Chapter 5

BEACON ACADEMY

With the tournament beginning, Cieryl started working to help train RWBY more vigorously. Ruby was a natural leader, having team attacks set up for all of them, as well as them being well rehearsed as to their meaning, let alone how well chorused they were with each other. In truth, all he could really teach them at this point was focus.
That and Yang needed some anger management. All in all, they did well, seeing as they were victorious in their match against team ABRN. It was quite a surprise, however, when Winter Schnee arrived on campus. She was close with Cieryl who had assisted her on multiple occasions with Atlas military affairs. She greeted his with a strong handshake.

"Hello, Mr. Jade. I was not expecting to see you here." She said promptly. Always with the professionalism Cieryl thought. "I'm looking for my sister, Weiss. She's the partner of Qrow's (she gritted her teeth at his name, although why, Cieryl didn't know) niece. Have you seen her?" She asked.

"'Fraid not. I know where her dorm is though if you wanna follow me." He replied, leading her onto the grounds. At that moment, there was a crashing sound followed by metallic clanging. Heading to the source, they saw a drunken Qrow tearing up a few of Atlas' robotic soldiers.

"QROW!" Winter yelled, making him jump. "You are destroying Atlas military property!"

Qrow looked around. "Oh... I'm sorry..." he said sarcastically, but perked up upon noticing Cieryl. "Hey buddy! It's been awhile!" he said, completely ignoring Winter and hugging Cieryl.
"How've you been big gu-ACK" He was cut short by Winter grabbing him by his ear and dragging him off to the side. They whispered among each other for a few minutes but clearly Qrow was too drunk to get what she was saying. Her face turned red as she yelled:

"YOU GOT ME PREGNANT YOU DRUNK BASTARD!"

You could hear a pin drop in the silence that followed. After a moment of staring at her, Qrow leaned in and kissed her. Even though it didn't seem possible, she turned even redder as she accepted the kiss.

"In that case, I need to quite drinking." he said grinning at her

"You... you mean it? You won't shrug me off?" Winter beamed.

"I may be a drunk asshole, but I'm a mildly responsible drunk asshole." he said, hiccuping.

"I don't know what all the excitement is about out here, but a fight is about to happen inside the colloseum, and it has MUCH better seating... and popcorn!" Ozpin said out of nowhere.
Cieryl whirled around and there he was. Next to him was Weiss, looking mortified at Qrow and Winter, and Ruby who was bouncing with excitement.

"Hey Winter, I found your sister." he said, pointing. Winter then walked over to Weiss and they walked off together, Weiss bombarding her with questions.

"UNCLE QROOOOOWWWWW!" Ruby yelled happily, jumping and latching onto Qrow's arm "Hi!" she added cutely. "OHHHH it's so good to see you! Didnja miss me? DIDJA MISS ME?" She asked him.

He grinned. "Nope!" he said, ruffling her hair.

Cieryl chuckled and walked back inside, now looking for Yang. He went to the dorms to find her. As he approached, RWBY's door opened and Jaune Arc came stumbling out Yang giving him a kiss once he regained his balance. His eyes widened as he noticed Cieryl standing there.

"uh..." was all he managed to say before Cieryl had him pinned to the wall, Tempus stabbing through the sleeve of his shirt, holding him in place.

"WHAT in Hell's Bells are you doing with Yang?!" he question Jaune, as the blonde boy gulped in fear

"Uncle Cieryl, relax. We've been dating in secret for a month now. We just aren't ready to tell anyone yet." Yang explained.

Cieryl relaxed and let Jaune slide down the wall with a thud. "Alright." he said, helping Jaune to his feet. "Sorry kid, protective instincts." Jaune dusted himself off.

"It's okay. I'm expecting the same response from her dad, sooooo yeah..." he scratched his head nervously.

"Well you arent wrong." Cieryl said, chuckling. "I'm watching you two though. Because this;" he pointed at the two of them; "Is EXACTLY how you were born, Yang."

Yang and Jaune both turned a violent shade of pink. "Don't tell anyone! Please, Uncle!" Yang begged.

"Fine, but I need to talk to you, like now." and he followed her into her room.

"What's up?" Yang asked

"I'm going out for a few days to survey they area. I found evidence of White Fang nearby and its making me nervous. I want you to call me if anything happens while I'm gone. And I hate to ask, but please check in with me each night so I know nothing is happening?"

"Sure thing." Yang replied Cieryl programmed his number into her Scroll and vise - versa.

"Take care kiddo." He told her as he headed out. He went to the grounds and boarded and airship, taking off once more.

AIRSHIP

Halfway there, something went wrong. The ship started swaying a bit, so he checked on the pilot. "Whats going on?"he asked the man

"I don't kno-"

The engine blew. The airship spun out of control. Cieryl braced for impact as the ship came down. There was no time to react. He grabbed at the rose that hung around his neck, then everything went black.