White speckles drizzled down from the night skies, and noiselessly made it's way down to the ground. Snow covered the cliffside of a large forest indicating the change of seasons. The cliffside itself was enormous in space, and it towered over another forest below.

On that very cliffside the white blanket that covered the land was stained in blood. Corpses of Beowolves were scattered across the open space with it's blood pouring out of its bodies'. A silver eyed girl dressed in a black blouse, a black waist clincher with red lacing and a black skirt with red trimmings, complete with a red cloak was fighting on that cliff.

The girl moved rapidly through a pack of Beowolves killing them one by one. She moved gracefully as if she was performing some type of dance. Her black hair with red tints fluttered in the air as she spinned through the air with an enormous red scythe in her hand. She would point the end of her scythe toward one of the wolves, and pull a trigger. A dust shell was spit out from her scythe revealing the high powered rifle hidden in her weapon. Using the recoil from her weapon, she repositioned herself to cut off the head off another Bewolf. The silver eyed man was paralyzed as he watched the young girl dispose of all the Beowolves.

not that far away from her was a black haired hid the bottom half of his face with a black cloak with reddish-yellow stars scattered across it. However, the cloak failed to hid the tears that stream down the man's face. The silver eyed man was paralyzed as he watched the young girl dispose of all the Beowolves. His right hand was clenched tightly to the roses he was holding, and all he could do was stare.

" Summer." he said as he saw a ghostly image of his sister beside her. when she noticed him it was after she killed the last of the Beowolves.

he turned and made his way to his sisters grave only to suddenly grab, a bow then place a single red rose on the ground. then took an arrow and looked back over at the girl who was pinned down by a Beowolf, he breath in the out as the arrow flew at it's target and went straight through it's head. the girl got up and saw him, as he placed a single red rose on a alter. her mother's alter she ran at him only to have him look at her with silver eye's like her own. then he disappeared in a flash of black lightning.

she looked at the Rose and touched it gently.

" it was you." she said to no one.

[scene change ]

man wearing the black cloak with scattered red stars sat in a bar. He sat at the bar on a wooden stool. A half finished whisky bottle was placed in front of him as he drank down his drink. His gloved hand shook slightly as he placed down the bottle. His eyes looked down at the reddish-purple crystal hanging around his neck with a hint of sadness and regret.

A chime rang through the bar as the door was suddenly opened. The man listened intently as heavy footsteps could be heard making it's way across the bar. The man in the stool sighed as he was quick to recognize the sound of the steps. He closed his eyes hoping that the it was a mere coincidence they were there.

Both to his right and his left the seats were quick to be occupied, and it's new inhabitants made themselves comfortable. Silence was followed as the two people sat next to the black haired man. The man finally opened his eyes and took a deep sigh.

"Taiyang….Qrow….what do you old geezers want with me?" interjected the black haired man as he quickly glanced at the two men. A blond haired man with blue eyes looked at gauge and gave a small grin. The man wore brown cargo shorts with a dark brown belt, black shoes, a yellow bandana on his right arm, and a black leather vest over a black dress shirt with the right sleeve cut off. The only armor he wore was a metal spaulder, leather vambrace, and a brown fingerless glove all on his right arm.

The other man gave gauge a scowl at being called old. He had graying black, spiky hair, red eyes, and a slight stubble along his jawline, with a red tattered cloak, wearing a gray dress shirt with a long tail back dress pants, and black dress shoes. On his back was a large grey weapon hidden mostly under his cloak.

The other man gave gauge a scowl at being called old. He had graying black, spiky hair, red eyes, and a slight stubble along his jawline, with a red tattered cloak, wearing a gray dress shirt with a long tail back dress pants, and black dress shoes. On his back was a large grey weapon hidden mostly under his cloak.

"Why the hell must you call me old, gauge. I'm not that much older than you." replied the red eyed man called Qrow.

"You're ten years older than me Qrow, lying about your age won't make you any younger." answered gauge with a smile on his face.

The blond haired man, Taiyang, gave gauge a hearty laugh, and shook his head. Then he commented, "You haven't changed at all 's nice to know your still as friendly as ever."

gauge glared at the man's sarcasm, and took another sip from his drink. Putting his drink back down, he relaxed a bit in his chair.

Taiyang took the glare in stride, and simply called over to the bartender. He ordered himself a drink before bringing his attention back to gauge.

"So, how have you been. " asked Taiyang as he looked over gauge. gauge looked over at Taiyang, and clenched his teeth. He'd always wanted to hate Taiyang, but how could he. He was too kind, and not once did he ever return any of his glares. Maybe that's what his sister had seen in this man when she married him.

"Same ole Same ole. Slaying grim left and right, you know doing Ozpin's dirty work." replied gauge as he took another sip at his drink.

"Oh really? More like taking every job that hits your desk." questioned Qrow who had stolen a bit of whiskey from gauge's bottle. gauge yanked his bottle to the side, and glared at the man. Qrow gave him an immature grin.

"What are you implying?" inquired gauge as he looked at both Taiyang and Qrow. They both gave each other a quick glance before looking back at gauge. Qrow took a deep sigh, and wiped away the grin off his face. Qrow looked up at gauge with a stern look.

"You need to slow down gauge." worried Qrow as he grabbed onto gauge's shoulder. Taiyang's drink had finally arrived, and he was quick to grab it.

"Ozpin has told us about the rigorous amount of missions you've been taking of late. You're only 26 there is no reason for you to hurry after your death." explained Taiyang.

gauge gritted his teeth, and hissed, "Who's saying I'm trying to get myself killed? I'm simply matching the amount of missions I should be taking to my skill level."

"You know that Summer would have disagreed with what you're doing." confined Qrow. Taiyang who had been sitting to gauge's right gave Qrow a nasty glare. Qrow merely shrug his shoulders, and chose to look down back at gauge. Watching how gauge's hand shook at the mention of the name.

Taiyang took a long drink not believing that his friend had brought up such a sensitive topic. Quickly finishing his drink he took a deep breath, and released it. Too late to back down now.

"I bet she would also hate the fact that her brother has been near non-existent in her own daughter's life." added Taiyang.

The glass in gauge hand shattered in his hand. The entire bar went silent at the horrific sound. For a moment everyone paused to look at gauge, but just as quick everyone else went back to minding their own business.

"I-I know." stammered gauge as he stared at the blood from cuts on his hand. A look of surprise came from the two men. Not expecting gauge to admit something like that. He'd never been the one to admit failure.

"I bet she would be disgusted at the man I've become, but what am I supposed to do? I've been gone from Ruby's life for 15 years there's no reason for me to show up now. It's better if she never finds out who I really am." acknowledged gauge.

Qrow looked over at the conflicted man with a bit of pity. He replied, "No one blames you gauge. The things you've been through is more than enough to damage any man. Losing your sister was just the breaking point."

"You should come over sometime. I'm sure Ruby would be happy to meet the 'black lightning dragon of the north' that always appears when she's in trouble." jibed Taiyang trying to lighten up the mood.

gauge closed his eyes gave a small smile. He stood up from the chair, and revealed the blue and black high collared shirt underneath his cloak. guage turned around, and looked at the door.

"I'll think about it." mused gauge.

"Where do you think you're going." demanded Qrow looking up at gauge, "I'm not down lecturing you stupid brat."

gauge looked down at Qrow and his taunting grin. He sure knew who to push someone's buttons, but so did gauge.

"I have a mission to attend to, and I would never allow myself to be lectured by you. I've always made it a habit not to listen to crazy old perverts like yourself. if you can call anything you say a lactured anyway." remarked gauge as he moved toward the door.

"Catch you later, Taiyang."

"Hope to see you soon, gauge."

"Fuck you too brat!"

'.Same old Qrow, ' thought gauge as he exited the building. Some people truly never change. However, he was not one of them.

(AN: I DID GET THE IDEA FROM ANOTHER AUTHOR, AND I DID USE SOME NARUTO ELEMENTS LIKE A DOUJUSTU. THE RADINGAN IS A FAN MADE EYE ABILITY. )