`Running. No turning back. Help me. These were the only thoughts going through my head at the moment. Run. Run away from here. Suddenly in front of me there was a dark road, and a dark, gentle looking figure in the distance. As I get closer he disappears, and is gone. This is how my story begins.'

Beeping. Loud annoying beeping. Make it stop already! I kept repeating this in my head as I lay in bed trying to fall asleep all over again. Finally I throw a pillow at the alarm clock next to my bed.

"Finally! Silence at last! *mumbled words* Now I can sleep again." Sighs with relief.

My name is Mikita Haruta. I'm not your average 16 year old. I'm actually part fox. Tail, ears, the whole package. When I get angry my ears and tails pop out, but if I stay calm then I can easily hide them. Only thing I can't hide is my teeth which are just somewhat sharper than a normal humans teeth. Life works out for me pretty well even though I'm considered a freak by some people. I'm finally forcing myself to go to school and get a job before people get suspicious of me. Only problem with school is I hate getting up earlier than I have to. The only thing that REALLY makes me stand out is the fact that I have long, wavy, silver hair. My eyes are also very noticeable, they are a very deep reddish color, almost like blood.

~alright time for a narrator to join in! ~

The beeping wouldn't quit. Mikita just laid there in bed listening to the beeping of the alarm. It had started all over again. As she lay there dozing in and out of sleep she has visions of the same reoccurring nightmare of her past. The visions shock her so bad that she screams and sits up, wide awake, trying to catch her breath. Once she calms down she looks at the clock to see what time it is. 5:54a.m. Mikita lays down and tries to go back to bed, but after 20 minutes of laying there she finally gets up and goes to the kitchen to get some breakfast. In the middle of looking through the fridge, pantry, cabinets, ect, she gives up and decides to go to the little convenience store just down the street, she throws on a red tank top and a black pleated skirt and some black ballet flats and runs out the door and to the store.

~Walking in the doors of the 24 hour convenience store~

As Mikita walks in the front doors the cashier looks up. The cashier here happens to be her good friend Ren who, like Mikita, was part animal, only he is part wolf. As soon as Ren sees Mikita he turns into a little chibi type person with dog (wolf) ears and tail and pounces on Mikita full force, knocking her to the ground.

"M.I.K.I.T.A!" yells Ren as he pounces on her.

"Get off of me you perverted dog!" yells Mikita in response.

At that Ren gets up and sits on her back and won't move.

*spoken in an irritated tone mixed with some growling.* "Get your fat ass off of me!" yells Mikita as she struggles and twists and turns under Ren until finally he gets up off her and jumps back behind the cash register.

*puppy dog face* "You're not happy to see me?" whines Ren.

Mikita of course ignores him and grabs some melon bread and walks to the register to pay. While she's paying for the food she senses something sinister walk in the doors behind her. When she turns around there's no one there. Shocked, she just stands there staring at the doors for a long period of time.

"Mikita? Did you zone out or something?" asked Ren curiously as he collected the money off the counter.

"Huh? Oh, sorry I guess I just kinda zoned out for a minute there." Mikita said shakily. In the meantime she continued to look at the doors and watched carefully for anything suspicious. "I'm gonna head home now. I'll see you later Ren." She says as she walks out the door and back towards her apartment. As she's running she hears footsteps following closely behind her. Startled by this she stops dead in her tracks, and turns to look behind her, only to find that there is nothing there. Scared, she starts to run and when she hears the footsteps again she jumps straight up and onto a low branch on a tree and from there she jumps on top of a cement barrier and runs along it quickly. When she gets close enough to her apartment she jumps down from the cement barrier and walks quietly up to her apartment, careful not to be seen. As she walks into her apartment she takes off her shoes and plops down right in front of the door and four words are spoken. "Today I start school."

~20 minutes later~

Mikita stands in her room and reluctantly puts on her new school uniform, which consists of a black pleated skirt, a white button up shirt, a black vest, and a green and yellow tie or ribbon. Mikita just stands there and looks at herself in the full length mirror, horrified with the school uniform. "Damn. I hate wearing short skirts like this!" yells Mikita as she gets her boots on and rushes out the door. As she is walking down the street she notices Ren walking just a little ahead of her, she runs in order to catch up to him. Once she gets close enough she jumps a little off the ground and towards Ren and smacks him really hard in the middle of his back.

"Gah! Mikita what the hell was that for?" yells Ren as he regains his balance from being hit. "Whoa! Your-"

"SAY IT AND DIE A SLOW PAINFUL DEATH." Says Mikita as she tries to stay calm.

"Fine." *walks away* "you're wearing a skirt." Whispers Ren as he walks away.

Mikitas' ears pop out and perk up. "I'm going to kill you. Get back here you bastard!" yells Mikita as she runs after him. By the time she catches up to him they are already at the school gates. Both stop to catch their breathes.

"I am not looking forward to this. Can I go home now?" says Mikita angrily.

"N.O.P.E." said Ren as he dragged her into the school building.

"Let me go you bastard!" yelled Mikita as she was dragged down the hallway towards her and Rens' class. In the midst of her kicking and screaming she manages to kick Ren in the shin, causing him to let her go. As soon as she has the chance she runs, fast. As soon as she gets far enough away from Ren she turns a corner, not watching where she's going, and runs straight into someone. There's a scream. A thud. The the next thing you know both Mikita and the unknown person are laying on the floor after their collision. Mikita is the first to sit up. She sits there and rubs her forehead.

"Owwww!" she complains. "That hurt like hell!" When she stops rubbing her forehead she looks at her hand and sees a little blood. Right as she's about to scream a hand covers her mouth. When she turns her head she notices that the hand belongs to the person she ran into. A boy about her age, maybe a little older, is crouched down next to her. Mikita just sits there staring at him like a freak.

"Hellooo? You okay?" asked the boy.

Mikita continued to just stare at him.

'He has such pretty yellow-green eyes. . .AH! What am I thinking? No. no. no. I have to stop these ridiculous thoughts!' Mikita screamed in her mind. In the meantime the boy just sat there staring at Mikita with a confused look on his face.

The boy in the meantime says only one word.

"Ears." He says as he points towards Makita's ears.

"Ahhhhh!" Screams Mikita as she slowly backs away from him. Scared of what might happen she quickly covers her ears with her hands and sits all curled up, knees to her chest, forehead resting on her knees, almost in the shape of a ball. She just sits there, shivering, shaking, scared of what might happen. Tears form in the corners of her eyes. As she starts silently crying she feels a hand rest on top of her head. Slowly she looks up and sees the boys' face just inches from her face, she sits there staring, when suddenly a tear escapes her eye and slides down her cheek, leaving a wet trail.

In a calm soothing voice the boy says, "I'm not gonna hurt you or freak out or anything. Just calm down. Everything will be fine." As he finishes saying this a warm smile forms on his mouth.

~~To be continued~~

Okay guys I have finished the first chapter of Running. I figured I would try to take a new approach to my stories and this is how its turned out so far. Give me some feedback please! Ummm I don't know what else to say so I'll say thanks in advance for reading my story!