Part of the Job

I ran my hair back,the blonde strands that made up my bangs hung in my eyes.I turned when I heard the door of my office being opened,a young girl avoided looking at me and handed me a paper.I knew this girl fairly well,though I'd never properly been introduced to her.I was intrigued by her,why her hair was such an unusual color,why she'd never come near my office unless instructed,why she was interested in ShinRa to begin with."Miss..."I glanced at the paper,to keep up the facade that I didn't know her,and looked back up."Zetsubu?"

" 'S an 'o' at the end,sir."She still hadn't looked at me,just tugged on her long green hair.

"Ah,I apologize, who sent you?"

"Reno told me to give that to you."I looked back at the paper.

"You have the wrong Shinra. You're looking for my father."I told her.I looked at the document, it was a letter. Tseng had given it to Reno and Reno had given it to the girl.

"Oh...Sorry..."She held her hand out for the paper.

"What's your name?"I asked setting the letter in her headed towards the door,as if she hadn't heard me."Girl!"She stopped,her hand on the doorframe."Your name?"

"Hoshi..."She muttered closing the door behind her.I grinned and sat down on my desk.

"So..."I mused."That was an application?"I asked a few moments of silent pondering,I stood,recomposing myself and straightening my suit.I called for Tseng and he opened the door a minute later.

"Sir?"The Wuitanian man stood in front of me.

"A girl was in here a moment had a piece of paper with her."He nodded."She wishes to be moved from SOLDIER to the Department of General Affairs?"

"Yes is quite capable of handling most of the things the rest of us handle."I swallowed my laugh.

"She looks so young."

"She's only two years younger than you sir."I was thirteen then?"Do you have concerns about her?"I looked up sharply.

""I said nodded and complied.I scowled,and my anger merely doubled when Reno waltzed through the door."Get out."

"Touchy much?Relax,I'm just here to tell you your dad's lookin' for ya."The look on my face must've tipped the redhead off about what was wrong with his statement."Er,yeah..."He stepped backwards through the door.I cursed to myself under my breath,storming through ShinRa to my fathers office.

"What do you want old man?"He glared at fat man...

"I guess you've heard about that girl."I twitched,she had a name.

"Hoshi."He waved his hand.

"Whatever.I'm going to allow her to become a Turk, for now she will stay with you.." I felt my heart do something odd and nodded."She's quite queer,if she doesn anything weird,you are to tell Tseng."I nodded again and tried very hard to close the door without slamming all,I still had to uphold my I turned around Elena and the girl were standing there.

"Elena."I nodded and she returned the girl was dressed in the uniform all the Turks wore,but she had modified my father was right,though I'd never tell anyone I'd said it,maybe she was had ripped,not cut,ripped the pants off to just under her knee and wore bright socks under it.

"This is Hoshi Zetsubo,that girl Reno took in a few years ago."I nodded.

"I met her earlier this came to my office on accident."She still didn't look at me."She seems to be to be a nice change of pace."

"Shy?Far from did live with Reno for the past three-four Hosh?"Hoshi nodded,her long bangs hid her I knew what color they were,I'd never actually seen them."Give her an hour and she'll be bouncing off the just woke up."I raised my eyebrow.

"Just?It's nine thirty,Elena."

"She took a 's still a kid."I internally winced,I didn't want someone so young in danger.

"I'm not a kid Laney."The girl yawned."Is there any coffee...?"I held back a laugh.

"If you can get Tseng and Scarlette to spare you some,your welcome to it."I said,already heading towards my office.

"Jackass...."I heard her mutter as she walked in the opposite direction,Elena left to stand where we left her."It's that way right?"I turned,though she hadn't moved her hair she was looking at me.

" you hear Tseng and a woman fighting,you're there."She snickered and I smiled softly to myself as I closed my Zetsubo....I had taken up finding out everything I could about her,though Tseng and Reeve called it 'stalking'.I suppose to some it would seem slightly stalkerish,but I don't do the 's what Reeve is for.I laughed to myself.

"What are you doing?"I hadn't heard the door,and I cursed under my breath turning to come face to face with an annoyed/amused/creeped out Hoshi holding two coffee cups.

"Nothing."She didn't ask another question,just leaned against the wall and sliding down it,sipping the she didn't talk,she stared intently at me,I could finally see past her hair.I saw her eyes were a mix of colors,grey-green with the blue tint of mako glazing them slightly.I felt slightly uncomfortable,I sat behind my desk,my chair angled towards the window.

"Ow!"I turned my head ever so slightly,the girl was sucking on her thumb,aparently the coffee cup had broke in her hands."Son of a..."I raised my eyebrow,she bled easy.I didn't know caught me looking and scowled."Sorry."I waved my hand,her expression softened,and I tossed her a box of tissues."Thanks..."

"Mhmm."She wrapped two tissues around the cut and carefully picked up the broken correl.I watched her the whole time,she didn't seem to mind as she dumped the mess into a trashcan."How old are you?"

"Turning fourteen soon."She said tapping her fingers on the ground."And you're turning sixteen right?"My eyebrow quirked,something that had become routien in the last hour,and nodded."Tseng said you were two years older than me."

"Indeed."Silence descended,a rather tense silence,I didn't like it.

"Are you naturally blonde or did you dye it?"I chuckled,happy she had broken that quiet.

"I was born with blonde hairWhat about yours?"She looked at the strands hanging over her shoulder.

"Well,it's been green ever since I can remember,I've never said it's always been this color."

"Was your mothers hair green as well?"She frowned,thinking,and shook her head.

"Hers was blue."I didn't remember reading anything about her mother except her name and that she was married."What about your mom?Was she nice?"I tensed in my seat.

"Hmm."She took that as an 'I don't want to talk about that' and looked at the bloodstained tissue.

"Sorry."She picked up the second cup of coffee and drank it slowly,peeking at me over the edge.I stared back intensely and Reno opened the door,neither of us looked up.

"What do you want Reno?"I sat on the edge of my desk.I twitched and he looked down into her coffee cup.

"Um,can I leave real quick?"She asked quietly.I waved my hand and she stood silently closing the door.

"Your pretty happy now,ain't'cha?"I glared at him,not saying anything,then looked down at my desk picking up my pen."You like her and you're happy she gets to stay with you all day while the rest of us are gone and you're alone with her and you're gonna try-"I threw my pen at him and he fell off the desk trying to avoid it.

"Get out of my office Reno or I will fire you."He got up but didn't leave.

"Admit it and I will."I growled."Admit it."

"Fine,I am happy she is my Turk."I noticed how possesive I sounded."Now leave."He snickered and went to open the door,but Hoshi got to it first,smacking him in the face.

"Where's Reno?"I laughed and pointed,she looked down."Ooh,sorry!"She helped him up,carefully supporting her left,cursing under his breath.I swore I heard 'wait till we get home' but I couldn't be sure.

Kris Kaulitz -Untouched-: Okay so, I've written a bunch of Final Fantasy stories, this is the first one I'm making public...So,yeah,Hoshi belongs to she sounds kinda Mary-Sueish please tell me how I can make her less Mary-Sue second OC hasn't shown up,but she belongs to my loverly twin face Jenn (Shadowkitsune95) Jenn has now read it but still...I hate people reading my stories because I'm very self concious about my writing....

R+R please?I'll give you invisible cake!

~Kris