Well that was fast wasn't it. I guess it helps when you have a bit of inspiration plus you try not to b tied to the event of the show.

In any case bits of this chapter is inspired by CHIBI, so its not to serious, at least for the most part.

Also a big thanks to Combine117. Thank you for your thoughts

Several weeks passed as time tends to when you are going to school, even though beacon was definitely not an ordinary school. Nothing much happened, classwork was being done as soon as it was assigned and SPHR was slowly learning how to work as a team. Ever the dutiful leader, Skylar tried his best to lead his team throughout the year and for the most part his allies were fairly responsive to his commands. The worst of the bunch was Paris. He was a good fighter but he had a bit of a selfish mindset when it came to fighting in combat. He constantly liked to hog the spotlight and was the self-designated "powerhouse" of the group. So while there were times when he DID respond to Skylar's orders he would constantly deviate from the tactics that Skylar was able to come up with and their for managed to put himself in peril as their opponents used that to their advantage.

Against Grimm in single combat this was obvious as Paris almost instantly tried to press an attack and barely managed to escape a beowolf claw in his single-minded attack. It was lucky that his aura had been active during the training otherwise he would have had much more than a scratch. Needless to say this got on SHR's nerves as Beacon was al about teamwork and Paris was not having it at all. it was a surprise he wasn't complaining about being the leader. Then again you didn't need to be a leader to follow your own course of action.

This was apparently the problem Weiss had earlier on in the year, which explained her attitude to Ruby during her first class back with the Bourbatusk, but as Skylar continued to watch RWBY throughout the year, that seemed to fade largely after the first week, though it did not seem that Weiss lost her icy attitude for most of her peers, though she did seem friendlier than she had at the beginning.

That being said SPHR had managed to come close to RWBY, often being paired to do projects together or training together in the training rooms. And for the most part it went pretty well. Save for the times Paris tried to flirt with Yang which more often then not ended with him being kicked to the floor or had several vital pieces put in a vice grip that had him unconscious for the rest of the day. That provided plenty of laughs for both parties but Paris never seemed to be able to get over the embarrassment nor did he learn from it at all. at the very least it helped Skylar open up a bit more

It was just another day after combat class in Goodwitch's class, where a majority of the students after a long day of cramming their brains during the early hours of the morning had the chance to let their minds rest by taking their aggression out on each other in controlled environment. It was the general consensus among the first years that fighting each other or the few grim that the teachers caught was far more entertaining than learning about the grim or the history of the faunus or grimm in general (though that could be fun to the right people) Today's class had ended on a bit of a low note with two rather unknown teams fighting each other to an almost complete standstill with no winner in sight. Sure it made for a good fight at first but when it became clear that there was not going to be a winner any stakes or excitement became lost almost immediately. Still wasn't as bad as Professor ports lectures so it wasn't like anyone was falling asleep but still.

In any case it was nearing the end of the day and with everyone exhausted mentally and physically at this point the only thing on everyone's mind was 'take a shower put on relaxing cloths and either do homework hang out or go train hell any combination thereof would be good too'

Yang for one felt very accomplished with her day. While he would love nothing more than to skip class to go hang out at a club and beat up a bunch of bad guys all night long she couldn't deny that her favorite school activity in deed was watching her crush fight with his beloved sword whether it be against her another team or even the grim. The way her eyes widened and her stomach clenched at the sight of him holding his own even in a solo fight and the way her heart pounded when she saw him hurt. Skylar just made her weak in the knees and she wanted nothing more than to hold him in her arms in the night as they kissed and mumbled the most passionate 'I love you's' the world had ever known, yet he never so much as spared her a glance, at least not in the way she wanted him too. He was friendly make no mistake but he was also very stiff in terms of being social, like e was always on his guard about something and never allowing himself to get to close to others or letting anyone in.

Strangely though he had a bit of a childish side at least when it came to his teammates and even during combat he would made it a point to be a bit snarky in order to get under his opponents skin and she swore she could catch him grinning at his black haired teammate. Oh god what would it take for him to look at her like that?! He was always so cold to her and her team. Not enough to dissuade her but enough to make her more determined. In any case, it made her want to rip her hair out or drag him into a closet and rip something else off. Whichever one resulted in less self inflicted bodily harm. Or prevent the loss of her beloved hair.

Oh god for anyone to have this affect on her, he must be made for her!

That's how Yang found herself leering at Skylar (cause saying that she was perving would be far too obvious, even for her) as he gathered his belongings, looking quite proud of himself as well. Over the past few weeks she felt her feelings for him grow stronger just by watching him and how he interacted with his allies though as she noticed she did not yet claim that special place in his heart.

There was a tap on her shoulder, startling Yang out of her thoughts. She turned to see Blake giving her the most unamused of stares that she had ever seen in her life.

In the most utterly bored dispassionate tone Yang had ever heard Blake speak in, her black haired teammate asked "Yang you've been staring at Skylar for weeks now, yet you've barely spoken to him at all nor has he spoken to you. If you want to ask him out just ask him out; the worst thing he can do is say no. Its not like you're going to go anywhere by hoping he would be the one to make the first move."

Yang felt her face heat up, her cheeks practically glowing scarlet at Blake's blunt words. She didn't want to admit it but Blake had a point. Skylar was definitely not the most open of people, which was saying something when she had Blake of all to compare to. Besides it couldn't hurt to try at all, like Blake was suggesting. The only thing was Yang wasn't sure how she would handle the rejection, since Skylar was the first person she legitimately liked in her life. Plus how would he feel if Yang told him she was leering at him for weeks? Ah what the hell. She had infiltrated a nightclub and squeezed him until he fainted then proceeded to beat up a building full of bad guys and two very obnoxious chicks, getting a man in her bed was going to be child's play in comparison.

A wide love struck downright sadistic grin (which in retrospect Blake realized should be illegal on Yang's face) spread over Yang's face as she turned her gaze towards Skylar who had finished packing his stuff and was preparing to leave the room "You know what Blake, your right. Its time for me to go get my man!" she said before all but zooming towards Skylar at a speed only Ruby could surpass

After blinking for a few seconds, Blake buried her face in her hands as realization swept over her like ice water on a cold day in winter while it was snowing. "Dear Oum I've created a monster…." She muttered in horror. She didn't know who she would pity more after this, Yang or Skylar.

Yang made her way to the object of her affection only for a wild roadblock to appear in her path. Or to be more accurate, a wild soon to be totaled roadblock. As much as she wanted to get her hands on Skylar, Yang HATED Paris Princeton because he was a self absorbed ladies man who made it a point to flirt with everything that had a bra on (minus Goodwitch because even someone like him would realize that was the last mistake anyone would want to make; if he tried to flirt with Ruby he wouldn't live to see the next day.). Yang was fortunate enough to manage to avoid him most of the time (because he was constantly arguing with his partner Helen or leaving the room himself. But judging by the look on his face it seemed he had been perving (because even Yang didn't manage a look that emotionally disturbing in the classroom) at Yang for quite some time while she had had her attention focused on his leader, Paris had been focused on her.

It seemed to Yang that now Paris was going to try and use his so called 'charms' on her. It made her kind of upset. Most of the time Yang would be flattered by having guys attention but she had two problems. One she felt most guys were staring at her for her body and not for her. Sure she was flirty with most guys but not to their faces (except for Skylar because was genuinely attracted to him, even though his looks were a bonus) unless she was trying to be genuine. Mr. 'I think I'm too hot for everyone looking at me" wasn't even trying to hide the fact all he wanted to do was take Yang to the plains of wonder). Too bad Yang was only interested in taking him to the graveyard. Paris wiggled his eyebrows at Yang grinning widely "Hey beautiful, why don't you and me go out tonight for dinner? I'm sure you'll like dessert." He uttered lecherously.

Yang's eyes widened at Paris's words. OH HELL NO! if he thought she was an easy slut willing to jump into bed THAT easy with a guy who thought woman were just legs then he was going to have another thing coming!

It wasn't even two seconds later before Yang had grabbed Paris where it hurt, her eyes red and her hair on fire. Paris hunched over squealing like a girl who saw a spider in the shower as yang quite literally picked him up by the crotch and proceeded to lift him over her head then slam him on the ground leaving a crater where the poor fool was forcibly crushed. Yang proceeded to then rear her hand back and using on f her explosive shells, punched Paris right in the batteries.

Needless to say the longest scream ever recorded was circulating on students scrolls that night. Yang was soon the proud bragger of "hardest punch to the batteries' shirts the next day.

Paris continued to wheeze in agony as Yang finally let him go, her eyes still red and her hair blazing angrily as she stood up straight ignoring the eyes on her and the laughter that reverberated around the room. She proceeded to walk past her victim, strutting right up to Skylar who looked caught between laughing as well or ignoring what just happened. As it was he was practically as still as a statue his eyes locked with Yang's her eyes slowly returning to their normal lilac and her hair slowly returning back to normal. she stopped in front of him, giving him a fierce glaring glower before saying in the most sincere clear voice she could manage and said "Look Skylar, I know that you and I aren't that close; you've only managed to get close to your teammates but I want to change that. I want o be your friend. Get to know my team and I more. Helen and Weiss get along really well, as do Blake and Robin." She then looked at Paris who was getting dragged away by several sympathetic students likely to the infirmary. "I can't say much about him though" she snarled scornfully. Skylar snorted, giving Yang a grin "Helen has been trying to get him to stop that for weeks now. I'm sure that a few punch's would have done him some good." Yang chuckled at that nonchalant response, before placing a hand on Skylar chest "Come sit with us at lunch she suggested, winking at her crush.

Skylar placed his hand on Yang's, a small smile reaching his lips "I can't promise I can hang out every time, but I'll try." He said. Yang couldn't help but notice his eyes dulled as he said that as if he was lost in thought. Yang stared at him trying to find any sign of what would be causing him that distress, but she couldn't find any hint of what was on his mind.

Oh well. She succeeded in getting him to talk to her a bit more, so mission accomplished. She would worry about getting him into her dorm later.

Mainly because not a moment later Ruby suddenly appeared in front of the two elder teen a wide grin on her face. "Nice to see you again Skylar!" she squealed her silver eyes shining with pure and utter joy. She then proceeded to hold out her hand giving Skylar a wide grin "I don't think I properly introduced myself. Ruby Rose!" Fearless leader of team RWBY!"

Skylar was surprised by the sudden appearance of Ruby and couldn't help but close his eyes in an effort to hide his shock. He thought Yang was bad enough but now it seemed her sister was going to try and stick to him like glue. What had he gotten himself into? Never the less he turned to Ruby with a small smile and gripped her hand, probably tighter than he should have, before shaking her hand "Pleasure." He deadpanned emotionlessly before letting go of the silver eyed leader.

Sadly Yang's time to get to know Skylar a bit more came to an end when Robin from the entrance to the room called out to her wayward leader "come on Skylar, you can flirt with the locals later!" she called teasingly, causing Skylar to turn a slight shade of red, but he managed to pull himself together. He then turned to he blonde bombshell and winked at her "see you around Blondie" he said in a tone that sounded suspiciously familiar to Yang but she shrugged it off. Skylar then left the room, following his black haired teammate, Yang longingly looking at his back while Ruby watched Yang's face I utter confusion as Blake and Weiss walked up to them.

Blake came up next to Yang in shock, manly because she thought Skylar would have gotten annoyed with her in a serious conversation, but even she couldn't deny that there was some sort of connection between the two of them that was almost instantaneous.

Sadly the moment was ruined when Weiss decided to speak up "Honestly that Skylar is just so odd." She said with an almost disgusted scowl. Her arms were folded and her eyes were narrowed looking at where Skylar had been like a lioness ready to kill its prey. "he really needs to learn his place among the other students in the school"

Everyone turned to look at the heiress, including Yang who snapped out her of daze. Her eyes flashed red once more and she rounded on her teammate with a ferocious "WHAT?!

Blake, seeing the tension between the two, quickly stepped between them before Yang caused any more of a commotion "Look. Weiss is jut concerned." She told Yang placing a firm hand on the blonde's shoulder to keep her rom advancing on the white haired Schnee. "Skylar doesn't seem to friendly with a lot of people Yang. Its what seems so odd about him," she said pleadingly

In truth there was more to the story, but neither of Blake's teammates needed to know that right now. What was important was making sure neither of them caused a scene. granted Yang had already done that but thankfully Goodwitch had already left the room to go to a meeting or something s she wasn't around to scold and give
Yang detention, at least not right this second.

Yang huffed stepping back her gaze firmly on Weiss. She didn't know Skylar (granted neither did she but unlike Weiss, Yang was not being judgmental) she had no right to judge him. Turning on her heel, Yang stomped out of the room leaving her teammates behind. Ruby hollered for her older sister to wait for her as she clumsily gathering her things before speeding after the blonde bombshell.

Bake turned to Weiss who still had that scowl on her face and with a small glare of her own asked "what is your problem Weiss? You say that Skylar is odd but you don't say anything to back that up. Is there a reason you rather antagonize Yang about it rather than support her feelings for him?"

Weiss flinched at that and for a second Blake could have sworn that she saw the faintest of blushes on the white haired girls face but it passed so quickly Blake couldn't be to sure. "Humph" Weiss spat folding her arms tightly "I don't have to explain anything to you Blake. He is just an odd one and if he keeps up that attitude of him he isn't going to make nearly as much as a Huntsman as he should." She told he teammate before gathering her belongings and leaving the room leaving Blake perplexed as her eyes widened and she sighed heavily "Dammit Skylar you clueless fool" she muttered before walking out of the room

Aside from that though RWBY and SPHR continued to get along and even after class the eight found themselves hanging out together or in the cafeteria. Where Skylar found himself with the others after attending Goodwitch's class where he watch Jaune Arc the leader of Team JNPR pathetically lose to resident bully Cardin Winchester of Team CRDL for what seemed like the 10thtime. Despite his best efforts Jaune was not able to so much as land a hit on the other Huntsman in training who seemed to be toying with him the entire time. It was like Jaune hadn't fought before in his life. That didn't make much sense if Jaune, like most students went to a combat school such as Signal or had some homeschool training. Skylar had to admire hi tenacity but that didn't mean much when you lacked the skill to back it up.

His gaze wondered to his teammates who were all talking to each other RWBY or JNPR. Blake and Robin seemed caught up in a conversation about books (which genuinely surprised Skylar but it seemed that Robin found comfort in the literary arts) Helen was doing her best to ignore Paris's flirting while conversing with Weiss about the finer points in life (an filing their nails while doing so) while Nora was regaling the table with tall tales about Ursa's while her Partner Ren was emotionlessly correcting Nora throughout the entire story. Ruby and Yang were the only ones that were enthralled in the story. Ren it seemed was used to this whole ordeal.

Sadly, it seemed the Jaune was the only one that wasn't even paying attention to the story at all, mindlessly twirling his fork in his lunch. As a result Pyrrha had her eyes focused only on her leader, worry evident in her eyes. Ruby had the same look, both girls seemingly at a loss at the idea of a friend in such a situation.

"Jaune are you ok?" Pyrrha asked turning to her leader. Jaune yelped in response clearly lost in his own little world. He slumped forward, averting his gaze to avoid everyone looking at him "Huh?" he asked before saying "Yeah why?"

Skylar couldn't help but hold back a chuckle. Clearly something was wrong with Jaune but he wasn't making a very good effort in hiding it let alone putting up a façade to make it more convincing. Even Ruby wasn't that naïve if her response to Jaune was any indication "It's just that you seem a little…" she trailed off not sure where to go for a second wanting to choose her words carefully. "Not ok."

Jaune let out a nervous laugh "Guys!" he said his voice jumping a few octaves "I'm fine seriously! Look?" he gave them a weak smile. Skylar stopped paying attention after that his attention drawn to Velvet Scarlantia, a second year rabbit faunus who was currently being bullied by Team CRDL.

His eyes widened and he let out an involuntary gasp. He knew that Cardin as a jerk but Velvet wasn't even defending herself. How could anyone be so cruel to someone who wasn't even fighting back? Despite having her back turned to him he could clearly see that Velvet was in distress rather than angry.

Skylar's fist clenched a dark aura engulfing his hand, as he stood up from his seat ready to intervene. Helen took notice of this "Skylar" she asked, "What's wrong?" he leader ignored her his gaze firmly on the scene before him. Helen followed his gaze and gasped as well as she saw Cardin reach for Velvet and grabbed on of her Rabbit ears before giving it a hard yank.

""Ow that hurts!" Velvet cried, her plea drowned out amid the laughter of CRDL, who were taking immense pleasure in causing the young rabbit pain "Told you they were real!" Cardin chuckled

Skylar had enough. Cardin had been bullying Velvet among many others for quite a while now and this was the last time he could bear to tolerate it. He stomped his way over to the relentless bully and just as he let go of Velvet's ear (the young woman proceeded to run away her face buried in her hand) Skylar grabbed his neck from behind. Cardin had merely a spilt second to realize that he was being grabbed before his head snapped from its place and met the hardwood table with a sickening bang. Before Cardin could react Skylar already lifted his victim from his chair and proceeded to toss the bully across the room. Cardin, still dazed from the unexpected blow to the head flew across the lunch room before landing hard on his stomach, much to the shock of the other students.

RWBY and JNPR watched in shock, as did the entire lunchroom. Skylar was never one to draw attention to him self at all. On the bright side seeing a bully being taken down was quite a treat in and of itself.

Cardin wobbly stood up, before turning his hateful glare on Skylar. His face was red both from pure embarrassment and the fact that his nose was broken, blood dripping heavily from the wound, taking the intimidation factor down a few pegs in the process. "y-you!" Cardin wheezed, trying to salvage some of his pride.

Skylar on the other hand chuckled with mirth "Really Winchester? Is that all you have to say. And here the lunchroom was looking for something smarter." The room erupted into laughter at that, Cardin's face darkening with rage. "Shut up!" he roared before charging at Skylar like a raging bull.

When he was within inches of reaching him, the black haired boy merely sidestepped the sloppy attack, Cardin going right past his intended target. Before he could turn around (not that he could have turned on a dime at the speed he was going) Skylar thrust his elbow into the back of Cardin's skull. Cardin tripped, falling face flat on the cafeteria floor once again, roars of laughter echoing in the room.

Skylar merely turned to look at the poor fool "Oh I'm sorry was that supposed to be an attack. If that's your best, Winchester you might want to consider ballet."

Cardin huffed and pushed him self up before turning and throwing a punch. Once again his attack was sloppy, with his concentration broken by his rage. Skylar just dodged several punches before taking the initiative and grabbing one of Cardin's fists, proceeding to snap his wrist. Cardin screeched in pain brought to his knees. Skylar smirked before frowning at the defeated team leader

"You talk a lot about how you are the best of the best in class, yet all you do is bully those who you consider beneath you." Cardin looked up at him. Gritting his teeth in irritation and agony "consider this mercy" he said turning away and walking back towards his friends.

"You throw in your lot with the freaks?!" Cardin yelled "they aren't worth defending! They are nothing more than freaks of nature that deserve to put six feet under!" he snorted with disgust.

Something within Skylar snapped. His eyes blazing, he whirled around thrusting his palm out his eyes turning a deep shade of lilac and his sclera going as dark as night. A moment later what looked like a pair of purple fireballs erupted from the palm of his hand racing towards a suddenly petrified Cardin, striking him in the face with explosive force.

With a blood-curdling scream, Cardin fall on his back his hands covering his face as he writhed on the floor in agony.

Skylar breathed heavily, before realizing the severity of his actions, his eyes returning to their regular appearance as he looked on in horror. What had he done?

He stood there frozen by the atrocity that he had just committed, before the doors to the cafeteria opened and in strode an irate Glynda Goodwitch, her green eyes showing no mercy as she made her way over to the still immobile Skylar.

Skylar for his part only looked at the blonde teacher like a convicted killer on death row. "I… I didn't mean…."

Goodwitch snapped her riding crop on the table effectively silencing the poor boy "Report to Ozpins office Mr. Caelum. Immediately!" she barked threateningly, before looking at the still in pain Winchester "Get him to the infirmary now!" she ordered Team RDL. Without waiting for a response she used her telekinesis to drag Skylar out of the room, RDL taking their leader to the infirmary as the rest of the room watched in shock.

RWBY JNPR and PHR watched in shock as SPHR's leader was taken out of the room, PHR in particular because they had never seen Skylar act so ferociously even in training. It was almost like…. Like he was a different person.

The 11 looked at each other not sure what to say or do. Until Ruby, in a rather scared voice said "wha-what was that?" she warbled tearfully. Yang, being the kind older sister that she was, stood up from her seat and went over to her shaken sister wrapping her arms around her and drawing her close "Its ok Ruby…." Its ok…" her gaze then turned to PHR, her eyes unconsciously going red "anyone want to explain Skylar's sudden shift in personality?" she snapped angrily. She then focused entirely on Robin. Given that she was Skylar's partner she had to have an explanation right?

Sadly this was not the case at least not entirely. While the black haired girl was indeed Skylar's closest friend even among his team there was only one answer that she could provide that could be seen as any sort of explanation, not that it would be a good one since it was only theoretical and based entirely on something Skylar had previously told them. "It could be his semblance." Robin offered, "Back during the exam, Skylar told us that he hadn't unlocked his semblance before. Given how much Cardin's actions and words affected him, it mat not be out of the realm of possibility

"That was still entirely uncalled for!" Weiss stated, "While I certainly don't condone bullying, what Skylar did was far to harsh for any sort of suitable punishment."

I'm inclined to agree." Paris stated, much to the table's shock. "That's not the team leader we know. There has to be something going on that Skylar isn't telling us…. or maybe he didn't know himself."

Yang merely listened as her friends continued to chatter about the possible theories. Skylar's actions, however harsh and cruel were definitely not normal. To be honest it kind of reminded her of her own semblance only far darker in intent.

She turned her gaze towards the door that he left out of hoping that he was ok. 'Skylar.' She thought to herself 'just who are you?' she wondered as she held her frightened sister in her arms.

Meanwhile Blake felt sick, her Faunus ears wiggling slightly under her bow as memories came racing back to her. All that anger, all that rage. It reminded her of Adam and his iron will to do whatever is necessary in order to accomplish ones goal. To see that in Skylar someone she held so dear to her frightened her.

Oh, the hints that this chapter gives for the future. may your minds race with the possibilities. What was your favorite part what do you want to see? Please let me know. I will be taking a vacation this week, then going back to school, so I wont have much time to write.