The fight had been going on for what seemed like ever and both fighters were feeling the effects. Pyrrha's aura had been reduced much more significantly than Raziel's had but even he was quickly tiring. They squared off once again, both of them breathing hard. Raziel grinned across the arena at his opponent and called, "You aren't too bad. I didn't think that this would take this long."

"You aren't too bad yourself!" Pyrrha called back with a smile. "I haven't had a fight this good in a very long time."

"I appreciate that." Raziel said, straightening from his stance. "But I am going to wrap this up."

Pyrrha frowned and brought her shield up a fraction of an inch. Raziel took a deep breath and closed his eyes. "Allow me to show you," Raziel said, shrugging off his coat and revealing a simple black T-shirt. "My semblance."

Instantly every one of the wastelanders were paying rapt attention to the match, leaning forward in their seats they abandoned their conversations. "Looks like this is going to get interesting." Roxas breathed, watching intently.

"I guess this Pyrrha girl is better than we thought." Axel agreed.

On the stage Raziel's aura seemed to be growing in pressure and volume. With a sudden grin he snapped his eyes open and exhaled a breath he had been retaining. The aura around them suddenly stilled and vanished all at once. In its place a beautiful white wing had sprouted from Raziel's right shoulder. His shirt had been torn off by the appearance of the wing, and he now stood with his chest bared before Pyrrha. She drew in a shocked breath at the same time everyone in the class did. The blue and white blade had vanished during the appearance of the wing and now Raziel stood with only the black and red blade clutched in his grip. He flexed his wing, enjoying the familiar feel of the feathered limb. "What is-?" Pyrrha began to ask, but she wasn't able to finish as Raziel was suddenly in front of her.

The blade seemed to gleam with a savage light as it crashed into Pyrrha's shield and sent her flying back. She skidded to a halt her eyes widening in surprise as Raziel pressed his attack, slashing at her exposed right side. It was clear that his attack would land, even with her semblance pushing away the sword. At the last possible moment the floor beneath his feet shuddered and then flew upward, sending him careening into the air. His wing spread out to its full length and he floated in the air as he considered this unexpected development. "That's enough!" Professor Goodwich said firmly as she strode onto the battlefield. Her riding crop was directed towards the broken floor which quickly reassembled itself. Raziel drifted to the ground and touched down lightly. He folded his wing back against his back and glared at the huntress.

"You ruined my fight." He accused.

"The fight was over." The professor disagreed, ending the conversation. "Return to your seat."

"That was a good fight." Pyrrha told him, striding forward and offering him a hand. "I think that you would have beaten me had the professor not interfered."

Raziel shook the hand just once before shuddering as his wing seemed to dissolve into nothingness. The white and blue sword reappeared in Raziel's hand at the same moment that the wing vanished and Pyrrha took an automatic step back. "It was a good fight." He agreed, rolling his shoulder experimentally. "Man, I hate that feeling." He complained as he picked his coat up off the ground.

He set his swords through the sheath built into the leather of the coat. He turned around and leapt onto the raised seating, returning to sit next to his team. He was about to sit down when he felt someone tug on his coat. Jaune was looking at him with eyes filled with awe. "Can I help you?" Raziel asked after a moment of silence.

"You have wings?!" Jaune asked, his voice just as awestruck as his eyes. "That's so cool! Can I see them?"

Team ARRC made a simultaneous noise of choked off laughter which they immediately cut off when Raziel fixed them with a malevolent stare. He returned his gaze to Jaune and smiled apologetically. "Sorry Jaune," He said clapping a hand to the blond haired man's shoulder. "I don't like showing off."

"Aww," Jaune pouted as he sat down.

"Settle down, settle down." Professor Goodwich called as she moved to the center of the arena and crossed her arms. "Alright, so as most of you are aware tomorrow you will each take missions by yourselves. You will not have an escort on these missions. You may choose any mission that you have the clearance to accept, but be warned. You are on your own for this. Class dismissed."

"So what now?" Axel asked Ruby, Team ARRC following RWBY out of the classroom.

"Actually right now that's it." She said checking her watch. "Classes have been really lenient since everyone started getting here for the Festival. What do you guys want to do?"

Cloud tapped Raziel on the back and nodded back to the classroom they had just left. "I was thinking the same thing." Raziel agreed. "That was a good warm up, but I want to have some fun."

"Whatcha talking about?" Yang inquired.

"We're going to head out to the forest." Raziel explained. "Hunt some Grimm."

"I don't think we are allowed to do that…" Ruby said slowly. "They are really strict about that sort of stuff."

"It's not a big deal." Roxas said easily, "We'll be back in a few hours. Just need to cut loose a little bit."

"Can we go?" Blake asked suddenly, breaking her silence.

Raziel frowned at her for a moment before shrugging. "I don't see why not." He told her. "Just don't expect us to wait for you to keep up."

"Don't you worry about us." Yang said, straightening her gauntlets and tossing her blonde mane back and forth. "We can handle anything you do."

"That I very much doubt." Cloud said quietly, leading the way out of the school. "We'll wait for you outside the gates."