Chase reached where he sensed Ruby and Pyrrha were to see that Pyrrha was dealing with a pack of Beowulves along with some Ursas while Ruby was pinned down by a King Taijitu, when he turned on his aura sense he could see that she wasn't going to be able to hold it back much longer, then he sensed panic in her and switched back to normal vision to see a Nevermore caught her cape in one of it's feathers. Memories flashed through Chase's head as he recalled Summer Rose's death, he felt his heart sink as he pictured the same happening to Ruby -Not this time, got any ideas- Yes, though it would use up a considerable amount of aura to fuse -Then we better work fast won't we- Fine, get some earth and energy dust and use your aura to fuse them Chase did as he said using his aura sense to help him fuse the two dust crystals properly If you put some of this in your gauntlet and land a punch on the ground near the King Taijitu it should take down the Nevermore as well

Chase did as he was told, creating an illusion near the King Taijitu and slamming his fist into the ground just as it prepared to finish off Ruby. At first it looked as if nothing happened but then the two heads of the King Taijitu slammed against the ground and the Nevermore crashed down into it. It had took most of Chase's aura just to activate the dust so he was panting as he ran towards Ruby -What the hell was that?- Gravity dust, extremely difficult to fuse and to use as it has to increase the gravitational pull around the area -Shit, you can do that, why doesn't anyone know about this?- As I said it takes more aura than usual to create so most people assumed earth and energy couldn't be fused Chase got to Ruby and ripped the feather off her cloak.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, thanks to you. What the hell did you just do?"

"I… well… I fused some dust to increase the force of gravity"

"Where did you learn to do that?"

"Dust….inside me…. knows a lot about this stuff""

Pyrrha got over to them after finishing off the grimm around her, seeing the pile of giant grimm she looked towards Chase and he simply waved as she walked towards them

"Why did you leave Jaune to protect the civilians?"

"He and the civilians have been evacuated, I came to help you guys"

"You don't seem to be in any shape to fight"

"I'll be fine, besides it's going to be a while before they send in another ship"

"How long" Ruby said, standing up

"About half a day, they have to refuel and help the civilians before they come back to get us"

"It's nearly night time, we need to find somewhere safe to sleep"

"We could just stay in one of the houses, the amount of grimm should be low enough so that it's safe"

"We should still take turns on watch, just in case"

"I'll take first watch" Ruby volunteered

The three of them took shelter in a house, it had three floors. They decided to stay on the second so that they had time to react to any attacks during the night from the ground as well as from the sky. Ruby sat in the bed beside the window and used her scope to look outside. Pyrrha and Chase took the other two beds to sleep in. Chase stared at the ceiling, thinking back on what he learnt today. The fact that he was able to fuse dust on the move could turn the tides in the fight against grimm and might be able to help expand the walls of the cities. While in mid thought he got tired and went to sleep.

He woke at the sound of a Nevermore outside, when he opened his eyes he saw the clock say '00:13' Ruby should've got him up to take watch, why did he let himself sleep so long. He got up and walked over to where Ruby was sitting, she saw him sit down on the chair opposite her bed.

"You're supposed to let other people take watch"

"It's been two hours already?"

"A little over it, go on I'll take over, you need to rest"

"No, you need the rest more than I do"

Chase looked at her and saw that she was looking at him solemnly.

"What's wrong?"

"That's the second time I've nearly been killed by a grimm, maybe I'm not cut out to be a huntress"

"After all that you've accomplished, why doubt yourself now?"

"After hearing how my mum died from you I couldn't help but think the same was going to happen to me today" She said, tears forming in her eyes at the memory of her mother.

"When I saw you I thought the same thing… I wanted to save you no matter how much aura I had to use, even if I had to throw myself in front of the King Taijitu"

"Chase-"

"After my village was attacked I wanted to become stronger, no matter what, I wanted to become a hunter and help others, I guess in a way this dust infusion helped with that. I got a bit of training from a retired hunter and on my way to Vacuo I found a village under attack. I didn't care that I wasn't trained or that I could die, I charged in to help. There's always a chance that we will die but if we let that stop us then we don't deserve to live-"

Chase was interrupted as Ruby giggling, she then wrapped her arms around him, it was so sudden that he was taken aback, though her warmth was oddly, calming. He returned her embrace.

"Don't just throw in front of death for me, I've already lost one person important to me"

"Don't worry I don't plan on dying quite yet" he said, adding a tone of sarcasm to the end

She pulled away slightly and gave him a mock frown which made Chase laughed a little. She smiled and pulled away completely, moving back to the bed she was sitting on she motioned her hand for him to sit beside her. They kept on talking until Pyrrha woke up and looked at the two. They looked at each other panicked and blushing before going to bed and letting her take watch.