Hello to all of you wonderful people who are reading this story! This is The Burning Ruler, and once again, I am back with another chapter of RWBY: A Demon's Life. This is also my second upload in 24 hours. Inspiration just seems to hit me at night, but I don't know why. Most of the time I would write something else here, but I really can't think of anything right now. Also, I got two reviews since I uploaded the last chapter. I am way too happy about this, but I am so happy that I got my first reviews, and so, I shall answer them!

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Chapter 4: The First Date (Part 1)

"What? M-Me? You were on a job to kill me?" asked Weiss, understanding why he looked at her before.

"Yes. I was told to kill you, but I didn't. I realize that the fact that I was ready to may cause you to lose trust in me, but I hope it doesn't." responded Shade, ready for Weiss to run away from him.

To Shade's surprise, Weiss didn't leave. She simply lifted his face to look her in the eyes, and she slapped him.

"What are you talking about? If anything, that makes me trust you more. I mean, yes, you were prepared to kill me, and you almost did. But instead of killing me, a Schnee, who should've been your mortal enemy due to your Faunus heritage, you chose to let me live, and take a brutal punishment instead. Why would that make me trust you any less?" asked Weiss.

Shade didn't respond. Instead, he simply smiled and said "You really are something else, you know that? I think if I had told anyone else about that, they would've walked away right then and never have talked to me again."

"Not me. I'm more understanding than people think." Said Weiss, smiling.

"I can tell. Anyways, you are probably really tired. But I'm still full of adrenaline from recounting that story, so I'm gonna hang out here and train for a bit. You can stay too, but I think you'd be better off going back to the dorm and getting some sleep." Said Shade, heading down and drawing his swords.

"No. I'll stay here. Besides, this can only benefit me. If we ever end up sparring, I want to know what I'm up against" said Weiss.

"Alright, but don't think that I'm going to show you all of my secrets. After all, I can't give up the element of surprise now, can I?" responded Shade.

"No, I suppose not. But before you start, I do have one more question. How bad was the torture?" asked Weiss, curious.

"I really can't put it into words, so I can't tell you. But I can show you, if you want." Responded Shade.

"Please do." Requested Weiss.

Shade put down his swords, took off his shirt, and turned around to show Weiss his scars. Weiss looked at his back and immediately took note that his back was covered in deep whip marks, burn scars, and what looked like slash marks. But she noticed something else. Shade had a tattoo. Though he was standing far away, so she couldn't tell what it was. She made a mental note to ask later. With that, Shade put his shirt back on, picked up his swords, and started to train. The first thing that Weiss noticed, was that Shade was always very precise in his swings, never swinging somewhere without there being a purpose. Even when he missed, it seemed to be intentional. He also was able to dodge attacks easily by either jumping or ducking, but she noticed a few weaknesses. He didn't have amazing reaction time for vertical attacks, all of which he had to block. She also took note that even though he was precise in his swings, he slowed down for a few seconds after blocking. She then realized that she was starting to doze off. After another 15 minutes of trying desperately to stay awake, she couldn't fight it off anymore. She fell asleep. After another 15 minutes, Shade looked up to the stands to see Weiss asleep.

"I knew she couldn't stay awake this whole time." Said Shade, shaking his head. "Well, I'm done here. Better take her back to the dorm."

Shade went over to where Weiss was and picked her up bridal style. After picking her up, Weiss snuggled up to his chest. Shade then took note of how cute she looked when she slept.

'Why do I keep thinking things like that?' thought Shade. He eventually pushed that thought to the back of his mind, but it eventually was the only thing he could think about. He got back to the dorm and saw Pyrrha and Jaune coming back from the roof. They both saw him carrying Weiss, and gave him a questioning look.

"No. But I do need to talk to you Jaune. Alone. Just wait for me here, Ok?" asked Shade.

"Um, yeah sure. Whatever. I'll be back soon Pyrrha." Said Jaune.

"Ok." Responded Pyrrha.

Shade then walked into the room to see all the others sleeping. Shade put Weiss in her bed, covered her up and said goodnight. He then left the room to see Jaune looking at him angrily. Shade was at first confused, until he thought about it for a second.

"Oh. So you like Weiss huh?" asked Shade.

"Yeah, and if you know that, then why are you hitting on her?" asked Jaune, angry.

"I wasn't. We were in the training room, she fell asleep, so I carried her back. That's it." Explained Shade.

"Fine. Now stop being so nice to her. If you keep being nice to her, she'll fall for you before she falls for me." Said Jaune, seriously and trying to intimidate Shade.

"Really Jaune? Really? You're trying to intimidate me AND tell me what to do? Me?" asked Shade.

"No. I'm not trying to. I AM." Said Jaune, putting on a face that looked like he was trying to scare Shade.

"If you think you scare me, you are sadly mistaken. A scary face might work on a coward, but I'm not a coward. Try to remember this, the last man that tried to scare me, intimidate me, OR tell me what to do ended up dead within a minute. Now even though he wasn't a huntsman in training, or a friend, I wouldn't hesitate to kill you. So don't test me, because you WILL fail." Said Shade intimidating Jaune.

"Ok ok, just don't try to seduce Weiss. I at least deserve a chance don't I?" asked Jaune.

"Honestly, yes you do. However, it's not me that gives you one. It's Weiss." Said Shade.

"Ok. Thanks Shade. Now, what did you want to talk to me about?" asked Jaune.

"Well, actually it's about Weiss. You can keep trying to get her, and most likely fail, OR you can go for someone who actually likes you." Said Shade.

"Someone who actually likes me? Who is that?" asked Jaune.

"Wait, you don't know? Honestly?" asked Shade, dumbfounded.

"Obviously not if I asked you. Now who is it?' asked Jaune.

"Wow, you really are dense. It's Pyrrha! How have you not noticed yet?!" asked Shade.

"What? Pyrrha, l-likes me? Are you sure?" asked Jaune.

"Why would I say that if I wasn't sure? But, you should know, if I was in your place, I would go for it ASAP, because she isn't the kind to wait around for too long." Shade lied, knowing she would likely wait until the end of time.

"Ok. I'll go for it now." Said Jaune. "Talk to you later Shade."

"Talk to you later Jaune." Replied Shade.

Shade then walked into his dorm. He took off his shirt and fell asleep on his bed.

In the middle of the night, Shade woke up with a scream. He quickly clamped his hands over his mouth, hoping he didn't wake anyone up. He looked around, and saw everyone else asleep.

'Thank God. I didn't wake up anyone, so I don't have to explain that to anyone tomorrow. It's probably for the best that I just forget that and go back to sleep.' Shade thought before going back to sleep.

The next day, all the girls woke up and saw that Shade was still sleeping, but decided that they should head into the shower before he woke up. They all finished showering, and Shade was still asleep. Out of nowhere, Shade was awoken by a loud knocking on the door. He got out of bed to answer the door, but Yang beat him to it.

"Hey Pyrrha wh-"Yang was cut off by Pyrrha running through the door tackling Shade to the ground, hugging him and kissing him , seemingly quite passionately, on the lips.

Shade once again saw this as an opportunity to be a smart ass.

"Whoa Pyrrha! I get that I'm irresistible, but I thought that you liked Jaune?" said Shade with a sly grin on his face.

"Oh shut up Shade! This is just a thank you!" yelled Pyrrha.

"Alright, alright. But can you get off me before Jaune shows up and gets the wrong idea again." Said Shade.

"Ok. Wait…wrong idea again? When was the first time?" asked Pyrrha, getting off Shade.

"Never mind that, I don't even know why I said that." Said Shade unconvincingly.

"You're a horrible liar Shade, you know that?" asked Weiss.

Goddamn it. "Alright I'll tell you. Remember last night? When I got back to the dorm and I was carrying Weiss?" asked Shade, before mentally slapping himself, realizing that Yang was in the room.

"YOU WHAT?!" asked Yang.

"Weiss fell asleep in the training room, so instead of being a horrible person and leaving her there, I carried her back to the room. That about sum it up?" asked Shade.

"Yeah. That clears it up." Said Yang.

"Anyways, as I was saying. After I left Weiss in her bed and walked back out to talk to Jaune, he thought that I was hitting on her. He then tried to tell me to stop being nice to her so she wouldn't fall for me." Said Shade. At this Weiss thought 'If only he knew' "He then tried to intimidate me, but after a small death threat, he simply asked me to not try to seduce her." Finished Shade.

"Ok. So that's it." Said Pyrrha.

"So wait, you are just going to ignore that he threatened Jaune's LIFE?!" asked Yang.

"Yep. Jaune tried to tell him what to do, and then he tried to intimidate Shade. That is just Shade's normal reaction to something like that." Explained Pyrrha.

"Ok, I'm not sure if I should be scared or proud that he stands up for himself with death threats." Said Weiss.

"I only threaten people who I know it will work on, so you should be happy that you will never see the face I make when I'm trying to intimidate someone." Replied Shade.

"Come on. It can't be that scary." Said Blake, laughing.

"Wanna bet on that Blake?" asked Shade.

"Sure, but how will we judge on that?" asked Blake.

"Yang cover your ears." said Shade and she complied. "20 lien says that I can get Yang to back away at my command."

"No chance that's going to happen. But if you want to bet, sure. It's on." Said Blake shaking Shade's hand.

"Ok Yang you can uncover your ears now." Said Ruby.

"Ok. So how are you guys goi-" She was cut off by Shade giving her his intimidation face. His eyebrows were furrowed, his eye was rolled into the back of his head, and his voice was deeper. Yang was visibly shaking. "Shade, what's up" she asked.

"SHUT UP!" Yelled Shade, sending chills up the spines of everyone in the room, except Yang, who was too scared to even move, and Pyrrha, who expected this. "Now back up."

"Why?" asked Yang, shaking.

"I said BACK UP! NOW!" yelled Shade, scaring Yang beyond belief.

"Ok, ok. Just calm down." Said Yang backing up four steps with her hands held up in a defensive manner. Everyone in the room other than Pyrrha, was in utter shock that Shade managed to intimidate Yang into doing what he said.

After Yang had backed up Shade brought his face back to normal. He then turned back to Blake smiling.

"Ok. You win." Said Blake, taking out her purse and handing Shade 20 lien. To her surprise, Shade just pushed it back to Blake. Blake was confused at this gesture.

"It's ok. You don't need to give me the 20 lien." Said Shade, smiling.

"What? But you won the bet. The bet was for 20 lien. Why don't I need to give you the 20 lien?" asked Blake, confused.

"I know. But I do have some honour. I knew that I would win the bet, and to me, it's only a bet if I also stand to lose something, which I didn't in this case." Explained Shade.

"Wow. Most people would only make a bet of they knew that they would win it. But you are pretty much the opposite. You'll only make a bet if you don't know if you are right. That's really nice." Said Ruby.

Blake simply put the 20 lien back in her purse and said "Thank you, but I can't feel right about this if you don't get something in return."

Shade simply waved it off. "No need. Seeing Yang scared shitless was MORE than enough of a reward for me."

"Alright, but I still don't feel right about it. How about tonight after class we head out for dinner or something? My treat." Asked Blake.

"What? You mean like a date?" asked Shade.

"Sure, if you want it to be." Said Blake.

"Alright then. See you tonight then." Said Shade.

"Ok. Pick me up around 6, ok?" asked Blake.

"Why would I need to pick you up? We stay in the same room." Asked Shade.

"I have an idea." Said a new voice as it joined the conversation.

"What? Jaune, when did you get here?" asked Pyrrha.

"Just now. Anyways, back to the matter at hand, if you want to make it more realistic, you could hang out in our room until it's time for your date Shade." Said Jaune.

"Really? Thanks Jaune." Said Shade. "Hey, no problem. I owe you for telling me about Pyrrha. Like you said, I never would've gotten her without your help."

"Ok. Then it's settled. Oh and Shade? Wear a suit or a tuxedo. We're going somewhere nice." Said Blake.

"Alright. In that case, Jaune, can you take this into your dorm?" asked Shade handing him the bag of clothes he bought yesterday.

"Sure thing." Jaune replied , taking the bag and bringing it into his room.

"Wait. Did you buy a suit yesterday?" asked Weiss.

"Yep. I decided that I should get one just in case. Why do you think I took so long there? Ren helped me pick it out because I'm not used to dress clothes. Now, I'm going to head into the shower. Be out in a sec." said Shade grabbing his uniform, making sure he had his shirt this time and walking into the bathroom. "Oh, and if you want to know about the scars, ask Weiss, she knows. But Weiss, only tell them about HOW I got them, not WHY I got them."

Before entering the bathroom, he heard the girls bombard Weiss with questions about the scars. Weiss turned to Shade with a look of anger. Shade simply winked back at her and entered the bathroom, but not before he saw Weiss blush with nervousness.

After showering, drying off and getting dressed in his uniform. Shade realized something.

"Oh my god. I'm going on a date with Blake aren't I?" Shade asked himself. "Well, this will be new."

Shade then exited the bathroom, fully clothed and went with his team, as well as team JNPR, to class. Grim studies seemed to go quicker to Shade, but then he realized that it was probably because he slept through half of the class. He was surprised that Professor Port hadn't noticed, but he wasn't complaining. Just like yesterday, History class was nothing special. After that class, the group of friends were walking to combat class, when Shade saw something. He saw Cardin and his gang pushing Velvet around. Shade then turned to his friends and told them to tell Goodwitch that he would be late to class.

"Why are you going to be late?" asked Weiss.

"I forgot my scroll in Oobleck's class." Responded Shade, mentally patting himself on the back for thinking about an excuse so quickly.

"Oh ok. We'll let her know." Replied Weiss.

"Ok, I'll see you in class." Said Shade before turning down the hall to Oobleck's class. However he ducked just out of sight and waited for his group of friends to be gone before taking off down the hall towards Cardin.

"HEY! WHAT DID I TELL YOU GUYS WOULD HAPPEN IF I EVER CAUGHT YOU HARSSING HER AGAIN?!" yelled Shade.

"You think that we're afraid of you? We are all here and ready to fight now." Said Cardin.

All the members of Team CRDL began drawing their weapons as Shade sighed and drew his swords.

It was a long fight. And Team CRDL only managed to get two hits on Shade before Shade had knocked Russell, Dove and Sky down. They were still conscious though. He wanted them to see what was going to happen to their leader, so they knew that he wasn't messing around. Shade immediately charged Cardin down before punching him in the stomach and slamming a forearm down on his back, making him fall on his face. Shade then kicked Cardin in the ribs. He then dragged him over to the locker that Velvet was standing next to. She was smiling, watching her crush beat the living hell out of the boys that were just harassing her. She almost enjoyed seeing them in pain.

"Is this your locker Velvet?" asked Shade, pointing to the locker she was next to.

"Yeah, why?" asked Velvet.

"Can you open it for me? I need to teach this guy a lesson." He looking at Cardin.

"Oh ok. Sure." Replied Velvet, opening her locker.

"Are you going to leave Velvet alone now?" Shade asked Cardin.

"Fuck…you…mutt…" Cardin struggled to say.

"Alright, don't say I didn't give you the opportunity to prevent this." Said Shade, shrugging.

What Shade did next was unexpected to say the least. Instead of putting Cardin in the locker and sending him off, which was what Velvet thought he was going to do, Shade only put Cardin's head in it. He then backed up a good five feet, and ran directly at the locker door. As he passed by it, he grabbed it and slammed it onto Cardin's head, knocking him out cold. He then pulled Cardin out of the locker to see that he was knocked out cold.

"Well he won't remember that." He then turned to the rest of Cardin's team. "This encounter never happened, got it?" asked Shade.

The rest of team CRDL nodded.

"Good. But, just to be sure." He then knocked them all out. He knew that they wouldn't remember this encounter.

"Wow. I didn't expect you to be so violent." Said Velvet, obviously referencing what he did to Cardin.

"Yeah. Anyways we should get to class, before-" Shade was then cut off by the bell ringing to signify the end of class. "Scratch that. We should get to the cafeteria so we can get something to eat." Shade said.

"Ok, but you know that your friends will be wondering where you were right?" asked Shade.

"Yeah. I got a story though. I was looking for my scroll and then we met up, Ok?" asked Shade.

"Got it. Let's go." Said Velvet leading him to the cafeteria.

When they arrived in the cafeteria, all his friends asked him where he was, and he told them the story he told Velvet. They all looked at Velvet for confirmation, and she said "Yeah that about sums it up."

"So Shade, ready for your date with Blake tonight?" asked Nora, teasingly.

"Jaune…did you tell her?" asked Shade.

"No. I only told Ren, and I told him not to tell Nora." He said.

"I didn't tell her." Said Ren.

"Then who told…" Shade trailed off. He then turned to look menacingly at Pyrrha, who had sunk back into her chair. She then laughed nervously.

"I'm sorry Shade." Pyrrha apologized.

"You are so lucky that you're an old friend of mine. If you weren't, I probably would've killed you." Said Shade.

"I know. That's why I told her before Yang could. I knew that if she told her, you wouldn't hesitate to kill her. So I told her so everyone here would survive." Explained Pyrrha.

"Smart." Said Shade.

They group started to talk about how class was, including what Shade had missed in Combat class. Before anyone knew it, lunch was over. They all went back to their dorms except for Shade who went to team JNPR's dorm, and Pyrrha who went to help Blake pick out a dress, because as Blake had put it, "She was the only one who dated Shade previously and knew what dress he would like."

As Shade was getting ready for the date (Brushing his hair and even styling it with some help from Ren, and putting on his tuxedo), Blake was getting ready with some help from Pyrrha.

"Wow Shade! You look great!" Exclaimed Nora.

Shade was wearing a normal black jacket over a red undershirt that was the same shade as his eye. He also wore a red tie that was the same shade as his under shirt. He also wore a pair of black pants.

"You think so?" asked Shade spinning around.

Nora then turned away, blushing.

"Damn. I'm pretty good at making girls nervous aren't I?" asked Shade chuckling.

"Sure seems that way." Said Jaune, laughing.

Before Shade knew it, it was time to pick Blake up.

"Good luck Shade." Said Ren and Jaune.

"Thanks guys." Said Shade.

"Oh and Shade? If you think you might get lucky, just send Ruby, Weiss and Yang over here. They can stay the night." Said Nora winking.

"Good god Nora! It's the first date. I always wait until at least the third." Said Shade winking back, seemingly not phased at all by what Nora just said.

Before anyone else could say anything, Shade left and knocked on team RWBY's dorm.

"I got it!" He heard Weiss call from inside.

In a few seconds, Weiss opened the door.

"Oh, hi Shade. BLAKE! YOUR DATE IS HERE!" yelled Weiss. She then whispered to Shade "Don't ask me why, but she said that since this was her first date ever, she wanted it to be as realistic as possible, so she told us all how to act."

"Alright." Shade whispered back.

Blake then walked out of the bathroom, and sent Shade into a state of absolute shock.

"Hello Shade. You look nice." Said Blake.

"Wow…" was the only thing that Shade could say in response.

Hey everyone! I know what you are probably thinking. "If this is an OC x Velvet story, then why isn't Shade going on a date with her?!" to which I reply, I never said that Velvet would be Shade's first date. But it is still an OC x Velvet story, and even though Shade isn't going to get together with her yet, he will in a future chapter. Anyways remember to leave a review of what you thought of this chapter and I will see you in the next Chapter of RWBY: A Demon's Life! Goodbye!