God Eater: Shattered Dawn

Chapter 42: Concerned

For the next chapters, assume they are in normal POV. I'm trying it out again :p

"Karel, on your left!" The fierce knuckle of a Kongou slammed hard into ice, forming a crater inches away from Karel's leg as he swiftly leapt out of the way of the enraged aragami.

Bracing his legs firmly on the slippery ground, he raised his god arc to release a torrent of bullets at the Kongou's approaching frame, buying his teammates precious seconds to catch up with the fast-moving beast.

"Tatsumi, get the tail!" Lupa had switched her god arc to blade form, eyes focused on the Kongou's patterns of attack. "If we can get close enough, it might belly flop. That should give us an opening-"

"And done!" Tatsumi, a messy dark haired boy using a short blade smirked, the Kongou lying flat on its front.

Karel frowned at her too, his blonde hair flicking over his eyes. "I believe, Lupa, you would do well to place more faith in us."

Lupa's face reddened, her embarrassed side quietening her voice as she hurried to devour the aragami. "Sorry."

It was unusual for Lupa to have a mission with members other than Soma, Aria, Lindow or Sakuya, so she wasn't used to the blunt side being shown at her attempts to take leadership.

Johannes had made it clear from the start that he wanted her contact with other God Eaters limited, so she was particularly surprised that she was suddenly being thrown into missions with people she had hardly met, let alone worked with.

I've not had a mission with Soma in ages...

"Hey, Lupa!" The gorilla-like aragami had gone onto all fours, leaning back as its stomach swelled like a balloon, almost ready to burst.

Lupa was still in the process of a second devour.

A gust of high pressured air looped around the aragami, the force throwing Lupa high into the air like a doll, her eyelids fluttering shut.

That impertinent- Karel rushed foreward, trusting in Tatsumi to distract the Kongou. Tsubaki wasn't kidding when she...when she...when she said...

He stopped in his tracks.

His jaw dropped open.

With a wave at the gaping boys, Lupa twisted over in the air, whipping her blade over her head to bring it down into the aragami's back, the metal sinking through the tough exterior like it was made of butter.

The Kongou collapsed to the floor again, leaving it at the mercy of the God Eaters assembled.

"You might have warned us of that in advance. Acts like that will-" Karel quickly caught himself from telling her off further, noticing a slight wobble that ended up with Lupa losing her footing.

"It was kind of on-the-spot thinking, you know?" She laughed, quickly standing up again to dust herself off.

I'd expect this from Kanon, but Lupa...

Tatsumi exchanged concerned looks with Karel, who shrugged, eyes following Lupa who was now focusing on unbinding the Kongou's face cells.

Tsubaki didn't mention this either...

Tatsumi was forced into a quick dodge, the Kongou's rolling body passing by a little too close for his own personal comfort.

Kicking off from the ground, he launched himself at the Kongou's mask-like face, slicing across it as he passed.

Lupa mirrored his movements, landing opposite him before switching to gun form.

Sadly for her, the Kongou had faced its last blow, collapsing fully to the dirty ground with a soft 'whump'.