Hi everyone! This is my first fanfiction story since becoming a proud member (yay)! So I sincerely hope that you'll enjoy and I apologize if I made any rookie mistakes (publishing is hard) ^^ Please read on and I hope to get more support to write more chapters and stories. Thanks a whole bunch~ Sorry if I'm out of character when it comes to either Levi or Hanji, but that's because this is when they were still new to the Survey Corps.
Chapter 1
Today was her first expedition outside the walls, and she was excited to explore new grounds and see titans for the first time.
That was until she saw them eat her friends.
Hanji spotted a ten meter titan dashing towards her after their team split up during the minor riot. She and her close friend, Myelene, stayed together but stumbled into an abandoned village quite far from the main group. "Hanji! The titan is getting closer! What do we do?!" Hanji was never the type to think clearly the first time. But as they neared a church amidst the small simple houses, she came with an idea. "Let's go up there! Leave the horses, it won't go after them." Her companion nodded and they both hooked their maneuver gear to the wall of the church as they passed it, immediately pulled out of their horses and onto the hard brick roof. The titan was still quite far from them, but began to advance in high speed.
Myelene shuddered, and they both knew that she was terrified. Hanji put her hand on her friend's shoulder. "D-don't worry, Myelene. W-we'll make it through t-this, even if it is our first expedition." Myelene shot her an uneasy glare. "You're not doing so well yourself!" She then perked up at the sudden idea she had to kill it. The titan was now only a few meters away now. "Hanji, I'll cut off it's legs and you'll go for the kill, knowing that you can make deeper cuts than me. Plus staying here will be no good, since it's taller than the church." Not knowing any other plan at the moment, she decided to go along with it. As it neared them, Myelene sprung out from the shadows of the church and hooked her maneuver gear to the wall opposite of the titan's legs and cut its ankles, making it fall face-first into the ground. At this, Hanji saw an opportunity and jumped down from the tower, her arms in ready position.
She was so sure that this would be her first kill, and smiled inwardly. However, halfway there, the titan suddenly turned its body towards her, unexpectedly. She panicked and screamed as it brought its head up without warning. Time seemed to slow down. Every heartbeat felt like a long second. Within those few moments, a hook whipped in between the two and imbedded itself into the wall in slow motion. Hanji turned to see who it was, until she was knocked to the side and made impact with the hard brick and fell with a bloody head.
From the floor, the woman groggily lifted her head, not expecting to witness the horror. Her eyes widened as blood splattered everywhere.
Myelene gazed at her with half closed eyes. "H-Hanji...!" The titan shoved the girl into its mouth, devouring the human whole. In response, Hanji could only stare, dumbfounded at what had become of her friend. Steam rolled of of the titan's ankles and it became able to stand again. As it got on its feet once more was when it noticed the woman, who just sat there to its side. It slowly turned to her and reached out, closing the distance in between.
That was when she first noticed him.
Graceful like a dancer, deadly as a snake, did he cut through the back of the titan's neck like paper. Its eyes rolled back and it collapsed to its side. Smoke appeared on the body just behind him as he landed in a crouch and advanced upon Hanji, looking down at the bleeding woman. "Oi, you look like shit, bloody pig." She cast her view to him and noticed that he was perfectly clean, despite all the blood, unlike her. The man had short, straight and dark hair with sharp blue eyes. She also noticed with an inward snort, that he was shorter than she thought. They held their gaze for a few moments of silence, until a troop of horses and men back him up. A young blonde man with pale blue eyes followed by his golden-haired, grey-eyed friend made their way up to the two. The grey-eyed friend spoke first. "Levi, there you are. You suddenly left the group so we followed your horse," They then noticed Hanji on the floor still. Levi turned to them and asked, "What is someone so shitty doing here, Mike, Irvin?" Medics came up behind him to treat the woman as Irvin sighed, "That's right, you two haven't met yet. We'll save introductions for later. Right now we have to get back to the inner walls."
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Hanji locked herself in her room the next day. And when she did go out, it was to take walks to clear out her mind. She didn't even notice that she had stumbled into mud until she felt the cool slimy earth on her cheeks. Getting up she walked right inside the main room again and up to her room once more. Levi just happened to be at the main floor when he saw the pathetic, dirty woman walk up the stairs. It disgusted him that someone could care less about their hygiene. Just seeing the mud trails on the floor made a vein pop out of his forehead. Without hesitation the man grabbed a mop and cleaned the mess, grumbling about the tiny bacteria. As he made his way up, the mud eventually stopped at Hanji's room. Levi banged hard on the wooden door, with no reply. "Hey, pig. You keep leaving the place filthy. It's sickening and foul." No one answered. This annoyed him, but then he thought, "Why bother?" Yet the feeling of grime, especially in that mud-rolling freak's room, irked him to barge in the door. Levi saw Hanji sitting on the floor beside her table, still dumbfounded, and still caked. Without wavering, he paraded towards her and grabbed the girl by the hair so that she now stood up. But Hanji had to bend a little so that they came eye to eye. She held on to the hand with a yelp. But staring into her new teammate's eyes, she could tell he was dead serious. Saying nothing, he tossed her suddenly onto her bed. The man loomed over the woman with an apathetic look on his face.
"You don't know the first thing about being on the Survey Corps, rookie," She grimaced at this, knowing that they were both first years. "We've just met, but you already disappoint me." She was still confused."Wha..?"
He brought his face close, but not too close, considering the muck. Levi continued, "Being on the Survey Corps does not mean everyone will live every expedition. We join, knowing our close ones may or may not die. And we continue our job with few, if at all any tears because we know that we are the ones who lived through what they did not. We are aware of our possible losses. If a teammate dies, we. Do. Not. Freeze. Up." Hanji's eyes widened in shock. Inside she knew that he was right. Myelene would've never approved of it if she were to die then and there. A flick on her forehead brought her back to her senses, and she was suddenly aware of her own mess.
Levi noted her uneasiness and pinched her ear, bringing her to the washroom. "Ow, ow, ow!" Hanji exclaimed. He then shoved her in and slammed the door shut. "You smell of feces. Come out filthy and you'll regret it." From inside the washroom she smiled at her new friend and began to clean herself.
Yes! *Fist pump* first chapter done! I'll be writing more during the year soon but progress will come slower since it's the school year so... But I'll try my best! Thanks for reading, please look forward to more ^0^
