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Year 847, Wall Rose, 104th Training Corps
"We now begin the enlistment ceremony for the 104th Training Corps!" a voice said, before a tall bald middle-aged man dressed in a military uniform stepped out in the open for everyone to see. "I am Keith Shadis, and I had the misfortune to be assigned to train you little shits! And I'm not here to welcome you at all! Right now, you're mere cattle! Fit for being nothing titan food! No, it's suitable to say less than cattle…"
Everyone else was listening closely to him despite his shouting. Amongst the people there were Armin, Mikasa and Eren, having changed physically after two years. Armin didn't change much in appearance, but he grew a few inches taller. Mikasa became more mature-looking and for once, wasn't wearing the scarf that Eren gave her. She came to realize it wasn't something she should be obsessed over and decided to wear it only on occassion which showed signs of her becoming more mature, but the shy and easily-embarrassed girl whom Eren and Armin met two years ago could still be seen in her eyes.
But the one who underwent the most changes in his features was the one and only son of Vergil, courtesy of his training prior to this.
"In three years, we will take you worthless pieces of crap in and train you! Give you the means to fight against the titans. In three years, when you stand before a titan… will you still be food? Or will you be a noble wall, shielding the King? Or perhaps, one of humanity's glorious soldiers that slays titans? You will decide!"
The white-haired boy, who had grown his hair longer with his bangs combed to the left side of his face, only smirked as he listened to Keith. He couldn't wait to prove himself and be able to join the Survey Corps, while also eager to improve himself even more while training here. He then looked at his bandaged right arm as well, remembering his vow to use his power to protect those he cared about and to save others.
"Yeah… don't you worry, old man…" he answered the instructor in his mind. "I'll slay those titans with ease… and with them are the demons on our doorstep. So let's have some fun." his smirk grew wider without anyone noticing.
Things were about to get more interesting from now on.
The new batch of military cadets were lined up at the courtyard wearing their uniforms standing in formation. Their military instructor Keith Shadis was walking around their lines and inspecting them, while asking questions to some particular people.
He stopped when he caught sight of Armin. "You there! What is your name?!" he asked, shouting.
Armin saluted him and began to speak with nervousness evident in his tone. "Armin Arlert from Shiganshina, sir!"
"That so? A name fit for a coward! Your parents named you that?"
"My grandfather, sir!"
"Arlert, why are you here?" he asked, leaning down near the boy's face to get a better view.
"To contribute to humanity's victory, sir!" Armin shouted back, closing his eyes.
"How admirable, you little scum. You'd make a perfect first-rate food for the titans. Row 3, about face!" He shouted, grabbing Armin by the top of his head and spinning him around before moving on.
He then stopped in front of a tall boy with short blonde and yellowish golden eyes. "And who the hell are you!" he asked, getting in the guy's face.
"THOMAS WAGNER, from Trost sir!" He answered back.
"I can't hear you!" Keith shouted back.
"Thomas Wag—" he tried yelling back in a louder voice, but got cut off anyway.
"I told you I can't hear you! Go practice making your voice louder in the barracks!" He yelled at the boy named Thomas before moving to a girl with low-hanging pigtails.
"Next! What is your name, puny girl!"
The girl saluted and put on a straight face, despite her nervousness. "I'm MINA CAROLINA from Trost, sir!"
"Wrong! You're from a pig shed, inferior even to swine!" Shadis yelled again, getting in the girl's face like he did for the others.
"Yes! I'm inferior to swine, sir!" she answered back while closing her eyes.
"Wrong again! I tell you what you are and what you aren't!"
"Yes, sir!" Shadis then left her after that, searching for another cadet whom he would ask the same questions.
"Next one!"
Whilst this was happening, another pair of instructors were walking around the cadets in a circle, observing them silently compared to Shadis' up close and personal way.
"There he goes again… when you were a trainee, you went through the same." The first man spoke. He was an older male with silver and wore a pair of glasses. Like Keith, he was wearing a military uniform that showed he was an instructor as well.
"It does bring back memories, that's for sure." The younger blonde man said. "What's the point in screaming and humiliating them, by the way? He's just tiring his own voice speaking like that until this ends."
"It's a rite of passage," the older one explained. "We forcibly tell them to discard who they are, leaving only blank slates which we raise as true soldiers. It's a necessary process for everyone who joins the military."
As they were walking, the younger man noticed something. Shadis was skipping over some cadets and didn't bother asking them. "Huh? It seems not all of them are undergoing that process, then." he said, confused.
"There's no need to do the same for those who have already underwent the rite of passage. If I had to guess, they probably walked through Hell itself during what happened two years ago. It's written all over their faces." He continued, before they eventually started walking away. "Well, let's go."
"Who the hell are you?!" Shadis continued to ask, now turning to a young man with short brown hair and an abnormally long face.
"I'm JEAN KIRSTEIN, from Trost, sir!" he answered.
"What are you here for?!"
Jean was surprised for a few moments, before answering. "To join the Military Police, and reside in the Inner District, sir." His answer rang through Eren's ears, who was standing in the same line as him and gaining the white-haired boy's attention in the process.
"I see. So you wanna live in the Inner District?" Shadis asked in an amused tone.
"Yes, sir." Jean answered again before he ended up receiving a headbutt from the instructor and making him fall to his knees. This caused Eren to snicker to himself, just as Shadis continued to speak.
"Who gave you permission to sit?! If you can't even handle that, you'll never make it to the Military Police Brigade!" Eren glanced at Jean once again, and he made a mental note to keep a close eye on the guy.
"And who the hell are you?! What did you come here for?!" Shadis immediately moved to another one with black hair and freckles on his cheeks.
"I'm MARCO BOTT from Jinae, in Wall Rose's Southern District, sir!" the boy said with a smile. "I came to join the Military Police and pledge myself to the King!"
"Is that so? Good man. A noble objective. But remember…" Shadis said while nodding, before leaning closer to Marco's ear, and causing the boy to frown and glance to the side. "The King doesn't give a damn about your life." he said grimly, and Marco gulped afterwards.
Shadis moved to the next line and stopped when he came across a short bald boy with yellowish eyes. "Next, you there! Who the hell are you!"
"I'm CONNIE SPRINGER from Ragako, in Wall Rose's Southern District, sir!" he said, while unknowingly saluting with his left arm.
"Listen up, Connie Springer!" The instructor said, grabbing the boy on both sides of his head and lifting him off the ground. "This was one of the first things you were taught… that salute means you're offering your heart to the King! Is your heart on the right side, you shithead?!" he berated Connie until he saw one female cadet doing the most shocking thing of all right in front of their instructor.
Shadis dropped Connie to the ground and turned to the girl cadet with brown hair done up in a ponytail who was currently eating a potato. Everyone looked at her with wide eyes. "Hey. What do you think you're doing?" he asked, before walking up to the her. The girl didn't answer yet she looked nervous, looking to both sides innocently as she continued to eat.
"You! I'm talking to you! Who the fuck are you?!" the instructor shouted, getting into the girl's face.
The girl finally stopped eating and gulped deeply before saluting. "I'm SASHA BRAUS from Dauper, in Wall Rose's Southern District, sir!" she introduced herself.
"Sasha Braus… what's that you're holding in your right hand?" Shadis asked, looking down at the object she was holding.
"A steamed potato, sir! I came across it in the kitchen, so I picked it up!" the girl answered.
"You mean you stole it? Why? Why are you eating a potato right now?" he asked in a serious tone.
"I wanted to eat it while it was still warm, it doesn't taste good when it's cold. So I figured, it was now or never, sir."
"No… I don't get it. Why are you eating a potato?"
Sasha frowned in confusion. "Ehrm… are you asking people eat potatoes in general, sir?" Everyone stared at her as if she had gone crazy. After a few seconds of silence, Eren could only sigh and close his eyes, already feeling bad for her by now.
Then Sasha looked like she figured out what the instructor wanted and tore off a small piece of her potato, before holding it up for the older man. "Please take half for yourself, sir." She looked annoyed as she looked up and handed it over.
Keith took the piece and looked at her in confusion. "Half?" he asked, having no words for the girl.
Sasha only gave him a goofy smile in response.
Five hours later, Sasha could be seen running laps back and forth around the clearing. The sun was going down, and nightfall was about to come. Eren, Connie, Marco, Mina and Armin watched the girl from outside the mess hall where the other cadets were gathered.
"Hey, that potato girl's still running." Connie said in amazement.
"Five hours is no easy feat for a regular human… I like her." Eren said bluntly with a proud smile, remembering himself and what he went through when he was training under Dante.
"Seriously, Eren? I thought you had your attention on Mikasa, already?" Armin asked in confusion, misinterpreting what his friend said. Eren ignored him.
"Still, her reaction when the instructor told her to run until she dropped is nothing compared to when he told her that she's not getting any food." Marco pointed out, feeling bad for the girl.
"Dauver is a small group of hunters living in a small village in the mountains, right?" Mina asked, and Connie nodded to answer her.
"Oi, what's that?" Eren asked as he noticed a cart that was leaving the campsite.
"Some of us earlier chose to drop out and asked if they could go to the reclaimed wasteland." Mina answered him, feeling bad for those teenagers like her who were riding inside.
"But… it's only the first day of training." Armin said, both confused and surprised.
"Well, what choice do they have? If they feel they're not cut out for this, why should they even bother continuing? All they would be doing is prepare for an early death if that was the case." Eren said, crossing his arms in front of his chest.
Marco then turned to him. "Say, the instructor didn't ask where you're from." he said, and Eren turned to him before driving his fist into the top of Armin's head, causing the blonde boy to let out a small cry of pain.
"I'm Eren Yeager and like him, I'm from Shiganshina." he said with a smile, hiding a smirk as Armin glared at him. What, it was payback for teasing him about liking Mikasa and now Sasha.
While Mina giggled at seeing the two friends interact, Connie looked at Eren in shock. "Then… Then you were on that day. You've seen… You've seen the Colossal Titan, then."
"Hey!" Marco said, about to reprimand Connie for asking such personal questions.
Eren let go of Armin and simply nodded, while also having flashbacks of the day when titans had breached through the wall. Now that he thought about it, he hasn't thought of that memory in a long time and he remembered it just now. This look didn't go past Connie and he rubbed the back of his head, looking ashamed for his mistake.
"Sorry for asking," he said.
That made the white-haired boy turn towards Connie. "No, it's fine." Eren assured him, shaking his head. "It's just been a long time since I thought of it, I may have moved on from it. Besides, everyone I care about managed to escape Shiganshina that day, so I don't have any bad memories about that place."
"Seriously? You're not angry at all that those titans took your home away from you?" Marco asked in shock.
Eren suddenly narrowed his eyes. "If you ask me, I'm a quite glad it happened." Everyone, even Armin looked at him with wide eyes. "Humanity needs a wake-up call, and know that these walls can't protect us forever. Don't get me wrong, I'm not happy that those titans took over my home in the slightest bit… I'm just satisfied that people are taking more measures to protect themselves in case they come again. We either fight back with everything we've got, or die while being caged like animals."
His fellow cadets there stared at him for a few seconds, even Armin. He never knew Eren felt this way, despite being friends with him before everything else happened. Mina and Connie looked at him as if he was crazy, while Marco only gulped before he finally spoke.
"That's… That's quite the honest answer you have, Eren Yeager… I see your point but at the same time, I feel that you have no sympathy for those who lost their lives during that day." Marco said while raising a brow.
"Don't think too much of it. It's just me being a dick." Eren waved him off and turned back to watching Sasha continue to run across the field.
Marco continued to look at him with suspicion, while Connie and Armin were still in surprise over what Eren said. Everything was silent between all of them before Mina noticed something different about him and decided to voice it out.
"Oh Eren, can I ask why your hair is white?" Her question seemed to have gotten the attention of said boy as he looked at Mina. "I… I just think it's a bit weird that out of everyone here in camp, you're the only one with white hair, that's all." Connie and Marco understood her question and waited for an answer from Eren. Even Armin understood and noticed he was equally curious, which was weird since he never asked about it ever since they were children.
Eren looked at her for a few moments and the silence continued, until they heard the sound of someone falling to the ground.
Looking into the clearing, Sasha finally collapsed in exhaustion and fell to the ground. Eren immediately reacted and began walking towards her with a calm expression, but not before taking one last look at the four people he was just with. "Well, looks like potato girl's finally out of it. I'm gonna go carry her to the infirmary, so… you guys go on ahead, I'll meet you inside the mess hall for dinner later."
As they watched Eren lift up Sasha bridal style and head to the infirmary, Mina crossed her arms and pouted. "Somehow I feel that he avoided answering my question on purpose," she said with a small frown.
Connie shrugged. "Same. I'll just ask him the same thing during dinner later, then." he put his hands behind his head and went inside the mess hall.
"He's gonna attract a LOT of attention while we're having dinner, if that's the case." Marco said, following Connie as he too went inside the hall.
"I agree." Armin followed shortly after them and Mina did the same thing as well.
Later that night, a small crowd of cadets were all around Eren, Armin and Mikasa's table asking questions about the breach in Shiganshina as well as what titans were like along with the Armored and Colossal titan.
His answer to those questions caught the attention of three other cadets occupying a table on their own. The first was a tall man with short blonde hair and a broad physique. The second was an even taller, yet lankier man with short black hair. The last was a girl with blonde hair held in a short ponytail and bangs hiding her right eye.
Mina even asked him the same question from earlier, and he simply answered that he was born with his white hair and he never bothered with the fact that his hair color was significantly different from all of them. Of course, he couldn't tell them that he was the son of a half-demon, right? Luckily, they seemed to be all fine with that lie he made up. What made him nervous was that Connie asked what happened to his arm that made him cover it in bandages, but he solved that rather quickly by saying he had many burns on his right arm and he didn't want to show them to anyone.
While Eren struggled to answer their questions, he noticed that Armin and Mikasa were starting to get uncomfortable from the number of cadets who were inching closer and closer to them just to ask questions, especially the raven-haired girl. Mikasa had trouble being around crowds like this, since she was a bit of an introvert.
"I just took in the fact that we are nothing but prey to the titans. The ODM gear that soldiers use doesn't give us any sort of advantage, but it does give us the opportunity to fight back. That's why I intend to join the Scout Regiment and help kill titans for the sake of humanity." Eren finished in a serious tone.
"Ha! Big talk from someone like you! If you want to go kill yourself while fighting the titans, go ahead. I'm joining the Military Police unlike you suicidal blockhead." Someone said in a loud brash tone, and Eren recognized that person as Jean, who looked at him smugly from his table.
"The only way I can die is if I'm too stupid to forget something while I'm on a battlefield, at least that way it shows I'm smarter than someone who looks like a horse. Oh wait, nearly everyone can be smarter than a horse." Eren said, crossing his arms while smirking. Training under Dante's wing helped the teen become less of a hothead and even fire back insults of his own instead of opting for a fight.
That got some of their fellow cadets to laugh, while Jean was quickly ticked off. He rose from his table and narrowed his eyes at Eren. Marco tried to calm him down, to no avail. "You got a problem with me, then you better say it to my face, you bastard." he seethed through gritted teeth.
"Hey you started it, horseface. I'm here minding my own business, then you had to make that comment about me endangering myself if I joined the scouts. Why did you do that anyway?" Eren asked, and Jean was silent since he couldn't find an answer to that. The white-haired teen then slammed his fist into his palm as he figured it out. "Are you worried about me that much so you made that comment up? Could you be developing an interest towards me, Jean? I'm sorry, but I sure as hell don't swing that way."
Jean was speechless as a blush erupted on his face, while everyone else began laughing at Eren's remark. Even Marco laughed at his friend's embarrassment but once Jean saw the smirk that lingered on Eren's face, he shook off his embarrassment and stormed over to the idiot's table.
"That's it, you bastard! I'm gonna shut your mouth up right now!" Jean shouted as he approached the table, just as the instructor opened the door and made his presence known.
"You little shits need to get to bed and be ready for tomorrow's training, or there will be hell to pay if you fail." He announced, before noticing the crowd of cadets around Eren's table. "I don't know what happened here and I sure don't plan on knowing, but finish what you're doing and get to bed!" He then left the mess hall, leaving the cadets to themselves again.
Jean turned back to Eren and scoffed, before heading back to his table to heed Shadis' words. Upon hearing what the instructor said, everyone else began fixing themselves up before arranging all the bowls and utensils they had used while eating.
Outside the mess hall, Eren was about to head out when a hand on his shoulder stopped him. Turning around, he saw Jean with a serious look on his face. Eren wanted to roll his eyes since he didn't really want a fight on the first day of training but whatever, it might be worth listening to what Jean wanted to say.
"I thought about what happened earlier and I realized, it was my fault for not keeping my mouth in its proper place. So…" he held out his hand for Eren to shake. "Let's forget about it. I don't really want to mess anything up since it's only the first day of training."
Eren looked at his hand for a few seconds before a smirk formed on his face. "You sure you're not attracted to me one bit, Jean?" he asked that caused a tick mark to form on Jean's face.
"Are you gonna accept the damn handshake or not?" Jean tried not to sound pissed, while Eren laughed at his reaction before finally accepting as they shook hands.
"Then I apologize for my earlier words then…" Eren responded, the smirk on his face still visible. "You were being an asshole so I did the same, that's all." Jean didn't know whether to be angry at that statement or not, but before he could say anything else, Eren broke it off and walked away. "See you tomorrow."
"Tch," Jean muttered to himself before someone just walked past him. It was the girl at Eren's table from earlier. His eyes widened at how beautiful she was, especially those dark black locks that added to how she looked. A blush appeared on his face as he called out to her. "Um… miss?"
Mikasa turned to look at him.
"Y-Your hair… it looks beautiful." he said with a smile, while also rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment.
Mikasa lowered her head to hide her face. "I see… thank you." She made a small bow and walked off rather quickly, with Jean keeping his eye on her. She was definitely a beautiful girl, maybe if he could approach her again tomorrow and— wait, hold on… why did that girl just ran towards Eren?
Eren noticed Mikasa trying to catch up to him, so he slowed down to let her walk with him side by side. "Where's Armin? Wasn't he supposed to go back with you?" he asked.
"He volunteered to help arrange the chairs in the mess hall and told me to head back on my own." Mikasa answered.
"Okay, it's gonna take a while for him to get back then." Eren nodded his head, before he noticed something about Mikasa. "By the way, I think you should shorten your hair. It will surely get in the way when we start training with the ODM gears. Wouldn't want you getting an accident now, would you?" He asked with a small smile.
Mikasa looked to the side before grabbing a part of her shirt to try and hide her blush. "O-Okay… I'll… I'll get it shortened in the morning then…" she muttered.
Eren chuckled at her embarrassment. Seeing her like this reminded him of the first time they came across one another before he suddenly remembered something important. "Mikasa, do you think you can head back to your bunk by yourself? I need to do something important before I head back too." He asked her.
Mikasa looked back at him and nodded slowly. "It's okay." For some reason, she sounded a bit sad that Eren can't walk back with her tonight.
"Great. Thanks for understanding, Mikasa!" he grinned, before running off into the direction of the infirmary as the raven-haired girl continued on her way to her bunk alone.
Back at the mess hall, Jean could only hang his head low as she watched Eren interact with the girl he just met earlier. He didn't say anything, but his hand moved to wipe it against Connie's shirt, who was standing nearby.
"Oi! What the hell did you just wipe off on my clothes?!" Connie scowled at Jean, just as the taller man spoke in a very low tone that almost nobody can hear him.
"My trust in other people."
Eren stepped out of the infirmary looking satisfied, before he started walking back to the boys' bunk. "Now that that's done, time for a good night's sleep." He thought to himself, before he noticed a short blonde-haired girl walking towards the infirmary. He then noticed the bread and water she held in her hands before raising an eyebrow. "What is she up to? There's no one in the infirmary except for the potato girl…" It didn't take Eren more than a few moments to realize what she was up to, causing him to start running towards the girl.
"Hey! Hey, stop!" he called out, and the girl turned around towards him with a fearful look as if she had been caught red-handed. She froze in place just as Eren finally reached her. "Hey, no need to look so alarmed. What's with the bread and water in your hands?"
"Oh, I… I… I want to give them to someone…" she spoke in a shy tone, as her eyes glanced to the direction of the infirmary.
"You mean Sasha, right?" Eren asked her.
The girl nodded bashfully.
"Well, that's too bad… I just walked out of the infirmary after leaving some bread and a potato for her, so… you're a bit late." He revealed, causing the girl to look down in disappointment.
"Oh, I… I see…" she looked sad for a few moments before smiling once again as she looked up at Eren. "Then… would you like to have this bread instead?" she asked kindly, and the white-haired boy raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"What?"
"You just said that you already left some food for Sasha, so…" she handed the piece of bread close to his face, while still smiling. "...I'll just give this to you instead."
"Wait, why give it to me? I don't need it so why not eat it yourself?" He asked, confused as to why the girl suddenly wanted to give the bread to him when she can always have it for herself.
"I feel that you need it more than I do. Please accept it."
"I see." Eren took the piece of bread and looked at it for a few seconds before turning back to her. "What's your name?"
"I'm KRISTA LENZ. It's nice to meet you!" the girl said sweetly before bowing her head, which caused Eren to frown. There's something off about this girl, but he couldn't point out exactly what it was. However, there was no need to rush and look into it right now. It was already late at night, and they were supposed to be asleep. He'll just need to take care of this little matter quickly then.
"Well, my name is Eren Yeager, uhm…" he rubbed the back of his head, causing Krista to look at him with a worried look.
"Is there something wrong, Eren? I can help you." she said before smiling afterwards, which caused the white-haired teen to shake his head.
"The only one you can help is yourself." Before Krista could say anything, Eren gave back the piece of bread to her and leaned closer to her face, startling the poor girl and making her embarrassed at how close he was. "I don't know what you're trying to pull off here, but I'll be honest. I don't like it one bit. It's weirding me out. It's fine if you want to be kind but not to the point where you're kind to everyone around you. It's just weird. Just an advice, learn to think of yourself too and not just others." He then stood up properly and was about to leave before he turned back to the girl who kept on staring at him with a shocked expression. Did he somehow saw through her?!
"By the way, I remember seeing you during dinner." he said with a smile. "You weren't eating your food at all and you just wanted to give it to Sasha, were you? Well, I'm not gonna let you starve yourself to death… so eat up and head back to the barracks, Krista. Good night!" He waved his arm goodbye and began to run off, leaving the blonde girl in her place, staring at his retreating figure.
"Hey, who the hell was that guy?" Another girl came up and walked towards Krista. She had short brown hair tied in a ponytail and had freckles all over her cheeks. "Was he getting too close for you? Want me to beat him up and make him learn his place, Krista?" she asked with a savage grin.
"Eren… Yeager…" she mumbled as if she was put in a trance. Little did Krista know that she would forever remember that name.
Meanwhile inside the infirmary, Sasha finally woke up from her unconscious state and was busy chomping down the bread and potato that a person with the initials E and Y had brought to her. A small paper at the table had a message that read "I've never seen somebody run for that long. I have a feeling we'll get along!" written with said initials at the bottom.
She had to find out who this E.Y. person is and thank him for the food tonight!
The following morning, the cadets were lined up to start their training with the ODM gear. The three instructors were walking around and observed various cadets as they hung in the air to show their potential with gear. Mikasa, Jean, Sasha, and Connie all appeared to have the same result but they stopped in front of Eren Yeager.
"Why does he seem to be having trouble balancing, I can't see any fault in his posture." The younger instructor asked as they watched Eren struggle to remain in the air.
"I'm not sure myself. Do you mind finding out, Keith?" The older instructor looked towards Shadis, who nodded and walked up to Eren's spot.
"Cadet Yeager! Your form and posture while using the gear are perfectly fine, aren't they?! Why are you struggling to keep yourself suspended in the air?" Shadis asked him as Eren continued to struggle.
"The gear I'm using here is currently broken, Instructor. I am trying to learn how to operate it if in case this happens to me in combat." He answered calmly, finally gaining complete control of himself for a few seconds before going back to struggling. "Okay, this is not going well." he remarked, unaware of the wide-eyed looks from everyone there.
Keith tried remaining a stoic look but was wide-eyed as well, as he watched Eren struggle to use the broken gear. "Springer, come here." He said out of nowhere.
"Sir!" Connie said, walking up next to them.
"Exchange your gear with Cadet Yeager." Shadis ordered. Connie nodded as Eren was lowered down and the two switched their gears. When Connie was hoisted up, his face immediately met the ground while Eren was hanging perfectly in the air with no struggle. This caused him to smile widely as he threw his arms up in the air in victory.
*start playing DMC4 theme "We Shall Never Surrender"*
"Wow, that guy really managed to balance himself with a broken gear…" one cadet said in amazement.
"He must be a gold mine like Captain Levi of the Survey Corps," another cadet said.
"He's gonna make it into the top 10 at the end of our time here, that's for sure…"
"I think I'm going to like this kid." The younger blonde instructor said with a little smirk, and his fellow instructor only gave a chuckle, knowing he was right.
"WOOOHOOO!" Eren exclaimed with a big smile as he hung effortlessly in the air, before looking towards Armin and Mikasa's direction and sending them a thumbs up. Armin smiled and sighed in relief that Eren was capable of doing it after all, while Mikasa simply returned the boy's gesture with a thumbs up of her own, also smiling widely.
Krista Lenz looked up at Eren in amazement. This was the guy who told her to think of herself for once, and what happened last night was something she would never forget. After he left, she heeded his 'advice' and ate the piece of bread that she had that time. Although she did try to give it to Ymir, the tall girl said that Yeager spoke the truth, despite her not liking it one bit.
Sasha looked up at Eren too, only with a smile on her face. So he was the one who left her food while she was at the infirmary, huh? Also according to Mina, it was also him who carried her there? She really had to thank him for what he's done and hey, maybe they could share a bite later on in return. And Sasha wasn't the type of girl who liked to share her meals.
Meanwhile, Keith looked at Eren intently. "Grisha, your son has become a soldier today." He thought to himself, as Eren continued to voice out his happiness.
"I did it! I've taken my first step in fighting back against the titans! Just you wait, you overgrown bastards… I'll kick your asses to where you all belong! Bring it on as well, you damn demons… I've stepped up my training so I'll take you on and send you back to Hell with your asshole of a master!" Eren thought to himself, looking up at the sky with a determined expression on his face.
And that's the end of it! As you can see, I followed most of the canon events but twisted some of it and even added scenes that I came up with myself, which was Eren carrying Sasha to the infirmary and him talking to Krista. Those are important because it will serve as development for *nudge nudge wink wink*. Since Eren had training prior to joining the military, he has an advantage over the other cadets except for three people who I'm not going to spoil for the sake of those who do not read the manga.
Also, since Eren has been training under Dante, it's obvious he will pick up some of his uncle's habits and demeanor, which will make him more lighthearted and less of the angry boi we knew him as. This was shown when he didn't get angry easily over an argument with Jean lol.
Next chapter, we continue the story of the 104th up until their graduation, or perhaps more? When will the demons strike? We all know the titans will come in Trost but what about for demons? Stay tuned to find out!
Goodbye… and good night! BANG! *too sweet gesture*
-Lance
