Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy VII, or anything associated with it! I am nothing save for a crazy consumer who has nothing better to do with his time! So please don't sue me!

A.n./ - Well, as you should be aware before you even consider going into a rant about self inserted characters, Chrys is my own character. Although she prefers to be called Miran, which is her last name, everybody calls her Chrys, which is short for Chrystal, which is her first name. Additionally, I wanted to write a fic that gave the Turks a bigger piece of the action. Also, this fic is set post Dirge of Cerberus. As for pairings, they are Tseng/Elena, possible Reno/Rude, Cloud/Tifa, and Vincent/Yuffie. If you don't like those, go away now. There is a back button in your browser window! USE IT!

Thanks, and enjoy!

- athrun

Motion 1:

Beginnings

"Wish these guys would just learn when to quit!" Reno was furiously swinging his EMR at the advancing creatures, but it didn't seem to distract them from their target, the coffee mug on the table. The red head was about to consign him self to the loss of his favorite mug when several bullets whizzed past his head, taking out a good number of his assailants. Seeing their comrades' blood on the ground did get through to the mob. They abruptly turned tail and ran, leaving Reno behind, a confused expression on his face.

"You really need to choose better spots to set up camp, chief." Reno turned around on hearing this, and saw one of the new recruits jump out of a tree and land on the ground, without so much as a scratch. Normally, Reno would have objected to having a different partner, but this was an entirely different scenario. As his companion stood up, the Superior began making mental notes, so that he could remember this one. She stood around 5'4", with waist length silver hair, which was normally kept tied up in back.

"Yeah. Um…. Uh… Thanks, Chrys." She looked back at him and shot her partner a glare that said call me that again, and I'll kill you. Not being totally oblivious to all things, Reno backed down. "Reno, I want you to know, the I've been re-assigned. My new partner will be meeting me in Healin before the end of the week. As of now, you are freed from your duties." The red head looked back at the woman that he had been working with for the past two months, smiled and said, "Alright. Although if you could wait around a little while longer, We'll get the camp cleaned up, and we'll head back together."

Not being on to argue with logic, no matter how stupid it seemed, Chrys began getting the crates by the helicopter open. Little did either of them know what lay around the corner for them and their organization.

Elsewhere…

"Awe, man!" Rod looked up at the sky, then back to his phone. He had gotten a notification of his re-assignment to a new partner, who he would be meeting in Healin at the end of the week. "Hey, Rude." Rod looked up at his partner, who had been apparently standing behind him for some time, and had been unnoticed until he cleared his throat. "What exactly was that complaining for?" Although Rod was at his tallest, he could never even hope to stand up to Rude. Not in a fair fight anyway.

"Don't know if you heard, but…" "Let me guess. You've been re-assigned." The brunette was stunned at the prowess of his superior. "H-how did you know," he stammered. "You left your phone open in the truck. You need to take better care of things." The Turk looked down at the ground. He knew that he'd never hear the end of it from the Superior when they returned to Healin. "Y-yes, sir. I will from now on, sir." Rude looked at his now ex-partner. "You can refer to me be name. This isn't the military. Now, lets get everything back on the truck." Within a half hour, they were loaded and on their way to Healin.

"Cloud! I don't know who or what they are, but they're everywhere! Cloud you..." "You have no more messages" The blonde closed his phone and returned it to his pocket. This was the fourth time he had heard that message, and he wasn't about to give up on the person who left it. He got his sunglasses down and over his eyes, started Fenrir, and fishtailed away from the church in the Midgar slums, heading towards the one place he knew he could get help from.

When Reno had landed at Healin, He was sure he would get an earful over the broken equipment that they had brought back. They were attacked for several hours, and much of the surveillance equipment that was in their possession had been either damaged or destroyed. He was thankful when Rufus had said that it was not his fault. When he heard a vehicle pull up, he knew that Chrys would be leaving with her new partner. But he really didn't mind. This meant that he would get a vacation, and he already ad his planned out. He was kind of shocked to see Rude walk through the door and direct Chrys to go to the truck and drive away.

Reno looked up at his bald friend. "Hey, partner. It's been a while." Rude looked back at the redhead and smiled. "Yeah. How long has it been any way?" "I think about four to six months. But I'm not the one who usually has to do the counting." This caused Rude to chuckle. "You? Counting? Ha ha, Reno! Don't be thinking like that. Odds are in our favor of getting vacation time now!" Reno merely shrugged off the comment and remembered his vacation plans. "So, what're you gonna do on your vacation, buddy?" Rude would have answered, but the door flying open and hitting the wall told them that the vacation would have to wait.

To Be Continued…

Who has arrived? Will Reno get his vacation? What happened to Tifa? Why are cheese curls straight? Some things are meant to be known and others to remain a secret. Next Motion: Secrets

A.n./- Alrighty then! This was the first anything that was not KH related that I have written in a long time! 36 drafts for the start of Lasting Memory, and still not one good beginning! This sucks! Additionally, we lost the band that was doing the theme song, but I shouldn't be talking about that here!

I know that this was a short chapter, but that is because there will be loads of action in the next few, at least, I hope I can write some scenes! I am also busy getting a costume finished for Youmacon later this year! Vincent Valentine from Advent Children! Yay! This is a nice sidee quest for me to undertake! Yippee! As always, please review! Additionally, there are some other things that should be made known, and they are primarily definitions.

Rod – Rod is a character from Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII. This is a cell phone game that never made it to the United States.

Chrys – As I stated prior to the start of the Chapter, Chrys is someone not available at all. She belongs to me! Ha!

While not usually into Yaoi writing, I am making an exception at the request of one of my friends. That is why Reno and Rude are possibly gonna be a couple.

Cloud is not gay. Get over it.

Neither are Sephiroth, Kadaj, Loz, Yazoo, Barret, Cid, and Vincent!

Thank you to those who read this ahead of time!

So… um… yeah. I know that this chapter was short, but that will be remedied in the next installment!

Until then!

- athrun