Remnant’s New and Improved Hei “Junior” Xiong

*WHAM!!!!!*

A college student lands on his back as he slams into the floor of a random room that seems to have everything yet nothing.

"I'll feel that tomorrow morning" The man groans as he gets to his knees and rubs his spine with his right hand.

He looks around and is immediately confused. Not only the fact that this place is confusing, but he isn't in his room anymore. "Didnt I fall out of my bed? Where am I? Was I abducted?"

The guy fully stands up and gets a good look at the area he is in. It looks like there is everything but nothing. And his brain begins to hurt the more he focuses on any object.

A thunderous voice speaks and echos through the space. "You are indeed no longer in Kansas anymore Human"

The guy looks around but doesn't see any figure. "What the hell is going on? And I'm not from Kansas, I'm from Michigan"

The booming voice responds in a neutral tone. "I'm well aware of that. It just gets boring doing this over and over again"

The guy decides to just shut his eyes to save his last few braincells. "And what is 'this' exactly?"

"Well, it's rather complicated on my side. But you Humans call it reincarnation" The voice speaks through the area.

The word "reincarnation" goes in one of the man's ears and out the other. "I'm dead?"

"You catch on quick" The unseen being appreciated those that don't freak out, they take forever to calm down. Or they just end up being tossed back to the trash bin.

"How did I die?! I was just sleeping?! What about my family?!" The guy brings his hands to his head and grabs his hair.

The being would frown if it actually cared that the Human did end up freaking out, albeit not as bad as some of the others. "I'll say this. You died in your sleep. Your family will mourn you but time goes on for them"

The man stops pulling on his hair as he calms down. "I guess death really is inevitable"

"Correct, but it is not the end for most" The being gets ready for his speech pitch. "Now, are you ready to reincarnate? It doesn't really matter if you are or not, but it is polite to ask"

"Sure…." The man says with some hesitation. "What exactly is the process? And please warn me if I'm gonna be a baby"

"Baby? No, that would take too long. And it is quite boring for you and… the others" The being states. "Now the process is like this, you are going to another world, you don't get to choose and you get no wishes. Although requests might be accepted if they are interesting, make sense, and are within the worlds limits"

"What world is it? Or is it a surprise?" The man asks.

"Do you want it to be a surprise? It will most likely put you at a disadvantage… but it will make things a bit interesting. Although, you may end up dying" The being sounded amused for half a second but goes back to its neutral way of speaking.

"I'm not particularly a fan of surprises. Especially if they could lead to death. I would like to know please" The man requests.

"Very well. You are going to Remnant. After Monty passed away the world has gone down in a spiral and it's a pain to fix. Currently no other human has succeeded in this task. Not even Oz and he was selected by the Gods of that world. The twin Gods have requested assist from other powerful beings. And it is my turn to… 'pitch in' so to speak. Others have been sent from your world before but they have not succeeded in saving Remnant. You will get tossed into a body of your choosing so long as it hasn't been chosen before. There will NOTt be other reincarnators in your world, things got a bit messy when we tried that idea in the past. Now pick the character you would reincarnate as" The being absolutely hates this part, but it's to help a fellow God, and 2 at that. He doesn't expect this time to work anyways. Remnant is really fucked.

"Why can't I choose a character that has already been chosen? And wouldn't that be nearly impossible to pick a person unchosen since there were many others before me?" The man doesn't understand how this works, but he understands he won't be going as Ironwood, Jaune, or any of the main cast for that matter. Not that he would want to be a girl anyway.

"Because I said so. And I'll tell you if you found an acceptable character. It's a good thing you are relatively knowledgeable about this world" The being just wants to get this over with.

"Ok" The man holds his chin as he thinks. "Oscar is out for various puberty reasons and the fact an ancient man would slowly combine with my mind. And somebody probably choose him…. No Torchwick, Ironwood, Jaune, Fox…. Shit! Uhmmmm….. Oh, Mercury wouldn't be bad"

"Already chosen"

"Of course" The man goes to his thoughts again. "Do I get to keep my knowledge of the world?"

"Sure, it's more work than it's worth to erase your memories anyway" The being really couldn't be bothered anyway.

"Not Qrow…. Oh! What about Clover?" The man snaps his fingers.

"Unfortunately that was just taken and he died a particularly brutal death even with his good luck Semblance. He choose that stupid fishing pole weapon and it ended up being the death of him" The being says with slight amusement as he remembers the particular death.

"Could I change a character's age? Like say I wanted to make Junior younger when cannon starts?" The man asks.

"That is acceptable. You shall reincarnate as Hei Xiong the second. You will be younger than what he is in the original story. Any other requests?" The being says without the man even saying he wanted to be Junior.

The man shrugs. "Whatever. I'm just glad I'm not forced to be a girl. And can I ask what Semblance Junior has? It's never stated in the series I believe… or the parts that I know"

"Guess you will have to find out. What else" The being really doesn't wish to search for that information.

"Great~, surprises~" The man rolls his eyes. "I wouldn't mind being around 25 when cannon technically starts. And jumping into the body around… idk, maybe 18 or so? I've got a crime family to run after all. And who says it has to all be crime?"

"You wish to walk the fence of both good and bad?" The being is interested in this. The original Junior was strictly a crime boss and hardly cared for the Kingdom of Vale.

"Yeah! Sure a club is a good front, but what if we actually help the people? Just because I will be a bad guy doesn't make me a bad guy" The man jokes a little.

"Hmmm~" The being is decently interested. "Very well, and I recommend you at least train. Don't be such a pushover like Junior was in the past. He was more focused on others fighting for him"

"Trust me, if I'm gonna be a crime boss I might as well be the final boss. Ya dig?" The man can already imagine the various things he will do when he gets there.

"Fair enough. Just do not disappoint me. Now be off" The booming voice surrounds the man until he doesn't hear it anymore.

And when the man opens his eyes for the first time during the conversation he awakes in a dark room with a mild headache as he gets some knowledge from the old Junior.

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The man, who is now Hei Xiong, sits up and his bed sheets fall off his torso. He looks around and his eyes adjust to the large bedroom.

Hei gets up from his bed and stands up, and it's a bit jarring. "Did the floor always look that far away?"

As he remembers where the bathroom is he carefully walks around the messy room. "Alright, so it seems that everyone called me Junior because I was alway riding off the tail coats of my bastard father. Or the fact that my father's name was also Hei Xiong. Whatever, Junior is easier to say than Hei or Xiong"

Junior flips the light switch in the bathroom and is stunned at the man in the mirror.

The man, or young man, looking back at him doesn't have the amazing beard yet. But damn is he tall, he also is already packing a decent amount of muscle. He's still just as pale as Junior is in cannon, and his eyes….

"Do I have silver eyes?!!!!" He freaks out as he leans in inches away from the mirror and gazed into his own eyes. Only to be disappointed.

He looks carefully but only sees dull gray. "Yeah, I guess that would make things a little too easy… or dangerous depending on who finds out about them.

Junior admired himself in his mirror as he sorts through the memories he just received.

Basically, he is 18 years old and his father just passed away which makes him the new head of the Xiong family. The funeral for his father was yesterday and today is his first day as boss. The Xiong family currently is at an all time high in Vale, which only adds onto the pressure on his shoulders.

His men are decent, but they're just your average goons and henchmen. He doesn't even have the twins as bodyguards yet. And he still has to study the various networks his father had set up before he passed away.

AND he has to train. He doesn't want to just have others fight for him while he cowers in the back. He will stand in the back, but as the final boss. That means he has to train not only himself, but also his men. And do some Faunus recruitment as well.

"I can understand why my 'father' was weary of 'me' taking over the family business. The old me really just tailed off the Xiong family name and was truly incompetent. But did the old man really have to be so secretive?" Junior flexes his already bulky frame. "Man I never realized how much I loved muscles, and I'm only 6'9" right now. Wasn't Junior like 6'11"? Damn that's crazy, no wonder he looked down on people so much"

"But why was Junior so racist in the past? Faunus not only have some useful animal traits but also night vision. Might as well make them assets rather than enemies" Junior brushes his hair back, it's much longer than the 40 something cannon version. And Junior was a 'Human Supremacist' for some strange reason. It was something his late father literally beat into him from a young age.

"I wonder what part of the timeline I'm in? It's obviously before cannon. But how far back? Meh, when Yang shows up I'll have a rough idea. It's not like the show really cared about trying to make sense of the timeline anyway" Junior turns the faucet on and splashes his face. "I've got no time to fuck around. I've gotta jump right into this or else everything will go to shit. Who would follow me if I don't show up for my first day of work?"

With that said, Junior hardens himself for the road ahead. And the first step along this path is making sure everyone knows he is the boss.

But before he walks out of the bathroom he quickly checks below his belt. An evil smirk spreads across his surprisingly handsome face. "Good luck squeezing these in only one hand Yang Xiao Long"