I don't know how to write intertwining scenes, so for now, I will use flashes. When someone kindly suggests something else, I will edit this chapter.

Pyrrha is gearing up in a locker room. She adjusts her boots and head piece before leaving towards the practice arena. In a flash, she's seen attacking Cardin with Miló. She continues to walk as a flash of her striking Russel appears. She readies Miló and Akoúo̱ as a flash shows her fighting two CRDL members. She nears the arena as another flash shows her fighting Lark and Russel and running towards an unknown target. Now in the arena, she strikes Cardin multiple times, making him kneel on one knee. He looks up in time to move out of the way of Pyrrha's strike attack. She knocks Dove to the ground before firing at Lark, who tries to attack her, but she blocks him with her shield. They strike each other multiple times before Pyrrha knocks Lark down. She then attacks Cardin, who blocks her attacks and strikes the ground, making her move. He then hits her with enough force to knock her back. Lark tries to sneak attack her, but she jumps out of the way, while Cardin hits her shield. Lark is knocked back to the ground as Pyrrha flies over Cardin. She then launches her shield at her, and it hits both him and Lark, and as they both fall, Pyrrha jumps up and grabs her shield, and lands on Lark. Russel and Dove run at her and she charges at Russel, knocking him down, and strikes at Dove, before kicking him away. Cardin jump strikes Pyrrha, but she jumps out of the way. She shoots at Cardin, but Russel jumps in and slashes the strikes with his weapon as he tries to take her down again. Uttering a battle cry, he spin jumps at her, and she blocks him with her shield. He and Dove both try to strike her, but she manages to block all their attempts. As Cardin tries to hit her, she rolls out of the way and shots at him, only for him to repel the bullets. He charges at her, and gets hit in the chin by her lots of strikes, she's able to kick him back as Russel attempts another attack. He tries to slash at her, but she dodges and throws her shield at him, making him fall. Dove then attacks and fires at her, only for her to knock him away. He then gets knocked back by Cardin as he brings out his mace. He then strikes at the ground as Pyrrha jumps out of range. She strikes him, making him airborne. She jumps after him and strikes him in the air, using her shield to propel herself towards him and she throws him to the ground. She does a flip to make him fly once again and crash on the ground.

As Cardin clutches his ribs, Pyrrha gets out of her fighting stance, and the lights come back on. Glynda walks up behind Cardin and says, "And that's the match." Cardin looks up and replies, "Lucky shot." He then collapses. Glynda says to Pyrrha, "Well done, Miss Nikos. You should have no problem qualifying for the tournament." Pyrrha bows her head and replies, "Thank you, professor." Glynda says while tapping her Scroll, "Alright, now I know that's a tough act to follow, but we have time for one more sparring match. Any volunteers?" She looks around at the observing students and asks, "Ms. Belladonna?" Blake slams her book shut and stares wide-eyed at Glynda as she says, "You've been rather docile for the past few classes. Why don't you-" Mercury raises his hand and says, "I'll do it." Glynda asks, "Mercury, is it? Very well, let's find you an opponent." Mercury says, "Actually, I wanna fight...her." Mercury points to Pyrrha, who asks, "Me?" Glynda replies, "I'm afraid Miss Nikos has just finished the match. I recommend you choose another partner." Pyrrha says, "No, it's fine! I'd be happy to oblige."

Mercury struts into the arena, visibly sizing up Pyrrha as Team RWBY, Team IVRY and Emerald watch. They both go into fighting stances and their spar begins when he makes the first attack and is knocked down. He flips away from her and deflects an attack and begins trading blows with Pyrrha until she knocks him back with her shield, which he replies with a, "Hmm." Ruby turns toward Emerald sitting behind her and says, "Hey, your friend's doing pretty good." Emerald gives a fake smile and then rolls her eyes as Ruby turns her back. 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. Mercury stays on the ground for a second, realizes Pyrrha's Semblance, and hmms to himself. As she charges him with her shield, he shoots off of it and turns his back to her. As Pyrrha tries to rush him again, he says nonchalant, "I forfeit." Pyrrha almost stumbles as she stops beside him and asks, "You...don't even want to try?" Mercury shrugs and says, "What's the point? You're a world-renowned fighter. We're obviously leagues apart." Glynda then says, "In that case...Pyrrha Nikos is the victor of the match...again." Emerald smirks while 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 then says to Mercury, "Next time, you may want to think a little harder before choosing an opponent." Mercury replies, "I'll be sure to do that." An alarm sounds which jolts Blake who has nodded off. Glynda says, "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 and says, "Learning is so much fun."

Outside, SSSN are standing at the entrance as Team RWBY and Team IVRY walks past. Sun notices Blake and runs after her and says, "Hey, Blake!" Sun grabs Blake by her shoulder and asks, "You and Rebel uh, doing okay?" Blake shuts the book she is reading and says, "We're fine." Rebel growls at him. Sun clears his throat and says, "So I hear there's this dance going on this weekend...ah, sounds pretty lame, but you and me, I'm thinking, not as lame, huh?" Rebel asks, "What?" Sun says, "The dance! This weekend! You wanna go, or what?" Blake replies "We don't have time for a stupid dance. I thought you of all people would get that." Blake and Rebel walk away past their teams. Ruby looks as Sun sinks from his rejection. Now in their dorm, Blake asks with her arms crossed, "You what?" Ruby replies, "We want you to go to the dance." Blake says, "That's ridiculous." Yang replies, "Blake, we're worried about you. This investigation is starting to mess with your head." Weiss says while counting the facts on her finger, "You can't sleep, you hardly eat, and to be honest, your grades have been suffering." Yvette adds, "And let's not forget Rebel disappearing for hours on end." Rebel lowers her ears as Blake asks, "You think we care about grades?" She shrugs and then gestures out the window while saying, "People's lives are at stake!" Yang puts her hand on Blake's, lowering it and says, "We know, and we're all still trying to figure out what Torchwick is up to." Ruby says, "Thanks to you and Sun, we know they're operating somewhere outside of southeast Vale." Weiss adds, "And, the Schnee company records singled out Vale as the primary target for Dust robberies over the last few months." Vanessa nods her head as Yang adds, "Don't forget about their missing military tech too." Blake replies, "But there's still unanswered questions!" Ivory looks at Rebel and asks, "Like where does Rebel goes to at night?" Ruby replies, "Blake, you won't be able to find anything if you can't even keep your eyes open!" Yang says, "All we're asking is that you take it easy for one day." Weiss says, "It will be fun! Yang, Vanessa and I will make sure of it." Yang adds, "Yeah! We're planning the whole event!" Yang pumps her fists which causes the bed to bounce Blake, who asks, "Excuse me?" Weiss says, "Team CFVY's away mission lasted longer than expected." Yang says, "So, Weiss, Vanessa and I were asked to pick up where they left off. And now we can make sure you have the perfect night." Weiss continues, "And once it's all over, we'll return for our search, rested and ready." Ruby asks, "So what do ya think?" Blake replies, "I think this is a colossal waste of time." Blake walks away from the group and opens the dorm door and says, "I'll be in the library." After she walks out of the room, Rebel says, "I've gotta go guys." After she leaves, Yang says, "Great." Weiss says, "They can't keep going like this."

There's a knock at the door and Weiss approaches and opens it. The door widens as a guitar riff is heard and the rest of the teams look to see who is at the door. Jaune is there with a guitar and sings, "Weiss!" He then winks, and Weiss slams the door in his face. As Weiss puts her hand over her face, Jaune knocks on the door and says, "Oh, come on, open the door! I promise not to sing." Weiss regrettably opens the door and Jaune sings, "I lied!" After Weiss facepalms, Jaune continues, "Weiss Schu-nee, will you accompany me, to the dance on…" He thinks about the date and sings, "Sunday!?" Weiss asks, "Are you done?" Jaune shrugs and asks, "Yes?" Weiss replies, "No." She shuts the door in his face. Turning around, she sees the others staring at her and asks, "What?" All girls are standing precariously as Yang says, "And that is why they call you the Ice Queen." Ruby notices her stance, and finally collapses. Weiss says, "All my life, boys have only cared about the perks of my last name. Besides, I already have a date in mind." Ruby replies, "Date or no date, none of this will matter if we can't get Blake and Rebel to go."

That night, Pyrrha and Jaune are sparring at their spot on the roof. Jaune appears to gain the upper hand until Pyrrha sweeps his legs out from under him. Pyrrha laughs and says, "Well done! Your swordplay's improved immensely." Pyrrha helps Jaune to his feet. Jaune replies, "Couldn't have done it without you." Pyrrha asks, "So, are you ready to move on to Aura?" Jaune replies, "I'm actually thinking maybe we just skip Aura tonight? Might go on a jog or something." Pyrrha says, "Come on, I know you get frustrated, but you must keep trying. I'm sure you'll discover your Semblance any day now." Jaune replies, "That's not it. It's just…" He hesitates before saying, "It's dumb." Pyrrha asks, "What is it?" She approaches Jaune and places her hand on his shoulder as she says, "Jaune, you know you can tell me." Jaune replies, "It's...Weiss." Pyrrha's face falls slightly as she asks, "Oh. What about her?" Jaune replies, "I asked her to the dance and she shot me down." He giggles halfheartedly and asks, "Big surprise, right?" Pyrrha says, "Well, I believe the saying goes: There's...plenty of fish in the sea." Jaune replies, "That's easy for you to say. You've probably got guys clamoring over each other just to ask you out." Pyrrha chuckles half-heartedly and says, "You'd be surprised." Jaune dismisses the thought and says, "Oh please. If you don't get a date to the dance, I'll wear a dress. Heh." He walks away while Pyrrha drops her smile and looks rather upset.

In her dorm room with Cinder and Mercury, Emerald says, "And finally, Pyrrha Nikos." Cinder is sewing a black dress as she sits on one of the beds while Emerald is sitting on the floor while looking at her Scroll, and Mercury is lying on the ground and reading a comic book as Cinder says, "Ah, the invincible girl." Mercury says, "She's smart, but I wouldn't say invincible." Cinder says, "Do tell." Emerald replies, "Her Semblance is Polarity. But you'd never know just by watching." Mercury adds, "After she made contact with my boots, she was able to move them around however she wanted. But she only made slight adjustments." Emerald finishes, "Just enough to make it look like she's untouchable. She doesn't broadcast her power, so it puts her opponents at a disadvantage." Cinder says, "Hmm...People assume that she's fated for victory, when she's really taking fate into her own hands. Interesting. Add her to the list." Emerald adds Pyrrha to some unknown list on her phone and Mercury says. "You should be able to take her no problem." Cinder replies, "It's not about overpowering the enemy. It's about taking away what power they have. And we will, in time." Mercury says, "I hate waiting." Cinder replies, "Don't worry, Mercury. We have a fun weekend ahead of us."