Woo chapter two!! Alright, thanks to our one reviewer, I feel happy enough to post the second bit. The third chapter will be a bit longer to put up, because I've lost a page of the hard copy...and it's been a while since we wrote it. So please be patient as we try and track it down.

Valena glanced over at her white haired friend Yuki, sighed, then glared at the papers resting in her own lap. "Tell me again why we have to go to Midgar?" She complained as she stretched and crossed her ankles on the large oak desk in front of the two. "I was just getting used to the quiet life." She nearly tossed the papers to Yuki before closing her eyes.

The girl rushed to catch the papers being thrown at her before placing them back into the folder. With a roll of her eyes, she handed them back to their unhappy boss.

"You'll have to excuse her, sir." She said, glaring at her partner. "For some reason, after the last mission, she went lazy on us."

Valena growled at the comment, but nothing more. "I worked hard enough. I think it's about time I was able to relax. You should try it, too..."

Yuki shook her head. "I like my work, but thanks for the advice."

Valena sat up and looked over at Yuki with surprise on her features. "Who said I didn't?"

The white haired girl looked at her counterpart for a few moments, who by this time had already leaned back with her feet up on their boss' desk once again. "We'll leave right away, sir." Yuki said as she grabbed her burgundy haired partner by the wrist and drug her from the office.

"So why are we here, big guy?" Reno asked his partner, Rude. The tall man only stared straight ahead. "Visiting family? Momsie and Paps? Get ya some....fruit cake?" Reno shrugged, more to himself than Rude. "I dunno, sounded good to me. I could use some fruit cake right now..." He mimicked the motion of tossing a ball into the air a few times. "Good momentum. Nice distance too..."

"We were sent here to investigate rumors that two of the brothers had returned..." Rude said gruffly, finally breaking his silence.

"Man." Reno started, kicking a trash bin as they passed by it. "Can you believe there's been sightings? Raving lunatics wantin' to start crap, daze to."

"I dunno, I think it's quite easy to believe..." The disembodied voice was behind them, and as the two Turks spun, the flash of silver hair sent fear up their spines. Yazoo and Loz were standing on the building just behind them, weapons drawn, but their stance was casual. Suddenly, the two charged, Yazoo firing off two rounds during his fall.

Rude jumped out of the way of the bullets, but the second shot caught Reno in the thigh as he dove to safety. He yelped and landed painfully. Clutching the wound and breathing heavily, Reno drug himself to the shelter of a broken display shelf while Rude ran to fight the two.

Yuki quickly turned around, eyes narrowed to slits. "What was that?"

"Um...most people call that a gunshot, duh." Valena stated, leaning against a nearby wall. "What else do you think?" She asked with a smirk.

Yuki turned to her, crimson eyes still narrowed. "I think someone just got hurt and I think we should go help." She replied sarcastically.

"Of course, I should have known." Valena sighed and pushed away from the wall, slowly following her friend who had already darted off. By the time she got to the scene, Yuki was already in battle with the tallest one, her scythe was still strapped to her back, so it mustn't have been that hard of a fight. A bald man was fighting the long haired one.

Yuki noticed that Valena had arrived and yelled over to her: "The red haired one was the one shot. Help him."

Valena grumbled a bit and glared at her friend for commanding her around, but ran over to the man nonetheless. When she approached, she noticed the man's seductive smile, even through the pain.

"Alright, what do ya want form me...fix your leg or slip you the date rape drugs?" She asked sarcastically while motioning for him to lean back, sitting on her own knees while doing so.

"I like where this is going." He grinned, winking, but Valena only rolled her eyes and placed her hands over his wound. Her hands were soon enveloped in a white light with blue and purple hues and after a few seconds she pulled away, the bullet in her hand. She promptly tossed it over her shoulder. "Hey...you're pretty good at that." Reno commented as he looked intently at his now-healed leg, poking it lightly.

Valena nodded and rocked back on her heels, brushing her knees free of anything that had collected on her black slacks. "I was trained to be." She said, looking back up at him. "Can't waste governme..." She fell back to her knees. The only thought that ran through her mind was that she'd have to brush off her pants again. She was staring intently at his face, this being the first time she'd really looked at him. He was gorgeous. She crawled over to him, what little distance it was, and straddled him. He merely blinked at her.

"Now...those drugs I mentioned...will they be needed?" She asked, latching on to his lapels, her golden eyes glazing over as she looked at him.

Suddenly, Loz went flying by, followed by a sprinting Yuki. "You do know that tactic won't work on every guy you come across." She stated in monotone as she rushed by. Valena shook her head rapidly, snapping from the trance Reno had on her and stood up.

"Sorry...I uh...skipped breakfast." She offered as a lame excuse as she brushed off her pants for a second time and helped the man to stand.

"I'm Kitase Valena." She stated, offering her hand.

"Reno." He replied, taking her extended hand.

"Reno what?" She asked with a tilt of the head, leaning against a wall, arms crossed.

"Just Reno. Like Cher...or Madonna." He offered. They both looked to the side as Loz went flying by once more, again being chased by Yuki.

"Or Prince." Yuki pitched in before once more disappearing out of sight.

"How does she..." Reno started.

"Know what we're talking about?" Valena asked, turning to watch the fight more intensely. "That's just Yuki. She's different than you or me. Calm, serious, not to mention her uncanny ability to know exactly what is going on anywhere near her." Valena turned to her new friend, finger over her lips and whispered. "I think she's a robot."

Reno scoffed and looked from the dwindling fight to Valena, who had already turned back to watch her friend fighting. A small smile played at her lips and some of her dark burgundy hair fell from her bun and into her face. Reno reached out and tucked it back behind one of the sticks in her hair before realizing his hand had even moved. He jerked his hand back and stuffed it in his pocket when Valena looked at him in surprise. A tinge of pink bloomed across his face and he looked away, shifting his weight.

This was the scene Yuki and Rude walked in on. Valena was the first to notice them and quickly used the opportunity to abandon the tension. She simply smirked and gave the two a thumbs up.

Reno took the hint and turned to the three with a smile in place. "Man, just watching you fight made me thirsty. Let's hit a bar, daze to."

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