Yessiree

Author: LonelyWriter42

Summary: Yessiree bob that is what happens when two cats of opposite genders live together…

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. If I did it would be called NejiHina. (Or Kakashi…)

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Neji sat crossed legged in the middle of his bed, staring at the two cats that seemed to believe that it was their bed now that Hinata had so kindly forced her adopted pets on him. He watched in amusement as Hinagiku nipped at Nejibana's ear, telling the other cat it was in her space. Neji was still shaking his head over the names Hinata had come up with for the cats. While they both lived with him, he really had no say in their names or just about anything else relating to them.

Hinata even insisted on buying all their cat food and litter. Not that he was complaining about her removing that expense from raising the cats, he just wished he actually felt like he owned them. Hinagiku, with her unparalleled sense that he felt less than loved, decided to plop down in the circle his legs were making. He raised an eyebrow at the cat, wondering what it was thinking. Cats-and other animals-could be taught to speak but it was a long process and the person doing the teaching had to understand at least the basics of the animal's speech. Neji knew nothing about the cat language other than the hisses and growls that kept him up into the late hours of the night.

"You're getting fat," he commented to the cat as he picked her up and placed her back beside her sister. "Hinata must be feeding you too much," he said in a loud voice since he could feel her presence outside his door.

"I am not," she huffed as she entered the room and set a bag down. He eyed it wearily.

"What did you buy this time," he sighed. "You know my room can only hold so much cat stuff before I run out of space. It is my room after all."

"Oh hush," she murmured as she picked up Hinagiku. "You can get a bigger room."

"Yeah, in the barracks. I don't know about you but I'd rather not live with twenty other guys," he snorted.

"Oh, you could live in the main house if you wanted to," she sighed. "You're right. Hinagiku is getting fat."

"You doubted me?" He raise his eyebrow in the manner that always made her scowl at him but this time she missed it because she was so concerned about that stupid cat.

"I'm worried," she said, poking the cat's stomach. "It feels lumpy."

He frowned and placed his hand on the cat's stomach. It did indeed feel lumpy. "What do you think?"

"We need to take her to the vet," Hinata said, going to what used to be his closet but was now a shrine to her cats. She pulled out the pink cat carrier he had told her not to buy and came back over to him. She knelt and gently forced the cat into it. "Are you coming?"

"Like hell I'm coming. That cat, whether it be yours or not, lives with me. And I know you so I know that you will be extremely upset if something happened to it on my watch. I have to go along to make sure it survives."

She wrinkled her nose but didn't say anything as she turned and marched out the door. They made it out of the compound without anyone seeing them and asking about the carrier. By the time Neji stopped worrying about being seen with that stupid pink carrier he realized they were going in the complete opposite direction than the way to the vet he took the cats to. He was about to open his mouth to say that when he realized that they were close to the Inuzuka district and that her teammate's sister was a vet.

Hinata marched into the office and brushed past the secretary who didn't look to happy about the situation. Neji shrugged at her before following Hinata.

"Hana-san," he heard her say as he rounded the corner and entered the examination room. "My cat, Hinagiku has recently gained a lot of weight and her stomach is all lumpy. Do you have any idea what could be wrong with her?"

Hana Inuzuka raised an eyebrow and pulled the protesting Hinagiku out of the carrier. "Nice carrier," she commented as she stroked the cat's fur.

Hinata blushed slightly. "Thanks."

Neji rolled his eyes. Only two females could talk about pink cat carriers like guys talked about the weather. "What do you think is wrong?" Neji repeated Hinata's question.

Hana turned to him and blinked. "Neji Hyūga," she said thoughtfully. "Why are you here?"

"Neji takes care of Hinagiku for me," Hinata said anxiously. "Please, what is wrong with her?"

Hana was still studying Neji thoughtfully as she placed Hinagiku on the examination table. "It's obvious. She's pregnant."

Neji blinked several times, trying his hardest to process that information. Pregnant? What did that mean again? Babies? He didn't want the stupid cat to have babies because then he would have to put up with them, too.

"Kittens!" Hinata shrieked. "Oh, Hinagiku! You've been keeping secrets from me," she cooed as she picked up the cat and held it close. "Who's the father?"

Neji was still trying to process the information when Hana said, "You said you have two cats. Is the other one male?"

"No," Hinata replied as she pressed her cheek against the orange fuzz ball. "It's a girl, too."

"I checked and everything," Neji muttered.

Hana shook her head. "Sometimes it is really hard to tell if the cat is a boy or not. You may think it is a girl and sometimes it even takes surgery to determine the gender of the animal."

"You think Nejibana is a boy?" Hinata gasped and looked at Neji.

"Great, just my luck," Neji muttered unhappily.

"You can bring it in and I'll check everything out," Hana offered.

"Can you also make sure that the little angel of a cat can never have any surprises again?" Neji asked dryly.

"Of course," Hana nodded. "Be extra gentle with her from now on. I estimate that the kittens will be born in about three weeks. Bring her back in a week's time and I'll do an ultrasound to make sure everything is fine. I'm booked up until then."

Hinata gentle pushed Hinagiku back in the carrier and Neji followed her out of the building in a daze.

"I suppose you want to keep the little monsters, too," he muttered.

"Of course," Hinata said. "Why wouldn't I?"

"Because I am already caring for two cats. I don't want to deal with whoever knows how many more."

"But Nii-san," she said sadly, "How could you refuse the cuteness of the kittens?"

"Kittens might be cute but they grow up to become cats. Then they start having babies and then it all starts again. Before you know it I could have a hundred living with me and you would still insist that I take in more."

Hinata pressed her lips together. "Nii-san?" she said softly.

"What?" Neji glared at her.

She smiled and stood up on her tippy toes and gently kissed his cheek. "We should keep the kittens."

"Fine," he growled. "We will keep the kittens."