Chapter 7: Shopping

Sally walked quietly amongst the group of teens, her blue eyes flicking between Kai's friends. She was confused as to where they were headed; she thought they were meant to be hiding. AS the group travelled down the busy streets Sally admired the elegant building of Paris, do different from home. It was sunny, birds flew in the sky and bees buzzed in the bright flowers that edged the streets. The girl had to admit it; this place wasn't all that bad after all.

"Where in the name of fuck are we going" Kai growled at his sister, the boy wasn't impressed with being dragged out on this little escapade. Kayla glared back up at him "please stop whining Kai....were just doing a little shopping" she sighed. Kai frowned, they did need food and stuff maybe there was a point to this after all. Kai's purple orbs flicked to Sally who was trotting along just behind him. At least she wasn't crying today, he thought with a small smile.

Ray led the group, his amber eyes keeping a close eye out for any sign of danger. The neko-gin glanced quickly from side to side causing his raven black bangs to bounce. "Relax Ray its all clear" Tala called down his ear. Jade giggled as her raven haired cousin roared like an angry tiger and began chasing Tala around the group.

Kayla smiled at her friends antics and took over lead, followed closely by Kai. "Uh...that's not a super market" he stated as a large glass building came into view. "Well you're certainly observant today aren't you?" Kayla teased and the boy glared daggers back at her. "Why are we here?" Kai pressed. "We need new stuff for the flat....Sally needs her won supplies too" she replied.

At the mention of her name Sally tripped over and fell face first on the floor. The girl gave a muffled groan of pain as her face flushed pink but before she could pull herself up a pair of large hands grasped her waist. "Are you hurt?" Kai's voice asked as he picked her up, placing her back on her feet with ease. The girl glanced at his face, he actually looked worried. "I'm fine...." Sally muttered to him and the boy moved away without another word, his distant nature returning in an instant.

"What do you mean by supplies?" Sally said rubbing her head; she turned to his sibling. Kai continued to frown at her for falling, while she talked to Kayla just smiled and said "well your need some cloths for a start". The blue haired girl said. Kai wanted to growl as Sally moved ahead of him to walk by Kayla and Ray, he kept and careful eye on her in case she tripped again. "Hey Kai, you're girlfriends kind off clumsy isn't she?" Jade giggled tugging his white scarf. Kai glared at her and smacked Tala across the back of the head. "Ow, what was that for you asshole!?" the Russian red head said with outrage. "Well you don't expect me to hit her do you?" Kai smirked nodding his head at jade, he knew full well that Tala would gladly take a hit for the girl anytime and if not jade made it all better when she threw her arms around the boy in an air tight hug.

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A couple of hours later the group had all gathered to do the last of the shopping, with all homes except Jades destroyed they all needed to make jades huge house liveable. The girl had live in the large house left to her by her parents before they had died but as she was hardly ever there the building needed a lot of cleaning up.

Tala wandered aimlessly around the cloths shop, bags of food, blankets, cooking equipment and a endless sea of other junk. "Why do girls take so long" the red head sighed glaring at the changing rooms. "We all got ours quick enough...and the rest of it" he added with a scowl, it seemed the boys had done most the work today while the girls just messed around. At that moment Jade appeared out of one of the rooms, she had lots of bags already but still tried on more.

"How's this" the female said as she twilled in front of the Russian. Tala gawped; Jade wore a tiny blue skirt and a bright red tank top that showed off her flat stomach. The boy blinked wordlessly and his cheeks went pink. "Wow....do that again" he muttered, a tiny bit of drool on his lips. Jade giggled at him and gave him another twirl.

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Around a corner Kayla was in her won both whilst Ray waited outside. "Are you ok in there" he called, the girl flushed upon hearing his voice so close to the door. "I'm fine thanks" she called back. "You heard my sister Ray, now give her some space" Kai growled from nearby. Kayla sweat dropped at herself in the mirror, her brother was so pushy sometimes and she really didn't want him being mean to Ray. Kayla knew there was only one way to get rid of him. "Kai could you go check on Sally, she's in the next room....Kai...Kai?" called the girl.

"He left before you had even finished the sentence" ray laughed as he watched Kia disappear around the corner, his white scarf fluttering out behind him. The neko gin turned back to the changing rooms as Kayla came out "come on, I want to see Kai's reaction when he sees what Jade's done, she took Sally do get her hair done and she treated us to a sap bath, that's why we took so long we....Ray, what's wrong?" the girl said.

Kayla blinked at Ray and he stared back, the girl felt her skin grow hot and this was only aggravated by the neko-gins next comment. "You look great" he said with a purr, Kayla went pink. Apart from a new t-shirt and a pair of new jeans, her outfit was much the same but apparently the older boy thought otherwise. "There's nothing different really" Kayla mumbled.

Ray took a step closer "yes there is, your jeans are a darker blue and your shirt matches your eyes exactly now" he said observing the new outfit on the girls figure. Kayla was small in height with a delicate figure and she had the same pale skin as her brother, he liked how her long light blue hair always trailed loosely over one shoulder and how he laces on her red sneakers were always coming undone but best of all he liked her baby blue eyes. The neko-gin stopped as he came close to the girl and he smiled as she blushed.

"Thanks Ray" Kayla mumble, then she cleared her throat "let's go find the others" she added and pashed the neko-gin, brushing gently against his shoulder as she past. Ray nodded and followed a toothy grin on his face.

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Kai stood stoic outside the changing room, he could call out to the girl inside but he didn't really want to intrude on her privacy. The Russian turned to the door wondering if she was alright, Kai turned away with a sigh. He took three slow steps towards the door and listened. All he could hear was the quite rustle of cloths, with a frown on his face Kai raised his hand to knock.

Sally examined herself in the mirror and stuck her tongue out at herself with a sigh. She wished Jade hadn't picked quite so many of her new outfits. The girl continued to glare at her reflection, at this precise moment Sally wore a tiny black skirt and pink camisole, with lacy trim. Sally examined her legs more closely, pale like a frozen chickens. "I knew there was a reason I didn wear crap like this....man I hate shopping" she grumbled. The girl decided that Kayla's choices may have been better and opened the door to the cubical.

Kai blinked ahead of him his hand still raised to knock, Sally blinked back her face just inches from his, the boys purple eyes flicked over her form as he dropped his arm. In that tight top and little skirt, he could make out the curves of her breast, hips and thigh, her long red hair had been washed an brushed neatly behind the small shells of her ears, her skin also looked cleaner, it seemed to have a peachy glow to it. Kai's eyes widened, sally looked extremely cute partially when she was blushing at him like that.

"Kai" Sally squeaked pulling herself back behind the door, she peered back at him realising she would have to pass the boy to get the other cloths. Kai stared at her, his eyes travelled down then back up again, his eyes burned onto her body. Sally gave another yelp and shut the door with a snap. "Hey, what are you doing?" the boy called through the wood. Sally stood with her back to the door, trying to gather her thoughts. The girl gripped at the stupid flimsy outfit, Tala's sister had no dress sense at all. This outfit was stupid; Sally could not feel comfortable with herself let alone Kai. "I need to change" the girl called back to him, wishing he would just go away.

"Why you look fine like that" Kai called back in confusion. "I don't think she likes the outfit bro, skirts don't strike me as Sally's thing" Kayla said with a grin, as she and Ray came into the room. Kai blinked at the two briefly wondering why his sister looked so pink, the boy shot a warning shot at Ray. Who stared back obvious to the cause of such a look.

Kayla smiled and left them to it grabbing the bag filled with the cloths she choose and knocking on the door to the changing cubicle. "Sally here's the other bag" she said and as she predicted the door opened just enough for a hand to slip out and grab the mentioned articles. Kayla blinked at the door as shut again, Sally had quietened down a bit now they were back with the boys.

Flash back

Kayla and jade walked side by side through the mall, Sally wandered ahead a little attracted by all the bright lights and shiny objects. Kai's sister laughed as Sally let out an excited speak and took off into a pet shop where kittens were piled upon each other by the widow, mewing lightly. Sally instantly began to fuss over their fluffy forms.

Jade wrinkled her nose "you four are all the same" she said, meaning Sally, Kayla, Ray and Kai. "You all love cats" she said. "Don't you?" Sally asked as a Smokey gray cat with green eyes clambered up on to her shoulders and nuzzled her head. "No I prefer dogs" jade replied with a dreamy smile.

" Do you mean dogs or wolves" Kayla asked with a grin. Jade flushed. "Jade likes Tala, Jade liked Tala" Sally chanted, she had caught on very quickly to how things went in the small group. Then again anyone who saw Tala with Jade could tell. Jade went scarlet as the two girl laughed at her.

AS the three continued to play with the kittens sally began to talk again "which do you prefer cats or dogs?" the girl asked Kayla. The bluenett thought about it "well, I like them both really. Wolves are my favourite animal though" she as a ginger tabby pawed at her hand. "Though you like tigers too don't ya?" Sally said with a sly grin, she was digging at the girl's developing feelings for Ray.

Kayla flushed bright red and began to babble nonsense. "Ha ha, she got you Hiwatari" Jade roared whilst clutching her sides with giggles, Sally joined in causing the victim to grumble and glare at the two girls. "You two are fucking annoying you know that?" Kayla grumbled and turned away as Ray and Kai walked in, upon seeing the neko-gin the girl blushed harder and Sally and Jade laughed all the more.

End flashback

Kayla grinned that trip had resulted in two extra members joining the family, Kai had brought the smokey grey kitten and Ray had brought the ginger tabby. It seemed her brother wanted to settle here for some time, probably because it was far away from their old home and he considered it a fresh start. Kayla sat next to her brother poking her finger through the cage at the two balls of fluff. "What are you calling yours?" she asked her brother. "Sally can name him....his hers anyway" the boy grunted. Kayla smirked up at Kai, who flushed and looked away. "You are very generous to her...why is that?" the girl teased. "I well I brought her cloths and stuff so I figured ...oh why am I telling you? ...It's none of your god dame business anyway" the boy growled.

Just then the door opened and sally wandered out. This time looking a lot happier in there cloths, purple tank top with matching biker gloves, over that she wore a black and blue hoodie. A pair of dark low slung jeans that showed just a little of her curved hips , a pair of purple sneakers were on her feet and her own red bandana was fastened around her neck.

Kai smirked, she still insisted on wearing that old scarf. The boy rolled his eyes and approached Sally the girl shuffled about on the balls of her feet and blinked up at him. "That's much better but what's with this?" the boy asked tugging at the red bandanna. Sally's eyes flicked from the ragged material, then to his hand. The girl shrugged "I just like it I guess, I've had it as long as I can remember" she mumbled. "Buts it's so dirty, I can buy you a new one" Kai said gently tugging at the knot. "No, this is the one I want" Sally said in a firm tone. Kai let go with a growl and rolled his eyes "fine be that way" he sighed. "I will" sally said folding her arms over her chest.

Kayla watched as Kai and Sally's conversation turned to mild bickering. "Your being ridiculous" the boy grunted, "am not, your just being a pushy git" sniped the girl. Ray sweat dropped. "Anyone would think they were married" he said turning to the girl beside him. Kayla smiled back "its unusal for my brother to lavish so my attention on someone, even fighting this much with someone is rare" shed said in a thoughtful manner.

Ray flicked his long hair behind his shoulders "your right, there's something going on between those to" he said, his amber eyes staring at the two teens who were now having a full on argument. "You're always look like a street kid if you wear that thing" Kai growled. "Your such a snob and why dose how I look matter to you anyway" Sally snarled back, face red. "Well I...it...it's none of your fucking business that's why" the Russian replied turning away and taking up his usual statue like pose only to be leapt upon by the girl."Kai needs to learn to show his affection in a less....eh...." the neko-gin trailed off as he watched the two scuffle.

"He needs to stop being, mean. Rude, nasty, cold, bullying and bossy" Kayla said, "that's not ever going to happen, at this rate they will never get anywhere" she added with a sigh. Ray gave her a sharp toothed grin but didn't say a word. He wanted to say "they could take lessons from us" but wasn't quite sure how the girl would react. In the end he decides it was best just to get everyone home for now. "Come on guys quite arguing were leaving...guys...guys" Ray said. Tala walked in at that moment. "Please allow me Ray.... hey shut up!" The red head yelled. "DONT TELL ME TO SHUT UP YOU DUMB DOG!" came the two simultaneous replies and Tala yelped and leapt back like an over sized puppy while Kai and Sally chased him around the whole mall. Kayla, Ray and Jade just laughed and enjoyed the show.

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That chap was far longer than i inteneded but i really wanted Sally to open up more to the others, she will continue to do so in the coming chapters as i string this my couples together ^^. Im not deffo what the next chapter is gonna be about but hopefull the should be a few beybattles in it.