The almighty evil one does not Final Fantasy VII or it's characters. No matter how much she claims to have bought Reno on an internet auction site, don't listen.
Raine: Aww man, that hurts...
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A figure with a pair of Mako blue eyes stumbled out of the alleyway, closely followed by two others. The first person was stumbling, and grabbed hold of the wall to keep himself upright.
"That's all the bars in Sector 7 Reno, any more you want us barred from?" A female voice chided.
The red head with the Mako eyes stared drunkenly at the bluenette Turk for a moment before answering. "Shurrup, I know anotherrr. And quit the sharcashm Shaffy, or I'll make you do my reportsh ash well." Reno slurred his words and stumbled blearilly on, intent upon passing out before the night ended.
"My name isn't 'Shaffy', it's Safiria. And if you're gonna shorten it, make it something unslurrable." The bluenette straightened her black uniform, flicked her long hairand moved quickly aside as drunken Reno pitched forward.
The huge figure with them lifted his shades and peered at Reno. "We'd better find this last bar and let him sit down." He replaced his shades over his ever-unreadable eyes. Throwing Reno over his shoulder, they went on there way, trying to decipher Reno's directions.
Safiria grumbled most of the way. "Why do I have to be here anyways? I could be in a nice warm bed right about now."
Reno giggled from over Rude's shoulder. "How about MY bed?"
"How about you quit your philanderism. It got us chucked from that other bar."
"That guy was eyeing my girl, yo?"
Rude shook his head and dumped his friend on the ground. "That's because she was his girlfriend!"
"Buh she woulda been MY girlfriend if he had'n"hic" swung at me. "
It was Safiria's turn to shake her head. "What's the point, you would have gotten bored with her within two days, or something along those lines."
"So? Quantity is quality, my dear rookie. I'll teach you something yet."
"Yeah, like how to drink the local drunk under the table... Safiria muttered.
Reno stood up and dusted off his suit. The cold air seemed to have sobered him up considerably. "I heard that girl. And to answer your first question, you're here to learn how to get blitzed and STILL turn up for work the next day. I demand that you drink something that isn't child's play in the next bar."
The trio trudged along the chilly streets of the rebuilt sector 7, untill they came upon a bar which seemed pretty popular. Reno climbed the stairs but was stopped by the rookie that he was in charge of.
"Uhh...I don't recommend going in there sir." Safiria told him.
"Aww man. She only calls me sir when it's important. What's up Saffy?"
"I just really don't think we should go in there, that's all." Safiria was looking restless as he grabbed her wrist and dragged her inside. Rude followed close behind, curious at the reaction of the rookie Turk.
The bar fell silent as the three entered. Reno figured out too late why Safiria was against entering. "Uhh...Lemme, guess, this is that stupid AVALANCHE bar, right? "
As soon as the words left his lips, he was pinned to the wall by three hefty looking men, all of whom had knives at his throat.
"Aww fuck. I guess it is."
He glanced sideways and saw that his partner had several men with guns surrounding him, where as his rookie had several leering men surrounding her.
Reno groaned inwardly. 'Tseng's gonna kill me. I'll be lucky if she doesn't report me for endangering the life of a rookie.' he thought to himself.
His thoughts where broken when a female voice cut through the silence of the bar like a good sharp Masamune through an Ancient.
A pair of maroon eyes glared at the Turks, one by one, before stopping on the rookie, who, if she backed up against the wall any farther, would probably push straight through it.
"Leave the kid alone guys, it's these two you should worry about." The female flicked her dark hair.
"Aww c'mon Tifa babe, all we wanna do is get slammed. Is that too much to ask? We could walk all the way to another bar and pay them if you want?" Reno moaned, although he knew he probably wouldn't be bothered to walk too far.
"I'll tell you what. Since you actually had the guts to walk in here, and since I know for a fact that you've been kicked out of every other bar in the sector for fighting, I'll let you stay. But this place probably isn't your type, as you can see, there'r no ladies for you to chat up."
"Booze is better'n nothin'...I guess." Reno glared as the three men let him go, and made his way through the crowd to the bar. He slammed a huge amount of Gil on the counter. "Keep 'em coming, I wanna pass out at least once tonight."
Tifa glared at him. "Shouldn't you be worried about that girl who you stupidly left in a corner full of drunk AVALANCHE members who've had a long day and are probably looking to unwind?"
Reno muttered something about her looking after herself, before finally getting up to rescue Safiria and bumping into Rude, who had made his way to the bar too.
"Hey ladies, hands of my rookie. She's vicious." Reno growled. They were keeping him from his one true friend, alcohol. It was always there for him, as he liked to say.
"She's certainly proving how vicious she is. All she can do is stutter and walk backwards." the crowd of men roared with laughter, and went back to there drinks as Reno picked the rookie up and swung her over his shoulder.
Safiria let out a long sigh. "Geez, I thought you were gonna leave me. Thanks a lot! Hey, watch where you're putting your hand!"
Reno grinned. " Oh, I know where I'm putting my hand, one hundred percent."
When he put Safiria back down, he was quickly slapped across the face.
"I don't see you grabbing Rude's ass!" Safiria growled at Reno. After everything that had went on, she was beginning to get into one Hell of a mood.
"Shut up and drink something. And sit down while you're at it."
Safiria walked away from Reno and began to sit beside Rude when he stopped her. "I suggest sitting in the stool against the wall, or you're gonna have more than Reno to worry about."
Safiria sighed again. 'I guess it's better to sit beside Reno than to have countless drunks trying to get it on with me.' she thought to herself. 'Why couldn't he have let me go with Elena to see her mom?'
As Safiria sat down, the girl who had told Reno to rescue her walked over. She grinned at Safiria with kind eyes. "So, watcha having, kid?"
"Umm...I don't know..." Safiria wasn't much of a drinker, unlike Reno and Rude who could name every single drink this side of Midgar. The strongest she'd ever had was a single shot of vodka, and even that had been watered down.
"She'll have your strongest. Somethin' snappy."
Tifa glared at Reno. "I don't think she needs you to answer for her. She has her own brain and voice you know."
"So? I'm, like, her supervisor. Gotta make sure she ain't letting me down, ya know?"
"A new rookie? How could Tseng trust the biggest philanderer in Midgar with a girl to look after? And her job isn't to get drunk anyway."
"I wouldn't treat her like a kid by the way. She's a big girl, she can handle a few drinks. Or she will soon enough. She has some ferocious magic at her disposal."
"Would both of you just shut the hell up! You're talking to me like some sort of sissy!" Safiria glared angrily at them both.
A man with a gun armhad been watching since they came in, and noticed that they were only in for a drink. They seemed to be paying as well, so he was willing not to cause a ruckus. He walked over to the ber for another drink, where Tifa greeted him warmly.
"Hey Barret. What'll it be?"
"The usual." he grunted. "Who's the kid?"
Reno, who had taken notice of Safiria's fowl mood shook his head. "Ooh boy.."
Safiria slammed her hands on the counter and stood up to face Barrett.
"Shut the Hell up, or I'll rip out your intestinal track and FEED IT TO YOU!"
Barrett stood stunned for a moment, and Rude slightly turned to face the maddened Safiria.
Reno, however, grinned. "Well that was certainly colourful. How about a drink to calm you down?"
"Unless you wanna drink my fist, don't talk to me!"
Reno winced and turned back to his drink. He barely even noticed the rookie storming towards the door. Rude was more observant, and followed at a distance, to make sure she didn'tgo mental at him as well. He couldn't help but notice the amused expression on Tifa's face.
"Make sure Reno doesn't start a fight in here as well..."
Tifa grinned. "He won't, or he'll have me to deal with."
'Hmm...this could be a great time to see if I can get some Shinra info from the drunken jackass.' thought to herself.
"So, any other plans apart from getting drunk?"
Reno glared at Tifa with an unfocused look. "What's it to you? And why are you talking to me?"
"Just trying to be friendly!" Tifa said angrily. "What's wrong, am I making you sober? I can vaguely remember you telling the same thing to Elena in Wutai. Do you still treat rookies like dogs?"
"Shurrup." Reno began to slur again. "only the ones who aren't under my "hic" charge."
"You're actually trusted? Ha!" Tifa went back to cleaning glasses when she saw Rude come back in.
Reno looked up at him. "Well, did ya get her or wha'?"
Rude shook his head. "She got on a train to sector 4 just before I got there. I would asume that she's either on the way home, or going to trash your apartment."
"Meh, pobably off home. She doesn't have the guts to trash anything."
"She had no problem blowing up the old reactor at Nibelheim."
"...beginners luck."
Reno soon started singng to his friend, which cleared out most of the bar. Tifa soon shooed them away, she wasn't staying up all night to babysit the drunken red head.
Reno stumbled out of the bar, still singing, goggles askew on his forehead. He stopped singing when he saw a dark figure walking towards the bar.
"No good, Vince, my man! The evil hostesh jusht chucked ush out."
Vincent stared at the babbling Turk and growled. He flicked his cloak bhind him and made his way towards Tifa's Seventh Heaven.
"You're sho violent! Man I'm gonna puke."
Rude shook his head and dragged Reno to his feet and made his way to the station, where he would have to pay a guard to make sure Reno got of at the right stop. And got to the right apartment. Rude lived a few stops before after all.
"Aww dang, I'm gonna have one fucker of a hangover tomorrw. Haha...ha..."
Rude shook his head and threw the passed out Reno onto a bench to await the trains arrival.
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