Hello all. Iiiiiiiiiiiii'mm baaaaaaacck. grins Did ya'll miss me? Well I've got some good news and what some may consider, not so good news. I'm going to finish the story. (Yay, good news!) I also plan on reposting all the pervious chapters. (Could be 'booo' news) I have fixed all the grammar mistakes I saw and reworded some awkward sentences. I also took my Author's Notes out of the paragraphs to list them at the end of the chapter and I deleted some stupid ones.

I'll write some more at the end of the chapter so right now you can get on to the story. Also, because it has been so long my writing style is different, so I hope you all still like it. Enjoy.

-ST

Techno Stuff:

"Speaking"

'Thinking'

:Speaking Through Bond:

- number - Author's Note at end of chapter

- - - change of scene - - -

passage of time/

It's Dangerous to Run Away
Hiiro straightened up as Usagi changed her clothes. He peeked at her out of the corner of his eyes, not registering the fact that he could, look straight at her.

Usagi giggled, "You know you can look at me."

A light blush lit Hiiro's cheeks, "Did you see me?"

"No. I felt your lustful feelings." Hiiro's blush burned a little hotter. :You'll have to learn how to conceal your feelings a bit better to best Me.: A cheeky grin spread across her face as she turned to face him fully.

Hiiro shivered. It was not because what he saw or what she said, but her words themselves; the way they reverberated inside his body. All of Usagi's feelings and intentions at that very moment engulfed him. Playfulness, teasing intent, and love.

Hiiro was shocked. Never before had he felt this connected to someone, not even during their bonding. This was something that lingered, like the smell of fresh baked cookies lingered long after being eaten. When he bonded with her, he could not have ever fathomed the way this connection would have affected him.

This bond that they now shared let them communicate in such a way, where as no miscommunication could ever be possible. The person's true feelings and intentions, at that exact moment, where known to the other. It is near impossible to lie or mislead for this fact alone.

Hiiro hugged Usagi with every thing he had :I love you.: - 1 -

Usagi understood all that he'd just comprehended, with just those three little words. :I love you, too, Hii-chan.: - 2 -

Luna cleared her throat, "If we want to spare your friends worry then we should get going." She and Artemis started off into the honey comb.

Hiiro hugged Usagi a moment longer then stepped away. He started after the cats, feeling a little over whelmed and a bit embarrassed over his abrupt display of affection. None of these feeling showed on his face, as he had started to go back into 'Perfect Soldier' mode, for that last emotional connection had finally pushed him to the edge. Change can only happen so fast and he had reached his limit for now.

Usagi followed, giving Hiiro his space. She knew that many of these emotions were new for him. And their intensity brought out a new side of him. Right now all he need was a little time to process all that had happened.

When they had reached the mouth of the caves Hiiro paused then took Usagi's hand in his own, "I'd like to go over what where going to tell the guys." Usagi squeezed his hand, letting him know she was all ears. Hiiro continued, "I think that I should go to them first."

"Or I could run through their camp saying that I got one of you and Duo will be next. Knowing him, he'll be spooked and run to the closest guy wailing that he was right and I am a ghost. Wufei will probably kick him. Then when they give chase I'll lead them to you." Usagi batted her eyes innocently.

"You've been watching us too closely."

"I had to know my predators."

"……"

Usagi chuckled lightly, "I think we should start talking through our bond so they won't hear us until we're closer."

:It's hard to believe that cats had the power to connect us this way. I don't think that the others will believe Me.:

:We'll just have to prove it to them.:

- - - In the forest near the guys' camp - - -

Wufei sat at the base of a tree meditating. After they has searched the area and found no clues, they called it quits. Wufei hadn't been worried about their missing friend then and he wasn't now. He believed that Hiiro could take care of himself, if not then he deserved every thing that happened to him for the dishonor of being caught by a woman. So until Hiiro came back or Usagi tried to ransom him he was going to meditate.

Birds called to each other. Squirrels chased other squirrels off their territory. A breeze rustled leaves. Wufei soaked up the clam that this normality exuded. As he relaxed a two-fold consciousness brush his mind.

:…th..'l…won…..y.u…:

It sounded like tuning in and out of a radio station. The voice sounded light, feminine maybe. Wufei concentrated on this entity, focusing his mind; tuning his thought waves and patterns to match this one.

:I'll be…t..convenc..them:

Wufei's brows knitted together in a frown. That was a masculine voice, Hiiro's, Wufei was sure of that. But if that was Hiiro, then who was this new half of him? Sweat formed on Wufei's forehead. 'Almost there…'

:If you can…what should we d..to convince them:

:You could tell them something only I would..now.:

Wufei could fell them getting close to his location. Still concentrating, he carefully moved towards them. He moved slower than normal to keep his concentration while avoiding detection.

:I don't think that..ill work Hii-chan. They might think I tortured information out of you.: Wufei sensed that this female did not mean torture in the traditional sense.

Wufei peeked around a tree. There was Hiiro, and Usagi! Her hand gripped the front of Hiiro's pants, pulling them down slightly. 'What the f-' all of Wufei's thought processes stopped when the black cat near them started speaking in an angry whisper.

"Usagi-chan! Really, you should have more sense of decency. Right now is not the time to be acting intimate with Hiiro-san."

"Hui shuo hua de mao!" Wufei whispered sharply. - 3 - 'It's an F-ing TALKING CAT!'

The white cat looked over its shoulder, glancing further down the path they were on, giving Wufei a clear view of its forehead. Wufei stood there moth agape, all the pieces falling into place. He had heard legends back in China about such moon scared creatures. He looked sharply at Hiiro's wrist. There were marks there, they could have been mistaken for a tattoo but Wufei knew that Hiiro had none.

'That's it! That is how she has been able to escape; she has had the whole frickin' animal kingdom against us.' Wufei scowled.

"Yui!" Wufei barked at Hiiro, coming round the tree. The small group froze. Wufei pulled out his katana.

"Wufei stop. I'm not going to let you hurt her." Hiiro said reaching for his gun while stepping closer to Wufei.

"Her! I'm going to kill you for bonding with the damn onna!" Wufei charged Hiiro. "Do you realize that all that we have been through is her fault?" Wufei's voice started to crescendo. Hiiro leaped back to avoid Wufei's blade.

"And now that you've bonded with her you're not going to let us bring her back." Wufei charged again. Hiiro parried his downward thrust with the barrel of his gun. "You've destroyed our chance for vengeance!" Wufei's blade flashed down in a side sweep across Hiiro's forearm before he could distance himself from Wufei.

"Hun." Hiiro grunted as he shot at Wufei, who deflected the bullet with his blade. The bullet imbedded itself centimeters from Usagi's feet causing her to jump behind a tree. She huddled there, knowing that currently she was not equipped for this battle.

Anger seethed through Hiiro; no one messed with his Usagi. Though he knew she was not hurt due to their bond, fear was creeping into her. Hiiro moved in close with Wufei.

Wufei responded to this rush by going for Hiiro's gun. Catching the tip of his blade near Hiiro's finger, Wufei flicked the gun out of his hand. Wufei had played into Hiiro's hand.

Hiiro stuck Wufei's clenched hands with the butt of his second gun, breaking a couple of fingers. While Wufei's grip was weakened Hiiro grabbed the base of the blade, wrenching it from Wufei. As Hiiro discarded the sword he clocked Wufei's chin.

Wufei staggered back, reaching for his gun. Before he could reach it Hiiro slammed his handcuffs onto Wufei's wrists. Wufei swiped at Hiiro's feet. Hiiro spun away, trying to roundhouse him. Wufei ducked under the kick and fell forwards clutching at his head. Hiiro looked to see Usagi behind Wufei. A sturdy tree branch was in her hands.

"That's what you get for nearly getting me shot, for scaring me," Usagi leaning the branch to glare down at Wufei. "And for hurting my Hii-chan." Usagi desperately wanted to kick his crouched form to emphasize her point, but she knew that would be dishonorable.

'Damn do I love this woman.' Hiiro though, seeing that fear did not paralyze her.

"What the F—K is going on!"

Usagi and Hiiro look around. Standing a few yards away were the rest of the guys. Quatre and Trowa each had their guns drawn while Duo, the one that shouted, looked like the world on longer make sense.

- - -At the boys' camp - - -

Now they were all seated on logs around their rekindle fire. Trowa sat next to Duo, who looked like a bristled cat, across from Hiiro and Usagi. Quatre and Wufei were on their left. The group had move to the camp at Quatre's request so they all could comfortably sit to converse and wounds could be treated. Hiiro agreed after all promised on to try to approach Usagi.

Quatre sat behind a fuming Wufei, cleaning the shallow gash he'd received from Usagi. "Hiiro, would you please explain what was going on when we arrived?"

"Wufei tried to kill me. So I fought back."

Quatre sighed "Could you please give more detail?"

"Hun."

"Uuh, we, Hiiro and I, were talking on that path when Wufei came around a tree saying that he was going to kill Hiiro because he'd bonded with me; therefore ruining his chance of revenge. Then he rushed at Hii-chan and they started fighting. Then, while Wufei was distracted, I snuck up behind him and let him have it." Usagi said a bit nervously, she had wanted to make a good impression, but felt that chance was ruined by her thwacking Wufei. Usagi returned her attention to bandaging Hiiro.

The three unharmed G-boy's had a ' . . . ' expression on their faces; bonding, Wufei distracted enough to let a women hit him, and Hii-chan!

"I'm sorry, but again I ask for more details. What do you mean 'bonded' and Hii-chan?"

"Bonded means that they're married. The onna's two cats did it." Wufei's first words since Usagi had bashed him.

"Hum, Wufei I think you were hit harder then I thought." Quatre paused in splinting Wufei first two left fingers. Quatre raised a hand to Wufei's eyes, checking for abnormal dilating.

Wufei jerked back his head. "I did not get hit that hard. Just ask her f-ing cats."

"Wufei-"

"This young man is telling the truth." An authoritative feminine voice came from the black cat seated across the fire from Quatre.

"IT IS A GHOST CAT!" Duo said springing to his feet. Trowa held the back of Duo's coat, keeping him from running off.

"It's not a ghost you braided baka! There are such creatures in this world that can speak human languages. There are legends of them in China." Wufei stated glaring at his crippled left hand. " And these creatures have the power to bond two souls into one. This was how all wedding ceremony where done thousands of years ago." Wufei rubbed at his chin and winced, a painful knot was there. This brought Quatre, out of his revolve. He felt under Wufei's chin, got an icy cold pack from the first-aid kit and stuck it onto Wufei's chin.

Wufei continued, "That is also why we had so much trouble with the wildlife here. Those two little devil cats talked to and got them to do behave in those strange manners."

Duo thumped back down on the log at hearing Wufei's explanation. Trowa released Duo's coat. "So Hiiro and our target are, married. I guess congratulations are in order." Trowa's voice was thoughtful and serious.

"Hiiro you CAN'T be MARRIED! You're the Perfect Soldier! CATS CAN'T marry people so YOU are NOT a HUSBAND! Now I'm not listening any more." Duo exclaimed in one breath. Defiantly he turned his head, put his hands over his ears and started to hum 'I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts'.

Everyone stared at him……. ookkaaay.

Quatra cleared his throat. "Well Hiiro I'm glad for you but-" Quatra was cut off by a bullet grazing his right ear and another through his shoulder. With a yelp of pain he clutched his shoulder and whirled to look at his assailant.

A raven haired beauty stood on a tree branch smoking guns in her hands, a sadistic grin curled across her face. A blue eyed blond sat next to the raven haired one, smiling warmly, a gun pointed at Hiiro. A brunet was at the base of the tree in a martial arts stance, though she held a gun in each hand. The last woman, whose hair was blue, was slightly behind on the left of the brunet; the gun she held looked heavy for her stature but she did not tremble.

"That was a warning. If you all would like to make it through this transaction alive, heed the warning and cooperate." The smile of the blond stayed warm but her blue eyes held a twisted gleam, and so, their leader had spoken.

--------Chapter Eleven - End----------

- 1 - This may seem a little out of character, the whole being shocked and him just up and hugging her. But the bond affects him on such a deep level, that it circumvents who and how his is; it doesn't matter.

- 2 - Squeals I think Hiiro being called Hii-chan is just adorable.

- 3 - Chinese for "A cat that can talk!" Wufei is so shocked that he slipped back to his native language.

AUTHOR NOTE –

This chapter has been, by far, the funniest to write. I've chuckled so mush that I think my family is wondering about my sanity.

This is my longest chapter, so I hope that helps to make up for how long it took, though I doubt the cliffhanger did. I'm not sure when the next chapter will be out; it should be within the next month.

I said last chapter that I would give you the G-boys' reactions and I have. Duo's was my favorite to write with Wufei's as a close second. My sister-in-law is from main-land China so I asked her to write the equivalent of 'talking cat' in ping ying. I hoped that you like their reactions too.

I don't have an editor anymore, my sis is to busy to help. So I was wondering if I could ask if any of you readers would like to become a beta-reader for me. I make some pretty stupid mistakes that my sis use to correct all the time; things like 'where' and 'were'. Anyways if you would like to be my beta-reader please like leave a review stating so or email me.

Well, that's all that I have to say. See you next chapter.

- ST