Wolves, falcons, phoenix, dragons—some glowing with lightning, others wrapped in shadows and a lot more. The stronger the Feral beast, the higher you and your feral beast rank. The higher you rank, the more respect you get. But the same can't be said for Ren Tatsuya who  was now sixteen and was without a feral beast.

Cheers erupted around the arena as the next student stepped into the summoning circle. Golden light pulsed beneath her feet, and with a roar that shook the stands, a gigantic white tiger spirit materialized behind her—its eyes burning like twin suns.

Ren didn't cheer. He was too busy cleaning up broken shards of the last student's beast armor on the arena floor. A janitor uniform over his school uniform, broom in hand, a constant reminder of his worth.

"Pathetic," someone sneered as they walked passed. "Still no beast, Zero?"

That nickname. Zero. The name they gave him. The title for the beast less. The cursed like himself.

Ren just shrugged and  continued sweeping harder.That night, while he was busy cleaning the school corridors he heard something called to him. A whisper, distant yet deafening.

“Who’s there?” Ren asked, looking around frantically but saw no one in sight.

“Come to me…. Follow my voice” the voice whispered all must like a siren calling out to a sailor.

As if he was compelled he dropped his cleaning supplies to the floor following the voice down the dark corridor of Daiken Beast Academy. He walked past the sealed library. Past the forbidden statue of the Beast God. Into a chamber so ancient, even the dust feared to settle.

And there, half-buried under rubble and time, pulsed an ancient scroll—wrapped in black markings, etched with moving symbols.And just like before as if drawn to the scroll he reached his hand out.The moment he touched it, his world cracked.

Pain tore through his limbs like fire made of thunder. A roar—his roar—echoed through the chamber, shaking the earth. Symbols carved themselves into his skin, glowing deep crimson. His heart beat not once, but three times at once. In the mirror on the wall, something stood behind him. Wings of bone. Scales of black steel. Horns twisted like a ram’s A beast of legends. A myth wiped from textbooks from history itslef The Chimera...Ren collapsed, gasping. And then and alarms went off.

ALERT: UNREGISTERED FERAL BEAST DETECTED.

CATEGORY: EXTINCT.

THREAT LEVEL: BLACK.Sirens wailed across campus. Emergency lockdown.

Somewhere in the tower, the Beast Council gathered. Ancient spirits stirred from their slumber.

"Someone has awakened it," a voice muttered. "The Forbidden One."

A lion-man growled. "Impossible. The Chimera was purged centuries ago."

Another hissed. "Then history just grew claws."

Meanwhile elsewhere

Ren stumbled outside, clutching his chest. Every heartbeat echoed like a drum of war. Eyes glowing gold. Tattoos burning bright beneath his sleeves. In one hand, he held the scroll. In the other…His fate.

Ren ran. Blood roared in his ears, louder than the academy’s sirens. His heartbeat had become something wild, something other. Every step shook the ground slightly. His hands trembled—not with fear, but with a power clawing beneath his skin.

He stumbled into the courtyard. And landed in the middle of a trap.

BOOM! A thunder-seal exploded, locking the courtyard in a shimmering dome of blue fire.

From the shadows stepped three Beast Inquisitors—the school’s elite enforcers. Their beast flickered behind them, towering and monstrous. A mantis with blades for arms. A spectral wolf of black smoke. A falcon cloaked in lightning.

“You’re coming with us, Chimera,” the wolf-man growled. “Dead, if necessary. You monster!”

Ren’s fists clenched. “I’m not a monster.”

The mantis smirked. “Then why do you reek of one?”

FLASHBACK: Five Years Earlier

Ren was eleven when his parents disappeared.

They were renowned beast-tamers, said to be close to awakening a new form of power—something beyond traditional Feral Bonds. One day, they vanished without a trace. The Beast Council called it a “research accident.” No body. No funeral.No answers.That’s when the bullying began.

“You can’t awaken a beast because your soul’s broken!”

 “Maybe your parents took your beast with them!”

Ren tried everything—rituals, meditations, blood offerings. Still nothing. When other kids bonded with noble beasts at thirteen, Ren stood in the circle and felt...nothing…Just hollow silence.

The academy nearly expelled him. Only a recommendation letter from an anonymous sponsor saved him. Since then, he swept floors, studied beast theory, and trained alone in secret, hoping, begging for a spark. But no one told him what would happen when that spark became wildfire.

PRESENT DAY

“I won’t go!”Ren shouted.

“Then you die” The student with the wolf said.

Ren’s eyes glowed golden. The tattoos on his arms pulsed like heartbeat. The Inquisitors moved as one. Ren moved faster.

He didn’t know how to fight—but his body did. His instincts—something ancient—guided him. He ducked beneath the falcon’s lightning slash and slammed his palm into the ground.

CRACK!

A serpent-like tail burst from his back and whipped the mantis through a pillar. The wolf lunged—and was met with a bone-wing shield snapping from Ren’s shoulder, deflecting the attack. His own face twisted in confusion as his body shifted, reacted, evolved.

What… am I becoming? Ren thought to himself

The Inquisitors backed off, panting.

“He doesn’t even know how to control it,” one muttered. “He’s fighting on instinct.”

The falcon’s eyes narrowed. “He’ll be unstoppable once he learns.”

BEAST COUNCIL – SAME TIME

Far above, in the Grand Tower, ten silhouettes sat in a circle of flame. Each bore the mark of a ruling beast clan—Lion, Serpent, Crow, Bull, Dragon, and more.

“The Chimera is a world-ending anomaly,” the Lion Clan Elder thundered. “We cannot allow it to exist again.”

“But it chose him, of all people a weakling!” murmured the Serpent. “We should be asking why.”

“Because chaos feeds on emptiness,” the Dragon replied coldly. “That boy was beast less for a reason.”

A cloaked figure stood in the shadows behind them, arms folded.

“You’re all fools,” he said softly. “That boy is not your enemy… not yet. But push him, and he’ll become one.”

They turned.

The man removed his hood—revealing black horns, and glowing crimson eyes.

“Let him live, and he might save you. Kill him, and he’ll become the thing you fear.” The council fell silent looking at each other.

BACK IN THE COURTYARD

Ren knelt, gasping.The Chimera behind him flickered in and out of view—struggling to remain stable. Not fully bonded.

One Inquisitor readied another seal. “This ends now.”

And then—

BOOM.

Smoke erupted.

When it cleared, the Inquisitors were unconscious.

And in front of Ren stood a boy—tall, silver-haired, with mismatched eyes. His aura was calm… but his shadow twitched like a living beast.

“Get up,” he said. “You’re not dead yet. And you’ve got bigger problems coming.”

Ren blinked. “Who are you?”

The stranger smiled.

“Classmate. Traitor. A curse.Pick one.”

The silver haired boy helped Ren up and was about to attack when the high council appeared.

“That’s enough!... seize fighting at once!” The Lion clan council shouted. Behind him stood the other council members.

“The chimera boy shall not be harmed!” the crow clan leader said stepping forward.

Everyone looked at the elders in confusion

What are they planning? Ren thought to himself

The next morning, Ren stood before the gates of Beast Combat Class 96—a section reserved for the dangerous, the unstable… and the ones they deemed as monsters. He had a new uniform, different from the one he was used to and It didn’t fit.

The sleeves were too long, the collar scratched his neck and it with a marking on the back that said beast class. That didn't help his confidence. Neither did the stares he got from the other students that's not from Beast Class. Students parted as he walked past. Some looked at him with fear. Others with curiosity. Most with hatred.

“The Chimera freak.”

“He’s a fake—better stay away from him.”

“He shouldn’t be allowed here. He’s a  ticking time bomb.”

Ren kept his head down..But then…THUMP.Someone stood in his way. A tall boy with bull horns curving from his skull and a sneer that could cut steel. He had a championship armband on his uniform—Minoru of the Minotaur Clan.

“You’re that chimera freak everybody's talking about!” Minoru said, arms crossed. “ I don't see anything special about you. Let’s see if you actually belong here.”

Before Ren could reply, the silver-haired boy from the night before stepped between them.

“Back off, muscle cow,” he said lazily.

Minoru growled. “Watch it, Haru. Just because your beast is special, doesn’t mean you’re special.”

The silver-haired boy—Haru—grinned. “You’re right. I’m very special. What, are you jealous? Or do you want an autograph”

Mumbling Minoru, storm off. As soon as he's out of sight Ren turns his attention back to the silver haired boy.

“Thanks” Ren said, bowing his head.

“No problem!” he smiles” Ah! By the way you're in beast class right? You start today?!"

"Yes, which class are you from?"

"Great! We're in the same class" he said excitedly.

"We are?"

"Yep! Come let's go, before that crazy woman come looking for us" he started walking off with his hands in his pockets.

Ren, hurried behind him

Class Begins

Inside the arena, a woman in blood-red robes stood at the center. Her presence made the air crackle. Beast tattoos coiled around her neck like vipers.

“I am Instructor Saya. Beast Class is for anomalies, threats and now monsters" She looks at Ren saying that before turning her attention back to the rest of the class"Congratulations.you all here are just that.”

She paced in front of them like a predator.

“You’re not here to win. You’re here to survive. Beast mastery isn't pretty. It’s blood, control, and dominance. Lose yourself… and you lose your humanity.”

She stopped in front of Ren.

“The Chimera boy. Since it's your first day let’s see what you've got.”

With a snap of her fingers, the arena walls shifted, and two combat beasts—hulking, tusked war-apes—charged forward.

“Trial by instinct,” Saya barked. “No weapons. No guidance. Just you, and your beast.”

Whaaat?!

Ren vs. the War-Apes

Ren’s heart pounded. The apes roared, barreling toward him like living tanks. He tried to summon the Chimera, but nothing happened; it was as if the beast inside him was sleeping.

“I said survive, not die!” Saya snapped.

The first ape swung a spiked club. Ren barely dodged, rolling to the side, the earth shaking under each impact. The second one attacked leaving no room for him to dodge, swinging down massive sword. Rne closed his eyes bracing for impact. Come on… wake up! WAKE UP DAMN IT! Pain slashed across his arm. And something inside him snapped.

BOOM.

Black smoke exploded from his back. Wings of bone unfurled. A lion’s paw caught the second ape mid-air and crushed it into the ground.The Chimera flickered behind him, unstable, but growing stronger with each second of survival.

Aftermath

The apes lay unconscious. The arena floor was cracked. Ren stood in the center, panting.

Haru whistled from the sidelines. “Not bad, Ren!”

Instructor Saya stared at him for a long, silent moment.

“…You’re still unstable. But you survived…barely.” She turned to the class. “Now then let's see what the rest of you can do.”

Minoru scowled looking at Ren.

Later that Night, Ren sat in the abandoned training hall, nursing his wounds. Haru appeared, dropping two energy drinks beside him.

“See,” Haru said, sitting beside him. “You’re not a freak. You’re a weapon.”

Ren frowned. “That supposed to make me feel better?”

“No,” Haru said. “But it should scare you. Because weapons get used.”

Ren looked up. “What do you mean?”

Haru’s smile vanished.

“I know who your parents were, Ren. I know what they were researching. And I know why the Council wants you either controlled… or erased.”

Ren’s blood ran cold.

“What were they doing?”

Haru leaned in.

“Trying to bring back beasts long forgotten.sealed away… Like the Chimera. Like mine.”

He opened his shirt slightly—revealing claws, beast tattoos.

“My beast isn’t just extinct,” Haru whispered. “It’s illegal it was never meant to exists and it was created by your parents”