Hey guys I'm actually writing another version of this story. It is basically Sasha and the rest of the crew watching this fanfic. I'm going to leave a link here for that story. Tell me what you think about it and please don't forget to heart it.
" do you promise that you're going to tell me everything from the beginning," he asked of her. She's slowly not it before speaking herself.
" I will... But you have to promise me that you'll believe me no matter how crazy it sounds" she told him. He just nodded and let her go.
After she left he stayed there for a moment rethinking his thoughts and he turned around and saw a figure looking at him with a confused look.
" did you ask her," Marco asked coming up from the other end of the alley.
" she told me... She was going to tell me about it later..."
"..." Marco didn't say anything and just nodded his head " if you want I can ask Jean to keep an eye on her"
"no... I trust her..." Connie stated. Marco was going to ask Jean anyway because he was worried for his friend. Now with the entire drama with Eren and the Titans they really needed to stick closer together.
" kill me if you're going to execute me get on with it" someone yelled in the crowd of people
" really I'm going to do it" someone else yelled. After Sasha went back to her makeshift bed she quickly picked up all her things and even got herself a new set of gear. She quickly lied about getting the nurses permission to go back out to Trost and got the new gear but she was ordered to give it back as soon as they were done.
Sasha quickly agreed to the terms and positioned herself right next to Jean who didn't question why she was there standing with him with new gear and just let her be... after what happened earlier he was a little bit more nervous and didn't have the heart to tell her not to... If she wanted to die then who was he to stop her.
"ATTENTION" the same General from earlier yelled. He was on top of the wall and with his loud booming voice yelling out over the city right outside of Trost it was hard for everyone to ignore him even if he was so high up on the wall.
Everyone paused what they were doing and looked up at him. Many of the soldiers were asking to be killed or even asking to be moved somewhere else not wanting to deal with the Titan problem when his shout was heard.
" I will now explain the plan to reclaim Trost District" he yelled after everyone calmed down. " our objective for the plan success is to seal the hole in the broken gate," he yelled
"Seal it? How?" they heard Marco ask as he wrapped his arms around a soldier who was aiming to kill himself.
" as for how we're going to seal the hole... Let me start by introducing this man: Eren Jaeger of the Cadet Corps." all the cadets looked shocked to see Eren up there.
" he is a successful product of our top-secret experiments" the general started again not bothering to wait for everyone to catch on. " to create a human Titan. He can create the essence of a Titan body and control it at will."
" I don't have a clue what the general just said... That's not because I'm stupid right?" Connie asked looking at Ymir and Sasha who were next to him.
" don't talk right now stupid" Ymir snapped at him looking up at the older man.
" after transforming into Titan form he will lift the huge boulder near the front gate and carry it to the destroyed gate to plug the hole. Our job will be to protect him from the other Titans while he carries the boulder." the general stated.
" lift a huge boulder... Is that even possible" someone in the crowd yelled " does mankind control the Titans now"
" it's a lie" someone yelled " I'm not putting my life in their hands for that nonsense... what do they think we are! we're not disposable blades"
Sasha glared at the ground as she remembered how many people had to die to plug the hole... Especially after Eren lost control of his Titan form and attacked Mikasa in a bunch of other Scouts. She knew that Pixis will get them on his side but so many lives will be lost. She continued to think that even as people continue to walk away.
" on my authority" the general started again after watching that display " anyone who leaves right now will be pardoned. A person who succumbed to his fear of Titans can never face a Titan again. Those who live through the horrors of the Titans should leave here now. those who want their parent's siblings and loved ones to relive that horror! Leave here now!" many people stop and imagine how their family would be if they got eaten by Titans... If they went what they went through as they watched their fellow soldiers/family members/friends die at the hands of those monsters. A couple of moments passed before everybody turned around and started walking back. They couldn't stomach watching their families go through what they just went through. " let's talk about 4 years ago. the Operation to reclaim wall, Maria. I don't think you need me to remind you of this but... Calling it an 'operation to reclaim' sounds well and good but in essence, it was the government's way of cutting down the large number of unemployed people that it couldn't support. what we never talked about... is that We drove those people outside of the walls. That's why we were able to survive inside the narrow confines of these walls. I am guilty and so is all of humanity, no Rebellion surfaced only because a minority of people live inside wall Maria but what about this time? If wall Rose is breached, reducing the population by 20% won't be enough. We cannot support even half of the remaining humans inside wall Sina, if mankind parishes it won't be because Titans devoured us. We will perish because we annihilated one another. Why do you want to perish inside another inner wall! I beseech you to die here" the general stated. Everyone was shocked as they watched him.
Sasha stared up at the wall where both men were standing. She knew that everyone was going to join in to get back Trost. She knew that after today things will start speeding up more. She will graduate and she will join the scouts, she would have warned everyone about the future she wasn't sure how she was going to do it (neither do I girl) but she had to make sure that everyone believed her and that they didn't fall into the same pit they fell in last time... With Eren betraying them, Erwin dying... She had a lot of work to do...
Sasha was placed in the front lines with Jean, Annie, and Connie, and a bunch of the other Cadets along with older members of the military. Their job was to make sure that none of the Titans got in Eren's way While he carried the boulder. Sasha was stressing out because didn't know if for some reason Reiner what transformed this time around. She might have tipped them off by all the glaring she had been doing for the past year and they finally caught on that she knew... They might just kill her.
Apparently, they were all standing on one side of the wall so they can lead the Titans to them while Eren got to the other side where the boulder was so he could pick it up.
" Sasha are you feeling okay," Jean asked her. He started to notice how she was ignoring most of her injuries after Marco pointed it out to him. He was one of their closest friends and he didn't even notice. He felt bad about it but he couldn't let that get in the way of what they were doing now all he could do now is ask her if she was all right and if she could do the mission.
" I'm fine..." Sasha stated confidently. She gave him a brief nod showing that she was okay but Jean shares the look with Connie who just Shrugged.
" if you don't feel good... You can sit this out" Connie told her
" I'm feeling fine... Trust me Connie" she smiled at him. she missed how he would worry about her when they were in a relationship back in the original timeline. He would always make Jean or Armin keep an eye on her while she did all her crazy stunts. She loves that about him.
(A-N: remember this is my story and I ship Connie and Sasha together if you don't like it please don't read it)
" Okay," Connie told her confidently. He trusted her... Sure he might have his moments at certain times but he trusted her whether it be with her own life, with his life, or somebody else's.
" since Titans have first appeared humankind has never won even one. We pulled back each time the Titans advanced, and we kept on losing territory. But when this operation is successful humankind will succeed for the first time in reclaiming our territory!" the general stated back when he was talking to everyone on top of the wall while everyone looked up at him " that moment will be humankind's first victory over the Titans." everyone watched as a green flare was shot into the air. That was a signal that Eren had gotten to the Boulder and was about to transform. " compared to what has been taken away from humankind until now, it might be a minuscule gain. However, that first step would be a huge Strike Back by Humanity."
A couple of minutes passed after the flare was sent up into the sky when lightning struck the ground and a loud bang was heard, along with a bright yellow light shining through the sky. Everyone watched as a Titan appeared out of nowhere and crashed into one of the buildings. Suddenly the Titan rose from the building and let out a gigantic Roar. Suddenly everything became quiet and nobody knew what was going on. The Titan was now being hidden by all the tall houses.
they managed to gather most of the Titans in a far corner of town but despite their best efforts to avoid engaging them, they lost about 20% of our soldiers.
Sasha knew that during that moment Eren was throwing his f****** tantrum and trying to hit Mikasa in his Titan form.
" what the hell is happening with Eren," Jean asked once he was done killing his Titans. He approached Connie and Marco who was waiting for him with worried expressions.
"Armin headed out to him alone." Marco informed him. " hopefully... He's okay"
" hopefully?" Jean asked
" it'll all work out. Eren will come through" Marco reassured him
" drawing the Titans to a corner of the town seems like a waste of time" Connie stated
" fighting Titans is a battle of attrition" Jean answered back " at this stage they probably want to avoid losing soldiers"
" full of soldiers dying right now died for nothing..." Connie asked him as he walked away. "Eventually it'll turn into an all-out War" he's not that he turned around to face them again. " we need to preserve with our troops until then keeping sacrifices to a minimum. "
" our leaders are made the right call" Jean defended the higher-ups
"is that how it is"
" that's how it is" Jean snapped back at Connie.
" then let's make sure our losses are minimal" Connie started before turning around to face them once more with a smirk on his face "me and you both" both boys nodded before they headed out along with Marco. Sasha gave a kind smirk before following them herself. She was glad that after all this time they still haven't lost hope.
" listen up! We can't let the Titans leave this corner of town, concentrate and keep them drawn to you. Got that? You don't need to encourage them. Cadets will form groups of three and run along the ground until you come to the wall then leaned up into it. don't get yourself killed if one gets away will take care of it." one of the higher-ranking soldiers told the recruits. Behind the said man Jean, Connie, Annie, and Sasha stood behind him.
" 1 Titan? We'll be lucky if only 10 get loose." Jean whispered so only his friends could hear him
" if we feel threatened we can move at our own discretion?" Annie asked
" if that will gain you anything," the soldier told them. Just not explosion started to be hurt and they all faced where they came from only to watch Ash and smoke come up from the houses. "Squad Kirstein, Move out!" the man yelled
" yes sir" they all yelled. They all started to attack the Titans that were separating from the rest of the Titans who are grouped up. Sasha mostly stayed close to the wall just in case anything bad happened and made sure that Jean was in her line of sight.
A couple of minutes later the entire Kirstein Squad watch the man who gave them orders get eaten alive by a Titan. Sasha Jean Connie and Annie were the only ones left of that Squad and we're running away from all the Titans on the ground.
" looks like we'll have to act on our own" Annie told them as she continued to run ahead of them slightly. As they ran Connie somehow got behind everyone and was almost caught by a Titan's hand. He quickly maneuvered himself out of that situation and attached his hug to one of the house walls sadly for him to hug them the touch correctly and Bounce Off the Wall only to have him stare in shock making him stop.
Lucky for him just as a Titan with a bunch of slap his hand on top of him machine use his maneuver gear and had his hook attach to the Titan's gigantic hand.
"Jean" Connie called out his name as he looked at him in shock.
" get out of here!" Jean yelled as a Titan turn to attack Jean next. Jean quickly made a run for it in the other direction as the Titan that was chasing Connie was now chasing him. But just as Jean turned around only to see the Titan gets stuck between two buildings did he realize that his maneuver gear started to malfunction. it took Jean just moments to move before a 13 meter Titan appeared behind him and went to grab him. He jumped out of the way just in time though.
"Jean!" Connie yelled once he was on top of the wall next to Annie. For some reason, they actually did lose Sasha amongst the chaos but they knew that she would be okay. she had enough gas to last her a couple of hours and the last they saw her she was headed straight towards the wall. " what's the matter" Connie asked as he watched Jean run on the streets " why isn't he using his 3D maneuvering device" Connie asked as he got a look a realization " oh my God! don't tell me... It's broken?!" he shouted towards Annie who also looked at him shocked. He ran until they lost sight of him going through a couple of buildings with the Titan following.
A couple of minutes later after the Titan passed a couple of buildings Jean ran out from one of the buildings and started to run towards one of the deceased soldiers. He quickly tries to take off the person's maneuver gear and replace it with his own.
"What's Wrong," Marco asked as he walked closer to them. He quickly looked in the direction that they were all looking at. They all watched as the Titan that was chasing Jean earlier turn around and walk back towards him as he panicked to get the other person's maneuver gear off that person's deceased corpse.
They don't know where Sasha appeared but she got in front of the Titan distracting it so Jean can get enough time to getaway
" Sasha what are you doing here" Jean yelled once he saw her. She didn't answer and quickly maneuvered her way around Zine and passed the Titan allowing the titan to see her and follow her away.
Inspired by the courageous action Marco and Connie quickly jumped in Marco following Sasha and Connie going to help Jean.
" Shit... stop being a pain in the ass!" Connie yelled and he ran through the roof of many houses.
Jean finally got the maneuver gear and place it on himself just as another Titan appeared. a 6-meter one. He was starting to maneuver his way into the sky only to have the gear handles get stuck. He fell to the ground and watched in horror as the Titan got closer and closer "Jean" Connie yell before jumping off the building himself and going for the kill only to hit the side of the Titan's head and flying off once more. That was enough of a distraction for the Titan to turn away from Jean.
" what the hell was that" Jean cried looking up at Connie who was at the roof of the house next to him
" Look who's talking hurry up and Jump" Connie snapped as he rubbed his head where he hid the Titan only to run off as the same Titan went to attack him. He was embarrassed but he couldn't let that show now.
Jean quickly did As Told and jumped into the are getting a better hold at his maneuver gear only to look back to see the Titan that was chasing his attack where he once was. He didn't realize there was another Titan in front of him. he looks shocked only to have Sasha appear out of nowhere and kill that tighten allowing Jean to getaway. They all swiftly flew through the sky until they landed on top of the wall. They all crash-landed on top. Sasha falling right behind Marco and Annie.
" what was that crazy stunt" Connie snapped
"you're the crazy one" Jean snapped back
" That scared the shit out of me" Connie stated back
Sasha was slowly getting up from the ground. She still felt the pain of the earlier battle but right now she couldn't let that get to her she knew that she should take her injury seriously but right now they needed her.
". Look there," Annie stated as she looked into the city. Suddenly loud footsteps were heard causing everyone to turn around and they all watch the Boulder start to move. Everyone was given an order to move in and kill all the Titans that got in Eren's way. Everyone nodded and Jean ended up going with Sasha while Connie and Marco ended up going together. They were all hoarding away Titans killing them as fast as they could.
More and more people started to go down as Titans either devoured them stepped on them or even squish them with their arms. But everyone was now more motivated than before seeing that Eren was in his Titan form and doing his duty. They were willing to sacrifice everything just to make sure that no more Titans got in through that opening.
Sasha ended up getting five more Titan kills while Jean just assisted her and distracting them. This went on for what seemed like an eternity but in reality, it was just a couple of minutes as Aaron slowly walked with a gigantic Boulder on his Titan's shoulder towards the opening.
And then it was shut. Eren through the boulder at the opening shutting it permanently. Everyone watched in shock as they didn't expect the plan to actually work.
A green flare was shot up into the sky telling everyone who wasn't there that the mission had been accomplished in that Eren has succeeded. Sasha let out a sigh as she watches Eren freeze right next to the closed gate. She looked around but she couldn't find Connie or Marco anywhere. She quickly panics and started to search for her friends Jean following after her asking what's wrong. She didn't respond only looked around. All of a sudden somebody caught her eye.
" Captain Levi there are at least 4 to 5 cadets by the gate that need assistance at once they are being surrounded by all sides by different size Titans!" Sasha all of a sudden yelled. Jean didn't even notice anyone else around them until someone flew past him. It was a short man who is going in at impossible speeds with the maneuver gear racing to get to the gate after hearing Sasha's call. More people in cloaks started to appear and fly past them trying to kill all the Titans that were in their way towards the gate.
" what the hell," Jean asked as more people tried to fly past him. They all look serious as they killed tighten after Titan making sure that none stay alive. Sasha didn't even bother to look shocked before she went out to look for the people she was looking for. That was when Jean lost her.
It took an entire day to eliminate all the Titans that were inside the walls. The fix cannons Atop The Walls Blaze constantly. The majority of the Titans Gathering among the wall we're shelled to death and few that remained we're finished off by mainly the Scout regiment. During the time of 4 Meter and A 7 Meter Titan were successfully captured alive. However, 207 dead or missing and 897 injured, was the all too heavy cost of mankind's unprecedented first successful defeat against the Titan attack the huge loss of life was too great to rejoice in Victory.
Jean was helping with the cleanup when he paused in shock. She didn't know what to say he couldn't even move. He just stared at the body in shock as he stood right next to it.
The body that he was looking at was half-eaten by a Titan missing the right side of his upper body
" is that you Marco," he asked as he looked down at his body. He started to shake as he watched. Honestly, that was the only thing he could do now
" Cadet... Do you know his name" a nurse asked walking closer.
" I didn't see him in a while... But I never thought he'd be... Marco... What happened did anyone... See how he died?" Jean stated as he walked away from the nurse ignoring her first question.
" what's his name? If you no answer me right now..." the nurse asked again Jean turn around to face her only to see the cold stare she had. "Understand Cadet?... 2 days have gone by since the hole was plugged with the boulder. But we still aren't done recovering bodies... At this rate, contagious diseases might spread. We have to prevent a secondary disaster. There is no time to mourn the death of our comrades yet. Understand?" she asked of him. Her cold stare didn't falter. Jean just stared at her shot before turning back to Marco.
" 104th Cadet corpse... Squad 19 leader... Marco Bott." Jean-Paul the woman
" Marco, you say? I'm glad we know his name... Let's keep working" she told him before walking away. Jean just left that Marco with tears in his eyes trying not to let them fall.
A couple of miles away Sasha was also helping. She had a lot of things in her mind but when she saw the Titan puke she almost threw up.
" shit..." She cursed under her breath.
"- they don't have a digestive tract, so once they eating their full of humans they vomit them out like that..." Sasha heard one of the older members of the nurses from the scouts tell one of the recruits.
In the background, Connie could be seen doing everything slowly. He was trying to stick as close as possible to Sasha trying not to run into Jean... He was terrified... no he was beyond terrified.
A couple of days later they finally finished and they were back at their campsite. Connie did everything possible to avoid Jean. And I mean everything... If he saw him in the kitchen he would instantly jump out the window or out of the door or under a chair or a table even jumping behind people to avoid him. He knew that Jean with probably not looking for him but he didn't know how to face him.
He was finally tired by the third day and was sitting down on the outskirts of their campsite. Sasha appeared out of nowhere and sat down next to him. They didn't talk to each other for many minutes and at some point, Sasha was sure that Connie fell asleep only to backtrack that thought when he moved.
" what's wrong Connie," she asked him. She knew that he had been avoiding Gene and basically everyone else for the last couple of days.
" you are right," Connie said as he lay down on the ground. He was looking up at the trees as he tried to hold in his tears. " you were 100% right and I'm sorry I ever doubted you..." Connie said that he finally let the tears run down his face.
" what are you talking about," she asked him
" you were right... I shouldn't have trusted them" Connie repeated once more Whispering the last part that even Sasha didn't hear him.
" Connie what are you talkin about," She asked.
" I saw you there... I don't think R... Reiner, Berthold and Annie... Saw you but... I saw you there" Connie told her avoiding her gaze. She finally realized what he was talking about and quickly turned away from him. She was still sitting and was trying to avoid looking at him. " you saw them kill Marco"
" yeah... I did" Sasha confirmed
" why... Why didn't you do anything" he asked her as he started to sob. " why didn't I do anything... I was with him I could have been there with him when they killed him I could have protected him." Connie started to yell to himself. It was kind of early in the morning and no one was around them so they didn't have to worry about someone overhearing them. " I would with him and... I watched him die..." Connie cried
" I know..." Sasha stated. Didn't know how to comfort him she was there but she didn't do anything either so she didn't have any room to talk about what he could have done.
" How are we going to explain this to Jean..." Connie asked her finally looking at her face. He set up a little bit more trying to meet her eye " how are we going to tell Jean that his boyfriend was killed by his closest friends... OUR closest friends" Connie snapped as he finally grabbed Sasha by her shoulders shaking her. She didn't respond as tears started to build up in her eyes... She didn't know what to do. In the original time like no one knew how Marco died and no one admitted to it. But for her to see him die with her own two eyes and to hear him beg for his friends not to kill him... It broke her heart. Yes, she was a soldier but to watch her friend her brother one of her only family here in this military bass die at the hands of people she once considered friends... It was too much
" I'm sorry... I want to tell you everything Connie I really do..."
" you knew... You know what they're hiding and you were trying to protect me... Why didn't you give Marco that warning" she accused her
"i... i..." she couldn't find the words to tell him.
" Marco wouldn't be dead... If I would have just listened to you and not told him what you told me" Connie said placing the blame on himself once more " you told me not to trust them... you told me not to..."
Sasha didn't want to ridicule him for sharing information that she specifically gave him not to share with anyone else. She knew that he was already beating himself up about everything that happened recently.
" it's not your fault..."
" why would they do that to Marco," Connie asked as he finally brought the words out " he was their friend why would-"
" Connie..." Sasha finally snapped up she needs to talk continue warning him about things that might happen and that things that will change. Connie pauses and looked at her with more tears in his eyes. Even more, tears were building up but he tried to hold them in as much as he could. " you saw what those three are capable of" Connie just nodded his head " do you understand now why I am trying to protect you"
" you don't need to protect me tell me what they were hiding that they didn't want everyone else to know that led them to kill Marco" he snapped at her holding her shoulders. Sasha quickly shakes him off causing him to let her go and look at her in shock he never reacted to him like this before.
" Connie listen to me!" she yelled at him " the information that I have about those three is so shocking that if you start to act differently around them they will take notice instantly... And if they take notice they will do much worse than feed you to a Titan they will make sure that their secrets are kept and that you die before you can share their secrets to everyone else."
" but what could be so important that they would kill..."
" honey look at me..." Sasha said as she grabbed his face making his face come closer to hers. He gave her a confused look at wondering why she called him honey but let her do what you were doing. " if I tell you what they're hiding and you start to act differently around them... They will not just kill you and me if they find out that I know... People go after our families and after all of our friends that are here assuming that we told everyone that we knew about the information that I hold." she stated " I promise you Connie that I will tell you what they are hiding but you have to trust me. I will have to tell the scouts first then I will tell you. I promise you that I will never hide anything from you again but you have to promise me that you will be patient for that and that you will try to act as normal as possible around them."
" How can I add normal after what I just saw," he asked her looking desperate
" how do you think I've been doing for the past year." she asked him " I've been holding this secret for a year Connie... You can hold it for at least a couple of months much less a couple of weeks" she yelled at him. He was thinking about everything before slowly nodding his head.
" how..." Connie started Sasha finally let his face go and waited for him to finish his sentence " how are we going to tell Jean that... Those three are the reason that have boyfriend is dead" he asked her
Sasha stayed frozen for a couple of minutes before nodding her head. Jean with her closest friend in the original timeline after everything that happened. She knew deep in her heart that she cannot lie to him with such a big secret.
"... We'll tell him," she told Connie after thinking everything through " I'll tell him what I and you saw but nothing else do you understand me, Connie," she asked him he just nodded his head and turned away. They stayed by the edge of the woods for a couple more hours until they were called in by the higher ranking Commanders.
Sasha and Connie after that were inseparable
