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Chapter 11: Shopping, Treats and Bad news
Normal P.O.V
Before going to the mall the Aaliyah and Miriam had told Paree and Mariah about there plans for Tala and Ozuma.
"We're going to give Tala and Ozuma treats for being good slaves." Aaliyah told them.
"Treats? What for? I mean didn't they try to run or something?" Paree asked her confusion showing clearly on her face.
"That's the whole point. See, their treats aren't really treats." Miriam said smirking slightly.
"Yea, let's just say their more like teases. You know, something to get them all excited or whatever." Aaliyah explained, with an evil glint in her eye.
"Oh! I get it! Good luck with that." Paree said finally realizing what Miriam and Aaliyah were talking about.
"Yea, so are you guys in or what?" Miriam asked.
"I'll think about it. I don't think that'll work on Kai though. What about you Mariah?" Paree asked, looking at the pink haired girl.
"No, I don't think I will. Rei hasn't been very jerk-ish today. But, then again it would be fun to see his reaction." Mariah replied thoughtfully.
She didn't notice the knowing looks exchanged by the other three girls.
Just then Kai, Tala, and Ozuma came back looking relieved of their humiliating get ups.
"Let's go bitch, I've got other things to do you know." Kai said in a irritated manner. Paree frowned at him.
"Well, aren't you a grumpy little bunny." She said in a motherly tone, before bursting into giggles. Kai just glared at her a little before turning and leaving her behind.
"Hey! Wait up!" Paree yelled after him, running to catch up. He just ignored her and kept walking towards the school doors.
Aaliyah, Tala, Miriam, Ozuma and Mariah followed.
Aaliyah went with Tala and Miriam went with Ozuma. Paree and Kai had already left.
The eight teens got to the mall and went to the food court to grab a bite to eat, before going to the different shops.
"Well, let's get our dresses for tomorrow's ball first and then we'll go somewhere else." Paree suggested as she finished her small plate of pasta.
"Sure, but I'm going to take full advantage of having Tala as a slave. So I might wander off." Aaliyah said, getting up.
The girls all got up and went to the guys who were waiting by the escalator.
"We're done. Let's go" Miriam said, grabbing Ozuma's arm and leading him towards one of the dress shops. The others just followed.
They entered a dress shop called "Shia's formal wear", and the girls instantly started picking out dresses.
Ozuma watched Miriam zoom from one rack of dresses to another, handing all of the dresses she wanted to try on, to him.
It was the same case with Tala, Kai, and Rei. The four boys were sitting in waiting chairs outside the changing rooms, each boy holding at least five dresses.
Ozuma was sitting on a chair in front of Miriam's changing room.
"What do you need all these dresses for anyways?" He asked grumpily. Miriam came out of her changing room and examined the dark green dress she was wearing in the mirror.
"We don't need all these dresses. We only need to try all of them on until we find the right one. And don't tell me you've already forgotten about the business ball,tommorow night,at the Bikonai place?" Miriam said still examining herself in the mirror before she turned around to face Ozuma.
"Oh yeah, but you had all of tomorrow too!" he groaned. Miriam rolled her eyes at him.
"Stop whining, or you won't getyour treat." she told him. She looked at herself in the mirror once again before asking "How does this one look?"
"Not bad." Ozuma shrugged. Miriam grabbed a light sea green colored dress from Ozuma and went back into the changing room.
Ozuma sighed.
'This is going to take forever!' he thought.
Kai was sitting a few seats away from Ozuma in front of the changing occupied by Paree. He had his eyes closed, with a bored look on his face.
For the past hour he had been sitting there evaluating Paree's dresses. Whenever she came out of the changing room his answers would vary from "You look like a slut." ,which usually earned him a smack in the head, to "Not bad.".
He heard the changing room's door open and close, for what seemed like the hundredth time. He didn't bother looking up as he knew Paree was probably still examining her dress in the mirror.
"Hey Kai, what about this one?" he heard Paree asked. He slowly looked up and was amazed at the beauty he saw before him.
He tried to say something but he found that he had lost his voice.
Paree was wearing a dress which was a bright red color, it had one strap and was cut in a slanted line at the knees.. The single strap had a dark red and pale yellow colored flower on it.The dress was outlined in black.In all it's simplicity it looked simply magnificent.
"Kai?" Paree asked giving him a weird look.
"It's good. Much better than those ones anyway." he said gesturing to the large stack of dresses on the chair beside him.
"Are you sure?" Paree asked turning back to the mirror to examine the dress again. Kai simply nodded and closed his eyes, trying to get the image of Paree in that dress out of his mind.
"Alright, I like it. Yea, I'll get this one." Paree said going back into the changing room to change back into her school uniform which she hadn't had time to change before coming to the mall.
Kai got up and went to go find the saleslady.
About fifteen minutes later the eight teens exited the store. The girls had finally chosen their dresses.
Miriam had chosen a green and white dress that had a halter-like top. Mariah had chosen a light pink spaghetti strap dress which had little red cherry blossom's on the bottom. Aaliyah had chosen a baby blue strapless dress. The girls had been kind enough to let the boys pay for their dresses.
"I don't see why I had to pay for your stupid dress." Tala muttered in an annoyed way. Aaliyah simply rolled her eyes at him.
"You, my dear Tala, are my slave. Therefore I wanted to take full advantage of you." Aaliyah said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"You know, there are other ways of taking advantage of someone." Tala replied, winking at Aaliyah as he let his hand wander to her waist.
Aaliyah swatted away his hand, and glared at him.
"You are such a pervert." she said, still glaring. Tala simply shrugged and they continued walking.
"Ooh, look the salon's open today! Let's go!" Mariah exclaimed nodding her head towards the salon.
"You can go I want to go check out the arcade." Paree said dragging Kai in the direction of the arcade.
"Yea, I'm just going to look around, I need to get a new swim suit." Miriam said dragging an amused Ozuma off.
"Okay, see you guys later!" Mariah yelled, grabbing Rei's hand and leading him over to the salon.
Leaving Tala and Aaliyah standing there.
"Well, let's go over there I need to get something." Aaliyah said pointing to a shop called "Today's Style".
Tala just nodded and followed.
Ozuma's P.O.V
Miriam grabbed my arm and dragged me to a store called "Aqua.".
I walked inside noticing that it was a store full of only women's swimwear. I watched as Miriam once again started picking things out and handing them to me.
I followed her to the back of the store to where the changing rooms were. I noticed the she went to the changing room that was sort of hidden from the other ones.
"Here." she handed me her purse and went inside the changing room taking a black two piece swimsuit with her.
I sat down on the bean bag chair and waited for her to come out. I looked around and saw some magazines on the ground by my chair and picked one up looking through it. It was one of those girly magazines.
I heard the door open and looked up to see Miriam in a black bikini.
"Hey Ozuma, can you tie this for me?" she asked coming up to me.
I stood up and took the thin straps from her hand and tried tying it. The problem was that she was practically leaning right against me, which was very distracting. I gulped and fumbled around with the strings and finally managed to tie a little knot.
"Thanks." she said, turning around and looking in the mirror on the back of the door.
"Do you think it's a bit revealing?" she asked , and I noticed that she was talking about the little cleavage that was showing.
"Nope, it's just right." I said stepping behind her, and looking at her form in the mirror.
Miriam's P.O.V
I smirked as I saw Ozuma look me over.
'Looks like it won't be that hard to tease him' I thought turning around so that I was facing him. I pushed him onto the bean bag chair and smirked when he looked up at me in confusion.
"I think it's time for you treat." I said as I gingerly sat down in his lap. I saw him look at me in shock for a second before he smirked and wrapped his arms around me.
"So, it looks like you can't resist me after all." he said cockily, smirking at me as he drew little circles on the small of my back with his finger.
I suppressed a shudder.
'This is SO not what was supposed to happen! I'm supposed to be teasing him not him teasing me!" I thought angrily
I ran my hands along his chest, turning the situation around so that everything went as planned.
He smirked and nuzzled my neck a little. I noticed his wallet in his back pocket and quickly took it and hid it under the bean bag chair he was sitting on.
"Now, now! Can't spoil your treat now can you? Wait till I'm done changing." I said, changing my evil smirk into a sweet smile when he turned to look at me.
"You are such a tease." I heard him say as I went into the changing room.
'You don't know the half of it!' I thought, smirking to my self as I changed back into my uniform
I went back out to see Ozuma waiting. He looked at me in confusion.
"I thought you were going to try all of these on." he said gesturing to the other swimsuits that were lying on the bean bag chair.
I bent down and picked up a black sarong, also picking up Ozuma's wallet from whereI had hidden it.
"This is all that I'm buying. Let's go." I said, as I walked past him.
I made my way to the counter and paid for my stuff with money from his wallet. I tucked the wallet inside a little pocket on the back of my skirt.
Ozuma was right behind me and I knew he noticed what I had done as he reached and took his wallet out of my pocket, I turned around and slapped him.
"YOU PERVERT! HOW DARE YOU!" I yelled, making a scene and noticing that people had started to gather around.
"I HAVE TOLD YOU AT LEAST A HUNDRED TIMES TO LEAVE ME ALONE! CAN'T YOU GET IT THROUGH THAT THICK HEAD OF YOURS. YOU ASS-GRABBING RETARD!" with that said I stormed away.
I got on the escalator and turned around smirking at a red faced Ozuma who was still standing there. I could hear the crowd that had gathered making comments on what they had just seen.
"Boys these days!" "The nerve!" "How rude!" I smirked as I made my way to the little ice cream shop where I saw Aaliyah and Tala eating ice cream.
I noticed that Tala had an extremely large sundae. I gave Aaliyah a questioning look.
"I changed my mind and decided to buy him ice cream as a treat." Aaliyah told me.
"Oh, I see. Can you watch my bags? I'm going to get something to eat too." I said.
I bought myself a strawberry sundae and started eating.
Aaliyah's P.O.V
I bought some shirts, a pair of pants, and three pairs of earrings from the three shops Tala and I visited. And the best part was that Tala paid for everything without making a fuss or anything. Right now he was walking beside me carrying four shopping bags.
'Hmm…maybe I should give him his treat now.' I thought to myself as we walked through the mall.
"Hey, let's go over there." Tala said pointing to a small shop that I hadn't even noticed until now.
"Why?" I asked in confusion, looking at the shop first and then looking at him.
"You'll see, come on." He said walking off. I followed him curious as to why he would want to go in there.
I gasped as we entered the shop. There were paintings, necklaces and all sorts of other things stacked around. There were also little birds in cages and kittens in playpens. It seemed like a combination of a pet shop and an antique shop.
Tala started walking a little deeper into the shop. I followed him, admiring all the beautiful little birds we passed.
Suddenly, I bumped into Tala as he stopped. I stood up and balanced myself, ready to yell my lungs hoarse at Tala for making me bump into him but I stopped at the sight before me.
There, right before my eyes, were three little wolf pups playing around in a little glass playpen.
I stepped in front of Tala and bent my knees a little to watch the pups play. I was still watching them when a door, that probably lead to an office opened. I stood up as a man with graying hair, a white beard and kind blues eyes closed the door behind him.
"Why, hello Tala!" he said, greeting Tala with a smile. Tala smiled back.
"Hello, Mr. Gibbs." Tala replied.
"I haven't seen youin a while, where have you been?" the old man asked.
"Well, school started a while ago, and I've been helping father at work." Tala explained.
"Oh, I understand. So, who is this pretty, young lady?" Mr. Gibbs asked, looked at me.
"Hi, I'm Aaliyah Bikonai." I replied, introducing myself. Mr. Gibbs looked at me thoughtfully.
"Aaliyah, are you by any chance related to Roberto and Paulette Bikonai?" Mr. Gibbs asked me. I nodded.
"They're my parents. Did you know them?" I asked the man in surprise. Mr. Gibbs let out a laugh, that would make you think he was Santa Claus, except without the red suit.
"Of course, I know them my dear. They used to come here all the time when they were younger. In fact they bought a wolf pup from me once as well. If I recall correctly, they had said it was a birthday present for their daughter Aaliyah. That is why I asked you, if you were related to them. Tell me how are they? I haven't seen them for a very long time." Mr. Gibbs said replied.
"They…um…passed away. They got into an accident this summer." I replied. I knew that Tala was staring at me, but I didn't bother looking at him.
Mr. Gibbs cheerful look turned into a sorrowful one as I told him this.
"I'm so sorry, my dear. I shouldn't have asked." Mr. Gibbs said apologetically.
"It's okay, you couldn't have known.." I said, turning to look at the pups again.
We were silent for a few minutes before Tala spoke up.
"Mr. Gibbs is it alright if Aaliyah and I play with the pups for a bit." Tala asked the old man.
"Oh, of course! Come, follow me." he said leading them through the door from which he had come.
Tala and I followed him as he lead us to the back of the shop. He opened a littlewooden doorand I saw the three pups trying to leap out. Mr. Gibbs handed me and Tala one and then picked up the last one himself.
"Mr. Gibbs where did you get these pups?" I asked, petting the pup in my arms.
"Yes, you didn't have any pups the last time I visited. So, where did you get these ones?" Tala enquired.
"Well, there is a animal center located by a forest not too far from here where they have many wolves, large cats and other animals. Those animals were originally pets but when their owners couldn't take care of them they were sent to that center" Mr. Gibbs said.
"I think it's called Emerald Reserve. These pups were sentto mewhen their parents were killed by hunters. The father of the pups was a Wolf named Wolborg, he was shot while he was hunting in the forest. He tried to defend his mate Gidarah. She managed to get back to the reserve, but she had been grazed by a bullet and had lost too much blood and died shortly afterward. The animals are very clever you know. Right before, the mother died she dragged herself to a bulletin board in the hospital area and pointed to a pamphlet of my shop. The doctors thought it was some sort of message and sent the pups here." Mr. Gibbs finished and pet the little cub in his large hand before looking up at Tala and me.
I was shocked, to say the least. Emerald Reserve was where we had sent Gidarah when we were moving to the city. Now to know that she was dead, broke my heart.
'No, I must've heard him wrong. She can't be dead!' I thought.
"Mr. Gibbs what did you say was the mothers name?" I asked him.
"I believe it was Gidarah. And the father's name was…Wolborg." he replied after a minute.
"No!" I heard Tala exclaim. Tala looked shocked. I knew I was shocked because of hearingabout Gidarah, but I couldn't understand why Tala would be so shocked.
"Mr. Gibbs, Wolborg was it the one I bought from you?" Tala said, putting the pup he was holding on the floor. I looked in confusion at Tala and then Mr. Gibbs who shook his head sadly.
"Yes, unfortunately it was your wolf that was killed. And Gidarah was the one Roberto and Paulette bought for Aaliyah. I was given the history and registry number of the parents of these pups." the old man admitted sadly.
"Mr. Gibbs, do you think it would be okay if I took one of these pups home?" I asked looking down at the little pup who was now on the floor playing with its sibling.
"Of course! Except your going to have to wait a few weeks, before taking it home." he said.
"Okay, thank you. Maybe we should go now, Tala." I said turning to Tala.
"Yea, you go. I'll catch up." Tala said. I nodded and gave each of the little pups a kiss before leaving the shop.
A few minutes later Tala came out and we bid good bye to Mr. Gibbs.
"Let's get some ice cream. That's your treat from me, for being an okay slave. Pick any sundae." I said trying to break the silence.
"Okay." Tala said as we got in line, to get our ice cream. I paid for the ice cream and we went to a table. I quietly started eating my vanilla and mango surprise sundae and Tala ate his vanilla, strawberry, chocolate with sprinkles and fudge sundae.
"So, Gidarah and your wolf were mates?" I asked quietly after a few minutes. Tala looked at me for a second before answering.
"It appears that way. Maybe they were giving us a hint or something." he said winking at me, trying to lighten the mood.
"Haha. Riiight!" I said rolling my eyes.
"I miss her. I knew it was wrong to send her to that reserve but we couldn't take her to the city with us. That wouldn't have been good for her health." I said, swirling around my ice cream, with my spoon.
"Yea, the only reason I gave up Wolborg was because the vet said he wasn't getting enough exercise and it would be better for him if I sent him to the reserve." Tala said.
"Is that good?" I asked pointing to his ice cream.
"Yea, here try it." I took a bite and agreed that it was good.
"But mine is better." I added and started finishing mine.
"You know, just because we have something in common and our wolves were mates, doesn't mean we're friends." I told him looking up into his piercing turquoise eyes.
"I wouldn't have it any other way." Tala said.
"Besides where's the fun in getting a friend to fall for you. I like the challenge you present." he added after a while.
I smacked him upside the head st this comment, but couldn't help but smile when he had made that comment.
Just then we heard yelling from the first floor. We gave each other a confused look and went to go see what was going on. We leaned over the railing and saw Miriam yelling at a red faced Ozuma.
"I wonder what happened?" Tala said aloud.
"I'm thinking that that's the treat Miriam was going to give Ozuma." I said stifling my laughter.
We went back to our table and continued eating our ice cream.
I saw Miriam come up the escalator with a satisfied smirk on her face.
She bought herself a strawberry sundae and started eating just as a fuming Ozuma came up the escalator.
Tala and I watched in amusement as Ozuma stormed up to Miriam.
"Bitch, what the fuck was that? And how you get my wallet? When I reached over to get it, you started yelling like I had grabbed your ass or something. you made me sound like a pervert." Ozumayelled toMiriam.
"That was your treat. And I took your wallet when we were in that shop and you were…uh…entertaining yourself."
"Some treat that was! Fuck this! As far as I'm concerned slave day is over." Ozuma grumbled, glaring at Miriam.
Miriam licked her spoon clean before turning to Ozuma.
"That was a good treat. Humiliating you is always fun. And no it isn't over for you until…let's say about 8. So, your going have to wait 2 more hours." Miriam replied.
"What was Tala's treat then? He doesn't look angry." Ozuma asked sitting in the last chair, at their table.
"My treat was ice cream!" Tala said like an excited 8 year-old, showing Ozuma his partly finished sundae.
"Why does he get such a good treat?" Ozuma asked me.
"Yea, I'd like to know that too." Miriam said also turning to me.
"Because Tala was an okay slave and he didn't make a fuss about paying for me and…we..um…got some bad news, so I didn't really want to make his day worse by giving him a treat like you gave Ozuma." I explained.
Miriam and Ozuma both quirked an eyebrow.
"What kind of bad news." Miriam enquired.
I looked at Tala for help. I didn't want to say anything, if he wasn't comfortable with letting anyone know about the death of our beloved pets.
"It's personal." Tala said not looking at anyone but giving my hand a reassuring squeeze under the table, before quickly letting go.
"What kind of bad news could be personal for you two?" Ozuma asked.
"Unless, of course….." Miriam started and then looked at Ozuma.
I noticed that they both had identical looks of confusion and shock. I was already dreading what conclusion they would come to.
"You two slept together and now you found out that Aaliyah's pregnant!" They both said at the same time.
My jaw dropped and I saw the same happen to Tala.
"What? Who's pregnant?" Paree asked as she and Kai came to the table.
Miriam and Ozuma turned to Kai and Paree.
"Aaliyah bought Tala a huge ice cream sundae for a treat!" Ozuma said.
"Yeah and when we asked why, she said she didn't want to give him a bad treat like I gave Ozuma, because Tala was a good slave and they had already gotten really bad news." Miriam added.
"Yea, we saw that." Kai said. Ozuma and Miriam just ignored him and kept going on.
"Yeah and when we asked what kind of bad news it was. Tala said it was personal."
"So, what kind of personal, bad news can these two get unless they've slept together and just recently found out thatAaliyah's pregnant."
"AALIYAH"S WHAT!" Paree screamed. She turned to Tala and me, who were very red in the face, right now.
"Oh, Aaliyah how could you get pregnant?" Paree asked me.
Just then Mariah and Rei came walking towards us.
"Who's pregnant?" Mariah asked, taking the cherry from Miriam's strawberry sundae and eating it.
Kai, Paree, Ozuma and Miriam all started to tell Rei and Mariah the story. Tala and I could only watch on in shock, embarrassment and amusement.
"Aaliyah bought Tala ice cream for a treat." Ozuma started.
"And when they were asked why, she said it was because he had been a good slave and that they had already gotten bad news." Paree said.
"Yea and that Aaliyah didn't want to make it worse by giving Tala a treat like the one Miriam gave Ozuma." Kai put in.
"Yea, we saw that." Rei said, flinching a little at the memory.
"Okay so you all saw it. Who cares! Anyways, so, we thought what kind of personal, bad news could Tala and Aaliyah get unless of course…" Miriam was cut off by Ozuma, Paree and Kai.
"Unless of course they slept together and just recentlyfound out that Aaliyah's pregnant!" The three of them exclaimed.
"AALIYAH'S WHAT!" both Mariah and Rei yelled.
Tala and I looked at our friends with amusement as they all started talking at once.
"That's bad!"
"I never would have thought you two would get into the same bed so soon."
"I'm going to be an aunt!"
"I'm going to be an uncle!"
"Your stupid, but we couldn't be happier!"
"What are you going to name it?"
Tala and I took one look at each other and burst out laughing. We both fell off our chairs from laughing so hard.
"They've lost it!" Paree yelled.
Mariah came to me and helped me onto my chair saying "That's not good for the baby!", which only caused me and Tala to laugh harder.
Finally about ten minutes later, we managed to stop laughing and sobered up
"Guys, I'm not pregnant. The bad news was that…Is it okay if I tell them?" I asked Tala who was looking at his hands.
"Yea, go ahead I guess." he said sighing.
"Are you sure?" I asked again. He just nodded.
"The bad news was that my wolf Gidarah and her mate, Tala's wolf Wolborg, were killed. So, we felt a little down. But it's okay because their pups are safe. I adopted one of them." I explained.
"And I adopted the other two." Tala added. I looked at him in confusion.
"Is that why you were inside so long?" I asked. He simply nodded once again. I gave his hand a reassuring squeeze under the table like he had done a while before.
We turned to our friends to find them with looks of sympathy on their faces.
"I'm so sorry, Ally." Mariah said as she hugged me. Paree and Miriam hugged me as well.
"It's okay." I said. We were all silent for a moment before Ozuma broke the silence.
"I still say Tala got a better treat than I did." Ozuma said, crossing his arms over his chest like a stubborn child.
Miriam sighed.
"You want a good treat. I'll give you a good treat. But only because you're acting like a stubborn 2 year old."
The other six teens gasped in shock as Miriam gave Ozuma his treat.
Hey guys! Wow, that was a long chapter. Anyways I hope you enjoyed it! Here are the replies to some of the reviews I received.
Chosen-of-Mana: Thanks for the reviews!Can you tell mewho the story is for…is it for Kai/Oc or Tala/Oc ?...I'll paste the mini-story on my profile once I'm doneand you can copy it off of there.
Paris Super Girls: Thanks for the review. Thank you also for pointing out the correct way of spelling Mariam, but I think I'll stick to how I've spelled it through out the story so far because I wouldn't want to confuse my readers, by changing the spelling of her name in the middle of the story. But thanks anyways. Yes Mariam/Ozumaare a rare couple, but I like writing about them because they seem to click better than the Max/Mariam couple…no offense to anyone…thanks again for the review.
Also, thanks to the following reviewers: TikyTikyitaavi101, Wind Archer, iloveanime123, and Hitaru
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