"You'll be taking the Aptitude test; pass this door," the older woman said. Yukichi walked into a massive room as the door closed behind her. A booming voice greets her.
"When you're ready, please stand in the center of the room." She did as told, put her right hand on what looked like one half of a bracelet, and held onto the handle of the weapon.
Within seconds, the device that holds both the weapon and bracelet clamps down on her hand. "AH!" A burning sensation runs through her hand to her body.
After a couple of minutes of the burning pain, it stops, the device opens up, and she picks up her weapon looking up at it. "I won't let people die again, now I can fight back against those monsters." Her thoughts halted when she saw black goo flowing from her weapon and connecting to her bracelet.
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The first thing the First Unit heard when they entered the Den was the gossip about one of the recruits being a New-Type god eater.
"Hey, did you hear? They found someone compatible with the New-Type God Arc, and I heard she's apparently from outside the walls." They hear a female voice as they keep on walking through the Den.
"Really? Who knew they would find some like that from beyond the walls?" This time they heard a male voice talking as they sat on the couch on the second floor in the middle of the lounge area.
"I know right," The female voice speaks again. Lindow smiles. "I hear that the New-Type is cute. Did you guys want to go say hi to her?" The ravenette looks at his Unit members for an answer.
Sakuya agreed to say hi and welcome the New-Type to the Den, while Soma decided not to take part in the conversation and ignored Lindow's question completely.
Just then they catch a glimpse of the New-Type everyone has been talking about standing in front of the elevator to go to the laboratory floor for her medical checkup. Though they didn't get a chance to see her face, from what they could see of her, she had rather pale skin, and her hair was pure white.
That catches Soma's attention, having never seen someone like that before; everyone seems to look at her both out of curiosity and excitement and just like that, she disappears into the elevator.
"Well, no wandering; everyone is talking about her; she is rather pretty." Lindow turned back to the two beside him on the couch with a smile.
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"Dad, what kind of tree is this? It looks like a Willow tree." The cheerful young girl excitedly pointed at a colorful picture of a tree in the book resting in front of her.
"That? That is called a Wisteria tree; people from all over the world used to come to Japan just to look at it." The older man was lying on his side on the makeshift bed facing her.
Though it's dark, the dim glow from the mechanical lantern is enough to allow him to see his daughter's face. "Why is that?"
"Well, I could only guess it's because of its beauty." The young girl turned to her father, "Have you seen it, Dad?" She tilted her head back, her wide, crimson eyes sparkling with curiosity as she gazed up at him.
"I have, and I wish you could see how beautiful it is with your own eyes." Tucking some loose hair behind her ear, she smiles back at him.
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"It's that dream again." she sighs, "At least it's not one of those nightmares again." Looking up to her window, she saw it was already dusk. After the medical checkup, the doctor told her that she'd feel drowsy and tired "I didn't expect it to make me feel this tired."
Her thoughts were cut short when her stomach growled audibly, echoing in the silence of her room. Waking up to the door of her room, she opened it, and she was met with Kota.
"Ah, h-hey I was wondering if you want to come with me to something to eat and walk around for a bit. Since we are both new here." After thinking for a moment, she decided to take the offer: "Might as well, since I have nothing better to do.".
Nodding her head, she started walking to the elevator. "So what's your name? You didn't get the chance to tell me before Miss Amamiya told us to go take the medical checkup." He asked while they waited for the elevator, "It's Yukichi."
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After having dinner at the Den cafeteria, they wander around for a bit and familiarize themselves with their surroundings. "So, hey Yukichi, which section of the Outer Ghetto are you from? I never saw you in my section."
"Oh, I'm not from here." She stopped walking and turned to look out of the window beside her. "I'm from the outside of the wall." Turning back to him, her piercing red eyes and a sad smile edge themselves on her face. "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't-."
"It's fine." After a moment of silence, Kota speaks up again. "But since you're a God Eater now, that must mean your family is here too, right? Well, at least they're in the Outer Ghetto, right?" An optimistic smile spread across his face, she didn't answer and continued walking. ____________________________________
In the next couple of weeks, they're called on by Miss Amamiya for simulation training, and each time after, they go to the cafeteria for lunch. Today is no different. Kota seems to have never-ending energy in him, even after training.
Before they were able to leave though, they were stopped by Major Amamiya. "Before you go, I have something to tell you: from tomorrow onward, you'll be going on field missions training. You will be trained by the First Unit, and after you've completed these missions successfully, you'll be assigned to a Unit. That's all."
"Yes ma'am. Thank you, ma'am." The both of them said in unison, "Very well, go on and enjoy the rest of your day for today, dismiss." With that, she takes her leave.
"This is incredible! We finally got the chance to go out on field missions, can you believe it? Let's celebrate in style!" They rushed off to the cafeteria, excitement in the air.