So after 1 week this is finally done it's probably horrible as this is the first story i write

For fans of kemono friends who haven't watched kaguya-sama love is war

it's a story about miyuki shirogane and kaguya shinomiya the president and vice president of the student council being in love with each other but being too prideful to confess their feelings so they play metaphorical chess matches to force eachother to confess their feelings

For fans of kaguya-sama love is war who haven't watched kemono friends

It's a story about this post apocalyptic island which has this substance that comes out of its volcanoes called sand star that when comes into contact with animals they become a "friend" which is an anime girl with clothes stylized in a way that resembles the animal and they also have some of the original animal's abilities for example birds can fly

So now enjoy

ishigami was at his apartment reading manga

"this is getting interesting" said ishigami as he read through one of his favorite manga

ishigami was lying down in a couch this time instead of turning the page he decided to look at the clock

1:00 am

'i should go to sleep' he thought

"one more page shouldn't be a problem"

and so ishigami passed hours reading the manga while doing so,he slowly started to fall asleep


earlier the same day

shirogane was studying math at a table he decided to look at the clock

22:00 pm

"I need to go to sleep i have school tomorrow" was what he thought

he went to bed and tried to,but the anxiety of not being deserving of the title of president of the student council together with the anxiety of not being good enough for shinomiya kept him awake

and so he left bed tip toeing to not wake up his sister who was sleeping in the same room with only a curtain separating his section of the room from hers

he looked at the clock

1:00 am

he decided to go back to studying as sleep wouldn't come to him

he sat down and started to solve the calculations

as he did so the monotonous nature of the calculus slowed him down his head getting lighter,his mind paying less attention and his body getting heavier


ishigami woke up on a soft grass he couldn't tell where he was,the last thing he remembered being reading manga

"Maybe it's a dream?" thought ishigami

he looked around there was someone else close to him

he got closer to the other person to examine them better

As he got closer he noticed it was wearing Shuuchin's male uniform,its hair blonde. After some seconds he could see his face,it was...

"president?" asked ishigami

"huh?"shirogane as he opened his eyes a little bit

"more five minutes" he turned around

"This isn't the time to sleep WAKE UP!" yelled ishigami

"huh?,I AM AWAKE THE AREA OF QUESTION A IS 193,84 CM2!" yelled shirogane

"wait,where am i?" asked shirogane as he looked around

"ishigami? Do you know where we are?"

"no i just woke here without any memories of how we got here"

"it seems we are both in the same situation"

"i just hope this isn't an abduction for some death game,even if it is it isn't like my family will remember me ahh i am so worthless..." ishigami continued to mutter as he cried

"calm down ishigami!,you have friends that care about you and these things are only fiction!" said shirogane

shirogane's shout seemed to awake a third person neither of them had noticed until now

"AHHHH! dont eat me!" yelled a girl while trying to protect herself with her hands

"..."

"..."

"do you think she has some kind of mental problem" whispered ishigami

"I am sure it was just a bad dream" whispered back shirogane

"hey! are you okay?" asked shirogane,the girl had another scare when he shouted "hey"

she slowly opened her eyes and left her defensive stance

she looked around

"s-sorry ehh,do you know where we are?"

"no,we just woke up here,the last thing i remember was studying math"

"Neither do i,the last thing i remember was reading... eh light novels"

"what are light novels?,i woke up here not remembering anything"

"light novels are booMHHNG"

"light novels are nothing important,you said you didn't remember anything?" said ishigami with his hand covering shirogane's mouth

"yes all i remember was waking up here with you two"

"no memories whatsoever yet you still know how to talk maybe it's some kind of amnesia" said shirogane finally being released from ishigami's grasp

"amnesia?"

"yes its a illness that happens from time to time from many different causes,normally some kind of damage to the brain" explained shirogane

"and I have that? d-damage to the brain? d-doesnt t-that m-me-means m-my head is h-hurt?" asked kaban increasingly worried

"we can't say anything for certain the best to do now is for you to rest and try to remember your old memories" reassured shirogane

while they were having this discussion ishigami was thinking

'doesn't this girl seem somewhat familiar? this savanna too it feels like i had seen this before, is this a dream? it would explain so many things,wait i had just asked if i was in a dream so that means this is a lucid dream'

So if his theory is true then...

ishigami lifted both his arms upwards while imagining the world of his favorite anime

he focused all his efforts into changing his mind escape the outside world being completely forgotten by now

once he opened his eyes nothing at all

"this is truly real my life is nothing but suffering i am worth less.." and he kept muttering self loathing

"Ishigami, are you alri...?"

before shirogane could ask or ishigami continue his dark thoughts they heard a noise

rustle

"hey are you hearing that too?" asked shirogane

"yes" answered ishigami

"yes" answered the girl

before any of them could say anything else

rustle rustle rustle RUSTLE RUSTLE RUSTLE RUSTLERUSTLERUSTLE

as they heard the noises they started to see a figure

they started to run before any of them could even think

ishigami going towards the opposite direction than the girl and shirogane

"stay close to me" said shirogane

"yes"

5 seconds later shirogane noticed ishigami wasn't with them but then he realised 'if ishigami wasn't with them and this thing was chasing them ishigami is safe'

as she got tired she slowed down while shirogane continued to run distracted by his thoughts and so they separated and so she could hear better the one chasing her

she heard giggling? a feminine giggling

"Why are you chasing me?"

"We are playing hunter and prey right? I wont lose!"

at that moment kaban stopped hearing the footsteps of the one chasing her

she continued to run until...

she suddenly was pushed to the ground

when she opened her eyes there it was a blonde girl wearing clothes stylized with yellow fur and black dots with animal ears and an animal tail on top of her

"don't eat me!" shouted kaban as she protect herself with her hands

"I won't eat you!" shouted the girl

10 seconds later

"sorry i just love to play hunter and prey" said the unknown girl

after a few seconds "you must be an animal that doesn't like it much right?"

then some moments of awkward silence passed until...


shirogane was quick to realize he wasn't being chased anymore and that he lost track of where the amnesiac girl was

that was until he heard someone shout but it was but a whisper from his perspective

"don't eat me!"

it wouldn't take a genius to understand that was the amnesiac girl

"I won't eat you!"

this was someone else someone he didn't knew

he started to run towards where they were

after some minutes of running shirogane was finally where the amnesiac girl was

He noticed another girl, this one with clothes stylized in yellow with black dots wearing cat ears and a tail 'am i in some kind of cosplay convention?'

"are you okay?" asked shirogane

"yes" answered the amnesiac girl

they all sat down in a circle in awkward silence

"this is leading nowhere lets all present ourselves" shouted shirogane so all could hear

"i go first i am miyuki shirogane i come from japan and i am the president of the student council at shuuchin academy"

"i am serval and this savanah is my territory"

"i don't know my name and i woke up on the savannah"

"serval right? Why are you wearing cosplay?" asked shirogane

"What's cosplay?"

"the ears,tail and weirdly stylized clothes"

"isn't that normal? not having any of those at all now that iis unusual!"

'This makes no sense at all. I am in a savanna in the middle of nowhere with a girl wearing cosplay and another one with amnesia. What could this be? roleplay? Or maybe I was kidnapped? What about ishigami? Where is he at? after this i will get to ishigami as soon as possible'

while shirogane entered deep though...

"hey you said you don't remember anything?" asked serval

"yes"

"maybe you were born from yesterday's sandstar eruption!"

the sudden shout together with that word he didn't knew pulled him out of his thoughts

"sand star?" asked shirogane

"Yes, sand star is these sparkly things,see that mountain over there? yesterday there was an eruption and it got all over the place!" explained serval

'it's undeniable right now i was kidnapped into a roleplaying convention in the wilderness? maybe this is some kind of prank or surprise my friends set up? now that i think about ishigami separated from us on the first chance he got and i wouldn't doubt he being the one planning this out but who would sponsor this?'

"hey what kind of animals are you two?" asked serval after some silence

"i am a human?" asked shirogane confused and unsure

"i don't know" answered the amnesiac girl

"Let's see birds have wings about here!" shouted serval as she put her hands on the amnesiac girl's back

serval said "nothing" in disappointed tone of voice

"snakes wear hoods!... also nothing"

`Maybe I should intervene and tell them she is human too? but if this is really roleplaying maybe this will lead to the plot point of this story?"

"huh what's this?" asked serval as she picked up a grey backpack with black details

"a backpack?"

"backpack? backpack backpack!"

"Is that a clue?"

"i dont know"

"maybe you need to go to the library to discover what you are"

"there is a library here?" asked shirogane

"What's a library?"

"library is a place full of information on many different topics " explained shirogane

"Will they know what I am?"

shirogane had to control himself to not tell her 'remember shirogane this is roleplaying the library is most likely the next quest'

"Thank you serval and where do I encounter this library?"

"I will lead you through part of the way!"

"Excuse me but if i am not a nuisance could i accompany you two?" asked shirogane

"Of course!"

"sure"

'so if my theory is correct the amnesiac girl most likely is the protagonist i should stick with her'

"Let's go!"

shirogane got up first

then serval

serval went over to the amnesiac girl and gave her hand

"thank you"

"wait what do we call you until then?" asked serval

before either of them could respond serval shouted

"backpack! what do you think?"

"sounds good" answered kaban

so they all got walking

it was silent and peaceful

'well forgetting the whole "appearing here out of nowhere" thing this place is kinda pretty'


it took ishigami 5 minutes to notice he wasn't being chased anymore

"huh not even whatever was chasing me thinks i am worth chasing after and all my friends abandoned me ahhh how worthless i am" ishigami was in a fetal position on the ground crying and self loathing

'maybe i should get walking staying at the same place for a long time wont do me much good'


shirogane was walking along the savannah not much happening so to break the silence he started talking

"peaceful here don't you think?" asked shirogane

"yes there aren't many ceruleans here right now" answered serval

"ceruleans?" asked kaban

"yes they are one eyed monsters that swallow friends and dry them of their sandstar its scary" answered serval

"what happens when a "friend" loses their sand star?" asked shirogane

"they go back to their animal form of course,even if they transform back to a friend they won't remember their past actions" as serval said this she appeared sad

"t-thats horrible" said kaban clearly scared

"and what if the original animal form is already capable of thought and reason?" asked shirogane curious as what would happen to him if he was swallowed

"But there are no animals like that! but i guess they would just get injured"

'is this really roleplay? this all seems way too genuine and wouldn't a roleplay campaign only last for some hours? Well it could be that this was planned to be a long campaign made in the wilderness but I am starting to doubt it. Where is ishigami? should i start searching for him?'

"This place is huge don't you think?"

"is this territory only yours serval?"asked kaban

"oh no many more friends live here plains zebra for example" said serval while pointing towards someone hiding on the tall grass

"guess she hid but there is also thomsom's gazelle there!" said serval pointing towards a girl with orange hair and clothes with two horns

'This being roleplay is starting to make less sense maybe i should tell her that she is human? should i search for ishigami?'

"and there are many more friends here, the savannah region is huge!" as serval said this she was jumping on front with shirogane and kaban behind

'there aren't any savannas in japan yet they clearly speak japanese maybe we are in africa or south america?'

"the library is after the savannah area i will lead you until the exit of the savanna"

"is the exit too far?" asked kaban

"no its near here" answered serval

"Hey serval? we don't know where the library is so after we leave the savannah area where do we go?" asked shirogane

"you have to go through the jungle i guess? you can ask the friends from the other regions for directions i am sure they would be glad to help!"

"that will take a while" said shirogane 'ok now i am seriously considering cutting this quest short and giving away the answer at the first session'

"i wouldn't say it will take too long you can walk through all of the island in about 2 weeks at least that was what i heard" answered serval

"that's a relief" 'well now i know how long this will take'

and so they kept on walking in silence


they were on a small cliff about 10-20 meters high

serval very quickly jumped through the cliff towards the ground

shirogane took some more time to descend but he still got there pretty quickly

kaban slowly descended trying not to fall

"You are pretty slow, maybe you are a slug?"

'wait i didn't thought about the possibility of her being some other animal without characteristics that would show if they were in more human form she could be a chimpanzee for example,now i really need to go to the library'

"hey she just woke up not remembering anything of course she wouldn't be good at climbing or descending mountains,hill and cliffs" said shirogane

"as far as i can remember i was always good at jumping high!,but don't worry though everyone is great at something different" answered serval

'Wait one of humans best characteristics is adaptability. Animals know and have abilities instinctively while humans have to learn it little by little. Maybe kaban really is human?' thought shirogane

"well next time i will help you out kaban" said shirogane

"s-sure" answered kaban

'this will take way too long like that if we encounter more obstacles'

and so they continued to walk


a river was in their way it had some stepping stones but the length of the first stone and the rest was way longer

again serval passed the river in seconds without much work shirogane decided to be left behind to help kaban

"do you think you can make it?" asked shirogane

"i don't know i think i will fall"

"hold on to my back" said shirogane while squatting so he would be on the same height as kaban

"s-sure"

and so shirogane jumped and was also at the other side in a minute

"t-thank you shirogane" said kaban

"amazing! you are a friend good at running and jumping!"

"well you could say that and no problem now let's get walking"

kaban was slowing down out of tiredness shirogane was still going strong so as serval

a blue blob with an eye appeared

"are you a friend?" asked kaban

"i think we should be careful around it" said shirogane getting closer to the blob

"that's a cerulean! run!"

'well they make the animals return to their original form and lose their memories which doesn't really concern me,i was worried they could hurt me but i am fairly certain this one can't do much'

shirogane picked the cerulean up and with both his hands smashed it until it died,it separated in blue squares that seemed to run away from shirogane

"what are those?" asked shirogane pointing towards the blue squares

serval was clearly confused

"Wait,but,why,how?"

"you shouldnt be able to touch ceruleans like that! you have to be more careful they could have swallowed you!"

"sorry i will try to be more careful" 'this only confirms my theory the only risk they pose to me is injury and i doubt those smaller ones could do much'

"You two are incredible. I don't have power like that,just following you is already difficult for me. I am a very pathetic animal, don't you think?" said kaban

"don't worry, everyone calls me clumsy and weak,and you are very determined. I am sure you will discover what you are good at in no time!"

"i also wasn't always good at most things i had to work hard for it don't worry you were just born some hours ago" said shirogane

They were walking for quite some time at that point they were getting closer to an tree

"Let's stop here for a while" said serval as she threw herself towards the ground

"When it's hot like this you have to take care to not exaggerate,lets drink some water afterwards,there is a place close to here"

'Most animals can't sweat to regulate body heat huh? Apparently the humanised animals retain some of their characteristics'

"If we were bird friends we could fly there pretty quickly"

'Yes this confirms my theory and now that i think about it serval jumped quite high on the stepping stones and when descending that cliff which is a characteristic of servals'

"Are there many types of friends?" asked kaban

"Well if it is true that every animal species is a kind of friend there should be some 8-9 million different kinds of friends but i doubt all of those live in this island for them to transform" explained shirogane

"How many of the feline type?" asked serval

"Felidae about 40 and felinae about 30" said shirogane

"That makes sense there are many friends of the feline family that are stronger and scarier and taller than me"

"D-do they bite?" asked kaban

"Only when they are in a bad mood"

"R-right"

"But beware of ceruleans! But there shouldn't be any around here"

"Now that I think about it, don't cerulean swallow friends? How is shirogane alright?" said kaban

'damnit how do I cover that up?'

"Maybe the cerulean was too small to swallow me?" asked shirogane uncertain

"No,i have heard the ceruleans can expand as long as they feed of sandstar" said serval

'what if they have something against non friends? what if they force me into using sandstar?'

"You must have been lucky next time let me kill them with my claws!" said serval

'Thank god she is empty headed'

"Now that I noticed you two dont get panting? You seem to have already fully rested"

"That's incredible after walking so much!"

"I-is it?"

"I am starting to see your strengths"

'Humans sweat to regulate body heat and have a better heat regulation system than most animals as when we were hunter gatherers one of our core strategies to hunt down animals was stamina we chased them until they couldn't run anymore,that is an important clue' thought shirogane

"I bet you are an awesome animal,I can't wait to know which animal you are!"

"And you too,you ran, jumped and even gave a ride to kaban and still didn't get tired!"

"Well i already walked more than that without any stops so.."

"Now that I think about it, where even is japan? How is it like there?" asked serval

'What do i say? I don't want to give away that I am not a friend. What if they force me into using sandstar? Ok i think i got this'

"It was an island like this one but a lot bigger than this one there lived many people of the same kind as me,i don't know how i got here but i want to come back to japan" shirogane was getting sad as he said that

'WAIT! I said too much well now is damage control'

"N-not that this place is bad or anything! I just want to go back to my friends and family" said shirogane while he scratched his head

"It's okay if i appeared in some place out of nowhere i would also want to go back to the park!"

"I might not remember anything but i do agree with her we will help you go home"

"Thank you two but i think it's better if i help you two get to the library first" shirogane got up and started to stretch himself

"I think we should get moving we already rested enough"

"Right, let's go!"

They were in an area with baobabs(thick trees with branches only on the top of the trunk)

"What incredible trees…" said kaban

"Huge aren't they?" continued serval

"Savannah is full of trees,that remembers me of something if you can climb trees that will be useful when you need to hide or run"

'That's true,i am able to climb trees easily but those ones really? i am sure not even professional climbers would have an easy time climbing those'

"Want to try?" asked serval

"Hah?" asked kaban

"Myamyamyamyamyamya" uttered serval as she climbed the trees with what shirogane could only guess her claws

"Easy don't you think?"

'wow,maybe the "friends'' around here have more strength or abilities? but maybe kaban isn't human and she doesnt appear to be able to that as well'

"I can't do that!"

"Me neither but don't worry kaban i am sure most peo-friends cant as well"

Serval got down from the tree and started to look around until she spotted a shorter tree

"What about that one?" said serval pointing towards the tree

"I will try" said kaban

Kaban tried to climb the tree but she was falling a little bit for each step up

"Climb up!" said serval as she pushed kaban upwards to help her climb the tree

"Climbing trees isn't awesome?"

"Woah" said kaban as she looked around clearly amazed

"The water pond is there lets go?" said serval pointing towards a green hill


they were walking upwards on the same hill serval had pointed towards

after some more time they were finally at the top of the hill which had an lake in

"water!" said both kaban and serval

'Is this water really safe? Should I interfere? well i am not entirely sure kaban is human and it could be that they are immune to illness?'

"Hey serval? Do you always drink water from here?" asked shirogane

"huh?,yes all friends of the savanna drink water from here!"

'Then maybe it's safe?'

Kaban and Serval started to drink water. Shirogane just watched 'I am not exactly thirsty and maybe they developed immunity from living here? wait! Kaban is new here isn't she? oh shit'

"tasty!" said both kaban and serval

"hey kaban? Are you feeling unwell?" asked shirogane

"no i am fine why do you ask?"

"n-nothing nothing just concerned for your health" 'which isn't a lie'

"We walked a lot, didn't we?"

'now that she said that by how much my legs are tired i would say we walked 20km'

"look there at that shadow was where we rested"

"true" said kaban

"Having this beautiful view while we drink water really brings you back to life full of energy!"

"you are happy all the time serval" said kaban

"i do agree the view is beautiful " said shirogane while thinking 'i don't agree with the water part through'

"but it's weird,it is empty today" said serval

"normally you have to fight for a place here"

'So they do fight? i will have to keep that in mind,what would cause a famous place always full to be suddenly empty? that makes me even more wary of that water'

"Maybe someone scary came here?" asked serval

"not my first thought but possible" said shirogane

"who's there?" asked a mature feminine voice

kaban closed her eyes and used her arms to protect her face "d-dont eat me!"

shirogane just prepared a fighting stance and serval jumped backwards

all that just for a moment later they all notice it was just a woman wearing a black swimsuit with orange details

"sorry i was bathing" said the strange woman

"ah its hipo" said serval

'hipo? hipo and water? oh hippopotamus!"

"what a rarity you go all the way here to play serval" said hippopotamus

"I will go to the gate today,i wanted to drink water beforehand,there aren't many friends around here today huh?" said serval

"the ceruleans are more active today it's hard for them to walk freely today" said hipo

"i heard there is a huge one on the gate so take care"

"right then i will defeat them!" said serval

"you serval? i am worried"

"it will be alright and besides shirogane defeated one earlier" said serval pointing towards him

"shirogane? a little one i assume?" said hipo

"yes you are right ma'am and don't worry i will be sure to not let her near any danger" said shirogane felling a bit intimidated from hippo

"oh yes who are you two?" asked hipo

"oh thats kaban and this is shirogane!" said serval

"koff-koff" said shirogane with his hand on his mouth "miyuki shirogane at your service ma'am" said shirogane while bowing 'her aura is the aura of someone who would rip anyone that messes with her 'children' apart'

"kaban? miyuki shirogane i have never heard of those animals before"

"shirogane says he is something called "hoo-man" and i thought of that name because we don't know what kind of animal kaban is" said shirogane

'its human!,calm down,calm down don't interrupt her'

"so i thought it would be a good idea to go to the library"

"do you know what kind of animal she is?" asked serval

"hum,do you know how to swim?" asked hipo

"no"

"Do you know how to fly?"

"no" quieter this time

"Are you fast running?"

"no" even quieter this time

"You aren't good at anything huh?" asked hipo

"hey! she was just born of course she isn't good at anything if she puts her mind to it she can be great at anything that is how hu-most peo-friends were at my homeland"

'I nearly said it,Holy shit why do they have to underestimate her so damn much!'

"y-yes and i am also sure we will find something she is great at!"

"well there are animals like serval quick with good hearing and good sense of smell,but they are so silly that all that is unused,so don't worry" said hippo

"how rude!" said serval

'That isn't a red flag at all,I want to get away from her as soon as possible!'thought shirogane

"well i cant swim"

"really? i didn't knew that" said serval

"but japari park code is "everyone by themselves" you have to know how to protect yourselves" said hippo

'my impression of this place so far is an utopia without doubts or violence so hearing that from someone here isn't a redflag at all" thought sarcastically shirogane

"kaban you can't leave everything to serval or shirogane" said hippo

'well at least she has good sense'

"yes!" said kaban

"well let's go!"

"yes lets go we will never reach the gate at this point" said shirogane not trembling his legs at all

"before that i have to warn you someone of your group knows more than they show" said hippo as she said that she gave a spine chilling stare at shirogane

"r-right?" asked serval

'shit! how does she know?' thought shirogane pale as a piece of paper and trembling,serval and kaban seemed confused

"oh also,if you guys find an cerulean its best to hide,if you don't have a choice but to fight aim at their stones"

'even if she is soo scary at least that is a useful bit of information'

"right" said serval

"Also be careful with the overheat especially you serval!,you nearly dont sweat so you need to drink a lot of water to cool down while you can before going"

"right!"

"also take care of your ankles on the uphills"

"right!"

"what do you think she meant with that first warning?" asked serval

"that someone of us three knows what i am maybe?" asked kaban

"yeah it must be that,but who? I don't know, do you shirogane?" asked serval

shirogane at that moment was at the front of the group with his face faced away from them "i have no idea what you are talking about whatsoever!" said shirogane


kaban wasn't the smartest she noticed that on these first moments of her life but she did find some of shirogane's antics suspicious

when he tried to defend her he stuttered but it appeared as if he meant to say different words instead of the ones he said and hippo said one of them knew more than they let out? shirogane was the most suspicious

they were still walking but it was some moments later

"Hey shirogane? how was your home like?" asked kaban

"it was a beautiful place full of people like me there were great wonders but also great tragedies" said shirogane without a second thought but then it appeared as if he finally noticed what he said

"n-not that it was a horrible place it's just that it wasn't perfect and had its flaws,and also why are you asking?"

"o-oh n-nothing i just wanted to know more about you"

"oh if it's that then i guess i can talk a little bit about my friends back home,do you remember that black haired guy?" asked shirogane

"oh you are talking about that one that ran really fast from me?" asked serval

"yes that one,his name is ishigami he is a great friend of mine i still need to find him" said shirogane

"how are the friends from your home shirogane?" asked kaban

"not everyone is everyone's friend there by what i can see so far compared to here it is more... How do I put this? people like minding their own business more? Maybe I should say they are less friendly?"

"less friendly?" asked serval

"you don't help people you just meet normally you only really help those who are close to you for example"

"that seems terrible!" says serval

"in my home there were too many people for everyone to trust everyone"

"too many people?" asked kaban

"yes there were millions"

"wow thats alot! in all my life i only really meet and heard about some 100 friends" said serval

"well anyway we should get going we already talked way too much" said shirogane

"ok"

"sure" 'there is something there but if he really does know what i am why does he want us to go to the library?'


'Why did she ask so many questions? Maybe she suspects of me? This leads me to is this really roleplay? Or is this real? I need to find ishigami my best option right now is walk with them and ask around if they have seen ishigami'


"We are near the gate that straight thing there is a touristic point"

"You are very intelligent serval" said kaban

"that's good to know" said shirogane while thinking 'well i do agree its useful information but intelligent isn't the word i would use'

"You can nearly see the exit of the savanna area!" said serval

It was an old billboard in it what appeared to be two areas separated by a mountain with a huge gate in the middle on its side a glass box with some green papers

'Or there are smarter friends and somehow with only about 100 they are able to manufacture steel,iron,printers and all that to make this or more likely because of it's condition humans passed through here but something happened and they fled leaving behind those here,that makes me a little bit suspicious of those animal people,please ishigami be alright!' thought shirogane

Kaban picked one of the green papers and opened it,it was a map of the island

"Huh what is this? You can see where the areas are?" as she said this she looked around on the map

"Now we are at the savannah area and the jungle area is next so we should be here!" said serval as she pointed towards where we were on the map

"That's incredible,Where did you find it?" asked serval

"I found it here" said kaban as she pointed towards the glass box

"What? I didn't knew! How did you get it out?" said serval as she tried to open the box but she couldn't put her hands inside

'Ok by what I can understand so far this is most likely a zoo? An abandoned zoo but then somehow the animals became people and humans fled? I am getting more and more wary of those animal people the more i discover'

"Ahhhhhh" they suddenly heard a noise. It was still kinda quiet but it sounded like a yell?

They all looked around and found an cerulean on an arc made of steel which was the gate they were talking about

'From this distance it still looks so big? It must be about 3-6 meters in diameter and look at those limbs with spikes on the end and a single big eye,if it is attacking someone how are we supposed to help?' thought shirogane

"That's also a cerulean?" asked kaban

"That yell… it must be eating someone" said serval

"E-eating?"

"We have to rescue it!" as serval said that she started to run but...

"Are you crazy? Look at the size of that thing we will just waste our lives!" said shirogane as he blocked the way

"What should we do then? Let them be eaten?" asked serval in an angry tone

"No,but strategy is one of the core advantages in any battle we have to plan how we will attack first" said shirogane

"Plan?" asked serval

"First of all, as far as i know cerulean's weak point is their stone right? what other weaknesses are there?" asked shirogane

"that's the only weakness we know of" said serval

'Hum me and serval are physically apt, not so much kaban what do we do? Kaban as a bait so me and serval can strike it's stone?'

"Ok i thought of a plan,kaban as you are the weaker one here distract the cerulean while you do so me and serval will search for and strike the cerulean's stone,understood?" asked shirogane

"Yes!" said serval

"Y-yes?" said kaban

"It's better if we hide facing the cerulean's back as it hasn't any eyes there and it will be easier to strike but also if kaban starts to distract the cerulean as we run to our position it will move and it could end in a disaster we need a way to communicate we are at position so you could start distracting how do we do this?"

"Maybe a paper plane?" asked kaban

"That may work,ok so serval we will run and hide behind the cerulean and send a paper plane to signal kaban to start distracting the cerulean then we strike understood?"

"Yes!"

"Kaban, did you understand?"

"yes"

"So let's go!" said shirogane

As the plan said serval and shirogane ran while hiding in the bushes and high grass nearby to the back of the cerulean

"Stage one complete now…" shirogane picked the paper plane and threw it

Some seconds later he could see kaban running around and the cerulean turning to face her

"Now serval we strike!" and as he said that both he and serval left their hiding place shirogane gave the strongest punch he could at the cerulean's back and serval used her claws with the most strength she could muster at the cerulean's stone

Unsurprisingly it broke and the cerulean fell apart into blue squares the ones close to shirogane fell the farthest possible from shirogane which was unusual


Hippopotamus was watching the whole scene,she followed them because she was worried about serval but also because she didn't trust shirogane but what she didn't expect to see was them using strategies similar to those of the cerulean hunters to kill that massive cerulean and even more so shirogane being the one planning it all

"Well he did try to help serval so i guess he isn't as untrustworthy as i thought" said hippopotamus as she started to walk back to her lake

Shirogane and serval went back to where kaban was


"Thank god you two are okay" said kaban

"I should be the one saying this you were the one who was at most danger" said shirogane

"amazing! We could destroy any ceruleans, even the big ones like that!"

"I wouldn't say so we were only lucky we had places to hide and that cerulean was slow" said shirogane

"Oh also what about that a-il p-la-ne? That was amazing. I didn't knew you could make that out of paper!"

"Its airplane and it isn't that incredible" said kaban

"How not ,you made something that can fly out of paper! i had never seen something like that!" said serval with starts in her eyes

'Well for someone who lived their entire life in the wilderness only really seeing decaying parts of civilization that would be incredible?'

"Oh well take care,if you say to another friend on the jungle area that you want to go to the library they should lead the way until the next area to you"

"Thank you serval" said shirogane

"Thank you serval… for everything if it wasn't for you serval i…" as kaban said this she appeared really emotional

'i shouldn't interrupt them'

"Don't worry kaban i am sure you have other incredible abilities you haven't discovered yet" said serval

"It doesn't matter what happens, you will be fine!,when you discover what kind of animal you are,pass through the savanna again, ok?"

"Yes!" said kaban

"Oh yes, next time we encounter you don't need to be so formal and call me serval-san everytime you can call me serval-chan as we are friends now!, that also counts to you shirogane"

"Sure,thank you" said shirogane

"Yes!,thank you well i am going"

"Oh also serval when you see new friends ask them first if they want to play hunter and prey i lost track of ishigami because of that" said shirogane the middle with annoyance and the end with sadness

"S-sorry i will keep that in mind" said serval

Shirogane walked until he realised he didn't hear footsteps he looked behind kaban was walking three steps and turning around to see serval 'well from her perspective she was just born and now she is about to not see her first friend for weeks' thought shirogane

So shirogane decided to wait for kaban

When she finally caught to him they started to walk when they finally were at the start of the jungle with some trees around kaban looked scared but she continued

"Don't worry i am still here" said shirogane

"Yes thank you" said kaban

And so they continued to walk…

Shirogane could hear some noises and so could kaban when they turned shirogane put on an fighting stance and kaban protected her face with her arms

"P-please don't eat me!"

"I won't eat you!" said serval

When shirogane noticed it was serval he immediately left his fighting stance

'What does she want now? Maybe we forgot something?'

"Serval-san? Why you?" asked kaban

"I was curious so i thought about keep walking a little bit more with you" said serval

'I don't know if i am happy or sad she will continue with us' thought shirogane

"serval-san" said kaban

"Hey you promised, remember? About calling me "serval-chan" and talking more casually around me too?" serval said this with eyes closed and as she said this her ears twitched

"But we just said goodbyes to each other" said kaban

"It counts even then" said serval

"Is it?"

"Let's go!" said serval as she pushed kaban and shirogane

It was already dark

They were close to a billboard a bigger one this time with some signs with arrows pointing towards different areas of the park

That billboard had some kind of light on so they settled there

"Where will we go tomorrow?" asked serval

"I heard the jungle area has a huge river. I can't even wait!"

"You are very lively serval,i had a long day i think for today it's enough" said kaban in a sleepy tone of voice

"i would like to be able to sleep right now" said shirogane sad and annoyed

"why can't you?" asked kaban

"i can't stop worrying and also i am pretty sure sleeping out in the open like this isn't very safe"said shirogane

"that's sad,I am nocturnal" said serval

"they say there are many friends in the jungle area as well so we could meet them!" said serval trying to reassure shirogane as she did so she started to use her claws to carve a tree

"Serval, that's dangerous!" said kaban

"not being able to sleep doesn't mean i don't get tired also i agree with kaban that's dangerous" said shirogane

"That seems horrible also Don't worry, I am nocturnal!" as serval said that she continued to carve the tree

"That won't help much in-" before shirogane could finish

"Ahhhhhhhhh!" the tree fell in a loud noise

"That scared me"

"Are you okay?" asked shirogane

"could you please be more careful?" said kaban

"s-sorry" said serval

"Serval behind you!" shouted kaban

Behind serval there was a small creature with the only recognizable feature in the dark being green glowing eyes

Serval and shirogane went in a fighting stance

As the creature got closer its eyes stopped glowing and more details were visible it was a blue creature in the shape of an egg with animal ears and tail and only two big feet as limbs

"Boss!" said serval

"huh?" asked shirogane

"Hah?" asked kaban

"Its okay its a friend of mine"

"Boss she doesn't know what kind of animal she is"

"Can you show us where she… lives?"

The blue robot ignored serval and instead walked towards shirogane and kaban

"Hello i am lucky beast,a pleasure to meet you" said the small robot in a synthetic voice

"H-hello also a pleasure to meet you,i am kaban" said kaban

'Is this a robot? Well the best way to discover is.."

"Google how many humans live on earth?" asked shirogane

"About 7.9 billion by current estimatives" said the little robot in a different synthetic voice

"Oh that's great, last time i checked there were 7.8 billion of us" said shirogane while he thought 'So it really is a robot, most likely an assistant robot to help tourists? the fact it ignored serval tells me humans really lived here before and that kaban really is human'

Kaban was confused on what shirogane was talking to lucky beast about

While they talked to lucky beast serval was trembling

"Woah! You talked!" said serval

_chapter end_

I tried to post this story yesterday but i noticed it wasn't very good and the characters seemed out of character at times so i fixed some of that and hopefully this is better

As i already said earlier this is my first story so CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is appreciated

I probably won't continue with this but maybe i do it was a bit fun writing this maybe i will continue it but i won't promise anything this chapter was just the first episode of kemono friends rewritten with the addition of shirogane and ishigami at the start if i do continue this next chapter will be from ishigami's perspective i already planned more or less what will happen to him and how he will join back with shirogane but just the general outline so it would take a while for me to figure out how to write it

I tried to keep japanese words to a minimum but that last scene wouldn't make any sense without the japanese name honorifics if i continue to write this i will try to keep them to a minimum

Well if you read all the notes i wholeheartedly thank you or if you just really read the story thank you for giving attention to this mess and i hope you enjoyed it