Annie was fast, just as he remembered.
The secret blonde Titan shifter tried to close the distance between him. He knew exactly what she was trying to do.
That nasty chokehold of hers that he's been on the receiving end of many times in his past life was something he did not want a repeat of again.
After few more dodges, he could see annoyance paint her face.
Eren smirked as he once again sidestepped her charge. Even in his preteen body, he still could adjust fairly for combat.
During his retired days, he still trained and kept his body in top condition. It was one of his ways to combat the guilt that threatened to consume him everyday.
Annie then gave him a cold piercing blue glare and his mind burned him.
Memories of Petra's broken body, bending in a horrific manner against a tree.
Oluo's body slamming against another tree, splattering into chunks of meats and entrails, with limbs flying in various directions from his body.
Eld's arm being chewed and spat out as he bled to death on the ground.
Gunther's neck being sliced and his corpse hanging in suspense from his ODM gear.
Eren took a deep breath to suppress the rage threatening to fill every single one of his veins.
He was a grown man.
Albeit one in his 12 year old body, but a grown man nonetheless.
He learned well enough how rage would consume him if he wasn't careful and would be worse if he bled.
Control was something he had to maintain for the sake of his mission and this was his first step.
When he felt the anger dissipate, he charged at Annie.
The girl's eyes widened at his speed and tried to kick at his lower legs in an attempt to trip him.
Eren jumped and avoided the kick and at the same time flew towards Annie.
He tackled her straight to the ground.
He was on top of her now, his knees on the sides of her small waist.
The brunette immediately noticed a right hook coming towards him, which he blocked with his arm and then locked with his armpit.
Annie's surprise made him smirk again, as he then saw the fear in her eyes.
She tried the same with her left arm.
A mistake.
He did the same thing and now her arms were locked.
He could see the fear growing in her eyes.
Good.
He slammed his head against her and just like that, she was incapacitated.
Jean always used to tell him he had a hard head, along with him being a hot-headed jackass of course. Finally a good time for him to use it.
When Eren stood up, he could see blood dripping down Annie's head and he felt satisfaction.
He raised his hand to notify Shadis of his victory, who gave him a nod of dismissal.
Once he saw Annie's body taken away to the recovery tent, Eren Yeager left the field, keeping his eyes from making contact with anyone else to avoid suspicion.
After a quick shower he made his way to the dining hall.
Considering his fight with Annie only lasted for 2 minutes and he suspected he would be the first one there but to his surprise he saw sunshine golden locks sitting in silence.
Of course she would be there.
Why wouldn't she?
Fate just wanted to torture him by leaving him alone with Krista Lenz or should he say Historia Reiss or even worst, the past self of Historia Yeager.
Krista was paired up with that strange freckled girl she met when she tended to Sasha.
Ymir was her name.
The girl was strange. Krista knew there was something off about Ymir, the look on the brunette's face reminded Krista of the same face she made. When she was trying to hide something. But what?
She then felt a force pull at her, she looked at another brunette who was eyeing down Annie. The person who she for some reason can't pry her eyes from.
Eren Yeager.
She was standing in front of a large sea of water. Beside her there was a man who stared forward towards the horizon. His brown hair flowed freely as the wind whistled along.
Tears were running down his face.
It was like something was banging against her skull, trying to get out.
She clutched her head in pain as whatever she saw in her mind disappeared.
"Hey, don't wanna ruin your one-sided eye-fuck session with that boy over there but when the instructors look away, I'm gonna fake a knockout. Don't bother trying to do anything."
Ymir's voice snapped Krista out of her thoughts.
Her partner then proceeded to punch herself in the face multiple times, causing slight bruises.
Krista's instincts screamed at her to help Ymir but she knew she shouldn't.
Ymir looked around for a few seconds and then fainted.
When an instructor saw Ymir on the ground, he dismissed Krista.
With that, the blonde haired girl headed straight to the dining hall.
When she sat alone at a table, she contemplated why Ymir took the loss on purpose when she could've just beaten the smaller girl up.
She also tried to decipher that strange vision.
Little did she know, there was another person watching her.