Story title: Kitten Troubles

Story author: Me

Now listening to: Lady Gaga

Anime / Manga: Katekyo Hitman Reborn

Disclaimer: I do not own this anime, or the characters. The only thing I own is the story I wrote myself based on this anime.

A little warning: Bester x Uri, although you won't be reading about that. A little Xanxus x Gokudera too, 'cause I've always wanted to write that!

In this fanfiction, let's assume Uri is a female please. It'll help my story. Plus, I'm not sticking to exact story line otherwise this story wouldn't be able to work. Please, just read and enjoy.

"Uri?" the male's voice echoed around the hidden base as he ran down every corridor where he knew he'd find his cat. Any other day and he wouldn't have minded the fact that his pet had wandered off, but he'd noticed that lately Uri had been putting on weight. Heck, even Yamamoto had noticed, and if even a baseball idiot could notice something like that then it was serious. He hadn't taken Uri to the doctor's though and placed her gained weight down to a poor diet, which he had tried and failed to correct, and now he blamed himself for her disappearance that afternoon. Why hadn't he given her a bell and made life easy for himself? Although one thing confused him about her weight gain; she had been acting particularly restless that morning. She hadn't been able to decide on which room to stay in and would continually leave and enter.

The male paused as he stood by a door, his beautiful green eyes looking ahead of him before he turned to look behind him. It had been lunchtime, and Uri never missed an opportunity to eat and for once Gokudera was willing to allow the cat to put on as much weight as it wanted so long as it would turn up. A sigh left his lips as he opened the door to the kitchen and walked inside, his eyes glancing at the corridor behind him. Inside the kitchen, the other guardians were cleaning up after lunch. No, that was a lie.

Yamamoto and Gokudera's beloved boss were cleaning up. Mukuro and Hibari watched while Ryohei tried to put spare plates away with his energised sprit, however the plates cracked in his grasp. Over on the other table were the six Varia guardians; Tsuna had summoned them for a meeting over missions and the situations in Italy and they had demanded to be fed as soon as Yamamoto had mentioned lunch.

"VOI! Where have you been?" Gokudera's attention was stolen as the other silver-haired male yelled at him. The right hand man gave him a glare in return and ignored his question, turning instead to his boss.

"Jyuudaime… I can't find Uri anywhere," Gokudera told him, his eyes glancing around the kitchen for a glance of the golden-white furred tail or a glint of those red eyes the cat possessed.

"You should take better care of her," Yamamoto stepped still drying the cup from the bubbles from cleaning.

"I do take care of her, you freakin' Idiot! If you're so smart, then where is she?" Gokudera's short fuse was lit, and his angry voice filled the kitchen easily.

"Gokudera-Kun! Yelling won't get us anywhere," Tsuna stepped in, not wanting his subordinates to fight in front of the Varia. After all, the Vongola had to set an example… right? "Did you check everywhere? I mean, even the rooms that are normally locked. Uri may have found a way into the piano room or something?"

The three-quarters Italian looked at his boss as he took in what he said, and allowed a smile to fall upon his lips, "I haven't checked there yet Jyuudaime, but I shall right now."

"Do you need us to help you?" Yamamoto asked with his casual smile, finding it difficult to not offer to help his friend.

"Do whatever you want; I need to go. Please, excuse me Jyuudaime!" Gokudera reached into his pocket as he left the room, leaving the door open behind him as he took out his set of keys. Bike key… car key… house key… ah, piano room! He held onto the room's key so he wouldn't lose it again, turning down the corridors until he reached the room. He stood outside, listening carefully, hoping to hear a sound from inside. A small meow caused him to hurry and open the door; Just why would Uri meow like that??

The Piano Room was almost empty, except for the couch along one wall and the piano in the middle. The room was warm, as Gokudera only spent most of his time in the room during the winter. As if drawn to it, Gokudera made his way to the middle and placed a hand on his piano before he looked around the room. A box sat in a corner of the room, which Gokudera used to keep his sheet music in, not requiring anything more. A shuffling noise came from the box, and the male hesitated before he walked forward. He moved slowly, hearing another small meow, which confused him just as much as Uri's sudden weight gain.

"Uri?" Gokudera called out before he approached the box, kneeling down next to it slowly. He took a deep breath before he leaned forward to look inside. His mouth dropped at the contents of the box, and he didn't know whether he should be happy or to be angry that his sheet music had been ripped to shreds and destroyed.

His hand reached for his pocket and he took out his mobile, pressing the speed dial button to his boss' mobile. He kept his eyes on the box while the phone rang. "Jyuudaime… could you please come down here and bring a blanket… don't bring any loud people… you know, the Idiot… okay, thanks." His conversation was quick; Gokudera never liked to have quick conversations with his boss but he knew it was important that this surprise was well cared for.

It was five minutes before the Piano Room's door opened, and Gokudera looked up as each of the Vongola and Varia members walked in. The right hand man put a finger to his lips before reaching to take the blanket from Tsuna and turned his attention back to Uri.

"She gave birth…?" Yamamoto blinked in surprise as he leaned over Gokudera to look inside the box.

"Be quiet. Don't speak." Gokudera's reply was quick and snappy as he put the blanket in the box, carefully moving the kittens and his cat to keep them warm.

"Well, she's lost weight in such an extreme way," Ryohei now looked to the kittens, ignoring the storm guardian's order.

"Kufufu~ Who's the father?" Mukuro asked and Gokudera turned to see that even the Varia had gathered around the box. It was a similar scene to a pack of children learning how candy canes were made. Gokudera's green eyes blinked at his question as he returned to the kittens. He looked for markings on each, all of whom looked mostly like their mother. One had a ginger smudge mark above its nose, another had a left ginger ear and the other a right white ear, and another was a mirrored version of the second. One had tell-tale stripe marks across its body in a tiger-like way while the final kitten only had stripe marks around its tail.

"Well, how many cats do we know with stripes?" Gokudera asked out-loud. For a moment, none of the males spoke.

Belphegor was the one to break the silence, "Ishishi… there's always Bester."

"What?" Gokudera forgot his own rule to keep his voice down, "There's no way Uri would do such a thing with Bester!"

"Got any other ideas then?" Mukuro asked, "Bester is the only feline we know with stripes…"

"Che," Gokudera's green eyes looked up to the Varia leader who had sat on the couch on the other side of the room, his eyes glaring daggers, "Keep Bester away from Uri." He growled, making no effort to show how much he hated the idea that Uri had been mated with the white hybrid.

"Who are you to tell me what to do?" Xanxus demanded, returning Gokudera's harsh glare, "They're animals, what the hell did you expect from them, Bastard."

"Don't you dare…!" Gokudera opened his mouth to yell at him but Yamamoto acted fast, placing his hand over the storm guardian's mouth.

"No yelling, remember?" He told him, counting to five before taking his hand away. Defeated, Gokudera returned to the kittens.

"Gokudera-Kun," Tsuna spoke, and Gokudera glanced to him to show he was listening, "I think it would be best if you slept in this room for a few weeks until the kittens are old enough to leave Uri. You need to be here to care for them."

"I understand, Jyuudaime," Gokudera nodded. Originally, his idea had been to place a monitor with them and continue to use his own bed, but he'd never dreamed of disobeying his boss, "I'll do that."

"Xanxus should stay here too," Tsuna commented, looking to the Varia guardian.

"What the hell? Why the hell should I?"

"These are your grandchildren as much as they are Gokudera-Kun's –"

" – Grandchildren?! Jyuudaime! –"

" – Therefore it is your responsibility to stay here and look after them too."

"Jyuudaime, please! I am against staying with such an obnoxious person!" Gokudera knelt on his knees, putting his hands together as if in prayer as he begged, "The last thing I want is to be stuck in here with him!"

"I'm sorry Gokudera, but working with someone else will do you some good you know? Give it a go… We'll leave you alone for now with Xanxus and the kittens but we'll come back with bedding."

"Jyuudaime, please reconsider."

"Sorry, Gokudera-Kun, but that's my final decision."

Gokudera had remained with the kittens during the rest of the day, leaving them only to eat dinner with the rest of the guardians and Varia. He was surprised at how small the kittens were in comparison to their mother, and quite cute he smiled to himself, knowing that no one else would know he thought that. But then a question came to mind; what would happen once they were old enough to leave Uri? He felt like he couldn't just hand them over to anyone. After all, they were his grandchildren.

"We'll have to check the genders too," He told himself as he checked the time. Biting back a yawn as he registered it was nearly ten at night, he made his way to the couch, which had been pulled out into a double bed. Two pillows and two quilts had been placed upon it; at least Tsuna had allowed them to have a quilt each. Gokudera couldn't even imagine sharing a quilt with Xanxus.

"You talking to yourself?" Said person walked into the room, looking just as annoyed with the situation as the right hand man himself.

"Doesn't matter," Gokudera replied, taking off his black jacket, "I'm going to sleep."

"You're on the outside," Xanxus told him, kicking off his shoes before he walked over to the bed.

"What?"

"I'm not sleeping on the outside where you can kick me off the fucking bed!"

"So you'll kick me off the bed instead? Bastard!" Both males lunged at the bed to secure their sleeping place, but Xanxus beat the other by a mere margin.

"I'm next to the wall, Bastard," He kicked out at the other and sent him backwards, the silver-haired's back colliding with the piano with a thud, "Now that was a nice note just then."

"Don't mess with me!" Gokudera stood up, preparing to attack the other when a small meow came from the box, "You stay there. I'll go see what it is… after all, you don't really care do you?" The storm guardian spat before walking over to the kittens.

"Don't tell me what I am!" Xanxus yelled after him as he settled in his bed, turning over to point his back at the other. With a 'hmph', Gokudera ignored him, although worry settled in his mind.Just how would he survive with Him?

A/N

Oh goodness, it's been AGES since I've wrote a fanfiction.

Right, I've got a few chapters plans for this story to progress.
However; should I skip straight to the kittens being given to their new owners after… how many weeks are needed or would you like a little story between Xanxus and Gokudera? Your choice guys. Please do review and comment!

Comments are loved!