Disclaimer- I wish I owned FFVII, but I obviously don't.
(A/N) The story begins to unfold here so without further adieu, here's chapter 3.
"You…. can't be serious. Tseng," his eyebrow twitched "please. Please tell me that you're joking."
"Why would I joke around about something like this?" Tseng continued to organize his papers in neat stacks.
"Because you hate me."
Tseng looked up and gave Reno a mockingly disbelieving stare.
"I don't hate you Reno."
"Then why would you do this to me?"
"Weren't you the one complaining that there wasn't enough excitement?" Tseng asked raising a good point.
"Well sure but-"
"Reno. You're honestly the best person I can think of for this job."
"You have no idea…" Reno lowered his head.
"Of all the Turks, I believe you're the only one that will be able to keep up with her."
The statement earned a whiny mutter but he chose to ignore it.
"Why does she need a damn bodyguard anyway? Believe me when I tell you that she can handle herself just fine."
"Yes that may be but it is necessary to take precautions. We must not forget that Lady Yuffie is still just one person. Until this type of threat dies down, you will have to monitor her."
"What about Elena? They could… I dunno… talk about girl stuff. She's gotta be better for the job," Reno begged.
"You're not getting out of this," Tseng calmly looked back to his papers.
"I hate you!" Reno yelled, glaring daggers at the man.
"As I was saying, Yuffie is conveniently leaving for Wutai tomorrow morning. You will accompany her on the way there and back and can use the helicopter," Tseng paused to look at Reno's exasperated face, "if you wish to do so. You might already know that she is staying at 7th Heaven."
"Yeah, yeah I know. How long will it take by helicopter?"
"About 6 days. Weather permitting and rest stops for the night included."
Reno let out an unnecessarily loud groan, arms falling limp at his sides.
"She can't possibly be that bad," Tseng assured him before pondering if she really was to himself.
Reno moaned before trudging out of the office and slamming the door behind him.
After some deliberation, Reno decided that she wasn't going to come with him peacefully, if that wasn't obvious enough already. But what took more thought was exactly how he was going to force her to go along with the 'bodyguard' idea. Reno grimaced at the idea as he carelessly steered his car one-handedly to the bar. The lights outside of the window melded as he pushed the gas pedal further. Maybe, trying to get her at night wasn't the best idea. She was a ninja after all. He swallowed all of his uncertainties as he stopped in front of the 7th Heaven, for once wishing it was a bit farther away.
This is why I don't do incognito missions, dammit. Reno struggled to keep quiet as he scaled the side of the building to what he thought was the girls room. A chilled breeze gusted past his poorly bundled body, threatening to unsettle his hold on the window but he tightened his grip and pulled himself up. How does she sleep with the window open in fall? He left the question unanswered and perched himself on the sill.
Peeking his head through, he could see the ninja in her bed. 'In' being the operative word. Her arms and legs weaved in and out of the sheets and she held a pillow tight to her torso with one hand. The other half of her body hung off the side of the bed, only visibly concealed by a pair of fluorescent green underwear, making Reno wonder what was behind the pillow. He shook his head of the thought and slowly began to stick his leg through the window. The redhead glanced up to see if she was still sleeping and instead heard her moan and roll over.
When he cocked his head to the side to get a better look, he felt his position falter and leaned forward to try to balance himself but tumbled onto the nightstand and heard one of its drawers and many of its picture frames crash to the ground. Reno rubbed his head to try and numb the pain, about to mumble a curse before realizing he was in the room. He pushed himself back up and turned around with a startling quickness just in time to see Yuffie stumbling out of bed with her shuriken.
"W-What the hell?" she focused her eyes on the nervous man in front of her and recognized his face with confusion and rage, "Reno!"
Instinctively, he pulled out his EMR and the girl's disorientation made it rather too easy to knock the weapon from her grip. She looked at her bare hand in disbelief before angrily clenching her teeth together. She lunged at him with her left hand drawn back to strike but Reno ducked and caught the punch before throwing her back onto the bed, straddling her and attempting to pin her arms at her sides. Yuffie managed to slink one of her arms from under him and knowing she didn't have enough leverage to swing at his face, she began pulling at his scarlet hair and wildly flailing her legs. Reno grunted in pain raising his hands to try and remove hers, only allowing her to tug with both hands.
"What the heck are you doing? Get out of here ya creep!" she began screaming, finally having found her voice.
The redhead panicked and tried to cover her mouth with his free hand, which she licked in response, making him pull away.
"Keep quiet, brat!" he fiercely whispered.
"No way!"
A sudden burst of light silenced them both, and they looked up at the door to be met with a bewildered Cloud. An awkward silence passed before Yuffie grinned at him, unable to shake the blush that had erupted on her face.
"Reno?" he rasped.
"Uh," he looked down at a restrained Yuffie, only clad in a sports bra and the aforementioned fluorescent green panties then back to Cloud whom was obviously waiting for a pretty good explanation, "it… really isn't what it looks like."
"Yeah," he paused, staring at the two, "I'm going to let Tifa handle this one."
He turned and walked down the hallway before Reno and Yuffie looked to each other, the urgency dawning on them.
"Tifa?"
Reno released her and started pacing around the room, clutching at his head, still sore from the ninja's forceful fingers.
"She-She's gonna kill me! Oh god."
"Yeah, you're not the only one who's dead Turkey!" she asked, scrambling through her drawers.
"WHAT!" they heard a distressed shout from down the hallway.
"No, you don't understand," he grabbed her by the arms, "She's going to kill me!"
"Well grabbing me isn't gonna help!" she shouted at him until he let go and she ran to the door, locking it before the wood convulsed with a hard blow.
"Yuffie! Open the door now," the demands were muffled but the dominance behind them wasn't.
"We have to go," he pleaded.
"I know that, duh! I'm trying to find some clothes."
He looked back to her, noticing she had already pulled on a pair of shorts and a backpack. Another blow hit the door.
"We don't have time," Reno grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the window.
"Wait, I don't have a shirt yet!" she tugged away from his grip.
"No. Time!" he repeated with emphasis.
The young ninja stopped for a moment to process the situation. Reno had broken into her bedroom and attacked her in her sleep. Cloud walked in and had gotten Tifa to take care of it. Now why was she escaping with Reno?
"Yuffie!" they heard yet another hard blow from behind the door, nearly but not quite drowning out the menacing shout.
Right. That was why…
"Okay," she complied and scurried out the window.
"Can you make the jump from here?"
She stared at him, insulted.
"Right," they dropped from the side of the building and rushed into the awaiting car.
Tifa's pretty scary, huh?
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