Hello everyone! I am The Burning Ruler and I am back with another chapter of RWBY: A Demon's Life. This chapter has been in the works for a little while, but that's only because I wanted to try and make it as thorough as possible. Now, to the reviews!
Valkerix: I had planned Shade to be an experimental Grim hybrid at first, then I changed my mind halfway through because I didn't know how to write it, but I decided to add it in for Shade to have an overly violent side which will come back later. Just wait… (Also I will borrowing Kami and Risa for this chapter. Hope you don't mind. Sorry if don't portray them very well.)
Guest: Oh really? First, if you think my story has been ruined, then why exactly are you reading it? Not just that, but you took time out of your life to insult my writing. I had said that it was my first story, but you still have the nerve to insult it. Secondly, I ask you to scroll down a little bit and take a glance at some of the other reviews. I believe I have some fans who would respectfully disagree. Just what I would do.
Blu3 Fir3: Thank you for letting me know! I also added in some other songs which I am not sure about later in the story, but now I know that I will have to check once I get some time that isn't taken up by college life, so thanks for letting me know.
Now that those are out of the way, I only own Shade. Kami and Risa belong to my online friend Valkerix, as does the team name SPKR (Spectre), and let's get to the story already.
Chapter 20: The Truth and A Team
"The truth about that day?" asked Blake.
"Yes. The day my adoptive parents died was much different than how I described it. I'll lead it up to how I ended up doing mercenary contracts. It also explains why Neo actually tried to kill me." said Shade.
"By the way, we need to ask you about something Ozpin told us, but it can wait." Said Velvet.
"Alright. Now, it's time you found out the truth." Said Shade with a solemn look on his face.
(Flashback! Just to be clear, James knows that he was adopted at this point, but I will still refer to them as dad and mom because it is too much of a pain to add the adoptive before every instance.)
"James! Time for dinner!" called his mother.
"Thanks Mom! I'll be down in a second!" called James from the second floor of his house.
A few seconds later, James came down the stairs to see his adoptive family, sitting at the dinner table, waiting for him to sit down.
James walked over to sit down in his usual seat, between his father and sister, across the table from his mother. He began to eat along with his family.
"So son, how has you're training been going?' asked his sister.
"Really well! I think I've improved a lot." Said James.
James's father had begun to train him in the use of a sword, and James had shown tremendous improvement. It was almost as if he was born to wield a sword.
"That's amazing! Who knows maybe you'll be able to beat your father one of these days." Said his mother, smiling.
"Maybe someday." Said his father.
"Who knows? Maybe he could beat you now dad." Said Neo.
"After dinner, would you care to test out that theory?" asked his father, shooting James a competitive glance.
"Sure! I'm always up for a challenge!" said James, shooting the same glance back at his father.
"Then it's settled! How about out in the backyard?" asked James's mother.
"Sounds good to me!" said James.
"Are we going to use padding?" asked James's father.
"Of course you are! I can't risk having anything happen to James!" said James's mother.
"No. We don't really need padding. It doesn't allow me to fight at my full ability." Said James.
"Alright then. No padding it is." Said James's father.
"Did anyone even hear me?" asked James's mother.
James and his father just continued to discuss how they would judge the fight.
"I don't think they did." Said Neo.
"Boys…" said his mother.
"Tell me about it." Said Neo.
"I heard that Neo." Said James, smirking back at her.
"Well I said it loud." Said Neo.
Neo and James continued to argue until James and his father were outside ready to fight.
"Alright, so first one unable to continue loses, right?" asked his father.
"Yes. Are you ready?" asked James.
"Yes. Are you ready?" asked his father.
James simply nodded. He went into a stance with his left hand hanging in front of him, his right hand gripping the sword behind his back, with the blade pointed away from him. His father held his sword up at his shoulder, with the blade pointed back as well.
They stared each other down for a few seconds, waiting for someone else to else the first move. They were in complete silence. Not even the wind interrupted them. Suddenly, James launched himself at his father, swinging his sword at him. His father had barely enough time to react, so he blocked the strike, and threw James off balance, swinging back at him. James did a backflip to avoid the strike, but when he landed, his father swung again, forcing James to block. They were stuck in a blade-lock, neither willing to give an inch. James began to push harder, forcing his father back just enough to push him off and swing at him, cutting his arm. Unfortunately, it wasn't his sword bearing arm, but it was enough. James dashed at his father, not giving him any room to counter or block, and causing multiple minor cuts on his father. After this onslaught, James jumped into the air, determined to slash downward onto his father, but his father moved in time to avoid it, James landed face first on the ground, and was too slow to get back up. His father threw him in the air, slashing at James's chest when he came back down, sending him backwards into a tree. James stood back up quickly and brushed off his shoulder. He dashed back at his father and slashed again, but it was dodged and he was sent into another tree. He seemed to struggle to get back to his feet this time. When he got back up, his father asked him if he wished to submit.
"No chance." Said James, wiping his mouth and charging at his father again.
His father shrugged and was preparing to dodge again, but James changed the direction of his swing quickly. His father couldn't get out of the way in time. James slashed his back, knocking his father over. James got up quickly and charged again, only to be caught by his father and sent into the air. When James got down low enough, James's father kicked him back into a third tree. James didn't appear to get back up. James's father began to advance on James.
"Dad, stop it! He's had enough!" said Neo.
"If I know James, this is a ruse. He is feigning his loss to deceive me into letting my guard down." Said his father, but James didn't even budge.
His father was about to land the final blow on James, until Neo jumped up, grabbed James's sword, and used it to defend James.
"He's had enough! Stand down!" yelled Neo.
James opened his eyes to see his sister defending him.
"Do not interfere!" yelled James's father, slapping Neo, sending her away.
James wanted to get up to help her, but he could barely move.
"You want to interfere? Then get up and fight!" said James's father.
"But, I don't have any training with a weapon?" said Neo, looking at the sword.
"Too late. Fight!" said his father, lunging at his daughter, slashing her leg.
Neo fell to one leg. His father didn't stop the assault until Neo was on the ground. James got back up and stumbled over to his sister. He checked her for a pulse, but felt nothing. He looked back up at his father. His father didn't seem to care.
"Why did you do this? Why did you kill her? Why did you kill your own daughter!?" asked James, tears in his eyes, beginning to get angry.
"I didn't kill her. She's f-" his father was cut off after checking her pulse. Nothing.
"But, I didn't even hit any vitals… How is this possible?" asked his father.
James was beginning to lose his temper. His body started to glow with a black aura. His breathing became deep and angry. He stood back up and laughed a demonic laugh.
"Hah! Finally! I am free!" said James in a deeper voice that made him sound demonic.
"What? What are you talking about James?" asked his father.
"I am not James. You set me free, just like my creators. Do you know what I did to them?" asked the new presence.
"No." said his father.
"I did to them, what I will do to you!" yelled the presence before charging at his father and slashing his stomach. Not stopping, he continued to plunge his sword into his father's chest, before cutting his head off, ending his life.
"NO!" said his mother, but the presence didn't stop at his father. He charged at his mother, killing her with a sword through her neck. At this point James regained full control. He looked at his family all murdered.
"NO! NO! What happened?" asked James, not knowing what happened.
He looked behind him seeing someone fleeing the scene. He assumed that this was the man who killed his family, and took off after him. Not long after, he caught up to the man and killed him swiftly; however, he passed out and was brought into his mind. When he awoke in his mind, he saw the man he assumed killed his family.
After taking off Neo woke up and saw James running. She also saw her family murdered and knew that James must have done it. "You will pay for this." She said before passing out again.
"I thought you were dead!" said James.
The man didn't say anything, but James killed him once again.
It was at this point he heard a demonic voice. "Thank you. You have freed me from my prison. I shall act independently from you, but only when I can." Said the voice.
"Who are you?" asked James.
"I am you. Just as you are me." Said the voice.
"What does that mean?" asked James.
"It is unimportant. However, this man was innocent, he did not kill your family. It was you who did this, but it was in defense. After your father had killed your sister, you killed him and your mother. Though it was in defense, so it was what needed to be done." Said the voice.
"I killed them?" said James.
"Yes, but you need not blame yourself." Said the voice before fading away.
James awoke from his daydream and sat up.
"The police. I need to get the police and clear my name. I can't go to prison." Said James. He practiced what he was going to say all the way to the police office and ran in crying. He told them his family was killed by a man he didn't recognize. They asked him what he looked like, but James gave the excuse that he didn't see his face, but he was tall. The police looked through their files and asked James if it was him. In order to clear his name, he said that he looked familiar. The police sent out a search party and captured the man quickly. James saw him and blamed him. The police took him to prison and James left the police station. He began walking through town and after many years of living on the streets, someone saw him kill a load of criminals.
"Hey kid. You got some real talent there. Ever think of taking up mercenary contracts?" said the man.
"Mercenary contracts?' asked James.
"Yeah. In fact, follow me. My name's Matt. What's yours?" asked the man.
James searched through his brain and decided to come up with an alias. "I go by Shade." said James, now adopting that name.
"Shade. Alright. Nice to meet you Shade." said Matt.
"The feeling is mutual Matt." Said Shade.
After walking for about 2 more minutes, they approached what looked like a jewelry store.
"This is my shop." Said Matt.
"Rings and Things? I thought you were talking about mercenary contracts?" asked Shade.
"I own a jewellery store, and I also handle mercenary contracts." Said Matt.
"Ok. I just think those thigs are quite different." Said Shade.
"Oh. Alright then." Said Matt, taking one off the bulletin board and handing it to Shade. "Try this one out."
Shade looked it over and nodded. "Got it." Said Shade, setting off on his first mercenary contract.
(Flashback end)
Shade looked at the ground with a solemn expression on his face after finishing his story.
"So…it wasn't some bandit? It was you?" asked Weiss.
"Yes. It was me. I killed my adoptive parents." Said Shade, rubbing his eyes, not from tears, but from tiredness.
"Are you crying?" asked Velvet.
"No. Just tired from remembering that story." Said Shade.
No one else had anything to say. They looked at Neo, asking with their eyes if that was what she was talking about earlier. She just nodded.
"I understand if you can't trust me anymore. I killed them, and if not for the teachers stopping me, I would've killed everyone here as well. I'm too dangerous. I shouldn't even be alive. How can I be alive when I have no heart?" Said Shade, using that as a metaphor for him seeing himself as heartless.
"That's not true!" yelled Velvet.
"What?" asked Shade.
"That's not true at all. You aren't heartless. If you were heartless, you wouldn't feel bad about this. You wouldn't have any feelings of regret, sadness, and certainly no feelings of love." Said Velvet.
Shade seemed to be thinking about what Velvet had said.
"By the way, the teachers didn't stop you. Velvet did. She used the PA system to talk to you, and it worked. If you were heartless, it wouldn't have done anything. Her voice stopped your attack. You recognized her voice as a friendly one, and that is what allowed you to regain control." Said Ruby.
Shade looked at Velvet, and she nodded.
"That is what happened. So you must have feelings or you would have just continued your assault on Beacon, and Velvet talking wouldn't have done a thing." Said Coco.
Everyone began talking and gave reasons why Shade couldn't be heartless, but Shade didn't hear any of them. He was spaced out, focusing on what had happened during the attack. When he thought about it for a few minutes, he remembered Velvet's voice speaking to him, telling him to stop. Pleading with him to fight back.
"Shade? Are you even listening?" asked Yang.
"No, but I don't need to. You're right. I can't be heartless. I have feelings. Feelings of friendship, sadness, happiness, and even love." Said Shade, smiling.
Shade and all of his friends smiled at each other.
"Wait a second! We never got to go out for your birthday dinner!" said Sarah.
"You don't need to take me out for dinner. I already said that." Said Shade.
"No choice for you. We're taking you out." Said Yang, dragging Shade out of the room by his collar.
"Fine. Let's go then." Said Shade, giving up.
Everyone followed Shade, who was still being dragged, out of the room.
They boarded the airship to go into town. All the way into town, Blake and Weiss were holding hands. After landing in town, Velvet ran up to Shade.
"What is it Velvet?" asked Shade, worried that something was wrong with how fats she ran up to him.
"Nothing, but I remembered that we forgot to ask you what we wanted to know." Said Velvet.
"Oh right. What was that?" asked Shade.
"Well, after you left, Ozpin told us about your past, before Neo's family adopted you. He said that you were meant to start a group known as The Blood Brothers. Can you clarify anything about them?" asked Velvet.
"The Blood Brothers?" asked Shade.
"Yeah. Ozpin said that you were intended to be the start of them." Said Yang.
"I'm sorry, but I don't recognize that name at all." Said Shade, apologetically.
"It's alright. Give it time. Maybe you'll remember something later." Said Weiss, smiling.
"You seem to be enjoying yourself Weiss." Said Shade.
Weiss looked down to see that she was still holding hands with Blake. She looked at the cat faunus and blushed. Shade smiled at the scene.
"Looks like it'll work out between them." Whispered Ruby.
"I hope it does." Whispered Sun back.
"They really should be together." Whispered Velvet.
"Are you just saying that because that would mean that me and you would probably get together." Asked Shade in a quiet voice.
"No, of course not. At least not entirely." Said Velvet, looking away shyly.
Shade just smiled at her. "Too easy. But I do hope they end up together too. I'll really feel like an ass if they don't." said Shade.
"Why is that?" asked Velvet.
"Well, I'm the one who pressured her into admitting it." Said Shade.
"Oh, so you're worried that she'll fault you if it doesn't work out." Said Velvet.
"Got it on the first try." Said Shade.
The group of friends began walking into town. They soon came by a restaurant and they began to walk in.
"Hold it right there. I'm sorry, but you five are forbidden from entering." Said the owner, pointing to Shade, Blake, Velvet, Sun, and Sarah.
"May I ask why?" asked Shade.
"We do not serve your kind here." Said the owner.
"May I ask how you intend to stop us?" asked Shade.
The owner snapped his fingers and three large men came out of the restaurant.
"This is how." Said the owner.
Shade was about to draw his swords, but Weiss pushed past him.
"Do you know who I am?" asked Weiss.
The sight of Weiss shocked the owner. "Yes, I do." Said the owner.
"So you know how much influence I have?" asked Weiss again.
"Y-yes." Said the owner.
"So let me ask you again. May we enter?" asked Weiss.
"Yes of course. My apologies." Said the owner, letting them in.
"I could've taken them Weiss." Said Shade.
"No need for violence." Said Weiss.
"Alright." Said Shade.
The group of friends sat down and a waiter came over. The waiter took their orders and looked happy that the owner had allowed five faunus to enter.
"Thanks Weiss. I would've been much worse if you let Shade continue. No telling what he would've done." Said Sarah.
"Hey. I have some self-control." Said Shade.
"Yeah, but there is still a chance that the other one would come out." Said Weiss.
"Alright. That is a point that could be made, and it is valid. However, I can control myself most of the time." Said Shade.
"What about when-" Neo was cut off by Shade.
"You're really gonna bring that up now?" asked Shade.
"No, I guess not." Said Neo.
After a few more minutes their dinners got there. They ate and Weiss paid for their meals before Shade could. When Weiss put down her credit card, Shade put his back in his wallet and thanked his friends.
"Hey it was for your birthday. Of course you can't pay." Said Weiss.
With this the group of friends left the restaurant. They walked around town until someone called out to Shade. Shade turned around and saw Matt waving at him.
"Hey Matt. Wassup?" asked Shade.
"Just got a new contract in. Thought you might want to take a look." Said Matt.
"Alright. What's the job?" asked Shade.
"This." Said Matt, handing the contract to Shade.
"An extermination job huh?" asked Shade.
"Yeah. Heard that a very rich community has been under attack from a bunch of Grim and they are looking for someone to take care of it. You up for it?" asked Matt.
"Yeah, but I'm confused about something. This job has a 2/3 on it. What does that mean?" asked Shade. He had never seen this on a contract before.
"Yeah. This job has been deemed to unsafe for just one person to deal with, and two others have already signed up to help. They are waiting at the office. They showed up not that long ago, but they didn't have a partner, so they asked me if I knew anyone who might be up for it. I came straight after you." Explained Matt.
"I see. Hey guys? I'm gonna head off on this contract. I'll be back soon." Said Shade.
"Alright. See you Shade." said Cardin.
The rest of his friends waved as Shade walked off with Matt.
It didn't take long to get back to Matt's shop. Shade looked around and saw two people standing there. The first one was a boy. He was dressed in Japanese priest robes. He had short black hair and golden eyes. He had a large shield and an oddly-shaped blue double edged sword, and the hilt was split into two separate handles, with a magatama embedded in the sword's guard. Standing next to him was a girl that looked to be his sister. She had eyes of the same color, but her hair was crimson and long, tied in a messy ponytail. She wore a dark grey hakama-shita and hakama, with a light purple haori jacket over the top. The hakama-shita was loosely tiedand she has cloth wrapped around her body underneath. She was wearing boots and gauntlets from a set of extremely dark purple yoroi armor. She carried a tachi blade. It was longer and more curved than a katana, and worn with the blade facing down.
"I assume these two are my partners for this job?" asked Shade, eyeing the two up and down.
"Yes. This is Kami." He said gesturing to the boy. "This is his sister Risa." He said pointing to the girl. "Kami, Risa. This is my good friend Shade. I met him many years ago after watching him take down a group of criminals and we've been good friends ever since. Also, he's got a bit of a short temper." Said Matt, warning the two.
"Nice to meet you. Shade is a very interesting name." said Kami, extending his hand.
"Not the first time I've heard that." Said Shade. Shade wasn't sure why, but this boy seemed like someone he could become friends with. Shade extended his hand and gave Kami's a firm shake.
"Strong grip." Said Kami after Shade released his hand. Risa then approached Shade, seemingly hesitantly.
"Umm. N-nice to meet you Sh-Shade." said Risa, seeming to shudder when he turned his gaze to her.
"Sorry if I'm intimidating to you. I tend to get that reaction a lot." Said Shade, flashing a smile.
Risa brightened up quickly. "Alright, so what is your weapon? You've seen ours, only seems fair that we see yours." Said Risa.
Shade slowly drew his swords, and spun them in his hands skillfully. "These are my weapons." Said Shade.
"Anything we should know about your fighting style?" asked Kami.
"Usually very fast and precise strikes." Said Shade.
"I see. Anything that we should watch out for. You seem to have a secret." Said Kami.
"You're good. If I seem to lose my temper, just avoid me as much as possible. Trust me." Said Shade, flashing a half smile.
"Alright." Said Kami. Risa however, started shaking again.
"You don't need to be afraid Risa. I'm on your side, for now…" said Shade, intentionally trying to freak her out.
"Um, what do you mean by that?" asked Risa.
"I mean I'm trying to freak you out because it's too easy." Said Shade, turning around and smiling again.
"Do you have to do that?" asked Risa, seriously.
"Yes, I do." Said Shade.
Kami let out a chuckle.
"That wasn't funny Kami!" yelled Risa.
"I beg to differ." Said Shade.
They three already seemed to be getting along well.
"So, we should probably head off on this job. What are we looking at?" asked Shade, picking up the contract.
"Let's see." Said Kami, leaning in to look at the contract. 30 beowolves, 20 ursai, 10 boarbatusks, 5 nevermores, and 10 deathstakers.
"How crazy must the people be to live there?" asked Risa.
"I've dealt with worse." Said Shade cracking his knuckles.
"I already like this guy." Said Kami.
The three partners walked out and began their journey to the town that needed help. After an hour of walking they saw the village.
"Looks like our place." Said Shade, breaking off into a run. Kami and Risa weren't too far behind.
"You have a grim problem?" asked Shade. The people turned to him and said yes.
"I take it you are the people that have come to help?" asked one person.
"Yes." Said Kami.
"Alright. Follow us." Said two of the inhabitants, leading them to a path into a forest.
The three continued into the forest until they saw a bunch of beowolves grouped up.
"You ready?" asked Kami, but Shade already ran in and was slashing at anything he could hit. He had already taken down 10 beowolves by the time Kami and Risa caught up to him. It only took them another 2 minutes to finish off the twenty other beowolves.
"That takes care of the beowolves. Just a sec guys…' said Shade, closing his eyes and smelling the air deeply.
"You guys want to head for the ursai next or the boarbatuasks?" asked Shade .
"I guess the ursai." Said Kami. Risa agreed. Shade started walking in a direction, with Kami and Risa behind him. Shade saw a group of ursai and charged them. Kami and Risa right behind him. After Shade killed five ursai, he saw one about to attack Kami from behind.
"Kami! Duck!" yelled Shade, throwing his sword towards him. Kami ducked when he heard Shade yell, and one of his swords flew over him and embedded itself in the throat of the ursa. Shade then ran, grabbed his sword, flipping over the ursa, and plunging his sword into another one. He pulled his swords out and charged over to help Risa, who he just saw get attacked.
"Risa!" yelled Shade, killing an ursa that was about to attack her, and throwing his sword into another one.
"Dammit." Said Shade, panting after he an ursa attacked him from behind. The ursa had him pinned but a beam shot out of the magatama on Kami's weapon, killing the ursa. Shade thanked him with a nod and continued the attack on the ursa.
10 boarbatusks and 5 nevermores later
"Good god. Too many grim." Said Kami, panting.
Risa couldn't even talk. She was panting as well.
Shade however, still seemed to be full of energy.
"How are you still standing? You're stamina is inhuman." Said Kami.
"I'll just say that there is a reason for that. That is the end of this discussion." Said Shade, looking into the distance.
"Alright. So, you ready to go after the deathstalkers?" asked Kami, standing back up.
"Yeah. Let's finish this job off." Said Risa, seeming to recover.
"Alright. Let's go." Said Shade leading them in a direction.
They had killed five deathstalkers, but they were getting low on energy.
"Look out!" yelled Shade. Kami ducked under one of the deathstalkers tail, just to get hit by another.
"Kami!" yelled his sister.
"Risa! Get Kami away from here and start heading back to the town! I'll finish this off." Said Shade. Risa nodded and Shade let his temper take control.
"What just happened?" asked Risa, picking up Kami and starting to run back to town. After running for three minutes Shade caught up with them.
"How did you kill them so easily?" asked Risa.
"I let my second side out." Said Shade.
"Second side?" asked Risa, and Shade gave her the basic run-down of it.
"A monster inside of you? Seems like something you wouldn't want to let out." Said Risa.
"It's not. I only let it out when I need to. Or when I get angry." Said Shade.
"Alright then. There's the town!" said Risa.
"I'll go ahead and tell them we need anti-venom." Said Shade, picking up the pace.
When Risa got back, there were already doctors there with a syringe. They gave Kami a shot, cleaned the wound and bandaged it up. They were told the needed to stay for a few hours. They agreed and followed the townspeople to town hall, where the mayor thanked them for their help and said that their reward had been sent to Matt's shop.
After three hours of waiting, Kami walked out looking just as good as he did before the sting.
"You ok Kami?' asked Shade.
"Yeah. Luckily they got me the anti-venom before the venom had gotten too far into my system. I assume the job is done?" asked Kami.
"Yeah. After you were stung, Shade finished them off alone." Said Risa.
"Really? How?" asked Kami, genuinely interested, and Shade told him exactly what he had told Risa.
"A monster huh?" asked Kami.
"Yeah." Said Shade.
"Alright then. I guess we should go claim our reward." Said Risa.
"Yeah. Let's go." Said Shade, leading the other two out of the town.
"So, you're pretty strong Shade. Where did you learn to fight like that?" asked Risa, complimenting him.
"Well, I started being trained by my adoptive father, but recently I've been training at beacon academy with some friends of mine." Said Shade.
"Wait. You're enrolled at beacon academy?" asked Kami.
"Yeah. Why?" asked Shade.
"Well, you see…we've wanted to go to beacon academy for a long time." Said Risa.
"Really? Well if you want, I could try to get you two enrolled. I'm on pretty good terms with the headmaster, and he's a pretty laid-back guy." Said Shade.
"Really? We just met, and you would help us get enrolled in the top combat school in Remnant?" asked Kami, shocked.
"Yeah, why wouldn't I?" asked Shade.
"Well, because we just met." Said Risa.
"So? We are friends aren't we?" asked Shade.
"Yeah, but still-" Shade cut off Kami.
"Just stop. Come on, were at Matt's place now. Let's get our reward." Said Shade. They entered and collected their reward of 2000 lien each. They pocketed their money and left for beacon.
When the airship landed, Kami and Risa were shocked at how big it was. Shade continued to lead them to Ozpin's office.
Shade knocked on the door to Ozpins office and he was told to come in.
"Hey Ozpin." Said Shade.
"Hello Shade. I trust your mission went well?" asked Ozpin.
"Of course. Now let me…" Shade looked to the side and saw that Kami and Risa weren't there.
"Just a second." Sad Shade walking out.
"Get in there!" said Shade.
"Why?" asked Kami.
"That is where the headmaster is. " said Shade.
"Why didn't you just say so?" asked Risa.
"There is a sign right there, saying that this is his office! I thought you would realize that!" said Shade, angrily.
"No need to yell." Said Kami.
"Just get in the room." Said Shade.
He led them in. "Now, let me introduce you. Headmaster Ozpin. Meet Kami and Risa. These two assisted me on my mission, and they were quite talented. On our way back, they found out that I was enrolled here at beacon, and I offered to bring them here to meet you." Said Shade.
"I see. I assume that they would like to enroll here?" asked Ozpin.
"Yes. We would." Said Kami.
"You will vouch for their abilities?" asked Ozpin, looking at Shade.
"Of course. I may even say they are almost as talented as me." Said Shade.
"I see. If you will vouch for their abilities, I will trust your judgement. Welcome to beacon academy!" said Ozpin.
"Just like that? No entrance exam?" asked Risa.
"No need for one. Shade has vouched for your abilities. That is more than enough." Said Ozpin.
"Thank you headmaster." Said Risa.
"In fact, if I'm not mistaken, we now have four students that aren't officially on a team. Just a moment." Said Ozpin.
"You calling my sis?" asked Shade.
"Yes." Said Ozpin.
"You have a sister too?" asked Kami.
"Yep. Not biological. Her name is Neo Politian." Said Shade.
They then heard footsteps on the hallway, and Neo entered. "Hey Shade? Care to introduce me to these two?" asked Neo.
"Sure. Neo, this is Kami and Risa." He said, gesturing to them in turn.
They both extended a hand to Neo and she shook their hands.
"So, why did you call me here headmaster?" asked Neo.
"Well, these two are now officially enrolled at beacon academy, and I was thinking of putting you four on a team." Said Ozpin.
"I see. Alright." Said Neo.
"You all agree to this arrangement?" asked Ozpin.
The other three nodded.
"Very well. The from here on you will be known as Team SPKR (Spectre). Led by Shade Hill.
They all nodded and got their scrolls. Kami and Risa went to the room, while Shade and Neo went to their old team's rooms to get their stuff.
As Shade walked in, he was tackled by Blake.
"Good god Blake. What is it?" asked Shade, getting up.
Shade looked around until he saw Weiss. She was smiling.
"Oh. I see. Congratulations." Said Shade, picking up his backpack and walking out.
"Wait, what? Where are you going?" asked Yang.
"Oh right. I got my own team now." Said Shade.
"Really? Who's on it?" asked Blake, still smiling widely at Shade.
"Me, Neo and two others that went with me on that contract." Said Shade.
"Can we meet them?" asked Ruby.
"Sure, come on." Said Shade, leading them out of the room.
Just as they left, Neo exited the room, with team JNPR.
"Them too huh?" asked Shade.
"Yeah." Said Neo.
The group walked through the halls until they got to the room. Shade walked in and set his backpack down. Just as he got in, Team RWBY and Team JNPR rushed in, followed by Neo.
"Hello Shade. Hello Neo. Hello other eight people who I do not know yet." Said Kami.
"These are our old teams and they wanted to meet you two." Said Shade.
"I see. Well then introduce us." Said Risa.
"Sure. Kami, Risa this is my old team, Team JNPR" said Neo.
"Nice to meet you two. I'm Jaune Arc. This is my girlfriend Pyrrha Nikos. This is Nora Valkyrie and her boyfriend Lie Ren." Said Jaune.
"Nice to meet you four." Said Kami.
Shade was about to introduce his team when he heard Ruby squeal. She jumped over the rest of her team and began bombarding Kami and Risa with questions about their weapons.
"Woah!" said Risa.
"Don't worry Risa. She's harmless." Said Shade.
Ruby looked back and apologized.
"Don't worry about it." Said Risa.
"Anyways. This is my old team. Team RWBY." Said Shade.
"Nice to meet you! I'm Ruby Rose. I'm also a bit of a weapon nut so…yeah. This is my sister Yang Xiao Long. The cat Faunus here is Blake Belladonna, and this is her girlfriend Weiss Schnee." Said Ruby, finishing introductions.
"Alright. So guys, this is Kami, and this is Risa." Said Shade, gesturing to each of them in turn.
"Nice to meet all of you." Said Kami.
"I agree." said Risa.
"So, we'll leave you to whatever you're going to do, but don't take too long. There are some more people who may want to meet you." Said Ruby, leading everyone out of the room.
"Alright. So you're old teams seem nice." Said Risa.
"Yes. Very energetic." Said Kami.
"That's for sure. I also couldn't help but notice that Shade's ex-team was an all-girl team. How many of them have you-" Shade cut off Risa here.
"I've dated two of them. I have not done the deed with any of them." Said Shade, already guessing what her questions would be.
"Alright. So how many people do we still have to meet?" asked Kami.
"In total there is 10. Two individuals and two teams." Said Shade.
"Alright. Let's not keep them waiting for too long." Said Kami, standing up with his sister.
"Yeah, let's go." Said Risa.
"Alright. Let's go." Said Shade, leading the team out of the room. 'So I actually have my own team. It's a damn good one too.' Thought Shade.
There we go! Chapter 20 done. I can't believe that this story has made it this far. I really need to thank each and every one of you guys and girls out there that are reading this. You are the reason that I am doing this, so thank you all very much. But for now, this chapter is done, and I will see you in the next one. Goodbye!
