Neji's kitten Ch. 3

Neji’s kitten
Chapter 3

Neji was tired. He had decided to IM all night, and now it was 12:56 A.M. Gingerale had been asleep in his lap the whole time, and now as HE was tired, SHE was waking up. He feared that if he left her outside of his room, she would tear up the house, so he decided to make her stay in his room while he slept.

As he changed into pajamas and let down his hair she leapt through his unmade bed pouncing on the sheets. He picked her up and lay down, and then pressed the button his remote control and the lights went off. Crawling into his bed, he placed Gingerale next to him and closed his eyes, exhausted.

Before long there was a buzzing in his ear. The nearly asleep Hyuuga jumped and activated his byakugan, peering around his room to find the noise. As he turned to his right shoulder there in front of him was Gingerale, gazing at him. When he looked at her she purred loudly and rubbed her nose up to his ear. He shivered at the noise. It was a very strange feeling. He let out a small chuckle and turned his back to her. The noise stopped and he was soon dreaming.

Suddenly he was awoken by something pulling at his hair. He turned around quickly and ended up head butting Gingerale right in the nose. He didn’t even activate Byakugan this time. There was no need. The kitten had been playing with his long hair while he slept. It wasn’t brain science. He grumbled and hoped she’d stop, and then turned back over again, asleep in seconds.

As he began to naturally doze in and out of sleep throughout the night, he was aware that the purring had stopped. At one point he couldn’t even feel Gingerale anymore. He was afraid that he had rolled over her, until her felt her snuggle under his arm and fall asleep again with a sigh that was accompanied with a purr.

When he woke up at 8:00 the next morning, groggy and surprised he had slept in so long, he was surprised to find that Gingerale was no longer under his arm. He was about to twist his head to look for her, but as he made the slightest movement he felt something on his head. A moment later his head was vibrating with his kitten’s purr and she began kneading his head. It felt odd, but it was relaxing, and he decided to go back to sleep.

He woke up when he heard footsteps coming toward his door and the door creep open. He pretended to be asleep. As the door crept open and the person began to enter the room, he at once recognized the walking pattern of Hinata, and began to wonder why she was in his room. He listened as she walked right up to his bed and stopped. She giggled. Neji felt Gingerale stop kneading his head and look up. Hinata petted her head, and the kitten’s purr got louder. Then Hinata left the room, and Gingerale stretched and began kneading his head again.

As the door closed and the footsteps began to fade, Neji’s eyes shot open and he slowly pulled Gingerale off his head and onto his chest. She purred and pushed her head into his nose and rubbed her little body all along his face. What was that all about, he wondered, scratching Gingerale behind her ears. “Are you going to attract attention like that all the time?” Neji asked the little cat.

“Mew!” she replied, laying down on his neck and kneading his cheek.

“What the heck did Hinata want?” he asked, running his hand down her back.

“Mew meoow?” she replied.

Her voice was very squeaky. It reminded Neji of Hinata’s voice. “Is that why? Because of your voice?”

A sand-papery tongue rubbed under his eye and she purred loudly in his ear, causing a shiver to go down his back.

Neji couldn’t help but chuckle when he realized that he was having a conversation with a kitten. And the kitten was responding to all his questions.

He picked her up and laid her next to him, then crawled out of bed and got dressed. As he put his hair into its ususal ponytail his cell phone rang. It was Lee. “Hello?” he answered. He had a pretty good idea what was coming next.

“Hyuuga Neji! I, Rock Lee, wish to fight you! Meet me at the 3rd training ground in an hour! And prepare to lose!”