Cosmo Canyon

Disclaimer: I don't make profits with this writing, and characters belonged to Square Enix.

On-time at nine, an embarrassed Yazoo pressed the ring bell of Sinclair's family door. He would rather take the road and start the trip, instead of having breakfast with Reno's family. However, now it was late, and he already had bought flowers for the women, that seemed not so fresh as yesterday. Nana Lily opened the door with a warm smile, taking his hand, and carrying him to the yard to meet Reno, his mother, and sister.

Surprised, Yazoo caught himself enjoying that familiar morning, around a hearty table, not the leftovers he and Loz used to have as breakfast.

Beyond the delicious food, he fell in love with the never tasted before, lemon pie, Reno presented him with the delights of an ordinary family's breakfast together. Loud, with arguings and laughs, and a pleasant warming feeling. The more he thought about Reno being the host of most of every novelty he experienced in life, made Yazoo suppress a smirk.

Soon after finished the meal, they took the road, and while crossing from Junon to Gongaga, Yazoo thought about Vincent.

He knew Valentine was there, it would be weird to meet him by chance; as he did not call, neither Yazoo. He even gave a thought or two about doing that, but the uncomfortable truth, he had no idea of what to say and felt uncomfortable doing it.

After a short, but boring highway, desertic views marked the entrance of the rocky Cosmo Area. Sun and wind on his face, the sensation of freely running with his bike, no speed limits. Only that already made the trip dignified.

He was not expecting a stunning view in a desert, but Reno showed him cliffs, some with waterfalls and lakes, and it had its beauty. However, the routes on a higher level were great to run through. The soil was different from the desertic area of his home in Midgar, hard and dry instead of soft and moist. Even the light seemed stronger there.

They stopped at the peak of one high canyon and watched the landscape, a vast area red and golden, with those weird cliffs.

"The trails are great to ride. Thanks, Reno, for showing me this place."

Reno smiled at him, sincerely pleased to had scored a point. Casually, he came from behind and wrapped his arms around Yazoo's waist.

"I'm glad you liked it. I was thinking about going to the observatory tonight. It has an amazing view, we can drink a bottle of wine, and what do you say?"

Yazoo veered his eyes at him, then at his arms around his waist. Reno smiled, thinking that as he did not push his arms out of him, maybe, that trip was the medicine they needed to get along, bonding, and hopefully, fuck. Properly, this time. Then, as if destiny was confirming he was right, soft, moist lips, gave the first step, and kissed him.

"Hmm...this is good."

Reno purred between their lips, and Yazoo smirked.

"Let's see."

He did not know why exactly, but he felt like kissing Reno. He was being so attentive, even romantic, showing places, telling histories, making him feel comfortable with his family. Reno pulled him closer, whispering in his ear.

"I like it when you say let's see."

Yazoo stared at him, caressing his tattoo under his eyes, he wished they would not spoil the moment, a default program for them.

For him, there was nothing to lose. His virginity, gone, his pride with their last performance, gone. So, at least, he would see how the trip would develop, and if it happens, cool, he would hope a better interaction than before for both.

He would kiss him again, but the noise of steps in the soil called his attention, and he turned to look at the landscape, leaving Reno with his mouth opened for another kiss that did not come.

"Look at! Chocobos running! Loz loves it, can we hunt them? Is there a fridge in the hotel, right? We'll share of course, and you can take to your mother to cook it."

Yazoo shouted, rosy cheeks, excited like a child, and pointed at the birds, running over the red dried soil. Reno gasped looking at his princess' chills to hunt, kill, and probably get soaked in Chocobo blood.

"What? No, why do you want to hunt those fluffy birdies?"

Reno made such a face as if Yazoo were proposing bake a pie with kittens.

"Why are you with this face? They're like chicken, right?"

"No, they're like heroes, useful for transport, and because of Cloud's battle, do you know, the first time he defeated Sephiroth?"

"Humph. I have a brief notion."

He did not have any notion about that battle, and Reno sometimes seemed to forget from where Yazoo and Loz came. Sephiroth would never provide them information which not fit his interest, like not killing birds or things in general, if it were a problem in the final goal.

"Don't tell me that you and your brother ate a Chocobo."

"Without useful vantages, they'd become a plague." Yazoo shrugged his shoulders with a mocking smirk.

Soon after they had moved to the desert, he and Loz saw one Chocobo strolling around their house. They did not think twice, and after a great time together honoring their dead brother's wish, they finished the Sunday with a delicious barbecue and a fine herbs sauce, joined with a cold beer.

"We have to reach the city before night. It's at the peak of the highest canyon. So, at least, does it taste good?"

Reno smirked and broke the embrace, following to his bike.

"Oh yes, Loz knows how to cook it very well. For the record, we had no idea they're anything more than chickens."

"That's too bad you can't eat it again, now that I told you."

"Oh no, we still have lots of cuts in the fridge. Big chicken."

Reno frowned and shook his head, turning on his engine to come back to the main road. Yazoo smirked, mounting on his bike.

"Reno, there's any food in the way?"

"Again?"

"I ate on the ferry. I'm hungry."

"It was about one hour ago, and you ate Nana's cake all by yourself. Do you smoke pot?"

"I offered you a slice, you did not accept, and I don't know what is this you're talking about."

"Weed, grass, marijuana? Ciel, keyblade, in other worlds. Oh, I learned they call it 'baseado' in Brazil."

"What is Brazil?" Sometimes, Reno made no sense at all.

"A south country from Earth. Rude shows me a lot of stuff from there because he's an Earth's fan, and I end up learning some things, so much he speaks about the planet."

"Humph. Any chance of food in the way?"

"We'll have a pit stop close of the city's entrance, but we have to run, I don't like to stay at night in the canyons."

They stopped, Yazoo ate the last plate of the food carriage, chicken stew, it was good and veering his eyes at Reno, he went closer to the man.

"Reno, would you please taste it?"

Yazoo shook the fork towards the redhead direction. Reno was not in the mood to eat, but just because of that smile, and the pale hand holding the fork in place for him, he would. It sounded intimate, especially coming out from the aloof Yazoo.

"Hum, chicken. It's good."

He took another slice from Yazoo's fork, enjoying the display of affection, his perv mind already imagining the romantic, and hot weekend they would have.

"Yeah, isn't it? Hum, it's exactly as Chocobo tastes."

The seller, paying attention at their conversation, looked simultaneously at both men with suspicious eyes, and closing the front panel, he quickly dismounted his food cart, turned to the road, vanished in the desert, not towards the village's path.

Noticing at the man's hurry to leave, Reno spit the last portion Yazoo shared with him with a grimace. "Romantic Yazoo my ass." That shit was Chocobo, for sure. The seller should be from the nomad's tribe, Shinra had made a census from that area, the tribe hunted to cook, and sold the excess food.

"Argh! Fuck! Are you sure, is this Chocobo meat?"

"How suggestible you are Reno, and don't waste food, though I do believe it is Chocobo. The meat is fattier than chicken, don't you think?"

Reno frowned, cleaned his mouth, with the back of his hands, looking at Yazoo cheerfully give a bite on his fork, finishing his meal with a wry smile at him. Difficult to say if he was kidding or not.

"You like to provoke, don't you? We talk later about this, now, let's hit the road, baby."

By Reno's accounts, in a half-hour or so they would reach the village. He hoped the room was not too cheesy, or Yazoo for sure would mocker at him. But he knew it had a balcony, with the full landscape of the village, and the observatory. He imagined arriving still catching the sunset, and have a drink while Yazoo watched the view, probably eating some treat.

Yazoo wished the room had a bathtub, foam gel, terry towels, and bathrobes, but above all, good food, and desserts. He doubted Reno had booked a twin room, and he was not used to sleeping with another person in the bed.

That was when a calm and fast trail until the village became a fight for their lives.

A monster, smaller than a Bahamut, but big enough to fast kill anything, especially humans, wandered in the desert, a few miles away from them.

Both scared and amazed, they braked the bikes, fortunately, with enough time to turn and find another route. Reno, through all those years as a Turk, had seen impossible things coming from unsuspected people; it would not be so irrational, something like that happening with a not so ordinary person by his side as Yazoo.

"Why the fuck is this monster here? Shinra keeps censoring those shit, and we have seen none in all those years post advent. Did you summon it?"

Reno's mouth was faster than his capacity to thinking before speaking, and Yazoo did not like it his assumptions, getting fast into a defensive posture.

"What for to kill us? Oh, go fuck you Reno!"

"You know those things! You used to summon beasts to kill us, do you remember? So, do something with your bitchy alien's cells instead of annoying me. You had clone powers in the past, and maybe you still have it!"

Pissed off, Yazoo shouted back, accelerating behind, angry with Reno's assumptions that a monster was there because of him.

"It was Sephiroth's magic, not mine! Still, I'm unarmed because of your stupid company, what do you suggest punch him, or convince him to eat only you?"

"How the fuck did you want to hunt a Chocobo?"

"With my hunting knife that wouldn't even tickle at the monster's skin."

Monsters, had a bad sight, a good hearing, and a great nose. They were relatively out of the beast's vision camp but should have waited before yelling at each other, loud enough to call the animal's attention.

"This is your fault, you wanted to eat, even after I told it was dangerous to be outside after sunset!"

"No, you said you did not like to stay at night in the canyons not that it'd be dangerous. I knew that at some point, you'd show your real self, and I don't know why I thought…"

"Dammit, Yazoo shut the fuck up! I wasn't bullying you, paranoid bitch! Plus, you gave me Chocobo flesh to eat!"

"It's not paranoia moron, you did call me a clone, and moreover that I had called a Bahamut, and it sounds bullying for me. And it was chicken, imbecile!"

Fearing to have his trip spoiled by finding a monster in the way, and having said shit to Yazoo, Reno grabbed his electric rod. Even if it would appear useless, he flashed the electric rays towards the beast. Yazoo trespassed him, mocking his efforts.

"This won't work, moron, run."

The monster, dizzy with the flashlights, stopped to run for some seconds, shaking his head, and Reno laughed, mocking back at Yazoo, but soon later regained his balance. With impressive speed, it reached the point of Reno's rod, slicing the rod in several pieces only with his nail.

"Fuck! Yazoo, if you still have something from Sephiroth, now it's a good time!"

Reno cried, looking at his broken electric rod, scattered in the road.

"If I had, I would make you disappear first! Don't you dare to think about touching me again, prejudiced motherfucker."

"I won't frigid bitch!"

The ground trembled, and rocks started to fall out of the canyons hitting the road. They stopped the quarrel and accelerated the maximum speed on the motors. Yazoo felt the metal pieces shaking; the beast's heavy steps trembled the soil, it getting hard to keep the balance in the bikes. If they were to come out alive, he would double the mako reactor, but first, he would punch Reno's nose.

"Follow me!"

Luckiest, Reno's familiarity with those roads bought them time; he jumped out of the route into a downhill that would lead them to a plateau.

The good part, Reno knew the cliff ended in an abyss, and he planned to lead the beast to fall from there. The bad part, as in all desperate measures, they would be the bait. According to the success of his plan, he would think in the second part, take them out of the desert.

Running the faster he could, from time to time, Reno veered his head, and though glaring at him in pure rage, he was next behind him. But suddenly, Yazoo vanished. Not even the motor's noise Reno heard it anymore, just the monster's grunts. He was close to the plateau, but cursing in rage, and anguish, he spun his bike and waited. Seconds followed without any light, or noise, Reno was up to get back all the way, when he saw Yazoo's flashlight. He was pale as a ghost, shouting at him to run. The monster was closer than ever, grunting next behind them. The motors roared, giving the maximum speed, burning the tires, but even though they were far from the target point.

"What happened?"

"Run to the other side. Go, Reno!"

Reno got the plan, accelerating, he trespassed the beast, a dangerous maneuver, purposely arising dust from the ground to mislead the monster.

Yazoo kept running until the border of the abyss, the chances were low, but if it would work, well, good for them. If it would not, he would be drag along in the falling by the beast's claw. He reached the end of his path, maneuvered his bike, afraid and skeptic about the plan. He had no magic, no guns, nor his brother by his side.

As a damned joke of destiny, he had Reno that was far from getting to his mark, and until there, frightening seconds would follow. Yazoo chewed his lips, Reno was taking too long, and heavy, but with fast agility, the monster approached the border, trembling the soil and arising dust.

"Yazoo, go!"

Not able to stop, and accelerate together with Yazoo, Reno spun his bike, running straight to his predator. He could barely see Yazoo on the opposite side of the monster.

Dust and rocks rose from the soil, shortly blinding both men, in a desperate running; hoping the bikes could take the impact.

The bikes hit the stone, but at least they did not explode, though, they could not tell if it would still work again.

After that everything went on a slow-motion on Reno's mind, the loud noise of the monster howlings falling in the cliff, Yazoo's long hair flying in the air after jumped out of his bike like an acrobat.

When he realized that Yazoo had fallen in another cliff ahead of them, and he would do the same, fear took place. Reno closed his eyes and fell, on top of Yazoo that pushed him out. Thankfully, the falling was short, in a plateau one level above of the road.

Because of his enhancements, Yazoo was in better shape; he lifted his torso, sat in the ground, deep breathing with closed eyes. The beast's grunts were distant now, echoing through the abyss, and then, silence. He opened his eyes and looked at Reno by his side.

"Are you hurt?"

The redhead stared at the sky, gasping for air, laid on the floor, and did not answer. He blinked, still mesmerized by the sky, and veering his head to Yazoo, he busted a laugher. Yazoo thought he had hit his head badly in the falling.

"We did it, Yazoo. We killed the monster."

Then, it was Yazoo's time to laugh so hard, to the point of feel tears on his eyes. He had escaped other times before, but this time, it was different, it felt legitimate. He was not the enemy, but the monster they defeated.

"Are you hurt, Reno?"

Still, on the floor, Reno shook his head.

They glanced at each other for a few seconds. Sighing, Yazoo took Reno's face in a passionate kiss, sucking his breath away.

The redhead, probably surprised, pulled him by his nape, gasping, but Yazoo nibbled his lower lip and downed his head to his collarbone.

The tobacco scent, the hint of perfume mixed with sweaty skin, aroused his senses, and he wanted more. Slowly, Yazoo circled his fingers over the border of Reno's button, watching his puzzled look at him. He did not want to think why he craved so much for Reno at that moment. It could be the hunt, or maybe he just wanted to fuck because they escaped, alive, and Yazoo had no idea of what belonged more to the living world than sex. Deads could do a lot of things, even return, but never sex according to the zombies' theories.

Reno gasped, astonished with Yazoo's behavior, instead of remembering their previous argue and punch him in the face, they were making out.

They were in the middle of the desert, after defeating a monster, unarmed, and together in action. Maybe it was the explanation for the frenzy of joy, lustfully turning Yazoo on. It was more than welcome, and it did not matter the motive.

Reno pulled Yazoo's head in a long kiss, opening both pants with anxious hands, while the other undressed his coat, and t-shirt, under moans and gasps. Then, Reno stopped Yazoo's frenzy and took his hands, staring at him.

"Yazoo, I'm sorry I never..."

"Reno shut up before I change my mind, and break your jaw."

"Yep, absolutely right."

Yazoo giggled with the redhead shaking his head, and returning his lips to his mouth. Since their first time, Yazoo never denied how much he liked Reno's kisses.

Hotter than any fantasy Reno had managed to create for his jerking off sessions, and he had thought he had screwed up his chance.

Yazoo swirled his tongue around his nipple, roughly but not clumsy, biting, and scraping his skin. Reno closed his eyes, feeling chills running from his groin to his brain. "Motherfucker, it should be his damn alien cells, so fucking hot, yeah go under, please, oh god make him lower his head."

With half-lidded eyes in expectation, Reno whimpered when wet lips, slowly descended to his groin. Yazoo circled his fingers around his erection, with a mischievous smile. Reno moaned, closing his eyes, bending his head back on the floor. He felt his warm tongue over the head, and then, nothing more. Yazoo began to slap on his thigh several times and ceased his movements. He opened his eyes, leaning on his elbows.

"Stop this, and come back to my dick..."

"Reno, look!"

He pointed at the entrance of the road, and Reno followed with his head, seeing a big red feline, calmly strolling to where they were. They looked at each other frustrated, too tired, to run again for their lives.

"Fuck! We should be cursed or something. What the hell!"

"Hell is this place you brought us, Reno. A lion will chase after us, now?"

"Slow movements, Yazoo. Don't get up and run he's faster than us. I'll lift my left leg, and you drag yourself backward."

Yazoo nodded at Reno, looking at the lion getting even closer to the plateau. They trembled, whimpering like kids when the lion roared, closer to a rock near the entrance.

"I'm Nanaki, the guardian of Cosmo Canyon Village, and we have to talk about what happened here. I'm stepping in, so better put your clothes on, right now. "

Yazoo stared at Reno puzzled eyes.

"What is this?"

"Keep the slow movements, Yazoo. I've heard about him. Oh, fuck me."

Once they were fully clothed, Nanaki demanded an explanation about the monster on his lands. Reno told how the beast popped out in their way, from nowhere, and he noticed that Nanaki looked at Yazoo, with more frequency than at him.

"Hmm. I know this scent, I can recognize a Shinra's product when I see one."

Yazoo gasped, frowning his eyes at the talkative feline.

"I'm not a product, but I can't say the same about you, what are you, again?"

"I'm the guardian of this town. And a Shinra's product as you are, boy."

"I could sue you, and this city, to let the tourists unguarded about the presence of beasts in town."

Nanaki approached to Yazoo and gave him a frightening look. Usually, it worked with most of the many sassy boys that wandered around there.

"We knew it has one still around, but until tonight, it has never revealed itself. The curious is both of you had found it. The Shinra's Turk and the Sephiroth's remnant, at least, an unusual pairing."

Yazoo narrowed his eyes at Nanaki. Definitely, it was his day to deal with prejudice, first from Reno that really hurt him, but coming from a talking cat, it was too much for his already frustrated mood.

"What? Oh, yes I noticed it, silver hair, and cat eyes. Save me the work, what are you two doing here?"

"Humph. What do you think that I came to his hell of a place, to die sacrificed by a fucking monster? Are you an imbecile? I'm the victim here, not the beast."

Reno glanced at Yazoo and saw his old psychopathic look at Nanaki. Somehow, it was freaking hot, watch at badass Yazoo defying a huge lion, though, if he would not interfere that mess would increase.

"Hey man, cat, Mr. Cat.."

Reno pulled himself in front of Nanaki, slightly pushing Yazoo back that angrily glanced back at him.

"Nanaki."

He nodded his head as if apologizing when he saw the huge teeth and the lack of humor from the feline.

"Mr. Nanaki, what about, I give you all the information you want inside the hotel? We're tired, ran from a beast, tried to celebrate that we are still alive, and we're interrupted. So, can you please cut this for us?"

Yazoo blushed with Reno's last sentence and averted his face from Nanaki, who rolled his eyes. The feline caught him with Reno's dick in his mouth, and Yazoo could not think anything more embarrassing that he had lived. And Reno still had to touch the subject.

"The ambulance and the police are coming in a few minutes. You both will come with me after the doctors' check-up."

"Thank you, Mr. Nanaki. We'll need a hand with the bikes over there, but I can assure you that we are fine."

Reno flashed one of his trustful grins, it never failed, but Nanaki huffed, and bowed his head at Yazoo's direction. The big cat also lacked patience.

"And I can assure you that I give the rules here. The police will retrieve the bikes, by the morning, you'll have it back. And you, silver- head; chill out, I don't want troubles, but don't you dare to call me an imbecile again."

Keeping his defiant look at Nanaki, Yazoo stepped towards the feline. Reno chewed his lower lip, fearing a possible conflict, but also feeling a tingle on his groin. "Freaking hot treacherous motherfucker."

"I apologize, but don't you call me a product again."

After the doctors' consent to let them go, escorted by the police and Nanaki, they entered in Cosmo Canyon Village. Unnecessary to say they caught the eyes of the small village that followed their walk of shame until the Canyon Inn, the best and the only hotel in town.