"Hey asswipe," Yuffie said cheerfully elbowing Reno's rib with her cuffed hand.
Reno's eyes were still closed as he whimpered in pain. He felt like he was sitting on something very thin, out of shock; he moved quickly making him fall backwards.
Yuffie quickly supported him with her free hand and pushed him forward, his eyes still closed.
"Open your eyes dumbass," Yuffie said in a know-it-all voice.
Out of small fear; Reno opened his eyes.
"What the fuck?" Reno said confused.
Yuffie giggled at his un-vain swearing.
Both were sitting on a giant street sign to show where each of the sectors were. They were overlooking the memorial statue that Shinra built right in the middle of Edge.
"Out of all bloody places Yuffie, why in an intersection street sign?" asked Reno.
Yuffie shrugged, "Dunno, haha look at Barret!" she teased pointed at the angry man who was swearing and shaking his fist in the air.
Reno smirked, "Well, at least we didn't get our asses kicked. So your 'yoga' was some special ninja crap neh?"
"Yup," Yuffie said cheerfully, "I remember my teacher taught me it a long time ago in Wutai."
Reno nodded; impressed, "One hell of a job you did here babe."
Yuffie blushed furiously as she turned away to hide; as she felt the heat from her cheeks fade away she turned back.
"ANDDD!" Yuffie shouted, "While I was running away from that bastard I took his materia!"
Yuffie triumphantly showed Reno a pouch full of glowing pearly materia.
Reno smiled, "Still got those materia cravings neh?"
Yuffie smiled proudly, "True materia love," she said as she turned away to put the pouch in her materia hiding places, she smiled evilly at another bigger pouch of materia, it was Reno's. "True materia love," she mumbled sneakily.
Reno raised an eyebrow as he saw Yuffie laughing to herself.
Yuffie noticed his 'what the fuck' glare and stopped instantly.
"SOOOOO…" Yuffie said loudly dangling her legs and banging them on the sign lightly.
"Shut up and look!" Reno said excitedly as he pointed at Barret who was talking to a confused Marlene.
"Hey.. why she skipping far away from him?" Yuffie asked.
"Yeah, like far FAR AWAY," Reno corrected.
"Look he gave up on us!" Yuffie exclaimed pointing at Barret for emphasis.
Barret was now stomping angrily from the scene; he then stopped; as if he forgotten something.
"SOOO," Yuffie ranted on loudly banging her legs on the sign, "Let's go before we – SHIT!"
Reno heard a loud bang of multiple gunshots as he felt himself fall downloads his wrist ached heavily since Yuffie's weight was weighing him down.
He felt his head moved to the right and the sway of the wind as he was lying on the memorial statue Shinra made.
He could hear Yuffie pant in fear and tiredness.
"YOU CAN'T HIDE BRAT!" Barret screamed in his low voice making multiple shots in the air.
Reno heard more and more shots whiz past him as Yuffie stood up and ran and somersaulted in the air.
"Damn.. you ass.. you're weighing me down.." Yuffie panted angrily.
Reno kept quite afraid to speak, not knowing what to do he let himself in Yuffie's hands as she ran this way and that, jump and twirl and land.
Everything was silent, he felt Yuffie's free hand supporting him to stand.
He was standing on the thin outline of the street sign there were sitting before.
Yuffie's short black hair was flowing her head band was loose; she turned her eyes to him.
"If you'll help," Yuffie said quietly.
Reno nodded, as they whispered quietly on what to do.
Barret smiled in triumph as he looked in his surroundings; no sign of them, they must be hiding, stupid brat and that son of a bitch Turk.
"You can do it Yuffs," Reno said in encouragement.
"No I can't," Yuffie whined "What if I throw it too hard? What if I throw it in the wrong place and it aims on him? What if we come in the wrong time that we'll be shot?"
"Now you're thinking too much," Reno said plainly.
Yuffie glared at him "Anythings possible," she said sulkily.
"That's it, no more ninja babies here." Reno said angrily. "I'm going to count to THREE, and if don't move, we're going at him, and I'm not bullshitting here.
"But.."
"ONE."
"I.."
"TWO."
"Fucking -"
"THREE! READY OR NOT BABE!"
Reno jumped as Yuffie followed his lead and trembled as she picked up her shuriken.
"When we get close to him throw your shuriken, then if you can, transport to his front and LUNGE, then I'll give him some taste of my rod yo," Reno said proudly. Those were the words Yuffie had to depend right now.
They were so close as Yuffie took aim and threw her shuriken past Barret.
"NOW!" screamed Reno.
Yuffie concentrated herself to transport herself to Barret's front just as Reno told her.
Barret turned around, a 'what the fuck?' Look on his face.
No-one was there.
"NYAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Yuffie screamed.
Barret turned to his front to see a very angry looking Yuffie and Reno jumping feet first at him, weapons in hand.
Barret fell flat backwards as he felt something hard and long struck him across his face, he felt jolts through his body in different places and then a soft small but strong fist punch him right in the nose.
He opened his eyes to see Reno's shoe on his chest and Yuffie with one arm on her slim hips.
Tired and in serious pain; Barret fell unconscious.
Reno and Yuffie looked at Barret for a long time until Yuffie couldn't hold herself any longer.
"WE DID IT RENO WE KICKED HIS ASS HARDCORE!"
Reno smiled happily as his cuffed wrist went up and down as Yuffie jumped, clapped, cheered and punched her fist in the air. Then felt her arms go to his into a hug.
Yuffie felt Reno's arm wrap around her waist. She blushed furiously as she let him go.
"Sorry," mumbled Yuffie, turning away.
"What?" Reno asked sarcastically.
"Sorry,"
"Can't hear you," Reno said in a sing song voice.
"SORRY GOD DAMNIT!" Yuffie screamed turning around to see her red hot face.
Reno raised his eyebrows; to see Yuffie blushing furiously.
"What?" Yuffie growled. "It's always hot around here."
Reno sighed and shook his head, "Let's go before we -"
"DADDY!" Marlene's concerned scared voice shouted. "DADDY?"
"Oh shit," Yuffie said plainly picking up her shuriken.
Marlene ran as fast as her legs can carry her and bended down beside Barret, she looked up at Reno and Yuffie.
"What happened to Daddy?" she asked, afraid.
"Um well, you know, like.." Yuffie said stuttering trying to think of a good excuse.
"Well you know what happens girl, adults these days, their system just goes BOOM and there goin' down," Reno said coolly and normally as possible.
Marlene looked at them in confusion.
"What he's trying to say is, he just fell unconscious and well.. We didn't really see you know." Yuffie explained.
Marlene looked at Barret then to them, then to Barret then to them, and then she did it a few times and stopped.
"Freak," whispered Reno trying not to laugh.
Marlene knelt properly beside Barret and put her locked her hands togther in prayer.
Reno and Yuffie looked at her in a 'if your trying to imitate aeris, her holy ain't gonna come again' look.
"Hey you hear that?" Yuffie whispered.
"Hear what?" Reno asked.
"Singing, people are singing or is it me?"
"No, I hear it too."
The Promised Land.
Suddenly the sun shone on Marlene and Barret and Reno bend over the limelight to see if it was real and Yuffie pulled him back.
"These voices are annoying," Reno whined.
"I'll go talk to her," Yuffie said as she bend over to look at Marlene's peaceful, concentrated face.
"Er.. Marlene what you doing?"
There was no reply; Marlene's peaceful, concentrated face stayed the same.
"Is this some thing Aeris taught you or something? Pretty neat is it?"
No reply.
"For crying out loud; what you trying to do! save the world?"
Still; no reply.
"Snob,"
Marlene glared at her as Yuffie slowly back away, and then she continued on her praying Aeris scene.
Barret's eye started to twitch then he opened them quickly.
"OUCH THE SUN IS HURTING MY EYES!"
The music stopped instantly, the sun sped into the clouds and Marlene stopped her Aeris praying pose.
Barret sat up; his eyes were tearful because the sun's glare gazed upon them. He rubbed them with his gun free hand and glared at Yuffie and Reno.
"DADDY!" Marlene shouted happily. "YOU'RE OKAY!"
"Yes I was fine, until the sun started shining on me and it hurt so bad and I was afraid of getting sunburnt and you know," Barret explained to the happy Marlene.
"What the fuck he's on about?" Reno whispered in Yuffie's ear. "He's already black as."
Yuffie couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Barret, who heard Reno's racist remark stood up and cleared his throat.
"Can we be alone for a second?" he asked annoyingly.
"Whatever," Yuffie said with a wave of her hand and walked away, leading Reno.
"So what happens now?" Reno asked kicking a rock to a gutter.
Yuffie shrugged and as they waited, Yuffie tried to practice the technique of eavesdropping on conversations metres away.
"What did I tell you about this?"
"About what?"
"If you see a red haired man in a black suit, you run away as your life depended on it."
"But we called it truce, Daddy, we called it truce."
"Yes sweetie, a truce but not to –"
"And Yuffie was there too, well.. I invited her to do my special magic trick but I saw him and.. and he was really friendly and stuff and no one else will do it so I got him and.."
"Marlene, that was the past, this is the present."
"But Daddy this happened an hour ago, it's not the past yet."
"Well I say it's the past AND THAT'S FINAL! You are FORBIDDEN to go near that man or Yuffie."
"But.. Yuffie is my friend, she is our friend she is part of our group.. Daddy.."
"That doesn't matter, you are young and she is a very bad influence to you, kids like you shouldn't be hanging around with people like this."
"What? She taught me many good things that I have influenced me."
"Oh really? Like what?"
"BITCH!"
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?"
"BITCH! RENO AND YUFFIE TAUGHT ME THESE WORDS AND I SAID YUFFIE IS A BITCH BUT RENO TOLD ME NOT TO SAY IT TO .. OOPS –"
"Yuffie are you okay? You look like you seen Vincent naked."
Yuffie shook out of her fear and ignoring Reno's RUDE remark, pointed behind him.
Barret was angrily trudging towards them with something silver and tiny in his big strong hands.
The key.
The God damn key.
The key to save them from this misery, pain and despair.
And Barret has what will end it.
Fuck me dead.
Barret stopped before them Marlene was clinging on his gunned-hand.
"Want it? Bitch?" Barret asked hovering the key before them.
"Oh Barret! what awful language to use," Reno said in a motherly tone. "Especially with your DAUGHTER around."
"Already know that word, dumb dumb," Marlene said in a know-it-all tone.
Barret raised an eyebrow at Reno.
"HEYY BARRRRRRRETTT!" Yuffie shouted changing the subject. "Can we pretty PRETTY please with a cherry on top and the optional sugar have the key back?"
"It's a matter of life and death," Reno chirped in.
Barret looked at them with an angry, stoned face for a long time. He looked at the key in his hand and shook his head in shame.
"You really don't get it do you?" Barret asked in a sad voice.
"Ummm, nope," Yuffie said happily.
"No… No… I don't…" Reno said lazily.
"WHAT YOU DON'T GET IS THAT YOU STUPID FOO'S ARE…"
"Stupid?" Reno answered.
"Gay-as?" Yuffie counted in.
Barret glared at them so strong that Reno's legs started to tremble.
Suddenly, there a little click.
And Reno and Yuffie stared dumb founded at the shattered pieces of the key that was about tol save their very lives.
"Done and done," Barret said happily throwing the pieces to the ground and grounding the remains with his large shoe.
Reno twitched at the sounds of the small fragile key being abused and crushed on.
Yuffie stared worriedly and longingly at the key, and remember those words that echoed through her mind.
"If that key falls in that sewer and there will be no way EVER to get it back. You guys will be handcuffed forever and ever."
Marlene, who was too afraid to speak again, looked sadly at the ground, her eyes filled with silent tears.
"Marlene, let's go," Barret said leading the child away from the scene.
Reno and Yuffie stared at the remains of the key.
"Oh and by the way brat," said Barret turning around. "No-one gets away from jigging an important meeting with avalanche."
Reno smirked.
"That goes for you too, asswipe," Barret growled glaring at Reno with angry eyes.
Reno returned the glare.
Barret snorted and turned away.
"Go look at yourself, dickhead."
Barret turned around and growled, he ushered Marlene to go back to 7th Heaven and was now running angrily towards Reno.
Before Reno could say anything he was banged on the head my Barret's gunned hand.
Yuffie fell first on the ground on her back and Reno fell on top of her.
"How you like it now? Bitch?" Barret asked walking away feeling very proud of himself.
Sorry didn't update early, really busy with school and stuff. Was this a long chapter? I really don't know since I've noticed in my other chapters that they were very very short. R&R and tell me what you think!
