If any of you are wondering when we're going to be seeing Raven again... it'll be soon...

But now... time for a bit of shopping...

Naughtbeast

Chapter 12:

Demon woke up to the sounds of birds chirping and the rustling of trees outside his dorm.

Ahhh… another peaceful…

A whistle suddenly blared directly next to his helmeted ear.

"AHHHHHH!"

He jumped out of bed, falling over to the side, and came back up holding his pistol in hand. He saw Rosaline with a whistle in her hand and a massive grin plastered on her face. Kira was sitting on her bed, reading through a book. Both were wearing their military uniforms.

"What the hell was that for!"

"Well… you left yesterday without even saying where you were going… so as a punishment… WE'RE TAKING YOU SHOPPING!" Rosaline replied, somehow making her smile go wider.

"NO!" he said, getting down on his knees to beg. "PLEASE! ANYTHING BUT THAT!"

"Nope… you don't have a choice."

"YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE!" he screamed before smashing through the door out of the corridor. A couple of seconds later loud banging was heard and Demon was brought back into the room, being held by Yang at the collar.

"See! I even got team RWBY to agree to take you!" smiled Rosaline.

"BUT I DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY MONEY!"

"Ozpin lent us some for the time being… and we have Weiss, who is practically a walking bank"

They all heard a 'HEY!' from somewhere down the corridor.

"And… we all need to get some new clothes" argued Rosaline, gesturing to her IMC uniform.

With a grumbling Demon agreed to go along… right before trying to make a run for it… and being tripped up by Gambol Shroud.

30 minutes later…

Demon was being pulled along the streets of Vale while Yang was putting him in a headlock. Apparently, the shopping trip also consisted of team JNPR coming along so Nora was continuously pestering him about the pancakes. After literally an hour of the girls 'window shopping,' they made their way into a store called 'Apparel and Armour'. Yang let Demon out of his choke hold, instead grabbing his arm with an iron grip. They walked in and they were greeted by a man in a green suit with a measuring tape hanging around his neck.

"Ahh… Miss Schnee! My favourite customer! How might I be of service today?"

"Hello Ivan, I was just walking past when I decided to pop in"

"Walking past my ass" grumbled Demon, causing Yang to tighten her grip.

"I was wondering if I could get my new friends some clothes, they came from Atlas and they forgot to bring along their normal clothing."

"Ahhh… that is perfectly fine Miss Schnee, if you would…" said Ivan, gesturing for Kira and Rosaline to follow.

Yang let go of Demon's arm and threatened to break his legs if he ran again, so instead he decided to browse around the store. For something that claimed to have armour… they seriously lacked in the armour department. Every single piece of gear that he found had either a single pauldron, a chest plate or maybe a knee pad… but that was about it. If anyone in the black market was claiming that this was 'armour' they would be killed by an angry mob in seconds. He browsed for another half-hour before sitting down and began sketching. After ten minutes, Yang walked over and Demon had to hastily hide his illustration before she could see it.

"Finally made your decision?" asked Yang, apparently oblivious to the scrawling.

"I have…"

"And would you mind telling me what it is?"

"Ummm… no… if I did then you would instantly say no and pick out something else…"

"Well then why are you getting it?"

"Because… I know you'll hate it!"

Yang was slightly pissed at this, but before she could even comment, Kira and Rosaline walked out from the dressing room. Kira was wearing a sand coloured open vest with a black undershirt, knee-high grey boots and black leggings. She had desert camo kneepads, shoulder pads and gloves as well as a tactical earpiece that ran to a small pack. Rosaline was wearing a 'combat skirt', as Ruby would call it, that was coloured an elegant purple. The dress continued to have long-sleeves and a small neck collar that went around the back. She also wore knee-high combat boots that were coloured with dull brass. White armour was strewn around the clothing as well, having white bracers and a single pauldron on her left shoulder that showed the IMC logo. He raised his eyebrows at this and she just shrugged. The rest of the girls ran over and quickly began inspecting the new clothing. Ivan walked over to him and grabbed his shoulder.

"So, I guess you're next then…"

"Yep… I don't need a whole new outfit, just a couple of extras… and one other thing…"

"That is alright, and what would that other thing be?"

Demon ushered him away so that the girls couldn't hear.

"I need you to make me some armour…" he pulled out the drawing he had done "these specifications should be good, and you can add any other extras you might think I would need."

"Well Sir… these designs are quite intricate, they would take a while… and it would cost a lot… and what is that?"

"Shield generator…" deadpanned Demon.

The man replied by raising an eyebrow and looking back to the plans. After a minute of inspecting them, he looked back up to Demon.

"Well… in a week I should have this ready… but… you need to supply me with these components" he said, pointing to several parts on the armour.

"Will do, so how much should it cost…"

"Well… if I said it… even Miss Schnee over there would hesitate to accept."

"Hmmm… well I am currently dead broke… but I still have one bargaining chip" asked Demon as he pulled up his wrist screen. After a few moments, a holographic representation of his second Atlas Titan came up. The man regarded it with interest before inquiring.

"And what exactly would this be?"

"This, my friend, is an Atlas chassis Titan. It has armour thick enough to stop bullets, can lift about 8 tonnes by itself and is 15 feet tall… and it is also what you will be receiving if I fail to uphold the monetary deal…"

"Yea right, not even the Atlesian military would be able to produce this…"

"Well, you can ask my teammates if you don't think so…"

Ivan's eyes narrowed as the girls walked over to him. Weiss handed over a shiny looking card which Ivan put through a scanner. He smiled while handing the card back.

"Thanks Miss Schnee, now, this young man here is trying to make me believe that he has a giant 15-foot-tall robot?"

"Yep…"

Ivan looked extremely surprised by this and immediately turned to Demon holding out his hand.

"We have a deal young man…"

Demon shook his hand, sealing the deal.

"Now… I believe you need new clothes…" said Ivan, gesturing for him to follow into the change rooms. He first took measurements of Demon's armour and jotted them down on a small notepad. Once they were finished with that, Ivan told him to take off his armour so he could get measurements of his body. As he did, Demon grabbed some spare cloth from the side of the room and made a blindfold, once again activating his optical implants to see past the cloth. He took off his armour and revealed the black undersuit that he wore. He stood up on a podium and for 5 minutes Ivan seemed to zip around him at the speed of sound taking measurements. After he was done, Demon finally told him what he needed done. He was forced to wait for about 20 minutes before Ivan was once again out holding his requested gear. With a smile, Demon donned his armour and the other things he had asked for. He looked in the mirror and smiled at his new appearance… it certainly was… what was the word… BADASS!

He walked out of the changing room and the everyone in the room looked to him. They stood silent for a couple of seconds before Yang finally worked up the nerve to speak.

"Well… it certainly adds to the name…"

He smiled at her response… it was what he wanted. He had asked Ivan to change the shading on his armour so that it was now a matt black with red highlights on the armour pieces. He had removed most of the satchels and other things, leaving only his knife sheath and pouches for ammo on his armour. He was also wearing a custom-made black trench coat, open at the front, that went all the way down to the top of his ankles. A high collar went from his shoulders all around the back, and the top of his coat was held together by a strap that went diagonally across his body. The obstructed armour pieces being put on top of the coat, such as his pauldrons. (Think Kirito from SAO) He had even changed the colour of the lights on his helmet to red as well as having the Militia emblem emblazoned on the top of his right glove.

"We told you to get clothing so you could fit in… not so that you scare the crap out of anyone who walks vaguely near you" complained Weiss, crossing her arms as she did.

"HEY! you said clothes…" he gestured to his outfit "These are clothes"

"THEY'RE AWESOME!" commented Ruby and Rosaline, both at the same time.

"SEE! At least some people appreciate a badass soldier when they see one"

"You can be killed with a couple of shots from a pistol…" deadpanned Weiss.

"Point taken…"

"Well… I'm not paying for it…"

Both Ruby and Rosaline ran over to her, grabbed her arms, and made puppy dog eyes. Demon smiled as he saw Weiss falter for a couple of seconds before finally giving in. She grumbled while holding out her card to Ivan, the man happily accepted his payment. They left the shop, everyone now officially finished with shopping… everyone being all the boys. As soon as all the girls converged on a handbag shop, the boys sprinted off in the other direction, luckily managing to escape the girls when they went searching for them. Demon quickly told them to disable the tracking beacons on their scrolls and they were able to effectively hide from them. They shared thoughts and eventually set their track to a weapons store. They managed to make it there without seeing any sight of the girls apart from the constant messaging on their scrolls. As they walked in, Demon nearly fainted at the sight of the sheer variety of weapons that were on offer. The armoury back on the Silent Prayer would have been put to shame by this. There were gun-swords, fire swords and even a ridiculously overdone Swaxehammerwhipstaff.

Every single type of ammo was on display, inside locked cases, and there was also a variety of other weapon-related products. Demon walked around, browsing through the weapon store, and was continuously amazed at how people were able to develop these weapons to have multiple functions. He was sure that if anyone in the Militia saw this place… in less than a minute, every single soldier would be raiding this place. He didn't really see anything that interested him as they didn't have any LMG-related weapons, the closest thing being the miniguns they put on bullheads. Ren bought some new ammo for his two SMG-knives that he had somehow made appear out of the sleeves of his shirt.

Talk about having a trick up your sleeve…

Jaune, however, was just staring at a highly-detailed shield that sat on display.

"Why don't you buy it?" asked Demon, seeing that the man looked a bit depressed.

"I don't have any money to buy it… I have terrible equipment for Beacon standards, but I just don't have enough money to get new equipment."

"What do you have?"

"I have a normal short sword and a collapsible shield."

"Have you ever asked someone for a loan?"

"NO! I would never think of it…"

"Good, that means you are a respectable man… but that also means you shouldn't turn down my offer… meet me in the training area after classes tomorrow and I'll let you try out some of my gear…"

"Really?"

"Yea… you do know how to fire a gun right?'

He looked down a bit…

"I'll take that as a no… but I'll find something you can use"

"Thanks man…"

Demon clapped him on the shoulder and walked over to Ren who was sharpening his blades on one of the grindstones in the corner. He looked up and saw Demon, stopped what he was doing and paid the shopkeeper. They were just about to exit the shop when they heard something they all dreaded…

"HEY! LOOK WHAT I FOUND IN HERE!" came the triumphant voice of Yang from the door…

I am not going to survive this am I…