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GE: Silver- Chapter 4: Training Days
In the training room, Major Amamiya had began gauging Silvers skills in combat. After killing 3 simulated Ogretails, Amamiya decided to crank it up a notch. "That overconfidence will get you, or worse, your teammates killed" she warned. "These next three will attack you. I want you to avoid there attacks unscathed and counter them." Tsubaki instructed.
"Yes ma'am" Silver said obediently. She's right. Gotta take this seriously. Silver assumed his battle stance, holding his blade in 2 hands rather than one.
"Begin in 3…2…1!" Amamiya commanded. One of the fake Aragami charged at Silver. He assumed a blocking position, with the tip of the sword facing downward. As the Ogretail rammed into the massive blade, Silver timed its head-butt by shoving himself against his own sword, causing the monster to stagger backwards. Using this as his opening, he attempted to rush the monster with a counter, but a second Aragami lunged at him. With no time to think, Silver dashed to the side and spun himself to keep from tripping. "Dammit." He cursed. As the third one came charging, he jumped into the air almost 6 feet into the air. When he realized just how high he'd jumped, Silver was astounded by his new athletic abilities. He corkscrewed in the air to get back on his feet. "This is my new strength?" he struggled to fathom. As one of the Ogretails charged his again, he slashed diagonally upward, halting the Ogretail in its tracks. Instead of finishing it off, he stood his ground.
"Hmm…" Tsubaki said, observing Silver's test. "Instead of recklessly finishing it off, he got back into a defensive position. Interesting." From behind Tsubaki, a door was heard sliding open. "You weren't wrong." Tsubaki told the one approaching her.
"What'd I tell ya, sis?" Lindow replied. "Kid's got skill."
"Don't call me that on duty", the Major ordered. "Or I'll restrict you from beer rations." She threatened jokingly. She went back to spectating Silver, who was still holding his own against the Ogretail, and had managed to kill one with a counter. "I've given him instructions to take them out with counter attacks only."
"Any issues so far?" Lindow asked. "Besides trust issues?"
"Well, lets just say it pays to survive outside the wall." Tsubaki explained. Silver had just avoided an Ogretails bite by dashing backwards and killing it with a jab. "He's quick to adapt to situations, and he's learning of his new enhancements as he fights."
"You think he'll be ready to head out into the field soon?"
"Perhaps…"
"Alrighty then." Lindow chuckled. "I'm gonna get. Have fun!" He joked as he left the room.
Just then, Silver made an attempt to dodge an enemy attack, but in mid dodge, he saw a woman and her child being approached by a larger Aragami. "No!" he cried as he rushed to her aid. He jumped into the air to attempt a slam on the ape-like Aragami, but it slapped Silver from the air with its tail. After crashing to the ground, Silver picks himself up only to see thee Aragami devour the woman and child. A look of horror remains static on Silvers face. From the corner of his eye, the last Ogretail had jumped at Silver. Before he could react, the city was turned back into the normal training room the Aragami dissolved. Silver fell to his hands and knees and began gasping for air. They're not real… they're not real… its fine, he assured to himself.
"well, that's a pathetic way to die." Major Amamiya said to Silver. "That's enough for today. I'm sure you're hungry. Our cafeteria is through a set of doors in the lobby." She directed Silver.
Silver nodded to Amamiya and said, "Thank you, Ma'am." He picked up his sword and began to trudge his way too the exit.
"Usugiri!" she addressed to get his attention.
"Yes Major?"
"… Forgive me for that stunt I pulled." She said apologetically. "I wanted to see how you'd react to people in danger."
Silver, to Tsubaki's surprise, gave her a smile. "No problem, ma'am!" he then continued out the exit and headed toward the elevator.
After seeking directions from Hibari, Silver found his way to the cafeteria. When he arrived, he could see plenty of wide tables for eating as well as many other God Eaters chatting and consuming meals. Upon further observation, he saw a line of people waiting to be served food. "Is that the line for food?" He asked himself before hearing a familiar voice from behind.
"Silver!" he turned around to see Tatsumi walking towards him.
"Tatsumi!" Silver greeted back. Then walked into the line to get something to eat. While waiting, they chatted about things that happened during that day.
"So, how'd training go?" Tatsumi asked. "Did you get to try out your God Arc?"
"No, I haven't gotten it." Silver answered. "As for training, I don't think I did to well." Silver then examined his bracelet. "It's like my body's been enhanced in the athletic department."
"Yep, that's one thing that happens when you become a God Eater." Tatsumi explained. "Your body becomes more durable and heals faster, and also enhances your physical abilities thanks to the Oracle Cells."
"Oracle Cells…" Silver repeated. "Oh, you were right by the way!"
"About what?" Tatsumi inquired.
Silver held up bracelet hand and pointed to it with his other hand. "Ooowwww". He said with a smile. When the two got to the front of the line, Silver began examining the menu. "Lets see, what do they have?" He then saw something that caught his eye on the list of foods served. "Corn on the cob…" he read, almost drooling. "Sir!" addressed the man from behind the counter. "May I have 2 corns on the cob, please?!" he requested hastily.
"two?!" Tatsumi exclaimed
"Absolutely!" the man behind the counter said. "that'll be six hundred Fenrir Credits."
"WHAT?!" Silver face palmed. "I've got no money!"
"Oh, yeah! He's a recruit." Tatsumi reminded the man behind the counter "He should be free of charge."
"Oh, well in that case, never mind." The cashier said. "one minute please." The man handed Silver a plate with two cobs of corn as well as prongs to hold it. Tatsumi decided not to eat anything, and just sat down beside Silver. Right when the two sat, Silver began devouring his corn like a starved Aragami. While eating, a blissful expression remained on his face.
"Jeez, its like you haven't eaten for days!" Tatsumi observed.
"I haven't" Silver replied with corn still in his mouth. "I've lived off of water for the past few days. And besides, I love corn!" As Silver finished his first cob, he turned to Tatsumi. "Hey man, thanks for your help today." He thanked him.
"Aww, no biggie." Tatsumi humbly replied. "Just helping out a comrade."
Finishing off his 2nd piece of corn, Silver stood up. "Alright, I'm gonna hit the hay!" Silver told Tatsumi as he stood up. "Later!", and with that, the two said their goodbyes and Silver took his leave. He made his way to through to lobby and up too the living quarters he had awakened in on the Rookie Floor. As the elevator started to ascend, it stopped on the Laboratory rather than the one he picked. When the door opened, Silver saw familiar face outside. "Kota!" Silver said with excitement. Kota had a sorrowful expression on his face.
"Oh. Hey, Silver." He halfheartedly greeted.
"Are you alright?" Silver asked with deep concern. "What happened?"
Kota let out a sigh. "Training just sucked is all." He replied.
"Oh. Sorry." Silver apologized.
"Its fine." Kota replied. He perked up and turned to face Silver. "Hey! I wanna show you something!" Kota said.
"Um… ok?"
"Cool! Follow me!" The two exited the elevator on the Laboratoy floor. They turned the corner and approached a door labeled God Arc Maintenance/Storage "Hey, Licca!" Kota said as he walked through the door. In front of them was a young girl in a dirty tank top with greyish hair. As Kota addressed her, she turned around to face him and Silver. The girl also wore a pair of red goggles over her eyes, which she moved to the top of her head when she turned around.
"Oh, Kota!" Licca addressed in surprise. "Didn't you leave a bit ago?"
"Yeah I know, but this here is Silver." Kota introduced.
"Hey." Silver waved.
"I was hoping he could see his." Kota said.
"Sure thing!" Licca smiled. "I just finished making the final tweaks." Licca prompted Silver to follow her, with Kota tagging along. She led them to a terminal with a large circular slot. "Her, place your armlet in here." Licca instructed. As Silver followed her instruction, a large case rose from behind the terminal. When opened, inside was a large bladed weapon with a silver colored blade, what looked to be a hidden gun, and a black space near the handle that looked organic-like.
Looked at it in awe. "Isn't this…?"
"Yep!" Licca interrupted, "Your God Arc! The first of its kind in, the Far East Branch!"
"Oh yeah, I've been meaning too ask someone!" Silver remembered. "What does 'New Type' mean?"
"What?!" Licca shouted. "You your our first New Type, and you don't know what that means?!" she took a moment to calm herself. "Where as most God Arcs are either a blade or a gun", she began, "New Type God Arcs can switch between both modes on the fly."
"No way…" Silver awed.
"Yep, ands its got some other features, but I'll let you discover them for yourself." She let out a long yawn and stretched her arms upward. "Alright you two, I'm gonna get to bed." She told Silver and Kota. "If your ever having God Arc trouble, let me know, OK?"
"Gotcha!" Silver nodded. "Thanks, Licca!" As Silver began to walk out the exit of the lab, Licca spoke up.
"Hey, um, Silver?" she addressed.
"Yeah?"
"Can I…. borrow that big sword?" she asked nervously. "Just to do some examinations."
Silver continued facing the exit and lowered his head. "Sorry." He says coldly. "Out of the question." And with that he took his leave, with Kota following close behind him.
"Wait, Silver!" Silver heard Kota say as he approached him. "Why'd you do that?!" Kota questioned with a hint of anger. "She just wanted too look at it!"
Silver looked away from Kota as He answered. "Sorry, this sword is precious. I cant just trust a total stranger with something like this!" he said, nearly yelling. He let out a sigh to cool his anger down. "I'm sorry, Kota."
Kota gave him a sympathetic look. "What exactly have you been through?" he asked with concern
"I… don't want to talk about it." Silver answered, looking like he was fighting back tears. "Something that made me lose faith in people."
"OK then. I wont make you talk." The walk from the Laboratory to the Rookie Floor was almost silent. Silver simply walked with a stern expression, and Kota a worried one. I wish I could help him. Kota spoke in his mind. He's so friendly to people, but he can't trust them. Kota let out a heavy sigh as the elevator door opened to the Rookie Section. "oi. What a long day." Kota sighed as they walked down the hall. "My rooms at the end of the hall", Kota informed Silver with a smile. "How bout yours?"
"Same." Silver replied. As they approached the end of the hall, Silver unlocked the door of the room at the middle, and Kota, the one to the right side. Silver noticed Kota still to the right of him. "Hey, I guess we're next door neighbors!" Silver said.
"heh, guess so!" Kota agreed. "Alright, night man!"
"Yeah. Good night." Silver returned. He walked into his room, unstrapped his sword, untied his bandana and collapsed onto his bed. He pondered door a while about all he had seen and done that day. He recalled the help given to him by Tatsumi and how friendly Kota had been to him. He also recalled Lindow and his unit going out of their way to give him a ride to the Branch. I wonder… maybe I really can trust the people here. Silver wondered. But… back then… He let out a sigh, halting his thoughts. He took a look over to his brothers sword he had inherited. "I should apologize to Licca tomorrow." Silver told himself as his eyes shut and he drifted to sleep.
The Next Morning-
As Silvers eyes shot open, in no time at all did he put on his uniform, tied his bandana on, grab his Sword, and hightailed it to the lobby. He rushed down to the counter where Hibari was sipping a cup of coffee. "Hibari!" he hastily addressed.
"Hm? Oh morning, Silver." She greeted with slurred words.
"Do I have a mission today?" Silver asked with anxiety, "am I late?!"
"Silver", Hibari giggled, "no one else is up till about 7, and we done depart for missions until at least 9." She explained.
"well… what time is it?"
"it is…. 5:09."
"oh…"Silver said. . "Well… is the training room open?"
"Um… I guess, but you'll need a second person to operate the simulations." Hibari explained as another voice butted in.
"I can do that!" Silver and Hibari look to see Licca walking out of the cafeteria holding a mug of coffee.
"Licca!" Silver exclaimed. Awesome! Now I can apologize. "do you think you could lend me a hand?" he asked.
"Of course!" she replied with an upbeat tone. "you gotta learn how to use your God Arc, am I right?"
"Right you are!" Silver agreed with a smile. His smile is soon replaced with a guilty look. "umm… Licca?"
"What's up?"
"I'm… sorry about how I left you last night." Silver said apologetically. "It... wasn't right."
Licca gave silver a puzzled look. "Your still sour about that? Its your sword, I cant make you let me see it."
"No, I mean how I said it." Silver clarified. A sly smile appears on his face. "I mean, what kind of guy am I to reject the request so codly to a girl like you?"
Licca backs up nervously as her face becomes beat red. Her nervous expression turns into an agitated one. "Hmph, whatever, 'lady killer'", she says with her arms crossed. "Lets just go." Licca led the way as the two proceeded to the section elevator.
During the elevator ride, Silver spoke up. "Hey, sorry about that back there." He said awkwardly. "My older brother used to do that to literally every woman he met. He kind of rubbed off on me."
"Its fine. But whatever you do", she started with a look of utter seriousness. "don't ever do that to Major Amamiya." She warned. "You will regret it!"
"Heheh, believe me, I've heard!" Silver laughed. The elevator door opened when it reached the Laboratory section. They headed towards the God Arc storage room to collect Silver's God Arc. When they got to the room, Silver placed his bracelet into one of the slots as per Licca's instruction. When he did, a case lifted from a nearby terminal as the message "God Arc Authorization Confirmed" appeared on the screen. He grabbed his God Arc from the terminal and headed back to the training room with Licca.
"So, how does it feel?" Licca questioned, referring to the God Arc.
"It feels… like I'm holding a sword." Silver replied humorously. "All joking aside, it… feels amazing, finally being able to hold one of these." He gave it a swing straight forward, being careful not to hit Licca. When they arrived at the training room, Licca took a flight of stairs up to the observation deck, and Silver walked into the lower part of the room.
"Alright, ready?" Licca asked him, receiving a nod back. "Alrighty, I'll just start you off with some Ogretails so you can get a feel for using a new weapon." Licca prompted 3 Ogretails to appear into the room. They stood idle, waiting to be attacked. "Alright, Silver. Have at 'em!"
Silver rushed the first Ogretail and destroyed it with a flurry of slashes, destroying it and proceeding to the next one without hesitation. Almost catching Silver off guard, the second Ogretail charged at him. Silver reacted by dashing to the side and countering with a series of jabs. Without breaking his combo, he continued attacking the final one, defeating it with ease. It feels so good using it. Silver said to himself.
"Alright, it looks like you've gotten used to fighting with it. Now lets move on to Devouring." Licca instructed. She made another Aragami appear in an idle state. "Silver, on the handle of your God Arc, do you see the two sections with the soft part in between?"
"Yeah?"
"To Devour an Aragami, grab each section with a hand each, pointed the blade at an Aragami, and simply pull them apart." Licca continued.
Silver placed each hand on the sections Licca spoke of and gave them both a pull. As he did this, from above the hilt emerged a large black sludge like organism. It rapidly grew in size and formed itself into a mouth, then chomped down on the simulated monster. As it took a bite out of the enemy, the large mouth retracted itself into the God Arc. Silver then felt a sudden surge of energy flow into him. He felt stronger, like he could take on waves of Aragami. "Ha-ha! This feeling!" Silver exclaimed. "I feel incredible!" Not much after that, the feeling of adrenaline gained from Devouring the Aragami faded away. "Huh? Where'd it go?" he asked himself. "Hey Licca, what was that?"
"That's what we call 'Burst'!" she explained. "Devouring an Aragami stimulates the Oracle Cells inside your body, and in short, increases your strength and athleticism for a short time." Licca then made another Aragami appear in the room. This was an Aragami Silver had never seen before. It floated about ten feet in the air, had a shell on its back, one huge eyeball, and was small with large breasts. "This is called a Zygote." Licca informed Silver. "Now, grab hold of the top section of the handle and push the other one in." When Silver did so, the blade of the God Arc morphed into what seems to be a large gun.
"Wooaaahhh!" Silver awed. Without any instructions, he open fired onto the new Aragami, causing it to fall to the ground. Rushing the fallen monster, Silver pulled the handle of his Arc out, change it back into a blade, proceeding to finish off the Zygote with a swift lunge.
"Hey, you catch on pretty quick." Licca complemented him. "Oh! One more thing: not only does devouring give you more ammunition, but it also absorbs Aragami cells to create a one use special shot."
"wow, that's handy!" Silver spent a few hours getting used to his new God Arc. He got the hang of switching between a blade and gun, using Devour, and taking advantage of his Burst abilities. He even figured out how to use the shield equipped to his God Arc. No telling when that would come in handy. After a while, Silver heard Hibari's voice on the PA.
"Silver Usugiri, please report to the Lobby right away." She said. "Silver Usugiri, please report to Lobby for mission briefing."
"mission briefing?!" Silver repeated with a hint of excitement. "Alright, take care Licca. Duty calls!" As he started to rush out of the training room, he stopped for a moment to think. He then turned to look towards Licca. "Hey, Licca?"
"what's up?"
"Later, maybe I'll let you look at my brother's sword!" Silver offered. He then proceeded to hurry to the lobby where Tsubaki awaited him outside the elevator.
"Private Usugiri." Tsubaki addressed.
"Yes ma'am!"
"You're being sent out into the field today." She informed. "Please speak to Hibari over at the front counter to register for your mission. Your superior officer will arrive shortly to join you. After registering, you'll wait for him to arrive and proceed for mission departure. Am I understood?"
"Yes Major!" Silver salutes. Tsubaki then dismissed him and he went over to the counter where Hibari instructed him on registering for missions. She explained that some missions have him assigned with certain other God Eater, while others allowed him to hand choose his assigned members if they're available. He registered for his first mission and then took a seat on one of the spots near the lower part of the lobby.
"Oh, Lindow!" Silver heard Hibari say. "The director told me that if I saw you, that he wishes to meet… with you."
"Awesome!" Lindow replied. "Don't tell him you saw me, then." Lindow walks up to where Silver was sitting and gave him a friendly smile. "Hey there, rook! Glad you could make it!"
"Lindow!" Silver addressed with a hint of excitement. "Does this mean your my superior officer?"
"Exactly!" Lindow started. "…on paper that is. But I never pay attention to that stuff, so neither should you."
"Um, OK?" Silver hesitated.
"In the end, I want to know that your someone who's got my back!" as he continues speaking, Sakuya approaches the two.
"Silver!" she greets, "I see you made it in!"
Silver lets out a prideful chuckle. "Looks that way!"
"yeah, and your totally ruining my big scary speech about our brutal coda, so shoo!" Lindow butts in.
"heh, yes sir. You're the boss, Sir!" Sakuya flirts as she walks away and waves goodbye.
Lindow turns back to Silver and scratches his head. "Well, now I lost my place. So… cool?"
"Yeah, were cool!" Silver replies.
"Good. Now then, today I'm sending you out into battle." Lindow informs Silver as he sees him tense up slightly. "I know that's scary, but look. I'll be right there with ya, got it?"
"Gotcha!" Silver answered as he stood up.
"Oh, look at the time!" Lindow says, looking at an invisible watch. "Its half past mission! Ready to go?"
A determined, yet confident look appeared of Silvers face. "Bring it on!"
End of Chapter 4
Authors Note: This onee took a lottle longer than i wanted, but what are ya gonna do, right? Also, feel free to let me know if these chapters are too long or not long enough.