Kico was a 19-year-old High School student at Yokosuka High School. She was one of the prettiest girls in the whole school. She was top of her class and all-around a good person. She had a boyfriend who cared for her every day. Her life was perfect until one day.
"Huh, I wonder what we should do today?" Kico said as she sat down with her friends.
"Maybe we can go to the store," said Atashi.
"No, we should go to the swimming pool. I heard that not many people are going there today," spoke Tashino.
"You guys we should have a study group, Mr. Mintori is going to be mad at me if I don't finish his work," said Tarri, rubbing her head.
"Oh that reminds me, I have to get some work done! I'll see you guys later." Kico said, rushing to pack her stuff. She started running home. On her way to her apartment, she spots a small chipmunk-like rodent with red sparkling eyes. She thought that it was cute and reached down to pet it. As she does it bites her and she pulls away in shock. Looking at her hand the bite was glowing slightly, but when she looked back at the rodent it was gone. She continued to rush home and ignore what just happened.
As she got home she washed her hand from the bite and started working on her homework. But after she got past the first problem she started feeling sleepy. She soon passes out and has a weird dream. In the dream, she was running from something that was chasing her, a giant furry beast with long claws and a long tail. She kept running until she was exhausted. When the beast caught up to her it grabbed her with its rough paws. It lowered her towards its gaping mouth, swallowing her whole.
Kico woke up in a cold sweat. She calmed down as she got up from her desk. As Kico goes to her mirror to change, her eyes widen as she screams.
Looking into the mirror she sees that she has two giant mouse ears on her head and her skin has small fuzz on it. Looking at her butt she sees a long tail coming from under her skirt. She says" W...What happened to me! Why do I look like this!" She spends 15 minutes freaking out over how she looks.
As she calms herself down, she tries to analyze the situation. "Ok, I have animal ears and a tail. I can figure out how this happened to me." Kico thought hard for a few minutes. "Oh I know, that weird chipmunk that bit me. Maybe that has something to do with this," she says with a questioned face. "Then that settles it. I'll find that chipmunk and bring it back here to study. Maybe then I can find a way to reverse this." All of a sudden she hears a knock at the door and from the other side she hears a familiar voice. "Hey Kico, since you had work to do we decided to come over so we can have a study group!"
"Oh no! It's my friends! I can't let them see me like this!" Kico whispered. She quickly grabs a jacket to cover herself with before cracking open the door. "Hi guys, w...what's going on?"
"Nothing, we just came here to study with you. But something tells me that something is wrong. Are you ok? Do you need help with anything?" Atashi asks.
Kico quickly responds "No. I'm good."
"Are you sure? Maybe you should let us in," responded Tashino.
"No! Uh...I mean I can't. I'm really sick and I think it's infectious." Kico exclaims.