"I'm supposed to give you this package." Tifa said, holding it out to him.

"What is it?" he asked.

"I'm…I'm not sure."

"Then you can open it." He opened the door further and gestured for her to come in. "If it's a bomb, you'll blow us both up."

Tifa realized he was in nothing but his boxers and he was in better shape than she thought. There was nowhere for her to sit besides the bed, so she sat on the edge on it and opened the package. They were both surprised to find it was just a jacket, and it looked to be one of his.

"Why would Zangan have your jacket?" she wondered aloud. Then she examined the jacket more closely. "And why does it have blood on it?"

When she had said Zangan's name, he thought it sounded familiar. Staring at her dark hair, he started to remember. Shrugging, he took his jacket back from her.

"Thanks for giving me a bloody jacket, but I'm expecting company, so would you mind leaving?" he asked her.

With a confused expression on her face, she got up and headed towards the door, then stopped right next to him.

"What's your name?" she asked him.

"I'm Reno. You should already know that, or your intel sucks." Reno said, catching a whiff of her perfume. "Hope to see you again when it's sunny out."

As he closed the door, Tifa stood in the hallway momentarily, then shook her said and went back to her room.

Reno heard another knock on his door, and smiled when he opened it, seeing Elena standing there in a long trench coat tied tightly around her.

"Took you long enough." Reno said, pulling her inside and kicking the door closed.

Elena smiled and kissed him as he untied her trench coat, revealing her naked body underneath.

***

Tifa lay in bed, more confused than ever. Why didn't she feel like hurting Reno? He had seemed almost like a jerk in his room, until his parting comment about seeing her again when it's sunny out. That sounded familiar. And why would Zangan think a bloody jacket would solve the mystery? Tifa ended up falling into a troubled sleep.

Sunny out, it's sunny out. Sephiroth chanted at Tifa. There are no clouds, it's sunny out. he said as he gleefully ran his sword through Cloud, then attacked her. Then she felt herself drowning in blood, and a jacket appeared and when it wrapped around her, the blood disappeared, and she felt herself moving through the air until Zangan appeared and took hold of her.

Tifa woke up to find herself sweating as she relived the murderous attack on her and Cloud. Then she remembered the jacket…Reno was there? He brought her to Zangan? She hurried to Reno's room and knocked loudly. She had to knock and wait quite a while before he opened the door, and Tifa realized he was naked.

"What do you want now?" he asked when he recognized her.

Tifa walked in and turned to face him. "You were there in Nibelheim, weren't you? You took me to Zangan!"

"If you say so." Reno replied.

"I do say so. Why'd you do it?" she asked.

Suddenly there was movement in the bed and Tifa saw a blonde staring at them both.

"Reeeeeeeenoooooo…" the blonde called to him.

"We'll talk later." Reno told Tifa and manhandled her out the door, slamming it shut.

"Who was that girl and what did she mean about Nibelheim?" Elena asked Reno as he rejoined her in bed.

"Nothing important." Reno said before thoroughly distracting her.

***

Tifa stood out in the hallway again, wondering what to do. If he helped save her life, what kind of person would that make her if she continued fighting him? She owed him something.

***