Chapter 39

Colin

They walked in silence, reaching the doors and shoving both of them open to reveal nobody. They had the place to themselves, only professor Ozpin was watching from the shadows. His IR scanner picked him up but he said nothing as he jumped up on the platform. Pyrrah followed and the rest took seats in the front. They took up positions opposite each other about 25 feet away "First one to tap out loses, but I want you to fight like you want to kill me, understood." He said as his nanites flowed away from him and he dropped his weapons belt. "What? …. Why?" Pyrrah asked astounded "I want you fighting at your hardest no holding back." He said taking up karate ready stance. He knew he looked like an idiot, no weapons, no armor, just shorts and a shirt. "I always try my best, but why are you leaving your weapons?" she asked still confused. "Don't worry about me, focus on the duel." He said taking a deep breath and calming his mind. She took a fighting pose and readied herself. Yang hopped up on stage to referee and started counting down. "10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1… GO!" as soon as she shouted go Pyrrah lept at him, he did nothing for the first few seconds.

Pyrrah was mere seconds before making contact with his face when he sidestepped, sending a sidekick in her direction. She reacted faster than he anticipated and blocked the kick with her shield, sending her sliding a couple feet away. She recovered and came at him again swinging at him with her spear, he dodged and spin kicked her feet out from under her, she used the spinning momentum to flip herself over, landing on her feet an coming at him again. This back and forth with him only defending went on for several minutes, as the fight hit a small intermission when Pyrrah used the nanites in his body to whip him across the arena into a pillar. Which came down on top of him.

He didn't stop for a second as he punched the pillar aside and got back up. "Nice semblance, won't let you use it a second time though." He said as Sheila reversed the polarity and he jumped back into the fight, on the attack. She threw her shield at him, which he caught and threw back. It stopped right before her face and slid back onto her arm. She ran at him her first swing coming at his head, he ramped things up a bit more and deflected, giving her a powerful punch in the chest. She flew back 10 feet and slid to a halt. This time he was on the attack rushing at her at a lightning quick pace. He threw punch after punch connecting with some and missing with others, he had to admit, she was very skilled.

She managed to use some of his momentum against him and shield bashed him about 6 feet away. He knew she would still take a fierce beating but didn't want to hurt her to bad, so he took a kata stance and breathed deeply. When she jumped back at him he threw one of those punches, never going to connect but the force of it would. It sent her flying into a wall at the other end of the stadium. She hit the floor on a knee, but not out. She was still going to fight, he was going to have to end this soon or she might get seriously injured. When she stood up he sprinted at her, faster than the human eye could process, grabbing on and pinning her.

She struggled for 30ish seconds before he felt a light tap on his shoulder, he released but grabbed her before she hit the floor. "You good?" he asked throwing her arm over his shoulder and walking her back to the edge of the stage. The rest of them had jumped up on stage to see if she was hurt and were circling around them as he slowly let her sit down. "How many fingers?" he asked holding up all ten. "10" "Ha-ha wrong, 8, thumbs don't count." He laughed, she tried to smile but pain crossed it off her face. "Woah, slowdown. I gave you one heck of a beating." He said checking her vitals but was pushed away by jaune.

"Get away from her! You could have killed her" he shouted shoving him away. The rest of the group stood a few feet back. "I didn't and wouldn't, now let me help. Or she could spend a few days in the infirmary." He said to jaune in a soft tone. He still didn't back away "I can fix this jaune, but if you want to train with me then I need you to trust me." He said seriously "Jaune he's not lying, he's done this before" Ruby said Jaune looked at her then to Pyrrah, who nodded in approval. "Fine, but if anything goes wrong I'll…" he trailed off. " Everybody back up." He said laying Pyrrah down his hand on her head and the other hovering above her ribs. A dull white glow began emanating from his hand, it grew to be too bright to look directly at. He moved it over all of her injuries, taking his time to ensure they were healed.

He put a bit extra in to make sure she wouldn't be too sore the next morning before letting the glow die down. She sat up and felt the healed areas "How?" she asked astounded "I'm magic" he responded standing up and offering a hand. He pulled her up and she looked at the group, they all looked back, most exchanging looks of awe. "Now, Yang's up next then Ruby. And jaune last if he's still interested." He said looking back at the boy. He was still in a bit of shock so he ushered them all off stage and brought Yang up. They sparred for a bit before Yang hit the wall in a fiery ball of destruction. She was healed and back up in no time, just like Pyrrah. Then Ruby, who tapped out before any serious injuries could occur. After she sat back down he motioned for jaune to come up on stage.

He hesitantly jumped up and took his place opposite Colin. "3…2…1… Fight!" Yang shouted and Jaune ran at him, not even in a proper form. He sidestepped and kicked him back to where he started. "What style was that, because everyone else has some sort of style? But you don't?" he asked as Jaune got up and came at him again. He deflected every swing with ease and didn't even bother fighting back as he let Jaune throw energy at him. After a minute Colin gave up and punched his shield, sending jaune flying, then sliding to a halt. "You don't have any form to speak of, I assume every combat school teaches you some form, right?" he asked rhetorically as Jaune got back up. Jaune came at him again, but with the same result. Then the cogs began turning in Colin's head. "Sheila access the central computer and find Jaune Arks records, I want to know what combat school he went to." He said in his head as Jaune got back up again and came at him again.

"I found some very faked entry documents and no record of any combat school training anywhere." Sheila responded. "Well that explains that" he accidentally said aloud. "What do you mean?" Jaune asked breathing heavily and on one knee. "If I'm honest, I checked for your records. And they don't exist." He said dusting himself off. "What was that? I didn't hear you?" Ruby asked from the crowd. "It's nothing, Want to forfeit?" he asked jaune. "No!" he shouted and made a last ditch attempt to hit Colin with his sword. He dodged and punched him again, sending him to the floor. "You really need the practice, I think training you might be mandatory." He said giving Jaune a hand. "Don't worry, you're secrets safe with me." He whispered in his ear as he helped Jaune up.