Zerschmetterte Jäger

by TheOneWhoWritesRandomly

Corporal Levi finds a mysterious boy in the forests of Wall Maria. Four years later, he must introduce the wild boy to life inside the walls without getting him killed by the Garrison or the Military Police. But something much worse is looming, with titans becoming more active, its only a matter of time until humanity is wiped out. What is there left to save them?

1. Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Levi glanced up at body of a cadet, hanging half eaten in the branches, painting the forest floor below him in sombre red. He glanced around, seeing what remained of the right flank group of the expedition. Levi hissed in displeasure at the losses, face a carefully constructed mask of blankness, turning in place and launching himself from the branch he stood on. As he moved between the towering redwoods that could challenge the Walls in height, he thought over how this expedition had gone so wrong so fast.

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The squad had spilt into the usual five groups, one in front, one each to the left and right, one behind, and the central group which carried the main bulk of the supplies. The four surrounding groups were to look out for any wandering titans, and if one was spotted, they were to signal the other groups, and engage. This kept most of the titans away from the supply wagons and refuel wagons, which were the backbones of the expedition. If these were lost, then the entire thing would fall apart.

But they had not planned on encountering an intelligent, female titan. When Levi first spotted it running straight towards his group, he felt, for the first time in a long time, fear. The Female Titans gaze was clear and focused, intelligence and deadly intent warring for dominance in her eyes as she sped towards them, unlike her mindless brethren. She was clearly an abnormal, and focused intently on annihilating their squad. Levi cussed violently, knowing the only reason a titan could get this close without warning was that the squad sent ahead to scout for titans had been completely obliterated.

Levi commanded the others with operational 3DMG to engage as he himself leapt from his horse and launched into the air. Levi locked eyes with the blond haired titan, her steel-blue eyes focusing on his own gunmetal grey ones, her eyes lighting up in glee in an expression he recognised. Excitement. Levi cussed again, the titan bitch was doing this for fun! He rocketed forwards, ducking down to dart between her legs, as the others from his group went to fly over her shoulders to get at her nape. That was their last mistake. Levi watched as she snatched Oluo from the air with her hands, snagging his cables in an unrelenting grip, swinging the close acquaintance she grabbed around like a conker on a string, flinging him so hard that he was reduced to little more than a blood-stained, pulpy mess sliding down the bark of one of the redwoods. The others that had evaded her grasp darted away, wide eyed, trembling, and terrified of the titan that showed intelligence enough to snatch them from the air, before their fear transformed into soul consuming rage.

Levi darted along the forest floor, watching her actions carefully. He knew what he had seen, her intelligence, and he knew it would be suicide to attack as he usually does for normal titans. Levi watched as Eld and Gunther turned, circling back and going for her nape. Levi's eyes widened imperceptibly as the Female Titan raised both her arms, one hand moving to cover her nape while the other plucked Gunther from the air, squishing him to a pulpy mess in her fist before dropping what was left onto the forest floor. Levi's two remaining squad members called out Gunther's name, before Eld swooped down to just below the Female Titan's shoulder, angry at the loss of a friend. Levi watched as the Female Titan smirked, ramming the veteran into one of the redwoods, before putting on a burst of speed towards the wagons that were a few miles behind.

Levi narrowed his eyes in disdain and hatred, turning in the air to face the Female Titan, before rocketing forwards with a burst of silver-white titan gas. Levi glared daggers into the Female Titan's back, darting left and right, dodging trees and branches as he leapt gracefully over them. Levi allowed his blank mask to break, releasing a feral snarl as he forced his 3DMG to move faster, diving down to pass over her shoulder at ridiculous speeds. Levi forced his titan blades through her left shoulder, cutting straight through muscle and sinew, rendering her left arm useless but shattering both of his blades at the same time. Levi hissed in displeasure, darting forwards while attaching new blades as the last member of his squad went into attack.

Levi watched as the Female Titan grinned, tripping and falling over, squashing Petra as she tucked into a roll, standing up and keeping stride without breaking her momentum. Levi was silent as the last of his squad was killed by the Female Titan, his vision clouded over with darkness as he hung from the trees, swaying gently with what remained of his momentum. The Female Titan disappeared into the trees with a trail of steam as Levi hung, head bowed and face shadowed, his grip on his swords slack. Levi stared in shock, eyes wide and pupils shrunk, as he stared at what remained of Petra.

Levi slowly let his cables lengthen, lowering him till he was only roughly 3 metres above the forest floor which had been stained a sombre crimson, swirls of pinkish-grey and sharp shards of white-stained-red. Levi blinked slowly, eyes locked on what remained of the only person to break through all of his walls since the Underground. He turned, looking blankly at another spot of red on one of the towering redwoods, pushing on his gears triggers to move slowly forward, releasing the cables from their anchored points and shooting them above the maroon stain that marred the redwoods continuous brown. Levi paused again, his dead stare remaining unchanged, braced as he was against the rough bark, as what remained of Eld dribbled down the trunk of the goliath tree. Levi turned, letting out another stream of gas as he relocated his cables into two of the redwoods, hovering over what was left of Gunther. Levi turned his dead, glassy gaze to the last scarlet stain, the remains of Oluo as he glided slowly forwards.

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AN - Okay, so this is my first story, and it wouldn't leave me alone. I have roughly two more chapters written out already, and I'll try to update bi-weekly, but no promises. My headcannon for this, is that Eren is the only "Ghoul" but he doesn't need to eat human flesh, he just eats normally. The reason he's a ghoul and not a titan-shifter is because Grisha was modifying the titan serum, and didn't have time to create another batch of the original recipie, rather than what he was testing, thus injecting Eren with an unknown serum that turned him into a ghoul. Eren is and will always be the only ghoul in this story, giving him more challanges against the titans due to his human size. He also lives outside the walls, and only speaks German mostly for the first few chapters. He is a chimera ghoul, but his secondary kagune is used very rarely, as he prefers getting around with his rinkaku. He knows about as much english as a one and a half year old due to being friends with Armin and Mikasa. He can read body language exceedingly well, which is why he gets most of what people say early on. So, info has been granted, hope you like the story, I'll post another chapter in two weeks! Cya ;)