Bunny Ears

"The person who got in fifth place in the world ranking is also a late bloomer. He worked hard to make his body strong, so he can be powerful when he transformed."

Anderson had a smile on his face. He looked proud.

"And do you know what his beast form is?"

The students shook their heads.

"He is an ant."

Thomas and Kevin looked at each other. Obviously, they couldn't believe it. 

"He is in the world ranking. Yet he is an ant. Can't believe it, right?"

Anderson wasn't surprised. He had seen those exact expressions many times.

"Your form doesn't matter. What matters is your strength."

Anderson said and got up again. After walking a few steps, he talked again.

"You must know at this time, everyone has special abilities according to their beast form. That's what's important. Usually, late bloomers lack in their special abilities. Because they don't try. We are weak! We can't beat others! Those things were already planted in their heads. That's the problem. If only you can throw those bullshit away and work hard, I can be responsible to make all of you powerful."

Anderson looked so confident. His words gave the student courage. They suddenly got energetic.

"I saw how much Sheli was disappointed when she found out she was a rabbit. But do you know? Rabbit transformers can be faster than even those real tigers.

After you transform, you might look a little like something or some kind of animal. But you are not the same as those animals. You are human. You have more intelligence than the animals. With practice and a plan, anyone can win. That's the theory."

Anderson didn't want to talk anymore. He knew and he was sure that late bloomers can be more powerful than early awakeners. But no one gave him ears. No one believed him. 

"Teacher, it's not that I am disappointed. But also scared. I am not sure if I can be strong. But if I can, of course, I won't back up. I will try my best!"

Sheli stood up and surprised everyone. Sheli always looked easy to bully. But she had a strong heart. She was not weak, but also a little panicked.

"I see! As long as you guys believe in yourselves, no one can stop you."

Anderson was happy to see her speaking straight even with that near to crying look.

He felt like he bullied those students. 

"Then shall we start? Then let me explain what we are gonna do today."

Anderson sat down again.

"I guess at least three of you will be able to succeed today. If you succeed today, you don't have to join this class again. Just the regular classes are enough. And if you succeed today, until the next morning, you will have to stay here. Because I have to observe your form and confirm your special abilities. Got it?"

"Yes sir "

All of them were so excited. That was the moment they were waiting for all these years.

"Sheli, come here. Others don't come near. It can be dangerous. Go to a corner and watch from there."

Anderson drove them to the corner of the hall. It was too far. They couldn't walk that far. So they went a little far away and sat down to watch Anderson and Sheli.

They couldn't hear what Anderson was telling Sheli. But they still watched.

They saw Anderson sitting in front of Sheli. Both of them held hands and closed their eyes.

"Why are they holding hands? Are they gonna dance?"

As Kevin joked, others looked at him.

"How can you still joke in this situation? I am super nervous now."

Nick couldn't believe how relaxed Kevin was.

"He he...We have to-"

Before he continued, Lily disturbed him.

"Guys! Look!"

As soon as she said that, everyone looked at the way Sheli was. 

Sheli was floating in the air. Anderson was calmly looking at her like he was watching something in the sky.

After a few seconds, suddenly Sheli fell with a groan. Kevin and others heard it well. Sheli's groan was so loud.

So they thought it must have hurt.

While watching her, they thought it was fun. 

But next, they went speechless.

Sheli was stood up by Anderson. Then he walked away from Sheli. He didn't walk but also ran.

After he stopped, he nodded to Sheli. Then everyone saw how Sheli changed. She got a bunny tail and two ears on her head. It was the same image they saw in the mirror before. So the mirror didn't lie. 

After she transformed into her form, they heard Anderson asking some questions from her.

"How do you feel? Do you feel stuffy? or like you want to puke?"

Sheli said no. At that moment, she was not paying attention to Anderson, but also to her soft and round tail. 

When she saw her image in the mirror, she felt so heartbroken. But seeing those things on her body, at that moment, she felt so happy. She touched her tail and stroked it while crying.

"It's-it's so soft!"

Seeing her crying and stroking her tail, others didn't know whether they should laugh or cry. It was such a funny scene to see. Even Anderson didn't know what to do. After confirming, she was feeling okay, Anderson came back to her. And he called others to come there too.

"You are so cute!"

Lily couldn't help but take some more glances at Sheli. It was not that the boys also didn't feel she was cute. But they didn't dare to tell it, thinking it might hurt their pride. 

"Sheli succeeded! We can check the rest of the details later. Now next, I want Nick to try."

Anderson told his idea. He didn't call them in order, just as he thought. From his experience, he could guess whether they would be successful or not. When the form was something simple, it would be easy to awaken. But if it's something powerful and complicated, the body would not allow it to awaken the form. So it would take some more time. That was the theory he used to guess.

Anderson asked Sheli to remain in the rabbit form to get her body familiar with it. So the little rabbit girl and the other three went back to the place they stayed before.

Just like before, Anderson and Nick held hands. This time, Kevin didn't make jokes. Because his eyes were placed on the ears of Sheli.

"Hey Sheli! Do you still have human ears?"

Kevin couldn't see whether her normal ears were still there. It wouldn't be four ears, right?

But it was. Her human ears were still there.

"Woah! You have four ears."

Kevin couldn't hold the admiration. Sheli didn't feel down anymore.

Seeing them admiring her form, she was happy.

"Can I touch them?"

Kevin really couldn't help it. What he wanted to touch was the tail. But it would be inappropriate. So he made up his mind just to try touching her rabbit ears.

"No problem!"

She lowered her head and let Kevin stroke them as he wanted. After touching them, Kevin felt so happy. 

And Lily and Thomas who were watching them,

"....."

After both of them were done, four of them focused back on Nick.

Just like before, he also floated on the air but higher than Sheli.

"Would he fly away? Will we have to catch him?"

Kevin mumbled, but still others heard it.

"Kevin-"

Thomas was done with his jokes. As Lily and Thomas already heard his jokes, they didn't laugh. Because they didn't find it funny. But Sheli and Kevin started to laugh together.

Lily and Thomas, "...."