BGM-Ultimate Spider-Man (Game) OST-Menu Theme
Spider-Man: Watch out! Here comes the Spider-Man! My buddy Jaune from school has been getting bullied by this jerk named Cardin, and now is blackmailing him to do his dirty work if he wants to stay in this school. I want to help, but I have my own problems regarding that armored lunatic calling himself "Mach-X". What does he want? Who is he working for? It's hard being a superhero sometimes.
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Vol 1 Issue 18: Class Trip
City of Vale
BGM-Marvel's Spider-Man (PS4) OST- Free Roam/Open World Music Theme 2
"Paging, Mach-X! Paging Mister Mach-X!" Spider-Man shouts the name of his newest adversary while swinging high and low through the afternoon skies of the city, "C'mon, Mach! It's been a few days since we last talked. You haven't called, you haven't write." He jokes while running alongside a building before leaping off to swing some more. "Where could that guy be hiding? I have no leads on his whereabouts and know next to nothing about him except his armor is incredibly advanced and is too shy for a conversation. For all I know, he's in another kingdom. That would be a problem."
During his relaxing swing, the webhead gets a call from Pyrrha through his Webware, "It's Pyrrha. Highly doubt she knows anything about Mach-X. Transmit the call to my mask. Voice only." He commands his wrist device, as it transmit the call to answer wirelessly through his HUD while swinging hands-free, "Hey Pyrrha. What's with the afternoon call?"
'You of all people should know why I'm calling.' She replied.
"Is this still about Jaune?" Peter remarked.
'Yes. Seriously Pete, ever since we had that talk on the rooftop, he hasn't been himself. He's now hanging out with Cardin of all people. That doesn't make sense.' Pyrrha said.
"I'm sure there's a reason for that." Peter replied, knowing his friend is being blackmailed to do Cardin's bidding.
'He needs help. You should go talk to him.' She requested.
"Why me? Aren't you his teammate?" Peter asks while parkouring on several rooftops.
'One, you and now Jaune like to arrive late to bed. Two, I'm still mad at him for rejecting my help. And three, you have experience with bullies. You should know how to help him.' She explained herself.
"I want to help him. Really. But neither of us have been given the chance to see each other. I'm just waiting for the right moment." He said, internally cursing his heroics for interfering with his tasks to help his own friend.
'But as his friends, we need to do everything in our power to help him now.' She argued.
"And as his friends, we should respect his wishes." Peter calmly argues, silencing her for a moment while he explains his reasoning, "Jaune wants to prove himself. To grow not just as a leader and a warrior, but as a person. There are some problems you need to tackle alone, even when those problems were caused by your own mistakes. But it's through those mistakes that'll help you improve as a person. The best thing we could do right now for Jaune is by believing in him so he could learn to trust us just like we trust him." He finished.
'Hope your right.' Pyrrha remarks somberly.
"I hope so too." Peter responded.
'Y'know, for someone who is reluctant being a mentor and is constantly seen as lazy, you give great advice.' She kindly compliments him.
"All part of my natural charm. I'll see if I can talk to Jaune later. Gotta make a withdraw." Peter jokes, as he spots some thugs robbing a bank below.
'You have money?' She joked.
'Oh, ha ha." Peter dryly quips, hanging up the call while he dives headfirst to stop the robbery.
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That night at Beacon Academy…
BGM-RWBY OST- EP 13 Score - Forever Fall Pt 1
A sadden Pyrrha looks out the window of her dorm still thinking about Jaune. Ren minds his own business loading his weapon while Nora is jumping on her bed asking her friends, "How come Jaune gets home so late?"
"He's become rather scarce since he started fraternizing with Cardin." Ren replied.
"That's weird…Doesn't he know we have a field trip tomorrow? We need our rest!" Nora proclaims while twirling in midair so her back hits the covers.
"I'm sure our leader knows exactly what he's doing." Pyrrha responds bitterly.
Her teammates exchange glances, wondering why she sounds so angry. "Mmmm…I guess so." Nora remarked.
Unknown to the group, Jaune himself is silently watching them through the crack of the door but doesn't have the courage to confront them with his problems. He hangs his head and closes the door, just as a voice interrupts his thoughts.
"Hey, Jaune!"
Jaune turns around startled when he sees Ruby in her pajamas, who giggles at his reaction, "Long time no see! Did you lock yourself out again!" She asks him.
"Oh, uh, nope!" Jaune nervously chuckles while raising his Scroll to her, "Got it!"
"So! Where have you been lately?" Ruby asks him.
"I, uh…" He tries to come up with some excuse, but just sighs as he has nothing and lowers his head in shame, "I messed up. I did something I shouldn't have, and now Cardin has me on a leash, and Pyrrha won't even talk to me, and…" He breathes heavily through his nose, "I'm starting to think coming to this school was a bad idea," He presses his back to his team's door and slides down to the floor in depression, "I'm a failure."
And Ruby responds to his little confession with a simple, "Nope!"
"Nope?" He looks at her in surprise.
"Nope! You're a leader now, Jaune. You're not allowed to be a failure." Ruby said.
"But…what if I'm a failure at being a leader?" He asks somberly.
Ruby thinks about it for a moment before giving him an answer, "Nope!"
Jaune chuckles as she joins him on the floor, "You know, you're not the easiest person to talk to about this kind of stuff."
"Nope!" Ruby casually says as Jaune leans into the door some more.
"You can talk to me. I love conversations."
Both leaders turn their heads to see Peter walking towards their direction after a hard day of superheroing. "Hey Pete." Ruby happily waves at him, who waves at her back with a smile.
"Peter…You're not still mad at me, are you?" Jaune shyly asks while looking away from the hidden hero.
"Nope." Peter quips as he leans next to Jaune's door with his arms crossed so he could talk to his depressed buddy.
"Jaune, maybe you were a failure when you were a kid..." Ruby said, causing him to groan and sink lower to the ground, "…and you might've even been a failure the first day we met!" She continued, as he groans and goes lower still.
"Don't let your past failures discourage you." Peter speaks to him next in a mature tone. "I've been a failure for as long as I can remember. Heck, I still make some boneheaded mistakes from time to time. But I've learned not to let my failures distract me from what's important. Want to know what it is in your case?" He asks the blonde leader.
"Uhhhhh…" Jaune responds cluelessly.
"It's not just about you anymore." Ruby decides to be the one to tell him. "You've got a team now, Jaune. We both do! And if we fail, then we'll just be bringing them down with us." She gets up, standing next to Peter and places her hands on her hips as she continues speaking, "We have to put our teammates first, and ourselves second. Your team deserves a great leader, Jaune. And I think that can be you."
Peter continues, "Looking at you reminds me of a mentor of mine. He was bullied a lot too and had health problems that prevented him from joining a war. But through his courage alone, he stood up to those bullies and became one of the world's greatest heroes. He is my inspiration, and a good friend. You two also sport blonde hair. You might like each other." He smiles while comparing Jaune with the Legendary Avenger himself, Captain America.
"Who's this great hero? Can I meet him one day?" Ruby excitedly asks the brunette as they walk over to their door.
"It'll be hard to contact him. He's one of those really old guys who's still amazed by the internet." Peter quipped.
Feeling slightly inspired by their words, Jaune watches Ruby open her door as she waves at him, "Have a good night, Jaune!" She says with a smile as she and Peter go inside their room to sleep.
With new energy, Jaune pushes himself off the ground and faces the door, ready to turn the knob and face his team, but his Scroll beeps and he pulls it off of his side to open it, seeing Cardin's contact relaying a message, 'Hey! It's your buddy Cardin! I know you're probably busy with that Dust project I gave you, buuuut I'm gonna need you to go out and get me a bag of Rapier Wasps.' He says, as Jaune makes a terrified sound in response as he continues listening, 'And make sure they've got some REALLY big stingers! It's important, so don't screw this up!' Jaune closes his phone just when it begins to beep again. Sighing, he wearily heads down the hallway and away from his room.
The Next Day…at Forever Fall
Professor Goodwitch is leading today's field trip through the bustling red forest for an important assignment. Teams RWBYP, JNPR, and CRDL are the students participating, with those like Peter and Ruby marveling at the beautiful forest they're walking through. 'This is the forest where I first arrived in this dimension. Looks beautiful during the day. Wonder if the crater I left is still here?' Peter mentally joked.
"Yes, students, the forest of Forever Fall is indeed beautiful. But we are not here to sight-see." Glynda said to the group as they continue through the area. "Professor Peach has asked all of you to collect samples from the trees deep inside this forest, and I'm here to make sure none of you die while doing so."
The group stops, and Jaune, grunting and carrying a large case with seven empty glass jars on top, tries to catch up with them and ends up bumping into Cardin. The bully scowls at Jaune, who attempts to feign innocence by whistling tunelessly. Glynda holds up a full jar to represent their objective as she explains their assignment, "Each of you is to gather one jar's worth of red sap. However, this forest is full of the creatures of Grimm, so be sure to stay by your teammates. We will rendezvous back here at 4 o'clock. Have fun!"
While Yang and her sister smile at one another, Jaune attempts to sneak away from Cardin to his team, but the blackmailer sees this and grabs the noisy Jaune by the back, "Come on, buddy – let's go!"
Jaune miserably looks up at his team, where Nora and Ren are already walking into the forest's depths and Pyrrha is staring sadly at the scene. Dropping his gaze, Jaune turns and follows CRDL, to the disappointment of a sighing Pyrrha before she continues on.
Peter stands there watching Pyrrha sadly walking away from Jaune, as he's being dragged to join Cardin's group, 'Poor Pyrrha. I can tell Jaune means a lot of her. She reminds me so much of Mary Jane. MJ was constantly worried about me whenever I'm out Spider-Manning, which was part of the reason we broke up. Don't want that friendship to end between Pyrrha and Jaune. Speaking of Jaune, what was that large case he was holding? Seemed "dangerously" suspicious. I should keep my guard-up in case it's not food for a picnic.' He remarks before regrouping with his team.
Meanwhile, Team CRDL is making themselves as comfortable as possible by leaning on stones, trees, and the ground while Jaune returns to the group with seven full jars, setting them down just as he collapses face-down. The surrounding team gets up in response. "Hey, great work, Jauney boy! Now that wasn't too hard, was it?" Cardin mockingly asks him.
"I think I'm allergic to this stuff…" Jaune says while sounding dizzy, still lying on the ground cross-eyed.
"Greeeeat, great, great. So, Jaune, I bet you're asking yourself, 'Why did my buddy Cardin ask me to collect seven jars of tree sap when there's only five of us?" Cardin tauntingly asks.
"That is one of the many questions I have asked myself today, yes." Jaune nods exhaustedly.
"Well, come with me, and you'll find out." Cardin says, as Jaune sits up moaning and gulping in worry.
Now perched on a hilltop overlooking the other students, team CRDL - plus Jaune, squeezed between Cardin and Russel Thrush - peak their heads over the crest and watch as everyone is retrieving their samples of sap. Ren, kneeling to collect it from a tree, passes a full jar to Nora, who "Mmmm!"s at the gift as Ren trades it for the other jar in her care. He turns back to the tree and starts filling it up before panning back to Nora, now with an embarrassed smile covered in red and an empty jar in her hands.
Jaune turns to this left to his bully, "Cardin, wh-what's going on?"
Cardin stares sharply at the unsuspecting group with a simple response, "Payback."
Jaune's eyes widen in understanding of Cardin's plot. "Pyrrha…Peter…?" He watches each of them gathering more sap from a tree, "Wh-what are you-?"
Cardin pounds his fist on the ground as he says, "That's the girl. Red-haired know-it-all, thinks she's so smart. Same with Puny Parker with his fancy tech and his annoying jokes. Alright, boys…" He pulls out a buzzing cardboard box with a large "W" written on its sides, "Last night, old Jaune here managed to round up an entire box of Rapier Wasps, and now, we're gonna put him to work.
Russel grabs Jaune by the shoulder, who barely laughs in nervousness while Cardin continues, "Now, according to one of the essays you wrote for me last week, these nasty things loooove sweets." He says, seeing Pyrrha finish her sap collection and Peter having trouble collecting more, "I'm thinking it's time we teach them a thing or two." The members of CRDL get up, with Cardin offering his hand to Jaune, only to painfully yank him up on his feet and shove two jars into his grasp. "And you're gonna do it."
"Do what?" Jaune remarked.
"Hit each of them with the sap!" Cardin says, leaning closer to Jaune's face, "Either that, or I'll have a chat with Goodwitch, and you'll be on the first airship out of Beacon."
Jaune looks down at the jar of sap in his hands and then up at the four grinning teammates waiting to see what happens. Jaune turns towards the group and aims his throw at an oblivious and smiling Pyrrha, and at Peter who's collecting more sap from another tree. The outworldly vigilante feels a familiar sensation in his head as his Spider-Sense warns him of danger behind him, 'Spider-Sense tingling, and I have an idea who to blame.' Peter's eyes turn stern red as he subtly activates his X-Aura. Without turning around but focusing on his spider-sense, he sees Team CRDL and Jaune by recognizing their auras in the mental image of a colored silhouette, 'What prank is Cardin forcing Jaune to pull on me? I could easily dodge it, but like Madame Web said, I gotta believe in Jaune that he'll make the right decision. This is your chance. Prove to me and Pyrrha that you'll do the right thing.' He mentally expresses his belief in Jaune while standing up with a full jar, while only sensing his friend through his aura.
Jaune is trying to steel his nerves and shake his hand to do the deed, but ultimately steels himself for what he's about to do as he simply says, "No."
"What did you say?" Cardin retorted.
Jaune grips onto one of the jars tightly as he retorts, "I said…NO!"
Peter smiles to himself as his spider-sense isn't warning him of danger anymore, meaning Jaune has finally begun to rebel against Cardin's bullying. 'Yes. Good job, Jaune.' He quickly glances his surroundings to find himself alone and unwatched, allowing himself to freely jump onto a branch and leap off several towards Jaune's direction. He secretly lands on a branch of a tall tree above Jaune and Team CRDL to spy on them, but what shocked to see that Jaune threw a jar, instantly recoiling his hands to himself as he looks at Cardin's breastplate covered in sap. 'Oh boy. This already isn't looking pretty…' Peter facepalms, as he knows what's gonna happen next.
Cardin looks at himself and laughs darkly, "Oh, you've done it now…"
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Jaune humorously laughs to himself once more with his hands still raised in an attempt for defense as Dove and Sky grab his shoulders and pull the terrified blonde towards Cardin, who violently punches him to the ground. Peter winces while watching his friend get beat up but doesn't want to get involved yet, 'Hate sitting here on the sidelines, but this is Jaune's fight to win, not mine. Time to see if he has what it takes to rise up and be greater.'
BGM-RWBY OST- EP 14 Score
Jaune groans from the ground as he looks up and sees the sap-covered Cardin looming over him. The bigger warrior picks him up by his front and grins while punching him back to the ground. "You know that wasn't very smart, Jauney boy." He picks up the 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." He threatened his pathetic prey.
The bruised blonde has his head hanging back as he has this to say to Cardin with fury, "I don't care what you do to me…but you are NOT messing with my team."
Cardin is taken aback in momentarily shock of his defiance and scowls, "What? You think talk like that makes you tough? You think you're a big strong man now?" Jaune smiles in defiance, causing the enraged Cardin roars and raise his fist again, but just as the hit connects, a bright light shines from Jaune. Peter's glasses protected him from the light as he saw what happened as plain as day. As the light fades from sight, 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. 'He unconsciously amplified his Aura to block his punch. I think that was his Semblance kicking in, and not a bad one at that.' Peter commented.
While Jaune continue to stare at his hands, Sky kicks Jaune in the back and gets him on his stomach, but he looks up and glares at the approaching Cardin. "Let's see how much of a man you really are…" He threatened.
While watching from the branch, Peter's Spider-Sense warns him of incoming danger approaching them from behind, 'Spider-Sense, and it's tingling a big one.' Just as he thought that, a low growl is heard, and a surprise 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.
"That's a big Ursa!" Russel yelled.
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.
'Cardin's a jerk, but not even he deserves to be bear chow. I have to save him.' Peter thought, ready to jump off his branch to kick some Grimm butt. But, he glances at Jaune below for a moment and decided to stay still for a little more, 'Or perhaps…I should believe in Jaune to make the right decision.'
Meanwhile, the roar of the giant Ursa is heard by the other members of Teams RWBYP and JNPR, still collecting sap on the other side of the forest. "Did you guys hear that?" Ruby asks in concern of the roar as she gets up.
Suddenly, the remaining members of Team CRDL are seen running the other way from the roar through the other students. "Ursa! Ursa!" Russel shouts while looking back, causing him to accidently run into Yang.
"What?!" She remarks, completely unfazed by his collision as she picks him up by the front of his shirt, "Where?"
"Back there! It's got Cardin!" Russel points back from where they came while struggling and still running in the air.
Pyrrha drops her jar of sap as she realizes someone else with Cardin is in danger, "Jaune!"
Ruby quickly looks around her surroundings and also notice Peter is not with them either, "Peter's not here either! Yang! You and Blake, go get Professor Goodwitch!" She orders her sister, dropping Russel as she and Blake nod before following the orders.
Pyrrha looks at her teammates as she and Ruby activate their weapons, "You two, go with them! There could be more!"
Meanwhile, 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!" He repeatedly cursed.
Peter continues observing the battle from atop of a branch until he notices Ruby, Weiss, and Pyrrha running up to the battle scene on his left as they remain oblivious to his hiding spot, 'Look. It's the cheerleading squad.' Peter joked.
"Oh no!" Pyrrha comments on the battle so far, as the four amigos watch the Ursa lean over the helpless victim, raising its paw and swiping it down…only to be blocked by Jaune's shield. He struggles to defend a stunned Cardin from its attempts to lean on him, but Weiss lifts her rapier as she prepares to go help.
"Wait!" Pyrrha stops her.
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, 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.
'That power…' Peter remarks in shock, recognizing Pyrrha's technique from their sparring match.
Ruby sees Pyrrha's hand had stopped glowing as the redhead smiles, "Uhhh…What?"
"How did you…?" Weiss asks, equally as amazed as her partner on the redhead's special ability.
"Well, Ruby has her speed, you have your glyphs. My Semblance is polarity." Pyrrha explained.
"Whoa, you can control poles…" Ruby remarked.
"No, you dunce! It means she has control over magnetism!" Weiss corrects her ignorant partner.
"Magnets are cool too…" Ruby whispered, still impressed by Pyrrha's power.
Weiss notice the redheaded warrior leaving as she asks her, "Wait, where are you going?"
"Yeah! We gotta tell them what happened! And we still need to look for Peter!" Ruby reminded her.
"We could... Or perhaps we could keep it our little secret? As for Peter, I'm sure he enjoyed the show just as much as we did." Pyrrha replies, glancing at the branch where Peter is hiding. The vigilante notices her and silently replies with a smile, with the redhead smiling back and winking at him before walking away.
Ruby and Weiss smile to each other in understanding before walking away with Pyrrha. Peter stays for a little more to look at the bruised Jaune sheath his weapon before going over to Cardin. The bully is still covered in sap and looks at his savior offer him a hand. Cardin smiles as he takes it and is lifted back up on his feet. "Holy crap, Jaune!" He congratulates him for saving his life and killing a giant Ursa.
"Don't ever mess with my team – my friends – ever again." Jaune stares his dead in the eye threateningly, "Got it?"
Cardin looks intimidated, possibly even apologetic. With his order spoken, Jaune turns and walks away from a frozen Cardin, while Peter watches with a proud smile for his friend for finally rising to a better version of himself. 'Looks like Madame Web DID add one more weapon in my arsenal: Belief in the human spirit.' Peter says while flying through the forest with his hoverboots to reunite with his team, 'I suppose I'd really ought to thank her, but, she's got a big enough head already.' He joked. And while he flies through the forest, he doesn't notice the astral projection of Madame Web's head appearing into reality with a proud smile plastered on her face.
Later that night…
On top of the dorm building, a uniformed Jaune stands on the edge by himself while looking into the distance at the green lights of Beacon. "Yo, Jauney boy!" Peter announces his presence to his surprised friend, as he and Pyrrha walk to his side.
"No Cardin tonight? I thought you two were best buds?" Pyrrha asks her leader.
Jaune turns to her and Peter, "Pyrrha…I'm sorry. I was a jerk! You and Peter were only trying to be nice, and…I had all this stupid macho stuff in my head-."
"Jaune!" Pyrrha cuts him off with a smile, "It's okay!" She said, as her leader smiles back at her while she adds, "Your team really misses their leader, you know." She says as she begins to walk to the exit, "You should come down! Ren made pancakes!" She sang.
"Can I have some? I'm starving." Peter remarks while approaching her.
"No syrup, though – you can thank Nora for that!"
"Awwww…"
Jaune smiles, but holds out his hand and calls out, "Wait!" causing his friends to turn around while he looks sheepish, "I know I don't deserve it after all that happened, but... would you two still be willing to help me... to help me become a better fighter?"
Pyrrha turns around so a worried Jaune won't see her satisfied smile. Peter looks at Jaune with a shrug as Pyrrha goes up to him and suddenly pushes her leader to the ground as he whines, "Hey!"
Pyrrha stands over him with her arms on her hips and with 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."
Peter smiles while leaning his back on a wall as he casually teases them, "You two are very lovely together. Want me to take a picture before the honeymoon?"
"Peter!" Pyrrha shouts in embarrassment while she and Jaune are red on their cheeks. Peter lets out a long adorable laugh to see the invincible girl acting so flustered, which quickly got his two friends to giggle before they too laugh out-loud with him during the night.
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KFX Here: Nothing too different in this chapter, but next one will be a bit of a doozy as we return to the Green Goblin slowly infecting Remnant with his own meaning of fear.
Tristan Waits: Meh. That's what I think of Volume 7.
Danny: I noticed you the first time. No reason to repeat yourself.
Next time: First glance of outworldly terror! The devil infects Atlas!
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