"Drink up Rude," he raised his glass over at his bald-headed pal. "How long have we been a team?" Rude raised his glass back at him. He got a little choked up thinking about all they'd gone through, but hell it had been fun. "There have been hard times, bein' a Turk and all, but I'm glad I did it." He looked over at Soldier boy and his crew. "I even got to meet a bunch of wing nuts like you." He wasn't so sore about what happened in Sector 7 anymore, and besides he was on vacation.

Elena huffed. She was upset again. She was always mad at him over something. He figured she was almost there, to that point where she couldn't get him out of her head. That was the tactic, hot and cold, worked like a charm every time.

Soldier boy went to leave and she yelled at him. "You're lucky all right. Now get out of my sight!" She snarled, "The next time we meet I won't be so nice."

Reno gave his buddy the 'look'. "Uh oh, the bird's angry, better watch out now," he whispered.

Rude snorted a laugh. Elena glared at them. Rude raised his glass, "To the Turks, to Reno."

"Here, here," he raised his drink. "I'll drink to that!" He raised his glass at Elena but she just rolled her eyes at him. Little miss attitude. Her sourness gave him even more incentive to crack that nut open. He wondered what she'd sound like in complete ecstasy. She'd probably blow up and pop like a bomb monster from all that pent up anger. He laughed out loud at the thought.

She looked over at him. "What's so funny?"

"I just thought of another thing to toast to," he said as he smirked wickedly at her.

She looked curious. "What?" she asked a little too innocently.

"To orgasms," he toasted himself.

"I'll drink to that," Rude remarked. They started to laugh and discuss some of their 'conquests.'

He then glanced over at Elena. She was silent and her head was down, she was staring at her hands in her lap. Why was she like this all the time?

"Oh come on," he sighed, lifting her chin up with his finger. "What's the matter now?"

Her face was beet red. She smacked his hand away. "I'm just not in the mood," she replied and turned away.

"Wait a minute," he said, thinking it over. He stared her down, not believing it as the words came out of his mouth. "Have you never had an orgasm before?" He stared in disbelief at his buddy Rude, the bald man just shrugged.

"We…well of course I have," she stammered. She was so red and riled up. God, that was it. She's a virgin! A virgin! A V.I.R.G.I.N. Of all his luck. He licked his lips and leaned in closer to her. He could tell being this close got her all hot and bothered. Oh she needed this all right. She needed this badly.

All of the sudden Shinra troops burst in through the door. "Sirs," they saluted him and Rude. They then saw Elena, "Er, Ma'am."

Oh great, just when things were getting interesting. "What a drag," he sighed.

The Shinra soldier in front looked taken aback, "Ww, what was that...?"

"Right now we're off duty and can't run off to save your butts." He explained it to them further.

"We know you're off duty, but..."

Ugh. "If you knew that, then don't bother us! Lookin' at you is makin' me sober." He needed more booze now.

The soldier who seemed to be the leader then spoke up, "But you all have orders from headquarters to look for him too!"

He didn't budge.

"All right, that's it! We'll get him without any help from the Turks, just you see!" They ran out of the bar, and shouted,"And don't think that headquarters isn't going to hear about this!"

When they were gone Elena looked over at him, "Reno, do you think that was really such a good idea?" She crossed her arms, trying to make her case, "I mean is that the way a professional, a Turk would act?"

"Elena. Don't misunderstand." He explained to her, "A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool." Trust me sweetheart I've been at this job way longer than you have!

Elena tried to make her plea with Rude. "Rude...?"

Rude looked at her and then at him. He looked at Rude and just shook his head. No use getting worked up over nothing. Rude then looked at Elena and shook his head returning to his drink.

Elena stood up and banged her hands down on the table. "Well, I don't buy that! Goodbye!" She ran out of the bar.

"Are you sure that was the right thing to do Reno?" Rude asked once she left.

"Relax," he said, wanting another drink, but he just didn't feel like getting up to get another one. "She's not a child. Let her have her way now..." he then further explained.

Rude just sat there in silence. Aw, fuck! "Well you don't have to act so gloomy," he then sighed. "Come on lets go after her." Rude looked pleased at that and they paid their tab and went outside. It was the dead of night already. Damn! How long where they in that crappy bar anyways? Maybe he should drink less…

He slung his electric rod over his shoulder and deeply inhaled the night air. Smelled good, like jasmine and something else. Midgar never smelled this way. Damn! His vacation … oh well, can't cry about it now. It was playtime.

"Let's go find these fools," he remarked to Rude and they made their way to the central Pagoda.

When they walked into the central square they were ambushed. A silver projectile whizzed past his head, nipping him on the cheek. "Shit!" he yelled over at Rude who had taken refuge behind a rock. "Ninjas!" Who the fuck throws metal stars?It seemed like such a wussy way to fight.

He looked up and saw that there were three on the roof and two others near the gong. He made a gesture to Rude that he would take the ones on the ground. Rude nodded silently at his command and quickly made his way to the roof. He quickly came out from his hiding position and ran to the post beside him. Throwing stars whirled past him but none could catch him. "You're too slow suckers!" he yelled out to them. He should've left with those troops earlier, because this was actually proving to be fun.

He took off again, this time heading straight for them. One throwing star landed in his right thigh but he just ignored it. All the booze he'd drank earlier helped with that. He stopped behind a stonewall and pulled it out. The ninjas then jumped over the wall and landed deftly on their feet in front of him. He turned his electric rod up to maximum fry and lunged at the one on his right, missing as the ninja was too quick and easily hopped aside. The other ninja came at him, punching him in the side. He yelped and stepped back.

He was going to have to change tactics to beat the both of them. He called his pyramid spell and trapped the one on the left inside it. Try as he might - no one got out of that, well unless attacked. But he was going to have to keep the other ninja busy so he didn't have a chance to help out his buddy. He started swinging his rod at the ninja who moved left and right to avoid his blows, but Reno was a pretty agile cat too, and he couldn't miss all off them. He finally got one good shock into the ninja on his side and he cried out in pain as the electrical currents surged through his body. He then kicked him in the head and the ninja fell over.

"One down," he smirked and turned to the other ninja trapped in the pyramid. He slung his rod over his shoulder and sauntered smoothly over to the awaiting ninja braced for an attack inside of his prison. "Aw," he shook his head, "you make this too easy." He stuck his rod inside the pyramid and fried the ninja crispy. He fell to the ground and the pyramid disappeared.

"Aaaaaaaahhh ….."

He turned around to see a body clothed in all black fly from the roof and land on the ground on his back with a loud crack. He then looked up to see Rude on the roof, cracking his knuckles. "Come down here," he yelled, "we gotta find Elena."

All of the sudden the doors burst open from the house in front of him. Corneo was running as fast as his fat little legs could take him. Behind him two ninjas were carrying Elena and that other girl - the stupid one - he forgot her name. He went to chase after them but the fat man threw a smoke bomb at him. He started hacking, shit!

Rude rejoined him and handed him a handkerchief from his lapel pocket to wipe his eyes and nose with from the smoke. Soldier boy then burst forth from the same door, followed by the Ancient, and the salty pilot.

Rude looked down at him sadly shaking his head, "Elena …"

Yeah, yeah, I know, he thought, and it's all my fault.

"Hmm... that Corneo is good at escaping..." he then told the Soldier boy as his party approached them. He turned to Rude, "Let's go, Rude. We'll give them a taste of what the Turks can do." Rude nodded his confirmation and ran off to track them down.

He turned to Soldier boy, "If Elena is in his hands, that's going to make things a little difficult," he explained. Shit! He hoped Elena wouldn't be de-flowered by that old loser. "And uh …" he still couldn't remember the other girl's name.

Soldier boy spoke up, "It's okay. Corneo took Yuffie from us and without Yuffie, there's no way to get our materia back."

Hmm, he was starting to like Soldier boy, just a little better. "Don't misunderstand." He wanted to make that clear, "We have no intention of joining you. But for now, we'll agree

not to bother each other. That's all."

"That's fine. We have absolutely no intention of cooperating with the Turks either." Soldier boy shrugged, "Now, uh, just what direction did Corneo run off to?"

Fair enough. "Nice attitude." He then told him, pointing his stick off to the north. "Here's a clue, it's the place that stands out the most." He then took off to join Rude at the Dachao mountain path