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Chapter Ten

Reno woke up with Rei in his arms. For a moment he laid there wondering why, then he remembered. Apparently being sober for so long was affecting his memory. He hadn't had a drink since Rei arrived. Then he remembered what had happened the night before. He remembered kissing Rei before falling asleep. He began to wonder why he had kissed her.

He had never felt like this before. He had never cared what women thought about him, of course, most of the women he met were just one night stands. He didn't even remember the names of the women he had slept with a month ago. It was true that he was a womanizer and that all he wanted was to get them in bed, but it was different with Rei. Hell, he could have had her a long time ago if he had really wanted to. He was in the same bed as her at that very moment.

He sighed wondering what was wrong with him and then it hit him, he was in love. It was that simple. But, how could it be? Reno in love? That was impossible…wasn't it? He had to admit that he always felt weird around Rei. No, it couldn't be. The truth was that even though he knew that it was true he didn't want to admit it. The truth was that he had never been in love. The truth was that he was scared to fall in love.

He sighed and looked at the girl sleeping in his arms. He smirked at the thought of such a sweet girl causing him so much misery for he knew that because of who she could be he couldn't try anything with her. It was surprising to him to realize that he had fallen for a girl like Rei. She was pretty and sweet, but he just never pictured himself falling for someone that was so nice and innocent.

To be honest he had always thought that he would end up with someone that was more like him, but then again he wouldn't like a woman that was so rough. Actually he didn't think that he would ever end up with anyone. He figured that he would just get his kicks out of the floozies that he usually took home. Turks usually died at an early age so he had never seen the point in settling down.

He sighed as he slowly got out of bed so as to not wake her. He really didn't want to get up, he found some comfort in the fact that it was his day off. He took a shower in an attempt to clear his head. When he stepped out of the bathroom he saw that Rei had woken up.

"Good morning, Reno."

"Good morning, Rei. I hope you slept well because today we have a big day. Today is my day off and I thought that we could go out and have some fun." He smiled.

Rei smiled at him.

"Go get ready and we can go out for some breakfast."

Rei got dressed and went to the living room where Reno was sitting waiting for her.

"Ready?"

She nodded and they left the house.

Reno took her to a small café where they ate breakfast. Then they walked around the city. He showed around and she was enjoying herself. As they walked Reno's thoughts returned to Rei. He thought about the possibility of him being in love with her. He smirked as the thought seemed ridiculous to him.

Still, the thought kept bothering him and he couldn't deny that he acted strange towards her. He was never so nice to a person that he had just met and he certainly wasn't that protective. He thought about this and knew that he had to do something. But, how could he know if he was in love for sure? He didn't want to tell her because if he wasn't really in love he could end up just hurting her. He sighed and Rei looked at him.

"What's wrong Reno?"

He looked at her and knew that as much as he hated it he would have to tell her, for this feeling wasn't going to just go away. He stopped and looked around. The streets were empty because it looked like it was gong to rain soon. He looked at Rei who was looking back at him with a puzzled expression on her face.

"Rei, what do you think about me? Do you think I'm a good guy? Do you like being with me?"

"She looked at him and cocked her head to the side to show that she was confused.

"Well, I think you're really nice. You helped me and let me stay with you and even offered to help me get my memory back. I like being with you because you're nice and funny and you're always cheerful, but why do you want to know?"

"No reason, I was just curious, now come on, we should hurry it's going to rain soon."

As they walked home Reno thought about what she had just said. She liked him because he was kind and cheerful. She liked the part of him that he rarely showed anyone. If she ever saw the real him, the sarcastic, cynical, sadistic, him he doubted that she would like him. That settled it, he would just have to try to get rid of these stupid feelings.

As they reached their home Reno saw some men standing on the corner. They looked suspicious so he put his guard up and got a bit closer to Rei. As they reached them they stood on their way and Reno stopped with Rei.

"Excuse me, but could you move? You're blocking us."

The men smirked.

"We'll let you pass if you give us the girl."

Reno frowned. So, they were after Rei. Were these the same guys who attacked her and Cloud?

"Why do you want her?"

"That is none of your concern. Now hand her over."

Reno pushed Rei behind him and took out his electro-rod.

"I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I can't do that, yo. You see she's my friend and you should know not to mess with a Turk or his friends."

Reno thought that that comment would scare them off as the fact that he was a Turk was usually enough to make anyone leave him alone. However, these guys just stood there smirking.

"A Turk, huh? Well, let's see how good Shinra's dogs are."

The men charged at Reno and tried to hit him. Reno dodged, but they were fast. He wouldn't be able to keep dodging forever and then there was Rei. He had to protect her, but that would be hard to do while fighting.

He managed to hit the men a few times, but they just kept getting up. Suddenly he heard Rei scream. He turned and saw one of the men holding her.

"Rei!!!"

One of the men took advantage of the moment and hit Reno while he was distracted. He hit him on the back of the head and Reno was grateful for the fact that all of his years as a Turk had allowed him to develop a hard head from all of the blows he took to it. He wasn't knocked out and managed to get up. He tried to get to Rei, but the other men blocked his path. He could hear Rei calling for him to help her.

He saw the man holding Rei take out a needle and inject her with something on her neck. She closed her eyes and the man took out a small tube shaped object. He put it on her wrist and them put it in his pocket and dropped her. Reno kept fighting with the other men who proved to be very good and managed to knock one out.

A black car approached and the man that had injected Rei got in. One of the men that Reno was fighting hit him in the stomach while the others got in the car. He got in as well and they drove off, but they left the one that Reno had knocked out.

Reno got up quickly, but the car was gone. He ran to Rei and saw that she was just unconscious. He took out his phone and called Tseng.

A while later Reno was sitting next to Rei's bed. They were at the Shinra building in the medical unit. Reno had been reluctant to take Rei there, but Tseng had convinced him by saying that it had the best equipment and they could help Rei. It turned out that she had been injected by some strange type of poison. She was alive, but they didn't know for how long. They were trying to find an antidote, but they were having a hard time with that. It had taken both Tseng and Rude to keep Reno from beating the doctor when he told them that they didn't know what to do.

He was waiting for Tseng to give him any information that they got out of the man that Reno had knocked out. They had also taken him there and Tseng and Rude were interrogating him. Tseng walked in and looked at Reno who looked worried.

"Got any news?" Reno said hopefully.

Tseng looked at him and frowned. He hesitated, for he knew that Reno wouldn't take the news too well.

"Well, Rude and I both tried to get some information from the man, but he wouldn't speak. I'm sorry Reno, but we've tried everything. He's not going to talk."

"I'll get him to talk." He growled.

"Reno, don't do anything reckless. He's our only source of information."

"Don't worry, I won't kill him, but when I'm done with him he'll wish I had."

The only sounds that could be heard from the interrogation room at Shinra were screams of pain. Tseng and Rude had long ago given up on trying to get the redheaded Turk out from the locked room. Hours passed and then everything was silent. A rather grim looking Reno stepped out of the room with his electro-rod in hand.

Tseng, Rude, and Elena looked at him.

"Apparently we're after a man who is supposed to be dead, at least according to the records of Shinra. The man we're looking for is doctor Alberich."

Tseng was surprised by this as Alberich was the man that he suspected had created Rei.

"Reno, how did you get the information out of him?" Elena asked.

"I have my ways." He said, smirking maliciously.

He started to walk away, but stopped in front of Tseng.

"Have some one take care of the body." He said in a low voice so the others wouldn't hear and left to find the person who had hurt Rei.

End Chapter Ten

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