Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy or Naruto.

(Note: Thnx to a reviewer who helped with the fact that Paine DOES speak Al Bhed. I must've missed out the scenes because my brother kept resetting the thing to play the 'Massage Leblanc' game -.-;; I could've continued without him, but our memory cards are jam-packed with other games that we can NEVER erase, so we have to share the events that happened and take turns playing the game... We really need to buy a new memory card X.X)

Another World

"Whoah..." Rikku began, facing the strange, motionless Machina before her. Paine was alongside her after she dragged her 'unwilling ass' to the newfound temple, grumbling as to why she didn't just threatened the multi-braided girl by destroying her precious mechanic parts. Oh... wait, it's because she was staying in Al Bhed with Rikku, where sugar-high machines that the blonde has lately been creating could annoy her to death.

'Dammit... What is up with Rikku and her sudden cravings for creating those menaces!' Paines thought silently to herself, watching as Rikku began inspecting the large lump of metal. Yuna, after saving Spira twice, has finally settled down with our dear Tidus and just gave birth to a pair of twins; Lilith (Elder, girl) and Zenon (Younger, boy). Paine, now staying in Al Bhed with Rikku, helped out around. The two girls have been going on their own little adventures, changing jobs now and then in their battles against fiends with the dress spheres they have hunted down. It just wasn't the same without Yuna though, even if she was now retired.

Rikku hasn't changed much in appearance, still in her trademark multi-braided hairstyle and yellow as her choice of garment colour. Paine's hair has grown longer, now unsuitable for her usual gothic hairstyle. It was still spiky however, and have grown only up to above her shoulders and styled into covering nearly half her face. She was still into her choice of black, unless she decided to turn into an alchemist... Which was too colourful for her taste. Right now Rikku is clad in her Lady Luck outfit while Paine is in her mascot outfit.(Just Joking! XD) actually, she was in her usual warrior outfit.

"Yo Paine! Check this out! The strange motion in the Machina is really weird! The red firefox wires are still intact despite the logos chips being in the way!"

"Rikku, I'm not much of a machina scholar, so I have no idea what you just said..." Paine admitted, sweatdropping as Rikku shouted from inside the Machina.

"Come here and see for yourself, this Machina is still working!" Rikku exclaimed, where Paine obliged. The two are now inside the strange machine, looking at a strange glowing light that emits from a shard of crystal.

"This is amazing... A Crystallis Mare," Rikku explained, inspecting the blue shard of crystal.

"Crystallis Mare? What is that?" Paine asked, genuinely interested now.

"It's a missing technology! One that only exists in bed-time stories to the mechanics of Al Bhed! I... I can't believe it's right there... In front of me..." Rikku said, her eyes sparkling. Paine sweatdropped.

"That's good and all, but I still don't know what it is..."

"A Crystallis Mare is a crystal that does unknown different things to a machine; it can make it berserk, it can destroy it, re-create it, fix it, make some parts colaborate with each other even though it's impossible to get it working together, and some even said it can make it turn into a real living being!" Rikku explained energetically, now taking down notes on her discovery.

"Okay... So it's very valuable I take it?" Paine inquired.

"Extremely! On its own it can buy a whole country complete with castles and mountains!" Rikku gave an adorative sigh, eyes sparkling. Paine looked at the blue shard in amazement, pointing to the object.

"THIS?" She asked in disbelief. Rikku nodded vigorously, grinning.

"And I'm the first to discover it! This is sooooo cool!" Rikku shouted in glee, excited. Paine stared with her mouth wide open, eyes wide.

"Anyway, I'm taking it back home. Experiment and stuff!" She declared, about to pick the crystal.

"But before you do anything, shouldn't we report it or something? Like maybe send it to Yuna and Tidus first... Or show it to Baralai or Gippal... Your dad, Cid, Kimahri maybe?" She asked unsurely. Rikku gave her a look that says; what-are-you-crazy?-why-should-we-do-that-and-where-did-Kimahri-come-in?-And-what-is-up-with-Baralai-and-Gippal?

Paine marveled at how expertly she just depicted the look.

"Anyway, it looks a little heavy, help me with it!" Rikku commanded, where Paine obliged. However, the moment their hands touched the crystal, they were covered in a blue flash, before being able to even scream. And whaddya know? A giant fiend happens to pass by and was also engulfed in its light...

MEANWHILE, IN KONOHA VILLAGE...

Some of the jounins had just completed a mission, the team consisting of Raidou, Genma, Kurenai and Kakashi. They are now currently in the forest, returning to Konoha and they could just about see the gate when...

CRASH!

A shrieking roar filled their ears as they spun around, to face a strange creature they have never seen before. It was a plant-like monster, extremely huge that its height rose above the trees of the forest, that somehow fell from the sky.

"What the! What the hell is that thing!" Raidou shouted, taking out kunais. The others followed suit, when the monster suddenly dashed to another direction...

"It's heading for the village!" Kurenai shouted. The four jounins chased after the fiend, and began a series of attacks. Kakashi landed on the ground after throwing a chidori at the creature, and Kurenai also landed near him.

"Kurenai..." Kakashi began, looking at her direction. She looked his way at her name being mentioned, her face showing a 'what?' look.

"Go to the village and request for reinforcements. We'll hold off here to prevent it from attacking the village," Kakashi ordered. Kurenai nodded in confirmation, and did as she was told. A few of the ninjas that was nearby began to also assist them. And then...

"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!"

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarhhhh!"

A shriek and a scream then followed the roar of the fiend, and those who heard it looked around to find the source, which came from...

The sky?

WITH RIKKU AND PAINE

"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!"

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrhhhh!"

The two shrieked and screamed, falling down at a fast rate. But, facing Sin was way more frightening than this, and they managed to try and think while falling. They saw the gigantic fiend beneath them, growing bigger in their vision as they kept nearing it at the rate of their fall. Paine looked at Rikku, and they gave a silent nod to each other as if confirming a plan.

"Demi Sword!" Paine cried out, her sword taken out as she attacked the enemy from the sky. The attack did more than damage the fiend, it also brought about a shock stop to at least break down the impact of the duo's fall. Paine jumped on the almost fallen fiend to land softly on the ground, while Rikku...

"Damn you Paine! I thought you were going to use Liquid Steel!" Rikku shouted at Paine, who was at the other side of the monster where Rikku landed. Rikku rubbed her sore butt, and stood up as she glanced around.

'A forest? Where are we? What happened to us?' She thought to herself. Her moment was cut short when the fiend rose, and a vine was heading towards the blonde's way.

"Watch out!" A voice warned, where a man shoved her from the attack range. As Rikku and this man fell, with his arm draped around her waist, the vine of the fiend rose as it went more berserk.

"T-thank you," Rikku said, helping up the brown-haired man with a bandana.

"Rikku! Are you alright?" Paine exclaimed in worry, catching up with her.

"I'm fine..." Inside her, she thought; 'That fiend is going down!' She raised up four ace cards and summoned an attack.

"Attack Reels!" She cried out, the spinning slot dealing a physical attack on the fiend, finishing it off. The creature, defeated, faded away. The ninjas that were there stared in awe, as more ninjas came from the village and tried to figure out what happened. Then they all looked at the two strange women.

"Uh... Hi?" Paine greeted awkwardly, she and Rikku getting uncomfortable from the stares. Some of the male ninjas were gawking at their unusual outfits, some drooling even.

"Rikku?"

"Yeah?"

"I told you we should've gotten that thing reported first!"

TSUZUKU