A/N: Another Chapter of Normal Days Within Shinra (the Untold Stories) is done! This one is also full of humor, but I promise the next one will be a little different.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Final Fantasy 7 characters from either the games, the short anime, or the movie. I do, however, proudly own Silvia and Shadow and all ideas pretaining to them except for anything pretaining directly to Deepground.

PLACEMENT: Between Chapters 8 and 9.

Chapter 3: Reno's Day Off

"Rude, as you know today is Reno's day off and that means you get one as well." Tseng, Second-In-Command to the Turk's explained.

Tseng sat behind his desk completely at ease. The man impressed Rude. Tseng could stay calm in any situation. He had gotten a call this morning from Tseng, asking him to report to his office. At first, he had thought it was about a mission. But, upon arriving, he realized it was something else entirely.

"Does this have anything to do with Reno and Zack's prank spree the other day?" Rude asked.

Reno and Zack had both been off duty. Reno had been waiting for a mission while Zack had been given the day off from training since Angeal had to finish paperwork that had unexpectantly piled up over night. Veld and Lazard had not realized that both were otherwise unoccupied. By the time they had found out, the two had already started a huge pranking spree through out Shinra.

The corners of Tseng's lips twitched slightly. "Yes. But, since I do not trust Reno to stay in his room after finding out he is 'on leave', I want someone to watch him."

Rude sighed. Reno may be his partner. But, sometimes the red head was quite a hand full.

"I will make sure he stays in his apartment for the duration of his 'leave'." Rude assured his superior

Tseng's turned else where when his PHS began to ring. Taking it as a sign that he was dismissed, Rude left the office. If only Rude had waited a few more seconds he would have heard Tseng talking to a familiar young woman on the other end. He would have also known what he was going to walk into.

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Rude was not one to show his emotions very often. Like Tseng, he hid his emotions behind an expressionless façade. However, this was one day that he openly showed how irritated he was. Rude had checked every floor of the Shinra building and had yet to find Reno. It was as if the mischievous red-head had disappeared. Rude sighed. Why did his partner have to be Reno?

Reno, however, had his good side as well. Once you had the red-heads trust, it was indestructible. He would always help out a friend that needed help. Though, sometimes, it came with strings attached. But Reno seemed to have become friends with Silvia. It was slow at first, but gradually the friendship blossomed.

The young girl was still a mystery to Rude and his partner. She seemed to have certain things down. For example, she knew how to be nice to people, and be respectful. But, Rude observed that Silvia had problems when it came to expressing herself. There were times though that the girl would do something that surprised him. A times, she would laugh at Reno's jokes, make a joke herself, and sometimes, she would even become outspoken. Rude had come to realize the girl was one who was not used to social interactions though he could tell she was trying.

Silvia had become not only Reno's friend, but his as well. Rude didn't even know it had happened until Reno suggested they wait for her to return from her first mako treatment since Tseng and Rufus had introduced everyone to her.

Shaking his head, Rude turned his attention back to his initial mission: finding Reno and making sure he stayed in his room till Tseng or Veld said otherwise.

Thinking that maybe Reno may have hidden in the one place he had not searched yet, he headed toward the elevator, walked out of the elevator on to the first floor and exited the building.

Straightening the sunglasses covering his eyes, he made his way toward the apartment building. His steps slowed as he approached the entrance. The sound of someone yelling off in the distance drew his attention. Glancing over to the SOLDIER field, Rude could just make out a young man with spiky black hair running across the field, with an angry Angeal quickly covering the ground between his query. Zack was screaming something on the top of his lungs, but Rude couldn't make out what he was saying. But, he could see what looked like cookies were being thrown behind him at Angeal, no doubt trying to slow down the SOLDIER 1st. Rude shook his head and a small smirk twitched at the corners of his mouth.

Entering the building, the bald Turk froze in place. It was very quiet inside the building. Something that was very strange seeing as the Turk's occupied the building plus Silvia. Walking more cautiously, Rude made his way toward the elevator. Once he made it to his floor, he glanced down the hallway toward Reno's room that was situated across from his own, but, before he could move a voice spoke behind him.

"You won't find Reno in his room."

Turning around, Rude looked over the person who had spoken. Standing a few feet away was Cissnei. Her red-brown hair stuck out to most of the Turk's.

He raised an eyebrow. "Where can I find him?"

Cissnei covered he mouth with a gloved hand to smother a laugh. "Try the next floor up."

Rude said nothing, but found it strange that Reno would be on the third floor. Only one person, at the moment, lived on the forth floor. Why would Reno be up there? And why was Cissnei trying not to laugh?

He guessed there was only one way to find out. Saying a quick good-bye to Cissnei, he continued his journey to the third floor. He made his way to the door down the hallway to his left. Under one of the doors he could see a soft, yellow glow of a light peeking out from under the door. He had not been in this particular room very often, and did not know if its occupant was home. He reached up and knocked twice.

The sound of shuffling then faint footsteps echoed on the other side of the door. A few seconds later the door opened, and, standing in the doorway was Silvia Lark. She wore her signature outfit with the strange Scythe-like weapon strapped to her side. Her straight, dark brown hair reached just to her shoulder blades with bangs that swept from both sides of head and joined at the center of her forehead.

"I am guessing you are here for Reno?" She asked softly.

"Yes. Where is he?"

Silvia smiled slightly and stepped back into her room, allowing the Turk to enter. She walked casually over to her couch and sat down. Picking up her book she had left there, she went back to reading.

She indicated a door just inside the room with a nod of her head. "He's over there."

Rude glanced over and noticed Shadow, her ever present companion, lying stretched out in front of it. Shadow stood up and moved away from the door. But Rude noticed what seemed to be smirk forming on his muzzle. Shaking his head, he reached over and opened the door only to come face to face with a very irritated Reno.

"About time someone came! I thought I was going to be here forever, yo!" The irritated Turk grumbled.

Ignoring his partner, he turned slightly to look at the young woman on the couch reading. A barely concealed smile covered her face, while Shadow's smirk was full blown now.

Rude looked back at his partner and raised an eyebrow.

Reno huffed. "It was just an innocent prank, and she went and shoved me in the closet!"

Silvia scuffed in response. "His 'prank' was he painted the walls in my bathroom pink saying I was to anti-social and it would help me become more out going." She started to laugh softly. "So I decided to make him a closet case. Not to mention, it is payback for a certain incident, though it isn't completely paybacked yet."

Rude couldn't help it. A chuckle escaped him before he could help it. With a shake of his head, Rude grabbed an enraged Reno as he tried to push past Rude and threw him over his shoulder. With a nod to Silvia he walked out of the room. It would seem Silvia could still knock Reno down a few pegs. If this continued to happen whenever Reno and Zack decided to pull another Prank Day then this could prove to be interesting.

A/N: I like writing Silvia's character alot. She is quite mischievous at times, but who wouldn't if their closest friend was Reno. XD. ALso, this idea just popped into my head out of no where, so I really had no inspiration for it that I can think of. Read and Review pleaase!