Disclaimer: RWBY is owned by Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth Productions, while God Eater is owned by Hiro Yoshimura, Shift and Bandai Namco Entertainment

Over at the maintenance hall, where God Arcs of varying designs lie dormant on the side, two girls worked tirelessly to fix the laptops salvaged from the ruined city of Tokyo. Both of them, Elena and Licca Kusunoki, were coated in sweat and oil as they used the tools the latter had on her to make the devices work. Unlike the God Arcs and anything recently made, they both relied on tools that lacked oracle cells to fix the computers, mainly the screwdrivers and tweezers to do the job.

Due to the both of them sweating, they had opted to not wear their jackets while on the job. While Licca never really wearing hers for the duration of her time at the Far East, always seen wearing a tank top that covered her stomach, Elena's red top was revealed to be strapless due to her personal choice. The lack of jackets never bothered them in the slightest as the worked on the laptops, with Elena putting it back together before wiping her forehead.

"Alright, that should about do it for this one," she started as she laid the tools down, stretching her back to relieve any kinks that built up. "How's yours coming along, Licca?"

"So far, so good," the mechanic answered her, licking her lips as she carefully fixed the circuitry. "I just need to put the computer back together, then we can look into the files waiting in store for us. Yours?"

"Just about finished. Man, I never knew I could enjoy something like this."

"Finding old world tech while on missions, or fixing them up for your personal use?"

"You know what I mean," she simply laughed, moving her finished laptop while taking on the third one that needed maintenance. "The others have been questioning me about it lately. Guess they got curious after I moved those speakers into the lounge."

"I'm more surprised that you moved them to somewhere that everyone goes to on their breaks. That begs the question of why?"

"Kota," Elena deadpanned as she answered, grabbing the tools before getting back to work. "He always complained that the TV in the lounge had speakers, yet the jukebox didn't. I had a feeling that he may complain about it again in the future, so I thought that if I could find some during a mission, I would bring it back, repair it with you and set it up in the lounge."

"Makes sense." Licca then finished putting the laptop back together before bringing a cable she made, connecting it to the computer. "OK, I'm going to try turning it on."

"Alright. I'm already working on the third laptop." Grabbing her tools, Elena licked her lips as she began to open the device for her work. "I want to know what kind of files are in them."

"You got it." She then grabbed the laptop Elena worked on and plugged it in with one of her cables, pressing the respective power buttons and seeing the screens flick to life. "They live….THEY'RE ALIVE!"

"Really? Frankenstein?"

"Gotta respect the classics, Elena," Licca pouted, getting a laugh from the Branwen. "I thought you were on board with that?"

"I am, I am," she assured her, taking a look at the third computer's circuitry. "But not at the point where you literally quote from it."

Licca could only stick her tongue out as Elena laughed at the chief engineer's attitude while using her tweezers to carefully look over the circuitry. Like she had thought, the tech had accumulated too much dust over the many years of inactivity and, being thoughtful, grabbed a can of compressed air before spraying it. The collected dust flew off in all directions as the surroundings took on a white overcoat before it dissipated, allowing her to use the screwdriver to take apart the circuits that powered the laptop.

"OK, password…" Licca started, frowning as she looked up the hint. "Who was the sidekick to the blue blur, Sonic the Hedgehog? What sort of question is—"

"The answer is 'Tails,'" Elena helped her, carefully blowing into the pieces before working to reassemble the circuitry. "Don't ask how I know that one, ask Leah."

"O…K…" She then typed the answer in, satisfied as the computer went onto the main home screen. "Hey, it worked." She then went onto the other laptop, looking at the hint for the password. "Who was regarded in Metal history as the titled, 'Prince of Darkness?' Isn't Metal a material?"

"It's referring to the music genre 'Heavy Metal,' most commonly known as Metal." Elena then thought about the question. "As for the answer… regards as the 'Prince of Darkness'… Ooh, Ozzy Osbourne."

"How do you know this?"

"When your family has a collection of old world music to listen to, you tend to pick up a few things." Elena then closed her eyes as she remembered her five year old self listening to the artist with Leah, smiling. "Besides, Leah and I had a lot of choices to pick."

"Oh yeah, you were raised by Dr. Leah and her family," Licca spoke as she looked over the files of the now opened laptops, looking over the accumulated data. "Elena, I think you picked these laptops out of a corporate bank building. There's so many numbers being thrown in there."

"Unless those numbers count towards credits, it's basically junk," Elena told her, just about done with the laptop. "Besides, we're not looking for bank statements. We're looking for music, so…"

"Already on it." She then closed down the pages before looking through the folders, seeing torrents of data. "Neat, there's a whole bunch of genres loaded in here."

"Nice," the young woman commented, turning to face the screen. "Now, let's play one of those bad boys and see how it goes."

Nodding to the God Eater, Licca chose one of the folders holding a list of songs to choose, with names of different artists and songs listed under alphabetical order. Seeing one that grabbed her interest, she moved the mouse through the touch pad towards it before double clicking her choice. At first, they didn't hear anything in the beginning, until the sound of what sounded like an acoustic guitar played, causing Elena to earn a deadpanned expression that deepened when the lyrics came on.

"Now red solo cup is the best receptacle,
From barbeques, tailgates, fairs and festivals,
And you sir do not have a pair of testicles—"

The song didn't get a chance to finished the first verse as Elena abruptly shut it off, annoyed over what the song was about. Looking to the side, she sighed as Licca had an apparent blush on her face, shaking her head in the process. Raising her hand in front of the shocked engineer's face, she snapped her fingers, causing the girl to shake her thoughts away before facing her.

"Let's not play that song, Ever," Elena pointed out, getting a nod before changing her mind. "You know what, delete it."

"Why," she asked her.

"From hearing three lines out of it, I can already tell that the whole thing is going to be talking about a red… solo… cup. I need songs that can impact my imagination, and a song about a red cup doesn't do it for me."

"Oh, I got it." She then exited out of the song list, going through the other genres. "Well, you want to check out the other genres?"

"Might as well, since we came this far," Elena answered her, using the touch pad to move the mouse towards another folder. "Now… lets—"

"Attention, will Blood Captain Elena Branwen and 3rd Unit Captain Karol Schneider report to the ops center immediately," they heard the voice of Hibari Takeda on the comm, making the mentioned girl sigh.

"Can't a girl enjoy her break in peace," she muttered out, looking back at Licca. "If they're calling for me, it means a big one has shown up. I'll be back, soon."

"Be careful," Licca said out loud, getting a nod from Elena as she made her way over to the elevator, pressing the button to head to the lobby. Feeling her ride jerk upwards, she looked at her watch to see how much time it would take to reach her destination, breathing in to see what sort of situation has called for her. Feeling it stop, she stepped out of the elevator when the door opened for her, seeing the Captain of the 3rd unit exit the lounge and coming towards her.

"So, you have an idea as to why we're called," Karol started as she stopped in front of the couches in the lobby.

"No idea," Elena honestly answered him, thinking about the situation. "But if we were called to ops, then that means that there is a large scale Aragami tearing through that may pose a threat. And if a large Aragami is around…"

"…then its death would guarantee the Far East's safety And we get a nice, hefty reward."

"Assuming that it can provide a challenge." She then thought about it further before continuing. "However, a large scale foe is too dangerous for just two God Eaters to handle."

"Then we can get Shun and someone from Blood to help us out."

"Yeah." She then continued her walk towards the ops center with Karol. "I'll more than likely bring Ciel with us. Her Blood power can help us snuff out the weaker Aragami."

"Gil's also a good idea," the 1st gen God Eater thought out, placing his hand on his chin. "We always gain a boost of strength when he's around."

"One or the other… this is going to be difficult." She then stopped in front of the ops center, seeing Hibari typing on her terminal. "What's the situation, Hibari?"

"Worse than you think, Captain," she told the young Branwen, pulling up what she picked up. "The survey corps has picked up Oracle readings of colossal scale, and when they investigated, discovered two Ouroboros paving their way towards the ruins of Tokyo Tower."

"Two Ouroboros," Karol asked in shocked, getting a nod from her. "Damn, one's a pain in the ass, but two?"

"Any other readings," Elena asked her.

"Aside from the stampede of Vajratails far away, no." She then sent the information over to the two captains. "Sorry to pull you out of your break, but we need the best to take care of the Aragami."

"Don't worry about it, Hibari." The girl then thought about the situation. "Considering that we're dealing with two Ouroboros instead of one, we're going to need more to help us out."

"Elena," Karol spoke up, getting her attention. "I'm going to get the 3rd unit together for this mission. Who are you going to bring?"

Elena had to think about the dangers of fighting two Ouroboros, remembering how powerful the Aragami were. One was dangerous enough on its own, usually requiring a team of at least four God Eaters to wear it down. She was thankful that the monsters weren't the Deusphage variant Amaterasu, an Aragami that took too long to kill back when it was just her and Shun. Considering the amount of people required to kill an Ouroboros, she figured that they would need at least seven God Eaters, with Karol's unit taking three spots.

"Well," she started, getting out of her thoughts. "I guess I have to bring in Gil, Nana and Ciel. I've worked with them the most out of Blood, and I know they'll have my back." She then turned around to face Hibari. "Inform Dr. Sakaki that we'll take the job, but I expect some vacation time after this. I was enjoying my break until now."

"Understood," she acknowledged, typing into her terminal. "I'll also inform the operator in charge of overseeing the mission." She then looked at the two captains with a worried expression. "Be careful out there. Ouroboros are no joke when it comes to dishing out damage."

"We know." Elena then looked over her information, nodding to the red headed before sighing. "This is going to be a long one."

Hours have passed as the accumulated dust flew off in the winds, the ruins of the once great city teaming with ruined lives in the break of the Aragami invasion and the roars from various monsters echoing across the horizon. Two of the Aragami, much larger and taller than the typical large scale Aragami, roamed the large space around what was once Tokyo Tower, looking for their next meal to devour. Covered in what appeared to be tree branches and ruined foliage, the monsters continued their pace around the fallen tower, stepping on any stray small Aragami in the way.

Far from them on top of a ruined building, the gathered God Eaters of Blood and the 3rd unit, led by Elena and Karol respectively, watched their habits with their binoculars. Stabbing the ground with a knife, the 3rd unit's Shun Ogawa sighed as his God Arc sat on the side while his fellow teammate Gina Dickinson licked her lips for an upcoming fight. He then looked over to see Karol sitting on what looked like a decayed air conditioner unit, watching the Ouroboros observe its surroundings while writing down notes.

The Arrogant God Eater could only sigh over how bored he was, looking over to his left to take in the sight of Blood's God Eaters. He took notice of Ciel overlooking the mission details with a precise eye, thinking up a plan for the group to use against the Ouroboros; a trait that he can never see in Elena unless the situation called for it. He then saw Gilbert taking a look at the God Arcs belonging to Blood, doing any minor checkups before moving out. He finally saw Nana taking a look at Elena's watchful form, and he could have sworn he saw a blush forming on her face.

Shrugging it off, he went back to stabbing the ground tirelessly while waiting for the Captains to finish their observations. He then yawned as he heard Elena getting up and gathering with the God Eaters, putting away the binoculars in the process. Looking up, he can tell that Elena's got a serious expression on her face, telling him that the mission was going to be a difficult mission for them. It didn't take long for Karol to follow suit, only he tossed his binoculars away.

"Dude, you could have used them on a later mission," he scolded his captain, getting a wave as a reply back. "Whatever. Are we moving out or what?"

"We will, but we have to make it quick," Karol spoke out, sighing as he looked out to the horizon. "Good news: The Ouroboros split up, meaning an easier battle between one and the other. Bad news: I noticed heavy storm clouds coming towards us."

"Red Nimbus?"

"No, just regular storm clouds." He then looked back at the group. "If we stick around too long, we'll get hit with heavy rain. I don't know about you, Shun, but I doubt the girls would want to stick around long enough for it to show up."

"OK, you have a point," the God Eater conceded. "So, what's the plan to take down those Ouroboros?"

"Well, normally we would go in and just hack and slash the monsters till they stop moving," Elena started, scratching her head. "However, seeing as how we're dealing with two Ouroboros instead of one, the planning should be left to Ciel."

"Thank you, Captain," the mentioned Blood member sincerely nodded before voicing out her ideas. "Thanks to Captain Karol informing us of the Ouroboros separation, I devise that we split up into two teams, mixed between both Blood and 3rd units. I, along with Gil, Nana and the Captain are adept in switching our God Arc modes from close quarters to range combat, which is something the 3rd unit lacks."

"Who needs changing modes when you're as good as I am," Shun commented, only to be ignored by the others as Ciel continued.

"To make up for that, I devise that both teams have at least two members of the Blood unit, with two 1st Gen God Eaters in one team and one in the other. That way, it would work as if the teams had a team of God Eaters with transformable God Arcs."

"And there we have it," Karol took back the spotlight. "Shun and Gina will be in the one team, while I lead the other. What can you think of Elena?"

"What can I think," she mused, thinking about it before nodding at him. "Karol's on to something… Alright, Shun and Gina will be joining Nana and I for our Ouroboros, while Gil and Ciel can hit the other one with you"

"Sweet," Nana cheered out, jumping up. "We'll show that Aragami who's boss."

"Just make sure not to slow me down," Shun added in with a smirk as Gina chuckled.

"We'll be sure to inflict so much pain on that monster before you know it," she spoke up, getting the others to chuckle.

"With that out of the way, we better get moving," Karol pointed out as he turned around, grabbing his assault God Arc Was Glanzt. "The sooner we finish this, the faster we'll get home and rake in the dough."

"You mean, 'I'll rake in the dough' Karol," Shun mocked as he grabbed his long sword Rattlesnake God Arc, smirking over the thought. "My skills are more than enough to finish the job."

"Funny. I was going to say that you may end up with nothing, Shun, considering you're teamed with Elena of all people."

"I can hear you two, you know," the Blood Captain commented, getting a laugh from the others. "Come on, we're wasting daylight here."

Nodding to what she had, the two 1st Gen God Eaters moved alongside the others while passing mild glares towards one another, their argument continuing mentally. Looking over to her side, Elena's red eyes narrowed as the storm clouds Karol mentioned slowly crept towards them, making her hasten her approach as she faced forward. Even though she didn't mind the rain at all, the weather could hinder their movements by dampening their clothes.

Her thoughts were then pushed aside as they got down to ground level and, nodding with the others, split up with their designated teams. Teamed with Nana, Gina and Shun, she couldn't help but chuckle over the gender balance of her team, knowing that the arrogant God Eater was the only male surrounded by girls. He can already tell that she was chuckling over the predicament, causing him to sigh before holstering his God Arc on his shoulder, walking passed the girls in haste.

"Sucks that he's the only guy, doesn't it," Nana whispered to Elena, who nodded in return. "Why not take Karol along?"

"Because he and I are Captains," Elena pointed out. "If I took him with me, the other team would have been leaderless. Though, Gil's showing some promise on that front." She then chuckled. "Who knows, maybe when I retire, I'll appoint him as my successor."

"If you did, I would retire alongside you." The young captain then looked at her with curiosity. "I mean come on; you made the Blood Unit into what it is now. You've done so much more than any of us combined. I'd prefer following a unit that has you as Captain."

"Sounds like you have an admirer," Gina said in a mock singing voice, causing Nana to blush. "Relax, girl. There is no way our dear Elena would ever retire. Is that right, Captain?"

"Damn right," she said out loud. "The only way I would ever retire is if, and that's a huge if, I ever decide to have a family of my own. Until then, I'll keep killing Aragami and look badass at the same time."

"O-oh…" the young Boost Hammer wielder muttered in silence, already getting a mental picture.

"Besides, I tend to lean towards the same side, if you know what I mean."

"What about Haruomi's 'quest for the Holy Grail,' which dragged you into joining missions with him," Gina pointed out. "I thought that back then, you were into men."

"No, always been into girls," she waved off. "Besides, Haru's an idiot."

"Since when is Haru not an idiot," Shun commented in front of the girls, slightly looking back. "I'm surprised that he landed that girl Kate Lawry's heart." He then sighed before looking up to the sky. "Rest in Peace, Kate."

"Yeah," Elena agreed, knowing that the late Kate was Gil's previous captain. "I'm sure she's watching over them… or preparing scoldings for Haru when he joins her again."

The others could only nod as they continued their pace, only to stop cliques away when the felt the ground shake uncontrollably. Nodding to one another, they rushed over to the side of an abandoned skyscraper husk as the monstrous, towering form of an Ouroboros made their way passed them in a slow speed. They all knew that when presented with an opponent, the Aragami would ferociously destroy anything in the way, and that its core was needed to strengthen the walls of the Far East Branch.

As the monstrosity moved passed them, the group smirked as it had left itself open to the God Eaters' attack. Nodding with Shun, both him and Elena crouched down for a few seconds before sprinting out into the open, brandishing their God Arcs out for the strike. Once they got close enough to the monster, the two God Eaters surrounded one of its branch-like legs before Elena sliced it in a downwards diagonal attack, causing the Ouroboros to stop in its tracks before turning to face her.

With the Ouroboros' attention directed towards Elena, Shun used the opportunity to run around it until he was directly behind it, smirking as he sliced the foliage coated back while on the ground. The monster roared out as it raised one of its legs, turning the branches into hardened tentacles before launching them at the Blood Captain. It didn't land a hit on her as she anticipate the attack, striking the projectiles away before bringing up her Greedy Kiss shield to block the last one, getting pushed back a few feet due to the impact.

Groaning a little, she switched out her God Arc into gun mode, aiming her Kurogane Blast Gun before opening fire on the monstrosity. Large rounds imbued with the divine element homed in onto the Ouroboros, impacting its face as it roared in pain as she continued her barrage on the beast. With it distracted with the 3rd Gen God Eater, Elena smirked as she saw the sight of Shun climbing on its back until he stopped, raising his Rattlesnake downwards to pierce it.

"Hope you like poison, you son of a bitch," Shun shouted out, lunging his God Arc down into the Ouroboros and hearing it roar out in pain. "Here's a shitload of it."

The young man laughed as the Aragami began to shake, only to grip on to his weapon and scream his lungs out as the monster began to thrash around to get him off its back. Quickly switching back to her Kurogane Longsword, Elena rushed in towards the Ouroboros, jumping up in the air before striking its face with a sideways swipe. She didn't take into account that the Ouroboros embedded one of its legs into the ground, resulting in a long tentacle striking her side away from the Aragami and impacting the ground.

With one obstacle out of the way for the monster, the Ouroboros continued its struggle to get Shun off of its back, bashing its body into the ruined city buildings in the process. Realizing that he overpaid his visit, the God Eater pulled his blade out of the monster's back before jumping off, just in time as the Aragami ran into another destroyed skyscraper. Landing on the ground, he ran to join Elena, who struggled to get up due to hitting the ground from the air after getting hit by the Ouroboros.

As the beast made its way towards the two longsword users with its towering height, it didn't take into account of any interference as sniper rounds impacted its face from above, making Shun and Elena look up to see Gina positioned on the rooftops. The monster roared out in pain as the 3rd Unit's sniper laid down precise shots on the face, and as it was about to retaliate, Nana jumped in with her Boost Hammer, smashing it in the eyes. Shouting out her lungs, she jumped off of it in time to switch her God Arc into gun mode, blasting it in the face with her shotgun. It roared in pain as the Blood member landed in between Elena and Shun.

"Hell of an entrance," Elena commented, wincing for a bit.

"Well, I learned from watching the best," Nana said to her before looking at the enraged Aragami, tensing as the monster impaled its front legs into the ground. Realizing what was happening, the three of them brought out their shields as deadly spikes popped out of the ground, landing their blows on the God Arcs. However, they weren't prepared for a surprise attack as the Ouroboros freed one of its legs before sweeping the ground with it, hitting the three God Eaters with it.

Gina, watching from on top of a skyscraper ruin, carefully took aim at the Ouroboros as it fought against her teammates, taking additional shots at its face to keep it disoriented. One of her bullets, imbued with a Blood capsule, impacted one of the Aragami's eyes before detonating, sending waves of fire into its systems and causing it to step back. She then took note of the Ouroboros' face looking upwards, its eyes spotting her form as a buildup of energy came in front of it before launching, forcing her to move out of the way and jumping off the ruin onto another as her previous location was destroyed by the blast.

The destruction was heard by the second Ouroboros as the monster changed its movements, making its way over to the source. However, machine gun fire echoed in the air as bullets impacted the Aragami's body, forcing its sights on Karol, Gil and Ciel holding up their God Arcs in gun form. Roaring out in anger, it began its pursuit on the three God Eaters, allowing the other team to breathe easily as they fought their Ouroboros.

As the Ouroboros continued to launch volleys of spikes from underground as it roared out, the God Eaters of Elena's team had opted for hit and run tactics, hoping that they would break one of the bonds that held the Aragami's defences. As she opened fire on the monster with her Kurogane Blast Gun with divine elemental rounds, she had taken noticed that the bullets were impacting the beast's horns and, skidding down the ground to further avoid the spikes, aimed her weapon to the horns. She then pulled the trigger, unleashing a Blood bullet that impacted her desired spot before detonating, sending additional blast rounds around and severing the bonds on the horn.

"Booyah, you like that," she shouted out in glee before taking aim again. "Then here's another Blood bullet with your name on it."

She then opened fire on the Aragami again before breaking off into a sprint, not wanting to see the round impact the Ouroboros' face before detonating. Taking cover on the side of one of the broken buildings, she began to regain her breath as Shun rushed in for the attack, grinning like an idiot as he jumped up in the air, slashing at the Aragami's face and breaking the second bond in its eyes with the third strike. As it broke, blood poured out of the beast as the Ouroboros roared out in pain, giving the 1st Gen God Eater to plant his feet on its scarred head before jumping away, landing a few feet away from the Blood Eater.

"Bond two down," he commented as he wiped the blood off of him, only to watch stunned as the Aragami shook as what's left of its eyes began to rapidly glow. "Oh fuck me…"

"The Aragami activated," Gina called in through the comm, getting into position on yet another rooftop. "Shun, if you don't want to be a blood splatter, get out of there."

He didn't need to say anything else as he ran to the other side away from Elena's spot just in time as the Aragami charged through in a rushed sprint. The group then looked around to see a lack of a certain boost hammer wielder, only to look up after hearing Nana scream her lungs out with her God Arc in hand, its booster speeding her towards it. The Blood member then front flipped in the air before bashing the Ouroboros down to the ground, hearing it roar out in further pain as it collapsed.

"Nice one," Elena commented as the Aragami struggled to get back up, getting on the comm. "Ciel, I know you're busy with your Ouroboros, but we could use your Blood Power to determine how much strength it has left."

"Your target still has enough life left," Ciel answered her in the earpiece. "Just keep it away from ours."

"Thanks, I owe you." She then shut off her communicator before rushing back out. "That just means more time."

Taking a look at the skies, she can already tell that the storm was getting closer as the Ouroboros got back up. Knowing that she has to finish the fight fast, she, along with Shun and Nana, rushed towards the revived beast, making their point of interest the weakened face. Jumping up, she coordinated her strikes on the Aragami alongside the 1st Gen God Eater, using their blades to carve its face as blood poured and sprayed out while Nana ran on its back, heading over towards the head. She jumped in time as the others stabbed the face in with the God Arcs, smashing her hammer into it before jumping away with the others.

While the Ouroboros was entirely focused on the three offenders that destroyed two of its bonds, it gave Gina enough time to clip herself on rope to the edge of the building, holding her own sniper rifle in her hands. Licking her lips, she jumped off of the building she was on, aiming her God Arc at the Ouroboros before taking pot shots at its face. The bullets impacted the Aragami's face as it roared out in pain, and as she got closer to the ground, the monster gathered enough energy to fire a high caliber beam at her support, destroying another ruined tower as she landed on the ground in a role.

Unknown to the God Eaters, another figure watched the battle with intrigue, wearing a sewed together bunny suit while holding a short blade God Arc. Receiving a message from its phone, it looked to see a message addressed to it from Sakaki, telling it to assist the teams with the Ouroboros extermination. Strangely, the message addressed the unknown as 'Cradle Leader' before it closed it, running towards the group facing the injured beast.

Jumping up out into the open, it gained the sight of Elena and Shun, who were both shocked to see the God Eater coming down with its knife pointed downwards. They watched as the unknown impacted the Aragami in the face, and before they could act, the God Eater jumped off of it before activating its third function, causing a monstrous face to form before digging into the monster. The Ouroboros roared out in agony as the God Arc retracted the artificial mouth before reverting back to a knife while the unknown landed between the two shocked God Eaters, its left leg bent inwards while its right leg stretched out. It only took the beast's roar to shake Elena out of her stupor.

"K-Kigurumi," she asked out bewildered as the now identified God Eater got up, nodding to her words. "What are you doing here? This is our job." She only got a few hand signals from Kigurumi before sighing. "Whatever. Look, my team's got this one handled, but I would like you to assist Karol's as soon as you can. Can you do that for me?"

The bunny costumed God Eater nodded to her suggestion as they heard the Ouroboros roar out before embedding its leg into the ground. Before the Blood Captain could get a word in, she was tackled away from a spike by Kigurumi, seeing the attack shred a piece of its costume off. They both landed on the ground as the costumed fighter gripped its side, nodding as no blood was felt before getting up with Elena, but once they got back up, the red eyed girl couldn't help but notice a glimpse of a breast.

"Well, now I know that Kigurumi's a girl," she thought to herself before glaring at the Aragami. "I'll tell Kota later. For now, this monster's begging for a beatdown."

She then took notice of the Ouroboros about to fire another concentrated beam, only to stumble as blood poured out of its face. Smirking, she rushed forward as Kigurumi separated from the team to assist Karol's team with their Ouroboros, forgetting about the piece of cloth left behind. Getting underneath the large scale monstrosity, she took sight of the back legs of the Ouroboros and, wanting to get an edge, set her God Arc into devour mode. Seeing it enlarge to the proper sight, she unleashed the artificial Aragami onto the beast, hearing the monster roar in pain as the God Arc pierced into its flesh before retracting it back and running out to the open.

Quickly switching her God Arc over into gun mode, she aimed the Kurogane towards the Ouroboros before firing the bullet she obtained from the beast, seeing the round escalate to the air. The Monster roared out in frustration as it swiped the ground to hit its opponents, only to feel the heat of five piercing beams going through its form. Not wanting to let Elena finish the Aragami off, Shun rushed in with his God Arc stretched out and, as it began to collapse, ran his blade through its flesh, leaving a large gash of blood pour out of it. He then reached the backside of the monster before pulling the blade out, tearing its exterior further before placing it on his shoulder.

"And that's how you kill an Aragami," Shun commented, only to groan as the Ouroboros revealed to have life left in it. "You have got to be kidding me."

Turning to see the Aragami get back up shakily, the 1st Gen God Eater rushed back over to finish the beast off, only to get ambushed by a stray Vajratail coming into his view. Seeing him in trouble, Elena groaned in irritation as the bipedal Aragami got in the way of Shun's strike and, seeing the Ouroboros struggle, opted to finish it off herself. Looking over to Gina and Nana, she nodded to them before rushing towards the towering monstrosity, shouting her lungs out as she pierced the large scaled foe's body. Pushing it in further, she began to run it through, injuring it severely as the Kurogane blade soared in its flesh before she tore it out.

"This is the end for you," she commented on it, spinning her God Arc before positioning it and her body to look as if she's sheathing a katana. "Do me a favor…" She then inched the God Arc further down in its imaginary sheath. "…stay dead."

With that said, she slammed the Arc down mimicking a fully sheathed blade, causing the Ouroboros' body to collapse and sever as the Aragami roared out. The main body then landed on the ground completely as the head severed from it before rolling on the rough surface, stopping near Nana's body. The young girl took that as the signal to set her God Arc forward in devour mode, digging into what was left of the Ouroboros before retracting it, seeing it swallow its intact core before reverting back to her boost hammer.

"We got it, Captain," Nana commented on it, smiling. "We did it."

"Great, now do something about this Vajratail," Shun shouted out, keeping said Aragami back with his God Arc. Sighing, the girls shook as Gina aimed her God Arc before firing a piercing bullet, seeing it go through the monster easily. The powered Vajratail roared out in pain before Shun took the chance to decapitate it, seeing the body collapse as the head rolled on the dirt surface.

"Next time, say please," Gina scolded him with a playful tone, giggling over his exasperated expression.

"Leave the kid alone, Gina," Elena said to the 1st Gen God Eater, placing her God Arc on her shoulder. "He's just compensating for what he doesn't have."

"HEY," he shouted out in embarrassment. "I don't need to take this from you."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." She then giggled before getting on the communicator. "Ciel, Ouroboros is down. How's yours coming along?"

"Had a bit of a struggle," her fellow Blood member commented. "But we were able to kill it with Kigurumi's help."

"Nice. Did you get the core?"

"We sure did," Gil's voice was heard. "We made sure to grab it before the Ouroboros had the chance to revive."

"Perfect." Elena then heard the sound of thunder, feeling a few droplets of water on her head before sighing. "Then we better get a move on. The storm showed up."

"Gotcha. See you back at the den."

"Later," she finalized before shutting off the communicator. "Well team, we better get moving."

With that said, she began her walk with the others to regroup with the other God Eaters, followed by Nana, Shun and Gina. Her mind was still on Kigurumi's sudden appearance, and how the mysterious God Eater jumped in to help the teams. Thinking further, she remembered the glimpse she took during the fight with the Ouroboros, thinking back on the question Kota asked when he began his investigation with Erina. The investigation itself became forgotten before long, but after seeing the side of a breast inside the costume from the small opening, she gained one piece of information that the 1st unit Captain tried and failed to get.

"Whatcha thinking about, Captain," she looked over to see Nana with a smile as she spoke. "Is it about the laptops you couldn't look into earlier today?"

"Not really," she answered her friend. "I'm just thinking about Kigurumi right now."

"Oh yeah, the funny looking bunny God Eater." She couldn't help but giggle over Nana's playfulness. "It helped us fight off the Ouroboros big time, didn't it?"

"It sure did. What I want to know is why, though. I mean, it wasn't with us when we left the Far East Branch to take on the Ouroboros."

"Maybe it was acting as a scout?" Nana thought about it further before continuing. "I mean, think about it. Kigurumi wasn't around when we were enjoying our break, and it just so happened to be here when we fought the Aragami."

"Maybe…" she then paused her thoughts as Karol's team regrouped with hers. "Glad to see you made it out OK."

"Ehh, it was nothing," Karol nonchalantly stated. "I'll be getting my money's worth though."

"And Kigurumi?"

"Left as soon as the Ouroboros died," Gil answered her. "It didn't stick around long."

"Weird." She then got on the communicator, connecting to the Far East Branch. "This is Blood Alpha reporting. Ouroboros confirmed KIA, and we have the cores with us. We're on our way back."

"Roger that, Blood Alpha," she heard Hibari on the other side. "Be ready for extraction—Wait a minute… something's wrong…" It didn't take long for her to hear a gasp. "Blood Alpha, get everyone out of there. The Vajratails are converging on your location."

"Seriously? Oh come on, what else is new?"

"Additional readings include a Yan-Shi Psion leading them. I advise you to move quick."

"Captain," Ciel whispered to the Blood leader, pointing behind her. "They're here."

Looking back, she took notice of a large dust buildup in the horizon and, pulling out the binoculars to gaze at the cause, discovered a large horde of Vajratails rushing towards them, followed by the avian Psion Yan-Shi Aragami. Groaning, she put the binoculars away before motioning them to get moving quickly, but when she's about to make a run for it herself, a Vajratail appeared underneath where she stood, pushing her towards the group.

"ELENA," she heard Nana shout out her name as she tried to get up, looking back to see the Aragami heading towards her.

"Get out of here," she ordered out, getting her God Arc out. "That's an Order."

"No, we can't leave without you—"

"I SAID THAT'S AN ORDER," she shouted out, getting her God Arc ready. "I'll keep them busy while you guys escape."

"But… But Elena…"

"JUST GO!"

Before Nana could say anything else, she felt Shun grab her wrist and drag her away from the Blood Captain, going wide eyed over what was about to happen. Feeling bad about shouting at her, Elena sighed heavily as the rain intensified, gripping her Kurogane in her hands as the Aragami horde came closer to her. Knowing that both Blood and the 3rd unit will be OK, she charged towards the stream of monsters, intent on taking out as much as she can.

As she did, Nana had remained wide eyed as her thoughts went on how Blood had abandoned their captain, despite being ordered by her to go on without her. She had thought the mission wouldn't take any severe alterations after the Ouroboros was defeated, only to be wrong when the Yan-Shi led a horde of Vajratails towards them. She also knows about the Yan-Shi's bias field, meaning that the Aragami are going to be concentrated on Elena the whole time.

As the God Eaters left to rush back to the Far East Branch, all Nana could ever think about was Elena's safety, hoping that she would follow afterwards.

A/N: I'm going to leave this here as a cliffhanger to build the suspense.

So, when it came to figuring out how the chapter would turn out, I was rather conflicted on which Aragami I should use to have Elena and the God Eaters fight and type in detail. At first, I was going to pick Arda Nova from GE: Resurrection, but then I thought, 'No, maybe I should just do Ouroboros.' I prefer to choose the 'in-game' height rather than the height depicted in the anime, cause anime Ouroboros was literally the size of a mountain. Thinking about it further, I decided to go with Ouroboros and typed the chapter around that.

Off topic: I have yet to watch episode 5 of volume 5. I should probably get to that.

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Alexwu704: Looks like the heist to grab Dust cargo on the Atlas Train came to a duel between Raven and one of Adam Taurus' generals and managed to take three of them down.

In the end, it seems Raven wasn't the only person visiting Summer's grave.

Yeah. I wanted to bring in the White Fang in the raid one or another. It just so happened to be faunas versions of Atriox and the notable Brutes from Halo Wars 2. (I've not played the game; I just watched the cut scenes. I KNOW I'M BAD)

And yeah, Raven wasn't the only one. But it isn't who, but what. Based on what I had described, what visited Summer's grave after Raven left? I'm certain some God Eater fans would figure it out.

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With that out of the way, I'm BlazefireDrago, signing out.