Alright, chapter twelve has been FIXED. I don't know how I managed to load up an old chapter for twelve, but I did. It is fixed, with the correct chapter in place. Please read it, as it has peanut butter in it. This begins the flying episode. Funness for Renji and Reno. WOO! Now, I know absolutely nothing about helicopters, so let's all pretend that what I write is reality, kay? Thanks.

I don't own FF VII or any of it's characters. I just use them to make my muse happy.

Both Shinra helicopters were waiting on the landing pads. He went over to his favorite and gave it a cursory inspection before really getting started. Everything was in order except for the door. There were scratches on the handle and lock. Not deep or very noticeable, but he knew they had not been there before. The locking mechanism was still in tact and the small rod that was part of the lock was still in position when he opened it, so no one had gotten inside. Reno got in the pilot's seat and cued up the security camera's archive. He watched it from seven-thirty yesterday morning on through the day on fast forward until before dawn this morning.

There he let it go at speed, and found what he was looking for. A person, masked and dressed in black, was sneaking around the helicopter, attempting to get inside it. Upon failing, they walked around it once, then climbed up to where the main rotor was. The cameras did not reach that high, but they recorded the sounds of someone grunting and the unmistakable sound of metal moving against metal. A triumphant laugh later, the person was on the ground and running away.

Reno was puzzled by what the person thought they were doing up near the rotors. There was precious little that could be done in the way of damage to it. He was also puzzled by the person he saw. They made too much noise to be a ninja, or even a thief. Also, the person was too slim to be Godo, which would be his first choice among possible suspects. The laugh and grunting was that of a man. "Did you hire someone, old man?" He was talking to himself while dialing his phone. It was answered by a disgruntled Rude. "Yo, partner. You up yet?"

"I am now, no thanks to you."

"Stop being a little bitch and get your laptop out. I'm sending you something."

"What?"

"Surveillance video. From this morning before dawn. Someone tried to tamper with my helicopter."

"What?"

"Someone's trying to make me into a bad guy here, Rude, and they're doing it in ways that'll hurt Renji."

"Why?"

"Can you use more than one word? I don't know, but they want me gone."

"Fine. I can see why if you keep calling people this early."

"Were you sleeping with your cookies again, Rude?"

"No."

"Are you sure? No crumbs in the sheets?"

"Shut up. Alright, its ready."

"Good. Do me a favor and check the video on the other helicopter when you actually wake up."

"What's got you in such a good mood? You usually don't talk this much this early."

"Happy to See You Pancakes."

"Oh. Save any for me?"

"Are cookies not good enough?"

"Shut up."

"Alright, the file's sent. Go back to sleep with your cookies."

"Shut up."

Rude hung up the phone, and Reno smiled in spite of himself. Rude was always fun to pester in the morning. He was naturally a late riser, and it nearly always made him late for work. Reno would be the one to wake him up every morning after he turned his alarm clock off and eat whatever cookies or sweets Rude had while the man got ready.

"Alright, time to see what they did to my helicopter..."

Reno went through his preflight inspection as though there were nothing wrong. Rotor inspection was in the middle of it anyway, so there was no reason to skip right to it. Everything else was in perfect working order. He went back to the rotor and found that a single bolt had been loosened. A single loose bolt was usually no problem, but where this one was situated was critical. It would fly out once in full flight and cause major turbulence. An inexperienced pilot would most likely crash or damage the craft. Reno would not, but he was no ordinary pilot. The problem was quickly fixed, and he checked the other bolts for good measure.

"Come on, pick up the phone..." He was calling Yuffie from inside the helicopter, checking on various things.

"Hello?"

"Hey, sexy." He could almost see her smile. "Let me talk to Renji real quick?"

"Sure. Here he is..." There was a second of silence while the phone was being transfered. "Hello?"

"Hey there, buddy. Ready to go for a ride?"

"YES!"

"Alright, then you two need to get on down here!"

"YES! WE'LL BE RIGHT THERE! Bye Daddy!" The phone was silent for another few seconds, and then Yuffie was back on the line.

"I take it you're ready? We'll leave just as soon as we get shoes on, Renji. Ok, we'll be there. Bye."

"Bye."

It took them fifteen minutes to get to the landing pads, and Reno was waiting for them, leaning against the door of his helicopter. Renji ran from his mother to him, babbling excitedly. Yuffie walked over at a more leisurely pace, smiling at Renji's excitement. Reno winked at her.

"You sure you don't want to come with, Yuffie?"

"Yeah. Just the thought of flying makes me want to throw up. I'll see you guys later, ok?"

"Okay, bye Mommy!" Renji waved at her. Reno did as well before sliding open the door. Renji climbed inside on his own, barely able to make it up from the ground. He was trotting around inside, looking at everything in the back before going into the front. "Wow...what do all the buttons do?"

"They help me fly. Don't touch any of them unless I tell you, okay?" Renji nodded and continued looking. "Time to get strapped in!" Reno shut the door and locked it, gently pushing Renji ahead of him and toward the co-pilot seat. "You get to be my co-pilot today." He let the boy get up into the seat himself. He seemed to like climbing. Reno got him properly in the seat and belted into place using the extra body harness along with the seat belt. He grabbed a head set and adjusted it to fit Renji's head before putting it in place. "There's your head set. It lets us talk over the sound of the helicopter and protects your ears."

Reno got himself belted into his seat once he was done with Renji. He normally did not use it, but he wanted to make sure it was as safe as possible. Once his own head set was in place, he turned them both on. Renji could hear both him and the control tower.

"See this blue button?" Renji nodded. "Push it, and it'll turn on all these instruments." Renji pushed it, straining slightly against his harness. He giggled as all the lights came on and several instruments beeped. "Aaaand, push this one to turn the engine on." Renji pushed another button and laughed with delight as the engine started humming. Reno leaned over and adjusted the microphone on Renji's headset so that it was closer to the boys mouth. "See why we use headsets like this?" Renji turned to him and nodded.

"It's so loud!"

"It'll get louder in a minute, when we turn on the rotors. Don't touch anything else yet." Renji nodded again, and turned to inspect the dials. Reno was going through the other flight preparations, flicking switches and hitting buttons with barely a thought as to what they did. He knew what they did and their placement by heart.

"Wow, Daddy, you really know what all these things do?"

"Yep. Been flying for years."

"Will you tell me what they do later?"

"You bet. Hit this red button and it'll turn on the rotors. It'll be really loud, so don't worry about it." Renji hit the button with his tiny fist, and the whole craft started humming. Renji was wide-eyed, craning his neck to see the rotors spinning. They got faster and faster, whining through the air. "Be quiet for a minute, Renji." Reno hit a few more switches as he got ready for take off.

"Attention Wutai tower, Betsy One requesting permission for take off from pad Beta, do you copy?"

"Copy Betsy One, this is Wutai Tower. Last instrument and fuel check is necessary for take off."

"All go, Wutai Tower. Full tank and one happy passenger." Renji smiled at him, and Reno winked.

"Permission granted, Betsy One. Safe flight."

"Copy, Wutai Tower." Reno turned to his son, who was waiting expectantly. "Ready?"

"YES! LET'S GO GO GO!"

"Alright. We'll go slow at first, 'til we're further from the tower."

With that, Reno took off, the helicopter beating the air ruthlessly as it gained altitude. Once out of the tower airspace, he sped up a little, but still went slow enough for Renji to watch the ground below zoom past. He was trying to plaster his face to the window, but the harness kept him from doing it.

"Can we go higher?"

"Sure." He made a rapid assent, causing Renji to squeal in delight as he saw Wutai shrink into something that resembled a doll house. "How's that?"

"GREAT!"

"Anywhere you want to see?"

"Everything! Let's see everything!"

Reno laughed, and proceeded to show Renji 'everything'. Once he got tired of sight-seeing in a helicopter, Reno started doing tricks. He pulled one as a surprise, making a rapid turn-about without losing momentum. Since Renji enjoyed it, he did more and more tricks. Flying was a joy to Reno. It always had been. From the moment he set foot in a helicopter he knew this was something he would love. Seeing the same joy in Renji's face made him beyond happy. Here was something that Yuffie could not, and would not, teach her son. He could and would teach Renji to fly if the boy wanted to learn.

"So, Renji, you want to learn how to fly when you're older?"

"YES! YES! YES! When'll you teach me? Huh?"

"As soon as your feet can hit the pedals down there," Reno pointed, showing him the foot pedals used to help steering. "You'll be up in the air. Hey, that rhymed. I should be a poet or something." They both laughed. "Okay, time to head back. Your mom's probably pulling her hair out right now." Renji giggled and nodded his agreement. Just as he was turning the helicopter around to head back to Wutai, someone started shooting at them. The bullets were aimed near the back, where the fuel tanks were.

"Shit!"

Again, remember that I have to knowledge of helicopters, so we're pretending that what I wrote/write is real. :) Reviews, please!

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