Chapter Text
March 2002
That day was the day where everything changed for seven recently-graduated high school girls. And that day was the day that Yomi’s college exam results were announced. Now everyone knows how it goes: Yomi got into college, the girls throw Chiyo into the air, and then walk to the train station to go to Magical Land, the end! But, as one story ends, another begins.
At the train station, the gang of six girls (Chiyo “Chiyo-chan” Mihama, Sakaki “Sakaki-san” Fujiwara, Tomo “Tomo-chan” Takino, Koyomi “Yomi” Mizuhara, Ayumu “Osaka” Kasuga, and Kagura “Naha” Katawagawa) were join by another girl: Kaori “Kaorin” Aida.
“Kaorin, why you’re here?” Tomo asked.
“Sakaki-san invited me to join you guys,” Kaorin answered, clinging next to Sakaki, “At least I got my happily ever after!”
The girls all laugh but unbeknownst to all of them, a golden cat statue is recording them. As if the 7 girls were being watched…
In a laboratory, a young woman in a lab coat is reviewing footage of the seven girls with a purplish-black ferret on her shoulder.
“Dad, are you sure that these seven girls are compatible with the Red Data Animal DNA?” the woman asked the ferret.
“Misai, the DNA I gather from those girls is enough evidence for the infusion to work!” the ferret answered.
“Well, let’s go through the girls chosen for the project. Chiyo Mihama, Age:13, Biological Sex: Female, Birthplace: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture,” Misai then pulled a test tube filled with yellow liquid labeled “ゴールデンハムスター(Gōruden Hamusutā/ Golden Hamster)”.
“Sakaki Fujiwara, Age:18, Biological Sex: Male, Birthplace: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture,” She then pulled another test tube, now filled with orange liquid and labeled “イリオモテヤマネコ (Iriomote Yamaneko/ Iriomote Cat)”.
“Tomo Takino, Age:18, Biological Sex: Female, Birthplace: Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture.” Another test tube, this one filled with red liquid and labeled “クロアシイタチ (Kuroashi Itachi/ Black-footed Ferret)”, was pulled out.
“Koyomi Mizuhara, Age: 18, Biological Sex: Female, Birthplace: Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture,” Another test tube, this one filled with purple liquid labeled “エチオピアのオオカミ(Echiopia no ōkami/ Ethiopian Wolf)” was pulled.
“Ayumu Kasuga, Age: 18, Biological Sex: Female, Birthplace: Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture.” Another test tube, this one filled with indigo liquid labeled “コスミレコンゴウインコ (Kosumirekongouinko/ Lear’s Macaw)” was pulled out.
“Kagura Katawagawa, Age:18, Biological Sex: Female, Birthplace: Naha, Okinawa Prefecture.” Misai then pulled out another test tube, filled with green liquid and labeled “アマゾンカワイルカ (Amazon Kawairuka/ Amazon River Dolphin)”.
“And finally: Kaori Aida, Age 18, Biological Sex: Female, Birthplace: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture.” Misai pulled out the final test tube, this one filled with light blue liquid and labeled “ホッキョクグマ (Hokkyokuguma/ Polar Bear)”.
“So, you got the DNA?” the ferret asked his daughter.
“Yes, Father.”
“Now then, put on your goggles, it’s about time!”
Misai then loads a large DNA injection machine with the test tubes of Red Data Animal DNA. “Dad, the DNA is set.” She then put on some goggles.
“Now then, let the μ Project begin!” The ferret jumped off of his daughter’s shoulder, landing on a red button that actives the machine.
At the train station, the ground starts shaking, causing everybody to panic.
“Tha catfish,” Osaka blurred out, “He’s angry!”
“Osaka, stop believing that myth!” Tomo said, holding Yomi and Kagura.
“Sakaki-san, what’s going on?!” Chiyo asked the taller girl.
“I… I don’t know,” Sakaki answered.
“Sakaki-san, hold me tight!” Kaorin shouted, holding Sakaki’s arm.
The golden cat statue’s eyes glowed a red light, which blinded the seven girls.
“KYAAAA!!!!!”
Tomo found herself in a vast prairie, with all of her clothes gone.
“Where-WHERE AM I?!” she asked herself before a bubble floats down to her.
The bubble pops, revealing a ferret.
“A ferret?”
Tomo then picks up the ferret and it goes into her chest.
“That ferret went into me,” Tomo thought to herself, as ferret ears and tail start to manifest on her, “But, the feeling is so warm.”
Sakaki found herself in a rainforest, completely exposed, when a bubble floats down to her and pops, revealing a cat.
“Yamamaya,” she spoke.
The cat then lep towards Sakaki’s chest and goes into her, causing cat ears and tail to manifest on her.
“What a bliss.”
Chiyo found herself in a desert, all alone.
“Sakaki-san, Tomo-chan, Osaka-san, Yomi-san, Kagura-san, Kaorin-san, where are you?” she called out as a bubble floated down to her and popped, revealing a hamster.
“Wah, a hamster!” Chiyo said as she picked up the hamster.
The hamster then jumps into the little girl’s chest, causing hamster ears and tail to manifest on her.
“What is this feeling? It’s so warm.”
Kagura found herself in the middle of the ocean, which while it was her natural habitat, the underwater setting feels so off to her. Then, a bubble floats towards the tomboy, popping to reveal a pink dolphin.
“A dolphin?” Kagura said.
The dolphin swam into Kagura’s chest, causing two antennae to manifest on her head, her short hair growing down to hip-length, and her legs turn into a pink dolphin tail.
“What just happened to me?” Kagura thought, “Did I turn into a mermaid?”
Kaori found herself in an ice field, the cold not affecting her naked body.
“Sakaki-san, where are you?!” she called out before a bubble floated down to her, popping to reveal a white bear. Kaori was scared at first, but she gathers the courage to kneel to the beast and pats the bear’s head. The large beast then enters Kaori’s body, causing polar bear ears and tail to manifest on her.
“What is this feeling? Is Sakaki-san...hugging me?”
Osaka found herself on top of a cliff, but she was too busy musing about eye floaters and sata andagi. She was too distracted by her silly musings to notice the bubble popping in front of her, revealing a macaw. The bird then flies into Osaka’s chest, causing her to spout giant blue wings and tail feathers.
“...Kotatsu…”
Yomi looked around the mountain range as she tries to find Tomo.
“Tomo! Tomo, where are you?!”
Yomi then sees a bubble pop in front of her, revealing a wolf.
“Hehe… nice doggie…”
The wolf didn’t want to kill Yomi. Instead, it jumped into Yomi’s chest, causing her to manifest wolf ears and tail.
“Wha-what is this feeling? It’s sorta reminds me of childhood…”
After the earthquake, the 7 girls woke up at Magical Land, not remembering what just happened.
“Everybody, are you okay?” Chiyo asked her friends.
“Yeah, we’re all fine,” Kagura responded, “Man, I had the weirdest dream. I was alone when suddenly, a dolphin appears, and it went inside of me.”
“You know, Naha-chan,” Tomo chimed in, “I had the same dream! Only a ferret went inside of me!”
Kagura grind her teeth and blushed, “Tomo, don’t call me ‘Naha-chan’!”
“Oops, sorry.”
“Now that you mention it,” Yomi said, “I have a similar dream, Tomo.”
“Me too,” Chiyo, Sakaki, and Kaori added.
“Wait a second, if Ah and y’all have the same dream,” Osaka said, “ Then, our fates are connected in tha future! And Chiyo-chan won’t go to America!”
“Uh, Osaka-san,” Chiyo said, “I’m-”
“Who cares about our destinies!” Tomo interrupted, “ We’re in Magical Land, so let’s have some fun!!!”
The rest of the girls looked at Tomo before they decide to go have some fun, but little did they know that their animal instincts were about to be unleashed.