Well, I've finally gotten enough reviews, so here's the story I promised you that will explain how it all began. This story will explain everything from the time Reno and Karra meet up to just after "All Odds Against Us" takes place. After that, I've already got a sequel planned out that will continue the story after that. So enjoy! And please, leave a review. Speaking of reviews, I wanna give a HUGE THANK YOU to all of my reviewers. I love you all so much! You're the motivation I have for writing fan fictions, so trust me when I say "If you stop reviewing, I'll stop writing." I mean...not that I'm trying to threaten you or anything...or am I? ...EH! JUST KIDDING!

Disclaimer: Of course, I don't own the Turks! ...why the hell would I sat that I do! I only own Karra, Kotoba, Aeda, Riku, any other OCs I decide to add later, and this story itself. Wow, I have too many OCs...sorry 'bout that. But don't worry, itstill revolve strictly around the Turks.

Chapter One
In the Beginning

Reno laid motionless in the middle of the dungeon cell that he and his fellow Turks had been placed in. He was conscious now, but with such pain searing through his body, he almost wished he weren't. Rude sat a couple feet away from him leaning against a wall, while Tseng sat against the wall to his right, and Elena slept exhausted beside Tseng.

The whole dungeon, a long narrow hallway with cells on either side, was silent. Even the few other prisoners that were in there made not a single sound. Tseng found the silence so bothersome that he sort of wanted Reno to wake up already and continue being his loud, obnoxious self. But something told him Reno wasn't gonna do much talking today. Tseng stared down as the young red-head in front of him, at his ripped clothes and the strange "burn" marks on his skin. What in God's name could they have used to interrogate him? Tseng thought. They aren't even burn marks...they're...I don't know what they are. In all my years of fighting for ShinRa, I've never seen any wounds like those.

"It's almost like they took acid and just dumped it on his skin," Rude suddenly broke the silence, noticing that Tseng was staring at the marks on Reno's arms, chest, face and neck.

It had been about twelve hours now since the four of them had entered the base of a sorceress named Lillith. In her possession were three powerful dragons, known as the dragon spirits. These three dragons (the Dragon of Darkness, the Dragon of Light, and the Dragon of Neutrality) were said to be capable of immense power if they are used together. Rufus Shinra heard about these dragons being in Midgar, and he wanted that power for himself. Of course, even Rufus had no idea what he was dealing with.

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"So he wouldn't tell you anything, huh?" Sorceress Lillith asked Karra (A/N pronounced karr- ruh).

"No, Mistress. Nothing. Even after putting a truth spell on him, he still wouldn't answer."

"Damn," Lillith swore. "Where is he now? Back in the cell?"

"Yes, Mistress," Karra answered bowing in front of the sorceress in fake reverence.

Lillith sighed under her breath. "Well, just leave them there for now. Maybe if we're lucky, he'll die of pain."

"And if he did, what would you intend to do with the other three?"

"Kill them.," she answered bluntly. "If they're so confident as to break into my fortress and attempt whatever mission it is they're trying to accomplish, then they deserve to be murdered."

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"You know, if you would just tell us why you're here, it would make things a lot easier on you," the man guarding the Turks' cell tried to convince them.

"And why would we tell you that?" Tseng answered. "It wouldn't be a covert mission if we explained the whole thing to you."

"Covert? Well, you've been doing a good job of that, haven't you?" the twenty year old "guard" mocked. "We're not on the side of the sorceress. The other two dragons and I, as well as the two girls who interrogated your friend, are all here against our will. So you can believe me when I say I feel your pain."

"Other two dragons...?" Elena asked, rubbing her eyes sleepily. The sound of people talking had woken her up. "Wait, so that means that you're..."

"That's right. I'm one of the three dragons you've heard so much about. The Dragon of Darkness. The name's Riku."

"But...but you don't look like a dragon," Elena stated the obvious.

Riku just rolled his eyes and smiled. "Dragons have human forms as well as dragon forms. I thought everyone knew that."

The blonde Turk just glared at him for mocking her.

"So are you gonna tell me your names or do we have to interrogate you to get that information too?"

Elena glanced at Tseng to check if it was okay to give out their names. After he had given her the go, she introduced the four of them, including Reno who was still laying in the center of the cell...unconscious again.

Riku stared at the red haired man who lay motionless in the cell. With a heavy sigh, he looked up and down the narrow hall of the dungeon to make sure he was alone, stood up, and began to walk away.

"Where are you going so suddenly?" Tseng asked.

Riku looked back at the mysterious, black haired man sitting against his cold, cell wall. Then glanced over at his younger, scrawny looking partner laying in front of him. "I feel sorry for your friend. I'm gonna go find Karra and Kotoba and bring them here to heal him."

"Are you allowed to do this?" Tseng asked another question.

Riku just smiled. "Of course not." Then he preceded to walk away from. He placed his hand on one of the metal bars of a cell and his body began to glow an eerie black, the young man then walked through the bars of the cell, and then through the stone wall on the opposite side of the cell.

"Hello?" Elena called, not being able to see where he had gone. The cells were designed so that you could only see directly in front of them, all three other walls were made of thick, stone bricks. "Where did he go?"

"I don't think you're going to believe me," answered Rude, "but I think he just walked through that wall."

About fifteen minutes later, Riku returned by the same method at which he had left. Only, this time, he had with him two girls. One about eighteen in age with short, black hair; the other about eight with long, white hair and empty, black eyes.

"So these two are suppose to help him, huh?" Tseng asked suspiciously. "They're the ones who put him in this state to begin with."

"We were following orders," the black haired girl answered.

"And if you're not on the side of the sorceress as this guy claims, then why do you even follow her orders?" Elena added, getting frustrated with all of the confusion.

"Because it's either that or die," she answered.

Rude looked back at Elena. "Good answer," he joked.

"This is Karra," Riku introduced, pointing to the black haired girl. "And the little one is Kotoba, she's the one who's going to heal him." Riku looked down at the white haired girl and held out his hand. She then grabbed his hand and the two started glowing the same eerie, black light. As they stepped through the iron bars, Elena stared at them in disbelief. Even Rude had an expression of surprise.

"How do you do that?" Elena asked. "What are you?"

"I told you," he answered. "I'm a dragon of darkness. A shadow isn't made of matter...it can go through whatever it wants." She didn't know what he was talking about, but decided not to argue...her head was already spinning with a ton of confusing, new information.

The little girl had walked over to Reno's body and sat down beside him. Placing her hands on his bare chest and whispering a word under her breath, the strange, acid-like burns began to disappear and return to normal flesh. She then did the same with the rest of the burn marks.

"Kotoba," Karra called to her from outside the cell. "Wake him up too."

The girl nodded her head, and whispered another strange word to herself. "Utei."

She then backed up and staggered back to Riku, grabbing his side to hold herself up.

"Is she okay?" Elena asked.

"She'll be fine," Riku answered. "She's just not used to her powers yet."

Sure enough, Reno fluttered his eyes open, groaning as the pain returned to his consciousness. However, to his surprise, the pain was far more bearable now. He sat up slowly, rubbing his head.

"Reno, you okay?" Tseng asked him.

"Ugh..." he moaned. "I guess..." He then noticed the two girls standing outside of the cell (Riku and Kotoba and gone back out). "You..." he said, glaring at the girls who had interrogated him. "What the hell are you here for now?" he looked away as he said it, not really wanting to look at a sight he disgusted so much.

"I'm sorry," Karra answered, not saying anymore than that.

"Okay, I am really confused right now!" Elena finally blew up. "Will somebody please explain to me why you two injured him and then healed him! What is the point of that!"

"The point is we knew we could heal him from the beginning," Riku answered. "We only tortured him to save our own asses from the sorceress. But if you tell us now why you're here, then maybe we can help you and get you back out of here."

"And why should we believe you?" Tseng asked.

"Because you have two choices," Karra replied. "Either you believe us and trust that we're telling the truth...or you die here."

"What makes you so sure we can't escape?" Tseng continued untrustingly.

"You can't escape..." is all Karra said in reply.

"If we can't escape, I'm pretty sure you can't either," added Riku. "We're just trying to save your butts here, okay? And you're not makin' it very easy for us. Now tell us what you want so we can give it to you, and you can be on your way."

"Tseng, we don't really have any other options," Elena reminded him.

"How can you possibly think we can trust those good for nothing liars!" Reno blew up at Elena. "If they really wanted to help us, they wouldn't have interrogated me. At the most, they could have faked an interrogation, but they didn't!"

"But Reno, this is a sorceress we're dealing with," Elena argued. "She probably has powers that we wouldn't even understand."

Reno just scoffed and looked the other way. "Elena, you've been playing Final Fantasy VIII too much. I mean, do you really think that something that happened in a Final Fantasy game could happen here?"

"...umm..."

(A/N that was suppose do be a joke by the way...LAUGH DAMMIT!)

"We want you," Tseng interrupted.

"...excuse me? ...I'm sorry, but...I already have a girlfriend," Riku answered him.

Reno started laughing but forced himself to stop once he saw the deathly glare that Tseng had thrown at him.

"You know what I meant," Tseng answered in a harsh yet calm voice. "We want the dragons. Our orders were to find you and take you."

"You really thought it would be that easy?" Riku asked, smiling at the Turk's arrogance. Tseng didn't answer. "You're out of your league, human." the dragon answered, walking away as he said it. "Karra, you guard for a while."

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Hours had past now and Reno had regained the strength to sit upright. He sat next to Tseng in the back of the cell...glaring at Karra. Karra sat in front of the Turks' cell, trying to avoid eye contact with Reno. Every minute or two the black haired girl would look up to see if he was still staring at her...and, of course, he was.

"Would you stop glaring at me!" she finally broke. "I told you, I didn't have a choice but to interrogate you!"

Reno softened his glare and smiled. "What makes you think I'm still mad about that?" Truth be told, he was still mad. "How do you know I'm not just staring at you for the fun of it?"

"...And, dare I ask, why would you do that...?" she dully asked, rolling her eyes and glaring at him.

"Cause it seems to make you nervous."

Karra didn't answer to that.

"Reno, are you seriously hitting on her!" Elena asked bluntly.

"No!" he lied. "I'm just trying to entertain myself."

"Oh, so that's all I am, huh? Entertainment?" Karra retorted. "And what's so wrong with him hitting on me?" she asked Elena. "I'm not that ugly."

"I'll say..." Reno whispered under his breath.

"What did you say?" Karra glared and Reno, standing up and stepping over to the cell.

"...nothing..."

"I think he basically said that you're sexy," Rude entered the conversation, deciding it might be fun to take advantage of yet another awkward situation Reno had gotten himself into.

"Wouldn't surprise me..." Elena added, glaring at Reno. "He says that about every girl."

"I've never said that about you," Reno pointed out to Elena.

Elena gasped in surprise. "What's that suppose to mean!" Reno just laughed.

Tseng glanced over at Karra, deciding to join in on the fun. "I think I also caught him staring at your, uh..." He motioned to his chest. "...earlier."

"I was not!" Reno yelled, forgetting about Elena who was about to club him over the head with her fist.

"Hmm, you sure were quick to defend yourself there, Reno," Rude joked. "I wonder why."

"I..." Reno rubbed his head, which was now aching. Elena sat next to him with a triumphant expression on her face. "What are you implying?" He pointed a finger at Rude accusingly.

"Oh...nothing," The man said, turning away to try and cover his grin. Reno just glared at him playfully and relaxed back against the wall.

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So what'd ya think of chapter one? If you liked it, please review! Like I said, that's what fuels my motivation to write. And remember, just because I've started on this story, doesn't mean you can't still review the first one...okay, now I'm just being greedy... lol. And if this chapter didn't make much sense...don't worry. All will be explained in due time, such as how the Turks ended up in the prison, who it was that put them there, and why. Hopefully I wont take long to update, but it is ME we're talking about...so there's really no telling how long it'll take.