A New God Eater's Journey

Chapter 1

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THE GOD EATER FRANCHISE HOWEVER I DO OWN MY OC.

Name: Cedrick Esparza

Gender: Male

Hairstyle: Style 7 (Dark Brown)

A/N: When reading through this narrative feel free to replace my character's information with your own. That's what I like to do when reading other God Eater Fanfiction to make it feel like I am in the story. The appearance will not matter as much in this narrative anyway.

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Cedrick's POV

I am Cedrick Esparza. I know what you are thinking, "that's an unusual name", am I right? Well, I'm an unusual kinda guy. I met my first Aragami at the ripe ol' age of 6. At the time, I hadn't known what an Aragami and didn't understand the danger that I put myself in when I decided to move towards it. Thinking back, I must have been a pretty stupid kid. Who the hell walks towards a monster with a gaping mouth that shows off a complete set of razor sharp teeth? I now know that that monster is called an Ogretail and apparently, they are one of the more common types of Aragami in the world right now. According to what I have heard from a few of the higher ups in Fenrir, Aragami have coexisted with us humans since the 2050s. It's now 2074, meaning that these "Gods", as some people may call them, have been around for approximately two decades. And to think that I was ignorant to the monsters in this world for a long time. Even after my encounter with the Ogretail, I refused to believe that such beasts could live alongside us. For the first time in a very long time Humans were not the most ferocious predator in the world. We've been moved down the pecking order. Anyway, I digress, let me get back to that chance encounter with my first Aragami. My mother and father had fallen prey to its jaws. Their bodies were cut in half in front of my eyes. I was lucky to escape with my life. One of my relatives had stumbled upon the scene and had taken me away from it. Since then I have been living with that relative, an Uncle, who happens to be one of the higher ups in Fenrir. He had saved my life and I had made sure too tell him that several times during the 10 years I had stayed with him and I learned a lot from him. But now, only days after my 18th birthday I am being forced to leave him.

"Cedrick..." My Uncle paused but he sounded rather pleased. "Today's the day you become a man. I have received word that the blood test you undertook a few days ago has come back as a positive match for a special project that Fenrir is working on called 'Blood Special Forces'. You are to be transferred into that unit in the next few days. I'm proud to call you my nephew." I became dejected midway through his speech. He seemed almost too excited to let me go and that pained me. I made sure to make my voice heard.

"Why are you so happy?" I asked him with a pained voice. Don't get me wrong, I could never be angry with the man who saved my life but I wanted to stay with him. I had only ever seen any more Aragami through video footage that my Uncle would watch and analyse so the thought of actually fighting these beasts, the same beasts that took my parents scared me stiff.

"You will finally be able to get revenge on the Aragami that took your parents. I remember a time when you told me that you wished to become a God Eater and take revenge on Aragami all over the world. Is that not what you want anymore?" My Uncle asked me with a look of surprise on his face as he thought about this possibility.

"I don't want revenge." I told him, still dejected but covered it with a forced smile, something that my Uncle had become akin to and so I don't know why I still do it.

"You've taught me so much. Whether you meant to or not. I did want revenge for a while but that was a long time ago. I've gotten over my parents' deaths but the thought of fighting monster like that scares me. I don't know if I have it in me to kill anything." I say as a few stray tears fall from my eyes.

"You'll be appropriately trained. Nobody is going to through you into the action blind and oblivious." My Uncle tells me in a matter of fact voice.

"I know that-"

"Everybody goes through this stage. There will be more newcomers like you in this unit and you'll all grow together. You will make friends so it's important to keep on smiling and helping them no matter what." His words are like the law to me and helped to rebuild a bit of confidence.

"You're right. Everyone is a beginner at one point in their life, possibly even more." It took me a few more seconds before I spoke again, "I'll join Blood Special Forces." I lift my head with a sincere smile and I receive one back. "But will you be okay by yourself?" I ask my Uncle with a look of concern.

"Of course I will be. We live in a remote section of Fenrir Headquarters." He reminds me. Fenrir Headquarters is armed with many amazing God Eaters and coupled with the fact that the Headquarters are heavily fortified via other means answers my question. But I had never really seen much of these heavily fortified things. Since I was rescued, I have been told to remain within a limited section of the Headquarters. I was allowed to visit the outside world but only when accompanied by at least one God Eater. After our discussion I went about packing up my things.

The preceding events had taken place a couple of days ago and now, I am on something called a helicopter, being transported to where I will meet the head of this new unit I would be joining. Seeing the world below me was surely breathtaking. I had only ever known a small area of the world from when I was allowed outside and so I was ecstatic at the new things I could see. However, seeing as how I have lived the past 10 years of my life on the ground, I think it is safe to say that I have a fear of heights and this instantly cancels out any trace of enthralment I may have felt from seeing a lot of new things.

"Are we almost there?" I nauseously asked, feeling the bile rising in my throat.

"For the umpteenth time, we'll be there soon!" The pilot shouted, clearly sick of me asking him. I decided to look outside again hoping the new sights would help take my mind off of the fact that we were in the air. Hopefully, I will be so immersed with what is transpiring that I will forget that we are many metres above land. I turned my attention to the weather first. The sky was a tinge of red with many clouds that were releasing water from their storages. The rain wasn't the most pleasing thing but the red tint in the sky reminded me of the countless times I had seen the sky whilst at Fenrir HQ. There wasn't many times that the sun was out and I wasn't allowed out while it was raining because it carried some sort of disease. I thought it preposterous at first but then I saw some of the victims. They had taken very ill and were refused entry into HQ. I never understood it at the time and protested against their decision but what could one person do against the whole of the HQ. I decided to take my focus away from the weather and instead looked to the scenery below the helicopter. From what I could see, there were many ruins of destroyed cities. There were very few building that were still intact if I was to judge from the outer appearance. Who knows what it would be like inside? Many Aragami could have nested there. I hear a roar and look towards the source of the sound. I find an Aragami in a battle pose on a hill a reasonable distance away. It was too far away to do any damage to the helicopter and so I breathed a sigh of relief. The Aragami wasn't even looking in our direction. Getting a better look at it, I noticed it was a quadruped with some kind of cape on its back. I noticed its cape rise and electricity flow around it as it fired at a smaller creature that I could not identify. Another roar brings my attention to another quadruped also with a red cape but this one had more of a wolf-like face rather than the tiger-like face of the one that roared before it. Nevertheless, this one had noticed the helicopter and while it may not have attacked us, its roar still managed to scare me to death. I sharply turn my attention back to the pilot,

"When is soon?!" I ask in a panic and he points in front of us with an annoyed sigh.

"That's where I'm dropping you off." I follow his finger and see a relatively large vessel floating on the water below us. I give a relieved sigh as my destination draws significantly closer.

As soon as the helicopter landed, I was taken inside of the vessel by two security guards dressed in a green military uniform. There were no words uttered between any of us but we soon arrived at a large door to which one of the security guards opened and the other pushed me in before they both took their leave. I would have responded to this but I find myself entranced by the scene that lays before my eyes. A young woman with long blond hair with a stylish birdcage hat and dressed in dark mourning clothes sat on a wheelchair in front of a stain glass window with a saint on it. The woman's hands were positioned to make it seem as though she was praying to it. All that was missing was an angelic chorus.

"The Restless God sings, my child, at the rise of a new mythology. Such a sweet symphony. And its prelude shall begin with thee." The woman spoke suddenly and raised her head in my direction and I retreated slightly in shock.

"Erm... What?" I managed to squeeze out, still surprised at her voice.

"Worry not, my child. We will conduct a test to see if you are truly worthy of joining the ranks of my Blood Unit." She states with a smile and I find myself becoming relaxed. I smile back and give a nod of my head, accepting this test.

"I'm happy to see you accept the test but have you no voice?" She looks at me inquisitively and I find myself blushing in embarrassment.

"S-Sorry ma'am. I was just in shock at how suddenly you had spoke." My words stumble over each other. It was clear to say that she knew I was nervous. As if picking up on this thought, she speaks,

"Don't panic, child. This test is just to make sure you are definitely a match for the Bias Factor." She tells me reassuringly but when you don't know what the last part of the sentence means it gives the opposite effect. Nevertheless, I plastered a smile upon my face,

"Uhm... Sure." I scratch the back of my head nervously.

"Wonderful. Now, what I need you to do is to walk down the stairs in the corner" She points to the corner, "and enter the room. You will find a table to which you will lay on and prepare for further instructions. Is that acceptable?" She asks me and I find myself thinking that this test will be quick and easy.

"Of course." I tell her and start walking towards the corner.

After walking down the stairs and into the room, I notice that apart from a large machine in the middle of it the room is rather empty. I see the table near the machine and head towards it, as instructed by the woman in the wheelchair. My breath hitches as I approach the machine and I feel my hands starting to shake quite a bit. Even if I thought that it would be a simple test, my body seems to think otherwise. It is almost like my body can sense something bad is going to happen. Then again, this is usually how I felt when I was accompanied outside of Fenrir HQ; even if I was protected by a God Eater, you never know exactly how much Aragami could appear and what would happen if the God Eater was too busy protecting their own life than to help me? It probably would have died very quickly and become a meal for some Aragami. I lay onto the table but I still feel nervous.

"Please, try to relax." The woman's voice comes through over an intercom and I feel myself relaxing as she speaks.

"After all, you were chosen to be here." I find comfort in her voice.

"I shall now test your God Arc compatibility and your potential to join the Anti-Aragami Punitive Force. The God Eaters. After analysing your blood samples, we have deemed you worthy of joining us and we've seen no rejection of the Bias Factor from your blood." I notice how the woman changes from speaking about herself, as suggested by "I", to speaking about others as well but I pay no attention to it as I find myself being intrigued by the device that raised from under the floor at about head-height. The device then flattens and shows me a God Arc.

"I say "test" but please, don't concern yourself with such words. All will be well, I assure you." I move my right hand so that it hovers over the handle of the God Arc.

"The Restless God knows all about your nascent potential. Hahaha!" There was something about her chuckle that made me relax more. I know it sounds weird but she just has a lovely voice. I am so distracted by this that I don't notice that the machine has moved down and is positioned over my wrist until the woman says,

"I wish you the best of luck." The machine starts spinning in an anti-clockwise motion, I would hhave given more details but

"AAHHHH!" I screamed as the device connected an armlet to my wrist and drilled it in. The pain was unbearable. It was like the scraping of a chisel on human bones. I then noticed that there was a burning sensation adrift the chisel-on-bone action. It was as if someone had thrown me into an active volcano and I was floating in the lava. I fell off the table and onto the stone cold floor with a loud thud as I continued to scream in agony. All I could think to do was to grab my God Arc. The black mist that surrounded my arm may suggest that I've been without my God Arc for too long, especially since I am only just becoming a God Eater. I would need to give my body a chance to adjust to the Arc. I clambered onto my feet with great difficulty and walked around the table to my Arc, keeping hold of the table to help me walk. Once I'd gotten around to it, I lifted my Arc up from its case where it suddenly felt as though the gravity levels had increased. My Arc fell to the floor and my knees followed it but I made sure to keep my grip on it. The searing pain in my wrist was starting to lessen and the amount of black mist that my armlet was giving out also decreased. It took several more seconds before I was able to find the energy to stand up again. Of course, I used my Arc for balance.

"Congratulations." The female's voice came over the intercom and she sounded pleased. This helped to relax me as I fought to regain my breath.

"You have risen where others would fall. You have become... A God Eater." I acknowledge this information by inspecting my Arc and giving it a few swings. I notice my Arc looks to be a short, silver sword.

"Soon, the power that sings through your veins will be awakened. You will be welcomed into our elite special forces, the Blood Unit." I listen whilst continuing to inspect my Arc; wanting to know about every inch of the weapon that will defend me. I also notice that while my armlet is still giving off a black mist, it appears to have lessened by a significant amount.

"Blood are my chosen soldiers. Superior to all other God Eaters. My finest warriors will herald a new dawn for all humankind. For now, rest. You must recover your full strength. I expect great things..." The voice stops and I give one final slash of my Arc before putting it down in the same case that I took it from. The case then retreats into the ground.

"We will take care of your God Arc. You should go through the door to your left to meet a person, like yourself, who has become a new member of the Blood unit." The woman gives me a new instruction and I look to my left to see a door. It's funny how I hadn't noticed it before but I couldn't blame myself. I had been nervous about this whole ordeal but now I felt a new power surge within me. I walked out of the room through said door.