The next morning, Lee was incredibly nervous. The person that threatened to expose him hadn't sent a message yet. If they change their mind and release it anyway, Lee was convinced he'd die of embarrassment.

When Drama Club began, both Sebastian and Viola were there. However, Sebastian still wasn't back to his old flirty self. Judging by his expression, he was probably embarrassed about yesterday. Yet despite this, Lee noticed that he was holding Viola's hand a lot.

Lee approached the twins. "You okay, Sebastian-kun?"

Sebastian blushed and rubbed the bridge between his eyes, looking frustrated. "I guess. I still can't believe I did that."

Viola patted her brother on the shoulder. "It's not your fault, Bast. It's not something you can help."

Sebastian sighed. "I know. It's still humiliating. I just threw a tantrum like a child in front of everybody."

Lee shrugged. "A panic attack and a tantrum aren't the same thing. A child has a tantrum because they choose to freak out so they can get what they want. With a panic attack, you don't have a say in it."

Sebastian smiled and chuckled. "That's really sweet of you to try and cheer me up, Lee-kun."

Sanu pointed to the stage. "Ibuki-kun, Sebastian-kun, would you mind trying line readings again?"

The sheep and deer-wolf stood across from each other on the stage. Sebastian was looking somewhat nervous.

Viola grinned excitedly. "You've got this, Bast!"

Sebastian looked at her and smiled before turning his attention back to Ibuki.

Ibuki turned towards Sebastian. "Ironic that I'd meet you here, Odie, the Water Spirit."

Sebastian smiled. In an instant, he stopped being Sebastian and became Odie himself. "Perhaps our destinies are tied, Reaper."

Lee was impressed by how quickly the sheep got back into the swing of things. There was something fascinating about the sheer amount of confidence Sebastian got just from having his sister by his side.

By the time practice was over, the twins seemed to be back to their old selves like they had completely forgotten about yesterday.

CLANG!

Lee jumped as his sensitive ears were suddenly assailed by a loud noise. The entire club turned towards the source of it. Theo, the goat was up on the catwalk where the lights were, looking down with fear and embarrassment. Under him was a broken light on the floor.

The goat started to sweat. "S-sorry."

Ibuki glared at him. "Sorry? You know we're only performing in a couple of days, right?"

Theo trembled. "Y-yes but-"

The deer-wolf stepped off the stage and towards the frightened goat. "Do you know what happens if you drop a light during a performance? You could kill somebody!"

The goat gave a deep bow. "I cannot apologize enough, Ibuki-san! I promise I won't make the same error ever again."

Ibuki snorted and walked back up on stage with Sebastian.

Theo came down from the catwalk to clean up the busted light. He swept the broken glass into his hand and was about to pick up the light itself.

Lee ran towards the goat. "Stop!"

Theo jumped and looked up at the chimera with a frightened expression.

Lee bent down and picked up the light. "You tried to pick up a heavy light with broken glass in your hand. The weight of this thing could've pushed the glass through your skin."

Theo chuckled nervously. "Good point. Thanks for the help, Lee-kun."

Sebastian stepped off the stage with a confident expression, which prompted a hug from his sister. Ibuki turned to Lee. "You. We have choreography to do. Get up here."

Lee scowled. He already hated being ordered around by this guy. But his hostile attitude made the wolf-rabbit even less inclined to comply. But the play was coming up soon. And Lee had to play his part for everyone else's sake.

As practice went on, Lee noticed that the deer-wolf had dark bags under his eyes. Wolf-rabbit was concerned. "You should get more sleep, Ibuki-san."

The deer-wolf growled. "I-if I wanted your advice, I'd ask for it."

Lee sighed. Thick headed as usual.

Esther returned to her dorm looking absolutely miserable.

Mila looked concerned. "What's wrong, Esther-chan?"

The white tiger groaned as she flopped down on her bunk. "Ibuki-kun is a total slave driver. Choreography practice was awful. He made us start over for the tiniest little mistakes."

Ceci frowned sadly. "You really looked like you weren't having a good time. I thought for a minute you were going to bash Ibuki-kun over the head with your sword."

Lin typed on her phone. "My brother sent me a text complaining about it. Sounds pretty bad."

Esther sighed. "You have no idea."

Donna shrugged. "Some people are just perfectionists, I suppose. I certainly hope Adler goes as planned."

Ceci got in her bunk and dangled upside from it. "But isn't Drama Club supposed to be fun, too?"

Hikari smirked. "Well being in a movie is probably a similar experience. Directors often treat actors like trash."

Esther frowned. "He's not the director, though! He's just the lead actor!"

Lin put her phone away. "I dunno. I think artistic types usually want everything to be perfect anyway. He's probably got a lot of pressure on him too."

Ceci scratched her chin in contemplation. "Now that I think about it, he looked really tired. I wonder if he's even been sleeping right."

Esther shrugged. "Ibuki-kun does seem like the type that'd spend all night trying to memorize the lines.

Donna cringed. "Let's hope he doesn't collapse on stage."

The white tiger stretched. "Whatever. All I wanna do now is shower."

All the female felines left the room to go shower. The entire time Esther tried to not even think about Adler. She didn't even want to hear the name "Adler" right now.

It was time for Lee to take a shower. The chimera was a tad concerned, though. Getting recorded jerking it in the shower made him paranoid. He'll have to keep an eye peeled for somebody watching him through the door.

When Lee entered the showers he was pretty sweaty from the extensive choreography practice. His uniform was starting to stick to his fur and he could smell himself. He took all of his clothing off and walked over to the nearest nozzle.

Bing!

His head whipped around and the chimera sprinted over to his clothes and rummaged through the pockets of his pants. He pulled out his cellphone and sure enough, a text message from an unknown sender.

Unknown: "Why did hide the fact you're a half-breed?"

Lee: "I get into fights with people that bully me over it. I just wanted to avoid it."

Unknown: "And so you believed it was the right to live in the herbivore dorms despite being a carnivore?"

Lee: "I am NOT a carnivore. I've never eaten meat and don't want to."

Unknown: "And how am I supposed to believe a half-wolf isn't going to eat someone while they sleep?"

Lee: "I won't!"

Unknown: "But how do you know you won't? Most carnivores have less control than they think."

Lee winced. He didn't know that. There was nothing he was more afraid of.

Unknown: "I know who you are. Your father is Legosi the grey wolf. The beast that defeated the Shishigumi when he was 17 and the rest of the black market gangs at 18."

Unknown: "He defeated Melon the chimera and Riz the bear."

Lee got goosebumps. How did he know about Riz?! No newspapers or even rumors existed that contradicted the "official" story of how the murderous bear was defeated. Legosi willingly forfeited the credit for taking down such a dangerous foe. Lee was one of few people that knew the truth.

Lee: "My father didn't defeat Riz the bear. That was Louis, the red deer who arrested him."

Unknown: "That is the first blatant lie you've said to me. I recommend you don't make any more."

Unknown: "I've done my homework. I found hospital records and a police report."

Unknown: "When Riz was admitted, he had a broken nose and bruises all over his body. Am I to believe a DEER did that?"

Unknown: "Your father was arrested while his mouth was covered in blood and he was helping a one-legged deer stand up."

Unknown: "After that report was filed, your father was added to the predation offender registry despite documented protest from the man whose leg he ate."

Unknown: "Are you trying to convince me that after Louis, the red deer defeated Riz, the bear he then allowed your father to have his leg as a snack?"

Lee gulped. The chimera wasn't sure what was more amazing, this blackmailer's thorough research or that the false narrative didn't fall apart sooner.

Lee: "What do you want from me?"

Unknown: "For now, nothing. But I want you to know you're being watched."

Unknown: "Do anything to indicate you might be a threat and this video is going to everyone in the school."

Unknown: "That's all for now. I will contact you later."

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Lee growled. Who the hell does this person think they are? While they haven't made unreasonable demands, the fact that they recorded Lee masturbating was a bridge too far. He resolved to unmask this person and push them for humiliating him.

The next day, Lee contacted everybody who already knew his secret and asked them to meet in the Gardening Club's shed after school. But first, Lee and Oscar decided to get lunch in the cafeteria. The two swore to each other not to discuss the blackmail until it was time to meet up with the others.

"Did you hear who's playing Adler?"

Lee turned his head to see a bunch of rabbits at a table together.

"Yeah, that weird chimera freak right?"

"Why the hell did they even let that thing come to the school?"

"Apparently, he's Louis the red deer's son."

"Oh yeah. He married a wolf right?"

"How long until she eats him? Carnivores and herbivores can't be together. It's just plain unnatural."

Lee growled to himself. As much as he didn't like Ibuki, this was completely uncalled for. The deer-wolf did nothing to provoke their ire. They just hated him for existing.

He tried to tune out their ignorant remarks, but then he heard some carnivores at a nearby table.

"You ever see that white tiger chick that's gonna be in the play?"

"Yeah. I heard she's a total dyke."

Lee once again broke a perfectly good fork and a vein started to pop out on his forehead. Oscar flinched at the angry display and looked at the chimera with great concern.

Lee knew for a fact that Esther was a lesbian and a very masculine one at that. But the tiger didn't deserve to have a slur thrown at her just for being different.

"Why the hell do they even let her wear a boy's uniform?"

"Well, that same club does have some dude in drag there."

"Oh yeah. Pina's kid. They say he started cryin' because his sister was away from him for, like, thirty minutes."

"Wow. That's just sad. I'm not surprised though. They're way too close. You've heard that they're fucking, right?"

"Nah, I don't buy that one. He's in Drama Club, wears a dress, and puts on makeup. Textbook fag."

Lee's entire body started to tremble with an unquantifiable amount of burning rage. The chimera was doing every single thing in his power to keep himself from running over to that table and getting violent. He didn't think keeping his "no fighting" promise would be so difficult.

Oscar elbowed the chimera in the arm. "Just calm down, dude. Some people are assholes. Nothin' you can do about 'em."

Lee took a deep breath but spotted that table of bunnies out of the corner of his eye. Several of them were looking at him.

"Is that guy even a rabbit?"

"You think the tall guy's weird? Check out his buddy."

"Yeah, holy shit. He's a one-man buffet for carnivores."

"Hey, if I was a carnivore I'd probably eat 'em. Not like he'd be able to run away."

Oscar sighed. "Just ignore 'em." The tone of his voice implied that this time, he was talking to himself.

Lee growled and stood up, staring at the rabbits that were now noticing the towering lapine's malicious gaze. Lee scowled before cracking his knuckles and his neck. The entire table started to tremble as they stared at the chimera with wide-open, frightened eyes.

Lee smirked and started walking towards them. Finally, everybody at the table started screaming and running out of the lunchroom as fast as they could. The chimera gave a sigh of relief before sitting down next to Oscar, who was giggling at the fleeing bunnies.

Everyone else in the lunchroom just stared in confusion at the herd of rabbits very quickly running off while yelling.

Esther had received a message from Lee telling her to meet him on the roof where the Gardening Club was. She was curious to know what was so important. The white tiger decided she may as well get there early.

When she opened the door to the roof, she immediately spotted someone watering flowers. Esther gulped when she recognized the person. An old acquaintance of hers from ages ago, Olivia, the black lab.

The tiger started to sweat as she found herself immediately staring at Olivia's gigantic melons. While they were friends for a long time, when the lab went through puberty, she grew busty as hell. In every conversation the two had, Esther couldn't stop staring at her tits.

Esther herself had breasts that were considered by most to be somewhat large. But she didn't even come close to matching Olivia's massive mammaries. Which was probably a good thing now that Esther thought about it. If hers were that big, she'd probably just grope herself all day.

While Olivia was a canine and Esther was a feline, as far as body shape went, Olivia was absolutely what the white tiger would classify as a "ten." Just looking at her now was making Esther fantasize about putting her face between those beautiful boobs of hers while squeezing the lab's thick ass. Despite the difference in species, the white tiger would absolutely hit that.

The tiger took a deep breath. If she was going to have an interaction with the canine, she would have to prepare herself to avoid staring at her beautiful boobs. She knew how sensitive Olivia was about them and didn't want to upset her. Lee would probably be furious if that happened.

Esther walked through the door and towards Olivia. She put all of her willpower into staring only at the lab's eyes. She gulped nervously before clearing her throat. "L-long time, no see, Liv-chan."

The lab set down the watering can and turned around. She did a double-take and looked the white tiger up and down. "Esther-chan? Why are you wearing a boy's uniform?"

The tiger laughed nervously. "S-special accommodation from the f-faculty. Th-they let Pina's son wear a girl's uniform so I thought I'd try the boy's."

For just a second, her will weakened and she looked down. She quickly corrected herself and hoped the lab wouldn't notice.

Olivia chuckled. "You look good in it. Boy's clothing suits you much better." The lab picked up the watering can and went over to another patch of flowers. "I take it Lee called you here. You wouldn't happen to know what he wants, would you?"

Just as the white tiger trained herself to look away from the lab's chest, a new challenge had appeared, Olivia's apparent habit of bending over a bit while watering flowers. Esther started to sweat and tug on her collar as she tried to pry her eyes off of the lab's rear. Even with that skirt, her hips alone were getting to the tiger. "N-nope. He hasn't told me."

Olivia moved over to the next patch of flowers. "It sounded urgent. I hope it's not anything serious."

"Y-yeah. Me too."

Esther heard a creaking sound and turned to see the door to the roof opening. Olivia set the watering can down again and turned around.

Esther flinched when she saw the person entering. He had to be, without a doubt, the fattest rabbit she'd ever seen. The black and white rabbit huffed and puffed. "H-hey. I'm Oscar. Sorry if I'm sweaty. There's no elevator up to the roof." He laughed nervously, still winded as he slowly approached the two girls.

Olivia smiled. "It's nice to meet you. I take it you're a friend of Lee's?"

The fat rabbit nodded. "He's my roommate."

The door opened again and a pair of familiar and beautiful twins came in. They spoke in perfect unison. "Hellooo~!"

Olivia looked at Sebastian. "You must be Pina's son. I take it the female with you is your twin sister."

Sebastian curtsied. "Sebastian."

Viola curtsied after him. "Viola."

Olivia chuckled. "Only Pina could have such androgynous children. I'm not saying that to insult you. You two are both quite beautiful."

Both twins smiled. "Thank you!"

The door opened once again. An unmistakable tall rabbit walked in, looking fairly distressed. "Hey, guys. I've got something really important I need your help with."

Olivia adjusted her glasses. "Let's speak in the shed."

Everyone sat in a circle with uncomfortable expressions and blushing faces. Even the twins looked flustered. Lee's ears covered his completely red face.

Olivia cleared her throat. "I-I suppose I should start by saying that there's nothing to be embarrassed about. They did violate your privacy. So let's focus on the real issue. By which I mean the blackmail."

Oscar crossed his arms and drummed his fingers along them as he thought. "Who would want to blackmail Lee? Heck, how many people even know about him being half-wolf?"

Lee raised his ears as his blush slowly faded. "As far as students are concerned, the only people that should know are in this room. Other than that, most of the teachers know and agreed not to say anything."

Viola turned to Lee. "Then perhaps somebody on the faculty recorded you."

Sebastian nodded. "They'd know you shower at a different time."

Esther looked confused. "Why would somebody on the faculty want to blackmail Lee?"

Lee sighed. "Not all the staff were happy about a half-wolf living in the herbivore dorms."

Olivia shook her head. "If the faculty wanted you gone they wouldn't bother blackmailing you. They'd just release that video and hope the bullying would drive you out."

Esther groaned in frustration. "C'mon, Lee-kun! There's got to be somebody else that knows. Is there anybody that put the pieces together?"

Oscar's ears straightened in the air and a look of surprise crossed his face. "Alfred-kun!"

Lee raised an eyebrow. "What about him?"

Oscar turned to Lee. "Remember when you pinned him to the floor for attacking Stanley-kun? Maybe he figured it out from how strong you are and got mad at you for humiliating him."

Lee folded his ears while he contemplated this. "But why the blackmail? Why not just release the video if he wanted revenge?"

Viola crossed her arms. "I mean it probably is one of your roommates. They'd know what time you shower."

Sebastian nodded. "Everyone in that room must've seen how strong you are. Any of them could have figured it out."

Olivia cleared her throat. "What I don't understand is how this person got hospital records and police reports. That kind of info can't be easy to find."

Lee's ears shot up and a thought crossed his mind. One of his roommates became a more likely suspect. But he needed better proof before he made any accusations. The chimera stood up. "Thanks for the help, guys."

Everybody stood up to leave. Before they split up, Esther approached Olivia. "Wait, Liv-chan!" The white tiger started to sweat. "Uhh… I'm kinda not doin' that great in my classes so…"

She gave the lab a pleading look. "Could you please tutor me? I really can't afford to fail."

Olivia crossed her arms and looked up at the gigantic tiger girl. She sighed. "Sure. Just take this seriously, got it? I'm not responsible if you fail anyway."

Esther grinned and clapped her hands together before bowing. "Thank you, so, so, so much, Liv-chan! You're saving my hide!"

Lee chuckled. He was somewhat surprised Olivia was willing to help the tiger given her secret disdain for her. Yet, it seemed the lab's friendly side won out over her cynicism. It was a pleasant surprise. He hoped maybe the two had a chance to be friends after all.

Lee, Esther, Viola, and Sebastian started walking to Drama Club. Oscar went back to the dorm.

After a regular day of Ibuki being a complete maniac, they split up again and Lee started walking back to his dorm. His friends were probably right about it being one of them. He was determined to find out.

An exhausted Ibuki returned to his dorm with dark bags under his eyes. The play must be perfect. He can't allow a single thing to go wrong.

Lucas tilted his head as he looked at the worn-out chimera. "Are you okay, Ibuki-kun?"

Gil looked down from the game he was playing. "You've been coming back tired every night."

Ibuki sighed. "Running a play is harder than I thought. Especially when you're dealing with a completely incompetent cast and crew."

Jiro opened his notepad to his sad face. "Sorry if I screwed anything up."

Ibuki shook his head. "No, you did nothing wrong. In fact, I was very impressed by the work on the backdrop."

Jiro flipped to his big smile. "Thanks!"

Katsu shrugged. "They're just high school students, man. You're not dealing with professionals."

The chimera glared at the hyena. "My father was a 'high schooler' when he did Adler. That's no excuse."

Katsu glared back and scowled. Despite looking angry, he started to make a cackling sound. "Heh heh heh heh, watch the attitude. Heh heh heh."

Jiro flipped to his curious face. "Why're you laughing, Katsu-kun?"

Lucas shook his head. "He's not. Hyenas just sound like they're laughing when they're mad. It's basically how he growls."

Gil looked up from his game again. "His real laugh is way less scary sounding."

Katsu glared at Jiro. "Heh heh heh, you wanna say something'? Heh heh, is it funny to you?"

Lucas groaned. "Stop being so defensive, Katsu-kun. Not everybody is making fun of your growl."

Jiro flipped to a sad frown. "I was just curious. I'm sorry if I offended you, Katsu-kun."

Katsu sighed. "Nah, I should be sorry. I'm just used to people makin' fun of me."

Ibuki rolled his eyes. "And you say I have an attitude."

Katsu glared daggers at Ibuki again. "Heh heh heh heh heh…"

Jiro flipped to a really silly looking face where he's sticking out his tongue and going cross-eyed while getting bonked on the head by a cartoon mallet.

Katsu's mouth made a quivering smile before he broke out into laughter. "Ahahahaha! What the hell is that?!"

Gil chuckled. "There's the real deal."

The entire dorm got a good laugh before heading for the showers. When they went back, the exhausted chimera went to bed early and his roommates kept their voices down so he could sleep.

One Hour Earlier

Lee was suspicious of his roommates. Which of these people is secretly trying to intimidate him?

His eyes shifted over to Eli, the rooster, who was playing guitar as usual. Lee didn't talk to Eli often so they didn't know each other that well. But could a chicken with such a cool and laid back demeanor secretly be a manipulative blackmailer? It seemed unlikely.

He looked at Theo, the angora goat, who was on his laptop. He was very good at gathering information online. It made him a somewhat likely suspect given the blackmailer's use of information like police reports and hospital logs. But would a small and timid herbivore like him really want to risk a chimera's wrath? Much like Eli, the demeanor just didn't match.

Next, he turned his attention to Stanley, the anteater, who was reading an essay from one of his movies. While the cinephile was somewhat ill-tempered, he and Lee had a very good relationship, with them watching movies nearly every night. It was also Lee's chimeric strength that spared him a beating from the final suspect.

He glanced over at Alfred, the zebra, who was doing pushups. By far his demeanor matched the most. The athlete was incredibly petty and judgmental. Not to mention he had a motive since Lee used his wolf strength to pin him to the floor. But why wouldn't he just reveal Lee's secret as revenge? Or was this some sort of power play? Then again, the zebra seemed a little too stupid to know how to research the things that the blackmailer knew.

Oscar, who he couldn't see because he was currently reading a manga in his bunk under Lee, was obviously not a likely suspect. He and Lee had a great relationship and clearly had no fear of him.

The chimera crossed his arms in contemplation. What kind of evidence could he gather to point to the mystery blackmailer?

Bing!

Lee frantically grabbed his phone off the charger, expecting another message from the blackmailer. However, it was just his father.

Legosi: "How have things been going with Adler?"

Lee: "The play is coming up soon. Ibuki-san has been riding everybody's ass about every little thing."

Legosi: "That's not surprising. His father was the greatest actor to ever play Adler at Cherryton. He has big shoes to fill."

Haru: "Didn't Juno-chan play Adler once too?"

Legosi: "If she did, it was after I dropped out, so I wouldn't know."

Lee: "I think I remember Sanu-san saying something about Juno-san being an Adler actor too."

Haru: "Maybe they should try doing a female Adler again. Perhaps Esther-chan could be the star and Lee the love interest."

Lee: "Esther-chan is a lesbian though. She'd probably prefer if another girl was the love interest."

Haru: "Cherryton would never do anything that socially progressive."

Legosi: "They're letting a male student wear a female uniform and live in the girl's dorm. That's pretty new for Cherryton."

Haru: "That's just because they got strong-armed into it by a superstar."

Lee: "Speaking of Esther-chan and Sebastian-kun, some assholes in the lunchroom were calling them slurs."

Haru: "I'm not surprised. Different sexualities are more accepted nowadays. But it also means it's become controversial to the people that still don't accept it."

Legosi: "Cherryton was full of bullies and closed-minded staff when I was around so I probably shouldn't be surprised either."

Lee: "Seriously? Why'd you send your bisexual, half-breed son here then?"

Legosi: "I was hoping things had changed. Cherryton wasn't too bad for me. But then again, being tall, scary, and straight probably made me better off in that regard."

Haru: "I'm not confident about the 'straight' part. You and Louis-kun have always had a bit of a sexual tension, y'know?"

Legosi: "HARU!"

Haru: "I'm just teasing, dear."

Lee: "LMFAO"

Legosi: "What did I do to deserve you two?"

The chimera waited until the middle of the night to make his move. He jumped down from his bunk and took his phone off the charger. Thankfully, due to the lack of outlets in the room, everybody charged their phones on the same spot on the windowsill.

Texting the blackmailer and seeing which phone goes off wouldn't work. For some reason, his phone refused to deliver the message because it's not a valid phone number. He felt bad about it, but next, he had to directly invade the privacy of his roommates.

He grabbed Eli's phone. Lee looked through his videos and texts. He found some home videos and messages from his family, but nothing else of note.

Next, he checked Alfred's phone. He cursed under his breath when he found it was locked by a four-digit PIN. Dead end.

He grabbed Stanley's phone. His videos included some beautiful sunsets and his messages were all to his family. Nothing indicating him to be the blackmailer.

Theo's phone was next. Unsurprisingly, it was locked. However, instead of a PIN, he had a password. Was this paranoia or was the goat just really diligent when it came to protecting data?

Out of four phones, there were two he couldn't get into. Unfortunately, it was the phones of the two most likely suspects. He needed to come up with a new plan of attack.