Brynn's slow footsteps echoed throughout the hallway. It was early morning, the windows had allowed a bit of sunlight to come in indicating that the Red Rain had concluded. She grasped a tray which had a glass of water, food, and pills.

She decided to bring the captain some medicine as she felt responsible for his hangover, he hadn't emerged from his room since then and even skipped breakfast. Luckily, the platinum-haired one managed to sneak food from the cafeteria.

Her footsteps came to an end when she reached his door, it was the room in the middle of the hallway. She knocked on the door gently, managing to balance the tray with one hand before she spoke gently, "Julius? You up? I'm coming in." She opened the door and was met with silence and an empty room.

She heard the water in the bathroom running, she figured that he was attempting to get rid of his headache with a bath. Placing the tray down on the table the female looked around the room in curiosity as thoughts began to run through her head. She bitterly thought that he was the only one that had his own bathroom.

Did that entail her one since she did become Vice Captain recently? She shook her head to dismiss the thought, and remembered the reason why she was here. She needed to talk to him.

Brynn looked towards the window which showed a fake image of the outside. Each member could choose what view they wanted to have in whatever rooms they occupied. The room that she was currently in had a vast field that had multiple flowers that seemed similar to the ones that they had in the garden. The water stopped running and the door opened, she spun around and nearly fainted at what she saw.

"Ah, J-julius! I'm sorry, I just brought you your food but I-I'll go now!" Her face turned bright red upon seeing the male who had a towel wrapped around his waist leaving his torso bare. He was drying his hair without another towel. She gulped upon seeing the Captain's abs that seemed sculpted from marble. She cursed upon realizing that she was staring at the male's muscular and lean frame. She failed to notice the amused look playing on the other's features as she attempted to walk past him.

She was a few feet away from the door when the figure that she was escaping from had suddenly appeared in front of her. Her eyes were met with his bare skin and she inhaled his scent.

'He smells like lavender.' She thought and couldn't help but think how feminine that seemed. She looked up and saw how droplets of water trickled down his face and the serious look the older one had.

"I truly appreciate your efforts to bring me food, Vice Captain." he gave a reassuring smile. "Give me a few moments to get dressed. I suppose that you stayed to discuss things with me and not to see me partially naked?"

'Who would have thought that for someone so serious, he enjoys other's dismay.' She thought to herself in amusement then found a smirk finding a way to her lips. The flustered state that she was in earlier had disappeared.

"And if I did?" It was the male's turn to blush and she giggled. She began to think that despite him being serious, he was easily flustered and naive as well.

"It was a joke, Captain Visconti." Too bad that she was better at getting on other's nerves.

"Pssst. Pssst." The noise was coming from her as she faced a blue figure. "PSSSST!" The blue figure still ignored her.

"VAJRA!" She screamed causing the blue figure to spin around, the huge blade that he was shouldering was now ready. She laughed boisterously and buckled over.

"Your face was too much to handle!" She remarked through the giggles, she swore that she heard her companion growl.

"I'll feed you to the damn Vajras, fucking idiot."

She blinked and attempted to remember who that figure clad in blue was. Julius had emerged from the bathroom, now dressed and decent, and made his way to Brynn who gave a small smile in recognition.

"What was it that you wanted to discuss about, Vice Captain?"

The girl bit her lower bit and her eyebrows knitted together in response to the title. "That." Julius looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

"I mean… Why me?" She asked in the most simplified way. Julius caught on and gave a small smile that reached his grey colored eyes. He ran a hand through his hair before answering.

"Why not? I believe, and everyone else believes that you are more than qualified for this position." The blonde male said with a small smile on his face. Despite him trying to put her at ease, it didn't dispel her own doubts.

She was afraid and worried. What if she couldn't meet their expectations. She couldn't fulfill her duties and couldn't protect her teammates. Heck, she knew that being vice captain meant that she had to make reports. Something that she wasn't good at, especially if in the future, you'll put hers beside the captain it will definitely stick out and look horrible to put it short.

Brynn's Mission Report Draft

Mission Report:

Mission Name: Bookworm? Library worm? (Got to ask Fran.)

Date: ? NO ONE WANTS TO DATE ME

Participants: Me|

Participants: M|

Participants: Brynn Amaryllis Mercu

Targets: Chi-Yu|

Targets: Chi-Y|

Targets: Chi-You

Report: Mission was a success, managed to defeat the Chi-You within 10 minutes and core was extracted.

Brynn's Mission Report (After Julius edited it.)

Mission Name: Bookworm

Date: 11/22

Participants: Brynn Amaryllis Mercu

Targets: Chi-You, Ogretail

Report: Bookworm was a successful solo-mission that had resulted with no major injuries and casualties. Goals have been met in exactly 9 minutes and 43 seconds. Other nearby aragami had been exterminated as well. All cores have been collected, (1 Chi-You's and 7 Ogretails')

She wasn't very good with her words. Especially since she was put in a unit where the captain was a modern Shakespeare (not like the annoying Emil who thankfully went back to the Far East.)

Finally finding her voice, she answered, voicing out the thoughts that troubled her, "I can't even take care of myself, I often have to drag you all around. What if-"

"Those are all what ifs, Vice Captain. Do not overlook the fact that we are a team. Blood is one. We do not expect you to carry the burdens alone. As for your weaknesses. No one is pardoned from having weakness. As a team, there is a sense of equilibrium. Each members fills in what the other doesn't have." Brynn felt his hand reach her shoulder as he squeezed it gently, a sense of tranquility washed over her.

"Congratulations, Julius." Came the voice of Rachel, she could not see a thing however. "You are the first person to become compatible with the P66 Bias Factor and the foundation of the Blood Special Forces."

She gave a sincere smile after the memory faded away, Julius had more weight on his shoulders and she should be the one to at least try to lessen that weight. The warmth radiating from his hand had dispersed but a warm smile played on his lips. She found it strange how every time they would come in contact, she would discover something new about him. Of course, they never talked about it in person.

'Does that mean that he's learning things about my past?' She couldn't help but wonder.

"Alright, Captain." She softly began, her caramel colored eyes met with his grey ones. "Thank you for listening to me and making me feel more at ease."

"It's fine, Brynn. Please don't keep things to yourself. We're all here for you."

'I suppose that this is the least that I could do.'

"Vice Captain, do you have a few moments to spare?" Brynn looked up from the book that she was reading, she found it in the abandoned city, there happened to be a few books that were still readable and were actually worth reading. Her lips stretched upwards.

"Of course." Patting the seat beside her, Ciel reluctantly sat down.

There was silence between the two, Brynn set aside her book while her attention was now all upon the younger female. She began to take notice how mature the 16 year old looked. Even more mature than her. With her sharp eyes and figure. She definitely did not look her age. She stopped the urge of looking down at her own, not so blessed chest. A light blush crossed her face upon realizing that she was looking at the girl.

'First Nana, now Ciel? So apparently, I'm bi without realizing it.'

"I've been meaning to ask." The blank look that the younger one had never changed. This did not stop Brynn from seeing the shyness that it contained however. "Ever since you've joined Blood, how much combat experience do you have?"

What was with that question? Brynn couldn't help but think back to how long she was with Blood. It has been 2 months since she first participated in active missions and so far, she's been in more than 20 missions by now. But they all dealt with small fries and medium-sized Aragamis. She was never assigned a mission where she had to deal with a large-sized Aragami or anything that held extreme power. The power that a normal god Eater wouldn't be capable of handling.

"I don't know if you were made aware, but…" She paused and hummed before continuing, "Blood wasn't my first unit. Supposingly, I've been a God Eater since I was 13. But I guess that you can't count the three years that I've been inactive." She chuckled lightly in attempts to ease the tension in the air. Ciel didn't look amused in the slightest.

'Damn, tough cookie.' She thought with amusement.

"I see…" Ciel acknowledged as she averted her eyes. "I don't have much experience in the frontlines. However, I do specialize in tactical strategies and the like. I had devised a possible training regimen for Blood. Taking in each member's stats and capabilities into consideration. I believe that it will help with the development of Blood." She, "I submitted the report to you." She continued.

'So this is what Julius meant.' The blonde nodded, they continued to discuss with one another when Brynn's earpiece began to activate.

"All Blood members are requested to proceed to the lobby." Fran ordered. Although it was loud enough for Ciel to hear, Brynn cringed at how high the volume was and muttered a curse before lowering it.

"Looks like something's up." Brynn picked up her book and rose from her spot, stretching a bit before she turned back to Ciel. "Let's have lunch together and continue our discussion then." The silver-haired girl blinked in surprise before nodding in agreement.

She didn't expect the Vice Captain to actually be interested in all the technical stuff they were engaged in earlier. She had been brushed away by the other Blood members when she attempted to bring it up with them, and assumed that the eldest girl would react the same way. She couldn't help but smile as she followed behind the girl that she was thinking about.

The duo arrived at the lobby and all members were present. Julius cleared his throat before announcing whatever was going on.

"A distress call had been picked up just a few minutes ago. Apparently, a lone God Eater has been ambushed by a Psion." They all tensed up. Brynn recalled her previous experience with a Psion which wasn't a good one to add. "The God Eater has a second generation God Arc, which can easily be manipulated by the Psion. Although it is not confirmed what kind of Aragami this is. It is still a threat."

Brynn swallowed the lump in her throat as she looked around, this would be her first mission as Vice Captain. She couldn't help but feel the heaviness of her responsibility. Julius noticed the problematic look on the girl's face.

He knew that she was troubled by the responsibility that had been entrusted to her. But he wouldn't have decided on it if he wasn't confident in what she was capable of doing. He had seen some visions of what possibly was her past whenever she would come in contact with him.

"Congratulations, you are the this branch's very first new-type."

"After this mission, you will be promoted to Captain."

"You are a very promising God Eater. I hope that you continue to remain loyal to your calling."

He believed that she was fitting and more than competent for the responsibility.

"Captain, shall we begin?" Said girl released him from his thoughts as they all looked at him with concern, "The sooner we get there, the better." He nodded in agreement.

Clearly, he now needed someone to snap him from his thoughts every once in a while.

The Psion had been defeated and Blood dispersed in order to search for the God Eater that had previously been engaged with the Psion. It had been Julius and Gil who found their target. Followed by Nana, Ciel, and Romeo.

She was a silver-haired woman, wearing a white uniform that barely covered her chest. If the male God Eaters hadn't been used to this sight, they probably would have looked like hungry wolves upon seeing the voluptuous girl. Her God Arc was in its gun form, blood red in color, matching the blade and shield that it had.

"I thank you all for responding immediately." She thanked them before she queried, "Who the heck are you lot?"

Julius answered for them all, "We are Friar's Blood Unit. Our operator picked up the distress signal that was coming from your armlet. Our system is capable of picking up signals of Psions around the area." He paused before observing the girl, he had not seen any injuries, fortunately. "Are you alright, Miss?"

The woman nodded in response, the tense expression that she had faded away. "I am Alisa Illinichina Amiella, a member of Fenrir's independent unit, Cradle. Pleased to meet you-" She paused, "I apologize, I don't know your names." She gestured to each one of them with her free hand.

After getting acquainted with one another, Romeo piped in, "Uhm…" He looked around, all looked at him with curiosity. "The Vice Captain hasn't gotten back yet." Upon realization, Julius' eyes widened and he pressed on to his earpiece.

"Blood Alpha, we have regrouped. Where are you?" He asked in concern, waiting for a reply from the missing girl. He only heard static when a loud gunshot was heard. The line was finally getting established.

They all waited with bated breath as they heard a roar from the other line, "Yeah, Blood Alpha here, an Aragami has made its appear-" another roar came through, "For fucks sake shut up, Vajra!" There was a roar of pain and a slight yelp. Then static.

"Damnit." Julius cursed before pressing on his comm once again, "Fran, Julius coming in, send in the location of the large aragami that has entered the premises."

"Sending in coordinates. Something happened with the signal earlier. I've managed to re-establish the connection with the connection with Blood Alpha." A red dot appeared on Julius' eyepiece, he put it on hastily earlier and they proceeded to head to the location when he gave the order.

They ran towards the farthest building along with Cradle's member. They were all in their gun forms except for Nana who opted to use her hammer. "I can't believe that the Vajra hadn't been detected earlier!" Gil shouted while running next to Julius.

The demolished chapel was coming into view, "I hope that she's alright." Nana piped in. "She still can't be reached."

"This Vice Captain of yours must be insane." Alisa voiced out loud. This earned a sigh from Julius.

All had been stopped in their tracks the moment that they arrived and got a glimpse of what happened. A dark red and black aura surrounded the scythe as she cleaved through the beast multiple times. She raised it over her head, and cleaved the Vajra in half before pulling out, ripping out the core in the process. Leading to the lion-like Aragami's demise. She stabbed the God Arc into the ground and panted.

She had used up most of her stamina with her attacks. Fortunately, the Vajra died before she had ran out. Romeo was the first to rush to her.

"You took the Vajra down on your own!" His blue eyes were wide with surprise as he helped the girl to stand. It was his first time seeing a God Eater actually combat with a Vajra solo. He knew that it had been accomplished by other God Eaters in the past, but perhaps asides from Julius, he didn't expect Brynn to be capable of taking it down.

They all were approached her as she looked up and gave a sheepish grin, "Give me a sec. The Cleave fang really took a lot from me." The drained girl struggled to get up, but ended up stumbling. Nana and Ciel forunately caught her and supported her.

Gil went nearer with a furious look on his face, Brynn knew that he would be scolding her so she braced for his words, "You should have reached out to us earlier, idiot!" She winced a bit before turning back to him to glare.

"The signal had been jammed, stupid." She spat back at him, "I've been trying to run back but this fella," she pointed to the mass of oracle cells that was going back to the air, "was too keen on playing around. It was strangely aggressive." She added, now capable of standing giving the two younger girls thankful glances.

Julius butted in before they could reprimand her even more. "Let's just all be thankful that she's safe." The look of relief on his face had been evident. The worry and anxiety he had from earlier had been dispelled the moment he saw the girl's health levels. He thought that he was going to lose-

Wait, when did he get so attached? He shook his head slightly to get rid of the thoughts. He needed to remain professional. Attachments would only cause him trouble. He looked over back to his teammates to see that Brynn was conversing with the girl that they had rescued.

"You know, you'd be prettier if you pick up your jaw from the floor." Brynn casually joked as they all looked at the look of disbelief that the Russian had. "Don't take it the wrong way, I don't swing that way."

'Or maybe I do?' She caught a glimpse of the newcomer's chest. She turned back to face the girl's blue eyes.

Julius walked up to them, "Is there anything bothering you about my Vice Captain, miss?" His statement had caused the other to snap out of her thoughts.

Alisa cleared her throat, still looking at the female blonde. 'It can't be her? She's dead. She's been buried.' She faced Julius, "She just reminded me of an old friend." Brynn was now conversing with the tallest in the group. Hitting him every once in awhile.

'Could it be?'

She planned on approaching to ask for her name, but her comm had called her attention. A voice indicating that her pick-up has arrived.

"Oi. We're here. Don't keep us waiting." Came a gruff man's voice, she rolled her eyes upon realizing who it was. Failing to notice the Brynn look at her with shock.

"Yes, I'll proceed to the extraction point." She muted her comm and looked over to the unit that had saved her, "My pick-up has arrived, I thank all of you once again." She turned on her heel, ignoring the way that Romeo gawked at her. "I'm very sure that I will work by your side in the nearby future." They watched her retreating figure, Brynn staring intensely at the girl's back.

"Ajin… Diva… Touri…"

Did she know her? What branch did she come from? Brynn flinched when a hand laid itself upon her shoulder, "You did well, Vice Captain. We must make our way back to Friar." He gently reminded her, the other simply nodded in response. Thus they trudged back towards the extraction point. A lingering sense of familiarity had bothered her endlessly.

Brynn had been summoned by a certain scientist in order to be briefed regarding her upcoming assignment, which was to be fulfilled on the same day. A few days had passed since that Vajra incident and it has been awhile since her God Arc acted up.

Hopefully, it wouldn't anymore.

The doctor was kind enough to give her a tool that would stabilize her OP intake. An extra storage for oracle cells for her gun. It could store 9 times of what her OP storage was capable of doing. Her blast gun was already capable of doing that, but what the doctor added allowed it to happen automatically. Previously, she had to transfer it on her own.

The elevator's door slid open to reveal a red-haired woman, the sister of the person who she was to report to. She bowed slightly and the woman gave her a small smile, "Looks like your hands are beginning to get filled, Vice Captain." She put emphasis on the title.

Even until now, Brynn still wasn't used to being called that. It seemed awkward for her and she would constantly remind them not to call her that. Of course, if it were someone of that level, she would not dare to reprimand.

She was crazy but she still somehow had respect for her superiors.

"How's Ciel doing?" She was snapped back to reality with the question. Curiosity and concern sparked in the elder woman's eyes and Brynn could see it clear as day.

As promised, Brynn would often have lunch with the younger girl. This left her with less time with Julius and Gilbert who she usually was with. Not that they were bothered. Both, especially the captain, had become more busy as missions were piling up.

"I think that she's doing great." She cheerfully answered, "She's slowly opening up." Remembering one of the discussion that they had involving animals and bullets. Despite the contrast of the two topics, they were things that caused sparks to fly from the younger one's eyes.

The doctor hummed in response, "Is that so? That's good then." Her heels clicked against the floor as she walked past the God Eater. "Ciel came from a military bloodline thus resulting to her vast knowledge regarding weaponry and military tactics. I'm glad that she has someone to open up to now. She used to be Julius' bodyguard, so I suppose that they were somewhat close." She reached the elevator and stepped in, the small smile on her face didn't fade away, "Keep up the good work." The metallic doors closed.

'Bodyguard? They must have been really close then.' Her heart tightened a bit before she shook her head disapprovingly. She didn't and shouldn't be jealous and bothered. Wait, she wasn't jealous. There's nothing to be jealous about. A groan erupted from her throat before she made her way to the lab.

She didn't have time for those ridiculous feelings.