Life as a Card User
I got bored and had no inspiration for my other stories get so I made this
Chapter 1: Coming Down as a Card User
All I remember was that a car was in front me before I saw nothing but darkness... I think I was saving a little girl too, she was quite young and was holding onto a teddy bear with a red ribbon. That's all, so you can imagine how hard it is to believe yourself who had just died. Not to mention remembered your own death but I thought death was... Motionless, untouchable, soundless, forgetful, unheard or something like that
How can I still feel that? It hurts like hell for a moment before it just vanished to thin air. Geez, all of this is so confusing... Man. I just woke up a few minutes ago to have a massive headache, "Agh... What happened? Wait, where am I!?" I asked myself as I looked around. Holy shit! I'm on a branch of a big tree!
Goddammit, what the hell did you do to me, God!? Wait, this looked rather familiar actually... Where have I seen it before? I looked at myself, I was wearing my school uniform. White shirt with green, blue and red checkered like collar, skirt and tie. Ok, no difference on my outfit but the scenery... My stomach's been twisting and turning violently as I sat down on the branch.
I'm on a large branch, wide enough to hold an elephant on it... Geeez, what the hell's going on? Tall trees were all over the place so it's safe to assume that this places' a forest. A rather large one, though. Wait, then where are the monkeys? Or even elephants or tigers?
"Hm?" I felt something on my pocket which was on the left side of my shirt. I pulled it out to see a note. What was the note? I don't remember having this before I "died". I unfolded it as it said
Dear Fliegen Freigeit,
I do hope you're enjoying your new life as a "Card User" in that world. Now you act as some sort of "messenger" of mine to save humanity from destroying themselves or accidentally got destroyed by some other force. Reborn into a new world with your memories in tact is odd for you, but please. You are the only one I can trust you with this task
Yours truly,
God, Zeus
I stared at the note in my hands and found myself twitching at the note. A new world? Seriously? Probably some joke from my friends, but that doesn't explain why the hell am I on a gigantic tree though. Maybe they managed to sneak up on- wait, they'd never knock me out for a prank... Maybe it's real? No way! I refused to believe it unless I see it for my-
STOMP
Huh? What was that? It sounded like it was coming below me. I looked down to- oh... A giant humanoid creature lying on the ground with its eyes looking over me... "T-that's... You have got to be kidding me, Attack on Titan? Reborn into this world? This world is unstable to start with!" I said out loud as I looked to the smaller Titans looking at me from below
'Theres no way I'm gonna be food to a bunch of mutated cannibals, but how the hell am I gonna move?' I thought as I recall this "so-called-God" letter. 'Card user?' Like the ones from Persona? If so, I can use someone to get out of here? Before I could do anything, a glowing grey card appeared before me. The back had the symbol of the opening anime with chains creating a diamond shape with the title in the middle in Japanese and English
'How do I summon these actually? Maybe it's similar to those with the shifter abilities? Put your mind to something and-' without knowing, I crushed the card just like in the Persona series. A deck of cards appeared from the blast as it lined up in a straight line, before they were placed on my outstretched palm
I looked them over. Characters from AoT were there, the protagonist and all the way to the antagonist, "So... I pick one and crush it?" I thought as I looked at one of them which was the one of the series protagonists, Armin. Oh the fun in all... Should I go to Wall Maria and live there for the rest of my life? I don't exactly know what to do but stay the hell away from mutant-oversized-humans or else you're cannibal food.
Ok, no need to panic. I'm in an anime, a very popular one that has blood and gore and the such. I have to find a way to survive, ok then. I have my cards that I don't even know how to control them and-
Damn! I just don't know anymore! What the hell am I supposed to do now!? Save the world from destruction!? I've read the most recent manga of AoT! The Survey Corps are making a coup de'tat for gods sake!
Well, they are the protagonists other than those people from the high MPs. Speaking of the MPs, they might be suspicious of me though. If I appear out of nowhere and just live peacefully in the walls of Sina... But still, just what exactly are they trying to do, hiding behind the shadows and keeping the humans inside the walls? Soon enough they'll break through and eat you alive, but why do they want to exterminate humanity? I'll worry about that later, I got to find a way to-
"You've got to be kidding me..." I muttered as a small Titan, roughly a 5-m class one was also on the branch. All I could do is just stand there, and scream, "Whoa!" I nearly jumped back. It had a gorilla like face, long arms and short legs, black haired and- what's it doing? Was it- he was trying to talk?
"H... He... H-he-hel..." Was all he was making, I was trying to find similar words that would match his description, "Hell? He'll? Wait, is it help?" I wondered before I finally heard its full sentence, "H-he-help... U-us..."
He wants me to help them? Help... All the Titans? Damn God, putting me in this situation. I knew all the Titans were actually human but i have no idea how the hell they became like that... "How? And... Why me?" I asked him. He was struggling with his words as he kept on muttering some words. The 15 meter Titan below me pleaded, but I didn't understood what it said. Wait... What about Eren?
Reiner and Berthold were desperate on kidnapping Eren and they didn't seemed to want to kill people, especially Berthold. So I can guess that they were threatened or had a duty as "warriors" to protect what's important as they only wanted to go back their "homeland", like they refer it to. Betrayal, sacrifice, protect, honor... It's Guilty Crown all over again, just that it's happening in German (past) and that was in Japan (future)
Also, he himself... Will it cure these poor humans? I can only hope so, but not by eating him. That means I have to be within the Wall Maria in Shiganshina. Wait, just what year is this!? If it's the year 845 then maybe I have a chance to infiltrate it when Berthold kicks the wall! "But... Is there any other way to revert you lot to human? Other than Eren?" I asked, I only received shrugs. So they don't know any other way
"I'll try my best... Um... Do you any of you know where Wall Maria is? And where the Shiganshina district is?" The 15 meter one pointed towards the south, if I'm not mistaken. I guess that training in geography really paid off. I gotta thank Mr. David for teaching us that
"Ok then, thanks. Um... Now, what do I do?" I asked myself as a paper fell on my head. Wait, where did that came from? I took the paper and read its content. It said
Dear Fliegen,
I forgot to tell you how your powers worked now, did I? Your cards are based off your trading cards, and each series is a "deck" of cards. For example, the "Naruto" deck will have characters from Naruto while the "Soul Eater" deck has characters from Soul Eater and so on and so forth.
You probably already knew how to summon them based on your theory of the Megami and Persona series, so I won't be telling you that. Did I also mentioned that you can be fused with them as well? Now get your cards away to Shiganshina, Fleigen!
Yours truly,
Zeus
I stared at the letter as I twitched, now how the hell am I going to Shiganshina if I don't have transport? A card appeared in front of me as I looked at it, 'It's... Eren Yeager...' I thought as I touched it, only for it to be shattered by my hand and forming a bright light. Before I knew it, Eren was standing in front of me
'Wait, what!?' I looked at the duplicate as he tilted his head, indicating his curiosity as he said, "Um... Hi?" There's only one thing I can do, "Wha-WHAT THE HELL!?" My scream caused the 5-m Titan to fall off the tree and crash into the smaller ones down below. I looked down with a pained look. The trees were at least 50 meters tall, and the one I'm on is around half of it. That must've hurt, "Sorry!" I yelled out as Eren was also looking down
"You should really be careful with that.." He said. No shit, Sherlock! Man, even though the Eren beside me was a clone, it was still awesome as he was my second favorite character. Talking to him was just beyond my imagination. So first things first... Go to Shiganshina, "Ok then, Eren. Can you turn into a Titan and let me ride on your hands to Shiganshina?" I asked his permission. He nodded
He bit his hand until it drew blood as he thought of going to Shiganshina. Yellow lightning engulfed us as I closed my eyes to avoid getting smile in my eyes. I opened them to find myself standing on the branch... 15 meters taller, and on Eren's palm
'Oh my god! I'm on a fucking Tit-! Whoa!' He lost his balance as he tried to stay on his foot, but sadly gravity wins and we fell down heavily. I clung on his hands forcibly as he covered me with both hands and crashed into some other Titans, creating a dent on the ground, my ass hurts even though I'm protected, "Ow..." He grunted. Wow... His voice's pretty deep
"So-sorry.." He said as he squished some Titans, well at least they're recovering... I think? 'Alright then, so now off to Shiganshina' He slowly stood up and dusted himself a bit, "Oh? You can talk? I remember you not being able to talk well because of that big mouth of yours" I said as as he looked at me. He just shrugged
Ok, mission 1: Infiltrate Shiganshina. Easy enough as most of the soldiers near the entrance would be dead. Mission 2: Infiltrate Wall Rose, which will be slightly harder as I need to get on the boat. Either that or somehow managed to get through the gate before Reiner destroys the gate, damn I have extremely little options. Mission 3 is optional, for me at least. It's to save as much people as possible, but even then the government will send people out the wall again.
Shit, my brains' bursting and my stomachs' twisting. How the hell am I supposed to save people when the most significant event (that will change lives and will not get me arrested) will come in another 5 years! Wait, I'm not even sure in which timeline I ended up! What if it's when Eren was arrested? What if it's when Berthold destroyed the gate for a second time?
There's only one way to find out, which was to go there myself, "Ok Eren! Run like the wind!" I yelled, he's surprisingly fast. Maybe it's because of those training in the camp.
I don't know where the Walls were, but thanks to Eren, all I have to do is to sit back and let him take over mine. Onwards the Shiganshina! And hopefully, there won't be anything that's in rubbles of debris... But something tells me that I will be very surprised with this
Shiganshina, a few km later...
Hm... I hear no screaming or see any gate that's broken through, so that's good. Waif, if the gate was closed and still in perfect condition then, "Just where the fuck am I in the timeline!?" I roared out, causing some Titans to flee from me, "C-calm... D-d-down..." Eren stuttered out. I huffed before pointing to the wall
He walked towards the wall, it was bigger in real life than it was in the anime or manga. If I landed in the "Before the Fall" arc then I will surely be screwed as it was 70 years before the main one and not to mention I didn't read any of it since I was busy reading Levi's story! Ok, I'm a Levi-fangirl Kay? He's pretty much my new "Sasuke" at the moment.
Ok, I have to find out what timeline I landed. I ordered Eren to walk again, looking for the entrance. If I found the Scouting Legion and find either Hange or Levi or Erwin then I'm on the right track. If not then I'm screwed. If I found either one of them then maybe I'm ok because it would be like a few years before the plot. Few Titans were scattering away from me as we walked pass them, was Ere really that intimidating? Or was it because of the Coordinate thingy? Ah, my eyes hurts...
My brain too... What did I do to deserve this? I'm pretty sure I didn't do anything other than maybe... Disobeying mom and dad but always made up after those arguments. So what?
Finally I managed to locate the gate. It was bigger than I thought it would. As high as Eren's Titan Form actually. Also, did I mentioned it was opening? Damn my luck, "Eren, run!" I whispered loud enough for only he could hear me and ran a few meters away from them, enough for them to ignore us. I scanned all it's members. What caught my eyes was a blond haired man who we know as Erwin and goggle eyes known as Hange. My eyes wondered again as I saw 3 of the ones that I've been not expecting, "Oh, don't tell me it's that timeline..."
Eren looked at me confusingly before looking at the crowd, "Oh... That..." he sighed before he saw what I was looking at: Levi's group. Isabel Magnolia, Farlan Church and the ring leader himself, Levi Ackerman, "This next mission is when Isabel and Falan dies huh, Eren?" I asked him. All he could do is nod, "Then... We'll save them, one way or another without changing too much of the plot line" I announced
My Titan friend would no understand what I'm currently thinking, but all he could do at the time is just to listen and act, "Eren, go after them but don't get too close" he nodded before holding me slightly tighter and ran after them, "I dunno why I'm here for, but who the hell cares? I'm saving people and that's that"
So this is what happens when I'm replaying Persona again and was in total boredom and cant get SNK/AOT off from my head cheers :)