Kittens everywhere!

Hattori glanced over at Seiko as she approached, he knew he wasn't going to be the only one to notice the sudden influx of felines, and couldn't say he was overly surprised by his daughter request. In fact, he would go as far to say it wouldn't be a stretch to assume many of his children would end up taking one as a companion, that maybe it might be good for them to grow up alongside a fighting companion. Though how well a small cat could fight was-well, he supposed small wolves such as Fuji held her own just fine.

He opened his lips to speak, only for a series of kitten calls to fill the air before he could. He huffed, shooting them a sour look which naturally the cats didn't heed at all. "If you insist, Seiko. It will be your responsibility, you must train it and care for it yourself." He told the girl, glancing over as a rather displeased Usagi arrived on the scene as well. The feeling was mutual, this turn of events certainly was tedious.

"I believe they're coming from Ali Island." It was the only explanation that made sense, as it was highly unlikely kittens of this size had managed to cross the wilds of Auster unscathed. But of course he didn't need to explain to Usagi how they came to be, it was self explanatory, no?

They'd had litters of kittens every Auster spring, but never to this magnitude. What had changed? He moved to his feet, exhaling as he had to nudge yet another kitten out from under paw.