After a fight between Jaune and Cardin in Professor Goodwitch's fighting class, there was only time for one more fight. Skyler was up next. Then Glynda selected 'Random' on her Scroll.

"The next match will be Mr. Skyler Yin versus..." her Scroll beeped, "Ms. Yang Xiao Long."

Skyler internally flinched. He liked Yang and all, but if he was honest, he was scared of fighting her, no, terrified. When Yang hit, she hit hard. Probably the only thing going in Skyler's favor was that he knew what made her tick. While it made her more reckless, it also made her more dangerous.

'Okay,' Skyler told himself, 'Just don't touch the hair, and you'll be fine...'

Yang walked into the arena with a large grin on her face. Typical Yang. What was worse, Yang fought hand-to-hand. Skyler was so used to training with his sword, he hadn't really focused on that type of fighting style. Aka, he had no defense against Yang other than-

"Match begin!"

Yang charged at him, still grinning, and had her fist raised.

'DODGE!!!' he internally screamed.

He swiftly twisted his body, causing Yang to miss, but then her left fist came in, hitting him in the side. He stumbled, but recovered quickly and pulled out his gun. Yang fired some long-range shots as Skyler pulled the trigger.

Yang's shots only added fuel to the fire. Yang yelped and jumped out of the way, and then started running as Skyler kept the fire chasing her. He finally let go of the trigger when Yang charged at him again. He changed it to the sword mode and blocked the punch.

He started slashing, Yang countering with her gauntlets. He knew he was making a risky move using his sword. If he cut off even a small lock of that hair, even accidentally, he was dead. But his sword was the only close-range offense he had.

While Skyler was struggling to find a plan, Yang was having the time of her life. She always loved fighting, but fighting Skyler was just an adventure in itself for her. His unique weapon made things a bit interesting for her, thus making things more exciting!

She saw Skyler slightly pull the trigger on his sword just as she threw a punch while her hair began to glow and eyes turned red. The sword and gauntlet collided, creating a small explosion and knocking the two back. The two looked up at each other, Yang grinning, but breathing heavily. Same for Skyler, except less of a grin.

"You want to call it quits?" Yang goaded.

That made Skyler smirk and got into a fighting position with his flaming sword, "I could do this all day."

That only made Yang smile more. Yet another reason why she fell for this guy. He never gave up.

The two charged again, exchanging blows and slashes and the occasional explosion. Both of their Auras dropped into the orange and approached the red zone slowly.

The two were now at a distance, huffing. Yang's hair was practically on fire from her Semblance. Then she noticed Skyler's fearful look. Just when she was about to ask, something small floated in front of her face.

The inevitable had happened. Skyler had accidentally cut off a strand of hair. He gulped in terror as Yang's power boosted.

"I don't care if it's you..." Yang's hair shot up, "YOU'RE GOING DOWN!!!!!"

"Oh crapbaske-" Skyler was interrupted by a fist to the face.

His Aura began to drop rapidly. It finally ended when Yang tackled him, shoving him against the wall, arm on his neck.

"Match end!" Goodwitch announced, "Mr. Yin is out of Aura."

Yang finally calmed down and her hair stopped glowing. She finally noticed Skyler was smiling slightly, the pain kinda taking its toll on him. Yang unpinned him from the wall.

"Skyler!" she exclaimed, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah," he wheezed, "Those hits kinda threw my nervous system out of whack there... Can't quite feel the pain..."

Then he promptly fell to the ground.

"There it is," he said in a muffled voice, "Owwwww..."

Yang just smiled and slung him over her shoulder, "Come on, Skyler. Time for lunch."

"Thanks best buddy..."

Yang flinched a bit and those last two words, but managed to conceal her disappointment, "Right... What are friends for?"
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"So... There we were... in the middle of the night!"

"It was day."

Nora was telling a story about an adventure her and Ren got into, with Ren correcting her. Some people, like Yang, were entirely invested in it, while others, like Jaune, seemed to be distracted.

"We were surrounded by Ursai..."

"They were Beowolves."

"Dozens of them!!"

"Two of them."

"But they were no match... And in the end, Ren and I took them down and made a boatload of Lien selling Ursa skin rugs!"

Ren sighed, "She's been having this recurring dream for nearly a month now."

"Still makes a good story," Dante said.

"Why, thank you!" Nora said proudly.

"Jaune?" Pyrrha asked her partner, "Are you okay?"

Jaune snapped out of whatever trance he was in, "Huh? Oh, yeah! Why?"

"It's just that you seem a little... not okay..." Ruby put in.

Everyone looked at Jaune, who said, "Guys, I'm fine. Seriously! Look!"

He held up a thumb while laughing nervously until his attention was focused on the members of Team CRDL, standing around a girl, Velvet Scarletina, with brown rabbit ears jutting from her hair as Cardin laughed at her and Sky Lark held up his hands to his head in a mock interpretation of her unusual features. Skyler growled at the scene.

"Jaune," Pyrrha frowned, "Cardin's been picking on you since the first week of school!"

"Who? Cardin Winchester? Nah... He just likes to mess around! You know, practical jokes!"

"He's a bully," Ruby said.

"And a jerk," Walker put in.

"And a racist," Hazel added.

"Oh, please!" Jaune persisted, "Name one time he's 'bullied' me."

"How about the time he knocked your books out of your hands by flailing wildly?" Dante suggested.

"Or the time he got your shield wedged in between door frames?" Yang added.

"Or, my personal favorite," Skyler said with no humor in his voice, "The time he shoved you in a rocket locker and launched you out of Beacon?"

Jaune attempted to laugh it off, "I didn't land far from the school!"

"Jaune, you know if you ever need help, you can just ask," Pyrrha assured.

"Ooooh!" Nora got up from the table and presented her diabolical plan with a not-entirely-sane grin, "We'll break his legs!!"

"I'm down," Dante grinned, "Let's do it!"

"Guys, really, it's fine!" Jaune still persisted, "Besides, it's not like he's only a jerk to me; he's a jerk to everyone."

They all looked over as the laughing grew louder, mixed in with cries of pain from the rabbit girl when one of her ears was tugged on by Cardin.

"Ow! That hurts!" Velvet stopped struggling and grimaced as she said, "Please, stop..."

Cardin continued laughing as he turns to his cronies, "I told you it was real!"

Russel Thrush was still guffawing with his teammates, "What a freak!"

"Atrocious," Pyrrha sneered, "I can't stand people like him."

Blake stared daggers at Cardin, "He's not the only one..."

Yang sadly leaned her head on her hand, "It must be hard to be a Faunus."

"Well," Weiss shrugged, "It's not our place to stop him. That's for the teachers and Ozpin."

"Well, someone should've told Skyler that," Hazel said, "'Cause he's already going over there."

Everyone turned and saw Skyler walking over to Cardin with a frown on his face. Yang then smirked.

"Oh, you guys are in for a treat," she said.

"What do you mean?" Walker asked.

"Just watch and listen."

Skyler tapped Cardin on the shoulder, "Hey Cardin?"

He turned, "What?"

"Are you trying to get yourself punched in the face, or are you just that stupid?"

Cardin flinched a bit and growled, "What'd you say punk?!"

"Wow, and you're a terrible listener," Skyler smirked, "It's just not your day, is it?"

"Hey! Shut it!"

Skyler's frown appeared again, "Wow. I came over to fight you in a battle of wits, but, to my utter disappointment, you have come unarmed. Wanna try again tomorrow?"

If Cardin's face could get any redder, it would've exploded, "That's it. Tomorrow, Goodwitch's class. Me and you. Got it?"

"You're on," Skyler smirked again, "It's not everyday you get to beat up a bully."

Cardin sneered, "Come on guys, let's go."

Team CRDL left the table, leaving Skyler and Velvet alone. Velvet spoke up in a quiet voice.

"T-thanks..." she said.

"Eh, no problem," Skyler replied, "People like him get on my nerves. Hating on someone because... what, bunny/cat ears or something like that? Doesn't make sense to me."

Velvet smiled a bit, "Well, thank you again. It means a lot."

"Anytime. See ya!"

And Skyler walked back to his table. Yang, Ruby, Jaune, Nora, and his team were nearly dying of laughter, Pyrrha and Weiss were holding in giggles, Ren was smiling, and even Blake had looked up from her book and grinned.

"Jeez..." Yang giggled, calming down a bit, "I haven't heard savagery that bad from you since Signal!"

"What happened at Signal?" Ren asked.

"Ruby was getting picked on by some guy," Yang explained, "She didn't tell anyone-"

"I didn't want you to worry!" Ruby weakly argued.

"-and Skyler eventually found out. So he told the guy off until the guy was speechless. When the guy tried to fight, that's when I stepped in."

"And I immediately see where this is going," Weiss said.

"The guy was in a hospital for a full week," Skyler smirked, "And silent for the rest of the school year."

"That's actually pretty sweet of you, Skyler," Blake complimented.

Skyler blushed, "Oh, well... Uh, it's not THAT big of a deal..."

Blake raised an eyebrow at the sudden change of behavior, but shrugged it off. Skyler meanwhile berated himself for acting like that, so he tried focusing on something else. Like Cardin. He inwardly grinned. Oh, he couldn't wait for tomorrow.
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I wanted to make this chapter longer, but there really was no point in continuing. I originally wanted Skyler or even another one of his teammates to figure out about Jaune, but it served no real importantance. Till next time guys!