--White Haired Valentine—

He took a seat from far from my table and I turned away quickly. I could not allow him to look into my eyes. It had been told to me long ago that one strange power that Sephiroth had was if he was to look into your eyes, he could see everthing about you. Your past, your present thoughts, even a little into the future. I knew that just one glance from this man, and it would all be over.

He sat gracefully, watching the young singer on the stage. He was extreamly poite to the waitress, I knew he had to be covering his ass so that he wouldn't get caught. This was the only time in my entire life when I wished that Rude and Tseng had stayed in here.

The white haired man placed his head in his hands and stared down at the table. He wasn't looking very well. Here I was sitting in the bar, with the enemy…and no idea how to destroy him. I suddenly remembered a story that Reno had once told me, of an young woman who killed her evil husband by giving him an overdose of Makou. I looked around a moment, perhaps I could do that to him? I quickly called the waitress over and wispered to her that I would pay her very well if she would serve the young white haired man Four glasses of Triple Strong Ultra Makou Punch. The lady looked at me and shook her head.

"Nuh…jus one glasses of da drink ish enuf to kills 2 stong mens!" She said with a strange accent.

I flashed some Gp in her face…enough to make her take off to make the drinks.

A few moments later she returned from the kitchen with a slightly glowing bevereage and served it to the white haired male. I heard the two exchange words a moment then they both looked my way. My entire body tensed up…now he knew who was trying to kill him.

I sat quietly as the man drank up 2 of the Makou Punches. This was impossible, he wasn't even acting as if it affected him one bit! I called the waitress over, offered her more money to make the last two even stronger. After a while the man had finished his third drink and the waitress brought him out a fresh glass…this one was lime green and glowing greatly. It was obvious that it was 98 Makou…and hardly anything else. This one glass was enough to kill over 12 of the worlds strongest men. I nodded and sat back, listening to the singer on stage, a tiny grin across my face for I knew that this man was to be dead instantly.

I glanced from the corner of my eye a few moments later, the man was gone…and the glass of Makou Punch sat on the table empty. My heart skipped a beat, where had he gone? I took a deep breath and began to look around. No sooner had I moved my glance from his table that I saw a beautiful white rose in front of my face.

"Hmm?" I said looking up to the person holding the rose, my face lost all color and I gasped.

"Why, thank you, ma'm for the drinks…they were quite lovely." The tall white haired man said as he stood in front of me holding a single white rose in his hand.

I quickly looked away avoiding eye contact with him.

"This..is for you, I know It is not much…but a young beautiful maiden such as yourself should not be alone on Valentines Day." He said placing the rose on the table in front of me and taking a seat next to me.

I nodded and murrmerd a tiny "Thank you sir.."

"My name is Yazoo, what is yours my lady?" He said sweetly.

"Um..Rini…Rini VanBraff." I said slowly, completely in awe that he was able to walk across the room.

"Well, Miss VanBraff you must know who I am already, or else you wouldn't have given me such a poisonous drink…you must have known that if any ordinary man was to drink even half of the first glass, he would have died! But not I, Makou makes me stronger…and thanks to you…I am much stronger now than I was when I first arrived." He said placing his hand on mine.

I took a deep breath. How could I have been so stupid? I had just made this man much stronger than before, the man who I was supposed to be against.

"Hmm, you are awful quiet Miss VanBraff. Hmm, it makes me wonder if you do indeed know who I am…and perhaps I already know who you are as well…" He said as he gently rubbed my shoulder.

"I…have never seen you before sir…" I managed to say.

I small elegant laugh escaped him. "Hah, I see…well you have much to learn about life Miss Karona…you really should have known that drink would only make me stronger."

I blinked. Did he just call me Miss Karona?

He quickly grasped my chin and pulled my face around, looking directly into my eyes.

"I know who you are…Elena. Clever little girl you are…running away from Shin-Ra?" He smiled largely and let go of my face. "I could use someone like you on my side…" He smiled and stood up. "I'll let you think about that one…" He said walking away.

I sat in the booth watching as my white haired valentine left the bar. He wanted me on his side? That was never going to happen! I would never join up with the dark powers of a Sephiroth Clone!

I needed to get out of the bar…but I was still really upset with Reno. I just didn't know what to do. I walked from the bar back to the arcade, spotting Reno standing with Cloud Stife laughing.

--To be Continued--