Welcome back everybody! I hope you all will enjoy this chapter. I know I said Cardin would get his ass kicked in the last chapter, but I just couldn't help myself. The opportunity was right there. Anywho, let's continue!

Chapter 10

The Next Day...

Bailey POV

"Hey, look who's back!" said Jaune when he saw Bailey by the school entrance.

"A few cuts and bruises can't keep me away, bro!" Bailey fist-bumped him.

"Where's everyone else?" asked Nora, appearing behind Jaune along with Ren.

"Inside." Bailey gestured to the closed doorway.

"It's almost time for class to start," Ren said, checking his watch. "Are we going in?"

"Come on, Bailey." said Nora. "It's showtime."

Bailey smirked as they opened the school doors. They walked in and the closest group of people to the door went quiet as soon as they saw Bailey. Then the next group, then the next. Pretty soon, the entire hallway was quiet. That is until one guy broke the silence.

"Hey, Bailey." asked a silver haired boy. "What happened to your eye?"

Bailey didn't need to answer. Because in walked Cardin with his buddies. Cardin was smiling and laughing up until he saw Bailey. Then he stopped dead in his tracks, along with his friends. Everyone in the hallway caught the vibe and most started to go the their classes. Cardin visibly gulped before saying, "Hey, Bailey."

"Cardin." Bailey said bluntly. Everyone was a little surprised to hear Bailey talk after so long. "I do believe you owe me something."

"W-what would that be?"

"An explanation to why you took the coward's way instead of taking me on in a fair fight." Murmurs spread through the crowd as Cardin hesitated.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Cardin finally said.

"I highly doubt that." Bailey said. Cardin hesitated again. "I still want to know. I would prefer to know now so I can figure out how to kick your ass later."

Cardin was good about keeping his cool, but his friends on the other hand, were not.

Russel was the first to break. "It was all Cardin's idea!" he exclaimed.

Cardin wiped his head towards Russel. "What the hell, dude!?"

"He knew he couldn't take you in a fair fight, so we hit you in the head with a skateboard."

Cardin tried to cover Russel's mouth. "Shut the hell up!"

Bailey stepped forward and Russel and Cardin froze. Dove and Sky had been long gone after Russel broke, as Cardin just noticed their absence. "Gym. After school. 1 on 1." Bailey said to Cardin. Cardin audibly gulped and nodded as the late bell rang. Everyone who was watching the scenario walked away as if nothing happened, as did Bailey. Cardin all but ran the other direction.

Next period...Free

"Dude," Sun ran up to Bailey in the hallway where the group usually meet during free period. "People are placing bets between you and Cardin."

"Bets?" asked Yang. "Don't they know who's going to win already?"

"It's not about who's going to win." Weiss walked up to the group. "It's about how bad Cardin is going to get it. Highest bet is $20 on completely destroyed."

"Hey, I'm pissed but not that pissed." said Bailey. "Just going to have a simple match that might involve a trip to the hospital."

"Alright, now I know what to place my bet on."

"Of course the rich girl places the winning bet." said Yang.

"Only if you get to Nora before I do." Yang dashed away from the group at Weiss's comment.

"Where is Nora anyway?" asked Sun.

"Right here!" Nora walked up with Ren. Ren had a briefcase with him. "Place your bets, ladies and gents! Categories are Bruised, Destroyed, and Completely Destroyed."

"Let me get $10 on Destroyed." said Weiss, handing Ren a bill.

"Same here." said Sun. Ren put the bills in the briefcase and nodded in thanks.

"Taking part in the betting, snow angel?" Weiss groaned as Neptune walked up to her.

"Yes, I am." Weiss said bitterly. "Now if you don't get out of my hair, I will tell Ruby to make sure you can't have kids."

Neptune merely laughed and placed a fifty dollar bill on Ren's briefcase. "Bruised, please." Ren nodded and put the bill in the briefcase. "I'll be seeing you, Weiss."

"No you won't." Weiss said as Neptune walked away.

"He won't let up, will he?" asked Nora.

Weiss shook her head. "No matter how many times I turn him down, he keeps coming back."

"What a douchebag." Nora said as the bell rang.

Blake POV

8th period...

"And that concludes our lesson for today." Professor Torchwick shut off the projector. "Any questions?" Some students shook their heads while others said no. "Good. Remember our grammar test on Thursday. You have the remainder of the period to work on something from your other classes."

Blake took out her work from Ironwood's Algebra class. She was just beginning to work on it when a piece of paper was passed onto her desk. She looked at the person who passed it to her. An orange haired girl known as Penny.

"What's this?" asked Blake.

"Cardin asked me to give it to you." Penny said. Blake looked over at Cardin, who was looking very nervous. Blake rolled her eyes and read the note.

I need you to tell Bailey that I'm sorry. It was a stupid mistake... That was as far as Blake got before she got bored of the note. She stood up and walked over to Cardin.

"I take it you got my note?" Cardin asked, no even making eye contact with Blake.

"Yes, and you realize that nothing I say is going to change his mind, right?" Blake said. Cardin opened his mouth to say more but Blake interrupted him. "Besides, I'm not the one you should be saying all of this to. If you apologized to Bailey, the punishment might be less severe."

"Yeah, that helps." Cardin groaned, setting his head on his desk.

Blake couldn't help but smile. Cardin was actually scared of her little brother. Bailey wasn't even all that scary. "You dug your own hole, Cardin." Blake said, starting to walk away. "You have to face the consequences sooner or later." Another groan from Cardin almost caused Blake to laugh.

After the bell rang, Blake went off to the gym. Apparently, the conflict between Cardin and Bailey had spawned an audience because there was at least twenty people in the bleachers. Bailey was waiting by the mats with Velvet and Jaune. "How's the champ doing?" she asked.

"It's Cardin, Sis." said Bailey, taking off his jacket. "I'm always ready."

"Better be." said Jaune. "I've got fifteen bucks riding on this."

The gym door opened and in walked Cardin. Blake noticed he was in a better mood than he was a few minutes ago. The crowd booed him and he flipped them off. One group had to hold one guy back from knocking the shit out of Cardin.

"My guess is he's not apologizing." Blake thought to herself.

"Let's get this over with, freak." he said. Bailey nodded and they both walked onto the mat. The coach left with the other teachers, so Pyrhha was the referee for this fight.

"Gentlemen, this is a standard fight." she said. "First one to tap out loses. Understand?" Bailey and Cardin nodded. "Ready...Fight!"

Annnddd cliffhanger! I hope you all enjoyed! I'll see you on the flip side! Peace out!