Techniques/Summoning
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"Deploy Long range enemy scouting!" with sweat dripping down his brow, Commander Erwin Smith shouted out orders. The thundering hooves of several thoroughbred horses pounded into the dirt road kicking up dust. Units shifting away from the rear center began to tread off into the distance in accordance to the formation. The 57th expedition beyond the walls was underway. "See you later, Armin" Reiner Braun voiced with a smirk. Armin turned his head and gave a nod of agreement. "Try not to wet your pants when you encounter a titan, Arlet." said Jean Kirstein. A snort of laughter and an eye-roll from Axel Raskoph was all the acknowledgement that Armin got before Axel's horse beat its hooves into the distance. Armin's face dropped only for a second before he shook away the doubts and gave a smile to Jean. "You too Jean, See you." Jean broke formation with a nod and fell back. Armin pressed his horse forward, his mind was a flurry of thoughts from the recent information that was dropped on them. 'Children able to defeat titans. It couldn't be factual. Exaggeration maybe, but no child could do something so.. so absurd.'
A whoosh was heard and a red flare brightened the sky. "Sightings of a titan already? I hope everyone is safe." A flick of his wrist and his horses turned slightly to avoid the area. His eyes searched frantically for the green smoke signal for course correction. 'Where is it?' He gasped in surprise with a black signal shot into the air. 'W-Wha? No! Not that!' He grit his teeth, trying to hide the oncoming fear. In the distance, A deviant titan broke through the trees. It's rotund belly on display, with its hands by its side. Armin's eyes widened considerably. 'A variant! This close, it looks like its coming right for me!' Flanked near the titan's side was Dita Ness and Luke Siss. "We've got to take it down before it reaches Arlet! You break off to the right while I bring it down."Dita yelled. Siss nodded and lead his horse away to the right. Armin choked down a scream and tightened his grip on the reins. Dita cut to the right and shot his 3DMG wire right into the ankle of the titan, lifting off and slicing through the tendon. The titan fell over and Siss took advantage of the opening and cut through its nape. "Squad leader Ness! You did it." Armin cried out elated. Dita chuckled and nodded,"Chalet! You came back for me. Good girl." Dita pet his horses' mane and climbed back onboard. "We need to move ou-" "Squad leader! What's that in the distance?" A mushroom cloud towered over the tree line. "Arlet, I don't know but we have to move out." Ness responded.
Sasuke grit his teeth in irritation. "Why won't this one go down Imouto!?" Miyuki frowned and leapt from the tree, with her leg extended in a kick. Chakra was reinforced in her legs as she landed her kick into the titan's chest. The titan had a musculature exterior, literally, with blonde hair styled in a short bob. The female titan fell over onto a nearby tree, uprooting it with dust flying into the air with gusto. Sasuke and Miyuki covered their face with their arms. "She's smarter than the others. She can even call 's not right with this one! "Sasuke voiced. "She's getting up again. We have to think of something quick!" Sasuke nodded and leapt into the tree and pushing off with chakra, just as she made it to her feet. Her face was almost impassive except for the frown on her lips. Miyuki dived from the tree branch to the next, following Sasuke. The Titan swiped her hand out, trying to catch the toddlers. "Aniki, split up! We meet at basecamp! We have to loose her." Sasuke nodded. He didn't want to leave his sister potentially with her grim reaper. 'I just have to hide us then' Sasuke turned halfway around and ran through hand-seals.
Katon: Hajingakure!
A chakra infused blanket of flames and ash shoot from Sasuke's mouth. When it reached the titan, it screamed in pain from being burned from the technique. The ash blanketed the area heavily and began to lift in a mushroom formation. "Miyu! Hurry and get over here, we can get away this way." Sasuke screamed while pushing off the branch with chakra to enlarge his jumps. Miyuki nodded and vault form her position and landed onto the forest floor. "She's tall, lets go low and cover more ground. She's blinded right now." Miyuki theorized. Sasuke surprisingly nodded and sprang from his perch and landed beside her. They nodded to each other and raced on foot through the forest floor. "She's not following us yet, Yuki. We're good so far. Can you sense anything?" Sasuke asked. Miyuki closed her eyes briefly and shook her head. "There's something over there. We should see what it is. It doesn't feel like those things though." Sasuke sighed and nodded, with their arms pushed back against the wind, they sped down the dirt path and stopped in a clearing. "Further ahead, I can feel it better now. It's human… but there's no chakra. It smells distinctly human." Sasuke pondered this and nodded. "Let's go and see what it is." "Mn!" Miyuki expressed with a tilt of her head. All was quiet for the moment and as they began to make haste through the underbrush. A blast of air pushed them forward from behind them.
"Aniki! Here she comes!" Miyuki cautioned. Sasuke nodded and pressed himself further with chakra. A gale of wind fluttered through their hair from overhead. They looked up in surprise to see the Female titan in mid-leap over them. The titan landed in front of them with a loud clamor. Sasuke grit his teeth. "Why won't you leave us alone?! We haven't messed with anyone. We don't even want anything to do with you all." He sped to a stop and reached out to grab Miyuki's arm. The titan stared at them silently. It made no moves towards them nor did they. "Sasuke. I have an idea. Let's shunshin to get home." Miyuki whispered. "Hai." He retorted. The titan leaned forward with its hand outreached to them. Sasuke smirked and poofed away, leaving a log in its place. A quick kawarimi was all that needed to get away from the titan. All that was left was the shunshin. "Miyu, Lets go." In her place, was a log also. "Hai, Aniki!" The titan stood and slammed its hand in the direction the toddlers were just as they shunshined away. A feral growl was heard and it began to race off into the the clearing, breaking through the trees.
A whirlwind of leaves dropped the two toddlers onto the floor of their tree cabin. "Aniki! We have to help those people. The thing could really harm them." Miyuki pleaded. Sasuke shook his head as he scrambled to pack their belongings. "Put everything in their scrolls, keep packing and drop it Miyu. We need to survive. That thing wanted us. Whose to say those people didn't send them out to hurt us. People hurt people. You know this!" He stubbornly intoned. Miyuki pouted, "I know this aniki but what if someone got hurt and it was our fault because we were wrong!" "MIYUKI! You are my only responsibility. I do not care about the others. I have to keep you safe. I promised remember. I can't just throw that away for someone who may hurt us!" Sasuke screamed losing his composure. Miyuki nodded slowly and turned her head away from him. She was upset but she understood. She wouldn't go back on her promises either, But innocent people would get hurt and that did not sit right with her. "Have you packed everything away?"He whispered guiltily. Miyuki nodded and sealed the last of their furniture away. "Hai, Let's go." Sasuke nodded and opened the hatch leading to the outside. He climbed down slowly and landed on a tree branch with Miyuki opposite him. "Clones." Sasuke murmured. Miyuki nodded and made the hand-seal for tiger.
Kage Bunshin No Jutsu
Four clones popped into existence. Two of the clones henged into Sasuke and Miyuki and raced through the thicket to draw out the titan if it was near. The originals stood atop the branch and ran through the seals for a fire technique. Miyuki made a dash for the forest floor as Sasuke took a gulp of air and breathed out a column of fire and flame fanned out over the tree home.
Katon: Goka Mekkakyu
The wooden home went up in a blaze along with the tree. " Lets hurry! That will draw attention." Sasuke commanded. Miyuki nodded and dashed through the forest on foot with Sasuke bringing up the rear. "I feel the titan and the Human signatures regrouping together. They feel distressed." Miyuki remarked. Sasuke grit his teeth and nodded. Miyuki bit her lips and turned slightly on her path to lead them towards the undeniable confrontation they would have to go through. "Let's get this over with, Hit the trees until they run out." Sasuke said.
Armin and his squad consisting of Dita Ness and Luke Siss were in distressing situation. A muscular female titan with the semblance of intelligence was gaining on them. "This is bad. We have to do something." Ness said with a grunt. "Siss, Pull back and take the nape. We're going for the kill again." Siss nodded and pulled the reins in slowly and away from his body. "Wait! Squad leader, She's different." Armin called out. Dita dismissed his words and lined up the shot for her ankle just as she was onto them. "Squad leader! " Armin cried out again. Dita ignored the boy and shot his wires out with a whoosh. He have a whoop and turned his body to go in for the kill, along with Siss, just as the titan grabbed the offending wire and swung the men to the ground with a smack. Armin stared wide-eyed and ushered his horses forward. 'She stopped their attack! She isn't a variant. She's like Eren, a human in titan form. Oh God, Don't let her catch up.' Armin snapped the reins to urge the horses forward when he all of a sudden felt a shadow over his head. 'S..She caught up. She's going to hurt me. This is it.' Armin stared catatonically over his head at the blonde haired, blue eyed titan. He was too shocked to think anything other than that he was going to die. 'Why?'
Mokuton: Mokuryu No Jutsu
Sorry I'm late. I got busy and hit writers block. So I'm gonna double update today. I'm still looking for a beta. I hope you guys like this chapter and I just want to point out that from now on I will be using Japanese with the underline key to symbolize that they are not speaking the same language until Mikasa comes and then I will change it to english with the underline until further notice. I will be using google translate so don't hate me for wrong interpretations. Please review so that I can know whether you liked this chapter or you're confused! Thanks for the views. c: See Ya next time.
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Published Tuesday April 19, 2016 10:35 am.
Glossary:
Kawarimi:Body Replacement
Shunshin no jutsu: Body Flicker
Katon:Hajingakure : Fire release: Hiding in Ash and Flame Technique
Kage Bunshin No Jutsu: Shadow clone jutsu
Katon: Goka Mekkakyu: Fire release:Great Fire Annihilation
Mokuton: Mokuryu No Jutsu: Wood release: Wood dragon technique
