Aaannnnd here's another chapter. Anyway, I do plan on doing a lemon of Delta and Ruby, but I'm not sure if I should do it in 1st POV or 3rd. PM me or leave a review, please!

The clangs of metal on metal filled the air as I watched Ruby battling it out with Saber in the duel arena. It was an interesting battle, give or take. It didn't take long for Saber to realize that Ruby's semblance was speed considering she left rose petals everywhere she flew to. However, I was more concerned with how he wielded a two handed sword with such ease. My gaze narrowed even more in uncomfortableness as Ruby was blown backwards with seemingly no effort at all by the guy's weapon.

"I'm surprised he hasn't used his semblance yet," I heard Hotel say next to me. I glanced to my left as he continued, "Saber's semblance is being able to charge his aura into his sword, either extending its reach, or using it as a ranged attack."

I then glanced back, seeing the etchings on the blade begin to emit a faint glow.

Ruby grit her teeth, using Crescent Rose's recoil to keep her barrage of strikes ongoing as Saber began to go on the retreat.

Finally, Ruby managed to clip a bit of hair from his bangs, causing him to roll backwards, regaining his composure as he stood back up. He smirked and asked, "You done yet?"

"Why," Ruby asked, gripping Crescent Rose tightly as she pointed it at him. Saber's smirk began to annoy me as he showed her his weapon's blade. Ruby raised an eyebrow as he said, "I've been gathering aura the whole time we've been fighting."

"Aaaaaannnnnnd…so?"

I turned to Sierra, who looked less than impressed.

"You see, Red," he said arrogantly, "this is the end!"

With a triumphant shout, he let loose the energy gathered in his sword. My eyes widened in sheer shock at the volume of the attack as Ruby braced herself for impact. The air was filled with a loud "CLANG" as Crescent Rose went flying. I was prepared to shoot to my feet until the dust cleared, revealing Saber with his sword at Ruby's neck. She gave a nervous laugh, then said, "I-I s-surrender…!"

"Well done, Steelcore," Ms. Goodwitch said, clapping her hands as he bowed in respect. Ruby reciprocated as she walked over to pick up her weapon, changing it into gun mode as she strapped it onto her back. I sighed in relief as she made her way up to where I was seated while Ms. Goodwitch asked, "Alright, whose next?"

The class remained silent until a voice said, "I'll go!"

Another boy from team SWRD stood up as Ms. Goodwitch said, "Ah, Windsickle Vice, was it? Please, come down to the arena."

I observed the boy's weaponry, which appeared to be two sickles with chains connected. How long the chains were, I couldn't figure out without fighting him personally.

"Now then," Ms. Goodwitch asked, "which one of you will volunteer to spar with him?"

The class remained silent. I glanced at Ruby, who shrugged. Sierra wasn't really in the mood to fight someone from team SWRD and Lima was too preoccupied with her knitting. Hotel didn't seem like he wanted to fight today, which was a real first.

"No volunteers? Alright then; Windsickle, please pick your opponent."

"Really? Well then, I choose…."

He scanned the room, going back and forth several times.

Then our eyes met.

It was a brief contact, but he immediately set his sights on me.

"Him."

He pointed up to me, my glance narrowing as Ms. Goodwitch said, "Alright then. Delta Ordance, please come down to the arena!"

"Delta?"

I glanced at Ruby and smiled, saying, "I'll be fine."

She nodded as I scooted between her seat and the desk behind her, making my way down the aisle. I evened my breathing as I made my way into the arena, standing a little ways away from him. He smiled at me as I stared blankly at him.

The smile's to deceive me. He's gonna explode from his stance.

"You know the rules," Ms. Goodwitch began. We both nodded as she said, "Ready?"

My sword handles clicked into place as she yelled, "BEGIN!"

Suddenly, silence.

I could've swore that the class was talking amongst each other a second ago.

What?

Suddenly, I took notice of the light amount of aura that began to surround me.

The air suddenly felt light.

Like it was being compressed.

I rolled to my right, hearing something tear up the ground I was just standing on. The crowd's noise came back as I glanced back to where I was standing, seeing the area torn to bits, despite being hard metal. I looked back at my opponent, seeing his clothing flowing without any wind provoking it.

Wind.

Wind compression.

I sighed, drawing a sword and muttering, "This is gonna be a pain in the ass…."

He shot a glance at me again, the air lightening up around me again. I rolled to my left this time, hearing the scratching and clawing of the wind as I took off sprinting to my left, throwing my sword at him. Only to have it blown back as he simply glanced at it, making the wind throw it off balance.

How can I fight him when I can't even get close to him!?

I then pointed my sheath at him, firing my second sword at him. He tried pulling the same trick again, only to widen his eyes in surprise as my sword didn't stray from its path.

Now's as good a time as any…!

I teleported straight to it, slicing downward, only to hit solid metal as the sound of chains grinding against each other entered my ears. I rolled out of the way, seeing a flint of silver slice down to where I just was a moment ago. Suddenly, he threw his second sickle at me, causing me to get back up and deflect it, only to see his first flying right at me as well. I ducked under, only to see him grab the chain and yank it back towards him. I realized my mistake, feeling something along the lines of a really hard punch on my shoulder blade as his sickle returned to his hand. I fell to my knees, gripping my shoulder even though there was no physical wound.

I glanced to my right, seeing my other sword sticking out of the ground as I turned back to Windsickle, who was spinning one of his sickles by the chain menacingly. I then took notice of the shifting particles that surrounded the spinning projectiles.

Can he compress his aura into his weapons as well? He can obviously control it well….

I stood back up, sheathing my sword as he swung his sickle again. However, this time, I didn't dodge, but instead I stood my ground, seeing him raise an eyebrow in surprise as he pulled the chain backwards. However, I raised my sheath, hearing a sure "CLANG" of metal on metal as I heard the weapon hit the ground with a clatter. As he tried pulling the chain, I stepped on it, then ran down the length of the chain as he threw his second sickle at me. This time, I drew my sword, deflecting it as I threw my sword at him. I smirked as he concentrated his aura again, deflecting my sword.

I jumped over my deflected weapon, materializing my first sword into my hand as I prepared to strike. Windsickle then let out a yell as wind suddenly began to form around me. I threw my sword down, teleporting to the other that was deflected earlier, throwing it right at him. The boy's eyes widened in shock at the thought of two swords flying at him simultaneously.

Suddenly, I teleported to the second sword I threw, materializing the first sword into my hand as I held my weapons at his throat. I could see that he was shaking with anticipation, then sighed and said, "I…surrender."

The class let out a round of applause as Ms. Goodwitch announced, "Windsickle Vice has forfeited; Delta Ordance is the winner."

I sighed, sheathing my swords as the boy slowly began to pull the chains of his weapons back towards him. I glanced at him wearily, suddenly getting told, "You act like I'm gonna attack you or something."

"Well," I replied, "stuff happens."

I could hear a laugh behind me as I stuck my hand out, catching him off-guard as I said, "Good fight."

"Yeah," he said, dropping his chains for a moment to take mines, "you too."