Disclaimer I do not own Inuyasha nor Attack on Titan
Rated M for cursing and blood.
A/N: Any names I mention that are not in the anime or manga were created by mwah and pretty much just filler characters or characters who appeared in the series but were never given names. Also check out my story pic, tried to make it close enough to the "Kagome" in this story.
Kagome's age: 845 (17) Present- 850 (22)
Soldier Priestess
Chapter 6: Battle of Trost Pt. 1
"What are you going to do now that the jewel is whole," Shippo staring up at her with wide green eyes asked curiously. Sango nodded as well wishing to know what the miko, who'd become a sister to her, intended to do with the powerful bauble.
She shook her head, "I'm not sure, Inuyasha is probably going to ask for it after he recovers from his wounds and wish to become a full demon, but I don't want that. For the time being I'll go home and think about it. I'll be back in a few days."
She left them walking past into Lady Kaede's hut where Inuyasha and Miroku lay unconscious recovering even though the final battle ended two days ago. Lady Kaede was resting with Kirara near her. She grabbed her yellow bag swung it up onto her shoulders and left out of the hut.
She waved to her friends still outside the hut and moved through the village that was beginning to start construction to rebuild what had been damaged during the final battle. She walked past the Goshinboku where she'd awakened the inu half-demon, finally stopping in front of the well that brought her back and forth to the past.
She'd spent nearly a year and two months locating the pieces of the jewel she'd broke and fighting against Naraku, but now what. What was she supposed to wish for? Was there such a thing as a pure wish? Probably not because someone would benefit in the end.
The only thing she could think of was becoming its protector until the end of her days and staying in the modern era where there were no demons. Her heart rejected this idea wishing to remain in the past with her friends and the brash half-demon she'd come to love.
But he loves Kikyo. And Sango and Miroku planned to get married and repopulate their demon-slayer village. The taija was happy now that he brother had been given a second chance of life. Shippo would go back to training at the fox academy. Inuyasha would undoubtedly help Lady Kaede rebuild the village and stay here as its protector now that the villagers accepted him as their protector.
Maybe she should discuss it with her mother.
She was always offered her sound advice and could offer her unbiased wisdom.
Mind made up she jumped into the well, the familiar myriad of blue lights surrounding her as she returned to the future and her home.
Year 850
Unfortunately after talking with her mother and deciding to return back to the past after a few days of rest to talk it over with the inu-tachi and make a group decision the well had unexpectedly stopped working. She'd tried for weeks before her mother told her to stop after the last jump led to her spraining her ankle when she landed wrong.
Left with no other alternative as she refused to make a selfish wish like returning to the past, she'd merged the Shikon no Tama with her soul, so that when she died she would be its last guardian. Then she focused on school, also taking up archery, self defense, even found a teacher to teach her kendo. She'd invested in more modern version of her primary weapon, a collapsible bow with titanium steel arrows, even bought a sword that she spent every weekday after school and for hours on weekends training with.
She never given up hope that one day the well would let her return. Even though she'd begun to take on a lot of the shrine duties as one year passed and another year followed with no response from the well. The day the well had opened she'd rejoiced racing to tell her family.
They'd hugged her and were happy for her knowing how badly she'd wanted to return to her dear friends.
She hadn't even bothered to change, plus the outfit blended more with that time period that her short sailor uniform she'd long discarded after graduating early. She'd grabbed her weapons and leapt into the well her heart full of joy only to come through the other side and almost drown in a well full of water.
Five years she'd been in this world and she'd done her best to not think about the friends she had no idea if she'd ever see again. Much like her family, who probably thought she had gotten stuck in the past with the Inu-tachi not even realizing she was in a completely different world.
Kagome pushed a stray piece of hair behind her ear as she stood on the wall with the other cadets looking at the land beyond Wall Rose. This view reminded her of the the day they'd finally taken down Naraku and it brought back those bittersweet memories of her friends. Besides the momentary melancholy she was excited.
The 104th Class had finally graduated last night and now they were helping prep cannons on the walls as everyone talked about where they were choosing to go now that they'd finished training and could finalize their chose. The Survey Corps had left just earlier this morning on their 56th expedition.
She'd graduated in the number one spot followed by Mikasa Ackerman, Reiner Braun, Bertolt Hoover, Annie Leonhart, Eren Yeager, Jean Kirstein, Marco Bott, Connie Springer, and Krista Lenz. Sasha Blouse would've made the cut, but she got a bad grade on our final intel test and placed eleventh with Ymir.
Of course, Eren's speech after graduation while they were celebrating had woken stirred the hearts of many of the cadets. Connie Springer had changed his mind on going into the MPs and was talking about joining the scouts now along with a few others, one of which was Thomas Wagner, the one who'd been arguing with Eren about joining the scouts.
"Hey Kagome, which branch are you joining," Mina asked everyone there looking towards the Asian woman who normally spoke only when spoken to, but was the top graduate in the class.
"Scouts, I wanted to since the beginning. I made a vow to rid this world of titans when Wall Maria fell and I will see it through," she answered just as Sasha came bounding over looking very suspicious.
"Can you guys keep a secret, cause I totally just helped myself to the officer's pantry," showing a tied piece of met she had in her jacket.
There were collective gasps.
"Sasha they can throw your butt in the clink for that," Eren said.
"Seriously what's wrong with you?"
"What isn't wrong with her," Connie muttered.
Sasha was blushing and a drool at the corner of her mouth like she wanted to eat it now, "It's fine, I'm willing to share," the girl physically shook with euphoria, "Could you imagine the sandwiches?" She was giggling.
One arched brow rose, this was surprising to Kagome. While she may not have interacted with the girl during training often she'd seen the girl nearly tear off a guy's hand for some food. It wasn't almost distasteful how she acted about food. On the other hand it was funny how crazed the girl could be when it comes to food.
"Put it back!"
"Yeah don't you know how rare meats been since the titans took Wall Maria," Mina exclaimed.
"Umm a lil bit yeah," she opened the box where the kept the lunch stored for when they finished their work. "Just look at this way pretty soon we'll take back all the room we need for livestock."
Kagome smiled, "Well I could eat, I'm getting tired of potato soup," she announced unable to hold back her smile in the light of the girl's optimism to claim back Wall Maria and the land they'd lost.
Soon everyone was asking for some. Eventually everyone agreed sans Eren who couldn't believe everyone was going along with Sasha to eat the stolen meat. They began walking away to get back to their tasks before the garrison came to chew them out.
Eren looked over Trost District.
'Has it really been five years?'
Just then a bolt of lightning flashed in front of the gate, Kagome who gone back to working on cleaning the inside of a cannon glanced up and her eyes widened as everyone was stuck in momentary silence before they came to their senses.
"Fuck," just then a giant outpouring of steam was released blowing them away.
Everyone found purchase, till they saw Samuel falling but Sasha's fast reflexes saved him when she shot one of her grappling hooks through his leg.
"Try not to move," Sasha called.
Steeling herself she assessed the situation and her she swore when saw the hole in the gate before turning back around and heading back up to the top. Everyone else was in a state of shock and began to panic yelling about how it was the Fall of Maria all over again.
A second later Eren was drawing his blades.
"This is it people! Do or die," he yelled out sounding like a leader, as he shot forth with his gear heading back towards the top. "Mounted cannon squad four take out the Colossal titan. This is our chance don't let it slip away."
Eren shot through the cloud of steam landing properly on top of the wall to see Kagome there both blades drawn.
"Bout time Eren, let's take this fucker down," Kagome said taking off running.
Eren grinned and ran with her glad that Kagome was in his group today. There was no denying the woman had skills that far surpassed his.
"Shit," they both jumped as the Colossal titan's giant arm swung out swiping across the top of the wall near the gate.
A shared thought crossed both Eren and Kagome's mind as they watched the cannons go flying, not actually attempting to grab and eat them like a normal titan would do.
'He targeted the cannons . The gate was no accident it was planned...he has intelligence.'
They both shared a look acknowledging the same thing.
Dodging at hand that was coming for them, their grappling hooks found purchase on the titan's arms. Kagome ran over oversized muscled, drawing back to deliver the killing blow to his neck, but a fresh burst of steam pushed her back along with Eren.
"Dammit," Seeing Eren in front of her a light bulb went off in her head. "Eren hold on," the boy saw her raised her leg and his eyes widened as he turned back towards the cloud of steam as Kagome kicked him in the back sending him forward to finish the blow.
Only all he swiped at was air and when the cloud dissipated there was no colossal titan just both of them falling.
Kagome cursed and spun, shooting her grappling hooks fast since her kicking Eren had pushed her farther out. It was by grace she wasn't too far away and caught herself. She climbed to where Eren was hanging.
"Did you get him, or did he get away" Thomas yelled from above.
Kagome looked at Eren, she didn't see a smoking carcass only imprints where the colossal titan's hand been standing.
"He's gone, here one moment and gone the next," Eren yelled.
This wasn't news to Kagome, she'd heard about the Colossal Titan appearing and breaking down the gate of Shinganshina District, but the titan hadn't progressed further in instead it disappeared as soon as the wall had been broken. But titans were supposedly mindless creatures.
However this one had definitely targeted the cannons purposefully.
As Eren vaulted back to the top Kagome's mind was racing.
'Are they like demons?'
Many demons, like Oni demons which the titans reminded her of except more human-looking, were like animals and acted on instinct. But as time passed, they evolved and some learned to walk on two legs and talk. It was rare but she'd even seen Oni demons wearing clothes, which meant they were aware they were naked as demons generally didn't feel the cold as much. But this was somehow different.
Evolution took time...unless someone sped it up.
Suddenly her senses came alive and she spotted three small titans moving faster since they were small. No doubt drawn by the mass of people in Trost District.
Growling audibly, she wouldn't let them get past her.
"I'm sorry," Eren said as he walked forward upon landing back on top of the wall he couldn't believe he let the colossal titan get away.
"Don't apologize we were too scared to move," Thomas tried to offer him some comfort with his words to be honest he was still frightened and felt shame for not responding after seeing the gate knocked in by the Colossal titan.
"Hey wallow on your own time, in case you haven't noticed there's a breech if they starting pouring in were done for," Connie yelled before he noticed something his eyes widening.
"Look alive operating Colossal Titan Response is in affect I expect you to take part, if you got close to the damn thing I need you to report to HG," it was a officer member of the garrison.
Both Eren and Thomas both saluted right arms over the left side of their chests, "Yes sir!" Both moving past to do just that neither noticing Connie nor Kagome followed just reacting to their superiors orders.
Connie didn't salute instead pointed downwards, "Kagome is down there. She just intercepted one! A three meter, but there's two five meters down there!"
The officer cursed, "Go now, I'll get her cadet," he drew his blades and swung down into the fray.
Connie saluted and went to catch up with Eren and Thomas and to let them know about Kagome. He was worried but remembered Kagome had graduated top of the class and a senior officer was with her. He prayed she made it back.
Daren Harkley couldn't believe the short woman in front of him was just a newly graduated cadet. She moved faster than any soldier he'd seen in action, which weren't a lot. Except when a titan had come out of nowhere last year while the Survey scouts had been leaving on their expedition.
But this woman as soon as she sliced through the nape of the three meter titan, she spun moved with killer intent disposing of the other two in a matter of seconds. She looked around for a second before turning to head back and stopped short seeing a tall guy with fuzzy short, dark hair gaping at her before he recovered noticing her looking at him.
"N-name," he asked cursing inwardly for stuttering.
But the woman was beautiful. Black hair was braided and coiled into a bun, but a few strands hung around her face, white skin with a healthy glow to it that accentuated her bold and sparkling blue eyes. Her uniform jacket did nothing to hide her impressive rack, the harnesses pulled her clothes tight to her form showing off slim waist with wide hips, and slender legs.
"Cadet Kagome Higurashi from the mounted cannon squad four," she replied saluting the higher officer.
He nodded towards the steaming corpses, "Good work let's get up off the ground before more come."
When they reached the top the advanced squad wa there and based off of the impressed looks on their faces they'd seen the woman in action to.
"Who are you and what the hell were you doing down there," the Captain of the advanced squad asked as he came forward nodding to his subordinate to get the men to prep the wall on the outside and inside.
"Sir, Cadet Kagome Higurashi sir! My squad was cleaning the cannons when the titan appeared and kicked in the gate. Acting immediately in response, myself and cadet Eren Yaeger advanced to take down Colossal Titan, but it destroyed the cannons on top of the wall and when we went to attack it it up and vanished in a thick cloud of steam same as during the fall of Wall Maria. I noticed three small titans approaching and chose to take them out before they could breach the hole, Sir" saluting the captain.
"You're fast, we could use you out here. You didn't panic like most would when faced with a titan for the first time. I've seen more seasoned men fold and piss their pants in a situation like that, or freeze up. You have my respect Cadet Higurashi...in fact Leroy send word to HQ that the cadet here will be fighting with the advanced team as she has shown tremendous skill!" he barked out.
He'd just landed on the wall and strode forth when a cadet passing by told him of his fellow classmate facing off against three titans and his squad leader had gone to save her. Of course seeing the little lady in action he saw she didn't need her comrades worry as she'd expertly taken them down.
"Thank you sir, I will not let any titan breech these walls sir!"
~ oOo ~
"Did you hear, Kagome is fighting with the advance guard on special orders. Apparently she took down those three titans single handedly and impressed the captain of the advanced team," Connie asked Eren.
Shocked filtered through the brunette, they'd been more than half-way to HQ when Connie caught up to him and Yaeger to tell him Kagome was surrounded by three titans and the garrison soldier that had sent them on their way would save her. He'd been worried and wanted to turn back, but Connie assured him the rest of the advanced team of the garrison had been right there as he left the wall.
Of course it wasn't too surprising to hear Kagome had taken care of the titans. He couldn't forget she'd been ahead of him when he raced back up the wall to fight the Colossal Titan.
He prayed she was alright, knowing her and Mikasa were close.
He hadn't had a chance to talk to her about it. He couldn't tell her right now, he wasn't sure how Mikasa would handle the news of the older Asian woman being at the very front of the action.
They quieted down and Connie moved back to his row as the a tense man stepped forward two ranking officers flanking either side of him. He had sunken eyes, gold-colored eyes and a thick brown mustache covering his upper lip along with a thick beard.
"I am Captain Kitz Woermann of the Elite Guard…" he explained the positions that everyone would take in a loud voice, "I expect you all to man your post knowing that the advanced team has been wiped out," there were collective gasps.
Connie and Eren shared a look of abject horror especially after hearing that Kagome was fighting with the advanced team. Mikasa was looking at him confused by his expression and he swiftly faced front.
Now he definitely would have to wait till this was over.
He couldn't possibly break the news of the woman's death to Mikasa, he'd have to intercept Connie and Thomas before they told anyone else and destroyed there fighting resolve. Nothing more shaking than hearing the top of the class had been summarily killed within an hour of the gate being kicked in and we'd have to go out there and fight as well.
~ oOo ~
"Ahh," Kagome swung fiercely severing a ten meter's nape before sweeping under another grabbing hand, vaulting into the air to slice into its nape as well. She landed back on the roof, cool anger in her as she tightened her hold on her blades.
The advanced squad had been overwhelmed by over twenty titans with several abnormals among their numbers rushing towards them with only her and the squad leader surviving. She'd urged him to let HQ know and that she would staved off as many as she could till reinforcements came. He'd wanted to argue, but the look in the Asian beauty's eyes, as well as the acute knowledge he'd been backhanded into the wall so his right arm and leg were busted all he could do was accept and do as she said.
He gave her his last intact blade as he flew from rooftop to rooftop at top speed to let them know and get reinforcements to her. His last thought about Kagome, 'That woman is like a fucking titan killing machine!'
Observing around her she didn't sense any aura's nearby. Everyone near the front of the Trost District had been evacuated already, no soldiers were around yet. But there were ten titans in front of her right now and more close to the gates. She'd have to do it now before reinforcements came.
Her arms criss crossed over each other like she was hugging herself with her swords raised, she didn't have to wait long as the titans practically ran over each other to get to her. Once they were close enough she swiped outwards with both blades creating a cross of reishi that slashed at all of the titans turning them to ash instantly.
Huffing slightly she could probably do that two more times, but then she sensed them probably a mile away heading her way. It was probably the vanguard.
"Looks like back to using just good ol' steel."
She leapt from her spot as she sensed and saw a shadow of a hand before her, she pushed off the building whirling through air to face a fifteen meter titan with a scrawny body and big head with wide gap in his teeth. Evading grabbing hands that moved faster than the titans she face before she spun through the air over its head slicing straight down its spinal cord. It fell face down and she jumped to cut down two more in successive hits. It seemed to go on forever like this slicing and weaving away.
She had to utilize jumping from roof to roof and on the titans when she saw her gas tank getting low. She was on her last two blades and definitely did not want the reinforcements to stumble upon her using her powers.
Despite the great benefit they'd be to mankind, she'd found many did not respond to out of norm things like her gift unless you were used to it.
'Damn how long till they get here.'
Honestly when one of the advanced team returned to HQ heavily injured stating the guard had been wiped out sans himself and a newly graduated cadet. Brows had risen and scoffs when they heard team would've been wiped out sooner had it not been for female cadet and that she was staving them off alone. That had to be utter nonsense as the guy had a head injury, along with a broken arm and fractured leg. So headquarters passed on information that the whole advanced team was wiped out.
So it was surprising to the vanguard after hearing Captain Kitz Woermann state the whole advanced team had been wiped out and titans were in the city that they hadn't run into any. Hearing a woman yelling up ahead the four man teams spread out and what they saw was shocking.
A small woman probably the smallest any of them had ever seen with blood stains on her clothes slash at the back of a titans nape before using its falling momentum to push off without using her ODM gear and land on the arm of another slicing off the opposing hand's grabbing fingers and decapitating it from the front and again pushing off of it to roll onto the roof nearest to her. Standing within seconds of landing. Her shoulder quivering slightly as she took in a deep breath.
'Damn who ever said parkour wasn't useful, it really comes in handy.'
Sensing the the reinforcements had finally arrived Kagome turned to greet them, but the looked at her like she was a freaking ghost or monster. She knew they couldn't have seen her use her gifts.
"Is something wrong? You are the reinforcements right?" Kagome asked.
The squad leader shook himself out of his stupor.
"Were the vanguard, I'm squad leader Doyle Pentilly. Who are you, we heard that the advanced team had been wiped out," he wondered if she was apart of the scouts and that they'd come back from their expedition early.
"I'm Cadet Kagome Higurashi, I was recruited into the advance team by the Captain Jorgan Von of the advanced team after he witnessed me take down three titans when the Colossal titans appeared. I sent back our squad leader, Daren Harkley, to let them know about what had transpired since he was badly injured and that I would hold them off while he got reinforcements," she explained.
They hadn't noticed the cadet's emblem since she had so much blood on her.
Honestly all this explaining was taking too much time, "You wouldn't happen to have an extra tank of gas, I ran out a few minutes ago and if wasn't so small and agile probably wouldn't have made it."
The vanguard was in a state of awe and shock.
"Y-you did all this!"
"And you're out of gas!"
"There has to be at least twenty titans dead!"
"You're freakin awesome!"
"And just a cadet too!"
Kagome looked back and indeed there was a large pile of smoking carcasses and bones. She honestly had lost count, she rubbed the back of her neck at all of the awe and compliments sent her way by the various teams of the Vanguard.
"How many did you kill?" One guy asked his eyes looking over the carcasses and could see many more closer to the gate.
"Uhh I sort of lost count around around the forty-five and that was before we fled back behind the wall, add these probably seven-two give or take a few. I just kept going, slashing and fighting when my blades ran low, I took some more off of one of the fallen who hadn't been eaten yet," and even those were worn down and chipped.
"No way, you're a beast!"
Doyle wasn't sure what to say, instead he addressed everyone as he a fresh wave of titans approaching.
"Okay everyone enough hero worship, where is our supplies man? Get Cadet Higurashi restocked and let's fight these fuckers back!"
"Yeah show the rookies how it's done!"
~ oOo ~
They were placed in the middle guard. Their squad consisting of six people, Eren, Armin, Mina, Thomas, Mylius Zeramuski, and Nac Tias.
"Look at it this way Armin it's a golden opportunity, if we prove our worth as soldiers right here will rise up through the ranks. Before long will be leading our own regiment, we'll bypass rookie status altogether," Eren exclaimed.
"Sounds good, I'm with you all the way," Armin steeled his nerves to reply.
Eren always calmed him down. He could do this, this is what he'd spent three years training alongside these people. Had even gained a spot in the top ten of his class.
They would push back the titans and reclaim their home.
He wished to see all of the things he'd read about as a child, the world beyond the three walls.
"Now now boys, you're not the only ones in your class, save some of the glory for the rest of us," Mina declared with a smile.
"Good luck beating us to to the punch a second time" Thomas said, "No head starts for you this round."
"Is that a challenge," Eren called cockily.
"Listen up," everyone looked at Thomas, "Whoever kills the most titans gets bragging rights."
"Hah better not fudge your scores," Eren said playfully. Now everyone was pumped up with a friendly competition set.
"Squad 34 the vanguard needs support," a spotter called out.
They became serious as Eren yelled, "Right give'm hell!" Yelling out with Eren they took off flying with their ODM gears weaving through and on the roofs .
Kagome cursed, despite the confidence of the vanguard they'd been overwhelmed and we're being pushing back. That's when out of the corner of her eye she saw a familiar face in the hands of a seven meter titan.
Mina Carolina.
Moving fast she slashed across its nape before it could bite her head off, it felt to it's knees. She cut off it's hands and swung away with Mina setting her down on a roof.
"Are you okay," she asked sharply as Mina face was warped in horror. Kagome's voice as well as the screams of her squad snapped her out of it. She nodded shakily, "An abnormal killed Thomas, Eren pursued it b-but a titan bit his leg off and he crashed," she could see her panicking as she remembered it all so she slapped her―hard.
"Get it together, if your gear is working your team needs you," she said.
Kagome turned to see where she could help and nearly paled at the sight in front of her. Armin being swallowed by a bearded titan, much to her relief she saw Eren bloody but alive hold open the titan's mouth and fling Armin to safety before his jaws mashed down on him taking off his arm.
The bearded titan walked away as choked sobs left Mina and Armin looked destroyed. The bearded one was walking away, but there were two more who still looked hungry.
Growling she moved towards another roof calling their attention towards her to give her classmates a minute to gather themselves.
She'd been hurt and surprised too by Eren's death, it was meaningless at that since Armin had been swallow whole and could've simply carved his way out, but seeing the blonde's face maybe not. She'd never wanted to saying it during training, but he didn't seem suited for war at all. However, his intelligence and loyal gave him strength.
Only now one of those friends were gone.
By the time she finished the two titans that were a little spritely despite their size, she saw Armin still there, but Connie was yelling at him and there were more familiar faces with them.
She landed soundlessly with Mina in her arms leaning her against the wall of the second story of the house they were on. She caught the tail end of Ymir's comment towards Connie as Armin clutched his head crying.
"...When you get right down to it that's the real tragedy here, Eren and the others bust their asses and the one left standing is him," she said in a monotonous tone causing a fresh wave of tears to fall down Armin's face.
Her eyes narrowed as her temper she kept in check leaked through.
"That does it bitch, I'm going to shut your mouth up permanently," Connie exclaimed.
"Both of―" Kagome cutoff Historia alerting everyone to her presence.
Connie looked at her like she was a ghost.
"You're out of line Ymir and you know it. Armin stand the hell up," she shouted her sharp words piercing through the blonde's pity party as he looked at Kagome wondering where she came from. He hadn't seen her in line with they were being assigned into teams and she was covered in blood. "Eren's gone, but guess what he died to give you a fighting chance don't let his sacrifice be in vain. That goes for you too Mina. Stop wallowing and fight," she looked back at the girl who shakily rose at Kagome's words.
Armin was shocked to see the her alive, he'd last seen her in the arms of a titan about to have her head bit off. He'd been so caught up in his despair he hadn't been able to move. Guilt sat heavy in the pit of his stomach.
Kagome looked at all of the people on the roof sighing.
"It's can't be helped we're all tired—"
"I get it you're all tired and you've seen your friends die―Well fight it, don't break down and cry use it to fuel you, because honestly I can't have pity for anyone. You probably don't know this but I've been out here since the Colossal Titan first appeared. I've been fighting with the advanced team and when they fell and the vanguard came you know they were so shocked to see me covered in blood and guts still fighting even though I run out of gas. I was still taking on titans forcing my body to its limits, jumping from titan to roof without my gear's aid. I've killed nearly a hundred titans while you all have been bitching and moaning. Soooo SUCK IT UP and GET YOUR ASSES INTO GEAR! You're TIRED guess what so am I! You're UPSET guess what so am I! You're ANGRY good use it to fucking give them hell! I'm all of those things and almost the smallest one in the group and yet here I am still fighting. Honestly if you can't continue on let me know now and I'll escort you back to the rear guard and you can help with evacuations I won't let you endanger more lives while you sitting there crying a river, do you understand!"
Everyone was shocked at their comrades outburst.
'A hundred titans.'
Connie was surprised to see Kagome alive, but to hear her say she survived when not only the advanced team but the vanguard were overtaken was awe-inspiring. He'd always thought highly of the older woman who was quiet, but friendly. Back when he was training with his ODM gear alone, Kagome had come along and showed him a better way to maneuver, as well as how to use his shorter height to his advantage in a possible battle.
Of course at the time he'd never had any plans to join the Scouts or even see a titan, but he was glad for her training now.
Nods and collective yes' were given from everyone except Ymir.
"Oh and Ymir I tell you this with most seriousness, you fucking put down your comrades like that again while we're on the battled and I'll personally end you that's not a threat it's a promise," the killer intent was acknowledge and Ymir knew the woman would carry it out.
"Y-yeah," she inwardly seethed for stuttering.
"Good, Armin and Mina you're with me, and Connie wipe that shit-eating grin off your face or I'll end you first," she said but not as seriously as she had with Ymir.
He did so anyways just as there scouter told them to advance.
"Where are we going," Armin asked feeling a lot better after Kagome's speech.
"Towards the rear guard, there are only two of you and Mina's back is messed up from being slammed into the side of a building and should be looked at to determine her fighting status. Plus I need to obtain more blades, Mina gave me hers but at the rate I'm going I'll need more. This is my seventh set, but for some reason the supply squad is slacking," she muttered a tick mark pulsing on her forehead.
Their job was the easiest besides the rear guard and so far they were fucking failing.
"Armin I'll need you to carry Mina, so I can be ready to take down any titans we come across can you do that. Can you watch out for your teammate," she stressed the last part, which got the intended reaction from Armin whose stance stood taller and his eyes hardened.
"Yes with my life," he grabbed Mina and they set off.
As they made their way to the rear, Armin called out when he saw Hannah Diamant administering CPR to Franz Kefka, her boyfriend. They'd been with them just an hour or so ago as they were given their posts. They dropped down and saw that Franz only had half a body, it took a lot of struggling to wrench the girl away and make her really look at his missing lower half.
Of course instead of accepting she'd run off screaming with tears running down her face back the way they came.
Cursing Kagome bolted after her, Armin following from higher ground.
By the time they caught up with the distraught girl it was too late. She came only to watch the girl's head fall from the lips of a ten meter titan as it ate the rest of her body. Angry that she couldn't save her she swung up and severed its head from its shoulders. Another appeared and she was on it too.
When she finally swung up onto the roof where Armin was she noticed several other people on the roof from the 104th, as well as regular garrison soldiers on nearby roofs. She'd heard the bells while she was fighting, so was at a loss as to why everyone was sitting around looking defeated when they should be happy to leave the battlefield since it meant all the civilians were evacuated. But she saw Mikasa in front of Armin. Arming was crying with Mina's hand on his backing as he spoke.
"...The 34th cadet unit, Thomas Wagner, Nic Tius, Mylius Zeramuski, and….Eren Yaegar. All five of them fulfilled their duty and died heroic deaths in battle," he clutched his pants as he continued, "I'm sorry, Mikasa. Eren died in my stead….I couldn't do anything!" He choked out. "I'm so sorry!"
"No way."
"So the 34th unit was nearly wiped out…"
"Oh God."
"If we fight the titans we'll end up like them…"
Mikasa bent down to place her hand over Armin's and he looked his friend in the face since he told her of Eren's demise. "Armin… Take a deep breath. This isn't the time to be emotional." Her voice was calm, yet held no emotion.
"Stand up," she pulled him to stand before turning to address the rest who looked distraught over Eren's death. Eren might not have been the best, but he'd been ranked higher than half of the people standing on the roof and his many emotional and inspirational words had uplifted these kids in times like these. When everything seemed hopeless.
"Marco. If we take out the titans around HQ, we can replenish our gas supplies and make it over the walls. Does that sound correct?"
Marco looked scared and skeptical. "Yeah…But even if you're with us there's too many."
"We can do it," Mikasa shot back resolutely, but as Kagome looked at her eyes she could see the void look in them.
'She's broken up inside.'
Mikasa drew her blades, "I am strong," she lifted her blade in the air. "Stronger than all of you. Extremely strong. I can kill all of those titans there. Even if I'm alone. You're either incompetent or spineless cowards." Pointing her blades towards them, "How pathetic. You can sit here and suck on your fingers. Yeah, do that!"
"Hey Mikasa! What are you saying," a female cadet asked.
"You want to fight all those titans by yourself!"
"There's no way you can do that!"
"If I can't then I'll just die. But if I win, I live." she turned away from them. "Unless I fight, I cannot win!"
Everyone even Mikasa paused when she heard laughing.
She turned and was surprised to see Kagome. She hadn't seen her since before they'd been assigned into teams, of course she'd been so worried about Eren being in a different section she hadn't even thought about the older woman.
"Why is it that you guys seem to have more speeches than actually fighting, no wonder you can't get anything done. And well as for being stronger than me, can't say you are considering my score for solo kills is at one hundred and six as of just a few minutes ago, but nice way to rally these...what did you call them...oh spineless cowards," Kagome took over not liking the feel of Mikasa's aura.
She may do something reckless.
She was all for fighting through the pain of a comrade's death, but they had to keep their sanity in check. And a reckless leader would surely be the end of their subordinates.
Connie had wondered where Kagome had gone when he saw Armin and Mina arrive, but had been trying to rally Jean into not giving up.
"Did she say a hundred and two?"
"That's impossible."
"Isn't she the number one cadet from our class?"
Historia informed those who hadn't seen the girl earlier that she'd been with the Advanced team, as well fighting with the Vanguard causing collective gasps.
"If you are hell bent and fighting them, then I'm coming. I've actually got more than half a tank left. Can't say the same for blades since these are my seventh set. I swear I need to stick to slicing the nape instead of decapitating those motherfuckers," she looked at her blades in disdain. Her katana would've been better.
It was made for thick titanium steel, folded over and over and was definitely strong than these ones. She left it back in the cadet barracks till she got the chance to get fully inducted into the Survey Corps.
"Stupid piece of crap," she muttered under her breath, walking to stand by Mikasa's side.
Mikasa was gawking at her in surprised.
"Well why are you looking at me funny for. Honestly I'm excited Mi~ka~sa," she stretched out each syllable a wide smile stretching her face as a dark look flashed in her eyes, "The Advanced team was a load of crap, and the vanguard wasn't much better, but I'm sure with you guarding my back we can show Eren that we will survive and come out on top. Soooo let's go," she says excitedly before jumping off of the roof.
Mikasa followed afterwards, but everyone else was shocked by her words.
Jean's next words woke his squad from their shock and everyone else began to move as well.
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