Night Arrival at Anima 10-Year Anniversary Celebration
Izuku and Michiru are riding on the boat with Marie and the two Beastmen as they make their way to the Beastmen city where they would be safe, they look over the horizon to see the city is getting closer for them while Marie is counting the money she got from them.
"So, is it true that the city is really for Beastmen only?" Michiru asked.
"That's right, Anima City. What's your reason for going?" Marie asked the two of them.
"Here, this is my student ID card. What I used to look like." Izuku showed Marie his student card showing the picture of his former human self.
"H-Hold on, Izuku! Are you really sure it's a good idea to show her that?" Michiru asked worry.
"I don't think there's anything to worry about. We can trust her, and I don't think she would go around telling secrets as important as this one." Izuku believed.
"Hold the fuck on! This… Are you telling me that a couple of Beastmen like you actually lived among humans before coming to Anima?" Marie asked shock while looking at the picture of Izuku as a human.
"No, it's actually the opposite, you could say. We used to be full-blooded humans, but then something happened that caused us to become Beastmen." Izuku revealed, this shocked Marie even more as she looks at the picture again.
Izuku's form human life had a round face is framed by a short mop of fluffy dark-green hair which curled up at odd angles around his head, cast noticeably dark shadows onto itself. His eyes are large and somewhat circular, and his irises are the same shade of green as his hair. He had a set of four symmetrical freckles in diamond formations, one on each cheek.
"Hold on, hold on, you're really telling me that you two used to be humans?" Marie asked shock.
"I have no reason to lie to you, even when we don't have more proof. You will have to take that picture of my former human life and my words." Izuku said.
Marie can definitely tell the level of seriousness in his eyes and look over to Michiru who gave her a slight nod, also telling her that she used to be human too. That made Marie's mind explodes with this new discovery.
"Okay, this is shit… I know we Beastmen can change into our ideal human form at will, but I never heard about humans becoming Beastmen. You guys are a whole new breed altogether." Marie commented.
"Oh great, now we're freaks to even Beastmen." Michiru sighed worry.
"Don't worry, I'm sure we can still fit in within the city and maybe we can find something we can do that fits into our new life." Izuku believed with one arm pulling her in a little and his tail on top of hers.
"He's right, you two will be able to sleep peacefully from now on." Marie nodded to confirm this.
"But still, humans becoming Beastmen has never happened before though maybe some old timers or scientists could help try to understand why that happened." Marie said.
Izuku and Michiru look at each other for a moment seeing that they are something of a new kind of Beastmen.
"By the way, Izuku, right? What kind of Beastmen exactly are you, I'm seeing a rabbit and yet you have a fox tail." Marie asked curiously.
"I'm not really sure myself, maybe a Rabbit-Fox?" Izuku guessed.
"Hmm, I heard about few animals are like combined of two animals like the platypus, the bullfrog, the catfish, but never about rabbits and fox." Marie said.
By the time the group arrives at Anima City at a little dock station, it is nighttime and the two newly Beastmen got off safe and sound.
"Alright, we're here! Once we're off this ship, we're complete strangers. You got that?" Marie said because she doesn't want any trouble for doing this.
"We got it, thank you." Michiru understood.
"I heard about Kacchan's contact before, but he never told me about what Red Riot looks like which means it's gonna be hard to find him." Izuku pointed out one problem.
"Well, consider how loud and aggressive Katsuki can be, maybe this Red Riot guy is also loud." Michiru guessed.
"Oh yeah, that guy can be loud whenever he wishes to talk about manly things like helping an old lady cross the street and stopping bullies." Marie giggled.
"Oh, so you know Red Riot?" Izuku asked. This causes Marie to flinch on realizing what she just revealed.
"Shit… I just had to open my big mouth." Marie exclaimed.
"You sound like you're scared of the guy." Izuku noticed that expression.
"Scared, me? I'm not scared of some guy I may or may have not been close to him in a way because it's NOT!" Marie proclaimed with her face looking a little red though couldn't tell because of how dark it is right now.
"Okay, so… Can you at least tell us what Beastman he is?" Michiru asked with a sweat drop.
"He's a Pangolin, and he also has red spiky hair that stands up with two little ones that are like horns, and he also has that stupid yet hard smile that can't be broken no matter how much you'd try to beat him up." Marie explained a few details about Red Riot.
"(I'm starting to think this woman and Red Riot are a thing, or perhaps used to be.)" Michiru thought guessed as she notices how Marie is smiling.
"I'm only giving you guys this information for free since that loud human friend of yours seems to have connection with Red Riot. Now get going." Marie gestured to go now.
"Alright, thank you!" Izuku nodded.
"You have a nice night!" Michiru waved goodbye as they walk towards the city.
Marie watches them leave and then let out a sigh as she is still surprised by what she just witnessed today.
"A human and a Beastman being best friends, two humans suddenly becoming Beastmen, shit. Life is just full of surprise." Marie commented.
Izuku and Michiru walks into the city with no difficulty like through the gate though the rabbit-fox boy can tell that something off is going on as they make their way into the city, but he can't put his finger on it.
"Hey Michiru, I know it's nighttime and all, but doesn't this feel too quiet?" Izuku asked.
"Now that you mention it, everything is dark and quiet. I can't even single light out, not a single sound either." Michiru noticed this, starting to get worried.
Then they find themselves in what appears to be a center of the city or something, and everything is still quiet which gives off a spooky vibe.
"Do you think everyone has turned in for the night?" Izuku asked.
"Nope, it's something much more fun than that." A guy said.
Izuku and Michiru gasp when they heard the sound of someone who just happened to be close to them and not even Izuku's rabbit ears have noticed this at all.
"Huh, hello… Did we come here at a bad time?" Izuku asked.
"Oh no, you two actually came here at just the right time." The guy smirked as he walked up to them.
"Look up there!" The guy pointed upward.
Both newly Beastmen look up at the highest building and saw what appeared to be a glowing majestic wolf standing on top of the building, and they felt like their breath has been taken away.
And then a howling was heard followed by another howl and some dozens of more as the two see glowing yellowish white eyes appearing in the darkness.
"What's going on here?" Izuku asked, feeling a bit scared.
"That is something you two are going to like." The guy smirked.
Michiru clenches onto Izuku a little tightly feeling scared of what's about to happen.
Until the lights came on showing lots and lots of Beastmen together with confetti and cheers shouting around, some are dancing while others are singing and doing some stance for certain things like when you see some in a special festival.
"It's a festival!" Michiru and Izuku smiled realizing this.
"You better believe it is, and it's an awesome festival to behold!" The guy smirked.
The giant jumbo flat-screen TV turns on showing the appearance of a naked-mole rat female Beastmen on the screen.
"It's the mayor!" One Beastman alerted and everyone looks up.
"It's Mayor Rose!"
"Long live the Mayor!"
"(That's the mayor, I think she's that woman from when we the news on the bus.)" Izuku thought almost recognized that woman.
"Anima City is established 10 years ago. However, the division between Beastmen and humans still remains. Nevertheless, this land has continued to serve as a place for Beastmen and exists in peace. So, with that said, let's commemorate the last ten years as well as the next ten years and our future by celebrating our anniversary!" Mayor Rose smiled.
"We really did it, we're really in Anima City!" Izuku smiled.
"We don't have to hide who we are anymore!" Michiru threw her cloak away, and so does Izuku.
With the cloaks gone, Izuku is shown to be wearing a dark green jacket with spikes at the end of the sleeves, a white shirt underneath with the hands of a human and a Beastman holding each other which shows his support for the two races to co-exist, black shorts with green pockets, and has a necklace with a green skull of a bunny on it as a pendant.
"That's right! You just stumble upon the amazing anniversary party that you can only find here!" The guy smiled with his arms up.
"I'm really glad you guys were able to find your way here, BakuBro did inform me about you two coming at night." The guy mentioned a guy.
"Wait, BakuBro? Hold on, are you Red Riot?" Izuku asked, realizing who this guy is.
"Red Riot? You mean Katsuki's contact?" Michiru asked shock.
"Yep, that's me! My real name is Eijiro Kirishima, and it's great to meet you two in person!" Eijiro greeted with an introduction.
Eijiro is a muscular young Beastman of average height and a rather impressive physique for his young age. He has red eyes pointed slightly inwards, and a small scar just above his right eye. He also has small eyebrows and pointed teeth. His hair is bright red and spiked away from his head at all angles with gel, with two more pronounced tufts spiked on either side of his forehead like little horns. His Beastman form is that of a pangolin with his body covered in keratin scales which cover him like armor plates with a tail as well. He wears a jagged sash that joins the one on his left to the right side of his belt, which has a red "R" set into its center, standing for his Hero name, "Red Riot" Below this, he wears baggy black pants and half cape with a ripped hem. He also sports dark red boots and thick rings around his calves. He leaves his chest bare.
"Welcome to Anima City!" Eijiro smiled.
"Oh wow, you are so much friendlier and polite for someone who would be friends Katsuki of all people!" Michiru surprised, her imaginary of the rude boy who is friends with Katsuki has been shattered.
"Thanks, I always thought he and I would be like brothers even though we haven't seen each other in a long time." Eijiro chuckled.
"But don't you get yelled at and hearing curses from Kacchan?" Izuku asked.
"Yeah, he does those yelling and stuffy, but that's just BakuBro being BakuBro and I'll gladly stand by his side for he needs a good friend." Eijiro stated smiling.
"(Whoa, he's so brave!)" Michiru and Izuku thought amazed.
"So, you guys wanna see more of the festival and have fun?" Eijiro asked.
Izuku and Michiru smile with excitement as they look at each other for a little moment before going back to Eijiro to give him their answer.
"Yeah!" They said together.
With that being said, Eijiro took them around to see all the wonderful and fun things here in the festival with seeing a few performances of the Beastmen like dancing and music playing, games to win some prizes which Izuku was actually able to do on two games and win them for Michiru which she accepts.
They even just look around seeing the smiling faces on all of the Beastmen.
"Whoa! It looks just like that wolf we saw on the roof!" Izuku was amazed of the giant silver wolf float passing by.
"Wow, it's like everyone is celebrating like there's no tomorrow." Izuku was amazed.
"That's because it is with ten whole years has passed since this city was finish being build and every Beastmen who ever wants to live in peace would just come here since they had to face so many Anti-Beastmen people who wanted us nothing but to hide away so we'll never be seen again or just dead." Eijiro explained.
Hearing all of this causes Izuku to think back earlier when he and Michiru were getting their tickets and hid away from those humans, the hurtful words they left on posters, and the hateful humans who tried to come after them. He can understand how these Beastmen just want to live in peace.
"I'm sorry…" Izuku apologized.
"Huh, what are you apologizing for?" Eijiro was confused about that apologize.
"I think it's because he and I used to be humans. Katsuki mentioned that to you, right?" Michiru mentioned.
"Oh yeah, sorry. Didn't mean to bring you down like that." Eijiro felt bad now.
"It's okay, I can understand how both sides are unease with each other and yet they also want to reach out to each other at the same time." Izuku said.
"Hey now, let's not get all sad and gloom and get back to enjoying the festival!" Michiru pointed out, but then she bumps into someone.
"I'm so sorry." Michiru apologized, but then look up at the wolf man crying in silence for some reason.
"What an incredible smell. It's the smell of Beastmen fill with joy and happiness." The wolf Beastmen said which confuses Michiru.
"Hey, Shirou! Glad to see you made it!" Eijiro called out as he and Izuku ran up for Michiru.
"Of course, I would come. It's the celebration we Beastmen have been waiting for a thousand years." Shirou responded.
Shirou is a wolf-Beastman with white fur accented by teal fur covering his back and the top of his head. He has gray fur on the bridge of his black nose, and a white diamond-shaped pattern on his forehead. He has a small, disheveled mane of fur around his neck that spills out all over. His eyes are ice blue. He wears a light tan trench coat with the collar up, a black sweater, black cropped gloves, a pair of slim dark gray chinos, and dark brown chelsea ankle boots. Shirou wears a dark brown dog collar with a silver buckle around his neck and a matching belt around his waist.
"You know this man, Eijiro?" Izuku asked.
"Yeah, this here is Shirou Ogami, he's the Social Worker of Anima City and sometimes work with the police force, but he mostly works on his own whenever there's a crime involved." Eijiro introduced.
"Shirou, these are the newcomers I was trying to tell you about yesterday. These are Izuku Midoriya and Michiru Kagemori." Eijiro introduced the new citizens of Anima City.
"Hello." Izuku greeted with Michiru waving.
"Hmm, humans becoming Beastmen. That is a very likely story." Shirou said.
"But it's true!" Michiru said.
"Here, I'll even show you my picture of my former human self." Michiru quickly fetched the student ID card of her former life and showed it to Shirou, but he suddenly disappeared she and Izuku who was also getting his card are shocked by this.
"Huh, he's gone?" Izuku was shocked.
"Yeah, he does that sometimes whenever he has to go or just thinks some things are boring to him. It's like he's secretly a ninja or something." Eijiro shrugged.
"I say he's a very rude ninja." Michiru commented.
"Don't worry, he's a really cool guy and good for others. You'll see that very soon." Eijiro promised.
"Now, how about we go on and continue having fun in this festival!" Eijiro suggested cheerfully with a strong jump in the air.
Though Izuku's mind is still on that Shirou guy, he's been getting a feeling that the wolf man is something more than he's letting on.
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Izuku and Michiru arrived in Anima City right on time as the festival for standing strong and alive in the past ten years as the Beastmen celebrated together, they even got to meet the Red Riot known as Eijiro Kirishima along with Shirou who has a mysterious aura around himself.
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