Chapter 2: Turks

I woke up alone and looked around. It was definitely a guy's room, messy and smelly. In short, it was Zack's but he was nowhere to be found. "Finally, you're up!" Zack said, coming out of the bathroom with only one towel loosely wrapped around his waist and another on his shoulders. I quickly looked down and covered my eyes embarrassed, I did not want to see my brother even halfway naked. "Zack! Get dressed, NOW!" I yelled at him with heat flooding my cheeks.

"Wha- oops. Sorry, Rony, forgot about that," he said rushed. I heard him shuffling around the room then the bathroom door slammed shut again. A few moments later, Zack came out, fully dressed and blushing slightly.

"Nice," I say sarcastically, "my turn." I got off the bed and made a show of gathering up my clothes, mocking him for coming out of the bathroom almost naked, before going into the bathroom and locking the door behind me.

Half an hour later, I walked out with an outfit that consisted of black short-shorts *A/N: like Yuffie's*, a grey tank-top with a white and silver skull, and a pair of black combat boots that stopped a few inches under my knees. My long, black, emo-styled hair fell past my shoulders and my red eyes had black eyeliner and mascara circling them.

When Zack saw me, his jaw dropped and he instantly started protesting, "Nuh-uh, no. You are not going out in that. Do you even realize how many guys are here?" "I need to go speak to Ruffie about my Souba. He might still have it or he would easily buy me a new one, not that I would want to take money from him," I mumbled to myself, ignoring Zack's rambling until he paused and stared at me, gaping like a fish.

"You have a souba?" "Of course, a girl needs to protect herself, doesn't she? Especially here of all places. Ruffie and the Turks taught me how to fight when I was about 10 or 11," I answered coolly. I rolled my eyes and walked out of our room to Ruffie's, without saying anything more.

I then knocked three times and whispered loudly, 'Ruffie is awesome.' Rufus opened the door and looked at me with a raised eyebrow and an amused smirk, gesturing for me to come in. "You know we don't have to do that anymore, correct? We made that up when we were eight."

"Yeah, I know. But I was bored and wanted to bug you," I replied with a shrug. "You're here for your souba, aren't you?" He asked after looking at me for a moment or two. "Dang! You read me like an open book! So back to business, do you still have it?"

"Of course, I made Tseng hold on to it for you. He should still have it," he said, grinning as I squealed in delight. "Tseng is still here?" I asked suddenly. "Yes, as well as Elena, Rude, and Reno." I gave Rufus my best puppy pout, begging him silently to take me to them. "Alright, come on. I believe they are in the training room at this time."

"Good, Zack just texted me telling me to meet him there," I replied, showing him my blood red colored cellphone with the text and a silly smiley face. I grinned and skipped to the training room, humming happily as I followed Ruffie. We entered the training room through a different door than what Zack and I had used last night. I saw Tseng and Elena shooting at targets as Reno and Rude practiced with their Electro-Rods.

"Tseng! Elena! Reno! Rude!" I yelled out to get their attention. They stopped what they were doing and looked in my direction. Elena narrowed her eyes in confusion on my figure before they widened again. "Irony?" She asked shocked. I smiled and nodded my head as she ran over and hugged me with Reno soon following. Tseng and Rude weren't really the hugging type so I forgave them for not rushing over.

"So what do I get for bringing you here?" Ruffie asked with a smirk after the Turks and I all greeted each other. "The satisfaction of helping someone in need and not getting your ass whipped in a fight for not telling slash showing me," I replied smugly as the Turks snickered behind their hands. Thankfully Ruffie is a lenient boss or they most likely could be fired if they laughed at all my jokes.

"I was thinking along the lines of a kiss," he flirted and I rolled my eyes at his obvious attempts, sharing a look with Elena. Don't tell me he still has a crush on me. "Well, alright, just this once though. As a thank you." I stood on the tip of my toes and pretended like I was going to kiss his lips until I pecked his cheek. I then pulled back an looked at his slightly disappointed face. "I bet you were expecting it somewhere else, weren't you?" I giggled as his blush.

"I wish I could've had a camera for that. I'm sure the boss would've bought a copy," Reno jokingly whispered to Rude, nudging him in the ribs. I turned around and playfully cuffed Reno on the arm. He whined then rubbed the spot, mock glaring at me.

I turned back around to see Zack walking over after he had called my name. "Wanna watch Sephiroth and Genesis practice? Just for a few minutes," he asked, glancing at the Turks every few seconds. "Can I fight the winner?" I asked hopefully. "Yeah, sure," Zack replied, waving it off. I'm pretty sure he didn't know what he was agreeing to.

"This outta be good," Elena smirked with a laugh that I quickly joined in on. "I'll go get your souba then," Tseng said then ran through another door which I believed was the weapons room. He came back moments later with a sharpened, double-bladed katana. I thanked him then walked off with Zack after making a secret bet with Reno over who would win between the two 1st Class SOLDIERS.

When we got there, Sephiroth and Genesis were already fighting. "My money's on Sephy," I said after a few minutes of watching their fighting techniques between Zack and Angeal. Angeal was there to break up the fight if it got out of hand, which had obviously happened many times before.

"Sephy?" Angeal asked me. Zack face-palmed, knowing how I came up with nicknames. "Yep, as well as Genny or Gen for Genesis -depends on if I wanna make him feel like a girl or not- as well as Seph for Sephiroth if I want him to sound like more of a guy than just Sephy. Wanna hear yours?" I asked Angeal, grinning evily. Zack shook his head quickly, waving his arms in front of his face like a madman, trying to get me to stop.

I opened my mouth to tell them but paused when Gen and Sephy came out. I just grinned wider. "How about Zack's nickname first. I made it up with the help of my best friend and had called him that since I could speak; Zack-" My words were cut off when Zack slapped his hand over my mouth. I crossed my eyes to glare at the offensive hand then glared into his eyes. He shifted nervously but still stood strong. Then I did the most effective thing possible. I licked his (un)fortunate hand that was ungloved.

"Ew! Gross! Nasty! Sick! Disgusting!" Zack yelled, ripping his hand away from my mouth and wiping it off on his pants several times. Angeal decided to make him do a few (around 30) laps around the training room because 'he had so much energy' as Angeal kindly said. Now the favorite of the group for today.

Zack glares at the two of us then started to run as Angeal and I high-fived behind his back. Then I turned to Sephiroth and Genesis asking, "So, who won?" "Well, Sephiroth did, but only because I let him," Gen replied, waving it off as Angeal and Seph tried not to chuckle.

"Yes! Reno owes me 200 gil!" I laughed happily, picking up my sword. "My turn!" The three each raised an eyebrow at me when I said that. "What? Zack said I could fight the winner." Sephy nodded and we walked into the arena where he and Gen were fighting before.

"Don't worry, I'll go easy on you," he smirked, taking a fighting stance. He looked at me shocked as I suddenly appeared in front of him in a flash. "I won't." And with that said, the fight began.

(Slightly) IMPORTANT Author's Note Below MUST READ

A/N: Sorry it took so long to update the story, I had planned to HOURS ago but I had other things I had to do. Yes the characters are (some more than others) OutOfCharacter (OOC for people who may not know like I didn't a few months ago). The chapters will get even more OOC at times and I'm not really following the Crisis Core – Advent Children Plot. (I don't really know how the plot goes anyway so I'm making it up as I go while using the small bits of knowledge I do have.) I will update again the day after tomorrow (hopefully) because I'm going to my Aunt's for Thanksgiving and my 'rents won't let me take my laptop. Well, bye and I hope you enjoyed it.

I also wanted to know if I got like say the amount of gil wrong. Is that a lot of money or only a little? And I like the nickname Sephy more than Seph so that's what I may call him a lot.