-1"That explains your names I see…" Rude asked. Reno and Wolf (still in her wolf form) nodded.

"We can't tell Gomon, or else he will punish me…" Wolf said quietly. Rude took off his glasses with a sigh and began to clean them with his suit sleeve.

"He doesn't want others to know because it would threaten his power, am I right?" Rude said. Wolf nodded.

"Sounds like Gomon…"

Reno was watching one of her wounds heal. He felt rage flare up inside of his gut. "Why was Mane chasing you?" he finally asked. Wolf blinked and looked at him, then at her paws.

"I..I just pissed him off. It was actually really stupid of me, his friends were with him. I wont be doing that again anytime soon." Keisha murmured, her tail twitching nervously. Reno narrowed his eyes slightly.

"How did you piss him off?"

Rude glanced up while cleaning his glasses. They had not informed him about Mane's relationship with Wolf. Keisha pinned her ears back, locking her eyes on her white paws. Reno tilted his head a lil.

"C'mon, you can tell me." he added after a while, trying his best to sound calm. Still Wolf didn't answer, she just glanced at Rude. Rude understood what she wanted, and so he got up.

"I'll leave you two alone. Reno..." Rude said. The red-headed Turk looked at him. "…remember what Lion told you." he glanced at Wolf, then put his glasses back on and walked out. Reno blinked then remembered. "I wouldn't get to interested if I were you." Lion's voice echoed in his head. "Let's just say there will be consequences if you do…"

"What did Lion tell you?" Wolf asked questionably. Reno just shook his head.

"Can you answer my question first?" he asked. Wolf pinned her ears again.

"He.. Was angry that I… that I liked you." she said shyly. Reno smiled faintly, but hid it quickly.

"So he beat you? Just because you like me?"

Wolf nodded. "Like I said before, Mane is a lil bit in need of anger management." She winced as another wound healed. She looked at her back, finding many more bite marks. Wolf sighed.

"Now that I answered your question, will you answer mine?" she turned and gazed at him with her wolfish yellow eyes. He stared into them, then looked at the table.

"He warned me not to fall for you." he muttered. Wolf's ears flickered and she opened her mouth to say something to protest that idea, but closed it.

"I see…" she too looked at the table. "I see where he's coming from…" Reno looked at her. "If Gomon found out, he would probably kill me…"

"Kill you!" Reno gasped. Keisha snapped her eyes to him.

"Yeah… " Wolf winced again, this time a pained whimper came from her as a deep gash on her back began to heal. Reno shook his head.

"This place is so fucked up!" he said angrily. Wolf blinked at him. "You should come with us to ShinRa, it would be safer. You won't be tortured or beaten… and you'll be with me." he told her. Wolf watched him, warmth filling in her eyes, but then it drained away.

"I can't Reno. I would love to join ShinRa, but there would be no way Gomon would let any one of us go." she turned her head away, closing her eyes. Reno just watched her, and made another attempt.

"I'll ask Rufus. He'll find a way to talk Gomon into letting you join…"

"I know Gomon wouldn't agree. I'm sorry Reno…" her voice broke. Reno sat there, feeling utterly hopeless to help her. He looked away from the calico wolf, glaring at the table.

"I have to ask him anyway." he said promptly. Wolf pricked her black tipped ears and opened her mouth to object. "I won't just sit here and watch you suffer like this." he continued angrily. "So what if he's the new richest company out there, he doesn't have the right to torture you!"

"Reno…" the wolf murmured. He looked up at her, huffing with fury. "It's okay. I've been dealing with this for years upon years." she said softly, pressing her muzzle into his neck. He raised a hand and stroke her fur, careful to not touch her healing wounds. He ran his fingers deep into her fur, touching her warm skin. Immediately he felt indents… scars… around her shoulders. They were long and deep, most overlapped each other. Reno's anger flared up again as he felt more and more scars on the calico wolf. Keisha parted from him and looked him in the eyes. "Reno…"

"I'm not ganna let him keep doing this to you…" Reno said, reaching up and scratching her behind the ear. She leaned lightly against his hand, closing her eyes at the wonderful touch. "Your way to beautiful to just through around…"

Wolf opened her eyes slowly. They gleamed with golden warmth as she stared into the ShinRa Turk's eyes. He stared back, returning her loving gaze. Reno continued to pet her soft, yet bloody fur. Keisha snuggled up against him, wincing as her wounds protested. He looked along her still slightly bleeding back. Her scruff had not healed yet, and there was still some patches of fur missing. He frowned, then looked her in the eyes again. "That Tiger dude sure did tare you up…" he said. Wolf laughed lightly.

"Yeah, he doesn't know his own strength, the stupid brute."

Reno chuckled, then remembered something. "Hey, Keisha." The she-wolf looked up at him. "You said… that you would show me your scars next time…"

Wolf blushed under her fur, and she nodded. "Your right… I did…" After a moment of shyness, she turned and slowly walked to his bed, grabbing a blanket with her teeth and covering herself with it. The blanket trembled as the wolf under it vanished, and a slender girl popped her head out from under it. She sat up, covering herself with the blanket. Reno gulped and crawled toward her till he sat right next to her. She was blushing, her green/gold eyes staring right into his. He reached out slowly, as if too shy to touch her. She smiled faintly, lowering the blanket a little till the point it revealed her shoulders. Reno looked at the area between her shoulders, on her back, where the worst wound was. He winced once he saw it, the torn flesh, so deep he could vaguely see her spine. She looked away from him, wincing in pain. Dear God… he thought as he looked over the wound. He reached up, lightly grabbing the blanket, and pulled it down slowly. More wounds were revealed on her back, and scars, many many scars. They looked like whip scars, some scars were even in the shape of crosses. She looked over her shoulder at him, shame in her eyes. He frowned even more as he ran his eyes along her back.

"My God…" he murmured. Wolf looked away with a nod. "Only a monster could do this…"

Wolf lowered her head just as Reno raised his hand again, touching one of her long white scars. She flinched at his warm touch, and shuddered as he ran his fingers along their lengths. But when he touched one of her wounds, it trembled and healed quickly. He blinked at it, and looked at her. She looked over her shoulder questionably. Reno tilted his head, then touched another wound. It too trembled and healed right away. She tilted her head as well, her hair shifting to reveal more of the horrible wound on her shoulders. Reno stared at it, then touched it. Wolf gasped and closed her eyes tightly in pain as the wound shivered at his touch, then quickly reattached the muscles and healed completely. Wolf panted, then looked at him again.

"How did you do that?" she asked. Reno shrugged, bewildered.

"I…I don't know." he answered, but quickly got distracted as she turned around. The blanket was at her hips, her whole chest revealed. His mouth opened slightly as she stared at her chest, himself blushing. His heart thundered in his chest when he gazed up into her eyes. They were watching him warmly, amusement hinting them. He smiled warmly at her.

"You know…" he started. "I wasn't lying when I said I wanted to screw you." Wolf laughed.

"Oh really?." she asked with a smile. Reno smirked and leaned toward her, placing his warm
lips to hers. She flinched in shock, but pressed her lips against his after a moment. His tongue ran the edges of her fangs, asking for invitation. He then eagerly slipped his tongue into her mouth, meeting hers. He felt her shudder as he wrapped his arms around her. The two stayed tongue tied, basking in each other's essence, passion as well as a bit of lust filling the air around them. They could both scent it in the air, her smell, as well as a bit of his, wafting still swiftly around them, and with every breath, the kiss came deeper than before. After a while, he broke the kiss and smiled at her.

"Believe me now?" he asked. Keisha smiled.

"Do I ever…" she replied. Reno smiled even wider then continued the kiss, but this time it was rougher. Wolf shivered greatly as he leaned against her, then finally pushed her onto his bed…