The Lost Chronicles of Reno: Part II: Reno

By Blood-Smeared Shuriken

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in Final Fantasy VII or anything really. That joy belongs to Square-Enix. Someday I will own a Reno plushie to hug, though. Squeeee!

Prologue

Musing

Rufus Shinra sat quietly at his desk, in his perfectly immaculate office, with his equally immaculate blonde hair neatly brushed, and his manicured hands clasped lightly on the table before him. His ice blue eyes were, as per usual, icy and incredible distant, as he thought about two things he normally didn't permit himself to. The first was how he was going to kill his father, who had ridiculed him in front of a group of executives, yet again. It had taken all his will power not to whip out a gun and shoot the bastard. The second was that it was another ten days before Reno would be finished with his training.

He sighed softly and stood up, moving restlessly around his office. Things had seemed strangely boring since the violent redhead had left - after all the chaos he'd caused during his short time at Shinra, the usual quiet of his office seemed stifling, almost as though the silent walls were closing in on him. He bit his lip just slightly, possibly the largest expression of discontent or worry his face had ever exhibited. There was a quiet rap on his door and he silently thanked all the gods he did not believe in for the interruption. He'd already done every bit of his work so he had nothing else to distract himself with.

"Enter," he said clearly, sitting down behind his desk again. Tseng walked in, holding a mobile phone against his ear. "Phone for you, sir," he said, offering it to Rufus. "The commander of the military base we sent Reno to."

Rufus took the phone with something approaching trepidation. He listened silently to the hard voice at the other end. His eyes went suddenly distant. "Understood. Has he already finished the bulk of his training?"

His eyebrows snapped down at the reply. "I did not request that you rant about how he chose to train. I merely asked if he had completed enough training to be functional as one of my Turks." Tseng watched with interest as a myriad of emotions flitted across his employer's face before it all returned to the usual calm. Rufus angry… there was one he hadn't seen for a while - Rufus had learned how to hide his emotions a long time ago. There was another pause as Rufus listened intently, then he half smiled. "I'll come get him today… Oh, no, I don't mind. If he's causing so much trouble, then of course he must be removed. A pleasure as always commander."

He took the phone away from his ear and hung up, flipping it closed and handing it back to Tseng. There was a moment of silence as Rufus just sat there, fighting a smile. Then he spoke, just quietly, "We have to go get Reno - apparently he's hospitalised one of the Drill Sergeants."

A/N: I'm back!! Admittedly, I wasn't gone for very long (a couple of days at the most) but here's the prologue of the second part of the Chronicles. With a bit of luck it'll be longer than the last one. Expect more violence, more Reno swearing, some actual Reno/Rufus action eventually, and hopefully more Reno kicking the shit out of Tseng cause I hate him. XD Oh, and there will be Rude at some stage. Reviews would be great.