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Maybe she should let her daddy meet Niruzu, Shetani thought. Maybe... but... NAHHHH. She knew as well as anyone--better, most likely--that his "meeting" Niruzu would untimately lead to her having a very broken toy. That wouldn't be fun... well, for her anyway, and that was pretty much all that mattered. Wasn't it? Of course it was.

Down to the waterfall she went, happily humming all the way there. It wasn't as if Niruzu was likely to see her coming, he never did. Even in the off chance taht he did, he knew he wouldn't outrun her. Boy was she lucky. The girl grinned ear to ear and paused on the rocks by the waterfall, "Niiiiiruuuuuu!"

Even behind the constant roar of the waterfall, it was hard not to hear that voice. Curled up in the cave he had found behind it, in the dryer back section where the mist did not dampen everything, Niruzu groaned. It wasn't that he minded her so much anymore as well - yeah, he minded. He could tolerate her at best, but that was pretty much necessary. He had the feeling that he'd probably become one of her favorite toys.

With a soft sigh, he pushed himself up onto his paws, the cave itself clearing his head by a foot or more, the walls and top cleared as if weathered away. Padding down to the entrance, he turned onto the ledge that led him out beyond the waterfall. It was just wide enough for an adult to travel along, and about half a foot above the water itself. It connected to the land on one side, partially grown over with moss from the mist of the waterfall. His eyes shifted until he fount her, then a sigh fell from his jaws. Too much to hope it was just the wind?

"What is it Shetani?" he asked grumpily, standing there, poised upon the ledge. It wasnt like falling would harm him - he just didnt want to get wet right now.

She jumped off her rock and padded up the ledge to him. "Ye'r'a lu-kay boi, y'are!" She chirped with a happy grin. Oh, she'd noticed the sigh and the grumpy looks and features--how could she not? they were delicious--but she didn't much care about that. "Oi brang ye moigh-tay gud news, Oi did! Ye shud welcame may."

"Lucky?" he snorted at the word, turning his back on her and beginning to pad back towards his cave. He had no doubt that she would follow, but he'd taken up a liking to cooping himself up inside. It was almost a home - probably the closest thing he'd had since he was very, very small.

"Unless you mean I'm going to be able to finally leave the jungle and be on my way, then I highly doubt it's good news at all." He shrugged, turning the corner into the cave and curling up in the dry interior as usual. He was almost have interested in what she had to say, though. What in the hell did she possibly think was good news?

"Naaaaaa" Shetani shook her head and giggled, "Tha'd bay sorr-hey news indeed, h'it wud!" The female laughed a little and did follow him into the cave. Once inside, she paused to look about a bit. This was rather interesting, actually. She thought she liked it. The female immediatly set about making herself at home, and curled up right against him. "Nay, Oi tolked hat m'dayddy, Oi did! 'E wun't maim ye nao."

He grunted as she nibbled at his neck, bringing his tail up to thump hard against her thigh - though 'thump' is a strong word to use when one's doing no more than tail-batting. "Quit that, damn it," came along at the end, his shoulder rolling up as he rubbed his neck against it irritably. Damn her, he almost liked that.

"I suppose it could be worse," he admitted finally, a slight grumble in his words even as he said it. It was the truth though. The waterfall put him at peace more than traveling did, and there was certainly a lot of food to be had so close to a water source. Still, admitting he liked it would mean that she won this stupid game they played.

"Defintlay cud," She agreed. The girl had stopped for a moment, then grinned and leaned in to nibble a little more. She rose up a bit on her back paws so that she could drape her 'arms' about his shoulder--all the better to rub and nibble against his neck and chest. It seemed as if that was the code of her life; he told her to stop something, so she did more of it. No matter what, if it bothered him, she would do it. "Yer gunna git fat stayin' 'ere."

He shifted as she got up to stretch out across him, a slight tensing of his jaws all that he really displayed at first. "I'm not getting fat," he grumbled, eyes shutting as he pushed the thought away.

Of course, as she rained down another shower of nibbles, he felt his mind go fuzzy with four or five different thoughts at once. First, of course was the irritating thought that she was doing exactly what he was telling her to. That was followed by admitting that he did like it, then followed again by hating himself for liking it and being pissed off at her that he did. He tried to rise, or at least throw her off, accompanying it with a rather loud, "I said quit it, damn it!"

"O' wut?" She asked smoothly and though dislodged from his back, drew herself between his front legs and chest to cuddle against him. He actually was quite fuzzy, and it was rather cool in the cave. Shetani stifled her own giggles at the rise she was getting from him--he was adorable when he was angry! "Y'can' do notin' aboot 'it."

He hissed at she shifted to cuddle down against him, pale eyes like ice as he found her face. "I just.. want you to stop," he said finally, teeth gritted as he tried to push the words out slowly. His fur was slightly bristled in his anger, but he'd not have hurt her to save his life. Damn his morals all to hell. He shifted, holding himself up with his forelegs, eyes locked onto her face. He truly didn't appreciate her at the moment, not in the slightest. "Just bloody lay off, will you? It's not funny anymore." Not that he really thought it had been funny to begin with.

The girl had to clamp her jaws together to keep from laughing. He was just so easy! Did he not realize how much fun this was? Despite her closed mouth the sounds of her amusement were obvious, as was the joyful dance and happy tears in her eyes. Eventually she snickered, a loud and ringing sound in the cave, and the girl collapsed underneath him into loud fits of laughter and tears.

He narrowed his eyes at her, pushing himself away with a deep breath, fur on end as he started to pad towards the edge of the cave. Maybe she didn't know what the hell she was doing, but it didn't bloody make him feel any better.

"b***h," he muttered, under his breath, as he brought himself to the edge of the cave entrance. Poised there, he let the mist from the waterfall wash over his body. It was calming, somewhat, and needed given how badly he was starting to shake from the fury. He almost wished she was a male, so he could have given her a good knock to the head. Of course, that would have made the previous situation that much more bothersome.

"Ya Oi kin," She agreed with a giggle and rolled onto her back, splaying herself over the warm rock he'd left behind. "wut kin Oi say? Ye're cute when ye're angry, pet." Shetani snickered again and pawed at the air. "Oi'd h'almos' tink ye want may t'tease ye."

He tensed at her words and shook his head, shutting his eyes so tightly he almost saw specs of light dancing behind them. She was getting under his skin, more than usual, probably because she was being a bigger pain in the a** than she had ever been. "Just shut up, would ya?" he said, low, with as much voice as he could muster. His head was in a whirl - and not in a good way. He thought about just getting up and leaving, but knowing her, she'd probably just follow him some more. He'd learned that lesson more than once.

"Awww.." She crooned and turned once more onto her side. Her head laid upon her paws and she gave him an almost... sorrowful look, eyes no longer dancing. Her tail thumped behind her and she streatched one paw out towards him to run her claws through the tuft of his tail. But she didn't say anything.

His tail twitched as she did it, though he didn't pull it away. The mist of the waterfall had coated his fur in small droplets of water, cooling his anger as much as he could manage. He turned his head to look back over his shoulder at her, then frowned as he saw her laying there. He sighed, shutting his eyes, "just stop, Shetani. Please?" He'd have to resort to begging soon, and that was one stab at his honor he didn't want to take.

"Foin." She replied and got up. Shetani didn't even bother to stretch herself out before brushing past him and heading for the exit. "ye're borin' anywhay."