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BEFORE WE START
This fic is inspired by many fics alike on ao3. For the sake of spoilers, I will refrain from listing them all for now. A few things you should expect:
- Canon/non-canon relationships (Legoshi x Haru, Louis x Juno) (Bill x Els, Durham x Miguno, Pina x Pina, etc.)
- Unrequited love
- Rewritten story arcs/original story arcs
- Slight out-of-character-ness
Season 1 will stick to the manga the most, while as we progress towards season 2 and 3, more things will change to fit my narrative. Plenty of my own elements and little side stories to fill up the story. Moving from this point on will be some ideas I would like for the story. Please skip to the non-bold text to prevent spoilers.
Altered background: Legoshi has his father, and his mother never killed herself. This is also the reason why I let myself write Legoshi in a slightly different personality – here he is less shy, not as self-loathing for him being born a carnivore, and just less as socially awkward in general! This also means Legoshi picks up some other hobbies like music and acting.
LEGOSHI GOES ON STAGE!!!
Also, Legoshi will keep his tall slim build as the story progresses, cus LITERALLY, HOW WOULD HE FUCK A RABBIT after the Riz fight...? SO, I’m not gonna make him buff up like in the original but I’ll have my explanation
Okay, so was there ever a reason in the manga why Oguma adopted a child from the Black Market? Yes, since Oguma couldn’t produce an heir, but no, since we never got to know why he couldn’t.
Oh well, I’ll leave that up to your speculation. Louis is either gay for Legoshi or has a wolf fetish.
This story will focus more on the concept of the ‘imaginary chimera’, and by extension, magic in general, meaning not only Legoshi and the livestock will be able to summon a chimera or some other stuff (not telling ya’ll what yet). Also, that shadow thing that bugged Legoshi at the beginning of the manga will have more of an involvement as the story moves on.
There will also be instants where the story is changed drastically, for instance, the first fricking act involving our protagonist.
Melon’s arc will be covered, but there’s no way I’m just throwing him in prison right then. The story will also continue after we’re done with melon, so stay tuned.
The moonlight shone into the dark room, keeping the creature awake in the middle of the night. Or at least it would have if the curtains had been open. Instead, something else was keeping the creature awake, something daring, something dangerous.
Leano looked into the mirror, her face only resembling fear and sorrow. This wasn’t the first time she had known. The she-wolf turned away from her reflection again... No, that’s not right. The wolf-Komodo dragon hybrid turned away from her reflection again, and she howled into the moon in distraught.
What she saw in the mirror was something she could’ve had only dreamt about in her worst nightmare, and that nightmare was coming true. She had to act quickly. She went off into the night, quickly flipping over the pages of ‘Handsome Young Animals Catalogue’ she had brought with her, glancing over the picture of a young gray wolf. Miyagi, Gray Wolf (25), Wishes to be an actor – it read.
I must hurry. Before I become a monster, and while I’m still a beautiful gray wolf, I must give birth to an almost pure-blooded grey wolf.
She arrived at the front of a tall building in the city. The building looked fairly well maintained and decorated, compared to the decaying states of the buildings surrounding it. It was also the tallest in the neighborhood. A welcoming golden light shone from the glass doors, and the fully covered ‘gray wolf’ walked in graciously and magnificently. She sported a full-length trench coat, black mittens, a square-patterned scarf, leather boots, and a fancy hat to top it off. She was ready.
She rose to a confident stature, as she walked to the receptionist – a young doe, and whispered something into her ear, “One red juice, please.”
“I’ll have to get your name first, ma’am, as well as your phone number if you plan on frequenting here more than once. Please write it down here,” the doe pointed to the board on her hand. The hybrid complied. I guess if I can’t find him today, I’ll have to come again.
“R-right this way ma’am,” the doe answered with a smile, before handing her a bottle of red wine, “you’ll have to drink this before you go in.”
The she-wolf complied, and quickly took a big chug of the liquor. She started to feel tipsy already. Perfect. She followed the doe down a flight of stairs and waited for her to open the door. The door was opened at last, and a stunning scene of multiple animals – all masked to imitate different species – dancing without a care in the world and having sex right then and there. Before she entered, the doe gave her a mask of her own – a deer mask with no antlers – then went back up the flight of stairs, leaving the she-wolf alone once again.
She put the mask on and took her first step towards the door.
Calm.
Stay calm.
Act like the pure-blooded gray wolf you’re supposed to be.
She took another step forward. Then another. And then a fourth one. Soon enough she was sprinting towards the group of animals disregarding all her fears at once. She looked around, searching for a certain animal whose mask can only fit a long, pronounced snout, and with beautiful gray fur, smooth, soft, pure. Before long, she spotted her target, wearing a Komodo dragon mask, sitting on a couch at the corner of the huge house of wild party animals. She took a deep breath and walked towards the corner.
“Excuse me, are you Miyagi the gray wolf?” she brought up the courage to ask that question directly to the one with the reptile mask. Keep your cool, Leano!
“Y-yes? Do I know you?” the male wolf said in a sort of panicky voice.
“I found you in a fashion magazine, and I did some research on you from the internet. Seems like you’ve been to this place lots. I’m Leano,” she replied, taking off her mask, while trying to seem as cool and collected as she could be.
The male wolf did not reply.
“What are you doing in such a place?” the she-wolf resorted to asking him a simple question.
“I- I uh ‘m just tryna find uh... you know what, never mind,” it took the male wolf to contemplate over his answer, yet it still came out as gibberish. He was blushing hot.
The she-wolf pulled him closer, looking him directly in the eyes. Once they locked sight, it felt like the world had stopped in time.
“You’re gorgeous,” the male wolf finally managed to form a sentence before leaning in for a brief kiss. “I think I've found what I was looking for, sweetheart.”
“Why don’t we head to a more private space? I’d hate for our first time to be in front of a bunch of crazy animals,” the she-wolf progressed with her plan, hoping she could diverge the handsome male wolf to a private bedroom and gift her with the genes of a pure-blooded gray wolf.
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They arrived at the Sweet Rose Love Hotel. The building was less modern and well-kept than the last building, but at least it’s not as bad as the abandoned buildings surrounding it. The she-wolf had practically dragged the male wolf on his collar before she could talk to the receptionist.
“Hello. May we rent a room for two?” Leano asked calmly with a slight smile to the receptionist, who was writing something down on a notebook.
“Certainly, Ma’am.” the receptionist answered in a tired voice. He was probably exhausted after such a long shift.
A grey wolf couple spending a night in a love hotel. Nothing wrong with that, right?
They made their way to room 502 and quickly hopped on the bouncy and soft king-sized bed. Sure, the hotel was cheap, but it certainly still was a hotel. They sat there for a while, staring at the black tv screen with their drunk reflections.
“Leano, are you sure about this-” Leano cut him off with a little nudge on the shoulder, “We’ve come this far, haven’t we? I want you to take me.”
“I mean, this is pretty new to me… I’ve just stayed in the corner trying to meet friends, never to think I’d meet a beautiful gray wolf such as yourself. I’m really nervous.”
“Don’t worry your head off, honey.” The female dragged the male into a wet kiss.
“Ow, my head.” The male wolf sat up from the bed, holding the back of his head like it was an infant. His head felt dizzy, he couldn’t see properly yet, he couldn’t even feel his legs. It took him a good five minutes to even process where he was.
Big bed… Um, air conditioning, this weird purple hue ‘round the mirrors, the white stuff on the- OH! OHMYGOD, I LOST MY VIRGINITY LAST NIGHT?!
Then came panic.
“AAAHHHHH!!!” The sheer volume of the wolf’s scream was comparable to a howl to the moon, “WHERE DID SHE GO?!!”
His first instinct was to track her scent, but he knew she would be too far away now for that. He checked his phone, seeing it was 2 p.m. Good thing it’s a Saturday, then. He tidied himself up and called room service by pressing the call button on the wall. He then left the building and walked back to his apartment.
The walk back was pretty normal, with no animals looking at him weirdly. It was a pretty unique part of town though, eerily close to the Black Market, and the wolf had to manually shut his muzzle to avoid himself from grabbing a bite. He wasn’t completely against the idea, just that he had enough in his life for him to get experimental with that stuff. He couldn’t afford to go crazy.
Eventually, he made it back and took out his diary (although it was more of a journal). Yesterday was to be a day he’d never forget, he decided. So, he wrote with his trusty fountain pen in hand, in simple yet effective words, and he tucked away the diary. Now, what? He had no idea.
Just as he was bout to head out again for a walk, he noticed a buzz from his back pocket, and after clumsily picking it up with his large clawed hands, he recognized the number. TV Asahi? He had to take the chance.
“Hello…? Yes, this is Miyagi the gray wolf… Mhm, yes- Oh, really? Thank you so much, I’m looking forward to working on this project as well! When I’m ready to start? I’m ready right away…! Oh, I’ll make sure I’m not late then… Yes, thank you for your time, I hope I’ll see you very soon…” He waited for the call to finally end. “Phew.” I get to work as a LEAD on TV ASAHI?! HOLY REX, this is like a FEVER DREAM. He was ready to instantly dial in to his mom, telling her all about his dream come true, until he scrolled down to the L section on his contacts list. Leano.
I had sex with her and I didn’t even catch her number…? What kind of world do I live in…
Truth is, he’d been feeling empty inside ever since he woke up to an empty bed that morning. No amount of good news could fill the gap in his heart, and he didn’t know what to do.
So, for the first time in 8 years, he cried his heart out into his pillow.
The last time he could remember he cried was the day he lost his parents, where he would end up wandering the back alleys for a few years, until he was taken in by a Shiba Inu he now called his mom.
In the fortunate turn of events, he became a great stage actor, starring in multiple stage shows in his time in high school, then getting involved in various advertisement jobs from different TV studios, eventually receiving minor roles on a few TV series.
And once again, Miyagi the gray wolf was crying into his pillow, not sure whether to feel immense joy or despair.