~*~*~*~
A/N: YEAH BABY! New fanfic! ^__^ Well *I'm* happy. Dunno about you guys. New content to work with! Hehe. Don't worry people I'm not tired of my other fics. They'll be updated in a litle bit, I promise! Well, do ya guys like the fic? YOU HAD BETTER! WE POURED OUR MINDS AND HEARTS INTO THIS THING TO CREATE THE BEAUTIFUL FANFIC IT IS NOW! Besides, if you didn't like it, why are you here at the second chapter? ^_^ Peanut butter does not own FF7 and neither do we, but we DO own Nadesiko and Lamirra. Steal them and we will go against our code of ethics and fight you like girls. Yes that's right, scratching, biting, hair-pulling and toe-smashing. I'm sure you guys can take a hint. ^_^ Well I hope I didn't scare off any awesomely awesome readers! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE US!!!!
~FinalHeavenXIII
Nadesiko was decked in the common uniform of a Shinra messenger. The ragged leather boots were two sizes too large for her, the hat fell completely over her eyes if she made any sort of sharp movement, and the blue coverall was stained with fast food grease and newspaper ink.
Nadesiko was completely disgusted, and not only by the suit. The man she had stolen the suit from had attempted to grab her arm, and Nadesiko was very glad that the scene had not gone any further than that.
Looking at her reflection in a broken mirror that lay in the alleyway, she tilted her hat forward until her face could not be define.
'Good, now no one'll be able to tell whether I'm a boy or a girl. This'll be easier than I thought!'
She quickly slipped the drug she was going to use against Don in her uniform and hurried off towards his house. She didn't want anyone to take notice of the supicious scene she had left behind.
As she neared the large doors to the mansion, a guard blocked her path.
"Hey, you gotta reason t' be botherin' th' boss?" the man spoke with rough vowels and an obvious fake Italian accent. Instead of commenting on his poor speech, Nadesiko concentrated on her character.
"Message fer Mister Corneo from th' Pres of Shinra." she spoke in a low gruff voice, hoping to sound as boyish as she could.
The the tall scruffy man blocking her way surveyed her. "Wha' kinda meassage?" he asked suspiciously.
"Wants a favor." Nadesiko replied without missing a beat.
The guard pried further. "Tha' favor would be?"
Nadesiko shrugged nonchalantly. "Th' Pres don't tell us messengers what th' message is. We're not s'posed t' ask, neither."
After a moment, the man shrugged. "Go ahead."
'Well now *that* was easy.' she thought triumphantly. 'Now for the tricky part.'
~*~*~*~
'So his name's Reno, eh? Must be that Turk. This could get interesting...'
Lamirra surveyed the man across from her. He was handsome, no doubt. Bright red hair spiked low and swept back with bangs that messily fell over and under his sunglasses on his forehead covered his aqua eyes. His loose open shirt revealed well toned muscles carved perfectly. She raised an eyebrow at his choice of weapon that sat at his waist: an electric nightstick.
Seeing her look, Reno grinned. "Pretty neat eh?" he patted his weapon happily. "This thing's great. Close combat's a piece of cake with it."
Lamirra's eyes flashed with interest. "Really? Care to try it out?" this was the opportunity she needed to get into Shinra!
Reno smirked. "You think you'll be able to handle it?"
Lamirra leaned closer until she was inches from Reno's face. "Bring it on."
Reno's self-assured smirk turned into a grin. "Well now, I guess I've got myself a challenger! I would be crazy to decline a beauty like you."
Lamirra let out a small, deep-throated laugh and sat back in her chair. "Then I guess I'd better get ready." she stood and slowly showed Reno her entire form, to great effect. His mouth agape, he stared at her body, unable to pull his eyes away. Lamirra just sighed impatiently. "Didn't your mother tell you it's rude to stare?"
"Wh-what?" he shook himself out of his stupor and regained his composure. "Oh! The fight! Okay, ready when you are girlie!" he stood up and pulled out his nightstick. Lamirra glared at him. "...Did you just call me 'girlie'?"
Reno smirked. "Oh I'm sorry, did that bug ya?"
Lamirra's bright eyes flashed. "Not at all, but you might regret it."
~*~*~*~
Walking up the stairs to Don Corneo's doors made Nadesiko completely assured that her disguise was fool-proof. Not one person had stopped her on her way. All she had to do was walk through those doors, tell Don it's a private message, drug him, get the info and she's outta there. No problem.
Knocking on the doors, Nadesiko waited for the answer. When none came, she tried to push the doors open herself to find that they were locked. Puzzled, she knocked again, louder this time. Still no answer. Not wanting to blow her cover and use magic on the door, she decided to go look for a person who might know how to open the doors.
After two minutes on the search, she saw a short stocky blonde man with a goatee and ran up to him.
"'Scuse me mister. You work fer Mister Corneo?"
The short man looked at her cautiously. "If I do?"
"There's an important message I gotta deliver to Mister Corneo from the Pres of Shinra about somethin', but he won't open his doors."
The blonde man looked at her in surprise. "The guard that saw you at the front knew it was private, so he told Corneo. Corneo thought it best to address Rufus personally instead of risk eavesdroppers. I thought someone had already informed you..."
'Oh...shit.' Nadesiko swore in silently. This ruined the entire plan! She had to let Lamirra know *immediatly*.
"Well, I guess since mah message's been delivered, I should be goin'. Thanks mister."
Before the man could respond, Nadesiko ran like the wind to the exit and shut the door behind her, cursing all the way.
~*~*~*~
A crowd had gathered outside the bar where a fight had begun. A redheaded man against a beautiful young woman. Reno cracked his knuckles as Lamirra too her stance.
"Well now. Fighting bare handed are we?"
Lamirra smirked. "If you think it's less threatening than a gun, you're screwed."
Reno glanced at her with a spark of superiority in his aquamarine eyes. "Oh really? I guess we'll have to see won't we?"
Lamirra smiled. "Yes."
She lunged with speed that Reno had never seen before. A lucky side-step saved him from getting punched in the jaw. Lamirra quickly recovered from her miss by crouching low and spinning to kick Reno in the shins. In all his time working for Shinra, Reno had never seen such skill. Not able to dodge he took the blow and stepped back. He brought his nightstick down and to the toward her side as she lunged again. Frantically Lamirra swung her body around to avoid the nightstick and her back came in contact with Reno's chest. He grinned touched a lock of chestnut hair as she quickly spun behind him and kicked out. Expecting this, Reno used her shoulders as a support and flipped behind her. He lashed out with his nightstick and slashed across her back. Yelping with pain and anger, Lamirra turned and blocked another blow with her arm and slid so she could grip the weapon. Ignoring the shock, she disarmed Reno and threw his nightstick aside.
"I suppose you know hand to hand?" she asked.
"But of course, my delicate flower." Reno did a mock bow and stood waiting for her charge. He knew trying offense might just end up a waste of time and energy, and decided to try for dodging.
Lamirra ran at him and drew back her arm to punch. Before coming in contact with Reno, she spun behind and kicked. Gasping from surprise, Reno rolled forward to avoid her attack. He had barely regained his feet when she was already punching at him. He dodged and blocked all he could, but it seemed he was the only on tiring.
Tired of playing games, Lamirra flipped away and and stopped for a moment. She ran at Reno at full speed. Reno crossed his two arms to block his face when suddenly she moved to the side. throwing out her left foot against the ground at an angle she spun and kicked Reno in the small of his back with such force she knocked the wind out of him.
She dropped to one knee to rest, knowing she had won. Reno supported his weight on his arms and coughed up a small amount of blood. He then turned to face her.
"...Incredible..." Reno stared at her as if she was a goddess. And to him she may as well have been.
Lamirra had finally caught her breath and smiled. "That trick took me five years to master. When I was learing it, all I could think was 'Why me?' But now that I look back on it, it definitely paid off. That technique's saved my life hundreds of times."
Reno's eyes widened with admiration. "Making it seem like a reckless charge...but what if the enemy charges too?"
"Then I kill them." Lamirra shrugged.
"Well that part's obvious, but how?"
The young woman reached toward the top of her pants and grabbed a black handle of a dagger. Reno's eyes widened. He hadn't even seen any sign of a weapon.
"A quick stab and a twist in the right place and they're through." Lamirra shrugged again. "Some people call it cheating, but I call it surviving."
Reno suddenly had an idea. "Hey...I know this sounds stupid but you got a job? My office could use a person like you on the Turks. I could recommend you."
Lamirra acted as though this idea was pure genius. "Wow! That'd be great! I have a job, but it's low pay. Working for Shinra could change my life! Oh, thank you Reno!"
She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek, drawing a blush and a muttered "Hey, no problem." from the already flustered Reno.
A/N: Isn't she great! I love working with this girl! But.:: grumbles:: of course Lamirra gets a bonus ::grumbles more::...-_- arg. Well hopefully Nadesiko gets her chance at Reno too! I hope. Review.please..:: puppy eyes::
A/N: YEAH BABY! New fanfic! ^__^ Well *I'm* happy. Dunno about you guys. New content to work with! Hehe. Don't worry people I'm not tired of my other fics. They'll be updated in a litle bit, I promise! Well, do ya guys like the fic? YOU HAD BETTER! WE POURED OUR MINDS AND HEARTS INTO THIS THING TO CREATE THE BEAUTIFUL FANFIC IT IS NOW! Besides, if you didn't like it, why are you here at the second chapter? ^_^ Peanut butter does not own FF7 and neither do we, but we DO own Nadesiko and Lamirra. Steal them and we will go against our code of ethics and fight you like girls. Yes that's right, scratching, biting, hair-pulling and toe-smashing. I'm sure you guys can take a hint. ^_^ Well I hope I didn't scare off any awesomely awesome readers! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE US!!!!
~FinalHeavenXIII
Nadesiko was decked in the common uniform of a Shinra messenger. The ragged leather boots were two sizes too large for her, the hat fell completely over her eyes if she made any sort of sharp movement, and the blue coverall was stained with fast food grease and newspaper ink.
Nadesiko was completely disgusted, and not only by the suit. The man she had stolen the suit from had attempted to grab her arm, and Nadesiko was very glad that the scene had not gone any further than that.
Looking at her reflection in a broken mirror that lay in the alleyway, she tilted her hat forward until her face could not be define.
'Good, now no one'll be able to tell whether I'm a boy or a girl. This'll be easier than I thought!'
She quickly slipped the drug she was going to use against Don in her uniform and hurried off towards his house. She didn't want anyone to take notice of the supicious scene she had left behind.
As she neared the large doors to the mansion, a guard blocked her path.
"Hey, you gotta reason t' be botherin' th' boss?" the man spoke with rough vowels and an obvious fake Italian accent. Instead of commenting on his poor speech, Nadesiko concentrated on her character.
"Message fer Mister Corneo from th' Pres of Shinra." she spoke in a low gruff voice, hoping to sound as boyish as she could.
The the tall scruffy man blocking her way surveyed her. "Wha' kinda meassage?" he asked suspiciously.
"Wants a favor." Nadesiko replied without missing a beat.
The guard pried further. "Tha' favor would be?"
Nadesiko shrugged nonchalantly. "Th' Pres don't tell us messengers what th' message is. We're not s'posed t' ask, neither."
After a moment, the man shrugged. "Go ahead."
'Well now *that* was easy.' she thought triumphantly. 'Now for the tricky part.'
~*~*~*~
'So his name's Reno, eh? Must be that Turk. This could get interesting...'
Lamirra surveyed the man across from her. He was handsome, no doubt. Bright red hair spiked low and swept back with bangs that messily fell over and under his sunglasses on his forehead covered his aqua eyes. His loose open shirt revealed well toned muscles carved perfectly. She raised an eyebrow at his choice of weapon that sat at his waist: an electric nightstick.
Seeing her look, Reno grinned. "Pretty neat eh?" he patted his weapon happily. "This thing's great. Close combat's a piece of cake with it."
Lamirra's eyes flashed with interest. "Really? Care to try it out?" this was the opportunity she needed to get into Shinra!
Reno smirked. "You think you'll be able to handle it?"
Lamirra leaned closer until she was inches from Reno's face. "Bring it on."
Reno's self-assured smirk turned into a grin. "Well now, I guess I've got myself a challenger! I would be crazy to decline a beauty like you."
Lamirra let out a small, deep-throated laugh and sat back in her chair. "Then I guess I'd better get ready." she stood and slowly showed Reno her entire form, to great effect. His mouth agape, he stared at her body, unable to pull his eyes away. Lamirra just sighed impatiently. "Didn't your mother tell you it's rude to stare?"
"Wh-what?" he shook himself out of his stupor and regained his composure. "Oh! The fight! Okay, ready when you are girlie!" he stood up and pulled out his nightstick. Lamirra glared at him. "...Did you just call me 'girlie'?"
Reno smirked. "Oh I'm sorry, did that bug ya?"
Lamirra's bright eyes flashed. "Not at all, but you might regret it."
~*~*~*~
Walking up the stairs to Don Corneo's doors made Nadesiko completely assured that her disguise was fool-proof. Not one person had stopped her on her way. All she had to do was walk through those doors, tell Don it's a private message, drug him, get the info and she's outta there. No problem.
Knocking on the doors, Nadesiko waited for the answer. When none came, she tried to push the doors open herself to find that they were locked. Puzzled, she knocked again, louder this time. Still no answer. Not wanting to blow her cover and use magic on the door, she decided to go look for a person who might know how to open the doors.
After two minutes on the search, she saw a short stocky blonde man with a goatee and ran up to him.
"'Scuse me mister. You work fer Mister Corneo?"
The short man looked at her cautiously. "If I do?"
"There's an important message I gotta deliver to Mister Corneo from the Pres of Shinra about somethin', but he won't open his doors."
The blonde man looked at her in surprise. "The guard that saw you at the front knew it was private, so he told Corneo. Corneo thought it best to address Rufus personally instead of risk eavesdroppers. I thought someone had already informed you..."
'Oh...shit.' Nadesiko swore in silently. This ruined the entire plan! She had to let Lamirra know *immediatly*.
"Well, I guess since mah message's been delivered, I should be goin'. Thanks mister."
Before the man could respond, Nadesiko ran like the wind to the exit and shut the door behind her, cursing all the way.
~*~*~*~
A crowd had gathered outside the bar where a fight had begun. A redheaded man against a beautiful young woman. Reno cracked his knuckles as Lamirra too her stance.
"Well now. Fighting bare handed are we?"
Lamirra smirked. "If you think it's less threatening than a gun, you're screwed."
Reno glanced at her with a spark of superiority in his aquamarine eyes. "Oh really? I guess we'll have to see won't we?"
Lamirra smiled. "Yes."
She lunged with speed that Reno had never seen before. A lucky side-step saved him from getting punched in the jaw. Lamirra quickly recovered from her miss by crouching low and spinning to kick Reno in the shins. In all his time working for Shinra, Reno had never seen such skill. Not able to dodge he took the blow and stepped back. He brought his nightstick down and to the toward her side as she lunged again. Frantically Lamirra swung her body around to avoid the nightstick and her back came in contact with Reno's chest. He grinned touched a lock of chestnut hair as she quickly spun behind him and kicked out. Expecting this, Reno used her shoulders as a support and flipped behind her. He lashed out with his nightstick and slashed across her back. Yelping with pain and anger, Lamirra turned and blocked another blow with her arm and slid so she could grip the weapon. Ignoring the shock, she disarmed Reno and threw his nightstick aside.
"I suppose you know hand to hand?" she asked.
"But of course, my delicate flower." Reno did a mock bow and stood waiting for her charge. He knew trying offense might just end up a waste of time and energy, and decided to try for dodging.
Lamirra ran at him and drew back her arm to punch. Before coming in contact with Reno, she spun behind and kicked. Gasping from surprise, Reno rolled forward to avoid her attack. He had barely regained his feet when she was already punching at him. He dodged and blocked all he could, but it seemed he was the only on tiring.
Tired of playing games, Lamirra flipped away and and stopped for a moment. She ran at Reno at full speed. Reno crossed his two arms to block his face when suddenly she moved to the side. throwing out her left foot against the ground at an angle she spun and kicked Reno in the small of his back with such force she knocked the wind out of him.
She dropped to one knee to rest, knowing she had won. Reno supported his weight on his arms and coughed up a small amount of blood. He then turned to face her.
"...Incredible..." Reno stared at her as if she was a goddess. And to him she may as well have been.
Lamirra had finally caught her breath and smiled. "That trick took me five years to master. When I was learing it, all I could think was 'Why me?' But now that I look back on it, it definitely paid off. That technique's saved my life hundreds of times."
Reno's eyes widened with admiration. "Making it seem like a reckless charge...but what if the enemy charges too?"
"Then I kill them." Lamirra shrugged.
"Well that part's obvious, but how?"
The young woman reached toward the top of her pants and grabbed a black handle of a dagger. Reno's eyes widened. He hadn't even seen any sign of a weapon.
"A quick stab and a twist in the right place and they're through." Lamirra shrugged again. "Some people call it cheating, but I call it surviving."
Reno suddenly had an idea. "Hey...I know this sounds stupid but you got a job? My office could use a person like you on the Turks. I could recommend you."
Lamirra acted as though this idea was pure genius. "Wow! That'd be great! I have a job, but it's low pay. Working for Shinra could change my life! Oh, thank you Reno!"
She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek, drawing a blush and a muttered "Hey, no problem." from the already flustered Reno.
A/N: Isn't she great! I love working with this girl! But.:: grumbles:: of course Lamirra gets a bonus ::grumbles more::...-_- arg. Well hopefully Nadesiko gets her chance at Reno too! I hope. Review.please..:: puppy eyes::
