"Arc… Arc… vs Arc… and Nikos… ugh… why are there three of you?" The combat professor scratched his head as he stared at the names on the board. "Whatever…"

Jaune did not like where this was going, they had only been here for a few weeks but he'd seen just how good Pyrrha was. Okay, well he could tell right away after her first fight with Nora. He just kind of hoped they'd be together… 'Not together together! Just on the same team… right that's what I meant!' Yep he definitely didn't think she was super darn awesome, or really pretty, or super badass or anything like that! He also didn't notice her well toned arms and legs when they were training, nope! He'd never pay attention to things like that.

Of course… he couldn't help but pass glances to her now and again, she was really awesome. Though… he doubted he'd have a chance, and honestly he needed to concentrate on himself… right… he didn't want a repeat of before. Turning towards the professor he waited for the actual teams.

"Ugh, whatever, boys versus girls."

Both Lie and him stopped, "Uh… sir, could we uh… could you reconsider?"

"No! Now get your stuff and get up there!"

Both boys turned towards one another, "Oh no."

Lie and him weren't terrible by any means, heck they were in the upper half of the class! But, well… Nora and Pyrrha were at the very top constantly competing for first place. And there was talk about Pyrrha actually competing in the upcoming tournaments! The trio had opted out of it, they didn't really want the attention and honestly speaking they didn't want to be in front of a crowd.

"Hurry up!" Both boys sighed, relenting to their future domination. That was till they were both pulled into a powerful hug.

"Yes! I can't wait to fight! It's going to be a ton of fun!"

Jaune loved Nora, she was his wonderful sister after all. But, well… he wasn't sure he could agree with that last bit. Though he didn't really have the heart to deny her answer as she continued to squeeze the two boys together.

"Nora I think they get the point." Pyrrha's gentle tone caught his ears.

"Okie dokie!" Nora let them go at the behest of her, in her own words, besty better than the resty forever! Honestly despite his obvious… not so obvious, crush on her, he was just happy that she got along with Nora. Like he said he loved Nora, but she had a lot of energy, a lot of energy that caused a lot of people to think she was stupid or dumb, well they always got what was coming to them.

"Still, this should be a grand fight!"

"Right right! Grand."

"Yes… Grand." Lie's response was far less enthusiastic than his own. Both boys however gave way, once they gathered their things adjourning at the arena. The girls had already been prepared, Pyrrha had her own specially made weapon. "It seems they're taking us seriously."

"Yep… I wish they wouldn't!" Jaune didn't like where this was going! He had seriously thought about how they'd handle the dynamic duo, but every single idea and thought was always just crushed by overwhelming prowess and might. "Well nothing left but to do it then ya?"

Lie simply nodded, they would have to take this one step at a time after all.

The moment they lined up with the girls the professor started the count down.

"Alright! 3...2...1… GO!"

Hopefully this wouldn't be too terrible.

"This is terrible…"

A week earlier.

Charles couldn't believe what they'd run into, he was starting to truly and fully believe that him and his wife were harbingers of doom… or at the very least ones that came in the aftermath of great destruction.

"Who would do this? This wasn't a grimm attack… they don't just set fires to homes!" Jeanne didn't like this, not at all… they'd been on a mission when they'd seen the smoke rise into the air. When they got to the small farm they'd found the home razed to the ground, if only they'd gotten here sooner! She clenched her fist as the air around her began to warp, her aura flared wildly, the ground cracking beneath her feet.

"WAAAAAAAAAH!"

In an instant she cooled off, "Did you hear that?!"

"Yes!" Both husband and wife turned towards one another, in an instant they were off, the ground cracking beneath their feet as they made their way towards the sound.

In an instant they found themselves in front of a Cellar, wasting no time they dug through the debris blocking their way.

"What…" Once they'd opened the doors they'd found a young boy who appeared to be the same age as their twins. "Oh god…" Jeanne winced at the terrible wounds on his chest rising up to his neck.

"No… not again. What do we do?" Her husband's words sunk in.

"We... we have to take him… see if he has family? Find out who he is…"

"P...please… help him…" Their eyes snapped towards a younger woman. They hadn't noticed her before, but… but she wasn't going to make it. The clear indications of severe wounds present on her body, scars and gnashes… the seasoned hunters almost looked away. "Please… he has… no one else…"

"Hold on don't ta…" Charles stopped as he drew closer, "...She's dead."

Once more they let the silence seep in, "We… we have to take him."

Her husband stood there for a moment, "Alright…"

They would bury the woman, and they would take the young boy home with them. The young man who they would later learn the name as Oscar Pines, the young man that would later be known as Oscar Pines Arc.

Jaune had been wrong, he had been terribly terribly wrong! This was worse than terrible! This had gone downright ugly!

His legs buckled at Nora's powerful swing, the arena beneath his feet cracked. "SERIOUSLY?!" He knew that these things were supposed to be made of sturdier stuff, and he knew that if he hadn't been pumping aura into this metal sheet of a shield it would have caved right in.

"AHAHAHAH!" Her body was surging with dangerously high levels of electricity.

"Your semblance is so unfair!"

"Says the walking living aura generator! Now on your knees my favorite minion!"

"NOPE NOPE NOPE! LIE!" In an instant Lie pulled himself away from trying to defend from Pyrrha, pumping his aura into his legs he dashed over towards his manic sister, his palm colliding with her waist sending her flying. Unfortunately she was able to stop herself from getting ringed out by smashing her hammer into the ground beneath them.

Jaune's hand swiped past Lie as he continued after Nora, in a single burst he'd filled his brother's Aura up once more. WIth a burst of strength his own Aura began to refill, only to stop a Pyrrha peppered him with dust rounds.

"Really Pyrrha?!"

"Sorry! But I can't let you do that!" She was ever the fighter after all, so he knew she wouldn't just let him recharge.

"Fine!" Putting up his shield he dashed forward, allowing the bullets to graze past it or hit less important targets, like not his head.

Upon reaching her, he did what he did best, he attempted to ram his shield into her face. Only for her to deftly avoid him, his shield flashed black as she attempted to nudge it away.

Ever since her fight with Nora, she'd apparently been using her semblance a lot more, taking the time to really practice with it. Or at least that's what she'd told them anyways. Which was great and everything! But it made her really frustrating to fight, so he did what he knew he could. Pumping more aura into the shield he was able to overpower her attempt at control.

"You really do have a lot of aura!" He would have blushed at the comment if not for her shield attempting to ram him into the face.

He didn't have many options, he couldn't really avoid it, he wasn't exactly the fastest person, so once more he did what he thought he could. "ACHA!" With a might slam he hit her shield straight on with his empowered forehead causing her to pull back in surprise.

"Jaune!?" Her worried tone was apparently warranted as that blow nearly knocked his lights out. Aura could do a lot of things, but when he messed up, well sometimes his brain couldn't really handle the rumbling.

"I'm okay!" Straightening himself he attempted to swipe at her midsection, only for her to parry the blow using her blade.

"Good!" In that moment he felt her aura wrap around his blade disarming him as her knee hit him straight in the gut. Thankfully his Aura protected him, but that hadn't been her goal. In the moment that he instinctively buckled over she'd applied her aura instantly onto his shield and pushed him straight out of the ring. "Sorry!"

To his surprise Lie had already been there waiting for him. "Did she golf swing you?"

"She golf swung me…"

"Nikos and Arc win!"

The boys could hear the cheering from the crowd, their own egos slightly wounded as no one really had expected them to win, not even themselves!

But, well that didn't matter in the end, "YOU GUYS DID AMAZING!"

Pink and Sapphire eyes glanced upwards, meeting emerald and turquoise.

"She's right you know. You had gotten our aura's rather low."

Both boys turned towards the monitor at the same time, they'd managed to get both Pyrrha and Nora down to about 60 percent. That may have seemed like nothing, but well, when most people couldn't drop them even a single percent? It wasn't a bad thing. "Huh! Hey look at that, we got you guys down another 2 percent this time." A part of him did want to have a little snark though.

"That we did."

"Yeah! You guys are improving!" Nora pulled everyone into a tight hug, her arms wrapped affectionately around her family, Pyrrha included.

"I agree you're both improving at a remarkable rate."

Neither of the boys could really deny it, while it felt bad to lose, well… well at least they knew they were getting better and that wasn't a bad thing.

"Alright… well how bout… we go get cleaned up and then we can go to Saph's house. We could have a sleep over?" He turned towards Pyrrha, "If you can come of course!"

"Oh! Yes, my parents should be fine with it. They quite like your sister." Pyrrha's warm smile caused his chest to feel oddly pained. Right, gotta concentrate on getting better.

Pyrrha parted ways with them wanting to get ready and prepared for the oncoming sleepover.

Once they'd gotten home after getting ready, they'd noticed extra sounds coming from the living room. "Saph?"

"MY BABIES!" In an instant the three Arc siblings were pulled into one powerful hug.

"MOM!" Nora was the only one to return the powerful hug meeting one with equal strength.

"Hey kids… we got something to tell you." As their mom dropped them they eyed a small figure behind them. "Meet Oscar… Oscar Pine Arc, he's your new little brother."