A/N: I got to give a HUGE thanks to Tori Angeli! She wrote this awesome fic
about Klunk having a litter of kittens and one of them adopted Raph as her own
so the bunnies took over and I was inspired. I can't remember what the name
of the fic is called but if you go under her name I'm sure you'll find it
easily enough. She gave me full out permission to this! Hey Tori, I hope you
don't mind the title either. I really couldn't think of anything good! And thanks to my beta Matt for putting up with another turtle fic. 

Meow Mix:
By: LOSTrocker

Raph really didn't see what the big deal was. They were just kittens –
small versions of cats. Yet, everyone was around them cooing at them. He
couldn't help but give an eye roll. If it was one thing that he hated in
this world it was cute things, and kittens were on top of that list.

He was so wrapped up in his disgust for the little beasts that he didn't
notice that one had escaped the crowd and was now at his feet. Raph didn't
know of the fur ball's presence until it meowed up at him. It caused Raph to
jump.

It was the black one with the green eyes.

"Watcha want?" Raph demanded, backing away a little, fearing that the
little monster would spread its cuteness upon him.

"Meow." She answered him.

The kitten was curious of this one. She could tell that he wasn't like the
others at all. She felt the same in her own litter. Perhaps, this was why she
was with him now. There was much anger in this turtle, she could feel it. She
wondered why. She thought she could ease some of it, so as carefully as she
could she went up to him and gave him a slight rub.

At first, Raph wanted to swat it away, but, now as he felt the warm fur
against his cool skin, he found himself frozen. It wasn't very often that
someone gave him affection like this. Sure, Splinter was there and so was
April but there was only so much those two could do. Splinter was very old
school and it was very rare when he showed his sons love. However, the truth
was he was too busy cooing over Leo to really care about anyone else. Then
April had Casey. He couldn't be greedy and take all of her love away. Although, sometimes he wished otherwise.

"Aww," Mikey brought Raph out of his thoughts. "I think somebody likes
you!"

Of course, this caused everyone to turn from the kittens to Raph. He didn't
like it. The kitten could feel Raph's uneasiness to his family. She put
herself in front of him. She felt like she needed to protect him.

"Shuddup Mikey!" Raph returned angrily.

Leo was more concerned with the kitten at the moment then Raph. He knew his
brother's temper, and there were times he feared for his other brothers. One
misled out rage, and Leo knew the kitten would be done for. So, Leo tried to
coz the kitty towards him.

"Here little girl," he cooed. "I don't think you want to go near
him."

For once, Leo was wrong. The kitten didn't want to go towards him. She
hissed at him. Leo stepped back and Raphael finally took notice. He
couldn't help but chuckle to himself. "Well, I'll be damn," he cursed.

Raph knelt down to the kitten. "It's okay," he assured the black
furball. Still, the kitten was hesitant. She kept a close eye on Leo as she
leapt onto Raph.

Everyone caught this. All mouths and beaks were on the floor. "Whoa, hell
just froze over dude!" Mikey cursed.

"Michelangelo!" Splinter hit him with his stick.

"Sorry Sensei, but c'mon! Something actually likes Raph!" Mikey came to
his defence.

"Indeed," Splinter said, coming up to Raph and the kitten.

The kitten didn't seem to mind the big Rat coming her way. She didn't
sense any harm from this other creature. She relaxed a little. "Well, my
son, it's completely up to you whether or not you want to keep her. However,
remember –"

Raph knew what was coming. It was the same lecture that Mikey got when he
brought Klunk home. "Yeah, I know with great power comes great
responsibility."

"Then, can he keep her?" Mikey asked with a pleading grin. All his
kitties were going their separate ways soon, it would be nice to have one in
the den.

Raph never really could say no to Mikey. Plus, how could he turn down the
kitten? Something told him that he was going to regret this later, but much
against his own will he agreed to keep the kitten.

In the weeks that came, Leo and Splinter both noticed a change in Raphael. He
didn't seem as angry as he was before. Leo even caught the two at play and
sometimes the kitten was the one who ended up wining. Splinter even praised
him for being responsible. The kitten was very well taken care of.

Raph smiled at his kindness.

One evening when Leo was doing his bedtime rounds he found Raph on the sofa
with a black fur ball ledged between his neck. "Shouldn't you be in
bed?" Leo asked, knowing Raph's love for sleep.

"I can't move bro," he whispered. He pointed to the kitten.

Leo smiled. "It's cute when it's asleep."

Raph smirked. "Yer jest jealous 'cause it likes me betta then you."

Leo rolled his eyes. It seemed Raph wasn't going to let him get over this
one. "What did you name her?"

"Why so curious bro?" Raph asked.

"I don't think the cat likes me when I call it 'It'." Leo made
known. That really wasn't a lie, but Leo did want to know what Raph named
his pet. If he named it, it would show that that there was a possibility that
he could easily attach himself to something. Plus, he wanted to take a peak
into Raph's creativity.

"Degas."

That name caught Leo's attention. "As in the same name of the famous
artist?"

"Bingo."

"Um, Raph, you do know that Degas was a male right?" Leo questioned.

"Yeah, so?" Raph asked. "I'm trying to keep the artist theme we have
going on in the family, besides it seems to fit her." Raph gave Degas a
gentle scratch behind the ear.

Leo studied the kitten. She did seam to scream Degas. Now, the small source
of evil had a name. Leo took his leave.

Raph smirked. Cats just went up on his list.

Fin.