Was that a dream or my future?

There was blood as far as his eyes could reach, slowly he tried to get up but his body protested at any movement he attempted. All of his senses were overwhelmed by the smell of blood and burnt flesh by the time he got on his feet, the screams of fear and pain of kids made him run on an attempt to go to their aid, but all he found were charred bodies. "No...not again…" The wolf had to cover his nose at the smell or else he could pass out at the shock this would result for his brain, when a familiar voice called for him, forcing himself to run once more while feeling his lungs dry because of the ashes. Nothing, there was nothing once he arrived at the origin of the call or so he thought before the voice, weaker this time, called his name again. "I'm here! I'm here, where are you?!" His chest was starting to ache from the pressure on it, his mind hadn't even managed to glimpse who the voice belonged to.

"Shirou…." This time the voice came from behind him making him turn around, kneeling to slowly take the body of a girl between his arms which was barely breathing by this point. Moving the hair covering her face, dark teal eyes were revealed to his surprise which made his eyes wide till the point one could think they would pop out as the name escaped from his lips. "Mi...chiru?" Taking a deep breath that seemed like it was meant to take all the air of the world, she slowly turned his face to him, revealing a slight smile while her trembling hand reached for his cheek and as soon as he felt it, his own hand followed hers.

He could feel a wet yet warm feeling extending on his arms and chest, she was losing a lot of blood and he was unsure to even move her as she felt so fragile as if she were made of paper. His heart was pounding so hard that it felt as if his chest was about to burst under its strength, his breathing became erratic, he felt as if his body became stone. "Hold on! Ill...ill get help I...just.." Then from the flames and smoke, a beastman victim of the Nirvasyl syndrome begin to walk to them, but this was impossible, everyone on anima city had the vaccine already so this couldn't be real, wanting to get out of there immediately he move his head to see the girl between his arms once more but she was now a corpse that still had her eyes on him.

"What kind of protector are you if you couldn't even save your family?"

"Michiru!" He yelled as hard as he could, his hand over his chest, panting as if he had just run a marathon while looking in every direction trying to see where he was. Without his realization he had morph onto his wolf form as was drooling and covered in sweat, probably from before he had morph. He slowly sat on the sofa, his heart pounding in his ears as each beat caused his vision to momentarily blur. As his eyes got used to the darkness, he noticed he was in Anima city, to be more precise in his studio and it seemed it was still midnight.

The next thing he did was cover his face using his hands, fighting the tears, the all powerful silver wolf shirou Ogami was on the edge of tears. It's been ages since he had a nightmare as raw as that one, now with his brain fully awake he realized the dream was about Nirvasyl but with one little difference, this time Michiru was there. This was without a doubt weird since she was born thousand years after it happened and even if he knew that, he found himself at the door already, slowly going out and straight to the room of the tanuki girl. Her scent on the air slowly made his body relax as it leads him to the origin, noticing the door half open, not wanting to invade her intimacy he gently knocks at the door waiting for an answer.

"Hey, Tanuki, are you awake?" Again he waited for an answer, any, but he could only hear someone moving the blankets. A soft mumble coming from her encouraged him to knock once more, maybe she was awake after all.

"Michiru?" For a split moment a thought of opening the door and making his way inside the room almost forced him to do so, but he knew better, so before leaving he took one last breath just to make sure she was there and unharmed. 'Fair enough' He thought before turning around to walk back into his room, without his knowledge the girl was actually awake but didn't say a word, only when she heard he had left she raised his head to look at the door before laying back down.

The major wasn't having a good night either, unlike the wolf and the girl, she had been awake almost all the night been busy between reading reports and the results of the blood test made to the tiger, it was hard to look at the pics of how he was found when they captured him. Ogami usually restrains his strength but this time as with his fight with Alan he did not, it reminds her when he killed everyone in the research facility where she was kept prisoner. 'Ogami, what has gotten into you recently? You told me once that you wouldn't let Ginro out again and yet, not one but three times you use that power, all since Kagemori Michiru came to the city' But then a beep from her laptop made her look down, his eyes couldn't believe what she was reading, the tests shown that the beast factor on the consumers of the drugs were unstable, this was concerning. "Koichi?" She calls using the communicator over her desk . "Yes mayor?"

"Call Ogami first thing in the morning, I have something that might concern him, ask for him to come alone too."

"Yes major, for now you should rest a bit." This made her chuckle, he had been by her side since anima city was founded, as far as It concern her, he was after Shirou his best friend.

But now, with what she just found out, she might need more than just them, this was dangerous even for humans. She stood up walking to the window, staring at the city she was so proud of, but now she was afraid everything could crumble to ashes if they didn't act quick. She knew what it was required to do but she wanted the point of few of Shirou, after all, he was the protector of their kind.

"If I want to save and change this city, humans need to come here."

For ogami It was not weird at all to be called to the office of the major, Rose usually required his presence to explain some ideas she had and to inform him about dangerous groups that threat the city, but what he find odd was that she ask for him to come alone as to leave Michiru out of this. Usually he wouldn't actually bring her unless it was really necessary, but to ask for this had to be something Michiru shouldn't know. As he walked towards the kitchen he could feel the smell of beacon in the air, his thoughts moving from the meeting to the food, he couldn't help it thanks to his predator side. The closer he walks to the kitchen, something on the back of head begins to itch, so he stops before getting to the end of the stairs.

His nose knew it and so did he, so after taking a deep breath he dared to walk inside the room and as he predicted, Michiru was making breakfast, which made him raise an eyebrow. "Oh! Good morning shirou, you're just in time." She was as usual showing a wide smile and an apron, the wolf looked around but it seemed as if they were the only ones right there. "Yeah, morning, where are Melissa and Gem?" He inquired before taking a seat, a mug of coffee already waiting for him on the table making him raise his eyes brown, turning his eyes back to the tanuki who was still focused on the pan she was holding. "Oh, they had some procedure to do, so it was up to me to make sure you eat to have energy." She answered while pointing to the wolf using the spatula with a bright smile, he however had his attention on a newspaper already, making a small growl come from the girl.

"So shirou, tell me, did anything happen last night?" Shirou stopped his arm midair before he was able to sip the coffee, but this only lasted a few seconds. "Nothing out of the ordinary, why do you ask?"

"No particular reason, just wondering." A long silence followed after she said this since none of them wanted to say anything, however, this didn't seem to bother them as if they found the company of the other comforting enough to stay like this. "So" The former human girl was the first to break the silence. "Do we have a mission for today? After yesterday's show I was wondering what we would do today."

"For now there is no new mission, however the mayor asked me to come to the city hall."

"Ah, then I better hurry to get ready if that's the case."

"Actually." The girl stops in her tracks. "I was the only one required to come this time." He could tell that the girl didn't like this, since she was always on her beast form it was easy to tell her mood, her ears and tail betray her. One reason for most beastman to don't do the same. "Do you know the reason?"

"No." His voice almost seem cold. "But, if there is something I can tell you, I'll do once I come back. Okey?" This time he used a gentle voice that cause the girl to shiver and blush gently while putting the plate of food in front of him. "Y-yeah okay… I was planning to buy some new clothes anyway so I was busy."

"I see." Once again the silence surrounded them but this time the wolf was the one to speak after eating some of what the girl made for him. "What a surprise, this is actually pretty good, never expect you to be one to know how to cook." He snorted at what the girl pouted a bit, crossing her arms.

"Well I used to help my dad with the kitchen, so there are a lot of things I can do and you don't puppy."

A grunt made her smile, leaning on her hand while she kept eating, this behavior was something shirou was not used to. Michiru always seems to be happy, however today she seems even more happy or in a better mood than she had been before despite what happened just a day before. "Okay, clearly there is something going on with you. Are you gonna tell me or not?" She shook her head as she finished and got up. "It's my little secret~" And she was gone before Shirou could actually begin to understand what just happened in front of him, raising an eyebrow before looking down at what was left of food on his plate before eating it and washing his dish. He took a moment before closing the door of the building to look at his hand which was covered by blood, his eyes wide but after a quick blink it was gone. 'I must be still half asleep.' He grunt walking to the town hall in silence while taking his mind back to the last 3 days. Anima City had always been a place where many riots would be regular thanks to the different kinds of beastman living together. Nirvasyl was like this but the people were more friendly with each other. 'But Nirvasyl no longer exists.'

While he continued walking down the streets and looking around to any scent his nose would catch he couldn't help but to notice that the city seemed more calm, more friendly or at least enough for him to look surprised at this. It's been 11 years now since the foundation and just now he came to the realization of how calm it looks . He was always looking for some thief or a terrorist, always on the run and only taking a moment when the festival in his name or ginro name took place. When was the last time he actually had a walk to air his thoughts? He couldn't put his finger on any memory of this happening before, he was changing and perhaps the one behind this and the city changes were the same.

What he could remember as if it just happened yesterday was when Rose told him to try and make a place, a city, for every beastman to be able to hide and live in peace out from the humans. Of course he at first refused to settle down, he kept thinking this would only make them an easier target for humans, but then Rose told him something. "Even the great silver wolf needs a place to call home and this way, you can keep a better eye on everyone." A home? After Nirvana he actually never thought of having a home, it was almost as if the person looking for this was someone outside of him, now it was only a memory on the back of his head that had been almost buried. This was one of the reasons he never took the time to buy a proper bed, because even if he was grateful with Melissa and Gem, the co-op never felt like a home for him. But now that he took a moment, it might not be a home, but perhaps it was time to get a department for himself so if anything happens Melissa and Gem will be safe. "Nothing happened so far but maybe." Once he noticed his surroundings he was already a few steps away from the door, leaving his thoughts a side for now.

The office was as always has been, big and empty but with a beautiful view of the city, Rose itself hadn't change much even at her 90 years old, she still look young just as shirou itself. The mayor rise her eyes once he notice the wolf and great him with a soft smile, even if he was older she slowly became a mother figure to him sometimes. "Ogami, it is nice to see you, tho I would prefer if it was on other circumstances." The tone on her voice change, making him walk closer as some papers were already waiting for him on the desk. "It's about the tiger from yesterday isn't it?" He got a nod in reply.

"Yes, even if we were unable to analyze the drug on his blood torrent to find any clue, there was a consistent difference for sure. We must assume that till now the drug its still not finish." The screen in front of them begins to show the same information. "As you know this drug does not only cloud the judgment of the consumer, it also releases the limitation on his muscles and makes their DNA unstable, much as the Nirvasyl syndrome. However they remain with normal appearances, for now."

The wolf eyes showed a visible concern, this proves that the beastman that got the vaccine already, could turn into a mindless beast once more. "How dangerous can they become? As bad as when they mutated?" Rose shook her head. "No, it's more as if they return to be wild animals but keeping their anthropomorphic apparience, not into a creature that only wants to destroy. Think of this like...when you go into a rampage." A cold chill went down the wolf back. "You basically attack everything that stays on your way, however I can't say for sure this is what the drug is meant to do" He sighs, but then he notices a familiar logo on the information in front of him. "Wait, is that the Sylvasta logo?" His mouth tastes like trash after that name leaves his lips, his vision turning red at the reminder of that person. "Yes, they developed a first state of the drug to turn Yaba crazy and silence him, however since Alan quit the company I had access to its research and someone else has done this."

"Someone else? Could it be someone from that family." Again he got a negative answer. "Then who?"

"I'm not sure, this is something I had never seen and it's one of the reasons I ask you to come here without Michiru, I think we may need help from humans outside the city and they must be warned about this my theories are correct about the drug, it can turn beastman into a weapon who will only stop when their hearts stop beating." She stopped, glaring at her old friend to read every body movement but to her surprise he wasn't, or at least didn't shown, to be as mad as she thought. "I wanted to hear what you think about this."

Shirou actually took a moment to look down at his hands then up to see the mayor and finally, to the window, the silence made Rose grow a bit concerned and before she could ask what was wrong, the wolf talked. "I am not happy about it, to me it seems unnecessary to bring humas here and put everyone at risk, they could even try and use this drug against us like they tried to get rid of us with Alan's help." He was almost growling at these words. "But…this could lead to anima city destruction if we can't do something about it, it puts innocent people in danger, beastman and humans for once….if this beastman are as strong as yaba became ill be forced to use Ginro power and it's not an option."

His voice seemed concerned and yet calm, as if he was actually talking far from the building. "Nirvasyl was my home, where my family and friends lived and after I came back I proceeded to look for vengeance and it was nonetheless a beastman family, the Sylvasta family who killed all my clan and in the process I killed countless humans that had nothing to do with that, innocent humans." Rose could feel a sharp feeling on her chest while his friend brought back those memories at the time he placed his hand over his neck, without his collar he could feel the scar. "It's a reason I sealed Ginro, but…maybe not all humans are bad….just as not all beastman are good either."

A long silence followed these words, shirou wasn't looking at rose, his eyes were locked on his own hands once more covered in blood or at least he saw them this way, Rose on the other hand was staring at him, she was speechless at what she just heard. She had to blink a few times to make sure it was shirou nonetheless who was standing in front of her. "You are not the Shirou that rescue me in the past, are you?." Her words sounded like an affirmation instead of a question, making the wolf raise an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

Her facial expression relaxed, showing a half smile before leaning her chin over her hands. "You had changed, Ogami, you may not have seen it, but you had become softer which is not bad after all the suffering you had lived through and I once told you this would happen." Shirou remembers this but not as well as her. "You just accepted that humans were not as bad as you thought, I wonder if this is something you discover yourself or something someone actually showed you." Before he could say anything, the mayor raised her hand. "I'm afraid that this is all the time I possess right now, I was only gonna explain the situation and to ask for your advice and you already gave it to me. I'll be contacting some old contacts and the prime minister, hopefully this time things won't go like last time."

With a puzzle face he nodded, turning around so he could leave the room. She wanted to discuss the rampage he suffered before since he had shown improvement with his anger but it was true that she didn't have the time, not as if she was gonna forget to address that in another moment. Buff before the wolf could leave, she raised her voice. "Shirou, it makes me happy to see you happier now." Then the door was close behind her friend, she was sure her words reached him, but that old bag of bones was terrible sharing his thoughts and feelings.

'Have I really changed that much?' Shirou asks himself leaving the town hall thinking that perhaps he had, without knowing he allowed himself to lower his guard around Michiru, he then brought his hand back to his neck. 'I even stop using that….maybe she made me change.' Rose was standing in front of the window as she saw the guy leaving, she felt as if he wanted to talk about something that had to be about his past, she couldn't put a finger on what but it must be about Nirvasyl, sometimes she had to remember that Shirou was older than her but this prove to be hard since he sometimes act like a teenager.

Nazuna couldn't actually meet Michiru since she had to try the wardrobe for her future concerts, so she texted Nina and she was very happy to have some time with her friend since after everything, the three of them had become close friends. Shirou and Nina's father were not very happy with this but none of them refused to let this happen. After all, both knew there were not many teenagers they could be around with Nina being part of the family and Michiru being a former human, this way both would be protected. This time Flip refused to let them go out because of the disturbances concerning the drug so they were at the girl's house, she was showing the tanuki girl how many friends she had made on facebook after Nazuna became an idol and brought new eyes to the city.

"It is amazing! Finally I have other people who I can talk with! After what happened with Lisa I have to be honest, I was afraid but then all this happened." She was even more energetic sometimes than the tanuki itself which let her know how shirou could feel around her. "Yeah I can see that, I am glad but you must remember to be careful this time. It's not easy to have friends who you had never seen." Nina only rolled her eyes. "Yeah yeah, I know, you don't have to sound like my dad you know? I get that you worry but I had been more careful, trust me I don't want to almost drawn again." She hugged her arms at the memory.

"Anyway! It is very unusual for you to want to hang out without the three of us, not that I mind but is there something bothering you?"

Michiru let her back drop over the bed, turning human for now which showed Nina that indeed something was going on with her friend. "The thing is, I don't know, I feel something is going on but I can't explain, you know?" She covered her face before growling on her hands with exasperation, her head was a mess, she didn't know what came to her in the morning after making breakfast for her and shirou. Hell even that part, making him any food, it wasn't weird for the family but she felt nervous the whole time and when he told her she was good, a warm feeling on her chest made her smile more than ever. "I am just confused about what my life has come to be."

"What? You are not happy? I thought you wanted to be human again and go home."

"Yes I said that but…''She opened her eyes, looking at the ceiling, now she wasn't sure she wanted to leave everything she had become in the past. "I had been feeling like this is where I belong, even if I was human once more…I can't see myself leaving this place." Nina stared at her, thinking on the occasion she meet Michiru, she seem so sad when she told her she wanted to go back to how things used to be and was thrill to find out she recover her human form and yet she was now trying to explain how this was no longer an option for her but then her eyes light up with an idea. "Michiru, could it be you fall in love with someone here?" The girl in question sat up as fast as she could, turning her head towards the dolphin with a robotic movement. "W-what do you mean?...Like...love with your brother?..." Her heart was once more dancing on her chest and the image of Shirou came to her head.

"No silly, like, when you have a boyfriend I mean. You know, someone who holds you and loves you and gives you chocolates!" Michiru's face went from pink to red in an instant. "You know? I actually talked about this with Nazuna before and I never had a boyfriend before." Nina stops and turns to see Michiru with a shocked expression. "Really? Not once?"

"No, never, I was always focused on being a good student and with basketball, so I never really found a guy attractive. I had a few male friends but none catched my attention you know?"

"Michiru, are you even a girl?" Nina's eyes look at her as if she was some kind of weird bug.

"Of course I am! I just had other things on my mind, okay? Also none of them were my type anyway." This was where Nina wanted to bring the conversation. "Then? What type of guy are you into?" She asked at the time she set her phone into recording mode, Nazuna had to hear this too.

"W- you!..."She stopped, what kind of guy was her type? After school she had to worry about turning into a beastman, after this she had to worry about beastman hunters, then get into Anima city, then find her cure and then shirou. 'Shirou?' Why everytime she was thinking about her life now he always came to her head? She always thought about what he would say or do, after all he was for her since the beginning after he learned she used to be a human. "At first I thought that just a good guy would be good I think." He even treats her like an obstacle, refusing her help with everything. "Then I thought maybe a smart guy?" But then he began to slowly accept her help, encouraging her to take yaba to another place, he even caught her from the building she was falling from. "But now I dunno, I suppose…"

"You suppose?" Nina lowered her phone by now, almost 10 minutes had passed and Michiru took every second to slowly explain what was in her mind. "That you don't like guys?" Michiru at first got embarrassed but then laughed a bit, making Nina even more confused. "Nah, I don't like girls if that's what you are trying to say." She reached her right shoulder. "I guess...i just like someone who will be there for me as i'll be there for him, been a team against the world."

"...I don't really understand what you meant but I guess that I'll get it when you get a boyfriend."

"Perhaps, but I dunno if I'll get one for now." Once more he thought about Shirou, his eyes, how cool he looked when was in action. "You know? Now that I think about it...I might like beast guys…" The realization that she did not think this but said it out loud made her cover her mouth, but it was too late, Nina was staring at her with a huge smile on her lips while moving her phone side to side. "So, its about that wolfy guy huh?" Michiru could swear she was about to dig a hole and stay there for the rest of her life.

After a few hours of Nina trying to get any more info about Michiru's crush, the assault girl had to leave since it was almost dark outside. "Oh come on, please stay and sleep here today. We can have a slumber party!" At this point she was almost clinching to the tanuki waist trying to stop her from leaving, but it was in vain. "I'm sorry, but I have to go home or Gen and Melissa will get worry, I promise i'll come to visit more in the future, okay? Maybe next time we can talk about what guys do you like." She then smiled and the girl nodded in return. "Fine! But next time we must have Nazuna over, she must be better at this."

Michiru didn't liked the idea since they would outnumber her, but maybe she would focus the questions on other topics, so she left and even if Flip told his guys to drive her home, she refused saying she would fly home. And so she morphed her arms and fly off into the sky, in direction of the place she had called home from a while now, then her nose catch a familiar scent, she look around but couldn't find what she was looking for, maybe it was just her imagination or maybe he was around to keep an eye on her. "I can take care of myself you know?" She mumbled before landing on the roof, where a wolf was expecting her with his arms crossed. "Shirou? What are you doing here so late?"

The wolf couldn't help but to yawn, cracking his neck. "Well. you were with Flip daughter all afternoon, so i thought i would wait for you to come back and tell you what i learned. But you took all day, so I waited." Michiru's heart skip a beat at the thought of shirou waiting for her to come back home. "Hah, I bet the puppy couldn't go to sleep without this sexy tanuki?" She tease but shirou remains in silence and she would think that he actually found this annoying, if his tail didn't waged for a second. "To the point michiru, i was told that the drug its changing, its still on a beta state and it could be a way for humans to make weapons." He drops the info before sitting on a chair. "It seems like someone outside of Anima city got their hands on Alan's research, so the mayor will ask for the government's help for this." Michiru raised an eyebrow. "Wait, humans? You mean that she will ask humans to come here?"

"Yes, that exactly."

"But i...thought you didn't like humans.." These words made him feel guilty. "Maybe I like some humans, you showed me that not all are bad." He explains with a smile. "I just don0t feel too excited about the ieda, but I didn't refuse. Anima city its my priority after all, if something happens because of my refusal against humans, then it would be my fault."

Then, memories of michiru bleeding out came back to her. "Michiru, this city its still not safe and even if i know you can defend yourself, if something happens i want you to come to me, ill make sure to do whatever i can to protect you, okey?" His voice was full of confidence and concern yet his eyes reminded her of an beast ready to jump into his prey, slowly walking to him to place her arms around his torso. She wasn't sure if it was a crush or if she saw him as a big brother or just a friend, but one thing was clear to her, she just loved how much he cared for her and she felt as if she was invencible having him this close. "Yes i know that much….thanks shirou, just remember that ill also make sure to protect you and make sure you are happy…" She then proceeded to nuzzle on Shirou fur chest, she only had two times where she felt this and yet it felt as if that was a place only she could have, it just felt right. Shirou on the other hand didn't knew how to react, he didn't expect the girl to hug him or rub her face on him at all like a child and he could feel something warm on his chest and he was hell sure that it wasn't just the temperature of the girl, michiru could hear shirou heartbeat increasing.

The sound of his heart, the soft feeling of his fur and his scent invading her nose slowly made her eyelids become heavier as she began to close her eyes, at the feeling of her body going numb, the wolf was fast to catch her and raise her in his arms. She felt so small and the fact she still held his fur and kept her face on his chest made her look adorable, as a kid trying to hide. 'So this is how it feels huh?' Slowly he made his way into the girl room, slowly placing her on the bed and making sure to cover her with blankets, he then took a moment to look at her sleeping face since and notice she seem really beautiful like that and he was about to leave before a grip on his tail forced him to stop, still with her eyes shut, she managed to grab his tail not wanting to let go. His mind then proceeds to think on the drug, the syndrum, the destiny of nirvasyl and what the future could become for Anima city, it could end up like in the past if he….if they didn't put an end to this. 'My dream...if it was the past? Or was actually what the future holds for me and if that is.' He took a seat on the edge of the bed as Michiru proceeded to hug his tail and once more nuzzle on his fur. 'I need to make sure that this future I saw never happens to you.'

This chapter is not what i had in mind, i wanted to work out a bit the trauma that shirou clearly has about all he had live and done, but i think the nightmares and his hallucinations are a good start, also for michiru i am trying to use a profile of girl i seen on the anime before, so i hope you like how they both seems to already care for the other beyond friendship and it's actually the cold shirou who feels a strongest yet unknown feeling for the little tanuki. Guys it would really help me to know what you think since it's my first fanfic in a forein language, so you all know what to do. See ya!