OK so basically I have wrote like 15 chapters (story til chapter 50 of the manga) of this but I don't have time to upload.
So here is it. This is an AU where Mikasa wasn't saved by Eren but somehow still joined the Training Corps and her motive was unknown.
I do many time skip because some parts are exactly like the manga, and I don't want to drag the fanfic too long.
Enjoy reading. Please Review.
And it gets better, I promise. I'm always bad at writing the beginning.
She caught his attention.
He felt like he had seen her face before, or maybe similar to someone he knew.
But this was not the time to worry about that.
He turned his vision straight forward, as the bald man walked through.
"What's your name?" – The bald man asked.
"Eren Jaeger, sir." – He answered.
Then the bald man passed to another person. Eren was surprised, since Shadis had yelled at many people around him, yet, didn't say anything to Eren at all.
Eren noticed Shadis also let a few people passed without asking anything.
The look in their eyes was intense, just like Eren.
Maybe that was why Shadis didn't need to scare them.
Then Shadis stopped at her.
Eren couldn't help but giving it a peek.
"And your name?" – Shadis asked.
"Mikasa, sir." – The dark-haired girl answered.
"Mikasa what?"
"Just Mikasa."
Shadis stared at her for a second, but then moved on.
"Mikasa huh?" – Eren tried to figure out where had he heard this name before.
The new recruits were allowed to have sometime to wander around and get to know the area.
Eren walked along with Armin, and then later on joined the group with other boys.
"Hey, it's that Oriental girl." – One boy in the group, with kinda bald head, Connie said, pointed at a girl sitting lonely under a tree.
"It's rare to see someone from the Oriental race." – Another boy in the group, Bertholdt said.
"Not to mention such a beauty." – The horse-faced guy, Jean admired the girl.
Eren looked at her, still couldn't figure out where he saw this face before.
The dark silky hair, inky eyes, beautiful parted lips.
But she didn't give any last name, which left him no clues.
"Her name's Mikasa, isn't it?" – Armin, Eren's best friend, joined the conversation.
"Yeah, she didn't give any last name though." – Connie said.
It was dinner.
Eren joined the other boys' table and talked about different stuff.
He told about what happened in Shiganshina to his new friends.
She sat alone in a far away table, but he could tell she also had a little bit interest in his story.
But soon after that, Eren got in a fight with Jean.
And Eren swore that he saw her grinning at them, probably amused at how childish they were.
She noticed his eyes, so she quickly looked down and continued eating.
Her long dark hair covered her face.
"Where are you looking?" – Jean grabbed Eren's collar.
Then Mikasa stood up, attempted to leave the room.
Eren shoved Jean away and ran after Mikasa.
"Hey!" – Jean yelled at Eren, but Eren didn't care at all.
Eren grabbed Mikasa's arm to her surprise.
She turned back, widened her eyes.
What are you…" – She stared at Eren in confused.
When she turned around, her long hair covered half of her face as the wind blew.
"You're…." – Eren still tried to figure it out.
"What?" – She started to get impatient.
Suddenly, a flashback appeared in Eren's mind.
A lying woman on the ground, with blood on her face, dark messy long hair, her inky eyes were still wide open, there was a scissor in her hand.
Then he remembered his dad asked the police to find a girl, named…
"Mikasa Ackerman." – Eren said it aloud.
Mikasa was full of shock.
"How did you…." – She asked.
"So you're that girl… Mr. Ackerman's lost daughter."
She took a minute to think.
"And I supposed you're that doctor's son, Dr. Jaeger? – She said.
"Yeah…."
"How could you recognize me? We've never met before."
"You look… a lot like your mother."
"I see."
She still kept her emotionless face, then both stood there in silence.
"I hope you don't spill this out to anyone." – She continued.
"Why?"
"I'm no longer Mikasa Ackerman."
"What do you mean?"
"It's none of your business."
He paused for a bit.
"That day… you were kidnapped… What happened after that?" - He asked.
"What do you think? You think they kidnap me to give me a happy life?" – She said with sarcastic voice.
"At least you're still alive. That's good, right?"
"Yeah, good…." – She mumbled. "I supposed we have nothing more to talk about. I'm leaving."
Mikasa turned her back at Eren, continued walking.
"WAIT!" – Eren grabbed her arm once again.
"What now?"
"Uhm…."
He wanted to ask so much. Like how her life had been, what did the kidnappers do to her, did she get tortured, why was she here now, why she denied her last name.
So much questions on his mind, but he knew, if he asked her now, she wouldn't answer anyway.
"Nothing. Just suggesting you to cut your hair. Long hair may get in the way while using 3DMG." – He said instead.
"Thanks." – She pulled her arm out, and left.
The new recruits started training not so long after that.
Shadis divided them into pairs, to practice fighting.
Eren expected to be paired with Armin, but soon found out Armin was partnered with Connie.
"Who am I partnered to…" – Eren wondered.
"Jaeger, you're with Mikasa." – The bald man yelled at him.
Eren's eyes widened, then somehow, Mikasa stood next to him right after Shadis' order.
He didn't know where was Mikasa, and how did she got here so fast.
"Guess we're – "
"Stop the chitchat, let's just get this going."
Before Eren could started greeting, she walked to an empty space, with the signal to ask Eren to follow her.
"Come." – She got into her position, and asked Eren to make a move first.
"Ok."
Eren decided to start with a punch, only to get caught by Mikasa right away.
When he was still surprised, Mikasa landed a fist in Eren's stomach with her other arm.
Then she finished it with a kick to Eren's leg, as Eren felt down.
"You're weak." – She said.
"It's still the first day." – He said, as trying to stand up.
"There's no time to play around." – She stared at him.
"Where did you learn all of this anyway? And with that much physical strength."
"I was trained before."
"I see… must been after – "
He almost spilled out, that it must been after her kidnapping, but then stopped.
He knew she wouldn't want him to remind her about this.
"Yeah." – She understood what he meant, and answered.
Then he lifted his head up, only to see her offering him a hand so he could stand up.
Maybe she wasn't such a cold-hearted person.
He grabbed her hand, attempted to stand up, but she let his hand go half way, causing him to fall on the ground again.
"Hey!" – He yelled.
"Don't trust people too easily." – She said.
"Sheesh. You're sure having trusting issue."
"Just stand up quickly. There's no time to waste."
"Do you even have any emotion? Like you're keeping that face the whole time since day one." – He stood up, questioning her.
"Emotions are just getting in the way. You should learn that."
"Whatever. Let's just continue."
"OK."
He wondered why she ended up like this. She was way more mature compared to a fifteen-year-old girl. Something horrible must have happened to her.
But then, her parents were killed in front of her eyes, she was taken away by the kidnappers, and who knew what did they do to her.
He blamed himself not able to find her that day. He blamed himself for listen to his dad and gave up looking for her, "leaving things to the police".
"Damn those fucking useless polices." – He said to himself, as looking at an emotionless girl.
He wondered how her life had been. Why did she join this, did she run away from the kidnappers.
He had never met her before, yet he felt something strange.
Why did he concern for her so much?
"Hey, focus."
He snapped out of his thought after her calling.
"Sorry, I was just thinking about-" – He apologized.
"Like I care." – She said.
Right, she didn't see him as anything, she didn't care for him at all.
He should stop thinking about her that much. He noted himself mentally.
Just after he had made his mind, he noticed her slighly shorter hair.
She cut her hair. Was it because he suggested her to?
He smiled. He didn't know why it made him happy, but it did.