Second chapter for the win!
I'm not to sure how I feel about this...
First Person!
I frowned as I made my way up the stairs to the front door of my condo when I saw a box sitting in front of it. I could have sworn Brett and Louis were home. Maybe they were just being the lazy jerks I knew they were and were waiting for me to bring it indoors.
I walked closer to the box and looked inside. I was greeted by ten pairs of adorable kitten eyes. I sighed. "Cats." I cursed. "To be honest, I'm a dog person. You cats aren't exactly my cup of tea. Turn into puppies and you've got my full attention." I knelt closer to the cats.
A little silver one attempted to climb up the wall of the box to get to me. He was meowing angrily and was pawing up at me with furry determination. I laughed. "Good luck with that little kitty." I scratched behind its ear and straightened up. I made to leave but was assaulted with a chorus of meows.
I looked back in the box. "Look kitties, I like cats, but I don't want any." I pouted when they gave me the kitty eyes. "No, I must resist my caring instinct! Don't look into their eyes me! Don't do it!" My eyes widened when I noticed a large blue cat. "BLUE KITTY!" I reached into the box and fished out the cat.
"You're adorable." I cuddled the animal. He was twice as large as the other kittens with the exception of two of them. He was a light blue with golden eyes and gill-like markings on his face. I looked back into the box. "Awe there's another one." I returned the cat and noticed the others looking at him with something I could only classify as amusement. The cat himself seemed to be utterly annoyed and shocked at the same time.
"Oh fine!" I pouted. "Give me a minute. I need to let the guys know." I stroked the fur of the other blue kitten before digging around in my pocket for my key. I quickly unlocked the door and pushed it open. "Lulu, Brett, will you come to the front door and give me a hand?"
"Alice!" Brett squealed in a very unmanly voice. I rolled my eyes. He wasn't exactly manly anyways. I returned to the box of felines and began dragging it towards the door, causing the cats to meow in shock and hiss angrily. I heard Brett end his skipping when he reached the door.
"What's in the box?" I heard him ask as he hugged me from behind. His actions can be more associated to hugging my butt considering I was bent over.
"Dinner." I said sarcastically. "Help me bring it in." He nodded and slipped around me to grab the other end of the box. I waited for another squeal.
"Kitties!" He exclaimed, picking up a blond kitten and snuggling against it. "Awe they're so cute!" He kissed the face of the one he was holding. I saw the kitten's eyes narrow when the other kittens meowed something that sounded close to laughter.
"Okay Bee, put the kitten down so we can bring them inside. It's cold out here." I pointed out, aiming to save the poor cat from Brett's affection. He's the biggest cat person out there.
"What's with all the squealing?" A deeper, much manlier voice asked. "And why are you bent over like that. As much as I love checking you out Alice, I disapprove of doing it on the steps when it's so cold."
"Shut up Louis." I sighed. "I'm trying to bring in this box but Brett's having a fangirl moment." I jerked my chin towards Brett when he giggled.
"Over what, dare I ask?" He asked hugging me in the same fashion Brett did. He looked over my shoulder and his eyebrows rose. "You have a box full of pussy?"
I rolled my eyes at his antics and snatched the kitten from Brett. "Move you raging homo." I backed into Louis, earning myself a perverted gesture as I finished dragging the box into the condo.
I straightened out and turned to Brett and Louis who were both now crouched around the kittens in the box, petting them and cooing at them. "So what are we going to do with them? Surely we can't keep them all."
"Don't call me Surely." Louis retorted without looking at me as he snatched up a brown kitten with black stitch markings in various places on his body. "We can keep them. I don't have a problem with it. I love cats." He gestured at Brett who was petting the smaller blue kitten with concern in his eyes. "You know he's not going to get rid of them."
"Yeah, that's why I wasn't going to bring them in." I sighed. "But their cuteness got to me." I sat on the edge of our cushioned black couch and picked up a silky black one with red eyes. I stroked his fur absently as I watched Brett and Louis.
"Well, I want them." Brett stated. "Now that we have our own place, we can have as many cats as we want and mom can tell me what to do!" He grinned. "The poor things were dyed! This is not normal cat hair color!" He held up the tiny blue kitten. "Don't tell me you don't think she's adorable, Alice."
I rolled my eyes. "I think cats are cute Bee, I just prefer dogs." I shrugged. "If you want to keep them, so be it. We'll keep them." Brett cheered with happiness and danced with the distraught kitten in his arms.
Louis looked at Brett in confusion as he returned the smaller blue cat to the box and brought out another, crimson cat. "How do you know that's a girl?"
"Well, because she's freaking gorgeous!" Brett exclaimed. He looked into the box to beam at the tiny kitten. "Feline females and Alice are the only girls I'm attracted to." He placed the crimson cat in his lap and began running his fingers through his fur.
"Hey, let's take the cats into our bedroom, babe." Louis said, standing up with his brown cat. "That way we can get them out of the box and so they can't break anything."
Brett nodded and picked up two more kitties. I sighed and smiled at his retreating figure as he skipped upstairs to the bedroom he and Louis shared.
I picked up the blue kitten I had cuddled before after putting the little black kitten on my shoulder. I then lifted up a very calm orange one that had random black dots on his face, ears, and limbs. I noted that he had very peculiar eyes.
Louis trailed behind me, bringing the last four kittens along. Being the strongest of the three of us, he had no trouble. Not that the kittens weighed very much in the first place. He set his kittens down before closing the door behind us.
I saw Brett had dumped his kittens on the bed before rushing over to close the bathroom door. I set the two cats in my hands down before gently detaching the one on my shoulder from its spot. Then I took my seat on the ground against the wall with the black kitty in my arms.
"Hey love?" Louis wondered looking at me. I raised my eyebrow in question as I released my captive to allow him to wander around as I expected he wanted to. He didn't, he just sat beside me, watching us curiously. "Isn't Kathryn supposed to be coming over for the weekend?"
I dipped my head. "Yeah, we get together every weekend." I fished out my cell phone and dialed her number. I set it on speaker at Brett's pestering and waited for her to answer. The cats looked at my cell phone as if it was a bomb.
Third Person!
"The fuck is that?" Hidan demanded, walking closer to the little black contraption the girl had pulled out of her pocket. He got closer to it and jumped when a loud ringing sounded. The girl who set the black thing on the ground laughed at his reaction.
Kisame's golden orbs widened when someone called hello from the black thing.
"Hello sweetie!" The voice exclaimed happily, it was clearly female.
"Holy shit it talks!" Kisame gawked.
"Hey, Kat." The girl named Alice said in response. "When are you getting here?"
"I'm actually walking to the door now. My mom just dropped me off. The creepy old guy a few doors down just whistled at me."
"HI KATHRYN!" The really tall, black haired boy called
"Hey there Bretty!" Kathryn replied
"I swear that old man's a pedo." Alice laughed. "You've got the key or do you need me to let you in?" She asked, staring at the black thing.
"Who is she talking to, un?" Deidara wondered from beside Sasori.
"I think that black thing is a method the people here use to communicate." Pein guessed. He looked around when the shorter, more muscular boy named Louis stood. He walked over to a window and peeked out. He cracked a questionable smile and then returned to his seat.
"I'm breaking in." Kathryn's voice announced from the phone. "Honey I'm home!" Her voice called through the house. "Where you bitches at?"
"Lu's room." Alice told her. The door quickly opened and a very skinny, beautiful blond walked inside. She closed the door again at Louis's command and hugged Alice after closing her own contraption and stuffing it in the front of her shirt.
Alice replaced her phone into her pocket just in time for Kathryn to notice the new addition to the condo. "OMG KITTIES!" She snatched up the closest one which happened to be the blond that was first attacked by Brett. "He's so precious!"
"Kathryn, don't frighten the animals." Alice sighed and watched her friend sit on the floor beside her. "I just found them in a box outside the condo."
"I bet you're thrilled." She stated sarcastically, giving Alice a smirk.
"Hn." That was Alice's only response.
"Hey, she used your word Itachi. Do you know this chick?"Hidan stated. "That makes two people in the entire world." Itachi merely shook his head in response, staring at the brunette sitting beside him.
"So what are you going to do with them?" Kathryn wondered.
"We decided to keep them, so now we just have to name them. I think I should get first dibs." Alice told her.
"What, now they're going to name us?"Kakuzu frowned. "We were already taken in by a kid more hyperactive than Tobi."
Sasori sighed. "It can only be expected, seeing as they think we're their pets now."
"You've got to be kidding me, un." Deidara groaned.
"We are not naming the cats after anime characters, Alice." Kathryn sighed.
Brett gasped. "Why not?" He bounced on the bed in agitation. "I already had perfect names for them! Doesn't he remind you of Zetsu from the Akatsuki?" He held up a kitten was half white and half black. The Akatsuki kittens all exchanged horrified looks.
"Oh my Jashin he does." Alice agreed, ignoring the fact that Hidan gave a little kitten gasp at her words. "Oh god we have to name him that!"
"See! Alice understands!" Brett pointed out. He scurried over to Alice and they began loving over the black and white kitten that looked terrified.
Kathryn looked at Louis. "What's going on here?"
"Alice and Brett are both going through a Naruto phase right now. I can't complain since they shut up about Bleach now." Louis rolled his eyes. "But if I hear one more thing about how sexy Itachi Uchiha is I'm going to break something."
Itachi froze instantly.
"Well he is." Alice pointed out. "He's the best character. You know you drooled when you first saw him. I did then, and every time after that."
"Wait a second…" Kisame stated. "Zetsu, do you know these people? Did they just say the Akatsuki or am I insane? Itachi I thought you said you didn't know her?"
"I did. I have no idea who she is." Itachi appeared as if he was about to faint.
Zetsu shook his head when Brett released him."No. I don't associate myself with freaks. I've never met these people before, thankfully."
"No babe, we're naming them normal cat names. Get over your Akatsuki obsession for ten minutes." Louis sighed. "Alice almost ripped our heads off for naming our last cat Pussy."
"But he was!" Brett pouted. "I don't know why you didn't like it."
Alice frowned. "Because I had to be around you while you were chasing the cat around the neighborhood yelling 'I want my Pussy back!' It was more disturbing than I thought possible." Kathryn giggled.
"Well I think we should name the cats and if we run out of good names, we'll let Brett and Alice name them after the characters." Kathryn held up the blond kitten. "I say this one is first."
"I think he's a Deidara!" Brett whispered to Alice. Alice snickered and nodded in agreement, both of them oblivious to the shocked stares they were receiving from the cats.
"Blondie." Louis suggested. "You don't see very many blond cats out there."
Kathryn nodded. "That's true." She looked at Alice. "I'd name him after Deidara too since he's my favorite character, but I'm not obsessed like you two. I don't want to torture the poor thing."
"Trust me girl, it wouldn't be torture, un."Deidara pouted as he ignored the snickering and teasing from all the other cats as he walked away from Kathryn.
"I like your new name, Brat." Sasori chuckled. "Maybe I'll call you that from now on."
"Don't, un!" Deidara hissed, glaring at Sasori.
"Hey, no fighting." Louis scolded, pulling gently on Deidara's tail.
"Yeah Blondie-Senpai!" Tobi copied. He was rewarded with a kitty death glare from Deidara and a chorus of kitten laughter.
Louis picked up Hidan. "What about this little guy?" He looked up at Brett and Alice. "No references from the two of you please."
"Little guy?" Hidan exclaimed. "I'll sacrifice the little shit to Jashin-sama!"
"Calm down, Hidan." Kakuzu soothed. "Not much can be worse than Blondie." Deidara hissed angrily at him, causing Kakuzu to chuckle.
"Stop causing a scene. The girl is watching us." Pein barked, issuing instant silence and order from the members. He noticed Alice had been watching them curiously.
"How about we name him Shiny because of his silver fur?" Kathryn wondered.
"I stand corrected." Kakuzu snorted at the mention of the cat name. Deidara, Tobi, and Kisame erupted with kitten laughter at Kakuzu's comment. Hidan growled menacingly; for a kitten that is.
"Shiny it is." Louis chuckled, putting Hidan down when he started growling a kitten growl. He pointed at Itachi. "Alice get that one, it's his turn."
Alice picked up Itachi gently and placed him in her lap again. Brett grinned. "Let's name him Blackie." Itachi gave him an Uchiha-death glare while Kisame held back a laugh.
"We can't name him Blackie." Louis sighed. "The neighbors would think we were talking to them if we had to call for him."
"Louis!" Alice snapped, holding back a laugh. "That is not appropriate." She stroked Itachi's head. "How about we just name him Kuro? It means black in Japanese."
"Good idea." Brett said. He grabbed Sasori and showed him off. "What about this one?"
"I'll murder him in his sleep if he names me something ridiculous." Sasori smirked. "Though I think anything is better than Shiny."
"Don't jinx yourself, Danna." Deidara stated, grinning up at Sasori from his spot.
"Well, he's got red fur." Louis pointed out. "And he's got dark rings on his limbs and a weird spot where his heart should be." He crossed his arms and frowned in thought for a moment before giving up. "I've got nothing."
"I like the name Loofa." Kathryn concluded randomly.
"Why?" Alice asked holding back a laugh.
She pointed towards the bathroom. "There's a loofa sponge on the door." Sure enough there was a loofa sponge hanging from the bathroom door handle.
"Loofa it is then." Louis said with a confused expression. "Poor cat." He grabbed Kakuzu. "What about this dude?"
"What in Jashin's name is a fucking loofa?" Hidan demanded as Sasori escaped Brett's clutches. Sasori merely shrugged.
"He looks like a George to me." Brett said, giving Kakuzu a very serious look down.
Alice sighed. "Where are all these weird names coming from? You and Kathryn should start a club, Bee." She stroked Itachi who was still in her lap. "By the way, I like Kakuzu for him." She smiled when Louis frowned at her.
"So now they know my name too?" Kakuzu demanded. "Who are these people?"
"I'm not sure, but maybe if we study them, we can get our answers." Pein announced. "It's obvious these people know about us. But how? How much do they know?" He frowned.
"Maybe we are somewhere near home." Konan suggested. "Or maybe it's just a coincidence."
"No Alice." Kathryn scolded. "Bad anime obsession!" She swatted Alice's head gently. "I think George is a fine name."
"I guess you're George now big guy." Louis stated patting Kakuzu's head.
"He totally has to be Ginger!" Brett shouted jabbing a finger in Pein's direction before grabbing him.
Alice frowned when all of the cats suddenly went stiff after Brett picked up the orange kitten. "You think he's the leader?" She raised her eyebrows. "All of the cats are acting really weird. They seemed to be fighting earlier and he hissed at them and they instantly stopped."
"Shut up dog-lover." Brett ordered. "You don't understand kitties." He snuggled against Pein who was struggling to keep an emotionless façade now that he was being loved.
"Maybe we should call him Pein, because he certainly looks like he's in it." Alice laughed. "Be easy with the cats Brett or they'll kill you."
"Smart girl." Zetsu's black half said.
"Sorry kitty." Brett apologized. "I call dibs on Ginger." Kathryn and Louis nodded their agreement and Pein was renamed as Ginger. He returned to his seat beside Konan, none too happy about his new name.
"Big blue kitty!" Alice said planting a gentle kiss on Kisame's head who was sitting between her and Kathryn.
"Bruce!" Kathryn exclaimed. "You know, like the shark from Finding Nemo."
"Oh these people are hilarious." Kisame growled, ignoring Hidan's snickers.
"It fits you nicely, Kisame." Itachi added from his spot on Alice's lap.
"You, just enjoy your spot on her lap and be quiet." Kisame snapped.
Itachi looked away from him. "Hn."
Alice smirked. "Good call."
"Or Shark-bait." Brett laughed.
"He isn't a clown fish, he's a shark!" Alice frowned. "He's a very adorable shark."
"Kisame!" Brett sang in a whisper. Alice grinned and nodded.
"You are now Bruce." Kathryn announced, patting Kisame's head. She looked at Konan beside Pein. "Now her, then we'll have two more right?"
"Wow, you can count." Alice said sarcastically. "You're a genius."
"Shut up Alice. I don't appreciate your sarcasm." Kathryn pouted. She grabbed Konan gently and pet her. "She's really pretty."
"I think Cutie is a perfect name." Louis pointed out. "She's the only girl kitten and she's pretty." He scratched under her chin.
"Welcome to the crew, Cutie." Kathryn said sweetly when she replaced Konan beside Pein. "I'll put you back next to your boyfriend." Everyone missed Konan's slight kitten blush.
"I still think he should be Zetsu." Brett said poking Zetsu. "I mean, it's perfect. The only other name is Oreo and he's not even colored right for that."
"Fine, we can name one of them after your crazy obsession." Louis sighed.
"Whatever Lulu, you like it too." Alice frowned. "You're just not as into it as me and Brett are. You were totally just as obsessed with Bleach as I was when you were in your Soul Reaper phase." She crossed her arms. "It just so happens that I consider the characters from Bleach to be more dog compatable than Naruto characters, except Kakashi and Kiba."
"Which is one reason why she likes Bleach better." Brett pointed out. He smiled. "But Zetsu is him. Or we can name him Kevin. Either way, I win."
"I say Kevin." Kathryn pointed out. "People always use the name Kevin for ignorant shit." She grinned. "Poor Kevin."
"Alright big guy, you're Kevin." Louis stated. Zetsu, Kisame, and Kakuzu were the largest of the kittens. Sasori, Konan, and Deidara were the smallest.
"Damn, we were so close. We almost had a normal name." Zetsu said as Louis confirmed his new name.
"It's better than Shiny." Hidan said with a shudder. The others laughed.
"And now this guy!" Brett said picking up Tobi. "I'm thinking Pumpkin."
"I like Pumpkin." Louis agreed.
"Tobi likes Pumpkin too!"Tobi cheered. He seemed utterly content when Brett stood up with him and danced about the room.
"What hell have we just gotten ourselves into?" Kisame asked in horror.