A/N Welcome back to another chapter of The Hood Of Remnant. Couldn't sleep, so I decided to write this one up for you all.

Enjoy.

The Hood Of Remnant

Chapter 9: He Got What He Needed.

The fight went on for around fifteen minutes before Cardin began to falter. His aura was edging closer and closer to red. Shay wasn't too sure how Fiela was doing it, but she seemed to be doing more damage than what the aura meter was describing. Cardin actually looked like hell, broken nose, both his eyes bruised from the onslaught, his armour was damaged beyond repair. He took one last valiant swing at Fiela, who saw it coming, her aura levels were higher than Cardin's, and she was still just below the green status. She jumped to the side before grabbing Cardin's arm. What happened next made almost everyone in the audience look away. The redhead flipped one of her hatchets around, turning the handle into a blunt metal object, before slamming it into Cardin's shoulder, The hit was strong enough to dis-locate the entire shoulder bone, Cardin yelled in pain, as the final claxon sounded, signalling the end of the match due to his aura entering the red. Fiela hadn't finished though, before letting him go, she stamped her heeled boot down on his foot and let go of him, and as he doubled over she roundhouse kicked him across his jawline which sent him flying across the sparring arena. Everybody went silent, they couldn't believe that this much damage could be done without killing him.

As Fiela exited the arena, everyone started to leave, having witnessed what had just happened first hand, they didn't want to make her angry. RWBY, SFIR and Velvet approached her. Before anything could be said she stopped them in their tracks. "Just Velvet. I'll explain later." Shay gave the girl a look of dis-approval but decided to honour the request. "Fine, just try not to get into anymore scraps. Please. Come on guys, let's go get lunch, let these two have the time to themselves." Team RWBY and the rest of SFIR agreed to this and left. Fiela then looked to Velvet. "How's the ear?" she said with a small grin.

"It's much better thank you." The Faunus girl said, a little shyness had returned to her voice. "Come on Velvet, there's something bothering you." Fiela pressed a little, trying to get to the bottom of what Velvet was hiding. "You can tell me." She then said. Velvet perked up a little bit. This girl actually wanted to help her and for once in her life, she felt somewhat relieved and safe, knowing that she could trust this new person in her life.

"I… I've never had anyone stand up for me like that. In the three years since Cardin arrived here, no one wanted to stand up for me. They thought because I was older than him that I'd be able to take him in a fight, that's… that's not who I am Fiela, I won't start a fight, even if it is to stop a bully such as Cardin. I would rather avoid fights, so, I just… How do I put this?" Velvet began to lose track as she spoke and quickly trailed off, but Fiela knew exactly what she meant. If she could get away without getting caught up in a fight, she'd do anything. But why? Why subject herself to the pain, insults and racism? Fiela felt that this might be something that will take time to rise to the surface. But she decided that she would respect Velvets decision to not say anything for now.

"It's alright Velvet, you can tell me when you're ready, and if you're never ready then that's fine by me. I just couldn't stand seeing Cardin be so mean to you. I think now though he'll think twice before messing with you again." Fiela said giving Velvet a friendly smile. "Come on, let's catch up with the others." The two girls left the arena. Cardin's team helping him up from the arena floor.

-Beacon Courtyard, Sunset-

Shay and Blake slowly walked towards the dorms, conversing about the fight that they had witnessed a few hours before.

"It MUST be her semblance, what else could it be?" Shay said, making a point about how Fiela was able to over-ride Cardin's aura levels and effectively do double damage.

"She did seem rather calm right up until the end. Are you sure it just wasn't him being worn out from the duration of the fight?" Blake said, arguing the point that Shay had made.

"I can't be sure, Cardin looks like a strong fighter, he should have plenty of energy to see him through until the very end." He said, starting to think a little more in depth.

"Maybe it is, maybe it isn't her semblance, and there are new ones out there that are still yet to be discovered. Some a little more farfetched than others."

Shay stopped in his tracks. Blake looked around to see him staring down at the ground.

"Shay, I'm sure you'll discover your full semblance soon." She said, placing a hand on his shoulder, reassuring him.

He raised his head again, looking straight into Blake's amber eyes. She returned the gaze. Standing there for a moment they said nothing. Blake was the first to realise the situation and quickly looked away, the redness on her face was subtle but there, the same on Shay's. The awkward silence created by their realisations was stopped when Shay spoke. "Thanks Blake, you're a great person, and I… I'm glad you were one of the first people I met here."

Blake moved in a little closer to Shay before speaking. "No, Thank you Shay, if you hadn't killed that Beowulf the other day, I might not be here." Shay went to speak, but was stopped when Blake gave him a light peck on the lips. What he was going to say had left his mind in that moment, he gazed back into Blake's eyes again. She gave him a small smile before reaching to take his hand, which he promptly gave her, they continued their walk back to the dorm rooms, looking out at the horizon; the sun was slowly but surely setting, the sky tinted a mix between scarlet and pink.

'Red sky at night.' Shay thought. Tomorrow will be a good day.

A/N

OH MA GAAAAWD What a chapter, even I wasn't expecting that ending, and I was writing it. Phew, Yea, bit of a relationship kick starter this chapter, both between Blake & Shay, and Fiela & Velvet.

I hope you enjoyed, also Fiela's semblance getting a tease. I can tell the rest of this story is gonna rock.

Also, I had Wings by Jeff Williams and Casey Lee Williams playing for that little scene with Blake and shay, I think it fits really well.

Anyway I had best go, it's 2am at the moment, and I need sleep, results tomorrow morning. Uni position is relying on these grades.

Luv u LONG tiem.