Orphan Assassins Part 4 Damaged Goods
Eren woke up the next day he looked around everything here is unknown to him he winces as he sits up he looks down and sees bandages all over him he then hears the door opening and a small man enters something about him is familiar but he can't picture it.
He's also the same as that girl who saved him not that he knows her name the man sits down on a chair the man speaks "I knew your parents Eren they saved my life many years ago do you remember me you would have been about five at the time" Eren nods "Yes I remember you and a girl."
Levi nods "Yes me and Hangi who was the one who healed you this time" Levi sighs "I should have been there to save your parents I owed them my life but I was far away on a mission I'm so sorry I was told to look after you but you disappeared" Eren looks at him "What's your point here" Levi sighs "I would have made you an assassin."
Eren sighs "What makes you think I would have wanted to become an assassin" Levi nods "I would have given you a choice of course" Eren nods "So" Levi sighs "Eren I blame myself for not finding you I looked for years" Eren sighs "I hid for a reason."
Levi nods "For 10 years you were by yourself alone honing your anger your hate your regrets you hate everything and everyone and especially yourself and you want to die tell me I'm wrong, you risk your life day after day in the hope that you'll die I can't have you as an assassin I can't have you here your damaged goods I'm sorry Eren but once your healed you will have to leave."
Eren smirks "Can you risk that I won't tell anyone" Levi raises an eyebrow Eren grins "Relax as I said earlier I hid for a reason I talk to nobody people fear me and I like it that way beside you are cool you kill monster's I like that is she OK the girl who killed Jean I never got her name" Levi nods "Mikasa is fine I'm thankful you patched her up you learned well from your father he would have been proud of you that your learned something from him."
Eren nods "I've been alone for 10 years I can't even picture what they look like anymore I try to picture them but the face is blank I heard that he cut my mother's throat right in front of my father because he wouldn't work for him."
"At first he asked my dad then when he said no he took my mother and in the main town square demanded he work for him I heard my dad was considering it until my mum told him to follow his heart they were her last words as Jean cut her throat straight afterwards."
"She didn't deserve to die then and what did my dad do he killed himself what about me I was nine for fuck's sake did he even care was all he said to me over the years a lie did he hate me."
Levi sighs "Eren he loved you as much as your mother Carla did he killed himself out of guilt but deep down he probably knew what he did was wrong he told me to take care of you if anything happened to him or your mother he called you his little man he loved you Eren he really did as much as your mother did you have to believe me when I tell you this" Eren just stays quiet so Levi stands up "Heal up" Levi then leaves the room.
Eren climbs out of the bed no point staying here it's true he's a broken man he has been for years why wait to heal he can heal on his own.
He winces he was burned pretty bad he knows that he finds fresh clothes on the bed he didn't notice that before he puts them on and leaves the room he walks outside and sees kids training loads of them girls and boys like Mikasa probably all assassins like Levi, Hangi and Mikasa.
There all different sizes two in particular are very tall more like giants not what you'd expect from an assassin they'd stand out to much but what does he care.
There was some pretty girls there not as pretty as Mikasa of course he can't see Mikasa there he wonders where she could have gone. He sees the short guy with that woman who healed him he vaguely remembers here from many years ago.
When he approaches them Levi turns around "Eren you going somewhere" Eren nods "Home" Hangi smiles "You look better how do you feel" He shrugs "It hurts but I'll be fine" Levi nods "I'm Levi the leader of these Assassins and I told you about Hangi" She smiles "So you're really Titan Hunter."
At that most the people who are training turn around immediately. He can hear gossiping behind him but he doesn't care he turns to Levi "So how do I get home" Levi sighs "Follow the road no wait I'll take you to the outskirts of Shiganshina from there you should be OK" Hangi smiles "Nice meeting you Eren Titan Hunter Yeager" Eren just rolls his eyes then he follows Levi out of the camp.
A few minutes into the walk Eren turns to Levi "Where's Mikasa" Levi at first says nothing then he turns to him "On a mission" He just nods they keep on walking in silence it takes 20 minutes to get to the outskirts of Shiganshina. Levi stops "I know its 10 years to late but I'm sorry about your parents."
Eren nods "Thanks you keep up the good work there's a lot of bad people around like that parasite Jean Kirstein now my parents can rest in peace" Levi smirks "Thanks can I ask you something" Eren turns to him "Sure" Levi scratches his cheek "The rumour about the kidnapper and him being found dead and someone rescuing the two kids was it you."
Eren sighs "I followed him and yes I killed him it wasn't planned I tried surprising him he was stronger than I thought we thought and the next thing he has a knife in his gut then I found the kids I asked them if he'd hurt them they said apart from a few punches no but I could tell he was probably going to do worse you don't take kids into the mountains unless your planning something evil."
Levi nods "That is true you saved those kids from something bad you still have some good in you" Eren sighs "No I don't, like you said I'm damaged I have been for years" He looks around "I should be fine from here" Levi nods "Keep up the good work also wild animals are always a problem don't kill yourself OK" Eren just nods so Levi starts to walk away Eren sighs "Hey Levi is Mikasa related to you."
Levi stops and turns around "She's my little sister" Eren nods "Mikasa Ackerman right" Levi nods" Eren scratches his head "I guess I know what happened to her now nobody knew, it was a mystery what happened my father told me a terrible crime was committed."
Levi nods "Our family are rare in these lands very scarce a person of our descent would get good money me my mother and Mikasa are all of Japanese descent they tried kidnapping us several time they finally succeeded" Eren's shocked "She was kidnapped."
Levi nods "I rescued her I was too late to save my parents who both died they sent two groups one for me one for them Mikasa saw the whole thing a nine year old should never see anything so cruel" Eren nods "Must have been traumatic."
Levi nods "She told me it was she was lucky" Eren nods "Look after her then" Levi smirks "It's my job as her big brother" Eren nods then walks off. Levi watches him go and sighs he sighs "I'm sorry Grisha and Carla I failed you."
He then walks off; it takes Eren 10 minutes to get to his house or what's left of it. It seems Lord Kirstein's people had some fun and burned down the house. He groans he walks through the rubble he pries up some floorboards and pulls out his bow and arrows and his twin daggers then he leaves his clothes are ruined luckily he has some more buried outside.
He leaves his old house and goes to where he's buried a box he digs it up and pulls out some spare clothes and a bag to hold the clothes he puts the clothes in the bag and slings the bag over one shoulder. Then he straps his daggers to his belt and puts his bow and arrows across his back then he walks away.
It starts to rain and snow at the same time he has no destination in mind away from Shiganshina will do for now. The snows coming down along with the rain he looks up and groans "Snow and rain together a bad omen" He carries on walking.
A few hours later Mikasa returns to the camp after her mission she informs Hangi on the success of her mission then she goes to the room Eren was in when she opens the door he's gone she goes to find Levi when she finds him she sighs "Where's Eren."
Levi looks up "Good work on the mission" She sighs "I asked you a question where's Eren" He sighs "Gone home" She sighs "He's not fully healed" He sighs "He chose to leave I said he could stay until he was healed" She sighs "Why didn't you ask him to stay" Levi sighs "He's damaged not right for being an assassin he's damaged goods he agrees with me."
She sighs "I need to find him" Levi sighs "Why" Mikasa turns to leave then turns back "I need to know he's OK" Levi sighs "Emotions are not good for an assassin" She glares at him "Just because your emotionless doesn't mean everyone is."
She storms out of the room and leaves the camp quickly she sighs "Levi's not emotionless but it's complicated" She hasn't told anyone about her feelings for Eren maybe Levi's words are true emotions are not good for assassins but she doesn't care she has to know he's OK It's raining and snowing now very heavily she's travelled several times to Shiganshina but in this weather it's going to take longer she can barely see in front of her.
It takes her an hour to get to Shiganshina as she went round in circles several times. She goes straight to Eren's house she almost passes it then she sees what's left of the house she runs inside it's all burnt she finds floorboard pulled up she goes outside and finds a hole in the ground with an empty box beside.
She looks around he could have gone anywhere. She's cold now and soaked she wraps her arms around her waist she didn't think to dress appropriately for the weather. She looks around she can't see any tracks she sighs then starts walking away from Shiganshina.
Eren found a cave after putting down his bag he went hunting and killed a deer. He now has a fire going it seems the cave's been used for shelter before so that's good he also has blankets he found them in a box also somehow they were fine.
He's warming his hands over the fire when he thinks he hears his name he looks up and around he can't see anything he turns back to the fire it must be the wind who would seriously be out in this shit storm he was lucky to find this place before it got to bad out there.
He's now checking on the deer as it's cooking when he hears it again then several times it sounds like a female voice he sighs "Stupid girl out there by herself" Then he hears it again his own name he sighs only two women know his name Mikasa and Hangi.
He grabs his daggers it could be a trap after all he puts on his cloak and goes out in to the shit storm. He can barely see in front of him he hears his name again he follows the sound and sees her in front on him he sighs and grabs her hand and leads her back to the cave.
When they get there he looks at her she looks cold she's shivering, he sighs "What are you doing out here Mikasa it's a shit storm out there are you insane" She shivers "I was looking for you" He sighs "Your insane look at you your soaked you look terrible" She smiles "Thanks" He rolls his eyes "I wasn't complimenting you."
She smiles "Is that a fire" He sighs "What do you think" He leaves her and gets a blanket for her he puts it over her and she approaches the fire he sighs then walks to the end of the cave and looks outside it's getting worse she looks up and leaves the fire and approaches him she nudges him "You OK" He shrugs "I'm fine."