(Author's Note: Okay…things won't go the same way they did in the game…they're probably mixed up a bit but oh well…nothings perfect…*shrug*…anyway on to the next chapter! ^_~ )

Disclaimer: FF7 and Squaresoft are not mine. Dete is mine and Rueh belongs to Rueh. Any others are mine too…

Chapter 20

"Thank you for saving me!" Aeris said happily as she hugged Cloud's arm tight.

"Ahh…you're welcome…" Cloud said seeing Tifa giving Aeris a dirty look.

"And what about you? What's your name?" Barret asked.

"I'm called Nanaki…but please call me Red," the red creature said with a bow of his head.

"Okay…so what are we going to do now?" Tifa asked once Aeris had let go of Cloud's arm.

"Find a place for these two to go," he said nodding towards Rueh and Dete who were sitting at a table and drinking a soda.

"But we wanna stay here," Rueh said.

"Please?" Dete asked.

"No. It's too…" Barret started.

"Don't you even go and say it's too dangerous. If it is why do you let Marlene stay here all alone?" Dete said.

"…they can stay here and help Marlene with the bar while we're gone…can't they?" Tifa asked.

"I suppose so," Barret said in defeat.

"Yeah! And we want to help you ruin Shinra too!" Rueh said.

Tifa, Barret, Cloud, Aeris, and Red shook their heads. The 2 girls began to pout. Rueh sniffed and her lower lip trembled.

"Oh no…fine fine. You can help us!" Cloud said not wanting her to start crying.

"I knew you'd accept our help," Rueh said the pouting look on her face gone.

"Yeah whatever…" Cloud grumbled as he turned away from the 2 six year olds. They both smiled in triumph.

"Well…let's get started planning our next move," Barret said. Cloud was still grumbling something about little kids as they descended into the basement.

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3 days later…

"They're what?!" Cloud said. Tifa, Red, Marlene, Aeris, Rueh, and Dete looked over at him. He held the phone closer to his ear.

"You heard me right! They're going to drop the plate over sector 7! We've got to stop them," Barret said on the other end.

"All right we'll meet you there!" Cloud said and hung up.

"What's going on?" Aeris asked.

"Get out of sector 7! They're going to drop the plate. You take Marlene, Rueh and Dete with you. Red too. Tifa you can come with me. We're going to meet Barret and the others," Cloud said. Tifa nodded and ran after him out the door.

"Come on!" Aeris said. She took Marlene's hand and followed by Rueh and Dete they headed for the sector's exit. They got there without any problems. They were almost to Aeris' house when 3 Turks stepped in front of them.

"You're to come with us Aeris," Tseng said. She shook her head and stepped back. He took a step forward. Rueh and Dete stepped in front of her. Red growled deep in his throat.

"Oh cute…out of the way little kids," he said.

Rueh and Dete looked at each other with a sideways glance and wicked smiles on their faces. "Make us move," Rueh said in a deadly tone.

Tseng looked over his shoulder at Rude and Elena. They nodded. "Fine. We'll get you out of our way then get back to business," he said turning back to Rueh and Dete…but they were gone. He gasped in pain and shock as 2 feet slammed into his stomach. Rueh and Dete jumped back as Rude and Elena ran at them. Then they met the charge. Elena flew backwards from the spell Dete cast and landed in a heap then didn't move after that. Rueh jumped over Rude and landed behind him. She spun on her heel and landed her foot in the middle of his back. He went to his knees. Rueh hit the back of his head hard.  He fell forward. She nodded in satisfaction.

"We can go now," she said to Aeris.

"O-okay…" Aeris said in a state of shock that 2 six year olds had just taken out 3 full grown Turks.

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"Come ON!" Barret snapped and picked Tifa up. Cloud followed right behind.

"I can run just fine!" Tifa said.

"Not fast enough! We have to get out of here!" Barret said running as fast as he could.

"But…!"

"Cloud! Get moving!" Barret said over his shoulder at the blonde haired man who was trying to keep up.

"It's hard to run when the ground underneath you is moving!" Cloud snapped back. After what seemed to be forever they made it to sector 5…just as the plate collapsed.

"All…all those people who weren't able…" Tifa said as she looked back at the wreckage.

"Sh-h-h-h Tifa…we'll get Shinra back for this," Cloud said hugging her.

"Of course we will. I'll get them back for the death of my friends," Barret said. They walked to Aeris' house.

"Is everyone all right?" Cloud asked.

"Oh yes we're fine…thanks to Rueh and Dete. They beat up the Turks," Aeris said as Marlene was hugged by Barret.

"Good…guess what else we heard from Reno as he escaped?" Tifa said.

"What?" Rueh asked.

"The president is dead. Some how someone using a long sword got in the Shinra building undetected and kill him," Barret said.

"Rufus is going to blame it on us…all of this," Tifa said.

"Reno also said something about…Sephiroth being sighted in the building," Cloud said softly. Rueh and Dete looked at each other.

"Well in any case we can't stay here…let's go to Kalm," Red said.

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(Author's Note: The next chapter will have the entire group together…just to let you know that time is passing…)