Hello again, folks! This chapter actually ended up longer than I expected it to last so...uh...yeah... Anyway, enjoy!

"Alright, now that we're all assembled," Sierra stated, "we're breaking into teams of three…preferably."

"Preferably," I repeated as I counted 12 people.

Yep. Threes.

"I'm taking Ice Queen and Saber to the west quadrant," Sierra stated, "Lima, Blake, Wind, you guys have the east quadrant."

"Understood," Windsickle replied.

"Hotel, Yang, Rusty, you guys have this quadrant; the north."

"Aww, that's boring," Rusty replied, only to get hit upside the head by Sierra as she said, "No complaints!"

"Ahem," she regained her composure, "Anyway, Dagger, you're with Ruby and Delta at the south quadrant."

The girl nodded, turning to me, bowing. I raised an eyebrow in surprise; wasn't this girl out to get me a year ago? Oh well. Can't dwell on it.

"Wait a minute."

We all turned to Saber, who clearly looked distraught as he said, "I'd rather be going with Ruby and Delta and Dagger can go with you and Weiss."

"Nope," Sierra replied immediately with her eyes closed. Saber opened his mouth to argue, only to be stopped by Sierra raising a finger. She reopened her eyes and stated, "She's still not used to her semblance, right? It's best for her to learn from someone with a similar semblance."

"Brother," Dagger said, catching my attention, "I'll be fine; just go with Se-Sierra."

…"Se…?"

I thought about it for a moment, feeling my lips curl into grin as I comprehended what she was about to say, looking at Sierra.

Nice work, Sierra.

We slowly made our way through the underbrush, the sound of twigs and the occasional dead leaf cracking and crunching under our feet. Usually, I'd depend on Lima for these types of situations. But with my said partner with another group, it was up to our own senses to detect anything out of the blue. I glanced back at Ruby, who had apparently stopped for whatever reason.

"Rubes? What's up?"

She sighed, pointing to the back of the group. I looked around her, frowning at the sight of Dagger with her shirt caught on a thorn bush. It was then that I noticed how cute she was at trying to rip herself free from the bush. I suppressed a laugh as I felt Ruby pinch my cheek, putting on a pouty face. Now this time, I couldn't suppress it as I said, "You might want to help her, Rubes."

"…Alright…," she replied, walking over and cutting her free.

"Th-thank you," Dagger stammered, looking away in embarrassment. Ruby smiled and replied, "No problem."

Then she glanced back at me with a disappointed look on her face, causing me to sigh.

I'm gonna have to apologize to her later….

Just then, the sound of a twig snapping caught my attention. I instinctively rolled forward, feeling a small gust of wind as I rolled, seeing a Beowolf was standing behind where I had just rolled from. I heard a gunshot, as well as saw a blur of red as Ruby flew past me, cutting the Grimm's head clean off. I then reached for my swords, suddenly with a sinking feeling that there was one right behind me. Ruby turned to face me, calling my name as I turned around, seeing a Beowolf's claws flying right for me.

I fired one of my swords, teleporting right to it as Dagger jumped on it, slitting it's throat violently as it flailed around, trying to get her off it's back, only to land on the ground with a sick "thump." The girl got off her quarry, proud of what she had just did as I spotted a Beowolf running at her on her right. I drew my second sword, throwing it at them both, barely missing Dagger as it landed in the shoulder off the Grimm running at her. Dagger turned to face me, only to see nothing where I was just standing as I teleported to the downed Grimm, slashing its head off. Just then, Ruby appeared and said, "Roses!"

I responded with a slash at another Beowolf. Ruby jumped over me, cutting another down. I followed up, taking out the next one. Then a pair of large Beowolves appeared. I turned to Ruby, who said, "Blade Dance!"

I grinned as Dagger jumped over me, parrying one of the Grimm's strikes as I followed her up, cutting it clean in half as Ruby called out, "Roses!"

I threw my second sword at the second Beowolf, nailing it in the chest as Ruby appeared before it, slamming the blunt end of Crescent Rose on the hilt of my sword, sending it clean through its body as she followed it up with a slash, cutting it in half.

I sighed, looking at Dagger, who apparently looked winded. I turned to Ruby, pointing my thumb at her in curiosity. Ruby shrugged, causing me to sigh as I walked over to her, reaching my hand towards her. Dagger looked up at me, almost suspiciously as I said, "Good job out there."

The girl seemingly relaxed as she took my hand. I pulled her up, suddenly realizing how small she was compared to Ruby. Albeit, she was probably as tall as Ruby, but she was a bit…well…thinner. Particularly in the chest area.

I shook the thought out of my head as Ruby ran over and said, "That. Was. Awesome!"

"That it was," I replied, turning back to her as she jumped on me, wrapping her arms around my neck. I twirled her around a couple times, finally setting her on the ground. I then felt a tap on my shoulder, turning around to see Dagger as she asked, "By the way…your sword…?"

I raised an eyebrow in confusion, taking a glance at the sword in my hand. I thought about it for a moment, putting it into the sheath, finally taking note of the one that Ruby had shot through the Grimm. I face palmed myself and looked at Ruby and said, "…I hope you didn't send my sword too far."

"No guarantees," she replied. I looked at the dissipating bodies of the Beowolves, pointing towards a tree that had been behind it. Dagger looked in that direction as well as I said, "Well, I'll give you some advice about weapon materialization."

She turned to me as I said, "Basically, it's like forming a bond with your weapons. The longer you've used it, the easier it is to materialize because…well…you know its shape, the length, the weight, everything."

With that said, I materialized my missing sword into my hand. Dagger's eyes seemingly glew as I did the action, sheathing that sword as well. Ruby poked my cheek and said, "You should really become a teacher, Delta."

"Hell no," I quickly replied.

Suddenly, my communicator started buzzing in my pocket. I pulled it out, seeing Sierra's icon on it.

"Delta here."

"Delta, get your ass over here!"

"Wait, what?"

"East quadrant! Lima and crew are getting their asses wupped right now!"

"Roger that, on my way."

With that, I put my communicator away as Ruby looked at me, concern written all over her face. I then glanced at Dagger, who had the same expression written on her face. I looked to the north-east, closing my eyes as I honed my hearing, hearing the faint sounds of blasts and bullets being fired, as well as the sound of weapons bouncing off of bone.

"…North east," I said, looking at Ruby. She blinked at me as I continued, "Blake's in trouble. You confident in your semblance, Rubes?"

"As confident as I always am," she replied with a smile on her face. I then glanced at Dagger, who was apparently practicing her semblance. I sighed, picking up her dagger as I said, "Wind's in trouble. We're taking the express to help him."

Dagger jerked herself back to reality as I stuck her dagger back in its sheath, taking Ruby's hand. Dagger reciprocated out of impulse as Ruby said, "Hold on to your butts!"

With that, I felt the billowing in my face as she shot between the trees. I then glanced at Dagger, who was apparently struggling to hang on. I laughed at the exhilaration as Ruby began to slow down to her regular running speed. I quickly spotted what the others were in combat with; the Goliath.

"I'M OFF," I yelled at Ruby, letting go as I quickly caught my stride, pointing my sheath at the large elephant-like Grimm. It roared as I fired both of my swords at it, nailing one sword on its shoulder and the other around its neck. I teleported to the sword stuck in the neck as I heard Wind yell, "YOU SURE TOOK YOUR SWEET TIME!"

I grinned as Dagger yelled, "SHUT IT WIND!"

I pulled the sword out, teleporting to the sword stuck in its shoulder, dragging a cut all the way down to its foot. However, the Grimm seemingly batted a rat's ass about the cut as it roared, seemingly in anger as it swung its giant trunk at me. I widened my eyes in surprise as I barely dodged it, only to get thrown forward by the force of it smashing its tusks into the ground behind me. I rolled forward, softening the landing a bit as Wind took his shot, his sickles spinning as he gathered his aura, jumping over it and landing another large gash in its flank. The Grimm, despite being as big as it was, quickly whipped around, swinging its trunk at him as he let loose the wind he was gathering, firing himself backwards.

Ruby then went flying towards the beast, cutting at its legs. However, despite Crescent Rose's sharpness, it barely punched through as the beast suddenly whipped around on her too, stomping where she was just standing, now covered in rose petals as she stuck the blade of her scythe into the ground, slowing down her skid.

Suddenly, the soft "boom" filled the air as a yellow blur suddenly cracked it in the skull, quickly backing off as Rusty appeared, hacking away at its legs again. Yang started waving the hand she had used to punch painfully as she said, "That thing is hard…!"

Rusty then landed next to me and said, "Don't worry; I'll be able to cut through it!"

"And how do you expect to do that," I asked, looking at him. The man glanced at me, grinning as he said, "Because of my semblance."

Before I knew it, Hotel came blasting through the undergrowth with his spear, not his lance, which caught me by surprise.

He usually uses the weapon he's more familiar with in situations like this so why…?

"Rust," he said, "I'll create an opening; go for the kill."

"Roger," he replied as Hotel took off with a full head of steam. I raised my hand, trying to stop him, only to be left in a cloud of dust. The Grimm suddenly whipped around, looking at him angrily. Yang screamed his name as he suddenly realized the mistake he had made as it charged head long towards him as well.

Suddenly, a wave of blue flew past me as the Goliath was thrown off course, the blue wave cutting off one of its tusks. I then took note of Hotel on the ground with Sierra's arm over his head as she said something to him. What she said, I couldn't quite hear as she suddenly appeared next to me and said, "Big game hunting at its finest."

The Goliath staggered back to its feet as Saber walked up from behind me and said, "Jeez, it's still standing even after that attack!"

"Ruby, any ideas?"

I turned to my red hooded girlfriend, who glanced at me, then at Dagger, then back as she said, "Blades!"

I turned to Saber as he cocked his head in confusion. I smirked and said, "That's us! C'mon Dagger!"

"On it," she replied as we charged towards the Grimm.

The Goliath roared again as I spun, throwing my sword at it. Dagger threw her daggers, getting the Grimm in the tusks as Rusty appeared, his sword shrouded by what looked like a green glow. With a shout, he cut clean through the leg, causing the beast to let out another roar, this time falling down onto its remaining tusk. I grinned, teleporting to my sword, falling down from when I threw it, going for a downward thrust, nailing it right where Yang had punched it.

"FREEZER!"

I jumped off, rematerializing my weapon into my hand as a large glacier engulfed the beast. I turned around, seeing it surrounded by knives as Sierra snapped her fingers. The knives all flew simultaneously, gouging what they could of the Grimm's thick hide.

"HATCHET!"

Lima appeared seemingly out of nowhere, throwing her axe at its eye, hitting her mark as Blake threw her Gambol Shroud at her. Lima caught it, running in a doughnut around her, retrieving her weapon as Wind then focused his aura. The air around us seemingly grew excited as he let out a shout, releasing what was a large concentration of aura, the wind cutting at the skin of the large Grimm.

"BUMBLEBEE!"

Lima let go of the weapon as Yang took over, taking it as Blake swung her around towards Hotel, who was running to catch up with her stride.

"LANCER!"

Suddenly, Hotel's spear transformed into Finality Executioner as he grabbed onto Yang's hand, using the recoil of his lance to gain speed. With a heave, Yang threw him towards the downed Goliath. He pointed his weapon straight ahead, shouting as he went through the thick skull, going completely through the beast, skidding to a stop as it finally let out a groan, hitting the ground with a thunderous "BOOM."

Hotel regained his composure, swinging his weapon clean as he wiped the Grimm blood out of his face. I walked up to him, sticking my fist out to him. He grinned, fist bumping me as Sierra said, "Nice work teams!"

I turned around, quickly turning away as Saber immediately walked up to Ruby and began talking to her. I lowered my gaze, feeling my chest begin to flare up. Only to look up and see Hotel looking away as well. I turned back, seeing Rusty chatting with Yang. Yang laughed, punching him in the shoulder as she would with Hotel. I raised an eyebrow in surprise as I heard Wind say, "Huh. Didn't know he had a thing for Yang."

"I hope he doesn't," I replied, turning to face him. He sighed, but then looked up at me, pointing at me. I raised an eyebrow in confusion as he said, "turn around."

I complied.

Only to get tackled by Ruby.

Again.

Oh, how I love this girl!

Ruby making the calls, y'all! Anyway, I enjoyed making the names for the different strategies. Anyway, until next time. Oh yeah; thanks for over 9000 views, y'all!