Hi hi,

Wow! 5 reviews already! AND no-one's hazarded a guess at my plot twist! But a good review is better than a bad review, and a HELL of a lot better than no review at all! So here comes the replies.

Let's start at the beginning with starfoxluver. I didn't get the "PantherXMiyu" paring from you, I haven't even HEARD of you until now! But thanks for the compliment.

Then we have Snake Of The Rose. (A bunch of screaming fan girls rush in, jump SOTR, ask him to sign notebooks and various parts of their bodies, snip off little bits of his hair, steals items of his clothing from the laundry basket, then leave giggling. Sorry if I got your gender wrong.) Yes, you are now famous! To me at least... Sorry that Panther's out of character, I only just realised this myself. I'm staging this 4 years after the Aparoid invasion (A.K.A. 4 years after assault.) and Command NEVER HAPPENED!! And you are SO SUPPORTIVE!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! The reason the chapters are so short because it gives me easier chunks to type up. /\/\'

Now for Jessi. First off, I don't think any other first time reviewer. Yeah, Panther is kinda having a hard time, but things are gonna get worse before it gets better. Thanks, you really know how to make a good first impression. And, for the reason that I don't want you having an anxiety attack, here is the update.

ShadowFox0324, please step up to the bating plate now! I know, their an unlikely pairing, but so are Panther and Krystal! And, hey, that was positive, about me making it work. Thanks.

Cyber Wolf-Prototype-001, so nice to hear from you. (Dear GODS, I sound like I'm talking on the phone, don't I?) Start thinking more on grammar. This isn't a masterpiece, far from it. I just do my best with the support I get. Thanks though.

Uh, well, here's the next chapter of Forbidden Lynx!

Bye byes,

Timid Vulpine.


Chapter 2: Decision Time.


Miyu woke in her room in the apartment she shared with her younger brother, Recuntion, and his girlfriend, Ruby. From the day those 2 got together, they'd been 'R&R' for 'Ruby and Recuntion'. So Miyu, being a dutiful big sister, decided to make fun of it. From the day she caught wind of the slogan (some 2 weeks after it had started, thanks to Recuntion's skills of hushing things up), she'd nicknamed Ruby 'Read' and Recuntion 'review'. She found it funny. So did Ruby. So did everyone else who heard it. Recuntion didn't.

Anyway, she woke alone, as always, in her room, as always. Her routine played itself through without her having to think that much. She yawned and stretched, recalling last night and longing for someone to be in the double bed with her to make her feel loved, followed by her crawling out of bed with a groan.

Stumbling over to her wardrobe, Miyu chose to wear a red sort sleeved t-shirt with 'OI! THE FACE IS THAT WAY" in black letters over the chest with black arrows pointing upward. She matched that with a pair of denim shorts and black long socks with 'Scary Spice' and cute little red chibi spiders on it. She smiled at the memory of the birthday she'd gotten THOSE. Ruby had been worried that Miyu had been disappointed, but the truth was Miyu had no longer had any matching pairs of cool long socks and hated tights. She'd actually been WISHING for socks. She giggled when she remembered Ruby's reaction to how pleased the feline had been about the socks. Then, grabbing a matching set of underwear on her way, she headed to her private bathroom.

After removing the grey vest and shorts she wore to bed from her furry body, she turned on the shower, then, to allow the water to run hot, she went over to the small radio in her window and tuned it to 'Cornerian Waves', her favourite radio station that just happened to be broadcast on the coast, as well as the one she worked for. It was broadcasting the 5a.m. news as she got into the shower, melting under the scalding hot water she loved, but soon the DJ came on air.

"Hey hey, all you early risers, this is the Dawn Patrol crew, with me, Fay Spaniel, here with Brittany Fritten the news reporter. And that's it. Personally, I think I'm turning partially nocturnal, as I couldn't sleep when I got home last night! Fara's just late, but Ms. Miyu Lynx WON'T be joining us this at 6.30 this morning, as she's been REALY stressed the past few weeks! What is UP with ya Miyu. You seem troubled by something lately. At any rate get better soon. Oh, and I know you're listening, so we have an E-mail from a Panther Caroso." This caught Miyu's attention. Panther? Panther sent in an E-mail? How did he get the address? How did he know where she even WORKED?! She stopped washing and listened intently to Fay's broadcast. "It says 'Nice bumping into you last night. Hope we can do it again sometime Would you like to get a coffee with me? I'll pay, promise! Just give me a call, or E-mail me. I'm bearing my soul on live radio here, so please? Sorry, I'm guilt tripping you there. Like you said, see ya round, OK?' Aw Miyu, isn't that sweet? I'll send you the E-mail address so you can arrange this a little less publicly. To spare your blushes, here's 'But It's Better If You Do' by 'Panic! At The Disco'. I hope I won't die for reading this on air, but it's likely I will."

With that, the song started. The E-mail stayed firmly in the front of Miyu's mind as she woke up, little by little. Same old Panther she thought. When She was sure she was clean, she got out, dried herself, got dressed, and turned the radio as Brittany started talking again. Miyu had never liked Brittany. The young monkey had a bad attitude, didn't do a thorough job, and took more time off than was strictly necessary, leaving poor Miyu to do the job instead, forcing her to get up 2 hours early, usually on short notice. Miyu had spoken to the boss, and hopefully, Brittany would be SACKED. Miyu then left the bathroom to get ready for the day. She'd taken the day off to have a lazy day, but that didn't mean she couldn't use her normal tactic of using a little make-up to highlight her features.

She sat down at her vanity table. It was a beautiful vanity table. It was an intricately carved oak desk with a dozen or so drawers, painted black, offset with red hearts, with a matching mirror and a similar stool with a red satin cushion. Miyu picked up the red and black tiger pattern hairbrush and started undoing the damage caused by towelling her hair dry.

About halfway through, her entire right forearm, from her elbow to her fingertips, had a violent spasm, causing her hand to open and make her drop the brush. It hurt so much! Then it changed. It suddenly felt as if something was gnawing away at her muscle! Her claws involuntarily extended and her hand slowly clenched into a fist. She gasped loudly and hissed from the pain. This hurt even more! Then it stopped, as suddenly as it came.

Miyu looked at the 4 deep puncture marks in the palm of her right hand, caused by her fully extended claws. She knew this was a terrible development. She hadn't had a spasm like that. Her thoughts drifted to Panther. The way he held me last night... the E-mail he sent in this morning... if I die now, how would he be affected? Would he cry for me? She looked at herself in the mirror and saw tears forming in her eyes. She wiped the tears away with the back of her hand and sighed. Not as much as he could if I acted on my feelings for him and he feels the same way. Miyu had had a MASIVE crush on Panther since she was about 13 years old, almost 11 years ago now. Whenever she listened to any songs by 'Paramore', she had these vivid visions of Panther kissing her and licking her passionately on the lips and neck. She sighed again at the thought. But it was simply a fantasy for her. And it's gonna have to STAY a fantasy!! Well, at least until I have control of my entire arm 24/7...

She nodded to herself in a decisive way and picked her brush up. "Well, it's decided then. Simply friends for the time being." She went back to getting ready for the day ahead.


Panther sat there, on his couch, listening to 'Cornerian Waves', waiting for Miyu to speak. It was 5:05a.m and some kid, who obviously either wasn't very good or very interested (or both) in her job, was just finishing the news report. He'd been since 3:30a.m, researching 'Cornerian Waves' (on a whim and out of pure boredom), then writing the E-mail. The DJ interrupted his thoughts.

"Hey hey, all you early risers, this is the Dawn Patrol crew, with me, Fay Spaniel, here with Brittany Fritten the news reporter. And that's it. Personally, I think I'm turning partially nocturnal, as I couldn't sleep when I got home last night! Fara's just late, but Ms. Miyu Lynx WON'T be joining us this at 6.30 this morning," What? No Miyu? But he'd tuned in especially for her, "as she's been REALY stressed the last few weeks!" Oh. Well, better to have no Miyu for one day than for her to have a nervous breakdown. "What is UP with ya Miyu. You seem troubled by something lately. At any rate get better soon. Oh, and I know you're listening, so we have an E-mail from a Panther Caroso." Here it comes. He braced himself. "It says 'Nice bumping into you last night. Hope we can do it again sometime Would you like to get a coffee with me? I'll pay, promise! Just give me a call, or E-mail me. I'm bearing my soul on live radio here, so please? Sorry, I'm guilt tripping you there. Like you said, see ya round, OK?' Aw Miyu, isn't that sweet? I'll send you the E-mail address so you can arrange this a little less publicly. To spare your blushes, here's 'But It's Better If You Do' by 'Panic! At The Disco'. I hope I won't die for reading this on air, but it's likely I will."

Panther was nervous now. What if she laughed at him? What if that one E-mail put her off even being his friend?? Then he remembered that Miyu wasn't like that. If she found this as a step too far, she would refuse his invite and they would go back to being just friends.

After he'd seen Miyu again the previous night, Panther had sworn to give up his old womanising ways. Miyu had changed him. In his eyes, she was the one and only one for him, and he didn't want to scare her away. And that meant he would have to take things at the pace SHE wanted. But Panther was fine with that. He would wait forever for Miyu if he could.

He leaned back on the pillows and looked at the ceiling. "So, it's decided. After Miyu finds out about that E-mail, the pace of this relationship is up to her." With that, he got up, stretched, and went to get ready for work.


AUTHOR'S INPUT: Hi hi,

Hope you lot like this. I pulled an all-night-er to get this up for you. Right now it's... HOLY CRAP!! 7:16a.m? I never went to bed! Ah well, I'm not tired... much. I survived on tea, music and Sonic X (I just finished watching episode 10! /\/\), along with helping someone on Sims 2 Castaway. I got this one longer, and this seems a good place to stop.

I'm STILL not tired, so I'll start writing out the next chapter. Please please PLEASE read and review my other stories. Please?

Okay, enough pleading, I'll let you go read whatever you want now. Go on. (Author un-binds all the readers) You're free. (Sorry, I like underline humour.)

Bye byes,

Timid Vulpine.