(Author's Note: Well…this chapter turned out pretty funny…hope every one likes it. Again it was co-written by me and Rueh! Please R&R! Thanks!)

Disclaimer: FF7 and Squaresoft is not mine. Dete is. Rueh belongs to Rueh…

Chapter 4

Party and a last minute notice

"How do you get in this place? Which door should I use? Do they all open…do any of them open?" Dete asked herself after she tugged on one that didn't budge.

She looked up at the tower. "RUEH YOU GET DOWN HERE NOW AND OPEN THIS DOOR! YOU HEAR ME?! OPEN THE DOOR!"

The door flew open and hit her and a silver haired man stalked out.

"What's all the yelling out here about?" he demanded and looked around till he saw Dete who was sitting on the ground.

"Are YOU the one yelling? What do you want?"

"…is this where Rueh lives?" she asked meekly.

"And who are you?"

"…I can't remember. You hit me with the door, remember?"

"You are most definitely Rueh's friend. Go on in," he said stepping aside.

"…where is she?"

"Beats me. But if I were you I'd check the 70th floor."

"I'm afraid of heights…"

Sephiroth laughed, shook his head…and continued out the door.

Dete sniffed. "I'm lost…where's the phone?"

She started to wonder around. "Rueh? Where are you Rueh? Come out come out wherever you…" she was cut off as she ran into something.

She looked up and up and up and into the face of a mean looking guy.

"Who are you?" he asked roughly.

"…who do I look like?" she asked in a small voice.

"You look like a rat that shouldn't be here."

"I'm looking for Rueh…"

The guards face paled a bit.

"…right this…way…"

Dete followed after him.

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CRASH!

"LOOK OUT!"

The elevator door opened to a shower of glass shards.

Rueh laughed guiltily.

"Sorry about that Dete…who let you in?"

"Some ugly mean looking guy," Dete said.

"Besides the one behind you?"

"Yeah."

"Guess you must have run into my dad on his way out. He was afraid."

"Should I ask of what?"

Rueh looked around the destroyed room. "Do you need to?"

Dete looked around. "No."

"Good! Then strap this on!"

Rueh threw a big backpack to her that was none too light.

"…why?"

"I got a surprise for you," Rueh said as she put her own black one on.

"Why do you get the black one? I want the black one!"

"Yours is black…"

"Oh…yeah it is…"

"Put it on! Hurry up we don't have all day!"

"Do to," Dete murmured to herself as she put it on.

When she was thoroughly finished with all the tiny straps, with Rueh's help, and half hour later, they made their way to the roof.

"What are we doing up here?" Dete asked as a gust of wind hit her in the face knocking her back a few feet.

"Watch your step," Rueh warned.

Dete looked behind her and down…

She saw Midgar.

She jumped forward.

"Rueh you inconsiderate jerk! You were going to let me fall weren't ya?"

"Why not? I was going to ask you to jump anyways. What do you think you have on your back?"

Dete gaped at her before the words settled in and translated.

"You get this off my back NOW! My mom's gonna kill me!"

"Your mom's not even here." Rueh said calmly.

"But Rueh I'm afraid of heights…"

"Why are you whining? You don't ever whine at school."

"What school? If I remember right they condemned it…"

"Oh yeah that's right. But that was just yesterday…that reminds me I still have to tell dad…"

Dete shook her head. Rueh grabbed her arm and dragged her over to the other edge.

"On the count of three…"

"No! NO! Rueh let me go!" Dete cried flailing her arms trying to get away. Rueh held on easily.

"1…3!" Dete found herself hurled through the air with Rueh still latched onto her arm.

"I'm gonna kill you!"

"Pull the rip cord! Pull the rip cord!"

"You pull the rip cord!"

"Dete we're falling do we have time to argue here?"

Dete decided not to argue any further and pulled the white rip cord that had until then served no purpose except for smacking her in the face.  She was pulled back with such force the wind was knocked out of her as the parachute erupted from her backpack.

Rueh grinned as she fell further. 'She got the green on so that means…' She pulled her own rip cord and a black parachute caught the air and lessened the fall. "Uh-oh….straying off course, STRAYING OFF COURSE!"

Rueh sailed over the city a short ways then crashed down in the middle of one of the streets. "That was a cushy landing…now who did I land on?"

"Who do you think?"

"…daddy…is that you?  What are you doing down there?  Are you sniffing the streets again?" The parachute had fallen over her head and now covered both of them and a section of the street.

"If anyone steps on MY parachute…you're paying for dry-cleaning AND damages!" Rueh warned any passersby.

"I thought you had a friend over?" Sephiroth asked.

"I do," She answered and didn't bother to move from where she sat on him.

"Where is she?"

"I…I don't rightly know, to be honest."

"What color did she get?"

"Green, why?  Did you think I'd give her your pink one?"

"It's NOT pink!  Its fuchsia."

"Could have fooled me."  Rueh gathered up half the parachute in her arms then stood back up.  "We've drawn a crowd…nothing more to look at here…I'M going home."

"And a good thing too.  Don't forget to find you friend.  Hopefully she's just stuck in some tree somewhere and not someone's house."

"I'll make sure to have them send YOU the bill for any damages done!" Rueh called over her shoulder as she ran to find Dete.

"Oh don't I feel so lucky…"

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"Rueh I swear if you don't come get me out of this tree in about 5 seconds I'm gonna strangle you the next time I see you!" Dete yelled flailing her arms and legs as she hung about 5 feet from the ground in a tree.

A head popped out of a nearby bush. "Dete is that you?"

"Did you have to ask?"

"Look its Dete! What are you doing in the tree?"

"What's it look like? I'm just hanging around!"

"You know if you pull that rip cord you can get down real easy."

"But I already pulled the rip cord remember?"

"Not the red one," Rueh sang.

"What red one?"

"That one on your left side that says do not pull!"

"Well if it says don't pull don't you think I should abide by that?"

"Nah. It only means for when you're in the air."

"If you haven't noticed yet Rueh I AM in the air."

"Well it's not like you're 50 feet up or anything. Now would you just listen to me and pull it?" Dete reluctantly looked down and found the cord. She gave it a good yank. The parachute cords gave way and she fell to the ground to land on her butt.

"Ouch…my butt…"

"I landed on my dad."

"I'm glad I landed in the tree then. I'd be afraid to land on him. Probably get up and kill me or something."

"He would not because then I'd kill him."

"I don't know," Dete said wearily.

"What do you mean you don't know? You don't think I could beat him up?"

"He looks pretty strong to me."

"Sure. He's just a big wuss…"

Dete covered her mouth and shook her head. She backed up slowly with wide eyes.

"What's wrong with you? What is it Dete?" With her other hand Dete pointed at Rueh. Rueh looked confused then slowly turned around…

"Ahaaaaa…hi ya dad…we were just talking about you."

"So I heard," Sephiroth said dully.

"Let's go get lunch! Can't think on an empty stomach!" Rueh grabbed Dete's arm and ran in the opposite direction.

"What's there to think about?" Sephiroth asked watching the retreating forms.

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"Hey Rueh?" Dete asked.

"Yeah?" Rueh asked and took another bite of her chocolate bar.

"Don't forget to tell you dad about the…school."

"…oh yeah…I almost forgot about that…again!"

"What about the school?"  Rueh and Dete yelled and jumped in surprise.

"You made me drop my chocolate!" Rueh growled at Sephiroth.

"So?"

"So it was the last piece I had!"

"Go buy some more," he said with a shrug.

"Give me some money then."

"No."

"Why is he always around? Is he stalking us or something?" Dete asked.

"No he's just like that," Rueh said.

"Now what about the school?" Sephiroth asked.

"I don't know. Why don't you go and find out? I go there everyday. Why don't you just hire me a tutor? Chances are I might learn something for once." Rueh said.

"Aaaa…no. You can go to school where it's free."

"Cheapskate."

He shrugged. "Now. Tell me what happened to the school or you're grounded."

"To what?"

"I have to go home now Rueh!" Dete said backing away.

"You stay right there! I'll handle this," Rueh said.

"Handle this! You're grounded to your room for the rest of the week!"

Rueh looked at her watch. "Hmm…only…11 hours left."

"Quit being a smart-aleck Rueh."

"Why? It's fun. And it's not like it would make a difference if I was grounded to my room anyway. I've got everything I need in there…except food."

"I could do that."

"Could not! Then that would be child abuse!"

"Would not!"

"Would to! What do you plan to do? Starve me to death?"

"You're not starving!"

"How do you know? My food's on the ground and that's all I've had all day! Now what were we arguing about?"

Sephiroth threw his hands up in defeat. "Your school. What happened to it?"

"Aaaa…oh yeah Dete you have that…that…THING! To do now…come on let's go!"

'She's avoiding that question…' Sephiroth thought.

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-Rueh's house-

"FINALLY! He's gone!"

"Your dad's kind of scary Rueh," Dete said.

"Tell me about it! He's always like that!"

"Like what?"

"See! I can hear his voice right now saying…oh…hi ya daddy…again…RUN!" Rueh and Dete took off running.

"What was that all about? I only came home…I LIVE HERE TOO YOU KNOW RUEH!"

"No I don't know!" a distant voice called.

"That little brat!" Sephiroth took off down the hall after them.

"Rueh I think he's chasing us!" Dete said.

"Let him chase us…I've got a little surprise for him…"

"I don't like the sound of that…"

"Quick! In here!" Rueh yanked Dete into a nearby room.

"…"

"…"

"What…is this-?"

"So this is where my dad keeps all his…stuff…he's always hiding it from me."

"Gee…I wonder why?"

"Oooooo…look! He's got a collection of fire ants…I don't have mine anymore so we can use his!" Rueh carefully opened the slit at the bottom and let all the sand run out. "Go! My little warriors! Be brave and attack!"

"Rueh you're terrible!"

"Aren't I?" she asked with a dreamy look on her face. "Now what else is…oooooooooooooo…look at this!"

"What is THAT?"

"…I don't know. But it's pretty!" They suddenly heard a yell from outside the door. "My little warriors are hard at work!" Rueh laughed evilly.

"Don't you think we better go now?" Dete asked.

"Oh fine…but let's take this with us!" Rueh grabbed the black bag and they ran past Sephiroth and down the hall and went up in the elevator to the next floor. Rueh was sure to leave a note so her dad could follow her…right into her trap…the one she was planning at the least…

"Rueh where are we going now?" Dete asked.

"I keep my monsters on this floor!" Rueh said enthusiastically.

"…monsters…?" Dete's voice lacked the enthusiasm.

"Weeeellllll…they're only small monsters…my very own. You'll never see any other like them."

"I don't doubt that."

Rueh pulled her into another room. Inside there was a metal door blocking the way that needed a series of codes to open the way. It only took Rueh moments to infiltrate the door and swung it wide open.  "My monsters…*sniff*…they're gone…*sniff*…"

"Were those the ones in the vending machines at school?"

"Oh yeah!" Rueh brightened up. "They should be coming home any minute now!" Down the hall…they heard the sounds of a stampede and a yell.

"Poor daddy…next floor! Going up!"

Rueh pulled Dete into the elevator again.

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-6 hours later-

Truce has been made. Everyone ate dinner in peace then went their separate ways for bed.

-2 hours later-

"Pssst…hey Dete!"

"…what Rueh…?"

"I've got an idea! Come with me!"

-45 minutes later-

"Rueh are you sure about this? I feel kinda funny. What's all this stuff for?"

"You'll see."

They started up the stairs.

-15 minutes later-

"Man Dete you really need to exercise more often."

"What are we doing on the roof…again?"

"We're going down."

"Down?"

"Yes down. Here secure these ropes to those."

"Why…?"

-10 minutes later-

"Done!"

"Good! Now hook the rope to your harness. We're going down head first."

"What?"

"Yep!"

They started their descent down the building head first…like a spy.

-2 minutes later-

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"What was that all about?"

"*sniff*…I slipped…and there was a bug on the rope…"

"What kind of bug?"

"A big bug."

"You didn't hurt it did ya?"

"…"

"…"

"More worried about a bug than me," Dete grumbled.

"Come on let's keep going down."

-7 minutes later-

"Hey look in here!"

Dete looked into the dark room. "Isn't that your dad?"

"Yes siry! Now I don't like that little truce we made so…it wore off after dinner and we went to bed. We went to bed after dinner so the truce is done."

"Is he sleeping on a couch?"

Rueh looked harder into the room. "Yes I believe he is. He has a habit of doing that you know. He broke the last one you know."

"He did?"

"Yeah. He's so fat you wouldn't believe it."

"You know what Rueh? Staying the night at your house…I've never been in trouble in my whole life…except for yesterday but that's beside the point…this makes up for everything I didn't do as a little kid!"

"Good for you Dete, you should come over more often then."

"You know…"  Dete watched as Rueh carefully glued a suction cup to the window.  "My mom would KILL me if she saw half the things I've done today."

Rueh began cutting a big circle around the suction cup in the window. When the circle was finally cut into the window she pulled the bit of glass away and handed to Dete to hold while she dove through the new entrance.

Rueh landed silently and took the rope off then went back to the hole to take the glass from Dete then helped her in.  She replaced the glass…for the time being…then looked over the dark room.

"Now what?" Dete asked and followed Rueh deeper into the room. 

"My dad is dead set on the fact that he DOESN'T snore…we're going to prove him wrong," Rueh whispered.

Dete cringed when a loud noise sounded from the direction of the couch.  "Man, you could almost mistake that for an earth quake."

"I know…take you bag off."  Dete did as Rueh said, then opened the bag to see just WHAT Rueh had packed.

"What is this stuff?"

"Sensors…microphones…cameras…surveillance…oh, and not to forget the ever popular tracking devices."

-3 hours later-

"All done…now just to wait for the morning…"

"…are you SURE your dad won't notice that tracking collar around his neck…ankles…and hanging on the ends of his hair?"

"Oh, I have no doubt that he'll find SOME of the more obvious ones, but then we have to let him know we were here."  Rueh shrugged as she hooked the rope back to her harness.  "Going down?"

"Down?" 

"Yeah, I don't want to climb back up, do you?"

"I guess not…"
            -15 minutes later-

"Ha! He forgot to lock the front door…again!" Rueh said as she and Dete entered the building.

Dete just yawned. "Can I go to bed now?" she asked.

"What time is it?" Rueh asked.

"It's 1:30 in the morning," Dete said dully.

"And you're tired? Gosh, I'm not," Rueh said with a shrug.

Dete gave her a dull look. "I'M going to bed. See you in the morning." She went to the elevator and pushed a button.

"No…Wait for me!" Rueh said and ran for the doors before they closed.

"Why?" Dete asked stopping the doors from closing.

"I don't want to walk up the stairs…"

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-Next morning or the time when Rueh FINALLY woke up-

Sephiroth cleared his throat. Rueh and Dete stopped dead in their tracks and slowly turned to face him. For a few minutes he just watched them not saying anything. Rueh raised an eyebrow. "What happened to the school?" he finally asked.

Rueh and Dete looked at each other and laughed nervously. "Weeellll…I didn't do it!" Rueh said.

"Uh-huh…go on," Sephiroth said and picked up a notebook and pen from the table in front of his chair.

"You see there was this gust of wind spell...all the windows are gone now because of the pressure build up but not to mention that the principal hasn't been seen since. Oh! Here's a note from him anyways," Rueh said handing the piece of paper to him.

He looked over it, nodded, set it aside, and continued to write in the notebook. "Go on."