The Reaper | By : crystalwind Category: Final Fantasy VII > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 676 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VII, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story. |
Warnings: Reno is in some serious trouble. And he knows it.
Interlude 2 - Oops
Reno avoided Tseng, Elena, and the Soldier Training Center for the remainder of the week, certain that he didn't want to face them or Gargantuan any time in the near future. He wasn't as successful at avoiding Rude, who was teaching his Political Science class on Thursday afternoon, but the silent man didn't speak to him during class. Reno did his best to scramble out of the room before Rude made it to the door when class was over, but he didn't get out in time to avoid the sharp cuff to the back of the head. Reno scowled at Rude's back when he pushed past to continue down the hall, and silently vowed to reinstate The War at the first opportunity. Physical violence was completely uncalled for. Definitely.
The rest of the day, week, and weekend passed without incident, although Reno's desk was scattered with papers outlining various plots to sneak into Rude's office or living quarters and torment him. His card-forging abilities only went so far, however, and he hadn't figured out how to get past the required security clearances yet. Maybe Whisper or the guys in the Tech Lab, another of his late-night discoveries, could help him out…
Monday rolled around like any other week. Training Group 713 was now a month and a half into training, marking the halfway point to the Deadline. The sun was shining, classes went on as usual, Reno continued plotting, oblivious to what his afternoon was going to bring.
He walked into his hand-to-hand class with a cheerful grin on his face. Hand-to-hand was, by far, his favorite class. He was good at it – he had to be, to have survived all of the Gang Wars and other violent fights down in the slums – and it was a nice break from sitting inside a stuffy classroom all day. Not that the classrooms were actually stuffy… ShinRa put plenty of money towards making sure the Trainees had clean, high-tech classes to work in, but that didn't stop them from being boring half the time. It didn't help that, with the aid of the library and class syllabi, Reno always knew almost everything each class was going to teach anyway.
Regardless, hand-to-hand nearly always put a shit-eating grin on his face. There was nothing quite like getting the opportunity to pound your enemies into submission… his smile faded as soon as he stepped foot inside the Sparring Gym. Tseng, Rude, Elena, and the rest of the upper level Turks were standing in a small group near the bleachers, which in itself wasn't so unusual. They often showed up to sparring sessions to observe or test out how the Trainees were doing themselves. What made Reno's smile disappear was the fact that, scattered throughout the gym were soldiers, dressed for sparring. What made Reno want to spin around and run away was the fact that, standing right next to Tseng, was Gargantuan. Also dressed for sparring, with his long hair pulled back into a braid to keep it out of the way. The other Trainees began entering the gym, jostling him as they shoved past, and he lost his opportunity to escape. He opted to try and hide instead, shrinking in on himself to present a smaller target as he skulked around behind his classmates. He was too busy trying to avoid notice to pay attention to the excited whispers of "Sephiroth…" that were circulating through the group of Trainees. He shouldn't have bothered.
"Reno." Tseng's voice, cold and almost sounding amused ('Cruel, heartless bastard…') rang out through the gym. Reno froze, and the group of Trainees parted, opening a clear bath to him at the back of the group. 'Traitors…' Tseng smiled. "Step forward, please."
Tseng smiling was usually a good indicator of being in store for sadistic pain in the near future. Coupled with Gargantuan smiling, and Reno seriously debated trying to turn and run away anyway. He sighed, slouched, and dragged his feet when he walked forward. 'This is going to suck…'
"Today, General Sephiroth has graciously accepted an invitation to teach your hand-to-hand class." Reno slowly turned to stare up at Gargantuan. He had kicked General Sephiroth in the nuts last week? Why didn't anyone warn him about this sort of thing? Tseng continued, oblivious to Reno's horrified stare and Sephiroth's cruelly amused smirk. "Even more fortunately, we have amongst your classmates a volunteer for a demonstration match." Reno's stare moved from Sephiroth to Tseng. He didn't recall volunteering for anything, and he was pretty sure his quick escape last week had been indicative of a desire to avoid sparring with Gargantuan… Sephiroth… whatever the hell the guy's name really was. 'Okay, I was wrong. This is going to go way beyond sucking.' The other Trainees smirked, catching on to Reno's displeasure immediately and savoring it. Finally, someone was going to put that little shit in his place.
A/N: Heh, yeah, so… Life has been ridiculously busy since I arrived back on campus, and I haven't had time to write pretty much anything :( As a result, you get this tiny little filler chapter instead of anything significant. I'm sorry for that, sorry for Chapter 9 kind of sucking, and sorry for the fact that Chapter 10, which will mainly cover Reno's fight with Seph, is going to suck even more. In fact, if I can find a away to avoid writing the sparring scene, and skip to the rest of Reno's miserable week, I probably will.
While AFF and its agents attempt to remove all illegal works from the site as quickly and thoroughly as possible, there is always the possibility that some submissions may be overlooked or dismissed in error. The AFF system includes a rigorous and complex abuse control system in order to prevent improper use of the AFF service, and we hope that its deployment indicates a good-faith effort to eliminate any illegal material on the site in a fair and unbiased manner. This abuse control system is run in accordance with the strict guidelines specified above.
All works displayed here, whether pictorial or literary, are the property of their owners and not Adult-FanFiction.org. Opinions stated in profiles of users may not reflect the opinions or views of Adult-FanFiction.org or any of its owners, agents, or related entities.
Website Domain ©2002-2017 by Apollo. PHP scripting, CSS style sheets, Database layout & Original artwork ©2005-2017 C. Kennington. Restructured Database & Forum skins ©2007-2017 J. Salva. Images, coding, and any other potentially liftable content may not be used without express written permission from their respective creator(s). Thank you for visiting!
Powered by Fiction Portal 2.0
Modifications © Manta2g, DemonGoddess
Site Owner - Apollo