Team SPWM

by ProAJ13

This fic has ALSO been rewritten and is being continued as part of my "Fate" series.

7. Chapter 7

Bit of a long AN, sorry about that. Let me just summarize the chapter for you in this paragraph, and give a warning or two. Stuff, then a bunch of fight scenes with fluff and stuff between them, and then a ton of romance and fluff with Blake and AJ, and Blake being adorable, along with sexual themes and stuff is implied, but I can't/don't/won't write any smut. There's also some random pointless humor so I don't hate this chapter as much. And because of all the fluff and stuff that I added at the end, it's a very long chapter. (18000. A new record for me, actually) Think of it this way, I didn't like writing all the serious fighting stuff so I decided to write some not serious fluff and stuff! Yeah… I guess that makes sense…

I could almost give this chapter its own really short shenanigan list. Any of you readers that read a certain other work of mine know what I'm talking about. It's just that the 'pointless humor' thing kind of leads to shenanigans and (author notes in the middle of the story) yeah, those things… There isn't that much of it, but enough that I don't hate this chapter as much.

On a different note, thanks for the compliments! Glad some of you are enjoying this!

On another note, no fucks were given with the votes! XD I expected one or two, which wouldn't have been enough, but I didn't expect freaking ZERO! Note to self, don't ask you guys to do anything like vote, cause it apparently just won't happen no matter how important I tell you it is… Still gonna keep telling you guys to follow "Universe of Angels" because you need too, so do that.

This chapter is the last one before we go back into canon, I swear! (If that means the chapter has to be, like, 15000 words, so be it… Yep it ended up being over 15000)

And another thing, does anyone know if it's okay if I use songs from Naruto Shippuden for openings? Cause I want to do that and it's not like I get paid to do this anyway so I see no reason to have copyright stuff happen, but I just want to be sure. I would of course give credit where its due and all that.

Hope you all enjoy! If you don't, I don't blame you! I don't really like this chapter either, but it must be done!

Also, I apologize in advance if you feel the quality of these fight scenes isn't that great. I knew I wasn't going to enjoy writing a chapter with so many fight scenes but I need to do this anyway. Sorry, but I just don't enjoy doing these all that much, and therefore I won't be giving it my all on all of them most likely. And every time I sit down some bug flies over and annoys the shit out of me, so yeah. Alright I'll shut up now…

Disclaimer: I don't own or claim to own RWBY or anything else I use or reference in this fic. That of course excludes the OC's and the story itself.

Scene is in front of the relic site in the Emerald Forest.

Starts with Sam facing the camera, only feet from it (They all are). Things go in slow motion while Sam turns to his left and blasts a Beowolf with his shotgun, while blasting water out of his right hand into the one on his right.

Camera moves to the left, still facing the same way.

AJ is not far down, firing a rocket at a group of Beowolves in the background, his back to the camera, also the explosion is in slow motion.

Camera moves further down left.

Raymond is seen in slow motion, stabbing a Beowolf with a sword made from his Semblance in his right hand. He is also grinning right at the camera while doing so and giving a thumbs up with his left hand. The explosion is in the background still, in slow motion.

Camera moves over to the left again.

Isaac is seen, left shoulder to the camera, point blank headshot-ing a Beowolf, in slow motion, with his weapon in gun mode. The explosion is still in the background.

Camera goes over his shoulder and flies behind the explosion, which clears as the four turn to the camera.

Sam, with both weapons in shotgun mode, holding them so they point at the sky. The letter S appears behind him, black outline while filled with red water that glows faintly, towering over him.

Then AJ, with his lever action rifle pointed at the camera as he aims down the sights. The letter P appears behind him, black outline and filled with a yellow that glows faintly and sparks occasionally, same size as the last letter.

Raymond with a copy of Ruby's scythe, posing like she does at the end of her trailer. The letter W appears behind him, black outline and filled with glowing purple energy.

Finally Isaac, posing with his weapon in axe mode. He holds it with his right hand vertically, one end touching the ground. The letter M appears behind him, black outline and filled with blue flames.

Sam fails to hide a smile, showing that he is actually having fun.

AJ grins confidently from behind his rifle.

Raymond gives an excited smile.

Isaac goes for a more serious look before losing it to his own excited smile.

"""" S.P.W.M!""""

Screen goes black, leaving the large letters and the silhouettes that are on them.

Team SPWM

A RWBY fanfiction

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The day after their dates, Sunday, Blake noticed that she couldn't find AJ anywhere. She looked in the training rooms, she looked in the massive library, but she couldn't find him. She tried going to his team, but with Sam and Isaac hanging out with their new girlfriends, only Raymond was present in their dorm, listening to that awful dubstep. 'How can he stand that stuff?' She asked herself as she walked into the room. Raymond had simply left the door open for some reason.

"Hey, Raymond?" She asked.

He looked up at her curiously before taking out his ear buds. "Hmm?"

"Do you know where AJ is?" She asked.

He shook his head. "Nope. He said he wanted to be alone and then left."

She was saddened by this news. "Did I do something wrong?" She asked herself.

"It wasn't you, Blake." He said to comfort her. "I asked him if there was a problem and he said there wasn't one, he just wanted to be alone."

"Why?" She asked curiously.

"Well, when he was in school, we weren't a very large group, and when he got homeschooled, he rarely saw people, so I bet he just wanted some alone time away from the large group of friends we have." Raymond explained.

She nodded in understanding. "That makes sense. I understand wanting to have time away from everyone, I just wish he picked a better time than right after our date…"

"From the way he acted when you all got back, he really enjoyed it." Raymond said with a smile. "So don't worry. He just wants time alone, it has nothing to do with you."

"Alright. Well, thank you." Blake said as she turned to leave.

"Um… Blake?" Raymond asked hesitantly.

"Hmm?" Blake looked over her shoulder at him curiously.

"There's… something I kind of want to tell you…" He said hesitantly.

"What is it?" She asked.

"Can you close the door first?" He requested.

She closed the door before walking further into the room.

"There's a part of AJ's Semblance that we haven't told anyone, but I think you should know about it." Raymond started.

"Okay, what is it?" She asked again.

"For some reason, when he uses his Semblance, he feels angry." He started.

"Really? He always seems to have so much fun using it though." She pointed out.

"Well, it kind of helps him when it does this, because… He told me that when he feels any negative emotion, like anger or depression, it makes him more passionate about everything he likes. So, when he's fighting and he uses his Semblance, it makes him angry, but then the passion that he feels when fighting becomes stronger, and he fights harder. I know you're always really concerned for him, so I figured I should tell you about this side-effect now so you know the anger isn't actually a bad thing for him." He explained.

"Oh, I see. Thank you for telling me this." Blake thanked him before turning towards the door.

"No problem." He said as she left. He then put his ear buds back in and turned up the bass. 'And when I use mine, I feel energized and excited, when Sam uses his, he feels calm for just a moment, and when Isaac uses his… what was it? Oh right! He feels passionate! It kind of ends up being the same result for him and AJ… how did I not notice that till now?'

"Actually…" Raymond looked up and saw she was standing in the doorway and blushing slightly. "Would it be alright if I stayed in here for awhile?" She asked shyly.

"Um… sure. I don't see why not." Raymond said with a shrug.

"Thank you." Blake thanked him and went over to AJ's bed and sat down.

Not long after, Raymond began hearing purring occasionally as Blake rolled around in AJ's bed. It didn't take him long to figure out that she can smell AJ in the room with her Faunus senses and can probably smell him really well on his bed. Being the nice guy he is, he kept quiet about what she was doing, telling no one and not commenting on it.

AJ enjoyed this, just sitting on the roof and star gazing. There was very little sound to disturb him, but just enough sound from the wind so there wasn't an ominous silence. As much as he would have liked being alone with Blake, he also really liked being completely alone, since he didn't get to do that much anymore.

He found it strange, when he finally went back to their dorm, that he could smell Blake's scent on his bed, but he certainly wasn't complaining.

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The next morning.

"AJ. Wake up." Isaac requested as he gently shook their leader awake.

AJ looked up at him with tired eyes and Isaac could tell he was going to fall back asleep. Raymond would normally wake him up loudly and roughly so he wouldn't fall back asleep, but he was in the restroom right now, so Isaac took up the duty of waking AJ up. However, Isaac didn't like being rude and loud like that, so he tried being gentler.

"Don't fall back asleep, you idiot!" Sam requested.

Sam on the other hand…

"I… know… a good way… to wake myself up…" AJ said quietly, barely finding the energy to speak.

"Well do it then." Sam said.

*Thud* "Kay... Awake now…" AJ said to the floor, since his face was pressed against it. His solution was to fall off his bed and not even try to catch himself.

"I guess that's one way to do it…" Isaac sweatdropped as AJ slowly got up and sat on the edge of his bed.

"We have class today, don't we?" AJ asked as he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.

"Yeah, it's Monday." Isaac answered.

"Yaaaaay… Monday…" AJ deadpanned as he finally started getting ready for the day.

Eventually they met up with teams RWBY and JNPR in the cafeteria for breakfast.

"You're… not mad at me for yesterday, are you?" AJ asked Blake hesitantly.

"I was a bit angry at first," Blake started, and noticed him lower his head. "But Raymond explained to me that you wanted time alone from everyone." He perked up at this, and looked at Raymond.

"You don't have to say it." Raymond stopped him before he could thank him.

AJ tilted his head in confusion at his behavior, "Alright." but decided it didn't really matter and turned back to Blake.

"I thought I had done something wrong." Blake said with a chuckle. Now AJ really wanted to thank Raymond. "But I totally understand wanting to be alone every once and awhile, I just wish you picked a better time than right after our date."

"Sorry." He apologized as his cat ears went flat against his head. "As long as you aren't mad at me."

"I can't stay mad at you, for long at least." Blake said with a smile and they quickly kissed when everyone else wasn't looking. Luckily Nora's stories make a good distraction so they don't have to bother anyone with their displays of affection.

The bell rang, signaling them to head to their first class.

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Later in the day, Glynda's combat class.

"I have an announcement to make!" The headmaster decided to make an appearance today in class, standing on the stage and looking over everyone present. "Since your two week break begins at the end of this week, we decided we should give you some entertainment for the next four days. With that said, teams SPWM and RWBY will be fighting one on one, starting tomorrow."

All eight members went wide eyed at this development. However Sam, Yang, Ruby, and Raymond all shook off their shock as the excitement finally reached them. Weiss contained her emotions as usual, so it was hard to tell how she felt about this, but AJ, Isaac, and Blake were a bit concerned about fighting each other. When Isaac noticed how excited Ruby was though, he knew that if they had to fight, he would simply have to deal with it.

AJ and Blake looked at each other with concern.

"We will be announcing who fights who today!" Ozpin continued. "The system will be deciding at random, so don't blame us for who you may face."

"Nope, still gonna blame you." Raymond joked.

The system put both teams' pictures up on the screen, with SPWM's pictures all on the left and RWBY's all on the right. The system randomized the order and set each member next to who they would be facing and on which day.

The results were as follows:

AJ VS Weiss, Tuesday.

Isaac VS Yang, Wednesday.

Sam VS Blake, Thursday.

Raymond VS Ruby, Friday.

"And there you have it." Ozpin said once the system gave the order for the fighters. "You have the rest of this class today to do as you wish. Farewell." He said before leaving.

Variants of "Oh you've got to be kidding me…" were said by Sam, Blake, Weiss, and AJ all at the same time.

"What's wrong?" Ruby asked them.

Weiss grabbed Sam's arm and Blake took AJ's hand to stop them as the boys both glared at each other.

"So, what are we going to do about this?" AJ asked Sam.

"Simple, you hurt her, you're going to pay for it." Sam answered threateningly.

"Alright then! Same goes for you." AJ growled.

"Okay guys, let's just calm down." Isaac tried to diffuse the situation before it got bad.

"How are we going to do this without them hurting each other?" Raymond asked his fellow trenchcoat wearer.

"The only thing I can think of is that they just deal with it, and that's not a great plan." Isaac answered.

"They can't just quit the match either since everyone is expecting a fight, and Glynda would probably get angry that we didn't participate in a class activity." Raymond added. "Wow, they really do just have to deal with it, don't they?" He realized.

"Unless you have a better idea." Isaac said with a shrug.

"Wait, are you okay with the setup?" Raymond asked Isaac.

"Eh, Ruby isn't going to hold back, so you shouldn't either." Isaac answered.

"Alright then." Raymond said.

"Blake, I hope you don't mind, but I won't be watching your fight." AJ said hesitantly.

Blake was surprised for a moment, but then she realized why he was doing this.

He didn't want to see her get hurt, and, he probably thought he would overreact if he saw Sam hurt Blake too badly.

"No, it's okay. I understand." Blake said.

"Thank you." He thanked her.

"Well I'm going to watch Weiss' fight! I'm keeping an eye on you…" Sam glared at AJ.

"AJ." Weiss said, getting his attention. "Don't hold back just because of Sam, got it?"

"What!?" Sam asked in surprise.

"Got it." AJ said after hesitating for a moment.

Before Sam could argue about this, Weiss started pulling him away from the group so they could argue, but in private. Well, it was really just going to be Sam complaining and Weiss saying that he can't do anything about it and that the fight was going to happen no matter what, but it sure sounds like arguing.

"The married couple is arguing again!" Yang joked.

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Once all their classes were over, AJ and Raymond sat down on the floor in their dorm to play a game.

And freaking die multiple times over from laughter.

"E.r.m.a.g.e.r.d." AJ said.

"Alright, hang on… Extremely random moments after getting ecstasy randomly delivered." Raymond said.

"Pfft! Hahahaha!" AJ laughed.

"Ok let's see, B.l.u.n.t."

*Deadpan stare* "Alright, fine! Hang on… Basically Lamborghini undid nations, totally." AJ said.

Once Raymond learned how to breathe again. "Yup! Blame it on the lambos! Okay… Building latest underappreciated nike toeshoes."

"No one appreciates toeshoes anymore…" AJ said with mock sadness before they both bust up laughing.

Time passes…

"I.l.l.u.m.i.n.a.t.i." Raymond said with a smirk.

"Goddamn it!" AJ laughed. "Alright… I live like undermining ministries is nationally a total idiom! NAILED IT!" He shouted and threw up his arms.

Once they both recovered from rolling on the floor. "I looked lost under Minnesota ingesting narcotics after Tyler insisted." Raymond said.

"I… am so… fucking done… right now!" AJ managed to get out as he laughed so much he was in tears.

Take random words and make sentences using words that start with the letters of the word. (I just described that so well! XD)

"Let's use Tyler as our word." Raymond suggested.

"Alright." AJ shrugged. "Totally Yoda like everyone rolling." He imagined Yoda rolling around like a ball and died from laughter for the thirteenth time so far.

He had wanted to spend this day having as much fun as possible before all the drama that would probably happen for the rest of the week, so they tried this game, and are absolutely not regretting it.

"I seriously don't want this to end!" AJ said as he finally calmed down.

"Me neither." Raymond agreed. "I.n.t.r.o… Insistent nagging terrifying raging octopus?" He couldn't really come up with anything good.

They both laughed for a moment. "I never tried robots, obviously." AJ said.

"Robots are some pretty kinky shit!" Raymond said and laughed while AJ blushed and blocked his face with his hand.

"Why'd you have to take it there?" He whined, which made Raymond laugh more. "Moving on… N.o.p.e."

"No obvious possible escape." Raymond said.

"No way in! No way out!" AJ chanted and laughed. "Never overuse pulp, ever."

"Never originating proper enigmas?" No laugh. "Alright, fine. H.A.L.O!" He said excitedly.

"Holy attack levolution octopus!" AJ shouted and they both laughed for a bit.

Raymond was able to recover and say "Levolutionpus." And make AJ's death counter rise to fourteen. Damn, he's never laughed that much since they started!

"Since we've been doing it so much lately, o.c.t.o.p.u.s." Raymond said. At this point they were just constantly grinning like idiots.

"Alright, but we're doing levolution afterwards!" AJ said before quieting down to think.

"Overly compensating trying out possible abduction solutions." Raymond said.

"Hahaha! Overly calculating tactics on portapottys under sacrilege! Hahahahaha!"

Time passes, again.

"S.T.E.P." AJ said.

"Silently terrorizing everyone's parents." Raymond said.

"Oh god! Hahaha!" AJ laughed. "R.W.B.Y"

"Really white bloody yolk." Raymond said.

AJ chuckled. "Raymond will basically yelp."

"What?" AJ quickly pinched his arm. "Ow!"

"See?" AJ grinned. "J.N.P.R… Just napping past rapping… well it rhymed…" He said with a shrug.

"Yep!… John's never really pissed." Raymond said, and noticed that AJ simply raised an eyebrow at him. "What? John's a chill dude." He said with a shrug, getting a laugh from both of them.

"How about… R.u.b.y?" AJ suggested. "Random undermined bass, yo. Hahaha!"

"Receiving unemployment because yaks?" Raymond said.

"Yes! Just yes! Hahahahahaha!" AJ soon calmed down.

"W.e.i.s.s.?" Raymond suggested.

"So we're going there?"

"You started it."

"True. Alright… Winter, everytime it's super snowy." AJ said.

"Well explained implications surrounding seals." Raymond said and they both laughed again.

"Yours is better." AJ said. "G.i.t. G.u.d…"

"Get good!" Raymond laughed.

"Getting into tanks gunning underestimated dynasties." AJ said.

It had started hurting to smile long ago, and they were just plain out of energy at this point. They literally had been doing this for 2-3 hours!

"Alright, I'm done." AJ said with a grin.

"Yeah, me too. I can't take this anymore." Raymond agreed.

"It hurts! So much!" AJ complained as he fell into his bed to rest.

Just then, Sam and Isaac finally came back.

"Hey guys. What have you been doing?" Isaac asked, curious as to why they were both flopped down on their beds.

""Oh, nothing…"" They both said into their beds with a sigh and a chuckle. ""Ow...""

Yep, smiling still hurt.

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No matter how good the previous day was, nothing was going to change the fact that AJ had to face Weiss. Sam was no doubt going to be pissed, he has spent the entire day glaring at AJ. 'Tempting as it is to tell him it takes more muscles to frown than to smile, I'm not going to push me luck.'

Now AJ stood on the stage, waiting for Weiss to come up.

Weiss turned to Sam before she went up.

"Sam, this is the last time I'm going to tell you this. Don't get angry at AJ. He's just doing what he's supposed too. Look at Blake, she isn't going to hate me or hurt me if I hurt AJ badly in our fight, because she understands that I'm just doing what I'm supposed to do." She said to him.

"I won't hurt you too badly at least." Blake joked, clearly showing that being around AJ a lot has got her behaving similarly.

Weiss now went up to the stage.

"Neither of them would want the other to hold back anyway." Raymond added. "Well, besides the small amount of holding back that he already does, since he doesn't want to hurt us. Honestly, I still expect him to hold back just a little bit more for your sake, Sam. He can't help it."

"Because him and Isaac are just gentle giants! Right Isaac?" Ruby asked Isaac while clinging to his arm.

"Hehe. Yes Ruby." Isaac answered.

"Ready?" Glynda asked the two combatants.

Weiss nodded.

"Yeah!" AJ said excitedly.

"Alright. 3. 2. 1. Begin!"

AJ started with his rifle, Bakeneko, and fired it as Weiss dashed from side to side as she charged him. She avoided every shot and he was forced to jump back from a lunge with her Dust Rapier, Myrtenaster. She stayed on the offensive and he mecha-shifted his rifle into a short sword which he used to block her lunges as he backed up. She noticed his free hand sparking and she quickly jumped away from him.

He smirked, since his attempt at getting her to back off was successful. He pulled out his pistol and mecha-shifted it into a shield, still smirking at her. They both charged at each other with their swords, but Weiss jumped over him at the last second and struck down as she flew over him. He simply raised his shield above his head to block, then spun around counterclockwise to block her lunge with this shield again. He then lunged forward with his sword and she leaned out of the way before jabbing at him twice. Both hits were blocked by his shield.

She jumped away from him when his shield momentarily became another blade, since she wasn't certain of her ability to block two blades at once. She saw him raise the second blade as it went back to its pistol form, forcing her to put a glyph in front of her to block the bullets. She shifted the Dust in her weapon to fire and once he stopped wasting time shooting, she launched a stream of fire at him.

He spun to avoid the stream of fire, then his smirk grew as he decided to throw his own element at her. He fired two bolts of electricity at her from his pistol, both hitting her shoulder as she had no time to dodge. He charged at her with both his blades, ready to hit her while she was reeling.

'He really thinks I would leave myself open like that? Hah!'

Weiss suddenly put a glyph under her to propel herself at him and scored a direct hit on his chest, stopping his charge. She quickly jabbed him multiple more times while he was reeling. Her advantage was lost when he let out a burst of electricity, knocking her away and onto her back, but she quickly stood up, now having decent distance from him. She put a glyph in front of herself and shot a few white magic blasts out of it. She was worried about the more serious look he had now.

He held out his hand and shot a similarly sized blast of electricity at each attack, taking them out before they could reach him. He left a yellow trail behind him as he suddenly rushed her with great speed. Her ability to block two blades was put the test as he slashed at her with both his blades, and she managed to keep up for awhile with her rapier.

He suddenly started to spin clockwise, and she knew now that she needed to focus as much as she could if she wanted to stop his attacks. And now he had a more excited smile.

When his right hand was approaching, she saw it was in sword mode and she parried the blow. As the spin continued she saw the left was in pistol mode and she redirected the weapon to miss when it fired. The next was a rifle, she redirected it. His left was a spear, which she leaned to her right to avoid. He spun his right sword to hold it backhanded and shove it under his arm and behind him while his back was to her, she leaned back from the attack. That blade went back to a normal hold while his left became an axe aimed for her head, which she blocked with her blade. It swapped to pistol mode and she had to duck before he fired point blank. During the next break between attacks, she tried to sneak in a jab, but he suddenly spun quicker with his Semblance, and deflected her blade. After dodging his left which appeared to be a sword but then became a pistol at the last second, he swiped at her head with his right blade, then stabbed low with his left. Both attacks missed as she ducked under the swipe and jumped away from the lunge.

He jumped to the other side of the stage, then he combined both his weapons and they mecha-shifted into a cannon…

"What!?" Weiss shouted.

He pointed dramatically at her as if he was commanding his non-existent crew to fire the cannon.

"Because fuck logic!" He yelled with a smile before the large weapon fired a cannon ball at her.

She jumped out of the way of the massive projectile and prepared a particular Dust that made her rapier glow green before charging him. What shocked him about the charge was that the glyph she used to propel herself had her right in front of him in an instant to most people. AJ was one of the people who could see it and was able to put both his blades in an X shape in front of him to block. Suddenly both is weapons were flying high above them, and then they landed on the other side of the stage.

Now that he was disarmed, she made use of her advantage and lunged at him again. Lightning began arcing around his arms as he dodged her attack. She jumped over him and tried for a swipe then, but he leaned out of the way. She kept pressing her attack and kept him from moving to get his weapons back. She used her glyphs to dash around him and jump over him, but his lighting covered claws kept deflecting any blows he didn't dodge. Eventually he got tired of being stuck in one place while she jumped all around him, and struck the ground, shooting lighting in all directions and knocking her down again. He then used the opportunity to get his weapons back.

She spun around and stabbed the ground, creating a line of ice that shot out at him. He pointed his right sword at her, filled it with lighting, and fired a massive blast of electricity, just as he had done with Sam a few days ago. The blast shattered the approaching ice and blew Weiss away before she could do anything about it.

He started running towards her, and as weak as she felt, she forced herself to stand up and meet him half way. Only when she lunged at him he jumped high into the air instead, and she realized what he was going to do. He filled his right arm with electricity and shot down at her, creating a massive burst of electricity that took up more than just the stage when he hit the ground.

Raymond could have sworn that before AJ hit the ground, his Faunus parts and his hair turned yellow for just a split second. He looked around and it seemed no one else had noticed it. 'Maybe soon he'll be able to reach that second stage that he said he reached once before? Assuming that's what that was.'

"And that's the match! AJ is the winner!" Glynda announced.

AJ ran over and helped Weiss up. "You gonna be alright?"

"Of course! Just give me some time." Weiss answered, then broke away from him and held her hand out. "That was a good fight." He could tell she was hiding the fact that she was having a difficult time standing.

He smiled and shook her hand. "Yeah, it was! You fought well!" He saw Sam and the others approaching them. "Sorry, gotta go!" Then dashed out of the classroom.

He had told Blake before the class started where to go if he did this, and she headed over to the roof of team SPWM's dorm.

"Are you sure you're ok?" Sam asked Weiss, concerned.

"Yes. What? You think I can't take care of myself!?" Weiss asked him angrily.

"What!? No! No! I just-"

"Stop worrying so much, I'm fine." She said again, and noticed him calm down a little when she said this, but he still looked angry. "I am not repeating what I have been saying all of yesterday and today." He stopped looking angry, but she figured he was just hiding it.

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"That was a pretty good fight!" Blake said as she closed the door behind her and walked over to the edge of the roof to sit next to him. "Weiss gave you a pretty hard time at points."

"Yeah, and she was able to keep up with my spinning attack, which not many can do." He said. "Then again, I could have spun faster and kept it going longer if I wanted too."

"I wasn't all that surprised to see her able to keep up. With all our sparring I've learned to expect that kind of reaction time and speed from her." Blake said.

"Yeah, now if only Sam wasn't going to be pissed at me about the whole fight. I mean, I hit her pretty hard with that last attack."

"Don't worry about that. I think Weiss is going to take care of that for you. She'll make sure he get the message and doesn't yell at you or anything." Blake said.

"I hope she does."

"You know, I couldn't help but notice, but the only times you ever really hit her were with your Semblance." She pointed out.

"Yeah, I'm well aware of that. She's just too good with that rapier of hers. If I had just kept up the pressure with my dual wielding instead of trying to mix things up with the spin move, I might have actually hit her with my blades." He said more to himself. "But we're both too good with blades, so we had to mix things up to actually get a hit. Well, I had too at least." He suddenly fell onto his back and was panting heavily. "Well… I resisted… my fatigue… much longer… this time…"

Since he was tired and wouldn't want to get up, she simply lied with him for awhile and cuddled up to him. "You dork. You just won't stop overdoing it, will you?"

'Well my constant overdoing it every day has led to me holding back my fatigue for longer, so I'm clearly improving!' He thought, but had no energy to say. 'In fact, I don't even feel as weak this time!'

…

"Hey, AJ?" She asked after quite a long time.

"Yeah?" He had recovered from his fatigue by now.

"I'm really thankful for you helping me move on and stop worrying so much about my past, and telling me to look forward to the future. But, I've been thinking about the future…"

He rolled onto his side to face her. "And?"

"And… I don't know what to do…" She said sadly. "I want to fix what the White Fang have done, and help deal with all the corruption that's out in the world, and get Humans to finally treat Faunus like equals, but… I don't know how to do it! I was hoping you could help me with that, specifically the last part…Though I suppose the first and last are kind of the same."

He stared at the ground between them in thought for a few moments. "I'm… not entirely sure. I definitely can't give you a direct plan for the future." He could tell she didn't like his answer. "I'm sorry, but the only thing I can think of is to just do good things and be a good person. With that last one… Peaceful protests are the only thing that I believe will work."

"You really think so?" She asked.

"Yes!" He said with a nod. "Back on Earth, there are a few great stories about how peaceful protests led to large amounts of people gaining equality across the world, and even without that, I still feel that's the best way to do it. The new White Fang's way, through violence, will never work. Respect through fear is not respect at all. People need to understand that."

"You know, I forget that you aren't actually a Faunus." She said with a chuckle. "You're an ex-human." She chuckled again, and he did as well. "You truly want Faunus equality."

"Yes! But that doesn't mean much coming from another Faunus…" He pointed out unhappily. "If I was still Human, that might mean more. Though really, I still consider myself Human. Faunus are just Humans with extra parts on them that make them better than other Humans."

"Wow… coming from someone who in their mind, is truly Human, that's really something." Blake said in awe. 'If only the Humans of this world were more like him…' "If you were still a Human, just that phrase would have probably made me fall in love with you." She said before kissing him.

He chuckled and kissed her back. "I love you. Sorry I can't suggest anything more than peaceful protests."

"I love you too, and it's alright. You've still helped me greatly just with that." She said. She liked the peaceful protests she used to be apart of, and had figured that was probably what she was going to do. Although, she couldn't help but wonder if it was all a waste of time. Now? There was no doubt that she would try again.

She felt AJ hold her tighter before he spoke. "I don't have anything else to do in this world besides be with you, so rather you decide to work at bringing equality to the Faunus, or you decide you want to settle down somewhere, I'll be there with you."

"That's great to know… But which would you rather do?" She asked him.

"I honestly would rather just settle down somewhere. I would be happy with just that, but getting Faunus to be treated equally is more important than my wants, so it's your decision what we do once we graduate." He answered.

She hummed in thought, but he shook her lightly and she looked at him again.

"You don't have to think about it right now, we have plenty of time." He pointed out, so she decided not to think about it right now and just relax with him.

---

The following morning.

"I just don't get it! Why the hell can't you do that special ability you mentioned!? You know, that 'second stage' you reached once?" Sam asked AJ.

"I don't know." AJ said sarcastically as he stood up from his bed. "Maybe it's because the only reason I managed it the first time was because I took about 10 years of bottled up emotion and let it all out at once."

"Really?" Raymond asked with a concerned tone.

"Yep." AJ said simply and started out the door to their first class of the day.

---

Now it was Isaac and Yang up on the stage.

"So, which flame is stronger, mine or yours?" Yang asked Isaac with a smirk as she got her gauntlets ready.

"I think we're about to find out." Isaac said as he gripped his axe with both hands.

With Ruby's help, he was able to make a modification or two to his weapon. One of them was that the entire pole of the weapon is now covered with black spikes. The two areas that were free of spikes no longer existed, but the spikes retract when he touches them, letting him hold the weapon wherever he wants too! This also means that no one can hold his weapon but him.

"So Ruby, who you voting for?" AJ asked the girl next to him.

"I don't know! I want to vote for Yang but I also really want to vote for Isaac and I just can't choose!" She whined, as if this was a big dilemma.

"Are you ready?" Glynda asked them.

"Yeah!" Yang answered excitedly.

"Yeah." Isaac answered with a nod.

"3. 2. 1. Begin!"

Isaac shot fire out of his feet and Yang shot off her gauntlets behind her, causing both of them to close the distance very quickly. Isaac swung the weapon over his head, intent to bring the blade down on top of her. She leaned forward so the blade would hit behind her, but then she realized that the spikes were going to hit her, so she raised her gauntlets to block them. She pushed the weapon to her right and was able to get a solid hit in his chest, firing her shotgun gauntlets to add to the attack, knocking Isaac away.

He quickly stood up, just in time to deflect her next punch. She swung at him with her right and he blocked the shot with the pole of his weapon. She continued to keep the pressure on him but he was able to keep up with her and deflect or block each of her attacks. He eventually swung low and she jumped back from the attack before jumping forward again, she ran right into the spiked length of his weapon and fell on her back. He went to bring down the blunt end of his weapon on her but she fired both gauntlets into him before he could, giving her a chance to stand up.

When she charged again he stopped her with a stream of blue flame, and she took a moment to figure out how to get through it. They both had a similar idea in mind as she fired a ranged shot from her gauntlets at him right when he fired a blue fireball at her. The attacks collided but Isaac's large fireball wasn't completely stopped and she was forced to dodge. Isaac kept firing fireballs at her and she kept dodging them while trying to get a shot on him. However, his fireballs denied every shot.

She decided it was all or nothing and shot her gauntlets behind her to launch into the air at him. He spun his weapon to build up momentum and hit her hard with his blade while she was still in the air, sending her away to his left. She got up and her hair was glowing slightly while she smirked. She quickly launched herself again, this time straight forward, and he was just able to block the attack with his axe, but he slid back from the force behind it.

She quickly charged again and he was now having a hard time keeping up. He blocked the left but the right nicked him. He dodged the right and the left but the next right got him right in the chest. He quickly spun around and shot fire everyone around him, but she was only slightly affected by it and hit him three more times before a final hit knocked him on his back. Her hair stopped glowing at that point.

"You done yet?" She asked with a smirk.

"Not quite!" Isaac said with a grin as he suddenly jumped up at her, his weapon already coated in blue flame.

"Whoa!" Was all she was able to say before she was sent into the wall by the force behind the blow.

She stood up with and glared at his bright blue eyes with her red ones, but as much as she wanted to hit him with all her pent up energy, she had to make sure she didn't get hit again first.

He swung quickly. Diagonal right to left, horizontal left to right, vertical downward, he just wouldn't let up and she had to keep backing up to avoid the weapon and the blue flames that came out of it. When she tried to completely jump away from him, he simply shot fire out of his feet to launch himself at her, giving her no chance to get away from him. And that smile he had right now, she was not used to seeing it on him. On AJ, yeah, but not Isaac!

She finally saw an opening as she ducked under a horizontal swing that went from his right to his left. She stood up and swung hard at his side, but instead of bringing his weapon around and using the blade, he simply backtracked with it and slammed her with the blunt end of his weapon, sending her away again.

He quickly jumped high, intent to bring his weapon down on her with all his might while she was down.

Raymond once just barely noticed Isaac's hair turn blue for a split second. 'What!? Did I see that!?'

Yang saw him coming and forced herself to stand, ready to meet him. Her fist, with all its pent up energy, collided with his flaming axe blade and created a large explosion that blew them both away. While it blew Yang into a wall, it blew Isaac out of the arena. Both of them still had Aura to spare though.

"Miss Xiao Long wins the match!" Glynda announced.

"You didn't use Silent Antagonist's gun mode at all!" AJ noted, looking down casually at his downed partner. "Oh! And are you ok?"

"I will be in a bit…" Isaac groaned and tried to stand up.

Ruby quickly ran to his side and hugged him, thinking it would help with the pain, which it did.

"What about me!?" Yang whined, having yet to get out of the wall. Weiss and Blake went over to help her while Raymond and Ruby helped Isaac up. Sam went with Weiss while AJ just continued to stand there.

"Isn't he your partner!? Why do you seem so uncaring!?" Ruby asked AJ angrily.

"Your boyfriend's fine." AJ said with a smile. The word 'boyfriend' was still new to her and it made her blush. "I am, of course, a bit worried for him since he's my friend. But, as his partner, I know he can take hits like that and still get up eventually."

Ruby had to admit that she was surprised Isaac went that long in a fight against her older sister. He took some pretty hard hits and still kept going, even managing to get a few very strong hits on her!

Yes, the match was between the two fires of the teams, but it was also between the two heavy hitters of the teams, and once Isaac fuels his axe with his Semblance he can hit real hard.

"That was an awesome match, big guy!" Yang said cheerfully when Weiss and Blake helped her off the stage. "But next time we'll need to make sure you don't take the easy way out!"

"Then let's not have our strongest attacks collide next time." Isaac suggested with a smile.

"Haha! Yeah! The explosion kind of ruined it, huh? But I bet it looked pretty cool! Right!?" Yang asked the group.

"It was awesome!" Nora cheered, being the explosives enthusiast that she is.

"It was pretty epic!" AJ is also a fan of things that go boom, and dramatic things in general.

But before anyone else could give their opinion…

"Wait, Nora? Isn't the rest of your team over there?" Weiss asked the pink and white colored girl while pointing to the other side of the room where Team JNPR was.

"Yep!" She answered cheerily.

…

"And you are here why?" Weiss asked.

"Because someone mentioned explosions!" Nora answered without diverting from her previous tone.

With that coming from Nora, they weren't even surprised.

"I think I can stand on my own now." Yang said.

"I think so too." Isaac said as well.

""If you say so."" Weiss and Raymond both said and let go of them. Raymond trusted him and Weiss didn't really care.

Both of them promptly fell on their asses.

"Agh…" Isaac groaned.

"Oww…" Yang whined.

"Oh boo hoo. Get up, you noob." AJ said with a chuckle and sent a very slight shock into Isaac as 'encouragement'.

"Agh!" Isaac complained.

"Hey! Don't hurt my Isaac!" Ruby demanded and jumped up to bop AJ on top of his head.

"Ow! Your Isaac?" AJ asked. "You two bonded quickly."

"Well he says that I'm going too fast, but I always go fast!" Ruby said cheerfully and hugged Isaac again.

Once classes were over, they had the rest of the night to themselves once again.

---

"What are you drawing now, Isaac!? Can I see!?" Ruby asked enthusiastically as she tried to look over a now-recovered Isaac's shoulder.

"What do I always say about my drawings?" He asked her. He couldn't help but smile at her behavior. That childish happiness and excitement was something he really liked about her.

"That I can't look at them until they're finished…" Ruby said sadly.

"Well this one's an exception." He said and watched her smile instantly return. "I'm working on a drawing of all our teams. Yours, mine, and Team JNPR, all in one picture."

"Cool!" She said as she looked at the work that he had done so far.

He had Jaune finished on the left side, and was working on Pyrrha.

"You're starting with Jaune's team?" She asked him.

"Yep." He answered before going back to drawing Pyrrha. "Just don't tell the others about this picture, okay?"

"Okay!"

"Good, cause I want to surprise them with this one."

---

It was now the next day and time for the next match. All were present except for AJ, who had already left and wished Blake good luck.

A few of them had tried to get AJ to stay, but when he wants too he can be really stubborn. He was weird like that, he's mostly very willing to help his friends, but there were moments like now where he didn't care what they said or did. Nothing was going to change his mind, he refused to see her get hurt, and he didn't want to risk losing it on Sam.

Blake had walked up on stage and Sam had gone to follow her, but Weiss stopped him.

"Now Sam, who are you about to fight?" She asked him.

He didn't understand why she was asking this but answered her anyway. "AJ's girlfriend, Blake."

"No! You are fighting a girl named Blake Belladonna, that's it." Weiss corrected. "Do not relate her to AJ while you are fighting her, alright? This is not an extension of AJ that you are fighting, so don't consider this as a way to get at AJ, got it!?"

Being that she left him no room to argue, "Alright. Alright."

"Are you two ready?" Glynda asked them.

"Yeah." Sam said with an excited tone, which they only ever hear when he's about to fight.

(Is that a bad thing?)

Blake nodded an affirmative.

(Oh it is? Ok then…)

"3. 2. 1. Begin!"

Right off the bat, Blake pulled out Gambol Shroud and put in in pistol mode before firing at Sam. Sam put a wall of red water between him and her which caught all the bullets, before sending the wall of water at her. Blake jumped up, then used her Semblance to push herself higher and just barely make it over the wall. Once she landed she turned Gambol Shroud back into its katana form, grabbed the sheathe for her weapon, which acted like a large cleaver, and charged him.

Seeing that she was approaching, Sam pulled out his mini war axes, the Blue Devils, and leaned forward as he swung down with his right. He had only hit a clone however, as she had moved to his right and was about to hit him with her katana. He leaned further forward, just dodging the attack, and spun counterclockwise to swipe at her feet with his left blade. She jumped over the attack and landed behind him. He spun around to block with the handle of his left but was too slow, and was sliced a few times and knocked back.

She charged again, but this time he was able to parry and block her attacks. Blake then picked up the pace and used her Semblance to dash around him, with him not being able to keep up very well. He took a few more hits before he surrounded himself with water and quickly expanded it outwards, knocking her away and onto her back. He quickly fired a jet of water at her while she was down and almost washed her off the arena. She managed to use her Semblance to escape and charge him again. He wasn't as fast as her and she knew her best chance was to get close.

He abruptly shot water out behind him and charged her when she was almost on him, catching her off guard. He smirked as he fired off his shotgun into her gut point blank. He used the recoil to raise the weapon up to his head and deflect her blade to his right and glared at her. He had only hit a clone.

She dashed to his left and slashed with her katana, but he had quickly brought his left shotgun around to deflect it. He fired from the same shotgun, but she had left a clone to get above him. She brought her cleaver down on his head, but he quickly brought his right shotgun up against the top of his head to block the blade. He swung up with his left as it became an axe and hit her, then blasted her away with water when she landed.

She stood up again and spat out some water. She then took her katana and mecha-shifted it into its throwable mode before firing the weapon as she threw it, letting her throw it further. He leaned to the side to dodge, but then she pulled on the ribbon attached to it and it fired again. The blade came back towards Sam and hit him in the shoulder. It was simply a distraction so she would have a chance to get close to him again. He fired a blast of water when he saw that she was getting close, but she created a clone and jumped over the attack. She brought both her blades down on him and he raised both his to block them. He surrounded himself with water again, forcing her to stop her attack.

'How do I get through that water?' She asked herself. 'No, I just have to wait. He is tiring himself out with this much water. Wait, what's that?'

While behind his water walls, he put away his left axe, then reached into his pocket and pulled out a shotgun shell. A white shotgun shell.

'I was hoping to use this on AJ, but oh well!' He thought.

He loaded the shell into his weapon and smirked at her, before dropping the water wall and firing the one shotgun at her.

Knowing that whatever he was firing at her was something she should dodge, she did so, and found that the spot she was standing at was now covered in large amounts of ice. He fired again, and again, and again, and she dodged each time.

Since their guns generated ammo, he and Weiss tested the ammo to see if they would need to make a lot of it. They didn't, the weapon simply kept firing like it always did, although now it seemed to be generating the new ammo type which was filled with ice Dust instead of his standard buckshot.

He shot out another blast of water at her, and as she jumped into the air to dodge it, he kept shooting a stream of water at her and knocked her out of the sky and into a wall. She stood up dazed and weak, not having much Aura left before she would be in the red. He fired another shot from his shotgun and froze her in place. She struggled to no avail, so she tried to break the ice with her blades.

Meanwhile Sam got both his axes ready on his right side before charging with both weapons behind him. He covered both his weapons with red water as he charged, and as he reached her she looked up in fear, he did a 360 spin and slammed both his weapons into her at once.

Raymond noticed Sam's James Bond villain styled hair turn light red for a split second. 'There it is again!'

The attack shattered the ice and large amounts of water shot out in all directions as she was slammed into the wall again. Both them, and people closest to the stage, were drenched by that strong final attack.

"And Sam is the winner!" Glynda declared.

What no one saw was that Sam had moved the water behind her to lessen the blow of her hitting the wall.

"Sorry about that, you ok?" Sam whispered to her as he helped her up.

"What?" She asked in shock. She noticed the impatient look he had. "Yeah, I think I'll be ok…" She groaned.

"Good, I don't need AJ trying to kill me over that." He whispered again. "If you tell anyone that I said any of this-"

"My lips are sealed." Blake said quickly with a smile. She understood. He used AJ's wrath as an excuse, but what he just did made it look like he cared, and he didn't need people teasing him about that. He released her once they got back to the others and pretended that nothing happened between them just a moment ago.

"Dang! That last attack was brutal!" Yang commented.

"I told you not too-"

"Weiss, I didn't do that to get at AJ." Sam interrupted her. "I was just giving it my all."

She questioningly squinted at him, not sure if he hadn't attacked that hard just to hurt Blake and therefore upset AJ.

"You wanted me to not get mad at AJ because you wanted him to give it his all!" Sam pointed out.

"I know! I know!" Weiss said quickly, knowing that he had her beat in this argument. "Sorry I didn't believe you…" She said hesitantly.

"I forgive you." Sam said with a smile as he wrapped an arm around her. It was actually just a cover up for the fact that he was actually feeling quite tired after that match and he was really leaning on her for support. She could tell what he doing and helped him without a word.

"So, care to explain what that new ammo was?" Yang asked.

"Yeah, how come you never used that in our team spars?" Raymond asked him.

"I was… planning on using it to beat AJ." Sam said hesitantly.

"He came up to me quite a long time ago and asked me to help him with some 'secret project' of his." Weiss continued. "First we needed to make an opening that would allow shotgun shells to be added to it."

"You worked on a gun without meeee!?" Ruby whined.

Weiss chose to ignore her. "So we ended up spending a lot of time away from you guys working on his project and ended up making a Dust infused shotgun shell, which was something I had never created before." She was clearly proud of herself for that accomplishment. "I guess that was probably about the time that we… started developing feelings for each other…" She added hesitantly.

---

"So, how did it go?" AJ asked when Blake joined him on the roof.

"I lost."

'Well she at least seems to be taking it well.' "Really? Are you ok?" He asked as she sat down next to him and leaned on his shoulder.

"Yeah, I'll be fine. His last attack was pretty strong, but don't be mad, ok? He was just giving it his all." She said.

"If you say so." He said before putting his arm around her. They both gazed out into the distance and at the stars in the sky. "And next is Raymond's match, that should be interesting."

"Who do think is going to win?" She asked him.

"Probably Raymond. He can just put a wall in front of her while she's running." He answered.

"I see your point, but I have faith in her."

"We'll find out tomorrow, won't we?" He asked rhetorically.

---

The next day, during lunch, in one of the training rooms.

AJ was currently shooting lighting out of his everything as he tried to get to the second stage again.

"COME ON! I CAN FEEL THAT I'M GETTING CLOSE! I CAN FEEL IT! ALMOST! ALMOST! NOT FEELING IT ANYMORE! NO! SHIT!"

"Are you feeling it now, Mr. Crabs!?" Raymond asked, causing AJ to fall over laughing.

"Goddamn it Raymond!" AJ yelled as he laughed. "You broke my concentration!"

"Ah you weren't gonna reach it anyway!" Raymond said before the bell rang, signaling the end of lunch.

"You could have a little more faith in me…" AJ complained before they both headed out for their next class.

---

Now it was time for the final match, then their two week break would begin.

"Well, good luck Raymond! You got this!" AJ said to him before he went up to the stage, where Ruby was waiting.

"This is gonna be fun!" Ruby said excitedly. "You ready!?"

"Yeah! Let's go!" Raymond said enthusiastically.

"Well, if you two are ready, then…" Glynda said and noticed they did not interrupt her, so she continued. "3. 2. 1. Begin!"

And in a burst of rose petals, Ruby was gone. Then she suddenly appeared again as she ran straight into the wall Raymond had put in front of him.

"Ow…" She whined.

"See? I told ya." AJ commented to Blake.

Ruby dashed away again and Raymond waited a few seconds for her to appear. He was instead shot in the back by Ruby's Crescent Rose, taking out a chunk of his Aura. He turned around and held one arm out at her, creating walls around her and trapping her.

"Hey!" She complained.

"Don't worry, I won't end the fight this way, that would be no fun! But, you need to figure a way out!" Raymond said.

She tried hitting the wall in front of her with her blade, but she didn't have much space and couldn't hit hard enough. So, she tried using her compact gun mode, and began firing as fast as she could. The wall cracked more and more with each shot until it eventually shattered and she cheered before charging him again.

This time she dashed around the multiple walls that he put in front of her until she was in range and swung again. He ducked under the swing and spun around to fire his pistol at her. She fired off her weapon to dash left and right and avoid the bullets before shooting herself forward again. He created a shield to block the blade but was still sent back by the force. He landed in a roll and when he stood up she was already about to hit him again. He leaned back and angled the shield, all to make sure he wasn't forced back by her massive scythe. Then while she flew over him he fired an energy blast from his right hand right into her gut and sent her flying.

He created a platform above her that she hit mid-air and began falling back down. When she landed roughly he created a wall behind her that he hit her with to send her flying towards him. She recovered mid-air and fired her weapon, setting her into a spin and forcing him to create another wall between them to stop her. Her blade bounced harmlessly off the wall, then he launched the wall at her, but she fired to her right to shoot herself left and avoid the wall. Once again she used her Semblance to charge him.

He stomped the ground in front of him and a purple spike shot out of the ground below her, hitting her weapon and sending it high above her. She jumped up just as high and caught the weapon and mecha-shifted it into its gun mode and pointed it at him. (Just like in her trailer) He put a small wall in front of him and blocked the shot before running towards the spot where she would land, creating a large scythe just like hers as he ran.

Right after she landed she had to duck to avoid a large see-through purple scythe aimed at her head, then she had to take a step back to avoid the leg-level swing that came after. Those two movements were repeated two more times before she dashed away from him. He pushed off with as much force as he could while creating platforms under his feet that pushed him forwards, and he let out a pulse of energy behind him, with the result being him going just a bit slower than she was.

The rest of the fight wasn't capable of being seen by most of the students. Every few seconds one of them would lose some of their Aura and they would see that person fall before getting back up and disappearing again. Sound was the only real way to tell what was going on in the fight. They clashed again and again, till eventually they had too little Aura to keep running.

They reappeared and now Raymond was holding two short swords with the tips of the blades pointed at her face while Ruby's scythe was pressed against his stomach.

"All I have to do is pull the trigger." Ruby said with a smirk as she panted. 'Bullets are faster than blades, so I think I win.'

"Same." Raymond panted with a similar smirk and she looked down and realized that he wasn't actually holding a sword in his left hand. He was holding his pistol, and he had created a large blade on the end of it, making it look like he was holding a sword unless you looked closely.

"Soooo… a draw?" She asked.

"Nope!" He shouted and created a pillar below him that put him high above her. He then created a greatsword which he held with both hands and jumped down at her. She quickly raised her weapon horizontally to block it, but the force still made her slide away. She was glad it did though, it gave her some distance.

"Good! It's much more fun if it doesn't end in a draw!" Ruby said excitedly as she stood up and smiled competitively at him.

Ruby shot behind her while Raymond let out a pulse of energy behind him to launch himself forwards. Just as they were about to clash, Ruby slid along the ground, and Raymond jumped over her. He let out another pulse to launch himself straight down onto her, his hand glowing with a large amount of Aura. She fired a shot to her side to dodge the punch that cracked the ground where it struck. She spun around and hit him in the side with the blunt end of her scythe.

He landed on his side and slowly stood up, before using his Semblance to once again turn his Aura into energy. What form did it take this time? A mist that swirled around him and kept building and building until he pulled it all to his right hand.

Ruby couldn't help but worry about this. That looked like a lot of power! Then again, anyone with good control of their Aura could punch the ground like he had done earlier. She didn't really have a use for that though. The only problem was what an even stronger version his earlier attack would do if it hit her!

He suddenly ran at her with the clear intent to punch her. She braced to dodge the attack, but he started firing off energy blasts with his other hand that she had to dodge. She didn't want to run away because if she turned her back on him for a second he was surely going to run a lot faster and hit her. When he reached her she jumped back as his punch slammed the ground. For an instant, she thought she was safe, but that attack actually created an explosion that blew her away and left her in the red in terms of Aura. His Aura was also in the red as the blast had blown him away as well.

'Note to self, don't put that much power into a point blank attack, use it for a ranged attack.' Raymond thought. 'Never doing that again…'

"And the match is a draw!" Glynda announced.

Both of their teams had to come up onto the arena to help them up.

"Well, I'd say that was a cool fight, but I couldn't see half of it." Sam deadpanned.

"Well I could see it at least." AJ said.

"Good for you, Anthony." Sam said sarcastically.

"I go by AJ, so call me AJ or I will fucking throw you off of Beacon Cliffs. Got it?" AJ asked threateningly.

When they realized he wasn't completely overreacting just to be funny, they all made sure to respect that request.

"Still, what we could see was entertaining." Weiss commented.

"How come all you guys have some super awesome attack?" Yang complained.

"We're just that awesome." AJ said jokingly. "I have no idea, it's just what we can do with our Semblances." He said more seriously.

"It still ended up being a draw…" Ruby whined.

"Unfortunately…" Raymond added.

"Well there's nothing you can do about it right now." AJ pointed out.

They both whined again.

"You'll get him next time, Ruby." Isaac said comfortingly.

"Gee, thanks!" Raymond said sarcastically.

"Don't worry Raymond! I'm still on your team!" AJ said.

"If I was swapped with Ruby you would be on my team, wouldn't you?" Blake asked innocently.

"I… um…" AJ saw both Raymond and Blake looking expectantly at him, awaiting his answer.

"Come on AJ. You would cheer for me, right?" Blake asked innocently and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"You wouldn't choose her over your teammates, right?" Raymond asked threateningly.

"…N-No comment..." He said and shyly looked away from both of them.

Raymond and Blake both smiled at each other before they both started laughing, with Ruby, Isaac, and Yang joining them.

"Don't worry! We were just teasing you!" Blake said when she stopped laughing.

AJ rolled his eyes and then sighed in relief.

---

"So, what are we all going to be doing for the break?" Yang asked the teams as they walked down one of the halls.

"We're going to go exploring!" Nora said enthusiastically.

"I have to follow her wherever she goes." Ren added.

"I have nowhere to go really, so I'll be staying here." Blake said.

"I'll be visiting family." Weiss said.

"Same here!" Ruby said.

"Yeah, we're going back home for awhile!" Yang said excitedly.

"I'm staying to train, and Pyrrha will be helping me." Jaune said while pointing at the redhead.

"And we're all staying to train." AJ said.

"What!? You won't be coming with me, Isaac?" Ruby asked the boy sadly as she looked up at him with puppy dog eyes.

"I have siblings too, Ruby. Those eyes won't work on me." Isaac said with a smile.

"Awww…"

"I'm sorry, I would really like to go with you, but we all agreed to stay here and train." Isaac said as he motioned to the rest of his team.

"So it's your guys' fault!" Ruby realized and pointed at them.

"Sorry." Was all AJ could think to say. 'Sorry, but leaving Vale could interfere with canon stuff that we know nothing about cause if it exists it's after volume 2. Yes, I'll just say that and watch as they don't at all question what I'm saying!'

"Nothing we can do about it now." Isaac said with a shrug. "Again, sorry."

Ruby sighed sadly and Yang patted her on the shoulder comfortingly.

"We aren't leaving yet, sis. We're leaving tomorrow, remember?" Yang pointed out.

"Yeah… I just thought Isaac was coming with us…" Ruby said, depressed.

"Frankly, it's a good thing you aren't coming with me, Sam." Weiss said. "I would rather you not have to meet my father."

"Well now I kind of wish I could go with you." Sam said.

"It's fine." She said with a sigh from just thinking about what she would have to go through soon. "I can handle it. You don't have to worry." Weiss said. "It's better that you don't suffer with me."

"If you say so." Sam simply had to believe her. In the end he had to stay at Beacon, so it didn't matter if he wanted to go and make things more bearable for her.

"Well I'm going to the library now." Blake said before turning to leave.

"Isn't it kind of late for that?" AJ asked her.

"I feel like doing some late night reading." She answered before continuing down the hall.

"Meh, I'm still going to the roof." AJ said before leaving as well.

"Think of it this way, I'll have some drawings to show you when you get back!" Isaac said to Ruby.

"Yay!" Ruby cheered.

And soon the teams left to go back to their own dorms, with AJ on the roof and staring at the stars and really just everything he could see.

He got a message on his Scroll and thought it was pretty late for that, but checked the text from Yang anyway.

"Blake hasn't come back yet, she probably fell asleep or something. Can you go get her?" The text read.

"Sure." He sent back and went to get her. Internally he was thankful and a bit surprised that Yang used proper grammar when she texted. She just didn't seem like the type to do that.

He walked into the library and began looking for her. There was virtually no one to be seen at this time, as you might expect. The search had taken longer than he thought it would and he still hadn't found her. Then he checked a quiet corner of the library that was specifically meant for people who wanted to lie down and read, rather than use a chair.

And she was there, asleep on her side, curled up into an adorable little ball with her hands curled up in front of her mouth, kind of like what you would expect of a baby, and AJ's heart melted at the sight. 'Oh my god she is so freaking cute!' He would have been checking out the attractive dark leggings that she always wore with her combat gear, if it wasn't for how absolutely adorable her sleeping face looked right now.

This time he didn't even hesitate to take a picture. Once he did that he gently picked her up in a bridal carry and began slowly walking back to the RWBY dorm. He spent the entire time staring at her face though, she still had her hands in front of her mouth and it was just too much for him. His thoughts were of nothing but her right now. How she looked, making sure he wasn't going to wake her up in any way, walking calmly and quietly, making sure not to bump into anything. He couldn't stop smiling.

He eventually made it to their dorm and found the door was partially open. He figured it was because Yang knew he was coming but thought she might fall asleep before he got back. He walked in and found that the rest of Team RWBY seemed to be asleep, so he gently set Blake down on her bed, and pulled up the blanket over her.

He set his head down on the bed and gently ran his hand along her black hair, and moved a hair that was blocking her beautiful face. She still hadn't changed her position, and he just was so filled with his feelings for her at the sight. "Goodnight my sweet little Belladonna." He whispered lovingly and kissed her on the forehead. He then stared at her for a little bit longer. He wanted to just fall asleep right there with her, but Weiss would get really angry at him in the morning, so he very reluctantly stood up to leave.

"I would have said 'beautiful belladonna', since they both start with B, just saying." Yang commented as he reached the door.

He looked back at her, still smiling like he had been since he found Blake asleep. "I thought about it, but thought that fit better." He whispered before leaving and closing the door. Sure, Yang might have been pretending to be asleep just to spy on him, but he had no proof and didn't really care.

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The next day, the teams all met up in front of the school before most of them set out.

"Well, see you all in two weeks!" Yang waved.

"Goodbye guys!" Jaune waved back.

"Bye!" Nora waved.

"Wish me luck." Ren deadpanned.

AJ chuckled. "Will do!"

"Yeah, will do!" Pyrrha said.

"Bye Isaac!" Ruby said as she and the boy hugged.

"See you later." Isaac said and kissed her on her head, causing her to blush.

"Goodbye, Sam." Weiss said.

"See ya, and good luck." Sam said.

"Thank you."

Both of them glared at the rest of the other teams, who quickly got the message and looked away so they could give each other a quick goodbye kiss.

Blake, Jaune, and Pyrrha watched as their teammates headed out before they went back inside with the all guys team.

Jaune and Pyrrha went up to the roof to train privately while Blake watched AJ's team spar and practice combinations and the like. That went on for a few hours till they finally stepped out of the training room.

"Finally!" Sam groaned. "I assume you're going with Blake now, AJ?"

"Maybe…" AJ said jokingly. "See you guys later." He said as he started walking away with Blake.

"Aaaaannnnd they're gone." Sam said and sighed.

Isaac sighed as well. "Now I really wish Ruby could stay."

"Nothing we can do about it now." Raymond said simply before walking towards their dorm. "And stop being depressing." He said a bit harshly. "It's not going to get you anywhere…"

They wondered why he said it that way but followed him to their dorm anyway, since they had nothing else to do. Sam was just going to sit around, probably find a book to read if he was bored enough. Isaac would draw something and make sure they aren't peeking at it, and Raymond would listen to dubstep to drown out his own thoughts.

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"So, library?" AJ asked as they walked.

"I was thinking we could go to my team's dorm since I have it all to myself now." Blake answered. "Are you okay with that?"

"Yeah. Sure. I don't mind." He answered. They eventually made it to the RWBY dorm and settled in after locking the door.

"I was actually thinking we could hang out here for the rest of the break. I have enough books here for us both anyway." Blake said.

"Sure. I really don't care where we are." He said. "Unless we're near a cliff, that's not ok." He added as he sat down on her bed next to her.

"You would keep me from falling, I know that." She said as she cuddled up to him.

"Yeah, I wouldn't let you get anywhere near it." He said a chuckle.

"You're cute when you're protective."

"I'm not cute…" AJ pouted.

"That pout is not helping your point." She said with a chuckle.

"Lighting is not cute, damn it!" He said as electricity sparked around his left hand. They both paused for a moment before they started laughing.

"I'm going to get a book." She said as she stood up.

She then came back and sat on his lap and began reading. He put his arms around her waist and pressed his face into her hair, taking in the scent of lavenders. They stayed like that for the next hour, although he occasionally looked over her shoulder to see what she was reading. Eventually he felt it was getting late and that he should go back to his dorm.

"Hey, it's getting late."

"You're not leaving, are you?" She asked sadly as she looked back at him.

"Don't be so dramatic, I'll see you in the morning." He pointed out.

"But I don't want to sleep alone…" She said sadly.

"I'm right down the hall if you need me."

"But why can't you just stay here?" She whined.

"You're so cute." He said as he gave her a kiss on the cheek before he removed her from his lap and stood up to leave. 'I am not taking any of their beds and there isn't enough room on yours for the both of us.' He turned around to say just that but all that was lost when he looked at her.

She was doing the adorable eyes thing that she had learned to do on him, and she was holding up her pillow to block her mouth and nose. "Please?"

'Damn it she's been around Ruby too much!' He would not say the words, but he still walked back over and sat down next to her on her bed.

She chuckled happily and hugged him. "Thank you!" She then put the pillow back where it belongs and then turned back to him and kissed him. "I love you."

"I love you too." He kissed her back and they kissed for a few more seconds before Blake got up to change into more comfortable clothes.

She came back out in her yukata and had taken her bow out while he had quickly gone over to his team's dorm to grab more comfortable clothes as well. She noticed him looking her up and down and especially at her exposed legs.

"Like what you see?" She asked teasingly.

He blushed and quickly looked away. She giggled and settled into the bed waiting for him, but she saw he was hesitant.

"I won't do anything if you won't do anything." She said calmly, and he simply looked at her.

"I find that hard to believe." He said.

"Why?"

"Don't 'why' me! Just a few days ago you suddenly pulled me into a closet and pinned me against a wall!" He reminded her.

"You almost make it sound as if you didn't enjoy making out with me." She said with a smile.

"Or how about when I accidently walked in on you making out with Yang this morning!?" He said while blushing.

"EH!?" AJ said while blushing heavily. 'Damn it I hated those lesbian ships! Why am I not hating this!?'

"AAH! AJ!? It's not what it looks like!" Yang said quickly. "I don't have a thing for Blake! She's yours and I wasn't trying to steal her from you! I swear!"

"Why are you the one freaking out!? I'm the one that should be freaking out if anything!" AJ yelled.

Yang froze for a second. "Oh yeah. Why am I freaking out?" She asked herself. "Anyway, it was Blake who started it, not me!"

"Right, I believe that." AJ said sarcastically.

"Actually… it was me that started it." Blake said shyly, causing AJ to look at her like she had grown another head.

"Eh!?"

"Oh I could tell you liked it!" She teased.

"I'm just saying that it's like you're in heat or something, and I'm worried about you doing something if I sleep here!"

"I won't, I promise." She said comfortingly. It was hard for him to not immediately believe her when her eyes were sparkling and her hair was perfectly framing her beautiful face like that, and he slowly went over to her.

"The pillow doesn't give much room for the both us." He noted.

"Then I guess we're just going to have to be really close then." She said with a smile.

He finally lied down with her and she wrapped her arms around him and pressed her face against his chest. "Goodnight."

He slowly relaxed with the calming feeling of her body heat surrounding him, and he took in the scent of her hair before wrapping his arms around her with his left hand running along her hair. "Goodnight." And for once he fell asleep in the time it takes a normal person to fall asleep.

Waking up and feeling her warmth, and seeing her smiling face, made for the greatest morning ever. Add the thought that this would be every morning for the next two weeks made him smile even more.

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"So, did anything happen?" Was asked when they walked out of the dorm.

"Oh shut the fuck up, Raymond." AJ deadpanned and Raymond laughed.

Questions being asked the next morning was understandable, but the grin Raymond had was what got to him.

"No, nothing happened." AJ finally said with a sigh of annoyance.

"I can just imagine Glynda's reaction if she found out about something like that." Isaac said and they all shuddered at the thought.

"You'd be dead." Sam said simply and just a slight grin.

"Oh yeah? And what if it was you in my place, huh!?" AJ asked with an evil smile, and with that thought, Sam stopped smiling.

That day was the same as the last, breakfast, lunch, training and relaxing, and then AJ and Blake would spend the night together. AJ had a feeling this was going to become the pattern for the break.

Blake had once again sat on his lap while she read a book and he didn't complain, he really liked the smell of her hair. He even purred once or twice from the scent and from getting to hold her like this without a thing to worry about for the day. After a few hours she was done with reading and sat next to him so she could cuddle with him.

While they were cuddling she grabbed his hand and put it up to her head, right between her Faunus ears. He got the message and started petting her to the point that she was purring and nuzzling into his hand.

Another hour or two of that and they decided to go to sleep.

The next day went the same way, all the way up to him and Blake hanging out.

"So, I noticed that all of yesterday was me sitting however I wanted too, today it's going to be however you want to sit." Blake said as she got her book and sat down next to him.

"Are you sure?" He asked.

"Yeah! Whatever you want to do!" She said with a comforting smile. "It's only fair."

He smiled as well. "Alright!" And proceeded to use her lap as a pillow and close his eyes. She read from her book and smiled at him while he rested. Eventually she remembered what he had done for her and started scratching behind his cat ears, causing him to stir and nuzzle into her hand while he purred. She couldn't help but smile.

After a few hours he opened his eyes tiredly and looked up at her with a smile.

"Your hair is so pretty." He commented.

She chuckled. "Thank you. Yours is really soft."

"I've been told that once before." He said before closing his eyes again.

"Surely this isn't the only position you like." She said after awhile. "I understand the lap pillow is nice, but I find it hard to believe that you don't want to do anything else."

"No… I like this…" He said tiredly.

"Not even cuddling?"

"I wouldn't mind that." He said before lying down on the bed. "Lie down next to me." He requested and she did just that. He turned onto his side and nuzzled into her neck. He gave out a relaxed sigh and she relaxed as well.

Another hour later. "You know you can trust me with anything, right?" She asked him.

"Yeah." He answered without moving. Though that was a lie. He couldn't tell her that he already knew her from an internet show, ever. Well, at least not for a long time.

"If you have some position you'd like to cuddle in that you don't want anyone to know, it's safe to tell me. We're alone and no one from my team or yours will bother us." She said calmly.

"I know…"

"I can tell you want something else, so just do it." She requested as she sat up. "Remember, yesterday was my day, this is your day. Whatever you want, I'll do it."

He sat up and she saw that he was blushing and was clearly debating rather or not to just accept her offer. He sat on the edge of the bed. "Just… sit on my lap, facing me…" He said hesitantly. She smiled and did so, straddling him and putting her arms around his neck. He blushed heavily before quickly wrapping his arms around her and putting his face between her breasts, like someone hiding their face from people when they're embarrassed.

She smiled and comfortingly ran her hand along the back of his head. His response was a whine of embarrassment. "Just enjoy your day. I won't tell anyone, promise." His response sounded like a mumbled 'Thank you'. "In my opinion, I don't think this is something to be so embarrassed about." He grunted in a way that seemed like a hesitant 'I know...' After awhile he seemed to relax and she started petting him. He nuzzled further into her chest as he purred and she could feel his purring in her chest.

He actually fell asleep eventually once she stopped petting him and mumbled "Soft…" in his sleep, making her giggle. She hated to wake him up, but she figured if she tried to pick him up and move him, it wouldn't work, and he would wake up, so she figured she would just do it now.

"Hey. AJ. Wake up." She said as she tapped him on the head.

He groggily removed his head from her chest and looked up at her.

"Sorry to wake you up, but we should probably go to bed now."

"That makes no sense…" He tiredly deadpanned before she got off him and he moved over to the bed and closed his eyes again before she could even join him.

She sighed. "Dork."

The next day, with Blake on her side and hugging AJ to her chest, basically swapping places from their normal sleeping position.

"AJ?"

"Yeah?"

"Can you tell me your reasons again?" She asked sweetly.

"The reasons that l love you? Again?" He asked with an amused smile as he looked up at her.

"But I love when you tell me them, and sometimes you add something to it!" She said happily. "Please?"

He buried his face between her breasts again, and for a second she thought he wasn't going to say them, but she knew him better than that.

"I love you because…" He started. "Because you're beautiful. Everything about you is beautiful. Your hair, your eyes, your lips, your body, your personality… Because… you care for me, more than anyone else ever has or ever will… Because you make me feel happy, and warm, and safe… Because you always make me smile… Because you give me a reason to live…" He held her tighter. "You don't avoid me for no reason, you don't hate me for no reason. I know you won't suddenly just drop me to go hang out with other people, that you won't leave me, that I won't be alone as long as you live… Because… you always comfort me when I'm feeling down…" He sat up and stared right into her amber eyes. "Because you are so incredibly sweet and nice to me… Because you make my life so much better… You mean everything to me… because I love you." He held her by her chin and kissed her lovingly at the end of it.

"The 'no reason' parts are new… what's that about?" Blake asked once their lips parted.

"Just my childhood." He answered with a sigh. "Everyone seemed to hate me and to this day I don't know why… I never did anything to them, but they were all rude and mean. Ever since second grade I think. I still made a friend, one that I thought would always be my friend. Then… then he started hanging out with people that I just couldn't see why he liked them! I couldn't hang out with him because of that... and so we just kind of stopped hanging out. Luckily I made a new friend awhile before that, and now I'm here. Although, after fighting together with them, I would fight as hard as I could to protect any of my teammates. I didn't know Isaac all that well and hated Sam, but none of that matters now. Now they're my teammates, and I'm their leader, so I have to fight hard to protect all of them. Seriously though, I'll never understand why everyone avoided me back then... they all seemed to hate me... honestly it just seems weird when I think about it. I don't remember ever doing anything to them, so why did it seem like almost everyone singled me out as 'that guy everyone should make fun of '?"

She hugged him to her chest and ran her hand along the back of his head comfortingly. "Well just forget about that. You shouldn't think of depressing things, it only makes you depressed." She wanted to help him, but she didn't know why any more than he did, so she simply changed the topic. "And what you said about never being alone? You're right! I will never let you be alone for as long as I live! I will always be here, to make you smile, and make you feel warm and safe."

"Thank you, Blake. Thank you so, so, so much!" He said as he hugged her tightly.

She smiled as she hugged him back, "You're welcome."

She had figured out awhile ago that every 'I love you' from him was another way that he says 'thank you' for everything she does for him.

"And what I like about you…" Blake started, surprising him. "Is… A lot of things, of course, but one main thing is… How you changed me! While I was in the White Fang I was trained to be distant and uncaring. I was always reading books and being antisocial, especially while I was in Beacon. At least, until I saw you sit at our table. All of the sudden I changed and was much more open, and I was trying to help you when I had barely talked to you beforehand. I fell in love and wanted to help you before I even knew I was in love! I compare how I was before I met you to now that I'm with you, and I am much more open and friendly now. I smile a lot more now, I talk more, joke more, and I'm much happier now."

"I love it when you smile." He mumbled.

"And I love that you make me smile… So, thank you, AJ. Thank you so much for changing me for the better." And as they tightly held each other, they fell asleep.

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The next day. (And the next day, and the next day, and the next day, and the next day, and the next day, and the next day. JK XD)

While cuddling and occasionally kissing like they've been doing, Blake noticed something.

They are alone and no one is going to bother them.

She had literally said that before, but even with what's going on with her body right now, she still hadn't realized what that meant, till now.

"Get over here!" Which is why she decided to ferociously attack his lips with her own, and proceed to make that a new part of their cuddling over the next three days. He quickly got used to it.

But even though he had gotten used to more… active things happening while he was around her, he still wasn't expecting to walk in and see her in nothing but her panties and a short sleeved shirt that left her midriff completely exposed. And it was clear she wasn't wearing a bra.

He was too busy taking in the sight of her body to notice his nose was bleeding. The thought that what he was looking at was his and his alone briefly crossed his mind for some reason.

"Hello Sweetie~. Like what you see?" She took a page from Yang's book and crossed her arms under her breasts.

AJ .exe has most definitely stopped working.

She held a hand out to him and moved her finger in a 'come here' motion and he couldn't resist her request. He was entranced by the look in her eyes. Once he sat down next to her, mouth still partially open as he stared at her, she put both her hands on his cheeks and the softness of her skin calmed him. Then she began exploring his mouth like she had been doing the last three days till he was thoroughly submissive, before having him lie down on the bed. She pinned him down and stared down hungrily at him.

"I know you didn't want to do this yet, and I wanted to wait too. But, I've kind of been in heat for awhile, and I've decided that it's going to happen, now." She said before she began kissing him again, and soon she moved down to his neck and he moaned a little. "Oh, is your neck sensitive?"

"Blake… please… don't…" He begged.

"I'm sorry, I am, but I can't wait any longer." She said and then began sucking on his neck as well and leaving marks all over it.

He bit his lip in an attempt to stop his moaning.

"Your brain is telling you no, but I'll fix that."

And then his brain shut down when she started to lick his neck.

She stopped to look him in the eyes again. He was entranced by her eyes. "I knew this would happen soon, so I did my research. So don't worry, it won't be just my pleasure, you'll get plenty as well." She kissed him again. "I'm going to make sure that once I'm done with you, you will always remember this night, and you will want to do this again!"

There was a lot more purring that night than usual, and the night after that, and the night after that, and so on.

(Even if this wasn't a self-insert I still wouldn't be comfortable writing even one word further than that. Not comfortable, and I wouldn't be any good anyway, but in anticipation of someone for some reason wanting to know what happens… I might get someone else to write it. Emphasis on might.)

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Time passes, the break ends, and now they were all waiting in front of Beacon when the missing members of RWBY and JNPR finally came back.

"Isaac!" Ruby said happily and hugged him, then surprised him with a kiss on the cheek.

"Welcome back!" Isaac said once he shook off his surprise.

Weiss and Sam hugged and kissed while everyone else wasn't looking.

"Welcome back." Sam said to her.

"It's good to be back." Weis said with an exhausted sigh.

"As fun as you expected?" He asked with a chuckle.

She glared at him. "Yes. 'Fun.' " She deadpanned.

Everyone was able to quickly settle back into school work, as much as they hated going back to it. A few weeks go by and by then it's just normal everyday stuff, though Yang and even most of the others couldn't help but notice that AJ and Blake seemed more attached to each other, if that was possible.

"Alright, I'm calling in my favor." Yang said as she brought the Faunus couple to an empty hall.

"What favor?" AJ asked.

"You know, because I saved your relationship!" Yang answered.

Blake remembered that Yang was the one to get her to go back to AJ and tell him how she really felt.

"But I thought you said 'You don't have to thank me?' " Blake asked.

"You don't have to thank me, because I'm going to call on a favor at some point." Yang explained. "And that time is now! Although, I was hoping to use the favor for a prank or something, but I also really want to know, so I guess this will have to do!"

"Alright, fine. What do you want?" Blake asked.

"I want to know why you two seem to be even closer than before we left!" Yang answered. "I realized you two could have had the dorm all to yourselves, so now I have to ask. Are you two virgins still?"

AJ kept his mouth shut and gave Yang and annoyed glare.

Blake sighed. "No…"

Yang chuckled. "I thought so." Before suddenly pulling Blake to the side. "So, was he good?"

"Yang!" Blake scolded and quickly moved away from her before she took AJ's hand and began walking away.

Yang simply smiled and watched as they walked away. "Well, I got what I wanted to know!" She said to herself before walking away.

The picture of the three teams that Isaac was working on was met with much praise, as well as copied and put in frames inside each team's dorm.

It had Jaune and Pyrrha standing next to each other on the left, followed by Nora riding on Ren's shoulders, than Sam with an arm around Weiss, then Isaac and Ruby, the girl locking arms her arms around one of the taller boy's arms, then AJ and Blake holding hands, and then Yang and Raymond giving peace signs on the far right.

Yang had told the teams that their next game day was coming soon, and it was going to be in the library this time. AJ and Raymond couldn't help but wonder if canon was about to continue.

(This end AN is long because some of it was going to be in the start AN. I just have a lot to say this week, don't I? XD)

Okay, I'm finally past that poor chapter. I want to move on past it so badly… Next, cool stuff! And stuff that's important for the Universe of Angels that I have created! (Name dropper) "Cool stuff?" A new more epic opening to be exact! Don't like the openings? Just skip them then. You don't have to read them, but I think you should, but that's just because I like them!

Also, I'm now aware that a few things that I did in the Black Angel section are a lot like things from a fic called 'RWBY: Desertion' by DatRtfantho. I could lie and say that I had those ideas on my own, but have good morals and am not going to do that to you guys. No, I'm going to be honest. The thing is, I am always reading other fanfictions to inspire me and give me ideas to use, especially with fluff and romance stuff. (Though I was already going to do the pillow thing) Fact is I really like those scenes and quotes and such and wanted them in the chapter, and come on, with so much fanfiction out there, not everything you do will be original. I try my best to change the scenes in some ways so it doesn't look like it's being copied and pasted, cause it's not. To make up for kind of using things of his, go check out his fic! It's much better than this one… Again, sorry, but once I read those scenes I couldn't see them not being in the chapter.

One reason I decided to have a chapter with so much fighting in it was because you guys haven't seen all that much of Team SPWM fighting. There was another bigger reason though, you guys need something to compare with once they get more powerful!

Summer is the biggest double edged blade ever in my entire life! No school… but fucking BUGS, man! They are so god damn annoying! Also, I find it funny that many fanfics have people saying "Dust damn it" or "oh my Dust" when Yang actually said "oh my god" in the show. It was chapter 3 I think. I'm just saying it's not canon is all, but I understand why they would do it.

I left out the lines and the intro/opening in the last chapter to see what would happen. No one mentioned it, which wasn't what I expected, (figured someone would mention the lack of lines) but for anyone that cares, I finally put them in a few days ago.

And could you guests give yourselves names so I can tell you guys apart!? YOU ALL LOOK THE SAME! XD (Unless it's just the same guest each time! *Gasp!*) Seriously though, an alias of some kind would be nice.

Thanks to an amazing coincidence, I ended up meeting one of the writers on this site on Facebook! So yeah, that's cool.

I'm gonna keep telling you guys to follow Universe of Angels. It's important to the story! So yeah, do that.

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