Yuriy: *grins* This is my first fanfiction on this website. And I have evil ideas for this fic.
Tala: Somehow I have a feeling that they involve me.
Yuriy: You're right!
Kai: ....Yay, the kid's psychic. Someone give him an award. *is sarcastic*
Kagura: Shut it. *whaps Kai with her fan*
Kai: T_T *glares at Kagura*
Kagura: Oooh, the kid's staring at me. I feel so scared. *rolls eyes*
Sora: ^__^ Can't we all just get along?
Kai: ...You remind me too much of Max. *glares* It's disturbing.
Sora: O_O *hides behind Sesshoumaru*
Sesshoumaru: *closes eyes* 10....9....8....7...
Yuriy: _ Getting away from the main subject here, people!
Kagura: People? *fans herself* You must be mistaken.
Yuriy: ...Fine. Three people, two demons, one neko-jin, and one cyborg. Someone do the disclaimer. *looks at Ozuma*
Ozuma: *sighes* Why not? Yuriy doesn't own anything. Except us because of that contract that she keeps behind lock and key.
Yuriy: And two security guards. Big, buff security guards that could flatten you if you dare try and steal my contract.
~*~* Chapter One ~*~*
~~~ Tala's POV ~~~
I'm seriously considering killing myself.
No, really.
Bah, who am I kidding? Even if I really wanted to kill myself, I wouldn't know how to go about doing it. Cyborgs are different then others ( but I think that should be obvious ), so I guess that we wouldn't be killed the same way that normal people would. Gah. Just my luck, eh?
Now I'm starting to sound like a Canadian. I should really stop saying 'eh' after things.
Why do I want to kill myself, you ask? Well, my life isn't going exactly the way that I had planned it.
For one thing, I'm stuck in an abbey with a perverted man ( Boris... ), who likes to surround himself with young boys and see them sweat....likes to beat the living daylights out of me....and loves to humiliate me at every chance that he gets. He also likes to make me the first in everything. You know, when we're all lining up for something or other.
I didn't even want to join the stupid abbey in the first place. Come on, who would really WANT to join the abbey? Please. Only stupid people go of their own will. Biovolt isn't exactly a picnic, if you know what I mean.
~~~ Normal POV ~~~
Tala strode down the path of the park, looking down at the ground, as if there was something interesting there. His steel grey eyes weren't flashing with power or confidence as usual, but filled with depression and despair.
The cyborg kicked a stone moodily as he walked, taking out a bit of his anger on it. But that was quickly stopped, however, as the stone broke in half from a kick with his steel-toed boot. Tala growled, stomping on the pieces, crushing them to powder.
He glanced up as he noticed some little kids staring at him. They were chibis. Tala frowned as he watched the three. Their large adorable chibi eyes blinked at him, filled with confusion. "What are you staring at?" Tala spat. "Go away. I have no time for little brats like you."
Tala saw, with a smirk, that one of the chibis took a step backwards, clearly frightened by the tone in his voice. "Scram!" Tala barked. The little chibi jumped and fell onto his bottom, hard. He blinked, and then his large eyes watered up and he began to cry, loudly. The remaining two tried to comfort him, but the child ran off to the playground, still crying.
"Heh." Tala smirked again. He blinked as he realized that the other two chibis were still standing on the path, staring at him. Tala frowned again, kicking another stone towards them. "Follow your friend." One of the children, a little chibi girl, began to suck her fingers, her large blue chibi eyes fixed on Tala and nothing but Tala.
Tala walked towards them, a little bit taken aback when they didn't move out of his way. "Want your bones to be broken?" He hissed, glaring down at the children. The children moved away a little bit, and then took off in a headlong run across the lush grass of the park to where their chibi friend was playing in the sand. Tala chuckled, but not a nice chuckle. Chibis were so easy to scare.
He continued on his trek along the path, kicking any little stone that happened to be in his way. Today might turn out better then he thought it would. Tala glanced to the side as he felt another stare on his face, hoping with all of his might that it wasn't another annoying chibi.
To Tala's relief, it wasn't. But that relief was replaced by annoyance when he saw exactly who was staring at him. Tala's eyebrows narrowed. "What do you want? An autograph?"
A girl with beautiful blonde hair, sparkling ocean blue eyes, an incredible bust, a neon pink top that ended a few centimetres above her waist and a neon pink mini-skirt was staring at Tala like he was the cutest thing in the universe. ( which he is ^_^ ) She ran up to him, then started to jump up and down. "Ohmigod! Tala! Tala!!!" She shrieked, waving her hands around, making the hideous neon pink nail polish on them shine in the sunlight.
Now Tala, who was very smart ( ^__^ Of course he is ), knew a Mary-Sue when he saw one. So he had the good sense to try and get her away from him as fast as possible. Mary-Sues could be unpredictable and incredibly dangerous to any hot bishie. Tala glared a sharp death-glare at the girl. "Get away from me." The girl stopped jumping and blinked, her beautiful blue eyes filling up with tears rapidly.
( Okay, don't ask me why I placed this Mary-Sue in here. Yes, she IS supposed to be a Mary-Sue.....anyway, I think I'll add her in later chapters. Make her torture Tala, Rei and Kai a bit. ^__^ )
"W-What? How dare you be so mean and cruel! I was only trying to-" She was cut off as Tala interrupted her, rather impatiently. "Look, I'm trying to do something. Could you just leave me alone?"
Tala started to walk away, trying to get away as fast as he possibly could. But the Mary-Sue, who obviously couldn't take a hint, followed him, still talking in her annoying voice. "Well, maybe I can help you. My name's Brittney and I'm good at everything that I've ever tried, and most likely good at everything that I haven't. I am the best at beyblading and I can get any boy I want, anytime." Her endless blabber continued on.
Tala glared at Brittney, his temper increasing rapidly. "I don't give a damn about you or your 'perfect' life. I am TRYING to think about something, and I don't have time for your ceaseless blabber." ( As you may have noticed, I like the word 'blabber' a lot. ^.^ ) Brittney blinked, and her eyes filled up with tears again. "Oooh...you are soo mean! You jerk!"
The orange-haired boy simply shrugged. "Think what you want, I know what I am. And what I am is better than you." Brittney let out a cry of anger, but it was lost on Tala's ears as he strode away, ignoring the girl's yells and shouts.
Tala smirked to himself as he heard Brittney stride away, muttering to herself. Mary-Sues. They were all the same. Give them a few good insults and they gave up without even putting up a fight. But now that he was rid of the annoying girl, he had to get back to thinking about what he had come here to think about in the first place.
Tala kicked another stone, pretending that it was Boris's head. He found himself enjoying himself as he knocked the stone around with his boot, imagining Boris being kicked around. Serves him right. He should be taught how it feels to be beaten every time you do something the slightest bit wrong, step out of line, lose a battle.....everying that Tala had ever doen wrong and served a punishment for.
The cyborg stopped as he noticed something lying on a park bench out of the corner of his left eye. Something small was lying on the bench, and not moving. Tala looked more closely and saw that fresh tears were glistening on the bench. Whatever it was, it had obviously been crying, and might still be. It was sort of hard to see it's face, however, as a mess of orange spiky hair was hiding it.
Tala catiously approached the thing, sitting on the park bench beside it and poking it roughly. "Hey." Tala growled as he prodded the thing. "Look up." The thing made a small noise that sounded like a sniffle, and looked up slowly. Orange bangs slid aside to reveal stunning blue eyes that would entrance anyone. But Tala was too shocked to be entranced.
The boy jumped backwards, falling off of the bench in the process. Tala landed on the ground and stood up quickly, his slate grey eyes fixed on the thing. "W-What the hell...." he stuttered in disbelief. "What are you?" The thing sat up and rubbed it's large blue eyes with tiny hands. Then it looked back up at Tala. "Wat?" It asked curiously, wondering why Tala was so surprised.
The 'thing' had turned out to be an adorable 3-year old chibi. The chibi had the biggest eyes that Tala had ever seen. They were royal blue and brimming with tears. The chibi had spiky orange hair in the same style that Tala had his, and was wearing an large, over-sized orange t-shirt with a white stripe across the stomach part. The chibi rubbed his eyes again, brushing away tears that threatened to spill out.
Tala slowly slid back onto the park bench again, peering closely at the small chibi. "What's your name?" he asked slowly, speaking so that the child would understand. The chibi blinked his large blue eyes. "I Tala." He grinned up at the older boy. "Wat your name?"
Tala tried to speak, but there was a lump in his throat that prevented that from happening. He was in shock. Here was a chibi that was 3 years old. He looked like Tala, had the same hairstyle, had a shirt that looked like Tala's, and had the same colour eyes that Tala once had before he had been turned into a cyborg. And he had the same name. How could this be happening?
The chibi crawled over to Tala and climbed into his lap. The child stared up into Tala's grey eyes and squealed, bouncing up and down in Tala's lap. "You pwetty! Pwetty! Pwetty!" He laughed as he bounced. People who were passing by stared at the loud chibi and made comments to each other. Tala heard things like, "Aw, how cuute...", "Hey, those two boys look sort of alike...", and, "Shouldn't that child be wearing more than a shirt?"
But these words were meaningless to Tala. He had blocked out everything but himself and this squealing, bouncing chibi. Tala picked up the chibi, but instantly the child stopped squealing and a frown replaced the laughter. "Down! TALA WANT DOWN!!!" He screamed loudly, kicking his little feet angrily. "Fine..." Tala placed the chibi back on his lap.
The chibi immediatly began to bounce up and down again. "Wat your name?" He asked again. Tala figured there wasn't any harm in telling the chibi what his name was, so he obliged. "My name is Tala." He spoke softly. The chibi stopped bouncing and stared up at Tala. "My name Tala too!" He was in shock that someone actually had the same name as him.
Tala ruffled the child's hair. "Yeah. Can I just call you 'Chibi Tala'?" He asked. The chibi thought about this for a moment, and then nodded. "Ok. I call you Tala then." He hugged the older boy, making his already messy orange hair even messier. Tala smiled a bit as he felt the child's warmth against his cold body. He was cute, there was no denying it.
Chibi Tala let go of Tala and began to suck his fingers cutely. "Tala cold." He complained. Tala picked up Chibi Tala again ( Okay, now when both Talas are together, I can't just call Chibi Tala 'Tala' Or else, this part would be like, 'Tala picked up Tala again'. O_O That would be really confusing. And weird. ) and tugged on the bottom of his t-shirt lightly.
"I think that we need to get you something else to wear." He stated. The chibi snuggled into Tala's chest, not yelling that he wanted to be down because now he liked Tala a lot. "Tala cold..." He complained again. Tala stood up, brushing off his orange pants. "I know, I know. I'll get you some pants or something." But then the boy froze.
How was he going to get clothes for a chibi? Tala wouldn't be caught dead shopping for chibi clothes. Or just shopping in general. Tala growled in disgust at the thoughtof the local mall. He had never set foot inside that place. And if he did, he would stared at and probably laughed at by some people. Not like that was anything new, but it would probably make Chibi Tala upset. Anyway, he had no idea what to get Chibi Tala in the first place.
Tala needed to ask Chibi Tala a few questions. He looked down at the chibi. "Um...Chibi Tala..." He trailed off as he realized that he didn't know how he would phrase this. He couldn't just say "You're me when I was a litle kid. How did you get here?" It would only confuse the chibi and he probably wouldn't get the right answer to his question.
As Tala pondered about how he could ask the question, he felt a tug on his shirt and looked down. Chibi Tala stopped tugging on his shirt. "Tala COLD!!" He yelled. "Want pwants!" The chibi was now shivering from the cold air of Moscow, and the cold breeze that was blowing through the park wasn't exactly helping things either. Tala adjusted Chibi Tala in his arms so the fabric from the sleeves of his shirt were pressed against Chibi Tala, blocking some of the cold and making him warm.
Tala sighed as he realized that there was no way to get out of shopping for Chibi Tala. The child obviously wasn't going to talk until he got some pants. But Tala needed to get him other things too. Chibi Tala couldn't wear one outfit all of the time. And didn't chibis need diapers? And toys? Tala kneaded at his scalp with his left hand. This was going to be a long day. And he needed to be back at the abbey by 10:00 pm.
Chibi Tala shivered violently in Tala's arms and a tear escaped his right eye. "Cold..." He began to cry softly, burying his face in Tala's shirt. Tala blinked as he looked down at the crying chibi. "Why are you crying? Don't cry!" He yelled in panic, ripping Chibi Tala away from his shirt. The chibi started to cry even louder as the cold swept up the bottom of his shirt and touched his soft skin.
Tala instantly realized that this was a bad idea and pressed Chibi Tala close to his chest, calming down as the chibi stopped crying and snuggled up to Tala. "Excuse me." Tala stopped a passing girl. The girl turned and regarded Tala with her stony gaze. Her green, red and yellow spiky hair made her look sort of like a traffic light. Her violet eyes flashed with amusement. "What do you want, freak?"
Tala's grey eyes narrowed. "Look who's talking. If the traffic light ever broke, they could just stick you out in the middle of the street and you could be the replacement." The girl glared at Tala, not amused. "Is there something that you want? If there isn't, then I have to go. I'm late for something." Tala shifted uncomfortably. He hated talking to girls. They always checked the boy they were talking to out during the conversation, deciding mentally whether he was cute or not.
"Um...well.." Tala showed her the small chibi that he held in his arms. "I need to get some clothes for him and I was wondering what store in the mall would be the best." The girl looked at Chibi Tala, then back up at Tala. She raised an eyebrow. "You both look the same. Are you brothers or something?"
"No relation." Tala replied quickly with a perfectly straight face.
The girl eyed Tala suspiciously, but then pulled out a pad of paper and a blue pen. She took the lid off of the pen and scribbled something down on the paper. She ripped the piece of paper off of the pad and handed it to Tala. "Here you go. The store is Clarksons. ( Random name. ^_^ ) It's the best store for children as young as he is." She nodded curtly and walked off.
Tala blinked as he looked down at the name. Clarksons....he had heard that name. It was supposed to be the most prestigious baby store in Moscow. And the most expensive. He sighed and arranged Chibi Tala more comfortably in his arms, then headed for the mall. He might have never been inside of the mall, but he knew where it was.
~*~* Moscow Mall ( ....I couldn't think of anything better, okay? -_- ) ~*~*
Tala stopped at the entrance to Clarksons. It should have been called Baby Central. There was wall-to-wall chibi things. Tala gaped. How was he ever supposed to decide on what he was to pick? And how was he to pay for it?
Chibi Tala, who had stopped shivering ever since they had entered the warm mall, squealed at the sight of all of the baby things. "Go in! Tala want see!" He giggled happily. Tala was glad that someone was happy. He didn't exactly favour the idea of stepping into a baby store and feeling all of the stares on him.
But since Chibi Tala seemed so excited about the prospect of the store, Tala couldn't let him down. Taking a deep breath, Tala walked into the store quickly and instantly hid behind a rack of baby clothes. Tala bent down and checked out the clothes. This way, he could stay hidden and look for things at the same time. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all.
Tala flipped through the clothes rather quickly, not seeing anything that he thought really suited Chibi Tala. Most of the clothes seemed to be pink and frilly. Tala wrinkled his nose. What kind of store was this?
"Um...sir..." Tala froze and looked up at where the voice had come from. A female clerk, looking only a bit older than Tala, was looking down at him with one eyebrow raised. "What exactly are you doing?" "I-I'm looking for clothes for him." Tala held up Chibi Tala.
The clerk smiled dryly. "Might I suggest looking in the boy's section?" Tala blinked, confused. "Huh?" Chibi Tala squirmed around and pointed to the sign above the racks of clothing. "Giwls!" He squealed. "Giwls!" Tala looked up at the sign. Like all of the clothing, the sign was pink and the words stood out in big, bold white letters.
It said; Girls Clothing.
Tala felt his face redden. "Oh." He heard a giggle and glared up at the clerk. She was trying to look like she didn't find this funny, and not doing a very good job of it. Her hands were clapped over her mouth, but some giggles slipped through her fingers, reaching Tala's ears. Chibi Tala began to laugh as well, imitating the clerk. He didn't know what was so funny, however.
Tala stood up abruptly. "Can you please tell me where to find the boy's clothes?" He asked sharply. The clerk instantly stopped laughing and turned away. "Very well. Follow me, sir." She sounded a bit snippy. Tala carried a squirming Chibi Tala over to the boy's clothing and placed him on the floor. The chibi started to crawl away, but Tala grabbed him around the waist and hauled him back.
The clerk showed Tala the racks of chibi clothing. "Well, if you need anything, call me. Especially if you get lost in the girl's department again." Stifling a giggle, she ran off to attend a girl with a chibi not much older than Tala. The chibi was wiggling around, trying to get free from the girl's grip, and the girl was looking around desperatly for the toy department.
Tala shot one of his best glares at the clerk's retreating back. "Bitch..." He muttered. Chibi Tala giggled. "Bitch! Bitch!" He shouted, giggling after each 'bitch'. "What bitch Tala?" He asked innocently.
Tala smacked himself mentally. Great! The first word that he had taught the chibi was 'bitch'. But he had been wondering how long it would be before he let a swear word slip out. Chibi Tala giggled, yelling the word louder. "Bitch! Bitch! Bitch!" He yelled happily, not once considering that this might be a word that generally shouldn't be used in public.
Tala clapped a hand over Chibi Tala's mouth to stifle him. The chibi kicked his little feet angrily, trying to free his mouth. Tala glared at him. "Chibi Tala, don't say that word, okay?" Chibi Tala nodded, though he didn't look too happy about this arrangement.
Without another word, Tala took his hand off of Chibi Tala's mouth and bent down to look at the racks of clothing. Chibi Tala squirmed around in Tala's grip. "Want down." He moaned. "Tala want down." Tala, without thinking, placed the chibi on the floor and began to look through all of the clothing.
Tala flipped clothing aside, looking at each one briefly. He saw a cute little dark green t-shirt and checked the price tag. He gaped and quickly flipped the t-shirt aside. When people had said that this store was the most expensive in Moscow, they weren't kidding. Tala gulped as he looked at another price tag. How would he ever afford to clothe Chibi Tala?
Chibi Tala watched Tala flip through clothing for a few seconds and quickly became bored. Giggling, the small chibi crawled off into the racks of clothing and back into the girl's department. A small chibi girl with a little brown ponytail was sitting on the floor, sucking her finger and watching her mother look through clothing.
Chibi Tala poked the girl. The chibi girl squealed in surprise and looked at Chibi Tala, blinking her large green chibi eyes. "Hewwo." She said softly. "Who you?" "I Tala." Chibi Tala declared proudly. "I thwee!" The little girl giggled. "I thwee too."
"Wat your name?" Chibi Tala asked, happy to have made a friend. The girl looked away. "Mommy towd me not to tawk to stwangers." Chibi Tala blinked his large blue chibi eyes in confusion. He was about to say something else when the girl's mother picked out some frilly pink dresses and grabbed her daughter's hand, dragging her away.
The little girl waved goodbye to Tala as she was dragged away. Chibi Tala was about to crawl after them when the mother turned a corner and the two were lost from view. "Nooo!!!" Chibi Tala yelled. "No go!!!" But when they didn't return, Chibi Tala's eyes filled up with tears and he started to cry softly. He had just made a friend and now she had been taken away from him!
Chibi Tala stopped crying after a few seconds and crawled the way the chibi girl had been taken. He had lost interest in her and was now searching for things to do. He crawled until he was halfway across the store. He spotted a group of chibi boys about his age and crawled over to them. The chibis were giggling and bouncing up and down.
Chibi Tala sat down between two boys. "Hi!" he said cheerfully. "I Tala! Who you?" The chibis all looked at Tala. "Run away!!" A chibi screeched, crawling away quickly. "Fweak!" They all screamed and crawled away, laughing. Chibi Tala blinked as the chibis rounded the corners and were lost from view. He was all alone once again.
The chibi didn't understand why everyone called him a freak. He looked like everyone else. Sure, no one might have orange hair like his, and few had blue eyes. But that didn't make him a freak.
...Did it?
Chibi Tala curled up into a ball and lay on his side on the cold floor. Tears flowed out of his eyes and he started to cry, wailing Tala's name. "Tala!!" The chibi yelled in between sobs. "TALA!!!!"
~~~ Tala's POV ~~~
Oh my god! I lost Chibi Tala!
Geez...what kind of person am I to just let a chibi crawl away like that? I should have been paying closer attention to him!!
Damnit! If anything happens to that little chibi I'll kill myself!
Well, I don't know how to. But still.
AAARRGGGHH!!! I'm running through the entire store, searching everywhere for Chibi Tala. A small chibi like him could hide anywhere.
Oh, there's that bitchy clerk. I'm not asking HER where Chibi Tala is, though. She'll just sneer at me again.
I can find him myself! I can!
Oh, who am I kidding? I could search this whole store three times and never find him! What if he keeps moving? What if he crawled outside?
Thoughts are racing through my mind. All of them are ideas of what could have happened to Chibi Tala, and none of them are very pretty.
Hey...wait a minute....
I can hear someone calling my name. It's sort of faint, as if the person was off in the distance.
I can also hear sobs. Someone seems to be crying.
........
It's Chibi Tala! I know it is!
I race off in the direction of the crying and calling.
~~~ Normal POV ~~~
Tala ran like he had never run before through the aisles in the direction of the crying. With every step the crying and calling became louder, and louder, and louder...until they were deafingly loud. Tala clapped his hands over his ears, wincing as the sound echoed through the huge store.
A large crowd had gathered around a spot on the floor. All of them were holding their hands over their ears and looking down. Tala sighed as he pushed his way through the crowd. He had a pretty good guess as to what they were all looking at. The crying became bawling, and the calling became screaming.
Tala burst through to the front of the crowd and sighed again at what he saw. A girl with light brown hair that was tied in two long pigtails and dark brown eyes was kneeling on the ground, holding something in her arms. It was a bawling, screaming chibi with orange spiky hair and large blue chibi eyes that were overflowing with so many tears that he might have well been the Niagra Falls. ( Did I spell that right? O_o )
The small chibi was screaming at the top of his tiny lungs and the floor around the girl and chibi was wet with tears. The girl looked frusterated and very tired. She had obviously been trying to calm the chibi down for some time and having no sucess. "TALA!!! TALA!!" The chibi screamed.
The girl cast a pleading look around the crowd. "Does ANYONE own this chibi?" She inquired, like she had asked the question many, many times before. Everybody shook their heads and the girl sighed, looking down at the chibi again. "Who is this 'Tala' and where can we find him?" She asked sweetly, though loudly, to make her voice heard over the chibi's screaming.
"TALA!!!! TALA!!!", was all that the chibi screamed back. The girl sank onto her bottom and a despairing look came across her face. She looked like she was about to pass out at any moment, and Tala admired her for putting up with Chibi Tala for as long as she did. Only so many people can stand a chibi's screaming for so long, and this girl had obviously gone way farther.
"Um...I own this chibi." Tala spoke up hesitantly, stepping up behind the girl and bending down. Every head in the crowd swivelled to peer at Tala. Tala glared at all of them. This was what he had been trying to avoid; lots of stares from strangers. But apparently Chibi Tala was his ticket to trouble.
The girl turned around to stare at Tala, and Chibi Tala stopped crying. He reached out for Tala, his large chibi eyes still brimming with tears. "Tala!" he cried. "Tala!" The girl handed Chibi Tala to the cyborg, looking at him suspiciously. The chibi hugged Tala tightly, more tears staining Tala's orange shirt. "Tala get lost." He said softly, so only Tala could hear. "Tala neva leave 'gain."
Tala smiled down at the chibi and rubbed circles on his back, trying to get Chibi Tala to cheer up. "It's alright." He whispered. "Everything's fine now." "No, everything is NOT fine!" Tala heard a voice shout. He looked up to see the girl standing up and glaring down at Tala with an icy glare as powerful as Tala's, maybe more.
Tala stood up, glaring right back. "Look, I appreciate you putting up with him for as long as you did....and I can't say anymore than that. So, if I could just be leavin-" Tala's sentence was cut off as pain suddenly flew through his right cheek. Tala slowly held his hand up to his now red cheek, knowing that if he looked in a mirror, there would be a hand-mark there.
"Tala!" Chibi Tala squirmed around in Tala's arms and pressed himself against Tala's neck as he tried to crawl up to his face to see if he was alright. More tears fell from the chibi's eyes. "Is Tala huwt?"
Tala stroked Chibi Tala's orange hair. "Nah...I've had worse injuries, believe me." He whispered into the chibi's ear. The girl glared at Tala, hands on hips. "Do you have ANY idea how upset that chibi was? I've never seen a chibi as small as he is screaming away and crying like that. It was getting hard for him to breathe because he was crying so hard!" Her voice became angrier with every word.
The cyborg was taken aback by the ferocity in this girl's voice. "I-I-I..." He stammered, trying to get a sentence out. "How could you just take your eyes away from a chibi and expect that he would stay right with you? Chibis are adventurous, they don't know what's right and what's wrong yet. ANYTHING could have happened to him!!!" The girl yelled at the top of her lungs.
Tala looked down at the ground, now ashamed that he could have ever expected that Chibi Tala would stay with him. The girl was right, the chibi wouldn't know what was right and wrong yet. He could have been snatched away by a kidnapper, or taken away by someone to go to the police station and try and find his parents.....
The girl turned her back to the two Talas. "Just think about it. And if you don't remember all that I've said, then you always have that slap to remind you." She snapped, and then strode off into the store.
The crowd looked at the girl as she turned a corner and was lost to view, then to Tala and Chibi Tala. Tala's eyes were firmly planted on the floor. He didn't want to look up, to see the jeering or sympathetic faces of the crowd. He turned away and walked back to the boy's section, Chibi Tala peeping over his shoulder at the people who were still staring at them.
Tala bent down behind a rack of clothing, picking out some shirts and pants that looked nice and not bothering to try them on Chibi Tala. He made sure that the chibi liked them first, though. But to his surprise, Chibi Tala turned away a nice light blue shirt that he thought looked adorable when it was held up to the chibi.
"Are you absolutely sure you don't want this?" Tala asked as he held the shirt up to Chibi Tala. "It does look nice..." The chibi shook his head, arms folded. "No! Tala no want." Tala sighed and placed the shirt back on the rack. Obviously his chibi self didn't exactly like the same things that he did. Tala pulled out a dark purple shirt and after getting Chibi Tala's approval, took the clothes and the chibi to the diaper section. ( Yes, there's a section for that. )
Tala blinked as he looked at all of the diapers. They were all in large packages, and apparently of the finest quality, judging by the price tags. Tala whistled as he checked one. Good thing he would be forwarding all of this to Boris's account. Tala smirked. He wouldn't care.....too much. Besides, it's not like Boris actually ever used his account.
Chibi Tala pointed to a diaper package. "Dat one! Dat one!" He yelled, waving his tiny hand around. Tala pulled the package off of the shelf and checked the price before anything else. It was probably the cheapest one there. Tala looked over the package, reading everything that it said about the diapers. They seemed to be okay, so Tala lugged the large package along with him.
Tala had taken a few steps when he realized that he wouldn't be able to carry all of this stuff everywhere with him. The diaper package was heavy, and the fact that he was trying to hold Chibi Tala in his arms wasn't exactly making anything easier. The chibi pointed to a lone shopping cart in the middle of the aisle. "Pushy!" He squealed.
Tala smiled a bit as he remembered that was how he had always called shopping carts 'pushy' when he was little. Well, Tala hadn't know the name for them, and besides, they did push, right? So...perfect name!
The boy placed the chibi things in the cart and placed a squirming Chibi Tala in the seat. Unfortunatly, Chibi Tala didn't want to be in the front where there was a little seatbelt, and wiggled around, knocking Tala's hands away with his little ones. "Stay still!" Tala hissed as he wrestled a struggling chibi into the seat properly, and snapped the seatbelt closed.
Chibi Tala wailed as he tried to undo the clasp. "No! No!" He moaned. "No sit! Want Tala!" But Tala paid no attention to the small chibi's wails as he pushed the cart through the aisles in search of more things for Chibi Tala. He just wanted to get out of this store as fast as possible, and carrying Chibi Tala in his arms would make it quite difficult to push the cart.
Tala glanced around the aisles, pulling off things that he thought he might need for Chibi Tala and placing them in the cart. Soon the cart was full up to the top, and Chibi Tala was sitting silently in the cart for once, sucking on his finger and taking everything in with his large blue chibi eyes.
Tala let out a sigh of relief as he headed for the cashiers. "Well, we've got everything. Let's get out of this hellhole." Chibi Tala giggled. "Hewlhole! Hewlhole!" Tala smacked his forehead. "Chibi Tala....please don't say that word." He begged. He didn't want people to think that he was teaching a small chibi how to swear.
Chibi Tala stopped saying 'hewlhole' and nodded. But he was only silent for a minute, as he let out a squeal and reached out for something. "Pwushie! Pwushie!" He shrieked happily. "Want!" Tala looked over at where the chibi was reaching. There was a large plushie stand, with rows and rows of plushies. Tala stopped the cart by the plushies and took a squealing Chibi Tala out of the cart, placing him on the floor.
The small chibi crawled over to the plushies and grabbed one off of the lower shelves, throwing it onto the floor. More plushies followed suit, with Chibi Tala giggling and throwing them behind him. "Aaagghh!!" Tala quickly scooped the chibi up and glanced around at the plushies scattered on the floor everywhere. Great. He should have known that Chibi Tala would do something like this.
"Chibi Tala..." Tala's voice was weary. "PLEASE don't throw the plushies. Pick one and let's get out of here." Chibi Tala's face fell. "Only one?" Tala smirked. "Yes...only one."
Chibi Tala was placed on the floor, and the chibi looked through all of the plushies, his cute face deep in concentration. Tala, meanwhile, picked up all of the plushies and placed them back on the shelf. He wrinkled his nose when the small chibi held up a plushie that looked like Kai. "Want!" The chibi squealed.
Tala shook his head, sitting down beside Chibi Tala. "Nah...don't get that one. It'll give you nightmares." Chibi Tala wrinkled his tiny nose as well and placed the plushie back on the shelf. "No want."
Tala snorted. Smart kid. Chibi Tala searched through the plushies once more and pulled out a plushie that looked like Tala, and one that looked like Wolborg. Tala blinked as he saw the Tala plushie. But then he smirked. At least the plushie-makers had good taste.
Chibi Tala placed the two plushies on the floor and looked over them carefully. "Um...." he sucked on his finger. "Tala can no decide." Tala sighed. "Come on...make a decision already." Chibi Tala looked over the plushies again. "Want!" he squealed, holding up the Tala plushie.
Tala nodded and picked the chibi up, who was hugging the plushie so tightly that Tala thought the stuffing would come out. "Chibi Tala, don't squeeze the plushie that tightly or you'll ruin it." He stated as he placed Chibi Tala back in the cart and wheeled it downstairs to the cashiers.
~*~* In A Random Bathroom In Moscow Mall ~*~*
"Stay STILL!!!" Tala roared as he tried to hold a struggling Chibi Tala still. "No!" The chibi wailed, squirming in Tala's grip and trying to make a beeline for the stall door. Tala was sitting on a toilet with the lid down, trying to get Chibi Tala to stay in one spot and cooperate while he tried to put the clothes and diaper on him.
"Lemme go!!" Chibi Tala yelled as he reached out for the door, his large chibi eyes brimming with tears once again. "Chibi Tala, I need to get these clothes on you!" Tala yelled back, throughly exasperated now. Why wouldn't the chibi ever do what he was told?
Chibi Tala looked up at Tala and stuck out his tounge. "No like cwothes! Cwothes yucky!" He jumped out of Tala's arms and crawled towards the door as fast as he could. Tala leaned forward and grabbed Chibi Tala around the waist, then hauled the now screaming chibi backwards and into his lap. "TALA MEANIE!!!" The small chibi screamed.
"Chibi Tala, please stay still!" Tala shouted as he took off the chibi's shirt. He grabbed the diaper package and made sure that Chibi Tala wasn't going anywhere while he opened it. The chibi struggled and hit Tala's arms with his tiny fists. "Lemme go!!!" He wailed, sounding very close to tears.
Tala managed to open the package and pulled a diaper out. He raised an eyebrow at the blue flowery design on it. Not exactly made for Chibi Tala. The chibi began to cry, sobbing on Tala's arm as he realized that the older boy wasn't going to let him go. "Chibi Tala....stop crying!" Tala rubbed Chibi Tala's orange spiky hair comfortingly.
Chibi Tala stopped crying and rubbed his now red and puffy eyes. Tala pulled the large t-shirt off of Chibi Tala and opened the diaper fully. On his legs, he placed the small chibi on his back and being very careful not to look at a particular spot, wrapped the diaper around the chibi's bottom perfectly. Tala smiled as he looked at the now giggling chibi. Not bad for a first time.
Tala pulled out a light orange long-sleeved shirt and pulled it over Chibi Tala's head. The chibi squealed in delight and squirmed around, making it incredibly difficult for Tala to get the shirt on him properly. But when the chibi stopped wiggling, Tala was able to put the shirt on properly and then pulled some adorable dark blue chibi jeans onto Chibi Tala.
There was then a little chibi leather jacket that Tala thought looked cute. He pulled it onto Chibi Tala and then pulled some orange socks and small blue and black shoes onto his tiny feet. Chibi Tala laughed happily and touched his little shoes. "Tala wear shwoes!" He giggled happily. "Bwack and bwue shwoes!!!"
Tala couldn't help but smile. His chibi self looked so adorable that he could just pick him up and hug him tightly. But that would completly ruin his reputation if anyone ever saw him hugging a chibi. The guys back at the abbey would never let him live it down.
Tala's slate grey eyes grew wide as he thought the word 'abbey', and glanced down at the watch that he was wearing on his right wrist. "Crap!" Tala exclaimed as he sat up quickly, knocking Chibi Tala off of his lap and onto the cold floor of the bathroom. "Boris is going to beat the shit out of me if I'm not there on time!" Tala grabbed all of the bags and reached for Chibi Tala.
The small chibi folded his arms and pouted. "No go to h'abbey. Tala no want go." Tala, who was not in the mood for arguments, scooped the protesting chibi up in his arms and walked out of the stall, then out of the bathroom. "Sorry Chibi Tala, but I have to get back to the abbey." Tala told Chibi Tala, hoping that he would understand. But then he realized something. How would he explain this to the others? Surely Boris wouldn't let Tala keep the chibi.
The thought of Chibi Tala being thrown out on the freezing streets of Moscow made Tala's blood boil. The small chibi would never last out there. Hopefully he could keep him hidden. But Chibi Tala seemed to have other plans, as he waved a scrap of paper in front of Tala's face. "Wead ( Read )." The small chibi told him cheerfully.
Tala glanced at the paper. There was an address written on it. "2384 Hemmington House." Tala read. He looked down at the grinning chibi. "What the heck is this? Where did you get this?"
The chibi chose not to answer the second question. "Hemmin'ton house in Japan." He said. "Tala need go wit me to house." Tala blinked. "And why would I go to Japan? What do we need to do there?"
Chibi Tala snuggled into Tala's chest. "Tala see wen ( when ) we go." Tala considered asking another question, but figured that Chibi Tala probably wouldn't answer. It was sort of weird though...why just take off to Japan? He needed to go back to the abbey; it was his only home.
But was it really a home?, Tala wondered. He hated the place anway....what would be the harm in just going to Japan and seeing what Chibi Tala wanted him to find out? Besides....Tala smirked. He could just put the entire thing on Boris's account.
"Alright, let's go." Tala told Chibi Tala, feeling quite confident in this plan. He was never going back to the abbey! He was going to Japan, and even if the place that Chibi Tala had told him about wasn't anything important, he could live there. Japan seemed like a nice place.
Tala walked out of the mall, but instead of taking the usual route back to the abbey, headed for the airport, which actually wasn't too far away. He didn't even need to take a bus there. The two of them would be there in about 15 minutes.
The cyborg looked down at Chibi Tala. "Okay, Tala. We're going to-" Tala stopped as he noticed that the small chibi had fallen asleep. Tala smiled ( this has got to be a record already ), and adjusted Chibi Tala in his arms gently.
His life in Russia was over now. He would make a new one in Japan.
With a certain chibi beside him all of the way.
~*~* End of Chapter One ~*~*
Yuriy: Whew! That took me a long time.
Tala: T_T You made me go soft.
Yuriy: But you look so CUTE when you smile!!! ^________________________^
Chibi Tala: *snuggles up to Tala*
Ozuma: Also when the two of you were snuggling and stuff.
Tala: I WASN'T SNUGGLING!!! He was. *points to Chibi Tala*
Kagura: Hmph. I'm not in this story, so I see no reason why I should even be here.
Sora: Unless she made you into a Kagura chibi. *imagines*
Kagura: Don't imagine it and don't get hurt.
Yuriy: Oh, and if I made any spelling mistakes, gomen! I really need to get a spellchecker. =_=
Rei: But if she spelled something like 'hewp' or 'cwothes', and if Chibi Tala is saying it, then that was meant to be that way. She was trying to make Chibi Tala actually sound like a chibi.
Yuriy: Sorry about the long chapter. I was going to put Kai and Rei in here as well, but the Tala thing went longer than I had planned it to and I didn't want to make it even longer. Because then you'd all be bored to death by the first chapter in my story. :D
Sora: And Yuriy's wondering, if she makes seperate chapters for Kai and Rei, then who would you like to see in the next chapter? Kai and Chibi Kai, or Rei and Chibi Rei? Put it in your review.
Yuriy: Review or else you'll never get to see Chibi Tala again! And you'll never get to see Chibi Kai and Chibi Rei!
Tala: Somehow I have a feeling that they involve me.
Yuriy: You're right!
Kai: ....Yay, the kid's psychic. Someone give him an award. *is sarcastic*
Kagura: Shut it. *whaps Kai with her fan*
Kai: T_T *glares at Kagura*
Kagura: Oooh, the kid's staring at me. I feel so scared. *rolls eyes*
Sora: ^__^ Can't we all just get along?
Kai: ...You remind me too much of Max. *glares* It's disturbing.
Sora: O_O *hides behind Sesshoumaru*
Sesshoumaru: *closes eyes* 10....9....8....7...
Yuriy: _ Getting away from the main subject here, people!
Kagura: People? *fans herself* You must be mistaken.
Yuriy: ...Fine. Three people, two demons, one neko-jin, and one cyborg. Someone do the disclaimer. *looks at Ozuma*
Ozuma: *sighes* Why not? Yuriy doesn't own anything. Except us because of that contract that she keeps behind lock and key.
Yuriy: And two security guards. Big, buff security guards that could flatten you if you dare try and steal my contract.
~*~* Chapter One ~*~*
~~~ Tala's POV ~~~
I'm seriously considering killing myself.
No, really.
Bah, who am I kidding? Even if I really wanted to kill myself, I wouldn't know how to go about doing it. Cyborgs are different then others ( but I think that should be obvious ), so I guess that we wouldn't be killed the same way that normal people would. Gah. Just my luck, eh?
Now I'm starting to sound like a Canadian. I should really stop saying 'eh' after things.
Why do I want to kill myself, you ask? Well, my life isn't going exactly the way that I had planned it.
For one thing, I'm stuck in an abbey with a perverted man ( Boris... ), who likes to surround himself with young boys and see them sweat....likes to beat the living daylights out of me....and loves to humiliate me at every chance that he gets. He also likes to make me the first in everything. You know, when we're all lining up for something or other.
I didn't even want to join the stupid abbey in the first place. Come on, who would really WANT to join the abbey? Please. Only stupid people go of their own will. Biovolt isn't exactly a picnic, if you know what I mean.
~~~ Normal POV ~~~
Tala strode down the path of the park, looking down at the ground, as if there was something interesting there. His steel grey eyes weren't flashing with power or confidence as usual, but filled with depression and despair.
The cyborg kicked a stone moodily as he walked, taking out a bit of his anger on it. But that was quickly stopped, however, as the stone broke in half from a kick with his steel-toed boot. Tala growled, stomping on the pieces, crushing them to powder.
He glanced up as he noticed some little kids staring at him. They were chibis. Tala frowned as he watched the three. Their large adorable chibi eyes blinked at him, filled with confusion. "What are you staring at?" Tala spat. "Go away. I have no time for little brats like you."
Tala saw, with a smirk, that one of the chibis took a step backwards, clearly frightened by the tone in his voice. "Scram!" Tala barked. The little chibi jumped and fell onto his bottom, hard. He blinked, and then his large eyes watered up and he began to cry, loudly. The remaining two tried to comfort him, but the child ran off to the playground, still crying.
"Heh." Tala smirked again. He blinked as he realized that the other two chibis were still standing on the path, staring at him. Tala frowned again, kicking another stone towards them. "Follow your friend." One of the children, a little chibi girl, began to suck her fingers, her large blue chibi eyes fixed on Tala and nothing but Tala.
Tala walked towards them, a little bit taken aback when they didn't move out of his way. "Want your bones to be broken?" He hissed, glaring down at the children. The children moved away a little bit, and then took off in a headlong run across the lush grass of the park to where their chibi friend was playing in the sand. Tala chuckled, but not a nice chuckle. Chibis were so easy to scare.
He continued on his trek along the path, kicking any little stone that happened to be in his way. Today might turn out better then he thought it would. Tala glanced to the side as he felt another stare on his face, hoping with all of his might that it wasn't another annoying chibi.
To Tala's relief, it wasn't. But that relief was replaced by annoyance when he saw exactly who was staring at him. Tala's eyebrows narrowed. "What do you want? An autograph?"
A girl with beautiful blonde hair, sparkling ocean blue eyes, an incredible bust, a neon pink top that ended a few centimetres above her waist and a neon pink mini-skirt was staring at Tala like he was the cutest thing in the universe. ( which he is ^_^ ) She ran up to him, then started to jump up and down. "Ohmigod! Tala! Tala!!!" She shrieked, waving her hands around, making the hideous neon pink nail polish on them shine in the sunlight.
Now Tala, who was very smart ( ^__^ Of course he is ), knew a Mary-Sue when he saw one. So he had the good sense to try and get her away from him as fast as possible. Mary-Sues could be unpredictable and incredibly dangerous to any hot bishie. Tala glared a sharp death-glare at the girl. "Get away from me." The girl stopped jumping and blinked, her beautiful blue eyes filling up with tears rapidly.
( Okay, don't ask me why I placed this Mary-Sue in here. Yes, she IS supposed to be a Mary-Sue.....anyway, I think I'll add her in later chapters. Make her torture Tala, Rei and Kai a bit. ^__^ )
"W-What? How dare you be so mean and cruel! I was only trying to-" She was cut off as Tala interrupted her, rather impatiently. "Look, I'm trying to do something. Could you just leave me alone?"
Tala started to walk away, trying to get away as fast as he possibly could. But the Mary-Sue, who obviously couldn't take a hint, followed him, still talking in her annoying voice. "Well, maybe I can help you. My name's Brittney and I'm good at everything that I've ever tried, and most likely good at everything that I haven't. I am the best at beyblading and I can get any boy I want, anytime." Her endless blabber continued on.
Tala glared at Brittney, his temper increasing rapidly. "I don't give a damn about you or your 'perfect' life. I am TRYING to think about something, and I don't have time for your ceaseless blabber." ( As you may have noticed, I like the word 'blabber' a lot. ^.^ ) Brittney blinked, and her eyes filled up with tears again. "Oooh...you are soo mean! You jerk!"
The orange-haired boy simply shrugged. "Think what you want, I know what I am. And what I am is better than you." Brittney let out a cry of anger, but it was lost on Tala's ears as he strode away, ignoring the girl's yells and shouts.
Tala smirked to himself as he heard Brittney stride away, muttering to herself. Mary-Sues. They were all the same. Give them a few good insults and they gave up without even putting up a fight. But now that he was rid of the annoying girl, he had to get back to thinking about what he had come here to think about in the first place.
Tala kicked another stone, pretending that it was Boris's head. He found himself enjoying himself as he knocked the stone around with his boot, imagining Boris being kicked around. Serves him right. He should be taught how it feels to be beaten every time you do something the slightest bit wrong, step out of line, lose a battle.....everying that Tala had ever doen wrong and served a punishment for.
The cyborg stopped as he noticed something lying on a park bench out of the corner of his left eye. Something small was lying on the bench, and not moving. Tala looked more closely and saw that fresh tears were glistening on the bench. Whatever it was, it had obviously been crying, and might still be. It was sort of hard to see it's face, however, as a mess of orange spiky hair was hiding it.
Tala catiously approached the thing, sitting on the park bench beside it and poking it roughly. "Hey." Tala growled as he prodded the thing. "Look up." The thing made a small noise that sounded like a sniffle, and looked up slowly. Orange bangs slid aside to reveal stunning blue eyes that would entrance anyone. But Tala was too shocked to be entranced.
The boy jumped backwards, falling off of the bench in the process. Tala landed on the ground and stood up quickly, his slate grey eyes fixed on the thing. "W-What the hell...." he stuttered in disbelief. "What are you?" The thing sat up and rubbed it's large blue eyes with tiny hands. Then it looked back up at Tala. "Wat?" It asked curiously, wondering why Tala was so surprised.
The 'thing' had turned out to be an adorable 3-year old chibi. The chibi had the biggest eyes that Tala had ever seen. They were royal blue and brimming with tears. The chibi had spiky orange hair in the same style that Tala had his, and was wearing an large, over-sized orange t-shirt with a white stripe across the stomach part. The chibi rubbed his eyes again, brushing away tears that threatened to spill out.
Tala slowly slid back onto the park bench again, peering closely at the small chibi. "What's your name?" he asked slowly, speaking so that the child would understand. The chibi blinked his large blue eyes. "I Tala." He grinned up at the older boy. "Wat your name?"
Tala tried to speak, but there was a lump in his throat that prevented that from happening. He was in shock. Here was a chibi that was 3 years old. He looked like Tala, had the same hairstyle, had a shirt that looked like Tala's, and had the same colour eyes that Tala once had before he had been turned into a cyborg. And he had the same name. How could this be happening?
The chibi crawled over to Tala and climbed into his lap. The child stared up into Tala's grey eyes and squealed, bouncing up and down in Tala's lap. "You pwetty! Pwetty! Pwetty!" He laughed as he bounced. People who were passing by stared at the loud chibi and made comments to each other. Tala heard things like, "Aw, how cuute...", "Hey, those two boys look sort of alike...", and, "Shouldn't that child be wearing more than a shirt?"
But these words were meaningless to Tala. He had blocked out everything but himself and this squealing, bouncing chibi. Tala picked up the chibi, but instantly the child stopped squealing and a frown replaced the laughter. "Down! TALA WANT DOWN!!!" He screamed loudly, kicking his little feet angrily. "Fine..." Tala placed the chibi back on his lap.
The chibi immediatly began to bounce up and down again. "Wat your name?" He asked again. Tala figured there wasn't any harm in telling the chibi what his name was, so he obliged. "My name is Tala." He spoke softly. The chibi stopped bouncing and stared up at Tala. "My name Tala too!" He was in shock that someone actually had the same name as him.
Tala ruffled the child's hair. "Yeah. Can I just call you 'Chibi Tala'?" He asked. The chibi thought about this for a moment, and then nodded. "Ok. I call you Tala then." He hugged the older boy, making his already messy orange hair even messier. Tala smiled a bit as he felt the child's warmth against his cold body. He was cute, there was no denying it.
Chibi Tala let go of Tala and began to suck his fingers cutely. "Tala cold." He complained. Tala picked up Chibi Tala again ( Okay, now when both Talas are together, I can't just call Chibi Tala 'Tala' Or else, this part would be like, 'Tala picked up Tala again'. O_O That would be really confusing. And weird. ) and tugged on the bottom of his t-shirt lightly.
"I think that we need to get you something else to wear." He stated. The chibi snuggled into Tala's chest, not yelling that he wanted to be down because now he liked Tala a lot. "Tala cold..." He complained again. Tala stood up, brushing off his orange pants. "I know, I know. I'll get you some pants or something." But then the boy froze.
How was he going to get clothes for a chibi? Tala wouldn't be caught dead shopping for chibi clothes. Or just shopping in general. Tala growled in disgust at the thoughtof the local mall. He had never set foot inside that place. And if he did, he would stared at and probably laughed at by some people. Not like that was anything new, but it would probably make Chibi Tala upset. Anyway, he had no idea what to get Chibi Tala in the first place.
Tala needed to ask Chibi Tala a few questions. He looked down at the chibi. "Um...Chibi Tala..." He trailed off as he realized that he didn't know how he would phrase this. He couldn't just say "You're me when I was a litle kid. How did you get here?" It would only confuse the chibi and he probably wouldn't get the right answer to his question.
As Tala pondered about how he could ask the question, he felt a tug on his shirt and looked down. Chibi Tala stopped tugging on his shirt. "Tala COLD!!" He yelled. "Want pwants!" The chibi was now shivering from the cold air of Moscow, and the cold breeze that was blowing through the park wasn't exactly helping things either. Tala adjusted Chibi Tala in his arms so the fabric from the sleeves of his shirt were pressed against Chibi Tala, blocking some of the cold and making him warm.
Tala sighed as he realized that there was no way to get out of shopping for Chibi Tala. The child obviously wasn't going to talk until he got some pants. But Tala needed to get him other things too. Chibi Tala couldn't wear one outfit all of the time. And didn't chibis need diapers? And toys? Tala kneaded at his scalp with his left hand. This was going to be a long day. And he needed to be back at the abbey by 10:00 pm.
Chibi Tala shivered violently in Tala's arms and a tear escaped his right eye. "Cold..." He began to cry softly, burying his face in Tala's shirt. Tala blinked as he looked down at the crying chibi. "Why are you crying? Don't cry!" He yelled in panic, ripping Chibi Tala away from his shirt. The chibi started to cry even louder as the cold swept up the bottom of his shirt and touched his soft skin.
Tala instantly realized that this was a bad idea and pressed Chibi Tala close to his chest, calming down as the chibi stopped crying and snuggled up to Tala. "Excuse me." Tala stopped a passing girl. The girl turned and regarded Tala with her stony gaze. Her green, red and yellow spiky hair made her look sort of like a traffic light. Her violet eyes flashed with amusement. "What do you want, freak?"
Tala's grey eyes narrowed. "Look who's talking. If the traffic light ever broke, they could just stick you out in the middle of the street and you could be the replacement." The girl glared at Tala, not amused. "Is there something that you want? If there isn't, then I have to go. I'm late for something." Tala shifted uncomfortably. He hated talking to girls. They always checked the boy they were talking to out during the conversation, deciding mentally whether he was cute or not.
"Um...well.." Tala showed her the small chibi that he held in his arms. "I need to get some clothes for him and I was wondering what store in the mall would be the best." The girl looked at Chibi Tala, then back up at Tala. She raised an eyebrow. "You both look the same. Are you brothers or something?"
"No relation." Tala replied quickly with a perfectly straight face.
The girl eyed Tala suspiciously, but then pulled out a pad of paper and a blue pen. She took the lid off of the pen and scribbled something down on the paper. She ripped the piece of paper off of the pad and handed it to Tala. "Here you go. The store is Clarksons. ( Random name. ^_^ ) It's the best store for children as young as he is." She nodded curtly and walked off.
Tala blinked as he looked down at the name. Clarksons....he had heard that name. It was supposed to be the most prestigious baby store in Moscow. And the most expensive. He sighed and arranged Chibi Tala more comfortably in his arms, then headed for the mall. He might have never been inside of the mall, but he knew where it was.
~*~* Moscow Mall ( ....I couldn't think of anything better, okay? -_- ) ~*~*
Tala stopped at the entrance to Clarksons. It should have been called Baby Central. There was wall-to-wall chibi things. Tala gaped. How was he ever supposed to decide on what he was to pick? And how was he to pay for it?
Chibi Tala, who had stopped shivering ever since they had entered the warm mall, squealed at the sight of all of the baby things. "Go in! Tala want see!" He giggled happily. Tala was glad that someone was happy. He didn't exactly favour the idea of stepping into a baby store and feeling all of the stares on him.
But since Chibi Tala seemed so excited about the prospect of the store, Tala couldn't let him down. Taking a deep breath, Tala walked into the store quickly and instantly hid behind a rack of baby clothes. Tala bent down and checked out the clothes. This way, he could stay hidden and look for things at the same time. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all.
Tala flipped through the clothes rather quickly, not seeing anything that he thought really suited Chibi Tala. Most of the clothes seemed to be pink and frilly. Tala wrinkled his nose. What kind of store was this?
"Um...sir..." Tala froze and looked up at where the voice had come from. A female clerk, looking only a bit older than Tala, was looking down at him with one eyebrow raised. "What exactly are you doing?" "I-I'm looking for clothes for him." Tala held up Chibi Tala.
The clerk smiled dryly. "Might I suggest looking in the boy's section?" Tala blinked, confused. "Huh?" Chibi Tala squirmed around and pointed to the sign above the racks of clothing. "Giwls!" He squealed. "Giwls!" Tala looked up at the sign. Like all of the clothing, the sign was pink and the words stood out in big, bold white letters.
It said; Girls Clothing.
Tala felt his face redden. "Oh." He heard a giggle and glared up at the clerk. She was trying to look like she didn't find this funny, and not doing a very good job of it. Her hands were clapped over her mouth, but some giggles slipped through her fingers, reaching Tala's ears. Chibi Tala began to laugh as well, imitating the clerk. He didn't know what was so funny, however.
Tala stood up abruptly. "Can you please tell me where to find the boy's clothes?" He asked sharply. The clerk instantly stopped laughing and turned away. "Very well. Follow me, sir." She sounded a bit snippy. Tala carried a squirming Chibi Tala over to the boy's clothing and placed him on the floor. The chibi started to crawl away, but Tala grabbed him around the waist and hauled him back.
The clerk showed Tala the racks of chibi clothing. "Well, if you need anything, call me. Especially if you get lost in the girl's department again." Stifling a giggle, she ran off to attend a girl with a chibi not much older than Tala. The chibi was wiggling around, trying to get free from the girl's grip, and the girl was looking around desperatly for the toy department.
Tala shot one of his best glares at the clerk's retreating back. "Bitch..." He muttered. Chibi Tala giggled. "Bitch! Bitch!" He shouted, giggling after each 'bitch'. "What bitch Tala?" He asked innocently.
Tala smacked himself mentally. Great! The first word that he had taught the chibi was 'bitch'. But he had been wondering how long it would be before he let a swear word slip out. Chibi Tala giggled, yelling the word louder. "Bitch! Bitch! Bitch!" He yelled happily, not once considering that this might be a word that generally shouldn't be used in public.
Tala clapped a hand over Chibi Tala's mouth to stifle him. The chibi kicked his little feet angrily, trying to free his mouth. Tala glared at him. "Chibi Tala, don't say that word, okay?" Chibi Tala nodded, though he didn't look too happy about this arrangement.
Without another word, Tala took his hand off of Chibi Tala's mouth and bent down to look at the racks of clothing. Chibi Tala squirmed around in Tala's grip. "Want down." He moaned. "Tala want down." Tala, without thinking, placed the chibi on the floor and began to look through all of the clothing.
Tala flipped clothing aside, looking at each one briefly. He saw a cute little dark green t-shirt and checked the price tag. He gaped and quickly flipped the t-shirt aside. When people had said that this store was the most expensive in Moscow, they weren't kidding. Tala gulped as he looked at another price tag. How would he ever afford to clothe Chibi Tala?
Chibi Tala watched Tala flip through clothing for a few seconds and quickly became bored. Giggling, the small chibi crawled off into the racks of clothing and back into the girl's department. A small chibi girl with a little brown ponytail was sitting on the floor, sucking her finger and watching her mother look through clothing.
Chibi Tala poked the girl. The chibi girl squealed in surprise and looked at Chibi Tala, blinking her large green chibi eyes. "Hewwo." She said softly. "Who you?" "I Tala." Chibi Tala declared proudly. "I thwee!" The little girl giggled. "I thwee too."
"Wat your name?" Chibi Tala asked, happy to have made a friend. The girl looked away. "Mommy towd me not to tawk to stwangers." Chibi Tala blinked his large blue chibi eyes in confusion. He was about to say something else when the girl's mother picked out some frilly pink dresses and grabbed her daughter's hand, dragging her away.
The little girl waved goodbye to Tala as she was dragged away. Chibi Tala was about to crawl after them when the mother turned a corner and the two were lost from view. "Nooo!!!" Chibi Tala yelled. "No go!!!" But when they didn't return, Chibi Tala's eyes filled up with tears and he started to cry softly. He had just made a friend and now she had been taken away from him!
Chibi Tala stopped crying after a few seconds and crawled the way the chibi girl had been taken. He had lost interest in her and was now searching for things to do. He crawled until he was halfway across the store. He spotted a group of chibi boys about his age and crawled over to them. The chibis were giggling and bouncing up and down.
Chibi Tala sat down between two boys. "Hi!" he said cheerfully. "I Tala! Who you?" The chibis all looked at Tala. "Run away!!" A chibi screeched, crawling away quickly. "Fweak!" They all screamed and crawled away, laughing. Chibi Tala blinked as the chibis rounded the corners and were lost from view. He was all alone once again.
The chibi didn't understand why everyone called him a freak. He looked like everyone else. Sure, no one might have orange hair like his, and few had blue eyes. But that didn't make him a freak.
...Did it?
Chibi Tala curled up into a ball and lay on his side on the cold floor. Tears flowed out of his eyes and he started to cry, wailing Tala's name. "Tala!!" The chibi yelled in between sobs. "TALA!!!!"
~~~ Tala's POV ~~~
Oh my god! I lost Chibi Tala!
Geez...what kind of person am I to just let a chibi crawl away like that? I should have been paying closer attention to him!!
Damnit! If anything happens to that little chibi I'll kill myself!
Well, I don't know how to. But still.
AAARRGGGHH!!! I'm running through the entire store, searching everywhere for Chibi Tala. A small chibi like him could hide anywhere.
Oh, there's that bitchy clerk. I'm not asking HER where Chibi Tala is, though. She'll just sneer at me again.
I can find him myself! I can!
Oh, who am I kidding? I could search this whole store three times and never find him! What if he keeps moving? What if he crawled outside?
Thoughts are racing through my mind. All of them are ideas of what could have happened to Chibi Tala, and none of them are very pretty.
Hey...wait a minute....
I can hear someone calling my name. It's sort of faint, as if the person was off in the distance.
I can also hear sobs. Someone seems to be crying.
........
It's Chibi Tala! I know it is!
I race off in the direction of the crying and calling.
~~~ Normal POV ~~~
Tala ran like he had never run before through the aisles in the direction of the crying. With every step the crying and calling became louder, and louder, and louder...until they were deafingly loud. Tala clapped his hands over his ears, wincing as the sound echoed through the huge store.
A large crowd had gathered around a spot on the floor. All of them were holding their hands over their ears and looking down. Tala sighed as he pushed his way through the crowd. He had a pretty good guess as to what they were all looking at. The crying became bawling, and the calling became screaming.
Tala burst through to the front of the crowd and sighed again at what he saw. A girl with light brown hair that was tied in two long pigtails and dark brown eyes was kneeling on the ground, holding something in her arms. It was a bawling, screaming chibi with orange spiky hair and large blue chibi eyes that were overflowing with so many tears that he might have well been the Niagra Falls. ( Did I spell that right? O_o )
The small chibi was screaming at the top of his tiny lungs and the floor around the girl and chibi was wet with tears. The girl looked frusterated and very tired. She had obviously been trying to calm the chibi down for some time and having no sucess. "TALA!!! TALA!!" The chibi screamed.
The girl cast a pleading look around the crowd. "Does ANYONE own this chibi?" She inquired, like she had asked the question many, many times before. Everybody shook their heads and the girl sighed, looking down at the chibi again. "Who is this 'Tala' and where can we find him?" She asked sweetly, though loudly, to make her voice heard over the chibi's screaming.
"TALA!!!! TALA!!!", was all that the chibi screamed back. The girl sank onto her bottom and a despairing look came across her face. She looked like she was about to pass out at any moment, and Tala admired her for putting up with Chibi Tala for as long as she did. Only so many people can stand a chibi's screaming for so long, and this girl had obviously gone way farther.
"Um...I own this chibi." Tala spoke up hesitantly, stepping up behind the girl and bending down. Every head in the crowd swivelled to peer at Tala. Tala glared at all of them. This was what he had been trying to avoid; lots of stares from strangers. But apparently Chibi Tala was his ticket to trouble.
The girl turned around to stare at Tala, and Chibi Tala stopped crying. He reached out for Tala, his large chibi eyes still brimming with tears. "Tala!" he cried. "Tala!" The girl handed Chibi Tala to the cyborg, looking at him suspiciously. The chibi hugged Tala tightly, more tears staining Tala's orange shirt. "Tala get lost." He said softly, so only Tala could hear. "Tala neva leave 'gain."
Tala smiled down at the chibi and rubbed circles on his back, trying to get Chibi Tala to cheer up. "It's alright." He whispered. "Everything's fine now." "No, everything is NOT fine!" Tala heard a voice shout. He looked up to see the girl standing up and glaring down at Tala with an icy glare as powerful as Tala's, maybe more.
Tala stood up, glaring right back. "Look, I appreciate you putting up with him for as long as you did....and I can't say anymore than that. So, if I could just be leavin-" Tala's sentence was cut off as pain suddenly flew through his right cheek. Tala slowly held his hand up to his now red cheek, knowing that if he looked in a mirror, there would be a hand-mark there.
"Tala!" Chibi Tala squirmed around in Tala's arms and pressed himself against Tala's neck as he tried to crawl up to his face to see if he was alright. More tears fell from the chibi's eyes. "Is Tala huwt?"
Tala stroked Chibi Tala's orange hair. "Nah...I've had worse injuries, believe me." He whispered into the chibi's ear. The girl glared at Tala, hands on hips. "Do you have ANY idea how upset that chibi was? I've never seen a chibi as small as he is screaming away and crying like that. It was getting hard for him to breathe because he was crying so hard!" Her voice became angrier with every word.
The cyborg was taken aback by the ferocity in this girl's voice. "I-I-I..." He stammered, trying to get a sentence out. "How could you just take your eyes away from a chibi and expect that he would stay right with you? Chibis are adventurous, they don't know what's right and what's wrong yet. ANYTHING could have happened to him!!!" The girl yelled at the top of her lungs.
Tala looked down at the ground, now ashamed that he could have ever expected that Chibi Tala would stay with him. The girl was right, the chibi wouldn't know what was right and wrong yet. He could have been snatched away by a kidnapper, or taken away by someone to go to the police station and try and find his parents.....
The girl turned her back to the two Talas. "Just think about it. And if you don't remember all that I've said, then you always have that slap to remind you." She snapped, and then strode off into the store.
The crowd looked at the girl as she turned a corner and was lost to view, then to Tala and Chibi Tala. Tala's eyes were firmly planted on the floor. He didn't want to look up, to see the jeering or sympathetic faces of the crowd. He turned away and walked back to the boy's section, Chibi Tala peeping over his shoulder at the people who were still staring at them.
Tala bent down behind a rack of clothing, picking out some shirts and pants that looked nice and not bothering to try them on Chibi Tala. He made sure that the chibi liked them first, though. But to his surprise, Chibi Tala turned away a nice light blue shirt that he thought looked adorable when it was held up to the chibi.
"Are you absolutely sure you don't want this?" Tala asked as he held the shirt up to Chibi Tala. "It does look nice..." The chibi shook his head, arms folded. "No! Tala no want." Tala sighed and placed the shirt back on the rack. Obviously his chibi self didn't exactly like the same things that he did. Tala pulled out a dark purple shirt and after getting Chibi Tala's approval, took the clothes and the chibi to the diaper section. ( Yes, there's a section for that. )
Tala blinked as he looked at all of the diapers. They were all in large packages, and apparently of the finest quality, judging by the price tags. Tala whistled as he checked one. Good thing he would be forwarding all of this to Boris's account. Tala smirked. He wouldn't care.....too much. Besides, it's not like Boris actually ever used his account.
Chibi Tala pointed to a diaper package. "Dat one! Dat one!" He yelled, waving his tiny hand around. Tala pulled the package off of the shelf and checked the price before anything else. It was probably the cheapest one there. Tala looked over the package, reading everything that it said about the diapers. They seemed to be okay, so Tala lugged the large package along with him.
Tala had taken a few steps when he realized that he wouldn't be able to carry all of this stuff everywhere with him. The diaper package was heavy, and the fact that he was trying to hold Chibi Tala in his arms wasn't exactly making anything easier. The chibi pointed to a lone shopping cart in the middle of the aisle. "Pushy!" He squealed.
Tala smiled a bit as he remembered that was how he had always called shopping carts 'pushy' when he was little. Well, Tala hadn't know the name for them, and besides, they did push, right? So...perfect name!
The boy placed the chibi things in the cart and placed a squirming Chibi Tala in the seat. Unfortunatly, Chibi Tala didn't want to be in the front where there was a little seatbelt, and wiggled around, knocking Tala's hands away with his little ones. "Stay still!" Tala hissed as he wrestled a struggling chibi into the seat properly, and snapped the seatbelt closed.
Chibi Tala wailed as he tried to undo the clasp. "No! No!" He moaned. "No sit! Want Tala!" But Tala paid no attention to the small chibi's wails as he pushed the cart through the aisles in search of more things for Chibi Tala. He just wanted to get out of this store as fast as possible, and carrying Chibi Tala in his arms would make it quite difficult to push the cart.
Tala glanced around the aisles, pulling off things that he thought he might need for Chibi Tala and placing them in the cart. Soon the cart was full up to the top, and Chibi Tala was sitting silently in the cart for once, sucking on his finger and taking everything in with his large blue chibi eyes.
Tala let out a sigh of relief as he headed for the cashiers. "Well, we've got everything. Let's get out of this hellhole." Chibi Tala giggled. "Hewlhole! Hewlhole!" Tala smacked his forehead. "Chibi Tala....please don't say that word." He begged. He didn't want people to think that he was teaching a small chibi how to swear.
Chibi Tala stopped saying 'hewlhole' and nodded. But he was only silent for a minute, as he let out a squeal and reached out for something. "Pwushie! Pwushie!" He shrieked happily. "Want!" Tala looked over at where the chibi was reaching. There was a large plushie stand, with rows and rows of plushies. Tala stopped the cart by the plushies and took a squealing Chibi Tala out of the cart, placing him on the floor.
The small chibi crawled over to the plushies and grabbed one off of the lower shelves, throwing it onto the floor. More plushies followed suit, with Chibi Tala giggling and throwing them behind him. "Aaagghh!!" Tala quickly scooped the chibi up and glanced around at the plushies scattered on the floor everywhere. Great. He should have known that Chibi Tala would do something like this.
"Chibi Tala..." Tala's voice was weary. "PLEASE don't throw the plushies. Pick one and let's get out of here." Chibi Tala's face fell. "Only one?" Tala smirked. "Yes...only one."
Chibi Tala was placed on the floor, and the chibi looked through all of the plushies, his cute face deep in concentration. Tala, meanwhile, picked up all of the plushies and placed them back on the shelf. He wrinkled his nose when the small chibi held up a plushie that looked like Kai. "Want!" The chibi squealed.
Tala shook his head, sitting down beside Chibi Tala. "Nah...don't get that one. It'll give you nightmares." Chibi Tala wrinkled his tiny nose as well and placed the plushie back on the shelf. "No want."
Tala snorted. Smart kid. Chibi Tala searched through the plushies once more and pulled out a plushie that looked like Tala, and one that looked like Wolborg. Tala blinked as he saw the Tala plushie. But then he smirked. At least the plushie-makers had good taste.
Chibi Tala placed the two plushies on the floor and looked over them carefully. "Um...." he sucked on his finger. "Tala can no decide." Tala sighed. "Come on...make a decision already." Chibi Tala looked over the plushies again. "Want!" he squealed, holding up the Tala plushie.
Tala nodded and picked the chibi up, who was hugging the plushie so tightly that Tala thought the stuffing would come out. "Chibi Tala, don't squeeze the plushie that tightly or you'll ruin it." He stated as he placed Chibi Tala back in the cart and wheeled it downstairs to the cashiers.
~*~* In A Random Bathroom In Moscow Mall ~*~*
"Stay STILL!!!" Tala roared as he tried to hold a struggling Chibi Tala still. "No!" The chibi wailed, squirming in Tala's grip and trying to make a beeline for the stall door. Tala was sitting on a toilet with the lid down, trying to get Chibi Tala to stay in one spot and cooperate while he tried to put the clothes and diaper on him.
"Lemme go!!" Chibi Tala yelled as he reached out for the door, his large chibi eyes brimming with tears once again. "Chibi Tala, I need to get these clothes on you!" Tala yelled back, throughly exasperated now. Why wouldn't the chibi ever do what he was told?
Chibi Tala looked up at Tala and stuck out his tounge. "No like cwothes! Cwothes yucky!" He jumped out of Tala's arms and crawled towards the door as fast as he could. Tala leaned forward and grabbed Chibi Tala around the waist, then hauled the now screaming chibi backwards and into his lap. "TALA MEANIE!!!" The small chibi screamed.
"Chibi Tala, please stay still!" Tala shouted as he took off the chibi's shirt. He grabbed the diaper package and made sure that Chibi Tala wasn't going anywhere while he opened it. The chibi struggled and hit Tala's arms with his tiny fists. "Lemme go!!!" He wailed, sounding very close to tears.
Tala managed to open the package and pulled a diaper out. He raised an eyebrow at the blue flowery design on it. Not exactly made for Chibi Tala. The chibi began to cry, sobbing on Tala's arm as he realized that the older boy wasn't going to let him go. "Chibi Tala....stop crying!" Tala rubbed Chibi Tala's orange spiky hair comfortingly.
Chibi Tala stopped crying and rubbed his now red and puffy eyes. Tala pulled the large t-shirt off of Chibi Tala and opened the diaper fully. On his legs, he placed the small chibi on his back and being very careful not to look at a particular spot, wrapped the diaper around the chibi's bottom perfectly. Tala smiled as he looked at the now giggling chibi. Not bad for a first time.
Tala pulled out a light orange long-sleeved shirt and pulled it over Chibi Tala's head. The chibi squealed in delight and squirmed around, making it incredibly difficult for Tala to get the shirt on him properly. But when the chibi stopped wiggling, Tala was able to put the shirt on properly and then pulled some adorable dark blue chibi jeans onto Chibi Tala.
There was then a little chibi leather jacket that Tala thought looked cute. He pulled it onto Chibi Tala and then pulled some orange socks and small blue and black shoes onto his tiny feet. Chibi Tala laughed happily and touched his little shoes. "Tala wear shwoes!" He giggled happily. "Bwack and bwue shwoes!!!"
Tala couldn't help but smile. His chibi self looked so adorable that he could just pick him up and hug him tightly. But that would completly ruin his reputation if anyone ever saw him hugging a chibi. The guys back at the abbey would never let him live it down.
Tala's slate grey eyes grew wide as he thought the word 'abbey', and glanced down at the watch that he was wearing on his right wrist. "Crap!" Tala exclaimed as he sat up quickly, knocking Chibi Tala off of his lap and onto the cold floor of the bathroom. "Boris is going to beat the shit out of me if I'm not there on time!" Tala grabbed all of the bags and reached for Chibi Tala.
The small chibi folded his arms and pouted. "No go to h'abbey. Tala no want go." Tala, who was not in the mood for arguments, scooped the protesting chibi up in his arms and walked out of the stall, then out of the bathroom. "Sorry Chibi Tala, but I have to get back to the abbey." Tala told Chibi Tala, hoping that he would understand. But then he realized something. How would he explain this to the others? Surely Boris wouldn't let Tala keep the chibi.
The thought of Chibi Tala being thrown out on the freezing streets of Moscow made Tala's blood boil. The small chibi would never last out there. Hopefully he could keep him hidden. But Chibi Tala seemed to have other plans, as he waved a scrap of paper in front of Tala's face. "Wead ( Read )." The small chibi told him cheerfully.
Tala glanced at the paper. There was an address written on it. "2384 Hemmington House." Tala read. He looked down at the grinning chibi. "What the heck is this? Where did you get this?"
The chibi chose not to answer the second question. "Hemmin'ton house in Japan." He said. "Tala need go wit me to house." Tala blinked. "And why would I go to Japan? What do we need to do there?"
Chibi Tala snuggled into Tala's chest. "Tala see wen ( when ) we go." Tala considered asking another question, but figured that Chibi Tala probably wouldn't answer. It was sort of weird though...why just take off to Japan? He needed to go back to the abbey; it was his only home.
But was it really a home?, Tala wondered. He hated the place anway....what would be the harm in just going to Japan and seeing what Chibi Tala wanted him to find out? Besides....Tala smirked. He could just put the entire thing on Boris's account.
"Alright, let's go." Tala told Chibi Tala, feeling quite confident in this plan. He was never going back to the abbey! He was going to Japan, and even if the place that Chibi Tala had told him about wasn't anything important, he could live there. Japan seemed like a nice place.
Tala walked out of the mall, but instead of taking the usual route back to the abbey, headed for the airport, which actually wasn't too far away. He didn't even need to take a bus there. The two of them would be there in about 15 minutes.
The cyborg looked down at Chibi Tala. "Okay, Tala. We're going to-" Tala stopped as he noticed that the small chibi had fallen asleep. Tala smiled ( this has got to be a record already ), and adjusted Chibi Tala in his arms gently.
His life in Russia was over now. He would make a new one in Japan.
With a certain chibi beside him all of the way.
~*~* End of Chapter One ~*~*
Yuriy: Whew! That took me a long time.
Tala: T_T You made me go soft.
Yuriy: But you look so CUTE when you smile!!! ^________________________^
Chibi Tala: *snuggles up to Tala*
Ozuma: Also when the two of you were snuggling and stuff.
Tala: I WASN'T SNUGGLING!!! He was. *points to Chibi Tala*
Kagura: Hmph. I'm not in this story, so I see no reason why I should even be here.
Sora: Unless she made you into a Kagura chibi. *imagines*
Kagura: Don't imagine it and don't get hurt.
Yuriy: Oh, and if I made any spelling mistakes, gomen! I really need to get a spellchecker. =_=
Rei: But if she spelled something like 'hewp' or 'cwothes', and if Chibi Tala is saying it, then that was meant to be that way. She was trying to make Chibi Tala actually sound like a chibi.
Yuriy: Sorry about the long chapter. I was going to put Kai and Rei in here as well, but the Tala thing went longer than I had planned it to and I didn't want to make it even longer. Because then you'd all be bored to death by the first chapter in my story. :D
Sora: And Yuriy's wondering, if she makes seperate chapters for Kai and Rei, then who would you like to see in the next chapter? Kai and Chibi Kai, or Rei and Chibi Rei? Put it in your review.
Yuriy: Review or else you'll never get to see Chibi Tala again! And you'll never get to see Chibi Kai and Chibi Rei!