"Tonight, we strike at the heart of our enemies!" The White Fang Lieutenant roared, the crowd of soldiers yelling their approval. "All our enemies are in one place! So lay down your lives for the cause!"

The White Fang army's battle cries would have reached the heavens had it not been for their location. They were deep underneath Vale, in one of the caverns that made up the labyrinth that criss-crossed underneath the city. Due to the Grimm infestation, along with the confusing and illogical corridors, the labyrinth was basically uninhabited and uncontrolled, as no rational individual would use it as a base.

No one ever considered the White Fang to be logical, especially the two observers who were most definitely not White Fang member.

"Well this looks bad." Cacao murmured to Schokolade. The two of them were hidden in the shadows of one of the numerous entrances to the cavern. "Like, seriously bad."

"..." Schokolade nodded his head in agreement. His fingers were moving quickly, silently allowing his weapon to slowly blanket the area around them. Schokolade's weapon was brutal, but needed to be properly prepared in order to be fully utilised. "..."

"So you think we should go on the offensive then?" Cacao's hand gripped his weapon more tightly. In an enclosed space, it was incredibly lethal. At the same time however, overuse could potentially bring the entire cavern down. "Most of them seem pretty weak, except those two."

The two that Cacao referred to were the White Fang Lieutenant and the smaller girl who was leaning casually against the wall. The girl was twirling a pair of sais around her fingers. A pair of wolf ears stuck out from her short jagged hair. At first glance, the White Fang Lieutenant was definitely more imposing. To the trained eye however, it was obvious that the girl was both far more skilled and hence far more dangerous. Her reputation was also known to the two Vanagandr members.

"..." Schokolade flexed his muscles, his aura spiking as he applied it around his body. Against her, all defences had to maximise.

"Yeah, I'll keep my voice down." Cacao knew that the girl's hearing would be near supernatural, even by Faunus standards. He recognised her after all. Not by name though. "But I didn't think they'd send one of the leader's personal corps to oversee this mission."

"...Den of Beasts." Cacao blinked. He had only heard Schokolade speak a handful of times, despite all their time together. Then again, Schokolade only ever spoke when it came to certain individuals and topics.

"The monsters of the White Fang." Cacao watched as the girl scratched her head, her ears twitching. A happy look crossed her face and she begun scratching more furiously. It would be cute, if the girl wasn't a sociopathic terrorist. "Complete fanatics with brutality that rivals that of the Grimm."

"...kill." Schokolade said, referring to the Purple List. A secret list of individuals known only to the upper echelons of Pale Horse and the Atlas Military, any person on the list would be executed on the spot without exception.

"Ugh." Cacao scratched his head, watching the crowd. He knew the power of the Den of Beasts by reputation, and wasn't very confident in his chances of success against one of their members. Especially with so many White Fang cannon fodder and the massive Lieutenant. "This is going to be messy you know?"

"..." Schokolade continued to watch the Den of Beasts member, who had taken out a lunchbox and was currently munching on a rice ball. His fingers twitched, his weapon reinforcing his fists in preparation for combat.

"Are you going to come out?" The wolf girl suddenly called out upon finishing her rice ball. Both Schokolade and Cacao froze. "You're pretty good, hiding your aura like that. Pity you can't stop your heart from beating or your pores from perspiring or whispering. Otherwise, I might not have noticed you."

"Damn it." Cacao groaned and stepped out of the shadows whilst scratching his head. Schokolade however, didn't move. The two had realised that the girl hadn't noticed Schokolade due to his ridiculous stealth capabilities. "That sucks then."

Upon seeing the Pale Horse insignia along with the Vanagandr mark, every single White Fang leveled their weapons at Cacao.

"Well this is a nice greeting." Cacao spread his arms wide, a shit-eating grin on his face. "Nice to see you guys as well!"

"Kill the interloper!" The White Fang members made to attack.

"You'll die." The members immediately froze at the girl's words. "That man is Vanagandr's sub-commander. Killing a bunch of small-fry like you would be a picnic for him."

"Well not exactly." Cacao spun his briefcase around. "Though it would be quite easy yes."

"That's why I'll take you on myself." The girl pushed herself off the wall, her hands grasping her sais. "I wanted to fight against Cassian or the monster that runs Vanagandr, but a sub-commander should whet my appetite."

"OK Cassian I can understand." Cacao rolled his shoulders and relaxed his body. "But you wanted to fight my boss? Are you bloody insane? You might be strong, but Fenris would wipe the floor with you."

"Perhaps." The girl's eyes flashed and her grin widened, revealing sharpened canines. "But it would be a good way to die."

"You're mad." Cacao took a combat stance. "By the way, I didn't catch your name."

"Cassandra." The wolf Faunus replied. "Nice to meet you, Cacao Adel of Vanagandr."

"Right back at you." Cacao pressed a button, activating his weapon. "And I'll see you in the next life."

The resulting explosion rocked the entire cavern.

"What should I wear?" Winter moaned, holding another dress up. She was alone in her room, having kicked Cassian out. Winter wanted her outfit to be a surprise, something that would render Cassian speechless. "Ugh, I don't know what to wear!"

"Are you sure you don't need my help?" Cassian called from the other room. He had already showered and was dressed for bed. "I mean, you'd look gorgeous regardless of the outfit-"

"No!" Winter yelled, causing Cassian to flinch. "This is the first time in ages since we've had a proper date, and I'll be damned if it isn't perfect!"

"Uh…" Cassian was silent for a moment. "...alright. I'll leave it to you then."

Winter waited until she heard Cassian's bathroom door close before letting out an annoyed moan. She wanted to wear something new to impress him, but Cassian had seen basically all of her outfits.

"What can I doooo?" Winter grabbed her head and shook it. "I don't know what to do!"

Meanwhile, in the bathroom…

Cassian winced as he heard Winter shout again. He was brushing his teeth and cleaning his glasses. While he had his eyesight corrected soon after becoming Winter's bodyguard, Cassian still wore glasses in private. They made him feel secure.

"Haaaa." Cassian sighed. He knew that Winter wanted to surprise him, but in all honesty, he didn't really mind what she wore. To Cassian, Winter was his queen and king. In his eyes, she could wear a potato sack and still be the most beautiful person in the world. A person who he had dedicated his life to both serve and love. "I hope she doesn't go overboard."

"I doubt it." Yin's voice was projected from Cassian's scroll, which lay on the ledge above the sink. "Well ok, I do think she'll go overboard."

"Probably." Cassian gargled and spat into the sink, before wiping his mouth with a towel. "Though this does mean I'll be able to catch a few winks."

"Always a good thing. I'm sure after the make-up sex, you must be rather exhausted."

"Stop reading Ninjas of Love." Cassian grabbed his phone and went into his room. "It's making your brain rotten."

"It's quality literature."

"Sure." Cassian slid into the covers and placed his glasses on the bedside table. "Like Vytal's Gossip Girl XOXO."

"You read that site?"

"I read all the blog sites." Cassian flipped the bed-side light switch, dimming the room until his bedside lamp was the only source of light. "I do need to keep up with the gossip about Winter."

"Just admit you like reading it." Cassian flushed, glad that Yin couldn't see his face. OK, maybe he did enjoy reading about the celebrity news just a bit. "It's a guilty pleasure. We all have one of those."

"Is Ninja's of Love yours?"

"No, it's crossdressing." Cassian blinked. He hadn't expected that. "Surprised?"

"Um…" Cassian wondered exactly how he should respond. He could imagine that Yin would be very good at the said hobby. "Somehow it matches you."

"I can send you some images if you'd like." Before Cassian could say anything, his phone beeped. With a healthy amount of apprehension, he opened the image link.

"..." Cassian looked at the image on the screen. "..."

"What do you think? I thought that photo shoot was one of my better ones."

"...they're actually not that bad." Cassian looked more carefully. "Wait...isn't this a gravure shoot?"

"My guilty pleasure."

"You're a pin-up model!?" Cassian yelped.

"Yes, but please don't tell anyone. No one knows except you and Helaine."

Cassian could see why. The photo of Yin was virtually unrecognisable. Had Cassian not known who it was, he would have said the girl was cute. "I hate to admit it, but you could give Silvers and Winter a run for their money in terms of femininity."

"No offense, but neither of them are particularly feminine. Silvers is a tomboy, while Winter is...domineering." Yin replied, self-pride evident in his tone.

"I think she prefers to call it adult charm. Plus, she's different in private." In the background, Cassian thought he could hear sobbing, but decided to ignore it for now. Winter was having her moment, and it wasn't a good idea for him to interfere. "Very different."

"True. Is that her sobbing in the background?"

"Yes."

"...Are you not going to do anything?"

"She's choosing a dress."

"Ah yes, good choice then." Yin's tone sounded sagely. "A woman choosing an outfit for the man they love should never be interrupted by that said man."

Cassian had to admit, there was a very specific question that he needed to ask Yin, if only to lay his suspicions to rest. "Yin, are you a-"

"Do I see myself as a woman?" Yin went quiet as he thought about it. Cassian however, read the silence as being oppressive.

"You don't have to answer it if you don't want to."

"Oh I have no problem about talking about it. It's you after all Colonel." Yin replied, his voice cheery. "It's just that I don't really think about it. I mean, I like women-"

"Wait." Cassian interrupted Yin, another important question having suddenly entered his mind. "Do you like someone right now?"

"...no."

"You're lying to me."

"I really don't-"

Yin's attempts to deny it fell on deaf ears.

"I know the girl don't I?"

"...maybe." Before Cassian could push any further, Yin hung up. Cassian stared at his scroll, before sighing. He wondered what would happen if the said girl was to find out about Yin's...hobby.

"I pray for your success Yin." Cassian murmured, before switching off the light and going to sleep.

Cassandra threw herself to the right, dodging another one of Cacao's projectiles. His weapon, a massive anti-air cannon, had a relatively slow firing rate. However, Cacao was fast enough so that Cassandra was unable to close the distance between the two of them.

At the same time, Cacao's explosive rounds were sending most of the White Fang members into disarray, forcing them to take cover or cower in the ground in fear.

"HAHAHAHA!" Cacao laughed, his gun spewing bullets of death. A single blow from one of them would kill literally anything, due to their ridiculous destructive power. "DIE DIE DIE!"

"Hmm." Cassandra rolled and weaved, the attacks missing her by inches. She didn't try to deflect the attacks with her sais, her battle experience telling her that such an attempt would not end well. "You're an infuriating one aren't you!?"

"Right back at you!" Cacao yelled back. "Why don't you just get hit and die!"

The White Fang Lieutenant watched the two of them fight. His injury from his encounter with Cassian Gray had yet to fully heal, and hence he wasn't capable of assisting Cassandra. Though, it would have been very difficult for him to offer assistance even if he was healed, so fierce was their battle.

Suddenly, the Lieutenant felt something wrap around his throat. At the last second, he managed to stick his hand against his Adam's apple, just as thin wires begun to constrict him.

"What the Oum!?" The Lieutenant growled, his hand beginning to bleed as the wires dug into it. Whoever was attempting to garrotte him had a ridiculous amount of strength, as well as the stealth to match. "Who are you!?"

"..." His attacker remained silent, his only answer to further increase the force behind the wire. The Lieutenant could feel the wire cutting deep into his flesh. Any further and it would hit bone.

"A-as if!" The Lieutenant roared, swinging his chainsaw backwards. Schokolade jumped back, his wire loosening for a fraction of a second. In that instant, the Lieutenant escaped from Schokolade's trap, creating a few feet of distance between the two giants. "Schokolade!"

"..." Schokolade took his regular combat stance, with his two hands hanging loosely at his sides. The Lieutenant sprung forward, intending to rush Schokolade and prevent him from using his techniques.

He had taken two steps before blood exploded from his chest. The Lieutenant's eyes widened in shock as he realised a deep gash had opened on his chest. Had it not been for his aura and natural sturdiness, the Lieutenant would have been killed instantly. Even as it was, the wound was still heavy, the Lieutenant falling to his knees from the damage.

"..." Schokolade looked at the Lieutenant on the floor in front of him, before raising his hand above his head. Wires flowed from his fingertips, so thin that they were almost invisible. The wires were so light and they were floating in the air, the slightest wind sending them fluttering.

"I-impossible!" The Lieutenant gasped. He was staring at the thin wires, the ones which had so effortlessly cut through his defences. "How could such thin things be so-"

Schokolade swung his hand down. At the same time, a humming noise filled the surrounding area as the wires were supercharged with electricity. The wires straightened, becoming thin blades with ridiculous cutting power. Upon touching the Lieutenant's body, they effortlessly cleaved through, the wires thin enough to take advantage of the tiny cracks in the Lieutenant's defenses. More wounds opened up on the Faunus' body.

"Gah!" The slashes hadn't hurt in the slightest, the electricity having numbed the Lieutenant's pain receptors. The blood loss however, was steadily draining his strength. "Y-you monster!"

"..." Schokolade raised his other hand, his electrified wires prepared to end the Lieutenant's life. Before he could land the killing blow, a smattering of gunfire interrupted him.

Schokolade's aura meant that he was unharmed, but the gunfire managed to distract him, allowing the Lieutenant to retreat to a safe distance.

"Run Lieutenant!" The White Fang small fry shouted, unleashing another barrage at Schokolade. Despite Cacao's attacks, a small group had gathered to courage to stand up and attack Schokolade. "We'll hold him off for as long as we-"

The small group of White Fang were silenced as Schokolade unleashed his wires on them. Unlike the Lieutenant, their auras and natural defenses were nowhere near strong enough to resist Schokolade's assault, and were hence slashed to tiny pieces.

"..." Schokolade turned his attention back to the injured Lieutenant, the distractions having been brutally removed. He pointed his finger at the Lieutenant's forehead, intending to pierce the Lieutenant's skull and kill him instantly.

The Lieutenant gave Schokolade a defiant look, refusing to show fear even in the face of death. His body could no longer move, his aura having been completely spent.

"..." Sensing the Lieutenant's resolve, Schokolade gave a curt nod, before focusing his aura into his fingertip. The tip begun to glow blue as Schokolade used his semblance to increase the wire's penetrating power. "..well fought."

"Thanks." The Lieutenant grinned, welcoming the end.

"Damn it!" Cacao swore, parrying an attack from Cassandra. The wolf faunus had led Cacao into a more enclosed area, where she had used the ceiling and walls to quickly close the distance. While Cacao was an expert at close-quarters combat, Cassandra was a specialist, so the Vanagandr sub-commander quickly found himself on the losing end. "You're pretty good!"

"You aren't half bad either." Cassandra launched another kick, using the momentum to spin in the air and land in a crouch. Her combat style was wild and unpredictable, consisting of attacks from crazy angles and positions. Cacao's reflexes were the only thing that had prevented him from being defeated almost immediately. "Those bullets would have killed me if they'd hit."

"Pity they didn't." Cacao's weapon was already dented, Cassandra's attacks having been heavy enough to damage the cannon. It was still usable, but Cacao wasn't sure how many attacks it could block. "Would have saved me a lot of trouble."

"Well, life doesn't always go your way." Cassandra lunged forward with her sai, striking Cacao's weapon once more. A huge dent appeared at the impact point. Cassandra continued her assault, her stabs striking the same point over and over again. "I wanted to fight your commander, not you."

"What is with your obsession with Fenris?" Cacao winced as he felt his weapon break from Cassandra's blow. Tossing it aside, Cacao took a unarmed combat stance. "Sure, she may have murdered hundreds of White Fang by herself, but you don't hate her."

"What makes you say that?" Cassandra swung her sai at Cacao's face, only to be forced back by a counter kick aimed at her ribs. "You're not wrong."

"I like to think I can read people pretty well." Cacao threw a jab, missing Cassandra by a hairbreadth. "So if it's not hate, what does your obsession stem from?"

"Fenris is the person I love the most." Cassandra replied. The reply caught Cacao off guard, allowing Cassandra to strike him in the stomach. The attack sent him reeling, his stomach heavily bruised.

"You love her!?" Shock was evident on Cacao's face, even after the painful strike he had taken. "How could a Faunus even meet Fenris without being murdered!?"

"Wouldn't you like to know?" Cassandra grinned and lashed out with her foot.

"No, not really." Cacao guarded against the kick and countered with a punch. The attack caught Cassandra in the calve, damaging the muscles and restricting her movements. "I really don't have that much interest in your rotten love for my boss. Especially since she'd kill you without a thought."

"But isn't that beautiful in itself?" Cassandra continued to attack, even as her tone turned lustful. "Fenris is violence incarnate, a force of nature who relentlessly kills everything in her path. Whatever she wants, she takes. And woe behold whoever stands in her way."

Cassandra shivered, her face ecstatic. "That indifference to anything but herself, that effortless brutality, that utter lack of empathy for those weaker then she is. How could you not love her?!"

"Now that's just wrong." Cacao's face indicated just how vile he found Cassandra. "You fell in love with our leader because of that? I should just put you down right now, out of pity."

"Don't trample on my love!" Cassandra yelled, rushing at Cacao. "What would you know about Fenris!"

"I know that she'll never love you back." Cacao grabbed Cassandra's arm and twisted it, re-directing her into the ground. The earth cracked underneath Cassandra from the force of the technique. "I know she'll murder you without a thought not because you're a White Fang member, but because you simply stood in front of her."

"And that would be a glorious way to die! At the hands of my beloved!" Cassandra sprung back up, her aura having protected her from the brunt of the attack. Cacao however, placed his palm against her stomach, injecting her aura directly into her body. This attack left a mark, as blood leaked from the corner of Cassandra's mouth.

"No, it would be a foolish way to die." Cacao grabbed the back of Cassandra's neck and pulled it down. At the same time, he thrust his knee upwards, catching the Faunus in the nose. A horrible crack echoed through the cavern as her nose broke. Cassandra would have stumbled back, had Cacao not had a firm grip on her head. "Don't misunderstand, I'm trying to kill you right now. But at least you'd die at my hands in a way befitting one of your skill. If Fenris got to you...you'd be dead in an instant."

Cassandra couldn't answer, the pain from her broken nose and damaged innards robbing her of her ability to speak. She did however, manage to punch Cacao in the liver. Cacao simply tanked the blow, before smashing his elbow into the back of her head. The attack dislodged a portion of her spinal cord, killing her instantly.

"Sleep well." Cacao muttered, letting Cassandra's corpse fall to the ground. "I'll remember you as a warrior Cassandra." Cacao bent down and closed Cassandra's eyes.

"If Fenris had killed you instead of me, she would have already forgotten your name."

A bullet caught Schokolade between the eyes. Unlike the previous rounds, this one had enough strength to pierce his aura and crack his mask. Sensing another attack, Schokolade created a net with his strings.

A moment later, a blade clashed against the strings. Had Schokolade not embedded them with his aura and semblance, the blade would have cut through.

"Lieutenant." A new voice spoke. It was low and gravelly, with an exasperated tone. The speaker was dressed in a red and black suit, with a stylised grimm mask covering half his face and red hair sticking from around it. "What do you think you're doing."

"Adam." The Lieutenant rumbled. He was still incapable of standing, but his wounds were beginning to heal, albeit slowly. "We got attacked."

"I can see that." Adam looked at Schokolade, before scanning the surroundings. "Seems like Cassandra's dead."

"You're welcome for that as well." Cacao said from behind Schokolade. "She broke my bloody weapon in the progress though."

"I wasn't thanking you, Vanagandr scum." Adam took a combat stance, his hand prepared to unleash a storm of slashes at the two Vanagandr sub-commanders. "Cassandra was a pup in the Den of Beasts, strong but unfocused. I promise you that I am not the same."

"No respect for the dead? How cruel." Cacao stood next to Schokolade, still protected by Schokolade's net. "But I can see that you're quite strong. You're Adam Taurus aren't you? The current White Fang forward leader-"

"The one and the same."

"-as well as the sole survivor the Vacuo incident." Cacao finished, a mocking grin on his face. "You were the only one who survived against Fenris weren't you? The man who hid underneath his comrades' bodies as they were ruthlessly slaughtered. The coward-"

Cacao and Schokolade leaped back as several slashes tore the net to pieces. Had the two remained standing, the attacks would have damaged them.

"Shut up!" Adam roared, Cacao's taunts having struck home. "I dedicated my life to the White Fang to erase the coward that I once was! For that single mistake, I have had a lifetime of regret." Adam's aura flared up, the carvings on his mask glowing red as his emotions flared. "But no longer. I'll atone for my sins and avenge my comrades by killing you!"

"Oh Oum." Cacao laughed, while Schokolade smiled beneath his mask (not that anyone could see it.) "He actually thinks he can kill the two of us."

"Do you think I jest!?" Adam launched a huge number of slashes at the two Hunters, only for Schokolade and Cacao to effortlessly dodge them.

"No, I don't." Cacao replied, concentrating his aura into his right hand. At the same time, Schokolade begun to unravel his strings. "I honestly think that if this fight dragged on long enough, even if it was two on one, you would win."

"Then accept your-"

"The key term being long enough." Cacao suddenly placed his palm on the ground. "I wonder, with all your strength, can you survive a cave in?"

Adam's eyes widened behind his mask as Cacao pressed his palm into the ground. The cavern, already heavily damaged by Cacao's artillery fire, immediately begun to crumble as Cacao's aura caused the cracks to spread and grow. In an instant, huge pieces of rubble begun to fall from the ceiling, crushing White Fang corpses and destroying footing.

Adam was forced to jump back as rubble landed between him and the Vanagandr members. The Lieutenant had managed to force himself to his feet, and had already retreated into one of the tunnels. Adam took one last look at where the Vanagandr members were, before following after the Lieutenant.

"They're gone." Cacao said, completely unperturbed by the falling stones. Schokolade's net had encapsulated them, as well as created a pathway to the nearest exit. Luckily the cavern's stone contained high concentrations of metals, allowing Schokolade to use his semblance and wires to create crude electromagnets to deflect debris. "That was scary."

"..." Schokolade continued to feel with his wires, making sure that there weren't any surprises hiding. While the cave-in had probably killed every single person in the cavern save for themselves, it was best to be careful. Zombies didn't exist, but there were some individuals who were very good at playing dead. "..."

"Ah right." Cacao looked at the tunnel which was to serve as their exit. From his vantage point, he could see it was sloping down instead of up. "Well, I suppose we'll just have to wing it then~"

"..."

"I doubt they'll attack tomorrow evening, seeing as we killed pretty much all of them save for Adam and that chainsaw guy." Cacao gave Schokolade a thumbs up. "So Winter and Cassian can have a good date! And my sister will remain innocent!"

"..." Schokolade begun to walk down the tunnel, wondering if he could refrain from murdering his partner while they tried to find a way out of the underground labyrinth.

Weiss Schnee had mixed feelings about her current class. While the guest teacher was no doubt more than qualified to teach hunter and huntresses-in-training about combat, she was in the end Weiss' sister.

In Weiss' eyes, this either meant that Winter would be very kind or very cruel to her. Knowing Winter, Weiss suspected it would be the latter.

"Pay attention." Winter said, silencing the entire arena. The place was filled with students from all across the board, as well as a few active duty Hunters and Huntresses. In the corner of the room, Weiss could see Cassian leaning against a pillar, his eyes scanning the stands for potential danger. His shades were tucked into his shirt, showing off his eyes. "Today I will be facilitating this class. Now, I'm sure some of you saw my demonstration yesterday with my sister."

Weiss felt the entire class turn their gaze to her for an instant, before returning to Winter. It was unnerving, to say the least.

"Well, I decided that today's class would be focused on unarmed combat, as yesterday's spar indicated that you appear to woefully lack any true hand-to-hand combat skills."

Weiss felt her cheeks blush at Winter's insult. She knew that she was severely lacking in hand-to-hand combat skills compared to her elder sister, but that was because Weiss had focused solely on mastering Myrtenaster.

"In combat, you never know when you'll lose your weapon." Winter held her hand in front of her face. As Weiss watched, her hand began to glow as she focused her aura into it. "While aura is generally seen as a defensive skill, proper control can allow it to become just as destructive as a weapon."

Winter thrust her palm into the air, causing the ceiling to crack from the displaced air. Weiss' eyes widened, as well as many of the other students. They hadn't known such a thing was possible.

"Projectile techniques are possible as well, though I will admit I don't specialise in them. My preference is body enhancement." Winter cloaked her entire body in aura, before punching the ground. Weiss felt the ground rumble as her Winter's blow cleanly cracked the ground into two pieces. Winter however, was completely unharmed, her aura having protected her from any backlash. "Colonel Gray however is more adept with weapon enhancement techniques."

Cassian stepped forward, his right arm straightened out like a sword. As Weiss watched, his aura cloaked his hand, as well as extending several centimeters out from the tips of his fingers. Winter kicked a piece of the floor at Cassian, who swung his hand gently. The piece of rock was immediately cleaved in two, Cassian's hand having acted as a makeshift sword.

"Thank you Colonel." Cassian gave a small bow, before returning to his observation spot. "Now then, since this is a single class, I won't bother teaching you any of these techniques. I showed these to you because I want you to take the initiative to learn these yourself. Every person's combat style is different, hence every person should have the ability to choose techniques suitable for themselves."

In the background, Weiss could see Cassian looking at Winter with a What the Oum face.

"Um." Coco Adel, who just so happened to be sitting next to Weiss, leaned over to the Schnee heiress and whispered in her ear. "Your sister does know that what she showed us are Atlas military secrets right? As in, no one outside of the Atlas military instructors are allowed to teach those techniques?"

Weiss didn't answer, not sure herself what the answer was. She wondered if anyone was willing to point out this slight issue to Winter. Somehow she doubted anyone would.

After all, no one really wanted to get beaten within an inch of their life by Winter Schnee.

Except maybe Sage.

Another chapter! I felt like we should take a peek at what the White Fang are up to, as well as give Schokolade and Cacao some screen time! (OK, I really just wanted to write a fight scene, I'll admit it.)

We see Winter make a blunder for the first time, with people actually noticing it. Her real personality is starting to leak through, which is both endearing and...perhaps a bit dangerous.

Next chapter we get some fluff, as well as the start of the dance! (The second major event of the story!)

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