Shiro Kurayami had been saving up for a pet. "Of course it HAD to be the day before 'Bring your pet to school' day." she muttered quietly to herself. "It can't be a cat. Inu would protest."
The school she went to was full of freaks. For example Inu Tsuki, her best friend, was part wolf. Shiro wasn't the one who stood out, however. She had antenna that is usually seen on a creature born from darkness.
Shiro walked down the isle of the pet store, looking at the birds. She then stopped, looking at one. It was a beautiful yellow canary, with long feathers going over one of it's eyes. A small, stitch-like pattern was on it's chest, above where it's heart was. Jagged lines were going vertically across some of it's wing feathers. It looked depressed, and when it saw Shiro, it looked away.
"The poor thing..." Shiro muttered. She turned to a worker. "How much for the canary there?" "Oh, that poor thing? It's 2.00. We found it abandoned on a tree." came the reply. Shiro looked over to the canary. "That's sad. I'll take him." The bird suddenly looked up in surprise.
When Shiro arrived home, the canary got off of her shoulder and flew around, chirping happily. Then it landed in one of the plants. "You cheer up fast, don't you?" said Shiro. She softly petted the birds head, noticing that there was a gray patch around the eye normally covered by feathers. "That's really cute." Shiro thought to herself. "I'll call you Scout." She then told the bird. Scout seemed to chirp in approval. Then he went to sleep in the plant, folding a wing over his head. Shiro decided to go to bed, too.
The downpour seemed endless. A big, foxlike creature sat on a hill, it's black body concealing it in the night. The creature's tail was shaped like a lighting bolt, and it's eyes and mouth were glowing white. "Capri really overdid it with the rain. At least they're separated and guarded." It said. "Maybe I should go back to my post soon. That fish had better not be rescued by the time I get there." It then stood, then ran towards a building.