Arrogance and Wisdom:

Corrupt and Innocent

By: Reffie Striheart

Chapter 1: The Newspaper

Reno, Rude and Elena sat at a table in their office.

" We've got too many jobs," Elena said.

" Well...." Reno paused. " We can't drop any of them, because we'll look unprofessional."

" So what do we do?"

" Isn't it obvious?" Rude asked stoic as ever. " We need more Turks."

" So what do we do? Just put an ad in the newspaper?" Elena asked.

Reno nodded. " Yeah. We probably ought to write it now." Rude got a piece of paper and they began a rough draft.

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:::::Two nights later:::::

A dark shadow sat in the back of a bar his crimson eyes taking in all that he saw and his acute ears picking up sounds from across the bar.

Three glasses clinking together. Drunken laughter carried like smoke on the wind. A man calling for more drinks and a bartender calling that they didn't have anymore liquer. Smoke floated around and hung on the ceiling.

A man walked by and turned to see the two glowing red orbs hanging in the darkness. He sorta slipped and the newspaper in his hand fell from his hand and onto the table. He stuttered for a minute and then abruptly walked away.

Vincent emerged from the darkness to pick up the paper. He flipped through it. Kalm's baseball team The Gold Chocobos were doing good and they had beaten the Wutai Monsters. He looked through the 'wanted ads' and found only one particularly intriguing.

It read:

'Wanted: Two Turks with agility. intellegence, and battle experience. Must handel and use at least one weapon well. If you think that you fit these qualities then please come to the Turk headquarters in Junon, Moday at 2:00pm sharp.'

A slight smile appeared on Vincent's face as he sank back into the dark shadows.

Today was Sunday.

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The ninja, Yuffie Kisaragi, lay in her bed in her home in the beautiful prosperous Wutai. She stared up at the ceiling and then sat up and looked around for something to read. She dug around in the piles of junk in her room and came up with today's newspaper. Yuffie shruggedand imediatly went to the Comics section but found that they were not there. The ninja let out a cry of frusteration and then began just reading the paper.

She found that the Wutai Monsters had lost to Kalm. And then she happened to look at the 'Wanted' section and saw an ad for the Turks. A smile appeared on Yuffie's face and she stood up and went over to the mirror.

She looked at herself in it and saw how much she had changed in the eleven years since they kicked Sephoroth's ass.

She had grown tall and her dark brown hair was now down to just below her shoulders. She had curves now and her skin was browner then ever. Her attitude had changed a bit. She was no longer obsessed with materia since Wutai had grown quite a bit. She still had some of her childish ignorance and arrogance. Her eyes were the only thing that hadn't changed. They were still a soft brown and glowed with mischief.

She wondered if Reno or Rude or Elena would recognize her. She didn't think so.

The the ninja realized that if she wanted the get Junon by tomorrow then she had to leave now. She had a vague thought that maybe she should leve her dad a note or something.

A grin spread across Yuffie's face and she ran out the door.

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:::::Monday, 2:00:::::

The Turks looked around at the people that had showed up. There was about twenty of them. Tall, short, fat, skinny, they were all here.

" Hey," Elena whispered. " Valentine is here." Reno and Rude looked to where she had briefly pointed and saw that she was right. Vincent Valentine was indeed in the back of the crowd.

" Okay!" Reno yelled. " We're gonna start now!" Everyone became silent. " Hand-to-hand combat will be first where you will fight either me, Rude or Elena."

" We will begin...." Elena started.

" Now."

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Author's Note: Nothing to say really.....except REVEIW!!!!!! Please?