R&R longer note at the end

"Swift as a bird she travels through the shadows, unseen, silent as a mouse" the girl said through her headset "Loved by her peers the lone star shines brightest, she blends in with all crowds, an enigma".

"What the hell are you going on about?" came a gruff male voice.

"Can we please have quiet on the radio agent grumpy" The girl replied as she continued her rambling "She had come too far to give up now, no door would stop her, no crowd would block her path. Her role was yet to be played and she was going to make it the most epic arrival you have ever seen".

"Can we just get this over with?" came a calmer male voice this time "Are you in positions yet?"

"Almost agent black pants" she replied smiling at her own invention of code names "Agent shades? Agent goofball? Places?"

"In the crowd already" a new voice came over the radio "Also stop calling me goofball already".

"No can do Agent goofball" she said chuckling to herself as she hid in the rafters "We all agreed on these code names before the operation began".

"Remind me again" another male voice said this one sounding more serious than the previous one "What was it called again?"

"I'm glad you asked Agent shades" The girl said with a grin as the roar of a crowd beneath her began to pick up "The name is operation crash the balloon chested don's party".

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Tifa and Vincent sat in one of the waiting rooms inside the coliseum, Vincent paced the room as Tifa sat with her forehead resting against her fingers. She had told Vincent about the coliseum and the prize money saying she would compete, hearing the story of what had happened he had agreed to go along with it. Needing to blow off some steam of his own, they had won two matches so far and had been informed there would only be one more for the night.

"Contestants Tifa and Vincent please come to the arena" came a cool female voice over the PA system that had been rigged up throughout the rooms, Vincent stopped pacing as he looked to Tifa who slowly looked up smiling.

"Let's do this" she said as she stood up following Vincent out walking toward the ring, the gatekeeper smiled as they approached. Unlocking the large metal gates, he pushed them open as the two entered the arena the roar of the crowd was deafening as the pair looked around. This was the last round the prize money was within their reach looking across the ring they saw the gates on the other side begin to shake, Tifa's instincts heightened as her muscles tightened she was ready for whatever they were going to throw at her.

As the gates opened the two aw a pair of glowing red eyes, a low growling as the black form of a behemoth appeared. Red lightning charged between its two large black horns, Vincent looked to Tifa as she nodded confident. The air horn sounded indicating the beginning of the round. Tifa ran to the left side sizing the behemoth up as its blood red eyes locked onto Vincent, he smirked as he drew is gun firing off some shots keeping it on him.

Tifa ran round spotting numerous weak spots, focusing hard she jumped off a wall putting all her power in her legs as she jumped off the wall driving both her feet into its left back leg. The behemoth growled in pain as Vincent charged forward firing a few more shots off before reloading, this was harder than their previous fights as the crowd roared in excitement.

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Jessie and the others smiled as they followed the don's subordinates through the underground tunnels to the contestant's area for the coliseum, they could hear the crowd roar as they sat down in one of the waiting rooms. Through the PA system they heard the announcement that after a hard fought battle the team of Tifa and Vincent had won.

"Good they made it" Jessie said smirking "Seems our deal will pay off after all". Biggs and Wedge smiled as they checked their weapons, Jessie had made a deal with the don for a special match to be added. Stretching as she yawned Jessie looked to the door, they just had to wait for a while and then it would be over. Beat them unconscious here then take them back to the boss, then make sure the don gets a huge pay day, the perfect and easy deal.

The silver haired guard walked through the arena headed to the waiting room where Tifa and Vincent currently sat, he sighed knowing what he had to do. He was ordered to inform them that they weren't going to earn their money until they won the next match, knocking slowly he opened the door and entered as they both looked up, Tifa wrapping a bandage on her arm a small scratch where she had mistimed her dodge from the behemoth's claw.

"Bad news" He said as he closed the door "The don has added a special match to tonight's programme, you two did so well that she couldn't resist".

"Are you kidding me?" Tifa asked as she stood a little angry "We just went through that dangerous fight and now we have to do another fight?"

"Like I said, the don made the choice not me" He said looking around to make sure that the cameras weren't on as he pulled out two small gas masks out of his bag handing them over to them "Listen, put these on when the time is right. You'll know when it is, if they ask tell them Leslie helped you out and he'll catch up when he can".

"What is this about?" Vincent asked confused as he took it, the man named Leslie didn't respond he just smiled as he left, Vincent looked to Tifa shrugging.

"He seemed nice enough, I trust him" Tifa said, before Vincent could respond the PA announced they needed to return to the ring. Nodding at each other they hid the gas masks making their way back into the ring to the roar of the crowd, the sides covered in scratch marks from the previous bout.

"Our reigning champions have returned" came a female voice, Tifa looked up seeing the blonde hair and red dress of the don "Since they have done so well I have decided that we need a bonus match, it just so happens that tonight three people came to me and offered to compete. I am not one to deny anyone who wishes to fight so here they are". Tifa and Vincent turned as the gates opened, a look of anger and shock crossed both Tifa and Vincent's faces as they saw the three who walked in.

"Well isn't this a nice surprise" came the smug voice of the brown haired girl from the bar "Looks like we get our rematch already". Tifa's muscles tightened again, she had been wanting this, a chance at revenge. The two men flanked her smiling as Vincent drew his gun ready for a fight, Scarlet smiled from the VIP box at the top end of the ring.

"Let the ba…" she began before getting cut off as small white balls landed in the box and in the ring, the guards with Scarlet rushed forwards to protect her.

"Sorry to crash the party but we came with a message" came a playful female voice echoing around the spacious arena as everyone looked around confused "Don Scarlet, we are taking back what you stole but first, we are going to ruin your little show and it all starts with a bang".

So don Scarlet has some crimes to pay for and seems a mysterious group is going to make sure she does. Well that's all well and good but what about our heroes? Will they have to fight the three pursuers here? Will they get dragged into someone else's schemes? Will they be able to survive? Well stay around for chapter eleven and maybe we will find out