Bara was excitedly running laps, until she caught herself. "Hey, slow down Bara, you're going to use up all your energy that way..." She whispered to herself, slowing her pace, and falling back with the rest of the recruits.
"I thought...running laps...was only...punishment..." A girl, who Bara assumes is Sasha, said between breaths. She didn't recognize the girl, but the boy next to her, she recognized. "Eren jaeger..." She whispered to herself.
Eren replied, "Well, Yeah, it usually is, but-" He was interrupted by a strawberry-blonde haired man. "Maybe if you didn't ask stupid questions, we'd all be sitting comfortably in our quarters!" 'Sasha' turned and looked at him angrily "...H-hey!" She could barely compose words, let alone sentences, while her two friends, or rather, familiars, seemed to be fine, for now.
"H-how is...it...that you...g-guys...seem to...h-have...s-so m-much...energy?" She said through heavy breaths. "Well," The strawberry-blonde started. "Maybe that's because we are actually training, and not stuffing our face with food!"
"Shut up horse-face!" Eren yelled.
"Hey! Don't call me that twerp!"
Bara groaned in annoyance as they started bickering. "Hey," Bara shouted, gaining all their attention. "Strawberry head." No one properly responded with anything more than a confused look. "Horse-face." She said, pointing at said 'horse-face'.
"Wh-strawberry head?" He mumbled to himself.
"Who are you?" Bara asked.
"What, our names?"
"Yes your names, I don't need life stories, though being able to properly address you would be nice."
"Oh, uh, I'm Jean. And this is Sasha," He said, pointing towards the red-head. 'Knew it.' she thought to herself.
"And this is," He started, gesturing towards Eren, but Bara interrupted him.
"No, I know him, Eren. Titan boy..." she murmured the last part. "Wait, but who's that?" She said, pointing behind Eren.
"Huh?" They all said, even the breathless Sasha.
"Ack! Mikasa! Don't scare me like that!" Eren yelled, practically jumping out of his skin. "Mikasa..." Bara repeated.
"Who is that?" Mikasa asked, in her calm quiet tone, pointing at Bara. "She's the new girl." Jean started, gesturing towards Bara. "What's your name?" He asked, extending a hand toward her.
She paused, she doesn't much like physical contact of any kind, even just a simple handshake. "Uhm, Bara, Bara Tetsu." She said, grabbing his hand and shaking it. "Nice to meet you!" He said while placing a hand on the back of his neck.
"Who is she," Mikasa said, now creeping up on Jean. "Her name's Bara." He said, almost dreamily. "Hi," She said quickly and then ran over towards Eren again.
"How... Many... Laps..." Sasha started, barely even at a run anymore. "have... We... Gotten..."
Eren thought for a moment. "Uhm... Ten, I think..." he said unsure of his answer.
Bara sighed and corrected him. "Twelve and a half." Eren looked at Bara surprised. "Were you counting?" He asked.
"Yeah." she shrugged. "I've just counted the number of times we've rounded that building." She pointed to the main castle, which they were steadily nearing. "Oh... Huh..." Was all Eren had to say.
Many, many laps later, Sasha was beginning to fall further, and further, behind the rest. "Some... One... Car... Ry... Meee..." she extended the last syllable in 'me' as she fell further behind, to the back of the group. "O-oh... That's... Where... You... Were... Connie..." She said, slowly.
"Yeah! I stuck to the back of the group, so I wouldn't lose too much energy!" He said, rubbing his bald head. "C-carry... Meeee!" She said, moving her arms toward Connie.
"O-okay!" He said, as she walked around to his back, and jumped on top.
"Oof!" He blurted. She easily jumped on due to the height difference. "Okay, nope...nopenopenopenope. bad idea bad idea get off." He said, trying to even stay standing, let alone run. "YOU COMMITTED TO THIS." She yelled. "Just get off!" Connie whined.
Bara sighed from the front, she was still too close to hear all the noise from other cadets, and just wanted to run in peace. "Well," She started. "I'll see you guys later, Jean, Eren, and Mikasa."
"Yeah! seeya at the mess hall!" Jean said.
"Seeya later Bara!" Eren said happily.
"Yeah. Bye," Mikasa deadpanned.
"Weird bunch there," she said, the distance between her and the other cadets growing.
"WHEN WILL THIS TORTURE END!?" Sasha yelled from the back. "Speak for yourself! I'm the one carrying you!" Connie said, clearly unhappy with his current situation. Bara growled from the front, now very annoyed at the lack of and peace and quiet.
"Can you all just shut up? Please!" She yelled from the front. Everyone shut up, and looked forward, to see the new recruit twenty yards ahead of them, and with plenty of energy to spare.
"That's enough recruits!" Captain Levi said, as they finished their twenty-fifth lap. "How're you feeling cadets?" He asked, mostly directing his question towards the ones bent over on their knees huffing for air. Connie just up and collapsed right when captain Levi told them they could stop, and Sasha's been asleep for the last few laps. Mostly everyone else seemed okay.
"How are you? Cadet?" He asked, directing his question to Bara.
"I am fine, Heichou!" she said enthusiastically.
He hummed. "Name? Cadet?"
"Hai, Tetsu Bara." She said, energetically.
He hummed again. "You seem to have really enjoyed that run."
"Hai. I love running Heichou!"
"I will be showing you to your quarters after you wash."
"Hai!" She said with a salute.
Jean bumped shoulders with a man standing next to him. "How long do you think that spunk is going to last when she starts training?" He asked, almost in a whisper.
"I don't know, but you shouldn't patronize all the newbies..."
He bumped him with his shoulder again. "C'mon! Have some fun every once and a while!" The man sighed.
"This is what you call fun?" He asked. 'No wonder they don't like you...' he thought, walking ahead, following the other cadets to the mess hall.
"Hey Armin!" Eren yelled.
"Yeah?" A blonde haired kid answered. "How was the run? I didn't see you in the front."
"Oh." He started rubbing the back of his neck. "I hung back, I'm not the best at running! I'm a little winded right now!"
Eren laughed and playfully hit his arm. "You'll get better at it!"
"So, what's your favorite food? How many different foods have you eaten? Do you like eating? What am I saying!? Of course you like eating! Everyone likes eating! R-right?" Sasha spouted question after question to Bara's ignoring ears.
"Jeez! Sasha calm down a little and stop bombarding the newbie!" Connie said, while picking up a tray of food. "Bombarding? Was I really asking that many questions?"
"You kind of where." Connie replied. Bara was completely ignoring every word the two said. She just wanted to get her food, wash, go to her quarters, and go to sleep. But everyone else wanted to talk.
Because people love talking, she's the knew girl, and everyone wants to wring her of her personal information that she doesn't feel comfortable giving out, this was going to take far longer than desired.
She sat down at a table with her food, and began eating, trying her best to ignore Sasha's questioning. She sighed and gave up ignoring her. "Sasha, I understand that you would like to meat me, and talk with me, and be all hunky-dory with me, but no thank you." She seemed slightly surprised, and that provided all the open time she needed to finish her meal, dispose of her tray, and leave, before Sasha regained her senses, and said; "Wait, what?"
She walked down the hall, to the wash room, but paused. She thought for a moment. 'Hmm, currently the only clothes I have are the ones I am wearing, and changing back into these would defeat the purpose of the shower all together... But ...I don't know where my other clothes are...' She stood still in the hall, making her desicion, and when she came to it, she turned on her heels. "This was Heichou's office, right?" She whipered to herself, before knocking twice on the door.
"Who is it." A bored, monotonic voice said from the other side. "Cadet Tetsu, Heichou." Creaking was heard inside, and the door was opened. Captain Levi stood at the doorway, the door only open a crack, and looked her up and down.
Creaking was heard inside, and the door was opened. Captain Levi stood at the doorway, the door only open a crack, and looked her up and down.
"You haven't washed." He said, his same bored tone. He was about to close the door, but she put her hand in front of it to stop it. "But, Heichou, I have no spare clothes." He sighed and opened the door fully, stepped into the hallway, and closed the door behind him. "Fine." He said, sounding boreder than before. "I'll take you to your quarters." "Hai, thank you Heichou."
"But, Heichou, I have no spare clothes." He sighed and opened the door fully, stepped into the hallway, and closed the door behind him.
"Fine." He said, sounding more bored than before. "I'll take you to your quarters."
"Hai, thank you Heichou."
He walked a few hallways down, walked halfway down the hallway, and stopped. He rustled into his pocket for his ring of keys, unlocked the door, and swung it open. "Here is your room." He said, while pulling the key of the ring. "Here is your key." He said, handing her the key.
"Kansha!"
"Yeah...mondainai."
She giggled slightly.
"I was beginning to become worried you weren't understanding what I was saying!"
He smiled slightly, barely visible. "Toreeningu de ashita wo ai."
"Sayonara! Mataashita ne!"
(AN) All right! this one is a much better length! If you're wondering what they were saying back there, first of all in case you don't know, they were speaking Japanese, (Yeah I just kind of assumed Levi knows Japanese) And here's what they were saying. Heichou means Lieutenant, or General, and I know she referred to Levi as captain in the first chapter, though I meant for it to be Heichou, and I'm not gonna bother going back and fixing it, lazy, I know. Hai, pretty simply, means yes, or anything pertaining to it. And at the end they said (rough translation here guys, using google translate.):
Kansha, Thank you
Mondainai, No problem
Toreeningu de ashita wo ai, See you tomorrow at training
Sayonara, Matashi ne, Bye, see you tomorrow
I don't know why, just wanted to throw some Japanese in there to hint hint at her lineage! Thank you for reading!
I hope they weren't out of character! I know I'm having trouble with Levi, that's for sure. At least he always sounds bored! Please leave a review!