Disclaimer: No I do not own Gundam Wing or any of its characters, though I wish I did! *tears*

Warning: Cat fur gets all over anything and everything!

Other stuff: I think Quatre is slightly out of character....but not really....oh I don't know, how 'bout you decide okay? o____~

Kitty Quat

By: Fyre_faerie_gyrl

Chapter 3 - No Longer A Stray

The first thing Quatre noticed as he slowly regained consciousness was the fact that he was warm. //Am I dead?// Quatre allowed his eyes to slowly open and, to his surprise, he found that he was wrapped in a warm, soft fleece blanket. He snuggled deeper into it, hoping he wasn't dreaming. Suddenly he felt something, someone's hand, gently stroke his head. He quickly followed the hand to its source. //A girl!//

Quatre studied the young girl to whom the hand belonged. She had long jet- black hair that ended just past her ribcage, ice blue eyes, and very pale skin. Altogether, she was absolutely gorgeous. When she noticed him looking at her she smiled.

"Oh! You're awake! I'm so glad, I thought you were goner for a second there!" She cried happily as she petted his head again. "Wow. You have the most beautiful eyes!" The girl commented when she noticed the wide aquamarine orbs. Quatre would have been blushing if he could. She grinned at him as she scratched behind his ears, to which Quatre responded with loud purring. //Is that me???//

"You're such a purr cat!" The girl laughed as she continued to scratch behind his ears. Quatre couldn't help but purr, it felt so good. She then proceeded to scratch under his chin as Quatre purred louder and rolled onto his back. The girl then began to rub his tummy. Quatre was in heaven. //Mmm...this feels so good...// Then he realized how wrong this was. //I can't let her do this! If she knew I was really human...but it feels so nice...// He continued to purr contentedly. //It doesn't matter if I am...was...human, I'm a cat now and...// He looked up at her once more. //And she's...wonderful.// Suddenly the phone rang.

"Oh brother. It's probably Mr. Lan again." She leaned over and kissed Quatre on the head before gently setting him on the floor to go answer the phone. He got to his feet and followed close on her heels. She stopped beside a counter as they entered what had to be the kitchen and picked up the loudly ringing phone.

"Hello?" The girl greeted as Quatre hopped up onto the counter beside her. She rewarded him with more chin scratching. "Yes, this is Lia. Oh, hello Mr. Lan. Mmhm. Yes. Tomorrow? But that's my day off...I can't...oh. Really? She's sick? Well then I guess I could...that's fine. Yes, I'll be there tomorrow. Good bye." She slowly hung up the phone. Then she stared off into space for a second. Quatre gave a worried mewl and gently rubbed his head against her hand. She gave a start at the contact and then looked down at him with a smile.

"I'm okay. It's just that...I'm too nice for my own good sometimes." She sighed as she stroked Quatre thoughtfully. "I had really wanted to go to the park and finish my painting tomorrow. Oh well, that's life." With that, she scooped Quatre up and gently set him on the floor once more. She then walked over to a cabinet and pulled out a can of tuna fish. She opened it, drained the water, and then set it down for Quatre to eat out of. After that, she pulled out a bowl, filled it with water and set it down next to the tuna.

"You must be hungry right?" She asked Quatre as she placed him in front of the food. He sniffed it, and then nibbled politely on the tuna. To his surprise, the tuna wasn't so bad and he allowed his hunger to overtake him and he began to gulp down the tuna in large mouthfuls. "Really hungry." The girl commented with a smile. She then turned on her heel and walked down the hall leading away from the kitchen and entered the last door on the right. Quatre decided he would follow her after he had his fill. //This isn't so bad. I have a home, someone kind to take care of me, and best of all, I don't have to fight anymore.// Quatre let out a contented sigh at that last thought, or at least a sound as close to a contented sigh as a kitten can get.

~

"Any sign of Quatre?" Duo asked as Wufei strode up after exiting his gundam.

"No. But I did manage to get a few hostages." He gestured to the two men who were being clutched in both hands of his gundam. One was an older man in a lab coat, and the other was obviously a soldier. A few feet away, Trowa was just finishing bandaging Heero's wounded shoulder. When he finished both of them stood and headed over to Duo and Wufei.

"Wufei got hostages!" Duo announced cheerfully, almost too cheerfully. He was really worried about Quatre, as were the others, but he was trying to keep their spirits up. The four gundam pilots studied their new captives. The soldier looked like he was about to wet himself, but the old man was grinning.

"What are you grinning at?" Wufei demanded.

"You'll never find him!" The old man practically sang. The four pilots froze. Duo suddenly got very angry.

"Where's Quatre?" Duo demanded. The old man laughed.

"You'll never find him!" He said again, all the while keeping that same crazy smile on his face.

"What're you insane?" Duo yelled. He was about to go tear the crazy old man limb from limb when Heero stopped him.

"Do you know where Quatre is?" Heero asked the old man in his usual no- nonsense voice. Their captive's grin slackened a little, it was obvious Heero scared him.

"No."

"What?" Duo cried incredulously.

"What do you mean?" Trowa asked calmly.

"I don't know where he is. But the last I saw of him he was in my lab." The pilots inwardly shuddered at the thoughts that came to mind at the man's words. "Even if he managed to get out before you blew up our base, which I doubt he did, you would never be able to find him." The old man cackled at that.

"What is wrong with you old man??? You...!!!" Duo would have continued with his verbal assault except for the fact that his communicator was beeping. He heaved a sigh and then answered it. Sally's face flashed on the screen.

"Duo here..." He said half-heartedly.

"Duo! Good to see you are safe. And the others?"

"They're fine. Listen Sally, we got two hostages here who apparently were with Quatre when he was being held captive here. Unfortunately, this crazy old fogie..." Wufei quickly snatched the communicator from Duo before he could continue his not-so-civilized sentence.

"Sally, we were unable to locate Quatre so we are going to return to base with the hostages. Over and out." Wufei then switched the communicator off and then climbed back into his gundam. The others glumly followed his lead. As Duo followed the others back to the base he gave a short growl.

"Quat better be okay, for that old codger's sake."

~Owari~

Fyre_Faerie_Gyrl: WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*audience sweatdrops*

*Fyre_Faerie_Gyrl does a few cartwheels....falls on her head....gets up....and does it again....*

*Duo walks out*

Duo: Hey that looks fun! *he joins her*

*Heero walks out and notices the two bakas....rubs his temples in irritation....and addresses the audience with a cold glare*

*audiuence shifts nervously*

Heero: *to Fyre_Faerie_Gyrl* Don't you have a job to do?

Fyre_Faerie_Gyrl: I'm kinda busy now Hee-chan! I just ate a whole bag of pixie sticks and I can't stop now!!!!! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway, *cartwheel* can you do it for me? Just read the cards....

*Heero growls*

Heero: I will not "just read the cards."The last time you made me do that I was....*shudders* glomped.... by a bunch of crazy fangirls....

Fyre_Faerie_Gyrl: *cartwheels by him....with duo close behind* I can't help it if they love you Hee-chan!

Heero: Refrain from calling me that.

Fyre_Faerie_Gyrl: *ignores him* just do the announcements okay? However you want....*back flip*

*Heero heaves an exasperated sigh and once again turns to glare at the audience*

Heero: Review.

*Fyre_Faerie_Gyrl stops in mid-cartwheel to glare at him*

Heero:....please.

Fyre_Faerie_Gyrl: Oh yeah! *round-off* for every review you get a free "glomp Heero" pass!!!!!

*Heero pales and runs off the stage.......with screaming fangirls at his heels.....who run over the hyper authoress and her braided counterpart*

Fyre_Faerie_Gyrl: Ouch. *groan* Maybe that wasn't the best idea....oh well, thanks for reading my story everyone! Don't forget to review and see ya later!!!!!

*she bows, picks up the unconscious Duo, and hops off stage*