Okay, so I'm sorry again for taking so long to get this chapter up...I know I could SAY that I won't do it again...but that would be a lie. --sweat drop-- This chapter should have a little more action in it (I hope), and possibly the beginnings of a relationship. Hee hee. So then, enjoy chapter 3, and please leave a review!

Chapter Three
I Don't Wanna Be "Rude"

The little blacked haired girl named Rin had spent the next few days going over the plan
with Riku (the black dragon), Draco (the neutral dragon), Karra, and Kotoba. Rin's mother had been reluctant at first to let them go along with this, fearing the sorceress would be mad if she found out; but once she saw how eager her daughter was to help the
prisoners, she didn't have the heart to say no.

Today was the day. Rin sat on a bench in the hallway of the Midgar building, kicking her legs back and forth with anticipation. I hope I don't mess up, she thought. What if something goes wrong? ...Nah! What could go wrong? Her optimism quickly pushed the
thoughts to the back of her mind, where they continued to whisper to her.

Kotoba walked down the hallway to where Rin was sitting. The young girl, appearing to be about the same age as Rin, stopped in front of her and stared. Rin always felt uncomfortable around Kotoba, most people did. She had an uneasiness about her that seemed to spread to anyone else that caught sight of her. Kotoba gently clasped Rin's hand
and urged the girl to follow.

"Is it time now?" Rin asked, standing up from the cold, stone bench.

Kotoba glanced back and nodded her head, her black, emotionless eyes piercing into Rin's own eyes. The two girls walked quietly down the hallway, passing by door after door. Finally, Kotoba stopped in front of one of the doors and opened it. This was it. If ever there was a time for Rin to master her powers, it was now.

"Rin," Riku said as the two girls entered the room, closing the door behind them and
locking it. "You ready?" he asked.

"Umm...sure," she answered hesitantly. "Taking their souls out isn't gonna kill them, right?" This was a question that had been worrying her ever since they thought up this
plan. She had asked the question many times and always got the same answer, but the
thought of accidentally murdering someone still terrified her.

"Of course it's not," Draco answered. Draco was a tall and rather muscular man in his
human form. His hair was brown and slightly unkempt, a little shorter than shoulder
length. "The whole reason we're doing this is to save their lives. If we thought there was
any chance of this killing them, there's no way we would do it." The man knelt down beside Rin. "You just take care of your part in all of this. And if anything goes wrong, let
us handle it. Got it?"

Rin nodded, smiling confidently. "I'll do my best!"

"Karra," Draco stood back up. "Where is the sorceress now?"

"She's on her way to some bar in Sector Seven. Rumor has it there's a man and woman
there attempting to start a rebellion against the sorceress. Some guy with a funny name
like Sky...Cloud...Bird, something like that."

"Good. Then her attention is away from here, just as we had hoped."

"Good thing the Turks or whatever they call themselves knew those people in Sector Seven, huh," Riku added.

"Won't they mind being attacked by the sorceress?" Rin asked, obviously worried for the safety of the Turks' "friends."

"Nah, Reno said that they were good friends with 'em. They'll be happy to do them a favor."

-- --back in the dungeon-- --

"Reno, I still can't believe you made up that lie about Cloud and Tifa," Elena complained. "I mean, they could be in real trouble because of us."

"Cloud can handle it," Reno tried to convince her for what seemed like the hundredth time. "Besides, if they don't know who it was who made up that rumor about them, then
they can't be mad at us, right?"

Elena sighed. She had to admit it was a good idea making up a rumor about a rebellion to get the sorceress away from her base, but she still felt bad. "It just seems so wrong."

"Well, consider it payback for them always kicking our ass in the past," he joked.

"Maybe," a voice came from the hall of the dungeon, "if you were actually good at fighting, you wouldn't get your ass kicked." Karra stopped in front of the cell and stared at
Reno, the one she had directed that comment at.

"Actually good at fighting?" Reno repeated. "You've never even seen me fight before!
How can you even make such a comment?"

"I've seen your type before," she answered. "Cocky, egotistical, and utterly weak."

Elena tried hard not to laugh, keeping her hand in front of her mouth to hide her giggles from Reno.

Reno kept his mouth shut, glaring deeply at the black haired woman and sighing in disgust and defeat.

"It's time," Karra stated. "The others are on their way."

"Wait," Elena started. "We don't even know what this plan is. Shouldn't you tell us?"

"Relax," Karra smiled. "You won't need to do a thing."

"We...we won't?" The four Turks were both confused and curious as to what was going to take place today.

Draco, Riku, and Rin showed up a few minutes later. Rin's was shaking with nervousness, but she hid it well behind her ever-smiling face.

"You ready?" Karra smiled down at Rin.

The girl nodded silently.

"Then I'm off." Karra said as she walked out of the dungeon. "Kotoba and I will be watching for you from the northwestern rooftop. You probably have about a half hour to get this done."

"Put on a good act for 'em, Karra!" Riku yelled to her.

"I always do."

"Okay...I demand to be in on what's going on!" Tseng said as Riku and Rin walked through the iron bars in that weird way they did.

Draco was the first to jump in and answer, not trusting Riku to make the answer quick and brief enough with the short amount of time they had. "Basically, we're going to fake your murders. Rin here has the ability to take people's souls out of their body and place it in whatever body she pleases. We're gonna remove your souls and leave your bodies lying limp...so as to look dead. Karra is going to pretend that she is the one that killed you all. Then Riku and I are going to remove your bodies from Lilith's fortress. Once outside, Rin will be out there with Karra and Kotoba waiting for us, and we'll put your souls back in your bodies, and then you'll be free to escape."

Okay...not as brief as he was hoping...

Tseng had to think that through a moment. "Oh..." was all he was able to say in reply.

Elena on the other hand was a little more talkative. "You're gonna remove our what?!!"

"Your uterus," Reno answered.

"SHUT UP!" Elena yelled back, smacking him in the head.

"Ah, what's the matter, Elena?" Reno jumped in to make fun of her as he always did. "Not scared to be soulless, are ya?"

Riku smirked. "I'll take that as you volunteer to go first, Reno."

"Eh-I...uh..."

"Ha!" Elena yelled, pointing at him accusingly.

"Why must they both be so childish...?" Rude whispered to Tseng who just shook his head in response.

Rin nervously stepped over to Reno who was far more nervous than she was.

"This isn't gonna hurt is it?" he asked the little girl.

"I guess we'll find out, won't we?" Tseng answered for her. Reno just glared back at the man.

Rin stared Reno in the eyes with her right hand stretched out toward his chest. Whoa, Reno thought. My head...this was how I felt last time I got high...I need to keep this girl handy! He then plopped down to the ground, motionless and utterly senseless.

(A/N but I suppose he's always senseless anyway)

"R-Reno?" Elena stuttered, shaking Reno's shoulder. "Is he okay?"

"No..." Rude examined Reno's pulse. "He's...he's dead!"

Elena's eyes widened in shock. "What? How could you do this to him? Oh my god, Reno!" she threw herself down on Reno's body and started crying.

Rude just shook his head at her naivety. "Elena, I was joking...he's fine."

Elena lifted her head and gave Rude a death glare that made even him shudder. "You were what...?"

After a quick outburst from Elena, Rin removed the souls of the other Turks as well, leaving all four of their bodies limp inside the prison cell.

"So then..." Riku said to Draco. "Lets haul these things out. And no touching Elena, okay Draco?"

"E...excuse me?" the older dragon argued. "Since when have I ever been the slightest bit perverted! You on the other hand..."

-- --another area in the building-- --

"You did what?" a soldier yelled at Karra.

"Did you really expect me to let those bastards live for long?" Karra yelled back. "That red haired one wouldn't stop harassing me!" Karra smiled. "So I gave him what he deserved... Draco and Riku are in the process of carrying the bodies out to burn them."

The soldiers around her didn't know what to say to this information. "W-what will the Sorceress say?" one asked.

"She won't care," Karra snapped at them in annoyance. "It'd not like they were being used for anything. They had absolutely no useful information, and the only reason they were here in the first place was because they were snooping around...I did the Sorceress a favor by disposing of them..."

Her act seemed to work. The Sorceress's pawns all appeared to be convinced of her story. None of them would hold it past her to commit an act like murder, therefore they asked her no further questions.

Draco and Riku appeared in the room a moment later on their way out of the fortress. Both in their dragon forms, they each carried two seemingly lifeless bodies on their scaly backs. The two dragons said nothing as they past Karra and the men; likewise the men said nothing to the dragons.

Karra then turned and followed them out of the room, leaving the soldiers in a slight daze of confusion.

Just as planned, Kotoba and Rin were waiting outside the building. The group placed the bodies in the back of a van and drove away just in case anyone was spying on them. They drove to a back ally of Sector Seven before unloading the bodies again.

"You ready, Rin?" Riku asked, back in his human form now. "Your turn's up again."

The shy little girl nodded. She walked up to Tseng's body which was lying motionless on the filthy ground. Rin placed her hand on Tseng's slow-breathing chest and closed her eyes to concentrate. A glow appeared around her hand and swirled around a little before disappearing into Tseng's chest. The black haired man woke up seconds later.

He rubbed his head a bit sleepily. "Where are we?"

"Sector Seven, I think," Draco answered. "We haven't exactly learned our way around this damn town yet, but we think we're in the west part of Sector Seven."

"So your plan worked after all," Reno entered the conversation, yawning loudly.

Rin let out a scream suddenly and fell backwards away from Rude's body.

"Rin!" Riku yelled.

Two bright balls of light flashed from Rin's hand and flew into the air before finally settling down...one into Rude's body and the other into Elena's. The two Turk's started to wake up.

"Elena," Tseng said. "Rude, Are you two alright?"

"Yeah, we're fine," Rude said. His eyes widened in shock. "Oh my gosh! My voice!"

"Dude, you sound like Elena!" Reno joined in.

"He is Elena!" Elena said...only it wasn't Elena.

"...Rude?" Rude said to Elena.

Elena felt around herself a little, glancing at her hands and touching her hair and face. "I don't know how it happened, Elena...But you're me and I'm you."

Rude's (or rather Elena's) eyes widened even more now. "Wh...what!" Rude felt around himself as well and stopped with both hands on his head. "I'M BALD!"

Reno burst out laughing. Tseng wasn't so humored by this however. He walked up to Rude. "It's okay, Elena," he placed a hand on Rude's shoulder. Realizing after that how awkward it was to be hitting on Rude's body, he quickly removed his hand. "Eh...I'm sure, uh, Rin can fix this." He glanced back at Rin. "Right?"

"Well...I-I can try," she optimistically, yet nervously, answered.

"Ah!" Elena in Rude's body screamed. "I DON'T WANNA BE RUDE!"