A/N- I'm surprised that people are actually reading this story. I'll edit this eventually. Just not today. Summer is unfortunately coming to a close. Damn… Anywho. I don't own the lyrics by AWOLNATION and FOB.

Original Post: Aug. 20, 2015

Tokubetsu Yozora: I'm glad that you feel like you have to! I'm having fun with this!

Chapter 3- Two Maniacs

"What the fuck?" I growl, feeling something heavy slam down into my stomach. I sigh when I realize it's only Sugar giving me a wakeup call. He jumps off of me when he realizes that I'm indeed awake and he moves around to investigate the room.

I glare at Jashin who moved from his previous spot on my right side (I sleep on my back if not in fetal position.) to groping my chest with his paws. He gives me a feline smirk and I glare harder, grabbing him by the scruff of his neck and letting him drop 3 ½ feet to the floor. A few of the other kittens make appreciative noises that sound like laughter.

I take note of the other kittens. Katsu is still nestled into my right side and he is still asleep. I am still cuddling Noir but unlike Katsu, he is wide-awake like most of the other kittens. Scorpion is still at his post on my windowsill, also awake. Tenshi and Leader are both awake; Tenshi having stayed cuddled into my left side while Leader strayed away from her and me and is observing the entire room next to Scorpion on the windowsill. As for the last three that had been nestled into my left side, Yen is awake and traveling around the room, apparently looking for something, Same is the only other one besides Katsu that is still asleep, and Yin-Yang takes me a minute to find because he is in the corner diagonal to my bed where the door is. If it were to be open he would get hit.

I almost go back to sleep but my phone goes off signifying my 6:30am alarm. It could be later since it's the middle of summer but I never changed it after school got out and now with the alarm or not I get up at 6:30. But I enjoy getting up to music rather than silence.

The kittens have all jumped in surprise at the loud music playing from my iPhone; "Well he said one thing before I graduate. Never let your fear decide your fate! I say ya kill your heroes and fly, fly, baby don't cry. No need to worry cause everybody will die. Every day we just go, go, baby don't go. Don't you worry we love you more than you know."

I reach for my desk and grope around for my phone and turn it off because Katsu and Same are still sleeping but then belatedly realize that they're both glaring at me with half-lidded and half-awake eyes. I roll my eyes at them playfully and get out of bed, maneuvering around the kittens that are still on it. Since all the kittens are awake now I put Kill Your Heroes by AWOLNATION back on and sing along as I walk into my closet for clothes. My unmentionables, a black memoir t-shirt from the AWOLNATION concert I went to with Lala and Nat last month in New York since we had been on vacation there during the concert, my favorite destroyed red shorts, and a pair of black sandals. I walk into the bathroom to get changed, while kicking Same, Katsu, and Jashin out of the way and shutting the door in the faces of the three perverts and I hear growls of protest from the three, reprimanding from Tenshi, and snickers from a few others.

I get on with my morning routine, which now includes taking allergy pills, which takes me a little under half an hour. I open the door to my bathroom at 7:02 and I go downstairs to make breakfast with the kittens traveling close behind after grabbing my phone and turning off the music, which had currently been America's Sweetheart by Fall Out Boy.

"I wonder if I can feed you guys Poptarts?" I mutter going into the kitchen in search of some munchables for breakfast.

Sugar meows and paws my leg in confusion.

"On second thought no, you don't need any more sugar in your system." I laugh quietly.

He whimpers and Jashin whacks my leg with both of his paws. I glare at the kitten for the millionth time even though I haven't even had the kittens here for a full twelve hours.

I replace last night's bowls with new ones and clean water. I glance up to see Konan with the open cabinet door and motioning to the bags of cereal.

"You want cereal?"

A few of the kittens seem to agree so I put honey nut cheerios and milk in all the bowls and then put one strawberry Poptart on the edge of all ten bowls. It may not be safe to give them cereal but I'll bring them to the vet and ask those questions. I must be going insane to talk to cats though. I get a bowl of the same cereal and milk as well as a glass of orange juice and a pack of s'mores Poptarts.

At 7:12 all hell breaks loose because Nat and Lala come barging into the kitchen.

"FEED US!" Nat yells enthusiastically.

"My cute, little kittens!" Lala yells just as enthusiastically, if not more, at the same time.

"Make your own food, bitch." I mutter ignoring Lala for the time being. She has picked up Katsu and is showering him with love and attention. Some of the kittens have backed away from Katsu and Lala in either fear or annoyance. Fear because she looks like she's strangling poor Katsu and annoyance because she is almost ten times as loud as Naruto. Believe it.

Nat gasps in mock surprise but then proceeds to go raid my freezer for two packs of Uncrustables and my fridge for a Yoo-hoo! Chocolate drink instead of arguing with me.

"How did you even get into my house? I didn't give either of you spare keys. You two don't even know the garage code." My eyebrows furrow and I squint at Nat.

"The front door was open." Lala replies not even looking up from suffocating Katsu.

"Shit! I got so caught up in the kittens I forgot to lock the front door! I figured I would do it after taking my allergy pills but I never got around to it!" I start freaking out.

"Chill, it's too early for you to have a panic attack. You haven't even finished your breakfast yet." Nat reassures me halfheartedly.

"Lala, don't kill poor Katsu." I switch my attention away from the five foot five Auburn haired, green eyed, pale and freckled skinned Irish girl and back to the blonde when I hear the poor kitten yelp louder.

"Awe! You named them without us? I wanted to name Katsu 'Blondie' though!" She whined.

I heard cat laughter at the 'Blondie' thing.

"If you want me to keep the cats it will be by my standards. And even though the thought crossed my mind, calling him 'Blondie' is probably animal cruelty.

"Why Katsu?" Nat looked up from waving a hundred dollar bill in front of the face of an annoyed Yen was trying to get it.

"Because my neighbors were blowing up fireworks and he seemed the most interested in them and because Katsu! Art is a bang, un." I replied once again scaring the kittens shitless with my unnecessary yelling.

"What are the other kittens names and why?" Lala asks and Nat looks up after giving up the one hundred dollars to Yen and laughing as the kittens jump at my yelling.

"Well you know Katsu's name and reason. The kitten that you were messing with, Nat, is Yen because as you can see he likes money and I was on a Japanese stint at the time of naming. Also, the first thing he did after getting out of the box was take money from my wallet that I had left on the table."

"The first thing he did was steal money from you?" Nat laughed at me and nuzzled the cat.

"That's not nice!" Lala smacked the back of Nat's head for laughing at me and I rolled my eyes.

"It's not like he ripped it up." I muttered.

"But still!" Lala crossed her arms and pouted and Nat laughed harder.

"Next is Jashin, or Fucker and Satan as I have respectfully dubbed him-" I get cut off.

"Why Jashin, Fucker, and Satan?" Nat asks laughing harder than she was the first time.

"Aspen! That's so mean! You can't just name a cat… those crude names! And I thought Jashinism was a dead religion?"

I snicker at Lala's lack of ability to swear and use fluent profanity.

"Jashin because of his amulet, dead religion or not. His nicknames are Fucker and Satan because the little devil spawn is a fucker sent from Satan; if he isn't actually Satan himself." I glare at the cat as he puffs up and looks proud as if I had just complimented him.

"What about the kitten you're petting? I thought you hated cats!" Lala gasped, staring disbelievingly at the kitten under the palm of my hand.

"Not to mention your allergies." Nat laughs. AGAIN.

"This is Noir. I named him that because of his black fur and because I like the French translation of the word. I hate MOST cats. Take Jashin for instance. I don't favor him. I actually like these cats because they seem to possess human like qualities and it entertains me. I'm not going to lie, I favor Noir over most of the male cats. And I am now taking more allergy pills than humanly healthy." I explain to them.

"SEE! I knew you would like these kittens!" Lala yelled.

"Be careful with all the pills you have to take though." Nat muttered, actually looking concerned for once.

All the kittens froze and Lala looked up from petting Katsu.

"Why don't I call my doctor about it? To put you guys at ease." I pull my cellphone out of my shorts pocket.

"Please." Lala smiles and Nat snickers at her over enthusiasm.

I dial the number and put it on speakerphone.

The kittens all jump at the voice that comes through, as if they've never seen a cellphone and I snicker.

"Dr. Lisa Gold's office, this is she speaking, how may I help you?" Lala's mom, also known as my doctor answers.

"HEY MOM!" Lala yells.

And I hear a clatter as she drops the phone from the volume of her daughter's voice. Some of the kittens jump as well.

"Lana?" She asks.

"Hey Mama Gold, I'm here too!" Nat yells, but not quite as loudly as Lala.

"Hello Natalia, dear. I assume Aspen is there as well?" She asks.

"Hi Mama Gold. I'm here. I'm actually the one who called. Are you busy?" I respond, the only of us that doesn't scream.

"I'm never too busy for my girls. Is something the matter?" She asks worriedly. I love Mrs. Gold as if she was my own mom. Even though Lala was her only biological daughter, she loved Nat and I only a little bit less. Lala always called us the sisters she always wanted. She has two older brothers though.

"So have you heard about Lala and Nat's latest stunt?" I asked.

"What? No! Is anybody seriously injured? Are you all okay? Please tell me you didn't set Aspens house on fire for a third time! Or go for a walk in the woods without following the trails again! Or go to another party with stupid teenagers and too much alcohol again! Or-!" She starts hyperventilating, leaving her doctor mode and instead going into worried and overprotective mom mode.

I hear the kittens snickering at our many faults.

"Mom! Have a little more faith in us!" Lala gasps sounding somewhat appalled at her mom's lack of trust in her.

"It's not that I don't trust you, it's just that I'm worried about your well-being." She responds to her daughter as reassuringly as possible.

Lala pouts indignantly but doesn't say anything.

"Is she pouting?" Mama Gold asks, even though she can't see her daughter.

"Hn." I respond. And the kittens gasp and chatter but quickly quiet to hear the rest of the conversation.

"Aw c'mon Lala, you know your mom is just looking out for us. Especially because even though we're older than Aspen, yet she's way more mature." Nat laughs good naturedly at Lala's pouting.

"What do you mean? I'm totally more mature." She grumbles.

"Sweetie, both times Aspens house set on fire she wasn't even home, it was you two. The time you got lost in the woods Aspen was fourteen and the two of you were sixteen already and you got lost and we had a search party looking for you for two days. They found you with poison ivy, Aspen with a sprained ankle, and Natalia crying for food. AND she's the one who stayed sober and managed to get you home from that stupid party you three went to last weekend." Mama Gold explained and the kittens did their little kitten laughter and Nat was snorting from laughing so hard.

"My daughter is pouting again isn't she?" It wasn't a question.

Nat snorted harder and that's all the response she needed to know that Lala was indeed still pouting.

"So this particular stunt is a lot less dangerous. I think. She merely brought home a box of ten kittens, but she forgot that she could only have one pet at a time in the apartment that Nat and her share. So I decided to take the kittens due to her begging. You can hear the entire story at a later date. The two of them are worried about me though because of my cat allergies. Given the allergy itself isn't that bad. But now I have permanent custody of not one but ten cats." I explain.

"Hmm, I see. Then what is the problem? You have your allergy pills." She asked somewhat confused.

"Well we called you because of the dosage. Instead of my normal one pill that I take when I end up around cats because I carry my pills in my messenger bag, I took two last night when I first got the kittens home and two this morning when I got up. Lala and Nat don't want me to get sick from overdose or something. Especially over my other prescription meds." I explain further.

"Ah. I see. One should be fine every morning before you eat, the second one might be dangerous. If that doesn't work add only half of a pill. If that doesn't work then come to me and I'll give you a stronger allergy pill. While we're on the topic of meds and cats, two questions." She tells me.

"Okay, got it. What are the questions?"

"First, have you changed the dosage of your other meds? That might affect what I'm assuming based on your allergy pill brand. Secondly, do you know how to wash a cat scratch? I don't want you girls to get a disease or cat scratch fever."

"No. My doses haven't changed since you last set them." I respond.

"We all know how to clean cat scratches after we looked it up because of Whiskers, that feisty little thing." Lala giggles to her mom.

"Yep. Try not to use hot water and use mild soap. We're going to need it with Jashin. He's feistier than four of Whiskers." Nat snickers.

I roll my eyes, Nat snickers, and Lala giggles as Jashin puffs up his chest again. Bastard.

"Alright then girls, take care! I'll see you three at the Gold household for dinner tonight. Bring the kittens and cats." She promptly hung up after we all said goodbye.

"Reassured?" I asked looking at Lana and Nat.

"Mhmm! I'm glad we called!" Lala exclaimed.

"Especially because she cut down your dosage." Nat muttered.

"Can you tell us the other kittens names now?" Lala bounces up and down on her seat on the floor. Happy now that she knows my meds are okay.

"Sure. The bright red kitten is named Scorpion because of the Kanji on his chest." I explain next.

"I like that, it seems fitting." Nat comments.

"You should've named him Velvet."

Naturally, Nat and the more expressive kittens laugh because Scorpion twitches and I roll my eyes at my blonde friend.

"That seems too feminine." I reply flatly.

"So!" She argues with no support.

"Next kitten." I sigh, ignoring her.

"Same (1) is the large blue, shark like kitten. Same means shark in Japanese."

"Personally I think you should have named him Catfish!"

"Nat! You have to give them proper names not animal names!" Lala slapped the back of her head again.

"But he is an animal!" She argued.

"I don't care!" *SLAP*

"We abuse Nat too much, Lala." I mutter under my breath.

The said abused girl hisses at us. And of course the current abuser hisses back. I merely roll my eyes. One day my eyes are going to get stuck like that. At least that's what Nat's dad tells me. It falls on deaf ears though.

"The sole female is named Tenshi. The reasoning behind this is because I believe she has to be an angel or a saint to deal with nine freaking males all the time." I motion towards the beautiful, navy kitten.

"Awe! She's precious!" Lala squeals while Nat and I wince at the loud decibels of sound exiting our friends' mouth.

"Preach. You and I were one of the boys back in middle school." Nat agrees and I snicker fond memories of the hellhole we called middle school. Well, fond memories of the people we called friends anyway.

"I still don't get why we always had to hang out with the boys!" Lala complains.

"We didn't have to, Lala. We chose to! Girls in middle school are worse than high school. The only difference is that they get a lot more desperate for guys. Aspen get on with the introductions, you're almost done!"

I laughed at Nat but did as she said. I only have three more kittens to go.

"So this kitten is Leader. I named him that because he seems to be more authoritative over the kittens than I am despite being their quote, unquote, owner." I point to the ginger tabby using my fingers to quote, unquote, the word owner.

"The cat has more control than you do?" Laughing obnoxiously, Nat rolls around on the floor where we had been sitting since I had started introducing the kittens.

I glare at the teenager and she freezes at my stony glance.

"Don't rip Nat's head off Aspen, you can get her back another day!"

"Or she can never get me back." Nervous chuckles escape her lips and I glare harder.

"Anyways. The ½ and ½ kitten with the green tuft of fur on his head is Ying-Yang because he seems to have split personalities or BPD." I stop glaring at her for a few seconds; I can always get Nat back at a later date.

"How can you tell?" Lala asks, confused.

"Because we've hung out with your brother before. He's got Dissociative Identity Disorder or BPD or something like that (2)." The auburn haired teen points out.

"Oh yeah!"

I stare at the blonde in disbelief. How the hell do you forget your brother has a disorder like that one? I shake my head. She's always been kind of a ditz, but that's what makes her Lala.

"And last but not least-"

Kitten chatter.

"-Is Sugar. His name is based on the fact that his face reminds me of a lollipop and because he's got the same amount of energy as Lala. Like we needed two of her." I commented, motioning to the very last kitten.

"But I'm a good girl!" She argues and the kittens suddenly freak out, especially Sugar.

And then there were two maniacs. Great.

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(1) Same (Sah-May)

(2) Dissociative Identity Disorder- It's split personalities. BPD is Borderline Personality Disorder. There are differences between them and Schizophrenia and BD amongst other things and I'm trying to make Lala's brother his own character as well. I'm trying to figure out which I can most accurately depict. Along with my other characters.