All characters, with the exception of my Protagonist, and God Eaters Burst are property of namco Bandai Games and D3 Publisher.
At first I was going to name my protagonist Haru for spring or Hana meaning flower, but neither of them had the ring I wanted. So I went with naming her after Perspenie's other name Kore. It had a nice ring to it.
Also in my defence Soma is OC because it goes with the story. In this story his mom is still alive and Shio is his sister. Sure people call him a Death God but he is a Death God so that's his title. Sure he's alone but he's not totally alone so he isn't as cold and closed off as he is in the game. Anyway enjoy.
Soma and Kore
The Underworld, a cold and dark place. The realm where all mortals go once they past on. The top floors were for the punishment of the sinners and the deeper floors were a paradise for the people with good hearts.
The ruler of this realm was known as Hades, the 'Death God', or whatever colorful name the mortals came up with now-a-days. But his true name was Soma, a god given the sacred duty of guarding the afterlife by his father, Johannes, and his noble mother, Aisha. It humored him the names human's came up with for them... Zues and Hera, the names didn't give his parents justice. Let alone the rumors they would spread about his parents, especially his father.
They ruled the heavens together while he ruled the Underworld alone. Don't misunderstand, he had no regrets about his eternal duty. He just longed for company in this colorless world he was forced to rule. His sister, Shio, would come down to visit him often, bringing a little light into his world, but it wasn't enough. He craved companionship.
All he had down there were the lifeless souls of man and the creatures of their thoughts. For you see, in the Underworld the darkest thoughts from mankind on the surface gives birth to the cruelest monsters. These monsters would become a nuisance to him and he'd have to keep an iron fist around them. Or in his case his loyal buster blade, Evil One, and his shield, Rejector. But the darkness of man was more than he could contain, many of these creatures would escape to the surface. Once there, they would cause devastation and destruction on mankind. The mortals christened them the name 'Aragami.' Each one having its own group name.
But not all of them were bad. The beast created from the darkest depths of his mind was mild and loyal to the Death god. He was a wolf-like Aragami that the humans called Marduk. But unlike the usual ones, his had three heads. It would guard the gates to the Underworld, only letting the dead and other gods enter and keeping the dead from escaping. The name Cerberus suited him well so Soma kept it.
As the number of Aragami created increased, Soma told Cerberus to let them pass through. After all it was the mortals mess they should clean it up. Even though his words were cold he would still watch over man to see how they were fairing. Using the Seeing Well in his throne room, what he saw was grim.
The humans panicked and fled as the Aragami rampaged and devoured in their wake. He felt that all hope was lost when suddenly an angel, no a goddess, came down to their aid. A lesser god. Like all gods, even though they may have never met they knew each other, he knew her. She was Kore, the goddess of nature and daughter of Tsubaki the goddess of Harvest. Tsubaki was the elder sister of Lindow, god of the Sea. Lindow and his wife Sakuya, a daughter of the water Titan, were friends of his. He knew not when Tsubaki had a daughter, all he new was this... she was beautiful.
Her skin was unblemished and unscarred from the sun. Her face was (Face 8) so siren with big eyes of a clear blue sky. Her hair was a light brown that shined as if it was kissed by the sun. It was somewhat short and wild (Style 23). Her curves were covered by a short pink one strap tunic, that gave a tease view of her right breast, held in place by a leather belt with silver chains wrapped around it. She had a thick golden bracelet on her left arm and three thinner ones on her right wrist. Her well toned legs were covered by long silver strapped sandals. From her back sprang white wings. The humans nicknamed her the Lovely Cupid, but most stook with Persphenie the goddess of spring.
She would rain down on the Aragami with a blade that would dance as she sliced through them and would sing along with her shield as it turned into a projectile shooter. Her weapons were graced with the colors of a twilight sky, colors he longed to see in his world.
The humans saw her as a god sent, a savior. She was lovely... and he wanted her.