A/N: Well here we are at chapter seven.... wow. I didn't think I would get
this far this fast. I should work with other people more often. ::Shrugs::
Well I should give you chapter seven and quit yappin'.
~Rachel
~*~*~*~
Nadesiko charged down hallway after hallway as fast as she could. Her back ached horribly and it didn't help that it felt as though she were being chased down. Tseng appeared in front of her and she came to a quick halt. Tseng grabbed her shoulders firmly.
"What's the matter Nadesiko?"
Nadesiko could tell he sensed her deep fear of something, although the source of her fear even had her stumped. To brush off Tseng, she decided to bluff it.
"I forgot to put the file on Don Corneo back in its proper place. Sorry Tseng. I know you wanted me to keep the files clean. Gotta go do it!"
She ripped her body out of his grasp and bolted for the next flight of stairs.
~*~*~*~
Lamirra felt Nadesiko's panicky energy as the girls neared each other. Lamirra turned quietly down the hall on their floor and watched as Nadesiko pumped her legs to get to her.
"Hey there speedy."
Both girls froze. Reno and Rude weren't supposed to be back yet. Nadesiko stood up to her full height and glanced nervously at Rude. Of late he had started making her feel very uncomfortable.
"What are you doing back?"
Reno smiled and walked up to Lamirra. He gave a very low mock bow.
"I just realized. I don't have a date to the upcoming employees ball. And was hoping Lamirra would be kind enough to accompany me."
Nadesiko growled menacingly as Lamirra grinned and nodded. Reno smiled and grabbed Rude's arm.
"Will you take Nadesiko? I know that you're responsible enough to get that tranquilizer for her."
Rude shrugged and looked indifferently at the angry woman. Nadesiko huffed before turning the other way and heading up the stairway that lead to her cubicle.
"I never knew working for the Turks meant playing with little boys."
Her tone was colder than ice. But Reno noticed it seemed a little shaky. He frowned. Something was going on. Hopefully Rude would cover it. And that was what Rude was going to do, That is until Nadesiko charged back down the stairs as she pulled her trench coat over her shoulders with sharp edgy movements. She slammed Rude out of her path as she climbed onto the elevator.
"Im going out. My works done. If Tseng has a problem, he can come find me. Chao."
The elevator doors closed. Reno turned to the flustered Lamirra.
"What's with her?"
Lamirra shrugged.
"About two years ago she had a job. She was assigned to a mission. We needed money desperately, and of course, she met a guy there and she ended up with a huge crush on him. Of all the stuff she's done, or been assigned to anyways, its the only one she's failed."
Reno didn't need to hear more. He leaned over to his best friend and helped him off the ground. Rude groaned in pain.
"I thought you said she stuck to magic."
Lamirra laughed lightly and rubbed the back of her head.
"Yeh well, I also said we trained together. She learned how to fight too."
~*~*~*~
Nadesiko let down her long chestnut hair from its ponytail. Her deep eyes fell down to the ground and she sighed heavily. She knew she should't have acted like such a jerk. But she always was a bit jealous of her best friend. And since she was already on edge she just burst. She'd have to apologize later, but right now she had a phone call to make. Well, actually she just wanted to see if she could track down a coffee shop or something, but she thought calling up her old friend Terria might be a good idea. Hopefully her old friend would recognize some of the despcriptions in the file...
She slapped her forehead. 'SHIT! The file! I shoulda grabbed it! Oh well. There is always when I get back to the office. Oh hey, wait a minute. I still have the book!'
She nearly jumped ten feet off the ground as a gentle tenor voice grabbed her attention. Oh God it was gorgeous. She turned to face the mysterious voice.
"Hi."
She was taken aback by his appearance. Bright spiked orange-blonde hair with small, loose bangs that fell neatly above his eyes. The bangs were only two locks of hair, but that made all the difference. She felt herself nearly melt under his deep oceanic blue eyes that slanted in her direction. Her eyes traveled over him. Clean cut white business suit, and what was that at his side? An old fashioned rifle.
'So he's an oldies boy.' She smiled.
"Hey there. The name's Nadesiko. You are?"
The man smiled in return.
"You don't know who I am?"
She pursed her lips as she crossed her arms under her chest.
"Uh DUH. CLEARLY I don't know who you are. If I did, why would I be asking?"
The man laughed lightly at the girls attitude. She was cute.
"Good point. I am Vice President Rufus."
The color drained from Nadesiko's face and she smacked her forehead.
"Oh my gosh.... I feel like the dumbest person ever. I just hit on..."
Rufus smiled. Knowing she was going to say that he was the most famous amazing looking man ever.
"THE BIGGEST CREEP ON THE FACE OF THIS PLANET!"
Rufus was totally taken aback. That wasn't supposed to be how it went! But he kept his cool composure as he watched her march out of the building and towards the nearest bar. After a quick debate with himself, he chased after the brunette.
"HEY! That was kinda rude don't you think!? Hey!!! Get back here!"
~*~*~*~
Lamirra watched as Reno and Rude walked out of the building and climbed into one of the cars parked below.
'Okay,' she thought quietly to herself, 'what am I supposed to do now? Do I track down Siko? Do I do more research? AH!! Dammit Reno! You picked a horrible time to ask me out!'
She stopped her train of thought and watched as the car drove away.
"Not that I mind..."
She smirked as she turned back to the stairs that lead to the Turks office.
'May as well get some more research done.' It was no use tracking down her friend when she was more irritable than a hornet.
~*~*~*~
While Lamirra was busy enjoying herself in the safe haven of work, Nadesiko was busy being stalked by the handsome and annoying Vice President of Shinra Inc.
"GO AWAY YOU LEECH!!!"
"NOT TILL YOU TALK TO ME LIKE A DECENT HUMAN BEING!"
"THAT WON'T HAPPEN!"
"WHY NOT!?"
"CAUSE YOUR A STUCK UP LITTLE MOMMA'S BOY WHO WONT LEAVE ME ALONE!"
"I AM NOT!"
"YOU ARE TOO!!!"
The two very frustrated people stood facing each other, their faces a bright red. Nadesiko shoved him to the ground.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!"
Rufus grabbed her arm dragging her down with him. She landed with a thud, draping one arm over him as her face landed on the ground. Not moving she grumbled.
"Why wont you just go away?"
Rufus took a deep breath and rolled his eyes. This was the fifty third time this scenario had happened in the past hour. He had to say something other than she was rude and he wanted an apology. He was getting repetitive, and he needed to get her to say something other than "Leave me alone."
"Because. I don't think I have ever met such a beautiful woman in all my life."
Nadesiko sat up and glared at him.
"Don't try to flatter me pretty boy."
Rufus tried to move away as her fist flew to hit him in the side of his face. He winced. But the blow never came. Cautiously he opened one eye to see Nadesiko had stopped her attack as laughter overcame her. He frowned.
"What is with you?"
She took a deep breath to try and stop laughing. It didnt work.
"MAN! You shoulda seen your face! Even Reno didn't look that scared when I burnt him to a crisp a couple days ago! That's rich!"
She fell over him lightly resting her head on his chest as she laughed. Rufus raised an eyebrow. Was this chick on drugs or what!? She was just trying to kill him and now she was laughing.
WHAM!
His head rolled sharply to the side as he felt Nadesiko's hand go full force against the side of his face. The young woman stood up with a smirk.
"That felt really good. Now I'll talk to you. You needed humbling."
Rufus started at the woman in awe. She was definitly something else.
A/N:
Oh, spoof! Ain't this fun kiddies? ^_~ Feel special, the next chap's mine!
~Mai
~Rachel
~*~*~*~
Nadesiko charged down hallway after hallway as fast as she could. Her back ached horribly and it didn't help that it felt as though she were being chased down. Tseng appeared in front of her and she came to a quick halt. Tseng grabbed her shoulders firmly.
"What's the matter Nadesiko?"
Nadesiko could tell he sensed her deep fear of something, although the source of her fear even had her stumped. To brush off Tseng, she decided to bluff it.
"I forgot to put the file on Don Corneo back in its proper place. Sorry Tseng. I know you wanted me to keep the files clean. Gotta go do it!"
She ripped her body out of his grasp and bolted for the next flight of stairs.
~*~*~*~
Lamirra felt Nadesiko's panicky energy as the girls neared each other. Lamirra turned quietly down the hall on their floor and watched as Nadesiko pumped her legs to get to her.
"Hey there speedy."
Both girls froze. Reno and Rude weren't supposed to be back yet. Nadesiko stood up to her full height and glanced nervously at Rude. Of late he had started making her feel very uncomfortable.
"What are you doing back?"
Reno smiled and walked up to Lamirra. He gave a very low mock bow.
"I just realized. I don't have a date to the upcoming employees ball. And was hoping Lamirra would be kind enough to accompany me."
Nadesiko growled menacingly as Lamirra grinned and nodded. Reno smiled and grabbed Rude's arm.
"Will you take Nadesiko? I know that you're responsible enough to get that tranquilizer for her."
Rude shrugged and looked indifferently at the angry woman. Nadesiko huffed before turning the other way and heading up the stairway that lead to her cubicle.
"I never knew working for the Turks meant playing with little boys."
Her tone was colder than ice. But Reno noticed it seemed a little shaky. He frowned. Something was going on. Hopefully Rude would cover it. And that was what Rude was going to do, That is until Nadesiko charged back down the stairs as she pulled her trench coat over her shoulders with sharp edgy movements. She slammed Rude out of her path as she climbed onto the elevator.
"Im going out. My works done. If Tseng has a problem, he can come find me. Chao."
The elevator doors closed. Reno turned to the flustered Lamirra.
"What's with her?"
Lamirra shrugged.
"About two years ago she had a job. She was assigned to a mission. We needed money desperately, and of course, she met a guy there and she ended up with a huge crush on him. Of all the stuff she's done, or been assigned to anyways, its the only one she's failed."
Reno didn't need to hear more. He leaned over to his best friend and helped him off the ground. Rude groaned in pain.
"I thought you said she stuck to magic."
Lamirra laughed lightly and rubbed the back of her head.
"Yeh well, I also said we trained together. She learned how to fight too."
~*~*~*~
Nadesiko let down her long chestnut hair from its ponytail. Her deep eyes fell down to the ground and she sighed heavily. She knew she should't have acted like such a jerk. But she always was a bit jealous of her best friend. And since she was already on edge she just burst. She'd have to apologize later, but right now she had a phone call to make. Well, actually she just wanted to see if she could track down a coffee shop or something, but she thought calling up her old friend Terria might be a good idea. Hopefully her old friend would recognize some of the despcriptions in the file...
She slapped her forehead. 'SHIT! The file! I shoulda grabbed it! Oh well. There is always when I get back to the office. Oh hey, wait a minute. I still have the book!'
She nearly jumped ten feet off the ground as a gentle tenor voice grabbed her attention. Oh God it was gorgeous. She turned to face the mysterious voice.
"Hi."
She was taken aback by his appearance. Bright spiked orange-blonde hair with small, loose bangs that fell neatly above his eyes. The bangs were only two locks of hair, but that made all the difference. She felt herself nearly melt under his deep oceanic blue eyes that slanted in her direction. Her eyes traveled over him. Clean cut white business suit, and what was that at his side? An old fashioned rifle.
'So he's an oldies boy.' She smiled.
"Hey there. The name's Nadesiko. You are?"
The man smiled in return.
"You don't know who I am?"
She pursed her lips as she crossed her arms under her chest.
"Uh DUH. CLEARLY I don't know who you are. If I did, why would I be asking?"
The man laughed lightly at the girls attitude. She was cute.
"Good point. I am Vice President Rufus."
The color drained from Nadesiko's face and she smacked her forehead.
"Oh my gosh.... I feel like the dumbest person ever. I just hit on..."
Rufus smiled. Knowing she was going to say that he was the most famous amazing looking man ever.
"THE BIGGEST CREEP ON THE FACE OF THIS PLANET!"
Rufus was totally taken aback. That wasn't supposed to be how it went! But he kept his cool composure as he watched her march out of the building and towards the nearest bar. After a quick debate with himself, he chased after the brunette.
"HEY! That was kinda rude don't you think!? Hey!!! Get back here!"
~*~*~*~
Lamirra watched as Reno and Rude walked out of the building and climbed into one of the cars parked below.
'Okay,' she thought quietly to herself, 'what am I supposed to do now? Do I track down Siko? Do I do more research? AH!! Dammit Reno! You picked a horrible time to ask me out!'
She stopped her train of thought and watched as the car drove away.
"Not that I mind..."
She smirked as she turned back to the stairs that lead to the Turks office.
'May as well get some more research done.' It was no use tracking down her friend when she was more irritable than a hornet.
~*~*~*~
While Lamirra was busy enjoying herself in the safe haven of work, Nadesiko was busy being stalked by the handsome and annoying Vice President of Shinra Inc.
"GO AWAY YOU LEECH!!!"
"NOT TILL YOU TALK TO ME LIKE A DECENT HUMAN BEING!"
"THAT WON'T HAPPEN!"
"WHY NOT!?"
"CAUSE YOUR A STUCK UP LITTLE MOMMA'S BOY WHO WONT LEAVE ME ALONE!"
"I AM NOT!"
"YOU ARE TOO!!!"
The two very frustrated people stood facing each other, their faces a bright red. Nadesiko shoved him to the ground.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!"
Rufus grabbed her arm dragging her down with him. She landed with a thud, draping one arm over him as her face landed on the ground. Not moving she grumbled.
"Why wont you just go away?"
Rufus took a deep breath and rolled his eyes. This was the fifty third time this scenario had happened in the past hour. He had to say something other than she was rude and he wanted an apology. He was getting repetitive, and he needed to get her to say something other than "Leave me alone."
"Because. I don't think I have ever met such a beautiful woman in all my life."
Nadesiko sat up and glared at him.
"Don't try to flatter me pretty boy."
Rufus tried to move away as her fist flew to hit him in the side of his face. He winced. But the blow never came. Cautiously he opened one eye to see Nadesiko had stopped her attack as laughter overcame her. He frowned.
"What is with you?"
She took a deep breath to try and stop laughing. It didnt work.
"MAN! You shoulda seen your face! Even Reno didn't look that scared when I burnt him to a crisp a couple days ago! That's rich!"
She fell over him lightly resting her head on his chest as she laughed. Rufus raised an eyebrow. Was this chick on drugs or what!? She was just trying to kill him and now she was laughing.
WHAM!
His head rolled sharply to the side as he felt Nadesiko's hand go full force against the side of his face. The young woman stood up with a smirk.
"That felt really good. Now I'll talk to you. You needed humbling."
Rufus started at the woman in awe. She was definitly something else.
A/N:
Oh, spoof! Ain't this fun kiddies? ^_~ Feel special, the next chap's mine!
~Mai
