"Mama!!! Scarlet won't give me my toy mouse back!!", Niko yelled to Jemima. He was quite perturbed that his sister got away with seemingly everything, no matter what. This time, he was gonna make sure she got what she deserved.
"Daddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tell Niko to leave me alone, I didn't take his stupid toy mouse!", the pure red kitten yelled to Plato, sticking out her tounge at Niko.
Jemima and Plato looked at each other and sighed. Why did they have to have the two most unagreeable and stubborn kittens of anyone in the tribe. Victoria and Misto only had one kitten, Etcetera and Tumble's three kittens were just insanely cute and bouncy and got along great, and Electra and Pouncival were expecting their first litter within the next few weeks.
"GIVE IT BACK!!"
"I didn't take it!"
"MAMA!!!!"
"DADDY!!"
"why do you have to be so perfect? It's always Scarlet, Scarlet, Scarlet" (A/N: bad Brady pun, sorry)
"What? What are you talking about Niko?", Scarlet asked, wide eyed.
"I just wanna be perfect like you.", Niko said, crossing his arms, pouting. To that, Plato came over and took both of his kittens in his arms, looking at them. Scarlet, like her name, was a scarlet kitten, with markings a lot like her mother's. Niko was a mixture of both Plato and Jemima, and reminded Plato a lot of himself a few years ago.
"Children, both of you are perfect in our eyes.", Plato began, looking at his mate, smiling. But this was to no avail, as brother and sister began to swat at each other in their father's arms.
"Kids…come on, stop fighting. I MEAN IT!!"
They kept hitting at each other.
"Alright, fine. BATH TIME!!!", Plato shouted, as the kittens stopped in mid swat and looked at their father with pleading eyes. Then they looked at each other, and pouted.
"It's your fault, you know.", Scarlet muttered.
"HOW IS IT MY FAULT??", Niko screamed, becoming frustraited.
"Because. If you hadn't told on me for taking your stupid mouse, we wouldn't be in this predicament.", Scarlet said, matter-of-factly. Plato, sick of the arguing, quickly dropped both of the kittens on the ground and stalked off. Jemima then walked over to them, and knelt down.
"Why don't you go on and play for a while, and give your father a chance to cool off", she said, looking back at a fuming Plato who was pacing back and forth.
"YAY!!! Come on Niko!" Scarlet said, taking her brother's paw. They ran outside to find their friends, and left their parents alone to talk.
"Why do we have to have the most bull-headed kittens on the planet?" Plato asked his mate, looking up at the celing.
"They're kittens. Remember how Etcetera and Victoria used to act…and how about Pounce and Tumble? They still go at each other every once in a while. It's just…cat nature." Jemima said, hugging Plato. He softened his stiff posture and kissed his understanding mate gently.
~*~A/N: next installment-the insane cuteness and bubbly attitudes of Etcetera and Tumble's brood. YAY!!!