"I'll do it." Mercury's voice startles Ruby out of her thoughts, causing her to look around in confusion.

Glynda makes a soft humming sound. "Mercury, is it? Very well, let's find you an opponent."

Ruby inwardly sighs. Of course the idiot would fight her.

Pyrrha looks confused. "Me?"

Glynda shakes her head. "I'm afraid Miss Nikos has just finished the match. I recommend you choose another partner."

Pyrrha's eyes widen before she speaks. "No, it's fine! I'd be happy to oblige."

Ruby raises an eyebrow. Arrogant or humble. Something she can't quite figure out what the red headed fighter is.

Mercury struts into the arena, visibly sizing up Pyrrha. Mercury makes the first attack, only to be knocked down. Recovering quickly, he deflects an attack and begins trading blows with Pyrrha until she knocks him back with her shield.Ruby Rose turns toward Emerald sitting behind her. "What is that idiot doing?" Emerald simply shrugs, looking just as confused.Mercury unleashes a series of powerful strikes. Pyrrha allows his kick to slam against her forearm before Mercury manages to disarm, a kick impaling her blade into the ground. Pyrrha uses her Semblance to redirect the direction of Mercury's next kick. As she charges him with her shield, he shoots off of it and turns his back to her. Pyrrha tries to rush him again.Mercury straightens up and dusts himself off. "I forfeit."

Pyrrha almost stumbles as she stops beside him."You... don't even want to try?"

Mercury shrugs, a knowing look in his eye that only Ruby and Emerald spot. "What's the point? You're a world-renowned fighter. We're obviously leagues apart."

Glynda hums in disapproval. "In that case... Pyrrha Nikos is the victor of the match... again."

Emerald smirks. Mercury sneers smugly. Pyrrha has a annoyed and disappointed look on her face, and places her left hand on her hip. The Aura displays for Pyrrha and Mercury are shown as Mercury's is changed from green to red indicating his loss.Glynda shakes her head. "Next time, you may want to think a little harder before choosing an opponent."

Mercury mockingly salutes the older woman. "I'll be sure to do that."

An alarm sounds which jolts Blake who has nodded off."That is all for today. And remember, the dance is this weekend. But you all have your first mission on Monday. I will not accept any excuses."

As everyone leaves, Mercury stops beside Emerald. Sarcasm seems to bleed from the males voice. "Learning is so much fun."

Blake crosses her arms as she regards her teammates. Ruby tilts her head, almost innocently. "We want you to go to the dance."

The cat Faunus narrows her eyes. "That's ridiculous."

The blonde brute growls in frustration. "Blake, we're worried about you. This investigation is starting to mess with your head."

Weiss ticks off her fingers. "You can't sleep, you hardly eat, and to be honest, your grades have been suffering."

Blake snarls and seems to curl further into herself. "You think I care about grades?" She shrugs and then gestures out the window. "People's lives are at stake!"

Yang puts her hand on Blake's, lowering it. "We know, and we're all still trying to figure out what Torchwick is up to."

Ruby nods. "Thanks to you and Sun, we know they're operating somewhere outside of southeast Vale."

"And, the Schnee company records singled out Vale as the primary target for Dust robberies over the last few months." The heiress piped up.

The blonde nods. "Don't forget about their missing military tech too."

Blake snarls and withdraws her hand from Yang's. "But there's still unanswered questions!"

"Blake, you won't be able to find anything if you can't even keep your eyes open!"

Yang nods as she looks away from her leader to the Faunus. "All we're asking is that you take it easy for one day."

Weiss nods. "It will be fun! Yang and I will make sure of it."

"Yeah! We're planning the whole event!" Yang pumps her fists which causes the bed to bounce Blake.Blake raises an eyebrow. "Excuse me?"

"Team CFVY's away mission lasted longer than expected." The heiress pipes in.

"So, Weiss and I were asked to pick up where they left off. And now we can make sure you have the perfect night." Yang slings her arm over the heiress shoulders.

Weiss looks visibly disgusted as she removes Yang's arm from her. "And once it's all over, we'll return for our search, rested and ready."

Ruby nods enthusiastically. "So what do ya think?"

Blake glares. "think this is a colossal waste of time." Blake walks away from the group and opens the dorm door. "I'll be in the library." With those final words, she slams the door shut behind her.

Ruby opens the door and slinks outside to follow her partner, ignoring Jaune's rather odd… Guitar? Either way, she has more pressing matters to attend to.

Ruby leans against the bookshelf, the book she spied Blake searching for in hand.

The cat Faunus rounds the corner and eyes the book in her leaders hands. "Were you spying on me?"

Ruby simply raises an eyebrow. "Me? Staring? Come now Blake. Don't be ridiculous."

Blake narrows her eyes. "Then can I have that?"

Ruby tilts her head. "Oh? This?" Ruby hums softly before tapping her cheek as if in thought. "No." With that, Ruby places the book back and grabs her partner's wrist, leading her out of the library.

Ruby enters an empty room, dragging the cat Faunus behind her.

Blake rubs her wrist and grumbles softly. "What did you bring me here for?"

Ruby continues into the classroom. "My partner is working herself to the bone. And I'm afraid she'll grow sick if this continues."

Blake huffs and follows the girl in. "You don't understand. I need to do this."

Ruby holds up a hand. "Oh shut up! This is ridiculous." Ruby reaches into her pocket and pulls out a white journal with a red rose decal on the front. One Blake recognizes as her leaders symbol.

"This is a late family members journal." Ruby closes her eyes. "She was searching for something and she learned the truth about something that no one should know. But she dug too deep and she was murdered Blake." Ruby opens her eyes, the grey looking like cold steel. "She dug too far and with little sleep and food, she was easily tracked and killed." Ruby stares at Blake. "Torchwick could walk through that door and you could do nothing! You would be killed, same as her!"

Ruby puts the journal back into her pocket and walks up to the Faunus, despite her height, she pulls the girl into a hug. "I know you don't want to stop. Just… Get some rest. Wait until after the dance and we can look together. Okay, partner?"

Blake looks down at the smaller girl, stunned before she finds her arms encircling the smaller of the two. "I… Okay."

Ruby smiles and pulls away. "Save me a dance." Before Blake can reply, all that remains are rose petals in her place.