"So how did you're talk go?" Chase asked with a smirk as Nora sat down at their lunch table

She simply gave him a death stare to which he backed down and returned to eating. The others were hesitant to annoy any further in this state. Only Ren was brave enough to say something.

"If it's any consolation I didn't make it through either"

Nora looked at him with shock, everyone had thought he'd have made it to the semi-finals but his opponent was nearly impossible to keep track of and they hit pretty hard as well. Luckily Chase wouldn't have to face him unless they both made it to the quarterfinals but Weiss on the other hand would face him in the next match. She had been rewatching Ren's match to try and find a weakness.

"That makes Pyrrha the last member of JNPR in the tournament"

"Where is Pyrrha?"

"She was here a moment ago, probably went to train. Who's she facing up against?"

Ruby pulled out her scroll, she had the tournament listings open already and scrolled through it for a moment before finding Pyrrha.

"Flash, the guy that you faced against Chase"

"I thought he was put out, I beat him"

"Since no one in Nora's match was able to participate in the tournament they had to take someone who lost."

"Guess he was the most qualified."

"Maybe you could help her make a strategy against him, since you fought him"

"Yeah, we still meeting up in Vale"

"Yeah, meet me at the airship dock at 4" she said, blushing at the fact that the others were staring at them

"Yes we are going out, get over it"

Ruby stared at him, annoyed that he was leaving him with their friends who were most likely going to interrogate her. He gave an innocent shrug and mouth 'I'm sorry' before leaving to find Pyrrha.

He checked the training ground, the arena and even their room but couldn't find Pyrrha in any of them. -Maybe the stress finally got to her, being worshipped as a champion, but where could she have went.- He checked his scroll for the airship timetable but none Left Beacon until the one at half four he and Ruby were getting. -The roof, she trains with Jaune up there- He pushed the door open to the rooftop and peered out, seeing Pyrrha sit at the edge of the roof. Staring into the distance.

"What's got you so worried?" He asked startling Pyrrha as he used his semblance to teleport beside her.

"Oh, it's nothing"

Chase took a seat at the edge of the roof beside Pyrrha and joined her in staring out into the distance for a minute or two before speaking again.

"It's something to do with Jaune, isn't it"

"Nonono, I think he's actually starting to realise that I have.. feelings for him"

"Something's got you down, but why now? Most of your team got knocked out of the tournament so you feel a lot of pressure on you?"

"Not that either, I'm used to the pressure of a tournament."

"Well then what is it? You can trust me"

"Jaune's thinking of leaving Beacon"

"WHAT? WHY?" He tried to keep quiet enough so that no one would rush up to the roof

"He doesn't think he's good enough, piled with the fact that he's afraid he'll accidentally use the dust in him and hurt someone"

"Well if that's what he's worried about the mercenaries can help teach him to control it"

"I was wondering if you would help him as you seem to know the most about it"

"I would love to but-"

"What is it, but what?"

-But I don't know if I'll be here long enough to help him control it, I can't tell her that. What if I tell her that the dust that was infused in me was different, I'm not lying-

"The dust they infused in me already had an aura, the way I experienced it was completely different that what they did"

"Alright"

"I'm sorry I couldn't do more, but I could talk to one of the mercs that would be happy to help"

"Thank you"

"Anyway" He said, trying to lighten the mood "I heard you're facing off against Flash tomorrow in the tournament"

"Yeah, you faced him in the qualifiers"

"That's why I came up here, to give you tips on fighting him"

"That would be nice actually, I've never faced him in a tournament before"

"Well, his armour makes it difficult to deal any real damage to his aura but if he gets rid of it the fight will get a lot more difficult cause he moves almost as fast as Ruby"

"Then how do I get any real hits in on him?"

"After he attacks it takes him a while to recover and attack again, he needs to land the hit on you, this is where your semblance could come in handy."

"What about his weapon?"

"It's a giant hammer, but he can pull the hilt out into a longsword"

"Thanks, I'll be able to take him down easily with this information. What is his semblance?"

"Not sure if it's his semblance or not but if he stands still he regains aura"

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, the bastard got back into the green after I knocked him into the yellow"

Chase got up and checked his scroll '3:50' -Shit, I have to get to the docks quickly- He rushed towards the door but decided on a way down. He ran back to the ledge where Pyrrha was sitting and aimed an illusion at the ground, switching places with it. He then ran to the Dock just about making it.

"Hey Ruby"

She got off the bench she was waiting at and together they walked towards the ticket booth. Chase paid for both the tickets as he was the one who had planned this date. He was glad Ruby had suggested they get there half an hour early as it took them about twenty minutes to get to the waiting area.

"So what have you planned for us this evening?"

"That's a surprise." He said, bringing her in for a hug as she began to pout "I don't think I messed it up that bad"

She placed her head on his shoulder and they sat in silence until the announcement came for them to board their airship. Once they were on the airship Ruby started guessing what sort of romantic thing Chase would've planned for them, while none of what he had actually planned was on the list he knew she would still enjoy it.

Once they landed Chase called up a taxi and handed the driver a piece of paper as to not spoil the surprise until they got there. As soon as the taxi stopped Ruby's eyes lit up as they were dropped off at the forever fall.

"How did you get us into here, it's supposed to be closed off"

"Well they only close it off to people because of the grimm, but after we saved Vale during the Breach I was able to make a convincing argument to let us have a picnic here"

"But there are still grimm here"

"I thought that would make it a little more exciting"

Ruby grinned at him and they headed into the forest.