A/N: This is not only based on "American Ninja Warrior" but this is also a Sebusai piece where Seven takes on the final stage after completing the prior stages and wins it all – with Sice in the crowd and Seven wins more than just the prize money. Kurasame and Ace make an appearance as a married couple along with Lightning and Fang (Lightning and Fang are also married; Seven and Lightning are cousins here) who are supporting Seven. I am making good on my word to Blanc_Tide – this one's for you mate. This is the sequel to "Not an Ordinary Tournament" (this takes place five years after). Disclaimer: credits to Square Enix (as always) and the team behind the Ninja Warrior series worldwide for characters and reference. Written for entertainment only. Cheers!

Ninja Warrior

"Seven has way more balls than Ace and I put together in taking part in a competition like this, Sice. I'll be surprised as shit if she loses here after the work she's done just to get to the final stage, to tell you the truth." Kurasame tells the white haired woman, who along with his husband Ace, Seven's older cousin Lightning and her wife Fang, all came out to support the silver haired woman who is competing in the final round against the three time champion, a lad known only as Jiraya, for the 10 million gil grand prize, with the runner up only getting 500,000 gil. Sice, who has personally seen her longtime girlfriend train with Lightning, considered a key go-to with training for things like this, couldn't help but feel so nervous, knowing the type of course this is. It would be the announcer team of Jack and Tifa that brings her, and everyone else back to reality. "In the season finale of "Ninja Warrior Gran Pulse, we have the three time reigning champion Jiraya FINALLY having some competition for the 10 million gil this year in the epic climb of Mount Midoriyama!" Jack started, knowing that Tifa has the next bit of dialogue to help get the crowd revved up as well as the viewers at home excited for this event. Sice, however, keeps on looking at the lump in her pocket, knowing that she has a huge surprise for Seven regardless of how the silver haired woman fares here.

"Well...Jack, Jiraya might have met his match in Seven Farron, graduate university student originally from Rubrum in Orience. She moved to Gran Pulse to study as soon as she and her girlfriend, three time reigning Soul Calibur V champion Sice Beckham, graduated high school. Seven is not to be overlooked by anyone as she's the younger cousin of Guardian Corps Colonel Claire "Lightning" Farron, who's considered to be a highly sought after trainer for anyone who competes on this show. Seven does have her work cut out here to overthrow Jiraya as the new champion, but it's not an impossible task for her by any means. Being 5'7" tall, she has a height advantage over Jiraya, who's only 5'5". Her wingspan and reach are 70 inches, which could be a key factor in how well or not she does in the finale. Jiraya, however, has faced foes who were both taller than him that had a bigger wingspan on top of that. It'll be interesting to see who will come out on top nevertheless this year, Jack." Tifa continued, explaining the reality of how Seven could fare in the finale. Sice wasn't fully paying attention to Tifa's remarks, as she still kept on looking at the lump in her jeans pocket.

"Let's bring out the final two contestants! First, our challenger. She is originally from Rubrum in Orience that stands 5'7" tall, an university student who got here by not only luck but she also hit the buzzer in every course up to this point. This is her very first time in the finale, but she's also a six time veteran of the competition. Please give a round of applause for Seven Farron, everyone!" Jack announced the silver haired woman to the crowd, which everyone couldn't stop cheering, especially the section reserved for Sice, Lightning, Fang, Kurasame and Ace, which Kurasame and Lightning were holding up a sign that Vanille custom made for the silver haired woman. The crowd was happy that Jiraya FINALLY has someone to worry about dethroning him for the title. "You got the grand prize and you know it, Sevsky!" Fang shouted, feeling confident that Seven has what it takes to become the new champion of Ninja Warrior Gran Pulse. Lightning smiled at her wife for the remark, as Seven will need all the good vibes Lady Luck can send her way at this point in the competition.

"Here is the three time reigning champion - no introduction for him is needed here. Make some noise for Jiraya!" Tifa announces the defending champion, who got his share of applause but it wasn't as strong as the one Seven received. He won't let this deter him, however, as he's one to be known for keeping his emotions in check. Oddly enough, Seven recalled taking mental notes of Jiraya all year and was able to find out how he was able to win like he did, yet not revealing to anyone outside Lightning that she has a way that she could potentially defeat him the right way, as others before her have failed. After Jiraya and Seven shook hands as an act of sportsmanship, it was determined that Jiraya took on the course ahead of Seven, via a coin toss that the silver haired woman won, which she allowed the champ to go ahead of her. Sice could not stop smiling at her girlfriend, for the white haired woman knew that is a key factor in how Seven got as far as she did this year. Lightning was so proud of her younger cousin for allowing the champ to go ahead of her - some can argue that Lightning was more proud of Seven than Sice even was, and that is really saying something.

The final course for Seven begins.

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Jiraya completes the course in a time that was much slower than the times he would post in the past, partially because there were parts of the course that made its debut at this year's competition and it was also said portions that he was very unfamiliar with. Once Jack and Tifa announce the time of 15 minutes, 33.7 seconds as when Jiraya completed the course, which included five 30 second penalties and one three minute penalty. Seven was genuinely surprised with how it took him longer than expected to complete the course, remembering that he was known to complete the final course in less than nine minutes. "I don't know if he was doing this on purpose or if the new stuff really did slow him down. The only way I'll find out for sure now is how I fare..." Seven said to herself, quickly getting her emotions in check as to prepare for her run at the final course, hoping it was the latter that slowed him down but kept it realistic as anything can happen to her now that she's at the final course herself. "Now that we've seen the mistakes that had Jiraya running his worst finale run in the past five years, we'll see if Seven Farron will have what it takes to dethrone Jiraya, or if the reigning champion will have the title for one more year. Here we go!" Tifa announced as Seven gets ready to run the same exact course that Jiraya did. The crowd's cheers became deafening.

The silver haired woman tore through the first fifth of the final course that had her ahead of Jiraya's time by close to 12 minutes, which included two of the newer obstacles that Jiraya had trouble with. Unbeknownst to the reigning champion at this point, Lightning had trained Seven on every kind of obstacle that Ninja Warrior Gran Pulse was capable of running, which is why the older Farron is a sought-after trainer. In an odd twist of fate, the silver haired woman was having a very tough time on the seventh obstacle, the same one that Jiraya was given not only two 30 second penalties on but also the 3 minute penalty as well. "It looks like Jiraya wasn't the only who was having issues with this particular obstacle, Tifa. I mean, this is the first time it's ever appeared on any part of Ninja Warrior Gran Pulse." Jack announced, worried that Seven would close the gap of time that she build over the defending champion. Tifa continued on from the announcers' booth. "It looks like she'll be given a grace period should she land in the water here, Jack."

"Is that what I think you're talking about?"

"Yes. Any player who has completed at least the first six obstacles WITHOUT landing in the water is given a free grace period of 30 seconds, which is only good for one time. If they land in the water more than once, then their first penalty will be 60 seconds, and the third time will give them a three minute penalty. Having gone through the first six obstacles in record time, Seven can actually afford to take the two penalties if she wants, as it won't hurt her time too much if she can get through the rest of the obstacles without landing in the water first."

"I think she's taking a breather, Tifa, but I don't know if that's a wise move on her end..."

"Actually Jack, she's doing the right thing by taking a breather. Having a ten minute lead over Jiraya at this stage of the final course, it gives her time to regroup and plan a way to tackle the upcoming obstacle, the Slippery Slope." Tifa finishes the commentary, with the crowd given Seven the roaring applause she needed for making a smart decision to take a two minute breather. Sice, Fang and Lightning were all feeding her energy and a plan through eye contact so that the silver haired woman can tackle the one obstacle that Jiraya had trouble with. Even Ace and Kurasame were feeding her additional energy. It was this very energy that Seven desperately needed to take on the Slippery Slope, which she completed on her first try and the dismount was picture perfect, which the crowd cheered to deafening levels, which gave the Rubrum native the confidence she needed to continue the finale. It was because of this that Seven still have a very solid lead of eight minutes despite the somewhat lengthy breather she took.

Seven gets through the next five obstacles with such ease, her lead went back up to 10 minutes. However, it was the 13th obstacle, the Ultimate Cliffhanger, that she first landed in the water - as the silver haired woman didn't land in the water during the Slippery Slope, she still had that grace period in her possession, which she used to her advantage in the second attempt, which proved wonders for Seven as she got through that like the speed of her older cousin's namesake. The cheers got more and more consistent as Seven only had two more obstacles to go before taking on Mt. Midoriyama, which made the silver haired woman nervous but she didn't show it - Sice and Lightning wouldn't let her hear the end of it if she showed one ounce of nervousness. It was Seven's thoughts about both her girlfriend and older cousin that gave the silver haired woman the fuel she needed to get through the other two obstacles with ease, all but ensuring that she will not only dethrone Jiraya as the winner of Ninja Warrior Gran Pulse, but also become the first woman to win the entire competition.

The silver haired woman is now face to face with Mt. Midoriayama.

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Sice, Lightning, Fang, Ace and Kurasame all held each other, watching Sice's girlfriend tear through the entire course so far in a much better time than Jiraya, although the group knows that anything can happen and Seven can still lose it all if she made one bad move on Mt. Midoriyama. "She's got this, Sice. I remember seeing Light training her on this. Fortunately, she has more time to complete it due to the lead she build up to this point." Kurasame assured the white haired woman, knowing that he was telling the truth on the matter as he oversaw the training on the obstacle himself. After seeing Seven walking to the last obstacle in order to save energy for the lengthy climb up, Lightning could not stop smiling at her younger cousin, although it took two minutes off her lead. Fang agreed with what Seven did to approach the very difficult obstacle, and the Oerban native had the utmost faith in the silver haired woman that she can take it on in her first try, even though the white haired woman was looking a bit worried, knowing Seven's overall frame.

Seeing Seven get into the right gear and position to take on Mt. Midoriyama, her group of supporters couldn't stop smiling. The crowd's cheers were beyond deafening, as the chants of "Seven, Seven, Seven" were giving the silver haired woman the biggest amount of energy and positive vibes there is. Even Jiraya is ready to acknowledge that he was finally ousted by a woman on her first time trying the final course. Sadly, Seven's start on Mt. Midoriayama was worse than the rest of the obstacles put together, as this was starting to close the gap of the six minute lead she had over Jiraya. It was a third of the way up that Seven had to think of something to pull herself through this very challenging obstacle, as only Jiraya was the only one who completed it during his reign, and only two other men before his reign started. Her lead was cut down to four minutes at this point. Knowing this, the silver haired woman had to think and also act fast in order to preserve her victory over Jiraya.

What would she do to pull through? The lead wasn't as big as it was during the first fifth of the final course. Jiraya had more troubles with this year's course than the final courses from the last few years. She had to think about the videos she saw of Jiraya and how he conquered Mt. Midoriyama, as well as Lightning and Kurasame's teachings and supervision, all while making her ascent. After 30 seconds of thinking and climbing, which she managed to get to the halfway point, Seven felt a sudden burst of energy flowing within her - it was from Sice and the rest in that group plus the cheers from the crowd that continued to chant the silver haired woman's name - and it was that sudden burst of energy that gave the fuel Seven desperately needed to get through the remainder of the last course like the Phoenix rising from the ashes, which if she failed on this, it would cost her the entire race from the combination of the 60 second penalty and the time she would need to fully ascent the final obstacle.

Seven made it to the top of Mt. Midoriyama with two minutes to spare. Once she hit the buzzer that signaled her completion of the course, the entire crowd cheered while chanting Seven's name. Sice was given instant access to where Seven was standing at while Jack and Tifa announced that the silver haired woman not only defeated Jiraya, but also was the first woman to be the champion by completing the entire course and hitting every buzzer. Seven and Sice shared a quick but sweet embrace to celebrate the silver haired woman's victory. "Your idiot arse is crazy for doing this Seven..." Sice tells her girlfriend after catching her breath, only causing the silver haired woman to chuckle at Sice's blunt nature. "You're crazy but I love you, Seven." she continues, causing Seven to keep on smiling but also her face to go red at the remark. It would be Jack and Tifa to make the announcement and then present the silver haired woman with her trophy, medal and cheque, which prompted Sice to FINALLY make an announcement of her own.

"Seven, you're crazy for doing this competition, but this is how I met you in the first place, you crazy arse…" Sice began, which to Seven, Jack and Tifa apparently knew about this and gave the white haired woman permission to do this in front of a huge crowd. After applause and laughter, Sice was allowed to continue her version of an affectionate ramble. "I'm a complete idiot for the video game competition...then again, I'm YOUR idiot. We've been together for who knows how long, and if it weren't for your overprotective and psychotic older cousin, we wouldn't be in this spot today. You and I've been trough a shit ton of stuff, which includes moving to Gran Pulse and all that other bullshit we can live without." Sice continued, which the laughter and the 'aww'-ing was consistent to say the least, which had Lightning herself laughing, for she knew the entire story to be true. Seven would be given the shock of her life when Sice took a step back, pull out the small black box that was in her pocket the entire competition, and got down on one knee. Seven couldn't stop crying happy tears while the crowed really cheered them on.

"Seven Farron, we complete each other and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry my idiot arse?" the white haired woman asked, with the cheers becoming even more deafening than before, seeing that Seven not only won the entire season of Ninja Warrior Gran Pulse, she also won a fiancée, as she said yes to Sice's marriage proposal. With the ring being a perfect fit, the newly engaged couple shared their first kiss as such and Jack and Tifa making remarks on how Seven had the perfect season and that Sice put a ring on it. Everyone was surprised when the silver haired woman announced that she will defend her title next year when it comes around, as she and Sice announced that the white haired woman was successful in treatments to start a family and they'll be getting married in between the time frame, since Sice was three months pregnant with their child. Lightning looked down at her own stomach, knowing that she and Fang are expecting a child of their own in five months.

What a happy ending Seven and Sice have.

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A/N #2: The next story will be one from the "Out of the Darkness, Into the Light" universe, which will take place when Seven and Sice graduate high school together. It'll have as many of the surviving characters as I can think of. Sadly, the time frame of when it'll be published is likely in July.