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Here's what my predictions for this Volume are. This will basically be the important parts of this plot, and it's pretty rough draft, but here goes:



Episode 1: Ruby, Jaune, Nora and Ren, after they remove all the Grimm from the town that they showed in the teaser, continue their journey to find answers about Cinder. Ren notices that someone is following them, and suggests that they try to find this person. After a couple days of searching, they come across a White Fang platoon, who have been searching for Blake so that they can take her to Adam. They try to fight them, and are almost defeated, when suddenly, the person following them saves them, and helps them recover. The person is called Shiro, and he serves someone known as "the Kurai" in an organization called the Black Claw, who are counter-terrorists fighting the White Fang, and has been ordered to take them to the Kurai. Ruby says they will come with him, but Jaune and Ren are skeptical. After they arrive at the Black Claw base, they are escorted to the Kurai's quarters. The episode ends with the Kurai, a person whose head is completely covered in some high-tech helmet, introducing themselves.



Episode 2: The Kurai asks questions to Team RNJR, such as why they were out in the wilderness, and what caused them to do so. After these questions were answered, Ruby asks who the Kurai really is. At first the Kurai is reluctant, but after some convincing, they decide to remove the helmet. RNJR is then shocked to reveal that the Kurai was actually Blake, who blames herself for running away, despite everything she had done since then: from fighting off the White Fang, to establishing a squadron to watch over Yang, and spending most of her time as the Kurai with said squadron. Blake almost breaks down from guilt, but Ruby hugs her, saying that she understands and forgives her. The episode ends with Shiro bursting into the room and announcing some terrible news: "She's gone!"



Episode 3: Team RNJR and Blake debate among what they should do: go to Mistral to find information on either the White Fang's next plan or Cinder, or go track down Yang, who had suddenly disappeared from Patch. After some time, they make their decision, they decide to go to Mistral, while the Yang Defense Squadron (YDS) tracks down the broken blonde brawler. Before they leave however, Blake writes a letter that she will give to Yang, hoping she will understand after reading it. Team RNJR and Blake (As the Kurai) then get on a Black Claw Bullhead with some Black Claw agents, and take off for Mistral. The episode ends with the camera panning to inside the cargo hold of the Bullhead, where a mysterious hooded figure lies in waiting.



Episode 4: After some time, Team RNJR, Kurai!Blake and the Black Claw agents arrive at Mistral, where they meet Pyrrha's brother, Deucalion Nikos, and her parents, Floga and Elia, where Jaune, Ren and Nora tell them of Pyrrha's death. Elia and Deucalion are heartbroken upon hearing this. Floga, while he is also heartbroken, was also glad she died for what she believed in: destiny. After their meeting with the Nikos family, they set out to find information on their targets. After a couple days, the White Fang attacks Mistral. Team RNJR, along with the Nikos family successfully repel the attack while Kurai!Blake and the Black Claw agents stay within the shadows and, from one of the members, discover something BIG: the White Fang are preparing to attack Atlas, and at a very large scale, too. They realize that Weiss is in grave danger, then then set out to go to Atlas in the Bullhead. At a Mistral dock, the hooded figure, who overheard the White Fang's plans, forces a ship captain to take them to Atlas. The episode ends with the captain obliging, and the hooded figure staring at the Bullhead in disdain.



<span style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;color:#d9d9d9;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Episode 5: The group arrives at Atlas, and tries to find the Schnee Mansion, where they intend to warn Weiss of the White Fang's plans. Upon finding the Schnee Mansion however, they discovered that Eisberg Schnee, Weiss' father, upped the security of the mansion since the Fall of Vale. Knowing they can't get in without getting caught, they decide to wait it out...until Nora decides to charge in while hollering something along the lines of "WE'RE COMIN' FOR YA, ICE QUEEN!", and smashes open an entrance with Magnhild, the Black Claw staying behind until they leave. After searching the Mansion, while fighting off SDC guards and Atlesian Knights, the episode ends with them trapped, with Eisberg approaching them.

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;color:#d9d9d9;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Episode 6: Team RNJR is now in Eisberg's study, telling them about why they're here. They tell him of the White Fang's plans, but they don't mention the Black Claw. Eisberg dismisses these statements, saying that Atlesian security is beyond maximum, and tells them to leave his Mansion, never to return. As they are leaving, Jaune sees a poster for the SDC Anniversary Ball, where the White Fang are going to attack first. They decide to sneak into the Ball in their minds. Later that night, their sneaking into the Ballroom, thanks to the Black Claw, was a success. They start monitoring the events that unfold, and much later, Weiss takes the stage. Ruby excitement for seeing her friend almost gives them away, but she contains it. After Weiss gives a speech, the White Fang attacks, taking hostages and planting bombs. That's when Team RNJR, along with the Black Claw and Kurai!Blake, fight off the White Fang and escorting the hostages to safety. In the midst of this chaos, Weiss remember the training given to her by Winter over the course of the time-skip, and decides to join the fight, conjuring the knight armor around her, almost like she's wearing her summon. After a long and hard battle, the episode ends with Kurai!Blake successfully defusing the bombs.

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;color:#d9d9d9;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Episode 7: The Atlesian police and Atlas News Channel reporters arrive to arrest the White Fang members that attacked the ballroom, and the people who were hostages were thanking the Black Claw and Team RNJR, just before Eisberg shows up, looking pretty pissed at first. He then sees that the people who fended off the White Fang were those children from the Mansion earlier today. And humbly thanks them for saving his guest and his daughter. Ruby mentions that the Black Claw helped. Eisberg thanks them as well. The ANC interviews the Kurai, who tells the viewers that the Four Kingdoms are safe in the hands of the Black Claw, and that they will fight the White Fang to no end. Weiss, who helped her friends fight off the White Fang, decides to come with them, but after she talks to Eisberg about it. When Eisberg and Weiss are alone, Eisberg tells her to go with them if she wishes. He tells her that she's proven that she's a grown woman now, that she's mastered her family gift. He tells her he proud of her, that Winter is proud of her, then embracing her, saying that he's sure that her mother would have been proud too. Weiss returns the embrace and thanks her dad before going to join her friends. Meanwhile, in a small inn far outside the kingdom, the hooded figure was having a drink. They then see the Kurai on the news, who was delivering their message to the White Fang and the Four Kingdoms. After a while, the hooded figure crushes the glass in their hand out of anger.

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;color:#d9d9d9;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Episode 8: Team RNJR, Kurai!Blake, Weiss and the Black Claw agents (Who are travelling with them while staying hidden) are going back to their Bullhead to head back to Vale and find Yang. Just then they encounter the mysterious hooded figure. Kurai!Blake tries to make contact with her, until the hooded figure attacks. After a couple blocks, the hooded figure says that they see through that helmet and that they know who they really are. The group is confused as to what they mean. Then the hooded figure reveals themselves, bringing shock to the group. The hooded figure is revealed to be Yang, who, over the course of the time-skip, has become more cynical and wrathful, and has convinced herself that Blake lied to everyone, that she never cared about anyone, that everything that happened at the Vytal Tournament was her fault. Yang yells at Blake to remove the helmet. At first she doesn't want to, but then Yang yells at her again to do it, and she removes the helmet. Yang is gets more angry as she realized she was correct about who the Kurai is, telling Blake that she will break every bone in her body for what she did. Jaune, Weiss and Ren try to convince her that Blake would never do those things, but Yang doesn't listen. She tells them that they are stupid for believing in Blake's "lies", and that if they don't get out of the way, she will break them too. Ruby tries to convince her, but before she could start, Yang directs her anger at Ruby. For running away like she did. For being stupid enough to think she can reform the team. She then proceeds to tell her that Team RWBY is dead, and has been dead since the Vytal Tournament. Ruby counters that statement, telling her that as long as she believes in her teammates, a team is never truly disbanded. The episode ends with Yang telling her that if she thinks she's such a great leader, then she can either exile Blake, or send Yang back to Patch.

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;color:#d9d9d9;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Episode 9: Ruby ponders deeply into her mind, remembering the happiest moments with her team. When she is finished, Ruby says she's made her choice. The moment becomes tense, then Ruby says she will exile neither one, much to the shock of Weiss, Nora, Jaune, Ren and Blake and the anger of Yang. Ruby then goes on to say that if she exiles one of the two, it would mean disbanding her team, something that she will never do. She then proceeds to tell her that Weiss and Blake are more to her then just friends and teammates. She says that she considers them what she considers Yang: a part of her family. Then she goes on to say that no matter what happens, no matter what her teammates do, she will always look out for them. Jaune, Nora, Ren, Weiss and Blake respect Ruby's decision to not exile either of her teammates. The air becomes tense. Not even the sound of breathing can break the heavy silence. After a while, Yang lets out these words: "Ruby...you...you...you've just made the worst mistake of your life." The group is taken aback, as Yang's voice sounds more...beast-like and demonic. Yang is then surrounded in fire, clearly more angry then she has ever been. She tells the group that any hope of mercy is lost, and that there is no other choice now. She then charges at the group, hollering at the top of her lungs, "I"LL KILL ALL OF YOU!!!" After a few attempts to deal a fatal blow by Yang, Blake orders the Black Claw agents to restrain Yang, only resulting in the agents being brutally murdered. Yang attempts to try and kill the group, but suddenly stops, as a pain suddenly strikes through her head. Yang suddenly clutches her head with her head, screaming in pain and rage, as something begins to unfold. The group realizes that Yang has mustered enough rage to have said rage infuse with her aura, to the point where it begins to continuously build up at an alarming rate. Ruby, who realizes the danger her sister is unfolding, orders the rest of the group to run away to a safe distance, which they do. As they are running, they encounter a horde of Grimm. The group fights through the Grimm horde, until the Grimm suddenly start running off. They look behind them and see some Grimm writhing on the ground in immense pain. They realize what's going on: Yang's garnered enough rage to overload the glands of the Grimm that detect negative emotion, and is slowly killing the Grimm. When they reach a safe enough distance, they see behind them that the sky has become more cloudy, a giant star-like ball of light where Yang is. Jaune, in desperation to protect his friends, activates his semblance, a giant dome of aura surrounding the group. The episode ends with Yang letting out one last scream that shows every last bit of the rage she had built up before a massive pillar of fire that can be seen from miles erupts from her spot.

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;color:#d9d9d9;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Episode 10: Jaune lowers his shield and deactivates his semblance after a giant wave of fire from the blazing pillar goes past them. The group heads to Yang's location to find she changed drastically: Her skin had now transformed into shiny gold scales, her hand had grown claws, and an arm made of fire in place of her lost right arm. Her teeth had become more shark-like, and there were three horns that merged at the tip on each side, her eyes an empty blood red with rage. She almost looked like a dragon. The group attempts to fight her and calm her down, but every blow they deal is only building up more rage for Yang. The battle gets more emotional mid-way through, from Ruby, in tears, desparately begging Yang to stop her actions not as a leader, but as her sister, to Jaune and Ren reminding her that this is not the Yang they knew. At first it seems to be working...until Yang punches a hole IN HER OWN SISTER. It's not fatal, mind you, but it's enough to incapacitate Ruby for the rest of the fight. The rest continue to fight her, attempting to use actions and words to calm her down as they go. This only makes Yang even angrier until she decides she's had enough, and charges all her aura and rage into her left fist. Seeing as they might be doomed, Blake steps up and offers to stop her. At first they think she's crazy, that most of Yang's rage is towards her, that she will die. Blake removes her bow as says she understands the risk, but she has to protect them. She tells them that they showed her what it takes to be more courageous then before. As she's telling them this, black markings start to appear on Blake. (We'll call this the Faunus Link form, which has been unlocked due to Blake developing enough courage. This "Faunus Link" power basically gives Blake access to a her true Faunus nature.) She tells the group that she's changed now, that she's no longer the coward she was at Beacon. The camera shows Blake's face, now covered in black cat markings, as she says that she is done with running away now. Blake then charges her aura into her sword, ready for the final clash. Yang and Blake charge towards each other, Naruto/Sasuke style. (Blake: "YANG XIAO LONG!!!" Yang: "BLAKE BELLADONNA!!!") Sword and fist clash, a giant ripple resulting from the impact. The aura channeled between the two attacks combats each other, until it bursts, shattering Blake's sword and damaging Yang's left arm beyond repair. The aura explosion knocks out Blake and Yang, sending them both backwards. The group rushes to Blake and Yang, trying to figure out what to do. Just then, another hooded figure shows up. They ask them if Yang was the source of the pillar of fire. When the group confirms this, the new hooded figure mutters, "So it's true." The new hooded figure asks them if they could take Yang under their care. They seem unsure at first, seeing as how the first hooded figure attacked them. The new hooded figure assures them that he will not harm them. The group eventually agrees, but Weiss takes out a letter written by Blake that was supposed to be for Yang. Weiss gives the letter to the new hooded figure, telling them that if she wakes up, they will give the letter to Yang. The new hooded figure says they will give the letter to Yang, bids them farewell, and runs off with Yang. After they leave, the Atlesian military, led by a man named Sergeant Elwood Argentine, arrives, asking them where the dragon is. Weiss says that they dealt with the dragon. Sergeant Argentine believes this, then tells them that they have a mission for them: to retrieve a weapon that the White Fang stole. The episode ends with them agreeing to this mission and try to track down the White Fang base where this weapon is held.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> <span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(217,217,217);font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">Episode 11: This episode is entirely focused on Yang. Yang wakes up in a bed, now no longer in the rage she experienced before. She tries to rub her head due to a headache, only to find her left arm is gone, much to her despair. Suddenly, the new hooded figure says that the arm was damaged beyond repair, that they had to amputate it, and that they hope she understands. Yang at first tries to make a rebuttal, but she says she understands. The new hooded figure gives her Blake's letter. After reading through the letter, Yang slowly bursts into tears, feeling really bad for all she's done to her friends and sister, and forgiving her partner. The new hooded figure comforts her as she cries her eyes out. Suddenly Yang pushes them away from her, and heads out of the room she is in, and attempts to head out to take on Adam, the man who caused her partner so much pain. She is stubborn to the point where she almost builds up enough rage to reawaken her dragon form, but that rage is immediately quelled when the new hooded figure gets angry themselves and reminds her that she has no arms and that she has a power she has no control over, making her in no condition for vengeance. They calm down and apologizing, saying that the nature of his power tends to tamper with his emotions. Yang stops them before they take her back to her room, asking what this power she had no control over was. The new hooded figure then takes her to a special room. And tells her a story: Long ago, during the time of the Seasonal Maidens and the Silver-Eyed Warriors, there lived twelve spirits who took the forms of twelve animals: a rat, a snake, a hare, a monkey, a dog, a boar, a rooster, a horse, an ox, a goat, a tiger and a dragon. They only existed as being made of pure aura, but they wanted to help the humans and faunus. So they turned to a clan of humans who worshipped them and bestowed twelve of them with each of their powers. They were known to this day as the Zodiac Monks, and have aided the Maidens and the Warriors in protecting all living things from the Grimm. The new hooded figure then says that that clan was actually the Xiao Long family, that this is their monastery, and reveals himself as its caretaker: The Zodiac Monk of the Dog, Yueliang Xiao Long. After hearing this, Yang is stoked. She has many questions, of which Yue answers. It turned out that Yue was actually Taiyang's brother. Taiyang, who was the Zodiac Monk of the Ox, left the monastery to keep his daughter from discovering her status as the Zodiac Monk of the Dragon. He says that he keeps up with Yang's status through Qrow, who kept the conversation between them secret from Taiyang. After he goes on to say that he understands Taiyang's drive to protect her daughter, but he still wishes he had been there to help her, Yang asks when her first lesson is. Yue tells her that her training will begin shortly, but not after bestowing her with a pair of mechanical arms called the Inferno Celica, which he made with the information he got from the Ember Celica. Yang happily equips the arms, and says she's ready for training. A training montage begins, which covers a week and three days' worth of training. After said montage ends, Yang is in control of her powers, but has one more process to go through: the Great Metamorphosis, which bestows the monk with an ability corresponding with the animal spirit their power derives from. She goes through the process, and comes out a little woozy. She then notices a big change: she had grown dragon wings on her back. At first she's frightened about this change, but Yue reminds her that that is to be expected from a monk's metamorphosis. Yang then calms down, then moves her wings around a little bit until she has an exciting revelation: she can fly now. After celebrating her newfound ability of flight, she thanks Yue, and tells him that she has to reunite with her friends, of which he understands. The episode ends with Yang flying through the sky, saying within her mind, "Sit tight, Blake. We'll be together again soon."

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.89;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;">Episode 12: After a couple of weeks of searching, the group eventually finds the White Fang base with the stolen weapon, with some of the Atlesian military in tow. They enter the building and try to find this weapon, fighting off White Fang members as they go. They eventually find the room with the weapon, and enter. Ruby is suddenly shocked by what this weapon is: it's Penny, who had been rebuilt since the Vytal Tournament and had been equipped with White Fang software. They are suddenly ambushed by the White Fang Lieutenant. After a long battle the Lieutenant is defeated, but he crawls up to Penny, then activates her. Penny is then forced into a modified paladin, which the group fights very hard, to almost no avail. Meanwhile, outside, Sergeant Argentine is about to give the order to storm the base, but not until someone stops them and tells them that they will handle whatever is going on in there. In the base, the group is trying hard to get up, in an attempt to continue freeing Penny from the White Fang's control. Suddenly, a giant gold orb flies up in the distance, then bursts. They have no idea who it is, until Blake realizes something that is very likely: it might be Yang. Suddenly, the orb completely wails on the Paladin, disconnecting Penny. Ruby, Weiss and Blake then deal the final blow to the Paladin, successfully defeating it. The golden orb then lands, then Blake's eyes widen as she sees that she is correct: it's none other then Yang, looking like she did in the group's last encounter with Yang, except she has mechanical arms and her eyes are still empty, but it's a shade of lilac instead of red. But most appalling of them all was the giant pair of wings that sprouted from her back. Ruby runs up to Yang and is about to hug her, but Yang stops her and says there is something that she has to do first. She then walks up to Blake, who is sweating, but standing her ground. Yang then tells her that she read Blake's letter and that she realized what she did was wrong. She said that she forgives her partner, and embracing her, asking her if she can forgive her. Blake says yes, and returns the embrace. Yang asks Blake about Adam saying that he would destroy everything she love, and if she loves her. Blake says yes, and not like a sister way. Yang starts to look a little angry at first, then the sides of Blake's head, making Team RNJR and Weiss tense. Then suddenly, Yang softly kisses Blake on the lips, and her partner returns the kiss. Yang then says "Right back at ya, partner," then smiles (This causes the Bumblebee fans to party like it's New Year's Eve on 1999). The episode ends with Ruby standing alongside Weiss, Blake and Yang, and announcing that "Team RWBY is back in business!" After the credits, the post-credits scene shows Salem looking into a seeing orb, seeing Team RWBY reunited. She then contacts about 25 people saying that their greatest enemies have been reunited, and that it is time to commence the Grimm Cataclysm.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.89;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;">Like I said, this is a prediction, and it's a little rough draft, so I may have done a shitty job at this. Now then, I think that Yang should get the new abilities in this prediction because I really feel bad for her after all the shit she had to go through during Volume 3, and possibly during the time-skip. Hope you still enjoy it regardless. :) <ac_metadata title="RWBY Volume 4 prediction"> </ac_metadata>