Wild Cat

Chapter Five: Little Furry Friends

Author: Setzu

Rated: R

Authors Note: I would like to quickly discuss a flame that I received by Atikkin, who has accused me of plagiarism. I mean it when I say I did not plagiarize your story. The idea to turn a character into an animal is a pretty universal Idea, especially if you watch something like Inuyasha, which is where I got my inspiration. I've read several stories in various series where people take someone and turn them into an animal because of various reasons. You haven't even read my entire story, I haven't even finished it, so how do you know how things are going to go?

You said you read everything in black and white, well go ahead if that is the way you do things, but realize not everyone is like you and we don't all perceive things the same. Also, you said "Let me make this very clear: Do not copy or mimic anything that is similar to what I write", here's some news, not everything you write is going to be totally different from what others do. Simply because there are similarities between stories, doesn't give you the right to go and accuse people of plagiarism. There are a lot of universal concepts out there that people use, and simply because you use one of them doesn't give you the right to accuse me of such a thing, and rudely at that. Oh yea, and my grammar has nothing to do with you.

Relena groaned as she walked down the street, her hood up and her hair falling in front of her eyes, shadowing her face. It was near midnight, and the wind had begun to pick up, making it chillier. She discretely walked into an old retro looking store and bought a light jacket to help keep her warm after discarding her other one since it had obvious blood stains.

She wrapped her arms around herself and glanced around the desolate area, a look of sorrow slipping into her eyes. She remembered all right what had happened earlier, but she couldn't understand why it happened. One minute she had been calm, though perturbed because of the doctor, then the next in a fit of rage and tearing people apart! What had he meant by creating her? The only one who had 'created' her was her father and mother.

She slipped into a nearby park and looked for the tallest tree and easily climbed it. She hid herself in the comfort of the leaves as they fell over her figure, making her disappear out of sight. With a sigh she drew her knees up to her chest and rested her head on them. What was she to do? She certainly couldn't go back home. She had seen the news when passing an electronics store, they had her on tape, and she would definitely be taken down from her position and cast into jail. She shuddered at the thought.

What were Heero and the others doing? Were they looking for her? Cursing her? No doubt they were in shock, hell Relena was still in shock over what she had done. She had felt numb all night and avoided anyone and everyone that she could!

"Relena… Relena…," she snapped her head up and looked around her, but saw nothing except the night sky. She was positive she was in the tree alone, she'd sense anyone else. "Haha…Scared?"

"Who…. What are you?" Relena rasped out as she held her head in her hands. She recognized the voice now; it was the ones that haunted her dreams.

"Oh come now Relena, we've already discussed this, I am you…"

"But…I don't understand! Why are you doing this to me?" Tears trailed down her pail cheeks as she bent her head in agony. She wasn't sure how much longer her sanity could take this.

"I am simply trying to help you understand who you are dear one. If you have not guessed, you are not…Normal…" the voice chuckled lightly.

"Then what am I? Why…Why did I kill those men?"

"I cannot simply tell you who you are, but I can tell you that you killed those men because you had no control. When you discover who you are, you will be able to control what you are. You have seen in your dreams what will happen should you find out too late," Relena was beyond confused at the voice. It had haunted her for so many nights, and yet now…Now it was helping her. "No matter what you do you mustn't give up. Things are not always as they seem and more rests on your shoulders than you understand right now. Be patient, and don't turn me away. I am a part of you, both when I am kind, and when I am cruel…"

"How can I trust you?"

"You have no choice. Don't be a fool Relena…Now I must go, but I will be back…"

"No! Don't go!" The voice did not reply, for it had already drifted back into her subconscious, leaving her in the dark to ponder alone. Relena took a deep breath, trying to calm her frazzled nerves as she lifted her head and wiped her tears away. Relena had never given up before, and she sure as hell wasn't about to start now.

With a small smile she uncurled herself from her position and climbed down the tree. She would find someplace more comfortable for the night before she tried to create a real plan on how to fix this situation. She would find out who she was even if it killed her.

"So…What do we do?" All of the Gunma pilots were in a small meeting room in the Preventers headquarters and trying to find a handle on the situation. The moment they'd seen the news they'd sent orders to have the video retrieved and notified each news station that if they so much as aired it for a nanosecond, hell would be upon them. They couldn't risk anyone making out the blurred figure of Relena and raising a panic.

"Whatever we do, it has to be discrete. The moment the public or ESUN finds out that Relena is missing and killed one man, and injured six then we're dead. Lady Une has already informed the ESUN that Relena is on a 'vacation' for the time being do to some health reason. They're find with that for now, but if we can't find Relena soon, they'll start to wonder," Trowa's baritone voice flowed over them and each man nodded.

"So then our main goal is to find Relena, who could be in Brazil by now for all we know," sighed Quatre as he rubbed his temples.

"Well…I wouldn't just say finding Relena is the only goal. Did anyone else find that Doctor rather odd?" Questioned Duo as he rested his elbows against the table, "I mean, the man had been in the room when it all happened but he didn't seem…So surprised."

"I was wondering about that too. You'd think after watching someone plunge a hand through a man's stomach, you wouldn't be quite…The same," remarked Trowa.

"Chang, do a background check on him then," commanded Heero as he glanced at the Chinese man who nodded. "In the mean time, I want us all to split up and look at some of the hotels or motels in the area and see if maybe she'd checked in for the night at one. She's smart enough not to come back here after what happened." They all nodded and stood, slowly filing out of the room until it was just Heero and Duo.

"Don't worry man, we'll find her. And knowing Lena, she'll make it," Duo smiled slightly as he walked past Heero, though he was surprised when he got a response from the normally stoic man.

"Thanks Duo…And yea, she's strong." He allowed a small smirk to fall onto his lips as he turned and walked past Duo. Duo stood alone for a minute as he replayed what Heero had said in his mind, then grinned to himself. Heero had actually thanked him.

"The Ice is melting…"

Relena smiled to the motel manager as he handed her the keys to her room and then went back behind the desk to finish up the work he had previously been doing. With one last glance at him Relena walked down the hall until she came to the door with her number on it. She easily opened the door and flicked the lights on.

It was small, and not the nicest of places, but she could handle it for a night. Quietly, she shut the door and took her jacket off and tossed it on a nearby chair. She had given the man a fake name and paid in cash. She had been lucky he didn't ask for ID, or she would have been screwed.

With the grace of a feline she moved across the room to the bathroom, intent on taking a shower. It was near two in the morning and she was dirty and tired. The sooner she was clean, the sooner she could hit the bed. Ah, bed was such a sweet thought. She grinned and stripped as she imagined the warm covers around herself. Yes, sleep would be much appreciated.

However, she had yet one more thing to discover before sweet dreams could take her away. Relena nearly fell over as she looked in the mirror with wide eyes, her mouth moving up and down in shock like a fish out of water. Slowly, ever so slowly she reached her hands to the top of her head. Two, blond furry little triangles twitched. She slid her fingers along them, mesmerized at their softness. They were like cat ears…. Cat ears?

"HOLY SHIT!" She stumbled back and sat on the toilet seat as it finally dawned on her. She took several deep breaths as her hands frantically moved down to find her normal ears, only to have nothing to find. There was nothing there! She stood and shoved her face at the mirror to really see for herself as she moved her hair out of the way. She was nearly hyperventilating! How was she supposed to deal with THIS?

"Ok, ok…Calm down now Relena," she coached herself as she bowed her head and closed her eyes. She stayed like that for a few minutes, simply breathing in and out slowly, shakily. She could not be overcome in panic because that would not help the situation at all.

Finally, she looked up again and stared long and hard at the ears, thinking. There really was nothing she could do, at least not now. When the morning came she'd simply have to keep her hood up at all times until she could perhaps buy a bandana somewhere to hide the ears. She felt them again with her hands and smiled softly. She actually didn't mind them all that much, they were really quite cute. However, she was sure that wasn't how others would view them once they realized her furry little friends were real.

She turned the shower on and stepped under the warm water. She'd decide after she slept awhile if she'd contact Heero or not. She wasn't sure if she wanted him involved in this. What if she lost control again and he became her next target? She couldn't handle the thought of hurting and turned her thoughts to other things. She'd use this time to relax, because who knew when she'd have such a luxury again.