Year of the Panther

Chapter 5: Over Load

By Mongoose

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Warnings: Shounen ai, 1+2 (I'll notify ya'll of any others as they appear) .A.U.! Fairy

tale, PG13, I guess. Swear words of every imaginable kind, violence.

Disclaimer: I don't own the G-boyz. I'm not making money off this. Nuf said. Any

original characters are mine; don't use 'em without my permission!

C & C please! You can reach me at demonangel600@comcast.net

Notes: I was inspired by a movie I saw a long time ago…very sad...I don't know who it's

by. It's called "Fluke"

IMPORTANT note! POVs will change a lot and will be signaled by […..] also, this is

NOT a death fic. I know it looks like it but let me get the rest typed and you will see!

Now finally…the fic!

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[Duo]

My first reaction was one of shock. I just stared at my reflection, which, in turn, stared just as stupidly back at me with *bight" *glowing* violet eyes, a furry black head with two furry black ears and a pink nose, and white whiskers. I was a panther…..a panther…..

You know, this may sound really sick, but at the time, it was funny. I had this really immature urge to say "cool!" Now that I look back on it, it really could have been a lot worse. I mean, I could have been "most akin" to a fly, and I –a gundam pilot- would get meet my end by means of a flyswatter. Or a frog! Some people EAT frogs! Or a rat. Or- okay, I'll shut up now….

Curious as to if I had fangs (though now that I look back on it, duh, of course I did. I was a panther, wasn't I?) I lifted my black lips, which felt strange, to find that I most defiantly did. Long, sharp, deadly fangs. Cool.

I moved so that I could see my whole body reflected in the dark pool. I had a long, curling tail, broad shoulders, and razor-like retractable claws that just had to lethal. All in all I thought I looked down-right kick-ass. I had muscles that were strong and fine-toned, it made my human body look puny, which is saying something, thankyouverymuch. All this was wrapped up in a luxuriously silky, thick, fine fur coat. And it was my favorite color -black!

This is not to say that I didn't want my human body back. Oh no. Not by a long shot. As much as I can admire this kitty, human is human. There are some things that giant cats just can't do…And another thing, panthers don't have hands. That could be a problem…Aw, man, this could suck.

After I was done summing up my new bod I suddenly felt as if some one has dumped me in cold water as reality poured down on my head in what felt like a tsunami-sized wave. Mostly I got a lot of really bad emotions that just ruined my day.

I felt angry, not at the little girl, or Heero, maybe at shinigami, or myself, I don't' know…

I felt sad. A horrible sadness of loss and defeat. Of hopelessness. I felt frustrated-frustrated about my predicament, the past wars, and myself.

I felt my ambition jump to the challenge of winning Heero's love again. Then despair when I remembered how hard it had been the first time…and how much harder it would be this time. Would he be able to tell it's me? No. Of course not. Shinigami had said that no matter what I did he would never know.

Then nature turned on my new senses all at once. "Warning! Warning! Human off! Panther on!" screamed my internal alarms. New smells, sounds and sights flooded my poor, over-loaded brain till I thought I would burst. I gasped for air. Then something really creepy happened; a consciousness stirred –and it wasn't mine. It was the panther's. It was a conscious creature, and it apparently it was my new roommate in my brain. It started relaying primal messages to me. It told me to find food, it told me to mark my territory, to make sure no one else was in my territory. But beyond those basic instincts, there was still something else. It was cool, calculating, and right now it was amused…

My emotions, the new senses, and the orders to my brain from my furry roommate were just too much.

I ran off into the forest as fast as my new kitty could take me (which is *very* fast)

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I typed this fast, so if there are mistakes please email me at demonangel600@comcast.net