"Do we have any volunteers for the first match of the week?", professor Goodwitch asked, her gazes traveling over the Students seated on the arena's benches. When even after a few moments none of the students rose to the challenge, Glynda generated a random pairing on her scroll.
"As none of you have volunteered, the first fight will be Ruby Rose against Cardin Winchester."
As she heard her name, the young half Grimm went to her locker as quick as she could manage without her semblance to retrieve her she returned to the arena, she had to wait for a few moments until her opponent arrived as well, a decently sized mace now resting on his armored shoulder. As he laid eyes on Crescent Rose's staff form, the boy before her smirked before he spoke up.
"So the little bitch uses a big stick to fight? And here I thought that 'sister' of yours was able to teach an animal like you how to use a real weapon."
"At least I know how to do more with a weapon than to let it drop onto an opponent. Are you sure you could deal with me and a 'real' weapon?", Ruby retorted, undisturbed by his attempt to insult herself. After all she had been the target of more creative and better ones, filled with actual hatred, anger and sometimes even sorrow.
"Bring it you mutt.", Cardin replied, a selfasured grin on his face.
"Well you asked for this, so don't whine about it afterwards.", Ruby replied, an equally smug and self assured smile on her lips as she unfolded her weapon to it's full glory. She would bring the little racist ego down a peg or two.
"Well if you are finally finished, let the match begin.", with those the Glynda stepped back to make room for the two combatants to fight.
Cardin immediately charged at the Scythe wielding girl, his mace raised high above his shoulder. Ruby waited for the last moment before her enemies weapon connected with her shoulder to vanish in a cloud of rose petals. She stopped behind him, striking at his back with the flat hammer head opposite of Crescent Rose's blade. Still processing how she dodge his attack at the last possible moment, Cardin was unable to dodge the attack, but even so his backplate reduced both the pain he felt and the drain of his Aura reserves.
Using some of the momentum imparted on his body the boy spun around quickly, hoping to catch his opponent with a horizontal swing of his mace. Firing a bullet at Carin's chest, Ruby used the recoil to jump back and evade the mace swung at her. The heavy Dust infused bullet easily punched through the front of the boy's armor and at this nearly point blank range drained quite a bit more of his Aura than her previous attack. When she saw that Cardin was staggering back from the unexpected impact of the bullet, the wolf eared girl immediately tried to capitalize on this with a wide strike at the boy's unprotected knee, the blade rotating forward to extend her reach.
To her misfortune, he had stepped far enough back to evade her attack completely. By circling her Scythe above her head, she preserved part of its momentum while stepping forward to close the distance. Her next strike, aimed at Cardin's hip was blocked in time easily by the mace wielding student. By now the smug grin had left his face, in its place was a more neutral and determined expression, proving that this was not how he had expected the fight to proceed.
Ruby took a small step backwards using her weapons greater reach to stay outside the range of Cardin's attacks while still keeping pressure on him for now. A quick stab connected just beneath the boy's chestplate, who had not expected an attack like this and was thus unprepared to parry in time. Ruby could taste her opponent's anger rising before he charged at her once again with his mace raised high. Using her Semblance once more the half Grimm sidestepped before striking Cardin'S side with the back of Crescent Rose's blade, once more set at a right angle. The additional momentum imparted by this hit caused the armored student to stumble, before he barely managed to keep standing. Determined to change that, Ruby held her weapon down like a farmer would hold his scythe, but instead of cutting grass, she used it to pull Cardin's legs out under him, using the recoil of another shot to augment her own strength. What remained of the recoil she once more conserved with a circular movement around her own body. Bringing the weapon back around she used the point of Crescent Rose's blade like the spike on the head of a warhammer, piercing through the armor protecting Cardin's biceps. After breaking through the armor, the attack still had enough force left to not only break what little remained of her opponent's Aura and dig into his arm until it met the bone.
Cardin let out an earsplitting scream of pain, which he immediately repeated as Ruby removed her weapon from his wound as the Professor came running towards the injured student, a first aid kit under her arm. She removed the ruined armor as quickly as she could, before cutting of the sleeve of the boys shirt to reveal the injury as well as an inch of skin around it so she could bandage it properly. While Glynda treated the wound as best as she could, Ruby stared wide eyed at the scene while mumbling under her breath.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't think his armor would be that flimsy, I didn't mean for this to happen. I'm honestly so so sorry…"
"Mister Lark please escort your team leader to the medical facilities, his injury requires a more professional assessment.", When the injured student was helped up by his teammate, the professor turned around to face the young half Grimm, "As for you Miss Rose, I believe you in that you did not mean for this to occur, but even so this accident was completely preventable. So until you deliver an essay, satisfying my standards for quality, about methods you could have used to gauge the strength of both your opponents armor and remaining Aura, you may not participate in any sparring matches, no matter if they are during or outside of combat classes. Am I understood?"
"Yes professor Goodwitch", Ruby answered her gaze unable to meet the professor's eyes out of shame.
"In that case please return your weapon to your locker and sit down."
Roughly an hour later teams RWBY and JNPR sat together in the cafeteria enjoying their lunch break. Except for Ruby, who was already searching for information she could include in her essay on her scroll. They were discussing how his injury and the humiliation Cardin received at the hands of the young half Grimm would affect his habit of bullying other students. Before they could come to any conclusion, Yang noticed him and his team approach a bunny eared Faunus girl. When the boys had surrounded the girl, Cardin stepped forward to grab onto one of her ears with his uninjured arm. As he pulled on it the girl tried unsuccessfully to hide her discomfort.
Unwilling to see this continue, Yang stood up,her anger plain to see on her face. She had often heard her little sister get insulted for her 'Faunus' heritage, and she would have at least earned a suspension or two if Ruby hadn't urged her to not attack them, claiming that all the hatred or sometimes even grief made for a nice snack for the half Grimm. But with the little redhead to preoccupied to stop her sister, the blonde brawler walked over to help the poor Faunus.
As she stepped in front of the injured bully he looked up to her.
"Hey Beautiful, Here to join the f-"
He didn't get any further in his greeting as Yang had enveloped his balls in a nearly vice like grip.
"Not really, but unlike the poor girl whose ear you tried to rip off, I am not above hurting an injured asshole further."
As Cardin opened his mouth to reply, Yang stared into his eyes, her own ones burning a Crimson and sparking with anger, causing any words he wanted to say to die in his throat before Yang continued.
"Now I see two ways this situation can be resolved. One you step back now and never do something like this again, or two I rip of your balls. I don't really care either way so what do you choose?"
"Might I suggest a third option miss Xiao Long?"
Hearing the headmaster's voice, Yang let go of Cardin and turned around to face the professor.
"Of course professor Ozpin."
"Well then how about You, mister Winchester and miss Scarlatina accompany me to a nearby classroom where we can discuss this situation and any appropriate punishment in private?"
Hearing the emphasis on the last word, Yang took a look around and finally noticed that most of the students had their eyes on them, the meals standing before them seemingly forgotten.
"Of course professor", the trio of students involved in the incident replied before the headmaster lead them out of the cafeteria in silence. A few minutes later they arrived in a small empty classroom. After Ozpin sat down behind the desk, he turned his attention towards the bunny eared Faunus.
"Miss Scarlatina, can you explain how the situation in found you three in came to be?"
"As I had to meet up with professor Oobleck for the remedial history classes, I missed the time the rest of my team had lunch so I grabbed something to eat on my own. When I tried to find somewhere quiet to sit down, mister Winchester and what I assume to be his team surrounded me, throwing insults about my heritage at me before he finally grabbed one of my ears. shortly after that miss Xiao Long stepped in and stood up for me. She grabbed onto his groin and began talking him down, ending with the threat you probably overheared."
"Is that true?"
"Yes", all of them replied.
"Very well, as Mr. Winchester and his team were obviously the aggressor, they will not participate in the field trip to Forever Fall next week. Now while standing up for your fellow students is admirable, the way you went about it, is something we should talk about. So if the other two of you would be so kind as to move to where your next classes will take place."
When the two students had left the classroom, Ozpin closed the door behind them, locking it before he returned to his position behind the desk.
"Now miss Xiao Long, would you mind telling me why you intervened in such a manner to defend a stranger?", finishing his sentence the professor leaned forward, folding his hands together.
"Because stopping Cardin was the right thing to do, I am sure, if she hadn't been preoccupied with her essay, Ruby would have intervened herself."
"That may be true, but isn't the threat of castration a bit too much just to stop a bully?"
"Well you see, during our time at Signal I often witnessed Ruby getting insulted for her Ears and tail. Seeing it happen again here caused all of that to boil up again and I let my anger overwhelm me.", Yang replied pulling her hands through her mane of hair to calm herself.
"So then why is there no report of similar events from your time at Signal?"
"Because Ruby always asked me not to interfere for her, after all she was there at least in part to proof that she was just as good as any other student there."
Leaning back, the professor continued,
"Are you sure there was no other reason your sister might have wanted the bullying to continue?"
After a nervous chuckle Yang answered the question,
"None that I can think of."
"So you are unaware of your sister's", at the professor paused for a moment to consider his next words," dietary needs?"
This question took Yang by absolute surprise and it showed, but after a moment she had collected herself enough to speak once more.
"Ho-how do you know about that?"
"When I saw young miss Rose pet a Beowulf the night after initiation, I had a very interesting talk with her the following day.", as Yang was about to speak, he silenced her with a gesture before he continued,"And no I haven't told anyone else about her secret and got rid of the video of her nightly activities."
"But why didn't she tell me you knew?"
"I am sure your sister had her reasons for that. But now that you know, let me be clear that if she ever needs help because of what she is, I will do my best to provide it."
Standing up once more Ozpin continued,"But even so we can not allow you to act in such a manner just because you are not able to deal with your anger. Therefore you will be taking additional classes under professor Peach until she tell's me you have that anger under control."
Opening the door Ozpin left the room before he turned around one final time,"Also I would suggest rejoining your classmates for now."
So forgot to do this yesterday, but with Christmas around the corner, I wanted to give you guys a little something, So I planned to do double updtes every sunday until and including Christmas