Lemon Warning. Lemon Warning.
You have been warned.
~NRK~
To say the world had flipped on its head a bit would be an understatement.
"SIR?! SIR?! What's your current trajectory within the Hunters Guild?!"
"Mr. Uchiha, is this going to cause any friction between you and the similarly-name-structured Japanese?!"
"As the newest S-Rank, sir, are you planning anything for the immediate future?!"
Obito's eyebrow began to tremble at the reporters outside the Hunters Field, the only thing keeping him from them was a fence.
"I… Don't think it's a good idea to go that way," Obito said slowly as he turned to the amused others. "Let's just jump, please."
They followed-up on his plea in an instant, forms shooting atop the fence before jumping high into the sky away from the chasing press.
"Hahaha! This is familiar!" Liu grinned as he turned upside-down mid-flight, Jin-Woo chuckling as he carried Jin-Ho under his arm.
"T-This is the world only the strong see!" The heir declared with a look of awe as they kept going past buildings and streets at high-speed.
"I've got something planned for three days from now!" Obito shouted over the passing winds, Gina grinning as he did. "I'm going to be doing a lot of shopping in the coming days!" He said as Jin-Ah snickered from his back, the young woman carried piggy-back style.
"I wonder what it'll be?!" She asked out loud.
"Heh, you'll see!" Gina chuckled as they finally landed. "For now, let's eat!" She declared as they saw the restaurant ahead. "I've been wanting some steak!"
~NRK~
They raised a brow at Obito's suddenly-insane metabolism.
The man finished his last large steak, the last of five, and drank a heaping amount of water with a sigh once he slammed his large empty glass jug down.
"Dammit, I was so damn hungry," the Uchiha explained as Soo-Hyun shot him a look of envy.
"T-That's not fair!" She hid her stomach from the chuckling man. "Where'd it go?!"
"Into his stomach!" Liu declared happily, the man putting down his own four plates. "Ah, usually, he's matched with me when he's really hungry, I guess that fight took more than even everything."
"It did, you don't understand," Obito grumbled with a bashful clearing of his throat as he flagged down a waiter. "Let me get one last steak and order of salad," he requested as the gawking man nodded weakly, stumbling away with a look of horror. "I may have hurt someone with that request alone."
Hee-Jin's head tilted the oddest amount as Song-Yi giggled.
"Shuushuu is seriously 'amazing'," she grinned jokingly. "I mean, man, he's a machine right now."
"... Hyung's appetite is certainly surprising," Jong-In said after a moment of blank thought. "O-Obito, I… What?"
"I'm going to be honest, I don't fully understand it, myself, but I'm sure it's because of how far that fight pushed my limits," Obito explained as Jin-Woo raised a brow, three large plates matching him with Yoon-Ho. "I'm just glad that chapter is over and we'll be returning to a familiar page in some time," he smirked as the Sung siblings nodded rapidly.
"I-I didn't think dad would come out like that!" Jin-Ah said, looking excited and yet anxious. "I-I wonder what he dealt with in the Gate he got lost in. Maybe he found something cool?"
"He seems to be just fine from what America's CIA could tell but I'm also curious about what's changed, if he even has, or if Il-Hwan saw more about Gates than any person known to mankind."
"You said he's been trapped for over 10 years, right?" Yoon-Ho asked as he, too, flagged down another steak. "But he's been moving all this time?"
"Yes… To be perfectly honest, there was a time where he'd gone still, it was curious, it was like he went 'up'," Obito said with a hum. "I don't know for sure but I believe that he had to have gone through another dungeon, perhaps. It's hard to say what could have presented this phenomenon."
"Actually, now I'm curious, how strong was your bro-in-law?" Gina asked as she polished off her steak-y stew. "You never really talked on that."
"... It's been a long time, to be fair, but I have locked in memories of a Gate we went into with a large group of people. I'm sure it was B-, or A-, Rank at the time. It'd been during a trip I'd made here in the beginning of it all. I'd been worried sick, you understand, so I came here to check on Kyung and her family. After being sure about everything, we checked out some Gates near the old Sung home with other, not named at the time, Hunters."
"That's so weird to think about," Hae-In said with a curious look. "A time before this was all organized, it had to be chaos, wasn't it?"
"Like you wouldn't believe," Obito shook his head. "Most, actually all, of us know what an A-Rank Gate looks like now. Can you all imagine not having the equipment to handle monsters besides crazy superpowers? It was a damn mess before I took charge and Il-Hwan worked as our 'enforcer' of good manners. From there, we mapped out the Gate, learned that normal electronics didn't work, and saw crazy things. Honestly?" The man's eyes narrowed a bit. "It was a little bit odd now that I think about it. There were odd trails of mana, as we were learning how to sense at the time, that led to a portion of the Gate that looked like an odd exit."
"Wait, what?" Jin-Woo blinked. "An exit to the dungeon?" That didn't make sense. "Are you sure you didn't loop back around?"
"That's what we thought, at first, but then we backtracked with my magic and found that these two spots were, in fact, different. There was another Gate inside of that Gate, at least, we'd assumed so."
The others looked surprised but none more so than Jin-Woo and Joo-Hee, both flinching at this… Horrid idea.
"A-And you didn't go in, r-right?" The Healer Adept asked almost pleadingly and sighed in silent relief at Obito's shake of the head.
"Even with us not being 'organized', you all, we had common sense, one of the most powerful things in a dungeon," Obito declared as the S-Ranks snorted, Jin-Woo included. "What kind of crazy things were we getting into? That was a thought that kept us away from it. Trust me, we just left after that and let the military handle it."
"Oh, man, the military?" Gina looked concerned. "That couldn't have ended well."
"Yes, the news the following day hadn't been pretty. People grew scared, terrified even, and there were already dungeon breaks, of course there were, no one knew about the time limits."
"Yikes," Soo-Hyun winced at that concept. "T-That'd be unprecedented destruction… Actually, thinking about it…" She paled. "I-I do remember that some cities got wiped off the map due to 'magic' as generally described as that is."
"I was only 13 at that time," Jin-Woo closed his eyes. "I can't imagine being near one of those when I wasn't Awakened," he frowned. 'That must have been a nightmare,' he thought softly.
"I was still in Busan," Joo-Hee muttered. "We were lucky, there weren't many near where my family lived."
"It was likely a bad situation all around," Jong-In nodded. "Thankfully, the Hunters Association as an organization had been established around that time. It was maybe a year later I started our Guild. After getting designated 'S-Rank'," he looked down at his food in thought. "I'd gained a following, you see, but I was never really prepared to take on the duties of a Guild Master, not yet, not alone," he smiled.
"He found me around the same year I moved to Korea," Obito chuckled as Jin-Woo's jaw dropped. "It's true, you knew I started working near the end of the year and Jong-In provided the opportunity to have me as an advisor. As we brought in more, Gina joined not even two months later before we solidified our teams, our plans, actions, and procedures. Hell, sometimes, I'm not even sure when the whole Guild Rankings became a thing and we were basically at the top."
"It was interesting being scouted," Hae-In giggled as Jong-In wore a proud look. "I think what won me over the most was his words on finding 'freedom' in our Guild. That… That was honestly the most important thing for me," she admitted as Joo-Hee blinked.
"How so?" She asked.
"It's just… You'll be surprised to know but I didn't start life so freely. I was going job to job just trying to find something that stuck."
"Really?" Gina blinked in surprise as the Fighter nodded.
"I just… I guess you could say I took life for granted," Hae-In noted. "I did so many things, I got into the heads of a lot of jobs that made me learn more and more about what I wanted. By the end? I just wanted to live my life worth something," Song-Yi's eyes widened. "I wanted my best attributes to be used to the fullest and then I Awakened. I Awakened and had never felt more relieved."
"Huh, I've never seen it from that side," Jin-Woo said. "I just wanted to protect my family and help uncle not have to take on the bills. I didn't really want much more and then I learned where my powers truly lied. Nowadays, it's really just exploiting my abilities and seeing how far I can go while ensuring things at home are going well," he explained as Obito nodded. "And now, my sister's Awakened, my mom's in an Eternal Slumber, my dad came back, and my uncle is the S-Rank in our family, life took a lot of sudden turns."
"That's crazy," Ki-Hoon said as his friend nodded. "I… I just lived in an apparel shop but never had a knack for it. Liked finding stuff, lots of weird stuff, and hearing the sounds they made. Heh, I guess you can say, I just wanted to find more interesting things."
"It's honestly not the worst thing, a fellow S-Rank I know, Min Byung-Gyu, retired early and is living a normal life," Yoon-Ho said, getting curious looks and nods all around. "Honestly, I've thought about it, sometimes, what life would be like if Gates ended tomorrow. I think I'd be running my own firm, I like to 'fight' things, it's part of who I am, and fighting injustice sounds right."
"And why haven't you opened up your own yet?" Jong-In asked as he drank some liquor that'd just arrived.
"I'd ask why you're not still a rich kid."
"Hmm… I suppose that's fair. In all honesty, we do have other businesses under our banner, it was a part of our 'rise', but we didn't make anything. We're just partial owners."
"Mm…" Obito drank some of his own as the others followed suit.
All of them, Song-Yi & Jin-Ah included.
"K-Kaugh! Kaugh! How do you like that stuff!?" The youngest Sung wheezed as her brother smirked.
"I've considered opening up a hot spring in Seoul before," Obito said, gaining some curious eyes. "Likely, the people or Hunters would prefer a nice spot to relax fully, it's been a thought. I'd like to sit in hot water and just rest against the side of a stone-bordered pool."
"Oh, sounds fancy," Gina chuckled. "Never had any big dreams or anything, I just followed what I felt was right."
"Same!" Cheung agreed.
Liu snickered.
~Lemon Warning: XXX~
To say things had gone on into the evening wouldn't be wrong.
Obito chuckled drunkenly as he and Gina entered their hotel room at the farthest end of the hotel floor.
With most of the group lacking the ability to make any real kind of walk after the drinking they'd done, Jong-In, alcoholic-extraordinaire, had enough energy and sobriety within him to grab them multiple hotel rooms as Mr. Ahn had gone back to draw up 'plans' that had, at the time, Obiot rolling his eyes.
Now, with the whole group having basically the near-top freaking floor to themselves, they'd parted in pairs or trios that had to have been accidental.
Or, really, Obito might have thought so if his mind wasn't inhibited by alcohol.
He chuckled in a slightly deranged manner, head slipping back and knocking the door closed.
Gina laughed at him, leaning on his chest with a sort of crooked grin that had him laughing in his own delirious state.
"Y-YA KNO?!" She grinned as they stumbled to the bed. "W-WE sh'uld totes be having wicked awesomeness right HERE!" Gina slurred with a grin and a cheer, arms up high.
She released a squeaked as Obito leaned down and kissed her cheek, her hands twitching where they were before coming down like a level onto his shoulders.
Obito kept kissing her cheek and she laughed before her hands slammed into his cheeks.
Their lips made the most intense music as they licked at one another's tongues and pressed their lips together in a slick kiss.
"Mmmm~," Gina giggled, surprise surprise, drunkenly as they fell forward before coming to a halt halfway thanks to a red haze of telekinesis. "W-We gots to do the clothes thing."
Obito's face found her neck and she squealed, legs kicking up around his waist before locking around it.
The man sucked on her throat and she quivered, hips bucking up as the man's hands slid up her sides and then grasped her hips.
He ground against her and his fellow mix-breed moaned, the feeling of her warm crotch raising his own 'heat'.
"D'mn it," Obito hissed against her neck, his hands sliding around powerful hips and grasping the firm rear at the back, Gina's squirms satisfying in ways that normal affection couldn't compare to.
"Mm, y-you're just grabby," she hissed into his ear as Obito's hips pressed against hers and she moaned again. "You, cocky bastard," Gina pressed her hips up with her leg lock as Obito growled in her ear, the man's need to buck restrained as she grinned against him.
"You're… Hm!" He grunted as she shifted her hips and pressed against his restrained lust. "You beautiful woman!"
Gina released a gasp as her hands snapped up before being tied up by powerful magic, Obito's upper-half coming up so he smirk at her red-faced realization.
"H-Hey, baby-!" Gina's back arched as Obito's hands grasped her covered breast, the man's thumbs rubbing her perky peaks. "?!" She bucked in futility, the feeling of powerful restraints around her thighs alarming her. "L-Love, please, no teasing!"
Obito's head came down before pressing against hers.
Their tongues found one another before pressing together heatedly, the man's positioning, his powers, his control over her giving his tongue the leverage to press hers back into her mouth where he laid his claim.
Their breaths intertwined in that hot mix of saliva, air, and lust, the S-Rank Mage pressing against her powerfully.
They parted, gasping for breath as their bodies reached hot crescendos.
"I-I wanna take it all off," she told him, the man's eyes narrowing at her. "... O-Obito, I swear to God-"
His right hand pulled back as he grinned.
It turned and clenched.
Her mantle & Spirit Sash fell off, her boots slipping off like they'd been lathered in oil while her corset portion of his qipao came loose.
Gina's eyes clenched shut as Obito hands gripped her ass possessively, the man massaging the plump muscle before his fingers would curl around and 'slip up' to tease her.
"M-Mmmm," she moaned as her qipao loosened further and fell down to her waist, leaving her in a black tube top that barely contained her excited nubs.
Obito kissed her and she gave in immediately, the man's body pressing against hers allowing the A-Rank to moan at his tightness.
"Y-You-Mmm," he silenced her with his lips, the blonde's tongue lashing out and being 'reprimanded' in a wicked display of dexterity.
They parted again, Obito's hands massaging her barely-covered breasts before the man shed his haori, the article of clothing dispersing into thread like his pants, vambraces, and boots, the act of control not really hitting him at the moment.
Standing there in some painfully tight boxer-briefs, Gina's hazy eyes looked down to see 'him' before they came into focus, her face breaking out into a red frenzy.
"W-What the hell is that g-going to do?" She tried to act coy about it as the man shot her a look, a sort of smug expression that told her she was going to 'suffer' for that 'joke'. "Baby… Fuck me up."
Obito was against her again, his lips to his fiance's and his hands groping her body for every bit of possessive purchase before they reached her hips.
The fingers looped around something before diving in, Gina's body arching as she tried to speak before being silenced by her fiance's powerful tongue, the man's fingers circling her sex's lips.
They kept on caressing the edge before sliding deeper and deeper before a pair teased the entrance.
Obito's eyes narrowed as Gina's body kept bucking in his grasp, the man releasing her lips as his hazy-eyed wife-to-be kept gasping and trying to lock her legs around his arm.
She clenched it between her plump thighs as Obito allowed his fingers to plunge inside.
"?!" She released a scream that barely contained itself, her mind coming and going in the midst of her thigh-clenching climax.
As he watched her legs keep twitching, his drenched fingers playing with her flower as she kept going, Obito looked down and locked onto a pair of mounds.
Gina released several gasps, body dripping with sweat from her climax. "F-Fuck," she moaned as Obito kissed her one more time. "I-"
He dipped down as she screamed without remorse, the man's suckles on her right teat sending her mind into the gutter again.
Obtio licked at the hardened but sweet nub, his eyes watching Gina's facial expression before sucking some more and gaining a face of pure ecstasy for his reward, the man's crotch growing more erect by the second as let go with a single hard lick that sent a quake down his lover's spine.
Having her gasping in his arms, Obito smirked at Gina's struggling grin, the woman's eyes trembling as he nodded.
Then, her body 'clenched' as he turned her over mid-air, her tied-up wrists pressed against the walls.
Gina moaned into her wrists, the feeling of Obito's body restrained cock pressing between her lower mounds sending a jolt of excitement up her spine before she kept gasping as he grasped her breasts from behind and pinched the nipples while grinding his hips to hers.
The feeling roused more heat to fill her core, Gina gasping and moaning Obito's hip grinding got a bit more rough, the humping coming to the point that he held one of her breasts and pressed against her crotch with his other hand.
The aggressive humps reached a new level, Gina releasing a muffled gasp as Obito's non-breast-grabbing hand slid around to her rear as he let up on her hips.
Then, that hand lifted her draped-over-her-ass qipao to reached to black panties beneath it.
"Obito?!~" Her moan rang out as the man's fingers pushed aside the panties' thing 'strip' to tease her pussy again. "Mmm~!"
Obito grunted before his mind thrummed.
Gina's mouth was covered by his right hand as her back arched.
Obito's bare cock slid between her quivering thighs, right below her dripping sex and rubbing at the sensitive lips.
The Mage woman kept gasping against his solid grip as Obito's other hand cupped her left breast.
He dragged his cock back and her hips kept trying to push back against his, begging for it.
He then slid it back through, the friction sending another pleasurable shock throughout her core.
Obito bit the side of her neck as he pressed flush against her, the feeling of rising excitement only exacerbated by his repeating slide out and then back in.
He kept going before Gina's thighs tightened to the point that Obito just couldn't move.
They climaxed not even a second later, the feeling of release while so 'close' sending a throbbing feeling throughout their bodies.
The two Mages kept gasping in unison, the man's hand releasing his fiance's mouth before his arms wrapped around her waist.
They stood there for a moment, breathing coming under control before Gina released a small moan as she was removed from the wall and then lifted up in Obito's arms.
"M-Mmm?" She cooed against his neck as the Uchiha brought her to the bed. "L-Love?" Gina burned even as she released more hot breath against his neck. "I need you. I need you SO MUCH right now."
Obito's ears rang with the want, the need, of his fia-his fucking WIFE.
The man's dick stood up at full-strength as he looked down at his wide-, bright-, eyed wife.
Standing by the bed, Obito's eyes gained a powerful red glow.
Gina's body throbbed at the tightening of her wrist's binds before she found her body thrust into the bed with a powerful figure looming over her.
His cock stood erect above her aching sex, the sight of that thick 'blunt' instrument causing the Mage woman's breasts to perk up and her eyes to dilate.
Obito took a deep breath.
And ravaged his wife.
Gina hadn't prepared for the sudden, aggressive, thrust that buried the man's cock inside of her, the feeling caused something to 'burst' before her back was arching.
Obito pressed down on her forearms and pressed into his woman so powerfully, Gina released a startled scream as he spread her legs more.
"W-Wait-!" He rocked his hips as she released a scream.
Being pressed down, a cock buried inside of her, and the feeling of love sent Gina over the edge.
Obito rocked his hips some more through her climax before powerful thread binds replaced his hands as he gripped her waist.
Gina's his thrust as he slid out before thrusting inside again, the feeling of the drag and push causing the woman's thighs to tremble in that powerful 'accepting' position.
The bed rocked as the man leaned up and repeated his thrusts, those accepting legs locking around his thighs as he kept his torso pushed up with his hands on the bed.
But he didn't stop, each aggressive thrust came with another accompanying scream.
Each roll of his hips sent burrowed his member further into snug confines that came with a pair of trembling breasts and a quaking Gina.
He sucked on one of those bouncing breasts and his wife-to-be released garbled English, Obito's mouth 'popping' off the teat before he was continuing his thrusts.
There was a creak as he got close to his next climax.
So, he sat down, grasped her thighs, and thrust his hips up for all he was worth.
Gina's mouth barely contained her own climaxing scream, the woman's hips trying to pressed as flush with his as possible.
And so Obito came, the man's hot seed filling her snug confines and coating her 'lower world' with him and his essence, the feeling of the man's cum filling her womb was an indescribable feeling that made her so aware of her… Of their bodies and the connection between them.
Obito's cocked engorged and throbbed as it released more and more of his seed while her hips twitched every so often as she accepted all of it.
Every last bit, not a hint went to waste.
By the end of their shared finishes, Obito released a hot breath that had him lightening up his grasp on Gina's thighs.
The woman's coos and moans had him chuckling weakly, the alcohol a mere buzz at the back of his mind as they fell into that moment. The connection, the emotions, and the impregnating act all coming together into one point.
Obito grunted as he leaned forward before his thread responded to his call, his hands around Gina's waist.
The woman moaned into his chest as he brought her into his lap, the man chuckling as he kissed her forehead.
"Mmmm…" She moaned again but lifted her head to look him in the eyes. "..."
Their lips met, her binded arms looping around his neck as he hugged her close.
The feeling warmed their bodies as they chuckled in unison, his formerly-dazed lover letting out a powerful shudder.
"I-I swear, if t-that didn't do it," Gina groaned, legs throbbing. "Damn it all, w-we'd have to do that a few more times right now to be sure-"
Obito kissed her roughly, the man's active tongue leaving her struggling to keep up after being interrupted so rudely.
He licked at her tongue as she moaned, the two slimy muscles trying their damndest to coil together as he deepened the kiss again.
Gina was left pretty freaking tongue-tied.
As they parted, Obito smiled as released her binds, the woman groaning at him as he pushed her down, her arms falling at the sides of her head.
"Rude," she told him as he chuckled.
"I am but we want to be really sure, don't we?" He whispered into her ear, Obito pressing down on her. "Turn around."
Gina's body reddened at the order but excited limbs did as told.
Before Obito mounted her, his hands slamming down on the sides of her own as he rocked his hips and Gina covered her mouth in desperation, the loud moan trying to come out rumbling in her chest.
Obito adjusted himself, his hilted member shifting out of Gina only for a moment as he grabbed her hips.
The woman slammed her face into the bed, arms tucking her head down as he pounded her to kingdom come, each one of the older Mage's powerful thrusts sending her mind elsewhere.
Then, the man growled before pulling her upper-half up, one of his arms locking around her waist.
"O-Obito, wait?!"
He didn't, the S-Rank Mage leaning forward some with her in his hold before he kept pounding into the struggling-to-speak Gina, his wife releasing hot moans that he pursued.
That he kept going as his biceps pressed into her sides and his hands came down to grasp her inner-thighs.
Gina screamed bloody murder as his thrusts kept hitting all the way inside, the new position leaving her victim to man's powerful thrusts as he kept churning her insides like smooth butter.
Her pussy tightened around him yet the man's thrusts were too strong, her velvety walls' powerful grip being powered-through, the man's cock violating her insides without hesitation nor care.
He made her his, all the way up to the womb.
Obito tightened his hold on his wife, their bodies pressed together.
And Gina's eyes rolled as he released all of his seed into her a second time that night, the feeling of being thoroughly violated, the feeling of her throbbing, hot, walls being coated sending her into her last climax.
Obito released a hot sigh into her neck as he held Gina close, keeping the both of them in that position of dominance as everything down below resolved itself.
When there was a shudder, they dropped to the side.
Feeling the slightly wet, and heavy, 'creak' of the bed snapped Gina out of her sexually-barraged daze, the blonde moaning into Obito's bicep as her pillow.
"Y-You're a bastard, you know that?" She burned up, stuffing her face into it as Obito held her close and she leaned into it. "W-What the hell was all of that? T-That last one was crazy!" Gina gawked as Obito chuckled embarrassedly.
"I just went with the flow, alright? I wanted to get as far up inside of you as possible and turn that into a pleasurable experience," Obito smirked into her hair as his woman burned up. "Heh, I can tell you enjoyed it as well, no?" He smirked.
She looked over her shoulder and shot him a pout he smiled at, the man holding her close and throwing a 'thread blanket' over them.
"A gentleman, now, ay?"
"Just for you."
She snorted before laying down completely, body mostly relaxed save for that 'one part'.
Gina moaned as he slowly pulled out, cheeks coloring once more. "I-I'm not saying 'yes' to anything right now," she told him as Obito wrapped his arms around her, naked form pressed against her. "How am I still horny?!"
"To be fair," he kissed the top of her hair, feeling sheepish. "This is literally the first time we've had sex."
"I mean… Yeah."
~Lemon End~
Cheol gasped for a breath of air as he laid in bed with Hee-Jin, the young woman looking red in the face and pleased.
'What the hell is she!?' The Tank thought with a sort of drained stamina he'd never experienced before! "I feel confused," Cheol said nervously as Hee-Jin looked sheepish.
"I-It's little matter, you just need to get used to it! We can't lose to those two, Mr. Cheol, prepare for another round!"
The man groaned.
~NRK~
"Ah… I've made a mistake," Soo-Hyun realized with a twitching brow as Liu Zhigang folded his arms behind his head, looking curiously at the wall beside them in all his naked glory. "I… I-I can't say that it's not expected but wow did we choose the wrong room," she burned at a particular scream that had her scrunching up in her sheets.
The Chinese man grinned. "Wanna see if we could beat them?"
"Are you sane?"
"Is that a 'no'?"
~NRK~
Jong-In was glad to have chosen the farthest room from his mentor's.
The fact he could still barely hear them was honestly embarrassingly impressive.
"I'm a smart man," Jong-In said with a nervous smile. "But a smarter man would have chosen to get a room on another floor."
"I-I think this is as good as it'll get," Hae-In said with a completely red face, sitting up from the floor. "W-What's going on d-down there?"
The redhead's face went blank.
"The creation of a lineage."
~NRK~
Jin-Woo screamed into his pillow, his lack of being drunk being his 'downfall' as he laid on one half of the bed he and Joo-Hee had occupied.
With the carrot top asleep, thank God, he was the only one left to suffer as he had.
"Why RIGHT NOW!?" He groaned into his comfy bed, eyebrow twitching as his cheeks burned-Was the wall SHAKING AGAIN?!
He slammed his face repeatedly into the pillow.
~NRK~
Yoon-Ho cleared his throat as he laid there, naked as the day he was born, with a blushing Dae on his chest in a similar amount of nakedness.
"I…" He began slowly, looking flustered as she faced away from him. "... Let's just go to sleep."
~NRK~
The following morning, Obito raised a brow as he reformed his haori after an early venture to find the hotel's laundry rooms.
Gina stood beside him, radiant, as she rubbed the back of her head with a glowing expression. "... They all heard that, didn't they?" She asked him with a slump, cleanly folded, ironed, and treated attire sitting on her embarrassed body. "Oh my God."
"Sadly, we'll have to live with it," Obito chuckled bashfully before finding a white top in his spatial pocket. "On the upside, whether you're pregnant or not is a win-win for us," he smirked as she colored before chuckling.
"You're a big perv, aintcha?"
"Only with you."
"Yeah, yeah, let's just go out there and see who heard what."
Opening their door, they peeked outside.
"Everyone seems to still be in their rooms," Obito noted as Gina nodded before tilting her head.
"Weird… Jin-Ah, Jin-Ho, and Song-Yi are in one room," she noted in disbelief. "... Uh, should we be worried about that?"
"... We'll just peek in."
Going over to the door, Obito worked his literal magic and opened the door silently, the lack of noise inside urging them forward.
And when they opened it and looked inside? Well.
Obito sweatdropped as Gina chuckled weakly.
At the three currently dead asleep around what had to be a board game with a DVD on a nearby TV showing the selection screen.
With Jin-Ho dead asleep in Jin-Ah's lap and Song-Yi asleep on her folded arms on the floor beside them, it was a rather amusing scene that had the adults' phones out and taking a pair of pictures before they left.
Waiting a bit more, they chuckled in unison.
"I don't think they were aware enough to even know what was happening," Gina grinned as Obito looked more amused. "Alright, well-Someone's moving already," she realized, perking up as their heads turned to an opening door.
And finding a tired-looking Cheol coming out of it, the older man looking drained but accomplished in a gray dress shirt and black pants.
Finding the two, he wore a dazed look before nodding to him and giving them a thumbs-up.
"Thanks," was all he said before walking past and going down the stairwell. "Dammit, she was a scratcher," the man muttered as he descended.
Both Mages looked confused. "What?" Looking at one another, they blinked in confusion.
"... I suppose we helped?" Obito said unsurely.
"I think we should just get breakfast," Gina said with a head-scratch before she colored a bit at her growling stomach.
"God, your body is greedy-"
"Quiet, you!"
~NRK~
It took thirty minutes for the others to come down to join the three oldest Hunters of their entourage.
And, honestly, the turnout had been decent, at least.
Soo-Hyun facepalmed with red cheeks as Liu shot Obito a grinning thumbs-up.
Jong-In adjusted his glasses with an apathetic expression that didn't face him.
"My planning could have used a few tweaks," he muttered as Hae-In's crimson face didn't look at anyone.
'I-I'm pretty sure more people were doing it l-last night!' Who?! She'd been too drunk to remember!
Yoon-Ho cleared his throat as Galdae-In burned up with a closeness that surprised them.
Finally, Hee-Jin looked like she'd 'gotten' something that had her grinning.
Jin-Woo, noting the specific ones, ran his hands down his horrified poker face. 'A-All of them?!' His eyebrows trembled as Joo-Hee yawned from beside him, the youngest trio of their group looking foggy-eyed.
"W-What happened?" Jin-Ho asked before groaning. "S-Stupid hangovers," he whined as Jin-Ah blinked, clearing the sleep away.
"Huh? Hangovers?" She tilted her head.
"Not fair."
"Hmm."
She grabbed both his and the asleep-on-her-feet Song-Yi's shoulders before 'zapping' them with some healing energy.
They jumped up, awake. "W-Whoa?!" Jin-Ho said in awe, looking startled. "T-That's amazing!" He said with shiny eyes as Jin-Ah looked away with a sheepish proud smile and red cheeks.
~NRK~
The exiting of the hotel… Well.
Obito's arm came up to ignore the gaggle of people who'd apparently been waiting for him to come out.
"Dammit. I hope this won't get in the way in a couple days," Obito muttered. "Speaking of, Yoon-Ho, is your Guild fine with an outing?"
~NRK~
Obito nodded to Gun-Hee an hour later, back in his professional clothes as he shook hands with the Chairman.
"I'm glad things worked out for the best," the older man said kindly as Obito nodded. "All things considered, you've now increased Korea's number of S-Ranks and shown you have great power… Power that will likely be needed, one day."
"I'll be here, I want to protect my home and family," the younger man nodded before they released one another's hands and sat down. "So, what matters do we both have to discuss this morning?"
"For one, your contract."
The Chairman looked around for something in a drawer before perking up and looking at the one below it.
He chuckled as he found a large manilla envelope and gently placed it down. "That, Hunter Uchiha, is the contract I, Jin-Chul, and Thomas Andre came up with," he explained, surprising the mix-breed.
"Why did he even get involved? I don't understand what he hopes to gain," Obito said, confused, as he looked at the envelope. "... Hmph."
Taking it and sliding the three pieces of paper out of it, he looked over the first.
"My Designation as an S-Rank in writing, that makes sense," the Mage noted as he read both his rank's official description, his Gate preferences, and then his benefits. "... I can choose to own a free piece of land and a 15-billion won building?"
"S-Ranks have a lot of leeway. That's purely for if you decide to build a home, further your Guild's room, or don't do anything. It's part of your package and contract."
Obito nodded as he read the rest and hummed before switching to the next page. "... Hmph, 12.05 billion won for a yearly paycheck, that seems so impossible in paper form," he noted as Gun-Hee folded his hands together with a nod. "And is the amount Hwang Dong-Su used to get before he left."
"An S-Rank can truly change the world around us. Our countries, our people, our safety is usually denoted by those same individuals who live here," Gun-Hee smiled sadly. "It's an unfortunate side effect of the Gates but they are a danger with never-ending possibilities. That said, Gates have, morbidly, not only enhanced the economies of most countries but there are more jobs than ever before, Hunter Obito, that's the shift in the life of all people."
"I understand," Obito said as he nodded to the paperwork before noting the last piece. "Right, there was a third-" He'd brought it to the forefront of the others.
And felt his eyes widen at the Monitoring Division contract.
"... Chairman," the Mage considered the wording before closing his eyes. "Is the difference between the Associations and guilds so vast?"
"You're a smart man," Gun-Hee groaned a bit as he truly leaned back in his seat. "Hunter… Obito, you seem aware, very much so, that the power dynamics of our country, of all countries, are rather… Evenly matched."
"Between Guilds with S-Ranks that could easily destroy a country in a week's time," Obito put it into words. "And the military/government/Association's power to bring about enough powerful beings to fight back, it's a struggle no one could possibly think about, not those with no political merit."
"Ah, yes, your ability to truly grasp things, that's what made you so interesting," the old man chuckled. "You're right, very much so, I wasn't wrong earlier but those words hold so much more weight. We're not in a situation where S-Ranks, Obito, will eventually even NEED to listen to us. There's nothing on our side or, really, the leverage is slipping away in huge amounts."
"I guess me coming into the limelight is more of an issue."
"To use the word 'issue', you're quite jaded."
"A lot so but I'm not a hopeless pessimist, I just know better."
Gun-Hee nodded. "You're right, most people should learn how to read between the lines. That contract, Obito, is there because I believe that you could offer both sides a powerful connection," he explained. "This sounds cold, very much so, but you've powerful bonds with numerous S-Ranks and powerful Hunters, you hold a strength that they respect above all else especially now. You're a name that other countries have already sent missives for," he pulled out a series of folders-
"Sir, please," Obito stopped him. "Put those away and tell them I'll be staying in Korea."
Gun-Hee's shoulders relaxed a decent amount as he placed those items back in the drawer. "I'm glad, once more. I… Even with the other countries, Obito, we need deterrents. Right now, the only thing I can say is that the Association will most definitely end up a simple administrative office after I've passed and Jin-Chul is challenged by such powerful individuals."
"We need governmental deterrents in so many ways…" The younger man collected all three into one. "... You know my situation," Obito told him as Gun-Hee nodded.
"Despite my words, this is more of a hopeful formality than anything else. You are with us, you are one who loves your country, asking for more might just be me being paranoid."
"I don't think so. I think you're just saddled with not only great power," Obito stressed as Gun-Hee raised a brow in interest. "But responsibility. As you said, S-Ranks basically run this country, S-Rank Hunter Go Gun-Hee," he smiled as the old man wore a somber smile and nodded. "And you're a man who seeks the best solution, truly, your position isn't envious… But I know more than anyone about wanting to protect his people. I need to move forward, you understand, with that in mind."
"I understand, I do, but is there any way to reside with us and commit to those you protect?"
Obito's eyes slowly widened at that, his mind burning with ideas. "... I need to ensure two things outside of this office first and foremost," Obito began as he locked eyes with the surprised Gun-Hee. "But before that, tell me, sir, how lenient is the Association's 'monitoring' job?"
~NRK~
A mere twenty minutes later, Obito smiled alongside not just Jin-Ah but Song-Yi, Joo-Hee, Jin-Woo, Gina, and Jin-Ho all in their usual attire.
"S-Sir, I don't know how this would work," the heir said, confused. "I mean, all things considered, I'm sure I'm stronger thanks to you but not so much that this matters."
"You never know, Jin-Ho, it doesn't hurt to see," Obito told them. "Besides, three days after this, I'm going to be upping all your training by using the method I used with Jin-Woo when he was starting out."
"Wait, you've got a super-training method?!" Song-Yi asked, alarmed. "Why didn't we do that earlier?!"
"One, you wouldn't have believed it," Jin-Woo smirked as she blushed before looking sheepish. "Two, we honestly didn't have the time, to be fair. Now, we do."
"... That's fair."
"Alright, due to my new Rank, I could lock-in a 'block' for you guys," Obito said as he led them inside, Jin-Chul bowing to them as he integrated himself into their walking group. "Jin-Chul."
"Sir," the A-Rank said as Obito wore a nervous smile. "It's simple manners, Hunter Uchiha."
"I feel extremely awkward."
Helping lead them to a large department composed of tan walls and pale tan-colored floors, they nodded to a large black orb at the center of the room held above a metal platform seated by large consoles where a pair of suited individuals monitored some computers.
"Ah, welcome, sir!" The woman there smiled as her male partner smirked, her embarrassment shining through. "I-I'm new but, please, use our facilities to their utmost!"
"She's a good egg, her monitoring skills have been top-notch for a while," the male said as his new partner muttered something. "So, we have S-Rank Hunter Uchiha Obito, Ms. Sung Jin-Ah, E-Rank Hunter Han Song-Yi, B-Rank Hunter Lee Joo-Hee, and D-Rank Hunter Yoo Jin-Ho, was that all?" The man asked, looking at Gina and then Jin-Woo. 'Wait, isn't he that E-Rank man from earlier this year?' Huh, looking at him now, the man assumed he'd hit a growth spurt.
He looked, and oddly felt, completely different compared to the first time.
How curious.
"Yes, that's all," Gina said as she and Jin-Woo stood back as the five walked forward.
"Alright, Hunter Uchiha, could you go first?"
Obito nodded as he stepped before that black orb. 'Honestly, it's been seven years since I've seen this thing,' he wondered how much, or how little, his body had changed.
Especially because of Cerberus's energy's assimilation.
"So, this works by just putting our hands in, right?" Jin-Ah asked, looking intrigued.
"Yes, it's usually a determined number they don't show us," Joo-Hee noted embarrassedly as Jin-Woo cupped his chin.
"I wonder… Should we have held Jin-Ah back?" He asked in a whisper as Gina crossed her arms. "And what about you, noona? Will you get re-evaluated?"
Gina tilted her head in thought. "I considered it, you know?" She told him. "But I'm not sure if that'd be a good idea, right now. Your powers are yours, Woo, and three S-Ranks popping up in your family would be kinda…"
"Hmm, I wouldn't care, I'd be happy that you guys are stronger and safe."
"Saying 'safe' might be a bit much but what about you?"
Back with Obito, the man raised his hand before holding it to the machine.
"Alright, we'll be starting the measuring now," the man said as he activated the program. 'I wonder what it'll say?'
As Obito watched the device glow, a spiraling, shimmering, energy coiled up to the top.
"Hmm," the male attendant turned a knob up. 'It's not reading everything?' These machines were particular.
The reason that re-evaluations were even a thing was because their technology got better and could find bits of 'potential' within Hunters with each upgrade in rare cases.
"Just an adjustment…" He widened the frequency a bit but frowned further. 'There's something weird about this,' there, on the screen.
The monitor did read 'B' in magical power readings, which was still less impressive than the man's victory from the day before but it was interesting.
So, why did the sync rate of their machine not match his completely? That was how these worked, they had a frequency that Hunters could be matched to and it gave them numbers, levels, gauges to their strength.
So, why was the sync rate at 60%?
"... Well, sir, your levels show you're a B-Rank in energy though we know your Skills have taken you beyond that," the male attendant said with a sheepish smile. "Sorry, I just had to adjust some things," his eyes locked onto Obito's form. 'I wonder if this is the reason he asked the Chairman to keep this evaluation private…' He guessed so.
"Alright, that's fine," Obito chuckled as he stepped back and allowed Song-Yi to go up next, the young woman swallowing nervously as she raised her hand. "It's fine, it won't mean anything if you're still 'E', Song-Yi, I have my ways now."
Song-Yi perked up, eyes going to Obito in interest-
"Ah, D-Rank," the woman smiled for her, startling Song-Yi who jumped.
"SERIOUSLY!?"
"Huh… I wonder," Jin-Woo cupped his chin as Gina looked surprised. "I mean, we knew she was better than the usual E-Rank but I was, too, and I still registered as that Rank," he reminded her as she nodded with an interested look.
"So…?" Gina asked.
"I think… I think that, maybe, fighting my Shadows offers benefits."
The woman looked alarmed, her eyes snapping to the awed Song-Yi. "... If that's true."
"If that's true, yep."
"YES!" The young woman cheered as Obito chuckled. "I-I'm gonna get good, shuushuu!"
"You will," the man said as Jin-Ho came forward with a nervous look. "At ease, like I told her, it means nothing to be so worried, we'll help you."
"Y-Yeah, sir," the youngest man there nodded robotically as Song-Yi grinned while patting him on the back as she passed.
"We're now the same Rank!"
"Y-Yep! Yep, yep, yep!"
Jin-Ho held up his hand, eyes clenched shut as he touched the orb.
The attendants sweatdropped at the heir's clear fear. "He's certainly stressed," the woman said with a sheepish smile.
"It's what it is, this is usually a lot more terrifying for most," the man said as he matched the frequencies and nodded. "From our records, your magic level did rise, sir, putting you at the top of D-Rank compared to last time."
"R-Really?" Jin-Ho looked surprised before he lowered his hand. "I see… A-Alright! Keep on trying, Jin-Ho!" He said to himself as Obito pat his back.
"Indeed, you'll likely breach the next level with my upcoming training session," Obito smirked, confusing him as he led Jin-Ho away and allowed Joo-Hee to come up
"You got this," Jin-Woo encouraged his woman, the Healer Adept nodding with a focused look.
'I really wonder what seven levels did,' Joo-Hee thought as she raised her hand. 'Is it specific? Is it giving us a scale-?'
"A-Rank?" The woman looked shocked as Joo-Hee's jaw dropped while the male attendant looked amused and impressed.
"Madam, you've been working hard, I can tell, your magical energy is nearly… I-It's close to Jin-Chul's own at the top of A-Rank!"
Said man looked intrigued by this as Joo-Hee's body turned to stone, Jin-Woo's laughter echoing throughout the room. 'He keeps speaking about training to breach the next level?' Jin-Chul's eyes went to Obito-
And the Mage locked gaze with him, the two keeping their eyes trained one another before the Mage shrugged, mouthing the words 'Most likely' and leaving the Monitoring Division member's brow twitching.
'IS THAT POSSIBLE?'
It would seem that this S-Rank might have made their lives so much more convenient.
Jin-Ah smiled for Joo-Hee with the others, the blushing Healer shying away from their praise as Jin-Woo's grin greeted her.
Joo-Hee nearly fainted.
"And now you, Ms. Sung," the male attendant said with a hum. "Ideally, this is your first time so you might have more or less to give, just so you're aware," he added as his eyes trailed Obito's encouraging smile, the Mage's chat with his niece much to his fascination. 'What has he done, truly? Did he raise their magical levels somehow?' Was it due to the nature of his abilities? Most speculation around said his skills allowed powerful concepts that might change things.
The youngest Sung wore a determined look as she stepped forward, hand raised to the machine. 'I'll get better and better,' more than her brother's EXP grinding.
More than just training. Not just at healing.
Jin-Ah would just become better!
The two by the console looked up at the black sphere and its powerful glow before noting something odd.
"... H-Huh?" The woman blinked, utterly baffled by the sight on the screen. "What's this mean? 'Error'?" She muttered, tugging on her frozen colleague's sleeve. "Sir-?"
"You… H-How long have you been with us again?" He asked her in hushed breaths.
"E-Eh? Um, m-maybe six months?"
"You don't know what that reading means, do you?"
The woman grew anxious as she shook her head. "No…?"
The man swallowed nervously, his head mechanically turning to the curious group. "U-Uuhhhhhh," he began to drone in disbelief as Jin-Ah tilted her head.
Obito blinked before he snorted as Jin-Chul removed his shades.
"I-Impossible," he said. 'If I'm reading his reaction right…?!' This had just become impossibly huge.
"E-Erm, yes, s-she's a strong A-Rank!" The male attendant said weakly, his lie filling all the others' ears save Obito & Jin-Chul's own. 'WAS THIS WHY?!' His eyes went to Obito.
And caught the man's casual smirk as the attendant began to tremble in awe and yet horror.
"Good, very good," the S-Rank Mage smirked as he pat his niece's shoulder. "Welcome to the high-ranks," he chuckled as Jin-Ah grinned. "Come on," he gestured to the others.
"Alright-Actually, uncle," Jin-Ah began as she held his hand before gesturing to the machine. "Maybe you should try doing it with your Skill on! It'll be awesome!"
Obito raised a brow while Jin-Chul began to realize how ridiculous the Sung Family was.
"Hmm, I am curious now," he said as he raised his right hand. 'Has it changed?' Obito wondered as he clenched his fist.
And the air throbbed with energy as his limb encased itself in black and released a wicked crimson-red power that crawled up his arm in powerful designs.
"... I think it's gonna be interesting," Jin-Ah said in shock at the feeling. 'That's not a human arm,' at least, it was so close to being inhuman that she was startled.
Obito held his hand to the machine-
And it cracked.
The man's cheek twitched as he noted his accident. "... I'm sorry," he said to the duo at the consoles.
Their jaws dropped at his now-sheepish expression.
Jin-Woo and Gina laughed at him.
~NRK~
Gun-Hee's eyebrows shot into his hairline at the sight of the report.
'No wonder he asked,' or was there more? 'I question if you'll bring them all up to such a level or just those powerful few.'
His eyes went to Jin-Ah's two badges.
Her fake one, her A-Rank ID.
And her real S-RANK ID CARD.
"I wonder what else will come out of that family."
~NRK~
Jin-Ah grinned, humming a happy tune as she & Song-Yi gushed over their IDs.
"I-I wonder how far I can push it," her friend said.
"I think you can make it to C-Rank!" The A-Rank grinned as Song-Yi reciprocated.
"You're both not going to, yet?" Obito chuckled as Joo-Hee burned up at her own new card, Jin-Ho complimenting her over it.
"No, I think I'll know real strength when we've gotten far enough in the [Demon Tower]," Jin-Woo whispered as Gina nodded.
"I just want to take it easy and not put some targets on your back before you being an S-Rank sinks in, speaking of," Gina's eyes narrowed as they went to Jin-Ah. "... She's not actually JUST an A-Rank, is she?" She asked.
Jin-Woo's eyes closed as he nodded to her words, Obito smiling proudly.
"Nope but I pulled some strings with Gun-Hee and he allowed me to keep her real magical readings under wraps. I want her to come out as an S-Rank when we've got an entourage around her to have more able-bodied S-Ranks. Jin-Woo's got a bit to go but I have a feeling he'll reach that level in ten or more power-ups. Then, we'll tell her. Maybe even you will reach S-Rank by then, Gina."
"... I'm really wondering if I shouldn't go back there and say something but I'll hold off. Besides, Joo-Hee's very close now, isn't she?"
"From their words, yeah," Jin-Woo declared as he raised a clenched fist. "I will get there and ensure she's fine. I know she's not going to take the attention well, God, I can't imagine how she'll handle it. Jin-Ah's really adaptable, Joo-Hee," he sweatdropped. "Is a lot shier."
"Well, we gotta be ready for those days," Gina said as the two men nodded. "That means upgrading," she looked down at her Hunter attire. "I think it's time I actually changed my outfit."
"Huh, a Hunter Combat uniform?"
"Never thought about it?"
He chuckled weakly. "U-Um, usually, I'm just in some pants and a top," Jin-Woo sweatdropped. "A-Am I basic?!"
"Yes," Joo-Hee, Obito, and Gina said with matching grins.
Jin-Woo turned to stone in horror.
~NRK~
The next two days, the [Player] kept looking at all the food and then his Shadows being taught how to cook.
"I… I-I don't even know why I'm surprised anymore," he said to the amused Obito, Ruka cooking actually rather impressively behind him while Igris struggled. "Igris, buddy, you got this?" Jin-Woo said nervously at the seemingly growing-angrier Shadow Knight. "He's gonna be like this for a while, isn't he?"
"Yes," his uncle said, amused beyond imagination. "Yes, he will and I have a feeling Ruka will cause the issue to explode powerfully."
"Please don't remind me."
~NRK~
The day had come, Thursday morning, Jong-In chuckled as they reached the park that Obito had reserved for this event.
The Hunters, White Tigers, and some Monitoring Division members arrived with interest to find grills and tables all around as far as the eye could see.
Yoon-Ho's nose twitched as his stomach growled in excitement. "What the hell?" His eyes snapped all about to the Shadows working grills or waving them over. "Is this how he's tutoring him?!"
Hae-In nearly released an unladylike snort that she hid behind her hands, Jong-In's smirk telling as Ki-Hoon gawked at it all while Hee-Jin held onto a nervous Cheol's arm with a grin.
The B-Rank Tank looked terrified and yet pleased. 'Terreased', one might say. "Let's just go in," he said, wearing some casual wear like most everyone else sans the White Tigers in their suits-sans-blazers.
Going in under the awed eyes of the populace around, they kept passing by numerous Shadows preparing steaks, veggies, or even some fish.
They somehow spread out to the waiting summons to find paper plates, utensils, drinks in giant jugs, and more.
Jong-In laughed at it all as they found Jin-Woo a bit of the way in, his sister and Song-Yi running about with a pair of Ice Bear Shadows to ride on with her class and teacher.
"Ready for some food?" He chuckled as Gina came down from above with an upside-down grin, Jin-Ho in her telekinetic grasp with a sunglasses-wearing Soo-Hyun.
"I don't understand this method," Jin-Ho said, looking confused as he landed. "How… H-How does this work?" He asked, gesturing to the black bands around his wrists and exposed ankles. "I mean, mentally, I suppose?"
"Magical power is cultivated by the mind, obviously, it's like in fictional books," Gina said. "By emphasizing that, you can increase both your mental fortitude and your inner control."
"Speaking of, where is Sir?"
Jin-Woo's grin said it all.
"Ah, I see," Jong-In chuckled. "Picking up a guest."
"Uncle's always been polite."
~NRK~
Obito's shrouded form landed in front of the airport before the thread around him dispersed, clawed feet cracking the stone sidewalk before they returned to normal ninja sandals.
He touched his shoulder. "It changed, too," that was surprising.
Hadn't his whole fight after realizing the strain was gone have him in his usual One-Horned Oni?
And now it was this-
"Yo!?" Came a voice from ahead of him, the former shinobi's ears ringing as that familiar voice reached his ears and he grinned.
Looking up, the S-Rank sweatdropped at the returning Sung.
In all his shaggy-haired glory, okay then.
"I'm back home!" The tall, broad-shouldered, man said with a big grin… Actually.
Obito raised a brow as he looked up some to see his brother-in-law in the eyes. "What the hell? How are you so damn big?" He asked in disbelief as Il-Hwan grinned nervously.
Wearing a white shirt, tan cargo pants, and some metal boots, Obito noted the pair of long daggers sitting on his lower back in a cross.
"Never mind," the shorter man chuckled. "Welcome back, Hwan."
"I'm so damn happy to be home," the large man smiled before wearing an anxious grin. "Obito… You've done so much to keep an eye out for them that I'm worried what they'll even think about their old man," Il-Hwan said weakly.
"I think you'll realize that they care so damn much about their dad and how long he's been away. Come on," Obito held up his forearm.
Il-Hwan locked his forearm with the Uchiha's.
And then the man's Sharingan burned.
They vanished from the front of the airport, the Monitoring Division member there groaning.
"C-Come on!"
Obito returned with a sheepish grin and grabbed the man's shoulder.
They vanished for the last time.
~NRK~
"So," Yoon-Ho nodded as he finished eating a 'Ruka-based' steak, his eyes observing the Shadow Elf with confusion. "... This guy," he gestured to the grinning cook with a fork before his eyes went flat.
Jin-Woo let out a nervous laugh as Igris carried some supplies around with a grumpy expression in the background. "H-Haha, would you believe in me harboring the spirits of my opponents?" He shot him a shaky grin as Yoon-Ho's eyebrows trembled at. "... Yeah, I know that sounds hard to believe-"
"Fuck it, I get it," the transformation-user said with a flat look as Hae-In looked at the Ice Bear King with interest in the background.
She reached out, touched his fur, and basically melted into his chest fluff.
Tank looked pleased.
"Yo, oppa, why did uncle decide to run to the airport?" Jin-Ah asked with a sweatdrop from atop a sitting Ice Bear, a half-finished plate in her hands. "Like… Wow, he must have been feeling himself a lot since the fight was over with!"
"I believe he was simply testing out his Skill's new lacking drawback," Jong-In hummed as Jin-Ho chewed on some food with a thought.
Swallowing, he tilted his head as his cousin nodded.
"I mean, now being able to freely use his S-Rank power, matching his new Rank, must make anyone feel nice," Soo-Hyun said before being offered some champagne by Liu who wore an eager look. "... My God, you're a battle-junkie, aren't you?"
"Guilty as charged~ Heheh, xue zhang didn't tell you guys everything about his new limits," he chuckled, confusing the group. "I saw him as he left, his Skill evolved."
"Wait, what?" Cheung asked, confused. "I don't… How?"
"Oh, it's got-"
"We're back!" Came a voice from above before a trio of figures floated down through the use of magical thread. "I hope we haven't missed anything," Obito said as he came down with a nervously grinning Il-Hwan and Association member.
"H-Hey, kids-" The father of two tried to give a small wave.
And got tackled out of the air by his children.
"Wait, I love you, too-!"
There was an explosion from where they landed.
Gina raised a brow from beside Obito in her workout attire, upside-down before pecking her lover on the cheek as he finally landed.
"Welcome back and he's gotta get used to his kids' love again, doesn't he?" She asked, amused.
"Oh, definitely," Obito smirked.
~NRK Out~