Thank you to everyone who has reviewed and for being faithful and patient while I had the Muses in AA...damn Reno's sexy cute little ass for introducing them to tequilla.

Reno: Muses are natural drunks.

Me: YOU'RE a natural drunk.

Anyway, as you know, this has developed a plot all on it's own. And guess what? My demented little mind has fast forwarded to the ending, so I KNOW HOW IT ENDS!!! WOOT! I may finish something.

So, for dantesdarkqueen, JenkiMimay, bang on the head and x.GhOsTdArKsTaR.x who, like Reno, have requested more smut, this chapter is for you. And, dear Lexa-chan, please get up off your hands and knees begging me to continue. Reno may interpret it as an offer for something else and take you up on it, IF you know what I mean.

Disclaimer: Not mine, DAMMIT. Quit reminding me and making me drink tequilla to forget that sad piece of information.

"Where'd you get the boat, Reno?!" Yuffie nearly shrieked in excitement as she stepped into the water craft and grinned.

"Rented it," Reno said, pulling a life vest on her and strapping it on, admiring her skimpy little bikini as he did. He grinned as he kissed her lips tenderly. "Don't want you to drown if you get thrown overboard, Babe."

"Thanks," she said, running her fingers through his hair. "Didn't know you could be so thoughtful."

Reno patted her backside and kissed her again. "There's a lot you don't know about me," Reno told her as he started the ski boat and manueveured it through the other boats and sea planes in Costa del Sol's harbor.

Yuffie sat beside him and rested her hand on his thigh, giving it a playful squeeze. "Like what?" she asked playfully. "Something I'm going to find out soon?"

Reno smirked at her. "Maybe," he said as he pushed the throttle full and the nose of the boat shot up into the air. Yuffie shrieked in delight and jumped into his lap, clinging to his shoulders for dear life.

He laughed and wrapped one arm around her waist and kissed the side of her neck, murmuring something she couldn't hear over the roar of the boat's engine. They sped through the waves for a while before he slowed the boat down to a stop. He pulled her tighter against him and ran his other hand through her short, ebony locks.

And then he kissed her. Like she'd never been kissed before.

It wasn't demanding, it wasn't lust filled, but the promises it held left her trembling after the first second his lips touched hers. Gentle, sweet, supple lips swept over hers, tender caresses and feather soft touches that left her aching for more. But not just for something physical...she wanted more of Reno.

"You wanna ski?" he asked quietly, breaking the bliss she was enjoying.

Yuffie had to blink a couple of times to let the words register in her brain. Damn him! He was smirking at her again. Frustrating, infuriating, sexy thing that he was knew what he had done to her.

"Yeah," she answered, a little too cheerfully for her liking. She leapt off his lap and went to the back of the boat. Reno chuckled as he helped her get the ski's on.

"Shut up," she grumbled with a smile.

"Okay," he said, lifting her in his arms and dumping her over the side of the boat.

Yuffie sputtered and wiped the water out of her eyes. "Reno!"

"What?" he asked innocently. "You couldn't have walked with the ski's on! I was helping you out, you little ingrate!"

"Give me the tow line, Jerk!" she laughed at him. "And don't go too fast. I haven't done this in a while, okay?"

"Gotcha," he said, tossing the tow line out to her. "You remember the signals, right?"

"Yeah," she said.

"Okay, I promise I won't go faster until you're ready, all right?" he said, leaning over and grinning at her.

"You better not, or I'll beat your ass!"

"Promises, promises," he said with a grin.

In spite of herself, Yuffie laughed. Damn it, she was having too much fun with him. She shook her head. Better get it in while I can, she thought bitterly, pushing the horrible thoughts of her fate to the back of her mind. NOTHING was going to keep her from fully enjoying the rest of her freedom with Reno.

Getting into position behind the boat, she yelled. "Hit it!"

Reno eased the throttle and brought the boat to a nice speed, enough to get Yuffie out of the water and on the ski's. He glanced behind him and grinned. She motioned for him to speed up and he did, ever so slightly. He circled the waves they had made to let Yuffie jump them, which she did, with quite a bit of skill. She motioned for him for more speed and he complied. He heard her laugh in delight and looked back to watch her hit a big wave and execute a perfect flip in the air and land on the water's surface with the skill of a pro.

"Damn Ninja!" he yelled at her. She flipped him off and motioned for him to speed up again. He did and hit some of the larger waves that the ocean was making as well as from the wake of the boat. Yuffie was grinning from ear to ear and laughing her head off, having the time of her life.

Reno was impressed as he glanced behind him from time to time, watching her ski. She could have been a professional water skier with the moves she was pulling. Ninja training, he thought to himself as she flipped through the air as gracefully as she did in a fight. All she needed was her shuriken and the image would be complete.

The image of her was perfectly imbedded into his mind. He hoped the memories they were making would stay with her for the rest of her life, just as he knew they would stay with him for the rest of his.

The boat was floating off the shore, the archor dropped, ensuring it wouldn't be going anywhere until they were ready. Reno had built a fire on the sandy beach and produced a cooler full of food and sodas for them, as well as some sleeping bags.

"How long did you rent the boat for?" Yuffie asked as she stuck a marshmellow in a stick and roasted it over the fire.

Reno shrugged. "As long as I want it," he said, leaning back on his elbows and looking up at the stars. "I gave the dude my Shin-Ra credit card and he had a look on his face like I'd just given him a blank check."

Yuffie laughed and blew on her flaming marshmellow. "Won't Rufus be pissed?"

"Compared to some of the other shit I've put on that thing, this is chump change," Reno told her with a grin.

"Isn't that supposed to be for business related expenses?" she teased.

He shrugged again and gave her a devilish grin. "I'll tell him it was for the pursuit of a known terrorist," he said, leaning into her and kissing her gently.

Yuffie giggled and kissed him back. "Hmmm...did you catch the terrorist?" she whispered against his lips.

Reno rolled over on to her, effectively pinning her beneath him. "I always get what I'm after," he told her. "And now, that I've caught you, you little terrorist...you're my prisoner."

"Oh," she breathed with a smile. "Am I going to be tortured for information?"

"Nah, not tortured," he said, as her pulled the straps of her bikini top off her shoulders. "Just pumped."

Yuffie laughed, but stopped suddenly when Reno's lips touched hers again. It was the same as before, that unyielding gentleness that just pulled at her soul, making her crave what she had only tasted.

There was no desperation this time, just the bliss of being together. Their clothes lay on a pile in the sand beside them as they lay on top of the sleeping bags. Reno trailed his tongue down her neck to her breasts, his fingers of his left hand intertwined with hers of her right. He ran the fingers of his other hand through her hair as he moved his lips back up to hers.

Yuffie arched agaisnt him as he eased inside her and slowly began to move. She moaned softly as he nibbled at her ear, setting out on another trail to her breasts. She dug her nails into his back as he moved inside her, feeling the sweet pressure building inside of her. Yuffie's hands trailed down to grasp his hips, effectively pulling him tighter against her. Reno moaned and brought his lips back up to hers, kissing her thoroughly as he began to thrust faster and harder into her.

Sweating, panting bodies tensed and cried out at the same time. Yuffie screamed out Reno's name into his mouth as he released himself inside her, trembling with the aftershocks of the intensity of his orgasm. Rolling off of her and pulling her into his arms, he breathed in the scent of the salty sea in her hair.

Yuffie sighed contentedly and snuggled against him, breathing in the comforting scent of him. She would remember his scent forever, dreaming of it when her bleak future became her present. But she didn't think about that now. She thought about how good it felt to be wrapped safely in Reno's arms, the crackling sound of the fire easing her to sleep.

Reno sighed as he pulled the barely sleeping girl closer to him. Words were running through his mind, screaming to escape to his mouth, but he wouldn't let them. They were pointless and would only hurt them both. So, they remained inside his head and his heart, bringing him to sleep beside Yuffie, dreaming of what would never be.

Reno: I...hate you.

Me: Why?! You got to have sex again.

Reno: You...are...MEAN! (storming away and slamming the door)

Me: EMO!

A/N: Review please. You like? Do you? Huh?