Ok so let's get some things straight. This is my first fanfiction on this site, and I'm posting this on my phone so of course it's going to look weird for some people I think. Now, I'm writing this fanfic because as some people have obviously seen the that there are only like 4 Grimoire of Zero fanfics, this one being the 5th and I was getting annoyed with the lack of stories and thought, "F*ck it, ill write one myself." And here I am. So some background on the story, this takes place in a modern era of the Grimoire of Zero universe, many things are the same as there are still beast fallen but they are treated more equally now, though there are special conditions made for them, if you've seen the movie "Zootopia" then good for you, you'll see what I mean by conditions. Magic is now fully integrated into society, which will be seen in the story. The characters are all reincarnations of their anime/manga/light novel selves so they'll retain 'some' of their traits. The plot has some inspiration from other franchises that you all can point out in the comment section when you notice it if you want, your choice, and I'll let you know if it's true. Lastly, Mercenary/Zero, I'll admit that I'm a sucker for that ship, Mercenary can shout that he can't like her all he wants because she's a witch but in the end when it comes to love, something like that doesn't matter, it's the person themselves, individually, specifically, etc. that counts when it comes to love, not their group, or race, or whatever, it's just stereotyping there. Hopefully some people with feelings problems learned something from that. Anyways enough with the stalling, seriously it's almost like a paragraph long, on with the story.
The sound of his phone, wringing as his alarm clock woke him from his slumber. Slowly he opened his eyes scanning his room before lifting his phone from his night stand to check the time... 6:23 a.m.,
'Shit I gotta get moving to make it before class starts!'
The male quickly rises from bed and moves fast through his room to get ready. After putting on his red shirt, brown jean jacket and pants, as well as specially made shoes, he grabbed his phone and bag and rushed down stairs. At the bottom of the stairs, in the kitchen was his mother who was currently cleaning some pans in the sink, after hearing his quick steps, more like stomps, she turned to see him come around the corner and grabbing some cooked toast as a quick breakfast,
"Oh Youhei, your finally up. Better hurry or you'll miss the train to school! Your brother already left so don't ask."
"*muffled* I know!"
The adolescent now known as Youhei quickly said with the food in his mouth as he rushed out the door with a quick muffled good bye and love you. Once out of the house Youhei sprinted down the side walk to the train station, with the occasional jay walking and avoiding cars when crossing the street. Once he reached the station he quickly looked for his designated cart,
'Let's see human... human... Ah! There it is! Beast fallen.'
He said in his head as he searched for his ride. As you may have read, Youhei is a Beast fallen, a man that is part human and part beast, he along with many others were born this way, and while originally Beast fallen were created through sorcery and could be transformed back to a human form, over the centuries its become less like that. Now a days, it's evolved, mutated so to say, into a gene like all others, like hair and eye color, skin color, etc. Which means it can't be undone as you can't use magic to get rid of something that makes up a person, it's just not possible anymore. Youhei is a tiger Beast fallen, more specifically a white tiger Beast fallen. The things made for Beast fallen are special produced for their types, meaning the size of their clothes, phones, doors, and all other necessities are made specifically for them.
So the cart Youhei's currently entering is bigger than the standard human cart. He chose to stand and hold onto the railing connected to the ceiling for support. By now the piece of toast he was eating is gone, eaten and in his stomach. He took out his phone, which was bigger than an average humans (can be Apple, Samsung, or something else. You decide.) and made out of a material strong enough that he can't accidentally crush it with his bare-I mean furry and padded hands. He also plugged in his ear phones into his cat ears, and plugged the other end into the port in his phone and began to listen to his songs. He obviously like them as evident by the swaying of his tail, and looked out the window to look at the city he lived in and admired the architecture. He was interrupted from his daydreaming by the vibration of his phone, currently in his hand. He looked at the alert that popped up.
It was a news alert, covering a currently on going story,
'More humans and Beast fallen go missing... The terrorist group known as the "Anti-Mages" are prime suspects of incident.'
He read out in his head,
'Them again huh? I wonder how long until they're caught.'
He entertained himself for the rest of the ride by watching videos, playing games, or just daydreaming. When the train got to his stop, he and some others shuffled out of the train and went with their days. He walked some roads more before reaching his destination. His High School.
As Youhei walked through the courtyard, still listening to his music, he noticed Beast fallen and humans conversing happily as always. At least for him it was common, it wasn't like that centuries ago. He headed into the main building and made it to class just as the first bell rang. The subject. History. He recalled that they were being assigned a project today. A big one from what he remembered his teacher said.
The beginning of class followed the normal procedures, everyone talking to each other, being loud, obnoxious, laughing like idiots, the teacher getting them to quiet down and into their seats, the usual. Youhei didn't have friends in this class, some in his others, but not all of them, so he stayed quiet and to himself. Then there was attendance and funny enough, everyone is here which doesn't happen all the time. The teacher went on about saying that everyone was getting the project today and that he was assigning the partners,
'Great just what I need. Not just a project I'm probably gonna barely get a passing grade for but also have to deal with someone I dislike and find annoying until this is over. Everything's just peachy.'
He thought in obviously annoyed. The teacher said he'll go more in depth on the project after the partners are assigned,
"Now listen class, whoever I partner you with, you two will be sitting together in class until the projects over, and I don't want to hear any 'buts', they're meant for sitting not excuses."
Youhei groaned in response to this. The teacher began calling the names of the partners, he didn't pay attention until he heard his name get called,
"Youhei your partner is... Zero. Your topic is the beginning of the Magic age, more specifically the "Grimoire of Zero"."
Ok first chapter done, so let me know what you think. Probably sucks, but hopefully it'll get better. The beginning of every story is always tough for me, but once everything gets going and things are explained it'll get easier. Have a good day!!
