Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ Reno's True Love ❯ Chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )
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Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Final Fantasy characters. They are the property of Square Soft and Square Enix. I do however own Kaira, any other character I create, and the storyline. Please don’t steal this because I have worked very hard on it.
Author notes: ~~…~~ denotes flashbacks, dreams, nightmares; **. . . ** denotes scene changes; * denotes notes at the bottom; ‘. . .’ denotes thinking; “. . .” denotes speaking.
Chapter 3 ~ The Northern Cave
Kaira continued to glare at Reno. She wasn’t going to back down from him so easily. She then smiled one of her trademark smiles at Reno and noticed that he faltered somewhat.
‘So, he will fall for a cute smile,’ Kaira thought to herself.
Rufus knew that Reno was a womanizer and that he had to keep Kaira away from him although she was doing a good job at holding her own against him. But he had to think of how he was going to do that. Rufus knew that Reno was toying with Kaira and right now that wasn’t the best thing to be doing.
“Kaira, why don’t you tell me about what you’re doing here?” Rufus said in order to dissipate the tension that was building in the air.
Kaira ignored her father as she continued to look at Reno. There was no way that she was going to back down from him. She smiled one of her cute trademark smiles again and Reno had to look away from her defeatedly. When Kaira saw that Reno had looked away from her, she smiled a true smile and started dancing around.
Reno couldn’t believe that he looked away from a woman first during a staring contest. He had never been defeated so easily before in his life.
Rufus couldn’t believe that he had been ignored, much less by his own daughter. An angry look crossed his normally calm countenance.
“Kaira Ann,” Rufus said a little too harsh.
Kaira stopped dancing and looked at her father.
“What is it, dad?” Kaira asked exhaustedly as she looked down at him.
Reno looked back at Kaira and Rufus. He smiled to himself, thinking for once that he wasn’t the one in trouble this time.
Before Rufus could answer Kaira, he turned his icy blue orbs on Reno. He had noticed that Reno had backed away from him and Kaira. Rufus then turned his icy glare back to his daughter.
“Now, like I was saying, Kaira. I wanted to know why you are here?” he said to his daughter.
Kaira looked at her father and sighed.
“Cloud brought me here a little over a year ago because of the high fever I had. Him and Tifa couldn’t get my fever to break so they did what they thought was best and brought me here,” Kaira explained as best as she could.
Rufus had never known that she had gotten that sick. Although, he could tell that she wasn’t telling him everything.
“Well, you look fine to me,” Reno said from where he stood by the door.
Kaira nearly jumped when she heard Reno’s voice. She had totally forgotten about him being there. She then turned and glared at the redhead with sorrowful yet angry eyes.
Reno saw the look in Kaira’s eyes. He felt bad for her but he had a job to do first. He then looked back over at Rufus.
“Sir, we’re ready to go whenever you are,” Reno said to his boss.
Rufus looked up at Reno and nodded. He knew exactly what the redhead was talking about. He just hated leaving after finding his daughter. Rufus then looked at Kaira.
“We will talk when I get back, my dear,” Rufus said to her.
Kaira just looked at her father. She didn’t want him to leave her now that she had just gotten him back. Kaira was about to say something but she just nodded her head at her father.
“Be safe, Father,” Kaira whispered as she walked towards the door.
Reno stopped Kaira as he looked into her eyes and saw the sadness. He knew just by looking at her that she was worried about her father. He then leaned in close to her right ear.
“Don’t worry, gorgeous. I will make sure he remains safe,” Reno whispered into her ear.
Kaira pulled away slightly as she looked up into Reno’s light blue eyes.
“You better or you will have me to deal with,” she said with a smile on her face.
Reno saw the fire dance in her eyes. He knew that he had met his match with her. That was when he decided to see if she would go out with him even though she was his boss’s daughter.
“So, do you want to go out and have dinner when I get back?” Reno asked the beauty before him.
Rufus glared at the two by the door. He couldn’t believe that Reno would ask his daughter out right in front of him. Rufus was about to say something when Kaira beat him to it.
“It will all depend on whether or not you bring my father back in one piece, Reno,” Kaira replied to his question.
She then walked by him and out the door. She needed to leave that room because she could feel her father’s icy blue eyes on her back. And besides she needed to call and see how Cloud and the others were doing.
Kaira had made her way back to her room. She really did want to call Cloud and tell him that she had found her father. She couldn’t keep the smile from forming as she thought about what had happened that morning.
**Meanwhile**
Rufus had looked back at Reno with a scowl that was well hidden by the cloth covering part of his face.
“Reno, it would be in your best interest to leave Kaira alone. She is beyond your understanding,” Rufus said as he wheeled out of the room.
“Yes sir,” Reno said as he followed Rufus.
Reno smiled to himself as they made their way towards the awaiting helicopter. He noticed that Rude and two other people were waiting for them.
Rufus made his way up to the helicopter as a black haired man walked up to him.
“What is it, Tseng?” Rufus asked the black haired man.
Reno went and stood next to Rude and a blond haired woman. The three of them watched as Rufus and Tseng interacted with each other.
“We think we may have found something in the Northern Cave,” Tseng said to Rufus.
Rufus nodded his head as Tseng and Rude helped him into the helicopter while the blond haired woman climbed in with them. Reno climbed into the pilot’s seat and started the rotors of the helicopter and lifted off the ground.
“Tseng, I want you and Elena to see if what we are looking for is really in the cave,” Rufus said to Tseng and the young woman.
Both Tseng and Elena nodded their heads. They both knew that they had to find what they were ordered to find.
Reno quickly flew them all to the Northern Cave. They were looking for anything that would tell them about Sephiroth. Reno landed inside the crater and let everyone off, including Rufus.
Once everyone was off the helicopter, Reno flew back out of the crater and circled around. He then started to let his thoughts drift back to the last time when he saw Kaira as she walked out of her father’s room.
“Oh, I will get Kaira to go out with me no matter what,” Reno said to himself.
Just as Reno had said that, he heard his name being called over the radio. He then turned his thoughts back towards the work that he had to do.
Reno flew the helicopter back into the crater to get his boss and coworkers. As he flew back into the crater, Reno could hear gunfire infiltrate his hearing. He was also able to hear Tseng and Elena’s voices clear as day call out to him to hurry.
When Reno finally reached the others, he was shocked to only see Rude and Rufus get back into the helicopter.
“Where’s Tseng and Elena?” Reno asked worriedly as he flew them out of the cave.
Neither Rude nor Rufus looked at or answered Reno’s question. They just wanted to get back to Healin.
**Back with Kaira**
Kaira sat in her room with the phone, that Cloud had bought for her, in her hand. She had just tried calling him but had once again gotten his voice mail.
She threw her phone on the bed as she went over to her window and looked out. She sighed to herself as her eyes roamed over the landscape outside her window. Her mind slowly drifted to Reno and she smiled to herself. She had been able to tell that he liked her. And deep down she knew that she liked him but she wasn’t going to let her father know that.
Author notes: ~~…~~ denotes flashbacks, dreams, nightmares; **. . . ** denotes scene changes; * denotes notes at the bottom; ‘. . .’ denotes thinking; “. . .” denotes speaking.
Chapter 3 ~ The Northern Cave
Kaira continued to glare at Reno. She wasn’t going to back down from him so easily. She then smiled one of her trademark smiles at Reno and noticed that he faltered somewhat.
‘So, he will fall for a cute smile,’ Kaira thought to herself.
Rufus knew that Reno was a womanizer and that he had to keep Kaira away from him although she was doing a good job at holding her own against him. But he had to think of how he was going to do that. Rufus knew that Reno was toying with Kaira and right now that wasn’t the best thing to be doing.
“Kaira, why don’t you tell me about what you’re doing here?” Rufus said in order to dissipate the tension that was building in the air.
Kaira ignored her father as she continued to look at Reno. There was no way that she was going to back down from him. She smiled one of her cute trademark smiles again and Reno had to look away from her defeatedly. When Kaira saw that Reno had looked away from her, she smiled a true smile and started dancing around.
Reno couldn’t believe that he looked away from a woman first during a staring contest. He had never been defeated so easily before in his life.
Rufus couldn’t believe that he had been ignored, much less by his own daughter. An angry look crossed his normally calm countenance.
“Kaira Ann,” Rufus said a little too harsh.
Kaira stopped dancing and looked at her father.
“What is it, dad?” Kaira asked exhaustedly as she looked down at him.
Reno looked back at Kaira and Rufus. He smiled to himself, thinking for once that he wasn’t the one in trouble this time.
Before Rufus could answer Kaira, he turned his icy blue orbs on Reno. He had noticed that Reno had backed away from him and Kaira. Rufus then turned his icy glare back to his daughter.
“Now, like I was saying, Kaira. I wanted to know why you are here?” he said to his daughter.
Kaira looked at her father and sighed.
“Cloud brought me here a little over a year ago because of the high fever I had. Him and Tifa couldn’t get my fever to break so they did what they thought was best and brought me here,” Kaira explained as best as she could.
Rufus had never known that she had gotten that sick. Although, he could tell that she wasn’t telling him everything.
“Well, you look fine to me,” Reno said from where he stood by the door.
Kaira nearly jumped when she heard Reno’s voice. She had totally forgotten about him being there. She then turned and glared at the redhead with sorrowful yet angry eyes.
Reno saw the look in Kaira’s eyes. He felt bad for her but he had a job to do first. He then looked back over at Rufus.
“Sir, we’re ready to go whenever you are,” Reno said to his boss.
Rufus looked up at Reno and nodded. He knew exactly what the redhead was talking about. He just hated leaving after finding his daughter. Rufus then looked at Kaira.
“We will talk when I get back, my dear,” Rufus said to her.
Kaira just looked at her father. She didn’t want him to leave her now that she had just gotten him back. Kaira was about to say something but she just nodded her head at her father.
“Be safe, Father,” Kaira whispered as she walked towards the door.
Reno stopped Kaira as he looked into her eyes and saw the sadness. He knew just by looking at her that she was worried about her father. He then leaned in close to her right ear.
“Don’t worry, gorgeous. I will make sure he remains safe,” Reno whispered into her ear.
Kaira pulled away slightly as she looked up into Reno’s light blue eyes.
“You better or you will have me to deal with,” she said with a smile on her face.
Reno saw the fire dance in her eyes. He knew that he had met his match with her. That was when he decided to see if she would go out with him even though she was his boss’s daughter.
“So, do you want to go out and have dinner when I get back?” Reno asked the beauty before him.
Rufus glared at the two by the door. He couldn’t believe that Reno would ask his daughter out right in front of him. Rufus was about to say something when Kaira beat him to it.
“It will all depend on whether or not you bring my father back in one piece, Reno,” Kaira replied to his question.
She then walked by him and out the door. She needed to leave that room because she could feel her father’s icy blue eyes on her back. And besides she needed to call and see how Cloud and the others were doing.
Kaira had made her way back to her room. She really did want to call Cloud and tell him that she had found her father. She couldn’t keep the smile from forming as she thought about what had happened that morning.
**Meanwhile**
Rufus had looked back at Reno with a scowl that was well hidden by the cloth covering part of his face.
“Reno, it would be in your best interest to leave Kaira alone. She is beyond your understanding,” Rufus said as he wheeled out of the room.
“Yes sir,” Reno said as he followed Rufus.
Reno smiled to himself as they made their way towards the awaiting helicopter. He noticed that Rude and two other people were waiting for them.
Rufus made his way up to the helicopter as a black haired man walked up to him.
“What is it, Tseng?” Rufus asked the black haired man.
Reno went and stood next to Rude and a blond haired woman. The three of them watched as Rufus and Tseng interacted with each other.
“We think we may have found something in the Northern Cave,” Tseng said to Rufus.
Rufus nodded his head as Tseng and Rude helped him into the helicopter while the blond haired woman climbed in with them. Reno climbed into the pilot’s seat and started the rotors of the helicopter and lifted off the ground.
“Tseng, I want you and Elena to see if what we are looking for is really in the cave,” Rufus said to Tseng and the young woman.
Both Tseng and Elena nodded their heads. They both knew that they had to find what they were ordered to find.
Reno quickly flew them all to the Northern Cave. They were looking for anything that would tell them about Sephiroth. Reno landed inside the crater and let everyone off, including Rufus.
Once everyone was off the helicopter, Reno flew back out of the crater and circled around. He then started to let his thoughts drift back to the last time when he saw Kaira as she walked out of her father’s room.
“Oh, I will get Kaira to go out with me no matter what,” Reno said to himself.
Just as Reno had said that, he heard his name being called over the radio. He then turned his thoughts back towards the work that he had to do.
Reno flew the helicopter back into the crater to get his boss and coworkers. As he flew back into the crater, Reno could hear gunfire infiltrate his hearing. He was also able to hear Tseng and Elena’s voices clear as day call out to him to hurry.
When Reno finally reached the others, he was shocked to only see Rude and Rufus get back into the helicopter.
“Where’s Tseng and Elena?” Reno asked worriedly as he flew them out of the cave.
Neither Rude nor Rufus looked at or answered Reno’s question. They just wanted to get back to Healin.
**Back with Kaira**
Kaira sat in her room with the phone, that Cloud had bought for her, in her hand. She had just tried calling him but had once again gotten his voice mail.
She threw her phone on the bed as she went over to her window and looked out. She sighed to herself as her eyes roamed over the landscape outside her window. Her mind slowly drifted to Reno and she smiled to herself. She had been able to tell that he liked her. And deep down she knew that she liked him but she wasn’t going to let her father know that.