The Shapeshifter | Deleted Chapters

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"Do you think it was a new survivor?" After returning back to camp, Mikaela had gone back to sleep with the wolf in her arms. The moment she woke up again, the others were already up and about. She was hasty to tell them all about what happened out in the forest and it had many of them curious.

"Didn't you say he was glowing?" Yui furrowed her brows as she tried to make sense of the story. First she was hearing about glowing eyes, then claws, then full body glowing. It was sending her for a spin - and not like back in the races of Tokyo.

"Well... kinda." Mikaela scratched the back of her head. The wolf in her lap leapt away from her and to Yui, drawing a gasp from the woman as it collided with her chest.

"Ow." She said with an eye roll, earning her a light poke to the face by its snout.

"It can't be. I thought the Entity weakened us? No survivor would be able to do any of that." Quentin leant on his fist as he tried to piece things together.

"Did he say anything to you? Give you any clues?" (Y/N) crossed his arms, approaching from nearby. This topic had his interest at peek. He sat down next to Yui and Quentin.

"He was... confused. Didn't remember his own name, so he just used his father's name." Mikaela recollected. It wasn't too rare that newcomers would have amnesia, but it wasn't common either.

"You said that- Excuse me... Excuse me..." Yui cut herself off to instead glare at the animal in her lap that continued to nudge her face. Every time she tried to speak, it cut her off. Eventually the woman sighed, lifting it up. "Someone else take the dog."

"It's not a dog." Feng told her as she came over. As soon as she knelt down, the wolf went running to her and up into her arms as she giggled. "Plus, we need a name for her."

"I've already told you, Feng. It's a he not a she." Jake murmured as he walked past the group. He gave no attention to (Y/N), which made his enemy quite thankful that he didn't have to talk to him.

"I hate him, but he's right. Male wolves are bigger and a lot more..." (Y/N) paused as he watched Feng running her hands through the thick fur coat of the creature. "...fluffy."

"Fine. What do we name him?" Feng corrected herself with a huff.

"(Y/N)." The man said his own name with a smug expression. He didn't notice the animal's eyes open wide as if it had just realised something. But that was shaken off as Feng began stroking down its face.

"I don't think so." Yui clicked her tongue in disapproval. Then she turned her head as she got an idea. "How about... Kawasaki?"

"What's that?" Quentin questioned. Yui adjusted the goggles on her head before answering.

"A motorcycle manufacturer." She said simply.

"Yeah, no." Feng shot that one down, too.

"Well, I think you're all just being difficult. My name was great." (Y/N) huffed. Before they could settle on one, a cold rush of wind seemed to appear from nowhere. The heeding call of a trial was imminent.

The Entity grabbed at Felix, Feng and Meg. Who was the fourth? Everyone looked around to see who else had been chosen for the trial, but it seemed like there was no one.

"Hey. Maybe it's that new guy." Yui thought aloud, her eyes wandering around everyone in front of her as she sat back and relaxed knowing she didn't have to kick about in a trial yet.

"I guess so." Feng released the animal that was in her arms, allowing it to stroll off. She just hoped that things went better than they had been for the others. Aka: she didn't feel like being mori'd.