At least they both agreed that owls were cute. Yuffie nodded as Mikoto said so, agreeing with her immediately. That didn't need any debate. Although what she said next was confusing. So, Bobby Corwen came out of an egg? Maybe monkey girls laid eggs, but she didn't think so. And she knew Black Mages but they only had numbers? Yuffie was confused, and wished that Mikoto would explain things a little better.
"Sooo... is Bobby Corwen... an owl?" she tried to guess. That made the most sense. "Wait. You name your owls but not your magicians? Your world is weeeeeeeird," she remarked as she tried to understand. She didn't entirely understand why she even had 'mages' on her world. Yuffie guessed you could say Aerith was something of a mage, she had certainly been rubbish at kicking butt the traditional way, but they could all use magic with the right materia. Maybe it was different on Mikoto's world? A world without materia. It was enough to make Yuffie shiver.

She asked more about Wutai, and Yuffie was pleased to talk about THAT, at least.
"Sure, loadsa ninjas! I mean, we did other stuff too, but all our warriors were ninjas. Like me!" she explained cheerfully. Her expression darkened a little however, when Mikoto asked if they were a warring people. "We didn't used to be. Being ninjas, it wasn't about beating up like, other countries. It was about... y'know, being kick butt. Learning to master your abilities. It was part of our culture. But when Shinra came, we had to fight. They didn't understand our ways. Just 'cause we liked to live without big screens and smelly cars n' stuff, they thought we were savages. They thought they could just crush us. An' we might have lost that war, but we proved 'em wrong. We made Shinra hurt. An' those of us who were true ninja, we never gave in. We kept fightin' in secret. And now, Shinra's no more, and Wutai is free again. So, I guess, it took years, but we won in the end. Jus' goes to show, never mess with a ninja!" Yuffie explained, her voice picking up enthusiasm as she explained about her victory.

"But it means the world I grew up in, most of my life, my culture was a joke. Shinra used to use us as a tourist spot, like, 'oh, come and see the silly ninja', like we were some kinda zoo. But I proved 'em wrong in the end! Shinra won't ever mess with me again!" she added.

She laughed a little when Mikoto asked her what a Pagoda was.
"A pagoda is a tower, dummy. It's a tower of Wutai design. You should see 'em. No stupid elevators or metal or electricity making smoke and stink and pollution. Just a proper tower, all stone and wood. But The Pagoda was a special place. It was the centre of Wutai's capital city. It was where our greatest masters resided. Each floor was home to a chosen master, the very best that Wutai had to offer. It was said that when the true Descendant of Shinobi was ready, they would prove themselves by defeating all five of the masters and fight their way up the tower, and once they did, they were ready to become the Pagoda's new champion. That way, the champion of the Pagoda was also always Wutai's greatest warrior. An' only the true warriors of the Pagoda knew who was at the top. Their identity was a secret. So imagine my surprise when it turned out to my Dad! I mean, he was the boss of Wutai, but to realise he was also our best warrior, even though he's the one who had surrendered to Shinra!? TOTAL surprise. Anyway, I had to still prove myself and kick his butt. Which I did!"

"But I thought the tradition was dumb. I mean, why be Wutai's best warrior if all you're gonna do is sit in some cooped up ol' tower? Especially when there were bad guys to beat! An' my Dad, I guess, he kinda agreed. An' I think we started to understand each other a bit. See, he thought leading Wutai into war against Shinra is what had led so many of our people to die. That just 'cause you had the strength to fight, it didn't mean you HAD to, and there was a better way to keep people safe. But he saw that sometimes you HAD to fight, jus'... in a different way. So... he sent me as our best warrior to help overthrow Shinra and save the world. Which I totally did, by the way. No biggie," she finished explaining with a grin, as they began to get back to town. She paused, and sighed slightly, however. The thoughts of her Dad and Wutai made her realise that she might never get back there. Wutai was the one thing that she had done everything for. She had always fought for. And she had always been, deep down. A ninja from Wutai. It was her home. Her reason for fighting.

Without Wutai, what was she? And worse than that, without her Dad... She realised how much she missed him. All those times she'd run away from him or yelled at him, and now she might never see him again, she really did, truly, miss him.

Fortunately, Mikoto's protests about ghosts snapped her out of her thoughts, and she looked over at her.
"You can not eat ghosts! Have you ever eaten a ghost? I bet you haven't," Yuffie replied. "Then again... you CAN beat up ghosts... so if you can beat 'em up, maybe you CAN eat 'em. Like you can beat up a monster, and I guess you could cook and eat it if you wanted to, so, maybe you can eat ghosts. It's kinda super weird though," Yuffie remarked. "Nu uh, bet I'm stronger than some fatso who eats ghosts!" Yuffie protested, trying to imagine this person who ate ghosts and then claimed they were strong. "Is like, ghost stew his speciality or something? Are you getting trained by a chef?" she teased.

"What? No! We don't just, PUT the egg there. We throw it at 'em! Smash it all over their shop an' show 'em not to mess with us!" Yuffie grinned. "C'mon. Do you wanna throw it?" she offered, grinning.

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The shuriken whistled towards Caius's back, but it seemed that the long haired Dragonblade had another trick up his sleeve. Or, as Yuffie thought of it, the same old trick, as he disappeared once again, this time giving her a blow from behind.

"You gotta change the record, blondie," she managed to say, before the hit struck her.

Yuffie stumbled forward towards the shuriken, losing her balance for a moment, but she was one with her weapon, and it'd take more than that to trick her. Taking her momentum and turning what was a trip into an over the head flip, she leapt into the air, grabbing the shuriken as it whistled behind her. She landed on one foot and threw it again in a spin, picking up the momentum to send it whistling directly towards Caius, tearing through the air like a buzz saw.

This time, however, Yuffie had learned. Whenever her blade pressed its attack, rather than endure, he teleported out of the way. Usually to press an attack directly at her. Which was really annoying, but also getting to be predictable, so as her blade pushed on him, her hands came together and her hands crackled with energy.

She unleashed Bolt III directly along the path of her shuriken, timing it as the blade hit Caius's. If he teleported towards her to press the attack, he'd be teleporting directly into her electrical attack and be blasted. And if he held his ground, well, it'd be a bit slower, but the blast would still reach him, and hit him at the same time as he defended against her blade.

"Try THAT on for size!" she yelled.

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He was already whining she'd attacked too soon! No doubt preparing his excuses for when he lost. That was fine, Yuffie would let him make all the excuses he wanted, it wouldn't change anything! He'd have still lost!
"A TRUE warrior is ALWAYS ready!" she retorted energetically, although it seemed her response came back to bite her, because he WAS ready, even if he was pretending not to be. Two weapons sprang out of nowhere to block her shuriken, which surprised her, and she hadn't been ready for. How had he done that!? Some kind of magical weapons? That was super cool! After she kicked his butt, she'd need to get him to show her how he did that. Then maybe she could do the same for her shuriken!

He threw it back to her, unaware of how dangerous she could be with it, CLEARLY. She grabbed the shuriken out of the air in a pinwheel, moving to throw it back again. As she released it, however, something happened that she didn't expect. He... disappeared!? What?

Still pivoting through the air as she released her shuriken, she was off balance when the flat of the dagger blades hit her in the back. It slapped her across the back with an audible metal slap, causing her to stumble forwards, her arms flying in a pinwheel as she fell.
"WhoawhoawhoaHEY!" she protested, stumbling away but managed to turn around just in time and do a backflip onto her feet, where she held out her hand as her shuriken (now flying at nothing) came back to her hand. "Teleportin's a dirty trick!" she remarked. She had no idea how he'd done that either, but it was obvious that this wasn't going to be a standard fight. "Fine. Fightin' dirty's just how I like it," she grinned, slamming her fists together, and hurling the shuriken again.

This time, it seemed to take on a mind of its own, as if Yuffie was controlling it from a distance, acting like a saw blade cutting through the air as she directed it, pushing against Caius and his own blades. At the same time, she moved her arms, fire forming around her as she chanelled her elemental ninjitsu techniques for a long range attack. She slammed her foot on the ground, sending a stream of fire towards Caius, right where he was, as her spinning shuriken kept the pressure on him.

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