3 Chapter 2: life as a 4 year old in the Branwen tribe

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<4 years later.....>

In the middle of a large forest a child could be seen the child with stunning purple hair that reached her shoulder blades and hypnotic Ruby red eyes. The child with seemingly unblemished skin but for those who looked close enough faint scratches and barely noticeable bruises could be seen.

This child was Scathach her face currently covered in sweat holding a small child sized blunt metal spear. Her eyes focused on her opponent before her, her mother. Both of them grinning at each other with an easily noticed flame in each of their red eyes.

Charging at her mother Scathach slashed horizontally in hopes of sending Raven off balance however as if already seeing this Raven simply took a step backwards hitting her daughter's spear with her own practice sword knocking her off balance.

"Is that the best you've got Scath come on attack seriously" Raven taunted however her mind was different 'holy shit that was a good swing would have caught most people triple her own age off guard'

As if enraged by her mothers statement her aura began draining rapidly much to Ravens surprise which soon shifted to excitement. 'This is it her semblance what is it definitely not mine since no portal is appearing so what is it?!?' Her battle addiction started kicking in full throttle.

Scathach released a large torrent of energy sending out a small shockwave around 1 meter wide. Her purple hair fluttering wildly she raised her dull spear that was seemingly coated in a bright red energy and murmured two small words 'Gae Bulg' then threw it.

It launched at speeds even dust couldn't emulate towards Raven who released her own aura seeing the shear strength behind her daughter's horrific attack. Seeing the spear heading towards her fast not knowing it's affects she swiftly dodged rolling to her right avoiding the spear by a hairs breath.

However the spear kept going it pierced trough many trees leaving a trail of destruction in its path. Raven knew seeing the sheer destructiveness of her daughters 'semblance' if she blocked it she would have would have survived although she certainly wouldn't have escaped unscathed.

Scathach drained from the physical exertion from her last strike collapsed to the floor with almost no aura left. Raven went towards her spear picking it up it was still in perfect condition somehow she brought it with her.

Raven seeing this contrary to her battle loving grin released a tender caring smile putting her daughters head on her lap slowly stroking her daughter's hair whilst murmuring "you did good runt you did good." Seeing her daughter's relaxed expression she felt content ever since her daughters birth she became slightly less aggressive to her subordinates.

This caused the tribesmen to care even deeper for the kid thinking of her as a goddess of mercy however there were certain 'incidents' that made them realize she hadn't lost her edge of anything it got sharper one man ended up strung up by the crotch because her adorable innocent and adorable little runt overheard their conversation and asked 'what is sex'. That man now has PTSD.....

Over the years her right hand man Thomas came to view her as a niece of his since he unfortunately couldn't have children he was all the more doting on the kid. However although they tried many times to get the child toys and dresses and the like she only ever wanted to train to become stronger this caused Raven and Thomas to be both proud and concerned over her.

Proud because just like all members of the tribe she knew how important that strength was too people. Yet worried because she doesn't have a proper childhood or friends for that matter since usually they only ever accept people into the tribe if they are over the age of 14. Raven knew that this wasn't particularly good for a child's mental health since even to her bitterness she had Qrow who helped her out when young.

Remembering those old days with Summer, Taiyang and Qrow she released a reminiscent smile though she noticed something that made that smile swiftly turn into a frown. "How long have you been watching us"

Suddenly a black bird more specifically a crow waddled out from the shadows and quacked before changing its shape swiftly changing into a man. This man wielded a large scythe he had a pale white complexion with eyes a similar pale red colour to her own with a deep frown on his face much deeper than it usually was.

Raven seeing this easily guessed where this situation was going asked anyway "if this is about the wizard tell him to fuck off however if your here to rejoin the tribe your more than welcome.... little brother"

His frown remaining ever present scoffed at her statement before staring at his flask as if contemplating whether to drink or not ultimately deciding against it.

"No Raven I was her to tell you how Yang your DAUGHTER was doing only to overhear from the tribe your training your CHILD FOR COMBAT WHICH IS DANGEROUS FOR A CHILD'S HEALTH TO POSSESS AURA! And to top it all off you can't even be assed to go see Taiyang and YANG !!!"

Hearing this Raven scoffed at him in return "HA you always were the weaker sibling seems spending time with the Manipulator has been rubbing off on you. And I would never put my daughter in danger you fool she naturally awakened her aura straight after birth it would be a crime not to train her!"

Qrow hearing this was shocked since whilst naturally awakened aura straight out of the womb wasn't unheard of it was still terrifying to him. The reason for this being since every child with this before always ends up becoming a practically unbeatable force if well trained. 'I can't allow her to grow up around these monsters or she'll end up like Raven or even worse join Salem along with the tribe she needs a normal childhood plus that semblance is terrifying even to me it's far too dangerous to leave her in someone like Ravens hands'

Worried for the child he picked up his scythe from his back "sorry but I'm taking her with me!" He bellowed with anger.

Raven swiftly jumps up but not before gently laying her baby down gently on the floor gaining a rise in the eyebrow from Qrow. They launched at each other like human bullets a loud series of slashes ensued with Qrow receiving most of them since usually he only hunted Grimm unlike Raven who kills humans on a regular basis whilst on raids for supplies and currency's.

Qrow managed to get one or two strikes in when Raven Tripped up curtesy of his semblance that unconsciously gave everybody around him bad luck he jumped back so he could get some distance between the two to prepare for another volley of attacks. (A/N just me or would he make a great gambler)

Raven experiencing the side affects of his semblance scowled whilst murmuring spitefully "I always hated that fucking semblanceof yours it's totally bullshit."

Whilst Qrow was preparing for another round of attacks he stared at Ravens face that had an uncharacteristic sly smirk on her face but they weren't looking at him but at something behind him. As he turned round he heard two familiar words from earlier.

"GAE BULG!!!" as she said that a dull spear came flying his way coated in aura although substantially less than before enough to pack a serious punch to him and damage his aura a none negligible amount.

Though he managed to see it coming and dodged he forgot about Raven who took the opportunity to knock him out.

Now Raven looked at Scathach who gave her a pitiful look and said "mr stark I don't feel too good" before dramatically passing out with a slight smile on her face.

'My god now i have two idiots to drag back to camp but still that was a good one I'll find a way to reward the brat later' she picked Scathach up princess style to the tribesmen who saw this it looked absolutely adorable like a mother caring for her child.

Until they noticed a certain drunkard being dragged behind her with Raven wearing a pissed off expression. They believed that Qrow had injured their little genius believing this the tribe whether they be old or young, male or female they released blood lust in tandem they had grown to care for the little runt so they all viewed her like a niece or grandchild and they had so many plans to make his life a living hell of he even survived the night.

Raven noticing this mentally cackled like an evil witch 'hehehe seems I don't need to do anything to you let's leave you in an outside cage tonight and see what hat happens hahahaha'

She threw Qrow into a cage where the tribe all glared at him in a relentlessly pissed off manner.

Then she tucked her little runt into a large fur blanket to get a proper night rest before stripping and getting into the bed herself and snuggling up to her little runt.

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Qrow POV

'Huh where am I. I was just in a fight with raven until the kid threw her semblance.... oh so that's what happened well I'm not dead that's a pro'

He quickly looked around to see a group of pissed off men and women looking at him. Recognising them as Ravens tribe he put on a forced smile and tried to break the ice. "Hey guys long time no see why do you look like I just beat your daughter"

Hearing this the tribesmen got even more pissed. However one of the few reasonableness stopped them from well... let's just say prison soap scenario ing him.

He broke it up quickly "come on guys we need to get back to work remember how pissed of Raven will be if we don't do our jobs right now especially after this incident". 'now that was somet I could understand even since young she's always been pissed off rather easily'

I slowly turned to the more reasonable one and asked "hey man what's your name man?"

He turned to me and politely answered "Thomas no last name 41 years old part of the tribe for 22 years next week. And by the looks of it your Qrow Branwen if you weren't then Raven as well as the others would have strung you up by now already."

"Why would you guys do that?" I asked deadly confused at the current predicament I am in.

He looked at me in a sceptical manner

"did you

A: try to injure Scathach

B: attack Raven

Or C: try take Scathach from Raven?"

Hearing this I connected the name Scathach with Ravens new child and shuddered at the realisation. "Umm B and C"

He while drinking from a flask spat it all out instantly and began coughing harshly. Then he glared at me with rage that could be even comparable to Ravens "let me tell you this then" he growled "everyone here considers Scathach as there own child and treats her like it too so you've essentially got 100+ amounts of pissed off murdering parents wanting to kill you understand now" he growled out

'Holy shit! I thought they wouldn't care for her not the opposite what have I got myself into'

However Thomas's glare instantly softened as he heard a cute voice behind him ask "who's that weird man" the girl behind him who was now cleaned up looked like an angel with clear skin and a cute smile with her clean hair who's eyes were filled with innocence.

She walked towards me and asked "oh your that mean mr who attacked mummy"

Hearing this all eyes on camp were on me with unbridled hatred once more only two words came to mind seeing what the little angel unknowingly caused 'oh shit'