Rudy and Fiona stepped onto the broad field behind Caliban Academy. Today was the day for the prey tryouts and both teens were nervous for different reasons. Fiona had supported this initiative, even after getting several complains from parents claiming the school was trying to domesticate their kids. Fiona had put a lot of her reputation into getting this set up and was worried that no one was going to show. There weren’t many animals willing to volunteer to be prey and Fiona worried no one would come even with the promise of no digestion. While Fiona worried about no one showing up, Rudy worried about the wrong people showing up. He hated the thought of having to eat someone and then spit them out afterwards, especially if it was a guy. What was he going to say to them when he saw them in the locker room, ‘hey, how you been since you’ve been inside me?’ It was going to be so awkward.

“Do you think anyone is going to show up?” Fiona asked her boyfriend uneasily. She could just picture no one showing up, her being humiliated for ever supporting such a silly idea and being thrown off the team because she was so stupid. She’d be separated from Rudy and he’d find another girlfriend, leaving her to grow old and grey until her ears dropped to the ground. Maybe she was getting a little too worked up.

“I hope some girl’s show up,” Rudy quickly said. Boys would be awkward to talk to afterwards, but girls might be easier. It was much less embarrassing to say you had a warm, sexy girl inside your belly then it was to say some sweaty dude was inside you. Not to mention after spending time inside him, a girl can get more submissive, seeing him as the alpha male. Rudy would never dump Fiona for some passive prey girl, but having some hapless femake bow to him was a very sexy thought.

“Why do you say that?”

Rudy gulped nervously and blushed. Thinking quickly, Rudy repeated something he had heard in class. “Well, everyone knows that female prey is usually smaller and slimmer, making it easier to swallow and regurgitate. Not to mention if something goes wrong and they get stuck in our bellies, girls have much more protein in certain places.”

“Like their breasts and buttocks,” Fiona smirked, making Rudy fidget with his bone necklace to avoid eye contact. He tried to hide it, but Fiona knew Rudy enjoyed the females because he loved the feel of their jiggly parts in his mouth. She’d caught him many a times stopping to run his tongue over his prey’s bosom before swallowing it. He said he was only lubricating it up so it goes down easier, but Fiona knew when he was lying. Truthfully, it didn’t bother Fiona. What was she supposed to do, get jealous over a girl who is going to end up shitted out of her boyfriend’s ass? Besides, Fiona had been known to focus her tongue a few of her prey’s crotches, taking delight in their cries and enjoying the salty aftertaste they left behind. Rudy could lick any part of his meal that he wanted, but if he tried anything other then that, she’d neuter him.

“I suppose if no one showed up, we could always hunt you,” Fiona giggled playfully.

“So you’d be hunting me down until your hot and sweaty and forcing me inside of you,” Rudy thoughtfully said as he rubbed his chin. “And the downside to that would be?”

“Maybe I wouldn’t let you out, how about that?” Fiona continued to tease, sliding an arm around Rudy’s waist. She had always wondered what her boyfriend’s body would taste like. Sure, she had licked parts of him and had a certain part between her lips on several occasions, but it was different when you’re sliding your jaws over their body and swallowing them whole. Some couples actually did eat each other; Fiona had read on the Internet that without the fear of death, consuming ones lover could be an erotic experience. The only thing stopping her from trying out the deadly, but kinky act, was the fear of digesting Rudy. Nothing was worth putting his life at risk.

“Well, being digested by you doesn’t sound that bad,” Rudy nodded solemnly before dropping the façade to pull Fiona closer. His hand went down under her tail and grabbed a pawful of her butt. Fiona gasped as Rudy grinned charismatically at her. “I’d let you digest me anytime, if it meant I’d be coming out of the fine ass of yours.”

Before the couple could go any further, someone coughed loudly from behind them. Breaking their embrace, they turned around to face the whole hunting team and three new arrivals. They all stared at the two lovers and it took them a few seconds to realize that Rudy still had his paw on Fiona’s butt. Pulling his arm away quickly, he grinned at the people surrounding him timidly.

“How much did you guys hear?”

“We all got here around when Fiona mentioned breasts and buttocks,” Bruno, Rudy’s long time friend, grinned as the wolf squirmed. After a second to regain his composure, Rudy stepped forward to see who their guests were. At the sight of three male preys, his heart sank. Where was his sexy bunny, his buxom bronco, his fine ferret? Sighing at how unfair this was Rudy stuck his hand out to shake each member’s hand. If he wasn’t going to have any sexy team mates, he could at least try to get along with the ones he had. As he shook each of the different prey’s hands, he studied them, guessing how easy it would be to track them down.

“Hi, I’m Mike,” a white rabbit said as he shook Rudy’s hand. He was short and scrawny, your typical rabbit. Rudy knew when it came to run he’d scamper around, trying to hide in tall grass or large bushes. Chasing him would be hard, better to wait him out and pounce.

“My name’s Steve, it’s nice to meet you Mr. Dewclaw,” A meerkat politely responded to Rudy’s handshake. Meerkat wasn’t something Rudy hunted often, but just from looking at the well-bred animal, Rudy knew he was going to be the weakest. The toughest prey to catch was the type that liked to get down and dirty, burrow themselves in the ground and crawl through dirt. Steve looked too refined for that and thus an easy target.

“Yo, call me Jason,” a squirrel with glasses said as he made a fist jab. Rudy kept smiling, but inside he was cursing up a storm. Squirrels could be really tough, they liked to travel by trees and hop from branch to branch. It would be hard stuffing the slicked back squirrel into his jaws, but he was going to try anyway.

After the three new members of the prey team introduced themselves, everyone else did the same. Fiona, Bruno, Rhonda and Rachel all stepped forward, greeting the new animals, they were going to hunt down and eat. Mike, Steve and Jason didn’t flinch as they met the predators, none of them batted an eye when the big and imposing tiger Rhonda took their small paws in hers. Rudy watched with a nod of approval. The prey was tough, but that was to expect from animals that volunteered to be hunted.

“Before we go over the rules, I was wondering if you might tell us why you want to join the prey team. I mean no offence, but it’s not the most glamorous team to join.”

“That’s simple,” Mike laughed. “I want to learn through trial an error how to avoid prey. Just yesterday my older brother Jeff went missing, he’s most likely been eaten, but that happens. I want to avoid that fate by getting better at hiding by being hunted by the best. I’ll learn by being hunted by you the best ways to hide, run and avoid being detected. I’m only in this for my own self preservation.”

“My reason is similar,” Steve said once his friend finished. “I’m interested in self preservation as well, but I’m not looking to improve my survival skills, rather my academic standing. Do you know how many colleges would offer a scholarship to a student that has been hunted and survived? I’ll be able to get into any college I want with this on my resume.”

“I’m just in it for the girls,” Jason stated simply, giving Rhonda and Rachel a bawdy grin. Rachel stuck her tongue out at the unconcealed flirting. She was a lesbian; boys only confused her and made her want to rush things. Rhonda on the other hand returning the grin of her own, showing off a row of razor sharp teeth. The big tiger liked the spunky squirrel.

After hearing the reasons for joining the prey team from the three animals, it took all Rudy’s self control to keep from chuckling. These guys had no idea what they were getting into. They were going to be hunted down and swallowed like everyone else they hunted. Sure, they’d let them out at the end, but that was only if they made it. All stomachs were different, some had trouble digesting bones others could melt a buffalo in five seconds. Before hunting the prey team, they’d all be taking antacids, but that could only do so much. A predator’s stomach was just too strong and if anything was inside there for too much time it was going to digest. If Jason got stuck in the Rhonda’s stomach for over an hour, antacid or not, he was going to be coming out through the other end of the big tiger. These guys were in serious trouble, they just didn’t know it yet. Rudy wasn’t going to tell them either, let them find out the hard way.

“Okay, let go over the ground rules,” Rudy said as Fiona joined him at his side. She knew what was in store for the prey too, but she kept her yap shut like everyone else. They needed prey and these three would have to do. The only problem was, what were they going to do when these three were gone?