Isla De Jenova Del Corazón

Chapter One

Reno knew he was dreaming as he slowly opened his eyes and found himself flying over an island far below. A voice that he recognized, but couldn't trace, whispered in his ear:

"You see that island far below? That is where you must go. If you desire answers, they can be found down there. Go there, Reno. Go to the Heart of Jenova –Isla de Jenova Del Corazón. There you will find your answers."

Reno awoke screaming. Looking around, he realized he was back in his bed in Midgar with the noises of the city in the background. Breathing heavily, he realized it had all been only a dream. Raising his eyes to the Shinra Building that could be faintly be seen outside his bedroom window, Reno slid out of bed, pulled on his jacket, and gazed at the building.

"The Heart of Jenova."

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"I still don't understand, Reno. You are telling me that you wish to take a vacation to some island where you have no idea where it is, so that you may find some answers to some questions that you haven't even asked, because some voice told you to go there in a dream. I wonder if you even hear yourself when you talk."

"Please, Boss, this is important to me. The dream felt so real, and I'm due for some vacation time soon anyhow, right? Come on, yo, I want to go. I'll only be gone maybe a week at the most."

"A week? Reno, I understand if you want to go on a trip to an island, but for an entire week in the middle of nowhere? I'm afraid I can't allow you to go."

"But President Shinra, what if I took somebody with me? They could keep an eye over me, and in case anything happens to me, they could contact you and bring me back here if I try to stay too long."

"Unheard of! Reno, it's bad enough that I may be losing one of my best men, but to lose two? I'm afraid I have to say no."

"But sir –"

"That's enough, Reno. You are dismissed."

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"I can't believe he wouldn't let me go!" Reno complained to his best friend and partner, Rude.

"Did you try to see if I could go with you?" Rude asked as he leaned against the desk.

"Yeah, but he said he wasn't about to lose more than one of his best men to vacation time."

There was silence for a few moments before Rude said, "What if you didn't take a Turk or member of Shinra?"

"What do ya mean?" Reno asked.

Rude gestured over to where the prison cells were.

"What if you took one of the Remnants? Rufus has been trying to find a place to dump them somewhere, but he can't let them loose in the city, or anywhere near. This island you're telling me about sounds like the perfect place. However, Boss'll probably only let you take one or two of them."

Reno walked over to where the door leading to the cells was. Thinking about it, he turned to Rude.

"Ya think it'll work?"

Rude smiled. "Trust me."

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Rufus Shinra looked up as Reno barged yet again into his office. Giving a sigh, he began, "Reno, I already said –"

"That you don't want any of your workers to go with me, I understand. But what if I took one of the Remnants with me?"

Shinra gazed up at him with confusion. "Go on."

Reno excitedly took a seat in the chair in front of his boss.

"You have been looking for a desolute area where you can make sure that the Remnants will never escape from to pay for their crimes, right? Well what if I took them with me? I get my answers, and leave them there. It's not like they will be able to fly like Sephiroth, and they won't have any way of getting back here. I can take a shitload of technology with me that I can plant on the island so that we can monitor them while I come back here. I'll leave them there once I get what I want, and everybody will be happy."

"I'm not too sure I like that plan, Reno. What if something goes wrong? What if they gang up on you? I don't like the idea of leaving you with those three on an island where I can't communicate with you."

"I'll bring my phone, and if you can't get a hold of me over an hour after you call, you can send Rude to come and get me. I'll be fine, Boss."

"It's not you I am worried about," Pres. Shinra said gravely as he ran a hand through his hair. "All right, fine. But you can only go under my rules."

Reno threw his fist in a victory punch and nodded his head quickly. "Whatever ya want, Boss."

"Number 1 – You will go there and be picked up in one of my choppers. Number 2 – you will stay no longer than one week. That's plenty of time for you to get whatever answers that voice was talking about, and maybe you can even get some information on Jenova while you are there, since the place is called….what was it? Jenova's Heart, or something? Number 3 – you can only take one Remnant with you. Even one of them is too powerful for a single Turk to take on, but the three of them together is unheard of. I shall keep one here with me, while Cloud Strife handles the other."

"Strife, sir?" Reno asked.

Shinra nodded. "Yes, he has also given a request similar to yours, only he isn't going to an island in the middle of nowhere."

"Where is he going?"

"That I can't tell you – all I can say is that the Remnant known as Kadaj shall be going with him."

"Wait a sec – so that only leaves me with either Loz or Yazoo as my traveling partner?" Reno asked.

When Shinra nodded, Reno went to complain, but the President held up a hand. "Do you wish to change your mind on this trip altogether?"

Reno shut his mouth and Shinra nodded. "Then choose: Loz or Yazoo."

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Yazoo and Loz both looked up as the prison cell door was suddenly thrown open against the wall. Reno, with Rude following behind him, stomped down the thin hallway, past cells until he reached the one holding Yazoo.

"Where are you taking my brother?" Loz asked.

"Shut up, Remnant," Reno spat as he unlocked the door and pulled Yazoo roughly to his feet. "You're coming with me," Reno snarled.

"And if I refuse?" Yazoo asked softly – his once beautiful face bruised and scarred.

Reno didn't respond, but took out his EMR and slapped it against Yazoo's face. The Remnant crashed to the floor, and Reno flung his unconscious form over his shoulder as he carried him out. After Reno had left, Rude walked over to Loz's cell.

"Where have you taken Yaz?" Loz asked as he gripped the bars with his hands.

Slowly Rude reached out and caressed Loz's face with his hand through the bars.

"Don't worry, Loz. Everything will be okay."

"But what about my brother?" Loz asked as his eyes locked with Rude's.

Looking around to make sure nobody was around, Rude bent forward and softly kissed Loz's lips. It only lasted a few seconds, but when Rude broke away, he smiled gently at Loz.

"He will be fine. I promise."

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Reno climbed into the chopper, easily sliding into the cockpit. Crossing his arms, he did nothing but glare at Yazoo as the chopper took off. Yazoo glared right back.

"So where are you taking me again?" Yazoo asked.

Reno said nothing but glared for a few moments before responding through clenched teeth, "Have you ever heard of a place called Isla de Jenova Del Corazón?"

Yazoo suddenly tensed up as he gave a short nod. "Yes, it is Spanish for Island of Jenova's Heart. When I was little, I used to hear stories about it. Apparently the legends say that it was the spot where Mother supposedly fell in love with a mortal. This is a complete myth, because Mother never married nor liked any life forms on this planet. But legends say that she gave her heart to one of the inhabitants on this island, and she became cold and heartless after he left her."

"And it never occurred to you that as her 'son' you should check out the island?" Reno growled.

Yazoo gave a shrug. "The island is not on any map, and, as the legends say, it can only be found by one with a pure heart. Since I have no heart, I doubt I could ever find such an island on my own. As for you, how do you expect to find the island with no maps or charts? Do you expect fate to lead you to my Mother's famous island?"

Reno was silent for a bit as he stared Yazoo down. Sighing, he looked out the window at the oceans below. "I'm not sure. But I have to get to the island if I want answers."

"What kind of answers and to what kind of questions?" Yazoo asked softly.

Reno looked back at him with a smirk. "Ya know, for a Remnant, you sure do have a lot to say. As for your questions, even I don't know. But I need to go to that island – which for sure I understand."

Yazoo didn't say anything, but watched the determined Turk with a small smile playing upon his lips.

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Reno didn't have to look over to know that Yazoo had drifted off to sleep. Reno's gaze lingered to the Remnant as he thought about all that had happened. After Sephiroth had been defeated almost a year ago, Shinra had taken the Remnants into custody where he performed all sorts of tests on them. When it had been proven that Sephiroth could never again use Kadaj's body to terrorize the world, Shinra had decided to try and look for a place where he could keep the Remnants under supervision, but they would be free in a place where they couldn't bring harm to anybody ever again.

Yazoo had suffered his fair share of experiments – the scars, cuts, bruises, and marks on his pale skin were example enough. Slowly Reno found his hand reaching out across the short space of the chopper to brush stray strands of silver hair out of the Remnants's closed eyes. Yazoo flinched under the contact, and Reno drew back his hand quickly. Reno felt his eyes wandering over the Remnant's sleeping face, down his arms to where his hands were handcuffed on his lap, and back up his leather-clad chest. All in all, Yazoo certainly was the prettiest of the three Remnants, and also the weakest looking one. However, Reno recalled how, before Shinra had made the Remnants his personal lab rats, Reno had fought Yazoo. He had proven to be an admirable opponent, and also a worthy fighter.

Reno held respect for the Remnant.

And so far, nothing else except hatred and loathing…

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Reno had just started to let his eyes close into sleep when suddenly an alarm in the chopper started going off. Turning around in his seat, he stuck his head between the two pilots' heads, and asked, "What's going on?"

"One of the propellers has been destroyed! Something is messing with our control system – we can't manage the chopper! We have to find somewhere to land!" One of the pilots shouted as he struggled with control.

"Where can we land? There's nothing but ocean for miles around! We'll never make it to land in time!" The other pilot yelled over the ringing alarms.

"W-what's going on?" Yazoo, who had been woken up by the noise, asked sleepily.

"The propeller has snapped. We need to get out of here," Reno said as he unbuckled his seat. Shakily he tried to stand up, but a sudden jerk from the chopper made him fall forward onto the Remnant. Reno looked up into Yazoo's eyes as a second of silence passed between them.

"Are there parachutes on this thing?" Yazoo asked.

Reno breathed in the scent of Yazoo – flowers – before nodding and reaching around the Remnant to the wall. Ripping off two packs, Reno struggled out of Yazoo's lap – causing unwanted friction between the two crotches – and tossed a pack to Yazoo.

"Strap it on – we're going to have to jump."

Yazoo blinked away his fear and quickly slung the pack over his shoulders, which was hard, considering he was still handcuffed.

Reno did the same and looked at the pilots. One had been knocked unconscious when his head had crashed into the controls, and was bleeding profusely. The other one was struggling with the controls.

"Go on, Reno! Take him with you and get out!" The living pilot screamed.

"But what about you?" Reno shouted.

"There's no hope for me! Get out while you can!" The pilot yelled.

Realizing he was right, Reno quickly muttered a prayer, grabbed Yazoo by the leather, and leapt out of the cockpit.

Feeling the air rush by him, Reno pulled the string on his backpack as Yazoo did the same. As their parachutes flew out, Reno and Yazoo slowly drifted toward the ocean waves. Reno looked behind him to see the Shinra chopper go crashing into the ocean. It stayed above water for a few minutes before it was dragged down under. Reno felt the tears swell in his eyes as he and Yazoo hit the water. Quickly undoing the ties of the parachute, Reno cut himself free using a knife he always carried in his pocket, and then made his way over to where Yazoo was struggling in the water. Reno would have probably enjoyed watching the helpless Remnant who had no idea how to swim thrash around, but after just seeing one of his fellow Turks go down, something in Reno called for compassion. Swimming over to the Remnant, Reno yelled at Yazoo to stay still, for the more he kicked his legs, the more wire and rope entangled his legs. Suddenly Yazoo was pulled under the water. Cursing, Reno took a breath of air and dove under.

Managing to make his way around the parachute that had entangled itself around Yazoo's body, Reno began cutting the Remnant free. Accidentally, Reno sliced at Yazoo's arm, causing a thin line of blood to trickle out. Cursing in his mind, Reno wiped away the tears that stung his eyes mixed with salt, and cut the last few ties. Pushing Yazoo's backpack off of his back, Reno slung the Remnant over his shoulder and struggled to the surface. When his head broke through the waves, he and Yazoo gulped down the air.

"Reno, I…" Yazoo trailed off as he looked ahead. "Look!"

Reno looked up and found that Yazoo was pointing at something in the distance.

Reno couldn't help but let out a laugh as Yazoo's words reached his ears.

"Only one with a pure heart can find the Island of Jenova's Heart."

There ahead, was the island.

(A/N: So here is the first chapter of my newest story, hope your guys are enjoying the ride so far!! This will probably be a combo of not just Renzoo, but also Roz, and Kaloud, if you haven't already figured out!! Please review and onto the next chapter!! Oh, and I don't own shit!!!)