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Dev woke up the next morning to find out that the room was empty. He sat up and looked over at his scroll to see it has received a message.
'Off to class, since you don't have work, we will wake you when combat class comes around.' The message said. Dev didn't feel like getting out of bed, but he knew he had some errands to do. Dev finally get up and changed his clothes into his normal attire. He made sure to grab his wallet and Red Queen. "I'd better let them know I'm going out." He thought. He sent a message to his teammates: 'Heading into town, I'll be back before combat class.'
Once he made it into Vale, he looked around for a bike shop, he heard of a motorcycle shop near the weapons store and looked around for it. Not too long after searching he was in front of the store and walked inside. "Hello! You must be new, take a look around." The receptionist said by the door. Dev nodded to her and looked around at the various motorcycles.
"Wow. These look pretty cool." He said as he slowly walked by bikes and stopped at one that caught his eye. "Hmm...hello beautiful." He said with a grin. A salesperson walked by him. "Ah, I see this one fancies you?" He asked, watching Dev practically drool over the blue and black bike in front of him. "Yeeess sir it does." He said slowly. Dev looked at the price tag and noticed it wasn't really that expensive.
It was new, black and blue. It was perfect for Dev, he would just make a customization to it when he gets back to beacon. "I'll take her." He said. "All right. Just come over here and sign some papers after the purchase." The dealer said after walking to a desk on the other side of the room.
"Heheheheh..." Dev said after getting the bike outside. He observed the bike and saw no faults. He pulled a card out of his pocket and slide it across the top part of the tank and presses the ignition button. VROOM! VROOM VRROOOM! Oh God, it sounded amazing. He put on the helmet he also purchased while he was there and took off.
"Oh YEAH!" He screamed as he flew down the roads back to beacon. He made sure he was going the limit and made his way to beacon.
Once he got there, there was a specific building for vehicles so students were able to travel without the need for the airship. Dev parked his bike in a small garage and locked it up tight. He was satisfied with his purchase. He took out his scroll and nearly had a heart attack. "Oh shit!" He yelled.
He was late to combat class.
"Arrgh!" A student was heard yelling as he tumbled onto the ground. "That'll teach you to mess with me!" A male voice was heard. Dev just entered the doorway to the arena when he saw Cardin Winchester about to finish another student off. "Enough." Glynda said before Cardin's mace hit the student. "Cardin Winchester is the winner.
Dev scoffed at him and sat in the background and waited for what was next. "Next up, Ruby Rose versus Deveraux Mercer." Glynda said to the crowd. "Oh great, a fight with her?" Dev thought to himself. Ruby hopped up on the stage and waited for Dev to arrive. After a few seconds, he hopped on the stage and something was different about him.
"Hey Dev! Wait...where is your weapon?" Ruby asked him. "Heh, I'm letting Red Queen rest for now..." He said, holding up his fists. "No weapon, Mr. Mercer?" Glynda asked him, pulling up her scroll to input their aura levels on the screen. "Nope." He grinned, then waiting for the start of the match. "Hey Ruby? Want to make a small wager? If I win, you have to go without eating cookies-" "Oh your on!" She interrupted, thinking it was for one full day. "For one full week." He -grinned. Ruby pouted. "And if I win? Ooh! You have to pet Kris for an hour!" She explained. "Heh, dea-" "For an hour straight." She finished.
"Dammit..." He muttered. She liked being pet, but if she was pet for that long? Things...normally happened. "All right." Dev readied himself opposite to Ruby, whom was ready, also. Glynda backed up and said: "Begin!"
Ruby sat there for a moment, but swung Crescent Rose at him, causing him to duck and take a step forward to Ruby. Dev grinned and threw a punch at Ruby and then estimating where she would go to dodge it, then threw another punch in that direction. Ruby dodged the first one, just like Dev planned, and ran right into the second punch, sending her back a few feet. "Ouch!" She yelped out.
Dev came at her in a full sprint, throwing one huge punch directly at her. Seeing this, Ruby jumped straight up, where she would be most vulnerable. Dev then hopped up and punched her straight down. Ruby had blocked the punch, but a bit of aura came out of her bar. As soon as she landed, Ruby slashed at him, knocking him back, taking a huge chunk of aura out of his bar.
"Shit, that actually did something to me." He thought as he focused on the fight. Ruby smiled for a moment. "I got'ya there." Dev grinned back. He used his speed semblance and ended up right behind her, but she speed off back where he originally was. He then teleported behind her, her not knowing that he actually did, he pushed her forward, teleported in front of her and punched her in the shoulder. This pushed her back, in which, caused Dev to teleport back behind her and kick her in the back.
Dev began to feel winded for a moment, but then teleported back in front of her, but stopped to take a breath. Ruby saw this and took advantage of the moment and slashed at him. Dev didn't realize how long he took the split second break for, but Ruby's scythe connected against him and knocked him back, causing his aura to go all the way down into the low yellow. "Argh!" He yelled as he hit the ground behind him.
The crowd gasped for a moment, no one really saw Dev ever take a hit like that before. Ruby felt a bit of concern for him at the moment, but really wanted eat cookies for the next days of which Dev was going to prohibit her of that, if he won. Dev stood up and readied himself after the recovery of the last hit. Dev then taunted Ruby by forming a 'bring it' hand sign, telling her to come at him. "Come at me, Ruby." He then grinned, and his right arm began to flash blue.
Ruby noticed that he brought out his Devil Bringer. "Isn't that a weapon?" She asked him cautiously. "Nope." He said, popping the 'p' in the nope.
Power...
What the hell?
More power...
What's happening?
Bring me more...power...
Dev snapped out of his mind and noticed Ruby was already running at him. It's like his thoughts had processed information worth ten minutes, all in half a second. Dev grinned as Ruby kicked out at his chest, sending him flying back into a wall, out of the arena. It took a moment for him to recollect himself, but once he did, Ruby had already won. "Aw, damn." He said to himself.
"The winner: Ruby Rose." Glynda said after walking back onto the stage. Ruby was hopping up and down at her victory and walked over to Dev. "You okay there, Dev?" She asked as she tilted her head at him. "Yeah, took two boots to the chest, but I'm fine." He stood up and looked over at the crowd. "That was a pretty good match." He said as he extended his hand out to her. She shook it softly before responding. "Yup, I had a lot of fun!" The crowd began to either whisper or begin to nod in respect to the sportsmanship in which Dev and Ruby possessed.
Dev sighed as he waited for Kris to come into his room. He had sent her a message on his scroll and let her know that he needed to see her. "Damn you Ruby, she is gonna kill me." He warned Ruby of the bet he lost. "You still lost!" She cheerfully said. Blake, Yang, and Weiss were about to watch Dev become tortured and Dev was going to try to lessen the punishment. He knew what happens if he ever pets Kris, and he needed to act upon it now, or else...yeah, you already know.
Kris knocked on the door and Dev answered it. She smiled and walked in. "What's up?" She asked. Dev immediately pointed to the edge of his bed and told her to 'sit'. She subconsciously walked over to the bed and tilted her head. "Dev, what's wrong?" She curiously asked. He walked over and sat next to her, looking at her seriously. "Stay." He said firmly. She then narrowed her eyes and frowned. "Dev, tell me what's going on." She hated it whenever he told her to 'sit' or 'stay'. Even worse, 'sit and stay'.
"I lost a bet...and I have to pet you for an hour..." He said with a sigh. She twitched for a moment hearing the word 'pet'. If there was one thing she loved ,it was being pet, but whenever people were around to watch, she hated it with a passion. "Dev, no, you know I-Ehhh!" She tried to say, but Dev put a hand between her ears and scratched her head. Kris groaned for a second but loosened up her tension and sighed. "Noo, Dev." She whimpered. Team RWBY was giggling at the sight, but Dev looked pretty serious about it, it was like he was massaging a knot out of Kris, whom seemed like she was in pain.
"Oooh. Dev, I'll pay you back for this..." Dev then moved his fingers to right behind her left ear, and scratched it, causing Kris to lean sideways, and her head fell on Dev's lap. Dev then scratched both ears with both hands, causing her to twitch in multiple places. "Aww, look, she likes it!" Ruby said happily, as if a dog was being scratched by it's owner. "Deevvvyy, stoooop." She was trying to resist, but Dev keep going. "This has to go on for an hour." Kris started to whine. "Dev, stop pleeease, you don...you..." She then stopped complaining, and relaxed.
"This is starting to get a bit awkward..." Weiss said from her bed. "Well, then why don't you guys leave? I mean, you're going to be hearing her for an hour." Dev pointed out, listening to the soft sounds that Kris made every few seconds. Her tail was up, and wagging back and forth, demonstrating her happiness. "I hope you are enjoying this, Kris." Dev told her as he continued his movements. "Mmhmm..." She said weakly.
"Well, why don't we leave? I'm sure that Kris would want some privacy." Blake told the other girls. "You have a point." Yang spoke up. "Besides, we should go and get something to eat, I'm starving!" She declared loudly, hopping up from her bed. Kris began panting softly, showing that she was in complete bliss to anything that was around her. Dev laughed at Yang's comment. "Bring me some food too." Dev asked.
"Sure, we will be back in an hour or so." Yang told him before leaving with the other girls.
After they left, it was quiet, the only thing that was making a sound was Kris, whom was panting. "Dev, I swear, if you don't stop...you'll know what I'll do!" She warned him, he didn't listen. "I don't break promises, you know that, a bet it a promise, and I intent to keep it." He told her. Kris laughed and sat up, then pushing Dev down onto his bed. "You started this, Dev...and now, I'm finishing-" She stopped in her tracks when Dev grabbed her tail, and yanked it. "YEOW! Dev!" "Si" "NO! You sit! And you stay!" Dev was surprised in the tone of voice she was using. She calmed herself before talking.
"Dev, do you remember what happened last time you did this to me?" He recalled the moments of when he was massaging her, and Kris had planned on 'doing it' with him, but was interrupted before anything serious could happen. "Uhh..." Dev's face started to turn red. "Ah, you dooo..." She said seductively. Kris then leaned down and kissed him on the neck. "Well...I don't plan on getting interrupted this time." Dev caught her reference. "W-wait, are you sure you-" "Look, I know that you are someone else, but after hearing what you told me..." She began taking off her shirt. "Kris, w-" "It doesn't matter who you are, cause you remember all the moments we had before, right?" She tossed off her shirt to the floor, along with another item. Dev's face looked like a cherry as she gave him a full view. "U-uh." Dev nervously said, staring at her. "You act just like him, think just like him...so that must mean, you are just like him..." She leaned down and kissed him, pushing herself onto him.
Dev couldn't move. It's like he couldn't, but he didn't want to. He never did this to a girl before, well, the other Dev whom he took over did it to this girl who was on him topless. But he had the same feelings towards her just like the other one, was she right? "Dev?" She said. "Y-yeah?" "Do you love me?" Dev was confused as to way she would ask that. "Of course I do, it's just-" "It's just that you don't feel right doing this? Is that what you were going to say?" She said quietly. "I, as in me, has never does this before to you...but the other one of me has. And you are okay with that?" He asked before looking into her eyes.
"Dev, I love you with all my heart." She placed her right hand over her heart and sighed. It took him a few seconds to comprehend what she said. She loved him, whether he replaced the other Dev, she loved the man known as Deveraux Mercer. "I-I understand." He nervously responded. "Then relax...you've done enough for me, it's time for me to repay the favor..." She grinned and leaned back down to kiss him.
After about half an hour, Team RWBY had finished dinner and decided to walk around the campus of beacon at night. "You know guys, I like those two, they seem to be good friends." Ruby said to her teammates. "True...but I just can't stand him with how cocky he is!" Weiss admitted as she stomped the ground with one foot. "Maybe he is just confident, and is that wrong to be?" Blake suggested from behind the three girls. "I like him, I think he is a great teammate, and friend." Yang smiled as she walked.
"Even Kris, she is a faunus, and-" Weiss began, but was cut off by Blake. "And what's wrong with being a faunus?" She snapped at Weiss before she could even finish her sentence. Weiss then sighed and swatted at Blake. "Nothing, never mind." "You know, it's a beautiful night out tonight." Ruby pointed out. The three girls stood in front of the entrance to the school, and looked up in the nigh time sky. The stars were bright and illuminated in the sky to perfectly. "Wow." Yang gasped while staring up. "They look so cool!" Ruby said cheerfully. "Indeed." Blake added to the compliments. "They are quiet marvelous." Blake, Yang, and Ruby looked at Weiss, who just made the last comment. "What?" "Marvelous? Really? Can't you come up with something better than that?" Yang laughed at Weiss. She sighed. "Fine, they do look pretty." It was less prissy and 'Ms. Perfect material'. The others smiled and continued to look at the stars.
There were footsteps from behind them and they looked behind to see a shorter student had approached them. "Hello." He said with a smile. "Hi there, short stuff!" Yang said with a smile, bending forward a little to get to the students level. "I'd rather you not call me that." He told her. "Wait...aren't you Tazu Honoo?" Weiss asked. "Yes, Ma'am! The one and only. I was wondering if you guys knew were Deveraux is? I need to talk to him along with you guys, it's important." He explained.
"Yeah, he is back in the dorm, but we should wait another half an hour or so, before going back, we promised him some privacy." Ruby mentioned to him. "Privacy?" He asked. "Well, he is spending some time with his girlfriend." "Oh, you mean Krisinte?" "Yuuup." Ruby said, with that high voice, while popping the p.
Tazu looked at the sky with them. "Wow, I can see why you guys are so intrigued by the stars, they look so amazing...my mother and father used to tell me stories while starlit skys." Tazu said softly. "Really?" Yang asked him. Tazu nodded. "Yes, my parents were fantastic people." They noticed he used the word 'were'. "They sounded like they were." Blake said softly, trying to dispel the tension she thought he was bringing up. He again nodded. "How do you think Dev and Kris are holding up?" Yang asked Blake. Blake's ear twitched for a moment and blushed at the same time, but the blush was not visible to the others.
A second later, a long faint howl was heard in the distance. "Oooh, cool! A wolf!" Ruby said with excitement. Yang laughed and looked over at Blake. "Think the wolf is calling to the pack?" She grinned. "Maybe they are..." Blake grinned over at Ruby, who had no idea what was being mentioned.
A/N: Heheh. What is so important that Tazu needs to tell everyone? Well, we will find out next chapter! :D
"I will not resort to anything but my own will. I will not help!" Deveraux Mercer
"You will help me in my quest, Mercer..."Unknown
