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Chapter 25:

I hate dances…

Demon was currently walking towards the main hall, seeing the strobing lights and hearing the thumping beats of the dance, fidgeting with his suit's cuffs while grumbling. The other teams that were out on assignments got back today and it was the last day of the term, meaning that everyone decided that another dance was in order. Yang and Weiss were a bit pissed that they weren't the designers, but agreed to attend anyway. Demon was practically press-ganged into going, Kira somehow figuring out how to activate Nicolai and getting him to threaten Demon until he agreed to go. The other Militia pilots didn't seem to care much except Josh… who continuously hit his head against a wall for about five minuted before trying to run away, only to be stopped by Blake who tied his feet together with Gambol Shroud. Before Demon could reminisce anymore, he was standing in front of the doors of the hall.

Grrr… why do I have to go through this?

"Well… you could always just kill everyone… that would solve all your problems"

Shut up you…

Demon made sure that the suit he was wearing was something of a fashion statement and he knew the first thought everyone would have would be that he went a bit overboard. The jacket he wore resembled that of an old Victorian tailcoat and extended to accommodate a beaked hood to help cover his face. It was embellished with multiple buttons and links, all made of a gleaming brass, the fabric of the suit made of a dark, black leather. It was open at the front, showing off the tan undershirt he wore, also giving him quick access to his knife he had hidden on his side. His fore-arms were covered in a solid leather gauntlet that also covered his hands in fingerless gloves. (Basically Jacob Frye's badass outfit from AC Syndicate) He was wearing black military sunglasses, ensuring that no one could see his eyes, using his optical implants to enhance the light to compensate for the darkened surroundings. Preferring to continue with the mask-without-the-mask scheme, he had a crimson scarf that was pulled up to cover his nose and mouth, leaving no parts of his face visible. Unluckily for him, his very long hair wouldn't allow the hood to be properly pulled up, forcing him to braid his hair at the back and leave two lengths coming down the front to his chest, much to his chagrin.

"Did you seriously have to buy the suit?"

I couldn't just come in my full military uniform now, could I?

"Yes… yes, you could..."

You're not the best at social situations, are you… just shut it while I attend this stupid dance…

Not waiting any longer, Demon pushed open the doors to the hall and was nearly blinded by the bright lights, cursing himself for stupidly leaving the light-enhancers on, turning them off and addressing the scene. (Everyone is wearing the same stuff as the first dance) It was filled with all the students from all over Remnant, all of the four academies being invited, most of the student dancing while the others were happily talking around the sides of the room. Demon looked around for anyone he knew and immediately saw Ruby practically camping at the punch bowl.

Wow… you got a tent and campfire going yet?

He smiled and activated his cloaking module, happy that he had the thought to install it for the night. He slipped through the crowd, ensuring not to bump into anyone until he was standing directly next to Ruby. When he was sure no-one was watching, he deactivated his cloak and addressed the red Huntress in training.

"Dance treating you nice?" he said, his voice being a bit muffled by the scarf over his mouth.

Ruby nearly choked of shock, having to spit her punch back into the cup she was holding before actually turning to talk to who had addressed her.

"Who are…" she tried to blurt out, Demon's voice being a bit too distorted for her to realise it was him. Her words were cut short when she saw what Demon was wearing, becoming lost for words.

"Something wrong sis?"

"Demon?...Uh... I… just didn't think of you as the suit type" she said, still taking in his regal garb.

"Yea… It took me a while to find one I liked, but when I did I made sure that I wouldn't just wear it for one night…"

"What does that mean?"

Demon pulled out his knife and tried to cut the leather jacket, only succeeding in slightly creasing the fabric.

"High-density Kevlar… couldn't pass up the opportunity"

She just looked at him with raised eyebrows, seriously questioning his habits, while he just replied by shrugging while putting his knife back in its sheath. Ruby just let it be and went back to draining the punch bowl singe-handedly, being the only person other than Demon to not have someone to talk to.

"Sooo… who else is here and who are they with?" Demon asked, trying to get a bit of gossip.

"Well, Pyrrha and Jaune are here, Blake and Sun, Ren and Nora, Weiss and Neptune, and the others are just dancing with people I don't know… except Tempest actually asked Yang to the dance"

"Say what?"

"Yea… after the match he just suddenly walked up to her and asked her to the dance… and she actually said yes!"

"Hmmm… who's Sun by the way?"

"Monkey faunus? Haven't you seen him?"

"Umm… can't say I have… wait, isn't he that guy from when I caught Yang in the dining hall?"

"Yea, he was there when that happened…"

"Ahh… ok then"

The conversation continued on for a bit before both of them were interrupted by a rude Weiss.

"Ruby? I though Demon was coming to the dance? Where is he?" she asked, not noticing that Demon was, in fact, standing next to her.

"He's right…" Ruby began, not having time to finish as Demon motioned for her to stop. Demon decided to have a bit of fun and put on a regal accent, making him sound like a rich aristocrat.

"Why Miss Rose, I do not believe I have been introduced to your beautiful friend here… I didn't know you were friends with Miss Schnee here!"

Weiss was a bit flustered by being called beautiful and her cheeks turned a bit red.

"Why thank you, and who might this be Ruby?"

"This… is Demon" she said, having to stop herself from bursting into laughter when Weiss' face went stone cold. She turned angrily to Demon and punched him in the gut, walking off after she did.

"SORRY!" he called out, laughing at the heiress' hilarious reaction. When he recovered, he looked up at his HUD that was displayed through his implants and saw it had only been 30 minutes since he got here.

God help me…

"Ruby, what time does the dance end?"

"At 10:30… why?"

GRRR… Stupid dance!

"No reason" he replied, trying and failing to hide his displeasure.

"What's wrong?" she probed, seeing his discomfort.

"I hate social gatherings… the closest thing I ever had to this was the briefing room… and that only lasted for like 10 minutes. There were school dances at my school but I never went…"

"Why was that?"

"Much like you, I was moved ahead a couple of years into the higher grades to advance my engineering knowledge, so whenever a dance came up it was only for my year and I was at least 4 years younger than all of them"

"Geez… that must've sucked"

"Tell me about it… at graduation day, the only looks I got from the rest of the graduating class ranged from extreme anger to various stated of very pissed off"

"I thought you said that you dropped out of school?"

"Nah, that was just a lie…"

"Oh… what about your engineering?"

"Well I got a Master's Degree, basically the equivalent of graduating this place except for engineering, then I went and joined the Militia"

"You didn't even get to use your skills before joining?"

"Not before, but I used them while I was there… I built my Titan you know"

"YOU BUILT THAT!" she asked, drooling a bit.

"Yep… took me ages of my spare time but I did it 100% by myself… and with a bit of help from another Titan to help lift the parts"

"That's so cool! Does that mean you can build me one!" she asked again, a look of hope in her eyes.

"I could if I had the materials…"

"YAY!" she nearly shouted, hugging him in glee.

"Ok, that's enough you leech… I'll have to build everyone else one if I build you one, can't be picking favourites already"

"Awww" she pouted, puffing out her cheeks a bit.

They went back to small talk, draining the punch bowl even more, until Demon suddenly had a brilliant idea. He smiled to himself for being a pure genius before walking up to the DJ and asking for a song request. When the guy said he didn't have the song, Demon face-palmed, of course they didn't have Earth music. He then asked if he could do a Karaoke session and the guy just replied with 'why not…' before telling him to wait for another two songs. Demon patiently waited for another two songs before the DJ motioned for him to get on stage and handed him a mic as he did. When the song's stopped, everyone looked up to see Demon standing on stage, everyone except Weiss and Ruby having no idea who he was.

"Hello there…" he began, "this is going to be a bit of a Karaoke, but I need some people to come help me out up here… would Josh, Tempest, Jaeger and Markus make their way to the stage!" A couple of the people in the audience groaned a bit, expecting the Karaoke to be absolutely terrible like most nightclubs.

Josh was currently standing at the back of the room, hoping that no one would notice that he was even there. He was wearing his normal Militia garb, minus the helmet and armour plates, hoping that it would pass as acceptable clothes. He too had been press-ganged into going to the dance and would rather be literally anywhere rather than here… even if he was fighting 20 Grimm with a spoon. When Demon called on his name, he cursed him with every single insult he knew before trying to make his way to the door without anyone seeing him… until Nora caught a glimpse of him, grabbing him and then proceeded to chuck him half-way across the hall to land on the stage with a thud. Demon looked at him, trying not to laugh, while giving Nora a thumb's up.

Tempest had been to a few dances before and hated not going to the dance with someone… so he asked the person he found to be the closest to his personality… which meant Yang. She was completely shocked when he had asked, not expecting anyone to ask her, mainly because she could beat practically every boy in the school to a pulp and they were too scared. Tempest didn't give a crap about his own safety so he didn't really think about the consequences… which were made very apparent to him a second after asking. After his manly parts had recovered from the knee that had nearly crushed them, he had been happy to hear Yang say that she would go with him. He was now standing next to her, seeing the spectacle and knowing that only Demon would pull the kind of shit at a time like this, so he waved her goodbye and jumped up on stage with him.

Jaeger was in the middle of thinking of something to do while he was surrounded by people with absolutely no sense of fashion, deciding to go to the dance in a perfectly kept Tux that had been loaned to him by one of the other second-year students who couldn't make it after Jaeger helped him out with an art assignment when he happened to stumble across the poor boy in the Library. He had reluctantly agreed to go to the dance, wanting to show everyone how good of a dancer he was, but was a bit peeved when he found that no one really payed him much attention. Preferring to not waste his perfection on unwilling souls, he decided to stay off to the side, observing the other dancers and critiquing their skills. He was absolutely happy when he was called up by Demon and jumped onto stage with a hop.

Markus had agreed to go to the dance without much fuss, no one really understanding why. He had, of course, gone so he could conduct experiments on the unsuspecting guests. While they were all enjoying the night, he was walking through the crowd undetected and scanning them and looking over the results. He had continuously tried to get blood samples of a faunus, trying to inconspicuously hide a needle and jab one while they weren't looking, not at all managing to get any as they all turned at the last moment, causing to have to hide the needle and look like he wasn't doing anything. When the man on the stage called for him, he was just about to finally get a blood sample of a faunus while they were distracted, but was denied as everyone turned their attention to him. Crap… he thought before casually hiding the needle before anyone could see and heading too the stage.

"So what we doing?" Tempest asked eagerly as Josh picked himself up off the floor, mumbling even more insults as he did. Demon turned to both of them, turning off the mic so he could speak to them.

"You remember that song that Lieutenant Asher played at her Birthday celebration? The one where everyone got insanely drunk and we found out that Alana was actually a lesbian while she was stoned?"

"That's oddly specific but I know the one…" Josh replied. Tempest's face just turned into a grin as he remembered his alcohol-filled night.

"You know how to play piano right?" Demon asked Josh, receiving another thumbs up. "You got the drum-kit, Tempest…" Demon said, Tempest smiling even more and walking over to sit down at drum-kit while Josh sat at a keyboard. "Jaeger, what can you do?" Jaeger looked over to the pile of instruments on side stage and pointed to the Cello before walking over and setting up next to the drum kit. Markus acted before Demon could ask and picked out a trumpet and stood next to Josh on the piano. Demon nodded and walked to the side of the stage and picked out a saxophone, playing a few warm-up notes on it.

"So… you all might not know this one, but just dance and have a good time… after all, that's what we're all here for!" Demon said as he turned back to Tempest and Josh, giving them the go-ahead for the song. (Search Electro Swing Delight on Youtube and you'll find it)

The song started pretty slow, the audience getting the general feel of it and finding they actually enjoyed listening to it. When Demon began the lyrical, everyone was already up and grooving ono the dance floor, smiling as the beats filled the hall. A minute into the song, Demon had to stop and press a few buttons on a small phone he had brought with him, activating a synthesiser and filling in the gaps for the instrumentals. By the end of the song, everyone was smiling and a little unhappy that it had ended but applauded anyway, many shouts of encore coming from the crowd. The five guys on the stage bowed and headed off, handing the reigns of the music back to the DJ who was a bit flabbergasted at the performance by the five students.

"You dudes should be professionals with a mic like that!" he commented, shaking their hands.

"Nah, it isn't even our song… we just know it from an old friend" Demon replied as they walked off, where team RWBY, JNPR, Kira and Rosaline were standing. Kira was wearing a variation of her normal attire, having a sand coloured dress with black leggings and a black shawl. Rosaline was wearing a dark purple top and skirt and a white vest, much like Weiss' as well as dark purple combat boots and black leggings.

"THAT WAS AWESOME!" Ruby squealed as the DJ music came back on.

"Yea… you guys were epic!" Yang said, punching Demon lightly on the shoulder. "How come you never said you could sing?"

"Eh… it never came up"

"How did you guys come up with that?" Jaune asked.

"Well… it wasn't really us… it was from an old friend" Demon replied, remembering that JNPR still didn't know they're from another world.

"It was still quite a show" Pyrrha put in.

As they all conversed, the DJ suddenly switched the style of the songs to a slow waltz.

"This is for all you lovebirds out there who need a little song to dance your night away with…" came the voice of the DJ. Nora grabbed Ren by the arm and dragged him onto the stage, Pyrrha taking Jaune by the arm and leading him onto the stage as well. Sun asked Blake for a dance and they both walked off to the dance floor, Neptune doing the same to Weiss. Surprisingly enough, Yang grabbed Tempest and pulled him off to dance, a look of surprise covering his face as he was pulled, causing Demon and Ruby to laugh. That left Ruby, Kira, Rosaline, Markus and Josh off to the side with no one to dance with. Markus just walked off, trying to see if he could actually get a sample of faunus blood, Josh following him because he hated dancing. Kira walked off and asked some random Atlas student to dance, seeing he was lonely and Jaeger just straight up left without even saying a word.

Rosaline was looking a bit nervous, glancing at Demon every couple of seconds while they both watched the others dance. He caught sight of this and immediately froze up, not knowing what to do. He performed a quick scan with his optics and saw that her heart rate was through the roof. Coupled with the fact that she was blushing profusely he kind of guessed what she was thinking.

Ahh crap… I can't drag her into my life! Umm… shit… what should I do?

"You could always ask her to dance?"

Since when did you suddenly become Doctor Love?

"I never did… I just felt how you feel towards her and I can feel her emotions towards you… and if you don't then it is going to be a very awkward time for you…"

Demon had to admit, he did find Rosaline quite attractive and she had a nice personality… he couldn't really deny it.

You are really annoying sometimes…

"Only when there is nothing to kill other than time…"

Demon just locked Kalazar out of his head and turned to Rosaline.

"May I ask for a dance Miss Rosaline?" he asked, not letting a single bit of nervousness creep into his voice.

Her face seemed to turn several shades redder and she nodded to reply, seeming a bit too fearful to reply. He held out his hand and she placed hers on top, letting him lead her to the dance floor. They were just in time for a new, waltz to begin. Demon was still a bit nervous but crushed it by pumping a few stims into his system, purging his mind of negative thoughts. Rosaline was trying to look anywhere but Demon' face, so he just accepted it and began to dance. Although he had never actually danced before, he had lost a bet back in his university where his fellow classmates made him learn to waltz before filming it for later blackmail. He had, of course, hacked into their files and deleted the film, but the experience was still there.

They twirled and moved on the dance floor, their bodies in time with the beat, Demon finally getting in the rhythm of actually dancing with someone for once. Rosaline still hadn't worked up the nerve to look Demon in the face, but he didn't care… it was nice how it was now. They continued their dancing until the song stopped. By this time, Rosaline had worked up the courage to talk, although still not able to look Demon in the eyes.

"Thank you…" she whispered out, causing Demon to smile.

"No problem… would you care for another?" he asked as a new song came on again.

She nodded and they continued dancing… for the entire night. When the time reached 10:30 most of the students had left by now, leaving the late-nighters and hard-core dancers behind. Ruby had left ages ago after complaining to Yang for 10 minutes straight and Josh had taken this as his chance to leave as well, bolting at full speed out the door and to their assigned dorm. Kira had left after the boy she was with tried to kiss her… breaking his nose before she left of course. Despite starting the night hating it, Demon had enjoyed spending the night dancing with Rosaline, getting to know here a bit better. After they had finished dancing, they talked a bit about their past, Demon finding out that Rosaline was a bit home-sick. She still had parents on Earth, although they did hate her for joining the IMC, going as far as to disown her, but she still missed her older sister who cared greatly for her and supported her even when she was disowned. Demon told her about how he had coped with losing his mother, having to stay with the principal of the school he went to, and how he had always wanted to join the IMC, feeling as though it was her duty to join up.

As the music stopped and people began filing out, Demon saw Yang and Tempest holding hands, looking like they were having a good time, causing him to smile a bit. He walked out with Rosaline, both staying a bit away from one another, both being too nervous to talk after Demon's stims had worn off. He hated to admit that actually having feelings for a girl made him nervous while running into battle against 15-foot tall killing robots with little more than his wits and a knife wouldn't even cause him to break a sweat.

They eventually made it back to their dorm, not saying a word along the walk, opening the door to find Kira sitting on her bed reading a book with a small light. She nodded, acknowledging their entrance, before putting the book down and turning off the light and going to bed. Rosaline went to her bed and lied down, not bothering to change out of her gear, while Demon grabbed a night garb and changed into it in the bathroom before getting into bed himself, ensuring to have a blindfold on as well. They slept in silence for a while until Rosaline broke the silence.

"Demon?"

"Yeah…"

"Thanks for tonight…"

"That's alright… I honestly enjoyed it"

"Me too…" she said before letting the silence hang until Demon spoke up again.

"Look, Rosaline... I was wondering if you'd like to go and get a coffee tomorrow? I know a really great place that serves the best coffee… unless you don't like coffee?"

"No, I think that would be wonderful…" she replied letting a small smile come over her face.

Next door Jaeger, Josh and Markus were asleep when Tempest quietly opened the door and entered, changing into some sleepwear before getting into his bed. As he did, he felt a strange feeling inside of him and envisioned a sailboat crossing an ocean and a single thought circulated his mind.

The ships are sailing…