Alright! Chapter 3 redone! This one should be more with the plot (Finally) I just had to get my head straight. Once again, if you see anything I did wrong or have any suggestions.. I'd greatly appreciate the feedback. SO! TO VICTORY! (I don't own Attack On Titan ect. But Kaede is mine.)
It felt like I was a mix between a graduate and a student. I've already been in combat with Titans when they were low on men, they offered Mikasa the point as well, but she denied. Yet now here we were, standing on the baking ground in rest position. I guess I was just an exeption. Going on with training.. as usual.
Our eyes were locked forward, grim looks on our faces. The Sargent stalked up on Armin, poor boy. I didn't listen to the voices. The rough one of the sargent and the high pitched tone of my friend.
"That's great to hear! We'll feed you to the Titans!" He yelled loudly. I tensed.
Her blood gushed out and I held her close. She wasn't dead. But I didn't dare look at her lower body. Bit in two.
I had to blink, tilting my head down. I didn't want to think of that anymore. He ignored those of us that went through hell. "ABOUT FACE!" So I turn, now facing Eren. Annie at my side. I guess we didn't have the sparkle in our eye that those who were lucky enough not to know did. Yet, the Sargent stopped in front of me. Looking me over wearily.
I would have smiled if I didn't know that it'd make him beat me into the ground.
His eyes flickered to my arm, his own orbs softening slightly. "YOU THERE!" Dammit. My hand went to my chest regardless, eyes narrowing. "SIR!" "WHO ARE YOU?" "KAEDE, SIR!" "YOU HAVE A LAST NAME?!" "NO, SIR!" "WHY NOT?!" "I GAVE IT UP, SIR!" That made him pause, but it was true. Not like I had any real family anymore. "What makes you think you'd be helpful with that bum arm of yours?" My eyes snapped up to his. I felt those that knew me stiffen. My arm was a sensitive subject.
"SIR! MY ARM HAD TO BE TAKEN OFF FROM A WOUND GIVEN TO ME BY A TITAN SIR! BUT THIS ARM IS JUST AS GOOD AS YOURS SIR!" "OH REALLY?!" His breath smelled really, really bad. Can you move on already? None the less he bared his teeth at me, I knew he saw what I had in my eyes. He knew I went through hell already. What point are you making..
"WHAT IS YOUR GOAL, GIRL?" That made me pause. "To do whatever I damn well have to, to ensure that humanity survives.." I said quietly, my voice bordering on threatening. He stiffened, nodding lightly. His face came closer to me, seeming to stare into my soul before he moved on, not giving me a second glance. Eren stared at me for a while before staring ahead once more.
"-I WANT TO JOIN THE MILITARY POLICE AND LIVE IN THE INTERIOR!" My eyes snapped sideways, as did Erens. My brown orbs narrowed. Disgusting. I made note of his name. Jean. When the Sargent headbutted him and Jean fell to the ground, I couldn't help the smirk that went over my lips. He was afraid of the Titans. He had every right to be. But that was no reason to become that selfish.
When Conny Springer got the salute wrong, I nearly burst into laughter. Something so simple.. A faint giggle went through my lips and those dark gray orbs instantly snapped to mine. But I didn't cower in fear. Instead, I brought my head up a little more, chin jutting out, daring him to come after me. That was when I realized that many other eyes were on me as well. Wide eyes. Shocked eyes.
...Guess these guys wouldn't stand up to him.
Then.
Potato girl.
Oh god.
Five hours later, we watched her run. She was still going. In all honesty, I was impressed. The sunset streamed down on us golden. I leaned on the railing of the bunker, Conny speaking somewhere over to my left. Eren standing close by. Sasha. I noted, she was something. A wagon went up the hill slowly, the dropouts. How sad.
Eren seemed more aggravated over it than I was, either way, I listened to him. Eren always had a way of understanding things, seeing them in a different light than most people.
"That's just how it is, if you can't cut it here, you have to leave."
My eyes darted sideways to him. But his large gray orbs were planted firmly on the wagon.
"I can't believe anyone would want to pick up rocks and pull plants again..."
"Come to think of it, we haven't heard anything about where you're from."
I snapped upwards, standing next to Eren which seemed to make some people weary. But I was just here for support, I could see his muscles tense as he remembered.
"I'm from Shiganshina, same as them." He said happily, planting his arms around me and Armin. I smiled down at him, which he returned before giving the same to the smaller male next to him.
"Oh.. That means.. You were there, that day, weren't you?"
My eyes snapped down to the others, and instantly I pulled from Eren's grasp. The men stepped back slightly, their eyes growing wider. A cool breeze dusted over us, and the sun illuminated half my face. My brown eyes turning slightly gold from the reflection. "Yes... We were there.. and we'd rather not-" "It's okay, Kaede." Eren pressed a hand against my back, smiling up at me. My body tensed.
I'd rather not remember it.
Later we were in the dining hall. A faint lantern covering the tent. They all kept their eyes on us, I terrified any who asked about the colossal Titan. I didn't want to remember. He didn't want to remember. "..Oi." I heard a voice behind me, and I turned to see a group of the other recruits I didn't pay attention to. "What?" "You have a lot of nerve, standing up to the Sargent like that.." One of them said, I just rolled my eyes. "You're a coward for not standing up." They flinched a little, looking surprised.
"..Hey, weren't you part of the Siganshina district? Did you see what happened?" "..More than I'd like to remember." I muttered roughly.
"Did you see the colossal titan?" "Yes." Instantly they were surrounding the table. Asking me question after question. As though my previous threats didn't exist. My jaw clenched, eyes narrowed and I stood up from my slouched position on the table. They backed up a little.
"Listen. I held my mother as she bled out from being bit in half, my father abandoned me. I was soaked in her blood as I ran, and I had to watch Eren's mother die as well. Then I had to loose my damn arm, so if you don't mind, I'd really rather not remember it." I hissed, they paled. Looking ashamed. Serves them damn straight.
That's when I left the tent. I needed some air.
This was going to be rough training.
