Chapter 17 : A couple of hours

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''Oh.'' She sighed.

The silence surrounding us for but a moment.

Ruby looked at the city below taking In the sight once more before moving her gaze back to me.

Her eyes focused as if seeing me for the first time.

''You are The Devil'' she accepted, finally surrendering herself to the truth.

''I am and I have a deal for you Ruby Rose, would you care to hear it?''

As they made their way across Vale's night sky Ruby Rose questioned her life choices.

A couple of hours ago she was giving Cresent Rose her daily maintenance when she found that one of the servos parts of the mecha shift engine on her baby's head was damaged.

Not enough damage to stop the mechanism from working but enough damage to be a problem if not dealt with promptly.

Knowing that she was running low on dust as well she had simply sent a text to her dad to let him know that she was going out to Vale so she could buy the replacement, stock up on Dust and maybe see if the next issue of Sniper Monthly was out yet.

Halfway to Patch's heliport, she received her dad's usual response whenever she left the house for any amount of time.

Be careful. don't stay out too late. don't accept cookies from strangers. don't do anything Yang would do. Don't do anything Qrow would do. I love you.

You know usual dad stuff.

He hadn't said she couldn't get a tiny little bit sidetracked after shopping only to end up in the arms of an extremely sexy half-naked boy as they flew across the sky to Oum knows where so he could properly explain whatever deal he was offering.

But she reckons it was certainly implied in his text!

The older boy was apparently, also the Devil.

So her not doing whatever this was must have been implied with the don't do anything Yang would do part.

Or maybe the one about Uncle Qrow, She loves him to bits but he did silly things when he wasn't at least tipsy.

So it could go either way.

Anyway, here she was, Ruby Rose huntress in training and Signal's most forgettable wallflower being princess carried away from Vale in the muscular arms of The Devil.

Who would have thought? Certainly not her.

Also, does The Devil go to the Gym regularly or is he naturally this ripped?

Anyway, not the point.

After what felt like no time at all they left the city of Vale and descended into the dark forest outside the city walls.

With a gentleness that you wouldn't expect from the big guy down below He lower her to the ground feet first before finally letting her go.

Had it been this chilly outside before?

''Let's try this again, shall we? My name is Millicas Gremory It's a pleasure to meet you.'' He smiles at her brightly.

''My name is Ruby Rose, but you already know that,'' Ruby replied. What kind of weird name was Millicas?

''Ah yes I need to explain that but I wanted to get the biggest shock out of the way before going over the details'' He said with an amicable laugh.

''And you telling me you were The Devil from the get-go was your best course of action?'' She couldn't help but ask.

''Well my story and why I'm here it's very unbelievable so I thought it would be best to be honest from the start.'' He explained.

''Okay, so what does the devil want from me? I'm just a normal girl?''

''I already told you I have a deal for you.'' She could hear the amusement in his voice.

''I may not go to church but I believe that when the devil himself appears before you offering a deal you are supposed to say no,'' Ruby argued.

''I kind of need my soul that's where Aura comes from. Also, eternal damnation in the Grimm-infested pits of hell bits is suddenly more concerning.''

Was she breaking some kind of rule by speaking with the devil? Did she need to find a Priest?

''Ruby I don't want your soul I only need you to hear the deal I'm offering you then whatever you feel like it is a fair deal and take my offer or not you have my word that I will accept your answer.

I can even drop you back on Patch afterwards.'' He explained.

The Devil knew where she lived, not as surprising as it should have been.

Was she on some kind of hellish naughty list that she wasn't aware of like with Dust-mas? She was the good sister, Yang should be the one on the list, not her!

''Okay, seeing as I kind of let you drag me out of Vale to hear you out I guess I will listen to your deal at least.'' She replied.

The only reason she let him fly her here was because she could easily run away with Cresent Rose and her semblance, not because of how he made her feel back in the city with all his compliments and whispers and all the attention that no boy had ever given her before.

"Ruby Rose you are a beautiful young woman with a lot of untapped potential, I want to make use of that and help you reach heights that you would never reach otherwise". Millicas told her earnestly.

He was doing it again, giving her compliments as if it were the most common thing on Remnant. Smiling at her tenderly like in those movies she didn't enjoy being dragged into by her friends.

"You want to use me?'' She asked for confirmation.

"I want you to join me, as a friend and trusted ally that I can rely on to be at my side and watch my back." He replied.

"And in exchange I get training."

"Training and Power are only some of the many additional benefits to joining me. But not the main thing I'm offering." Came his confident correction. The amused grin on his face was something Ruby had seen before.

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