A/N: this is chapter 3, my friends, and I'll try to end it at an exciting point. For those who are still reading this lackluster story, thank you. Reviews are smiled upon, no matter how insulting (laughed at if too insulting).

Reno woke up a little later, Elena still asleep, still cradled in his arms. He looked up to the sky seeing nothing but a vast darkness. In a city this big, the many, many lights made all the stars fade into the black, making the sky little more than a dark veil that wrapped around the city at night.

It was then that Reno noticed the dead silence around him. True silence, unlike the way they blocked out everything else. Even the river seemed to fall silent, the rushing water sounding more like a trickle now. Empty was really the only way to describe the surreal scene, from an outside point of view. Yet all Reno wanted right now was to be alone with Elena, it was enough for him to out with her in the middle of the night in utter silence.

Reno suddenly panicked. "It couldn't be midnight already could it?" he thought worriedly. After waking Elena up enough to have her walk, they got about two blocks before seeing Rude waiting on the corner.

"Rude? Why are you all the way out here?"

"Tseng asked me to come find you two a little while ago. We've changed hotels, everyone was moved."

"Oh, ok, lead the way." Rude immediately walked off toward the hotel, and Reno followed as quickly as he could with Elena stumbling along sluggishly.

"Reno, where were you?" Tseng said. He looked calm and collected as always, but he had what Reno referred to as an "invisible twitch." If you listened close, when ever he was mad, the timing between Tseng's breath would become irregular, as if he would hold his breath every once in a while.

"I was at the riverfront with Elena, sir." Reno quickly spun around to show Tseng the sleeping blonde on his back, then turned back just as quick. "We, um, kinda fell asleep."

A brief silence fell over the room before Tseng sighed. The intake wasn't as shallow, and the sigh lasted longer than normal. He had moved from pissed to annoyed, which worked in Reno's favor.

"You and Elena are roomed in 515." This woke Elena up somewhat.

"Excuse me…?" Elena groggily asked, still drowsy from her nap.

"You and Reno are in 515, now go." Tseng threw Reno the card, and they walked off to their room. By the time they reached the elevator, Elena had woken up a little more.

"Reno, you can let me down now." she said, still just a little drowsy.

"Oh, sorry." Reno squatted down and let her get off his back. The two of them silently rode the elevator up to the fifth floor, then into room 515. Elena sat on the bed close to the window, and Reno sat on the other, sighing. After a couple seconds, Elena got up and sat next to Reno and kissed on the cheek.

"Thanks for keeping me company by the river." Elena said, smiling softly towards Reno.

"Oh, um…no problem, just glad I could help." Reno smiled back, blushing a little.

Elena wrapped her arms around Reno's waist and leaned against him. "I'm sorry you had to see me like that, I couldn't control myself."

"It's ok, I kinda figured you and your sister had problems with each other."

"Was it that obvious?"

"oh yeah, stares across room, cutting each other off in mid-sentence during briefings….and you two never talk, even though you're related. Things like that usually mean that there's a problem."

Elena sighed. Reno wrapped his arms around Elena, embracing her warmly. She held on to him a little tighter, and sighed softly, enjoying he warmth of his body against hers. The silence descended over them again. The feeling in the room was mutual, passion. However, neither could bring themselves to show it completely and openly before the other would.

Reno decided he would be first and kissed Elena, softly pressing his lips against hers. Elena, blushing a deep red, kissed back with the same gentleness. As they kissed, Reno slid his tongue into her mouth, massaging her tongue with his, making Elena moan softly, caught in the immense pleasure his lips brought. Reno was lost in it as well; he unconsciously slid his hand up to her breasts. 6 hours ago, this would've ended with Reno hospitalized for a week, but now Elena didn't try to stop it, didn't want to stop it.

The gentle and tender passion soon turned into pure lust, and Reno gently pushed her down onto her back and gingerly kissed her neck, and Elena loved it. She undressed Reno, undoing the buttons on his jacket and his shirt and practically flinging them to the ground. Reno was just as assertive, passing his arm under her shirt and groping her breasts. Needless to say, she let out a moan.

In this moment, the same thought passed through both of their minds, both wanted to make love to the other; erotic, hot and heavy sex, to be blunt. She gently pushed Reno off, got up and walked a few steps away. She began to strip in front of him, slowly taking off her jacket, then her shirt, then bent over and slid off her skirt. She walked back over to Reno, her arms behind her back, undoing her bra…

Reno woke up the next morning with the sun in his eyes. Squinting, he saw Elena by the window, the sheet wrapped around up to her breasts. She had opened the curtains, looking out to the skyline of the city, letting the morning sun flood the room. Reno got on his boxers, discarded to the floor next to the bed from last night, and walked over to Elena, embracing her waist tightly. Elena dropped her head against his chest and sighed. He softly stroked her hair, enjoying that classic feeling of the morning after sex, 'cause we've all felt that. It didn't last very long; the hotel phone rang, loud, wrecking the mood of the room. Elena moved to the bed and picked up the phone. "Hello?"

"We're in place by oh-seven-hundred, asses in gear." The voice that came through the phone was the same grinding, irritating voice that Elena had heard since as long as she could remember. "And try to keep your hands off each other until we get break, ok?"

Elena blushed a deep red. "WH-what do you mean by that?"

"It's oh-six-thirty-eight right now. Be on time, both of you." Click. Elena was suddenly mad and nearly slammed the phone down and stormed off to the shower as Reno stood by the window, still clueless as to what just happened.

Later, once both Reno and Elena were ready, they headed out to the designated building. Reno was feeling a little awkward now that someone knew about him and Elena. The silence had fallen on them again, making it only more awkward by the second. Once they reached the building, before Reno heads to the meeting room, he kisses Elena's cheek, holding an arm around her waist.

"I'll see you later, ok?" he said smiling. Elena nodded before lightly kissing him then leaving to the surveillance room. Reno then took off for the entrance where Rufus would be waiting in his car until time for the meeting. There he finds Tseng waiting, leaning against a white limousine, with the same impatient look he always has.

"You're late, Reno." He scolded

"Late? It's only six-fifty, I'm ten minutes early."

"Six-fifty two, and you were supposed to be here at six-forty five. You're seven minutes late."

"You never told me that!"

"I said that when I first assigned you to bodyguard President Shin-ra."

Reno sighed; tired of arguing with Tseng and not liking where it was headed. "Sorry, I, uh, didn't get much sleep last night."

Tseng let out a long sigh. He started to explain to Reno what could happen in seven minutes, a list of scenarios that nobody wanted to be in, but was interrupted by the same orange haired girl that Reno saw yesterday, walking out of the building. She had a large sword on her back and what looked like a pair of larger versions of Reno's weapon. At least, this is what shot through Reno's mind as the girl came out. Tseng merely wondered why this girl had walked out of what should've been a sealed off building.

"We're waiting for you inside." she said, waiting for a response from either of the two men, preferring one from the properly dressed one.

"...who are you and how long have you been waiting?" Tseng asked, not a hint of surprise in his voice.

"I'm the negotiator's bodyguard, that's all you need to know. And we've been waiting for an hour; we believed that you would be ready to speak by six o'clock this morning."

"I'm sorry for the wait; we've been having a few problems lately."

"Ah, it's a shame what happened to them, isn't it."

"Now how would a little girl know about that, even before the cops got there, I might add." Reno spoke up. What he wanted to ask was why the girl was holding a sword that size, or how she could even lift it, but that would have to wait.

"We're waiting inside, I suggest that you and your representative come now." she turned and walked back inside, leaving Reno without an answer.

"What was that about, Reno?"

"Bah, I met that girl yesterday. She told us that people had died in a fire, and we were at least half a mile away. The cops couldn't have released news that fast."

Tseng sighed. "It's called being well-informed, Reno, I suggest you give it a try," he opened the door of the limo. "President Shin-ra, we need to go to the meeting room now, please."

Rufus got out of the car, sliding his hand out of his breast pocket of his trademark white suit. "So we're starting, are we?" Tseng nodded, and started on to the meeting room, followed by Rufus and trailed by Reno.

Once on the seventh floor, they find Zack and Sephiroth, stand at their post. Zack, jet black hair cut short and slicked back, was leaning with his back against the wall, buster sword leaning the same way, within quick reach, while Sephiroth, long silver hair gleaming under the fluorescent lights, stood straight at attention, his arm holding Masamune with the blade already an inch or two into the floor.

"Hm? Reno, aren't you already in there?" Zack asked, looking puzzled.

"What? Why would I be in there?"

"You got there before we did. You came out and went back in saying 'those fools are pathetic.'"

"How many beers did you chug last night?" Reno finally said before following Tseng and Rufus into the room.

Standing by the window, looking out over the skyline of the city, was a tall, black haired woman, adorned in a silver dress with an open back. As she turned around to face the more professionally dressed group, you could see the eye patch on her right eye, just as black as her hair.

"Oh great," Reno thought. "Either A, she's insane and thinks she's a pirate or B, she really knows how to fight. That's perfect."

"So you showed up, finally. I was starting to think you wouldn't come." the Sliver Lady brushed back her hair, talking as if she had waited since dawn.

"I apologize, Ma'am, we've had a problem recently, and it's hindered us somewhat." Rufus explained. "But, I'm sure the worst of it is over."

"You're forgetting your position. You are the guests, we are the hosts, remember that." she picked up a small cup of coffee on the end of the table close to her and sipped a little of it. "And I'm sorry to hear about the fire. It's good that you got out safely. Otherwise, this little meeting couldn't carry on, now could it."

"I suppose not, but some how I doubt it would've made a difference."

the lady looked at him coldly for a second, then smirked and took another sip of her coffee. "You're quite arrogant, aren't you."

"I prefer the word 'confident'. But before we start I want to confirm something with you." Rufus held his hand over his back, and Tseng placed a piece of paper that had been ripped out of a drawing pad into it. "This is a sketch of the person said to be seen during the fire, confronted by one of my personal guards, but escaped." Rufus walked to the lady and handed the paper to her. She took it and silently stared at it for a second, then smirk, just as before.

"Well, I see this will be a short meeting." there was almost laughter in her voice as she ripped the paper up and handed it the shreds to the orange haired girl behind her.

"So you know who that lady was, I take it?" Rufus continued to prod her for a clear cut answer.

"Yes, quite well. In fact, it should only be a matter of seconds before-"
Hearing a voice, Tseng took his hand to his ear, pressing in the ear piece in to listen better. A few seconds later, Tseng shot a look at the "host" and muttered "restrain her," into the mike. The lady smirked and sipped her coffee, although this smirk seemed more evil than the last.

"Was this interruption scheduled?" Rufus asked, in that same slightly-less-than serious tone he had been using the whole meeting.

"Well, yes, but no where near this early. That girl always arrives much too early to anything and everything. Please forgive her outburst, she will be dealt with later," She said, almost adding a dangerous tone in here voice, much different from before. "But for now, let's get on with our real reason for being here. My name is Argento, I am a member of the Tsviets, as you guessed, no doubt."

"And the girl?"

"Quiet, Reno." Tseng was always quick to shut him up.

"Actually since we're on the topic, I was wondering that too." Rufus said, with a hint of smugness in his voice. "After all, I'm sure you know the names of everyone on this side of the board, am I wrong?"

With a small wave from Argento, the girl took a few steps forward; a small clink of the sword on her back hitting the metallic rods on her legs was made with every step.

"My name is Shelke, of the Tsviets," she then glared directly at Reno. "I hear the Turks are good fighters, I hope we won't have to find out, akage-nii." she then turned and took her place back by Argento's side, clinking all the way back.

"Well, now that we're all acquainted," Argento smiled and leaned back in her chair "I'd like to make this quick."

"Please do, I'm much too busy to continue here for long." Rufus continued to act like it was nothing to be talking to the pirate chick.

"All right," she smirked, seemingly trying to hold back a grin. "We want Omega. Where is it?" at the mention of the word 'Omega', Tseng and Reno both automatically reached for their guns. That was a word never spoken to Rufus, his father (were he alive), or anyone in the higher echelons of the Shin-ra Company. Rufus put his hand up, signaling them to stop, but they still kept their hands on their guns.

"You have to give me more information than that, I'm afraid. For instance, what do you mean by Omega?"

"I mean the weapon. the one that, once chaos is released, would follow and destroy the world, then move on to a new planet and let the whole process start again." she replied. It was obvious what she meant, but now the only question was what she wanted it for.

"...I'm afraid we just can not abide by this." Rufus said after a short pause, finally sounding serious. Argento stared at him for a second, then smirked again, and even laughed a little.

"Is that so, Mr. Shin-ra?" she asked, just the ceiling speaker came on and Elena's voice crackled through.

"Sir, that girl from the hotel got into the power grid, please leave immed-" the message got cut off as the all the lights in the building flickered off.

"That bitch just doesn't know when to sit still." Argento sighed as she stood up and started to walk out. Reno and Tseng's guns were fully drawn and pointed straight at her. As she approached the door, Zack stepped in and blocked the doorway.

"I'm sorry, but you're going to have to stay in here until President Shin-ra leaves."

"Its fine, he'll be coming with us. Sephiroth, get rid of this pest." just like that, Zach was thrown down the hall, the buster sword on his back scraping along the ground. Once he stopped, he pulled himself up only to stare at the pointy tip of Masamune.

"What the hell are you doing?" Zack shouted.

"Getting to wipe that pathetic look off your face." Sephiroth replied and he pulled the sword up and swung back down.

"Now then, Shin-ra, let's be leaving." she demanded. Rufus wasn't dumb, in fact, this might've been a good chance to see where they were hiding, and then take them out there. Unfortunately, Reno didn't think of that and began firing at Argento. Shelve stepped in and held the broadsword in front of Argento stopping the bullets just before they hit her.

"Akage-nii, I thought we had an agreement." the little carrot top said.

"No, no, if they want to fight over their survival," Argento said as she took the sword from Shelke. "We'll let them." Argento dove forward and swung at the two Turks, missing by only a few inches. She then grabbed Rufus and burst thru the window and started her seven story drop.

"Shin-ra!" Tseng shouted, moving to the window and leaning over the edge. He aimed at Argento, although knowing that he'd probably hit Shin-ra he decided not to fire.

"Didn't your mother teach you not to lean so far out a window?" the young girl joked, still in the room. Tseng spun around and was impaled on Shelke's saber. She then quickly pushed him off the weapon and out the window, to begin the same seven story drop. "Shoulda listen to Mother." she said, almost grinning as she watched him fall. She turned to face Reno, and found the tip end of an Electro-Mag Rod half an inch from her face.

"...I guess we'll be finding out who's better, won't we, akage-nii..."


A/N: ok...sorry for the wait...but this pitiful thing should only go on ofor another chapter or two if i really work on it...thanks for your attention