A/N:
Naruto + RWBY
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This story is one of my first attempts at fanfiction writing and stems from ideas that have popped into my head. I am simply writing these stories for my own personal enjoyment, and I can certainly not claim to be a good writer, just a fan with a little bit of extra time and ideas on my hands. Please feel free to leave any feedback that you may have, positive or negative. Whether you end up liking or hating this story is up to you.
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The Uzumaki Branwen
Chapter 1: Congratulations, It's a Boy!
*Beacon, Ozpin's Office*
Inside an elaborate clocktower-esque office the two top-ranking members of Beacon Academy's staff could be seen looking over the applications for the latest wave of hopeful Huntsmen and Huntresses.
The fate of the next generation of warriors was at stake, and the weight of the decision-making process was heavy on their shoulders. With every application they considered, they knew they held the power to shape the future of their world.
The staff members scrutinized each application with meticulous care, weighing the strengths and weaknesses of each candidate. They knew that their decisions would have far-reaching consequences, and they couldn't afford to make any mistakes. The clocktower office remained silent except for the scratching of pens on paper and the occasional murmur of conversation as they deliberated over their choices.
"Umm Ozpin… did you see this application?" A tall woman with long blond hair, bright green eyes, and a usual stoic demeanor asked her superior with an out of place - slightly stunned voice.
"Hmmn and whose application has made you so stunned, Glynda?" asked a grey-haired man wearing glasses and a green scarf, his calm demeanor belying his curiosity. He took a sip from his cup, waiting for her answer.
"Naruto Uzumaki-Branwen." Glynda said again, maintaining a stunned countenance.
Ozpin nearly choked on his drink. "What? Branwen?" he exclaimed in disbelief.
Glynda nodded gravely.
"Yes, this application is for one Naruto Uzumaki-Branwen…." The woman said again while handing the application to her boss.
As Ozpin skimmed through Naruto Uzumaki-Branwen's application, his eyes widened with interest. "Half faunus, half human from Mistral. Mother one Kushina Uzumaki. Father one N.A. Branwen..." he read aloud, examining the attached pictures. "He... he looks a lot like Qrow," he remarked, stroking his chin thoughtfully. "Sixteen years old. Didn't Qrow have a mission in Mistral around the time that would match up with when the boy was conceived?"
Ozpin smirked slightly and rubbed the bridge of his nose, relishing in the possibility of Qrow having a son. "Glynda, please contact Qrow and have him come here as soon as possible," he said, eager to confirm his suspicions.
Glynda raised an eyebrow in surprise, but quickly composed herself. "Of course," she replied, making her way to the door. As she left the room, she couldn't help but think to herself that Qrow's reputation for drinking and his devil-may-care attitude made it entirely plausible for him to have a secret son.
Glynda stood up and walked to the exit of the room to make the call to Qrow.
Ozpin leaned back in his chair, an uncommon excitement brewing within him. This could turn out to be an intriguing development, as he thought to himself, tapping his fingers on the desk. He couldn't wait to see what would happen next.
He thought back through his memories vaguely remembering the Uzumaki name but struggling to remember much about it other than that it used to be a successful family and that it was believed that what could be considered the modern-day Uzumaki family originated from one incredibly strong warrior that was said to be a worldwide hero, saving the world. If the rumor was true however the legend of that warrior Uzumaki existed prior to even his existence and the fall. "This could be most interesting."
*Sometime later*
A tall well dressed man with greying black hair, red eyes, and the slightest bit of stubble on his chin walked out of the elevator taking a quick swig from a flask. "Oz you needed me for something? You know I just got done teaching the whole day at Signal so this better be important." The man stated while capping and putting away his flask.
"Oh yes if I'm correct in what I believe is going on it should be most interesting to you. Tell me Qrow. You had a relatively long-term mission in Mistral around 16-17 years ago, correct?" Ozpin asked, looking quite amused behind the cover of his mug while looking at one of his most loyal allies.
"You expect me to remember something like that Oz. Ugh but yeah I think so…? What does that have to do with anything?" Qrow asked while flopping down in one of the empty chairs.
"Glynda and I just read a most interesting application for the upcoming semester. Did you happen to do anything interesting during your mission in Mistral that you can remember?" Ozpin asked, sipping his drink.
"Uh, not that I can remember. Seriously Oz just cause your classes here at Beacon are on break doesn't mean that the ones that I teach at Signal are. I'm tired from dealing with those brats all day long. So far this doesn't seem that interesting to me." Qrow stated, putting his hands on his thighs preparing to stand up and leave if Ozpin didn't get to his point.
"Hmmn Naruto Uzumaki-Branwen." Ozpin said while picking up the application from his desk.
"What…! I must be drunk because I could swear I just heard you say Branwen. Don't tell me Raven cheated on Tia and had a kid with someone and is sending them here to spy or kill someone." Qrow said, standing up and looking outraged at the thought of his sister's betrayal.
"Hmmn no. Not Raven. Think hard for a minute Qrow. You don't remember anything or anyone from your mission in Mistral." Ozpin said.
"Well I mean there might have been one girl that I ran into at a bar, Kushina something if I remember right, that could really compete with me in drinking and eating. Ah, she was really hot. Blood red hair. Purple eyes. She was fiery. Bit of a tomboy, I mean she could out-burp me after drinking down some pints… but man she had a smokin' hot body. For a Faunus, she was surprisingly well-liked by the people in Mistral. I don't see what that has to do with Raven's kid trying to come to Beacon." Qrow said looking slightly perversely while describing the *fiery tomboy* before snapping back to the present, his frustration with his sister's schemes returning full force.
Ozpin's smirk widened considerably as Qrow's rambling pretty much confirmed his theory. "Why don't you take a look at the submitted picture." Ozpin said while passing over the application and its attached pictures.
"Fine, let me see Raven's new tribe member." Qrow said, taking the file. The picture depicted a young-looking boy with somewhat spikey blood-red hair with black tips. Purplish blue eyes with a red ring surrounding his pupil. On top of his head was a set of red fox ears.
"Huh….." Qrow said with his mouth hanging wide open while looking at the photo. Quickly reading through the rest of the file his mouth continued to drop further open in shock. "Oh… oh… oh shit….." Qrow said after looking at the picture and personal information section. "She… she got pregnant. And had a kid…. Oh shit. I have a kid…" Qrow nearly dropped the file as he quickly whipped out his flask to take a big gulp of alcohol.
"So. I was right when I assumed that you slept with this woman Kushina Uzumaki. Well, I guess congratulations are in order. You have a son." Ozpin said, still smirking and taking relaxed sips from his mug.
"I…. I.. can I borrow this file Oz? I need to go." Without even waiting for a response Qrow snatched the file and raced out of the office leaving behind an amused and intrigued Ozpin and a stunned and somewhat irked Glynda.
*Xiao Long/Rose household, Patch*
Inside a nice wooden two-story house three family members and a dog could be found enjoying a movie and some popcorn, enjoying their time together before the eldest daughter headed off to Beacon for the upcoming semester. A tall and well-fit blond-haired man with blue eyes and a small amount of stubble and a soul patch on his face could be seen relaxing on the couch sandwiched between two girls with a loving smile on his face and a dog in his lap, this was Taiyang Xiao Long.
On his right was his eldest daughter Yang Xiao Long. A full-bodied seventeen-year-old girl with flowing long blonde hair and lilac eyes. On his left was his youngest daughter Ruby Rose. A more petite girl of fifteen years old with pale skin black hair with red tips and silver eyes.
*BANG* All the house occupants jumped slightly when the front door slammed open, nearly taking it off its hinges. Walking or more like stumbling through the door was Qrow Branwen. Clearly drunk, very drunk.
"Qrow!? What are you doing? Why did you slam the door? Wait…. are you drunk!" Taiyang shouted out while standing up from the couch. The three family members watched as Qrow stumbled further into the house while taking a large swig out of an almost empty bottle of high-content alcohol.
"Am nwot dwunk," the slurring red-eyed Branwen protested.
"Qrow! Seriously, what is wrong with you right now! Barging into the house while obviously highly intoxicated! I know you had a meeting with Ozpin but what caused this!" Tai shouted out to Qrow as he marched somewhat angrily toward his longtime friend who was currently making a bad impression on his daughters.
"Uncle seriously? Partying for xiao long that you can't even walk straight haha." Yang quipped in her punny bliss.
"Yaaanng that wasn't funny!" Ruby whined to her sister.
"Mi nhabe ae soin." Qrow said while tripping and falling onto the floor of the room rather pathetically, breaking the rest of his bottle on the floor.
"What? No, forget it. I don't want to hear anything out of you until you are sobered up. This is ridiculous Qrow." Tai said while ushering his daughters out of the entry room and back towards the living room to finish their movie while getting Qrow a glass of water.
*Later*
After finishing the movie the three family members walked back towards their house's entryway to check on their friend/uncle. Sitting on the floor leaning against the wall Qrow could be seen looking disappointedly at his now empty flask before looking up at the approaching family.
"Qrow. What is going on?" Tai asked somewhat impatiently trying to figure out if his best friend had finally succumbed to his drinking habits or if Ozpin had told Qrow that some serious catastrophe had occurred.
"…" Qrow mumbled so quietly that none of the three could hear him.
"What? Uncle Qrow we can't hear you!" Ruby said why leaning toward Qrow somewhat comically cupping her ear to try to hear better.
"Sigh…. I.. I have… I have a son…" Qrow said again almost too quietly but loud enough for his audience to hear him.
*Crickets*. "What!/What the Hell!/WAAHHH I have a cousin!" Taiyang, Yang, and Ruby shouted out flabbergasted at what Qrow just said.
"Ah, Yang! Swear jar!" Ruby yelled at her sister after hearing Yang swear.
"I think what uncle Qrow just said warrants a free pass on the swear jar rubes." Yang deadpanned with Ruby giving a reluctant but accepting huff.
"What do you mean you have a son Qrow? Did you finally end up getting some girl pregnant with your extracurricular activities during missions?" Tai said somewhat excited for his friend but also somewhat disappointed that Qrow probably got some random drunk woman pregnant.
"I've had.. had a son for years….. and I didn't know." Qrow said looking down at the floor still trying to rest out some of his drunkenness.
"Wait.. Uncle Qrow are you saying that you had a son a while ago with someone and just left him to be raised by the mother?" Yang asked somewhat angrily, thinking about the situation with her own mother abandoning her.
"Come on Qrow let's all sit down on the couch and you can tell us what happened." Tai said while leaning down to help Qrow up off the floor and over to the couch. Ruby and Yang followed after them interested to hear the story behind this and about their cousin they didn't know they had.
After sitting down Qrow sighed to himself before steeling himself to tell his not all by blood but by choice family what Ozpin had shown him. "Around 16-17 years ago I was sent on a relatively long-term mission to a town in Mistral. Despite being a long-term assignment it wasn't that busy of a mission so I had quite a bit of downtime. So I went to some clubs and bars. I… I didn't remember it much until now because you know… alcohol and time and stuff…. But I remember now. I met this beautiful woman at one of the bars I went to and we hit it off somewhat. She could match me in drinking so that made it fun. We ended up meeting up a couple more times over about a month or so. I remembered meeting her a little bit but definitely didn't remember sleeping with her…. which I now remember I did… probably while drunk." Qrow said, looking almost anywhere other than his audience's faces.
"So… you have a son… who is about halfway between Yang and Ruby's age… that you didn't know about till now? How did you find out?" Tai slumped down on the couch in just about the same amount of shock as everyone else.
"Um… yah. *Sigh* He is sixteen. I found out because Ozpin called me to meet and told me about someone with the last name Branwen going to attend Beacon this year." Qrow said while calming down slightly, not much though.
"So wait I have a cousin who is going to be attending Beacon with me this year! That's awesome! I bet we are going to yang out so much!" Yang said happily while wagging her eyebrows hoping for some response to her puns.
"Ugh, Yang! That's so not fair I want to meet my cousin too!" Ruby said glaring lightly (pouting) at her sister.
"Well, he doesn't and probably won't know you are related to him. You know with me obviously not being around and well his mother really only knew my last name…." Qrow said while shifting slightly at the look Taiyang cast his way at the fact that he slept with someone without even telling them his first name.
"So um tell us about the kid.." Tai said. Qrow got out the file he had stolen from Ozpin's office.
"His name is Naruto Uzumaki-Branwen. Uzumaki is his mom's last name." Qrow said while taking the picture from the file to show the Xiao Long/Rose family.
"Huh…? He's a Faunus?" Ruby asked, surprised not expecting to see the fluffy fox ears on top of her cousin's head.
"I guess he would be half faunus, half human. His mother Kushina's a fox Faunus." Qrow said before passing the attached photo that was provided as identification of Kushina.
"Holy crap! Nice uncle Qrow! She is hot!" Yang said while eyeing the picture of the adult Faunus woman.
"I didn't really expect you to have a kid with a Faunus Qrow.. not that there's anything wrong with that but still." Tai said while quickly correcting himself so as to not sound prejudiced.
"Trust me, I never intended to have a kid. Not with my rotten luck." Qrow dug through the pockets of his clothes trying to find any booze he might not have drunk yet.
"Heh hey, Rube's! Doesn't he kinda look like an inverse of you?" Yang and Ruby huddled over the picture of their new relation.
"Huh, I don't get it." Ruby scratched her scalp while tilting her head to look at the photo from a different angle.
"Look at him. I mean he's a Faunus you're a Human, red hair with black highlights, black hair with red highlights. He's tall, you're short. He has pecs you have boo…"
Ruby cut her elder sister off with a yell and a pillow to the face while blushing lightly in embarrassment. "YANG!" The young Rose did have to admit that he did kinda look like an inverse of her now that she looked a little closer.
"I wonder what the kids would look like if you two got together." Ruby hit Yang with another pillow.
"EW! Gross Yang! That's incest! Gross gross gross." Chuckling lightly Yang set the photo down on the coffee table.
"I'm just kidding Rube's. Though technically he's not actually related to you through blood so it wouldn't be incest. I mean look at him. He's hot, muscular, and has fluffy ears! You like to pet Zwei's ears, I'm sure you could get him to let you pet his. If he weren't my cousin I'd definitely go for him." Ruby blushed red and tried to sink into the couch as her blonde sister talked more about the boy and his fluffy ears.
Luckily for Ruby, she was saved from any more embarrassment by Taiyang who had paused his conversation with Qrow when he heard Yang's declaration. "Absolutely not! No daughter of mine is going to do anything like that with a son of Qrow's! Sorry, Qrow…. Ahem. You two shouldn't be even thinking about doing anything with any boy! Not on my watch you both are too young, maybe in ten to twenty years. Maybe not even then."
"Yeah, that's not going to happen." Yang crossed her arms while looking rebelliously at her father while Ruby flushed red.
As Yang argued with her father regarding "boys", Qrow felt his anxiety and panic melt away as the playful chaos of the Xiao-Long/Rose family distracted him.