Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of The Dragon and her rook. Enjoy the 1100-word chapter. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum, and Rooster Teeth do.

(Beacon, Vale, Emerald Forest, 2 weeks before season 2.)

An Ursa charged Skyler as he dodged a slice from its claws before drawing Centurion Lazuli in a single strike and decapitating the Grimm as it crashed to the ground.

Skyler spun the Zweihander in his right hand before sheathing the blade on his back, he turned to see an Ursa crash into a tree as it slammed into it, the tree shattered and showed him with shards of wood.

He turned to see Yang blowing smoke off one of her Ember Celica, he rolled his eyes, unlike the regular initiation, which he heard simply involved gathering a relic which he heard had been done by the rest of the teams, he was given the task of killing an Alpha Grimm.

This Alpha Grimm happened to be Alpha Deathstalker… He had heard of a lot of Alpha Grimm; a tougher version of a giant scorpion wasn't what he was expecting to hunt… But then again, he wasn't in Atlas.

"So…"

Yang said as Skyler turned to her, they were just entering the turf for the Alpha Grimm, which meant it would be coming for them soon enough.

"Hmm? What? Our target will be here soon, I'd like to be ready for it when we can intercept it…"

Skyler said and Yang rolled her eyes at the military lingo, Skyler was the same age as her and he was acting like a super-soldier? No, that was garbage, it didn't sit right with her, not even a little.

"I was just wondering, how'd a cute guy like you get into Atlas? You don't strike me as a soldier guy… Even with that getup…"

Yang asked with a smirk as Skyler was silent, Yang swore she saw a small blush on his face before a massive roar cut them off.

A massive Grimm erupted out of the ground at them, it had razor-sharp claws with spikes on them. 10 eyes instead of eight and its armor was even tougher than Skyler had seen, along with a tail that spilled off into 2 stingers.

"Crap…."

Skyler said as he drew Centurion Lazuli and held it in his off-hand as Yang cracked her knuckles.

"Time to show this thing the bug spray!"

Yang said as Skyler rolled his eyes, a group of Ursa rushed past the Alpha, Skyler moved to intercept them before Yang punched the first one, knocking it into the heard behind it as Skyler shrugged.

He rushed the Alpha Deathstalker, direct force wouldn't work on it, he knew how strong regular Deathstalkers were and if the Alpha was anything like that, it was, even more, immune to attacks.

That left 2 areas where it was soft enough for his attacks to hurt it, the eyes or the underbelly.

He saw the Deathstalker swing a claw at him, he blocked it with his blade as he slashed at the Deathstalker, it blocked and spit a glob of poison.

Skyler rolled under this as he rushed the Deathstalker, he slid under it, stabbing up into the Alpha's soft belly.

It screamed in pain as it collapsed, if it was a Normal Deathstalker, it would have been killed by this, but it would need a little more to kill it.

Thankfully, Skyler was prepared for this, it slashed at him with its tail before a round slammed into its eye.

Yang, who had finished off the 6 Ursa Minors who had attacked her rushed the Alpha before it screamed again as 3 of its legs were slashed off, Skyler flung himself onto the shell of the scorpion Grimm as it stabbed at him with its tails, Skyler dodged as the tails slammed into its shell, it hissed in pain.

This allowed Yang to punch the massive Grimm in the pinchers, shattering one, this Alpha was tough… But it was arrogant, reckless months of battling and forcing Huntsmen and Huntress to fall or retreat that had made it too eager for battle.

This would be a fatal mistake, Skyler stabbed the Grimm through the mouth as it swung a claw at him, Yang blocked this with Ember Celica.

The massive Grimm, fatally wounded, collapsed and vanished in a cloud of smoke.

"Hmm… That was a lot easier than I thought it would be…"

Skyler said as he sheathed Centurion Lazuli on his back as Yang smirked.

"Well, that ended with a Yang…"

Yang joked as Skyler was silent for a minute, then Yang heard a small chuckle.

"Ok… That was so bad it was funny… So bad…"

Skyler said as Yang was shocked, it had been the first time someone laughed at her jokes.

Then again… She gave Skyler a few moments to laugh before she playfully punched him.

This, however, was something she forgot that she hadn't deactivated Ember Celica, and this caused Skyler to go skidding back.

"Dang it…"

Yang muttered as she looked at the dazed Atlesian Commando.

(Beacon, Ozpin's tower.)

Ozpin watched the duo on his scroll, taking a sip of his coffee as he did so, the doors opened and Glynda walked in.

"Was your plan really to have them fight a Deathstalker which had been weakened by weeks of allowing the other students to battle it? That was barely a warmup for someone of Mr. Azur's talents…."

Glynda asked as Ozpin turned in his chair, Glynda realized what Ozpin was doing at the moment after the words left her mouth.

"Unless you let them fight it so you could observe his battle style a bit…. That's what you did, didn't you?"

Glynda asked as Ozpin finally decided to speak up at this moment.

"If he is one of James's best soldiers, Glynda, then I wanted to see what he was capable of… While not throwing something so dangerous that it'd kill Ms. Xiao Long or Mr. Azur…. Now then, I'm going to contact James and see if we can get a team set up for him… Now, if you'd please retrieve both of them for now?"

Ozpin asked as Glynda sighed and left.

Author notes

Phew, another chapter is done! Yes, I know the fight was short, I will make longer fight scenes… I also want to point out Skyler will be getting his team… But by season 3 or 4, the next chapter will be on Next Saturday or so and will show Skyler looking into the White Fang and will take place before painting the town. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!