Reno walked into the bar, he orderd a fireball, it burned going down but felt nice. He was still angry at Yuffie for doing something as stupid as falling for that spikey headed sissy. He ordered another one, just as Yuffie walked in. She sat down next to him and tried to order a bloody mary, she was id-ed so reno vouched for her.

"I didn't know you drank... You really shouldn't, you might end up like me"

Yuffie didn't even want to imagen what she would turn out to be if she was anything like Reno. The alst thing she wanted was to lose controll. She sipped her drink then lit a cigarette.

"You know smoking is even worse for you that drinking..."

Yuffie flipped Reno off then took another drag of her cigarette, she coughed then flipped Reno off. In her opinion he could fall of a bridge and she wouldn't even notice.

"Reno, What's your godamned Problem, You act like such a baby all the time, and it's really starting to get on my nerves."

Reno chuckled, he loved hearing that he was an asshole, it meant that he still had the magic touch. she gulped down yet another fire ball then flipped his bangs.

"My problem is having to babysit you all day, You think you're smart don't you Yuffie, But really, you're just a scared little girl. Face the music kid, you'll never be a real hero like the rest of those losers."

Yuffie stood up, finished her drink then ran out of the bar. She didn't stop running when she got out the doors, she ran as far as she could. She felt the sweat developing on her brow, but it didn't stop her. The excruciating pain in her legsg didn't stop her either. She hadn't stopped running until she fell and scraped her knees. There was a little bit of blood, not much, but it still stung. She caught her breath after a few minutes and then heard some rustling in the bushes. She was too weak to fight, she knew that if this was a monster, she would be a goner.

"Reno's right. I'll never be as strong as the others, I'm only keeping them from moving forward... Cloud knows that I'm a freak, I trust him but I doubt that he still has as much respect for me as he used to"

The rustling in the trees became louder and suddenly Reno stepped out, when he saw her, he collapsed and tried to catch his breath.

"Do... You... know... How... Worried... I... Got?"

Yuffie was a little shocked to see that Reno ad followed her, after all, he had been the one that set her off in the first place. She sighed and got up, she started walking farther into the woods. Reno got up, even though he had no energy left to chase her down, and started to follow her.

'What the hell do you think you're doing Yuffie? Are you stupid or something? If you go any farther into the woods You'll get lost and You'll die out there. Now you're going to turn back and walk with me to the Inn, alright? Why the hell are you being so... so... so difficult!"

Yuffie felt a hot tear stream down her cheek, she turned around and firmly plated her feet in the ground. She was breathing deeply and her face was turning a dark shade of red. Her fists were clenched.

"You don't know anything Reno, You're just a stupid drunk. That's all YOU'LL ever be. I can't beileve that I let a scum bag like you get to me. I'm just as strong as the others, I am jsut as much a hero as them, You, Reno, are the weakling, You cause nothing but trouble. Now take me back to the Inn or I'll cut your head off"

Reno was holding a bottle of vodka in his right hand. He realized that she wasn't just acting out, she was right. He was a drunk, and at this point, it seemed like it was all he was ever going to be. He hated that she was right. He hated her even more for being the only person to tell him the truth. As much as he wanted to kill her, he wanted to thank her at the same time for being so brutal.

"Yuffie.."

Yuffie spat at his feet.

"I'm not going to take any more of your bullshit Reno, so just shut your mouth"

Reno stopped walking, Yuffie noticed that his footsteps had stopped so she turned around, she took her jack knife out assuming that Reno was going to have to be hassled a little bit.

"What the hell is wrong now, you over grown cry baby?"

Reno walked right up to Yuffie and looked her straight in the eyes. She noticed something different about Reno, he might actually feel guilty about what he had said to her.

"Maybe he's going to apologize or something... I should too I guess... WAIT, no who the hell am I kidding, Reno isn't going to apologize for anything, and neither should I. I've delt with his crap for too long, and I'm not going to be walked on anymore" . Yuffie thought to her self.

"You're right. I'm noting but a fall down drunk. I can't beieve I'm saying this to you of all people, but I want to change... I need help Yuffie"

She was blown away by the emotion that he had shown. She didn't think that he was capable of doing anything but drinking and being an asshole. She was going to give him a hug, but then remembered that it was Reno, the vile disgusting Jerk who sent her running into the forest.

"Reno, I'm really not the person you should be talking to alright? I'm glad that you understand that you've pretty much ruined your life, but why tell me?"

Reno didn't have a good answer, he was silent for the rest of the walk back to the Inn, he didn't want to embarress himself further. He just wanted to go to sleep and forget that anything had ever happened. He mumbled goodnight to Yuffie then went to his room, Elena had made his bed for him, she was always doing stupid little things like that, probably because she had a thing for him. At least thats what he thought. He flopped onto his bed and Dozed off, But th emorning woudl come entirely too soon. The sound of birds had been the first thing to wake him, after several minnutes of covering his head with a pillow unsuccessfully trying to drown them out, he took a revolver out of his bedside table and shot the bird. The chirping stopped and Reno went back to sleep. About an hour or so later he was awoken by more chirping, this time it was Elena, so he couldn't just shoot her.

"Reno, get up we have to get moving, we're going to go inspect the crater today, Cloud said that we might find something useful there, besides the rest of them are getting tired of waiting around. Yuffie said that she's feeling well enough to go with us"

Reno gave Elena the thumbs up and then threw a pillow at her. She wasn't too happy with him.

"Elena, get the hell out of my room, I'll be on the highwind soon enough, not get out so I can get dressed. You don't want to end up like the birdie do you?"

He pointed out the window to the bloody mass that lay motionless on the grass. Elena looked like she was going to be sick. She threw his clothing onto the bed and left, slamming his door behind her. She knew that he was hung over and that loud noises were the last thing he wanted. Again he figured that she was just trying to hide her crush on him. He knew that she didn't reall yhave feelings like that for him, but he liked to think so, it made him feel a bit better about himself, as sad as that truly is. He got dressed and put his hair into his signature ponytail. When he got on the highwind everyone was already there, he was the last person to show up.

"We were about to leave with out you, you lazy asshole" Tifa said, with a slightly angry tone.

Reno just laughed it off, trying to play cool. He was always like that when he was around Tifa, he knew that nothing was ever going to happen between the two of them, but he didn't want to risk getting on her bad side. Little did he know, he already was. Besides the only thing he was really interested in when it came to Tifa, were her breasts, which he assumed were fake. Reno lit a cigarette and sat down next to cloud., wh o was obviously deep in thought.

"Whats up strife?"

Cloud started to arrange his materia, he had little intention of becoming friends with Reno.

"Just worrying about the kid"

Cloud tilted his head towards Yuffie. She was sitting in the corner sharpening her jackknife, slightly trembling. Reno knew she was a little emotional at times, but he didn't know that there was any need to be worried for her.

"What's wrong with her?"

Cloud got up and walked towards Cid, who was flying the highwind. Cloud obviously didn't enjoy the company of Reno. Who would? Reno brushed it off and figured that he was worried she might fall into another fit or something. When they got to crater a few of them got off the highwind and splt up into groups of Two, Cloud went with Yuffie. Tifa and Cid went together, So that meant that Reno was stuck with Red 13. Vincent, Elena and Rude were staying on the highwind, they didn't particularly want to be any where near the crater. Reno kept getting this nagging feeling that something was going on between Cloud and Yuffie, he had gotten this feeling before, back at the Inn, but this time he felt he had to do some snooping. As he got a little closer to Cloud and Yuffie, without being noticed of course, Red 13 let out a howl to try and startle Reno.

"I want to spend as little time as possible with you Reno, so we had better move on to more pressing issues"

Reno was about to tell Red 13 to go F*** Himself, but then remembered those sharp teeth that he had. Reno put out his cigarette and began to walk around the dark caverns in the crater. Red 13 was with him, but barely said anything. Finally Reno had to break the silence, it was getting a little spooky, being practically all alone in Sephiroths old lair.

"So Hows The old man? What's his name... you know your 'grampa'?"

Red 13 answered right away, with anger in his voice.

"He's dead. Now get back to whatever is was you were doing"

Reno didn't know that Bugehangen had past away, he felt a little stupid, but at the same time, it was an accident. Red 13 didn't think so though, he thought that Reno was just being heartless. Cloud and Yuffie were going deep into the crater, when suddenly Yuffie fell to the ground, she could hear Cloud yelling her name but she couldn't see him. Sonn his voice faded out. She was in what seemed to be a void. Then the voice came back.

"it's time Yuffie"

Yuffie began to cry, she wanted to go back to Wutai and see her father, she wanted to get as far away from this place as possible. She could feel her heart start to speed up, then the a girl came up from behind her and put a hand on Yuffies shoulder.

"W-What do you want?"

There was a faint laugh in the background, it sounded like the laughter of her mother. Yuffie had deep dark secrets, secrets that no one knew. Her mother died when she was very young, Yuffie had been there when it happened. She saw her mother fall from the ledge of the Wutai tower. She screamed her mothers name, then she heard her body hit the ground. People gathered around her mothers corpse. on eof those people was Yuffies father. He looked up and saw that Yuffie was staring down at her dead mother from the tower and he ran to her. When he got there Yuffie broke down into tears. She wouldn't speak to anyone for weeks after the accident.

"Yuffie, that's not how it happened, and you know it."

It was as if the girl was reading Yuffie's mind. Yuffie held her head and began to voilently shake.

"No! It was an accident! She fell, I tried to help her, but I was too late!"

The girl shook her head and put another hand on Yuffies shoulder. Suddenly Yuffie was back on the ground at the crater, everyone was standing and crouching around her, Elena was checking her pulse. Cloud had this sudden wave of releife surge through his body. He helped Yuffie to her feet.

"Ar eyou alright Yuffie?"

She nodded, but in reality she really wasn't ok. The image of her mothers dead body was imprinted onto the back of her eye lids, every time she closed her eyes, there it was. She knew that she was never completely honest about what happened, but she also knew that the truth would kill her father. She had just enough energy to get herself back onto the highwind, and onto her bed, which happened to be a couple bails of hay from in the chocobo stable they had on board. A few minutes after she had layed down Reno walked into the room.

"what was that all about?"

She sighed and told him to go away. He didn't stop asking her, in his opinion, he HAD to find out what was going on with Yuffie.

"Yuffie, You're either going to be the one who tells me, or I'm going to find out for myself, You seem to forget that I'm a former Turk, I have ways of finding things out"

She didn't want him to be near her, in fact, she didn't want anyoe to be near her, she only wanted to be left alone. The highwind had taken off as they were talking and Yuffie felt the contents of her Stomach rise up into her mouth. She signalled to Reno that she needed the garbage can, he gave it to her and she threw up.

"That's disgusting Yuffie, You should really take some gravol or something, maybe then You wouldn't puke so much"

Yuffie flipped Reno the bird and went back to vomiting, after she was finnished she wiped her mouth and had a drink from her water bottle.

"Reno, There are somethings that I really don't like talking about now if you don't get the hell out of here I'm going to tell everyone about last night"

Reno rubbed his eyes and then took a sip from his flask, which he always had with him.

"I was drunk Yuffie, get over it"

It was a lie, he hadn't been drunk to the point of just making all of that up, he was only buzzed by the time he had found Yuffie in the forest. For all he cared she could tell them what he said.

"No offense Yuffie, but who the hell is going to believe a wack job like you? You can barely walk a mile without having one of those intense seizures!"

She turned her back towards him and pretended like he wasn't there, for the next half an hour Reno was having a one sided conversation with her, or at least trying. She finally spoke.

"Why do you care? After all, I'm just a wack job..."

He was cornered, and to be honest, he too had no clue why he cared so much. she was just a wack job in his opinion... or was she?