question. "... Oh, right, isn't he that guy with a few strings of matches won?"
"Yes, Brute Cassowary is also a martial artist, thank God there's someone here who uses more than their body," Obito said. "He's got some potential in him, especially with the reputations cassowaries have. Watch out for talons, his jumping height, and his speed. His strength isn't any joke either but mostly only in his legs. They're basically the dodo's most dangerous cousins. Right up there with emus."
"?" Inaba blinked. "How come you seem to know all these animals?"
"I always look up and write down notes. Looking at their strengths and how to destroy them from the inside-out," Obito said simply as she sweatdropped when the others nodded. "Knowing what you're going against, that's the basics."
"It is. Most of the best brutes have reputations that sometimes you kind of forget about the others," Okajima said before clapping his hands. "But that's for another time, you all need to get ready."
~NRK~
Wearing a skin-tight, sleeveless, black top, some baggy black pants, and similar-colored black ninja sandals, Obito was crouched atop the cruise liner, the Brute King, with a camera around his neck via a white cord.
-Hello, Obito-kun, can you hear me?- Yashin's voice came from the camera, Obito's black-gloved hands coming up to press a button on its side.
"Yes, I can. It's been five minutes since most of the brutes have departed. Am I giving chase now?" He asked.
-Yes. For now, go to spaces 15-24, 11-24, 4-8, and 8-9. Do you remember those spots?-
"I've memorized them," Obito responded as he crouched down, body shifting into his full-transformed state.
It'd been something he'd not had up until a week ago since he sparred with Hitomi. The girl's input on his lack of having it gave him some motivation to actually try to attain it.
And the benefits had been so good, he'd called himself an idiot for not doing so earlier.
Now, his arms, legs up to his lower stomach, ears, and some fluff along his ears sprung to life as he breathed in.
He exploded off the top of the liner in an instant, form flying over the cliff that it was parked near.
Red eyes moved about as he appeared over lush forests before he fell, arms out along with his body.
~NRK~
"... Oh, yes, he'd never used his full-transformation before," Seira realized but she still gaped at the amount of ground he'd covered in one leap. "G-Goodness!"
Shidou nodded as Yashin grinned.
"At present… I don't think it's wrong to say, Obito Shinada is probably the strongest solo-brute tied with Yugo Tani," Shidou said as Seigi blinked.
"That's some praise and I heard that even Leo has begun training," he said as Miyabi growled from their table.
A miniature map of the island was displayed across it, allowing the Top of every company to watch with comfort and more personable bubbles.
He hated it. "Hmph," Miyabi scoffed. "Fucking rabbit but I'm sure you know all about that, huh, Yashin?" He said, accusations in his tone.
"I keep telling you, giving Ishida something was for the best of the Killing Bites," Yashin lied as he breathed. "All things considered, they'd literally have to wait how many years to actually have a viable roster."
Miyabi grimaced at the logic. "So, what, you're whoring out the boy for some fun?"
"Nothing so crude," Seira responded with a roll of the eyes as the bald man huffed. "You know how interspecies brutes can be. With two rabbits, we can secure the child, or children's, stability. And, considering they're rabbits, they might have a child or two guaranteed. It's simple business."
"Yeah, I know, I don't like it."
-Passing by Brute Cassowary- Obito declared. -Passing Brute Kangaroo Mouse and Brute Walrus… Passing Brute Orangutan-
The screen showing the participants would blur before coming to a slow show of the supposed brutes before blurring again.
"He's faster than ever before," Youzan said with a hum as Obito noted the other brutes. "In under three minutes, he's seen every brute, that's amazing."
It was. Obito's sheer maneuverability was terrifying to consider going against but the strength in his leaps was the most jaw-dropping.
"Imagine actually fighting that," Yashin joked with a chuckle. "I doubt most could handle him in a free environment. Especially with how easily he could bend the area rules with his speed."
Shidou considered that before grimacing at the thought. "That is terrifying."
"I don't follow," Seigi said to his wife who considered it.
"... Ah, yes. You remember that the brute in the tournaments would get warnings, yes? If Obito-kun comes in and out of the area, he could do things that would allow him to slip away from Leo's Roaring Leo."
Seigi blinked. "W-Wait, hadn't there been something about him doing that already?" He asked and she grinned a bit.
"Yes, he had."
~NRK~
Obito came to a skidding halt, legs out allowing his body to bleed off his momentum in a series of sharp rotations.
When he came to a halt, his ears remained perked up, the appendages twitching once before he was a bullet towards his side.
In seconds, he'd found the match to be watched.
Brute Skunk vs Brute Wildebeest.
The two were already in their fully-transformed states, leaving Obito to watch them go at it.
"Brute Skunk seems to have grown from last time," he narrated without thought. "While before he'd simply rely on his horrid-stench-spewing glands to deal with him opponents, from here, I can tell he's done some thinking and applied it around the area. Brute Wildebeest isn't aware yet but the winds are picking up. In time, he'll soon be affected."
~NRK~
"Didn't know he was a narrator at heart," Okajima chuckled before grinning. "But it's a better breakdown compared to the normal camera crew."
"It is. We can't tell everything from here," Yugo said as Yoko nodded.
"Obito-kun's abilities work well with scouting work," she said as she looked at Inaba who flinched before looking down with a blush. 'How had you gotten to him?' Yoko groaned with a facepalm.
"To be fair, at this point, I'm not even surprised if he came out with the ability to fuse fucking atoms," Ryouko said with a scoff. "Like, what doesn't he do?"
"A loaded question," Hitomi said with a snicker. "He cooks, he fights, does laundry, I bet."
"He does."
"Hah! Does he make clothes, too?"
"... Is it wrong to think one person does way too much?" Ryouko asked as Yoko blinked.
"Ah, yes, I'd forgotten about that skill set," the heiress said. "Sometimes, it really is like he's got never-ending skills. He doesn't speak another set of languages, does he?"
"Not that I know of."
"Good."
"Hmph, it's not wrong to enjoy life through skillship," Jerome said with a chuckle. "Still, now that he's got a fully-transformed state, I wonder what a fight with him would be like," he wondered with a growing grin as Yugo sported one himself.
"He does do spars, remember?"
"Ah, I really should sign up for those."
Those around the gathered group's table just blinked at the myriad of things said about Obito Shinda.
A man with a versatile skill set.
Kaede hummed from the balcony above.
~NRK~
Things played out as Obito had broken them down.
Brute Wildebeest had been taken aback by the scents that grew more potent the more wind, and sweat, accumulated.
That was another thing, it seems that Brute Skunk had decent stamina, Obito was impressed.
With this advantage, he'd quickly taken down his opponent rather impressively, his punches were sharper than Obito remembered.
"He's clearly been conditioning his fighting style and learned to apply himself for an area of effect style. I'm impressed," Obito said as he fell from his place in the canopy.
Brute Skunk turned around-
"Keep going, Presley," Obito said as he carried the defeated brute out of the area, getting a cold sweat out of the skunk brute. "Focus on trying to win."
He shot off with the herbivore-based brute over his shoulders.
In five minutes, he crossed the entirety of the island and laid out the man on the floor.
He pressed the button on his camera. "What are the notes on the other fights?"
-Hmm, well, two fights have come to an end. Brute Walrus was defeated by Brute Cassowary and Brute Viper by Brute Orangutan-
"How far?"
-Give or take a kilometer in the northwest direction from your position-
Obito nodded before crouching down.
He exploded out into the field once more.
And time passed.
Twenty minutes seemed to pass by in a matter of seconds, leaving Obito constantly bringing back down brutes.
And everything was coming down to the last six combatants.
Team Yatsubishi and the 'Consensus-Company' group. The latter being composed of small companies.
The cassowary, kangaroo mouse, and skunk brutes were who stood across from Taiga, Kaori, and Eruza.
The Yatsubishi team wasn't really harmed. If anything, besides looking a bit tired sans Taiga, they were going strong, untouched.
Obito simply watched the result play out, the three victorious with their familiar match-ups.
"... And that's the end!" Obito declared as he made sure, waiting a few moments before nodding as he came down. "The Destroyer Royale has come to an end in a landslide victory for Yatsubishi Zaibatsu!"
~NRK~
Many clapped in the 'planning' room, none of them really feeling as bad as they would have expected.
To be honest, how could they? With Yatsubishi's rising stars being not only a cut above the rest but also trained beyond any of their normal brutes, it was really only a matter of seeing where their, the random companies', brutes could use work.
And they also had information about their future competition, one had to take what they could from any situation.
Yoko hummed. "Obito-kun is… fast," she realized as Jerome hummed, cupping his chin.
"Going all-out as he got to, I'd have wanted to see how far I could go, myself," Brute Bear said as Okajima hummed. "Being fair, would you not want to know the true reach of your abilities?"
"Well, I can't say I don't get it."
"Still, crossing the entire island many times over…" Okajima grinned nervously. "There's speed and then there's speed & stamina. That's not someone you just fight without a plan."
"Says you, I'd go all-in on that!" Yugo said. "Dammit, thank God for spars."
"Hmph," Ryouko rolled her eyes. "Honestly, his training's killer, how anyone can do all that and still be a functioning member of society, I'll never know."
Inaba twitched as her forearms trembled. 'I-I'm still shaky from the first few times!' She cried mentally.
Being trained by Obito had been both satisfying but just as horrifying in equal measure. S-She felt like she was getting stronger and Obito had said that they had the same training regimen from when he'd first started… but it hurt so bad!
'I-I have to go through it!' She reminded herself but the pain! '... O-Our dates are kind of a good reward, though…' and now she was blushing.
Dating had never been in Inaba's power before but it was now! And with a hot rabbit man, too!
Before all the 'become beast bunny' stuff, she'd only hoped for that in her wildest fantasies!
They'd gone to a zoo, at one point, the irony in it not being lost on her. They'd enjoyed the time, looked for their animals if they could find them, and Obito explained to her how easy it was to find an animal's weakness just by going to them.
Inaba hadn't ever thought about things like that, it was eye-opening.
Oh! And they kissed a good bit, too! They'd also done… other things but that wasn't important!
The point was, the bad came with lots of good!
Then her ears flickered and she turned around to see a woman smiling at her.
She grinned, beckoning her over… before Ryouko threw an arm around her shoulder as Hitomi locked eyes with the Sumitomo woman who grinned shakily.
'Fuck, did he train them to be bodyguards?' Well, there went her easy ticket.
Geez.
"Hmph, I'd have handled it," Yugo said with a snort and Kaede began to sweat hard. "Gotta respect the power structure. If that means protecting his women, I'm literally obligated."
"... Right," Hitomi said with a face that said she didn't get it at all.
The return of the winning team was met with much clapping, Eruza blushing with a grin as Kaori tipped her hat.
Taiga grinned widely with a smirk as he and Leo locked eyes.
'Next time, ya bastard,' they thought in unison, eyes alight with fire.
Obito simply stretched as he considered that island.
'I wonder if we couldn't borrow that?' Spending an entire month on that island sounded like an amazing idea for training. 'I'll consider it, finding out what Yashin would want from me for such a thing is gonna be a pain in the ass, though,' he'd find a way.
He'd done so for almost all his life, hadn't he?
~NRK~
He rested in their company's barracks, having cooked for the gathered group from Mitsukado, Ishida, and his own company along with Shidou's group which had another person within it by the name of Mai Shinozaki.
The woman seemed amicable if not delighted by his child's eventual birth. Obito guessed it was a woman thing since even Eruza had started getting excited about it.
'My life's gotten odd,' he thought before chuckling. 'Well, it's not the worst I've had.'
The entrance to his room slid open, allowing a familiar young woman to enter.
Inaba blushed as she came over before laying down next to him.
Obito shrugged, looking up at the ceiling.
"Life's weird," she said and he laughed.
"It is, isn't it?" Obito agreed as she laid her head on his chest.
"... It's really nice over here," Inaba said softly. "I-I didn't think there'd be another place like Seira-san's."
"We work together here," he nodded. "We need each other, it's something I've come to realize during my time on this planet," Obito said, not the full truth but not an outright lie.
Naruto had shown him that he did need people and Obito hadn't realized how much until… well, not only when he'd gotten his comrades.
But, crazily enough, dating Inaba was… very nice. It hadn't hit him before, during their sexy time for lack of a better phrase, but he enjoyed the young woman's persona.
She had work to do, no mistake, but meeting someone like her made him want to help her. It made him feel like he was more important than he'd ever been before.
The fact she was bearing his child hadn't been a small motivation either.
His life had changed drastically over the past ten years. It was scary to think about what'd come after all of this.
Obito closed his eyes and breathed out slowly.
He'd deal with it.
~NRK~
So, yes, after some consideration, I'm running with the pregnancy angle though, to be honest, I've considered it way before I ever started writing this fic.
Seeing people want that angle, though, that was weird but life is just that. So, I ran with it and I think I came up with reasonable explanations. I mean, if you think about it, it is weird that we don't see hybrid brute children but I could easily explain that away as not being thought of or just those kids not making it to adulthood.
Here, that's not an issue, with slight SoD if that's not the science, so it's basically guaranteed. Like a lot of things in this chapter.
Obito has finally cinched his ryokan into the high echelons of society while essentially making an effort to truly be in both his potential children and Inaba's lives. He's made mistakes, he doesn't want to do that again.
And we finally get that Destroyer Royale with its obvious conclusion. The Mitsukado group simply didn't participate due to their ace being rocked and not wanting to reveal their other cards, yet. Sumitomo stepped out on principle of how they fucked up.
So, with that, Yatsubishi won by a landslide. Of course, canon's in a yearish time. Can't wait to alter Nomoto's background to give him some kind of interesting character arc. My thoughts on his character have already been written down in this fic's first chapter.
So, yeah, he'll be at least a bit more interesting.
Ciao, see you all in either Void Breathing or A Grimm Light. I've already started on the former as is. (2k words so far.)
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NRK Out~