Hello everyone! I am The Burning Ruler and I am back again with another chapter or RWBY: A Demon's Life. Nobody left a review about the Latin, but I'll explain here. When Shade was first in the White Fang, they were still speaking English. After a while, their messages were being intercepted, so they switched to Latin so if their messages were intercepted because Latin is a dead language in Remnant. I am having a great time writing this and I think I have some reviews to respond to.
Writen: Yeah, sorry about all the clichés, but that is just how I planned it. Most of the character traits are actual traits I have in real life. For an example, I actually have MPD and anger management issues, so, so does my OC. I also know that my OC is OP, but there is a reason for it. This is a slight spoiler alert. He will end up getting the ever living fuck beaten out of him eventually. Maybe not soon, but eventually.
Guest: Um, what? I think you may have left a review on the wrong story dude.
Now that that's out of the way, I don't own RWBY, and let's get this started!
Chapter 13: I hope so
Shade awoke to a warm feeling next to him. He originally thought it was Blake, but dismissed that thought when the warmth spread around his torso. Blake wouldn't be hugging him, right? He slowly turned around to see Weiss asleep next to him, holding him, and smiling in her sleep. Shade smiled as well. Shade was about to get up, but didn't want to disturb Weiss, so he just decided to stay in bed for a little longer and maybe get some extra rest. He needed some after getting very little the past night. He lied back down, and fell asleep quickly. While he was asleep, Yang woke up and saw Shade and Weiss sleeping together, and got mad. She didn't know why Shade wasn't sleeping with Blake, and she wasn't happy. She thought that Shade was cheating on Blake with Weiss. She decided to wake up Blake and let her know about this. She hopped down from her bunk and woke up Blake.
"Ugh…Yang? What are you doing?" asked Blake sleepily.
"Sorry, but you should know. Your boyfriend is sleeping with Weiss." Said Yang, sadly.
"Yeah. No he isn't." said Blake.
"Yeah he is. Look." Said Yang, showing Blake.
Blake simply shook her head. "That's not what I meant. I mean he isn't my boyfriend. We broke up last night."
"Oh ok…wait…WHAT?!" yelled Yang. This woke up everyone else.
"AH! What the hell Yang?!" yelled Shade, his wolf ears ringing.
"We were trying to sleep!" yelled Weiss, upset about being woke up.
"My poor ears…" whimpered Ruby.
Not long after that, all four members of Team JNPR knocked on the door. Shade opened it up.
"Why are you shouting?!" asked Nora.
"I would also like to know." Said Ren, not caring about the noise, just that he was curious.
"Me too. What happened?" asked Jaune.
Pyrrha simply saw Weiss in the bed that was next to Shade's and looked to Shade. Shade immediately knew what she was thinking, and mouthed the words, not yet but soon…hopefully. Pyrrha gave him a wink and a smile.
"Yang shouted when she heard that me and Shade broke up." Said Blake. This caused everyone else to scream much like Yang did.
"ENOUGH WITH THE SCREAMING!" yelled Shade. Everyone stopped screaming on the spot. "Thank you! Is it such a big deal that me and Blake broke up?" asked Shade.
"Yeah! Of course! Now Weiss and Velvet have a chance!" yelled Nora.
This caused Weiss to blush intensely. She looked down at the ground to try and hide it, but everyone already saw.
"Weiss? We all know that you want Shade. Even he knows. You don't have to try and hide it anymore." Said Yang, getting a chuckle out of Shade.
"Sorry…force of habit." Said Weiss, looking back up.
"Hold on for a second, Shade and Blake are just broken up, that doesn't mean that he likes Weiss or Velvet does it? He might like someone else entirely. Maybe he likes Sarah. Who knows?" asked Jaune.
"Really Jaune?" asked Shade.
"Yeah, how should we know?" Jaune asked Shade.
"You could ask." Sadi Nora, which caused Shade to looked at Nora angrily.
"Oh, good point Nora. Do you like Weiss?" asked Jaune.
He glared at Nora, but realized that he couldn't avoid the question. "I will get you back for this Nora. Yes. I do like Weiss." Sadi Shade, answering the question, and making Weiss happier that she had ever been before. She thought she was dreaming. There was no way that Shade just sadi that, right? Right?
Shade looked at Weiss, who was blushing even more furiously, and clearly didn't believe what she had just heard. He knew that he had to do something to snap her out of it. But what? He looked over to Team JNPR, looking for an idea, but then saw Jaune and Pyrrha kissing. He didn't have a better idea. Swallowing his hesitation, he leaned towards Weiss, and planted a kiss on her lips. Pyrrha and Jaune broke apart and looked over to Shade and Weiss. The sight almost made them scream, but they held it back, as did Ren and Ruby. However, Yang and Nora weren't able to. They screamed at the top of their lungs. Normally this would stop anything, but apparently not Weiss and Shade. They were still kissing, but soon broke apart.
"Umm…umm…" sadi Weiss, unable to form a sentence. Shade simply smiled back at her. It took Weiss a good ten seconds to realize that she wasn't imagining any of what just happened. Shade really did like her. After realizing this, she jumped off the bed and ran towards Shade. When she got to him she threw her arms around his neck and kissed him again.
"So, I guess that Shade and Weiss are together now huh?" asked Ruby.
"I'd say so. So, now what?" asked Yang, somewhat confused as to what to do now.
"Well, the way I see it, not much has changed. In fact the only things that have are who I'm dating and Blake is single." Sadi Shade.
"He's right. So let's just go to the cafeteria as usual." Said Pyrrha.
Everyone left the room and started to go to the cafeteria to get something to eat. They passed by team CFVY's dorm and knocked to get them. When Coco came to the door, she immediately took note that Shade and Weiss were holding hands. She went inside to get Velvet. She found Velvet, told her that Shade and his friends were there. She also sadi that Shade and Blake broke up, and that he and Weiss were together now. Velvet accepted that she had to wait even longer, and even though she didn't want to, she knew that she could. Coco also brought Yatsuhashi and Fox with her. On the way to the cafeteria, Weiss realized something.
"Oh no…" she said.
"What's wrong?" asked Shade.
"I have to tell my father about this. I already told him that I had a crush on you, but he sadi that we couldn't be together." Sadi Weiss.
"Yeah. Good point, but we do have to tell him." Said Shade.
"We?" asked Weiss.
"Yeah of course. There is no way I'm letting you do this on your own. Besides, he probably would want to meet me." Said Shade, knowing what would happen when they call him.
"Ok then. Thanks. We should probably get this over with quickly right?" asked Weiss.
"Yeah. The sooner the better." Said Shade.
"Hey guys? We'll catch up with you later." Said Weiss.
"Ok. See you when you're done." Said Ruby.
"Good luck!" yelled Yang.
"Ok. Let's go." Said Weiss, leading Shade to the library to have a quiet place to call her father.
"You ready?" asked Weiss.
"As I'll ever be." Said Shade.
Weiss began dialing her father's number. It didn't take long for her father to pick up.
"Ah hello Weiss. How are you?" asked her father.
"I'm good." Said Weiss.
Here was when Weiss' father noticed that Shade was also with her. Shade nodded slightly. Enough so that Weiss' father would see it, but not so much that Weiss would.
"Who is that with you?" asked Weiss' father.
"Um…well…" sadi Weiss, unable to talk.
"Let me take care of this part. I'm Shade." said Shade.
"I see. So you are the faunus that captured my daughter's heart." Said her father.
Weiss had no idea that they had met previously. She was too worried about what her father would say when she sadi that they were dating. After a while Weiss' father asked why Shade was there as well. Weiss knew that it was time.
"Well you see…we…um…well…we're kind of…together." Said Weiss, almost whispering.
"I see. You are dating a faunus, and you are letting me know because you want my blessing correct Shade?" said Weiss' father.
"Yes sir." Said Shade, trying not to burst out laughing at how much Weiss was worried.
Weiss' father also looked like he was trying to keep a laugh down. He looked at his daughter. She seemed worried beyond all belief, but she was looking directly at Shade with her eyes full of love. He knew that this had gone on long enough.
"Very well." Sadi Weiss' father.
Weiss hadn't noticed that yet, but the second she did, she was sent into complete shock.
"Are you Ok?" asked Shade.
She didn't respond.
"Sir. I think you broke your daughter. Don't worry though. I got this." Said Shade, kissing Weiss. This snapped her out of it.
"Really? You're Ok with me dating Shade?" asked Weiss, not quite believing it.
"Yes. I am. You see, we have actually met before after a day he went into town and captured a criminal gang that I had put a bounty on. I told him that if he did get together with you, that he would call me immediately and let me see the look on your face when I said that you could date him." Said Weiss' father.
Weiss looked at Shade, who simply nodded. "I promised, and I ALWAYS keep my promises." Said Shade.
"It seems that you do, and remember, you still have a favour. Keep that in mind." Said Weiss' father.
"Of course." Said Shade.
After this Weiss and her father said goodbye. Weiss and Shade then walked back to the cafeteria holding hands the entire time. When they got there, they decided to prank their friends. They let go of each other's hands, and looked at the floor. When they sat down, everyone looked sad. Shade and Weiss knew it worked.
"I assume it went worse than expected?" asked Blake.
"No, it went better than expected." Said Shade, bringing his head back up, and laughing with Weiss.
"You both suck, Ok. Both of you." Said Yang.
"Hey Yang. I don't know if you've noticed yet, but I don't care." Sadi Shade.
Weiss giggled at Yang's reaction.
Shade looked around the table to see that four people were missing.
"Anyone seen CRDL lately?" asked Shade, looking around the table at his friends.
None of his friends had recently. Shade was confused. He always saw them at lunch at the very least, but they weren't here.
"I wonder if something happened." Said Shade.
Shade's scroll suddenly buzzed. It was a message from Ozpin. It was telling him and the rest of team RWBY to come to his office. He got up and let everyone know that Ozpin needed to see him and his friends, and they left. After arriving at Ozpin's office Shade asked what he needed.
"We have tracked down the location of Roman Torchwick. I imagined that you would want to pay him a little visit." Said Ozpin.
"You got that right. Where's he hiding?" asked Shade.
"A civilian witnessed him going into a warehouse not far from the docks. I have sent the exact co-ordinates to each of your scrolls." Said Ozpin.
"Ok. Thank you, but if I'm not mistaken, Shade almost took him out all by his lonesome before. The only reason he didn't was because he had at least 50 henchmen with him." Said Weiss, confused as to why there were there.
"Yes, that is true. However, Roman will undoubtedly have more help with him, which is why I have also called team JNPR and team CFVY with you. They will remain nearby, and if they see you get into a jam, they will come to assist. But only if you are blatantly about to lose." Said Ozpin, looking at Weiss.
He knew that if Shade started to struggle in the slightest, she would blow everyone's cover, and go to help him. Weiss nodded in understanding.
"When you are prepared, you all may head to the airships. They will take you close to the warehouse. Not close enough to blow your cover, but close enough to save you a long trek through town." Said Ozpin.
"Thank you Ozpin. May I ask a question quickly?" asked Shade.
"Of course. What's on your mind?" asked Ozpin.
"I was wondering where team CRDL is at. We haven't seen them around in a long while." Said Shade.
"They have been on a mission for a while. We received word from them yesterday saying that they will be back shortly." Said Ozpin.
Shade simply nodded and left with his friends towards the airships. After boarding one they rode it to the docks. After landing, Shade told his friends to stay back for a while.
"If I look like I'm about to go down, only half of you guys come over." Said Shade. Weiss was about to protest, but Shade silenced her. "The rest of you, wait for a perfect opportunity to attack, then attack, Ok?" asked Shade.
"Ok. You got it." Said Yang.
After all his friends got into the shadows, he went towards the warehouse, and drew his swords. Creeping along the outside, he looked into windows every time he got the opportunity. After looking in, he saw crates of dust, but nothing else. He continued to look around through the windows, but saw nobody inside. He was looking for an entrance to the warehouse. He eventually found a door. He checked behind him, checking for White Fang, as well as his friends. They were still right behind him. He looked inside, and still saw no enemies. He opened the warehouse door, and still saw no one. He walked in, and still just saw dust crates. He explored around, and there was no one around. He looked around again, and still nothing. He was about to call the search off, when he saw something out of his peripheral vision. He followed it, but lost the shadow. Looking around, he found multiple shadow figures. He went to hide, but they saw him before he could get out of sight. They all drew their weapons. He ran out of the warehouse, and the shadow's followed. He looked and saw that they were all White Fang grunts. They attacked, but weren't able to land any hits on Shade. He thought that this would be easy, until he got shot from the side.
"Shit!" he yelled after getting hit.
He looked to the side he got shot from, and saw Roman Torchwick, with more White Fang members. He went after Roman before getting shot from above by a blast of fire. He looked on top of the warehouse, and saw a woman with even more White Fang members. She jumped down, and he knew who it was instantly.
"Cinder Fall. We meet again." Said Shade.
"Well, if it isn't Shade. How have you been?" asked Cinder.
"None of your goddamn business!" Yelled Shade.
"That's no way to talk to me now is it?" sadi Cinder.
Shade started to growl. He knew that he would need help soon. So he started the fight. He was right he needed help very soon, so Yatsuhashi, Pyrrha, Yang, Blake, Ren, Nora and Mercury came over to help. After Shade got a little help the odds were evened. Now he just had to wait for the other to get their opportunity. It didn't take long. After almost no time at all, Shade's other friends attacked, bringing the odds up even higher for them. However, the victory was short lived, as another group of reinforcements arrived. This one was led by a man with red and brown hair. Shade was fighting Roman at this point, and His friends were holding off Cinder and most of the White Fang members. When Shade saw the man he thought he knew who it was. Roman began running away towards an airship along with Cinder. Shade was too distracted by the new man to do anything about it.
"YOU! YOU BASTARD!" yelled Shade, sending chills towards everyone who heard him, except the man. The man saw his friends, and charged with his sword outstretched at the first one he saw, which happened to be the one that Shade as most worried about. His sword almost impaled Weiss, but only left her with a nasty gash on her side. This sent Shade into a frenzy. He charged at the man and slashed at him repeatedly, hitting him many times. Shade had gone ballistic. Blake looked over to Shade, seeing him fighting the man she knew was Adam. Shade was also clearing out the members of the White Fang. He was losing his mind. The demon had taken control. Pyrrha saw Weiss injured and Shade losing his mind, and knew she had to get everyone out of there as quickly as possible. She announced this to everyone and picked up Weiss after wrapping up her wound with one of the uniforms from one of the White Fang members. She carried Weiss back, and got everyone else to follow her. She just knew that she had to get everyone out of there as quickly as possible. Before everyone got out, Blake heard Shade call Adam by the name Daniel multiple times. She thought that the demon must be making him delusional, but then remembered that Shade said he didn't know a man named Adam from his time in the White Fang.
'What is going on here?' Blake asked herself.
After she and all her friends had gotten out of the danger area of Shade's anger. They called Ozpin for an airship as soon as possible to get Weiss back to the infirmary.
Back with Shade and Adam, it was just those two left. Neither of them were getting any hits on the other. Shade realized that he was getting tired, so he activated his semblance. It left an ice copy. When Adam hit it, his sword got stuck in the decoy. As he tried to pull it out he noticed a shadow moving under him.
'Is that what it does?' Adam asked himself.
Shade appeared behind him, and attacked him without mercy. After Adam managed to pull his sword free, he was close to losing. He knew that he couldn't win, so he ran off. He got away, and Shade calmed down. He remembered what happened to Weiss. He ran off to find his friends, deciding his girlfriend was more important that revenge. He found them, and they were loading Weiss onto an airship. He ran over to see if she was Ok. Apart from the gash, she seemed fine, and the doctors told him that it would only take a couple of days for her to recover enough to be on her feet again. After she woke up she could leave the hospital. He was Ok with that, as long as she was Ok.
Afterwards, more airships arrived and took everyone back to Beacon. The second that the airship got to the ground, Shade ran off towards the infirmary to see Weiss. When he got there, he saw that she had been patched up and was resting. He decided to stay there for as long as he could, as often as he could.
"It's all my fault. I wasn't good enough. I couldn't protect you. I'm sorry Weiss." Said Shade.
Shade stayed by Weiss' side for hours. He wasn't sure how long he had been there, but it was easily 5 hours. 2 hours ago his friends showed up. When they walked in, the first thing they saw was Shade crying by Weiss' bed. She was completely still. They couldn't decide if she looked peaceful or dead. Nora almost asked that out loud, but luckily Blake stopped her. She knew that wasn't a good idea to ask that in the situation they were in. Shade didn't acknowledge them entering. Not because he didn't want to, but because he was too focused on Weiss. He couldn't believe that she was hurt so badly. He had no idea what to do. This never happened with any of his previous girlfriends. She was fine until he started dating her. It was as if everyone knew what he was thinking, because they all started saying that it wasn't his fault in different sentences. It took a while, but they finally got through to him.
"Ok. You're right. It's not my fault. It's Daniel's." said Shade.
"Who is that?" asked Blake.
"The guy from the White Fang that I fought. The one who hurt Weiss. The guy with the red and brown hair. The one who I WILL end." Explained Shade.
"Really? I'm just asking because that guy had the same hairstyle and color as my friend from childhood. Adam remember?" asked Blake.
"What? I met Daniel in the White Fang. Do you think that Adam changed his name to Daniel for some reason?" asked Shade.
'I know that he did. So he could come after me under a different alias in hopes that he could get close to me.' Thought Blake. "It seems possible." Said Blake.
"Hmm. I wonder why?" asked Shade.
"No idea." Said Blake.
Everyone agreed with them. They had no idea either.
"Well. It's getting late. We should probably get some rest now." Said Ruby.
"Yeah. We should. Let's go Shade." said Yang.
"No." replied Shade.
"What?" asked Blake.
"I'm not heading back to the dorm. I'm staying here." Said Shade, showing no chance of being moved from his position at all.
"Alright then, but don't push yourself too hard Shade." Said Ruby.
"I won't. You don't need to worry about me. Just worry about yourselves. If you need me for something, let me know by coming here because I'm not leaving unless someone else stays so that someone is here when she wakes up Ok." said Shade.
"Of course. We'll leave you now." Said Yang.
"Yeah see you later." Said Velvet.
As they left the room Shade kissed Weiss on the cheek, and said good night, before falling asleep in the chair.
"Wow. He loves her a lot doesn't he?" asked Ruby, shocked.
"Sure seems that way." Said Velvet, somewhat sadly.
"You Ok Velvet?" asked Coco.
"Yeah I'm fine it's just, he knew that I liked him, but choosing Weiss over me means that I was his last choice." Said Velvet.
"Not entirely true." Said Blake.
"What do you mean?" asked Velvet.
"Well, he would only choose Blake and Weiss over you. He'd choose you over any other girls." Explained Coco, showing Velvet that she was only his third choice, not his last choice.
"I guess you're right. Thanks Coco." Said Velvet.
"No problem Velvet." Said Coco.
"Yeah. Don't feel so bad. We'll see you tomorrow Ok." Said Ruby.
After team CFVY broke of, team RWBY and JNPR went back to their dorms. When team RWBY got back, they were all tired.
"Is anybody else worried about Shade? I mean, he told us not to worry about him, but we know what his last hunt for revenge did to him. It created that monster, but who knows what this one will do to him." Said Yang.
"I know what you mean Yang. I mean, I'm worried about that, but who knows what his search for that Daniel guy will do to him. I could change him a lot." Said Ruby.
"Yeah, and even then, who knows where he is now? I mean, while we were dating, he told me some past stories that he didn't even tell you guys, and if you though that losing his family was the worst that happened to him, that is nowhere near the worst. Trust me." Said Blake, remembering the story about Brittany.
"Really. Wow. If that's true, than how much must he be bottling up inside. If it was me, than losing my family would send me into a deep depression for a long time, and even though it's been a while like that for Shade, he must be bottling something up." Said Ruby.
"Either that, or he's just so used to it by now that it doesn't affect him anymore." Said Yang.
"I guess, but we really should get to sleep. I get the feeling that tomorrow will be a long day without Shade around to make it go by quicker." Said Ruby, falling asleep.
The next day, Shade woke up around 6 am, and Weiss was still unconscious. Shade expected this. After about two hours, Ruby showed up with a breakfast for him. Pancakes, bacon and toast.
"Thanks Ruby." Said Shade, smiling quickly.
"No problem Shade. Can I ask you a couple things?" asked Ruby.
"Sure. What's up?" asked Shade.
"First, can you promise me that you won't let the search for Daniel or Adam or whoever he is control you?" asked Ruby.
"Ok. I promise. What else?" asked Shade.
"I'm worried about my relationship with Sun. If he shows up, can you let him know that I still love him?" asked Ruby.
"Of course. I take it you still haven't thought of a way to show him?" asked Shade.
"I have, but I don't know who to ask for help." Said Ruby.
"Alright. If I can help in anyway, just let me know." Said Shade.
"I will." Said Ruby. 'That might actually work.' Thought Ruby.
"Ok. Just let me know." Said Shade.
"Ok. See you later." Said Ruby, walking out.
"Later Ruby." Said Shade.
"I hope Weiss wakes up soon." Said Ruby, walking to find the rest of her team.
"Do you think that Shade is going to be Ok?" asked Yang.
"I know he will be, I think it's just a matter of how long it will take." Said Blake.
"I know Shade better than anyone here. I know for a fact that he will be Ok. The only thing that could make it worse is us worrying about him." Said Sun.
"Yeah. He'll be fine." Said Sarah. She had found out about Weiss in the cafeteria.
"I just went to see him, and he seemed to be Ok. Just a little hungry." Said Ruby, rejoining the group.
"Hey sweetie." Said Sun when he saw Ruby.
"Hey honey." Said Ruby, smiling widely.
"Wow. I am glad that I changed my mind about letting Sun date you Ruby. I don't think I've ever seen you so happy." Said Yang.
"Yeah. Even if it wasn't you entirely, I'm happy too." Said Ruby.
"What do you mean? Of course it was me alone. Unless you mean Shade's encore song in which case yeah I had some motivation." Said Yang.
"Yeah. I meant Shade's encore song." Said Ruby.
"Anyone want to go see Shade? I'm thinking of heading over there for a little while." Said Sarah.
"Yeah I'll go. I wanna see how my bandmate is doing." Said Sun.
"Ok, come on Sun. We'll be back soon." Said Sarah.
As they walked in, Shade was just sitting there, holding one of Weiss' hands. He was so upset about this whole situation, but he seemed to have come to terms with it.
"Hey man. You Ok?" asked Sun.
"Hmm. Oh yeah. I'm fine." Said Shade, unconvincingly.
"Are you sure?" asked Sarah.
"Yeah. How about you guys. You Ok?" asked Shade.
"Yeah, we're good." Said Sarah, but Sun didn't agree with her instantly.
"What's up Sun?" asked Shade.
"Um…well…It's Ruby. I'm worried that she may not like me anymore. She never shows it." Said Sun.
"What are you talking about Sun? She loves you. Maybe she just doesn't know how to show it. Just try to be more patient with her." Said Shade.
"Ok, maybe I was too quick to judge. I should be more patient. God, you're girlfriend gets stabbed, and you still help others with their relationships. You're a good guy Shade." said Sun.
"Yeah, I guess so." Said Shade.
"Well, we're going to head out. See you tomorrow." Said Sun.
"You'll probably see Weiss too. The doctors said that she should be out by tomorrow." Said Shade.
"Alright. We'll see you tomorrow too Weiss." Said Shade.
The group decided to go into town and head to the café.
"Wow. So Weiss will be up tomorrow then?" asked Ruby.
"According to the doctors, she should be fine." Said Sarah.
"Good. Shade should be fine tomorrow then." Said Ruby.
"Yeah." Said Pyrrha.
The group stayed at the café until they started to get tired. It was at this point that they went back to the airships and went back to beacon to get some rest. After getting back to their dorms, they went to sleep.
Whew. There's another Chapter done. I hope you enjoyed this one. I actually really enjoyed writing this one. Remember to leave a review if you did enjoy it or if you have any questions about the story as well as any suggestions for the story. Alright, well, then, here's where it ends. I hope I'll see you in the next chapter of RWBY: A Demon's Life. Goodbye!
