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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 Painful Shots and Fakes

By:ClassicLit

&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&In the cave

Yuffie sat still listening to car engine starting up not far from their hiding spot. She was still holding on to Reno for dear life so he wouldn't tumble forward. Finally about three minutes after the car was long gone Yuffie dared to take in a tentative breath and released Reno who unceremoniously fell to the ground sideways. Yuffie had a sneaking suspicion that he might have hit his head on the wall, but she didn't care at the moment. She made her way around the figure and kneeled at his side.

She took off his jacket and tossed it to the side. She started struggling to get him to sit up and take his shirt off, but Reno picked that moment to wake up. She finally steadied him without noticing that he had his eyes half open and went on to start unbuttoning his shirt. This would probably be a good time to let the reader know that Yuffie was ONLY taking off his shirt for the SOUL reason of fixing his injury and seeing that it wasn't infected. Now that we got that straight let's go on. Reno of course, even though half awake, noticed what she was doing.

"Irresistible aren't I." He slurred while looking at her with a small smirk. He really didn't have the energy. She growled back, but to his disappointment she didn't let him get to her and finished unbuttoning his shirt. She took the half soaked thing off him and kneeled next to his side. Her face twisted in apprehension when she actually saw the injury. It was certainly deeper than she anticipated, but didn't…hopefully didn't hit any vital organs.

"Hey Turkey" she said waking the already half asleep Reno "do you have any material on you?" she asked. He was tired and she could tell. He gave up on the idea of trying to speak and simply pointed to his belt. There she saw his mag rod and his gun. Unfortunately however there was no cure material on them. "Lousy, good for nothing…" she chanted while putting the weapons aside and giving the dazed Reno a dirty look. "How do you expect to get out of this alive?" she asked him acidly. She didn't get any response except a bitter half laugh, half cough that resounded through the cave.

She huffed to herself and started his half soaked shirt into strips. She made a somewhat make-shift bandage and tied it around the wound applying light pressure. Luckily for her…or more like luckily for him the blood flow stopped a while back and didn't start up again. She honestly couldn't believe it, it was just her luck. With difficulty she put the carelessly thrown jacket back on Reno, who in his half-dazed state grabbed her arm and now used it as a pillow as he slowly slid down to the floor of the cave.

Yuffie wasn't as lucky as to "slowly slide down", it was more of a jerk for her and her butt made solid contact with the floor. She was about to scream at the guy, but something distracted her. Something very hard that was right now digging into her lower back. She slowly reached her hand behind her back and dug around in the back pocket of her jeans. OH GLORY! There in her pocket was a PHS.

All of a sudden, the fact that Reno himself was lying on her arm didn't matter. She was actually willing to kiss him for not being able to open his big mouth and bitch about her chicken brains. SHE HAD A PHS. The realization couldn't have come at a better time…well, it could have, but any later and the Turk might have gotten his ass done for. He would have to thank her.

She flipped open the PHS, for the time being completely forgetting about the arm that started throbbing painfully due to the pressure that Reno's head was applying on it. She automatically dialed her dad and waited while the phone rang on the other end.

"Pick up, pick up, pick up…" she was chanting quietly, finally though her soft chanting was answered.

"Hello." Came a voice on the other end that Yuffie recognized right away.

"Umm dad…"

&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&In a hospital in Wutai

Reno finally came to and the first thing he felt was pain. Damn it! He looked around himself and saw that absolutely everything was white. 'Either I'm in a hospital, or an insane asylum, on account of dreaming up stories about Leviathan summons and obnoxious Wutaian princesses". Before he could finish the taught though, the door to his room opened slightly and a growling Yuffie walked into his room slamming the door behind her. When she saw him awake she froze in her tracks and gave him a puzzled look.

"Missed me?" he asked melodramatically. She just kept staring at him and then putting a determined look on her face marched right up to his bed.

"Why are you awake?" she asked irritably while placing her hands on her hips with an indignant sigh.

"Boy, I can see you're happy to see me princess." Reno said rolling his eyes at the unwanted guest. "Didn't really expect me to bite the dust this early did you?"

"Unfortunately." She said while pulling up a chair and placing it at the foot of his bed. "I knew, being a persistent pest that you are, you'd survive, but those" she point her thumb to the door while sitting down on the chair "…things didn't think you'd make it past midnight." Reno could only guess that "the things" were the doctors that treated him.

"What's the time?" he asked while the thought of not making it past midnight sunk in. Yuffie gave him a wicked smirk.

"Well…" she made a big deal of looking at the watch on her hand "right now it's still eleven thirty. So I wouldn't relax if I were you Turkey: no one knows what can happen within the next half hour." Yuffie finished off mysteriously.

"Mwa haha, oh evil genius." Reno added sarcastically while starting to inspect his surroundings. He wasn't so much inspecting what was around him as looking for his cigarettes. He spotted his suite jacket hung neatly on a chair at the corner of the room and went to get up, but a cold hand stopped him. He looked at Yuffie and shockingly she looked dead serious.

"The doc said no moving around. I don't want your bloody death on my hands…so stay the hell in bed." She said while slowly releasing his arm and taking her seat at the foot of the bed.

"Afraid to loose me snookums?" Reno asked in a sing-song voice while settling back in bed. Yuffie inspected him for a minute and when she realized he was actually…dare she say it…behaving, she gave him a smirk.

"Actually, the doctor said that once you wake up, you'll get a series of PAINFUL shots." Reno involuntarily blanched. Last time he had to get shots after an injury it was not pretty. Rude had to restrain him while the damn doctor was getting some…substance into him. Reno could only guess what the hell it was considering that when he initially saw the needle all semblance of rational thought left him. "I wouldn't want to miss it for the world." Yuffie said ignoring his expression. Reno gave out a loud sigh, since this will have to happen, it will just have to happen.

"Where the hell is everyone anyhow?" he asked agitated. Yuffie's smirk only grew at his annoyed voice.

"Well, Reeve called and said that they should do the bare minimum to keep you alive considering…" whatever she was going to say after that was cut off as Reno glared daggers at her. Yuffie shook her head and put up her arms in defeat. "Alright, alright. Reeve has been calling like crazy to see if you're alive. He's worried as hell…though I don't know why you're like a damn cockroach, impossible to kill…"she couldn't help but add and make a dramatic pause. Reno didn't take it to heart, but made a mental note that when he will get out of this hospital the brat will have hell to pay. "My dad is back at the Temple of Leviathan, Cloud and Tifa…"

"You brat!" she was rudely interrupted. She was simply stretching time they both knew, considering that the only thing Reno wanted to know was when the doctor would arrive with his PAINFUL shots. Yuffie broke in a fit of laughter and Reno scowled as her.

"He'll be here in about…ten minutes." She finished off with a triumphant smile while looking at her watch. Reno who was getting ready of pouncing settled back into his bed and tilted his head to look at the ceiling. The silence lasted about one minute, not long enough for Reno and too long for Yuffie.

"They're here." She sang softly while Reno was concentrated on listening to the footsteps that made their determined way towards his room. They stopped in front of the door and Reno could hear that whoever was outside the door was briskly flipping through papers. The figure slowly walked into the room and upon seeing Reno awake smiled broadly.

"Why, it's a great relief to finally have you up." The man who was dressed in a doctor uniform said with a small smile on his face. Reno didn't like him. Not at all. He looked fake. Reno looked towards Yuffie and noticed that she too was looking at the new comer suspiciously. Before Reno could open his mouth however, Yuffie jumped into the conversation.

"Where is Doctor Rogers?" she asked curiously still leveling the new comer with a very suspicious look.

"He sent me to get you Ms. Kisaragi." The man replied. "If you would please follow me." Then turning to Reno he gave him a half smile "Doctor Rogers will be here in a few please wait here." With that he started walking out the door and after giving Reno and meaningful glance Yuffie followed warily. Something wasn't right.

Reno almost chuckled at himself, if only the action wouldn't have been so pathetic. He is becoming a woman, he though resolutely. 'Something is off! What do I have women's intuition?" He asked himself while shaking his head. He was about to write off the guy as simply…fake for a lack of better term. As in harmless fake, but his thoughts were cut short. The closet door that Reno hasn't noticed before finally gave way to a weight that was pushing on it. A man in a doctor's uniform fell out with a bullet in his skull.

Reno didn't waste any time, he jumped up and went straight for the body. There was really nothing that he could have done for he man, but he did notice the tag on the lab coat and it read 'Brian Rogers'. 'You are a fucking woman.' Reno thought sarcastically. He could almost hear Yuffie's sniggering while making his way to his jacket that was still neatly hanging on the chair in the corner of the room. He took out his gun and made quick work of putting on his pants and ripping off the clothes that the hospital provided. The actions caused him tremendous pain, but he couldn't afford to waste any time. The pain was dulled however; it was probably the anesthesia from when the real doctor was putting stitches on his wound. Reno thanked his lucky starts one last time before putting on his washed and dried shirt. He ran out the door buttoning the damn thing as he went.

Thank you so much for reading and again sorry for the late update. Sorry, sorry, sorry. I hope you liked the chapter.