This girl was sixteen years old, had black hair and dark eyes. She wore a dark green shirt with white shorts and a blue bandana. Her name was Yuffie Kisaragi.
Yuffie seemed to be carrying a four-spiked boomerang as her weapon, which was called a Shuriken, and she was a highly skilled ninja, though not many would have guessed it by her appearance.
Yuffie charged forwards to attack the startled group, clearly thinking them harmless, and she must have prayed on other travellers as well.
Seeing that there was no chance of taking the girl out of this fight, Cloud drew his sword in front of it, and the others also readied their weapons as the girl prepared to strike.
The girl suddenly lowered her Shuriken and grabbed at it with her hand, and Cloud was mystified for a moment, until he realised that she was reaching for a Materia that was attached to the Shuriken, and Cloud knew this could mean nothing good.
Green light suddenly burst from the ground at Yuffie's feet as she grasped a Materia equipped on her shuriken, which had flared to life with a bright green glow, and Cloud's belief was soon confirmed.
Circles of flames suddenly appeared out of nowhere around each of them and struck them all, giving them all many burns and injuries in an instant, and then the flames vanished.
Tifa, Aeris, Barret and Red XIII all fell to the ground in pain, while Cloud winced from the burns and stumbled, rather surprised. Yuffie was a lot tougher than she looked.
Although injured with several painful burns, Cloud quickly charged towards Yuffie, who was clearly started to see that he was still standing, and this caught her off-guard, as Cloud raised his sword and swung it at Yuffie, slashing at her arm and causing a wound in it.
Yuffie screamed in pain and fear, her arm rapidly bleeding, and she fell to the ground, unconscious, and didn't move at all, her arm still bleeding badly from its wound.
"Just who is that kid?" asked Tifa, bewildered.
"Cloud, do you know her?" asked Aeris.
Cloud shook his head. Although she had been quickly beaten, Yuffie certainly had a lot of potential and skill in battle, Cloud noticed.
Cloud, Tifa, Aeris, Barret and Red XIII healed their burns and injuries with potions. Barret was still cursing with rage, however, and he might well have attacked Yuffie right there if Cloud hadn't restrained him in time.
Apparently not angry whatsoever, Aeris knelt down in front of Yuffie, who still laid unconscious on the field, and chanted to herself, and green light suddenly appeared around Yuffie, fully healing Yuffie's sword wound.
Cloud recognized Aeris' healing technique as the same one she used to help him after he fell from the reactor bridge and when Corneo's lackeys had shot him, but it still never ceased to impress him all the same, and the others were also looking on in amazement and awe.
Aeris stood back up, as Yuffie quickly regained conscious, and noticing Cloud and the others standing around her, she sprang up at once, surprised and stunned.
"Man…I can't believe that I just lost…" muttered Yuffie, shaking her head. She turned to face Cloud, angrily.
"You spiky-headed jerk! One more time, come on, let's go, one more time!" shouted Yuffie, clenching her fists and swinging them at thin air. Cloud merely snorted.
"Not interested, kid. I don't know what you're doing way out here in these fields, but this time you picked the wrong guy to mess with," said Cloud, getting bored.
"I am NOT a kid! I'm Yuffie Kisaragi of Wutai, Master Materia Hunter of the world! So just give it up before I have to pound you into oatmeal, you stupid big moron! Thinking of running away? Stay and fight, I say! Come on then, what's the matter? You're pretty scared of me, huh?" said Yuffie, sniggering triumphantly.
"Petrified…" muttered Cloud, sarcastically.
Yuffie missed the sarcasm and smirked.
"Just as I thought. Well, what would you expect, with my skills? Good luck to you guys too. If you feel up to it, we can go another round some time. Anyways, see ya later! I'm really going to leave now…" said Yuffie, starting to walk away.
"Hey, wait a second!" protested Cloud, surprisingly the others by stopping her, as he ran in front of her and stopped her in her tracks.
Yuffie stopped walking at once, and raised an eyebrow, looking rather surprised but not annoyed, and the others walked over to them. Glancing at them all curiously and suspiciously, Yuffie finally spoke up.
"What is it? You all still have something for me? So is that it then? I know! You all want my help and company now because I'm so good! You all want me to go with you…isn't that right?" asked Yuffie.
"That's right," replied Cloud, nodding, surprised by how quickly Yuffie seemed to have guessed it.
He thought that Yuffie's skills might just come in handy for their journey later on. Yuffie nodded thoughtfully, looking around at them all.
"I thought so. You've all put me in quite a tight spot, that's for sure. What should I do now then, I wonder? Well…if you guys really want me to come that bad, then I can't refuse! Alright, I'll go with you!" declared Yuffie, looking quite pleased at the prospect of going with them for some reason.
Cloud and Aeris were both glad about her joining them, while Tifa was a little more doubtful and suspicious of Yuffie but otherwise wasn't really complaining, and Red XIII didn't seem too pleased about her joining up with them but he would tolerate it with no problems it seemed.
Barret, however, was completely against Yuffie going with them, having quickly developed a strong sense of dislike for the young ninja, and Yuffie clearly disliked him as well, and soon both Cloud and Aeris had to step in before an argument could brake out between Yuffie and Barret.
Eventually, Cloud and Aeris managed to talk Barret round, and he reluctantly agreed to Yuffie coming with them, though Cloud could tell that there would still be a good deal of dislike and trouble between the two, as Barret and Yuffie glared at each other, each ready to fight the other. Cloud decided to take action, and stepped forwards.
"Let's hurry on. We've got to get to Junon soon, so let's just get going now," said Cloud.
The others, except Yuffie, all nodded and started to continue their journey across the fields towards Junon, leaving Yuffie behind for a bit, until she quickly ran after them, caught off guard by their abrupt departure.
"Hey, wait! Hey, wait up! Wait for me!" shouted Yuffie, and soon enough she caught up with them, and the unique group of six warriors continued on their journey to save the Planet.
Cloud, Tifa, Aeris, Barret, Red XIII and Yuffie all headed straight for Junon, still travelling across the vast fields, and they would all arrive there fairly soon.