Sorry for the absence, people! I've been...well...out of internet. Anyway, onward!

"Go Hotel!"

Above from Sierra and Yang's screaming, this was an interesting fight indeed. Especially the fact that Hotel was barely using his weapon, if at all, against Rusty Claymore, the muscle of team SWRD. It was almost like he was toying with the poor bastard.

"Gyah," Rusty panted, backing off a bit as Hotel suddenly appeared in his grill, landing a punch in his gut. Rusty let out a chocked cry as Hotel then smacked the side of his head with the butt of his lance, sending him flying. An explosion appeared where the man landed as his aura dropped to zero.

"Rusty Claymore's aura has dropped down to zero," Ms. Goodwitch announced, "Hotel Lancer is the winner."

The class gave their applause as Hotel left the arena, joining back up with us as Yang gave him a fist bump. Sierra was next to congratulate him as Ms. Goodwitch began scanning the room. I turned my attention to Hotel, who said, "He was holding back."

"Really," I said half amazed. Still the man spat and said, "But I would've beaten him, either way."

"Delta? Would you like to go since you're talking?"

I flinched in surprise, sighing. I looked at Ms. Goodwitch, who had a rather annoyed look on her face as I replied, "…Since I've been called, sure."

I stood up, giving Ruby a reassuring smile. She had decided to move back next to me after what felt like forever away from her. Sierra gave me a thumbs up as Lima smiled, her ears waving as if they were cheering. I chuckled as I made my way down to the arena, bowing to Ms. Goodwitch as I said, "My apologies for speaking without permission, ma'am."

I watched her nod as she turned around, looking around the class. The class remained silent as she asked, "Who'll volunteer to face Delta?"

I looked around myself.

Blake? Naw. Windsickle? Meh. Saber?

I turned my gaze to the leader of team SWRD, who appeared to be glaring at me. What for, I didn't know, but he slowly raised his hand and said, "…I'll go."

However, right as he began standing up, Dagger slapped his hand down and said, "No, I'll go!"

With that, she ran down to the arena, her weapons ready to be drawn. Ms. Goodwitch nodded and said, "Delta Ordance versus Dagger Steelcore. You know the rules."

We both nodded as my sword handles clicked into place. I made my stance as did she. I could hear the jumbotron let out a low tone as our aura bars were filled, the the class cheering for whoever they thought was going to win. I prepared myself as Ms. Goodwitch said, "Ready?"

Suddenly, the area turned gray. I raised an eyebrow in suspicion, turning my gaze to Sierra, who was now right next to me.

"She's no pushover," she said to me.

"Noted," I replied as she disappeared, unfreezing the time around us as Ms. Goodwitch said, "BEGIN!"

With that, we both drew our weapons at supersonic speeds, meeting in the middle as the force of our charges blew us apart in opposite directions. I regained my balance as I fired my second sword at her. Dagger ducked under the weapon, opening my chance.

I teleported to the sword, catching her off-guard as I swung down, hitting the metal flooring as she rolled to her front. She clutched her weapon tightly as I took a stance, ready to go on defense in case she were to have an adrenaline surge. However, she jumped back and threw a dagger at me. I sidestepped the attack and charged headlong to her, meeting my right handed sword with her second dagger. I made to swing my second sword at her, only to see a glow as her first dagger appeared in her hand, blocking my attack. We stayed engaged momentarily as she asked, "Why did you take Ruby away from my brother?"

What?

I disengaged from her, kneeling as she regained her composure, gesturing to attack me. I stood back up as she charged me, throwing her daggers at me. I sighed, easily deflecting them and spun out of her charge, landing a grazing cut on her left side. I could hear her let out a grunt of pain, turning around as she reached for her weapons.

"C'mon, Delta! Stop playing around!"

My gaze narrowed at Hotel's optimism as she stood back up, turning to face me. I quickly jumped in, engaging with her again as I asked, "What do you mean?"

"You know what I mean," she answered, "My brother loves her, why did you take her away!?"

With that, she forced me to disengage by pushing me backwards. I was caught off-guard as she charged me, her daggers meeting my swords as I could feel the wall right behind me.

She pushed me this far back!?

I grimaced as she continued, "He wants to be with her, stay out of his way!"

I sighed, feeling clearly annoyed, easily pushing her back. I could hear the crowd gasp as I managed to force her all the way back to the opposite wall. My eyes widened in surprise as I looked down at my sword handles.

How did I…?

I looked back up, seeing her crawl out of the hole she made, charging me again. I sidestepped the reckless attack, leaving another cut on her side, dropping her to a knee as I swung around, stopping just shy of her neck. I could hear the class gasp as I kept my blade there. It was then that I noticed that the girl was panting in sheer exhaustion, sweat dripping down the sides of her head.

What the…? It hasn't even been that long, and she's exhausted?

I kept my blade in place as she asked, "How…are you…not tired…!?"

I raised an eyebrow and said, "Surrender and I might tell you."

"To hell with it!"

She quickly jumped out of her crouched position, clearly not accounting for my weapon still at her neck. If her aura wasn't protecting her, I would've cut her head off as she went flying several feet way, her dagger landing next to me. I stared at it, then back to Dagger as she held her neck momentarily, looking up and glaring at me.

And if Hotel's information was right….

Suddenly, she began blindly charging me, swinging her remaining weapon wildly. I turned, seeing the weapon at my feet glowing, almost as if it were trying to find its master.

Yep…she's got no control of her semblance.

With that, I decided to end her misery and block her attack, deflecting it and giving on last slash on her body. I could hear a "BLIP," indicating that her aura had dropped down to zero, causing me to sigh as Ms. Goodwitch announced, "Dagger Steelcore's aura has dropped to zero; Delta Ordance is the winner."

The class went through with the applause as I could hear Ruby with her "number 1 fan" voice screaming over the clapping. I then turned to Dagger, who had her forearm up to her eyes like she was crying or something. I walked up to her, putting a hand on her shoulder, getting a flinch of surprise as I said, "You did your best."

She turned around to face me as I smiled and said, "Get a little better and you might be able to drop me to three quarters."

With that, I raised my sword, deflecting her sudden attack as the class gasped. I blinked, then shot a look of disappointment at her as her breathing began to grow harder. Her grip on her weapon began to shake as Ms. Goodwitch said, "That is enough, Steelcore."

Suddenly, Windsickle appeared and said, "That's enough, Dagger."

"B-but…!"

"He won. Fair and square."

He then turned to me and said, "Thanks, Delta."

I raised an eyebrow in confusion and replied, "No…problem…?"