I Need... Joy (Lightningtrail)

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Aspenkit woke up from his short nap. The other kits were outside and playing. He knew it because of all the noise they made. Aspenkit sat up and groomed himself. He still hadn't got the hang of it. Most of the time, his fur would end up messier than ever. If only his mother would teach him how. Aspenkit shook off that thought. His mother was too "busy" to give him more than a few hasty licks before running out of the nursery. She's probably out flirting with toms now. Aspenkit gave up on grooming himself and stood up. There were some kits left in the nursery. Maybe one of them would want to play with him. "Anyone want to play with me?" he mewed.

((Not sure how those two would meet, so I guess they could just play. After all, thats always how two kits befriend each other.))

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Lightkit had been looking for something to do all day. First, he had straightened his pelt, then his nest, then another cat's pelt(probably against their will), and a couple other nests. but he was bored of cleaning. Many other neat-freaks probably felt the same way; although he loved when everything was nice and neat, that did not mean he always wanted to be the one doing the cleaning. Couldn't some other cats do their jobs for once and actually clean the nursery? Weren't apprentices told to clean the nursery? Why was it his job to make sure everything looked presentable, everything looked like it was not put there by accident?

The small ginger kit made his way out of the nursery, his fur flat and carefully groomed. His ears perked. Someone wanted to play?! He leapt up and ran to the kit, not recognizing him for anything but the kit whose mother never seemed to be around. "Hey! I will...Oh, StarClan! Your pelt!" Lightkit gasped. He dashed to the kit's side, and quickly rasped down a couple hairs that seemed to stick right up. "Who taught you to clean your pelt?" He asked, trying to swipe down some more of the tom's fur. 

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Aspenkit perked up when some kit replied. A ginger kit dashed to his side. He knew that kit. The kit who loved cleaning the nursery, grooming his pelt and other kits' pelts. Then the kit commented on his ungroomed pelt. Aspenkit shrunk back, embarrassed. The first thing his playmate would comment on was his messy pelt. What a nice life, Aspenkit thought. Then the kit started to groom his pelt. He was about to tell him that he could do it on his own but the kit asked him a question. "Uuuhhhh... Nobody?" Aspenkit replied. He really should ask his mom to teach him how before the other kits in the nursery start teasing him because of that.

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Lightkit refused to let the tom’s want for him to stop drive him away, and he reached over to pad down a loose strand of fur with his tongue. Wow, his pelt was really messy, it was as though he had just rolled around in the dust or something similar. but the tom’s comment made Lightkit pull away in shock.

“Nobody taught you how to groom?!” He mewed in surprise, his eyes wide. “Why didn’t your mother teach you? Oh, I guess it does not really matter why as long as you end up learning.” Lightkit decided with a small nod of his head. It was a good thing that he had escaped the disorganized nursery to assist this tom! It was his duty to help him after all, since the ginger tom seemed to be the only cat on the mountain that realized how messy a pelt can become when it remains ungroomed for a sunrise or two.

“Hey, why don’t I teach you? I am what you could call a cleaning master,” Lightkit meowed proudly, puffing his chest up. “First, you have to get all of the dust and dirt out of your pelt with quick, raspy strokes so that you do not need to taste it for long,” Lightkit mused, twisting around to give his side a couple, short strokes. “See?” He mewed, glancing up to the other tom. “What is your name anyways?”

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Of course, the kit was shocked about the fact that nobody tried to teach him how to groom. "My mom's too busy to teach me." Aspenkit mumbled.

Aspenkit brightened up when he heard that the kit wanted to teach him. "Will you? Lets start-" Aspenkit stopped talking when the kit started lecturing him on how to get the dust off his pelt.

He watched and then copied the kit's movements. Before, he had started with long and slow strokes, like what he thought his mother did, and almost puked when he tasted something bitter. The kit asked for his name. "My name's Aspenkit. You?" Aspenkit replied.

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Aspenkit replied. Lightkit looked back at the other feline, checking to make sure that he was doing it correctly. He gave a small nod and a large smile. "Just like that!" He cheered as he watched the other kit's strokes. Aspenkit, eh? It was pretty fitting for the tom, he did kind of look like a tree. A tree with it's fur all poking out! Lightkit had to contain his laughter at his joke.

"Next, you do longer, but still quick strokes to flatten your fur," He mewed, turning his head to look at his side again. His fur was already shiny and straightened, but might as well do it again! His tongue brushed over his pelt in smooth strokes, and he glanced at Aspenkit, deciding to finally adress his question. "My name's Lightkit!" He exclaimed. He sent a huge smile at the other cat. We both know each other's names, maybe that means we will be friends!

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Aspenkit heard the ginger kit cheer. He finished with the short and quick strokes and looked at the kit for the next step. The kit instructed him to do long and quick strokes and even demonstrated how to. Aspenkit imitated the kit's movements, flattening his fur.

The tom introduced himself as Lightkit. Lightkit? Isn't that a she-cat's name? Aspenkit thought.

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Lightkit watched the other tom’s movements carefully, taking note of how he was grooming himself. “Exactly like that!” He praised, feeling almost like he was a mentor for this other tom. He would be the best cleaning mentor in all the territories!

Lightkit was about to show Aspenkit the next step, smoothing your tail fur down, when he decided that teaching someone to clean was not nearly as fun and satisfying as doing it himself.

“Hey, Aspenkit?” He asked, his head tilting to the side. “Wanna play a game? Maybe we can pretend to be leaders!” Too late for Aspenkit to suggest something, now Lightkit was set on playing leaders. “I wanna be Bramblestar, the strongest tom in all of the clans! And you…you should be Pebblestar! You are from TalonClan, after all,” He mewed gleefully. He was so excited! “Ok, so I am going to hide behind a rock. When MidnightClan attacks, I will leap out at you and you will have to beat me or TalonClan will be taken over, ok?” He purred, already bounding over to hide behind a rock.

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Lightkit asked if he wanted to play a game. So this is it? My tail fur looks a little messy... Aspenkit thought. He was about to point that out when the ginger kits suggested that they play leaders.

I wanna be Fang- Aspenkit's thought was interrupted when Lightkit said that she could play Pebblestar. "but Pebblestar's a she-" Aspenkit started to protest, but Lightkit said what he should do and jumped behind a rock.

Fine, then, but you'll play Pebblestar next, Aspenkit thought grumpily and prepared himself.

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Lightkit peered from around the rock, his eyes on Aspenkit. 'He is not going to know what hits him! Lightkit sunk into his best hunting crouch which any well trained apprentice could point at least 7 flaws with, and gave his rump a wiggle. He honed his inner leader, seeking the inner guidance that 9 lives brought. He could see himself as leader one day, and he knew he could use his talents to prove himself just as powerful in battle as Bramblestar himself.

He had to give Aspenkit a long enough time to wait so that Lightkit could catch him with his guard down. He waited for a moment, two, a couple seconds. After about 30, Lightkit was sick of waiting. He bounded out from around the rock, heading straight for Aspenkit. "This is the last time TalonClan trespasses on MidnightClan territory!" Lightkit called, giving his best battle yell as he leapt in an attempt to land on Aspenkit and squish him.

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Aspenkit thought Lightkit wasn't going to jump out of that rock. He kept standing anyway.

Just when he was about to sit down and whine about it, Lightkit leapt out of the rock. Surprised, Aspenkit accidentally allowed Lightkit to jump on him and somehow found himself unable to move. Don't. Let. Your. Guard. Down. That's probably the first thing they teach an apprentice. Why in Dark Forest did I just allow him to squish me? 

Aspenkit decided to use his large build as an advantage and attempted to use his big paws to throw off Lightkit. Damn, that kit was heavy.

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Lightkit felt Aspenkit crumple under him and his chest puffed out with pride. The battle had just started, and he was already winning! but as soon as he had tasted the beautiful taste of victory, he was thrown away from it. The tom was easily tossed from Aspenkit, and he landed with a thud a little ways away. He quickly got to his feet, and turned to look at Aspenkit. With a flick of his ears, he charged at the tom at full speed, attempted to give him a swipe across the face with his paw. 

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Aspenkit felt like mewing loudly in success when he managed to throw Lightkit off him, but decided not to when the ginger tom stood up and charged straight for the larger kit.

The gray tom stumbled back and batted Lightkit's paw away. Then he attempted to barrel into Lightkit, aiming to crash into the smaller kit and hopefully, pin down the fallen Lightkit.

Come on, you won't lose against a smaller kit. You would never lose to anybody. You want to be a Clan leader, right? Then you have to be strong enough for it! a determined Aspenkit thought.

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Lightkit's attack was easily batted away, and before he could spring onto the other tom, Aspenkit charged right into him. Lightkit let out a small squeal of surprise, thrashing his paws a bit in an attempt to dislodge Aspenkit from him. Instinctively, Lightkit's claws extended as he swiped at the tom. He had no clue that his claws had unsheathed until he had slashed at the other kit several times. Lightkit stopped his attack, frozen in place. Not again!

This was not the first time he had clawed at another kit, and he was not wanting to be tattled on yet again. "Sorry, Aspenkit, I guess that it was just instict," He chuckled nervously. Maybe if I let him win, he won't tell anyone. "Fine, you win. Can you get off of he now?" The tom huffed like the whiny kit he was. 

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Aspenkit heard Lightkit squeal and saw Lightkit unsheathe his claws. Before the bigger kit could react, the small ginger started swiping at him. Aspenkit mewled in pain when he looked down at Lightkit and a paw hit his eye. 

Well, at least it wasn't a claw... Aspenkit thought. The small kit continued his attack and Aspenkit leaped off him just as the Lightkit told him that he won. He won! Aspenkit puffed out his chest in pride, ignoring the pain coming from his right eye. "Could I attack next, Lightkit?" Aspenkit asked. He wanted to win the next round so he could brag to his mom about it and maybe his mother would finally acknowledge him!