"You guys sure have some fun games." Toulouse said to the other kittens.
"Yeah, I wanna be an adventurer too!" Berlioz beamed.
"The adventures we've had aren't games." Oliver said.
"Oh?" the kittens replied.
"Trust us, we know." Snow White nodded.
"You would be surprised what we've all been through." Weenie even agreed.
The Pokemon soon came out of their Pokeballs. Marie yelped and hid behind her brothers, a little scared of the Pokemon.
"It's okay, girl, they won't hurt you." Jenny soothed the kitten.
"They won't...?" Marie asked as she slowly came out with Toulouse and Berlioz.
Vulpix nuzzled against Jenny with a fond smile, feeling glad to see her yet again.
"I guess some of them are cute." Marie smiled.
Teddy smiled back.
"Especially this one." Marie nuzzled her nose against the young Teddiursa.
Teddy smiled bashfully and even seemed to blush slightly.
"Aw! Someone's blushing." Estelle smiled.
"So, what do you guys do for fun?" Mismagius asked the kittens.
"We usually hang out around here, the real fun's in the activity room where the piano and paints are." Marie replied.
Vincent's eyes lit up. "Did you say paints?"
"Papa really loves to paint." Vulpix said.
Vincent smiled sheepishly. "I do." he then admitted.
"Then we better get to the paint." Toulouse said.
"All right." Oliver agreed, he still wondered about meeting his father, but he was having so much fun with the other kittens that he didn't think about it as much.
They all ran to the door together.
"Wait for me, wait for me!" Berlioz called out.
"Ladies first!" Snow White smiled as she ran up ahead.
"That's right!" Marie agreed.
Unfortunately, Marie, Toulouse, and Berlioz got stuck together in the door.
"Why should you and Snow White be first?" Toulouse scoffed.
"Because we're ladies, that's why." Marie replied snobbishly.
"Boys, they're right; they are ladies and they get to go first." Oliver said.
"Huh, Marie's not a lady." Toulouse scoffed as Marie jumped down, but Berlioz grabbed her by her tail.
"She's nothing but a sister!" Berlioz added in.
"Let her tail go." Akito said as he saw what one of them was doing with his telescopic/X-Ray vision.
Berlioz blinked and then let go of Marie which made her flop and slide against the floor.
"Okay, now to get you two out of the way." Scruffy said.
Berlioz and Toulouse wiggled and popped out of the door. Snow White smirked to them and then came in through the cat door beside Marie. Dot soon came in next.
"Okay, guys, let's go." Oliver then said to Scruffy, Berlioz, Toulouse, and Weenie.
Weenie nodded in agreement. The boys then came in together, one-by-one.
Duchess was on her way down with Maisy as they then saw the pets fighting each other with tickling, clawing, and biting.
"Kids." Maisy sighed.
"Let me handle this," Duchess replied since she was the mother after all. "Marie, darling. Marie, you must stop that. This is really not ladylike. The same with you, Snow White and Dot."
"Sorry, ma'am." Dot and Snow White frowned.
"And Berlioz, well, such behavior is most unbecoming to a lovely gentleman." Duchess then told her black-furred son.
"Well, they started it." Berlioz defended.
"Ladies do not start fights, but they can finish them." Marie retorted.
"Yeah." Snow White added.
The two then smirked and high-pawed each other. Berlioz then stuck his tongue out at the girls.
"Oh, Berlioz." Maisy sighed to that.
"Berlioz, now, don't be rude." Duchess scolded.
"We were just practicing biting and clawing." Oliver said nervously.
"Aristocrats do not practice biting and clawing and things like that," Duchess replied as she was fixing Marie's bow tie. "It's just horrible!"
"But what if you are ever kidnapped?" Snow White asked.
"Yeah," Toulouse smirked in agreement. "Someday, we might meet a tough alley cat." he then jumped on the floor and hissed like a wild cat.
"Looks like a certain kitten is looking tough." Maisy giggled.
"Now that will do," Duchess laughed herself. "It's time we concerned ourselves with self-improvement. Now, you want to grow up to be lovely, charming ladies and gentlemen. Now Toulouse, you go and start on with your painting and Vincent can help you since he seems interested."
"Oh, most certainly, ma'am!" Vincent beamed to the mother cat.
"Yes, Mama." Toulouse said.
"Oh, yeah." Vincent beamed.
"Your brother really likes to paint." Felicity said to Akito and Estelle.
"After that adventure he had, of course he does." Estelle smiled.
Vincent stood next to the orange-furred kitten with a blue bow tie. And where they both went over to two blank canvases. Toulouse was going to paint with his paws while Vincent was going to use the paintbrush that Barbie gave him. Vincent decided to just use one color of paint since his paintbrush was magical.
"Wow... How'd you do that?" Toulouse asked.
"Magic." Vincent smiled as he painted a portrait of the cat family together.
Toulouse smiled as he painted beside Vincent.
"Mama, Aunt Maisy, may we watch Toulouse and Vincent paint before we start our music lesson?" Marie asked. "Please?"
"It would be nice to see how they are doing." Maisy said.
"Well, yes my love, but you must be very quiet." Duchess approved, agreeing with her sister.
The pets agreed to staying quiet.
Toulouse was mixing the oils, dripping some on the floor so that Berlioz had to jump aside. "Uh-oh."
Berlioz luckily missed that and Toulouse and Vincent went back to work.
"Lovely picture, Vincent." Duchess smiled to the brown-haired boy.
"Thank you, Duchess; I just thought about you and your kittens and decided to do a portrait for you all." Vincent said.
"Oh, you're very sweet for a human." Duchess purred.
Vincent smiled as he continued.
"Aha, yeah!" Toulouse smiled as he finished his painting.
"It's Edgar!" Marie giggled.
"It is Edgar." Snow White also giggled.
"Yeah, old picklepuss Edgar!" Berlioz laughed with the others.
Soon, the puppies started to laugh with them.
"'Old Pricklepuss'?" Duchess asked while even laughing herself, but tried not to because that was not a nice name to call somebody. "Now, now, Berlioz, that is not kind. You know Edgar is so fond of all of us and takes very good care of us."
"Then why do the ends of my fur stand up when he's around?" Snow White asked.
"It does?" Oliver asked in concern.'
"I don't know why, but I don't trust him." Snow White replied.
"Something about him must be off then." Estelle said.
Scruffy and Dot sniffed, then shrugged.
"We'll smell him later." Scruffy decided.
"Yeah." Dot agreed.
Maisy soon smelled a mouse. She looked around as she followed her sense of smell for the common prey of the feline.