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Notes: You know, I could just stop writing if I don't start getting some new reviewers. You know who you are.

The Secretary

Episode 35: Land of the Setting Sun

"It's definitely… Different." Jessie turned her head back and forth. The pagodas rose up all over the city. The setting sun made everything golden. It looked nothing like Midgar. I don't know if I like it or not…

Her boss rubbed his temples. "That was a horrid airship ride."

"Yeah… That Highwind guy was kind of a jerk, huh? Although, what's this about crashing an airship?"

"I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!"

"Yeah, whatever… So, where's this Godo guy?" She followed Sephiroth as he crossed a bridge, but stopped when she noticed a weapon shop. "Hey, Seph! Can we stop here?"

He shrugged his shoulder plates. "We're about a month late anyway. What are a few minutes more?" The pair entered the store and began examining the merchandise.

RSL swirled the acid about the glass beaker. "Are you sure this will work?"

Reno bobbed his head up and down. "Rude said it was very powerful stuff."

"Rude talks?"

/Flashback/

The little girl helped her mother set the table. "I fixed the computer, Mommie."

"Thank you, Sweetie." She rubbed her child's hair. "Now, Jessica, you know you need to be good tonight, okay?"

Jessica nodded her head. "I know, Mommie! I will be!"

The child heard the door open. She bounded into the living room and hugged her father. Behind him a tall man with graying hair stood. So this is Daddie's boss. "Did you have a nice day at work, Daddie."

"It was nice." Her father bent down to look eye-to-eye with his child. "What did you do today, Jessica?"

"Oh, I fixed the computer…. I just had to replace the processor."

The man standing behind her father tilted his head. "You fixed a processor?"

Jessica tried her hardest not to growl at the man. "I fix everything… The doctors said I was a pra-prod..."

"'Prodigy'." Her father finished. "Intuitive skills with electronics and mechanics."

The grey-haired man knitted his brow. "That so… How old are you, Jessica?"

"Six, Sir."

"And she's polite too." The older gentleman rubbed his chin. "… Going to Shinra Academy?"

"Good heavens no!" Jessica was picked up by her mother. "Jessica wants to become a vet."

"Yep-yep!"

/End/

Sephiroth darted around at the other customers. Most were giving him a really dirty look.

Jessie, meanwhile, was crying like the child she was. "Yo-you're so me-mean to me! I want my Mommy!" Tears streamed down her face. Her fetal position made her look even smaller.

He could hear whispers of "What a jerk."

"FINE! I'll buy you the stupid gun!"

Jessie bounced up from the ground, a smile plastered on her face. The tears had mysteriously vanished. "Thank you so much, Sephy-kins!" She swung her arms around the silver-haired man. "And it's not a 'stupid gun.' It's a 'shortbarrel'."

"… Please don't hug me." He dug into his wallet. "…Won't your parents pay for your gun fetish?" He handed the gil over to the salesclerk.

As she looked down her new weapon's barrel, his secretary said, "My parents are dead."

"Oh… I'm sorry."

The brunette gave him a weak smile. "Not your fault… We should get going." She walked out and fell onto the ground. Sephiroth tripped onto her. They both lifted their heads to see a little girl—maybe nine or ten years old—running away with Jessie's gun.

Pushing her boss up, Jessie was bright red. "WHAT THE #&$! THAT LITTLE #$& JUST STOLE MY #$'N' GUN!"

"… You really have a potty mouth, don't you?"

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Special treat: Jessie, Sephiroth, and RSL invade WARM CREAMY CHOCOLATE.

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