Hello everyone.
Here is my third story for Eremika week. I hope it's better than the last, I didn't really like that one all that much, it was so rushed :c, but other people enjoyed it so –shrugs- that's what counts ^_^
So here we go:
Eremika Week Day 3: Soul mates
He could see nothing, all he could hear was the sound of heavy breathing, his own breathing, darkness turned to light he looked up as saw the city overrun with Titans, rearing back his head Eren unleashed a deep roar of anger and charged into battle.
He would kill them, everyone one of them, with ruthless vengeance, vengeance for what they did to his home, vengeance for the friends he had lost but most of all vengeance for his mother.
Eren wrapped his large powerful hand around the back of a Ten-Meter class Titan before slamming it down straight into the ground turning the entirety of it' head into pulp, killing it instantly. He felt something clamp down onto his shoulder, his head spun around instantly and saw a small four-meter trying to take a chunk out of him. Eren only growled in fury, reached back with his left hand and encompassed the beast's whole head in his hand before crushing it.
He stood up to his full height and roared once more, the whole area filled with smoke from melting Titans, he heard a deep feminine bellow to his side, turning his saw Annie in her Titan form staring him down with a smirk on her lips, behind her further back was Reiner; the Armoured Titan.
They were mocking him, with their eyes, their expressions, he could tell, they were making fun of him. Eren's eyes narrowed in rage then charged towards Annie while howling with bloodlust.
Annie raised her arms and hardened them with her crystal covering to block Eren's attack. Eren lashed out, his fist shattering the crystal, destroying her defences and slammed his fist hard into the traitor's face send her hurtling through the air, Eren grabbed her feet before she got too far and slammed her into the ground without breaking stride as he stormed his way towards Reiner, dragging Annie along with him.
Reiner charged at him like he had done when he destroyed the gates at Shiganshina, one in range Eren spun around in a circle, took hold of Annie's ankles and used her to club Reiner in the side, causing Annie to sheer in half at the waist and Reiner to be sent flying through the air only to crash land hard and skid across the ground his armoured flesh tearing from the bone.
Eren dropped Annie's legs to the ground and stomped over towards her upper half as she tried to crawl away, he wouldn't let her, not after what she'd done, reaching down he grabbed her arm and flipped her onto her back, the last thing she would see would be Eren's foot crashing down upon her head, not once, not twice but three times. Annie was dead, but Eren wouldn't stop as he stamped her head leaving only a bloody stump and only stopped once he was satisfied she was well and truly dead.
He stopped and saw Reiner slowly rising to his feet, Eren pick up Annie's torso while it still had shape and threw it at the unexpected Titan, making him fall back to the ground. Eren didn't wait and charged up to the Armoured Titan reaching him just as he got back onto his knees, Eren grabbed the back on his neck and forced Reiner's Titan head through the nearest then pushed him through the conjoined buildings as her charged down the street.
Reiner flailed, tried to slow Eren tried to stop him, but ultimately failed the young shifter's rage held no bounds and was unleashed in a homicidal fit of fury.
Once at the end of the road Eren lifted Reiner into the air and slammed him down onto the ground before straddling his waist and wrapped his hands around the Titan's throat and squeezed. Reiner retaliated by punching Eren in the face which only seemed to further Eren's rage and squeeze harder, another punch followed by another, Reiner thrust his fist one more only for Eren to open his mouth widely and chomp down upon Reiner's wrist biting through the armoured flesh and tear the hand from the wrist the spit the hand into Reiner's face causing him to flinch. Eren pressed harder around the neck then suddenly felt it give, the armour shattered like glass, the muscles of the neck became crushed rapidly under Eren's grasp and then Eren could feel the traitor himself inside the Titan's throat, howling like a banshee directly into the Titan's face, Eren crushed the monster's throat and crushed Reiner in the process.
Eren panted slowly then rose to his feet and roared to the sky in victory, the Titans were gone, his enemies were pulp, but still he felt his insatiable rage flow through him.
"EREN!" came a girl's voice. Eren spun around and saw her standing on the nearest building the slight breeze blowing her beautiful hair and red scarf. "That's enough Eren, we've won, you've done it, let's go home." Mikasa said softly.
Eren felt himself calm and tried to respond to Mikasa, but something happened, something he didn't do, the Titan, the beast surrounding his human body lashed out gripping Mikasa tightly in its grasp.
"EREN NO!" Mikasa cried out struggling.
'No! No no no, let her go!' Eren thought loudly, trying to stop the monster.
The Rogue Titan opened its large mouth and brought Mikasa up higher and higher.
"EREN PLEASE STOP!" she screamed before the Titan bit down on her.
"NOOOOOOOOOO!"
Eren sat up suddenly in his bunk bed, panting heavily with sweat covering his body and dripping from his forehead. Eren's face was an expression of pure horror, his eyes wide open staring at nothing, his mouth hanging open as he panted all the while his whole body trembled with fear and adrenaline.
"Shut up Eren." Jean grumbled in his sleep before rolling over.
Eren looked around, it was just a dream, all just a dream, just a terrible, terrible dream, apart from the not eating Mikasa parts, but regardless he felt sick, he got up unsteadily and made his way outside into the cold autumn air and ran to the nearest tree and threw up along its trunk.
At about the time Eren awoke so did Mikasa, her own nightmare had been terrible, Eren had gone on a rampage destroying everything and everyone in his path and she, she had to put him down, she was the only one who could.
She heard a door outside the girl's room open the shut then the front door open and slam shut loudly, she knew who it was without looking. "Eren." She could almost feel the pain he was in, not bothering to change out of her pyjamas, Mikasa got up and followed Eren outside.
"Eren." She said softly as she approached the boy as he upheaved his dinner.
"Don't! Don't come any clos …" Eren tried to tell her before throwing up once more.
Mikasa frowned sadly and moved closer regardless of what he tried to say, she placed her hand on his back and rubbed gently. Eventually the young boy stopped and took in a shaky breath. "Are you feeling any better?" Mikasa asked.
"No, no I'm not." Eren replied, he circled the area of his mouth with his tongue then spat the last chunks onto the ground.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Mikasa asked softly, she felt Eren go stiff under her hand. "Please?"
Eren closed his eyes tightly trying to fight back the tears, he tried but failed as he choked out a sob, he felt Mikasa shift behind him and wrap her strong arms around him.
"Eren, it's okay, I'm here." She whispered softly.
Eren spun around in her arms and hugged her tightly while burying his face into her shoulder and wept. "But you weren't." he said, his voice partially muffled by her pyjama top.
"Oh?" she asked gently while stroking his back.
Eren pulled away from her a little so he could look her in the eye, Mikasa saw the pain he held, the horror he had seen, what could have happened?
"I killed you." He whimpered and shocked her. "I was a Titan and I killed you, I ate you, I – I ate ..." Eren broke down into tears once more and pressed his face into her shoulder.
Mikasa held Eren caringly. "It's alright Eren, you would never do that, I have faith in you, I know you."
"I tried to kill you once, maybe I'll lose control again." He replied back in between sobs.
"No, no you won't." Mikasa replied confidently. "I had a nightmare too, you had lost control and I, I killed you." She told him softly then pushed him back just enough to look at his puffy red eyes, "But it's just a nightmare Eren, they aren't real, I'll never kill you because you will never lose control." She told him as her own tears ran down her face. "If there is one thing in this world I believe in, it's you Eren, only you."
Eren couldn't speak, couldn't even think of a reply to her words, she was so confidant in him, so much faith in him, how? He wasn't humanities greatest hope like everyone believed, he never saw himself as that, if anyone was their greatest hope it was her, not him, and yet she still believed in him. Why?
Mikasa said nothing and leaned forward slowly and pressed her lips to his, Eren gasped his eyes widening once more in shock, Mikasa held him firmly against her lips and slowly Eren closed his eyes and kissed back.
He realised then why, why she did what she did, she loved him, wholly and purely, and he loved her, saying it now it seemed so obvious. They were in love, perhaps they always had been, but he was sure they always would be.
