-- Hello dear readers! This is a one shot, requested by KiroxiS. The main character (in details) and the past belonging to the main character are all hers. As are the personality traits of the main character. The rest of the characters belong to square enix. Hope you enjoy this one shot. --
*First off: Details about the main character:
Name:Rayn Shinra
Age:20
Weapon:Broadswords and a gun named Lunatic ( pictures below description)
Occupation:Ex-1st class SOLDIER
Height:5' 4" (167 cm)
Likes:Cloud, Rufus(her brother), her friends, riding on Cloud's bike, going to Aerith's church, hanging out with her friends, playing with Marlene and Denzel and flowers.
Dislikes:Enemies, Sephiroth, friends in danger and being lonely.
Trivia:
Best friends with Tifa and Aerith, she's also good friends with Yuffie.
Her mother was killed by Sephiroth when he went insane(Rayn even blamed herself even though it wasnt her fault at all).
She sometimes gets spoiled by Rufus and he gets a bit over protective of her sometimes.
She looks after Marlene and Denzel when Tifa is busy.
Like the rest of Avalanche she also wears a pink ribbon around her left arm in remembrance of Aerith.
Her looks:
She has light brown hair (waist length)and a bit of blonde highlights on her hair here and there,she has blue eyes just like her father.Her hairstyle is like Tifa's but she has a braid on the left side.
Her appearence:
She wears a white shirt with only one sleeve under a blue and black zip up jacket.wears jeans shorts till below her knees.
Also wears a silver necklace with the letter 'R' for her name.and tear drop ear rings like Tifa.
Allright, all of the above belongs toKiroxiS and credits of it goes to her. The one shot below, is made by o0Mystique0o (me).
Picture of her two broadswords and of her gun Lunatic: (no idea on how to get the picture smaller, so please bear with me)
*Now. On to the story.*
"So, how was work today?" You asked Rufus as you both sat down at the dinner table. "It was fine." He replied shortly. He never really wanted to talk much about his work. You wish that he would. Ever since your father died and ever since he took over the company, he had gotten much and much more silent every day. He didn't wanted to get you involved in the work they did, even if you already new what that was. You were an ex-soldier after all! You sighed, eating the food that was in front of you.
"Went to them again?" He asked, as you looked up at him. You knew who he meant. The last few weeks you had been visiting Tifa a lot. She could use some help at the bar and you didn't mind helping her out. Though your brother did mind. He didn't liked that you were hanging around the 'old' avalanche group.
"Yes, I went to see Tifa again today. She's not so bad you know and she asked me if I could watch over Marlene and Denzel tomorrow. And I said yes." You said, seeing Rufus sigh and giving you his 'I'm worried about you whenever you are gone so don't be gone so much and just stay home and do nothing until you get very bored' look. You just had to chuckle at that. "It's not funny." Rufus said, sighing as he too had to chuckle a bit. "Just be careful, all right. Things haven't been.. Safe." You nodded and assured him that you would chain Marlene and Denzel to their beds and won't let them go outside until Tifa was back. Rufus smiled and nodded, giving you his approval of going tomorrow. You smiled at that. You didn't need his approval, but still. It was nice that he was okay with you leaving.
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"I'm here!" You shouted as you walked in the bar. You were immediately jumped on by Marlene as Denzel waved at you. You smiled and laughed, waving back at Denzel as you twirled Marlene around.
"Thank you for watching over them." Tifa said, as she smiled at you. "I won't be gone longer than two hours." "Sure, take your time. " You said, smiling to her. "I'll make sure they won't blow up the bar."
"Hey!" Marlene and Denzel said in unison, making you laugh. "Just kidding, just kidding." You said as Tifa smiled and gave Marlene and Denzel a hug. "Be good now!" She said, before taking her bag and leaving.
"Soooooo." You said, looking at the two kids, staring up at you with their big eyes. "Who wants to bake.. COOKIES!"
"I DO I DO!!!" Marlene shouted, as Denzel smiled and nodded. You chuckled, getting behind the bar and getting all the supplies ready. "All right! Let's make some cookies!"
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About 30 minutes later, it looked like there had been a flour, water and eggs war. The whole bar was covered in flour, eggs were laying on the ground, Denzel was wet (because he 'accidently' threw the bowl of water of himself) and you and Marlene had white marks all over your faces. "What happened here...?" You heard a familiar voice say as your eyes shot to the door, seeing the blond haired ex-soldier standing there.
"Cloud!" Marlene yelled as she ran over to him and gave him a big hug, making his dark blue and black outfit into a white and dark blue black striped outfit.
"Cloud, you're here." You said softly and a bit suprised. You hadn't seem him in.. So long. The feelings you always had for him came rushing back in when he looked at you with his mako eyes. He gave you a small smile and walked towards the bar. "Baking something?" He asked, as you nodded.
"We're baking cookies." Marlene said, as she pulled Cloud behind the bar. "Look!" She pointed at the still unbaked, figure cookies laying on the bar. Cloud smiled a bit and nodded, looking at you. "We need to talk."
You nodded, still a bit in shock that you saw Cloud (for the record, you hadn't seen him since Sephiroth died) and told Marlene and Denzel to go upstairs. They obeyed (good children) and you sat down with Cloud at one of the tables.
"Sooo.. Hello." You said, a bit nervous as you gave him your biggest smile. Cloud didn't returned your smile as he went straight to the things he needed to say to you. "Rayn, listen. You remember the explosion, don't you?" You nodded, as he meant the explosion at Shinra, some time ago. "I heard news, that at the time, Hojo was doing an experiment on a soldier. He survived the explosion and went crazy after it." You blinked, it kind of sounded like Sephiroth. "He is looking for surviving soldiers. Meaning, he is looking for me and for you." You nodded, thinking about it. "What should we do..?" You asked him, as Cloud thought about it. He didn't had much time to think, because a loud crash came from upstairs, followed by a scream from Marlene.
"Marlene!" You yelled, as you and Cloud ran upstairs. You opened the door and saw glass from the window laying on the ground and you heard a bike racing away. "Oh no.." You said, horrified. Someone took Marlene and Denzel.. Someone took them!
"Rayn, come." Cloud said, as he ran downstairs with you close behind him. He got on his bike and you got on behind him. He took off quickly, following the traces of the bike. You just hoped that they were okay..
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"Well now, don't be scared." Trip said as he looked to the two young, scared faces. "They will come for you, don't worry."
"Let us go!" Denzel yelled as he tried to get out of the ropes he and Marlene were in. They were sitting on the ground, in the middle of a forest. "Leave us alone!"
"Well, no can do." Trip said, smiling. "This is the only way they will listen to me. The only way.." He said, more to himself than to the two children. Marlene started to cry softly as Denzel tried to comfort her. But he too, was scared. What was this guy going to do to them?
"Ah!" Trip suddenly said, as he turned to the direction where the sound of a bike was coming from. "They're here!"
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"Marlene!" You shouted, as you saw both Denzel and Marlene sitting on the ground, tied up. You jumped off of Cloud's bike and went to them quickly. "Are you all right..? Oh I'm so sorry!" You said, feeling guilty. After all, it was you who said that they needed to go upstairs.
"You are here!" Trip said, as he looked at you and Cloud. "Finally! I have searched, for so long.."
"Let them go!" You said to Trip, as he shook his head. "Not until you listen to me! And help me.."
'Help? Why does he need help..?' You thought to yourself as you looked at Cloud.
"Then talk." Cloud said, not taking his eyes off of Trip.
"You know. You both know! You know what Shinra has done.. Now we have to pay them back. Together! We can make them suffer. We can rule Midgar, no the earth!!" Trip said, laughing. "Join me. We will make a strong group."
"I will never join you." Cloud said, getting out his sword. "And neither will she. Now give us back the children." Cloud said, as you noticed that he was loosing his patience.
"Then I'll just have to make you join me.." Trip said, as he quickly got out his sword and attacked Cloud.
"Cloud!" You yelled, getting out Lunatic as you shot rapidly at Trip, not moving away from Marlene and Denzel. The air filled with the sounds of swords clashing, bullets flying and the small cries of Marlene. In a way, you and Cloud mastered Trip as he fell down to the ground, hurt and wounded, but not dead.
"You don't know... What you are doing...." Trip said, coughing and getting up on his knees.
"I do know." Cloud said, as he looked at you. "I'm protecting the ones that I cherish. It is what I live for." You gave Cloud a small smile, as you looked to Trip. "Does he.. Really need to die?" You asked Cloud. You didn't liked killing people. But you didn't knew if it was save to let him live.
"He doesn't." Cloud said, as he sheathed away his sword. "Just don't come back. Ever." He said as he turned his back on Trip.
"Cloud, look out!" Denzel yelled as the sound of a bullet firing and a body collapsing the ground was heard. Cloud looked at you, as you had pointed Lunatic to Trip, who was now laying dead, on the ground. Trip had tried to stab Cloud while he turned his back on him. You didn't think twice about shooting him. You did it to save Cloud.
Cloud walked towards you and the children and grabbed your gun from you. "Thank you.." He said, putting the gun away. You were a bit shaking from the action you just did, even though you felt like you did the right thing.. "Let's go home. " Cloud said, as you, Marlene and Denzel, followed him back.
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"Are you all okay..?" Tifa asked, as you and Cloud just told her the story. You nodded and Cloud did too. Marlene and Denzel were already upstairs, sleeping with Yuffie, who had come by. She was watching over them right now. Tifa nodded and sighed, shaking her head. "I must say, I did got a pretty good scare when no one was here when I came back. But I'm glad you're all okay." She gave both of you a small smile and went upstairs to check up on Marlene and Denzel.
You sighed, sitting back and rubbed your temples. "You okay?" Cloud asked, as he looked at you. You nodded, smiling a bit at him. "We made a good team, didn't we?" You said, chuckling a bit. Cloud nodded, smiling at you. "We always did." You blushed a bit, nodding. "Cloud.. Can I ask you something?" You asked a bit careful, as he nodded. "Are you.. Leaving again? I heard Tifa say that you didn't came home so often and I... Well I.. Well, you know. We do make a good team and.. Well, I wouldn't mind too.. Well you know.." You said, stuttering a bit as Cloud chuckled. "It's not funny!"
"Well. It is a bit." Cloud said, as he smiled to you. "I'm staying, at least for now. "He said, standing up and walking over to the window. You smiled, knowing that you would see him more. You stood up as well and walked over to him. "You know.. When I was in soldier I kind of had a crush on you." You said as he nodded. "I know." You blinked and looked at him. "Y-You know..?" Cloud nodded and looked at you. "Well. You always wanted to ride on my bike. Wanted to train with me. Have breakfast, lunch, dinner with me. Have-" "Yes, yes I know I know.." You said, rubbing your head a bit. "But.. It wasn't really just in soldier." You looked down, a bit shy as you heard a small chuckle. "I know that too." Then you felt a pair of soft lips on your cheek, as you blushed lightly. You looked at Cloud, as he smiled to you. "I'm going to check up on Marlene and Denzel.." He said as you nodded and saw him leave. You smiled to yourself, thinking that there might be a nice time coming..
