An Unforgettable Vacation Pride City Arc

Chapter 0: Farewell to Cherryton

The Day Before Departure

On a hot summer's day at Cherryton Academy, the boys of the school's drama club are gathered within their practice hall talking about their plans for their upcoming summer vacation after their exams are dealt with. "Hey Legoshi," a tiger called for the grey wolf who remained silent throughout the meeting so far. "How do you plan to spend your summer vacation?" "Well," Legoshi tries to answer the tiger's question when a deer opens the door and walks inside.

"Today's meeting is regarding plans for the Drama Club that will occupy the duration of this year's summer break," the deer announces to the rest of the Drama Club. "Since Sanu is our club's president, he will not be joining us due to the obligations that he needs to fulfill."

"What?" an herbivore questioned the deer's announcement. "Sanu's not coming with us, Louis?" a male carnivore asks Louis about Sanu's involvement. "Why aren't the girls coming along?" another carnivore questions the absence of the club's female members.

"In his stead, he has assigned a chaperone who will share the details of the trip with us." Louis finishes his announcement as the door opens to reveal a young-looking male lion with a blonde mane; orange fur with a light cream-colored muzzle and chest fur, and blue eyes whose dress shirt is opened to show off his athletic torso as walk he walks inside.

The allure the lion gives to the room causes Louis's clubmates to become nervous simply by looking at him. "This guy's making us all a bit nervous Louis," the tiger calls out his team leader for Sanu's decision in hiring the lion to be the Drama Club's chaperone.

"It's a pleasure to finally meet the members of Cherryton's Drama Club," the lion takes a dancer's bow "My name is Kifahari," he introduces himself in a flirtatious manner. "And I shall be your chaperone for your summer assignment." Kifahari's mannerisms cause Legoshi to give him an embarrassing reaction.

"Headmaster Gon has personally given me the pleasure of assigning you to study a beautiful North African seaside Metropolis called Pride City. The Horns Conglomerate has personally covered the expenses for a month's long expedition to the town for a select few of you to help the rest of the club prepare for its next school performance." Kifahari tells the group while he passes Pride City Flyers and round-trip tickets to a Dall sheep, a brown bear, an alpaca, a panther, a mongoose, a peafowl, an eagle, a tiger, and Legoshi. "Oh dear," the lion says as he forgot that Louis already has a ticket to Pride City "Looks like the recipient of this last ticket..." he hands the extra ticket to a flustered Legoshi. "Is entirely up to you Legoshi."

"I've been staying in this city for my entire life," Legoshi thought to himself as he examines the documentation and tickets he's been given. "This is going to be my first time traveling abroad."

"You've been invited to spend the entire summer break in Pride City huh?" A sheepdog asks Legoshi about his club's trip while the wolf reads the flyer's contents. "I don't think I can accept the spare ticket you have, 'cause I'm spending my summer in a naturist resort nearby. What do you think Miguno?" "I don't know Collot," Miguno answers his roommates' question, "I've heard some nasty rumors about the hyenas in that town, so Voss, Durham, and I are out."

"Are you seriously going to Pride City!?" a Labrador hangs upside down from his bunk before climbing off and running to Legoshi's side. "I mean we've never left the country since the beginning of never. Oh wow, we're really going to see the world!?" "We'll need to get passports tomorrow if you want to go," Legoshi tells his childhood friend. "Of course, I wanna go." Jack happily responded to Legoshi as he climbs down from his bunk. "There's so much to do in that city that we can't here."

"It sounds like Jack really wants to go there," Durham tells Legoshi, who's currently packing up a suitcase for his trip, about Jack's eagerness to visit a foreign city. "We'll be leaving with the Drama Club tomorrow," Legoshi tells his best friend. "so we better get some rest after we finish packing." Jack laughs and begins packing his luggage before he sings, "We're going out to Pride City. We're going out to Pride City."