"Hey," Yang Xiao Long's voice cut through the air abruptly. "Earth to Ice Queen, come in." Yang began waving her hand in front of the face of a spaced out Weiss Schnee. Suddenly Weiss' eyes snapped back into focus.

"Get out of my space!" Weiss spat shaking her head and batting away Yang's hands violently. The yellow haired girl laughed jovially and dropped back into her seat with a light thud.

"You've got a little drool.." Yang said mockingly, as she tapped her bottom lip. Weiss wiped her lip and checked her hand. There was no drool and she was disgusted to think that there had been.

"A Schnee does not drool, Xiao Long," Weiss said in her patented haughty tone. "Frankly, I'm insulted you would insinuate that I am even capable of such an appalling thing." Yang laughed again. It was incredibly hilarious to Yang that the only people who didn't seem to realize that Weiss and Ruby had feelings for each other, were Weiss and Ruby themselves. Even team JNPR knew, though Jaune still hasn't figured out Pyrrha's feelings for him and she has all but told him "I love you" on many occasions.

Anyway, they would probably figure it out one day. Until then they offered Yang some humor. "So apparently Jaune wants JNPR to start training with us," Yang said as she finished her meal. "At least that's what Nora told me. Apparently they've been working on their team dynamic and they need another team to it test out."

Ruby looked up from her plate. "That sounds fun," Ruby said through a mouthful of food before she swallowed hard. "We could probably use the practice. Plus it'll give me the chance to make a combo with my bestie!" Ruby turned to Weiss to give her a hug. Without any hesitation whatsoever Weiss ducked under Ruby's outstretched arms and resumed eating. It took a moment for Ruby to realize there was no Weiss in her arms, to which she exclaimed a resounding,

"Drat!"

"No," Weiss said abruptly folding the napkin she had had in her lap and placing on the table. "I will train with you, but no to all of…. that." She pointed at Ruby, whose arms were still in the air. "Come on, we have one more class before the day ends and I for one don't want to make Professor Goodwitch upset." Weiss stood and picked up her tray.

"Bye Yang," Ruby said jumping up from her seat and piling the empty wrappers, bones and other shrapnel that had made the food graveyard surrounding her tray. "We'll meet you back at the room before we go train."

"Bye kid, we'll be….. around."

-RWBY-RWBY-RWBY-

"Pyrrha Nikos," Professor Glynda Goodwitch's voice echoed in the large and mostly empty classroom. "Please step to the center of the room." The tall redhead rose and walked out of the student seating and into the large arena that was the classroom's main area of learning.

"Now let's see. Who will you be sparring with today?" Professor Goodwitch looked around the classroom to see several anxious faces. Few wanted to go up against the so called Invincible Girl. Glynda would need someone who would present the girl a challenge and was not afraid of her. Mr. Winchester would be dispatched far too quickly. Ms. Schnee was unlikely to have either the speed nor the strength to attack the girl head on. Glynda went on this way for a moment longer until her eyes rested on her target.

"Yatsuhashi Daichi, please come forward." With a small smirk the massive man rose from his seat and made his way to the center of the pitch to stand next to Pyrrha, leaving about ten feet between them. This mammoth of a man even made Pyrrha, a six-foot tall goddess, look like a child. He towered a full foot over her and was easily several times as wide. Pyrrha didn't flinch. Neither did Daichi.

"You two will fight no holds barred," Professor Goodwitch began. "The only stipulations are that you may not leave the arena and that once your opponents semblance drops below a safe range you must stop the battle. Is that understood?" The two nodded. "You may use your weapons, your semblance, your own martial skills, and any advantages you may find the arena is equipped with."

By now Professor Goodwitch had stepped out of the arena and to her chair adjacent to the student seating. From her she could observe the fight and commentate along with her students.

"Begin."

Yatsuhashi and Pyrrha immediately turned to each other and bowed: Pyrrah's slight and light; Yatsuhahi's, deep and formal. Rising Pyrrha instantly sank into a crouch while Yatsuhashi drew his sword. To Pyrrha's surprise Yatsuhashi threw the sword to the ground with such force that it dug into the floor a few feet deep. Without wasting a moment Yatsuhashi lifted his hand to his shoulder and unlatched his five-layered sode, tossing it next to his sword.

"Can anyone tell me why Mr. Daichi has relinquished his weapon as well as his armor," Professor Goodwitch asked, turning for a moment to the class. Weiss' hand immediately shot into the sky. "Ms. Schnee?"

"Well he knows that Pyrrha's semblance is polarity which gives her the ability to…"

"Control poles," Ruby interrupted. Weiss glared. Ruby cringed.

"The ability to influence metals using her own magnetic field," Weiss finished.

"Correct," Professor Goodwitch replied. "Now the question becomes whether it is an advantage or disadvantage to do away with his weapon and armor altogether. Only the fight can tell us this answer so we proceed."

"Magnets are cool too…" Ruby murmured, causing Weiss to roll her icy blue eyes.

For a moment both fighters stood assessing each other in silent contemplation. Yatsuhashi had removed all metal from his body save for the gauntlets that covered his wrists. Realizing that her opponent had made up his mind not to make the first move, Pyrrha charged, rushing forward to Yatsuhashi's left Pyrrha thrusted her double edged short sword upward forcing Yatsuhashi to step back. Without slowing, she continued her assault, striking low in an attempt to throw her opponent off balance.

Despite his brutish size, Yatsuhashi was actually quite quick and easily dodged Pyrrha's half hearted attacks. The two were still feeling each other out, as this was the first time they had ever fought. Yatsuhashi allowed the girl to push him further and further back until, he could sense he was not far from the wall and the edge of the arena.

With a swiftness that would surprise most any opponent, Yatsuhashi took one step back and launched himself up over Pyrrha, reacting instantly Pyrrha launched herself vertically through the air raising a fist to strike Yatsuhashi in his chest, but matching her agility Yatsuhashi lowers his hands to block, boosting his height and allowing him to gracefully vault through the air and land opposite Pyrrha. The moment his feet touched the ground, Yatsuhashi launched himself at Pyrrha to force her back against the wall. Despite Yatsuhashi's charge, Pyrrha advanced so she wouldn't be trapped. As she ran at him, she spun her short sword in her hand, transforming it into its javelin form and began a volley of calculated thrusts, targeting only vital areas of Yatsuhashi's body.

The man effortlessly blocked each thrust, sweeping his arms through the air and striking with his gauntlets careful to only allow blows without force or precision to land. He was careful and meticulous and Pyrrha could sense this. She was holding back but so was Yatsuhashi. But she could not quite figure out why.

Naturally Pyrrah accelerated her attacks. making her aggression and technique more intense with the hopes of forcing Yatsuhashi's hand and making him show his true strength. This was a mistake. As she shot forward for the sixth strike in a long series of thrusts Yatsuhashi dodged.

The world seemed to move in slow motion. Pyhrra stood, with her right arm outstretched, her momentum pulling the rest of her body behind. Her back was almost perpendicular to the ground. As she thrust her left for rose from the ground to advance. It was at that moment that Yatsuhashi choose to strike. As Pyrrha's blade carved through the air, the massive man gracefully dodged its tip and, before a surprised Pyrrha could react, Yatsuhashi brought his elbow down into the center of the girl's back with the entire weight of his body.

In the split second before impact Pyrrha threw up a magnetic field desperately searching for some protection with her semblance. she only found Yatsuhashi's gauntlets which she violently yanked at. It had no effect the man descended without mercy upon her crushing her.

**I have no ownership of or affiliation with the official release of RWBY**