A/N: Here's Chapter 11! Not much to say about this one... I'm a little preoccupied because we found out yesterday that my mom has a tumor in her intestines and we have to come up with the money somehow to pay for surgery... It is hard... but, anywayz... Shout outs! Oh, and please review! XD

To LastTrojanNight: I Love the part when Kadaju walks into the water making it black... it's just so sexy! XD If you listen to Violator and the Shinra theme song, you can tell it's the same down to the percussion. XD God I love that song! XD

To Faierie: I hope I spelled your name right... I couldn't remember how, so forgive me. But anyway, be patient. It will be worth the wait.

To Mystic: Just be patient a little longer please. I know you want to see her demise oh-so-very badly and it will be worth it. Hold tight in that easy chair. XD Listen to some awesome Aerosmith while you're at it XD

Disclaimer: "Blah Blah Blah I got your lovie dovie sad and lonely, stick your stupid slogan and everybody sing along!" I don't own it neither do I own "This Is The New Shit" by Marilyn Manson don't sue!

Disasters

Chapter 11: Promises and Elena's Secret

The next morning, Reno came to Shinra headquarters awfully early at 5:30. But for one purpose only. To speak with Tseng. He did promise Aerith that he would, and he knew he couldn't back out on this. So might as well get it over with. Reno knocked on Tseng's office door.

"Come in!" Came the demanding voice of the Turk commander. He opened the door to see Tseng crouched over a never ending pile of paperwork, then looked up.
"Reno, why do you come bother me so early in the morning?"

"I had a promise to keep, yo." Reno responded, seating himself in a chair at the front of Tseng's desk. Tseng grunted, showing he had little interest.

"To whom?" He went back to his paperwork, trying to ignore Reno.

"Aerith." That made him look up again. Bingo! So it was true. Tseng was in love with the deceased Ancient. He swallowed hard, hoping that it wasn't visible or heard. To his dismay it was both.

"What did she say?" Tseng asked, trying to concentrate on his paperwork again.

"She said that you shouldn't worry about her anymore, because she's in the Promised Land now. She wanted to tell you herself, but you never went to see her." Reno said while tapping his EMR on the floor. Tseng backed away from his paperwork, setting his pen down.

"She died..." He said quietly. Mostly to himself, letting the info sink in.

"How long ago?" Tseng asked in a weak voice. He hadn't intended it to be that way, but his voice betrayed him. Reno shrugged.

"I don't know. I'm guessing almost 3 years ago, since we haven't seen her with Cloud's gang."

Tseng remained silent, looking down to the desktop.

"She'd want you to move on, man." Reno pointed out, standing up and heading for he doorway. Tseng snapped his attention back to the redheaded turk.

"Reno." He spun around to face his commander.

"Thanks..." Tseng directed his attention back to his paperwork, as Reno turned to the door again.

"Anytime, yo..." He muttered before the door closed behind him. Tseng leaned on his elbow. His childhood friend was dead. Sephiroth most likely killed her, because Tseng couldn't. He wouldn't be able to cope with murdering a friend. None the less, a girl he happened to like, as they grew up together. Always on enemy lines, even though he liked her. It wasn't meant to be, that was truth in itself. He sighed heavily, attempting to return his concentration to business as new SOLDIER commander.

"I'm sorry... Aerith..."

Reno caught Elena in the lounge, blushing feverishly for some reason and he found his opportunity to miff her about it.

" 'Lena's blushing for some reason, yo." He sat down next to her, as she desperately tried to hide in her novel; "Salem's Lot".

"Go away, Reno." She hissed turning a page.

"Something happen last night?" He pried, leaning close to her and reading the book over her wrist. She looked at him from the corner of her eye.

"It's nothing. Now leave me alone!" Elena shot, attempting to beat him with the small paperback book.

"Oh, so it was something. Does it have to do with a certain Turk commander?" Reno continued to pry. Elena grew furious and her face resembled a pickled cherry.

"That's none of your business! Now go away!" She muttered venomously, reaching for a plastic tray. This was too much fun to pass up.

"Did he... kiss you?" Reno asked, watching her eyes take on a glint of hatefulness.

"RENO!!!" Elena threw her head down into her arms and begun crying from the embarrassment he was putting her through. Reno backed away shocked by her reaction. Normally he would get a beating from some object or another, but this was serious.

"It meant nothing. It meant nothing. It meant nothing." She told herself in a voice muffled by the table top and her tears.

"So he did kiss you then?" Reno asked, still taken aback.

"He was drunk. It meant nothing. Leave me alone, Reno." Her voice still muffled by the table, but he could hear her sobs that she tried to hide.

"You wanted it to mean something, yo?"

"I should tell Tseng!" Elena grabbed his shirt collar.

"You won't! Or I will murder you with the two sticks you call utensils!" She threatened venomously with tears still visible.

"You don't want him to know that he kissed you?" He asked, fighting to free himself.

"No! I don't want him to know, because then he'll look at me different." She responded, letting him go.

"Well... Did you kiss him back?

"Yes!" Elena threw her head down again, crying from anguish of the whole dilemma.

"Ohhh... this is bad, yo. Why don't you tell him then?"

Elena hit him over the head with her breakfast tray.

"Are you insane?! I can't possibly tell Tseng! Before I know it, I'll be known as "The girl who fell in love with her commander." I'll be laughed at! Rufus would know, then we'll both be in trouble! Me for liking Tseng in the first place and him for not taking care of the problem beforehand! You can't tell him, Reno!" Elena shot angrily. Reno protected himself from her beatings with his arms.

Okay! Okay! I won't tell. But you know, you can't avoid him today because we have a mission."
Elena threw her head down into her arms and began crying again, from the insanity that day had already brought.