So far, I have been updating this story daily just like how I did with the prequel, but as I understood how the updating works on the website, if I upload a new chapter within 24 hours since the last time I uploaded a chapter (in other word, previous chapter), then the update date won't change. Of course, as writer, you can upload your finished product whenever you want to, but I think I found a perfect time to upload a chapter per day. So, if nothing happens to me, I will upload new chapter everyday around 5:30 p.m. unless I decide to upload it early, occasionally. I am sure you guys have something else to do in the morning and the noon, so instead you can sit back and read my story in the afternoon. Is that alright for you? Anyway, please enjoy this chapter and see you guys in the Author's Note at the end.

-Chapter 6-

Red and Green

The airship dropped the duo, Ruby and Rudy to one location in the Ender Woodlands. "It is safe now to get out." The pilot announced.

The hatch door opened as the duo got off. "Good luck, you two…lovebirds!" The pilot joked before he flew off, receiving a frown face from Ruby.

"Hey! There is nothing weird going on between us!" Ruby yelled at the airship as it flew away.

"What was that all about?" Rudy asked.

"Well...forget about that pilot. We have a mission to do!" Ruby said determinedly, yet excitedly.

"Right!" Rudy nodded in agreement. "So…this place is Ender Woodlands, huh?"

He and Ruby looked around. They were surrounded by tall dark trees with tangling branches and covered with green mosses on some parts of the bark, and other parts of the body for each tree. The grasses were yellow green, looking not as alive as regular, healthy grasses would look. The sky was mild-partly cloudy.

"This place looks kind of creepy." Ruby said. Suddenly, random crows cried and flew up from the branches, scaring Ruby as she held on to Rudy.

"Hey, it's OK! It is just crows." Rudy said, pointing at the culprit bird.

"Oh, right." Ruby said before she realized she was on Rudy. She got off from him, dusting off his 'germs' and hiding her blush face with her hood. "Anyway, how about let's get started on our mission? I bet everyone else did by now!"

"Yeah! We don't want to be the last two rotten eggs." Rudy exclaimed determinedly as he and Ruby walked into the woodland. At this point, her hood was down.

They walked about an hour or so and haven't talked since they arrived to the woodlands. Rudy decided to break the silence. "So Ruby, is it true that you started Beacon when you were 15 years old last year?"

Ruby, who was walking in the front, spoke up. "Yeah! Professor Ozpin kind of invited me with privilege to attend at Beacon. It was like the happiest day of my life! I guess it was all for showing of how I good I was when I was fighting against Roman Torchwick."

"Roman Torchwick? You mean that insane criminal lord who I heard works with the White Fang...well at least used to? You actually fought him!?" Rudy asked with a spark of interest in his eyes.

"Eeyup! Well, technically my team and I, including little bit of help from my friends and professors, captured him during the breach of Grimm incident last year, but yeah, I fought him few times on my own!" Rudy said pridefully, although she only fought Roman once at the Dusk till Dust store.

"Wow! That sounds amazing! You're one amazing, young girl, Ruby!" Rudy exclaimed excitedly.

"Rrreally? I am?" Ruby asked, blushed a little as she grinned little nervously, yet feeling proud of herself.

"Heck yeah!" Rudy answered with a happy grin. Ruby smiled at him, momentarily stop walking. Suddenly, his expression changed to a calm-looking smirk. "Although, it looks like we got into an…unlucky spot."

"Huh?" Ruby said, confused. Soon, she found out what he means. Glowing red eyes beamed through the bushes. One of them approaches out of one bush, revealing to be a Beowolf. After it, more came out, with its claws ready and growling at the duo.

"It looks like we're surrounded!" Ruby said as she summoned her scythe into its full weapon mode. "Rudy, are you ready for this?"

"Hmmmm…Actually, I think we will be fine if you just do it yourself, Ruby." He answered.

"OK, well I will make my first move and then you…wait…WHAT!?" She outburst, and soon after that, the Beowolves roared and launched their attack on them.

She began slicing each Beowolves coming at her. Rudy dodged from side to side, and even jumped up and down to not let them touch him, impressively. After some dodging, Rudy jumped flip backward up into the air, and landed on the tree branch.

"Rudy, where did you go!?" Ruby asked loudly.

"I am up here!" He shouted at her, making her look up to the tree branch. "Don't worry about me. I will just sit and chill here while you fight."

"What!? But, there are so many of them here! You got to help me!" She exclaimed.

"Don't worry, Ruby! You got this. You have luck on your side." Rudy said confidently as he laid himself on the back, and putted the hat to his face so he can sleep.

"Rudy, this is no time to take a naaaargp…!" She was interrupted by one of the Beowolves striking with a claw attack. She somersaulted and transformed her scythe into its rifle form. She shot powerful bullets at each Grimm. Some got hit while other dodged. While she was fighting, Rudy just yawned and drifted into nap mode.

Few more Grimm came out of the bushes as she fought one by one, slicing them and shooting them down. Surprisingly, even with a lot of them fighting against her, she was doing very well. Not even getting a single scratch!

"Wow! I am really doing well more than ever!" Ruby thought. The last three Beowolves looked at her from each direction. They quickly launched at her in unison, but she had another plan. She used her scythe in its rifle form, shooting on the ground beneath her as it caused her to fly up in the air. The three Beowolves hit each other on the head. Ruby transformed her weapon into its scythe form, and held it high over her head.

"Hiyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!" She screamed as gravity took hold on her, falling down back to the ground and once she did, she caused a powerful shockwave. The last three Grimm were finished off. All of them dissolved, just like any other Grimm when they got killed.

Ruby panted, but brought out a warm, excited smile. "Sweet! I did it!"

"See, I told you will be fine just by yourself fighting." Her partner said, making her gasp and jump.

"Rudy! Why didn't you help!?" She asked, little bit angrily at him.

"I did help, actually." He said.

"Huh? I don't get it…" Ruby perplexed with confuse look.

"I will explain it while we head to that place where the relic is. Come on." Rudy said as they continued in their mission.

While they were walking, Rudy began his explanation. "You see, Ruby, there are a lot of Hunters out there with different kinds of Semblance. Some people have very cool one while others have some pretty weird one, too. As for me, I have both the coolest and weirdest Semblance of them all."

"Really? What is it?" She asked with big interest in her eyes.

"My Semblance is to manipulate people's luck." Rudy admitted.

Ruby gasped at him. "What!? Really?"

"Eeyup!" He replied with a smile. "You see, Ruby, the way I do is I look at my opponent, and tried to lock on them with my Aura. After that, I just activate my Semblance and ta da!"

He picked up one random coin on the ground. "I can literally make their luck better or worse! Just like what I did right now, by discovering this coin here of all the places!"

Ruby was amazed and awed at Rudy. "Wow! That…is…so COOL! Kind of weird, but so cool! But, wait…is that also explain how you beat Cardin few days ago during that fighting class?"

"That's right!" He nodded. "Just like what I did, I can also control my own luck, too, but if you use it more than one person at the same time, it will drain my energy."

Ruby was even more amazed to be even with this guy. "Wow! Your Semblance is so cool. You can literally control people's luck, like literally!"

She thought up a plan. "Hey, I know! Why don't we use your Semblance to find the relic right now? You can make it, you know, appear like how you did with that coin!"

Rudy shrugged to that idea. "Sorry Ruby, but my Semblance doesn't work that way. Using it like that is kind of cheating, and I rather let the flow of my life goes as it is, but even with that, usually good thing happen to me on the whim, you know."

Suddenly, a money dollar or Lien it is called in the world of Remnant, was discovered luckily as he picked it up. "See what I mean? And I didn't just activate my Semblance to do that."

"Wow, you are so…lucky!" Ruby joked. Rudy just stared at her.

"Oh! I am sorry! I was trying to make a good pun, but that was little too silly and…" Ruby waved around her hands embarrassingly, but then Rudy just laughed.

"Ha ha! You are fun person to hang out with, Ruby! Seriously, I am glad that you are my partner on this mission. Fun, loving, cool, and cute!" Rudy said as he laughed more.

Ruby blushed at the last word he said and soon joined with him in his laughter.

They laughed together joyfully as they walked to the location of the relic. Little did they know they were being followed by unknown, bit shadowy figure with multiple glowing red eyes and multiple legs.

Author's Note: And that is it, folks? What is your thought for this chapter? I know it is short, and four more chapters after this one will be short, too. I am pretty sure you guys see the pattern here. I wonder who will appear next for the next chapter? Anyway, here is the new QOTC I thought for this chapter:

Q. Do you want to see my iteration for the opening theme scenes for this fanfiction? The theme song will be "This Will Be the Day" by Casey Lee and Jeff Williams. What do you guys and gals think?

Well, that is it for today, and next times in Tales of Ellix Knight 2, we will see everyone's (well, at least most people) favorite prick in RWBY in the "Snowing Shadows". See you all in the NEXT CHAPTER!