(Author's Note: Hello…this chapter is longer so…here ya go! Enjoy chapter 24!)
Disclaimer: FF7 and Squaresoft are not mine. Rueh belongs to Rueh. Dete is mine.
Chapter 24
A Battle…Rueh Style
Avalanche walked down the path towards the center of the Crater.
"Are we there yet?" Yuffie asked.
"Not yet," Red said. They walked in silence for a few minutes.
"Now I gotcha where I want ya. Now I'm gonna eat ya." Everyone stopped and slowly turned around.
"Who said that?" Cloud asked. No one answered. They turned and continued on their way.
"Now I gotcha where I want ya. Now I'm gonna eat ya."
"There it is again," Zack said. They again turned around.
"Now I gotcha where I want ya. Now I'm gonna eat ya."
Yuffie had a bug on the tip of her finger. She held it at eye level. She opened her mouth to eat it…Rueh stepped closer to her…She snapped at the bug.
"Ahhhhhhhh! She almost ate my finger!" Yuffie exclaimed. The bug flew away.
"Awwww…come back bug! Come back!" Rueh said.
"Ewwwww! You would eat that?" Tifa asked.
"Yeah…I'm hungry," Rueh whined.
"She almost ate my finger! She tried to bite me!" Yuffie exclaimed.
"But I didn't," Rueh pointed out.
Vincent groaned…he was getting a headache. "Come on," he sighed. They started walking again. They walked for about 10 minutes in silence.
"Are we there yet?" Yuffie asked.
"Yes…welcome to the center of the Crater."
"Sephiroth!" Cloud shouted.
"Ewwwww! What's this?" Rueh had stepped on something squashy.
"That would be my tentacle," Jenova snapped.
"Oooooo…it's the bug!"
"You puny humans think you can stop us?" Jenova asked with an evil grin.
"We can!" Tifa said confidently.
"Hey Vincent…do you have any fire materia?" Rueh asked.
"Ahhhh…no," he said.
"Ohhhh…"
"Here," Dete sighed and handed it to Rueh.
"Thank you," Rueh said. Before anyone said or did anything Rueh cast the strongest fire spell any of them had seen. The spell hit Jenova. "He he he…chow time!" Rueh walked up to the cooked monster.
"Oh my gosh!" Tifa exclaimed.
"I'm gonna be sick!" Cid said. He looked it to.
"Tastes like chicken!" Rueh said with a pleased look and took another bite.
"You…you're…eating…my mother…" Sephiroth sniffed.
Rueh stopped in the middle of taking a bite. "You want some?" she asked.
"No Rueh…we're fine now," Dete said.
-1 Hour Later-
Rueh had eaten half of the creature. She used the fire materia to cook Jenova more ever once in awhile. Everyone one but Vincent, Red, Dete, Sephiroth, and Rueh of course started to place bets on how much she could eat.
Dete turned around to face them. "I bet you all 10,000 gil each that she can eat it all," she said.
"You're on!" they said.
Vincent and Red just shook their heads. Sephiroth kept staring.
-2 Hours Later-
"Will she do it?" Cloud asked.
"Last bite," Zack said.
"No! Don't eat it!" Sephiroth shouted.
Rueh was about to put the piece in her mouth but stopped. "Hungry now are we?" she asked.
"No…but that's my mother," he said.
"Oh well." Rueh popped the last piece into her mouth and began to chew. She swallowed. "Yum-yum!" she said.
Dete turned to everyone. "Now…pay up."
They grumbled and gave her the money.
"You…you ate…" Sephiroth couldn't finish.
Rueh put a hand on her stomach and looked at it. "What's for dessert?" she asked looking up. She looked at Sephiroth. "Oooooo…come here Sephiroth…I'm still hungry," she said and started to walk over to him.
Sephiroth flew up into the air. "Ha! You can't get me…up……here……….?" he said.
Rueh flew up even with him. Sephiroth screamed like a little girl and flew away as fast as he could. Rueh gave chase.
"Gosh! Is this as fast as you can go?" she asked.
Sephiroth turned. Rueh was flying even with him with her arms crossed. "I…aaaaaaaaa…I…"
"I can fly faster than this."
"Rueh! You're supposed to wait 30 minutes after you eat before you fly," Dete called to her.
Rueh stopped and looked at her. "I feel fine," she said.
"Are you sure?" Dete asked.
"Yeah," Rueh nodded turning back to Sephiroth. "Great! He got away!" she sighed. She landed next to Dete.
"I know where he went!" Cloud said and ran after Sephiroth.
"Cloud wait!" Vincent yelled after him. He didn't listen.
"Come on," Zack sighed. They followed Cloud.
"Which way? Left or right?" Yuffie asked.
"Left!" Rueh said. They went right.
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