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A/N: Sorry it has been longer than we hoped, but here is the next chapter. The school year is ended, so we are both home and can't work on this too much. One of us also has no internet most of the time, so things are not moving very fast. We will do our best to keep posting regularly, but there may be large gaps of time during the summer. Thanks. Enjoy!

Chapter Four: Getting to know the new life

Reno eyed Ryu. She was still dressed in her training clothes from earlier. She was slumped down in the seat of the chopper, staring out the window. Her hair was partially red and partially brown and pulled up into a tight ponytail. Goggles still hanging around her neck, her fingers were lightly tapping out a rhythm on her arm. Someone so little could pack an awfully powerful kick, Reno mused rubbing his leg as he remembered what started their fight. It appeared she had no plan to go anywhere until he talked to her.

"I joined the Turks when I was sixteen. I'd just failed out of SOLDIER. This is all the life I've ever truly known." He told her softly. Ryu turned to look at him.

"How old are you?" She asked curious.

"Nineteen. I feel because you look like me… I mean you could be me if I was a girl. I have to try to give you a chance to do something else, while you're still young. I've been trying to drive you away, yo." He admitted. Ryuko threw her head back and laughed.

"Reno I'm twenty-one and a half." Reno stared at her as she grinned at him. "Didn't see that one coming did you?"

Reno shook his head as he asked, "Why do you seem so much younger than me?" She shrugged.

"Probably because my parents have sheltered me and allowed me to be a kid for longer then you got a chance to. I never had to fight for my life or my next meal. It was always guaranteed." She said slowly. Reno looked out the window again.

"Someday, will you teach me how to fly this thing? I wasn't kidding when I told you about my grandfather." She asked him, sounding like a small child.

"It's not a plane." he pointed out. She nodded her head.

"I know, but it's as close as I am ever going to get to being able to do something he loved." She blinked and rubbed her eyes. Reno saw it.

"You miss him? What's it like to have a grandfather?" He asked. She shrugged.

"Ask one of the others I don't know either. He was alive it's true but we lived so far away from him, and we could just never find the time to see him. He was practically a stranger to me. Then he died three years ago. I never knew him but it still punched a hole through my heart when he was gone." She said. She turned to look at him.

"Whether I am a spoiled brat or not doesn't change the fact that I want to learn, and you're the best to teach me. Because now I do have to fight for my life, and the lives of my friends. And there is no way in hell I am letting them down." She grinned at his surprised look,

"There was a reason I was dressed up as you." She told him. Reno sat up right in the seat, and looked over at her. She did seem young but only because she'd been able to stay a child longer. He knew she could be tough as nails, if she had to be. She was also level headed most of the time. He grinned.

"You're nothing like me, yo. I am a hot head through and through." he said. Ryu laughed.

"That's true there, and no one could really ever be you." She admitted. Reno leaned over and lightly poked her in the shoulder.

"Do you hate me?" He asked her. Ryu shook her head,

"Frustrated maybe, irritated yes but I don't hate you." She returned the poke with a grin.

"Even though you're younger than me, you're like an annoying big brother." She said, "But you're nothing like my brother-in-laws." She said. Reno frowned.

"You have brother-in-laws?" He asked surprised. She nodded.

"I have two older sisters, they're both married. So I have to big brothers." She said. She shot him a glance, "Possibly three." She admitted. Reno grinned.

"I am bigger then you." he pointed out. Ryu laughed.

"Yeah I am such a shortie, but I am still older then you." She retorted. Reno grinned.

"I am still your senior in Shinra and experience" He said. Ryu nodded her head serious.

"I know that's why I want you to teach me." She said. Reno sighed and rubbed his forehead.

"Fine I'll teach you everything." He said. She grinned and leaning across the cockpit hugged him.

"You don't know what it means to me Reno." She said, kissing his cheek. Reno flushed red and rubbed his cheek. She laughed.

"I always kissed my family." She told him.

"It's weird." He protested.

"Just like a teenage boy." She said before she got up and left ruffling his hair as she went. Reno followed her.

"What's that supposed to mean?" he asked. She laughed.

"You've got a lot to learn about families Reno." She said as she skipped across the helicopter pad, Reno following her.

"Maybe you can show me." He whispered surprised that he wanted her to keep on treating him like a brother, like he belonged to a family.

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Matti followed Tseng about the Turk offices, listening as Tseng explained his job. He was currently talking about how he had to deal with the President of Shinra and his orders for the Turks. Matti's job consisted less of training in the VR rooms, or the other training rooms, and more of learning the political aspects of a Turk's job. They passed Reno's office. Reno was working on a report and Ryu was, of all things, curled under a shelf that spanned part of Reno's desk reading the Turk's manual. Reno seemed to be completely ignoring the fact that she was there, as he was leaning back in his chair his laptop sitting on his lap as he typed his feet propped on the desk.

"Well, those two seem to be getting along." Tseng said. Matti nodded his head. He learned it was wiser to not say much around Tseng unless it was necessary. They continued walking, past Rude's cubical, where Rude was sitting at his computer typing up his own report of the incident he and Reno had had to deal with. Morgan was sitting in a corner flipping through a bomb making manual. Whereas Reno had been playing music, to which Ryu had been humming along softly to, Rude's office was quiet except for the rustle of pages and the click of the keys on the keyboard.

"And those two are doing well enough." Tseng noted.

"Now if for some reason you have to impersonate me, try to avoid the president at all costs." Tseng said. Matti nodded his head.

"If I can't, can I pretend that you've been hurt in the face and cover up in bandages?" He asked, half joking. Tseng paused.

"That might work." He murmured.

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"He's being an ass!" Alanna cursed as she came storming into the room. The group looked up. They'd turned one of the spare bedrooms into a sort of hang out for them separate from the SOLDIERs. She flopped dramatically across the couch, still cursing quietly.

"What did he do?" Piper asked. She was sitting on the floor working on crocheting a puppy plushie for Zack, since he'd found out she liked to craft. It seemed there would be no end to the random little toys and crafts Piper loved to make back in their world.

"He's just being an ass." Alanna huffed from under the cushion she had put on her face. Matti looked up worried, having just picked up the conversation.

"And I believe you." Ryu said.

"We're not talking about you, Matti." Piper said comfortingly, patting his leg. After all, Piper had once said the same thing about him. That had made a fun dinner of Matti bashing that night.

"Oh."

"We're talking about Genesis." Ryu told him. Matti nodded.

"I'd believe that." he said. Morgan snorted.

"There never has been a more arrogant man."

"Poor 'Lanna," Ryu murmured. She knew that Alanna already liked Genesis. However, two arrogant people were bound to butt heads, regardless of how well one of them worked to not be. Since it was Genesis she was butting heads with, Alanna's fangirl crush came into play and she ended up being a mixed basket of emotions. It was hard on her.

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A/N: So this one is really short. Sorry about that. I will try to get some longer ones up soon. Again, there may be large gaps of time between chapter postings, but we will try not to let them get too long. Hope you enjoyed it. If anyone has ideas of something they would really like to see happen, by all means let us know and we will see what we can do. Please review. Thanks.