Kafan looked out the window and stared at the moon.  What was this empty feeling?  Why did something seem incomplete?  Was it because Saki left?  Maybe it was just a simple homesickness.  And what about Nari?  They had so much plans, but everything seemed impossible now.  Hopeless.  Even with that newcomer.  Kafan looked around the somewhat empty room.  There wasn't much.  She turned to look at the beds.  Nari and that newcomer were quietly sleeping.  A soft knocking at the door prompted Kafan to get up and answer it.  She peered at the familiar face of the Samurai man before her, but couldn't believe her eyes.

Ylluroko:  Kafan?

Kafan:  Ylluroko?  What are you...

Ylluroko:  How is everything?  I heard things were going badly.

Kafan:  Yeah...

Ylluroko:  You and Nari getting along ok?  How are your standings doing?

Kafan:  They're improving.

Ylluroko:  I see...

Kafan:  Ylluroko... why are you here?

Ylluroko:  I guess I should stop with the small talk.  Kafan, I've come to ask you to come back.

Kafan:  Come back?

Ylluroko:  Wutai is in danger.  I ask your love of your nation, your loyalty, that you return and help us.

Kafan:  Me?  But....  I thought I was to leave Wutai forever.

Ylluroko:  Please, Kafan.  Evil forces have conspired.  The tides of doom have begun to move.  Your father is dead, and Wutai has been plagued by civil war ever since.

Kafan:  Huh?

Ylluroko:  I spent 2 years searching for you!  Only united under heir to the mandate can we stand a chance.  Kafan, we need you.

Kafan:  But, what do I do?  I wanted to leave all of that behind.  Besides, they won't let me come back.

Ylluroko:  I can talk to them.  I'll find a way.

Kafan:  You'd do that?  And risk your honor?  I thought your honor meant everything to you.

Ylluroko:  Would deserting my nation be any more honourable?

Kafan:  .........  I'll do it.

Ylluroko:  Our nation has no idea how much thanks it owes to you.

(Yllurko and Kafan start to leave)

Kafan:  Wait.

(Kafan turns around and looks at Nari)

Kafan:  You're awake.

Nari:  Leaving in the middle of the night?  But what will I do?

Kafan:  Nari... I'm sorry, but I have to.

Nari:  It's ok.  I understand.  But what about the tournament?

Kafan:  I'm sure Kesley will find a good substitute.  You were always one of her favorites.  And maybe that new gal will help you out.  And Carnie will still be there.

Nari:  But it's not the same.  We've been fighting together for so long.  Besides, both Carnie and that new person freak me out.  The loss of Saki, and now you...

Ylluroko:  You might have been shunned by your home nation, but I'm sure you still care for it.  We need Kafan more than ever now.

Nari:  Yeah.... Good bye Kafan.

(Kafan and Ylluroko start to leave again)

Kafan:  Nari... if you want, you could come with us.

Nari:  No.  I can't come back.  I'm not good enough yet.  I still have that feeling that there is something I have to prove before I can return.

Kafan:  Then I guess this is goodbye, until we meet again.

(Kafan and Ylluroko leave)

Nari:  Yea...  now I guess I'm all alone.
 

Nari (blinking sleepily):  Oh... morning already?  Was that a dream?

(Nari looks around)

Nari:  Sigh.  Looks like Black Shadow will be at a disadvantage today.

(Nari looks in the mirror and combs her hair, then turns around)

Nari:  Where's that new person?  Carnie!  Wake up!  A battle is scheduled today!

Carnie:  ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ......

Nari:  HEY!  Wake up!

Carnie:  Just a little more sleep?

Nari:  Fine, but you'd better be on time.

(Still drowsy, Nari heads to field 32)

(Franchesca starts walking along with her)

Franchesca:  Hey, Nari.  Good luck.

Nari:  Thanks.

Franchesca:  I hope you can do ok.  I heard about Kafan.  She resigned late last night.  I was able to pull some strings for her so it wouldn't cause a ruckus.  What was that all about?  Did you two get into a really bad fight?

Nari:  She had some obligations that she couldn't ignore.

Franchesca:  Gee, it'll be 3 on 4.  That's pretty bad.

Nari:  I'll do what I can.

(Nari and Franchesca arrive at the battlefield)

Lenore:  Hey, this is pretty interesting.  Kind of cool, in fact.

Nari:  Yeah, whatever.  Just don't mess up.  We're at a big disadvantage without a fourth team mate.

Lenore:  Drat.  I just got here and already things look bad.

(Carnie walks up)

Carnie:  Hey.

Nari:  Good, you made it.

Carnie:  I think winning would be nice.

Nari:  ......

Carnie:  So, let's win, ok?

Nari:  .......

(Kesley, Patricia, and Sephiroth come along with Yuffie)

Kesley:  Dammit.  I'm tired of students trying to wander off campus grounds.

Patricia:  She doesn't even have her ID.  She's in big trouble!

Kesley:  I don't even recognize her.

Patricia:  Maybe she's an exchange student.  That would explain why she's acting so strange.

Kesley:  Hmm.  I'm sure I would have known.  I'll have to look up the records.  What'll she do until then?

Franchesca:  Well, Black Shadow could use a substitute.

Kesley:  But I just gave them one.

Franchesca:  They need another.  At least for this match.

Kesley:  Fine.  Here, Nari, you can use this Yuffie character until I find out who the heck she is.

Yuffie:  Damn.  Why do I feel really stupid right now?

Nari:  Gee, is she any good?

Kesley:  Beats me.  Sorry, but that's all.  You'll do fine.

Patricia:  No she won't.  Nari stinks.  Right, Sephy?

Sephiroth:  Whatever.

Franchesca:  Are you two done?  You've been out all night.  Aren't you tired?

Patricia:  Whatever.

(Kesley, Franchesca, Sephiroth, and Patricia leave)
 
Lenore:  Hey, Yuffie!  Glad you could join us.

Nari:  You know this person?

Lenore:  Well, sort of.  We go to the same school.

Nari:  Oh.  Ok.  That explains it.  Wait a minute.... of course you go to the same school!  THIS is the school both of you go to, right?

Lenore:  Ahhhh.... transfered from a school at Wutai.

Nari:  Oh.

Yuffie:  AGH!  It's Nari!

(Yuffie darts her big ass conformer at Nari.  SMACK!)

Nari:  YEOUCH!  HEY!

(Nari chucks a twine asterisk at Yuffie.  CRACK!)

Lenore:  Um...

Carnie:  Ha.

Lenore:  Hey, Yuffie?

(Yuffie stops)

Yuffie:  Uh oh, let me guess.  Just like Sephiroth, this "Nari" is different, huh?

Lenore:  I think so.

Nari:  What are you talking about?

(Carnie hands Yuffie and Nari some bandages)

Carnie:  Here.

Yuffie:  Um.... thanks, I guess.  So, what's going on?

Lenore:  I'm not sure really.  Right now, we seem to be preparing for a battle.

Yuffie:  And?

Nari:  What?  You don't even know the rules?

Yuffie:  Rules to what?

Nari:  Ok, this is how it goes.  Each team has to guard a flag.  One person on each team is designated the flag guard and can not move too far from his/her team's flag, that area is called the "Flag zone."  In addition, he/she can't be attacked by anyone who isn't in the "flag zone."  The flag can't be taken unless the flag guard is knocked out.  Then it has to be taken by the opposing team to their flag in order to win.

Yuffie:  Uh huh.

Nari (takes a deep breath):  In addition, scattered throughout the field are various items, which can aid a team to victory.  The blue orb is for healing, the red orb recovers mp, the various black orbs grant limited weapon attacks, and the white orb is the same as a fenix down.  Only the black and white orbs can be stored.  So it's in your team's advantage to run around the field instead of playing defensively in order to get as much as possible.

Yuffie:  Uh huh.

Nari:  I guess you could think of it like capture the flag.  You basically are trying to get the enemies' flag without them getting yours, and to do that, well, you just beat up anyone who gets in your way.  By the way, if all other team members met some grisly fate or something like that, the flag guard gets the ability to move out of the flag zone.  Also, besides getting the flag and bringing it back, killing... er, defeating all opposing team members also gives victory.  To recover your flag, you have to kill... er, knock out the person who took it.  It then falls to the floor, and you have to pick it up and try to keep it away from the other team again.  After recovering it, you don't have to worry about being limited to the flag zone.

Yuffie:  Uh huh.

Lenore:  Oi.... that's a mouthful.

Yuffie:  So....... what's the point of this?  Is this game like done for fun?

Nari:  WHAT?  What cave did you crawl out of?  This game is...

Franchesca:  HEY!  Team Generic is ready!  Designate your flag guard!

Nari:  Carnie, you guard the flag.  That's what you do best, after all.

Carnie:  Whatever.

Yuffie:  Well, while I'm here, I might as well try to win.

Franchesca:  Battlefield 32!  Your standard barrack field with various blocks and mazes around the center which can be used for cover.  The flags are on an elevated position, with stairs from the center field leading to the flag zones.  The teams today are Black Shadow vs Team Generic!

Yuffie:  Hmm.  What's team Generic?

(Nari hands Yuffie a book entitled, "Current Team Descriptions by Lars")

Yuffie:  Team Generic.  Rank No. 4.  A team of generic fighters who use the generic sword and generic shield commonly seen in many other generic rpgs.  Team Generic is the only team where the abilities of the fighters are all the same (generic fighting abilities).  Even though Team Generic is quite generic, they are powerful because their generic traits are generally the generic traits that most generic heroes have in RPGs and use to battle evil generic villains.  The sheer genericness of it all is...  AH FORGET THIS.  I think I've read enough.

Lenore:  Rank No. 3?  Hey, Black Shadow must be pretty high up in the standings.

Nari:  Yeah.  I started this team about a year ago.  Don't remember why, though.
 

Jack:  We are the greatest team around!

Jill:  For surely your defeat will be profound!

Bill:  Humiliation and loss to those who we fight!

Ted:  If you are smart, then right now you'll take flight!

Jack:  JACK!

Jill:  JILL!

Bill:  BILL!

Ted:  TED!

Jill:  Team Generic blasts off with the speed of light!

Jack:  Surrender now or prepare to fight.

Meowth the Pokemon:  That's copyright!

Bill:  Excellent!

Ted:  Radical, man!

Yuffie:  Uh....

Nari:  Don't laugh.  Team Generic is the third best team in the circuit.

Yuffie:  OOOOoookay.  Whatever.

Nari:  Are you new to this?  People with no experience don't stand a chance.

Yuffie:  Hey, I'm a master ninja!  I can do this!

(Yuffie looks around)

Yuffie:  Hey, cool!  No one is around to say, "No you're not a master ninja, you suck!".  I like this!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Franchesca:  BEGIN!
 
 
 
 

 Nari:  Well?

Yuffie:  Well what?

Nari:  Are you just going to stay around here?

Yuffie:  Um, should I?

Lenore:  Hmm.  You two are the ninjas.  Go assassinate their flag guard or something.

Yuffie:  $#@(&)$.... make me do all the work.

(Yuffie runs off to the side)

Nari:  Is she going to be ok by herself?

Lenore:  Beats me.  Perhaps we should try a direct approach.  It'll be a good distraction if it fails.

Nari:  Yeah.

Lenore:  Can Carnie guard the flag?

Nari:  Don't worry.  If she gets attacked, she'll last much more than enough for us to get back to help.

Lenore:  Really?  She doesn't look very strong.

(Lenore glances at Carnie, who's petting her pet moogle)

Carnie (looking down and smiling):  Aw...

Moggie:  Kupo!

Nari:  Nah.  Don't worry about it.  Come on.

(Lenore and Nari run down the stairs to the center field)
 
 

Yuffie:  Hmm.  These battlefields are too big.

(Yuffie hides behind a box and peers down at the center field)

Yuffie:  Well, there's two of them.  At least I know that's two less people at the flag.

(Lenore and Nari are battling with Bill.  Ted sneaks by)

(Yuffie looks up)

Yuffie:  Yay.  Black orb on top of those boxes there.

(Yuffie hops on top of the boxes and grabs the orb.  Yuffie looks down and sees Jill walking by)

Jill:  Hey, everyone is fighting at the center.  Maybe I should help.

Flash Bomb

Yuffie:  Flash bomb?  Wonder what it does.  Oh well, might as well try it out.

(Yuffie darts the bomb at Jill)

Jill (looking up):  EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!!

(Flash bomb slams into Jill's face)

KAAAAAAAAABOOOOOM!
 
 
 
 

Lenore:  Uh....

(Lenore parries Bill's sword strike)

Nari:  ?

(Lenore, Nari, Bill, and Ted stop fighting and look up at the explosion)

Lenore:  Huh?

(Lenore darts to the side of Bill)

Nari:  I hope she wasn't stupid enough to use a flash bomb at close range.
 
 
 
 
 

(Yuffie crawls out of all the smoke)

Yuffie:  ACK!!!!!  DAMN!  That hurt!

(lovely singing is heard)

Yuffie:  Hey, I feel better now!  Wonder what that was.

(Yuffie looks at unconscious Jill)

Yuffie:  HA HA!  Take that!

(Yuffie hops away)

Jack:  Stop!

Yuffie:  Hooray!  I reached the other side!

Jack:  Feel my wrath!

(Jack swings his sword at Yuffie.  A battle commences, similar to what you would expect from a Soul Blade battle)

Yuffie:  Take this!

(Yuffie grease lightnings Jack)

Jack:  GENERIC POWER!

(Jack smacks Yuffie with his sword)

Yuffie:  You know, this "generic" thing is getting old.

(Yuffie punches Jack and grabs the flag)

Yuffie:  Hooray.  Victory.  Time to head back!

(Yuffie runs past Lenore, Nari, and Bill, and looks at Ted who's fighting, and beating up, Carnie)

Carnie:  OUCH!

Yuffie:  Um... need help?

Ted:  Aw sh@t!  They got the flag!

(Ted charges and dives at Yuffie)

Yuffie:  Whatever.

(Yuffie moves to the side and Ted misses and flies off the platform)

(Ted crushes Lenore, who was heading back to help Carnie)

(Yuffie notices that half of this section of the fan fic took place in parenthesis)

(Yuffie puts the flag down)

Yuffie:  So, now what?

Franchesca:  THE WINNER!

(A bunch of horns and trumpets fly up to Yuffie and sound the victory LOUDLY)

Yuffie:  AGH!!!!!!!!  I'M DEAF!

Franchesca (snickering):  Mm, funny.  So...

(Lenore flings Ted off)

Ted:  Bummer.

Lenore:  Shut up.

Franchesca (runs up to Nari):  Congratulations!  You won!  This match put you at rank number three!

Nari:  Hurray!  Only.... two more to go.

Franchesca:  And now... (looks at watch) it's time for breakfast!  Come on!

Yuffie:  That's it?

Nari:  Hey, um.... other ninja type person.

Yuffie:  It's Yuffie.

Nari:  Whatever.  Thanks.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

(Crowded school hall)

(Kesley walks down the hall followed by Patricia and Sephiroth)

Kesley:  Ok, tell me what's going on.

Brand:  Well, I don't quite understand what's going on myself.

(Brand wheels around in his spinning chair and starts typing really quickly at the computer)

Brand:  Hmm.  Can't find a "Yuffie" here, anywhere.  What's her last name?

Kesley:  Hmm....

Patricia:  Maybe she's new and didn't register yet.

(Franchesca walks up)

Franchesca:  That ninja is pretty good.

Patricia:  But they lost anyway, right?

Franchesca:  Nope.  They won.

Patricia:  What?  Beat Team Generic?  I don't get it.  It's... NARI, for crying out loud.

Franchesca:  She's not that bad.

Kesley:  Well, she needs to get registered, whoever she is.  Franchesca, make sure she does.

Franchesca:  Of course.

(Kesley, Sephiroth, and Patricia leave)

Brand:  Yeah, I'm just the best.  They beat Team Generic, huh?  Well, Nari won't get past Psychic Thunder, that's for sure!

(Franchesca walks up to Yuffie, who's hanging out with everyone else in the lounge.  Marel is obsessing, er... talking with Tenko as well as arguing with Kiryou, Lenore is watching Nathan make an idiot of himself by failing to beat Bahamut in his gameboy game, Yuffie is holding Shake's materia while Shake jumps up and down trying to retrieve it, and Judith is watching the television.)

Lenore:  You see, I don't think everyone was introduced to each other yet.  Okay, hmm... well, Yuffie, Nathan, Judith, and Shake, this is Tenko and Kiryou.  They come from my old school at Midgar.  Tenko and Kiryou, this Yuffie, Nathan, Judith, and Shake.  Yuffie is the um.... er, oddball of the group I guess.  Nathan is the nerd, Judith is the OTHER nerd, and Shake is the... really... um.... short nerd.  Tenko is the ever popular sports jock who also gets good grades, is the student body president, and overall gets praised for everything, and Kiryou is a new student who I don't know much about except that she has cool psycho powers.

Yuffie:  ODDBALL?  Well, at least she didn't call me a...

Nathan:  Nerd?

Judith:  NERD?!?

Shake:  Yo, who you calling short?

Yuffie:  So, what's going on?

Lenore:  I don't know.  What do you think?

Yuffie:  Well, judging by Sephiroth's age, we should be... hmm... I think he was like 25 years old in the present and he looks like 16 now, so we're nine years back in time!

Judith:  Sephiroth was 31 years old, you moron.  So we're fifteen to sixteen years in the past, right before the war, I guess.

Yuffie:  WOOHOO!  We found a way to time travel!  Maybe I can go back and delete everything bad that's ever happened to me.  Like that time when I failed my physics exam!  Or that time when I had to get this metal arm!  Or that time when Tifa was born!

Lenore:  Actually, I don't think you can change the past.  Genmari mentioned that the orb only had the power to send you back in time, but not change anything there.

Yuffie:  Who the @$)# is Genmari?

Nathan:  That's what I asked.
 
Marel:  Don't ask.

Kiryou:  Who's Genmari?  HA!  HERE!

Marel:  Uh oh...
 
 

Tiamat:  WAIT A MINUTE!  The following flashback has nothing to do with Yuffie!

Kary:  Shut up you four headed twit!  I'm trying to read the fan fic here!

Tiamat:  But...

Kary:  Frankly, I don't give a damn about Yuffie!  Just let me read the stupid fic!

Tiamat:  Lousy four armed B$#(@H!

Kraken:  Yeah!  EIGHT arms is the way to go!

Kiryou:  It all started on a normal day during the summer...
 
 
 

(Little hand puppets pop up, courtesy of Kiryou, complete with waving arms and tendency to indicate facial expressions by bobbing up and down or nodding furiously)

Puppet Marel:  OH Tenko Tenko!

Extremely talented puppet Kiryou:  Away, wench!

(Kiryou smacks Marel away)

Marel:  OUCH!

Kiryou:  Oops.  Did I REALLY smack you?  The stupid puppets were supposed to do that.

Marel: $#(&@)&#$)!!

(Marel is about to charge Kiryou but but Lenore holds her back)

Puppet Tenko:  Thanks!

P Kiryou:  Welcome!

Puppet Anne:  AHH!  Monster monster!

Puppet Main:  .........

(Kiryou sticks out her head from behind the puppet stand, looks at the puppets, and smiles as they frolic around.)

Yuffie:  How does she control more than 2 hand puppets at once?

Tenko:  Telekenesisis.  is....

Yuffie:  Oh.

(P Main follows as P Anne drags Tenko and Kiryou to the school)

P monster:  Roar!

P Kiryou:  DIE!

(Kiryou smacks Marel)

Marel:  HEY!!!!!!

P monster:  AGH.

(P monster dies)

P Anne:  YAY!

P Tenko:  Why monster?

P Anne:  Dunno.

P Lenore:  Tenko, what happened?  Main, are you hurt?

P Main:  .........

P Marel:  Tenko Tenko!

P Kiryou:  Away, wench!

(Kiryou smacks Marel)

Marel:  THAT DOES IT!

(It takes Tenko, Lenore, and Nathan all at once to restrain Marel)

P Anne:  Monster monster!

P Genmari:  Boogie boogie!

P Kiryou:  The hell you doing?

P Genmari:  Me rightful heir to lots of power!  Rightfully mine!  MINE MINE MINE!

P Lenore:  No way!

(Kiryou psychically makes a small portal appear and a bunch of monster puppets jump out)

P Genmari:  Me control family's monsters!  You die now!

(P Genmari runs away)

P Tenko:  GO!

(P Tenko and Puppet Kiryou go after Genmari)

P Anne:  Monster monster!

P Genmari:  BOOGIE BOOGIE!

(P Genmari blasts P Tenko)

P Tenko:  AH!

P Kiryou:  DIE!

Marel:  She'd better not smack me again.

(P Kiryou and P Tenko blast Genmari with magic)

P Tenko:  !?

P Lenore:  WOW!  What's this pecial power?

(P Lenore, Main, and Anne blast the monsters)

P Marel:  Why me no have special powers?

Kiryou:  U suck!

Marel:  Grr.....

(Huge monster grabs P Anne and jumps into the portal)

P Anne:  Main, help!

 P Boss monster:  Generic kidnapping of girl!

(P Main looks at Lenore)

P Lenore:  I'll come with you!

(P Main and P Lenore run to the portal.  Main gets in, but the portal slams shut and puppet Lenore slams into the wall)

P Genmari:  HA HA HA!

P Lenore:  OUCH!

(P Genmari dissappears)

P Lenore:  Drat.  OH!  Summer over!  Me go to Wutai school and abandon you guys.  BYE!

Kiryou:  The END!

Nathan:  ???

Shake:  ???

Judith:  ???

Yuffie:  .......... That made ABSOLUTELY NO DAMN FREAKING SENSE WHATSOEVER!

Lenore:  Basically a student named Genmari seems to have gotten hold of some power that he inherited and now wants to take over.  I don't know why, but some sort of magic force enabled us to fight him.  And now, Genmari wants to go back in time to retrieve the rest of his power in the form of his grandfather's eight great servents (whoever those are) and bring them to the present to help him conquer.

Yuffie:  Oh.  ...... That still made absolutely NO DAMN FRE...

Marel:  Yeah, I told you not to ask.

Franchesca:  HA!  Oh, that's so funny.  You kids crack me up.  Making up those stories about evil conquering everything.

Tenko:  You don't believe us?

Franchesca:  Well, if the planet really were in that much trouble, you guys would look scared or at least troubled, wouldn't you?

Lenore:  I guess we haven't really been trying very hard.

Franchesca:  Ahem.  Well, I'm here to make sure all you new students go get registered.  After all, you do want to attend sessions, right?  That's why you're here, right?

(Yuffie and co follow Franchesca to the registration computer)

Brand:  Ah!  Registering kind of late, huh?

Yuffie:  EEEEEEEEK!

Judith:  AAAAAAH!  What is it?

(Yuffie glares at Brand)

Yuffie:  Oh.... nothing.

(Patricia and Sephiroth walk over)

Yuffie:  EEEEEEEEEEEEK!

Judith:  AAAAAAAH!  DAMMIT!  Stop doing that!

(Kesley glares at Sephiroth)

Kesley:  Sephiroth, you HAVE been bullying the other students, haven't you?

Sephiroth:  I don't know what the (#&@) that brat is screaming about!  Trisha, you KNOW I didn't "bully" anyone around!

Patricia:  Yea, I'm pretty sure Sephy didn't.

Kesley:  Whatever.  You two always do this.  Oh well.  These people have to past the initiation test.

Brand:  Um..... the initiation test is long over.  It's too late.  It's closed.  It's gone bye bye and then some.

Kesley:  ..... Well, think of something!

(Kesley leaves)

Sephiroth:  Damn slandering lousy pest bratty newbie short haired cybernetic freakazoid piece of...

Patricia:  It's all right, Sephy!  Hey, Brand!  I'll set up an initiation test for them!  Don't worry about it!

Brand:  Really?  Great!  Well, cya!

(Brand nods and dissappears)

Yuffie:  Huh?

Patricia:  It's simple really.  Just go down to the basement, find out what's been making that strange rumbling noise we hear down there, and get rid of it!

Franchesca:  WHAT?  But, no one has ever gone down there!  We don't know what...

Patricia:  It's nothing!  Really.  Here, if you're so worried, why don't you go with them?

Sephiroth:  Won't having Franchesca along make things easy?  I mean, there IS a reason why she's on only the greatest fighting force ever, OUR team.

Patricia:  Yea.  But we actually want that girl to pass the initiation.

Sephiroth:  Trisha, what's...

Patricia:  You'll get the last laugh eventually.  She's on Nari's team, which only has to beat Psychic Thunder, then we'll get our chance.

Sephiroth:  Hmm.  It's not that big of a deal, really.  It's not like Kesley suspended me or anything.

Patricia:  Well?  You're coming, right?

Yuffie:  Um...

Tenko:  Pss, guys, we really should be stopping Gen.

Marel:  I'm with you, Tenko!

Kiryou (imitating):  Tenko Tenko!

Marel:  SHUT UP!

Lenore:  Hey, Yuffie, you don't have to get involved if you don't want to.  I can handle this.  You could use this opportunity to work on your history project.

Judith:  I need a good grade thanks to Yuffie screwing up my quiz!

Shake:  Heh.  Stupid Yuffie.

Yuffie:  .......... Damn, I'm taking insults from a girl who's shorter than Cait Sith the cat.

Shake:  WHAT?  I'm not short!  I'm vertically challenged!

Yuffie:  REALLY vertically challenged...

Nathan:  Lenore!  I'll help!

Tenko:  This is great!  But someone has to stay back here.  What if some of those people that Genmari is searching for come from this "school"?

Nari:  Hey!

(Nari runs up to Lenore and Yuffie)

Nari:  You have to past a registration test?

Tenko:  Yeah, Lenore, you stay here since you already seem to be aligned with a team.

Lenore:  Bullcrap!  I'm coming along!  I'm tired of getting left out of everything.

Kiryou:  Whoa!  Take it easy, you're not getting left out at all.  Just keep your eyes peeled for Genmari.  And watch out for that Carnie girl.

Lenore:  Why?

Kiryou:  Because... ah.... she's... supicious!  Yeah.  Acting wierd and all that.
 
Marel:  Well, I'm going with Sir Tenko.

Tenko:  Are you sure you can handle yourself?  I mean, you don't have any magical abilities...

Marel:  Don't worry about it!

Patricia:  So, anyone who's taking the initiation, head over to the basement entrance.  It's in the main building.

Lenore:  Um... so where are you going?

Tenko:  Hmm.  Good point.  We have no clue what Genmari is doing.

Kiryou:  We should start in Midgar.

Marel:  Midgar?  What if he's somewhere else?  Why Midgar?

Kiryou:  Just call it a hunch.

Yuffie:  Oooook.  This has nothing to do with me, huh?

Judith:  Just don't worry about it.  We have to make up and start taking notes so we can get a good grade on my project.  Damn, I hate group grades.

Yuffie:  Wouldn't it be better for us to start in Wutai?

Lenore:  Ack!  I'm going to be all by myself here!

Yuffie:  Fine, whatever.  I'll stick around and see what this place is all about.

Tenko:  And we're heading off to Midgar.

Marel:  Bye!
 

Yuffie:  Well, everyone sure took off quickly.

Judith:  Yeah.  Left us to pass this test ourselves.

Shake:  Whatever happens, you'd just better not screw up!

Yuffie:  Shut up.

Lenore:  Gee, is EVERYONE this mean to you?

Yuffie:  Pretty much.  I'm used to it.

Lenore:  Sigh.  How did I get stuck back here?

Nathan:  Hey, it's not that bad, is it?

Franchesca:  Hey, are you still hanging around?  Feel free to search around the place.  Just get to the basement entrance when you're done.

Yuffie:  Yeah, sure.
 
 

(Yuffie, Judith, Shake, Lenore, and Nathan dash around the campus grounds checking everything out)
 
Yuffie:  Oh, hey!

(Yuffie exits the building and looks around the calm dessert.  There are many buildings around, but the entire 10 square mile campus is enclosed in a metal wall.)

Yuffie:  So, anyone know what exactly is the point of this place?

Judith:  Beats me.  Why don't we talk to some of the generic people walking around and find out?

Yuffie:  Because no one likes wasting time talking to generic characters.  Most of them don't say anything useful, anyway.

Judith:  Nah, that's not true!

(Judith walks over to and talks to generic character number one)

Generic character number one:  Hi there!  You must be new around here.  I've never seen you before.

(End conversation with G character #1)

Judith:  .....

(Judith talks to him again and he says the same thing)

Yuffie:  See?  Well, anyway, let's just explore this place and see if we can find anything before the time of the initiation, whatever that is.
 
 
 

(Yuffie runs around the campus with everyone else following her)

Judith:  Wheeze... why do you get to lead?

Yuffie:  Because... um...

Shake:  Can I lead?

Judith:  I should be the leader!

Lenore:  .....

Yuffie:  I have a natural talent to lead, that's why!  My father IS the leader of Wutai you know!

Shake:  Can I lead?

Judith:  Yeah, too bad he's so damn incompetent.

Yuffie:  WHAT?  Shuddap!!!  Only I can talk about dad like that!

Lenore:  Hey, I'll lead if you want me too.  We seem to have a problem with everyone else.

Nathan:  I think Lenore would make a pretty good leader.  Hey, how about me?

Shake:  Can I lead?

Judith:  Shutup, twit!  You're not even one of our party!  Your with that fool, Tenko, remember?

Lenore:  .....

Shake:  CAN I LEAD?

Yuffie (whisper):  Hey, Lenore, if you team up with me and let me lead, I'll let you lead next time!

Lenore:  Whatever.  As if it mattered.

Shake:  CAN I FRIGGIN LEAD?

Yuffie:  Lenore says I should lead.  That's two to one, so ha!

Judith:  .......

Shake:  HEY!  Is anyone paying attention to me?!?
 
 
 

Yuffie:  Here, here!

(Yuffie and co dash across the hot sand)

Bill:  Hey, watch it!  This tower belongs to Psychic Thunder, led by Brand, the second strongest team in the Shinra circuit!

Yuffie:  Hey, um... generic type person, how about telling me everything useful that would be said by all the other generic type people here so you can save me some time?

Bill:  Um... ok.

Yuffie:  I'm waiting.

Bill:  Well, I'm not a psychic mind reader, you know!  Just because I'm a generic character doesn't mean that I know what all the other generic characters are thinking!  You RPG heroes

Yuffie:  heroine

Bill:  Whatever!  You RPG main character trash are all alike!  Always running around getting all the glory and never giving any credit to all the generic characters that tell you where to go next, or what's going on, or even give you items!

Yuffie:  And?

Bill:  THAT'S IT!  We generic characters are going on strike!  STRIKE!
 

Jill:  Yeah!  Strike!

Ted:  STRIKE!

Jack:  We've had it!

(All the generic characters run away)

Kesley:  WHAT THE HELL?  Why did this place become so empty?

Judith:  Good going, fearless leader.

Yuffie:  Shaddup!
 
 
 
 

Yuffie:  Ok, if there are no generic characters to talk to, I'll just read all the signs hanging around.  Lessee.... this dorm belongs to Lifestream, led by Lars, the number one team in the Shinra circuit.  I wonder which team Sephiroth is on.

Lenore:  Um, I think Franchesca is getting bored by now.

Yuffie:  Nah.  She'll wait.  I think I'll check out my room.

(Yuffie walks up to another small building)

Yuffie:  Here we are!  Black Shadow.  It's the 3rd best team in the circuit, whatever that is.

Judith:  Hmph.

Lenore:  Kind of strange that we got placed on such a high up position, considering we're new.

Judith:  Well, I don't think I was given a team yet.

(Yuffie enters the building)

Nathan:  Hmm... what's that interesting music?  Sounds like... a flute?

Judith:  Sounds like terrible noise to me.

Shake:  Ack!  It's terrible!

(Yuffie looks at Carnie, who's playing her flute while her small moogle dances around)

Carnie:  And there eight known demons, and they always were around, no matter how much you'd kill 'em new ones could be found, and..... oh!

Lenore:  ........?     Nari was right.  You ARE wierd.
 
Carnie:   Nah.  It's everyone else that's wierd.  I'm just a sane person in an insane world.

Yuffie:  .......

Lenore:  .......

Yuffie:  Um, let's leave.
 
 
 
 
 

(Yuffie runs back to the main building)

Judith:  Now do you see how terrible a leader you are?  We wasted enough time running around.

Yuffie:  Shaddup.

Franchesca:  Okay, I guess we're all here.  Hmm.  Kind of dissappointing.  I wonder where all your friends went.

Yuffie:  They had better stuff to do.

Franchesca:  Well... anyway, I guess I should tell you what this initiation test is.  Basically, we go to the bottom of the basement, then go back.  Easy, huh?  There are rumours that the basement is haunted, but that's just a rumour.  So, shall we get going?

Nathan:  Do we even have any idea what we are being "initiated" into?
 

Franchesca:  Well?

Yuffie:  Um... you go first.

Franchesca:  It's your test!  You guys go first!

Yuffie:  Whatever.

Yuffie:  Yuffie LEADS everyone else into the basement.

Judith:  Oh shut up.

Yuffie:  Oops!  Did I say that out loud?
 
 
 

(Everyone looks around.  The place looks like a not so dark castle dungeon, except there are no skeletons lying around or any rats running all over the place and... well, I guess it doesn't look like a castle dungeon.)

Franchesca:  Hmm.

(A little fat chubby ball shaped midget with no neck runs up to Yuffie)

Fat Midget:  Humph!

(The humphrey smacks Yuffie)

Yuffie:  OUCH!  What the HELL is THIS?

Franchesca:  Gee, who would have guessed that a society of evil fat blubber balls lived underneath our school?


(Yuffie kicks the fat humphrey away while a billion others run around all over the place, screaming)

Yuffie:  Someone over did it with the amount of random monster battles here.

(A billion humphreys tackle Judith)

Judith:  AHG!  Get them off!  I can't breathe!

Yuffie:  DIE!


(Yuffie uses her landscaper attack, which creates a shockwave along the ground that causes an earthquake, sending all the humphreys and Judith slamming against the wall)

Judith:  AAAAAAHHH!  My back!  Hey!  What's the big idea?

Yuffie:  Well, you told me to get them off.  Not my fault if you got in the way.

Judith:  Why you damn freaking

Lenore:  Um... these humphrey things... I think they're respawning.

(Nathan blows a bunch of fat midget humphreys away using a bazooka)

Nathan:  MUA HA HA!  I love this new gun that I found!

Lenore:  Um, yeah.  Shouldn't we get going or something?

(Yuffie grabs everyone and starts running over the humphreys)

Humphreys:  OUCH!  Oof!  EEEEP!

(Yuffie runs down a set of stairs, into a room, and slams the door)

Yuffie:  There, I think we made it.

(Yuffie opens up a treasure chest in the room and finds a "regal crown.")

Yuffie:  What's this?  A hat?

Lenore:  It's defensive gear for the head.  You equip it.

Yuffie:  Defensive gear for the head?  Gee... the only defensive gear I know about are bracelets.

Lenore:  Bracelets?  What kind of armour is that?  Oh well.  I don't think any of us can equip this helmet.

Yuffie:  Why not?

Lenore:  I don't know.  Some sort of mysterious force allows only certain people to equip certain things.

Yuffie:  Oh, like how only females can equip minerva bands!

Lenore:  Ah, yeah, something like that.

Judith:  Someone's missing.

(Meanwhile)

Humphrey:  ALL HAIL THE QUEEN!

Shake:  ......................... Yo, you calling me short?

(Yuffie quickly snatches Shake and drags her into the room)

Franchesca:  Why does Kesley always leave it to me to supervise the newbies?

(Yuffie runs down a stairway and looks down a long hall)

Yuffie:  I think that hall at the end is the end of the basement!  Come on!

(Everyone bursts into.... the engine room)

Franchesca:  Huh?  What's this?

(A bunch of leaves are fluttering around the two twin machines)

Nathan:  COOOOOOOL!  It appears to be some sort of engine.

Judith:  Why is the floor so squishy?

(Yuffie looks down and notices that everyone is standing on a mass of tentacles)

Yuffie:  Eeeew.

(One of the tentacles grabs Lenore's leg)

Lenore:  Hey!

(Lenore blasts the tentacle off with her rifle)

Big tentacle monstrosity:  Raaaooorr!!!!!!!!!!!
 
 
 
 

Franchesca:  What is this thing?!?
(Huge tentacle grabs Shake and starts crushing her)
Shake:  EEEEEEEEK!
(Three other really large tentacles pop out)
Franchesca:  Kill it!  Kill it!
(Yuffie darts a shurikan at one of the tentacles)
Big Tentacle Monstrosity:  BAAAALLAAAAG!!!!!
(Everyone gets zapped with a bio spell)
Lenore:  AGH!  Poison!
Judith:  Damn!
(Judith darts a firebomb which blows up all the tentacles and sends Shake flying across the room)
Big Tentacle Thing:  ENTWINE!!!
(All the small tentacles start holding everyone down)
Yuffie:  Oh no!
(One of the tentacles grabs Yuffie and starts flinging her around)
Yuffie:  Help!!!
(Franchesca runs into the center of all the tentacles, holds out a sword, and summons a bunch of knives to slice all the tentacles up into pieces)
(Yuffie slams into the wall and crushes Shake)

Franchesca:  Whew!  I think we won!

Yuffie:  Ow...

Shake:  HELP!  Fenix down here!  I've been smushed!

(Yuffie dumps a fenix down on Shake)

Shake:  OUCH!

Yuffie:  Oops.  I forgot, I put a oneton weight in that fenix down.  Oh well.

(A huge hideous slimy head with a drooling mouth filled with lots of long teeth emerges from the tentacles.  Four more really big tentacles emerge)

Franchesca:  Dear god...
Yuffie:  Oh no!
Big Tentacle Monstrosity:  BLAAAAGAAA!
(The Slimy Monstrosity blasts everyone with bio2)
Judith:  I don't feel so good...
Lenore:  Dammit!
(Lenore casts antidote on herself)
Yuffie:  What the?  Since when did Lenore get magic?
Judith:  You greedy jerk!  Only cast antidote on yourself!
Lenore:  Hey!  I can only cast on one at a time.
Slimy Monstrosity:  BLAAAGA!!!
(One of the tentacles grabs Judith)
Judith:  Help....
(Nathan slices through one of the tentacles with his laser gun)
Slimy one:  Braaaaack!
(Slimy Monstrosity recovers it's tentacles)
(The tentacle starts crushing Judith)
Judith:  H...eelp...
Yuffie:  Where's Shake?
(Yuffie uses her calm tranquil move, but its healing power doesn't reach Judith)
Yuffie:  What the?
Slimy one:  BLAAAAGA!
(Slimy one blasts everyone with Bio2 again)
Lenore:  AAGH!  Damn!  I hate that!
Franchesca:  Heeeei-yaaah!
(Franchesca does a circular swing on the tentacle monster's head)
Tentacle monster:  AARGH!!!!
(Yuffie grabs Shake and throws her up the slimy monster's nose)
Shake:  EEEEEEEEEW!!!!!
Slimy monster:  ???
Yuffie:  Damn, that didn't work.
(Lenore, Yuffie, and Nathan blast the slimy monster all at the same time)
Lenore:  Eat rifle bullets, fiend!
Yuffie:  Take my ridiculously oversized shurikan!
Nathan:  MUA HA HA!
(Nathan's bazooka blows the slimy monster into itty bitty pieces)

Judith (gasping for breath):  Great heavenly sweet merciful CRAP!  That thing was hard!

Nathan:  Drat.  Out of ammo.  Oh well.

(Lenore casts cure and antidote on everyone)

Franchesca:  Hey... what IS that?

Lenore:  It's traditional magic.  I recently learned it.

Franchesca:  Magic?

Yuffie:  Magic without materia?  That's cool!  Wish I could do that.

Franchesca:  Materia?  What's that?

Yuffie:  What?  You never heard of materia?

Judith:  Um... I don't think materia was invented yet.

Yuffie:  WHAT?!?!?!?  NO MATERIA???  NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Franchesca:  WHAT IS MATERIA?

Lenore:  Ah, never mind.  Yuffie's just.... um...

Judith:  She's a materia girl.  Frankly, truely great people don't need materia.

Yuffie:  Shaddup!

Franchesca:  What is materia?

(Shake crawls over)

Shake:  HEY!!!!  Why did you use me as a projectile?

Yuffie:  Sorry, we were desperate.

Franchesca:  Ahh..... at any rate, I think we're finished.  Good job.  You people are pretty impressive considering the fact that you're new.  You must have had some training prior to coming here.  At any rate, you passed the initiation.

Yuffie:  Yay.

(The door opens up and Kesley walks in)

Kesley:  What's going on?

Franchesca:  Lady Kesley!

Kesley:  Why are you down here?  Especially with new students!  It's dangerous!

Franchesca:  I......

Nathan:  Hey, what's with all the machinery?

Kesley:  Oh, that.  I'm not sure.  The mainframe of this campus really wasn't built by Shinra.  It was actually here when we got here.

Franchesca:  You mean, this college belonged to some ancient civilization?

Kesley:  I meant to tell you eventually.  Actually, I planned on sending a swat team down here to eliminate all those fat things and that monster, so I could check out this device.  I came when I overheard Patricia telling Sephiroth that they didn't have to worry about anything attacking you guys in the basement.

Franchesca:  They didn't know.

Kesley:  I think those two are too hard on everyone else.

Franchesca:  Yeah.

Kesley:  You all did good work.  I'm impressed.  But you really didn't have to.  I would have had Shinra troops clean this place out in no time.

Yuffie:  Oh hooray.

(Kesley looks at Yuffie)

Kesley:  What were you doing way out in the dessert like that anyway?  Oh well.  I'll get a team of inspectors and we'll find out what this place does.  At any rate, it's getting late.  I think we're all finished here.

Franchesca:  Yes, Kesley.

(Franchesca and Kesley leave)

Nathan:  Whew!  This might be difficult.

Yuffie:  Well, we're in.  But for what?  To help Nari, even though we know she'll be a villain in the present?

Lenore:  Don't worry.  Anything you do here doesn't affect the present for some reason.  I guess once something happens, it can't be undone.

Yuffie:  I guess.

Lenore:  But I'm worried.  I don't know where to start with Genmari.  I guess I'll have to find out who those people that he's looking for are.

Yuffie:  Hey, we could help.

Lenore:  Nah.  You have other stuff to do.

Judith:  Like the history project.

Lenore:  But I'll hang around.  I guess I'm forced to help Nari too.

Nathan:  Can we get out of this basement?