"No!" Nora stomped her foot, her arms crossed and eyes narrowed, as she stared down her father. He sighed.

"Nora, it's a perfectly reasonable exercise. Every team has to do it at some point-"

"I'm not going to fight Ren!"

The boy in question stood awkwardly behind Nora, hands fidgeting at his side as he observed the argument, unsure exactly how to intercede.

"It teaches you what your partner's weaknesses are, so you can-"

"I already know all about Ren! He doesn't have any weaknesses."

Ren blushed. "Nora, I'm sure I have-"

"Of course he has weaknesses," Nora's father replied, ignoring Ren. "Everyone does. But you need to know you're partner's weaknesses so you can cover them, and help them improve."

"Besides," Nora continued as though neither had spoken, "Why would I want to fight Ren? I don't want to hurt him."

Ren placed his hand on her shoulder. "Nora, we won't actually be hurting each other. It's just practice-"

"No!" she shouted again, whirling around to face him. "We're never gonna fight, so why should we practice against each other? It'd make a lot more sense for us to fight together. Unless.." her eyes widened and she looked up at Ren, tears beginning to form in her eyes. "You're not gonna leave me, are you?"

"What?" Ren stepped back, blinking in surprise. "No, of course not."

As quickly as she had begun crying, she stopped. "Exactly!" She whipped back to face her father, arms crossed. "We're always gonna be together, so we're not gonna fight each other." She punctuated her declaration by sticking out her tongue out the man. Ren looked up at him helplessly.

"Well, if that's the case," the large man began slowly, stroking his chin. "Perhaps the two of you would like to practice against me?" he offered, drawing his sword.

Nora pumped both her fists, grinning madly. "Awesome!" Ren just sighed.

Ren rolled under the Beowolf's outstretched claws, stopping at a kneel behind it, and raked the left hand of Stormflower across the back of its legs, sending it howling to the floor, while the right hand fired up into the face of a second Beowolf, causing it to back away, its hands flung up in defence. Nora leapt forward with a cry of delight and slammed Magnhild down on the head of the first Beowolf, crushing it into the ground, before firing the weapon directly on it for good measure and repating the move on the second Wolf. Ren smiled slightly as he straightened up, dusting himself off, before approaching Nora. She grinned back at him over her shoulder.

"That was awesome! They were all, 'roar'! and then you went 'woosh', and then I went 'smash'!"

"That is an accurate description."

Nora linked her arm around his and started dragging him back toward the school, retelling their fight again. He had no doubt that, by the time the story reached the ears of their friends, there would be at least a dozen Beowolves, and likely a few Ursas or a Deathstalker. He shook his head, still smiling, and continued to allow Nora to pull him onward, just as he always had.

A/N: heeeyyyyyy… so I know I haven't updated Three Wars in… a month, but I started school and work at the same time, and then I was out of town, and I was having problems adjusting to new medication, and then… let's just say my schedule and personal life have been working against me writing anything. Anyway, this is going to be a collection of Ren and/or Nora oneshots, all set in RWBY canon. It's all going to be short stuff like this; just things I upload as I get a new idea that doesn't require any planning or time devoted to it.