As soon as Ruby walked back into her room, she was set upon by the harpies that were her team. "So?! Tell us what happened!"

"How'd he purify that Grimm?"

"What's up with Cardin?"

"Is he single?"

Ruby held her hands up in surrender. "Guys, guys, one at a time!" She exhaled and walked over to her bunk, turning back to her team. "Alright, Yang."

"Is he single?" She smiled and flaunted herself a little. "I could get some of that…"

"Well, I dunno. I didn't get that far…"

Yang hung her head and sighed, and Blake asked, "Did he tell you how he purified that Grimm?"

Ruby nodded. "That thing he played on the leaf. He said it was called Oracion, and that it had the power to purify evil. He also said that because Cardin's a jack-ass most of the time, the song also affected him, just on a different scale."

They all nodded in understanding, and Weiss asked, "What else did you ask him?"

Ruby remembered back to when she 'accidentally' found out the team's identities. And what Redoni had asked. "Nothing else really came up…he did mention that more of his team was coming tomorrow. Another four."

Blake raised an eyebrow. "Why aren't they here now?"

Ruby shrugged. "Dunno exactly why, but White said that they had to wait because of Beacon's four person team limit."

Yang shrugged and climbed into her bed, followed by the other three. "Well, tomorrow will come sooner if we sleep! Can't wait to meet these new ones…" She was asleep within minutes, along with Weiss and Blake.

But not Ruby.

No, she remained awake, not for lack of trying, though. She wondered what exactly White had meant by a power that not even the Hunters and Huntresses could combat…she shrugged and rolled over, figuring all things would come in time.


"Good morning, class."

A general drone came from the seats, and Professor Goodwitch looked at White and his team. "No showmanship today?"

White shook his head. "I really am sorry for being intrusive yesterday."

Goodwitch took a breath. "It's fine…anyways, we have new students here with us today." She looked around. "But…I don't-"

The doors opened, and Goodwitch groaned. "Oh, great…"

Four strangely-clad people walked in, and White grinned. "Hey, guys!"

The leader turned to White and nodded. "White. Good to see you." He looked similar to a modern ninja, with dark-blue sashes and a headband on his forehead under his black hair, with dark-blue paint over his brown eyes to cover them. The one to his right had on light-orange baggy clothes, like martial art training clothes, and had black hair and a light-orange minimalist mask over her red eyes. The one to his left was dressed like a Norse warrior, with armor which had small blades on her forearms and a helmet which covered her green eyes and covered most of her blond hair. The last one was dressed more like a traditional ninja, with dark-blue almost black cloth covering her completely except for her eyes, which had black over them, covering them completely.

The four walked over close to White's team, and the leader said, "I'm Distant Fury. That's Close Fury, Blunt Fury, and Tactical Fury." He pointed to each other member in order, and Ruby blinked. "Huh…"

The four sat, and Goodwitch nodded. "Yes…anyways, does anyone wish to volunteer for the first spar?"

One hand shot straight up, and Goodwitch looked surprised. "Mr. Arc. Very well, come down here."

Jaune stood and walked down to the arena, and he said, "If you don't mind, Professor, I have a partner in mind."

Goodwitch nodded, still looking surprised, and Jaune pointed straight at one specific person. "Cardin."

Cardin looked surprised as well, then laughed. "Well, Jauney Boy, you've just made the worst decision of your day." He walked into the sparring area, and both drew their weapons. Goodwitch called out, "Begin!"

Jaune smiled. "I've got you today, Cardin!" He charged at Cardin, who began to swing his mace down. Jaune stopped short of it, and as it crashed into the ground, he cut at the body of it, leaving a few scratches but failing to deal any sufficient damage to it. Cardin pulled it back, and Jaune leapt back, exhaling. He turned to White, who nodded, and pointed his sword tip-first at Cardin, and it unleashed a white beam, hitting Cardin directly in his chest armor and sending him flying back into the wall. Everyone gasped, and Cardin stood back up. "What…that never did that before!"

Jaune's smile turned into a smirk. "Oh, that's not all." He swung it in an X-shape, and it left two white trails, which he promptly slashed to send charging into Cardin, sending him through the wall this time. Jaune exhaled, and Cardin called weakly from outside the room, "I give…"

Goodwitch turned to Jaune with shock. "The…winner is Mr. Arc."

Jaune reverted back to a smile and sat with his team, who were still in shock. Nora spoke first with the blunt but eloquent "Remind me not to annoy you nowadays…"

Jaune laughed. "Oh, relax Nora. Besides, I have White Fury to thank for that-hey, where'd he go?"

Ruby and her team looked in that general direction, and sure enough, White and the Revivers had left. Ruby shrugged. "Eh."

Goodwitch shook her head, snapping herself out of her funk, and looked at the new students. "Distant, is it?"

He nodded, and Goodwitch thought a moment. "We have time for one more bout."

"If I have a say, Professor, I'd rather not spar."

Goodwitch pursed her lips, and Blunt stood. "May I?"

Goodwitch nodded. "Very well. Blunt Fury, step into the arena."

She did so, and Goodwitch looked around. "Any-"

Yang's hand shot straight up, and Goodwitch blinked. "Alright, Miss Xiao Long. Step into-"

Yang leapt into the arena and held her fists up. "This is for the humiliation White gave me yesterday!"

Blunt smiled and extended her arms straight out, and the blades on her forearms detached and grew until each was a double-headed battle axe, each head about the size of hers. "Yeah. Sure."

Yang grimaced slightly. "Uh-oh…"

"Begin!"

Neither girl charged right away, instead opting for circling each other, sizing each other up. Blunt looked Yang over and sighed. "I'd hate to damage that too much…I can appreciate a good figure."

Yang smirked. "Oh, trust me, I won't be the one with new hues of black and blue!"

She charged at Blunt, and Blunt laughed. "Dude. Battle-axes."

She joined them at their hilt ends, making a double-sided double-headed quadruple battle-axe. Ruby's head spun just thinking about it. Blunt started to twirl the axe, and Yang stopped her charge and started to slowly back up. The two axes detached from each other, and Blunt charged at Yang, who sidestepped Blunt and landed a shotgun-punch on her, launching her sideways into the wall.

Blunt stood back up and shook her head slightly. "Nice…now how about this?" The heads started glowing light-red, and as Blunt spun them, they started spewing fire at Yang, who did her best to endure. Once Blunt got close, she hit Yang on either side of her head with an axe, and she crumpled like paper.

Blunt turned to Goodwitch. "She's done."

"Not…yet…"

Blunt turned back to see Yang slowly try to bring herself back up, and Blunt sighed. "Nope." She hit Yang with the flat end of the axe, and she fell again.

Goodwitch nodded. "Yes, I should think so…"

"Not yet I'm not!"

Yang stood up shakily and glared at Blunt with red eyes. "I WILL NOT BE BEAT AGAIN!"

She charged at Blunt, who hit her axe heads together to create a screech, throwing Yang off balance. Blunt tackled Yang, and she went down for a third and final time.

Blunt nodded and went back up into the stands. "Shall we go?"

Distant nodded, and the four left. Goodwitch sighed and said in an almost bored tone, "The winner is Blunt Fury…"

Ruby and her team instantly ran down to Yang, who at this point had propped herself onto a knee. "Well…that happened."

Blake shook her head. "Yang. Superheroes. Powers. Don't you get it yet?"

Yang shook her head, provoking an exasperated groan from Blake and Weiss. "I can win…I just gotta find their weaknesses…"

"You don't wanna open that can of worms."

Yang and the team whirled around, and Yang spoke aloud. "Who said that?"

Nora looked back from following her team out. "Said what?" She turned back, and soon the only ones left in the room were the team.

Ruby stood and looked around. "Okay, I know I heard that…"

"Of course you did. Telepathy."

Weiss sighed and closed her eyes as she recognized it. "White."

"Yup. And I'm here to say that if you go looking for our weaknesses, it's not gonna end pretty for anyone. Just a warning…"

He cut out, and Ruby turned to her team. "Well, then."

Yang nodded. "How'd he hear me?"

Blake shrugged. "He hears a lot…"

Weiss huffed. "I still think he shouldn't be trusted too much…"

Ruby matched Blake's shrug. "All we can really do is wait…"