Part 8: Titan Training
The next morning Armin and Annie were on their way to the hotspring that was outside at the back of the mansion. The two of them were wearing white bath rhobes and Armin was carrying a small book as they walked to the water.
When they reached it Annie was the first one to remove her rhobe and before she went into the water she looked back to see Armin avoiding eye contact with a blush on his face. She smiled at her boyfriends embarrassment as she walked over taking his hand, "Can't believe your like this even after we've already bathed together" she said.
"Yeah sorry about that, I'm guesss I'm just not use to this yet" said Armin.
"Hey it's okay, to be honest this is still new to me too" said Annie as she helped herself to removing Armins rhobe. But then she found herself blushing aswell, "But I'm starting to like where this is going" she said as she lead him into the water.
"Well I'm glad your feeling this way" said Armin as they sat together in the water.
"Gotta say I'm glad this place came with this, now I see why Casca and Farnese looked so relaxed afterwards" said Annie smiling when she looked to see Armin looking in his journal, "How long have you been writing in that thing" she asked?
"Oh I actually been writing in it since the night Star told us everything, at the time I just wanted to record what he said, but as time went on I found myself writing more and more" said Armin.
"Did you write about me" asked Annie with a calm look on her face?
"Uh yeah" said Armin blushing a little.
"You know I may have apologized for what happened to Marco, but I didn't apologize for everything else" said Annie pulling her knees close.
"You don't have to apologize" siad Armin about to reach out to her until she screamed, "BUT I KILLED SO MANY INNOCENT PEOPLE".
Annie's eyes then opened wide in shock as she remembered the day in stohess, "And I almost got you killed" she said suddenly breaking down crying as she hugged him.
Armins look turned to sirious as he placed his journal on the rocks and hugged his girlfriend who still held some regret for what she did before Star convinced her to join their side. Armin looked a little angry, not at her but at the people who taught her from when she was back in Marley, "How could you even love me" she said.
Armins look turned to surprise before he grabbed Annie's shoudlers and stared into her eyes looking sirious, "Because it wasn't your fault, you were just following the wrong orders, you did what you had to do with the circumstances you were given" he said looking annoyed before he looked calm, "As for that last part, Ive always cared about you even before we got together, you're a good person Annie, that's why I love you" he said, then realising what he said he blushed.
Annie just smiled as the tears started to slow down, "Thank you Armin" she said before kissing him on the lips while getting closer to him. Armin didn't blush at how close she was as he felt her body against his, he just wrapped his arms around her and kissed back knowing this would help her feel better. Then the two of them just relaxed where Annie rested her head on his shoulder. She even smiled as the two of them looked at the journal.
The two of them went back to the house and went they entered the back door they saw Star and Hermione sitting at the kitchen table having breakfast, "Morning you two, did you have a good time" asked Hermione smiling which made the two of them blush?
"It was fine, hey Star do we got training to do today or what" asked Annie looking at Star that just ate a spoon full of cereal.
"No today's a break after yesterday, but feel free to train on your own if you want" said Star calmly as Armin and Annie nodded in understanding as they left the kitchen.
"It's nice to see those two together" said Hermione before looking at the table, "Do you ever think about what they would think if they found out what would have happened if you didn't show up" she asked?
"Honestly I don't think it matters" said Star as he got up from his chair picking up his bowl, his wife held out her own bowl meaning she was finished. He went over to the sink to wash out the bowls, "It was lucky that I knew what time I arrived at when I entrered the first three worlds, if I didn't I would wonder just what could have happenned and who died before I got there" he said with a worried look on his face.
"We can't save everyone, you know that yourself from during your first year of protecting your own world" said Hermione looking worried as well.
Star looked annoyed as an image of a someone standing over a dead woman with a bullet wound in her head went through his head, "That's why I'm gonna do everything in my power to save everyone I can" said Star as he finished drying the last bowl.
Hermione then took the dried bowls, "Just make sure to remember your not doing this alone anymore" she said giving him a kiss on the cheek before putting the bowls away.
Annie and Armin were about to enter their room. When Eren and Mikasa exited the large bathroom, "Hey what are you doing out this early" asked Eren?
"Just enjoy the extras to this place, what are you doing in there when you have a perfectly good bathroom in your own room" asked Annie?
"We just wanted to see the difference, it was actually nice" said Mikasa calmly while Eren blushed.
"We ran into Star on our way back up here, he saids theres no training today, but we can train on our own if we want" said Armin.
"Oh that's great, he told me he was going to busy today with something today, so I could use some help with learning how to get better with fighting in my Titan form" said Eren.
"And you want my help with it, that okay with you Armin" asked Annie?
"No it's alright, in fact afterwards we can point out to both of you when there's moments where your napes are exposed" said Armin putting a finger under his chin.
While the four of them were discussing this Kio, Manami, Aoi and Eris were on their way to the living room. When they got there Star was sitting in a single chair while Hermione sat on its right arm rest, "Moening you four, I hope your not feeling nervous" said Hermione smiling.
"No were alright, actually we should be thanking you for sitting in on this aswell" said Aoi siting down on the couch at Kios left side while Manami and Eris sat at his right side.
"Yeah if anything it should help us feel less nervous" said Manami smiling.
"Well now that your all her were going to get started, first thing I want to ask is how each of you fell for Kio" said Star making the 2 girls and Kio blush while Eris smiled.
"Oh it was so fun, he was really kind to me when I arrived on this planet, it wasn't that long before I actually fell for him" said Eris.
"Thanks for taking the initiative Eris" said Star smiling.
"Wait you fell for me because I was kind to you" said Kio.
"Oh no it wasn't just that, If anything it was after you risked your life to save me, someone you hadn't known for long but you came to save me anyway, that's why I was sad when I thought I would have to leave, I would really miss you without having to learn more about you" said Eris hugging Kio into her chest.
"Is it okay to really answer this question" said Aoi.
"It's okay if you don't want to answer now Aoi" said Hermione, "If anything telling Kio this will make you even feel more closer to each other since you'll have a complete understanding of each other".
"Well then if its okay if I go next" said Aoi when Eren, Mikasa, Armin and Annie stood at the entrance to the living room.
"Hey sorry for interrupting but were going to go train on the beach in our Titan forms" said Eren.
"Fine, just make sure not to stretch your fight to close to to the mansion" said Star calmly.
"I got that taken care of, I'll fly up to let them know of theyre to close" said Mikasa pointing at her odm gear before the four of them left through the front door. A few moments later there was a bright light followed by two titans roaring. Kio, Manami, Aoi and Eris looked out the window surpsied while Star and Hermione looked calm.
"Should we be worried" aksed Manami looking at the two people who stayed calm while the bright light shined?
"Yeah it should be, now Aoi it's okay you don't have to volunteer for this, you can wait a few moments if you don't want to say anything yet" said Star.
"No it's alright, I think this will actually help, most of my life I've always been fighting, it was so nice when I met Kio where I found out we shared the same interest in movies, which was the only normal thing in my life" said Aoi smiling.
"Yeah and you used to only call him by his second name" teased Manami.
"Well it's not that difficult to get used to after kissing him and stripping half naked in front of him" said Aoi laughing a little.
"Yeah I guess your right" said Manami smiling aswell.
"I guess my reason for falling for him is similar to Eris, but after finally telling him how I feel I've been the most happiest I've been in a long time since before I even met him" said Aoi as she held Kios hand and he smiled at her.
"Uh my story's not going to be as good as theirs" said Manami looking annoyed before sighing, "Well I've known him since we were kids, but when we got older my feelings for him began to change, I actually felt relieved when I finally kissed him because I thought I had missed my chance to be with him" she said smiling.
"That's a good story Manami, now Kio you can tell us how you feel" said Star and everyone in the room was now looking at Kio.
"Well to be honest I was actually surprised that they wanted to be with me" said Kio making the three girls look confused, "But after we got together, when I saw how happy they were I wanted to keep them smiling and I'm happy that I'm able to love all three of them" he said smiling which made all three girls smile.
Eris then gave him a kiss, Manami and Aoi nodded at each other before they both gave Kio a kiss aswell, "You shouldn't be surpsied that we decided be with you, it's because your you that we wanted to be with you in the first place" said Manami smiling.
"Thanks" said Kio when there was massive shake on the ground.
Star sighed before getting up from his chair, "I thought I told them to be careful, I better take care of this" he said before giving Hermione a quick kiss, "That's it for today, if I might make a suggestion try do some more stuff together" he said looking at Kio, Manami, Aoi and Eris who nodded at him while smiling.
When he walked out the front door, a bright blue light shined form the living room window and then there was two large shakes on the ground, "I thought I told you both to be careful" said Star in his Titan voice from outside.
"Well I'm going to get my camera to get some footage of the surrounding area" said Kio as he left the living room to go upstairs.
"Hey can we as you a question" said Manami looking at Hermione.
"Yeah sure, what do you want to know" she asked?
"Well eventually one of us is going to want to, you know, do it with him" asked Manami blushing.
"Oh" said Hermione looking surprised, "I really don't know how to answer that, that's really up to you three to decide, for the moment just get used to sleeping next to each other" she said getting off her chair rest she was sitting on before leaving the room.
"She's right you know, we just have to get better at sleeping next to each other first and then we can move onto the next thing" said Eris smiling.
"Yeah she does have a point" said Aoi.
At the mansions private beach the attack Titan and female titans body was on the sand vanishing in steam. Eren was standing next to Mikasa while Annie stood next to Armin. They watched as the trees that were damaged from them sparring were repaired with a green light surrounding them as Star pointed his hands at the trees. After they were fixed he turned around to face the four of them with the bright blue light still covering his body.
"We're sorry" said Eren.
"It's all on me, I tossed him into the trees" said Annie.
"It's alright, the important thing is you didn't throw him onto the mansion, I should have been out here watching you anyway and that's the way it's gonna be from now on" said Star calmly.
"Star if I may, Armin and eye would still like to watch out for them when their training in Titan form" said Mikasa.
"No need to ask Mikasa, in fact whenever their in Titan form I want you to be the ones to keep an eye out on their napes" said Star, "Armin should be fine at a distance, but Mikasa should stick close to Eren since he hasn't learned how to harden that area yet" he said.
"Is it really that difficult" asked Eren looking at Annie?
"It takes a lot of focus and I only used it as a last resort if I need it" said Annie.
Star went back to the mansion first, then Armin and Annie. Eren and Mikasa were walking a bit away from them, "Well we still got a few hours to kill, so what should we do now" he asked?
"I want to go check out the pool, I think it will be important to know how to swim" said Mikasa calmly.
"Yeah sure that sounds fun" said Eren.
After getting into their beach wear, where Mikasa was wearing a red bikini that made Eren blush, the two of them went to the pool where Serpico was already in the water. Hanji was also in the water and Farnese was siting on one of the pool chairs.
"Hey you two come outside for a swim" asked Hanji who was in the pool?
"Were you causing all that shaking earlier" asked Serpico?
"Yeah sorry about that" said Eren rubbing the back of his head.
"I heard Stars Titan form earlier, what happenned" asked Farnese?
"He came to stop a sparring match after Annie threw Eren into the trees" said Mikasa.
"What did he say after it" said Hanji getting out of the pool and grabbing her towel from a pool chair.
"He's just going to watch us from now on" said Eren as he then got into the pool and started swimming. Mikasa got in the pool after him and the two of them swam together for a while before Mikasa got out. She then sat down on the chair next to Farnese. She brushed back part of her hair revealing the scar under right eye.
"How did you get it" aksed Farnese noticing the scar?
"I got it from a battle" said Mikasa siriously, meaning she didn't want to talk about it further.
"Oh okay" said Farnese as she put her left hand on the right side of her back where there were multiple scars.
"What happened to you" aksed Mikasa?
"These are from a part of my life I wish to forget" said Farnese siriously.
"It was during one of the battles during time Eren was still getting use to his Titan form, he lost control and punched the building I was on, a piece of the roof hit me" said Mikasa looking forward.
"Does he know" asked Farnese?
"He was in shock when he found out, so there's no reason for me to blame him" said Mikasa calmly as she watched her boyfriend swim in the water.
"I wasn't in my right mind when I got these scars, I would punish myself" said Farnese now looking at her own boyfriend in the pool, "But I'm glad he was there with me throughout everything" she said smiling.
The two of them began then began to talk like they were friends until Levi opened the glass door, "Hey everyone dinners going to be ready to soon" said Levi.
"Oh good, what's Star cooking for tonight" said Hanji as she stood up from the hot tub.
"Actually Guts is the one cooking tonight" said Levi calmly as he quickly turned around and walked back inside. Hanji, Eren and Mikasa looked confused that Guts was the one cooking tonight while Serpico and Farnese looked surprised.
After getting into some dry clothes they all went to the kitchen where everyone was already siting at the table. Accept for Guts who was being supervised by Casca who learned from Hermione how to use an oven. The food was served, which was meat, "Hmm this is good" said Sasha smiling,
"My compliments to the shefs" said Star smiling as well as he took a drink from his soda can.
"Well thank your wife for teaching me how to use an oven" said Casca nodding at Hermione in thanks.
"Well at least this meat you didn't have to hunt for" said Isidoro as he took another bite from his plate.
"Yeah makes it easier since it's already dead and ready to cook" said Guts.
"It also seems that this worlds technology improves your cooking aswell" said Serpico as he took a bite.
"How did you cook food back in your world" aksed Aoi?
"Most of the time over a fire" said Puck who was given a small fork like Ivalera, "But it was still good" he said before going for another bite.
"Well changing the subject, we have another training session tommororw, but this will be a special training session, so be ready for anything" said Star looking sirious.
"What does it involve" asked Levi?
"It's a surprise" said Star before he went back to eating his dinner.
"Kio, Manami, Aoi, Eris your both welcome to participate if you want" said Hermione.
"Yeah sure that would be great" said Kio.
"Count us in" said Manami looking determined.
The people on clean up were Star, Isidoro, Kio, Manami, Shiricke and Ivalera, "You know you didn't have to volunteer for this" said Kio looking at Star.
"Yeah you were the one who's cooked for us for the last few nights" said Manami.
"It's because I didn't cook tonight that I'm helping with the clean up, besides" he said before smiling, "It would have been my turn eventually" he said and they all laughed.
"Well I'm sure with you here will finish faster" said Ivalera aa she lifted up a plate Shiricke had finished washing.
Later on Star looked up at the ceiling of his and Hermiones room as she rested her head on his chest, "You okay, are you worried about tommorrow" she asked sitting up and looking at him?
"No I'm fine, this needs to be done" said Star smiling at her, she gave him a kiss before going back to her original position.
"You should get some sleep, you'll need the energy" she said closing her eyes as she fell asleep.
Star smiled at her before closing his eyes to get the sleep he would need before the training session tommorrow starts.
