I own only my OC. It is a short one than before but conclude the 'Awakening Arc' as I call it.
After their basic introduction, Ms. Fujiki seemed to be exhausted as she sat down. Only Kota was looking at her with stars in his eyes. He excitedly asked.
"So how did you escape the Aragami? Are you a God Eater as well? An amnesiac protagonist that suddenly came and cooly saved the day is so Anime material! "
It seems someone was having the time of his life despite sobbing a few hours earlier. She, now named Nova, just smiled and patted on his head. At least there was someone with an upbeat view of life despite the shit storm humanity was facing. Nova had thought that they would be all doom and gloom atmosphere hanging around them.
Ms. Fujiki frowned a bit from where she sat down as she chided.
"Come on Kota. Do not disturb Miss Nova with your antics."
There seemed to be an instant reaction as he pouted and sat by Ms. Fujiki, hugging her tightly.
'Is this what they call a 'Mama's Boy'? '
Now that she thinks about it, wasn't all Aragami basically her children. They were all getting rather naughty as they did whatever they pleased. It is time for spanking them all! Funny thoughts aside, which have been occuring rather often, the poor lady seemed to be in pain. As she got closer she asked to Ms. Fujiki.
"So when are you expecting a baby?"
Ms. Fujiki just smiled wearily.
"Well, they said it would be 10 days but that was three days ago. So maybe in a week?"
That weary smile of her seemed to have a deeper meaning. Nova just guessed that for Ms. Fujiki who wanted to see both of her baby safe, this era was basically the worst. Where those things ran rampant and there were few places to live. So Nova looked in one direction as she asked.
"So you are going to the Far East Branch of Fenrir? What makes it so special?"
"Well, from where I come from I had heard that they were constructing some kind of wall that would deter the Aragami. Our small settlement was about to head right there before being found out and as you can see we all fled to random direction."
Ms. Fujiki continued.
"Well my late husband was restoring the car in case of such situations and thankfully it seems to work and we fled to this direction. The vacancy for the Outer wall is limited and we don't know how many more houses they can offer but we hope it would be enough for us to get one. Also despite being a hot zone for bigger Aragami, there are very talented God Eaters as well."
Nova hummed as she used her 'radar' to see the situation in the Far East. She could extend her radar for 10 km to get the detailed view or stretch it for thousands of kilometers to get basic gist. From her 'radar', it seemed that much more of the variants were situated there including few of interesting ones that seemed to be battling them.
'Well this is surprise.'
Yeah, those 'interesting ones' seemed to devour the Bias Factor of the Aragami temporarily. There were also those that seemed to have more powerful Bias factor. It seemed that it required further investigation but her 'radar' was currently stretched thin. However, she did remember what Ms. Fujiki had said. God Eater was it?
Nova asked politely.
"Ms. Fujiki, a question if I may?"
"Yes?"
"What exactly is a 'God Eater'? "
Kota seemed to deflate a bit as he mumbled something. From her super hearing, she heard that he was saying 'So she wasn't a God Eater? But she's cool anyway.' Ms. Fujiki seemed to concentrate as she replied.
"Well, I don't know exactly as news are less from where I lived but from what I recall they were human that wields something like a 'God Arc' made from Aragami Materials? They also inject themselves with Oracle Cells or something to get superhuman strength."
Nova nodded as she understood. Aragami devours. Only Bias Factor dictates what it eats or not. These weird things she was feeling from them was probably that. These 'humans' seemed to inject themselves with a Bias Factor that seemed to make them super strong and durable but also to not let their 'God Arc' eat them. But there was a flaw, they needed constant supply of something otherwise the Bias Factor, which itself consists of Aragami cells, would devour them from the inside.
'Interesting use of Bias Factor.'
But that was just a preliminary guess as she was conducting her hypothesis from so far away. Also when she sensed the 'Artificial Aragami aka God Eater' a new Bias factor seems to be formed in her core. It seems that these Artificial kinds were new. Her core contained millions of millions of Bias Factor that would be the result of evolution of Aragami. It was a scary thought of millions of possible variants of Aragami would form one day but that was thousands of years later. Till now there were only few hundreds of such variants.
She looked at the setting sun and decided it would be the best for the weak human to rest. She had let Caesar run a perimeter check, killing any Aragami and devouring them if they venture too close. She popped an Aragami candy in her mouth. As the evening came, Ms. Fujiki seemed to be fidgeting so Nova asked her that what was wrong.
"Well, the ration is enough for only two of us... "
Nova understood her dilemma. But that was why taking food from the remaining storemarket was a good idea. She opened the briefcase she had with her as cans of food along with the two Aragami core fell out. She had left the Aragami core of those two earlier Aragami because they were more powerful and interesting. She had already taken their abilities so technically she did not need the core and wanted to experiment on it. She looked at the astonished Ms Fujiki and a salivating Kota as she smiled.
"Don't worry, they are still good. Take a pick."
Kota seemed to jump in delight while Ms. Fujiki was making a difficult face. The stranger had helped them so much while they could do nothing but accept her generosity. She thanked them as both of them had the canned food. As for Nova, she just pretended to eat because technically she could eat anything. Kota seemed to be curious about the core as he nearly touched it. But Nova quickly shut the briefcase as Kota pouted childishly at her.
She just shook her head and playfully glared at him like his mother did. It seemed to do the trick as Kota just huffed and left her to go to his mother's side. She just shook her head in exasperation.
'Brats, Aragami Core are not toys to be played with.'
The next morning, they resumed their journey. It was a hard one for Ms. Fujiki as she was pregnant. Moreover, to Nova's pleasant surprise, more and more humans seemed to appear heading towards the same general direction. Luckily for them all, Nova had Caesar wipe the Aragami from those area but not close to the Far East Branch. She was also getting close to forming her second huge Aragami.
Now some more distance away, her keen eye-sight seemed to detect a huge wall. Also it seemed that the so called 'God Eaters' seemed to appear nearby. They were normal looking teenage children using some big guns and blades. Now, when she looked at those 'Arc', they seemed to have made using both Man-made machines and Aragami cells. The human also had made an Artificial core and installed them inside such things. That was why it could devour Aragami otherwise it would be just a mass of Aragami cells and would be devoured instead when in contact with other Aragami.
It also somehow gained sentience.
Nova had already cloaked herself from their sensing. Also this endeavor was quite fruitful as well since that could explain the flaws in her Caesar. It just listened and followed to her command to a T. It did not have any thinking capacity. Therefore, she needed to make a core. He may have thousands of Bias factor but there were different in different parts. Some had thousands while other cells had only hundreds.
Now she looked at it, it was imperfect.
She needed it make it from a scratch then. Something that could make it's own decisions but still faithful to her. She nodded to herself as hundreds of them were escorted outside the wall. On the wall, a loudspeaker seemed to send a message as hundreds of refugees huddled together. But obviously there were sounds of murmurs and dissatisfaction in the air for reasons unknown. Ms. Fujiki, Kota and Nova, the three were together as Kota seemed to be garnering attention from everyone.
"This is the Far East Branch of Fenrir, I repeat this is the Far East Branch of Fenrir, one of the bastions of mankind. You will be given a form one by one. Please write your information including at least your name, age and nationality. Children will have to be escorted along with their parents to check their 'God Arc' compatibility. This is not a drill! Due to limited shelter size, corners have to be cut and those that aid mankind will be permitted to enter."
Now she knew the reason why there was such a dissatisfaction in the air and why people were eyeing kids like hungry predators. Even Kota seemed to be scared. Suddenly he yelled as his shoulders were grabbed by someone near him trying to take him away in the crowd. Luckily, Nova reacted just as instantly as she grabbed the perpetrator's arm and squeezed it. Not that hard because if she did, it would become a paste.
Humans were fragile, she noted.
The hand let go of Kota while Ms. Fujiki seemed to rush and tightly hug Kota to protect him. The big burly man glared hatefully at Nova but she remained unperturbed. Even the God Eaters seemed to have noticed the commotion as the man was suddenly pulled from behind and slammed to the ground. A girl in her twenties with black hair and white dress was there. She had a massive gun type God Arc on one hand and launched the man with the other showcasing how insanely strong the God Eaters were.
She glared at him as her strict face and demeanor quieted him. She then looked at them apologetically as she said.
"Sorry for the disorderly mess. You have children so I will escort you to the front Miss."
Ms. Fujiki seemed to be grateful as she nodded and grabbed both Kota's hand and Nova's hand, much to Nova's surprise, as she went ahead with the God Eater. Kota thanked the God Eater.
"Thank you, Miss?"
The God Eater smiled a bit, softening her strict looking face as she said.
"It is Tsubaki. Amamiya Tsubaki. Don't mention it kid."
He seemed to be awed at her for the rest of the short journey. They reached a room where they were given a form. Nova quietly nudged at Ms. Fujiki who looked at her. She showed a blank where nationality was included. Ms. Fujiki seemed to think for a while before gesturing her to write what she did. Japan.
Which Nova did. Then they took Kota from them and into a chamber. Ms. Fujiki seemed to be worried while Nova placated her. After 5 minutes, Kota walked out grinning as he did a victory pose. He said.
"I am compatible mom! That means we can stay inside the wall! Also in the future I can kick Aragami's butt and save you all."
Ms. Fujiki did not know what to feel. On one hand, it meant that they could stay within the safety of the walls while on the other hand, it meant that in the future Kota will have to face the monsters. Then they were brought by another man wearing a weird circular wolf logo. He seemed to look at his clipboard while saying.
"Ms. Fujiki and Kota, you will be allocted to house no. 267. It is house for three."
Ms. Fujiki frowned as she realized that Nova was not there as she asked.
"What about Miss Nova?"
He looked up while saying.
"I am afraid that she won't be with you. Unfortunately, She will be sent out."
Both Ms. Fujiki and Kota seemed to be shocked. But Ms. Fujiki remained composed as she asked.
"May I know the reason why she is being sent out and not with us?"
He said it as a matter of fact.
"It is because resources are scarce already by expanding the 'Den' and it seems that you are pregnant. This remaining slot in the house is for the baby. We cannot expend more house for someone who is past the prime time for wielding the God Arc. I am afraid to say that she will be leaving."
Ms. Fujiki bit her lips as she was about to say something but Nova stopped her. It had been quite fun so to say when they were together. The experience was... refreshing. However, she knew that she was not made to be kept inside the walls anyway. She may have to break out sooner or later to grow even stronger than she already is. Devour things as well. There was also that interesting thing she had seen in her journey, a red mist covering a part of place. It seemed to deter the Aragami from going inside.
(Author: Can you guess what it is? Which game? Also should I turn this fic into a crossover?)
She also wanted to know if she could get in and see what's inside it. Also she learnt something very important on this journey with them on how to make more powerful servants anyway so it wasn't bad. For this she wanted to gift both Ms. Fujiki and Fenrir. If Fenrir wasn't there, how boring his life would have been anyway. Despite the fact that he, now she, was responsible for destroying much of the world but semantics as well as her inside that seemed to be stripping her humanity away.
"It's all right, Ms. Fujiki."
But as Ms. Fujiki tried to speak, she shushed her. Nova just smiled mysteriously.
"I am not quite normal myself anyway."
Ms. Fujiki was confused. Just then alarms started to blare loudly.
"Two Aragami Core detected of unknown category."
'Finally, they detected it.'
Then, Nova gave the trunk she had with her to the man who seemed to be confused. She told him.
"It contains the two Aragami cores. With this I consider my own personal debt repaid to Fenrir."
"What?"
But before any of them could speak Nova walked away. When he tried to search for her she had mysteriously vanished. Ms. Fujiki just thought about the mysterious stranger who had helped her. She bowed while Kota seemed to be confused.
With that out of the way it was very easy to disperse herself. Scatter her cells in the air and go in one direction. Even her core, can be changed into small particles and be reassembled. Quite a nifty little trick. She reformed herself hundreds of kilometers away devouring any poor Aragami in the way. Now, she sensed Caesar within her and promptly disassembled it.
Thinking back to her core as well as the Artificial one, she tried to recreate it. In front of her hands there were two densely packed Aragami cell clusters of her body. She pressurized it to the absolute limit, condense the Aragami cells, cram the Bias factors in it and hope for the best because she really didn't know what she was doing. She could already see something shiny inside as she stopped and devoured away the excess part. She smiled.
Then she used Caesar as a role model and created two dragon like beasts with the core as the Central hub. As they were created she gave them names.
"Ok from now on, you will be Caesar mk. 2 while you will be ummm... Nanashi? Guess from now on you will be Nanashi."
""Yes, mother!""
She was totally not expecting that. More surprise was that they changed to humanish form, just like her. Pale greenish white skin with amber eyes. But it should have been obvious that with new cores and things, their intelligence is also off the chart and they were smart. Humans were smart. From what she could feel, their Bias factor were emitting from the core, not the cells from different parts of their body.
But another sad fact was that they lost the ability to get inside her. After all, Caesar was just a mass of Aragami cells while they had will of their own. Now they were also uncontested in the terms of Power among Aragami with only she at the top. So maybe she should cut some slack and laze around? Yeah! She totally should. Maybe go and check what the heck was inside the red circular mist. Therefore, she gave them the order.
"Devour the Aragami while I am gone. But don't devour them to extinction. Collect new core for me to devour when I ask."
Both of the white human nodded before reforming back to their original form and flew away. She waved them off like how a proud mother would whent heir children ran off to get on bus dor school. Now the second question is where was that red mist anyway?
Expect massive time skip to the God Eater Resurrection timeline. Also should I either do that or go to Code Vein timeline and change it to crossover because both of these game seemed to be connected when Dyaus Pita emerged in that game?
