Not It

Chapter 19

"Pikachu! I choose you!" Pikekit said, flicking his tail at Pigeonkit.

"Eevee! I choose you!" The gray kit replied just as eagerly. The two tom kits lunged at each other, rolling around while shouting commands.

"Eevee! Use Bite!" Pikekit let out a yowl when Pigeonkit chomped down on his tail. Pigeonkit didn't let go and shook his head in an attempt to toss the older kit. Pikekit yanked his tail out of his grasp and ran back. The kit whirled around on his paws and crouched down.

"Pikachu! Quick attack!" Pikekit came charging towards Pigeonkit at full speed. His head smashed into Pigeonkit's head and the other kit saw stars. Pikekit raised his paw to attack again. 

"Thunder punch!!!!" The tom's paw lashed across Pigeonkit's face.

"Disarming voice!!!" Pigeonkit screeched. Pikekit tipped his head at his friend. Pigeonkit sprang up on his four paws and leaned closer to Pikekit. It was a wrestle to pin the other one down, but when he did do, Pigeonkit screamed as loud as he could.

That woke up the other kits in their game. Either an old crow was being squeezed to make it let out the most mangled screech, or the two kits finally took up singing as a talent.

"Shut it!" Swiftkit demanded. "We don't wanna play Pokémon anymore!" Troutkit and Furzekit didn't seem bothered by the nose. Cloverkit didn't say much about the ear-splitting voice.

Pikekit rolled around on the ground in agony. "Make it stop!!! Make it stop!!!" He yowled, flattening his ears and covering them with his paws. Pigeonkit stopped abruptly and let out a grin. The other tom still was on the ground, trying to get his hearing back.

"I think he's gonna be dead," Applekit declared. "We shall mourn his death."

"I wanna do something," Troutkit mumbled. "I'm bored already."

"Well, we're in a Pokémon mood, why don't we play Pokémon?" Applekit suggested, "it's fair and all."

"But we've played Pokémon before and it's getting boring," Swiftkit commented. "We need something else fun."

"We could always play hide and seek..." Cloverkit suggested shyly. All of the kits ignored her suggestion and moved on.

"We need something big," Furzekit declared.

"Not Pokémon," Troutkit said.

"We already discussed this," Pigeonkit said, shaking his head, "besides, I'll be the best."

"Like no one ever was," Applekit sang.

"I GOT IT!" Swiftkit shouted happily. "Guys! You know what would be better than Pokémon???"

"You being quiet?" Applekit said.

"No," the older she-kit growled with her teeth clenched together. "The cheap knockoff of Pokémon!"

"There are plenty of knockoffs of Pokémon, Swiftkit," Applekit said with a huff. The other she-kit had lost interest already.

Swiftkit was determined, however. "No no no," she shook her head, "it's called Digimon."

"Digimon?" Cloverkit asked.

"Anyone gonna question why Pikekit hasn't replied?" Troutkit commented, shooting a friendly grin at the brown tabby. "I think he's still recovering."

"Leave him. We're gonna play Digimon!" Swiftkit said.

"What's Digimon?" Furzekit asked.

Swiftkit rolled her eyes. "Do you know anything?" She glared at Cloverkit, who shrank back. "Digimon is like Pokémon except there were so many remakes of it, no cat knows which one was the first. Well, I guess if you look at the dates when they came out, you could tell."