The Kitten Saga, part 1

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It was the cutest thing that Kantaro had ever seen and naturally, he wanted it. It didn't matter that he had no way of taking care of it and it would be another mouth to feed but he didn't care.

He wanted the kitten in the window.

The shop owner looked at him funny when he barged in and demanded to have the kitten but was more than willing to let him have it. Its mother was a stray, the shop owner said; it had given birth on his door set and then died, leaving him with twelve kittens. The one in the window was the last one.

Kantaro had beamed when the small gray-blue kitten was placed in his arms and then ran out the door like a schoolboy not like the almost thirty-year-old he was; he never once stopped to think about what Haruka and Yoko would say about this new development…

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It was the most annoying thing on the face of the earth. Sure it's fur was softer than silk and it's pathetic meow was enough to set anyone's heart to tears but it was down right annoying.

Yoko glared at the thing sitting across from her. When Kantaro had burst through the door only an hour ago with the kitten she had at first though that he had gotten a present for either Rosalie or Suzu but no, he had said that he was keeping it.

"Why!" She had cried as he sat it down and it started exploring it's new surroundings.

"It's cute!" Kantaro beamed.

"Haruka's cute too but I wouldn't keep him as a pet," Yoko sighed.

Haruka glanced up from where he was reading the newspaper before going back to it.

"And you are cute too, Yoko-chan," Kantaro giggled as he watched the kitten try and climb up on the table to get to the snack Haruka was eating. "When you are in fox form. You two should get along great!"

"Now listen here," Yoko growled as the cat glanced up at her and blinked it's cute eyelashes. Her heart almost melted but she hardened her resolve. "You will do everything I say, no matter what. I look after this place. I clean it and I make the meals. If you go against me, you will be in big trouble."

"Meow," the kitten cried before running down the hallway.

"You scared it." Hakura said.

"I did not," Yoko huffed.

"Whatever," Haruka muttered walking away.

"Kan-chan," Yoko snuffled. "Do you exist to annoy me?"

A crash came from the other room, giving her her answer.

"Kan-chan," she sobbed as she grabbed her broom.

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The kitten apparently didn't know that Haruka was the most feared oni eater on the face of the earth or he was sure that it would not be curled up in his sparkly glass drawer, fast asleep.

He stood there glaring at it for a long time but it didn't notice and then it started to purr.

"Infernal creature." Haruka growled, picking it up and holding it aloft.

"Meow!" It cried, struggling against his hand.

"This is my room. Not yours." He growled as he put it down in the hallway and then slammed his door. He got ready for bed and slid in between the sheets, quite sure that had latched the door. He dropped into sleep and dreamed of sparkly things, not knowing what was going to happen tomorrow...

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"Catch it!" Yoko cried, waving her broom in an attempt to force the kitten out from under the table.

Haruka swiped his hand and just touched the kitten's tail before it darted away.

"Gah!" Yoko cried, looking at the upturned table that had not a moment ago been laden with food. "That cat is a bakeneko! Haruka, exorcise it!"

"Despite how it acts, it is a normal cat," Haruka sighed, looking at the lumps of food on the floor. They had been having his favorite, too.

"I don't care! We have to get rid of it! It is a monster!" Yoko sobbed, burying her face in her hands. "All that food... Wasted."

"Yeah," Haruka muttered, still staring at the lumps that was the deliciously flavored meet he had been eating before the kitten attack.

"That does it!" Yoko growled, he fox ears appearing. "I will get rid of it, even if it breaks Kan-chan's heart. That cat is just too much of a menace to be allowed to stay!"

"But how are we going to get rid of it?" Haruka muttered.

"We'll give it to Suzu or Rosalie. Once they have it Kan-chan can never get it back!" Yoko laughed. "Haruka! To Suzu's!"

"I have a bad felling about this," Haruka sighed.