A Broken Gem

Extracurricular

You sit by Sienna and watch as Pyrrha takes on the entirety of Team CRDL. You anxiously watch, secretly hoping she beats the life out of them. You watch as she knocks Cardin and Sky back, then singles out Cardin. She swipes across his chest and pushes his mace away. She turns to Sky and blocks his attacks, then fights both at the same time, only blocking and evading. She creates distance between Cardin and the others, and knocks Russel and Sky into each other, causing them to stumble. You smile and almost cheer, seeing them hit each other. She runs at Cardin and turns her sword into a spear and clashes against his mace, then blocks with her sword, before pushing away again. She uses her momentum to fly past him, taking a swing at his open side, and landing the blow. She throws her spear at Dove and kicks his legs out, then fires a round at Sky and blocks his attack. She spins her sword faster than you can see and winds up shooting Sky's legs, sending him in the air briefly. He flies past Cardin and distracts him, long enough for Pyrrha to close the distance and attack. She lands blow after blow before dodging Cardin's mace, causing it to slam into the floor. He swings and knocks her back, into Sky's attack range, but it doesn't matter. He brings his axe down and Pyrrha jumps, twisting in the air to see Cardin raising his mace. In an instant, she raises her shield and uses the contact to spin her, taking Sky out in the process and throwing Cardin off balance. She jumps over him and throws her shield, hitting both him and Sky in rapid succession. When she lands, she lands on Sky's back, taking him out of the fight. Russel and Dove both charge her, playing into her plan. You smile, knowing your tormentors are getting what they deserve and continue to silently cheer for Pyrrha. Pyrrha leads with her shield and drives it into Russel's gut, then kicks Dove in the face. Cardin runs and jumps in the air, but misses the attack as she jumps back. She arms her rifle and shoots at him, but Russel jumps in front and cuts the bullets in the air. Dove runs towards her, quickly followed by Russel and they both try to take her on, only to realize too late that they can't win. They create distance and Cardin tries to take her by surprise, but she jumps out of the way and fires at him. He blocks the bullets, and continues to fight, but winds up getting hit multiple times. Russel tries to put her down, but she swings her spear and takes him out. Dove fires off a few rounds and is disoriented by her attacks, causing him to cross paths with Cardin. In an unfortunate act of friendly fire, Cardin takes Dove out with his mace as he prepares to attack. He causes a shock wave in the floor, that does nothing to Pyrrha. She attacks him with no break and sends him into the air, then follows. Once in the air, she launches herself off her shield, and bars her spear across his neck, then throws herself down, slamming him on his back. You smile, knowing the fight is over and cover your mouth to stop from laughing.

"And that's the match." Cardin looks up, holding his side and groans.

"Lucky shot." He falls over and you and Sienna both start to laugh, trying to keep your voices down. You can see a small smirk on Glynda's face as she speaks to Pyrrha.

"Well done Miss Nikos. You should have no problem in the tournament."

"Thank you Professor." Glynda nods and looks at her tablet, and starts to write something down.

"Alright. Now I know that's a tough act to follow, but we have time for one more sparring match. Any volunteers?" You nudge Sienna and she lightly shoves your shoulder. You look back to see Team RWBY and smile at them, then notice Blake's mood. Apparently Glynda realized it too, because she calls her out.

"Miss Belladonna. You've been rather... docile for the past few classes. Why don't you..." Before she could finish, someone from the back interrupts.

"I'll do it." You look back to see the kid sitting next to Emerald. You know you've seen him before, but you can't remember his name.

"Mercury, is it? Very well. Let's find you an opponent." You are about to say something to Sienna, when he once more speaks up.

"Actually, I wanna fight... her." You look to see him pointing to Pyrrha, who obviously was not expecting it.