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Perun nodded fiercely, butting the ninja's hand & mrrr-mrring loudly when Naruto once more said Azure's name.

Rikku laughed. "It's funny, the audios in my family can all hear the ninau Timex as if he were speaking, but none of us can tell for certain what any of the cats are saying." She patted the hunter's head on the way to the hover-cycle, storing the tent in its compartment. It might come in very handy some day. "I think Perun spends more time with my than the others... but he still would not come out all this way to find me." Returning to them she knelt by Naruto to pet the cat, automatically & subconsciously making certain that she & the shinobi were touching. "You're not here to see that I remember to get home, are you Mighty Hunter."

"Purrr-rrrt." The FTC agreed, rubbing his head into her hand.

Rikku giggles & cocks her head up at the ninja with a silly grin. "I just did that, silly."

Rolling his eyes at the audio male's inability to grasp what he wanted Perun rubbed against his leg leaving a specific scent that said "hi" to any other cat smelling it but did not mark Naruto as the FTC's property in any way. Then he wound his way around Rikku's ankles with a soft purr before flicking his tail in farewell & taking off in the direction he had been heading when he arrived. Placing her hands on her knees Rikku smiled as she stood, turning to the ninja & wrapping her hands around his waist in one smooth move. "See... we just happened to be in the right spot at the right time." Her eyes twinkled mischievously at his.

"uh-uh." Rikku replies, shaking her head. "You're going to kiss me first. Now. Before we go back. There's more likely to be others there than here. A real kiss now... & a sweet one later."

She gave him her "you can't deny me because you promised kisses whenever" look, mixed with her usual "no one can deny me anything with this face" look & pressed closer to him. "It can't be too long anyway... I need my legs to drive the hover-cycle so we'll have to stop before you make my knees weak."

At the "my lady" Rikku already feels a little thrill shoot through her body. Her eyes close deliriously into the kiss & she eagerly submits to the shinobi moving her arms, slipping her fingers up & into his hair & holding his head to hers. She purrs gently, soaking up the feel of this kiss & clinging to Naruto as tight as she dared.

She gasps hungrily into the kiss, heartbeat pounding as she shivers feeling Naruto's hands roaming the outside of the thin white shirt. A shudder shakes her & she feels her knees start to buckle. Too soon... too soon! Her barely cognizant mind whimpers, echoed audibly by a real whimper from her throat. Slowly, Rikku slides her hands around his head to cradle either side of Naruto's jaw in her palms. She withdraws lightly from the kiss making the pain of separation easier by placing light, fluttery kisses all over his lips & chin & nose. She opens her green eyes to gaze up at Naruto in delirious adoration.

"Now we have to go..." She whispers, voice tender & heavy with underlying emotion that the Al Bhed does not even think to hide. How could she, when she refuses to acknowledge that it is there. She clings to his strength a moment more, waiting for her legs to become un-jellified enough to carry her to the hover-cycle.

"Yeah." She says with little energy in the word - smiling for him, but not because they have to leave. Taking his hand she slowly leads him to the hover-cycle & hops on. Without really thinking about it Rikku tucks the front of her skirt underneath her. If she did think about it she would have to change out the sphere's in her grid, which she did not want to bother with. This would be as warm as her Thief garment. Waiting for this ninja to join her, she pressed her hand to the panel & started the machina up.

Feeling his arms around her Rikku smiled. "Hold on!"

That would have been all the warning he got, but once more Rikku did not want to disturb their site too much with her machina's raw power. It was not until they were safely off the flowered field that she cut loose, letting the hover-cycle speed with everything it had. All too soon it seemed, the not so familiar countryside gave way to the more familiar areas surrounding the shop.

She worried at the extra weight of Naruto behind her as he leaned a little more on her than usual & slowed down ever so slightly. It could have just been an excuse as she wove between the familiar trees of the woods surrounding the shop. With a sigh of regret she pulled the cycle to a stop in front of the door. "We're here."