A/n: Woot! More reviews on my first story… I feel special! Anyway, I am hoping to get about a chapter a week up, but with this being, my second to last year in school I really need to get things together… Anyway~~! ON WITH THE SHOW! …err….story…

Disclaimer: I do not own Reno or the song "Stand in the Rain"… I do own Emiko! Moreover, the rest of it…


Things were quiet for a while. A few days went by that absolutely nothing happened. They traveled, ate, slept, and then began to travel again. Emiko groaned as she had to stop and wait for Reno to finish 'playing with his food'.

"Reno…I'm going to leave if you don't hurry up." She glared at him as he finished burning the poor rat, to a crisp. She was defiantly not going to miss the disgusting field food she had eaten. "How far till we reach civilization?"

He chuckled and bite into the 'freshly' fried rat…yuck. "That is an excellent question, princess. I'm guessin' about another hour or so 'till we reach a Sector 7. Another couple days till we reach Midgar." She sighed and stared off. "What's in Midgar?" "Help." "Help?" "Yeah, and old friend of mine is going to keep you hidden till you can fight for yourself. In the mean time you're going to train." He explained. "Where?" she asked. Reno practically glowed with excitement. "ShinRa!" He announced with flailing hand gestures. She stared at him for a long moment obviously confused, so naturally he repeated the gesture. "ShinRa!" he announced again.

"Why are you gesturing so flamboyantly?" She asked with an innocent smile, earning and sad, defeated, and rather pathetic pout from Reno. "Were I work yo…," he responded. She giggled and stood up picking her bag off the ground. "Let's get out of here, I'm honestly extremely sick of watching you eat rodents and birds plus I'm starving." "Fine." and with that they were traveling once more. The journey to Sector 7 was rather boring to be blunt. Nothing but Reno being Reno and the annoying sound of birds chirping in her ear were heard, however as time passed she was growing rather interested in his stories. Currently he was going off about his time in an education center in a snow dessert. Then it was about a prank he pulled at said school. For an angel he was a very mischievous child. Not long after his story was over had they reached the gates to Sector 7. The city was deserted it seemed. Buildings run down, and cracked, streets worn down to nearly dirt roads and no one was around. "Reno where are we?" Emiko asked subconsciously stepping closer to him. He chuckled and pointed to a shop. "This is Sector 7, not much but it'll do to re-supply. Barley anyone lives here anymore. This place is mostly used for travelers now." "Oh…" Emiko followed closely behind Reno, and then she suddenly felt eyes on her…watching her. "Reno can we leave now?" "Hold on princess." he mumbled while paying the cashier for the supplies. "Alright," he continued. "Let's get out of here, shall we?" Emiko nodded quickly and the rushed out of there as fast as possible.

That night she ate a lot better then usual, a piece of steak and some bread. Not much, but it was better then burned rat. The sun began to set as the clouds started to cry. Reno immediately took shelter in a nearby cabin he found, while Emiko couldn't help but admire the sky tears. "So beautiful…" she mumbled while stepping out into the cold wet grass. Her eyes started to water like the clouds when she thinking about her family and how much she missed them. She closed her eyes and started to sing to herself softly.

"She never slows down

She doesn't know why but she knows that

When she's, all alone,

Feels like its all coming down

She won't turn around

the shadows are long and she fears

If she cries that, first tear,

The tears will not stop raining down…"

Emiko opened her eyes looking up to the heavens holding her hands to her heart as she sang that beautiful song that would keep her alive in spirit no matter what.

"Stand in the rain,

Stand your ground

Stand up when it's all crashing down!

Stand in the rain,

You won't drown

And one day what's lost can be found.

Stand in the rain…"

Reno watched silently from the window as she twirled around in the pouring rain singing to herself. What was that woman thinking? She'll get sick! He sighed and threw on his trench coat before wandering outside with her. "Emiko?" he asked, "You alright?" She spun around to meet his beautiful blue eyes, and gave him a nod. "I miss my family." "Yeah…I know the feeling…" Emiko looked at him and smiled. "You said my name." she simply stated reaching her hand for his. "Dance with me!" She tugged his arms out and spun him with her. While you could tell that Reno wasn't exactly one for dancing he wouldn't let his two left feet ruin her moment, slipping his arm around her waist he gently spun her around in an attempt to keep that gorgeous smile on her face. One he had never seen before. The rest of the night consisted of poetic moments in the gentle rain, and eye contact that never broke.