Chapter 9: Finding the Way


"I got ten!"

"Hah, sorry Rubes, looks like I beat you, I got fifteen!"

"That's because you stole half my kills Yang!"

"Girls, it's not a competition to see who can kill the most Grimm…though I got twenty-five,"

It had been a couple of days since the semester at Beacon ended and Yang and her sister Ruby were spending their break at home in Patch.

Right now, they were helping their dad clear the forest of Grimm.

"If this is a competition, I think I won," Another voice chipped in.

The family turned their heads to the source and were greeted to a site.

It was a huge pile of Grimm disintegrating with Mori standing in front of it. Yang estimated there to be around forty-five to fifty.

Their amnesiac friend was joining them during the break. He originally wanted to stay at Beacon and hang out with Jaune, but one look in Ruby's eyes meant that plan got derailed.

"Ok Mori, are you sure you haven't unlocked your aura or semblance?" Her dad asked with his jaw open, "Because some of the things you do is just ridiculous."

Mori only shrugged at Taiyang's question.

"We are so having a match when school starts up again!" Yang said as she pounded her fists together.

"Why don't you just have a match here," Ruby questioned Yang.

"EH I want the whole school to watch me take Disaster Boy down," Yang cockily replied.

"Stop calling me that!" Mori shouted as he joined the conversation, "And you are not beating me."

"I don't know about that," "Yang said as she grinned, "It'd be a real shame if I lost to the guy who lost to Vomit Boy.

"Dammit Yang, that was a default loss!" Mori protested.

"A loss is still a loss," Yang teased.

"You would know about losses Yang," Mori snarked, "Especially that devastating one you had against Pyrrha."

"Oh Buddy," Yang responded, "You do not want to go there."

"I think I do," Mori answered back with a grin.

"C'mon guys," Taiyang interrupted nervously, "We are fighting the Grimm not each other."

At that Yang and Mori suddenly stopped their confrontation and started laughing.

"Oh man, we really got him disaster boy," Yang cackled.

"I can't believe that actually worked," Mori laughed, "But, seriously please stop calling me that." He said as his face hardened

"Nah,"

Mori gave a dejected look.

"You blow up one harbor…" he muttered.

"Wait what just happened," Taiyang asked in confusion.

"They were pulling your leg Dad." Ruby responded for them,

"You guys…" Taiyang said as he shook his head. "Either way, it looks like we are done, so let's get some dinner."

"Yay dinner!" Ruby shouted as she ran off with her semblance,

"Ruby, Wait!" Taiyang shouted as he followed after the girl.

"Well, looks like we better hurry or Ruby will eat everything," Yang said as she made her way back to the house.

She noticed that she was the only one.

"Mori? Are you coming?" She asked when she realized that Mori wasn't following.

"Huh?" Mori responded as he broke out of what looked like deep thought. "Oh, yeah sorry."

"Hmm, that was interesting," Yang thought to herself. "I wonder what's wrong."

"So, DB?" Yang asked on their way back, "What's bugging you?" she said as she showed him a bug that she picked up.

"…I refuse to respond to that." Mori stated as he folded his arms across his chest. "But nothing is wrong I'm fine."

"You literally responded to me just now." Yang pointed out, "And you have that same stupid look you get whenever something stumps you during studying."

"It's not a stupid look," Mori defended himself, "It's me thinking!"

"So, what are you thinking about?" Yang asked, now curious of what was stumping Mori.

"Well…I'm trying to think about how to get better." Mori anwered as he put his hand to his chin.

"Like as in better at fighting?" Yang asked

"Yeah."

Yang couldn't help but be surprised by that.

He wanted to get better?

Mori was already pretty strong, that kick he did against Cardin was really cool and seeing him in action these past few days she could totally believe him capable of wiping out those White Fang members.

Mori seemed to be a master of his fighting style. So, the thought that he could get better was pretty unbelievable Yang.

That Renewal Taekwondo was seriously one of the cooler fighting styles Yang had ever seen. If she didn't focus most of her strikes on punches, she wouldn't have minded learning it herself.

"If we can unlock your aura you would get a lot stronger," Yang said as she brought up her solution.

"…I guess…" Mori replied, unconvinced of that.

"Eh, even if you don't unlock your aura, you are still one of the strongest guys I know," Yang stated as she gave Mori a playful punch.

"Yeah…"

"Maybe we could get you a weapon?" Yang chipped in another idea.

"Now you just sound like Ruby," Mori responded.

"I'm pretty serious," Yang replied, "You got hand to hand down pretty well, so if you got a weapon like my shotgun gauntlets you can add some serious range." She demonstrated as she threw a punch and fired Ember Cilica.

"It'd have to get the Ruby seal of approval though," Mori replied as they continued their way back to home.

"Oh yeah, she's obsessed with you getting a staff." Yang responded. "I don't know why though; you mostly use your feet anyways."

At that Mori gave a slight smile.

"I wonder why." He repeated back vaguely.

When they got back to the house, Taiyang was in the middle of preparing dinner.

"Hey, can one of you guys help me with the broth?" Taiyang asked.

"Not it," Ruby quickly replied

"Not it," Yang yelled.

"Not i—dammit" Mori cursed.

"Well, Mori." Yang said. "Like you said earlier, you won our family competition, go take your prize."

"Yeah!" Ruby cheered from the background

"You guys are really great at showing hospitality," Mori sarcastically said as he went to the kitchen to help Taiyang.

A couple minutes later the family plus one were digging in.

"So, what are you guys planning on doing tomorrow?" Taiyang asked while the group was enjoying the noodles.

"I think I'm going to hang out with some of my old friends," Yang responded as she loudly slurped her food.

She hadn't seen them in a while and wanted to see what her friends were up to since they didn't make it to Beacon.

"Hmm," Ruby shouted out, her mouth full of noodles, "hmm hmm hmm,"

"Ruby don't talk with your mouth full," Mori chided.

"Sorry," Ruby responded after gulping down her food quickly, "I was trying to say that I wanted to go visit my friends from Signal tomorrow, Would it be ok if I could come along with you Dad?"

"It's fine by me," Taiyang said as he put his utensils down casually. "In fact, it would be cool for the class to see a huntress-in-training,"

"Cool!" Ruby shouted.

"I was just planning on training tomorrow," Mori said as he finished his bowl with a satisfied sigh.

"Come on, Mori!" Ruby complained as she slammed her bowl on the table, "Ever since you remembered your Renewal Taekwondo all you have been doing is training."

"Hey, it's been a while since I've fought," Mori defended himself, "I need to make up for my months of not using it."

"You should come with me to Signal tomorrow and meet my friends," Ruby excitedly said, "I bet they'll think you are the coolest,"

"But—"

"Nope,"

"Are we seriously doing this again," Mori asked with an annoyed face.

"Yuuup," Ruby responded with a smile.

A familiar scene was unfolding to Yang.

Whenever Ruby wanted something from Mori, she would suggest it and if Mori would say no, they'd argue a bit and then Ruby would pull out her secret weapon.

"C'mon Mori," Ruby said, "please?" She then unleashed her puppy dog eyes on Mori.

"…Fine," Mori responded dejectedly as he made direct contact with them.

"Yes," Ruby cheered with a fist pump.

"How has he known her for this long and still not learn to not make direct eye contact?" Taiyang leaned in to whisper in Yang's ear.

"You know dad, I think he knows, but it's become a thing of pride for him." Yang whispered back.

"He's got to know he's never going to win right?"

"Eh, he's stupid like that."


Taiyang right now was in a panic, for once it wasn't about Ruby or Yang.
"So, tell me again what happened to Mr. Green?" He asked his fellow teacher.

"Well, apparently for his anniversary he went to that popular Vacoun Place."

"The Little Shade?"

"Yup."

Dammit, of course it was the Little Shade. It was a popular place to eat at Vale but there was a 50/50 chance one would end up getting food poisoning there.

Taiyang remembered when he went there once with Qrow, It really was quite good. He got lucky and was fine the next day. Qrow on the otherhand…let's just say they don't talk about it. But there was a reason why the girls briefly called him Stunkle Qrow.

Honestly with how good the food was, it was worth the risk.

"So, who's going to teach the combat class for 1st Year Primary Students in the afternoon?!" Taiyang asked in a panicked voice.

"I don't know, most of us have classes, can't you?" His co-worker responded back with worry.

"No!" Taiyang shouted, "I have my own class to teach around then."

"Well then, why don't you call Qrow!"

Taiyang gave an incredulous look.

"Ok, I'm saying that out loud, and I realized what was wrong with that statement." The other teacher said as he recognized his mistake.

Taiyang nodded along in agreement. Besides, even if Qrow was not a terrible influences on 6 years olds. Right now, he was on a mission for Ozpin.

Who else could they ask?

It was too late to call a substitute, and like it was said earlier, everyone was busy.

"Hey, your daughters are huntresses-in-training at Beacon, right?" The co-worker asked interrupting Taiyang's thoughts.

Taiyang nodded yes, not liking where this was going.

"Why, don't you ask one of them?"

Taiyang thought about it. It wouldn't be the worst idea, but Yang was out right now, and she hadn't seen her friends in a while. That, and Taiyang wasn't quite sure she had the patience to handle 6 and 7-year olds.

Ruby…she was a smart girl, and she really had started to blossom into a formidable fighter. She was not ready to teach…at all. Taiyang loved his daughter, but knowing her, she would try to convert all the kids to be scythe users.

But Ruby was in the building right now…It wouldn't be too harmless for her to teach combat class once…right?

"Well, Taiyang," The other teacher asked, "Can you bring one of them in?"

Just before Taiyang could answer, the door to the faculty room was opened and slammed shut quickly.

The teachers took a look at the newcomer.

"Mori, what are you doing?"

The boy was against the door out of breath.

"Running away from Ruby," he replied as he caught his breath.

"Why?"

"She wants me show her friends the kick that blew up the harbor." He answered as he finally calmed down., "My only chance was running away."

Huh, Yang was right; he did know.

"Blew up a harbor?" The teacher next to him asked.

"Oh, that's just something my daughter believes that happened." Taiyang replied, "They were both part of the incident at the docks,"

"Oh, I heard about that, didn't they say some stray dust got caught and blew everything up?"

"Yeah." Taiyang responded, "But, Mori here is Ruby's friend from Beacon that's visiting us from Beacon."

"You go to Beacon?!" The co-worker excitedly as he went into Mori's face.

Mori nodded

"So that means, you are a Huntsman-in-training, right?" The teacher asked again.

Mori again nodded, getting more nervous.

"Can you teach a combat class for us today,"

"What?!" Mori responded in shock.

Taiyang initially thought that was not a good idea.

Mori couldn't teach… right?

Suddenly a memory from a couple days back popped up.

A Couple Days Before

Taiyang couldn't believe what he was seeing.

Mori was absolutely devasting the Grimm with ease without Aura.

"Wow," Was all he could say.

"Isn't he awesome Dad!?" Ruby excitedly asked finishing off a beowolf..

"I've honestly never seen anything like that." Taiyang said with as he picked up his mouth.

"Ruby!" Mori called out, as he went back to the group. "When you are swinging Crescent Rose around, be mindful of your back. You can sometimes be vulnerable."

"Oh," The girl replied with a dejected look.

"You are doing better though at staying with the group, so good job." Mori stated as he gave a thumbs up. "Your allies could help protect your back, though you do have to be careful of hitting them."

At that Ruby's face brightened up as she gave a salute.

"OK!"

Huh now that Mori had mentioned it, Taiyang had tried to get Ruby to not go off on her own for a long time. It looked like that bad habit of recklessness was starting to get fixed.

"Beacon's really helped you not be as reckless anymore hasn't it," Taiyang asked his daughter.

"Yup," Ruby responded

"You still are reckless," Mori teased.

"Mori," Ruby complained, "I'm trying to show my Dad, how much I have improved."

"Who was it again that decided to run straight to an exploding harbor a couple of days ago?"

At Ruby stared at her feet,

"… I called you for backup," She mumbled.

"And who still can't do anything when they don't have Crescent Rose on them?" He again asked in as he crossed his arms.

"…I'll get better," Ruby muttered again as she kicked at the dirt.

Taiyang couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at this interaction.

"I know you will Ruby," Mori said as he patted her head, "You are doing a good job right now."

Ruby again looked up and smiled.

"Ok, you two," Taiyang said as he interrupted them, "We still have some more areas to clear out,"

"I bet I can kill the most Grimm," Ruby shouted as she zipped away.

"Ruby, Wai-, you know what… it's no use." Mori said with his hand reached out. "I don't know how you deal with her every day." He said as he turned to Taiyang while putting his hand down.

"Hah," Taiyang laughed, "You get used to it."

"She's so exhausting at times," He complained, "Actually, both of them are."

"Seems like Ruby giving you a rough time at Beacon huh?"

"UGHH, she drags me everywhere,"

"Still though, thank you," Taiyang said as he expressed his gratitude.

"For what Mr. Xiao-long?"

"Mori I've told you this before, but you can just call me Taiyang. But the thanks is for watching out for her and Yang." He explained.

"It's nothing really," Mori dismissed, "All I'm doing is pointing out her flaws and trying to correct them. For example, her semblance, super useful; but she needs to vary her speed so that her opponents can't get used to it."

At that Taiyang couldn't but internally raise an eyebrow. That was something he never really thought that Ruby needed to fix, but now that he thought about it did make her vulnerable.

What other kind of knowledge about fighting did Mori have?

"What about Yang, what problems does she have?" Taiyang asked probing the boy for more.

"You're kidding me right?" Mori asked incredulously, "She gets really mad way too easily, it leaves her easily open to counters, she needs to stop caring about her hair so much and focus on what her opponents doing. She also leaves herself open for a big blow to power up using her semblance. If I were her, I'd position myself to take little blows to gradually build up strength." Mori said as he copied Yang's fighting stance.

Again, Taiyang raised his eyebrows, he got Yang's biggest weaknesses down and also presented a way to overcome them. That and he copied Yang's fighting stance perfectly.

He seemed to be really good with fighting.

Present

Initially, Taiyang felt a little nervous about Mori, his girls were all grown up but…they were still his little girls. And being a teenage boy once as well, he knew firsthand how dumb boys can be.

Ruby was a girl who liked to live in her own world at times and just focus on weapons and being a hero. That's why whenever a boy passed his, Qrows and Yang's tests they gave up immediately.

So, the fact that Ruby actually showed interest in a boy was an ordeal for Taiyang.

Taiyang didn't mind Mori…but there was something about him that made Taiyang's instincts as a trained huntsmen flare off.

But seeing how he treated Ruby, he just ignored those instincts.

He really did seem to care for her, and by the look of it he seemed to really be a help in kicking Ruby's bad habits out.

The difference between his little girl before she left to Beacon and after one semester was night and day to Taiyang, and he had a hunch that Mori was part of that development.

His relationship with his daughters seemed to be more of a big brother instead of trying to woo either of them.

Maybe Mori wouldn't be that bad of an option.

He was used to dealing with Ruby after all.

"You know what Mori?" Taiyang said as he turned to the boy, "We had a teacher get sick today and we need someone to fill in for them. We haven't been able to get anyone, but we thought it would be cool for the students to get a Huntsman-in-training to do a class for them." He explained.

"Why don't you ask Ruby?" Mori asked confused.

At that, Taiyang gave a look.

"Ahh, good point," Mori replied recognizing his mistake, "Still though… you want me to teach, are you sure?"

"It'll be fine Mori," Taiyang said, "We'll give you a plan and everything, all you have to do is follow it."

Taiyang really hoped that this would work.

"…if you have no one else," Mori answered as he gave up.

Taiyang turned to his co-worker with a smile.

Yes, they got the suck-, substitute.

"Great," Taiyang cheered while clapping his hands together, "Let's get you ready."


For the past couple of days, Mori had been struggling with a problem.

As he started to retrain and go through his martial arts, he had noticed how much weaker he had gotten.

It really didn't matter against the Grimm or the White Fang and to his friends it seemed like he was a freak.

Compared to his prime self, however, he was pathetic.

His body was still a complete wreck and while he had been attempting to work on his control it still wasn't there. He was using way more power than necessary. The fiasco at the docks wasn't the only place he could feel his control slipping, his fights with the Grimm was using more power than necessary to defeat them.

As he tried to practice his techniques in order to lessen the damage they do, he could still feel the power slipping from him each time.

He was making progress in other areas though, his weight control with his half of Ruyi Jingu Bang had gotten better; but he still couldn't call upon it's other half. Hell, he didn't even know where the other half was. That and his other equipment were not coming back to him or being restored.

What could he do to get stronger? He had tried in his spare time to control his more powerful techniques but there was no luck. When he fought, he could feel himself tire faster than usual.

It was like he hit a wall and he didn't know how to improve.

There were a couple of ideas. He could try to make new techniques. But he didn't really know what he can create and how helpful they would even be. There were only so many different ways you could beat the crap out of your opponent

Yang's suggestion of finding a way to get Aura also sounded like a no brainer, it's healing properties could possibly help him restore his full power…the problem with that was if he could even have it.

It wouldn't make sense for him to have it. It was a gift for this world's humanity from the Brother Gods.

That was another thing that made Mori nervous…the Brother Gods. Mori highly doubted that these beings were figments of humanities imagination.

The real question was what kind of Gods, were they? Did they know Mori's true nature and his arrival on Remnant? Did Mori ever meet them while he was waging war against the Heavens? Was Remnant actually their World and they didn't hijack it from someone else? Were they tremendous assholes like Tathagata and the King?

If Mori were to come to blows against any Godlike beings right now, he would be destroyed. That and even though the Grimm so far weren't dangerous to him, there could still be other dangers in this world that Mori would be ill-equipped to face in his current state.

Honestly, it really worried Mori. In his prime he failed to save those who were important to him. If he failed when he was at his strongest, how would he be able to protect his new loved ones in his current state?

Mori wasn't sure he would find a bigger problem than his current one.

Right now, …he seemed to have found one.

"GAH! No, don't mess with the fire Dust!" Mori shouted to no avail as a couple kids caused a small explosion to blow up in his face, sounds of laughter soon following.

"Mr. Jin, could I go to the bathroom?" A kid asked.

"No Baron you already asked to use the bathroom earlier," Mori replied as he wiped the soot out of his face.

"But I really need to go, and I told you my name is Maron," The named Maron whined.

"…Fine, you can go," Mori relented.

"Mr. Jin," Another voice called out "Are we almost done?"

"We just started" Mori said, "We have an hour left."

"Hng," the kid pouted as he went back to his seat.

"Mr. Jin, Kale hit me," A girl in the back complained

"Don't hit your classmate Kale,"

"I didn't do it." The boy named Kale replied with a guilty face.

"Mr. Jin, I need to get a drink of water." Another girl asked.

"Right now, Baron is using the bathroom, wait until he comes back."

"It's Maron!" The class yelled back.

Was this how he made Glynda feel?

Mori suddenly felt a lot worse about his shenanigans he did to piss her off. Not enough to make him want to stop, but enough to make him feel slightly sorry.

"Damn you Taiyang, for roping me into this," Mori thought to himself, "I'll get you back"

It would be easy he said, just follow the plan he said…That was a lie!

It started out fine when Taiyang introduced him to the class and they introduced themselves back, it seems like it was going to go well, the kids seemed nice and quiet…but then Taiyang left the room and chaos happened.

Honestly, Mori would rather have been back in Ragnarok, at least there he could punch his problems.

Here he couldn't punch the kids…right?

No, no, he shouldn't beat the crap out of children.

"Come on kids!" Mori shouted as he tried to retake control of the room, "We need to do our combat lesson today."

"Why do we have to listen to you?" another kid in the back asked.

"Yeah, you're not even a Huntsman."

"You don't even have a weapon."

That last one gave Mori some serious Déjà vu.

Dammit he dealt with Ruby all the time, he could deal with this.

He needed a way to take control of the situation and get these kids attention.

What could he do…that could work.

Immediately going to the weapon storage, he immediately took out several practice dummies, after setting them up, he then went to grab a couple of different weapons.

After getting everything ready. For the first training dummy Mori used the simple technique, Renewal Taekwondo: Round Kick.

The loud smack the dummy made seem to get all the kids' attention as all eyes turned onto their teacher.

Mori then grabbed the weapon closest to him, a scythe.

Immediately copying Ruby's style, Mori tore one training dummy to shreds with the weapon.

A crowd of ooh's rang from the kids.

Moving on to the next training dummy, he grabbed a rapier and copied Weiss's precision and accuracy and skewered the next one, up next was Blake's swordsmanship, and then Yang's ferocity of punches.

All the chatter of the kids seemed to fall into silence as they continued to watch Mori go through his combat demonstration.

After going through Team JNPR's styles he decided for the last two dummies he'd show the martial arts closest to his heart.

Moonlight Sword Style: Bare Hand slice

Using just his bare hands Mori cut the dummy into half with his barehands.

A crowd of ooh's filled the room.

For the final dummy Mori took a deep breath and then unleashed his attack

Full Contact Karate, First Stance: Basaltic Fist

The ooh's became squeals of delight as his punch completely obliterated the training dummy.

"Mr. Jin how did you do that?"

"That's so cool, he cut that thing with just his hands,"

"I want to learn how to blow stuff up with a punch!"

Suddenly the class that had no interest in listening to Mori seemed to make him the center of the world as question after question filled the room.

"Ok, ok, let's calm down," Mori said as he quieted the class room, "I hope that me showing those awesome moves showed you that I can indeed fight, and if you listen to me, you too can do those cool moves one day. Now let's begin by finding a partner who you will fight."

In an instant all the children obeyed his instructions as if they were one of his clones.

After the kids got into the pairs, Mori had them start fighting,

After the kids had been fighting for a while, Mori immediately stopped a pair and attempted to correct was wrong.

"You've got good power, but you need make your form more compact …like this," Mori instructed one of the kids fixing his form."

He then let them continue fighting, before interrupting them again.

"You are really tough and most hits won't hurt you, but it's actually better to dodge," Mori said as he explained to the other student who only defended by blocking "Even though you think you can take it, if you don't have to take the hit, then don't"

"When you dodge you have lots option to do, you can hit like this…or this or this." Mori said as he explained and showed different counters to the student.

"If you take the hit you are just defending and blocking, and you can't do much."

Mori then continued to different student pairs as he fixed forms and strategical mistakes the kids were doing.

"Mr. Jin!" A kid whined, "Can't we do the cool stuff you showed us?"

Murmurs seemed to fill the rooms as the class seemed to agree with the sentiment

"You are right this is boring," Mori said as he chuckled, "But let me ask you guys this, after you learned to stand up did you run or walk first?"

A semi-unanimous answer of walk filled the room, though a few kids were cheeky and said ran.

"It looks like you guys mostly learned how to walk first before you could run, though we do have some geniuses who could run before they could walk," laugher filled the room at Mori's joke.

"Those techniques I showed you is running," Mori continued to explain, "These basic punches and kicks are you walking,"

"But it's so boring," Another kid whined.

"Is it?"

Mori then showed the class the basics of his martial arts…it seemed to work as the kids got mesmerized by his fighting form.

"If you have a strong base you can do anything?" Mori said as he continued his demonstration, "As you build up your base, even something basic like a kick can be destructive,"

Mori then aimed a simple kick at a dummy

"You can never go wrong learning and improving on them." He stated after destroying the dummy

This seemed to have placated the kids as they went back to sparring.

"Remember don't block, dodge,

"Power starts in your feet, then to your waist and then to wherever you are releasing it.

"If your opponent is bigger than you, then get in close,"

"Don't just jump in, you got to be careful of what your opponent will do."

"Good job, that was a nice sound your kick made,"

"Nice work! That was a great counter!"

As he continued to instruct the students, he could see what he was saying was starting to take root in their hearts.

Before he knew it, the class ended.

"All right guys!" Mori shouted as he clapped his hands, "Looks like this is all the time we got it's time for us to finish,"

"But Mr. Jin I was finally starting to hit him!"

"I want to continue punching stuff,"

"We want to learn more Mr. Jin!"

Before Mori could answer a voice next to him spoke up,

"Sorry kids, this is all the time we have," It was Taiyang entering the classroom, "Now say thank you to Mr. Jin for todays lesson!"

"Thank You Mr. Jin!" the class unanimously shouted as they started to file out the classroom.

"I'm going to get you back for roping me into this," Mori told Taiyang as the last kid left.

"What? You did awesome Mori, They love you," Taiyang said, "I've never seen those kids listen to any of the teachers as well as they did you."

"Ugh you should've seen the beginning it was a nightmare," Mori complained as he held his head between his hands."

"You did fine," Taiyang replied slapping his hand on Mori's back, "In fact you did so well, have you ever thought of being a teacher?"

Mori had never really thought about it, all he wanted to do during high school was fight strong people, he did not really care what he wanted to do later.

What did he want to do with his life?

He decided he wanted to be strong enough to protect his friends but outside of that, he had no real plans for the future.

He was training to be a huntsman, but that was more Ruby pushing him there instead of what he wanted to do.

What kind of life did he want to live on Remnant?

"No, I actually don't know what I want to do." Mori admitted,

"Well if you ever think being a teacher along with a Huntsman then in a couple of years come to signal, I think I can pull you some strings to get you the job and the kids will probably love that as well," Taiyang said, "I think you would do awesome as a combat instructor, though I thought the lesson plan today was going to be on swords not hand-to-hand."

"Eh," Mori said rubbing his head, "I thought so as well, but I wanted to work on the basics with the kids."

"Any reason why?" Taiyang asked as he tilted his head.

"…it was something I was taught," Mori said as he put a hand to his chin, "I'm trying to remember where it was,"

"Remember, Mori if you are ever in a rut and have no way to get stronger, just go to the basics,"

"You can never go wrong with going back to where you started."

"A strong base is always preferable to a thousand branches,"

Memories of his grandpa teaching him about the importance of the basics suddenly filled Mori.

Suddenly, a light bulb went off in Mori's head…Of course that's how to get stronger!

He didn't need to worry about getting an aura or coming up with new techniques or just waiting for his power to restore…he could just go back to the beginning and build his skills from there.

Even though he was nigh invincible as the Monkey King, his strength came from his amazing body and power as a God, not how well he performed his techniques. He wasn't like his grandpa who surpassed humanity by just being skilled.

That was how Mori Hui his clone reached his level as well, it wasn't through power, but instead through skill.

Even though he didn't have his supreme power anymore he can refine what he did have and build upon it.

"Mori, Mori!" Taiyang yelled, snapping Mori out of his epiphany. "You, ok?"

"…sorry I just realized something," Mori responded as he regained his thoughts,

"What?"

"…What I need to do."


TMT Here again with the start of Volume 2. I should warn you that the next few chapters will generally be lighthearted, so I hope that you will continue to read it. Mori will still do awesome stuff though. Something I should mention is I am considering taking a week break it's not official yet but if there's no chapter next week don't worry it's just me resting to avoid burnout. If you are not much into reading my response to the reviews I advise you stick around because I have a special short set up for the end.

Reviews:

First thing wow...I'm thankful for all the reviews you guys gave me and your compliments on this story mean a lot to me. I hope that you guys will continue to read and review so I can continue to maintain the standard of this story, really it means a lot, your reviews have directly affected the quality of this story.

Because of the sheer amounts of reviews I got I will still try to respond to every review given but if I miss you I do apologize and I want you to know that I do read each and every review you've given and they mean to lot to me.

Cats-are-really-cute:I'm glad you like my characterization of Mori to be fair though he is nerfed it's just hard to tell because he is nerfed from completely broken to just slightly

Creus:I am glad you like it, hopefully if more people start writing GOH fanfiction it will become less hard to find good fanficiton

AndielGranrayo:It's good to see you again I'm glad to see you liked the chapter

Guest1: Thank you I try to act logical at times even though I can be dumb at times

Otherdeath: Don't worry I don't plan on dropping it, if I do I will at least try to make sure someone else can continue it. I'm glad you liked the story so far, about the names it seems like the majority has been to translate them so I apologize I will keep on trying to translate them.

Felipe1402xza: Yeah everyone is seeing Mori's power, don't worry there are plans for training.

Fpinhero96: I'm glad you liked the previous chapter hopefully you liked this one as well.

ilanddubrovski: You are Welcome

DxHologram:Yeah it's pretty funny that Weiss wouldn't believe the feats of Mori, if you notice I made a bit of a joke in the previous chpater of her scoffing saying what's next is he going to kick out the sun...I can't wait til she learns he actually did do that. The Ruby and Mori part though was definitely my favorite part of the enire chapter and maybe even the story. Hopefully you'll like the way I continue to develop Mori in a way that I can consider realistic.

Guest 2: So I'm not sure if this is hte same person for the next one but If it is that figure in white was not his gramps and it was not a borrowed power. About him getting his power back...Wait and see? Not in the forseeable future though, full powered Mori would break the story even more.

Gen2324:Yeah Torchwick had seen some shit, as for the Ironwood part are you saying it's not great storytelling standpoint or do you mean it's not great for his character to suspect, because if it's character I can totally see him being suspicious and covering his bases.

Guest 3: You are welcome! Hopefully the feels didn't hit you too bad

MarioXJUMP: Thank you, it means a lot that you think that this story can be believable, it's been a fun first fic to work on. I've never done a fanfiction or even creative writing before this so it's definitely been a fun experience.

Funfunfunyay: Thank you for the compliment on writing, I usually considered myself a poor writer but writing this has definitely helped me get better. I'm glad you like my intrepetation of this Mori.

TheComedy Guy: Thank you so much, I'm glad you liked the details and balance I try to do.

cbustroyer: There is a romantic plan if you'd like me to PM you it I will otherwise I will keep it to myself. But I should say the plan isn't going to be immediate, it's more personal preference as I really don't like stories where the protag goes to a different world and the girls immediately fall in love with him just because he was nice and heroic, I find it shallow and unrealistic and I'd rather build the relationship as friends first before Romance really happens.

AloySV: Thank you I hope you continue to like the story

Jackiereader: It makes me really happy to hear that you heard about this story from a friend, It means a lot and tell your friend I said thank you for recommending the story to you

Kenstar: hopefully you enjoyed binge reading GOH, I always enjoy GOH whenever I do binge read it. I hated the pacing at first but honestly its not bad if you read it in bulk.

Guest 4: Yeah the triple kick is awesome, legit one of the best finishers in anime and manga

Guest 5:Yeah he really is I'm excited to write him out.

Guest 6: So for hte next reviews I think this is the same person, but yeah I'm glad you like the Ruby and Mori connection, about him restoring his power if it happens it will probably be after the breach based on what I've planned out.

Deus Aus Bestia: Yes both halves are in Remnant right now, Mori is carrying one while hte other is in the middle of the ocean.

Guest 7: His divine weapons are in Remnant so hopefully he gets them back.

Guest 8: Hey if you guys want to guess where each of his weapons are that could be fun. I'll give a special shout out if you get it right.

WilsonJordo493: I'm glad you like my fic hopefully you will continue to like it as I continue to update. But yeah part 5 Mori is really a fascinating protagonist he's shounen but I find it interesting. That's who this Mori is based of is part 5 Mori, the other parts are a lot more light hearted and fun but this one I feel like is more serious. 7th master is here Mori just doesn't know because...he's not used to having it.

Dr. Noob: Oh boy you can just call me toomuchtiesenberg

NyxSky:I'm glad you liked Ruby's POV, and the story as a whole I have an idea of who has the armor, do you want to take a guess?

LaLeLuLiLohope: That is a great theme song one of my favorites


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Becoming Real Part 1

"Hang in there…please…just a bit longer …I'll do something…somehow I'll save you, so please…just please…"

Hui Mori could barely hear Daewi's plea…It made him so happy that he actually cared about him…that he wasn't just Jin Mori's clone…

He could feel his friend hold him tighter as he started to disappear…what would happen to him?

Would he cease to have a consciousness?

Would all his memories and who he was go back to the original?

He was scared…he didn't want to go,

He wanted to have just one more day with his friends,

No, not even a day, just another hour,

He'd even take one more minute.

More and more he could feel the darkness overtake him, he could feel the fear of the nothingness…but he didn't regret his actions, not a single bit.

So what if he wasn't the real one, so what if he was just a clone, his friends considered him to be alive, and that's all that mattered.

"Thank you," Hui Mori murmured, "Thank you so, so, much."

He then put his hand out and with the last of his strength shrunk Ruyi Jingu Bang back to normal.

It was the last thing he could do; at its current size it would destroy the word.

And with his final act Hui Mori disappeared into nothingness, just emptiness…and pain.

…Wait pain? Why was he in pain? He should have disappeared.

"Oh dear," A voice cried out. "You seem to be in a bit of a bind,"

Mori Hui opened his eyes as a new voice called out to him,

"My scan—I can tell that you seem to be in a lot of pain right now,"

It was an orange haired girl in a green dress,

"Did you just finish fighting Grimm?" the girl asked

"…Who…who are you?" Hui Mori questioned, clearly confused on the fact that he was alive right now.

"Salutations, I am Penny," The orange haired girl then gave him a positively dazzling smile, "Would you be my friend?"


So this is a little AU to Journey I want to do. It's a cute shipping Fic, it's not going to have any thing to do with the main story. The main reason I'm doing it...we need Mori Hui stories, Most of the fics I've seen have only involved Mori Jin, but Mori Hui was awesome in his own way and I hope that this short inspires people to write more Mori Hui fanfiction. I'd love to hear what you think of this in the comments, and if you think you want to do something involving Mori Hui, all I can say is please, please, oh please do it.