CHAPTER 1

It was a bright sunny morning when the Prince of the East Kingdom Yagami Raito, the heir to the throne, nought but a five year old boy – a brilliant one at that, but nonetheless, a very young boy - woke up with a start to what sounded like an explosion! The little boy fell right off his king sized bed and onto the richly carpeted burgundy floor, right on his royal behind – no pun intended.

"Raito!" came a familiar shriek. It was loud, obnoxious, piercing and way too happy for any normal person. But then again, the beholder of said female voice was no ordinary female. She was a relative of the Yagami household and the eight year old Princess of the Kingdom of the West.

"Amane-san?" whined Raito rubbing the haze out of his melted caramel eyes.

He felt himself being lifted off the ground and cuddled.

He blushed.

"Mom..." he whined noticing the audience before him as his mother picked him up off the bed. There was his father, his sister Sayu, his annoying cousin Amane Misa, Watari (the butler) and his best friend Matty, Prince of the Southern Kingdom.

He turned beetroot red. He wasn't a baby.

His mother seated him on her lap as she took a seat on his bed.

"Happy Birthday to you.."

'Birthday?' thought Raito.

"Happy Birthday to you.."

The little boy stared hard at Matty. Was this a joke? But all he received from his red headed goggled best friend was a raspberry blown quite rudely in his direction.

"Happy Birthday Dear Raito!"

'It is my birthday!' squealed Raito in his head.

"Happy Birthday to you!"

The chorus ended with applause from the little boy, a goofy grin plastered on his face.

"Awwww!" he said with a little blush. "Thanks you guys.."

"Now now Raito, we've brought presents!" squealed the girl who scared him most - Amane Misa. She was older than him but seemed much much younger. It was exasperating.

She pointed at a huge stack of presents. His parents liked to take home videos of his 'Gift Opening Ceremony' so he blushed a little remembering that time Matty had given him strawberry patterned underwear.

"Mother, Father, may I please change before the ceremony?" asked Raito. His demeanour changed becoming his usual 'proper' since he was no longer sleepy.

"You're a Prince no matter what you wear Raito," said his Mother.

"Literally," snickered Matty.

Raito pouted. Matty may have been his friend, but he was two years older than Raito and liked to pick on him. It was always teasing and he never really meant the things he said.

Raito stuck his nose up at the eight year old.

"Alright. Alright," chimed in King Yagami Soichiro, Prince Yagami Raito's father."Everyone out. Raito, an hour and nothing more."

The King was wise and strict, but was quite the softie when it came to his beloved family.

Once they had exited Raito got out of bed real quick. He was SIX! SIX! He was all grown up! He wanted to look good this year. Not like in all the other Birthday photos. Sleepy and dishevelled was no longer Raito's birthday morning look.

His maids dressed him once he was done in the bathroom. He would never let anyone in his bathroom since he turned five. He was a big boy. He checked his reflection beaming at his now shiny face. His bronze hair shone in the light and his melted caramel eyes shone brightly with excitement. He wore a smart little suit with a rose pinned to its pocket. A luscious red rose.

He looked at the Grandfather's clock on the opposite side of his bed. He had half an hour left when he heard a noise in his seemingly empty room.

"Matty? Matty?" called out the young Prince.

He heard a tiny whimper and some scuffling.

"Matty?"

What Raito heard next made him fall on his bum!

Meowwwrrrr.

"Matty, you're scaring Raito.." whispered the little Prince who was becoming scared. Very scared.

Meow..

An almost apologetic little noise.

"Kitty?"

Meow..

The little Prince walked shakily towards the mountain of gifts. The sounds were definitely coming from there.

Suddenly it clicked!

'Daddy got Raito a kitten!' thought Raito happily. He'd begged the King for one since he realised he was afraid of dogs - since forever.

So Raito scrambled to the floor and began to search for the package with the kitten in it. When he reached it...

"Woah..." said Raito, eyes wide. "It's a big box.."

A lot of thoughts went through his head.

"Kitty?"

Meow..

"Are you a big kitty?" said Raito prodding the gift wrapped box. "This box is big. Maybe you're bigger than Raito.."

Meow?

"Is it just Raito or did you say 'meow' like a question?" said Raito poking the box.

No reply.

"Kitty?" asked the little Prince tentatively.

Meow..

"Raito always wanted a kitty.. But what if you don't like me?" said Raito sadly burying his face in his hands.

"Why?" came a soft voice. The voice was like cotton candy. Sweet and soft and shy.

"Eh?" said Raito. He looked at the door. No one came in.

"Kitty, did you hear that?"

"That was me.." came the shy cotton candy voice.

"Kitty?" squealed Raito.

He heard a mewl before he quickly lifted the lid of the bright pink package.

But what Raito saw and what Raito thought was in the box were two different things! Raito was so surprised he fell backwards dragging the box with him causing his new 'kitty' to fall on top of him.

Raito closed his eyes. Was he going crazy?

He felt something soft and wet against his cheek.

Raito peeked out at his 'kitty'.

Only it wasn't a kitten. It was a boy. A boy with skin fairer than the prettiest girl Raito had ever seen. His lips were pink. Like he'd just eaten strawberries. Even his cheeks were pink. But his eyes were scrunched shut.

"Kitty?" said Raito softly.

That's when Raito noticed his 'kitten's ears. The boy had smooth black cat ears poking out of the top of his head, almost un-noticed on the messy black hair. He even had a swishy black tail! The Prince touched one of the black ear's. It twitched under his little fingers.

The 'kitten' opened his eyes curiously and Raito's mouth fell open.

The 'kitten' had large black eyes and the prince felt like he was falling into them. Falling into the night sky. Or maybe into a pot of black ink.

The 'kitten' crawled off Raito and whimpered. He rubbed his eyes cutely, wiping away the little tears. It made Raito's heart ache. And he felt guilty and ashamed of himself. Was it his fault his kitty was crying?

"Kitty, don't cry.." said Raito taking one of the kitten's delicate hands into his own.

The kitten bawled harder.

"Kitty.. Kitty.." panicked Raito before bursting into tears himself.

At the sound of crying his family and friends barged into his room only to see the most adorable sight in the world.

"Awwww~" squealed Misa.

"Master Raito," came the authoritative voice of the butler Watari.

The crying ceased.

"Watari-san," sniffled the kitten.

Raito looked at Watari for an explanation.

"Master Raito, this is L Lawliet," said Watari. "He is a Neko-Hybrid and will be your pet from today. He is a gift from His Highness, the King, Yagami Soichiro."

"You mean Raito's daddy?" said Raito playfully. He thought titles unecessary. He heard a cotton candy chuckle and looked at his 'kitty'. He was giggling shyly. "So Eru Roraito is mine?"

The kitten named 'L' pouted.

"What did Rai-chan do to my name?" whined L Lawliet. His ears flattening to his head. He felt a little disappointed that his master had said his name wrong.

"I'm sowwy.." said Raito. The little Prince wiped a tear off the kitten's cheek before pulling the rose off his suit and offering it to Lawliet. The kitten sniffed it curiously before taking it out of Raito's hands with his teeth. It fell out of the kitten's mouth. It didn't taste very good.

"Tastes funny.." said Lawliet. "But thank you Rai-chan.."

"Umm.. can I call you Lawli?" said Prince Raito with a blush.

"Okay.." said Lawliet brightly. "I like Lawli~pops!"

"Kawaii~" clapped Misa running towards the kitten.

Lawliet instantly sprang backwards, out of the blonde menace's grip and behind Raito. He mewled in discomfort.

"Lawli?" pouted Misa.

"Lawli's mine Misa! Go away!" whined Raito turning around to hug Lawliet.

Lawliet purred into Raito's chest and the Prince felt his six year old heart melt.

"Lawli?" whispered the little Prince.

"Mmm Rai-chan?" purred Lawliet.

"Lawli's pretty.." said Raito, cheeks turning pink.

Lawliet meowed happily and hid his face with his hair. But Raito liked knowing he'd made his kitten happy and hugged him tighter.

All he could see was his kitten. Everything else, the oooh-ing and aahhh-ing of his parents, the squeals of his cousin and his best friend Matty. At that moment, nothing mattered. All little Raito knew was, he loved his kitten and that it was the bestest present ever!

And that was just the beggining of a very unique friendship.

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