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GE Silver Chapter 14- Resonance of Truth

"Where's everyone else?" Soma asked me as he came out of the section elevator. He sounded impatient to get going

"Kota's going to get Sakuya, but there's something I wanna ask you." I told him

"Look if its about that girl again, I don't wanna hear it."

"No, she's fine. But she has a name. Anyway, its about something you said to me once."

"That is…?" Soma inquired

"When I asked you about Eric, you said 'the weakest among us are first to die'."

"And? Your point?"

"Then, what does that make Lindow? Does that make him weak?"

Soma growled at my question and turned away from me. "What the hell are you talking about? Of course he's not weak!"

"Then that means he's not dead." I conclude.

Soma lets out a laugh. "What a simple mind. So, what are you going to do?"

"Well until he gets back, I'm going to try to help everyone get through this. Anyway, wait for the others. I'll be back." I leave Soma and first head up to the Infirmary to see Alisa, who was sleeping. I left a few of Kanon's cookies on a paper towel on the table to the side of her bed. "These are really good, Alisa. Kanon made them." I tell her 'bye' and head up to my room to strap on Galen's sword he gifted me with, but before that, I stared at it for a while and got lost in thought. 'Its funny," I talk to myself. "Five years out there and in here for two months, and now I can't imagine life without this place or anyone here. I place the blade back on my bed and decide to leave it behind. Before heading out, I place a few cookies in one of my pouches wrapped in napkins. I head back out where my group waited and departed to the City.

During our mission, the target was a Kongou, with multiple small Aragami in thee way. I asked Kota if he could keep the small fries busy while Sakuya, Soma and I handled the primary target. He accepted hiss role in an instant. The target awaited us in a building across from the church on the other side of that small storage Unit. Soma and I used Disguise Scents to sneak behind him with a couple charged Devours. As he gets our attention, he tries to roll towards us, but Soma and I dodge separate ways, and I gun the monster with fire along with Sakuya. As I look at her, her expression is furious, more than usual. Her firing is also reckless and sloppy. I dash in front of Sakuya to shield a pound attack from hurting her, but the electric shock from the slam causes me to stagger and get slapped into a wall. To hurt to get up, I lay helpless on the ground, incapacitated. Suddenly, Kota rushes to my side and uses a Link Aid and I stand up on my feet. As I stand up, I slam a flash bomb on the ground and stop the monster from attacking Soma. "Regroup!" I call out. The four of us exit the building as we find a hiding place, I give Sakuya my attention. "Sakuya, what's with you today?" I ask her with a hint of frustration. "You- and Soma- you're not thinking straight!"

"I-I'm sorry, OK?!" Sakuya bites back. "I can't focus the way things are now! I'm just… pissed!"

"I know. But this won't bring him back! So please…" I give her a concerned look. "Don't do things that will get you killed. I don't wanna lose anyone else."

"OK. I've got it!" Sakuya nods and pulls me into a hug. "Thank you."

I blush as her chest presses against mine. "H-hey, no biggy." She lets me go and I turn to Soma. "And you."

"What about me?" Soma asks in a cocky tone.

"The same thing goes for you. Don't die."

Soma lets out a sigh. "OK, Lindow."

"Wha?"

"Hmhm, now that you mention it, Silver does remind me of a young Lindow!" Sakuya points out.

"Anyway, lets take this Kongou down! Kota, all the small fries are gone, right?"

"Done like dinner!" Kota confirms. "That… sounded lame."

"K. On my mark, Soma and I will charge him in a pincer. Kota and Sakuya, provide us cover." We get the target in our sites and ready our attack. "And… go!" Soma and I charge the monsters flanks and slash at its sides as Kota and Sakuya shoot its face. Out of nowhere, the monster staggers as a purple liquid starts oozing from its face.

"Its… poisoned?!" Soma exclaims.

Suddenly I remembered what Licca said! This is that 'special effect'. "Yeah, that's right! We'll wear you down! One attack at a time!" I yell at the Aragami. I Devoir it and move out of the way for Soma to Charge Crush the monster, smashing it and dealing the final blow. As the monster breathes its last breath, I hear cheers from Kota saying 'we did it'. "Hey, Kots."

"What up?" He replies.

"Good job clearing all of those other monsters out, and bailing me out. Sakuya, good job pulling it together and having my back. You too Soma."

"We're a team. We keep each other alive." Sakuya reminds me. "I'm sorry I got so reckless. You could have died because of me!" tears start to well up in her eyes.

"Well I'm alive now. Anyway, let's go home." I call for a chopper and we depart the city. On the chopper, I felt in the pouch I placed the cookies it to make sure they didn't break. They got a little crumpled, but they were still mostly intact. I pull out the cloth and unwrap them, causing Kota to stare in hunger. "Here ya go." I handed one to Kota and Sakuya. "A group reward for a mission well done!" I state. "Soma?" I held a cookie out to him and he continues to sit with his arms crossed, refusing to take it.

"I don't want it." Soma grumps at me.

"Aww, C'mon. Why not?"

"She said I couldn't have one, didn't she?"

"Don't worry, I won't tell." I tease.

"I said 'no thank you.' Give it to Kota."

I sigh in defeat. "OK, if you say so." I toss the snack to Kota instead. "Chow down, Kota."

A few days later-

After my mission in the Subway against a large scorpion-like Aragami called a 'Borg Camlann', Hibari told me that Alisa was making a slight recovery. She sounded so excited about it. With that, I went to pay her a visit. Sakuya had been given some time off to rest. Although she said she was fine, I could tell she wasn't sleeping. So I asked Major Amamiya to give her some downtime. When I went tp see Alisa, I recalled what happened when I placed my hand on hers. Expecting what will happen, I place my hand in hers once more. I get sucked into her memories. I find myself viewing a foggy inside of a building. Fromm what it looks like, I'm in a large cabinet, or should I say Alisa is. I here a woman's voice call out 'here we come!'

"No wait, not yet!" Alisa replies to the voice.

"Ready or nooott." A mans voice says.

"You can't find me now!"

Over again, it's a cycle of 'here we come', 'ready or not', and 'you cant find me'. I see the source od the adult voices; a man in a brown jacket and a woman with an orange top under a long grey coat. The couple approaches the cabinet I'm hiding in when suddenly, I hear screams or people saying an Aragami was near. The couple quickly looks away from Alisa and out of nowhere, a familiar black, furry beast devours the couple whole. I feel both myself and Alisa shiver in fear as the Aragami looms towards Alisa and smiles. The woman can by seen handing off the monsters tooth, impaled through the chest.

"Daddy! Mommy! Please, Don't eat them, NOOO!" the poor girl cries. "NOOO! Make it stop! MAKE IT STOP!"

The scene fades away to a new one; one of Alisa closer to now in a room similar to the one I got my armlet installed. The same was happening to Alisa as a deep formal voice spoke to her. "So young and defenseless." The voice sounded familiar, but I couldn't quite put my foot on it. "How you must have cursed your powerlessness." I watched as the device clamped itself into Alisa's wrist and she cried in pain. "Overcome the anguish… push past it into fury and you can avenge them…" the man continued. Alisa tried to resist the pain as Oracle Cell pumped themselves into her body. "Yes, fight Alisa, rise above it!" Alisa let out one last scream and the dream-like scene faded once again.

"These are your enemies, the ones that hurt you, Alisa." That voice sounded like the doctor caring for Alisa! "The Aragami exist only to hunt; only to kill."

"Aragami… Only to kill." I saw Alisa once again in hospital pajamas staring at something; a screen showing various Aragami. The pictures cycled through many Aragami; Chi-Yous, Quadrigas, you name it.

"Yes Alisa. They rip away from you, make you suffer. And this is the one… you need to kill." Suddenly, and image of Lindow appeared on the screen.

"Lindow!" I screamed in my head.

"The Aragami that killed them; the one that Devoured you mama and papa…"

"Papa… Mama…" Alisa repeated in a trance like state.

"You're strong Alisa, you can pull the trigger. Its easy to take a life, just aim that God Arc and pull that trigger."

"Pull the… trigger…"

"Yes, these words Alisa; they will keep you safe: Odin… Dva… Tri…" What?!

"Odin…. Dva… Tri…"

"Yes… they will keep you strong and safe."

"Odin… Dva… Tri…" Alisa repeated as the vision turned black.

After a moment, I felt I was back in the real word as if waking from a dream, and my hand was still on Alisa's. A moment later, Alisa woke up and sat up on her bed. "Alisa!" I quietly shouted, happy that she was awake.

"what… happened?!" She collects herself and looks to me. "Usugiri… I felt it… like being one with you; thoughts and memories that weren't mine..." Alisa looks away from me. "Did it.. happen to you too? What did you see?!"

"yeah. I saw your… never mind, I'm sorry." I apologize, not wanting to let her past hurt her.

"Its fine. No point in hiding it now. I had forgotten that day. I pushed it down so deep that I couldn't find the memory." I saw Alisa's eyes start to water.

"I guess it would be easier to forget things like that…" I mumble. "Tell me what happened, how you remember it. I'd like to hear your story."

"Well… my mama and my papa… we were playing hide and seek and I thought I'd be clever." Alisa explained. As she continued, she started to shudder. "I went to hide in a building nearby. They kept calling 'ready or not, here we come. Ready or not, here we come'!"

"Hey, hey, slow down." I try to help her maintain herself. "Breathe.."

Alisa takes a deep breath and it seems to help her and she continues her story. "Anyway, suddenly there were screams that an Aragami had appeared! I should have rushed out, showed them where I was, but… I was so scared! I couldn't move! They came to look for me in the building, but then… There was a gut wrenching sound. It didn't even hesitate! It just… took them!"

"Alisa…" I place my hand back hers to calm her down. "Nobody would blame you for being scared. I'd be terrified too."

"If…if I had known, we could have run! We should have run!" Tears start rolling down her eyes. "I did it! I let them die!"

"No! You didn't!" I yell. Feeling guilty for yelling, I give her a smile. "You didn't let your parents die. They let you live. Believe me, I know what you felt. I've blamed myself for a few close ones' deaths. But I took a look at myself and realized: I'm alive because of them."

"Heh. You're something. All my life, since that day, I lived for revenge against that wretched monster. I could avenge my parents, even just a little."

"Revenge won't make the pain go away." I tell her. Suddenly she clutches her head and lets winces in pain. "Hey!" I get close to her and I hug her as she's curled up in a ball. "You're OK. I'm here."

"I'm sorry… I don't know what's wrong with me…" I do. Alisa collects herself as I place my hand in hers once again. "That hand… I felt it before, you did the same thing the other day, right? I'm sure of it!"

"Y-yeah, I mean, its what you do when someone's hospitalized, right?" I reply with a hint of joke. "If you want me to stop-

"I-its fine!" Alisa blushes slightly. "But before and just moments ago, I could feel the warmth flowing into me. Memories that didn't belong to me, ones of… happiness."

"Well… a lot of my memories aren't exactly 'happy.'" Recalled my own past tragedy. "I've had my fair share of pain to."

"Can you tell me about them?"

"Hmhm. Sure."

I tell Alisa my story; how my I travelled with my brother and then one who stabbed him in the back, how I came to distrust and trust people over again. I also told Alisa about how said betrayer controlled the same Aragami murdered Alisa's parents. I also talked about Eric, and how he helped me come to terms with noble sacrifices. My talking seems too help Alisa; she even laughed at a few points where I told about my insult sessions with Shun and Karel. "So, I guess we have a 'demon' in common." As I concluded, Hibari came in to see Alisa, so I left to give them some time to talk. It wasn't till then I realized what time it was; it was past 9. "Maybe I'll see how Sakuya's doing."

Sakuya POV-

I can't sleep. How can I, knowing he's out there somewhere? And all I can do is sit curled up in my bed with my head in my legs. As I sit and mope, there's a memory that flashes back.

"Hey Sakuya, you in?" Lindow asks me as he barges into my room.

"Ugh. Dumbass! I've said it a hundred times: at least pretend to knock before you barge in."

"Oh yeah, totally! My bad." Lindow scratches his head all flustered. He goes ahead and plops himself on my sofa, arms on the back as I walk to my refrigerator to get him what I assume he came here for.

"Whatever, you're just here for my beer ration, aren't you? What, downed your own already?"

"Haha, ya got me. But maybe I did, maybe I didn't. You never finish yours anyway. Ooh! How bout a trade, I've got some giant corn-on-the-cob. Huh? Huh?!"

"Hah, not a chance!" the memory ends with us laughing out loud together. I miss it; the teasing, the banter. Suddenly, I hear a sound come from what seems to be my… fridge? I open it up to see a beer that I know wasn't there before. I pick it up and something falls off the bottom. "What the?!" I look to see a small circular object one the floor. Suddenly, Lindow's voice echoes in my mind.

"Why don't you save some of that beer for me? Next time." What could this mean? I get on my terminal and try to access whatever files are on this device. After a while of digging around, I start to get suspicious. "Lindow… did he plan this somehow? No… that day was already unnatural, too many things were mixed up." I pondered for several moments, trying to make sense of everything. The two teams… commands must have been overridden. And Alisa was acting weird even before that. I look around and there's not even a single record of that mission, like it didn't even happen! "Lindow… what are you trying to tell us?..." Suddenly my door opens, which startles me, making me worry that I'm in trouble. Thankfully though, its only Silver.

"Can't sleep?" Silver says to me.

"Phew, its only you. You can be so quiet sometimes."

"Quiet? What am I, some silent protagonist?"

"Oh Ha-ha."

Silver POV-

Sakuya sits me down and offers me something to drink. I decide that I should fill in on what's going on with Alisa. I tell her about her trauma, how Pita killed her parents, and how her doctor used it to brainwash her.

"Ah, I think I understand. Poor Alisa…" Sakuya replied to my explanation. "Thanks for telling me. I really do appreciate it."

"No problem. But I'm also wondering about that... memory… thing that happened."

"I wonder if that's a New Type ability, communicating through a simple touch." Sakuya pondered. "Its incredible, but… still a little odd."

"Odd is an understatement."

"I'll say. Anyway, please stay with her. She could use your support right now."

"Don't worry. I'll be there for her. Anyway," I say, changing the subject. "What are you up to? Have you been resting OK?"

"Yeah, I got a good scolding from Tsubaki the other day."

"That's good. Thank you." I see a small object in Sakuya's hand. "What's that?"

"I found this in my fridge; Lindow must have left it."

She shows me a small grey circular object. "What is it?"

"It's a data disc of some sort, but its restricted to only Lindow's armlet."

I pull out the compass he left me and took a look at it. I realize that Lindow knew this was going to happen. I look on the back and notice something I didn't before. "Huh, didn't see that before."

"Where'd you get that?!" Sakuya exclaimed.

"L-Lindow gave it to me…" I answer. "I didn't notice before, but Galen and Lindow wrote their names on it. Sakuya?"

"Hm?"

"I don't think Lindow's planning on coming back."

"That's… not true! We'll find him!"

"Think about it! Why would he leave something like this for you, or pass this on to me?"

"But its not right to just forget about him like this!"

"Nobody said anything about forgetting him!" I take a moment to stop myself from yelling. "Its like this. Lindow saved our lives, right? So what more can we do to honor his memory if, I repeat, if he didn't make it that to live them?" Sakuya stays silent, unable to think of what to say. "I hope he's alive, I really do."

"Hey, Silver?"

"Hm?"

"I'm gonna get some sleep, I need it."

"Ok. Same." I exit Sakuya's room and ponder as I head to my own.

Sakuya… she seems to be doing better, she's able to openly talk about things now. Kota was telling me he's also come to terms with Lindow's choice. Soma though… who knows what he's going through. I wish he'd tell us.

A few days later-

Before my mission, I went to be with Alisa as I have been. You'd think Kanon would be a little miffed, but they even got to chatting. As I sat for a bit, Sakuya entered the room. "Oh, Ms. Tachibana… H-Hello." Alisa greeted nervously with a hint of guilt. "Thank you for coming to see me. What brings you here, if you don't mind me asking."

"Hello, Alisa." Sakuya greets back in a calm voice. "Don't worry, I'm not here to pass blame. I'm not mad."

"Then why?"

"I need to hear about what happened, from you." Sakuya requested. "I need you to tell me everything that you remember about that day, that moment. I know its hard, and to be honest, I still can't accept what happened. Yet… I cant doubt you. This is the only way to clear my mind."

"Sakuya, don't you think that's a little sudden to ask her like that?" I intervene.

"No, Usugiri, its fine." Alisa assured me. "If it will help Ms. Tachibana, then I'll try."

"Ok… admittedly Alisa, I did tell what you told me about your past, I'm sorry if you didn't want me to."

"Really, its fine!" Alisa repeated.

"Alisa, I know its not easy talking about, but please try, for me."

Alisa takes a deep breath in and prepares to talk. "Well, I've been treated, and still am, for this… problem for years now. Did you know about that?"

"Yes, I did know."

Alisa goes on to tell us about her life at a hospital after that happened. Fenrir then basically forced her into one of there facilities when they found out she could become a God Eater. She claims that the doctors were nice, which I had also once been told, so nothing was suspicious there. However, Alisa then told us that she was place on medication that… curbed memories and made her forget about that day. Then, she mentioned that doctor, the one that was 'taking care of her'. She told us about how he was kind, and even went out of his way to 'help' her all the time. This bastard… he filled her head with lies…. He tried to sic her on Lindow! I feel myself fuming up, but I try to keep it contained

"So your old doctor serves her now? At the Den?" Sakuya asks.

"Yes. Doctor Oguruma, he's very nice."

No, he acts nice. Pretending to know you, pretending to care. Sakuya spaces out for a moment, likely pondering the situation. "Ah, sorry. Please go on."

"I was treated for my mental problems, trained day in and day out." Alisa continued as we listened closely. "The Doctor found pictures of the Aragami that killed my parents." I wonder how he got them… "When I heard it was here, I begged for a transfer. I swore on my life that I's find it, crush it and tear out its core!" Alisa began to shake. "but… when I saw it then…something snapped! My mind went blank, like falling asleep! And when I woke up, I saw Lindow as that monster that took away my precious family! And as soon as I felt it in my heart, I was already aiming at him, my finger on the trigger…" Alisa couldn't bare to speak anymore and started sobbing uncontrollably. Sakuya gave her a sympathetic look.

"Alisa… I'm sorry. If it wasn't important I wouldn't ask. I'll come by later, just to talk." Sakuya gives the girl a smile.

"I'd like that, thank you Ms. Tachibana." Alisa says, after getting ahold of herself.

"Please, lets keep things on a first name basis. I'd like you to call me 'Sakuya'."

"And please, call me Silver, your good friend!" I agree, giving Alisa a friendly smile.

"Ok! Sakuya, Silver." Alisa repeats our names. "Huh… somehow, I feel a little better."

We say our goodbyes and I head out for the day to come. But that doctor she speaks so highly of… she just straight up brainwashed Alisa! I need to report him. I don't know if anyone will believe me, especially the director, but I have to at least question him next time I see him. Till then, I should just calm down and go about business. I take a deep breath, and tell myself things will be alright. Alisa's recovering well, Sakuya is dealing with things much better, and Kota told me that he's gotten to a point where he can think about things easier. "Yeah. Lindow may not be around, but things will be OK."

The Next morning-

"So, tomorrow night?" Kanon asked me as she finished prepping for her mission. She was referring to dinner with her mother; I'd been holding out on that ever since we lost Lindow.

"Sure. But… it's a little weird."

"Huh? What's weird?"

"Its just that… we haven't even gone out yet, doesn't meeting the parent come after the first date?"

"Well, we spend so much time together, she may get suspicious of you. That's probably why she wants to meet you."

"I guess your right. I mean, this is kind of a first for me." I say, slightly joking.

"Well dress to impress, cause I'm not having you meeting her dressed like that." Kanon sassily pointed to my current attire, my Wild Zoisite top and my Martial Pants. And of course, my bandana.

"But… I wear this all the time…" I complained.

"Yeah, exactly! I mean, ya slay giant monsters left and right with a damn pickaxe, who knows how much blood you've got seeped into them!"

I sigh in defeat. "Fine, I'll wear something a little more formal. But with a hint of casual!"

"Thank you. Now, I've gotta get, you're gonna pick out some clothes for the occasion. Capiche?"

She is literally the only person who can give me orders like this. "Gotcha."

"Good! Now, I've gotta go kill stuff, fill them with holes, that fun stuff." Kanon smiles at me like she said a perfectly normal, casual sentence.

"Y-yeah, have fun. I'll see you!" I wave to her as she heads out with her Unit members out into the world. Suddenly, as I watch the door close, a hand slaps itself on my shoulder.

"Hey, buddy, how's your girlfriend?" Kota teases as he comes around from behind me.

"Kanon and I are… not yet an official couple yet." I sarcastically tell Kota. "I… haven't spent as much time as I'd like to with her."

"Dude, I was just messin' around."

"I know. Still, I heard you're meeting her mom?"

"Yep, tomorrow night. I'm… a little nervous."

"I think that's normal. Anyway are you… doin OK?"

"Um, yeah. I'm fine. Why are you so worried all of a sudden?"

"Its just that here you are making sure everybody stays OK during all of this and I bet nobody bothered to ask how you're doing."

"Well, maybe its better like that. I don't like dumping my problems on people."

"But we're your friends, Silver! You're supposed to tell us when your down, quit keeping everything held inside!"

I sigh, knowing that he's right. "Kota… thanks. To be honest, ever since Lindow made us leave him, its been eating away at me. Yet, I tried to stay myself and not let it bother me. But Kanon; she helped me get back on my feet, and in turn, I was able to get Alisa to talk about her problem, and Sakuya is being open with her now!" I felt a little excited that our team was coming together as friends.

"Now we just gotta do something about Soma. What's with that guy? He wants nothing to with us!"

"Just give him time." I looked for something; anything to change the subject. "So… what have you been up to?

Kota and I chatted away for a while about random things. Kota says he got some new game where you race other people in 'cars' around a track. I think he called it 'Final Lap'. He also told me about an episode of Bugarally I missed. To bad; I like that show, bit Kota made it sound so exciting, it was almost a perfect substitute. As we rambled on, to our surprise, Alisa came out of the elevator dressed in her normal attire, with her head low.

"Alisa!" Kota and I said in unison.

"Um, as of today, I've been reinstated." Alisa stated nervously. "I promise I wont let anything like that happen again."

"Great! When are you coming back to the field?" Kota asked her.

"Yeah, we could use an extra God Arc out there."

"That's… still to be decided, I think." Suddenly, a familiar assoholic bitch starts gossiping to another.

"Did you hear about that New Type chick? I heard Shun ask. "She's finally crawling back to her Unit. Geez, way to ham it up."

"The same idiot who left Lindow to die?" Karel replies. "Who leaves a comrade there near one of those crazy new Vajra?"

"Here's the kicker though: she cant even go back into combat! Word around the base is she's all messed up in the head."

"Hah! See man, I told you these New Types are all smoke and mirrors!"

Alisa lowers her head. "I know you feel the same way." She assumes toward Kota and I. "Mock me. I'm ready for it."

"Alisa, we're not gonna make fun of you." Kota says.

"Hey. Those guys; All there good at is looking down on others." I explain. "They've never had anything to protect or anyone die. They're just here to show off." I get a good idea in my mind. "In fact, follow me." I lead Alisa down to the two clowns and whisper to her. "You're gonna love this." I 'casually' walk down the steps ahead of Alisa. "Hey, hey! Street Punk, Pretty Boy, what up?"

"Ugh… what do you want?" Shun grumbles to me.

"What, to busy lowering others to make yourselves look better? If only that were as powerful as a God Arc, then you two would be somewhat competent God Eaters."

" Oh please, look at her!" Karel exclaims, pointing at a skittish Alisa. "This jobs not the place for a little girl like her."

"Then why are you here?" I retaliate. "Who have you lost? What do you two have to protect?!" I'm almost yelling. "Did your parents get eaten alive?!"

"Wh-what the hell man, we-we were just joking!" Shun lies to me, trying to let himself off the hook. "Right Karel?

"I'm gonna be honest, I'm just here for the cash." Karel shamelessly admits. "I may be part of the Defensive Unit, but I don't give two craps about the people."

"Wow. I wonder how proud of that you can be."

"What do want me to tell you, we-

"Listen you!" Alisa speaks up. "You don't know what he's been through! What really happened to us out there! You talk down on people, but in the end they're more honorable than either of you! All of us, even Kota have something precious to fight for! What about you?! Why do you fight?!"

Shun and Karel were at a loss for words, shocked by Alisa's outburst. Before long though, Karel simply tsked. "Good speech and all, but the feeling of 'pain' and 'loss' you go on about, I've never had the luxury of. All that matters to me is the dough, and nothing else."

"I'm sorry you feel that way." I say.

"Hey, don't underestimate money! It really can by happiness, power, or even love!"

"What a sad belief." Alisa pitied him.

"So if Shun, or Gina died today, what would you feel?" I demanded from Karel.

"I…um…" Flustered, Karel can't think of anything to say. "Whatever. C'mon, Shun." The two take their leave and I turn back to Alisa.

"Listen, I'm friends with their boss, so if I see her, I'll ask her if she'll let you slap them across the face. Sound fun?" I propose to Alisa, trying to cheer her up. She smiles and lets out a giggle.

"I'd like that." A tear falls down her eye. "Thank you for standing up for me. I appreciate it."

"No prob, I just love tickin' those guys off. And you did a good job too!" I complement.

"I can't stand people who talk down on others like that."

"Me neither. I guess we have that in common." I look around and I can't find Kota anywhere. "Where'd Kota go? Oh well."

"Actually, I had hoped to speak with you privately." Alisa tells me.

"What is it?"

"Well I was hoping, that is if you can, maybe..." Alisa gathers the strength to speak her mind. "I'd like you to teach me! I want to learn how to fight the way I should have! I want nothing like this to happen again."

"So, you want to learn back from square one? That's…"

"Please! I want to be able to fight to protect those I care about!"

"Well… how can I say no to that?" I give her a friendly smile. She gives me a skeptical look and moves her face closer to mine. "Wh-whats wrong? Is there something on my face?" I get nervous, thinking of the horrors that would await if Kanon saw this.

She backs up back to where she was. "No, its just… you have eyes of…innocence."

"Huh? You… can really read people. Anyway, I have a fairly easy mission today, so I think you'll bee able to handle it alright."

"O-Ok.." Alisa replied nervously.

"Don't be so nervous. You'll be fine. If it comes to it, I'll protect you."

"Alright. Trusting my allies… that's the first step."

"There ya go! Now, I've got some things to take care of. I'll be back in about 20-ish minutes." Alisa gives me a nod and excuses me to leave. I go ahead and hop on the terminal to see if I can have any formal wear crafted. After some scrolling, I found a snazzy looking top labeled 'Fauna Suit." It was an orange button down shirt with the collar sticking up underneath a black jacket. To go with it, they had a pair of slender slacks that were bundled with a pair of dress shoes. I order the set of clothing then take a second look at the undershirt. "I'll ask Licca if I can get it in red. Orange is more Kota's color. Maybe I'll ask her about that too."

I make my way to Licca's Lab and see her doing some maintenance on someone's God Arc. "Licca! Heeeyyy!" I call out over her power tools. I hear them wind down as she looks over to me and gives me a smile.

"I thought is was you. What's up?" she greeted.

"I just put in an order for a suit, did you see it?"

Licca pulls out her tablet device and scrolls through her order logs. "Yup. There it is. I'm not very booked today, so it'll be done about midday tomorrow."

"Thanks but, I was wondering I could get the undershirt in red."

"Sure thing, I'll keep that in mind. Everything else is good?"

"Yeah, thanks!" I look to the left side of the table and see my God Arc laying on it. "Can I see this real quick?"

"Sure." I took a long look at my God Arc and thought about how proud to wield it I was. For a moment though, I felt as if I was staring at a person. "You take good care of her." Licca speaks up, referring to my Arc. "She's grateful, and so am I."

I placed it back on the table and remembered the other reason I came here. 'I actually had another question."

"Hm? Shoot."

"Do you… know anyone who specializes in jewelry? Like, necklaces?"

End of Chapter 14

Authors Note- So I know in chapter 1 I said I'd add song titles that cue what song should be played, but I don't think I'll be doing that. It'll make it easier for me to focus on the story itself.