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Beyond the Reflection

Disclaimer: I do not own FFVII.

Summary: When Reno takes on the investigation of a case in Wutai, he gets more than he bargained for. Mainly: one obnoxious, spoiled, sarcastic, and infuriating brat. (Among other things of course.)

Of Blonde Secretaries and CPR

By:ClassicLit

Hey! Sorry for this chapter being so short. It's just that I left on a cliffhanger and I felt very bad for it. At least I thought, I would describe what happened right after. I didn't have time, but I worked with the amount of time I did have. Hope you like it!

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"I can't believe this." Reeve mumbled quietly to himself while calling Reno's PHS for probably the tenth time in the past three minutes. How could Reno possibly disappear, with Yuffie no less, within 36 hours of taking the mission? How his red-headed employee got himself into trouble so quickly and so often was quite honestly beyond Reeve. Reeve growled in frustration when he was again met with the obnoxious away message that Reno recorded about three weeks back.

"Hey...I'd say I'm sorry, but heck I'm really not. I'm not busy; I just don't want to talk to you. Heh! If you leave a message I might call you back when I'm in a better mood…maybe." Reno's arrogant voice came at the other end of the line. The beep that followed the away message Reeve didn't hear considering he flung the phone across the room into the wall opposite his desk. The phone hit the wall about two inches from the door, startling the secretary that just came in. The blonde glared at Reeve while rudely dumping a stack of papers on his desk. When she made a show of slamming the door upon her exit, Reeve huffed softly to himself.

"And of course she forgets the coffee." This was all Reeve could say before collapsing back into his chair and going over all the ways he could kill Reno…if Reno wasn't dead already that is.

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Reno was vaguely aware of his PHS ringing some three feet off to the side. He cursed the damn thing quietly while shaking Yuffie and as expected getting no answer. He honestly knew where this was going, but not at all was he willing to admit that if his feeble attempts at waking her didn't work he'd have to perform CPR.

"Wakey, wakey princess." He said in a sing song voice, but when he didn't get an answer again he grew agitated. "Listen here brat, there is no way in hell I am dragging you back to Godo. Plus I know you're only faking, you're just lazy and don't wanna walk." He crossed his arms over his chest giving a good impersonation of a six year old child throwing a temper tantrum. He rolled his eyes at himself.

"I honestly have no idea of what I was trying to achieve with that." He said while shaking his head and giving Yuffie a once over for other injuries. "Well…at least I get to make fun of her when she wakes up…if she wakes up."

He closed her nose with the fingers of his left hand and put his right hand under her chin, lifting her face a bit upwards. He took in a deep breath and put his lips over hers breathing into her lungs while counting up to 5 in his head. He lifted his head and put his ear to her mouth to see if she was breathing. To his utter disappointment, she wasn't. At that moment something that was akin to worry settled in the pit of his stomach. No not worry…it would probably be more accurately described as…anxiousness. Yes that was it. He took another deep breath, but when his mouth was only an inch from hers, Yuffie's eyes shot open and she spit out water right into Reno's face, who was unfortunate enough not to have had the time to move to the side. She sat bolt up right and was coughing out the water from her lungs while Reno was trying to look more repulsed about the water than relieved that she was alive.

When she turned around to face him, he opened his mouth, but was rudely interrupted.

"What the hell did you think you were doing Turkey?" Yuffie screamed from her place looking thoroughly pissed. Now that he thought about it the whole scene was quite…suggestive.

"Don't flatter yourself princess" he gave her a grin "if it was not for the dire life or death situation I wouldn't even get within the vicinity of 10 feet." His grin turned into a smirk when he saw her cheeks flush red "Plus, you should be thanking me, I did save your hide after all." He heard a distinct growl from her general direction, but decided not to concern himself with it as he made his way to his PHS that was until then lying forgotten on the ground. He turned to her and saw that she was looking distinctly uncomfortable again.

"What is it?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.

"You performed CPR?" she asked uncertainly. Reno had to chuckle at that one.

"If it helps you sleep at night princess." He said nonchalantly while starting his way further into the forest. "But, in more accurate terms it was mouth to mouth." He stopped and turned. He had to admit the expression on her face was absolutely priceless. The shocked/embarrassed look changed rather quickly though.

"What is that in your hand?" she asked, now looking curious more than anything. He looked towards his hand and saw the wet PHS. He smacked himself mentally. How could he just forget about the damn thing? "It's a PHS isn't it?" she continued matter-of-factly. He shook his head and looked at the offending piece of technology. He flipped it open, but to his aggravation the PHS lights flashed bright red before he saw a small message on the screen. He looked up to Yuffie who was looking inquiringly at him. He gave her a wry smile and put the PHS away.

"Don't tell me this." She said with wide eyes. "The battery is down isn't it?" This just wasn't his day.

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Reeve dialed Reno's number again. He pressed redial for a while, but got bored to death, so he opted for actually moving his fingers. This time he was greeted with no ringing, just the away message.

"This is strange." Reeve muttered under his breath. "Did he turn it off." At that exact moment Reeve's eyes landed on a wire stretching from the nearby outlet to his desk. Reeve hung up the phone and crouched under the table. He followed the length of the wire and…BANG! He hit his head on the table as the same blonde secretary suddenly entered the room with another stack of papers. She again dumped them less than gently on his desk and briskly walked off, not forgetting to give him a reproachful look.

"Again, she forgets the coffee." Reeve huffed under his breath while finally determining the wire, to his utter horror, was Reno's PHS charger. "Oh no." Reeve mouthed while sitting back in his chair in a dazed stupor.