I Wanted a Game, Not Cats

Adri frowned when she saw the lot of kittens in the box. And they were really... Odd looking. Hell, one of the kittens were huge and blue with weird gill looking markings on its face. "Why'd you even buy these things? They look like they've undergone an experiment... and became disabled along the way."

Chapter One

It Started with a Cliche

"She needs a life..." Her mother sighed from outside her daughter's room. She wasn't trying to be discreet while watching her teenager play games in her room. Sometimes, she just wished she would act like a normal teenaged girl. Get some sunlight. Be more active. Have more than one friend, ne? That's all she asked for. But oh no. Instead, she got a boyish girl that was never tidy. Loved to be kept in her room all day. Was an undeniable gamer. With less than two friends. Making her come out of her room was inevitable. She sighed once more.

"Are ya' gonna come in or what?" Her daughter asked, but didn't glance away from her game that was displayed on the TV. Her voice held slight amusement. Her mom shook her head with a small smile and came in. She suddenly held in her breath from the musty smell in her daughter's room. She then sulked. Why couldn't she have a normal teenaged girl? Was this her hormones or what?!

"How'd you know I was there?" She asked as she thought about sitting on the bed but shook her head. It had an empty box of pizza on top of it, a pile of unfolded clothes, and the bed wasn't even fixed. Leaning against the wall seemed like the best way to go.

Her daughter chuckled. "You know me mom! Anime freak and all," she said with a grin directed at her mom but didn't dare stray her eyes away from the game for she might have an unexpected kill. "Got those super sensory skills…"

'How could she learn that by watching silly cartoons,' her mother thought to herself. "Oh, so did cartoons teach you how to be locked up in your room all day?" She asked her daughter with a raised eyebrow.

Her daughter then paused the game and turned around, scratching at her chin. In the end she just shrugged, "There's only a select few anime shows that I like. Everything else is not even worth it, ya' know? Like your soap operas and your drama shows. Some you don't even consider watching."

Her mom nodded with a smile. "You're right, you're right," she said, "but anyway, I was going to ask did you want to come to the―"

"Uh-uh," her daughter quickly cut her mom off, shaking her head and then returning to her game. She made a quick kill with a knife to an opponent and moved on to the next one. She smiled viciously. "You know me mom."

Her mother sighed and rubbed her forehead. "You at least need a little sunshine. At least open your curtains," she said and attempted to walk to her daughter's curtain but her daughter paused the game again and became alert.

"No, please! It's already light enough, see?!" She nearly begged and shooed her mom away from the curtain. She was sure the only thing light would to her is just blind her and make her disintegrate. Her mom gave her a blank stare. Then she just shrugged it off.

"Fine, fine," her mom settled and plucked her daughter's hands from her person. "Is there anything you'd want from the store?"

"Oh! There's this new game that recently came out and it looked kickass―"

"Watch your language."

"Sorry, sorry! But it really did look pretty kickbutt! It's action packed and looked so awesome! I have to get it!" She exclaimed with her mouth drooling.

Her mom only chuckled at the look on her daughter's face. "Fine, but when I come back, I want your room to be clean and spotless. And get rid of the musty odor. And also take a shower and please wash your hair," she said with a groan.

Her daughter gave her a smile. "I do wash my hair and take showers! I just don't know what to do wish my hair..." she muttered, glancing at her messy ebony hair from the corner of her eyes.

"You need a haircut..." Her mom mumbled before going towards the door. "I'll be back soon, Adrianna. Text me the name of your game when I'm at the store, okay? You know how I am." She smirked, referring to her daughter's snarky comeback from earlier.

Adrianna reluctantly turned off her PS3 and puffed, blowing her hair out of her face. "You're not hip and cool..." She murmured, referring to her mother's response.

"Well that took a life time," Adrianna groaned as she turned off her blow dryer. Her hair was finally combed out, blow dried, and pretty neat looking. It hasn't been like that in a while. "Well I'm finally done," she said and sauntered out the bathroom and back into her room, shutting the door behind her.

She looked at the new and approved room before. It looked much neater than it did two hours ago. There was no musty scent. Instead, there was a scent of a honey scented Fabreeze spray. She took a whiff in and immediately began to choke on how heavy the scent was. "I overdid it..." she heaved.

Her bed was neat. It didn't have the empty pizza box on it, nor the unfolded piles of clothes. Instead, it looked like one of those beds you'd find in an advertisement. Her bed was decorated with blue throw pillows here and there and some unnecessary stuffed animals. Her floor was vacuumed and her games were all neat. Hell, they never were actually messy.

She unwrapped the towel around her bare body and didn't bother to dry herself off for she was already dry. She quickly went into the bathroom, grabbing a hair tie to tie her hair up for the time being. It was rather hot in her room.

She was going to put some clothes on her bare body until the front door opened. "That's mom with my new game!" She exclaimed with a grin as she dashed from her room, forgetting about her much needed clothes. "So did ya' get it? Huh, huh? Did ya' get it? I cleaned my room! I washed my hair! And I smell like air freshener! Where's the game?!" Adrianna said the latter a bit desperately.

Her mom barely turned around before scolding her. "God, Adri! Put some clothes on then I'll give you the game," she responded with a frown, walking pass her daughter. Her mother ignored the fact that Adrianna said she smelled like… air freshener. Also, her daughter was nowhere near oblivious to the box she was carrying in her hand.

"Hey mom! What's with the box? Is my game in there?" Adri asked, following her mom into the living room. Her mom gave her an annoyed look before setting the box down on the coffee table.

"No, but I thought you'd need some more friends," She mumbled and removed the lid. Adri frowned when she saw the lot of kittens on the box. And they were really... Odd looking. Hell, one of the cats were huge and blue with weird gill looking markings on its face. "But I guess they won't mind looking at your naked form; you're lacking in some areas anyway."

Adri shrugged, use to the teasing she gets from her mom. She could definitely pass off as a boy if she'd cut her hair. Her chest resembled a ten year old male. "Oh, I can't the get the game until I put some clothes on? I'll be right back!"

Her mom laughed at kittens' faces. Half of them looked shocked, and the other half looked like they've got better things to do than to stare at naked teenagers. "I think you'll all like her very much. She's weird at first, but you'll learn to like her. Trust me, I'm her mother."

In no more than half a minute, Adri came back downstairs with sweatpants and a college tshirt on. "Can I get the game now?"

"You're so impatient," her mom said with a small smirk. "I'll give you the game after you wash your brand new kittens tonight." It was slightly true. She was impatient when it came to games and anime she was interested in. But when she was put up to a condition, she had to hold back her impatient side.

She looked down at the weird looking lot of kittens in disgust. "Oh, them," she grumbled. "Why'd you even buy these things? They look like they've undergone an experiment... And they've became disabled along the way." As soon as she said that, a few of the kittens started to get feisty.

Adrianna's mom flicked her forehead. "These cats are special, I know it." Her mom said as she peered down at the cats, scratching the jet black one behind its ear.

She only nodded slowly. "Yeah, very special," she mumbled. "Could I give some to Lal if she asks? Besides, these are too many cats and you know how she feels about cats."

Her mom had a flicker in her eyes. "N-No! They're mine then! Just wash them for me, okay?" Her mom asked with a puppy dog look.

Adrianna rolled her eyes, but her face held amusement. "Fine but don't you have a business trip soon?"

Her mom scrambled to get up, but careful not to knock over the box of kittens. "You're right! I gotta go tomorrow! Gah! How could I have forgotten?! And I won't be back until the end of November! I won't be able to see the cats grow!"

Adrianna scoffed. "Sheesh. I thought you were about say me being off to college," she said before grabbing the box of cats. "But don't worry mom. I can't really do anything until late December anyways. I'll be in my room."

The ebony haired teen dumped the cats all out onto the floor, ignoring their harsh hisses, glares, and meows. She sat down in front of the cats and just watched their reactions for now. The jet black cat didn't move where he was dumped on the ground at. He just stared at the teenager before him with vibrant red eyes. But they held no pattern. Adrianna groaned, "Don't tell me you're one of those cool cats that don't like to be involved in anything 'fun'..." When she didn't receive a response, she smiled. "Good cause you're just like me, minus the cool part." This girl had no shame.

She noticed how the blonde cat moved over towards the cat with red fur. She laughed at how the blonde cat seemed annoyed with the black cat with the orange face. "I don't like cats, but I get the feeling I'm gonna cling to you," she said, tipping over the black and orange energetic cat. It simply gnawed playfully at her hand. With her other hand, she rubbed the annoyed blonde cat. "Lighten up," she told the red cat who only looked away. She tipped it over as well.

Adrianna turned towards the silver furred cat. It looked vicious, and highly annoyed and didn't stop hissing or meowing. Adrianna would take the threat into consideration if not for two things: It wasn't a kitten and animals didn't frighten her. She merely laughed and flicked its nose. It immediately lunged for her hand and began biting it. She laughed again. "Oh? You think that hurts?" She asked, picking up the kitten by the fat on the back of its neck. "Even though it didn't hurt, you're still gonna get punished 'cause I already don't favor cats. And you just bit me," Adrianna deadpanned, nonchalantly putting the cat back in the box.

She turned towards the remaining cats, ignoring the silver furred cat's hisses and kitten swears. She looked at the brown kitten who looked mildly annoyed at the kitten previously. "You don't like him either, huh?" She asked and scratched the cat underneath its chin. "That makes the two of us."

She soon then moved on to a huge blue cat that she called weird earlier. He was a distant away from her and looked at her like he was offended. She couldn't help but to laugh. "I have to admit, you look cute when you look like that," she said and grabbed the huge cat and gave it all her attention. "You're offended by what I said earlier, aren't you? Well oh well, it's life. Plus I'm not the type of girl who apologizes to cats." She set the kitten back down.

"But you do look adorable right now," she added with a small smile.

"Now you have got to be the oddest out of them all," she said, poking the black and white cat. "But I have to say, you are the most adorable out of them all as well. I'll just have to make you my favorite." Picking up the kitten, she placed it on her shoulder.

"You're lucky," she said, glancing at the confused cat, "not one animal has been up there. Consider yourself valuable."

She then turned to the last pair of kittens. She eyed the violet/ blue looking kitten. "Oh you're a beauty. Definitely a weird one, but a beautiful one." Adrianna checked if the cat was a girl and the kitten suddenly hissed. She chuckled in response, "You're a girl. I don't understand why none of the other cats haven't hit on you." She laughed from her joke but the kitten only gave her a blank stare. Adrianna shrugged and put the kitten down.

"Last one," she said and acknowledged the tense kitten. The kitten had grey eyes. "You're one of those hip and cool cats too, huh?" She asked.

When she didn't get an answer, she smirked, "Well too bad. Hip and cool cats are getting tumbled over." She said and flipped both the orange cat over as well as the black one. "Yeah, lighten up a little. And if you, Red Cat, don't lighten up I'll you over as well." The red cat looked mildly annoyed as it sauntered away. She shrugged.

"Okay, I've seen all of you alls weird appearances and I can infer your personalities," she said and sat up, "I guess it's time for naming... And don't worry, I don't give stupid names but I'm really suggesting giving the loudmouth cat a really stupid one. Like... Snow Princess, eh?" She smirked as she peered into the box. The cat frowned and meowed something to her.

"Oh so you want Snow Princess? So be it." She smiled when she heard meowing continue like pleads and the cat laughter behind her. "Fine, then hush." Adrianna was an odd one. Why was she talking to kittens?

She pointed to the black cat who managed to get up rather quickly. "I'll name you Akakuro. You have red eyes and black fur so it fits." She said, tipping the cat back over. It silently hissed at her. She laughed. "You're no threat."

Boy was she in for a surprise.

The black cat with the orange face bounce over to her and licked her hand. She smiled, "I'll name you... Lollipop." She said but had an unsatisfied frown on her face. "You might have the stupidest name so far, but you look too happy to care."

"I'll name you Honey," she said to the blonde cat and rubbed behind its ears. "If you're a male, don't get mad. Your fur just reminds me of honey."

"I'm gonna name you Akako." She said, picking up the red cat. "It means Red Child. And it's one of my favorite names that I like." She set the kitten back down and it sauntered away from the weird girl.

She then moved on to the annoyed brown kitten. She snickered at its expression. "I'm gonna name you Kaede. I still don't understand why I'm giving most of you Japanese names... But hey! It means Maple and it's your fur color."

"Ah, my blue love," she said turning to the huge blue cat with a small smile. "I'm going to admit, I'm falling in love with you but I'm too much in love with black and white cat for now. But I'll give you a kickass name. What about Kaito? It means sea or ocean... And you're blue, so why not?" The cat looked satisfied with the name.

"Now you, my love," she said, taking the confused cat down from her shoulder. "I'll name you Kurai. I believe it means black but I'm changing the meaning to Black Love. Creative, huh?" She said with a grin before patting its head and putting it back on her shoulder and faced the violet/ blue kitten.

She hummed when it clicked. "Aomi cause it means Blue Beauty! And you're a blueish color and you're one beautiful kitten," she said, a smile forming on her face. "But you're still weird all together. I mean, I've never seen a blue cat with orange eyes…" she mumbled.

"As for you," she turned towards the cat with the gray eyes, "I'll name you Spongebob. It's another stupid name but I don't care. I feel like you're too high up on your throne," she deadpanned and tipped the cat over once more. It hissed at her, but took no action. She chuckled.

When she heard a vicious meow from the box, she peered over the box with a raised eyebrow, "Didn't I tell you to be quiet? I haven't forgotten about you." She hummed, "I'll name you Gintama for Silver Soul. It's a good name so you better behave or I'll change it to Snow White or somethin'," she threatened.

She then clapped her hands together, startling the kittens. "Alright! Time for you all to take a bath!" She exclaimed but then she calmed her expression because the orange eyed kitten's expression looked priceless. She laughed. "We'll do that tomorrow. I'm tired and I have a gaming competition tomorrow… Well, it's more of a heist. Uh, sleep wherever you please. I don't give a care..." She said, going to bed, taking Kurai with her. Later that night, she was oblivious to the kittens that were all scoping the area besides Lollipop who was prancing around her room like the lollipop he was.

A/N: I'm sure lots of you remember this story. This story is the revamped version with an entirely different plot and entirely different characters. Hopefully, you all will stick around to read it (-:

Also, I haven't read one of these stories in a while, so it's great to go back a few years to when these stories were hella popular.

Anyways, please review (-: Criticism is also welcomed.