[(A/N): Hey Guys! This story is going to be a bit different from my other stories, considering this one will have a number of flashbacks. Also, i forgot to mention that the reader replaces Taiyang, in the story. Of course I'll be making certain changes and such, so try to just go with the flow of the story. Anywho, DarkPrince out!]

[Flashback, Years Before, (Y/N)'s POV]

Summer: "Hey (Y/N)!"

I looked over from my opponent, to Summer who was running into the training arena.

Me: "Hey Summer, what's-"

I stopped mid-sentence as Raven's fist connected with my face. I fell over, due to the surprise of the attack.

Me: "What the hell Raven?!"

I looked up at her to see her smirking down at me. She shrugged.

Raven: "What? You weren't paying attention. I simply wanted to make sure you knew that if you do that in real battle you'll get hurt."

I stood back up and threw a smirk back at her.

Me: "Oh yeah right. More like that's the only way you can have a chance at beating me."

Raven: "Oh just you wait, one of these days I'm going to beat you into the ground."

Me: "Right, and on that day I'll be your slave for twenty-four hours."

Raven: "I'll hold you to that."

Summer: "Uh... guys...?"

I looked back over to Summer.

Me: "Oh, sorry. What was it you wanted to talk about?"

Summer took a deep breath then practically shouted.

Summer: "We've got our first team mission!"

Me: "Well, what is it?"

Summer: "There's a horde of Grimm gathering in the Emerald Forest. The Headmaster said they want us to take care of as many as we can."

Summer looked extremely excited, something I haven't seen very often. She's usually shy and very quiet.

Me: "Well, I guess if we go get Qrow then we can head out right away."

Raven sighed from behind us.

Raven: "Yeah, good luck with that."

Me: "He's hungover isn't he?"

Raven: "Like always."

I sighed.

Me: "I'll get the ice water."

[Time Skip, Brought To You By Chibi Summer Picking Flowers]

After a Bullhead ride with a very pissed off Qrow, we arrived at the Emerald Forest. Everything seemed quiet once we landed, not a Beowulf or Ursa in sight. We began walking further into the forest, looking for any signs of Grimm.

Summer: "Guys, over here."

I looked over to see Summer kneeling by a pair of Beowulf tracks, leading deeper into the forest.

Me: "They look recent. But usually Grimm come right at us, where are they?"

Raven: "It is odd. Maybe the stench of alcohol scared them off."

Raven smirked at Qrow as he rubbed his temple.

Qrow: "Oh, ha ha. I bet they ran when they smelled that disgusting perfume you use to try and get (Y/-"

Raven drew her sword and pointed at Qrow.

Raven: "Want me to get rid of that hangover you drunken bastard?"

Qrow responded by readying his sword/scythe.

Summer: "Guys... please stop fighting...."

Summer hated it when the team fought which happened all the time considering these two are brother and sister. And it doesn't help that Raven and I have a bit of a rivalry.

Me: "Alright guys, Summers right. Although it was just getting good, we have something more urgent to attend to."

I motioned over to the pack of Beowulves running at us through the trees.

Raven: "We'll settle this later."

Qrow: "You give me such a headache."

I readied my spiked brass knuckles as Summer raised her white and red scythe.

Summer: "I really wish you'd get something that didn't require you to be so close to your target...."

Me: "Whys that?"

Summer: "B-Because I... care about you that's all..."

I chuckled as she hid her face by pulling up her hood.

Me: "I'll take it into consideration."

As soon as the first Beowulf got close I ran forward, closing the distance faster. It lunged at me, going for a swipe with its right claw. Just as the claw neared my face I ducked under it, then turned and slammed my fist into the back of its head, making it tumble forward as its head hit the ground. Summer quickly finished it off as I ducked under another Beowulf that tried to tackle me to the ground. As it passed over my head I delivered a strong uppercut to its stomach, launching it into the air. Qrow jumped up and sliced it in half, then landed beside me.

Qrow: "You know, Summers right. I know you're a good fighter but..."

He quickly struck down a charging Beowulf.

Qrow: "You could be in big trouble if you..."

I slammed my fist into a Beowulf's skull, gaining a loud snapping sound as it flew back.

Qrow: "Have to fight alone."

We quickly switched places as two Beowulves tried to attack us at the same time. Qrow slashed the Beowulf he faced while I preformed a series of quick jabs to the one I faced, causing it to burst into black dust.

Me: "Yeah I know, but I just never really took to guns, or swords. I like fighting up close."

More Beowulves started coming out of seemingly no where.

Me: "Hey, how are you two doing over there?"

I glanced over to see Raven blocking strikes and countering almost flawlessly.

Raven: "I'm getting kind of bored. You put up more of a fight then these things."

I looked over to Summer who was dodging and swinging her scythe so fast that all I saw was a blur of white and red.

Summer: "I'm doing fine. Thank you for asking."

She smiled at me as she blocked a Beowulf's claws then spun and hit it away.

Me: "Damn. Qrow I think they're trying to out do us."

Qrow: "Oh please..."

He shifted his sword into a scythe.

Qrow: "We could take these things with our eyes closed."

I shook the black dust off my fists as I waited for the Beowulves to get closer.

Me: "Yeah, but I can't help but think..."

I roundhouse kicked a lunging Beowulf to the side.

Me: "You'd do better if you weren't..."

I slammed my fist into the side of another Beowulf's skull, sending it into a tree.

Me: "Drunk all the time."

I ducked as Qrow swung his scythe over my head, slicing through a Beowulf.

Qrow: "And you'd do better if you..."

I ducked under his arm and delivered a flurry of punches to yet another Beowulf, ending with me grabbing the back of it's skull and slamming it into the ground.

Qrow: "Weren't so cocky."

I chuckled.

Me: "Hey, it's not being cocky if it's true."

We turned towards each other and laughed. I looked over to Summer and Raven to see they had just finished up. We regrouped and I stretched my arms out.

Me: "Man that sucks. I was hoping to fight another Ursa."

Raven: "One of these days you're gonna get hurt and I'm gonna laugh while you're in the hospital."

Summer: "That's so mean! I don't know what I'd do if any of you got hurt..."

She seemed sad, like she was about to cry.

Me: "Hey, no one is gonna get hurt. We're too strong."

I placed my hand on her head, on her hood. She was significantly shorter then me, which made this easy. She hid her face and nodded. I suddenly realized something.

Me: "Wait... did anyone kill an alpha?"

Everyone shook their heads.

Me: "Then where-"

I heard a loud roar from behind me. I quickly turned to see an Alpha Beowulf charging at us.

Me: "I call it!"

I started running at it.

Summer: "(Y/N)! That's not safe, it isn't like the normal Beowulves."

Summer ran beside me, she was always much faster then me.

Me: "Fine, fine. Sweep it's legs?"

She smiled and nodded, running ahead of me a bit. The Alpha went to swipe at Summer, only for her to slide underneath its legs and hook its feet with her scythe. With her momentum she managed to trip it, making it fall forward. As it fell forward, I delivered an uppercut to it's chin sending it into the air while flipping backwards. As it was still in the air Summer jumped and slashed it, making it yelp and send it a bit further into the air. I took my turn and jumped up, slamming my knee into the arch of it's spine, but angled it so that I didn't lose my momentum. It spun rapidly again as I passed it, meeting Summer in the air. We grabbed each other's arm, I then twisted myself so that I faced the ground and threw Summer at the Alpha, giving her more then enough momentum to cut straight through the Grimm. I landed next to the corpse, that was already starting to disappear into black dust, and looked at Summer. She smiled at me.

Me: "Now that was fun."