As before, I own nothing in the surreal reality of utena, it'd be cool though.
Blood On The Roses Chapter 2
Unlikely Alliance
Utena yawned loudly. seventh hour study hall was always such a bore, there was nothing to really be concerned with, she was usually too tired to do homework and too awake to sleep. She enjoyed drawing with Wakaba most of the time, but today her perky friend ws absent. She began to daydream about nothing in particular, just dayreaming. Without warning, the door to the classroom burst open. All the students turned their attention to the doorway, where the disruptive intruder made his entrance. Unfortunately, it wasn't really an intruder, it was an unusually dissheveled Saionji who slunk into the room on wobbly legs and flopped down into Wakaba's empty desk beside Utena, as it was the only desk which remained unoccupied. The teacher began to lecture him on how important it was to be punctual and how as a member of the Student Council he had to set a good example for the rest of the students.
Utena cast a glance in Saionji's direction. She gave a start when she looked at his eyes, they were bloodshot and exhausted. He put his head on his crossed arms and waited for the teacher to finish her lecture. He wished she would be quiet, her high voice hurt his ears, which were oddly sensitive that day. He felt himself being watched and turned his head to the left, directly into the blue eyes of Utena Tenjou.
"What?" he asked, muffled by his sleeved arms.
Utena looked surprised, she had never thought he would willingly address her of all people. She stammered:
"Oh, Ummm, nothing. It's just that well, you look terribly tired. Even I notice,"
"I haven't slept in four days, haven't slept well for a week,"
"Why not?"
"Why should I tell you?"
"Hey! I'm just trying to help! You're the one who started crying a river on me! Now it's your responsibility, and obligation to tell me what's wrong so I can masterfully think of a way to assist you!"
"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" the teachers annoying voice shot at Utena. Saionji clasped his hands over his pained ears. Utena blushed and looked back at Saionji.
"It's not your business. Why would you help me anyway?"
In a distinctly lower voice, Utena responded:
"Well, its obvious that you need to address whatever is bothering you before you really hurt yourself. It's my duty as a human being to make sure you do something, no matter what's come between us in the past. It's just the right thing to do,"
"Feh,"
"Really, I won't tell anyone else. I promise, I respect what is important to others and I know your image is important to you,"
"Fine , but not here,"
"All right, you name the place,"
"The rose garden,at five o'clock. Only duelsists and the Rose Bride are allowed in there. It will be private and sound proof,"
"Fine by me,"
Utena took out her Lunar phases chart. Saionji looked over, She was copying notes from another book onto her paper, so she didn't notice he was looking, or the way his eyes widened when he realized that tomorrow night was a full moon. He began to sweat and his hands felt clammy suddenly.
No! It couldn't be. It just couldn't. Why, if it is, which I'm not saying it is, didn't it happen before? It just can't be. I'm probably just hallucinating because I haven't been getting enough sleep. He thought to himself.
The seventh hour bell rang and all the other students quickly got up and left. It was a Friday afternoon and everyone wanted to get home for the weekend. Except for Utena, who always stayed on weekends and Saionji who slowly dragged himself up and out of the classroom.
Utena let a look of worry show on her face. She hadn't realized he looked this bad. She smiled and shouted to him:
"Hey, Saionji see you at five. Try to get some rest, okay?"
He looked at her for a moment and gave a half smile, it seemed to take all the extra stregnth he had to manage that. Then, he continued towards his dorm.
Did he actually try to be nice? What's going on? Utena thought to herself. She shrugged, threw her bag over her shulder and went to her dorm room.
.............................................................4:30 PM
Utena folded her lunar chart an prepared to o met Saionji. A large silver sphere caught her attention.
"Hey, there's a full moon tomorrow! I'll have to take some pictures of it for extra credit!"
She put away her materials and made herself a snack and........waited.
4:45 PM
Now she could go, it only took her ten minutes to walk to the rose garden, but she knew that people who are so utterly exhausted like Saionji was, were irked by the tiniest offenses, might as well be on time.
When she got to the rose garden, she did not see anyone. So, she went inside to wait, eager to enjoy being early for once. Upon entering, she heard a voice from the corner say,
"You're early,"
Saionji!
"So are you, " Utena observed,"When did you get here?"
"Two hours ago,"
"Why?"
"Some annoying underclassman was telling his buddies about last night and they were all waiting for me outside of my room. So, I cam here instead. You should have heard the way they were whispering, like no on would here them!"
"Whispering? Where were you? In relation to them, I mean?"
"Down he hall and around the corner,"
"And you heard them?"
"Yes, is that so bizarre your mind can't comprehend it? My ears are very sensitive today, I don't know why,"
"That's why you covered your ears during study hall, that "shhhhh" hurt, Am I right?"
"Yes,"
"Hmmm. So what happened last night?"
"He came into my room. It was my fault, I didn't lock the door. I.I had a nightmare and I screamed. I guess it was louder than I thought,"
"What was it about? Do you remember?"
"Yes, Hey what is this? Twenty-questions?"
"I'm trying to help, remember? It's therepeutic to talk about your problems, it kind of releases them from you, you know?"
"Fine. It was a stupid dream. I dreamed I turned into a monster,"
"What kind?"
"I don't know, a big green wolf-like monster. But, it doesn't look like a wolf, it's feet and hands are different. . It is bigger and more muscular than any wolf I've ever seen,"
"Interesting, Is that why you can't sleep?"
"Yes, that nightmare is waiting for me every time I shut my eyes,"
'Has anything else happened? Anything at all?"
Shoud I tell her I was awake when I screamed last night? She might tell everyone! She said she wouldn't, Can I trust my enemy? Do I have a choice? Maybe she knows a way to help me.
Utena could tell he was thinking.
"Something did happen, didn't it? Tell me everything, I'm trying to help you, Damn it!"
He was caught by her sudden outburst.
"Okay....Last night......," he seemed to have trouble finding words. He swallowed seceral times and continued.
"Last night, My dream started t be real"
"What?"
"It started like the dream always does. There's always pain here," he tapped the left breast on his uniform. "Then my hand hurts and it changes,"
"Into what?"
"I don't know! A big claw or something!"
"Like in the dream? Exactly?"
"Yes! Do I have to spell it out! Do you know how hard it is to tell everything that makes me vulnerable to someone like you?"
"I'm sorry, I know this must be hard for you, but, I promised to help you and that's what I'm going to do,"
"How?"
"I don't know. I'll think of something, though,"
Utena turned her attention to the purple and pink sky above her. The sun was setting and it was very breathtaking.
"It's so pretty," she whispered to herself. She was shaken from her enjoyment, by a gasping sound coming from Saionji.
"Saionji? what is it?"
"It hurts,"
"Where?"
He grabbed the fabric of his uniform on the left side. Utena's eyes grew wide,
"What's going on?" she asked.
"I don't know. It hurts, it burns, It feels l ke a bunch of needles are trying to poke their way through my skin,"
"Saionji! Your hand! It's bleeding!"
Blood was dripping thickly on the floor, falling in heavy drops. Saionji opened his hand to reveal his growing claws that had sunk into the palm of his clenched hand and cut deep into his skin. The burning feeling began on the back of his hand and spread up his arm. Utena gasped, the burning was the sprouting of green fur, which went all the way up to his elbow. She also noticed his fingers were growing larger and longer. His palm was growing thicker as well, now accomadating two doglike pads. Utena noticed Saionji's ears had become long and pointed, he noticed her staring.
"What?"
"Your ears....."
"What's wrong with them?"
"Feel with your good hand,'
"What the-What is wrong with me?"
"Saionji, your other hand!"
"Now it's changing too? How much am I going to change? Why won't it stop?"
Utena could tell he was losing control, getting panicked. The more upset he became, the faster the fur seemed to crawl up his arms.
"Saionji! Calm down! I think you're changing faster as you get upset,"
"How can i calm down?!!"
"Just try!"
He tried, he tried as hard as he could. But panic kept creeping into his mind. Utena's scowl brought him back to relaxing. As he relaxed, he noticed the fur begin to retreat, which helped him to calm down more. After a few minutes, the only sign of his transformation was the injured hand. Utena checked the wound.
"We'd better get to my dorm room. I have a first aid kit and I can think about what to do," she sugested.
"I see, that way we avoid the nurse and any unwanted questions,"
"Exactly,"
.....................
After she dressed Saionji's wound, Utena began to research the problem. She could find no medical cause for it. She slammed her fist down on the table in frustration, causing a book about lunar legends to fall open, she had borrowed it from the library for her project. As if by magic, the book fell open to a page with a large wolflike creature on it. A sudden light of realization dawned on Utena as she read the page. The symptoms matched exactly and so did the time period, tomorrow was a full moon. Of course! Why hadn't she relized it sooner.
"Saionji! I know what's wrong with you!"
"Well, that's a start. What is it?"
"Oh, you're a...a werewolf,"
"What?"
"I said-"
"I heard what you said! How can that be possible? It can't be! I can't be a.....an animal! I'm not!"
"I don't know, but at least we know what's wrong,"
"But, I don't want to be! I don't want to be some kind of monster!"
"You're afraid, I can tell. What are you afraid of?"
"Nothing!"
"But you are, don't hide it,"
"I don't want to live as a freak. No one would look up to me, they'd avoid me! I'd spend most of my time trying to escape being killed. I couldn't stand that! I don't want to be an animal! I just want to stay myself! Why hasn't it happened before if that's what it is?"
"I can't explain that, but I can xplin why our changes progress slowly. The moon begins to enter its phase here on the chart, so your body gets "false alarms" and changes a little, but not all the way because it isn't a full moon. Tomorrow is, so you'll probably make a full transformation,"
"You mean-"
"You'll become the creature from your dreams,"
5:50 pm
The two had decided to o down to the rose garden again, even if it was Saturday and there were less than five people on the campus, they wanted to be sure no one else noticed. Utena stood by the door patiently. She cast a glance over at Saionji, who was moving with agitation.
"Are you okay, Saionji?"
"i'm not sure. For the firs time in my life I'm terrified. What if something goes wrong and I'm stuck forever?"
"I doubt that will happen, you may not even tranform at all," she tried to cheer him up.
As the sun slowly dipped below the horizon, Saionji saw mental flashes of the creature from his dream in his mind. It was from varius angles, almost like.... a blueprint? A sudden pain gripped his head and the dream played through again, faster than ever before. He suddenly realized what was going on. His body was doublechecking the plan. No........
Utena noticed Saionji's panicked expression.
"Saionji? What's wrong is it starting?"
"The dream......No! I don't want to be that.....thing!" Saionji was fighting an unseen force and losing horribly.
There was a horrible ripping sound a enormous black claws burst from the tips of his fingers, causing blood to spatter on everything. He grabbed his left wrist as if to cut off circulation.
"Utena,....it burns"
She took his hand and inspected it and almost dropped it as thick, spiky green fur shot up through the pores of his skin. The fur coninued sprouting all the way up his arm, moving over him like a wave. His shirt becoming noticably tighter in a matter of seconds. The immense pain knocked him against the wall. Where he gasped and choked. He struggled to undo the clip at his neck, but his hands were stll changing and were difficult to work with. Utena leaned over and undid it for him. Green fur spilled out as she did. She looked at his face, which, with the exception of the green fur crawling up his neck, looked normal. But then he opened his eyes. They were still the same grey color they always were, but as he opened them, his ears grew very long and pointed. He stuggled to get up, but there was a sickening crunching sound as his leg bones changed shape. Utena's stomach turned at the sound. Saionji fell, revealing a steadily growing bump on the seat of his pants, he could no longer stand erect on two legs. Utena saw terror in his eyes, she began to feel afraid as well. Every instinct told her to run, but she had to stay! She promised! Even nif it was Saionji, she couldn't leave him here alone!
She noticed Saionji's body swelling, becoming large and very muscular, his shirt ripping in several places revealing the fur and definition beneath. He pushed himself up onto his knees with his claw-like hands. He looked at Utena in desparation. She noticed his teeth were becoming enormous fangs and were hanging out of his mouth, accompanied by a disgusting stretching sound and more macabre cracking from different parts of his body. He tried to speak, his voice sounded distorted with chilling tones, but there was still some tones that were distinctly Saionji.
"U-Ten-A, Please don't go. I don't want to be alone. Just donn-awwwwrrooo," His voice box shifted and changed so suddenly that he couldn't even finish his sentence. He gripped his throat with his talon -like hands in disbelief. His face became very canine and his nose merged with his mouth to form a muzzle to accomodate his fangs in one swift motion. His shoes suddenly burst open, revealing the five taloned feet that were being crushed inside them the whole time. It was followed by another ripping sound from the seat of his pants, where a large bushy tail exploded outward. The change finally complete, Utena stood trembling before an enormous monster which had moments before been her classmate. She swallowed hard and continued to tremble, despite efforts to stop. The monster let out a hrrible, mournful howl, the sound revealed its dual nature, the cry of a wild animal mixed with the screams of a human being trapped and afraid.
Blood On The Roses Chapter 2
Unlikely Alliance
Utena yawned loudly. seventh hour study hall was always such a bore, there was nothing to really be concerned with, she was usually too tired to do homework and too awake to sleep. She enjoyed drawing with Wakaba most of the time, but today her perky friend ws absent. She began to daydream about nothing in particular, just dayreaming. Without warning, the door to the classroom burst open. All the students turned their attention to the doorway, where the disruptive intruder made his entrance. Unfortunately, it wasn't really an intruder, it was an unusually dissheveled Saionji who slunk into the room on wobbly legs and flopped down into Wakaba's empty desk beside Utena, as it was the only desk which remained unoccupied. The teacher began to lecture him on how important it was to be punctual and how as a member of the Student Council he had to set a good example for the rest of the students.
Utena cast a glance in Saionji's direction. She gave a start when she looked at his eyes, they were bloodshot and exhausted. He put his head on his crossed arms and waited for the teacher to finish her lecture. He wished she would be quiet, her high voice hurt his ears, which were oddly sensitive that day. He felt himself being watched and turned his head to the left, directly into the blue eyes of Utena Tenjou.
"What?" he asked, muffled by his sleeved arms.
Utena looked surprised, she had never thought he would willingly address her of all people. She stammered:
"Oh, Ummm, nothing. It's just that well, you look terribly tired. Even I notice,"
"I haven't slept in four days, haven't slept well for a week,"
"Why not?"
"Why should I tell you?"
"Hey! I'm just trying to help! You're the one who started crying a river on me! Now it's your responsibility, and obligation to tell me what's wrong so I can masterfully think of a way to assist you!"
"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" the teachers annoying voice shot at Utena. Saionji clasped his hands over his pained ears. Utena blushed and looked back at Saionji.
"It's not your business. Why would you help me anyway?"
In a distinctly lower voice, Utena responded:
"Well, its obvious that you need to address whatever is bothering you before you really hurt yourself. It's my duty as a human being to make sure you do something, no matter what's come between us in the past. It's just the right thing to do,"
"Feh,"
"Really, I won't tell anyone else. I promise, I respect what is important to others and I know your image is important to you,"
"Fine , but not here,"
"All right, you name the place,"
"The rose garden,at five o'clock. Only duelsists and the Rose Bride are allowed in there. It will be private and sound proof,"
"Fine by me,"
Utena took out her Lunar phases chart. Saionji looked over, She was copying notes from another book onto her paper, so she didn't notice he was looking, or the way his eyes widened when he realized that tomorrow night was a full moon. He began to sweat and his hands felt clammy suddenly.
No! It couldn't be. It just couldn't. Why, if it is, which I'm not saying it is, didn't it happen before? It just can't be. I'm probably just hallucinating because I haven't been getting enough sleep. He thought to himself.
The seventh hour bell rang and all the other students quickly got up and left. It was a Friday afternoon and everyone wanted to get home for the weekend. Except for Utena, who always stayed on weekends and Saionji who slowly dragged himself up and out of the classroom.
Utena let a look of worry show on her face. She hadn't realized he looked this bad. She smiled and shouted to him:
"Hey, Saionji see you at five. Try to get some rest, okay?"
He looked at her for a moment and gave a half smile, it seemed to take all the extra stregnth he had to manage that. Then, he continued towards his dorm.
Did he actually try to be nice? What's going on? Utena thought to herself. She shrugged, threw her bag over her shulder and went to her dorm room.
.............................................................4:30 PM
Utena folded her lunar chart an prepared to o met Saionji. A large silver sphere caught her attention.
"Hey, there's a full moon tomorrow! I'll have to take some pictures of it for extra credit!"
She put away her materials and made herself a snack and........waited.
4:45 PM
Now she could go, it only took her ten minutes to walk to the rose garden, but she knew that people who are so utterly exhausted like Saionji was, were irked by the tiniest offenses, might as well be on time.
When she got to the rose garden, she did not see anyone. So, she went inside to wait, eager to enjoy being early for once. Upon entering, she heard a voice from the corner say,
"You're early,"
Saionji!
"So are you, " Utena observed,"When did you get here?"
"Two hours ago,"
"Why?"
"Some annoying underclassman was telling his buddies about last night and they were all waiting for me outside of my room. So, I cam here instead. You should have heard the way they were whispering, like no on would here them!"
"Whispering? Where were you? In relation to them, I mean?"
"Down he hall and around the corner,"
"And you heard them?"
"Yes, is that so bizarre your mind can't comprehend it? My ears are very sensitive today, I don't know why,"
"That's why you covered your ears during study hall, that "shhhhh" hurt, Am I right?"
"Yes,"
"Hmmm. So what happened last night?"
"He came into my room. It was my fault, I didn't lock the door. I.I had a nightmare and I screamed. I guess it was louder than I thought,"
"What was it about? Do you remember?"
"Yes, Hey what is this? Twenty-questions?"
"I'm trying to help, remember? It's therepeutic to talk about your problems, it kind of releases them from you, you know?"
"Fine. It was a stupid dream. I dreamed I turned into a monster,"
"What kind?"
"I don't know, a big green wolf-like monster. But, it doesn't look like a wolf, it's feet and hands are different. . It is bigger and more muscular than any wolf I've ever seen,"
"Interesting, Is that why you can't sleep?"
"Yes, that nightmare is waiting for me every time I shut my eyes,"
'Has anything else happened? Anything at all?"
Shoud I tell her I was awake when I screamed last night? She might tell everyone! She said she wouldn't, Can I trust my enemy? Do I have a choice? Maybe she knows a way to help me.
Utena could tell he was thinking.
"Something did happen, didn't it? Tell me everything, I'm trying to help you, Damn it!"
He was caught by her sudden outburst.
"Okay....Last night......," he seemed to have trouble finding words. He swallowed seceral times and continued.
"Last night, My dream started t be real"
"What?"
"It started like the dream always does. There's always pain here," he tapped the left breast on his uniform. "Then my hand hurts and it changes,"
"Into what?"
"I don't know! A big claw or something!"
"Like in the dream? Exactly?"
"Yes! Do I have to spell it out! Do you know how hard it is to tell everything that makes me vulnerable to someone like you?"
"I'm sorry, I know this must be hard for you, but, I promised to help you and that's what I'm going to do,"
"How?"
"I don't know. I'll think of something, though,"
Utena turned her attention to the purple and pink sky above her. The sun was setting and it was very breathtaking.
"It's so pretty," she whispered to herself. She was shaken from her enjoyment, by a gasping sound coming from Saionji.
"Saionji? what is it?"
"It hurts,"
"Where?"
He grabbed the fabric of his uniform on the left side. Utena's eyes grew wide,
"What's going on?" she asked.
"I don't know. It hurts, it burns, It feels l ke a bunch of needles are trying to poke their way through my skin,"
"Saionji! Your hand! It's bleeding!"
Blood was dripping thickly on the floor, falling in heavy drops. Saionji opened his hand to reveal his growing claws that had sunk into the palm of his clenched hand and cut deep into his skin. The burning feeling began on the back of his hand and spread up his arm. Utena gasped, the burning was the sprouting of green fur, which went all the way up to his elbow. She also noticed his fingers were growing larger and longer. His palm was growing thicker as well, now accomadating two doglike pads. Utena noticed Saionji's ears had become long and pointed, he noticed her staring.
"What?"
"Your ears....."
"What's wrong with them?"
"Feel with your good hand,'
"What the-What is wrong with me?"
"Saionji, your other hand!"
"Now it's changing too? How much am I going to change? Why won't it stop?"
Utena could tell he was losing control, getting panicked. The more upset he became, the faster the fur seemed to crawl up his arms.
"Saionji! Calm down! I think you're changing faster as you get upset,"
"How can i calm down?!!"
"Just try!"
He tried, he tried as hard as he could. But panic kept creeping into his mind. Utena's scowl brought him back to relaxing. As he relaxed, he noticed the fur begin to retreat, which helped him to calm down more. After a few minutes, the only sign of his transformation was the injured hand. Utena checked the wound.
"We'd better get to my dorm room. I have a first aid kit and I can think about what to do," she sugested.
"I see, that way we avoid the nurse and any unwanted questions,"
"Exactly,"
.....................
After she dressed Saionji's wound, Utena began to research the problem. She could find no medical cause for it. She slammed her fist down on the table in frustration, causing a book about lunar legends to fall open, she had borrowed it from the library for her project. As if by magic, the book fell open to a page with a large wolflike creature on it. A sudden light of realization dawned on Utena as she read the page. The symptoms matched exactly and so did the time period, tomorrow was a full moon. Of course! Why hadn't she relized it sooner.
"Saionji! I know what's wrong with you!"
"Well, that's a start. What is it?"
"Oh, you're a...a werewolf,"
"What?"
"I said-"
"I heard what you said! How can that be possible? It can't be! I can't be a.....an animal! I'm not!"
"I don't know, but at least we know what's wrong,"
"But, I don't want to be! I don't want to be some kind of monster!"
"You're afraid, I can tell. What are you afraid of?"
"Nothing!"
"But you are, don't hide it,"
"I don't want to live as a freak. No one would look up to me, they'd avoid me! I'd spend most of my time trying to escape being killed. I couldn't stand that! I don't want to be an animal! I just want to stay myself! Why hasn't it happened before if that's what it is?"
"I can't explain that, but I can xplin why our changes progress slowly. The moon begins to enter its phase here on the chart, so your body gets "false alarms" and changes a little, but not all the way because it isn't a full moon. Tomorrow is, so you'll probably make a full transformation,"
"You mean-"
"You'll become the creature from your dreams,"
5:50 pm
The two had decided to o down to the rose garden again, even if it was Saturday and there were less than five people on the campus, they wanted to be sure no one else noticed. Utena stood by the door patiently. She cast a glance over at Saionji, who was moving with agitation.
"Are you okay, Saionji?"
"i'm not sure. For the firs time in my life I'm terrified. What if something goes wrong and I'm stuck forever?"
"I doubt that will happen, you may not even tranform at all," she tried to cheer him up.
As the sun slowly dipped below the horizon, Saionji saw mental flashes of the creature from his dream in his mind. It was from varius angles, almost like.... a blueprint? A sudden pain gripped his head and the dream played through again, faster than ever before. He suddenly realized what was going on. His body was doublechecking the plan. No........
Utena noticed Saionji's panicked expression.
"Saionji? What's wrong is it starting?"
"The dream......No! I don't want to be that.....thing!" Saionji was fighting an unseen force and losing horribly.
There was a horrible ripping sound a enormous black claws burst from the tips of his fingers, causing blood to spatter on everything. He grabbed his left wrist as if to cut off circulation.
"Utena,....it burns"
She took his hand and inspected it and almost dropped it as thick, spiky green fur shot up through the pores of his skin. The fur coninued sprouting all the way up his arm, moving over him like a wave. His shirt becoming noticably tighter in a matter of seconds. The immense pain knocked him against the wall. Where he gasped and choked. He struggled to undo the clip at his neck, but his hands were stll changing and were difficult to work with. Utena leaned over and undid it for him. Green fur spilled out as she did. She looked at his face, which, with the exception of the green fur crawling up his neck, looked normal. But then he opened his eyes. They were still the same grey color they always were, but as he opened them, his ears grew very long and pointed. He stuggled to get up, but there was a sickening crunching sound as his leg bones changed shape. Utena's stomach turned at the sound. Saionji fell, revealing a steadily growing bump on the seat of his pants, he could no longer stand erect on two legs. Utena saw terror in his eyes, she began to feel afraid as well. Every instinct told her to run, but she had to stay! She promised! Even nif it was Saionji, she couldn't leave him here alone!
She noticed Saionji's body swelling, becoming large and very muscular, his shirt ripping in several places revealing the fur and definition beneath. He pushed himself up onto his knees with his claw-like hands. He looked at Utena in desparation. She noticed his teeth were becoming enormous fangs and were hanging out of his mouth, accompanied by a disgusting stretching sound and more macabre cracking from different parts of his body. He tried to speak, his voice sounded distorted with chilling tones, but there was still some tones that were distinctly Saionji.
"U-Ten-A, Please don't go. I don't want to be alone. Just donn-awwwwrrooo," His voice box shifted and changed so suddenly that he couldn't even finish his sentence. He gripped his throat with his talon -like hands in disbelief. His face became very canine and his nose merged with his mouth to form a muzzle to accomodate his fangs in one swift motion. His shoes suddenly burst open, revealing the five taloned feet that were being crushed inside them the whole time. It was followed by another ripping sound from the seat of his pants, where a large bushy tail exploded outward. The change finally complete, Utena stood trembling before an enormous monster which had moments before been her classmate. She swallowed hard and continued to tremble, despite efforts to stop. The monster let out a hrrible, mournful howl, the sound revealed its dual nature, the cry of a wild animal mixed with the screams of a human being trapped and afraid.