Been a while, but guess who's back motha humpers.

A lot of the comments just before this chapter was about the Halloween one, so I'm just going to be moving forward with the next one.

Also, soon chapters may come later than due to my career, then much later next year.

[Sparring Hall]

Pyrrah Nikos.

Everyone knows her. She's a warrior. No, she's The Warrior. Strong, fast and graceful. Practically the very definition of skill and power.

So naturally she was up against the muscle head team CRDL. And not just one team member, but the entire team. Which they had coming after all, they did mess with Jaune.

Despite being outnumbered, she was definitely not outmatched. With such speed and reflex she managed to take out the powerhouse Cardin and his smaller cronies. An easy feat if you're Pyrrah Nikos, and another win on her belt.

"And that's the match." Glynda Goodwitch stated.

"Ugh, lucky shot." Cardin groaned falling over to his side.

"Well done Ms. Nikos," Ms. Goodwitch congratulated, "You should have no problem qualifying for the tournament."

"Thank you, professor." Pyrrah replied.

"Alright, now I know that's a tough act to follow but we have time for one more sparring match." Ms. Goodwitch said to the entire class. She then turned her gaze upon a certain person in the class, "Ms. Belladonna, you've been rather docile the past few classes, why don't you-"

"I'll go." One of the out of kingdom students interrupted.

"Mr... Pill, is it?" Ms. Goodwitch asked, "Very well, let's find you an opponent."

"It it's alright with you, I'd like to fight Ms. Nikos." Mr. Pill said.

Pyrrah, became confused, "Me?"

"I'm afraid miss Nikos has just finished a match, I'd recommend you choose another partner." Ms. Goodwitch advised.

Miss Nikos was too polite to turn her down, "No, it's fine."

But there was another gentleman who was happy to oblige, "Now hold on a moment, she did just fight. I think Pyrrah deserves a rest, so may I offer my services." Church said as he jumped into the ring, already prepared.

"I see no reason why not, if Miss Nikos agrees." Glynda responded to Church's offer.

Pyrrah then looked to her friend, "I'd be happy if it makes him satisfied."

As the two passed by Church shared a quick word, "Rest up now sis." Catching Pyrrah off guard for a moment.

Church loaded to the teeth with his vast arsenal vs the second in command of the team from Mistral. Darius Pill, well trained in close quarters combat armed with hatchet shotgun and a bowie knife very similar to Church's machete. The two waited for the other to make the first move. Darius aimed his shotgun while Church cocked his rifle and the two began trading buckshots for .45 caliber bullets, firing at each other.

Church's clothes, while thin held up against the small pellets from the shotgun. Darius steel armor was tough against the .45 caliber so chances were the .44 caliber from his revolver wouldn't do much either. He then switched to close quarters as he grabbed his machete and one of his throwing knifes from his stash.

Darius met Church in the middle as he began to hack at Church with the ax. Despite popular believe this sniper didn't mind the knitty gritty close up fights. As the larger blades blocked and tried to slice into the other person the smaller knives were the real fun. Church got his hand stabbed, on purpose so he could disarm Darius of his bowie knife. He then punched Mr. Pill in the nose causing his nostrils to flare and his eyes to water. Now ax and machete were going toe to toe along side fists and kicks. Darius hit Church multiple times in the side with his punches while Church tanked the hits.

Church had enough punches and pulled out one of his Derringers from his free hand and fired two shots to his chest. The armor bounced the bullets away from his face but didn't protect him from the force of them. Stumbling back, Darius was losing his footing as Church stood up and grabbed his loaded rifle and shots from the hip. Hitting the ax out of Darius' hand and some of the armor's weaker points.

Now with the blunt end of the rifle, the stock, Church bashed his opponent's head to the right. Stumbling for a moment Darius regained his footing and threw a right kick to Church's gun, knocking it away. Spinning around for another kick Church juked back with a small hop up and then charged forward with two crosses and a jab to the chest and face.

Darius was knocked down again as Church pulled out his revolver and took aim. Darius simply looked up smiling with a bloody grin, "Okay, I give." He surrendered.

Church rose an eyebrow in confusion but holstered his weapon and went to grab the rest. He began reloading as he looked at his former challenger, "Honestly, I was hoping for more from you." Church stated, loading his Derringers from his wrists.

Darius shrugged his shoulders, "Well, you clearly are the better fighter between us." He simply answered.

"That don't mean you give up." Church responded going back to his weapon.

"In that case, Leonard Church is the victor of the match." Glynda Goodwitch declared, then switched on her glare to Darius, "Next time, please see the match through to the end."

"Of course. I'll get it done next time." Mr. Pill said.

As the timer for class went off the students got up and prepared to leave as Miss Goodwitch spoke, "That is all for today. And remember the dance is this weekend, but you all have your first missions on Monday. I will not except any excuses."

As everyone left Darius Pill returned to his team, who had waited for him, "That was a good learning experience." He said as he and them walked away.

[Later Outside of Class]

As everyone was leaving class, the usual team RWBY were still clustered close together with Blake falling behind. Sun, who was standing outside and talking to his team SSSN spotted her. Jogging over, he caught up to her to have a quick chat.

"Hey Blake! You uh, doing okay." Sun called out.

"I'm fine." Blake answered to get him off her back.

Sun cleared his throat, "So I hear there's this dance going on this weekend." He began, "Ah sounds pretty lame but, you and me thinking not as lame huh?"

"What?"

"The dance this weekend, you wanna go or what?"

Blake who was Blake responded with her answer, "I don't have time for a stupid dance. I thought you of all people would get that.

[With team EMMM]

Mercury was reading the new book that he earned from keeping his mouth shut. While Militia and Melanie were working on their homework together, thanks to their bond they are twice as fast as your usual student. Meanwhile Emerald, well... due to her determination to be a responsible and respectable leader she was doing pull ups on a bar she installed.

"Y'know hearing you breathe deeply is distracting." Mercury said as he looked up from his book.

"Well do what the twins do." Emerald huffed as she went up, "Put on your headphones."

Mercury rolled his eyes as he began to think of a way to break her concentration from her workout. A wicked idea popped into his mind, "So, who's prepared for the dance?" Mercury asked.

The twins looked up, "Ugh, please don't talk about the dance." Militia groaned.

"Yeah, we prefer not to talk about stuff like that." Melanie agreed.

"Why is that?" Emerald questioned.

"Whenever we were young we'd always had a hard time dating." Melanie started, "Either every guy and girl wanted both of us or they were scared of us."

Militia continued, "Yeah, most people were greedy or scared, but it was fine. After all if one of us dates, the other should find one soon it's best we find someone we like at the same time."

Mercury tilted his head to the side, "Well aren't you two adorable." He smiled warmly.

"What about you Mercury?" The twins wondered in unison.

"Meh, no date. Just going as a group with the boys." Mercury responded, leaning back, smirking he looked to Emerald, "What about you, Em?"

"Oh, not going." Emerald replied, "Got to get things ready for the missions Monday."

Still smirking, Mercury nodded to the twins, "Okay." He paused before continuing seconds when she was finished with her rep, "I hear Caboose is thinking about asking someone he likes."

Emerald, who stopped for water, choked for a moment as she turned to face him, "Caboose?" She asked.

"Yeah, but I wouldn't be worried about it." Militia added.

"From what I heart he's asking Yang." Melanie stated.

"That Bimbo?!" Emerald yelled.

Mercury busted out laughing, "No, but that concerned look on your face is perfect." He explained.

Emerald grabbed a light 5 lb. weight and tossed it at Mercury stomach area, making him squirm in pain, "This... this is on you."

"So do you like him?" The twins questioned.

"Okay, as a friend." Emerald answered, "There, happy."

"Oh come on, I see how you look at him whenever he bangs his head on the doorway sometimes." Mercury referenced a few moments when Caboose didn't kneel down because of his height.

"Or sometimes when he trips over his shoelaces." Melanie added.

"Or how defensive when the students from the other schools started flirting with him. Like that one guy who was a bit aggressive." Militia continued on.

Seeing no way around this she rose her hands in defeat, "Okay, I may have developed certain... stirrings." Emerald hesitated.

"Stirrings, you mean like feelings?" Mercury asked.

"No not all the way to feelings just..." Emerald paused thinking of an excuse to use. After a few seconds of thinking her team gave her a mischievous smirk, "Alright feelings, damn you all. But come on, what am I thinking, he's too pure for this world. Meanwhile I've seen and been through the worst of it, how could we work."

Mercury thought for a moment of a way to cheer her up, "Y'know, that kind of makes you perfect." Mercury pointed out.

"What?"

"I mean, you've seen some bad shit while Caboose has seen life for mostly good." Mercury started, "And you take care of him for a good part. I think you two are perfect."

"You think?"

"Yeah."

"So why not ask him?" Melanie wondered.

"Yeah, break the gender cycle." Militia added.

"Y'know when people constantly bring up the cycle it just brings back the non existing need to. Thus setting back the cycle." Mercury pointed out making everyone look at him strangely, "What, I'm an asshole, that doesn't mean I'm not a feminist."

"Anyway, he's right." Emerald stood proud, "I'll ask him out."

"There you go." Mercury nodded.

"Just... how?"

[With Team PICK: Pill, Ivan, Cinder and Kiss]

As they gathered into the room Pill listened to his subordinate Kiss list off the students at the school. Ivan the strong muscle bound man was doing weighted sit-ups. While Cinder oversaw everything while glancing up now and then from her computer.

Kiss looked on her scroll tablet, "Next is Pyrrah Nikos, we didn't get a lot of info on her, but about her substitute."

"Leonard L. Church II, the white tiger faunus." Pill smiled, "Pretty invincible from what I remember."

"Please, tell me more." Cinder begged in her alluring tone.

"His semblance is energy, life and universal." Kiss continued, "He can heal fast, become stronger and faster, but at a cost of aura."

"That's why when a few pellets scratched him, his body healed nearly. I'd assume that's what would make him on par with Pyrrah Nikos." Pill smiled as he remembered the fight, "He only made repairs to himself when necessary."

"I'm not sure about him healing that fast though. Even if his aura amount was huge he couldn't heal that fast. Maybe there's something else in play." Kiss suggested.

"Powerful weaponry, durable body, good armor. He is impressive." Cinder noticed, "Interesting. Let's keep him on hold for now."

"I was going hard, but too much even for Ivan." Pill announced, "But, you can take him easily."

Cinder stood up and began to leave the room, "It's not about overpowering your enemies. It's about taking away what power they have, and we will in time." She said as she stopped at the door.

Kiss groaned, "This is bullshit. What are we waiting for."

"Patience, Kiss." Pill ordered, "We got a fun weekend ahead of us."

[To Be Continued...]

Okay so first, Merry whatever holiday you celebrate, unless you're an atheist then... yeah. But sorry about the wait, been very busy with two other stories I recommend you should check out. And I hope you all enjoy.

As always leave a review in the section below and I will see you all again soon. Churchisalive signing off.