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

Sparks of electricity came and gone in the ruins of the once hopeful location of Aegis Island, the final resting place of the Far East Branch's former director Johannes von Schicksal, and every time he comes here, Soma couldn't help but remember the miracle of the Devouring Apocalypse affecting the moon. While he was thankful that humanity can continue their fight against the Aragami, he felt upset that the one responsible, Shio, caused the massive Aragami that Johannes had been keeping in Aegis to leave Earth and cause life to bloom on the moon.

He shook his thoughts away as he looked down to the floor below him as Qrow carried the suitcases, spotting the familiar forms of Kongou and their Arc Aberrant variants. Nodding to himself, he grabbed his mission details he obtained from Ops, groaning that the Deusphage Tsukuyomi would be nearby. Wanting to finish the mission quickly, he placed his buster blade God Arc on his shoulder before gazing at Qrow, giving him a steel glare.

"I'll be finishing this quick," he told him, hearing the Kongou roar out as his body turned around. "I expect you to stay here."

"Without a weapon, I'm useless anyways," the Branwen sibling muttered in annoyance, waving back at him. "Just hurry up so I can go back to drinking happily."

"How disappointing." Looking down to face the Aragami, he glanced back down to the converging Aragami that picked up their voices. "Follow the order to stand by. I'll be done in a bit."

With that being said, Soma glared at both the Kongou and Rakshasa Kongou variants, jumping down and pointing his buster blade down. Without any other choice, Qrow yawned as the sounds of the simian looking monsters roared out as they fought against the experienced scientist/God Eater, pulling out his scroll while roared of pain echoed the ruins. He groaned as he found out there was no service transmitted into his device, slapping himself as he was not on Remnant anymore for the time being.

Thinking that Ozpin or the others wouldn't believe a word from him, he pressed the camera function on his handheld before turning to face the scenery of Aegis. Seeing some perfect angles, he began to take the pictures with his scroll before moving over to the edge, facing it towards the sight of Soma fighting off both Kongou and Rakshasa Kongou variants with ease and took the snapshot. Nodding to himself, he looked up to see the Deusphage Tsukuyomi wondering passed the scene of the battle, taking a picture of the monster as it left.

Smirking to himself, he was pocketing the scroll and fishing out his flask, but as he was about to drink its contents, a shrieking Rakshasa Kongou flew upwards from a precise strike from Soma's God Arc, taking the container with it. The Huntsman watched with wide eyes as the Aragami reached the ceiling before falling down back first, only to be cleaved in half from the blade's sharp edge. His body then paled to the point where he looked like a ghost as the flask was shown to be destroyed along with it, though Soma paid no mind as he used his God Arc to devour the Arc Aberrant's core quickly before moving to kill the remaining Aragami.

"My… my drink…" Qrow muttered out, collapsing to his knees as the Aragami's form dissolved. "My means of fun… it's gone…"

While Qrow grieved for the loss of his flask, Soma effortless took care of the Kongou trying to surround him, jumping onto one of them as the others charged after him. Jumping one more time, he witnessed the simian Aragami tackle their brethren down, smirking before driving his God Arc down on them, cleaving them down where they laid. Landing on the ground, he dislodged the blade out of the beasts' bodies before moving on to devour the cores, looking back to see the shaken up Qrow mourning over the flask's demise.

"Soma, d-do you read me," he heard his operator Urara call out to him, forcing him to connect with her as he devours the Aragami cores out of the Kongou corpses. "A-are you busy at the moment?"

"Just finished clearing out the Kongou for the time being," he answered her, looking back. "As for Idiot Branwen, he's grieving over the loss of his drink."

"THAT FLASK WAS A GIFT, DAMMIT," he heard Qrow shout out, making him shake his head as he continued.

"We finished up before the Tsukuyomi could interfere, and I have the cores needed to strengthen the wall. Right now, we're about to rendezvous with extraction."

"Oh, that's a relief," he heard the nervous operator sigh in relief before speaking again. "In regards to Mr. Branwen, can you inform him that his sister went into the infirmary?"

"Did something happen?"

"I was told that another resonance spike occurred and she suffered a light headache." Soma then thought about what he talked about with Sakaki as Urara continued. "Right now she's fine, but was told to take things easy from now on."

"Thanks for the update, Hoshino," he addressed her by her last name, looking at Qrow and deadpanning over the sight of comical tears flowing out of his eyes. "I'll be sure to let him know. Cradle 02 out."

"W-wait," she stopped him from disconnecting before asking. "D-do you think we can rescue Elena?"

"Without a doubt," he told her, looking up to see the moon. "We saved Lindow before three years ago… we'll do the same for Elena now."

"U-Understood… I'll see you back at the Den."

"Roger." He then shut off his communications before calling out to Qrow. "Hey, Ogrebait, we're going back now."

"MY FLASK…" the older male called out in despair. "WHY MUST MY FLASK BE A VICTIM?"

"Just shut up and start packing. We're going back to the Den."

Not wanting to see the grown man sob any more, he holstered his God Arc before walking towards him, leaving behind the dissolving forms of the Kongou and the Arc Aberrant Rakshasa Kongou Aragami. He made a mental note of telling Mutsuki to cut Qrow off from the alcohol, but knowing either Lindow or Haru, they would purchase the drinks for him. Once he got close to him, he slapped the back of his head hard, almost knocking him off before turning to face him.

"We're leaving," Soma told him straight up, ignoring his glare. "Stay here long enough, and more will replace those I killed."

"You didn't have to hit me," he said back to him, standing back up. "And you also shouldn't have cut open my flask as if it was butter."

"It was your fault for getting in the way of that Rakshasa Kongou. Don't blame me for your mistakes."

"My mistake?"

"Yes, Your mistake." The young God Eater checked the time. "Now hurry up. Extraction's on the way."

Entering the Inferno Subways with a God Eater from the American branch for the promise of the Holy Grail with Qrow, Haru was rather ecstatic to learn the one that came was a well-known, voluptuous blonde woman named Claire Valentine. Looking over with an unnoticed smirk, he can tell that she has maintained her figure in many ways, allowing her to have a nice rack on her chest along with a well round behind. He mentally thanked Qrow for showing him the light to the 'holy land' as he and the guest God Eater entered the area.

Looking over her, her blonde hair reached down to her mid-back, with some strands made into a braid that hang in front of her body. Her attire consisted of a light teal bikini top covered by the familiar appearance of Cradle's trench coat, with her left hand adorned in various bracelets. Her bottoms, which completes her look, is a pair of light blue jean shorts that stop near the middle of her thighs along with knee length socks and finished with a pair of white, leather boots with fur inside them.

While he promised to Qrow to get a good picture, he also had to remain serious over the threat that has taken up residence in the ruined subway system. According to his brother Teruomi, they were to hunt down a Fallen Borg Camlaan with a strong affinity to fire, alongside the Polar Quadriga that would appear later on. Considering that they have two large scale Aragami to clear out, he began to calm down his thoughts, telling himself he'll get the chance later on.

Entering the area the Aragami were in, the two God Eaters felt a wave of heat as the sound of molten lava flowed in the ruins, making the both thankful that the oracle cells regulated in their bodies increased their tolerance. It was still rather hot for them to be in the tunnels, telling them that they have to finish their job quick and return to the Far East Branch for some late night drinks. Moving through it, they heard the distinctive roar of the Borg Camlaan further in, allowing them to prime their God Arcs for the encounter.

"So," Claire started, her blonde hair moved out of her eyes as her lime green eyes looked gazed at him. "Any plan of action, Makabe?"

"Well, I was thinking of engaging it where it is," he started, thinking through. "But considering that the tunnels are wide enough here, we can fight it without bumping into the walls or accidentally stepping in lava. I only worry if the Quadriga decides to show up as we take on the armored bug."

"You don't like bugs?"

"As a kid? I loved them." He then shivered. "But thanks to my time in Glasgow, I hate them."

"Good thing you're going bug busting then." She giggled as she twirled her God Arc, a variant scythe made out of Shirogane materials. "And you have me to help you out."

"Why thank you, Miss Valentine. I'm so happy to call you over here for this mission."

Giggling one more time, she glanced over to see the familiar red form of the Aragami they were hunting as the fiery Borg Camlaan stumbled into view. Seeing him switch his God Arc over into a sniper rifle, she couldn't help but smirk as she lowered her stance to engage the large beast, the scythe's blade near the ground. Looking back, she took witness to him opening fire on the Aragami's face, shocking and enraging the beast as its roar echoed the hallways before turning to face the God Eaters.

Taking it as a form of challenge, the blonde rushed in as soon as the Borg Camlaan charged towards them, its stinger ready to plunge. Taking in the sight of the beast's armored face, Haru laid down the pressure as he opened fire against the fiery Aragami, staggering the monster as his partner from the American Branch swiped her scythe down on its mouth. Roaring out, the Borg Camlaan used its right arm to bash her away from it, shocking the blonde and enraging the male God Eater. Switching back to his buster blade, he charge in with the weapon out, engulfing it in a purple aura before swinging it down to the ground, sending the wave of energy towards the beast.

The Aragami however, intercepted the blast coming towards it by raising its arms to form the menacing shield the species were known for, taking the attack head on. As it did, it didn't register Claire's presence as she got back towards it and swung her God Arc in a downwards spin on one of the arms, letting its defence dwindle and allowing Haruomi's attack to hit the center. Due to the power of the attack, the beast was pushed away a few feet as it roared before launching armored projectiles out of its body towards them, forcing the two humans to jump out of the way from the attacks.

Bashing its shield halves onto the ground, the large bug type Aragami roared out as it moved towards the male half of the team as Haru jumped away from Claire. Gazing at the armored scorpion, the blonde woman groaned as she shifted her God Arc over into an assault rifle, taking aim before opening fire on the beast's armored tail. Seeing the bullets impacting the stinger, she began to run off to her left, allowing the monstrous red scorpion to focus on her while Haru got behind it with his buster blade in hand.

Smirking, she kept firing on the beast's stinger as the Aragami got closer to her before she switched back to her scythe, reacting quickly as she used her shield to block the beast's attack with its left arm. Feeling the force behind the hit, her position was pushed back significantly as the Borg Camlaan roared out, but before it could plunge the stinger; the male half of the duo swung his God Arc on the base of the tail, staggering it in the process. Taking the opportunity, the American God Eater pushed its arm back before swinging down, swiping the blade into it as the edge punctured its legs. Screaming out, she applied more pressure into the Shirogane scythe as the beast roared out, only to be pulled back hastily by her partner as the stinger came down towards her.

Groaning in irritation, the woman opened her eyes to see the incision made by her God Arc as the Aragami's armored stinger was removed from the ground back into the air, allowing the Borg Camlaan to spot the two humans easily. Getting back up in haste, the God Eaters barely had time to dodge the projectiles it launched out of its body, grabbing their respective weapons and raising their shields to block the rest. Roaring out, the scorpion Aragami swung its body around in a circle with its tail out, the stinger smacking Haru in the side and sending him to the ground.

"HARU," Claire shouted out in worry before glaring at the monster, switching her God Arc back into its gun form and aiming at the stinger once more. As the beast slowly approached the downed Makabe with its main offensive rearing back, she screamed out as she opened fire on the Aragami, seeing the bullets impacting the beast's blade. Considering her proficiency with her assault rifle, the bullets continued to collide as cracks began to form on it until shattering, stunning the Borg Camlaan as Haruomi got back up before moving away from the monster. As the Aragami roared out, the shattered stinger began to emit a faint glow, showing that the oracle cells in its body have activated before the monster turned to face them.

"Any bright ideas, Makabe," the American God Eater asked her partner as the Aragami rushed in, splitting up with him to keep it distracted. "Cause now's a good time for one."

"I'm thinking here," he replied back, jumping away from the Borg Camlaan's stinger at the same time. "If we can shatter the bonds in the Aragami's shield, the beast wouldn't be able to defend itself."

"Sound, but how will that work?" She then blocked the beast's arm, absorbing the impact before calling out. "That shield is hard as diamonds."

"Then we hammer it down with our bullets."

As he said that, he jumped out of the way of the Borg Camlaan's right arm as he switched his God Arc back into a sniper rifle before opening fire on the shield half, hearing the beast roar out in pain as he lands on his feet to the ground. Following his lead, the blonde sighed as she shifted her sights over to the Borg Camlaan's left arm before following suit, keeping her finger on the trigger as her rounds impacted the shield half. The Aragami roared out in irritation as its prey fought back with their weapons, but as it was about to raise its arms to protect itself, Haru threw a flashbang in time before covering his eyes.

The thrown explosive detonated in front of the large scale Aragami as a bright flash coated the ruined subway tunnel, stunning it and lowering its defenses. This allowed the two God Eaters to resume fire on the monster's shield arms as the Borg Camlaan tried to recover from the brief shock, but as it did, it roared out in pain as the oracle cell bonds in its shield were severed, rendering its defence useless. Smirking, Claire switched her God Arc back into a scythe before charging at the beast, jumping up and swiping down on the shattered shield, drawing blood out of the Aragami.

Just as the beast was about to roar out in anger, Haru took the opportunity to switch back to his buster blade before heading to the Aragami's backside, intent on shattering the remaining oracle cell bonds. However, the large scale monster reacted quickly by swinging its tail towards him, bashing him in the stomach as he was sent flying into the concrete surface. As it did, it was left vulnerable to Claire's strikes on its shattered shield as she struck it in a spiral form, staggering it further and pushing it back.

Not wanting for it to gain the upper hand, she began to twirl her Shirogane scythe to strike its arms as the beast fought back with its ruined arms, with the human gaining ground against the Aragami. This allowed Haru to get back onto his feet before holstering his own God Arc on his shoulder, breaking off into a sprint and heading towards the Borg Camlaan's backside. With its attention focused on the blonde girl, he was able to rush passed no problem before getting to his destination. The beast then lunges its broken stinger in the hopes of piercing into her body, but as she dodged the attack, Haru used the opportunity to shatter the last bond by swinging his blade in a horizontal strike, breaking into the armored flesh of the beast and hearing it roar out in pain.

Just as they were about to finish off their first target in the inferno subways, the Borg Camlaan roared out once more as it swiped its ruined tail towards them, forcing them to block the hit with their shields while the scorpion rushed away from them. Looking at its retreating form, the male of the team looked at it with an unamused look before fishing out his pockets for another flash grenade. Once he found his last stun explosive, he pulled the pin before chucking it out towards the fiery variant, covering his and Claire's eyes in time for the flash to appear and stop the monster in its tracks.

"Oh, I'm terribly sorry," Haru called out to it as the beast turned to face them once more. "Were you about to eat? Well, we can't have that now."

Angered that it was prevented the opportunity to recover, the Borg Camlaan roared out in rage as it dashed towards both the Japanese and American God Eaters, intent on killing them both immediately. Raising its arms to form its shattered shield, it increased its pace while the humans brought up their shields to take in the force of impact until it collided. Both Haruomi and Claire winced from the blow the Aragami pushed on, but only the female was pushed aside as the broken stinger came down and bashed her on her side, leaving Haruomi alone to hold the beast back. Wide eyed, he was being pushed back by the large scale monstrosity while the stinger came close towards him.

Just as the Borg Camlaan's only means of piercing was about to smack into his side, the Aragami didn't count on Claire jumping up into the air and priming her scythe in her hands. Screaming her lungs out, she swung the Shirogane God Arc at the scorpion, severing the stinger off the main body and earning a shriek of pain from the monster. She then quickly spun her weapon before piercing the blade into the armored scorpion's body above where its mouth was, stabbing into what she believed to be the core as the fiery beast stood stiff. Grinning, she spun both herself and her weapon as the blade turned inside its flesh into it was dislodged, allowing her to land gracefully on the ground while the Aragami form collapsed on the ground, lifeless.

"Well, that was pretty clever," Haru commented on the way she executed the beast, hearing her giggle at him. "Aside from getting slammed by its stinger."

"Without those oracle cell bonds, it was weaker than before," she pointed out, looking at the now dispersing corpse. "When I thought about that, I figured I would recover fast enough to sever it completely."

"Nice way of thinking. No wonder you were placed in Cradle over in America."

"Considering I received the call from the famed Ayane Sakura herself… Never met her in person though."

"For real?" The male then thought about it. "Well, if she's busy with other business, I can sort of understand. But then again, I never met Ayane. All I heard was how amazing a captain she was in the 1st Unit before Kota took over."

"You never met her as well," she asked him, surprised. "I thought for sure that you did."

"I was in Glasgow three years ago."

Before they could speak about the person of interest, the familiar roar of a Quadriga Aragami echoed in the inferno tunnels, putting them into a back to back formation to spot them. What followed afterwards was a volley of missiles coming towards them, and before she could react, Haru instinctively pushed her away before taking the blasts with his shield, sending him to the ground covered in smoke. As she recovered, her eyes took on the polar themed variant of the Aragami, their second target to take out in the ruined subway.

"Well… that hurt like a bitch," Haru winced out as he got back up, only to pale when he saw the Polar Quadriga. "Oh, come on… can't it be a Sariel, or a herd of Zygotes… anything but an armored tank of an Aragami."

His only response was another roar coming from the Polar Quadriga as its missile pods opened up, launching a salvo of explosives towards the two God Eaters. Not wanting to get blown apart by the monster's attacks, the two partners broke off in a sprint away from one another, barely avoiding the detonations of the rockets as they collided with the ground. As they ran from the travelling missiles, the large tank of an Aragami turned its body to face Claire, moving towards her in its slow pace.

As it moved towards her, the male half of the pair groaned as he got up before switching his God Arc into a sniper rifle, taking aim and opened fire on its form. His bullets impacted the beast as the modules detonated in a blaze, surrounding portions of the Quadriga's body in smoke and allowing Claire the window to attack it in close quarters. Shifting his sights over, he took aim on the monster's skull-like face before taking his shots, stunning the monster while the American God Eater jumped up in the air and slashed its face with her scythe.

Due to the targeted area being the beast's current weak spot, the Polar Quadriga roared out in pain before jumping away, barely avoiding another swipe from the Shirogane blade and landing on the broken surface. As soon as the blonde landed on the ground, the Aragami roared out before rushing towards her, hitting her dead on by smashing into her with its front armor, stunning her as she flew a few feet before crashing on the surface. Just as she started getting her footing back, the monster roared out as it stood up on its hind legs before crashing its front legs down, creating a pillar of ice heading towards her. Her eyes were wide as she saw the attack, only to be pushed out of the way by Haru as he took the beating instead. She looked shocked as his body collided with the tunnel wall, only to glare at the Aragami responsible for harming her partner.

Finally getting back on her feet, she switched her God Arc into an assault rifle before opening fire on the beast, using flare bullets to impact its body as she slowly walked towards the monster. The Quadriga roared out in pain as it backed away from the enraged God Eater as she got closer, but as it was about to open its missile pods, fire blast rounds suddenly found themselves impacting the armored limbs, causing Claire to look at the cause. She was shocked to see Tatsumi and the 2nd Unit rushing in towards the Aragami as Kanon pressed her assault on the monster, allowing the two 1st Gen God Eaters to reach her.

"Sorry we took so long," Tatsumi commented as he stood beside her, his short blade God Arc facing the monster. "We would have been here earlier, but something came up for Raven. Where's Haru?"

"I'm here…" They heard the man wince out as he waved on the ground. "Just had a brush with death… nothing new here."

"CAPTAIN," Kanon shouted out before firing more blast rounds at the Aragami.

"Don't worry about little old me, Kanon." Haru then gave her a smirk as he slowly got up before continuing. "Just show that thing whose boss… and watch who you shoot at while you're at it."

"But—"

Before she could finish her sentence, the Quadriga roared out as it jumped up into the air, slamming into the ground and creating homing ice pillars at the God Eaters. Tatsumi, alongside Brandon and Claire, brought up their shields in time as Kanon jumped out of the way of the oncoming pillars, firing another fire blast round towards the monster's missile pods one more time. The bullet impacted its target as the monster turned around, but as it was about to charge towards them, the blast module detonated on its side, staggering the being and causing it to collapse.

Taking the opportunity provided, Tatsumi and Brandon rushed in on its sides with their God Arc blades out; swiping their blades down on the Quadriga's armored body. However, the weapons couldn't properly pierce into its skin due to how strong the body was, but that didn't deter them as they kept striking their sides, earning a roar of anger from the Aragami as it tried to get back up. As they keep striking its armored body, the monster roared out once more as its missile pods opened up before launching rockets around itself, detonating around the beast and sending the 2nd Unit Captain and his teammate back from it.

However, it opened a window for Claire to rush in with her scythe ready to slice through its flesh, jumping up in the air as the smoke cleared. She wasn't prepared as the Polar Quadriga's front armor opened to reveal its insides, but the sight of a large rocket caught her attention before moving her shield up to take the impact. In response, the Aragami unleashed the large explosive out of its body as it locked on and homed in on the American God Eater, detonating as it hit the shield and sending her to the ground.

While the Quadriga roared out as it stumbles towards its downed prey, it didn't count on Brandon getting back on his feet as the 2nd Unit God Eater rushed over to its hind legs, making his stop before smashing his buster blade into it with a heavy swing. That resulted in the armored sections of the back legs to be severed off while the mobile tank of an Aragami roared out in pain, something that the male American nodded before doing the same to the other leg. Once he finished, he moved out of the way in time as the monster jumped backwards, firing missiles around its being to catch any human near it.

Regrouping with Tatsumi, the two teammates got into position as the Aragami fired another salvo of missiles towards both Kanon and a recovered Haru, prompting the 1st Gen God Eaters to intercept and absorb the damage with their shields. As they did, another volley of explosives was launched out of the Quadriga as they aimed towards Claire, who could only smirk as she snapped her fingers. Before the others could call out, she moved her God Arc scythe in a fashion that managed to both defend herself and slice apart the rockets at the same time, stunning the others in the process.

"What the…" was all that Tatsumi could mutter out in shock before the monster roared out once more before breaking off into a sprint, hoping to take her down in a tackle. The visiting God Eater, smirking over the obvious movement, jumped out of the way towards her right as the Quadriga reached her; both of them turning around before the human extended the scythe and slashed its leg. Putting pressure, she used her God Arc to loosen the Aragami's grip on the ground, causing it to trip and collapse on the ground.

"HIT IT NOW," she shouted out to the others, setting her God Arc into devour mode. "DO IT BEFORE IT GETS BACK UP!"

Not wanting to hear her twice, the God Eaters of both 2nd and 4th Units began their assault on the Polar Quadriga as she unleashed her artificial Aragami onto the beast, seeing it tear off the front armor with little difficulty. As she did, Tatsumi got closer to it with his God Arc in front, thrusting it into the exposed flesh while Brandon helped Haru and Kanon with the missile pods. Using their buster blades, they climbed up on the monster's body before reaching their targets, swinging their blades to injure and damage its means of offence.

However, the Polar Quadriga slowly began to regain its footing at it stood up, forcing the two men on top of him to hold onto its body while gripping the God Arcs in hand. Before it could make another move, Claire effectively used her Artificial Aragami to tear off the other half of its front armor, exposing its flesh for the others to attack and earning a shriek of pain from the beast. Retracting it back, she changed her God Arc back into a scythe before moving forward with Tatsumi, using their blades to pierce the Aragami's flesh. Just as it was about to open up its missile pods one more time, it received one more blast bullet in its skeletal face courtesy of Kanon as Brandon and Haru tore off the launchers off its body.

Stumbling back from the onslaught it received from the God Eaters, the Aragami stumbled backwards as its weakness was exposed to its prey and one of its main offences was severed. In an effort to fight back, the Polar Quadriga roared out as black smoke erupted out of its body before surrounding itself in a wave of frigid cold winds, stunning the God Eaters both on and near the beast. Being the only one free from the field, Kanon aimed her God Arc before launching her own volley of fire blast bullets, but while some of them impacted the monster, two stray bullets slammed into Brandon and Haru, pushing them off the armored tank of a monster's back.

"Oops, I didn't mean for that to happen," the 1st Gen God Eater called out to her friends before realizing something. "Wait, that got you two off the Aragami. I shouldn't be apologizing. Go Kanon."

"THAT STILL FREAKING HURT, DAIBA," she winced as Haru's voice echoed in the tunnel.

"Regardless, thanks for the save," she heard Brandon call out, making her sigh in relief. "But warn us the next time you shoot us off an Aragami surrounded by cold winds."

Before she could make another comment, the Aragami roared out in rage as the ice field around it dispersed before charging towards the pink haired girl, scaring Kanon as it got closer. Before it could reach her however, both Claire and Tatsumi rushed in from behind before striking the shattered rear legs, stopping it in its tracks and allowing the girl to move away safely. As she did, she glimpsed back to see the Quadriga getting ready to launch another large missile out of its front body and, not wanting to miss the chance, aimed and fired her God Arc towards it.

The blast gun bullet travelled towards its target until impact, causing a large explosion that engulfed the large tank like Aragami. The aftermath of the detonation left a brief, yet powerful shockwave that startled the God Eaters, prompting them to stab into the ground with their God Arcs while Kanon held onto an intact support beam. After a while, the shockwaves died down, allowing the humans to breathe relieved as they released their weapons out of the surface, only to wince out as the Quadriga roared out one more as the smoke cleared, revealing a severely torn Aragami.

"Jeez, that explosion did a number on it," Tatsumi commented on it as he got a closer look at it. "Look at it, half of its body has been blown apart. I doubt it's going to move anymore."

"A little warning would have helped us before you took that shot, Kanon," Haru muttered at the pink haired girl before smiling. "Still, you did well here."

"Haru," Kanon lightly said as her eyes went wide.

"Still, the Aragami ain't dead yet, and we didn't deal the finishing blow at it." He then looked over to see the exposed core of the Quadriga. "And considering what you did towards it, it's only fair that you do whatever to the core. Have one of us devour it or destroy it is your call."

Feeling a sense of accomplishment, Kanon quickly thought about what to do with the core of the Polar Quadriga as the Aragami weakly roared out in pain and anguish, no longer able to move away from them. Nodding to herself, the 1st Gen blast gun God Eater slowly walked towards the exposed flesh of the beast and, taking aim towards the exposed core that makes up the monster's brain. Taking a deep breath, she opened fire on the orb, seeing it shatter in front of the girl as the Quadriga went stiff, only to collapse lifeless shortly after.

"Well… that was a thing," Tatsumi commented as he watched his fellow God Eater walk back towards them. "Never thought we'd help Haru and…"

"Claire," the visiting God Eater introduced herself, offering her hand as she continued while they accepted. "Claire Valentine, a God Eater from the independent unit Cradle's American division."

"American," Brandon muttered out before his eyes widened.

"That's right. Though today, I'm here through recommendation by Haru." Smirking, she looked over towards him as he turned away whistling. "At first, he said I could be, and I quote him, 'seeing the Far East in a whole new light,' but I easily caught on to what he wanted."

"Wait, what," the mentioned God Eater spoke up in shock, hearing her giggle as he tried to form a counter statement.

"Still, I am grateful that I came to Japan." She then thought about the 2nd Unit's appearance. "Enough about me, why is the Far East's defence unit here?"

"Oh, that," Tatsumi remembered before sighing heavily. "Our guest Raven recovered after her sudden headache, and relied us another possible location Elena was. We're actually here to investigate it when we ran into you two."

"Elena?"

"Yeah, the Blood Unit's captain." He then sighed as he placed his God Arc on his shoulder. "She's currently missing and undergoing Aragami infection, and our only lead, Raven, informed us through Hibari that she was here."

"Are you sure," Haru cut in, turning back to face them. "Cause we haven't seen any trace of her anywhere."

"Maybe because you were too busy ogling her, Captain," Kanon sung out in a semi harsh tone. "How about you start being more mindful of your surroundings instead of staring at women's breasts?"

"Going off topic here," her captain cut in before Haruomi could say anything. "Raven is certain that Elena came through the Inferno Tunnels, and thanks to her resonance, we found what belonged to our missing Blood Alpha in both the 1st Unit and Lindow's search team."

"Yeah, but…"

"So if Raven believes that Elena came through here, then like or not, we'll trust her word." He then sighed heavily. "But we have no clue where to start."

"Well, if it helps," Claire called up, running her hand through her blonde hair as she recalled. "I noticed a large enough entryway in the cave-in Haru mentioned earlier before we got engaged with the Aragami. I passed it off as a normal sight here—"

"Wait, an entryway?" He saw her nod before thinking further. "There was never an entranceway on the cave-in before. Did you at least check it out?"

"I was more focused on killing both the Borg Camlaan and the Quadriga at the time."

As they conversed, none of the God Eaters noticed both Kanon and Brandon moving towards where the cave-in was, more curious about it than ever. Keeping an eye out for additional Aragami, the two members of the Defence Unit kept their God Arcs out and ready for any sudden attacks. When they were certain that there weren't any surprised waiting, they kept moving towards the cave-in, spotting an entryway that Claire mentioned earlier, along with a faint trail of the scales that Kota and Lindow's teams discovered.

Nodding at each other, the two 1st Gen God Eaters ventured inside what may have lurked inside, noting how dark the unexplored cavern is. Pulling out their flashlights, they pointed them forward before igniting them, going wide eyed over the sight of the Corrosive Hannibal, Rufus Caligula and Spartacus corpses. Kanon could only gasp over how the beasts were killed over, covering her mouth as Brandon dared to venture further and examine the damages done. From what he can think of, Elena was once in the area, only to vacate after the dragon Aragami were killed and their cores shattered.

"Brandon, are you sure Raven said that Elena was here," his fellow unit member asked him as she gazed at the corpses. "Cause I think only a monster could have done this."

"If she was under the influence of the oracle cells, then yes she was," he answered her, frowning as he looked further. "No signs of the core shards on the ground or in the bodies. She must have absorbed them into her being."

"Is that even possible?"

"For a normal person, no." He then looked back at the pink haired girl. "But for someone who's on the way to becoming an Aragami…"

"No…"

"But if we can get to her in time, we might find a way to stop it."

"Maybe…" Kanon then spotted something hanging off the claw of the Caligula corpse, slowly moving to pick them up. "A torn shirt and a bra… Why would Instructor leave these behind? Isn't she worried about her modesty?"

"I think that would be the least of her concerns if the scales on the ground say anything," Brandon pointed out as she grabbed the torn clothing. "Plus, my hunch tells me she knows we're looking for her."

"But still—"

"If you were in her position, would you do the same?"

"Of course I would." She then looked away as a blush formed before speaking out. "It's just… I think I would have chosen something else instead of my shirt and bra." He can only shake his head before hearing her out again. "But… if the infection was causing pain… then I would only think about keeping myself as I am so…"

"See?" Picking up the scales off the ground, he hummed as they matched the description of the scales found by Kota and Lindow before pocketing them, looking at Kanon who has grabbed the ruined pieces of clothing. "Come on, let's get back to the Den and report our findings."

"Right," she acknowledged before facing him. "I'll let Tatsumi, Haru and the visitor that we're leaving."

With that being said, she ran out the way she came in through the entryway, making her way over to the other God Eaters while Brandon stayed behind. After hearing about how a Caligula Xeno was killed off from Erina and Emil, the 1st Gen God Eater couldn't believe a word they said. However, examining the corpses of the Hannibal variants, included the caved in faces, tells him otherwise, making him a little shamed for not believing the 1st Unit. Looking at the corpses once more, he heavily sighed as he made his way out as well, knowing that the search mission would be far more difficult than he could have imagined.

All that remained in the ruins of the subway system was the remains of the three Aragami and, once the God Eaters left, the sound of enraged roars echoed out through the caverns.

A/N: That took a lot longer than I thought, but I guess with how my body works, I'm used to it.

While the whole scenario with Qrow and Soma was a little funny, with him losing his flask, the chapter in of itself focused on the efforts of Haru and the 2nd Unit. Now the God Eater visiting the Far East, Claire Valentine, is an original character made for this one chapter for Haru's continued quest for the Holy Grail, and her God Arc is the Shirogane scythe/assault rifle combination. However, when I mentioned the name to my mom, she just laughed and said, 'Really? Resident Evil,' telling me that their names are a combination of both Jill Valentine and Claire Redfield. Still, I went along with her design and purpose, and established that she's part of the Cradle Unit's American division.

Now, I deeply apologize for not updating in a month, but when I tried working on chapters for Macross RWBY: Delta, I have been watching reviews for the PS4 title, Yakuza 0, prompting me to get it and Yakuza: Kiwami. Due to how hooked I was, I was more focused on them, forgetting the fact that I have readers waiting for an update. I'll do what I can to update my fics and juggling my time, but with how I am, I'm not sure if I'm able to. Not to mention, life threw another curveball in another high rent of almost $900, while my recent pay couldn't even cover a quarter of it. Luckily, I have my five days back, so I should be able to catch up.

Review Replies:

Tamamo: *Semi-incoherent mumbling* Summer is a Marduk… think there was mention of some strange dragon thing in an earlier chapter… might need to re-read dream/vision…

How effective are God Arcs at slaying Grimm

You really went into thought on that.

To answer your question, while we haven't even gotten into that part of the story yet, considering that the Marduk had annihilated the Beowolves around it, it is safe to assume that the God Arcs would be more than effective. While the weapons were made by human hands as artificial, they are still technically Aragami, so yeah.

Alexwu704: Good News is she's alive and holding up well

Bad News: She is slowly turning into an Aragami and starts to have a feral instinct. Hopefully they can track her down as soon as possible before the transformation is complete.

I'm just gonna say that you can just keep hoping. I like to throw curveballs as much as I receive them. (CURSE YOU RENT ADJUSTMENTS FOR NOT LOOKING AT MY RECENT PAYS)

Raptorex: ANOTHER great chapter! This is really turning out nice! I actually never got into the God Eater games before this, but I am the ULTIMATE nerd when it comes to Monster Hunter, and I can see why you like God Eater! I still have a LOT to learn about mysteries of the Aragami since I'm new to this, but I'll pull through. Though with you answering my question I have a new one. When will you change BACK to this story? Or is that still undecided? I'll wait for your answer next chapter! See ya then!

There are still a few things I'm looking up in terms of God Eater, so if a major know all see my work and gives heavy criticism to a point where they demand I discontinue this, I am still going to push through. I'm not all that familiar with Monster Hunter though.

To Answer your question, this month I am back on this, but with Yakuza taking my time like it is, expect few updates. If I can keep my head in the game though, expect more.

Northwind132: Love this story! Hope you update soon.

Thank you for checking it out, reader. I hope you continue your support by looking forward to the next chapter.

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With that out of the way, I'm BlazefireDrago, signing out. (hears Majima) Oh hell, not this crazy psycho again.