Hi readers, it has come to my attention from reviews that some of my readers are creeped out and are a little disturbed by Soma's somewhat perverted behavior. And to those readers I am sorry, as a writer I was trying to capture the characteristics of an awkward teenaged boy, which let's face it everyone knows struggles with their wild hormones. Not to mention his Aragami side that gives him somewhat animalistic behavior at times.

Growing up with three brothers I thought I was doing a pretty good job (Well without the that's what she said jokes and would you tap that checkouts). And to be honest, later on I was going to get a little worse. I was even debating making more God Eater stories like that later on. But I hate to offend so after this one this story, I won't write anymore. So bare with this story if you can and then I'll be good after that. Thanks and again sorry.

Chapter 28

"Hey, boss! How're you doing?"

"Good but restless, what about yourself?"

"Me? You don't even want to know!"

"What's wrong Tatsumi?"

"Brendan has been sulking all day, and then Hibari is ignoring me or something!" Ah, she's in denial with her feelings and hasn't come to terms with accepting him as her mate. He must have finally won her over when he decided to not board the Ark. But Brendan... Brendan must be feeling like he let everyone down. I'll be sure to speak to him next.

"All we get are boring missions for some unknown reason... Sometimes, our targets are already dead when we get there! I mean... Being able to live in peace is a good thing, don't get me wrong. It's just that things feel so... weird."

"Are the Aragami numbers dwindling? There are so few missions lately..." Kanon commented in. "Thanks to that, I get more time for my hobby. It's great! Speaking of which! I made a new cookie creation! It's called a 'Blast Cookie!' I brought some for everybody... I hope you like it!"

Oh dear God, knowing her she would actually put gun powder in them so that they go down with a bang. "No thanks Kanon. Tatsumi says that Brendan's feeling down. I gotta go see if I can help him." I ran to the elevator like the devil was after me.

The elevator door opened as I ran to it. With Soma walking out to his doom. I couldn't abandon him to his fate. He looked at me in shock as I dashed toward him. Then it slowly turned to anger as I grabbed his arm and dragged him back into the elevator.

"What the hell?!" He growled at me, his anger must have been making his face red.

"Kanon's been making cookies." That's all I needed to say for him to silently press the close button on the elevator.

"Great, now how am I going to talk to the Rookies?" He said in annoyance.

"If you're talking about Kota and Alisa, they're in the Entrance." Appreciating the info he hit the Entrance Floor button as we had a silent ride on the elevator from then on.

Just as I said they were in the Entrance, talking to each other.

"I feel like the missions these days are too simple. Maybe all the Aragami disappeared since that incident." Kota said to Alisa.

"You know how there aren't many missions to defeat larger Aragami recently? I heard it's because of cannibalism. They'd find their targets completely shredded to pieces. I'm really curious as to what Aragami is doing that." Alisa replied.

"Due to the madness spreaded by the voice of the island many Aragami began to devour each other. Most likely there are still a few strays of the madness." I jumped in as they turned to the elevator to look at us.

"Hey Okami, Soma!" Kota greeted with a wave. "Come join us."

As we approached Kota continued on with his conversation.

"Anyways, so I've been bored lately and I hang out at home sometimes. And... I found out about a shocking fact!"

"... I'm curious." Enough to take a bite of his bait, why not humor him.

"Well, you see. My little sister seems to have this friend who's a boy... and... You Know? I'm an understanding big brother, right."

I had to giggle at this, that guy was the biggest protective big brother I've ever met. "Right."

"Yeah... Ahh! I won't admit it! I'll beat up any guy who gets close to my sister! I'm never going to let it happen!"

"Now, now Kota. You can't shield her from boys forever. She's bound to grow up, and she's bound to fall in love. All you can do then is watch from a far, only interfering when she needs you. But I understand your pain, I feel the same way about my little brothers as well."

"It's not the same with boys. They're suppose to try and find girlfriends."

"... I can't help but feel a double standard here."

"So you're saying you don't like the idea of them dating? Why don't you let them go out and find a nice... ah... Aragami?"

His comment made me crouching into a ball in the corner with a dark shadow over me as I twirled circles on the floor with my finger while mumbling. "No... no... I'm not ready yet... too young... not ready."

The others sweat dropped at my antics. Kota, feeling bad, approached me to try and comfort me. "Ah, come on Leader it's not that bad. Like you said, they're bound to grow up and leave the nest and find someone. We just have to accept it."

I looked up to him from my ball and said. "If that's true then are you ready for your sister to enter the dating world?"

Kota ended up joining me in my antics, mumbling along with me. "No not ready... too young... I'm not ready." Alisa sighed in exasperation at our antics and Soma face palmed himself.

The sound brought me back to reality. "Oh yeah, Brendan! I gotta find Brendan!"

"Why are you looking for him?" My antics must have really annoyed Soma since he sounded angry.

"Well, he's been feeling down lately. So I thought we could go on a few missions to make him feel better. See you around guys." But as I left I could have sworn I felt a killing vibe.

"Oh, hey, it's you..." Karel? "I still believe the Ark Project was the correct path. Just wanted to make that clear."

"If that is how you truly feel, I support your decision none the less. Now... would you like to go on a mission with me and Brendan?"

"What?... Sure." Poor Karel, he's somewhat like Soma at times, hiding behind a shell so he can't get hurt. But still, his decision to board the Ark did hurt him. And like Brendan he feels like he abandoned his comrades. He fears that they will treat him differently for his choice and thus hides behind a shell while Brendan openly expresses his guilt.

But I don't want them to feel that way. As a pact we all stick together no matter what choices single members made in their past. I think they both got the message as I took them on a few missions. But Soma seemed to be grumpy by the time we got back so I took him and Kota along that evening on a mission to the Wailing Plains to take out a Kongou.

But Kota was right, there haven't been any strong Aragami lately. Ever since that incident at Aegis Island it's like they all vanished. Just like the information on that incident. All data about it as been locked up and labeled as top secret. The Director's death has been labeled as an accident and our interference with the project was kept under wraps. The sudden life on the Moon and the data about Shio has been kept away from public eye. But that's a good thing in my book, I don't want those bastards with a superiority complex to try and use Shio... again. With the Director gone, Saki took his place and at the moment the world seems so peaceful. Now with Nova out of the way, I can now focus on what I've been trying to do all along... find Lindow.

****** The next day ******

HQ has been trying to send us more New-Types. Whether it's a sign of a peace offering or a way for them to keep an eye on us it doesn't matter to me. Right now missions have been cancelled left and right and this bothers me for the lack of knowing why this is happening.

And to make matters worse Sakuya has been keeping herself in her room, spacing out. I'm going to get to the bottom of this one step at a time. Entering Sakuya's room I find her near the sink. Again, she didn't even notice that I entered her room. I lightly tap her shoulder so as not to startle her.

"Huh? Oh! Sorry, no, it's nothing..." I stay silent, waiting for her to finally let it out. She can't bottle it forever, it's affecting her work. Sure there's nothing but weak Aragami now, but we have no idea when the strong ones are coming back.

"Well actually... I don't want to keep secrets from you. Ever since the Aragami began disappearing, I've started thinking about Lindow more often. I wonder what's wrong with me. Maybe I'm just tired..."

"Maybe it means something..." I can't tell her much but I can at least throw her a bone. I don't want to get her hopes up too high, but she has a point. The Aragami shredded to pieces did have a faint scent of Lindow. But what makes me fear for the worse is the fact he shredded then without his God Arc. I will have to keep the herd and my brothers away from those areas.

"So you think so? Maybe Lindow will pop up and come home as if nothing happen..." Her hopes are too high, but be careful what you wish for or you just might get it.

"We shall see." Is all I can say.

"Thank you for the support, I'm glad I talked to you."

****** Dr. Sakaki's Lab ******

"Oh! There you are!" Licca said approaching me as I held my God Arc. "So, uh, your God Arc... It's not doing so well. The joints are really damaged and I gave it a temporary fix, but... If you think there's something wrong come back immediately. There are many God Eaters, but only one you."

The devouring mouth of my God Arc appeared and I pat it to comfort him. "Hey buddy... Do you think you'll be alright for a couple more hunts?" It gave a pulse through my body almost as if it was saying yes. "Alright... hang in there my friend. When Licca fully repairs you we'll take a little break so you and I can get some R&R." The jaw smiled at this so I pat it a little more before heading back to the Entrance.

"Okami, a new-type Aragami has appeared in the Infernal Subway." Hibari addressed me as I exited the elevator.

"Man, I hate going to that place. Can you give me a description of the Aragami?"

"It's called a Sekhmet, it's a stronger version of a Chi-You, We've heard that Freeze works, but it is up to you to try."

"Very well, we'll leave at once. I'll go gather my team." Gathering Soma, Kota, and Sakuya we headed out for the mission. As we rode on the Chopper Sakuya started a conversation with me.

"So I heard from Licca... Your God Arc is in pretty bad condition."

I looked down at my God Arc. "My boy can handle a few more fights." But this information drew in the concern of Kota and Soma.

"After all those tough battles I guess it's only to be expected. It just needs a longer break and an overhaul. The God Arc and yourself as well that is."

"We're fine Sakuya. We can still fight." With that I ended the conversation and the rest of the trip was a quiet flight.

****** Some extra's in the story but not part of the main story ******

"Okami I've been wondering." Alisa commented during one of my girl nights in my room. "You wear the same outfit, get into messy fights where you're covered in Aragami blood, yet your outfit stays clean."

"That's because I have more than just one." I said opening up my closet to show her my collection of Alisa to Halter outfits." She looked at the numbers of them in shock. "The blood stains are so bad that I don't even try to save them and just throw them out at times."

"Okami... don't you have any other clothes?"

"Yes," I said shifting through my clothes hanging up in my closet. "I have Halter outfits in different colors. Like my Alure outfit, my Leaves outfit, my Sortir outfit, my-"

"No, no. I meant do you have any other kinds of outfits."

"Well I save these for special occasions but I have my Engima Coat, my Sunny Coat, my Melon Coat, my Bossy Coat, my Welkin Coat-"

"Those are all too beastly, don't you have anything else?"

"Oh yeah, I do."

"What?" Alisa said getting her hopes up.

"My Wild Titanti Top, my Wild Zoiste top, and my Wild Zircon Top."

"The word 'Wild' should have given you a hint that that is not what I meant! Okami can't you wear something more girlie, why do you stay in this set style?!"

"Because it reminds me of home." She paused at this feeling sympathy for me. "And it also keeps me warm." Until I said that.

"Skirts can do the same thing."

"The skirts the Terminal sells are impractical for hunting, I can't go on mission in them."

"Come on Okami. Wear a skirt, just once, PLEASE!"

"(Sigh) I'll tell you what Alisa. When the next special occasion comes up I'll let you dress me up in a skirt or a dress, no quarrels what-so-ever."

"Deal!" She began to giggle. "Ooh, I can't wait! Perhaps I can dress you up for a party! Or even better, a wedding!"

"... What's a wedding?"