And here we are, a new beginning. A new story. A new plot.

Welcome back, you all, to this rewrite of Dark Silver, Dust in Dark Silver. Here, we start upon Obito's journey in Remnant. Uncovering plots, secrets, and the world at large.

With the week that's past, I've read reviews and PMs about the previous OC/Anime Character situation and I've come to the conclusion of tempering down the anime chars and going the more OC route.

I feel I should make this clear, the OCs are not MCs. Obito and his subsequent relationships are. The story is never moving forward without relation to the plot or subplot, this I promise you.

This chapter isn't really altered save for a new scene at the end.

No more time to dawdle, time to go!

~NRK~

"We welcome you all to this wondrous moment. It's been a great day watching our newest graduates-.!"

She blocked out the rest of the noise, mind more focused on finding that cadet before all the other sectors could find him. The usual fanfare around these occasions never really meshed well with her.

Passing under another banner, she ignored the words plastered on it that said "Graduating Ceremony". It was weird being back to school, considering she'd graduated years ago. It was honestly no less weird what she was here for, to be honest.

It just went to show what kind of things can happen when life throws some random kid your way.

She looked around, dark brown hair jumping between her glass as purple eyes searched the crowd.

"Come on. Come on." It couldn't be this hard to find some kid with spiky hair.

Walking a bit more, she figured she'd go wait at the exit before she heard exactly what she wanted to hear.

"Obito! I couldn't be more proud! MY Babyyyyyy!"

"Uh-huh Uh-huh Uh-huh Uh-huhUh-huh!"

"Mother, Izuku, calm down. "

Tossing her head to the side, she caught him. Her gaze on him she lurked towards the trio of what she assumed was mother and sons.

A short, round, woman with dark green hair in a long salmon skirt and white shirt, holding a younger green haired child's hand was currently crying a river of tears. Across from those two though, was her target of the afternoon.

"You sure you don't want to be a Huntsman, big brother?"

"... Quite sure, Izuku. I'm not cut out for it."

Spiky black hair, a shock of white over his right side. Peach skin with a slightly mature face.

Last, but not least, were his eyes. A bright silver turned to look her way as she made the walk over to him.

~NRK~

Seeing the blue officer garb on her, Obito had to wonder if he'd done something wrong by graduating early.

"Ms. Adel?"

She stopped in front of his family. His family. His mother and little brother.

16 years of living this life, seven adopted, and it still had him… fixated.

Paying attention to the conversation between his mother and a person he'd at most had a form of acquaintance with, he wondered why she was here.

"I'm glad to see you're doing well, Ochre. I wasn't expecting to see you here," his mother, Inko Midoriya, said, calmer than before as she bounced Izuku, his little brother, in her arms.

"It's fine. I… actually was here to see your son," the police officer said, as they both turned towards him.

He frowned. "Did something happen?"

Ochre shook her head, unkempt hair moving with the motion. "No, no, everything is fine. Thankfully," she said, though she always had to keep herself coordinated when dealing with this kid.

It was less like talking to someone close to a decade her junior and more like speaking to a colleague.

A right confusing feeling, when he acted like he was far too mature for his age.

"It's actually to do with your graduation..." He rose an eyebrow at that.

Wait, was she…

"Yo, sis!" He wasn't expecting it.

"I knew I'd find you if I just looked for the most blue in the room."

He turned to the teenage girl behind Ochre. Short, Dark brown hair, not unlike Ochre, and fair skin. Wearing tight caramel shirt with a belt buckle in the shape of dual cross-hairs and dark brown mid-thigh jean shorts, she strutted behind and then around her elder sibling in her dark leather boots before coming to a stop at Ochre's side. Dark, small, circular glasses sat on her nose, leaving dark-brown eyes to peer at the former-ninja as a gun holster and bullet-belt bounced at her hip.

He could see the twitch of the officer's left eyebrow.

"So, how's my sister doing? Especially when she finds her favorite boy-toy? Gotta say, sis, you may like 'em young but there is a limi-." She ducked the swipe from Ochre and grinned before getting back up.

"Coco… What are you doing here?!" Ochre whispered hotly. This "Coco" seemed to shrug.

"I was walking the city when I saw your car. Wasn't expecting you to come by some high school though, but I guess the boys are nice." She winked at the raven-haired Uchiha, who crossed his arms and found himself raising his eyebrow again.

Coco grinned at the "defiance" to her looks. 'Oh, we got a tough guy. We'll see how tough you are civvie.'

Hand over eyes, elbow in hand, Ochre wondered what she'd done to deserve this. Hand coming down her face, she stared down her sister who froze.

"Coco!" Flinching, the younger Adel turned to the side and looked into the crowd. She searched even harder as she felt the gaze drill into her back.

Letting out a frustrated sigh, the policewoman turned back to Obito.

"To cut this short, I want you to see if you'd like to join the Vale Police Department."

Obito blinked at her, his mouth settling onto a confused frown. Inko looked on, eyes wide, as she stared at Ochre as well.

"You want me to join the police force?" He had to be hearing her wrong.

He, Obito Uchiha, joining the police force would be some sort of sick joke. Considering he'd killed part of the police force from home, this had to be some form of dark karma.

"Yes," she began, fixing her glasses. "I've since made my decision to try and bring you into the fold, ever since the incident from two years ago," she said.

She could barely believe the sight before her. With blood falling down the left side of her face, causing her to close that eye, she might have very well been hallucinating.

The boy stood there, shirt ripped and a large cross-shaped sat on his body, as he stared down at the group of yellow-scarf wearing men.

She'd never forget that glint of red that slipped past his eyes.

That, her eye caught perfectly.

She blinked twice.

Coco turned around and looked on with a frown.

"I believe that you have the skills and potential necessary to be a part of the police force."

~NRK~

"So, where we heading my silent friend?"

"Do I know you?"

"Come on! I'm the best little sister of Ochre Adel, Coco Adel!"

Obito had taken to walking the city after he bid his mother and little brother goodbye, leaving them at the hotel their father had gotten them.

Now if only he could shake this girl off or, really, just make her go away.

He didn't need any distractions from his thoughts.

Police, huh? He'd never actually thought about going through the working legal system. Hell, he didn't even think about what came after going through normal schooling.

He didn't see the need, really, since he had an objective to achieve that was simply more important…

That said, he was more shocked such an offer had been given to him right out of high school. If he thought of the pros and cons of such a job, he would say they were about even.

Cons, he would be tied down to a single place for a couple of years. He could easily switch places from Vale to Atlas if he gained a good enough portfolio but that'd take time.

Not just that, he lost a time segment. At least, randomly throughout the day, he'd have shifts as an officer. He'd be more in the system than he liked.

Pros? He was in the police force and likely to get involved in situations that might be to his benefit.

Dust robbery, drugs, locale, he'd bend those to his uses. If anything, he'd be able to lead the force to places where certain such miscreants might exist which would work in certain people's favors.

Second, he'd have money that had financial options he could take advantage of, Running the Akatsuki and have Kakuzu as a financial partner made the former Uchiha very familiar with the normal process. He could even set up shops for his associates under his name to work more business to raise more funds.

Third, he had mobility in placement and places he could go. Say, if he moved to Atlas, he could work his way into the good side of a few powerful people and garner favor from them.

No matter where you were, there were powerful individuals who'd need things done that they couldn't feasibly do on the up and up.

"Hey…?" he heard behind him, completely forgetting about Coco in that moment. "You don't have that many friends, do ya?"

He rolled his eyes as they walked the streets. "That's not exactly important in the grand scheme of things."

"Oh, so I was right," she looked impressed with herself. "Well, my male friend, we are going to be the best of friends."

"That's unlikely," he responded as a pod of children passed them by.

They kept like that for a bit, the monotony of the whole thing making Coco consider that maybe this wasn't worth it before she remembered what her sister said earlier and frown settled on her face.

"Hey, Obito?" The tone she used had him actually mentally freeze for a moment. From their first introduction to now, the tone would be new.

Guarded, curious, and skeptical.

"... Yes?" he answered, as they stopped near a crosswalk.

"What did my sister mean by 'incident from two years ago'?"

He stopped his eyes from widening at the question before he looked at her directly.

Her eyes were narrow, a frown on her face as she crossed her arms.

Looking at her for a few more seconds, he turned back as the light changed.

"There was an incident with a local gang at night. I'm surprised you don't know about it," he started.

"I didn't live in Vale back then. I lived in one of the nearby coastal towns."

"I see. Back then, I'd been here for a year, attending boarding school. I was going for a run that night when I met your sister." They found themselves in the entertainment square, the male moved along the shops, ignoring them as Coco shot looks at each one they passed, keeping them in mind for later.

Stopping at a shop with a pair of gloves on the window, he continued.

"She wanted to get some information on some of the movement going on around this part of the Vale. That gang had actually attacked a place nearby which turned into a whole gang war in southern Vale." With that, he entered the shop with Coco following behind.

Talking to the shopkeep, Coco looked around the store. She too noticed that, as it showed on the window, it was a store that dabbled in custom jobs, mostly for gloves.

She looked at all the different kinds, looked at her own bare hands, and eyed a specific pair of gloves that were dark in color and missing their pointer fingers.

She heard the ring of a bell and turned around to see Obito leaving the store and heading back the way they came. All the while, he looked back at her before turning back to the road ahead.

She ran after him before pulling to a slow walk as she saw him stop by a street corner. Hearing a constant sound from the raven-haired teen, she saw him juggling a couple of stones as he looked at a group of seven.

Three Faunus and four humans.

Coco already saw where this was heading, when she noticed one of the two male teens sporting a bruise on his cheek. The three Faunus sneered at the humans, one of which wore a shit-eating grin.

Coco frowned and began to walk towards them but was surprised to notice that Obito was as well before she turned back to the situation as well.

By the time they'd were maybe 5 meters away, the group had noticed them.

Both parties froze at the sight of them before one of the humans sneered, coming closer.

"Alright, nothing to see here folks." He stepped up with a casual grin, eying Coco up for a moment before continuing. "As you can see, we're simply doing some disciplining of some pet we came by," he spouted off as though he were talking about the weather.

Obito could see Coco's clenched fist just outside of his peripheral but raised a brow when she smiled far friendly to be real.

"Well, you see, friend." She strutted up to him, her swaying hips taking all his attention away before he bent at the waist.

The foot that left his balls might have been a reason for that.

"I'm not here for any of your bullshit," she said with her own sneer before she turned to find the other three clutching their foreheads.

She blinked before turning to Obito, seeing his empty hand, and grinning. Right before she pat him on the butt.

He looked at her alarmed.

"Not bad for a school kid," she said before laughing at the look on his face.

He rolled his eyes at her before dodging a thrown stone. Both Coco and Obito turned their heads slowly to one of the girls of the human group, stones floating in her hand.

Said girl swallowed as Coco looked at her specifically. Head tipped down, Coco's eyes bore into the other girl before flickering to another boy of the group who held a flail.

"I'm probably going to have to deal with those two. Try and get those three out of here." He looked at her for a second but nodded nonetheless.

They were going to put their plan in action only for it not to matter as the sound of a siren broke the silence.

Stepping out of one of the two police cars, Ochre Adel stared down the teenagers.

Never noticing as a door to a bookstore closed behind the gathered crowd.

~NRK~

Watching the cars pass by through the car window was a mellowing experience, Obito thought. Usually, Inko and them would walk throughout the city whenever she and Izuku visited or if he went back home.

Home. He hadn't thought he'd had a home anymore after so long.

He felt a nudge on his shoulder which, considering how cramped it was, didn't surprise him. What did catch his attention was the words coming from the teenager next to him.

"Uhhh, yo?" the Uchiha blinked before turning to the male Faunus. Seeing the cat-eared boy talking to him, he let out a silent confirmation.

"Hmm?"

"Well… we just want to say thanks, ya know?" he said, unsurely.

Looking at him for a moment, Obito blinked but before he could respond, the teen continued.

"It's not often that you guys really stick up for us. Ya know, against yourselve- Ow!" he yelp, rubbing his elbow where the girl Faunus pinched him.

"What he means is, thanks for doing what most humans wouldn't. Right, Waka?" The goat girl glowered at the cat boy who rubbed the back of his head.

"I didn't mean it like that, Oren," She looked at him. "Alright, sorry, sorry." Looking Obito's way for some help, the raven-haired boy found it in him to answer this time.

"It's fine. I didn't take it any kind of way. I can understand that you haven't been treated well when it comes to most of… humans," he said. And wasn't that an understatement.

The Faunus racism he'd come to witness in this new life was downright baffling as far as he was concerned.

Who enslaved what was basically a stronger human? He sometimes wondered if humans here started off lower mentally than the ones fro his own world. The very fact that humans and Faunus could breed should have been an indication that maybe they were approaching things incorrectly.

Maybe he was being too narrowminded about that though, considering he wasn't born into this place with no knowledge of how the world might work.

"Tsch, does it really matter?" said the last of the trio, a bat-eared boy who looked at the brunet with indifference. "There's probably something in it for him anyway."

Ochre's eyes flickered to the rearview mirror but otherwise remained on the road.

Coco turned to look at the depressing Faunus, glasses sliding down her face.

"What's your deal? We came to help you and you think we're doing it for some reward?"

"Please, we heard you guys talking. We know that some of the officers here want him," He pointed to the now frowning Obito, "On their team. What better way to make an impression than to show them he's worth the cut, if not stopping some street fight?" the bat-teen said.

"Kai com-" Waka started.

"No! This has happened before! People would help for some reward but turn their backs on us if nothing's in it for them!" he grit his teeth.

"Hoping for humans to fully understand us and treat us with respect. To expect them to protect us like we're everyone else!" If his attitude hadn't surprised them. "We're NOT like all you humans!"

His piece said, he curled in on himself on the back seat and laid his face down into his crossed-arms. Only then did they notice the scars that littered his shoulders and neck.

Coco seemed taken aback, scratch that, she seemed utterly shocked and blown away with nothing to really retort with. Obito couldn't really blame her if he was honest.

This was the world they lived in, where racism ran rampant and not all good things happened to good people.

But…

"There are no shortcuts to becoming Hokage!"

"What we want to know isn't where that shortcut is, but how to travel down that dangerous, unknown path."

"The world is never going to be that simple," Obito started, catching the attention of all the teens in the car.

"There's always going to be someone who's NOT going to like you. That's just reality," he said, catching eyes with Waka and Oren while Kai's ears seemed to flop.

"That said, it doesn't mean it's never going to happen. Maybe not in the next year, decade, possibly not in your lifetime. Yet, it doesn't change the fact that there ARE people around who will accept you for you."

Waka ruffled his head of hair.

"So what? We just gotta find 'em? That's easier said than done, ya know?" Obito nodded with Coco chiming in.

"But he's right." They turned to Coco. "Vale's got its own rough spots but we're a lot more open to Faunus then most other kingdoms. Beacon also accepts both Human and Faunus, so I'm sure there are plenty in the city."

Waka and Oren looked beyond hopeful after the speeches, while Kai's head had appeared from between his arms with a look of frustration.

"You can't expect all of that to just happen, do you?"

"Nothing worth doing or finding is going to be easy. It's all an effort," Obito said, to which the bat-eared boy just sighed before slumping against the back seat.

Coco looked unsure but Waka's nonchalant wave told her she needn't be so worried.

Letting out a breath of relief, she turned to Obito with a mischievous grin.

"Aren't you just a sage of wisdom?" she snickered watching for some embarrassment but instead getting the most melancholic she'd ever seen him.

"It helps that I received that from an actual sage."

She blinked at him.

~NRK~

He stood there shaking Waka's hand, the boy enthusiastic in his appreciation.

The second they'd all gotten out of the car, dropping the three off, Obito and Coco found themselves at the mercy of the Faunus trio's thanks.

Well, more like a duo.

"Man, we're real lucky we met you guys!" he said with a smile.

"Less 'met' more 'saved by' but I think you get it," Oren said, nodding to Coco who gave her a grin and two-fingered salute.

Ochre stood off to the side by the police car, giving them their chance to say goodbye.

"I can hope there are more people like you guys in the city," Oren said with an unsure shrug, Waka nodding furiously behind her.

Obito observed them, eyes drifting over their demeanors before looking over to Kai who sat in a corner. The bat Faunus's eyes glued to the moving cars along the street.

He closed his eyes and couldn't help but think: What would Naruto do?

He'd gotten insight in the police car but it seemed to be failing him now.

He didn't know why this bothered him so much. Kai's two friends seemed to take to the advice well enough and would probably use it to some extent.

Two out of three wasn't bad if he was being fair…

So why couldn't he let this go?

"The Hokage is the one who endures that pain… who paves the way for everyone else."

He wasn't Hokage, he never would be… but even so….

He walked over before standing to Kai's left.

"Kai…" Kai jumped as he spoke but Obito made no mention of it.

"Oh, it's you," Kai muttered, looking ar Obito wearily. "What do you want?"

Obito shrugged.

He still wasn't sure what to really say to get this feeling to abate.

"Uh-huh…" Kai looked surprised, thinking for a moment before he grumbled, looking away. "It's not like what you said was wrong, earlier," he admitted but continued. "It's just…" Obito leaned in.

"Is it wrong to hope for it to happen during my lifetime?"

Obito frowned, eyes turning from Kai to the streets.

"No, no it's not," he started. "But you have to want to fight for it. For…"

"I'm just like a Hokage. I've moved one step above that station and look for the good of the entire world."

"... the world you seek to create," the former ninja stuttered. Kai looked at him weirdly before his face took on a sorrowful look.

"Is that really right though?" he muttered with a grimace on his face. Obito looked at him alarmed as Kai continued. "My mom… she's part of the White Fang," he said quietly catching the Uchiha off-guard.

"What?"

"I know. It's just… what you said just now got to me. Mom always wanted better for me and joined the Fang when she was younger. When I was just born," he winced. "Even when the Fang changed and became...t-terrorists, she stayed.

"Is it really the right thing to try if it makes you a monster?"

It was as if Kai had slapped him with one of Naruto's Rasengan.

His fist closed, as his throat tightened.

"It's like I'm never going to see mom again if this keeps up. Like she doesn't know she's my mother anymore."

"You're not NOBODY! You're Obito Uchiha!"

He closed his eyes, took a breath, and relaxed. Clenched hands opened up and he spoke.

"I don't think it's that she doesn't remember," he said with a determination that Kai was surprised by. "When we're so caught up in our goals, sometimes we lose sight of what was most important." He looked Kai in the eyes. "It's at those moments that your mother is going to need you the most."

Kai looked shocked before wetness reached the side of his eyes.

The Uchiha had made a decision.

"I'm going to become one of Vale's Police Force. I can't promise many things but I can promise to treat all Faunuskind fairly without bias, while you can do your best to live your life to the best, find people who will accept you and when you do meet your mother."

Obito smiled. "You tell her everything she needs to hear, whether she likes it or not."

Kai had already been rubbing eyes by the time he was done.

~NRK~

They sat in the back of the police car, Coco laid back on the seat with her eyes trying their hardest to stay open and Obito thinking back on the decision he'd made in the past hour. Thinking about the crying and then the thankful face of Kai had him narrow his eyes.

He's was many things. A former war monster, ninja, Uchiha, ninja, and murderer. That said…

There were people that believed he could change for the better. To face his past and understand that…

… He was Obito Uchiha.

He leaned back and closed his eyes before letting out a sigh.

Near the end of his previous life, he'd figured he hadn't really grown up from that day at the bridge so many years ago. It made a lot of sense to him.

He'd never felt more like a child than he did right now.

~NRK~

He looked at the hotel and couldn't help but realize something unfortunate.

Coco now knew where he lived, even if temporarily.

"Nice place. Yaaaa~" Coco commented before releasing a yawn.

He realized that he would be regretting this later.

~NRK~

He felt the bed creak as he finally sat down. Fully showered and ready for bed, he was happy his nightly training hadn't had him show up on some scene of trouble within the city of Vale.

He stared at the sleeping form of his mother as Izuku laid grabbing onto her, toy nunchucks in hand dropping off the side of their shared bed.

He sat there, looking at the two of them.

'I honestly don't deserve this.'

Every night he wondered how he'd ended up in these circumstances. An actual loving family and a life full of, well, no war.

'This is too much. Why me? This should be Sasuke or Naruto. A loving family with a living mother and father. Hell! Even Bakashi deserved this more than he did.'

He sighed before turning over on his other side and laying down. Staring out the window into nighttime Vale.

"I'm always watching you!"

"Become the most badass Hokage and show me how you save the world!"

He closed his eyes and went to sleep.

~NRK~

He stared at this world as they flew past. The action happening time and time again as they searched for a new fertile location.

He watched little lights fly up and around the planets. Some staying in orbit while others floated off to be caught by far and near stars and planets. Some ventured so far out that they slipped by the edge of the cosmos to another.

"Here simply isn't worth it. We need something empty. We don't want our subjects to be visited without our presence. Hopefully, we don't have a repeat with the last one."

He couldn't help but agree. Humans were interesting to raise but got too full of themselves. They'd breed and fill that planet again but with a fraction of the space not invaded by his leftover creations.

Passing a particularly glowing planet, he slowed the time around them and came to a stop. His brother's head looked to him in question and he gestured to the glowing planet.

"This is an interesting one," he said, eyes glowing harder as he sought its history and came back disappointed but secretly hopeful.

"Full of such violence and war. They fight among themselves and stay in disarray but… One seems destined to unite them. It's quite amusing to watch," he said, his brother pulling the slightest bit closer past him.

They looked at the planet before they found themselves face to face with a single entity.

Bone white mask with long dual horns stared at them. A ragged formal attire lay over its form as a dagger sat in his left hand.

'Why are you here?' it seemed to say, leaving them surprised.

Another god?

Further prodding gave them the answer to its specific function and he, in particular, found himself amused.

A God of Death? Perhaps they should stay and he and this god could bond?

"Forgive us, we were unaware of your station. We will leave post-haste. Come brother." with that, the golden light of his fellow dragon rose from the world.

He had a few more words he wished to exchange with this so-called God of Death.

"Why do you allow those to escape?"

The Shinigami looked at the roving lights of his world, scant few moving farther and farther away from the planet before disappearing into space beyond before turning back to the skeletal dragon.

'Humans carry with them potential beyond understanding. Some flourish here and some don't.'

If he'd had eyeballs, he'd blink.

What?

"I don't understand." he couldn't.

Humans were selfish creatures. Born and raised in various conditions and yet will fall into the arrogance of their existence.

The Shinigami tilted their head.

'Humans come and go. Leaving their mark on the world and pushing its history further.' it turned to the glowing orb in front of them. 'I will forever be susceptible to their whims, and yet...'

Somehow, he could imagine it smiling.

'I enjoy watching those struggles. Forever living their lives to the fullest due to their short duration. When the time comes, I'll guide them where they need to go, if necessary. Hell, the Pure Land, Reincarnation, or elsewhere.' here the god reached out and caught a fluttering, slowly moving light.

In the Shinigami's hand, it glowed brightly before it released the soul out to the cosmos.

The god stared for a moment before coming to a realization.

This being… this God of Death…

He watched the god for a moment before deciding to take his leave.

"This conversation… I'm going to think about it," he said beginning to float away before he noticed another stray light.

It was bigger than the others and he couldn't keep his eyes off it. It was darker in color compared to the other white lights but… It called to him.

Such a light it had in its darkness...

Noticing his gaze, the Shinigami "Smiled" again.

'Those souls that leave significant effects on the world are bigger than the rest.' it said before grabbing hold of the soul.

The God of Darkness couldn't help but stare at the soul.

"Could I…" he was asking? "This soul may I choose where it goes?"

The Shinigami looked alarmed before it tilted its head.

"Please. I wish to send this soul somewhere different so I may… watch humans in the way that you do." he finished, surprising even himself.

They tilted their head before "grinning" and letting the soul float to him.

He held it up in his claws before tapping it once, in a direction only he and his brother knew.

He bowed and Shinigami nodded.

He floated away some before the Shinigami gave him some… lasting advice.

'Leave you may but hear this… I will also watch this soul and should you impede upon his natural progress in any way…'

The space between them seemed so much, CLOSER than he could fathom.

'God or not, I will bring Death to you.'

Even looking at the God of Death brought chills to his existence. He nodded and floated back to travel with his brother.

Being mindful of that God's words.

Truly a God that loved Humanity.

~NRK~

He stood there, eying the academy in the more far-reaching parts of Vale proper. He stood next to Ochre who gazed at the facility with indifference.

"This is where we part ways," she said, the both of them turning to each other, before holding out her hand. "You've been doing enough Auxiliary work that I don't think it's wrong to say, you're ready. I hope to hear from you in the coming half-year."

Taking her hand, he shook it with a determined look.

"I hope to meet your expectations."

"Of course he will!" came the voice of the person they'd been pointedly ignoring.

Coco grinned at their sour faces, hands on her hips as she stood amused at their dramatics. Walking over to the eye-rolling recent turned 17-year-old, she wagged her finger three times in front of his face.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, how can you just say goodbye to your beloved mentor with a handshake?" Coco shook her head in a disapproving fashion. "Oh come on! This is where mentor and student hug it out for Oum's sake!"

Both Uchiha and older Adel looked at her as if she was insane.

"It's unnecessary," Obito said.

"Completely." Ochre followed up.

"Maybe you should focus less on daily drama."

"And more on your huntress-in-training work instead of other people's interaction."

"Right, Coco?" They finished.

Coco's glasses fell to the floor, as she stood there horrified.

"Oh Gods, there's two of them!"

~NRK~

She stared at the photo, eyes examining its details for what was possibly the umpteenth time before putting it down with a grunt.

Icy blue eyes stared at the sandbag in her tent before she went at it with a fury that'd make the tribe proud.

"It's been seven years you bastard," she emphasized with a fist slamming against the bag. "The next time I see you, I'll make you kneel on the floor. At! My! Feet!"

With the last punch, she transitioned into a kick that sent the bag flying out her tent into some poor sap outside.

"No leaves the tribe like that gutless Qrow and gets away scot-free!"

~NRK~

Collbrand wasn't a kind man, at least, he didn't think he was.

He was a gang boss for love's sake!

That aside, he wasn't heartless.

Watching the little bastard eating like he hadn't eaten in weeks brought a smirk to his lips.

His large hulking physique meant, even when he and the kid were sitting, he was heads above most average height people.

This kid couldn't be any older than 11 and he was as short as people came.

"Muh, muh, muh! Bua!" he finished stuffing himself full of bread and juice before looking up at the older male. "Kuh, kuh, thanks, sir."

"Polite one, ain't ya?" Collbrand said, beady blue eyes looking at the brat. "What're ya doin' down here, brat? Throwing around power like that wasn't smart of ya, by the way."

The boy was dressed in an overly large dress shirt with little shorts on but the sleeves were rolled back to reveal his arms.

Large crystal-like white material lay in them and was the source of his curiosity.

"I… I know," the boy breathed in deeply before letting his body drop in relief. "It's just, I think you might be my best bet in this city." Collbrand raised a brow.

"Brat, come on-"

"Listen," the boy said as he moved his long brown hair out his face to reveal silver eyes.

"What if I said I have a way for your dream to come true?"

Collbrand looked at the boy like he was insane until he explained.

Impossible!

~NRK~

And like that, Chapter one is DONE!

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~NRK Out~