Here it is! The next chapter like I promised! Sorry it took so long!

Disclaimer: Zoophobia belongs to VivzMind! I only own Cade and Richard! Nothing more!

Now with that out of the way, let's continue!

Academy Tour!

Cade looked around as Jackie led both him and Richard around the main halls of the academy. He hadn't even been to one of the classrooms yet and already he was amazed by the size and how colorful it was.

'Can't wait to see what the students are like.' He thought to himself with a smile, before Jackie spoke to him.

"I really think your going to love working here Cade!" She said happily, her arm still slung around his shoulder as she gestured to the huge room they were in. "This is the main lobby. All the subject wings branch off from here."

"Nice." He complimented as he looked around. He spotted a wall with a built in aquarium near the stairs and looked it over. "You guys really know how to be creative here."

"Thank you! We try our best to inspire our students here." Jackie smiled at the humans compliment.

"Well I say you guys got that part licked!" Richard quipped, crouched on Cade's shoulder and watching the fish move inside. "This place is a whole menagerie of inspiration! This is something like you would see in a dream!"

"You guys haven't even seen the best parts here yet! Follow me!" She gestured for them to follow her, walking down one of the many halls. "I'll show you my wing first."

Cade nodded, taking his eyes off the aquarium and getting back to the tour. Richard still held on to his shoulder while looking back to see two students on the upper floor staring at them, lounging about. He narrowed his eyes before shaking his head.

"This is the 'Arts' wing!" Jackie said proudly as she gestured to the hall itself.

"Really? I didn't notice." Cade joked with a smile

"Yeah. It really doesn't look the part." Richard chipped in with a smirk.

"Oh, a couple jokers aren't you two!" Jackie laughed with playful, mischievous eyes. "I think you're going to fit right in here!"

The two smiled with Cade rubbing the back of his head sheepishly and Richard flashing a thumbs up.

"Any way, I want to introduce you to someone." She continued as she opened a nearby door, walking in with a huge smile. "Baby! Got someone for you to meet!" She called as Cade walked in.

"Okay girls! Once you're warmed up- JACKIE!" A man with tanned skin, red hair with a white tip at the end with a trace of blue on the back greeted with a cheerful tone. He had yellow eyes and a gold tooth. He wore a red shirt with blue stripes and a coloured polka dot bow-tie. He also wore dark-blue pants and black dance shoes. But what nearly stood out of the rest was the pink tutu he wore.

"Well… someone's very… 'spirited' here." Cade commented with a raised eyebrow while Richard snickered, trying his hardest not to laugh.

Then, to their surprise, Jackie and the man embraced each other into a loving hug. They both smiled warmly as they held eachother close. Cade and Richard looked at one another, not knowing what to say.

Then, the man stopped his hug and walked over to Cade, grabbing and shaking his hand with a friendly grin. "Salutations Senior! Name?"

"Cade. Cade Daniels. Nice to meet you sir." He greeted with a smile before he gestured to the raccoon on his shoulder. "And this is my friend, Richard."

"Yo." Richard gave a peace sign to the man.

"Soopitity-doopity to meetcha! My name is Alanzo, but call me Al! It's shorter!" The man introduced eccentrically as the girls he was teaching walked over a little, curious.

"Heheh! Alright then Al." Cade grinned back. This man's personality was just like Jackie's and it was infectious as well. "So, let me guess, your subject is-?" He trailed off, letting Al finish for him.

"Dance!" Al answered with smile, giving a bashful look.

"Should have figured." Richard smirked.

"Well hunny, we gotta run! Got a lot of school to show!" Jackie reminded the two as she pushed them out, but not before giving Al a quick peck on the cheek, inciting an 'Aw' from the tanned skinned, red-haired girl.

"You do yer thang girl!" Al responded with a snap of his fingers as they walked out and he got back to teaching.

Outside, Cade looked between the door and Jackie before he asked. "So, was that your boyfriend?"

"Close! That was my husband!" She corrected joyfully. "We both work in this wing!"

"Well thats good. You two aren't that far apart in your jobs." Cade said with a smile.

"And able to spend time during teaching hours I'm sure." Richard added with a smirk of his own.

"Oh stop it you two." Jackie playfully hit Cade's shoulder as they shared a small laugh. "Now then, let me show you the best of what this wing has to offer!" She walked over to a set of doors and began to open them in order.

"Here is the Art room!"

Cade peeked inside to see a female naga, who seemed to be of indian origin, checking over a boy's artwork, who had a green tail sticking out of his back. The red colored room held all sorts of artworks, very inspiring ones and a few other students working on other projects.

"The Music room!"

Jackie then showed them a nice blue colored room with many great instruments. Cade and Richard looked in to see a black porcupine playing a bass like a violin, making great sounds. They also watched an alligator with a tuba talking with a fox-like creature who held a saxophone, both giving approving nods to each other's work.

"The Film room!"

The next door opened to show Cade and Richard, to their shock, two guys, a wolf and some other creature were by a green screen whilst being blow by a giant fan! The wolf held onto a fire hydrant while grinning as three others were by a laptop, hurriedly trying to stop the catastrophe.

"Dude, would you hurry up!" A feline creature urged in panic. "If one more hole is made in that wall, it's coming out of our pockets!"

"I'm trying!" A boy with tanned skin, glasses and yellow eyes and white/grey hair typed into the laptop quickly. He was sweating in panic. "But the commands are mixed! I need a little more time!"

"Ah geez!" A grey wolf wearing a fedora hat turned to the other, possibly his brother, and shouted to him. "Hang on there Vinny! Just a little longer and we'll have you down!"

"That's fine by me Lenny!" The wolf, Vinny, called back with a grin. "This is gonna be great for the project! I'm having the time of my life here!"

Cade and Richard watched on before the human slowly closed the door. "Okay… animals using a giant fan for filming… thats a thing." He mumbled to himself before he turned to Jackie. "How did they get a fan for that?"

"Guess they got a bigger budget!" She shrugged with a smile as she walked towards the final door.

"Why? I didn't know students could get a huge budget for that sort of thing." Richard wondered with wide eyes.

"Well, their last film did almost win at the Film Festival." She commented with a hum before she opened two double doors and walked in with her arms outstretched proudly. "And here is my domain!"

"Nice." Cade complimented again before he looked down from the many aisles of seats and saw, onstage was a group of teenagers. "Are those your students?" He asked, pointing at the stage.

"Yep! There my little prodigies." She said the last part with her voice a little choked, wiping a tear from her eye.

"Here." Richard quickly passed her a tissue.

"Thank you." She smiled as she wiped her eyes from any loose tears.

'Wow… she really loves her class… that's actually very sweet.' Cade thought with a smile when he suddenly felt a weight on in his arms. "Wha-what the?" He looked down to see a small orange fox with white tips on his hands, feet, tail and ears, in a bundle in his arms. His baby blue eyes stared at Cade for a few seconds before he promptly…

'SLURP!'

"GAH!" Cade quickly brought an arm to his face and wiped his left cheek as the fox bounded back down to the stage with a grin, his tongue sticking out. "Not cool kid! Not cool!"

Richard watched on with a dumbfounded look on his face. "...When did that kid get in your arms?" He asked, mostly to himself.

"I don't know!" Cade continued to wipe the side of his face before he gave a low growl. "But that kid better not try it a second time!"

Jackie, either oblivious or ignoring the matter, walked down the steps before she was within hearing range for the students. "Good afternoon my Sparkling Turtledoves!" She greeted with a sing-song tone as they all turned to her.

"Hey Jackie!" They all responded with little singing tones of their own.

Cade was amazed how enthusiastic they all sounded. Nothing like the students from the school he used to go to. 'Heh. Wish my class had this much school spirit to spare. It would certainly liven things up.'

"So, who's your friend Cracker Jacks?" A creature with yellow skin with purple highlights on his hands and feet, two antenna with purple highlights on the tips and purples eyes and a snake head tail asked as he won and arm wrestle with a boy with strangely styled hair and red eyes. He spoke with a small hint of spanish in his voice.

"This here is your new Guidance Counselor fellas! And this here is his friend!" She introduced the two with an arm sided hug, who gave small waves of their own.

"Oh good!" A dog/jackal gave a huge sigh of relief as he stroked his arm, his fur ruffled with scratch marks on him. In other words, he looked like he had seen better days, the poor kid.

"Oh good!" A red furred jackal responded with same tone. He only wore a black shirt with red on the edges of it. He had black eyes with only red as his iris. Something seemed… off about this kid… something strange. "I could use a lot of 'guidance'." He joked to the brown furred jackal with a smirk.

Cade just gave him a look of suspicion before walking over to the chimera like creature. "Hello. My name is Cade Daniels and this is my friend, Richard." He introduced, gesturing to himself and the raccoon. He then held his hand out for him to take. "It's good to meet you."

The chimera smiled before he shook the hand with his own. "Zillion Martinez. But I usually go by Zill."

"I'll keep that in mind." Cade smirked in return before he rose an eyebrow. "I hope you don't find me rude for asking this… but WHAT are you? I'm not sure if I know what species you are."

"Well, I-" Zill started before he looked back to see the brown jackal snicker, giving a look before returning back. "Pass."

Cade nodded in understanding before he felt something bump into his back. He turned around to see a girl with messy red hair sniffing him, wearing a purple sweater with a cat face knitted on it. She leaned forward, sniffed him again before hissing at him like a cat.

"Ooooookkkkaaaaaayyyyyyyy." He winced as he backed away from the girl, with Richard narrowing his eyes at her. He noticed a red hue near him and turned to see the red jackal float near him.

"You really got your work cut out for you guys." He commented to the two, who looked at each other with quizzical looks. "Jus' sayin'." He shrugged with a smile.

"Uh, right." Cade just nodded slowly, unable to comprehend what he was seeing right now. Which to him in his own mind was weird enough seeing as he just got here and it took a floating child to freak him out.

Richard however, seemed to still be able to form words as he asked. "Uh, kid... How are you floating like that?"

The jackal just smiled as he pointed to himself. "Oh well, it's because-" He started before he grew a red aura and pulled out a flashlight, shining it under his face as his eyes turned into evil swirls! "I'M THE ANTI-CHRIST!" He yelled demonically into their faces.

Cade just looked at him, eyes wide and slightly shaking. "... Okay." He merely answered, his voice cracking a bit.

"There's a little pee coming out of me right now." Richard whimpered in shame as he quickly jumped off of his owner's shoulder.

Jackie didn't look amused at the jackals prank. "Rude!" She scolded with folded arms, giving a disappointed expression, making the boy wince.

"Damian, cut it out!" The dog/jackal complained, sounding very irritated.

'Damian?' Cade thought to himself, throwing a quizzical look at the jackal. 'Huh. Pretty obvious name but at the same time, not really... Kinda fits.'

"Sorry!" Damian apologised as he floated back near a female kangaroo with crystal blue eyes, who sat on the stage. "I was just introducing myself!" He defended himself as he gave an innocent to the kangaroo who instantly shivered in shock. "Come on, back me up here Kayla, my darling angel!"

The girl, Kayla, just gulped before she zipped away from him with a squeak of fear and went next to Zill, holding onto him. Damian just groaned, slumping his shoulders like it was a regular thing for him.

Cade just chuckled when he noticed the other jackal walk up to him nervously and shook his hand. "I'm really sorry about my cousin!" He apologised quickly before he gave a nervous smile. "Hello. My name is Jack and I would like to schedule with you as soon as possible."

Cade smiled at the boys polite attitude and nodded. "Sure thing kid." He then gave a wince when he took a closer look at his fur. "Um, are you okay?"

Jack let go and smiled uneasily. "Sorry. It's been awhile since I had someone talk to me about my problems-"

"LOOK OUT!"

The shout of alarm came from Richard before he tackled Jack to ground, a second before a stagelight smashed to the ground, shocking Cade before he ran up to his friend. "Dude, you okay!?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." The raccoon waved off before turning to Jack. "But I'm more concerned about you pal! That could have killed you if I hadn't pushed you!" He exclaimed with emphasis on killed.

Jack looked shocked before he shook his head. "T-thanks. And, you don't need to worry about me." He waved off slightly making the two look at eachother in both shock and confusment.

"Yeah, that happens a lot around him." Zill added as Kayla helped him back up from the ground. "But hey, that was the first time someone other than us helped him out! You just risked your skin for my buddy!"

Richard rubbed the back of his head. "Well, I can't just let some kid get hurt! That's never a good thing to happen!" He affirmed before crawling back to his friends shoulder.

"We know, but most people wouldn't do something like that for him at the risk of their own lives!" Kayla added while giving the two a grateful smile. "Thank you!"

"Hey Jackie! Another light fell!" The boy that arm-wrestled with Zill pointed at the smashed light, getting her attention.

"I saw it!" She called out before walking over, a look of concern on her face. "Are you okay Jack? Nothing broken?"

Jack smiled and nodded. "Don't worry Jackie. I'm fine." He then gestured to the two newcomers. "I have these guys to thank for the save."

Jackie smiled before she gave the two a hug. "Not 24 hours here and already you're helping others! You two are going to fit in here perfectly!" Making the two smile, she then walked to the stage and gestured to it and the class. "So Cade. Richie. Do you two wanna stick around for the class?"

Cade and Richard looked at one another before they nodded and looked back. "Well, we'd love too but…"

"...We're kinda a little tired for today." Richard finished, before yawning, emphasising his point.

"Understandable huns!" Jackie shrugged before calling to the purple cat who was reading a book. "Vanexa, would you mind escorting the boys to Cade's office?"

The cat merely gave a small, subtle nod before getting off the stage and walked passed the two, not even bothering to speak to them. The two gave uneasy looks before following her, hearing Jackie call out to the rest of her students.

It only took about two minutes to reach the office, the sign up above saying 'Guidance' over the door. Cade grabbed the handle and turned to the cat with a smile. "Thanks for the help, Vanexa was it?"

She just gave a blank look to them. Her yellow eyes bore into their very souls, unnerving them.

"Oooooookkaaaaaayyyy… your creepy y'know that?" Richard stated.

'BONK!'

"OW!"

"Dude! Not cool!" Cade reprimanded him with a glare before turning back. "Sorry about him. He's just getting used to being anthro."

Vanexa just gave a single nod.

"...Okay, good evening." He waved before he entered the room.

"Enjoy your stay."

Cade's and Richard's eyes widened before they turned back to see Vanexa leaving, reading her book.

Cade quickly shut the door, shaking his head from all the confusion he endured from today. "Okay… this was… an experience." He muttered. "What do you think Richard?... Richard?" He turned his head to see the raccoon sleeping on a chair. "...Really man? Already?" He shook his head before he walked towards the desk to see a strange gift basket. He slowly picked up the note attached to it and red it out loud. "Dear Cade: Welcome to the family! Love, Z.P. Staff."

"How are you coping with things thus far Cade?"

"HOLY CRAPBASKETS!" The man screamed in surprise and turned around to see Zechariah behind him, sitting near a corner. He panted as he placed a hand over his chest. "Geez! Do not do that! I almost had a freaking heart attack!"

The cheetah gave a sympathetic look before he bowed his head slightly. "My apologies."

"...Meh, it's okay." The boy sighed before he gave a small smile. "And to answer your question: Yeah. I'd say I've enjoyed this day." He answered honestly, getting a somewhat surprised look from the Vice-Principal.

"Hm. I'm glad to hear that. I assure you that the rest of this place will need more time getting used to." Zechariah pointed out, getting a nod from the boy before he spotted Richard napping. "It appears the day's events have caught up to at least one of you."

"Yeah. The little guy gets tuckered out easily." He quipped with a laugh before sighing. "Admittedly, I'm glad he's an anthro now… He's about the only guy I consider family now since… Y'know."

Zechariah just nodded. "I've read the records that were sent… I'm sorry for your loss."

"Thanks." Cade gave a weak smile before leaning on the desk. The two just stayed in silence before Zech smiled.

"If you're interested, there is something I would like to show you. I believe you may like it yourself."

"Hm?" Cade let out a hum before the cheetah left, prompting him to follow him to a flight of stairs.

"This way. The rooftop." Zechariah continued before he walked up the stairs, the human following.

After a few more flights, finally reaching the top, Cade walked out the door to the railing of the building. "So… what's up here anywa- Whoa!"

He was soon rendered speechless when he looked up to the sky, bright lights shining down on both him and Zechariah, the latter smiling knowingly.

There, up in the sky, were flying white and yellow, transparent fish, yellow sparkles shining off them, giving off a beautiful aura around them.

It was truly… magnificent.

"My god… It's amazing." Cade whispered as he leaned on the railing.

Zechariah smiled before he sat beside him, his tail on the boys shoulder and giving him a warm smile. "Welcome home Mr. Cade."

The human in turn smiled. "Thanks… it's good to be home... And just call me Cade." He said as they turned back to enjoy the scene.

"..."

"..."

".."

"..Question?"

"Yes?"

"...Where am I going to live anyway?"

Well, our two newcomers have taken a first taste of their new career choice and believe me there will be more!

Next time, the real interesting stuff begins! After a brief stint with the mail guy, Cade and Richard are asked to be judges for the upcoming Talent Show tryouts! But that's not all: Love is in the air for Zill and Kayla as their three year anniversary is coming up... If only Zill could remember!

Next time: Tryouts and anniversaries!

Until then Guys and Gals, This is The Wielder Of The Blue Flames, signing off!