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It's The Job	By : Aislashu Category: Final Fantasy VII > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 914 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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    Reno took a corner table and flopped into a chair, putting his feet up on the table and crossing them at the ankles. He leaned his chair back, arms crossed behind his head and resting on the wall. Denzel helped Tifa clear out the bar, then made his way over to sit down beside Reno.
   "You could have warned me about the bikers," Denzel murmured.
   "Could have," Reno agreed. "Didn't, yo. Wanted to see how you'd react."
   "Another test. I could have been killed!"
   "What, you think joining the Turks is all sunshine and daisies? It's dangerous, yo. Even now. Especially now."
   "What was that you gave Cloud?"
   "Something from the past. What do you know about Cloud?"
   "I know he helped save the world."
   "Know anything about AVALANCHE?"
   "Not much...I heard about them, of course. But it was a long time ago...before I met Cloud and them...my dad worked for Shin-Ra. He'd talk about them now and then."
   "Your dad?" Reno looked over, tilting his head.
   "Yeah...I..we...lived in Sector 7 at the time. We were told AVALANCHE planned an attack on Sector 7...mom wanted to warn everyone, so they sent me away. They..they didn't get out in time."
   "I...I'm sorry," Reno said quietly, looking away.
   "Don't be, it's not your fault," Denzel shrugged, smiling.
   Reno hunched in on himself just a touch, moving his arms from behind his head to cross in front of his chest.
   "THE HELL IT ISN'T!" a large, booming voice came from nearby, Barret having come in from the back door. "DENZEL! HOW COULD YOU JOIN THOSE BASTARDS!?"
   "You were happy enough to accept our help during the Geostigma Incident!" Reno said indignantly, getting to his feet.
   "It was practically your own mess! You SHOULD help clean it up! Now you're recruiting kids whose parents you've killed?!"
   "AVALANCHE launched that attack, dad said so!"
   "WE'RE AVALANCHE!" Barret shouted. "Me! Cloud! Tifa! You think WE'D do that?!"
   Denzel opened his mouth and shut it, shocked.
   "I...then..."
   "Barret." Cloud stepped between Barret and Reno, looking up at the larger man.
   "Cloud, how can you defend him?" Barret asked angrily.
   "Because he came to us first. Tifa?"
   "This was found on a gang that attacked Reno and Denzel," Tifa held up the battered AVALANCHE flag.
   "What?! How do we know he didn't plant it?!"
   "Why would we?" Reno rolled his eyes. "If we wanted you down and out, yo, we would have done it long before now."



   Barret glared, but Cloud's arm barred him from moving. Reno sat back down and crossed his arms on the table, staring up at everyone expectantly. Cloud sat down first, followed by Tifa and Barret. Denzel sat back down slowly, staring at Reno quietly.
   "So why are you here?"
   "To make sure it's not you, for one." Reno shrugged. "I know it's not, yo. But got to do the steps."
   "Okay. It's not us, you can go now," Barret glared.
   "Not that easy, yo." Reno laughed, waving his hand. "Who else was part of Avalanche?"
   "Just us. YOU killed..."
   "Barret."
   "DAMN YOU, CLOUD! The kid has a right to know!"
   Denzel got to his feet. All eyes turned to him, and before Reno could blink, Denzel's Turk-issued gun was pressed between his eyes.
   "Denzel!" Tifa got to her feet, eyes wide.
   "Denzel, don't..." Cloud stood slowly, looking at the boy.
   Barret just smirked and leaned back, crossing his arms. "What? I think he should shoot the bastard."
   "It was you," Denzel's shaking voice matched the trembling of his hand. "You planted the bomb in Sector 7."
   "That's right," Reno said quietly, looking up at Denzel, trying to ignore the gun placed between his eyes.
   "All those people...my mom and dad...YOU KILLED THEM!"
   "On orders," Reno didn't raise his voice. "We tried to warn any Shin-Ra employee, we did, yo."
   "You...I..I should kill you, right now!"
   "Do it, kid," Barret grinned.
   "Shut up, Barret!" Cloud gripped the table. "Denzel.."
   "Denzel, don't do this!" Tifa begged.
   "I've wanted revenge for so long...and you were right here, the entire time...in and out of the bar..talking to me...to Cloud...everyone..."
   "They tried to stop me. And I tried to warn you, about orders, yo."
   Denzel grit his teeth, tears in his eyes. His shaking hand tightened on the gun, then pulled the trigger. Cloud and Tifa cried out, then stared as nothing happened. Reno closed his eyes, lifting his hand and taking the gun from Denzel's shaking hand slowly. He opened his eyes and looked down, pressing the gun and holding it by the nozzle, offering it back to Denzel.
   "You left the safety on, yo."
   Denzel's eyes widened and he just stared before he fell to his knees, sobbing into his hands, apologizing through his tears. Reno set the gun on the table, then reached out towards Denzel, stopping his hand before he touched the boy. Reno then got to his feet, staring at Barret.
   "I hope you're happy, yo. You sick fuck."
   Reno walked away, unable to bring himself to touch or comfort Denzel, figuring the boy wouldn't want his touch anyway. Tifa moved around the table to take Denzel in her harms, cradling the sobbing boy.
   "Get out." Cloud didn't even look at Barret.
   "What? But..."
   "Get. OUT."
   Barret left. Leaving Tifa to comfort Denzel, Cloud made his way out the front door and followed the sounds of fists on metal, going down the alley to the side of 7th Heaven and finding Reno beating his fists into the side of a dumpster, leaving dents. Cloud crossed his arms and leaned on the wall, watching silently.
   Reno grabbed the edge of the dumpster and hung his head, breathing hard.
   "Why didn't you tell me?"
   "Oh hey Reno, by the way, the kid you helped save and befriended over the last few years? You killed his parents in Sector 7," Cloud said, voice flat.
   "Ugh, okay, I get it, yo. But I never would have let him in if I knew! Not like it matters. It's all flushed down the toilet, yo."
   "You don't know that."
   "I thought you'd be happy for it, yo." Reno pushed himself away from the dumpster, turning to look at Cloud.
   "Not like this. Not driving him to want to kill you."
   "Why not?"
   "You're not a monster, Reno," Cloud said softly, turning those glowing eyes to the redhead.
   "No?" Reno turned, walking over to Cloud, forcing the man back against the wall.
   Cloud pressed his back to it and let his arms fall to the side, looking up at Reno. Reno placed his hands against the wall on either side of Cloud's shoulders, looking down at the blonde.
   "How can you think you are?"
   "If you think about it, how am I any better than Sephiroth?"
   "WHAT?!"
   Reno sighed and rested his forearm up against the brick wall, just above Cloud's head. He moved his other hand, hovering it over Cloud's chest without touching, and Cloud's breath hitched a bit. He could almost feel Reno's hand.
   "A lot more people died in Sector 7 than in Nibelheim," Reno said softly, then pushed away from the wall, turning his back to Cloud.
   "Sephiroth was crazed."
   "And I was entirely sane, yo," Reno said quietly. "Just following orders. So Sephiroth had an excuse...what was mine?"
   "That's not fair," Cloud's voice was soft, not sure what else to say.
   "What's fucking fair in this world, yo? Is it fair to Denzel? To those who died? C'mon, yo! Tell me about fuckin' fair."
   "Stop it," Cloud growls through grit teeth.
   "How about Zack, yo? There's a Fair for you."
   "Stop it," Cloud says again, fists clenching.
   "Then we have you," Reno says, hanging his head. "How is that fair, yo? But I'm just a good little Turk. I'll sit by and watch a friend of mine be taken and experimented on. Locked away, yo. Why not? It's....orders."
   "Friend?" Cloud frowned.
   "Was I that small a blip on your radar, yo?" Reno frowned.
   "What? No..it's just..." Cloud sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "...I just...thought you hated me, after I freaked out on you."
   "No...I just..wanted to give you space. Let you...take the first move. I figured you wanted nothing to do with me when you wouldn't look me in the eye anymore, yo."
   "Guess we were both dumb kids, then." Cloud sighed softly, giving a small smile. "I know you tried to make up for things, Reno."
   "What are you talking about, yo?"
   "I know your abilities. I know why you were chosen for the Turks."
   Reno frowned and turned away, crossing his arms. Cloud laughed softly, shaking his head.
   "I didn't know it back then, but I've known for a while now. You had orders then, too, you know."
   "...they only said 'try'," Reno mumbled.
   "Uh-huh. Either way, Reno...thanks."
   "Yeah," Reno murmured.
   "Come back tomorrow."
   Cloud didn't wait for an answer, simply turning and heading into 7th Heaven. Reno watched the door close and sighed, kicking a stone across the alley before he made his way out. At least it wasn't too far of a walk to the Turk Recruitment Center.
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