Just gonna write another chapter for you chaps. The first few paragraphs is gonna be how Tekkadan are handling Mikazuki's loss and the later half is gonna be the normal SnK. So yeah.

So hope y'all enjoy, and have a NG Barbatos for making it this far


Tekkadan HQ's cafeteria

"Hey, Atra, what are you you doing?"

Yelping softly. the petite girl with pink hair and an extremely adorable face, also wearing an oversized female Tekkadan outfit which made her 10x more adorable, known as Atra Mixta quickly shot up, hands behind her back. Shaking her head, she blank and saw the new Tekkadan recruit known as Zack looking at her.

Zack was, in short, a smartass. He was a pretty laid back guy with a ridiculous haircut and expression. But he was quite the valued Tekka-member, seeing as he was among the few who had formal education.

"You alright, Miss Mixta?" asked Zack, digging his ear.

"A-Ah, I am," replied Atra with a false smile. Zack raised an eyebrow, not really believing her and about to ask another question, until another Tekkadan member smacked him in the head.

"Oi, Zack," started the newcomer, making Zack turn around, rubbing his head. And he stiffened when he realized that he was just smacked by none other than Eugene Seven Stark, a founding member of Tekkadan. The boy had blonde hair (which is more orange to me, tbh) and green eyes which were now piercing his soul "Don't go bothering Atra now. She's just tired."

"Alright sir," muttered Zack as he grabbed a food pack off the cafeteria counter. When the boy was gone, Eugene turned back to Atra.

"You're thinking about him again, aren't you, Atra?" asked Eugene, his stare softening, and looking genuinely concerned now.

"A-Ah…" replied Atra, looking down. "I keep remembering him… no matter how hard I try to forget…"

"It's alright, Atra," said Eugene, placing a hand on her shoulder. "None of us want to forget him. If we do, we'll forget about the man who brought us so far."

After Atra gave a nod, Eugene said his goodbyes and walked off to assist in the substitute drill sergeant. As he did, Atra packed up the food cartons she preped and carefully made her way to where most of the other boy's were as.

Yet, as she did, Atra couldn't help but continue remembering a certain boy.

Mikazuki Augus. She really liked the guy, probably because he helped her when she was a (younger) kid. But she shook it off as much as she could as she walked to the mobile suit hangar. There, a tall teen with ruffled brown hair waved at her. "Ay! Atra!" he yelled enthusiastically.

"Hey Shino," she greeted back, passing him his lunch. The teen known as Shino thanked her for it before he walked up to his personally customised STH-16 Shiden, the Ryusei Go. After the battle of Edmonton, Shino's original EB-06/TC2 Graze Custom 2 was demolished by the Graze Ein, and he got a replacement about three years ago, thanks to their sister organization known as Teiwaz, who provided IO Shiden Frames for Tekkadan at a large discount.

The Shiden was built by almost entirely from scratch, though it borrowed some things from the other Teiwaz Frames, primarily the STH-14s and STH-05, or more commonly known as the Hyakuri and Hyakuren. Made with a good balance, combat abilities and interchangeable equipment, the Shiden could be considered the most versatile Grunt Suit in the PD timeline, though it is geared more towards group combat.

An IO Frame Shiden would wield many weapons. The first batch of IO Frames wielded a JEE-205 130mm Assault Rifle, a Partizan, though later models would come with a Gauntlet which would attach to either arm and a (massive) Riot Shield which would probably protect it from most artillery. The most distinguishing feature of a Shiden, however, was the High Sensitivity Sensors in it's head. The thing was technically a mono eye, though it had multiple sensors within it for maximum eye range. And if needed, it had a visor which would flip down for protecting the sensor.

Of course, every MS which Shino would pilot had the same colour scheme, hot pink alongside some white and magenta. And of course, the trademarked eyes on the Ryusei Go's visor. You can't have a RG-MS without em. The Ryusei Go III was no different, with the over-the-top pink eyes on it's 'visor' and the in-your-face colour scheme of Char-pink and red. Aside from the colours, it was the only Shiden with a commando fin on the back of it's head, and it was one of the two Shidens which used an Alaya Vijnana system, the other being in development at the moment.

Gotta love that look.

As Shino admired his Pink Comet, Atra made her way over to another Teen (or man, I dunno) with spiked up black hair and a strong physique. Just think of Guts with two Alaya Vijnana ports and you have the boy we're speaking of. As she approached, he looked over and politely greeted Atra as she passed him his lunch.

"Here you go, Akihiro," she said with a slight smile before he thanked her. Before she left, she looked up at the guy's personal Mobile Suit, the ASW-G-11 Gusion. Or to be more specific, the ASW-G-11fc, Gusion Rebake Full City. "The Gusion looks a little different."

"Ah," replied Akihiro, looking up at the greenish Gundam Frame.

Ever since Mikazuki's disappearance, Akihiro took over as the main Mobile Suit pilot of Tekkadan, with Shino holding the title of second best in Tekkadan, not that Shino mind.

But for Akihiro, the position of 'Ace MS pilot' in Tekkadan was quite the stressful job, as he had to oversee most battles and be in the front line. Because of that, the original Gusion Rebake sustained much damage, so much so that Tekkadan could not repair the it, so they settled on sending it to Teiwaz for a full Inner and Outer Frame overhaul.

The result was the Full City, a Mobile Suit which combined the tech which Teiwaz Mobile Suits used and new outer armour built using Akihiro's previous battle records. Sure, it ratained some of it's older stuff, like the Gusion Axe, a large Halbard who's handle could collapse into the axe tip if needed, salvaged from the pirate (space)ship belonging to the Brewers, the 120mm Long Range Rifle, , the Alaya Vijnana system, and twin Sub Arms stored inside the backpacks (which are controlled better when used by Alaya users), but the new stuff was just as juicy.

For starters, it was much, much more heavily fortified, with thicker and blockier armour which could block strikes from other Mobile Suits rather effectively, even if struck by a melee weapon, which could very effectively slam through Nanolaminated Armour. Aside from the armour, the Frame's arm units were swapped with those which were made by Teiwaz, which were a little longer than the original's. And like the original Rebake, the Full City had the optional 'Sight' and 'Combat' modes, where the face would be folded in, with the armour pieces of the head unit folding over the head and the Long-Range Sensor collapsing over it's optics, for long range combat and split open, and the complete opposite for Combat mode, with the LR-Sensor on it's head like a helmet to reveal the optics for maximum CQC capabilities and the cheek guards folding to the sides.

Damn, that's a lot of info.

Also, it should be noted that the user of this MS(which is just Akihiro if we're honest), when in Sight mode anyways, who use Alaya Vijnana (again, still Akihiro) are able to sense things which normal pilots would not, such as electromagnetic waves.

For new weapons, the GRFC was outfitted with two Knuckle guards, which were stored in the Full City's armour under the arm. In combat situations when the FC lost it's Halbard, Akihiro would deploy both guards for a harder punch. And it would dent Nanolaminated Armour and bust up Mobile Suits pretty well too, and they did prove to be some rather effective 'small shields' when blocking strikes from other Mobile Suit.

Aside from them fists, the FC was given three more 120mm Rifles for all four of it's arms if it needed to lay down some suppressive fire. There was another weapon in it's arsenal as well, though I'm gonna keep it a secret for now. Besides, we used a lot more time than we really need speaking about the Full City, and it's not even a main Mobile Suit in this story.

"It sure is," replied Akihiro, looking at his MS with a smirk. "Teiwaz really went to town on it."

"I see…" replied Mixta, looking up at the Rebaked sadly.

"Is something wrong, Atra?" asked Akihiro, opening up the paper lunchbox.

"It's just… Mikazuki," she started, threatening to tear up, making Akihiro flinch.

"Uh, n-nevermind, Atra!" he quickly said, feeling a little bad.

"R-right," piped up Atra, wiping her eyes on her sleeve. "I'll just continue on…"

As she left, Akihiro sighed. While he was never one to be soft, Aki was, admittedly, missing Mika more than he'd let on. The boy had a certain charm to him which Atland enjoyed, probably due to the many times the two would train together, or the times the two were on the battlefield, side by side.

He was then pulled out of his thoughts when Shino popped up behind him. "Oi oi, Akihiro! Trying to make a move on Atra, eh?"

"What?! No!" replied Akihiro, looking over at Atra as she passed a box over to Hush and Dane. "I just feel bad for her."

"She's not going to forget about Mikazuki, isn't she…" commented Shino, voice sad and solemn for once in a pink moon. "I'll admit, I kinda miss em."

Akihiro then looked at him as if he was crazy. "Never thought you'd miss someone, Shino."

"Eh, what can I say," replied Shino.


4 years after joining the Trainee Corps

"Mikazuki is probably the reason why we got this far, so guess I'm suppose to miss him?

"Too slow! Pick up the pace, you blockheads!"

Those were the words Keith Shadis yelled out at the 'blockhheads' who were running in the forested area of the Training grounds to test their stamina. Among the people here, Eren, Mikasa, Bertolt, Mikazuki and Annie were the fastest. On the polar opposite, Krista, Armin, Mylius, Nac and Reiner were lagging behind, though Reiner was behind more to support Arlert than anything.

Suddenly, at the last few kilometres of this run, Armin came dashing pass the five of them in an impressive display of speed. Looking back, Mikazuki saw Bertolt with wide eyes and a goofy smile.


Couple of hours later

The Trainees were currently on one of their last 3D maneuver Gear lessons. As the wooden replica Titans with fabric cushion "napes" were raised, several figures were seen zipping through the forested area of the training zone.

Suddenly, with great speed and strength, three trainees zipped in and sliced the "napes". The first two made deep gouges in the fabric while the last made a cut which was about half as deep.

As they did their job, Keith wrote down what he thought of the trainees

"Annie Leonhart. Though her slashes are flawless, she's a lone wolf that has difficulty working with others."

"Bertolt Hoover. He has exceedingly high potential, but lacks assertiveness."

"Jean Kirstein. His 3D maneuvers are top class, but his hotheaded nature tends to cause discord."

After Keith jotted the three sentences down as the Trainees made their cuts. As Annie and Bertolt made their way to find a new target, Jean only groaned. "I'm no match for their slashing ability. So I guess I'll just have to spot em' first!"

With that said, he shot across the forest, eventually encountering another wooden replica. He smirked and went in for the slice, until someone thanked him.

"Thanks, Jean!," came a voice beside him, as Connie Springer leapt off a tree and raised both his blades, only for the nape to be slashed by another person.

"I got it!" yelled said person, as she let herself hang from the 3D-MGs wire

"Sasha Blouse. Though she has unusually good instincts, her character is unsuited for cooperative action."

"Connie Springer. He's skilled at handling tight turn maneuvers, but is somewhat dim-witted."

"I see em," informed a SC. His partner nodded at that notion before he pulled on a rope, making the Titan replicas spin, abiet slowly.

And within a second, three figures came dashing towards it, making their slashes. The first one's slash was not too deep, the next was a centimetre deeper, and the third was the one who dug deepest.

"Mylius Zeramuski, he's a timid one and that tends to affect his slashes. But he has an incredibly tactical mind, thinking of plans on the fly."

"Nac Tias, exceptionally skilled in his academic courses, though he tends to be weak in combat. Despite this, his friendly nature has earned the trust of many."

"Mina Carolina, she's an exceptional fighter, but tends to be lost in her own little world when in and out of battle."

"Here they come!" said a Survey Corp as his partner pulled on a rope. When tugged, the Wooden replicas started turning and three blurs came in. The first one grunted before delivering a deep slash inside the fabric nape

The second blur was next, and she sliced about an inch shorter.

The kid groaned. "Dammit. I couldn't cut as deeply as Mikasa again!"

"Move," came a cold voice from behind him. Turning, Jaeger widened his eyes as another figure blasted past him and slashed right at the Titan Replica's neck. The swing cleaved right through the entire thing's neck and fabric 'nape' without damaging his blades, making everyone, even Mikasa and Keith's, eyes to widen.

"Mikasa Ackerman. She's completely proficient in every aspect, deserving nothing less than an unprecedented evaluation of generations past."

"Eren Jaeger. He doesn't possess any particular talent, but he's improved his marks through pore effort. And he has an extraordinarily strong sense of purpose."

And Keith looked to the last one who slashed, his eyes shining proudly.

"Mikazuki Augus. He's not to good academically, nothing too great, but he's definitely a force to be reckoned with on the field, delivering slashes which put Mikasa's to shame."


The next day

"Nice try, Marco," muttered Mikazuki as he downed his opponent with a clothesline. As he said that, Marco stood up from his current position and pushed the dust of his clothes. Currently, Marco was his temporary partner since Jean apparently wanted to fight against Mikasa. And it went as well as you'd expect.

A little bit away from them

"Surrender, Jean," suggested Mikasa.

"N-NEVER!" exclaimed Jean, as Mikasa tightened her headlock on Kirstein.

Back to our bois

"Not bad, Zuki. Where'd ya learn that from?" asked Marco as Mikazuki rolled his shoulders.

"I dunno. Just comes to my head if I need to use it," replied Mikazuki, giving Marco his usual stare as he rolled his shoulder. While Marco took five and got some water to hydrate himself, Augus took a look around the Training grounds, at the people he now called 'friends' or teammates.

In all honesty, Mika never thought he'd make any close friends outside of Orga or Atra, but here he was, with several friends and peers. The closest were still Mina, Nac, Annie, with Reiner and Bertolt being more in the sidelines messing around than anything.

He was friendly towards several others such as Armin and Ymir, though he never really interacted with the two much. He didn't know about Marco either, and he felt that the boy stood somewhere between Armin and Annie in terms of friendship.

Other people like Sasha and Connie, who were demonstrating their latest fighting technique until Keith came over and grabbed Connie by the head again, were a little too annoying for Mika, though he did respect their skills enough to at least acknowledge their existence. Jean stood in the same catagory.

"So, Mika, what do you think of her?" asked Marco slyly, motioning at Mikasa, standing over a Jean who was on his back. Mikazuki sighed at that. In his two years, people asked him about Mikasa Ackerman. Some asked if they were related somehow, others if they were in anyway engaged, usually ending with either one, or both, of the Mikas giving them a stern look.

In a way, it was like when he was with either Atra or Kudelia. Wherever he went with either girl, people would ask if they were related in a way or if he was their boyfriend. It seemed to happen more with Atra too. strange.

Mikazuki opened his mouth to speak, but he was silenced when he heard a loud thud. Turning, they saw Eren on the floor, legs up, while Annie looked down. While Marco watched, Mikazuki only sighed and shook his head. "You have quite the way with ladies, Eren."

After the two watched Annie flip Reiner onto his back, and after Marco had a good laugh at that, the two went back at it. "Oi, Mikazuki," asked Marco. "You think you can take on Annie?"

Sighing, Mikazuki shook his head. He has been asked this question many times in the years he was her. Truthfully, the two were on totally different levels.

By that, I mean Mikazuki is lightyears ahead of Annie Leonhart in terms of physical combat. In the past, Annie and Mika met up in private to spar. At first, Annie said she did not want to embarrass him.

Unfortunately, it was usually the other way around. Mika would always drop Annie in a hit or two, quick and efficient. Not really surprising as Mika has been fighting for survival almost his entire life while Annie's past was still a mystery to him.

But still, he kept saying that he would lose to Annie to not ruin her reputation, mainly because he has grown attached to the blonde midget. It was somewhat like the relationship he had… he has with Atra. Annie was precious to him, as were Mina and Nac, but he didn't really acknowledge those feelings at all, mainly because he didn't know how to, and that he kept forgetting about it.

Another note was that he and Mikasa Ackerman tended to fight fist to fist on multiple occasions. But, like Annie, he'd down her in an instant, though she did take a little more effort to put down. Their multiple combat experiences have given birth to a mutual respect and a minor friendship between the two. And by friendship I mean the two just say hi and give a quick wave every so often.

And unfortunately that also gave birth to the idea of the two Mikas being either related or in a relationship. And as stated, that really pissed the two off.

Turning back to Marco, he replied.

"No," he lied. Marco nodded and the two watched as Leonhart put Eren onto his back once more.


Cafeteria (?), at night

Scratching his head, Mika gave a soft yawn as he bit into his bread. Currently, our four protagonists were having their dinner break, with each of them telling the others about their day.

As Mina told Annie about her almost hitting a tree on this morning's 3D-MG training, Mika chatted with Nac about their graduation. Nac spoke of joining the Survey Corps to keep an eye on Mina and him. Nodding, Mika could only listen with little enthusiasm, though he couldn't help but remember some Tekkadan members.

'Shino's probably trying to get some boobs again, Akihiro's probably weightlifting and Atra…'

Atra. Just thinking of the little girl's name made his heart contract. He didn't know if it was because he got a little softer being here or if he just missed the girl, but he just felt sad whenever he thought of her name.

"Is something wrong, Mika?" came Mina's voice. Looking at her, Mika shook his head, making Mina smile. "That's good to hear, Zuki."

Anyways, after he said that, and as Annie began speaking about some random shit on donuts, Mika started thinking about the Barbatos. Last he saw it, about five days prior, it was covered in quite the amount of dirt, rust and god knows what else. Aside from that, there was also one detail which Mika couldn't have figured out, and it was that the Barbatos' Ahab Reactors were in it's 'hibernation' mode, where both reactor output levels were in a sort of 'power saving' mode.

Aside from Tekkadan members and Gundams, Mika also remembered the more memorable times during the Trainee Corps. For one, Nac refrained from speaking about the outside world too much, mainly because he didn't want to get into unnecessary trouble. Aside from that, the boy was as friendly as usual. Mina and Annie remained pretty much the same.

He also remembered the various times when several other people, including his friends, asked him for a sparring session. It didn't go too well for them. In short, he downed Jean without issue, knocked out Connie with a punch, scared Sasha away when he pulled his arm back, gave Eren a hard backhand slap which dislocated his jaw (something I want to see in the anime) and take down Reiner by constantly tripping the large Akihiro wannabe.

But but their conversation, and in Mika's case a slight 'Vietnam Flashback', was cut off when Eren spoke up. "It's pleasant within the inner walls?" he asked, which also got Jean's attention. "Five years ago, this was also part of that area, you know."

"What are you getting at, Eren?" demanded Jean as Eren took a sip of his mug

Placing his mug down, Jaeger replied. "Jean, I think the inside of your head is plenty pleasant no matter where you are," he said, giving him a glare. As Jean twitched his right eye, Reiner and Connie couldn't help but snicker at that. Mikazuki, admittedly, also felt the slight urge to laughfck, but he kept his usual straight face as he glanced back at Jaeger.

"Why you…" growled Jean, gritting his teeth.

"Don't you think it's strange?" asked Eren. "How we're honing our skills to kill the Titans in order to get away from them, that is."

"Why bring that up now? For my sake too, this inane plan should be maintained," replied Jean.

And that seemed to anger Eren to the point where he stood up. "You piece of garbage!"

"Shut it! Just face reality!" Jean shot back as the two walked towards each other.

"Eren, calm yourself!" yelled Armin as he stood up, but that didn't stop him from grabbing Jean's shirt. That was when Mikasa stood up.

"Stop it," she commanded rather calmly before grabbing Eren's hand from Jeans shirt. She slid his hand down, and it seemed to calm the suicidal blockhead, who looked down in shame, before Jean flashed an angry (and actually hilarious looking) expression and grabbed Eren's shirt.

"Don't screw with me, you bastard!" he yelled.

"Let go! You'll tear my shirt!" Eren yelled back, seemingly caring more about that shirt of his than Jean possibly punching him with his hoof (hehehe).

"I don't give two shits about your clothes! I'm so fucking jealous!" exclaimed Jean, making both Annie and Mikazuki get the poker face.

"Jealous?" they repeated silently, looking at each other.

As the two looked back, they noticed Eren not moving much and Jean with a goofy expression. Mikazuki passed a raisin Nac after a while, before Eren grabbed Jean's arm, placed his other hand on his neck, and effectively swept Jean off his feet.

And at that Nac nearly choked on his raisin. Mina looked concerned but Nac waved him away. "Did he just…"

"He did," said replied Annie, cutting of Nac. Everyone in the place wasn't expecting Eren Jaeger to pull off Leonhart's signature move, so Mika supposed the choking Nac went through was justified

"Ouch…" started Jean as he sat up. "What the hell was that?!"

"A hand-to-hand combat technique I went through hell to learn while you slacked off," replied Eren. "You think kicking back and doing whatever you want is reality? Can you even consider yourself a soldier?"

That was when heavy footsteps were heard, and the door to their cafeteria opened up slightly to reveal Keith looking in. "I heard a loud noise a moment ago… anyone care to explain?"

The silence was spine tingling as everyone sat there with no proper reply. That is until both Mikazuki and Annie raised their hands. Keith looked at them, and they nodded before replying.

"It was the sound of Sasha farting," they said, perfectly in sync, causing the girl in question to shrink in fear. Keith only made a face of disgust as several trainees tried their hardest to hold in laughter. Mina very nearly lost it but held it in.

"So it was you again…" said Keith as he tried to hold his breath. Sasha looked as if she'd seen the end of the world until Keith left. "Learn some modesty."

When Keith left, Sasha immediately went to the two and asked why they did it as Jean and Eren sat on a table. Mikazuki sighed after five minutes of Sasha asking and stuffed five raisins right into her mouth. As the girl ate, Mikazuki motioned to Annie's piece of bread.

The girl nodded and stuffed it into Sasha's mouth before she could talk.


A few weeks later

And so, 218 trainees made it to graduation. I don't know about the others. They probably gave up or something. Those lazy fucks.

"Offer your lives!" yelled the commander of the Survey Corps,

"Yes sir!" replied all the Trainees.

"From this day forth, all of you who have graduated from being trainees have three options!

"Firstly, the Garrison, which is responsible for wall fortification and defending the towns,

"Secondly, the Survey Corps, whom resolutely ventures into Titan territory,

"And lastly, the Military Police Brigade, which governs the citizens and maintains order.

"Of course, only those that we previously announced to be ranked amongst the top ten trainees can select the third option!" finished the commander.

As a few of the Trainees complained about being below the 10th place, Mina, who ranked at 23 and Nac who was at 38, Mikazuki was rather surprised at his place.

"2nd place…" he whispered, a tiny bit surprised.


Hours later

"I did it!" yelled Connie as he high fived Sasha.

"Food will never be a problem again!" replied Sasha, already drooling at the thought.

"How was I ranked below Eren…" growled Jean as he drank from his mug.

As the comments were threw around, Mika was, as usual, standing with his three friends. Occasionally, fellow Trainees would congratulate Mika and Annie for making the top 10, making Mina and Nac that much more jealous.

While Nac and Mina laughed and chatted happily, Mika and Annie kept their blank faces through most of the conversation, only adding onto their talking every so often. Though there was not much to add, as the two mainly spoke about how Ms Carolina and Tias would be proud, a notion Mika and Annie could agree on.

"What will you be joining, Nac?" asked Mina after some time.

"Well, I'm going for the Survey Corps since I'm not in the to 10," replied the boy in question.

When Mina asked Mika, he simply shrugged.

"What about you, Anne?" asked Mina, turning to Annie.

"The MPB," she replied. Once the realization sank in, Nac and Mina both looked down, both visible sad. Nac, however, shook off his dissapointed state, though he didn't seem as cheerful as before.

"T-That's great, Anne!" he complimented. "You do deserve it after all!"

Mika nodded in agreement while Mina stayed quiet until Nac snapped his fingers in front of her face. Shaking her head, she seemed to snap out of it. "Huh?"

"You were spacing out there, Mina," commented Nac, looking at her. Mina laughed embarrassedly as Mika and Annie smiled at that.

"What about you, Zuki?" asked Annie, using his nickname uncharastically.

"I don't know…" he replied.

"You can't win!" came a yell north of the place, catching the attention of the the former trainees. The four of them looked over and saw Thomas speaking to Eren, Mikasa and Armin in a serious tone.

"You know, right? Of the hundreds of thousand victims, the answer was obvious after over 20% of the population was lost. Mankind can't win against the Titans…"

After he said that last sentence, the happy atmosphere was replaced by a depressing one.

"So…" started Eren, causing everyone to look at him. "You're giving up because you think you can't win?"

Thomas started to pipe up but he was cut off. "True, up till' now it has been a losing battle for mankind… but it's because we don't know much about the Titans! A battle of resources against the Titans is pointless. Though we lost, the intel we obtained from the fights will surely bring hope! Are we gonna abandon the tactical advances gained through the many sacrifices and quietly wait for them to devour us all? You gotta be kidding me!

"I'll… exterminate every last Titan and escape these confining walls! That's my dream. Mankind hasn't truly been defeated yet!"

When Jaeger finished, he noticed the people staring at him. Probably out of embarrassment, he ran out of the room. Gasping softly, Armin and Mikasa ran after the kid.

"That was… something," piped up Mina, catching their attention. Nac nodded in agreement as Mika went back to being stone faced. As the silence became a little deafening, Mina suggested they go out. No one objected that, and they walked out.

"The night sky is always beautiful…" commented Annie uncharastically. Mika nodded and stared up at the cresent moon. Nac noticed him staring longingly at the orb of the night and smiled.

"You always stare at that thing like a little child, Mikazuki," said Nac sarcastically, making Mika nod. "Still, the translation is rather obscure, with Moon translating to Mikazuki."

"Ah," replied Mika, remembering that the language called 'Japanese' was an extremely obscure one in this place. Hell, even back on Mars it was rarely used (unless you're watching the EL sub). Dexter (the CGS 1st group guy with the glasses) was the one who told him about his namesake, and since then Mika has longed to see the Cresent Moon. And he got his wish when Tekkadan reached Earth.

As the two discussed the random things they'd do when they graduated, Mina and Annie talked about the two boys. "Ah, come on Anne, don't tell me you don't find yourself attracted to either one of the two!"

"Shut it, Mina," replied Annie in a soft yet embarrassed tone. "As if I don't see you glancing at Mika every so often."

Blushing and waving her hands around, Mina shook her head quickly before the boys looked back. "Is something wrong?" asked Nac.

"NO!" yelled both girls as both boys shrugged and looked back at the sky. Sighing in relief, Mina looked up.

"Whoa…" she commented, making Annie look up. As she did, a comet burnt through the night sky, shattering the darkness.

While the three were astonished by the fireball, Mika secretly hoped it wasn't another Mobile Suit or, God forbid, another Graze Ein.


The next day

"Careful, Zuki."

"Thanks for the tip, Mina," replied Mika as he loaded a shell into a cannon atop the Trost

Currently, Mikazuki, alongside Mina, Thomas, Connie, Nac, Mylius and a random dude called Samuel, was atop the 50 metre Wall of Trost, loading up or polishing up the cannons of the thing.

After Mika cleaned the third cannon to the right, the group felt a slight shift below them. Well… not slight as it felt more like a mini earthquake.

"What was that…?" asked Mylius, looking at the others. Mina only shrugged, though Mika and Nac knelt by the inner edge of Wall Trost.

"It's the Survey Corps," said Nac, making the others look down alongside them. "They're going for their 33rd Expedition."

With smiles on their faces, the group looked down with the two, speaking about how brave they were for venturing into the territory of their enemies. Mika, on the other hand, thought that their bravery was misplaced, seeing as, from what Keith told them, their losses in every expedition were gargantuan.

When they were out, the group stood up to get back to work. As they messed around, with Mylius accidentally dropping a cannonball down the outer edge of Trost which smashed a Titan, earning him an impressed whistle from Nac, Mika noticed Eren and Armin coming up the Wall.

As Thomas, Connie, Mylius and Samuel went towards him to speak, Mika, Mina and Nac stood at where they were at, speaking between themselves. Well, it was more or less Mina and Nac speaking, with Mika listening in.

While Nac spoke about how proud he was of Annie, Mika's ears perked up, prompting him to turn around and see Sasha with a lustful grin on her face.

"Sasha?" muttered Mika, making his two m8s turn around.

"Hey guys," replied Sasha, her tone suggesting that she had some snacks.

"Hey there, Sash," greeted Nac with a smile. "Wassup?"

"C-check it…" said Sash, pulling her Trainee jacket open and pulling an impossibly large piece of meat out of it. Widening their eyes, with Mika just raising both his brows in surprise at how bold the girl was, both Nac and Mina yelled in sync.

"ARE YOU CRAZY?!" they proclaimed, getting the attention of the others.

"Place it back!" advised Nac, trying to get her out of trouble as the other Trainees came to see what was happening. "You're crazy if you think Keith would let you off the hook for this!"

Despite that, Sasha seemed ignorant to his advice, lost in her own little world.

"Later we can split it between ourselves…" said Sasha as the other Corps widened their eyes at her stash. "We'll slice it up and bread it… spread some butter on it and eat it with mushrooms…"

When she finished that sentence, the girl gave a low laugh, or a moan, as the others, minus Mika who just stood by the side, watching in amusement.

"Meat has been extremely valuable ever since the Fall of Shiganshina," said Mylius as Sasha walked past them.

"Don't worry about it," she assured, poking Mylius as she walked towards a wooden crate. Kneeling down, the gluttonous girl opened it up and hid the meat inside it. "Once we recapture the land, we'll be able to raise more cattle and cows for meat.

Overtime, a few of the Trainees lost it and said that they wanted that meat (not that meat), including Mina and Nac. Mika only reluctantly agreed.

Once that odd thing was done, Mika and Nac went to the edge of the Wall of Trost. Glancing in the distance, Mika stayed silent as Nac smiled and spoke about the recapture of Trost.

"If we are really able to retake Maria," said Nac, making Mika look at him. "Imagine how much more Freedom we'd be achieve?"

"I don't know," replied Mika. "But more room would be nice."

"You're not wrong…" admitted Nac. "But mankind is slowly building up its strength. And soon, we'll be able to strike back at the Titans with everything we got, and maybe even retake our lost homes."

And Nac only raised his eyebrows in surprise when Mika simply nodded.

"You don't seem too enthusiastic about getting your home back," said Nac, making Mika raise his brows.

"I am…" lied Mika, seeing as he wasn't even supposed to be here.. "I just don't like showing enthusiasm."

"Do tell," said Nac jokingly. "You never show any sort of emotion."

At that, Mika simply nodded as Nac walked off to assist Mina. when he was gone, Mika closed his eyes and took a deep breath in.

And right when he did that, a large thunderbolt came down in front of him, making Mika blast his eyes open, and for the first time in his life, he felt truly shocked.

As in front of him was the red, fleshy face of the Colossal Titan, staring at him.

For many silent seconds, the Trainees atop Trost stared in horror, with Mika just looking with wide eyes. And with no warning, the entire Wall shook, accompanied by an explosion at the base of the place.

The impact sent the entire group flying back, though they managed to recover quickly. Unfortunately, one of them didn't manage it.

"Samuel!" exclaimed Mina, making Mika turn back and see the boy falling to his doom. Before he did, however, Sasha detached one of her cables and ran down the side of Wall Trost.

Yeah, don't ask me how that works either.

And with pinpoint accuracy, she shot a wire straight at his leg. It pierced through his foot, but at least he wasn't on the floor, splattered.

"Samuel!" proclaimed Sasha. "Don't move!"

I mean, it's not like he can move, right?

Anyways, as they hung there, Mylius gave a yell.

"Trost has been breached!" he proclaimed, making the others glance down in horror.

Despite this, Eren didn't seem too worried, only focusing on taking out the Colossal biyatch. Swinging up, he ordered for his team to get ready for battle. Reluctantly, they followed, though Mika had other ideas.

Once they were out of sight, he detached both of his cables and allowed himself fall backwards freely. And right as the ground was about to greet him, he launched two wires at the center of Trost, sending him in that general direction.

As he blasted towards the East of Trost, Mika silently hoped that his friends would survive long enough for him to get his MS ready.


Woooo. 14 damn pages in Google Docs and 16 in OpenOffice. Probably the longest I've ever done so far. So yeah. I really did enjoy writing this one.

So yes, I updated chapters 4-6. Ze chapters 7 and so will be up soon. And also apparently it isn't 14 chapters in GD after I edited. It's 10!

Slight update; MathiasNightlord01 pointed out that Mika wasn't as tough as he was supposed to be in the canon stories. I tried to change that with some edits here

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A few days before the graduation

"Is there a reason for you to call us here, Keith?"

"There is, my friend," replied Keith, looking at his friend. "It's about him."

As he said that, he tossed a document onto the table. Picking it up, Erwin opened it up and saw who it was about. "Trainee Mikazuki Augus?"

"Yes," replied Shadis. "In every physical and 3D Maneuver Gear training, he aced them all. He even surpassed former top Trainee, Mikasa Ackerman."

"I do not see why that is a reason to call me over." Erwin than folded his arms.

"Well, I did notice this," explained Keith. "The way he fights, it's as if he's had previous combat experience. And the way he used the Maneuver Gear, it's almost like he's used and perfected the technique years ago."

After hearing that, Erwin rested his chin on his hand. Keith then continued. "Also, from what I've seen, Mikazuki Augus' skills and strength could very well rival Levi's"

Erwin flinched a little when he suggested that. "Are you serious?" he asked.

"I am," confirmed Keith. "His skills are very refined. I've also caught wind of rumors of him defeating both Annie Leonhart and Mikasa Ackerman."

"I see…" started Erwin, before he noticed the academic scores Mika got. "But his academic skills are lacking."

"So, I am here to ask how high we should rank him," explained Keith.

"While his physical and Maneuver gear skills are probably the best in the class, his academics hold him back," said Erwin, looking at the file. "Could you tell me who was the most versatile?"

"Mikasa Ackerman," replied Keith. "She's the most perfectly balanced in her physical, maneuver gear and academic trainings."

"I see…"