Sorry for the wait... and for the fact that this story is only 1.5k long...
Naughtbeast
Chapter 6:
I hate my life… why couldn't I have just settled with being dead… now I have to deal with… this!... whatever it is…
For the first few minutes of the flight, they had flown in silence. Yang was giving Demon a death stare, Weiss was filing her nails, Blake was reading a book, and the others were making whispered small talk. Demon was taking apart his Kraber and re-assembling it blindly… that was until Yang stole the bolt-loader. As Yang was smirking to herself while she triumphantly held the part, Demon casually continued assembling the weapon. When he finally ran out of parts and noticed it was gone… he turned his visor back on.
"Yang… would you mind giving me my part back?" he asked, holding his hand out to receive it.
"HE TALKS!" she stated triumphantly, still holding the part, though.
"You have 3 seconds until I blow your hand off..." Commanded Demon, pulling his wingman out of its holster.
Her eyes narrowed again and she threw the part to him, allowing him to completely re-assemble the gun.
"Why do you hate me?" Demon questioned, placing the Kraber to his side again.
"What isn't there to hate" retorted, Yang.
"Well for one… I saved your damn sister AND you from being killed!"
"We could have lived" she stated matter-of-factly.
"Yang, could you please just cut him a break?" butted in Weiss, finishing filing her nails.
"Why are you on his side?" asked Yang, looking shocked at what Weiss had said, Demon also turning his head at this revelation.
"Blake was in the same situation…" Weiss said, gesturing to the aforementioned girl.
Another name to add to the list…
"How can you compare him to Blake?" Yang argued.
"You know perfectly well why I can… he only killed those people because he knew it was the right thing to do…"
"HE KILLED OVER 1600 PEOPLE! HOW CAN YOU JUSTIFY THAT!" Yang screamed, causing everyone in the ship to look up, even the pilot.
Demon looked down in contemplation for a while before looking back at them for a while.
"Ozpin might not want you to know this…. But we are from another planet…" he slowly let out, waiting for their reactions before continuing. "Where we come from there is a war that would wipe this planet out in a second… thousands upon thousands of people battling for control of space… and I am just one of them. Where we come from, Kira, Sid, and I were part of the 'Space Pirate' faction if you will. We were known as the Militia and we fought against the IMC, trying to stop them from taking over the frontier for their mining operations and 'kicking' people out of their homes" he made quotation marks in mid-air as he said 'kicking', causing Rosaline to look down in defeat.
"Where is Rosaline from?" questioned Ruby.
"She is from the IMC… the reason we ended up here is because my commander decided that I was a 'liability' on the battlefield, so he tried to kill me after a refuelling raid went to hell… Rosaline here helped us escape, so she's ok in my book"
"So where exactly are you from?... actually" intoned Weiss.
"I am from Gearra Prime, a frontier world… I don't know where the others are from"
"We're both from Earth, the homeworld of humans in our world."
The four from team RWBY raised eyebrows at the mention of only humans… had they never heard of the faunus?
"You mentioned only humans…" stated Weiss, hoping to get an answer to the unasked question.
"Ummm… yea… you are human right?" Demon replied, slightly vexed by why she was asking.
"Well… there is something we should probably tell you about… in this world, we have a separate species known as faunus… they are half-human-half-animal and try to live here despite the constant oppression by the human populous…"
Kira and Rosaline were a bit shocked by this… Demon, however, knew better…
"Yea… I knew that… your friend there is a cat?... isn't she?'
Blake immediately looked up from her book and narrowed her eyes at Demon.
"How did you…"
"I have a scan pulse that allows me to see the skeleton of people through walls… when you have two sets of ears… that kinda gives it away…"
Her eyes narrowed at him even more, her bow twitching on the top of her head.
"It's fine with me, although I did have a dog back on my home planet, I'm not going to me a douche about it"
Blake nodded before returning to her book.
"You're being surprisingly open about where you come from… why do you go by a nickname instead of your actual one?" Weiss asked, questioning his antics.
Demon just stared… not giving an answer or any signs he was even alive.
"Hello, you there space pirate?" asked Ruby, poking him on the shoulder.
He continued staring into space for a few more seconds.
"It reminds me of her…"
They didn't respond, letting him reminisce.
"Before I was born, my father left, leaving my mother and uncle to take care of me… soon after they were both killed… their bodies weren't even recovered… I don't call myself by my name because I don't want to remember the pain of losing my mother"
"I'm sorry for asking…" replied Weiss, a look of regret strewn over her face.
"It's ok… it has been a while since I remembered… I don't know, you might eventually find out my name"
Ruby sprinted forward and hugged Demon, as he looked down he saw tears were coming from her eyes.
"What are you doing?"
"ItissosadthatyourmotherdiedIamsosorry!" she quickly replied, slightly blubbering through her tears.
"It's not your fault… if you want to help please stop crying…"
She stepped back with puppy dog eyes and went and sat back down in her seat. The rest of the ride was taken in silence, the story behind Demon's upbringing being revealed. They arrived at the cliff and the door opened, revealing everyone else waiting for them. The weird thing was that there was MUCH more people than Demon remembered.
"Ummm… why are there so many people?"
"Well… in a couple of weeks is the Vital Festival… people from the other 3 cities come to Vale, where it is being hosted here, as exchange students… so I guess these people are from the other cities."
"Ok then…" Demon said as he picked up his Kraber and walked over to Ozpin.
More people to impress…
"So… I see you brought a crowd."
"Yes, young man, they will be watching your team as they complete the initiation… we will be watching through cameras placed throughout the forest."
"Ok then… so we're going to be dropped into the forest and then what?"
"You will have to collect an artefact and make it back to this cliff"
"Seems simple enough…"
Ozpin just replied with a smile and gestured for them to stand on the plates that were placed along the cliff. He did a quick pulse and found they were launch pads that were aimed at different points within the forest. Demon knew that Sid and he could survive the fall, but Kira and Rosaline wouldn't stand a chance. He reached into Sid's pack and pulled out two parachutes, distributing them to the two grunts.
"Why do we need this?" queried Rosaline, looking the pack over.
"Just wait and see"
Ozpin walked over to in front of where they were standing and pulled out his scroll, Mrs Goodwich taking up position next to him.
"As an added task during this initiation… you will be assigned to a partner… and they will be with you for the next 3 years of school… and they will be determined as the first person you make eye contact with…"
Rosaline mouth just gaped open, trying to take in what is happening.
"Now, begin your initiation…" he said as he tapped a button on his scroll, sending Sid flying into the forest.
Kira and Rosaline suddenly understood why they needed the parachute.
"SON OF A…" screamed Kira as she was rocketed into the forest.
Rosaline whimpered slightly as she was launched.
Demon mag-locked his weapon onto his back and pulled out two arc mines, placing them on his feet. Ozpin raised his eyebrow slightly at this but pushed the button anyway… sending the Demon on another mission…
Time to kick some ass…
