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--Violet Amestris--

"Woah!" I exclaimed as I backflipped away from a Beowolf's swing, immediately clapping my hands together as soon as I landed. I put my hands on the ground, and used my Semblance to make two large tabs emerge from the ground and slam together, crushing the Beowolf. "..geez, clapping still feels just a little awkward with this thing. Even though it's been over 10 years.." I muttered to myself, though I quickly shook the thought off afterwards with a sigh. "No. No use worrying about the past. Focus on the future.." I said before turning to look at the person who, according to Ozpin's rules, was now my partner.

At the moment, Jin had already taken out several Beowolves, and was currently fighting an Alpha Beowolf, and he'd been doing a surprisingly good job. Despite having seemingly no weapon, he was easily able to not only dodge the Alpha's attacks, but also counter it, and even just flat out attack it with punches, throws, and kicks. 'Some kind of strength Semblance maybe?' I thought as.looked at Jin finishing his fight.

He'd just blocked the Alpha Beowolf's backhanded swing, which sent him skidding back. However, with impressive leg strength, after going back about a meter, he propelled himself hard enough that he not only kneed the Alpha in the face, but also sent it flying through the several trees.

"Hah, suck on tha--!" He almost finished with a toothy grin, though he messed up his landing and ended up slipping, his face planting into the dirt.

"Pfft!" I let out the sound as I couldn't hold back my laughter, leaving me wrapping my arms around my stomach, almost falling on the ground. "Seems like you've got a serious case of bad luck there! Not to mention, you already look like a black cat with the hair and the eyes." He responded to my comment with muffled groan, "what's next--we get attacked by a Nevermore?"

"Please stop.." Jin whined as he got up from the ground. 'Oh, this opportunity to tease is too good to miss..!' I thought happily.

"Oh? Not interested in that? Well, how about we make it more festive and throw in a Deathsta--" I almost finished, though Jin quickly put his hand over my mouth, dropping his head depressingly. I slowly removed his hand, which was actually very weakly placed, from my mouth with a brow raised, "..oh god, is your luck really that bad?"

"I don't wanna talk about it..." Jin said with an exhale before he began to walk away.

"Hey, wait up!" I called out before catching up to him with ease, as he was just walking, "...so..how'd you do all that back there?"

"What do you mean?"

"You know, easily sending Grimm through trees? Plus surviving your 'landing' here." I said the last part with a held-back laugh as I remembered seeing him land. Unfortunately, I only got to hear him go through the trees, but I did see him face-plant hard on the dirt, which was enough to make me laugh.

Then came his fight with the Ursi.

Seeing as I didn't see a weapon on him, I'd gotten curious as to how exactly he'd defend himself against a sloth of Ursi. I'd figured he might overly rely on his Semblance to beat the Grimm, which admittedly lowered my hopes for him a little.

Blitzing with a Semblance might fly with the Grimm most of the time, but people are different story. Unlike Grimm, Humans and Faunus have a great power--Intelligence. And both races can use said power to gain the edge on their opponent, be it by tricking them, attacking weaknesses, or, in a more specific case, tiring out those who overly rely on their Semblance. To put it simply, I don't exactly think too highly of people who think they can win a fight with their Semblance alone.

This sort of thinking is also why I admire Pyrrha Nikos as a fighter. It took watching several of her fights repeatedly for me to eventually piece together that her Semblance might be polarity, and I'm still not completely certain!

And then he started fighting.

In all honesty, seeing him take out the first Ursa impressed me. Even if he were using a Semblance, that doesn't make someone as good at martial arts as he was. And boy, was he good.

The way he dodged, the way he attacked with strikes, the way he threw--they all spoke volumes of his skill as a fighter. Someone who'd spent years and years practicing movements and, more importantly, someone with plenty of experience under their belt. And, through it all, he never used a weapon once.

"What do you mean 'how'd I do it'? I just did it." He replied with a brow raised. 'He says that like it's the most normal thing in the world...then again, considering where we are, he's not that far off..'

"..ok then. In that case, I have another question."

"Actually, can I ask one first?" He quickly spoke, surprising me and, admittedly, catching me a little off guard.

"O-oh...yeah, sure."

"What's your Semblance? I've never seen one that allows people to morph stuff out of the ground." He said.

"Huh..well, to answer your question, my Semblance is Alchemy. Though I need to clap my hands together for me to use it.." I said with a light chuckle.

"Alchemy, huh..." Jin said, his eyes pointed downwards as he pinched his chin lightly, seemingly in somewhat deep thought. 'Does he do this with everyone?' I thought as I sweatdropped, "...oh! Right, I forgot! You had a question too?" He asked after snapping out of his train of thought.

"Yeah...actually, I was gonna ask what your Semblance was.." I said, causing him to raise both eyebrows.

"Mine?" He asked with a surprised expression, though it soon changed into a smile, "Funny you should ask that. Actually--" He suddenly gained a surprised expression and went silent, tensing up, much to my confusion.

"..What is it?" I asked, now feeling a little tenser.

"...could you do us a solid and come out? And stop directing all that killing intent towards me, would you? It'll attract Grimm." Jin said with a sigh, surprising me.

"Hold up, what?!" I exclaimed before two figures approached us, one coming down from a tree, and the other coming out from behind the same tree. The first was a girl with dark red hair and midnight blue eyes, and the second was a boy with pale amber hair and eyes.

"Funny seeing you here, Jin. Somehow, I just can't seem to stop running into you." The boy said with a laugh.

"Right back at you." Jin said to the boy, before turning his attention to the girl, "but did you really have to do that?"

"I was just doing a test." The girl stated calmly, Jin raising a brow. Noticing his confusion, the girl sighed lightly, "Think about it this way--from what I got from rumors about teams at this school in the past, they're usually of 4, not just 2. So, it's likely that the first pairs who make eye contact are also likely to be put together."

"But why did you have to glare at me like you wanted to kill me then?" Jin asked.

"Easy. Because, if we're counting her arm as one," The girl said as she nodded her head towards me, "you're the only one here without a weapon. And I'm not going to be put on the same team as a liability..so I did a test."

"..well, did I pass?" Jin asked with a brow raised and a smile.

"...for now." The girl said before walking past the rest of us, "Nilo, come on."

"Yeah, yeah." Nilo said with a sigh, sending a smile my way as he walked past us and went to catch up with the girl.

"...so...guessing you two know each other?" I asked Jin, who just smiled and nodded. "Well, this ought to be a fun year." I said, emphasizing the "fun" part with a sarcastic tone, to which Jin simply chuckled.

With that, we continued our walk until we reached a cliff, with an large open field of grass surrounded by forrest down below. Although, there was clear evidence that a fight had occurred, with some being the large feathers that pierced the ground and the large shards of ice.

"Geez, looks like there was a pretty intense fight down there. Hope they're ok.." I commented, still a bit surprised by the seen below us.

"..Violet." I heard Jin's voice speak up from behind me, sounding oddly serious, "don't panic."

"Wha--?" I was interrupted as Jin suddenly pushed me away, sending me tumbling down the cliff until I reached the bottom. "Ow! What the hell, man?!" I shouted angrily after I got up, rubbing the back of my head with my right arm. Although, about half a second after I said that, Jin was sent flying from the point on the cliff, to the other side of the open field, and through several trees. Unsure of how to respond, I opened my mouth, but soon closed it and shook my head, opting to run over to where he was instead.

"Violet! Make a wall!" Jin shouted in the distance, causing me to stop before entering the forest again.

"What? Why?!" I quickly asked before hearing loud stomps coming from the cliff, causing me to quickly turn my head towards the cliff. The sound and feeling of each thump got louder as it came closer and closer. Feeling a chill run up my spine, I quickly did as Jin said, clapping my hands and placing them on the ground, causing a wall to morph upwards out of the ground.

"..ok, I think that'll--"

"The fight's not over yet!!" Jin's shout interrupted me as he tackled me away from the wall, and for good reason.

Apparently, a wall that thick wasn't good enough, as whatever it was that sent Jin flying easily broke through the wall, large amounts of dust hiding its form from our vision.

After a few moments though, the smoke began to clear, with...whatever it was, that broke through the wall slowly becoming clearer.

"Is that...a tree?!!" I exclaimed, surprised about the fact that the creature, assuming it was a Grimm, had enough intelligence to actually use surroundings as a weapon.

Before Jin could respond, a growl was heard emanating from the beast at the edge of the cliff. Turning our heads to the cliff again, we were greeted with the form of the mystery beast looking directly as us.

It was a Grimm with the body of a muscular man, though it had a bull's head and hooves instead of human feet. It had the typical white mask all Grimm have over its face, along with armored plates on its shins and forearms, as well as small patches of white armor on its shoulders. 'Oh my god, what is that?!!' I thought in horror, watching as it jumped down from the cliff and landed, creating a small crater beneath it.

"What even is that?!" I asked Jin, who was now wearing his black jacket tied around his waist.

"A Tavros..." Jin began, "and let's just say that they aren't exactly common. At least not Vale."

"The Kingdom or the city?" I asked with an eyebrow raised, slightly expecting him to get agitated at what admittedly sounded like a smartass remark.

"The Kingdom." Jin replied, "more importantly, it's too strong for just the two of us to take on alone. Right now, we need to focus on escaping."

"..." I remained silent as I looked around, spotting what looked like an abandoned temple in the distance. 'For now, getting away from the Tavros as fast as possible is definitely the best option, but it's obviously going to come after us. In that case, I'll have to use my Semblance to slow it down..'

"You got any ideas?" Jin asked.

"Yeah, just one--I slow it down and we haul ass. That good enough?"

"Sounds like the best plan for now!" Jin replied. With a quick nod, I quickly clapped my hands together and placed them on the ground, causing chains made of earth to morph out of the ground and lock around the Tavros's neck and limbs.

"Ok, let's go!" I shouted. Though before I started running, Jin took a surprisingly fast dash towards the Tavros, "Jin, what're you--!" Before I could finish, Jin dealt a kick to its stomach so powerful that it not only sent it free from my chains, but also across the field and through several trees. "...whoa.." 'How much power is he packing?!!'

"Sorry 'bout that! Just wanted to make some extra distance!" Jin shouted as ran back to me.

"So your Semblance is super strength?" I asked as we both ran to the abandoned temple.

"Actually, truth is, I don't have one!" He said with a grin, though I was feeling...flabbergasted, to say the least.

"YOU WHAT?!" 'He doesn't have a--then how did--the kick--and the Ursi--and--I--he--!!' My mind scrambled at the revelation, though Jin continued to run with a grin on his face. '..well, looks like I got quite the beast as a partner..'

We continued to run for the abandoned temple, but little did we know that an angry growl was being emitted from the forest...

The End

A/N: (Hello my readers!! Welcome back to another..disappointingly, short chapter of Team NAVJ. It's times like this where I really do feel upset at how bad I am at writing beginnings. But nevertheless, I shall provide!! Sorry the chapter took so long again, but school makes it hard to have an organized schedule for writing chapters. Hope you guys enjoyed this one, and, with that, onward to the responses!)

COMMENT RESPONSES:

Gh0st495: Thanks! From the beginning, I was going to have Jin and Violet be partnered up. As for Aoko, she's someone who'll be explored later, as a character. I tried to write the fight scenes while imagining them in my head how they would've looked if Monty did them (but I think he would've done better :) ).