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Chapter 8:Bad Luck Charm

Qrow heard a lot about Ruby and Jaune. While he was happy for his niece, he just didn't want to go and visit her and her growing family. Ruby had begged him multiple times to at least go over and stay for even five minutes.

However, he couldn't bring himself to go and visit her for one reason only:

His semblance.

He had explained to her and Team RNJR several years ago that his semblance brought bad luck wherever he went. He couldn't control his semblance like most people could. He had explained to her that he had already brought tragedy along with him in the past, and never wanted to make that mistake again.

With a sigh, he put the glass onto the counter, the impact force making a loud thud. The few ice cubes in the glass rattled. Qrow sighed.

The bartender looked at him, a blank expression on his face. "Refill?"

"Nah." Qrow tossed some Lien onto the counter before walking out of the Crow Bar, his favorite place to grab a drink. Sure, there weren't many waitresses in short skirts there, but they sure did serve damn good whiskey there.

As he walked out of the bar, his Scroll vibrated in his pocket. It was a message from Ruby. Qrow sighed. The text read:

Hey Uncle Qrow! Please could you come and visit as soon as possible? I have something I really wanna show you!

He chuckled, before a saddened expression crossed his face. He really wanted to go and visit Ruby. He hated lying to her and saying that he had a mission to go on, or had another important job to do.

The reason that he didn't want to go and visit Ruby was because of what he had done in the past. The memories came flooding back to him like a massive tidal wave.

It was a calm, sunny day in Patch. Qrow had just went there to visit someone very dear to him, before she went on another mission. This woman loved her missions.

"Hey there!" Came the cute, high-pitched female voice. Her silver eyes sparkled in the sunlight as she pulled her white cloak down. Summer Rose had a beaming smile on her face, and her eyes were filled with the joy of a young child.

She jumped and hugged Qrow tightly. He chuckled and hugged her back. She's so adorable when she's like this, he thought. "So," he began, looking into her beautiful, bright silver eyes. "You looking forward to your mission?" he smiled softly at Summer.

"Of course! I missed the huntress life so much!" she squealed. She was like an adorable, hyperactive child. Qrow chuckled, before putting a hand on her cheek. "I'm gonna miss you," he said.

Summer smiled softly. "I'll miss you too, my little birdy." She poked his nose and stuck her tongue out, bringing a soft laugh out of his mouth.

He walked through the wide open field with her, and he couldn't help but just look at her as she walked through the relatively long, golden-yellow grass, her white cloak blowing around gently in the breeze, and her hair waving gently. She was the embodiment of stunning.

"So, how long do you suppose this mission is going to take?" Qrow asked her. Summer scratched her temple. "Probably..." she looked at him. "... About two weeks, maybe three at the most."

Qrow looked directly at her. "Hm. That's gonna be like an eternity without you," he smiled. She blushed. "Aww. I promise I'll come back to you," she giggled.

A few hours later, Summer was about to board the airship. She gave him a kiss on the cheek, then turned around, before being jerked back and pulled into a deep kiss by Qrow. She closed her eyes and relaxed, wrapping her arms around Qrow's neck. After several moments, she gently pulled away from his warm embrace. "I love you," she said, then boarded the airship.

He watched as the airship flew off. "I love you too," he said softly. He was surprised when he saw a small object in his hand. It was a small, silver cross attached to a black string. It was a necklace.

The man looked up in the direction where the airship had flown off in. Thank you, he thought.

Qrow was pulled from his reverie when he had bumped into someone. She had a look of irritation in her lilac eyes, and her long blonde hair was ruffled up slightly.

"Hey! Watch where you'r-" She looked up. "Oh hey Uncle Qrow! Long time no see!"

Qrow stood up, before helping the girl up. "Yang. Hey, yeah. How have ya been?" It was Qrow's oldest niece, Yang. "I've been good. How about you?" Yang smiled. Qrow's laughed. "I've been good, thanks."

Qrow's expression changed to a weak smile, although Yang didn't seem to notice the pained look in his eyes. "Look, it was good to see ya again, Firecracker, but I've gotta go." He ruffled her hair. "Aww, already? Well, I'll see ya around."

Qrow smiled, and Yang scowled playfully. "Hey! Watch the hair!" She giggled.

...

Qrow laid down on the bed of his room in the local inn. Not many people visited the inns around the kingdoms. It was mainly huntsmen and huntresses who were on missions and needed a good night's rest that came to places like these.

However, a good night's rest was not coming to Qrow so easily. He was stuck in his thoughts of that last day with Summer.

Qrow had decided to transform into his crow form and follow the airship, to make sure that Summer would be okay.

After the airship had landed, Summer had excitedly hopped off and gone to her mission location. It was a place in a valley where there were reports of high bandit, and Grimm, activity.

Summer seemed to have been doing just fine. She was killing off the Grimm effortlessly. Qrow had decided to go back to the small inn he had booked in to.

Four weeks later, Qrow was walking around town. He was worried. Why had Summer not returned from her mission yet? Is she okay?

His thoughts were interrupted when he had been approached by a rather short man in a blue uniform, with a black duffel bag hanging over his left shoulder. His dark brown eyes were focused on the bag as he rummaged through it.

"Ah," he said. "Qrow Branwen, right?" Qrow frowned slightly. "Yeah," was all he said. The man in the uniform looked up at him, a white envelope in his hand. "I was asked to give you this."

Qrow took the envelope, and before he could react, the man was gone. Hlooked down at the envelope and fumbled it around in his hands. He went to a quiet place and ripped the envelope open, a confused look on his face.

His expression turned to fear, and then he fell to his knees, his expression one of shock. He read the letter again, reading one key sentence:

It is with great sorrow that we wish to inform you that Summer Rose has sadly passed during a hunting mission, fighting off several Grimm.

Qrow dropped the letter, tears in his eyes.

Summer couldn't be gone. That had to have been a mistake. "It can't be. No, this is just a dream..." Qrow trailed off.

Deep down inside, he knew that this wasn't a dream. He knew that this wasn't a mistake, but he didn't want to be right.

Qrow pulled the necklace out of his pocket, before making a slight modification to it. The cross was tilted sideways slightly. He then put it on.

Qrow sat bolt upright, sweat beading his forehead, a look of panic in his read eyes. He had had another nightmare. Qrow wished he didn't have to go through with it.

He thoughg that it was all his fault. He knew that it was all his fault. If he had not gone near Summer during that mission, she would have still been alive.

That was why Qrow wouldn't go and visit Ruby and Jaune. He didn't want to bring that misfortune upon them. He didn't want to destroy their relationship, or, even worse, cause them to lose their child, because of his semblance.

Qrow could actually say he was a bad luck charm.

End of Chapter 8

Hey everyone!

Once again, I'm so sorry for not publishing for such a long time. I don't have data. Even if I did, life was total crap. I went through a lot, and, well, I'm not gonna go into too much detail about that.

Anyway, a lot of people had been asking me where the hell Qrow went. So, I decided to write this chapter about him. Quite the bad luck charm, that one.

And now, the issue with Ruby and Jaune. You see, Ruby and Juane did not go from the first date straight to marriage. They had been dating for a long time, but I just left that info out, since I personally thought that it was irrelevant to the actual storyline.

I am planning on writing a prequel to kinda clear up this whole issue, but with how busy I am, that's not likely to happen soon.

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