Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Neko ❯ Neko ( Chapter 1 )

GS Note: Well, this did well on Fanfiction.net so I want to see how well it does here. Reviews are awesome and so are you if you make 'em! If you have a problem with the genders just remember that this is my story. I wanted a non-yaoi I could let my friends read but I didn't want Heero and Duo apart. Here's the result!

Chapter 1

Duo ran for her life. The soft padding behind her increased so she pushed her already tired muscles to the limit. She ducked down her last escape route and hauled her already quaking body up the fire escape. She dropped down on the first platform and held her breath as the gang moved around the corner.

The three males at the front were mangy, mixed breeds. Their wiry bodies were lined with old and new scars while their fur was patched in places. One of them was a grey tabby with a huge rip out of his ear. The other two were white and black with varies scars of broken bones and skin. One had a large crook down it's tail where it had been badly broken. There were two females behind them. One was an elegant cream who's beauty was mired by a long scar down one side of her face left by claw marks. The wound was freshly healed and that side of her face was hair free. It was ugly and the eye was now useless. The other was midnight black. She was unscarred and her sharp blue eyes scanned the dark alley.

"Where is she?" the one with the missing ear hissed as the other two males separated to sniff. "Search quickly, she couldn't have gotten far."

"Maybe we should go farther up, she might have out run us," the cream female asked timidly.

"No," the missing eared one growled as he coldly looked around. "There is no way she could have outrun us. Not with that leg. And not that fast."

Duo winced as her hind leg throbbed painfully. She trembled quietly as the one with the broken tail moved closer and closer to the fire escape. It had been her last trick, she couldn't run anymore. She just prayed that the blood on her leg wouldn't give her away. It did nothing.

"Boss," the crooked tail one looked up at the dark stair tower with cold yellow eyes. "She's up there."

The leader licked his lips. He walked over to the patched one and sat calmly with a smug expression on his scared face. The larger cat slunk away, dismissed. The other four cats gathered in a group, waiting with excitement to see how their boss would handle this.

"Well," he said calmly speaking to the stairs with Duo's body faintly outlined through the wire platform. "It seems you are trapped. You could give yourself up and I will take it easy on you."

Duo's heart thumped painfully against her chest as she extended her front claws and her tail lashed in hate. "Now Dekim, do you really think it will be that easy?" she called down, her playful voice betraying her inner panic.

"I would be disappointed if it was," he licked his lips and stood up. Abruptly, the six cats in the alley looked down the way they had came with a sharp attentiveness. Duo momentarily forgot her pained leg as the sharp bark sounded again. It was closer.

"Regroup!" Dekim yelled loudly. The other four cats scattered madly down the alley and into the darkness. Dekim paused and glared hatefully at the female cat. "Don't think this is over."

He dashed after his gang, leaving Duo to the barks getting louder and louder. She gulped loudly and painfully clamoured to three feet. Swaying on tottering legs she tried to pull herself up higher. She latched on to the step going up but fell back down with a loud thump. She could hear the dog sniffing at the mouth of the alley.

"Hold on boy," a deep male voice said. "You're pulling me!"

Duo froze. It was human. The dog woofed and pulled the male close to Duo. She slowly pushed herself farther to the building wall. He was there. A blunt nose appeared on her platform. Immedently, her ears were flattened on her skull and she hissed. Lashing out, she caught the dog across his tender nose. He yelped and retreated.

"Hey!" the male voice spoke again. "That wasn't very nice. Are you okay Otto?"

"I'm fine," the dog whined slightly. Duo peered and saw the human kneel next to the dog on the grimy ground. She snorted at his stupidity, despite the fact she was in another sticky situation. Did he really think the human could understand?

"I think it's just superficial. Now, let's see that mean kitty that attacked you."

Duo's guard heightened as the man looked at him. She hissed and extended her claws to warn him away.

"Now, would you look at that," the blonde man said softly. "She's hurt. I think Nion would find her a good home, huh Otto? Let's take her with us, how about that pretty kitty?" the man took off his short leather jacket and dropped in on her gently.

Duo panicked at the material blinded her and she froze, her heart rate increasing. She felt numb with dread as the man lifted her. She started to struggled but when she accidentally hit her leg on his arm, she paused and grudgely waited. It wasn't far she had to stay in the man's arms, it was fortunate as her exhausted state wouldn't allow the amount of adrenaline in her blood stream to continue.

The man walked up some steps and paused as he kicked the door with a leather boot. It was a few minutes before it was answered.

"Zechs? Why did you knock? What's that?" a female voice said, confused.

"It's a new cat for you Nion. Can I come in? It is kind of cold…"

"Oh, yea sure. Bring it in the examination room."

The conversation continued and Duo decided down would be a good time to struggled again. She sank her claws in the coat as she tried to push the top of the jacket off her head. One of her paws found it's way through a button hold and into Zech's skin. He yelped sharply and dropped his bundle. Duo took no time in disentangling herself and running away with a painful limp.

She barely observed that she was inside a home, the light hurting her eyes was evidence enough as was the plush carpet catching her claws. She heard Nion yell and the human started to give a chase. She run through the unknown halls and dodged their attempts to grab her. She lost them momentarily as she dove down another corner and ducked quickly into a slightly ajar door. Collapsing on the wall beside the door, she panted lightly as the humans ran by. Once she couldn't hear them anymore, she let out a sigh of relief and looked around her refuge.

It was dark. There was a couch along the far wall and medals along the room. A trophy case proudly displayed several awards. Duo scanned for life and happily found none. She climbed shakily to her three good legs and hobbled across the room to slither under the couch. She was safe here. She turned to look at her leg and winced. Dekim had done a numb on it . Four deep gashes ran long the back of the leg, barely missing the tendons, and were covered with gritty dirt and stones. She painfully started to clean it.

"What are you doing here," a cold voice asked from the darkness. She immedently flattened her thin frame against the floor and silently looked around. She didn't see anyone.

"I asked what you were doing here," the voice said coolly again. "This is my room."

"Where are you," she asked boldly, once again putting on a confident front. A slender form moved in the darkness and came closer. Duo was shocked. He was the same colour as herself, a deep chocolate. He was deadly handsome, with sleek muscles outlining his slight frame. He had deep blue eyes that glared harshly at her.

"I answered you a question. Now answer or I will have to dispose of you."

Duo knew he was not joking. "I was running away from the humans," she said truthfully. The cat slunk closer but she glared back and held her ground.

"Why?" the cat seemed surprised by that.

"They were chasing me," she said simply. "I don't like to be chased."

"Hn," he said and laid down beside her head and watched her. Duo felt nervous and turned back to leg. She resumed to pull the larger stones out. After a few minute she felt the larger cat start to move closer to her. She turned back quickly.

"What?" she asked suspiciously as the other cat refused to look away.

"Why are you still here?"

"I thought it would be obvious," she rolled her eyes. "I am hiding and this is a safe place."

"I'm here."

"I sort of noticed that," Duo sighed. "Now, would you stop staring at me?"

"You're not afraid of me," he seemed taken back. "Why not?"

"It's not like you've done anything to me," Duo said. She yawned widely and looked at him warily. "Look, I'm kind of tired. Would you keep a look out for me? I'd do watch when you get tired."

"Look out?" the cat asked. "For what?"

"The humans, duh. I don't want them to catch me." she could tell from his blank look he had no idea why. "So they won't cage me up? Don't you know anything. Once the humans have you, you are never seen from again! I'm lucky I suppose, I escaped. So are you gonna watch or not?"

"I won't allow Her or Him to take you away," Heero said quietly. Duo nodded and put her head down. It was warm under the couch and the heat of the male cat beside her added to it. She settled on the plush carpet and fell into a deep sleep.