CHAPTER 2

THE WEEKENDS

Several hours later, the bars and clubs were open. In a mansion near Tokyo, a 19 year old lioness is finishing up prepping herself to go out with her friends. She starts racing down the stairs in a red dress.

"Yuki... WALK down the stairs, please." she hears an older woman call from the other room.

"Sorry, mother." said the lioness and continued downstairs, walking. She then walked to the doorway of the other room.

"Mother, I'm going out with some friends."

"These friends wouldn't happen to be boys, would they?" asked Yuki's mother.

"No, it's some girls from school." said Yuki.

"Then have fun." said Yuki's mother.

A red Mercedes-Benz then pulled up outside the house, the light shining through the door's windows. Yuki then went out and got in the car in the passenger's seat. A female komodo dragon with brown scales was in the driver's seat, while a female gazelle and a female border collie were in the backseat.

"Hey, girls!" she said.

"Hey." said the komodo dragon.

"Everything alright?" asked Yuki.

"Sarena is worried about her mother." said the komodo dragon. "She was supposed to be home hours ago."

The gazelle tried calling her mother once more as the car started driving away. There was no answer, so she left a voicemail.

"Mother, please." said Sarena. "I don't care if you're cheating on father or if you're working. You can even ground me if you want to. Just please... please pick up and tell me you're alright..."

Elsewhere, a silver muscle car from the late 2040s drove in through an abandoned building's large doors. Melon got out and closed them once he was inside, then gets back in and drives up next to a table with a chair sitting next to it. Next to the table was the gazelle, chained up naked and restrained from the ceiling and floor. She was bleeding from her groin, as well as from her chest, as pieces of flesh appeared to have been carved out of her. She was blindfolded with her mouth duct taped. Melon shuts the engines off and gets out, sitting at the table and quietly picking up the switchblade on the table. Next to where the switchblade lie, there was a cellphone vibrating, as a call was being made.

"I've always really liked blindfolds." said Melon. "Whatever you do, the result is always the same. You're waiting around for something, never knowing when it will happen until it happens. It's a rush. It definitely enhances oral sex, not that you would need tips now, obviously." he said, then got up and walked up to her, untaping her mouth.

"What are you going to do?" she cried.

"Well..." said Melon. "After taking a little supply run, I found that I'm a little hungry, and... just between you and me... all that blood running down that perfect pure blood body... Now I don't know if that is just my stomach talking... probably not though, but I figure I might eat another piece of you, and maybe rape you a little more. I don't know though. Gotta see what my brain says after food."

The gazelle tiredly sobs more, just before Melon puts the tape back on and opens the switchblade. He then slowly carves a large piece of flesh out of her thigh, making her let out a muffled scream.

"There we go. I think that will be sufficient for now." said Melon, and jerked off the tape.

"Please just kill me..." said the gazelle.

"Well... I was GOING to." said Melon. "But now that I know you WANT to die, I figure I'll just let you bleed to death in the trunk, assuming I don't get hungry again first." he said and sat down in the chair, putting the bloody piece of flesh in his mouth and starting to chew it.

"You asked about my mother earlier." said Melon. "Interesting you still wanna know after you know now that you're going to die today. But I guess since you're going to die before you have a chance to share, perhaps it won't hurt me to open up." he said then ate a little more.

"My mother was my first victim. I killed her in 2004. I was 9 years old at the time. One of my fondest memories. Strange thing is it wasn't because I just decided to kill her one day. I actually... had a motive, as cliché as that is. You see. I would get bullied in school, for being this... thing. I wasn't a pure blood. I was some freak as they called me. Others called me Frankenstein. When I got to 8 years old, I got smart enough to figure things out. Mother was a leopard, father is a gazelle. I'm both. The day I got smarter was the day that my hatred for them grew larger. Still. My hatred for mother was the strongest. She could have done anything in the world to ensure I was normal. Cheated, got basted, really I don't give a fuck. But no. I was born a monster, being 5 years old and getting the shit kicked out of me because my mother would rather fuck an herbivore, than have any consideration for her children's future, assuming of course, she was ever going to have more than one child. So that one night in 2004, I killed her. I stabbed her at least 100 times, before I lost track. To this day... I don't think I've ever hated any of my other victims so much. It was all just fun. I guess the fondness for me is that it was just... cathartic to rid the world of the woman that drove me to insanity... That day, I decided if the world wanted a monster, I'd make them wish they didn't."

Chewing on the flesh, he walked back over to the gazelle, who wasn't moving. He then felt her throat. No pulse.

"Well." said Melon. "I suppose I prefer talking to corpses more."

Arriving at the dance club, the group of girls walk in. Dirty Laundry by Nickelback was currently playing as animals danced. Across from the bar was a large table, situated nicely at two intersecting walls. They noticed a cute red deer with a mahogany and aqua green suit flashing them a smile as they sat at the bar, on the furthest side, able to face him. Yuki looked over at him, admiring him. He looked focused on drinking whatever he was having, though he noticed her admiring him and smiled warmly.

"He's such a hottie." Yuki thought. "I don't know if I will be able to forgive myself if I don't at least talk to him."

"Did you see that deer over on the other side of the bar?" asked Yuki, still looking over at him.

The komodo dragon looked over at him, shocked.

"HIM?" she asked.

"Yeah." said Yuki. "Who is that?"

"You're joking, right?" asked the komodo dragon.

"I'm guessing I should know who that is?" asked Yuki.

"Yuki, that's Hikari Graywolf." said the komodo dragon. "His fathers are the owners of only like... THE biggest company in Tokyo."

"Lougosi Corporation?" asked Yuki.

"Yes." said Yuki's friend, examining the look on the deer's face. "Girl, he's interested in you. You need to go talk to him."

"Alright! Alright!" Yuki said, laughing. "Bartender, may I get two of what the deer in the red suit over there is having? she asked and lie her license down. The bartender then picked it up and looked at it.

"Coming right up." said the bartender.

Soon enough, the bartender gave her the drinks. She then grabbed them and sat down next to the red deer, gently sliding a drink to him.

"You know, I'm supposed to be the one buying the drinks." said the deer with a smile.

"Well don't worry." said Yuki with a smile. "I have a feeling you'll get your chance."

"I couldn't help but notice how beautiful the eyes of a lion are." said the deer said.

Yuki then blushed.

"Thank you..." she said.

"Hey, don't mention it." the deer said, still smiling. "I'm Hikari."

"I heard." Yuki said, still smiling as well. "I'm Yuki."

"Such a beautiful name for a beautiful creature." said Hikari.

"You're so sweet..." Yuki said shyly.

Hikari smirked. Yuki then noticed Hikari's ring. A golden ring in the shape a shield. The Japanese letter ri was engraved into the ring.

"What's the ri mean?" asked Yuki.

"Well, I'll put it to you this way." said Hikari. "If you didn't already know what it meant, you are probably on the right side of the law."

"What do you mean?" asked Yuki.

"I am a member of the Hogo-sha-gumi." said Hikari. "I help watch over citizens of Tokyo and intervene whenever I know someone's in danger."

"That's very brave." said Yuki. "Thank you for your service."

"My pleasure." said Hikari. "Do you like to dance?"

"Yeah." said Yuki.

"Would you like to?" asked Hikari.

Yuki smiled.

"Of course." she said.

So then, the charming Hikari leads the beautiful Yuki out to the dance floor. Bad Boy by Miami Sound Machine plays as they start dancing. Yuki grinds against him, flashing a smile, while looking back at him. Hikari smiled back at her, as he grabbed her hips. She then turned around and they smiled at each other, looking into each others' eyes, snouts real close. Yuki got close to his ear.

"You think you can handle me?" she asked.

"I think I can try." Hikari said with a smirk.

Yuki lets out a sexy growl, to which Hikari chuckles, continuing the dance, and dipping her.

"So tell me." said Hikari. "What kinds of things do you enjoy?"

"Oh, ya know." said Yuki. "Dancing, shopping. Things lots of girls my age like to do. I suppose I'm not really that special."

"I completely disagree." said Hikari. "EVERYONE is special. Whether it be what they do, what they are, how they act. Trust me. My fathers are a carnivore and an herbivore. I tell you one thing. No two herbivores or carnivores are the same. And I've been hard pressed to find a carnivore as beautiful as you."

"Is that so?" asked Yuki with a smile.

"That's very so." said Hikari.

Yuki smiled and turned around, then kissed him, then stopped.

"I'm sorry..." said Yuki. "I shouldn't have done that." she said and ran off.

"No, wait..." said Hikari and sighed.

A male brown wolf his age in a turquoise shirt, blue jeans and a golden necklace walked up to him.

"Well, look at you." said the wolf with a smile. "Don't you know you shouldn't kiss on the first date?"

"It wasn't my idea." said Hikari.

"Well then." said the wolf. "What a tease."

"Aren't you here looking for someone yourself, Uncle?" asked Hikari.

"Indeed, I am." said the wolf.

"Might wanna stop hassling me or you'll end up missing them." said Hikari with a smirk.

"You have a point." said Hikari's uncle. "See ya later, man."

"Later." said Hikari.

Back over at the bar, Yuki is sitting with her friends, acting nervous.

"Yuki, please forgive me for saying this, but you are an idiot." said the komodo dragon. "Do you want to be a virgin all your life?"

"I know, I know." said Yuki. "I just... I shouldn't have kissed him."

"He didn't mind." said the komodo dragon. "Now get your ass back over there before you lose him."

"Alriiiiiight." said Yuki and walked back over to Hikari. "I'm sorry I panicked."

"It's alright." said Hikari and smiled.

Back at the bar, Sarena has a drink in front her, still attempting to call her mother.

"Mother, please pick up." she said in tears, worrying.

The komodo dragon looked at her, upset for her as she put the phone down.

"Sarena..." she began.

"Misaki, I know what you're going to say..." Sarena cried. "Just don't... please..."
the komodo dragon sighed and hugged her, rubbing her shoulder. Soon enough, the notification sound on her phone went off and she quickly grabbed it, then looked to see it was from her mother's phone.

"It's her!" Sarena said, then opened the message to see an audio file. She looked at it for a brief moment, unsure if she was ready at this point to hear what it was going to say. She then put the phone up to her ear and pressed play. In the audio file, Melon's voice spoke.

"Your mother's dead, you stupid bitch. I killed her slowly." he said.

Sarena looked even more freaked out and put the phone down.

"What's wrong?" asked Misaki.

"Some guy sent a sound clip, telling me he killed my mother..." said Sarena.

Misaki said nothing.

Sarena looked back down at her phone to notice there was a new message from her mother's number. It said a photo was sent to her. She then went to the messages and what she found horrified her. It was her mother's body, chained up to the ceiling and floor, naked and bloody. Her body was blindfolded. Sarena started crying.

"Nooo..." she cried.

Misaki hugged her and looked at the photo.

"Oh, hun..." she said. "I'm so sorry."