The plan landed with a nasty bump on the runway. It swerved a bit before settling into a straight line then suddenly jerked to a halt. This forced Daniel to smack his head against the metal wall where he was strapped into.

"Mother-ffff- Every damn time…" He mumbled to himself, scorning an unseen fate that had been ordained by the stars that would force his head to slam into the wall when ever the plane landed.

"Alright! Get out there and form up! Officers on the left, SOLDIER, on the right, Peace Keepers in the middle!"

The personnel strapped into the seats that lined the cargo hold started unbuckling their seat belts, grabbing their bags and their weapons, they proceeded off the ramp. The Captain stood in the middle, blowing his whistle furiously until his face was nothing but red. Daniel often wondered how captains remained conscience after blowing their whistle so much. Hell this particular captain never took his whistle out of his mouth. You can always hear its shrill when ever he speaks, makes him sound like he's speaking through gaped teeth at times.

"MOSKOW! Hurry up!"

Daniel hurriedly gathered his bags and secured his sword to his waist as he ran off the ship. Tossing all his bags into the pile with the others, he snuck his way into the formation, listening to his captain whistle them a beautiful speech. It may have been beautiful, but as stated before that whistle was practically grafted to his lips.

I wonder if he sleeps with it in his mouth.

The command for attention rang out and in unison; all three platoons snapped their heels together and stood erect. The high winds on the landing strip in Junon Harbor always played tricks on the soldiers that stood in formation. If one didn't eat regularly, he would be blown off into the ocean. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the main entourage approach. He had been dispatched with his SOLDIER unit so much that he practically memorized the speech Heidegger gave when they returned. He took his long strides over to each platoon and eyed the first rank carefully. He moved on to the officers ranks and only gave them a glance. The trouble started when he would move onto the SOLDIER platoon. Where as the peace keepers and officers would be in the towns or safe back in the tents, they were never as dirty, bruised kneed, or bushed as the SOLDIERs were. Somehow this put Hedger in a bad mood. Not to mention that most of the platoon made fun of him behind his back.

"Gya hah hah hah hahaaaa! On behalf of the President! I welcome you all back!"

Daniel was making the troop next to him fight back a snicker as Daniel mimicked his facial expressions and mouthed his words perfectly. When ever he would laugh that stupid horse laugh, Daniel would exaggerate it by leaning back while his hand was on an invisible oversized belly. It was usually funny until he gets caught and thrown into the ocean, which was a good twenty stories down.

"The war we are waging is an important one!! We are the keepers of peace and security in the world! You are looked down upon by no one! Looked up to by everyone! And most of all, represent the famed and glorious power in the world, ShinRa! Gya hah hah ha ha haaaaaa!!"

Daniel snapped back to attention just in time to avoid Hedgar's eyes.

Oh that was close. Better pay attention…pfft like I do that anyway.

"Those that have fallen around you only serve to fuel the fire in your bellies! We must punish-"

I wonder what Seph is doing right now? Heh, probably soaking in all the attention on making the newspapers. Hell we even heard about it in Wutai.

"-ShinRa! Now as you all may know, ShinRa is a proper and fair company. We would never abandon-"

I mean yeah I guess it's a great feat, but still, it was only one monster. I'm sure that any of us could have taken it. Right place at the right time I suppose.

"…in peace with all other nations. You are our pride! May fortune smile upon all of you! Gya haaaaaa haaaaaa haahahahaaaa haaa haaaaaaaa!"

His last laugh was always the worst. It sounded like he was gargling puppies in his mouth. Although how anything could get through that ugly black beard, he didn't know but with that huge gut, you just HAVE to assume.

The Captain turned around after Heidegger walked out of sight, and sighed into his whistle. Hell even in front of the superiors, he never takes that thing out. Either that or he has a magnet in his lips. He gave the order and the platoon dispersed. He couldn't really tell but he could have sworn that he heard a 'thank god he didn't get thrown off again'. Hell it would have been fun. It would always take another three hours for them to open the lift as per standard security reasons. It happens when ever the airship takes off or lands, it's the same thing with the Gelnika. As soon as the captain and all other superiors were out of sight, the rest of the SOLDIER platoon busted out laughing.

"Oh god! Man that was just like him man!"

Daniel shared in the laughing but he became lost in thought when he saw two female Sailors pass by.

"Yo! Lover boy! Eyes this way!"

Daniel gave a lazy turn to his face, then landed on his ass as he tried to back away from a face that was practically touching his.

"Ghaa! Sandy! Don't do that!"

The light brown hair waved in the wind as the girl put her hands on her hips. It had been five months since last he saw her, but he could never forget that athletic body, those powerful thighs, the beautifully puckered lips and that devilish smile. Those stunning green eyes, and that bob cut brown hair with the bonnet.

And those BOOBS! That sweet ass, how sexy this uniform looks on her…oh yeah that's Sandy alright!

Sandy took a few moments looking at his face, when she suddenly became shocked and shot a fist across his face, effectively sending him a few feet away.

"I take my time to come out here and welcome you home and all you can think about is THAT?! Gawd, you are such a pig!"

She folded her arms as Daniel picked himself off the pavement.

"Hey it's been 5 months! Can you blame me?"

Those words escaped his mouth before he could stop them. He hid behind his hands, shielding himself from her infamous wrath. Sandy grew furious for a moment, snatched him by the collar and brought him to her lips, digging her tongue as far back into his mouth as she could. He pulled him away as they both smiled and embraced each other.

"Well I'd be a hypocrite if I said I didn't undress you with my eyes while you were standing there in formation."

The two standing there, embracing each other, made the rest of the company seem a bit awkward, as everyone began side stepping towards the lounge area just across the flight path. Sandy snatched Daniel's hand and started dragging him towards the transport to the lower levels.

"Alright! It's settled. Ill have sex with you but you better be grateful!"

It didn't take much for her to drag him at all, even with the bags. She literally tossed him into the transport. A SOLDIER First Class herself, she was the SOLDIER platoons martial arts instructor and local fist fighting champion. She looks skinny and a bit frail at first, but her strength is near unnatural.

"NO! Wait! Rest, sleep, uhhhh… my head hurts! YOU have a headache! Gaaaa…I haven't taken a shower in three days!! I DON'T HAVE A CONDOME!"

Sandy only dove into the transport, unzipping her SOLDIER uniform while the door closed behind her.

…………………….

The door opened at the bottom level near Ocean Street. Sandy lazily walked out and stretched her arms out wide, doing a bit of a twirl as hearts danced in her eyes.

"Wow! That was wonderful Moskow! You really know how to make a girl feel like a princess…"

Daniel rolled his bags of the platform, and fell out of the transport car himself. He lay on the ground, unable to regain his breath and nearly all muscles in his body felt like failing.

This woman's gonna kill me some day…

"Come on! Our apartment's this way!"

Sandy grabbed Daniels foot and she started dragging him down the street, his bags following close behind him.

……………………….

It felt nice to finally take a shower, after nearly three days flying. That and he desperately wanted to shave; the old-man-look just didn't suit him. He turned the water off as he listened to the drain empty, then to the humming coming from the living room. They were both SOLDIERs in ShinRa. He had just made his promotion to first class before he went off to Wutai, while Sandy had her first class right from the get go, around ten years ago. Daniel wiped the water from the braided and beaded dirty blond hair the best he could before patting it down with the towel. He stared at himself in the mirror, looking at all the changes the fighting did to him.

Oh yeah…Sexy maaaan Sexy maaaan!

He whistled that song as he flexed a few muscles on his chest and arms. He was firm and cut in the right places. Bruised from fighting monsters and from his encounter in the transport car from his girlfriend, but none the less he knew he was an attractive man. His hair all fell in small braids that were either completely beaded, or tied off with straps of leather and seashells. Such expression was foreign to all those except for those living in the Mideel area. That was his hometown where his parents lived, or rather owned residence.

He was the child of the Semi-famed archeologist, Dr. Carlin Moskow and the ever beautiful and intelligent botanist, Dr. Maria Moskow. It had been such a long time since he had last seen them. Sure he talked to them on the phone at least once a month or before he was dispatched again, but as far as walking on the tropical beaches, swimming in the crystal clear waters and watching the mako fountains in the caverns to the south, it was just something that he had always missed.

"Daniel! What-is-taking-you-so-long! You better not be doing the nasty in there!"

Daniel nearly cut himself with the razor at the thought of her thinking he was masturbating. She just felt the need to enunciate every word, didn't she? He imagined she was probably standing at the doorway with her hands on her hips tapping her foot.

"Damn it! I'm trying to shave in here!"

"Well hurry up! You don't wanna miss the plane to Gold Saucer do you?"

Ohhhh that's right! Sandy is fighting in this months tournament.

Daniel horridly shaved off the rest of his face and "other" areas of interest, then rushed out of the bathroom and into the bedroom. In there he saw Sandy preparing her makeup and fancy dress as best as she could. He often wondered why she even bothered to put makeup on. She had an amazing complexion and was very beautiful without it. Even more so he always found it odd that she fought her battles in a scarlet half-dress, with one side of the skirt missing, but hey, it was sexy.

"Oh Seph is meeting us there. He said he had to go to a picture signing or something."

Yeah, probably just wanted be the center of attention again.

"He's meeting us at the airship or at the GC?"

Daniel was already strapping his gun belt to his waist as he secured his two large pistols in their holsters on either side. He fastened his sword to his sheath in the small of his back, and then stretched out his gloves. He usually wore the plane SOLDIER uniform, modified of course. It was an off green, bland sort of jumpsuit that was baggy at the knees slightly, but tucked in tightly at his black metal buckle boots. He wore a faded grey stitched open vest over the top half of his suit and let the strands of the ripped sleeves fall over his shoulder. He fastened the metal bracer around his left forearm, which fit like a glove on him. He stood ready in the doorway, striking a pose as he grinned at himself in the mirror.

"You know, your not as good looking as you make yourself out to be."

His image slumped.

"Thanks Sandy I love you too." He replied in a snide remark.

He snuck behind her as she was trying to put on some lipstick, and he grappled her to the bed, tickling the hell out of her. She screamed and giggled as she fought to try and stop her arms from reaching her very sensitive sides. The two stopped and stared at each other for a moment as that feeling passed through them both. She only grinned as she leaned up and gave him a quick childish kiss on the lips.

"You know, you're not the epitome of hot either." Daniel sounded confident in his approach to regain a bit of lost ego.

Daniel let her up and she went back to fixing her lipstick and putting the finishing touches to her hair.

"I never said I was. You're the one prancing around like you're gods gift to women, which your not by the way."

Daniel put his hands in his pockets and started shuffling out the door. She knew exactly just how to pop his ego bubble. As Sandy finished she grabbed her purse and walked by Daniel, leaning up to give him a real kiss this time.

"Your Gods gift to me." She said sexily as she bit her bottom lip.

Yeah leave it to her to come out with a nice comeback that would ultimately save his manhood from shattering on the floor. She did this a lot, always ego up, ego down. He loved that kind of personality from her. That's probably why the two of them had been together for five years. As friends first, but their relationship grew with each passing mission together and soon they found themselves living in the same apartment in Junon. Daniel locked the door and caught up with his date for the night. He checked his watch.

Half past seven.

Sandy dug herself into his left arm, laying her head on his shoulder while they walked in unison. She sighed as they walked to the transport car in the center of town. Daniel and Sandy stared at the sunset over the ocean. Yes this was going to be a grand weekend.