Giving Yuffie the spotlight on this one...not, just a little. Any ways, it involves two of my OC and I love how they turn out, I hope you like them too. Read, review, enjoy! :D
Disclaimer: I own nothing more than Yuffie, Rena, Evelyn(mentioned later), and the storyline, you're smart enough to know what I don't own.
Yuffie stood in a corner of the room, waiting for the tournament to begin. To her, it felt like it was two hours past the time the tournament should have begun. She pulled out the flyer that she tore off the castle wall to make sure if she was on time, or even the right place.
"Warriors of the continent!" the flyer read, "Gather for a tournament in the castle, set in honor of the king and queen! Winner will receive 200,000 Gold! Tournament starts at dawn!"
"If this tournament doesn't start soon, I'm going to run out of money for food." Yuffie said to herself as she approached a nearby table with food for the participants. Just as she was about to grab a chicken leg, it was swiped away by another...or would have, had Yuffie not seen it coming and grabbed her by the wrist. "And just where do you think you're going with that?" The girl looked up at her with confidence.
"It's here for all of us, so let go!" she replied.
"True, yet you saw me reach for it." Yuffie replied, "I'd suggest you watch how you act, because the other participants don't take too kindly to a thief." Yuffie let her go and the girl rubbed her wrist. If Yuffie thought that she was somewhat out of place, this girl was from another continent or world entirely. Yuffie wore a dark green Military Drum Corp. Jacket that was not usually seen around these parts, black shoes that looked from a future era (Tennis Shoes), wore black slacks with a black leather belt, green eyes, and had an emo style hair. But this girl? She had a grey T-shirt that had some black and blue tribal design in the back, black boots combined with a fabric that looked like leg warmers but weren't which reached to her knees and held in place by a dark blue silk string, long sleeve fingerless gloves, black slacks, a grey head band, and her hair was similar to Yuffie's, but in jagged layers.
"So, you here for the money or the excitement?" the girl asked.
"Both." Yuffie replied, "How old are you?" The girl looked up at her with a curious look. "You just...look too young to be here."
"I'm 15, I can handle myself you know." the girl replied, "What about you?"
"19." Yuffie replied, "What do you use? I don't see your weapon."
"You grabbed it!" the girl replied happily as she brought up her fists.
"You fight against people who have weapons...with your fists only?" Yuffie asked, "Not bad."
"I know." the girl replied, "How can you carry that though?" She was referring to Yuffie's katana great sword.
"You get used to it after a while." Yuffie replied.
"WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!" a guard in the balcony above them shouted.
"See you in the battlefield!" The girl commented, grabbed some food and left out the door.
"Wha-? Wait!" Yuffie called out, but the girl was gone, 'Damn it. Oh well, she said she could take care of herself. I'd better help out at the flank.'
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The outside area was complete chaos. Soldiers battled what appeared to be armored demons, the walls of the castle were crumbling, half the battlefield was on fire, and Yuffie barely managed to block two demons that almost caught her off guard and finished them off with no problem.
'Something's not right here...' Yuffie thought to herself. Just as she thought that, a cold hard chill went down her spine as she barely managed to block a massive sword with her own. Her attacker sent a massive fist to her face and knocked her back.
Nearby soldiers dropped their weapons and ran away screaming, "It's Nightmare! Run for your lives!"
'Nightmare?' Yuffie thought to herself as the figure before her loomed in closer.
"Your soul shall feed Soul Edge, just like the rest!" Nightmare growled.
"Not if I have anything to say about it." Yuffie commented and brought her sword down on him with swiftness, but Nightmare blocked it, pushed her into the wall, and continuously punched her back into it as she bounced off until he let her fall to the ground. 'Wha- what the hell just happened?" Yuffie thought to herself as Nightmare lifted her off the ground by the neck and pulled back his sword, ready to impale her while Yuffie's sword slipped from her grip. Just as Nightmare thrust his sword forward, he was tackled, before the sword made contact, and he dropped Yuffie.
"You giving up already?" a voice asked Yuffie as she grabbed her blade and struggled to keep it steady.
"Not...yet." Yuffie chuckled as the girl from earlier took a fighting stance beside her.
"Hey, you want to see something cool?" the girl asked. Yuffie was about to ask what she meant when the girl suddenly took to the air with black wings, hovered for a moment then spiraled toward Nightmare, grabbed him, took him to the air and threw him back toward the ground.
Yuffie didn't waste any time to react and quickly brought her sword up and aimed it skyward, engulfing it in a blue aura, then brought it down on Nightmare, impaling him and freezing him, along with a trail on the ground behind him, in crystallized ice.
"Score one for us!" the girl cheered as Yuffie gave a small smile before falling on one knee and rested on her sword. "Hey, you ok?" the girl asked as she approached.
"I've been better, but it's not too bad." Yuffie replied. At that moment, Nightmare vaporized and disappeared along with the invading demons, "I don't think that's the last we'll see of him."
"Everyone ok?" a soldier asked as he approached but quickly stopped dead in his tracks at the sight of the girl Yuffie met, "It's her! You little thief, I've got you now!" The girl was about to take a defensive stance when Yuffie suddenly grabbed her and hugged her close.
"Don't ever leave my side like that again, Rena." Yuffie commented out loud, "Play along." she whispered to the girl. The girl nodded.
"I'm...I'm sorry, I just wanted to help." the girl replied.
"Ehem! Do you know this little thief!?" the soldier questioned and Yuffie held up her blade to the man's face.
"This 'little thief' happens to be my little sister!" Yuffie replied coldly.
"Well your sister is under arrest for thievery. She's been stealing from the local markets for the past few weeks." the soldier stated.
"I was wondering where you got all that food." Yuffie stated to the girl as she pulled out a sack of gold and tossed it at the soldier, "Apparently no one around here can help out a staving person, keep the change." Yuffie tuned and limped away while leading the girl away with her.
"Thanks for helping me out there." the girl commented.
"It was nothing...but the gold was my week's food." Yuffie replied.
"I'll help you get it back, if you let me use the name you gave me." the girl replied.
"What about your real name?" Yuffie asked.
"I...don't have one..." the girl replied.
"Oh...well you do now, Rena." Yuffie commented and Rena smiled.
"So, I'm guessing the tournament's out of the question?" Rena asked.
"Looks like it...and it also looks like a few days of hunger." Yuffie replied, "Story of my life."
"Ditto." Rena commented, "Hey, why weren't you surprised when I took to the air?" Yuffie gave her response in the fact that a pair of thin black wings emerged from her back.
"Because I can do the same." Yuffie commented. Rena continued to stare.
"F-fairy wings?" Rena snickered after a while.
"Not like I chose them." Yuffie snapped, but Rena was already on the ground laughing.
Note: If you expected more SC characters, well 2 come out in the next chap, and I'll think about adding more.
