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Umm ...I WANT RENO!!! ::glares at Mai:: -_- But…..::grins:: Sephi is okay too…::huggles Sephiroth:: hehehehe
~Too Human Lately

~*~*~*~

"Mirra!!!! Lets move!!!"

Nadesiko was busy throwing off her over shirt as she charged around the
corner back towards the bar. Concentrating on dsiposing of the disgusting clothes she had on, she nearly tripped when she saw the hunk Mirra was
talking to.

Shaking her head to clear her mind, she called out to her friend. "Mirra!! I hope you did what you needed to do cause we gotta book it! NOW!"

Lamirra knew the nervous tone Nadesiko spoke in meant whatever she had to say wasn't good news. She shrugged and glanced at the new man that had just offered her a very good job.

"Sorry. I gotta g-"

She yelped as Nadesiko grabbed her arm and continued charging towards the
exit of sector six. The crowd that had recently been invigorated by the fight were now busy dispersing. All interest had left.

~*~*~*~

Reno blinked as another woman charged out of the darkness with a Shinra
messenger shirt hanging halfway off her body. Obviously she was one of
Lamirra's friends cause the girl ripped the new Turk clean off her feet and
kept running.

"Weird chick...SEE YA AT FIVE MIRRA!!!"

He shrugged and began to walk to Don Corneo's.

'Wonder what he might know about Aeris?'

He stood and waited as a trail of about six men charged out of the Don's
building and headed in the same direction of the girls.

~*~*~*~

Lamirra finally convinced Nadesiko to stop in sector seven just in front of another bar.

'What is it with these bars?' Nadesiko wondered.

"Siko? What happened?"

Nadesiko's panicky expression changed to one of pure embarrassment.

"Corneo may be a perv. But he clearly isn't all that stupid."

Lamirra smiled arrogantly and poked the woman's shoulder.

"Hmm. Well isn't that funny! I vaguely remember telling you it wouldn't work. Doncha love being humbled by almighty me?"

Nadesiko leaned over and pulled the pants she had used for the disguise off
her legs to reveal the black denim daisy duke shorts she wore beneath them.
Her brown eyes glistened as she also tore off the ugly boots she had stolen
so she could see her beautiful black thigh high hooker boots. She smirked at her staring companion.

"I intend on getting that information."

~*~*~*~

Reno smirked as the Don before him ranted about someone actually getting
in. It was obvious to Reno that only one person could have done it.

'That babe with Mirra had to have done it. No one else was acting like her.'

He snickered at the fat balding blonde before him. No way was he gonna tell
the Don. He didn't even like him. Perhaps if that chick showed up again?

~*~*~*~

"SIKO!"

Nadesiko calmly adjusted the white mini shirt as her friend growled at her.
Letting her brown hair fall loosely about her face she smoothed it out with
her fingers.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever Mirra. If you want you can come along. I mean, come on, you know how to do this stuff."

Lamirra shook her head furiously.

"Uh uh. I saw Reno walkin' that way." she pointed a finger in the direction she thought she saw her new co-worker walk off. Nadesiko grinned and stood to her full height.

"He your new boyfriend???"

She started chanting in a teasing way as Lamirra stood fuming at the remark. A tall wooden staff appeared in Nadesiko's hands and she smiled.

"Oh come on Mirra. Lighten up. How did your mission go?"

Lamirra's face lit up and she winked an eye.

"I'm in. Find Reno. I'm after you show him what you can do, a bit of flirting, then you're in."

~*~*~*~

Reno, finally fed up with the Don's bickering left the building and stood
outside next to the bar where he met Lamirra. His deep aqua eyes glinted in
the artificial light caused by the plate's huge lenses. He could hear a set
of footsteps slowly approaching him. He spun, expecting to see another pathetic thug. In front of him stood a brown haired woman. She hit an easy five ten due to her black hooker boots. He smirked.

"Hey there."

Her voice was cold as she marched up to him and leaned on her staff.

"If you don't have a job for me, I suggest you shut up and leave me be."

"Well aren't we the arrogant one? Your the one you came to *me*."

She moved to take a few steps forward and he frowned. Reaching out to her he
went to speak. He was quickly shut up when his fingers touched her bare
mid-drift. A long silver blade lay under his neck as the woman pressed him
against the wall. She had pulled off the bottom half of her staff and was
glaring vehemently at him.

"Don't touch me."

His aqua eyes bolted wide open and he glanced up at her.

"Oh hey now! I just wanted to talk!"

She growled and slowly re-sheathed the blade. Her deep brown eyes remained
on him as she backed away from him.

"Fine then. Talk."

Reno sighed gratefully and raised an eyebrow at her.

'Isn't that the chick who grabbed Mirra?'

"What's your name?"

The woman smirked and tossed her waist length hair over her left shoulder.

"Nadesiko. Friends call me Siko."

"All righty then."

~*~*~*~

Lamirra was bored out of her mind. She no longer felt like drinking, she
didn't want to make any more 'friends', she didn't want to track down Nadesiko, and she couldn't think of anything better to do. Her green eyes watched as a tall black man with a grafted gun arm walked quietly out of the bar and head towards the train station.

'Man...has this become my only means of having a little fun?I'm gonna go find
some monster to pound.'

~*~*~*~

"So what kind of job are you looking for Siko?"

Reno's voice became mellowed out as the two walked back towards the exit of the sector. Nadesiko no longer cared about discovering how Corneo got his cash. She could get into Shinra and go through their files and find out that way.

"Anything that pays well, involves blowing things up, and doesn't require me
to act cheerful."

Reno laughed at her remark. Man would she be a fun to work with. Of course
she had to prove herself.

"Can you fight?"

Nadesiko twirled her staff beside her and froze in her spot.

"Not nearly as well as Mirra. But fair enough. Magic is more my sport."

Reno nodded, almost in a reluctant sort of way. He had already got his ass kicked today, and he wasn't intending on doing it again anytime soon. But this chick supposedly didn't fight well. There probably isn't much of a risk.

"Care to demonstrate?"

Nadesiko laughed lightly and covered her mouth with a delicate hand. Her
brown eyes lit up and she pulled her hair back into a tight ponytail.

"I dunno. Been outta practice. Just go easy on me."

Her lopsided grin told Reno she was kidding around. He may as well do his hardest because there was no way in hell Nadesiko was gonna go easy on him.

~*~*~*~

Lamirra stood on the top of an old buiding and watched as Reno and Nadesiko
walked towards the exit then froze. Count on Nadesiko to forget a mission
once she crashed into a really hot guy. She could imagine what was going on.

~*~*~*~

Nadesiko could feel her friend's presence and determined that she had
better not screw up. Her hands flew swiftly over her staff as she tilted her
head forward in concentration. She needed to get a reading on this guy
before she knew how to attack him.

'Energy level at..?'

She blinked in confusion. To her misfortune she couldn't read him. Catching her off guard she barely ducked as his fist flew towards her with his electric nightstick grasped tightly in it. Her free right hand shot up into his stomach and flipped him over her shoulder.

"HEY! Don't you ever warn a person before you attack!?"

She spun to face the fallen man and held tight to her staff. Her brown eyes
focused on him as he began to lift himself from the ground. Shoving her
staff forward and leaning the top of it in his direction she muttered a word.

"Fire!"

A burst of flame licked around his body and he could feel the heat burning
his skin. His aqua eyes slanted as he leaped over the flames and caught her arm with his nightstick. Nadesiko yelled out in pain and grasped the bleeding wound. Reno stopped for a moment. He hadn't meant to make her bleed. Just stun her. He shrugged it off and got ready to attack again.

'No use telling in the heat of battle.' he thought.

Nadesiko jumped away from him and landed behind a small pile of smoldering ash. Blood poured from her arm. This wasn't good. She guessed he had hit a vein. She ripped off the bottom part of her staff to reveal the glimmering blade and growled.

"Bolt!"

Lighting shot from the tip of the sword as she spun it in all directions.
Reno felt his body fly through the air and crash into a building as he was
hit time and time over again. The lighting came to a halt and both people
stood weezing. Reno looked in concern at Nadesiko's arm. She was loosing way
too much blood.

"We should stop!"

Nadesiko shook her head and wiped her sweaty forehead with a blood-covered
hand, smearing crimson across her face.

"No way! We have to finish it."

Reno had to admit the woman had spirit. He charged forward once more and
swung at her legs. Narrowly missing he did a handspring and landed behind
her. She swore as the electricity from his weapon froze her legs. Doing the
only thing she could think of she swung her staff around and brought the
wooden end down sharply on his head. Both Reno, and Nadesiko collapsed.

~*~*~*~

Lamirra jumped off the roof of the building and ran over to her friend.
Blood oozed from Nadesiko's arm. She frowned as she realized her friend had lost much of her color. Reno on the other hand may not have been soaked in blood like his opponent but he didn't seemed to be in any condition stand. That blow to his head did a number on his sense of balance. He slowly stood to his feet, went to take one step forward and toppled over. Lamirra sighed.
'Dammit, I hate using magic! But I guess I don't have much of a choice...'

Her lips parted as she quietly voiced a word of command.

"Cure."

As green light washed over Nadesiko's body she moaned. Her brown eyes
slanted in pain as she stood to her feet.

Lamirra walked over to Reno and threw one of his arms over her shoulder. Struggling weakly, he looked at her.

"I didn't need your help. I was fine on my own."

"Bull. You and I both know you had nothing left."

"Wanna bet?" he growled menacingly.

"Yeah." Lamirra quickly slid out from his arm. Losing his support Reno fell.
Grinning, she picked him up again. "Well, now. I don't think I've seen anything more graceful than that!'

Nadesiko's voice lifted lightly as she turned to Lamirra.

"Either way, Mirra, you shouldn't have interfered."

Lamirra raised her hands in the air exasperatingly. "Oh great, Here I go and save both of your sorry asses and suddenly I'm the bad guy! What can I possibly do in my defense?"

"You can start by buying me a drink. My head's gonna hurt like a bitch in the morning." Reno glared at Nadesiko's bladed-staff and muttered something under his breath.

Laughing Lamirra patted Reno's back and helped him regain his balance.

"Yeah, I'll buy you a nice tequila and watch you chug it. Now, *that'll* brighten my day!"

"Yeah, ha ha."

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