Warning: Rated M for violence, swearing and graphic M/M relationships in later chapters

Disclaimer: I do not own all of these lovely characters; I just borrow them once in a while.

The building towered above all of downtown, competing against the impressive skyline of Tokyo. It held a dominant, powerful stance and intimidated all those who passed by. The company was created years ago by powerful men, all with the intent to make as much money as possible. They gained power by taking from the weak, and feeding on the rich, standing by the saying 'The ends justify the means'. They did business with every shady company imaginable, and had no regrets when someone was caught in the cross fire. Everyone was expendable, easily replaceable when so many people lusted for the same power. Only those strong enough and ruthless enough were chosen to work for the company.

Cloud Strife would have it no other way.

---XX---

Standing in the elevator, Cloud kept glancing at his watch and fiddled with his tie; shooting people nasty looks when they gave him a second glance. He was late, and he was pissed. Not only had someone cancelled on him, but Yuffie had forgotten to give him some very important papers that were needed for his previous meeting.

Cloud swore under his breath when a young man came into the elevator, his crazy red hair tied back in a messy pony tail. The young man sent Cloud a small look and stood at the other end of the elevator, his hands placed in front of himself, a professional air about him despite his appearance. Cloud gripped his suitcase tighter and cracked his neck a few times, trying to work out the feeling like he was being squashed.

The elevator tinged, signaling its arrival to one of the top floors. Cloud quickly stepped out of the elevator, and walked down the long hallway. He started looking behind every so often to see if the red head was following him and groaned when he saw the man sauntering behind him at a much slower pace. Before reaching his office, Cloud looked around a few times and stopped at the door of a deserted conference room. Opening the door, Cloud stormed into the room and threw his briefcase down on the table, turning around quickly to see the red head slowly walk in and quietly shut the door.

"Mornin' Mr. Strife." The red head said, waving slightly, a cocky smile on his face.

"Cut the formalities Reno. What the fuck do you want?" Cloud spat out, standing his ground.

"You know what we want…" Reno said, walking over to one of the chairs and sitting down in it, placing his feet up on the table. "My boss was kind enough to help you out, and you go and stab him in the back."

Cloud rolled his eyes and pushed Reno's feet of the table. "I told you, the deal is off. Things didn't work out as planned."

Reno growled slightly when Cloud pushed his feet off, and cracked his knuckled a few times. "Maybe things didn't work out as planned for you, but we finished out end of the deal, which means you gotta finish yours."

Reno stood up quickly and straitened his jacket. "If you don't finish it, there will be consequences." With that he headed for the door, opening it slightly before turning back around. "And don't tell me you can handle it, because trust me… you do not want to test our patience."

Reno left the room without a second glance, leaving Cloud standing there, his face slightly pale.

Shaking is head, Cloud walked over to his suitcase and picked it up, before running a hand through his hair. He went to the door and stood there a moment, moving the handle of the briefcase in his hand, bouncing the case slightly. Gaining his composure, Cloud left the room shutting the door behind him before walking to his office, a determined glint in his eye.

"I am SO sorry," A young woman's voice could be heard from behind a stack of papers. Yuffie suddenly appeared from behind the papers, a few sticky notes stuck in her hair. "I was going to give them to you but then you left to quickly and I messaged you but you didn't check!"

Cloud gritted his teeth and watched as Yuffie ripped a few notes off of her skirt, looking up at Cloud every one in a while, worry etched on her face.

"You know I don't check my messages while I am in a meeting…" Cloud said as calmly as he could. Yuffie looked up and nodded quickly.

"I know that, just… do you know what? Screw this I've worked overtime today so I am going home." She grabbed her bag and headed out of the office her eyebrows furrowed in anger. Cloud would have fired her long ago if she wasn't the daughter of his boss.

Walking to his office, Cloud undid his tie and threw it on the coat hook. Throwing his briefcase on the leather couch, the blond went behind his desk and pulled out a small bottle of pills, taking out a few and popping them into his mouth, swallowing them. He could feel the headache of a lifetime coming on.

---XX---

"He isn't cooperating?" The silky smooth voice of a man asked, a small coin dancing between his knuckles.

Reno nodded, an annoyed expression on. "Yeah, he's being a real ass about it too."

The man hummed, the coin stopping its path along the man's hand. "And you warned him of the consequences?"

"Yeah, I did… well I didn't exactly tell him what was going to happen—"

"At least you did one thing right." The voice of another man spoke up, dangerously low. Reno shot the man a look and averted his attention back the one with the coin.

"What's your next move?"

The man placed the coin on the table and flicked it so it started to spin. "Give him a week… if we don't see any movement from him… I will get someone to deal with him." The man then reached out and slammed his hand down on the coin, stopping its spinning. Cool, green eyes looked up at Reno. "Do you understand?"

"Of course, sir." Reno replied, standing up and bowing before leaving the room.

"Are you going to let Reno deal with Strife if he doesn't reply?" The other male asked, brushing away a few long black hairs.

"No… I want to test out another member's loyalty…"

Authors Note: Why hello there! This is my second fanfiction, and I gotta tell you, I am very excited for it! It will take me a lot longer to post the chapters for these, because I haven't written the entire story, but I hope you guys will stick around and read the entire story! It should be a little longer then my previous fic, and a lot darkr and violent, so I warn you about that! But yes, I hope you enjoy! Oh, and this chapter goes out to Stoic-Genius who seems super exctied for this fic, and sent me an awesome message that made my day! Hope you enjoy it, hun!

Also, another side note. Damaged-Worth and I have fanfictions that have one small little detail that is the same in both... Zack is sent to kill Cloud. BUT, we have talked this through and realized that other then that, ours take VERY different directions in the way the story goes. So I don't want anyone freaking out saying one of us stole each others stories because there was no stealing going on! She and I just have very cool brains that make up wicked awesome ideas. So go read her story as well, and I hope you enjoy it because she's a flippen fantastic writer!