Velvet righted herself and looked up to see Nebula running toward her at high speed. Velvet raced toward her, too, scooping up the halves of the spear and holding each section in a fist. Nebula came at her with fists flying, and Velvet parried her blows with the broken weapon.

“I’ve been wanting to do this for a while,” Nebula said between hits. “This is fun.”

“Velvet’s pretty good,” Scarlet commented under his breath. He’d seen her fight at the Battle of Beacon, so he knew she could copy the fighting styles of the owner for each hard-light weapon she used. But he didn’t know that her Semblance allowed her to call on those combat techniques at any time. Right now, she was drawing on moves he recognized from other students, like Pyrrha Nikos, Yang Xiao Long, and even Sun. The moves may not have been original, but Nebula was disoriented by the way Velvet seamlessly moved from one fighting style to the next.

“She’s been practicing,” Coco replied. “Most Huntsmen reveal their training in the way they handle themselves in battle, but she can fuse multiple disciplines into a brand-new technique—different each time. Velvet may fight like a lot of different people, but no one else fights like Velvet.”

Velvet and Nebula continued to trade rapid-fire blows.

“Feel free to quit anytime,” Nebula taunted.

“I’m tired of you all thinking you’re better than us,” Velvet said between gritted teeth. “While I was defending Beacon, where were you? Oh, that’s right. On the first transport to Vacuo.” She swept the broken staff toward Nebula’s head, then jabbed at her with the tip. Nebula spun away gracefully and turned the dodge into a roundhouse kick to Velvet’s back, knocking her forward.

“Velvet still gets a point on that one for her snappy comeback,” Scarlet whispered to Coco, and his new teammate nodded.

- RWBY: Before the Dawn, Chapter 7