Chapter 7 (Hero Taxi)
Frustrated Bertholdt placed his hands on Reiner's shoulders. "Reiner. What are you now?" Reiner pulled Bertholdt's hand down and said with a calm expression on his face. "Rellax, I'm a warrior." "You're saying to trust Ymir as a warrior?" Bertholdt asked again about her "Isn't she the one who ate Marcel?"
Reiner responded with a calm and serious expression. "Yeah, that's my point. Ymir's motive is clear. Once she turned human again, she probably roamed around and lived only caring about herself. Until she met Christa... And as cute Christa is, we have other reasons to bring her to our side."
Reiner continued "She's an important person in a family of the Church. If Eren turns out not to be the Coordinate, our job isn't over yet. Having Christa with us at that point will make our search much easier." They stared at the flares of the scouts flying on the sky.
"They're close. And where is that Saitama!?" Bertholdt retorted and asked with a curious expression. "He's probably won't come back, he must be already told to the scouts about our location. There's no point to stay here any longer." Reiner prepelled himself on the tree branch where Eren and Ymir were sitting.
Eren asked with a frustrated and serious expression planted on his face. "What's going on, Reiner? Aren't we waiting until night?" Reiner answered with no hesitation. "Nope. We're leaving now. Eren, dont try to resi-" Bertholdt shouted to Reiner making him averts his gaze from Eren and watch at the open fields.
"It's huge clouds of dust! It must be..." Reiner's eyes widen in surprice "This 'hero' of yours is easy to manipulate, am I right Eren? hahahahah-" Eren sieged himself onto Reiner, catching him offguard and knocked him on the branch, hitting his face multiple times with his arms while he screamed. "Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die!" Reiner kicked furiously Eren on the tree log and headlocked him.
"I'll kill you! I'll slaughter you!" He screamed as loud as he could. Saitama was reaching them with incredible speed but he had someone else in his hands with him. The hero leaped himself and Sasha on top of the branches where the others was.
Everyone froze, specially Reiner and Bertholdt. Saitama put gently down Sasha on the branch next to Ymir. She was shocked and scared of what she just witnessed.
"Re-Reiner... Bertholdt... I can't believe this..." Reiner didn't see that coming, he thought the 'hero' was coming alone but with potato girl!? He's nuts, he's crazy, he must die! "SASHA! TELL THE OTHERS TO HURRY THEY PLANNING TO TAKE US AWAY!" Eren screamed in desperation. Sasha walked behind the hero, she knew he's the only capable of protecting her if Reiner attacks.
"Wh-Who you working for!" She asked Reiner, scared and nervous behind Saitama. "Like hell we'll tell you!" Reiner launched himself towards Sasha with his blades equipped. He was about to slice her up but a red glove grabbed the sword's edge like it was paper.
"Oi I won't allow you to do this, she only wants to know who's your boss. So come on now don't be angry for such ridiculous reason." Reiner lost his patient and ordered Bertholdt. "Let's leave now!" Bertholdt lost it for a few seconds but he came back to reality, nodding to Reiner and tooked Ymir on his back.
"Stop!" Saitama shouted and got everyone's attentions. "We brought water, Sasha hand it over" Sasha gave him her full canteen. The Caped hero walked to Ymir and let her drink, she almost got chocked from the water. Saitama thought in his mind while he holded the canteen to Ymir's mouth 'Wow she had to be really thirsty.'
"Thank you..." That's all she said before Bertholdt and Reiner flew off with her and Eren on their backs. Saitama shifted his head to Sasha and said with a neutral expression on his face. "I should take you back now, but thanks for the help." Sasha blushed again and covered her face with her hands. She climbed the hero's back and they set off back to the scouts.
"A red smoke signal" A scout next to Erwin said before the Commander shot another green flare to the left side of the formation. He retrieved in return 2 more red smoke signals from the left side. "What?" Another 2 red signals to the front where he was.
"Commander, We're surrounded!" The scout right next to Erwin said with a nervously tone. The second one replied to them "There's a way around! Should we head towards it?" Erwin gave a negative answer "No... Any detours and we'll be too late. We'll force our way through! All soldiers, prepare for battle!"
Titans were chasing after Reiner and Bertholdt with Eren and Ymir on their backs inside the forest. Reiner ordered "For now, let's get to a place without titans! We need to get as far as possible! My titan form isn't very fast. If I get surrounded, I won't be able to protect you guys!"
Saitama returned Sasha back to Connie, who let her ride on the horse with him. The hero made a big jump and reached next to Erwin, he holded back as much as he could to not break the ground from the high momentum.
"Saitama! We need you to chase after the traitors and don't lost their trails!" The hero nodded and his face turned serious with shadows covered his eyes. "Got it." Saitama stopped running and took an olympic stance, placing both hands on the floor. "Killer Move Serious Series:Serious Leap!"
Saitama run so fast, all the ground behind him turned into giant holes! He was running with incredible speed, way faster than before. He launched himself on the air with huge momentum.
It was so much that sended himself like a rocket into the forest and making several trees fly hundred of meters into the air, with their routs still attached to the trees. The scouts saw only a small light flying on the sky with unbelievable speed. Erwin shifted his gaze towards that light, the Commander knew who that was.
Both Bertholdt and Reiner shifted their heads behind them to see a countless amount of trees flying like leaves. "GHHH It's his doing I'm sure of it!" Reiner cursed the hero and turn his attention forward once again. Ymir stared back with a more cleared view now. And saw Historia riding a horse next to other scouts.
Ymir's expression turned into a determined one and shouted to Reiner. "Reiner! Christa's here! Christa came with them!" Reiner mumbled "Huh?" Ymir kept shouting "If you want her, now's the chance!" "How do you know? You can't see her from here!"
Ymir defended her point "I just know it! She's such a good-natured person, it's stupid! I guarantee she came to save me! I know it!" Reiner gave a scared expression and responded.
"Even if that's true, it's no use! We'll do it later!" Ymir mumbled back to him in disbelief. "Huh?!" "Our chance of succeeding is way too low! How will you get Christa out of that formation? Wait for a chance!" Ymir showed even more disbelief in Reiner's words "Wait for a chance? Seriously? Will that be after I'm eaten by one of your warriors? No! I don't trust you!"
Reiner didn't want to argue with her and explained. "Trust me! Christa is indispendable to us, too!" Ymir demanded to be Christa here with her. "Then get her now! Go prove it to me this instant! It had to be now or never! I want to see her right now! At this rate... I'll never get a chance... to see her again."
"And how that Christa look like?" They heared a calm voice right next to them. Turning around to find who the voice belonged to, Ymir gave a small smile and an emotion of relieve. "Reiner! Look it's him!" The blond titan shifter shifted his head towards the right side of his sights.
Saitama had returned and he's matching with their ODM manuever gears pretty easily without breaking a sweat! The Caped baldy was jumping from tree to tree next to them. "You again 'hero' If you came to prevent us from succeeding our mssion, you will fail miserably!"
Ymir gave to the hero a sad look, while her eyes begun watering. "I'm begging you! Bring Christa to me! I want to see her. Y-You're a hero right? You have to help the ones that need your help RIGHT!?"
Saitama nodded to confirm Ymir's words and replied. "I'm feeling like I am a taxi or something but whatever I don't care, if you desire that Christa so much I'll get her here for you."
Ymir start describing Historia to Saitama "She's the cutest blonde girl in the entire formation! There's no way you will miss her bright blue eyes!" Saitama nodded and headed back from where the scouts coming from.
They now entered the half ripped forest. Almost everyone knew, that was Saitama's responsibility. Armin saw the hero looking for something on a branch with his legs kneeled. "Saitamaaa! Where is Eren and Ymir?! What about Reiner!? Bertholdt?!"
Jean gripped on the side of a tree and asked with a cocky smirk planted on his face. "So that's Saitama I heared so much about huh?" Mikasa glared daggers on Saitama, her hands were shaking on her swords grips. But she had the courage and asked. "Did the baldy lost their Tracks?!"
Jean asked nervously now cause the hero seemed to ignore them, exactly how he did with the sassy lost child from his world. "Did you fought Reiner and after that you lost them?! Where are they?!"
Saitama saw the only familiar person he could talk to about the current situation. "Oh? Sasha! Can you help me find someone named Christa?" Sasha was flattered because he remembers her name but confused at the same time. She responded to Saitama with a pointed finger.
"She's that girl over there." Saitama shifted his gaze towards Historia who recognized the hero instantly, thanks to his bald head and yellow suit. She landed front of him with her gear and asked with an innocently expression on her face. "Saitama, where are the others?! Where's Ymir?!"
Saitama showed her the way he came and said. "No worries I'll take you to her, just hold tight my cape alright?" Historia was confused and replied. "Eeh?" With no more precious time to waste, Saitama picked her up and placed her on the back of his shoulder. Then he fled with her, jumping from tree to tree Saitama furthering his distance with the scouts. Connie dropped a sweat from his forehead and said.
"He... He's taking Christa away!" Jean shouted and ordered to everyone with a mad tone while he start chasing the Caped hero. "Don't just stand there! Chase him!"
Saitama noticed he were being followed and speed up his movements. With slightly effort, him and Historia was way much further from the scouts. They barely could see his white cape.
Mikasa's expression turned into a serious deadly one. She knew from the start, Saitama was working for Reiner and Bertholdt. Jean didn't know the hero, in fact he JUST saw how he's face looks like but the teenager showed disbelief and replied.
"I can't be the only one that could've guessed it would turn out this way!" Armin agreed with Jean and retorted "Yeah, He's clearly hostile to us now! Looks like he's cooperating with Reiner! He lured us right in!"
Saitama spotted Reiner and Bertholdt waiting for them on a large branch. "Here he comes and he have Christa on his back, Reiner!" Reiner stood up with a khife in his hands. He shifted towards the other side and jumped to the open fields, cutting his palm and transforming into the Armored titan!
Both Saitama with a big jump and Bertholdt with the ODM gear, landed onto Armored titan's shoulders. It seems they're fleeing with Historia, Ymir and Eren, Armin mumbled to them. "Oh no... Eren's being taken away!" Hannes stand next to them and ordered furiously. "Don't stop! Get on your horse and chase!" All the scouts ride on their horses again and chased the Armored titan in the open fields.
"I'm getting him back no matter what! Even if it means trading my life for it." Determined Hannes said with a serious face while Mikasa was burning from the inside, she wanted vengeance, the only way to fulfill this revenge was to decapitate Saitama herself!