Chapter 1
Waking up to the sunrise, Ruby proceeded to wake everyone else in her dorm with her trusty whistle. As everyone else started to rise from their disturbed slumber, Ruby goes into the bathroom to get ready for the morning. A grumbling Yang is the last to get up from bed and as the rest of the team starts making breakfast, she brushes her teeth and fixes her hair. Their early morning training before class begins and they each pair up with the teammate that would cause the most trouble for them.
All of the underclassmen had access to the training room but had to be overseen by a 4th year to prevent serious injury from happening. As Weiss faced off against Yang, Ruby was getting prepared to spar with Blake. "Well then, you can begin" yawned out a still drowsy 4th year. Weiss moves in with Myrtenaster as she begins forming dust spells. Yang begins to rush forward as well to try to cut of Weiss' casting. The ensuing clang of metal was Yang punching Myrtenaster which made Weiss lose her footing and concentration. Yang, not letting up followed with a flurry of punches which were barely blocked with great effort on Weiss' part.
Blake had waited for Ruby to charge before counterattack. Her semblance requiring tactical intelligence had been a problem that pitted Ruby's inexperience against Blake's finely mastered semblance. Even when Ruby was not experienced to fighting against a hard to hit opponent, she adapted quickly. Her attacks arched more and followed through towards Blake's location. Blake wouldn't be outmatched by this as she used her agility as well to dodge even when in midair.
Their training came to a close as Ruby and Blake both started to tire out leaving openings for both girls. Yang and Weiss however, had been going strong. Weiss glided over the floor to try and outmaneuver Yang. The blonde boxer however decided to smash the floor, altering the floorboards which once again resulted in Weiss losing her footing. She countered this by flipping forwards while once again casting a lightning dust spell. Her spell connected with Yang but she did not notice the fist from her as well since Yang had closed the distance to punch. This meant that she couldn't dodge either and they both hit each other in the stomach.
The sparring session ended with Weiss winning due to Aura levels and Ruby winning as Blake's concentration started to wane as exhaustion took its toll. After taking a shower they all got ready for class.
"Ruby I think that your sparring plans have helped all of us immensely" Blake commented with a slightly disappointed tone while walking towards class. "I think that I have to work on building my stamina up more and find better ways to use my semblance." "I usually only had to use that technique to win but against you, I think that I have to get even better."
"Well I realized that I have to practice much more and be mindful of minute details if I want to get better and be a better leader." Ruby replied as she tries to make sure Blake wouldn't feel bad. "You're really unpredictable Blake, I have to focus really hard to find out where you would go next and that makes me less attentive to what my own body is doing."
Waking up from her dream, Ruby gets out of her bed in their safe house. She walked to the window and stared outside into the red sky tinted with bright shooting stars in the distance.