a normal afternoon [Reno]

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

Yuffie had walked along a the path she had designed for herself in the forest. She was in her home town, Wutai. The people had gradually accepted her back since the geostigma was cured. She was still an outsider though, since she went to help Cloud and everyone.

The young short, dark haired ninja walked silently through the forest, taking anything that looks useful to her. She had snuck up on a few people who were taking a walk. She had known they were outsiders, and that really didn’t matter to her either. She would steal from them anyway. Besides, people in town knew better than to not watch their backs.

Yuffie continued and she pulled out some materia from the pocket of a bag one of the people was carrying. The ninja smiled to herself. She wondered how much more these people had. She continued to go through, the people still not noticing. That was how good she was at her job.

Yuffie had jumped into the nearest tree. She smiled as she put the stolen Materia into her pouch. She reclined herself on the tree. Today was a good day.

[Reno]

Reno tapped his EMR against his shoulder lightly as he received a few nervous glances from some of the people he passed by. Well, some were nervous, some others were filled with hatred. Okay sure, ShinRa had done a lot of bad things, but they were trying their best to atone for what they had done. But what was it going to take for people to see that or realise it, instead of their visions still being clouded by hate, by fear, or their close-mindedness making them blind to all else except what they think to be true; what they claim to know is true. Really...what ever happened to forgiveness?, the redhead thought to himself as he let out a small sigh. He wasn’t normally really pessimistic, but even he didn’t see how ShinRa could atone for all it had done. However, the fact that they, himself included, were trying to make amends spoke volumes by itself, in Reno’s opinion.

Shaking his head, bright red hair waving and falling into his face with the movement, he told himself not to dwell on it too much. He couldn’t really blame the people of Wutai though for disliking ShinRa, because of the Wutai War. There ya go again, Reno... He kicked a loose stone that was on the ground in front of him, watching it skitter across the ground and eventually come to a stop some distance away. He’d just finished a mission not long ago, and was taking the rest of the afternoon ‘off’ to just relax for a bit. Nothin’ wrong with that, right? He would probably get into a bit of trouble later on after he returned to HQ, but oh well, what did it matter? It was just likely to maybe be another pay dock from Rufus that he got – just another to add to the always-growing list of other pay docks he had gotten before over the years.

Glancing around at his surroundings, Reno supposed that Wutai was alright. It wouldn’t be his chosen location for a vacation or anything though, like it had been for Elena that one time a few years back. No, Reno’s chosen location would be Costa del Sol. Hey, who would he be if he didn’t enjoy the resort’s bar and all the lovely ladies in swimsuits? I’d be a prude. However, he supposed that the nature and everything in Wutai was nice, in its own kind of way. It was a different, and a fairly nice change of scenery for the redheaded Turk, hence why he had decided to stick around after finishing with his mission. Starting to hum to himself, he walked through a bit of the edge of the forest, past the trees, completely unaware, for once, that there was another person also present also.



Words: 465
Muse: Good
Music: Imogen Heap, I have her songs on shuffle.
Tagged: Yuffie
Outfit: Turk uniform
Notes: I got this done sooner than I thought I would. I hope the post is alright though! Also~ Reno has Lightning materia on him lol

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

Yuffie jumped from branch to branch. Was in a great mood, an awesome mood. She stopped on one branch, swinging, then pulling herself up. She turned and looked at the path and saw the familiar red headed Turk named Reno walking. An evil grin formed on her face. The small, yet powerful ninja jumped down silently. She looked at him and moved around. She came up behind him, and stole materia from him. He had lightning materia, and Yuffie smiled. She stood up and she placed it in her pouch.

“so,” Yuffie started and eyed him. Yes, she was going to be her cocky self. She was going to hold a conversation with the man she had just taken materia from. “what brings a Turk to Wutai?” she continued and stared at him curiously. She then looked around. She half expected to see Rude with him. “where’s ol’ dark shades?” she then asked, not really caring what she said.

Yuffie had heard the wildlife around them. She was happy here in her home town. She looked up at the sun piercing through the tree tops, then back to Reno. Oddly enough, she never really had a decent conversation with a Turk. Maybe that will change. She believed that Shin-Ra wanted forgiveness and to be better. She would give them the chance. That’s what Aerith would have done. She just didn’t know how to do that since they had destroyed her home town. She knew she would have to try some how.

[Reno]

Reno never caught that there was movement until it was too late. He spun around, unfortunately missing the fact that she had just stolen his materia, just before a voice sounded, and he found himself looking straight at Yuffie Kisaragi. He loosened his grip on his EMR and crossed his arms across his chest. His bright aqua eyes looked over the young ninja a little warily, if only because he wasn’t sure what she was doing here. Of course this was her hometown, but what was she doing coming up to him? Perhaps it was plainly just because he was a Turk, and she didn’t trust him, not around here. Wouldn’t blame her.

“So...what brings a Turk to Wutai?”

“The scenery?” the redhead joked sarcastically, a smirk gracing his features. Honestly, the scenery was quite nice, true, but that was definitely not why Reno had come to Wutai in the first place. Of course, he had come here for a mission, which naturally was information that wasn’t to be disclosed to anyone except the Prez and the other Turks. So Yuffie wasn’t about to get a straight answer out of him anytime soon. The petite young ninja was a member of AVALANCHE too, after all, and if anyone was going to be pissed about ShinRa having been rebuilt, it would be some of them. So there was no need to add any fuel to the fire by saying that he was on a mission here in the Wutain girls hometown.

“where’s ol’ dark shades?”

He probably shouldn’t have, but Reno chuckled at what she referred to Rude as. “He ain’t here. He’s prob’ly back at HQ.” He didn’t know if Rude had also been sent on a mission today, be it by himself or with Elena or Tseng, or if he was just back at headquarters. Reno could bet that his partner was enjoying the peace and quiet he got without Reno there to constantly talk his ear off, though.

Reno tilted his head slightly to the side as he continued to look at Yuffie. “So...why did you decide to start a conversation with me, yo?” he asked, waiting on an answer of something like ‘to see if you were up to no good’. That was what he expected it to be, at least. However, he knew that Yuffie was the most talkative and lively out of AVALANCHE, so perhaps that was also part of why. Just because she liked to talk. However, it was because of that quality that Reno thought that he would probably get along best with her out of that whole group. This seemed like the perfect chance to try that out and see if it was true.



Words: 448
Muse: Good
Music: “We’ll Be A Dream” by We the Kings, “Thinking Of You” by Katy Perry
Tagged: Yuffie
Outfit: Turk uniform
Notes: none

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

So the Turk was here for the scenery. didn’t they get enough of it already? Yuffie eyed him and she kept her hands behind her back, where her pouch was. She wondered what he was thinking. He seemed different. They all have seemed different lately. She wondered if them trying to change was legit. Oh well, everyone seemed different since the meteor.

She looked at him oddly as he laughed. Yuffie only shrugged. She wondered if him and his partner joked around a lot. “your on a mission?” Yuffie asked curiously, now getting a bit excited. She needed excitement. “ooo whatchu doin’? whats the mission?” Yuffie then asked, still showing her excitement.

Yuffie looked at him a bit confused. He had asked her why she was talking to him. What was Yuffie not allowed to talk to him? She eyed him and shrugged. “why?” she asked curiously. “is the single rose of Wutai not allowed to talk to you, Mr. Turk?” Yuffie rolled her eyes.

Yuffie let out a sigh. To make up with the Turks, maybe she shouldn’t have taken his materia. She let out a sigh. The young ninja was now conflicted. She didn’t know if she was able to part with the materia, her obsession. She then rolled her eyes and she then said “you really need to watch your back…” Yuffie reached into her pouch and pulled out his lightning materia.

[Reno]

Reno’s aqua-coloured eyes stayed fixed on the young ninja. In all honesty, he wasn’t sure what to make of her. As a part of AVALANCHE and being from Wutai, he had expected her to want nothing to do with him. Just went to show that he shouldn’t judge a book by its cover – at least, it seemed that way right now. He still had no idea why she had approached him in the first place, and for all he knew she could have some sort of ulterior motive. Frankly, he wouldn’t be surprised if she did. Reno was naturally cautious around members of AVALANCHE now, having encountered them in the past, and some of those times…hadn’t ended well. Of course, the Turks had also played their part in helping Cloud and the gang out over a year ago, when the Remnants had been around, so he hoped that not all of Yuffie’s feelings were hostile.

“your on a mission? ooo whatchu doin’? What’s the mission?”

Laughing slightly, both at the excited manner in which Yuffie spoke and at the question itself, Reno shook his head slightly. “And what makes you think I’m gonna tell you?” he asked her, leaning forward slightly so that their faces were closer together, a cocky smirk upturning his lips as his aqua eyes sparkled with amusement. “It’s classified. And besides, it’s already complete, yo.” That was another thing that he and Yuffie had in common; they were both cocky. Although, Yuffie was more so in a fun way, but Reno… Reno could be the opposite, but he liked to mess with people a bit sometimes. He did find it quite amusing, however, that she had asked what the mission was, like he would tell her in the first place.

“Why? Is the single rose of Wutai not allowed to talk to you, Mr. Turk?”

“I never said that.” The smirk still hadn’t left his lips as he straightened up and twirled his EMR in his hand. In fact, he kind of appreciated the talking, considering no one else around would really be willing to talk to him, since he was a Turk. It went unsaid that just about everyone in Wutai hated ShinRa and anything to do with them, so naturally people had just given him a wide berth. But it was exactly that which confused Reno as to why she was talking to him, as well as the fact she was a part of AVALANCHE. “It’s kinda nice to talk to someone. Since I’m here on my own.” He kept his head tilted slightly as he spoke. “But, yeah, I meant why. Not implyin’ that you can’t talk to me or nothin’, just askin’.”

“You really need to watch your back…”

Reno had opened his mouth to ask what the hell she was talking about, when she reached into her pouch and pulled out a lightning materia. Blinking, Reno checked his pockets with his free hand, only to find that the lightning materia he usually equipped in his EMR wasn’t there. A frown itched at his lips for a moment, as his brow creased slightly. After a moment or two however, he lifted his brow and shook his head, the frown on his lips also gone and instead replaced by a slight smile. He couldn’t believe he’d just been played like that. But why is she givin’ it back? He reached out and took the materia, pocketing it, and not feeling the need to say ‘thanks’ considering she had stolen it from him in the first place. “Props to ya, yo. Not many can get one-up like that on a Turk.” He smiled, bringing his EMR back up to rest against his shoulder.



Words: 614
Muse: Great!
Music: “Beside You” by Marianas Trench
Tagged: Yuffie
Outfit: Turk uniform
Notes: none

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

Yuffie had looked at him, he seemed to be confused as to why she was even talking to him. She had then turned her short attention span to the sky or people passing by which pissed her off. They could have materia for her to swipe. Oh well, the Ninja would get over it. She would soon forget and all will be good. Yuffie looked at him when he said that it was classified and completed. “boo, your no fun.” She said, rolling her eyes.

Yuffie listened to what he was saying. “well I am glad you found someone to talk to.” she smiled. “and its even more awesome that I am the one.” Yuffie sighed. “people still haven’t really accepted me back here yet because of the geostigma and all.” Yuffie shrugged. It was terrible being an outcast of your own town, of her own town.

Yuffie just busted into tears laughing at his reaction to her stealing his materia. She couldn’t stop laughing. His face was priceless. Her laughter died down and she shrugged. “I’m a ninja- yo.” she said, sort of mocking him. “a ninja thief at that. Its my job.” she shrugged as she watched him rest his baton thingy on his shoulder. She knew the correct name for it, and EMR, but she thought that baton sounded funnier.

“so if your done with your G-14 classified mission, then why are you still here in Wutai?” Yuffie asked curiously, not remembering if he had mentioned why. That was also due to the fact that she probably wasn’t listening. “they probably havent been very welcoming huh?” Yuffie then asked. “well, then welcome to Wutai!” Yuffie exclaimed as she held a thumbs up. She still couldn’t remember if she had welcomed him or not…..OH WELL.

[Reno]

Reno’s nose wrinkled slightly in what could have been mistaken for vague annoyance as Yuffie turned her attention away from him. She really did seem to have a short attention span, which was a minor irk to Reno, considering with an ego as large as his, he liked the attention of the person he was talking to on him. Call him whatever you want, but Reno was cocky and confident, and he didn’t care who said it or knew. It was one of his (many) flaws, but that confidence was also a great asset to have. Opponents were almost always thrown off when they saw how confident he was. Yuffie soon glanced back at him when he spoke, however, which he was thankful for. Otherwise he might have just had to try and grab her attention another way, and with someone like Reno, who knew how far he would take that idea and run with it.

“Boo, your no fun.”

He smirked, chuckling slightly. “That’s not what I’ve been told,” he said, aqua eyes alight with amusement. There was a slight innuendo in his words that Yuffie would catch if she was sharp enough, but he didn’t mean it completely that way. He was pretty much a constant pest and annoyance to those around him, and was told that he had too much fun sometimes, or something along those lines... He was hungover normally when these types of things were mostly said to him, so he wasn’t exactly clear on exactly what was said. Elena was normally the one that would lecture him when he came into work hungover, or if he was being lazy or messing around instead of doing what he was supposed to. He cared about Elena, but she couldn’t half be annoying sometimes...especially when your head felt like it was being trampled on. “I’m a riot, yo.” He chuckled and gave her a playful wink.

“Well I am glad you found someone to talk to and it’s even more awesome that I am the one. ...People still haven’t accepted me back here yet because of the geostigma and all.”

Reno smiled, laughing softly. Yuffie was pretty cocky herself, but she couldn’t really hold a candle to his ego. “Well, I guess I’m kinda glad ya popped up too,” he admitted. Despite the fact she was a part of AVALANCHE, Yuffie was pretty easy to talk to. It was probably because of her light-hearted, near childish, air that seemed to surround her, or that she seemed to emit into the air around her... Reno was undecided on that one. It was sad that she was still practically an outcast from her own town, and Reno found his lips down-turning slightly into a frown at the thought. He had barely had a proper family, and had hated where he lived, and so he couldn’t imagine how it was to be an outcast in your own hometown.

Wait...had that stuff about being an outcast here been the answer to his question as to why she was talking to him? Maybe... Ah, who cares. He let the question drop for now. If that hadn’t been her answer, however, then her attention span really was short, Reno mused.

“I’m a ninja- yo. A ninja thief at that. Its my job.”

Reno’s nose wrinkled slightly in annoyance as Yuffie burst into a fit of laughter. Yeah, okay, he wasn’t at his brightest day, but everyone had off days, right? Turks can’t afford ‘off days’... He pushed the thought away and paid it no mind, even if it was true. What if it hadn’t been Yuffie that snuck up on him, but something or someone completely different, and what if they were dangerous? Then it would be bye-bye Reno... Thankfully, he had that knack of being able to spring back from more serious injuries quite quickly. The little dig at him, with the “yo”, made him smile and laugh a little, however. “Note to self: be more careful around ninja girl,” he said, shifting his foot slightly, before he decided that he’d had enough of standing still for now, it was time to move on a little.

“So if your done with your G-14 classified mission, then why are you still here in Wutai? They probably haven’t been very welcoming huh? Well, then welcome to Wutai!”

He had been about the start walking past Yuffie when her question caught him by surprise and he stopped by her. “Just...because?” he said, chuckling. “Do I have ta have a reason?” The height of the girl beside him amused him some, considering he was quite a bit taller. Before he could make a comment on her height, she spoke again. “Uh, yeah, they haven’t. And thanks.” He glanced at the town, and then at the forest path, before reaching a hand up to ruffle Yuffie’s hair and starting to walk quickly along the path. “You comin’ or what?” he called back over his shoulder at her, grinning. As much as he might pretend otherwise in most circumstances, he would enjoy the company.



Words: 822
Muse: Good
Music: “Miserably Loving You” by Artist vs Poet
Tagged: Yuffie
Outfit: Turk uniform
Notes: none

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

Yuffie looked at Reno, with her eyebrows raised. His words were odd to her. The way he said it, not necessarily the words. “a riot huh, well I haven’t seen you do anything that looks remotely fun,” Yuffie paused. “no wait, I lied.” she then said. “huh, was that you or someone else? I cant remember.” Yuffie shrugged it off and she started thinking again. She sometimes did have a terrible memory when she chose not to fully pay attention to things she saw, or people she saw. She just chose to not care, and her friends knew that. There were very few things that would make Yuffie care about something if she wasn’t interested in it.

“your glad?” Yuffie asked. “not ecstatic or excited?” Yuffie’s cockiness was beginning to show. She looked at him oddly. What the hell was running through his brain. Oh well, she lost interest. Yuffie then looked at him and she then said “besides, I needed someone to talk to, someone who….well…” Yuffie paused. She didn’t know the right words to say. “is like me I guess.” she paused. “and from what I have seen, your like me more ways than not.” she smirked. She wondered what he would say to that. He would probably deny it. The one thing she knew and he knew was that they both were thought of as annoying by team mates. Heck, Vincent and Cid find Yuffie VERY annoying.

Yuffie shook off the laughing fit she had. It was true though. She thought it was hilarious that she was able to steal from one of Rufus Shinra’s men. She would have to tell Tifa about this. She knew Tifa would laugh at it too. “no, guess not. I don’t have a reason for being here, when I know I am not wanted.” Yuffie shrugged. She rolled her eyes. “course not. And your welcome.” the young Ninja smiled to him.Reno had ruffled her hair. She gave him an evil glare and she jumped up onto his back and took the hair tie holding his hair in the pony tail. Yuffie jumped off and stood there, holding the tie in between her thumb and pointer finger. "Next time, you die!" she then said flicking the tie back at Reno.

He started walking away. She started following him, even if it meant she wasn’t wanted anymore. When he finally called back to her, she ran to catch up.

“where you...we going now?” Yuffie then asked.

[Reno]

"A riot huh, well I haven't seen you do anything that looks remotely fun."

Reno laughed slightly. "That's because you hardly know me," he said, tossing her a smirk. It was true that the Turks were more mysterious than most, and no one except for other Turks could say that they knew them. Hell, no one even knew if the names they had were their real names. Of course, a lot of the old Turks that had left ShinRa had just went by aliases as well, like Rod and Shotgun and Two Guns. And the others. "Although those that do know me sometimes wish they didn', I'm sure," he joked, although he was pretty sure there was some truth to that. He knew for a fact that drove Rufus and Tseng up the wall most of the time, as well as Elena, and he knew that Rude had to get annoyed with him sometimes too. There were times when he just couldn't keep his mouth shut, and he never seemed to learn either. "I may be older than you, but that doesn't mean I don' know how to have fun."

"no wait, I lied. ...huh, was that you or someone else? I can't remember."

Resisting the urge to facepalm, Reno instead just rolled his eyes. "Perhaps you should work on that attention-span of yours, yo." He winked and stuck his tongue out a little at her. Not the most mature thing to do, and he was also most likely being slightly hypocritical, but he didn't care. He wasn't exactly known for being mature in most situations, although he definitely could be when the situation called for it. Reno also had a slightly tendency to zone out sometimes and not pay attention, normally when he was being lectured by Tseng or Rufus.

"your glad? not ecstatic or excited?"

The smirk on his lips widened a little. "Yeah, just glad," he teased lightly, grinning at her cockiness. It was rare that he came across someone that could rival him in that department, and Yuffie certainly was one of those rare cases. Not that he minded, however. It made things a little more interesting that way, since it wasn't often this happened. Most of the people had had met that did have a rather large ego like himself had been twisted, sick fucks from the slums, or some gang members he couldn't care less about that he'd had to take out in the past. Yuffie on the other hand...wasn't like them. In fact, she was different than the rest of them, and quite a bit so. More so in the fact that she was generally nicer, but there was also something else, that he couldn't quite put his finger on.

"besides, I needed someone to talk to, someone who...well...is like me I guess. and from what I've seen, your like me more ways than not."

What Yuffie said surprised Reno a little. A member of AVALANCHE was actually admitting to being similar to a Turk? He was pretty sure that had never ever happened before. Nonetheless, he found himself agreeing with her. "Heh, perhaps you're right," he agreed. There did seem to more similarities between them than there were differences, but it was still weird to think about. After all, Turks and AVALANCHE weren't exactly famous for getting along with each other.

"no, guess not. I don't have a reason for being here, when I know I am not wanted. ....course not. And your welcome."

Once again, Reno found himself dwelling on how it must feel to be an outcast in your own hometown. Of course, he had blown up where he had come from, under ShinRa's orders... Sector 7. Part of Reno had been glad to see it go, taking all the bad memories and the horrible memories with it, but a part of his heart also ached at the loss. Orders are orders. That had been what he had told himself. Reno had always done his job, whatever was asked of him, so he told himself that that mission was no different than the others.

Pushing the thoughts aside, because he really didn't like dwelling on it all, Reno realised that he had been frowning slightly and quickly wiped that off his face too. However, it was at that he had ruffled Yuffie's hair, and now she had decided to retaliate. Since his back was turned, it was easy for her to latch onto him before he could anything about it. That was when he felt her hands on his hair, and his eyes widened slightly. "Hey! No one messes with the hair!" His indignant exclamations were too late, however, as Yuffie jumped off his back, holding onto his hair tie.

"Next time, you die!"

He scowled, catching the hair tie as it was flicked back at him. Anyone that touched his hair was asking for it, in his opinion. Reaching his hands back, he re-tied his hair back into it's ponytail before it started blowing around in the breeze. As Yuffie caught up with his walking, he glanced at her, reaching out a hand to flick her ear playfully. He would have normally just ruffled her hair again, but did he really want to find out what her threat would lead to? Hmm, maybe later, he thought to himself. He cracked a smile and stuck his tongue out at her.

"where you...we going now?"

Reno shrugged in answer to her question. "Not a clue, hones'ly." He turned his head to look at her, grinning. "You know the area better than me, so...anywhere interesting?" As much as Reno did love the city, it was nice to get away to more nature-like areas every so often. It was a good chance to take a break, which Reno kinda felt like he needed, even if it was only for a while.



Words: 964
Muse: Good
Music: "Falling Slowly" by Kris Allen
Tagged: Yuffie
Outfit: Turk uniform
Notes: oh lawd... XDD I kinda love these two lol and my post got long again >__>;;

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

Yuffie smiled to him. That was an interesting thought, getting to know the Turk better. She wasn’t completely against it either. He was like her in most ways than not. She shrugged. “guess your right. I just don’t know you.” she smirked back to him. Yuffie continued to walk, looking like she was in a happy mood. For once, she really was. She really didn’t understand why though. Yuffie eyed him when he talked again. She merely rolled her eyes. “guess we’re in the same boat, huh? They say that about me all the time.” she chuckled. “what does age have to do with it?” Yuffie asked, not really caring.

Yuffie watched him roll his eyes. It was the truth though. She rarely cared enough to recall something that wasn’t really important, nor that she really cared about in the first place. She only remembered what she felt was important. “attention span is fine. I just choose not to care.” Yuffie said, in the snobby attitude of hers. “I just don’t care about a lot.” Yuffie added.

Yuffie shrugged when he said just glad. She looked at him curiously. “well maybe you should get excited because I am going to teach you how to steal like a me, a great ninja and your going to enjoy it.” Yuffie said. “you want something to do, we are going to steal materia from travelers. Unless you have a better idea, goggles.” Yuffie looked at him curiously, waiting for him to suggest something that would sound interesting or attention getting to Yuffie.

“so, where are you from, if you don’t mind me askin’.” Yuffie asked him curiously. She wondered if it came up at all in AVALANCHE, background information about Turks. That would be another time that she didn’t care, at the time. Now, she simply wondered. “were you an outcast back then too?”

Yuffie stuck her tongue out. “if you don’t want me to burn your hair off, then don’t touch mine.” Yuffie sighed. She looked back at him. She watched him stick his tongue out at her as well. She had never met someone as childish as she was, and she didn’t hate it at all. She actually liked it, she liked him. “well, no, not really. But that doesn’t mean I’m not up for traveling, if you want, or don’t mind me tagging along at all.” Yuffie hoped he didn’t. she really wanted to be with someone, and since Reno was around, he wasn’t a bad choice either. In fact, she would rather hang out with him than anyone else at the moment.

[Reno]

Reno laughed slightly as Yuffie said that they were in the same boat. “I guess we are,” he said, chuckling slightly. He could see it for himself how some people might get annoyed with Yuffie, just like they did with him. They really were quite similar – moreso than he would have originally thought, if he was being honest. “I guess it doesn’ have anythin’ to do with nothin’, yo.” He tossed her a grin, aqua blue eyes sparkling. He snorted slightly as the smile on his face widened a little. “You pretty much just described me there too,” he chuckled, shaking his head slightly. To think that he had so much in common with a member of AVALANCHE, the very group that he used to fight against before Meteor. Reno himself didn’t have a lot that he cared about, and he was known to be occassionally cold and sarcastic sometimes if something disinterested him.

Raising an eyebrow, Reno listened as Yuffie spoke and found himself smiling again, although he scoffed slightly. “Just ’cause you sneaked up on me once doesn’ mean that I’m incapable, yo.” He was fairly serious, although his tone of voice didn’t give that away a lot. No, Reno had grown up in the slums, incredibly poor. Stealing had been a part of survival there, so he was a fairly skilled pick-pocket, not to mention the fact that his speed was rather impressive also helped, especially with the getting away part. However, her suggestion of something to do made him laugh some. He hadn’t really been expecting something like that, but regardless, it sounded fun. “And who are ya callin’ ‘goggles’?” he asked, flicking Yuffie softly on the forehead.

The question was a little unexpected, and it took Reno a little off-guard for a second, but he managed to mask it and take it in his stride. “Midgar, Sector Seven in the slums,” he answered simply, hardly even batting an eyelash at how casually he managed to say the name of the very place that he had caused the complete destruction of. Come to think of it, he wasn’t sure if Yuffie knew that it was him that had done that, since she hadn’t been a part of AVALANCHE at the time, but for all he knew she could have heard. A slight cold feeling hit Reno’s stomach at that point. What would she think of him if she did know that he had done it, but had also just admitted that it was his birthplace and where he had been brought up – or, rather, just lived, since his mother hadn’t exactly done much ‘bringing up’. “Yeah, I guess you could say I was,” he said, moving onto the second question she had asked. “Got into a lot of fights as a kid...although tha’s just how it was in the slums.”

Reno wrinkled his nose in mock annoyance as Yuffie stuck her tongue out at him. As she mentioned the threat of burning his hair off, he absent-mindedly raised a protective hand to the fiery spikes on his head and pouted a little. The urge to just mess up her hair again was getting a little stronger, but he was going to behave because he wasn’t sure if he wanted to find out if she would go through with that threat or not. “Meanie,” he said shortly, removing the tiny pout from his lips. He cast her another smile as she spoke once more, and he was tempted to mess with her a little and say that he did mind but he refrained. “Well...we could always see if we can find somethin’ to amuse ourselves around here, and if not, we can go somewhere else. And I don’ mind,” he added, giving her a casual wink.

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Notes: sorry this took so long! D:

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

Yuffie nodded to Reno. He wasn’t half bad to have around, hell he wasn’t bad at all. She couldn’t see why everyone hated him so much, well not hated him but thought he was annoying. He was perfectly fine, so Yuffie thought. She smiled at his remark about the age. She laughed a little. “you seem like you wouldn’t care about nothing. You have that aura about you.” Yuffie shrugged. she continued to walk with him and thought it was really weird that she was being perfectly honest with the red haired man. That was a rarity. She usually wasn’t honest about a lot of things, not even to her other friends. Yuffie was a dishonest thief.

“never said that.” Yuffie raised her chin in a snobbish manner. “just sayin’ that I am better than you.” she said, with her high and mighty attitude. She was just joking around but that didn’t make her feel any different. The young ninja did believe that she was the best there was, and no one could beat her at it.

Yuffie glared at Reno after he flicked her in the forehead. She arched an eyebrow and she swung her fist at his arm. “I’m calling you goggles, unless you want me to call you something much worse. I bet I could dig something up, yo.” Yuffie said again, with her attitude showing and her mocking him again. She never really acted this way around anyone else but him. She wondered if it was because they both admitted that they were like the same, personality wise and the fact that everyone finds them both annoying. Hell, if the two started a partnership, hell would rise.

Yuffie looked at Reno when he talked about where he came from. She thought a moment and thought she knew someone else who had grown up there as well, then the thought left her head. She felt for him, having a childhood like that but then again, hers wasn’t much different. She was a thief, even at a young age, stealing materia from people. “you and me both.” Yuffie commented on getting into fights.

Yuffie laughed as she watched Reno raise his hands up to protect his hair. What a pansy. She actually couldn’t picture herself doing that. She, admittedly liked his hair, a lot. She thought it looked cool. “you choose.” Yuffie said, waiting for him to come up with something to do.

[Sorry it took me so long to put this up. Things around home got in the way]