"Hello, min'na. I'm Leiza Ackerman. And I suppose I should start from the beginning, befor I forget to... The day I met my cousin Levi, quickly became the best day I'll ever have. And no, this isn't a love story."
Cue cliche storybook pages turning all the way to the front of the book, displaying Cadet Levi sitting towards the corner in the mess hall.
"Hey, Levi!" A tall boy shouted, sticking his head in through the door. "Come here and help us out for a minute!"
"This is Clive. Clive Schleider. Quite a bully, and self proclaimed bestfriend of Levi. Only because Levi could kick his smugly arrogant cocky ass- Ahem, sorry. Moving on."
"Tsk..." Levi scoffed, unamused by the interruption of his dinner. "Whatever it is, deal with it yourself. I'm eating, got it?" He returned to his meal, not bothering to pay even a second glance when Clive left.
The next morning, all the cadets fell in, taking their appropriate places. All but one.
"Great... We're going to have to pull 20 extra laps because that idiot didn't show up on time!" Clive spat out in a hushed tone. Clearly agitated, he turned to Levi. "Hey... Make up some reason we can't be here, and make it a good one. Suto and I are gonna go kick that idiots ass." Not awaiting any answer, he left. Suto in hesitant tail.
"Tsk..." He wasn't going to. Levi didn't take any orders from that wannabe.
"Cadets!" The instructor called everyone to attention, eyes slowly sweeping the maggots. "Cadet Leiza will not be participating today, and tomorrow she'll be making up the time."
Mutters were kept silent, but everyone hated the thought of a cadet staying behind to practice while the Garrison was coming through to observe everyone.
|That'll ruin someone's chances of being anything more than a lowly errand soldier...| Levi thought to himself.
"It seems some of you worthless shits, thought it'd be funny to ambush a fellow cadet when they didn't agree with you!" The instructor was pissed, and understandably so. His eyes noticed the two missing cadets, jaw tightening. "Does anyone care to share, the whereabouts of cadets Schleider and Soyro...?" Though his voice was low, everyone knew the two were screwed.
"They went to kick Leiza's ass." Levi's words left his mouth as if casually telling someone their shoe was untied.
The instructor walked to Levi, looming over him. "And you let them leave, endangering one of your comrades!" He hissed. "Cadet, you personally are going to assist that comrade, or I'll personally kick your tiny worthless ass, out of here!"
It was obvious Levi didn't care to do it, but he needed to stay here. So without an answer, he turned and went to find and assist the poor idiot.
"Where the hell did she go? Dammit! Come out, you bit-" Clive was cut short by a sudden force to his back.
It was her. It was Leiza. She had jumped from the roof and planted both boots between Clive's shoulder blades before darting off to avoid Suto Soyro.
"Wow, I'm like... So cool! I should'a given him a good K.O!- Oops, sorry. Continuing..."
"Dammit! That bitch'll pay!" Clive returned to his feet as Suto reached him. They stayed put for a few minutes before starting to search again.
She was hiding in a supply shed, trying to be as silent as possible. The cuts and bruises from their ambush last night was making it difficult to move. If they both jumped at her together, she'd be done for.
"Hey... Clive, Suto." Levi stood in their path, seemingly wearing a scary expression. "You guys get her yet?"
"No..." Clive growled out, he knew Levi likely wasn't there to help. It was like pulling teeth to get him to do anything. "The hell is with that scary face, shortstack?!"
"This is just-" He started walking towards them. "-What my face looks like, oversized oaf..."
She could hear them just outside the door. Three of them now? How the hell was she supposed to take on three of them?! "Sh-shit..." Should she stay? Make a run for it? Wha- Her thoughts came crashing down as Clive's scream rang clear, followed by three sickening hollow thuds against the shed. "Is that his... His head being smashed against the wall...?" She spoke through her own fingers, clasped over her mouth. She had quickly become afraid of this third person. Clive was so large, and strong... Who could be capable?
"L-Levi, please! I'll leave, I swear! Let me go!" Suto was crying out in fear. He wasn't innocent, but he just stood guard over Clive's attacks. "I-I don't deserve any punishment!"
She would have screamed if her mouth wasn't held shut by her own hands. The scream from Suto after his plea for mercy made her stomach turn. What the hell what going on out there?
Levi shoved Suto into Clive, saying nothing to them as he just glared. A silent warning to beat it before he got serious.
They were hardly injured as they stood, but they felt a great deal of pain. Clive's head was spinning with a concussion. Suto's arms, soaring with pulled and over-stretched tendons. They helped each other stay on their feet as they ran off, cursing and vowing revenge.
Leiza was frozen as silence filled the area. It took near five minutes for her to crawl to the door, hesitantly opening it just a crack. At what she saw, a soft gasp left her lips. No blood or bodies... Just that one cadet. She thought she heard Suto call him Levi.
Hearing that faint gasp, Levi turned towards the shed. He figured she was still too scared to come out. He was tired of waiting. "Idiot..." He started walking towards the door, irritated that she didn't have the decency to come out and at least make an unnecessary gesture of appreciation. Once there, he kicked it open. "Hey...!"
As soon as he headed for the door, Leiza had started scrambling backwards. She screamed as the door flew open. She was climbing for the high window in the back by the time she'd be in his view. The look on his face, it scared the life out of her.
Seeing the female trying to escape threw him into confusion. What the hell was she scared of now? Levi strode over, grabbing her by the belt and pulling her back down.
She panicked as she fell backwards, despite landing safely in his grasp. She looked at his face, and she fainted.
"The hell...?" Levi wasn't amused. But he didn't care really about why she fainted, he just started carrying her to the infirmary.
Halfway there, Leiza's eyes opened and she again looked upon that terrifying face. He was staring at her. Why? What did he want? Why was he carrying her?
"Can you stop looking like you're about to shit yourself?" He asked, stopping where he stood.
"E-eh...? You aren't... Gonna hurt me?" Leiza didn't quite understand. "Just who are you?"
"I didn't save you because I like you. I saved you because I had to. Don't get the wrong idea." Levi explained. "But the least you can do is tell me who you aren before I tell you who I am." Shifting Leiza in his arms, he continued walking, carrying her bridal style.
She understood now. He was that Levi. The one people didn't really bother much. "Ackerman..."
Levi almost paused, glancing down at the small-framed female. "What?"
"My name... Leiza Ackerman..." She said, her voice faint.
Ackerman...? So, they weren't complete strangers. They likely met at least once as toddlers. "I see. I'm Levi."
"Yes? Levi what?" She pressed, still uneasy of the male carrying her.
"Just Levi, alright...?" Once at the infirmary, Levi handed the girl to a nurse, and said nothing and he turned heel and started walking out. "See ya."
"E-eh...? EH?!" She deadpanned. He did all that, and then left with just a see ya? "What the actual fuck, you moron?!" She began to rant and rave, but he was gone. And she wouldn't see him again for at least two days. "Fuckinf idiot!"
"Phew! And that's how I met cousin Levi, well, more or less. I'll tell you guys more of how we started to become friends later. I'm kinda tired... Need a nap..." Cue yawning. "Hmm... Night night, guys. See you again next time!
Notes from the creator: Hi! Mkay, so, this is kinda weird, I know. But this story is for my OC on Twitter. aGiftedGarrison Follow her if you'd like. The UN is post story, as are the interactions with most Levi's, and other characters. I thought it'd be funny to have her telling the story, and have little cut-in's throughout. Anyways! Feedback and opinions please! And yes, I know my tenses are odd, it's just my style. ~SeaChelle
