Final Fantasy VII:
Restoration
Arrival At Nibelheim
Reno quickly walked into the arena area. First up were two Jayjujayme and a Bizarre Bug. This battle was going to be extremly easy, it was the next and the one after that he was worried about. He only had a Restore, All and Fire materia, and a few items on him. He quickly jumped at the first Jayjujayme, bringing his Electro-mag rod down on the monster's head. Instantly killing it. The Bizarre Bug was the next to attack him, but the damage wasn't severe. He quickly killed the remaining enemies with Fire.
"Great!" An Announcer screamed over head.
"Keep goin?" The man continued. Reno quickly nodded.
"Accessory is broken!" The man announced. Reno cursed under his breath and prepared for the next enemy.
"Damn it," He growled as two Under Lizards walked out. The monster quickly casted Petrified Frog on him. He could feel his muscles stiffening with every move he made. He quickly used a Soft so he could at least fight a little longer, then used his last Remedy. Reno growled and used Fire once again to kill his enemies.
"Keep goin?"
"Yes."
"Summon Materia is broken!"
Three Ancient Dragons were released next. Reno quickly prepared himself for the battle by using a Hi-Potion. The first one casted Southern Cross, which done some damage, but nothing he couldn't handle of course. "Shit!" He angrily cursed as the Dragons repeatedly used Southern Cross. He attacked them with his nightstick once again, successfully killing one off, then used Fire to injure the others greatly. He killed the remaining two off with his nightstick.
"Great!"
"Keep goin?"
Reno paused in contemplation. He felt he was getting weaker, and he wouldn't be able to use magic much more. Reno nodded once. He knew he would regret it, but he was curious as to what the next monster would be.
"Armor is broken!"
An Acrophies was the next to walk out. This was going to be easy. Reno cast Restore on himself quickly and then attacked it with his Electro-Mag Rod. It died almost instantly
"Keep goin?"
He nodded.
"Half MP!"
The battles continued, but he had little control over anything now. The fifth opponent he had faced had casted some sort of spell on him. He had no control over his attacks anymore, and he couldn't even pause to heal himself!. He had had his MP taken away, and his strength decreased by ten percent. By the seventh opponent he was so weak he had barely enough strength to attack with much less continue on. The enemy won that round quickly.
"Reno..." Sonrei whispered quietly as she watched the redhead collapsed to the ground. Several men quickly rushed in and moved the monster off the arena. Dio lead Cid, Nanaki and Sonrei down to the lower level. She quickly rushed to the Turks' side and used a Phoenix Down.
Reno groaned once and pushed himself up. "You idiot! Why didn't you stop when they gave you the chance!?"
"Calm down, Sonrei. I figured I might as well continue since I was usually killing them with one blow, but I never thought the final monster would be that strong."
"Well, you weren't that impressive, but a promise is a promise. The Buggy will be waiting for you outside," Dio said as he turned to leave.
"You'll have to leave tonight since you don't have any GP."
Reno glared toward Sonrei. "You told him?" The girl shrugged once.
"Well, he suggested that I go and get a room at the Hotel while you fought in the tournament..."
"You take too many chances," Sonrei mumbled as she cast Cure on Reno.
"You don't expect a Turk to be sensible, do you?" Cid said as he lit up a cigarette. "Listen, Nanaki's gonna be goin' with you to Cosmo Canyon since I have too many places to go."
"Hey, I know you're just trying to spy on me, but he can come anyway... I have nothing to hide."
"And you have nothing to fear from me," Sonrei added as she slowly stood and brushed her clothing off.
"Then ya shouldn't have anything to worry about."
***
Reeve, Tifa and Cloud slowly walked toward Elmyra's house. She had decided to remain in Kalm. Marlene was staying with her until Barret and the others of Corel finished rebuilding. "Cloud, we may have a problem. While I have searched, and asked some contacts in other villages, I have yet to find Palmer. We should concentrate on finding him next," Reeve said.
"Palmer really isn't a threat, Reeve."
"The Turks are in Junon, I've heard."
"I doubt we have to worry about them. They only did what Shinra told them."
" Yes, but I'm sure they would be... If somebody paid them enough."
"You two need to stop worrying about business so much. Especially you, Reeve! You barely leave your office!" Tifa piped in, with a small chuckle.
"Besides, there's nothing we can do really. If they decide to cause trouble, we'll just have to deal with it."
"Cloud, we're almost to Elmyra's home. Remember, don't mention anything about Aeris. She's been through enough as it is," Reeve cautioned as he removed his sunglasses and put them in a pocket in his suit's jacket.
"I know that. I'm not an idiot afterall."
Tifa sighed and shook her head slowly. Why do they have to fight? We've come so far together. I hope Cloud's all right. He shouldn't be under so much stress after all that's happened. I hope he's not having mental problems... He's fought so hard to get his mind back together again.
***
Sonrei glanced around. No one had spoken since the three had left the Golden Saucer. She was starting to get a bit uncomfortable. "So, what's the history between you two?"
"We fought a few times back when Shinra was ruling the world. This guy was a part of Avalanche."
"Avalanche?"
"The one's who destroyed Meteor and Sephiroth. You haven't heard of them?"
"No... I guess not..."
"I first encountered them when I dropped the Pillar onto Sector 7 back in Midgar."
"Did people die?" Sonrei asked, shocked.
"Yeah."
"I'm from Midgar... I wonder if anybody I knew died when you dropped the Pillar..?"
"I don't know. Were you from Sector 7?"
"I stayed in Sector 6 most of the time... Though, I moved around a lot."
"No one you knew probably died then."
"If Avalanche destroyed Shinra, then why are you still alive?" Sonrei asked.
"It wasn't really Avalanche that destroyed Shinra. Sephiroth did most of the damage."
"Sephiroth killed President Shinra, and his baby boy, Rufus. I didn't give a damn about them, but he killed my boss, Tseng. I actually liked him."
"I gotta give you guys credit for killing that bitch, Scarlet, that creepy bastard Hojo, and Heidegger. Did you get fatass Palmer too?"
"No. No one knows what happened to him," Nanaki replied as he scratched behind his ear.
"Did all of Avalanche make it out alive?" Sonrei asked as she glanced back at Nanaki.
"Three members of Avalanche died, but I didn't know them. Sephiroth did kill my friend, Aeris though."
"Too bad about her... She was cute."
"A lot of people you know seem to end up dead," Sonrei stated.
"That won't happen anymore. The war's over."
"You're being too optimistic, Red XIII," Reno said.
"What do you mean?"
"You guys are dreamin' if you think that there aren't people who are pissed off that you're running things now."
"Reno! There's a dragon up ahead!" Sonrei said, her voice raising slightly.
"Shit." The Turk quickly turned the engine off to the Buggy.
"We'll have to kill it... Afterall, it's not like we can just drive around a dragon. Are you ready to fight, Red XIII?"
"Yes. I won't use my summons unless he is an actual threat. I do not wish to waste my magic power."
"Sonrei, you wait here. We have more experience in this kind of stuff," Reno said as he pulled his Electro-mag rod out.
"I can fight, too! I'm not so weak, y'know!" Sonrei growled angrily as she grabbed her Javelin Gun.
"Suit yourself."
The three stepped from the small vehicle. The dragon released a loud roar as they neared, it's eyes locked on it's enemy. Wanting nothing more but to kill them, the dragon quickly attacked. It focused on Sonrei, who prepared to strike with her Javelin Gun. Nanaki quickly jumped at it, his teeth puncturing the Dragon's skin. Crimson blood sprayed from the wound as the monster retreated slightly. Sonrei fired her weapon next. The spear made its way into the monster's neck causing even more gore to shower the ground below.
The dragon quickly charged at the young woman. Knocking her to the ground, mercilessly attacking her. The ex-Turk was the next to attack. He jumped at the dragon, shoving his Electro-Mag rod into the creature's side. This only caused the dragon to stumble back a bit. Sonrei forced herself to stand. She stumbled back weakly as she lifted her Javelin Gun up again. She felt anger surging through her veins as she pulled the trigger to her weapon again. The shots came as blasts of energy.
The dragon screeched in pain as its blood spilled from new wounds. It collapsed to it's side, dead. Reno quickly cast Restore on Sonrei as she dropped her weapon to her side, using her free hand to wipe blood from her face.
The three quickly climbed back into the Buggy and begun to slowly drive around the dead creature. They could clearly see Nanaki's hometown atop the mountains. They would be there in a few minutes provided they didn't run into any other creatures. Nanaki sat up and glanced out one of the windows. It was good to be home. He had missed his grandfather and the people of Cosmo Canyon greatly since he had left to fight Sephiroth. Yes, it was good to finally be able to go back home and not have to worry about anything.
Reno turned the Buggy's engine off and stepped from the car, followed by Sonrei and Nanaki. He was glad to finally be some place where he could get some sleep. He was glad this little trip was almost over. He was looking forward to going back to the Golden Saucer and maybe betting on the Chocobo Races, or maybe just heading straight back to Costa del Sol. Either one sounded tempting.
Nanaki quickly lead the two into Cosmo Canyon and nodded farewell. He was still too excited to be back home to really worry about Reno or Sonrei. They didn't seem to be out to cause any trouble anyway. Though, some things about the female he found odd. Most everybody knew who Avalanche is, and if she was from Midgar how did she not know about the Pillar being dropped?
"I'm goin' to go get a room at the inn, are you coming?" Reno asked as he begun to walk toward the general direction of the small inn.
"Yeah," Came a quiet reply.
***
Elena angrily stalked toward the small bar in Costa del Sol. Her eyes instantly fell upon the tall bald man in the corner. "Rude! What are you doing?! We should be leaving to go find Reno now!"
"Relax, Elena. It's not the first time he's run off. Trust me. Hell, when he first joined the Turks, he used to run off everytime he was assigned to some mission he wasn't happy with."
"Damn it, Rude! You know Reno doesn't even have any good materia! His Restore isn't even mastered yet! What if he's lying somewhere injured!"
"Reno's never relied too heavily on materia like you or me, and he's managed to survive."
"Now, why don't you go and get your cute little butt a bathing suit, go down to the beach and get a tan?" The Turk replied as he took another swig from his drink. Elena growled angrily and stomped off. Why did he always do that? He always dismisses her without hearing her side of the argument.... Like he was her freaking boss or something. It was tiring. Was it really so ridiculous to be worried over a friend?!
Yes, as much as she hated to admit it, Reno was a friend. The lazy slob grew on her. Actually, Rude and Reno were probably her only friends. She had spent most of her years before the Turks, wishing to be promoted to the Turks. She worked hard everyday... That usually meant cutting her social life. It didn't matter at that time... But now she sort of wished she had taken the time to make more friends than Rude and Reno. They still looked at her as a rookie. Though, she supposed they had a right. Rude had been with the Turks almost fifteen years, and Reno had been a Turk nine years. She hadn't even been with them a couple months before Shinra was destroyed.
The former Turk quickly ran into the Inn and into one of the rooms. If Rude was going to act like that, then that was fine. He just better not expect her to speak to him until he finally got off his lazy ass and agreed to leave.
***
Sonrei rolled to her side and rubbed her eyes. She reached up and snatched the glasses from her nightstand and put then on. She glanced around the room to see Reno siting on the small sofa reading through something.
"Good. Now we can leave," He said flately.
"Wha...? What time is it?"
"Oh, it's about six. If we're lucky, we can get outta here before the sun sets completely."
"... Do we really want to travel at night, Reno? Why don't we wait until morning?"
"Look, Sonrei, I just want to get this over with." Sonrei glanced down for a second then nodded.
"Okay, but let's at least get something to eat first."
Sonrei glanced around the small village as she followed Reno to the Buggy. It had started raining, and the sun had set completely. Not good traveling conditions to say the least. The two stepped into the vehicle and begun to speed off.
"You said you lived in Midgar, right? How come you didn't know about the stuff that happened there, then?" The former Turk asked.
"I moved from there to Junon at ten."
"Your parents moved a lot, eh?"
"Um... I'm not sure... I never knew my parents. I grew up on the streets. I wish I had known them though..."
"Where did you grow up, Reno?"
"In the slums of Midgar."
"Oh. What were your parents like?" Reno cleared his throat uncomfortably. No one asked about his past usually. He preferred it that way. He didn't even tell Rude a lot about his past. Elena bugged him about a lot of things, but even she knew not to ask about his past or Rude's for that matter. He really didn't mind talking. Just give him a drink and he'd talk to you all night long. Though, he was wise when he talked... Not like Elena. She would blab anything.
"Uh... They died when I was still a kid."
"Oh, I'm sorry. You grew up on the streets then?"
"No. I had to move in with my uncle."
"Say, what are you going to do after you take care of that business you have in Nibelheim?" He asked as he flicked hair from his face. He glanced over when he didn't get a response.
"Hey, did you hear me?"
"Hmm..? Sorry, I was just thinking. What did you say?"
"I asked you what you're going to be doing after you're finished in Nibelheim?"
"Oh. I don't know... I guess I'll travel around some more. I really have nothing left in Junon... Besides I'd have those thugs after me still. I don't really want to have to kill all of them."
"Ha... You got your ass kicked last time you went up against them... If anything they'd kill you."
"I was tired that night... You try being tortured for several days, then having to get up and run." Reno glanced back over to the girl as they neared Nibelheim. She stared back intently.
"Well, what are you going to do after you leave Nibelheim?" She asked.
"I don't know... Probably go back to Costa del Sol."
Reno quickly turned the engine to the vehicle off in front of the small town. It was really pouring out there. The two stepped out of the Buggy and quickly ran into the town.
"Well, where is this business you just had to take care of?" He asked, wanting to get inside some place as quick as possible. His clothing and hair were soaked now. Sonrei quickly wrapped her arms around herself, trying to keep warm.
"He should be in the inn." Reno nodded and run toward the inn. The two walked in.
"Wait here, Reno." With that, Sonrei walked up to the keeper of the place. He watched as the two talked for a bit and then the man handed her a key. She nodded her head and motioned for Reno to follow her.
The two walked up the stairs and into one of the rooms. Sonrei glanced up and quickly stepped back. Reno followed her gaze to the window where Vincent Valentine sat in a chair.
"Are you Sonrei Tsukuru?" He asked.
"Y-Yes."
To Be Continued
Disclaimer: Final Fantasy VII, characters, place, etc. are copyrighted © by Squaresoft. Sonrei and all other original characters are copyrighted © 2001-2002 by Chiron Childress. All rights reserved.
Restoration
Arrival At Nibelheim
Reno quickly walked into the arena area. First up were two Jayjujayme and a Bizarre Bug. This battle was going to be extremly easy, it was the next and the one after that he was worried about. He only had a Restore, All and Fire materia, and a few items on him. He quickly jumped at the first Jayjujayme, bringing his Electro-mag rod down on the monster's head. Instantly killing it. The Bizarre Bug was the next to attack him, but the damage wasn't severe. He quickly killed the remaining enemies with Fire.
"Great!" An Announcer screamed over head.
"Keep goin?" The man continued. Reno quickly nodded.
"Accessory is broken!" The man announced. Reno cursed under his breath and prepared for the next enemy.
"Damn it," He growled as two Under Lizards walked out. The monster quickly casted Petrified Frog on him. He could feel his muscles stiffening with every move he made. He quickly used a Soft so he could at least fight a little longer, then used his last Remedy. Reno growled and used Fire once again to kill his enemies.
"Keep goin?"
"Yes."
"Summon Materia is broken!"
Three Ancient Dragons were released next. Reno quickly prepared himself for the battle by using a Hi-Potion. The first one casted Southern Cross, which done some damage, but nothing he couldn't handle of course. "Shit!" He angrily cursed as the Dragons repeatedly used Southern Cross. He attacked them with his nightstick once again, successfully killing one off, then used Fire to injure the others greatly. He killed the remaining two off with his nightstick.
"Great!"
"Keep goin?"
Reno paused in contemplation. He felt he was getting weaker, and he wouldn't be able to use magic much more. Reno nodded once. He knew he would regret it, but he was curious as to what the next monster would be.
"Armor is broken!"
An Acrophies was the next to walk out. This was going to be easy. Reno cast Restore on himself quickly and then attacked it with his Electro-Mag Rod. It died almost instantly
"Keep goin?"
He nodded.
"Half MP!"
The battles continued, but he had little control over anything now. The fifth opponent he had faced had casted some sort of spell on him. He had no control over his attacks anymore, and he couldn't even pause to heal himself!. He had had his MP taken away, and his strength decreased by ten percent. By the seventh opponent he was so weak he had barely enough strength to attack with much less continue on. The enemy won that round quickly.
"Reno..." Sonrei whispered quietly as she watched the redhead collapsed to the ground. Several men quickly rushed in and moved the monster off the arena. Dio lead Cid, Nanaki and Sonrei down to the lower level. She quickly rushed to the Turks' side and used a Phoenix Down.
Reno groaned once and pushed himself up. "You idiot! Why didn't you stop when they gave you the chance!?"
"Calm down, Sonrei. I figured I might as well continue since I was usually killing them with one blow, but I never thought the final monster would be that strong."
"Well, you weren't that impressive, but a promise is a promise. The Buggy will be waiting for you outside," Dio said as he turned to leave.
"You'll have to leave tonight since you don't have any GP."
Reno glared toward Sonrei. "You told him?" The girl shrugged once.
"Well, he suggested that I go and get a room at the Hotel while you fought in the tournament..."
"You take too many chances," Sonrei mumbled as she cast Cure on Reno.
"You don't expect a Turk to be sensible, do you?" Cid said as he lit up a cigarette. "Listen, Nanaki's gonna be goin' with you to Cosmo Canyon since I have too many places to go."
"Hey, I know you're just trying to spy on me, but he can come anyway... I have nothing to hide."
"And you have nothing to fear from me," Sonrei added as she slowly stood and brushed her clothing off.
"Then ya shouldn't have anything to worry about."
***
Reeve, Tifa and Cloud slowly walked toward Elmyra's house. She had decided to remain in Kalm. Marlene was staying with her until Barret and the others of Corel finished rebuilding. "Cloud, we may have a problem. While I have searched, and asked some contacts in other villages, I have yet to find Palmer. We should concentrate on finding him next," Reeve said.
"Palmer really isn't a threat, Reeve."
"The Turks are in Junon, I've heard."
"I doubt we have to worry about them. They only did what Shinra told them."
" Yes, but I'm sure they would be... If somebody paid them enough."
"You two need to stop worrying about business so much. Especially you, Reeve! You barely leave your office!" Tifa piped in, with a small chuckle.
"Besides, there's nothing we can do really. If they decide to cause trouble, we'll just have to deal with it."
"Cloud, we're almost to Elmyra's home. Remember, don't mention anything about Aeris. She's been through enough as it is," Reeve cautioned as he removed his sunglasses and put them in a pocket in his suit's jacket.
"I know that. I'm not an idiot afterall."
Tifa sighed and shook her head slowly. Why do they have to fight? We've come so far together. I hope Cloud's all right. He shouldn't be under so much stress after all that's happened. I hope he's not having mental problems... He's fought so hard to get his mind back together again.
***
Sonrei glanced around. No one had spoken since the three had left the Golden Saucer. She was starting to get a bit uncomfortable. "So, what's the history between you two?"
"We fought a few times back when Shinra was ruling the world. This guy was a part of Avalanche."
"Avalanche?"
"The one's who destroyed Meteor and Sephiroth. You haven't heard of them?"
"No... I guess not..."
"I first encountered them when I dropped the Pillar onto Sector 7 back in Midgar."
"Did people die?" Sonrei asked, shocked.
"Yeah."
"I'm from Midgar... I wonder if anybody I knew died when you dropped the Pillar..?"
"I don't know. Were you from Sector 7?"
"I stayed in Sector 6 most of the time... Though, I moved around a lot."
"No one you knew probably died then."
"If Avalanche destroyed Shinra, then why are you still alive?" Sonrei asked.
"It wasn't really Avalanche that destroyed Shinra. Sephiroth did most of the damage."
"Sephiroth killed President Shinra, and his baby boy, Rufus. I didn't give a damn about them, but he killed my boss, Tseng. I actually liked him."
"I gotta give you guys credit for killing that bitch, Scarlet, that creepy bastard Hojo, and Heidegger. Did you get fatass Palmer too?"
"No. No one knows what happened to him," Nanaki replied as he scratched behind his ear.
"Did all of Avalanche make it out alive?" Sonrei asked as she glanced back at Nanaki.
"Three members of Avalanche died, but I didn't know them. Sephiroth did kill my friend, Aeris though."
"Too bad about her... She was cute."
"A lot of people you know seem to end up dead," Sonrei stated.
"That won't happen anymore. The war's over."
"You're being too optimistic, Red XIII," Reno said.
"What do you mean?"
"You guys are dreamin' if you think that there aren't people who are pissed off that you're running things now."
"Reno! There's a dragon up ahead!" Sonrei said, her voice raising slightly.
"Shit." The Turk quickly turned the engine off to the Buggy.
"We'll have to kill it... Afterall, it's not like we can just drive around a dragon. Are you ready to fight, Red XIII?"
"Yes. I won't use my summons unless he is an actual threat. I do not wish to waste my magic power."
"Sonrei, you wait here. We have more experience in this kind of stuff," Reno said as he pulled his Electro-mag rod out.
"I can fight, too! I'm not so weak, y'know!" Sonrei growled angrily as she grabbed her Javelin Gun.
"Suit yourself."
The three stepped from the small vehicle. The dragon released a loud roar as they neared, it's eyes locked on it's enemy. Wanting nothing more but to kill them, the dragon quickly attacked. It focused on Sonrei, who prepared to strike with her Javelin Gun. Nanaki quickly jumped at it, his teeth puncturing the Dragon's skin. Crimson blood sprayed from the wound as the monster retreated slightly. Sonrei fired her weapon next. The spear made its way into the monster's neck causing even more gore to shower the ground below.
The dragon quickly charged at the young woman. Knocking her to the ground, mercilessly attacking her. The ex-Turk was the next to attack. He jumped at the dragon, shoving his Electro-Mag rod into the creature's side. This only caused the dragon to stumble back a bit. Sonrei forced herself to stand. She stumbled back weakly as she lifted her Javelin Gun up again. She felt anger surging through her veins as she pulled the trigger to her weapon again. The shots came as blasts of energy.
The dragon screeched in pain as its blood spilled from new wounds. It collapsed to it's side, dead. Reno quickly cast Restore on Sonrei as she dropped her weapon to her side, using her free hand to wipe blood from her face.
The three quickly climbed back into the Buggy and begun to slowly drive around the dead creature. They could clearly see Nanaki's hometown atop the mountains. They would be there in a few minutes provided they didn't run into any other creatures. Nanaki sat up and glanced out one of the windows. It was good to be home. He had missed his grandfather and the people of Cosmo Canyon greatly since he had left to fight Sephiroth. Yes, it was good to finally be able to go back home and not have to worry about anything.
Reno turned the Buggy's engine off and stepped from the car, followed by Sonrei and Nanaki. He was glad to finally be some place where he could get some sleep. He was glad this little trip was almost over. He was looking forward to going back to the Golden Saucer and maybe betting on the Chocobo Races, or maybe just heading straight back to Costa del Sol. Either one sounded tempting.
Nanaki quickly lead the two into Cosmo Canyon and nodded farewell. He was still too excited to be back home to really worry about Reno or Sonrei. They didn't seem to be out to cause any trouble anyway. Though, some things about the female he found odd. Most everybody knew who Avalanche is, and if she was from Midgar how did she not know about the Pillar being dropped?
"I'm goin' to go get a room at the inn, are you coming?" Reno asked as he begun to walk toward the general direction of the small inn.
"Yeah," Came a quiet reply.
***
Elena angrily stalked toward the small bar in Costa del Sol. Her eyes instantly fell upon the tall bald man in the corner. "Rude! What are you doing?! We should be leaving to go find Reno now!"
"Relax, Elena. It's not the first time he's run off. Trust me. Hell, when he first joined the Turks, he used to run off everytime he was assigned to some mission he wasn't happy with."
"Damn it, Rude! You know Reno doesn't even have any good materia! His Restore isn't even mastered yet! What if he's lying somewhere injured!"
"Reno's never relied too heavily on materia like you or me, and he's managed to survive."
"Now, why don't you go and get your cute little butt a bathing suit, go down to the beach and get a tan?" The Turk replied as he took another swig from his drink. Elena growled angrily and stomped off. Why did he always do that? He always dismisses her without hearing her side of the argument.... Like he was her freaking boss or something. It was tiring. Was it really so ridiculous to be worried over a friend?!
Yes, as much as she hated to admit it, Reno was a friend. The lazy slob grew on her. Actually, Rude and Reno were probably her only friends. She had spent most of her years before the Turks, wishing to be promoted to the Turks. She worked hard everyday... That usually meant cutting her social life. It didn't matter at that time... But now she sort of wished she had taken the time to make more friends than Rude and Reno. They still looked at her as a rookie. Though, she supposed they had a right. Rude had been with the Turks almost fifteen years, and Reno had been a Turk nine years. She hadn't even been with them a couple months before Shinra was destroyed.
The former Turk quickly ran into the Inn and into one of the rooms. If Rude was going to act like that, then that was fine. He just better not expect her to speak to him until he finally got off his lazy ass and agreed to leave.
***
Sonrei rolled to her side and rubbed her eyes. She reached up and snatched the glasses from her nightstand and put then on. She glanced around the room to see Reno siting on the small sofa reading through something.
"Good. Now we can leave," He said flately.
"Wha...? What time is it?"
"Oh, it's about six. If we're lucky, we can get outta here before the sun sets completely."
"... Do we really want to travel at night, Reno? Why don't we wait until morning?"
"Look, Sonrei, I just want to get this over with." Sonrei glanced down for a second then nodded.
"Okay, but let's at least get something to eat first."
Sonrei glanced around the small village as she followed Reno to the Buggy. It had started raining, and the sun had set completely. Not good traveling conditions to say the least. The two stepped into the vehicle and begun to speed off.
"You said you lived in Midgar, right? How come you didn't know about the stuff that happened there, then?" The former Turk asked.
"I moved from there to Junon at ten."
"Your parents moved a lot, eh?"
"Um... I'm not sure... I never knew my parents. I grew up on the streets. I wish I had known them though..."
"Where did you grow up, Reno?"
"In the slums of Midgar."
"Oh. What were your parents like?" Reno cleared his throat uncomfortably. No one asked about his past usually. He preferred it that way. He didn't even tell Rude a lot about his past. Elena bugged him about a lot of things, but even she knew not to ask about his past or Rude's for that matter. He really didn't mind talking. Just give him a drink and he'd talk to you all night long. Though, he was wise when he talked... Not like Elena. She would blab anything.
"Uh... They died when I was still a kid."
"Oh, I'm sorry. You grew up on the streets then?"
"No. I had to move in with my uncle."
"Say, what are you going to do after you take care of that business you have in Nibelheim?" He asked as he flicked hair from his face. He glanced over when he didn't get a response.
"Hey, did you hear me?"
"Hmm..? Sorry, I was just thinking. What did you say?"
"I asked you what you're going to be doing after you're finished in Nibelheim?"
"Oh. I don't know... I guess I'll travel around some more. I really have nothing left in Junon... Besides I'd have those thugs after me still. I don't really want to have to kill all of them."
"Ha... You got your ass kicked last time you went up against them... If anything they'd kill you."
"I was tired that night... You try being tortured for several days, then having to get up and run." Reno glanced back over to the girl as they neared Nibelheim. She stared back intently.
"Well, what are you going to do after you leave Nibelheim?" She asked.
"I don't know... Probably go back to Costa del Sol."
Reno quickly turned the engine to the vehicle off in front of the small town. It was really pouring out there. The two stepped out of the Buggy and quickly ran into the town.
"Well, where is this business you just had to take care of?" He asked, wanting to get inside some place as quick as possible. His clothing and hair were soaked now. Sonrei quickly wrapped her arms around herself, trying to keep warm.
"He should be in the inn." Reno nodded and run toward the inn. The two walked in.
"Wait here, Reno." With that, Sonrei walked up to the keeper of the place. He watched as the two talked for a bit and then the man handed her a key. She nodded her head and motioned for Reno to follow her.
The two walked up the stairs and into one of the rooms. Sonrei glanced up and quickly stepped back. Reno followed her gaze to the window where Vincent Valentine sat in a chair.
"Are you Sonrei Tsukuru?" He asked.
"Y-Yes."
To Be Continued
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