sip from his water bottle now. "Great sandwiches by the way."
"Thanks." Yang giggled a little. "I'm sure you guys'll be just fine in Atlas. Although I'm not sure how good you'll be at keeping warm."
"Me? Keep warm? Pfft, I'll be fine..." Alix shrugged his shoulders. "Okay, My Mom has a coat for me but it probably looks dumb on me."
"I'm sure it's fine." Yang stood up and stretched before turning over towards him. "Say Alix, would you mind helping me out a little today?"
"Sure, what do you need?" he stood himself up as well.
"I want to try watching that security footage again."
"Are you sure?" Alix asked.
"Yes." Yang nodded. "I need to do this in case I ever do face him."
Alix went to hook up his scroll to the TV again.
"I've gotten a little better at controlling my... episodes." Yang explained as her left hand started shaking the moment Adam appeared on the screen. She held her hand and steadied it with her prosthetic, taking a deep breath.
"Just let me know if it's too much." Alix sat down next to her as the footage started up again.
"I will." Yang assured before she then focused on the footage. It was the same footage as before ending with the attack that he used to slice her arm off and him shooting the camera.
"So were you able to pick anything up from that?" the other blonde asked her.
"He's fast. But I still don't get that semblance. How does he have that much power?" Yang shook her head. "How can anyone have that much power and just be able to deal it out without taking a single hit? I'd get it if it was like my semblance and he took hits to boost his power. It looks a little similar to mine, but it's not the same because he would have gotten hit if it was."
"What's to say that he didn't get hit prior? He may have even gotten hit prior to his run in with my team at Beacon." Alix reasoned.
"I don't know, just something about it seemed off. The way he ran into enemy fire like that and was able to deflect it all like nothing." Yang shook her head.
"I mean when I fought him at Beacon I was at least able to deduce that his semblance is activated when his hair is glowing like that, only because of how many times I've sparred against you." Alix scratched the back of his head. "Honestly, if it weren't for me picking up on that, Ember and I probably would have died. Speaking of which... There is another thing I've been meaning to discuss with you."
"What would that be?" Yang stood herself up as Alix disconnected his scroll from the TV.
"Blake. I know you don't like the topic but-"
"Stop there." Yang stated. "I don't want to think about her. She left me by myself, Alix. She ran off." she held her head. "Even when I told her I had issues with people abandoning me because of my Mother."
"Maybe she had a reason to run off though." Alix insisted.
"The ends don't justify the means, Alix." she started towards the door. "Now then, would you like to spar me?" she clearly changed the subject.
"Fine." Alix followed after her, knowing he was getting nowhere with this discussion.
Adam Taurus stood tall, in a new outfit as he was preparing himself for his meeting with Sienna Khan.
"If you want me to compliment your looks, I'm not going to bother." Hazel crossed his arms.
"I didn't need your flattery anyway." Adam chuckled.
"Now then, you've been shirking around this issue for a while. What is your plan for our negotiations with Sienna Khan?" Hazel pressed. "Why do you need your sword with you?"
"Why do I need my sword? Well, it's a part of the look." Adam smirked. "Your Master will be impressed with my actions." he assured. "The only reason I'm not telling you a word of my plan is because I intend to show you rather than tell you."
"Tread carefully, Adam Taurus. For the moment you do something against the wishes of my master, you will live to regret it even if the regret doesn't come immediately." the large man warned.
"I mean the main goal is to gather forces to aid in felling Haven academy and the entire Kingdom of Mistral, correct?" Adam asked.
"That would be true." Hazel confirmed.
"Then trust me, my large companion." he put a hand on Hazel's shoulder with a smirk on his face. "All will work out in your master's favor. Now then, come with me for this."
Alix stabbed at Yang with his now repaired dagger, this time she was easily able to catch his wrist with each stab he threw in her direction. "Wow, glad you got that thing fixed!" Yang chuckled.
"I know, right? I left it's new partner at home, but man this thing feels great again!" he then slashed downwards at her, but only hit her prosthetic arm as she then punched him in the stomach, making him stagger back.
"Something about fighting you today feels different than it did the other day." Alix admitted.
"Dad gave me some good pointers for how to mix things up more." Yang explained as Alix clashed his dagger with her prosthetic arm before he then phased through a punch she threw at him and jumped at her with a kick aimed to her side..
Yang caught it and tossed Alix off of her, knocking him onto his back.
He stood himself up and raised up his dagger before holding it back handed and attempting to slash at her again, this time however, Yang merely stuck a leg out and tripped him, making him stumble over himself and break his aura.
"Well, you definitely got me there." Alix grunted as Yang offered a hand to him. "Glad to see you back on your feet." he smiled and took her hand, getting back up. "Now if only we could do something about the whole thing involving people hating you."
"To be honest I've been thinking." Yang crossed her arms. "I've been thinking that maybe people hating me is something I could use. I mean think about it, it's less people I have to willingly interact with, right?"
"It's also more people you might have to unwillingly fight." Alix added.
"Eh, well they'll need to get in line then." Yang chuckled, holding a fist out for Alix.
"Damn straight they will. But don't forget to leave some for me." Alix fist bumped her.
"Only if you can keep up." Yang chuckled. "I'll let you know when I'm leaving tomorrow." she assured.
With that Alix left and Yang looked around the house before letting out a sigh and walking to the shed out back where she would do her usual maintenance on Bumblebee. This time however, she took out a couple of cans of spray paint along some cardboard.
After a few moments of spraying she wiped the sweat from her forehead and looked down to her now painted prosthetic arm.
The next morning, Yang stepped outside, wearing a new outfit. It had a nice leather jacket, a large collar, pants and long coat tails attached to her legs. She also wore her remaining Ember Celica gauntlet.
She entered the shed, and attached her painted prosthetic arm before starting to wheel out Bumblebee.
However, just as she exited the shed, her father stood in front of her now.
"You've only had a couple of days of training." Taiyang crossed his arms. "Are you really sure you're ready to go?"
"Dad, I need to go." Yang insisted.
"I know. I'll determine if you're ready. Here and now." he stated. "Sparring match, you and me. No guns. Just fists. If you win, you're ready enough."
"Fine." Yang nodded, removing her coat tails and Ember Celica Gauntlet before stepping forward...
Commentary: More progression with Yang's training along with proper build up to her finale. I do feel like it's important to show this stuff rather than just tell it. This is the chapter where Yang's training starts to take a more positive turn. Also the short time skip does give me an excuse to not have to explain how Yang knows so much about Raven to the audience later on, although that's not really gonna factor in too much till next Volume.