Attack On Titan Story:

"Oasis Titan"

Nothing short of a madness was going to ruin such a beautiful moment of bliss, Eren thought, as he swam in pond surround by an oasis of foliage.

After several months of rubbing Titan's noses to the grindstone, with a few casualties, he had deserved r and r. And with him was—no body, which he was why he didn't mind baring it all.

Of course, he wasn't really alone. His team were in a makeshift camp. They had been hunting Titans and Eren had gone on patrol. But he found nothing. Well, nothing but this oasis.

"WHOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOO!"

Eren make a big splash and twisted around. The water felt good on his skin and soaked into his pores where the straps of his harness kept digging into his flesh.

Suddenly something bumped his foot and he was thrust out of the water, launched. He landed and plunged. Submerged beneath a gigantic wave he saw two dark forms residing on either side of him. He quickly swam to the shore and his attacker's true identities were revealed to him as he emerged: strange looking Titans with fish gills and very sharp teeth.

He was lucky one of them didn't bite his foot off. He had never encounter a water-type Titan before. He had never even heard of one. But it stood to reason they existed. The planet, according to ancient records, was 70% water, and creatures would evolved over time.

This meant Titans. But they weren't large like normal Titans, these were different. Still, they did reach a height of over nine feet.

The pair came out of the water. They were humanoid but were light blue with elongated arms, bulky legs and mouths that seem to take up most of their upper torso. Not to mention the teeth that must have had a massive bite radius. They had large eyes on the side of their heads, they almost looked like amphibians.

One Titan jumped and pinned him to shore. It tried to chomp down with its massive mouth and the other was attempting to clamp his legs down, but Eren kept his legs moving so it wouldn't get a hold. And he turned his head, so the first wouldn't bite his head off.

Then came an attack, slicing one of the Titans in half, forcing the other one off Eren.

It was Levi.

"What have I told you about letting your guard down, you fool?" Levi said, holding a bladed weapon, the blood of the Titan had melted a portion of it but not enough to render a replacement needed. "Get up, and move!"

The Titan roared, launching spittle. It hit the ground and sizzled. If it touched human skin, it would melt it.

"I was just..."

"Yeah, I would to," Levi said. "But idiots often die alone."

Levi then took a step forward. Eren held back. His clothes and weapons out of reach. The Titan seemed to be aware that it was outmatched and retreated to the water, a rare intelligence for such a creature.

"Not sure what type of Titan it is," Eren voiced.

"Rare one," Levi said. "But we are getting reports of Aquatic types. You just happened to stumble upon one in this oasis, which you tried to keep to yourself."

"Yeah, well..." Eren said embarrassed.

"If I didn't leave the camp to take a piss, and heard splashing, you'd probably be this Titan and his brethren's best meal in a long time."

"One down, one to go!" Eren said. "We can't let that Titan go. He might tell others where our camp is."

"My thoughts exactly," Levi agreed. "Hey, ugly! You can't leave! You haven't finished your meal. He has plenty of meat on his bones!"

Eren looked at Levi wide-eyed. "What the hell are you doing?" The Titan seemed to rethink his escape and turned back. Eren looked at the Titan. "He wants me, he must be hungry."

"We know a lot about Titans, but this is a rare breed. We need information. We need to know it's capabilities."

"And I'm the bait? You know, you really are a crazy son-of-a-bitch like everyone says you are!"

"And your point? I'm alive. It works. Now make it chase you. I won't let it kill you."

"Well, thanks..."

The Aquatic Titan towered over Eren, acid saliva dripping from its fangs. He side-stepped every drip so it wouldn't melt his feet. He backed off. "You don't want to eat me, I only have 3% body fat. Most of it is hard muscle, bad for your diet."

"You're a riot," Levi said dryly, a reasonable distance from the Titan, so not to make it nervous, driving its instinct to kill to override its own preservation. "It doesn't care. It seems you as food, nothing more. It's a mindless beast."

The Titan roared, seemingly aware of Levi's presence, and remained close enough to the water to make a quick escape, if need be.

It then halted. Eren wondered why.

Suddenly, it picked up a large stone and tossed it at Levi. Levi leapt out of the way. But that gave it the chance it needed to reach out for Eren. A talon slice Eren's left arm just as he dropped. Blood seeped from the wound. But it was only a flesh wound, nothing more. And Eren bolted towards Levi.

Levi charged, but with a swipe of its hand, despite its minimal shape, managed to strike a hard blow, and Levi want flying hard against a tree. His weapon dropped.

"Oh, crap," Eren said, as it looked at Levi. The Titan then turned to him. It began an approach, stomping its feet with every step. Eren was defenceless. Not a weapon in site that could kill it.

If only Levi let the Titan leave...

The Titan roared at Eren.

"Hey, ugly! Yeah, you!"

The Titan turned back to Levi, just as he was getting to his feet. "Care to dance with a devil?" he said. "Why go for an appetizer when you can devour a fine course meal? You may be able to see what he can offer, but I have what you need. And much, much bigger! So, come at me!"

Eren looked down at himself. "Was that a dick joke?"

Levi extended his arms, weaponless, a wicked smile on his face. A rarity in its own rite. Levi never smiled.

"Levi, what the hell?" Eren shouted.

Levi cocked his head. To Eren's left on the ground was a bladed weapon. Levi must have left it there in case of a possible Pincer's Movement. This clearly was. Eren's own weapons were still out of reach.

Eren quickly charged with the weapon and with swift fortitude sliced the Titan's legs from underneath him cleanly and with little blood splatter. The Titan roared and his torso dropped backwards. But its teeth still bit down, trying to eat Eren. It got nothing but air.

Levi then came over and finished the job. He sliced through the upper torso and its jaw, cutting it in half. Blood oozed out of the body, Levi's blade melted and he dropped it.

"And that's that," Levi said coolly.

"That's that, huh?" Eren replied perturbed. "I could've been killed, and you act like it was no big deal."

"That's right…" Levi eyed him, then delivered a right cross. Eren fell back and grabbed his face. Levi flicked his hand. "You have a tough skull and a stubborn brain."

"Ow, that hurt. I could've take'n him, easily. I only had to change into my Titan form."

"And then what? You wouldn't brought Titans for miles to our location and jeopardized the entire team. Your idiocy and childish foolishness could've cost us all. Now get dressed."

Eren grabbed his clothes and proceeded to dress, as Levi stood guard watching the pond in case there was any more of those creatures. None other showed their faces.

"You know, you're alright—for an asshole," Eren said, with a short snort. "Thanks for saving my life. That's—how many I owe you now?" He could joke with Levi every once in a while, despite the guy being of higher military rank and short. He felt this was one of those times.

They had been through a lot together.

Minutes later, dressed, and geared-up, Eren turned to Levi again...only to be struck again with a second right cross. Eren staggered back, feeling his face. "Jez'is, what the hell was that for?"

"I'm an asshole, get used to it," Levi said. "Now get back to camp. And our excuse is, when the others ask where we've both been for all this time: we went exploring, after I found you, and got lost. And you smacked your face into a branch when you failed to look where you going."

"Sure, right," Eren said. "I'm sure they'll believe that with our history."

Levi produced a thin smirk.

And they returned to camp.

END.