Qrow held his niece for what was just a few minutes felt like hours. In those minutes he had gotten a to collect himself and look his niece over. She was still as beautiful and short as when he last had seen her but she certainly had changed. She was a bit taller, a bit heavier, she had wolf like ears and a tail she was trying to hide. Even with her new animal body parts it was still his niece. She reacted to him saying hey kiddo and was currently hugging him. She was truly Ruby Rose

"Hands up human" A soft female voice spoke out from behind him. He didn't really know if it was hinting at something malicious but when he remembered that he was technically in fang territory he slowly moved his hands up. He could've just turned into a bird to get out of the hug and annoyed the assailant to death but he couldn't bring his niece out of her emotions now

"Turn around human and step away from her" Another voice spoke, far louder than the first one and most definitely female. To not make the hostility go farther Qrow obliged and took 3 steps away from Ruby before turning around and looking at his assailants. To say he was surprised when he found 2 girls around Ruby's height and one taller kangaroo girl being his assailants he was quite surprised. But he just couldn't ignore the weapons pointed at him so he at least had to take them seriously. Lucky for him Ruby had begun to notice the threats towards her uncle and looked to see who they were

It was her new team. They were content with spying on their leader from a window but when they noticed the human they had to step in

"Wait! Wait! Wait! He's my uncle. Put the weapons down!" Ruby yelled quickly getting in front of Qrow and waving to make herself look bigger. Qrow would've found it amusing if he didn't get a closer look to Ruby's arm. Or the absence of it. It just kept reminding him of how he failed to protect her and now she was missing a arm

"Wait you have a human uncle?" Jackie was the first to speak up and do something, that being forcing the 2 other girls to at least lower their weapons and not have them pointed at the man Ruby was now body blocking. She wasn't gonna let them shoot the man, let alone Ruby. She was gonna take him to the headmaster since he should know what to do with him

"Yes! It's a long story but please just trust me!" Ruby pleaded to her new team but quickly changed her tone as she saw them lowering their weapons. She was willing to fight but if she could avoid fighting her new team she would

"I would advice that everyone put their weapons down, not point it at anyone and let me talk to our guest" another voice said from behind the 3 girls, making Juniper and Iris jump while Jackie just quickly turned around

The man who stood there was no other than headmaster Emanuel, his hands behind his back while he looked down on everyone there except Jackie and Qrow, however what surprised Ruby more was who was behind him. It was none other than headmaster Lionheart

"There ya are Leo. I thought I had to beat up some students for a moment" he joked and successfully got a chuckle out of Ruby but Leonardo managed to stay fully composed

"Let's go inside mister….. Qrow was it?" To his question Emanuel only got a nod from Qrow "Team SYHS Will be called into my office later after me, mister Qrow and headmaster Lionheart have talked about…. Stuff" Emanuel may have seemed composed but in actuality he was stressing out

How did humans find the island? How did a headmaster of all people find it? Why are they now on the island and not attacking? Do they know that this is a white fang training academy?

All those questions raced through Emanuel's head and began to give him a headache. And as he walked back to his office with Leonardo and Qrow behind him he hoped talking could remove it

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Sadly for Emanuel getting into his office alone gave him a bigger headache. But as he sat down at the opposite side of the desk he had to repress it

"So sorry for my rudeness but why are you here" he just blunt out stated to Qrow and Leonardo, getting a snicker out of the former

"I could ask the same of you. What the fang does is illegal but I never imagined they would go so low as to even make a fake huntsmen academy" Qrow said with a wide grin, knowing it would piss off Emanuel and knowing he could do nothing to stop it unless he was trying to get Qrow to fight him

"Behave yourself Qrow" Leonardo said. He had never expected to say that in his life but he had to keep the peace. She wouldn't like it if he accidentally made himself a white fang enemy. "There is a special girl in your academy called Ruby Rose. She was missing and presumed dead. However due to an investigation we found that she was located on this island and Qrow here found her before we were came into your office"

Emanuel straightened up at this. From what Grace and the other fishermen said they found Ruby floating on top of the water and Grace took her in. It hat people were actively looking for the girl scared him a bit. He wasn't letting this island fall!

"However we came her just to get her back but it seems like she has a new team" Leonardo sighed and put his hands together. As strange as it was he loved being a headmaster and fighting for students, be it physically or just with words, however she didn't give him time to be one lately.

"Please elaborate. What does one of my students having a teammates have to do with all this?" Emanuel asked. Even if Ruby wasn't his student to begin with she was now, and he wasn't giving her up to a human and a traitor

"Well I had a idea. Why not take them with us. Show them and hopefully enrol them into beacon academy" Leonardo said to the surprise of both Emanuel and Qrow. Both of them couldn't believe what they heard, Qrow even more than Emanuel

"Leo do you hear what you are saying! We are inviting 3, possibly unqualified students into beacon, in the middle of the year" Qrow spat out, trying not to sound too mad at Leo. He was mad that he suggested that but he knew Leo just had good intentions

Emanuel however saw some potentially good endings to that deal. Having fang members in beacon could lead to a whole new part of the fang with actually trained huntsmen. It could strengthen the cause and give them a actual fighting chance

"I find that idea fascinating. I'll talk to the team privately and see if they want to take this. However if I take this offer there will be 2 conditions. 1. A teacher of my academy will go with them. As enticing as the deal is I don't fully trust them to just be let into your care. 2. There will be no action against this academy or the island" Emanuel was ready to make sure his students weren't coerced into accepting the ideology of a race traitor and humans. It would be too much of a risk

"I think those terms are too unreasona-" Leonardo wanted to say but was rudely cut off by Qrow who fell backwards out of his seat when he heard the terms stated and that Leo was willing to go with them. To say it made him second guess his companions choices was a pretty accurate description

"Leo what are you saying! You are making deals with the fang that is business even I don't want to be part of" Qrow said as he got up and put his seat upright again. Qrow was heavily debating in his head if Leo just lost it or was seriously insane. He wasn't drunk enough for Leo accepting the terms to be inside his head so he must've heard that right

"Qrow. It might be beneficial to us to take this deal. We get your niece, 3 other students and a new teacher. If this island survived aquatic Grimm for so long I would bet they would have at least competent fighters. I'm sorry for my companion, Mister Emanuel. We will agree to these term" Leonardo even if he seemed calm and happy with the outcome was pretty irritated inside. Making deals with the fang was always a issue. If someone found out his reputation would be tarnished but he would do it just to get Ozpin off his back. As much as he was friends with the man. The danger of the Grimm queen has made him make some….. questionable decisions

Hopefully this one would pan out better than all the other ones

He just had to hope