A/N:
Yeah! Borg is gone! Borg is gone! Hurrah! I think so, anyway. Whatever. I'll put up with his crap anyway. It's kinda funny, I guess his life can't be that interesting, now can it? Whatever. Anyhow, sorry it took so long to get this out. It was combination of school work, being sick, a jacked computer, and writer's block. So, here's the fic that you guys have been so patiently waiting for. Oh yeah, and I know the "Are we there yet?" thing's been done before. Bear with me here, alright?
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Reno and Roger had been walking deeper and deeper into the forest for two hours. Reno was tired, hungry, thirsty, and feeling extremely triumphant as everything he said seemed to annoy his companion. It also helped that everything he said had been the same thing for the last half hour.
"Are we there yet?"
"No." said Roger through clenched teeth.
"Oh...Are we there yet?"
"No."
"Are we there yet?"
"NO."
"...Are we there *yet*?"
"No. No, no, and *NO*!" screamed Roger. "No! Alright?! No! and we won't be there for another hour!"
"Oh." said Reno. He sounded intimidated and meek, but if Roger had glanced back at him, he would have been furious at the huge cheeky grin on Reno's face.
"...Are we there yet?"
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"I can't believe it! You were planning to go to Wutai without me?" Yuffie said with mock surprise. "Oh! I just can't accept the fact that you forgot me! No. You must have thought you'd pick me up. Yes that must be it."
"For the last time, Yuffie, we're not going to Wutai. We're going to Dai ShiSai." said Tifa in exasperation.
Yuffie's eyes widened in horror. "Dai ShiSai?" she asked shakily.
"Yes!" everyone shouted.
"We've been trying to tell you that for the last five minutes!"
"Yes. You should have been listening."
"Why the #@$* did you just ^&$%&*@ ignore us for the last $%#%&%# five $%#%^$# minutes?!"
"Yo lil foo!"
"Will you all just be quiet?" asked Cloud. "Yes, we are going to Dai ShiSai. Why?"
Yuffie took a step backward. "Um...well...uh...it's...erm...toooo...dangerous! Yeah, that's it, dangerous! So, I geuss you're not going now, Right?"
Tifa gave her a sarcastic look. "No, we're not. Thank you for enlightening us, and saving us from potential danger. Come on! We defeated Sephiroth! We saved the world! Why would not go to an island?"
Yuffie wracked her brain.
'Hmm...well, if these guys still wanna go, they're taking me with them. I might still be able to keep the secret.'
Yuffie put on a stubborn face. "Fine then. But you're takin' me with you!" She turned a heel and stalked out of the bar. "I'll be back! And you'd better not leave without me!" she shouted over her shoulder.
"Well, it's not as if we've got much of a choice." Cloud said with one of his trademark shrugs. "She has a way of popping up anywhere, and she'll just be more of a pain if she finds us."
There was silence. Nobody in the room had anything to say. Only Nanaki seemed to be thinking of speaking. His tail swished side to side violently, as if troubled.
"Cloud. Yuffie is normally one to keep at something until she gets her way, right?" he finally said.
"Well, yeah. We were with her for a while. You should know that."
"That's not the point. Why was she so agreeable about us going as long as we take her along?" Nanaki's eyes burned into Cloud's.
"Then, she must have some sort of plan or something...?" Cloud asked slowly.
"Exactly. We need to watch her." Nanaki stood up and trotted towards the door. He stopped and looked back. "I'm going to go to Cosmo Canyon and do some research on Dai ShiSai. I want to know what Yuffie meant by 'dangerous'." He jumped through the doorway and galloped off towards the gate of Midgar.
Vincent was the next person to leave. He pushed himself off of the wall he was leaning against and walked out of the bar without a word. Cid was next, muttering about Tifa's bar not having the right liquor. Barret groaned and shifted his weight from foot to foot. Soon Tifa spoke.
"What do you think Yuffie's planning?" she asked Cloud.
"..."
Tifa's gaze moved from Cloud to Barret. Neither seemed to know what to say.
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Finally Roger and Reno reached the facility. Reno was hoping for something like a missle base. Something large and flashy, maybe with a helicopter or two. His hopes were immediatly shot down after coming to a clearing about an hour later. He found a small concrete box with metal mesh fencing crowned in barbed wire and a sattelite disk. The door to the building was a dull silver and had a the most complicated looking lock mechanism he had ever seen. There was one machine-gun mounted hummer. The black eyes of camera lenses stood out against the gray surface of the facility.
"Wow. Just like home." He muttered as Roger opened the padlocked gate.
"Welcome to the facility. You will be living here for the next month with me. We will be-"
"Oh, shut up." Reno snapped irritably. "You can tell me the details over dinner." he stalked through the gate towards the concrete box of a building. Roger quickly followed.
"We must hurry inside. Dragons of an unknown species inhabit this island." Roger said huffily. The last hummer was torn to pieces by one of them last month. But the overly generous Rufus gladly gave us another."
"You know, I am truly relishing this conversation, but do you think you could open the damn door?!" Reno shouted. He aquinted against the sun as he looked up. A small black figure in the sky made him very nervous.
In a series of different combinations, Roger punched in the code to open the first lock. The air-sealed lock hissed open to reveal a slot to slide in a keycard and two small lights. Roger then patted his vest pockets for the card.
"That's funny...I seemed to have misplaced the keycard..."
"Yeah, well find it! There's something coming." Reno readied his gun as the black figure flew closer and closer at a great speed.
"Ah! There's the little thing." Roger pulled out a plain white card with a black stripe down the length of its middle. He quickly slid it through the slot. One of the lights flashed red and let out a tiny beeping noise. "Access denied?" said Roger two himself, his eyebrows knitted tightly together. "Hmm...oh, *that's* why! I was using the wrong key! Silly me."
"Dammit, Roger! Hurry up!" snapped Reno. He could now make out two glowing blue eyes burning with a lust to kill. Huge translucent wings beat in a steady rythem as the ruby dragon flew closer, picking up speed. Suddenly, It flew up in a completely vertical course, then stopped and spread its wings, the sun directly behind it. It quickly snapped its wings to its body and dove towards them, screaming like a demon as its spines pressed closer to its back to allow more speed. Reno could just catch a glimpse of gleaming teeth as the sun glinted off of them.
Now Roger was aware of their new problem. He gasped as the monster flew towards them, and searched his pant pockets. Finally he found a white keycard that read "Facility Key" and ran it through the slot. The green light flashed on with a single *beep!* and the metal air-tight door hissed as it raised upward. Roger and Reno leaped through the door. Reno sprinted to a small power switch and pulled it down. The door flew down and emitted a sucking noise as the locks closed. A loud, blood-chilling shriek was heard and then a resounding *clang!* like stone hitting metal. Another screech, and then the swift beat of wings, then all was silent. It took the birds another minute or so to continue singing.
Reno's breath slowed and his heart slowly retained its normal pulse. He then straightened up and ran a hand over his hair. After a quick sigh of relief, he asked, "So...when's dinner?"
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A/N:
I'm sorry! Gomen! (that *is* how you say it?) This was REALLY late...sorry again. What did you think? I did this all in a night and...oh, crap! I still haven't done my homework! Gotta go! Bye for now! *runs away quickly*
Yeah! Borg is gone! Borg is gone! Hurrah! I think so, anyway. Whatever. I'll put up with his crap anyway. It's kinda funny, I guess his life can't be that interesting, now can it? Whatever. Anyhow, sorry it took so long to get this out. It was combination of school work, being sick, a jacked computer, and writer's block. So, here's the fic that you guys have been so patiently waiting for. Oh yeah, and I know the "Are we there yet?" thing's been done before. Bear with me here, alright?
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Reno and Roger had been walking deeper and deeper into the forest for two hours. Reno was tired, hungry, thirsty, and feeling extremely triumphant as everything he said seemed to annoy his companion. It also helped that everything he said had been the same thing for the last half hour.
"Are we there yet?"
"No." said Roger through clenched teeth.
"Oh...Are we there yet?"
"No."
"Are we there yet?"
"NO."
"...Are we there *yet*?"
"No. No, no, and *NO*!" screamed Roger. "No! Alright?! No! and we won't be there for another hour!"
"Oh." said Reno. He sounded intimidated and meek, but if Roger had glanced back at him, he would have been furious at the huge cheeky grin on Reno's face.
"...Are we there yet?"
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"I can't believe it! You were planning to go to Wutai without me?" Yuffie said with mock surprise. "Oh! I just can't accept the fact that you forgot me! No. You must have thought you'd pick me up. Yes that must be it."
"For the last time, Yuffie, we're not going to Wutai. We're going to Dai ShiSai." said Tifa in exasperation.
Yuffie's eyes widened in horror. "Dai ShiSai?" she asked shakily.
"Yes!" everyone shouted.
"We've been trying to tell you that for the last five minutes!"
"Yes. You should have been listening."
"Why the #@$* did you just ^&$%&*@ ignore us for the last $%#%&%# five $%#%^$# minutes?!"
"Yo lil foo!"
"Will you all just be quiet?" asked Cloud. "Yes, we are going to Dai ShiSai. Why?"
Yuffie took a step backward. "Um...well...uh...it's...erm...toooo...dangerous! Yeah, that's it, dangerous! So, I geuss you're not going now, Right?"
Tifa gave her a sarcastic look. "No, we're not. Thank you for enlightening us, and saving us from potential danger. Come on! We defeated Sephiroth! We saved the world! Why would not go to an island?"
Yuffie wracked her brain.
'Hmm...well, if these guys still wanna go, they're taking me with them. I might still be able to keep the secret.'
Yuffie put on a stubborn face. "Fine then. But you're takin' me with you!" She turned a heel and stalked out of the bar. "I'll be back! And you'd better not leave without me!" she shouted over her shoulder.
"Well, it's not as if we've got much of a choice." Cloud said with one of his trademark shrugs. "She has a way of popping up anywhere, and she'll just be more of a pain if she finds us."
There was silence. Nobody in the room had anything to say. Only Nanaki seemed to be thinking of speaking. His tail swished side to side violently, as if troubled.
"Cloud. Yuffie is normally one to keep at something until she gets her way, right?" he finally said.
"Well, yeah. We were with her for a while. You should know that."
"That's not the point. Why was she so agreeable about us going as long as we take her along?" Nanaki's eyes burned into Cloud's.
"Then, she must have some sort of plan or something...?" Cloud asked slowly.
"Exactly. We need to watch her." Nanaki stood up and trotted towards the door. He stopped and looked back. "I'm going to go to Cosmo Canyon and do some research on Dai ShiSai. I want to know what Yuffie meant by 'dangerous'." He jumped through the doorway and galloped off towards the gate of Midgar.
Vincent was the next person to leave. He pushed himself off of the wall he was leaning against and walked out of the bar without a word. Cid was next, muttering about Tifa's bar not having the right liquor. Barret groaned and shifted his weight from foot to foot. Soon Tifa spoke.
"What do you think Yuffie's planning?" she asked Cloud.
"..."
Tifa's gaze moved from Cloud to Barret. Neither seemed to know what to say.
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Finally Roger and Reno reached the facility. Reno was hoping for something like a missle base. Something large and flashy, maybe with a helicopter or two. His hopes were immediatly shot down after coming to a clearing about an hour later. He found a small concrete box with metal mesh fencing crowned in barbed wire and a sattelite disk. The door to the building was a dull silver and had a the most complicated looking lock mechanism he had ever seen. There was one machine-gun mounted hummer. The black eyes of camera lenses stood out against the gray surface of the facility.
"Wow. Just like home." He muttered as Roger opened the padlocked gate.
"Welcome to the facility. You will be living here for the next month with me. We will be-"
"Oh, shut up." Reno snapped irritably. "You can tell me the details over dinner." he stalked through the gate towards the concrete box of a building. Roger quickly followed.
"We must hurry inside. Dragons of an unknown species inhabit this island." Roger said huffily. The last hummer was torn to pieces by one of them last month. But the overly generous Rufus gladly gave us another."
"You know, I am truly relishing this conversation, but do you think you could open the damn door?!" Reno shouted. He aquinted against the sun as he looked up. A small black figure in the sky made him very nervous.
In a series of different combinations, Roger punched in the code to open the first lock. The air-sealed lock hissed open to reveal a slot to slide in a keycard and two small lights. Roger then patted his vest pockets for the card.
"That's funny...I seemed to have misplaced the keycard..."
"Yeah, well find it! There's something coming." Reno readied his gun as the black figure flew closer and closer at a great speed.
"Ah! There's the little thing." Roger pulled out a plain white card with a black stripe down the length of its middle. He quickly slid it through the slot. One of the lights flashed red and let out a tiny beeping noise. "Access denied?" said Roger two himself, his eyebrows knitted tightly together. "Hmm...oh, *that's* why! I was using the wrong key! Silly me."
"Dammit, Roger! Hurry up!" snapped Reno. He could now make out two glowing blue eyes burning with a lust to kill. Huge translucent wings beat in a steady rythem as the ruby dragon flew closer, picking up speed. Suddenly, It flew up in a completely vertical course, then stopped and spread its wings, the sun directly behind it. It quickly snapped its wings to its body and dove towards them, screaming like a demon as its spines pressed closer to its back to allow more speed. Reno could just catch a glimpse of gleaming teeth as the sun glinted off of them.
Now Roger was aware of their new problem. He gasped as the monster flew towards them, and searched his pant pockets. Finally he found a white keycard that read "Facility Key" and ran it through the slot. The green light flashed on with a single *beep!* and the metal air-tight door hissed as it raised upward. Roger and Reno leaped through the door. Reno sprinted to a small power switch and pulled it down. The door flew down and emitted a sucking noise as the locks closed. A loud, blood-chilling shriek was heard and then a resounding *clang!* like stone hitting metal. Another screech, and then the swift beat of wings, then all was silent. It took the birds another minute or so to continue singing.
Reno's breath slowed and his heart slowly retained its normal pulse. He then straightened up and ran a hand over his hair. After a quick sigh of relief, he asked, "So...when's dinner?"
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A/N:
I'm sorry! Gomen! (that *is* how you say it?) This was REALLY late...sorry again. What did you think? I did this all in a night and...oh, crap! I still haven't done my homework! Gotta go! Bye for now! *runs away quickly*