Hey, sorry to those of you waiting for more stories by me, writer's block is a bitch. This story is based on an rp I had on Gaiaonline, and the storyline was screaming to be written down. It is mostly Final Fantasy 7 crossed with my own storyline, with a little Gorillaz thrown in for flavor, and plus cuz the members of Gorillaz are a normal part of Empire in all my rps. Throughout each chapter I'll credit everyone mentioned in that chapter. So...other then that, enjoy!

Credit to: Me (duh), Reno Active (my fiance), and Ivan (who rps as Rufus)

Final Fantasy characters and elements owned by Square Enix, Gorillaz are property of Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett (pardon any spelling errors, i'm braindead today)

Shinra; a word filled with greed, danger, and power. Both the company and the man who controlled it could be described by these words. Deep in the heart of Midgar, the company was surrounded by monsters and materia, and was constantly threatened by both. Can a world filled with materia co-exist with a world ruled by magic? Can both worlds, so dangerous and powerful, live together in peace?........

……Will these worlds exist long enough for us to know?

"He's actually kinda cute….." Kitten spoke softly, flipping through the screenplay for Moulin Rouge. I scoffed; Rufus Shinra was really grinding on my nerves. I knew he was Reno's boss, but I was Reno's master and I'd be damned if the other blond was going to be treating my pet as his. He was his boss and nothing more.

Kitten had already met with Rufus; she was the president of the United States and she felt it was important to become friends with the powerful company's owner. I, on the other hand, had my own reasons to meet with the man. I hadn't personally met him yet, I had only heard about him through Kitten, Reno, Rude, and Ricky*.

I got off the bed and stretched; it seemed like a good time to stop by Shinra's office. I turned to leave.

"Where are you going?" Kitten glanced up from the screenplay to watch me. Of course, she knew I was one to cause trouble, so I wasn't going to tell her where I was really going.

"Chill with Blaze." I said nonchalantly and walked to the door. I heard the bed shift as she sat up.

"Sam…"

I turned to look at her. "I'll be back in a little bit." I walked over and kissed her, holding the passionate connection for a brief minute before pulling away and leaving.

Hopefully, Rufus wouldn't mind a unexpected visitor.

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*Ricky is one of the other Turks who works for Shinra. He popped up in the rp when we saw a picture of the Turks from Before Crisis. He's the one with the black hair that kinda looks like corn-rows and the random patch of white hair in the front…we didn't know his name so we dubbed him Ricky.