They played the next episode immediately, wanting to know what would happen to Jaune.
Forever Fall Part 2
Jaune Arc is getting pushed to the ground of Forever Fall right after the events of the "Forever Fall", groaning as he looks up and sees a sap-covered Cardin looming over him. The bigger warrior picks Jaune up by his front and grins while punching him back to the ground.
"Dick." Qrow mutters.
"Bulling and blackmailing someone like that, deplorable." Kali said, angry.
"Can Jaune survive this and grow from Cardin's bullying or will he crumble?" Raven asked the room. They all looked at her but didn't comment.
"You know that wasn't very smart, Jauney boy." Cardin picks up a bruised Jaune again while the rest of Team CRDL watches. "I'm gonna make sure they send you back to mommy in teeny tiny pieces."
Kali and Summer were shaking with rage that this Human boy was tormenting Jaune like this. They started taking a liking to the goofy boy and didn't want this for him.
"I don't care what you do to me..." The blond teen looks at Cardin with fury. "... but you are not messing with my team."
"Ozpin was right with making him the leader!" Summer said with a giant grin on her face.
"He cares for his team, that's the true quality of a leader that Oz looks for when he's picking the team leaders." Tai said, looking at Summer with a warm smile. The white-cloaked young woman blushes and playing with her multi-colored hair in embarrassment.
Cardin looks momentarily shocked. "What? You think talk like that makes you tough? You think you're a big strong man now?"
"No. He knows he's not. But he's protecting something more precious than himself. His team and others that can't protect themselves." Ghira said.
Jaune smiles in defiance. An enraged Cardin roars and raises his fist again, but just as the hit connects, a bright light shines from Jaune, and when the white fades from the screen, Cardin is crying out in pain as he holds his hand. Jaune, now back on the ground but completely healed, looks confusedly at his hands as they faintly glow white. While he stares, though, Sky Lark kicks Jaune in the back and gets him on his stomach, but he looks up and glares at the approaching Cardin.
Cardin growled. "Let's see how much of a man you really are..."
Just as he says this, a low growl is heard, and a surprised Team CRDL turns around and sees a large paw crash onto the scene, belonging to a huge Ursa Major with dozens of jagged spikes sticking out from its wide back. It leaps forward and stands over the terrified students, lifting its head in the air to smell the sap on Cardin's breastplate. It lands back on its forelegs and roars at Cardin while his teammates heroically flee.
"Cowards!" Raven and Qrow hissed, their red eyes narrow in utter disgust at Team CRDL.
Russel stumbles and screams, "That's a big Ursa!"
"Shit! That's an Ursa Major! This isn't good." Tai said, clenching his hands on the arm rest that he was sitting next to.
"Can they really win against that large Grimm?" Kali asked Team STRQ.
"If they work together, maybe." Summer said, unsure of how Jaune and Cardin would get out of this. Would they die in Forever Fall, or would they survive and become friends from this near-death experience?
Cardin is rooted to the spot when the Grimm swings its claws and knocks him sideways, revealing Jaune cowering behind him. The Ursa continues to sniff, uninterested in Jaune and following its nose to Cardin. He watches at it towers over Cardin, who gets his wits and pulls out The Executioner only for the monster to swipe it away to Jaune's feet. He looks conflicted, wondering whether to fight or run away.
"Moment of truth! Will he run or fight?" Qrow said.
"Fight!" Summer, Tai, and Kali all said together.
"Don't be so sure. His fight or flight instincts are kicking in right now. We have no idea what's going on through his head to be certain." Ghira said.
"Watch closely." Raven said, her arms over chest as she narrowed her eyes at the blond boy.
Meanwhile, the roar of the giant Ursa is heard by the members of Teams RWBY and JNPR, still collecting sap on the other side of the forest.
"Go! Help Jaune!" Summer shouted in fear for the blond boy.
"No, this is something he and Cardin need to do alone. They will either die or survive." Raven said.
"Are you insane? Do you want them to die?' Ghira asked the black haired younger woman.
"No, I want them to learn from this. A near-death experience is the best way to learn your strengths and weaknesses." Raven told him.
"She's right. This will tell us if Jaune is serious about being a Huntsman or if this was all just him trying to put on a brave face." Qrow said, agreeing with his sister.
Ruby got up, concerned. "Did you guys hear that?"
Suddenly, the remaining members of Team CRDL are seen running the other way from the roar through the other students.
Russel looked back. "Ursa! Ursa!" He runs into Yang accidentally.
"What?!" Yang asked, completely unfazed by his collision, she picks him up by the front of his shirt. "Where?"
"Wow, she's really strong." Kali said, as both she and Ghira looked to Taiyang and Raven.
"Future. We don't know how Yang or Ruby grew up, all we know is that Summer is dead and I'm MIA." Raven commented.
"Right, sorry." Kali said, rubbing the back of her neck.
Russel was still struggling and still running in air, but points back from where they came. "Back there! It's got Cardin!"
Pyrrha dropped her jar of sap. "Jaune!"
Ruby immediately went into leader mode. "Yang! You and Blake, go get Professor Goodwitch!" Yang dropped Russel, as Yang and Blake nod before following the orders.
"They care." Tai smiles.
"They're friends, what do you expect?" Qrow asked, raising an eyebrow at him.
Pyrrha turned to Lie Ren and Nora Valkyrie as she and Ruby activate their weapons. "You two, go with them! There could be more!"
"Thank you!" Summer shouted in happiness.
"Sum, calm down. They wouldn't leave a friend behind to die. I don't think that Ruby would ever do that if you're her mother." Qrow said.
"We still don't know when I died, Qrow. All we know is that Tai took care of both girls after both Raven and I… were gone." Summer said, looking down and closing her eyes. She tried to stop the tears from starting, but couldn't as she thought about how Ruby and Yang grew up without a mother-figure around.
Cardin is attempting to run from the following Ursa, but it leaps over its prey and claws him away. He tries to get up and crawl away.
"Crap! Crap, crap!" Cardin was scared out of his mind.
Pyrrha, Ruby, and Weiss come on to the scene. "Oh, no!" Pyrrha whispered in horror.
"What are you going to do?" Raven asked under her breath, though Qrow and Kali heard her.
They all watch in anticipation for what's going to happen next.
They watch as the Ursa leans over the helpless victim, raising its paw and swiping it down... only to be blocked by Jaune's shield, Crocea Mors. He struggles to defend a stunned Cardin from its attempts to lean on him, but Weiss lifts Myrtenaster as she prepares to go help.
Pyrrha grabs Weiss's arm. "Wait!"
Everyone is on the edge of their seats, sans Raven and Qrow. They were leaning back and watching with blank expressions, waiting for the aftermath.
Jaune takes the shield out from the Ursa's paw and slashes at its stomach, causing it to lash out and try to crush him. He rolls out of the way and jumps over its swipe at his feet, but he is unprepared for when it launches a claw at him in midair. He lands far away, yet is immediately back on his feet and passing Cardin as he charges again. The Ursa knocks Jaune behind it when he tries for a leaping attack, and he looks at the Scroll in his shield to find out that his Aura level is in the red. He grows angry again and starts to run at the Ursa as it also begins to dash towards him.
As they are just about to clash in slow-motion, Pyrrha sees that Jaune has left himself completely open to the Ursa's attack, and lifts her hand out to him, gathering dark red energy in her arm. Just as the Ursa is about to hit him, the glow surrounds Jaune's shield and makes it lift up to block the swipe. Jaune uses the surprise defensive move to lean on the ground, push his shield back up, and swing his blade right through the Ursa's neck. The head falls to the ground as the body slams onto the ground.
Semblance!" Tai said.
"Something with metal, by the looks of it." Summer said.
'She can control metals. Polarity, possibly. That's interesting, wonder how far it can take her.' Raven thinks, the twins glance at each other not needing to talk to communicate.
Pyrrha's hand stops glowing and she smiles. "Uhhh... What?" Ruby asked, confused by what she just saw Pyrrha do.
Weiss was equally amazed. "How did you...?"
"What could her Semblance be?" Ghira asked.
"Well, Ruby has her speed, you have your glyphs. My Semblance is polarity." Pyrrha said, smiling at the two girls.
'I knew it!' Raven grinned. Qrow snorted and smiled as well.
Ruby's eyes were big. "Whoa, you can control poles..."
"Definitely your daughter, Summer." Raven teased her team leader. Summer laughed and rubbed her neck sheepishly.
Weiss shook head. "No, you dunce! It means she has control over magnetism!"
Ruby was still impressed, whispering. "Magnets are cool, too..."
They all laughed at Ruby's antics.
Weiss noticed Pyrrha start to leave. "Wait, where are you going?"
"Yeah! We gotta tell them what happened!" Ruby said.
Summer hummed and smiled, knowing what Pyrrha was trying to do for Jaune.
"We could... Or perhaps we could keep it our little secret?" Pyrrha walks away again as Ruby and Weiss smile to each other in understanding as a bruised Jaune sheathes his weapon before going over to Cardin, not noticing Pyrrha, Ruby, or Weiss had seen what had just happened.
"Mini-Ice Queen might be able to change after all." Qrow said, looking to Ghira and Kali.
"Perhaps we misjudged Weiss Schnee. She may not be like her father as we previously thought." Ghira and Kali hold each other's hands and nod to each other.
Cardin, still covered in sap, looks up at Jaune as his savior offers a hand. Cardin smiles as he takes it and is lifted back up on his feet.
"Holy crap, Jaune!" Cardin says in shock.
"Don't ever mess with my team - my friends - ever again." Jaune says threateningly and stares Cardin dead in the eye. "Got it?"
"So I was right. They did survive and have grown from this." Raven smiled as she was right.
Cardin looks intimidated, and possibly even apologetic. With his order spoken, Jaune turns and walks away from a frozen Cardin.
Later that night, on top of the dorm building, a uniformed Jaune stands on the edge and looks into the distance at the green lights of Beacon.
Pyrrha asks her partner, "No Cardin tonight?" (She walks to his side. "I thought you two were best buds?"
Jaune turned to her. "Pyrrha... I'm sorry. I was a jerk! You were only trying to be nice, and... I had all this stupid macho stuff in my head-"
"He's going to ask for help, finally." Ghira said.
"Yes he will." Summer said with a warm smile as she looked at Pyrrha and Jaune. 'They would be cute together.' Summer thought.
"Jaune! It's okay!" The redhead said as they smile at one another, she adds: "Your team really misses their leader, you know." She begins to walk to the exit. "You should come down! Ren made pancakes! No syrup, though - you can thank Nora for that!"
"Team bonding! We're doing that when we get back to Beacon!" Summer said enthusiastically.
Tai laughed as Raven and Qrow groaned. "No! Please no, Summer." Qrow said, his head in his hands.
Jaune smiles, but holds out his hand and calls out: "Wait!" Pyrrha turns around, and Jaune looks sheepish. "I know I don't deserve it after all that happened, but... would you still be willing to help me... to help me become a better fighter?"
"Finally, he got out of that stupid macho phase!" Ghira said with a smile as Kali giggles at her boyfriend.
Pyrrha turns around so a worried Jaune won't see her satisfied smile. She goes up to Jaune and suddenly pushes her leader to the ground.
Jaune whined as he was on the ground. "Hey!"
Pyrrha was standing over him with her arms on her hips and an evaluating tone. "Your stance is all wrong. You need to be wider and lower to the ground." She offers him her hand, which he graciously accepts, and they continue to hold on to and grin at each other. "Let's try that again."
"The happy ending they deserve!" Summer squealed.
"Not done yet. We still have two more episodes to watch for Volume 1 and listen to the soundtrack. And we still have a long way to go before we finish watching." Qrow warned Summer.
She visibly deflated and pouted at him. "Meanie."
"What are you? A little kid?" Raven asked, watching her leader with furrowed brows.
"You should know that Summer may look like an adult but she's a child at heart." Taiyang said as he got up and went to the food room to get something to eat. They all followed him to get something to eat as well.