Chapter 3

When she awoke from her dreamless sleep, she was greeted by tea and a plate of food on the table next to her in a room that was not hers; she was in the doctor's lab. "Right, I've been working on my reading and writing until I fall asleep in Dr. Sakaki's lab for the last few weeks because of those nightmares," Sitting up on the couch she was sleeping on.

After Eric's death, her nightmares became more intense and frequent. It was thanks to the doctor allowing her to work until exhaustion took over that she was able to sleep. She looks up and sees that the worksheet and books Dr. Sakaki gave her are neatly stacked on the bookshelf in the corner of the lab.

"Dr. Sasaki must have moved it there."

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A splash of red blood pulled under the body, Eric's body.

"I thought you said that now, as a God Eater, you can fight those monsters; yet you still can't protect someone right in front of you."

Her father is standing over Eric's dead body, bloody, and has some of his flash tears from his body reviling guts and bones.

"You failed to protect him, just as you failed to protect me. You let him die, just like you let me die that day."

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The memory of her nightmares floods her mind. Clutching her head in pain from the memories rushing back is agonizing. Just then, the lab door opens. "Oh, good, you're awake. How are you feeling, Yukichi?" Dr. Sakaki walks in and goes to his computer.

"Good morning, Doctor. I apologize for disturbing you last night." She said and ate the food from the plate in front of her, "Oh, it's alright, but I should be asking you that. When you came here last night, you looked disturbed. Is something troubling you?" Looking up at the doctor, she rubs the back of her head and gives him a sheepish smile. "It's nothing, doctor, just a nightmare. Well, I better get ready for today's mission. I'll see you after the mission, doctor."

Before Dr. Sakaki could say anything else, Yukichi had already walked out the door.

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"Yet another day of God Eating. Make sure you come back safe yeah." Lindow stood in front of them holstering his God Arc over his shoulder. "That... That's it? That's the whole speech." The Old-Type rookie spoke up but was quickly reprimanded by Sakuya, telling him that he wouldn't last long if he kept questioning Lindow in a teasing way.

"This is absurd," Soma mumbled under his breath. "Well, it looks like everyone is feeling the mission-well, almost everyone." Looking at the pale-skinned New-Type rookie, the other, also looking at the pale-skinned New-Type rookie. She sheepishly scratched the back of her head; although she looked fine, Soma noticed a slight dark circle under her eyes.

"Ha ha relax kid I'm just yanking your chain. Chin up yeah." Lindow chuckled. "Alright, all jokes aside, this will be your first mission as a squad. You all are damn good so do your best and follow the big rule: Don't die."

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After Lindow leaves, Sakuya takes charge and orders everyone to split up to find their target more quickly. "Remember, Kongous are fast, so keep your guard up, alright?" Yukichi heard over her radio as she walked through the ruins of the city.

Before she could reply to Sakuya, a roar erupted from behind her.

Jumping to the right, she dodged the creature in time before it managed to crush her. Putting her hand on her earpiece, she spoke into the radio, "Sakuya, I found our target." Another roar came from behind her, She turned to see a flying creature that resembled a black egg with red eyes. "And I'm surrounded by Zygotes," she added.

"Can you hold out until we get there?" she heard through her radio while trying to dodge the bigger Aragami and attack the smaller one. "I can try, but I don't know how long I'll la-".

Before she could finish her sentence one of the Zygote flew down to attack her, she didn't have time to turn and attack them, bracing herself for impact. Blood a small amount of it landed on her face, it's wasn't hers, it's was the Zygotes.

Looking down, she saw a giant saw blade. It was Soma's. "You just have a cost problem for me, don't you?" he said, looking at her with his cold blue eyes. "Can you still fight?"

Nodding, both of them turned their attention back to the Kongous and the two other Zygote. "Oi, focus on the Zygote. I'll take on Kongous," he ordered. Nodding, she followed his instructions and dashed forward to the flying creature.

Not long after Sakuya and Kota joined the battle, they managed to take down the Aragami.

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When they arrived back at the den, they were greeted by Lindow, who was sitting on one of the couches in the lounge. "Looks like you made it back before us. How'd it go?" Sakuya asked as she and the others sat down on the couch.

"Pretty well. I managed to wrap up the night early, as per your request. How'd you guys do?" Looking at the rest of the group "As per your request. No one died see," Soma spoke up with a condescending tone.

"You should have seen it, man! We kicked so much ass! We were awesome!" Kota exclaims. "Funny, I don't remember you helping much," Kota sputters at Soma's statement.

Looking at Yukichi he asked "What about you, newbie? How was your first day out with the group?" She looked up at him and scratched the back of her neck. "It went well for me," she replied. Satisfied with her answer, he resumed his banter with the others when an announcement came over the intercom.

"Attention all God Eaters: The 7th Unit has successfully slain an Ouroboros and retrieved the core. All engineers are requested to report to Lab No. 5 immediately. I repeat we can confirm that an Ouroboros core has been detached. All engineers, please proceed to Lab 5 for analysis at once."

The den was buzzing with excitement about the news she read about it on the Norn before a massive Aragami that resembled a spider. "Ouroboros? What the hell is that? Wait, is it really that strong?" Kota asked. Soma replied, "If you did a little research, you wouldn't have to ask such stupid questions. It's in the Norn. Look it up."

"If what the announcement says is true then that means Dr.Sakaki will be busy today. So we probably won't have any lessons today."

"Oh, shut up," her thought was interrupted when she heard Soma's voice. "Ooh! Well, all right then. Hahahaha! I have another date lined up, so I'm off to dinner. Good night, guys!" With that, Lindow took his leave.

"I'm going to bed as well. Good night, everyone," she said as she stood and walked toward the elevator.