A new Friendship

Toshiko smiled at Ritsuko and softly, a little nervously frankly, kiss Ritsuko on the cheek before she bent down and picked her up rather swiftly, holding the smaller girl close to her. In this position, it would be easy for Ritsuko to rest her head against Toshiko's bosom if she wanted to, hell, if Toshiko was in just the right position, it would be easy to kiss her as well. Toshiko looked at Ritsuko and smiled confidently at the girl that was now held in her arms; in the extremely used princess carry. She continued to smile at Ritsuko for a few more seconds before she lifted her head and looked towards the area she was fixing on going to with Ritsuko.

"Hold on tight, alright? I've got you so you should be fine, but, better safe than sorry, right?"

Toshiko grinned at Ritsuko, the girl exuding confidence which was quite usual for her. She ran forward with Ritsuko, the girl's weight seemingly not encumbering her, before she took a nice 20 foot jump upwards. Afterwards, Toshiko used her Hirenkyaku to send herself forwards; outside of the City of Light's limits. Every 50 feet or so, Toshiko would land upon something to reuse her Hirenkyaku; be it the top of a tree, a rock, or simply just focused reishi under her foot. It wouldn't take too long to arrive at the destination, but, Ritsuko would be able to get a nice look of the surroundings and be able to study Toshiko's face more than before.

Eventually, Toshiko finally touched down onto the ground, breaking some of the speed they had from the Hirenkyaku by running along the ground for about 10 feet. After doing so, Toshiko skidded to a stop, making sure to keep a tight grip on Ritsuko and also making sure her feet didn't catch on anything as she slid to a stop. Toshiko exhaled softly and grinned at Ritsuko, her hand on Ritsuko's thigh seemingly assuring that she was being held tight and wasn't going to fall. Toshiko looked around the area and chuckled softly. It wasn't a bad place, but, it was mostly a plane of sorts; a plain plane as it were. So, naturally, the area was rather flat, not many hills or mountains around. Of course, there were some that Toshiko and Ritsuko could use for their shooting practice. The ground was covered in green grass, and had some small plants here and there. Toshiko softly put Ritsuko's feet down onto the ground, seemingly not wanting to put her down, but, knew she couldn't just carry her 24/7 since they had some shooting to do. However, her arms remained around Ritsuko for at least 30 seconds before it finally slipped off.

Toshiko had to take a few minutes to think about some things. She knew that love was a very fickle, finicky, and rather hard to obtain thing. She thought she had that for Sofia, but, that was clearly a lost cause as the girl wasn't righteous, and, not to mention, she left the Quincy randomly and seemed to have gotten herself tempted by some demon; and in more ways than one. Toshiko sighed softly, but, the reason for the sigh would be unclear. Toshiko was certainly enjoying herself, this was the most enjoyment since Sofia kissed her what felt like so long ago... speaking of whom, a person who Toshiko thought she loved but only lusted for. Her eyes spelled her concern, though they couldn't really be seen, that she may be lusting after another without truly loving them. Toshiko sighed one last time. No, no, she wasn't lusting after Ritsuko, she'd been feeling sensations unlike those with Sofia; and she hasn't even felt the need to do anything sexual. With a soft sigh, Toshiko shook her head and calmed her thoughts. She looked at Ritsuko and grinned as her form glowed a soft blue hue for a couple of seconds.

"Welp! Here we are, Ritsuko. Nice place for just us, so we can practice a little shooting and not worry about harming anyone. Oh, also, as promised, lemme get into my Artillery Configuration of my Vollstandig."

Toshiko grinned at Ritsuko as something quickly appeared over her form, it looked to be heavily technological in nature. The technological suit, or armor, was black in color with blue trimming. It had a type of "wings" on the back of them that seemed to be harnessing both electricity and some other type of element. Part of Toshiko's pale skin could also be seen through the front of the form, but, it wasn't to the point where everything could be seen, of course.



Toshiko grinned at Ritsuko and pressed a button on the side of the helmet that caused the visor and helmet to fold into the rest of the suit.

"S-So, what do ya think? I have two other, well, technically three, other configurations that I can use; just may need a little to switch between each on is all."

She smiled and waited for what Ritsuko may do or say. After all, part of her chest was visible, and the outfit itself did look rather interesting and possibly cool. So, it was only a matter of time before Ritsuko asked questions about this or that.