User blog:Seieireppa/God Eater ∑0 chapter 2: Hunt

The first thing I noticed was that I no longer suffered the pangs of hunger that had plagued me over the past month. Even weeks after devouring that Aragami, I never once felt the urge to consume food. Finally, my weeks of suffering were behind me.

What came next was probably the increased physical strength and endurance. I felt like I was always in peak form and could go for days, weeks even, without tiring… which came in handy for what followed.

The third, and most significant, change I felt was the predatorial urges, the desire deep within me to hunt. I knew that I couldn’t remain cooped up in what used to be my house for much longer, so these urges drove me to leave my would-be nest and travel outwards in search of targets… in search of prey.

And so I left the walls of my house, left the bounds of my small neighborhood, and set out towards the mountains which surrounded me.

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The first thing I encountered was a lone Aragami, a small fanged beast — “small” being a relative term here — that I would later learn was called an Ogretail. It was about the size of a full-grown adult and walked on two legs, its tail in the air behind it and its face pointed forward. Vicious, to be sure, but ultimately no more threatening than a small puppy for me as I was now. I could feel the energy flowing through me from my first kill… it made me feel like I could take on anything. I approached the Ogretail slowly, cautiously, from behind — but a snapping twig gave me away. Before I could react, the Ogretail swung its clubbed tail at me, sending me crashing against a tree. It hurt like hell, sure, but it didn’t last. I could feel the damage healing as I lay there. This thing wouldn’t be a challenge for me.

It went for another spin, but I managed to clear its tail with a jump, slamming my fist into its back from above. Sure enough, I punched right through its armor, causing it to cry out in pain. But I ignored its shrieks; I needed to kill this thing to satiate my predatory urges. Blow by blow I tore into it, ripping it apart and devouring it as I went. And then I felt it again, the familiar welling of energy I first felt when I devoured the tiny Aragami back at home. Little by little I could feel its cells fusing with mine, molding me into something more than human.

Maybe I was turning into a monster… but I could deal with that.

As long as I survived, nothing else mattered…

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TO BE CONTINUED