Author's note: Another GEB fanfic, this time with a different twist. I have another fanfic, so if anybody is curious, please read Gods Eater Burst-Get Well Soon, Leader.

SPOILERS WARNING! DO NOT READ THIS FANFIC IF YOU HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE GAME. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.

With all said and due, please rate and comment so that I can further improve my writing. All copyrights (except my avatar) belong to the original creators and producers. For those who want a visual on my character here is the profile, based on the game:

Name: Drake Galios

Gender: Male

Code name: 11th hour

Hairstyle: 5

Color: 15

Face: 6

Skin: 1

Top: Petunia Jacket

Bottom: Naval Slit

Voice: 4

Enjoy!


The sound of the gears moving reached the ears. The rattling of the elevator shook his body as he stood, placing his back on the cold metal wall. With a sudden stop, the bell dinged, stopping at the door to the main hall.

"Another day, another hunt..." he mumbled to himself.

The elevator doors slid themselves open, and a small gust of wind blew his dark blue bangs, making them move a bit. A glare of light showered his red eyes, forcing him to squint, as he stepped out of the elevator. The sun rays glistened though the windows, along with the main hall lights, bringing a sudden flash of light to one's eyes. He instinctively placed his hand over his line of vision. As his vision gradually became clear, he spotted a few familiar faces and figures, sitting and talking amongst each other on the couches. Out of curiosity, Drake approached them.

"Morning, you guys." he greeted.

Kota, Lindow and Soma turned to Drake.

"Hey! Leader! Anything special for today?" smiled Lindow.

"Nothing all that much. What about you guys?"

"We were just talking about this thing here." Lindow pointed to a ring, tucked neatly in its square, blue case, as it sat on the coffee table. The small diamond shimmered under the bright lights.

"Whose ring is this?" asked Drake.

"One of my buddies from the 7th unit told to me to hang onto this for him. He's got his sights on a woman in the medical team. Says she's the doctor who's been looking out for him the most." explained Lindow.

"A proposal, huh? But why ask you to hang onto this?"

"Apparently, he's making the proposal into a huge surprise. Her birthday is coming up, and he plans to make a cake, while decorating it with the 'Will you marry me?' writing, and topping it off with the ring."

"And get this Drake!" Kota, joining in on their conversation, pointed at Soma.

"I asked Soma if he would he ever do a special proposal like this, and he said no."

Irritated by Kota's statement, Soma angrily responded, "It's too much of a hassle. If you ask me, it's better to just go up front, and ask. Who the hell goes all the way to just make some sort of surprise?"

Blunt as ever, Soma. Thought Drake, as he was not surprised by his usual personality.

"That's boring though, Soma. Where's the fun in that?" reiterated Kota. "You gotta make things special for others. You always do in my line of experience."

"Since when were you an expert on romance, Mr. I'm-forever-single?"

Struck by his cold-hard-plain-truth words, Kota yelled back at him.

"Oh yeah?! What about you?! Try asking a girl those exact words up-front!"

"Grrrkkkkkkkk!"

Blushing furiously, Soma became flabbergasted, and couldn't utter a complete word. He couldn't produce any argument to counter Kota's childish back-talk.

"Ha! Knew it. You can't even talk properly to a girl." said Kota, as he mockingly grinned at Soma.

"Damn it, shut up, Kota!"

The two continued arguing at each other, while Lindow and Drake just watched them. Ignoring them, Drake turned to Lindow.

"By the way where's Alisa and Sakuya?"

"They're downstairs. Lower level of the main floor. I think they're with sis and Hibari." he answered. Turning back to Soma and Kota, Lindow tried to stop their petty fight. "OK, ladies, that's enough. No need to swing your bags at each other."

Amused by the rowdiness of his friends, Drake continued watching them.

Meanwhile, on the lower level, the girls overhear the guys' shouting voices. They all turned their heads to the upper level couches.

"What are those three yelling for, anyway?" wondered Hibari.

Tsubaki, noticing Drake, walked over to the stairs. Alisa spotted him as well, and followed pursuit. Not knowing the ladies approaching them, the guys continued their conversation.

"I still think that it's better to just go up front and ask them." said Soma.

Drake picked up the ring, along with its case, and said, "So, what? You're just gonna go up to a girl, and ask 'Will you marry me?'" He turned around, and unaware that they were behind him, Drake unknowingly presented the ring to Tsubaki.

As he noticed her face, the room froze into silence. Shocked out of his wits, Drake's mouth dropped. His fingers released its grip on the case; as he noticed almost dropping it, Drake stumbled the ring in his hands.

Suddenly, Lindow bursted with laughter. "Bahahaha! Nice Drake! Smooth move!"

Kota and Soma stared in amazement, not saying anything by the sudden turnabout the situation has gotten into. Tsubaki glared at Drake with ice-cold eyes, unamused.

"Whoa! Tsubaki?!" Drake hid the ring behind his back. His face started to turn red with embarrassment.

Soma, making things worse for Drake, added, "And right in front of Alisa too."

As he heard her name, he peeked behind Tsubaki, spotting her.

Drake's face darkened.

Alisa gave off an intimidating aura, looking as if she was about to murder him, for doing something so foolish and stupid. Her hands clenched tightly together, her eyebrows twitched, and her shoulders trembled. What made matters worse, was that she wasn't looking straight into Drake's eyes.

"Oh crud... Waitwaitwaitwait, Alisa! This isn't what it looks like! It's a misunderstanding! Really!" Stepping back a little, Drake shook his head violently.

"Drake...you..." Alisa darkly growled at him.

"N-n-n-n-now hold on, Alisa! I-"

Without giving him another second to explain himself, Alisa stomped over to Drake, grabbing him by the collar.

"YOU FOOL! WHAT IN THE WORLD DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!" She screamed at his face.

"Arrgh! Forgive me!"

As Drake started to sweat unnaturally, while crying out for mercy, Alisa continued scolding, yelling, and grabbing Drake's collar. The rest watched the two new-types shout at each other, while Lindow just kept on laughing hysterically at them. Kota began laughing as well, while Soma quietly chuckled. Tsubaki could only watch Drake and Alisa yell at each other. She sighed, not caring about the recent events.

She then shook her head in disapproval, and raised her voice, commanding, "Lieutenant Galios, Private Ameilla! That's enough!"

They both froze as they heard Tsubaki's booming voice. By her orders, Alisa released Drake's collar. She glared back at Drake, and he flinched. Trying to catch his breath, Lindow called over to Drake.

"Hahaha...ahaha...oh man... Hey Drake! Just place that back here on the table." Snickered Lindow, as he pointed on the table.

"Y-yeah… Got it."

Trying to compose himself, Drake stepped over to the coffee table, placing the ring. Alisa continued eyeing daggers at him. As he felt her suspenseful, painful, glare, Drake nervously looked away from Alisa. Coming from downstairs, Sakuya joined with the others, seeing Alisa with a terrifying look. She traced Alisa's line of vision, finding that it was locked on Drake.

Ah, so that's what the yelling is all about.

Tsubaki, breaking the uneasy silence, said, "If you are done, I would like your undivided attention."

The main hall became silent once more, this time, being more serious.

"Lately, there has been recent questioning about the lieutenant's work in aragami extermination missions."

As soon as Tsubaki said that, everybody stared at Drake, with questioned looks.

Drake, unfazed by Tsubaki's announcement, asked, "Whatever do you mean, Tsubaki?"

"There have been many reports of you eliminating high-class, powerful aragami. What's more, you have been soloing on them."

The silence became heavy; some stared at Drake in wonder, some showed a surprised expression.

"Beforehand, I would like to confirm this." Tsubaki gazed straight into Drake's eyes, and with a cold, hard voice, she asked, "Is this true?"

Drake stayed silent for a bit, and answered, "Yes. It is. Why do you ask?"

"Doctor Sakaki would like to test your abilities, as to how you are able to fight powerful aragami on your own."

"Let me guess, research purposes?"

"That's part of the reason, but the other reason, is that he wants to use your battle tactics as references for other God Eaters. It will be highly useful for everybody else."

"And how does Sakaki plan to do that?"

"He'll allow you to select which high-class aragami, you'll get to battle. One of the pilots will also be recording it, as they continuously hover in the area."

"Why can't he ask me up front? I can always give him the details of it."

"As I said before, reference. He requires a visual, which is why Sakaki is assigning you this task."

Raising his hand with a concerned voice, Kota questioned Tsubaki, "But, isn't that dangerous? I mean, we're talking about fighting an all-mighty aragami by yourself. The last time all of us fought something like that was four of us against one of them."

"Drake has just recently confirmed that he has handled a task such as this. Which is why this mission has been assigned to him."

"I-I see." Kota meekly responded.

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"If it helps the other God Eaters, than I'd be more than willing to do so." nodded Drake.

The others flinched at his words, taken aback and became shocked at him agreeing so easily. Soma suddenly stood up, Lindow jumped a little in his seat, Kota's shoulders drooped, Sakuya's eyes bulged, and Alisa silently gasped. For a few seconds, they all stood still, as they were clammed up by Drake's answer.

Soma broke the dead air, infuriatingly hollering at Drake, "Are you a moron?! Doing something like this is suicide!"

Drake turned his head to Soma, chuckling, "Soma, I've taken care of many solo missions like these. They're incredibly easy; you guys just don't know about me doing them."

"But!"

"That's enough Soma." As Drake raised his hand stopping him, Soma followed his order. Drake turned back to Tsubaki. "You say that I can choose any powerful aragami out there, right?"

"Yes, that's correct. So long as you are confident in defeating it."

"Then there's only one aragami that's suitable for this assignment." he smirked.

Everybody paid full attention to Drake, expecting on what aragami he'll choose to fight. Lindow, however, grasped the meaning behind Drake's words. As soon as he did, he silently gasped and lifted his head. He stood up, provoked. He tried to stop Drake with a menacing voice, even though he knew it would be useless to prevent him from choosing.

"Drake...Don't even think about it..."

Selfishly smiling, not caring about the concern in Lindow's voice, Drake answered, "Tsubaki, tell Sakaki I'll be fighting the Dyaus Pita."


End of Chapter 1: The Final Days