H-hello! After I finally beat God Eater Burst, I was struck with the urge to write some fanfic or something! XD
Well...read it, anyways. XD
But upon seeing like...four one-chapter stories for it...
I felt I had to write something too XD
And yes, I don't call it Gods Eater Burst like the localized versions of the game have it XD
O-obviously, it was supposed to be God Eater Burst, anyways...!
You may find that some of the lines aren't exactly like the localized versions of the script, but that's because I was using the Japanese and English versions of the game to get the meanings from both languages XDD
A-anyways XDD
The male main character's name is Kaito Date, but the Date is pronounced like Date Masamune's Date! N-not like...dating people "date" XDD -shot-
B-but anyways, yeah XDD
Please don't get too mad at how puppy-like Kaito is yet!
Puppy-breaking (Kaito) is always fun~
Please Read, Review and Enjoy!~

Chapter 1: After Apocalypse

In the desolate landscape of a city in ruins, monsters stalked the streets. Every once in a while, they lumbered a few steps, then stopped to roar into the empty air. Besides these monsters, the city was completely empty, devoid of any other signs of life. Several of them were gathered around the fallen body of a monster that resembled a lion with huge fangs and a red cape, taking turns tearing into the carcass. They let their guard down, believing that their greatest enemy had been taken out already.

Without warning, a huge roar echoed throughout the city as another of the huge lion monsters leapt out over a wall. Before the smaller monsters could react, they had already become the monster's prey, and the lion monster bent down and began to eat the carcass that its prey had been eating, secure once again in its position at the top of the food chain.

However, what the monster didn't suspect was that there were three people hidden behind a wall, watching its actions carefully, seeking the perfect moment to strike. A black-haired man, carrying a huge sword, dressed in what appeared to be a military uniform, nodded at his companions, a young woman with black hair carrying a huge gun and another young man with silver hair that peeked out from under his blue hoodie carrying an even bigger sword.

In a flash, they dashed out from behind their cover and rushed at the monster. Sensing their approach, it turned and gave a roar as they came. However, the battle was already over before it had begun. The monster fell heavily to the ground, giving one last cry before it passed from this world to the next. The man, who appeared to be the leader, lifted up his sword and pointed it at the newly dead body. With a growl and a roar, his sword suddenly grew a misshapen black mouth with teeth and bit into the body, chewing several times before it melted back into the red metal bangle that he wore.

"Hey, it's a rare one!" the black-haired man said excitedly, a smirk creeping onto his face.

"To the victor go the spoils, as they say," the woman replied, walking up, the barrel of her huge gun resting easily on her right shoulder. She gave a little smile.

The man gave a chuckle. "I bet Old Man Sakaki will have a fit over this," he remarked with a wide grin.

The woman gave a knowing nod before she gave a sigh. "Now if they'd only get us some reinforcements..." She turned to leave. "Let's head back. I'm starving." She gave a little smile again. "I wonder what kind of rations they're serving today."

"Huh?" The man gave a chuckle, his sword easily slung over his shoulder. The other young man in the hoodie followed behind them silently, his aloof face never changing expression. "Actually, that came up during the last food supply meeting." The leader gave a frown as he tried to remember what they had talked about then. "Got it! We're having a new type of corn!"

"Whaaat?" A look of disdain crossed the woman's face. "You mean that giant corn-on-the-cob again?" she whined. "But that's so hard to chew!"

"Hey, times are hard," the man replied with a chuckle. "You should be glad you're getting fed at all!"

The woman gave another sigh before she turned to the silent young man, who had been following behind her. "Hey, Soma. I'll trade you! What do you say?" she asked, putting on a bright smile.

"No way." When the young man finally spoke, it was in a cold voice. The woman gave a pout, but before she could say anything else, their leader called out to them.

"Come on, you guys! You wanna be left behind?" he asked with a roguish smirk. He turned to continue walking as the woman jogged a little faster to catch up to him.

A blonde man sat alone at his desk in a long white jacket in his office. He stared at a screen with faces and data scrolling quickly past with impassive blue-gray eyes. "Director, we've found a possible match for a New-type God Eater in the database." The calm woman's voice reminded him of the importance of his duties as Director.

"I see." He rested his chin on his folded hands, propped up on his desk. "What's his name?" He touched the screen with light fingertips, scrolling through everything and reading it all quickly. "Hm..." His eyes scanned the information on the possible recruit, finding everything satisfactory. "Get him down here to take the aptitude test." He continued to read the information, going over it again and again, checking and double-checking on the new recruit's stats.

Kaito stepped into the building that he had been looking at for so long from the outside. The shuttered gate closed behind him as he took several more steps into the Den. He looked around with wide steel gray eyes, taking in everything that he could only have thought about from the outside, pulling down the blue and black headphones that he always wore to rest around his neck. Even the simple wooden tiled floor beneath his boots radiated wealth and importance. "So this is Fenrir..." People sat right in front of the entrance on green leather seats, beer bottles and other things littering the table that made the booth, all wearing the same red metal bangle on their right wrists. He wondered if it was a new fad or some fashion statement that normal people didn't know about.

There were terminals lined up next to the entrance and people lined up in front of them, using them for several different things at once. Kaito brushed some of his silver hair out of his eyes as he glanced around some more. There were stairs that led to a lower level, but he didn't have time to go see what was down there. He had something very important that he needed to do.

He took out the letter he had received and read it again. "Uh...it says...to go to the...testing room..." Kaito looked around and tried to figure out where exactly he had to go. He frowned slightly, still having no idea. "Well...uh..." He gave a sigh and a shrug. "Might as well start somewhere." He headed off in a random direction and hoped he was right.

Kaito stumbled off the elevator, wondering where he was now. The letter had said that he had to go to the lower level of Fenrir, and he figured that the elevator was his best bet. However, there had been about four other floors for him to try, so he had pressed a random button. And now, he was lost on another floor. He took a few steps, his boots muffled by the extremely thick and luxurious navy blue carpet, which he was sure cost several times more per square inch than what his entire apartment had cost. The carpet led to several rooms, but none of them had any labels or any other sign to tell him what they were. He sighed.

"Man...I always get lost..." He glanced around, but the hallway was still just as empty. Everyone else was probably in the main entrance area. "...I should have asked someone up there..." He sighed again with a slight frown. "W-well...since I'm already down here..." He took a deep breath. "Hello? Anyone down here?" he called out loudly. He winced when his voice echoed in the silent hallway. "...well, that wasn't a good idea..."

He took a few steps and stood in the middle of the hallway, looking around again. It appeared that no one had heard him anyways. He glanced to the left, and then to the right. There were three doors on this floor. "I wonder if I can ask someone in one of these rooms... Maybe they'll have a map or something." He knocked on the door to his right. There was no answer. "Hm...Maybe these things are soundproof..." He glanced around in the empty hallway again. "Well...it wouldn't hurt to take a look around inside anyways..."

Kaito pressed the button to open the door, and it slid open with a quiet hiss. It looked like someone's room. There was a window opposite the door. Well...at least it looked like a window. There was a target in front of it, and it was riddled with what Kaito assumed were bullet-holes. The wall and window were also peppered with bullet-holes. There were weapons lying around in the room, huge swords that Kaito doubted even the strongest guy in the world would be able to lift. Beer cans littered a table that had the same kind of seats that had been upstairs around it. A terminal with a cracked screen sat in the far right corner of the room. He wondered if it still worked. There was a sort of counter to his right as well, between the entrance and a rather messy bed that hadn't been made. Too late, Kaito realized that there was someone on the bed.

"Who the hell are you?" Kaito froze at the cold tone from the person glowering at him from his position on the bed. Icy blue eyes glared at him under silver hair that peeked out from a dark blue hood. The person most definitely didn't seem happy, and Kaito wondered if it had been a good idea at all to try and find his own way in this place.

"I...I'm Kaito!" Kaito replied hurriedly, giving a hasty salute as his body stiffened by reflex at the person's tone of voice. He didn't have much courage, especially in the face of angry people.

"What the hell do you want?" the person asked, sounding most definitely not satisfied by the response.

"I...I got lost trying to find the testing area!" Kaito fought back the urge to add "Sir" to the end of his sentence. He was sure that the guy wouldn't appreciate being called that, especially since he looked around Kaito's age.

"...you're going to be our next recruit?" Now the person's voice sounded incredulous, as if it was so unbelievable that Kaito could ever possibly be part of Fenrir. "...we ask for reinforcements, and this is what we get?" He scoffed. "Looks like I'll have even more work to do now." His attention returned to Kaito, who was still standing there, steel gray eyes darted around nervously. "The testing area is on the same floor as the entrance. Didn't you even take a look down the stairs? There's a sign there that says "Testing Area"." The person shook his head. "I can't believe we got an idiot like this..." He pointed at the door with his right hand, and Kaito noticed the red metal bangle on this guy's arm too. That was strange... Kaito didn't expect that someone like this guy would follow along with fashion statements as well... "Get out."

"Huh?" Kaito was jolted out of his thoughts by the other guy's words.

"Now that you know where to go, get out of my room already." The person repeated himself slowly as if Kaito were a second grader again.

"R-right...sorry..." Kaito gave a hurried bow. "Th-thank you for helping me!"

"Get out!" Kaito ran out of the room hurriedly as the guy grabbed for the hilt of one of his swords. He didn't want to be killed before he even got a chance to join the ranks of Fenrir. But even when he was fearing for his life, Kaito couldn't stop thinking about that guy.

Just who was he...?

Thanks to the directions from the person from before, Kaito easily found the Testing area. However, because he had taken so long, he had to wait for his turn, which had been passed and dropped to the bottom of the list. He sat, bored and anxious in turns, on the seats that they had provided for them, glancing around. Finally, though, they called his name. "Kaito Date!" The person chuckled a little at Kaito's strange-sounding name. "It's your turn to go in now."

Kaito gave a slight nod, his heart beating quickly. He could feel his body becoming numb, a sign that he was terrified. He willed his legs and hands not to shake as he stepped through the door. Kaito found himself in a huge circular room, lit by one light from far above. There were several people behind a huge pane of frosted glass, no doubt to monitor him while he was in the room. He glanced around at the practically empty room. There was some sort of a machine in the center of the room, a sword resting on a panel that extended out from it. A part of the machine was suspended above the rest of it by four slim metal rods. Kaito wondered what that was for.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting so long," a calm man's voice said. No doubt it was someone important, from the way he was addressing Kaito. Although the tone was rather cold, he could still detect a slight warmth beneath the surface. "Now then, let me welcome you to humankind's last fortress, Fenrir." Of course, Kaito had already been acquainted with a lot of it when he had been lost... "We will now test your compatibility as one of the anti-Aragami punitive force, the God Eaters." He paused, as if to let it sink in. "Please try to relax a little. You'll get better results that way," the voice said, as if it knew how much Kaito's legs and hands were shaking. Kaito closed his steel gray eyes and nodded, his silver hair shifting slightly as he did so. He willed his heart and body to calm down. "When you're ready, go stand in front of that machine in the center of the room." Oh...so that was what that machine was for...

Kaito slowly took several steps forward, taking a deep breath. He glanced at the machine again. Now, it looked so much more menacing. What did he even have to do...? There was a dip in the machine next to the hilt of the sword. Did they expect him to pick up the sword or something...? Taking another deep breath, he hurriedly thrust his hand into the depression where he hoped his arm was supposed to go, wrapping his fingers hurriedly around the hilt of the sword, squeezing his eyes shut in anticipation of whatever would happen next as the rest of his entire body flinched away from the machine.

Nothing happened. "...what...?" Kaito opened one eye slowly, as if he were peeking at a secret. But it was true. Nothing had happened. He opened his other eye. He straightened up, confused. "What?" He stared in confusion at the machine. "That's it?" He gave a shaky laugh. "That...that wasn't so bad..."

Without warning, the part that had been suspended above the machine suddenly slammed down on his hand and wrist. Kaito gave a strangled cry as his entire body jumped and he tried to pull his arm back out of the machine, but to no avail. He gave a scream of pain as, with a squishing sound, something pierced deep into his wrist. He felt something spreading through his body from his wrist, burning and numbing his body as it traveled through his veins. He panted heavily, sweat dripping from his hair as it finally stopped. He stared at the machine still holding his arm captive warily, even though it was now silent. At this point, he half-expected it to tear off his arm or some other thing that would painfully maim him and leave him dead.

But this time, nothing really happened. With a hiss, the machine returned back to its former position, open again for another potential candidate, deceivingly benign. Blinking away the tears of pain that had been blurring his eyes, Kaito tried to lift the sword again. To his surprise, he easily lifted it, nearly falling over backwards with the momentum. He stared at it, and finally realized that there was a red metal bangle attached to his wrist now. So that was what those bangles were for. They hadn't been fashion statements; they had been symbols of their status of God Eater. As he watched, a tendril of some black matter suddenly grew out of a core embedded in the sword's hilt and attached itself to a slot in his bangle. "Wh-what?" He nearly dropped the sword in shock at the sight, but he managed to compose himself before he did.

"Congratulations on being the first of the New-type God Eaters in the Fenrir Far East branch." Kaito nearly jumped again at the sudden voice of the man; he had pretty much forgotten about the people watching him from that room behind the frosted glass. Now he felt a little embarrassed from the way he had reacted to the test. "Now that we know you're a match, you'll be going to a medical check-up next. Don't hesitate to let someone know right away if you start feeling unwell."

"Unwell...?" Kaito gave a slight frown as he stared at the red metal bangle on his wrist, eyebrows furrowed in worry as he stared at it. He wondered what could go wrong with something like this.

"Please rest in the waiting room just outside of that door." Kaito gave a nod as he turned to leave. "I've high hopes for you!" the voice called as Kaito started towards the door. He stopped as he realized he was still holding the sword.

"H-how do I get rid of this thing...?" He stared at it with a frown. As far as he could tell, no one had been walking around Fenrir carrying a sword or anything, so there had to be some way to get it to disappear or something...right? He tried to think about it, but he didn't have any idea what to do. "How do I even get rid of this thing...?" To his surprise, the sword folded itself up and disappeared inside his red bangle. "W-what the-?" Kaito jumped at the sudden disappearance. He glanced around the room and realized he was still in full view of the men watching him behind the frosted glass. "...I think I've made enough of a fool of myself today..." he sighed as he ran a hand through his silver hair. "Please..." he said as he finally left the room.

Kaito, trying not to embarrass himself again, sat as still as he could on the seat next to a gum-chewing rust brown-haired boy wearing a striped yellow hat. The boy was also wearing a sleeveless yellow vest over a web-patterned black shirt with knee-length shorts that flared out around his legs as he swung them restlessly. A striped scarf was wrapped around his neck, but Kaito was sure it was more of a fashion thing rather than something necessary.

"Hey..." The boy's voice was muffled as he spoke around the gum in his mouth. At least he was friendly. "Want some gum?"

"Uh...sure, I guess." What could the harm be in accepting a piece of gum? Kaito watched as the brunet went through several pockets, searching for a piece.

"Oh, I'm all out. Looks like I just used the last piece." The boy gave him an apologetic smile as he scratched the back of his head. "Sorry, sorry." With that, they returned to the awkward silence again. After a few seconds, though, the boy turned to him again. "Hey, are you also a new recruit?" He gave a little chuckle. "Even though we're joining at the same time, it seems like you're a little older," he said with a slight frown. "But I'm still your senior by a nanosecond!"

"What? Th-that's only because I got shoved to the bottom of the list because I got lost!" Kaito protested with a frown.

The boy gave a laugh at Kaito's response. "Well, my name is Kota. Kota Fujiki. What's yours?"

"Kaito..." He gave Kota a smile. "Oh, what's your nickname, Kota?" he asked curiously. "Mine's AliceBlue!"

Kota gave Kaito an almost incredulous stare. "You actually made a code name?"

"W-why are you asking that? W-was I not supposed to?" Kaito asked worriedly.

"No...but most people just use their names as their code names," Kota replied with a laugh. "You're a little weird, man."

"I...I'm sorry..." Kaito hung his head. Would nothing go right for him today? Even someone who seemed younger than him was laughing at him.

"How old are you anyways?" Kota asked him curiously.

"E-eighteen," Kaito replied, sulking slightly at the embarrassment he had already suffered.

"What? You're that much older than me? I'm only fifteen!"

"What?" Kaito turned to stare at him. "Did you just call me old-" The sound of heels clicking loudly on the floor made them both turn to stare.

A woman with wavy black hair that cascaded down one shoulder came up to them, her white shirt open to reveal much of her chest, her white pants laced up the sides, exposing a lot of bare skin. "Stand up." Both Kota and Kaito looked up at her blue eyes in confusion at the sudden command. "I said stand up!" Both boys hurriedly stood, Kota staring up at the ceiling, Kaito trying not to meet the woman's eyes with his own. He tried to lower his eyes deferentially, but it ended with him trying to avoid looking into her eyes and at her exposed skin. It wasn't that Kaito was a pervert or anything, but...he just didn't know where to look. Kaito wondered what Kota was staring at on the ceiling, wondering if he could join him in staring upwards. "My name is Tsubaki Amamiya, and from now on, I'll be your adviser," she said, holding a clipboard to her chest as she talked to them. "After your medical checkup, you'll be going through a full curriculum of basic weapon training and education on Aragami." Her face never changed expression as she continued to talk. "Up until now, we've been protecting you, but from now on, you'll be the ones doing the protecting. If you don't want to die from anything stupid, you will answer my every order with a yes, understood?" Kaito and Kota stood there in silence, wondering if they should answer, wondering if they could speak now. "If you understand, then respond!"

"Understood!" Kota replied, his eyes never leaving the ceiling.

"Y-yes, Ma'am!" Kaito answered, snapping his salute again.

Tsubaki's cold expression seemed to crack lightly as she gave what could be passed for a slight smile at their responses. However, as soon as it had come, it disappeared again. "Your medical check-ups will begin shortly. First is you," she said, pointing at Kaito. "Report to Doctor Paylor Sakaki's room at 1500 hours. Take a look around until then." Kaito nodded repeatedly, taking in everything she said and trying to memorize it. "From now on, this will be your new home, the Far East Fenrir branch. Its nickname is The Den." She looked both Kota and Kaito, who were now looking at her, in the eyes. "Make sure you pay your respects to the members of your team, especially your seniors."

"Y-yes, Ma'am!" Kaito said, saluting her again as Kota ran off to explore the Den. "Uhm...sorry to ask this, but..." Kaito gave a weak laugh. "Where exactly is this Doctor Paylor Sakaki's room...?"