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Chapter 6: The Mercenary and the Ice Queen.

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Tony was in the courtyard with a couple of boxes, two of them were for him and the other four were for the girls so they could replace the makeshift "Bunk beds", Tony really thought what they did was a risk for them and he kept his word. He was sitting in one of the boxes while waiting for his friends to help him get these boxes delivered to the girls bedroom and his.

"Hey Tony, what's up with the boxes?" someone said, it was Jaune, he was with the rest of Team JNPR

"Is this what you need help with?" Pyrrha asked

"That's right" Tony says standing up from the crate "I gotta need your help with getting this boxes inside"

"What are they?" Nora was next to Tony inspecting the boxes "Weapons? Food? Weapons and food?!"

"Calm down little firecracker" Tony raised his hands "Have you seen team Rwby's beds?"

"The "Bunk beds" You mean" Ren said knowing that those things could be dangerous.

"Yep, I got them a remplacement, actual bunk beds" He points at the four crates "I got them for cheap and they are metal ones meaning they can take punishment"

"Wow, you really went all out for them," Jaune said, impressed. "Wait, does that mean we have to carry them?"

"Yup, it will also be a good workout for you my friend" Tony winks and then takes a couple lira from his pocket "I'll also pay you for the help Jaune"

"Sweet, there are some comics that I want to buy!" Jaune takes the money.

"For you Ren, i got you a cooking book" Tony takes a cooking book from his pocket

"Say no more, I'm in" Ren takes the cooking book from Tony's hand

"Nora, I sent your payment to your scroll" Tony winks

"You are the best!" Nora seemed like she was about to explode.

Everybody looked at Nora, wondering what she wanted and got as a reward. Tony, being a genius as he likes to call himself, took some pictures of Ren, sweaty and without his shirt and sent them to Nora. Tony noticed the crush Nora has on Ren…unlike the latter and that was perfect.

"And for me?" Pyrrha asked, making Tony grin.

"You'll get that duel that you wanted under some conditions" Tony smirked.

"What would those conditions be?" Pyrrah asked, wondering what he had in mind.

"Easy, no guns, only swords because i believe, no, I know you can keep up with my swordsmanship easily" Tony nods to himself "Also, no semblance so that means no to that little trick you do, I want an actual sword fight"

"You know?" Pyrrha was surprised.

"I know, i've seen you fight" Tony leans in and whisper to Pyrrah "Polarity is your trick"

"Very well" Pyrrah smiles as she steps back "I accept those terms but what about those other two boxes?"

"Oh, they are mine" Tony reaches for the smaller box and opens it "Actually got my new coat"

JNPR sees that Tony takes out from the box a red coat in leather that has zippers on the sleeves and a buckle around the waist, and two brown, leather holsters on the back to carry his guns. The strap of his holster runs to his chest and shoulders, the one on the left is riveted.

"Stylish" Ren says.

"That's the idea" Tony says as he puts the coat then throws the box to a trash can "I can carry this one and one of the beds, Jaune and Ren can carry one and the other two for Nora and warrior princess over there"

"You got it boss!" Nora says already carrying one of the boxes.

The group carry the boxes, with Ren and Jaune already tired mid way to Tony's disappointment, it was expected of Jaune but Ren? Meanwhile Nora was handling herself fine…where does she find that strength? Pyrrah used her magnetism to help her carry the box knowing that the bed is made of metal and Tony? well he is just that strong but couldn't help to wonder about something.

What is he? That was what he asked himself, after looking at that creature in that void…he started wondering if he was human at all, that creature wanted to get out and he felt an overwhelming strength coming from it. He got the thought out of his head knowing he wouldn't get any answers until he remembers who he is…that's if he remembers at all

They soon arrived at team RWBY's room, Tony told the others to put the boxes against the wall then he knocked on the door. After a couple of minutes no one came out, he knocked harder again…still nothing, He told the others that they could go, he can handle the rest from here.

"Where are these girls?" He said while scratching his head "Whatever, i'll put my box inside my room and try calling them"

Tony just does that, he grabs his box and heads into his room. While doing that he gets his scroll and calls Ruby, she doesn't answer so he calls Yang and the same happens. He was annoyed already so he called Blake and nothing, what the hell? he thought only one left he called the princess.

"Tony?" He hears Weiss on his scroll.

"Finally, someone answers" He says, putting his box down "Where are you?"

"I'm reviewing my notes with some of the professors, why?" She sounded a bit annoyed.

"Always so diligent and the others?" He asks while getting out of his room and closing the door.

"Why should I know, it's not like I'm their mother?" She groaned.

"Ah, whatever, I need you in your room right now" Tony said while sitting in one of the boxes outside the girls room "I got something for you four"

"What? fine, I will be there in a couple of minutes" She said annoyed.

"Counting on that" He says hanging up.

While waiting Tony started reviewing his notes on his scroll about the demon encounters, still didn't make any sense. Tony had marked the locations, two times the docks and the warehouses; then farms and outside the city. All the encounters were lesser demons and haven't felt a higher demon meaning two things: these encounters have been completely random or the higher demon is doing his best to stay hidden and that's what he fears.

A higher demon that is trying to stay hidden means a couple things, one of them is that he is creating a nest of demons that would use to destroy the city. another thing is that the demons is trying to sacrifice humans and faunus to gain power to get stronger, to become a devil; that would be the meaning of these murders going around and the scariest of all…is a minion of a devil trying to open a portal to the underworld to summon said demon.

All options were bad enough to make Tony worry a bit, an army of demons, a soon to become devil or a devil itself would mean an apocalyptic crisis. There must be something that he is missing, something that would give him the answer but his train of thought was interrupted by the voice of Weiss.

"I am here, so mind telling me why I needed to come and why the boxes?" Weiss asks, crossing her arms.

"You are about to find out, now open the door" Tony smirks.

"Fine, whatever you say but this must be good" Weiss opens the door and Tony gets inside with her with two of the boxes.

"Sweet, now we need to take these beds out of here" Tony stretches as he prepares to take them off.

"Wait, why?"

"Just do it, and leave the mattresses and everything that is yours okay?" Tony says without looking at her.

"Ugh, whatever" Weiss groans.

After a while they took the beds out, the room seemed a lot spacier Weiss thought, of course it was but now where would they sleep.

"What now?" Weiss asks, annoyed.

"Now my dear" Tony says while throwing to Weiss' hands some tools "We start building the new beds"

"Wait a moment" Weiss shakes her head "You actually brought the beds?"

"Told you I would, now less talking and more building" Tony opens the boxes.

On Tony's side everything was going on schedule but on Weiss side…not so much, she wasn't used to doing this kind of stuff, she had people who did it for her, it helped that she was reading the instructions unlike Tony who just threw them out of the window like it was nothing. The mercenary noticed Weiss' struggle, he chuckled and decided it would be a good idea to help her out.

"You know, that piece should go last or it would be harder to connect them later" Tony says while stopping Weiss' work.

"But I'm following the instructions!" Weiss said, a bit annoyed.

"You are but these things take a little more thinking that reading" Tony chuckles "Here, let me help"

Weiss groaned but accepted the help nonetheless, she knew that it would take longer if she didn't. Both white haired teens worked together on putting the beds together. Tony had some questions in mind, now that the two of them are alone might be a good idea to ask them.

"So ice queen" Tony said as she groaned "What made you come here?"

"I expected something else but fine, I wanted to bring honor to my family's name" Weiss answers but not telling the whole truth.

"Is that all or…?" Tony asks knowing that there is more to the story.

"Can't hide it from you can i?" Weiss Sighs "Well, i kinda wanted to escape from my father and mother…I have a complicated relationship with them, with my sister and my brother but my father is…the one that i have most issues with"

"I see" Tony sighs, he didn't want to push the issue anymore.

"What about you? Only came here for that job that the headmaster gave you?" Weiss asks Tony questions now.

"At first, it was and it mostly is there is another reason now" Tony scratches his head a bit embarrassed.

"And that reason is?" Weiss decides to push the matter as he did.

"I'm not alone anymore, I've been alone most of what I remember. Only me and Nell" Tony sighs but he was happy that he found friends.

"How did you meet the legendary gunsmith?" Weiss was curious how a troublemaker like him would meet someone as talented as her.

"It's rather mundane really, I needed fixing my guns and I was pointed her way" Tony chucked "We hit it off then the rest is history as they say"

The two continue working but there was one more question that was in Tony's mind, one that he needed an answer to, maybe this way he could remember anything.

"One more thing" Tony stops working and puts the tools on the ground "The white hair and blue eyes are genetic in your family isn't it?"

"Yes…" Weiss' tone was a bit cautious.

"By any chance your family married a blonde woman named Eva?" Tony asks.

"No, I should know if that's the case, i'm guessing i know where the question comes from but no, we aren't related"

"Yeah, that makes sense" Tony sighs "Well…back to square one"

The two continue working after the questions. Weiss asked herself the same question before but she did some research and there wasn't no one on her family records that fitted Tony's description. Tony on his side was a bit disappointed and relieved at the same time, from what he heard the Schnee family had some…under the table dealings under Weiss' father, not that Tony is the cleanest person but it would be nice if he found family but alas.

After a while the two of them finally finished building the bunk beds, they actually looked decent and not a complete disaster waiting to happen. The two of them gave themselves a pat on the back for the good work, especially Weiss, she still needed to work on her ego a bit more.

"Well, that's that" Tony says sitting on one of the beds "Sturdy enough for you crazy bunch"

"Says the craziest man in beacon" Weiss points out.

"What? I'm not Nora" Tony laughs.

"That's why I said man you idiot" Weiss chuckles

"Whatever ice queen" Tony stands up and walks to the door "Hopefully the other girls find this better"

"Oh, I am sure they will" Weiss giggles "Well, i have to go and practice for my concert later tonight"

"Well, good luck" Tony says and leaves.

Tony heads into his room and starts unboxing his new item, a jukebox, he always wanted one and got this for a good price too. It took him a while to finish setting everything up but man did it look nice, now looks like the room is a part of him except for the smell of the plastic, it kind of annoyed him so he opened the window. After a work well done he grabbed a pizza box and got a pizza slice and then got his guitar out, it was an acoustic one and started playing some tunes, nothing fancy really.

Weiss was practicing for the concert, she was singing alone far from the academy and student's eyes because she needed to concentrate and not be in public. She sang for a straight hour then she took a break, drinking water from a bottle and resting her throat. Weiss was actually excited to perform again in front of a public, singing was one of her favorite things to do and she did enjoy it a lot "Tonight is going to be so perfect, nothing could ruin it" she thought but as Tony said once while studying for a test, it's better not to give murphy his dues.

After a bit, her scroll started ringing, it was the manager from the event she's singing for. She answered the scroll and could hear a nervous laughter, that wasn't good.

"Oh, Miss schnee, I'm so glad you could answer" His tone was nervous "There has been an inconvenience"

"What do you mean by inconvenience?" Weiss was starting to worry.

"Well, you see" He laughs nervously "The musicians caught a bad virus and they are bedridden"

"They what?!" Weiss started getting really angry.

"I'm afraid that's the case, we need to find a replacement for them or we'll cancel the event"

"No, don't cancel the event, I mean, there are no backup musicians?!" Weiss raised her tone.

"I'm sorry Miss Schnee but they've gone missing, we cannot reach them but if you can find remplacement it would be wonderful!" He continues talking fast as he notices that Weiss is angry as hell "I'm sure you can find something, i wish you luck Miss Schnee"

"Wait, hold on!" She yells but the manager hangs up "That idiot…"

Now Weiss is cursing her luck and the manager. How dare he put her on this spot? She was fuming and started walking. Weiss wondered now where she could find a good musician at this time of the day, the show was in a couple of hours. The princess' mood went from anger to depression as she realized there was no way she could find someone today, maybe if she had another day but there was no way possible she could find in such a short time.

Weiss walked aimlessly in the academy grounds, she didn't notice she ended outside the dormitories. Weiss sat on a bench, feeling like crying but composing herself, no one should see the heiress of the Schnee but to her luck, no one was around. She leaned back on the bench, looking into the sky wishing for a miracle and then she heard some guitar riffs. It was different from the music she uses when singing, it was more like a heavy rock or metal in an acoustic guitar and the player wasn't bad at all.

Weiss followed the sound to a window where she could hear it better and to her surprise, it was even better than before, she found a musician that could work for her. Weiss was ecstatic about the prospect but then she notices who's window was, it was Tony's window.

"Tony would help me right?!" She says a little doubtful but then turns to full determination "Well, He'll help me whenever he likes it or not"

Tony was having a good time with his guitar, it was a while since he played with it and his worries about demons, the girls and himself started getting away from his thinking palace, that was until his door was slammed open by someone.

"REDGRAVE!" Said the voice of a woman.

Third time he almost received a heart attack in his own room, it was like he didn't have any privacy at all. Tony turned around to see Weiss, who was a bit sweaty, she seemed like she came running to his room.

"Tony Redgrave, I'm only going to say this once and I'm not taking a 'no' for an answer" Wess walks over to Tony and points at him "I want you Tony Redgrave!"

Tony's eyes widened for a moment and could feel his cheeks getting a bit hot, he didn't know how to answer what she said at all. Tony didn't know if she was serious or if she meant something else, all he knew was she seemed agitated so he decided to get an answer wearing his favorite mask, jokes.

"My, my, babe, already wanting me without going on a date first" Tony chuckled, hiding his actual nervousness while looking outside the window "How bold aren't we?"

"Wha…" She starts talking but then it hit her.

Weiss' face turned to a deep red shade now realizing what she said, how wrong the wording was and how it could be taken differently from what she actually meant. Weiss wanted to find a hole and hid herself for what she said and who she said it to, she basically asked Tony to have sex.

"That's not what I meant!" She yells embarrassed.

"Now I know that's not what you meant" Tony says, feeling a bit of relief.

"Why did you make it worse, you idiot!?" Weiss yells again.

"I'm not the one who left that hanging fruit for the taking ice queen" Tony smirks then starts laughing "Anyway, what do you need me for"

"It's a long story" she scratches the back of her head.

"The story is not going to tell itself Weiss" Tony said, pushing her to tell the story

"Fine, I have a concert tonight and i'm singing but the musicians got sick and the remplacement are missing, they can't contact them at all" Weiss started getting angry again, her tone told it all

"Sounds like you are in a bit of a pickle" Tony scratched the back of his head

"And what's worse the manager for the event left all the responsibilities to me to find someone who can play the music" Weiss was fuming now, making Tony a bit nervous

Tony connected dots, Weiss needed him to play the guitar for her at the concert meaning that she must have heard him play. If Tony was honest this sounded like a pain to him, He doesn't like the spotlight at all unless it's for a good reason or if the spotlight is in the presence of demons he was hired to kill. He was about to reject her but when he saw her face of worriedness he couldn't say no, he just took a deep breath.

"Fine, I'll do it" He says "But it will cost you"

"How much?" Weiss figured he might say something like that

"I'm not after money so i'll figure something out later on" Tony chuckles

"I won't do anything…dirty okay?" Weiss scoffs

"That's a shame" he jokes "But i wasn't going to ask something like that anyway so don't worry"

"Fine, I can work with that then" Weiss grabs Tony's arm and starts dragging him "Now we have to practice and i won't let you go until it's perfect for tonight"

After she said that Tony was already regretting his decision but he did give her word, no way to escape now. Weiss dragged Tony to a secluded area in the academy, she put the music track for the song then sent Tony the music sheet to his scroll. Tony was studying the song both by eye and ear and it was definitely not his style, he's into more heavy, fast paced music but he could work with this if she is willing to do some changes to better suit the lone guitar that is going to be on the song now.

"So, we better start practicing but i'll be honest" Tony gives Weiss a stern look "The rhythm that you are using on the song probably is not going to work as well with the vocals unless we change some stuff"

"It will work, don't worry" Weiss sounded desperate.

They did a couple of tries but something was not fitting, Tony could see why but Weiss was so annoyed, mostly because being told in short notice to find someone else and everything that she couldn't see clearly enough.

"Ugh, why isn't this working"

"Told you so" Tony sighs "You want this to work?"

"Of course I do!" She exclaims

"Then shut up and listen" Tony says annoyed "Look, we only have one instrument, that means no piano, percusion, violin, etcetera, Just guitar"

"Well, that is true" Weiss accepts that fact.

"Then follow my rhythm and see how it works for ya" Tony had an idea of what to do

Tony starts playing the song, the speed is different, a bit slower, after all, it's an acoustic rendition. Weiss starts seeing what he means until the last part when he picks up the pace of the normal song; she finally gets what he meant and nods in approval.

"I see there is more to you than fighting" Weiss jokes about it.

"Oh my dear ice queen, there's a lot that we don't know about me, that's for sure" He jokes "So, ready to practice?"

"Of course" She smiles.

After a couple of hours of practice they think they finally got the hang of it which leaves Weiss excited, she can perform now. The ice queen tells to dress for the occasion, meaning a formal, meaning wearing a tie and everything making him groan of annoyance but he is in too deep to change his mind now.

After Weiss left him, he made some calls, he started having a bad feeling about this like the sick musicians and the missing ones.

Later that night

Weiss was waiting inside the building for Tony to arrive, he took longer because he needed to get his suit. After a while, she was sitting in a chair, there was still an hour till her performance started. She was looking into the ground, a bit anxious; She knew they were good but what if they mess it up? She started overthinking things until a familiar voice broke her chain of thoughts.

"Don't tell me you are getting the jitters right now my dear ice queen" Says a voice joking, she turns to see Tony.

Tony was wearing a red crimson piece of a suit with the exception of the jacket, he was also wearing a black vest but his tie was not well done. Tony also inspectionated Weiss, she was wearing a long white dress with some blue tones on the lower side, pretty sexy if you ask him.

"No" She lies while standing up "And do you even know how wear a tie"

"If I'm honest…this is not my style babe, it feels weird" Tony says shrugging.

"Here, let me tie this better" She says walking to Tony.

She starts untying the black tie, she got pretty close to him making Tony a bit nervous, he could smell her actually even though she was smaller than him and she was pretty cute in that outfit. While on Weiss' head she was thinking that that idiot actually looked the part and looked pretty handsome, more than he normally is if he is wearing nice clothing and he didn't smell bad at all.

"Hey…" Tony says, noticing she already did the work but didn't move away.

"Oh, right" She immediately stops back blushing a bit and noticing he was blushing a bit too "Sorry"

"Don't worry" He said but He was thinking that it was too damn close to comfort.

"Oh yeah" She starts changing the topic "I did never explain you why we are here"

"Now that you mention it" Tony notices immediately and follows "You never did, so, gimme the gist of it"

"For starters, this hotel actually holds dinners and events for powerful people, like the Schnees" She says with pride "Tonight's events are for CEOs of some companies, a lot of them have some shares with the Schnee too so I was told that I had to perform even though i didn't under this circumstances"

"Sorry for not being a whole band" Tony felt a bit offended by her comment.

"Not you, idiot!" Weiss sighs and lower her head "I love singing but…i didn't want to sing as an order that i have to obey"

"Ah" Tony understands now and gets an idea of what to say "I get it now, so it's a win-wins scenario"

"What are you implying?" She asks, confused.

"Rather easy and simple, you love singing, powerful people get to see you sing and you get your father off your back" Tony tries to comfort her with a positive outlook.

"That might be true but I'm still a Schnee, i'm the heiress of the company"

"So what?" Tony asks "You are still young, you aren't here because your father told you to get into beacon and i'm sure of that"

"But…" She tries to speak.

"What i see here is not Weiss Schnee, the heiress of the biggest and most powerful company of the world" Tony starts smiling "What i see in front of me is Weiss Schnee, a girl who's training to become a huntress, a girl who loves singing, gets angry and happy"

Weiss only watched and heard his words, Tony was getting into it.

"A girl when she needs help goes and asks her friends for help" Tony takes a second to breath "Yeah, you are not perfect, you have a lot of pressure from your father and so does everyone else.

Tony laughs a bit "What i mean is that you are not the head of the company, you are still learning about this world, enjoy your youth damn it, worry about it when the time comes because right now. Weiss Schnee, the pretty girl that i have in front of me is just a normal girl who has issues with a dysfunctional family"

"Normal girl…?" She wonders on his words.

"Yeah, a normal girl who has a bit more on their plate compared to others but still, a normal girl who wants to make their family name honor and the best thing of all" Tony points at himself with his thumb "You have me backing you up"

"Tony…" She starts giggling "You are big idiot but thank you"

"Don't sweat it" Tony shrugs "So, ready to start the show?"

"You bet I am" She smiles.

The time passed and their turn was next with Weiss taking the center of the stage while Tony sat in a stool. The two looked at each other and gave the other a nod, Tony started playing while looking at everyone; noticing that this theater had three floors of balcony above them and doing rough mathematics he noticed that there were around five hundred people, more or less.

They continued their performance, every person in the public had their eyes on them, listening to the song. After the song was finished everybody stood and applauded the duo making them feel a huge relief, they did it! but the celebration was cut short when gunfire started making everybody panic. A group of white and black clothed people entered the room, with grimm masks, they were the White Fang.

"What a wonderful performance by Miss Schnee and Redgrave, marvelous!" says a man walking down the stairs of the theater.

The man that walked talked was wearing a fancy pale green suit, he had short black hair dyed with a pale green in the top. His skin was really pale and his eyes were bright amber, they seemed to shine and he had what appears to be a rifle in his hands. The rifle looked like a Winchester model but it was longer and looked heavier. Tony had a bad feeling about him, he felt demonic energy from him but it was really weak.

"Well thank you sir" Tony says standing up "And who do we have the honor to be in the presence of?"

"My, where are my manners?" The man chuckles "The name is Oran Forrest"

"I guess we don't need to present ourselves" Weiss said with venom in her voice while giving Tony a glance "What are you doing here"

"Well to steal from you of course" Oran smiles "Now, everybody, don't stay still and calm and we'll be over pretty soon"

Weiss was about to rush against them but Tony stopped her by putting her behind her and his guitar case in front of them, he had a plan but he was cautious of Oran. Tony's instincts meant that Oran was trouble, more than what Weiss could take.

"Well, if you need me, I'll be working on the roof, now don't die ladies and gentlemen" Oran says leaving the room.

A white fang member approached Weiss and Tony, aiming at them with a rifle, he looked…odd to say the least.

"Drop your belongings and money you have" The white fang memer said with a rather…odd tone.

"Sure, I have everything in my case" Tony says while kneeling and opening his guitar case.

Tony was right to have a bad feeling but came prepared, he quickly drew his sword out striking the white fang member away with the plain side of his sword, then quickly got his guns out shooting against the other memes who ducked. With that window he passed Weiss her weapon and she immediately created an ice wall in front of them.

"Why did you bring them? Not that i'm complaining" Weiss said in relief to know that they aren't unarmed now.

"Call it a gut feeling" Tony says while putting his guns on his back.

"We need to take them out," Weiss says, cutting the lower part of her dress to get better mobility. Tony thought that was a shame, she looked pretty good in that dress

"I agree but we need to divide" Tony gritted his teeth as he felt a raise in demonic power "I'll go for Oran, i'm sure you can take these guys with ease"

"I refuse, we'll take them together then we'll go for Oran"

"Damn it Weiss!" Tony yells "That guy is no joke, I'll fight him alone, if you come with me you'll be just deadweight!"

"Don't call me that!"

"I don't want to lose you damn idiot!" He screams at her, making the point that she might die.

"Fine…" She lowers her head "But you don't die too, you said you have my back so that means protecting me too okay?"

"Sure, i saw an elevator in the back, must take me to the roof for surprise guests, take these guys out" Tony says while leaving doing his two finger salute.

Tony ran to the elevator and got in and went full detective mode. Tony felt demonic energy from Oran but was weak, Oran also worked with the white fang but they were odd…like their minds weren't there at all. Tony ran through the possibilities and the one he found the most logical was that Oran wasn't a demon but had demonic power, he might have done a deal with a higher demon or even worse and he gained demonic powers to control minds.

Tony was started to get worried, if he was a minion of a higher demon it would mean that he probably was trying to summon it to this plane from the underworld or that the demon was already here but if he was a human that made sacrifices to gain and become a demon it would mean that everybody was in danger. Tony cursed, this wasn't looking good at all.

Tony soon reached the top of the building, he found himself in a small room that led to the roof, he didn't wait and got out to find that the roof was shining with a red circle filled with runes. Oran was in the middle while spinning his gun and whistling.

"Guess my guest of honor arrived" Oran said while stopping to spin his gun

"I wouldn't miss a party invitation like this" Tony says drawing his sword "So, a demon ritual, I take you aren't just a normal human"

"Indeed, i'm more than human, my dear Redgrave" Oran chuckles. "As you can see a normal human couldn't do this could it?

"That begs the question in my thinking box" Tony smirks "Are you a minion or a human trying to become a demon?"

"My, figuring things already" Oran chuckles again, finding this funny. "I'm ashamed to say that I'm just a minion but fret not, soon enough I will leave my humanity behind with enough sacrifices and kill my master.

"A man of ambitions!" Tony said faking surprise while stabbing the ground "But I cannot let you do that"

"Yes, I was afraid you would say so" Oran raises his gun aiming at Tony "Now be a dear and dance with me"

Oran starts shooting from his gun at Tony making him roll away from the attack. Oran's rifle had a spin-cock mechanism and he was pretty skilled with it, giving no frame of error during the reload and the next shot. Tony was forced to get his guns out and shoot too, crossing gunfire with each other, a dance of lead that they dodged and tried to get the upper hand.

"Gotta admit, your gun is pretty stylish and you aren't half bad with it" Tony admitted.

"Why thank you my good sir" Oran accepted the compliment "And you are pretty good too but I think we found a steelmate on our shooting"

"Hate to admit it but we did" Tony puts his guns away, rolls his shirt sleeves up and gets his sword.

"Indeed but so how about we move to the main dish?" Oran smirks.

Oran's gun transforms into a halberd that looks dangerous enough to deal some good damage. Tony was glad Weiss stayed behind as he rushed against Oran, clashing the blade of their weapons. Their strength was in an equal, none of them was able to push the other away and a dark green aura was surrounding Oran, it was his demonic power.

The two stepped back knowing they couldn't win this clash while walking in a circle keeping the other in front of them. Tony was the first one to do the next move doing an upward slash that Oran deflected counter attacking with the butt of his weapon making tony step back; sadly, Tony was still in range of Oran's weapon so he made a downward slash making tony block it, the strength was enough to break slightly the concrete below him.

Tony pushed the blade away from him rushing again to Oran with an horizontal slash that is blocked with the shaft of the halberd to then be kicked in the gut by Tony pushing Oran away from each other.

"Getting jacked with demon blood must be a rush and that weapon isn't a pushover" Tony had to admit again.

"Ah yes, my partner The headsman had drank a lot of our enemies blood and i'm powerful enough to take you down Redgrave" Oran boast about himself and his weapon

Oran rushes again after finishing talking about his weapon making a diagonal attack. Tony answered his attack with a diagonal attack too, clashing the blades together making them bounce. the blades kept bouncing from each attack, they were equally matched in terms of speed and strength. Tony was sure that Taunting his enemy and mocking him wouldn't work right now to lose his cool so he needed to find another way.

Tony analyzed what Oran said, boasting about his newfound strength with the demon blood granted by the sacrifices meaning he wasn't going to back down from his attacks; Oran wanted to prove himself the stronger of the two. Tony feinted a vertical slash making Oran try to match it but saw the feint too late and instead got kicked again being pushed away. Tony saw the opportunity and threw a stringer that Oran blocked at the last moment, not putting enough strength to withstand it meaning he got thrown away.

"My, I see that your strength matches the rumors about you Redgrave" Oran says regaining his balance

"I know, I'm impressive so how about we finish this game?" Tony gets in position to attack again.

"I'm afraid we just started, after all, I wasted enough of your time already for the sacrifice to start" Oran stands up with an evil grin.

The ritual circle shined stronger than before, meaning that the sacrifice, even if he destroyed the roof, the ritual wouldn't be stopped. Tony knew one way to stop it, killing or dealing enough damage to the ritual caster, so he quickly did another stinger to Oran but before he made contact Oran's body turned into leaves.

"Too late my dear friend, but before I go, I'll pay a visit to the lovely Schnee below, she is quite pretty you know?" Oran's voice laughed at Tony, mocking him.

"Damn it!" Tony said fuming knowing that guy might do something to her "Touch once single hair and i'll kill you!"

In the theater.

Weiss beat the members of the White Fang, twenty in total, freezing them in place but was wondering how Tony was; he did say that Oran was dangerous enough to not take her even though it left a bad taste in her mouth. Suddenly her body started getting heavy, she felt how the air in her lungs started getting away to then feel a deep pain in her body making her kneel. In front of her a group of leaves appear, joining together to make a humanoid form, then that form becomes Oran.

"My, quite powerful are you to deal with all these…trash by yourself" Oran starts grinning

"Where…is…Tony…?" Weiss asked with difficulty, fearing the worst.

"Redgrave? my dear, don't worry about him, i just left him on the roof while i got here instantly with my semblance" Oran did an evil grin "You should worry about yourself.

Oran immediately grabbed Weiss by the neck with his left hand, lifting her from the ground and he started inspecting her from top to bottom.

"Let…me go…" Weiss tried to get away but she was too weak to try anything.

"One must admit that you are the perfect woman with the exception of that scar on your left eye" Oran laughed "Now i wonder if i should kill you or make you my woman after all, I like strong women"

"No!" She screamed in horror of this man finding strength to struggle but was in vain, this man was far stronger than her.

Weiss saw how Oran's eyes shined brighter, like two burning bonfires, the grin on his face drew bigger and bigger, this man was a monster in human hide with that strength. she wanted to scream for Tony but she couldn't as the grip of his hand got stronger that she couldn't breathe anymore starting to lose consciousness.

Both of them heard a loud noise above them making them raise their sight to find Tony falling at an incredible speed with a helm breaker, rubble behind him. Tony roared as he fell, aiming for Oran's arm that was holding Weiss. Oran tried to get away but Tony's speed was way faster, Oran's arm got cut clean off making Oran step back and grunt in pain, a lot of pain.

"Redgrave…" Said Oran filled with anger, knowing that this damage he received was enough to stop the ritual, his concentration on it was completely broken.

"I told you if you touched a single hair from her I would kill you" Said Tony standing up, his eyes shining red "I promised her that I would protect her"

"Tony!" Weiss said starting to feel stronger again but noticing Tony's eyes.

"Damn you Redgrave, for ruining a perfect plan!" Oran waves what's left of his arm splashing blood on the ground

"Now stand still so i can make you a kebab dandy man" Tony gets in position to make another stinger while the rubble from the floors he broke falled around him and Weiss.

"I guess the other rumors were true about your nature" Oran stands up and started becoming leaves again "But i'm afraid i'm not in condition to continue fighting so we'll meet again"

"Get back here and let me kill you damn it!" Tony's voice was filled with rage but Oran ran away with his semblance.

"Tony…?" Weiss carefully approached Tony noticing the rage but he didn't say anything.

What he said made Weiss feel…different "I told you if you touched a single hair from her I would kill you" and "I promised her that i would protect her" Those words hit her like a train, she felt…strangely enough really happy but was scared of his anger. Weiss, doing the only thing that came into mind, immediately hugged him to try and calm him down.

Tony didn't move as Weiss hugged him, he simply hugged her back with his empty hand. Tony was still pretty mad but was glad he made it in time to save her because if he didn't he wouldn't be able to forgive himself for losing another person. Tony finally calmed down after a few minutes.

"I guess my job got even more annoying now" Tony groans

"What is your job anyway, has something to do with the White Fang?" Weiss was now really curious

"I wish, but no, the white fang guys here are just pawns" Tony sighs "I'm sorry to ditch but i gotta get moving"

Weiss looks as Tony leaves "Tony!" She says making him turn his head "If you need you only need to ask okay?"

Tony continues walking while doing the two finger salute, Weiss does the same while thinking that Tony promised to be her knight in red armor that would protect her. blushing a bit.

AUTOR NOTES.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell, this chapter is done my dear readers and i'm freeeezing and my new tattoo is itching like hell, I LOVE IT! I got a Torii gate in my left shoulder, i'm just a space away from finishing the big pieces of the tattoos, then we'll get the background, Just if you are curious, i have a Nekomata in my arm, A Hannya in my forearm, a crow with kabuto in the upper side of my arm and the Torii gate on the shoulder, the idea is to be Japanese/oriental Theme in black and gray, the last piece that i'm missing is a flower, which will be a rose, Why a rose? because it's my favorite flower and it has thorns and Thorns are going to be the background of the arm, that's why the rose is the last piece i'm missing. my right arm will be in color so i'm doing a duality in a way.

Anyway, enough with my tatts and more into the chapter. Well, this was Weiss chapter so it was focused in what she likes and a bit on her family issues, not revealing a lot about it and focusing in what she likes, singing or so I believe (might be headcanon, feel free correct me if i'm wrong) and Tony kinda telling her that she shouldn't worry yet about the company and enjoy this moment, the moment she is free from her family, don't know if i was able to write it right. Also added a bit of comedy (which I normally suck at) with the "I WANT YOU" part, honestly, she was desperate to the tripe digits in percentage and wanted a musician, stress + desperate means wrong wording heheheheehahahahahHHAHAAHAHAHAH, yeah, i'm going mad slowly. Also, another thing that i wanted to add, i honestly don't like the girl in peril cases but in this case, there wasn't a lot to do, Orion is strong, the ritual was already taking place and sucking the life from everyone, she needed saving. I know that it's a trope that is very cliche, Girl needs saving from the pretty handsome boy but it works here for now, also she isn't trained against demons of this caliber or at least demons at all.

Also, Original character, so my train of thought was this, i kinda followed the idea of the color naming. Oran is pale green on celtic (i looked in google, bite me) so that's why his clothing matched the color. I went with fancy clothing to give him a look of a gentleman, a dandy man who was stylish. I actually wanted to give him a monocle and top hat but I thought it was too much. Stylish and gentleman was the idea for his manner of speech.

Stylish was the idea of his gun. a winchester with spin-cocking but Behind that Stylish gentleman is hiding a beast craving for power ready to deliver brutal attacks, the reason for his melee weapon being a halberd, a weapon that was well used against heavy armor and i heard from someone that they were used for executioning, so that's the reason i named it The headsman. I know i could have gone for an axe but works better with the character being fancy not having an axe, he wants to keep an appearance

Also I wanted a human character who got demonic powers during a ritual and gave Tony so far, an equal, that's why there wasn't really any injuries between the two, only after Tony got the drop on him and Tony was drawing power from his demonic half while filled with anger. Base Tony and Oran are equals, Base Dante/powered Tony is stronger than Oran, He's also going to be a recurring character. Also, in his semblance, he's green, i wanted to use leaves for something so yeah (honestly, i thought of his semblance at 3 am and with some beers inside me)

I kinda re-wrote this chapter a couple times because I couldn't figure out how I wanted to handle the mini crisis of the chapter. I kinda wanted to add more demons, so I scratched that idea. I wanted a Duel from a demon directed to Tony, scratched that idea too. I was actually going to debut another Original character that actually has an association with Dante and Sparda but I decided to push it for later.

I'm also running with the idea of Demonic power working with semblance/aura at the same time, it will be explained further later in the story but to put it mildly if you have aura and then gain demonic power, you don't lose it.

Anyway, for music…honestly, I've been listening to the Need For Speed Most Wanted soundtrack.

Also, reminder for everyone who wants to vote for romantic partner, Next chapter is the last one to be able to add more for the score, so make it count, after two days when the next chapter is uploaded i'll post the result and if it's a draw, Coin flip Mother F*meow*ers

Anyway, time with the reviews that the story has gotten (first named reviews then guest).

DMC 5 Dead Weight: Good to see you again. And i do agree with you, compared to Bury the light and Devil Trigger, Subhuman is craaaaaap, i honestly heard about the drama surrounding the song and i'll be honest, I like subhuman but is a song that i'll say it's fine at best, i've heard better Death metal and in the lyrics of the song make sense for Dante…not DMC 5 Dante who's older, wiser and already fully accepted all his demonic side, but it inspired me for a Tony's struggle and pre-DMC3 events that will appear in the story, he is also more hot headed than he is in dmc3 too. I also agree, Edwards is a godly composer and songwriter, to pull those two songs. Anyway, hope you are feeling good, have a nice one!

JokerAka: You want a point for Ruby? Well, POINT FOR RUBY!

devinwaynexxxxx : Sure, why not? Point for Weiss my dudes.

OneYuTriSlayers: Thanks, glad you enjoyed the chapter, also POINT FOR RUBY!

Tundra Convel: POINT FOR WEISS!

Guest: (Weiss) POINT FOR WEISS!

Guest: (Ruby) POINT FOR RUBY!

Guest: (Another great chapter also I vote for ruby) POINT FOR RUBY! also thanks dude, glad you enjoyed, really makes me happy.

Guest: (Let's try and close that gap, point for Weiss) POINT FOR WEISS! Closing the gap little by little

Guest: (Weiss all the way.) POINT FOR WEISS!

Score so far.

Ruby: 9
Weiss: 8

Ruby is still ahead by two, both got lots of points and the gap got closer and closer.

Anyway, I'll catch you guys next time, Please ooooooh please (I sound like a broken record) Review the chapters if you want and help me improve on what I can, I would appreciate it and also…share the story around, I'm really enjoying the story. Next chapter is Blake's chapter and i'll be honest, that one might take a bit (been having issues writing for Blake) WISH ME LUCK!

Stay safe and awesome Everyone!