Without Consent
By: Lady Kuroi Bara
Disclaimer: All characters belong to their rightful owners.
This is a little idea I was struck with while on a site I'm rather fond of. Anyway, I love everybody whom gave me this idea! Though it doesn't follow exactly what we had created of this plot, I changed some things to my liking. Sorry! Anywho, please continue to read on and enjoy this story! Or... at least humor me and say you enjoyed it. –sweatdrops-
And so the story begins...
The school building was empty and quiet. The release bell had long ago rang. And yet, some of the students were still present. Amongst the small bundle of students was a female. She had been sitting on the Front Office Building's bench for quite some time now. Why, you may ask? Rain.
"As much as I love the rain... it could've waited till I got home." She mumbled in annoyance. Of course, she would've walked home in the rain, but the harsh winds would've blown her school uniform's skirt about, putting her in a position she'd really rather not be in. She decided to wait till at least the wind subdued.
"Well, there's nothing else to do, might as well study, that quiz is coming up." Sighing, the girl pushed back loose strands of deep brown hair. Her chocolate brown eyes scanned the inside of her backpack, searching for the textbook that was necessary for her studying.
"Where did it go?!" She cried, lifting up a folder. "I-it's not here." She released her grip on the strap of the backpack, and let it crash back onto the cement by her feet. Unfortunately, the contents slid out, and lay spewed along the ground. Looking outwards, she thought to herself, 'The wind is picking up, I can feel the rain drops but I'm underneath the corridor's roof.'
"Why are you still here, Uriko?" Came a rather deep, male voice, "School let out forty-five minutes ago."
"Eh?" Uriko quickly snapped her head up, to see Kenji Ohgami standing up above her, a blue umbrella in his hand shielding himself from the rain, a pink one in the other. "Alice and your Mother are distressed about your whereabouts. Alice has reached the point where she had called Yugo and I."
Uriko shook her head, "I'm waiting out the wind." She pointed outwards, "My skirt will blow up. I don't want that to happen." She bent over, shoving the contents back into school bag. Kenji patiently waited for her to finish shoving in her papers and textbooks.
She glanced at him, followed by proceeding to turn and pull her backpack on, "Even if I didn't want to go, you'd make me, wouldn't you?" She asked, scanning the ground for reassurance she had not left any of her school supplies. No response. "Kenji?" She asked, turning back to him.
He blinked a couple of times, "Are you mad?!" He yelled, turning to his sides to see if anybody was near. 'What is she thinking?!' Kenji quickly shielded Uriko from sight of anybody, using his umbrella.
"What? Mad? Like angry? No." Uriko sweatdropped, not understanding what exactly was going through Kenji's head. She pondered why he was so antsy so suddenly.
"Why are you beastorizing?" He looked almost angry, "What if somebody sees you?!" He arched an eyebrow, and pointed at her head.
Uriko blinked, "Beastorizing...? I'm not beastorizing." She shook her head, 'He's the one who's mad...' She patted his shoulder, "I think somebody's been studying too much. You need rest." She gave him a wide grin, eyes closed and all.
"No, really." He grumbled, "I beg of you, please do not beastorize in public." He shook his head, then quickly resumed scanning the area for anybody.
"No, really." She imitated, "You're studying too much." She shook her head, and held up her hand to pat his shoulder once more, "I am—"She cut herself off. Her hand was covered in fur. "Wha?!" Uriko cried. 'But why am I beastorizing?! I don't want too!' She yelled in her mind.
Kenji realized that Uriko was not pulling his leg, "Uriko?!" He murmured, holding out his hand. She dropped to her knees, holding her head.
'Oh! M-my head! What's going on?!' She cried silently. The wind gave a harsh blast of air, and Uriko trembled. Fangs began to grow, as well as her cat-like ears began to sprout out of her skull and hair.
"Uriko! Try to stop it!" Kenji yelled, grabbing her shoulders, and gently shaking them. The wind subdued again. Her eyes widened and before she could fully become her half-beast self, it stopped. The fur, fangs, and cat ears quickly became hidden.
"That... was weird." Uriko mumbled, holding her head in pain. Drenched in sweat, Uriko shook her head. "I could barely control my body..." She looked up to Kenji, "Has that ever... happened to you? Ever?"
He shook his head, "I am sorry, never has that happened to me." Looking up, he nodded, "Let's get to your house, or mine, and find Yugo and Alice. We can talk to them and ask if they know what's going on." He handed her the pink umbrella Alice forced him to carry to give to Uriko. "Let's be on our way."
The entire trip from school to Uriko's house was quiet and uneventful.
Uriko entered her key into the key slot, and unlocked her front door. "Mother? Alice? Yugo?" Uriko stepped inside, removing her house key and slipping it back into her pocket, "C'mon in." She murmured to Kenji.
They walked into the living room. Voices. "Mother!" Uriko cried, "I'll be right back. Just... uh, sit on the couch." She sweatdropped while Kenji proceeded to sit on the couch, a look of obvious hope Yugo would come back across his face. He felt awkward sitting all alone in her living room.
"Mother?" Uriko asked, opening her Mother's bedroom door. Surprising Uriko, Alice was in Mitsuko's room. "Alice? What're you doing in here? Where's Mother?" Uriko murmured, walking to the foot of the large bed. 'Alice is alone, then why'd I hear voices? She was probably on the phone.'
"We've been worried sick about you, Uriko! Where have you been?!" Alice grumbled, picking up the phone. Uriko opened her mouth to speak, but Alice held her hand up, letting Uriko know that her time to speak was not now. Alice spoke briefly to Mitsuko, letting her know Uriko was well and that a search party would not be necessary. Setting the phone down, Alice nodded, then looked about, "Where's Kenji?"
"Kenji? He's in the living room." Uriko murmured, "Why?" She was somewhat puzzled by this at first. Naivete was something Uriko was good at, obviously.
Alice shook her head, "Well, we wouldn't want Kenji to disappear on us as well. Anyway, as you were saying? You may continue." Alice gave Uriko a reassuring smile that she wasn't angry. Uriko felt at ease now.
"I was at school. There was a really bad wind blowing, and well... I didn't want my skirt to fly up—"Uriko began, realizing how stupid it was now. 'How childish that was...' She scolded herself silently.
"..." Alice sweatdropped. Down the hallway, the front door was heard opening then shutting. Mitsuko's voice rang through the hallway, "Uriko-o-o-o-o-o-o?!" Another sweatdrop from Alice.
Uriko and Alice quickly made their way to join in with everybody in the living room. Mitsuko beamed with delight, "Uriko! Where have you been young lady?! I was so worried about you!" She embraced her daughter into a warm hug.
Uriko shook her head, debating whether she should tell Mitsuko where she was first, or what happened. "Mother, I was at school due to the rain. And while there... something weird happened to me."
Mitsuko let go of Uriko to get a better look at her face, "Something... happened?" She repeated, "Like what?" Her face was twisted in fear. "Nothing serious, was it?" Worry set in now.
Uriko looked to Kenji, a silent plea of help. Kenji looked to Mitsuko, "Something's wrong." Feeling it wasn't his job to tell about Uriko's beastorizing episode, he decided not to continue on. He only leaned gently back into the cushioned sofa.
'Not much of a talker.' Alice sweatdropped, 'How does Yugo stand such a silent kid?' She looked to Uriko, then back to Mitsuko, and back to Uriko, awaiting the answer.
"You see, today..." Uriko began, "I was waiting on the school bench for the wind to die down. Then Kenji came, and while we were talking, I began to beastorize. Without my wanting to. Is something wrong with me?" She tugged gently at Mitsuko's sleeve.
"You beastorized without your consent?" Yugo cut in. He pondered this for a moment, juggling it in his mind. "That makes no sense. You should have absolute power over your actions. Including beastorizing at will." Yugo looked down at the ground, trying to find a quick conclusion to Uriko's unwanted beastorizing
moment.
Uriko nodded, "That's what I thought, but today I could barely control myself." She frowned, "Do you think it will happen again?" She sat down on the sofa's arm rest, her right leg crossed over her left.
Alice looked to Yugo, who looked to Kenji, who looked at Mitsuko, "No one can say for sure." Kenji mumbled, "Another question I'd like answered is: Will this, in time, happen to ALL zoanthropes?"
Another long, quiet pause about the group. "And if it does happen to us... what's causing this?" Yugo asked. The thought lead to many suspects. They looked at one another, wondering who would be the first to name Busuzima.
"Well... Busuzima's pretty damn high up on my suspect list." Mitsuko muttered, "It's probably one of his new experiments." She shook her head, remembering what had happened long ago. Shuddering, she continued, "He probably is trying to take over the world again, or whatever it is psychos do."
Uriko looked panic stricken. "What should we do...?" She murmured, not wanting to be the victim of another experiment. She looked down at her legs, 'If Busuzima is behind this, how did he get to me? I haven't seen him or any of his henchmen. How could I be an experiment if he never had physical contact with me? Maybe... he got to me while I was sleeping?' Uriko quickly shook the thought away. The thought of Busuzima in her room, while she slept of all times, was one she could only witness in a nightmare.
"Simple," Yugo began, "Find Busuzima and figure out what he's up too." Yugo folded his arms over his chest. "Then make him stop." The words and answer were so simple, and yet so true. Nobody would want to overlook Busuzima when it came to suspects. They may have had no solid evidence to prove Busuzima guilty, but he was still on top of the suspect list.
Kenji nodded, "Then use a permanent solution to put an end on his sadistic experiments." Obviously, Kenji was still annoyed and angered by his own previous meetings with Busuzima. It sent a chill up and down his spine. Quickly, Kenji shook off the sensation.
"Then it's settled! Yugo, Kenji, Uriko and I will set out and find Busuzima. Mother, I don't want you to get hurt. Besides, what about the store?" Alice murmured, turning to Mitsuko. As much as Mitsuko would help, she had other priorities at home.
Mitsuko pulled strands of deep brown hair out of her eyes, "If you need any help at all, please come to me." Filled with grief, Mitsuko agreed to let them go. She really hadn't wanted them too, but she knew either way, they'd go without her.
"When do we leave?" Uriko asked, now filled with adventure. Filled with determination, Uriko looked up to Yugo. 'I'll want to teach Busuzima a lesson on using people as experiments!'
Yugo looked at his wrist, where his wrist watch resided, "Tomorrow. Morning. Say... 8?" He looked up at Alice and Uriko, wondering if he'd gain their approval.
Alice nodded, "Sounds good to me. What about you, Uriko? Eight in the morning good for you?"
Luckily, it was a Friday, no school. Uriko nodded, "I'm up for it!" She thrust her hands into the air, a smile stretched across her face. Though tucked away in the back of her mind was the worry she had over studying and her test.
Yugo looked to Kenji, "Kenji, you up for 8 in the morning?" Yugo tilted his head, knowing Kenji would agree, but it is nice to let him have his own way of approval on the time.
"I have no problem with it." Kenji nodded, his arms crossed firmly over his chest. He shrugged, and tilted his head slightly.
"We'll pick you two up, okay Alice?" Yugo turned to her, and smiled.
Alice returned the smile, with a bit of blush, "Uh-huh. No problem!"
With that said, the group decided at 8 in the morning, they would set out to find the reason Uriko- and whomever else they didn't know about yet- was changing.
And so Chapter One draws to a close...
- Sorry I got so sloppy to the end, I pulled off an all-nighter playing another one of my favorite video games, Tales of Eternia ((Or Tales of Destiny II)) by NAMCO. Great game, absolutely love it. XD I just beat it this morning! Anyway, humor me dammit, and tell me how great my story was. :3 Just kidding, you don't have to be so kind. Get ready for Chapter Two! Coming up... er... whenever I have spare time. –sweatdrops- Which will probably be tomorrow.
Until then, see ya.
By: Lady Kuroi Bara
Disclaimer: All characters belong to their rightful owners.
This is a little idea I was struck with while on a site I'm rather fond of. Anyway, I love everybody whom gave me this idea! Though it doesn't follow exactly what we had created of this plot, I changed some things to my liking. Sorry! Anywho, please continue to read on and enjoy this story! Or... at least humor me and say you enjoyed it. –sweatdrops-
And so the story begins...
The school building was empty and quiet. The release bell had long ago rang. And yet, some of the students were still present. Amongst the small bundle of students was a female. She had been sitting on the Front Office Building's bench for quite some time now. Why, you may ask? Rain.
"As much as I love the rain... it could've waited till I got home." She mumbled in annoyance. Of course, she would've walked home in the rain, but the harsh winds would've blown her school uniform's skirt about, putting her in a position she'd really rather not be in. She decided to wait till at least the wind subdued.
"Well, there's nothing else to do, might as well study, that quiz is coming up." Sighing, the girl pushed back loose strands of deep brown hair. Her chocolate brown eyes scanned the inside of her backpack, searching for the textbook that was necessary for her studying.
"Where did it go?!" She cried, lifting up a folder. "I-it's not here." She released her grip on the strap of the backpack, and let it crash back onto the cement by her feet. Unfortunately, the contents slid out, and lay spewed along the ground. Looking outwards, she thought to herself, 'The wind is picking up, I can feel the rain drops but I'm underneath the corridor's roof.'
"Why are you still here, Uriko?" Came a rather deep, male voice, "School let out forty-five minutes ago."
"Eh?" Uriko quickly snapped her head up, to see Kenji Ohgami standing up above her, a blue umbrella in his hand shielding himself from the rain, a pink one in the other. "Alice and your Mother are distressed about your whereabouts. Alice has reached the point where she had called Yugo and I."
Uriko shook her head, "I'm waiting out the wind." She pointed outwards, "My skirt will blow up. I don't want that to happen." She bent over, shoving the contents back into school bag. Kenji patiently waited for her to finish shoving in her papers and textbooks.
She glanced at him, followed by proceeding to turn and pull her backpack on, "Even if I didn't want to go, you'd make me, wouldn't you?" She asked, scanning the ground for reassurance she had not left any of her school supplies. No response. "Kenji?" She asked, turning back to him.
He blinked a couple of times, "Are you mad?!" He yelled, turning to his sides to see if anybody was near. 'What is she thinking?!' Kenji quickly shielded Uriko from sight of anybody, using his umbrella.
"What? Mad? Like angry? No." Uriko sweatdropped, not understanding what exactly was going through Kenji's head. She pondered why he was so antsy so suddenly.
"Why are you beastorizing?" He looked almost angry, "What if somebody sees you?!" He arched an eyebrow, and pointed at her head.
Uriko blinked, "Beastorizing...? I'm not beastorizing." She shook her head, 'He's the one who's mad...' She patted his shoulder, "I think somebody's been studying too much. You need rest." She gave him a wide grin, eyes closed and all.
"No, really." He grumbled, "I beg of you, please do not beastorize in public." He shook his head, then quickly resumed scanning the area for anybody.
"No, really." She imitated, "You're studying too much." She shook her head, and held up her hand to pat his shoulder once more, "I am—"She cut herself off. Her hand was covered in fur. "Wha?!" Uriko cried. 'But why am I beastorizing?! I don't want too!' She yelled in her mind.
Kenji realized that Uriko was not pulling his leg, "Uriko?!" He murmured, holding out his hand. She dropped to her knees, holding her head.
'Oh! M-my head! What's going on?!' She cried silently. The wind gave a harsh blast of air, and Uriko trembled. Fangs began to grow, as well as her cat-like ears began to sprout out of her skull and hair.
"Uriko! Try to stop it!" Kenji yelled, grabbing her shoulders, and gently shaking them. The wind subdued again. Her eyes widened and before she could fully become her half-beast self, it stopped. The fur, fangs, and cat ears quickly became hidden.
"That... was weird." Uriko mumbled, holding her head in pain. Drenched in sweat, Uriko shook her head. "I could barely control my body..." She looked up to Kenji, "Has that ever... happened to you? Ever?"
He shook his head, "I am sorry, never has that happened to me." Looking up, he nodded, "Let's get to your house, or mine, and find Yugo and Alice. We can talk to them and ask if they know what's going on." He handed her the pink umbrella Alice forced him to carry to give to Uriko. "Let's be on our way."
The entire trip from school to Uriko's house was quiet and uneventful.
Uriko entered her key into the key slot, and unlocked her front door. "Mother? Alice? Yugo?" Uriko stepped inside, removing her house key and slipping it back into her pocket, "C'mon in." She murmured to Kenji.
They walked into the living room. Voices. "Mother!" Uriko cried, "I'll be right back. Just... uh, sit on the couch." She sweatdropped while Kenji proceeded to sit on the couch, a look of obvious hope Yugo would come back across his face. He felt awkward sitting all alone in her living room.
"Mother?" Uriko asked, opening her Mother's bedroom door. Surprising Uriko, Alice was in Mitsuko's room. "Alice? What're you doing in here? Where's Mother?" Uriko murmured, walking to the foot of the large bed. 'Alice is alone, then why'd I hear voices? She was probably on the phone.'
"We've been worried sick about you, Uriko! Where have you been?!" Alice grumbled, picking up the phone. Uriko opened her mouth to speak, but Alice held her hand up, letting Uriko know that her time to speak was not now. Alice spoke briefly to Mitsuko, letting her know Uriko was well and that a search party would not be necessary. Setting the phone down, Alice nodded, then looked about, "Where's Kenji?"
"Kenji? He's in the living room." Uriko murmured, "Why?" She was somewhat puzzled by this at first. Naivete was something Uriko was good at, obviously.
Alice shook her head, "Well, we wouldn't want Kenji to disappear on us as well. Anyway, as you were saying? You may continue." Alice gave Uriko a reassuring smile that she wasn't angry. Uriko felt at ease now.
"I was at school. There was a really bad wind blowing, and well... I didn't want my skirt to fly up—"Uriko began, realizing how stupid it was now. 'How childish that was...' She scolded herself silently.
"..." Alice sweatdropped. Down the hallway, the front door was heard opening then shutting. Mitsuko's voice rang through the hallway, "Uriko-o-o-o-o-o-o?!" Another sweatdrop from Alice.
Uriko and Alice quickly made their way to join in with everybody in the living room. Mitsuko beamed with delight, "Uriko! Where have you been young lady?! I was so worried about you!" She embraced her daughter into a warm hug.
Uriko shook her head, debating whether she should tell Mitsuko where she was first, or what happened. "Mother, I was at school due to the rain. And while there... something weird happened to me."
Mitsuko let go of Uriko to get a better look at her face, "Something... happened?" She repeated, "Like what?" Her face was twisted in fear. "Nothing serious, was it?" Worry set in now.
Uriko looked to Kenji, a silent plea of help. Kenji looked to Mitsuko, "Something's wrong." Feeling it wasn't his job to tell about Uriko's beastorizing episode, he decided not to continue on. He only leaned gently back into the cushioned sofa.
'Not much of a talker.' Alice sweatdropped, 'How does Yugo stand such a silent kid?' She looked to Uriko, then back to Mitsuko, and back to Uriko, awaiting the answer.
"You see, today..." Uriko began, "I was waiting on the school bench for the wind to die down. Then Kenji came, and while we were talking, I began to beastorize. Without my wanting to. Is something wrong with me?" She tugged gently at Mitsuko's sleeve.
"You beastorized without your consent?" Yugo cut in. He pondered this for a moment, juggling it in his mind. "That makes no sense. You should have absolute power over your actions. Including beastorizing at will." Yugo looked down at the ground, trying to find a quick conclusion to Uriko's unwanted beastorizing
moment.
Uriko nodded, "That's what I thought, but today I could barely control myself." She frowned, "Do you think it will happen again?" She sat down on the sofa's arm rest, her right leg crossed over her left.
Alice looked to Yugo, who looked to Kenji, who looked at Mitsuko, "No one can say for sure." Kenji mumbled, "Another question I'd like answered is: Will this, in time, happen to ALL zoanthropes?"
Another long, quiet pause about the group. "And if it does happen to us... what's causing this?" Yugo asked. The thought lead to many suspects. They looked at one another, wondering who would be the first to name Busuzima.
"Well... Busuzima's pretty damn high up on my suspect list." Mitsuko muttered, "It's probably one of his new experiments." She shook her head, remembering what had happened long ago. Shuddering, she continued, "He probably is trying to take over the world again, or whatever it is psychos do."
Uriko looked panic stricken. "What should we do...?" She murmured, not wanting to be the victim of another experiment. She looked down at her legs, 'If Busuzima is behind this, how did he get to me? I haven't seen him or any of his henchmen. How could I be an experiment if he never had physical contact with me? Maybe... he got to me while I was sleeping?' Uriko quickly shook the thought away. The thought of Busuzima in her room, while she slept of all times, was one she could only witness in a nightmare.
"Simple," Yugo began, "Find Busuzima and figure out what he's up too." Yugo folded his arms over his chest. "Then make him stop." The words and answer were so simple, and yet so true. Nobody would want to overlook Busuzima when it came to suspects. They may have had no solid evidence to prove Busuzima guilty, but he was still on top of the suspect list.
Kenji nodded, "Then use a permanent solution to put an end on his sadistic experiments." Obviously, Kenji was still annoyed and angered by his own previous meetings with Busuzima. It sent a chill up and down his spine. Quickly, Kenji shook off the sensation.
"Then it's settled! Yugo, Kenji, Uriko and I will set out and find Busuzima. Mother, I don't want you to get hurt. Besides, what about the store?" Alice murmured, turning to Mitsuko. As much as Mitsuko would help, she had other priorities at home.
Mitsuko pulled strands of deep brown hair out of her eyes, "If you need any help at all, please come to me." Filled with grief, Mitsuko agreed to let them go. She really hadn't wanted them too, but she knew either way, they'd go without her.
"When do we leave?" Uriko asked, now filled with adventure. Filled with determination, Uriko looked up to Yugo. 'I'll want to teach Busuzima a lesson on using people as experiments!'
Yugo looked at his wrist, where his wrist watch resided, "Tomorrow. Morning. Say... 8?" He looked up at Alice and Uriko, wondering if he'd gain their approval.
Alice nodded, "Sounds good to me. What about you, Uriko? Eight in the morning good for you?"
Luckily, it was a Friday, no school. Uriko nodded, "I'm up for it!" She thrust her hands into the air, a smile stretched across her face. Though tucked away in the back of her mind was the worry she had over studying and her test.
Yugo looked to Kenji, "Kenji, you up for 8 in the morning?" Yugo tilted his head, knowing Kenji would agree, but it is nice to let him have his own way of approval on the time.
"I have no problem with it." Kenji nodded, his arms crossed firmly over his chest. He shrugged, and tilted his head slightly.
"We'll pick you two up, okay Alice?" Yugo turned to her, and smiled.
Alice returned the smile, with a bit of blush, "Uh-huh. No problem!"
With that said, the group decided at 8 in the morning, they would set out to find the reason Uriko- and whomever else they didn't know about yet- was changing.
And so Chapter One draws to a close...
- Sorry I got so sloppy to the end, I pulled off an all-nighter playing another one of my favorite video games, Tales of Eternia ((Or Tales of Destiny II)) by NAMCO. Great game, absolutely love it. XD I just beat it this morning! Anyway, humor me dammit, and tell me how great my story was. :3 Just kidding, you don't have to be so kind. Get ready for Chapter Two! Coming up... er... whenever I have spare time. –sweatdrops- Which will probably be tomorrow.
Until then, see ya.