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Jaune's blade came up and clashed against Milo. He brought his shield up to catch Pyrrha's attack and pushed it off to one side, following with a quick counter. Pyrrha flowed with the momentum of his block, ducking down and spinning to the side of his strike. She came up on the back side of his sword arm and brought her blade down hard against his shoulder. Jaune yelped at the direct hit and fell to the rooftop, panting heavily. Pyrrha sighed.

"Jaune you had been doing so much better. You're…" she paused and looked over the slightly higher outcrop of building which housed the door they used to get to the roof, seated firmly atop this structure was a very interested little brunette in a combat skirt, "You're off tonight. Is something wrong?" Jaune picked himself up from the ground and brushed off with a groan.

"I'm okay. I'm just a little distracted I guess." he swung his sword arm in a large circle, trying to stretch out the shoulder that had just taken a hit.

"I'm sorry," Ruby jumped down from her perch and made no move to approach the two, "I didn't want to interrupt your training. I just wanted to watch. I can leave." Ruby turned to the door without hesitation.

"Ruby, I didn't-" Pyrrha started but Jaune cut her off.

"No Ruby don't go. I need to be able to fight in front of you. I should fight better around you." Jaune straightened his back and stood tall then lowered into a deep stance, readying his weapons, "Let's go again." Pyrrha shook her head and struck her stance.

"As you will." she readied her weapons.

Ruby jumped back up to the slightly higher roof where she was well out of the way of their combat.

Jaune waited, shield at the ready, sword held high. Pyrrha sprang forward, Jaune caught her blow on his shield and lunged forward with a committed thrust. Pyrrha pushed her shield into the side of the thrust, ducked and pushed it high, went under Jaune's arm came around behind him and struck her hilt against his back.

"Focus Jaune, not so aggressive." Pyrrha instructed as Jaune stumbled forward and spun around to meet her.

He swung his blade around for her shoulder and was easily parried. Jaune swung his shield into guard and caught her counter square in the middle. He bucked forward hard and repulsed her attack, following with an underhand swing that she caught on her buckler. He bounced the strike off her shield and brought it all the way over his head to come crashing down towards her. Pyrrha stepped slightly off to the side and jabbed forward with her blade, catching Jaune in the ribs mid-swing and knocking him off balance. He stumbled and swung his shield into a guard, anticipating a counter attack which did not come.

"Jaune, you have to wait for your chance to strike. You can't force it." Pyrrha shook her head again and darted forward.

She put her shield forward, charging under its guard. Jaune brought a wide swing around, aiming to meet her more exposed shoulder. She ducked the blow, falling to a crouch and spinning. She folded her blade out into a spear as she spun and swept the haft at his legs, knocking Jaune onto his back. She spun to a stand, flipping her spear back into a blade and ended the sweep standing over Jaune, the blade's tip at his throat.

"You're going to get yourself killed fighting that recklessly." Jaune's muscles went lax and he collapsed into the rooftop, letting his arms fall at his sides. Pyrrha sheathed her blade with a small flourish and Jaune groaned heavily and loudly. She sighed and looked over to Ruby, then closed her eyes and called out to the girl, "Ruby, would you mind maybe helping us a little?" Ruby's head shot up in surprise and she sat at attention.

"Me?" she pointed to herself, "Sure, how can I help." she hopped down to their level, "I mean what do you want me to do. Anything." She trotted over with a smile.

"Well, I was thinking that perhaps, if Jaune were to watch us spar, that it may calm his mind and give him some insight." Pyrrha looked to Ruby as she approached and made the offer as softly and politely as she could. Ruby let a small grin reach her face and flipped her massive scythe off her back, unfolding Crescent Rose to its full size and letting it rest on her shoulder.

"Sure Pyrrha, if you think it would help." Ruby grinned and Jaune shook his head side to side hard.

"Oh no, I'm really not sure that's the best idea." He stood quickly and waved his hands back and forth.

"No really," Pyrrha tried to assure him, "Really Jaune it would help for you to see someone else fight me. Especially someone as talented as Ruby." Ruby smiled at the compliment.

"It's not really all me. I have to thank my sweet heart here," Ruby petted the long sides of Crescent Rose lovingly, a gleam in her eye that Jaune would have killed to have directed at him, "Come on Jaune." Ruby sank the scythe lightly into the roof before shooting forward to grab Jaune and then firing off to her previous spot in a flurry of rose petals and depositing the blonde boy there for safekeeping. She gave him a sly wink and flashed back to where she had left her weapon. Pyrrha brushed several petals off her shoulder and Ruby giggled, "Oh," she snorted slightly in her laughter, "Sorry that happens."

"Yes, I have noticed." Pyrrha gave Ruby a polite smile and readied her weapons. Ruby glanced around the rooftop and then back to the other girl with a sigh.

"Now this isn't really fair is it? It's so small here and I'm a ranged specialist." Pyrrha eased her stance and cocked her head to the side.

"And what do you suggest? We can hardly move somewhere larger without losing the rest of the evening."

"Well let's just say no semblance use then." Ruby smiled and yanked her scythe free of the rooftop. "It'll slow me down and handicap you."

"I can agree to that." Pyrrha nodded her head, "I never use my semblance when training with Jaune so it would do little for him to watch me fight with it." Ruby's smile widened and she leapt back several feet whirling her scythe above her head as she did so.

"Alright. This is gonna be fun. Let's go Pyrrha." Both girls smiled and struck their battle ready poses, Jaune groaned.

The sound of Milo and Crescent Rose coming together rang out again and again from the small rooftop as Ruby and Pyrrha clashed. Ruby was trying desperately to stay out of arm's reach because Pyrrha was just unstoppably fast at that range and Crescent Rose needed plenty of room to maneuver. She hopped away from a long slash and flipped up and over an air duct that protruded from the top of the building. She used the slight buffer of the obstacle to give her a moment to slide her scythe's handle down a bit, not wielding it in its fully extended form, instead opting for the shorter handled variant. This would give her the maneuverability she needed in these tight quarters.

Pyrrha Rolled Milo in her grip, allowing it to fold back into a sword as she made her way around the air duct Ruby was hiding behind. Pyrrha raised her shield as she came around the corner, catching a neck severing strike from Crescent Rose. She spun with the force down into a crouch and swung at Ruby's legs. Unfortunately the girl was quick enough to jump the strike. Pyrrha rolled on instinct off to the side and thanked Oum for her combat experience as the massive blade of Ruby's ridiculous weapon sank into the rooftop where Pyrrha had been moments before.

Ruby kicked backwards, freeing her blade from the roof and putting distance between herself and Pyrrha with a single motion. Pyrrha charged at her, jumped to the side, bounded off of the air duct Ruby had been using as cover and brought an overhand strike towards Ruby's head. The duct dented as she launched off of it. Ruby twirled her weapon in a tight circle over her head to deflect the blow but it never came.

Pyrrha pulled her sword back as she came hurtling down at Ruby. Her move had been so telegraphed there was no way it would ever hit. Instead she tucked into a tight roll, slipped under Ruby's guard and stooped in a crouch behind her. She leveled her sword and prepared to plunge it forward.

Ruby saw a flash of red as Pyrrha's ponytail flipped through the air. The older girl had ducked under her guard and gotten too close to Ruby for the whirling scythe to be effective. So Ruby finished the overhead twirl with the blade behind her, sniper barrel pointed directly at Pyrrha and slipped her finger under the trigger guard to fire.

"Uhh guys…" Jaune's voice called out unsteadily from the far side of the roof. Ruby and Pyrrha both halted, blows poised and ready to be unleashed, and whipped their heads around to face him. Jaune shuddered under the intensity of their combined gaze, but Professor Goodwitch did not.

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Headmaster Ozpin's office was large and ornate. A huge, sprawling desk with direct access to the CCT and all of the schools systems sat opposite the doors. From his windows he could overlook the entire campus and the city of Vale beyond. Beacon's headmaster sat atop one of the most recognizable structures on Remnant at the head of one of the most prestigious schools and was in charge of arguably the most talented Huntresses and Huntsmen the world had yet seen.

"There were several complaints from the fourth year students on the top floor of the dormitories. I went to investigate the cause and found these two fighting in front of Jaune Arc like some sort of show. They had absolutely wreaked havoc on the building and showed no sign of stopping anytime soon." Professor Goodwitch gave her report to the Headmaster in a tight, succinct voice that barely managed to hide her anger and disappointment with the two girls standing behind her, staring pointedly at the floor.

"And you were able to repair the damage Glynda?" Headmaster Ozpin was leaning against the edge of his desk, coffee cup in hand despite the late hour. He followed his question with a long but shallow sip, pulling whatever mysterious drink he had there into his mouth slowly.

"Yes sir, of course I was." Glynda replied curtly

"Thank you." Headmaster Ozpin nodded to her and stood from the where he was leaning. Standing firm and unslouched the headmaster struck a rather imposing figure, quite tall and well built with lean muscle evident even beneath his thick scarf and formal attire. "That will be all Glynda, thank you." Professor Goodwitch turned sharply to face the two girls, gave them a final, withering stare and then strutted off towards the elevators, somehow able to stomp every step despite her heels. Headmaster Ozpin waited until the elevator doors had closed on Glynda before letting out a deep sigh. He turned about and walked slowly back to his chair and seated himself without a word.

"Headmaster Ozpin, I'm so sorry. We were just sparring and I guess it got a little out of hand. At first it was really friendly but I got kinda competitive and Pyrrha is really really good so she started trying harder then we were getting really crazy-" Ruby started in hot and heavy but the Headmaster raised a calm hand and she fell silent.

"You girls are aware that this academy has very fine training rooms and open air arenas meant for practice bouts are you not?" He looked between them calmly.

"Yes sir." they both replied sullenly as one.

"We even allow students to venture into the surrounding wilderness in order to train in a more natural setting as I've noticed both your teams taking advantage of recently." Ozpin continued in a controlled, even tone.

"Yes sir." they replied again.

"So why is it that you felt the need to hold your impromptu sparring match on the roof of the dorms? Urban combat training perhaps?" He asked with an intonation to his voice that made Ruby think he was more offering than asking.

"No sir." Pyrrha responded before Ruby had a chance, "I train with Jaune, my team leader on the rooftop every night to help him. His abilities are not…" she paused, "They're not what he wants them to be and so he asked for extra help. He didn't want anybody to know so we picked a more secluded spot." Pyrrha finished her explanation and fell silent once more. Ozpin nodded his head, taking in the information and then began to sip at his mug once more.

"I was watching tonight and then Pyrrha asked me to spar her too and it just got really, really out of hand. I'm sorry." Ruby stepped forward, hands clasped under her chin in a desperate plea for mercy. She was already at Beacon two years early under special circumstances, the last thing she needed was some type of disciplinary blemish on her record.

"Why were you there tonight Ms. Rose? I thought Mr. Arc didn't want anyone knowing about his secret training?" Ozpin set the coffee mug down and folded his hands calmly beneath his chin. Both girls looked back to the ground, too embarrassed to describe their personal lives to the Headmaster. "And further. If the purpose was to train young Mr. Arc, then why were the two of you sparring?"

"Because I was jealous sir." Ruby responded suddenly. Headmaster Ozpin leaned back in his chair without a noise and nodded his head for her to continue. "Jaune and I are dating now, but he still spends every night training with Pyrrha. I know they're partners and I shouldn't care but I can't help it so I wanted to come watch them train so Jaune remembered I was his girlfriend." Ruby's head hung low and she let her hands fall limply in front of her, all pretense gone.

"Now Ms. Rose. Jealousy is a dangerous beast. They are teammates, he's her leader. They will, most likely, spend more time together than he does with you. Just think of how close you are with your sister, or Ms. Schnee, or even Ms. Belladonna." The Headmaster leaned forward and gave Ruby an intense stare, one that rooted her to the spot and drowned her in her own foolishness.

"Ruby, you don't need to be jealous of Jaune and I. I'm so sorry you felt that way." Pyrrha stepped forward and wrapped her arms around the slim brunette's shoulders. "I had my chance Ruby, he's chosen you hasn't he?" Ruby eye's opened in surprise.

"Really? Do you really feel that way?" Ruby pulled out of Pyrrha's arms and turned to face her, now completely ignoring the Headmaster. "I've been so worried this whole time, before we even started dating, that I was like, stealing him from you or something. I didn't wanna hurt you Pyrrha." Pyrrha dropped her hands and clasped both of Ruby's and pulled them up between them.

"Oh Ruby. You are so sweet." There were tears beginning to well up in Pyrrha's eyes, "No Ruby, I don't want to get in the way of your happiness either." Ruby ripped her hands free and lunged forward, wrapping her arms around the taller girl's waist. Pyrrha let her arms fall back around Ruby and squeezed her against her chest.

"Yes well," the Headmaster cleared his throat rather loudly, "There is still the matter of your discipline." Both girls jerked away from each other and returned to their positions in front of his desk, heads bowed in shame.

"Sorry sir," they said in a single, embarrassed voice.

"No, that's quite alright. We seem to have tackled the heart of the issue." he picked up his coffee and stood slowly. "However, Glynda will be furious with me if there aren't any consequences." Both girls gasped quietly, fearful of what might come. "So, neither of you will be allowed on the roof from this point forward." Ozpin turned on his heel and looked out over the school from one of his many panoramic windows. "I will have one of the sparring classrooms reserved for use by either Team RWBY or Team JNPR so that you may continue training Mr. Arc. But, there must be no further issues between the two of you." He turned back to face the girls. "Is that understood?"

"Yes sir." they both chimed in relief.

"Well, you best be off. School starts early tomorrow." Ozpin took a sip of his cup and looked between the two shocked girls.

"Thank you so much." Ruby nearly screamed and bolted for the elevator. She began mashing the button and looked back to Pyrrha. "Come on." Pyrrha hesitated.

"Thank you sir." she said quietly. Ozpin raised his mug slightly in acknowledgement and turned back to the window. Pyrrha smiled in thanks and then strode back to the now waiting elevator.

A/N - So that's a rather short one. Today for me is honestly about the ending of "Clubbin' " so I kept this one a little brief. I got everything done that I wanted to, just clipped a few sections that weren't absolutely necessary. I feel like I always write out far too much of the fight scenes and stuff anyways, and anymore from Glynda may have made her overly harsh. Ahh well, thanks so much for reading, please let me know what you thought.

Next chapter will be out on Tuesday.

-Zach