'Kitten Kitten' Is a spin off from my story Heat, you may not know whats going on unless you've already read heat.
It's been 3 months since Tugger and Mistoffelees had spoken, it was easy to tell that Misto's pride was hurt when the other cats had found out about the night they spent together against Tugger's better judgment.
Mistoffelees became even scarcer then he had been before, disappearing for weeks at a time with no warnings or clues to his whereabouts.
Tugger spent most of his time with the young queens. Even if Victoria was not particularly fond of him anymore, he was still convinced he could get the young queen to forgive him for what he had done to her brother, maybe then she could talk some sense into Misto and convince him to stop avoiding the coon tom as if he was flea ridden.
Today Tugger spent laying alone since the kittens were wrapped up in another appearing act from Mistoffelees, they were always excited to see him put on a show before he headed back out of the junkyard, as time passed cats began to walk from the clearing, he could over hear them discuss the show, Tugger grew curious as he heard the worried tones emitting from passing cats, he jumped down from his preach now visible to the other cats who greeted him with cold glares, Tugger was used to being treated coldly by now and didn't let it affect his attitude, he placed his hands on his belt and walked in the direction that would lead him towards Mistoffelees.
He continued walking towards the clearing when his path was cut off by a pure white queen. "Where are you going?" Victoria asked in an accusing tone, as she crossed her arms.
"I was just going to check out the magic act, I heard it was really something" Tugger said confidently, as if Victoria would accept his explanation and let him through.
"I'm not going to let you anywhere near Mistoffelees" She said sternly looking up to the much taller tom.
"Common Vicki, I thought we were getting over this" he said flirtatiously, patting the side of Victoria's face with his paw
"You rewind my brother!" Victoria shouted swatting away Tugger's hand "I'll never forgive you for that".
Tugger was surprised by the seriousness and anger in Victoria's voice, before Tugger could argue Munkustrap had overheard Victoria and came running with Plato close behind, Munkustrap placed his hands gently on the angered queens shoulders he looked up to Tugger who's eyebrows were arched in frustration "Plato, take Victoria to your den to calm down" Munkustrap said Plato nodded in agreement knowing the queen had been overwhelmed by her brothers visit. He wrapped his arm comfortingly around Victoria's shoulders, her warning expression stayed fixed on Tugger as the two walked off.
When the queen was out of ear shot Tugger faced Munkustrap "what is going on today!" Tugger said loudly, Munkustrap was about to pose a explanation when Tugger cut back in "everyone was over this" he began pacing in annoyance "now they are even angrier then before!" Munkustrap just stared at his brother, waiting for his opportunity to cut in. after a minute of listening to angry murmurs Tugger became silent, "Mistoffelees he's been letting himself go and it's become very noticeable" Munkustrap explained "so why am I being blamed!" Tugger argued "well you di-" Munku began before getting cut off once again "no! That was three month ago! He was fine during his last visits!" Tugger shouted "am I going to be blamed for everything that happens to this kid now!" Munkustrap looked surprised by the seriousness in Tugger's voice "I don't think the others realized how much this has affected you"
"Of course it has, I lost my best friend, Bomba won't let it go, and no one trusts me! Even Jelly won't let Etcetera around without supervision! all because of my damn instincts"
"Tugger, no one really blames you, they know you're only feline" Munku said in a calming tone.
"Then they shouldn't treat me like a damn pollical" Tugger said in rebuttal
"I guess I just get stressed when Mistoffelees is visiting" Tugger said with a sigh
"He does live here tug"
"Could have fooled me the way he avoids this place
"Well he's clearly traumatized" Munkustrap said noticing the regret in Tugger's eyes who looked up to him after a small pause "he doesn't look to bad dose it?"
"He will be okay, he's gained some weight, and must have the flue or something, since he's been swea-".
"He's gained weight?" Tugger shouted quickly covering his mouth hoping no one heard, Munkustrap looked at him in disappointment while shaking his head at his loud mouth brother.
"You're still as shallow as ever Tugger" Munku said as he turned and walked towards the clearing Tugger following closely behind.
"I didn't mean it like that it's just a shame, he had such a nice bo-"
"Okay Tugger, that's enough" The Tabby said cutting him off "I'm going to check on Misto" Munku continued hinting at Tugger not to follow
"I'll tag along" Tugger said ignoring Munkustraps obvious hints, piecing together his shattered friendship with Mistoffelees was more important.
"I don't think that's such a great idea" Munku said attempting to change Tugger's mind.
"Now common straps, you got to be more assertive then that, the jellicals are going to walk all over you once father kicks the bucket."
Munku stopped and Turned towards his bother "alright Tugger, You're not coming. I expect you to keep a low profile, and stay away from Mistoffelees; I don't want to be the one Digging Victoria's claws out of you if he runs off again"
Tugger smirked at his older brother "Munku, I meant for the others, I'm your brother you can't tell me what to do" he snickered as he strutted off past Munkustrap towards the clearing, Munku rolled his eyes following closely behind Tugger arguing the whole way to the clearing.
Munkustrap and Tugger continued to argue not realizing they had already made it into the clearing and were now walking to Mistoffelees who turned to face the approaching toms, realizing it was too late for Tugger to Munkustrap dropped the argument he was having with Tugger and greeted Mistoffelees with a smile.
Tugger just stared rudely at the Tux's appearance, he noticed large dark circles formed underneath his tired dull eyes his fur was unusually matted obviously being neglected, but that thing that Tugger's eyes were drawn to was the small lump forming in Mistoffelees stomach.
Mistoffelees cleared his throat getting Tugger to make eye contact for the first time in three mouths, Tugger could swear he saw anger and pain flood into Mistoffelees eyes as they exchanged glances.
Tugger regretted visiting Mistoffelees, as the guilt began to eat away at his consequence once he set eyes on the condition of his former friend, it was clear the black and white tom continued to hold a grudge, but who could blame him?
Tugger stayed silent as Mistoffelees and Munkustrap discussed den arrangements, Munkustrap insisted Mistoffelees spend the night at his or Victoria's den. Mistoffelees politely refused, not wanting to be a burden in Munkustraps already busy life, or a pest to Victoria and Plato, He could tell that Plato didn't know how to act around Mistoffelees, making all of their interactions awkward.
"I will just have to dust out the pipe, it shouldn't take too long" Mistoffelees said hoping to avoid any other offers.
Tugger saw an opportunity to get close to Mistoffelees, without thinking Tugger cut into the conversation "do you need some help cleaning up?" Tugger offered.
Munkustrap and Mistoffelees both stared at Tugger, Munkustrap shaking his head informing his brother that it was a bad idea on his part. Mistoffelees just looked dumbfounded by Tugger's ignorance.
"I think I'll pass" Mistoffelees said coldly shooting down Tugger's offer
Tugger let himself fade into the background once again "of course Mistoffelees wouldn't want to be alone in with me in that room" Tugger thought to himself.
"Mistoffelees must think I'm aiming to bed him again" Tugger thought over analyzing the situation.
As Mistoffelees walked off towards his den Tugger just looked on, disappointed that he and Mistoffelees made no improvements, Munkustrap realized Tugger must have been upset by the days outcome and offered a helpful thought "Mistoffelees will be staying in the Junkyard again, so he must be feeling better" Tugger smiled at the kind words from his brother, there will be more opportunities in the future to win back Mistoffelees friendship, and hopefully his trust.
Both Munkustrap and Tugger were startled when they heard loud coughing echo thought the empty clearing, they turned back to see Mistoffelees huddled over in a coughing fit. Munkustrap looked at Mistoffelees with worry and noticed the same expression plastid on Tugger's face.
"Ill go fetch Jelly so she can take a look." Munkustrap said seeing an opportunity for Tugger to talk alone with Mistoffelees, something he's had yet to do.
Munkustrap walked off into the direction of Jellylorum's den, Tugger was going to request that he not be left alone with the Tux, but Munkustrap had already wondered off and away from the main coon. He took a deep breath as he approached the other tom.
"Are you ok Misto?" Tugger said putting his hand on the Magicians shoulders. Tugger's hand was instantly shot back
"Don't touch me!" Misto yelled furiously at Tugger breathing heavy from his coughing fit "I was just trying to help" Tugger said getting defensive at Misto's blatantly rude attitude
"I don't need your help" Mistoffelees said struggling to stand straight "Take it easy, you should sit down" Tugger said grabbing Mistoffelees elbow attempting to lead him to a sitting position.
Mistoffelees yanked his arm away from Tugger and began to raise his voice in annoyance "stop treating me like one of your damn queens"
"Fine" Tugger said throwing his hands to his side "you want me to treat you like a Tom?" Tugger said walking up to Mistoffelees shoving him suddenly, Mistoffelees stumbled back
"What the hell Tugger?" Mistoffelees said in an angry tone bearing his teeth in warning.
"I'm just treating you like the grown tom you are" Tugger said approaching Mistoffelees again and shoving him with more force than the last causing Misto to lose his balance and fall backwards to the dirt ground.
"You going to run away again?" Tugger asked with a smirk provoking Mistoffelees to attack back.
"It was your fault I left!" Mistoffelees shouted loudly looking up to the larger tom with anger burning in his eyes as Blue lightning danced around his fingers that were buried in the dirt.
"We could have talked it out; a real tom wouldn't have run off!" Tugger shouted frustrated at the tom on the ground in front of him "You may act mature, but you're still just a wimpy kit" Tugger continued.
Tugger noticed Mistoffelees white tipped tail twitching emotionally, before he had time to react he was shot with a large bolt of blue lightning, leavening him with a small gash and burnt fur, much like the one he received the night regrettably spent together.
"Damn it!" Tugger shouted holding his wound, he looked to Mistoffelees who had adjusted to his hands and knees breathing heavy, "you can't just talk your way out of this, I won't be Manipulated the way everyone else is."
"You will have to do better than a little bit of lightning and a rotten attitude" Tugger said calmly, with a humorous smile "I'm not going to leave you alone. I will repair this friendship damn it! Even if you fight me the whole way" Tugger watched Mistoffelees glare at him waiting for a response that never came.
"what the hell happened here" Munkustrap asked running up beside Mistoffelees, with Jelly following behind they both looked to Tugger who was burnt and bleeding slightly, then to Misto who was breathing heavy soaked in sweat "Tugger- you dideā¦"
"NO!" Tugger shouted, offended by Munkustrap's assumption.
"I was only making sure" Tugger continued to glare as the Tabby helped Mistoffelees to his feet, The Tux noticeably relying on Munkustrap for support standing on his shaken legs
"You feel alright Misto? You look exhausted" Jelly asked voicing his concern.
"I'm fine" he said coldly, not taking his eyes away from Tugger, Jelly walked over and placed her hand on Mistoffelees forehead
"Misto your burning up, you really need to lay down" Jelly said wrapping her hand on Mistoffelees hip helping support the young tom as she and Munkustrap lead him towards her den.
"Really, I'm feelin-"... Misto said stopping suddenly as he hunched over and began throwing up large amounts of blood. Tugger was instantly up and beside Jelly, watching as she queen frantically attempted to stop Mistoffelees from bleeding. Misto could hear the echoing of voices as panic filled his thoughts, he covered his mouth with his hand hoping the bleeding would seize but only caused the pooling blood to seep thought his fingers. the large amount of blood lost began to weight down on Mistoffelees mind, his eyes became droopy and his body unbalanced, he felt his body become limp in Munkustrap's arms, as his eyes closed and his world faded into a dreamless sleep.
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