It had been two months since I woke up in Legosi's body and I spent most of that time looking up the history of this world while also seeing that things were far different than the Wasteland, finding out that this world had no humans in it and pre-war animals had evolved into anthropomorphic creatures along with an event like the Great War never happening. I also found out that I was in a high school that was on a large hill above a city and that the country I was in is called Japan, then I was informed by Legosi that I am supposed to work as a stagehand in a drama club by fixing and moving the spotlights.

I had headed to the building where the props and actors were at and made sure to put up a good act by doing what Legosi usually does while learning who the actors and stagehands are, something I wasn't expecting my life to turn out since I was focused on surviving in a world where everyone and everything wanted you dead. As time passed, I had adjusted to this strange new world but there was one of the actors that I still couldn't figure out...a red deer named Louis and even though he was an asshole at times, there was something about him that I kept an eye on him since he was a puzzle that I couldn't figure out.

Now, I had woken up and got ready for class, the day passing by until lunch when I heard the news that a murder had happened inside the school last night and I was inside the cafeteria building while leaning against the wall next to the entrance where three girls were chatting about it outside at a food stand.

"Predation? Oh my God...the victim was Tem from the Drama Club?" one girl asked after she left the building.

"No way," Els whimpered quietly as she looked down and my interest peaked as I recognized the name and peered out slightly.

"Els, he was in your club?" another girl inquired and Els nodded.

"He was practicing with us just yesterday," Els answered and I frowned as I recalled Tem and looked up to see Legosi appearing crestfallen at hearing the news.

"The killer is definitely one of the carnivore students," a girl told them and they looked at something out of my line of sight with nervous expressions.

"No one knows for sure if it was a student," Els spoke up hesitantly.

"But we do know that it was a carnivore," the girl holding the paper pointed out.

"I know I shouldn't say this but this is ironic, to think that someone in the Drama Club would get torn apart in such a horrific manner," the first girl stated uneasily.

"That Club was supposed to be living proof that carnivores and herbivores can get along with each other," the parrot girl explained while the girl holding the paper looked at Els.

"You have to be very careful, Els, because the Drama Club has a gray wolf, doesn't it?" she inquired and Els looked away in response while the parrot girl grimaced.

"I don't feel like eating anymore," the girl informed them as she started walking away.

"Me neither," the first girl agreed as she and the one holding the newspaper followed her.

I looked away and furrowed my eyes in thought while I was heading to my next class, thinking about what I've learned while Legosi floated beside me.

"Tem...I can't believe he's fucking dead," Legosi muttered and I looked at him in concern while he was hunched over.

"I'm sorry about your friend," I apologized quietly and Legosi looked at me.

"You don't have to apologize..." Legosi told me and he looked away while we were heading to the classroom.

I frowned at that and thought about Tem, recalling that he was a shy kid who had a crush on Els but the tragic thing is that he would never be able to tell her how he felt so I remembered the letter he was too scared to give her and decided to hand it to Els since it's what Tem would've wanted.


As the day went by, I followed Legosi's schedule like clockwork and now I was in the props building while I was putting away Legosi's bag and shutting his locker while Kai and another stagehand were chatting.

"Shit, this is bad," Kai said and the male cat with black fur nodded.

"Yeah, the performance is in two weeks, right? That means someone's gotta replace Tem," the cat stated.

"Yeah," Kai agreed as I turned around and headed to the door.

"Then again, I don't know if we should go through with the performance if one of our members is dead," the cat pointed out as I left the locker room and headed to the rafters where the spotlights were at.

I arrived at the spotlights in the practice room and started working on them while Legosi was watching me, then I looked down at the actors with a stoic gaze as Els and a few actors looked up at me hesitantly with nervous expressions but I was used to seeing something like that so it didn't bother me just as the double doors opened and Sanou, the head of the Drama Club, came in with a clipboard.

"Alright, everyone, gather around because we have some important news to talk about. You all probably already know this, but something terrible happened at school yesterday...one of our actors, Tem, has..." Sanou trailed off when he looked up from his clipboard and saw the herbivores and carnivores in two single groups across from each other as they glared at each other.

"Chief, Tem was only social with the carnivores in this club," Ellen stated harshly and Sanou looked taken aback.

"Yes...a-and?" Sanou inquired hesitantly since the air was thick with tension.

"So, you're suspecting us," Bill said with a frown.

"I'll bet one of you bastards was jealous that Tem got the role," Ellen accused and Bill didn't appear to take kindly to that.

"Hey, fuck you because you got a lot of damn nerve accusing us! You herbivores are all the same, one of you dies by a single carnivore and then the rest of us get screwed over!" Bill exclaimed in outrage.

"What, are you going to bite me?! Don't you know that carnivores who hunt herbivores are expelled from school?!" Ellen spat hatefully and Bill started trembling in rage.

"That's fucking bullshit because you're not even worth getting my mouth bloody!" Bill shouted angrily as I decided to leave, finishing up on the spotlights and climbing down the ladder when everyone spotted me trying to sneak out.

"Legosi, you were friends with Tem, right? Do you know something that we don't?" Bill questioned and I turned around while I had my hands in my pockets, contemplating ignoring the question and leaving but I decided to humor him.

"I think he had a lot of regrets and unfinished business he still wanted to settle," I replied as I saw that a squirrel student was looking up at me from a distance and holding up a bag of nuts in a gesture for me to help her open them.

"H-How could you possibly know that?" a flamingo asked in confusion as I started walking to where the squirrel was standing.

"Anyone would feel the same way if they were to die unexpectedly in their lives...anyone would be thinking about the stupid things they did in life and regret never going back to change them," I stated with a melancholy undertone as I remembered witnessing my father James dying and feeling helpless as he told me to run, then I stopped in front of the squirrel and knelt before taking out the nuts and breaking the hard shells with my hand until I gave them back to her.

"Here," I said and she smiled hesitantly as she took the nuts.

"Th-Thank you," the squirrel told me meekly as I stood up, and I gave her a single nod while I turned to look at Els.

"There's one thing I wanted to ask you, Els...how are you coping with Tem's death?" I asked stoically and Els flinched under my intense gaze.

"Huh? M-Me?" Els stuttered nervously as I stared at her.

"Are you holding up okay?" I clarified and Els gripped her arm as she tensed up.

"W-Why are you asking me? I haven't even talked to Tem-kun that much...I..." Els trailed off and I kept staring at her for a few seconds until I nodded in satisfaction and turned around to leave.

"I'll be going now, Chief," I told Sanou, who looked uncertain by what just happened and he cleared his throat before encouraging me to go with a wave as I left the practice room.


I had left the practice room and entered the men's locker room until I opened Legosi's locker and grabbed his bag, then I adjusted the straps on the backpack while I opened Tem's locker and grabbed the sealed letter as I felt uncomfortable going through a dead person's personal effects.

"Connor, you talked about how people regret the things they did in life...but I noticed that there was a slight change in your tone of voice so do you have any regrets?" Legosi asked and I paused as horrific memories of my experiences in the Wasteland came flooding back.

"All you need to know is that I've done things I'm not proud of, so let's leave it at that," I suggested just as I heard footsteps and looked at the entrance to see Bill, Sanou, and a reptile student entering the locker room until they saw me.

"Hey, Legosi, you heading back to the dorms already?" Sanou asked as I shut the locker door and nodded.

"Yeah, I'm heading out now but I just wanted to let you know that Light A is already done," I replied as I passed him and the others.

"Thank you, so have a good night," Sanou said and I raised a hand in response as I was about to leave.

"H-Hey!" Bill exclaimed suddenly and grabbed my arm, which forced me to stop and I struggled to ignore the powerful urge to hip toss him to the ground out of sheer reflex as I looked back at him.

"What?" I inquired in confusion but I had a suspicion that he knew I looked through Tem's locker.

"You opened Tem's locker, didn't you?!" Bill accused sternly as the reptile opened Tem's locker.

"This one, right? What the hell were you doing?" the reptile questioned and I sighed as I removed my arm from Bill's grip.

"You were acting pretty odd at the meeting but, honestly, you're acting way too suspicious...so, what were you doing going through your dead friend's locker?" Bill inquired with narrowed eyes and I frowned as I took off my backpack, unzipping it and pulling out a book.

"I was getting back the book he borrowed a while back and he told me that he left it in his locker," I lied smoothly while putting the book back into the backpack and zipping it up as Sanou raised his free hand in a placating gesture.

"Okay, let's not fight and take Legosi's word for it...Legosi, you know I don't suspect you of anything but you would be in more than a lot of trouble if an herbivore saw what you were doing so you need to be more self-conscious about the fact that you're a large carnivore," Sanou lectured cautiously and I rubbed the back of my neck as I turned around.

"Don't worry, I'm used to animals alienating themselves from me for the slightest bad thing that happens...anyway, I've got something important to take care of so I'll be seeing you tomorrow," I said as I put the backpack on and headed to the door.

"H-Hey, you're being fucking rude to the Chief!" Bill protested in disbelief just as I left the men's locker room and exited the building.

I walked down a stone path and stopped at a bench as I looked up and saw the moon, just as Legosi gently flew next to me and we watched the night sky.

"It's a full moon tonight," Legosi pointed out as I felt calm and peaceful from seeing the big white orb in the sky, then I thought about Tem and my eyes softened while I recalled taking everything for granted back in Vault 101.

"Tem...I might not have known you as long as Legosi does, but I'll make sure you have no more regrets," I declared quietly as I narrowed my eyes and continued walking to the female herbivore dorm.

I arrived at the dorm in a couple of minutes and hid behind a bunch of trees as I saw Els and another female student chatting about me, then they separated and Els was about to head inside the building when I started moving and disturbed some bushes.

Els froze up at the sound of the bushes rustling and she slowly looked back to see me moving away from behind the tree and into her line of sight, then she started trembling with her eyes wide in terror as I stepped out of the shadows and the dim light shining down on my large frame made me look menacing as she started backing up with shaky breathing.

"Stay back..." Els whimpered as I got closer and she kept backing up, only the back of her right foot hit the bottom front steps and she looked back for a second until she made eye contact with me again.

"You're usually friendly but when you're hungry, I'm food right?" Els questioned and pulled out a pair of scissors from her pocket as she held them up in a threatening manner and added, "Don't you dare look down on me because Tem and I, we're so much more than you-"

Els was cut off when I grabbed her hands holding the scissors and she shrieked in fear while she closed her eyes, only I gently pulled the scissors out of her hands and took out the letter.

"Here, take it," I said quietly and she opened her eyes to see the letter before I clarified, "It's a letter addressed to you from Tem."

Els hesitantly took the letter while I gave her the scissors back and she looked at the letter in confusion.

"I was waiting until you were alone so I could give it to you," I explained and Els looked up at me with an expression of realization before we headed to two benches and sat down.

"All this time, you were trying to give this to me?" Els asked and I stared at the ground.

"Yeah, I knew Tem never gave it to you...I'm sorry, maybe this isn't the best time for me to give it to you while things are still raw," I said and Els looked at me.

"No, I'm grateful that you did," Els reassured and I hummed slightly.

"Oh...I'll see you tomorrow," I told her as I stood up and started walking back to my dorm but the sound of Els quickly standing up made me stop.

"Legosi, wait...before this, I said some terrible things about you in the girl's locker room, even though you're such a kind wolf. I'll take it all back tomorrow so can you forgive me?" Els asked while I just stood there.

"You don't have to do that because it's fine," I refused with a stoic expression.

"But why?" Els inquired in surprise.

"Because Tem wouldn't have been too thrilled if everyone found out about his first crush after he died," I pointed out and Els sighed.

"Even so, I still feel guilty for what I said about you," Els stated as I looked down at the ground thoughtfully.

"I'm pretty used to it, so it's okay...I've always lived most of my life with some animals showing hate and animosity at me," I admitted just before I continued walking back to my dorm and Legosi floated down next to me as he stared in concern, but I ignored it because I wasn't interested in someone giving me pity.

After a night's sleep and spent most of the day in class, I had heard about Tem's memorial that was set up in front of the broken doors leading to the crime scene and I had headed over to pay my respects until I was currently sitting in front of the memorial with my legs folded under my rear and my hands resting on my knees in a Japanese prayer as I stared at Tem's photo with a solemn gaze while a memory of chatting with Tem appeared in my mind.


"Dammit, I just don't have the courage to give it to her...I'll try again later," Tem sighed as he put the letter away and closed his locker while I looked at him.

"Are you still too scared to give it to her?" I questioned and he jumped before he saw me and laughed sheepishly as he waved it off with a sweat-drop.

"Well, the timing felt off but it's okay because when the time comes, I will tell her how I feel!" Tem declared with his eyes narrowed in determination and seeing that reminded me of when I used to be determined to find my father after he left the Vault.

"If you're so sure, then you better tell her while you still can because life's too short and you just have to enjoy the little things," I reminded him and Tem laughed.

"You always were weird, Legosi, but I don't think that's a bad thing since it makes you unique," Tem told me until we headed to the door and went to leave the building.


'Tem, what were your last thoughts when you died? If you can hear me, I just wanted you to know that I gave it to her,' I thought as the sounds of cheering and loud giggling from a crowd of girls broke out behind me, then I saw Louis appearing beside me with flowers and he placed them down next to the other ones as he kneeled and closed his eyes which caused me to stare at him.

"His gestures, his voice, his gaze, Louis-senpai knows how to keep them under control. He's one year older than me, but he's the star actor and the most popular animal in school," Legosi commented next to me with an expression of slight admiration, but I didn't respond to that since I didn't want to look like I was crazy.

"What are you looking at?" Louis asked suddenly and I instantly turned my head away as I felt embarrassed for being caught staring.

"Sorry about that," I muttered awkwardly with a sweat-drop and Louis scoffed.

"Is a lack of manners a common trait among wolves? You're the dog from the stage crew...good, 'cause I have something for you to do so follow me," Louis told me as he stood up and started walking, causing me to follow suit as I felt confused by what he wants me to do.

"Okay," I said as we went down the hallway and left the main building until we arrived at the props building, then Louis escorted me to his office where a male goat named Zoe was waiting.

"L-Louis-senpai," Zoe greeted nervously as we entered the room.

"You're going to help me fix his act by tomorrow," Louis told me as I shut the door and shot him a confused look.

"What do you mean by that?" I inquired as I looked at him.

"Zoe's replacing Tem and we decided it during yesterday's meeting, right?" Louis suggested to Zoe and the goat gulped.

"Yes," Zoe replied uneasily as Louis looked at him.

"It's ironic that we should meet here, Water Spirit of Odie," Louis recited with a gravelly tone, causing Zoe to look at him strangely.

"Huh?" Zoe wondered in confusion and Louis stared at him.

"We're rehearsing, now give me Odie's line," Louis demanded calmly and Zoe flinched while I frowned slightly.

'Zoe's a middle-schooler and he just got the role yesterday so he wouldn't be able to memorize those lines so fast,' I thought as Zoe looked down.

"S-Sorry, I still haven't memorized all the lines," Zoe whimpered and Louis sighed as he walked over to Zoe and started gripping his jaw with one hand.

"What's wrong? Open your mouth," Louis ordered while Zoe started sweating.

"Louis-senpai," Zoe groaned with his voice muffled.

"My, my, did you eat your script? The only talent you goats have is eating paper but this is not the time to be using it," Louis spoke softly.

"I swear I'll memorize the lines by tomorrow!" Zoe squeaked just as the door slammed open and Kai stormed in.

"Senpai, why the hell is Zoe replacing Tem?! Tem and I were the only ones who auditioned for-" Kai started protesting and was cut off.

"Silence, dammit!" Louis snapped and looked back at Zoe while adding, "Get out, memorize your lines."

Louis let Zoe go and he quickly left while I was watching the whole thing and still trying to figure out Louis, just as Kai spotted me and appeared to be taken aback.

"Hey, you're from the stage crew so what the hell are you doing here?" Kai asked and I shrugged.

"Don't know, you'll have to ask Louis-senpai about that since he's the reason I'm here," I responded and Louis looked at us.

"Kai, get along with Legosi since you two will be working together from now on in the stage crew. We have decided to have you removed from the acting team and you'll be supporting us as a PR, and stagehand for the stage crew.

Act two's dance from the Spring Breeze performance, as well as the final act's dance from the Winter Safari's convention...you of all animals should know the significance of these two dances, am I right Kai? Your most memorable accomplishments in your two-year acting career are those two on-stage mistakes.

Now, what I want to know is why you thought you could replace Tem?" Louis insulted while I was glaring at him for his callous attitude, then I saw Kai clenching his fists and growling at every insult that was thrown at him until he snapped and swung at Louis.

I quickly reacted by getting in his way and catching the fist, then Kai struggled to get loose as I held his fist in a strong grip and shook my head while he grabbed my arm to try and pry my hand away.

"Kai, calm the hell down," I warned cooly with a steely glare and Kai gritted his teeth.

"Who the fuck do you think you are, asshole?!" Kai snarled and I shot him a look.

"I'm someone who's trying to stop you from doing something very stupid by striking a fellow student and getting suspended because of it, now go and cool off," I suggested seriously.

"Go to hell!" Kai retorted and I bared my teeth at him before growling lowly, causing Kai to widened his eyes and I let go as he backed away with a nervous expression.

"On second thought, what the hell? You rich assholes think you're better than us so enjoy having everything handed to you on a silver platter," Kai spat as he stormed to the door and opened it until he shouted outside, "What the fuck are you all looking at?!"

Kai stormed outside and slammed the door shut, then I sighed as I grimaced from the ugly situation that just happened until Louis chuckled slightly.

"You bared your teeth to prevent a fight from happening...that's unexpected since you normally act docile, but now I can see that you are hiding a vicious beast inside you and your eyes hold the look of a survivor that's witnessed hell many times," Louis told me and I felt pensive since he wasn't that far from the truth.

"I don't know what you're talking about, senpai, so if you'll excuse me," I evaded as I started to head to the door, only something grabbed my tail which forced me to stop and I looked behind me to see Louis holding the tip of my tail with his hand while he was smirking.

"Don't play coy with me because there's more to you than meets the eye. That said, you're more reasonable than I expected so come along, I'm going to sneak into the auditorium to teach Zoe his lines," Louis declared and I was frowning at that.

"That's not a good idea, senpai, because you'll be in very serious trouble if the teachers find you on school grounds after curfew," I pointed out logically.

"Which is why you'll be keeping watch outside, or are you going to be a hero and refuse my request?" Louis suggested and I tensed up before letting out a stressful sigh until Louis grabbed my tie and pulled me closer to him.

"That's a damn shame...if I offered one of my legs in return, you would drool all over the floor and accept my request, right? You're a wolf, aren't you? You should act like one and embrace it," Louis stated playfully and I looked away.

'Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not a wolf...just the spirit of a dead human inhabiting the body of a wolf,' I thought dryly as I looked at Louis and gave him my answer.


"Connor, why the hell did you decide to go along with this?! If you get caught, then I might get expelled or worse!" Legosi complained as I was standing next to the entrance of the auditorium.

"Well, I have to admit that this is not one of the finest ideas in my long list of bad ideas," I admitted hesitantly and Legosi sweat-dropped until he sighed with a puff cloud.

"You do realize that as long you are controlling my body, I'll be blamed for your actions if you get in trouble," Legosi pointed out and I hung my head as depression lines appeared.

"Ugh, why couldn't I just go to Heaven and reunite with my parents? Why did I have to get dragged into this world and possess one of the locals?" I wondered in disbelief until I heard the sound of bushes rustling and instantly looked around until I heard chirping below and looked down to see a cricket next to my foot.

"Huh, what the hell are you doing here, little fella? Heh, I guess the same goes for me," I muttered as I knelt and let the cricket hop onto my index finger.

I stood up and observed the cricket, smiling softly from seeing the insect chirping without a care in the world and I sighed since I lost that kind of luxury a long time ago and hoped that I could find a way to feel that again but then I smelled something and turned to where it was coming from.

'What the hell...what's that smell and where is it coming from?' I thought in confusion, then I closed my eyes and took a deep inhale through my powerful nose until I was able to detect that the scent belonged to an herbivore.

Suddenly, I felt a strange reaction as my blood began to boil and my eyes snapped open while I gritted my teeth and felt an intoxicating power rush through my veins as I groaned quietly and my muscles tensed with my body convulsing slightly. Before I knew what was happening, I lowered myself onto the ground on all fours while my eyes were glowing red and my chest rumbled from the terrifying snarls leaving my muzzle as I slowly moved to the front steps and my night vision picked up a small figure standing still with its ears twitching.

"Connor?! Connor, snap out of it before you do something you'll regret!" I heard Legosi shouting in a complete panic but it was like I was in the passenger seat and Legosi's body wasn't responding to my commands while I was completely horrified that I was going to rip apart an innocent herbivore that had no idea death was coming for them.

The small animal turned its head to look at me and it suddenly bolted in the opposite direction, causing me to let out a roar as I lunged into the air with astonishing strength and flew at the figure until I grappled its torso and we rolled across the ground before coming to a stop with me on one knee and my arms wrapped around its torso until I discovered that the figure was female.

'Please, I don't want this! Someone stop me, for the love of God!' I thought distressfully as I growled quietly and the air became thick with tension.

As I held the female herbivore that was whimpering in terror, I prayed for anyone to stop me before I did something that'll destroy that small shred of humanity I had left and turn me into something far worse than anyone could ever bear to witness.


A/N Welcome to the official beginning of my story and I'm going with the anime version of Legosi activating his instincts, which is something that Connor has never experienced before and it is truly terrifying him since it looks like he's going to kill again but this time, it'll be an innocent herbivore and without his consent.

As you can see, I'm doing a mixture of the anime and manga by adding the parts that were cut out from the anime so that I can make it more fluid and natural. Anyway, let me know what you think and stay tuned.