In The Warm Air of Night

A/N: This is dedicated to my best friend Jen. Without her obsession with auron this fic would not be possible. (oh, and i don't own anything..)

Summary: Just a small one-shot lemon about another scene in macalania-Aurikku.


The stars shone particularly bright tonight, Rikku thought as she gazed up into the sky. Was it just the fact that her heart was filled with a bit of hope that Yunie was going to give up her pilgramige and not have to die? Or did the sky just have a special glow to it? "I wonder why..." She wondered aloud as she continued her stroll around the springs. The others were probobly all sitting around the campfire now, possibly thinking the same thing. What would become of Yuna? Would she really marry Seymour? And if she did, would she give up her pilgramige? Rikku's heart was heavy. She only wanted what was best for her cousin, but she didn't want her to have to die either. Besides, if she did decide to marry, that meant Tidus didn't have that much time to confess his undying love.

"Well, at least me and him are in the same boat." She thought as she thought of the one who held her heart. Sure he could be cold at times, but all in all Auron could be a good person. Sure, he gave her cold stares when she was being a total ditz, like in the Thunder Plains, but once in a while he would throw her a glance of approval, like when she defeated a tough fiend. Suddenly, she heard the crunching of twigs. Thinking it was a fiend, Rikku quickly grabbed her claws and stepped into her defensive stance.

"Come on out you coward!" She provoked, and it did. Only she wasn't expecting it to be wearing a red kimono and holding a huge sword. "Auron! You nearly scared me to death, you big meanie!" She yelled.

"I apologize." Auron said simply, "I just needed to know if you were safe. There are fiends in these woods." Rikku relaxed.

"So where is everyone else?" Rikku said.

"Still at camp." Rikku nodded as she sat down by the edge of the spring. "Why don't you sit down?" She offered as she patted the space next to her. Auron hesitated, but sat down nonetheless. They sat in silence, which made Rikku a bit uncomfortable. 'Maybe he really does hate me.' She thought and the memor ear earlier that day popped into her head. They had all been walking into the long, winding roads of Macalania when Rikku's ankle twisted on a hole in the path. Even though Yuna did her magic and it was fully healed, She was still exhausted and suggested they stop for the night, which caused Auron to yell about frivilous stops and ceased talking to her for the rest of the time being. Yet, he couldn't be mad at her. Even though they had only known each other a shortle Rle Rikku could sense that he cared for her, but she wasn't sure in the same way she felt about him. Ever since she first laid eyes on him at the Moonflow she knew he was the person just for her. Sure, he was a bit old and rough around the edges, but that made him all the more irrisistable. His scratchy, unshaven look, the silver streaks in his hair, even his scars, she loved them all. Hell, even the mere thought of him made shivers down her spine. Yet there was only one thing that made it quite impossible for her to be with him, and it wasn't his age.

Rikku moved closer to him and smelled the air. He even smelled pleasant, like some exotic spice. So as she lost herself in his scent, Auron sat there knowing quite well what she was doing. He smirked. She could be a cute little thing sometimes, he thought, annoying at times but nevertheless adorable. He thought about her quite alot, especially in the Thunder Plains through her shrieks of fear, but he would never dare let his thoughts out. Despite the way he treated her, he really thought she was adorable and loved every inch of her, especially her body. Her long legs, her slim figure, her perky breasts, and her golden hair that framed her face made Auron go into a sort of daze that could only be cured by a huge bucket of freezing cold water. But there wasn't much he could do about his thoughts, despite his efforts to stop them, and he would never dare try anything with her. She was much younger than him and might never go near him again if she knew what he was thinking. Besides, being dead had its disadvantages, and not being able to get close to anyone had to be a major. He thought to himself as he raised his jug to his lips.

So, as they sat there staring at the springs, Rikku became agitated at the silence and without thng, ng, let out the number one question on her mind.

"Hey, Auron?" Rikku started as Auron took a swig from his jug. "Can dead people have sex?"

Auron nearly choked on his sake. "What?" He coughed and faced the clueless looking Rikku. It wasn't only the context of the question that made him sputter his drink all over himself, but how in Spira did she know he was dead? Rikku seemed to see the little wheels turning in his mind, and as before, she said what she thought.

"Yea yeah, I knew you where dead.." Rikku said, "It was so obvious when Seymour said "the Guado have a keen sense of the Farplane" or something like that." She did a bad impression of Seymour and that seemed to lighten the mood a bit; not like the mood was already bright enough. So, Rikku sat there with a bright grin on her face waiting for an answer as Auron tried to scramble for one.

Suddenly, they heard another sound from deep within the forest. Instinctively,on ron rose; placing a protective arm in front of Rikku. When nothing rose out of the bushes, Auron relaxed and turned to face Rikku.

"I think it went away," She said as she moved in closer to him. Unfortunetly, her foot hit a rock and she went flying forward. Luckily, Auron caught her; their faces just inches way from each other. Rikku blushed, "I...I'm sorry..." she stuttered, but made no effort to move. They stood there for a moment gazing at each other before Rikku, having been fed up with the suspense, hoisted herself up on her tip-toes and kissed him lightly on the lips. It was quick. So quick that neither of them had known what the other had done. "Uh...." Rikku stood there in Auron's arms, her mouth wide open in shock and her feet barely touching ground.

"I...I..." Rikku stuttered and before anymore was said, with a chuckle Auron held her closer and kissed her back. This time a lot harder and laced with a hint of feeling. Lust? Or maybe that was just his sake talking for him? Rikku felt the blood rush to her face as they broke apart for the second time. She felt like running, Auron's grip was too strong.

"Auron, I....I love..." but Auron's lips interrupted her once again and Rikku obeyed and melted into the kiss. Suddenly, she felt Auron's hands bego wao wander and she let out a slight gasp. Auron broke away.

"I apologize, it was not appropriate for me to do that." he said and went to turn away, but Rikku grabbed his arm.

"No!" She retorted, "I was just surprised." To his pleasure, she claimed his lips once again, their tounges dancing together to become one. Auron's hands continued their journey down Rikku's abdomen until they found her clasps on the side of her shirt. With one swift movement both clasps where undone on one side, and the other side in another. Rikku hardly noticed until she felt Auron's hands on her stomach, in which she broke the kiss to remove the article of clothing. His eyes wandered to her pink bra, in which he unclasped with no difficulty, to reveal Rikku's perfect breasts. Rikku blushed under Auron's gaze and let out a small sigh when he lightly kissed her neck and placed both hands on her soft orbs.

"Oh, Auron..." she breathed as he rubbed his thumbs over her already rock hard nipples and claimed her lips once again. As Rikku regained her senses, she tugged at Auron's giant red coat. Auron, getting the hint that she wanted it off, quickly removed the pesky article of clothing. With a loud bang, his Katana fell to the ground, but the couple did not seem to care, which was quite unusual for Auron. Rikku sighed,

"Auron, by the time we get all your clothes off it will be daybreak!" She stated as she looked at his attire. He smirked and in one movement Auron's armor was tossed to the side along with his coat and glasses. Rikku gasped at his large scar that covered his left eye and slowly lifted her hand to touch the ridged surface. Auron sharply moved away when Rikku finally realized what she was doing.

"Oh!" She gasped as she lowered her head, afraid that he was angry at her. Yet instead of hearing the footsteps of Auron slowly walking away from her, she was suddenly pulled into his strong embrace.

"Sorry about that," She said. "I didn't know you where so sensetive about it." She smiled as she moved her head up and kissed him again, this time with all the passion she could muster up. Fortunetly, that seemed to do the trick, for Auron's pants where becoming unbearably tight and it quite showed against Rikku's thigh.

"I'm fine, Rikku," He said in a voice that was mixed with pleasure and pain

"Here, let me help..." Rikku whispered as she tried to undo the clasps of his heavy black belt, but she seemed to have difficulty doing so. Little growls of frustration emitted from the young girl as she tried to remove the belt, all the while thinking, 'I'm Al Bhed!! I'm supposed to be able to take things apart!!"

Meanwhile, as Auron watched the determined girl he chuckled in amusement.

"Well, I must say it is quite entertaining to see you in such a state, but may we save that for later?" Auron asked in a husky voice as he began to lightly place butterfly kisses along her neckline. Rikku was about to protest when she felt his velvety tounge wrap around her pert nipple and quickly let out a small moan. The movement of his hands, the swift flicking movements of his tounge, and his husky voice where all the things that sent Rikku into a hazy, pleasurable state that made her senses tingle. She closed her eyes and let her moans out louder than before, and before she could truly see what was going on around her, Auron had already laid down his und underneath them.

"How..." She said but Auron silenced her by placing his finger over her lips.

"Shhh..." He whispered and hungrily kissed her throat as he laid her down on top of his coat. The fabric was surprisingly soft to Rikku, she thought it would be rough from continuous wear and dirt. But Rikku didn't have the time to contimplate Auron's coor tor the waves of pleasure he was giving her clouded her mind like a thick morning fog. Auron's kisses kept intensifying as his hands began wandering again and eventually led to Rikku's belt. With little or no difficulty, the belt was discarded, along with her frilly shorts. Suddenly Auron stopped and looked into Rikku's lust filled eyes.

"Are you sure?" He asked and Rikku nodded as he pulled off her panties; the last barrier to her love. Auron breathed in the young girl'ent ent as her slowly slid two of his muscular fingers into her wet entrance, which she responded immediately to by bucking her hips upward and letting out a small moan. He carefully continued his torture, loving every moan and movement of the young girl in front of him. He felt himself get harder as he watched her wither under his touch and didn't know how much longer he could hold on. Finally, Rikku felt her climax and with a shiver, she came. Auron slid his fingers out and Rikku laid still for a moment, regaining her senses. Auron laid next to his withering beauty and thats when Rikku noticed he still had his pants on.

"Now that's definetly not fair." She said and began to tug at his pants once again. Auron chuckled and with a few twists and turns of his skilled hands the belt and his pants were discarded, along with the rest of his clothing. Rikku's eyes wandered down and as she laid eyes on his large manhood, her eyes grew twice their size as she thought how much it was going to hurt. Auron chuckled at Rikku's expression and hovered over the tiny girl.

"Oh no you don't!" Rikku exclaimed as she pushed Auron off her. Auron, feeling a bit rejected, motioned to get up, but Rikku grabbed hold of his wrists and pinned him to the ground.

"It's my turn now." She said playfully and began leaving a trail of light kisses down his strong neck, to his muscular abdomen, and finally to his groiuronuron let out a small moan when she lightly fondled his throbbing manhood with her long, delecate fingers. They weren't skilled and it was clear that she had never touched a man before, but she still left shivers down his spine and he found it hard to control the moans deep within the recesses of his throat.

Rikku felt more nervous than she had ever been. It was as if instinct took over as she lightly kissed the tip and she felt Aroun shiver with pleasure. She smiled to herself, for she was glad she could have that affect on a man even on her first time. Gaining confidence, she slowly took the length within her mouth and she felt his whole body convulse as she sucked and licked every inch of him. Auron had trouble keeping his husky voice down as he was about to climax.

"Rikku..." Auron cried out in a deep, gruff voice that was not his own and Rikku knew he was about to climax by the way he was convulsing. Suddenly, Auron let out one last small moan as he came; his load filling her mouth and some dripping down the sides of her face onto her chest. As Auron watched Rikku, who had a look of pure innocence on her face as his juices slowly dripped from her face onto her breasts, he found himself quickly becoming hard once again. He decided that playtime was over, and if he didn't have her now he wouldn't know what to do.

Rikku was in a daze. She didn't know quite what to do after that amazing stunt she pulled, so she just sat there as Auron stared at her. Then to her surprise, Auron grasped her shoulders and kissed her with a force and hunger that she had never felt in anyone before while he laid her down upon the ground, on top of his coat.

"Rikku, are you absolutely sure..." Auron said, his husky voice turning into a serious one. "Because after this, there is no turning back." Rikku smiled and nd, ud, unable to speak for it would sound hoarse and squeaky from all the excitement that was building up within her. She squirmed as he placed the tip of his manhood at her entrance, lightly teasing her, and she found that the hunger and desire welling up inside her was just to much to take.

"Oh, please Auron, please, I need you so bad..." She whispered in a hoarse voice and without one more word Auron carefully thrust into the young girl, and trying to save her as much pain as possible.

Rikku cried out and tried to hold back her tears as Auron broke through the barrier of her virgin womanhood. Auron, seeing her in pain, stopped his thrusts and brushed away her stray tears with a kiss. Rikku smiled again, and that was all the reassurance Auron needed as he began to thrust into the girl once more.

Rikku's cries of pain soon turned into those of pleasure as Auron continued to make love to her. She made it a point to meet him at every thrust by bucking her hips upward as she gripped onto his coat. A few times Auron had to silence her loud cries with a kiss, but she couldn't quite help it. Her entire body felt hot as Auron kept pounding into her; each thrust increasing in strength and speed. Finally, Rikku felt her climax come near as she let out a loud moan, Auron was not far behind.

"Ungh...Rikku..." Auron griped. He felt his climax coming near as he grabbed Rikku's legs and began pounding into her faster and er ter than before. The young girl's shrieks of pleasure sent waves throughout his body, making him thrust faster and faster.

Rikku couldn't help herself. The pleasure he gave her made her body tingle as she cried out for more. Her thrusts also deepened as she felt her own climax coming closer.

"Oh...Auron...Oh..Oh...OH AURON!!!!!" She screamed as she climaxed; coating his manhood with her juices. Auron only made a small 'ungh' as he climaxed; spurting his warm seed into her. He gently pulled out his now limp manhood and laid down on top of the exhausted girl; his head lightly resting atop of her chest. The couple, both exhausted and spent, laid there for a while trying to build up their strength while they held each other in the warm night air.

"That was wonderful." Rikku stated as she quietly fondled with his dark locks. Auron 'hmph'ed and smirked, as if to say 'You weren't so bad yourself.' Rikku smiled, knowing full well what he meant.

"We should head back to camp soon." Auron stated. Rikku sighed.

"I guess so," She said and was quite reluctant to arise from the comfortable cuddling position her and Auron where in. But, all things must come to an end and Rikku gave out a small whine when Auron stood up. He gave out an amused chuckle as Rikku searched for her garments and Rikku gave out another whine as she saw Auron clasping the very last buckle to his coat.

"Auron, that's impossible!" Rikku rambled, and was about to continue with her rant when Auron's strong arm snaked around her tiny waist and pulled her closer. Their lips met and their tounges danced once again.

"I love you." Rikku blurted as they separated and Auron smiled, not smirked, smiled. Upon seeing this, Rikku burst into a smile of her own as she jumped up to claim his lips once again. That one smile was all she needed, and it was the one thing about Auron that would be engraved into hearteart forever.

Finally, when they where both fully dressed, they set out to their camp; Rikku sticking close to Auron the whole way there and Auron putting out his protective arm to anything that he thought would cause her harm. But something was still amiss as Rikku looked towards the ground in a dazed sort of state.

"What's the matter, Rikku?" Auron asked.

"Well, you still never answered my question." She said, and realized how stupid that must have sounded.

"Rikku, how much of an answer do you need?" Auron said slowly as Rikku nervoulsy played with the rocks underneath her feet.

"Well, I know they can have sex but how do you do it? I still don't understand..." Rikku trailed off at the end, hoping Auwoulwould catch on. Auron began.

"The unsent have all the qualities of human beings; it is not their bodies that stop functioning. The problem lies within the soul." he explained and Rikku began piecing the pieces together. "The unsent have a terrible pain that lies within themselves. They despretly hold on to the body, thinking that will keep them in this world, but it is the soul that hungers for the otherworld." Rikku stared at him for a few moments to register the event that had just happened. He had opened up to her; something she thought would be impossible to achieve. Yet her happiness faded into pity as she thought about Auron's pain. She thought about how much it must have hurt him when they sat in front of the farplane. How his soul must have been shouting out to him to give in, but Auron held on. He held on to his duty and Rikku was proud of that.

"Auron..." Rikku began as she placed her small hand on Auron's cheek. "I just want you to know that if it ever gets to hard, if that soul of yours gets too painful, please come to me. Let me be your strength." She placed a small kiss on his neck as Auron's arms clasped her waist once again. He said nothing, but Rikku expected that. So, as they continued to camp, Rikku had a whole new understanding of her loved one and Auron had a whole new respect for the bouncy young girl that captured his heart.

~*~

The camp looked exactly the same as they left it; Lulu was practicing her fire magic with her favorite moogle doll, Wakka was quietly chatting with Tidus which was probobly thier endless talk about Blitzball, Yuna was no where to be found (probobly in her tent praying if they knew their Summoner), and Kimahri was still ever so silent, gazing into the flames as if in deep thought. The four of them all sat around a roaring campfire that was nestled in the middle of a circle of trees close to the main road; not far from the springs. As they walked twards the group, they saw Wakka glance to his side.

"Where in the world have you two been?!" Wakka exclaimed as he saw the couple walking twards the camp.

"Well hello to you too, Wakka!" Rikku chirped and Wakka gave her a suspicious look as she suddenly broke out into sweat.

"We ran into a tough fiend on the way here, that's all." Auron stated as Rikku breathed a sigh of relief. Wakka stared at them for a moment, deciding weather or not to believe the two.

"Well, then, why didn't you come get us?" He asked and Rikku was the one to reply.

"By the time we where going to the fiend was already half dead!" She squeaked, her voice crackling with nervousness. Rikku looked around the camp in fear and her eyes laid on the eyes of a smirking Lulu. Rikku blushed as she thought 'She knows!'

"Now if you'll excuse me I must get my sleep. I am tired." Auron said as he walked over to one of the tents.

"Uhh...me too!" Rikku chirped as she quickly fold hid him, which she recieved more suspicious looks and smirks from the group. As they climbed into the tent, Auron placed his hand on Rikku's bottom to help her in and they both laughed, knowing full well what the others where thinking outside as they closed the tent up for the night.

Tidus and Wakka both raised an eyebrow as they faced each other, as if they where both trying to figure out what happed.

"You don't think they're..." Tidus began, but before they could saymoremore, they scrunched up their faces in disgust as they thought of the two together.

"Nahhh...." They said in unison and continued talking about Blitz. Lulu sat there, looking at the two babbling boys as she carefully pliucked the leaves off of her moogle doll and smirking, for even though croutching behind bushes the whole night wasn't exactly her idea of fun, it was quite worth it.

THE END