Alright... Gonna be a PRETTY big time skip here... Mostly because I don't bother going to make filler chapters and ramble on and on xD I have other stories to tend to... Ones that have been neglected...

18/October/0000

It had been two days since I met Zack Fair, SOLDIER 1st Class... And I must admit, following Sierra's advice was... Useful, in a way. I mean... Yeah, I like him... But like I said before, if anyone in Shinra gets together, they'll just be too busy and hardly even get to spend time together... Still, I girl can dream...

I groaned, not wanting to get out of bed, but I was too eager to hit the gyms again! I haven't been there in what seemed like ten years! I slipped on a training T-shirt, not wanting to spoil my newly cleaned uniform, and washed up.

"Sup, Ciss." Alex nodded casually as I exited the Female Turk Floor. I glanced at him and stopped shortly.

"Sup to you too." I replied, not sure how to respond to his slang. He chuckled at my attempt to say 'sup'.

"Gym, right?" I nodded, he did the same and walked away towards the training rooms with his rod in hand.

When I arrived at my destination, I wasn't very surprised to see plenty of people there already. Gyms were probably the most active in the morning, seeing that SOLDIER and Turks use them. I quickly scanned around, now regretting coming so early. Practically all of the areas were taken up, mostly by SOLDIER. I groaned and walked to the only empty treadmill.

Treadmills were probably my favorite... Turks are always running around, though some pull ups aren't a bad idea either.

"Hey, you're, uh..." An unfamiliar voice said as I placed my drink bottle in the little convenient holder the machine had. I turned around to my right, seeing another SOLDIER, wearing purple uniform. "Oh right! 'The Hottest Woman in Shinra,' Cissnei." He grinned, now recognizing me. I rolled my eyes and set up the treadmill.

"Nice you know my name. Be better if I got to know yours," I replied, and began running. The SOLDIER did the same, not taking off his helmet. I was rather surprised, almost everyone kept theirs off when they exercised... But then again, SOLDIERS are practically just super humans. But honestly... Can he even like... Breathe?

"Kunsel, SOLDIER 2nd Class" he said, increasing the speed.

There was a silence between us, though it was almost canceled out with the noise around and behind us.

"Cissnei!" I heard and saw Kylie come through the door, wearing a tracksuit. 'Looks like she won't be needed for a mission today... Man, I hope I don't.'

She bounded over and grinned, watching the person on the other side of me exit off the treadmill. As she mounted it, I couldn't miss the fact that she stumbled slightly.

"Ow..." She regained her balance and remembered something. "Hey, you must have got up pretty late or something! 'Cause most of the other Turks are already hitting the cafeteria!" I raised an eyebrow.

"That's new... I was usually the most earliest person up..." I mused to myself. Kunsel laughed, though didn't make much of a reply.

"Things change, you know." He smirked while I shrugged casually.

"Well, I might as well just go now... They always end up taking the berries... Then the cereal tastes all plain and... icky." I didn't bother to think of another adjective and turned the machine off, sighing. "Kylie? You aren't coming?" I asked, noticing that she wasn't following behind."

"Nah. I've already had a quick bite. I wasn't that hungry today." I nodded mutely.

"See you later then!" I gave her a small wave, and leaving Kunsel with a nod. "I can always come back later." I mumbled after bidding Kunsel farewell.

I quickly poured some milk and grabbed the nearest cereal box, not caring what brand it was and tipped a few raspberries in. I would have got some strawberries as well, but there's only a few left in the fridge, so I just left them there for someone else to eat as a snack.

"Have you heard?" Sierra asked me. "Angeal has gone missing quite a time ago... And lately, that Zack guy that I've been telling you about is really mopey about something!" Slade, the one that wields two guns, arched an eyebrow and Sierra's remark.

"I thought that Zack Fair was one of the most hypo guys in Shinra!" Reno suddenly leaned forward from his slouched position. Everyone nodded mutely.

"Well, Angeal was Zack's mentor," Rude spoke up. For once, joining our conversation. Reno shrugged and leaned more back onto his chair and rested his feet on the table.

"Meh. We've all gotta have out bad days!" Reno remarked casually. I glared at his shoes, which were covered in dried mud and was now starting to peel off onto the table.

"Feet off." I reached over and swatted them off the table. He made a face and reluctantly agreed.

"Man, you're like my Mom sometimes..." He sulked quietly, though I just ignored his comment and got back into the conversation.

"-so what do you think happened?" Elliot questioned no one in particular.

"I don't know... But Tseng is always telling us to watch over the Ancient person, Aerith. And I think Zack ran into her the other day..." Sierra shrugged and spooned up some more cereal, noticing that it was becoming soggy.

"Oh yeah! That girl!" Reno sat up again. "I'm pretty sure she did... But I'm not totally sure if she did." He furrowed his eyebrows, deep in thought. "Tseng said something about 'getting someone to watch Zack' now." The red head replied after unlocking his memory vault.

"Speaking of Tseng..." Slade paused, thinking his next sentence through. "I think it was... Sierra?" She perked up immediately at the sound of her name. "No..." She rolled her eyes and turned back to her tray, picking it up and walking to the bins. "Oh yeah!" Slade smirked, finally remembering. "Tseng wanted to see you, Cissnei." I nodded and quickly packed up my stuff.

Like usual, I stopped outside the doors, making sure they didn't open. I briefly tidied up my uniform and hair, though I'm sure there wasn't a big difference.

I took a quick stride forward and hardly even waited for the doors to open, knowing that they only took one second to do so.

"Cissnei, glad you're here." The supervisor packed up some of the paper work on his desk and leaned back onto his large chair. "We've got a new assignment for you." I let a silent sigh out. 'Another one already? I hardly get leisure time these days... And no more gym for me...'

"Now what is it?" I tried to not groan while talking, not wanting to seem unprofessional or anything. Tseng didn't take much notice and took out some more files from a drawer that was marked 'SOLDIER'.

"First Class SOLDIER, Zack Fair." He laid the folder on the table so that I could read it. "You two have already met, so I'm sure he isn't an unfamiliar face." I studied the document a little closer as Tseng mumbled something under his breath, sounding a lot like "especially since he probably knows everyone here."

I ignored the comment and continued taking a look through the files, learning a few basic facts.

His hometown was Gongaga, technically making him a country boy... Though I never would have imagined him working hard on a crop... He worked his way up the SOLDIER Classes quite a bit faster than the others, with an exception of the current 1st Class SOLDIERS. Zack joined SOLDIER at a fairly young age, but he was taken under Angeal's wing.

"Zack has met Aerith Gainsborough," Tseng replied in slight concern.

"What? How?" I was shocked. "And... Why?"

The Turks have kept Aerith under our eyes since she was a child! Our security was pretty much impossible to break! How in Gaia did he get to meet her? Then, I remembered a certain Red-Headed Childhood friend.

"It was Reno, wasn't it?" I asked, though it was more like a fact. Tseng made no reply but slipped Zack's folder away while I planned a short speech for Reno mentally. 'I bet he was taking a "break" and then met some cute girl...' I tried to think of more possibilities of what could have happened.

"We were requested to send a Turk to keep an eye on him, though we have yet to know why. So we need you to keep Zack Fair under your eyes constantly." Tseng broke my daze with a stern voice.

"Don't I need... Assistance or something?" I whined. I'm always going on solo missions... Why me? I mean, I know what teamwork is!

"No." Tseng shook his head and leaned back into his chair. "Director Lazard has requested for just one Turk to watch over him." I nodded, deciding not to question authorities. "He believes that more people will make him too self conscious... Or grow a need to impress, which will lead to poor standards of work."

"When do I leave?" I asked, sighing heavily.

"Whenever we feel is necessary." I raised my eyebrows. What type of command is that? Real specific. "You will be deployed, sent back, and deployed again. Some of your work may be cover up, or maybe just to watch, some might just so he keeps out of trouble... To put it simply." I nodded and stretched myself in the chair.

"You may now take your leave." I put on a fake smile.

"Thank you." He gave a small nod of approval as I exited the room.

I sighed, no more relaxation time for me... Again... Is it just me, or does Tseng like using me to do undercover-like stuff?

"Sup... Again." I heard Alex's voice from behind. "Are you on another mission?" He asked, fiddling with his rod.

"Yeah..." He chuckled lightly, making me punch him playfully in the arm. "What's so funny?"

"You're probably the Turk that gets missions most of the time. That's pretty damn sad, eh? I mean, I would be freaking annoyed like fuuu-" I gave him a glare, making him stop midway through his sentence.

"What were you going to say?" He took a step back, somewhat intimidated. You know, maybe Reno calling me his 'Mom' is kinda true...

"Fuuudge... I meant to say... Fudge..." I inwardly laughed, but just settled for a small smirk. "Um..." He scratched his head awkwardly and shifted his weight onto his left foot.

"Say... Where's Reno?" I suddenly remembered the speech that should be delivered to him. Alex pondered on the spot for a while before replying.

"Lounge. Just got back from watching that Ancient Girl." I grinned.

"Perfect..."

We walked almost in a pure silence to the lounge, having no subject to talk about except what I was going to tell Reno... I opened the doors and scanned around for a bright red blotch of red... And there it was, on the couch.

"Hey!" Reno grinned and waved Alex and I over, while I gave him a disappointed look. "What?" He frowned and swiped yet another cookie from the almost empty plate, which he probably cleared.

"Do you know that you just let Zack Fair meet Aerith?" He shrugged and took a bite out of the chocolate chip before swatting some loose strands of hair out of his eyes.

"Yeah, not big deal," Reno replied in the most casual tone possible. "What about them anyways?" Alex sighed, already knowing the situation I was in.

"Because of 'the big deal', I now have to go undercover, yet again might I add, and 'watch' Zack!" I threw my hands in the air, emphasizing how annoyed I was. "Besides! How did you get distracted anyways?" He looked a little taken back, but still put up an argument.

"Well... There was this girl-" I cut him off, waving my hands in front of his face.

"Just ignore my question."

xD I'm sorry... I couldn't help let those Cissnei Motherly chances slip! But for those who just skipped to chp 12, then I'll give you a list of characters.

Sierra: Shot Gun (Female)

Alex(ander): Rod (Male)

Slade: Two guns (Male)

Kylie: Knife (Female)

Elliot: Nunchaku (Male)

Pretty sure that's everyone covered. And Cissnei's 'Real Name' is Amber Hartly.

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