Hey everyone! I've been dying to see what would happen if I mixed Rin up with Yuffie, and here's the result! Look out for Yuffie in Accomplice! Again, check out the fanart links of Rin on my profile if you haven't done so already!

Rin's P.O.V.

"Move! Ungfh! Get out of the way!" I shouted as I tried to push myself through a crowd of people. I was not having much luck due to my small stature. With my strength I could easily shove over whoever happened to be in front of me, but that was very rude and I tried to avoid it as much as possible.

About 15 minutes ago, a girl similar to me in age had "accidentally" bumped into me as I was walking down the streets of Wutai. Only after Akuma had started to bark at her retreating form did I notice that all my materia was gone. By the time I realized this, she was gone—but I had Akuma's nose at my disposal.

Now here I was, running down the streets of Wutai like a mad person trying to catch this girl. The town of Wutai is built over water, and is composed of mainly narrow streets and narrow bridges, making navigation difficult for visitors like me. I had only gotten a brief glimpse of her as she bumped into me, but did manage to see her face. It was a Wutainese girl, with a shinobi-like headband around her forehead.

Akuma skidded to a stop outside of what looked like a weapon shop. He whined, signaling he had lost the scent. This baffled me, as Akuma has never failed to follow a scent before.

"Hey, kid! You look like a Yuffie victim." said a nearby man who was leaning against the wall of the weapon shop, smoking a cigarette.

"A what?" I replied, confused.

"Yuffie. The local materia thief. Goes around calling herself a ninja?"

"Is she around my age? Wears a headband?"

"That's Yuffie. She's Lord Godo's daughter—he lives up in the northern part of town. You should try there."

I bowed slightly to the man. "Thank you very much! C'mon, Akuma."

Lord Godo's house was situated right next to the giant 5 story pagoda that loomed over the rest of the town. I told Akuma to wait outside before going up to the door and knocking. A harried looking servant answered, and barked at me in Wutainese.

"U-uh, I'm looking for Yuffie?" I tried, hoping she would understand. A look of understanding passed over her face, and she pulled me inside. The house was very well decorated, and I couldn't help but stare at the richness of it. Wutainese culture had always fascinated me.

The servant stopped outside a room, and pushed me inside it. It was a study—an entire wall was taken up by shelves of scrolls and books. A man was sitting at a desk at the back of the room, facing away from me. By how he was dressed, I guessed that he was Lord Godo.

"Another one of Yuffie's victims, perhaps?" He said, without looking at me.

"Um, yes sir…" was my reply, and I felt slight embarrassment that I allowed myself to be a victim in the first place.

"Do not despair, child. Yuffie has pilfered people far older and more experienced than you, and very few manage to ever get their things back."

Before he could say anymore, Yuffie herself came bursting through what must have been a fake wall.

"That's right! And you won't get your stuff back either, loser!" she said, before dropping a smoke bomb and vanishing.

Godo started to swear viciously as the room filled with smoke, and I made a hasty retreat after Yuffie. I chased her all the way down to center part of town before losing her again. Muttering curses that I wasn't supposed to know, I started to look around for anyone who might've seen where she went. The first couple people had no clue, but a small boy outside the Item Shop said he saw her go inside.

As I entered, the Item Shop appeared to be empty. Near the back corner, I saw the glow of materia sitting on top of an old chest. Confused, I went up and grabbed it. It was an MP Absorb Materia, sweet find! But before I could pocket it and resume my search for Yuffie, the thief herself dropped down from the rafters above me and pounced on me. I was knocked to the floor with a grunt, and before I knew it the materia was snatched out of my hand and Yuffie was nowhere in sight.

Determined not to be evaded, I quickly got back on my feet and rushed outside. I could actually see Yuffie running away, and took off after her with the best speed I was capable of. This was getting ridiculous—what would Sephiroth think if he knew that I had managed to be both pick-pocketed and outrun?

She soon ran into a house, so I did too. Inside was empty, but I checked behind a nearby screen just in case. Sure enough, Yuffie sprang out over me, and was off again. I lost her near a restaurant called Turtle's Paradise, only to spot a very suspicious shaking pot near the far corner of the building. Without hesitation I smashed the pot with a kick, pouring all my frustration into it. As the pot shattered, Yuffie popped out, and I finally seized her by the hood on her shirt.

"Alright, alright, you win! You can have your materia back! Just don't hurt me!" she said as she saw the murder in my eyes.

Now that she was no longer running away from me, I could finally get a good look at her. She was wearing a green hooded kimono-style shirt that was trimmed with yellow. She had short cut black hair, as well as the ninja headband.

"I'm the great ninja Yuffie Kisaragi! You must be pretty great too, as you've managed to capture me. What's your name?"

"Rin. Now, if you don't hand over my materia, I will hurt you."

"Sheesh, alright, calm down! It's back at my hideout, follow me!" she said as she seized my wrist and began to lead me somewhere.

She didn't seem like she was about to run off—the whole chase had just been a game to her, and she had now clearly given up.

"You have a hideout? You can't be any older than me!" I said in disbelief.

"Hey, of course I have a hideout! I'm the greatest ninja in the world! And how old are you?" she retorted.

"Seven."

"Ha, I'm nine!"

"You certainly don't seem nine."

"Hey, watch it! Do you want your materia back or not?"

"I think you're the one who should watch it if you don't give it back."

"Pffft."

Yuffie soon led me down into a basement that she called her hideout. It was finely furnished like the rest of her house- I saw punching bags and wooden targets peppered with ninja stars along the walls and in every corner, all bearing signs of heavy use.

"Over there—pull the left switch, and it'll open the secret compartment with your materia in it." Yuffie said, gesturing to two switches on the far wall.

"No tricks, right?"

"Nope. Not at all!" She flashed me a big grin.

Warily I made my way over to the switch and pulled it. A giant cage crashed down from the ceiling and trapped me as Yuffie roared with laughter.

"Sucker! You totally fell for it!" she said gleefully as she went and pulled the other switch. A small compartment opened, and Yuffie pulled out a small bag.

"Here's your materia! But I guess you can't get it now!"

Seething, I gripped the bars and tried to bend them. No such luck.

"You better hope you are far away from me when I get out of here…" I said, gritting my teeth.

"Ha! Please, you're only seven! I'm not scared of you!"

"Really? Why don't you prove it, in a fair fight?"

"I'm a ninja! I don't fight fair!"

"Then you're just a big chicken!"

Yuffie began to climb up the stairs to the outside. "How about this—if you can manage to get out of there by sundown, meet me on top of the Da-chao Mountain. You'll get your "fair fight"."

She didn't give me a chance to reply before escaping the room. Sighing, I slumped back against the bars of the cage. Sundown was only an hour away at the most. I tried rocking the cage as hard as I could, but it was rooted firmly into the ground. Even though I was a small child, I still could not fit my head and shoulders between the bars. I had already tried bending the bars, but to no avail. I bet Sephiroth could have bent them—that reminded me, Sephiroth expected me back at camp my sundown! I could only imagine what would happen if I failed to show up; a massacre would not be unlikely.

My fears vanished as I heard a bark from the stairway, and sure enough Akuma emerged. He easily fit through the bars to greet me.

"You have no idea how glad I am to see you, boy! Go and hit that lever on the left, and see if it gets this thing to go back up."

Akuma did as he was told, and the cage did indeed retract, freeing me.

"You get extra treats when we get home!" I promised as I scooped him up to give a kiss to all three of his heads. He wriggled free and put up a façade of nonchalance before trotting up the stairs to the outside.

Ten minutes later, after sending Akuma back to camp with news of my whereabouts, I found myself climbing the steep mountain path of Da-chao. Giant human figures had been carved into the mountainside long ago, and the level of detail was simply astounding for such a large scale. The statues themselves were part of the path at some points, and as I neared the top I found myself walking on shoulders and arms. Finally, as I stood on the left elbow of the middle statue, I could see Yuffie sitting in the palm of the statue's hand. The sun was just beginning to touch the horizon.

"Well well well, you managed to get free. I'm not even going to question it, as you seem to be almost as crafty as I am." Yuffie said, as she jumped to her feet.

"Please, I don't want to play this game anymore. Just give me my materia back."

She patted the small bag attached to her belt. "It's right here. But you're going to have to work a little bit more for it, I'm afraid." She said as she gripped a large 4-pointed ninja star.

"Alright, if you want to go there, then you give me no choice." I replied, drawing my own weapon. The sunset made our face off seem like an epic battle was about to ensue, but I knew differently. This would end very shortly.

Yuffie charged at me as she spun the star around a couple fingers, yelling, "Face the wrath of the great ninja Yuffie!"

I charged as well, and with a single well-placed strike with my sword, sent the ninja star flying out of her hand. She quickly counterattacked with a knife in her other hand, but I caught that with my other hand as well and yanked it, forcing her to drop the blade. A knee to the gut sent her sprawling backwards into the ground.

As she laid there, gasping and sputtering, I felt kind of guilty for fighting with her when I knew I had such an unfair advantage. After preaching about fair fights, here I was, beating up a kid that couldn't possibly match my strength or skill. There's no honor in winning a fight like that.

I reached down and grabbed the bag off of Yuffie's belt, and she made no protest nor stopped in her moaning. I checked its contents—all of my materia was there, along with the MP Absorb that Yuffie used as bait. Score!

As I began to walk away, Yuffie's voice rang out once more.

"You! My eternal rival! Don't think this is over! We will meet again, and when we do… I'm gonna win!" she shouted, still on the ground, but sitting up now and pointing a dramatic finger at me.

"... Sure, we'll meet again. But keep dreaming."

An hour later I was safely back at camp and showing Sephiroth the materia I had "found" during my trip to town. He would never, ever know of the true story behind it, because my pride simply wouldn't withstand it.

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