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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.)

Crazy Drivers and Information Craze

By:ClassicLit

&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&Hospital, south part

Yuffie would really like to find what the fuck just happened? She hasn't heard much of the conversation between the guy and Reno, but she did what the guy said about Reno getting soft. So obviously the two knew each other. She marched up to the room that both the guy and Reno ran into and stopped in the doorway. As she expected the guy was nowhere to be see (plus the open window spoke for itself) and Reno was standing like the…Turk that he is (by the way this was a derogatory remark, just in case you were wondering). Yuffie knew that if she flat out asked Reno about this guy he would flip; but did she listen to her inner voice of reason that resurfaced once in a while? The answer to that was of course NO. Thus the action and reaction.

"What the hell was that about?" Yuffie screeched from her place in the doorway. Reno didn't give her a glance before heading straight for the doorway finding the floor to be very interesting. Yuffie didn't feel like backing down today however, that's why when he got to the door she didn't make a move to free the doorway for him to go out of the room. Reno stopped in front of Yuffie and she almost let out a sigh of relief considering she was fully expecting him to just walk into her.

"What do you want brat?" he asked finally looking up. He was a bit agitated, but other than that he was…normal (well, as normal as Reno could get). Yuffie did let out a sigh of relief and to Reno's raised eyebrow simply scowled.

"I said…" But she was rudely interrupted by an infuriating drawl.

"I heard what you said, brat. That doesn't mean you're getting an answer." Reno said rolling his eyes and crossing his arms over his chest. Yuffie coughed indignantly.

"Sorry to talk while you're interrupting" she said assuming a rather snooty expression "but, you're not getting out of here until you tell me who that…thing, I mean guy was." At that point she dropped all the pretenses of being pompous and flat out glared at Reno.

"How the hell do you plan on keeping me in here?" Reno asked with a fake dumbfounded look on his face. Yuffie had to admit he had a point there. She was certainly not something that would stop him from exiting, but hell would she succumb to that LOGIC. After all the word was a bit foreign to her.

"You don't want a ninja star up your…" this time she was interrupted by a soft cough from behind her. She jumped at the soft sound and upon turning around found herself face to face with her father.

"I thought I told you NOT to bother the poor guy who would happen to show up." Godo said with a light smile recalling the conversation at the end of which it was quite probable that if he didn't move he would have gotten hit with a heavy object on the head. Yuffie all but growled when she heard snickering coming from behind her back. Considering the only person that was in the room other than her father and her, as well as the fact that her father was definitely not making the irritating noise it was safe to assume that when the chance came Reno would get a good ass kicking. 'He deserves it.' Yuffie thought wryly. Before she could say anything however Godo already turned to Reno.

"Hello young man" he said with a polite smile "I suppose that you are the ever famous Reno that Reeve has been raving about." Reno smile back and nodded. He certainly understood why Reeve would be 'raving' about him (get the sarcasm?).

"Afternoon sir." Reno said with a nod and then almost slapped himself. Afternoon? It was almost midnight or probably already past midnight. Reno could here Yuffie chuckling lightly in front of him and he shook his head. "I mean…hi." He finished off lamely. Godo simply nodded.

"Yuffie if you would please help our guest to the Pagoda, there will be a car waiting for you outside. I haven't slept myself for the past two days, please excuse my leave." Reno made to object considering he had a nice room in the hotel, but was quickly cut off. "No objections." Godo said with a smile and wave before leaving the two alone. Yuffie didn't waste much time before recuperating.

"As I was saying if you don't want a shuriken up…" she cut herself off this time by the look on Reno's face. What was he on to? She didn't have to ponder over that for long however.

"I think my legs are about tot give way." Reno said melodramatically flinging his arm to his forehead. "Be a nice girl and carry me." When Yuffie's expression remained emotionless Reno rolled his eyes. "Oi pest, you're supposed to HELP me to the Pagoda remember?" They stared at each other for two more silent seconds during which Reno started inching his way towards the door, then

"I'm gonna kill you Turk boy!" Yuffie howled at the top of her lungs exactly at the moment that Reno fled out of the room and down the hallway.

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After almost killing himself and Yuffie together with him they finally got to the Pagoda. The car ride was anything but pleasant. His fatigue caught on to him and the feeling of lightheadedness wouldn't leave him. The driver was absolutely atrocious at what he did. The turns were by far sharper than they should have been, he jerked the car when he sped up, and Reno almost went flying into the passenger seat on a few occasions when the car would come to a screechy halt. All in all he was nauseous and out of the corner of his eye, considering if he turned his head another wave of dizziness would hit him, he noticed that Yuffie wasn't doing so well herself.

But they arrived at the Pagoda nonetheless. Alive, if not a bit battered. By this point Reno could not really stand on his own two feet. He could feel the mettle stitches across his side, that were only going to be taken off in three days (as a real doctor said). He didn't have enough power to even get out of the car.

Yuffie, eager to jump out of the car and stretch did so, but after a minute of so noticed that Reno was nowhere to be seen. She walked around to his side of the car and opened the door to only be met with a handful of Reno. She pushed him back onto the seat and glared daggers at him.

"Get your ass up Turkey." She hissed at him upon seeing the lopsided grin he was giving her.

"Can you imagine that I'm getting up even as we speak?" he asked her seriously. Yuffie almost snickered at that, but instead opted for simply rolling her eyes.

"I could always imagine that." She answered with a smirk forming on her lips "but that won't get you to your room this evening." With that she made to leave, but stopped before she got too far. She turned around and saw that in fact Reno was not going to get up on his own. He was trying now; this actually consisted of getting up and leaning heavily on the car with jagged breaths. She rolled her eyes again and walked back to him.

"You owe me." She said while putting his arm around her shoulder and holding on to his waist. Reno simply grinned from ear to ear. With lots of trouble, cursing, and taunting they finally got to Reno's room and he gratefully fell on the bed. Yuffie was not ready to leave however. She sat cross legged on the floor in front of Reno's head, which by the way was buried in the pillow.

"When I said you owe me, I meant you owe me." She said determined to get what she wanted.

"Shit brat can't we do this some other time?" Reno asked half-whining and half-asleep.

"NO!" was the curt yelp which made Reno cringe. He shook his head and buried it further into the pillow. Before Yuffie could start screeching again he grunted.

"You want information donchya?" He slurred sleepily and Yuffie grinned like a maniac from ear to ear. "You're a sadist you know that?" He said finally lifting his head up and catching sight of the grin on Yuffie's face. He flipped onto his back and after Yuffie prodded him with her hand on his side (the injured side) he began. "What do you want to know?"

"Who was that guy?" Yuffie asked immediately; it was obvious she already had these questions planned out.

"His name is Demetri. He is a member of SOLDIER. Actually…scratch that he was a member of SOLDIER." Reno rubbed his hands at his temples and waited for the next question.

"What did he want?"

"Do I look like a mind reader to you Yuff? He didn't get as far as telling me that. The damn nurse had to walk in and interrupt." Reno growled lightly and put his hands back to his sides.

"How do you know him?"

"Perhaps six months before Meteor this guy was pronounced a traitor. He was apparently getting and selling ShinRa secrets to an underground organization called FIST. My job was to well…dispose of him. Me and Rude had to do it."

"FIST?" Yuffie asked a bit confused.

"Yeah, it was no AVALNCHE protagonist group." He said sending a small smirk in her direction to which Yuffie scowled indignantly. "This was a second ShinRa. Instead of building itself up however the leaders wanted to destroy the ShinRa from within and eliminate any kind of competition." Yuffie nodded trying to get this information to sink in. She was about to open her mouth when she heard soft snoring coming from the bed that was in front of her. Yuffie shook her head lightly realizing that Reno was far gone to answer any more questions. She quietly went out of the room and closed the door behind her.

Hope you liked this chapter. Plus I also hope that you found it a bit informative as to what the mystery is about.