Chapter. 55

Four days have passed since the operation, news had spread that Lance was going to finally be released. As such everyone was in the lobby waiting for their hero's return.

The Gods Eaters split into separate groups to discuss their feelings on the matter.

"I hope Lance will be okay."

"I wonder what Lance will look like."

"I heard that if a Gods Eater did survive the aragami transformation it leaves some scar on them."

"Yeah, like some part of their body will be changed forever."

The first unit stood around on the upper level, listening to to the other's talk. Soma shrugged, trying to act like he didn't care. Kota and Sakuya were more worried about the condition of their leader, Alisa was the most finicky of them all.

She paced back and forth, fiddling he fingers together, while her eyes stayed locked on the elevator doors. "Alisa?" The new type jumped in shock, she turned to see Sakuya. "I know your worried but you'll wear yourself out."

Alisa hung her head. "I know but, I don't know if he be okay with the..." Alisa stopped herself from finished, but was too late to avoid the other's curiosity.

"Lance's what?" Asked Kota. "DDoctor Sakaki said that Lance wanted a part of his skull removed."

"KOTA!" The first unit was too late, the rest of the Gods Eaters attention was caught.

"What did you say?" Wondered Annette.

"Why would Lance need to remove a part of his head?" Asked Tatsumi.

"Did he crack his skull?" Shun added in.

"I didn't want to say anything but, Lance has only been hospitalized twice. And he's been hurt as mush as the rest us." Explained Konon.

"Wait, did you say he changed when you went out fighting a querida once?" The room was quickly filling with questions and discussions about Lance, they pointed their questions at each other then point them at the first unit.

Before they could go anywhere the elevator doors opened, stepping was the man they were all waiting for.

Lance wore a grey sleeveless shirt under a white sweeper coat that reached down to his knee, black jeans, and black boots. He looked around at the faces of everyone and felt uneasy. "I'm, I'm back." The new type was assaulted by the Gods Eater's welcome back group hug. "Back up, back up! Please let go! "The Gods Eaters backed away then began they're questions, he held up is hand for them to stop when someone asked about his right arm.

Lance drew his right arm out of his sleeve to show them. "Lan!"

"It's okay Aly, I'm done hiding it." Lance reassured Alisa. Over the next hour an a half Lance told everyone at the den about his past, his creation, his psychic abilities, the biometal, everything. When it was over the lobby was in a hollow silence. "That's who I am, a less then human super weapon."

Lance hung his head, waiting for what everyone was going to say, beside him was the little girl that usually walked around the den. She reached out to Lance and held his right arm. "Cold isn't."

The girk shook her head. "No, it feels warm."

Lance looked up, the group wasn't what he expected. Instead of the look of disgust that people wore when they knew about his past thy were all understanding.

"That is so cool!" Said Federico.

"You've been through since you were born, no wonder why your so strong." Pointed Hibari.

"I'd be lying if I said that I didn't find that attractive." Grinned Gina.

"Back off!" Shouted Alisa, she blushed as some turned to her.

"That's new, Alisa losing her composure." The room filled with laughter, even Lance stared to cheer up.

As the laughter calmed down Gin patted Lance's shoulder. "It's good to not for get where you come from, but remember that it's what you do that determines who you are."

Lance nodded in agreement. "Thank you."

"By the way, why did you need a piece of your skull removed."

Lance reached into his pocket and pulled out what looked like half of a grey mask. "This was the part of my face."

"So what your head like now?" Asked Sakuya.

"The doctors knew they're stuff, after removing the biometal they replaced it with an aragami crystal. It melded to my face."

"But what was the other thing you asked Sakaki for?"

To answer Kota's question Lance took off the rest of his coat, throwing it on the couch. He crossed his arms as something waved behind him, it stopped so everyone could get a look.

Karel pointed to it, being the first to speak. "Is, is that a vajra tail?"

Lance turned sideways to show that the tail was indeed attached to him. "I asked to let me keep the tail, it's like having a third hand."

"So that's what your into." Chuckled Kota. Lance shot a death glare at the boy while his tail morghed into a brog camlann's, its needle pointed between Kota's eyes. "I withdraw the statement."

"It can change?" Asked Brandon.

Lance's tail waved away from Kota then morghed it into a kongou's tail, then a hannibal's, a prithvi mata's, a Susano'os, then finally a dyaus pita's. "Took me a month to do this, anything else?" Lance's grin vanished as he turned to Gina, Annette, and Federico. "I'm sorry for what I did, I...wasn't myself. I'm sorry for hurting you all."

The three of them looked at each other till Gina spoke up. "Makes us a dinner and you're forgiven."

"Oh yeah!" Kota jumped up and down in excitement. Lance talked to everyone for another hour till Tsubaki told everyone to get back to work.

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In the later afternoon Alisa got off the lift on the veteran's floor, nearing her boyfriend's door Alisa was hit with an alluring aroma. She opened the door to find Lance hard at work cooking up another feast, this time for the whole den. For pots were boiling something while Lance cut some vegetables with his hands and seasoning with his tail. "Just in time Aly, could you stir the stew for me please."

Alisa nodded and got to work. "You seem to be using that tail well."

"I was stuck in my mind for four days, what else was there to do but learn how use this thing." Lance dumped the vegetables into the pot, grabbing a towel to dry his hands. "Done for now, so what brings you here?"

"I just wanted to make sure you're okay."

Lance tossed the towel on the counter, putting his hands on her arms. "I'm fine Aly, but are you okay? Sakuya said you went nuts when I was gone."

"I was scared! Scared that I was losing you, if I think about losing you I start to panic."

Alisa was shacking for the fear of the thought, Lance wrapped his arms around Alisa to calm her down. "I know Aly, I'm the same way. If I think about losing you I feel empty inside, like a big hole in me."

Alisa pushed back to look at Lance again. "Why do we feel like that?"

"Because we're broken Aly, I was broken when my mother was killed and founding out that I was a weapon made it worse. You broke when your parents were killed and it was worsened by that basterd. We need each other to be whole, without you I'd turn into caligula and without me you'd go insane."

"Are we only together because we need the other to be normal?"

"No." Lance's held Alisa's hands up to reassure her. "We got to together because we wanted to protect each other and it just took off from there. I love you Aly."

Alisa let go of his hands and stepped back. "Only because I'm the first one to see the real you, if it was anyone else you would've been with them."

"That's not true, you saw my scatch book. You want more proof." Lance reached into his shirt, pulling out his necklace. "This is the last thing I have of my mother. The note is burned and the disk is broken, I'm done carrying the past. It's important to remember where you came from, but you can't let it weigh you down either."

Lance removed the necklace, putting it on Alisa instead. "I want you to have it, that's how important you are to me. Mom said the opal is my birthstone, it's a symbol of loyalty."

Alisa was speechless from the gift, she threw her arms around his neck holding Lance tightly. "I love you Lan, promise me you won't die."

Lance stood there for a few seconds till he held her was well. "I can't do that, can you?" Lance rubbed her back to support her. "But I can promise to never leave you, even if I die I'll find a way to come back to you. Just watch me."

"Don't promise such things!" Alisa pulled away again, looking at Lance with sad eyes.

"I was trying to make you feel better, come on Aly you look better when you smile. Come on let me see it." Lance's tail waved across her stomach.

"S-stop it!" She cried, backing away from Lance. The duel wielder just kept fallowing her around the room, tickling her stomach with his tail. "I said stop it, haha s-stop it!"

"There it is, there's that smile." Alisa grabbed the tail end amd moved it way from to catch her breath. "Now why did you have to do that." Lance stuck out his lower lip to pout, which got Alisa laughing again. "Feel better?"

Alisa calmed down some to talk. "Yes, you were so desperate to cheer me up it was sweet. Thank you."

The couple held each other till the food signaled that it was time to get back to it. "Care to lend a hand again?"

"Yes." Alisa nodded.

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