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Niruzu had taken a stroll from his usual cave, deciding it might be worth his while to get out into the open of the jungle for once. He never really went too far, of course, out of fear that he wouldn't even be able to find his way back to the haven that his cave had become for him. He was winding his way through vines and brush, much more graceful at doing so now that he had spent quite a bit of time in here. He still was no ballerina, but he was improving fairly well.

He supposed that Shetani was right, in a way. The jungle really wasn't bad, not now that he had gotten used to it, and he certainly saw the beauty in it. He laughed at the thought, however, realizing just what he was thinking. If she ever found out that he was admitting she was right, even if just in his head, he'd never hear the end of it. "Yeah, well, I won't be telling her."

He yawned lightly and leapt up on top of a log, a rather large on covered in vines and moss that had obviously been where it was for quite some time.

"Oi!" The girl called out, surprised by the noise she'd heard. Oh,she'd been following him... really he aught to expect that by now. Had been for quite some time, really, and grinned at him now from a tree up above--she seemed to like heights quite a bit. "Wun't bay tell-hin may wut?"

He jumped somewhat as she called out, his eyes immediately turning to find her where she lay. He let out an annoyed growl, eyes narrowing on her dark form on the tree limb. He shrugged lightly at her question though, laying down across the log comfortably, "I've no idea what you're talking about." He did a good job of looking like he had no idea what she meant.

"Ye do!" She protested, running along the tree branches until she was facing him. Granted, from far above his head. "Ye jus' sayd so! Ye werr lafin'"

He tilted his head up to watch her, silently cursing himself for talking when he wasnt positive that she was elsewhere. He could have smacked himself for at that moment. "No I didn't," he said finally, shrugging and laying his head on his forepaws. He wasn't going to bloody tell her and she could just get over it and move on with talking to him about something else.

"Oi'll fin' oot even'tally," She warned and sat herself down on a thick part of the tree branch. Shetani tilte dher head, then seemingly headed on to other matters. "y'lef' yer cave. S'bot tyme."

He sighed mentally, relieved that she didnt push the subject. He truly didnt want to explain to her that he had been thinking she was right about something. He knew her well by now - she'd probably not let him forget it and would probably be that much worse the next time he complained about something. "Well, I figured I can't stay in there forever." He sighed, shutting his eyes, giving his shoulders a bit of a shrug, "besides, it's a bit boring in my cave every day."

"Gad t'see ye reloize dat." she nodded and leapt from her branch. Shetani's claws found the bark of a tree and she skidded down to the ground, leaving furrows to mark where she'd been.

Once on the ground, she pranced over to the male and draped herself across his back as she did her father's. "so ye 'avin' fun?"

He opened his eyes at the first sound of her skidding, following her as she reached the ground and started walking towards him. Somehow he knew precisely what she was going to do and pretty much readied himself before she did so. He didn't so much mind her laying on him these days - it was sometimes nice with her being so close. He didn't feel quite so alone.

"No, actually," he said with a soft shrug, "I'm bored, tired, and I've got this big lump laying on me now." No, he didn't mind her laying there, but it didn't mean he couldn't tease her in his grumpy way.

"ah beeg lump tha' cud jus' as h'asily fin' 'erself ah new bed, tha' shee cud." Shetani warned with just as much tease in her voice. He was becoming harder to get to, but so far that hadn't managed to make her interest wane any. In fact, it made her push all the more strongly against his boundaries in hopes of getting to him. "Oi'd try suggestin' sommat, bu' oo knows what ye tink o'as fun? ye ne'er do nothin'!"

He growled as she taunted him, though it only got louder as she took off into the jungle. Damn that girl, why did she always have to try and push his buttons? It wasn't like he was trying to be mean to her now, at least not all the time. "You.. urgh!" he hissed, picking up his pace and beginning to trot after her. Of course, along the way, he managed to get beaten by limbs and tugged at by vines, so his pace was a bit slower than her own.

Finally, Shetani reached the place she'd meant to go. she stopped on the edge of a cliff jutting out over a larger lake and waterfall than he'd likely have seen thus far. It was beautiful, honestly, though a little crowded for Elephants played in the deep waters across the lake from them.

He burst through the trees after her, though once he saw the cliff his eyes widened slightly. He dug his claws in in an attempt to stop himself, leaving great furrows in the ground, his body turning in his skidding so that his butt faced the cliff. He yelped, finally managing to stop, but with one back paw hanging over. He pulled himself back up, a little shakey, and turned to look down. "Could of bloody warned me.."

"ech. don' bay soocha bayby." She giggled and licked his maw, "Ye'd've bayn foine. Nao. Follow tha' leeder!" Shetani jumped over the side, grabbing a vine with her mouth and swung herself out into the air. She let go and fell down into the waters below.

"I'm not a freaking baby," he grumbled, but didn't really push it. He blinked a few times as she licked his maw, then watched her leap out with the vine and fall into the water. For a moment, he grinned - he was a bit impressed - then sighed as he realized she probably expected him to do the same. With a deep breath, he ran and leapt in the same manner, grabbing onto the vine with his maw the best he could. Though a lot less graceful than she was, he managed to swing out and fell into the water. Of course, he landed at an odd angle and had to do quite a bit of twisting to push himself back to the surface once he went under.

A splash would meet his face as he surfaced, and Shetani laughed . She was swimming nearby, perfectly at home in the water as she'd spent many a day here. "Hallu Lola!" She called out to one of the elephants. The pacadurm gave a trumpet in return, but didn't turn from her group otherwise.

He groaned as the splash struck home, coughing as some of it went down his throat the wrong way. He turned watery eyes up to look at her, then realized they were very close to elephants. He tensed slightly as he swam towards her. He'd never been near something so big before - what happened if it fell on him? He gritted his teeth and tried not to stare. He looked a little shaken, to say the least. "You know them?" well, at least he was trying to be conversational.

"Ah'curse oi do!" she laughed, taking off for the shore. "they live 'ere sam's Oi. Thur too big t'hunt, m'daydy says, sos they make gud friends."

He followed her towards the shore, though a little slower since he was still a bit freaked out by the elephants. He'd seen them at a distance before, but Shetani had brought him right damn close to them. "I think your dad is a smart fellow then - I'd be more scared of them killing me than the other way around," he said it lowly, though threw a glance over his shoulder at them regardless.

"tch.. sos long as ye keep t'yerself, dey dun care." She shook her head, "Dey kin us." Shetani drew herself out of the water and shook herself all over. "Wussn't dat fun?"