Rufus ShinRa was a very smart man, after The Jenova Wars, The Advent Children Incident and then The Deepground Incident, he still had his company, but it was differently put together. He was currently going over every bank account that his Father had made, frowning at some of them.

The Names on two of them were far too familiar for him to not be affected by said names. Cid Highwind. Reno Eisen. Each had a ShinRa ID on them that wasn't the standard one that they'd been given in the company prior. Searching those Identification numbers brought up files that were found and sealed in special folders so that time wouldn't ruin them as badly.

The Files were not for the men themselves, but for women, one of whom his father had actually married for two years. Akimi Haiwindo. Highwind pronounced by a Wutaiian. The file had information on the Highwind family, going back generations to the founding of Wutai, the only blondes from that entire region. This information made the Captain a very dangerous man. Even with all that had happened, by birthright, the Highwind was entitled to the company if he so wished it.

Reno was younger than he was, by two years. Now, why would his Father stray during that time? Apparently Rufus was just as demanding as a baby as he was currently. Reno's mother was the daughter of a young upper class businessman that was at first overjoyed, the general public not knowing that the President had been remarried after a very public divorce.

The only common factor in both was the Death of Each woman. After Vincent had been put into stasis by Hojo, a single Turk - Veld - had been sent to kill both women, and in the case of Cid, the entire family; some small part of Rufus was glad the boy hadn't been actually at the home of his family that night, even though some other blond boy had been killed under his name. He realized that by the time that his father had realized that the boy had survived, it was too late. He was part of the ShinRa Air Force and one of the best.

The entire thing sent shivers down his spine, the actual brutality of his father was almost frightening. With a glass of Cognac in one hand, Rufus continued to read about what was gathered in the two files.

It was hours before he talked, and then it was a simple, "we're visiting 7th Heaven."

When Rufus and his Turks came into the bar, there was a flurry of motion and most of Avalanche was on it's way out with packages while Tifa was yelling out where to take different ones. It wasn't until they were gone that she smiled at the group of five.

"Rather busy, I see."

Tifa smiled, "well, we all work together, makes for a much better delivery service...but I don't think that's what you're here for."

Rufus nodded, then arched an eyebrow as the barwoman gave Rude a kiss on the cheek, "That is correct. We need to speak with the Captain."

The woman moved to wipe down the bar, "Cid's not been around in eight months."

The five stood there for a moment before Reno let out a resounding, "what?!"

"If you can keep this to yourself..." Tifa looked at them, arching an eyebrow, "It's a bit of a story, but I can condense it down, very far."

The Five sat as the barwoman put out four mugs of beer and a glass of scotch.

"You see, Cid and Vincent became a couple after DeepGround and they were happy, very happy, then...Vincent started staying here, instead of in Rocket Town or the Shera."

The group raised an eyebrow and waited, even as Reeve came out of the kitchen with a rack full of glasses, "He was using the WRO as an excuse to come visit."

"Reeve!" Tifa scowled and took the rack, setting it down to put it away.

The Director shrugged, "it's true, for about three months, he told Cid that he was taking on more Missions, when I had cut them down so that the two could spend time together."

"and why did he do that, yo?" Reno leaned forward, grinning a bit.

The two former Avalanche looked at one another, then said at the same time, "Cloud."

"I fail to see how that short idiot can be a reason," Rufus scoffed as he sipped his drink.

Tifa gave a small sigh, "He was having an affair on the side with Cloud, we didn't know when Cid found out, but after one night of partying..."

"And Drinking, the three ended up in bed," Reeve said as he moved a few of the liquor bottles behind the bar, "And Cid just...left."

TBC...

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