*Training Days*

Attack on Titan story yay, just something I wrote up when I was kind of bored. I love Hanji, she's my favorite character and well, I just wanted something that was kind of light and airy, didn't want something too heavy and serious.

DISCLAIMER: SHIMMERZ DOES NOT OWN ATTACK ON TITAN. SHIMMERZ HAS GOTTEN TO MEET TRINA NISHIMURA THOUGH.

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Chapter 1: New Cadets

When she was first assigned to assist in the training of the 104th Cadet Squad Hanji Zoe was put out. She'd managed to injure her leg during a training exercise when her 3DM Gear malfunctioned and instead of getting to continue on experiments or go on missions, Commander Erwin assigned her to assist Shadis with the new Cadets. So, dressed in her borrowed training squad jacket and limping slightly she paced around, sizing up each cadet before Shadis even arrived.

"Zoe!" Shadis's rough voice brought her head up.

"Yes sir?" Hanji yelled back, falling into a salute right away, despite her being a higher rank than he was now, he still used to be her Commander.

"Get up here so we can start," Shadis turned from the brunette and narrowed his eyes at the cadets in front of him. Hanji ran as fast as she could and joined him on the small platform along with two other officers, one from the Military Police and one from the Garrison Squad. Not that the cadets would know that, at until they graduated. Or figured it out, whichever came first. She turned her gaze to the front as Shadis stepped forward. "Straighten those spines piss-ants!" He yelled. Hanji had to prevent herself from laughing.

"Seriously?" The man from the Garrison muttered.

"The 104th Cadet boot camp starts now!" Shadis said, after letting his eyes slide over to those behind him, fixing them with a glare. "Allow me to introduce myself, I'm Commander Keith Shadis." There were some twitters from the cadets in front of them, they would know who he was, after all, even if someone looked down on the Survey Corps they'd stay on top of who was running it. "You will grow to hate me! Training is going to be a white knuckle ride through hell! If I've done my job right you'll be waking up in a cold sweat for the rest of your life!"

"Huh," Hanji said suddenly, interrupting Shadis. "Guess my training commander didn't do that good of a job!" She laughed slightly, oblivious to the killer look she was receiving from Shadis and the disbelieving looks from the cadets. She blinked a few times, realizing that Shadis had grown quiet. "Oh sorry, my bad." She hung her head, a blush on her cheeks, but a smile still on her face.

"Zoe…" Shadis growled, eyes narrowed at the woman. She was brilliant and he knew she was messing with him, but he turned away from her and finished his speech. After taking in the terrified looks of some of the cadets he gestured to the people beside him. "These people here are my assistant training officers, Hanji Zoe," Hanji stepped forward with a wave and a smile. "Jackson Keels," the man from the Garrison stepped forward and nodded. "And Hunter Tanner." The Military Police man stepped forward, pushing his glasses further up his nose and gave a friendly smile just like Hanji. "Their main job is to observe, however during some exercises they will be assigned a team of you lot, and you are to listen to them as if your life depended on it."

"He makes it sound like we're actually important," Jackson muttered after Shadis took off to ruin the cadets morning.

"Speak for yourself," Hanji said, her arms behind her head as they walked around the cadets out of their hearing distance. "I'm a major with the Survey Corp."

"WHAT?" Jackson and Hunter turned to stare at her.

"Well yeah," Hanji said stopping. She tilted her head. "Aren't you guys in a position of power?"

"I'm here because I was caught sleeping during my watch," Jackson muttered looking down at his boots.

"The MPs couldn't send anyone else," Hunter said. Hanji hummed and shrugged slightly. "So why are you here then?"

"Injured," she said, her voice filled with annoyance. 'I'd much rather be on the other side of the wall, studying titans, capturing titans, finding out what makes them tick!" She hadn't realized she was yelling until she felt a presence behind her.

"Zoe, do you want to do my job?" Shadis voice made Hanji shrink down and look up, slightly scared.

"Of course not Shadis sir!" She said, unable to resist the smile that wound up on her face. "No one can crush someone's spirit better than you can! However if you need some help teaching about tians I'll gladly lend a hand."

"I'll bet you would," Shadis growled lowly. He held out a hand and pointed. Having worked with him for a few years Hanji knew what he meant and she frowned and opened her mouth. "I hope you aren't planning on talking back Zoe, I would hate to have to go to Erwin." Hanji shut her mouth and started running. "AND DON'T STOP UNTIL I TELL YOU YOU CAN!"

"Yes sir!" Hanji yelled. She hadn't had to run as punishment since Levi came into a position of power, he was always making her clean as punishment. He was always making everyone clean. She knew why Shadis had done it of course, had he not the cadets would think that he was a push-over despite the horrible words. Besides, not ten minutes later and she had a running partner, a young woman by the name of Sasha. The two ran until sunset, the older woman felt bad for Sasha, who collapsed into the lap of another cadet. Hanji was out of breath, but otherwise showed no outward sign of being exhausted.

"Ma'am," Hanji looked down at the young woman who had caught Sasha. Her blue eyes were worried, she seemed too sweet to be here.

"Please, call me Hanji," she said quickly.

"Y-yes H-hanji," the girl shakily held up a waterskin. "I, you wouldn't mind if I gave her water and bread would you?" Hanji smiled widely.

"I won't tell on you if that's what you mean," she said as Sasha stirred and sniffed the air. The girl practically tore the bread and the girl's hand off. Hanji laughed loudly as another girl came out from the shadows. The small blonde girl got off the ground.

"Thank you ma'am," she said smiling.

"Don't worry, caring about your fellow cadets will get you brownie points in my book," Hanji said. She yawned and winced as her leg started aching, she had pushed the pain to the back of her mind while she was running, but it was coming back now. "I'd better be off and you'd better get to bed." She waved as she walked away, the trio of girls starting an argument in her wake. It was a long walk back to the Survey Corps smaller outpost in Trost, there was one in every outlying district, mainly for those who had families and wanted to be close to them. Hanji all but fell into the bed she'd been assigned while she was there. When someone knocked on her door a few minutes later she all but groaned as she sat up. "Come in!" She called, not wanting to get up. The door opened and Moblit's face appeared in the doorway, behind him she saw Mike and Petra.

"Heard you got in some trouble!" Mike said happily as they trooped into the small room. Hanji laughed and scratched the back of her head.

"I guess so," she said. "I don't really see it as trouble, but more of an example," she tilted her head and smiled. "Glad you all came to visit! I thought I was going to be stuck with cadets for the next three years!"

"Oh come on, you don't really think Commander Erwin will leave you here for three years do you?" Moblit asked.

"Yeah even he knows that we need you! I bet after you're all better he'll assign one of the rookies to the training," Petra said softly as she sat down. "Captain Levi sends his… Um." She looked up at Mike.

"He sends his most sincere amusement and doesn't feel bad for and I quote "that four eyed freak"," Mike was nearly rolling on the floor. Hanji blinked a few times and then burst out laughing.

"That midget sure does want to try me even while I'm gone huh?" She wiped tears from her eyes and the four Scouts sat up a little longer, before they departed for their main headquarters. Hanji smiled as she settled back into bed. The pain in her leg was gone now, leaving it slightly sore, but she was used to that. While she hoped what Petra said would be true, she also wouldn't mind staying to watch how these cadets did.

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Well, this is a trial and error type thing. So I hope you guys like it, please let me know what you think, leave a PM or a review. Thanks for letting me bring a little Shimmer to your day.

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