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Woopwoop, the story is not making much progress...but guess what, the progress will start on this chapter :U man, I get the feeling that this is gonna be a long story :I

Shiro's POV

"Oh Shiro! Weren't you with Lindow and the others?" Hibari exclaimed upon seeing me.

"Uhm, what? Where are they?" I gave her a quizzical look. She quirked her eyebrow.

"They went on a mission. I thought they were gonna bring you along." Hibari rubbed her chin. Oh great, I decided to train right when they needed me.

"They left just a few minutes ago." Hibari added, seeing the regretful look on my face. I smiled and nodded, maybe I can catch up.

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Normal POV

"Where could that Kongou possibly be?" Lindow thought out loud as they wandered around. "We've been fighting a lot of Ogretails, but no Kongou."

"Maybe Hibari got the info mixed up." Sakuya said in a worried tone.

"This place..." Lindow spoke in a serious tone, "It's where we last went on a mission with Axe."

"Should we head back?" Sakuya suddenly asked, attempting to change the topic.

"Yeah, we probably sho-" Lindow was cut off when Soma spoke.

"The armlet...look at your armlets." Soma muttered, a little annoyed. They saw a yellow arrow moving around the area.

"Yay! She came!" Sakuya squealed in delight.

"Stupid rookie, walking alone...what does she think she's doing?" Soma snarled as he ran, following the map on his armlet.

"Looks like someone's worried." Lindow teased, gaining a death glare from Soma. Their fight was immediately forgotten when Sakuya gasped.

"S-Shiro..." She stuttered as she looked at her armlet in horror. Shiro found the Kongou.

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Shiro's POV

After a few minutes of searching, I finally saw the three arrows that represented Lindow, Sakuya and Soma.

Oh, and not only that.

I also found the jackpot. I found the Kongou!

Haha...I'm screwed.

Although the three arrows were still visible on my screen, they were on the complete opposite side of where I am. They'd have to take one long detour toreach me. Bad news is, the Kongou already noticed me.

'Run,' my subconscious self told me.

"No." I replied to no once in particular. It was only then that I became aware of my surrounding...I was home.

( Stupid series of flashbacks on the way~!)

"This church was built hundreds of years ago, but it still stood firm. Amazing, isn't it?" Mrs. Hofferson, the lady who used to own an orphanage, said as she led us all inside. "This will protect us from the monsters."

"Shiro doesn't like monsters!" I wailed.

"Neither do I, little one." Mrs. Hofferson ruffled my hair, I gained jealous stares from the other kids in return.

"Don't worry, I will protect everyone from the monsters!" Little Axe lifted his chin up in a proud manner.

"Really?! How are you gonna fight the monsters?" One of the other kids asked. The others seemed intrigued as well, Axe was now the center of attention.

"Easy! I will beat them up with my own hands!" Axe punched the air. "Yah! Take that!"

"Haha, you're like one of those men in the action movies!" Another one exclaimed in awe.

"That's so cool!" The other one agreed.

"Axe looks like he's enjoying this." I muttered. Mrs. Hofferson laughed. "Indeed."

"You...you're the reason why I lost everyone." I yelled at the Kongou as I prepared my blade. "The reason why I lost my home."

The Kongou stared at me hungrily, then it roared.

The church was already old and nearly crumbling. I didn't want to do any more damages, so I led the Kongou outside.

"Afraid of a little sunlight?" I taunted as the Kongou was temporarily blinded by the sun. I took this as an opportunity to step into battle. I jumped and pointed my blade at the Kongou.

I smiled a little when I felt the blade pierce the Kongou's flesh. It felt good.

"Did you hear? Axe is now a God Eater!" I heard some stupid girls squeal like pigs. Since when did girls start to fawn over Axe?

"I know right! Geez, he used to look so dorky, but now he's waaay hotter than the other guys." For pete's sake, this is the very reason why I hated being a teenager.

"Pipe down." Mrs. Hofferson scolded. Hah! That's what you get for being such freaky fangirls.

"But Tia, we can't help it!" The other girl groaned. "You don't always see an orphan become a God Eater."

"That is true." Mrs. Hofferson sighed. "Axe will be coming over, I don't want to hear you girls talking about Axe like that."

That's it Mrs. Hofferson! You rock!

I heard the doors creak open.

"Axe!" The girls screamed happily as they ran toward him. I stayed behind, sitting on this old bench.

"Uhm, sorry I'm a little late. There were some Ogretails outside..." He said while grasping for breath, then his eyes widened when he saw me. "Shiro!"

"Uhm, been a while." I smiled awkwardly. Axe had always been away. We didn't know why, but the news of him being a God Eater recently started to spread.

Mrs. Hofferson walked toward us and smiled. "How are you, my dear?"

"Tia Hofferson, this church is really old. How long do you think it can hold on?" Axe asked worriedly as his eyes scanned the environment.

"I know, it is old, but I trust that it will still be able to protect us a little longer." She sighed. It was true though, the church looked really old. I was afraid that it would someday give up.

"But the Aragami..." Axe gave us a worried look, then he shook his head. "I'll be here to protect you guys."

"You always say that." I puffed my cheek. "But you barely even come here these days."

"Ehm, sorry about that. I've been taking up a lot of missions lately." He replied, scratching the back of his neck. "But...I'll try to be here as much as I can. I'll be the one to protect Shiro!"

The Kongou lifted its gigantic hand and swatted me away.

'Pesky human' It seemed to say as it clawed me. I fell helplessly on the ground.

"Mrs. Hofferson, run!" I shouted as the Ogretails charged at me.

"What about you?!" She shouted back. I shook my head and smiled.

"I'll be fine." I said confidently, although I was very scared at that moment. What kept me going was the will to save everyone. If needed, I would sacrifice my life so they'd be able to escape.

"Shiro..." She looked at me, eyes full of concern.

"Take everyone else! Get them out of the church as soon as possible!" I yelled back, trying to pry an Ogretail off me.

"Tia!" One of the girls cried. "Hurry up!"

"But Shiro..." Mrs. Hofferson tried to get closer.

"No! Leave! Please...leave." I pleaded as I, myself, ran. I knew that the Ogretails were gonna follow me. To my horror, the Ogretails went straight at Mrs. Hofferson and the others.

"Tia!" The girls screamed but the other one pulled her arm. "We've gotta go!"

"I-I'm sorry..." I cried as picked up a shard of glass and stabbed the Ogretail through the chinks of its armour-like skin. "I couldn't protect anyone..."

I checked my HP bar was nearly empty. Though weak and breathless, I reached for my pocket to grab some restore pills, and then my HP bar shot up.

"I will kill you..." I murmured as I dashed toward the Kongou. Thinking that I would go straight, the Kongou did a body slam, shaking the ground. Hah. You made the wrong move.

I quickly jumped in mid-air and slashed the Kongou's face. I felt my heart do a little victory dance when some of its armor were unbound.

But my happiness was short-lived...

It shot Air Slugs at me, and once again, my HP dropped...fast.

Before I even got the chance land on the hard ground, I feel a sudden wave of energy surge through my body.

"Here's some recovery bullets!" I heard Sakuya shout. Recovery bullets, huh? That's new to me.

"Oooh, you've done quite a damage to the Kongou." Lindow mused as he charged an attack.

"You're a very reckless rookie..." Soma said through gritted teeth before joining Lindow.

"Don't mind him, he was just worried." Sakuya said as she handed me a few restore pills. Worried? That word doesn't match to his personality at all.

"Argh!" I saw Lindow being tossed by the Kongou.

"Lindow!" Sakuya jumped to her feet and ran towards Lindow.

"Damn." Soma cursed as the Kongou pinned him down. I was scared. Again, I was alone. Their lives now depend on me, but I'm weak. My whole body felt like lead, I was tired.

Soma was still pinned down, Lindow was currently being aided by Sakuya, and I found myself staring at the whole scene. The Kongou suddenly roared, its mouth wide-open, ready to eat its prey.

*BAM*

Blood dripped from the Kongou's mouth, Soma rolled out of the way before the Kongou fell on top of him.

"What ha-the Kongou's defeated already?" Lindow asked, half-amused and a little disappointed.

"Soma?" Sakuya looked at Soma, but he shook his head and pointed at me.

My hands were trembling, I held my smoking God Arc in its Gun form. I killed the Kongou.

HAH! TAKE THAT! Long chapter, no? Well, at least now we get to take a peek of Shiro's past! Hope you liked this chap ;A; I worked hard on it...I'm getting serious with this story.