Humanities Youngest
{Erwin's P.O.V}
I was walking around the training area of the Survey Corps., watching the new recruits and older members practicing, getting stronger. Yet, I knew deep in my heart that most of their efforts would be in vain. Most won't live past their first expedition, those that do may leave or lose sanity. I look across from where I was and see Lance Corporal Levi Ackerman, humanities strongest soldier. As per usual, Levi is correcting the young cadets on their stances. I smile to myself and can't help but wonder if he was really the same Levi I found in the Underground. He was different, somewhat more friendly and definitely colder. Then again, who isn't after being in the Survey Corps as long as he has.
From the corner of my right eye, I could see a soldier whose face was covered by the Survey Corps cloak. As mean as this may sound, I recognized who it was by their height. The shortest soldier any one has ever seen. Lance Corporal Kerai Yana, also known as Humanities Youngest soldier. She was more talented than anyone I have ever seen and had more drive than any of us. In ways I pitied her and wanted to help, but she won't let anyone get close enough to help her.
Corporal Kerai finally reached me across the training yard, she removed her hood revealing her long Hazel Nut brown hair pulled back into its normal ponytail, her violet eyes empty of emotion, cherry tinted lips formed into a small frown, her uniform bringing out her curves, overall she was quite a beauty. Of course I don't think of her in any way like that, but every now and then I am reminded that she is adorable. She stopped a few feet away from me and gave me a small warm smile.
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{Kerai's P.O.V}
I walked up to Commander Erwin and gave my best warm smile, though it was just the very corners of my lips that twisted up into the smile. He chuckled at my smile but returned it nonetheless. I reached into my jacket pocket and pulled out a white envelope and handed it to him.
"Here you go Erwin, this is the summary of the information you wanted. The files are in your office if you wish to read more into it." I said.
"Excellent work, Kerai. Welcome back." Erwin smiled.
"Thank you, oh and one more thing." I pulled out a leather bound book and handed it to him. " This is for Hanji, it's some more information that we didn't already know about the titans. I'm sure you both will find the information useful." I explained.
"Well, if it's about the titan's then you know Hanji will have a field day. You always go above and beyond what your needed to do, I thank you for your hard work." Erwin thanked me.
I saluted him and started to walk off towards my room. Before I could even leave the field some new recruit came up to me. The cadet had short raven hair, cold grey-blue eyes, and surprisingly a what appears to be a strong build for someone of his height. He walked up to me and I realized how tall he actually was, the top of my head was at his chin meaning he was short.
"Hey, brat where the hell do you think you're going?" He asked in a pissed of voice.
"I'm going back to my room, now go back to your training cadet before I make you run laps." I snapped back.
"Who the hell are you calling cadet? I am your superior and you are not dismissed back to your room. Now either return to training or I'll have you clean the entire H.Q." He threatened.
"Oi, I'll have you know I am your superior. Now, go back to training before I turn you into titan bait, kid." I returned in a hostile tone.
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{Levi's P.O.V}
This brat has some nerve talking to me like this.
This little brat wasn't going to listen anytime soon, so maybe I just need to be aggressive to get the point across. I picked up the kid by her collar and held her up a few inches off the ground. She grabbed my wrist with her hand and began to try to snap it, and was working. At this rate this kid is going to break it, if she does the I'll have another reason to kick her ass. Just before either of us could could truly get this brawl started, Commander Erwin walked over.
Ah, great. What the fuck does he want now? I sighed mentally to myself.
"Corporal Levi, Corporal Kerai, is there a problem?" He asked.
Wait a fucking minute... "This brat is a corporal? Since when, I haven't seen her before today." I questioned.
"Hn, I've been a corporal way longer than you have. Now unhand me before a kick your short ass." She snapped.
"I'm not the short one here, brat." I growled and sat her back on the ground.
"Well, I know that I'm not that tall and you're only a few inches taller than me. So yeah, You. Are. Short." She emphasized each of her last three words and my left eyebrow twitched.
I brought my right fist and started to swing at her, before I could sock the brat Erwin caught my arm. I shrugged out of his grip and glred at her, she simply stuck out her tongue out at me like a child.
"Now, I understand you two are confused so allow me to clarify." Erwin began. "Kerai, Corporal Levi was recruited while you were away on your mission. Levi, Corporal Kerai has been here longer than you but was not at H.Q. due to the fact we sent her out on an errand. You two are equals and will be co-captains on the same squad." Erwin explained, making my eye twitch.
"I never knew the Survey Corps recruited thugs." The brat growled under her breathe.
"Tch, hey Erwin." I walked over to him.
"Yes, Levi?" He asked, raising one of those huge ass eyebrows of his.
"What the hell is a kid doing in the Survey Corps?" I questioned, no adult could be that short even though I am close to that height.
He looked at me skeptically. "We'll explain that in my office after training." He whispered to me and returned to whatever the hell he was doing before.
The brat looked at me and had that look of knowing what we were talking about. I walked over to her, normally any would have coward away but she stood there as if I wasn't walking to her. I grabbed her collar again and forced her to look me in the eye. those violet eyes of hers held nothing in them. No emotion, no fear, no light, only the faint shimmer of hate but not towards me.
"Watch your back, brat." I warned her.
"Hn." Was that all she was going to say?
I waited a few minutes before releasing her. She never said anything more than hn. I walked away form her back to the other brats and corrected them on their stances. Honestly, I don't see why I bother with them. They'll die on their first expedition so why waste the time.
I wonder if that kids ever been outside the walls, and if so how many times? More importantly why would a kid ever choose to join the Survey Corps? Doesn't that brat understand she'll die, I'm sure her family would miss her. So why pick the most dangerous military option?
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{Kerai's P.O.V}
Hn, stupid prick I've meet titans with more brains than that bastard. Erwin needs to have a damn good reason for having a thug from the Underground here in the Survey Corps. Then again, I'm here and have been here for a while even with being underaged. I'm just glad Erwin hasn't told anyone besides Hanji, even then I was still pissed.
I let out an irritated sigh and crossed my arms behind my head. All these new cadets seem to have a strong desire to be here, maybe they don't know what they got into. I walked into H.Q. and went to my office. Everything was still perfectly clean, minus that irritating layer of dust. Nothing I can't deal with, and by that I mean clean it within ten minutes. I slipped off my cloak and jacket and hung them on the coat rack just behind my now closed door. I swiftly went to my little drawer with cleaning supplies in it, took out the duster and began to dust off everything. To my surprise, the dusting only took eight minutes instead of the anticipated ten. I plopped down on my couch and threw my arms over my face, it had been a long day.
I managed to grab a half hour of sleep before someone knocked on my office door. I groaned and sat up right. I then hopped up and walked over to the door. To my surprise, that prick Ackerman was there.
"The hell do you want?" I asked, irritated.
"Tch, Erwin wants to see you in his office." He clicked his tongue.
"For what?" I growled.
"Follow and see, brat." He snapped and headed over to Erwins office.
"Prick" I whispered under my breathe so he wouldn't here and followed him to Erwin's office.
He stopped outside the office and I walked right in, I heard him step back. I looked back at him, he had that look a parent would give their kid once they've done something they shouldn't have. I rolled my eyes at him and walked over to Erwin's desk, there I sat on top of the left corner. Levi gave me that same look as before so I stuck my tongue out at him. Levi entered and closed the door behind him.
"Alright now, explain why the hell a child is in the Survey Corps." Levi snapped.
Erwin looked to me, back at Levi and then to me again. He was questioning on how to explain things.
"Just explain it to him, Erwin. Makes no difference to me, just only tell him what he needs to know." I said looking out the window.
"Well, Kerai has a special reason for being here. As for how she got through the training portion, well how to put this." Erwin began to ponder how to phrase what he wanted to say.
"I lied about my age to get in, no one questioned me mainly because they were too afraid approach me." I said bluntly, smiling at the memories of seeing all the older trainees completely avoiding me.
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{Levi's P.O.V}
This brat is insane.
"Why would a kid choose the Survey Corps? Surely your parents must want you to do something else." I asked.
As soon as the second sentence left my mouth, her smile vanished. A thin layer of water formed on her violet eyes. I felt a slight chill enter my heart, but I don't understand why. I looked over at Erwin for an answer. His face was slightly twisted in sorrow, but still composed as it normally is.
"Levi, her parents-" Erwin began to explain.
"They died long ago." The brat interrupted in a cold snap.
Her brows furrowed together, as if she was angry that they had died. I wave of pity washed over me, but I didn't let it show. She shifted in her spot so her back was to us, but I could still see her face in the reflection of the window.
"Well, isn't there anyone else that could have taken care of her?" I questioned.
"Not, exactly. Her grandfather can barely watch over himself and her brother is in the Military Police and is rarely there." Erwin explained.
"Hn, I don't need anyone to take care of me." She mumbled.
I leaned against the wall and crossed my arms. "Tch, with that attitude I doubt anyone would want to care for you." I said bluntly, but as soon as I said it a part of me regretted what I had said.
I looked over at her, her face was empty of any emotion. Except her eyes, there was a whirlwind of emotions in there. Anger, sorrow, fear and most dominate hatred. Just as quickly as the emotions appeared they vanished, and her eyes became blank like before.
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{Kerai's P.O.V}
I got up from the desk, keeping my back to them. I started to walk to the door and stopped within its threshold.
"Thanks for reminding me." I said to Ackerman and walked out.
My fists balled up, trying to keep my emotions in check. I practically ran up the stairs to my room. Once in I slammed the door like a child and locked it. I stood with my back pressed against the door for a few minutes, then walked over to my bed and flopped down on my back.
He's right, no one could ever want to care about me. The only one who cared was Kana, but now she's...I hate that stupid prick. I hope he gets eaten by a titan.
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{Erwin's P.O.V}
"Levi, that was uncalled for." I said when I heard a door slam shut.
"Tch." He said while looking out the door.
I walked over and closed the door. Levi shifted his weight to his left foot and almost looked like her regretted what he had said, almost. I sat back down at my desk and pinched the bridge of my nose.
"Levi, you're going to have to be more careful of what you say. Kerai is on your team and if you two can't get along, your entire team will be put in peril." I said, while regaining my composure.
"Why is she on my squad anyways?" Levi asked.
"Technically you were placed on her squad. You two are Lance Corporals, I figured if you were on the same squad then you would work better together." I explained my train of thought.
"I won't take orders from a kid." Levi snapped.
"She's not that much younger than you now." I said.
"Tch, how old is she anyways?" Levi muttered under his breath.
"She'll be seventeen tomorrow. That's only a seven year gap between the two of you." I answered him.
"She should be in the trainee squads, not here." Levi grumbled and I chuckled.
"That's why she's known as Humanities Youngest soldier."
