A/N: WHAAAAHHHAAA!!!! ::runs around screaming:: Okayyyyy I don't own Final
Fantasy! I do own Nadesiko and FinalHeavenXIII owns Lamirra!!! BLAAAAA!!!!
::crashes into a wall and passes out::
~Too Human Lately
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Bright green eyes glanced over at the ringing phone. The young woman pushed aside her blonde bangs and reached out swiftly for the receiver. She was hoping it would be her friend. The highlights in her chestnut hair glistened in the overhead lamp's light as her young voice escaped from perfectly shaped lips.
"Hello?"
Deep breathing could be heard on the other side of the line and she frowned. This stranger on the other could not be her friend. She *prayed* it was not her friend.
"Who is this?"
A cold, harsh voice hissed out at her.
'Disguising your voice, eh?' she thought. 'Clever boy.'
"Miss Lamirra Senet, I have a job for you and your friend Nadesiko."
She growled menacingly, her bright eyes flashed nervously as she tried to figure out who this creep was and how he could possibly be calling. Few people had the condo's number. The aggravation and worry that this disturbing call caused made her heart want to leap out of her throat and land on her paper-strewen desk.
'Knock it off.' she commanded silently.
As she crossed one baggy, denim pant leg over the other, she bounced a combat boot-covered foot.
"How did you get this number and who the hell are you!?"
~*~*~*~
An young woman jumped off the planking of the large ship and ran out towards the fields ahead. She only had to walk fifteen or so miles before she reached home. Her brown ponytail bobbed gently between her bare shoulder blades as she shouldered her long black sued trench coat and began to march away.
"Miss Teistien!! Miss Nadesiko Teistien!! Please wait up!"
The brunette cheerfully spun on the heels of her knee length leather boots and waited patiently for the red haired man running up to her.
"You forgot this!" he gasped, resting on his knees as he caught his breath.
She looked down at the man with gentle brown eyes. Taking the paper he handed her she smiled. Her alluring alto voice broke the silence.
"Thank you Mr..?"
The man blinked his large blue eyes and rubbed the back of his head. Not able to take his eyes of her glistening black halter-top that stretched tightly across her chest, he blushed.
"Geene."
Nadesiko grinned and waved to him as she walked away, her flare leather pants making a light swishing sound as she hollered cheerfully back at him.
"Thanks Geene. Take care of yourself!"
~*~*~*~
"Listen Lamirra. Shinra is up to something."
The teen frowned and looked at her watch.
"They're *always* up to something. Tell me news, not history."
The cold voice made a rasping sound that seemed to be a laugh. "You'll do well for this job. But to the point. Have you ever wondered *why* Shinra is suddenly drawing out mako faster?"
"To make money of course. Isn't that what we're all set on this planet for?"
"Not even close." the man paused a moment. "Would you believe me, if I said there was a spirit in the planet?"
Lamirra frowned. It was a common belief, even perhaps a religion, to think there was a spirit in the earth. Lamirra had no opinion to this, but why was this man bringing it up?
"Maybe. Depends on why I should believe it."
The choking noise of laughter sounded again. "Well, well. Don't we have an attitude? Now, say that this spirit lived in the Lifestream. Do you follow?"
Lamirra was getting annoyed. "Just get on with it." she snapped. This creep was starting to piss her off.
"Temper temper." the man chided. "We must discuss the past so you will understand the present. There is a legend. Long ago it was said the only thing in our universe was this tiny planet. Two spirits, Tenshi and Ronan, were brought to life to maintain balance and order, but they began to fight over the planet and the life on it. Ronan became tainted, and soon became a demon. Tenshi, still as pure as it was first made, fought against the demon, trapping it in the lifeblood of the planet it blessed, so it could watch its adversary for eternity.
"Of course, captivity empowered Ronan. It found a way to feed on the lifestream, to grow stronger. Soon Tenshi found out this plan, and tried to bring a quick end to it. It found a way to keep Ronan at bay, by sacrificing itself to make a prison for the demon. That prison is now the planet's core. Ronan was trapped, and still swims in the pool of lifestream that accumlated in its cage, searching for escape."
Lamirra had heard this story before, and was bored by this man's irritating way of making everything seem twice as long as it was. "I've heard that millions of times. Just tell me why you called. I have more important things to do than discuss a religion I don't even believe in."
The disguised voice sighed. "You're so impatient. But the point is, that story is as real as you or me. And the Shinra sure as hell believes it. That is the reason they are pumping out lifestream. They want the creature so they can obtain more power. That demon possesses the ability to wipe out this entire solar system if released. The Shinra see this as nothing more than an opportunity to gain an upper hand over humanity."
"Look, mister, I don't have time to be playing games. The next thing you're gonna be asking me to find a frigging key before Shinra does and releases the demon-thing."
"That is precisely what I want you to do."
Lamirra's body went numb. This guy was a total nutcase! He was really starting to freak her out.
Regaining her composure, she leaned back and set her feet on her desk and spoke professionally to the voice on the other line. "Supposing that that story was true, how much would you pay us if we took the job?"
The man chuckled. "50,000,000 gil."
Lamirra toppled backwards in her chair, causing several papers to go flying high into the air. "Holy shi-!"
"You'll take it?"
Lamirra got up to her knees and rested her elbows on her desk and grinned. "Ronan was it? The warrior with no master...well we can't be having that evil demon-dude roaming our beautiful planet now can we?" she said jovially. "We'll take it!"
She heard the other end click off. "...Well bye then." she muttered. As a paper fluttered onto her head, Lamirra suddenly realized the predicament she had gotten her and her partner into.
"...Siko is gonna *KILL* ME!" she wailed.
~*~*~*~
Nadesiko huffed and slammed open a small wooden door to a cozy looking cabin. She heard a squeak and the pounding footsteps.
"If you tackle me your driving to the hospital!"
A brunette just a bit shorter than she froze only inches away from jumping onto the other woman.
"What's wrong with you Siko-chan?"
Nadesiko sighed as she pulled off her boots and marched into the kitchen.
"Well lemme see. I just got back from a really boring mission. But I got paid 700,000 gil. Several times I had to act as the first mate. Almost got caught. Then of course I forgot that the monster rate had seriously increased so I got attacked twenty times before finally reaching our front door. My body aches all over! So what's new with you Mirra?"
Lamirra grabbed a banana from the fruit bowl on the counter and sat cross- legged on the couch.
"What's new? Well, for starters that rebel faction Avalanche is stepping up in its actions. They blew up the sector ah...five reactor I think. Shinra's speeding up the mako production rates, which means our electricity bill is gonna skyrocket soon." she paused a moment. "And a I got a really weird call today." she murmured.
Nadesiko pulled a large hunk of beef from the refrigerator and began to slice it into small pieces with one of Lamirra's old practice daggers.
"What now?"
Lamirra turned to the news on the TV and nervously looked back at her friend. "Uhhhh...we have to get a key so Shinra can't summon a demon spirit to take over the world?"
THWACK!
The blade of the large dagger Nadesiko was using landed only inches from the chair Lamirra was sitting in.
"Excuse me!?"
"Uh..heh heh.." just as she expected Nadesiko wasn't thrilled.
Lamirra ripped the dagger out of the ground and stuck it in the sink as she walked by. "Yup. You heard right. MISSION TIME!" Lamirra shouted happily.
"MIRRA!!! I was hoping for a vacation when I got home!!!"
The younger girl smiled sheepishly and shrugged.
"I didn't really have much of a choice Siko. He offered 50,000,000 for it! Besides, would *you* want Shinra to have that kind of power?"
The brunette sighed heavily and brushed back her chin length bangs, before returning to preparing the meat for dinner.
"Okay so explain to me the details. And Mirra?"
"Yea?"
"You suck."
"You swallow."
"What?"
"Ha! Ow!!!"
Lamirra grumbled as she rubbed her sore head. Nadesiko laughed triumphantly and dumped the meat into a large bowl of marinade sauce she had used against her partner in crime.
"Details girl."
Lamirra stumbled over to a chair and sprawled out. She tilted her head back and gazed up at the ceiling.
"Okay well here goes. Shinra wants to summon an ancient demon from like, forever ago that was once sealed away by another spirit called Tenshi. I'm sure you've heard of the legend. Supposedly there's a key Shinra needs to be able to let the dude out. We're supposed to nab the key before Shinra does."
Nadesiko grunted and shoved the food into the fridge. Walking over to her friend she pulled off her trench coat and threw it into the living room.
"Okay. Best way to go about stopping Shinra and getting the key first is to join up with Shinra headquarters. That way we have 24/7 access to their files. And I'm sure they have a better idea of where the key might be then we do."
Lamirra nodded and looked at her friend.
"So we gotta hook up with someone who can put in a good word for us."
Nadesiko grinned proudly. "You're the people person. You find the person who can get us in. I'll get our...er...supplies."
The girls shook hands and Nadesiko raised an eyebrow.
"You really did it this time."
"Yeah...ain't it great?"
~*~*~*~
"Elena damn it! Just shut up for a second, will ya?!"
Bright red hair covered two aqua eyes that were currently glaring at a woman in a Turk uniform. Her blue eyes glanced warily at the man.
"Kiss off Reno! You don't even take your job seriously."
A bald man wearing a similar uniform and dark sunglasses stepped between them and grunted. Not being one to talk much he simply pushed Reno and Elena into their separated cubicles. Having to be on a team with the two most argumentative people in the Turks wasn't his idea of a great, no, not even a good job.
Reno's laughter filled the office as he read a fax he had received from President Shinra.
"Hey guys. I have to go track down Aeris...again. You guys can fight over the wonderful job of paper-filing. Later!"
The tall red haired twenty year old darted out of the office at full speed. Elena grumbled as the papers Reno tossed fluttered to her feet.
"Ya know...suicide is starting to sound really inviting."
The bald man smirked secretly and slinked into his cubicle. Elena turned to the retreating form.
"Rude. Why did he just throw porno articles at me?"
"ELENA!"
Elena winced and slowly turned to face a tall man with dark black hair.
'Shit.'
The man's dark eyes bored a hole straight through her.
"What is this!?"
He indicated to the papers in her hands.
"Um I uh!! Tseng sir! Its Reno's I swear!"
'That's it. The next cliff I see, I'm jumping.' she thought sullenly.
"In my office. Now."
~*~*~*~
"Okay Mirra, I'll be over in the clothes store and then I'm gonna stop at Corneo's and have a word or two with the jerk."
"CORNEO'S?!" The brown-haired girl exclaimed. She hated that man with a passion!
Nadesiko pushed a stray lock of loose hair back from her face as her friend screamed in shock.
"Yes, I have to find out what this guy is doing. He doesn't get all that money from nowhere. So I'm gonna find out where."
Lamirra's voice lowered to a menacing tone.
"And just how do you plan on doing that?"
Nadesiko's voice rang brightly. "Hey I ain't a con artist for nothing sister. You just go find us a connection. Lemme worry about pounding the sicko okay? You have the most important job."
"Yeah, but you get the fun ones." the nineteen year old muttered.
Lamirra's sulky expression turned to one of concern. She was worried about what may happen to her friend if she should be caught in the act. As if reading her thoughts Nadesiko patted her head softly.
"Don't sweat it. If I get caught I'll just teleport outta there, grab you, and we'll haul it to sector seven."
Lamirra didn't respond as she turned to stare at the entrance of the bar that they stood just outside of. Nadesiko could tell her friend wasn't convinced.
"Listen. I'll go in dressed as a messanger, I'll say that I've got a letter for Corneo from Pres Shinra. I doubt it'll fail. When I get in all I'm gonna do is drug him so he's in a stuper, get the info I need and be out in no time."
Lamirra grinned. "Have fun." She watched as Nadesiko quietly slipped behind one of the buildings, and stood for a moment.
"Hmph. Right."
She then quietly she entered the bar and walked straight up to one of the empty tables at the far end of the room. Her green eyes watched the doorway warily for anyone who may seem like they could be the key into Shinra. The wait wasn't long.
After about five minutes of sipping tequila she raised an eyebrow and grinned. A tall handsome man with spiked fiery red hair and aquamarine eyes marched into the building and instantly noticed the woman staring at him. He stopped and glanced at her, obviously interested. To many men Lamirra was considered attractive, and this case was no different.
~*~*~*~
Reno had always considered himself an expert on women, and could tell that the girl before him was a rare find. Her white form-fitting tank top accentuated her delicate curves on her firm torso. A few blonde locks rested on her forehead, and her higlighted chestnut hair glistened even in the poorly-lit room. Her denim pants were fitting at her waist and were extremely loose from the belt down.
'A tomboy.' He thought. 'I always liked the feisty ones.'
Lamirra leaned forward in her seat and motioned him over with an index finger and a wink. He more than ready to comply. Within seconds he was sitting beside her and introducing himself.
"The names Reno. You?"
Lamirra smiled and offered her hand.
"Lamirra. You can call me Mirra. Nice to meet you."
The Reno shook her hand then ordered a cold beer and eyed the waitress who quickly hurried away. He grinned lopsidedly and returned his stare to the woman before him.
"So, Mirra. What's nice girl like you calling a guy like me over? Aside from the obvious of course." he winked devilishly.
Lamirra shook her head causing her loose brown hair to fall lightly around her face.
"Well, maybe you'll find out. Besides what woman would be crazy enough to not want to drink with such a good looking guy?"
A/N:
Well? What did ya think? I enjoyed proofreading it! It's my turn to write the next chapter, so look out! HEHEHE. I love the reviews when I make people twitch. ^.^ Call me evil, sadistic, twisted, whatever you want, but it's FUN! ^__^
~FinalHeavenXIII
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Bright green eyes glanced over at the ringing phone. The young woman pushed aside her blonde bangs and reached out swiftly for the receiver. She was hoping it would be her friend. The highlights in her chestnut hair glistened in the overhead lamp's light as her young voice escaped from perfectly shaped lips.
"Hello?"
Deep breathing could be heard on the other side of the line and she frowned. This stranger on the other could not be her friend. She *prayed* it was not her friend.
"Who is this?"
A cold, harsh voice hissed out at her.
'Disguising your voice, eh?' she thought. 'Clever boy.'
"Miss Lamirra Senet, I have a job for you and your friend Nadesiko."
She growled menacingly, her bright eyes flashed nervously as she tried to figure out who this creep was and how he could possibly be calling. Few people had the condo's number. The aggravation and worry that this disturbing call caused made her heart want to leap out of her throat and land on her paper-strewen desk.
'Knock it off.' she commanded silently.
As she crossed one baggy, denim pant leg over the other, she bounced a combat boot-covered foot.
"How did you get this number and who the hell are you!?"
~*~*~*~
An young woman jumped off the planking of the large ship and ran out towards the fields ahead. She only had to walk fifteen or so miles before she reached home. Her brown ponytail bobbed gently between her bare shoulder blades as she shouldered her long black sued trench coat and began to march away.
"Miss Teistien!! Miss Nadesiko Teistien!! Please wait up!"
The brunette cheerfully spun on the heels of her knee length leather boots and waited patiently for the red haired man running up to her.
"You forgot this!" he gasped, resting on his knees as he caught his breath.
She looked down at the man with gentle brown eyes. Taking the paper he handed her she smiled. Her alluring alto voice broke the silence.
"Thank you Mr..?"
The man blinked his large blue eyes and rubbed the back of his head. Not able to take his eyes of her glistening black halter-top that stretched tightly across her chest, he blushed.
"Geene."
Nadesiko grinned and waved to him as she walked away, her flare leather pants making a light swishing sound as she hollered cheerfully back at him.
"Thanks Geene. Take care of yourself!"
~*~*~*~
"Listen Lamirra. Shinra is up to something."
The teen frowned and looked at her watch.
"They're *always* up to something. Tell me news, not history."
The cold voice made a rasping sound that seemed to be a laugh. "You'll do well for this job. But to the point. Have you ever wondered *why* Shinra is suddenly drawing out mako faster?"
"To make money of course. Isn't that what we're all set on this planet for?"
"Not even close." the man paused a moment. "Would you believe me, if I said there was a spirit in the planet?"
Lamirra frowned. It was a common belief, even perhaps a religion, to think there was a spirit in the earth. Lamirra had no opinion to this, but why was this man bringing it up?
"Maybe. Depends on why I should believe it."
The choking noise of laughter sounded again. "Well, well. Don't we have an attitude? Now, say that this spirit lived in the Lifestream. Do you follow?"
Lamirra was getting annoyed. "Just get on with it." she snapped. This creep was starting to piss her off.
"Temper temper." the man chided. "We must discuss the past so you will understand the present. There is a legend. Long ago it was said the only thing in our universe was this tiny planet. Two spirits, Tenshi and Ronan, were brought to life to maintain balance and order, but they began to fight over the planet and the life on it. Ronan became tainted, and soon became a demon. Tenshi, still as pure as it was first made, fought against the demon, trapping it in the lifeblood of the planet it blessed, so it could watch its adversary for eternity.
"Of course, captivity empowered Ronan. It found a way to feed on the lifestream, to grow stronger. Soon Tenshi found out this plan, and tried to bring a quick end to it. It found a way to keep Ronan at bay, by sacrificing itself to make a prison for the demon. That prison is now the planet's core. Ronan was trapped, and still swims in the pool of lifestream that accumlated in its cage, searching for escape."
Lamirra had heard this story before, and was bored by this man's irritating way of making everything seem twice as long as it was. "I've heard that millions of times. Just tell me why you called. I have more important things to do than discuss a religion I don't even believe in."
The disguised voice sighed. "You're so impatient. But the point is, that story is as real as you or me. And the Shinra sure as hell believes it. That is the reason they are pumping out lifestream. They want the creature so they can obtain more power. That demon possesses the ability to wipe out this entire solar system if released. The Shinra see this as nothing more than an opportunity to gain an upper hand over humanity."
"Look, mister, I don't have time to be playing games. The next thing you're gonna be asking me to find a frigging key before Shinra does and releases the demon-thing."
"That is precisely what I want you to do."
Lamirra's body went numb. This guy was a total nutcase! He was really starting to freak her out.
Regaining her composure, she leaned back and set her feet on her desk and spoke professionally to the voice on the other line. "Supposing that that story was true, how much would you pay us if we took the job?"
The man chuckled. "50,000,000 gil."
Lamirra toppled backwards in her chair, causing several papers to go flying high into the air. "Holy shi-!"
"You'll take it?"
Lamirra got up to her knees and rested her elbows on her desk and grinned. "Ronan was it? The warrior with no master...well we can't be having that evil demon-dude roaming our beautiful planet now can we?" she said jovially. "We'll take it!"
She heard the other end click off. "...Well bye then." she muttered. As a paper fluttered onto her head, Lamirra suddenly realized the predicament she had gotten her and her partner into.
"...Siko is gonna *KILL* ME!" she wailed.
~*~*~*~
Nadesiko huffed and slammed open a small wooden door to a cozy looking cabin. She heard a squeak and the pounding footsteps.
"If you tackle me your driving to the hospital!"
A brunette just a bit shorter than she froze only inches away from jumping onto the other woman.
"What's wrong with you Siko-chan?"
Nadesiko sighed as she pulled off her boots and marched into the kitchen.
"Well lemme see. I just got back from a really boring mission. But I got paid 700,000 gil. Several times I had to act as the first mate. Almost got caught. Then of course I forgot that the monster rate had seriously increased so I got attacked twenty times before finally reaching our front door. My body aches all over! So what's new with you Mirra?"
Lamirra grabbed a banana from the fruit bowl on the counter and sat cross- legged on the couch.
"What's new? Well, for starters that rebel faction Avalanche is stepping up in its actions. They blew up the sector ah...five reactor I think. Shinra's speeding up the mako production rates, which means our electricity bill is gonna skyrocket soon." she paused a moment. "And a I got a really weird call today." she murmured.
Nadesiko pulled a large hunk of beef from the refrigerator and began to slice it into small pieces with one of Lamirra's old practice daggers.
"What now?"
Lamirra turned to the news on the TV and nervously looked back at her friend. "Uhhhh...we have to get a key so Shinra can't summon a demon spirit to take over the world?"
THWACK!
The blade of the large dagger Nadesiko was using landed only inches from the chair Lamirra was sitting in.
"Excuse me!?"
"Uh..heh heh.." just as she expected Nadesiko wasn't thrilled.
Lamirra ripped the dagger out of the ground and stuck it in the sink as she walked by. "Yup. You heard right. MISSION TIME!" Lamirra shouted happily.
"MIRRA!!! I was hoping for a vacation when I got home!!!"
The younger girl smiled sheepishly and shrugged.
"I didn't really have much of a choice Siko. He offered 50,000,000 for it! Besides, would *you* want Shinra to have that kind of power?"
The brunette sighed heavily and brushed back her chin length bangs, before returning to preparing the meat for dinner.
"Okay so explain to me the details. And Mirra?"
"Yea?"
"You suck."
"You swallow."
"What?"
"Ha! Ow!!!"
Lamirra grumbled as she rubbed her sore head. Nadesiko laughed triumphantly and dumped the meat into a large bowl of marinade sauce she had used against her partner in crime.
"Details girl."
Lamirra stumbled over to a chair and sprawled out. She tilted her head back and gazed up at the ceiling.
"Okay well here goes. Shinra wants to summon an ancient demon from like, forever ago that was once sealed away by another spirit called Tenshi. I'm sure you've heard of the legend. Supposedly there's a key Shinra needs to be able to let the dude out. We're supposed to nab the key before Shinra does."
Nadesiko grunted and shoved the food into the fridge. Walking over to her friend she pulled off her trench coat and threw it into the living room.
"Okay. Best way to go about stopping Shinra and getting the key first is to join up with Shinra headquarters. That way we have 24/7 access to their files. And I'm sure they have a better idea of where the key might be then we do."
Lamirra nodded and looked at her friend.
"So we gotta hook up with someone who can put in a good word for us."
Nadesiko grinned proudly. "You're the people person. You find the person who can get us in. I'll get our...er...supplies."
The girls shook hands and Nadesiko raised an eyebrow.
"You really did it this time."
"Yeah...ain't it great?"
~*~*~*~
"Elena damn it! Just shut up for a second, will ya?!"
Bright red hair covered two aqua eyes that were currently glaring at a woman in a Turk uniform. Her blue eyes glanced warily at the man.
"Kiss off Reno! You don't even take your job seriously."
A bald man wearing a similar uniform and dark sunglasses stepped between them and grunted. Not being one to talk much he simply pushed Reno and Elena into their separated cubicles. Having to be on a team with the two most argumentative people in the Turks wasn't his idea of a great, no, not even a good job.
Reno's laughter filled the office as he read a fax he had received from President Shinra.
"Hey guys. I have to go track down Aeris...again. You guys can fight over the wonderful job of paper-filing. Later!"
The tall red haired twenty year old darted out of the office at full speed. Elena grumbled as the papers Reno tossed fluttered to her feet.
"Ya know...suicide is starting to sound really inviting."
The bald man smirked secretly and slinked into his cubicle. Elena turned to the retreating form.
"Rude. Why did he just throw porno articles at me?"
"ELENA!"
Elena winced and slowly turned to face a tall man with dark black hair.
'Shit.'
The man's dark eyes bored a hole straight through her.
"What is this!?"
He indicated to the papers in her hands.
"Um I uh!! Tseng sir! Its Reno's I swear!"
'That's it. The next cliff I see, I'm jumping.' she thought sullenly.
"In my office. Now."
~*~*~*~
"Okay Mirra, I'll be over in the clothes store and then I'm gonna stop at Corneo's and have a word or two with the jerk."
"CORNEO'S?!" The brown-haired girl exclaimed. She hated that man with a passion!
Nadesiko pushed a stray lock of loose hair back from her face as her friend screamed in shock.
"Yes, I have to find out what this guy is doing. He doesn't get all that money from nowhere. So I'm gonna find out where."
Lamirra's voice lowered to a menacing tone.
"And just how do you plan on doing that?"
Nadesiko's voice rang brightly. "Hey I ain't a con artist for nothing sister. You just go find us a connection. Lemme worry about pounding the sicko okay? You have the most important job."
"Yeah, but you get the fun ones." the nineteen year old muttered.
Lamirra's sulky expression turned to one of concern. She was worried about what may happen to her friend if she should be caught in the act. As if reading her thoughts Nadesiko patted her head softly.
"Don't sweat it. If I get caught I'll just teleport outta there, grab you, and we'll haul it to sector seven."
Lamirra didn't respond as she turned to stare at the entrance of the bar that they stood just outside of. Nadesiko could tell her friend wasn't convinced.
"Listen. I'll go in dressed as a messanger, I'll say that I've got a letter for Corneo from Pres Shinra. I doubt it'll fail. When I get in all I'm gonna do is drug him so he's in a stuper, get the info I need and be out in no time."
Lamirra grinned. "Have fun." She watched as Nadesiko quietly slipped behind one of the buildings, and stood for a moment.
"Hmph. Right."
She then quietly she entered the bar and walked straight up to one of the empty tables at the far end of the room. Her green eyes watched the doorway warily for anyone who may seem like they could be the key into Shinra. The wait wasn't long.
After about five minutes of sipping tequila she raised an eyebrow and grinned. A tall handsome man with spiked fiery red hair and aquamarine eyes marched into the building and instantly noticed the woman staring at him. He stopped and glanced at her, obviously interested. To many men Lamirra was considered attractive, and this case was no different.
~*~*~*~
Reno had always considered himself an expert on women, and could tell that the girl before him was a rare find. Her white form-fitting tank top accentuated her delicate curves on her firm torso. A few blonde locks rested on her forehead, and her higlighted chestnut hair glistened even in the poorly-lit room. Her denim pants were fitting at her waist and were extremely loose from the belt down.
'A tomboy.' He thought. 'I always liked the feisty ones.'
Lamirra leaned forward in her seat and motioned him over with an index finger and a wink. He more than ready to comply. Within seconds he was sitting beside her and introducing himself.
"The names Reno. You?"
Lamirra smiled and offered her hand.
"Lamirra. You can call me Mirra. Nice to meet you."
The Reno shook her hand then ordered a cold beer and eyed the waitress who quickly hurried away. He grinned lopsidedly and returned his stare to the woman before him.
"So, Mirra. What's nice girl like you calling a guy like me over? Aside from the obvious of course." he winked devilishly.
Lamirra shook her head causing her loose brown hair to fall lightly around her face.
"Well, maybe you'll find out. Besides what woman would be crazy enough to not want to drink with such a good looking guy?"
A/N:
Well? What did ya think? I enjoyed proofreading it! It's my turn to write the next chapter, so look out! HEHEHE. I love the reviews when I make people twitch. ^.^ Call me evil, sadistic, twisted, whatever you want, but it's FUN! ^__^
~FinalHeavenXIII
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