Keith wasn't your typical teenager. For one thing, he was half fox, being the spawn of a demon fox mother and a normal human father. However, things weren't all bad for Keith. Because of his abnormalities, he was given the chance to attend a school where he would finally be able to be accepted, Anime Academy.
It was early in the morning. The sun had barely risen past the horizon. A gentle breeze carried the scent of cherry blossoms to the front gates of Anime Academy where Keith stood quietly staring up at the main academy building. A cherry blossom petal glided through the air and landed gently on Keith's head as he focused his attention onto the school entrance. Finally, the day has come, Keith thought to himself as he walked up to the entrance of the building with a confident smile and a wagging tail.
Inside the building, Keith was greeted with the refreshing coolness of the air conditioning and the excited chatter of his fellow students. In the crowds, Keith could notice many other students who also have abnormalities of their own. Some students had animalistic qualities like Keith, such as animal ears and tails, and others even displayed superpowers, such as levitation or super speed. In this crowd of students, Keith was perfectly normal, something he'd never imagine in his life.
Keith quickly got his stuff from his locker and strolled happily to his first period class. Sliding open the classroom door and stepping inside, Keith took an empty seat close to the window and waited excitedly as the classroom filled up with students. Suddenly, a girl with golden blonde hair approached him and slammed her hand onto the desk with a loud thump, which made Keith jump.
"Hey, fox boy. You're in my seat." The girl said intimidatingly.
Keith froze with fear. W-What? Keith couldn't believe what was happening. He had just gotten into the school, and he already had someone who hates him.
"Well? You gonna move? Or are we going to have to do this the hard way?" The girl asked cracking her knuckles at Keith.
"I-I…" Keith tried to find his words, but it was already too late. The girl grabbed Keith by the shirt collar and forcefully flung him out of the seat and across the classroom with an effortless flick of the wrist.
"There, much better," The girl said indifferently, taking Keith's seat as he laid in pain on the hard wooden floor.
Pulling himself up to his feet, Keith quickly scanned the classroom for a different seat and quickly took an empty seat in the very front of the class next to another student with spiky, electric blue hair.
"Wow, that was quite a throw. You alright?" The student asked jokingly.
"Um, y-yeah." Keith replied.
"Okay, that's good. You're new right?" The student asked.
"Yeah, I just transferred today." Keith answered with a smile.
"Oh, in that case, I'm Ethan," The student introduced himself, "And, er, that girl that just threw you across the room? That's Amber, and if you have any common sense, you should probably stay as far away as you can from her."
"Heh, noted," Keith answered rubbing his arm, which took the most of the impact. Just as Keith finished his sentence, the teacher entered the classroom and quieted down the class. Soon the class began settling down, and the teacher began the daily lessons. Class went by fairly quickly, and soon, it was time for a break. The class emptied out quickly, and Keith followed Ethan to the school fountain where most of the students would gather during break.
"Hey, Keith. I kinda have to meet with someone right now, so do you mind hang out by yourself for a while?" Ethan asked.
"Oh, sure thing." Keith answered.
"Sweet. Well, I'll see you later," Ethan said as he turned away and disappeared into the school building again. Keith was alone again.
Keith circled the central fountain for a while, admiring the shape of the structure and the clearness of the water that sprouted out of the top of the fountain, until he saw a lone student standing alone under a tree not too far from him. Being alone himself, Keith thought about socializing for a bit, and promptly approached the student. However, as soon as the student saw Keith approaching her, the student quickly bolted, leaving a confused Keith behind. Huh? Keith thought to himself, Did she just run away from me..?
Soon, the second period bell rang, and Keith began heading to the school dojo for martial arts class. Walking through the halls alone, Keith noticed a familiar figure standing in front of the dojo, and his guts sank. It was Amber. Before Keith could sneak past her and into the classroom, Amber viciously gripped onto Keith's tail and yanked him out of the classroom doors.
"Nice timing, fox boy. I was looking for a sparring partner," Amber sneered while gripping Keith's tail tighter in her hands, which sent jolts of pain up his spine, "So, what do you say, partner?"
"U-Um," Keith tried to resist, but immediately gave into the pain, "Yeah, sure."
"Perfect," Amber said letting go of Keith's tail and dragging Keith into the dojo by his fox ears instead, "Let's get going then."
As soon as Keith and Amber entered the dojo, the teacher began class and the students began sparring. Amber casually let go of Keith and then proceeded to roundhouse kick him into the dojo wall. Keith slid off the wall and tried to catch his breath as Amber sprinted towards him. Before Keith could raise his arms in defense, Amber jabbed him hard in the stomach and quickly used the momentum to flip him over her shoulder and onto the floor.
Keith was now gasping for breath, since Amber had knocked the air out of him so many times. Now crawling on his stomach, Keith could only hope to end the pain by escaping Amber, but soon he notice her shadow looming over him and her crimson red eyes glaring down intently at him. That's it. I'm a goner, Keith thought miserably, but then a miracle happened.
"Stop, just stop it already!" a blue-haired girl was standing between Keith and Amber shielding him from Amber's wrathful glare.
"Eden? What do you want?" Amber asked indifferently.
"Can't you see he's had enough?" Eden nearly shouted "The poor guy can hardly breathe!"
"Hmph, fine. I'll just go find someone else to beat up. They're no fun when they don't fight back anyways," Amber said as she turned away from Keith and Eden to go look for another sparring partner.
"Thanks," Keith said as Eden helped him up.
"Don't worry about it. Amber's just a bully," Eden said with a shy smile, "By the way, I'm Eden. What's your name?"
"It's Keith. Nice to meet you." Keith replied with a bright smile.
"Keith, huh? Well, it's nice to meet you too, Keith." Eden said, "Hey, do you mind if we have lunch together? I don't have any friends yet."
"Sure! I don't have any friends yet, either." Keith replied as the bell for lunch rang. The teacher dismissed the class with a bow, and the dojo emptied out as students headed for the cafeteria area.
Keith didn't really feel like eating that day after Amber's punch to the stomach, so he just sat with Eden at a lunch table during the duration of lunch.
"So, since you're new and all, Have you considered joining any clubs yet?" Eden asked suddenly.
"No, not really. Why? Do you have any in mind?" Keith replied, flicking a leaf off of his shoulder.
"Not at the moment, but you should really consider joining a club. Almost everyone in school's in one, so you probably don't wanna be left out." Eden answered.
"Are you in any clubs, then?" Keith asked.
"Yeah, actually. I'm part of the drama club. We're actually a pretty small club, but I'm not sure you're the drama type." Eden answered as the bell rang for class to begin, "Well, that's the bell. You better head to your next class, Keith. I'll see you later."
The two parted ways as Keith went off to the pool changing room for swimming class. Quickly changing into a simple, blue pair of trunks, Keith stepped out of the changing room and into the bright, sunlit pool area. Scanning the pool area for familiar faces, Keith suddenly recognized a familiar head of spiky electric blue hair.
"Ethan!" Keith called out.
Ethan turned around as Keith reached him, "Oh hey, man. I thought we'd have this class together."
"Yeah, and a good thing too. You're probably the only person I know here." Keith joked.
"So, you wanna swim? No reason coming to swimming class if you're not going to swim." Ethan said as he approached closer to the pool.
"Sure," Keith answered, following Ethan.
And with a splash, the two launched into the pool and raced each other across the water. After reaching the other edge of the pool, the two emerge from the water for air. Keith shook the water out of his orange, blonde hair and ears and looked over at Ethan, whose spiky, electric blue hair was now a wet mess draped behind his head. But for some reason, Ethan's hair now reminded Keith of someone.
"Hey, Ethan. Do you know a girl named Eden?" Keith asked.
"E-Eden? Well, not really. Why?" Ethan said nervously.
"Heh, no reason. It's just your hair reminds me of hers," Keith pointed out innocently.
"Oh, really? Hey, you wanna go another round?" Ethan asked nervously, desperate to change the subject.
"Oh, sure," Keith replied before launching of the edge of the pool once more with Ethan next to him.
The two spent the rest of the period swimming laps around the pool, until school finally ended and Keith and Ethan changed back into their original school uniforms. The two headed out to the courtyard, and said their goodbyes before parting ways. Keith continued to walk on into the golden sunset as the cherry blossoms continued to fall slowly behind him. The first day of Anime Academy was finally over.