Scars

SilverDragonYoukai- Thank you for reviewing A-Chan. I'll be updating Diary of a Young Love soon, after I update Roses in January though...

D-Chan: My mommy is back! -does a little dance-

Flame: -blinks- Never seen her this excited before...

Falcon: -just nods-

Fenris: One step closer to moving...

D-Chan: -stops dancing- NOOOOOOOO!

H-Chan: -just sighs- Enjoy the story...

(Reno's P.O.V)

I grunt as I hear my name called. "Reno you little punk, come on get up." I roll over onto my back and look disorientedly at the face above mine. "Good, your awake, get up, I made breakfast, we're going shopping after you eat." I groan and sit up rubbing my eye's. I lean over the side of my bed and grab my jacket, I pull it on and then pull my sneakers back on. I grumble as I exit the room and make my way to the small kitchen.

I sit at the table and Money sits a plate with bacon and eggs and two pieces of toast on it down in front of me. I quickly finish it and put the plate in the sink like Money gestures. I follow him as he leaves the apartment. He steps into the bar "Hey Toxin (Nickname) we have an under aged visitor, he'll be staying with me fer' awhile." The blonde haired male raises his head "Alright I'll tell Poison (Nickname) later when he comes in."

I look over the blonde, deep blue eye's, lightly tanned skin, he grins at me. I just give him a cocky grin back. The blonde raises an eyebrow and chuckles "My name is Paul, but everyone calls me Toxin." (Paul and Jean are universal names, I use them for any bar tenders that I have in stories.) I nod sticking my hand out "Nice to meet you Paul, my name is Reno." Paul shakes my hand. I grab my cigarette's and put one to my lips and light it.

Paul raises an eyebrow "A minor that smokes." Money grunts "Yeah, he smokes." Paul nods "How old are you kid?" I look up and puff on my cigarette "I'm 7." Paul's eye's widen "No way." I nod "I'm an orphan from the slums of Sector 6 in Midgar, of course I smoke." Paul just nods at that "Well have fun you two." Money nods and escorts me out a back entrance. We spend the next two hours shopping for clothes and small decorations for my rooms, he spends the rest of the day talking and explaining things.

I just sit back in the chair and sip at the straw of my coke and listen as Money goes on about the prostitutes and how he helps to take care of the lot of them that turn tricks on his block. My head turns as I watch an older man walk by, brown hair smoothed back a few unruly bangs hang into his slightly age wrinkled face, I stare admiring his blue pin-striped uniform. Money stops talking and blinks at me "What?" he asks. I turn back to him "Who was that?"

Money raises an eyebrow "That's Veld, the leader of The Turks, and he's probably out lookin' for you." I just nod as I watch him continue to walk. Money adds on to his statement "Yeah probably is, it's not every day you see a god damned Turk wandering the slums." I turn back and sip my coke again "What do The Turks do?" Money snorts "They do anything their ordered to do by Heidegger or ShinRa, anyone with some common sense is afraid of them." I snort "Well I'm not." Money stares wide eyed at me "Well you should be, he could kill you in ten seconds flat." I just roll my eye's and grin cockily "Nah, I could take him!" Money smiles and chuckles "Your one crazy little shit Reno, I'll give you that."

I just continue to give that cocky grin "Hey Money, do you have a computer?" He raises an eyebrow "Yeah I do, why?" I shrug "Just wanna look some stuff up is all." By the time Money decides it's time to go back to the bar it's getting late and the streets are coming to life. Money says the password to the bouncer (Dance till midnight, but party all night long) and we go and sit at the bar. Paul introduces me to Jean, who's nickname is Poison. I just smile and give him a nod. I spin my stool around and look over the occupants of the bar.

I smirk as I lay eye's on The Turk from earlier. I stand making my way over, I swipe his wallet and begin to look through it, I finally speak up "Cute, is this your daughter?" He turns a weird look on his face. He spots his wallet and snarls grabbing it from me and checking it's remnants "No, she's my niece." he states once he realizes nothing is missing. I grin "So find anything out on the murder in the Wall Market?" His look turns sour "How the hell do you know about that?" He looks me over and his eye's land on the blood stain still in my jeans from where I wiped my knife.

He reaches for me and thrusts a hand in my pocket once he grabs my arm. He pulls out my pocket knife "You little shit!" He yells as he flips the knife open and quickly slices to lines along each cheek bone. I grin cockily and kick him in the nuts. He drops my knife and falls to his knee's holding his precious jewels. I grab my knife and put it back in my pocket "It's Reno." I say and walk away, he makes a grab at me but is pulled back by two other men in the bar.

I walk up the stairs and head into my room, putting the new clothes in the trunk at the end of the bed, I sit the lava lamp on the bed side table and stick the glow in the dark planet and star stickers to the walls. I finally reach up and brush away the blood droplets and wince as the pain literally smacks me in the face. I head into the bathroom and shower and clean the cuts putting gauze on them.

Money finally comes through the front door and yells out "Hey, you okay kid?" I step out of the bathroom "Yeah, I'm fine."