THE AWAKENING: BIO-GENETICS

A/N: Important info please... Shino's amputated arm is actually his right arm not left, in case I mistakenly said left, it's actually right. Thanks for understanding.

Yours Truly

Dy_zamite 😘

Enjoy!!!

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"Thank you for the food" Ten said smirking as he blew some steams from the small cup ramen inserting the chopstick inside and digging in.

Others did too, Shino, Hiro, Yuki, Haya and Homura, they were seated in a round form, the center had an automatic flame powered by a small device beneath, with a small iron kettle on top, they used to heat up the ramen cups.

Shino's cup ramen was on the ground as he inserts the chopsticks all the way down, it was really tiring.

"Here lemme help you with that" Haya said as with a wave of her hand a small spiderweb enegry levitates the cup ramen making it much easier for Shino.

"Thanks Haya" Shino said with a small smile against his lips as he ate more comfortably.

"You seem to be getting a better grip of your blood weapon" Homura said with a mouth full of noodles, staring at the white headset around her head.

Haya sweat drops behind her ear.

"I can't tell what you saying with a mouth full of noodles" she emphasise.

"He said" Shino said making a sign languages with his hand.

"Oh" Haya just made a sound.

"Wow Commander Shino, I gotta learn that from you, I'm only good with morse code and it takes some time to lay out" Ten said amazed.

Shino smiled.

Haya blushed, knowing Ten was planning on learning so that he can communicate better with her.

"This noodles taste a bit sour doesn't it" Hiro said puzzled.

"Mine does too" Yuki said.

"Same" Shino said.

The rest agreed too except Ten who keeps eating like a glutton.

Yuki checked the under of the cup ramen and paled like a blank paper.

"The date says it expired 3 years ago".

Instantly they all spilled the contents from their mouth as they shivered in disgust.

Except Ten of course.

"Is this what the end of the world taste like?" Homura said shivering with anime tears.

More spilling sound could be heard in the wide area of other groups seating and eating.

"HEY SUPPLY TEAM! ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL US!" Ryu shouts from the rooftop with white eyes.

Daiki checked the rest of  the food supply along with Yumi, they both sweat drop behind their head.

"It's all the same" Yumi said sighing out smoke.

"The bread still smell okay though" Daiki said with a shrug.

"Let's check the date to be sure" Yumi said yanking the bread off his hands.

Fuijo checked the rest.

"I guess these were the supplies movable, we will have to make do" Fuijo said sighing.

"We needn't worry" Sakura said stepping forward, they turned to her.

"Sergeant Tori said the food were well preserved over the years, the date is just there for nothing" she said.

They sighed in relief.

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Tori digged into his ramen, it was covered in a transparent glass shield from a device he placed under, to avoid the infected air to penetrate, the noodles passed through the glass shield glass in a mirage, to his mouth, avoiding contamination.

His gaze gifts to Kazuya at a corner where her things were set up, on a wood they placed properly like a table, her computers were on it.

"Where should we keep this, ma'am?" San said, he and Emiko were both carrying a black box.

"Over there but don't unpack it yet, remember we are only staying here temporarily" she states.

San and Emiko nods, dropping it.

"Where's Ryu, I need help installing the antenna so that I can gain some service" she said.

"He's helping with guard duty" Emiko said.

"There are aren't much man power in the field team so he offered to help" she adds said.

"I see" Kazuya said facing the computers.

"It's just three of you on my team now, huh?" She adds with sad eyes.

San and Emiko looks dropped.

Tori paused his eating action as his eyes sadden, he looks away.

"Both of you help me with the rest then, I need some help setting the antenna, as soon as I'm done connecting you take the boxes back to the Hellhound".

"Yes ma'am!".

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"Here" Kaneki said handling a cup ramen to Sand, he was seated all by himself on the wood rooftop watching the others down as they ate, some engaging in small talks some just sat by themselves.

Sand turned to Kaneki.

"I heated it up, even though its expired and taste a little sour, its still pretty good" Kaneki said.

"I'm not hungry, bruh" Sand said facing downward back.

Kaneki sighs taking a seat on the wood beside him.

"I didn't see you fight with the others, been looking for you, you know, I was worried" he said opening his cup ramen as he ate from his.

Sand was silent, he didn't say a thing.

"First off, We suffered many causalities, a lot of injured, Dr. Kashi said it would take days before they heal, so for the time we're stuck here until we can continue our journey" he said.

"Fuck bruh... most of our supplies are gone, there ain't much we can do at this point" Sand said sternly.

Kaneki paused his eating actions.

"It's weird not seeing your creepy smile" Kaneki said.

"You still blame yourself for Hanka's death don't you" he adds certain.

Sand fist clenched hard.

"It's not your fault, we all lost a friend today and we couldn't do anything about it, so stop hurting yourself!"

"You weren't there" Sand said with a shaky voice.

He stared at his trembling palm before his gaze.

"I was holding it bruh... I was holding unto the wire" he trembled more.

"And yet i just let it slide my hand, not doing a damn thing, ya know".

"I saw Sand... and it wasn't your fault, she sacrificed herself for you because she wanted you to live, not live blaming yourself for the rest of your life, snap out of it!" Kaneki hissed.

Sand teeth clenched in a tight hold as he rose to his feet.

"Sand!".

"Just leave me alone bruh!" he snaps as his fist clenched more.

"I wish I was the one who died instead of her" he adds as he walks away.

Kaneki watch as he left, his eyes shakes.

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"So it just went back to being the normal useless stick it was" Ten said adjusting his glasses observing Hiro's blood weapon, which was back to the black stick.

"I thought of speaking to Engr. Kazuya about it" Hiro said, he needed an explanation about it.

"Well Engr. Kazuya forged our blood weapon according to our blood type, and request, there isn't much she can do, the activation is up to us" Ten said handling Hiro back his stick.

"But I never told her what I wanted, I simply just said i hate guns" Hiro said.

"Well that explains it Hiro" Haya said.

They turned to her.

"You said you hate gun and then she gave you this instead so that what you desire will forge as your weapon, its a really deep manipulation if you ask me, Engr. Kazuya is a design genius, a genius known for inventing weapon beyond our wildest imagination and more adding our infected blood that can manipulate objects" she explained.

"That explain it" Shino said.

"It's not just about Engr. Kazuya design but our blood, what we are capable of and how we manipulate objects to our use" he said.

"So you mean" Hiro's fist tightens.

"It's transformed because of my blood"

'A blood still mutating' Ten thought with shaky eyes. 'Was able to create that much effect... but' he thought deeply, he remembered the astonished looks on Dr. Touka's face.

'From her looks... it could be because Hiro must have so suddenly entered the Sp3 stage which we're all in, it's only explainable' his eyes lands on Hiro. 'Hiro could be in the Sp3 stage right now'

Homura eyes lands on his blood weapon lying beside him, it in a brown pack so it couldn't be seen. A blood weapon he hasn't used, his eyes sadden.

He observed the others he sat with. 'All of them' his eyes shakes. 'They look strong, they have all faced death... and I' he trembles more.

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"Wanting to live..." Hiro began.

"And being a coward are two different things"

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He froze as his eyes widen when he remembers Hiro's words to him one year ago, his looks darken as he slowly rise to his feet grabbing his blood weapon.

"I'm sleepy so I will head out first" Homura said with a forced smiled against his lips.

"Sure Homura" Shino said with a smile against his lips.

Homura's eyes shakes. 'Even after the state he's in, he still smiles' he thought looking away.

"See you guys later" he said turning to leave.

His lips pressed in a thin line.

"He doesn't look like he's okay" Yuki said with a straight face.

"Everyone is still pretty shaken up about what happened, give him a break Yuki" Ten said rising an eyebrow.

Yuki just shrugs.