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While Raven and Qrow talked, Yang and Sorrell were getting ready to spar. Yang taking care to find a boxing stance that worked well for the boy. Working with him to find a stance that let him move quickly enough so that if he had to, he could get some distance and use his ranged weapons instead.

"So, why are you yanging around with Ma?"

Yang asked, not having been there to hear much of Sorrell's story. Sorrell looked kinda sad.

"Adam Taurus killed my Mom, and I had to go hide in Menagerie. Then the Belladonnas came back with me because the White Fang were starting to look for me too much."

He said softly, not noticing that Yang was getting angry. She'd been a little younger than Sorrell was now when Summer had died, and remembered how much it had hurt.

"I know that feeling kiddo. Sorry that had to happen to you."

Sorrell smiled a bit, though it seemed forced and sad.

"I'm okay I think. I don't think Mommy would have wanted me to be sad."

Yang smiled a bit, pretty pleased with his mentality considering everything that's happened.

"That's true. Come on, let's spar a little bit, alright?"

Sorrell nodded and the two siblings settled into a bit of a boxing match. Yang calling encouragements and adjustments to his form as Sorrell proved himself a quick study and very adaptable.

"Nice job kid."

Yang congratulated, patting him on the back.

"So, Blake's been taking care of you for a while?"

Sorrell nodded.

"You're still mad at her."

He grumbled, not sure what else to say. Yang looked down at her little brother, who she didn't know she had until recently, and sighed.

"I don't really know how I feel about her right now. Sorry. I'm sure you like her a ton but I just don't know."

Sorrell looked up at Yang, not minding at all when she ruffled his black hair.

"Ok…."

He mumbled, not quite sure what else to do as he and Yang headed back to the center of the bandit encampment. Sorrell going off eventually to visit with the only bandit he had met before. His adopted stepsister, Vernal.

"Hey little guy, what're you doing here?"

Vernal asked, kneeling down so she was roughly his height. She hadn't been there to watch him get into a fist fight with the other bandits, but she was equally angered when she was filled in on the death of his mother.

"Well that sucks. Are you staying with Ma full time now?"

Sorrell shrugged, explaining how their step/adoptive mother was also his aunt and managing to confuse them both in the process.

"Hold up, so your Dad is Ma's twin brother? And neither of them knew?"

Sorrell nodded.

"Yep."

He said, not minding when she picked him up and sat him on one of the crates just outside her tent.

"Well, you're still my little bro, okay?"

She asked, hugging him tightly. The two had met years ago when Raven decided to tell Vernal about why she left so often and sporadically, and the girl had been allowed to go meet with the Chieftess' stepson, who she immediately hit it off with. Even though Sorrell was only four at the time they'd met.

-X- Flashback -X-

Vernal was pacing in front of her adoptive mother, the chieftess of the Branwen Tribe, and was basically rambling off questions as to where the woman disappeared to once or twice weekly.

"If I show you where I go on my days off will you swear to keep your trap shut before I'm forced to kill you?"

Vernal blinked a bit at the bluntness of Raven's response, having only joined the tribe recently, and nodded.

"I'll leave you alone once I know."

Raven hummed a bit and opened up one of her famous portals.

"Come on then. And I expect you to at least be polite and somewhat friendly to Sienna and very nice to her son, my stepson. Unless of course you'd like to see what a protective mother tiger faunus is like."

She said, stepping through her portal with Vernal on her heels as they reappeared into Sienna Khan's private chambers, Sienna barely acknowledging their presence seeing that she was in the process of playing with her son. A young Sorrell being more attentive to the two new people in the room before getting up to toddle over to Raven, who seemed very happy to see him as well, despite being hidden behind her mask.

"Sienna, this is Vernal. Vernal, this is my wife, Sienna. The little cub hugging my leg is Sienna's son Sorrell. Sorrell, can you say hi to big sister Vernal?"

Sorrell looked up at Vernal, who knelt down to his level, and waved happily.

"Hi big sistew Vewnal."

He said, his 'r' sounding more like a 'w' due to his adorable lisp.

"Hey little guy."

Vernal said, not bothering to try getting him to pronounce her name properly as she opened her arms, letting the little tiger cub stumble into her arms and give her a hug.

"Awww…...he's kinda cute!"

Vernal admitted causing Sienna to laugh.

"And he likes you. Something tells me you two will become very close friends when he gets a bit bigger."

The elder tiger faunus said wisely, golden eyes never leaving her son.

"You think so?"

Vernal asked, shifting so that Sorrell could sit comfortably in her lap. She'd always wanted a little brother, but wasn't quite sure how things would work out.

"Indeed. Sorrell only ever sits still for people he really likes. With anyone else he'd probably be playing ball or coloring right now."

Vernal allowed herself a grin, and looked down into Sorrell's golden eyes that matched his mother's perfectly, if with a bit more youthful innocence.

What she hadn't noticed was that Sienna had been right all those years ago. Sorrell becoming Vernal's closest and most trusted friend despite his young age.

-X Flashback Over X-

"Can we go play ball now?"

Sorrell asked when he realized Vernal wasn't really paying attention.

"Sure kid. Let's go play ball."

She whispered, picking up one of the few kickballs she actually owned and heading off to a small field to play with her little brother. Showing him a few new techniques as they played a rather rudimentary game of soccer. Playing with him until the sun started to set and they had to head back to camp, Vernal fairly sure her brother would be staying with either his stepmother or his birth father.

"Come on champ. Time for dinner. By the way, you didn't tell them about me did you?"

Vernal asked, not wanting anyone to find out about her identity and force her to go back to where she'd been before.

"I haven't. And I won't. Promise. If they ask, you're just my other big sister."

Vernal grinned and they headed into the main cabin where they could already hear Raven getting an earful from her biological daughter.

"On second thought, wanna stay with me tonight?"

Vernal asked, watching as he flattened his ears to his head to try and block out the loud sounds.

"Yes please."

He whimpered, Vernal laughing slightly at how much he obviously detested the yelling coming from inside the building.

"I'll tell them where you're going. Stay out of trouble, and if any of the other bandits bother you, tell them they'll be dealing with me and the Chieftess if they bother you. Or fight them off yourself. Your choice."

Sorrell nodded and Vernal laughed a bit before heading into the building. And narrowly avoiding head trauma from a plate being thrown just over her head.

"Ok…...just wanted to tell you all that Sorrell is staying with me for the night since even I could hear the yelling from a ways off. Later Ma!"

She said quickly before running off and picking up Sorrell, not really realizing or caring that she'd just dumped Raven into even more trouble.

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"Ma?"

Yang asked, causing Raven to look a little bit sheepish.

"Hehe, she's adopted?"

She said nervously, watching Yang's eyes go from lilac to red. In a moment of desperation, Raven spoke up.

"Sorrell isn't Qrow's only child!"

Qrow facepalmed.

"Dammit Raven. You weren't supposed to say that!"

Yang piped down and watched the exchange between the two. Raven rounded on her brother, not quite turning her back fully to Yang before responding.

"And you were supposed to tell Yang the truth before she went to Beacon! So I guess neither of us was true to our word, though at least I held my part a little longer!"

Qrow sighed when he realized his sister had a point. He had promised to tell Yang exactly why Raven had vanished and hadn't, so she really wasn't at fault.

"Ok, fine. You're right. Kinda. She is the only other surprise, right?"

Raven thought about it for a moment.

"Yes. And now for you to spill why Tai actually kinda hates you?"

Qrow sat down in one of the probably stolen recliners in the room and looked up.

"Alright kids, gather round. Time to tell you why a certain little Rose looks absolutely nothing like Daddy dearest."

The group looked curious and Qrow sighed.

"Because she does look like her Dad a little. It's just that Tai isn't her Dad. Seriously, not one of you wondered why her last name was Rose and not Xiao Long?"

Ruby looked shocked, as did the rest of Team RNJR, Yang, and Oscar/Ozpin.

"So who is my Dad?"

Qrow thought about Sorrell for a moment and looked nervous.

"Uh…..same guy as Sorrell. Technically, Yang is your stepsister/cousin."

Yang blinked.

"I'm her stepsister how?"

Raven immediately started to bristle, eyes almost glowing as her aura flared to life and Qrow covered his eyes.

"We're in for it now, but just to cut the tirade short, Raven left because she caught Tai and Summer doing the do in her bed. She got cheated on and it was between murder and just leaving. She chose the perfectly legal option. Which I'm happy for because otherwise Ruby wouldn't even be here."

Raven was still angry and she glared at her brother.

"Before anyone asks how that lines up, let's just say Tai took liberties with how long I was actually around after Yang was born."

Yang almost passed out, Ruby did pass out, and Oscar handed over control to Ozpin to let him speak.

"That explains the skills with a scythe. So, just to clarify. Miss Xiao Long is the daughter of Raven and Taiyang Xiao Long, Miss Rose is the daughter of Qrow Branwen and Summer Rose, Miss Branwen left because Mister Xiao Long cheated on her with Miss Summer Rose, and Sorrell was born years later to Qrow Branwen and Sienna Khan. Correct?"

Qrow and Raven looked at each other.

"Yeah that's pretty much it. I'm still trying to figure out whose semblance set off the chain events though."

Qrow grumbled. Raven looked at him.

"I'm willing to bet it was yours. Good luck doesn't end in someone's husband cheating on them with their best friend, sorry. Though it probably is why I found out."

Qrow sighed, willing to admit his sister's good luck semblance made her a walking miracle machine, and that probably meant that it was his semblance to blame. Heck, Raven's semblance was why they'd even made it into Beacon in the first place.

"So….where exactly is my son?"

Qrow asked, Raven having calmed during the brief moment of silence and moved Ruby to one of the couches in the room.

"With Vernal. He'll be fine. He knows her and she would never do anything to hurt her brother. Or let anyone else hurt him."

Qrow nodded and not too drastically far away, Vernal was proving Raven's words exactly. By beating in the faces of two bandits who had tried to attack Sorrell.

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"I told ya so."

Sorrell said quietly when Vernal finally let the two bandits get up and run.

"Yeah, probably should've listened when you said they'd try something like that."

Vernal mumbled as she put Sorrell on her back and basically let him piggy back all the way to her tent.

"Whose the girl with the white hair?"

Sorrell asked, having noticed the bandit's prisoner more in passing than really getting good look at her face.

"Weiss Schnee. Anything important I should know?"

Sorrell thought about it.

"She's on the same team as big sister Yang and Ms. Blake. Probably big cousin Ruby too. It might not be smart to leave her there."

Vernal sighed before heading back out to the cage they were keeping Weiss in.

"Lucky you Schnee, someone rather important to me just saved you from going back to Atlas."

She grumbled, grabbing Myrtenaster and stepping into the cell to cut Weiss' bonds.

"Might want to thank him. Your team is here too if you were gonna complain. All three of them."

Weiss stood up and took back Myrtenaster before glaring at the bandit.

"Who told you to cut me loose?"

Weiss asked, curious about who'd managed to convince a bandit to free her. Vernal glanced over at a boy sitting on a wooden crate and Weiss was more confused than ever.

"Were you the one who convinced her to let me go?"

Weiss asked, approaching the boy slowly. Sorrell looked up at her.

"Yeah? My name's Sorrell."

He introduced, causing Weiss to smile a bit.

"Well Sorrell, I'm Weiss. It's nice to meet you. And thanks for getting me out of there."

Sorrell grinned.

"You're welcome."

He said sweetly, allowing Weiss to give him a hug as he cuddled her.

"Is there any chance I could ask how you got her to let me go?"

Sorrell filled Weiss in on what he knew, explaining how he'd actually been shown enough pictures of Team RWBY and basically been adopted by one of the members, making it easier to figure out who Weiss was. Even explaining that he was actually related to Yang through his stepmother, and as such, Ruby.

"I get dragged back to Atlas and miss all the fun stuff then don't I?"

She asked, a light chuckle in her voice. Sorrell grinned, not ceasing in his cuddles.

"I guess so."

A/N

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