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Rikku licked his face once as if to say sorry of course knowing the boy wouldn't understand that she then walked away from the boy and towards Xion picked her up with her nose and walked back towards Taiko.

Taiko looked at the woman and said, "Filthy mutt?" then he smiled misciviously and walked over to the woman, "Glady~" then he raised his hand and punched the woman, making her fall to her knees holding onto her now broken jaw. "W-What did you do that for?!" she demanded. Taiko laughed and replied, "Your the only filthy mutt I see around here. The he walked over to the little kid who had been hugging Xion and gave him a piece of paper with some money attached to it by a paper clip. "That should be enough to buy you any pet you want." He patted the kids head then walked over to Xion and Rikku. He picked Xion up into his arms and tugged on the leash attached to Rikku's neck. Then he took both of them out of the garden and sat on the curb outside his house. "Hmmm... it's about miday isn't it? The ice cream truck should come by soon. You too want any?" He rubbed Xion's head and said, "Don't worry, I'm prettyu sure the catnip effects will go away soon.

Rikku turned back to her human form and sat next to Taiko, and just sighed.

Rikku smiled slightly, she reached over and stroked her a few times and then went back to staring at the road.

Taiko sighed and rubbed Xion's head. "Man... I'm stressed... Why did I end up with crazy neighbors?" He closed his eyes and started counting up the amount of money that they could sue him for now, "Loose of their dog... Punching that woman in the face... Kicking their door down... Man that has to be at least eighty thousand..." He sighed and pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and dialed a number. When his friend picked up, he said, "Hey... yeah I got into more trouble than I expected I would... I'm gonna need you to come over here sometime today so we can discuss this. I'm going to try and turn the law suit around..." He listened to his friend and replied, "Yeah, exactly. That's my idea." He smiled and said, "Alright. See 'ya later." then he flipped his phone shut and rubbed Xion's head. "That should take care of everything. I'm gonna do everything I can to make you two my happy pets." Then he looked up as the ice cream truck came down the road, playing its cheerful music. He stood up, still holding Xion in his arms and said, "C'mon. I'll get you two anything you want." He stopped the truck and looked at Xion and Rikku, "What do you two want?"

Taiko looked at the man in the truck and said, "Well you heard her! Chocolate ice cream~" then he looked back at Rikku while the man got her ice cream, "You can have more than one if you want." then when the man handed Rikku her ice cream Taiko thought then replied, "Hmm... I think I'll have a cookie ice cream sandwhich." he laughed lightly as he thought to himself, I haven't eaten one of those since I was a little kid.

Taiko looked at Xion and replied, "You sure? Ok then." then he paid the man for their ice cream and walked back to the house, holding Rikku's hand, his own ice cream, and holding Xion in his arms at the same time (woot! multi-tasker!).