Jade: Yep a new chapter…and I really like this one…it's much more light hearted. BTW sorry for all of you Cloud fans out there…I hope you like this fun little chapter...be sure to review.

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Something Beautiful

A few weeks had passed since had passed since Reno and Tifa's emotional exchange. Time seemed to pass by slowly but Tifa appeared to show progress, she was almost back to her usual chipper self. Reno always stayed by her side since that faithful night. He would often cook meals for her or just come to crash at her house. The red head was most certainly grateful for her new found trust in him. It cut his cold nights on the porch in half, he could now watch her with a more secure eye.

The evening had begun like any other for Tifa. Her bar had quite a crowd gathered in it. The roar of drunken patrons overpowered the juke box that blared on full volume in the corner. A few fights broke out but they were easily put to rest by her or another customer. As the night wound itself down her customers trickled out onto the street to try and find a place to sober. Just as she moved from the bar to flip her open sign over Reno appeared in the doorway. She smirked at him and flung it open.

" Hey there stranger." He mused rather playfully. Tifa stepped aside as he entered the bar and immediately went to work, helping her clean the tables and flip the chairs onto the table tops. Once it was all said and done Reno turned to her and gave her a questioning look.

" Can I ask a favor?"

Tifa shrugged her shoulders before offering him a smile. "Depends on the favor Reno."

" It's gonna sound stupid…" His voice held a hint of embarrassment as he scuffed his shoe against the floor and shifted his weight with discomfort.

" Come on…" Tifa mused.

" Can we….can we spar?"

Tifa's eye brows arched with surprise.

" What, seriously?"

Reno smiled at her as he removed his jacket and unbuttoned a few of his collar buttons on his white dress shirt.

" Yeah…seriously…I promise, just a friendly spar…nothing... serious... But I can understand if you don't want to...after all I am the best. There is no way you would stand a chance against me."

Tifa scowled at him as she reached into her back pocket and retrieved a pair of black leather gloves. After carefully slipping them on and tweaking their fit she walked over to a few tables and pushed them out of the way to offer more room.

Reno assisted her in rearranging the furniture before taking his ready stance. Once Tifa properly positioned herself she nodded her head. With the blink of an eye the red head was within a foot of her proximity with his fist raised. She quickly flipped backwards and rested in a crouching position. A foot then swung outwards from her body, aiming at his ankles. Reno smirked at her tatic as he placed a single hand upon the floor and tilted his body towards the sky. His blue eyes focused upon her appendage and waited until her body was out of his range before setting himself upright once more.

She doubled back and laughed. " What are you a break dancer?"

"Whatever get's the job done." Reno commented as he ran at her again. Tifa ran forward as well and extended her hand towards Reno's shirt. As she grabbed a handful of fabric she shifted her weight so that she could throw his body against the hardwood floor. Much to her dismay Reno decided to close the space between them by wrapping his arms around her. He then purposely fell forwards, landing atop the girl before scrambling up. Tifa coughed for a moment before leaping back into action.

Reno had failed to anticipate a quick recovery and found the heel of her shoe embedded into his upper chest . This sent him sprawling through the air, only the bar impacted his blow.

" Damn…" He muttered as he stood slowly and dusted himself off.

Tifa moved again delivering blow after blow to him with her fists. The Turk dodged each and every one with an elegance that he could never possess outside of combat. He then took advantage of a right hook that Tifa had failed to connect and grabbed her arm. Tifa was swung around in a rough fashion before Reno placed his heel against her and pushed off of her back, flipping through the air. The woman fell upon the ground as Reno landed smoothly a few feet away.

Seeing another opportunity, Reno ran towards her and leapt to pounce atop her. Unfortunately for him Tifa had rolled onto her back and anticipated his attack. Just as he descended upon her person she pressed her arms and feet against his body and launched him off of her. Reno landed with a lackluster thud and took a few seconds to recover.

" Good…" Reno purred as Tifa approached with caution. The Turk pretended to till be impacted by her previous blow until she was parallel to him before jumping up. He then delivered a series of combos that consisted of several jabs, hooks, high kicks and mid section shouldering. She managed to only dodge half of his attacks the others connecting with quite an impact. Tifa retaliated with a few round house kicks and body slams.

Before long the two had collapsed upon the floor panting franticly for air.

" You're good…" Reno chuckled.

" You are too…but you fight dirty."

" So...I guess it's a draw..." Reno mused.

"Oh...so you're not such a bad ass now huh?" Tifa giggled.

" I guess…" Reno breathed softly. He then slowly forced himself up before offering his hand out to Tifa.

" Come on I'll walk ya home."

" Alright…I didn't break anything did I?"

Reno surveyed the cuts and scrapes that he had received from her during their scrap. He then shook his head and smiled. " A girl, break me? Nah…at least not in fighting."

Tifa smirked as she elbowed him roughly in the gut before slipping on her coat and heading out of her shop.

" You coming or what?"

Reno nodded as he slipped on his Turk coat and trench coat before following.

" So why did you want to do it?" Tifa finally asked as the pair walked home after she locked up.

" I don't know maybe I just wanted to see how strong you were or maybe I figured it would be a good way to blow off some of this tension you've had inside of you…plus they say you see a true person in the heat of battle…"

" So what did you see then?" She mused.

" Something beautiful."

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