Don't Run Away From Living!
Oc x Oc
"Normal Speech"
'Thoughts'
Disclaimer: I do NOT own God eater burst or any other show/anime nor do I own any of their characters aside from mine
This is an AU Fanfiction of the game God Eater Burst.
This has not been beta'ed by anyone so i expect that there will be errors... Despite that, i hope it is enjoyable~
Chapter 12: Revelations
The next day, Shin still had his thoughts plagued by the events that occurred the day before.
His thoughts continued to be plagued as he went through his usual morning routine. After doing so, He headed towards Yukie's room to see if she would want to join him for breakfast, but when he reached her door and knocked for a few minutes, he received no reply thus assumed that Yukie had already gone down or was still asleep.
Shrugging, he entered the elevator, and decided to head down to the cafeteria floor, as he entered he noticed that only Shun, Karel, Kanon, Tatsumi and Gina were all there.
Shin decided that he didn't want to talk with anyone at the moment aside from Yukie since she was the only one who could relate to what he was thinking right now. He went and grabbed a ration tray and went to an empty table and ate.
Shin finished his meal without anyone disturbing him as if he was not there. Normally people would be a little irked by this yet Shin wasn't bothered at all, after all he knew that he was a pretty quiet person.
Shin stood up from his table as he downed his glass of water. He then went and placed back his tray and gave the cafeteria one more look before heading for the elevator.
After exiting the medical bay, he then headed up to the main lobby and as he exited the elevator, he saw that besides Hibari, it was deserted. Shin went up to Hibari and asked her if she had seen Yukie earlier this morning, it turned out that Yukie had already accepted a mission and had not return.
Guessing that he might as well do something while Yukie was on her mission, and when he checked the hospital earlier before heading to the main lobby, Alisa seemed to still be sleeping thus decided that he shouldn't disturb her. He asked Hibari whether there were any missions that he was assigned to.
As usual, the Fenrir Organization didn't disappoint as Hibari told Shin that he indeed had a mission assigned. Apparently it wasn't a solo mission as Shin was told by Hibari to wait as the rest of his teammates were there yet, nodding he asked her to give him an advance briefing so that he would have free time later when the rest of the team came for the briefing, if there was any that is.
Hibari gave Shin a wistful smile as if already used to having to do this. Shaking her head in amusement at seeing Shin's looking perplexed at her behavior ' as usual boys have no idea how a girl's mind works'
Giving a sigh, Hibari went ahead and gave Shin the briefing.
Mission Name: Red Antares
Mission Client: Fenrir
Location: Infernal Subway
Anticipated Mission time limit: 30 minutes
Mission info:
Rewards: Knt Soft Iron, Knt Armor and 800 Fenrir Credit
Destroy one Borg Camlann before it crawls out of the subway remains. These Aragami look like Giant Scorpions. Freeze and spark may be effective; avoiding the fallen cocoons is suggested.
Shin gave Hibari a nod and thanked her; he decided to grab a drink from the cafeteria and then come back to the main lobby to relax awhile.
As Shin entered the elevator, Tatsumi's group from the cafeteria came out, the group and Shin gave each other a nod as Shin entered and the elevator's doors closed.
When Shin arrived back at the cafeteria, he saw that this time, the only people who were there was, Soma and Kouta, Shin went over to the counter and got a drink. After buying his drink, he went over to Soma and Kouta's table, as they saw Shin approaching their table; they faced him and greeted him "Good morning" well... Kouta did while Soma just grunted.
Shin sweat dropped a little at Soma's usual coldness, after shrugging, he asked them to check with Hibari whether they were assigned to a mission after they were done with their meal. After receiving their nod, Shin waved good bye while heading back to the Main lobby.
Arriving at the Main lobby, Shin expected chattering, instead it was silent. Shin went over to the Sofas and sat down. He then realized that it was this very seat that he had first met Rindow, the memory of Rindow smiling and laughing was a little too much for Shin.
He was trying to stop his tears from falling knowing that he at least needs to be strong for the rest of them. But due to him reminiscing, he couldn't stop them from falling. So he just sat there, nursing his drink while thinking of all the times he had been with Rindow as he cursed himself 'so much counting on me to have his back, I couldn't do shit when it counted.'
Shin then laughed mentally at himself, 'look at me, having my own pity party by myself…"
Shaking his head, Shin left the cafeteria after drying his tears and headed for the Veteran floor as he continued to think about Rindow's situation and murmured "He's not dead. I have a feeling that he's still alive. After all he is Rindow, he just isn't dead, I'm sure of it."
Shin turned around and was about to head towards the elevator when he heard sounds of someone crying in the room right beside him. He turned towards the door and noticed that it was Sakuya's room.
Shin muttered "Sakuya…" He knew that it would be best to leave her alone despite that, in the end he couldn't bring himself to do it. He gathered up his courage and knocked on her door "Sakuya, you in there?"
Shin then heard from the other side of the door "Yes, come on in", even without hearing her voice properly unhindered through the door, it was easy to hear how hoarse she sounded. He then entered her room, Shin saw Sakuya sitting on her bed, and her eyes were bloodshot evidence of heavy crying. The bags below her eyes were signs of her not being able to sleep; even her hair was all messed up.
Shin's look turned solemn as he thought, 'Oh Sakuya, you must feel more terrible than me, Yukie or Alisa, don't you…'
Shin then went near Sakuya's bed and sat next to her.
She didn't face Shin, instead she apologized, "I'm sorry if I don't look presentable at the moment," and after a moment she inquired "Did you need anything?"
Shin gave Sakuya a worried smile and told her, "No, I just came to check up on you, I heard you crying and couldn't bring myself not to care,"
Sakuya faced Shin and gave him a smile for the first time in a while but it seemed to be quite strained.
"Thanks for that and it probably will sound stupid but… I can't seem to believe that he's just gone…" She confessed
Shin looked up at the ceiling and told her "I feel the same way, actually I believe he's alive somewhere out there, I know it seems kinda like I'm just getting my hopes up but I believe in Rindow, that's why I believe he isn't dead." There was no doubt in Shin's voice that he didn't believe what he just said.
As Shin finished talking, a knock was heard at Sakuya's door. Both Sakuya and Shin blinked as they turned their heads in sync towards the door. Sakuya then called out for the person to enter and it turned out to be Yukie.
Yukie blinked in surprise, she certainly didn't expect to see Shin in Sakuya's room. Getting over her shock, she greeted both of them and then said, "Hey, wanna go visit Alisa? I mean Sakuya, you haven't visited her right?"
Sakuya smiled just a bit brighter at hearing Shin's words and thought ' Shin's probably right, I won't lose faith in Rindow so quickly, I won't my hopes up but I won't give up on you yet Rindow so please… please come back to me'
She then said to Shin, "Yeah, I guess in a way, your way of thinking isn't wrong, from now on I place my beliefs once again on Rindow."
Shin then gave Sakuya a smile and told her " That's just fine, I'll be going to visit Alisa now, and then head out for the mission I was assigned to so I'll see you later."
Yukie blinked in surprise, she certainly didn't expect to see Shin in Sakuya's room. Getting over her shock, she greeted both of them and then said, "Hey, wanna go visit Alisa? I mean Sakuya, you haven't visited her right? And Shin I couldn't find you anywhere..."
Shin sheepishly rubbed his head while Sakuya place her hand on her chin in thought for a few moments before informing Yukie that she would visit her afterwards.
Yukie and Shin gave her a nod as Shin stood up from where he sat and made his way towards Sakuya's door where Yukie was still standing and halted. He then said without turning to face Sakuya "Sakuya… Do get some rest okay? It would do no one any good with you being this way." And with that Shin and Yukie left Sakuya's room and headed for the Laboratory floor.
As Sakuya saw them both leave her room, she allowed her head to hit her pillow and she decided to heed Shin's advice and get some shut eye.
With Shin and Yukie, they had just entered the Sick bay and saw that Alisa was awake for once and was leaning on her bed.
"You guys came back" She greeted
"Of course, we did say we would right? Was there any doubt that I would lie to you like that" Yukie pouted
Shin's face heated up a bit seeing the cute pout on Yukie's face as Alisa stammered "N-No, I didn't mean it like that! I was just…."
She trailed off as Yukie placed a finger on her lips to silence her, Alisa looked at Yukie and saw that she had a happy grin on her face while Shin was slightly chuckling at what just occurred with Yukie joining. Alisa pouted at the both them finding it amusing to trick her like that before finally joining both of them in laughing.
The three of them then chatted for a few minutes before Shin noticed the time and informed the two girls, "Well, I better head back and check if my teammates have arrived or not, I'll see you two later on."
"Bye Shin!... Bye~" Yukie and Alisa respectively said as Shin waved back exiting the room. When Shin boarded the elevator, he thought to himself, 'I hope nothing goes wrong…'
Arriving at the lobby, he noticed that Soma and Kouta were receiving a briefing from Hibari and knew then that these two were to be his teammates for this mission. Seeing that the briefing would take a while longer, he decided to go to the terminal and check his equipment.
He decided to see what weapons he could craft, as he scrolled through the selections, Shin noticed an option that was there the last time and selected it. The terminal then brought up a new Menu.
"Whoa, I can equip Buster Blades like Soma as well! Cool!" Shin excitingly exclaimed.
He then checked what Buster Blades he could craft and found three possible blades he could craft:
Sawblade, Tiger sword and Kongou staff.
After pondering for a few minutes he decided to go for the Tiger sword, entering the command to craft the weapon using the materials he had in his storage and receiving the sword, he attached it to his God Arc and gave it a few test swings.
After getting used the power it had with its strikes at the expense of slashing speed, Shin then waited for Soma and Kouta so that they could head for the mission.
After a few minutes of waiting more or less due to Kouta's low attention span which caused Hibari irritation in repeating a certain part of the briefing… They finally met up with Shin and headed for the Infernal Subway,
The group decided to use a different entrance to enter the Infernal Subway this time. Due to their new route, they immediately encountered the Borg Camlann, although they were separated by a sea of magma.
Shin & Co tensed as they thought the Borg Camlann had seen them and was about to attack, however They nearly fell down anime-style when it just turned about-face and was heading for a different direction, Shin was annoyed by this and angrily ordered " Kouta! Provoke it with a bullet or something"
Kouta sweat dropped at Shin's aggravated order but he just shrugged figuring that even Shin would be annoyed by things. He then took aim and fired a homing bullet that struck home.
The Borg Camlann as usual compared to other Aragami was quick to rush to their position after being provoked. As it got near, the first thing Shin thought was 'Damn, it's huge…'
It was exactly as Hibari had described it to be, it was literally a giant scorpion except, instead of having pincers, it had what Shin thought looked like a Shield that was separated in half.
Although its size was impressive, Shin believed that it's most intimidating part was its tail, and damn it was huge! Especially the needle that was located at the end, It then roared as it got nearer to the group, and Shin was freaked even further by seeing that its face was quite big considering that its mouth was located where Shin thought was supposed to be the neck.
Shin then shook his head to clear his thoughts and steeled himself for battle, and not a second sooner, the Aragami struck using its huge tail with a giant needle on it that was pretty sharp.
Ironic that it was Kouta which that Borg Camlann was aiming for considering he was the person who shot at it. Kouta immediately ducked for cover as the needle pierced the ground and lifted it up after some difficulty.
Shin gulped when he noticed that the needle wasn't just for show as it went through the ground quite deeply while Soma wasn't as distracted and had already engaged the Aragami in battle.
Kouta was a looked terrified at nearly getting impaled that he still was staring at the spot he nearly got impaled and hadn't gotten up yet. Shin then shouted at Kouta "Stop laying on the ground as if you can't stand! Move! Or else you'll be a sitting duck for it!"
Finally getting over his shock, Kouta stood up and sprinted around together with Shin and Soma whom were slashing at the Borg Camlann with their Buster Blades, and began to try to blind it with freeze bullets. Which seemed to be working as it was missing its stabbing and swipes.
Suddenly at what seemed to be the climax of the battle, the Borg Camlann suddenly stopped in place which caused Shin and Soma whom were the nearest to it to tense and get ready for whatever attacks that the Aragami was about to do.
It was pretty anti-climatic when the Aragami spoilt the mood by simply connecting both shield bits forming a single shield that was placed in front of it. This action made Shin notice that the shield itself had a face on it.
Shin briefly wondered why the hell all these creatures had to look so hideous. He immediately put away those thoughts, as he saw the Borg Camlann suddenly rushing at them intending to use that shield to ram them, Shin and Soma jumped away as the Aragami came to a stop noticing that it had missed its target.
Shin then said as he got ready to dash "Soma! The right legs, Kouta distract it!" receiving a "Whatever" and a " Roger!" respectively from both parties, they engaged the Aragami, Kouta was shooting various spots all around the Borg Camlann's body to provoke it so that it would not notice the other two reaching its legs.
Shin and Soma reached the position needed for what they planned to do, giving a nod, both of them used their buster blades which were charged up to smash into the legs of the Aragami which caused it to fall due to the sudden attack on its legs which surprisingly didn't get cut off despite the strength the two used.
Its needle crashed on to the ground close to Shin who went ahead and gave it a fully charged impale that made a massive crack on the needle which caused it to give out some kind of glow, Soma on other hand had released a charged slam attack right onto its tail while Kouta was firing multiple types of bullets to try and cause as much damage as he could to the Aragami.
The Scorpion Aragami then stood up and seemingly tensed its tail to the side which caused Soma and Shin to back away as fast as possible. Shin then sprinted in a direction all of a sudden, Soma just stood his ground and stabbed his sword deeply into the ground while deploying his shield as the Borg Camlann span in a clockwise rotation.
While Shin had released his predator mode as the tail was about to swipe at him, Shin slid under it timed it so that his predator was used anchor himself on the tail and Shin was brought up along with said tail
Shin then released the hold his predator had on the tail and landed on the Aragami's back, Soma could only shake his head from feeling the impact of the tail ramming onto his Shield, As Shin saw that the Aragami was using its needle as if ignoring that it had a massive crack to cause shockwaves around the area that the needle was being impaled at.
Shin saw that the next target it was going to be aiming for was going to be Soma and acted quickly, As the needle was moving towards Soma, Shin was horizontal towards the tail stab and swung a fully charged slash right at the tail which damaged it severely and caused another gash that gave out a glow that was red in color. T
The Aragami suddenly stood up on its hind legs which caused Shin to be thrown off. The Aragami then faced Kouta who ran out of bullets and the Borg Camlann bent down leaning on its shield bits when some energy gathered at the back of its head and several mini needle missiles were fired at Kouta to which he dodged.
Shin and Soma used the Aragami's recovery time from the that previous attack to unleash twin charged slashes right onto the face of the Aragami that caused it to shriek and for some reason raise its front legs.
Shin and Soma then dash-jumped just as the Aragami was landing and delivered two slashes each, the first being a uppercut slash that caused the Aragami to recoil back and the 2nd being a epic helm breaker that caused two massive gashes on both side of the Aragami's head.
The Aragami then gave its loudest roar so far, the roar was so deafening that Shin and Soma had to plunge their swords onto the ground to prevent being sent flying while Kouta ducked down having his hands covering his ears. The Aragami then attempted to combine its shield bits again but Shin decided that this was his chance and decided to do something reckless.
He rushed in between the two shield bits and deployed his shield right then just before they connected. The shield struggled against the pressure that was exerted by the Aragami so Shin not wanting to die by being squished to death shouted to Soma, "Just like last time, a charge slam right at the face!"
And Soma did exactly that, he slammed his sword right at the face of the Aragami that made it stunned and for its efforts received a gash mark right on top of the head. Shin then grew annoyed by the stubbornness of the Aragami so when it went for a Spin again, Shin quickly ordered Soma to get ready for a charged impale right at the face when Shin gave the signal.
Shin then sprinted away from the incoming tail that Soma had defended in the same way, Shin this time jumped instead of sliding under the tail and used his predator to grab a hold of the tail, Shin then charged up his sword which impaled the tail.
He then shouted " Soma now!" and Soma stabbed the head of the Aragami with his extended charged sword while Shin used the weight of his weapon and the forces of gravity together with his grabbing on the Borg Camlann's tail and used it to stab right into the Head of the Aragami which killed it at long last.
As they were catching their breaths from the battle that had just occurred in a subway that was surrounded by magma, Shin noticed that Kouta had not shot any bullets after the Borg Camlann grew enraged.
Shin looked around and finally noticed that Kouta had slammed into the wall when the Aragami had roared and was currently unconscious, worried that he had a concussion, Soma slowly placed Kouta onto Shin's back for a piggyback ride, although they were quite lucky due to Kouta actually having a tight grip on his God Arc.
Shin gave Kouta a smile amused that Kouta was still gripping his God Arc which made it easier for him, Kouta obviously didn't see the amused smile due to being unconscious; Shin and Soma then rushed back to base after Soma had devoured the core.
Shin and Soma arrived at base and they both quickly passed Kouta to the medics that Shin had called to be ready while they were on their way. As both of them saw Kouta being escorted to the Medical Bay, Shin and Soma gave their report on the Aragami, Soma told Tsubaki that the Aragami had grown stronger, and Shin blinked and faintly recalled Rindow saying something about a scorpion when he told the story of Soma's first mission.
After finishing the report and Tsubaki dismissing them, Shin turned to Soma "Great work today, I'll see you tomorrow"
"Whatever" Soma grunted.
Shin shook his head still not knowing why Soma was still acting this way, eventually deciding against thinking about that, Shin headed for the cafeteria since he worked up an appetite while fighting the Borg Camlann.
As he entered the cafeteria, Shin saw that quite a lot of people where there. However he just shrugged and turned towards the ration counter and as he walked there, he briefly wondered where was Yukie before finally assuming that she would be on a mission as well.
He suddenly stopped in place as he thought ' I've been doing quite a number of missions lately and most of the credits I've earned were all saved…Hmm, I guess I can treat myself to something once in awhile' and with that he turned towards the special counter and he looked at the menu available.
After pondering what should he buy. In the end he decided to buy pasta which was a dish that seemed delicious enough to try. After the cook received the order, he made his way to the kitchen to make the customer's meal.
As the cook left to cook his meal, Shin took another look at the large menu and noticed that they also sold bentos that had a variety of food in it. He thought 'I'm guessing Alisa would be hungry with just eating hospital food, I'll buy her one and one for Yukie. I hope she's at Alisa's room by the time I'm done.'
Nodding to himself coming to a decision, after a few minutes he paid and received his meal, Shin then told the cook about the order. He was told "It'll take some time for the bentos to be cooked though, considering I don't have any already made."
Shin shrugged knowing that time wasn't really an issue "It's alright I have plenty of time," The cook gave a nod acknowledging what Shin had said and told him that he would need to pay for the meal in advance. After doing so. He went to find a table which had a free seat hopefully with someone he knew.
Looking around for awhile, Shin noticed a table that was a bit weird considering it had only one person eating. Curious, Shin then went closer to the table and as he saw the occupant, he exclaimed
"Hey there Kanon, What're you doing sitting alone?"
Kanon looked up from her meal and saw that Shin was in front of her. She blushed a bit in embarrassment and looked down while saying timidly "Umm Tatsumi and the rest were assigned missions with fixed teams and none of the other God Eaters want me to join them on their missions. So I just decided to come here."
Shin was then confused by something the sempai in front of him had said. "Hey Kanon, why don't any of the other God Eaters want you on their teams."
Kanon looked ashamed at the question but answered Shin nevertheless "I have issues with friendly firing, this is due to me having bad aim and my gun being a blast type with it's A.O.E bullets, I have a high frequency for hitting mycomrades, due to this no one likes to team up with me aside from Tatsumi, Brendan, Gina, Shun and Karel."
Shin still looked puzzled "But why would they give you a blast type god arc, the physicals should've pointed towards a different weapon in the case of your problem."
Kanon fell further into depression which made Shin panic a bit "My physicals showed that I was not skilled enough to handle other God Arc types, even the blast one I have was a bare match. In the end it was due to the shortage of God Eater matches that I was accepted into the ranks."
Shin suddenly looked thoughtful and said "Well, you've been here for quite some time already, I'm sure that you aren't as bad as you say you are"
"Even if you are, I'm sure with practice you'd be able to fully utilize your weapon." Kanon deflated which to Shin meant that she had already tried her best in practicing so he racked his brain for any other suggestions he could think of.
After a few minutes of silence with the two of them eating, Shin's face lit up as he thought of a great idea which he immediately told Kanon.
"Hey, how about asking Licca to try and engineer some kind of homing bullet for your gun, who knows it might even help future recruits who will have the same time of God Arc as you"
Kanon was silent while staring at Shin which made him sweat as he thought 'Eh? Did I say something stupid? I just assumed that since Licca was an engineer, she would be able to help out with Kanon's problem.'
Kanon then spoke up excited "I didn't even think of that! I'll go ask Licca about that later on! I can't wait to see…" Kanon then proceeded to state the ideas that ran in her head to Shin who gave his own input.
Shin thought of something and instantly asked Kanon " Hey Kanon, mind helping me ask Licca whether she could help check a bullet I thought of? "
Kanon gave a nod and asked what bullet Shin wanted her to check on. Shin told her "Ask her to send the reply on whether or not she could help me with it by mail and if she says yes then I'll send her the details"
Kanon gave an "Oh" and both of them went back to their meals. At one point, Brendan came down and sat together with the other two. Shin and Brendan weren't close by any means but they had no bad blood between them as well thus nothing eventful occurred. They greeted each other and chatted about random things as they ate their meal.
Shin due to speaking slightly less than Kanon finished his meal first and since he had finished his meal, Shin told Kanon "Well, I'll be going now, I'll visiting Alisa and Kouta just as soon as I check up on Sakuya whom should still be in her room. I guess I'll be seeing you around Kanon, don't forget about asking Licca about your dilemma and my request. "Shin then turned to Brendan and gave him a wave while saying "see ya, take care of Kanon kay?"
Kanon gave Shin a determined nod due to knowing that there might be a chance for her to properly fight as a god eater while Brendan just turned his head to the side muttering " Cheh, as if I need you to tell me that"
Shin chuckled at Brendan's attitude finding him slightly like Soma just then; he then left them as they began chatting amongst themselves while he went and placed his tray back at the counter while praising the cook. The cook shook his head at the praises slightly embarrassed since not a lot of people ordered from his counter and gave Shin his order.
"Here are the bentos you ordered earlier, it can be easily reheated so don't worry about getting it cold or anything"
Shin grabbed the box and said "Thanks, I'm sure I'll come by and order from here again someday"
The cook just waved at Shin and watched Shin board the elevator leaving the cafeteria. As Shin was about to select the hospital floor, he remembered Sakuya and selected the veteran floor instead.
As Shin was on his way to the veteran floor, inside of the room of Sakuya, Sakuya was curled up with her arms covering her legs, while she was reminiscing about the last time Rindow had visited her room.
Flashback
It was just after a mission when Rindow suddenly entered her room saying "Hey, Sakuya… you there?"
Sakuya not shocked due to being used to Rindow's abrupt entrances just gave him an annoyed yet playful look while saying "I'm sick and tired of saying this, but… would you mind at least knocking before coming into my room?"
Rindow looked sheepish and rubbed his head "Oh hey, sorry about that"
Sakuya shook her head while heading for her fridge saying "You're just after my beer ration, anyways, aren't you? Since you always guzzle away your own…"
She then took out a can of beer; turned to face Rindow who she saw he had made himself comfortable on her couch who then chuckled saying "Hey… what's the problem, you never drink it yourself anyway. But listen, how about a trade? I'll give you a new type giant corn-on-the-cob!"
Sakuya made a face and instantly says "No way!"
Flashback end
Sakuya then figured out something from the flashback she just had and got up from her curled position on her bed and made her way to the fridge as she remembered Rindow's parting words,
'Save some of that ration beer for me, okay?'
Sakuya then held up a can of beer when something dropped from the bottom of the can, which made her curious about what the item was.
She picked it up and noticed that it was a terminal disk, so she quickly placed the beer down and went to her Terminal and loaded the disk.
The disk asked for a code which Sakuya was puzzled at, after typing a few more keys she muttered "But that's Rindow's armlet?" She then continued typing away on the keyboard as she said "That day was full of anomalies to begin with… Almost unnatural."
As she looked at the screen, she looked from side to side as she continued her musing "The mixed-up commands… and something wasn't right with Alisa." She then found a shocking piece of information and gasped "Oh… the records from that mission have been deleted" referring to the mission where Rindow was lost.
As Sakuya was musing on what was going on, she did not here the knocking on her door which made Shin worried.
Shin decided to enter the room and hope that Sakuya was just asleep, as he entered he saw that Sakuya was at the Terminal and had quickly turned around as she heard the door swishing to the side allowing Shin in.
Sakuya's moment of panic had subsided when she saw who entered "Oh, it's you… is there something wrong?" she asked.
Shin shook his head "Nah I'm just checking up on you, what were you doing?"
Sakuya looked a little apprehensive at telling Shin what she found and Shin seeing that she was troubled by his question told her " Hey it's alright, if it's something you feel is personal you don't have to tell me"
Sakuya felt a little of her worry lifted as Shin told her that, she then gave him a smile "thanks, I don't really feel comfortable talking about it now, maybe some other time"
Shin just gave a nod knowing that it was something important if Sakuya could not tell him. Shin then said "By the way Sakuya, just asking, but did you visit Alisa already? Oh Kouta would also be in the Sick Bay due to the head injury he received. I'm going to go there later on, so wanna come with?"
Sakuya had a worried face when she heard Kouta was injured, she was also puzzled thus asked Shin "No, I haven't visited yet. And Kouta's with her at the moment due to an injury… how did that happen? Thanks for letting me know by the way."
Shin smiled a little sadly at remembering what he saw in Alisa's memories as he told Sakuya "Yukie and I overheard a doctor calling the ability resonance, I'm not really sure on the specifics but it seems that we can somehow communicate with Alisa while she was unconscious which also in the end made her wake up even when she was sedated"
Sakuya was surprised "To think that you can communicate by touching… I wonder if all you New-types share this power…"
Shin gave a shrug not knowing the answer, Sakuya then noticed Shin carrying a bento which was quite pricey, so she asked if it was for Alisa and Yukie to which Shin told her it was, Sakuya then gave a smile at Shin's thoughtful action as she told him " Please, stay by her side for now, will you? She needs all the support she can have right now…"
" Of course, there was never any doubt that I'd leave her as she's bedridden like that, after all we promised her to always be by her side and I take promises very seriously" Shin told Sakuya
Sakuya thanked Shin for doing so; afterwards Sakuya said she would visit Alisa after a few more minutes probably wanting to check the disk a bit more. Shin nodded while stating "Well I better be off, otherwise both their meals would get cold, I'll see you later Sakuya."
Sakuya giggled a bit at Shin's caring nature which made Shin have question marks all over his tilting head wondering why his sempai was giggling at him.
Shin made his way out of the room while saying good bye to Sakuya who then turned back to the terminal as her door shut itself close.
Shin then boarded the elevator as Sakuya began typing on her terminal's keyboard to try and find out more about the disk that Rindow left behind.
Shin entered the medical bay and noticed that Kouta was placed in the opposite bed as Alisa. The nurses, who were checking certain things on monitors which Shin had no clue what they did, turned to see who had entered...
Once they saw that it was the teammate of their patient, they informed Shin that it was a case of concussion and Kouta would be bedridden for an unknown amount of time though considering that he was a God Eater, he might recover faster than expected.
Thanking the staff for helping Kouta as they were leaving. Shin then turned towards Alisa's bed and saw a very cute scene.
Yukie was sleeping on Alisa's side on a chair with her head right next to Alisa while Yukie was holding onto Alisa's hand.
Shin watched them sleeping for a few moments when he decided to wake Yukie by shaking her. Yukie probably not liking that her sleep was being disturbed mumbled cutely
"Gimme five… more minutes~"
Which made Shin blush as he thought 'that was so cute. Due to Shin's shaking earlier, it caused Alisa to start mumbling more incoherent words while Yukie began to slowly open her eyes and saw that Shin was watching her amused which made her blush thinking that he had heard what she said earlier thus questioned " Shin… did you hear what I said earlier?"
Shin blinked hearing Yukie ask a question so timidly but answered anyways "I believe you told me to give you five more minutes but it seems you woke up before that time."
Yukie gave out a sigh of relief that made Shin tilt his head at her actions while she thought 'Phew, he didn't hear me say that I miss him'
Shin shrugged to himself and sat down while showing Yukie the bento he brought "Here I got you and Alisa something from the cafeteria" and passed it to her, as he did so, Alisa began to wake up.
Yukie accepted the bento blinking her eyes not really knowing what it was aside from it probably being some kind of food. Alisa wondered what was going on before Shin gave her the other Bento box.
Alisa was wondering what the box was as she opened the handkerchief that was tied around it and then opened the cover and saw that the box was full of food. Alisa never seeing this food before asked Shin "Shin where did you get this? Did you cook it by yourself?"
Shin blinked "a friend of mine told me that it's called a lunchbox or as the Japanese used to call it 'Bento' and I didn't cook it, I kinda bought it from the cafeteria… "At that, Yukie's eyes lit up in realization and opened hers before thanking Shin and began eating with gusto.
Shin then became slightly apprehensive when he saw that Alisa was staring at it for quite some time without saying anything so he asked, "Do you not want it? You don't have to eat it; I can always save it for when I'm hungry…" Yukie stopped her activity and looked towards the both of them in confusion
Alisa's head suddenly snapped up as she stammered "N-No! I mean Yes! Umm… umm…. it's not that I don't want it, it's just that I was a little fascinated at how different this 'bento' is from the rations we usually have, is there a special event going on?"
Shin let out a 'phew' and said "Ahh, I bought it from the other counter at the cafeteria thinking that you'd probably be hungry from all the food they provide for you."
Alisa was a little shocked considering she also had heard about the other counter in the cafeteria that it was considerably expensive thus asked "Are you sure you wanna give this to me? It must've been expensive; I can't possibly eat this…"
Shin then gave her a pout due to her being reluctant "Oh c'mon, don't be like that, it's not like I have better things to spend my money on, besides I'd feel bad if you didn't eat it"
Yukie also supported Shin by encouraging Alisa saying that it was delicious.
Alisa still looked a little reluctant but gave in. She grabbed the utensils provided and was about to dig in when she found that her arms were a little weak thus had a lot of difficulty in eating considering that she wasn't really used to the chopsticks that they used.
Shin seeing Alisa having difficulties, took the bento from her while grabbing the chopsticks as well as using them to grab the food and placed it in front of Alisa " Here I'll feed you, say 'ahh'".
Yukie widened her eyes before narrowing them in jealousy that Alisa gets to be fed as she went back to eating her own bento.
Alisa not noticing the expression on her friend's face blushed a bit but complied, after munching on the food for a while, Alisa then praised, "It's delicious!"
Shin chuckled "I thought so, I'll be sure to let the chef know that you like it, here have some more" he then fed Alisa until she finished it.
By the time Alisa had finished, Yukie had calmed down a bit seeing that it was kinda childish to get jealous over that despite how nice it would be to have Shin…' No No, I've got to stop thinking like that, I don't like Shin that way… Do I?'
Not noticing his friend's inner turmoil, Shin placed the bento onto the side as Alisa noticed that Kouta was in the bed in front of her and asked Shin about it which caused Yukie to look at Kouta as well as being curious what had happen
"He was rammed by the tail of the Borg Camlann which is…." Shin proceeded to tell the tale of the mission he had ventured on earlier, after a while, Sakuya entered the room and the trio turned to face her.
Shin and Yukie greeted her normally while Alisa who looked a little scared at this confrontation timidly said "Oh… Sakuya. W-What brings you here, may I ask?"
Sakuya did not have a cheerful face either as she said "Don't worry; I'm not here to blame you for anything "Alisa's shoulders slumped a bit in relief when she heard that.
However, Alisa perked up "Then…"
Sakuya's expression turned serious and requested, "I want you to tell me about it. About… that day… that moment… What happened to you?"
Yukie and Shin looked at each other's eye as they heard Sakuya's inquiry and Shin gave Yukie a nod signaling that they would be telling the other two exactly what had happened.
Knowing that this would make Alisa relieve her more emotional memories, Shin and Yukie showed their support by placing a hand on her shoulder and holding her hand respectively.
Sakuya then continued to say "To be honest, I still can't accept what you did. However, that is also precisely, why I want to know what is it that's making me so uneasy. I know it's a hard thing for me to ask, but please I need to know…"
Alisa who looked sullen then turned towards Shin and Yukie who gave her a nod while Shin told her, "If you don't really wanna tell the story, me and Yukie could always do it for you."
Alisa gave Shin an uneasy smile and shook her head while saying "it's alright, this is something I gotta do." She then turned towards Sakuya and began telling her about her past. About how her parents were killed and about what she had been through.
At the end of the tale, Alisa was crying silent tears as Yukie went from holding her hand to full out hugging her while Shin looked at her worriedly. Sakuya wasn't doing any better as her expression showed exactly how she felt.
Alisa went on and explained her situation by first asking Sakuya a question "Did you know that I'm being treated for mental health issues…?"
To which Sakuya said, "Yes, I know"
Alisa then continued, "After my parents were killed, I was mentally unstable and spent the next few years in the hospital. But then one day, I was told that Fenrir had chosen me as a New-Type candidate and so I was forcibly transferred from my own hospital to a Fenrir hospital."
At that point, Yukie who was still hugging Alisa tensed thinking about what the doctor at that so-called hospital had done to Alisa. Alisa felt Yukie's body tense for some reason and stopped talking while turning to face Yukie to ask her if there was anything wrong.
Yukie glanced at Shin once more and receiving a nod she then informed Alisa, "finish what you need to say first… afterwards Shin and I have something to tell you guys."
Alisa looked toward Shin who attempted a reassuring smile which wasn't convincing at all. Despite how much Alisa didn't like being out of the loop, she let it pass and decided to focus on her story telling of sorts.
Sakuya wasn't fairing any better but she refocused her attention towards Alisa as she finally noticed Alisa mentioning she was forced to transfer.
Upon Sakuya's inquiry about the transfer, Alisa shook her head denying anything bad that Sakuya thought of, "No, it was alright. The new doctor took such good care about me, and I thought I'd have the chance to avenge my parents' death"
Yukie hugged Alisa more firmly while Shin clenched his fists so hard he thought it might cause them to actually start bleeding.
While Alisa felt Yukie's hug tighten, she ignored it thinking that it was probably her imagination or it was just Yukie trying to show her support. Despite his anger, Shin calmed down and had a slight smile as he saw that when Yukie hugged Alisa, it seemed as if they were sisters. This brief moment was great when it lasted but Shin felt his anger come back with a vengeance as Alisa mentioned her next words
"After that, I was put on medication to keep my symptoms in check, and I studied the enemy …. And how to fight."
Alisa then heard Shin mutter something very similar to "enemy… yeah right." Nevertheless, did not confront him about it, instead she said something that proved his and Yukie's suspicions on who exactly was the doctor that had hypnotized her. "The new doctor, I had at Fenrir has always been so kind to me. He even had himself transferred to the Far-East Branch with me when I left…"
Sakuya then narrowed her eyes as she asked, "So this doctor is still here at the Den, right?" while Yukie and Shin gave each other a grim expression coming to the same conclusion.
Alisa nodded softly as to not bang her head onto Yukie, "Yes, you all know him – it's ."
Shin's apparent anger towards the doctor escalated till he actually let out a growl which prompted Alisa and Sakuya to ask if he was alright… Seeing their worried expressions, he calmed down a bit and nodded to Yukie before he began their information sharing with Alisa and Sakuya. "What Yukie and I are going to say, isn't something we'd like to repeat so please hold off your questions till later if you have any…"
Yukie broke off the hug and went to stand next to Shin, with Alisa and Sakuya a little puzzled but in agreement, they began explaining what they learned during the resonance, facts about the doctor hypnotizing Alisa, showing her a picture of Rindow as he told her that he was the Aragami that had killed her parents.
At the end, Alisa simply could not their accusations, which she voiced out, "But he took such good care of me when I was ill, I just can't believe that he would do such a thing to me even if you say it came from you viewing my memories."
Shin then had a grimace and whispered something to Yukie which caused her eyes to widen but her face turned solemn knowing that it was a necessary thing to do nevertheless.
"Sakuya please watch what I am about to attempt to do, and Yukie get ready for anything that could happen. Alisa forgive me…" receiving nods from both Yukie and Sakuya he proceeded with his idea.
Alisa looked puzzled while Sakuya knowing that Shin would never joke around especially when it came to being situations that involved Alisa or Yukie tensed wondering what exactly had Shin planned to do.
Shin took a deep breath and chanted "Ajin…Duva…Touri…" repeating the chant until suddenly Alisa jumped right at Yukie who was nearest to her and was trying to strangle her. Yukie knocked her head on the wall due to the force of Alisa's pounce, Shin hastily grabbed a hold of Alisa while Sakuya was simply too shocked at what just happened in front of her.
Yukie coughed a bit and Shin told Sakuya to look at Alisa's eyes, Sakuya complied and saw that her eyes were dilated which showed that she wasn't in complete control of her body.
Alisa finally snapped out of it after a while due to no one repeating the chant and her eyes grew wide when she saw that Yukie was holding his neck while her hands where in a choking position and Shin was restraining her for some reason.
She then asked what had happened and Shin explained the event that had taken place after releasing her… Alisa slumped and began to cry "It's not true… it's not true…. couldn't have done that to me… it must've been someone else!" She shouted.
Shin hugged her while rubbing her back gently in an attempt to calm her, "Alisa shh shh it's alright, and I know it's hard to believe it but it's the truth and with this incident it's gonna be hard to believe otherwise… Dr. Oguruma hypnotized you…"
Alisa began to sob as the horror of the situation finally got to her... Shin just held her comfortingly in his arms while whispering calming words into her.
Eventually Alisa's sobs subsided and she said in a sullen tone "So… while I was receiving treatment and was searching for the Aragami that had murdered my parents… the doctor showed Rindow to me on purpose…so that I would be hypnotized to kill him if I ever said those words…"
Her eyes widened in realization as she murmured out "He told me that the Aragami that had killed my parents was sited at the Far East Branch area so that I would come here to find it no matter the cost…and when I found what I was looking for, he knew that I would say the words he told me to say from before… and because of that, at that moment, Rindow became my enemy…."
She then held her head and said "and because of that, before I knew it, I was pointing my gun at him…." She once again began crying which prompted Yukie to return to hugging her while Shin backed off knowing that Yukie would be better at this than he would.
As her crying became more controlled, Sakuya who had her eyes narrowed at what was said by Shin and Yukie which was confirmed by Alisa then asked, "But wait, according to what Alisa just said, would she be hypnotized just to kill… Rindow?" Sakuya paused for a while "If that were the case then why did she… in an entranced state, attack Yukie?"
Sakuya's question caught Shin and Yukie off guard, now that they thought of it; it was weird that Alisa attacked Yukie…
After moments of pondering and discussion, they eventually decided that the hypnotism was actually to make her kill the nearest living being and the doctor probably took the chance and knew that she'd be on a solo mission with Rindow eventually.
It was at that point where Alisa finally noticed that in the bed in front of her, Kouta was sleeping peacefully, as she pointed that out and asked Shin what had happened, Yukie and Sakuya was surprised that they themselves had not notice Kouta at all.
Shin rubbed his head sheepishly and told them that during the mission with the Borg Camlann, he explained to Yukie and Alisa what kind of Aragami it was while Sakuya had already fought it before.
He informed them that Kouta was caught by the Aragami swinging its tail in a circle and was sent flying into a wall to which is the cause of him sleeping in the bed in front of Alisa's. The three girls gave a nod and with that the atmosphere in the room slowly turned awkward without anyone knowing what to talk about.
Eventually Sakuya decided to leave and before she did so, she bowed slightly before apologizing to Alisa, "I'm sorry that I made you go through all of that again, I'll come again to visit you and Kouta. Thank you Alisa." with that, She left the room after giving Shin and Yukie a nod which Shin returned while Yukie waved.
As Alisa heard Sakuya leave the room, she turned towards Shin and Yukie pleading, "What should I do…"
Guessing that Alisa was probably scared if the doctor were to come back, Yukie looked towards Shin in hopes that he knew of something that could help. Shin shot Yukie reassuring smile before comforting Alisa
"It's all right, I've checked the records and it seemed that doctor was assigned something different so he won't be in this branch for a long time. Even if he were here, we'll be right by your side, we made a promise to you after all so c'mon lighten up"
Alisa's fear for the doctor lessen at hearing the news from Shin and even gave both of them a relieved smile hearing the promise that they made while comforting her.
The three then began talking about more cheerful things and before they knew it, it was time for lights out. After Yukie had said her goodbyes, Shin surprised both of them as he said " Bye Alisa, maybe next time I'll bring a meal I cooked myself and both you and Yukie can tell me how it tastes like" Alisa and Yukie said that they would be looking forward to the meal.
Alisa smiled at them briefly before she started speaking in a gentle voice. "Hey guys?"
Shin and Yukie replied in unison which made Alisa smile yet again.
"Hmm?"
"Thanks for being there for me all the time" the smile on her face was bright as she said this.
Yukie and Shin looked at each other before breaking into smiles and Yukie replied for both of them, "You're welcome, and we'll always be there for you, so cheer up, we'll get through all of this together, you aren't alone anymore." with that they left as Alisa lied down and fell asleep with a soft smile on her face.
As Shin was heading up to his room, he muttered and Yukie didn't hear due to it being muttered a little too softly, "I hope nothing else happens."
Thanks for reading! I"m So Sorry about the delay in updating, past few days have been hectic what with me just coming back from my vacation at PH. Anyways That's it for Chapter 12... Tell me what you think about it ~ Hate it ? Like it? review either way!
