-๑-๑ஜ ๑-Chapter 6: Up we go~ -๑ஜ ๑-๑-
-Shizuo´s point of view.-
People try to kill him.
What the actual fuck?
Following the raven to - well the didn't even know where they were going, the blond couldn't help but feel his anger rise. It wasn't even Izaya´s fault- and yet somehow it was.
The people around him pissed him off.
He knew he could act irrational at times, beat up some people more than necessary, but to blindly go and try kill someone because of a rumor that's not even confirmed was something so stupid not even Shizuo could understand that line of thinking. He would always make sure he at last got the right guy to get mad over.
"Come on protozoan, I don't have all day to waste on you." Lifting his head from the ground that he was staring all too angry at the blond noticed that his new captain had walked ahead quite a bit.
Trees and widows were starting to replace the houses scattered in the landscape and slowly but surely they were pretty much the only people walking around in the nature.
It was only when they reached the gigantic wall that the raven stopped walking. Well there wouldn't have been anywhere else to go anyway.
"There put that on." Blinking the blond looked at the raven who was now handing him one of these dreaded maneuver gears.
For a second the blond thought he might be joking, but the serious expression Izaya wore certainly didn't seem like it.
"What for? I can't handle this shit." The blond announced his doubts making the raven´s expression not move in the slightest.
"What? Did you think I would really just let you run around like a stupid chicken waiting to be stepped upon?" he asked instead, still holding that dreadful gear out to him.
A bit surprised the blond looked at the flea.
"You aren´t?" Considering what Izaya had said at the training ground about how he was just going to be one more corpse on the field that didn't need to be sustained anymore he had pretty much assumed Izaya was going to do just that.
"I took you into my team Shizu-chan, into the survey corps," the raven started, shoving the gear towards the blond in a manner that made him grab the thing without thinking twice, "Whatever you do on a mission could risk everyone else's lives." A smirk drew across his expression and he took a step back again.
"Not that I care, but it would be a shame if you already died on your first mission."
The frown on his face only getting deeper and deeper in confusion the blond looked at the gear in his hands- maybe the flea had given him some kind of special gear for stupid recruiters or something, but no, it was just the normal thing everyone used.
Confusion written across his face the blond looked at the raven.
"And what am I supposed to do now...?" As if he had been waiting for exactly that question the raven rose his hand, showing two fingers.
"You know Shizu-chan, out there it's either one of two options at all times." Pointing at the blades resting left and right on Izaya's hips the raven continued speaking, "to fight." next he pointed to Shizuo's gear. "or to run."
Frown easing up just the slightest bit the blond admitted that these two options sounded about right.
Throwing his hands into the air with a smile on his face the raven continued- "Now if you sit in a tree at a perfect position, you can fight all day, sever heads to your heart's content," of course Shizu-chan could, and he probably would considering what kind of brute he was. Then his face grew serious again. "But if there are more than just a couple. If they gather to a group of let´s say five only, you won't be able to fight them all."
he had seen it often enough- these titans, most people inside the walls thought they were just dumb animals- that they were just hunting individually for food but no that wasn't even the case.
First of they didn't need any food, so they had to be eating them for another reason entirely- and secondly-
They were able to think. That one was one of Izaya's own theories, but thinking about how they seemed to gather up on certain people once in a while it was almost as if they were working together. And no dumb brainless animals would work together like that.
"So, Shizu-chan, let's say you have to run away, how do you plan to do that?" Izaya swore he could almost see the steam rising from Shizu-chan´s head as he glanced to the gear, to Izaya and then back to the gear a couple times.
"I... run?" he tried first, making the raven shake his head, already having expected that kind of answer, no matter how silly it was.
"An average titan runs with 30km/h good luck outrunning it," the raven informed with just the slightest hint of sarcasm, making the brute probably feel even more stupid than he already did. "What else?" he asked, hoping that there would be some more ideas coming from the blond.
Not that he didn't already have the solution but he did kinda hope the blond would be able to figure it out himself.
Stupid recruiters were something he didn't need either after all.
"I use a horse?" Shizuo tried, knowing fully well that all the missions were usually involving horses they rode away with.
But the grin and soft shake of Izaya's head made him realize that that probably wasn't what the flea wanted to hear either.
"Too bad one of the titan's ate it, what now?"
Without a horse? Wracking his head the blond tried to figure out another way- he tried to imagine the situation. Being outside the walls, titans were after him and wanted to eat him.
"I …." well there was only one thing he could think of- "...hide?" he tried, hoping this was the correct answer- otherwise he wouldn´t have any idea left.
To his relief the raven nodded.
"We are getting somewhere. But where do you hide?" Where he said- well the first option that came to mind were jumping inside some bushes or whatever, but seeing how the first answer he gave hadn´t been the right one so far he figured he needed to think about that a bit more.
"... behind trees?" he suggested, making the raven roll his eyes, obviously getting a bit impatient.
"You are surrounded by at least 2 titans, gathered around you and you think running behind a tree will make them lose you out of their sight?"
Okay then maybe not the trees- … no wait.
"... in the tree crowns?" It was the only option left he could think of, and thinking about it, it was the most logical thing to do as well- everyone else except for him could handle the gear after all and where were they flying around? In between the tree tops.
"That´s what I wanted to hear~!" the raven agreed, affirming Shizuo´s suspicion, yet it didn't make him any wiser.
"Wait you want me to hide in trees?" Not just the fact that he had no idea how to get up there, but also the minor detail that he had no clue how to do that sort of thing made the blond frown.
The aversion against what the raven was suggesting didn´t go by unnoticed by Izaya. He never quite understood why anyone would risk their lives for someone else on a battlefield- especially when facing an indestructible force like the titan´s, but he was very well aware that many others seemed to be just too restless to remain calm during those kind of events.
He had seen dozens of recruits rushing to their friend aid to help them- help. Yeah if just they would have been able to. How many did he see die in exactly that way?
"I would rather have you hide up there and wait for things to calm down than for you to end up as a blood blotch on the ground," he argued quickly, trying to extinguish any remains of objection.
The blond kept quiet, still didn't quite agree though. What Izaya said made sense and yet it seemed just wrong to stand by and do nothing.
"Anyway, what are we doing here then?" he asked, gesturing around them. There were nothing but vast meadows. "There are no trees."
Taking a step forward the raven glanced over his shoulder with a grin.
"No tree inside the wall would be high enough for this practice," and with that the steel wires shot from his gear, pulling the raven into the air quicker than Shizuo could follow with his eyes.
One food landed at the side of the wall, one arm grabbing the wire still dangling from the spot the harpoon had pierced.
Izaya was a good 15 meters up ahead, dangling from the wall as he grinned down at the blond.
"The second tallest titans will reach up here." Shizuo heard the flea yell, pointing with his thumb to the point his steel wires shot into. "And now I want you to get up here~"
For a second the blond was left to blink- blink then look up the wall again- look around for some tree, then glance at Izaya's face to see if maybe he was joking, but no, he wasn´t-
"Up the wall?!" How the hell was he supposed to do that?
He knew he had a gear and all, but Izaya should know pretty well that he was useless with this thing, he couldn't use it at all!
"Let me be clear," the louse started talking again from above. "I don't care how you do it considering how brutish you are, but if you don't want to rely on simple luck of not encountering any titans out there then you better figure something out."
Frowning the blond looked at his gear.
He knew what this entire thing came down to. He had to use his gear didn't he?
Getting up this high without any help- hell if it was a tree it would even be easier. He could grab some branches, maybe just crawl up the stem-
No. He probably couldn´t. Not on a battlefield.
The flea wasn´t wrong with anything he said and yet somehow this whole thing pissed him off.
Glancing at the gear he wondered what his options were.
"What´s wrong, already giving up Shizu-chan~?" the raven called from above in a mocking tune, obviously intending to piss the blond off even more.
"Of course not!" he yelled back and inspected his gear a bit closer.
He just had to shoot this shitty thing into the wall, right? How difficult could that possibly be?
Grasping the cool metal at his hips the blond looked back and forth between the spot Izaya was dangling from and the gear. Okay- he could do this-
Fast and loud the steel wires shot out of the mini casket- pried themselves into the wall and-
*BAM*
Groaning the blond clutched his head with both hands as the air got knocked out of his chest. Similar to a caterpillar he found himself laying on his back, having crashed into the wall head on before falling to the ground again.
Earth was piled up left and right to him from how he got pulled through the dirt by his very own equipment.
Heartfelt laughter reached his ears and the blond´s frown only deepened as he looked up the wall.
"Sorry but-" the raven wheezed, tears collecting at the corner of his eyes as he tried to stop laughing, "this is just-" the dirt had even piled up on Shizuo´s face and the raven had to hold his stomach because laughing too hard.
"You fucking-! Stop laughing!" the blond barked although through all the anger he could feel a certain degree of embarrassment heat up his cheeks.
That louse wasn´t even making fun of him Shizuo had just literally given him a performance that was too fun to contain his shitty posture.
Wiping the dirt off his face with the back of his hand the blond pushed himself of the ground again. Pulling harshly at the steel wires he broke them back out of the wall, causing some stones to fall from above.
The raven cleared his throat as he had finally stopped laughing and curiously watched Shizu-chan as he walked back to his initial position.
He wasn´t giving up yet? Somehow it was surprising, yet to be expected. The blond had the shortest temper Izaya had ever seen so he would have thought the blond was going to leave after he couldn´t contain his laughter. Not so this time though.
Charging the wall again Shizu-chan shot the wires off and- same result except this time he ended up trapping himself in between the wires.
A couple of curses reached the raven´s ears and he found himself thinking that some more mocking might just be the solution to the problem.
"What´s wrong, come catch me~" the raven dared cocky, using his gear to carefree run along the wall, showing off to the blond how people from the survey corps were supposed to handle their gears.
"Are you really too stupid to get this right~?" the raven cooed making a vein pop at the blond´s forehead.
"Shut up flea," he growled, shooting the wires off once more-
With the same outcome.
To be honest this was definitely the worst he had ever seen someone handle a gear.
Time after time the blond tried again only to fail miserably each time. The raven just remained in place, watching the blond from above.
But no matter how many times the brute crashed into the wall, he surprisingly didn't just break the gear or walk away. The blond was tentative for one thing.
"I have to admit it's impressive how stubborn a monster like you can be," Izaya announced, almost making it sound like a compliment, but the blond only depicted the words as mockery anyway.
"Oh shut up flea," he growled, already having a searing headache from all the crashes. If he weren't such a monster he would probably be out of it already.
Sighing the raven let his eyes trail along the landscape.
It was almost bitter how beautiful their surroundings were. Meadows, bushes, trees and houses here and there were drawing a pretty neat picture in front of his eyes. The sun was gleaming from above setting everything into the brightest colors.
And behind this wall, there was hell.
It was really odd to think about.
Hearing yet another crash against the wall Izaya glanced down again. The blond was struggling with the gear again.
…
He wondered if Shizu-chan believed he was going to throw him out of the survey corps if he didn´t manage this.
The desperation and stubbornness he tried to accomplish this task with almost made him think so.
…
He wouldn´t. Izaya knew himself well enough to know he couldn't just throw the blond out again no matter what he did but there was no harm in making the blond believe he would do so right?
"Come on Shizu-chan, I don't have all day~" he called from above, a smirk crawling over his lips as he could literally see the anger increase in Shizu-chan´s eyes.
If glares could kill he would be dead by now the raven thought amused.
Good thing they couldn´t~
Angry, stomping away to the point he always started with the blond got ready again for one more try- it was then when he was busy glancing up at the raven that he failed to shoot both steel wires at the same time-
Feeling himself being pulled towards the wall by only the right wire he smashed into it from aside.
A sickening crack reached the raven´s ears and his body tensed involuntarily.
In the blond´s mind however something had just clicked together. A victorious grin spreading along his lips he pulled the wire out again- but this time he kept standing right in front of the wall-
He had an idea!
Purposely shooting only one of the wires up half the height Izaya was settled in he let himself be pulled up- the wire dragged him, gave him sped and before he knew it he was past the point the wire plucked itself into the wall and he pulled the shit out, shooting the other wire near Izaya-
Taking a quick step backwards the raven barely avoided being grazed by the dangerous projectile as the blond approached him.
The scene almost reminded him of a horror movie. Shizuo crawling up the wall like a monkey blood sprinkled all over his face from all the crashes and that sickening angle his arm was bent in- yeah, a pretty disturbing sight.
"How graceful," the raven commented when the brute finally settled down next to him. But the blond was still grinning victorious, way too proud of his ding to get mad over Izaya's teasing.
"But I made it," he announced proudly.
"With a bleeding head and some cracked limbs I suppose," Izaya added letting his eyes trail up and down the blond´s body. There was dirt and blood everywhere and even though Shizu-chan had managed to get up the wall he had done so in a manner that left the raven to sigh.
"But I escaped, the titan´s won´t get up here," Shizuo defended himself, reminding Izaya way too well on how he said he didn't care how the blond got up here.
"Really now, I dunno if I should be impressed or grossed out by your monstrosity," the raven sighed letting himself fall down the wall quicker than Shizuo could follow with his eyes.
"Stop calling me a monster," the blond frowned, pulling the wire out of the wall as he simply let himself fall down as well.
Not as graceful as the rave the blond landed on the ground.
"Of course Shizu-chan~" the raven hummed, turning around to approach the blond.
"And drop that nickname too." the blond grumbled, but faded out at the end as the raven didn't simply stop in front of him a few steps away.
"Sure, sure, now freeze." His hands were suddenly all over his shoulder and arm and the blond pulled away with a frown.
"What the hell flea-?" he barked bewildered, but the raven just rolled his eyes and again those fingers were touching him without permission.
"You think I didn't notice? That shoulder is definitely dislocated right there," the raven informed making the blond´s frown disappear. A blink followed and the bond looked at his shoulder, then back at Izaya only to realize that he had thought before something broke there.
"I would say something like, this is going to hurt now, but considering your sense of pain you probably won't even feel anything," the raven announced, still looked at the blond though as if to wait for confirmation.
He- wanted to pop it back in? Almost ashamed at how he had lashed out at the raven the blond just nodded as Izaya pushed at the shoulder.
That louse had skills that much Shizuo had to admit. He was just as fast as any doctor Izaya had visited that had to relocate a bone somewhere. Maybe even faster. It was just a push and pull and suddenly he could move his shoulder properly again.
"... thanks," he mumbled but the flea was already walking away again.
Somehow it made the blond feel a bit guilty. Izaya wasn't exactly being nice, no he was a little shit- but somehow slowly but surely he found himself thinking that maybe he was treating him worse than he deserved.
The flea was an irritating little shit and yet- he had just helped him even though no one asked for it. He could care less.
People were already taking revenge at him for things he didn´t do. And now he wasn´t being any better.
A frown appeared at his face and he ruffled through his hair as he quickly caught up to the raven. Maybe he should try being a bit less of an ass towards the flea.
To be continued~
xD hehe now be prepared for some bonding C: Sorry for being a bit late xD
Guest 2: aww yeah he is a softie at heart C: actually he is just fed up over all of the people dying, when they shouldn´t C: of course he is hehe, a lot of people will appear in this actually xD xD ahah the military police are nice soft kittens compared to Erika and Walter xDDDD thank you~! C;
Well then the next chapter will be up on 21stjuly2017 C: xD Sorry for the long waiting time but ´m having all my exams and I´m flying on vacation right afterwards xD