Kittens

Disclaimer: Don't own Cats. If I did, there'd be more slash. And possibly a sequel.

I got the kitten's name from a friend of mine. I described how the kitten looks and she gave me a name, since none of my fans gave me any suggestions *fake glares*

Etcetera and Pouncival lay cuddled in bed, their daughter Annabelle cuddled in-between them. Her striped arms wrapped around Etcetera's thin torso, while Etcy's own arms encircled her daughter and Pounce snuggled her from the other side. Etcy and Pounce maneuvered around the kitten to nuzzles each other's noses and foreheads, pecking each other's lips sweetly before settling down to nap.

Just as her parents began falling to sleep, Annabelle's energy recharged and spiked through her body, and she grinned up at her mother. She slowly and carefully snuck out from her parents' embrace, her eyes darting between the sleeping cats before her grinned widened. She scooted her small frame a few inches away, towards the end of the bed. She stood slightly, wiggling her hips and twitching her tail before launching at her parents with a squealing battle cry.

"MEOW!" she cried, tackling Etcy and Pounce together. The two jumped in surprise, yelping at the assault. Etcy let out a giggle as Belle tickled her chin, her most ticklish spot. Pounce laughed at the scene, causing Belle to turn her attention to her father and raise a brow. Pounce's laughter quickly switched to a surprised shriek as Belle launched her entire body at her dad, nearly knocking him out of their bed. Etcy giggled as she watched her daughter's antics. Being the offspring of the two most energetic cats in the tribe, Annabelle was destined to inherit endless energy.

Pounce quickly recovered from nearly falling off the bed and retaliated, nimble fingers attacking his daughter's brown sides. He moved quickly, catching Belle off guard, resulting in the young queen to fall over in a fit of giggles, pawing at her dad's paws. Etcy joined in, grasping Belle's white foot with one paw and mercilessly assaulting it with the other. Belle kicked her tiny legs in protest, giggling until she was out of hair, flailing her arms in an attempt to free herself. Etcy released her daughter's foot and Pounce ceased his attack on her ribs, allowing the young kitten to breathe.

Belle's chest heaved heavily for a moment, collecting as much air as her lungs would allow. She then sat up and smiled up at her parents, giggling lightly. Etcy opened her striped arms to her daughter, smiling softly. Belle launched forward, sans the battle cry, and snuggled into her mother's fluffy chest. Etcy laid back down, arms wrapped around her kitten. Pounce returned to his original spot on Belle's other side, wrapping his arms around both his daughter and his mate. Above Belle's head, her parents stretched to reach one other and pecked each other's lips before nuzzling and falling back to sleep.