Allen woke up, panicking at first when he found himself in an unfamiliar room instead of an alley like he had expected. Then memories from the night before flooded into his mind and Allen smiled when he realized that it hadn't been a dream after all. He had a new owner and a house to live in. Allen jumped off the bed, wincing when pain exploded in his feet. He gingerly sat back on the bed and looked at his bandaged feet. He had forgotten how badly he had hurt them last night and he made a mental note to walk more carefully until his feet healed. He cautiously slid off the bed and walked out of his room to search for his owner.

He sniffed the air and his stomach growled when he smelt bacon. He followed the scent to the kitchen where he saw Kanda frying up bacon over the stove. As soon as he took a timid step into the kitchen, Kanda turned to him, looking him over before nodding.

"I already made your breakfast it's on the table." Allen nodded and thanked him before he climbed a chair that was almost too high for him. He looked down at his plate, licking his lips when he saw nice crisp bacon on one side of his plate and scrumptious sunny side up eggs with a couple of pieces of toast on the other. He dug in enthusiastically even going as far as lick the bowl to get the left over yolk from his plate. It wasn't enough to actually fill him but he didn't want to bother Kanda by asking to make more.

"You said today was going to be a big day. What are we doing?" Allen asked as Kanda finished his own breakfast.

"We need to go shopping for humanoid pet things." Kanda said and Allen nodded. "How are your feet?" Allen gave him a surprised look, surprised that his owner remembered and cared that he had hurt his feet.

"They're fine, thank you." Allen said with a smile and Kanda gave him a look that said that he didn't quite believe him but he didn't want to say it. Instead Kanda took his and Allen's empty bowls in the sink.

"We should go now." Kanda said and Allen followed him out of the kitchen and to the front door where Kanda began rummaging in a closest, muttering to himself. He finally pulled out a black jacket and told Allen to try it on. The neko obeyed and Kanda shook his head when he saw that the jacket actually reached Allen's feet and it was puffy making Allen look really big. "You really are short. That's my smallest jacket too."

"Nu-uh you're just really tall." Allen retorted as he stuck his tongue out. Anyway he knew for a fact that he was just below average height for a humanoid pet. They never grow to be taller than a meter or so. Kanda rolled his eyes as he pulled on his own jacket and opened the door, waiting for Allen to go out first before he walked out and locked the door. Allen followed Kanda down the walkway to a sleek expensive black car and he paused as Kanda opened the door and waited for him to get in.

"What are you waiting for?" Kanda snapped and Allen jumped before he scurried into the car. As Kanda started the car and began to drive away, Allen squeaked and cover his face with his paws. "What the hell is wrong with you? Wait…don't tell me you're afraid of car rides."

"No, of course not!" Allen said hastily but he squeaked again when Kanda made a sharp turn. "Okay fine I am! But it's not like my last car ride was ended up that great either!"

"Che, well it's not like I'm kidnapping you and I'm not going to crash. I've never been in an accident before…that was my fault." Kanda added as he remembered an incident where Lavi had distracted him and he had hit another car. He had sent the usagi to the hospital for that one. Allen didn't look reassured and he spent the rest of the trip hiding behind his paws or looking at anything but outside.

The neko was relieved when Kanda finally stopped driving and Allen looked out the window and saw there were hundreds of other cars parked near them. It was like a sea of cars. He got out the car and he followed Kanda to a huge building.

"Kanda where are we?" Allen finally asked and Kanda gave him an incredulous look making Allen feel stupid.

"We're at the mall. You do know what a mall is…right?" Kanda questioned when Allen tilted his head in confusion. "Oh god, you don't. Okay, a mall is…um…well there are a bunch of stores in it, let's just put it that way."

"Okay…" Allen said as he followed Kanda into the building and he promptly froze when he saw how many people there were. There were millions of people walking around. Not to mention there were so many weird smells and noises that Allen didn't recognize. It made him scared to be somewhere completely different from anywhere he had ever been and with so many people he could easily get lost.

He cried out when he saw Kanda start to walk away. He didn't want to get separated from Kanda but it would be nearly impossible to keep up with Kanda with his hurt feet or keep track of him in the crowds of people. What if he got lost and Kanda didn't look for him? Then he would be a stray again and he would be lost in this strange new building. Allen darted forward and clutched onto Kanda's leg.

"Ow! Oi moyashi, you're nails are scratching me." Allen immediately let go of Kanda's leg, realizing his claws had sprung out and had gone through Kanda's jeans. He looked down and his ears and tail went limp. He was ashamed that he had hurt his owner who had nothing but help him. "What's wrong with you?" Kanda asked impatiently, not particularly liking the being in the mall either but it was the only place to get the things he needed.

"I don't want to lose you." Allen whispered and Kanda rolled his eyes and he grabbed Allen's paw, thankful that the nails had been retracted.

"There. Better?" Kanda asked and Allen nodded happily, immediately perking up. "Good, now hurry up."

Kanda led Allen to a humanoid clothing store. The clothes that Allen had on were hardly appropriate and they had to get him shoes for his feet that were no doubt dirty by now.

"Hello! How may I help you?" A humanoid bird asked. She had long black hair that had a strange green tint to it pulled into twin ponytails, wide caring purple eyes, a cheerful grin that was infectious and she had two big wings about half her size sticking out of her back which were green with blue swirls. They weren't big enough for her to fly with them but Allen had heard somewhere that humanoid birds could jump really high. She also had a simple red collar around her neck and she wore a black frilly dress. When she saw Kanda her eyes went wide with surprise. "Oh Kanda! What are you doing here?"

"To get clothes for my new pet." Kanda said as he let go of Allen's paw. The neko stepped back when the bird turned to him with a gasp.

"Oh! You're the humanoid pet that Lavi told me about. I was so worried about you when I heard about you! I wanted to visit you right away but Lavi wouldn't let me. He said that Kanda was looking after you so you would be fine. Oh, by the way my name is Lenalee." The bird twittered excitedly and Allen shyly smiled at her.

"My name is Allen."

"Well Allen, it's great to meet you. Now let's get you some proper clothes that suite you." Allen gasped when Lenalee suddenly grabbed his hand and began to drag him away. She grabbed clothes off racks and shelves seemingly randomly but Allen had a feeling she knew exactly what she was doing. "Okay, here put these on." She ordered as she gently shoved him into a changing stall with a pile of clothes.

He quickly changed into the new clothes, handing the clothes he took off to Lenalee who stood outside. When he put on the shirt, he didn't out his left arm through the sleeve, instead he kept it firmly against his body. He didn't want people staring at his disfigured arm or asking him questions about it which he got a lot. When he stepped out Lenalee squeaked with excitement.

"Wow, you look so good! Here look." She turned him around to face a nearby mirror. At first he just stared at the mirror before he realized with shock that it was himself he was staring at. He usually avoided looking at mirrors because he thought he looked a little freakish with his white hair (which was weird for a humanoid pet because they were made to look as human as possible with the exception of the animalistic features), the branding tattoo on his face and his red arm but the cat in the mirror was anything but. With a plain white long sleeved shirt and black vest with a red ribbon around his neck and black dress pants that had a hole for his tail, he actually looked sophisticated, a pet worthy of an owner like Kanda.

"Wow." Allen said and Lenalee smiled, happy that she made yet another customer happy. She grabbed Allen's hand and dragged him to another section of the store that had hundreds of different shoes for different humanoid pets. She pulled out a box and forced Allen to sit down.

"Here, these should fit you perfectly." She said as she pulled out small black round shoes and slipped them on Allen's cat feet. She got him to stand up and walk a bit to make sure they fit right. "You know, we're lucky. Unlike human's we don't grow when we are past a year old, so we don't have to keep buying new shoes." Lenalee giggled and Allen nodded his head chuckling a little.

"How did you get a job here? I've never heard of a humanoid pet having a job before." Allen asked suddenly and Lenalee smiled wistfully.

"My owner, Lavi got me this job. He's a vet, or well training to be one, and he believes that humanoid pets can do anything that a human could. I'm lucky that he adopted me and my brother." She said, smiling at the memory.

"He sounds nice."

"Oh, he is. You'll meet him soon; he is after all Kanda's friend." Allen nodded.

"Well we're all done." Lenalee announced as she put Allen's old clothes in a bag. "Let's show Kanda!" Allen nodded nervously as he followed the bird to the front of the store where Kanda was waiting impatiently. When he saw Allen he studied him carefully making the neko blush before he nodded his approval.

"He looks good." Kanda commented and Lenalee beamed. Getting a compliment from Kanda was an accomplishment indeed. Kanda pulled Allen to the cashier where he paid for the new clothes. "Do you need anything else?" Kanda asked and Allen nodded as he took a pair of formal looking white gloves from a nearby rack. Kanda paid for them without hesitation.

"Goodbye! I hope to see you two soon!" Lenalee called and Allen waved goodbye to her.

"Hey Kanda, can I have my gloves now?" Allen asked and Kanda when Kanda gave them to him he slipped his left arm through the sleeve and quickly slipped them on, happy when he saw the sleeve of his shirt and the glove completely covered his arm and paw.

"Let's go moyashi; we still have a lot to get."