Naril: Hey People!!! *cricket sounds*... uhm...guys???
Reno: Haha! Noone likes you! You got no friends!!! *dances around her* You're story is stupid!! And that means I am FREEEEEEE!!!
Yuffie: *bashes his head with a pan*
Reno: *falls flat on his face*
Naril: Thanks
Yuffie: Anytime. *strokes the pan*
Chapter I - The Unforgiven
New blood joins this earth
and quickly he's subdued
through constant pain disgrace
the young boy learns their rules
with time the child draws in
this whipping boy done wrong
deprived of all his thoughts
the young man struggles on and on he's known
a vow unto his own
that never from this day
his will they'll take away
what I've felt
what I've known
never shined through in what I've shown
never be
never see
won't see what might have been
what I've felt
what I've known
never shined through in what I've shown
never free
never me
so I dub thee unforgiven
they dedicate their lives
to running all of his
he tries to please them al
l this bitter man he is
throughout his life the same
he's battled constantly
this fight he cannot win
a tired man they see no longer cares
the old man then prepares
to die regretfully
that old man here is me
what I've felt
what I've known
never shined through in what I've shown
never be
never see
won't see what might have been
what I've felt
what I've known
never shined through in what I've shown
never free
never me
so I dub thee unforgiven
you labeled me
I'll label you
so I dub thee unforgiven
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Metallica
Yuffie watched a little kid and his father building a sandcastle. She was leaning back in her sunbed, trying but failing to enjoy her vacation. Costa del Sol was exactly like she imagined it and just as crowded, and it was not like she had not looked forward to this trip for months, but there was this one thing that bothered her.
Her bodyguard.
Admittedly he was wearing the proper attire for the beach and after a long argument had even left his cherished mag-rod in the little house she had booked half a year ago. Nonetheless he was emitting enough tension she was sure could power the whole of Wutai. This did not really fit the part of a harmless friend.
"Reno? Can't you relax a little bit? We're on the beach for Leviathan's sake! What's going to happen? Besides someone stealing my ice?"
He did not answer just carried on scanning the crowd, for some reason not even reacting to her attempt at bickering.
"Oh, come on! It's safe here! There's far too many people to attack me!" She tried again.
-"Shows how little you know about this kind of thing."
Sending her a quick glare, he checked their surroundings over once more and then turned towards her with steely eyes.
"The more people you have around, the smaller the chance someone will hear your screams for what they are."
Yuffie only gave a snort settling back to enjoy the sun some more.
The redhead shook his head in frustration. "I don't think you get it."
He grabbed her left wrist which was closest to him and dragged her closer towards him.
She half-heartedly fought his tight grip, but mainly she was just annoyed. The cold glare he gave her was simply countered by her own.
"Listen, princess! I hate to break it to you, but you're a pretty girl. Do you have any idea what happens to pretty girls when they're kidnapped?" His grip tightened further and his mako-tinged eyes never strayed from hers. "They get raped until they don't know who they are , no matter if they're professionals or just a bloody gang, there's always this one arsehole that can't keep his hands to himself. And I know this. I've seen it happen!"
He let go of her almost violently and turned away, again searching through the crowd of oblivious people around them.
In the long silence Yuffie started to fidget, feeling uncomfortable. Eventually she got up and sat down beside him on the sunbed. She was not sure what to say, so she watched him for a moment, studying his still pale face with the twin tattoos. He was all closed up, his aquamarine eyes cold and she had the bad feeling that it had something to do with what happened a year ago. He was so different to how she remembered. Then again, she had never really known him.
"What happened to you, Turkey? Why...why are you like this?"
"Why? You wanna know what it's like to grow up in the slums? I told you, you got no idea what it's like to never know whether you'll survive the next day or not!" He snapped.
"Hey! I just wanted to understand..." The ninja shot back defensively.
"There ain't nothing to understand! You never saw your best friend die just because he had the wrong friends! And I bet you never thought you'd never live to see the sunlight! Because you don't know what it's like to think you're probably gonna starve to death before you're even 15 and the only way to get on with that shit is to get pumped up on something else!"
Some people were turning to look at them oddly, but he did not seem to care.
"If someone came and gave you a chance to get out of there, you wouldn't ask. You'd do anything they say." He turned away, staring off into the distance so he did not have to meet her eyes.
Yuffie hesitantly put a hand on the redhead's shoulder. To her surprise he did not shake it off, instead turned and looked her in the eyes.
"You're lucky you know. You never killed someone just because you were ordered to and now you're even a damn hero for saving the planet." The empty look in his pale eyes disturbed her just as much as the following silence, so Yuffie forced a smile.
"You know, you sounded like Cloud just then. D'you really wanna end up like him and Vinny?"
That made Reno chuckle. "That bad huh?"
"Hell yeah! You three should start a club or something." The ninja got up and actually grinned at the little smirk appearing on Reno's face as he watched her take her sunglasses off.
"Where d'you think you're going, brat?" He asked eyes starting to brighten with amusement she was glad to see.
"Oh, shut up, Turkey! I was just gonna ask you if you want to come for a swim." She poked out her tongue at him before dashing into the sea, leaving him no choice but to follow her quickly.
"What's wrong? Can't keep up with me?" Yuffie giggled from a little distance, turned around and let herself fall into the waves.
He watched her for a second, grinning at her antics, before also running into the shallow water after her. She had just turned her back, so she only realised he was behind her until it was too late.
"Watch it!" was all the warning she got, before a push sent her toppling face-first into the water.
Coughing and splattering she came back up, hair plastered over her face and splashing water around.
Her shocked expression only had the redhead burst out laughing. Quickly Yuffie's incredulous look turned into a scowl.
"Payback, Turkey!" She shrieked and launched herself at him, sending them both tumbling into the salty water. She squeaked as he caught her around her middle and used her momentum to dunk her under again.
"Let go!" She waved her arms around wildly, trying to find some leverage to pull herself back onto her feet.
-"That's unfair!" Reno protested, when she caught a hold of his soaked ponytail and tugged, prompting him to let go in an attempt to stop the pain. Yuffie had no intention of letting go though, forcing him to go down onto his knees to avoid getting his hair ripped out.
"Oww! Stop it!" He gritted out from between clenched teeth.
"Not before you don't admit that I won!" The ninja happily announced, not displaying the slightest regret, instead giving another little tug.
"Fine! Fine! You win, okay?" The redhead hasted to say, barely containing a sigh of relief when she let go and started to outright laugh at him.
"Damn,brat. I think you scalped me or something." Reno muttered, still on his knees and rubbed the back of his head carefully.
"Aww, come on, Turkey. Don't be a wuss!" Yuffie started to wade back to the beach, with him following close behind. "Seriously, to think you're my bodyguard!" She snickered, sending a side glance towards him.
Reno was just about to come up with a retort, when a voice addressed him from behind. "I know you!"
He turned and was faced with a man who had hate written all over his anger-contorted features.
"You're a Turk!" The stranger threw at him like an insult, hands clenching into fists by his sides.
"Not anymore, yo." The redhead told him, already turning away again. He did not need this right now.
Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw the man charge at him, trying to throw a punch. With lightning-quick reflexes, Reno grabbed Yuffie's wrist and side-stepped the attack, bringing her out of harm's way too, just in case.
His attacker tumbled into the sand, landing on his stomach.
"You're that arsehole who blew up Sector Seven!" The guy barked after spitting out the bits of sand he had gotten into his mouth. Now they were really drawing a crowd around them.
Yuffie did not like where this was leading and chanced a glance at the suddenly silent redhead by her side. She could see the willingness to start a fight in his stance. His blue eyes, just seconds ago alive with mirth, had instantly turned icy cold, no trace of warmth left at all.
He looked like he was plotting ways of killing that poor guy in a slow and painful fashion.
"Reno, let's go." She said quietly, tugging with her free hand on the arm still linked to her wrist by his.
He did not look at her, kept glaring at his opponent but nodded and followed her to get their things after a seconds hesitation.
"You bastard killed my family!" The man's shout came after them and she felt her companion twitch in something that could have been a held-back flinch.
Nonetheless no one came after them.
The ninja hurried to throw everything into her bag, before starting in the direction of the house they were staying at.
"Come on." She said, looking over her shoulder to find him fiddling with a cigarette pack.
Normally she would have made a comment, but instead she simply waited for him to light one and catch up to her.
He took a long drag, eyes downcast as he walked beside her, the rest of the pack still clutched tightly in his hand.
°°°TBC°°°
Naril: Smoking is bad, I know and of course I'm not saying its cool just cause Reno does it. But for those of you who remember Bloodied, it kinda is an improvement for him!
Reno: *stares at cookie jar* ...who needs cigs? I wanna cookie! *shakes empty cookie jar* I think RenoLuvver took them!!!
Naril: well, she deserved it more than you! *to reader* her stories are awesome check them out!!!
Reno: GIMME COOKIES!!!
Naril: ......I created a monster....
Reno: ...cookie?
Naril: *sigh* You already ate all of them! And I made them for the reviewers you know!
Reno: hehe... you'll have to think of something else then won't you? *throws cookie-jar over his shoulder* or you could make some new ones??? *puppy-eyes*
Kadaj: *peers out from his closet* Yeah!!! please!!!
Yuffie: *turns up randomly* Materia???
Naril: *sweatdrops* Oh sheesh...I hate high-maintenance muses... But yeah, cookies for everyone and...review, please!!!
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Reno: What the hell?
Naril: lol message from my cat, Sammy I think he wanted to say hi...he pawed at the keyboard ;D
By the way, I'm only posting this in hopes of getting a few more reviews. I only got one so far and to be honest, if people don't like it I'm not gonna post the rest. Sorry, guys.