The first thing Reno noticed when he woke up was the cold dank smell that seemed to permeate the air around him. He used all of his senses, besides his eyesight, to catalog everything that was around him before he made any movements. What his senses told him was that he was in an alley with no one around after he opened his eyes and looked around he slowly stood up and pulled out his PHS.

The first thing he checked was the date and to his surprise, the date was several years in the past. At first, he wondered if Cloud was pulling a prank on him. It wouldn't have been the first time the blonde had done so. Sometimes, Zack's influence was just a little too much for him to hold back.

It didn't take long for Reno to realize that he was truly in the past. He had awoken in Sector Seven. The shock that ran through him was also filled with hope and questions. After checking a few things to make sure it wasn't a hallucination he smiled widely and he trust his hands into his pockets and began walking towards the Shinra building.

'This could be fun' His thoughts enlarged his grin, causing those around him to give him an even larger berth then the sight of his suit normally would.

oOoOo

When he walked into his apartment the first thing he did was scan over the chaos that was his place of residence. What looked like a complete mess was more of a first line of defense. Reno had and deictic memory so he knew if even one piece was misplaced. Most intruders wouldn't think about fixing any of his 'mess' if they moved it while looking for something.

Seeing that nothing was out of place except for a note, that was most likely left by Rude, the red-head calmly walked to his bathroom. He hummed as he looked up into the mirror before he gasped at the sight of his eyes. He had SOILDER eyes! The glow was almost as bright as Cloud's. Reno took a deep breath before running all possible scenarios through his mind.

His mind finally settled on the most likely conclusion, something must have happened while he was sent back in time. He must have somehow been dragged through the lifestream to make it here to this time. He knew that he'd have to watch how he acted from now on and to be sure he kept his eyes hidden. Luckily he could simply wear his goggles and pass his 'sensitivity to light' as a reaction to a bad hang-over. It wouldn't last as an excuse for long but all it really meant was that he was going to have to change his plans and watch his actions. He wouldn't have been surprised if he started getting the strength to go with the eyes. He'd need to find a training area soon, but one that wasn't on Shinra grounds.

oOoOo

"Reno. Take this file down to the Science Department." Tseng said as soon as he opened the door.

Reno wanted to stop and stare at his younger boss but he knew better then to give up the game this early on.

"You got it Bossman." Reno said with a grin and head tilt. "Anyone specific that this needs to go to, yo?"

"Professor Hojo."

Reno couldn't help the almost imperceptible flinch at the hated name.

"Is something wrong Reno?" Tseng asked with a narrowed glare. Reno knew that thoughts of what the mad scientist could have done to one of his Turks were running through Tseng's mind.

"Nah, just had too much to drink last night, yo." Reno said as he tapped his goggles. "Everything is a bit more sensitive than normal."

Reno shrugged when Tseng replied with nothing more than a hum.

As the door closed behind him Reno missed the calculating look in Tseng's eyes.

oOoOo

The now seventeen year old Turk walked through the halls holding the file in one hand and tapping his EMR on his shoulder with the other hand. He was trying to calm his thoughts of murder towards the creepy little toad in a white lab coat but it was tough going. Over the years after Meteor he had found and read as many files on, and written by, the demented scientist. Needless to say, he wanted to take Professor Creepy and spend a week, no a month, in a cold dark cell with all of his favorite torture tools. Then he would give everyone a copy of information telling them what the wanna-be God did to them personally and give each one of them a week with the creep.

While his thoughts were as dark as dark can get his face remained set in its usual grin. He exchanged greetings with those he passed in the hallways and acted like his usual cheerful self. The only time he almost faltered was when a fifteen year old Zack Fair ran past him in the hallway yelling about how he was late for training and Angeal was going to kill him. It was a bit surreal to once again walk these hall be none of this showed on the red-heads face.

It didn't take long for Reno to make it to his destination. He quickly walked towards where one aid said that Hojo would be, wanting to get this over as quickly as possible lest he lose his composure and simply kill the creature in human flesh.

oOoOo

Later that night Reno lay in his bed staring at the celling as he finalized his plans. He had already snuck into the mainframe of the company and using some of the codes Cloud had mentioned he managed to find out that Jenova was indeed still in Nibelheim, printed off some information that was stored in separate folders and saved on multiple discs just waiting for him to leave the information around for the right person to find. He had to move soon but it had to be at the right time. He needed to get at least one more person out of Midgar with him. Then his plan was to make it up to the Nibel Mountains to see if his favorite blond made it back in time as well. If not then he'd see about waking the ex-Turk and go from there. Now he simply had to wait. Tomorrow he'd know when to move for sure. He'd have to hit fast and hit hard but that wouldn't be any problem for him.

He had everything ready. He just needed to know when to move.

oOoOo

Less than a week later he had already he had planted the evidence (and a nifty little bomb where Doctor Creepy would find it) and was finally ready.

He was on what was his favorite assignment and instead of staying in the background he simply walked up to the brunette after Cissinei was relieved.

Green eyes locked with green.

"Hey Aerith, how about we go take a vacation, yo?"

oOoOo

"It took a while to get here but Aerith has gotten a lot stronger." Reno said to Cloud who was now sitting across from him and the last Centra.

"So you left the files for the Firsts to find, blew up Hojo's office with him inside and traveled here?" Cloud asked as his mom sat next to him and passed him a cup of hot chocolate.

"Yep. I realized on the way here that I was getting stronger and now have the strength of a third class, yo. First time I threw my EMR at a monster and it went straight through its head was a shock yo."

"His face was hilarious!" Aerith added as she giggled behind her hands.

"So now we kill Jenova and wake the vampire before torching Shinra mansion." Reno chose to ignore Aerith as he continued.

"Wouldn't it be better to leave Shinra mansion standing? We can use the terminals there to connect with the main ones in Midgar can't we? Change a few things more to our liking?" Was Cloud's response.

"My little chocobo is thinking like a Turk! I'm so proud yo!" Reno wiped fake tears from his eyes. Cloud grabbed one of the marshmallows from his cup and threw it at the red-head.

And there is chapter Three. Four is already started but I am going to try to work on one of my other fics first, especially since I noticed that one of them hasn't been updated in a year. As you can see I'll be clearing up the whole Jenova/Hojo issue very quickly. Please remember that this takes before the events of Crisis Core. I should also mention that DoC will not be mentioned in this fic simply because I have never played it. What little knowledge I have is from what bits have been mentioned in other fics. I have included a timeline for the ff7 verse and would like to give a shout out to 1wildrose1 who was actually the one to put the timeline together. Be sure to tell me what you think!

εуλ 1950 – Vincent is born

εуλ 1959 – Nanaki is born

εуλ 1968 – Cid is born

εуλ 1872 – Reeve is born

εуλ 1977 – Sephiroth, Genesis and Angeal are born.

εуλ 1978 – Rude is born

εуλ 1982 – Reno and Rufus are born

εуλ 1984 – Zack is born

εуλ 1985 – Aerith is born.

εуλ 1986 – Cloud is born

εуλ 1987 – Tifa is born

εуλ 1991 – Yuffie is born

εуλ 1997 – Zack joins Shinra (he is 13 at the time.)

εуλ 1999 – Denzel is born

εуλ 2000 – Cloud joins Shinra (he is 14 at the time.)

εуλ 0002 (October) – Sephiroth destroys Nibelheim and Cloud kills him.

εуλ 0003 – Marlene is born

εуλ 0006 (December) – Zack and Cloud escape the Shinra Mansion.

εуλ 0007 (Late September) Zack is killed.

εуλ 0007 (October) – Tifa finds Cloud wandering around Midgar and takes him in.

εуλ 0007 (December) – Events of Final Fantasy VII take place.

εуλ 0009 – Events of Advent Children take place.

Also, as you can see I finally decided to post who the main pairing is going to be up there in the little summary box. Before anyone says anything about it just remember that my Gen will be just a little less dramatic just as my Cloud is a little less emo. Not because I don't like the characters the way they are but more because I can't seem to write them that way. Thanks to Nala RAK King for betaing this chapter for me.