Team AQUA

"Aqua Marin, Qi Chang, Umeko Usagi and Aurora Verde, you four have retrieved the black knight pieces, from this day forward you will work together as Team A.Q.U.A. led by... Aqua Marin."

- -Professor Ozpin Team AQUA is a Beacon Academy team led by Aqua Marin. It is an all-girls

team with not one but two Faunus members, Qi Chang (a dragon Faunus)

and Umeko Usagi (rabbit Faunus).

Team AQUA
Much like Team RWBY, Team AQUA is an all-girl team consisting

that came together because they have a very... elemental

connection in that each bear a Semblance connecting them to

four elements (Aqua: water, Qi: fire, Umeko: earth and Aurora: air). They are composed of Aqua Marin, the daughter of a retired Huntsman, Qi Chang, a dragon faunus proud of her race especially since she is a faunus representing a species long thought extinct on Remnant, Umeko Usagi, a rabbit faunus, who, while she does want Faunus freedom, despises what the White Fang has become and Aurora Verde, the tomboy heiress of the Verde Dust Company (a rival company of Schnee which treats its Faunus workers with respect).

Team Members
Aqua Marin: The team leader and daughter of Braun Marin, a retired Huntsman turned father.

Qi Chang: A dragon Faunus proud of her heritage and is not afraid to defend it as well as the team's co-leader.

Umeko Usagi: A rabbit Faunus much like Velvet Scarlatina only much more assertive.

Aurora Verde: The heiress of the Schnee Dust Company's rival Verde Dust Company who are known for treating its human and Faunus workers with respect as well as the team tomboy/tough girl. Due to the rivalry between the SDC and VDC, this does bring up tensions between her and Weiss Schnee.

Establishment
Ozpin chose the four girls as a team due to how they individually represented four of the elements and believed they can work together.

Teamwork
Team AQUA, at first, had to find their correct footing but when they did, they became a very competent, well-oiled team relying on their Semblances and weapons in various combinations.

Teamwork Style
Aqua Marin uses herself as a decoy, using her Water Mimicry Semblance to avoid getting hit and can reform herself.

Qi is the team's burner, covering her bullets in powdered Red Dust and using her Fire Breath Semblance.

Umeko is the muscle of the team and the guerrilla fighter, preferring to hit her opponents first before backing away. She does use her Semblance but only as a last resort.

Aurora is the team's fighter/assist.

Duty in Beacon
Team AQUA is unofficially investigating the whereabouts of strange burn marks and claws from large creatures.

Trivia

 * Aqua is based on the titular character of the Hans Christian Anderson story The Little Mermaid in that she is able to transform into water, ironically referencing the titular mermaid's death in the original story where she turned into sea foam.
 * Qi, despite having a Fire-based Semblance, is based on the dragon Shen-Lung of Chinese mythology.
 * Umeko is based on a mix of Princess Kaguya and the Inaba (a Japanese rabbit spirit)
 * Aurora is based on Sleeping Beauty due to the fact she is a heavy sleeper.