Disclaimer, I do not own RWBY

AN/ So after a day of waiting, we have our new story, Thief AU. This should be a fairly familiar style to some of you, but without saying too much, let's dive right on in!

Summer was exhausted, fighting to keep her legs moving, her white cloak stained red and bundled in her arms. Despite the pouring rain, Summer was glad that the bundle in her arms had remained peacefully asleep, unaware of the danger around.

"Come on, come on, come on, pick up damnit!" Summer cursed as she held her scroll in front of her.

"She's down here!" Summer froze. Looking around fearfully, she searched for a place to hide. As the sound of footsteps drew closer, Summer began searching for smaller places to hide. Finding a small outcropping, she tucked her scroll into her cloak and gently hid the bundled cloak.

"There she is! Quick, block her!" One of the men ordered. Summer could only watch as her only possible exits were sealed off.

"The boss man wants you dead, you've been a thorn in is side for far too long and costing him far too much lien." The supposed leader said.

"You're criminals pushing drugs, am I supposed to care that I hut your dealings?" Summer shouted back.

"It doesn't matter, you won't be getting out of this one. Boys let's take care of this quickly." The leader ordered. At this each thug drew their respective weapons, ranging from knives to bats. Summer drew her own sword and stood at the defensive.

"My day off and I get twelve idiots to deal with." Summer muttered as she blocked the first strike.

*Roman*

To say Roman was unhappy would be an understatement. His heist had to be put on hold due to some emergency at his target, and now his friend Junior told him of a huntress that had been snooping around his territory, and a rival gang that had been cutting into it as well.

"Well Neo, hopefully we're right and the huntress is here to take care of that little nuisance. Otherwise tonight is going to end at the bar. Again." Roman sighed while Neo only smiled up at him. Somehow despite knowing each other for only the last two years, the two worked well together.

"You're right Neo, I'm overthinking this. We'll check out the location Junior had for us, and if we don't find anything, we take care of Blanca." Roman said. As he and Neo walked through the night, something drew their attention. The sounds of a fight.

"Well Neo, looks like we found something. Think you can find a way to get us there unnoticed?" Roman asked. Receiving a gentle smile, Roman watched as the diminutive woman climbed onto the rooftop and began to direct him towards the fight. As time went on, the fight quieted down, and Neo struggled to figure out where to go. Eventually though, Neo found the scene of the fight. As she jumped down, her and Roman heard ragged breaths.

"Wh-who's there?" A weak voice called out.

"Easy there, just some people walking through." Roman bluffed.

"Don't play games with me Roman." Summer spat before a spike of pain caused her to clutch her abdomen.

"Well, at least I don't have to worry about you for very long. Tell ya what, how about we cut a deal, I get you to a hospital, and you stay out of my territory, sound good?" Roman offered.

"Don't bother, I wouldn't make it anyways. But I need to you do something for me." Summer began before she started to cough up blood.

"You partly cleaned up a mess for me, so name it." Roman said.

"Take my scroll, and my daughter, and-" Was all Summer could say before slumping forward.

"Well, this complicates things. Neo, mind finding the girl? I need to find her scroll." Roman asked. Neo smiled before searching the area. Roman Began searching through the Summers pockets before finally finding the device. As he stood up, a cry sounded in the alley.

"There she is." Roman pointed to the small outcropping. Getting a look from Neo, Roman knew what she wanted. "We're taking her to Juniors first. If by some chance she has no family, then we'll take her in." Roman sighed.

Pulling out his scroll, the familiar face of his friend appeared on the screen. "Hey Junior, I need two favors from you. I need you to call in a dead huntress, alley between the abandoned apartments and the old general store. That, and look up the family of Summer Rose, I have a little something now. Yeah, I'll be there soon."

*Junior's Bar*

"Roman, what the hell." Was all Junior could say as Roman sat down at the bar.

"Look, you think I planned this? I only went out to protect my territory, last thing I wanted was to become responsible for a baby." Roman countered.

"Well looks like you'll be the one taking care of her, cause her father is former White Fang." Junior said.

"How so?" Roman asked.

"As in he's dead, physically incapable of doing anything now. Looks like Summer was raped while on a mission in Mistral, couldn't bring herself to end the baby's life or leave it up for adoption. Says here her name is Ruby, no surviving family, however her mothers' old team from Beacon is still kicking, don't know what they'd say if you showed up with her kid though." Junior explained.

"And I can't exactly go waltzing up to a police station and expect to get out without risking her life. Damnit didn't ever want kids." Roman said as he pulled out a cigar.

"Light that around her and I throw you out. Look, I'd offer some way to get her off your hands, but my boys don't exactly do caring, and I can't exactly trust my contacts with the well being of a baby. Sorry to say Roman, but it looks like you and Neo just became parents." Junior said.

"Great. Just great. Well, for a Rose you sure are living up to your name by being a thorn in my side. Thanks Junior, we'll figure it out. Come on Neo, looks like we get to keep her after all." Roman said. Little did he realize, just how different his life was going to be.

AN/ And that's a start. A little cliché but whatever. So next chapter will be a short time skip, not too far, but just enough to bring some new challenges for Roman. So, to explain Ruby, she's a wolf faunus, real original I know. Ages are going to be modified just a little bit, Ruby will be two years older, and some other characters are going to be younger, not going to say who yet though, and I haven't fully decided on a pairing yet, but I have three options, and no, one of them is not Neo. Anyways, until next time, have a great day!