TheNiemand- I'm glad I have your curiosity but do you have to sound like such a dick?
gorda fangirl- First point, I don't understand Spanish or Portuguese or Catalan or whatever other vaguely Iberian dialect or language that you are speaking. Second point, I'd recommend getting an account, so you can follow the story and not just click on someday and hope it to be there. Sorry if I sound like a dick but I and many other authors don't get the point of not getting an account. You aren't required to write. Thanks for the compliment though, it is much appreciated.
If Raven knew that being a mother would be as hard as she was finding it then she might have actually thought about it more thoroughly and perhaps decide against it entirely.
But here she was tiredly trying to fix Yang's nappies after the baby had taken a massive dump in them. "Do all parents have to do this?", she had thought several times.
Tai was in the kitchen trying to make milk out of that powder, the whole idea was completely alien to him and he struggling to get the right amount. The one time Raven had tried it, she had made way too watery and Tai had taken her position of nappy fixing. That was an interesting sight, seeing a grown man failing to put them on right.
Needless to say, they never tried that again. Then again it wasn't really their fault, their were huntsmen, they hadn't gone to public school and been taught about these sort of things.
However, no matter how much it tired it her out, Raven couldn't help but feel that she had made the right choice in having Yang. She couldn't explain it but she just felt happy, good about herself. According to Tai in the two weeks since Yang was born, she hadn't stopped smiling.
Finally, Yang had calmed down and was asleep, maybe she could get some sleep herself. Then a thought occurred to her, just how would she raise Yang?
Raven knew that she wouldn't raise her girl to become one of those annoying teens that just sat in coffee shops and talk about how attractive such and such was and she could tell that Yang would never be a nerd that always stayed at home and relied on their parents by simply taking into account who her father was.
But would she let her become a huntress? It was an incredibly dangerous lifestyle, could she live with herself if she more or less sent her child out on missions that could easily lead to Yang's death? Then she remembered that it would be inevitable with both of her parents being huntsmen.
She was brought from her muse as Tai arrived, bottle of once powdered milk in hand. Turning to her, he looked slightly amused, "I know this is tiring Rae but I think it's best if you go to bed. Qrow and Summer are coming back in the morning."
Raven blinked, she had completely forgotten about that, "Alright Tai but I'm holding it against you if she wakes me up again."
Turning around, Raven moved towards their bed dragging herself sluggishly towards bed, she could think about Yang's future in the morning.
The sound of the doorbell woke the new parents up. Tai dragged himself up from his comfy and blissful sleep as Raven seemed to be reluctant to be moved from the covers as he shook her twice with her reply being some sort of odd noise.
The doorbell rang again, "I'm coming, I'm coming," the slightly irate man muttered as he marched towards the front door.
After unlocking the door, he opened it to find a bored looking Qrow and a grinning Summer. Noticing how dishevelled Tai looked, Qrow took to the opportunity to annoy him, "Having baby trouble Tai?"
Tai frowned, "Qrow, if you want to say something, make sure it's useful."
"Calm it Tai, I was only asking a question. I wasn't tying to start anything," Qrow raised his hands defensively while Summer looked ready to break them up.
Tai sighed, "You know what, I can't be bothered arguing with you right now. Just get inside and get something to eat while I try and wake up Sleeping Beauty through there," he tilted his head towards the direction of their room.
"Yang?", Summer asked.
"No, try again Summer," Summer blinked a couple times before she and Qrow started stifling their laughter.
"Rae, oversleep. Those words only go together in the phrase 'Raven does not oversleep'," Qrow did not only find this funny but also completely surprising, this was his twin sister they were talking about, you'd think he'd know her better than anybody.
"Tai, you must be lying. I mean, Rae? Oversleeping? That must be a trick," Summer was hysterical and her mouth was agape when she wasn't talking.
"You'd better start believing Summer," said red and white themed woman froze up and her eyes moved towards the sound of the voice to see a bedraggled Raven, her hair messed up and full of knots and bags under her eyes. Just like Taiyang.
"Hey sis, how's the life of a mother been treating you?"
Raven growled and leveled a steady glare at her brother, Tai giving an unimpressed look towards the scythe wielder. Summer took one look at those gazes and felt the need to smack Qrow.
"Ow! Sum, why'd you hit me?," Qrow rubbed the back if his head where Summer had smacked him.
"So they don't and I'm pretty sure they would hit you much harder," Summer gestured towards their irate teammates.
"Fair enough," Qrow grumbled.
A cry then came from Raven and Tai's bedroom, Raven retracted her glare and made her way back. "Well do you want to see Yang or not?", Tai followed shortly after.
Summer and Qrow exchanged a glance before following after their blonde teammate. They came across the scene of Raven trying to calm her panicking daughter down by singing lullabies that she had learned from Taiyang during her pregnancy.
Unfortunately for her, Raven's singing voice wasn't the greatest and after trying 7 times. She seemed to give up and Summer took the baby from Raven's arm. Raven, whether she had actually given or because of the nature of being a mother, looked annoyed but refrained from speaking.
Summer, unlike her teammate, had a beautiful singing voice and sung a not so morbid version of Rockabye Baby. Yang stopped crying and opened her eyes and looked at the silver-eyed woman holding her with innocent wonder. Raven's jealousy was barely contained, "How on Remnant is her singing voice so good? Why can't mine be that good?"
"Summer, you could sign a record deal and gain money with a voice like that," Summer blushed at Qrow's praise and almost dropped Yang.
Tai took his daughter from Summer's arms with an amused look on his face. Summer turned her head towards Qrow, "Thanks Qrow," she said quietly, in an almost embarrassed.
"Alright, you two, quit flirting," Summer's face became even redder while Qrow scratched the back of his head sheepishly, "Do you mind telling us why you came here."
Qrow cleared his throat and seemingly sat in thought, "How many spare rooms do you have?"
Raven sighed, realising what her brother was about to ask, "Apart from the one we are planning for Yang to move in, three."
"Well, can we-"
"It depends. If you want to stay here, you will have to help us raise Yang. After all, having the entirety of team STRQ raising her means she would probably be prepared for anything," Tai cut in, Raven silently nodding her head in the background
"You know we were going to do that anyway, right?," Summer said in reply.
"That's all we needed to know," the smile on Raven's face, unknown to her, had grown larger. Prompting Qrow to smirk a knowing smirk.
It had been 3 months since Summer and Qrow had moved in with their teammates. Summer hadn't really stopped doting on Yang, much to the amusement of Tai and Qrow and to the appeasement of Raven.
Having the whole of team STRQ in one house and looking after one baby meant that time and tasks had to be allocated to different people. Tai, as always, was in charge of the milk and baby food. Raven had made herself in charge of 'accidents', Summer had the easiest task playing with Yang and calming the child down if she became upset and Qrow had been told to the shopping, much to his chagrin. He had given much snark to the amused Raven.
There was also an awkward moment when Tai walked in on Summer and Qrow 'in the act'. They had an interesting talk with Raven in the morning which boiled down to:
"So the rumours were true then?"
"Yeah..."
"For how long?"
"A few months."
"And you didn't tell us, why?"
"We didn't know how you'd accept it."
"I'm hurt by your words, Qrow."
Needless to say that the incident was never mentioned again though it never could be erased from anyones minds.
They had also decided how they were going to train Yang if decided to follow in their footsteps, they would all teach Yang the basics of their respective styles and let her decide when the time came.
They also raised the question of more children. Raven and Tai decided that they would only have more accidentally while Qrow and Summer decided that they wanted one of their own though they decided to wait until Yang was a bit older and less of a handful until it happened.
They all periodically went out hunting, generally on their own or as a duo. Basic 'save town from Grimm' type things. Ozpin never made them do any missions concerning the Maidens or Salem and the plot that the leader of the Grimm was hatching.
All was well.
Unless you count the main settlement of Patch being under siege by a Grimm horde then yes, all was well. Oh, you want to hear about the siege? Fine, most of the besieging Grimm were Beowolves and Ursa though there was the odd Nevermore hovering in the skies above.
Team STRQ proceeded to do what they do best and started ripping their way through the 'lines' of Grimm, cutting down any foolish creature who dared to attack their home. The town guard and members of Signal Academy, encouraged by the success of STRQ, bombarded the oncoming Grimm with shots and blocked gates of the town by placing the members that wielded melee weapons with a long reach like spears, halberds and zweihanders.
It was what would be known as a 'decisive victory' if the enemy was anyone or anything other the Grimm with only injuries affecting the members of the town guard and members of Signal who had fought the Grimm in 'hand-to-hand' combat.
They had left Yang with an old friend who lived in the town, meaning she was safe and free from the possibility of being mauled by a Grimm while she slept. While the causes for such an attack were unknown as most if the town was in good spirits.
Ozpin, who received news of the attack, believed that Salem had sent that horde to Patch for some specific reason and it was not just a random attack. The full reason behind the attack was not known.
However, there was one thing that the illustrious headmaster of Beacon knew for certain, the war was going to take a drastic turn for the worst.
So that was chapter 2, more of the early times and something to remember for the future. Very foreboding.
I know it's short but this chapter is an early one and so do expect them to be short for a bit longer until Signal is a major part of the story.
See ya
DaPika