Guys, guys. Don't kill me. I made Summer Ruby-like, seriously. But she's a little more mature, not so hyper. Ok, well, here's chapter three. Thanks for the patience. I hope that you wind up liking it.

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Chapter 3: Where It All Started

I'm avoiding Summer with all I have in me. The past few weeks have been utter Hell. After she told me what was happening to me, I couldn't even stop thinking about her. She plagues my thoughts. It's very disconcerting to have your partner run through your thoughts all day, especially when you don't want what's happening to be happening. For the life of me, I can't stop myself from blushing when I look into her eyes. Me, who has been training for discipline and control since I learned my semblance, is blushing uncontrollably, like a fucking schoolgirl, straight into Signal. This is getting out of hand. I can't seem to outrun her. I mean metaphorically, though. I couldn't literally outrun her. Her semblance is speed, so I have no chance in that department unless I can throw up a infinite amount of portals. Seeing how I can only teleport to a place I've already been, it wouldn't much work against Summer. She knows where I live, for god's sake. She came to my house the last three years worth of breaks.

I hear a rustle beside me. I click my weapon, ready to draw. This is the Emerald Forest. There's no telling what could possibly be out here. When nothing comes out, I relax my grip a bit and decide to just reminisce. This is where I met Summer for the first time, officially. It was Initiation Day. It was a day of disaster and a day of beginnings. I was being my usual self that day, on alert and was taking no shit from any wannabe idiot that thought they can worm their way into a partnership with me. I wanted someone capable, not someone I was going to have to carry for the next four years, and I was absolutely not going to be partnered with my brother. There's only so much Qrow a person can take. Right when I thought that I was getting close to the ruins and the temple, I heard a crash.

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Flashback:

I look around to see where it came from, but it's not anywhere near me. I start to turn around when I hear a voice, a girl's voice, cut through the trees and reach me. "Why. Won't. You. Stay. Down!" This actually piqued my interest, so I follow the more frequent bangs into the forest. When I arrive, it's not to what I expected. I thought I'd see a banged up girl going up against a dozen or so Grimm, but it's not. No, she's going against an Ursa Major. One Ursa Major, but it's huge, probably eleven feet tall.

Suddenly, a barrage of white litters the ground. I kneel to pick it up, inspecting it. It's a rose petal. I look back up at the girl to see her give an amazing strike to the belly of the dark creature. I'm actually mesmerized by the skill and grace that this girl possesses, but she's not landing fatal blows. The Ursa is still up. It can still deal hits. I do something that I think I'm going to regret.

Just as the Ursa raises a paw into the air to hit the girl in the back, I draw my sword and race to block it. I sever the paw from its body, letting it drop to the ground and start disintegrating. The girl looks up, shocked, and that's what seals our fate. Our eyes meet, and I nod at her, determined to rid this world of another Grimm. She continues to distract the beast while I make the decision to just cut off its head. It would be the most effective way to kill it. The only problem is that my blade might not be strong enough to cut through that much bone armor.

I make another rash decision. Just as the white blur comes around, I grab her, throw a portal and make sure to land in the tree right behind the creature. I look her square in the eye, and see the slight panic. "Calm down. I just threw a portal. The darkness and weird gravity effect is normal."

She puts her hand to head, seeming to forget that she's holding a sharp blade. "Whoa. That was pretty awesome. That's your semblance?"

I roll my eyes. "Yes, but we have more pressing matters to deal with at the moment. We need to get through the bone armor, but my blade won't be sharp enough to cut through it effectively."

I look down to the smaller girl that's no crouched in the tree, looking at the very confused Ursa. "I thought they could sense negative emotions?" She shrugs and looks back at me. "What if it's not the sharpness or the strength but the force needed to break through that is the problem?"

I look at her and then back at the Ursa, who seems to have calmed down in such a short time. It's like he can't even sense us. I narrow my eyes at the girl and then look back at the Grimm. "What do you have in mind to increase the force, then?"

She smiles at me, and I'm pretty sure that that smile should be labelled evil, but on her, it just looks so out of place. "Speed."

I raise my eyebrow. "Speed?"

"Velocity, acceleration. A human actually reaches maximum velocity as they fall at about a few hundred feet." She shrugs, that smile still on her face.

I look at her, confused. "What the hell are you talking about?"

She just point to the sky. "Up there. Falling from way up there could create enough force to sever the head from its body. That is unless you want to just keep hacking away at it for hours and most likely die."

How the hell did she even come up with this plan? I look up at the sky and then back at the Ursa. "You want me to fall from a few hundred feet to kill one Grimm?"

She throws her head back and whispers a laugh. "No. I want you to create a portal and send me through."

I look at her skeptically. "Why you?"

She looks me in the eye, and I can see concern and something else, something I can't identify, in them. "Because I'm not sending you to your death because of my stupid, convoluted plan."

"If you think it's so convoluted, then you shouldn't be doing it?"

She shrugs. "We can always run and let the next person deal with this one, but I don't think it's sit well with me if I send someone else to an early grave. I'd rather it be me."

She's serious. She's really serious. She'd rather risk her life than someone else's. What the fuck have I gotten myself into? I narrow my eyes at her. "Fine, but try not to die. I still need a partner."

She giggles. "No promises, but I'll try."

I throw a portal in front of us and try to make the gate come out as far as I can see up. It's a relatively cloudless day, so there's not much to get in my way. I stick my hand through, making it appear up there. "Is That far enough?"

She squints and looks up and then back at the Ursa. "Just a little to the left." I move the gate over, and she gives the affirmative.

I wince as I feel my Aura start to take a downward spiral. "Come on. At this rate, I'm going to be out of Aura, and you can't make your death jump."

She takes a deep breath and literally dives in. When I see her come out of the exit gate, I let my control slip, making the gates disappear. Her dive is strangely graceful, but then she starts to spin. Rose petals fall from the sky, and I hold my hand out to catch one, hypnotized by the sheer beauty. She stops spinning when she becomes blur. I can't see her blades or even her body, just the white outline of her cloak. There's a crash, the cracking of bone, and a boom that could make your ears bleed. I cover my eyes as dust scatters as the earth beneath the Ursa is torn apart, making a crater. When the dust settles, I see the girl kneeled in the very center of the crater, panting. Beside her is the disintegrating corpse of the Ursa Major. I jump from the tree and walk over to her. She stands rather easily, sheathing her blades as she straightens.

She smiles a dazzling smile, one of pure triumph. "Hey, I didn't die!" I facepalm. This is certainly going to be a long four years.

End Flashback

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I don't regret being paired with her. She's been the greatest thing to ever happen to me. I kneel next to the crater, amazed that it's still there. This is where it all started. That stupid stunt, her wish to save lives, that's where it started. I can feel that that's where I started developing these stupid feelings. This is where everything started to churn within me, bringing me to the horrible, inexplicable conundrum that I've obviously created for myself. I hear the rustling again. I tense, but this time, I'm not quick enough to pull my blade. Out tumbles a body, stark white almost. I come face to face with not silver eyes, like I expected, but strikingly green eyes.

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A/N: Sooooo, what did you think? Can anyone guess the newest addition to the story? Come on, I gave you a good clue! Yes, they're in the series! Oh, and they are adults in canon, so that narrows your search a bit. :) The development I want from this character is going to last a couple of chapters, with a few entrances down the road. They're going to be a background story, really, with no direct perspective. I just seriously wanted this person in the fic, any fic, really, but I had the idea during this one, so yh. Follow, Favorite, Review!