--The Gold Saucer—

After our quick lift ride Reno paid the man at the front and we made our way through the entrance of the Gold Saucer. I had only been here once before and that was while we were searching for Sephiroth and Cloud Strife.

Reno and I stood in the lobby for a moment a huge grin on his face. It was good seeing him in a better mood after seeing his sister in so much pain. He looked over to me.

"I wanna go to the arcade..." He said sounding more like a 10 year old child.

I looked around then back to him. "Uhh, I am not your mom, go do what you want." I said walking off.

He laughed a moment. "See ya later sis!" He yelled out as he took off towards the arcade.

I stopped, I couldn't believe that he had called me sister after last night! I quickly shook my head, I wasn't really in a mood at the moment to play any games. I was still completely in shock of my previous night with Reno. I walked around for about an hour and a half watching random people, also stopping in and seeing a chocobo race.

quickly became tired of watching the chocobo races, this really was an amazing place…there was just way to much on my mind. Suddenly I heard a strange voice from behind me.

I turned quickly to see two men standing behind me.

"My my…what a sexy little senorita!" The taller man said as they came closer to me.

The shorter man laughed as he pushed me against a wall kissing on my neck.

"Get the fuck off…" I yelled.

"Woooo Hooo! We got a fiesty one tonight brother!" The short one said laughing again.

I pushed him away but the taller one grabed me and threw me over his shoulder.

"Come on hotcakes, we are gonna show you some manners!" He said beginning to walk away.

"LET HER GO…" A deep voice said from behind me.

I couldn't see what was happening but I hit the ground suddenly seeing the two men run off. I got to my feet quickly and brushed off my skirt,

"Are you alright?" The deep voice said.

I looked up seeing a tall blond haired man, his looks were so fimiliar I was afraid to assume it was him.

"Oh…yeah I am ok." I said nodding trying to avoid eye contact with him.

"Well, you have to be careful around here, there are a lot of perverts who come here. I'm glad not to be a girl…you really shouldn't be alone out here either." He said slowly.

I stood stunned unable to speak. If this was who I thought, he was being awful nice considering who I was…oh wait. He didn't know who I was, he wouldn't recognize me at all. I looked at him.

"Oh…my brother was around here somewhere but, he's playing in the arcade." I said softly.

He nodded. "Ahh, she speaks!" He laughed a moment then extended his hand. "My name is Cloud Strife…and you are?"

I gasped a little, it was him afterall. The great Cloud Strife, who numerous times, we tried to kill. Here he was being kind to me, Elena the Turk…I just stood there staring at his hand.

"Well…a name would be nice miss?" He said taking his hand back.

"Oh! Umm Rini…my name is Rini…" I said quickly.

He smiled a little. "Nice to meet you Miss Rini."

I was caught completely by surprise. I had never really spoken to Mr. Strife in the past, I just always hated him. But now here we were standing face to face.

"Yes, nice to meet you too Mr. Strife." I said quickly.

He turned to walk away. "Umm, I am going to this little bar, would you like to come?" He said stopping.

I looked around. "Me?"

"Of course you…there aren't any other sweet and beautiful girls around here that I am talking to are there?" He said smiling back.

I smiled a little and followed him into a very tiny bar. He ushered me over to a seat and sat down next to me.

"So, you say you're here with your brother? Doesn't look like you are having much fun, I saw you in the race track, you looked bored." He said as the waitress came to take our drink orders.

I had learned my lesson from the Ice Tea, so I just ordered a water.

"Yeah…my brother…umm he's off winning money. I hope winning at least…" I said as the waitress walked away.

"You sound really fimiliar…" He said slowly staring at me.

"Huh?" I said quickly.

"Your voice, it sounds very fimiliar I just don't really know where I would have met you…" He said staring deep into my eyes.

I didn't know what to say, suddenly I stood up.

"Umm…I have to go…I forgot I was supposed to meet my brother!" I said jumping up and running out of the bar. Whew, that was close.

Suddenly I saw Reno rushing towards me.

"HEY! El…Rini! We are rich!" He said picking me up spinning me around.

"Yeah I ran into that Cloud Strife guy and won most of his money! It was great! I had so much fun! Wow, we have like, 8 million Gp! That's like 800 million Gil!" He said pulling on my arm.

I nodded. "Huh? We have what!" I was so surprised by the news. How could he have won that much money in the past 3 hours? We stood outside the bar , a few moments later Cloud exited with a strange looking woman.

Reno shook his head and pulled me back against him. "That damned hooker has been chasing me all night! She knows I been winning…"

I looked at him and pulled away. "Hooker?"

He nodded. "Yeah that woman there, she is a hooker, a prostitute. She gets her money by having sex with men…probably women too."

I just stood in awe staring at him. I had never known of anyone having to do those types of things for money.

"Oh…here…" He said handing me some Gp.

"Reno I don't need your money…" I said trying to hand it back.

"Hey…shhh….stop with the names…it's OUR money anyway Rini! I got some more stuff to do. See you later.." He said running off.

I looked around a moment then proceeded to the arcade. I wasn't really into playing the games, so I watched a few young men play a Sumo game it was quite funny. Finally after a few hours I made my way down the long hallway towards our room. I was quickly pushed aside by a young woman and man making out down the hallway.

"Ugh! Watch it!" I screamed out as the young man turned towards me. It was Reno! I couldn't even breath. I just stood there my mouth open wide.

"Uhh…Rini…" He said nerviously.

I shook my head and turned away. "I DON'T NEED YOU ANYMORE" I said throwing his Gp to the ground and taking off down the hallway. I slowly made my way down to a bar with a glowing green sign. 'Miko's Makou Bar' the sign said. I smiled a bit and swung open the door.

The strong smell of Makou filled my nose as I found an empty table. The bar was exreamly crowded, however I could see a young black haired lady a stage across the room singing a sweet love song. A few moments later Cloud Strife walked through the door. Seeing me he made his way over quick.

"Hey! You ran out on me earlier!" He said sitting down across from me.

I blinked a moment. "Uhhhh….sorry. I had to meet someone."

"Yeah that guy you were with outside the bar…he was your brother?" Cloud said smiling a little.

"Uhh….yeah…" I replied.

"Wow, that's cool. He's good. He won a lot of money from me. I was pretty pissed at him. But it's ok now. I feel a lot better." He said before calling over a young waitress.

I watched him slowly remembering the young hooker he took back to his room. I knew he was a jerk deep down inside. All men are, just like Reno.

"You look pissed, you want some Makou?" He said smiling at me.

I shook my head.

"Well I just saw you hear and I wanted to say hello…but I need to be getting out now. Someone is looking for me!" He said standing up.

I nodded then watched him walk out. What a very strange man he was. I looked around the bar suddenly seeing a few faces I wish I hadn't seen staring back at me.

Tseng and Rude sat in a corner booth looking directly at me. I quickly looked down and took a deep breath. They wouldn't recognize me would they?

Suddenly I could feel someone standing near me, looking up I saw them. Tseng and Rude stood beside my table.

Tseng slide onto the booth with me, pushing me over a little.

"You have business with Mr. Strife?" He said sternly staring at me.

"Frankly, my business is none of your concern." I said firmly.

Tseng laughed a little. "Aww, a tough little whore we have here…"

"I am not a whore!" I said loudly.

"Hmm, we will see about that." Tseng said grabbing my hair a little. "You know what we do to bossy little girls who can't keep their mouths shut?"

I pulled away from him and rolled my eyes. "I don't know but why don't you tell me?"

Tseng grinned and grabbed my face. "Well, after….."

He was quickly interupted by Rude hanging up his cell phone. "He needs us back now…"

Tseng nodded. "Hmm, I am sure we will see this little fairie again." He said letting me go and standing up. He quickly followed Rude out the door laughing.

I rubbed my chin, it had hurt just a little. I sat quietly another few moments before a cold chill came over my entire body. I was suddenly feeling very strange. I looked up towards the door figuring a draft had come from there. That's when I saw it. A tall man with long white flowing hair and a long black over coat. Sticking from the bottom of the coat was a long sword luckily it was sheathed. I took a deep breath and looked at him as his mysterious black eyes traced the room.

Immediately I knew who he was, he so much resembled Sephiroth…I knew it had to be the young clone that Rufus had mentioned a while back.