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Chapter 7
Nix woke up sweltering hot. She looked around groggily, seeing the shape of ten small kittens sprawled out on top of and around her. She sat for a moment, trying to remember what had woken her. She felt like she was forgetting something important. At that moment her phone went off, startling her. She jumped, grabbing her phone and answering it. The person on the other end had her swearing and throwing her covers off, scattering half asleep kittens as she jumped from bed and ran to the bathroom.
"Give me a half hour and I'll be ready! I'm so sorry!" she said into the phone before hanging up.
"Why didn't any of you wake me up! You're good at doing that any other day! Now I'm super late for getting to the hospital. They're discharging him at 11:30, which is five minutes from now!" Nix wailed through the door at the amused kittens on the other side of the door.
"Nix-chan, we have tried to wake you, several times. The last time you knocked Tobi off the bed," Itachi said from the desk where he was sitting, long black tail curled around his feet.
"gah," was his only response as they heard the shower turn on. Ten minutes later the shower turned off and she reemerged, wearing a t-shirt and old sweatpants, rubbing a towel through her still damp long hair.
She grabbed her jacket from the ground, hopping on one foot awkwardly, trying to get her socks on. She ran down the stairs, into the kitchen to start the coffee pot, and grabbed her tennis shoes from their spot in front of the door. She checked her watch, decided she didn't have enough time to make food for herself and instead grabbed the left overs, put them in the microwave while grabbing a coffee cup, pouring herself a cup. She pulled out the food and dished it into a couple dishes for her kitties before dashing back up the stairs to grab her badge and the folder of papers she needed. Running down the stairs she reard a horn honk outside and deposited her coffee cup on the table before running out the front door with a quick goodbye to the kittens who were watching her, still amused.
"I'll be back later, be good!" She called ,shutting the door behind her.
"Sorry I'm so late, thanks for getting me," Nix said to her mentor, smiling at him.
"Of course, you'd never make it to anything on time without someone reminding you," Alex teased, glancing over at her as he drives.
"Meh," was her only response, knowing that he was probably right. She thought of the young boy she was going to adopt, feeling a mixture of terror and elation that the day had come, as well as a bit of worry that her kitten gang would forget the no talking around him rule, before shrugging it away, deciding on focusing on the excitement instead.
Four hours later had Nix and Nichalos waving goodbye to Alex, Nix holding his one suitcase and Nickalos clinging to the small stuffed cat in his arms.
She opened the door, ushering him in and shut the door behind her before setting his suitcase down on the floor.
"Nix-chan is home!" Tobi cried, running into the room. Nix face palmed.
"Tobi, get back here! we're not supposed to talk around other people remember?" Deidara snapped, stalking into the room after him and freezing when he looked up to meet a shocked Nichalos's eyes.
"Shit, un, um...meow?" Deidara tried, sweatdropping as he darted forward to grab the now silent Tobi and pulled him behind him to leave the room.
Nix buried her face in her hands. "Oh my god. They are going to be the death of me," she mumbled before looking up at a very confused boy.
"I can explain?" she tried, giving him a weak smile.
"Your cats talk?" he asked.
"Umm, yes? Among other things?" Nix answered slowly.
Nichalos smiled widely. "That's awesome! Where are they? Can I see them, I missed them at the hospital the last few days anyways," he said, bouncing in place a little.
"You're not freaked out?" she asked, surprised.
"No, it's super cool! besides, I'm not super surprised, I could tell they were different when you would visit me, I just didn't know how," he answered.
Nix sighed and shrugged. "I know you guys can hear me, may as well come say hi, since he knows know," she called.
Eight very sheepish kittens slunk into the room.
"Sorry Nix-chan, Tobi forgot," Tobi said.
"It's fine Hallow, you guys play nice while I go bring this suitcase upstairs and start supper, alright?" Nix said, waving carelessly.
"Nicky-chan is here! Tobi is so happy to see you again!" Tobi cried, lunging at the small boy. Nichalos smiled and hugged the small energetic kitten, plopping down in the middle of the floor.
"So,why do you keep saying Tobi?" he asked.
"Because Tobi is Tobi!" is the helpful explanation he gets.
"Tobi means that Tobi is his real name. Hallow is what she calls him," Shadow explained, his long black tail curling around his feet.
"So what's your real names?" he asked.
"I am Itachi and the blue kitten is my parter, Kisame." the black kitten said.
"I'm Deidara and Sasori is my partner, he's the red one, un!" the yellow kitten said cheerfully.
"I am Zetsu and you already know who Tobi is," the black and white kitten said.
"I'm Hidan and that grouch over there is Kakazu, the one who's covered in stitch marks," the white kitten said with a kittie smile, ignorinng the growl he gets from the brown kitten.
"I am Pein and this is Konan, " the orange kitten said simply.
"Now you see why I call them by their other names? They're a bit of a mouthful to say," Nix said as she walked back into the room and leaned against the wall with a little smile.
"I like both of their names," the little boy said fairly.
"Well, I came in here to see if there was anything special you were craving for food, or I can just order pizza or something," Nix said.
"Um, pizza sounds good, if that's okay," he said shyly.
"Pizza it is," nix said, walking back to the kitchen to grab her phone.
"Any preferences on toppings?" She called from the kitchen.
"Pepperoni!" Deidara yelled.
"Anything as long as it has peppers on it," Sasori responded.
"Tobi wants extra cheese!" Tobi cried.
"Guys, I was meaning Nichalos," she said dryly, "I already know what you guys like,"
"I like cheese with ham and olives and mushrooms," Nichalos said uncertainly.
Nix smiled at him as she dialed the number, "Sounds delicious," she said with a little smile.
