Reno had decided this planet look rather interesting and after his curiosity was piqued that was no stopping him. He had to discover its secrets, the lies and the truth about the place. It was new, interesting and intruiging. Each and every planet was so different from the next that he could spend ages wandering around them all. As long as it wasn't Atlantica. Reno shuddered. He hadn't appreciated that transformation one little bit. Why oh why couldn't he have at least been a merman? He wouldn't despise the place quite so much if that had happened. Still too happy, too much singing and dancing and....yuck. Singing and dancing are good yes. Just not their kind. Definately not.

This world was dry. Reno found himself missing plants and even flowers which he never particularly cared for. Grass was nice. Why couldn't there be any grass? It wasn't much, it was simple....a different colour. There was too much yellow. His gummi had a lot of yellow - bright, garish and attention seeking. What he wouldn't do for a model that was more tasteful, more subtle more sleek and cool. Motorbikes! He sure did miss those motorbikes.

So far there didn't seem to be anyone around so Reno kept on walking in the same direction hoping to bump into someone...anything...there was no animals around either. It seemed deserted but so had Hollow....Radiant Garden at first.

Holy Hell! In all this sacred in beloved this was not good! Gaia, Gaia, Gaia. Boy did he wish he was back home now....heck even Atlantica would be better than this! Atlantica! With the singing and the dancing! Or being faced by a Remnant of Sephiroth who beat the cr*p out of you - that really hurt yo - attacked your boss...and Cloud, stole the kiddies...hmmm he wondered which one he'd pick.

Torture by pain, or torture by the overy sweet and happy? Actually Reno wasn't quite sure which one he'd rather.

Despite being freaked out and panicky all the Ex-Turk allowed himself to show was anger. He and his brothers tortured Tseng and Elena to near death; they wouldn't even mention it. Reno wasn't sure if they spoke of it to each other. The only information anyone had gotten was that it certainly wasn't pleasant and Tseng was a seasoned Turk. This...man... caused greated pain to his friends, his family, made Rufus ill. Forgiveness wasn't someone Reno was good at but that didn't mean he blamed the kid. Was it really his fault if Jenova had screwed with his head? And he guessed Hojo was well.

...Hmph. He still didnt' it. He didn't seem to be fighting anything. It was all mother, mother, mother jeese, get a grip already. Kadaj had nearly succeeded in destoying his world. Reno had rather liked it intact.

"Ex-Turk. Haven't been one for a while now," Reno countered. Once a Turk always a Turk. It was the only thing he knew really. He wasn't good for anything else.

Kinda mad? Kinda mad!? Was he kidding? Of course he was kinda mad. Kinda mad didn't cover it. He was livid.

Damn he wished he could hit him but he wasn't that suicidal...yet. Rude always said his impulsive behaviour and fiery temper would get the better of him. No wait...that was Tseng and Rufus. Reckless and suicidal behaviour and what not always ticked Chief-man off. Seriously though, what was so bad about taking a few risks .... which sometimes may or may end up in death? They had worked hadn't they? He was still here.

Reno made a first but did nothing. Kind of mad...puh! He raised an eyebrow. "Take a guess Martian Man. Surprised? Guess not when you think about it. It makes sense," The entire world was swallowed, The River of Life too. It was entirely possible Kadaj could have been taken from it. The dark little Remanant swallowed by the darkness...hardly surprising really.

Was he supposed to care? Was that little emphasis and glare supposed to affect him in any way? Reno didn't care. It didn't bother him at all. He had done worse than kill a couple of young teenagers who were attemtping to destroy the planet and probably use it as a surf board or something. He took down Sector 7, killed kiddies, tortured people, beat them to a pulp, done horrible things and he was supposed to care that he bombed a couple of nutters? Who was Kadaj kidding?

Reno looked non phased and apathetic. Technically it had been Rude since it was his bombs they used....let's leave out him being the commanding officer at the scene and all. Anyway, it didn't make much sense to him. Why was only Kadaj required to make Sephiroth when they were all remnants of him but couldn't die until they all had? Reno would bet even Hojo couldn't explain away that one.

"What's your point?" Reno asked.

Rational - though Reno seldom listened - told him that he shut let that one slide, to ignore the jibe and live another day but he ignored it. He was better than people gave him credit for and although not as good as Choco-head or Remanant Boy here, he was still outstanding. Why did no one take into account he was quite a bit older than them with significantly less Mako...and no Jenova cells huh? Why did everyone have to overlook that fact? It was completely infuriating. Underestimation was fantastic but being completely written of boiled his blood. For a Turk he sure did run by his emotions an awful lot.

Reno cast a Bolt and Fire 3 at him in irritation and anger.  It was an odd choice for a Turk who pratically never use magic except in training to build up tolerance.  He felt like being different. When they appeared they got lucky buy getting those Materia but he'd been using them far longer. Gotta loved the Mastered stuff.

-- Edited by Reno at 00:35, 2008-12-21

Reno had expected that attack and managed to dodge and swing his EMR at his head knowing he was unlike to get another shot. He had some experience fighting with Cloud whether it be when they were enemies or if he'd pushed his buttons one too many times but then he didn't feel that Cloud would actually kill him. He fitted into the not-worth-my-time-and-effort-category. Besides it wouldn't do to eliminate the annoying but sometimes handy help. Providing that Rufus agreed of course.

"You defenceless?" Reno asked increduously. "Don't make me laugh. That's like saying Hojo didn't really mean to do what he did," Boy did he hate Hojo. Weirdo. Heideigger, Scarlet. The only Exec. he didn't mind was Reeve. Reeve always had been too nice for ShinRa. The WRO proved that.

Reno glared at him. He really didn't like this kid. He was better, stronger, younger. He reminded him that he was getting old. He was knocked to the ground by Kadaj's left fist, picking himself up again and hiding a wince at the pain. There was gonna be one helluva bruise there soon, if not a fracture of some kind.

Another knock to the head. Exactly what he needed.

"Who would like Hojo?" Reno asked. What was there to like. "He always looked like he wanted to try his sick ass stuff on me. I just stayed the hell away from him. Mind you, he looked like that at everyone,"

It felt good. Anger replaced the loneliness and the sorrow morphing it into rage and that into power and strength, speed and agility. He was gonna lose this fight - whether it be by a few broken bones, severe injury or death - Reno knew he was never going to win. The only one to defeat Sephiroth was Cloud and Kadaj was as close as you could get to the real thing. He kicked, long range and round house, following with a pendulum kick and a right hook. "Pick fights with everyone you meet or us it just us Gaians?"

Reno growled. "You provoked me!" It was more like an accuastion than a statement. He so wasn't taking the blame for this one. He could keep his emotions in check if he really felt like it but it was a lot of effort. too much time spent on that when he could be doing other more interesting things. Like beating someone up!

Reno smirked. "Awww you lonely? Why should I believe anything you say?" Kadaj did after try to kill the entire planet, but first Cloud and terrorized Edge for no apparant reason. Not that terrorizing wasn't fun but he and the Turks would be the one to do it, not Remnants or Deep Ground. "You're just like your brother then aren't ya?" He muttered.

Kadaj was hot, very, but there was that annoying little detail of hating his guts. That and he hid most of his face. perhaps in a twisted way he's kinda shy or he's just backwards coward who doesn't want to look in your eyes. Mother this, mother that....get over it. Mothers aren't that great anyways, Reno thought to himself.

Ohooooo! Was that a nerve he had touched? The cold hearted Kadaj had some buttons to press. This would be really fun and his death would be quite cool too. Perhaps this was why he was glad to see him, so he could exacte revenge on his brothers murderer.

He was actually pouting.

A wicked grin passed across Reno's face. Whipping out his mobible - the gummi had capabilities to charge its battery - and took a quick picture. That was too good not to capture. "You look cute when you pout," Reno said not really meaning that was a compliment. He may look as though he had let his guard down, the careless posture, the relaxed nature but he was aware of every move the other made. If he twitched, Reno would know.

Reno shrugged at Kadaj's question. For a killer himself he didn't exactly understand the whole not giving a damn and desire to cause destruction and for it to be cool. "Fireworks rock, zo to. All those reds and greens and blues...did you not want them to go out with a bang?"

Oh God. Rude said that to him once. They so are not alike! Reno was warring with himself with that thought. He didn't want to be like that...thing!

"Naaah. I just look rather pale and sickly," Reno said about the whole dead thing. Elena - she had been the newbie then - had snapped a picture of him whilst recovering from greivious injuries. It hadn't been a good start to their relationship but they recovered nicely. She still was the funnest to tease the hell out of.

Eh? OK now he was confused. Oh yay! Let's all go to the Life Stream together! Who thinks that? Then Reno recalled that this wa s Kadaj and some things only make sense to him and him alone.

"You're welcome.... I think." Reno said . "Freak of nature," he added in a mutter. "It was the least I could do," Man he really should have thanked Valentine for saving Tseng and Elena. He had never bothered though.

Reno blinked taken aback. That smile...it was...real. Reno guessed he didn't think Kadaj was capable of such a feat. He was all evil glares and smirks with promises of torture, pain and slow agonising death.

"Amusing how?" Reno asked curious. It wouldn't be the first time it was meant in the connotation he thought it did. People rarely took him seriously and he was thankful for the havoc that allowed him to wreak because they thought him completely incompetant and stupid. There's a difference between being stupid and not knowing anything.

The bodyguard without a boss found himself softening to the young lad and loathed the possiblity he didn't hate him quite as much as he thought he did. He still set a fire burning through his veins and a rage coursing through him but the fact there seemed to be more to him made him stop. Something a teeny bit human.

Reno knew he should probably he offended by that since his aim was to annoy the bugger but he settled for being thankful his guts weren't spread all over the joint.

Wait...was he insulting his hair? What was wrong with his hair man! It's not even dyed! His hair rocked! He was unique. Who can't take someone seriously because of red hair? Reno copes perfectly fine with Cloud's darn good impression of a Chocobo. Apparantly no one else could see the startling resembles to the annoying bird that quarks and quakes and runs away - but only when you actually want to catch one. Reno could kiss who ever discovered Gyshal Greens. Hmmmm....may be not. Just kiss the gyshal greens instead.

Paint!? Yeah well...at least I'm not monotone. Oh yay cool. Big sophisticated word! If only I had someone to tell... Reno thought whilst glaring at him.

"Your eyes," He said simply. "But you cover most of your face with your thin, feeble hair so it's difficult to tell really,"

YAS! Score! Reno grinned. He had succeeded in making the Almighty Remnant flustered. He wondered how long - if it would occur to him at all - that he just explained himself to a lowly little Gaian. An Ex-Turk no less. It was priceless.

Mental note: is sensitive about the hair. Wonder how long it took to pick that style.

"Your hair is girlier than mine. Have you looked in a mirror?" Reno asked. Of course he kept it in a clip. It would get in the way otherwise - and he'd look girly then. Plus Tseng had his in a proper pony which was scraped back and stretched his forhead. Reno always figured it must be the cause of those constant headaches he always gets.

Kadaj's hair was thin, silky, short floated like a girls. Ooooohhh dear. Hair sensitivity here too it seemed. Hmph. It wasn't like he was about to tell Kadaj that though. Despite what people thought he conditioned his hair and it had a mind of its own. "Silver heads may be rare but Red heads are even rarer. Are you done insulting me dear Silver Fish?"

Reno grinned. Awwww shucks. He's cute when he's angry. It was impossibly easy to rile the guy too. Who knew the Big Bad would take seconds to rile. Dude needs to Chillax man... Seconds! Mere seconds. Oh boy this was good stuff. Must get the vanity from Sephy-boy - him and his long flowing silver hair, immaculate clothing and really long shiny sword. Perhaps he was making....nope. Don't go there. "Who you tryin' to convince. Me, or you?"

"It's not a fish, zo to," Reno stuck his tongue out at him. The Ex-Turk of course was famous for being childish despite his age (older than most people figured - usually guessing around 22 to 24). Hey, he never had a childhood growing up so he was just making up for lost time. And what was so great about being serious anyway? Sucked the fun out of everything.

Kadaj was conceeding. Did he even realise he was giving up? Reno often had that effect on people. He was jsut glad it hadn't gone the other way, as it occasionally does, and Kadaj hadn't tried to cut his tongue out for something weird. They had almost succeeded but that preson was weird.

Reno shrugged. He wasn't particularly bothered by the comment. It was more embarrassing - and he hated to admit, slightly endearing - that kadaj was behaving like a kid himself and then trying to deny it. Silly young muderous teen.

Pfffftttt. Did he look stupid? No, dont' answer that.

Just because he said he liked his pretty green eyes didn't mean he was gonna spill the beans by lookin' at them. Jeeze. He wasn't that easy, you know? Well....Okay that depends but he knew how to play hard to get. Plus Reno was still a Turk at heart and Turks don't give up the goose.

"Maybe," Reno said slyly. "And so what if I have? What's it to ya?" Cloud was more like a friend anyway. He'd never tell the SOLDIER that but he did like him, he always had, and there was no reason to tell Kadaj anything. They were allies, and he protected allies. At least until threatened with certain death then it would only be the Turks and Rufus he'd die for.

Reno resisted a sigh. Back to threats then.

Rufus? Reno was oh so lonely without them. They were the only family he had ever had. Although they were disfunctional they cared, watched each others back. They nursed Rufus through Geostigma and helped him when he got down. It was horrible to see him look in the mirror and know he didn't like what he saw. Other days it wasn't so bad. Contrary to popular belief he had quite a high tolerance level since he did put up with Reno for all these years.

Depending on how he answered? What the heck did that mean? All it told Reno was either way he was lying or didn't know. He may be blowing his only chance of finding them but he could look on his own. He was trained to withstand questioning all kinds of interrogation. He had an iron will and determination to match. Besides, can't tell what you don't know.

Reno smiled as if swayed by his persuasions. "Actually no. Think I prefer you separated,"

Reno softened at the mention of Aerith. He always did have a soft spot for her along with Tseng. It was difficult not to. Like Zack you just had to like her. Everyone who met them did. In fact, for a month Reno was in such a good mood he had taken to calling Zack Fair, Puppy no matter the situation just to see what would happen. Shame he had to die and Reno had to kidnap her and ship her of to the crazy assed psycho.

Family. Reno missed them. Although they were tough they had been kind too, in their own way. At least he hadn't tried to threaten his mother or father - he would have just laughed at that.

It had irked him that he threatened the other Turks but Kadaj had given himself away. "Ha! I knew it! You have no idea where anyone is do you?" Reno cried triumphantly and grinned. If he was going to threaten him, his family and his allies then he wasn't going to make getting 'I don't know' out of him that simple.

Reno grinned at Kadaj acting like a petulant child which he supposed he was. He was young, violent and thought he knew the world but how could he? He didn't seem to have ever lived in it. "You're sure, are you?"

Kadaj had wanted to destroy a world, Reno concluded, that he had never lived in properly. He supposed it was easier that way. Much easier to kill a stranger, to betray them than someone who know and cherish. Genocide came so easily to them but that was no surprise. Hojo had paid them a visit after all.

He eyes him warily. Why was he laughing. sure Reno laughed for no reason but then he wasn't about to attack himself. Was Kadaj trying to put him off? It's an odd tactic. "Perhaps getting to know how to communicate with people rather than slicing and dicing them will do you some good," Reno said. It wasn't Reno himself didn't know how it was just he felt it took to look and was rather boring. He felt a bit useless with no orders to follow, no deadlines to meet but he liked wandering around. It was fun and interesting. This encounter certainly was interesting.

Reno shrugged not giving anything away. No way was he bringing Rude into this. "We work together," Sheltered - at least he wasn't exposed to the ways of Gaia. It was sad. Everyone else knew Turks worked in pairs and on the rare occaions teams. That was before they were all killed off though. Only three of them had survived everything that was thrown at them and they managed to pull Elena through the thick of the Crisis.

"I mean with words dufus. You know, without antagonising. I bet there's a whole load you don't know. You just told me that, though you might not realise it. Never gotten information without being threatening dude?" Reno asked looking at him hard. "It's all about blood?" Reno has violent - he liked it, thrived on it sometimes but there was more than one way to skin a cat. Rufus was teaching them that sometimes conceeding, that the gentle approach could be just as effective. He'd done gentle many times before since undercover situations called for it. Seemed Rufus had finally decided to work on Reno's tact after the incident with asking Cloud to work for him for a time. Reno sure stuffed that one up. "Have you never tried to be friends with someone?"

Reno nodded. It was true. Reno had ran in the other direction whenever he had heard Hojo was in the vicinity and if he ever saw the guy his weapon would be in hand. He had always had the suspicious feeling that those Mako shots weren't the only thing he gave him since he was pretty out of it afterwords. Those blasted migraines would never stop.

Kadaj was an interesting creature. He wasn't human but no one knew what he was. What would he have been had he not been tampered with. His scars probably ran deep in his mind just like Reno's did. HOw much did he actually remember of his tiem in the labs? All of it? The worst? glimpses? Reno remebered everything about his life despite his best efforts.

He was cute when he was flustered. REno hated that he pitied him now, that he felt sorry for him. He didn't want to. "Perhaps you should learn then. Learn something about the civiliations you wish to destroy. Blood may drive you but it doesn't have to be all you know. And since it is, you are ignorant. You would destroy us without hesitation, not even understanding what you were demolishing. Your empty even without your precious brothers then. If your purpose was to destroy Gaia what are you gonna do now? Start somewhere new?" Reno asked contemptuously. The Turks were hardly better - the murder, death, espionage, violence. The blood drove him to but it wasn't all he was. He hid that about himself, letting people believe that blood was what mattered, to make people hurt and scream. He kept it to himself, but Reno also liked to make people smile. He had to be useful for something. People had to appreciate him or his awful parents were right all along.

Reno raised a fine eyebrow. "You don't try to hurt people KD. You do it naturally. It's not like you forced yourself or anything," Was Reno bothered about killing? He couldn't say he was. Did he love his job? Yes he did. After all, he was only getting paid to basically do what he'd do on the street - it was just bigger in the scale of things. "You're supposed to try not to hurt anyone," His tone was condescending. He thought that was obvious anyway - Kadaj had totally gotten it the wrong way around. He had so much to learn.

Sucker.

"Apparantly it's not that difficult. Rufus managed to do it easily enough," Reno commented. "Mind you, you did poison him," That wheelchair was only partly for show. Rufus ShinRa's Geostigma was more advanced than Cloud's. Sometimes, he really did need the support the wheelchair provided. Damn he was going soft. Why was he giving him tidbits of advice? He couldn't stand the guy.

Yet he was very endearing.


Damn it!

Reno giggled. "Did you actually confuse yourself yo?" It made perfect sense to him. He wasn't going to explain it to the poor little Remnant.

Cute when confused.

Drat not that again!

Reno shook his head. "Your thinking about it too much," Kadaj wasn't the first one to ask what the heck he was on about and he wouldn't be the last. The other Turks were so used to his speech that they either ignored what they didn't get, or understood perfectly what he meant. Excpet Elena. She just didn't get it at all. It was funny when Rude was forced to interpret for her. Sometimes he even left her floundering in that angry confusion she winds herself up in.

Oh crap!

Most people gave up after not understanding the second time around! Man why was he asking him??!! What did he think he could possibly get out of questioning a Turk for the meaning of frickin life?! Did he not understand what his job entailed?? Heck! He was faking it! Sure he believed some of what he was saying but he was working on not being skewered thank you very much? Reno kills, spies, lies, cheats, steals. It's what he does and has known his entire life. How was he gonna lecture someone, tell them, teach them any different when he didn't know any different himself??

Needless to say he was a bit panicked and staring at Kadaj with wide eyes. Perhaps they could learn something from each other after all.

That didn't mean he liked the guy OK?

Rufus had Geostigma. It gave him the motivation to alter the adverse affects to the planet. Cloud had Avalanche, presumably communication with Aerith upon occasion since it was most likely her that sent that rain. The Turks didn't have a reason. They didn't do that stuff anymore simply because they weren't ordered to. There was no need. Perhaps Kadaj needed a reason?

Thank Gaia for fast thinking! He wasn't a Turk for nothing, yo. Please let this work.

"You gotta find a reason. Cloud found a reason worth fighting for, to let go. Boss found a reason to change too - in fact you gave it to him." Reno paused. What else? He so wasn't going to be satified with find a reason, I don't care what, just do it. Um... oh dear...so Reno decided to speak from experience. Why was he taking pity on this killing machine? Now he was confused himself.

"Killing comes easy to you because that's all you know. It's what you were taught and forced to do to survive. Therefore you don't try to kill anyone. You don't force yourself like normal people have to. You just do because you can kill. Therefore you have to find a reason not to. You have to be able to control your own actions now, make your own decisions or you'll never fit in anywhere,"

Hypocrit. Reno felt lost without orders. He's always had them. To this, do that, kill him, elminate her, blow up the device. Countless orders over many many years. Independence on this scale was something he was still getting used to himself.

-- Edited by Reno at 00:56, 2009-01-07

Reno frowned. "I think it's supposed to work the other way around," he stated. Weren't you supposed to have a fantastically good reason to kill? Oh well, this was part of a pyscho that tried to rip the world in half. It made sense the reasoning would be twisted.

What? Why did he want to know that? Why was he letting this ... clone....see so much of him when he usually hid? Heck not even Avalanche could get this many answers from him. Not even Cloud who if irritated enough had more than once punched him and threated to beat him up.

No he was not going to tell him yo. Some things he had to keep to himself.

Did he even have a reason? Reno had always thought he never cared either way. Death would happen to everyone in the end - just a little sooner for some people. He enjoyed hurting people for everyone had always hurt him, but killing? If he was ordered to, it was required to survive, was necessary he didn't give a toss. Unneccessary killing bothered him though. He had yet to figure out why when he was someone who did most things to excess.

Reno shook his head. "You don't get it. There isn't a Life Stream to enter anymore. We aren't on Gaia, it's no more. The entire world was swallowed by the Darkness, the Life Stream along with it. You die there, you have a good chance of returning to the planet. You die here or anywhere else? I gotta feeling your gonna rot," Reno wasn't one to sugar coat things unless it was the very rare chat with Marlene. He didn't need Barret coming at him with that gun arm of his.