Prologue:

She stood towards the edge of the field. Looking on, staring at her, was a man of 21 with spiky yellow hair, a beautiful girl dressed in pink and a strange red-haired creature who resembled a panther or some type of other big cat. However, it was the spiky-headed guy who interested her most.

Cloud stared at the strange looking ninja. There was something about her that intrigued him, but at the same time made her look suspicious. Standing near her wsa a beautiful, shining Save Point. He began racing towards it, then something struck him and he stopped himself. He headed towards the ninja instead. As he approached her, she started up again. She figured she would test him and started egging him on for another round at battle.

"Boy, what an odd one," Cloud thought. "Doesn't she realize that it's over?"

He answered that he wasn't interested. She just didn't seem to want to stop, though, asking him if he was afraid of her.

"I don't have time for this," Cloud thought. He looked over at his comrades, knowing that they too were getting rather tired of this.

"Petrified," Cloud answered, hoping that maybe if he played along, she'd go away. At first it seemed like she would. She began to ran off, then suddenly turned around.

Yuffie: "I'm really gonna leave! REALLY!"

"What a headache," Cloud thought. Suddenly, another thought struck him. "You know, she was rather strong. She could be useful." He decided to shout out before she could run away. "Wait a second!"

He ran up towards her with the others and explained to her his idea of her going with them.

Yuffie was impressed. This group was smarter than she ever could have hoped. Things were going exactly as planned.

Yuffie: "I know you want my help because I'm so good! You want me to go with you?"

Cloud agreed. The ninja seemed to hesitate for a bit. Just what was it now? Finally...

Yuffie: "... I can't refuse... All right! I'll go with you!"

Glad to be done with that business, Cloud began to run off. "Let's hurry on," he said. Now Yuffie was peeved. But she wasn't about to stop now. Almost talking to herself, she told them that her name was Yuffie. Then, definitely to herself, "Heh heh...... just as I planned. Now all I have to do is... a little this... and a little that....... nyuk, nyuk, nyuk......"