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Chapter 5: If you would just follow me, Mr Chocobo
"Alright, Rude, next stop – Costa del Sol! Gotta reach there and get the birds before day breaks," said Elena.
"Why are you suddenly the boss?" Reno arched his eyebrow.
"'Cause you two are drunkards – wait – I can't believe I let Rude fly the plane and the Highwind! We could have crashed! That's it, I'm taking over!" Elena pushed Rude away from the panel and proceeded to fly them over to their next destination, much to Reno and Rude's resentment.
"Great, now the whiny one's taking over," Reno whispered to Rude.
"Do you know how to pray?" Rude whispered back.
"I sort of forgot after my nineteenth birthday when I found out about crack and booze. But don't worry, I'll start learning."
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The Highwind quietly touched down a few miles away from Costa del Sol. This time however they left their blazers on. The night was quite cool, plus they had another use for them.
Finding the ranch was also easy. They had pinpointed the location of the ranch from above. It was merely a simple task of hiding away from the eyes of late-sleepers and most especially the eyes of Cloud and Tifa. Upon reaching the stables, they were relieved to find the chocobos sleeping peacefully. However, they had trouble making out the colors of the birds with the lack of light. After a short discussion, they decided to 'birdnap' every chocobo, just to be sure.
The trio took off their blazers and quietly placed them each over a bird's head. The birds were startled at first but did not cry out since their eyes were covered. Reno began to wonder if their brains were the size of peanuts. If so, what else made up the large bird head?
Suddenly his head was twisted to his left violently. Almost crying out, he realized it was only Elena trying to get his attention. He was shocked when he saw Rude unbuttoning his shirt. He had read those cheap paperback romantic novels and knew all too well of hot, sweating man and woman doing stuff in stables, but he had never imagined to see his best friend ready to do it! Wait, something's missing…a female…the only female Reno saw in the stables was…NOOOOO!!!! Reno's eyes widened with shock as he stared at Elena.
Catching what he was thinking, Elena slapped his head. She pointed to Rude again. Reno turned around, unsure of what to expect. Contrary to what he thought, he saw Rude covering a chocobo's head with his shirt.
Reno smiled sheepishly as he finally understood the situation. There were five birds in the stables, with only three blazers available, both Reno and Rude had to take off their shirts to add to the number. In time, Reno's shirt was also off and covering the head of another chocobo.
Leading the chocobos out from the stables to the Highwind was pretty unnerving. Even under the cover of darkness, The Turks had to dart from corner to corner partly not wanting to be seen with Cloud's chocobos but mostly not wanting to be seen half-naked. However, Reno granted himself the luxury of fantasizing catcalls from the ladies and chuckled silently to himself.
Finally all of the chocobos were brought into the hall outside of the cockpit. Disgusted, Elena removed her blazers from a chocobo that happened to be a river chocobo. The chocobo warked slightly as it looked around the place. Reno and Rude took off their clothing from the other chocobos as well. Soon the five birds – a gold chocobo, a black chocobo, a river chocobo, a mountain chocobo and a dashing chocobo - were happily exploring the unfamiliar terrain. Usually Cloud would only take them into the stable of the Highwind.
"Dammit, they smell bad! I still don't see why we can't spend a few gil to buy cloth instead of using our uniforms. And why do we have to hold true to the spirit of the Turks? I wanna wear pretty dresses now and then, you know. Now they're going to smell like the birds until we wash them," Elena grumbled.
"Stop complaining, you've brought our spare uniforms, haven't you?" Rude said.
"We're probably gonna end up smelling like them sooner or later," Reno sniffed at his shirt and stuck out his tongue.
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Author's note: I don't know about you guys, but this chapter is one of my favorites ^__^ A very huge thank you to all those who reviewed, thank you!! And happy new year also!
