I stepped out of the bathroom a clean and happier person.

Nora and Ren were gone, most likely due to the commotion and something about breaking legs? Hey, don't ask me. Nora was crazy!

Yeah, she needed help…lots of help.

"Are you feeling any better, Flyder?"

I turned towards Pyrrha, a smile on my face.

Pyrrha always seemed to be the nice one, and it made me almost want to read her mind to see if it was for real. Almost.

"You betcha! I feel a lot better, and my nose is smiling too!"

Jaune walked over, putting his weapon that he was cleaning on his bed. "I'm glad we can help. An Arc is always happy to help…uh…people without showers!"

He smiled and put a thumb on his chest.

"That's cool, dude. I'm indebted to you for letting me use your shower. Now I want to go take a nap…I'm beat."

I yawned, getting odd looks from the both of them.

"Is that…vampire teeth? Are you…a…a…" Jaune paled a bit and stepped back; a reaction I was getting used to.

Pyrrha however just proved my point of how awesome she was and placed a hand on my shoulder. "Jaune, we both know Flyder to be our friend. Whatever Faunus heritage he has does not affect who he is. He is still Flyder; and he would never hurt you. Isn't that right, Flyder?"

I nodded. "Yes! I don't want to hurt people...most of them see my traits as something to either make fun of or to be afraid of."

Pyrrha smiled again. "We would never do that: would we Jaune?" She looked at him pointedly.

"Uh….yes. I mean no! No we wouldn't." He tried a weak smile, obviously confused. But he meant well, so it was all good.

"Well, I have to go and see whatever Lorry and Wolf are getting into. See ya round!" I said and exited the dorm, only to run right into Ruby.

Her clothes were a bit tattered, and she was obviously just done healing from a bruise on her face.

What normally would be a happy and joyful face was clouded with something I wasn't used to seeing on her face.

Anger.

And not just any anger. She had this…fire in her eyes that would make the person responsible be terribly sorry they ever messed with The Red Reaper.

She looked up at me and tried a smile, but it looked more like a menacing grin. Like sharks do…

"Sorry Flyder; didn't see you there. Now if you'll excuse me…"

She brushed past me and nearly kicked in her door.

"YANG XIAO LONG! YOU HAVE ASKED FOR WAR! I WILL ANSWER WITH RIGHTOUS FURY!"

I peeked into the room to see Blake holding back Yang, (who looked ready to bring it on) while Weiss held back the fuming Ruby.

"You want to get thrown out a window again?!"

"It would be better than seeing your face!"

"My face is just fine, thank you. Yours however…" Yang shook her head with mock disapproval.

Ruby yelled and dove after her, dragging Weiss, Blake, and Yang all into one big dog-pile.

There was near-stifling silence…then, laughter.

They all were giggling and even Weiss was smiling; a rare occurrence.

"Haha…nice one about the face, sis!" Yang said, still recovering from nearly breaking her sides with laughter.

Ruby was back to her normal self, and she was smiling and trying to get her leg untied from Blake's.

I just quietly edged away and headed towards my dorm.

"What the heck? Is RWBY all insane?"


POV of Jade

"Did you hear that?" I asked, turning towards the window.

We were currently sitting on our beds and wondering if we could go somewhere where the smell wouldn't be as bad.

Lorry was dressed in her normal combat clothes; like me.

Well, my hooded cloak was still getting cleaned so I was sporting my hooded jacket. It still covered my ears, so I was happy.

"What?"

"I thought it sounded like a fight or something…and then something hitting the ground…"

I leaned my head out the window to see Ruby lying on the ground groaning. She had stopped her descent by twisting her body to land on the tree; but obviously had gotten the 'short stick' so to speak.

The branch was laying alongside her, broken off of the tree.

"Hey Ruby! You okay?" I yelled.

Ruby stood and looked up at me. "Yeah! Thanks Wolf…"

She turned and disappeared in a cloud of petals.

"She didn't seem too happy; wouldn't you agree?" I said.

Lorry just rolled her eyes. "No, nearly falling to your death won't make you upset at all…"

I raised an eyebrow. "I think I'm beginning to rub off on you…"

Lorry glared playfully, but finally let up with a smile. "Whatever, you want to practice in the combat room?"

When Lorry smiled, I was again lost in her eyes. How they could be blue one moment and a soft brown the next was truly perplexing.

Lorry must have noticed me staring (seriously, how could she miss it?), and she laughed. "If you're trying to figure out the color of my eyes, it will take longer than it did yours."

I laughed and leaned against the wall, my hands resting on the back of my head. "What does that mean?"

"It means that it took a while to catch your eye color; what with the hood and all. Jade is a nice color though. I like it."

I nodded slowly. Okaay…

"Well good, because I can't change it." I smiled and headed towards the door. "Come on; I found the perfect spot."

Lorry was obviously confused.

I chuckled. "Training, remember? You said you wanted to fight these guns…" I held my arms out and flexed.

Not really an impressive gesture, but Lorry laughed anyway.

"Believe what you will…all I have to do is detonate another smell-bomb…"

I laughed nervously. She wouldn't do that…right?


POV of Otto

I was out looking for Flyder when I bumped into Cardin and his friends.

"Hey, watch it big guy!" Cardin said.

A kid with blue hair stepped in and laughed at me. "Ha! You're that stupid kid that talks about yourself!"

Another kid joined in and they all were joking and mocking me.

How very sad…they must have such boring lives to pick on people like this…

"I am sorry, CRDL. I will pay more attention to where I walk. Perhaps you should pay more attention with what you say…"

I left them to hopefully do some good with their lives.

It was a small chance, but one I hoped they pursued.

"Ha! Lorry's lessons are working!" Normally I wouldn't think of such a big or complicated word like that, but Lorry has been teaching me to…what did she say? Oh yeah, "Further your vocabulary and grammar."

I smiled and continued to walk the halls looking for Flyder…


POV of Jade

"Ha! You'll have to do better than that!"

I rolled to my left and used the momentum to launch a dagger at Lorry.

She ducked under it and threw one of those electric rope thingies.

"I am!" The rope would have got me in the face, but I quickly drew my sword from my back; using the force of unsheathing it to knock the electric rope to the ground, where it just buzzed sadly.

Lorry and I were at a stalemate: just like in the combat class.

"Why are you two fighting?!"

We both jumped and faced the door to the balcony; feeling a bit surprised.

"Pyrrha! Sorry to disturb you. We were just practicing our skills up here. Fewer people than the normal arena, you know?"

Pyrrha nodded, looking embarrassed. "Of course! I apologize for interrupting your vigorous training."

She turned to go, but I stopped her. "Hey, it's okay. You could watch us, give us a few pointers. Or if you feel up to it, you could try battling these guns…"

Again I flexed my arms, but only got a sigh of exasperation from Lorry and a small laugh from Pyrrha.

"My, my, Wolf. You drive a hard bargain…" Pyrrha said with a smile.

She walked over to the edge and looked down. "I don't feel this is the safest place to train…you could fall and get seriously injured."

Pyrrha, Pyrrha…always looking out for people.

"Well, then it's just a test of situational awareness. Plus we were launched off a cliff on the first day. I think we could manage to survive." I said.

Pyrrha nodded. "Are you sure you want to fight me? Usually no one wants to fight somebody like me.

I frowned. "Someone like you…? What do you mean?"

Pyrrha just stared at me. "Do you…know who I am?"

I smiled faintly. "Uh…you're…Pyrrha Nikos, partner to Jaune on JNPR?"

Lorry was staring at me with shock on her face. "Ho could you not know who she is?! She is – "

"It's fine! I am glad to spar with you!" Pyrrha interrupted.

Something was going on here…

Okay, so I wasn't exactly caught up on the news. I lived in a forest with my family until I lived with Cinder and the White Fang, going on 'missions' for Cinder. And then I lived in the streets too concerned about getting beat up or not starving to death.

So yeah; Pyrrha could be the president's daughter and I wouldn't know. Or care.

Pyrrha is Pyrrha; no matter what status is.

"Bring it on, Amazon!" I said, readying my weapon.

Lorry smacked her forehead and just deeply sighed.

Pyrrha ignored it and took stance.

"See ya!" I said.

I activated my semblance and did a quick dash towards Pyrrha.

She must have felt something, because she raised her shield and blocked my strike.

The jar of that blow made me lose focus on my semblance, and it flickered; giving Pyrrha a beat on me.

She looked surprised to see me grinning at her.

Yeah, I have a really unsettling grin sometimes. Usually people get distracted by it so I can slip under their defenses, but Pyrrha was better than that.

She just shoved her shield against me, sending me sprawling.

"Sorry!" She said; a look of worry on her face.

"No prob…I like the ground anyway."

I stood up and was about to run towards her, but her spear was coming right towards me. "Wasn't that a sword?"

I used my semblance again, this time to phase myself out of place.

The spear went right through my 'phased' body and stuck into the wall.

Because using my phase ability takes a lot of Aura and Semblance; I can't keep it up for more than a few seconds.

"You…it went…" Lorry said, complete bafflement on her and Pyrrha's face.

I was about to say something but got interrupted by Flyder and Otto.

"Jeez! We leave you alone for a few minutes and now look at you!"

Otto tapped Fly's shoulder. "Um, it was a few hours actually."

Flyder sighed. "Yeah, yeah. Come on; we have to do homework."

Lorry and I shared a look of surprise. Flyder was the one to worry about homework? That was surprising.

Otto noticed Pyrrha and smiled, showing his two teeth that were missing. "Pyrrha! How have you been?"

Otto has loved Pyrrha ever since he saw her. He was freaking out and saying something about cereal (or was it pumpkins?) as soon as he met her.

Odd, I know.

Pyrrha just smiled back at him, a warm look on her face. "Otto, it's very nice to see you again."

Flyder just huffed. "It's late and we have to finish our homework tonight. Ooblecky has a class tomorrow and we all know how much trouble it is to keep up with him so we need to catch up now while we still can!"

I shrugged. "All right then, team. You heard the man: to dorms to study!"

I turned towards Pyrrha who was taking her spear out of the wall.

"Hey Pyrrha; thanks for sparring. I guess I was too much for ya…" I winked and turned to go, but she stopped me.

"Wolf, is there another balcony like this one?"

I scratched my head. "Uh, yeah. There is one on the other side of the school; I don't think anyone's using it."

"Great, thank you for your help." Pyrrha smiled and skillfully put her weapons away.

"Holy crap…."

How bada** could she get?


A/N: A serious thank you to everyone who is following/reviewing/and favorited this story. It gives me drive to keep going. Thanks a bunches of roses!

Peace! Jackie out!