"I'm headed down to the sparring arena guys!" Ruby called as she walked across team RWBY's dorm to the doorway.

"Have fun, sis!" Yang replied.

"Don't forget we have a test tomorrow in Port's class that you haven't studied for at all!" Weiss yelled.

"Oh, relax Weiss," Ruby replied, rolling her eyes. "I'll be just fine. It's not going to be anything more than just pointing out weak points in the Grimm's armor, and we've all found them dozens of times in the field already. Besides, I kinda need to relax."

Weiss glared at Ruby. "I'd hardly call swinging that oversized gardening tool relaxing."

"Well, it is for me!" Ruby said.

"Whatever," Weiss replied, rolling her eyes.

"See you guys soon!" Ruby called.

Ruby pulled crescent Rose off of her back as she walked out of the door. She rubbed the compressed blade affectionately as she made her way through the halls to the elevator. The door opened, and Ruby stepped inside, placing her scroll over the sensor as she did so.

"Welcome, Miss Rose, how can I help you this evening?" the voice of the attendant asked politely through the intercom.

"First floor, please," Ruby replied cheerfully.

"Of course."

Ruby felt the elevator shudder lightly as it started its descent.

"We have arrived," The attendant said politely as the elevator gently stopped.

"Thank you!" Ruby called as she walked out.

She slowly wandered through the halls, eventually finding herself outside of the arena where Beacon's students had their sparring classes. She walked up and held out a hand to open it, but hesitated as she heard the distinct grunts of someone else working within. Ruby carefully pushed the door open and peered inside. There, in the center of the arena, carving up target dummies with powerful, yet precise strikes, was Pyrrha Nikos. She stopped her attacks briefly and glanced at Ruby, giving her a slight nod before continuing. Ruby could only watch, mesmerized as she fought. Despite the girls obvious skill however, Ruby could tell just by watching that something was bothering Pyrrha. Finally, when the last target fell, Pyrrha stowed her weapons and walked over to Ruby.

"Good to see you Ruby," Pyrrha said cheerfully. "How are you tonight?"

"Great!" Ruby replied. "Wat about you? You seem kinda... Off."

"Oh, it's nothing, Ruby," Pyrrha said politely, though her smile was starting to fade a little.

"Really?" Ruby said, glancing at the carnage of the training dummies that lay in the center of the arena. "'Cause, judging by the targets over there, you seem a little... Not okay."

Pyrrha sighed as her smile completely disappeared. "It's Jaune. He's being... Stubborn."

"You want him to ask you to the dance?" Ruby asked.

Pyrrha replied with a nod and a sigh. "He even cut off our training lesson tonight because Weiss turned him down again earlier."

"Yeah," Ruby muttered, sighing as well. "He really does seem set on her. Not sure why he keeps trying though." She gave Pyrrha a light hug. "Well, just keep trying. I'm sure he'll figure it out eventually."

"Perhaps," Pyrrha replied, though she didn't sound as convinced.

"Well, in the meantime, you want to go ahead and run a few training rounds together?" Ruby asked.

"Sure," Pyrrha replied, perking up a little.

Ruby walked over to a wall and tapped a few controls, causing a number of targets to enter the arena. She readied her scythe, and Pyrrha readied her spear as they stood back-to-back and waited. The first targets dropped into the arena, and both warriors picked a target, and began their attack. Ruby's scythe cleaved through her first target's midsection as a barrage of sniper rounds slammed into a target on the other side of the room. Pyrrha charged at her first target, leading with her shield, and she slammed it into the wall before turning and slashing through another target. She quickly shifted Miló into a rifle, and fired four shots, which each collided with a different target. Ruby and Pyrrha fought back to back for ten minutes, sending debris flying through the air as bullets and blades struck their targets. Finally, after nearly five minutes of fighting, Ruby and Pyrrha stood holding their weapons in the middle of a field of debris.

"Well, that was fun," Ruby quipped.

"Would you like to have a quick duel before we go back to our dorms?" Pyrrha asked.

"Sure. Tournament rules?" Ruby asked as she hefted her scythe.

"That sounds good," Pyrrha replied, gripping her spear. "Begin!"

Ruby swung her scythe behind her and started to fire a barrage of shots that rocketed her toward the Spartan. She swung her weapon around, striking her opponent's shield and bouncing off, skidding to the other side of the arena. Ruby watched as Pyrrha's emerald-colored eyes analyzed her every move. Pyrrha took up a defensive stance, and Ruby charged again. She felt her weapon start to pull against her swing as Pyrrha activated her semblance, and Ruby dashed around the warrior with her own semblance, striking Pyrrha's shield with Crescent Rose's blade. Ruby could not help but be enthralled slightly by Pyrrha as she and Ruby tangled in combat, her scarlet hair flowing around with each swing of Miló in its sword form. Pyrrha shifted the weapon into its spear form, and launched it at Ruby. Ruby deflected the spear of her scythe, and fired several shots behind her to rocket her towards Pyrrha. Her opponent ducked under the strike and used her semblance to pull her own weapon back to her.

Ruby and Pyrrha continued to duel for nearly ten minutes, with neither making any progress. Finally, both huntresses-in-training lowered their weapons.

"Should we call it a tie?" Ruby asked.

"That sounds like a good idea," Pyrrha replied, putting her weapon and shield away.

"Come on, let's go ahead and get back to the dorms." Ruby quipped, putting her scythe away as well.

"Thank you for the duel Ruby," Pyrrha replied, giving her a smile. "You're going to be an incredible huntress one day."

"Thanks," Ruby said, rubbing the back of her head nervously. "That really means a lot coming from you."

"I mean it," Pyrrha said as the two left the arena. "You have a rare gift Ruby. And, don't forget you got into Beacon two years early because of your skill."

"Yeah," Ruby replied. "Honestly though, sometimes I still don't quite feel ready to be here."

"Well, if you ever need anything at all, please come to me," Pyrrha said giving Ruby a smile as the two entered the elevator.

Both huntresses stood in silence until the elevator finally arrived at their level.

"I had a good time tonight," Pyrrha said as they stepped out of the elevator and started to walk to their dorms.

"Yeah, me too," Ruby replied, smiling brightly.

"We should definitely do this again."

"How about tomorrow?" Ruby asked. "I'm not doing anything tomorrow night."

"I'm working with Jaune some more tomorrow," Pyrrha replied, sounding slightly sad. "Perhaps on Friday?"

"That sounds good!" Ruby said, reaching for her scroll and placing over the scanner for her dorm. "See you at breakfast tomorrow, Pyrrha!"

"Goodnight, Ruby," Pyrrha replied, smiling as she gave Ruby a slight wave.

She really is a lovely girl, Pyrrha thought as she scanned her own scroll and entered the dorm. Honestly, I can't wait to be able to work with her again.

A/N: As, promised, the first chapter of my Victory Rose/Milk and Cereal/Pyrruby/Pole Control/whatever else people are calling PyrrhaxRuby on any given day. Anyway, this isn't going to be a very long story (it'll probably be between three and six chapters), so, sorry if that's what you were expecting. Speaking of Pyrrha and Ruby, who else thinks that those two together would be pretty much the most polite couple on the planet, to the point were their too busy apologizing to fight about anything? For instance, Pyrrha (even after she nailed Jaune to a wall with her spear) still said sorry to him, and Ruby tried apologizing to Weiss even after they exploded due to Ruby's sneeze.

As always, thanks for reading everybody! I'll see you folks in the next chapter of Rose Guardian!