Chapter 2

Morning comes, and the day starts just as before. Making her way to Den's lobby, she walked out of the elevator and down the stairs to Hibari's desk.

"Good morning, Yukichi. Are you here for your field mission?" The redhead operator turned to her when she noticed her, nodding her toward the operator answering the redhead question. "Lindow will be the one taking you to your field mission. He'll be here soon, so you can wait over there." She pointed at the couch near her desk.

When Lindow arrives, he introduces himself as her superior officer. Right after he briefs her on the mission, a beautiful woman walks towards them, "Oh, who is this a new recruit?" He turned to the woman with a smile before replying, "Yep, and you totally ruined my big scary speech now, so shoo!" he tested.

"Of course, sir. You're the boss." She waved at Yukichi before she left. "Alright, let's get going, yeah."

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"Alright, rook, good work today. Not bad for your first-time mission on the field." He turned to the younger God Eater before he spoke again. "Let's go home, yeah."

When they arrived at the Den, Lindow went to talk with her again before she went to Dr. Sakaki's lab for her lesson about Aragamis along with Kota. "Hey, rook, before I forget, your mission tomorrow is with Sakuya. Be sure to follow her orders, okay?" Nodding her head, showing that we acknowledge his request, and leaves for Dr. Sakaki's lab.

The next day's mission with Sakuya is the same as it is with Lindow. "I get why Lindow speaks so highly of you now. You are not afraid to try new tactics; never let that go. Now let's wait for the chopper and head home."

When they return to the Den, Yukichi speaks with Sakuya briefly before she heads to Dr. Sakaki's lab for her Aragami lessons with Kota. "Hay, is there any point to this lecture? I mean, our job is to kill them. What does it matter where they came from?"

"Oh, but there is a point." The doctor spoke up, startling both of the young God Eaters. He explained that the Aragamis is a cluster of cells fused together, that they have no heart or vital organs, and that they cannot be killed by normal weapons.

After the lesson is over, Yukichi stays back a bit longer. "Ah, what can I help you with, Miss Yukichi?" The doctor smiled at her "I uh... Can you teach me how to read and write properly, doctor?" Sheepishly scratching the back of her neck.

"Ah, I see... Tell me what you know about reading and writing." The doctor asked, "My father taught me the basics, but that's all." The young God Eater looked down to the floor, embarrassed by her lack of knowledge about reading and writing.

"I see. Tomorrow, come back to my lab after your mission. I'll have some reading material and paperwork for you." Yukichi looks back up at the doctor, and bowing her head. She thanked him before she left for her room.

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"Dad, look, there's food here." She calls out to her father while rummaging through a box filled with canned goods in the back room of the abandoned store.

"That's good, but we still need medical supplies." Looking up at her father through the doorway "You keep on stocking up on food, and I'll look around for the first aid kit."

After he takes his leave, Yukichi turns back to the box of food and starts to put the canned food into her wagon.

After stocking up on food, she looks for her father at the front of the store.

When she finally found him, she called out, "Dad, did you find the medkit?" Her father didn't answer, his back turned to her. "Dad? What's wrong?"

She called out again. "Why did you leave?" He whispered in a hushed voice, "What?" Feeling her heart suddenly drop, she looked at him, his back still to her.

Slowly, he turned around to her; his face and body were bloody. "Why did you leave Yukichi? Why didn't you try me?" But before she could say or do anything, the roof collapsed on him.

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"DAD!!!"

Her body jolted awake in a cold sweat and heavy breathing. Looking out at the window in the middle of her room, she saw it was still dark out. Turning to the side of her bed, her clock read 4:00 a.m. Calming her breath, she got out of bed, turned on a dim orange light, and went to the bay window seat of her room, sitting there and looking out the window to the city.

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8:00 a.m., the clock read as Yukichi ready herself for today, putting on her Fenrir battle top, casual pants, and boots.

On her way to the elevator, she met with Kota, "Hay Yukichi, you feel pumped for our mission today." Nodding her head, she enters the elevator, and Kota follows suit.

They went to the cafeteria for breakfast before making their way to Hibari's desk. "Hey, Hibari," Kota greets the operator when they arrive at her desk. "So who are we going on a mission with today?" He asked the redhead.

"Today you're going on a mission with Sakuya and Lindow, Kota, and as for Yukichi, you'll be sent to the sunken grid. You'll meet Soma and Eric there, for your mission." The redhead operator said while typing on her computer.

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"Don't just stand there; fight!"

When she arrives at the sunken grid, everything happens so quickly. Eric was introducing himself, but then an Ogertail came out of nowhere and killed him. Then a young man in a hood who looked around her age killed the Aragami, both of them lying dead on the ground.

"Well there you go; welcome to this godforsaken workplace." He turned to her a scowled, edge deep on his face.

"Name Soma, don't bother remembering it; neither of us will last long. The time for mourning has come and gone. Come on, we have a mission to finish. If you don't want to die, then you better stay the hell out of my way."

"I can't do that."

He stopped and turned to look back at her. "I'm sorry, but I can't do that. I was instructed to stay together during combat, so I won't be separating from you. Even if you have some sort of death wish." The look on her face tells him everything he needs to know; she won't back down. "Find, but if you die, it's on you."

The mission is over as quickly as it's started, and they manage to survive even after they are boxed in by Aragamis. When they arrived back at the Den, Yukichi headed straight to Dr. Sakaki's lab, while Soma stayed at the lobby to fill in the report, and at the end of the report, he wrote.

I, Soma von Schicksal, approve the transfer of New-Type Yukichi Suzuki from training to active combat duty.