AN: Testing a writing style, won't be permanent and the original writing style will return next chapter.

A man found himself surrounded by trees with lush green leaves, he would be enjoying the beauty of nature if it wasn't for his current situation. He was blitzing through the woods, not fast enough to be a blur to the naked eye, but enough to think that you saw something at the corner of your eye.

He vaulted over logs and made quick work with every grimm he encountered along the way. He was a strong huntsman back in his prime.

And his name is Taiyang Xiao Long.

He liked to think he was a little special, his combat grades were high enough to boast about, which he did, but that was during his time at Beacon. It's been so long that he couldn't even remember most of the stuff he learned in his classes. But they weren't important to what, or who, Ozpin was up against.

The Queen of grimm, Salem.

Now, he never liked the idea of some super powerful force that controlled the grimm from the shadows, but when Ozpin gave him concrete evidence of that idea being a reality, it changed him. He no longer looked at the grimm the same anymore. Before he met Ozpin he thought all the grimm were just mindless human-killing animals, except for the few that gained intelligence from experience and age.

But he didn't want any part of it, he just wanted to get his school life over with and then move on to college, have a normal life, and have a family. So, after all those grueling long night study sessions he finally finished school, but he never went to college.

He wasn't upset that he didn't make it to college, Yeah, they denied his admission form, but he definitely didn't cry about it… maybe a little. But in the end, he finally made the relationship between him and Raven work.

He felt like the happiest man alive.

But, for some reason, she didn't feel the same.

He wanted to live with her a little longer, love her a little longer, but as time passed she spent less and less time with him. At first, he didn't mind, she would be gone for one or two hours but those two hours turned to four. Then those four to half a day and finally it turned to a couple of days a week. She might as well become an archaeologist with how long she would be gone for.

It made him wonder if she even liked spending time with him. Of course, he knew that the reason why she was gone for most of the time was because of her family… well, it was more of a bandit kind of family, they weren't really blood-related but she felt like she had a responsibility to protect them, which he found admirable, and stupid.

Fortunately, one night, he found out that Raven became pregnant and it wasn't until two weeks that Raven told him, he was bummed out that she didn't tell him earlier but the thought of having a kid made him giddy. But it didn't last long.

Unfortunately, not long after Yang's birth, Raven left him and Yang for her tribe.

Ozpin wasn't the best of people in my eyes, he would always send my wife on missions, though Summer never told me why or what for, we would always have a farewell kiss, nothing much but a peck on the cheek since the kids were watching, but it still made him worry seeing her walk off in the distance, knowing there's a small possibility she wouldn't be coming back this time.

Meeting Summer was the best thing that could've happened to me. But, one day, she received a mission from Ozpin and it was some sort of "investigation" I doubted it though, Summer never told me the truth and it wasn't hard to tell she was lying, but at least she always came back, so I never really pestered her about the details.

Now I regret it. I should've stopped her from going on those missions and he should've asked her to spend the day with her family. He wished she would just ignore the missions, and just retire already.

And like any other day, when Summer left on a mission, I gave her a kiss goodbye and wished her safe travels, the usual. I didn't have a single worry on my mind, well, that was a lie, I was more worried about having to take care of the two young hyper-active, energetic, and destructive girls.

So, when Summer didn't come back last night we thought it was one of those long missions she sometimes received. But for the kids, one day was a week for them, so they were worried about their mother.

I would've let them stay up however long they liked but Summer would've definitely had a talk with him about their sleeping schedule being all messed up and how hard it is getting it back to normal. That's when I decided to put them to bed and read them stories like how Summer did, and luckily it didn't take long for them to fall asleep.

At the time I thought it would've been a bit difficult, mostly because I'm not the best storyteller and I don't exactly think my voice is as soothing as Summer's voice. But I guess I worried for nothing.

And it would be like this for the next couple of nights. Taking care of the girls, making sure they were fed, showering them, though Yang was reluctant because he was a guy, which was a sound reason, but I was their dad, plus, she isn't even thirteen yet, she has a long way to go.

That's not even mentioning that my dad took showers with me till I was twelve and thankfully he stopped when I turned thirteen. If he continued I think my ego would be in shambles right now.

But on the fourth night, I got worried, she would usually be back on the fourth day in the morning or on the third night. Obviously, I texted Qrow about Summer's whereabouts and all I received was a 'don't worry about it' Sometimes I just wanted to give him a good one-two and a knuckle sandwich.

Then on the seventh day, Qrow was at my front door. He informed me that Summer was M.I.A or possibly dead.

And after that, everything felt like I was on auto-pilot like I wasn't in control of my body. But, I had vague memories during those times. One where I saw the worried looks in both of my daughters' eyes. Then I saw a couple of empty bottles of alcohol or whiskey sitting on the table, and me taking another swing. There was more that slowly came back to me, but everything else was blurry.

There was a constant background noise, a person speaking. It was the news channel and I kept it on all day, every day. I always left it on in hopes I would see a title speaking about a huntress injured out in the field or, if I was unfortunate enough,

a dead huntress found…

But both never came, maybe because the missions Summer went on were more than just missions, so I doubt a regular news agency would have that type of information.

But in the back of my mind, I knew if I kept on watching the news channel and saw Summer's face on the news in the recent deaths of huntsmen, my world would've crumbled to pieces.

So, I drank, watched, slept, repeat. It felt like I was only in this trance for a couple of minutes, watching my life play like a video while I watched. It didn't feel like a week had passed. And if I was stuck in that trance any longer, I wouldn't have been so sure if I would be mentally here right now. It almost felt like my body was trying to imprison my mind and make me watch as it did whatever it wanted to ease the pain in my heart.

But it was thanks to my daughter, Yang, that I finally snapped out of it.

A loud snap rang in my ear and I knew where it originated from. It was the tree in front of me, the tree that was peacefully minding its own business till I punched it into two.

I couldn't hold it in anymore, the anger bubbling in my heart. I was mad at myself for letting my daughters experience that awful side of myself, no, it wasn't a side of him, it's just he wasn't mentally there at the time.

Now it's his fault for letting Ruby run away from home, and only god knows what happened to her. The only thing he could do was pray, pray that Ruby was safe.

I wouldn't know what to do with myself if I allowed Ruby to die. His daughter, dead, because of him and it would only hurt more, especially when he knew the fact that he could've prevented the outcome.

But he ignored those thoughts because he wasn't going to let her die, she would be coming home alive and well.

Then my other daughter popped up in my head, Yang... I wasn't sure if she blamed me for Ruby running away, but if she did, he would accept the hatred that would surely be found in her heart, the hatred that would be directed at him.

I let out a sigh. This wasn't him, he's not one for negative thoughts. So I regained my composure and continued looking for Ruby.

I just hope Yang doesn't go out too far.

But he didn't have to worry, after all, Qrow was watching over Yang and looking for Ruby at the same time.

AN: Sorry for the small chapter, I just wanted to test out a first-person perspective while also keeping it a little second-person. It feels like it's possible but It requires a lot more work than I thought. The next chapter is going to be my normal writing style and it will be that way until it becomes too confusing. Also, I'm going to try to stick to one character's thoughts than many others all at once and I'll try to make sure if I do make a switch in a character's thoughts, that I will try and make it noticeable, so you readers won't get confused along the way.

Also, sorry for the horrible writing quality for this chapter, just remember that I was testing a new writing style and it won't always end with good results.

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I'll be honest, I didn't like the writing style for this chapter either, but my current writing style is a little confusing. That's what I believe at least.