Tseng looked down at his phone. He had been calling Reno nonstop for over an hour, yet the man refused to answer his phone. He set his phone on the table beside his cup of now cold Chai. He hadn't meant to let his emotions rule him. He was a rational man and his outburst was uncalled for. He ran his hands through his long raven hair and leaned back slightly. Reno was right, Vincent hadn't really given him any proof of what he and Cid were doing. They were broken up anyways, why should he care what Reno did now? He scoffed at himself and rubbed at his eyes.

"You know the last time I saw someone that flustered it was right before your mother left here and married your father." A voice echoed from the door way.

Tseng looked up at his grandmother who steadily made her way into the room and sat down beside him on cushion positioned on the opposite side of his little table.

"I am sorry to have woken you."

His grandmother settled in and lowered her head, "You did not wake me. Did I hear visitors?"

"Yes, the Princess Kisaragi and an old...acquaintance." Tseng said.

"I heard the girl. She has the grace of a one legged chocobo sometimes, but the man I only heard that you two spoke. Then you became rather cross and after he left and were shouting at someone on the phone. What did he come to speak to you about?"

Tseng lowered his head, "I am sorry if my shouts alarmed you. I hadn't meant to be that loud. He came to speak to me about my second in command."

"Reno? He seems like such a nice man. Surely he hasn't done anything too terrible that would warrant your anger?"

"No. He really has done nothing that should warrant my anger. I was simply overreacting to something the other man told me."

"A temper like your mother's I see." She looked up with a smile at Tseng, "Why don't you just call him back and apologize?"

"I have been trying. He refuses to answer his phone."

"For such a forgiving man that seems odd. May I ask what the fight was about?" Grandmother Tajiri looked at her grandson in a way that made the stoic Turk leader squirm and realize where he received his interrogation skills from.

"Reno is staying with an someone who was once an enemy."

"Then you are worried for his safety."

"Partly."

"What is the other part?"

Tseng sighed and focused his attention on the floor, "Reno may or may not be sleeping with the person he is staying with."

"Good for her! She is lucky to have the opportunity to be with a a strapping young man like him."

Tseng closed his eyes and shook his head, "It's not a her. He is staying with a man."

Tseng kept his eyes closed and waited for the lecture he had heard so many times before from his fellow Wutain brethren. He had heard it all, "It is immoral and wrong try to fix him," "No God could love such an abomination," and his personal favorite "Kill the heathen while he sleeps." he waited for the lecture to begin about Reno but nothing came. He opened his eyes and saw his grandmother kneeling near the hearth and stoking the fire.

"So why would that bother you? Is it because he is your second in command?"

Tseng sighed deeply and rubbed his temple. "That and because I think he is making a mistake."

"How so?"

Tseng sighed and looked at his grandmother, "According to Leviathan's teachings, it is wrong for a man to lie with another man."

"Tseng, is it true that Leviathan is infallible?"

Tseng nodded, "Of course."

"Is it true that the great Leviathan created all men to be made exactly as they are meant to be made?"

"Yes."

"Then why would it be wrong for a man who loves another man to do exactly what the great God intended him?"

Tseng blinked at his grandmother, allowing his jaw to drop as she calmly poured herself some tea.

"Grandmother, I never thought that you would...that-" he started.

"Our culture is not known for it's acceptance. We have isolated ourselves and allowed foolish stereotypes to rule us. Leviathan wanted us to be happy and live with kindness. Never once were words of hating another because of who they loved uttered from the lips of our God. Love is love and to be honest Tseng, if Leviathan doesn't accept love because of something as silly as gender then I would rather not follow his teachings." Calmly she sipped from her cup and looked at her grandson with rather intense eyes, daring him to argue.

Tseng was rendered effectively speechless for a moment, grasping for words that could possibly form a coherent sentence before he finally settled on, "I had never figured that form of behavior would be acceptable to you. Grandfather was rather-" Tseng let the sentence trail off.

"Your grandfather was forced into a marriage to someone that he didn't love the way he wanted to love. His heart has and always will belong to another person. It is part of the reason that when your mother left he was so angry. She had the courage to do what he couldn't."

"Are you saying that Grandfather didn't love you?"

His grandmother smiled softly at him, "He did learn to love me, but I always knew he had a heart for your "Uncle Malin"."

"Uncle Malin?" Tseng's eyes widened. He was an adopted Uncle that was a member of the Royal Crescent. Grandfather had always told Tseng that he felt bad that uncle couldn't have a family due to his duties to his country, so he told Tseng to call him Uncle.

"So he was-"

"Yes. Your grandfather was a man that loved another man. He helped me bear your mother and after that I was happy to allow him his secret relationship. This is why I ask you Tseng, do you have something against the fact that Reno has chosen to lie with a man?"

"No. It's not that." Tseng said looking at his grandmother in shock of all that had been said.

"Then what is the issue?Are you upset that he chose not to lie with you?"

Tseng went to argue, but halted and fell silent. He couldn't lie to her.

"Oh, Tseng dear." She said sadly leaning forward to cup his chin.

He withdrew his chin and looked at her, "Reno and I dated before I was hurt in battle. When I woke up I broke it off to follow what I believed the path of Leviathan would take me."

His grandmother shook her head, "All this time you kept your true self a secret. You are my grandson and I would love you no matter what way you came and so will Leviathan. Now, who is the man that Reno is with."

"Cid Highwind. Reno has stated rather vehemently that they are not doing anything together. He gave me quite an eye opener and now he won't answer his phone."

"So go to him."

"He told me not to return to him unless the Turks are reunited."

Grandmother Tajiri sat back and looked at Tseng. "What will it take for the Turks to be reunited?"

Tseng scoffed, "Well, with the Shinra family gone we have no one to take orders from. So unless there is another Shinra heir, or Rufus comes back from the dead."

"Tseng you never told me Rufus was dead."

"His body was never recovered."

The old woman sat back and looked at Tseng, "You say he is dead as though you have found the body and buried it. Wasn't it you that once told me that there was a Turk Rule that stated, "No person is dead unless you find a body?"

Tseng looked at his Grandmother for a moment then smiled, "You know Grandmother, you are right."

~At long last, finally another chapter. I am so sorry it has taken me this long to update, while off in the frustrating world of reality I have had to rewrite these chapters after my computer died, bought a house and have been working on that and so much other petty annoting bullshit. I need to thank everyone for your patience and reviews. I have wonderful news, the story is complete and ready to upload. I wil be uploading a chapter each day this week until it finishes. Thank you all so much for your patience and understanding. I hope I can end this with everything you expect/ want and more. Thank you all again! ~CR