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Chapter 4: Brand New Friends
Tail woke up that morning and dumbly wandered the halls, searching for the cafeteria. He eventually found it and wandered around, looking for a place he could fit in. He felt just like he did when he first started high school. No one would accept the boy that coughed up blood. Tail's cat ear twitched when he heard a sharp whistle. He turned around to see Flybrain beckoning him over to his table.
Tail smiled a warm smile and joined his newest friend. "Guys, this is Tail." Flybrain introduced Tail to the other people at the table. The others greeted Tail warmly, offering them handshakes. Tail wasn't really used to so much attention, but he tried to cope. He sat next to Flybrain and answered the questions that the others had to ask him with all honesty. A girl walked by and stopped just behind Tail. She smiled and placed her hand on Tail's shoulder. "Hi." she greeted him. "You're the new guy, right?" Tail nodded, licking some tuna off of his lower lip. "It's nice to meet you." she bowed politely. "My codename's Kitsune, but for some reason and I don't know why, everyone calls me Foxy."
Foxy had platnium blond hair that reached to her shoulders, was dressed in a burgundy tank top and dark jeans and, true to her name, had fox ears sprouting from her head and a fox tail extending from her spine. Tail smiled warmly and said, "My name was Chiomi, but I guess it's Tail now." "And your codename?" Foxy asked. Tail paused. After a while, his head drooped and he said, "I don't know." Foxy laughed a little. "I guess they never told you yet." she said.
She was just about to continue when a poor dog chimera was thrown through the window. Completely caught off guard, Tail yelped in surprise and hid under the table. "Ugh, not again." Foxy sighed. From outside, Tail could hear an enraged battle cry. Tail joined Flybrain and Foxy at the window...and his jaw just dropped.
The person that tossed the chimera through the window was a young woman about Tail's age. She had long bright orange hair with multiple black tiger stripe-like streaks running through it, all tied in a low ponytail. Her right eye was pitch black, her left bright orange, both matching her fingerless gloves perfectly. She wore orange jeans (also covered in tiger stripes) and an orange halter top with the insignia of a black pawprint planted right on the chest. From her head sprouted a pair of tiger's ears and from her spine extended a tiger's tail. She wore an angered expression as she knocked another chimera into a window to a seperate room.
She smirked triumphantly........until she found out who the room belonged to. She scurried away as a PO'ed Sparrow stuck his head out the shattered window. "YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH EFFORT I PUT INTO THIS OFFICE!!!" he shouted. "HOW DARE YOU!!!!" The tigress chimera climbed into the cafeteria window and flopped down next to Flybrain. "And that, students, is exactly why you shouldn't grab the tigress chimera's butt." she said jokingly, snatching up a can of tuna. She managed to finish her first bite before she noticed Tail.
"Oh, hi." she smiled at him, a lovely smile from Tail's perspective. She extended her beautiful.......er, hand to Tail. (DAMMIT, TAIL!!!!! STOP IT WITH THE LOVEY-DOVEY POV!!!!!) "Nice to meetcha!" she said. "My Codename's Hungry Tiger, but most people just call me Isis." "Isis..." Tail repeated dreamily, shaking her hand. "Like the Egyptian goddess." Isis nodded heartily. "You must be the new kid, huh?" she asked. Tail only chuckled in dismay. "What's your codename?" Tail's eyes widened. Cue the long pause. Then Tail's head fell to the table. "I don't know." The others just laughed.
Suddenly, Iggy's voice was heard over the PA. "Cowardly Lion, The Witch would like to see you." With a laugh, Tail said, "Cowardly Lion? I'd hate to be the poor b*****d that got that codename..." Tail then noticed what he said and slapped his hand over his mouth. "Wh-?" he stammered. "Normally I don't say things like that..." Glinda shortly followed after Iggy. "You moron. I didn't give him his codename yet." "Huh?....oops." "He's right there. The guy in the bloodstained formal shirt." Tail glanced down at his shirt. White. Bloodstained from genetic tuberculosis...formal......"I'M COWARDLY LION!!!!!!??????" Tail screeched. He cursed loudly, again rewarding himself with slapping his hand over his mouth. Flybrain and Foxy merely shook their heads in dismay. Isis laughed out loud.
"Well, you better get out there." Isis said, lightly pushing Tail towards the hallway. "We'll see you at the Gladiator Pit." Tail explored the hallways, all the while thinking on that last bit of what Isis said..............................Gladiator Pit!!??
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And the remnants of Chiomi are gone to leave Tail stand free!..........That was terribly done. sweatdrop Isis, I'm watching you. mad
Enjoy ppls!