Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot and original characters. Hope you enjoy and please review with what you think. Also for the Relena hater who's been asking me to set Cat on Relena that's not exactly going to happen. You see my perception of Relena comes from the mangas, not the anime which I've been told portrays her as being worse then she is. As any of my readers will tell you I have yet to put her in a horrible light but that doesn't mean I don't occasionally make her miserable ^_-.
Important!: From what I understand Mariemaia was seven in Endless Waltz, if this is wrong please! let me know!
Mariemaia's Day
"That cat is too a demon and when I get through with her she's going to end up slowly skinned alive and then I'm going to wear her as a fur." Dorothy snarled as she looked at the cat like she was going to grab Heero's knife and start skinning.
Oh you just try and I'll scratch your eyes out, bitch Cat thought as she moved into a crouching position that suggested she was preparing to spring at any moment and start trimming her eyebrows in a very painful way.
"Over my dead body." Quatre said with a threatening look that was downright menacing and made Dorothy step back in shock at the look. "You lay one hand on my cat and I'll run you through Catonlina."
"Holy shit, the Q-man finally spoke up and told the bitch off." Duo said in shock as he looked from Dorothy to Quatre and back again. "Way to go, Quatre."
"I..I..I can't believe you would say that, Quatre." Dorothy said in shock as she stared at the blonde as though she'd never seen him before in her life. "From these mongrels it's to be expected, but you're a Winner, such treatment is a disgrace to your family name." Not to mention the fact that he was too powerful to piss off.
"Well he did... so get lost before pest control comes here and takes you away." Hilde said with a dark look in Dorothy's direction, not wanting to give Quatre time to apologize which he was bound to do once he realized what he had done. "Start moving that obviously surgically improved ass and get lost before I ruin that poor doctor's work."
"Bitch." Dorothy hissed but was shut up when Duo's arm sprung out, wrapping around her arm in a surprisingly strong grip.
"I would watch what you call Hilde, Dorothy. I won't stand by and let you of all people talk badly about her. At least she has class and you're looking to get carried and thrown out of here " Duo said in a threatening voice that said quite clearly that he would do so.
"This isn't over and you and that annoying little cat is going to payyyyyyyyyy!" Dorothy shrieked as Wufei's boiling hot tea was swatted by Cat and onto Dorothy's formerly pure white blouse. Dancing around as she held the shirt away from her as she shrieked. Getting out of seat Quatre moved over to help her with his napkin but she just pushed him away, getting control of herself as she realized that everyone was watching them. Sending them all evil looks she marched away while people chuckled and laughed at her. Watching her go Quatre shook his head before looking over at the cat who'd moved away from Wufei and was currently back to her former position of sitting by Heero's plate looking at his chicken evilly. It was times like this he thought the name Mini Heero rather fit her
"Sassy, what am I going to do with you." Quatre said as he moved around the table and took his seat again, looking at his cat with dismay. "What am I going to do with you?"
I don't know, hug me to death, Cat thought as she looked at Quatre over her shoulder before looking up at Heero who was watching her like a hawk. Well Cat had to ask herself, did she feel lucky? Well did she? Yup, Cat thought as she inched slightly closer to the prize.
"Since you got Quatre to finally treat that thing the way she deserves you can have some." Heero said as he used his knife to cut off a chunk of his chicken, pushing it towards the edge of the plate so that she could reach it. "Try to get any more then that and I'll skin you." Heero added, the knife still in his hand.
Thinking that that was a sensible and fair deal Cat nodded then wondering over began eating away at her chicken.
Later that evening
Knocking on Maia's door Lady Une opened the door when her little girl's voice came through telling her to enter. Walking into the room Lady Une felt a hint of worry as she always did when she looked at her daughter's room. The room was sparse and rather bare, no posters on the walls, no clothes on the floor and everything was in its proper place. In other words it never looked like a teenager lived there. Of course she appreciated the fact that Maia was neat but a little clutter here and there, some sign that Maia actually did something other then read and do homework in here would be nice too. Her daughter sat at her desk studying for her exam on Monday most likely though she had looked up from her notes to look at her questioningly. "How's the studying going?" Lady Une asked as she sat down on the edge of her daughter's bed.
"Fine, I shouldn't have any problems on Monday unless the teacher decides to pull something but I doubt it, too many bimbos in my class that need to get at least average grades for their parents to be happy." Maia said with a small smile and a nod of her head. She always reminded Anna if a fairy or pixie with her short red hair and sky blue eyes. A sad fairy though, one that rarely ever smiled or went out to play with a dreamy look or giggle. "So what's up, Mom?"
"Actually it's about next week, Maia." Lady Une said as she folded her hands in her lap. "I mentioned to Quatre that you had the next week basically off and he was wondering if you would be interested in a job for that week. Of course he said he understood if you'd rather spend it with friends or catching up on sleep but he is offering to pay you."
"A job? Doing what?" Maia said with a curious look in her eyes as she tried to imagine what on earth Quatre could possibly want her help with. She'd do the job regardless of what it was since it was Quatre and he'd never ask her to do something awful or annoying, plus she liked hanging out at Preventers, especially with the pilots who treated her like a normal kid and didn't kiss up to her the way some of the Preventers did because of her mom. She even preferred Wufei over a lot of them and he had a habit of calling her little onna.
"Watching over their cat." Lady Une said with a slight grin as she imagined the puff ball, a puff ball with a lot of attitude at that if she wasn't mistaken. "Apparently they've been juggling the job of watching her and Quatre thought that since you seemed to like the cat and her you that it would be more convenient to take advantage of your exam holiday and see if you wouldn't mind doing it for the week. They'll pay you five dollars an hour and you can watch her at Preventers so that if you need a break or she's acting up you can call in for reinforcements as Duo put it." Lady Une added with a slightly wider grin. "Would you be interested?"
"Sure, tell Quatre I'd be happy to do it." Maia said with a small smile that made Lady Une glad she'd come up with the baby-sitting idea. Maia actually looked happy about the idea and she rarely showed emotion though more then Trowa at least. But unfortunately not by much. "So I start on Monday after my exam?"
"Yes, one of the boys will pick you up after your exam and then she's all yours apparently." Lady Une said as she got up from her seat deciding to leave Maia to her studying since she couldn't think of a good reason to stay. Maia wasn't much of a talker and Lady Une always felt that Maia was putting herself out or humouring her when they had anything that could be called a personal conversation. "I'll go inform Quatre that it's all settled and that you'll do it."
Monday
Maia stood with her back against her wall as she waited for Trowa to come pick her up. He was late which was really unlike him and Maia hoped that nothing was wrong or that he'd forgotten about her. Of course it was Trowa so the odds of that were basically nil in her admittedly biased opinion since she liked the quiet soldier. He treated her like an adult and didn't expect her to talk a lot or talk to her a lot As for time the exam had been easy enough so she'd gotten out early which was likely why it seemed like she'd been waiting longer then she actually had. Swinging her book bag slight back and forth Maia absently tugged down the skirt of her school uniform slightly and wished that they could have made the things just a little longer. Not to mention the fact that she was short to begin with so one would think that if they were too short for her how must the really tall girls suffer. Pushing off from the wall Maia walked towards the steps thinking that she might be able to see him coming better but was stopped when she heard a sickeningly sweet voice call her name from behind. Turning around with a sinking feeling Maia looked to see three of the most popular and snobbish girls in the whole academy looking at her with slight smirks. "Hello Amber, Chelsea, Magda." Maia said evenly, hoping that Trowa hurried up and came before things got ugly and she finally gave into the urge to use those self defence lessons Heero had taught her. There was only so much she could take and it was always a comfort to think that Heero or Wufei would have blown them up months ago to shut them up. "What's up?"
"Oh we just saw you and wouldn't have felt right if we didn't stop and say hello." Amber said with a toss of her blonde hair, as usual not a hair out of place as it fell back to the girl's shoulders. "Wasn't that exam just ghastly? Though I guess for a brainiac like you it was as easy as pie. Must me nice." Amber added with a hit of steel.
"Some of it was confusing." Maia said with a shrug though she'd found it a lot easier then she'd expected it to be. Then again she'd actually studied. Maia was not a favourite among the girls since many were jealous of her awesome grades and the fact that she'd already skipped a grade which was difficult to say the least at this Academy. Plus since Maia didn't talk much or interact with others some thought she was simply stuck up when in fact Maia simply didn't think she had anything in common with the other girls. When they'd been playing with dolls and their mother's clothing she'd been trying to take over the world and colonies. Perhaps she was fifteen physically but she was a lot older mentally which put a big gap between her and her peers which was likely why she preferred the pilots, they were like her in that aspect.
"No kidding, I almost died when I first looked it over. Of course I didn't get much studying in since my boyfriend's parents were out of town." Magda said with a cattish look on her face though Maia would never insult a cat by saying so. Sassy had more intelligence and class then these three idiots put together. "Then again you don't have a boyfriend do you, Maia? I guess without one and so few friends you have a lot of time to study and do homework."
Going a bit red in the cheeks Maia sent Magda a false smile when what she really wanted to do was wipe that smile off Magda's face with a nice right hook. "'Well what can I say, I put more importance on my education then on shopping and gossiping about people."
About to blast the little bitch Magda's eyes caught on something and held. 'Now who is that and where do I get one." Amber and Chelsea automatically forgetting about Maia to gawk at whatever boy had caught their eye Maia was all set to go when she heard a male voice calling her name. Turning around Maia saw Trowa coming up the steps, his bangs covering half his face as usual which was a dead give away that it was him because no one had hair like Trowa. "You know him?" Magda gasped sending Maia a shocked look and just managing to hold back her own shocked look Maia realized that it had been Trowa they'd been looking over. Oh Lord, Maia thought just managing to hold back a giggle at the thought. They were giving the Silencer the once over and if they knew who he was they'd be running away screaming in no time at all.
"Of course I do, I was just waiting for him to come pick me up." Maia said before she thought better of it, blushing ever so slightly at the way she'd said it. But she was tired of their little jabs and maybe this would shut them up for once even if only for a short time. Besides she'd spoken the truth..she'd just kinda left it open for interpretation. "Hey Trowa." Maia said almost cheerfully as she walked away from the girls to meet him and hopefully save him from the drooling adolescents who were all looking at him like starving women at a buffet. It was an all girls school after all and even she'd admit that Trowa was gorgeous, though she'd sooner shoot herself in the head or make Yuy angry at her then admit it out loud. Besides lord only knows what her mother would say if she realized that her little girl thought the Gundam pilots were all just as hot as the older women did.
"Sorry I'm late, traffic. was terrible and I didn't want to risk calling you during your exam and getting you in trouble" Trowa said with a nod looking extremely handsome in a black suit with a white shirt underneath open at the collar having come straight from a meeting that had unfortunately required him to wear the damn suit. "Have you been waiting long?"
"It's no problem, I haven't been waiting that long." Maia said with a small smile as she let him take her bag from her, always the gentleman about such things. Quatre influence no doubt, or Catherines. "I'm ready to go."
"Alright then." Trowa said, glad to go as he was getting the creeps from all these stares aimed his way. It was like all these girls had never seen a guy before in their lives and had suddenly discovered their existence. "Would you like to stop for some burgers and fries along the way? Because of the traffic jam I told Duo we would be late getting in so time isn't a problem. My treat."
"That would be great." Maia said as they walked side by side down the stairs, feeling everyone watching them and speculating about it. After all Trowa was obviously in his twenties and she was only fifteen, enough said. She was going to be bombarded with questions, Maia thought with a slight smirk. Wouldn't that just piss off the Snobby Trio. And all in all this was shaping up to be a pretty great day, Maia thought as they headed into the parking lot. She'd done well on her exam, had sorta put the Snobby Trio in their places and she was getting to go out with Trowa for lunch. Of course it wasn't a date or anything but it was still lunch out with a gorgeous guy who didn't think she was weird and didn't mind being around her even though he knew the very worst about her. A lot of people didn't like her and they didn't even know that she'd once tried to take them over.
Meanwhile
Cat sat on her pillow and wondered where the heck Maia was and what she was suppose to do about the kid when she got there. On the one hand she didn't like the kid's start in this world but the keyword was kid and the girl had to be around fifteen by now. Cat knew she'd done some stupid things before she'd hit the double digits and it struck her as unfair to judge the kid by that. Of course there was the small fact that Maia was related by blood to three of the most hated people on Cat's list along with being adopted by another one which made her connected to four out of five but that wasn't really fair either. She'd never been a firm believer in the sins of the father deal and besides, hadn't the mother been a nurse or something? A do-gooder even if she had been a Barton? So confusing. Anyway Cat decided that for the time being she'd give the kid the benefit of the doubt and play nice, she'd even let the girl call her Sassy but she wouldn't like it. Thank God this would all be over in two months-hold on a minute, Cat thought as she mentally did the math in her head. Eyes going wide Cat realized that she'd almost been with the guys a whole month and hadn't even realized it. Of course she'd been drugged for a fair amount of that time but stil..it didn't seem that long. So she was one third of the way done..for some reason that didn't seem like such a great thing anymore.