Hello everybody! I am The Burning Ruler and welcome back to another chapter of RWBY: A Demon's Life. I need help. I can't stop writing! Wait, is that a problem? I don't know. Anyways, I have a review to respond to.
Valerix: I can safely say that you are not alone in that. I always liked Silica too.
Also I actually published the SAO story because I couldn't wait any longer before starting it so after this chapter, we may be going on a short break for this story.
Now with that out of the way, I don't own RWBY, and let's just start the chapter.
Chapter 18: A Song Battle and a Revelation
The next morning Shade woke up earlier than anyone else out of excitement. He took a shower and got ready to go into town for the Battle of Bands. When he finished getting ready he noticed that all the girls were still asleep. He then got a message from Sun telling him to come to his room. Shade left for Sun's room. When he arrived his bandmates pulled him into the room.
"What's up?" asked Shade.
"It's Mercury. He's freaking out." Said Sun.
Shade looked over to Mercury, who was breathing heavily and shaking.
"Hey Mercury! Snap out of it! We'll do fine! What would Yang think if she saw you like this?" asked Shade.
The mention of his girlfriend snapped Mercury out of it. Mercury thanked Shade and got ready for the Battle of Bands.
After Mercury had gotten ready, Shade and all his bandmates went to get all their friends. After picking them all up, they went to the cafeteria to get breakfast before heading into town. Everybody was almost too excited about the contest, but all the band members were calm and collected, completely prepared for whatever was going to happen. After a few hours of hanging around school and talking, the group headed into town as the contest was starting soon. They all boarded an airship and headed into town. Shade was staying completely calm, and everyone was almost worried about him until Sun said that he was simply completely focused on the contest.
When they landed the first thing they saw was the stage that they were going to perform on. Shade turned around to look at his bandmates. They all nodded and Shade led them to the stage. When they got there they were asked for their band name.
"The Fighting Faunus." Replied Shade.
The man checked the names on his clipboard. After a few seconds of looking, he let them pass.
Shade and his bandmates got set up in their typical band attire and got ready to perform. They learned that their band was going to perform last, so they had a little bit of a wait.
Three hours later after all the other bands had finished, Shade and his band were ready to go.
"Alright everybody. We have seen many good performances today, but we still have one more group left. This is a band that hasn't performed in a public place like this in years. Please welcome, The Fighting Faunus!" yelled the announcer. Loud cheers erupted from the crowd as Shade and his band walked out onto the stage all of them holding their instruments.
"Hello everybody! As the announcer just said, this is actually our first time performing live in many years, but we intend to give you all a good show. First up, we have a cover of an amazing song. Monster by Skillet. Hit the music!" yelled Shade as his bandmates played their parts.
(Cue Monster by Skillet)
When the song ended, the crowd erupted once again. The band was smiling wider than anyone had ever seen before.
"That's what I like to hear!" Shade yelled into his mic. "Alright, next song we got is somewhat depressing. Especially to me. You see, I have experienced a situation like the one described in this song, so it has a bit of an emotional value to me. Let's go." Said Shade.
(Cue Baby Don't Cut by B-Mike)
When the song ended, the band got another loud chorus of cheers.
"Man, you guys can get loud if you want to!" yelled Shade, getting another chorus of cheers. "Alright, this has gone by a lot quicker than I had anticipated, but now onto our second to last song. Everyone has that one person in their life who is always trying to control them, right?" Shade asked the crowd, getting lot of voices in agreement. "Of course, but how many of you can say that the person trying to control you…is yourself?" asked Shade. He got no responses. "Well, this is a song about that very situation. Hit it!"
(Cue Demon's in my Head by B-Mike)
When the song ended, the crowd was louder than they had ever been before.
"Alright! Now we've had a great time today, I hope we aren't alone in that, but like all good things, this had to end eventually. This is going to be our final song of the evening. I'm sure that I'm not the only one who has felt like life has been sort of like a video game at times. You feel like you died, but you just respawned, over and over again. This is a song comparing life to a video game, but maybe you will find something else in the lyrics. Play the music!" said Shade.
(Cue Chara by Mandopony)
With that final line, Shade pout his mic back in the stand and the crowd could easily have caused an earthquake with how loud they were cheering.
The announcer picked up a microphone. "So it's unanimous? The winners are The Fighting Faunus!" yelled the announcer.
Everyone began cheering, including the other bands backstage.
Shade was in a state of shock. He knew that they would do well, but he never expected that they would win, much less so easily.
"Guess we're better than we thought guys." Said Shade.
The rest of his band members agreed with him, walked out to line up with Shade and bowed. They then walked backstage and met up with their friends.
"Well done guys!" said Blake.
"Yeah. That was awesome!" said Ruby, almost bouncing in excitement.
"She gets excited too easily. But I can understand why." Said Weiss.
"Way to go Shade! You were awesome!" said Velvet.
"I know." Said Shade, allowing his arrogance to show a bit.
"So, where are we going to go now? We still have a few hours to kill." Said Neo.
"I'm not sure." Said Shade.
"Hey Weiss? Do you mind if I borrow Shade for a little while?" asked Blake.
"Not at all. Just don't do anything with him." Said Weiss.
"Of course not." Said Blake leading Shade away.
"So what's up Blake?" asked Shade.
"Um, I kind of have a crush on someone, but I don't know what to do about it. I want to know what you would do in my situation." Said Blake.
"Tell him." Replied Shade simply.
"Is it Ok if I tell you my situation first?" asked Blake.
"Alright, go ahead." Said Shade.
"Ok. The person I like is in a pretty serious relationship with someone else, and they love each other very much. I started feeling like this a little while ago, but now I'm sure that I feel love for this person. I want to know what you would do in my situation." Said Blake.
"I would tell him. So who's the lucky guy?" asked Shade.
"Um well-" Blake was cut off.
"Ren? Jaune? Mercury? Sun?" asked Shade.
"No, no, no, no." said Blake.
"Those are all the guys that are in relationships though…other than-" Shade trailed off.
"No it's not you either!" said Blake, quickly explaining it.
"But…they are the only guys in a relationship. Who else could it be?" asked Shade.
"Well…um…it's…um…" Blake was clearly having trouble explaining herself.
"Blake, what's up?" asked Shade.
"Um…well…this is really hard for me to say but, I never said that…it…was…a boy…" Said Blake almost whispering.
Shade was silenced at this. He quickly shook the look of shock off his face, but was unable to respond to what she had just said.
"So then you're. I mean, you like…I mean…um…" Shade couldn't form a coherent sentence.
"I'm bisexual. Not pure lesbian." Said Blake.
"Alright, that explains it. So who's the lucky girl then?" asked Shade.
"Um, it's…um." Blake still couldn't answer.
"Is it Yang?" asked Shade, getting over his initial shock.
"No, it's not Yang." Said Blake.
"Ok…what about Ruby?" asked Shade.
"Still no." said Blake.
"Is it Pyrrha?" asked Shade, determined to figure it out.
"Keep going." Said Blake.
"Just so I know, if I get it, will you tell me I got it?" asked Shade.
"Yeah, I can't keep secrets very well. When you get it, you'll know." Said Blake.
"Ok, so is it Nora?" asked Shade.
"No. It's not Nora." Said Blake.
"So it's not Yang, Ruby, Pyrrha or Nora, but she is in a relationship." Said Shade.
"Right." Said Blake.
"Ok, so then that means that it must be-" Shade caught himself before he said it and started to think about it. "Wait. Not Ruby, not Yang, not Pyrrha, not Nora, but in a relationship, then it must be…" Shade trailed off.
Shade turned towards Blake wide-eyed. Blake simply looked back, her face crimson, and nodded.
"Well...shit." was all Shade had to say.
"Yes. Yes. It's Weiss. I really don't want to feel this way, but I do. I know that you love her, and that she loves you, but that is how I feel. I thought that I should tell you first. I'm not expecting her to go that way, so I've already given up on it, but I needed to tell someone so I didn't go completely insane. Thank you for hearing me out Shade." said Blake.
"Don't worry about it Blake. I understand completely. These things happen. No one can control emotions. You can't control who you fall in love with. Also I just want to let you know, if you ever need to talk to anyone about this, you can always come to me, Ok?" asked Shade, comforting Blake.
"Ok. Thank you Shade." said Blake.
"No problem at all Blake. But you really should tell Weiss. Maybe not now, but soon." Said Shade, but Blake shook her head.
"What? Why not?" asked Shade.
"If it was just about being a faunus, I would, but it's not just that. Even if she was ok with the girl-girl thing, what would her father say? If by some miracle Weiss was Ok with it, her father might not be. If we were together and her father forced us to break up, I just couldn't put her through that." Said Blake.
"I suppose that makes sense." Said Shade.
"Yeah, but we should get back to the others." Said Blake.
"Yeah, don't want to make them wait too long." said Shade.
"So let's go." Said Blake.
'Wow. Why is it that my life always has so much drama in it? This is quite the situation, but I'm sure we can figure something out." Thought Shade.
There we go! Chapter 18 finished. Had been planning this one for a while now as well. Planned this chapter to go on longer, but decided to end it here. Just felt like a good place to leave it off. I'm not sure if this will go on hiatus for long, but it might while I work on my new SAO story, so if you like my writing, be sure to check that one out. But for now, this chapter is done, and I am out. See you next time! Goodbye!
