A/N: Hey guys, bit late but that's because of my proofreader.

A few things before we start the chapter.

Q&A next chapter will be canceled as I did not get any questions.

I know this chapter is on the shorter side, but I liked how it turned out. Next chapter, or the chapter after, will mark the return to canon events.

Alright, that's it for pre-chapter notes.

I don't own RT or RWBY.

Guilty Rose chapter 36

"I'm going to completely honest, I need you to run everything by me again."

Yang said that as she sat on her bed, massaging her temples due to a growing headache.

"Your mother and I are getting married. We are moving here to Beacon after another incident with the White Fang. And we are taking over teaching several classes."

Yang stopped to look up at her stepmother, or soon to be stepmother.

"Oh this is going to be weird."

Yang dropped her head and held up a hand.

"Good, I heard you right the first time. Give me a moment to process this."

Summer bit her lip and looked at Raven for help. Raven shrugged and made a few gestures to show her uncertainty. Summer just gave her a pleading look. After a moment, Raven let out a begrudging sigh.

"Yang, I'm not sure why you're so surprised."

SMACK

Raven almost paused when she heard Summer facepalm.

"This is why you handle these kinds of conversations!"

"I mean, look how well your sister is taking the news."

SMACK

This time Summer's hand met Raven's arm. Raven turned to her fiancee while rubbing her arm and glaring at the smaller woman. This time she voiced her opinion.

"I'm sorry, I don't handle these conversation well with anyone but you, and that's because you're the only one with enough patience to deal with me!"

"You still could have tried harder than that! Besides, I think Rose is taking this just as hard, if not worse than Yang."

"How can that be, she has just been listening quietly?"

Both women looked at their youngest daughter to fin her staring at them blankly. The girl was obviously catatonic. Raven groaned her defeat.

"Okay so we overwhelmed her too. That does not defeat my previous point."

Summer just stared at Raven.

"Obviously."

Both women turned back to their daughters and Summer clapped to gain their attention.

"Alright, Seeing as Raven here failed miserably to help alleviate your stress-"

"Like I had any chance of succeeding."

"-Why don't you direct your questions to me."

"Like they should have been to begin with."

Summer turned to Raven with a sickly sweet smile.

"Dear, do you remember that lecture I gave you and Qrow two months into our first year?"

Raven blanched at the memory before nodding.

"Wonderful! But I think you might need a refresher still. Say tonight?"

Raven shook her head vigorously.

"Please, no."

Yang just looked between her mother and stepmother.

"What are you two talking about now?"

Summer spun to the blonde with a bright smile.

"Nothing you need to worry about. Now, questions?"

Rose, finally having escaped her daze, raised her hand. Summer had to fight the urge to giggle at this.

"Yes, Rose?"

"Why are you getting married?"

The room went silent for several seconds.

"Rose...I think there's a conversation we need to have."

Rose looked at her curiously.

"Rose, you do know that people who love each other, begin dating, and eventually get married, right?"

Rose's face contorted a bit.

"Of course, I am in a relationship with Weiss."

All three other women took immediate notice that Rose only mentioned one person in her unusual relationship.

"Wait, what happened to those sweet girls, Cinder and Neo?"

Rose winced at the mention of their names.

"That's a little complicated at the moment. I'd rather not talk about it. Now, can we go back to my question?"

Summer stared and worked her jaw, trying to voice a question. However, Rose leveled a look at her that let Summer know she needed to drop it.

"You asked why your mother and I are getting married. Well, there is a reason we had you. It is just unfortunate that we took quite this long."

Rose nodded her understanding, then suddenly tilted her head again after thinking about the answer she received.

"Mom...I still don't understand how you two had me. I may not be an expert on social norms, but I was made familiar with reproduction by Glynda when my relationship came about."

Rose couldn't help her emphasis on the word, nor the shiver that accompanied it.

"Wait, Glynda Goodwitch gave you The Talk. Dear Oum, how was that?"

"Technical and thorough."

All four of them winced. Raven decided to take over the conversation, if only to change the topic.

"Well Rose, I've mentioned this to your sister before, but there was a Branwen technique that allowed the leader to produce an heir even if there are certain obstacles."

Raven took a breath and then glanced at Summer, who was silently questioning her. Raven decided to answer the silent question.

"Look, they are both adults, and in relationships. They should know this in case they ever decide to take this particular step in their relationship."

Summer deflated and waved Raven to continue.

"Now you two, I'm going to explain the technique that will allow you to conceive a child with another woman, even if that was previously thought impossible."

….

"Notch, breath in, aim, breathe out slowly, fire."

Thunk

Rose grimaced as she barely managed to hit the target with her arrow. She needed to be better than this if what Cinder and Ozpin said was true.

"Notch, breath in, aim, breathe out slowly, fire."

Thunk

The arrow glanced off the target this time, making Rose pout a bit before she pulled another arrow from her quiver. Then the thought of Cinder came up again. Sure, Cinder had told her the original reason she had been sent to Beacon Academy, but this was different.

"Notch, breath in, aim, breathe out slowly, fire."

Thunk

A solid hit on the target this time, but nowhere near the bullseye. Cinder's orders were easy for her to rationalize considering that this Salem person had wanted to enlist the aid of the Oni Tribe. But now, she knew Salem was hunting her and everyone like her.

Rose pulled another arrow out and began the list again. This time she scored a hit a few inches from the bullseye. She was content with the accuracy, and so decided to work on her precision.

"Anyone like me...if I have children, they'll be hunted too..."

That thought halted her draw on Blossoming Rose.

"Children."

Now there was a subject she kept revisiting the last few days since she found out her alternate method of having children. It was quite the conversation, and both Yang and Rose wished they had to sit through The Talk from Glynda instead. Not that the conversation was graphic or anything, it was just uncomfortable.

Unfortunately, it also raised concerns in Rose that she thought she would never have to truly consider, dating other women and all. The primary concern being accidental pregnancies.

She shivered before composing herself and taking her shot. The arrow flew wide by a few inches. Rose took a breath.

"Think about all this or shoot, I can't do both."

Rose heard a soft chuckle from behind her. She turned around to find her sister's partner in her gym outfit.

"You know, most women pride themselves on their ability to multitask."

Rose saw the small smirk on her face and knew this was her attempt at lightening her mood. Though, Rose's mood turned out to be tougher than that.

"There are things you can't multitask with appropriately. This turns out to be one of them."

Blake cringed at Rose's harsh tone, which made the wolf faunus shrink in on herself.

"Sorry, that came out wrong."

"No, it's fine. I know whatever it is, it's been bothering you for a few days now."

Rose meekly nodded her head.

"Is it the same thing that has had Yang avoiding eye contact with Winter too?"

"Kind of. I have other things on my mind too."

"But that is one of them."

Rose shrugged and nodded.

"So, what has you two wound up, if it's okay for me to ask."

Rose thought about it for a few moments. This particular subject wasn't really all that secret, or at least her parents didn't make it seem that way.

"I suppose it's okay to talk about it."

Blake smiled softly, happy that Rose was willing to talk about personal matters with her. Then, Blake remembered why she was here in the first place.

"Hey, since archery isn't working out for you, wanna come to the gym with me?"

Rose's lips puckered up while she thought things over.

"Fine, give me a bit to change?"

Blake resisted the urge to jump for joy. Any time watching Rose work out was a good time. The cat faunus swallowed dryly as a few images came to mind.

"Blake?"

Rose's sudden close proximity startled Blake, but she covered it well.

"Take all the time you need, I'm in no rush."

….

"So, we all agree on this course of action?"

Sienna looked over those before her, they had spent days sorting through everything they could do to stop the White Fang and minimize casualties everywhere.

"Yes, it won't stop the Adam's plans for the White Fang entirely, but it should stop him from gaining anymore support and lose any peripheral support."

Marron nodded her agreement before sighing.

"I just wish we could stop that psychopath."

Sienna reached out and grabbed her hand.

"We need to focus on saving lives, not taking them. Besides, once his support is gone, it'll only be a matter of time."

Marron gave Sienna an appreciative smile before turning to the Belladonnas.

"So, go over the plan one last time, for nerves' sake?"

"That's fine, sweetie."

Marron almost rolled her eyes at Khali, she had come to completely understand why Sienna could barely function around the woman before.

"Okay. So, you, Sienna, will publicly step away from the White Fang, citing 'that while you support action against faunus discrimination, you would never stand with those so full of hate that they would attack their own kind for no reason'."

Sienna nodded at her part of the plan.

"Then, Ghira and Khali step up and announce that they can no longer abide the hatred that the White Fang has bred, and that all those for true equality should stand with you."

Ghira and Khali both nodded at their part.

"Finally, I begin distributing all the information on the White Fang once it has lost support of the common populace."

Sienna gave Marron's hand a squeeze.

"We can do this."

Marron looked at the tiger faunus' hand.

"No. We have to do this."

….

Blake watched Rose do her warm up stretches. She had to repeatedly swallow her drool and look away from the mesmerizing sight.

"Blake, you are a huntress-in-training, you will control yourself. Oum, I sound like Weiss now."

Rose glanced over at her workout partner, who had only been half-heartedly warming up. A silent sigh escaped her and she made a mental note to talk about this later. Once both faunus finished stretching, they stood to begin their warm-up jog.

A few moments in, Blake finally decided to press her question.

"So, are you going to tell me what has been bothering you and Yang?"

Rose almost sighed again, but instead took a moment to gather her thoughts and words. Unfortunately for Blake, the words came first.

"Having children."

Blake tripped and nearly face planted on the track.

"You two are having children! Who-how-when-"

Rose stared at the girl for a moment trying to understand the response. Then, it hit her.

"No! We had a talk with our mothers about having children."

Blake blushed and tried to hide her face in embarrassment after the clarification. It took a full minute of jogging before the conversation.

"So, you had The Talk again, that explains it. I mean, I don't know how I'd face yo-anyone if my parents ever gave me it."

Rose chewed on her lip, debating on another clarification.

"Actually, it was worse than that."

Blake's head snap to Rose in confusion.

"What could possibly be worse?"

Rose looked down at feet before responding.

"Like I said, having children. You of course know that mine and Yang's apparent preference in partners normally means having children is a very deliberate decision."

Blake blushed again, this time from the thoughts creeping into the back of her mind.

"I do. So, what did they tell you?"

Rose took a deep breath and mustered her courage.

"They told us how we could impregnate another girl in a way that could be accidental."

Blake stopped in her tracks. Rose stopped a moment later, but didn't meet her eyes.

"Pardon?"

For once, Blake cursed all the specific fanfiction smut as images of Rose with an additional appendage came to mind. A brilliant blush coated her cheeks.

"Apparently, the Branwen tribe found a way to have children that only involves ones aura and a fertile woman."

Blake's blushed deepened again. She'd never been quite so glad that Rose wasn't looking at her.

"I mean, it's not like it can just happen out of nowhere, like a gun misfiring."

Blake couldn't help but snicker at that image because of the subject.

"But, a few too many drinks and a bet can lead to a very confused fifteen year old."

Blake's thought process ground to a halt at that comment. She knew that Rose was Raven and Summer's daughter, but this news had to hit Rose hard considering her self-consciousnesses. Also, hearing about how you were conceived was never pleasant.

"So that's why you two have been acting aloof?"

Rose shrugged noncommittally and gestured vaguely.

"Not just that, it has me and her thinking about having children. Yang and Winter's relationship maybe new, but then again, that is probably making it worse for her. But with me, I have Weiss, Cin, Neo, Emerald maybe, and even you to consider when thinking about having children. That alone makes my head spin, not to mention me as a parent."

Blake cringed before jumping into her encouraging-friend mode.

"Rose, you'll be a wonderful parent. You are the most kind and considerate person I know."

Blake mentally smiled for jumping on that bit of low self-esteem until her mind went over what was said.

"Wait, I am included?"

Rose finally looked up at Blake.

"Well, of course you, I mean, I know I'm not the best when it comes to social interaction, but I have had enough romantic experience by now to recognize when someone is interested in me."

Suddenly, Rose looked down and got fidgety.

"Plus, I can smell when you get...in the mood when I do my exercise routines around you."

Blake invented a new shade of red when Rose said that.

"I-I-I d-don't know w-what y-you're t-talking about."

Rose looked up again, and tilted her head. She couldn't understand why Blake would deny this. Blake had never been all that subtle before.

"Blake, it's okay. I've talked with Cin and Weiss about you before. We came to the consensus that we were waiting on you to speak up first."

Blake's jaw dropped.

"How could I have been found out so easily?"

Rose wanted to giggle at the incredulous look on Blake's face before putting a hand on the other faunus' shoulder.

"If it makes you feel any better, I didn't really notice until after I started dating Weiss and Cin."

Blake gave Rose a slightly deadpan look.

"It makes me feel so much better."

Rose had to frown at that.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you."

Blake's expression twisted in horror and she began to wave her hands in front of her.

"No, no, no, I didn't mean it like that. I was disappointed in myself for not hiding my emotions better."

Rose gave the girl a sympathetic squeeze, which was rewarded with a small smile.

A/N: And that's all I wrote.

Normally I'd do a recap, but I just sat through an 8am Programming class without coffee. Forgive me for not having the mental faculties to write one.

Seeing as I won't have a recap, I expect a lot of questions. Don't worry there, I will answer them as best I can once I am sufficiently caffeinated and no longer feel like roadkill.

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