~NRK~
"So, explain to me, how was this midnight adventure?"
"Dude… I don't know what to tell ya, things kind of just got crazy."
Obito raised a brow at Vernal's shrug. "Well, that tells me this was certainly a decision made," he said, looking from her to Velvet who blushed bright red as Emerald chuckled with Scorpa's bound form next to her. "So, I'm guessing you were the one who planned this? Or was it her?"
"A little bit of both," the Maiden said. "We wanted to either follow 'em or attack tonight… but the old man called off the mission-"
There was a knock on the window and she grinned before letting in her father who grunted.
"So, yeah, what the hell I just saw, I don't know," Qrow said with a frown, sitting on the end of Obito's bed unceremoniously. "Some crazy beast thing was on the roof," he admitted and the group blinked.
"What do you mean?" Winter asked with a raised brow. "Crazy beast thing?"
"I don't know but our terrorists are related to it, somehow," he explained further. "And now we have one of their children, fantastic," the Branwen said with a groan. "So, like, plans? I'm probably gonna just bring her to the big guy to see what's going on."
"There's not much more we can do, is there?" Cinder asked. "The way I see it, you could turn her in to the police but the question is 'would that sit well?'," she elaborated. "We have no idea if these people won't just… attack the police station to get her back."
"Well, we could plaster her face up as a criminal," Emerald offered, looking at her dad. "What do you thinks?"
"I thinks that we should do that immediately after talking to the big guy. Kid, we're gonna need you to come with so we can get information out of this here gal."
Scorpa's pupils shrank beneath their 'blindfold'.
"Mmmm! Mmmm!"
"... This is so weird," Velvet said with a hand rubbing the back of her head. "R-Right, no names," she blushed. 'This is like a movie.'
It was crazy where her life headed every now and then.
"So, we'll leave it to you three then," Winter said with a slight pout as Obito chuckled.
"Shadow Clones exist," he said simply.
~NRK~
Arriving in Ozpin's empty office, the three sat down on one of the new couches that the headmaster had been bullied into buying.
Yes, bullied, because all of them ganged up on him about that one with James doing so ahead of time for the sake of safety from heckling.
Obito sat the scorpion girl on the side of the couch. "So, this was not how I saw tonight going," he said with a hum.
"What, expecting to get some?" Qrow said blatantly with little tact as Emerald tilted her head.
"Get some what?" She asked and Obito's face shifted into an obscene amount of confusion. "What?"
"... Nothing… Nothing and, no, bird man, I feel like waiting until everyone's 'Day' is done. I'm pretty sure it's an unspoken rule that I'm sure I was quote-unquote, 'lucky enough', I guess? I don't know, we simply 'handle stress' without unity," Obito said. "On the upside, I'm getting really good at it."
"Showoff," Qrow snorted. "Gods, it's like just yesterday you were afraid of a kiss."
"Whoa, now, we just jumped from whatever the hell 'get some' means to kissing, the hell?" Emerald said.
"... Ya know what, Imma just tell ya," Qrow said with a smirk. "Sex, green thief, we're talking about the forbidden beast that hides between two people. The horizontal tango. The carrot in the horse's mouth. That kind of shit."
"...?!" Emerald blushed bright red along with Scorpa's wiggling form. "W-What?! I-I thought you guys were t-talking about… Oh, gods, t-then t-these Days are-"
"Days where he officially gives 'em some vitamins," Qrow said with a snort as Obito let out a bark of laughter. "Though it's only one letter."
"Dammit, dad!"
"Hehehe."
They teased her for a good bit as they waited and, soon enough, Ozpin's existence appeared in the elevator.
"Incoming," Obito said as the elevator doors dinged, their Headmaster of the night coming into the room in light green pajamas. "Sorry for the nightly call."
"Oh, it's of little worry, I was actually still piecing together everything we've learned as of late," Ozpin said as he looked at the four. "... I get the feeling someone got antsy," he said, looking at Emerald and Qrow.
"Not me this time," Qrow said.
"Hey, it wasn't me either… kinda," Emerald said with a slight blush. "Just let us-"
Obito's Sharingan glowed and Ozpin stopped, eyes copying his one for a quick moment before going back to normal, the old wizard blinking as he hummed.
"Ah, I see, madness of the night," he said as Emerald rubbed the back of her head.
"Thanks, bro-bro."
"Any time," Obito said. "Now, what do we do with her? You want the memory gleaning special?"
"Hmm, that would be the simplest thing to do," the oldest in the room said. "Go ahead."
Obito nodded before moving Scorpa to a corner of the room, back to the others, and undoing her blindfold.
Purple eyes shot wide before dulling as Obito's Sharingan blasted her with a minor genjutsu.
"Why are you all doing this? Is Salem involved?" He asked.
"Yes… Our Goddess… she must be pleased with our efforts," the Faunus said blankly, getting a frown out of the three. "She'll be pleased by the disarray."
"Why did you attack the White Fang Conference?"
"They've been gaining too much influence, the assassination attempt on Ghira Belladonna was ruined."
"Worrying," Ozpin said as he came over. "Who are your comrades? Who are in Salem's forces?"
"My family, my brother, Gage, my most vicious mother, Tock, and my beloved father, Tyrian. Other than them, we have another accomplice by the name of Hazel Reinhart," she said in a daze.
"Reinhart?" Ozpin's eyes widened before he grimaced and sighed. "That's… unfortunate," he said.
"What are your next plans?" Obito asked.
"We will move out of Vale and try and gather up some Grimm to attack as a distraction."
"... Fucking assholes," Qrow said as Emerald frowned along with him. "Anything else?"
"... Who was that beast atop the roof?" Obito asked and the girl's eyes widened. "Is that another accomplice?"
"No, that is my brother's true state granted to all of us by our Goddess's magic."
"What?!" Emerald choked. "L-Like Maidens?!"
"Yes, our Mistress has deemed it important to make her own 'Hunters' who will find the Maidens in every Kingdom."
"How many are there?" Ozpin asked grimly. "How many Hunters and what is their progress?"
"Hazel Reinhart has also been given power while we've used the corpses of many to create our legion of Hunters. Several have been positioned outside Vale to attack the location of the Fall Maiden, Beacon Academy."
"That's bullshit," Emerald said. "How could such Grimm evade everything that happened earlier this week?"
"My Semblance, thanks to our Mistress's gifts, has been given several upgrades."
"Fan-fucking-tastic," Qrow said as he and his daughter facepalmed in unison. "Just what we needed, multi-faceted Semblances like Obi's."
"It's gonna be a whole situation, isn't it?" Obito said with a sigh. "Fine, we'll deal with it. When-"
Something piqued his senses and his eye widened. "We needed to get her out of here!" He shouted as he re-bound her eyes and picked her up. "Something's coming this way!"
"I-It's that signature from before, it's Gage!" Emerald shot out of her seat in shock. "And he's moving fast!"
"Then we'll go," Ozpin said, sweeping his arm over his body, replacing his pajamas with his normal attire. "Head towards the edge of the ocean."
~NRK~
He growled as he leaped over several building rooftops.
'Why is she all the way over there? We're not supposed to have this happen until Thursday!' Gage's hulking form thought as his reptilian eyes narrowed, the slitted pupils dilating as the world around him vanished into pure black before a purple-yellow vapor-like trail came into view. 'She's still-'
The smell's angle went… silent?
He balked, eyes widening in horror before he gasped as it reappeared far to the right?
He gave chase, eyes narrowed as he devoured the distance between him and his sister in minutes, crossing the city in stealth and secrecy.
As he reached what had o be the edge of Vale, one of its cliffs, he blinked at Scorpa standing at the bottom, speaking with what had to be one of their Grimm.
'Did she go out to make sure we had some here?' Awesome, that was good.
Obito watched them from a large building two miles away, crouched in a black cloak, and Sharingan ablaze.
Gage interacted with the entranced Scorpa who did as he commanded earlier, act normal and return to her parents with suggestions placed at the base of her mind.
If this worked out, Obito would slowly destroy that family from within without having to bloody his hands in the least.
~NRK~
Back in Ozpin's office, he nodded to the gathered three.
"Done," he said and the three nodded in relief before they all adopted worried looks. "Corpses with magic?"
"So, zombies?" Emerald offered as Qrow made a disgusted look. "M-Magic zombies who can search out the Maidens…"
"It's worrying, she's never done this before," Ozpin said. "I don't know what made her method change but we'll have to prepare."
"Well, I could set up a sealing barrier around Vale," Obito offered. "I can create a single or many seals to alert you or us about those creatures approaching. The issue is that I have to go and find one to register its signature. If they see me, they might very well just activate them for no other reason but the power of surprise," he frowned.
"I'll check it out," Qrow said before frowning as Emerald shook her head. "?"
"You can't, what happens if that beast can find out you're not normal? Gage will likely eat you and that's lights out, I don't want that," she said with a look that brokered no argument. "We need to just find out where they are and not get caught. I could probably do it if they found me but I don't know how to handle it before that."
"... Then we'll both work together," Obito said as Emerald grinned.
"Sounds like a plan! Now, go and sleep with your honeys, you gigolo."
"... Not wrong."
"Dammit, bro-bro."
~NRK~
Back in his apartment, Obito rolled his eyes at all the women he was dating currently doing their toes, nails, or showering.
"I see you all got comfy," he said as Winter chuckled a bit, handling Cinder's hair. "We figured we'd just wait until you came back."
"Right. So, this situation is going to be something I'll be helping Emerald out with on occasion," Obito explained. "I don't know when but it'll be before Friday."
"Actually, about that," Winter spoke again with a smile as Obito raised a brow. "I wanted to ask everyone if they wanted to come to my family's Summer home this Friday up until the next."
"Really?" Obito blinked before rubbing the back of his head. "I'll definitely come-"
"Yep," Vernal grinned pervertedly as Obito cleared his throat. "Nuh-uh, that's the idea."
He choked as Winter blushed. "I-Ignoring that for now."
"It'll cum back later."
"Dammit, Vernal," Obito ran his hand down his face as the Scarlatina sisters giggled. "I'll go, I'm especially sure Ghira and his family would like to be somewhere private and away for a while."
"They do, I asked them first and foremost due to recent events," Winter said with a nervous chuckle. "As it turns out… the reaction of the populace wasn't… small."
"... what happened?" Velvet asked, blinking in confusion.
"I have a feeling we'll learn that tomorrow."
~NRK~
They had seen the effects first hand when Winter exited Kamui Candy with Obito in tow.
Wearing her usual 'proper' clothes with Obito next to her in a simple black dress shirt, pants, and sandals, Winter smiled nervously.
The populace balked before pictures got taken, gasps were heard, and scrambling followed suit.
"Let's just ignore them, you wanted to go to the SDC factory here, right?" Obito said with a smile as she nodded, reciprocating the grin.
The populace was very interested in that.
And they decided they'd not get to enjoy it much longer as their walk turned into a pair of runs before they were leaping from building tops to houses to more roofs of industrial buildings, leaving behind the 'noise' and reaching the desired location in twenty minutes.
They made one last leap from atop a decently tall building before landing on the well-packed earth of the mining site, startling many of the workers there.
"H-Huh?!" One of the men jumped before holding his head. "The Brothers stop my heart," he groaned as Winter chuckled a bit.
"Apologies, foreman Verne, we were just escaping the press," Winter said and the human man huffed before shrugging.
"What can I do ya for, ma'am? Just doing the inspection?"
"Yes. Actually," Winter frowned and the man did as well. "Let the three of us talk in private, there's something worrying I need some clarification on."
They hurried to the building at the center of the large mining area, minding the passing workers and the like.
Going in, they kept going before reaching Verne's office, going in and locking the door before Obito applied a silencing seal in secret below his foot.
"What is it? Did something happen at one of the other plants? S-Something coming here?" The man looked worried on that last one.
"Have you noticed any weird individuals around, Verne?" Obito asked the man with a frown, the foreman looking down in thought. "This facility is on the outer edge of Vale, a lot of unusual individuals could come by these parts."
"... actually? Yeah, I didn't think it was weird at first but there was a set of guys I don't remember hiring but thought they were from Atlas," he said. "Like that Perry guy who comes around sometimes? I figured it was just like that but it's like they disappeared after the day was done. They kept coming back randomly and I figured they were just White Fang who helped out every now and then."
"Did one of them have a scorpion tail?" Winter asked.
"... Yea! He did! Real tall bastard with a long face, I think? His hair was long, though."
"That's him, we figured," Obito said and the man looked nervous all over again. "No, don't worry about it, Mr. Verne, that's good. It means we can deal with him now that we know what days he comes on," he added with a look of intent.
"I-It's usually Sunday."
"I'll handle it, Winter."
"... very well, we'll keep tips from the resort," Winter said with a nod. "Thank you, Mr. Verne, Obito and I will handle this. Just don't change how you act around them, they're dangerous."\
"G-Gotcha and, uh, take care with your beau, ma'am," the guy said with a groan as Winter nodded, the couple leaving without too much trouble. "... w-wait!" Verne's mouth dropped as he sat up in disbelief. 'T-They're a thing?!' Was that why that guy had the sign on his shop?!
Holy shit!
~NRK~
Obito and Winter looked down from a tall apartment's rooftop, eyes looking down on the square where the White Fang had been attacked.
"Corpses… I think I now understand," Winter told him as Obito frowned. "I told you of the odd Grimm who attacked me, yes? Prehistoric animals, dinosaurs, that weren't just normal Grimm."
"You think they got to that location," Obito stated more than asked. "That's not good, what if they have another person? I forgot to get that information out of her at that time but I'll get it in intervals, she's currently under deep-rooted hypnosis that'll send me information every time she visits my shop."
"Your eyes are truly something incredible."
"Heh," Obito smirked. "Thanks, hon," Winter blushed but her smile was unmistakable. "Still, with this, we now know they've actually been here."
"It's true. With this, we know a site is near here but we need to find it. What if it's underground?"
"Or hidden in Grimm-infested areas?"
"Correct."
"I'll find it, promise," Obito said to his girlfriend who smiled, Winter chuckling as she looped their elbows together. "So… h-how are we going to handle the weekend?" He whispered into her ear, the SDC vice-president freezing as she bit her lip and her cheeks reddened. 'She likes it this way,' Obito reminded himself as he turned their looping elbows into a one-armed embrace around her midsection.
The way Winter's face burned said he was doing something right, at least.
"T-There will be spaces, I-I've already had several rooms soundproofed!" The heiress said as her eyes trembled in 'anxiety'. 'I-If we just fell to our defiant inclinations here, i-it might be bad,' her face reddened some more, though, embarrassment and excitement mixing together. "W-We probably shouldn't do this atop a building i-in broad daylight."
"Oh, definitely," Obito said, some red on his own face but his expression became curious.
A quick peck to her cheek sent Winter into a tizzy as he laughed, letting go of her with a smirk that came into view.
He chuckled before leaping off the rooftop, leaving a thoroughly 'roused' heiress atop it for mere moments before she gave chase.
"G-Get back here!"
"Nope!"
~NRK~
Come Wednesday, Obito and Emerald looked around from within the Kamui Dimension for these so-called 'Hunters'.
They'd switch to 'Corpse Hunters' if only for the sake of not confusing the two in the future.
"Anything, Obito?" Emerald asked as his eye burned while they stood in his pocket dimension, the man 'looking around' outside.
"Nothing I can see so far. I'm worried this might be magic-related and it's getting in the way of my ocular power," he explained. "Azalea made me perfectly aware that her magic can tamper with my abilities and that's been a hard pill to swallow even now."
"Oof," she felt sympathy.
They moved around while he surveyed the area, eyebrows narrowing five minutes later as they stopped.
"Hmm?"
"Found something?"
"... the ground here is different," he said. "The more I look at it, the weirder it gets. It's got a slight 'dip' in it but it looks normal?"
Emerald considered his words before snapping her fingers. "Oh! What if this is how your eyes interact with magic? That might be why," she grinned as he hummed, considering the idea.
"Hmm, we can't be sure unless we go out there," he said as she grinned, the two of them pulling a pair of black cloaks over their forms. "You're really settling into those powers of yours," Obito chuckled as, once they donned the articles of clothing, they vanished from sight.
~NRK~
Exiting out onto the forest floor outside the SDC facility, Obito and Emerald crouched immediately, better safe than sorry.
"Hmm," she touched the ground for a moment, eyes going around the area. "... Mmm."
Emerald closed her eyes as bright red flames formed over her eyelids.
Her hand pulsed with similar-colored energy, the 'grass' around her limb dead and lacking the moisture it should have had.
And once it did, it faded away, leaving the two looking into a hole.
"..."
"..."
"Crap," that wasn't good for many reasons. "How deep does this go?"
They sniffed the air and grimaced at what smelled like 'nothing'.
No earthy smells, no grass, none of the dirt from the nearby facility.
"An isolated space," Emerald frowned. "Why, though? Unless…" She hissed as they looked around. "It's meant to isolate whoever's scents came here?"
"But even then, what do they do with those people? It's not like the foreman said anyone was missing," Obito explained. "If you're right, they would likely just check on them to ensure they're not enemies. It's a good thing you made these," he said as Emerald nodded. "... Ladies and Maidens first."
"Funny guy."
They dropped down the hole, Emerald's hand slapping against the walls of it once Obito entered.
The opening was quickly covered by quickly-grown grass and dirt as they descended for maybe twenty seconds before landing like phantoms, their steps completely unheard.
And when they looked around… their eyes widened at the sight of… dinosaurs.
Of all ages, of all types, and all levels of danger. The more they looked around, the more the two grew nervous and sick.
"W-What the hell is this?!" Emerald's Semblance shouted in silence, Obito nodding as they walked about the still corpse abominations. "A-And there are so many."
Obito looked around before grabbing her shoulder with a snarl.
When Emerald looked, her heart sank at the sight of holes. Not just a few but numerous holes that easily numbered over 10, each as large as the biggest of these Corpse Hunters.
Oh, of course, that wasn't all. There were also currently hundreds of glowing, pulsating, egg sack-like honeycombs in the walls that emanated slight blue light, allowing them to see the wriggling creatures within.
"T-This is… h-horrible! If all of these got released, i-it'd be a disaster we couldn't contain! We can't leave these things alive."
'We won't,' Obito thought as he pulled something out from his back pouch before going up to the holes with furrowed eyebrows.
Each one had a trio of tags placed at the entrance before he and Emerald plastered more on the egg holes. Once that was done, Emerald made to raise her hands but Obito shook his head and mouthed 'HUNTER', reminding her that, yes, these were made to hunt Maidens like her.
She hissed before blinking as Obito placed one more tag down onto the floor.
Blue chakra covered the room for a moment before the sound of locking hit their ears.
He sucked her into his dimension before following suit.
~NRK~
"What was that?" Emerald whispered as they left that particular location.
"An alarm seal," Obito said. "If anyone goes down there, I'm making sure they don't get out."
She nodded but grimaced all the same. "And there are more of those."
"Unfortunately."
"Let's go."
~NRK~
Ozpin, Glynda, and Qrow winced at the news, looking apprehensive.
"What do we do now?" Emerald asked her mother who sighed. "W-We can't leave those alone! What if they blow them up before leaving?!"
"I don't think that's gonna happen," Qrow said as she frowned. "Think, kiddo, why not do that already? Better question, why didn't they do that when attacking Ghira? It would have been, unfortunately, rather easy to cause chaos then and there."
"... they need more time, most likely," Ozpin considered with a hum. "If that's true, they're either growing their numbers still or they're not complete. Either way, we're still at an advantage if this is the same case for all the other locations," he said, looking at Qrow and Glynda.
"It's the same with the others," Qrow said. "Though, thankfully, more of them are empty than they're full."
"It's true," Glynda said. "I borrowed some of James's spybots and they've found the same thing as Qrow. I guess they focused around the SDC areas because it'd be the biggest amount of chaos if attacked."
"True," Obito said as he walked over before placing four alarm seals down on Ozpin's desk. "Each of these is connected to each of the four spots we checked. If they're shining, someone's there… and I laced every last one of those four areas with as many explosives as I could. Do what you have to."
"I see, thank you," Ozpin sighed before nodding. "With this, we could hopefully deal with one or a few of them. It's them and… haa, Hazel Reinhart," he looked conflicted.
"Someone you know?"
"No, not directly… but his sister was involved in an event some time ago, one which I know I'm very responsible for."
"... it's your story, do as you please," Obito said with a nod as Ozpin smiled solemnly at him. "Oh, right, Winter is inviting everyone to one of her family's summer homes," he added as they all blinked.
"What?" Glynda tilted her head. "She is?"
"Yes, she wants to return the favor I suppose," Obito shrugged. "If you want to come, let me know, I'll let her know I told you. I've gotta tell the Arcs, too, I'm realizing."
"... Heheheheheh," Qrow's snickers got an odd look out of Ozpin and Glynda. "You two are going to do it at the resort with everyone around," he smirked slyly as Ozpin's eyebrow twitched while Glynda turned the brightest red possible.
No, wait, that was Emerald who scrambled.
"S-Stop! Dammit! The moment you told me you guys haven't stopped!" She exclaimed as Obito snorted before depositing his cloak onto the couch.
"Bye, Emmy."
~NRK~
Appearing in an alleyway near his shop, Obito walked out with rolling shoulders, making his way to his store where, on the front door, a sign read that they'd be closed the following week.
Going in, the clone manning the counter nodded to him as a familiar team sat in a booth.
"... when did you have clones?" Coco asked in disbelief as Yatsuhashi hummed at his smoothie, looking content with the newest bit of madness they'd learned about Obito. "D-Dude, seriously, what's up?!"
"Oh, uh…" Obito blinked. "Multi-faceted Semblance," was all he said with a shrug as Velvet giggled a bit while Fox hummed.
"Honestly? I'm not surprised," he said. "So, Vels told us about this trip thing and we accepted."
"Oh, Winter was fine with that?" Obito asked Velvet who nodded.
"It's going to be a blast," she said with a grin as Coco whistled.
"Man, we're going to a Sum Res, this is ridiculous," she said in awe at Obito and Velvet. "I-I have to pick out a new swimsuit!"
"Well, good luck-" Obito began to say only for Velvet to sweatdrop.
'Too late.'
"No, no, no, buddy, you're coming along!"
"H-Huh?! Why?!"
"Uh, duh, clones?"
"... you're carrying me along to carry your bags?" Obito would have been offended if he didn't think this entire scenario was more ridiculous than most things he'd dealt with since coming here. "... your team leader's very inclusive, Velvet," he said flatly as the rabbit girl giggled a bit. "Ignoring that, fine, when?"
~NRK~
He really should have known to not underestimate females but, to be fair, he didn't know Coco.
So, here he was, dressed in some black pants, ninja sandals, and a tight black shirt, looking to all the world like a coat hanger as the young woman pulled numerous things off racks whether it was for women or men.
"There!" She grinned with a dual thumbs-up. "Okay, that's three possible outfits for each of us."
"Someone remind me in the future that women are terrifying," Obito said.
"Sure," Fox smirked from beside him. "I'd say, though, your skills as a coat hanger are second-to-none."
"Are you in that race?"
"Thankfully not."
Obito rolled his eye as Velvet snickered.
"Alright, gal and guys, go and try 'em out!" Coco said as she grabbed her own from an Obito clone behind the original holding up his arms for her and Velvet's things. "I wanna see some strutting!"
Obito's eyebrow raised as his head turned to the blushing Velvet getting her things.
"Hehe," she giggled before skipping off, leaving Obito's clone to dispel himself.
"Alright, guys, take your things," he said as Fox and Yatsuhashi chuckled before doing as asked. "I'm assuming Fox knows what he's doing."
"Unless you gave me a thong… she didn't, right?" Fox said before asking nervously as both other 'Mistralians' smirked.
"No, but she did look tempted," Yatsuhashi chuckled before leading his friend off. "And Fox should be fine, he's rather self-efficient."
"Damn right I am."
Obito rolled his eyes before taking a seat by the dressing rooms, pulling out his Scroll and nodding to a text.
Very well, we have more than enough space at the resort. Winter had written. This should be quite interesting.
He chuckled at that before blinking at a… different text.
One on a secure-line app that Winter had suggested for each of them, the harem and he, to have.
He looked at it with concern before blinking at a text icon with a picture attachment?
Looking closer, it came from Cinder. 'What could it be?' He thought, opening up the text-
His eyebrows shot into his hairline as he began to turn bright red.
Obito hid the Scroll in horror, embarrassment, and possessiveness, looking around to see no one coming anytime soon…
He looked at it again.
There sat a picture of a blushing bashful Winter wearing… nothing, her form sitting on her knees and looking back at him in a photo.
If he looked down, he could see the barest bit of her…
"Obito-kun?" He damn near turned to stone at a whisper in his ear, head turning to find a blushing Velvet looking over his shoulder at the photo in his Scroll. "O-Oh!" Velvet burned as she looked at the Grand Rear of the SDC vice-president. "Y-You should hide that before it's too late."
Obito swallowed as he hid it with a trembling finger, Velvet pouting cutely as she stood up to her full height.
And then he noticed her attire. "... that's just cute," Obito chuckled as she blushed, pulling down on her sunhat a bit but with a smile impossible to hide.
Wearing a tan sun hat that had holes for her ears to come through, a one-piece brown swimsuit, a pair of black flip-flops, and a tan cloth skirt tied at her hip, Velvet giggled a bit as he 'looked' at her appreciatively.
"Yes, VERY cute."
"Thank you," Velvet grinned as Fox came out of his dressing room.
Wearing an open red beach jacket, nothing else on his torso, a pair of maroon swim trunks, and a white sash around his bicep, the blind member of team CFVY hummed.
"I think I put the sash in the right place," he said, walking over to the two.
"You look good, Fox," Velvet smiled.
"You sure you should be saying that in front of your boyfriend?"
"She can say whatever, I know Velvet," Obito said cluelessly.
"A compliment hurt our relationship," Velvet nodded.
"..."
"...?!"
"?!"
The two choked as he hummed. "You know, you really should be more on-guard, I almost thought you weren't hiding it," Fox said with a snort.
"Crap," they said in unison. "W-Were we loud?"
"Where? On a bed?"
"Fox."
"No, calm down, I was just keeping my ears out for Coco and heard your little compliments. By the way, tone is very important when listening in."
"Ugh, I know better than this," Obito huffed. "Well… yes, it's a thing, a big thing. So… uhh, if you ever hear anything weird about me and another woman, please ask Velvet before you make an informed opinion."
"Oddly explained," Fox said with a raised brow before Coco's curtains were dragged to the side dramatically. "That sounds like the dramatic one," he smirked.
"Foxy, baby, I'm drama given human form," Coco said as she posed.
Wearing a black bikini with a golden ring at the center of her chest, the young woman had on a brown beret, black heels, and a brown hoodie tied around her waist.
All in all, she did look amazing to those who could see.
"Hmm, I guess she looks alright," Fox said with a shrug as they all looked at him. "You do remember that when your Aura is on, it's an outline, right? I can tell the difference between all the outlines."
"Seriously?" Coco looked surprised. "Well, maybe you can be good at the dress room checking!"
"I'm suddenly regretting my mouth."
"Oh, please, every girl loves a run-on sentence."
He blushed before grumbling. "Dammit," he said as Obito chuckled while Velvet smiled.
"Hehe~ I can get back at him when I'm in my element," Coco smirked before looking at Velvet and Fox with more scrutiny. "Alright, alright, hot and sexy and cute and sexy. Honestly, you'd think you guys would wanna show those off more."
Fox facepalmed while Velvet hummed.
"I mean, I think I do enough," the Faunus said as Coco blinked.
"Oh, right, you got a whole skin-tight bodysuit," Coco somehow forgot something that scandalous. 'Seriously, Vels is somehow more daring than I think,' and she might be interested in someone else?
Where was the justice? She thought sarcastically.
'Hmm,' observing the oldest man in their midst, Coco hummed. 'He's not hiding a thing,' skin-tight and black?
Obito seemed ready for anyone to come and look but not touch, especially seeing as he had that bombshell of a gally-gal on his elbow.
Coco questioned how he did it and decided she'd ask another day.
Just then, Yatsuhashi came out with a smile, wearing nothing but a pair of forest-green swim trunks and some sandals.
And Coco was left staring at the wall of muscle that was Yatsuhashi. 'The hell?!' Was he always that ripped?! 'I'm really noticing a lot today,' she sweatdropped, looking at Fox's scarred chest.
The urge to touch and trail one had her clearing her throat.
'Whoa, there,' was she fiending on all her teammates out of nowhere? 'Yikes,' she had it BAD.
"Huh? Whoa, hey, bro-?!" Came the familiar call of Emerald as she began to walk over to them with Glynda right behind her.
And it all stopped as her eyes landed on Yatsuhashi and she choked, face the brightest red possible.
"T-The fuwcuk!?" She choked on air as he waved her down. 'O-Oh no,' Emerald wasn't sure if she would be allowed to get away with public molestation. "H-Hey, Yatsu," she grinned nervously as Glynda snorted before looking very amused.
Obito chuckled while Velvet grinned.
Well, well.
~NRK~
Come Thursday morning, Obito was closing up shop, him and his clones cleaning up in his pajamas before putting up all the items they hadn't from yesterday.
"Alright, that's it," he said as his clones nodded. "I'm gonna go and take a shower, lock up."
The real Obito went up into his apartment before shucking his clothes to the side and quickly getting cleaned up.
'Silencing seals, alarm seals, and illusion seals,' he'd prepared it all for their 'Day'. 'I have the weirdest feeling it won't matter for some reason,' and that terrified him.
Because it felt like he was in for teasing the world over if he wasn't paying attention!
"Ugh," he finished up before drying and putting on some new 'seasonal' clothes. "I guess it was bound to happen one day," Obito said as he looked at his swimwear.
Having on a pair of black swimming tights under a pair of white swim trunks, a skin-tight black shirt, and a small white hoodie, he chuckled as he put on his black ninja sandals.
"Alright, I'm good to go," he told his mirror as he walked towards his bed and sat down, waiting. "She should be ready in-"
His Scroll rang and he chuckled.
~NRK~
Velvet smiled in some blue jeans and a white t-shirt, some normal brown sandals on her feet while her luggage sat on her bed.
"Hm, hmm," she hummed as she put on a familiar pair of magatama-backed gloves and a black hoodie with an Uchiha fan on the back.
"I'm curious, Velvet, those are magatama, correct?" Yatsuhashi asked as he put on an actual kimono, light green in color, black hakama, his tabi socks, and zori sandals. "Do you have an interest in Mistral culture?" He queried curiously.
"Obito made these for me," she said with a grin. "As for my interest, n-not too much but I did look into manners and stuff."
"That's fine, I was simply curious. Do they do anything?"
"They're actually Fire Dust," he looked surprised. "I don't use them like that often but, yeah, they help give me more options while looking cool."
"Hmm… I've considered using Dust before," Yatsuhashi said as she tilted her head at him. "I'm from a family of swordsmiths and they called their masterpieces 'finished' when they incorporated most of the natural concepts of the world. Dust, metal, stone, wood, linen, and so on."
"That's so cool, maybe you and Obito could smith together sometime!"
He chuckled as Fox entered through the window, the young man wearing a simple red shirt, black pants, and similar-colored sandals. "Welcome back."
"Thanks, I just wanted to meditate before I'm surrounded by so many stimuli," he said as the other two nodded. "Is Coco still in the bathroom?" Fox asked flatly as they chuckled.
"Yes."
"Alright. COCO GET YOUR FAT ASS OUT THE BATHROOM!"
"EXCUSE ME?!" There was some stumbling before the door was nearly pulled off its hinges by an enraged brunette. "Bitch, my body is immaculate!"
Wearing a navel-length black muscle shirt, a pair of tan capri pants, and some bronze heels, the rather tall-for-her-age gal huffed as she put on her beret, pouting.
"Mean."
"Only when we're literally being held up by your eyeliner."
"I… W-Well, while that might be true," he snorted as she grumbled. "I'm gonna be around some of THE biggest wigs on this sight of history, I've gotta be dressed to impress!"
"Or to drown, I somehow doubt they'll care that much, we're like a 'plus 3' to who they care about," Fox said flatly as Velvet smiled.
"Well, while not like that Fox has a point. You don't need to impress anyone there, we're supposed to be having fun," she said as her leader whined but nodded.
"Fine, fine, call your boytoy master, Velly!" The other young woman whined as she went back into the bathroom.
Velvet rolled her eyes as Fox smirked.
"Not gonna fall for it this time?"
"Fox, hush."
She called Obito.
~NRK~
Emerald swallowed as she looked in her mirror.
Wearing some brown short shorts, a black tube top, and some brown heels, she looked at herself in the mirror before gaining a determined look.
"Come on, girl! You've got this! You're a maiden in both senses of the word!" Emerald cheered herself on as Glynda, in the background, sweatdropped.
Wearing black pants, a purple blouse, and some black heels, she looked at her daughter with some amusement.
"You realize you can just try, yes? Yatsuhashi is an amazing student who has good morals," she said as the Maiden blushed before pouting.
"I-I know! I-It's just… umm… I-I've never done this before, mom, this is weird and embarrassing, and-!"
"I know, I know, your father wasn't exactly a romance I'd been expecting myself, I'll have you know," Glynda chuckled. "If anything, I say we had it just as weird as you."
"... now that I think about it, how did this whole set-up happen?" Emerald asked, looking at her mother who smirked.
"Let's see… Qrow was always, how to say it… easily-attached," she said. "Despite how it looks, he's easily one of the most affectionate sorts though that might not seem so weird."
"Every time, it's like he never sees you for years if you're apart for a day."
"I can't say I don't like it, it's nice to be doted on."
Emerald blushed as Glynda smirked.
"Continuing on, well, Summer had a big part to play in all of this. She kept trying to get me and him to go on dates but, don't be confused. Not together but with different people," Glynda explained as Emerald nodded. "Honestly, it gets a bit… testing sometimes with how some people acted around me. Others were a bit alright but most of them seemed to act like I was going to lambast them for breathing."
"And I'm guessing dad wasn't much different?" Emerald asked but squawked at her mother's laughter. "H-He was?!"
"Beneath all that alcoholism is someone worth marrying, he's just got a hard time showing it but when he does, Qrow's actually a very amazing man, Emerald. But how we started was because, well, he saw my luck in dating and I guess 'taking pity' wasn't the right words," she smiled softly. "Qrow showed those qualities I spoke of and I-I," she blushed as her daughter smirked. "I-I'd asked him what he thought of his dates and… it was odd but he didn't feel connected to any of them."
"Huh?"
"I was of a similar confusion, I didn't get it, why? I asked as much and he told me that he couldn't relate to them despite everything… no, because of everything he'd been through. It seems like, well, I guess his past just gets in the way of his relationships," Glynda frowned. "I told him as such 'you're an amazing man, you shouldn't be held back by your past' and he said that it wasn't wrong to let his past affect him, that it made him who he was. Of course, then he said that if I thought he was such an amazing man, why not date him?" She chuckled as Emerald groaned.
"That stupid old man," she grumbled.
"And that's how I met your father."
Emerald shrugged before making a call.
~NRK~
"Alright," Jaune told himself with a smile, wearing some blue swim trunks, a lighter blue hoodie, and a pair of white flip-flops. "Weiss might want to try to tan," maybe?
He honestly really liked her milky-colored skin, it made her glow beautifully and he hoped he was just getting that previous thought wrong.
"Yang's definitely going to just tackle me into the pool," he chuckled as he grabbed his luggage, looking at himself in his mirror once more. "My life's changed so much."
"Yep, it has," Jaune froze, mechanically turning his head to find Terra standing there.
"W-When did you get here, Terra?!" He said in an octave he knew not many men were capable of reaching.
He blamed puberty and its annoying mix-up with his throat!
"Long enough," the dark-skinned woman said, wearing black slacks and a blue dress shirt, top two buttons undone. "Though, I question when you're gonna tell your parents you're dating two women?"
Jaune paled. "P-Please, don't! I-It's not like dad doesn't know! It's, uh, just… I-I'll get reamed on if my sisters find out!"
Terra considered the idea before nodding with a confident look. "Yeah, they'd end you before Hunter life could even try to," she smirked as he grinned nervously.
"So, uh, what can I do for ya?" Jaune asked, rubbing the back of his head.
"... okay, so, there's something seriously big me and Saphron were talking about," Jaune looked confused as Terra blushed a bit while coming in and rubbing the back of her head. "You see, Jaune, me and her want to have a baby that can really be ours."
Jaune's mind tapped against his sensibilities but he didn't pick up on it… likely for a good reason.
"O-Okay, whoa," that was big. "I guess you're both going to artificial route?"
"... N-No," Terra admitted with a red face. "A-At least, yes, it'll be unrelated to copulation-"
"Terra, you can j-just say 'sex', I'm literally almost seventeen."
"..." The woman burned but sighed. "Yes, we're going to ask for a donor… in you," she said with a wince.
"... WHAT?!" Jaune slapped his hand over his mouth in horror. "I-I… I-I get it, I do, I know where this is going, trust me. It's not like you'd ask… ignoring that," he burned like an idiot as Terra nodded rapidly. "... I get it, I do, and I'd… you'd have to ask Yang and Weiss. I'd never betray them, even this way, n-not to say anything."
"No, I get it, God, maybe if your cousin had made a better impression, this might be easier but Saphron and Cera really don't like him even if it's gotten better over the years."
Jaune winced at that.
His cousin had been a different man back then, Jaune knew this to be true, but he guessed women did hold grudges longer.
"I'll be asking them over the length of this trip but I also wanted your permission. This won't fall on you, we couldn't do that, but whatever gender this child may be, they'd still be your child at the core of it all," Terra sighed.
"... If I can help make my sisters," Jaune grinned as Terra rubbed the back of her head. "Happy, I don't mind e-even if this is a bit embarrassing."
"Yeah, uh, well… just a heads-up, I'm pretty sure Saphron is gonna ask Obito to be a donor one day."
"... that's less and more surprising than I ever thought."
"Yeah. Imagine the hoops she's gonna have to go through with that."
Jaune blinked. "My life's gotten so weird," he reiterated as Terra laughed a bit.
"Yeah, well, everyone's ready, by the way. They're all gathering in the living room so we should probably call Obito soon," she said.
He nodded, pulling out his Scroll.
He made the call.
~NRK~
Blake nodded to her reflection, a toned body currently emphasized by black cloth bindings for her chest and a loincloth for her lower half.
"Mmm," she blushed a bit, combing her shoulder-length wavy hair. "Life's gotten so odd," Blake said to herself in the Vale White Fang Administration building.
There was a knock on her door and she sniffed the air, senses enhanced.
"Come in, Dad."
The door opened to allow the now-not-bandaged Ghira in, the man's chest now bearing a couple of scars as he wore a pair of purple pants, a white cloth vest, and a pair of sandals.
"Are you ready?" He asked her as he came over before sitting on her bed, Blake smiling as she nodded.
"I'm just finishing up," she said as he nodded. "Everything is alright?" Blake asked.
"Yes, everyone's been given time off so they can also recuperate from this week. All the paperwork has thankfully been finished, I heard that Perry even asked Obito to send him back to Atlas so he could tell his family about the trip."
"Sounds about right."
Ghira nodded, eyes on the window of Blake's room.
"..."
"..."
"... the world has changed so much," he said as she blinked before nodding, expression soft. "It feels like just yesterday, you were bringing home a boy," he smirked as she huffed with a pout.
"Obito's like a brother to me," Blake muttered.
"Yes, I'm sure if Summer hadn't found him first, we'd have already adopted him," Ghira said as she smiled. "A single person can make such a world of difference, it's odd to think we knew that person."
Blake never looked at it like that. "Huh… from the outside in, people would just look at it as you all doing what you destined for but… but they don't know the very vital thread between us all," she smiled as he chuckled.
"Exactly. The world isn't built on only individuals, there are connections between us that can reach beyond visible boundaries. Yet, even one 'node' can be a life-changing experience for the world."
She nodded at that. "Mom's two months away, right?" Blake asked and Ghira smirked.
"Yes, her cravings haven't stopped," he said with a shakier expression as his daughter then smirked. "She, Raven, Summer, and Willow have truly synchronized."
Blake froze and slowly turned her head to look at her shocked father.
"W-Wait, hold on, I shouldn't have… that's confidential information," he whispered quickly as she choked.
"Mrs. Schnee is PREGNANT?" Her jaw dropped.
"... Kali says so," he said weakly. "Don't tell your mother, who knows what she'd do to me?"
"D-Dad, she'd sooner hold you up instead of actually hurting you."
"Exactly! She'd do it to me in public!"
Blake's face went flat before she considered the news she'd just learned.
"Well, I guess things really do change a lot," she said as he blinked before nodding.
"It's life, honestly, sometimes I feel like it all goes by so fast, Blake, I'm not sure if I can keep up," Ghira explained as she nodded. "In the beginning, it felt like there was so much that needed to be accomplished and yet, now, it feels like it's all going by so fast. With the attack on our organization, I've felt like it slowed down once more and now I'm left feeling like I need to go back and look over those past events."
"Well, Vernal said that her group's handling it, considering it's Raven and Vernal… W-Wait, hold on, did you say Raven's pregnant?!"
Ghira's hand found his face.
"I'm bad at keeping secrets, it seems. Brothers' grace is likely all that saves me from outing Obito to every person I've met."
Blake looked amused. "Well, it's the biggest one, at least. Anyway, I'm ready, now," she said as she stood up and put on an open purple kimono over her shoulders. "I'll call Obito and Adam."
"And Adam, hmm?"
She choked as she mis-pressed.
~NRK~
Marrow rubbed the back of his head while Perry nodded, both of them wearing thin sweaters and slacks, white and blue for Marrow while Perry wore black and green.
"So, you're gonna pop it, huh?" Perry asked the younger but taller man. "It's been… what? Two years?"
Marrow blushed a bit, his long hair now set into a long ponytail as the rest of it came around his head. "Y-Yeah, um, I've wanted to for a year or so," he said, looking more embarrassed than before as Perry blinked.
"W-Whoa there, that sounds extremely serious."
"I know but I also know that no one wants to move that fast, I know better. I wanted to wait but each month is just like a new adventure and I feel like I'm falling further and further into this particular 'pit'."
"Hmm…" Perry hummed with a nod. "Well, if nothing else, I'm sure you know Harriet better than we do and you two seem inseparable."
"Yeah."
"Well, do what you have to do. I mean, hell, Clover's gonna propose soon."
"Oh, crap, right! I'd forgotten. With our new team, I was all over the place in my head. Did you know that Robyn's now pregnant? My friends are getting families already!" Marrow slumped as Perry chuckled.
"I mean, yeah, but you're thinking too much about it, I think," he said, glasses off on a nearby nightstand. "If you want to go and get married cuz you think it's what you're supposed to do, don't do it even though I know that's not the reason. Ya love Hare something fierce, you're crazy loyal, and you want to make her happy. There's nothing wrong with approaching it that way."
"Thanks… I mean it."
"No problem."
In another room of the Katt house, Harriet fidgeted in front of the gawking Aster and Neon. "Ya feel me?"
"That's great!" Neon gasped with shining eyes as the short woman groaned. "I-I mean, I doubt he'd say 'NO', Harriet, he's head over heels for you," she grinned as the woman covered her face, the brightest red possible. 'Hehehehehe,' so easy.
Who knew even adults could act all cutesy?!
"I-I don't need you to tell me, okay? I-I get that, Mars is… he's always trying to do things I wanna do, m-make me happy," Harriet steamed. "And I love him for it, I really do, but marriage? What if I fuck things up? Is this too fast? I know I get ripped for it but I'm not some fast-lover, I pick carefully."
"And ya chose Mars," Aster said simply and Harriet nodded. "... well, nothing to it but to do it. You know what you want, you're not easy and Marrow isn't even remotely a bad guy, you guys are good. Just… do it, I know you'll both be happy."
Harriet nodded a bit before groaning and pulling out her Scroll. "We held Obito up for way too long."
She made the call.
~NRK~
Raven huffed as Vernal snickered, the older woman groaning at her full belly and all the problems it gave her.
"Gods, what'd I let Tai put in me?"
"Is that as obvious as I think it is?"
Wearing a flowing black kimono with golden trim, Raven had also bound her chest but nothing else, allowing her full belly to be on display. With black hakama over her legs and a pair of black sandals on her feet, she was ready to go to a resort and lay down.
"I knew boys were rowdier but this kid's a menace already," Raven grumbled as Kyon came over and put his nose to her big mound. "Yes, I bet you'll be just as energetic when he's here."
"It's, what, two months away?" Vernal asked as she put on a black tank top, finishing off her outfit. "You guys really are kinda ridiculous with trying to sync being preggers," she sweatdropped.
Wearing some maroon pants and her favored ninja sandals, Vernal rubbed her stomach.
"Hey, I didn't plan for shit, it just happened," Raven said as she eyed her. "You're not feeling any shit yet, right?"
"Nothin', I guess I gotta keep trying," Vernal grinned without shame as her mentor-mother-figure snorted.
"Yeah, well, I can't wait to see you bitching about everything. That or whatever bullshit cravings you'll have."
"Still trying gunpowder-pancakes?"
"Only when Tai or Obito is here. I ain't trying that without good cooks, no offense to Nrki."
Vernal snickered before making a call.
~NRK~
Azalea grinned as Leonardo chuckled in the Spring Maiden's home.
Wearing a white one-piece swimsuit, she had on a large light green beach jacket, a wide sun hat, and a pair of white heels.
Leonardo stretched in a simple pair of black slacks, and a brown dress shirt, the lion man's feet covered by a pair of brown dress shoes.
"Where are the youngsters?" The Faunus chuckled as a familiar fox man came into the room with a smile, said boys in his arms. "Ah, there they are."
The three males, Azalea's husband and their twin sons, were dressed in similar attire, black swim trunks, open white hoodies, and flip-flops.
Both boys' kitsune natures were on display as Azalea grinned.
"Is Fennec coming with us or…"
"He's going with Cera," the man said as he pecked his magical wife on the lips. "Honestly, he's very bad at saying it."
"He just left, didn't he?" Leonardo sweatdropped as Corsec grinned nervously. "I see, well, we'll see him regardless, I doubt he'd get lost but even if he did, Obito exists."
"God pops!" The Lix and Lux said with twin grins. "Time for fire!"
"... concerning," Corsec chuckled with a worried look. "Please just call him."
Azalea giggled before making a call.
~NRK~
Yang smirked in her mirror.
Black cloth bindings over her chest, a pair of yellow spats, and an open orange hoodie greeted her in her mirror as she allowed her hair to 'roam freely' down her back.
"Yang, we're ready!" Ruby declared through the door to her Mistralian sister.
"I'm coming!" Yang shouted back with a grin before hurrying out and going down the stairs. "I'm here to be awesome!"
"We're sure you are, honey," Summer grinned as she pat her full belly.
Wearing a pair of white sweatpants, a black shirt, and some brown heels, she held her almost-ready baby with a grin.
Taiyang chuckled next to her, wearing some orange shorts, an open white dress shirt, and a pair of brown sandals. "Everyone should be ready by this point," he said as Ruby grinned at his side.
Wearing a white hoodie with red schnee motifs on both sides of the hood and pockets, she had on a black one-piece swimsuit with a Beowolf floaty around her wait and her black boots on.
"... why's Rubes wearing her boots?" Yang asked, grinning. 'And someone borrowed a hoodie,' which was fair.
Yang had, at least, two of Jaune's.
"It fits my image, I'll have you know," the short Rose grinned.
"Right, water-logged boots."
"H-Hey!"
Summer grinned as she made a call.
~NRK~
Cinder grinned at her mirror, her magnificent body on display in her black and gold halter swimsuit, a golden band of similar material on her thigh.
"Hmm," she messed with her hair and knew Obito would be putty around her finger. 'Oh, step it back,' this was still Winter's Day but the Brothers knew what'd happen come Sunday.
They were all just waiting by this point, she, Vernal, and Velvet were all thankfully perfectly fine with that but once Obito was 'without appointments', he'd likely get more sex than anybody could imagine outside of pornstars.
Which was just hilarious to think about.
Giggling, Cinder finished her posing before grabbing a familiar white hoodie with a fan on the back before heading out.
"Is everyone ready?" She asked the hallway.
"YEP," her family said from the living room.
She grinned and made a call.
~NRK~
Winter smiled as she finished making her hair into a bunch, bangs falling down the sides of her forehead.
Wearing a pair of white tights that led down into blue heels, a similarly-colored wetsuit with blue bands around her biceps, and a dark blue hoodie with a familiar fan on the back.
'I think we keep stealing his hoodies,' she considered, snuggling up in the hoodie that was bigger than she was. "Hmm, everything should be clear," Winter told herself as two large personal SDC bullheads landed outside of her home. "There they are," she chuckled before leaving her room with her luggage right behind her in a summoned Beowolf's hand.
The years spent training her Semblance and body had given her very useful applications for her heritage's power. The Summoning portion being the most prominent skill she'd attained and learned the ins and outs of.
And with the caveat of having it replicate Grimm she's defeated… well.
Let's just say this scar of hers became a benefit after learning that.
Going down a hall and then down some stairs, Winter smiled as she made good time into the main living room to find her family there.
Her father, wearing only a white dress shirt, similar slacks, and black dress shoes, a far cry from his usual prim and proper blazer, vest, and tie.
Her mother, meanwhile, with the newest news, was sitting happily in one of the big recliners. Wearing a similar set of clothes to her father but with a blue skirt, had the dress shirt open around her rather large navel, the woman cooing to it slightly.
"Hm, hmm," seeing how happy her mother was made Winter's blood sing.
THIS was the family life she'd always wanted. The years, the work, the conversations, the connections, all of it was for this status.
A Happy Family.
'And I have my beloved to thank,' she smiled warmly as Whitley entered the room in some blue sweatpants, a black shirt, and a lack of his hoodie. 'Hmph,' Winter smirked at the proud-looking boy.
Why? Well, likely because he knew that Ruby had his hoodie and was on top of the world about it.
Finally, her last immediate family member entered the space, looking to all like a happy little snowflake Winter knew she was.
Weiss smiled pleasantly in a strapless light blue swimsuit, a dark blue hoodie over her shoulders, her hair now down, and a pair of black sandals on her feet.
"I'm glad we're all here, I can assume that Obito's ready as well," Weiss said as Winter pulled out her Scroll.
She made a call, smiled as she did, and hummed.
Moments later, Winter grinned as she answered the front door to see a veritable parade of people.
With one man at the front of it all in some black pants that were tightened at the ankles, a nice and tight black shirt, and a grin.
"Party of a hundred?" Obito offered as Winter chuckled.
"We've been expecting you."
~NRK~
I'm back with this story, sorry it took so long but my inspiration literally led me to other ones which you all know.
Honestly, like SERIOUSLY honestly, I had to utterly stop myself from trying to birth more stories. I have a whole Doc and everything with crossover ideas and stuff, I even keep thinking up more and more as I watch/read/imagine new or continue thinking of old stuff. Like, I'm currently gonna try to watch all of Sailor Moon to think of a Naruto x Makoto fic.
I'd like to write a She-Ra one with Naruto x Catra x Adora as the main pairing. It'd have been a pretty good earlier turning point for Catra as a character, from what I know, but I haven't watched it either. It's like I can't even watch the Netflix I pay for in my own house but that's mostly my own fault.
Black Clover, had a Naruto x Mereoleona fic as Charlotte's 'lost' brother due to a part of her curse that affected her and her parents. It'd certainly be fun to play with Charlotte's character more.
I still need to watch Fate/Zero, it's actually kinda absurd. I love the Fate series but I just haven't done it yet. I've considered FGO for both Obito and Naruto, though. Naruto as the Eldfelte family's first child and Obito as the father to the Gudas who'd both, female and male, be in the fic.
Then there was the Idaten crossover and more.
Also, I really wanna write a fic with Obito and Kakashi as the MCs. I did it with DiDS but I wanna do it again now that I'm a better writer than I was before.
~NRK~
~Omake: Bloodlines IV~
"Hey, Aunty Kali," Vermillion called as Kali chuckled from the 'White Fang' table. "Yo, Koku? Your kid? He really likes turkey meat," she said as she served the woman some well-grilled fish… with a side of peanut butter.
"Oh?" Kali looked surprised but oh-so-more hungry. "Obito told you about my… hehe, cravings?" The woman looked a bit embarrassed.
"Well, yeah, this time and, well," Vermillion leaned in close as the others raised their brows. "Aunt Blake's cravings were the same way."
Kali grinned like she'd won a million lien. "Is that SO?"
The female rabbit twin grinned slyly. "Yep."
"Here you go, mother, grandfather, grandmother, uncle, aunty," Solace listed off as he placed their food down, an array of floating metal rings from a bracelet on his wrist lifting more and more food. "Granduncle James, grand uncle Pietro, Aunt Penny," he placed down a can of oil with a straw.
Pietro and Watts had never been more amused even as Penny grinned and partook.
Robyn's mouth set in a grin as Clover chuckled.
"Got some food for Aunty Clover and Uncle Robyn," Tobi grinned as the Marrow and Harriet snorted while Elm looked excited by the food. "Then we've got godfather Elm, sister Marrow, and brother Harriet."
"You're having fun, are ya?" Harriet smirked as the white-haired twin grinned cheekily. "Brat, give me my food. Let's see if you got your dad's cooking skills."
"I got 'em the most."
"Tobi's cooking skills are only second to father's own," Solace smirked. "While most of us specialize in our kingdom of origin's dishes, he's gone beyond the line of duty and just learned all of them."
"Hehe," the more energetic twin grinned. "Dad's always going places and people say his food is the bomb so I figured I'd be our next generation cook! Well, that and a comedian. Here's a funny one, we once made a not-racist gift-"
"No you don't," Solace dragged his sibling back towards the cooking Obito. "Ignore him, please, that joke barely worked and if Cinder-kaa-chan hadn't been laughing, we'd be dead."
"But it did work out!"
"No."
"I'm noticing they share the maturity," Winter chuckled. "Though, I'm curious, you two," the twins stopped. "Are your eyes bad?" She asked, curious and planning ahead.
"Oh, no, it's… actually the opposite," Solace said as James and Watts perked up.
"The opposite?" The lanky scientist asked.
"Yeah! Okay so like Vermillion has super-hearing, we've got super-sight," Tobi explained as the group looked surprised. "Kawaki's sense of smell is ridiculous, the Frost twins could hear you having a conversation from… the house if they felt like it," he listed off as Jacques blinked.
"So, you all have some sort of super senses?" It was as amazing as it was absurd. "And, what? No super sense of taste?" Willow looked very amused as Solace hurried on over and placed down a small bottle of raisin jam… out of nowhere.
"Huh? H-How did you know?" She asked and he chuckled.
"Well, while Tobi was telling the truth, he didn't tell the entire truth," Solace bowed. "While we have one physical superiority we also have one mental one each," he grinned, eyes alight with glowing energy. "I can recall my entire family's history with but a thought."
The entire table balked as Tobi nodded.
"It's true, at least, for those who had Aura," he explained. "The thing is with hereditary Semblances," Pietro and Watts scrambled for notes as James looked excited.
"Yes? Please explain, young man," he said.
"Hehe, hereditary Semblances aren't normal, they're not blood-related but mentally," they looked shocked.
"So it's not a soul relation?" Penny asked as Solace shook his head.
"How could it be? No one's soul is the same even for us. I mean, Tobi and I are twins. No, it's a mental process passed down in the Schnee bloodline. For you see, the Schnee blood is very impressive."
Jacques looked proud as Willow rolled her eyes.
"And what did Tobi get?" She asked as Weiss hummed.
"Well, if his twin has our history," she said matter-of-factly as Solace smirked. "Then he-"
"Has a permanent recollection of all five senses when it comes to food?" Tobi said with a shaky grin as the girl's jaw dropped. "W-We didn't say they were all impressive."
"Hmph, here, dad's special filet," Kawaki said as he served the 'Branwen' table which held both Qrow's family but Kyon, and the real Taiyang. "Also, here Raven-ooooba-chan," he smirked as he placed a small jar down.
Raven's eyebrow twitched as Qrow's grin plastered itself on his face.
"You little shit," she said even as she took the small tub of chocolate. "Don't think some chocolate will-"
"It's a special brand I made, your favorite."
"..." She looked down at it with suspicion.
One table knife scoop later and she looked down at the table like it'd slapped her.
"H-How dare you make something I love for no reason!"
Tai laughed along with Emerald as Kawaki placed a jar of honey mustard in front of Glynda.
"I see, I'm guessing I'm very obvious, aren't I?" She asked him and Kawaki smirked.
"You are but we love you for it. Now, for Aunty Emerald."
"Come on, I bet I'm your favorite aunt~" She said with battering eyelashes as he scoffed.
"Not even close."
"Oi!"
Vernal's smirk was shooting on all cylinders. "Come on, let me know," she said as he leaned down and whispered in her ear. "... oh, I get it… actually, I'm curious about that," Vernal said and Kawaki nodded.
The next thing he whispered had her blinking. "No foolin'?"
"It should be in the Summer," he said and she whistled.
"Well, damn," so they were coming here? "Heh," Vernal smirked knowingly.
"Not going to tell us?" Qrow asked.
"It's gonna be a surprise."
Obito reappeared with a jaw-dropped Rhodes, Cinder looking exceedingly happy to see him.
"Old Man Rhodes!" The serving twins said and his head snapped to them in disbelief at the mouse twins.
"W-What kinda madness did you just pull me into… and where are?" Rhodes asked Obito who smirked.
"Welcome to Patch," the younger man asked.
"... Ooookkayyy," he said slowly as Cinder chuckled. "Cinder, I'm glad things are going well… they are, right?"
"Yes, papa, though there's a lot to be explained to you," she chuckled as he walked over and sat down at the 'Scarlatina' table next to Cinder and another Obito. "So, uh, you didn't know the full context of our relationship," Cinder grinned mischievously. "Also, these are our kids from the future."
Rhodes choked on the water he'd begun to drink, eyes snapping to the waving mouse twins in disbelief as he saw a resemblance.
"Oh my sweet darkness-filled Brother," he wheezed. "What?"
The explanation that left the man's hand with some alcohol within.
Three glasses in, he looked resolute.
"No, I'm still too sober for this. What?"
"Well," Obito grinned nervously at the look on the man's face. "Listen… things just worked out this way, alright? They're clearly all happy, I have more than enough money to fund any insane endeavors they go on."
"We haven't done one recently," Ember waved her hand and Hughes looked nervous.
"Recently?" He asked and she grinned.
"Yep!"
"That's not reassuring."
"Hmm, tell us more about yourselves, girls," Valerie chuckled as Valour just stared at his nieces-from-the-future. "I can't very well believe it but if Obito's involved, I've learned to accept a lot of things."
"Hmm, Kagura's got her Magic Muse Box," Ember said as the meeker twin put her plate down and pulled out something from her sleeve.
"S-See?" She said with a shy smile that reminded Rhodes far too much of a certain mouse Faunus he knew. "I can use Dust to make tunes," Kagura said, surprising the group.
"Really?" Velvet was a bit awed by the idea. "Dust music?"
Kagura nodded with a small grin. "I-I wrote a whole theory and everything," she said before blushing at the confused looks on their faces. "U-Um, that is…"
"Kagura's a genius," Ember smirked as her meeker sibling whined. "She's the youngest person to write about Dust Tune Theory," she said proudly as Rhodes blinked.
"Dust Tune Theory?" He asked softly to the young teen who nodded.
"O-Our ears are super special," she said. "Though I can't hear as far away as Ember can, I can ear things most people can't, f-frequencies," Kagura fiddled with her small box even as the group balked.
"Frequencies?" Obito choked as his… "A-Actually, I'm curious, Kagura, Ember," he changed the topic for a moment as they perked up.
"Yes, dad?"
"... okay," he cleared his throat as Cinder grinned while Velvet and Valerie snickered.
Rhodes's eyes squinted in more disbelief as Hughes chuckled.
"H-How old are you all? I can figure out that Kawaki's the oldest," with how he and Vernal kept going at it as they had been?
He'd be surprised if she wasn't already pregnant by this point, though that would be pretty stupid now that he thought about it.
'She's probably expecting Raven to be ready by that point,' never say his 'wild' girlfriend wasn't a min-maxer.
"O-Oh, well," Ember blushed a bit. "That'd be kinda… ya know?"
"I get it, sorry."
"We can tell mom, though!"
Obito sweatdropped as Valerie laughed, Hughes looking sympathetic.
"They always gang up on us, Obito," he said as the younger man nodded while Rhodes snorted.
Leaning by both mothers-to-be's ears, they whispered.
"We're thirteen," Ember told Cinder who looked intrigued.
"I see."
"V-Vermillion and Velu are 12, they just turned," Kagura said with a smile as Velvet perked up, blushed a bit, and then grinned.
"I'm glad we had some self-control."
"Let me tell ya, Summer-obaa-chan, it's crazy," Velu said as he served the Rose, Leonardo, and Arc family. "The last two times, it was like a group event," the pre-teen said with a shrug and huff as the woman sweatdropped. "We all got involved! Us, our moms, dad, then Raven-oooba-chan's," Taiyang chuckled.
"She hates that, doesn't she?" He asked as Leonardo chuckled and the young rabbit boy grinned.
"Yep and we all call it ever since hearing it from Kawaki-nii, let me tell you, it's hilarious."
"W-Wait, hold on! Go back to the kidnapping please!" Sarcella asked in disbelief as Velu shrugged. "T-This isn't a shrugging matter!"
"I mean… it wasn't even all that scary. Dad and our moms were there and we cleaned house. Especially because they didn't know dad's mainstay skill in Kamui and thought they really ate that up."
"Ah, slangs improved," Charlie nodded sagely as her father's eyebrow twitched.
Jaune chuckled. "Still, that's a lot of kidnapping attempts," he said nervously. "What was it? Six?"
"Um, no, uh… Tobi and Solace use them six times," Velu grinned as they all choked. "Like, to be fair, they've got the most, being Schnees and all."
"T-That's horrifying!"
"I mean… yeah," Velu admitted as Obito sweatdropped. "But I've only been kidnapped once and that was when I was… I think I was six?"
"That's not doing me any favors," Obito facepalmed. "But, please, tell me what happened."
"Easy, mom went on a warpath," he chuckled as Obito smirked. "Like, you'd think it'd be bad with Aunty Yang but mom's very willing to find us and crack some heads at the same time. It was kinda awesome," Velu stated
"So, Vels basically ripped them a new one?" Cera chuckled as Fennec hummed.
"Still, that was the one time you got kidnapped… what about the attempts?" He asked with a raised brow as Velu grinned nervously.
"I'm at the third-highest at 'four'."
"Why?" Jun nearly fainted. "F-Four attempts?!"
"I'm more concerned than ever," Summer said. "L-Like, I worry about your childhoods!"
"Hmm? Why? We have kickass parents, aunts, uncles, godfathers, godmothers, godaunts," he began to list off as they shot him looks of disbelief. "A great-godfather and so on. We learn so many things, see so many places, go to special ones with Kamui, and more. We haven't lost a thing," Velu Uchiha grinned.
"... well, I'm glad I could keep that up," Obito said simply. "As if I'd let that get in the way of any kid I have-"
"You have like three more."
Obito's head slammed into the table as Saphron cleared her throat.
"Dammit," Nicholas groaned. "He beat us."
"While I like where your head is at," Jun said with a bit of a blush. "Shush. My dramas are being defeated and I'm loving every second of it."
"W-What do you mean, Velu?" Obito asked, face down on the table.
"W-Well, uhh…" Velu rubbed the back of his head. "I mean, duh, our moms could have more kids. The next oldest after all of us is Vernal-kaa-chan's. You called him 'Suiryu' and she loved the idea of 'dragons'."
"... I'm following," Obito said. "That certainly sounds like something Vernal would like," worryingly so.
"He's a total martial artist, even if he's five," the rabbit boy explained. "And the last two are, uh, they're our brother and sister respectively."
"I see, what are their names?"
"... So, uh, that's more spoiler stuff."
Obito raised a brow at that as Terra rolled her eyes before pushing her wife's shoulder.
"U-Uhh, actually," Saphron grinned very nervously. "I might have some idea on that one."
"... why?" Obito now looked several kinds of done at that moment. "What? A baby from adoption?"
"No, but you could certainly be an amazing d-donor dad?"
Jun spat out her wine as Nicholas's jaw dropped.
Jaune rubbed the back of his head as Yang blinked before gasping.
"That makes more sense now," she realized as Ruby spat out her water.
"Y-Yang!? How does this make sense?!"
Summer's skin dropped a skin tone while Taiyang ran his hand through his hair.
"Oh… no," they said in disbelief.
"You're our bro-in-law?!" The rest of the Arc children choked as Fennec's cheek twitched.
"I… what world do you live in?" He asked Obito in complete disbelief. "What sort of man are you?!"
"..." Obito stood and just walked away. "I'm going for a dip."
He vanished into the floor before a splash appeared in the lake to their side.
"Well… ta-daa?" Velu said nervously as h
What a way to end a series.
~Omake: To Be Continued~
There it is, the PAUSE to this particular Omake.
I hope you all enjoyed it.
Ciao.
~NRK Out~