(Author's Note: Hello! It's been awhile since I updated this story and I'm sorry for the wait but here is the next chapter and it turned out to be around 5 pages long but it's worth it. Things are starting to become clear now though…enjoy!)
Disclaimer: FF7 and Squaresoft are not mine. Rueh belongs to Rueh. Zendric, Dete, Sandy, and the new character's name belongs to me…see if you can guess who he is…
Chapter 6
The meetings…
The assistant principal sat in a leather chair behind the desk. The principal of the school hadn't been seen since the…"attack." The door to the office opened and the one who had caused most all the trouble…(Rueh: It wasn't me! I swear!)…came in with her father a step behind. The assistant got a little nervous. Rueh was Sephiroth's daughter and he was afraid of making both mad at the same time…which at this moment was quite possible considering the bored expression on Sephiroth's face.
"Please have a seat," he said motioning to the 4 chairs in front of the desk. Silently Sephiroth sat down in the chair to the far left. After a small hesitation Rueh reluctantly sat in the chair next to his. "Well. You know why you are here I suppose…"
"Get to the point," Sephiroth cut in sounding very, very bored and still with the bored expression.
"Yes well…of course. It seems that your daughter and another girl have caused a lot of trouble in this building and the staff, myself included, think that it's time to take action to…calm her down…"
"What's your name?" Sephiroth cut in again.
"Call me Zendric," he said.
"Well Zendric. I have noticed that this isn't the first time things like this have happened and they seem to concern my daughter. If I am correct and they did happen…why didn't you and the staff take action to stop her then?" Sephiroth asked.
Zendric was about to answer when the door to the room opened again. Dete walked in with her mother behind her. He motioned from them both to take a seat but Aeris stopped dead in her tracks.
"YOU!"
Sephiroth slowly turned to face whoever was speaking with a raised eyebrow. "Hello Aeris. It's been awhile," he said his expression calm.
"I wasn't told that he would be here!" Aeris said rounding on Zendric.
"Well he should be here after all your daughter and his were the ones that caused all this trouble," Zendric said.
"Get him out! I will not be in the same room as him!" Aeris snapped glaring at Sephiroth. Sephiroth just merely shrugged.
"I'm sorry but both of you are needed to have this meeting about your children…" Zendric said.
"OUR CHILDREN! Who in their right mind would…?"
"If I may recall Aeris…" Sephiroth started but was interrupted by Rueh.
"Hey dad you know her?" she asked.
Aeris paled as a smirk slowly spread across his face. "As a matter of fact Rueh I do know Dete's mother," he said just watching the expressions on Aeris's face.
"Do you know him mom?" Dete asked looking from one to another.
"Yes. I know him. Though I wish I didn't," Aeris hissed angrily.
"Why Aeris I'm hurt," Sephiroth said with a mocking tone and put one hand on his chest over his heart.
"Good," she said.
"How do you know each other?" Rueh asked looking just as confused as Dete.
"We met some time ago. But why don't you tell them Aeris," Sephiroth said.
"Tell us what?" Dete asked.
"It's nothing," Aeris said glaring at Sephiroth.
"Oh I think it's more than that. Maybe I should tell them," he said.
"Don't you dare!"
"Tell us what?" Rueh asked.
"You stay out of this!" Aeris snapped at her.
"YOU can't tell me what to do!"
"I most certainly can!"
Rueh looked at Dete who shook her head. They looked back at Sephiroth and Aeris. Zendric just…stood on the sidelines watching the argument.
"What gives you the right to yell at me?" Rueh asked.
"Why Aeris that's an excellent question for you to answer. Tell them," Sephiroth said with a smirk.
"They don't need to know! That's in the past!" Aeris said turning to him.
"Oh really? You seemed to have brought the subject up so why don't we talk about it?"
"NO! There is no reason to!" Aeris practically screamed at him.
He crossed his arms over his chest. The smirk was still on his face. "I think there is," he said calmly.
"Then YOU tell them!"
"It's not MY place to tell them the…truth."
"What truth?" Rueh and Dete asked in unison but weren't answered.
"Well I'm not!" Aeris snapped.
"Why not? After all…"
"Shut up!"
Sephiroth's shoulders shook slightly from his silent laughter. He was having fun tormenting Aeris like this. "But Aeris…"
"NO BUTS! Dete we're leaving! WE can have this meeting some other time!" Aeris said and started to storm from the room.
"You can't leave!" Zendric spoke up finally.
Aeris whirled around and narrowed her eyes dangerously. "And why not?"
"…because this is the only time we can have a meeting until the next school year…"
Aeris was silent for a few minutes with an angry look on her face. Sephiroth just watched her with an amused look on his face. "Then there won't be a meeting," she said and spun to head for the door again.
"But your daughter's behavior…" Zendric said and instantly regretted it.
Aeris spun around yet again. "MY DAUGTERS?!"
Rueh and Dete looked at each other as if assessing the other at Aeris's strange reaction to his words. Why had she gotten mad at that…unless she had misunderstood? But why was she getting so upset especially with Sephiroth?
"I meant your daughter and Sephiroth's daughter! I didn't mean it like they were both of yours…" he fell silent at the look on her face.
Sephiroth raised an eyebrow. "Come on now Aeris. It's only their right to know the truth. After 16 years and all…"
"Shut up!" she snapped angrily.
Rueh and Dete got thoughtful looks on their faces. Could it be…maybe this is why Aeris was getting upset…had something gone wrong and that had led to what was happening now…?
"Aeris. They should be told the truth," Sephiroth said his voice getting a serious tone to it.
"They don't need to know! There's nothing wrong with them now as it is! Dete we're leaving!" Aeris said and turned to the door AGAIN!
"But…first tell us why you're acting like this," Dete said looking at Rueh as a plan formed in their minds.
"NOW!" Aeris yelled.
Dete shrugged and followed after her with a glance back over her shoulder at Sephiroth and Rueh. That had to be it…
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-Later-
The phone was answered on the second ring.
"Hello?"
"Hey Rueh it's me. What do you think is going on?" Dete asked quietly so she wouldn't be overheard by Aeris if she passed the door.
"I don't know…something's up though. I think it's time we did some digging," Rueh said.
"Mom's got some old photo books in the attic…think you could sneak over tonight?"
"No problem. What time?"
"Sometime after mid-night that's for sure. We'll have to watch for my mom…"
"A sleep spell could take care of that."
"…it could…but Rueh…oh fine. We'll do that," Dete sighed.
"All right. I'll do the spell when I get there then we'll go look around the attic," Rueh said.
"Sounds good. See you later," Dete said.
They both hung up the phones and looked around for something to keep them busy till mid-night came.
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-Five minutes after mid-night-
"She's asleep now. That spell will wear after around 7 or so in the morning," Rueh said.
"That's plenty of time. This way," Dete said and started up the second flight of stairs that led to the attic. They entered a room full of boxes and stuff that was being stored away for the time.
"You start over there with those boxes. I'll star over here," Dete said. Rueh nodded and started to go through boxes. They went through every box but one and still hadn't found anything.
"I'll bet you it's this one," Rueh said.
"I'm not going to bet because you're probably right," Dete said. They started to go through the boxes.
"Hey! Look at this!" Rueh said and held up one of the books that were in the bottom of the box.
"Open it! Let's see!" Dete said and moved to look over Rueh's shoulder. Rueh opened the book. "That's…your dad…and my mom…at a wedding?" Dete said with a confused look.
"We thought that there was something going on between them right? Well this explains it! Look at the next one!" Rueh said.
"Here they are together though. Hey…that's me…and you!"
"As babies! Dete we're…"
"Sisters…" both finished the sentence.
"But…what happened to mom and…dad? That doesn't sound right just yet but hey…why did they fight today?" Dete continued.
"Yesterday actually but I don't know…maybe we should get them back together again?" Rueh said with a thoughtful look.
"And just how are we going to do that?" Dete asked dully. "You saw how mom acted towards him."
"Oh…we'll think of something…"
"Well. We found what we wanted. Now we can't let them know that we know something about them," Dete said.
"Yeah. I better go now," Rueh said.
"Good idea," Dete said as they stood.
"We'll come up with a plan next time we see each other," Rueh said.
"Which will be later today no doubt."
"Hehe…see ya!"
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-1 week later-
"Finally! I thought she would never let me out of her sight!" Dete said.
"Ditto. She's been keeping a close eye on you but you got to take Sandy for a walk sometimes. So. Have any ideas for what we could do?" Rueh asked.
Dete sat down on the bench in the park and scratched the top of her dog's head. "…no. You?"
Rueh shook her head and sat down next to her. They sat in silence for awhile. A man walked up to them. He had long black hair and wore glasses in front of his black eyes. He was dressed in a pair of blue jeans and had a white coat on over his shirt.
"You 2 look like you could use some help," he said.
"Oh we're just trying to figure out how to get our parents together again," Rueh said cringing inwardly at the state of his hair.
"And who are your parents?" he asked.
"Who are you?" Dete asked.
"I'm…Taven," he said.
"Taven? Okay. Well…my mom's name is Aeris," Dete said.
"And my dad is Sephiroth. We don't know what happened but something caused them to get mad at each other and brake up thus separating us," Rueh said.
"Twins?" Taven asked.
"Yeah…I guess. Not identical though," Dete said thinking about Rueh's…troublesome streak.
"Maybe I can help you," Taven said.
"Really?" both said.
"Sure. Here how about this. In 2 days leave a note for your parents that is not in your handing writing stating that you were kidnapped and taken to Nibelheim. I'll meet you there at the old Shinra mansion and we'll go from there," he said.
"…okay. My mom will definitely do something…" Dete said.
"I don't know about my dad since he knows I can handle myself," Rueh said.
"You leave that to me," he said.
"All right. Deal," Dete said.
"Good. I'll meet you there in 2 days," he said and walked away.
"Well. We've got a note to write and a few things to pack so see you in 2 days," Rueh said walking back to the Shinra building.
"Yeah. See you then," Dete said starting the walk back to her house.
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