The next morning I rushed so that I could get to school a little earlier, but my father stopped me on the way out and said, "She's a little shaken up by what you told her. Doesn't want to think you've grown up yet."

"Thanks," I said.

The walk was peaceful, and I was greeted by a slightly unfamiliar sight upon walking in the door. Yang was standing in the hallway alone, waiting for me. She ran up to me and enveloped me in her arms.

"Please don't crush me," I squeak.

"One more second. Aaaand done," she says.

"What's that all about?" I ask.

"Last night," she whispers into my ear.

"It was nice. Except the part where my mom figured it out as soon as we walked into the house," I say.

"And?" she asks.

"She hasn't taken it too well," I answer.

"You'll be fine," she says.

"I'm more worried about my mother than myself," I say, "Now come on, I've got something cool for class if I get to fight again."

My fighting again was almost inevitable, the teacher always had students fight two days in a row. My partner though, would be a mystery until he made the announcement. We sat down and I started on the ice nodachi as we waited for everyone to show up. It was finished by the time the teacher was about to announce the fight when suddenly Weiss said, "I'd like a rematch."

No one had ever asked for a rematch before. It certainly showed as the teacher said, "Well then. Um, I suppose I'll need agreement from Gray as well."

I stand up and say, "I'll fight."

I grab the nodachi as I walk into the aisle. As I get half-way down the stairs, I light the blade on fire as I twirl it, careful to control the fire so that it doesn't melt through my sword. My little show pays off as I see a slight look of regret creep onto her face, but she won't back down now. She stands in the same pose, one leg behind the other, chest turned sideways, rapier pointed straight towards me. I adopt a different stance as I spread my legs wide, chest also turned towards the seats, and raise my arms behind my head, with the tip of the blade pointed towards the ground.

She begins by advancing slowly, careful not to rush from too far away. As she gets closer to striking distance, she lunges at me, going for my chest. I spin my blade to the left and parry her strike, and then bring the sword in front of me, ready to defend or strike. She lunges again, and I turn the blade so that it is horizontal, knocking the rapier down. I then bring the blade across in a slash, inches away from her chest as she jumps back to avoid being cut. I move towards her this time, dashing forward with the sword at my side, and bring it up and down again forming an 'x' that she dodges with another jump backwards, but this time she wasn't so lucky as I had cut her arm on the second swing. A few drops of blood exit the wound, staining her clothes a little. She refuses to close the wound with her aura, probably out of stubbornness. She raises her left hand up quickly, catching me off guard with the glyph that appears at me feet. I jump upwards, and the ice that erupts from it catches my feet. As I begin to fall backwards, I melt the ice, and land with some grace on my left hand and feet, refusing to drop my weapon.

"Fine then," I say. I get up, raise my left hand, and bring two fingers across in a swiping motion, moving the drops of blood off of her arm and over to my hand, "We can play that game."

The look of fear she has is unforgettable, pure horror at what I had just done. The teacher quickly says, "Neither of you may use your semblances again in this match."

In response, I take the few drops of blood and place them into my sword, leaving them as a reminder. She quickly continues the fight, rushing at me again and striking twice. I block the first easily, but the second wasn't as easy as I brought the blade around in a twirling motion, catching her rapier, and spinning it between us until part of my blade melts and freezes again, trapping it in my own weapon. I yank it out of her hands and toss the combination over to the side. I challenge her, "You can go get it if you like."

She ponders this for a moment with her hands raised in a defensive position. Seeing this as her best option, she sprints for her weapon.

"There never really was a choice," I say, stomping my foot, which brings up even more ice, and seals the weapon to the ground.

Seeing the round as an obvious loss, the match is called there. Weiss had lost twice. To the same person. Even after a rematch that she requested. She would be furious. "I'll never hear the end of this," I think.

I walk back up to Yang, and as I get closer, realize she is wide-eyed and stuck with a look of surprise. "What did you do to her?" she asks.

"I might've taken some blood," I answer, sitting down as I speak.

"Yeah," she says, "Yeah I guess that'd do it. Is that what that heart-shaped thing is for?"

"Yes, that is why I have the heart-shaped infusion," I say.

"I never want to get on your bad side," she says.

"Ah, you'll be fine," I reply.

This time, Weiss stops me as I'm getting out of class. Fitting, as I was just about to go home.

"What the hell was that!?" she says.

"Be a bit more specific," I reply, poking the bear for fun.

"You're infused with dust and you can control blood!" she says, a mixture of anger and surprise.

"You have proven both your observational and study skills," I say, still messing with her.

She stops for a moment, and then says through gritted teeth, "How?"

"Family ties," I say, giving a direct answer for once.

"And if you don't mind, I'm going to leave now," I say, walking to where Yang and Ruby are probably waiting for me.

"You're… monstrous," she says before I get too far.

That made me snap inside. I turned around, grabbed her, and pushed her into the wall. "At least I'm not insane," I say, "You fought me twice, and you expected a victory both times. You excel at research, but you fail to notice the things that are right in front of you! Now leave me alone before I actually drain the blood from your worthless body."

"So what did she want this time?" Yang asks as I get close to her and Ruby.

"More information," I answer, calming down a little, "I also told her to stop talking to me."

"Put Weiss in her place?" Yang asks.

"Took a few threats, but yeah," I respond.

"Like?" she asks.

"Come ooon. Let's go," Ruby says.

"I might have threatened to drain all of the blood from her body this time," I whisper to Yang as we walk out.