From the Start
Chapter 10 - Vajra
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THE GOD EATER FRANCHISE HOWEVER I DO OWN MY OC.
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Winter's POV
There is black and nothing else. No light anywhere, just black.
"Run!" I hear a voice coming from my left and spin myself around to see who says it, but there is still nothing.
"Run!" I hear again but in another direction this time. Suddenly, am met with a barrage of voices all repeating the same thing,
"Run!" I feel a pain in the back of my head as if someone had just shot an arrow through my skull. I collapse to my knees in pain. I look around as I still hear the noises. They won't stop and the pain keeps growing. It feels as if my head has instantly become ten times heavier and I am forced to lie down onto my front by an unknown force. I feel like I am being pressed under an Aragami's paw but I still cannot see anything. The paw puts more force onto me and I feel like I am being crushed. That is until I hear singing,
"La la la la la la la la" It starts with a rising intonation before it continues. As it continues though, I feel the pressure that the paw has exerted on me weaken. Strangely, the singing has also caused the pain I had in my head to lessen. I get back onto my feet as I hear the singing become quieter as if somebody was moving away. As the singing drifts away and fades into nothingness, the once black sight slowly becomes white.
My eyes quickly open to my later regret as the white walls of the infirmary had blinded me. I decide to slowly open my eyes this time so that I can get used to the surroundings. Once accomplishing this, I push myself up into a sitting position and look around. Nobody else was present in the infirmary. I looked to the left of me and noticed a note on the table to which I picked it up.
Winter,
I was told you would wake up in the next few hours. I wanted to be there but I have a mission to go to. Doctor Sakaki told me to tell you to see Lindow when you wake up.
See you later,
Kanon
After reading the note I crumpled it up and put it in my pocket. Then swung my legs off of the bed and stood up. I walked towards the door and out of the infirmary.
Once I had walked out of the infirmary, I decided that I would ask Hibari if she knew where Lindow is. Thus I walked to the lift and used it to reach the first floor. Once I had stepped out of the first floor I had seen Lindow sitting on the couch in the upper part of the Den. Therefore I decided that there would be no point in going to see Hibari and instead headed straight towards Lindow.
"Yo, Lindow." I say to gain his attention. He looks up at me and says,
"Hey, Rook. Sleep well?" Before I can answer him he continues, "Well we have a mission tomorrow with the new recruit."
"Alisa?" I say the new recruit's name.
"Yeah that's her. We'll be fighting a Vajra. Be prepared." He responds.
"What time's the mission?" I ask remembering that, due to my lack of preparation, I had forgotten to get my God Arc.
"10 o'Clock." Is his answer.
"Great, well if that's all..." I begin as I start to walk away.
"Wait, Winter!" Lindow almost shouts. "You've got a little time right? I mean it is only 8:45. Why don't you tell me about how you were able to defeat an Aragami without a God Arc?" He says with a smug smile on his face and gesturing towards the seat near him. With a sigh I walk back towards Lindow, seeing his smile become wider as I sit near him.
"Great! So, begin!" Lindow all but demands. With a sigh I begin to tell him about why I was recruited to be a God Eater. After a while, Lindow asks,
"So which Aragami have you killed without a God Arc?"
"I don't think that's important..."
"Oh come on... Tell me!" Lindow exclaims curiously.
"If I am to tell you, you have to promise that you will not tell a soul about any of what I've told you."
"Yeah okay." Lindow responds.
"I and to hear you say that you swear." I say calmly.
"Okay okay, I swear on my life. Now tell me!"
"Okay then, just keep in mind that I don't know the names of all these Aragami as they are not in the database. So I hope you'll settle for a description."
"Okay, shoot!"
"Well, there was a lighting tiger, an ice tiger with a woman's face and another tiger with an old man's face." I say matter of factly and notice that Lindow looked as if he had seen a ghost when I had mentioned them three. I was about to continue when I was interrupted,
"You've killed a the Vajra Aragami line without a God Arc?" Lindow almost shouted before realising that there were other people in the room.
"So they were Vajras?"
"Yes! There are three known types. A Vajra is the lightning tiger you mentioned, a Prithvi Mata is the ice tiger you mentioned and the Dyaus Pita is a Vajra with an old man's face! What else have you killed?" Lindow, again, almost shouted with curiosity enveloping his voice.
"Well there is an ice shark" I start as Lindow comments,
"Gboro-Gboro"
"A lightning bat" Lindow again tells me the name of the Aragami,
"A Chi-You."
"A giant scorpian"
"A Borg Camlann" Lindow corrects me again,
"And a massive Aragami that's arms can become tentacles." I finish.
"You? A rookie defeated an Ouroboros. Without a God Arc! That's it. I want you in my squad and we are going to pulverise some massive Aragami. Oh and I want to see you do it without a God Arc." Lindow exclaims as he jumps up from his seat.
"You see, I'm not allowed to..."
"Just bring it and don't use it. How were you able to kill them all?" Lindow asks.
"Usually, I craft weapons from the Aragami around."
"Even better! Tomorrow you will do just that!" Lindow exclaimed. It really surprised me that he has managed to keep anyone from overhearing our conversation.
"Hey wait a minute! Didn't you say the new recruit would be going with us tomorrow?" I respond.
"Oh yeah," Lindow begins with his excitement deflating, "Hopefully she is just as curious as I am. Well anyway we best be getting some rest." I nod in response and Lindow continues, "You've got a big day 't let me down, kid."
"Kid?" I repeat.
"Well I can't call you a rookie anymore and since Winter is only your code name..."
"Then use it."
"Great! Thanks kid!" Lindow says as he walks away.
"Wait! I meant use my codename!" I shout back to which he just waves back and gets in the lift.
After that event I decided to go to my room and rest. After all, I remember Alisa saying that she wouldn't mind knowing how I fought a Kongou without a God Arc so I am probably going to fight without one if Lindow asks her. Even if Alisa didn't want to see it Lindow would probably make us go on a mission just to see it. Either way tomorrow is going to be a long day.
After waking up, getting dressed, having breakfast at the cafeteria and getting my God Arc I arrive at the meeting point for this mission. Alisa is already here but it looks like Lindow is running late.
"At least someone else showed up." Alisa says, with two of her fingers are twirling her hair, as I approach her. "Seriously how long is he going to take."
"We did arrive early Alisa. I'm 5 minutes early." I reply
"Yeah well, I've been here for 10 minutes." She responds. I move to the ledge that we are to jump down to and look around. I notice a few Cocoon Maidens but there is no sign of the Vajra.
"I get the pleasure of working with both New-Types today." A male voice says and I turn around to see Lindow approaching us. "I'll try not to get in the way." He says with a slight chuckle.
"It isn't getting in the way." Alisa starts and I turn my head towards her, "You should stick to what Old-Types do best. You are our support."
Lindow replies and walks towards her, "Actually, I was hoping that you would also be support. I want to see Winter here defeat the Vajra without a God Arc." Lindow places a hand on her shoulder. I see Alisa jump back with an "ah".
"Woah, okay... You really don't like me, huh? That's fine. I'll grow on you." Lindw says surprised at her outburst.
"No, it's... I-I'm sorry... It's nothing. I'm fine." Alisa says while holding her head.
"Hehehe. I was just kidding. Just a joke. Hey, I want you to try something Alisa. It might help. When things get crazy of chaotic, I want you to look up in the sky and find a cloud that looks like an animal, okay? It'll help you to relax. You know what? Try it right now. That's an order. Once you do, come find us."
"But... Why would I do that? It's pointless." Alisa says while twirling her hair with two of her fingers.
"Just look for a cloud, okay? Trust me."Lindow replies with a comforting smile on his face. "We're gonna go on a head a little bit." Lindow looks at me with a glint in his eye and we both jump off the ledge.
While walking with Lindow he says,
"So here's the deal. That kid's got some... Unique baggage. Still, it's hard to find someone who doesn't have tragedy in their history. Sign of the times." He turns to look at me as we stop walking, "I wanted to ask you since you are a New-Type. Will you keep an eye out for her?" He says as he puts a hand on my shoulder. I nod in response.
"Good, thanks. Come on, then." He says as he turns back around to continue walking, "I want to see your skills."
"Okay but we'll need to kill a Cocoon Maiden first." I respond.
"Okay then just tell me what to do." Lindow says as he readies his God Arc.
"Right!" I shout as we head out.
After 2 minutes of running we find a Cocoon Maiden and Zone K.
"Okay Lindow. I want you to butcher it." I say as slowly walk towards it. "When it turns around to unleash its spikes I want you to move so then I can come in and chop the spikes off."
"Okay, sounds like a plan!" Lindow shouts back and rushes towards the Cocoon Maiden. The Cocoon Maiden is alerted to Lindow once he begins slashing it from behind. It turns towards Lindow and waits. I notice that it is about to uncover its spikes.
"Lindow Now!" I shout as I run towards the Cocoon Maiden. It unleashes it spikes in Lindow's direction but he is too far back for the spikes to do anything. I jump and slash the spikes making most of them fall to the ground.
"Lindow! Go to the other side of it." I shout, formulating a plan.
"Roger!" Lindow replies as he runs to the other side and begins slashing. The Cocoon Maiden begins to move upwards and I shout to Lindow to move while I do the same and change my God Arc's form. The Cocoon Maiden unleashes spikes in every direction and I use my God Arc to fire a freeze mortar at the spikes. It causes all of the spikes to b dislodged from the Cocoon Maiden.
"Now kill it!" I shout while switching my God Arc's Form and seeing Lindow rush at it from the other side. One hit from each of use is all it took.
"Now I need to craft some spears." I say to Lindow as he walks towards me after devouring the core of the Aragami we had just defeated.
"Okay, I'm interested in seeing where this goes." Lindow replies with his God Arc on his shoulder.
After five minutes and a reunion with Alisa I have created the spears, we decide to hunt the Vajra. We find it at point M.
"Winter, why were you making the spears?" Alisa asks and Lindow answers excitedly,
"Well we are going to be in the supporting roles, Alisa, because I have decided that Winter is going to fight the Vajra without his God Arc."
"What?" Alisa shouts and she turns towards me, "A Kongou is one thing but a Vajra?" Lindow, again, responds
"Don't worry. He's fought many Aragami without a God Arc." I turn towards him with a surprised expression but he is facing Alisa and continues, "That's why he was recruited to be a God Eater, isn't that right?" He asks as he turns towards me and sees my surprised expression.
"Oh shit! That was meant to be a secret, wasn't it." Lindow says realising his error.
"Remember Lindow. You swore on your life. You're going to die soon." I say back calmly.
"Wait, what?" Alisa asks confused about my answer.
"Let's fight this beast" I say angrily. Somehow the Vajra still hadn't noticed us. In my angered state, I started running towards the Vajra. It turns at the sound of my footsteps and roars.
"If you didn't roar," I begin talking to the Aragami, "You might have stopped me." I finish as I jab one of the spears into its eye. The aragami flings its head upwards with me still attached to the spear. It launches me into the air and I take the spear with me, therefore pulling its eye out. I land on the Vajra's cape and I throw the spear, with the eye attached, in Lindow's and Alisa's direction as I notice that they haven't done anything yet. The Vajra finally stops thrashing and when it does, I jump off and stab it in the torso with three spears. It jumps so that it is facing me. A crucial mistake on its part as I stab the other eye with another spear and, using two more spears, I remove its fangs and its blood drenches me. I pick the fangs up while it is blindly thrashing about the place.
"Devour it in 3!" I shout to gain the attention of the stunned God Eaters.
"2!" I shout again as I jump so that I can pierce the head with the rest of the spears.
"1!" I shout as I pierce its head.
"Now!" Luckily, Lindow had heard me and devoured its core to halt the Vajra's movements. I notice that the Vajra is lifeless and turn towards my companions,, Lindow looks to be in a state of shock and mild excitement but Alisa appears to be traumatised by my display. Not that my appearance looks any better with m being covered in Vajra blood.
"That was awesome!" I hear Lindow shout as I tell Hibari to send a helicopter to pick us up. She hears Lindow's exclamation and enquires about it but I respond with a "you'll see". When the helicopter arrives the pilot notices my state but says nothing. I jump into the helicopter and put down my unused God Arc. Lindow climbs in next to me and starts talking my ear off. I notice that Alisa is still to say anything as she climbs into the seat opposite me and continues to stare.
"I swear guys," I start which causes Lindow to shut up, "Kota was more use than the two of you put together. He actually helped me to defeat the Aragami." I say with my hands behind my head, taking a bit of Aragami blood off my face while I said that.
"Yeah but that was a Kongou!" Lindow exclaims, "Not a Vajra! You didn't even give it a chance to attack!"He finished. Alisa was still silent. I thought Lindow's reaction was over the top but once I returned to the Den, all hell broke loose.