Lookee here. An update so soon. That's a good start. Hopefully it continues so you people don't wait 6 months for a cliff hanger. :P


I had a feeling that the rest of the day would go smoothly. A guy can only take so much in a single day after all. I mean there's the rejection by Kari, the fight with Dwayne, and the Mikey incident. I was exhausted much more than I had ever been in a school day before, and the worst part was the day wasn't even over yet.

As I head toward lunch, I searched the hallway for my friends, none of which were in sight. I found this weird because I would always end up running into Ian or Dwayne at some point before hitting the lunch room. One thing I did notice was this one yellow fox with a bruise on his forehead that looked oddly familiar kicking his locker. His fur was all ruffled up like he had been in a fight recently. As I walked by the kid noticed my two tails.

"Whoa whoa whoa!" He said, as he stopped kicking his locker. "If it isn't Mr. Freak once again. I see you got away safely."

"Yeah whatever. Bla bla bla I'm one of a kind. Bla bla bla I'm a freak." I said not caring too much. "Not in the mood, I'm hungry for lunch."

"No, you don't know understand, asshole. I remember you from yesterday." I stopped walking.

"Wait…yesterday…the park?" I said.

"Hehe, you do remember me then, don't you?" He pointed to the bruise on his head.

"Oh…shit…the fox gang…" I looked around for the others, but fortunately I couldn't see any of them.

"Relax retard, I'm by myself here. But, this is perfect anyhow!" He grinned. "When you least expect it freak, I'm going to make you pay for what happened yesterday!" He said as he ran off.

"Hey! Wait!" I yelled, but he was already long gone. I sighed. "Great, just what I need. More trouble…"

"H.A.!" I heard Kari's voice booming through the hall. "There you are, I've been looking all over for you!"

"Heh, guess you shoulda checked the lunch room, that's where everyone's going." She just gave me look. "Hey, it was just a joke, don't get mad."

"Hmph! So, how's your day been so far?" She asked.

"Well…better than it began I suppose." I decided not to tell her about my encounter before, since I didn't want her to freak out or anything.

"That's good. Say, do you know where the other guys are?" She said.

"Nope, I've been looking for all three of you and haven't been able to find anyone, well except you now of course." I said.

"Well, it's their loss, I'm hungry." She said walking past me.

"You've got the right idea Kari." I said with a chuckle following behind her.

Meanwhile, Ian was outside walking around town. He decided to not go back to school after bringing Mikey back to Mobius Elementary. He was still kinda pissed about the whole situation with Kari, and was kicking a can as he walked along.

"Fucking assholes…all of 'em." He said kicking the can again. "It's all their fault I'm in a bad mood. H.A. knows how good of a guy I can be, but he's just hidin' that so he can get Kari, the dick. I can't believe he's doing this to me for a damn girl." Ian kicked the can so hard it went out of sight.

"Haha, freak! I knew you'd come back!" A red fox came out from an alley way.

"Back off punk. I'm pissed right now, and I'm not afraid to fight." Ian said turning toward him.

"Oh, my mistake. You look like a certain someone me and my crew ran into yesterday." He cracked his neck. "A nice two tailed freak."

"Two tailed freak?" Ian said with his eyes opening up wider.

"So…you know him?" The fox grinned.

"…" Ian didn't speak for a moment. He looked away and thought. "…Yeah…I do know him. His name's H.A." Suddenly, the yellow fox from before came running down the street. "What the fuck is that?"

"Boss! Boss!" The yellow fox said out of breath. "I…I saw the freak…he's at Mobius High!"

The red fox just punched the yellow fox in the face.

"A lot of fucking help that'll do. That school is huge. Everyone goes there, even you, ya fag." He pointed at Ian. "Besides, I just ran into someone who knows him."

"Hold on!" Ian said. "What the hell are you guys up to?"

The red fox held a pocketknife up to Ian's face. "That's none of your business."

"O.K. then. I guess if you don't want me to take you to him." Ian smirked.

"Errrrr…fine." He growled and put his knife away. "We ran into him yesterday walking in our territory. He said some shit to us, beat up this guy over here, and ran off. We don't take that very kindly if you haven't noticed."

"So what do you wanna do with H.A.?" Ian asked. The yellow fox took out a big knife.

"We wanna slit his fucking throat!" He said with his eyes wide open. The red fox punched him again.

"Hey! We can't just go around killing people just like that you idiot! I don't want the police to find out about us anymore than they have. We gotta keep a low profile." He turned back to Ian. "Excuse my friend. He has some…issues."

"You got that right...psychopath." Ian said. The yellow fox growled at him.

The red fox just glared at him and he stopped growling. "Now…will you take us to him?"

"Hold on, now. What's in it for me?" Ian asked. The red fox snapped his fingers, and a black fox came out from the alley way.

"Cid, how much did we get from that convenience store earlier today?" The red fox asked.

"Uhh…about 250 bucks."

"Alright, kid. We'll give you all of that if you take us to the freak."

"What!" The yellow fox yelled, and once again got punched, this time in the gut.

"Hey, I want this freak found. I hate freaks. I hate people that mess with my crew. And I hate people that think they can get away from the Devil's Followers."

"Holy shit." Ian took a step back, actually showing fear. "You guys are the Devil's Followers? I've heard a lot about your gang."

"Heh." He grinned. "Just call me Derek." Ian cleared his throat and tried to act tough.

"The name's Ian."

"Alright, Ian. Lead the way." Derek said.

"Hold on a second." Ian confronted. "It's probably not a smart idea to get him while he's at school, or even after school. He hangs out with some people, and you said you wanted to keep a low profile right?"

"Hmm…good point. You're smart Ian." Derek said. "I like that. Better than some of the other scum we've had to deal with." He looks over at the yellow fox, who just shrugs.

"You gotta cell number? Just give it to me and I'll let you know when the time's right." Ian said.

"So, you're not friends with this freak, are ya?" Derek said while putting his number in Ian's phone. "You look a lot like him, too."

"C'mon. Do I look like the type that'll hang out with him?" Ian said. "Alright, I guess I'll see ya real soon."

"That you shall, Ian." Derek said before Ian started walking away.

"Shit…what the fuck did you get yourself into H.A.?" Ian said as he walked away. "Hopefully those guys won't be able to find me. I know that psycho goes to Mobius High, so this isn't gunna end well. I'm lucky to be able to get them to think I'm on their side for now. You better be thanking me for this H.A. Those guys are basically off your back and now are gunna be looking for me to find you."

Back at school, Kari and I managed to find Dwayne in the lunch room, with his usual two or three lunches.

"Jesus Dwayne, do you always have to eat this much?" I said staring as his mess of a meal.

"How many lunches is that?" Kari asked.

"Eh…three." Dwayne shrugged. "I sometimes go with four if I'm a bit hungrier."

"How you eat this slop day in and day out is beyond me." I said shaking my head. "Wait a minute, does anyone know where Ian is?"

"Now that I think about it, he wasn't in any of my classes today ever since he brought Mikey to his school." Kari said. "You don't think he's skipping, do you?"

"Well…he has been in an awful mood lately." I said crossing my arm. "What do you think Dwayne.

"Hmm?" He said while chomping down food. I sighed.

"Nevermind…" I said as I started eating some of my lunch. "Well, whatever the case may be, it's his loss for missing school."

"So H.A….you excited about the school dance tomorrow?" Kari asked as Dwayne just snickered a little.

"Yeah I'm excited. You already know I've never gone to any of our school's dances before. I guess it'll be a lot of fun." I said.

"You guess?" Kari questioned. "Dances are so much fun! Even if you don't have a date there's still a lot to do."

"Good point, but we're going together, so I'm sure it'll be fun then." I said with a small smile.

"Aww…that was cute." Kari said smiling back. "So umm…H.A…is Ian always in a bad mood like that?"

"Not even close. That's what makes this so weird." I said. "He's normally very chill, but he does have a bit of a temper. It's just weird that he's been so quick to jump on people lately."

"Actually, I remember asking him about it earlier today and he did say he liked me." Kari said.

"I already gathered that from him asking you to the dance. I guess the rejection is killing him more that I thought." I said.

"Actually…I think it's the fact I said yes to you and not him is what's getting to him." Kari said.

"Even so, he's overacting." I said rolling my eyes.

"Say's mister I'm gunna punch my friend." Kari stuck her tongue out at me.

"You got me there. Good point." I said giving up on that argument. "But me and Dwayne are already good just minutes after the fact. This has put Ian in a bad mood for two days now. Don't you think he should've shrugged it off by now? He can have any girl he wants basically. They all fall for him."

"Not me." Kari said laughing.

"Yeah…why is that? I'm not against it or anything." I laughed. "I'm just curious. You said he was pretty cool when you first talked to him."

"Yeah but I didn't know him well at all." She said. "Talking to a guy for one period isn't enough to let me know who they are."

"Well…it was basically the same for me, wasn't it?" I questioned. "I only talked to you for a short time."

Kari chuckled. "Cute H.A. I already told you that there's something about you I like. Something Ian doesn't have, even though you claim to be the same."

I got a bad feeling in my stomach and looked at my tails. "Wait…this isn't a pity thing is it? About my tails?"

"H.A.! You actually think that!" Kari said shocked.

"Nonono it just popped in my head quick." I defended. "When you said I have something Ian doesn't my tails were the first thing I thought of."

"It's in your personality H.A. You can already see it." She said. "Ian's well…you've seen how different you two have been since I've known you."

"True…but Ian's also not himself right now. Trust me; you'll like him a lot more when he's not in a bad mood. The four of us will be a nice group."

"I'm sure we will be." Kari said with a smile.

"So are you gunna eat lunch or what?" I asked. "You haven't even touched your food and lunch only has a few minutes left."

"Oh, right!" She said. "I've just been enjoying our conversation I guess."

"I'll get something outta Ian when I see him tonight or tomorrow." I said. "He better have a good reason for skipping school other than 'I wasn't in a good mood' or 'I just didn't feel like coming back.' Just not like him at all."

"You still got me dude!" Dwayne said, his lunch tray emptied now.

"Nice, I got a living trash can." I said with a chuckle.

"Not funny, man. I…uh…just like eating." Dwayne said looking away. "Damnit, I don't have a comeback to that one."

Suddenly, I heard the lunch room door slam against the wall, and saw Ian running towards me as I turned.

"Ian?" I said. "Where the hell have you been?"

"Long story, H.A., but this is important!" He said. "Yes, I was skipping class, but that's not the point. I was walking through town, and some red fox comes up to me thinking I'm you. We talked for a few minutes and apparently that gang you ran into yesterday was the Devil's Followers."

I just spit my food out. "WHAT!"

"Dude…you got away from them?" Dwayne said. "That's incredible!"

"No it's not you idiot!" Ian shouted. "These guys want H.A. dead after what happened. They even asked me to help get him cornered. I said I would but only because I wanted to get outta there without being stabbed. I'm sure they'll find me now if I don't call their leader sometime soon. One of them even goes to this school."

"Shit…the yellow fox." I mumbled.

"I take it you saw him?" Ian questioned.

"Yeah, he said he'd get back at me for what happened and ran off. I didn't get a chance to say anything."

"So…what do we do about this?" Dwayne asked. None of us spoke for awhile.

"Wait…Ian how are you gunna get a hold of their boss?" I asked.

"I got his cell number, why?"

"Let's see here. I don't know if this would work, but what if we gave him a spot to find me, and called the police to go there as well or something?" I said. "It's a long shot, but maybe that could work.

"It could work, but I'm sure he wouldn't just sit there waiting for you if you weren't there when he got there." Ian said. "He'd know something was up. He'd be expecting to see you and me when he got there."

"Well then, I guess that's what we gotta do." I said standing up.

"Wait, wait." Ian interrupted. "We don't gotta go through with this so soon. We can wait a few days on this. I told him I'd wait for the right time to 'get you by yourself' and all so maybe we could figure out another plan in the meantime."

"Alright then, I guess." I sighed. "Too much damn drama this year already."

"You're telling me." Dwayne said just completely confused about the whole mess.

"Thanks for letting me know about this, Ian." I said. "I could've easily been jumped some random day after school, but now we can be ready for anything."

"Don't worry about it." Ian said. "It's nothing. Just didn't want you dead that's all."

"Right." I chuckled. "That's what it is." I heard the bell ring. "Alright guys. Guess we head our separate ways for the rest of the day."

"Yup, I'll catch ya later, dudes." Dwayne said walking off, leaving his tray of garbage behind.

"Guess I'll head to my next class. Didn't really get to go to them yesterday." I said with a laugh. "Later Kari. See ya Ian."

"O.K. H.A." Kari said with a smile. Ian continued to just stand there, as did Kari. It was a slightly awkward scene.

"So...Ian…thanks for doing that for H.A." She spoke up.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Ian said. "Talk to me straight, what do you have against me."

"What do you mean?" Kari asked.

"Please, it's obvious that you don't want me around."

"Ian, I never said that."

"Strange, your actions show it quite well." He said walking away.

"Ugg…Ian is this about me not taking up your offer for the dance?" She said. "We hardly knew each other!"

"Hmm...you hardly knew H.A. too." He said not turning around.

"…It's different with him…" She said looking away.

"And it was different with me. The way you act around Dwayne is different than me. Things with me and H.A. have been awful since you got here." He turned around toward her. "I'm gunna fix my friendship with him. I don't want you fucking it up anymore."

"Ian…I never tried t-"

"I'll see you in class, Kari." He said as he left the lunch room. Kari didn't have anything else to say and left in the other direction.


There you have it. Another interlocking plot between Ian and Kari's friendship and the gang. Stuff's gunna be going down soon. :P