(Author's Note: Hey there…enjoy chapter 29! Don't really have that much to say right now…)

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

Chapter 29

Everything's Back to Normal…(as if that could ever happen!)

                                    -3 months later-

Cloud and Tifa now lived in Nibelheim. Vincent traveled around killing monsters that threatened other towns still. Red had gone back to Cosmo Canyon to continue his studies. Yuffie had returned to Wutai to help her father improve the place. Cid went back to Rocket Town and was making up with Shera and fixing his rocket. Barret went back and forth between Midgar and North Corel trying to improve the state of both cities. Dete owned the villa in Costa Del Sol now.

But as for the last 3…they lived with Dete. One morning she woke up to a bad smell in the air. Like something was burning. It took a few seconds for the smell to register but when it did she shot out of her bedroom and into the kitchen. She froze in the doorway then groaned.

Sephiroth, Zack, and Rueh were standing in the kitchen grinning sheepishly. Dete looked around. There was burnt food everywhere. She looked back at the 3 and shook her head.

"I'm not even going to ask what you were doing," she sighed.

"Well…you do all the cooking so we thought that we would do it today…" Rueh said looking at the other 2.

"But now you see WHY I banned you 3 from the kitchen," Dete said crossing her arms.

"Yes Dete. We're sorry," all 3 sighed and started to leave the kitchen in single file.

"But just where do you think you're going? It's Saturday and I usually clean this place today don't I? SO…since you make most of the mess in this place…YOU ARE GOING TO HELP ME CLEAN IT!" Dete nodded when she was finished speaking.

When she said that Zack, Rueh, and Sephiroth had almost been out the door. But now they stopped and their shoulders slumped as they turned to face her.

"Now…your first orders…"

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With everyone doing something they had cleaned the entire villa by lunch time. Dete fixed them a light lunch as they sat in the living room in their usual places and watched Rueh beat Sephiroth at a video game. Those 2 sat on the overstuffed couch. Zack was sitting in his chair and Dete was sitting in the overstuffed chair.

After the food was gone Dete took the plates into the kitchen. When she came back out Rueh was trying not to laugh at something. Both she and Sephiroth were still playing the same game.

"Duck Rueh!" Zack warned watching them.

"I did!" Rueh answered. She started to talk to him. Sephiroth in the meantime had his tongue between his teeth as he started to push the buttons faster. Rueh wasn't even watching the screen. After a minute he yelled. The words 'game over' flashed on the screen.

"I won!" Rueh cheered.

"Best 2 out of 3!" Sephiroth said.

"You're on!" they started a new game. Awhile later and Sephiroth had lost all of the games terribly. There was a knock on the door. Dete didn't move to answer it. Neither did Zack or Rueh. Sephiroth sighed and stood up. He opened the door.

"Hey Cloud. What are you doing here?" he asked.

"Gosh!" Cloud started laughing for some reason.

"What's so funny?" Dete asked looking up.

"I don't know," Rueh said in a sing-song voice.

"What are you laughing at?" Sephiroth asked as he stepped aside so Cloud could come inside.

Cloud came in but couldn't stop laughing. Zack burst into hysterical laughter. Rueh soon followed.

"Gosh! Sephiroth!" Dete said her face turning red and her eyes going wide.

"What?" he asked confused.

"Couldn't hold it could ya?" Rueh asked between laughs. Cloud and Zack laughed even harder.

"What?" Sephiroth asked warily and looked down.

"The bathroom is down the hall and to your left," Dete said.

"But…I don't have to go…" he sniffed trying to figure out why his pants were wet.

"Well yeah. Not any more. You left a puddle on the floor!" Rueh laughed.

"WHAT?" Dete yelled.

"I didn't do it! SEE?! There are pieces of water balloons on the floor!" Sephiroth cried.

Dete looked at Rueh.

"What?" she asked trying to look and sound innocent.

Dete sighed. "How many times have I told you? No water balloons in the house! Anyways…Sephiroth go change…please! So Cloud…hey…where'd he go?"

Everyone looked around. Cloud was gone. Zack shrugged. "Guess he left," he said.

"Wonder what he wanted? Oh well. Sephiroth now please before I start laughing," Dete sighed shaking her head. Sephiroth left the room grumbling to himself. "And as for you Rueh…"

"Uh-oh!"

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-Later that afternoon-

Zack, Rueh, and Sephiroth were drowning each other in the water of the ocean. Dete was stretched out on her beach towel trying to take a nap in the sun. Sephiroth finally got tired of being dunked by Rueh so he got out of the water and sat down on his towel beside Dete.

"Just a question for you but…how did Rueh and them know we were in Icicle Village when we were there?" he asked.

"Oh…well…I asked you where you were sleeping remember?" she said.

"Yeah…go on," he said.

"Anyways…that night while you were asleep I snuck past you and got the phone…"

"But I would have heard you."

"Well…the couch was against this wall here…" she drew it in the sand. "So I walked along this wall…" she drew it. "And then get the phone," she finished.

"So that's how you got past me…" he shook his head.

"Hey. We're going inside to play a video game," Zack said as he and Rueh walked up.

"All right," Dete said sitting up. They went inside. Dete and Sephiroth sat in silence for a few minutes.

"Wanna go for a walk?" he asked.

 "Sure," she said. He stood and took her hands pulling her to her feet. "Umm…you can let go now," she said trying to pull her hands from his. He didn't let go. She looked up at him and met his gaze.

Sephiroth watched her for a minute. She had quit trying to pull her hands away. He slowly lowered his face to hers. His lips brushed hers. This time she didn't pull back.

Dete felt Sephiroth press his lips more firmly to hers. She didn't know what to do. She had never been kissed before. Well…she had but…

Dete jerked away and turned her back to him. "I'm sorry…I can't…"

"It's all right…you still wanna go for a walk?" he asked softly.

"…not right now…I can't think straight…I'll see you later…" Dete started to walk in the opposite direction after picking up her towel and wrapping it around her waist.

Sephiroth just stood there watching after her with a frown on his face. "Something's bothering her," he said.

"Yeah? I wonder what it could be?"

"I thought you were playing video games with Rueh?"

Zack shrugged. "She beat me every time so far so I gave up."

"Do you know what's bothering her?" Sephiroth asked turning to face him.

"Yeah…you for one thing," Zack sat down on the sand.

"Oh?" Sephiroth raised an eyebrow as he sat down.

"Yep. You kissing her…brings back memories she would rather forget about an old boyfriend she had," Zack said.

"Sounds like you asked her about this," Sephiroth commented.

Zack shrugged. "First boyfriend she had went and broke her heart…that's all I know."

"Guess I should back off for awhile," Sephiroth said looking in the direction she had gone.

"That might be the best idea…come on! Let's go gang up on Rueh," Zack said.

"Why not?" Sephiroth stood and they went to the villa to play a video game to try and beat Rueh.

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It was late when Dete went back to the villa. She found something to eat in the kitchen which to her surprise was still standing after Zack, Sephiroth, and Rueh having to fix their own dinner.

She wasn't tired yet so she sat down in her chair to watch the movie that Rueh was watching. Zack and Sephiroth had already gone to bed but Rueh was a night owl so she was still up at 2:30 in the morning.

A half hour later the movie was over and Rueh finally went to bed. Dete stayed up to watch another one.

Sephiroth woke up around 4 in the morning. He tried but couldn't get back to sleep. With a sigh he sat up and went to watch TV in the living room. He found Dete curled up in her chair fast asleep and the TV still on. He covered her with a blanket and went to get a drink in the kitchen.

Dete's eyes snapped open when a hand touched her shoulder. Something was placed over her nose and mouth. Everything spun and started to go dark. Something in front of her moved but she couldn't tell as she was put to sleep by the drug on the cloth.

Sephiroth stopped in the doorway. "Excuse me…but who are you?" he asked tilting his head to the side a bit. The figure crouched in front of Dete looked up. "Reno?!"

"Yeah I'm Reno. Haven't seen you for awhile. Anyways go ahead and do whatever you were doing I'm busy here," Reno turned back to Dete and started to pick her up.

"But what are you doing?" Sephiroth asked.

"Kidnapping. What's it look like?" Reno asked and put Dete over his shoulder.

"Put her down," Sephiroth said turning the light to the room on.

"Sorry. No can do. I've got orders to follow. Don't ask me why I'm actually following them," Reno said.

"Dude what's with the talking and the lights? People are trying to sleep here," Zack said as he walked into the room with an annoyed Rueh behind him.

Reno sighed and ran a hand through his bright red hair. "Do I have to explain to again? Anyways I'm here to kidnap her so I'll be going now," Reno headed for the door.

"I think not," Rueh said in a dull or bored tone. They couldn't tell which.

Reno rolled his eyes and looked at his watch. "Look I'm late already. That's not really unexpected but I've gotta go so…see ya!" Reno threw a can of gas into the middle of the room.

"Don't let him get away!" Sephiroth snapped and ran after him. Zack and Rueh followed. They ran through the gas that had just started to leak from the can, ignoring it.

Rueh beat them to the door and was right on Reno's tail.

When Zack and Sephiroth caught up they found Rueh who had been put to sleep and no sign of Reno or Dete.

"Great," Sephiroth grumbled.

"Hey at least we can still go to the Shinra tower in Midgar and see if they're there," Zack said picking Rueh up.

"We'll go in the morning," Sephiroth sighed. They went back to the villa.

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Dete slowly came to. Her eyes focused on the face in front of her. She shook her head. "No not you again!" she said.

"Yes it's me…" he said.

She groaned.

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(A/N: Hey…if anyone wants to see something happen in this story please let me know! I'm open to any ideas! I could really use them…)