Imagine a world where not every person was a person… but an animal. Hidden in society, either as the animal they are… or in a disguise as a 'person'. How, you ask? An ability that is passed through certain families of animals, the ones with higher spiritual energy, that allows them to hide. Blend in with their surroundings and be… what the humans would say, 'normal'. Did you ever find someone who acted a lot like an animal? Maybe hated water, loved to play with string, or liked the smell of catnip? Or was extremely loyal to their friends, believed without asking, or loved unconditionally? Surely you have, there are many people who are not humans. The humans don't have as large a population as they once believed.
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I couldn't help but see the many faces of animals everywhere; no one knew how to hide their animal anymore it seemed. Look, a cat gossiping with her human and feline friends. Some dogs at the football team table. A jaguar getting impatient, leaning against a wall. It wasn't like I saw the animal's face on the human face; rather the disguise hid the animal form rather well. The thing was that the spirit of the animal floated next to a person, allowing someone to distinguish them if they bothered to pay attention. I heard a crash from the other side of the cafeteria, causing me to look over. A red haired dog seemed to have upset a long haired human. The human looked as if he wanted to kill him but was refraining from it, even though the grip on his chopsticks was rather tight. There was a cat next to them and she seemed to be ignoring them, as was everyone else in the cafeteria, so I only had to assume that it happened often. After all, it was only my first day at this school so I didn't know anything about what happened on a regular basis. The human glanced up and our gazes met, causing a shiver to run down my spine. It wasn't quite a fear based shiver though, it was… pleasant somehow. I smiled towards him before turning to walk out of the cafeteria. There weren't any empty tables here anyways.
I walked down the halls, towards the classroom I'd be having fourth period in, and walked in. The room was empty so it seemed as though the teacher was out and that it was okay for me to eat in here. I picked a desk at the far back, thanking the fact that it was science thus there were tables instead of desks, and set my many plates on the table. Barely even fifteen minutes later, I was finished and wiping my mouth with a napkin. As there was still about ten minutes left, I figured I could take the plates back to the cafeteria but when I stood up; someone was inside the classroom and staring over at the table I was sitting in. I looked over at them and noticed that it was the long haired human from before. He seemed… different up close though. I decided not to dwell on it as he seemingly glared at me. "Um… May I go through the door?" I looked over his shoulder at the hallway that I was attempting to balance the plates until I got to there. He seemed to scrutinize me for a while longer before stepping aside and past me. I decided to ignore it and went through the door to go back to the cafeteria so I could return the plates. With a minute to spare, I made it back to the classroom to see all the seats were already taken up. I hovered at the door until the bell sounded, causing the door in the back to suddenly smack open and a human to walk out. He looked kinda strange, with his beret and coat, but he was human nonetheless.
"I believe that we are to have a new student today!" He seemed super cheerful about it as well, but he didn't notice me in the doorway. "I wonder what he is." I looked around the room to see that everyone was an animal, aside from the long haired one.
"Why don't you just ask him Onii-san?" The cat that was with the human before pointed at me in the doorway without looking up from her book, causing him to look over confusedly.
"You're so observant Lenalee!" The teacher hugged the girl, rubbing his cheek against the top of her head as she started blushing, looking annoyed and embarrassed. I blinked and suddenly he was in my face, causing me to lean away with an awkward smile.
"Hi, I'm Allen Walker…?" I know that it came out sounding like a question but… do you really expect me to act normal when I have this guy in my face, inspecting me from every angle? He had taken to poking me as well, as if searching for something. A couple pokes to one spot had me on the ground, laughing, as it tickled so much. What was this guy looking for? He was human… right?
"Okay, I can't figure it out." He seemed disappointed but the gears in his head were still turning around as he stared into my gray eyes, his own black eyes showing his curiosity. "I guess I'll have to run some tests!" He grinned maniacally as he held up a drill, and I had a feeling I wouldn't like this class at all.
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Lenalee had managed to get Mr. Lee to calm down and start class, rather than dissecting me as he seemed about to do, and gave me a chair to sit in on the side of her table, which also had the red haired dog at it. He grinned and looked as if he was going to ask some questions but was stopped by Lenalee's look as class started. The long haired human was in the table behind them with an assistant to the teacher sitting next to him, almost looking as if he was going to fall asleep from how bored his face expressed he was. I couldn't quite put a name to the animal that he was as I couldn't quite make out the features of it, meaning he was a half human. In my opinion, it looked somewhat like a house cat that would lie around and sleep all day. The bell couldn't have rung sooner, Mr. Lee had been staring at me all hour and the dog seemed to seriously want to talk to me but couldn't since Lenalee stopped him from doing that, and I almost rushed out of the room to avoid the teacher. "You said your name was Allen Walker, right?" The dog finally spoke, stopping me from giving into the desire to rush.
"Yes, what is your name?" I smiled at him, an automatic reflex.
"I'm Lavi Bookman; just call me Lavi or Junior if you want."
"I'm Lenalee Lee, as you can probably tell Mr. Lee is my older brother." She seemed agitated as Mr. Lee appeared behind her with sparkles all around him and hearts showing in his eyes. He seemed to be happy that Lenalee recognized him as her brother. "This is Kanda." Lenalee introduced the long haired human as he picked his stuff up behind her.
"You can just call him Yuu!" After Lavi said that, I heard a loud thump. Next thing I see, Kanda was above a fallen Lavi, his hand in a fist as he glared down at the dog.
"Baka Usagi." Kanda grumbled before silently walking out of the classroom. I blinked a few times.
"'Usagi'? Isn't that 'rabbit'? Why did he call a dog a rabbit?" I asked as I turned back towards the two.
"How'd you know I was a dog?" Lavi looked up at me, a hand on the spot that Kanda had punched. He was genuinely curious.
"I can see it above your shoulder." I knelt down and put my hand on the spirit dog's head, my hand resting there. No matter how many times I saw someone walk through a spirit animal or hit it or just not see it, I couldn't understand how. As soon as I touched one, it was as if it were the real deal. It wasn't always like this though, not always. "You're a Labrador, are you not?" He had a strange expression on his face.
"Whatever you're doing, stop. That feels… weird! Extremely weird!" Lavi seemed to have a blush on his face as I pulled my hand away, I wonder if he was feeling alright. Surely he didn't get sick earlier, did he? I stood back up and looked over at the feline. She had a skeptical expression on her face, as if she didn't believe that I knew for a fact that he was a dog, so I smiled at her.
"You're a cheetah; I can see it over your shoulder as well." Only it was larger than Lavi's Labrador, Lavi was still a puppy though so it was understandable. Her cat was laying down in midair, almost glaring straight at me as if I had committed a sin, while she herself looked at me with a surprised smile. I blinked a few times before waving over my shoulder. "I'll see you some other time." I only had two minutes to get to the other side of the building anyways, and the building was gigantic. As soon as I stepped into the English classroom, the human from befo – Kanda looked up and I met his gaze as I caught my breath. In my disguise, I could only go so fast, which was frustrating to a point. I looked over at the teacher only to pale. The creature behind her was none other than a dragon and it was so large, it fell out of the room and its neck was bent to the point that it looked like a dragon head was sticking out of the ceiling. But, if you looked at the disguise, she was a simple looking woman with a terrifying aura around her. She had blonde hair and shocking blue eyes and she was wearing a female suit, the type with a pencil skirt. She had a kind expression but the aura… was almost too much to bear. I glanced around to see no one else seemed to be affected by her dragon aura and I took a few steps in.
"You're the new student, correct?" Her human voice and her animal voice overlapped each other, causing her to have an echo. Her human voice was kind and soft spoken but the other voice… it was deep and powerful. "Allen Walker?"
"Erm… yeah." I blinked a few times, trying not to look at the blue dragon spirit.
"I'm the headmaster, Havlaska. Mr. Mikk isn't back from the errand he was running so I'll be here for the time being." This school had an interesting assortment of animals, it seemed.
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Yeah… Got the idea from a yaoi manga called Sex Pistols and the anime Wolf's Rain… kinda… more like, I wanted to use a line from Sex Pistols and have Kanda say it… it turned out, I couldn't find any way for Kanda to say it so I'm gonna have Allen say it in the future… I haven't quite decided which animal Allen is quite yet but I do have an idea of which one he will be… The half house cat assistant is, indeed, Reever, and he's my favorite guy from the science department (mostly cause of his English voice) so I had to put him in here… Any questions? Don't be afraid to ask! I'm always ready to help a reader understand what I meant by something… See something grammatically incorrect? Please tell me, I don't know this stuff until months later when I check the story to remember what it was about… ^.^'
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