Yuki POV:

Boys are untrustworthy. You see, it's strange. They act nice, kind and innocent. But next thing you know, BAM! They've betrayed you. That's why I'm so shocked. The boy we spared yesterday, Michael DiKappa, came crawling back to Mikazuki. He was hoping that she would forgive him. She agreed and walked off with him, chatting. I'm just standing here with my jaw hanging so low that it threatens to fall off. Koneko watches.

"I think he likes her," she says, bouncing on her toes.

"Hell to the thought," I say.

She looks at me as though I just summoned the devil.

"Think I have a shot with Leon?"

I look at her. I can't say no, she's my friend! I nod. "Sure, I guess."

"What's wrong?"

"It's just... I'll never understand men. They... They will never stay. Never stay without pain, at least."

Koneko smiles at me, closing her giant, adorable eyes."That's part of the fun! Working through the pain!"

"Says the girl who can't even ask a boy out."

"Hey!" She laughs, swatting me playfully.

If only we could be friends forever.

Koneko POV:

It's hard. Being a cat hybrid. I'm not normal. I wasn't born, I was made. People just think it's a cool hairstyle. They gave me the playfulness and affection of a cat. I also got a cats ears.

I longingly stroke at where my human ears would be. They told me that I could live in this village, behind this wall, protected for life.

But there was a catch. At the age of 16, they will give me a choice, become a full human or a full cat. If I choose cat, they'll erase everyone's memory of me. If I choose human, they'll rope move the memory of me being a hybrid and relocate me to the bigger village.

I can't win. My friends know this.

I have 4 years left to try to get by without anyone realizing.

My thoughts are interrupted by a rumble.

A giant hand grips the top of the wall protecting Saint Histora Mona. A giant girl with long, red hair hoists herself up, connected to the hand. She smiles, showing giant, sharp teeth.

She grips and squeezes the wall, shaking it even more. I run to Mikazuki and Michael, fast as a cat. Yuki follows.

The cruelly smiling figure squeezes the wall more, and cracks form.

Leon sees our huddle and runs to us as the wall breaks a huge hole in the 50m wall.