Tuesday
Clare was once again awake by the sunshine pouring in the window they'd failed to pull the curtains on. She groaned and attempted to roll over but failed horribly so she flung one arm over her eyes. Luke groaned and locked his arms around her while nuzzling her stomach. With the sun successfully blocked from the ninja's eyes and the reassurance that Luke was still attached to her stomach the ninja almost fell back to sleep. A very upset cry broke the beautiful silence, it was quickly pacified, "Shh, it's okay...oh you're up early it's only four honey..." Anni cooed quietly as Clare could hear her pacing the floor in her room.
"Great now I'm really awake..." The ninja grumbled and rubbed her eyes. Luke groaned and curled as close as he could get. The ninja put one hand on his head and stroked his platinum blonde hair. The Sheikhan male settled instantly and his hold loosened a little. Clare purred and closed her eyes again, not asleep just resting her eyes. Luke shifted unintentionally brushing the top of his head against Clare's twins. Clare blushed a thousand shades of red. Luke rumbled quietly and settled again. After a minute the ninja relaxed and sighed in relief. Luke whined at the lack of attention even though he was sound asleep. Clare shook her head and put her hand back on his head, her fingertips lightly brushing against his ear. She actually felt him relax completely, he was about a limp as you can get and still have bones. Clare shook her head again and stroked his hair gently, her fingers would every now and then brush against his ear or temple. He subconsciously leaned towards her hand. The ninja was remembering the dance she had to dance to for the Twilight princess's crowning. Luke's fingers twitched a few times then settled before doing it again. The twitched brought the ninja out of her memories and back to reality. Luke appeared calm but his hand continued to twitch in pairs before it would stop for a minute then do it again.
"Luke..." Clare called softly. He didn't respond only nuzzled himself further into her stomach as his hand continued to twitch. She sighed softly and with her other hand grabbed his twitching hand. His twitching stopped and he was calm. She sighed again and closed her eyes to attempt to go back asleep. The Inn was quiet except Luke's soft even breathing and Anni's patterned steps in the next room as well as her humming Luke's lullaby. The silence quickly put the ninja back to sleep. It was Link asking Anni where his boots were that awoke the ninja three hours later.
"Can't he be a bit more quieter..." Clare asked the room as she grabbed Luke's usual pillow and tossed it over her face. Luke groaned and nuzzled her stomach, the tip of his nose brushing her naval. She shivered on demand but kept the pillow over her face.
"Five more minutes..." Luke groaned as Clare realized just how much of him was wrapped around her. The ninja picked the pillow off her face and saw that only her top half was free to move, if any at all since he had her legs trapped in his own and his arms around her waist. The older blonde had tangled most of her in his arms over the night and getting loose may prove to be a challenge.
"Ugh...no wonder I couldn't roll over earlier..." Clare groaned and rubbed her eyes tiredly. Luke muttered something inaudible and pulled the ninja as close as he could without hurting her. She sighed and shook her hold, "I'm like a living teddy bear..."
"...Mine..." Was the only thing Clare managed to catch and it was accompanied by Luke once again nuzzling her stomach.
"Luke...time to get up..." Clare said stroking his hair gently. Luke grumbled and hid his face in her stomach.
"Come on Luke..." The ninja said still stroking his hair.
"I don't want to..." He whined.
"Why not?" She asked scratching behind his ear.
"Cause I'm comfy..." He replied, Luke in the morning was an affectionate Luke. The ninja shook her head and went to go scratch behind her own ear. The older blonde untangled their legs and shifted so he could rest his head on her collar bone. She wrapped her arms around him when he relocated himself. Luke nuzzled her jaw affectionately, the odd light kiss finding a home against her skin. She purred in response and nuzzled his cheek. There was a soft rumble of approval from the guardian as he nudged her chin with his nose. She placed a feather light kiss to his forehead. There was a sharp knock at the door, "If you two don't get up within the next five minutes Farore says she'll come get you..." Anni said from the other side of the door.
"I guess that's our cue to get up least 'mother dearest' walks in on us..." Clare said as she kissed his forehead once more. Luke muttered something along the lines of 'she's not my mom so let her come...'
"But she's my mom..." Clare whispered nudging his head up with her nose. The problem with the affectionate side of Luke is, it never wants to leave. So they cuddled for a while longer until the goddess of courage faded into the room, startling Clare...more like scaring her. Luke looked at Farore then grabbed the blankets and hauled them over his head muttering, 'leave us alone...'
"No, you two need to get up." Farore said pulling the covers away from them. Luke growled at the taller blonde and locked his arms around the ninja possessively. Farore stood over the two leering at them both to get out of bed while Clare hid her red face in Luke's chest. There's one thing about Luke that people seem to forget, he's as stubborn as hell.
"Come on you two up!" The goddess said motioning them with her hands to get up. Luke growled again and made no motion to move. The goddess glared at him then huffed before storming out of the room to get her sisters to help. Clare snuggled into his chest as soon as she left. Luke grabbed the blankets and once again hauled them over his head. She snuggled into his chest again and yawned cutely. Luke wrapped the blankets in a manner that removing them from the outside would prove difficult. Clare yawned again before falling back asleep. Luke retained his firm hold on her. She snuggled into his chest, her light breathing ghosting across his shoulder and neck. Luke rumbled quietly as he heard Anni coming up the stairs. The smaller girl came in and tapped Luke on the shoulder, "If you're not getting up can I at least leave Sophie with you while I go into town?" To answer her question, Luke un ravelled part of the cocoon of blanket and held out his hands. Anni placed her daughter in her uncle's hands and left shutting the door on her way out. Luke settled the sleeping eight month year old between him and Clare before recovering them. Clare instantly wrapped her arms around Sophie gently and turned her head to the side slightly. Luke cuddled both females gently as he readjusted it so Sophie was in Clare's arms and Clare was tucked against him. Clare purred gently before going silent again.
"Defiantly would make a good mom..." Luke mused tucking both of their bangs behind their ears. The ninja made a noise as his fingers brushed her temple gently. This caused Luke to shift her close enough to once again rest his head on her collar bone. He put his head in the right spot to feel her heart beat on his chin. That plus Sophie's and Clare's even breathing soon had him asleep too. An hour or two later someone was tapping his shoulder again. More or less it was someone reaching for his hair and missing, Sophie was awake and looking for attention. The ninja made a noise and shifted waking Luke up. Luke cracked open one eye to look at his niece's big green eyes.
"Hey sweetie..." Luke whispered giving the infant one of his fingers. Sophie chewed on it and blinked at her great uncle.
"You're far too cute for your own good..." Luke told his tiny niece. Sophie blinked again then the door creaked open. This woke Clare, as Sophie grabbed the older woman's nose and giggled.
"Eh? Oh nose my nose..." Clare said finally realizing she had a small child in her arms who just stole her nose. Sophie giggled and released Clare's nose before looking up at her with the same green eyes as her 'brother'.
"Good morning Sophie..." Clare said as she yawned. Now someone was really tapping on Luke's shoulder. Luke peeled the blanket off his head and looked at the person doing the tapping. There was Anni, "Oh so she's awake." She said looking at Sophie. Sophie, upon seeing her mother, reached for Anni, saying the first thing Clare had ever heard her say, "Mama..." The ninja smiled as Anni picked the infant up. Anni cradled Sophie against her chest, "I saved you two some breakfast if you want it, I had to save Link some as well, he just got home..." Anni said as she left the room. Clare glanced up at Luke, "Should we go eat...because it sounds like you're hungry..." She giggled as his stomach growled.
"Alright..." Luke mumbled as he sat up. The ninja sat up also and stretched before rolling her shoulders. Thing were quiet for about ten seconds when, "GRANDMA GRANDPA!" And the both of them were tackled by six little balls of yellow and black fur. Clare laughed as they both flopped back onto the bed, "Hello guys...Grandma and Grandpa need to get up and get some breakfast..." The ninja said scooping up the three that tackled her.
"I'm not even married yet and I have grandkids..." Luke muttered and sat up with three of the young dogs around his neck.
"Well when you propose..." Clare left of as she scooted over to the edge of the bed and slipped on her sandals. Luke tapped his chin and smirked as he stood up and grabbed a familiar white shirt and blue vest. Clare looked over at him with a raised eyebrow and let the three kits she had climb up onto her shoulders as she stood.
"What?" Luke asked, his smirk had turned into a soft smile as he pulled on his white shirt.
"What are you planning...?" The ninja asked her captain and boyfriend.
"Nothing Angel..." He answered buttoning his shirt.
"Right...." She said her tone telling him she didn't believe him as she went over to the door. Luke smiled as he put on his vest and buttoned it. The ninja went into the hall after shaking her head and headed down stairs. One of the only two female kits nuzzled Clare's jaw affectionately.
"Alright so who do I've got on my shoulders?" Clare asked as she nuzzled the three kits with her cheek.
"I'm Clare." The smallest one replied.
"Mira." The other female on her right said.
"And that's our baby brother Lucas..." Little Clare replied motioning to the tiny dog on Clare's left.
"I'm going to get ribbons for you three...." Clare said pulling out her stash of ribbons as she got to the bottom step.
"What about our older brother?" Mira asked.
"They'll get ribbons too...now what colour do you want Mira?" Clare asked.
"Pink, do you have pink?" The young kit asked. Little Clare rolled her eyes and faux gagged.
"I have pink...." The ninja replied pulling the pink ribbon out form the bundle and sat at the table, putting the ribbon on it, "Lucas?" Clare asked.
"Blue please..." The young male replied quietly. Little Clare giggled, "He's so shy..."
"I have blue..." Clare said putting the blue ribbon beside the pink, "Clare? Wait let me guess red right?" Little Clare nodded happily. The ninja smiled and pulled the red out and grabbed Little Clare, "Where do you want it?" She asked.
"Mom will want them around our necks." Mira added.
"Alright..." Clare said then tied the ribbon around Little Clare's neck, then motioned for Mira to jump into her hand. Mira, probably the oldest, jumped into Clare's hand. The ninja picked up the pink ribbon and tied it around the older kit's neck then set her beside Little Clare before holding her palm out for Lucas. The youngest of the litter was hesitant but jumped all the same a little clumsier though, his back paws missed Clare's hand. Clare quickly saved the kit from falling and put him on the table, "Where would you like yours?" She asked.
"Can you tie it like Grandpa's?" Lucas asked quietly.
"Of course I can..." The ninja replied and tied it like Luke's kerchief around the kit's neck.
"Thank you..." Lucas whispered, Little Clare had been right, he was very shy.
"Alright let's go see if grandpa and the three other fuzz balls are ready..." The ninja said picking the three back up and putting them on her shoulders again. As if to answer her question Luke came down with the three oldest males sitting proudly on his shoulders.
"Well don't you four look proud..." Clare said looking over at them.
"They refuse to leave me alone..." Luke said motioning to the three young dogs.
"Well then I guess I could put these ribbons away...I was going to give them one like I did with these three but if they won't leave you alone..." Clare said slowly gathering up the ribbons up.
"Grandma!" The three older boys cried and leapt from Luke to her. The ninja giggled and stopped her gathering, "Alright alright, what colours do you three want?" She asked. There was a chorus of black, silver and gold from the three older boys.
"Okay, who wants the black?" The ninja asked pulling the three requested colours out from her pile.
"Me." The largest of the litter and probably the oldest boy.
"Alright...Name please so I can remember it." Clare said tying the ribbon.
"Orion..." The oldest one replied.
"And there you go Orion." Clare said finishing tying the ribbon then picked up the gold, "Gold?" She asked. The next boy jumped forward, "Emil."
"Okay..." The ninja said tying the ribbon around his neck then picked up silver, "And silver?"
"Right here Grandma..." The only one left said, his eyes were the very colour of his ribbon, silver.
"And you are?" Clare asked tying the ribbon, Lucas shifted his tail and brushed the underside of Clare's jaw.
"You already know it Grandma...it's silver." The middle boy answered.
"Ah." She said and finished tying the ribbon, "There you've all got your own ribbons." They all nodded and darted away to find their mom for breakfast, all except Lucas.
"You're not going to find food?" Clare asked the one still on her shoulder.
"I'm the baby of the litter, mom feeds me early so I don't get hurt..." Lucas confessed.
"That's good...but now let's go find me some food and your grandpa...And don't tell your brothers but I gave them all bow ties..." She said as she stood. Lucas laughed lightly and nuzzled Clare's neck, being the baby, he got cold quickly and easily. She smiled and walked into the kitchen grabbing two plates of food, one for her and one for Luke since Link was pigging out on his own. Luke had taken his usual place at the table. Clare sat next to him and placed his plate in front of him then moved Lucas to the space next to her. The tiny kit shivered but Anni came by and scooped him up, placing him in her pocket. Luke had already finished his breakfast and Clare then finished. There was a snap of magic and Link disappeared. Clare looked over the table before there was another snap next to her.
"Oh no." Was the last thing Anni said before there was another snap and Clare was turned into a kitten. To say she was un impressed as a massive understatement. The black and white kitten with red for paws and blue hind paws and a bell collar looked over at the chair next to her and saw a brown scruffy kitten with a red kerchief. Anni had handed Sophie off to Farore and scooped a twelve month old blonde baby boy off of Link's seat.
"At least we got the better end of this stick..." Clare said but to others it sounded like meows. Luke stood up on four paws and promptly fell of his chair.
"Yeah sure..." He grumbled from the floor. Clare stood stretched and jumped down landing beside him, "Just takes some work to get it right..." She said while nudging him to stand. Luke rolled to his feet and stood unsteadily. Clare sidled up to him and was his wall to lean on.
"How'd you figure this out so quick?" He asked as he watched Link snuggle up to Anni.
"I've been turned into a cat a few times...the most enjoyable time would have been the first time I got turned into a cat here...Now come on let's make our way over to the couch..." Clare said as she took a step forward. Luke had always been a quick learner and as such he was soon walking on his own. When they got to the couch, Clare jumped up onto it, using her claws to get enough grip to climb up. Luke jumped cleaning onto the couch and was quickly grabbed by the scruff of his neck by Din, "Well you're one ugly looking cat..." The smaller of the two kittens jumped onto Din's shoulder and munched on her ear causing her to drop Luke. Luke landed on his feet and hissed at the Goddess of Power. Clare jumped off her shoulder as Din took a swat at her and landed on the couch cushions then curled up in the corner by the arm. Luke was quick to curl around her much the way Jessie was currently wrapped around Johnny. Clare let her ear twitch, "Sounds like Lucas and Clare are looking for us..." She said to Luke. Luke purred and waited for the two kits to find them.
"Mom! We can't find Grandma and Grandpa!" Little Clare called as she bounced around the corner, Lucas looked up on the couch before tilting his head to the side.
"Clare I found them..." Lucas said quietly as he tried to jump onto the couch, but his size made it so he wasn't strong enough to jump that high. Nayru scooped the kit up and put him on the couch as Little Clare jumped up. Lucas was cold from wandering the house and as such curled up against Clare. Little Clare curled around her little brother and the black and white kitten started purring. Lucas yawned as he snuggled into Clare's stomach. If anyone looked into the corner they would see brown, white, black, and yellow fur and four sets of twitching ears. Anni glanced at the small family curled in the corner and then went to put Link down for a nap. The kittens of the four fur balls purred and Clare took a cat nap. An hour later Clare was awoken when Lucas shivered, Little Clare had left at some point leaving the kit's one side open to the cool air of the Inn.
"Hey...Luke...Move over here...Lucas is cold." Clare said looking back over at him. Luke shifted around so both of them were wrapped around the runt of their daughter's litter. Lucas stopped shivering and Clare looked up and around. Luke shifted so his head rested across her middle and Lucas's bottom half was hidden. Clare purred and nuzzled the side of his furry face with her small nose. Luke purred and Lucas shifted closer to Clare. The smaller kitten continued to nuzzle Luke's face then laid her head on her paws. Anni came down with Link and traded infants with the blond haired goddess on the couch. Clare's ear twitched with the sounds and she cracked on eye open to watch them.
"I haven't seen him this tiny in ages..." Farore mused as she cradled the drowsy Link. Clare watched them for another minute then raised her head to nuzzle Luke's. Luke opened his wine red eyes and glanced at her before nuzzling her temple. She purred and licked his cheek. Lucas shifted again and nuzzled the soft fur on Clare's stomach. Johnny jumped up a few minutes later, "Oh there he is..." The older Keaton said.
"He's been here for a while..." Luke yawned.
"Well I'll just take him..." Johnny said grabbing the scruff of Lucas's neck in her front teeth and slowly picked him up. The tiny kit groaned at the loose of his heat source. Johnny jumped down and curled around the kit in the basket. Clare who had fallen asleep, cuddled closer to her own heat source.
"Mmm, mom I was comfy..." Lucas groaned.
"You're just like your grandpa..." Johnny muttered then started to groom the youngest of her litter.
"Eh...? What happened?" Clare said waking up.
"Johnny took Lucas..." Luke replied.
"Oh..." She said stretching, her claws came out then went back in as she stood up. Luke flopped onto the couch cushion because of her sudden movement. The kitten vision of Clare started to bat at him, "Play with me!" She demanded. Luke rolled his eyes and laid there.
"Play with me! Play with me! Play with-whoa!" Clare said as she kept batting at him then falling off the edge of the couch. Anni quickly picked Clare up, stroked her head and placed her back on the couch. The ninja kitten looked around for something else to do and saw the coffee table, "Hmm..."
"What are you going to do?" Luke asked as Lucas finally gave up trying to escape his mother. The other kitten didn't answer him just took a running jump at the coffee table, and missed completely.
"Are you alright?" Luke asked looking over the edge of the couch.
"Yeah..." Clare answered climbing up the couch again and was going to try again.
"Be careful please..." Luke asked.
"Okay." She said and jumped off the couch, slid on the coffee table and fell off the edge.
"How 'bout know?" Luke asked as Johnny released Lucas who came back and snuggled with his grandfather.
"One more try..." She said and climbed back up on the couch then jumped onto the coffee table, "YES!" She shouted and went to throw her paws up and fell off the edge, landing on her back with her for paws over her furry chest.
"Alright come here you." Luke said.
"He he nope." The ninja kitten said climbing back onto her four paws.
"Grandma, you're going to hurt yourself..." Lucas chided.
"I'm going to jump again..." She said climbing back onto the couch.
"No you're not..." Luke said as he pulled her over to them by her ribbon.
"But I'm bored..." The black and white kitten whined and sat on her butt, wrapping her tail around herself.
"You've got too much energy..." Luke replied as he pulled her down so she was lying next to them. She stuck her tongue out at him then put her head on her paws. Lucas instantly cuddled into her stomach. Clare sighed and let her tail swing side from side until she fell asleep, Sheik walked by and saw the sleeping kitten and snickered evilly before disappearing. Lucas nuzzled his head under her chin and soon fell asleep himself, leaving Luke to keep an eye on them. Sheik came back with a bucket full of water.
"Don't even think about it." Anni stated flatly, emphasis on every word. Sheik looked over at Anni then put the bucket down.
"And as punishment you get to mop the floors mister, now march." Anni ordered. Sheik sighed and went to go mop the floors. After a while, Clare woke and let her tail twitch as did her ears, her massive amount of energy was back and she needed to burn it. Lucas nuzzled her neck and muttered something incoherent.
"I'll wait until he's awake..." She said and let her tail swing back and forth. Luke bumped his nose against her affectionately. She nuzzled his cheek then licked it.
"Mom, can you pass me Lucas, I need to feed him soon..." Johnny said from the floor.
"Okay." Clare said and shifted enough to get the kit. Lucas groaned and curled closer to Clare. The ninja kitten shifted again and grabbed the scruff of his neck in her teeth before lowering him to Johnny. Johnny gently took her youngest and carried him away to her basket. Clare moved back over to Luke and wedged her head under his chin.
"Thought you were going to work off all that pent up energy?" Luke asked as he placed one paw over her.
"I'll go chase someone's shoe laces later..." She said nuzzling his furred chest with her tiny nose. Luke purred and nuzzled the top of her head.
"Did you know that when cat's bite gently it's a love nip..." Clare purred.
"Yes..." Luke replied still nuzzling her head. She purred and nipped at his chin gently. Luke twined his tail with hers and returned the nip. She nipped again then nuzzled his cheek.
"Geeze, even when their cats they can't keep their paws off each other." Din groaned. Clare ignored the goddess and kept nuzzling Luke's face. Luke purred contently. There was a snapping sound and Clare turned her head quickly to see what made it to see Link back to normal sitting in Farore's lap. Link laughed sheepishly and hopped out of her lap muttering apologies.
"Don't worry about it...you are the carrier of my Triforce..." The goddess said smiling sweetly. The young father smiled and then ran away. The kitten rolled her eyes then went back to snuggling the bigger one next to her. Luke purred contently and nuzzled her neck. She purred in response and put her paw over his gently then nuzzled his nose. Anni giggled as she walked by Johnny trailing her heels, the young mother placed Lucas between them and headed outside to do the laundry. Clare shook her head and made room for the smaller creature.
"Sorry Grandma..." Lucas muttered as he curled around himself.
"Oh don't worry about it...We can't do much anything anyways..." The ninja kitten said and nuzzled the youngest kit. Lucas uncurled himself and buried himself in Clare's stomach. Clare purred and rested her head on her paws.
"Having siblings sucks...they're always picking on me..." Lucas muttered.
"Stick with us and they won't be picking on you anymore..." Clare said and raised her head.
"It would be nice if mom would catch them for once..." The youngest kit whimpered.
"Oh she'll catch them...or I will." The ninja kitten purred and nuzzled his head gently. Lucas sighed and snuggled up to his grandmother while Luke watched for the other kits.
"What about Clare? Does she pick on you?" Clare asked.
"Yes..." Lucas replied, "They all do..."
"I'll have a talk with her then..." Clare said and licked her paw before rubbing that paw over her ear.
"No don't that would just make it worse..." Lucas moaned.
"Hmm..." She replied and licked her other paw. Lucas sighed and nuzzled Clare's stomach. Clare's ear twitched as the other five kits were calling them. She put her head on her paws and rolled her shoulders.
"Remind me again why we're even looking for that runt, he's probably sucking up to grandma again..." Orion complained.
"Because mom told us to..." Emil replied boredly. Clare sighed and closed her eyes appearing asleep. The two oldest boys walked around the side of the couch, "He's such a suck up, if dad could see him he'd die of embarrassment." Orion laughed. Clare got an idea and whispered it in Lucas's ear, "Lets scare them..." Lucas nodded.
"He's pathetic, no wonder mom doesn't let him outside." Emil added. Clare stood and as did Lucas and they jumped off the couch and walked behind the two older boys silently.
"The only reason mom didn't give him up is because Anni asked her not to..." Orion said, Lucas flinched and paused mid-step.
"And I am disappointed in you two..." Clare said from behind them then picked up Lucas and jumped back on the couch. Both boys fell over themselves and face planted into the hardwood floor. Lucas buried himself in Clare's fun, his tiny frame shaking violently.
"Shh...It's alright..." Clare said and gently nuzzled the youngest kit. Luke growled gently and nuzzled the kit as well.
"But everything they said is true..." Lucas whimpered.
"Shh..." She said and nuzzled his head gently as Luke paced the couch. Lucas sniffed and whimpered hiding in Clare's fur.
"When you leave, do you want to come with us?" Clare asked nuzzling the youngest kit.
"If mom will let me..." The young kit replied.
"Or I could just take you..." She whispered and continued to nuzzle him. Lucas didn't replied just curled closer to Clare. Johnny came in looking for her little boy, "Lucas, where are you sweetie?" The two older kits were still on the floor below the couch and Clare was nuzzling the youngest.
"Orion, Emil what are you doing on the floor, I asked you to find your brother." Johnny scolded.
"Grandma over heard us talking about Lucas and scared us...She said she was disappointed in us..." Emil said right away.
"You idiot, you're not supposed to tell her that!" Orion snapped smacking his brother on the head.
"What's worse having our own grandma disappointed at us or mom's wrath?" Emil snapped back.
"I'm not sure you idiot..." Orion growled.
"Might as well get over with the punishment..." Emil said hanging his head. Johnny looked between her two oldest then smacked both of them hard across the cheek.
"Go find your father, he can deal with you." Johnny growled. They hung their heads and went to go find Jessie. Johnny shook her head, "Lucas, are you up there sweetie?" Clare sighed as Luke looked over the edge, "Yeah he's up here..." He said. Johnny jumped onto the couch behind her mother, "Do I even want to know what happened?"
"Who is teaching your kids manners?" Clare asked and looked over her shoulder at Johnny.
"Their father, surprisingly enough, but those two have been trouble since the day they were born..." Johnny replied.
"I'm going to talk with Clare, tell her a story..." The ninja kitten said standing after shifting Lucas to snuggle with his grandfather. Johnny nodded and lay next to her father and her youngest.
"Clare come here..." the older Clare called when she was out of hearing distance of the couch. The youngest girl dropped off the roof of the porch down in front of her grandmother.
"Come walk with me..." Clare said as she padded up the stairs. Little Clare followed the older female.
"I've got a job for you Clare...I want you to protect your brother Lucas." Clare said as she walked down the hall.
"Huh, why Lucas is completely capable of protecting himself..." Little Clare said as she followed her grandmother.
"And why do you think that?" Clare asked over her shoulder.
"Just cause he's the baby doesn't mean he's helpless..." Little Clare replied.
"No, but he has no self-confidence. He needs that to get through with life and teasing just takes that away. I want you to give him self-confidence so he can become a better male...And help him whenever you can...He's just like your grandfather when I first met him." Clare said as she turned to face Little Clare. Little Clare had sat on her hind paws and was currently looking at her grandmother in a very confused manner.
"You don't think your grand dad was always that brave and honourable do you? No, when I first met him he was the biggest pansy ever...Just like Lucas, and it took me and Link a long time to get him to even stand up to his fears, let alone fight them off. " Clare explained. The younger female cocked her head to the side then nodded even she was probably still too young to understand.
"So I want you to be his friend like I was to your grand dad so he could be strong and be a friend to you." Clare said as she let her tail wrap around her feet.
"Okay, I guess..." Little Clare replied.
"Just be glad you do have a little brother to look after...I never did so take this chance to make a good impression on him...And who knows you could be his kit's favourite aunt." Clare said as she gave the best smile a cat could give.
"Okay, can I go play now?" little Clare asked proving she was still just a kid.
"Yeah...and if you run by your grand dad tell him I'm going for a nap..." Clare said and stood back up.
"Okay!" And with that the youngest girl took off like a shot. The older Clare shook her head and walked into the bed room she shared with Luke and jumped onto the bed. Ten minutes later Luke came up packing their grandson. Luke hopped up and settled Lucas between them. Clare was already asleep. An hour later she woke up because of a snap. Luke was lying on his stomach next to her still sound asleep.
"Must resist temptation to swat at hair..." Clare said but to normal ears it sounded like light meows. Lucas nuzzled her stomach at the sound of her voice. She finally gave in to the temptation and gave his hair a bat with her paw. Luke grumbled something incoherent as he rolled on his back. Clare sneezed then wrapped her tail around Lucas as she pinned Luke's hair down when it got close. Luke reached over and patted the bed looking for his Kitten. His hand came near her twice before it hovered over her. Luke gently placed his hand over Clare and Lucas Luke's hand ruffled Clare's fur the wrong way and it felt weird so she gently nipped his finger that had flatted her ears. Luke snatched his hand back.
"Ow..." He said groggily as he opened his eyes. Clare huffed and attempted to flatten her ruffled fur. Luke gently scooped up Clare and Lucas and placed both of them on his stomach before stroking Clare's fur.
"Well this is not bad..." Clare purred and leaned towards his hand while kneading his stomach. Lucas whimpered at his loss of warmth again. Clare walked over to him and wrapped herself around him as Luke scratched her under her chin. Lucas snuggled into her fur and settled back down. Clare purred and nuzzled Luke's hand with her nose. Luke was soon asleep again as his hand rested lightly on Clare's tiny back. She purred and fell asleep herself. An hour later there was another snap as Clare returned to her human form. The ninja snuggled Luke's chest and wrapped one arm around Lucas. Lucas shifted until he was lying on his back. Clare groaned and snuggled deeper into Luke's chest. Luke looped his arm around her waist and nuzzled the top of her head. She smiled lightly and snuggled into his chest more.