- A Final Fantasy VII Reno Fanfiction - by Nightcrawler666 -

To start with, I brought Aerith and Zack back to life, because I think they're just so cute together. This story is about 3 years after AC is set. Oh, and I made a few couples:
ElanaxRude - YuffiexVincent - RenoxOC
Read to find out!


Chapter 1 - Coffee causes problems

Reno didn't want to hear it, he didn't need to hear it, and he certainly didn't like to hear it, but that didn't change the fact that he was in-fact hearing it. He would of stayed in bed if he knew this was the 'Special news' Tseng was talking about. The thing he needed the least at the moment was news.

"So, if you'll all be nice to her tomorrow, I'd appreciate it." Tseng finished. For a whole half-hour Reno had successfully tuned out of absolutely everything his boss had said. He was proud of himself. In almost no time at all he'd be sleeping with his eyes open.

Rude woke Reno from is ignorant trance with a nudge on the shoulder.
"Meeting's over, buddy." He said, walking towards the door and waiting their for his partner. Just like he always did.
"I'm sleeping, yo." Reno replied, unable to even try to stop that little word from slipping out at the end. He felt a hand either side of his head, but discarded it as just his sleepy imagination.

It was then that Elena took the opportunity to bring her palms crashing in on Reno's sleepy head, like symbols. It was almost as effective as using symbols as well, because he immediately jumped up out of the chair he was sat in.
"What, was that for?" He asked, going to sit back down but being pulled up by Elena.

"Come on, wake up."
"I never actually got to sleep." Reno complained, but went along with it anyway, letting himself get dragged to the door and left there."Me and Elena are going to go for some coffee, you coming Reno?" asked Rude, forgetting about the rules completely.
"Sure."


Louisa walked into Shinra the next morning to a very happy desk-woman.
"First day?" She asked, her brown hair flicking around little square glasses and pretty hazel eyes.
"Yes." Louisa replied, and was given an orange sticky note with 'Floor 7, Room 13' scribbled on in blue ink.

"The elevator's nice." Louisa told herself, trying to start her new job in a positive mood. Her long golden hair was tied into a neat bun on the top of her head, and a little pink ribbon topped it off in an elegant bow. She straightened out her jacket slightly and loosened her tie. Louisa hated having to wear a tie. The sharp beep from the elevator annoyed her, but she ignored it and walked out onto floor 7. Right in front of her there was room 13. Louisa let out a sigh and breathed in, expecting the worst, which isn't really that far from what she got.

A bald man with sunglasses was sat calmly at his desk, just casually sipping coffee. Next to him, a small woman with blonde hair was typing frantically at her computer. She was the first to notice Louisa come in.

Elena stared for a while, then broke out a huge smile. She was glad Reno was late in today, otherwise the office would be a wreck. That wouldn't really of been the best impression to give to a brand new Turk. Mind you, the ideal office for Elena would be an office all to herself.

Rude acknowledged the girl coming in with a nod and turned back to his computer. Tseng had told him to be nice to her, so he would. He'd keep her away from Reno for as long as was humanly possible.

Louisa decided she'd get talking to the woman first. She'd looked friendlier ever since she came through that door.
"Hey, I'm the new rookie um, Louisa." Louisa said, and noticed her voice quivering.
"Yeah, hi. I'm Elena. The only one who really cleans up around here." Elena introduced herself. She'd decided to ignore the shakiness in Louisa's voice, remembering far too well what it was like to be the new girl.

Louisa sat down at the empty desk. She knew it was hers-someone had taken the courtesy of putting a huge piece of paper on the computer screen. It said 'Newbie Computer' on it in huge block capitals. Louisa looked over to Elena, holding up the piece of paper. Elena just winked.

Reno woke up, not really wanting to but knowing that he had to. He stared at his clock in disbelief. 9:30 already? More falling than stepping out of bed, Reno rushed (or stumbled, it depends how you view it) to his wardrobe and flung his uniform onto the desk in his room. He was so dead if Tseng noticed how late he was.

Elena turned in horror to the sound of the elevator doors opening. It was either Reno or Tseng, but both of them meant bad news. The redhead burst through the door and fell over, face planting the floor with a groan.

"Why hasn't anyone moved that box?" He shouted.
"We did, you idiot." Elena answered. The 'accidentally' kicked his ribs on the way past, knowing full well that they were bruised from their last mission. Rude laughed as he watched his friend roll up into a ball and roll around the office, muttering immature comments about how evil Elena was. He stopped at his desk and looked up.

Why was there a girl sat there? Sure, she wasn't at his desk but she was next to it.
"Who's that?" He asked.
"Hi, I'm-"
"Leave her alone, Reno." Elena growled, cutting Louisa off completely. Reno made a crude imitation of her voice and Louisa laughed, but soon clapped her hand to her mouth when she saw Elena's face.
"Sorry." She said simply. Reno couldn't wipe the grin off his face.


Tseng walked in calmly and studied the situation. No-one was there. He tried the library and all of the hallways to see if they were showing her around, but no. Where were they? Then it hit him. He couldn't believe how stupid he'd been. Of course they weren't in their office. It was lunch.

Rude had gotten bored of waiting in the queue and left Elena on her own while he went to see Reno and… The new girl. As usual, Reno was being a flirt, but he couldn't help it. Rude was beginning to think it was another one of Hojo's experiments, but he knew that not even Reno was stupid enough to accept the job of a guinea pig.

"So, what's your name?" Reno asked, stirring his coffee with a little wooden stick.
"Louisa." She answered.
"No, that'll never do. Um…"
"What? Why?"
"Lou sounds so much better." Reno answered.
"You think?"
"Sweetheart, I know." He answered, aware that Rude was coming and therefore hiding his coffee.

"Well hey. Rude. How are you?" Reno asked, uncomfortable with the situation.
"I'll be having that coffee."
"What coffee?" Reno said, trying to put on the most innocent face he could.
"This coffee?" Louisa put in, holding up Reno's coffee. She watched his eyes widen as he started looking around for his latte, then she watched his glare become evident.

"You're a mean, mean person Lou."
"Sweetheart, I know." She said, trying desperately to get on his nerves even more. It worked.

Reno reached across the table for her drink - a can of lemonade - and held it up as high as he possibly could. He started laughing when she jumped up, trying and failing to get it back. Louisa looked up at him with ice blue eyes and said:
"Give over, ginger." But all this did was made Reno laugh even more.

"You think I'm ginger? My hair's red! Are you colour-blind or something?" Elena and Rude had left by now, embarrassed far too much for their own good. Everyone was watching.

Tseng walked in the dining hall to a mass of Shinra workers gathered in a huge circle. He heard a familiar taunting voice and knew it was Reno. Pushing his way to the front, he saw that it definitely was Reno. And Louisa, the new Turk. There was something in Reno's hand that he was holding as high away form Louisa as he could, and a smile on his face that said 'Revenge' all over it.

Louisa saw Reno's gaze flicker over to somewhere else, and his smile quickly faded to nothing. The can he was holding was carefully placed into Louisa's hands and he murmured something like 'sorry'.

Lou frowned at the sudden change in persona and looked around, only to see Tseng approaching with a face that meant business, then put the drink back in Reno's hands. He looked down at her, confused, but snapped his head back up to meet Tseng's annoyed stare.
"My office, now. Both of you."