Sorry for the wait for all those loyal fans out there... I was caught up in school work and couldn't release this chapter... but it's a bit longer than usual to make up for it.

Also a shout out to the guest who took a guess at how the story would go... you did pretty well, but Tiayang is DEFINITELY not his uncle... one, because that would be weird incest because Tiayang and Raven are Yang's parents and two, because Qrow is Ravens brother = Demon's uncle (spoiler alert)

Good guess though... your a bit right about the fight part... although there will be a bit more leg-breaking!

Naughtbeast

Chapter 15:

It was now a Thursday of the second week of the second semester at Beacon academy. It had been 3 days since Demon had beaten Pyrrha… and the girls had beaten him to a pulp. Vanessa had been hard at work tinkering with everything and had created a massive supply of everything, stopping only because there simply wasn't enough space. As Demon woke up in the morning, he groaned as he saw what day it was… it was the day of his nightmares… the day that he dreaded to come round every year… it was his birthday. He drudged through the day, luckily managing to not see any of team RWBY or JNPR so they could break his bones again, and went back to his room after classes. He went over and activated Sid, hearing the servo's in his body whine as he was activated after much neglecting. Demon poured some oil on his joints before setting him to his task.

"Sid, complete this homework to maybe an A standard… that'll at least look respectable" he ordered, setting the ridiculous pile of homework in front of the spectre, the bot immediately getting to work.

"HEY! That's cheating!" complained Rosaline, a sour look crossing her face.

"Wow… you guys really like saying that... anyway… yes, it's cheating… but it can also be yours for the small price of a closed mouth!"

Rosaline got the general idea and dumped the papers in front of the spectre as well, making the sign of zipping her lips shut afterwards. Kira just grumbled and set the papers in front of the robot as well, a solid meter-high pile of books sitting there. Demon waited for the other two to be distracted before cloaking and heading out of the room. He went down to his pod and walked inside. Vanessa had put all the spectres back in their usual positions and was now meandering about, casually practising with her oversized scythe. He ducked to narrowly avoid a horizontal slash and threw a bullet at Vanessa to get her attention.

"Sir, you're back!"

"Really? I never would have known!"

She punched him in the shoulder softly, still managing to somehow bruise him.

"Yea, Yea… I know I'm an ass, but I need you to watch over my stuff tonight, I'm going out…"

"Oooo… where are you going?"

"I'm going somewhere, right next to nowhere, and about a mile from none-of-your-business"

She crossed her colossal arms, trying to psyche out Demon… and failing miserably. She agreed and left Demon to do whatever he was going to do. He grabbed his motorbike, a couple of the devices Vanessa had built, and made his way to Vale, glad to be away from the stresses of school. He had managed to procure a few hundred lien from playing a poker game with Yang… she just didn't know when to quit. He rode around town for a while before finally arriving at the place he was looking for… Apparel and Armour. He walked in and heard a small bell ding, causing the man at the counter to look up.

"AHHH… well if it isn't the young lad who wanted that fancy armour of his…"

"Yep… so, I got everything you need to complete it…" he told Ivan, handing over the large rucksack full of the devices.

"Why thank you, young man… I shall see you in half an hour"

"Yea… I guess I'll see to it that I get the Titan delivered as soon as possible" accepted Demon, beginning to walk out the door as he did.

Ivan raised one of his eyebrows at this and called out to Demon.

"Uhh… Sir, you paid for the armour this morning?"

Demon stopped and turned to him at this… when did that happen?

"Remember? You transferred the money to my account this morning, as well as 5% extra!" chirped the man, definitely happy with the extra cash. Demon shook his head for a bit…

Hmmm… must have had a memory lapse… thought Demon, coming up with the only logical reason for his forgetfulness. He waved goodbye to Ivan and walked to the next store on his list… the cake shop. As he arrived he saw something that shocked him… they were completely sold out. When he said completely he meant COMPLETELY. They had literally nothing that could be eaten left. Every cake on display, in storage, every cookie, bun or sweet bread was gone, as well as every drink they had as well.

"Who bought everything?" questioned Demon, walking up to the person at the front desk, who was a bit scared at his appearance.

"Ummm… someone walked in here in the morning and bought everything, sorry but we won't be getting any new stock until tomorrow."

Great… just great…

He waved goodbye to the shopkeeper and moved onto the next shop… and the next one… and the one after that. He literally spent an hour scouring every single damn cake store in the entire city before finally giving up. He drove to a nearby superstore… and they were out of cakes… and literally everything birthday related. There was NOTHING that he could use for his own birthday that was meant for a birthday. After it turned dark he just decided to screw it all and drove to a local café. He ordered a small iced muffin and a coffee before sitting down in a seat outside. He waited for a minute before they were brought to him, he paid for it, then looked at what was going to be the most depressing birthday he'd ever had… other than the one where his mother died…

Vanished…

He had a muffin, no candle, a coffee… and that was it…

Wait a second…

He pulled out a cigarette from his pocket… he just happened to have one… and he lit it, putting it on top of the muffin.

Perfect… now I have a candle…

Before he could indulge in his 'birthday cake' he heard all-too-familiar voices coming down the street. He ignored them the best he could but failed the second he felt someone tap on his back.

"What ya doing?" questioned Ruby, Demon not even bothering to turning.

"Trying to enjoy peace and quiet"

"Really?" probed Ruby, trying to get an answer out of him, Demon still refusing to turn around. By this time, he heard the rest of the group turn up.

"What are you doing Demon?" questioned Rosaline.

"Yea! And once you're done telling us we can break your legs!" said Nora.

"What's this about leg breaking…" it was Yang this time, a bit of hope in her voice.

"Guys I think we should just leave him alone" spoke Pyrrha, yet again becoming the voice of reason.

"Just tell us Demon!" pleaded Ruby.

"I AM TRYING TO ENJOY MY BLOODY BIRTHDAY SO PLEASE LEAVE!"

They all just stopped where they were standing, trying to comprehend the gravity of the situation. He was sitting by himself… with a muffin… a cigarette for a candle… and no one with him.

"Dude… that's depressing…" commented Juane.

"REALLY?" replied Demon, lacing the words with the most sarcasm humanly possible.

"Why the shitfest?" asked Yang.

"Well… I went to literally every damn place in this entire god-forsaken city and there was not a damn place that wasn't sold out of birthday supplies."

He didn't get a response for a while but heard hushed whispering and the sounds of people moving off.

"Well, you could tell us next time, maybe you could tell us next time and we could throw you a party?" said Ruby, a hint of guilt in her voice.

"I never have parties with people…" replied Demon, dipping his head a bit.

"Why?" asked Ruby, genuine interest seeping into her voice.

"The day of my birthday was the day… it was the day I lost my mother…"

He didn't get a response but Ruby hugged him tightly before running off to catch up with the others who had walked off. Demon just sighed and ate his muffin in a single bit, the smell of the cigarette filling his nostrils as he had his faceplate off. He tipped the waiter generously before taking his coffee and walking back to 'Apparel and Armour'. Ivan was in the process of shutting down the store for the night as Demon walked in, causing the man to look up from locking up the cash register.

"AHHH… I thought you'd never come back… I have it right here" quickly remarked Ivan, rushing out the back of the store as he did. A minute later he came out wheeling a massive suit of armour in a bullet-proof glass case.

"Considering that this suit of armour is made of an alloy that could put the Atlas Paladin's armour to shame… it is the best you are going to find anywhere… and if your 'enhancements' work then you could rival the best Huntsmen and Huntresses. I added a few personal touches such as infusing dust into certain parts of the armour as well as making sure that you can run your aura through the armour to surround it."

Demon stared at the armour beneath the case… it was perfect… it was beyond whatever he could have imagined. As soon as he had seen his mother in her red and black plating he knew that this would remind him of her. Two massive, blood-red gauntlets were cut from Damascus steel, both being much bigger than his hands, the reason being the copious amounts of strength enhancing servos beneath the plating. They covered his fingers in red claws, resembling those of the dragons from old Earth tales, that were also fitted with micro-magnets to allow for wall-running. On his right gauntlet was a grapple launcher and on the left was a shuriken launcher. A massive rectangular pauldron was sitting on his left shoulder and a smaller, rounded pauldron was resting on the right shoulder, both being a blood red taint and plated. Plated boots and greaves were resting on the legs, being slightly thicker to accommodate the strength servos as well. The rest of the armour resembled his normal pilot gear except for the two plated lengths of steel that covered the sides of his upper legs and a thick chest plate. Underneath the thicker plating was a special cloth-like fabric that was made of a blend between Titanium thread and Kevlar. The back of his gear extended out a bit to accommodate for a small battery pack between his shoulder blades. The battery was to power his gear and was even set to be charged by the kinetic energy he made while fighting, essentially making it unlimited energy. A prototype shield generator was stored running along his spine and could project a shield much similar to that of a Titan except human sized.

He mumbled something incoherent as Ivan unlocked the case, still a bit dazed by the armours beauty. When he was finished he stood back to allow Demon to admire his work. Demon stepped forward and felt the armour plating… it was as light as if he was holding air. He disconnected the front of the chest plate and he could easily carry it with 2 fingers. He set it on the floor and tested the armour by firing a few rounds at it. The bullets reflected off it, doing nothing more than cleaning a bit of dust off the plating. He smiled and shook the armourer's hand again. He packed it all into a duffel bag, surprised that it actually fit, and rode back to Beacon.

Ruby POV:

Shit…

She didn't ever swear… ever… but that was all she could think of when she heard why Demon was alone. She was kinda the reason why every store was out of birthday supplies. It was Yang's birthday and she had insisted that they buy out every store in the city to make it the best birthday ever… but she never realised it would hurt Demon so much… and they didn't even invite him. She had quickly ushered everyone away from him as he said it, thanking god that he didn't turn around and see them because they all wore party gear. They had regrouped a block away and contemplated what they should do. Everyone felt VERY guilty that they had accidentally destroyed Demon's birthday. After deciding that they should probably comfort him, they decided to travel back and try to cheer him up… only to find he wasn't there anymore. They all tried to find where he was on his scroll, finding out that he had disabled it. After about ten minutes of searching, they headed back to Beacon… after all, they still had Yang's party to attend.

Demon's POV:

He had arrived back at Beacon, slightly annoyed that his 'cake' was crap, and headed to the pod. As he was walking through the courtyard he glanced over at team RWBY's dorm and saw the lights strobing, a party obviously taking place.

Of course it was them… it couldn't happen to be anyone else could it?...

He shook his head a bit as he carried the duffel bag, with his armour in it, across the campus, relieved when he finally reached his pod. He opened the door and was a bit shocked when he found the lights turned off. He tried to turn them on remotely, pressing a multitude of buttons on his wrist-screen to illuminate the pod. Frustrated, he turned on the small light on the side of his helmet, dropped the duffel bag, and went over to the fuse box on the opposite wall. He kicked over a couple of his spare guns that were strewn around the pod on the way to the fuse box, the small light on his helmet not really doing much to show anything in the dark. He eventually found his way there and pulled open the fuse box. As he checked the wires and found nothing was wrong, until he saw the power switch and found it had been flicked off. He grumbled a bit as flicked the switch and turned the overhead lights back on. As he closed the fuse box he felt something was watching him, so obviously, he pulled out his wingman and spun round to face the threat… to be met with the sight of his mother…

"I'm sensing that pointing a gun at me is some form of greeting…" she deadpanned, setting her hands on her hips.

Demon immediately dropped his pistol and sprinted forward, embracing his mother in a warm hug. He stayed like that for a while until he finally pulled back, tears already steadily flowing down his cheek inside his helmet.

"You didn't think I would forget your birthday did you?"

He responded by hugging her again, the emotions of missing his mother for so many years was welling up. They stayed like that for another minute before Demon finally composed himself. He stepped back and pulled off his helmet to let his mother see his face. His long, black hair cascaded down his back, looking very similar to that of his mothers, and he blinked a few times to adjust his eyes to the light. She smiled, but looked a bit worried when she saw his red eyes. As a response to this, she reached up and pulled off her own helmet, confirming even further that this was his mother. It was the exact face he had grown up to, and the one he had missed for so many years.

"So, my little Hawk, how ya been?" she asked, the words coming out a bit choked as she was also beginning to tear up.

"Umm... I… joined the Militia after you… Umm… and I was the top pilot... and that's about been what's my life has been like…"

"Did you finish school?" she probed, worrying that he had just skipped school and went straight to the army"

"Yea… I graduated a bit early and managed to finish an engineering degree before I was old enough for the Militia"

She smiled and hugged him, glad to hear that he went well without her. They went and sat down on the couch in the middle of the room and Demon told her his whole story of how he had developed red eyes, how he had risen to become the top pilot, and how he managed to find his way to Remnant. She listened intently the whole time, enraptured in his story. After he had finished, she began telling him about how he had managed to get to Remnant. She had been at their house with his uncle when they had heard an emergency siren. They quickly packed up their stuff and headed to their city centre, where the evacuation ships were picking up the townsfolk. They had huddled there for a while before they finally saw what was causing the commotion, a couple of streets down was about a hundred IMC spectres that were killing people left, right and centre. Most of the other people panicked before they began running from the evacuation area, believing it would become a killing ground in the next minute. His mother and uncle had stayed there and made it onto a dropship just before the spectres had reached where they were. The craft had lifted off, but before they could fly off, the pilot was shot dead. His uncle had to grab the controls and take over, knowing how to fly after being a dropship pilot in the Titan wars. They were just about to warp away from the colony when they saw a giant missile being fired from an IMC carrier that was overhead. They had hastily warped at the last second and ended up on Remnant instead of the nearest colony. After that, the rest of the people on the ship were killed by Grimm after the crash, the only reason that his mother and uncle survived was because of his military training.

They were taken in by a kind man named Tiayang and eventually integrated into society. After two years, they both managed to unlock their aura's and receive training from Tiayang, allowing them to be accepted into Beacon academy as final-year students. They graduated and were inducted as proper Huntsmen and Huntresses. After a while, she was brought under employment by an anonymous benefactor that claimed she was needed to save Remnant. After working with them for a while, she was forced to drift away from her family and relatives, admitting that she had barely spoken to his uncle for months. Demon took this all in, learning about how his mother had arrived in Remnant.

"Now… onto the reason why I'm here…" began Raven, standing up as she did. "HAPPY 19th BIRTHDAY!" she chimed and hugged him once more. She stepped back and pulled out her sword, slashing it into the air, creating a large, red portal where she cut. Demon was a bit taken back at this, eyes going wide with shock.

"Semblance" she explained, reaching into the portal and pulling out two things. The first was a long case, one that looked much like what people would store guns in, and the other was an almost spherical shape. She first handed over the spherical object, it being wrapped in a silver wrapping paper. He carefully took it and felt that it didn't really weigh much, so he tore off the paper and was stopped by what he saw. It was an almost exact copy of his mother's helmet, although it was shaped to his head. The back of the mask was a bit more flared than hers. but it was almost exactly the same, even being open at the back to allow his hair to flow out. He flipped it over and put it on, amazed at how perfectly it fit. As he looked around he was almost surprised to see the same HUD that he had installed in his own helmet was also operational in this one, even putting a large bar in the top of his vision, probably for aura. He pulled it off and hugged his mother again.

"I assume it was you who paid for the armour then?"

She smiled a bit before nodding again. Then she turned around and grabbed the case behind her, straining a bit as she picked it up. When Demon grabbed it he hastily popped off the locks and opened the case, almost crying at what he saw. Inside was a weapon that looked exceedingly similar to his mother's weapon. He reached down and pulled the odachi out of the sheath, being greeted by one that looked much the same as hers. Its red blade was slightly thicker and there was a knuckle guard that was positioned in front of the handle. He was a bit disappointed that it was about the length of a katana… until he did a practice swing and it doubled in length. It was perfectly balanced so that it could be used with one or two hands, the hilt being long enough to accommodate both. After he practised with it for a few seconds, he flicked it in a certain way and the blade retracted, allowing him to put it back inside the sheath and as he did he noticed something strange. About halfway along the hilt was a pin, indicating that it could fold upwards like a grip for something, a trigger also being located at the bottom of the hilt. Seeing that Demon was confused, Raven walked over and took the sheath and blade from him. She stood back a few steps before twisting the knuckle guard so that it was perpendicular. As she did, the hilt shifted so that it folded facing upwards and the end of the sheath split in half. As it did, the two sides moved back along the sheath and revealed a barrel for a gun. When it was finished shifting, it resembled something akin to a handheld chaingun. (Just think of Jorge's chaingun from Halo Reach)

He nearly cried at how well-suited it was to him, the gun now effectively being a HMG. Raven was struggling a bit to hold it up so Demon walked over and took the gun, feeling the hefty weight of the HMG. He tried it a bit before he was given a massive bullet chain by Raven. He loaded it in through a port in the side of the gun. He turned to a target on the side of the wall and began firing. The recoil from the gun was insane and he went off target a couple of times, regretting doing so as the 50. Cal bullets punched holes through the sides of the pod. He smiled again and put the safety on the weapon.

"Thank you so much!" he squealed while running over and hugging her again.

"Don't start celebrating just yet… you haven't even got your last gift…"

He was dying from anticipation at what could be even more awesome than his other two presents. She took a step back before placing her hand on his shoulder and began speaking in a serious tone.

For it is in passing that we achieve immortality. Through this, we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all. Infinite in distance and unbound by death, I release your soul, and by my shoulder, protect thee…

When she finished, a dark black aura surrounded Demon, flaking off into an unseen wind as small particles.

"Did you…"

"Unlock your aura… yes… I couldn't just sit by and watch you get beaten to a pulp by a bunch of teenage girls now could I?"

He looked down a bit which made her mother smirk a bit.

"Now… unfortunately for the both of us… I must go now…"

Demon didn't really enjoy goodbye's so he just hugged her for one final time, finding that he was a lot stronger after having his aura unlocked, nearly choking her from the hug. She smiled before putting her mask back on and stepping into the middle of the room and opening another portal with the swipe of her odachi. Just before she stepped into the portal she paused for a second before turning back to Demon.

"Just as a little side note… you have a sister…"

"SAY WHAT!"

"Yea… I kinda married Tiayang and had a child with him… so you have a sister… and another half-sister"

"AND YOU DIDN'T MENTION THIS EARLIER!"

"Yea… I figured you would have worked it out by now… anyway, I'm sure you'll figure it out soon enough" she stated before finally going through the portal. Demon stood there for a second, contemplating what had happened in the short time his mother was here.

I have a sister… HOW THE HELL AM I MEANT TO KNOW WHO IT IS!...

Demon was seriously wondering how he was going to find his sister… and that's when the sleep deprivation set in. He looked over at his clock and found that it was already past midnight.

Meh… I'll search for her tomorrow…

And with that he collapsed on the couch, falling into a blissful sleep, happy that his birthday had turned out better than expected…