A/N: Cinder and her group secretly observe your skills and see what you can do.

You were sitting with the other students in Glynda's class. Pyrrha had just finished a sparing match with all of team CRDL.

Glynda: And that's the match.

Cardin: Lucky shot.

Cardin said before he collapsed.

Glynda: Well done, Miss Nikos. You should have no problem qualifying for the tournament.

Pyrrha: Thank you, professor.

Glynda was soon tapping her Scroll.

Glynda: Alright, now I know that's a tough act to follow, but we have time for one more sparring match.

She said as she looked around at the observing students.

Glynda: Any volunteers? Ms. Belladonna?

Blake slammed her book shut as she looked wide eyed at Glynda.

Glynda: You've been rather docile for the past few classes. Why don't you....

Mercury then raised his hand.

Mercury: I'll do it.

Glynda: Mercury, is it? Very well, let's find you an opponent.

Mercury: Actually, I wanna fight... him.

He said as he pointed at you.

(Y/N): Me?

Glynda: I don't think that's a wise choice. (Y/N) would be a bit much for you. I recommend you choose another partner.

(Y/N): naw, it's fine.

You said as you got up and walked to the arena where Glynda was standing at. She then whispered to you.

Glynda: "whispers" are you sure about this? You're leagues above the other other students.

(Y/N): "whispers" don't worry, I'll be holding back all my hits so I don't injure the guy.

Glynda: "sighs" very well.

You and Mercury entered the arena and stood before each other on the opposite sides. The sparring match began when Mercury attacked first. You dodged and knocked him down. He quickly got back up as he dodged a swing from your tail. You both traded blows with each other before kicking Mercury a few feet away. While the sparring was all going on, Ruby turned Emerald, who was sitting in the seat behind her.

Ruby: Hey, your friend's doing pretty good.

Emerald gave a fake smile before then rolling her eyes once Ruby's back was turned. Back 8 the arena, Mercury was unleashing a series of powerful strikes. All of which that you had either blocked or dodged. The last strike got you in the face. However, it didn't little to any affect to you st all as you looked at Mercury and smirked as yours tail wrapped around one of his legs and knocked him back onto the ground. He got up and did a flip above you. He landed a few feet away from you with his back turned. You were about to attack him until he spoke.

Mercury: I forfeit.

(Y/N): wait what? What do you mean you forfeit? We bearly even got started.

Mercury: eh, what's the point? We're clearly leagues way apart from each other.

Glynda: In that case... (Y/N) is the victor of the match.

Emerald smirked while Mercury sneered smugly. You were

Glynda: Next time, you may want to think a little harder before choosing an opponent.

Mercury: I'll be sure to do that.

The alarm for the bell rung which made Blake jolt before she left.

Glynda: That is all for today. And remember, the dance is this weekend. But you all have your first mission on Monday. I will not accept any excuses.

You started to walk out of the room with the rest of the students. As you all left, Mercury stopped beside Emerald.

Mercury: Learning is so much fun.

Outside the room, Sun's team, team SSSN, were standing at the entrance as you and Team RWBY walked past them. Sun noticed Blake and ran after her.

Sun: Hey, Blake!

Sun grabbed Blake by her shoulder.

Sun: You uh, doing okay?

Blake shut the book she was reading.

Blake: I'm fine.

Sun: So I hear there's this dance going on this weekend... ah, sounds pretty lame, but you and me, I'm thinking, not as lame, huh?

Blake: What?

Sun: The dance! This weekend! You wanna go, or what?

Blake: I don't have time for a stupid dance. I thought you of all people would get that.

Blake walked away past her team. Sun sunk from the rejection.

(TimeSkip).

Sometime after leaving class, you headed outside to train. Mercury and Emerald had already told Cinder at least half of the hand to hand fighting skills you used in the sparring match. But now Cinder was staring outside alone, away from your vision. She observed you as you were firing ki related attacks and using instant transmission to appear and stop the blasts.

Cinder: interesting. All this power from these few blasts. Hm......i wonder.

You were charging up a galick gun and were adding more power to it than you did the last few blasts.

(Y/N): galick gun!

You fired the blast and then used instant transmission to appear in front of the end of the blast. You grabbed onto the end of it and slowly started to press your hands closer to each other while crushing the blast. As you were doing that, the blast was slowing pushing you back. But that eluding stop you and you kept pushing your hands closer together before fully crushing and stopping the blast.

(Y/N): man, that was a bit harder than the last few. But I should probably stop for now before some of the people get a little worried.

You said as you landed back down on the campus and started heading inside.

Cinder: "whispers" very impressive. Imagine having that kind of power.

She said as she watched you head in, but you were soon stopped by Ruby.

Ruby: (Y/N)!

(Y/N): hm?

Ruby: I'm so glade I found you. I wanted to ask you an important question.

(Y/N): what is it?

Ruby: Well uh......

She put both arms behind her back as she looked down and blushed.

(Y/N)'s mind: is she about to ask what I think she's about to ask?

Ruby: Well uh.......i was thinking maybe we could.......well............you know.......if you'd like to....

Yang: Hey!

You both saw Yang running to you both.

Yang: what are you doing?!

Ruby: I was trying to ask (Y/N) out to the dance before you interrupted!

Yang: you knew I was gonna ask him out!

Ruby: just so you could try and get closer to him in bed!

Yang: I would never!

(Y/N): -_-

Yang: You're just jealous that I can actually make him blush.

Ruby: because you're always putting your boobs in his face!

(Y/N): Girls! Let's calm it down a bit here. We don't want to start a riot. How about this?

Ruby & Yang: hm?

(Y/N): how about I go with you both?

Ruby & Yang: what?!

(Y/N): it's just a suggestion. It's better than going out with one of you and hurting the other.

Yang: yeah, but......

(Y/N): it's either that or I won't go at all.

They both then hugged you..

Ruby & Yang: nuuuuuuuuuu!

(Y/N): then it's decided. I will be going with you both to the dance.

Ruby: now let's head back to our dorm. We need to get Blake to come to the dance.

(Y/N): you two go on ahead. I'll catch up soon.

Ruby: k.

The two ran off while you were still standing there as a certain teacher soon came from around the corner.

Glynda: so it's seems that Ruby Rose and her sister have asked you to the dance.

(Y/N): I'm sorry, Glynda.

Glynda: no, it's alright. It would've been best that we kept our relationship secret.

(Y/N): thanks Glynda.

Glynda: just don't get too ahead of yourselves after the dance.

(Y/N): wh.....what?!

Glynda: (Y/N), I woman knows all.

You then headed to team rwby's dorm and you walked in on the girls talking about something.

Blake: You what?

Ruby: We want you to go to the dance.

Blake: That's ridiculous.

Yang: Blake, we're worried about you. This investigation is starting to mess with your head.

Blake: how?

(Y/N): well, for starters: You can't sleep, you hardly eat, and to be honest, your grades have been suffering.

Blake: You think I care about grades?

She shrugged and then gestured out the window.

Blake: People's lives are at stake!

Yang: We know, and we're all still trying to figure out what Torchwick is up to.

Ruby: Thanks to you and Sun, we know they're operating somewhere outside of southeast Vale.

Weiss: And, the Schnee company records singled out Vale as the primary target for Dust robberies over the last few months.

Yang: Don't forget about their missing military tech too.

Blake: But there's still unanswered questions!

Ruby: Blake, you won't be able to find anything if you can't even keep your eyes open!

Yang: All we're asking is that you take it easy for one day.

Weiss: It will be fun! Yang and I will make sure of it.

Yang: Yeah! We're planning the whole event!

Blake: Excuse me?

Weiss: Team CFVY's away mission lasted longer than expected.

Yang: So, Weiss and I were asked to pick up where they left off. And now we can make sure you have the perfect night.

Weiss: And once it's all over, we'll return for our search, rested and ready.

Ruby: So what do ya think?

Blake: I think this is a colossal waste of time.

Blake walked away from you all and opened the dorm door.

Blake: I'll be in the library.

She walked out of the room.

(Y/N): "sighs"

Yang: Great.

Weiss: She can't keep going on like this.

There was soon a knock at the door and Weiss opened it to see Jaune at the door with a guitar.

Jaune: 🎶Weiss!🎶

Weiss slammed the door in his face.

Jaune: Oh, come on, open the door! I promise not to sing.

Weiss opened the door.

Jaune: I lied!

(Y/N): oh god damn it!

Jaune: 🎶Weiss Schu-nee, will you accompany me, to the dance on... Sunday!?🎶

Weiss: Are you done?

Jaune: ........Yes?

Weiss: No.

She shut the door in his face again. She then around and saw you, Ruby and Yang giving her looks.

Weiss: What?

(Y/N): And that little display right there is one of the reasons why they call you the Ice Queen.

Weiss: All my life, boys have only cared about the perks of my last name. Besides, I already have a date in mind.

(Y/N): who?

Weiss: well, if you must know, it's.....

Ruby: Date or no date, none of this will matter if we can't get Blake to go.

Later That night, Pyrrha and Jaune were sparring at their spot on the roof. Jaune appeared to gain the upper hand until Pyrrha swept his legs out from under him.

Pyrrha: Well done! Your swordplay's improved immensely.

Pyrrha helped Jaune to his feet.

Jaune: I couldn't have done it without you.

Pyrrha: So, are you ready to move on to Aura?

Jaune: I'm actually thinking maybe we just skip Aura for tonight? Might go on a jog or something.

Pyrrha: Come on, I know you get frustrated, but you must keep trying. I'm sure you'll discover your Semblance any day now.

Jaune: That's not it. It's just....... It's dumb.

Pyrrha: What is it?

She approached Jaune and placed her hand on his shoulder.

Pyrrha: Jaune, you know you can tell me.

Jaune: It's... Weiss.

He face fell slightly

Pyrrha: Oh. What about her?

Jaune: I asked her to the dance and she shot me down. Big surprise, right?

Pyrrha: Well, I believe the saying goes: There's... plenty of fish in the sea.

Jaune: That's easy for you to say. You've probably got guys clamoring over each other just to ask you out.

Pyrrha: You'd be surprised.

Jaune dismissed the thought.

Jaune: Oh please. If you don't get a date to the dance, I'll wear a dress. Heh.

He walked away as Pyrrha dropped her smile and looked upset.

(Meanwhile).

Emerald: So did you get a look any of the attacks (Y/N) has.

Cinder: indeed I did. He usage of ki is most........interesting.

Mercury: his hits weren't all that much earlier.

Cinder: I wouldn't go underestimating him just yet. Arcosians have many ways of fighting.

Emerald: like he's holding back?

Cinder: exactly. But we need not worry about it for now. I will continue to observe his fighting skills and use wise we've learned against him.

A/N: it won't be a good result.