An Awkward Reunion---

I sat up quickly at the sound of a boat horn. A boat, where was a boat. Reno and I were supposed to be on our way to the Gold Saucer, you don't get there by boat. I blinked a moment trying to think. I stood up looking around, we were on a boat. I shook Reno awake.

"Reno! Wake up!" I yelled to him.

After a few moments he opened his eyes and looked at me. "Huh? What?" He said still half asleep.

I explained to him that were on a boat, something we definatly didn't need to be on considering there was only desert between Costa Del Sol and the Gold Saucer. He scratched his head and looked out the window.

"Shit, it's taking us back to Junon! We must have been completely drunk last night to get on this boat…" He said laughing a little.

I Stared at him. "I don't drink alcohol...and anyway it was you who said to come I believe." I said standing before him.

A large grin crossed his face. "Elena, I sat there and watched you down 4 drinks last night, you were drunk my friend!"

"No, that was Ice tea…not alcohol…" I said reassuring him that I did in fact not have alcohol the night before.

He shook his head. "Long Island Ice Tea…is a mixture of many different alcohols Elena, so…you were drunk…piss ass drunk if I may add." He said standing up.

I sat there staring at him a moment. I knew the tea tasted a little funny, but I thought it was just the water in Costa Del Sol. I took a deep breath, I had never gotten drunk before, I'd never even drank alcohol except once at my cousins wedding. I stood next to Reno

"Well, now what are we going to do? That was really smart, ya know? Getting us back to Junon? Ugh…man." I rolled my eyes. "These past days were practically a worthless trip!"

By this time the boat had stopped and we departed. Reno shook his head looking around.

"Hmm, and I thought I'd never see this place again." He said walking down the street.

"Where are we going? I mean, don't you think we should be getting on another boat? And make sure it's a boat…I mean I don't wanna be going to like Midgar or anything." I said following him.

He nodded. "Yeah yeah, we are. I'm getting us tickets this time. I know we've been lucky. But I really don't want to get caught." He said walking up to the boat docks ticket booth.

I looked around while he got the tickets, spotting a newspaper nearby, I picked it up, quickly gasping at the front page. Reno made his way over to me with the tickets.

"You ok? You look like you just seen a ghost." Reno said as I handed him the paper.

Shin-Ra Grieves over Deaths Of Turks

The death of two hardworking Turks came as a shock to Shin-Ra Corp late Sunday afternoon. The bodies of Turks, Reno Hikaru (23) and Elena Karona (21) were found in an alley on Monday afternoon by Shin-Ra employees. Both bodies were badly burnt and needed to be taken in for identification. President Rufus Shinra has extended his heart out to the families of the deceased. Funeral arrangements have been made for Monday afternoon 1:00, burial of the bodies will follow immediately.

Reno smiled. "Aww how lovely, Rufus sends his heart out to our grieving families…HA! Our poor families only get a cold heart from that man. Humph! They deserve so much more for having to put up with us being a part of that horrible corperation." Reno said tossing the paper to the ground. "Well, perhaps…we should attend?"

I looked at him oddly. "Attend what?"

"The funeral of that lovely Elena and Reno, they were always so kind to us!" Reno said taking my arm and leading my towards the church where the funeral was to be held.

I knew it at that moment that Reno had completely lost his mind. There was no way we could attend a funeral for ourselves! It was just too awkward. I took a deep breath and followed him. Well, perhaps it would be nice to see our old pals and family one last time, even though they didn't know who we were.

Reno turned to me as we stood outside the door of the church.

"It's about 12:20…we will just pop in then go…our boat leaves at 1:05 anyway." He said looking at me.

I nodded and forced a smile. Truthfully I was completely freaked out to be here. After all, it was Reno and I that everyone had come to see!

Reno turned back and opened the door allowing me inside. "After you my darling sister Rini.." He said as I walked through the door.

I stood in the doorway as Reno walked passed me, he had just spotted the one thing I knew he had come here for. There she was standing alone beside his coffin, her eyes were heavy and a single white rose clenched in her hand. No one wanted to bother her, they knew her grief was probably the most of everyone here. And it was obvious even to a stranger who she was, the bright red hair, and amazing voice always gave her away. But there would be no singing today. Kairi Hikaru just stood there staring at her bother's coffin as if she was awaiting him to just stand up and walk away with her.

Reno approached Kairi very slowly.

"Umm. You knew him well?" He said changing his voice slightly.

Kairi blinked a moment, but did not respond.

He nodded and walked over to the coffin.

"Reno, was a great guy…" A voice came from behind him.

He smiled a moment and nodded again, knowing that voice was Kairi.

"Oh? So you did know him…"

"He is my brother. My only true family. He gave his life up working for this stupid company, I knew it…I told him so many times to just run away…" She said as tears began to fall down her face. Kairi had been holding them back since she heard the news, but she couldn't do it anymore.

Reno turned to her looking directly into her eyes. "Perhaps…now, he is somewhere were he can be happy, and…safe." He said touching her chin lightly.

Kairi closed her eyes and nodded. "Yes. I guess that would be true. It's just so hard…when you are…"

"Twins?" Reno finished her sentence.

She smiled a moment. "Yeah, I guess that is pretty obvious."

He nodded. "Oh, yeah, umm I had a Twin sister also. She was beautiful, radiant…amazing. Everyone loved her, She was always smiling and she always knew how to make me feel better about anything. I'll always remember her as the greatest woman I ever met!" He said smiling at Kairi.

She walked closer to Reno's coffin and laid her hand on the box. "I just hope Reno knows how much I love him. I mean, I'd do anything for my brother. I would have even switched him places in a heartbeat." She said hugging herself.

Reno tried to hold back tears as he watched his sister. It was so hard, he just wanted to hold her and tell her that everything was ok, who he was and that he knew she loved him just as he loved her. But no, he couldn't tell her anything like that.

"Miss Hikaru…" A males voice came from behind them.

Slowly Reno and Kairi turned looking at the man before them.

"Oh! Sir…" Kairi said bowing slightly.

Reno instantly recognized the man as the Esthar President Laguna Loire. Kairi and Laguna had been friends for quite some time. He had always attended her concerts, and many believed he had a secret crush on her. Reno smiled and took off across the church leaving them alone. He couldn't say goodbye to Kairi, it was just too hard.

While Reno was off talking with his sister, I stood in the back of the church against the wall, staring intently at my own coffin. I took a deep breath knowing that it really didn't matter. No one was even near my coffin, I didn't see her cousins there either. I shruged and walked over to the alter where Reno and my black coffins sat. Just a moment before I was able to step in front of the coffin, a fimiliar face placed his hand on the box.

"Elena…Elena…Elena…" Rufus said shaking his head.

I stopped and stared at President Rufus Shinra as he stood before my coffin, stepping back a little, still close enough to hear him,

Rufus stood over the coffin. "My youngest Turk, you had so much to learn, and here you are, you got yourself killed just as I always said you would." Rufus suddenly lowered his voice to where Elena could hardly hear him anymore. "I shouldn't have made you and Reno go out looking for Tseng. He came back right after you left…I was such a hardass on you guys." He stood quietly for a moment then turned to walk away, seeing me.

I stared at Rufus and he stared back at me then grunted a little and pushed his way past me.

Reno stepped behind me and wispered. "Was that Rufus?"

I nodded. "You told her didn't you?"

He shook his head. "No, I wanted to so bad though…but the Esthar President showed up. I couldn't say anything so I just left." He said looking at me.

I could see the sadness in his eyes, he wanted to tell Kairi so bad and I could see it. I hated seeing him this way. "Maybe we should, umm…go now?" I said looking around.

Reno nodded. "Yeah maybe we should get out of here, it's about time for us to be leaving anyway."

We both turned around and began walking out of the church.

"Leaving Already?" A voice said from behind us.

Reno and I looked to each other then spun around quickly. A tall brunette male wearing a short black coat stood before us. He ran his hand through his dark hair and over a large red scar across his face.

"Oh! We have to be getting back home…our umm, boat leaves a lot earlier than we had planned." Reno said quickly.

The man nodded. "So, you know the Turks?" He said staring down at us.

I blinked a moment not knowing what to say.

"Yes…I am Dimitri Vanbraff, and this is my sister Rini, we are…Reno Hikaru's cousins." Reno said nodding to the man.

"Oh. I see then." He said not moving his eyes from Reno. "Well I suppose you two don't want to be missing your boat then." He said as we heard a boats horn blowing in the distance.

We both nodded and took off out the door and towards the boat dock just in time. We handed our tickets over and made our way to a small cabin below deck that Reno had reserved for us.

I sat down against the wall. "Wow that guy was kinda strange wasn't he?"

Reno nodded. "Yeah, that was Squall Leonheart, he's in charge of all the SeeDs."

"That guy was a SeeD? What was he doing at our funeral?" I said staring at Reno as he sat down on the bed across from me.

"Rufus and President Loire signed a peace treaty, the SeeD were included in that treaty. He is forced to be nice to them now." Reno said staring back at me.

We relaxed a bit on the way back to Costa Del Sol, the next stop afterward…the Gold Saucer.