Well folks, this took a while to figure this chapter out plot wise... Mainly because of the things I wanted for it not blending too well with getting her into a fight this chapter to show her capabilities off.

Well, anyway, I've actually got a question for you at the end of his body, and it'll be spoilers for who I'm adding to this story.

Well then let this chapter finally begin.

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[Vale: Juniors bar]

"Welcome miss." A black suited man said stopping a woman by the door, "What brings you here?"

The woman in question had black hair that reached almost to her knee's, she wore a blue dress that was held up by the frilled collar on her neck and left her arms and back completely bare, it was split at the hip on the sides of her legs, she wore detached sleeves that started slightly above her elbows, held there by bands decorated with black feather, and ending at her wrists, though had triangular covering on the back of her hands. she wore black stocking's that reached halfway up her thighs under black heel's and jointed leg armor that didn't go past those stockings. On her shoulders were pale brown tattoo's that were filled circles with sidings that hooked around and made an point downward, on her back was another tattoo with another filled circle, this one surrounded by wing designs and once more a point aiming down her back.

"I'm here to gather rumors." The woman said, "After all, the best place to gather rumors is establishments like this."

The man at the door chuckled, "True enough lady, don't cause any trouble in there." he said opening the door.

"How can I? I have no weapons." The woman said walking inside.

The woman walked over to the bar and sat down at one of the stools.

"What are you after?" The bartender asked.

"Something light." The woman said, "I'm after information and I'd rather not be out of my normal mind."

The bartender nodded, and stepped away to look through the stock. Meanwhile the man she sat next to turned to her, the owner of the Bar, Junior.

"What kind of information are you after?" Junior asked the woman.

"Rumors." The woman said, "Big ones, mainly of events around the city."

"Good luck with that." Junior said, he was about to speak up until the door opened once more to reveal an orange haired man in a white suit walking up to him, "You're not with the cops are you?"

"No." The woman said, "I'm just gathering information."

"You'd better keep your word on that." Junior said turning to the new man that walked straight toward him.

The woman was silent as her drink arrived, she wasn't much for alcohol, but to blend in she chose something to help with that. The woman paused a moment to check the drink in case it was spiked, to which it wasn't.

The woman learned the man in question was Roman Torchwick, a notorious criminal in Vale, asking for Juniors men for a job. Junior told Roman that all the men he could spare were out at the moment and they'd be back in a week. Roman told him that would be fine and with that Junior pulled out his Scroll and sent the message a group of men as Roman left.

Moment's later a blonde girl sat down next to Junior and asked for a Strawberry Sunrise.

Said girl then proceeded to grab Junior by the nuts and demand information on a woman, it was then the Woman looked over to the Scroll in the woman's hand. A woman with Red eyes and hip length black hair in a wedding dress, most likely not a recent photo.

"How 'bout you miss?" The blonde asked the woman, "Do you know her?"

The woman shook her head, "I don't, but I'll keep an eye out for her if you'd like." The woman said.

The blonde let go of Junior and put away her Scroll before holding out her hand, "Thanks, my names Yang by the way. Yang Xiao Long."

The woman took Yang hand a shook it, "Shanoa." She said.

"Hey!" Junior shouted, "Don't think you can ignore me after doing that without apologizing."

"I wouldn't Junior." Shanoa said, "This girl can trounce you easily."

"Yeah right." Junior said.

"Oh Junior, I was just playing with you!" Yang teased, "Don't be so sensitive! Come on, lets kiss and make up, okay?"

"Huh?" Junior asked, "Uh... Okay." With that Junior leaned in as Yang did so herself, only for her to suddenly punch Juniors head and send him flying.

"You realize you have a bar full of henchmen to fight now." Shanoa said.

"It's just more fun then." Yang said activating her weapons, Ember Celica.

"I can't let you fight this many all on your own." Shanoa said standing up from her seat, "Not in good conscious at least."

With that Yang slammed her fist on the ground, scattering several goons while a small group approached Shanoa.

At that moment, the tattoo's on her body changed, on the shoulders the filled circle's lost coloring in the vague shape of a rapier, and on the back the filled circle lost coloring in the shape of a pair of wings.

One of the goons rushed toward Shanoa sword raised, only for Shanoa to thrust out her hand, a rapier of pale blue light forming in her hands to deflect the sword, and another appeared in her other hand to strike him, knocking the rather weakly trained goon to the ground.

"The hell?" Another goon asked before Shanoa lunged at them, letting loose a flurry of stabs and strikes at the goon, knocking them down and across each other.

Shanoa then dispelled her weapons as her tattoo's changed, the rapiers turning into broadswords, this time in Shanoa's hands appeared a pair of broad swords that Shaona used to break the weapons of a pair of goons trying to attack her from behind before rolling behind them and sweeping their legs from under them.

Shanoa then noticed a pair of girls, one in white and one in red, double teaming Yang, Shanoa's left shoulder changed into the shape of a knife before Shanoa created a dagger in her left hand an physically threw it at the woman in white, hitting her tailbone.

"Ah!" The woman, Melanie Malachite, cried out feeling the dagger and glaring at Shanoa.

Shanoa waited as Melanie charged at her before the left shoulder glyph changed into a hammer , and Shanoa ran forward for a brief moment before falling into a slid that tripped Melaine and sending her face first to the ground, followed by Shanoa forming a black hammer in her left hand and slammed in into Melanie, knocking her out.

Shanoa then looked up to see Yang's hair was aflame and her lilac eyes had turned red, she then noticed the hole in the front of the building.

"What happened?" Shanoa asked.

"Junior tore out some of my hair." Yang growled before she left the building.

Shanoa took one last look around the bar, and the knocked out goons across the floor.

'I don't think I'll call the police.' Shanoa thought, 'After all, these guy's do have a meeting with Roman soon.'

With that Shanoa stepped out of the building, the symbol on her back glowing for a moment before black feathered wings formed from the tattoo with purple light glowing from the wings themselves.

A single flap of the wings and Shanoa was flying across Vale.

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Honestly, I'm sorry if this wasn't the best show of Shanoa's abilities, but she's got a lot and I didn't want to show them all off just yet.

Anyway no riddle for this next one so... Maria Renard...

Can someone, in PM, tell me where on Youtube I can find her moveset in Rondo of Blood? I've sussed out her abilities in Symphony of the Night (Both the Saturn and the PSP version) but I can't find a video of her using the Egg and Songbook.

Anyway I hope to all god you people enjoyed this and I'll see you next time for Maria's Trailer.

EDIT: I'd like to apologize for the people who got completely smashed in their inboxes and couldn't read the chapter for their life. The FF site fucked up so the first time I posted it wouldn't go up... Much like very story on January 29th from 5 PM to 11 PM.

Then when I went to repost it, it would say there's two chapters but wouldn't let access to that second chapter happen.

Again, sorry, but it's the site's fault.