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Yuffie Kisaragi2
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Reno shrugged. "Come on, we've gotta go to the Head Quarters thingy to check in. Then, we hit the bars!"
Chapter Five
Elena Samuels nearly choked on her donut when she saw Reno Turksin walk in on time with Yuffie Kisaragi. Her perfect MAKO-enhanced blue eyes widened as the two walked in, Yuffie's cold exterior still unbroken. She did not even toss the blonde a smirk as she walked toward the door to the back of the building.
"Mornin', Lena," Reno said with a grin and followed the ninja Turk almost obediently. He played it off, however, like he was intending on going to see his friend anyway.
"Hey, Reno. Hey, Yuffie," Rude said politely, looking up from his cup of black coffee. He wore an expression of unmasked tiredness that Yuffie could relate to. Though hers was from the aches and pains from her fight the previous night.
"Rude, we need today, tomorrow, and the next day to ourselves."
Rude looked at the two oddly, his dark-tinted sunglasses hiding his eyes from either of the two younger Turks. He nodded slightly to Yuffie, meaning for her to explain. Rolling her eyes and plopping into a seat across from the bald man, Yuffie placed her elbows on the table, lacing the fingers on her right hand with those of her left and resting her chin on the cradle she had made. "Vincent Valentine killed himself two nights ago," the young woman said somberly. "His services are tomorrow."
"...Okay. He.. killed himself?"
Inclining her head to keep the tears that wanted to fall from doing so, she closed her navy-grey orbs slowly. "I think.. Chaos finally got to him." Feeling two pairs of eyes on her, Yuffie knew that she would have to explain more than she had originally intended. "Chaos is.. was," she corrected herself bitterly, "Like an alternate person inside of Vincent's head. They spoke through thoughts and only in death could they part."
Yuffie sat as Vincent seemed to talk to himself. "Okay, Vinnie. You're starting to freak me out, man."
He looked over. "I-I'm sorry... Chaos.. Nevermind... You wouldn't understand..."
"Try me!"
Rude did not press on as the younger Turk's eyes fell to rest upon him. He nodded once, receiving a small smile of thanks. Reno, deciding to lighten the mood somewhat, sat gingerly in the chair next to Yuffie. The pain in his back made him grimace, causing both Rude and Yuffie to let out small, yet audible, laughs. He shot them glares and started reminiscing about one of their missions when they still worked for ShinRa. It was about Elena's first mission and how the girl nearly hung herself from the top of a telephone pole whilst being in a surveilance squad.
It wasn't until Elena came in and announced to Rude that she was going to go to the local pizza place for lunch that Reno jumped up, startled by the time. "SHIT! Our plane leaves in fourty-five minutes! Fuck!"
"You idiot," Yuffie growled somewhat irritatedly and stood, grabbing the red head by the back of his blue jacket. "Come on, else we miss our plane and I wring your scrawny neck. See you when we get back, Rude."
"Send Vincent my regards." She turned to look at the dark-skinned bald man with soft grey-blue eyes, then nodded, saying as she walked out, "Will do."
The two walked out of the building, Yuffie putting her sunglasses on to shield her eyes from the bright afternoon sun and Reno taking a deep breath before they continued to his apartment to get some things.
Half an hour later, they were sitting in the air port, waiting around for no apparent reason to Yuffie, who hated planes. When Reno's cell rang, she merely walked away to find a place that sold tranquilizers. "Yellow?" the red head answered with boredom clearly printed in his tone.
"Reno, don't let Yuffie get seen in Wutai." It was the blonde Turk.
"Huh? Why?"
"We've just received a call... From Johnson's Clan." She paused, causing Reno to wonder what the hell she was getting at.
"So...?"
She took a deep breath, then continued in hushed whispers. "Apparently, Yuffie sent a couple of their guys to the hospital a couple weeks ago and they've been looking for her ever since. They want revenge."
The spit fire saw his comrade making her way back toward him and swallowed hard "...Okay... Bye." Clicking the phone off, he shook his head. That scrawny kid took down some of Johnson's Clan? No wonder she could take me down! Fuck! They must've been some of the weaker members, tough. Else she'd have died right then and there.
As she came up to him, she noticed the look on his face and tilted her head slightly to the left out of habit. "Who was it?"
"El. You... Did you put a couple guys in the hospital a couple weeks ago?"
Her mask broke for a brief moment as a look of contemplation crossed her elf-like features. "Yeah," she said slowly. "They were terrorizing me and I beat the shit outta them."
Sighing, Reno nodded once. So much for hoping that they had the wrong girl. "Well," he started casually, but the anxiety in his voice was easily read. "The gang they were in is based in Wutai.. and they want revenge on you." He kept his voice low, so no one else woud hear. "You can't be seen in Wutai, which means-"
"I'm under cover, because they're sure to talk to Cloud and the gang. If they say they're friends of mine, Tif's sure to let them talk to me."
Reno nodded. "They'll be sure to be hanging out at the cemetary during Vamp's funeral."
A sigh shook the 19-year-old's small body. Reno wanted to comfort her, but didn't know how. Should he put an arm around her, she'd probably haul off and smack him. What did he care anyway? A few kisses aren't anything! Why was he getting so emotional over a chick? Get ahold of yourself, man!
"Flight one-nine-two, now boarding." Reno caught a grimace on the ninja-Turk's face as the woman's voice announced their flight. With a small nod, he led the way toward their plane.
Yuffie had her eyes closed nearly the whole flight, but wasn't asleep. She didn't eat or drink anything for fear of it coming back up. Reno watched her thoughtfully, unsure whether he should comment on it and let her threaten to vomit all over his pretty blue suit, or just remain quiet.
They arrived in Wutai around 1:00 A.M. the next morning. Their flight was very late. Yuffie had only a bag with her, Reno had nothing. He really didn't expect to stay very long.
Yuffie turned to him as they exited the air port that Wutai had added. "We can stay at the inn on the outskirts of town."
"But-"
"No," her voice was venomous, comanding. "Remember, I might be in 'Danger.' I'd rather not, I dunno, get killed or maimed or something similar to that." She glanced around the old-fashioned town that was still so small with only minor changes. "I hate this town, so let's get, ASAP."
Reno was surprised at the small outburst. "Okay," was the only thing he could mutter before she took off like a cat slinking through a house. Fuck. I forgot that she's from here. Wonder why she didn't stay...
The ex-Lady Kisaragi walked quickly, slipping in and out of the shadows like a creature of the night. Reno followed her, never losing sight of her, but being a bit far behind. Through a couple of streets, down an alley, and into an inn/bar.
She walked up to the inn keeper with a large beer gut and a dirty apron. He was wiping out shot glasses with a dirty rag, but stopped as he looked across the counter at the young woman. His beetle black eyes widened with fear and astonishment. "Back again? Thought you'd died or something, not bein' here for so long. Ya nearly killed that ole boy tha grabbed ya, by the way." She nodded, tossing him a glare, and he slid a small brass key acorss the counter to her. "Your room's ready and open."
Yuffie merely held up two fingers, not bothering to thank the middle-aged man. The keep handed her two beers, one of which she flung to Reno, who caught it quickly. She walked upstairs, ignoring the usual catcalls and whistles. Reno opened his bottle of beer and looked around the room.
Most everyone in there was either a large guy with long greasy hair or a hooker, with the occasional cross-dresser of course. Yeah, and I thought that Elena picked the worst places to stay. Memo to self: Do not let Yufie pick an inn or bar. Thoroughly disgusted, the spit fire finished his beer and walked up the steps that Yuffie had taken moments before.
Noises of the sexual type came from all of the rooms except the very last one on the end. Using deductive reasoning, he decided that the last room must definitely be his and his partner's. Rapping gently, he waited for her to unlock the door and open it. It slid open a crack, just enough to reveal her cheshire cat-like grin.
"I'm sorry, I don't want any girl scout cookies. Thanks anyway!" She shut the door in his face. He stood there blinking for a few moments, then shook his head and rapped gently once again. To no avail.
"Aw! C'mon! Open the door!"
He beat against the door with his fists. "C'mon! Yu-" The door was flung open. Her small hand grabbed his wrist and she yanked him into the room, the door banging shut behind him as he struggled to regain his lost balance.
"Never use my real name here, got it? No one here likes Godo or me, so if they don't know I'm actually me-"
"Johnson's Clan can't ask around to find you."
"Very good. Would you like a cookie, now?" she asked with a crooked grin. "By the way, beware what you say. Most everyone here's a member of Johnson's Clan."
Reno glared at her cookie remark. "What do I call you then?"
"Jasmine. I don't speak very often here and only Ogden knows who I am." It wasn't until then that Reno noticed the absence of her uniform. His mouth got dry and thoughts became jumbled. She seemed not to notice and strode across the room clad in only her under-clothes.
Without a word, the spit fire tried to avert his attention elsewhere as Jasmine changed into a white tank top and blue plaid boxer shorts.
Damn, what's wrong with me!? I can't keep my eyes off her! As she turned around, he noticed a silver chain necklace with a gold ring on it. "What's that?"
Looking down, she clasped the ring tightly in her small hand. "A momento."
Reno raised an eyebrow, but she ignored it. Busying herself with drinking her light beer and sharpening her Conformer along with numerous other things, she was able to ignore the blush that had risen to her cheeks and the odd looks he was giving her. "There's only one bed," Reno said casually, standing behind her, resisting the urge to massage her shoulders.
"Guess we'll either share or you're on the floor, then," she said sarcastically. Against both of their wishes, Reno slept on the floor. One, because he was afraid he might do something in his sleep that would get certain parts of his anatomy sliced off and, two, because he didn't feel quite comfortable around her yet.
Of course, he told himself mentally, I could always "sleep walk" and end up in bed... Shaking his head, he decided against it. Next time, he promised himself, we're getting a room with two beds or we're sharing.
YK2: Whew! Hope you enjoyed! Now, the plot comes into play!
Surka: That sucks, can't go visit her friends! Psht!
Dracon: Oh, how I would love to be able to escape from my friends for even one day...
YK2: Shut it, Dracon, else you'll lose your job.
Dracon: Damn... Didn't say anything, YK2!
YK2: That's what I thought.
labrat-Seph - Thankies for the compliment on my name! It was originally Yuffie Kisaragi, like, a year ago, but they changed it. So, now, I'm YK2! I thought that Reno would be cocky enough to leave his gun, so that's why I added that in there, like, two chapters ago. Interesting way that you achieved your name, though. What was labrat supposed to be originally? --hands you a Sephy plushie-- That's what ya wanted, right? --wink--
YK2: Welp, it's 7:40 P.M. on Sunday the nineteenth, so I'm gonna wrap this up here and now and try to get it posted by Tuesday. KIDDING! I'll try to get it posted by Friday! O.o Till Next Time! Audi!!!
-Yuffie Kisaragi2, Dracon Fira, & Surka Sokyu-