Ok, this is my first stab at an FF fanfic. Please don't be too hard on me. Please R&R. And I own none of the FF VII characters. The only character in this story that I own is the one introduced in this chapter. Now, on with the story.


It was a normal day in Midgar. Normal, that is, for everyone who lived above the plate. On this particular day, a girl by the name of Shina Higachi; an 18-year-old from the sector 7 slums(in my story, it has been rebuilt so please no flaming); was walking along the streets, looking at all the places that she could go and wondering just where it was that she would stop to eat when she found the perfect spot and went in. (Just think of something that they would have that she would eat, 'kay? I'm kinda new to the fanfic world so I kinda suck at some points. does anime nervous laugh heh heh heh. Sorry. OH! And here's a description on Shina: long, blood red hair that goes to her waist but is tied back in a high pony tail, a black shirt that now showed her 'midriff' (I think that's how you spell it) that says "Babygirl" in gothic like writing (color choice is yours), hip-hugger jeans, and black heeled boots. Now back to the story.)

When she was done eating, Shina paid for her food and left the restaurant. (Let' just say it's that, shall we?) She wandered around for a bit, stopping at a few places here and there. One particular place that she stopped at was an arcade. (I don't know if they really have any arcades above the plate in Midgar so I'm just gonna say they do.)
Even if she was 18, she still loved to play a lot of the games that they had there. One in particular was DDR.

"Sweet! They have DDR! I haven't played that in forever!"she said to herself as she dug around in her pockets for some change and upon finding some went to put it in. She played by herself the first few times. When she was about to put some more money in, a girl with purple hair (with her bangs being striped red), a pair of faded blue jeans and a dark blue shirt that said "If You Don't Like My Attitude, You'd Better Start Running" in sparkling light blue letters came up and asked, "Do want someone to challenge?"

Shina responded with a smile, "Sure. Hop up."(I know, Lameness. Again: I am new at this!)
The girl gets on the platform next to Shina and says (while putting her own change into the thing), "BTW, my name's Shyao. What's yours?"

"My name's Shina." "Good luck, Shina." "You too."With that, they turn their attention to the game and start dancing to the songs "Simple and Clean", "Tsugaru",and "underscore". (I'm letting the title of the last song be up to you.)
When they were done, the winner - by 10,000 points -was Shina.
"Wow, Shina! You're really good at this." Shyao commented.
"Thanks." Shina said, blushing a little. "You're not that bad yourself, Shyao." "Thanks. Wanna go again?" Shyao asked.
"No thanks."Shina said, wishing she could stay longer. "I only have three more days here and then I gotta go home."

"Oh. Well, maybe I can come and visit you sometime. Where do you live?" "Uh…ummm…er…" Shina stammered, wondering just how to word it. "I… liveintheSector7slums."

"Oh!" Shyao says surprised. "Ok. Well, see ya 'round, Shina." and with that, Shyao walked off to find something else to play.

Shina, knowing that she would probably never see Shyao again, left the arcade to wander around the town some more.
After 3 hours of wandering and looking at stuff, Shina decided to go back to the Inn she was staying at that week.

On her way there, she walked with her head down and accidentally bumped into someone.

"Hey! Watch where you're goin', punk." said the man she bumped into and then walked off.

'Jeez! Rude much?' thought Shina as she continued walking back to the Inn.
She almost ran into someone again but looked up at the last second and moved so he could pass. She saw that the man had on a red attire (you know, red hat and jacket?) and carried a gun at his waist.

"Excuse me." he said as he passed her. She nodded and watched him for a few seconds before continuing on her way.

A few moments later, the sound of the man in red and someone else talking reached her ears. (She has sharper hearing than any normal human being.)

"Hey! I've been looking all over for you. You're supposed to look for this girl." the one said as he pulled out a picture of someone. "Have you seen her at all?"

"Nope." the other replied. "Where's she supposed to be?" "Above the plate. They checked the slums and there was no sign of her. We're all up here looking for her."

"Wait a minute!" the second one exclaims after looking at the picture more closely. "I think IHAVE seen her!"

"Really? Where?" The man that Shina almost ran into turns around and points behind him. "Back there somewhere."

"Well, let's if we can catch-up to her." With that, the two men run in Shina's direction and upon spotting her shout, "HALT!" Shina doesn't turn around and keeps on walking, but she does when she hears their footsteps coming closer to her. She pretty much freaks and starts to run.

"Get back here!" she hears one of them say but doesn't stop.
After running for twenty minutes, she turns into an alleyway only to find that it's a dead end. She hears the footsteps of the men getting closer and panics.

"SHIT! What do I do? What do I do?"


Well, that's where I'm leaving ya. Till next time, SailorEris: Senshi of discord and chaos.
BEWARE MY WRATH!