Hmm... I wonder what happened to Demon? Well, I guess we'll find out soon enough... in the next chapter... or maybe the one after that... or maybe never? Only one person knows... THE NARRATOR!... AKA me...

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Chapter 17:

Demon slowly came into consciousness, his senses regaining their composure. He sniffed and the antiseptic smell of a hospital once again filled his nostrils. He tried to move his arm but was stopped by the pain that surged through the appendage. He bit his tongue to stop himself from audibly making a noise and instantly regretted it as he put a hole in his tongue with his sharper tooth. He waited for a while until all his senses were working efficiently and he could at least gain a bearing on where he was. He reached up and felt around his face, ensuring that he kept his eyes shut. When he found that his mask was removed, yet again. He tried to tear off a bit of the bed cloth and was slightly distressed when he found it was made of something that resembled Kevlar. He hastily continued to try and rip it but was stopped when he heard the door open.

"Mr Demon! I see you're awake now… you don't need to worry about me seeing your eyes, I was your doctor last time as well"

He relaxed at this and opened his eyes to see around the room. He was in exactly the same room as before and the female doctor was standing at the door. She was petite and had long, orange hair, as well as black wolf ears coming out of the top of her head. She smiled at him before walking over and checking the monitors off to the side of his bed.

"How long this time?" questioned Demon, knowing that the answer would probably be over a month.

"A day…" she replied, still checking the instruments.

"Ha… that's funny… how long?"

"If you didn't hear me the first time… it has been a day… you were taken in here at 10 in the morning yesterday, and it is now 1 o'clock in the afternoon"

"Umm… I broke just about everything... how can I even move?"

"Well, not even I know that… even people with ridiculously powerful auras cannot heal that quickly, yet when you came in… your bones just seemed to meld themselves back into place. You were fully healed before midnight and the only reason we didn't wake you up earlier was because we thought you might need a good night's sleep"

"So I can go now?"

"You have been cleared to leave, your belongings are in the same place as before," she said, before pulling out the IV drip in his left arm and turning off most of the monitors.

Demon turned to the right, and sure enough, everything he had was right there. He walked into the small bathroom and changed into his armour, surprised that it looked just as good as when he had first received it… apart from the blood that now added to the paint job. Slightly annoyed, he cleaned it off in the shower before moving on. He checked over his weapon, enraged to see the bullet casing still caught in the chamber. He removed the casing, pocketed it, and re-assembled the weapon, ensuring it was in perfect working order. After he was finished, he pulled on his mask and fixed up his hair, his locks being slightly held together with blood. Once again checking himself over, he began to walk over to the door and head back to Beacon.

He made it out of the hospital and clambered aboard a public airship and headed to Beacon. He was the only person to step off at the academy, but many other students were travelling to Vale for the weekend. Travelling back to his pod, he took off his armour and laid it out on one of the spectres, using it as a make-shift armour stand. He cleaned off everything and returned it to a new polished sheen. He refilled his ammo stocks and strung the three belts of ammo over his armour's shoulder. Using the rest of the afternoon to sort out his weaponry and patch up everything that was broken, he stocked up on most of his new equipment. He had his rope-launcher on his right gauntlets filled with two extreme strength grappling hooks, and his left gauntlet's shuriken launcher was stocked up on ammo. After he was done stocking up on everything he heard his stomach growl in protest to the little amounts of food he had eaten. He went over to his computer and told Sid to collect his other gear from his storage locker, not wanting to risk running into Yang again. Sid, in his spectre, arrived at the pod carrying his gear and plopped it into the ground before returning to their dorm.

Demon geared up in his altered pilot suit and headed for the dining hall, using his cloak as he did. He made it there, managing to avoid seeing anyone in team RWBY, and walked into the dining hall, uncloaking when he was sure no one was watching. It was about 10 by now so everyone had already finished dinner and were either asleep or partying. He walked up to the person serving, receiving a kind smile, and was handed a plate of steaming food. It consisted of about 16 ounces of beef, vegetables and a generous helping of mashed potatoes on the side. He licked his lips and walked off to the back of the hall, getting to work on eating his meal. After he had eaten the delicious dinner, he went back and got dessert, a generous helping of chocolate pancakes, compliments of the chef. After he had wolfed down the food, he smiled to himself as his throat was still coated in chocolate. Just as he was about to return to his pod, he spotted the one person he didn't want to see right now.

Team RWBY walk into the dining hall, all talking to each other until they saw Demon at the back. He swore to himself before shouting to the server.

"I'll pay for it later!"

He activated his stim and busted through the side of the dining hall, causing glass to smash everywhere. He hated that he would have to do it again but he made his way to the landing pads, hoping that there would at least be a bullhead waiting for him. He made it to the courtyard and saw no salvation… he would just have to jump again. He was about a metre from the edge when he felt a rope wrap around his ankles. He was tripped and he turned to see all of team RWBY running towards him, Blake tossing Gambol Shroud to stop him. He didn't bother tearing it off his legs and just clawed his way to the edge. He smiled when he fell off the side, a bit shocked that the rest of team RWBY was helping Yang when they had been trying to protect him just yesterday. He fell for about a foot before he felt something else grab his ankle. He stopped mid-air and was hoisted back.

CRAP!...

He turned his head and saw that it was Yang who was pulling him back up, a determined look on her face. He was pulled back onto the island, and fearing what would happen next, he put up his hands in a weak defence. As he waited for the inevitable to happen… he continued waiting… until he felt Yang pull him into a hug.

What the hell?...

He opened his eyes and saw that Yang was actually hugging him and tears were streaming down her face. He returned the honour and they sat like that for a couple of seconds before the others joined in. When they stepped back, Yang was sniffing, trying to clear her face of tears.

"Are you ok?" she asked, a slight whimper in her voice.

"Yea… why are you crying?"

She didn't answer and held out the photo of his mother, him and his uncle.

"What is this?"

He took the photo from her and scraped off some dirt that had accumulated on it.

"This is me, my mother and my uncle. It was taken five years before I lost my mother"

Yang and Ruby both went wide-eyed and they stood stock still where they were. Demon was completely confused and turned to Weiss and Blake, both of them were completely lost for words. Yang recovered quickest and grabbed Demon by the throat, holding him into the air.

"WHAT IS YOUR NAME!" she screamed, crushing his throat even harder.

He struggled a bit and managed to pry her hands off his throat so he could at least talk.

"Demon…"

She tightened her grip, choking him for a bit before releasing it to allow him to talk. He hesitantly answered her question, knowing she would kill him if he didn't answer.

"Hawk… Hawk Branwen…"

Yang immediately dropped him and dropped to her knees, crying into her palms. Ruby went over and hugged Demon as hard as she could, causing him to become completely confused. He didn't quite know what was happening until Ruby cleared it up for him, her voice being slightly strained from crying.

"You're… our brother…"

He couldn't quite comprehend what was happening… Ruby and Yang were his sisters. He opened his mouth to say something, only to close it straight after, resembling a goldfish. Blake and Weiss were standing off to the side, not really having any idea what was going on. Demon still couldn't really grasp what was happening, hugging Ruby back while he tried to think through it. Demon slowly released himself from Ruby's iron grip and shuffled over to Yang.

"Hey… you alright?"

Yang responded by grabbing him and crying into his shoulder. He patted her back, not really sure what else to do. Finally thinking of something he could do, he grabbed Yang and picked her up. He carried her back to her dorm, the others following in mute silence, and set her down on a bed. He sat down next to her and comforted her as she cried, Ruby sitting next to him, Weiss and Blake sitting on the opposite bed. It took a few minutes for Yang to finally settle down, Demon managing to at least formulate a couple of questions.

"So, why the tears?" he asked, mostly directed at Yang.

"She… my mother… left me a year after I was born… she never really talked to me at all and I only really have photos of her… the last time I met her was a year ago…"

"I see… I've been wondering… how old are you exactly?"

"I just turned 18… sorry about the cakes by the way"

"Don't sweat it… but your age does raise some questions. I'm 19 right now… but that would mean you must have been born when I was one… and I lost my mum when I was 6…"

"Your mother… she is Raven Branwen right… and your uncle is Qrow?"

"Yep… that's them…"

"But how..."

Demon rested his head on his knuckle (Thinker position) and tried to think of something that would explain everything.

"Well... us coming to this world might have had something to do with it"

"Hmmm... a likely story" Weiss concluded, not quite believing them.

"Yea… it's likely because it is true… anyway, the way we got here is because the warp drives in our dropship were fried by energy from a plasma bombardment… we were engulfed in a red haze and suddenly found ourselves here. My theory is that this reality is five years behind our own, that would mean that we would not age for those five years, noticing no change in anything…"

Everyone looked completely confused at this.

"Ok… that's the best I got ok?"

'Well what if you're lying?" probed Blake, speaking everyone's mind for this strange possibility.

"Ask me any questions that I would only know if she was my mother…"

"What's her middle name?" asked Yang, knowing he couldn't possibly answer this.

Demon smiled and leant over to her, whispering the answer in her ear. When she heard it her heart leapt again… how could he have known? She nodded, conceding that he wouldn't have known otherwise.

"So how did you find her?" Yang asked, still not sure how he managed to find her before him.

"I woke up from when I passed out in the initiation and she was there… the conversation went much the same as this one. By the end of it I kinda figured out that was my mother but I never got the chance to confirm it before she left. After that she came and gave me my new gear on my birthday, telling me that I had sisters as well."

Yang looked down at this, still not quite sure how this was true. Ruby was just quietly sitting, enraptured in the story and happy to find out she had a brother.

"Wait?... there is one thing I have to clear up… I though you last name was Xiao Long and yours was Rose?" asked Demon, making sure that this was actually true on their part.

"Well, my dad is Tiayang Xiao Long and my mother is Raven, Ruby is only my half-sister because my dad re-married after Raven left"

"I see… well, that means we're all technically half-siblings… I guess I'm ok with that…"

The three siblings hugged for one last time before bringing the other two members of RWBY into the conversation.

"I guess we can't break his legs anymore" sighed Yang, slight disappointment written on her face.

Weiss and Blake looked back with blank looks on their face.

"No smiles! Seriously!" joked Yang again. Weiss just groaned and walked out, saying she was going to get some food, and Blake just followed. Demon gave his sisters another hug and walked off again, heading back to his dorm. As he entered Kira and Rosaline both jumped up from their beds and hugged him, glad that he was still alive.

"WHAT HAPPENED!" Rosaline practically screamed.

"Well… I managed to save Yang… and nearly died in the process" Demon deadpanned, acting like it was just another day at the office… which is was.

"We know that! But why was she trying to kill you!"

"About that… Yang and Ruby are kinda my sisters…"

Kira and Rosaline blinked a couple of times, not sure if they were to believe what their team leader was telling them.

"My mother left Yang when she was young so I guess she was a bit miffed when she saw her symbol on me…"

Rosaline was still trying to process this but Kira just responded in the most sarcastic tone he had ever heard… apart from his own of course.

"You don't say… Yang breaking every bone in your lower body is just a bit miffed?"

"Yep…"

Kira just facepalmed and walked back over to her bed, getting in and trying to go to sleep. Rosaline finally managed to regain her composure and changed the subject to try and stop her brain from melting.

"You missed the dance you know…"

"There was a dance?"

"Yea… on Friday night there was a school dance… how didn't you know?"

"Umm… because I never get told anything around here…"

"Well then... you should probably know that we are going on assignments next week"

"We are?"

"We have to pick an assessment on Monday and we have the rest of the week to complete it"

"Ok then… well… I'm tired, so goodnight…"

Demon quickly ended the conversation and got into his bed, glad that he was finally able to sleep in a comfortable bedding for once. The lights were turned off and all of team DRSK went to sleep… except Sid, who was just sitting in the corner de-activated as always. Before they went to sleep, Demon decided he would dig himself a hole before nodding off.

"Rosaline… just know that if I hadn't missed the dance… I would have taken Sid…"

He chuckled a bit as a pillow was thrown his way and hit him in the head. He chucked it back and went back to sleep, thinking of what the next few days will hold.

I wonder how having two sisters is going to go?...