Raven's baby name was Lux which is Latin for light. Just fyi and yes, in a future chapter you will know what happened with the spider Grimm.

"Damn! We told you that you needed to see a doctor!" Qrow yelled grabbing a handful of Raven's thick black hair.

She smiled at him.

"I'm fine. If it wasn't for Taiyang I wouldn't have made it."

Taiyang turned pink in the face and Summer patted his back, "Thanks for staying behind and being nice to her."

"No biggie."

"You don't have to worry about Raven. If he bothered her, she would knock him out for the peace and quiet."

Summer smiled weakly, "True, but we don't want that either."

Taiyang laughed softly and looked over at Raven who was staring at him with emotion filled eyes.

"Have you guys seen the TV lately?" Qrow asked letting her hair go.

"No why?"

"Apparently bandits have struck a few places outside of the Vale kingdom causing increased Grimm activity."

Raven looked down at the floor.

"I don't think anyone has to do anything yet, but if it gets worst they are sending out the second, third and some fourth years to deal with the problems."

"We aren't that great," Summer said, "What if things don't go so well. We may not make it out this time."

"If we have to go, we will. Simple way that, " Raven said.

"Let's go get dinner and worry about being teens while we can," Taiyang said smiling.

Raven stood up and looked over at the bathroom. When they had come back, Taiyang scrubbed the bathroom down and cleaned all of the towels that were soiled from her miscarriage. He was doing a great job at keeping it secret for her and she appreciated that a lot. Even though he was a womanizer, he was a great teammate and she couldn't help but like him a little more now.

They reached the dining hall where it was buzzing with laughter and talk. Raven's gaze went over to Mayizor who was laughing with his friends. She felt angry and empty. She did care about him a lot but she hated herself for not seeing that he was a jerk in the first place. Taiyang looked over to see who she was staring at and that's when he became angry.

Taiyang started stomping off towards the idiot. Raven had told Taiyang the whole story. They were together for a short bit and they hadn't been careful. She knew what she was doing and she wasn't upset she had gotten pregnant. She was upset when she told Mayizor about the baby and that's when he dumped her. Of course he wasn't going to tell a living soul he was going to be a daddy so he dumped her instead.

"Mayizor."

The brown haired guy turned glaring at him.

"What do you want Xiao Long?"

"This is for Raven."

Taiyang planted his fist into Mayizor's nose knocking him backwards. His friends started yelling and ganging up on Taiyang but Raven pulled Taiyang out of the way.

"What's wrong with you!?" she hissed.

"Nothing now. I feel a lot better. Are you hungry?" he asked.

Raven stared at him.

"Well?"

She nodded. Summer and Qrow already heading for their food. Raven and Taiyang joined them.

"Man don't fuck with him. He's stupid," Qrow said, "At least you didn't break your fist."

"Taiyang, they can suspend you!" Summer said looking upset.

"I had too. He's a piece of shit."

"I agree but it's not worth getting suspended over."

Raven snickered.

"Don't encourage him!" Summer said but she couldn't help but smile.

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Over the next few days Raven began feeling better but the bleeding was still a little heavy. Taiyang was constantly messaging her asking if she needed anything but she fine. It made her happy he cared so much but she couldn't explain the feeling.

There was one thing she couldn't ignore: her baby.

She left the dorm room several times over the few days barely sleeping sitting by the grave. Regret would fill her heart wishing she had never went training and that she had caused the miscarriage on her own. She couldn't wait one day to get married and have a family. She would tell her husband of this tragedy and maybe she would be able to get past it.

Raven sat down again by her baby's grave. She actually bought formula and bottles. Even as dumb as it was she made the bottle and stuck it into the ground. She apologized over and over and over. The lady at the graveyard watched sadly as Raven begged for forgiveness but no one would be able to answer her.

"You sure you're going to be ok?"

Raven jumped. She was surprised to see Taiyang standing there in his pajamas.

"I followed you this time but I had a feeling you came here."

Raven looked slightly ashamed for hiding it from him.

"I know you're a very private person but… I had to make sure you were really ok. Part of me wishes I knew so I could protect you from the hit from that Creep."

Raven frowned.

"What?"

"How come you feel that way? We are friends but… the baby wasn't yours. Why are you so angry?" she asked.

Taiyang sat down in front of her with his legs crossed.

"Why do I?" he said aloud, tapping his chin.

She said nothing but she glared at him.

"I remember when I first saw you…."

Taiyang walked through the school yard seeing all the hot girls that would be in his class for that year, well if they made it. He ran his fingers through his blonde hair hoping to see a guy or someone to hang out with until they were put into teams. No one looked quite interesting enough for him to start a conversation so he kept walking.

Taiyang stopped around a giant water fountain and looked up to see a guy with black hair and glowing red eyes. Just for a second it scared him, the look in his eyes. Something strange and possibly evil radiated from this guy. Taiyang shivered violently and looked away. For some reason he wanted to look at him again, so he did.

There she stood. Just as tall as the guy, she had raven colored hair and her eyes were a brighter, sinister red. They glowed evilly like she was bestowed with the powers of Hell itself. Taiyang couldn't pull his ocean colored eyes from the dark beauty. She was dressed in a red and black kimono with a metal case in her right hand.

Taiyang stared until the girl looked at him, glaring like she could catch him on fire. He shivered violently again and looked away. He felt like he was being pulled to look at her. What the absolute hell was wrong with him? She looked like she wanted to murder him.

"What are you staring at stupid?"

Taiyang nearly jumped out of his skin.

"What?"

"Why were you staring at me?" the girl demanded and Taiyang could only open his mouth.

"Well, stupid?"

"My-my name isn't stupid. Taiyang Xiao Long," he said holding out his hand.

The boy snickered.

"Raven Branwen and this is my brother Qrow."

Raven refused to shake his hand so he lowered it to his side feeling stupid.

"Sorry, guy. She's not a big people person."

"I would hate to be on your team since you seem like you can't talk right," Raven spat and walked away.

Qrow watched his sister walk away.

"Your sister is hot."

"You're a dense mother fucker aren't you?"

"Yea… I am."

Raven laughed.

"What is so funny huh?" he asked grinning sheepishly.

"You. Honestly, I called you stupid for at least a month before I used your actual name."

"I know. I felt honored you called me Taiyang."

Raven laughed.

"Raven…"

Taiyang reached over and took her hands.

"Taiy-

"Listen to me."

Raven closed her mouth.

"I don't care in Lux was my baby or not. The fact that you lost someone you loved so much, it hurts me too to see you so upset. It hurts me to see you depressed and lost. I know you hate yourself and I know you're angry at yourself, but no matter what… you could have never guessed that would've happened. You couldn't see it and that's fine but don't blame yourself. I know if you had saw it, you would've stayed away at the dorm room.

"Even if you and Mayizor had broken up and the baby had lived… I would still want you. I want you now. I had thought at one time you were a hot, evil girl but instead… You're a strong willed woman who knows what she wants in life. You are gorgeous in every way and no one could ever compare to you unless you had a daughter. Damnit Raven Branwen… I'm deep in love with you."

Taiyang kissed her hand and Raven's heart felt like it was going to beat right out of her chest.

"I know you hurt right now and I won't pressure you but I want you no matter what."

Raven's eyes filled with tears.

"Taiyang…"

"Trust me, I never said that to anyone."

Raven threw her arms around him and hugged him tightly. Raven felt slightly embarrassed for being so emotional and maybe it was her hormones but she didn't care in that moment.

"You ready to go home and get some sleep?" he whispered into her ear and she nodded.

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Summer woke up Saturday morning and stretched out. She looked over to see that Taiyang and Raven had pushed their beds together. He had a tight hold on her hand even though they were asleep. She smiled, they didn't need to date to get along but just being nice. Something might've happened between them but she wouldn't question since Raven liked her privacy.

Summer pushed the small cabinet closed after grabbing the can of coffee. She went to the bathroom to fill up the coffee pot and came back to Qrow standing over Taiyang with a sinister look on his face. His eyes practically glowed with evil intent. Before she could say anything Qrow grabbed the blonde's hand lightly and pulled it away from his sister's hand. He pushed the beds apart and Summer just stared.

Even though Raven can take care of herself, he is so overprotective of her.

"Stop it!" Summer hissed.

"He shouldn't be touching her like that!" he growled.

Summer shot him a dirty look and started up the coffee pot.

"Be glad they are getting along."

"Yea so he can get into her pants and get her pregnant."

She slapped his arm.

"If you paid more attention to your team you'd know that Taiyang always wanted to be a dad. His dad was never there for him, so he wants to do better for his own kids."

"How do you know that?"

"We talk about kids often. We talk about what we want to do differently for them."

"Oh."

Raven finally woke up and headed to the bathroom. She was taking three showers a day to get rid of the icky feeling from all the blood. Just as she stepped into the shower, she heard the bathroom door open.

"Who is it?"

Qrow pulled back the shower curtain.

"QROW WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" she cried jerking the curtain back.

"What the fuck is with you and Taiyang? I even noticed he hasn't talked about his chicks or anything like that. I wake up to see him holding your hand and your beds pushed together."

"What I do is my business-

"It's mine too!"

"HOW IS THAT?" she yelled.

The bathroom door swung open.

"Qrow! Leave her alone!" Summer cried and pulled her boyfriend through the doorway.

"I want an answer Raven!" he yelled but Summer slammed the door shut.

Raven sighed and finished her shower. It was going to be a long day.

They had breakfast together with Qrow glaring at Taiyang the whole time. Raven was getting annoyed by his bad attitude and even Summer was getting that way with him. Taiyang had yet to notice the dirty looks he was receiving from his teammate. They finished before Taiyang noticed his friend's twitching eye.

"Are you ok?" Taiyang asked.

"Did you get laid last night by any chance?" Qrow asked.

Raven's face darkened to red with embarrassment.

"No. Haven't in a couple weeks. Why?"

Summer put her face in her hands.

"Did you have sex with Raven?" Qrow asked, "What's going on here?"

Taiyang's eyes widened, "Wait what? No!"

"She's on her period," Summer whispered into Qrow's ear.

"So?!" he yelled.

"I was cramping and I was in a lot of pain. He got me some medicine and held my hand so I would fall asleep," Raven said hiding her face in her black hair.

"Oh," Qrow said his face turning pink looking embarrassed.

Some of the other students were watching with curious eyes but none could make what was going on between them.

"Attention everyone!"

Everyone got quiet and turned to see Ozpin standing there.

"With the increased amount of bandits and Grimm attacks we are sending out the fourth years who aren't on missions out tomorrow morning. Any school they miss on their four days away is excused but are welcome to finish it for extra credit. Any students injured their team comes back with them and teams from year three go out and so forth."

All the students started talking amongst themselves.

"Fucking shit."

Raven looked at her brother.

"We need to ensure that Vale stays safe and that means helping on the outside of the kingdom. We are here to help everyone and it's our duties to protect everyone. I won't lie, this will be dangerous. You may die, but remember do not hold back. We need to do this to keep everyone safe. If you can keep a bandit alive without comprising your safety, do it. If you decide to opt out, you can. Return your uniforms and books by Monday."

Summer looked at her teammates.

"Well? Do you want to quit?" she asked.

"Hell no," Raven said.

"If she's in, I'm in," Taiyang said.

"I'm staying too."

Summer smiled, "Until the end… team STRQ!"

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It was going on six at night and team STRQ had finished eating. Summer just happened to look on her scroll and saw that Raven had messaged her ten minutes ago.

[Raven] I know this is a little out of nowhere, can you go get me more pads from town? I refuse to ask the guys. I don't like anyone else either. I have the Lien for it.

[Summer] Are you sure you're ok? You've been on your period for a while now….

[Raven] Doctor said there was some internal damage and it'll take time to heal, nothing serious. Can you buy me four packs just so I don't have to go out again?

[Summer] I know this is a little out there but are you sure you aren't having a miscarriage?

[Raven] I did check and it was negative.

[Summer] oh ok. I don't want you to hurt. You want any pain meds too?

[Raven] Yes please.

[Summer] how do I get past Qrow without him asking questions?

[Raven] You had to clear your head. Please, I just don't want him nosing in my business.

[Summer] Anything for you Raven.

Raven handed her the Lien and Summer excused herself from the table. She hated being alone in the dark but she would deal with it for Raven. Raven had been pretty tame and quiet lately so it was obvious she didn't feel good. Summer pulled her hood over her head and headed for Vale downtown. Luckily there was one small store open until one in the morning.

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[Unknown] Rob the Vale One Stop.

[Roman] Are you really that jealous of him making more money than you?

[Unknown] It's odd a smartass brat such as yourself is so good at robbing places. You're lucky you're good.

[Roman] Good doesn't even begin to describe me. 2000 Lien, I don't kill unless in self-defense against thugs. I don't rape either, so don't ask for that.

[Unknown] Criminal with morals?

[Roman] More of a special expert. What am I supposed to bring back?

[Unknown] Anything worth over three hundred Lien.

[Roman] Ok then. I'll give you location when I'm done. I still get one-fourth if I don't complete the task due to police or someone playing hero.

[Unknown] fine.

Roman turned his scroll off and looked around.

He honestly didn't want to do some petty ass job, but he wanted the money even if it was kind of low. Roman put on his black bowler hat and took a deep breath. He always got nervous at the beginning of the job but he was always excited once it got started. He walked into the store and looked at the clerk. The man paid no attention to him as Roman walked into the back part of the store.

He eyed everything there and finally came across a camera worth 354 Lien. Roman shrugged and grabbed it off the shelf when he saw a flash off white. He whipped around to see her going to women's product aisle. His heart started pounding furiously in his chest.

Why the fuck is she here of all times? I don't want to rob the place with her here! I can just walk out and be done with this. I can do this-

"HEY!" the clerk yelled making Roman nearly jump out of his skin.

Without realizing it, he slid the camera into his coat. Roman cursed himself and ran towards the door. He secretly hoped Summer wouldn't go after him but the thought died quickly when he heard footsteps behind him. To be honest, he was terrified of what she would really do to him with that godly power of hers.

"Come back! Just return the camera and we can forget about this!" she cried.

Roman skidded to a halt. What the absolute fuck am I doing?! Fuck-

"Hey!"

Summer stopped in front of him realizing it was the boy from the rose shop. She remembered meeting him a few weeks ago. She remembered his emerald colored eyes more than anything else. She stared at him but he never moved- did she scare him? She didn't have anything with her to fight with and she didn't want to use her semblance on him.

"I don't want to fight, so just give back the camera."

Of course she wouldn't want to fight. She's too nice. Why do I think about her so much?!

"I have to make a living."

Summer stepped a little closer, "You can get a real job."

"There isn't anything better for me."

Summer stepped closer again.

This is almost like my book! Is someone messing with me here?

"Um, things will be fine but you have to let me help you ok? There's more to life than stealing things!"

Roman snorted, "Like what?"

Summer turned red and snapped her mouth shut.

"Nothing to say huh?"

"Do you want the camera that bad?" he asked stepping closer to her.

"Well… Yea, so I can give it back to the man."

"You realize if I don't take this, a few people might try to kill me."

Summer bit her lip, "Over a camera?"

Roman nodded. He studied her face.

"I can't let you take it."

Roman snorted, "Then chase me like they do in the movies since I'm the bad guy!"

Summer's face turned dark red as he took off.

"Ugh! So… so… so rude!" Summer yelled chasing after him.

Roman looked back after couple minutes and she was getting closer. She didn't even look like she was getting tired but he sure was. He was good at losing people but every time he lost her, she would show back up around the corner. Summer almost caught him a few times.

How much longer is she gonna keep this up?! It's like she's fucking bionic!

Roman stopped paying attention and ran down the wrong alley leading to a dead end. He punched the wall in anger still holding the camera that asshole wanted. He turned around to see Summer standing there. She looked winded but she looked super pissed that he had run for such a long time. Just as she opened her mouth they both heard another voice.

"Yea! I saw him boss- don't worry I'll kill him for you."