There will be three different POVs in this story: italicized are past memories, Kira's POV, and third person POV. It will be easy to tell which is which. This is not a sappy love story a bit on the humorous side occasionally. I'm considering this a slight AU because although I do follow the storyline of events based on the anime things aren't exact. I won't be rehashing anything. I hope you like. Feel free to comment and like. I own all of my OC's in this story. ENJOY!
"I'm joining the Survey Corps!" I refused to look up and meet their eyes. So many have come back dead. I have to do something dammit.
"What on earth are you thinking, Kira?! Do you want to get yourself killed?" my mother broke down and cried. Not that I could blame her. I looked up slowly and met the fearful eyes of my family members.
"I've already made up my mind. I'm doing this one way or another. But I promise you this mom, I will come home alive and well."
"What about you soldier, why did you join the guard?" I considered giving him a false answer but decided against it.
"To figure out who I am and defend the people I love, Sir!" I looked on ahead. I could tell from my peripheral vision that my comrades were shocked along with the general. He moved on and I relaxed a little.
Those three years were rough, but I loved them. I was ranked in the top ten coming in at 6th. I could have lived a nice life in the military police branch, but I had no plans of becoming a carrot and sitting on my ass all day while others continued to die. Then came the choosing. My choice had been cemented from the beginning: Survey Corps. Maybe I did have a death wish…
Smoke signals caught my eye pulling me from my thoughts. Green from the right flank; I was on the left. Course change. We were nearing Wall Marina. She could be seen in the distance, but it was the smoke rising that caught the attention of the regiment. Panic. A Titan so huge it stunned Commander Erwin for a moment before he gave the order to break formation and charge at full speed, but the damage was done. There wasn't much we could do except rescue as many civilians as possible.
"Mom! Jema! Anyone! Answer me dammit!" I didn't want to believe my whole family was dead. It just couldn't be possible. Someone had to have survived. I watched as a Titian dropped my littlest sister into its mouth. Mary. She always wore her hair in a long, blond braid… I watched it slip through the titans teeth.
Something snapped. Blood steamed off me profusely. I lost count of the Titans I killed, but they kept coming through that damn hole. A 14 meter rounded a building and looked at me.
"Bring it on you bastard!" I was about to push off but someone grabbed the collar of my uniform. It was a strong grip defiantly male, but I could have cared less. Braking free of their grasp I attacked slicing the back of the neck. Standing atop the dead, steaming Titan I wondered how many were dead. Everything was moving in slow motion as I came off my high.
"Free, listen to me! We need to go right now! Commanders called a retreat." I knew who he was by face. I didn't like knowing people's names. I nodded and followed him and rejoined everyone else. Whispers filled the air. I was still covered in Titan blood that was quickly steaming off. I could only imagine what I looked like. And I wondered who was really the monster here.