It was only two days left until Chase would be released from the hospital and would have to have a duel with Yang. While he wasn't to afraid of the fight he knew that he wouldn't do as well with only one arm.-All I have to do is get her aura down to the red, I'll have to do it quickly as her semblance would make a long drawn out fight unwinnable. I guess I shouldn't be making any strategies until Ruby finishes my weapon- Ozpin walked into the room disrupting his train of thought.

"Professor, I was wondering when you'd pay a visit"

"Well I wanted to make sure you were feeling better before I got to the unpleasant part"

"You want to know about my fight…."

"Yes, from what I've heard from Ironwood he poses a great threat, however I wanted to know if there's anything you can tell me about him"

"He has the same semblance as I do, he was able to manipulate the aura on my right arm… infecting it. Other than that I'm not sure if he intended to kill me"

"What did he do to make you believe that?"

"When my village was attacked by grimm he was there, that and he didn't stab me in any vital places"

"He took your right arm"

"Not exactly, when I switched places with my illusion the aura around my arm wasn't mine so I couldn't move it"

"So you took your own arm"

"Seems like a fair trade to me. Whatever he's planning it has been in motion for years, there's someone I need to see. His old partner"

"You know who he is?"

"Well if what Ironwood said is right then he used to be a part of team TEAL and I was trained by the leader"

"Very well, I will allow you to take a trip along with the rest of team RWBY during the next half term"

Ozpin took a sip of his coffee before leaving, Chase was relieved that the trip had been approved. -Well that's one thing, hopefully Tony will be able to tell us something we can use against him- He went back to thinking about his fight with Yang until something struck him.

"Dammit I am an idiot" he shouted aloud causing the nurse to walk into the room to check on him

"I'm fine, just thinking out loud" he reassured her and she left shortly

He went to use the dust that had been made by his cells and was able to create a small amount of ice appear in his left hand, he got rid of it and tried to remember how his dust was able to make it. After about an hour of failed attempts he was able to create dust using cell division. Proud with himself he sat back only to sit forward again when Ruby walked in.

"Ruby, I have an idea for a weapon"

"What is it?"

"Is it possible to make a bow which can be turned into two curved shortswords?"

Ruby stared at him as if his time inside the hospital had turned him insane. She slowly took the seat beside his bed and placed her hand on his arm with a worried look.

"You do know you need two arms to operate a bow right?"

"I know, I've got that covered"

"What do you mean you have it covered, unless you are staging a rescue mission for your arm"

"The dust inside me was able to make more dust by using the human body's cells to make more, theoretically I should be able to use that dust to make a temporary arm"

"I thought you said you had no more dust in you"

"I thought I did but I forgot about the dust that he made, after a couple failed attempts I was able to use it and make more"

"That sounds kinda dangerous"

"Relax, there aren't any side effects, yet" he whispered the last part under his breath

"Ok, but what about arrows, you won't be able to buy any because everyone uses bullets"

"Well I can make some arrows with dust but I will make some whenever I get out of this hospital"

"Alright I'll get to work on it, should be done by the time you get out of here"

"Thanks, luckily it will be ready for Yang"

Ruby left and Chase decided to get some sleep

*"You're just like me you know"

Chase looked for the source of the voice but he could already tell who it was

"I am nothing like you"

"Really, then it's just a coincidence that we have the same semblance, face it"

"NO, I am nothing like you"

"Denying it won't get you anywhere, accepting it on the other hand could get you unimaginable power."

"I don't care how much power you can give me I will not help you"

"Such a shame, I might've considered letting little red live if you did"

"Don't worry I won't let you live long enough to get near her"

"Who's to say I'm not already"

"I swear to fuck I will kill you if you try anything"

"Because that went so well last time"

"Just you wait, I'm gonna enjoy hunting you down"*

Chase was forced awake by a strong push on his shoulder, when he opened his eyes he could see Ozpin, Ironwood and Glynda surrounding his bed, he sat up and looked at them expectantly.

"Our teams have come back from clearing the city, it is now safe enough for the civilians to go back"

"You didn't all need to come here to tell me that"

James took a step forward and spoke "Well, we wanted to start with the good news."

"James has come up with a way to combat God, if he can find other fragments of dust with aura we could make someone who has enough power to stand up to him"

"I'll do it, no one else knows how to deal with that sort of dust, besides I want to repay him for taking my arm"

"However infusing a person with dust is illegal in the four kingdoms along with the fact that Ironwood is not allowed to leave the premises and if he did he would be hunted down with high priority"

"So you need someone to leave and find the dust as well…. such a person wouldn't be able to come here in case Beacon was associated with infusing dust. I'd have to leave and not come back"

"I will give you to the end of the Vytal festival to decide, you are not to tell anyone about this. If you decline we will find someone else to do it"

"Understood"

They left and allowed Chase to get back to sleep, though with such a choice he stayed up all night debating what to do. -I can't just leave everyone here. I can't just leave Ruby, but if I don't someone else will have to. If I don't then God will have the upperhand, It's best to wait until the end of the festival so I can think about it more.

The next day was pretty uneventful as everyone that came to visit him either told him he could take Yang or acted as if he was dead already. He was able to get to sleep at the end of it and luckily no bad dreams.

He got up and saw Ruby standing at the door with a bow in her right hand, she sat down next to him and placed the bow on his legs.

"Good luck today"

"Pfft, luck. Trust me I've got this"

"I'm just afraid she'll go a little overboard"

She looked at him with genuine worry, he replied by pulling her in for a kiss and then pulled away and looked her in the eyes. She stared back at him astonished.

"I'll be fine, don't worry"

She went in for another kiss, this one lasted longer and was more passionate, this time she pulled back and gave him a hug.

"Just don't win too hard"

The nurse ushered her out before getting Chase out of bed and bringing him to the area where the physical tests took place. After going through the measurement like height, weight and blood pressure she moved on to a reaction test. However as he was a hunter this test was ramped up to test him. She pulled out a testing robot and activated it, moving away to give them enough space.

"All you have to do is avoid his hits"

The robot started with a few slugs at Chase which he sidestepped with ease, after about half a minute he started getting faster to the point where Chase had to put thought into every movement, however as before he was able to dodge easily. The difficulty was ramped up again as it began to throw punches almost simultaneously. Chase dodged some attacks with great difficulty having to use his arm to deflect a few attacks. After he finally was punched he was surprised at how little it hurt.

"Alright, you are in shape to resume being a hunter, go to reception with these papers and they should dismiss you."

He took the file off her and left, grabbing his clothes he switched into them before heading to the reception. When he was finally dismissed he sent a message to Yang on his scroll.

'When do you have the arena booked for?'

He hadn't even got out of the hospital when he got a response

'It's free all day, be there in about 10 minutes'

He made his way to the arena, he knew that she had been training all week for this fight but wasn't about to let her win that easily. He pulled out his bow and decided to name it while on the way to the arena, he decided on Gelida Furore. He walked into the prep room and went through every fight he had seen with Yang and tried to think of any weakness. -If I can get in a good counter then maybe I can land enough hits to put her in the red immediately-

Chase walked out into the arena and saw Yang standing at the other side grinning at him, when he looked to the seats he could see team JNPR, the rest of team RWBY and all of the mercenaries watching eagerly. He created an arm out of ice dust and the buzzer went off signaling the match had begun.

Yang fired some shots right off the bat but Chase swiftly countered firing arrows to detonate the explosive rounds mid-air. She used the smoke to her advantage and jumped in closing the distance between them, she threw a right hook. Chase froze in terror and was launched across the arena. She walked slowly towards him and his vision became distorted, instead of Yang he saw God. He couldn't move, only watch as she got closer, she lifted him and punched him again, this time straight in the stomach. She then threw him at the ground and punched him again. He knew his aura was in the red as he was using it to completely block her attacks. Blake got up to stop the fight but Chase lifted his hand to tell her not to intervene. -I need to get over this, no matter how painful-

"Move dammit" he shouted

Yang lifted him one more time, he knew that after this he would be completely out of aura. The images of everyone's dead body flashed through his head. -NO, I am going to beat him, I am not going to lose this easily- He aimed his bow at Yang's knee and fired causing her to stagger back slightly and her grip on his dropped. He switched his bow to it's dual curved swords and prepared for her assault. She dashed at him and gave out a flurry of punches, after a while of dodging and deflecting he noticed a pattern in her movements along with a gap. He waited for her to punch and parried it with both his blades, she saw his gap in defence and went for a jab. Chase anticipated it and created a tail to block her attack, he then kicked her in the stomach which caused her to back step, Chase replied by swinging his blades at her which quickly caused her aura to go down. As soon as she regained her stance Chase flipped backwards changing his curved swords back into a bow as he fired a couple shots at her. She blocked them all and ran in to attack. He sheathed his bow and grabbed her arm pulling her closer with one hand and with the other he focused almost all of his aura into a punch that he aimed straight for her face, causing her to completely run out of aura.