2-16-17: Minor edits done.
Challenge: Axel makes an appearance. Suggested by MegaKiraraLover
Reno had a new housemate. Everyone at Shinra was talking about it, wondering who this mysterious stranger was, and why Reno had allowed him to take up residence in his apartment. Some said that he had something to do with the weird airplane crash near Reno's building, some said he was a cousin from out of town, some said it was none of their business and kept out of it. Reno was surprisingly quiet on the matter.
Hojo was beginning to get very, very worried by the silence. Not for Reno's health or anything, but for his own sanity. Reno being quiet usually meant that something devastating was going to happen. Last time, Hojo had been spared as Sephiroth had incurred the Turk's wrath; this time, he was probably not going to be that lucky. Reno's target was locked, and something was getting ready to blow up in a rather spectacular manner, as hinted by the smirk the redhead gave him every time he passed by.
Several days later, Hojo's lab was raided by a redhead dressed in black who stole the remaining parts of what the good –bad- doctor was strongly beginning to believe was a ship for travel between worlds, set his squid on fire, and spent a good chunk of time chasing around the lab techs and destroying equipment before jumping out the window and disappearing. Reno had an alibi –several, in fact-, and security tapes to prove that he wasn't involved. In addition, Hojo's assailant used strange looking Chakrams and had the ability to summon Flames without materia, meaning that despite the similarity in coloring and figure, Reno was not the perpetrator.
Reno's housemate disappeared shortly after that.
Thanks to all for reading and reviewing.
(Have I mentioned that I love Axel? I really do, if there's one thing that keeps me coming back to Kingdom Hearts... Ok, I'll admit what keeps me coming back to Kingdom Hearts is the crossover possibilities, but Axel too.)