Sorry for last chapter's OOCness. Needed something for the sake of a good story. Anyway, onward.

"Ugh…."

I slowly rose from bed, my body screaming at me to stay laying on it as I propped onto my elbows. Looking at the clock, which read 5:03 a.m., I slowly rolled out of bed, groaning as I carefully made my way to my dresser.

"Delta."

I raised an eyebrow in surprise, turning around to see Sierra sitting up in bed.

"Would you…," she started, "mind taking a walk with me?"

"So why do you run so early in the morning?"

I looked at my team leader as she kept pace with me on my walk to the cliff. I didn't answer right away, but then said, "It's convenient for me."

"Convenient," she said, raising an eyebrow. I nodded, looking over towards the horizon, seeing the first rays of sunlight peeking over. Taking in the fresh air, I continued, "Because there's better air than when it's the middle of the day when teams are coming in and out for missions."

"And also," I continued, looking at the horizon. Sierra reciprocated my actions, her eyes widening in amazement as the sun began peeking over.

"With views like this," I finished, "it's totally worth it."

Sierra continued staring in amazement as I put my hands over my head, staring at the now rising star in the distance.

"It's…beautiful…," I heard her say. Looking at her now, I guess I could understand why some guys would kill to be on Sierra's team. She had great, and I meant great, curvature.

"Delta," I heard her say, catching my attention. Looking up, I noticed her face, which was painted with a serious look, as she said, "Please stop checking me out."

I blushed, looking away and said, "O-oh, sorry!"

I heard her chuckle, then say, "Well, let's head back now."

When we got back, I noticed Lima still sleeping. I figured that Hotel would still be asleep, but Lima?

Am I missing something here?

"Lima?"

I walked up to her, nudging her awake. I could hear her groan a bit, which was a real first for me as she peeked her eyes over her blanket, which was covering her face.

"Why're you still in bed?"

She kept her eyes at me, rolling to her side and saying, "…headache…."

Headache? Wha…? Oh…wait a sec. That Sun guy was wearing cologne.

I stroked her hair, getting a whimper from her as she leaned her head towards my hand. I smiled, letting out a chuckle as she rolled back over, saying, "…sick day…sleeping…."

Looking at Sierra, I shrugged. Sierra sighed, nodding, saddened that she couldn't use her megaphone on Hotel. I kept in a laugh as she pulled out a can of cream.

…I think I know where she's going with this….

She then pulled his hand out, snickering as she began covering it with the cream.

...God dammit, Sierra….

She began snickering madly as I smirked. I suppressed a laugh as she shot me a look, nodding. I touched my forehead, shrugging as she took in a breath. Okay, I'd be the first to admit this is gonna be one hell of a prank.

"HOTEL, SPIDER ON YOUR FACE!"

"WAAAH!?"

*SPLAT!*

We both bursted out laughing as he slowly removed his had from his face, shooting a glare at us. Then he started laughing as well as he wiped the cream off his face. Sierra rolled on the ground, flailing about as I regained my composure, wiping a tear from my eyes.

*Clang clang clang*

I watched on as Sierra jumped from place to place, taking on Pyrrha. I kept my eye on her movement as she dodged several bullets, suddenly appearing behind her and throwing a knife at her. Pyrrha quickly recovered, jumping over the projectile as Sierra jumped backwards. Only to be rushed by her and get slammed backwards by Pyrrha's shield.

With a cough, Sierra got up, smirking as she regained her composure.

Looking up, I noticed that both still had green level aura. Looking back down, Pyrrha charged again. But this time, Sierra stood her ground. Suddenly, when Pyrrha reached where she was standing, Sierra disappeared. The class looked around, trying to find her. I glanced at Hotel, who looked at me.

I thought you'd know where she went.

He shrugged, only for us to hear a snap of the fingers.

Looking back, Pyrrha was surrounded by knives. I glanced at the other side of the arena, seeing Sierra with her back turned to her opponent, who seemed to be in shock at how much ground she had covered in such a short amount of time.

When you can freeze time, you can just seemingly disappear.

Suddenly, the sound of a magnet turning on filled the air. I watched as Pyrrha quickly manipulated the knives to fly to Sierra. Sierra stayed put as the knives flew past her, one grazing past one of her bangs. Pyrrha charged again, reaching her in no time as Sierra suddenly turned around, her eyes glowing red as she suddenly appeared behind her, yanking her by her collar and dropping her on her back, causing a bit of her aura bar to drop.

"Sorry about that," Sierra said, looking back at Pyrrha and smiling, "didn't want you to get stabbed to death."

I looked at where Pyrrha would've landed.

Or rather, what she would've ran into.

A wall of knives that she somehow had set up.

…she has great control over her semblance….

With that, the buzzer buzzed with no time left on the clock. Ms. Goodwitch smiled and said, "The duel is over; Sierra Hawthorne as the winner."

The class applauded with the good battle as Sierra helped her up, smiling and shaking hands with her. Pyrrha smiled as well as they walked back to their desks together, chatting about something I couldn't hear.

Oh well. It was a good fight.

"Now then," Ms. Goodwitch continued, "who'll be next?"

She scanned the class, suddenly stopping where I was seated.

"Ordance," she asked, "where is your partner today?"

"Lima? She's feeling sick today."

"Oh," she said, "then you'll go next."

Whoa. That caught me by surprise.

Looking around, I could see all eyes were on me, causing me to sigh as I stood up, making my way down to the arena. Looking up, I scanned the room for anyone that looked interested in a dual.

That's team CRDL…team RWBY…JNPR…the other team would be….

"Is there anyone who will volunteer? Otherwise I'm calling on people."

I scanned the room, going past RWBY and JNPR. I didn't even bother looking at CRDL otherwise I'd beat them way too quickly.

Then I saw him.

The leader of the forgotten team, Team MGNM.

Bullseye Magnum.

Our eyes locked together, albeit momentarily. But I saw his unmistakable smirk as he slowly raised his hand.

"I'll go," he called out, standing up and making his way to the arena. Ms. Goodwitch nodded in approval as we stared each other down. I kept my eyes on him as he did me as he finally reached the arena, approaching me and standing just in front of me.

"Bullseye Magnum," he said, "nice to meet you."

"Delta Ordance," I replied, "same to you."

Ms. Goodwitch kept herself between us as she began stating the rules.

"There will be a 2 minute time limit. The first fighter to make their opponents aura drop below red will be the winner. If both do not manage to land a hit, or if both warriors have the same amount of aura by the end of the battle, the battle will be declared a draw."

We both nodded, not taking our eyes off of each other.

"Are you both ready?"

My sword handles clicked into place as he reached for his own weapon.

"BEGIN!"

Seemingly, instantaneously, our swords were locked together in a reverse tug of war as we attempted to overpower the other. I gritted my teeth, surprised at how strong he was. I could only guess he was thinking the same thing as we broke apart from each other, regaining our composure. I could hear Sierra and Ruby screaming in the background as I charged him again. He grinned, charging at me as well as our swords clashed again, this time with visible sparks. I could hear the crowd gasp in amazement as we exchanged blows. I gritted my teeth at how effortlessly he was swinging such a large weapon as we locked swords again.

"Hmm," he said, "you're quicker than I thought."

"I could say the same about you," I replied, drawing my second sword. His eyes widened as I swung the sword, almost seeing things around me in slow motion as my sword made its way to his body. Then, suddenly, the sound of metal on metal filled the air as my sword was drawn to his claymore. My eyes widened in surprise.

Wh-wha…?

Magnum took the opportunity, throwing me back. I dropped one of my swords where he was standing as his weapon suddenly changed into that of a cannon. I could only imagine Sierra's reaction as I saw the cannon fire a laser at me.

Think! Think!

With a flash of light, I focused my aura on the sword at Magnum's feet, teleporting to it just as the laser finished firing. His eyes widened as he quickly changed his weapon to sword mode as I swung up. This was going to be the deciding strike.

"TIME!"

I stopped, only to feel something go through me. Then pain. Intense pain.

"Khh…! Ahhhh…!"

I gasped, feeling the pain sharpen as I dropped to my knees, my blood pooling around me as I could barely see Sierra's boots, next to me. Then it was Ruby's boots. Then blurry voices yelling. Then black.