The next afternoon, Rayn was wandering the streets of Dalmasca and looking for something to do. Saya was off somewhere doing what she called a "buisiness transaction". The two of them were sky pirates, so Saya's buisiness transaction was basically her pawning off shit they stole. Rayn wasn't really fond of their profession, but they had to make a living somehow.

While wandering the streets, Rayn saw the man named Vayne Solidor talking to a small group of children. She had heard rumors that he was going around the city and meeting the people. Rayn smiled as she walked by. Seeing this, he didn't seem so bad...

Not watching where she was going, Rayn collided with a very large object. Rayn looked up into the leathery face of a very pissed off Bangaa. "Sorry!" Rayn said. "I wasn't-" Before she could finish sentence, the Bangaa got in her face and growled. "Watch where yer goin, ya stupid bitch!"

The Bangaa then violently shoved her, causing her to fall backwards into a wooden stand. The force of the collision caused a very large basket of eggs to topple over, dumping it's entire contents onto Rayne. Everyone around them laughed at the viera sitting on the ground covered in egg. The Bangaa, however, was not amused. "Now look what ya did! Ya knocked over my entire supply of eggs for today! What am I gonna sell now?!"

'Shit.' she thought. Of course those damn eggs just had to be his. The Bangaa's large leathery hand grabbed her by the shirt and lifted her off her feet. "Maybe I'll be able ta get a halfway decent price fer ya in the slave trade."

Rayn tried to free herself, but the Bangaa's grip was to strong.

At that moment, a gloved hand cmae to rest on the Bangaa's shoulder.

"What seems to be the problem here?" said a silky male voice. Both Rayn and the Bangaa turned their heads to see Vayne Solidor standing there.

"This stupid bitch ran into me, and then she knocked over my entire supply of eggs!"

At this point, Rayn got pissed.

"Listen lizard breath! I didn't mean to run into you and I apologized for it! And the only reason I knocked over your stupid eggs was because you got pissy and pushed me into them!"

"Why you little-"

"Hold on a moment, sir." Vayne said. "Did the young lady apologize after running into you?"

"Well, ya but-"

"And did you get angry and push her?"

"Ya but-"

"So what is the problem?"

The Bangaa sputtered for a moment and Vayne raised an eyebrow. The Bangaa then scowled and threw Rayne to the ground before stalking off.

Rayn fell onto her back side with a loud "Oof!" She then mumbled something about "Damn overgrown lizards" and tried to wipe off the egg yolk.

She stopped short when she saw a white gloved hand in front of her face. She looked up to see Vayne smiling patiently and offering his hand to her. She took it and he pulld her to her feet.

"I wouldn't hold a grudge." he said. "Bangaa's are naturally hot tempered. You shouldn't hold it against them."

"Yeah." Rayn said. "I'd like to hear you say that when you're covered in egg."

Vayne chuckled. He the reached out a hand to wipe a bit of eggshell off of her face.

"Are you alright, miss?" he asked, his hand still touching the sinde of her face.

Rayn blushed slightly. "I-I'm fine. Thank you."

Before either of them could say anything else, a familiar voice was heard.

"Out of my way! Move!"

They turned their heads to see none other than Saya pushing her way through the crowd of people that had gathered when Rayn was being harassed by the Bangaa.

"Rayn!" Saya said when she layed her eyes on the viera. "Are you alright? And why are you covered in egg yolk?"

Saya looked over to Vayne. "What the fuck are you doing here?" she asked. "Did this asshole hurt you?" she asked Rayn.

"What?" Rayn asked. "No, of course not. he was just-"

"I was just assisting the young lady when she was being harassed by a Bangaa."

"Oh, I'm sure that you were, Vayne. Now get the fuck away from her before I kick that prissy ass of yours!"

"Pleasent as ever, aren't you my dear Saya?" he said with a rather arrogant smirk. However, said smirk was quickly wiped away when Saya promptly bitch slapped him. A collective gasp was heard from the crowd who was still there. Vayne smirked again.

"And I see that you are also as feisty as ever."

"Listen, you pretty boy son of a-"

"Saya!" The two of them turned their heads to Rayn standing there, hands on her hips and her long black hair dripping egg yolk.

"He's telling the truth. I was being harassed by a Bangaa and he defended me. Now can you two please stop fighting so I can go take a bath?!"

With one last death glare thrown at Vayne, Saya relented and the two of them began walking away.

"Thank you again for helping me." Rayn said over her shoulder. Vayne smiled and tilted his had foreward. He watched the two women leave, a decidedly wicked grin coming to his face.

Vayne Solidor had an idea...