RWBY: Purple Pheonix

Chapter Two - Fencing

Weiss stormed down the hall towards Ruby and Jet. He must have noticed, because he began to walk away.

"Ruby!" Weiss growled.

"Uh, hi Weiss" Ruby said "sorry I-"

"Never mind that, just come on!" Weiss snapped, seizing her friend's hand and dragging her down the hall.

Weiss kept hold of her friend until they reached the dorm. Weiss turned to the younger girl and crossed her arms.

"Well?" She asked.

"Um, what?"

"Why were you with that new student? You said you would be right back"

"Well, team CRDL got into a fight with him......now that I think about it, they might actually be hurt"

"So you watched them fight?"

"Yeah, he didn't even draw his swords"

"What's your relationship with him?"

"I'd like to think of us as friends, I'd love to spar with him. Oh! He has rapier like you! You two should fence!"

Weiss scowled at her, then sighed. "I think that we should invite him to sit at our table" Ruby said "he doesn't have a team, so he's all alone."

"He's not on a team!?" Weiss said, making a face like she was thinking "how peculiar."

"Ruby! Weiss! Come on!" Yang called from the room "this room isn't going to clean itself!"

"Coming!" Ruby called as she ran to the room. Weiss slowly followed.

Weiss scowled at Jet from across the table. Why is it that his mere presence makes me irritable? she thought. "You know, you're awfully quiet" Pyrrah said to Jet. "Yeah, that's kind of Ren's thing" Nora said "you'll have to find something else."

"Sorry" Jet said.

"Constantly apologizing is Pyrrah's thing" Nora complained. Jet shrugged, then went back to his notebook.

"What are you writing?" Ruby asked.

"I'm sketching" Jet said.

"Oooo can I see!?" Nora said, poking her head over his shoulder.

"No" he said, closing the notebook. His face was slightly pink. "Awe, no need to be embarrassed" Yang said. Jet noticed Weiss's scowl. "Are you alright?" Jet asked. Her temper flared, she was grinding her teeth. "Jet Fitzgerald" Weiss said "I, Weiss Schnee, challenge you to a duel. Our weapon's being our rapiers."

"Very well" Jet said, also standing "I except, miss Schnee".

The two of them walked to the doors, and exited. They stood in the center of the campus, around twenty yards away from each other. Ruby, Yang, Blake, Jaune, Pyrrah, and Nora stood on the sideline. "I think we should talk them out of this" Ruby whispered to the others. Weiss unsheathed her sword, assuming her battle stance. "A wonderful blade" Jet said. He drew his sword. He held it close, resting it against his forehead. "I need your help, friend" Jet whispered, before he assumed position. "En Guarde" Weiss said, preforming her signature dash attack. Jet parried, shooting off sparks everywhere. Weiss quickly flourished, but Jet countered by hitting Weiss with the back of his rapier's hilt. Weiss stumbled back. "I forgot to ask" Jet said "what's his name?"

"What are you talking about!?" Weiss growled, striking multiple times. Jet parried each attack, frustrating Weiss further. "I mean your sword" he said, blocking another strike "what's his name?"

Weiss pressed her sword harder against his, her face showing obvious signs of anger. He smirked, then pushed forward suddenly, making her stumble back. She fell on one knee.

What's going on? Weiss thought isn't this the guy who couldn't even form a sentence a couple minutes ago? What happened? What's with that cocky smile?

Weiss got even more angry. She lunged again, but Jet parried. Weiss was quick to counter, furiously slashing and hacking. Jet had slight difficulty keeping up, but he blocked them all. The last contact was strong enough to create a minor shock-wave. "You're kinda cute when you're mad" he said with a smile. Weiss's face grew red, and she scowled. She gave a sudden push, causing Jet to leap back a few feet.

I understand now Weiss thought this is his element, he's most comfortable when fighting. I need to calm down.

She took a deep breath, then assumed her stance.

"Myrtenaster" Weiss said.

"What?" Jet asked.

"It's name" Weiss said "is Myrtenaster"

"His" Jet corrected.

"Whatever" she said.

Jet lunged this time, as did Weiss. They matched each other blow for blow, until Jet flourished and disarmed her. He took a step back, allowing her to collect her weapon. The gears in Myrtenaster turned, selecting the fire function. Weiss lashed out, releasing a stream of fire. Her eyes widened, Jet was gone. She panted hard, that last attack drained her, she put to much energy into it. A blade slid over her shoulder from behind.

"Well met" Jet said.

when did he get behind me? she thought.

Jet withdrew his sword, then sheathed it. She turned around so that they were facing one another. "Thanks for the match" Jet said, extending his hand. Weiss couldn't help but smile slightly. She sheathed her sword, then went to take a step. She lost her balance, and stumbled. Jet stepped forward, catching her. She was embarrassed to be leaning on him, but there wasn't much she could do about it. The others crouded around them.

"A-are you okay?" Jet asked.

"Y-yeah" Weiss replied "just tired."

Jet put an arm around her, then leaned down and scooped the legs out from under her. "H-hey!" Weiss protested.

"Relax" Jet said "hey Ruby, come here."

Ruby stepped forward gingerly. "Here" Jet said, giving Ruby Weiss "take her back to you're room."

"Okay" Ruby said, turning and walking away. She waited until they were away from the others to say something. "Wow, Weiss, your lighter then I expected" Ruby remarked with a smile. Weiss was embarrassed, and didn't want to speak. She put her arms around Ruby's neck, resting her head on Ruby's shoulder. "W-wh-what are you doing" Ruby stammered. "I'm just tired" Weiss said.

Once they got back to the room, Ruby gently laid Weiss on her bed. She put a blanket over her exhausted friend. Ruby turned to leave. "Ruby" Weiss mumbled "thank you."

"Your welcome" Ruby said with a smile, then left. Zwei hopped up on the bed with Weiss, snuggling up to her. Weiss stroked his soft fur, while slowly drifting to sleep.