Strangers
AN: I own nothing in this story. Please R&R.
Yuffie Kisaragi was ecstatic. She had just "borrowed" some Materia from the Turks and couldn't wait to try it out. She absorbed the orb and cast the spell. A huge beam of light shot out from her palm, piercing the clouds. Nothing seemed to happen after that; no monster appeared ready to do her bidding. "Stupid Turks and their crappy Materia!" The young ninja yelled in frustration. Just then she heard a monotone voice she knew well.
"Yuffie, what have you done?" Vincent Valentine asked. Yuffie turned towards him with a huge grin on her face.
"I don't know what you're talking about Vinnie!"
"Cut the act. It's kind of obvious when you see a beam of light shoot into the air. Now what have you done?"
"Okay so maybe I stole some Materia from the Turks, it was a dud though, nothing happened."
"You can't be sure of that. I have a feeling things are going to get worse." This caused the ninja to roll her eyes.
"Whatever, Vinnie. Now let's go get some booze from Tifa!" Vincent sighed heavily but followed after his friend.
A few hours later Reno, Elena, Rude, and Tseng were investigating some high energy reports. The readings matched that of the top secret Materia they had found shortly after the Geostigma incident.
"I can't wait to beat up who ever stole from us." Reno said excitedly, his hands gripping his Electro Mag Rod tightly.
"Just don't jump the gun Reno." Rude muttered in his deep voice.
"Don't warn him Rude, you know that never works." Elena replied.
"Can it Laney! At least I can fight well and know how to keep secrets from the enemy!"
"That's enough." Tseng's commanding tone cut through the argument. "Let's just investigate and head back to headquarters." The four Turks walked towards the source of the energy readings but stopped when they heard voices.
"Aoshi-sama, where are we?"
"I don't know, Misao."
"It was probably my baka denshi's fault."
"Shisou."
"I bet Saito had something to do with it."
"Your stupidity never ceases to amaze me, moron."
"Hey, shut up or I'll break your jaw."
"Not in a million years." Reno looked through his binoculars at the group. Five men and a girl were in the clearing up ahead. The girl had black hair and blue eyes and one long ponytail. She was dressed like a ninja. The man behind her had a white trench coat on and a long katana was held behind his back. One man dressed in a white gi and a red headband was glaring at another man dressed in blue with a katana at his side. A short man dressed in a red gi was trying to calm the younger man down. He also had a sword strapped to his side and a cross shaped scar on his left cheek. The final member of this odd group was sitting calmly and drinking out of a huge jug by his side, a katana in a wooden sheath not far from his fingers. Suddenly four of the men glared at where the Turks were hidden.
"What are you guys staring at?" The man in the karate gi asked.
"We're being watched Sano." Just then Reno leapt at the group. Before he could even land on the ground he was unconscious. Rude then ran in with fists at the ready.
"Leave this guy to me, Kenshin." Sano said to the man in the red gi. Kenshin nodded and Sano and Rude locked into a grapple. "You're pretty strong, baldy but not strong enough." Sano then struck out with his right fist and Rude was forced back by the strength of the blow. Recovering, he started running towards Sano when he felt another blow that seemed to come from inside his body. The bald Turk slumped to the ground, unconscious. "Sorry pal, I never told you about the mastery of two layers." Elena and Tseng then appeared with handguns drawn.
"Don't move." Tseng ordered the strangers. Kenshin then thrust his sword into the ground before Tseng or Elena could even fire.
"Doryusen!" A stream of rocks shot up from the blow and knocked out the two remaining Turks.
"You call that a properly executed Doryusen, baka?"
"Lay off him Hiko. I didn't see you helping out!" Sano yelled at the 13th master of Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu.
"I don't waste my time with weaklings like that, bird head." Hiko replied, taking another drink of his sake.
"We need to figure out where we are instead of arguing." Kenshin put in.
"Let's wait for these fools to wake up, I'll interrogate them." Saito smirked, lighting another cigarette.
