Here's chapter 38, everyone.

Ruby and Weiss charged at each other, both partners showing the other they weren't going to hold back as dust was used almost instantly. Myrtenaster's sharp edged blade shined, ice being ready for use as the white wolf sliced at the ground, creating a wall of ice that acted as an obstacle for Ruby.

With a smirk, all that was heard was a sniper round. That was the shot that began to melt the ice in front of the white wolf, her eyes widened as she didn't think Ruby would have that idea. "I suppose ice was an easy element to guess I'd use."

Weiss' thoughts were left at that, since she heard the shout of her partner when she jumped at her with Crescent Rose in its scythe form, so the white wolf jumped back to miss the slicing attack.

Willow looked a little nervous. "D-Do you think they should be swinging their weapons like that? It's… I know they're huntresses in training, but…"

Summer patted her should to get her to calm down a bit. "Chill out, Willow. Look," She pointed at the large screen above the arena. It showed how much aura both girls had, and while Weiss wasn't at one hundred percent from using her 'semblance', she had enough to take on hits from Crescent Rose. "Just as long as they stay above the red, they'll be okay."

Even with that information in mind, Willow was still a little nervous about a giant scythe being swung at her daughter. "If they don't stop when one reaches red, I'll put a stop to it myself, you know."

"You don't have to tell me twice, Willow. I'm all for letting them train, but not when it gets to that point." Summer surprisingly said, while she noticed Willow's raised eyebrow. "Ugh, come on. I'm not a kid, Willow."

Willow couldn't hold back a chuckle. "Could have fooled me."

Summer crossed her arms and looked offended. "Ugh, let me prove it to you then."

"Relax, you dolt." Willow smiled. "You've proven that to me on multiple occasions." The sounds of Crescent Rose and Myrtenaster clashing brought the two women's attention back to the sparring match.

Ruby was locked in a struggle, as the blade of Crescent Rose was held back by Myrtenaster. "Wow… How are you able to push me back like this, Wolfy?" She grinned, but yelped when she heard her white wolf partner growl.

Weiss activated the lightning dust crystal in Myrtenaster, shocking Ruby on the spot and gaining the upper advantage by slashing at her. Ruby's aura kept her safe from harm, but about four percent of it was lost on the hit.

"Woo, nice hit." Ruby smirked as she still felt a little bit of the electricity. "My turn." She spun Crescent Rose around, sending different angled elemental slices at the wolf. Three being fire, and four being water.

The lashes of water hit the white wolf, making her aura drop about seven percent, while she was able to use wind dust to counter the fire. "Those water slices… That could cut down most Grimm with the speed she used with her scythe. Good thing for aura." Weiss thought to herself.

"Hey, Wolfy!" Ruby called out, and Weiss' ears perked up at how she seemingly wanted to chat during a fight. "I'd use my semblance and so beat you this match, but I don't wanna use too much aura, so-."

She yelped when an ice spike was launched at her, seeing how annoyed the white wolf was. Weiss didn't want Ruby to go easy on her, so she growled and ran at her, Myrtenaster tightly gripped in her teeth.

Ruby could tell Weiss didn't like what she said, so she nodded to herself and used her semblance, zipping fast enough passed the white wolf to look like she disappeared. Weiss spun around to see Ruby was already aiming at her with Crescent Rose and had no time to use dust.

The shot rang out in the room, flying right at the white wolf. It was a gravity round, so when it hit her, Weiss began to float a bit, making her kick around. Ruby quickly looked over at the screen, seeing that Weiss' aura went down by another eight percent, but she was still barely in the green.

Knowing that she would be fine continuing, Ruby took another shot, but Weiss refused to let it hit her that time and slashed her sword horizontally, creating an ice wall that blocked the sniper round.

Ruby didn't bring too much dust ammo with her, so she needed to pick her shots well and watched as the gravity dust was keeping her partner afloat, slightly above the ground.

Willow leaned forward, still a bit worried for her daughter. "S-She's not able to get back to the ground."

"Well yeah, it's gravity dust." Summer reminded. "It'll wear off, but looks like snowflake is gonna have to figure out how to defend herself until it does."

Weiss growled a bit as she hated being in that predicament, but a thought formed in her mind and as Ruby took another shot, she quickly slashed at the ground with wind dust, sending her high up. Ruby gasped, watching as her partner was aiming to pounce at her from the top, so she attempted to jump back, but the white wolf quickly swung her sword two times, sending ice to Ruby's feet to keep her in place.

"Oh crap…" Ruby swore under her breath as Weiss slashed downwards when she got to Ruby, the hit taking about seven percent of Ruby's aura, but the white wolf continued her quick slashes at Ruby, not all of them as powerful as the first without the added momentum from dropping down, but they were enough to drop her aura down another ten percent.

Ruby refused to let it continue and quickly used fire dust, heating the blade of Crescent Rose up to melt the ice on her feet when she swung down, causing Weiss to jump back. "We keep countering each other." Weiss noted to herself.

"Phew!" Ruby chuckled and got back into a defensive position. "Almost had me there, Wolfy!"

Willow had a smirk on, proud of her daughter, while Summer grinned and poked her side. "See, I told you not to worry, but don't think my little rose is out yet."

"I never said she was, you dolt. I am just admiring how my daughter has countered your daughter's tactics in such an easy manner." Her gloating was noted.

"Is that right?" Summer challenged. "Wanna take a bet on who'll win then, since you're so confident about it."

Willow rolled her eyes. "Please. Like I would ever place a bet on something like this. It's a simple sparring mat-." The sounds of dust going off, namely fire and lightning shut Willow up.

"You were saying?" The blacksmith's grin made Willow grumble a bit.

After the lightning dispersed, Weiss lost sight of Ruby, only for her to appear behind her because of her semblance. The white wolf spun around, trying to meet blades, but Ruby was too fast and slashed her back, scoring a good eight percent of aura loss on Weiss.

The white wolf started to feel something though. She shook her head and got back on her paws, but when she looked at Ruby, she started to breathe a little heavier and dropped her weapon. That threw Ruby off, but when she went to ask Weiss why she dropped Myrtenaster, she was instead met with a sprinting wolf.

Willow gasped when she saw her daughter running at Ruby without her weapon. "W-What is she doing?"

"Uh… I have no idea. I don't see any reason to drop her sword." Summer remarked.

Ruby spun her scythe around, creating a whirlpool that was sent right at the white wolf, but Weiss growled and quickly moved out of its path. The next moment though shocked everyone, as they saw Weiss' body slightly shine as it would when she used her semblance, only for her to grow a bit.

"W-Weiss?" Ruby was so stunned by the sudden growth in her partner's body that she couldn't defend herself when the white wolf pounced on her.

Summer and Willow both gasped and ran down from where they were sitting. Weiss was about a foot taller in her wolf form, snarling at Ruby as she pinned her down, her teeth close to Ruby's neck, but her eyes widened when she heard a shout. "Weiss!" It was her mother, and when the white wolf lifted her head up to see how frightened she looked, she realized what she was doing.

The white wolf was shaking and pushed herself off of Ruby, taking a few steps back as she stared at her partner. "R-Ruby?"

Ruby slowly sat up, looking at how much bigger Weiss got in her wolf form, but what really startled her was the look Weiss gave her when she was pinned down. It was the look she would get from something that was ready to kill her.

Willow quickly ran onto the arena and to her daughter, hugging her by her neck as soon as she reached her. "Snowflake, calm down… Just calm down." With how much she was shaking, she knew her daughter was afraid of what had just happened. "It's just your semblance… That's all. It's getting stronger… So don't be afraid, sweetie"

Weiss was still shaking, but not because she grew, but because she had pinned Ruby down and almost tried to bite into her, just like she had done to the Strom. "M-Mom…" She couldn't hold herself up anymore and fell on her belly, tears falling down her white fur.

Summer was knelt down by Ruby, making sure she was okay. "Ruby," When she didn't get an answer, she gently started shaking her daughter. "Ruby, are you okay?"

"H-Huh?" Ruby was snapped out of her thoughts, but seeing Weiss crying made her stand up. "I… I need to go to her."

"Willow is handling that, little rose. Look, you and her just… Got a bit too excited about the sparring, so just sit down and-." Summer was stopped when Ruby took a step forward.

"No." It was all Ruby could say as she walked to her partner, who at the moment was crying, while Willow was doing her best to rub her fur, wishing it would help calm her down.

It wasn't. "M-Mom, mom… I… I tried to-." She couldn't say anything else, feeling her mother wrapping her arms around her.

"Shhh, it's okay. You're okay." Willow could feel tears falling herself as she continued to comfort her daughter. "Weiss, sweetie, please calm down. Please."

Ruby got over to them, shaking a bit herself as she knelt down. "Weiss, it's me." She reached out and rubbed Weiss' back, hoping her partner would look up at her. "Please, Weiss, talk to me."

Hearing her partner beg, Weiss slowly lifted her head up, tears still running down her white fur. "S-Stay away from me…"

Ruby was taken aback, choosing not to pull her hand away, but she did stop rubbing her back. "W-Why would I do that? Weiss, I'm-."

"I tried to bite your neck!" Weiss yelled, startling both Ruby and Willow. Summer was as well surprised by that, not expecting Weiss to ever yell at them. "J-Just like with the Strom! Get away from me!"

Willow remembered the talk she and her daughter had about the Strom, so she quickly got on her knees and placed both hands on the sides of Weiss' face, looking her directly in her azure eyes. "Weiss, I told you before, that was not-."

"You said it was me protecting Ruby," Weiss whimpered. "But this, was the opposite…" She thought about how close she got to Ruby's neck and her tears hit the arena floor. "W-Why is this happening to me?"

Ruby couldn't stand not knowing why her partner was crying so much, so she got on her knees next to Willow. "Weiss, please don't tell me to get away." She was starting to feel the tears in her eyes as well. "I-I need to know what's hurting you."

Weiss was started to breathe heavily, the stress of what she had done getting to her, so Willow quickly got her on her paws and pressed her forehead against Weiss'. She began to whisper something inaudible to Ruby, and Weiss' breaths were beginning to slow down, not as frantic as they were.

The white wolf still cried, but when Willow finished whispering to her, all she could do was nuzzle her mother sadly. "My snowflake… Mommy's here… Mommy's here."

Ruby moved back from the mother and daughter, lifting her knees up as she wrapped her arms around them, sniffling to herself. She hated it. Hated how she couldn't help Weiss then and there, and after a moment, she felt her mother wrap her arms around her from behind. "I-I couldn't do anything to help her."

"Shh, it's okay, little rose." Summer gently soothed as kissed the top of her daughter's head. "She's going to be okay. I promise."

While Ruby knew Weiss would be okay, it still hurt to see her in so much pain. And it hurt her more when she realized she couldn't help her partner when she needed it most. "Weiss," She whispered to herself, but her mother could hear her, so she kissed the top of her head again.

Both Ruby and Weiss were in pain that day.

Sorry for the shorter chapter, but as usual, once I get the plot point of it done, then I don't want to extend it for no reason. Hope you guys understand. Also the size she becomes can be compared to one of a dire wolf, so if you'd like to see the difference, look up wolf compared to dire wolf on an image search.

To JJ- Wolfy was just too good to pass up for me, so I had to, especially since she uses it throughout the story. Also I love writing Willow interacting with the other RWBY moms. With Yang, I honestly still haven't decided if I wanna go with romance or friendship with her and Blake. Both options work, since Yang won't give up on her. As for Glynda, well she didn't walk in on this fight, but we'll see how she figures it out soon enough.

I hoped you all enjoyed chapter 38. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 39.