Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot and the original characters. Also
the answer to the pairing question is that though Cat is a cat she is still
a woman in a lot of ways and is capable of falling for one of the guys.
Thanx to all who have reviewed and please cont to do so.
Also: Mao is Chinese for Cat and Wufei's name for her. Sorry too for the spacing, for some reason FanFic net is screwing the spacing up. -_-;
When Sassy Met Dorothy
Well this was a lot better then the ship repair place but Cat would have still preferred to be back at the house in her nice basket. Better yet she'd rather be on her way to hell as herself but beggars couldn't be choosy. Looking up from her pillow that had been placed in the corner Cat watched Wufei typing away quickly at his computer, absently tapping his foot in concentration. Wufei had thought it was typical of Maxwell when Trowa had brought her here early with the explanation that Duo had had problems getting her to stay and had figured that he'd have more luck. The nice thing about staying with Wufei was that he never called her pet names or treated her like a moving stuffed animal. Plus there were no girls dropping by to coo over her since the female population seemed to avoid him like the plague. He was good looking enough for her to be curious about that but remembering the way he'd treated Sally she figured that it might have something to do with the way he thought women should be. Luckily he thought she was a cat, otherwise he might have taken to giving her his views on women which would have likely resulted in her shooting him, in the gut. Why finish him off quickly when he could die slowly and painfully. But luckily for him that wasn't the case and so she sat on her pillow and counted the minutes till home time. There were a lot of minutes in an hour. Even more in several hours.
"Hello, Wufei. Long time no see." A voice purred and Cat looked over to the doorway to see another blonde standing there, a catty smile on her face as she looked at the pilot. What was with these guys and attracting blondes Cat wondered in disgust then hissed slightly when she recognized the woman who strutted into the room. Dorothy Catalonia, lover of war and overall bitch. Just looking at her eyebrows alone was like looking at a large sign declaring her evilness and black heart. They looked like devil horns for god sakes. Hadn't she ever heard of plucking ones eyebrows?
"Catalonia." Wufei said shortly giving her a look that said he wasn't at all pleased to see the woman which made him rise on Cat's people scale quite a bit. That's right bitch, your not wanted so get lost Cat thought smugly.
"Please, Dorothy. We have known each other for several years now have we not?" Dorothy said with a wink. "I would have never thought you for a pet person, Wufei. Especially a fluffy little kitty cat."
Oh you just so signed your death warrant you blonde headed, likely silicone based bitch Barbie Cat thought as she rose from her pillow and hopped off, walking towards Dorothy trying to look as cute and as cuddly as possible before she went Jaws on the witch. She was half way across the room before Wufei picked her up, anticipating her intention. Damnit.
"The Mao is many things but a fluffy kitty she will never be." Wufei said with one of his rare grins, pretty sure that Sassy had been about to attempt to tear the onna to shreds. As much as he would have liked to have let her he knew that Lady Une would not allow them to bring the cat back if she attacked people, even if it was such a person as this serpent. It was tempting though and Wufei had no doubt that the cat would cause a fair amount of damage in a small amount of time. "What is it you wish?"
"Oh I just stopped in to see the old gang, had some free time." Dorothy said with a smile though there was really something unnerving about that cat. It was the way it was staring at her that was really spooky, like it could see into her soul or something. "Obviously though I've interrupted you at work, I'll try and catch you another time when we can chat."
"I'm sure." Wufei said coolly as he put the cat down on the floor again. "Though after what you did to Quatre why you think I would wish to be in the company of someone such as you is beyond me."
"That was so long ago, Wufei. Quatre's forgiven me for it and its not like it actual killed him." Dorothy said with a smile that was designed to grate on a person's nerves. "Well bye for know, Wufei." She added cheerfully as she walked out the door again, leaving it open.
Quatre? This bitch had done something to Quatre, her Quatre? Cat thought as the former red that had covered her eyes burst into an even brighter and hotter red. Maybe he was exasperating and annoying sometimes but Quatre was the nicest person on earth and all the colonies. Plus she owed him which equalled to the fact that the blonde bitch was going down. Before Wufei could even see it coming she was out that door and after the high heeled bimbo in a flash of creamy fur. Catching up with her seconds later Cat saw that there were plenty of people around and seeing the way Dorothy the Bitch was playing up to them with her waves and smiles Cat thought of an even better way to make her pay then just killing her. Hearing footsteps behind them that she recognized as Wufei's Cat took off, heading straight for Dorothy with growing speed, completely forgetting about the pain in her leg as she leapt, dug her teeth into Dorothy woolen skirt and put all her dead weight to its full potential. With a loud rip the skirt ripped apart and Cat was on the floor with a mouthful of material, Dorothy minus a large chunk of skirt and showing quite a bit of underwear and skin as she tried to hold what was left of her skirt to her lower body. Spitting the material out Cat looked up at the woman, smiled a kitty smile and walked over to stand by Wufei's side who could only stare at Dorothy in stunned shock. Finally the Chinese man looked down at her and picking her up brought her to his eye level. "We are most definitely keeping you, Mao." He said simply then turning his back to the hysteria Cat had caused headed back to his office with the cat purring in his arms.
later in the afternoon
"So she really jumped on Dorothy and ripped her skirt to shreds?" Sally asked as she fed Cat some of her sandwich an hour later. She had nearly blew a seam in her uniform laughing so hard when she'd passed a group of soldiers in the hallway laughing so hard she'd wondered that their ribs didn't burst. She'd asked them what was so funny and when they'd explained about the cream colored cat and Dorothy she'd had no doubt at all who was responsible. She'd liked the cat before because she thought a pet would be good for the guys but now she just plain loved the cat.
"Well she only took a good chunk I think, it wasn't as though I wished to look at that witch without her skirt on." Wufei said with a roll of his eyes as he continued to type as he watched Sally spoil the cat. A good cat Wufei thought with an inner smile and he intended to inform Quatre that night that if he didn't wish to keep the feline Wufei would take her off his hands. A female or not the mao had the heart of a warrior.
"Damn I wish I'd been there with a camera." Sally said with a sigh as she and Cat finished off the rest of the sandwich. "Well I bet she won't be calling you a fluffy kitty anytime soon, huh?" Sally added as she patted Cat's head who simply hopped off the desk now that she'd been fed and headed over to her pillow to nap. "So has Lady Une come by to blast you over it?"
"No yet, no." Wufei said with a shake of his head. It wouldn't be long though before someone told Lady Une that it was their cat who'd done it and then there would likely be hell to pay. But he'd stand behind the mao, Dorothy had asked for it.
"If you want I'll go to bat for you, tell her how Sassy helped with that soldier and explained that Sassy was provoked, it's Dorothy after all. She lives to cause trouble and chaos." Sally said with a smile which grew with the loud hiss from the pillow. "She really hates her name doesn't she? I don't think I've seen her once take being called Sassy without at least hissing at them or worse."
"Call her Mao, she doesn't mind that." Wufei said with a shrug though he aimed a small smile at the pillow.
"You really like her, don't you?" Sally said with a smile as she looked from Wufei to the pillow. She'd never thought of Wufei as an animal person but a cat did suit him now that she thought about it. A cat tended to be independent and intelligent creature who wouldn't cling to Wufei but would provide affection as well as love to the stalwart man who was her partner. Though she would prefer for him to interact more with people of his own species perhaps the animal would help Wufei open up more and become more in touch with his emotions and feelings. That was likely just wishful thinking but you never knew, it could happen.
"She's a better roommate then Maxwell, more intelligent anyway." Wufei said simply, not about to admit that he liked the cat at all. And she was a better roommate then Maxwell, she was a lot quieter and she could probably cook better if she got the chance.
"Hey, Wufei, Sally. What's this I hear about the cat attacking Dorothy and ripping her skirt right off her when I wasn't there to see it." Duo asked as he strolled into the office, limping slight as he tried to do his usual swagger. He'd put stuff on his leg but it still stung from her claws. Hence he wasn't going to call her Sassy, at least for a little while anyway.
"She only tore part of it, the rest fell off from the loss of the chunk she got a hold of." Wufei said with a nod to the corner where Cat was still residing, mentally rolling her eyes at Duo and his love of blondes. Thank god her hair only had blonde streaks occasionally in it during the summer. God only knows what a hell her life would have been if she had been born blonde. Give her her deer hide hair any day. "Is Dorothy complaining to Lady Une?"
"As far as I know she left without reporting it, for know anyway. Boy is Quatre going to be mad at us when we bring her home, we've done a lousy job watching her today. She gets to the med wing, gets blood all over her, attacks Dorothy and the day isnâEt even over yet." Duo said with a frown as he moved over and sat down in one of the chairs in the room. "I mean I love ya, Kitty but you're harder to watch over then a baby or a toddler."
"Well at least she's house broken." Sally pointed out with a smirk. "So exactly what was Quatre thinking when he left the cat sitting to you two?"
Obviously not a hell of a lot Cat said mentally as she flexed her paws, sliding her claws in and out as she plotted her next way to leave the room. Now that she knew that Lady Une was likely in the building she was in the mood to continue her winning streak and go after the General while she was at it. Not that she'd get close enough likely to do any damage but one never knew until they tried. Then again she could always wait till her next visit to Preventers, she was bound to come back again and why not take the time to plan things out a bit better? Preferring that idea Cat went back to listening in on the others conversation.
"I think it was the comment I made about her harming Quatre that made her go over the edge." Wufei was saying as he smiled slightly. "Before she just seemed angry about being called a fluffy kitty but as soon as I mentioned Dorothy harming Quatre it was as if you could feel the anger and dark intent rolling off of her in waves."
"Well she is really fond of Quatre, he's the only one she'll let get away with calling her Sassy." Duo said thoughtfully, never having a doubt that the cat was smart enough to understand everything she heard humans speak. "It wouldn't surprise me in the least if that was the reason she went for Dorothy, after all, all of us have wanted to off her since she ran Quatre through."
She ran Quatre through? With a knife or something like that? Cat wondered, her almond shaped eyes going wider. Why wasn't that wicked bitch of the west in prison then? Why was she free to roam and why the hell wasn't she being punished, at least Cat had never stooped to killing innocent people during her career. And she hadn't attacked Dorothy because of the fact that she'd hurt Quatre in the past- or had she? Of course not she-she had called him her Quatre. Head reeling from the realization she tuned everything out as her mind tried to process this. She had attacked the blonde because of him, or at least in partly and that wasn't her, she didn't care about anyone but herself. Any of the boys could get blown up tomorrow and she wouldn't care. After all Quatre was always babying her and Duo was just as bad, Heero had threatened to shoot her on more then one occasion and Wufei's opinions on women were as annoying as hell. Trowa was okay but had made her look like a giant cue tip earlier, that alone was cause to want him dead. Well they weren't that bad Cat had to admit, willing to be charitable enough to give them some credit. If you kept Duo away from the kitchen he wasn't so bad and for all his babying Quatre was one of those people you couldn't hate if your life depended on it. Heero might have warned her about using her for target practice but I will kill you was a major part of his vocabulary and she was starting to think it was almost an affectionate term coming from him. And Wufei was okay when he wasn't bad mouthing onnas, he didn't call her stupid pet names or fuss over her. And Trowa was okay, he hadn't yelled at her for running away from Duo and sometimes at night when he double checked the locks he'd come visit her to make sure she was all right. Oh shit, the morons were growing on her!
Also: Mao is Chinese for Cat and Wufei's name for her. Sorry too for the spacing, for some reason FanFic net is screwing the spacing up. -_-;
When Sassy Met Dorothy
Well this was a lot better then the ship repair place but Cat would have still preferred to be back at the house in her nice basket. Better yet she'd rather be on her way to hell as herself but beggars couldn't be choosy. Looking up from her pillow that had been placed in the corner Cat watched Wufei typing away quickly at his computer, absently tapping his foot in concentration. Wufei had thought it was typical of Maxwell when Trowa had brought her here early with the explanation that Duo had had problems getting her to stay and had figured that he'd have more luck. The nice thing about staying with Wufei was that he never called her pet names or treated her like a moving stuffed animal. Plus there were no girls dropping by to coo over her since the female population seemed to avoid him like the plague. He was good looking enough for her to be curious about that but remembering the way he'd treated Sally she figured that it might have something to do with the way he thought women should be. Luckily he thought she was a cat, otherwise he might have taken to giving her his views on women which would have likely resulted in her shooting him, in the gut. Why finish him off quickly when he could die slowly and painfully. But luckily for him that wasn't the case and so she sat on her pillow and counted the minutes till home time. There were a lot of minutes in an hour. Even more in several hours.
"Hello, Wufei. Long time no see." A voice purred and Cat looked over to the doorway to see another blonde standing there, a catty smile on her face as she looked at the pilot. What was with these guys and attracting blondes Cat wondered in disgust then hissed slightly when she recognized the woman who strutted into the room. Dorothy Catalonia, lover of war and overall bitch. Just looking at her eyebrows alone was like looking at a large sign declaring her evilness and black heart. They looked like devil horns for god sakes. Hadn't she ever heard of plucking ones eyebrows?
"Catalonia." Wufei said shortly giving her a look that said he wasn't at all pleased to see the woman which made him rise on Cat's people scale quite a bit. That's right bitch, your not wanted so get lost Cat thought smugly.
"Please, Dorothy. We have known each other for several years now have we not?" Dorothy said with a wink. "I would have never thought you for a pet person, Wufei. Especially a fluffy little kitty cat."
Oh you just so signed your death warrant you blonde headed, likely silicone based bitch Barbie Cat thought as she rose from her pillow and hopped off, walking towards Dorothy trying to look as cute and as cuddly as possible before she went Jaws on the witch. She was half way across the room before Wufei picked her up, anticipating her intention. Damnit.
"The Mao is many things but a fluffy kitty she will never be." Wufei said with one of his rare grins, pretty sure that Sassy had been about to attempt to tear the onna to shreds. As much as he would have liked to have let her he knew that Lady Une would not allow them to bring the cat back if she attacked people, even if it was such a person as this serpent. It was tempting though and Wufei had no doubt that the cat would cause a fair amount of damage in a small amount of time. "What is it you wish?"
"Oh I just stopped in to see the old gang, had some free time." Dorothy said with a smile though there was really something unnerving about that cat. It was the way it was staring at her that was really spooky, like it could see into her soul or something. "Obviously though I've interrupted you at work, I'll try and catch you another time when we can chat."
"I'm sure." Wufei said coolly as he put the cat down on the floor again. "Though after what you did to Quatre why you think I would wish to be in the company of someone such as you is beyond me."
"That was so long ago, Wufei. Quatre's forgiven me for it and its not like it actual killed him." Dorothy said with a smile that was designed to grate on a person's nerves. "Well bye for know, Wufei." She added cheerfully as she walked out the door again, leaving it open.
Quatre? This bitch had done something to Quatre, her Quatre? Cat thought as the former red that had covered her eyes burst into an even brighter and hotter red. Maybe he was exasperating and annoying sometimes but Quatre was the nicest person on earth and all the colonies. Plus she owed him which equalled to the fact that the blonde bitch was going down. Before Wufei could even see it coming she was out that door and after the high heeled bimbo in a flash of creamy fur. Catching up with her seconds later Cat saw that there were plenty of people around and seeing the way Dorothy the Bitch was playing up to them with her waves and smiles Cat thought of an even better way to make her pay then just killing her. Hearing footsteps behind them that she recognized as Wufei's Cat took off, heading straight for Dorothy with growing speed, completely forgetting about the pain in her leg as she leapt, dug her teeth into Dorothy woolen skirt and put all her dead weight to its full potential. With a loud rip the skirt ripped apart and Cat was on the floor with a mouthful of material, Dorothy minus a large chunk of skirt and showing quite a bit of underwear and skin as she tried to hold what was left of her skirt to her lower body. Spitting the material out Cat looked up at the woman, smiled a kitty smile and walked over to stand by Wufei's side who could only stare at Dorothy in stunned shock. Finally the Chinese man looked down at her and picking her up brought her to his eye level. "We are most definitely keeping you, Mao." He said simply then turning his back to the hysteria Cat had caused headed back to his office with the cat purring in his arms.
later in the afternoon
"So she really jumped on Dorothy and ripped her skirt to shreds?" Sally asked as she fed Cat some of her sandwich an hour later. She had nearly blew a seam in her uniform laughing so hard when she'd passed a group of soldiers in the hallway laughing so hard she'd wondered that their ribs didn't burst. She'd asked them what was so funny and when they'd explained about the cream colored cat and Dorothy she'd had no doubt at all who was responsible. She'd liked the cat before because she thought a pet would be good for the guys but now she just plain loved the cat.
"Well she only took a good chunk I think, it wasn't as though I wished to look at that witch without her skirt on." Wufei said with a roll of his eyes as he continued to type as he watched Sally spoil the cat. A good cat Wufei thought with an inner smile and he intended to inform Quatre that night that if he didn't wish to keep the feline Wufei would take her off his hands. A female or not the mao had the heart of a warrior.
"Damn I wish I'd been there with a camera." Sally said with a sigh as she and Cat finished off the rest of the sandwich. "Well I bet she won't be calling you a fluffy kitty anytime soon, huh?" Sally added as she patted Cat's head who simply hopped off the desk now that she'd been fed and headed over to her pillow to nap. "So has Lady Une come by to blast you over it?"
"No yet, no." Wufei said with a shake of his head. It wouldn't be long though before someone told Lady Une that it was their cat who'd done it and then there would likely be hell to pay. But he'd stand behind the mao, Dorothy had asked for it.
"If you want I'll go to bat for you, tell her how Sassy helped with that soldier and explained that Sassy was provoked, it's Dorothy after all. She lives to cause trouble and chaos." Sally said with a smile which grew with the loud hiss from the pillow. "She really hates her name doesn't she? I don't think I've seen her once take being called Sassy without at least hissing at them or worse."
"Call her Mao, she doesn't mind that." Wufei said with a shrug though he aimed a small smile at the pillow.
"You really like her, don't you?" Sally said with a smile as she looked from Wufei to the pillow. She'd never thought of Wufei as an animal person but a cat did suit him now that she thought about it. A cat tended to be independent and intelligent creature who wouldn't cling to Wufei but would provide affection as well as love to the stalwart man who was her partner. Though she would prefer for him to interact more with people of his own species perhaps the animal would help Wufei open up more and become more in touch with his emotions and feelings. That was likely just wishful thinking but you never knew, it could happen.
"She's a better roommate then Maxwell, more intelligent anyway." Wufei said simply, not about to admit that he liked the cat at all. And she was a better roommate then Maxwell, she was a lot quieter and she could probably cook better if she got the chance.
"Hey, Wufei, Sally. What's this I hear about the cat attacking Dorothy and ripping her skirt right off her when I wasn't there to see it." Duo asked as he strolled into the office, limping slight as he tried to do his usual swagger. He'd put stuff on his leg but it still stung from her claws. Hence he wasn't going to call her Sassy, at least for a little while anyway.
"She only tore part of it, the rest fell off from the loss of the chunk she got a hold of." Wufei said with a nod to the corner where Cat was still residing, mentally rolling her eyes at Duo and his love of blondes. Thank god her hair only had blonde streaks occasionally in it during the summer. God only knows what a hell her life would have been if she had been born blonde. Give her her deer hide hair any day. "Is Dorothy complaining to Lady Une?"
"As far as I know she left without reporting it, for know anyway. Boy is Quatre going to be mad at us when we bring her home, we've done a lousy job watching her today. She gets to the med wing, gets blood all over her, attacks Dorothy and the day isnâEt even over yet." Duo said with a frown as he moved over and sat down in one of the chairs in the room. "I mean I love ya, Kitty but you're harder to watch over then a baby or a toddler."
"Well at least she's house broken." Sally pointed out with a smirk. "So exactly what was Quatre thinking when he left the cat sitting to you two?"
Obviously not a hell of a lot Cat said mentally as she flexed her paws, sliding her claws in and out as she plotted her next way to leave the room. Now that she knew that Lady Une was likely in the building she was in the mood to continue her winning streak and go after the General while she was at it. Not that she'd get close enough likely to do any damage but one never knew until they tried. Then again she could always wait till her next visit to Preventers, she was bound to come back again and why not take the time to plan things out a bit better? Preferring that idea Cat went back to listening in on the others conversation.
"I think it was the comment I made about her harming Quatre that made her go over the edge." Wufei was saying as he smiled slightly. "Before she just seemed angry about being called a fluffy kitty but as soon as I mentioned Dorothy harming Quatre it was as if you could feel the anger and dark intent rolling off of her in waves."
"Well she is really fond of Quatre, he's the only one she'll let get away with calling her Sassy." Duo said thoughtfully, never having a doubt that the cat was smart enough to understand everything she heard humans speak. "It wouldn't surprise me in the least if that was the reason she went for Dorothy, after all, all of us have wanted to off her since she ran Quatre through."
She ran Quatre through? With a knife or something like that? Cat wondered, her almond shaped eyes going wider. Why wasn't that wicked bitch of the west in prison then? Why was she free to roam and why the hell wasn't she being punished, at least Cat had never stooped to killing innocent people during her career. And she hadn't attacked Dorothy because of the fact that she'd hurt Quatre in the past- or had she? Of course not she-she had called him her Quatre. Head reeling from the realization she tuned everything out as her mind tried to process this. She had attacked the blonde because of him, or at least in partly and that wasn't her, she didn't care about anyone but herself. Any of the boys could get blown up tomorrow and she wouldn't care. After all Quatre was always babying her and Duo was just as bad, Heero had threatened to shoot her on more then one occasion and Wufei's opinions on women were as annoying as hell. Trowa was okay but had made her look like a giant cue tip earlier, that alone was cause to want him dead. Well they weren't that bad Cat had to admit, willing to be charitable enough to give them some credit. If you kept Duo away from the kitchen he wasn't so bad and for all his babying Quatre was one of those people you couldn't hate if your life depended on it. Heero might have warned her about using her for target practice but I will kill you was a major part of his vocabulary and she was starting to think it was almost an affectionate term coming from him. And Wufei was okay when he wasn't bad mouthing onnas, he didn't call her stupid pet names or fuss over her. And Trowa was okay, he hadn't yelled at her for running away from Duo and sometimes at night when he double checked the locks he'd come visit her to make sure she was all right. Oh shit, the morons were growing on her!