Mog/History

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## Background

Mog has been a friend of Gon since they were little, because they were neighbors and later attend the same boarding school. When Mog turned 10, they were forced to separate due to the segregation of the school, so they could only see each other during recesses.

One day, Mog and Gon meet as they usually do and they both walk around the school. Gon wonders why carnivores have been acting jumpy lately and Mog tells him that it is because carnivores are getting stronger. Gon quickly comments that that sounds depressing and he doesn't like it. Mog tells him that if their parents weren't neighbors, they probably wouldn't have been friends. Gon gets upset and shouts that if they would be friends. Recess ends and the two agree to meet at their usual place tonight. At the meeting place, Gon asks Mog if he wants him to get taller. Mog tells him that it doesn't bother him, and even so he can't stop him from growing up.

While they talk, they both hear a group of carnivores harassing a goat student. Both think about how to help the herbivore, but seeing themselves at a numerical and strength disadvantage, they choose to look for a camera to take a photo of the carnivores harassing the goat and report them. Mog denotes how Gon goes so far to help an upperclassman from bullies. Gon declares that he is not doing it for the upperclassman but because he feels that if he does nothing, the carnivores of his age would start bullying herbivores, and he does not want a pacifist like Mog to be bullied. Gon takes the photo but innocently uses the camera flash causing both of them to be spotted by the bullies. The bullies chase after them to take the camera, and while running, Gon and Mog enter the cycling clubroom where they take a bicycle to try to escape. Two of the bullies, the golden eagle chases them from the sky along with the Komodo dragon on his back. The duo manages to snatch Gon, leaving Mog scared by the situation. After Gon manages to get off the eagle and onto the bike, Mog is shocked to see Gon's wild expression and the scar he got from the Komodo dragon. Gon tells Mog to pedal like his life depended on it and pretend that otherwise he will eat him. They both quickly got to the headmaster's office and manage to report the bullies, however they were only given a month of suspension. Gon and Mog ask why the group was not expelled and the headmaster replies that they have the potential to change their ways, and as long as they are students, he can't abandon them. He assures the boys their fight wasn't for naught and tells them he will try harder to keep them safe from now on, so they can rest easy should really worry about is their futures. Whether they are going to continue their friendship like always or are they going to change, the headmaster tells them there is no right answer and it all depends on them, and no matter how they change, their teachers will still look after them.

Some time later, Gon and Mog sit down to watch the sunrise, where Mog says that Gon is always smiling as is cheerful and kind, but the aggressive behavior he had before is how he should be. He admits that he thought Gon was cool but kind of scary. Gon asks him what he is implying, and Mog replies that they are bound to go their separate ways someday and that's okay since it's nothing to be sad about.

## References

1. ↑ Beast Complex Volume 1 - Chapter 02.