AN: You know, I'm going to be honest. I didn't think you guys would like this. Well, I hope you enjoy this, and if you have any questions, ask away. The Moon in the Welkin mission has already happened.
Claire sat down next to the vending machine on the rookie's section completely worried for her friend who was currently in the infirmary. She crushed the empty soda can in her hand in frustration and let the can drop to the floor as she sighed. Claire tried to figure out what she could do for Alisa, but no matter how much time she spends trying to think of a salutation nothing comes to mind. She hated that feeling when she can't do anything for her friends, it only ended up frustrating her even more. Kota causally walked out of his room and made his way to the elevator. He came to stop when he noticed the distressed looked on his friend's face. "Hey... you okay?"
"Do I look okay?"
"N-No... I'm sorry."
"So... what do you want?"
"I just wanted to know how you were doing."
"Not great, as you can tell." Claire picked up the can and threw it into the garbage. "I don't know what to do. Something's wrong with Alisa and I can't figure out how to help."
"You care about her, huh?"
"I guess... probably because I know how it is without parents. It's pretty tough, Kota, it's pretty tough. I also promised Lindow I would look out for her... and I'm currently failing at keeping that promise."
"You're not failing. How could you guess something like that would happen."
"Yeah... maybe you're right. But that doesn't change the fact I can't do anything for her."
"Hmm, uh..." Kota tried to think of something to help Claire at least cheer up a little. He suddenly remembered what Hibari told him about Alisa. "Hey, I just remembered something."
"Hm?"
"If I remember right, Hibari told me that Alisa can have visitors now. Why don't you go visit her?"
"I guess I could. It's probably all I can do for her." Claire sighed as she stood up and called the elevator. "Thank you."
"Huh?" Kota got a little confused about why Claire suddenly thanked him.
Claire looked over her shoulder. "Thank you, for trying to cheer me up. I appreciate it."
"Oh, no problem. Always happy to help."
Claire sat by the bed Alisa's resting and she was accompanied by the recently transferred doctor. Claire watched over Alisa with such a worried and sad expression. "There's no use talking to her when she's like this. The tranquillizers I have are very effective. She'll be unconscious for hours." Dr. Oguruma said.
Claire looked at the doctor before looking back at Alisa. She reached out and placed her hand on top of Alisa's. Suddenly, a series of images flashed before her eyes and Alisa gasped as she woke up after Claire experienced that strange event. "Wh-Where am I? Why am I... so..."
"What?!" Dr. Oguruma said in complete surprise. "No, no, no... How could she have regained consciousness? That's- No. There's no way... I'm sorry, I have to make a record of this." He said as he quickly rushed out the door.
"Just now... Just a moment ago, you..." Claire lifted her hand and stared at it wondering what could have caused those images to appear in the first place. She looked back at Alisa who seemed to have fallen back to sleep.
"I'll come back again," Claire said to her before Dr. Oguruma returned.
Lucky for her, Claire was able to visit Alisa, without Oguruma this time, before she had to head out on another mission. Claire looked at her hand once again as she recalled what happened last time. "Will it happen again?" Claire said to herself. She looked at Alisa before looking at her hand again. She once again placed her hand on top of hers and as she guessed, it worked. But, instead of images, a full-on scene played out.
She heard voices that repeated "Ready or not..." "Here we come..." it looked like she was inside some cabinet. She watched as two adults came into view, it looked like they were searching for someone. Soon they two adults turned around and panicked a little when suddenly black and gray Aragami appeared and attacked the two. She heard a voice that started screaming for it to stop which she assumed it was Alisa.
The scene changed to Alisa taking part in the painful procedure that every God Eater has to do to become one. The voice of the director of the Far East Branch echoed out in the room. "So young... Defenceless... How you must have cursed your powerlessness..." The machine closed down on Alisa's arm and locking the armlet to her while the God Arc she was holding jabbed into her armlet to see if she was compatible. "Now overcome the anguish. Push past it into a fury, and you can avenge them... All of them... There. Fight, Alisa! Rise above it! Yes, the potential!" The scene ended with Alisa screaming out in pain.
The scene changed once again and this time, she's in an infirmary with her doctor. The doctor was teaching her that the Aragami was her enemy. "These are your enemies. The ones that hurt you, Alisa. The Aragami exist only to hunt, only to kill."
"Aragami... only to kill..." Alisa repeated what he said.
He showed her several images of different types of Aragami. "Yes, Alisa. Only to kill. They will rip away from you, make you suffer. And this is the one you must make an end of. This is the one..." Suddenly the images of the Aragami changed to a picture of Lindow. "The Aragami that killed your family. The one that devoured your mother and father."
"Papa... Mama..."
"You're stronger now. Strong enough to fight. To kill on your own. It's easy, taking a life. Just aim your God Arc and pull the trigger..."
"Pull... Pull the trigger..." Alisa once again repeated his words.
"This will keep you safe. Repeat these words as you pull that trigger, Alisa. Odin... Dva... Tri..."
"Odin... Dva... Tri..."
"Yes, perfect. Remember them, keep them close. They will keep you strong and safe."
"Odin... Dva... Tri..." The scene ended with Alisa repeating those three words.
Claire blinked as she looked around and found that she was back in the infirmary with Alisa who has woken up. Alisa sat up and looked around confused before eyes stopped once she noticed Claire was with her. "What... What happened?" She calmed down a little before she spoke again. "I felt it... Like being inside your skin... Thoughts and emotions that weren't mine... Did it... happen to you too? Did you see?"
"...Yes."
"I'd forgotten that day... I pushed it down so deep that even I couldn't find the memory..." Alisa looked down with a sad expression. "My papa and my mommy... We were playing hide and seek, and I thought I'd be clever. I went to hide in the nearby building. They kept calling, "Ready or not, here we come." "Ready or not..." Then, everything changed. In a moment there were screams, voices, all shouting that an Aragami had broken through!" Claire noticed Alisa's voice was starting to falter as she explained what happened. "I should've rushed out, showed where I was, but... but I was scared. I... I was so frightened. Papa and Mama came to look for me. They ran out to find me in the buildings, but... There was this horrible guttural sound, then it lashed out... It didn't even pause, just took them..." Claire put a comforting hand on top of hers to help calm her down. "If I'd known, I would've... I would've run and we, and we could've run... We should've run... I did it... I let them die..."
"No, don't beat yourself up over it. You were just scared."
Alisa just looked away before she continued. "When I was told I might become a God Eater... that I might be one of the New Types... I was so happy and so furious... At that moment I thought I could get revenge. I could kill that wretched monster. I could avenge my parents... even a little bit. It won't bring them back, but..." Alisa gripped her in head pain as an image of Lindow and that Aragami flashed before her. Claire quickly stood up and did the only thing she knew how to comfort someone. She wrapped her arms around and held her. "I-I'm sorry... I don't know what's happening..." After a while when Alisa calmed down, she spoke up. "You did this before? With that girl?"
"Girl?"
"The one with the purple hair."
Claire wondered how she knew that but she realized it was most likely the same thing that happened to her. "Yes... whenever she was scared I would always hug her until she calmed down." They both remained like that quiet for a while until Claire eventually lets go of Alisa and sat back down. She placed her hand on top of Alisa's once again and she stared at it as recalled that feeling from before.
"I've felt that hand before... The way you're holding it. You did the same thing the other day, didn't you? I'm sure of it. I could feel the warmth flowing through me... Memories I didn't have, just like before. Memories of... happiness. All of them involving that girl."
"Yes. I would probably be a completely different person than the one you're talking to right now if I didn't meet her."
"You care about her, don't you?"
"Yeah... hey? Why don't you recall a few memories for me?"
"Huh?"
"Tell me a couple of memories. I can't remember everything."
"S-Sure... I think this one is when the first time you met her."
"Oh? Care to explain?"
"At first, you followed her, I think to talk to her. You ended up talking to her for hours, but she was a little nervous."
"Yeah, I think I was ten or eleven when first met her. At the time there wasn't an orphanage because most kids had their parents or they-... yeah. I think the only orphans at the time were just me and her. I did have my place to stay so I invited her to stay with me since I knew the pain of losing a parent. I didn't want her to be lonely. At first, she didn't talk to me, but after a while, I was able to get her to open up to me." Claire chuckled at the memory. "When she finally decided to talk to me, she was really shy and nervous. I tried to care for her, like with cooking whatever I could and cleaning the place. Lucky, I had help from my neighbours. She didn't like going out, she would always spend her time reading or helping me with the chores. Eventually, as I spent more and more time with her, I started to consider her to be my little sister. I think if I remember right it, it made her happy to hear that."
"How is she now?"
"She's doing great! She has gotten over her shyness. Though as I far as I know she still hasn't made any friends."
"It must be nice to have someone to care about." Before she could say anything else Claire gasped once she realized what time it was when she looked at the clock. She quickly stood up and Alisa looked at her confused wondering what caused her to act like that. "I'm sorry, Alisa. But, I have a mission soon. I got to go. I'll visit you tomorrow, so get some rest for now."
"H-Hey!"
"Huh? What?"
"I-I... was wondering if you remembered anything about your parents?"
"Hmm... No. Why?"
"I was just wondering."
"Oh, okay. See you." Claire waved as she left the infirmary.
Alisa laid back down and stared at the ceiling. "She doesn't remember anything? Why? I was able to remember..." Alisa sighed before she closed her eyes. "Ogretail, huh? They're one of the most common Aragami. So why doesn't she act like me when I saw that... monster?"