From the Start

Chapter 21

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THE GOD EATER FRANCHISE HOWEVER I DO OWN MY OC.

Alisa's POV

I'm not quite sure why Winter told Kota and I to go ahead. It was obvious he wanted a word with Soma, but what about? Winter seemed really happy when he got to us. Kota and I were each holding back a few Aragami. When Winter arrived though, something happened and all of the Aragami had died. I was in shock at what happened. Kota and I were shooting the Aragami and yet, here comes Winter and kills all of them in one swipe. That includes two Polar Kongous, 4 Ogretails and 4 Zygotes. I turn towards Kota to see he is just as shocked as me. Wnter is standing with his back towards us and we run towards him.

"What was all of that about?" I ask.

"Oh? It looked like you needed help." He responds.

"What kind of answer is that? How did you kill them all in one hit?" I almost shout.

"I know where all the weak points are. Besides you two weakened them." He replies.

"Dude, that was awesome!" Kota exclaims as he makes rapid hand movements.

"It reminded me of the rime when you killed the Kongou without a God Arc!" He continued.

"It reminded me about the time you killed the Vajra without a God Arc." I tell him before realising that Soma isn't with him.

"Hey, where's Soma?" I ask.

"I gave him the day off. He appeared to be upset at the dream earlier." Was his answer.

"Oh, well I hope he's okay." I say.

"Knowing Soma, he'll be fine." Kota says.

"Well, guys, time to head back." Winter states as we begin to walk away.

Winter's POV

'I needed to get that out of my system. I almost feel sorry for the Aragami. I didn't expect them to die in one hit though. Well anyway, I'll arrange a mission for Soma and I tomorrow. I want to show him a monster.' I think to myself as w head back to the Dn. Once we arrive, I head straight for Sakaki's office.

Upon arriving at Sakaki's office, I give him the disc that he had 'dropped' yesterday.

"I can be absent-minded indeed. Thank you for picking this up. Needless to ask, you didn't... Watch it, did you? No, of course not. Merely old memories. A youth long past. Ah that does remind me though. I needed to call you in anyway. I'd like you to obtain the core of a certain Aragami." He starts.

'Perfect, now if I can just arrange it to be me and Soma...' My thoughts are cut off at his next words.

"Of course, I don't expect you to do this alone. I will arrange for Soma to help you as well. Good kid, Soma. I would be ever grateful if you could find a way to solve this together." He looks right at me as he says this with his ever-present smile. I turn away.

'He must have planned for this...' I think to myself because of the perfect situation.

"The Director left it to me to assign this task in his absence." He says and I turn back towards him, only to find out he is less than 30cm away from my face.

"No one need know about this. Yes? Not the Director... No one. Now then, tell me. Have you ever heard of the Managarm Project?" I nod my head and he backs off.

"There was nothing admirable about that research. No, nothing at all. It lost me a dear friend. And poor Soma was left behind. To shoulder the burden of all that darkness on his own. And I... Well, I am ashamed to admit that I am responsible in part for his rage." H says before getting closer again.

'Damn! This guy does not know anything bout personal space!' I think to myself.

"I was hoping- in fact, I would be in your debt- if you could reach out to him. Befriend Soma." I give a nod before leaving to go to Soma's room, thinking that he would be there.

I reach Soma's room and knock, preparing my sadistic face. It opens and reveals Soma. He almost slams the door in my face but I put my foot there to block it.

"Change of plans. We'll have our mission now, Sakaki's orders. Get ready." I say before removing my foot and leaving. I notice that the door doesn't actually close once I leave.

"Hey wait." Soma emerges from behind the door, locks it and walks up to me.

"What are we up against?" He asks.

"A group of Chi-Yous" I answer as we wait for the lift. There is silence as we wait in the lift, pick up our God Arcs and head to the helicopters. We're almost there when Soma asks,

"So, you're going to show me a monster?"

"Oh yeah." I say sadistically, "I don't want you to do anything in this mission. Just stand to the side."

"Fine, sounds like you have a death wish." Soma says with his eyes closed and arms crossed.

We finally land after 10 more minutes in the helicopter.

"Remember the plan?" I ask Soma.

"Yeah." Soma responds. We walk to find the Aragami and minutes later. We see five of them grouped together.

"Wait here." I tell him and he does. I run towards the closest Chi-You and it turns towards me. It fires a large fireball in my direction and alerts the other Chi-Yous. I run towards this fireball and cut it in half, continuing my run to the Chi-You. As I reach it, I cut off both of its wings and legs so that it is just a head and body. 2 of the other Chi-You try to run away but I give them the same treatment. The other two Aragami are already charging up for gliding attacks. They both come towards me from opposite sides. I dodge both attacks and split them both in half. I turn my attention to the three legless and wingless Aragami before I split them into individual pieces, revealing their cores which I let my God Arc feast upon. I walk back up to Soma,

"So what do you think?"

"I admit that it was monstrous..." I interrupt him.

"And guess how many people I have did similar things to?"

"You've did that to people?" Soma says shocked.

"Suddenly you're not a monster anymore, are you?" I ask, not expecting a response, and call for a helicopter. 10 minutes later, the helicopter arrives and picks us up. The ride back was actually quite pleasant. Occasionally, Soma would start talking to me. However, it was all questions about my past which I refused to tell him more than I already have. We returned to the Den where I gave the core of one of the Chi-Yous I had killed. I then left, exhausted that I had to complete two missions in one day. I headed to my room and got some sleep.

The next day, I am awoken by Hibari's announcement telling me that Sakaki had summoned me. I went to his laboratory and entered. He was sitting behind his desk before I arrived but moved to be directly in front of me. He spoke and leaned his head forward which causes me to lean backwards,

"Greetings! So sorry to keep summoning you in! Haha! I have a certain special favour to ask of you, today. As before, I will b sending you on an Aragami Extermination task. I've taken the liberty of arranging your team myself. Alisa, Sakuya, and for a third... Kota! That will be plenty. Don't fret over mustering up more God Eaters. I've contrived to make this seem a routine, every-day, totally normal mission. Well that's all. Thank you. Good luck. Fight well. Dismissed." He says and I leave to prepare.

One hour later, and the Aragami, another Chi-You, has been killed.I go about extracting the core when I am stopped,

"Please, all of you, hold your Arcs." We turn to see Sakaki and Soma walking up to us.

"Huh?" Sakuya murmurs.

"Doc, why're you here?" Kota questions.

"Worry not, all will be explained in time." Sakaki states, "Leave that Aragami there for a moment. Come with me. I've something to show you." Sakaki starts heading back the way he came and we follow. We don't go too far away though as we wait at the stairs, still able to see the Aragami. Sakaki checks his pocket watch.

"There! Look, it's coming! I knew it would!" Sakaki whispers with excitement to make sure he isn't heard by the girl walking towards the Aragami. She appears to be eating it. We rush out to corner it.

"Um... I... I am... H-Hungry." The girl starts which elicits a 'Woah!' fromm Kota as he points his God Arc at her. The girl stares at Soma for a moment and then me. She still has her eyes fixated on me when Sakaki comes forward,

"Welcome, welcome! Good to see you! It certainly took a while to get you to show yourself, hm?" He turns to Soma, "Thank you, SOma, for all your help in bringing her here. Oh, there's just so much I must know! So many opportunities!"

"I'd appreciate an explanation more than you thanks, Doctor." Soma states.

"The little lady was quite determined. Wouldn't appear when we needed her to, so I took a chance and eliminated all of her natural prey in the region. Hahaha! Can't ignore hunger forever, whether it's your favourite or not."

"You are devious, Doctor, and I don't know whether that's a compliment... Like the scheme you used to track Winter." Soma states to Alisa's confusion. She turns towards me but I tell her that I will tell her another time.

"Uh, hey so... I'm just gonna ask the question on everyone's mind... Who the hell is this kid? " Kota asks.

"Ah, of course, of course. We probably shouldn't be speaking out in the cold like this. All will be explained at the lab. So sorry to keep you all in the dark. Uh, you will join us, yes?" Sakaki questions as he walks towards the girl, her eyes still fixated on me. Sakaki notices this,

"Winter, move backwards 10 steps please." Sakaki instructs.

"Why?" I simply ask.

"Just a little experiment." He replies and I do as he says. The girl takes 10 steps towards me.

"Another 10 steps." Sakaki asks and I follow his instruction to see that the girl is still following me.

"Perfect! Now we know how to get her to the lab!" Sakaki exclaims.

"Why is she following Winter like that?" Alisa asks.

"I have a theory but I will need more evidence before I can check it. Anyway, let's get back to the lab." Sakaki states and we all venture towards Sakaki's lab, with the girl following m all the way.

"Wh-what?" We all shouted as Sakaki spoke.

"Did you just say what I think you said?" Sakuya questions.

"I can say it again, but I assure you it will be no different. This is an Aragami." At Sakaki's words I advance towards the Aragami, prepared to kill it. However, Sakaki rushes at me and hits me with electricity. My vision goes black.