After they talked for a bit Pyrrha fought Ruby and Weiss and single handedly wiped the floor with them. They couldn't touch her with their weapons and Pyrrha either dodged or blocked their dust shots. Ruby was fast but predictable and Weiss had perfect form but it was repetitive and predictable. Pyrrha didn't really even need to use her semblance. Ruby and Weiss had little teamwork against Pyrrha. Mostly because Pyrrha wouldn't let them have the chance to make a plan and she would mess with any plans they did make. It was amusing to watch from Alabasts point of view.
After a while Ruby and Weiss were panting and on the ground. Weiss was sitting on the ground while Ruby was sprawled on her back. Pyrrha gave them solid advice on how to improve.
Next was Alabast's turn. He decided that he would get a bit serious. He decided to fight Yang, Blake and Nora. He was confident that if he tried and focused he would win.
Alabast knew that Yang would certainly charge in first and planned accordingly.
He held Nights Fall in his right hand.
Ren counted down from 3 to signal the start.
As predicted Yang charged Alabast. He simply dodged her telegraphed punches and kicks. He also had to dodge the a big hammer that threatened to make him a pancake. He simply stepped into Nora so to cut the attack short and punched her diaphragm with his left palm.
Yang realized that she would have to work with Blake. Alabast hasn't hit her yet so her semblance hasn't been able to take any damage to activate. But she was losing stamina just trying to land a hit. Blake joined Yang and Alabast was kept on his toes. He used the blade to clash with Blake's blade.
From the outside it looked like Alabast was moving so fluidly. Like he knew where the next attack was coming from.
Nora recovered quickly and ran back in. She shot a few rounds from her grenade launcher when her teammates for the fight backed up.
A dust and dirt clouded the air. As the three looked inside they say Alabast holding Nights Fall where the rounds exploded blocking the damage he would have taken.
"I wouldn't stop if I were you" Alabast points Nights Fall towards Blake as his dark aura surrounds the blade. Then it shoots a dark dust shot that hits Blake's shoulder knocking her back. It was a super quick shot but it was telegraphed. Everyone made a mental note not to get hit by that as it heavily hit Blake and took her aura down significantly with one shot.
"Didn't plan to!" Yang shouted as she and Nora charged at him. Blake used the bow attached to her weapon to wrap around the giant sword and tried to keep it in place. Unfortunately she didn't get the handle.
Yang and Nora attacked, Alabast simply drew Hollow Silence from the great sword blade to block Noras strike. He then met Yangs fist with his own.
Then his black aura slowly came to existence around him and in a single quick motion he pushed both of them back. Yangs fist stayed in front of her but her feet were forced back as the ground gave way before she did.
Noras overhead swing was pushed back over her head. This forced Nora to do a backflip to keep her weapon in her hands.
Alabast then stood tall with Hollow Silence also covered with his aura. It was an intimidating appearance as he looked down at Yang. But Yang smiled at the challenge and charged back at him, Nora getting an idea decided to shoot the ground in front of Yang causing Yang to take some damage but also causing a smokescreen. Alabast watched as a Yellow aura burst to life within and saw bright red eyes.
He got into a stance with his katana behind him and his left hand and foot forward. If Yang wanted a contest of strength he would give it to her. He held his left fist forward as Bestia fang entered it's second Knuckleduster form where it covered his second knuckle.
Yang fired a few shotgun shells as she closed the few feet gap. Alabast got hit by one but dodged three. Then Yang appeared from the smokescreen right in front of him punching towards his face. He wrapped his left arm around her outstretched arm and stopped her charge. He then used the hilt of Hollow Silence to hit her chin. It didn't have the effect he expected as her hair glowed even brighter. Nora swings at the back of Alabast. He has to tank that hit as he is tangled with Yang at the moment. After he gets hit in the back Yang punches him on his chest. She feels that it did nothing. Alabast just smirks down at her and she has a bad feeling.
Yang feels her feet leave the ground as she is hulk slammed over Alabasts head right next to Nora. She tried to stop herself by shooting towards the ground to slow her descent but Alabast just kept going. Nora was already driving her hammer towards Alabast. He catches the hammer by its face with his newly freed hand. He sees a hole and realizes what it's for a little too late as a pink spark occurs and he sees the heart shaped dust grenade go towards his face.
Nora jumps back using the recoil of firing a grenade round from the hammer.
Yang gets up and sees a foot going towards her stomach. She uses her gauntlets to shoot towards the foot to either stop it or move herself away from the foots trajectory.
Blake was observing the fight and remembers that this is why Alabast was held in high regards by Sienna Kahn the White Fangs current leader. She charged forward and decided to use her speed to her advantage and the fact he wasn't facing her. With quiet steps she ran towards his back and went to slash it vertically. She was only met with the katanas blade blocking the strike as Alabast didn't turn around. He pushed her blade away and turned around and punched his fist at her. He was then hit in the back with what he assumes is a fist. It only pushed him more into his strike as he hit Blake's sword away. He kept turning and went to headbut Yang forehead to forehead. This causes her to stagger back. He then grabbed her collar and threw her at a charging Nora. He then kicked Blake in her abdomen with his foot without even needing to look. As Blake was sent rolling along the ground Yang and Nora collided and Alabast appeared in front of the two before they could fall and punched Yang just above her bust. This sent them flying.
Alabast deactivated his aura and went to pick up Dark Heart in blade form as Blake tossed it to the side earlier. He put the blade back on Hollow Silence and put it on his back. He turned around to see Blake on one knee holding her abdomen hunched over having to use a hand to not fall over. Yang was fine since her semblance was activated still but she was tired. Nora was beneath Yang and was recovering from feeling the punch through Yang.
Yang wasn't truly tired just from that but her instincts were trying to warn her every time Alabast would move which took a toll on her as well.
"Owie" Nora says as Yang rolls off of her. She knew the fight was over with.
"Yeah, Owie" Yang says as she rubs where Alabast punched her with his Knuckleduster equipped. She was fine because of her aura but still felt the pain. Yangs semblance flickered away and her eyes returned to normal as she said that.
Alabast wasn't breathing that heavily. He is used to fighting multiple opponents and these three were better than a decent amount of his other opponents that he had to fight on his missions.
He gives brief advise to the three of them without any emotion on his face. When he told Blake his advice she looked down and to the side. Clearly upset that she couldn't even touch him. She knew he was good but didn't know by how much. And the worst part is is that she knew he could have been crueler during the fight. He was known for dragging out fights on rare occasions as well just to make the opponent suffer more. She knew though that the people he did that to deserved it though.
He walked back to the others and Ruby had stars in her eyes as she talked about how he fought and how quick and fluent he moved. She also wanted to see his weapons again but he just stayed silent and simply told her no. Ren was lost in his thoughts about the sheer dominance he just demonstrated. Pyrrha was also thinking about what would happen if they fought. Sure she could use her semblance but she would rather have a good and fair fight before seeing how Alabast would counter her semblance, if he could counter it.
They talked for a bit and then called it a day. Alabast asked if Ren wanted a go but Ren said he was good.
They went back to their dorms after some time and had to do homework. Ren helped Nora while Alabast had Nora help him.
"Why the hell do I need to know who this Fred is?! How is that gonna help me be a hunter?!" Alabast complained. Hunters fought against Grimm mostly so why was it so important that he had to learn actual school subjects like history. Pyrrha couldn't say why because she also felt it was pointless, but it was still a school.
Alabast eventually finished and was irritated. He went to his bed and put his headphones on to rest while Pyrrha sat on her bed. She watched Alabast stare at the ceiling. But he wasn't actually looking at the ceiling. He was watching Pyrrha with his peripheral vision. He didn't understand her exactly and found himself trying to figure her out.
Eventually Ren and Nora finished as well. Alabast was smart but just didn't like the subject while Nora really didn't like the subject and struggled with the dates. She also may have wanted to spend more time with Ren in teacher mode.
Soon they decided to sleep after talking for a bit. Alabast was mostly quiet but he took his headphones off to listen. That night he had his usual nightmare but didn't get noticed by the others. He also makes sure to take off Bestia Fang when he sleeps now.