Sorry for being so late for posting this... but yeah... assignments... assignments... and more assignments... did I mention the assignments. Anyway here it is chapter 7... Revealation

Natsumi POV

I can't believe it. Yori was right I did have a tail (and ears too but I can't see them). But how are people supposed to see me now, in this state I'll never be able to face the world again. The way I saw it was 'Ears + Tail + Person = Lonely life'. I won't be able to fit in anymore. Maybe I should just tell the Night Class. No, scrap that. There would be no chance with Ichijou, he wouldn't want me now that I was this… this… mutant, a freak of nature you could call it. But I had to tell someone. Maybe I could tell Yuuki… actually I will but I can't go talk to her now, she was at class. Seriously, I really needed to tell someone now, but who? Oh, I know, maybe I could tell a certain red-haired guy, my half-brother, Senri Shiki. But he was at class with the rest of the Night Class. So I stayed huddled behind a tree, trying (with a lot of failure) to keep my ears and bushy, orange tail hidden. Maybe it would be better if I climbed the tree and stayed there; less chance of being seen. So I did.

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I heard footsteps, it was the Night Class, coming back from class. I followed them with my eyes until they were a safety distance away. I scrambled through the row of trees after them. I hopped down over the gates of the Moon Dormitory. I tied my handkerchief around my head like a bandana to hide my ears. Hmmm… well I can't just walk through the doors of the building, they'd all see me. No, I wanted to see Senri, alone. Well if I could climb those trees so easily, almost like it was second nature to me, I should be able to climb the dormitory walls up to Shiki's room. Ok, Natsumi, concentrate put your left foot here and your right up there. Eventually I made it up to the window of Senri's dorm. I took a peek inside. Crap! I forgot that Senri shared the room with Takuma. Ichijou was sitting on a bed reading a manga while Shiki was standing in front of him and talking. Ichijou stood up, he closed the manga and put in a book shelf "Well, I'll go take a shower now" he said and walked out the door. Now was my chance, I tapped on the window.

"Natsumi-san?" he gave me a puzzled look but opened the window anyway.

"Yeah, I'll explain soon just wait" I said climbing through the open window

"So, wha'dya come here for?"

"Well, I only just discovered it today and it's kinda hard to explain…"

"Yeah…go on"

"So I'll just show you" I said and then I pulled my bandana off to reveal my ears then moved my tail so that he could see it.

"Ohh… my god! Natsumi-san you're a kemonomimi thing… wait what animal are you?"

"Umm… I don't really know"

"Hmm… maybe a fox because of your orange fluffy tail… wait, no your ears are rounded and you don't have a white tail tip. I think you're a squirrel"

"But I can't just walk around the place with ears and a tail. People would notice"

"True. Well maybe you could ask Takuma he reads manga a lot so he might know"

"No I can't ask Takuma"

"Why not?"

"Umm…er…isn't he prone to fainting?" Yes, that was a pretty lame excuse, but yeah just one of the random facts I had learnt about the Night Class from Maria.

"Well, yeah, he is now that you mention it, he is sort of"

"Well… what am I going to do?"

"We don't have to tell Ichijou; we can still look at his mangas"

He flipped through the loads of mangas on Takuma's bookshelf. Wow! He had HEAPS! There was bound to be atleast one in there that could help me. Every now and then Shiki would pull out one and throw it onto the bed. Finally, he reached the end.

"Here are a few that might help" he said holding up the pile of mangas he had pulled out.

"Umm…shouldn't we go somewhere else, Takuma can come back from his shower any second now"

"You're right, why don't we take a walk"

"Sure, why not?"

Senri scribbled 'Takuma, I'm taking a walk with Natsumi-san. You know, a little show you around and get to know your long-lost half-sister kinda thing, be back soon' on a piece of paper and put it on Ichijou's bed. I tied the bandana back on and climbed back down the wall to avoid people seeing me. Senri, lucky him, got to take the stairs, the easy way, grrr. We met at the bottom and walked off into the bushy glade where I had hidden earlier. We placed the pile in between us and started reading. Hopefully, Ichijou wouldn't notice that his mangas were gone. Some of these mangas were really good actually. Anyway, back to the topic. We sat there for about half an hour reading. Then we discussed what we found out about keeping a social life as a kemonomimi person. In most they had most of the characters as kemonomimi so they weren't really that useful. But in some there were only one or small groups of kemonomimi; most of that type said that if you concentrated you could make your ears and/or tail disappear if you concentrate. They would only pop up at times of need, by will or when showing strong emotion. If they could make their ears and tail disappear by concentrating hard, so could I. I concentrated really hard.

I will make my ears and tail disappear

I will make my ears and tail disappear

I will make my ears and tail disappear

I will make my ears and tail disappear

I will make my ears and tail disappear

I will make my ears and tail disappear

Finally I felt a little difference. I turned around and my tail was gone!

"Senri, my tail's gone. Have my ears gone too?"

"It would be a bit easier to see if you took the bandana off"

"Ok" I said as I pulled my bandana off "Now, are they gone?"

"Well, your concentrating hard actually worked. They're gone"

"YES!!!"

"But it could just be a beginner's luck thing"

"Wha'dya mean?"

"Well in-case your ears or tail pop up again don't you wanna be certain that you can make them go away again"

"What?! I just make them go away and you tell me I have to get them back!"

"Um… well I think the ears will come back at some unexpected time so I think you need to practice hiding them"

"Ok then"

Ears and tail please come back

Ears and tail please come back

Ears and tail please come ba- Wow! That was quick! They came back really … now to make them go away... concentrationness

I will make my ears and tail disappear

I will make my ears and tail disappear

I will make my ears and tail disappear

I will make my ears and tail disappear

I will make my ears and tail disappear

Ugh… still not working. It was a lot easier making my ears and tail come than go. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea. What if they were permanent this time?

No my ears and tail will disappear they have to

After a lot of concentrating they finally disappeared. Woah! I just heard footsteps. I took a cautious look. Phew! It was only Yuuki and Zero. I walked over to them.

"Hey Yuuki, hey Zero"

"Shove off, leech"

"Jeez, show some manners, Zero"

"Fine then, dear leech would you care to move over to the side so we can walk through"

*stifled laughter*

"*rolls eyes*Just ignore him. Anyway Natsumi we were just coming to see you, Zero forgot, again"

"Really? Why?"

"The chairman has received a call from your mother, she's coming to visit you here next week"

"Mum! Coming here next week!!!! No. That's way too early"

"It's true"

"That's great! Oh, and Yuuki there's something I need tell you. Zero would you mind leaving us alone for awhile"

"Fine. But if you do anything, anything, to Yuuki, you blood-sucking scum, I will not hesitate to shoot you" he said looking down at the Bloody Rose, his anti-vampire gun.

"Don't worry so much, Zero I won't hurt Yuuki"

So I walked over to the bushy glade where Senri was waiting. "Um… Yuuki-chan promise you will not tell anyone about this, oh, besides the people who know: Senri, Yori and Seiren"

"Ok, I promise"

"Well, the other day when I drank Yori's blood a level E got attracted to the blood scent and attacked her. When I was protecting her this happened…"

I made my ears and tail come out. Yuuki gasped "Oh! Um… well that was unexpected… but so kawaii!!! (cute)" Senri turned around "Natsumi-san we should be getting back, Ichijou is probably suspecting something by now" I looked down at my watch and hid my ears and tail.

"You're right, well bye Yuuki"

"Bye Natsumi" Yuuki said as she walked away to rejoin Zero.

"Well Natsumi, maybe you could come with us, we're going to the Model Agency, that's where Rima and I work, Ichijou's coming too"

"I'd love to come with you"

Yes, this was one of the most uneventful chapters in the story but in the Model Agency things get more dangerous... ooh need 1 review before posting chapter 8