Mission: Work undercover as a bodygaurd for suspected drug dealer Vesper.

Agent: Reno

Objective: Gain all possible information of criminal activities Vesper is involved in.

Directive: Agent Reno will be posing as a bodygaurd for our suspect, Vesper A contact of ours has already secured the position, pending an interview of sorts. Reno will be watchi ng for any criminal acticity especially of the drug related type...

Closing the folder Reno sighed. Atleast this mission would be easy, unless ofcourse their "contact" ratted him out.

Shrugging off the thought Reno headed for 'Sonjo's Palace', the place he was told to meet Vesper was about 10 minutes after Reno arrived that Vesper arrived.

"He's the bodygaurd? He looks kind of frail." Vesper said sounding unsure of Reno's abilities.

"Trust me, he could probably take out all of your current bodygaurds at once." said a balding man to Vespers right. Reno assumed he was the contact.

"Oh really?" Vesper asked. "In that case I'd like to see him in action. If he can take out Hugo and Thor he's got the job. If not, well he won't need to worry about a job anymore."

Reno glared at the contact, the guy just wanted to see him killed he was sure of it.

Hugo and Thor stepped out of the shadows and Reno went a shade paler. Hugo was built like Rude, which actually didn't bother him. It was Thor that bothered him. He knew the guy all to well. Thor seemed to recognize him as well because his face brightened. Reno praye dThor didnt blow his cover.

Hugo andThor began attacking Reno who barely had a chance to dodge Thors fist before he got a boot to the gut from Hugo. It was quite a fight with hugp and Thor being so intune with each others fighting styles. They fought much like Reno and Rude did when they were together, if only a little worse.

Finally Reno saw an opening and whipping out his gun he shot Thor neatly in the head. He'd turne djust in time to be sent cradshing head first into a wall. Slowly standing up he saw Hugo checking to see if Thor really was dead. Reno grabbed a knife from his pocket and carged Hugo imbedding the knife deep within the skull.

Vesper began clapping. "Nicely done. I suppose i didn't specify the type of fight this weas to be, and even if I had I don't play by the rules. You're hired, escort me home, I'll tell you how to get there."

Reno got in Vesper's car and drove him back to a luxurious ,mansion just outsid eMidgar.. on the way he learned that Sonjo's Palace was actually owned by Vesper and only his thugs were allowed entrance that night. That certainly explained why no one batted an eyelash over the fight anyways thought Reno.

Over the next two days Reno played bodygaurd and watched several drug deals go down, as well as a multitude of other crimes. On the third day Reno snuck out on the villa of the mansion and calle dup Tseng, informing him of all criminal acts he witnessed.

A day later he was told to meet Vesper at Sonjo's Palace again. Upon entering Reno walked straight up to Vesper. "What? Today's suppose to be my day off."

Vesper smiled and replied, "I know you're a turk, have known all along actually, I just wanted to see what you were capable of but after last night's little phone call I can't have you hanging around any longer," and with that Vesper snapped his fingers. His thugs all jumped to their feet causing Reno to take a defensive stance.

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"And you can guess what happened after that. I may be good but even I can't take on 20 trained bodygaurds." Reno finishe dup his little story.

Cloud nodded, "Now' you've answered that question for me can I ask you something else?"

"You just did, but sure ask another) Reno said smiling.

"Why don't you ever drink? You have all of these ridiculous excuses on why not too.." Cloud said trailing off.

"They're not ridiculous excuses and I don't drink especially if i work the next day because 'er i tend to go a bit overboard. Besides it's more fun to watch other people makes asses of themselves than to make one of yourself and then have to hear about it at work the next day." Reno replied.

Cloud smiled, "So insightful, who'd ever thought you'd be the responsible one."

*end Flashback*

Cloud smiled to himself as he came upon The Northern Cave and entered it. He seemed to know where he was going without thinking so he continued to think to himself.

He had asked Reno out that night and they'd been together ever since. Tifa had found out by the end of the week. She'd gotten suspicious when Cloud couldn't stop smiling and Reno had shown up to the bar on an almost nightly basis. The rest of Avalanche knew within a month though they didn't take it nearly as well.

Barrett had flipped and quit talking to Cloud all together, Cid had threatened to castrate Reno if he hurt Cloud, and Yuffie had merely shrugged. Vincent warned Cloud to be careful and Reeve well Reeve just said it's your life. Red hardly kept in touch so it was doubtful he knew of this development. Nnoe of Avalanche bothered talking much to Cloud anymore except for Tifa.

He'd thoght they'd come around or atleast try to get to know Reno. The real Reno not the Turk Reno. Hell Reno wasn't even his real name, well not the one he was born with. Once you became a Turk you were either given or chose a new name.

Cloud was closing in on where he felt Reno's presence to be. He wasn't sure why but he just knew Reno was in the next room. He prayed the redhead was ok. He didn't know if he would be able to handle any other outcome.


A/n: ok im sorry i really hate this chapter. It's got a lot less depth to it becaus ei hadn't meant for the mission to last so long, which meant i had to cut othe cloud/reno interaction leading up to the Cloud asking reno out thing, which really was the whole point of the flash back. To show they didn't just jump into a relationship. O well, know Reno visited seventh heaven for about 2-3 months before the mission that led up to cloud asking him out.

Anyways feel free to review/critique/falem this. Personalyl i would hold a match up to it and destroy it but i promised a bi-weekly update at the very least, and i can't update again until next wed at the earliest. Though i do have part of the next chapter done. it's been done for a while now, so hopefully i can finish it up by next wed :)