Hello, readers. I decided to upload this chapter earlier in the morning before noon since by the time I upload this chapter, the sun is near the highest in the sky and this chapter is all about Yang...with a bang (no pun intended). Remember to place a vote in the poll in my profile if you want to see one more filler chapter or start the first plot chapter for Chapter 16. As of now, I am just taking a break until the official episode 7 for Volume 3 comes out on Youtube next week. Thank you for reading this and enjoy the chapter with another one (and plus one more) coming out tomorrow!

-Chapter 9-

Violet Sun

"Ellix!" Yang yelled at me as she approached me. Ren and Alice went on the airship before me as they waited for me.

"What is it, Yang?" I asked.

"I just want to say good luck and be careful, alright." She smiled.

I smiled back. "Don't worry. I will be fine. You be alright, too, OK?"

"Of course I will be fine! Also, before I forget." She said before she gave me a big, quick smooch on my cheek. Alice gasped as Ren glanced at her with suspicion.

"There will be more of that when we see again." She winked at me before she went away to meet up with her partner, Luke.

I touched where I was kissed and felt genuinely warmed as I flushed in red.

"Hey Ellix, get on!" Ren shouted, snapping me out of my thought. I ran up and got on the airship before the pilot closed the hatch and flew up in the air, heading to our destination.

Yang watched the airship I was on as it flew away. She smiled confidently. She turned to her partner, Blake.

"So, you gave me a goodbye kiss?" She asked.

"Yeap!" Yang answered. "I thought that would give him some confident and more stuff to look forward to."

Blake smirked a little. "Right. Anyway, your partner said to me that you hurry to him. He is waiting for you on the airship."

"Oh right!" She remembered. She went to the airship where her partner, Luke Amethyst, was waiting for her. He had his arms crossed, sitting on the seat, and closed eyes. He also had his left index finger tapping. Yang approached to the rather patient-looking man.

"Hey, sorry that I am late. I was saying goodbye to my teammate." Yang said.

"Hmph!" Luke huffed. "Let's not waste any more time."

He turned to the pilot. "You may begin, sir."

"Roger!" The pilot nodded as he began the engine, and finally they flew off. When they did, Yang stumbled back a little. She quickly got on one of the seats and put on the seat-belt.

After 10 minutes or so, they arrived at Ender Woodlands. Yang looked out the window, looking down at the dark green trees with leaves stacking closely together. The place was new to her, and it may be more dense to Emerald Forest. She felt great adventures waiting for her down there. The pilot found a soft, flat plane to land on.

Shortly after landing, Yang and her partner, Luke came out the airship. Yang breathed in the fresh air, which smelled quite good.

"Good luck out here, you two." The pilot said before he flew off, just like all other pilots.

Yang turned to her partner. "OK, new guy! Luke was your name right? Our mission is to find a relic. Simple and easy, but I think it will be more exciting to do a little bit of more challenging way to get there."

"Challenging way?" He questioned, raising his eyebrow.

"Yeah! Let's just go with the flow. If a Grimm appears…" Yang fist-palmed her hands together. "We'll just punch them away! If that does not work, we will punch more!"

She looked very excited, but for Luke, he looked a little annoyed. "Hmph! Let's just not waste time and find the ruins."

He walked pass by her as he headed into the woodlands. Yang titled her head in confusion.

"Geez, what is his problem?" She thought. She quickly followed him behind.

After about 5 minutes, Yang already felt bored. She had her hands behind her head. Luke quietly walked at normal pace. She decided to break the silence.

"Man, this is ssssoooo boring." She moaned. "Don't you think so?"

Luke just ignored her. "Well, I think it is."

"That is what you said a moment ago." Luke spoke.

"Yeah, yeah, but hey, don't you want to fight, you know, some Grimm anyway? It will be more fun that way!" Yang suggested.

"Fun?" Luke questioned as he stopped walking. "Your definition for fun sounds meaningless."

"Excuse me?" She asked, looking back at him as she stopped walking, too.

"It seems to me that you are the type of person who like to go head on fighting without thinking first." Luke noted.

"Yeah, because that is my style!" Yang said, grinning cheekily and confidently.

"Well, I think you may have to...no, NEED to recheck on that style." Luke said seriously. "Fighting head on is meaningless and pointless. You will just waste valuable energy that you can use for a fight with actual purpose, not for such silly or random fun or game."

Yang began to look sour at her partner. "Hey, what's your big deal? Have you ever had fun?"

"Yes, I had, but there are times where I put aside the fun and focus on something serious and important, and this is the prime example, and a real one. We are on a mission with a real life or death situation, Yang and I will not let you or anyone distract me in completing this mission!"

"Hey, it was only just a suggestion! What is your problem?" She was now getting little bit mad.

"The problem is cooperation. If you agree to not do anything rashly, I believe we will succeed this mission with ease, not wasting our time on something else." Luke admitted.

"And I think we can have little bit of fun and focuses on the mission at the same time! Why not both?" Yang asked.

"Focusing and having fun are two complete different and separable things! What we need to do is to retrieve the relics and have fun later! There is no time to do both at a time and place like this!" Luke stated.

"Oh come on! It will be more awesome that way!" Yang argued.

"Sounds more like a waste of time to me." Luke argued back.

The tension between them were high and not in the good way. Unfortunately, the negativity between them attracted unwanted guests. The horde of Boarbatusk (the same one that was chasing Blake and Aron) surrounded the two students. They noticed, but Yang grinned widely to the situation they were in currently.

"Sweet! Lucky for us! Now we can finally have some fun!" Yang said as she got her gauntlet ready.

"Great…" Luke moaned quietly as he summoned his weapon that hanged on his back. His weapon was a giant axe. It was red color with purple edge for the blade part. The handle was all black, and around the middle part, there were three colored buttons; red, yellow, and cyan. The knob at the end of the axe had a hole for finger to go through.

The braver Boarbatusk rushed in. Yang used her Ember Celia to punch it on the head, causing an explosive sound when she hits it. This caused a chain reaction in the minds of its kind as all of them charged forward. Yang roared as she charged forward.

Luke huffed before he began waving his axe around, slashing the Boarbatusk to oblivion with his strong might. Some of the Boarbatusk watched at them, waiting for the right time to strike. However, Luke had other plan. He pressed the yellow button, which caused his axe to glow in yellow as electrical sparks were seen from the blade. He swung his axe, releasing out shock wave at his surrounding foes, paralyzing them. He took this time to slice each of the Grimm in half.

Yang continued punching each Boarbatusk; some that charged at her and others that were even afraid to charge at her. Suddenly, the biggest of the Grimm approached her. It roared loudly at her. Yang roared back as she had her fists ready. The big Boarbatusk snorted before it charged at her. She charged forward too and before they knew, her punch met the ramming nose of the leader Boarbatusk.

The crash caused a shock wave in the air. Luke felt it as he saw the fight unfolds. He decided to join in, but he was stopped by more Boarbatusk around him. He grunted and began handling with them. Yang and the leader Boarbatusk resumed their fight as the big Grimm overwhelmed her and pushed her hardly to a tree. She crashed through three trees in a row before she hit into a boulder. It cracked into pieces as she lay on the ground, looking unconscious.

"Yang!" Luke yelled. He finished off the smaller Boarbatusk and faced against the leader.

The big Boarbatusk turned its attention to him and roared at him. However, Yang got up with her head still down. When he did, she noticed few of her hairs were on the ground she stood over. Her hair glowed in bright yellow and when she faced up; her eyes were now red in angry expression. She fist-pawned her hands together, causing her hair to flare as she activated her Semblance. She ran forward with one fist ready.

The big Boabatusk noticed his old foe was not still down, but it was too late. When it turned around completely to face her, she landed a powerful punch on its nostril. A huge and biggest shock wave occurred as the impact caused the leader Boarbatusk to fly off to somewhere else. It crashed through multiple trees in a row until they couldn't see it anyone. The remaining Boarbatusk retreated.

"YEAH! YOU BETTER RUN YOU STUPID PIGS!" She yelled angrily. Her hair stopped glowing as her eyes turned back to its original purple color. She and Luke panted as they catch breaths.

"Hmph." He huffed as he put his weapon back to its sheath on his back. "Let's get moving."

The sun was setting down, so Luke and Yang decided to camp for the night. The sky was now darkened. They decided to rest underneath two giant rocks, which made it look to be a good hiding place from unwanted Grimm, at least for now.

Yang drank her water. "Aaah! That hit the spot!"

Luke looked at her partner with curious face. "Hey."

"Hmm?" She looked at him.

"Back in that fighting, you fought…not bad I would say." Luke admitted.

Yang found this to be surprising, but she grinned to his compliment. "Thanks!"

"But, I think you still lack proper patience and thinking."

"Hey!" She shouted. "But…at least that fight was fun, right? Did you had fun?"

"…No." He replied coldly before he turned around as he laid down to sleep.

"What!? Oh come on…" She moaned. "OK, maybe I was being little rough, but that is because that stupid big Boarbatusk messed with my hair! Nobody mess with my hair! You got that, right?"

However, Luke ignored her as he slept peacefully. Yang pouted with her eyes narrowed, but decided to go to sleep to get some rest.

"What a day." They said in their mind respectfully.

Author's Note: And that is it for "Violet Sun." What do you guys think? Now, here is another QOTC for you guys:

Q. What do you think of each member of Team RGAL? Here is my thought for each member...

First is Luke. Luke Amethyst; he is tough, strict, and not hot-headed like most jock-like looking character. He is more of a thinker rather than a fighter. He thinks before he fights or even thinks before he even want to join in the fight unless if it is important. He rather fight and win a fight with purpose, rather than fighting for pure enjoyment. Just like how I presented in this chapter, he does not like to work with someone who fights for joy and fun, like Yang. His weapon of choice is the giant axe he carries on his back. That axe can do more than just swing a powerful force at his enemies. More will be reveal how he uses his axe in the future. In conclusion, Luke is a cool, strong guy in my book compared to other jock-like character, and he is not a jock even though he may look like one.

Aron Silver; Aron is smart, but more or less the calm and quiet one. Although, not shy or timid, but very good observer, thanks to his Semblance. From the last chapter, it seems that he knows how to get to safe place even during a tough situation such as being chased by a horde of Grimm. Although, we have not seen his fighting style yet so I can't say anything about that...for now, at least. With his "keen eye" and tiger instinct, he seems to be a very good analyst, deducing that Blake likes the novel series, "Ninjas of Love" just from asking a single question. However he fights, he is a good analyst; always watching for a right time to strike.

Giovanny Onyx-Giovanny is your typical gentleman, but not without a fight. He is skillful in swordsmanship, like Weiss, and also trained in many areas, according to him, all for him to become a great heir to his family legacy, just like Weiss. His Semblance, although may not look original and similar to Blake's, is little bit different...you will see in the future, I will promise you that. Above all, Giovanny is not the type of gentleman you wants to mess with.

Finally, Rudy Jade Clover; Rudy is most chilling, relaxed, and probably the laziest member of the team. Why he became a leader of the team is unknown for now, but that does not mean he can't fight well. His Semblance is to manipulate people's luck, making it better or worse for them such as missing their attack or completely tripping themselves, which may result in an embarrassing way. He is very outgoing like Yang and he seems to have interest in Ruby. More interaction from this character will appear in the future chapters for this volume and beyond.

Well, that is my thoughts for each member of Team RGAL. I will be happy to read yours, so please do put in your review.

Next times in Tales of Ellix Knight 2, what will happen next I wonder...Se you guys in the NEXT CHAPTER!