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Tseng sighed as he laid back on his soft plush chair. He knew for a fact that Rufus had been annoyed with him for a great deal of the year. Ever since the cadet programme started up Rufus hadn't been too happy with him and he knew perfectly well what the reason for the spiders' annoyance was.

With a few clicks of his mouse, he brought up Reno's file on his computer. He had been intrigued by this weasel ever since he had first met him in the slums. Some how the little brat had managed to make his way into Don Corneo's mansion while they were in the middle of an information trade despite the amount of security.

Tseng had been undercover at the time and as much as he hated turning his form into a woman's, it had been necessary so that Shinra wouldn't be associated with the sleaze. He had caught the weasel just as he was about to leave the mansion.

Just as Tseng exited Don Corneo's office, he heard a small thump coming from the room down the hall. From what he remembered that door lead down to the dungeon's where one of Corneo's lackeys usually brought down the girls that the Don didn't pick as his fun for the night. Cautiously, he approached the door. His hand reaching for his concealed gun that rested against his upper thigh.

The only thing Tseng liked about being in a female form was that he could wear a dress and hide his gun beneath it at the same time. He couldn't imagine how awkward it would be to hide his gun down his pants as a man.

Slowly, he reached for the door handle and paused as the sound of a candle hitting the floor was heard from the other side. Taking slow, deep breaths he turned the door handle and shoved the door open, pulling out his gun at the same time, only to find himself staring at a knife, while his gun was pointing at the other person's head. As far as he could tell the red headed man standing before him was some kind of animal monster. Judging by the short tail and the tiny ears, he was perhaps some kind of rodent.

"What the hell…? A chick? I thought it was going to be one of the Don's cronies or something." Tseng's eyes narrowed at the man. Did he not notice that he was being held at gun point? The rodent was quick to lower his knife.

"What are you doing here? Don't you know who's mansion this is?" The red head raised an eyebrow at Tseng's question.

"What are you new to this part of Midgar or something? I break in here all the time. All the girls around here know me." That was interesting. Corneo usually had guards posted everywhere and cameras as well as magical wards had been set up, so if this monster could get past them, that meant that either the system was lacking or this monster could make a good addition to the Turks depending on how this conversation went.

"You could say that… So will you humour me and tell me who you are?" The red headed monster grinned at Tseng's question.

"Don't know if I should tell you. After all, you are holding a gun to my face. I might tell you if you put it down though." Tseng considered this for a moment. His instincts as a Turk was screaming at him not to, but this monster actually thought he was a weak female, so he should be alright, besides, it wasn't as if he couldn't take him down even if he managed to steal his gun from him. Slowly he lowered his weapon and before he knew it, it was sailing through the air and landed right in the other monster's hands. "You know you really shouldn't listen to creepy men that come out of a basement." Tseng raised an eyebrow.

"I didn't think this creepy man would be that much of a bad guy, but what makes you think I don't have another gun hidden somewhere on me." The red head smirked.

"I don't, but if you do I'm sure that a pretty little thing like you wouldn't really shoot me. So why don't you answer something for me?"

"Since you're the one with the gun I don't really think I have much of a choice." The red heads' smirk seemed to widen at this.

"What's a pretty little thing like you doing wandering around the Don's mansion. Since you're not still in his room I'm guessing that you weren't his girl of the night, but I'm pretty sure that either one of his cronies' would have picked you up or kicked you out of the mansion by now."

"His subordinates have apparently gone out somewhere. I was told to find my own way out of the mansion when I heard you… Shuffling around down there."

"Ah you heard me? Guess either I'm getting out of practise or you're not really a bird type." The man eyed the wings on Tseng's back.

"I just have unnaturally good hearing for a bird." Tseng lied easily. "So you going to tell me who you are and why you're here?"

"Ah well, since you've been such a good sport I guess I can give that to you. Name's Reno. You know the Don's got a real nice stash of cigs that sell real high in the slums." So he was there to steal stuff. Nothing of interest really, not something to kill the man over.

"Interesting…" With one swift movement, his gun was sailing out of Reno's hands and Tseng caught it before sliding it back into its holder. "If that's all you're here for I guess that has nothing to do with me." He let his magic go and felt his dress morph into a suit and his body expanded and heightened as his wings disappeared and his ears and tail reformed. "For your information, I am the head of the Department of Administrative Research in Shinra. Also known as…"

"The Turks…" Tseng smirked at the gobsmacked look on Reno's face.

"You have some interesting talents. You should join the cadet programme. If your skills are anything like you've shown me today, you'll be first in line to join the Turks." With that he turned tail and started making his way out of the Don's mansion, leaving Reno there still staring at him.

The sound of his office door being slammed open jumped Tseng out of his thoughts. It was a good thing he was controlled enough not to actually jump. Instead, he sat up and looked in the direction of his door to see Rufus slamming the door shut, while strutting in like he owned the place. "What brings you here." The spider smirked at his words.

"I have a present for you." Tseng raised an eyebrow. They both knew that Rufus hadn't been happy with him, so him bringing a present couldn't be a good thing. Especially if what Sephiroth had said was true and the spider had been hanging out with Zack a lot more than they usually did. It wasn't uncommon to see the vice president with the First Class SOLDIER, but it wasn't common for them to be meeting up with each other every day unless they were planning something. Rufus seemed to pout when he noticed the suspicious look on Tseng's face. "It's nothing bad." Sighing, the Turk laid back down on his chair.

"What is it?" A file that Tseng hadn't noticed Rufus holding before landed on his desk and he stared at it for a second before looking back up at Rufus questioningly.

"You were looking for information on that weasel right? To see if he was good enough for the Turks." Slowly, the fox nodded his head, knowing that the wrong move could easily anger his younger lover. "Well, there it is right in front of you. All the information you could possibly want to know on him." Carefully, Tseng picked up the first page and skimmed over it before putting it down on the desk and giving Rufus a hard look.

"Where did you get this information from?" Rufus looked surprised.

"Some informants I have." In a second Rufus was pinned to Tseng's desk by his shoulders.

"You will tell me where you got that information from Rufus Shinra. The only way you could have gotten any of that information is if you were good friends with those honey bee whores. Now tell me where you got that information from." Rufus had to hide his surprised look this time. He honestly had no idea that Zack had those kind of informants, but that didn't explain why Tseng was so angry…

Wait a minute… Was he… Jealous? Did he really think that Rufus would go down to Honey Bee and…?

A small smirk made its way to his lips before he pushed Tseng off him.

"Where I got that information from is none of your business." He ignored the glare that Tseng was sending him as he dusted the invisible dirt off his jacket. "Anyways, you have your information on the weasel. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have people to see." With that he walked out of the office, slamming the door shut behind him. His smirk widened as he heard something shatter against the wall. He never thought that he would ever see Tseng lose his composure like that.

He would have to thank Zack later.