Hello everyone. This is The Burning Ruler, here with another chapter of RWBY: A Demon's Life. I can't believe that I have gotten over 200 views on this story this quickly, so sincerely, thank you very much! I know that this chapter is coming out really early, but I wrote it yesterday morning and I couldn't wait any longer to put it up. Just so you know, I wrote this at 1 AM, so if the writing seems a little lazy, sloppy, or tired at parts, that is probably why. Either that or I just suck at writing. Ayways I just had a dream and woke up at 1 and decided that I could use a part of the dream in my story so I decided to start this now before I forgot it and once I started writing this I got into the groove and couldn't stop until I finished the chapter. (Also, if anyone out there reading this is any good at art, I'm sure you've noticed that I don't have a cover image for this story yet, and even though I've been looking for one, I can't find one that's good enough. So, if you think you could make one for this story, please do, and send me a PM with the picture/link to the picture if it was made on deviant art etc. as weel as your name so I can credit you, and I might use it.) But, that's enough rambling from me, let's get into the chapter.
Chapter 3: The First Classes
Shade woke up earlier than any of the other members of team RWBY, so he decided that he would hop in the shower first, so that he didn't have to wait for the others to finish. He grabbed the uniform that, based off the note Ozpin left for him, he was supposed to wear around school.
After getting into the bathroom, setting his clothes on the sink and getting in the shower, he began lightly singing a song that he sung every morning.
In the other room, Weiss slowly began to wake up. As she was about to head into the bathroom to shower, she heard light singing. Deciding to take a quick peek into the bathroom to see who was singing, she saw Shade in the shower singing a rock song; light enough so that he wouldn't wake anyone up, but loud enough that Weiss could hear him clearly. (AN-If you don't know the song Monster by Skillet. I would highly recommend it, as long as you like rock and roll. This will also be the song that Shade is singing, and I don't know about you, but it bothers me when I don't know a song and I see the lyrics in front of me, but don't know the rhythm so if that bothers you, I would recommend starting the song now. If not, I still recommend starting it now because it's a great song)
Shade used to sing this with the lyrics here, but I removed the to be safe from copyright. Sorry.
As Shade finished the song, He turned off the shower and almost caught Weiss watching him, but she ducked out of sight and backed into the room before he saw her.
As Shade walked out of the shower a dried himself off, he walked over to his clothes and began to put them on. After pulling on his pants, he realized that he forgot the shirt in the room. 'Alright it should be where all the other clothes were.' He thought to himself.
As Shade walked out of the bathroom, he saw that Weiss was awake and sitting on her bed, presumably waiting for him to get out of the shower.
"Hey Weiss. I'm done in the shower if you want it next." Said Shade as he grabbed his shirt.
Before he was able to pull it on fully Weiss saw his chest. From what she saw, it was fairly muscular, but covered in scars, burn marks, and other injuries, she knew she had to ask him about them, but decided that now was a bad time.
"Oh yeah. Thanks Shade." Sais Weiss as she grabbed her uniform and brought it into the bathroom as she started to shower.
"She looked nice. Wait...What am I saying? I don't…like her do I? No. Of course not, I'm just tired." Concluded Shade.
After he finished talking, he pulled out his scroll and some headphones, and started listening to music.
During this time all the other girls woke up and looked at him. He seemed so at peace while listening to his music.
After Weiss exited the bathroom Yang went in, followed by Blake, then finally Ruby. During all this, Shade just remained silent listening to his music with his eyes closed.
"Is he asleep again?" asked Yang.
"Looks like it, but how could he sleep with music playing?" asked Weiss.
"He must just be calm." Stated Blake, as Ruby exited the bathroom.
"What are you guys doing?" Ruby asked, as all the other girls were crowded around Shade. Ruby soon went to join them.
The four girls were talking when out of nowhere Shade chimed up.
"You girls enjoying the view?" asked Shade, opening the eye you could see.
"AHHH!" all the girls screamed and jumped back at this, scared out of their minds.
At this point, Shade started bursting out laughing. "You should've seen your faces! That was priceless!" yelled Shade, falling on the floor laughing.
After Shade had gotten over his laughing fit, he stood up. "So what class do we have first?" he asked.
"Let's see, first we have Grimm studies with Professor Port. Then we have history with Doctor Oobleck, and finally, combat class with Professor Goodwitch." Replied Ruby.
"So we should probably get going, seeing as class starts in 10 minutes, and seeing as I have no idea where I'm going, lead the way." Said Shade, opening the door and holding it for the rest of the team.
"Yeah, let's go." Said Yang, walking out, followed by Blake, Ruby and lastly, Weiss. Shade then left and caught up with the rest of the team, as he had to follow them to find the classroom.
Once they arrived in the classroom. They sat down and got ready for class. Once class started, Professor Port started telling a story about his childhood. Once he finished, he asked for a volunteer from the class to come up and fight a Grimm.
Shade's hand immediately shot up, and he was called to the front of the class. After changing into his combat gear and getting his swords, he took them both out. Professor Port raised his Battle Axe, and cut the lock on a cage releasing a Boarbatusk into the room. Shade immediately knew that it had no armor on its belly. When the Grimm charged at him, he blocked its attack with one sword, which got caught between its tusks. He lifted his sword into the air, lifting the Grimm with it. After throwing the Grimm off his sword, it landed on his back. Shade immediately jumped into the air, flipped twice and drove his swords into the Grimm's stomach, killing it instantly.
"Well done! Very well done!" exclaimed Port after Shade sheathed his swords.
"It was really no problem at all. I've killed many Boarbatusks before this one." Explained Shade, just as class ended.
Shade and the rest of team RWBY all headed to history together, where nothing important happened, other than Oobleck nearly knocking a student off his chair as he ran past him. Then they headed to combat class.
"Good morning class. There may be times where you will find yourselves against multiple enemies without any back up. Today, you will be put into matches against multiple opponents. First up we have Yang Xiao Long vs Team JNPR. Yang and Team JNPR both took places. Team JNPR was told they had to give it their all, and Yang was told she had to either defeat Team JNPR or last 5 Mins without her aura slipping into the red. The match started and Team JNPR attacked. Four and a half minutes in, it looked like Yang might outlast them, until Nora landed a good hit on her, and sent her aura into the red.
"Very well done, all of you. You may take your seats." Said Goodwitch. "Next up we have Shade vs Team CRDL."
Shade immediately got a smile on his face. 'This will be fun.' He thought getting onto the stage.
Cardin had gotten out of the infirmary early due to his aura. He and his team were somewhat happy when they learned that they all had a chance at Shade. They quickly got up on the stage and drew their weapons. The match then started. Shade eliminated Russel, Dove and Sky within the first 3 mins. However, Cardin landed a good hit on him almost sending his aura into the red, while his was still in the green.
"You can't beat me. If you get close, I'll just hit you back. You should just give up." Said Cardin. However, Shade simply laughed.
"How are you gonna hit me, if you can't see me?" He asked before exploding into black smoke.
"What just happened?" asked Yang.
"If I had to take a guess, Shade just used his semblance." Replied Pyrrha, smiling.
Once the smoke cleared, Shade was nowhere to be seen.
"He must be invisible!" Said Cardin swinging his mace at where Shade just was, only to hit air. "What? Where is he?" asked Cardin, getting frustrated.
However behind him Shade seemed to rise out of the ground. He charged at Cardin and hit him on the side and exploded back into black smoke.
"How did he get back there?" asked Cardin charging to where Shade just was, only to hit air again.
Shade once again rose out of the ground behind Cardin, charged at him and hit Cardin into the air, jumping into the air and hitting Cardin back down, sending him like a meteor back into the ground, also sending his aura into the red.
"And the winner is Shade! Well done young man! Keep up the good work." Said Goodwitch as Shade walked off the stage and sat back down with his team.
"How did you do that?" asked Ruby, still confused at how he did that.
"I'll tell you in the cafeteria after class. Can you wait until then?" asked Shade.
"I guess I can." Said Ruby, upset that she had to wait.
Three matches later, class ended and everyone went to the cafeteria.
"So Shade, how did you do that?" asked Yang, looking at him. Everyone looked at him, waiting for an explanation.
"That was my semblance. Shade's Deception." Explained Shade.
"It's named after you?" asked Weiss.
"Actually no, it isn't." said Shade, confusing everyone.
"But, your name is Shade. How is it not named after you?" asked Nora, confused.
"Yeah! If your name is Shade, and your semblance is called Shade's Deception, then it is named after you isn't it?" asked Ren.
"Yes, it would be. But who said my name was Shade, because I didn't." said Shade.
"Wait a second…" said Ruby, recounting her first encounter with Shade.
Flashback
"Nice to meet you Ruby. I go by Shade, so you can just call me that, if you want." said Shade.
End flashback
"You never said your name was Shade. You said you WENT by Shade. None of us know your name." said Ruby, realizing she didn't know his name.
"Bingo. And before you ask, I'm not going to tell you my name. At least, not yet." Said Shade, looking at Ruby.
Yang was about to argue, when she looked past Pyrrha, to see Cardin bullying Velvet again, but with no backup this time.
"Ugh, this again. I'll be right back." Said Shade, standing up and walking over to Cardin.
"Did you not learn your goddamn lesson last time?" asked Shade, as he reached Cardin.
Cardin was about to tell him off, but the he remembered what happened to him the last time he tried that.
"Um. Never mind, I'm sorry Velvet. I'll just be going now." Said Cardin as he walked away.
Shade simply laughed, then turned to Velvet. "You ok?" he asked.
"Yes, I'm fine. He didn't do too much before you showed up." Said Velvet.
"Good." Said Shade. As Shade was leaving, Velvet quickly called out his name.
"Yes Velvet?" asked Shade turning back around.
"Um, do you mind if I sit with you again?" asked Velvet, hopefully.
"You know you don't have to ask if you want to. You can just come over and sit down if you want." Responded Shade.
"Oh, Ok. Thanks Shade!" said Velvet.
At this point, Shade and Velvet walked over and sit down across from each other.
"You know I just realized something. I only have one change of clothes. Does anyone know where I can get more?" asked Shade.
"Yeah. We haven't taken you into town yet. Ah, no matter. We can take you in now. That is, if you want to come." Said Weiss.
"Alright. Yeah sure. Let's go. You wanna come too guys?" asked Shade
Team J(N)PR and Velvet quickly agreed.
"Actually, I think I'll hang back here and read. But have fun guys." Said Blake.
"I'm gonna hang back too. Try to get some training in. After seeing how good Shade is, I need to get to work if I want to beat him ever." Said Nora.
"You'll have to train a lot. But I'll be looking forward to the time I get to fight you." Said Shade.
"Oh ok guys. Then let's go!" exclaimed Ruby.
Everyone then left the cafeteria and headed towards the airships. After a quick flight, they landed in town.
"Ok. So where is the nearest men's clothing store?" asked Shade.
"We can take you there." Said Jaune and Ren.
"Alright works for me. Lead the way. We'll meet up with you later." Said Shade.
"Alright, we'll just be up at the café down the street." Said Yang.
As Shade, Jaune and Ren headed off to the clothing store, the girls all headed off to the café. They got a table big enough for all of them to sit at.
"Who's getting what?" asked Pyrrha, offering to go and get everyone something.
After finding out what everyone wanted, she realized that she couldn't carry everything.
"Hey Weiss? Can you come with me so I don't have to make two trips to get everything?" asked Pyrrha.
"Oh sure. I actually have something I want to ask you about." Replied Weiss.
Pyrrha and Weiss got in the line and waited for their turn to order.
"So what did you want to ask me about Weiss?" asked Pyrrha.
"Ok. I need you to promise me that you won't say anything to anybody about this ok?" asked Weiss.
"Wow that serious huh? Ok, I promise. What's up?" asked Pyrrha.
"Alright. I don't really know how to say this but, I think I'm developing a crush on Shade, but I'm not sure and I need some help to figure out these feelings." Said Weiss, sending Pyrrha into a state of shock.
"Um. Ok, wasn't expecting that, but I think I can help you figure out if you actually have a crush on him. I just need to ask you a few questions ok?" asked Pyrrha.
"Ok. Ask away." Replied Weiss.
"First, what do you feel when you see him?" asked Pyrrha.
Weiss started to think. After a few minutes, she responded with "Whenever I see him, I get butterflies in my stomach. I start to feel nervous and I am worried that he'll notice that I'm visibly nervous."
"Alright then. Next question. Do you enjoy his company? Do you enjoy when he's around, or do you not like it when he isn't?" asked Pyrrha.
"Kind of. I do enjoy it when he's around, but it's not like I don't like it when he isn't. If given the choice, I would prefer to have him around." replied Weiss.
"Alright. Last question. How many negative things can you list about him?" asked Pyrrha.
Weiss thought for a while, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't think of any legitimate negatives about Shade. "I can't think of any. Even though he's a faunus, for some reason I try to think about that in a negative way, but I can't." said Weiss.
"Wow. If I had to take a guess off what I've heard, you don't have a crush on him." Said Pyrrha.
"I don't? Then what do I feel for him?" asked Weiss, confused.
"To me, it sounds like you're in love with him. Pretty badly too it seems." Stated Pyrrha.
"I…I'm…in l-love with Shade?" asked Weiss, confused.
"Based on what you told me, yeah, that's what it seems like." Said Pyrrha.
"Oh god. I am. I'm in love with him. But, is he in love with me?" asked Weiss, not expecting Pyrrha to say anything.
"I'm not sure, but I'm a good friend of his. I could try to find out if you want me to. I'm planning on asking him if he likes anyone when he shows up anyways." Said Pyrrha.
"Really?! Please do. Thank you Pyrrha!" said Weiss, throwing her arms around Pyrrha.
"Whoa Weiss! Save some for Shade!" teased Pyrrha.
(With the others, just after Pyrrha and Weiss left.)
"So what's up Velvet?" asked Ruby, noticing she seemed to be staring off into space.
"What? Oh nothing really." Said Velvet unconvincingly.
"You aren't fooling anyone Velvet. What were you thinking about?" asked Yang.
Velvet started trying to think of an excuse, but she took too long.
Suddenly Yang realized it. " She's thinking about a boy!" said Yang. " So who is it?"
"Um…it's…i-it's…" Velvet wasn't able to get a sentence out.
"So who is it? Is it Jaune?" asked Yang.
"No, it's not Jaune." Replied Velvet.
"Ok, so is it Ren?" asked Yang.
"No. Not him either." Replied Velvet.
"Ok. What about Mercury?" asked Yang.
"Still no." said Velvet.
"Ok, how about Sun?" asked Yang.
Velvet was about to say no, but realized that if she did, Yang would find out. "Ok you got me. It's Sun. I like Sun."
Velvet looked over to Ruby, who was visibly shaken and seemed close to tears.
"Ruby you ok?" asked Velvet, noticing the girl's reaction.
"Y-yeah. I'm fine. Are you sure you like Sun?" asked Ruby, hoping for her to say no.
"Definitely. It's him. I'm sure of it." Said Velvet.
After that Yang started doubting that. She seemed to be defending it too much. Almost as if Sun was a decoy. She had an idea to uncover the truth.
"Well I really hate to say this, really I do, but you see Sun, um. Oh this is tough. You see, he's already kind of dating me. I'm sorry Velvet, I didn't know you liked him like that." Said Yang, waiting for Velvet's reaction.
"Oh ok. I guess there's nothing that can be done about that then. Well treat him good then Yang." Said Velvet, thinking that she had gotten away with her lie.
"Ok. So you don't like Sun." said Yang.
"What do you mean? Yes I do." Said Velvet, wondering where she could've gone wrong.
"If you did like him, so much so that you were thinking about him without even seeing him today, then you wouldn't have given up on him that easily without any proof. Sun and I aren't dating by the way. So no, you don't like Sun." said Yang, happy that her plan worked.
Meanwhile, Ruby just looked relieved that Velvet didn't like him and that Sun was still available. "But wait. If Velvet doesn't like Jaune, Ren, Mercury or Sun…" began Ruby.
"…Then she must like…" continued Yang.
Ruby and Yang looked at each other as they both reached the same conclusion.
"…SHADE! She likes Shade!" Ruby and Yang said simultaneously.
"Shhhhhhh! Please keep it down! Ok you got me. I like Shade." Whispered Velvet. "But you can't tell anyone ok? Not even Weiss, Pyrrha, Blake or Nora."
"OK, we'll keep quiet." Ruby and Yang agreed.
"Thank you so much. I'll tell him soon. I'm just waiting for the right moment." Said Velvet.
"Hey guys!" called Pyrrha as she returned with Weiss and 8 drinks.
"Um there's only 5 of us here Pyrrha, why did you get 8 drinks?" asked Yang, taking her drink and handing Ruby and Velvet theirs.
"There are only 5 of us here now but Shade, Jaune and Ren will be getting here soon, and I know what Jaune and Ren like, and unless Shade has changed over the years, I know he'll want a Caramel Macchiato." Responded Pyrrha, as she set down all the drinks.
"You guess correctly old friend." A voice said behind Pyrrha.
Pyrrha quickly turned around, to see Shade behind her.
Shade quickly grabbed the Caramel Macchiato, and took a sip.
"How did you do that?!" asked Weiss.
"Trade secret there Weiss." Replied Shade, flashing her a quick smile.
Just then, Jaune and Ren walked through the door, each of them carrying a bag of clothes and breathing heavy.
"Did you make them carry your clothes?" Pyrrha asked, until she saw the bag in Shade's hands.
"No, they both decided to get some clothes too. Another thing, unless you like shopping, never go with Ren. It's almost as bad as shopping with an indecisive person with ADD." Warned Shade.
"Hey…I'm not that bad am I?" asked Ren.
Jaune just looked at him sympathetically.
The boys sat down and the group talked about nothing important until Pyrrha asked Shade something.
"So Shade just out of curiosity, do you happen to have a crush on anyone?" asked Pyrrha.
Everyone looked to Shade as he thought about it for a second. He saw this as an opportunity to pull a prank on them. 'This is gonna be hilarious' he thought.
"Well, kind of yeah." Responded Shade, pretending that he was nervous.
"OK, is she sitting at this table?" asked Yang, making Pyrrha's job easier.
"Um, well no she's not here exactly. But he is…" said Shade, looking down and thinking 'Are they buying it?'
(AN-Just thought I should interject here. I just want to say that I am a full supporter of LGBT rights, and I am doing this just for giggles. I don't want to make anyone think I have a problem with that when I don't . Ok that's the end of my Author's Note. Now back to the story.)
At that exact moment, everyone at the table instantly stopped whatever they were doing, and just stared at someone. Either Shade, or in Ren and Jaune's case, each other.
'There buying it aren't they?' thought Shade.
"You…I mean…you're…I mean…what?" asked Pyrrha, unsure how to respond to what she had just heard, and she was the only one who could say anything. Everyone else just sat there with their mouths wide open, just staring at someone.
Suddenly, Shade began to smile, the smile soon became a chuckle, which soon became full-blown laughter.
"Can I ask what exactly is so funny?!" asked Weiss.
Shade was having trouble breathing from how hard he was laughing. Once he finally regained some sense of control over his lungs, He stuttered out "Oh…my…god. That…was…too…damn…funny!" He quickly erupted in a bout of laughter again.
"Wait a minute, was that a joke?!" asked Weiss.
Shade couldn't even speak. All he could manage was a weak nod before laughing again.
After that Ren and Jaune quickly breathed a sigh of relief before laughing as well. Yang, Ruby, and Pyrrha began laughing soon after that. But Weiss and Velvet didn't seem to think it was so funny, only letting out a small giggle.
Once all the laughing had ended. Shade gave an honest answer to Pyrrha's question. "Ok. Sorry to say that but the opportunity to do that so rarely presents itself so I had to take it. But as an honest answer, not really. I guess I could develop feelings for someone, but as of right now, I don't have any."
"Oh ok then." Replied Pyrrha.
The group then started to talk again until a man none of them, other than Shade, recognized.
"If it ain't old Shade!" Said the man. "How is my favourite mercenary doing?"
"Oh, hey Matt. I'm doing pretty good." Replied Shade.
"Anyways, the Ursa have stopped coming around my business, I assume this was your doing?" asked Matt.
"Yeah it was me. I know I haven't come for my pay yet but I've been caught up in some other stuff lately, but I'll come by later ok?" asked Shade.
"No need, I have your pay with me right now." Said Matt, pulling out 500 lien and giving it to Shade.
"Pleasure doing business with you once again. Got anything else for me right now or no?" asked Shade.
"Ready for the next job already I see, other than a few assassination missions, which I know you won't do, nothing new yet. But I'll let you know when there is something." Said Matt.
"Alright. So I'll see you later then?" asked Shade.
"For sure." Said Matt, bumping fists with Shade and leaving the café.
After Shade put the money in his wallet, he looked to his friends, who were more confused more than ever.
"Guessing you probably want to know what that was about, huh?" asked Shade.
"A little explanation would help." Said Velvet.
"Well before coming to Beacon, I was a mercenary, working under the alias of 'The Wandering Demon' and when Ruby found me in the Emerald Forest, I was on an extermination job for that guy. There were some Ursa attacking his shop, and he asked me to take care of them, and offered me 500 lien for the job." Explained Shade.
"OK. That clears it up a bit." Said Velvet.
"Yeah but what did he mean when he said you wouldn't do any assassination jobs? I mean, when we first met you were a mercenary but you had no problem with them then, what changed?" asked Pyrrha.
Shade took a quick glance at Weiss. "I'd rather not discuss that right now." Said Shade.
'Why did he look at me then? I'll have to ask him about that later.' Thought Weiss.
The group of 8 started talking about classes until they all finished their drinks, at which point they left. They all left the café and started to walk towards where the airships were so they could go back to Beacon.
A few minutes after they left the café, Shade and Weiss both said "Crap!"
"What's up?" asked Jaune.
"I forgot my bag of clothes at the café." Said Shade.
"Yeah, and I forgot my purse." Said Weiss.
"Ok, well, go get your stuff then." Said Pyrrha.
"Ok, we'll be back soon. Wait for us here." Said Shade, grabbing Weiss' arm and taking off at full speed towards the café.
Once Shade and Weiss made it to the café, they went inside and got their things.
"Ok, let's go Weiss." Said Shade, about to leave.
"Wait Shade!" said Weiss, getting his attention.
"Yeah Weiss?" asked Shade, turning to face her.
"I wanted to ask you why you looked at me before you answered why you wouldn't take up any assassination contracts." Answered Weiss.
"It's a bit of a long story, but I'll tell you when we get back to Beacon. Meet me in the training room ok?" asked Shade.
"Ok, see you then." Said Weiss.
The two of them walked back to the group and then back to the airships. When they got back to Beacon, Shade said he was going to head to the training rooms and Weiss said she was planning on heading there as well, so they decided to go together.
When they got to the training rooms they sat in the stands, and Shade started to talk.
"So, you want to know why I won't take up assassination contracts?" asked Shade.
"Well, mostly why you looked at me before you said that, but yeah, pretty much." Replied Weiss.
"Ok, this goes back to when I was in the White Fang." Began Shade
Flashback again
"Hey Shade, come here!" a man called out to Shade.
"Yeah I'm here, what do you want?" asked Shade.
"We got a job for you. This will be a great boost to our cause, if you can handle it." The man said handing Shade an assassination contract.
Shade quickly looked over the contract, nodded and said, "Got it. I'll be back in the morning."
"I'll see you then." Said the man.
After the sun sunk below the horizon, Shade snuck into the house of the one he was hired to kill. He crept silently through the hall towards the room of the target. He silently opened and closed the door to see his target sound asleep.
Flash back end
"The target was right in front of me. I took out one of my swords, and was prepared to kill the target. However, just before I lowered my blade, I began to hesitate. I knew that what I was about to do was wrong, and I truly began to think about what was happening. I was being used by the White Fang to do their dirty work. I'm the only one who ever does assassinations. However, I did know that if I pulled off this job, we Faunus would be treated as equals, but I also realized it wouldn't be out of respect. It would be out of fear. As I looked over at my target, I couldn't help but notice something. The target was fast asleep, completely unknowing of the danger she was in. I was about to kill her, but couldn't do it, she seemed too innocent to kill. I left the target alone, and went back to the White Fang base. I made up a story that the cops spotted me, but they didn't believe me, because they knew that wouldn't stop me. They knew that I had given up on the mission. In the White Fang, this is highly disgraceful. If you fail a mission, nothing bad happens, but if you give up on a mission and have the nerve to come back, you are to be punished. So I was. Severely. It was only after 4 hours of constant torture they let me off the stake. After that, I was almost broken. I quickly packed up my belongings after patching myself up, and left as fast as I could. I left a suicide note talking about how I couldn't live with the disgrace I paced upon myself and my family or some crap, so they would think I was dead and therefore wouldn't search for me. I don't take up assassination contracts anymore because of that one. I couldn't do it because I didn't have a reason to do it. I realized that I couldn't kill someone without reason to do so." Finished Shade.
"Ok. That clears up why you don't take up assassination contracts, but it doesn't explain why you looked at me before saying that you wouldn't take up assassination contracts." Said Weiss.
"I'm getting to that. You noticed I never said the name of the person I was hired to kill. I only called them the target, or her, right?" asked Shade.
"Yeah, but I just assumed that was because you didn't remember her name." replied Weiss.
"No. I remember her name as clear as I remember mine, which by the way I still won't tell you." Said Shade.
"Ok. What was it?" asked Weiss.
"The name of the one I was hired to assassinate was…w-was…*mumble mumble*"
"I didn't quite catch that. What did you say?" asked Weiss.
"Her n-name w-was…Weiss Schnee." replied Shade.
Bombshells have been dropped in this chapter. First, both Velvet and Weiss are into Shade (Possible love triangle?), second, Shade was hired to kill Weiss, but chose to take a punishment instead. I'm sure most of you guessed both of those before this chapter, but still bombshells. Anyway I started this chapter at about 1 AM and now it's about 6:30 AM so it took me around 5 and a half hours to write this chapter. Also it is my longest chapter yet (Over 5,000 words. Checkpoint!). Anyway please let me know what I did well and what I could improve on, and I will see you all in the next chapter! I have decided that there will be no exact date for uploads, I'll just upload them the day I finish them, so if I have a good day with a lot of free time there may be multiple chapter uploads a day. Goodbye!
