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Today was going to be the first exploration outside the walls for the new recruits of the Scouting Legion. Eren Jaeger was more than a little nervous about going out into titan territory. He wasn't afraid of getting hurt or killed out there, no he was fearful for his new comrades. They couldn't turn into a titan like he could so death was something that was very much so possible for them. Mikasa and Armin had both joined the Scouting Legion as well and that was yet another reason for Eren to worry. The two of them were strong but out there it didn't matter how strong you were, anything could happen. Eren groaned at his friends willingness to follow him even to almost certain death. It wasn't just Mikasa and Armin who had followed him to the Scouting Legion, no most of the top 10 graduates had joined the Scouting Legion. The only good thing about them joining was that Eren finally got to catch up with everyone. It was a little awkward at first but everyone he knew from the training corps had treated him like he was regular, human Eren. For that he was very thankful because he wouldn't know what to do if they had also treated him like a monster.

Eren only had one other complaint that was rather selfish in nature. He was stuck in the back of the formation where it was the safest, while his friends were all towards the sides of the formation where it was much more dangerous. Then there was Skylar who was on the farthest edge of the formation and that really bothered Eren. Apparently that showed on his face because Levi gave him a sharp glare.

"Oi Brat, stop worrying so much. Trust in my decisions as well as her skill after all she was taught by the best, there's a reason why I placed her there Eren." Levi turned his gaze elsewhere and instead watched the signal flares that were already shooting up into the sky. Eren just sighed and turned his gaze to the sky as well. He focused on the signal flares that shot up from where he knew some of his friends were placed. However as he watched various colors fly up into air, he realized something. It didn't matter where his friends were placed, on all sides of the formation there were signals saying titans had appeared. This was open land though? How were the they supposed to use their gear to combat the titans? Eren knew that the whole purpose of this formation was to avoid titans and not combat them. According to the various smoke bombs though, avoiding titans wasn't exactly going to be an option. Eren supposed all he could do at this point was just hope that his friends would make it through this ordeal alive.


There were many ways to killl or avoid titans while in the long distance enemy detection formation. Sasha Braus got to see quite a few of those techniques.

Sasha was on the side of the formation but more on the inside of it, she was riding along on her horse at what she would call a fairly average speed. Her side had yet to really encounter any titans since they were able to avoid them because their horses were much faster and then group within Sasha's area were all communicating very well. Sasha didn't really spot a titan up close since she was more towards the inside of the formation. However when she had passed a small home that looked like it was about to collapse did she see one up close. The titan itself was looking right at Sasha and the two shared that brief moment of chilling eye contact. Sasha scrambled to pull out her signal gun but the titan had started to advance towards her.

Somehow Sasha had managed to shoot up a signal flare as well as get horse running at full speed. The titan however kept lunging at her and Sasha began to fear that she was going to get eaten. Getting eaten on her first run outside the walls? What a lame way to go. Luckily two other members had come to her rescue and lead the titan away from her eventually tiring it out as well as crashing it into a nearby tree. The two returned back to Sasha and she recognized one of them as her squad leader. Sasha quickly nodded as well as thanked the two before rushing back to her position in the formation. After all it would be a disaster if if the formation were to break.

The next time Sasha saw a titan, it was a deviant class.

It scared the shit out of her to say the least but it paid no mind to her, it was headed towards the middle where there would be more people to feast upon. It would also in the process break the formation and that would be very bad for everyone. What could Sasha do about it? That titan was running way to fast and there was nothing for her maneuvering gear to lock onto. It was at that moment two riders had rushed by her; both of them Sasha recognized as being experienced Scouting Legion members. Sasha watched as one member had latched onto the back of it's leg, cutting at its heel. This caused the almost 10 meter tall titan to trip. The other Scouting Legion member had circled around on their horse and latched into the titans neck. A few moments later Sasha continued to ride her horse feeling stunned. These Scouting Legion people were wickedly skilled! What was she doing here with them again?

One of the last techniques Sasha knew of was also one of the most interesting.

Once word of the female type titan reached everyone in the formation, they had started to move straight towards the forest of giant trees. At this point the formation was still barely hanging in and everyone just rushed to climb up and into the trees where they could avoid the titans in general or have a better advantage of fighting them. Sasha was falling behind, she was in the back of the formation and had no idea where the rest of her squad was or was supposed to be. The other members around her didn't seem to care in the slightest as they rushed to the forest of giant trees. The forest was in sight but it still didn't change the fact that there were a few titans behind her as well as flanking her from the side. All Sasha could do was watch as a near by titan, that was withing grabbing range raised its hand. Her brown eyes watched warily as the large hand began to lift up from the titans sides, a grapple shot into it, the titan continued to raise its fist and something flew right by the titan?

"Sasha move!"

Sasha did just that and leaped right off of her horse, and tumbled through the grass, her back meeting painfully with the hard ground. Sasha let out a groan but opened her eyes getting stunned by the bright sunlight. She pulled a hand over her eyes to shield them and sat up quickly looking around. Her horse had been smashed by the titans fist and Sasha quickly averted her eyes from the sight. She was a hunter and was used to dead animals but not dead animals that were smashed to pieces. She then turned her gaze to the now dead titan that was already dissolving. Someone on horseback was already riding towards her, and Sasha immediately recognized them. "Skylar!" Sasha cried out and nearly tackled the smaller girl right off of her horse. "You saved me! Wait you saved me!? But how?" Sasha's voice had gone up an octave as she cried still holding on to the girl.

"Sorry, I was a little late..." Skylar apologized as she began to tug Sasha up and onto the horse with her. "I was placed towards the outside of the formation because I specialize in dealing with titans in open land. I'm small so I guess it's harder to see me or something. Usually if I latch onto one of their arms or legs," Reluctantly Sasha had climbed up onto the horse, awkwardly holding on to the smaller girls waist, "Their momentum will tug me up and along with the said limb and at that point I can usually get within the general area of their neck before they can realize what happened." Skylar urged her horse to start moving, it wasn't as fast with the two of them on it but it was certainly better than walking.

"We'll both die at this rate Skylar! I'll get off the horse you get to the forest." It was something that Sasha really didn't want to do but she figured she might as well say it.

"We'll be fine Sasha, just don't look to the sides." After all most of the titans were a little to preoccupied eating some of the other members they had managed to catch. That was a sight that no one wanted to see, especially not Sasha.


Eren couldn't help himself as he glanced back behind him, he had made his decision but it didn't stop him from worrying. Would the trap set by the Scouting Legion really work on that female titan? Every bone in his body told him to go ride back, turn into a titan, and fight to the death. Then again that was probably just his inner titan irking for a fight. Despite that, Eren had listened to both his Corporal and the Special operations squad around him. In the end he watched as the female titan was trapped with many different cables and wires and Levi had even hung back to help. That didn't stop him from feeling a ball of worry grow in his stomach, something wasn't right at all but the squad surrounding him all seemed almost at peace as they zipped away. Petra, the only female member of the squad, was praising Eren for trusting in them. Which naturally only made Eren feel guilty for feeling so unsure about the whole thing.

His squad members did bring a smile to his face as they began bickering about their first time out in the field. Their relationship at first was very difficult and they were more than a little stand offish but after the whole hand biting thing they had warmed up to Eren in their own particular ways. Petra was almost like a mother who was constantly praising Eren and yes babying him, Auro was still a total dick to Eren but it was more friendly in a way, and the rest of the group had also started speaking to him a lot more. It made Eren think of them almost like a crazy very messed up family, they were currently bickering about who pissed their pants on their first field mission, and they were currently in the middle of one.

It was in the middle of their said argument that they were attacked, well to be more specific that Gunter was attacked. He was fine one moment and than the next the man was nearly decapitated and hung loosely from the wires in his 3D gear. Eren turned to go back but everyone had ushered him forwards, urging Eren to continue onward. Since he wasn't allowed to do anything else Eren kept his gaze forward and continued on as his comrades circled around their main goal was to protect him. Why did he need all this protection? He could turn into a titan for god sake! He'd regenerated limbs before! Despite all these facts proving that Eren didn't need protection, everyone still needlessly sacrificed themselves for him. Just like how it was back in Trost where countless soldiers died protecting Eren as he carried the boulder.

A bright light shone through the dim forest and in its place stood the female titan. Eren grit his teeth already raising his hand so he could bite down on it; he has had enough of this female titan wreaking havoc upon everything. To think that there was human in there, a human who had just brutally murdered countless others just to get at Eren? That thought alone got his blood boiling, "That's it! I'm gonna fight this bitch!"

"Eren Jaeger you are not fight her do you hear me? Do not engage the female titan! The three of us will handle her! You head to the Commander as fast as possible!" Eren glared at the man who spoke to him and his gaze then turned to his other comrades.

"Do you really not believe in us?"

Eren just shut his eyes and grit his teeth one more. Once again every bone in his body told him that he should fight alongside them but they gave him this damn look. It was a look that was almost heart wrenching, like Eren had let them down. Either way he would feel like shit so instead just to appease them he left wishing them good luck. Even though Eren should have been focusing on getting away he couldn't help but look back at his comrades, already the female titan was leaning against a tree. Her eyes were cut out and her arms fell limp against her sides. Eren just barely had enough time to avoid crashing into a tree, he needed to keep more focus on getting out of her than on his comrades. Clearly, they were were all strong enough to take her town, their ability to just fight in complete sync was amazing. It made Eren hope that one day he would be able to do the same with his friends from the training corps. Eren just had to look back one more time to make sure that everything was okay with them, that feeling in his gut had yet to leave. At the exact moment Eren had looked back, he saw Erd get a chunk taken out of him by the female titan.

Erens eyes widened and he couldn't help but stop moving forward and just watched as the female titan slew the rest of the special operations squad. Every single last one of them, they were all experienced soldiers, all of them very capable people, and they were his new found friends. By now Eren had turned around and was rushing towards the female titan. He knew it wasn't exactly manly but Eren was crying, it wasn't just for his lost comrades but because Eren had made the wrong choice. The lives of those four people were forever gonna weigh him down, he just knew it.

"That's why I'm going to slay her."


"You know its gotten awfully quiet. There's no more cannon shots or anything. Hell we haven't heard anything from the others since they told us to retreat." Jean mused out loud to his fellow new recruits who were all rushing out of the forest to where there horses were. No one really seemed to respond to or notice Jean's observation. His group consisted of Armin, Reiner, Berthold had joined in, along with a few other strays like Sasha and Skylar, along with Mikasa. However much to Jeans dismay no one wanted to talk, all of them seemed to focused on something else and it was definitely not getting to their horses. Only a few moments after Jean had attempted to make conversation did a horrible roar echo throughout the forest. It was a roar that sounded just a little more than familiar, but that didn't mean it was Eren right? This forest was littered with tons of titans! It could have been any of them. All it took was once glance back at Mikasa and Skylar to get his answer. The two of them had nearly the same expression on their faces, extreme worry. Without a moments hesitation both of them quickly broke from the group rushing to where the roar had come from.

"Mikasa!" "Skylar!" Both Armin and Sasha called after them but a quick glare from Jean put any thoughts of chasing after the two to rest.


Neither of them spoke as they zipped through the forest side by side, right now was not the time for words to be exchanged. They could take all about Eren and which one of them was better for him later, they'd talk about it when they actually had him. It took the pair a while to find the object of both their affections but when they did they were greeted with a not to pleasant sight. Erens titan had fallen and it was missing majority of its head, and the female titan? Well the female titan was currently putting the boys human body into her mouth. But the female titan didn't swallow him, instead she just took off with him. Where was she planning on going with Eren? Mikasa was the first to take off right after the titan and Skylar soon followed after her.

Mikasa was enraged to say the least, and she was looking more than a little crazy. While Skylar was worried for Eren, she was more than a little worried for Mikasa. At the rate she was going, she was seriously gonna hurt herself. The asian girl was attacking the female titan with everything she had and Skylar meant everything. If there was a risk Mikasa was taking it. Now Skylar wasn't just standing by on the sidelines, she was doing her own fair share of damage. However Skyar was being cautious making sure every take she made wasn't going to risk her or Mikasa's lives. Despite Skylars protests and warnings Mikasa still took every opportunity to try and kill the female titan even though a lot of those opportunities came with heavy risks. Luckily Levi had showed up though he didn't look to happy, and Levi was someone that Mikasa had no choice but to listen to. The short man grabbed both the girls, stopping them from continuing to fight the female titan. Levi gave them both a glare and Mikasa had returned with equal force.

"He's still alive in there!"

"Well killing her isn't possible. Trust me I've tried, she has an ability to harden her skin. Look I know he's your friend but you need to give up."

"Damnit! Corporal Levi he is alive in there!"

The corporal looked between the two girls, he was mad but it didn't appear to be at them. No if anything it appeared that he was harboring just as much anger towards the female type titan as the girls were. Levi just sighed and then continued speaking,

"If Eren's alive in there than we're going to have to bet everything we've got on that possibility and rescue him before that titan leaves the forest."

"How are we gonna do that uncle?"

"Simple. We're going to cut her up while Mikasa distracts her."

Not another word had to be spoken between the trio as they took off. Their objective was clear, rescue Eren. Mikasa took the lead and was already ahead of the group and ahead of the titan. While the female titans was watching Mikasa both Levi and Skylar had swooped in. The female titan took notice of Levi first and swung at the man who in turn did his signature spiral attack upon the length of her arm. On the other side of the female titan Skylar had done the same but let Levi take care of the titans eyes. While Levi made short work of the titans back, striking all the important muscles, Skylar had gone for the front doing the same. In a matter of seconds the two of them had cut up the female titan pretty badly. The two moved much to quickly for her to harder her skin and even if she could defend from one attack she would be hit by the other. The two had created the perfect opportunity for Mikasa to rescue Eren but instead the asian girl went for the titans neck.

The female titan almost automatically took a swing at Mikasa and would have hit her to if not for a certain small girl smashing her leg into the titans fist. The small girl just grit her teeth and did her best to hold the titans fist off allowing Mikasa to escape first before Skylar made her escape as well. Mikasa had lost concentration and ended up having to latch into a near by tree to stop herself from falling to the ground. Mikasa wasn't sure but she could have sworn that she heard a distinct popping or maybe it was a crackings sound when Skylar took the blow for her? The asian girl didn't pay much heed to it as she watched Levi quickly step in and cut the titans mouth wide open and pull her slimy adoptive brother out.

"Now let's get the hell out of here!"

Mikasa appeared to give a little protest obviously still wanting to slay the wounded female titan. However one quick and very deadly glare from Levi had her following after him. Besides she was more worried about the condition her brother was in to care about the female titan anymore.


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