All characters, with the exception of the main Protagonist, are property of the game 'God Eaters Burst' and their affiliate franchise. They are not owned by me, and neither is the surprise character whose copy rights are stated in the Author's Notes at the end of the chapter. This was Rated T for adult referenced themes and contains language for a mature audience. Enjoy the story!
The Legacy
The New Arrival
A lot has happened in the Far East Branch since the enlistment of the First Unit Leader, Kiiro Tsubasa. Some liked to called her Kiki, others called her by her codename, YellowWing; but to the First Unit she was just plain old Kiiro. That happy-go-lucky bundle of energy had been through it all with them. Through the Former Unit Leader's MIA; through the smuggling of an Aragami girl into the Den; through the prevention of Devouring Apocalypse which was launched to the Moon instead; through the lucky avoidance of an Aragami Infection due to touching another person's God Arc; Resonating with people and seeing God Arc souls; and rescuing the Former Unit Leader, Lindow, from his Aragami Transformation.
Kiiro, as one would know, lived up to her name. Some would see her as a flying hornet when she would dash by in the Den. Her walnut hair was held in a long side ponytail, its wavy locks held together by a light blue barrette. She was known for her yellow colors throughout the Den. On good sunny days she would sport a Noble Goth Top and Kayarti Roughs; while on rainy days she would wear a Hornet Hoodie and a Noble Goth Skirt. She had a gentle, soft face with big eyes of honey brown. Her skin was slightly tanned from the sun, but it did nothing to her fair complexion or clash with her natural tones. Even her God Arc resembled her yellow theme as everything was maxed to the highest Rank of 10.
She was a gentle soul, with an innocence around her. She would go out of her way to lend a helping hand so many times, some people at the Den saw her as a saint. It didn't help her case much that she like to use Divine Bullets on the Aragami when she wasn't firing Recovery Bullets at her teammates. Not to mention how the citizens from the Ghettos loved her, since she pleasantly interacted with them during her scouting routes through the Ghettos. However, although her overflowing energy was mostly seen in a positive, at times it could be a negative. Sure Kiiro was a cheerful carefree kinda girl. But when crossed, her energy turned into something fierce. She would become aggressive like a tsunami with her relentlessness as she became a shark in human skin. It wasn't like she would do it on purpose, nor was it more than a rare thing, but many knew not to take advantage of her kind nature. For those that didn't know, they learned fast. The only time the First Unit had actually experience this side of Kiiro was when she told Lindow not to give up on living during his Aragami Transformation, and that one time Soma had taken his words too far.
Kiiro had helped bring Lindow back, safely to the Den. He had received extensive medical checkups at his return and was given a welcome back of open arms. Even soon afterwards, he had married his long time sweetheart, Sakuya Tachibana. It was a wonderful ceremony, and Sakuya was the beautiful star of the show, while Lindow was acting more as an accessory than being a big part of the ceremony. It was a beautiful wedding, regardless of the many forms the two of them had to file out before their marriage became valid. Since the beginning of the presence of Aragami, marriages had become more of a global business instead of nation-based practice.
At this point of time, when the Aragami threat was starting to calm down a little, marriages between God Eaters were seen as rare and were very controversial. Many societies in the Branches questioned the stability a married couple of God Eaters would have at raising a family while balancing their work fighting the Aragami. Let alone what would happen if the parents should perish what should happen with the kids. In most cases, the children would be put in the custody of the next of kin or as stated otherwise in the wills; however, most households in the Branches Ghettos were already full and could not afford nor hold the capacity of additional children. So this lead to the question: should they be taken to the nearest Orphanage in the Branch, or be given funding and the support from Fenrir appointed Guardian, being raised under the direct care of Fenrir?
But that lead to an even more controversial topic... Should God Eaters even be allowed to have children? They've already changed themselves into something far more than human in order to fight off the Aragami. With all the Bias Factor they willing injected into themselves, should the human race risk the mutation in their genes to pass on? What if their offspring become something far different from their parents. What if their genes mutated and evolved into something more Aragami-like? Pretty soon they'd have more Aragami-like humans than humans roaming around the Branches at that rate.
So in their scare, the Higher ups of Fenrir had outlawed the birth of children with Gods Eater parents, whether with one or both spouses as God Eaters. If the children were born before the God Eaters took their Aptitude Test then it was permitted since the parents genes were not tainted yet with Oracle Cells. However, having children after their Aptitude Test was strictly forbidden. Even adopting children was outlawed for God Eaters after they became God Eaters, because of reasons of them being._. 'unfit' to have or care for a child.
This lead to a furious outburst from the God Eaters from Branches all over the globe. Even though most of the God Eaters of Fenrir were young, and weren't thinking of settling down and starting a family just yet. They still had a right to dream of it and have their possibilities unhindered by outside forces. They had put their life on the line everyday for Fenrir and the lives that dwelled in their Branches' Ghettos, the least these people could do was oblige them the right to the pursuit of happiness. They weren't asking for some damn Parade for their services, they just wanted to have a damn normal life waiting for them. Even if most of the Gods Eaters end up being killed in action before they complete their service or retired, they still had the right to have an option of a family.
Most of the Ghettos found it strange that after they would have their marches protesting Fenrir, demanding for more rations and an increase in jobs, the God Eaters would come around marching in protest against Fenrir for their right to have babies. Though the citizens of the Ghettos wouldn't admit it, they agreed with Fenrir's decision. They feared their protectors who willing injected those monsters' DNA inside them in order to devour them. What other possible monsters could they make if they were to possibly breed? They feared that pretty soon that they would practically have Aragami walking inside their walls. The God Eaters had little to no support from the citizens of the Ghettos in their demands of Fenrir, they were on their own...
Even so, Sakuya was there to march against this outlaw with other God Eaters each time a protest march was organized. Lindow was with her all the way in support as the other First through Third Unit members would occasionally join them in support. It was hard to protest against Fenrir when Aragami were attacking. But whenever they were free, they would always join in with the two of them in support for the newlywed couple's right to start up a family. However... this time around they had missed the march as they watched the tail-end of it on the FBS news on the TV in the Entrance. They had recently returned from a mission at the Forgotten Carrier, and couldn't make it back in time to join Sakuya and Lindow in the God Eaters' March. Tired and slightly covered in sweat, Alisa, Kota, Soma, and Kiiro watched the march go on, looking for Lindow and Sakuya in the crowd. Hoping that they weren't one of the God Eaters marching around with one of those embarrassing signs that said 'God Eaters for Babies' or 'If You Can Have Babies Why Can't We?' It didn't help their case much that most God Eaters, if not all, were marching with their God Arcs.
"Once again... Fenrir has seen more demonstrations of protesters across the Branches, and has increased in participant numbers." The FBS news woman reported as she showed a video of marching Gods Eaters on the screen to the side. "This evening, an Anti-Fenrir protest in front of all global Branches. The demonstrations were led by groups mostly comprised of God Eaters from all over the Branches of the world.
"Calling on Fenrir to discharge these inequitable laws against their human rights, reinforce their pledges on protecting the God Eaters' families, and remove all bans that would restrict them from a radiant future.
"... The God Eaters had marched for approximately two hours, under the monitor and patrolled by the Fenrir Defense Forces, then dispersed fairly peacefully... much to the relief of the citizens of the Ghettos..."
"Jeez, what a bunch of hypocrites." Kiiro groaned out in complained as she watched the news with the others. Having enough of Fenrir's one sided opinion on the topic. "You'd think that people with families and problems of their own would understand our plight."
"Not everyone can see the problem when its not related to them." Kota commented, scratching the back of his head with his hand. "Like putting your feet into someone else's shoes."
"Beside, they see us as monsters." Soma pointed out. "It's not like they would try to understand why we would find these laws unacceptable."
"Really, now! Banning us from having families, before we're even old enough to consider it, as if we're cattle is inexcusable." Alisa huffed out, brushing her hair out of the way. "You'd think in this day and age people would have more common sense."
"Sorry, Alisa, fools are present throughout the ages. And most of the times, the fools are the ones with the power." Kiiro groaned out. "I just hate the idea of them telling us what we can and can't do, when it's not even given a second thought if it applies to regular citizens of Fenrir."
"Right, I may not be ready to settle down with my own family now. But I at least like the right to have the option there, when I'm ready for it." Kota demanded with a preach.
"Tell me about it," Kiiro groaned out as if he was preaching to the choir. "If they're monitoring us this bad, just think what they're doing to Soma."
"Hey!" Soma growled at her, twitching a vein in his forehead. "Leave me out of this!"
"What? Say what you want, but your babies would be gorgeous." Kiiro said in all seriousness while still teasing him. "Your growing fangirls will be so disappointed when they won't be able to carry your blue-eyed babies."
"Grrh! Shut the hell up, Kiiro! Why don't you just focus on yourself?! It's not like you'll be able to have honey-eyed babies wondering around either."
"Hmph, I know that. I knew that before I joined the Den."
"What are you-"
"Well, (Exhale) this has been fun. But I have another mission to get to before the day is over." Kiiro said, getting up and stretching before heading over to the Mission Elevator. "See you later, guys."
"..."
"Dude, what was that?" Kota asked aloud after Kiiro had left. For a small glimpse of a second, Kiiro had showed them something they had never seen in her before. She seemed so... weak... for a second. Like she showed them the vulnerable girl inside of her that she hides so well behind the strong cheerful one she exposes to the world.
"I have no idea..." Soma honestly answered.
"Anyway, what kind of mission did she have to go on again?" Kota asked, awkwardly changing the subject.
"Ugh, something about a Kongou in the Tranquil Temple area." Soma vaguely explained off the top of his head.
"!" Alisa sat up in attention at the mention of the Tranquil Temple area. "Wasn't there mention of a herd of Fierce Kongous migrating in that area?"
"?!" Soma began to panic for a second. He was protective of his Unit Leader more than with anyone else, not that he would ever admit that, but he knew she could handle herself. "She'll be fine on her own. She's faced worse odds before."
"Yes... but I heard from the Research Unit that it was a herd of six Fierce Kongous and one Fallen Kongous."
"!"
*** Meanwhile in Dr. Sakaki's Lab ***
Dr. Sakaki was working on one of his side experiments on his Lab's computers when the storage supply room in the back of his lab began to glow. The glowing light escaping from the door cracks of the backroom on the left side of the Lab caught his attention from the computer screens.
That room had been filled with nothing but failed and forgotten Projects. Nothing in there should have been activated, let alone glowing. Cautiously moving away from his computer, he slowly moved toward the door.
But it slammed opened, letting out a lot of smoke that dissolved in the air and ventilation. Making Dr. Sakaki cough the remaining smoke out of his lungs as a young boy came dashing out of the room and smoke.
"What in the?!"
"Sorry, Doc!" The boy said to him as he continued to run out of the Lab. "Can't talk, gotta go, I'll explain later!"
"..." The boy slammed the door behind him as he ran toward the elevator through the long hallway. "Well... that was certainly unexpected."
The boy kept bouncing on his toes as he impatiently waited for the elevator doors to open up onto the Entrance Floor. He was running into the Mission Elevator doors, ignoring the stares of the other God Eaters on the Floor at the stranger that had popped out of their residential elevator. But the sight of the other First Unit members on the Floor stopped him in his tracks. They were taken off guard as he stared at them in recognition.
"Why are you still here?!" He asked in a panic. "She's in danger!"
"Who the heck are you?" Kota was stumped, he had never seen this kid before around the Den. But the kid ignored his question and continued to rush them.
"If you don't help her soon, Kiiro is going to die today."
"?!" That got their attention.
"What the hell do you mean, brat?!" Soma growled at the kid, Soma took news like that very seriously. If this was a joke, it would take a whole lot of effort from Kota and Alisa to hold him back from kicking the kid's ass.
"Come on, the Fierce Kongous are going to surround her area soon." The kid waved at them to jumped in the elevator with him as he was making his way to the Hangar. Not even thinking about it, they rushed into the elevator with him in a panic state by his haste-pace words.
"How do you know all this, kid?" Soma asked in suspicion.
"No time to explain," The boy rushed out of the elevator as soon as it opened to the Hangar. "Grab your God Arc and head out to the Tranquil Temple, quickly!"
"Wait, you're running?" Kota pointed out the oddity of the idea as the boy continued to run out the Hangar doors, pass the standby Choppers. "Why don't you catch a Chopper with us?"
"This way is much quicker for me!" The kid said as he continued to run into the distance. Not noticing it until after his back was turned to them, they saw that the kid had a strange blade strapped around his waist behind him. If it was a God Arc, it was the oddest God Arc they had ever seen. If they didn't know any better they would say that it was a Short Blade Old-Type God Arc... with no shield.
*** Tranquil Temple ***
"Ugh, it's cold. Should've brought my bloody Hornet Hoodie." Kiiro complained aloud to herself, rubbing her arms for warmth. "Let's just get this mission over with."
Kiiro ran around the Tranquil Temple area, looking for her target. Finally she had found the sneaky Kongou casually walking around the main temple entrance.
"There you are, you giant monkey." Kiiro smirked as the Kongou roared at her due to her sudden appearance. "You're mine!"
ROAR!
Came the sound of a Fallen Kongou, jumping from the destroyed home on the opposite side of the main temple. Ready to get a piece of the action as well.
"All right! I'll take you on as well!" Kiiro nodded, the extra Aragami was unexpected but she could handle it.
ROAR!
Then another Aragami jumped down from the house as well, a Fierce Kongou no less.
"Okay, I can take you on too, I guess."
ROAR!
"Aww, crap..." Kiiro groaned out as another Fierce Kongou jumped into the fight. "Any chance you guys wanna make this a one-on-one?"
ROAAARRR!
"I thought as much," Kiiro huffed, tightening her grip on her God Arc. "Alright, shall we go?"
Her best option was to take down the weakest one, thin out the numbers before they could overwhelm her. But things weren't going so well as plan. She was doing heavy damage on the Kongou with her pierce attacks, but the Fierce Kongous kept firing stalagmite lightning at her with every step she made. And the bloody Fallen Kongou kept rolling at her with its blizzard storm coated body. She didn't even have time to Devour any of them for a Burst, they were just too cluttered together.
"What next?" Kiiro said, out of breath, destroying the Kongous tail armor and knocking it on the ground. Using his body as a shield, she dashed to the front to destroy its face armor while blocking the other Kongous' attacks with its body. "Don't get in my way!"
But a Fierce Kongou had snuck around her from the other side of the main temple's shed and sucker punched her to the ground.
"Ngahh!" She cried out from the damage, wiping the blood from her lips. These Aragami were starting to eat through her Recovery items. She was already down to her last three Stun Grenades, she wouldn't last much longer at this rate. "Really? How annoying! (Exhaling out of breath) Well... if I'm going to go down today, I'm taking one or two of you with me! Ahhh!"
She charged at the Kongou, ripping off its face and pipe armor with a hard attack. She had defeated the Kongou, but was back punched by the swirling Fallen Kongou behind her as she was trying to pull out her bulky shield.
"(Gasp) It got me..." Kiiro said with the wisp of her breath as she was incapacitated. This was it for her, there was no one to bring her back up again. There would be no Link-Aid, Kiiro sadly came to terms that she was done for this time. "Is it my time...?"
"AHHH!" Came the surprise cry of a boy above her.
She couldn't get a good look at him since she was unable to move to look up. It didn't help her case much either that his silhouette was being blocked in shadow by the night's light as he was leaping down at them with the large full moon behind him. He must have been a Gods Eater, what with that short blade he was holding. But... surprisingly enough... he was charging up a charge attack with it. Such an ability was never seen in a God Arc before that wasn't a Buster Blade. The charge had made a light shine from his blade, turning from white to blue to a powerful green. Shocking enough that when he released it, he had knocked back the remaining Kongous. Crashing them back into the stone wall of the destroyed house, taking off their pipe armors and the Fallen Kongou's face armor.
Knocking them down for a while, the boy ran over to Kiiro. She had gotten a view of his baggy pants, black with an over-layer white cowboy slacks design on it, with black and yellow sneakers. But when he finally bent down to her level, she had at last gotten a good look at him. He wore what appeared to be a black and yellow Hoodie with a turtle-neck, the yellow acted more like intricate design lines that almost made it look like longs seals were wrapped around him. It had no hood and the top straps were left unbuttoned to expose his lower face. What was odd about them was the added accessory it had on its back, they looked like the broken bone ends of wings. Its sleeves were much longer than usual, hiding his arms and hands with it massive length as he held his God Arc through his sleeves. The yellow patterns on his sleeves had dangled down like loose straps. His God Arc... it was crazy enough as it was so far, but... this one didn't even have a shield attachment. Just what... what kind of Gods Eater was this kid?
He already looked too young to be in the business as it is. He appeared to be fourteen, but his somewhat girly face made him look too innocent for this kind of work. His skin was as tan as Soma's, and his eyes were large and a very bright yellow. Not a normal color in the average human, perhaps it was a birth defect. Either way, Kiiro had found them lovely. And as if the boys natural tones couldn't contradict enough, his hair was a light yellow blonde, it was almost a platinum blonde. Its straight strands barely missed his shoulders by an inch; almost keeping a neat hair style with the exception of stray curls on the side and the baby hairs that curled up toward the top of his head. Who was this kid...?
"Come on, this is no time for a nap." The boy pouted to her, shaking her shoulder as he Link-Aid with her.
"Ahh, thanks so much." Kiiro sighed in relief, the kid had generously given her half of his health. "I guess I owe you one."
"Stay down for a little bit. You've taken too much damage, I'll handle the rest."
"What?! Let me help!"
"But...! This fight is too much for you!"
"I've had worse!" Kiiro pointed out, taking a Recovery Pill as she jumped back into the fight. "Leave this to me!"
"Ugh, fine. Just let me handle the big guys."
"Okay, I'll let you take the lead." Kiiro complied to him. She wouldn't have taken too kindly to strangers bossing her around, usually. But the kid was genuinely concerned about her, Kiiro guessed she could let it slid this time. Besides... she wanted to see what this kid and his strange God Arc could do. "Show me what you've got..."
"Right!" The kid replied to her as he charged at the two Fierce Kongous as they were getting up.
While he was going to be busy with them, she decided to finish off the Fallen Kongou so she could give him a hand before the Aragami joined forces. Surprisingly the kid was doing well for himself, even without his God Arc's shield he was dashing and sliding under the Fierce Kongous and out of the way of their attacks. He was jumping pretty high as well, a normal skill with short blade God Arcs, but he was jumping much higher than the average Gods Eater ever could. Even dashing out of the way in mid-air somehow. And his strikes were pretty strong for a normal short blade God Arc, he most likely was hitting as hard as a long blade God Arc, maybe a little bit harder.
But Kiiro had lost the time to admire his work, from the corner of her eyes, as her Fallen Kongou had decided to make a run for it to the lower levels. Not one to let her target get away, she chased after it. Sneaking in a Devouring bite as she snuck in on it from behind.
"You're wide open!" She shouted at it as she started to feel the first kick of her Burst. "Here, I'm firing!"
"Watch out!" The kid had called to her as one of the Fierce Kongous jumped down in her area from the other side of the destroyed home. She was slightly annoyed by its appearance, but was more shocked than anything else when the kid came jumping down from the same hole. "Sorry, I couldn't keep it from running away."
"No it's fine." Kiiro assured to him, shaking her head to get out the many chaotic questions that were running through her mind at that moment. She could get the answers later, now wasn't the time for it. Changing into Gun-mode, she fired a Team-bullet at him. "I'm sending it over!"
"Whoa!" The kid exclaimed as he dodged the bullet, letting it blast into the stone wall behind him.
"Whoa, what was that?! Don't miss now!"
"Sorry, I can't accept Team-bullets, for personal reasons..." The kid vaguely explained to her.
"You could've said that sooner." Kiiro pouted, accepting his reasoning without giving it a second thought. "Would've saved me from wasting a bullet."
"I'm sorry."
"Ugh, no it's fine." Kiiro assured to him before, turning toward the Fallen Kongou and firing. "There, take that! Death Bolt Bulls-eye!"
Two Aragami bullet shots and the Fallen Kongou was down for the count. Turning toward the Fierce Kongous, she began to fire all the Divine Bullets her OP would allow, which was sadly, not so much.
"Ugh, I'm out of bullets." But she had done enough damage to knock one of the Fierce Kongou off of its feet. "I think we can make it."
The both of them had used the downed Fierce Kongou as a body shield from the other one as they continued to attack it. Kiiro had taken advantage of the break by taking a Devouring bite from the Fierce Kongou, going through a Burst again.
"Smash it!" But as she Devoured into it, she had broken off its back armor, which she had humorously deemed to be more of a butt armor, honestly. "This is the chewiest part!"
Wasting no time, she changed into Gun-mode and started firing at the still attacking Fierce Kongou. "Have a bullet!"
The Aragami bullets had knocked it to the ground, while the other one was starting to get back up on its feet again. But that break in attacks had given them enough time to finish off the fumbling Fierce Kongou that had just gotten back on its feet again.
"There! We've finished it off!" The boy cheered aloud as they had defeated the Fierce Kongou, and right before the other one had gotten back up too.
"Let's finish this off!" Kiiro commanded as they charged at the last Fierce Kongou. It was weakened, and went down pretty soon without much of a fight. "Ahh, that was pretty standard."
"..."
"You were pretty good back there, kid." Kiiro praised to the kid, finally having a chance to look over at him. He couldn't repeat the gesture as his eyes shyly looked everywhere but at her. "I owe you one for saving my life."
"Uh... no problem..."
"Hm?" Kiiro tilted her head toward him in confusion, bending down at little to try and get a look at his face. But he gasped and turned his face away from her as he started to blush. "What's wrong? Why are you acting so shy now?"
"Hmm..."
"Kiiro!" The voice of Soma broke through the cold winds as they turned to see him running toward them from the Starting Point with the others.
"Soma, guys, glad you could make it." Kiiro greeted to them as they stopped for their breath when they finally reached her.
"You! (Huff) How did... (Huff) you get here so fast?!" Kota asked out of breath, alarmed that the kid had beaten them to the Tranquil Temple when they had a Chopper.
"Oh, so you know this kid?" Kiiro concluded to herself from Kota's words.
"No... we don't." Soma said, slightly suspicious of the boy. Who was he...? Where did he come from...? Why did his presence make him feel uneasy?
"The kid just popped in the Den from out of nowhere." Kota explained.
"Right, we have no idea what his name is. Nor were we informed of new recruits coming to the Den." Alisa added in.
"Oh, so he's a John Doe." Kiiro commented, making the kid flinch for some reason. But he gasp in shock as she gently pat his head. "But... he saved my life. So he can't be that bad."
"!" Soma didn't like how the kid shyly blushed and smiled at the way Kiiro was giving his head affection. What the hell happened before they got there?
ROAARRR!
"!"
"It sounds like the rest of the herd is here!" Alisa concluded as they all got into a fighting stance.
"Looks like we'll have to clean up the rest of this mess, right kid?" Kiiro said over to the kid, who had a hard time looking her in the eye.
"Hmph," He simply nodded and crunched down to a fighting stance.
"Don't let your guard down." Soma said, interrupting their private conversation as the stomping came closer. "Back me up!"
"I've got your back!" Kota said over to them when the first Fierce Kongou appeared. All four Fierce Kongous were charging at them at once.
"Spread out and take on your own one." Kiiro barked out the order before tripping the first Fierce Kongou that caught her eye.
"Right!" Alisa complied, firing at the Fierce Kongou she claimed. Once it was on the ground, she changed into Blade-mode and took a Devouring bite. While in a Burst, she fired two Team-Bullets at Kiiro. "Got it. Here!"
"Leave it to me!" Kiiro cheered as the extra Burst sent power coursing through her. "It's surging in me!"
The fight had gone a lot smoother this time around. Kiiro slightly got grazed by some of the Fierce Kongous' bolt roll attacks, but aside from that she didn't have to use much of the dwindling Recovery items she had remaining. Pretty soon, Kiiro had taken her Fierce Kongou down and was going to help Soma with his while Kota and Alisa chased down theirs that were running away.
"It's putting up a good fight. Let's finish it off!"
"Hmph, whatever. Just don't get in my way." Soma grunted in reply.
"What? Me? Parish the thought." Kiiro teased at him as she helped Soma knock his Fierce Kongou off his feet. Once it was down, both of them went in for a Devouring bite.
"Smash it!" "Rotten piece of meat!" Kiiro and Soma both said at the same time as they entered into a Burst. Soon they had the Fierce Kongou on its last toes.
"What an eye sore." Soma said before he grunted, bringing his God Arc down in a crushing strike, killing the Aragami.
"Heh, well that was easy."
"Let's get rid of the others."
"Just what I was thinking."
Kota's Fierce Kongou was just a little pass the Gong Tower, the strange kid was helping him take care of it. It eventually ran off when the kid released a charged strike to it, breaking off its arm armor, leaving only Alisa's Fierce Kongou in the area.
"I'm sending it!" Kiiro warned as she shot each of them a Team-bullet, except for the kid.
"Leave it to me!" "All right!" "How generous of you." Alisa, Kota, and Soma replied to her at the same time.
Just as they had knocked the Fierce Kongou off of its feet, the other one had returned into the fray. Changing their attention to the most immediate threat, they attacked the incoming Fierce Kongou, knocking it off its feet. Once it was down, the other one had gotten back up so they change their course of assault. Eventually by the time the other Fierce Kongou had gotten back on its feet again, they had already defeated the one they were attacking.
While the others were extracting the recently fallen one's core, the new kid had went to finish off the last Fierce Kongou with Kota. But they all stopped what they were doing when they saw how when the kid delivered the final blow. His God Arc had some how deactivated all Oracle Cell activity in the Fierce Kongou, making it petrify and dissolve into nothing but dust that the wind carried away. They didn't even extract the core to keep the Oracle Cells from regenerating. What exactly was this kid?
"Holy! How did you do that?!" Kota exclaimed in shock.
"Huh..." The kid looked like he was about to kick himself, as if he wasn't suppose to show them that.
"Alright, who are you? Where are you from?" Soma interrogated the kid.
"..." His silence only pissed Soma off more. Not to mention the kid wouldn't even look up at him.
"Tst, answer me!" Kiiro went to protectively embrace the kid's head to her chest when he flinched at Soma's angry voice.
"Quit ganging up on him, Soma." Kiiro lectured him like he should know better than that. "He's just a kid."
"!" It was starting to boil Soma's blood up, seeing the kid practically resting his head on her chest. Why was Kiiro siding with a complete stranger over him? "You're defending him?"
"Honestly, the kid's never going to talk if you all keep scaring him like this." Kiiro huffed out, soothingly rubbing her hand on the back of the kid's head while the other held on to his upper back. "Let's give the kid a chance, and hear what he has to say."
"Tst, fine." Soma growled at her. "But get your tits out of his face, for God's sake!"
"He's a kid, Soma." Kiiro rolled her eyes at him while she slightly pulled away from the blushing kid. "There's no harm in this."
"Hmph." Soma grunted, turning his head away from her as he crossed his arms. "He may be small, but all boys think the same."
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*** Later in Dr. Sakaki's Lab ***
They had all returned to the Den, taking the kid to Dr. Sakaki. They were hoping to get an explanation on who the kid really was. But Dr. Sakaki was in the same boat as them. They had all surrounded the boy as they examined him, nervously sitting on the Lab's couch as they all looked at him. Sakuya and Lindow had returned to the Den to see the four of them escorting the mysterious kid down to Dr. Sakaki's Lab and tagged along to see what was going on. Tsubaki had joined in due to the rumors going around the Den about the strange boy that had randomly come out of the God Eaters' residential elevator, and wanted an explanation.
"For the last time, kid. Who are you?" Tsubaki interrogated.
"I told you, ma'am, I'm a Gods Eater. Just like you guys." The kid replied, unable to keep eye contact with her for long.
"Then what's up with your God Arc?" Kota pointed out.
"I can't say."
"How do you know us?" Soma added in with his own question.
"I don't-"
"Don't lie!" Soma hissed at the kid, digging his fingers deeper into his crossed arms as he heard the kid's heartbeat accelerate. "You've been acting like you know us since the moment we saw you. Now, 'who' are you?"
"..."
"How have you heard of us?"
"... Not heard... We've... met before..." The kid wouldn't look at Soma, his shoulders were practically shaking.
"When? I've never seen you before in my life."
"..."
"Maybe it's just that you haven't met him yet." Dr. Sakaki suggested, making the others turn to him in confusion.
"!" The kid gasped as his eyes shot off of the ground back up toward Dr. Sakaki. His surprise made Dr. Sakaki smirk, that was all the confirmation he needed.
"Doctor? What do you mean...?" Sakuya queried, she had seen Dr. Sakaki like this before. And usually, it did not mean a good thing.
"I've had my theories about all this. But I had to do some investigating to make sure that they were correct." Dr. Sakaki said to Sakuya, turning to look at her before turning back to look at the boy sitting on his couch. "This child... is from the future."
"What?!" They all exclaimed, taking a step back. The kid's eyes widen as if caught in the headlights.
"Are you kidding me with this, Doc?" Soma growled at him. This was no time for a joke. But knowing the crazy things that happen around this Unit, anything was possible right now.
"Oh no," Dr. Sakaki turned toward him. "I have been working on a way to time travel for quite some time. But... it was only a side Project. And I lost an interest on continuing the research, once other things came into my primary attention."
"Doctor. Are you saying... that you built a Time Machine?" Tsubaki question, making him turn toward her.
"Only a prototype. I never cared to creek out the technical flaws in it." Dr. Sakaki confessed. "It was always too troubling trying to deal with the troubles with particle reconfiguration and the hassle of bending time and space around the objective target. I saw the whole thing as too troubling so I moved on."
"... You gave up too soon, Doctor." The kid finally spoke, looking down as his voice drew the attention of the others. "You're machine was a success..."
"Oh ha! So I see!" Dr. Sakaki cheered down to him with a fox-grin. "Looks like I picked up this Project again. So tell me, when exactly do I fix out the clinks?"
"I don't know, somewhere around 2084. I only used it in 2085..."
"!" Their eyes widen at his answer, Dr. Sakaki just kept on his usual grin.
"Ooh, so this is a long term project. And how exactly did I work out the problems in the machine's theory?"
"I don't know, I'm not a scientist." The kid honestly confessed with a slight pout as he crossed his arms. "Even if I did, I wouldn't tell you."
"Why you little-" Soma growled at the kid, before Dr. Sakaki interrupted Soma's oncoming insult as he nodded in understanding of what the kid meant.
"Right, right. Giving away certain answers from the future could possibly create a Time Paradox, making everything that has happen here so far never happen. Thus creating a loop hole in the time-line." Dr. Sakaki said, approvingly. "Good call, kid."
"..."
"I can't really say much..." The kid continued. "But your machine can only go so far in the past, which ends at the point of its creation. Even if it's still not in the working progress, my molecules could transport back to any point in time of its physical existence. And as long as the machine is still around, I can transport into the future."
"And how exactly are you suppose to get back to your time, if my machine right now doesn't work?"
"You gave me a backup means to return."
"So I did send you here after all..."
"!"
"Are you on a mission?" Tsubaki asked.
"... Of sorts..."
"What exactly are you doing here?" Sakuya questioned.
"I can't really say right now, Mrs. Amamiya..."
"Whoa, so... you know us from the future, right? How exactly?" Kota question, containing his burst of excitement at the possibilities.
"... I'm a new generation of God Eaters... We... know each other pretty well."
"That is awesome! Ahh, Quick! How much cooler am I going to be in the future?!"
"Oh please..." Alisa groaned with rolling eyes at Kota's idiotic question.
"I can't really say. It might effect too many things..." The kid shook his head.
"How exactly old are you, kid?" Lindow asked.
"I'm fourteen." The kid honestly answered, looking up at him before turning his head to the side. He seem to be a good kid, but was awfully shy for someone in the Gods Eater business. "I was born in Nepal..."
"Whoa. So there's a possibility that you're not even born yet!" Kota pointed out, doing the math with his fingers.
"No, I'm not born yet..."
"Can you tell us your name?" The kid had to hold in his gasp at the sound of Kiiro's question.
"Not all of it... my name is Tolby."
"Tolby... That's a good name!" Kiiro praise to the kid with a warm smile, earning a slight glance from his shy yellow eyes. "I've always wanted a guy with that name, or have a kid with it if the latter wasn't an option."
"!" That news made Soma flinch with grinding teeth, his blood was practically boiling.
"!" The boy smiled in excitement of her praise, but soon looked away as the gleam from his face faded.
"You don't have to be so shy." Kiiro soothed to the kid as she put her hand under his chin to lift his head back up to them with a finger. "We don't bite."
"..."
"See. That wasn't so hard, was it?" Kiiro smiled at him, making the kids eyes open wide with awe. Soma didn't like the moment those two were creating, so he intervened between them, pulling Kiiro away from the kid.
"Enough of this." Soma growled, hiding the electricity that pleasantly shot through his body from the contact with Kiiro's skin. "Are you going to complete your mission soon or not?"
"No... I'm not ready..." Tolby looked down again, away from Soma. He seem to be a little nervous around him, perhaps a little scared. Oddly enough, Soma wouldn't have it any other way, but at the same time... something deep inside him didn't want the kid to be scared of him.
"Well there's nothing we can do until the kid is ready." Dr. Sakaki concluded, eliminating the growing tension in the room. "In the mean time, why don't you get comfortable and help around the Den, Tolby? I'm sure the First Unit will be more than happy to look after you."
The others nodded in consent while Soma tsk under his lips and crossed his arms while turning his head in reluctant relinquish to his sudden burden. He had somehow gotten new baggage to take care of by the end of the day, and that baggage wasn't even in existence yet.
"Well now that that's settled." Dr. Sakaki clapped his hands together. "Why don't we work on your sleeping arrangements."
"He sure as hell is not gonna sleep in my room." Soma grunted.
"Ooh, the kid can stay with me in my room!" Kota volunteered, raising his hand in the air. The others were about to head out and call it a night, believing that the whole conversation was over. But as Kiiro was moving to head out, Tolby reached out with his sleeve covered hand to grab onto the hem of her top.
"If it's alright... can I sleep with you...?"
"!" The others frozen in their tracks at his request, while Kiiro simply looked at him. He hid it well, but Kiiro could still see the pleading look in his eyes. Soma was starting to see red at the audacity of the kid's words.
"Whoa, whoa there, kid." Kota said, gesturing with his hands in a 'slow down' motion. "I don't think it's appropriate for a boy your age to be sleeping in a girl's-"
"Sure, it's okay." Kiiro nonchalantly consented, shocking the others more than the kid's original request.
"What?!"
"Kiiro, have you lost your mind?!" Soma growled at her.
"I see no problem with this." Kiiro honestly answered. "Tolby can stay with me."
"But-"
"Come along, Tolby." Kiiro waved with her hand to get up as she started to head out the door. Tolby had immediately risen and shyly followed her out. "Let's get you set up so we can start tomorrow's mission refreshed."
"..." The others just confoundedly watched the two of them as they left. Not particularly believing what they had just saw.
"Dude... what is up with that kid...?" Kota honestly asked what the others were thinking.
"I don't know..." Soma said with a growl under his breath as his fingers clinched into his arms. "But... he's going to get one hell of a warmup when he wakes up tomorrow."
"Hey, are you alright?"
"I'm fine!"
"Whoa... never thought I'd see the day when Soma gets jealous."
"Damn you, shut up, Lindow!"
"(Chuckle) Yes sir, big boss sir!"
*** Kiiro's room ***
"So, this is my room." Kiiro said to him, giving him a small tour as she opened the door for him to go in ahead of her. "A little sleep on the couch and you'll be fine."
The kid slowly walked in, looking around the room as if he was seeing the most amazing thing in his life. Leaving the kid to look around in awe, Kiiro walked over to the storage closet on the side of her desk and pulled out some blankets and pillows.
"The couch is long enough, and is actually quite comfortable to sleep on." She explained to him, knocking him out of his awestruck as she tossed a blanket at him. "Here's your blanket. Alisa use to have sleepovers here so I keep the extra blankets around. Don't worry, they're washed. And your pillow."
The pillow hit his face then landed in his hands. He simply stared at her as she moved around.
"Sorry, I don't think I can help you with the nightwear. You'll have to make due with what you have, we'll wash it in the morning. I have an extra toothbrush, soap, and toothpaste you can use. Just don't be offended if I don't ask for the toothbrush back."
"Ma'am, you... you know Soma?"
"It's Kiiro, Tolby." She corrected, looking at him for a second before going about gathering his stuff again. "What about him?"
"He's not angry with me is he...?"
"Angry at you? The poor guy's almost angry at everything." Kiiro huffed with a slight tease. "He's a really big softy under his rough exterior. Don't really take everything he says to heart."
"..." Tolby's face began to crunch up in sadness while Kiiro went about her business.
"Now let's see..." She said aloud to herself while she looked for her spare towels. Tolby began to crouch down to his knees, curling up inside himself as he started to cry. "Ahh, there they are!"
Kiiro turned around with the towel in hand, only to see the poor kid crying into his pillow with shaking shoulders.
"W-what's wrong with you?" She soothingly said to him, walking over and kneeling down to his level to gently rub her hand along his back. "Are you feeling okay?"
"..." He didn't say anything as he continued to soak his tears into his pillow.
"Aw, you poor thing. You must be feeling homesick, aren't you?" The kid simply shook his head into his shoulder in a 'no' gesture. "Do you miss your mother?"
"I never got to meet my mother?" He mumbled into his pillow.
"(Gasp)!" Her hand froze for a bit as her breath caught in her throat. Her eyes softened as she leaned down to embrace her arms around his curled up body. "Oh, you poor thing... I never got to meet my mother either."
"..." His crying slowly came to a stop. He raised his head a little so he could look at her.
"She wasn't ready for me, and was too far along in her terms, so I was dumped on the Orphanage's steps before I was even dried..." Kiiro sadly confessed. "I never cared to find her..."
"..."
"She had made her own choices in life, I didn't care to be apart of them. Whether she regrets her choice of dumping me now or not, she still gave me away. I could've loved her, even if she wasn't the best mom, but she had decided that I couldn't be apart of her life. She had given me her value, and it said that I was disposable."
"..."
"I thank her for giving me life. But I would never care for a woman who purposely left me behind. But she had inspired me to be a better mom for my future kids than she ever was. But... with these new laws in placed, I don't think that dream is ever possible."
"..."
"But don't you worry, you're nice. And no honest mom would give you away... I wouldn't..."
"..." The kid couldn't say anything as he hugged her back. His long sleeves cutely dangled down her back. Making him look more like that childly innocence.
"Aww, come on." Kiiro soothed to him as she helped lift him up back onto his feet. Guiding him to the couch where she lied him down. Tucking him in under his covers and placed his pillow under him. Sitting beside his head, she gently rubbed her hand through his hair as she sang him a lullaby.
"Don't look back
Don't regret
Time's falling
Out of these hands
I've let you
Leave me
Every precious time
Let it go
Somewhere
Away
You will learn
And you'll love
Forgive
The past
Go on, you know home
Is always
Inside
Your soul
Where ever you go
Whatever you see
I'll be the place
And I will be your home."
"..." Tolby had let out a single tear when her song had finally lulled him to sleep.
*** Author's Notes ***
To be honest, this is a crossover with Moon Divers. I just happened to start replaying the game again when my internet went down, and I just fell in love with the game all over again. Sure the game's story plot is confusing as hell, and you have to actually look up the characters back story Bio outside of the game itself. But the sheer fighting and rampage through the game is awesome.
Not to mention that I actually am quite fond of the characters in the game, even Silence who only makes an appearance in certain Stages just to kick your ass. But out of all of them, Tolby was my favorite: looks, back story, abilities, everything. I just thought that, since the game is based off the year 2084, why not make it coop with God Eaters. Aside from Tolby, I will use none of the other characters from Moon Divers in this Story. On that note, all characters from the Moon Divers are owned by SquareEnix and feel + plus, and are not my own.
The ending song was pieces was the Devil May Cry anime ending theme, called 'I will be your home'.
Kiiro - Japanese for yellow
Tsubasa - wings
Oh, here's a fun fact: Sakuya- it means 'last night'