The sun rose up into the skies of Vale, its light now breaking through the tightly closed curtains of the dorm. Within the dark room, the team of four slept, having earned themselves a weekend sleep-in. It was tough being second years. Their missions got more and more strenuous each day and frankly, they wouldn't be surprised if even a weekend had busy times.

One of the beds rustled as a young woman got up. She yawned as she got up, dragging herself over to the closet where her clothes were. She pulled out a black blouse and skirt before moving toward the bathroom. Closing the door, she hung her clothes up as she started brushing her teeth. With a splash of water, she shook the sleep out of her system and stared at her reflection, silver eyes looking back.

Summer Rose smiled as she finished up, taking a bit more time to comb her hair before removing her pajamas and donning the clothes she bought in. Once she was done, she opened the door, pausing for a moment to stretch and loosen the stiff muscles in her back and shoulders. As she did so, a low whistle caught her attention.

Summer now looked down to see a figure dressed in a white vest and black shorts. He appeared incredulously relaxed as she saw his face. Even in the dark it was obvious he was awake, for she could see his red eyes looking up at her.

Or rather, looking up her skirt, considering his head was directly underneath her.

Summer went beet red as her partner, Qrow Branwen, smiled and gave a thumbs up. "Hmm, white with pink polkadots. Approved."

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Summer screamed as she gave him a forceful kick in the head.

"Seriously Qrow, when are you going to stop?" Taiyang growled as he ate breakfast. "I almost had a heart attack when Summer screamed." Taiyang now looked at Summer, who had contrived to keep her hood up so that no one could see her face. As of now, only Raven seemed to be allowed within the area of Summer's personal space.

"C'mon Tai, you know me." Qrow sniggered. "Can't help but be attracted to the ladies."

"Brother, give me a reason why I shouldn't even think about killing you and feeding your body to a pack of Beowolves?" Raven asked him with a sinister gaze that even Taiyang had trouble making eye contact with.

"Qrow, the problem with your standard of attractive is that it only applies only to their bust, waist, hip and anything under the skirt." Taiyang frowned. "That, and the fact that you are just outright insane in getting a glimpse of any of this gets you into loads of trouble. I still remember the time you actually snuck into the girl's locker room! How the hell you managed that I don't know, but it was something we could do without."

"Oh come on Tai." Qrow chuckled. "I only did that one time."

"What about flirting with Geraldine Reacher from Team GREY?" Taiyang asked.

"No biggie." Qrow shrugged. "She was a sweet one and I reckon she liked me."

"Her boyfriend smashed you through the damned window of the lecture hall!" Taiyang said exasperatedly.

"It wasn't her boyfriend." Qrow frowned. "I distinctively remember it was her partner, Ron Scaffold."

"Who is incidentally, her boyfriend." Raven answered.

"Huh…" Qrow frowned deeper, trying to recall the day. "Then maybe she was the one who was screaming for me to back off. The one who probably liked me might have been Jasmine from Team JADE. Or was it Leanne from Team LUMN? Maybe Elizabeth from Team RIZE…"

"Wait, how many people have you been flirting with?!" Taiyang yelled in exasperation.

"Relax." Qrow smiled as he gulped down his juice. "I only do it once per female on a monthly basis." Just then, Qrow was hauled off his feet and onto the table in front of him. He looked up to saw a very red and very teary-eyed Summer glaring at him.

"But you do it to me EVERY DAY!" Summer screamed, catching the attention of the whole cafeteria. "When it's not peeking up my skirt, it's sneaking in while I'm taking a shower! When it's not that, it's trying to grope my butt! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!?"

"Summer! Calm down! You're making a scene." Raven said as she reached for the girl's shoulder.

"I'll calm down once your brother isn't such a Perv-ner!" Summer exclaimed. "Seriously, how in the world did I become your partner during initiation?"

"The winds of fate I guess?" Qrow smirked. "Destiny seems to know we are meant for each other Summer." As soon as he said this, Summer yelped, jumping backward into the protective(?) embrace of Raven.

"Qrow, if that's the case, then I can tell you why what you just said is a load of bull." Taiyang said. "Destiny seems to know you are meant for every girl you lay your eyes on. You've said that one liner so many times I went and lost track."

"Well, if it isn't destiny or fate, then I guess it's something deeper than that eh?" Qrow winked at Summer.

"No way!" Summer retorted. "No way am I going to be married to some jerk like you! The one consolation is that for some reason you don't look at my chest…"

"Eh." Qrow shrugged. "Nothing to see there anyways."

Silence went between them for a whole minute before Taiyang buried his face in his hands.

"Dammit Qrow…" Taiyang muttered.

"You brought this on yourself brother." Raven stated matter-of-factly.

"Brought what?" Qrow asked, only noticing that Summer had gone unnaturally quiet. He looked at her and recoiled the minute he saw the look on her face.

While still red and teary-eyed, Qrow could tell by her eyes that she was no longer embarrassed or annoyed. Instead, a murderous intent had filled those silver eyes. He didn't often see it, but it was definitely bad news whenever it appeared, the one emotion spelling doom for anyone is was directed against.

Summer was angry.

"L-listen Summer…" Qrow gulped as he backed away from the table as Summer stood up, a malicious aura that promised a slow and agonizing torment enveloping her. "I-I didn't mean that! I just meant that you are quite, uh, restrained in terms of your cleava-"

Qrow barely finished before Summer leapt toward him, dealing a powerful dropkick that now flung him across the room, through the window and halfway across Beacon courtyard.

Qrow rubbed his face. He had to admit, Summer's dropkicks hurt worse than a full blown strike from an Ursa. Were it not for his Aura, she'd definitely break his skull open.

"There's a limit to how much punishment she can give you, y'know?" Taiyang frowned as he handed Qrow an ice pack. "One of these days, the Grimm isn't what's going to be the death of you."

"C'mon man." Qrow moaned as he took the ice pack, placing it on his head. "You know I'm sorry about that whole thing about her…"

"Don't say it." Taiyang replied, nervously looking over his shoulder. Summer had gone somewhere private and it seemed wasn't showing herself anytime soon till she had calmed down after her outburst. Raven for reasons unknown decided to have little part in the antics between her teammates and had found it funny to leave them to their own devices, meaning Taiyang was the only one left to talk out with Qrow. Still, despite being able to beat even a Deathstalker into submission bare-handed, Taiyang never underestimated the ability of his female teammates to catch wind of any rumours, especially around Beacon. The last time it happened was when he had eaten a whole bucket of Summer's cookies that she had been saving, the only reason he wasn't given too much heartache being that Summer was glad he had enjoyed them.

"Besides, I don't think that's the only thing Summer's pissed at you about…" Taiyang frowned.

"What do you mean?" Qrow asked.

"You really need me to spell it out?" Taiyang said exasperatedly. "You know how sensitive she is to things like that."

Qrow dipped his head, gulping as Taiyang's words hit home. "Yeah. I guess that last comment did go a little too far… Question is, what do I do now?"

"Find Summer. Apologise." Taiyang nodded. "That's all I got for you."

"Great." Qrow moaned, knowing Taiyang was right. The only way to get round this was own up to his mistakes. Still, he was pretty sure Summer wasn't going to be receptive about this at all. After all, she was pretty mad at him.

Qrow now walked back to Beacon, making his way back to their room, figuring Summer would be there. However, as he crossed the courtyard, he couldn't help but overhear a conversation.

"Heard there was a ton of Beowolves out there in the Emerald forest." Came one student. "For some reason they are a little more active."

"Yeah. I really don't want to go there." Came another. "Then again, I saw one of those second years going inside it for a walk. Couldn't see her face under the white cloak."

Alarm bells rang in Qrow's head. The only one with a white cloak in the entirety of Beacon was Summer, and Taiyang did say something about her going somewhere alone.

He didn't bother with confirming the conversation. Qrow ran straight to their room, opening the window. Qrow checked to ensure the door was completely locked. Raven was the only one he would trust to know about his rather unique Semblance. Something as rare as what he could do shouldn't be witnessed by just anybody, and although he didn't share Raven's complete views on the world, he did agree that his gifts should be on a need-to-know basis.

Qrow closed his eyes, tapping into the image within his mind. Slowly, his anthropomorphic form shrunk. A black substance now covered his body as his legs became more avian-like. His fingers fused together as the entirety of his arms curved to resemble wings. Feathers now sprouted off his slowly shrinking form as his face elongated, his lips growing hard as they transformed into a beak.

Within the span of a single instant, Qrow looked up at the window, seemingly higher now that he was in his bird form. With a caw, he spread his wings and flew out toward the Emerald forest.

"Dumb Qrow…" Summer ranted as she kicked another stone down the cliff. "Pervy, stupid, lecherous little grmphgghrmph…" Summer's words now degenerated into incomprehensible noises as she grumbled further and further on his antics in the last few hours.

She now stared at her chest, eyeing her cleavage. As she did, Qrow's earlier words went through her head. Gingerly, she lifted her hands to her bosom, her face going red. "Nothing to see there, huh?" She recalled Qrow's words before snapping her head up.

UWWWAAAAAAAHHHHH! What am I thinking!?" Summer shook her head furiously, waging an internal war with her self-esteem on the line. It's not me at all! It's that stupid lech of a partner I have! It's not my fault! Summer then thought a little harder before she asked herself: Is it?

Overcome with nothing but confusion, Summer's mind overheated, causing her to slam her head onto a nearby tree. "Urgh… Even I'm not convinced about that… Why do guys always look for the breasts first? I mean, that doesn't define a woman. That doesn't define me, right?"

So caught up in her internal strife, she did not notice the snapping of the undergrowth till the growls sounded. Summer snapped to attention, swivelling around to see a huge pack of Beowolves surrounding her.

Dammit all. Summer cursed internally as she eyed her foes. The Beowolves waited patiently, seeing who would make the first move. Summer slowly slid into a combat stance, alert for the slightest movement. Her hands crawled to her belt where her weapon was holstered.

As she did, the Beowolf to her right leapt at her. Faster than the eye could follow, she leapt upwards, somersaulting as she removed her weapon, a small rectangular bar of metal. As her twirl brought her around, she clicked a button, the blade of her sword now extending out. With a twist, she broke the weapon into two equal halves, her descent now allowing her to decapitate the Grimm with a single twin blade strike.

The pack roared at the first death of one of its members, causing the time bomb of ferocity and bloodthirst to explode. Summer watched as they now charged at her, intent on tearing her to pieces and feasting on whatever remained.

Summer wheeled away just as a trio closed in, their claws finding nothing but the bark of the tree she had her back to. Approaching a lone Beowolf, she swung her blades, cleaving its body in half as she fled from the pack. Despite her skills, Summer knew it was suicide going up against that many. Still, the pack did not seem content with just letting her escape. Every single Beowolf now chased after Summer, following the splashes of white from her cloak. Summer ran past the trees, simultaneously cutting down any of the Grimm that came too close.

Persistent… Summer frowned as she kicked one away, using the momentum to slice another apart. Still, it doesn't look like their trying to kill me, its as if… Oh crap!

Realisation dawned as Summer stopped in her tracks, just as a massive claw swiped out from the trees, which would have torn her to pieces had she kept running. Summer watched as a massive Beowolf emerged. It was about the same size as an Ursa Major, with large amount of the bony spikes sticking out of its back and shoulders. Scars were raked upon its body, the most intimidating being the one drawn over its left eye, leaving it a dull red. Still, despite being blinded, Summer had a feeling it was not disadvantaged in any way, seeing as how the others had moved to lead her to it.

"Just my luck…" Summer growled under her breath as she raised her blades. It seemed there was no other option except to fight.

Suddenly, a clamour from the rear of the pack caused all within the vicinity to divert their whole attention from the fight. Summer watched as explosions sounded from the trees, the agonised howls of Beowolves accompanying what appeared to be gunfire. Taking the chance, Summer leapt upward into the canopy of the trees, depriving the Beowolves of their newfound advantage. Upon reaching the top branches, Summer could now make out the distinct form of her partner cleaving his way through the pack.

"Qrow!" She yelled as she swooped down to join him, cutting apart two Beowolves as she did.

"Oh hey Summer." Qrow nodded. "Seems I made it in time."

"Huh?" Summer frowned.

"Heard that you had gone off on your own here to have some alone time." Qrow said as he hefted his blade. "But then I also heard there was a mean pack of Beowolves skulking around. Figured you might need some backup."

"Uh-huh." Summer nodded as she and Qrow stood back to back, staring down the pack, who definitely seemed angrier and hungrier than before.

"Listen Summer…" Qrow began, not taking his eyes off the Grimm. "I just wanted to say, well, about what happened earlier… I'm sorr-"

"We'll talk later Qrow." Summer replied, cutting him off. Yet, despite her curt tone, Qrow could tell there was no anger or annoyance behind it, just a steady calm that contained a storm of fighting spirit. "Right now, let's focus on getting out of this alive."

Qrow grinned as he turned his eyes to the Alpha Beowolf, his weapon shifting into its scythe form. "You got it, fearless leader…"

Within the span of ten minutes, the Grimm were all defeated. Qrow observed the slowly dissolving body of the Alpha. He had to wonder if what they did to it was overkill. Disarmed, cleaved in half and shot at innumerable times, he could do nothing but feel sorry for the Grimm, or at least he would have if it were not trying to kill him.

Summer sat upon a log, breathing in and out as if to calm herself down. Qrow often saw this from her, as if it was some form of meditation meant to relax her nerves after a serious brawl. Then he remembered what Taiyang said to him.

"So uh, Summer…" Qrow frowned, choosing his words carefully. He was already in a bit of dangerous territory. It wouldn't do well to antagonise Summer further. "About what happened in the cafeteria… I just wanted to say, I'm sorry."

Summer didn't respond, but Qrow could tell with the slight tilt of her head that she was listening intently.

"I got a little too carried away." Qrow continued. "I mean, you guys know me, I would never try to purposefully cause friction between us. My stupidity got over my better judgement and I have no excuses. But if anything, would it be okay if we-"

"Qrow…" Summer relied, cutting him off again. This time however, her voice seemed strained. Qrow walked over, wondering what had caused such a reaction and gasped as he noticed the wound on Summer's leg.

"When I took that Alpha down, I think it must have nicked me…" Sumer groaned, obviously in pain.

"Think?" Qrow said in shock. "That wound is deeper than just a simple nick Summer! Why didn't you say anything?"

"Hehe…" Summer chuckled. "You know me. I would never burden my team with anything. I'm the leader of Team STRQ after all. I can't just let you guys show me up all the time. I've got to pull my own weight after all."

"Tch…" Qrow frowned as he examined the wound. "You are one stubborn girl, you know that?"

"Well, I can't become a Huntress and help others if I weren't, would I?" Summer replied.

"Yeah. I guess that part of you will never change." Qrow said as he bandaged the wound as best he could. "That'll hold for now. Still, it'd be better if we got you to the doctor."

"Good idea." Summer said as she tried to get up, but failing miserably. Qrow sighed as he reached down and hefted her off her feet.

"C'mon." Qrow said. "We got a long walk ahead."

"Agreed." Summer nodded. "Let's hope our little scuffle here didn't attract more."

"We might want to be quick, just in case." Qrow nodded as he marched back to Beacon.

"And Qrow?" Summer asked, causing him to look down at her. "About earlier today, we're good. It's all water under the bridge. I mean, that's what friends are, right?"

"Thanks." Qrow nodded as he adjusted his grip. Suddenly, his left hand touched something soft. Looking down, he noticed his hand had closed around Summer's chest area. She noticed too, for her face immediately went red.

"Huh…" Qrow frowned. "A size 'B' by the looks of it. Pretty good…"

"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

SLAP!

Raven rushed outside upon hearing the Qrow and Summer had returned. When she had heard about the massive Beowolf pack, it was no secret that she and Taiyang had gotten worried. Thankfully, it appeared Qrow had arrived in time to help Summer. Raven smiled, knowing her brother had used his quirkiest quirk, namely his Semblance.

However, upon reaching the entrance, Raven stopped. She watched the form of her brother, his arms cradling Summer's form. Her eyes caught the bandage on Summer's leg. She didn't breathe a sigh of relief. It wasn't likely that any of them would have fallen against a pack. Summer and Qrow were among the most dangerous people she knew. It would be foolish to think of a worse result.

Still, Raven could see something was definitely off.

Qrow looked fine save for the massive red mark splotched over the right side of his face which, strangely enough, resembled a hand. Summer however appeared fine save for her leg; only that her arms were crossed over her chest and had an extremely pouty look on her face.

Raven eyed them with a deadpanned look as she came over to help with Summer, giving her brother a breather. Just as she did however, she asked him one question:

"Do I want to know?"

Qrow looked at her and then at Summer before he answered: "No…"

Author's Note:

Alright, finally got this down. Though this is the first one, I'm having trouble with ideas, so anything you guys want, let me know and I'll get started.

As usual, read and review

Jdblood