Sorry people, this story may not be as good as Titan's Time! DX
Where the heck where they? That's all Yukio could think as him and his older brother Rin stood in a wrecked old house they stepped into when they used a new key Mephisto had given them. They had tried to use the key again but it just opened to an ordinary closet, void of what ever it might have held previously.
"Damn, Mephisto!" Rin cursed, "Where the hell are we?!"
"Hold on we need to calm down and assess the situation," Yukio reasoned.
No matter how much Rin would have gladly ran out to go explore, he was quite loudly interrupted. They heard heavy breaths, as though from lungs the size of a horse. Looking out the nearest broken window they saw a large shin, that shin then lowered itself to reveal the permanently smiling face of a being approximately 10 meters high. There was silence. What kind of demon is that? It was certainly not a regular mischievous hobgoblin. And since demons were mentioned, there wasn't even a single coal tar floating around anywhere.
Rin drew his sword, engulfing himself in blue flames. Yukio readied his guns. Knowing that the confined space they were in would leave them venerable they went outside to face off the large creature. The 10 meter beast followed. Once around the side of the house it made a swing for them, expertly dodging they circled the demon. Gunshots bouncing uselessly off the creatures skin. Rin went close for a strike to the shin of the deformed body. He cut the flesh, but in a cloud of steam it was healed.
"What the! My bullets are useless, and it heals so fast!" Yukio exclaimed.
Just then, as they thought they were goners and cursing Mephisto in their minds and out loud, they heard horses' hooves and human voices. They watched as a short man with black hair flew from the roof of the building on strange ropes, with the creature watching stupidly, the man pulled out two swords from metal containers at his sides, and cut off the giant beast's nape. The corpse fell to the ground in a cloud of steam. When the smoke clear Yukio and Rin stood there and witnessed the disappearance of the steaming body. Rin had been smart enough to sheath his sword when he heard the humans, but by the way the short man had started approaching him he suspected that he was seen.
"Who the hell are you," the man asked with a scowl on his face and his swords at ready.
Cautious of this seemingly vicious small man who took down a 33 foot monster his bullets didn't even scratch. He replied.
"I'm Okumura Yukio" Yukio's best attempt at not looking nervous probably failed. He then gestured to Rin, "that's my older brother Okumura Rin."
"What are you doing outside the wall?" the short man pushed.
"What?" Yukio asked.
"The Wall" he pointed to the stretch of wall. They trio gave quizzical looks. This seemed to annoy the small man, "no ones allowed outside the Walls in Titan territory, idiots. But since you are out here we are going to take you back for questioning."
Hence Yukio and Rin were towed into the wall they had only caught a glimpse of from the abandoned house. From there they transported them to a castle fortress. Once arrived they were then split up. The short man shoved Rin into a prison cell in the basement of the fortress. There was another young boy in the cell, he has brown hair and green eyes, but what caught Rin's eye, was that the boy was in chains. "You'll be staying here until it's your turn to be questioned." The little man informed and walked away.
"Who are you?" The boy asked.
"Okumura Rin," Rin replied, "and you?"
"Eren Jeager," Eren returned.
"Why are you down here then?" Rin asked hoping to keep a conversation.
"… I had a rampage," Eren said, Rin gave a quizzical look.
"Oh, well I don't really know why I'm down here but I guess it has something to do with me 'being outside the walls' or whatever that means.
Rin noticed Eren's eyes go wide. What had he said? "You've been outside? How far?" Eren excitedly questioned.
"Uh, well I was born in Japan, and frankly I have no idea where this place is," Rin admitted.
"Where is 'Japan'" Eren asked. Rin explained all he could, while cursing himself for not paying attention in geography and history class.
"Then how did you get here?" Eren questioned with some amount of distrust.
"Umm… a… key," Rin said awkwardly. Eren tilted his head but said nothing. So Rin decided it was his turn for questions. "Do you mind telling me what kind of demon it was that I encountered?"
"Demons?" Eren seemed to laugh, "there are no demons, just titans. If demons were real I'd gladly trade them for titans any day."
"Demons are real," Rin countered, "I'm half-demon, so I should know!" Rin realized his mistake. But luckily Eren only smirked in disbelief. Rin thought it best to be quite from then on.
(POV Swap)
Levi sat at his freshly cleaned desk. It was quite and he relished in the silence, knowing it wouldn't last long. Not with Hange around. He knew she'd be coming soon, along with Erwin and the more intelligent looking boy from outside, to hear about the out come of the expedition and why there was extra luggage in the basement. He heard it immediately, her heavy foot steps and excited breathing. She slammed the door open and marched over to his desk slamming her hands down loudly. She got straight to the point, which was strange for her, being as she was a mad scientist, "Levi Why did you put one of the boys from outside in the cells?"
"Hange! You're so loud," Levi scowled, "but I'd like to ask why you had to bring that one," he gestured to Yukio.
"We want information from him," it was Erwin, "they may know things about the titans or the outside."
Levi was silent, he was mentally sizing up Yukio. The boy seemed tidy and intelligible. He nodded for them to continue. Hange turned to the boy, "What's you name?"
"Okumura Yukio" Yukio stated.
"Why were you outside the wall," Hange was summing up words that seemed forced to be easily understandable, she normally talked with long word in a curious, hyperventilating way.
"I am not really sure why," Yukio said slowly, unsurely.
"Then do you know anything about the giant you saw?" Hange pushed.
"It was certainly and unknown demon, even my bullets didn't graze it," Yukio continued, "so I don't quite know anything."
Levi had smirked a bit at the word 'demon.' This kid was acting as though he'd never even heard the word titan. People found outside the walls weren't trust worthy. He would have to force the truth from the two boys. There was one way to do that, in which they learned from Eren; people like Eren could heal quickly. After Hange had escorted the boy away, Levi had suggested this to Erwin. Erwin approved.
Rin had been wondering how long he had been down in the cell with Eren. He was not the smartest half-demon you'd come by. Just a few moments later a woman with shaggy and oily brown hair and goggle like glasses came down the stairs at the far end of the narrow hall. She went to the bars and smiled, this action sent shivers down Rin's back, she turned to Rin and then to Eren. "Eren, you can come out now," she said as a soldier came in and unshackled him, then she turned to Rin again, "Hello, Rin, my names Hange," She smiled, but how did she know his name? It was probably Yukio who told her, she continued, "we'll be needing you as well, follow us and if you try to run we'll be forced to hurt you." She had a creepy smile still on her face and a strange, demented tone in her voice. Rin decided to follow as instructed.
He was taken to a courtyard where there was a fare sized group of soldiers, the little man included. Rin was informed by Hange the mans name was Levi. Standing next to Levi was a tall blond man with eyebrows like Izumo's. Eren split from the group and went to stand by two other adolescents, one, a girl that had short black hair and emotionless grey eyes, like Levi's, and the other a short blond boy who had a gentle air about him. There were other young people there too, like a tall boy with a horse face and a short boy with a buzz cut like Konekomaru's. Rin was steered to face the crowd in front of Levi and the tall man who, according to Hange, was their leader, Erwin. Next to Rin was Yukio.
The leader Erwin spoke, "you two were found outside the wall and, either playing at ignorance or not, claim to have never heard of titans, this is correct?"
Yukio answered him, "yes, sir."
Levi had raised an eyebrow. Rin had noticed that in his hands he had a small, clean dagger that did not look like the swords he used to kill the giant from before. It looked more to be used on regular humans. Rin wondered what all this was about, Levi had a dagger, and everyone else had the same type of gear he saw dispense the ropes that allowed them to fly. Most of the crowds hands rested on the hilts of blades. Erwin said more things and Yukio responded to each while Rin searched their surroundings. He was mainly looking for his sword, but it didn't look like it was with anyone outside. He was still surveying the image when Levi went up to his brother and cut his hand just enough to get a little blood out, and then cleaned the blood away. He waited a few seconds for something to happen, but nothing did happen so he approached Rin. Rin had noticed his approach only a few seconds later when Levi was only about arms length from him. Yukio's eyes were wide knowing what they were looking for.
Levi repeated the actions done on Yukio, only this time something happened. After Levi wiped away the blood on Rin's hand there was no wound. Instantly the dagger was a Rin's throat. Erwin approached as well as the group of young soldiers, including Eren and some older soldiers. Levi's stone cold expressions showed no change but fear reflected in most others eyes, in Yukio's too.
Erwin spoke, "are you on the humans side or are you with titans?" The question confused Rin. Titans? Eren had mentioned titans before as well. Was that what the type demon he encountered was called? This conclusion gave him an easy answer.
"Humans!" Rin yelled eyes gleaming with blue fire. Levi flinched a bit when he saw the flash of warm blue in the boys eyes. Erwin motioned him to lower the dagger, but he hesitated. Intently reading the character of Rin, when he was satisfied he let his arm go slack. Rin relaxed as well. The crowd, Eren, even Yukio was staring at him, there was still fear in some but others had become passive. Eren approached him along with the other young soldiers.
"So you… you're really like Eren?" The small blond boy asked.
"Uh, maybe?" Rin was unsure what he meant, was Eren a half-demon too?
The blond boy spoke again, "Oh! We should introduce ourselves, I'm Armin Arlert."
The boy with the buzz cut spoke next, "I'm Connie Springer." Connie grinned wide, "Eren you aren't so special anymore!" Eren gave a 'shut up' look to Connie.
"I'm Sasha Blouse, I love food!" A girl with brown hair in a pony tail said cheerfully.
"Jean Kirstein," the boy with the horse face said, obviously trying to act cool. The only thing Rin could think right then was that these people had strange names. The last to be introduced was the girl with grey eyes.
"Oh, this is Mikasa, Mikasa Ackerman" Armin said when Mikasa didn't say anything for a few seconds. Just hearing a name like that made Rin comfortable, even without knowing her surname, she had a Japanese name and that was enough to make him not feel odd around all the others who had strange names.
"I'm Okumura Rin," Rin introduced himself. He saw the girl, Mikasa's, eyes lock onto him in curiosity, probably because of the same origin of their names.
Yukio had approached the group and taken him a few feet away to lecture him about what just happened. "What the heck just happened?" Yukio was fierce. Rin sarcastically gave a recap on what went on, but Yukio was not laughing. "Rin they cut you, actually expecting something to happen, and guess what something did happen! You're healing ability gave you away, but what I want to know is why they treated you like an every day occurrence." Yukio sighed. Rin told him about the question Armin asked about him being like Eren.
"So you think Eren might be a half-demon as well, and that's why they thought it was normal?" Yukio questioned, disbelieving.
"Well, pretty much, yes," Rin shrugged, "want me to investigate?"
Yukio looked weary but he agreed, eventually. With a few warnings not to be to direct, Rin had set off on his investigation.
(POV Swap)
"Corporal Levi, you are sure we can trust the Okumura siblings," Erwin investigated, "that one, Rin, has been proven to be a Shifter like Eren."
"I can't believe I'm saying it either, but that brat's got the same determination as Eren." Levi stated plainly.
"And what if that boy was sent by Reiner and Bertholdt for that exact reason?" Historia Reiss queried. Since her coronation as Queen she had since become part of matters of the Walls safety.
"Maybe they where, maybe they weren't," Hange added, "we should give them a chance, but if they really are enemies Levi will kill them," her eyes brightend, "or maybe we can capture them and get more information from them than Annie will ever give, but if that doesn't work," her eyes as bright as the stars, "I could find out about the Shifter's bodies!"
This comment earned a gag from a few other soldiers. Historia eyes were widened, but if it was for humanity's sake she'd have to allow it. Looking over all the faces and opinions of the people present the decision was made. If the Okumura brothers were indeed sent by Reiner and Bertholdt, Hange would be allowed to study them.
(POV Swap)
Rin sneezed. He looked around and continued on back to the cell in the basement. His escorts were every so often looking back with fear in their eyes. But Rin wasn't paying attention to them. He was to busy devising a plan. First he's some how try and see if Eren had a tail. Second he'd pry for information from Eren and how he was different from the other people. Third he'd talk to Mikasa just for comfort, knowing there was another Japanese person present. Lastly he'd reveal his tail to Eren so he could see they were alike, maybe.
He was back in the cell sitting on a small, rough bed, when Hange, Armin, Mikasa, and Eren came down the stairs. Ok this was his chance. Yukio had told him not to be to direct but how else was there to get answers? Now seeing if Eren had a tail would be challenging so he simply looked for irregular bumps on his shirt. Rin himself had let his tail out and it was laying limply on the bed behind him. Eren had no bumps so he guessed he may have a small tail. Hange broke his train of thought, "Hence you are going to come on expedition with us." Hange concluded, but Rin hadn't heard the entire thing so he just nodded carefully. All he heard was that he'd be going on an 'expedition' of sorts. Yukio had been informed of his brothers situation, he panicked, but had no right to speak up against it.
Hello! This is BlackRide, once again! I'm working on two fanfictions write now so there may not be as many updates in one as there is in the other. Hope you enjoy my writing!
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN ATTACK ON TITAN OR BLUE EXORCIST!