Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or Sailor Moon. I'm just borrowing.

An: Almost over...short. But hey, a short chapter is better than none, no? Happy New Years. Katherine Oud Winner is a real character from the gundam wing universe. Google her.

Warning: English is not my first language, so please forgive me if they're any mistakes grammar or spelling wise. I'll try to catch as many as I can.

Summary: Usagi turns into a cat and get adopted by the gundam boys.

Cat for a Week

Day 6

"Dark days are coming," Katherine said. Her voice was detached. Quatre watched as Katherine looked beyond him to some distant place that only she could see.

Quatre, as an elderly withered old man, could only sit. The girl who could have been his twin, if he was decades younger, turns her head to look back at him. Her blue eyes are the same shade as his, but it lacked warmth.

Katherine is solemn.

Quatre feebly tries to reach out a hand to her.

"You have to be careful," she told him. She frowned. "The future is changing..."

Katherine grabbed his hand and Quatre feels a jolt the moment they touched. Before the dream disappears, she gives him one final advice.

"Don't die."

Quatre Raberba Winner woke with a jerk. His body shot forward and his eyes darts wildly to take stock of everything around him. He was still inside the car with the others pilots. Everything was fine, peaceful even. The overwhelming dread he feels from the dream fades as the sweat that rolled down his face cools in the early morning temperature.

Quatre managed to untangle himself from Duo's sprawling figure and he fumbled for the door. He was careful not to wake anyone up. When he was outside, Quatre took a deep breath of the brisk air. His pulse was still racing slightly when the door open behind him.

Trowa stood quietly with him.

"You look troubled," Trowa commented. His one visible eye stared at Quatre with a questioning look.

"I had a strange dream. It's nothing."

The dream was already slipping away from his memory.

Quatre rubbed his chest where his heart was.

Shaking his head, he made his way to the safehouse to prepare breakfast and Trowa followed. Up on the porch railings, Silver was wide awake and waiting when they reached the door. She greeted them with a soft, happy meow.

"Good morning," Quatre scratched her behind the ears.

She purred in Trowa's arms when the other pilot picked her up.

Walking inside, the kitchen wasn't as bad as Quatre expected. The water hadn't reach high enough to affect any of the wall outlets. Anything inside the refrigerator was still safe and the stove was okay to use. Flooded tiles had been the worst of the problems. Trowa wordlessly clear through the mess, moping, and Quatre scrounge for enough food to make a decent breakfast.

Silver drooled as she watched from her position on the kitchen table. She stared avidly with a twitching tail as the bacon sizzled. She followed when Quatre brought the food outside to the porch. He set the plates on the folding table that Trowa assembled.

Quatre noticed, with a twitching smile, that Duo unconsciously sniffed the air in his sleep.

One by one, they began to wake. They stumbled their way to the food.

"You know...if this was like a family, you would be like the mother," Duo said. He looked up from his breakfast and stared at Quatre with big shiny eyes.

"Oh?" Quatre couldn't help but be amused. "Who would be the father?"

"Hm? Trowa, I think. You two seem to hit it off last night," Duo placed an arm around Heero and Wufei. "And we'll be the dashing, devilishly handsome, sons."

They heard a thunk and turn to see the kitten on her back, holding her stomach. Her legs kicked out in merriment.

"Is she laughing?" Wufei stared.

"I think it's more like giggling," Duo blinked.

They looked at one another.

"Does it seem like she can understand us sometimes?" Duo asked.

"Well...cats are intelligent creatures," Quatre held out a plate of catfood for Silver. Immediately, Silver trotted over.

"This one doesn't look particularly bright," Wufei muttered. "Ow!"

He pulled his legs up before Silver could take another swipe with her claws.

"She's smart enough to know when she's been insulted," Duo picked her up and put his nose to hers. "Aren't you, Silver? You're the smartest cat in the world!"

Silver purred in agreement.

Heero snorted as he edged away.

'Mother, huh?' Quatre thought. He sat back and watched.

Duo and Wufei were in a heated argument. Heero was watching Silver with suspicious eyes and Trowa was quietly eating.

A sense of overwhelming peace came over him.

"What's with the goofy smile, Winner?" Wufei questioned.

"Don't you feel it?" Quatre asked.

"Feel?"

"Like this is where we were meant to be. Together like this," Quatre gestured with his hand.

He noticed the uncomfortable looks that were aimed at him.

"You're strange, you know that?" Duo finally said.

Quatre touched his heart.

The smile slipped from his face when he felt it. A tiny rift that meant that something was going to happen soon.

He noticed the dark clouds rolling in and he shuddered.

"A storm is coming," Wufei got up. "We better go inside."

Quatre couldn't help but think they looked a bit like a funeral procession as they walked into the dark house, one after the other.

...

There was a somber feeling in the air as they all trudged to their rooms to clean the mess the flood caused. Usagi felt it as she laid on the bed. She watched as Duo mopped the floor and picked through his things, trying to savage what he could.

'You're not alone,' she wanted to say. Duo had her. Duo had the others. But...her eyes studied Duo sadly...they seemed determined to stay in their own little shell. All her help yesterday in trying to bring them closer to each other failed miserably. They weren't any closer to each other than when she started. There was an invisible shield surrounding each one that couldn't be penetrated.

'Maybe they weren't ready,' she thought.

She laid her head down on her paws and her ears drooped.

"Hey, what's wrong, girl?" Duo saw her dejected state and walked over. He gently patted her head.

'I just wanted you to be happy,' she nuzzled into his touch.

This boy, all the boys, reminded her painfully of her old self. Before Ami. Before Rei. Before the other senshi came into her life.

She had been so utterly alone. No one had noticed because she was always smiling. There was no one she could confide in about her fears and secrets when she became Sailor Moon...how hard she really tried in school and yet still received horrible grades..her feelings about Tuxedo Kamen...there was no one who could understand until the senshi took her under their arms.

The senshi is what kept her steady on her feet.

What did Duo and the other have?

Nothing.

Was it that surprising, though? After all, what were they living for? They had no goals and no dreams. They thought of nothing other than the next battle.

Did they push those thoughts aside because they thought they wouldn't live long enough to achieve them?

Did they even dream about the future pass the war?

The tears began to fall from her eyes and use her paws to try and wipe them away.

These boys were the reason she fought for as Sailor Moon. She wanted to protect everyone. She fought so that they wouldn't have to.

"Are you crying, girl?" Duo picked her up and cradled her.

She mewed in distressed.

She felt something wet fall into her fur.

"What the hell?! Why am I crying?" Duo wondered. He held her up. "I can't seem to stop for some reason."

Usagi tapped at his cheek. She had seen his nightmare. She knew it still haunted him.

'It's better to let it out, no?' she rubbed her head against him in comfort.

His tears had dried and his room was in some semblance of order by the time dinner was ready.

Thunder rang out and Usagi cowered. She hated thunderstorms. The power flickered before it went out, leaving everything shrouded in the dark.

Duo reached into his drawer and drew out a flashlight.

"Where are you going?" Quatre asked when they walked through the kitchen. The light of his flashlight made his blond hair stand out.

"To the hanger. I want to make sure Deathscythe is ok," Duo said. Usagi rode on his shoulder.

"I'll go with you," Wufei got up. "Yuy is already there."

The sounds of gunshots were almost drowned out by another burst of thunder.

Duo's entire body jumped in surprise. On reflex, they all reached for their guns.

There were more gunfire.

They all rushed out with Duo in the lead. Along the way, Usagi's claws dug into Duo in fright. There was a terrible feeling churning in her stomach. The closer they got to the hanger, the more the alarms went off. Her fur stood on edge.

Quatre stopped halfway with a pale face.

"Something wrong?" Trowa asked quietly.

"Duo! Wait! Don't open the door!" Quatre cried out.

'It's too late,' Usagi swallowed hard.

Duo had already thrown the door open.

Heero, who was on his way out, fell on top of Duo. To avoid being crushed, Usagi leapt away and landed on the ground.

"Run!" Heero ordered. He grabbed Duo and hauled him up.

"Why?"

An inhuman roar came. It made the ground tremble.

'Youma!' Usagi gasped.

She turned to the group and watched in horror as they froze. All five of the boys watched as the youma slithered through the doorway. Half human, Half snake. It flickered its tongue out, tasting the air.

"Monster..." Quatre whispered. He trembled.

"Good, young boys," it hissed. "Great energy. Good food."

Duo snapped out of his stupor and aimed his gun. He shot at it. His jaw slacked when his bullets bounced off.

"Idiot! I tried that!" Heero took Duo's arm and ran. "Go to the woods!"

Trowa grabbed Quatre. "Let's go."

Wufei grabbed Usagi and bolted.

"Why am I stuck with you?" Wufei grumbled. He tightened his grip protectively around her. He ran neck and neck with Heero and Duo. Quatre and Trowa were far up ahead.

Duo looked back.

"Why isn't it following?"

The youma never moved. It watched them with eager slitted eyes.

"It wants to hunt us," Wufei grimaced. They made it into the woods that was on the outskirt of the property. They stopped and gasped for air.

"Please tell me I'm dreaming," Duo gulped. "Tell me that there's not some weird snake thing trying to make me dinner."

A harsh tug at his braid made his eyes water.

"You're not dreaming," Wufei looked grim.

Usagi's eyes swirled around nauseatingly.

"Split up," Heero stood straight. "We'll have a lesser chance of getting caught."

"We should stick together," Duo argued. "If that thing finds us we have a better chance if we have partners."

Heero walked off. "Then partner up. I'm going alone."

He disappeared into the bushes.

"Come on, Maxwell," Wufei said. He ushered Duo in the opposite direction.

"Good luck," Duo said to Quatre and Trowa.

"You as well," Quatre replied. His smile was strain. "Don't worry. There's got to be a way to defeat that monster."

"I hope we find that way before it eats that idiot," Duo said. He looked around.

"Where's Silver?"