(Author's Notes: Hello! Thank you for the reviews!!!! *hands out chocolate* Okay…this chapter is just a little short but hey…anyways…enjoy!)

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

Chapter 9

Oh No! Rueh…Captured!

"Wow!" Rueh said. The small group stood outside a huge house.

"It's huge!" she said.

"This is the Shinra mansion. Let's go in," Vincent said. Rueh looked around as they entered.

"Co…ol…ewwwww! Everything's covered in dust!" she said as she ran a finger over a table and wrinkled her nose.

"It could use a bit of cleaning up," Dete said.

"You need to hire a new cleaning lady. This one didn't do a good job," Rueh said. Everyone looked at her and slowly shook their heads.

"What?" Rueh said.

"You've just been accepted as the new cleaning lady," Dete said and handed Rueh a rag.

"Me!? Why me!?"

"You're the one complaining," Vincent said with a shrug.

"Forget it," she said.

"I guess you'll get to sleep on a pile of dust tonight," Red said.

"Oh fine," Rueh said.

"I'll help," Dete said.

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                                    -3 Days Later-

Rueh and Dete went back to the school. It was over for the day and they were about to enter Hojo walked out.

"Ewwwwwww!" Rueh said.

"Look what the cat dragged in," Dete said.

"What are you 2 doing here?" he asked.

"Nothing that concerns you," Dete said.

"Gosh. It's like you're following us. Don't you have a life?" Rueh asked. Hojo glared at her.

"Guess not," Rueh said. Dete laughed.

"I have a life," Hojo muttered.

"Sure ya do," Rueh said.

"You call following us a life?" Dete asked. Hojo glared at her. Rueh laughed.

"Stop making fun of me!" Hojo said.

"Why?" Rueh asked.

"It's not very nice," he said. They looked at each other then nodded and said:

"Who said we had to be nice?"

"Why don't you ask my soldiers?" Hojo said. Rueh and Dete were attacked from behind. When they had the chance they ran and found a place to hide.

"We got away from him," Dete said. No answer.

"Rueh?"  Still no answer. Dete looked around…she was alone.

"Rueh!" she yelled and ran back to where they had been attacked. Hojo, the soldiers, and Rueh were…gone. Her shoulders slumped as she entered the building and got the book from the library Red had asked for. As she left the city she met Cloud and his friends.

"Hey Dete…you okay? You look upset," Tifa said.

"Hojo got Rueh…" Dete said softly.

"What?" Cloud asked.

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