Hello everybody! This is The Burning Ruler and I am back with another chapter of RWBY: A Demon's Life. Sorry for the long wait, but I have reasons. After a request from my friend, I am planning a new story for SAO, but I don't know if I should pair the OC with Asuna, Lisbeth, or Silica, so if you have an idea, let me know with a review because I honestly can't decide between them. College life has also been hell, as well as I had to write this 5 TIMES! I couldn't get it right, and this was the best copy. Now then, I have a couple of reviews to respond to!
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Chapter 15: How?
Shade and all his friends left the school and went into town. They were all so excited for their date. All the couples had their arms linked and were flirting. The only ones who didn't were the impromptu couples, Cardin and Sarah as well as Russel and Blake. Shade and Weiss were so happy to be together along with their friends.
"Hey Weiss." Said Shade.
"Yes sweetie?" replied Weiss.
"This isn't really what I had in mind for a first date." Said Shade.
"It's Ok. Any time I spend with you is perfect for me." Said Weiss.
"You are too sweet." Said Shade.
"You aren't the only one that can use corny lines." Said Weiss.
"True, but I didn't expect you to use any. You're just full of surprises aren't you?" asked Shade.
After they had landed, they went to the restaurant. The owner nearly stopped them, but when he saw Blake and Shade, he let them in, and once again, led them to a private table. Everyone sat down and ordered. The waiter took their orders, jotted them down on a pad and left to the kitchen.
"This is a really nice place. How can you guys afford this place?" asked Velvet.
"Very well-paid mercenary right here!" said Shade.
"Ok, but are you sure you can afford this place?" asked Velvet.
"Of course I can. Don't worry. It's all on me." Said Shade.
"Really? That's so nice." Said Ruby.
"That's just who he is. I should know." Said Sun.
"Yeah. Anyways, it looks like our food has arrived." Said Shade, gesturing to the food that was being placed in front of them.
"Yay!" said Ruby, hopping a little.
"Ruby, please calm down." Said Shade, shaking his head.
"Ok. But really, thanks Shade." said Ruby.
"No problem. Anyways, let's eat." Said Shade.
"Yeah." Said Blake.
After finishing eating, they all wanted to order dessert, but didn't want Shade to have to pay any extra. Shade could tell this, and told them that they could order dessert if they wanted.
"Are you sure it's Ok?" asked Ruby, still unsure.
"Of course. Order something." Said Shade.
After that, everyone ordered dessert except Shade. After everyone had finished the dessert, the waiter brought the bill. Shade looked at it, nodded as if he was expecting it, and handed the waiter his credit card. After a few minutes, the waiter came back, and handed the card back to Shade. He and his friends then left the restaurant. On their way back, Weiss began to wonder something about her new boyfriend.
'Hmm. He's always had that part of his hair covering that one part of his face. I wonder why.' Thought Weiss.
Shade then looked towards Weiss. It was as if he read her mind. "If you really want to know that bad, I'll tell you when we get back." Explained Shade.
Weiss simply nodded. She knew that he knew what she wanted to know. She was hoping that Shade would reveal it to everyone, but knew that Shade was secretive if nothing else. She knew that he wouldn't reveal his other eye in front of everyone else, so she just had to accept it.
After about an hour of walking and talking with each other, they reached the airships. Once Shade and Weiss got onto the airship, Shade whispered in her ear "Meet me on the roof".
"Ok." Weiss whispered back.
The others were wondering what they were whispering about, but they just assumed that it was secret because they were dating. The ride back to beacon seemed to be very quick for Shade because he was wondering how to explain what was going to happen with Weiss.
When they landed, Shade and Weiss left for the roof, but Ruby also asked to meet Shade in the training room when he was done with Weiss. He said Ok. Ruby went off to the training room, and Shade led Weiss to the roof. When they got there Shade's face took on a much more serious look. Weiss had never seen him this serious before.
"Before I reveal anything at all, I need you to promise me that what happens up here stays between us. Ok?" asked Shade.
"Of course." Replied Weiss, completely seriously.
"Alright, just please, don't freak out?' said Shade, questioningly.
"I promise I won't." said Weiss.
"Ok then." Said Shade, closing his eyes and brushing the hair out of his right eye.
Weiss looked at him, but the only thing she saw that was new was a long scar going from his forehead, across his eye down to the middle of his cheek, but she didn't understand why he would hide that from others. She had a scar too. So why?
"Why are you hiding a scar? I have one too, and there isn't really a need to hide it." Said Weiss, almost laughing.
"That isn't what I'm hiding. I would gladly show this side of my face if not for…this." Said Shade, almost whispering the last word.
Shade opened his eyes and looked at Weiss. She gasped and then realized why he never showed his other eye. Its color looked completely inverted. Where the eye was supposed to be white, it was black. It was still red, but instead of the pupil being black, it was white. His eyes looked like opposites.
Weiss remained silent. She didn't know how to respond to what she had just seen. Shade quickly covered his eye with his bangs again.
"That's why I hide it. This exact reaction is why I hide it." Said Shade, looking down at the ground.
"I can see why you kept it a secret." Said Weiss, after she had gotten over the shock.
"Yeah. I'll tell everyone eventually, but there are some people I trust more than others, so I'll tell them before the others." Said Shade.
"So you trust me more than anyone else?" asked Weiss, inferring that since she was the first one he told, she was the most trustworthy.
"Mostly, but also you were the first one to ask, and you're also my girlfriend. You deserve to know." Explained Shade.
After this Weiss went back to the dorm room, Shade went to the training room to meet Ruby. When he got there, Nora was also there. It looked like she was waiting for Shade as well.
"Oh! Hey Shade!" yelled Nora.
"Hey Ruby. Hey Nora. So why'd you call me here?" asked Shade.
"Well a couple reasons. First, I have an idea on how to counter you're semblance, but I need to know if I'm right. There is another reason, but I don't want to say that with Nora here." Said Ruby.
"Yeah. And I want to fight you Shade. See if I'm prepared yet." Said Nora.
"Alright, I should help Ruby first, because if she has it right and hits me while my semblance is active, I need to have a lot of it, or I will die." Said Shade.
"What?!" asked Ruby.
"Gotcha! I wouldn't die, but I would be in the infirmary for a while." Said Shade.
"You are mean." Said Ruby.
"I know, but let's go." Said Shade, meeting Ruby in the arena. He didn't draw his swords, because he didn't need to. All he needed to do was activate his semblance and wait.
He activated his semblance. Ruby then swung her scythe downward onto Shade's shadow. Nothing happened. She tried again. Still nothing. She tried over and over again, but never got a different result.
"I don't think you have it Ruby." Said Shade, deactivating his semblance.
"Darn. Alright. Nora. You're up." Said Ruby, upset.
This time, Shade drew his swords and put on a very serious face. Nora took out her hammer as well. They began the fight and it seemed that Shade would win, until, he made a mistake. Not knowing about Nora's semblance, he left a copy full of electricity dust. Nora hit it, and took the full force of the electrocution. Shade thought he had won, but Nora jumped behind him and hit him full strength with her hammer. Shade was sent across the room and into the wall. After falling off the wall, they saw that there was an imprint of Shade in it.
"Ugh. That hurt…" said Shade, standing up.
"Are you Ok Shade?" asked Nora, genuinely concerned.
"I'll be fine. Just need some rest." Said Shade.
"Ok. Well, I'll leave you two alone to talk." Said Nora, leaving the training room.
When Nora got back to her dorm, Weiss was waiting outside her dorm for Shade, so she thought nothing of it. She just told Weiss that Shade was going to be a little longer and that she should just get some sleep. Weiss agreed as she was getting tired herself, and went inside her dorm and to bed.
Back in the training room, Ruby was talking to Shade, but Shade knew from how she was acting that she wasn't saying what she wanted to.
"Ruby, just say it already. It's driving me up a wall." Said Shade, calling her out.
"It's that obvious?' asked Ruby.
"To me it is. What is it?" asked Shade back.
"Well…um…I want your help." Said Ruby.
"With what?" asked Shade.
"Um…well…you see. You know how I've never been in a relationship before right and that I had never had to kiss someone as a girlfriend before?" asked Ruby.
"Yeah of course. Why?" asked Shade.
Ruby then got nervous. "Well…you see…I was wondering if…maybe…you would consider…perhaps…training me?' asked Ruby, whispering her request, but Shade heard her.
"What do you mean?" asked Shade.
"I mean, will you teach me how to kiss?" asked Ruby.
"How?" asked Shade, still unsure.
"Well. What I was thinking is we could meet up in secret and-" she was cut off.
"I know what you're about to say. I only have one objection to it. What if Weiss or Sun finds us and gets the wrong idea?" asked Shade.
"Well then why don't we just finish it up now?" asked Ruby.
"Alright fine. If you're serious about it, I'll help. Just know that I don't like you like that. I am doing this as a friend and only a friend Ok?" asked Shade.
"Of course. So you'll help?" asked Ruby.
"Yeah. I'll help you out." Said Shade.
"Ok, so let me know what I need to improve on." Said Ruby, scooting over to Shade and planting a kiss on his lips.
"Alright." Said Shade as he began to tell her what she did well and what she needed to improve on.
It took them both into the morning, but Ruby was almost done.
"You've made considerable progress Ruby. You're a fast learner." Said Shade.
"Thank you Shade. I wouldn't have made it this far without you're help." Said Ruby.
"Alright you're almost done." Said Shade.
"Ok. Let's try this one last time." Said Ruby, leaning into Shade, and kissing him one last time.
Little did they know that they had an observer. Weiss had gotten worried when she woke up and neither Shade nor Ruby were there, nor in the cafeteria. She had gone to the training room to check if they were there. She almost wished that she hadn't found them.
'He never actually loved me. It was all just a lie. I can't believe I fell for his lies.' Thought Weiss beginning to cry.
'I wonder where Ruby is.' thought Sun as he walked by the training room. He saw Weiss and was about to ask her if she had seen Ruby, when he realized that she was crying.
"Whoa Weiss! Are you Ok?" asked Sun, worried about her.
Weiss was unable to stop crying, so Sun turned around to see what she was crying about and saw Shade kissing someone else, but didn't see who it was at first. He turned back to Weiss to console her until he saw an unmistakeable red cloak on the person that Shade was kissing.
'No…no, she wouldn't. She couldn't.' thought Sun, not wanting his worst fear to come true. However, his prayers went unanswered as Ruby pulled away from Shade and revealed that she was the one kissing Shade. He looked directly at Ruby and it only took her a total of two seconds to notice that he was there.
"Oh no." said Ruby, looking behind Shade. Shade didn't have time to turn around before he heard the door to the training room being kicked open. He turned to see a very angry Sun and an equally angry Weiss walk through the doorway.
"No wait! I swear this isn't what it looks like! I swear on the souls of my parents that this isn't what it looks like. Please believe me!" said Shade, instantly trying to clear up the misunderstanding.
"BULLSHIT IT ISN'T WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE! I THINK ITS PRETTY CLEAR WHAT WAS GOING ON HERE!" Yelled Sun, clearly pissed off beyond belief.
"No it isn't!" yelled Shade.
"Shade. I want you to listen to me right now. I never want to see your goddamn face again. Never in my life." Said Weiss, almost bursting into tears.
These words cut Shade deeper than he knew he could be cut. He wanted to cover for himself again, but couldn't find the words to. He knew that he would have to leave beacon now, but he needed to save Ruby's relationship, and he knew how to do it.
"Alright fine. I promise that you'll never see me again, but please, don't blame Ruby. It was all me. Hate me if you want to hate anyone, but don't punish her for my mistake." Said Shade, casting Ruby a glance that said "Just play along", so she did.
"You really are an asshole, you know that." Said Sun, but it looked like he had forgiven Ruby.
"Yes. I know. I'll just go. You'll never see me again." Said Shade.
Before anyone could say anything he was already out the door and on his way to get what little possessions he had from the room. When he got there, Blake and Yang asked him what was wrong.
"Just ask Ruby when she gets back. I'm leaving beacon for good." Said Shade, not even glancing at the girls as he grabbed what was his, and left the room quickly.
Shade then went to the rooms of team JNPR and CFVY and told them the same thing that he had told Blake and Yang. He then just left beacon academy, saying goodbye to all the friends he had made there and took an airship into town. Once the airship touched down he ran. He ran to where he had seen the White Fang before, completely prepared to fight them until his last breath. He knew that he couldn't take them all down, but he knew that he could bring their numbers down until the students at beacon went for an attack.
Meanwhile back at beacon.
"And that's what happened." Said Ruby as she finished telling Blake and Yang what had happened.
"Wow. Any idea why he took the whole blame?" asked Yang.
"I know why. He knew that they couldn't be angrier at him, so he took the whole blame so that they wouldn't be mad at Ruby." Explained Blake, sure of it.
"We need to clear this up. If I know Shade, he left and is probably going to do something crazy so the quicker we clear this up, the less time he'll have to do something crazy and get himself killed." Said Pyrrha, dead serious.
"Well then what are we standing around for?! Let's find Sun and Weiss and fix this!" yelled Velvet, worried about Shade.
It didn't take long. They knew that they were in the cafeteria, still steaming mad at Shade.
"I can't believe that guy. How could he just play Ruby like that? And even worse, he did it when he was still dating you! What an asshole…" said Sun, fuming.
"I know." Said Weiss, unable to believe that she had heard the whole story. She couldn't believe that he would do that. It was just so unlike him.
"Ok, guys. We need to talk…NOW!" yelled Yang, sending fear into everyone around her.
This was enough to scare Sun and Weiss into listening.
"I can't believe that you two would think so goddamn little of Shade! Even after swearing on the souls of his DEAD parents. You heard me! DEAD! He swore on their souls that he wasn't doing that, but neither of you even gave him a chance to explain. And you Weiss! You should feel worse than anyone else! Shade cared about you more than anyone else in the whole goddamn world! You were the whole reason for his existence. Now that you hate him, he's gone, and he's never coming back! Knowing him he's probably going to charge headlong into the White Fang base! You both know as well as I do that he can't take them all at once! And I already know what you're going to say. 'He said that if he has something to fight for he won't go down'. Well guess what?! HE DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO FIGHT FOR NOW! YOU BOTH CHANGED THAT WHEN YOU SAID THAT YOU HATE HIM! Now he's gone, and he has absolutely FUCKING NOTHING TO FIGHT FOR NOW! AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!" yelled Ruby, letting her anger out and sending everyone around her into a state of shock.
Weiss and Sun looked at each other. Ruby had never sworn before.
"If that's true, then what were you doing kissing?' asked Sun.
"I asked him to help me. You are my first boyfriend ever! I wanted our first kiss to be special, but I didn't know how to kiss. I asked him to teach me how to kiss so that I didn't embarrass myself when I did." Explained Ruby, sending Weiss and Sun into shack again.
"Oh god. What have we done…" asked Weiss.
"I don't know, but we need to go get him NOW!" said Sun, getting ready to go.
"Agreed. We'll apologize when we get him back, but there's no time to waste right now." Said Weiss making sure she had her weapon with her and leaving to get Shade back with everyone else. 'Please be soon enough…' thought Weiss.
Meanwhile with Shade.
"Just keep running, just keep running, just keep running." Shade said to himself as he went through the forest to get to the White Fang base. It took him hours but he finally got there. He wasted no time in charging in and attacking as many people as he could. He activated his semblance as many time as he could as often as he could to create a large cloud of smoke to run around in and take out as many people as possible. After only 1 minute he had taken out at least half the grunts there, and he wasn't even remotely tired yet. He kept fighting and taking out many people until Adam came up to him and attacked. Shade kept fighting while keeping an eye on the grunts. He then activated his semblance to try and trick Adam. Adam already had it figured out. He lined his shadow up with Shade's and swung at thin air. Shade appeared there and was sent backwards with a large gash on his chest. Adam knew he would finally be able to kill Shade. Shade wasn't planning on going down alone though. He knew that he couldn't use his semblance to fight.
It was at this point that all the grunts charged at once at Shade to wear him down quicker. Then the elite groups came out and attacked Shade, bringing him down faster. Shade knew that he could keep going for a few minutes, but not much longer. He broke out of the group and charged at Adam, catching him off guard and sinking a sword into his heart before removing it and stabbing him through the neck.
"I made a promise many years ago. I said that I WOULD end you. And I NEVER break a promise." Said Shade, watching the life drain from Adam's face.
When he was sure that he was gone, he turned his attention back to the grunts and elites. He charged back, knowing that he was going to die soon enough, but he wasn't going to just stop at Adam. He was going to do as much damage as possible. He was doing Ok, until Felix made his way through the crowd. Shade knew that he was about to die, but he could at least hurt Felix. Felix took out his weapon, a staff with the thickness of a tree trunk. Shade charged at him and swung his swords, but Felix grabbed one of his arms with his hand, threw him in the air and swung his staff at him. It hit him directly and you could hear the sound of ribs breaking. Felix then went after him and was about to kill him, but a voice spoke up.
"He's mine." Said a feminine voice.
Just warning you guys here, this part is going to get VERY graphic. You have been warned!
Shade froze up at the sound of this voice, he recognized it. "No. No…i-it can't b-be." Said Shade as a girl that looked very similar to him strolled up to him.
"Well then. It's good to see you again." Said the woman, taking out her sword.
"How? How are you still alive?" asked Shade.
"Oh, you thought I died too? That's sweet." Said the girl.
"I grieved for years! I saw you die!" said Shade.
"I know. I was here the whole time. I saw you here, and you saw me. I'm surprised you hadn't noticed me before you left." Said the girl, laughing.
Shade tried to stand up, but the girl stabbed him in the leg.
"AHH!" yelled Shade.
"Oh how I wished to hear that sound. For so long. Shall we hear it again?" said the girl, stabbing his other leg while laughing.
The blood began to pour out of his legs, staining his pants with the red color of his blood.
"AHHHH!" yelled Shade again.
"Ah. So good. How about I tell you what happened. I think that you deserve to know before I kill you." Said the girl.
Shade didn't respond, partly from the pain, but partly because he didn't want to give her the satisfaction of breaking him.
"Well then. I'll tell you. I guess you have figured this out by now, but I set it up." Said the girl.
'What?' thought Shade.
"I initiated it. I'm surprised that you didn't know. I swung first." Said the girl, satisfied with herself.
She looked down at Shade and saw him struggling, so she stabbed him in the arm.
This time, Shade didn't cry out. He refused to give her the satisfaction.
"Aw. No scream this time?" asked the girl.
"You…won't…break…me…" said Shade, staring the girl down.
"Oh is that so? You don't see I already have." Said the girl.
"No you haven't. You may have broken my body, but you won't break my spirit. The only way you could would be if there was anyone who cared about me, and there isn't anyone." Said Shade, pleased with himself.
"Fine." Said the girl. She then stabbed him all up and down his arms and legs, causing the blood to pour out even faster. She then sank her blade into his stomach to watch him die.
"SHADE! WHERE ARE YOU?!" yelled a voice from the forest.
Shade instantly recognized it. "Weiss…" he whispered.
"Oh? It looks like there is someone who cares about you still. I will enjoy watching you suffer as you watch her die in front of you." Said the girl, taking a sadistic smile on her eyes.
"I FOUND SHADE!" yelled the girl to draw Weiss over.
"NO!" yelled Shade, but Weiss didn't hear his warning.
When she broke through the bushes she was instantly overtaken by the White Fang members.
"Please…no…kill me if you want…but don't hurt her…please…" said Shade, breaking into tears.
"Admit that we broke you." Said the girl.
"Never." Said Shade, determined to stay stubborn until, the very end.
"Fine then. Bring her over here." Commanded the girl.
The White Fang grunts brought her over to the girl. Weiss saw the state Shade was in, and burst into tears.
"Shade…What happened?" asked Weiss before the girl took her sword and stabbed Weiss in the arm.
"No! Please stop! You broke me! There I said it! YOU BROKE ME! Now please…stop hurting her…" said Shade, broken.
"Fine. Tie her up and make her watch." Said the girl.
The grunts tied her up and forced her to keep her eyes open and turned to Shade. She broke into tears as she saw the girl stab Shade again and again and she was powerless to do anything but watch. As the girl stabbed him repeatedly, Shade cried out in pain. He then blacked out from blood loss, but was still alive, even though just barely.
Well, looks like you're almost dead. Well then I guess I should say goodbye. Farewell." Said the girl, before the rest of Shade's friend's burst through the bushes and broke Weiss out before attacking the White Fang. Weiss immediately ran over to Shade and picked him up. Cardin came over and picked Shade up to take him back to the air ship that they had ordered to take him back to beacon. After Shade and Weiss were gone, they all left for the airship top get back to beacon before the White Fang could even comprehend what was happening. They were able to escape with the girl in custody after she was knocked out by Yang, so they threw her onto the airship and handcuffed her to a post.
Back with the group. Also end of graphic part.
Shade was out cold on the stretcher, losing blood at an alarming rate. They had brought many rags to try and staunch the flow of blood, but they were soaked trough within seconds of pressing them to the wounds. Weiss was hysterical, crying so hard that she could barely breathe. Everyone was trying to calm her down, but there was no point. The second that the airship touched down at beacon, doctors rushed Shade to the infirmary and brought the girl to Ozpin. Weiss went with them, but wasn't allowed to see Shade until they were done with him. The doctors were in the room working on Shade, stitching up his wounds both inside and outside of his body, dabbing up the blood, and bandaging him up.
The doctor that took him in came out of the room 5 hours later. Weiss immediately got up and went to see the doctor.
"I assume you are his girlfriend?" asked the doctor. Weiss could only manage a nod.
Everyone else knew they had to ask for her. "We are his good friends, and it seems that his girlfriend is unable at the moment, so we will ask for her. What are the odds?" asked Sun, feeling guilty.
"I assume you are referring to his odds of survival?" asked the doctor, receiving a nod.
The doctor took of his glasses and rubbed his eyes. "They aren't good. We did all we could, but even with the best of luck the best odds I can give him are maybe a 10% chance of survival." Said the doctor, solemnly.
This only caused Weiss to cry harder. "I-I-I-Is t-t-t-t-there a-a-a-anything the-that c-c-c-c-c-could g-g-g-give h-h-him a b-better ch-ch-ch-chance?" asked Weiss, shakily.
"There is one thing. We could perform a surgery. It has a 25% chance of success, and if it is successful, it will double his chances, but if it fails it will halve them." Said the doctor.
"So a 25%-75% chance of 20% or 5% chance of survival." Said Sun.
"He can't choose if he wants the surgery, and since he has no next of kin, we must ask you Ms. Schnee. Would you like us to attempt the surgery?" asked the doctor.
"There is a chance that it could give him a better chance at survival?" asked Weiss.
"Yes, but only-" the doctor was cut off.
"Do it. If there is a slight chance that it could help him, then do it." Said Weiss, with minimal thought.
"Very well Ms. Schnee. We will begin immediately." Said the doctor, leaving.
3 hours of surgery later.
The doctor walked back out, and Weiss got up to meet him. She looked at him with hopeful eyes. The doctor simply shook his head.
"The surgery was unsuccessful. I'm sorry." Said the doctor.
Weiss' heart sunk at these words. She had wanted to help his chances, but she had just made them worse.
"So it's only a 5% chance?" asked Sun, knowing the answer.
"Yes. I'm sorry. I wish I could bring you better news, but I must be honest." Explained the doctor.
"Can we see him?" asked Yang.
"If you want. He's in the third door on your right." Said the doctor.
"Thank you doctor." Said Velvet.
The group of friends all went to see Shade, but they weren't prepared for what they were about to see. Shade was hooked up to more machines than they cared to count. Weiss just looked at the scene and began yelling at Sun, saying that if he had just let Shade explain, he wouldn't be here.
"Excuse me? If I recall correctly, you're the one who said that you never wanted to see him again! You were the one who made him run! You're the one who told the doctor to go through with the surgery! I don't deny that I had a hand in it, but as I see it, if anyone is to blame for the state he's in, it's you!" yelled Sun.
Weiss wasn't able to take this. She fell on the ground crying. Ruby looked at her and then shot Sun a look of pure anger. She took Weiss back to the room to rest. Sun instantly regretted what he had said. He knew that it wasn't ok that he said that, he was just frustrated that his friend was in this state, but that didn't excuse what he had said. He went with Ruby so he could apologize to Weiss.
"He's gonna make it through this right?" asked Velvet.
"Yeah, of course he will." Said Yang, but even she wasn't sure.
They all decided that they couldn't continue to see their best friend like this, so they left.
Three weeks later. (So many time skips.)
Weiss and the group were all going to see Shade again. They made a visit every day. They had left a notepad next to his bed in case anyone wanted to say something but wouldn't be there when he woke up. On the notepad were notes from Team CFVY, who needed to leave on a mission earlier in the week, Cardin, who went back to his family for a little while, and surprisingly, Weiss' Father, who had shown up a few days after the fight on a surprise visit. All the notes were along the lines of I hope you are Ok, get well soon, but Weiss' Father's said something else. Thanking him for sacrificing his morals to save his daughter, in clear reference to saying that he was broken to stop the attacks on Weiss.
Shade was scheduled to wake up last week, so they group had gone every day and stayed for 5 hours, but always left with nothing but disappointment.
When they arrived, they weren't even required to fill out a visitors form because they came every day for the same person.
They walked in the door, and almost had a heart attack. Shade was sitting up, but their dreams were crushed when they realized that a nurse was just holding him up to switch his pillow. When she let him go, he went back to the same prone position. They stayed there for the five hours, and still nothing. They left filled with disappointment once again. They needed to do something to take their minds off of Shade. They went to see the girl, who was locked up thanks to Ozpin, to see if they could get any information out of her, but they weren't able to. They left again and went back to their dorm to hang out with team JNPR. After hanging out until 10 at night they went back to their dorm to get some sleep. Team RWBY was about to fall asleep, until they heard a knock at their door.
"Who could that be?" asked Blake, getting out of bed to answer the door.
"Hello." Said Ozpin when the door was opened.
"Hello headmaster. What do you need?" asked Blake.
"Nothing. I have something that you might want to see." Said Ozpin.
"Alright what is it?" asked Blake.
Ozpin seemed to wave something over.
Blake was confused until she saw a pair of sneakers with ice blue flames designs on them. The next thing that she saw was a wheelchair wheel. She looked up and saw a pair of black pants, as well as a black shirt. She looked up more and saw something that she was worried that she may never see again. A face with one eye covered with black bangs. The eye that was visible was as red as fire.
"Wha- I-I-Is it possible?" asked Blake, not believing her eyes.
"You better believe it Blake." Said the voice. Thought the voice was raspy and dry, they whole team knew who it was. Ruby and Yang hopped down from their bunks, but due to Weiss' crying into her pillow she hadn't heard the voice.
The rest of the team almost jumped on Shade hugging him and just before they got Weiss, Shade stopped them. He rolled his wheelchair up to her and gently shook her shoulder.
Weiss looked up, but due to the lights being out, she didn't know who it was.
"Ruby is that you?" asked Weiss.
"Nope not me." Said Ruby.
"Yang?" asked Weiss, still not taking note of the ears on the shadows head.
"Still no." said Yang.
"Wait I see ears. Blake, what do you want?" asked Weiss.
"It's not me." Said Blake.
"Who else could it be?" asked Weiss.
"What am I? Chopped liver?" asked the voice, which caused Weiss' heart to skip a beat when she heard it.
"S-S-S-S-S-S-SHADE?! IS THAT REALLY YOU?!" asked Weiss hopefully.
Just then the lights were turned on revealing that Shade was there.
"Hey there beautiful." said Shade.
"Oh my god…it really is you…Shade…You're alive!" exclaimed Weiss, happy beyond belief.
"Gonna take a hell of a lot more than that to keep me down." Said Shade smiling.
Weiss jumped out of bed and hugged Shade kissing him repeatedly.
"As much as I missed the kisses, I heard that you took the girl that almost killed me into custody?" asked Shade making sure.
"Yes. We did." Said Yang.
"Is she harmed?" asked Shade.
"No she isn't Shade." said Ozpin.
"Good." Said Shade.
"What? Good? You don't want to see her dead in front of you? She almost killed you and you don't want her to be harmed in the slightest?" asked Weiss, dumbfounded.
"No. I don't want her to be harmed in any way." Said Shade.
"May I ask why?" asked Ruby.
"Even though she almost killed me," Shade began, "She is still my sister."
SO MUCH CLIFFHANGER! I hope. Anyways this chapter has been forming in my head pretty much since the start of the story. I decided to add it in now because the timing just seemed to be right to me. Anyways I hope you enjoyed, and remember to leave a review of what you though as well as who you want to be the love interest in my upcoming (Hopefully) SAO story. But for now, this chapter is over and I will see you in the next one. Goodbye, for now.
