I was born weak, there is no other way around it.

I live in a world where the descendants of special animals have traits of certain animals. My dad has traits of a cat while my mom is just human.

Those whose both parents have animal traits will get the traits of both of them, something like a combination. But combinations are very uncommon because people with a trait of one certain animal had usually sticked together. My father is a pure cat.

Traits work in a dominant and submissive way, a trait of one parent will have more influence while the other will have less influence.

You would think I would be a full cat, but sadly my mother's human nature is a dominant trait. Since I am a part cat, I am still classified as animal warrior.

I go to a high school just for people like me and I am by far the weakest. 

"I'm home"

"Oh Yau, is tha..."

My mother's face turns pale as she looks at my face and starts crying.

The reason is I keep getting beat up by other kids in school.

"Don't worry mom, there is not as much blood as the last time"

I try to hold in my tears while saying that.

She sits me by our family table and starts looking my at my face while her tears fall on my lap.

She couldn't stop crying that whole evening.

That night I decided that tomorrow would be the first time I try to fight back.

I wake up.

"This is it, today I will definitely put an end to my suffering"

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I got down to my living room and was ready to go to school.

Full with resolve I start my usual walk to school. Others go to school with their friends. I wish I had that luck.

With classes starting soon, I make my way to the first class when somebody stops me.

"Oi, you!"

I turn around. It was Lo with a group of people. One of my classmates that is ruining my life.

I come up to him and all the resolve I had earlier vanished.

"Hello, King Lo"

He forces me to call him king.

"Huh? Do you want to lose some teeth?"

I am confused for a second, but then I remember I also need to bow when greeting him.

This is so embarrassing. In front of all those people too.

I see the group of girls chuckling. Makes me want to die but what makes me want to die more is seeing my mother's crying face so I just bow like he wants.

"You should of have stayed home, am pissed today"

He yells that as he punches me in my stomach. I fell down on my knees and threw up.

All the people are now looking at me with disgust. I am about to pass out when one of the teachers clears the crowd and helps me stand up.

He takes me to the nurse's office where I spend my first period. After about an hour, she decided that I am good to go and can go back to classes.

While going back to classes I see Lo getting dragged to the principal's office. I look at his face and can only tell by his expression that he is going to beat me up again for making a scene.

Before I went to my class, I went to the toilet. I looked at myself in the mirror and just started crying.

"Whyyyyyyyyyyyyy?"

"Why can't I at least try to fight back?"

I say that to myself as quietly as I can hoping that no one could hear me.

"Are you really going to try to fight back?"

...

My heart stops for a second. At the entrance of the toilet, I see a girl standing with a serious look on her face.

Does she know this is a men's toilet?

"What's your name again?"

"Yau..."

Augh, why did someone have to hear me?

"Well good luck Yau, if you manage to hit him once I'll tell you a secret something that will change your life"

I am speechless. She had a cold expression while saying that and left.

I wonder what all that was about.

But finally, I think I'm ready to stop being a scaredy-cat.

I go back to my class while the lesson was still going.

I see Lo grinning in his seat. I get in front of his seat. My legs are shaking and so are my fists.

"You got a problem?"

Even the teacher is looking confused at us right now. 

No matter how much I try to encourage myself I just can't do it.

Lo gets up and gets into my face.

He yells something but I can't even hear him. I think I am gonna pass out just from the adrenaline. But words of encouragement from a girl earlier started ringing in my head.

Just one hit. Just one is enough.

I harden my fist and throw a straight blow at his nose.

I did it. Finally, I did it. What now? Did I win?

"You're so dead"

He says that while his nose is covered in blood.