"Need a little help?"
She stared at the light skinned boy... or gaping at him would be the best way to put it. Where had he come from?
What was he wearing?
How had he saved her without any ODM gear?
All these questions coupled with the fear that came with facing certain death made the girl freeze for a number of seconds before the boy spoke again.
"Hey,we gotta get you out of here"
"My... my teammate..." The Cadet stuttered out.
The boy looked around and truly,there was another Cadet being held by a titan, dangerously close to being swallowed whole.
"Damnit" the strange boy whispered before reaching into his back pocket – or at least that's what it looked like – and brought out a metallic star shaped object. Before the female Cadet could ask what he planned to do,the star seemed to be enveloped in a blue rush of what could only be described as energy. Wasting no more time,the oddly dressed teenager sent the object flying with a strange amount of speed. The Cadet watched as the star imbedded itself directly into the Titan's nape,just as her teammate was getting placed between the mindless giant's teeth.
The next few seconds saw the Titan go up in steam, ending like all the Titans before it. The Cadet looked at the boy with shock.
Such accuracy...
"How did you..."
"Go,check on him" the boy with the headband said. "He's probably scared witless right now"
The girl nodded and went to check on her teammate, taking a few steps towards the fallen titan's carcass, before remembering that she hadn't given the kid a proper thank you due to tbe shock she was in. Turning around,she sought to correct her error.
"By the way..."
He was gone.
Shaking her head,she ran towards her shaken teammate in concern.
Kenji found his way to the rooftops once again,another life saved,or two if he was being technical. He was thankful for his enhanced accuracy which was as a result of training with Tenten. Kenji's face grew red just thinking about the brown eyed weapons specialist... he could say he'd developed feelings for the girl to a reasonable degree,but he shook the thoughts out of his head and focused on the current events. The girl he'd just saved had on the same jacket as the guy from the wall a few days ago... though it seemed like she was different... almost a novice to the job. Although that girl held two swords, she seemed scared to death... she reminded him of himself when he first saw Gaara.
The One Tail Jinchuriki absolutely terrified Kenji when he first him... the brutal murder of those Hidden Grass ninja during the Chūnin exams shook Kenji to his core, worsening his already shy nature and he wanted nothing to do with the sand ninja. Though he eventually fought past his fear when he realized Sasuke's life was in danger,he did have an idea what these people felt.
"But they need to understand... fear only slows us down..."
Then again, in a world without Chakra, there was little they could do against these freaks of nature.
"I guess it's a good thing I'm here then..."
Kenji kept running and leaping till he spotted a group a few roofs ahead of him,all sporting the same uniform that girl had on.
'Maybe they're all soldiers of some kind'
Kenji eventually found his way to the roof the group was situated on, dropping on the opposite end without drawing their attention. By this time,the sky had been turned grey by the smoke in the atmosphere. He noticed they were all panicking,all seemed apprehensive... then one of them – a dark haired girl spoke up.
"Listen," she said coolly. "I'm stronger than all of you here. You hear me? None of you come close... I'm a warrior, I can eradicate all the titans that block our path, with or without help"
Something about her strongly reminded Kenji of his now rogue teammate. The very aura of the girl resembled that of an Uchiha... though he strongly doubted that anyone around here even knew of the Uchiha clan's existence.
"You can't be serious!"
"Taking them all on your own,are you insane?!"
"There's no way you can hope to beat them!"
These were the words she was bombarded with. The girl turned away from them and towards the edge of the roof.
"If I can't beat them, I die,but If I beat them,I win" the girl said. "The only way to win is to fight"
Now she was starting to exhibit the reckless attitude Kenji was used to seeing in Naruto. He had to put a stop to this before she did something stupid.
"As brave as that sounds, it's also really reckless"
Everyone turned to face Kenji,who once again had his hands in his pockets in the style of his Sensei. Most were surprised and puzzled to see him,but one blonde had a look of relief on his face,as if he was thankful for the intervention. One of the Cadets spoke up.
"What're you doing here?! All civilians should be evacuated!"
"Trust me, I'm not a civilian" Kenji said.
"Well, you definitely don't look like a soldier" another Cadet said.
"Forget about that," Kenji said. "What's the problem right now?"
"We're low on gas for our maneuver gear," A female Cadet said. "And we need to get to HQ to refill,but it's overrun by titans"
"I see..." Kenji said. "Who's in charge here?"
"No one specifically"
Kenji let out a sigh. As much as he hated to do this,it seemed that he needed to take the position of leader, seeing as they all seemed clueless and one was basically just about to go on a suicide mission. He had to brace up and mirror what he'd seen Kakashi always do.
"Alright,listen!" Kenji had to adjust the volume of his voice to at least sound more authoritative. "Obviously,you guys need to get back to your headquarters to refill right?"
"Yeah,but it's overrun by titans!" a Cadet said.
"Yeah,but if you stay out here, you're definitely gonna get killed" Kenji said. "You'll have to head to the headquarters with at least some defense, since I guess you're all low on the gas you're talking about... that's where I come in"
"You?" a tall Cadet scoffed. "What can you do? Are you even a soldier?"
"I'm a different kind of soldier" Kenji looked at the cadet with a hard eyes.
"We have no other options,Jean" The female Cadet said. "If he's survived this long,let's at least listen to him"
"Alright, who're the strongest ones here?" Kenji asked.
A tall and we'll built Cadet spoke up "That would be me,Mikasa, Bert, Sasha, Connie, Annie, Jean, Christa and Marco"
Kenji nodded. "Alright,you all will stay ahead... but since I don't know where your headquarters is, I'll need to go along with someone,so I'll stay at the forefront with you..." Kenji pointed to the female Uchiha lookalike. "while the other eight follow behind. everyone else stays behind the names mentioned"
"So, you'll stay ahead with Mikasa and we'll be behind you," The tall boy, apparently called Jean said. "What about everyone else?"
"I got that covered"
Kenji placed his fingers into the cross sign.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
In an instant,a cloud of smoke enveloped the area and out of it came two identical copies of Kenji. Everyone was stunned, to say the least.
"What the hell?!!" Jean exclaimed.
"By the walls!" A female Cadet said.
"What?! how did..."
"Calm down," The original Kenji said. "It's a clone,a copy of myself"
The short explanation did little to nothing to relax the dumbfounded expressions of all the other Cadets. The blond boy let out a slight shriek in disbelief of what he'd just seen.
"What..." The Uchiha-like girl wanted to voice out the utter bewilderment all the Cadets seemed to share but was cut off.
"I'll explain later,just do what we planned," Kenji said. "My clones will watch the others behind"
"Fine by me," The dark haired girl seemed to regain her composure. "Let's go"
With that,she took off.
"I blame Eren for this, damnit" Jean cursed under his breath before taking off after her, the others following too.
"Hey.." The Cadet who'd explained the situation to Kenji turned to him. "How're you and your uhh... clones gonna lead us without any gear?"
Kenji smiled. "I can manage"
After that sentence,the fifteen year old nodded at his copies before channelling chakra to his feet, leaping mightily above the houses and past all the swinging cadets.
Hearing their amazed shouts and gasps made him smile. He then looked towards the dark haired girl,whom he now knew as Mikasa whose expression was no different, before flashing her a smile.
Mikasa tried to focus on the task at hand as she fired her ODM gear repeatedly,the headquarters building still up ahead. The fact that Eren had gotten devoured was still fresh in her mind,she planned to let adrenaline drown her negative emotions and now there was this kid...
She watched as the strangely dressed boy leaped and ran stop the rooftops, keeping up with her as if it was child's play. Then there was the fact that the boy had literally duplicated himself, making not one copy but two solid physical copies of himself!
'This is borderline impossible...'
A horror filled scream reached Mikasa and she risked a glance downwards towards the source. There was a soldier, a boy hunched over and desperately trying to fire his ODM gear as it refused to hoist him upwards.
"He's out of gas..."
Quite a few titans were converging the poor guy,they were at little more than arm's length... there was nowhere for him to run.
Mikasa had told them she would eradicate all Titans blocking their path,but if she were to divert and help the boy,it would jeopardize all the others following them... she couldn't afford to lose more lives.
Sacrifices had to be made...
The boy's screams rent the air as he was picked up and brought towards the Titan's mouth,just seconds away from being eaten.
"Chidori Blade!"
A sound that resembled loud chirping cut through the air,followed by a bright blue flash which sped past the Titan's neck, completely severing it.
Somehow, Mikasa saw what happened clearly, despite how fast it'd happened. It was one of the strange boy's copies... and lightning seemed to surround his right hand!
Mikasa turned to her left and sure enough,the original boy was still flanking her, moving at his inhuman speed. Turning once again to her left,she saw the doppelganger pick up the shaken boy and leap up to a roof on their opposite side.
What was this kid?
Kenji was smiling as he kept hearing the reactions to his abilities, even Mikasa seemed stunned. he was tempted to show off a little bit but good sense prevailed as he focused on the mission at hand. He assumed the tall building ahead of them was the headquarters,but then again, Mikasa was the one leading so he has no way to exactly know. .
His thoughts were cut short when he noticed a boy struggling with his gear and surrounded by titans... if someone didn't interfere,the guy would be done for. Luckily he saw one of his clones divert to save the boy.
'Ox,Hare and Monkey...'
He nodded when he saw the familiar blue lightning of he and Sasuke's signature Jutsu, knowing this would be over in a few seconds.
After the Titan was killed,Kenji focused his attention back to the objective at hand. He noticed Mikasa looking at him and he chose this moment to ask the question he had on his mind.
"How much farther?"
"It's that tall building up ahead" she replied. Kenji nodded and kept leaping forward.
'I just hope we don't lose anyone before we get there...'
Armin watched in nothing but absolute fascination as the boy split himself into two extra copies, leapt from roof to roof like he was skipping past small rocks and take out a Titan with what appeared to be self generated lightning. The boy's copy scooped up the shaken soldier and leapt like it's original, effortlessly keeping up with them.
"What is this..?" he heard Jean ask. The other Cadets asked similar questions in disbelief and shock.
Armin himself was too shocked to speak,this kid was committing feats that were simply inhuman and completely unheard-of. He was snapped out of his reverie when he heard a voice call from the front.
"Don't stray out of the group, we're almost there!"
The kid with the strange hairdo and even stranger clothing lead them like said he would, using what looked like a little dagger and occasional shows of the same blue lightning,he and his copies took out Titan after Titan like it was a cakewalk. Eventually they all arrived at the headquarters, crashing through the window on the second floor as they did.
Armin slightly slumped his shoulders ,not believing that they'd actually survived that. The only thing close to being a casualty was the stranded soldier,which the doppelganger dealt with effortlessly.
'The way he moved... jumping from building to building like it was nothing, it's not human. Then there's that lightning ability, it cut straight through their napes!'
The silence in the room was only cut short by the heavy breathing of the Cadets and the rumbling sound of titan footsteps.
"Alright,that does it!" Jean yelled. "Just what the hell are you,kid?!"
The boy turned towards them, sheathing his small knife in the case strapped to his leg.
"My name's Kenji Tamura" The boy said. "And I'm a Ninja of the Hidden Leaf"
