*I don't own anyone used in this story
Wha? Where am I? The girl sat up and looked around but there wasn't much to see; it was pitch black. She continued to try to see something until her eyes fell on two red glowing ovals in a corner.
"Bakuryu?" she asked and the eyes blinked and moved closer.
"You 'wake?" he asked and she nodded but wasn't sure if he saw or not.
"Yes…" she then added and the eyes moved up and down.
"Busuzima told me to watch you 'til you woke up, I'll go get him now," he stated and began to walk toward what she presumed was the door.
"Wait!" the moving of the glowing eyes stopped and turned to her. "Why do you listen to him? Don't you realize you're on the wrong side, hundreds of people out there hate you, don't you care?" she asked and the eyes turned back toward the door.
"He rescued me much like he rescued you, I owe him my life. Now, I'm going to turn on the light…don't kill yourself in shock or nothing 'til Busuzima sees you," he said and a door opened and a little light flooded the room but then the door shut. After a second, lights flickered and then dully stayed on. Kill myself in shock…? The girl paused confused and then remembered about the injection…what had he changed her into? The table she was sitting on was against the wall, a little ways from the one light. Slowly, she got off the table and walked under the light. Expecting everything, she looked down at herself. Her jeans were ripped at the knees and her shoes had come off completely. Green scaled knees shown through the denim and large clawed feet held her upright. She lifted her hands and sighed as she saw they too were scaled, what had he made her, some sort of lizard? There was a creak as the door opened and she turned to her head to see Busuzima walk in followed by Bakuryu. Busuzima grinned as he joined the light with her.
"What do you think?" he asked and she lowered her hands and then looked down at her feet.
"What creature did you change me into?" she asked and there was a short laugh from the strange man.
"Change you into? I didn't choose what you changed into…all humans have zoanthrope genes running through them, but the normal body keeps it trapped, unable to unleash it's power. The chemical I gave you just stopped your body from trapping it, your body choose the form, not I," and with that he handed her a mirror. She slowly took it and held her breath as she raised it to eye level. A snout protruded outward and as she gasped and then gaped at herself as she noticed many sharp teeth encased in her jaw. Two eyes with no pupil stared back, empty and solid grayish white. The back of her head ended in three spikes on either side and she raised her hand to feel them.
"What…" she started and Busuzima stood behind her to see the reflection.
"What are you? Not a normal zoanthrope I'll tell you that, it was probably wrong that your body restricted this form, it obvious you were meant to feel it's power. But form-wise? I'd say you were a type of dragon…" he grinned from behind her and she shook her head.
"A dragon? What has happened to me?" she asked herself and the scientist laughed.
"I've made you one of us! You are now the one you hate so much! And imagine, all those other humans out there feel the same way about zoanthropes, about you, the same way you did…doesn't it anger you?" he asked and she was quiet. Busuzima laughed and then placed his hand on her shoulder. "You can't go outside now, they will hate you, hate you just because you are different. But you can fight back now, you can show them that you are superior!" he yelled and she shook her head frantically.
"No! I don't want to hurt anybody!" she responded and he chuckled again.
"Tsk tsk…when will you understand if you don't defend yourself they will go after you…hunt you until you are dead! You must fight to survive…but you're not alone…I will help you fight, and Bakuryu as well as others, together we can make a better future!" he said and she shook her head again.
"But…" she paused and he nodded.
"I know it's hard, but it's something that must be done, Katzumi, that is your name right?" he stated and she nodded.
"Well, you can't be referred to as that any more…from now on you shall be known as…Kyral, the dragon!"