-Chapter 4-
Ellix's New Tricks
Everyone looked shock, looking at me as I was pointing my finger to Ruby, who was the most shocked.
"Let's go, Ruby. I will be waiting." I said as I walked calmly, passing by everyone.
Ruby just stared in space. Weiss snapped her finger to wake her up.
"Ruby! You're up!" Weiss shouted.
"Oh, right!" She got up out of her seat and headed to the other side of the arena. Ellix was already in the arena until few seconds later, Ruby finally showed up. Professor Ozpin and Qrow watched from the bench, sitting as they watch like everyone else.
"I don't know why, but I feel…kind of exciting." Ren admitted.
"Yeah, yes, me too, Ren!" Nora exclaimed.
"I agree!" Pyrrha smiled.
"But, why of all the people Ellix want to fight is Ruby?" Jaune asked.
"I don't know, man, but I think we will find out very soon." Sage said.
"Ellix…" Alice sighed.
"Hmmm, this is going to be good." Kuro said, smirking excitedly.
Ruby walked up before she stopped about a yard or two away from Ellix. They stood parallel from each other.
"Hey, Ellix, could I ask something?" She asked, looking quite confused.
"Sure. What is it, Ruby?" I replied.
"Why did you pick me to fight?" She wondered.
"Hmm." I smiled gently as I putted both my hands together behind my back. "Why indeed? Well, we are taught and trained by your uncle, right? I was thinking that perhaps this match can decide who the strongest apprentice is, so what would it be great if you and I fight unless…are you just a scared Little Red Riding Hood?"
I smirked at Ruby, which caught her attention.
"Well, if you say it that way, then bring it on, Ellix!" Ruby said excitedly, taking out her scythe, the Crescent Rose. "Challenge is accepted!"
"Yeah, go sis! Kick his butt!" Yang cheered, fist-pawing in the air.
"Who side are you on?" I yelled at her.
She just smiled cheekily at me. "Family comes first!"
"I guess that is fair, but…" I turned back to Ruby. "Even though we are friend and you are my team leader, Ruby, I won't go easy on you, and I want you to go all out. Fight at your fullest."
"You're sure?" She asked.
"Positive." I smirked.
"Alright, Ellix, if you say so!" She said with her weapon in front.
The buzzer rang, initiating the match. Ruby moved forward, spinning her scythe three times before she waved it at me. However, I dodged it gracefully as she continued slashing at me.
"Come on, Ruby! You can do it!" Yang cheered.
"Yes, Ruby, come on." I encouraged her.
Ruby looked little bit irritated as she sliced and spun her scythe faster at me. However, I still dodged with my incredible speedy reactions. I somersaulted away from her as she changed forward. I dodged to the side, but she turned around quickly as she waved her scythe in the same direction when she turned herself. However, she missed and I reappeared behind her.
"Ruby, he's behind you!" Yang yelled.
"What!?" She gasped. Then, I played with her by pulling her hood over her head. I somersaulted away from her as she struggled to get her hood off.
She got her hood off from her and said, "Hey Ellix! Are you like fighting or just playing around!?"
"Sorry, Ruby, but honestly I was at first, but now I will be more serious. To be honest, I am kind of little disappointed." I said.
"Huh? What do you mean?" She asked.
Everyone looked perplexing at me.
"Here I thought you learn how to manage your scythe with your Semblance, but I guess not. Of course, most likely you were fooling around during summer vacation, which is understandable, but you should've done some training to fix your speed a little." I asked.
"Huh? I don't...get it. What are you saying, Ellix? Are you saying I am slow!?" Ruby demanded.
"Not that I am saying you are slow, but I can see it. Every move you use, I will predict it with ease even if you are moving very fast without even me using my Semblance, foresight. Anyway, how about let's take this fight a notch and show you some of my new tricks?"
I summoned my gauntlet on my right hand. The sword popped out through my gauntlet.
"I…don't see anything new. Maybe a new swordsmanship?" Weiss guessed.
I clenched my eyes a bit when my sword flared up in fire. This surprised everyone. Qrow just calmly watched as he drank his beverage from his flask.
"Wow!" Ruby awed.
"Wooh.." Yang stared.
My two other teammates, and everyone I knew, including the new freshmen were awed at me as my sword blazed in fire.
I decided to do something I learned from the latest Yu-Gi-Oh anime series with how the main protagonist does it. "Ladies and Gentlemen, it is time to present you the first of my new tricks that I have honed and mastered during my long, one-year training! And I would like to have my lovely, fearless team leader, Miss Ruby Rose, demonstrate as she tried to dodge this attack!"
"Wait, what!?" She asked shockingly.
I quickly swung my sword, unleashing waves of fiery slash at her. She dodged it by using her Semblance. I continued doing this until I summoned my second gauntlet for my left and summoned out another sword blade out of it.
"Now, it is time for second trick! By combining the fire of my burning soul and my cool mind, I can create the one and only….Freeze Burn X-ross!"
I unleashed an X-shaped wave of fire and ice at Ruby, similar to the attack that Young Xehanort uses in the boss battle from Kingdom Hearts 3D. Ruby barely dodged that before the attack crashed on the wall, causing a half burned and half frozen mark on the wall where it hit. The impact caused the freshmen to jump fearfully as it made Alice to drop on her back with her legs up.
Ruby looked back at the wall and then at me, and repeated that cycle for three times. Her eyes were pure white. Even my friends had their jaw dropped, surprised to witnessing my new move. On to serious note, I charged forward with two swords. She quickly noticed as she quickly blocked it with the body of her scythe.
I pushed hard as she pushed back as hard as she could.
"That was pretty cool move, Ellix!" She commented. "I never expected you would use elements, but where did you learn how to use Dusts!?"
"Good eye you have, Ruby! Gee, I wonder how I did it." I said sarcastically, not admitting my secrets behind the attack…yet.
I somersaulted away and did what Bruce Lee would do to intimidate the opponent. Ruby fell into it, activating her Semblance to quickly run up to me very close with her scythe ready. I disappeared in a flash when she thought she hit me.
Ruby looked frantically around to see where I go. Even my friends looked around. Professor Ozpin found where I was, and he looked quite surprised. Alice noticed the headmaster's expression as she titled her head upward like how he was, and found out why.
"Look! Up there!" She exclaimed, pointing her finger up. Everyone looked up, and shocked to see me flying high in the air as I was crossing my arm with a small smirk on my face.
"You…you can fly, too, Ellix!?" She jumped, both in shock, but also looked very interested.
"How could he fly!? How does he do this!?" Weiss questioned shockingly.
"Incredible!" Blake exclaimed.
"OH MY GOD! I have the coolest boyfriend EVER!" Yang shouted.
"No kidding." Sun nodded.
Everyone else was jaw dropped.
Ruby awed at me before she shook her head, focusing back into the fight. "Even though you're up there, I can still shoot you down!"
She began firing at me, but I dodged her shots as I just simply run on the air. Then, I jumped off on the air, charging forward with my gauntlet out in a fist. Ruby quickly dodged back before I slammed into the ground, creating a huge shockwave and noise when my fist crashed into the ground, creating a big crater.
While Ruby was jumped in the air, I quickly used both my hands to spin myself with legs stretched out straight while I kept my balance on the ground, similar to how Sanji from One Piece does it. Suddenly, cyclone balls came out of my boots. She got hit by one of them, causing her to fly off before she skidded along the ground. With fast thinking, she staved her scythe into the ground, using the friction to stop her from sliding further.
I stopped spinning around, and landed back on my feet. I had my head down for a moment before I slowly raised my head with a smirk on my face.
"Amazing! Not only he somehow using Dusts to manipulate his sword, but somehow, he is also using the Dusts to summon a ball made of cyclone by spinning his legs." Prryha said, analyzed my attack. "The only thing is where he has the Dusts to perform such attacks!?"
"Most likely he is equipped some on him, but where exactly is it is your guess as good as mine." Blake added.
"This is so cool! He can slash, he can fight with punch, and now he can even fly!" Nora exclaimed.
My friends cheered, especially Yang who was probably the loudest of the entire bunch. Ruby was very impressed, cheering for me internally even though she was also losing.
"Ellix…" She got up from the ground as she held her scythe. "You really showed that you really learned new things from your training, but that is not meaning I will give up just because you have some new tricks under your sleeves. I will win!"
"That is what I like to hear, Ruby. Now, show me what you got!" I demanded.
Ruby activated her Semblance again, speeding forward with her scythe ready. While that was happening, I slowly closed my eyes, using my aura to sense her presence and movement. It felt like I was in slow motion, and I really felt that way. When she got closer, I slowly launched forward at her, but quickly passed her by until I was behind her.
The motion returned to normal. Our friends changed from cheer to warning for Ruby, telling her that I was now behind her.
She gasped as she slowly turned her around. I had my gauntlet already ready, charged up in flame. I was going to use this moment to punch her, but I won't do that for real, so I turned off the flaming gauntlet by putting it away and just poked on the tip of her nose.
"Tag. You're it." I said before the buzzer ranged.
"And, that's wrap-up for today. Class is dismissed!" Prof. Goodwitch declared.
Prof. Goodwitch used her semblance to fix up the messes Ruby and I made during our fight. I padded her head before I walked away. She snapped out of her thought, following behind me. We shortly met up with our friends and teammates.
Everybody huddled around us, specifically to me.
"That was just awesome, Ellix! You really became strong!" Yang said, hugging me to death. I smiled and flushed with tint of redness.
"You really rock out there, Dude!" Sun exclaimed as he high-fived me.
"That was more than just awesome! You're….just amazing, Ellix! You really surprised us all!" Jaune said.
"I…I am just speechless." Weiss said.
"Thank you, everyone. I hope you all enjoyed the show." I said before I turned to Ruby, who looked little bit sad for being left out. "You did well, too, Ruby."
Ruby changed her expression to more positive one with a smile. "Thanks, Ellix!"
"But, boy, that fight made me hungry. Let's all get something to eat!"
We headed to the cafeteria, and got our dinner. We sat together on the same table, just like the good old time.
"So Ellix, I was wondering. How did you do those moves?" Ruby asked with shiny stars in her eyes.
"Yeah! I want to know, too." Yang agreed.
"I also want to know as well. Explain!" Weiss demanded.
Everyone looked at me as I stopped eating with my spoon in my mouth before I popped it out of my mouth. I sighed at them.
"OK, OK. I guess I will tell you a little secret, even though it is plain obvious."
I rolled up one of my sleeves, revealing more part of my gray glove. They looked at it with shining interest in their eyes, more so from Ruby. The glove revealed a trim line flowing with Dust energy. It also had this one mechanical part. I touched that part, and it opened a small hatch. In the hatch, there were four chips; red, green, light blue, and yellow.
"This glove, along with its pair, is actually more than just accessory, but as extension to my gauntlet. I just insert up to 4 Dusts and use it to manipulate different elements to make my sword and other forms of my gauntlet use them, such as how you all saw my sword burning in fire." I explained.
I took out something from my belt, a small, red chip. I pressed hard on the red chip, and replaced it with the new one.
"The same thing works for my boots. My boots can also use up to 4 Dusts. Personally, I use the Green Dusts to summon wind out of my boots so that I can levitate in mid-air, looking like I'm actually walking or running on air. I can also use my boots to fly to get away from combat or engage in combat, just like how I did in today's class. I made my gloves and boots back when I was training at Sanctum Academy last year with a little help of a friend I made while I was there." I finished as I counted up to 4 fingers, each summoning different elements; fire, wind, ice, and electricity.
"So, that explains how you ran on the air." Weiss said.
"Very useful. It really suits you well, Ellix." Blake commented.
"I think it is awesome, man! Is there other things you can do with that?" Sun asked.
"Well…there are, but I won't reveal all of my secrets to you guys. You will just have to wait and see." I said before I got up, all finished with eating and walked away.
"Hey, where are you going?" Nora asked.
I turned to my shoulder. "Oh, I am just going to do my personal training. Since I told you guys one of my secrets, it just means I have to train harder. Goodnight and see you all tomorrow."
I calmly walked away with both my hands in the pocket. Everyone just watched me go by.
"Wow! He really became like the coolest guy ever." Neptune said. "Of course, second coolest guy."
"To be honest, I think he became cooler than you." Scarlet noted, receiving a displeased frown from him.
"Even after coming back, Ellix continues to train." Jaune said before he drooped to sadness. "I don't think I can keep up with him."
"Jaune." Pyrrha padded on his shoulder. "You don't have to. You only just go with your own pace."
Jaune looked at his friendly teammate and smiley said, "Thanks, Pyrrha."
Later that day, everyone went to their respective dorm room to rest for the day. My teammates came to their room, did their homework together, but mostly to discuss and review their first day.
"I think this day is quite wonderful. We got a new professor, who I really favored the most compared to Dr. Oobleck and Professor Port, more or less." Weiss said, with her and other girls sat on the carpet floor in a circle.
"I agree. Prof. Kitsune is a very nice lady. I think I will enjoy her class the most, too." Blake said.
"Even though you didn't sing at all." Yang joked, receiving a frown, yet embarrassed face from her partner.
While the girls were conversing, Ruby thought to herself about what Ellix said during her fight with him. Yang noticed this and said, "Hey, sis. Are you alright?"
Ruby snapped out of her thought. "Oh, sorry, what were we talking about just now?"
"We were talking about today, but you look like you were thinking deeply about something, Ruby. What is it?" Blake said.
"Thinking? Well, that is something new." Weiss rolled her eyes.
"Hey!" Ruby exclaimed. "What is that supposed to mean!?"
"Never mind that. What were you thinking, anyway?" Weiss asked.
"Well…I was just thinking about the fight with Ellix and how he said…"
-Flashback-
"Not that I am saying you are slow, but I can see it. Every move you use, I will predict it with ease even if you are moving very fast without even me using my Semblance, foresight."
-Flashback Ends-
"Am I…ready that predictable?" Ruby asked, looking quite sad and unsure of her.
"Sis, you are fine the way you fight." Yang reassured. "It is just his opinion. It is not mean it is a fact."
"I guess, but…I don't know. It is just that it looks he knew what I was going to do and such."
"Well, he is been with us since first year, so of course he would know all of our moves, well at least most of it." Weiss said.
"But, he said in a way like he knew that I won't beat him in the way I am right now. I know Ellix is stronger now, way stronger. He's most likely became stronger than all of us, even combined!" Ruby exaggerated.
"Ruby…Don't feel bad that you lost to him. It was only just a class." Blake said.
"Yeah! Don't feel bad, sis! If it would make you feel better, I will ask him why he said that to you." Yang said.
"Really?" She asked.
"Of course!" She smiled.
"Thank you, Yang." Ruby said, with her usual, giddy smile.
Suddenly, a door opened and I came in. I had half emptied water bottle on my left hand. I noticed my teammates sitting and looking at me directly.
"Oh, hey girls. What's up?" I asked.
"Hey, Ellix." Yang spoke up. "Why did you say that stuff about Ruby during the fight?"
I titled my head, remembering what I said until I did. "Oh! That…well, I said it because when Ruby swung her scythe while using her Semblance, she significantly moved slow or her speed slow down. That is her weak spot, and I used that time to dodge away the attack."
"Wait? So, I…slowed down when I swung my Crescent Rose?" Ruby confused.
"And you saw the moment when she was using her Semblance?" Weiss asked, looking little bit unbelievable.
"Well, it is kind of little bit hard to explain, but yes, I saw Ruby slowing down. In other words, your Semblance and fighting skill is out of sync. Semblance is like your muscle, and if you don't take good care of it, you will just be frail. However, unlike physical muscle, Semblance is the manifestation of your inner self, your inner power and it links with Aura. So, if you sync your Semblance, Aura, and personal fighting skills together, then you can tap your potential fully at near perfect level or theoretically, 100% perfect. That is the key to why I won."
The girls looked astonish, never thought of that way. "Of course, I am not perfect and I'm still learning, and it is very difficult thing to master. Even though I trained very hard over the year, I am nowhere near being perfect, but I can sense it…deep down, I can fully reach my full potential. That is why I didn't have to use my Semblance during that fight because over that one-year training, I trained to use my Semblance without actually using it. Do you girls understand what I mean?"
Everyone looked perplexed, but thought about it for a moment.
"Well…I think I understand what you mean." Ruby nodded. "Is that what Uncle Qrow taught you?"
I stared at Ruby silently until I said, "More or less. Most of it, I learned it on my own. Well, I am going to head to bed now. Goodnight, girls."
I walked into my bedroom and closed the door behind me. The girls looked at each other with curiosity.
"I guess that explains it, Ruby." Blake said.
"Yeah, but now I think about it. Ellix seems to look more and more like Uncle Qrow." Ruby said before she giggled.
"Yeah. I was thinking to the same thing, too." Yang said, smiling cheekily.
"But, seriously, I understood the part where he said our Semblance is like a muscle, but using Semblance without actually using it, is that even possible?" Weiss asked.
"Well, more or less, it seems like that is how he won that fight. At least, that is what he's alluding to, and I believe he is telling the truth. Although, there are few things he just left out without saying." Blake stated.
The girls continued to converse about what I said, but with no other things to say about it, they decided to sleep for tonight. Yang, however, decided to meet me in person one more time. She knocked my door, which I replied to allow her to enter though.
"Hey." She said. "That was pretty…cool and wise thing you said. Not to mention that fight was awesome, too. Although, I really don't get most of the things you just said."
"Thank you, Yang. I am glad that you enjoyed the fight, nonetheless." I smiled. "It's OK. Like I said, I am still learning, just how we are all the time."
She walked up to me, and then we sat together on my bed.
"You know." She turned to me. "You really have gotten stronger, stronger than I expected. I mean, of course, you were trained by Uncle Qrow, obviously! I just can't wait to see more of you fighting, and maybe we can have some brawls together, but unlike my baby sister, I will definitely beat you."
"You really think you can beat me, even though I am your boyfriend? Even though you are my girlfriend, I won't go easy on you." I said honestly.
Yang just smirked, and then changed to a smile that I felt suspicious about. She pushed me on purpose, making me lay on my bed. Before I got back up, she held me down as she was over me. Her eyes met with mine. I looked at her, flushing in red as I felt her chest touching mine. I felt like I was being squished like pancake.
"Yang...what are you doing?" I asked nervously as my face became redder and redder each second passing by.
"Oh, nothing. I just felt like it." She said, with that joker face of her in a flirty sense.
"Yang, I...I don't think this is a good idea if you are thinking of…doing it."
"What?" She looked surprise before she giggled. "Silly Boy, we won't do it, especially here. You are too young."
"Phew! And, I thought you would do something…weird on me."
"Well, maybe we will do it next year." She flirted. "Just kiss me for now, my silly boy." She kissed me while she was on me. I wrapped my arms around her back, touching her hair, and then I slowly rubbed my hands to her back. I felt her tongue touching mine, and I touched back, but I didn't want to wrestle with it since I don't want to steam up the situation to oppress the urge even though she was lying herself on me right now. We stopped kssing, panting from that long kiss.
"You know, your Dad will get mad if he found out that we are doing like this." I joked, yet at the same time being little bit serious.
"Yeah." She said. "But, since he is not around, how about another round?" We kissed for one last time. This one lasted longer. Afterward, she stopped and released herself from me. She walked to the door, but before she leaves, she turned to me with that cheeky smile of her.
"Besides you got stronger and sexier, you became a good kisser, too."
"Well…it is not like I trained for that." I joked.
She giggled. "Also, I felt it by the way. Try to not make me notice it next time, but hey, I guess you can help it since I am hot."
I flustered so red on my face, I shrugged my head away from her as I made her laugh and then she winked at me before she left out my room. Once I was alone, I took a shower to wash myself. I changed to my PJ and just headed into my bed. I watched the ceiling, looking both excited for tomorrow, whatever it will bring me and I also thought about Yang.
"…I got to be careful around with her." I said before I fell into a deep sleep.
Author's Note: Well...that situation got little steamy, but anyway, what did you thought for the two chapters today? What did you thought of Ellix's fighting? Now that he has new weapons that expand his power to use Dusts, he has more variety of elemental attacks, but swordsmanship is NOT the only fighting style he has learned. More will be reveal in the future. Now for shoutout;
kamen rider w-If you are talking about his Black Knight form, then I really don't have a name for the form. It is just remain to be called "Black Knight" form. That is it. Yeah...
Anyway, as for the QOTC, I am still waiting for more answers for the last QOTC, but I will say it here including new one.
Q1. What song do you recommend or want for Ellix's theme? It can be based on real song or something that you made personally. However, one rule is that it must relate with him in one way or another. For example, Ellix's middle name is Dawn, so if you know a song about dawn, then you may post the name of that song. Also, please provide the full name of the song and the singer's name please.
Q2. I am thinking of my own "World of Remnant" chapter for this volume. I thought up few ideas, so would you like to read sometimes during this fanfiction? It will be like a Special Chapter...
Next times in Tales of Ellix Knight 2, Team RWBYE and rest of their classmates and friends will partner with the freshman or first year teams on a mission. See you guys then!