All for Love

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Part 1: Chapter 12: Lilac or Green

Adrienne hit the mat hard for the third time in ten minutes. She winced as she pulled herself up to her feet yet again, only to find a sharp sword pressed lightly against her chest. She glared at the man stood above her.

"You'd be dead now if I was the enemy-"

"I know, I know. Enemies never show any mercy and take every chance they get." The blonde interrupted in a mutter. Tseng smirked at her and offered his hand to pull her up. Adrienne looked at it for a while, before going to take it. As she did, she made a smirk of her own and yanked the black haired man's arm. It caught Tseng a little off guard. He stumbled a little. While trying to regain his footing, Adrienne swept her left leg behind Tseng's knees. However the Turk leader caught this and jumped over the oncoming leg. Again Addy found the sword pressed against her chest.

"Nice try." Tseng said, his voice full of amusement. He took the sword away.

"I'll get you one day, I swear I will." The blonde muttered as she hauled herself off the mat. The Turk leader began to walk away from her.

"You can take on Rude next." Tseng chuckled as he heard the groan from behind him. Addy fell back onto the mat.

"I really have no desire to go against the six foot reinforced steal wall today, thank you very much."

"You realize you have no choice though, right?" Adrienne glared a hole through the back of the black haired man.

"You're smirking aren't you?" She jumped up off the mat and slid into a fighting stance. Her voice started to change to a higher pitch. "You don't think I can take him do you? Ok, bring it on." Tseng turned to face her.

"Ok." Addy's face faulted.

"No, no, no, no." She dropped out of her stance and shook her head furiously. "You're supposed to say: No it's ok, you've had enough for today. We'll start again tomorrow." Tseng laughed lightly again. He couldn't remember the last time a training session had been so amusing.

"I insist. You can take him." He turned to the bald headed Turk and nodded. Rude smiled lightly and cracked his right knuckle. As he stood on the mat, Adrienne looked at him.

"You don't suppose you could go easy on me?"

"I could try, but then it wouldn't be fair would it?" He answered.

"Fair? Who cares about fair?" She slipped slowly into her stance and waited for Rude to throw the first punch. He did, but he made it slow and light. Adrienne dodged the punch by jumping backwards. She snapped out her whip, curling it around Rude's ankle. She closed her eyes and with everything she had she pulled the whip. It didn't budge. She opened one eye slightly to see Rude with the end of the whip in his hand. He smiled faintly and tugged the whip. Adrienne tried to brace herself, but she did it a fraction to late. She went flying past the older Turk and hit the mat on her front, skidding to a stop at the edge near someone's feet. She laid her head sideways on the floor, trying to regain her breath. She felt the person stood near her, knee down.

"They giving you a hard time?" She turned her head to look at the new arrival.

"Hard ...time?..... Them giving.... me a hard..... time? They're.... having trouble..... keeping up... with.... me." She wheezed out. The blonde lightly pulled herself up off the mat into a kneeling position. She took a few deep breaths then spoke again. "I thought you weren't getting out while later? I was gonna come get you remember?"

"It's not my fault they let me out early." Reno said, pushing him self up so he was standing. He offered a hand to the blonde. She took it. As she stood up she shrugged.

"Doesn't matter. At least you're out."

"You can say that again. You know how annoying it is staring at white walls all day." Reno smirked a little. The blonde girl laughed and pushed him back lightly.

"That's what this place is lacking. You smart arsed comments."

"So you did miss me after all?"

"Don't get too cocky."

"I never missed you." Came a mumbled comment from the bench at the side of the room. Reno looked over Adrienne's shoulder to Rude, who was smirking slightly while drinking a bottle of water.

"Well I didn't miss you either so there." Reno taunted, sticking his tongue out at the end of good measure.

"It's like looking after a bunch of kids."

"We love you too Tseng." Came Reno and Addy's voice together. Tseng just laughed.

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"What about green?"

"El. You're the only one wearing it so you choose." Adrienne said for the tenth time.

"The lilac one looks nicer." Elena looked at her friend for a moment, to see to Addy glaring at her. "Ok, ok. Gesh I'll just pick one." Elena looked at the pictures again. "The green one." Addy nearly sighed in relief, until Elena spoke again. "No! I mean the lilac one."

"Are you doing this to annoy me, because it's working." Elena laughed at her friend's infuriation.

"Ok the lilac one." The blonde noticed Addy was still glaring. "I won't change me mind this time, the lilac one." Adrienne finally smiled.

"Great. Glad you picked that one, because the green one is just horrible." Elena laughed.

"I would have had to have the lilac one anyway right?"

"Of course." The two women went into a fit of giggles. They calmed down after a while, but both of them still had smiles planted on their faces. "I can't believe I'm doing this." Elena looked at her.

"What? Getting married?"

"Yeah. I mean this is me we're talking about. The girl who was still in her 'boys are icky' stage until she was like sixteen." The two of them laughed again.

"You weren't that bad. I can believe it. You love him don't you?"

"You don't need to ask me that."

"See?"

Adrienne smiled.

"I knew there was a reason you were here." Addy then picked up another piece of paper. "Now what flowers shall I have?" Elena groaned.

"I thought I was just picking the dress."

"Well since you're here you might as well help with everything else." Adrienne laughed as Elena fake collapsed to the floor dramatically.

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"Did you sort Heidegger out?"

Rufus looked at the red head.

"Of course I sorted him out. I told him that if he said anything about it, I'd tell Daddy what he's been doing for the past six months."

"And he bought it?"

"Lets just say there isn't much else for a washed up military man to do." Rufus grinned. Reno laughed while shaking his head.

"Washed up military man eh? That's something I can use to piss him off."

"You always piss him off Reno." Rude muttered, sat behind his desk writing a mission report. Reno turned to look at him.

"Ok, piss him off more than usual then. I know he hates me. Might as well give him a proper reason to hate me." Rufus tapped the redhead on the shoulder. Reno turned back round to him.

"He already has a proper reason. Seriously Reno, get in to trouble with him again and I dunno if I can help you."

"Ok I'll not do anything." The room went silent for a few minutes. "Can't I just punch him right in the--."

"No." Rufus interrupted.

"Right." The room went silent again. "Rude what you actually writing?" Rude hesitated for a minute.

"Mission report."

"You're lying." Reno got up and walked over to the other Turk. Rude folded the piece of paper up and shoved it in his top pocket. Reno scowled. "Don't be such a spoil sport." Rude sighed.

"If you must know. It's a best man speech." Reno jumped up and down.

"Ooh, you've got to let me read it now. There's no way you're gonna make a arse of me next week."

"Go on Rude. Make an arse of him." Rufus laughed. The red head turned slowly and glared at the blonde.

"Don't make me hurt you Ruffie."

"I'll hurt you if you call me Ruffie again."

"Ok Ruru." Reno smirked. Rufus sighed.

"Rude. Mind helping me shove Re-re's nightstick up his--"

"I don't think so." Reno interrupted in an amused tone. The room went silent yet again. Reno suddenly grabbed the piece of paper out Rude's pocket and took off out the door. The other two just stayed in the room. Rufus was grinning, while Rude had a amused look on his face.

"I so do NOT have a teddy bear called Snugly Bear!" Came Reno's voice from down the hall. The two older men laughed.

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