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Ninja War

"We won! We won! We won!" Genis and Zelos chanted as the team made their way back to their break room.

"Lloyd…you have redeemed yourself…" Presea silently praised the twin swordsman.

"It's all here!" Lloyd laughed, patting his pocket that kept the prize money.

"Yes!" Regal agreed, "Let's treat ourselves at the Altamira resort tonight."

"You're so great Lloyd!" Colette said proudly.

"Ahahaha, it was nothing," Lloyd laughed nervously, "Zelos and Raine did most of the work anyways."

"Of course, if it wasn't for me, we would have lost the first match!" Raine replied nonchalantly.

"Professor…but Lloyd did a lot too right?" Colette insisted, "I mean…he was the one taking all the blows and—."

"Dying," Raine finished in a superior tone, "Very heroic, I don't deny that, but exceptionally foolish and useless. Humph! How utterly unreliable! Attacking without thinking! Complete lack of awareness for the consequences!"

"I-I…" Lloyd was speechless. He had expected Raine to say Oh no! Lloyd's the hero or something along that line, but never to criticize him!

"Mark my words girls!" Raine addressed Colette and Presea, "Don't ever fall for this kind of man. He'll just end up dying early and leaving you with a mountain of debt."

"Understood…" Presea reflected.

"By the way," Regal spoke amidst Genis and Zelos's chanting, "Where is Sheena?"

"Hmm, I'm starting to get worried as well," Raine agreed, "She went out to gather information and haven't returned since."

"I hope nothing bad—" Colette began. But suddenly seven figures appeared in a blinding flash. One of them, a swordsman, Cless, was holding the Eternal Sword. Evidently, they had just teleported.

"Your friend is with us," Cless replied silently, revealing Sheena, who was gagged, and bound with thick ropes.

"We won! We won! We won! You lost! You lost! You lost! Haha suckers!" Genis and Zelos chanted upon seeing Team Phantasia.

"Genis! Zelos! Don't enrage them!" Raine warned. Her voice was urgent and her staff was raised.

"What do you guys want?" Lloyd demanded drawing his blades, "Return our friend!"

"Relax," a tiny ninja in red appeared amongst Team Phantasia, "We meant no harm. I shall release your friend immediately."

The red ninja drew out a small knife. And in one swift move, Sheena's ropes were cut. Sheena, shamefaced and terrified, backed quickly away from Team Phantasia.

"Now that we've returned your friend, will you be civil enough to put away your weapons?" Klarth replied, slightly annoyed by Genis and Zelos's chanting, "And would the two idiots over there put a sock in it!"

"Let us talk in the break room," Chester said, where we won't be overheard.


"YOU GUYS ARE WHAT?!" All of Team Symphonia exclaimed when Team Phantasia had elaborated on all the mystery surrounding them. They are in the break room, all seated in a circle.

"Yes, we are from the future," Mint confirmed

"A-And Suzu?" Sheena asked tentatively.

"I am your descendent, Suzu Fujibayashi," Suzu answered monotonously.

"We used the power of the Eternal Sword to travel here," Klarth said, "That's why we are also in possession of an Eternal Sword."

"B-But Why?" Genis blurted out.

"Well…when we got here, we found out that there is a competition held here, so we decided to enter and test our skills," Cless said.

"That's not true," Arche muttered under her breath, "You know perfectly why! You lost all our money buying all those useless junk that we never used!" Chester nudged Arche hard on the ribs.

"It's Arche's fault," Chester explained, "She was tempering with the sword and somehow teleported us all here."

"Hey!" Arche cried indignantly, "If it weren't for you eating my late night cookies, I wouldn't have needed going back in time to get them back!"

"You! Don't blame others for your mistakes," Chester retorted.

"Cookie stealer!"

"I can't believe you used the sword just to get back some cookies…" Chester shook his head, "What an idiot!"

"Stop saying cookies! You're making me hungry…" Arche groaned, "It's all your fault!"

"Would you like me to bake you some cookies?" Raine offered, her eyes lighting up, "I know! We can make them together!"

"Yeah! Sure!" Arche agreed enthusiastically, "Let's start baking right now!"

"Ummm, Raine…I don't think this is a good idea…" Genis began.

"Oh no, you will not Arche!" Chester exclaimed urgently, "I absolutely forbid you to cook! Everything you touch turns into poison!"

"Don't look down at me!" Raine announced, grinning manically, "All the spices and foods! Just imagine the different combinations!"

"Don't get all high and mighty just because you have some inborn talents," Arche waved a threatening finger at Chester, "Mint has been teaching me culinary arts and I daresay my skill surpasses that of yours."

"It's useless to stop them…" Klarth observed.

"Ah well, I'll go out and buy some life bottles…" Sheena sighed as she prepared to vaporize into smoke.

"Wait!" the tiny red ninja suddenly spoke up, "As your descendent, Suzu Fujibayashi, I request a battle with you!"

"Me!" Sheena said, surprised.

"Yes," Suzu replied silently, "I wish to test my strength against the person our people had revered as a legendary hero of our ninja clan."

"I-I-I…" Sheena stuttered, "Alright! I accept your challenge!"

"Let us begin" Suzu said coldly, and without a word, she disappeared, only to reappear above Sheena, her daggers raised.

"Crow Blade!" Suzu cried as she dove down.

"Guardian Seal!" Green light burst forth and enveloped Sheena, protecting her from Suzu's daggers.

"My turn!" Sheena cried as she took out her cards, "Demon Seal!" Her move struck the unexpected Suzu hard on the back blasting the little ninja away in a display of blackish red light. However, Suzu caught herself in midair and did a back somersault.

"Merciless Thunder!" Suzu shouted as she threw a sword at Sheena's feet. Lightning burst forth from the sky and connected with the sword.

"Ahh!" Sheena cried as the force blew her back.

"Flare Blitz!" Suzu didn't let up, "Flare Blitz! Flare Blitz!"

Countless fireballs flew towards Sheena, who could only pull her arms up to protect her face.

"Hell Rush!" Suzu landed and immediately charged forward, not giving Sheena a chance to retaliate.

Ha! Here's my chance! Sheena thought.

"Cyclone Seal!" Sheena cried. Green light encircled the attacking red ninja.

"Gah!" Suzu clenched her jaws as the light bore her up into the sky, converged in a blinding flash, and disappeared, leaving Suzu falling down to the ground.

"Life Seal!" Sheena cried, striking the red ninja as she fell, "AAND Pyre Seal!"

Before Suzu could register what had happened, she was blown across the ground by a tremendous force and landed in a heap. Yet, she stood up almost immediately, her face still emotionless.

"Keh…looks like I'm fighting a robot…" Sheena complained, "She definitely does not have the cheerful side of my genes…"

"Mirror Image!" Suzu cried. The little ninja split into two identical copies and charged at Sheena.

"Hey! That's not fair! I can't do that!" Sheena cried as now two red ninjas came slashing at her.

"Serpent Seal Pinion!" Sheena shouted throwing two spell cards in attempt to slow down the two targets. Her attack worked, but the two ninjas quickly jumped back.

"Not a chance!" the two ninja converged back into one, "Omega Tempest!"

Suzu slashed at Sheena again; this time with the power of wind in her blade. But Sheena was ready.

Right at that moment, Sheena's body started emitting a dark aura—overlimit mode!

"I call upon the maiden of the mist…." Sheena recited, taking Suzu's blow without flinching.

"I summon Jiraiya!" Suzu cried, doing her best to interrupt Sheena's summon. A gigantic yellow frog fell down from the sky.

"Attack!" Suzu commanded as the frog began breathing fire at Sheena.

"Humph! Your puny frog won't be a match against my summon!" Sheena boasted, "I summon thee! Undine!"

The sky darkened as a woman with long purplish blue hair appear beside Sheena—the spirit Undine! Undine raised one of her hands as geysers erupted from the ground, extinguishing Jiraiya's flames and striking Suzu.

"Damn!" Suzu breathed as a gigantic column of water burst forth from below her.

The steam from the extinguished fire covered the entire battle field as both Team Symphonia and Phantasia waited with baited breath as to who will come out victorious.

"Haha! I won!" Sheena cried out amidst the fog.

"Y-You…haven't…won…yet…" Suzu huffed, out of breath and tired, "Hell Rush!" Suzu charged forward. However, she was slower this time, due to fatigue and the excessive damages taken.

"Demon Seal!" Sheena cried, dodging with ease and striking Suzu squarely on the chest. Suzu, caught of guard, was blown back 50 feet.

"Crow Blade!" Suzu didn't let up. However, her movements, again, were slow. Sheena dodged the little ninja gracefully and unleashed yet another Demon Seal on Suzu.

"I summon Jiraiya!" Suzu announced as the gigantic yellow frog materialized again.

Yet again, the attack did not reach Suzu as Sheena vaporized into a cloud of smoke and reappeared behind Suzu.

"Mirage Seal Pinion! Pyre Seal!" Sheena cried, taking advantage of the opening. Suzu was blast forward like a rag doll.

"You're getting slower," Sheena teased, a look of utmost superiority on her face.

"H-How?" Suzu demanded, a look of shock on her face, "How are you able to dodge so effortlessly when we have been fighting for so long?"

"Undine," Sheena answered simply, "She healed me before she disappeared."

"I…see…" Suzu replied silently, "…very well, I forfeit the match…"

"What?!" Sheena said, astounded.

"At this rate, I cannot win," Suzu answered expressionlessly, "You win…"

Sheena tried to say something to console Suzu. But she whatever she had meant to say was drown by Zelos and Genis's irksome chanting.

"WE WON! WE WON! YOU LOST! YOU LOST!" the two screamed at the top of their lungs.

"Suzu!" Mint cried as she rushed forward, "Let me heal you!"

"Wait!" Arche said suddenly, "Suzu come with me for a sec."

"Um ok…" Suzu obliged.

"Oh no!" Chester exclaimed suddenly, "I know that look, that deranged, mad face you're making. You're up to something! Something no good no doubt. It's written all over your face!"

"Shut up! And leave us alone!" Arche retorted. Then she turned to Suzu and smiled wickedly, "I have something to discuss with you."