Disclaimer: checking copyright Nope...still not mine. When are they going to change that? Oh right. Never. Idiot.

There was a knock on the door of the Villa. Yuffie raised an eyebrow and went to see who it was. Few people knew she was here. Then a thought hit her.

Maybe it was for Reno.

She opened the door gingerly and peered outside.

"Shake!" she exclaimed in surprise. "What are you doing here?"

Shake bowed deeply and extended a sealed piece of parchment to her. "I bring to you tidings from your father and your...betrothed. It is a reminder of your..."

"Of my responsibility to Wutai and to the Kisaragi name," Yuffie finished quietly. "Thank you, Shake. Here, come in. I'll make you..."

"Thank you, Princess, but I must return to see to the wedding preparations," Shake answered without emotion. He stared up into Yuffie's eyes. "If that is what you wish."

Yuffie sighed and nodded. "Go," she answered. "I will see you soon."

Shake bowed, his eyes flashing with sorrow. "As you wish, Princess," he said and took his leave.

Yuffie closed the door behind him and leaned against the frame with a sigh. She tore the wax seal of her father and unfolded the parchment. Another piece of paper fell out, but she ignored it for a moment as she read the words of her father:

Yuffie-chan,
You're wedding day approaches. Begin tying up your loose ends now, as time is short. Your betrothed is anxious to be wed to you. Do not be late. I have enclosed at Chian's request a photo so that you may "gaze upon the countenance of the man whom you will be devoted to".
Godo

Yuffie bent down and pick up the fallen piece of paper. Her face paled and her stomach churned.

"No," she whispered looking at him. He was old! Older even than her father. "NO!" she screamed, leaping from her position on the floor and running into the bathroom. She relieved her stomach of it's contents and sobbed, crumbling the photo and her father's letter in her fisted hands.

"Yuffie?" Reno called, coming out of the bedroom. He ran to the bathroom when he heard her being sick. He knelt down beside her and took her in his arms. "Hey, are you okay? What's wrong?"

Yuffie cried hysterically. "This!" she screamed, shoving the photo of the man she was to marry in his face. "This is what is wrong!"

Reno looked at it. "What, your Pops?" he asked. "Is he sick? Gods, Yuffie...did he die?"

"No!" she shrieked. "That's not my father! That's my fiance!"

Reno looked at the photo in his hands. Her father had arranged for her to marry one of his peers. Probably an old drinkin' buddy, he thought sacastically.

Reno got up and ran a wash cloth under the water and bent down again to wipe Yuffie's face and mouth. "Hey," he whispered. She looked up at him, her face tear-streaked, her eyes bloodshot. "Come on," he urged, pulling her to her feet. "Get yourself cleaned up. I've got something to show you."

Reno had taken her down a long stretch of abandoned beach. How he knew all the secluded places was beyond her. He was throwing dry wood onto an already raging fire.

"Reno," Yuffie asked over the roar of the fire. "What the hell are you doing?"

Reno reached into his cooler and tossed her a beer, tipping one back himself. He grinned at her and swaggered over to her, drapping his arm around her shoulders. "Making memories, Babe," he told her.

He bent down and picked up a long stick and lit the end of it on fire. He put the stick in the hand that held his beer bottle and reached into the back pocket of his shorts, producing the picture of her dreaded fiance.

"You trust me?" he asked holding the picture out to her.

Yuffie stared into his eyes, the fire flashing in the deep blue depths almost eerily, especially with the flaming shock of hair that topped his head. "Yes," she answered honestly as she took the picture. "With all my heart."

Reno smiled and nodded. "Then crumble that bastard up and toss him in the air," he ordered.

Yuffie grinned as he took a big gulp of his beer. She crushed the picture in her fist and threw it in the air with a vengeance. She watched as the picture soared up into the air. Reno held the flaming stick to his face and spewed the beer out onto it, creating a huge fireball of flames, effectively incinerating the bastard's picture, leaving it in nothing but ash to fall at Yuffie's feet.

Yuffie threw her head back and laughed then leapt into Reno's arms. "My hero!" she exclaimed, kissing his lips fiercely.

Reno returned the kiss. "For the rest of these two weeks, Yuffie," he told her sincerely. "That bastard and your Pops need to realize...you're mine. And they better not get in the way."

Yuffie kissed him again, a kiss filled with all her passion and love. No matter what her future held, her heart would always be here and belong to Reno.

A/N: AWWW!!! She lurves him back!!!

I apologize for emo Reno in the last A/N. He's back to his fiesty, wonderful, sexy self and has been threatening me with an EMR enema. Not too thrilled about that.

Reno: You made me wanna cry and drink tea! I don't cry and drink tea! I fuckin' swear and drink beer!

Me: Granted, but you can be sensitive sometimes.

Reno: Oh, go knit a doilie.

Me: I resent that remark.

Reno: sticking out tongue

Me: Hmmmm...wait...I may have been inspired to use that tongue. Anyway, reviews are always welcomed and rewarded with...

Reno: SMUT!!!

Me: Yes, smut. The universal elixir of life. Because I have discovered the meaning of life. It is sex. Without sex, there would be no life, so therefore, sex is the meaning of life.

Reno: Whatever. More SMUT!

Me: For keeping the Muses sober, I will grant you more smut.

Reno: Woot.