Time: This actually takes place before the whole story, probably pretty soon after Kairi was adopted. Thought you guys might enjoy a little history between these two.
Warnings: Slight pre-femslash
Parings: pre Kairi/Yuffie

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"Okay Kair, Concentrate, you can do this." a redheaded girl whispered to herself, taking deep breaths, eyes closed and concentrating on the task at hand. She motioned for the music to start, and mentally counted for the start of her routine.

Briefly, she caught a glance at the panel of head cheerleaders sitting in front of her, ready to judge her performance. This was something she had always wanted, she remembered looking at old pictures of her real mom in her high school days and had wanted to be exactly like her. None of that changed after the shipwreck had killed her parents and left her washed ashore on Destiny Island.

She started her routine, full of kicks she had worked on for hours and stunts she had down to near perfection. The whole time her mind was focused on her mom, what she would say to encourage her daughter, that if she could she would be there watching.

The routine ended with her stretched out on the mat in a perfect split, panting and looking up at the older girls expectantly. Unfortunately, she couldn't really tell if they were impressed or not, except for one girl with short black hair who was nodding up and down enthusiastically.

"I like this one!" She proclaimed, poking the brunet next to her.

"I don't know," the other girl said, "She's pretty sloppy on some of her moves."

"You were too when you first started." the first girl said sharply, "Besides, I'll work with her and I think she can be a great asset."

Kairi was a little unsure of what to do, she wasn't used to people talking about her like she wasn't there. She stood awkwardly and waited patiently while they debated. Finally, after what seemed like forever Yuffie looked up with an ever brighter smile.

"Welcome to the team then!"

Kairi almost didn't believe it, but when it sank in she thanked them all greatly and walked out, compeletly happy.

"Hey, Kairi right?"

She turned around to see the black haired cheerleader coming after her.

"My names Yuffie! You might have heard me on the radio. I'm going to be helping you learn the moves a little better, but honestly I think you did a fantastic job, so many times people go into auditions unprepared, but you were great!"

The redhead smiled at the hyper girl, and as the two walked off chattering happily, Kairi hoped that they could become good friends, there was just something special about her.