NOTE:

I don't own anything in this story. Seiji Shimoda is the creator of Asura's Wrath and Hajime Isayama is the creator of Attack on Titan

Chapter 1

In the year 844 – Wall Maria

Inside Wall Maria, the Ackerman family was living peacefully away from the eyes of the people inside the walls because of the persecution of the Akraman clan by the authorities which led to the extinction of many of their people. In the past, the Ackermann clan were used as warriors to protect the King until they turned their backs on the monarchy. The members of this clan are distinguished by their unique strength and abilities that surpass any other ordinary humans, which make them a rare and special kind of human beings.

Mr. Ackerman lives in a small house inside the woods near Shiganshina District, along with his pregnant wife and his daughter Mikasa. The last resembles her mother very much in terms of appearance, as her mother's Asian race is the most essential characteristic of her features. And this is what Mikasa inherited from her mother, unlike her father, who has European features and blonde hair.

Mikasa was always a curious and naive child who tried to understand the concept of living and where the babies were come from. She even asked her father this question, but her father was taken aback by her question and he sheepishly lied that he does not know and suggested she ask Dr. Yeager when he arrives.

On the other hand, Mrs. Ackerman was always supportive and affectionate to her daughter. She taught Mikasa about her family's traditions of the embroidery pattern. Even, she passed down to her daughter the Azumabito family crest tattooed on her wrist which make her mother the last surviving descendant of the Oriental clan within the Walls.

Since her birth, Mikasa was isolated socially due to her family's safety, she had never had a friend before. Her parents didn't trust anyone outside except Dr. Yeager. The girl was innocent and pure on her own. She was aware of the harshness of nature, witnessing how predators would hunt and kill weaker prey. However, her innocence allowed her to push these thoughts to the back of her mind, and she continued to live happily with her parents.

In the early morning, Mikasa gathered her stuff and decided to explore the forest alone. She heard her father before the dinner talk about an abandoned cave surrounded by huge trees deep in the forest. The hunter dad didn't realize the passion and enthusiasm in his daughter's eyes when he warned his daughter to don't go there because the place is quite unsafe and unknown.

During breakfast, the young girl was thinking about discovering the cave by herself. "Dad… Mom… I will go to the forest to catch some flowers and berries"

Her mother starts to argue with her "Mikasa you have to wait until you_" the husband cut her out. "Yes, you can my sweetie" he replied calmly while drinking his tea. Mikasa smiled with a victory grin.

"But I'll give you my hunting knife"

Mr. Ackerman trusts his judgment about his daughter, deep down inside him he knows that she will achieve great things in the future.

The young girl stared blankly at her father then the knife in his hand, then she smiled at him and took the knife from his palm "Don't worry about me daddy I will be okay".

Her father nodded at her with a smile "Be careful my sweetie".

Mikasa took her items and run out of the house with excitement, her unbridled curiosity about the cave mentioned by her father still obsessed her, but besides all this, there was a feeling of fear of the unknown. They may encounter some kind of wolves, predators, or worse "Titan" Mikasa shivers from the thought but thanks god that the great walls prevent humanity from the titan assault. So, she took a deep breath and start her journey with lively and energetic feelings.

Back at the house

"Darling why did you do such a thing" Mrs. Ackerman was nervous and worried about her little daughter and that a bad thing might happen to her.

The husband turned to his wife with a series and calm expressions "Honey, I know you were worried about our little girl, but this is the first time she asked me a request… please have a faith in her she's growing up" he approached his wife while touching her bully with his hand. She giggled at his touch, then he leaned forward and caught her lips with a passionate kiss.

After they broke off the kiss he looked at her eyes while rubbing her cheeks gently "Mikasa will become a big sister to our newborn child… and I know she wants to protect him when he will come" he finished with a small smile

"I'm glad you are here for us baby" she hugged him.

"Always by your side" he hugged her back gently due to her statute of pregnancy.

But deep down in Mrs. Ackerman's heart, she knew that something will happen to Mikasa and she tried to claim that feeling was wrong.

In the forest

Mikasa was happy wearing her usual dress with her bag on her back, during walking in the forest, she passed through a small river and saw the animals and birds living in harmony, and the atmosphere was incredible.

Until she reached her destination, she sighted the cave that was surrounded by huge trees. Although it was still the morning the girl was a little bit scared. The place as her dad described is gloomy and abandoned.

She started walking carefully inside the cave she used the sulfur stick to light the small stick in her left hand. She was walking quietly and exploring the cave, the place was not as distinct as she had imagined, but it was bleak and scary.

Until suddenly!

"What is that" She screamed in panic and closed her eyes when she witnessed a big swarm of bats were alarmed by her presence and started to fly out of the cave fastly. Mikasa was terrified this was the first time she saw a bat in her entire life, they were ugly after all more than the insects in their garden.

After the bats left. Mikasa opened her eyes and turned her head to where the bats were sleeping and she was shocked and speechless as her blood ran cold!

A human was inside the huge boulder but he was completely petrified. Fortunately, she still had the flaming stick in her hands when she fell to her knees when the ugly bats attacked her.

Mikasa tried to check the petrified man in front of her. From her point of view, he looks dead, but the question that aroused her curiosity: How did the man end up like this, and where did he come from? Despite the fear lurking within her, her determination to find out this person's secret was uncontrollable.

First of all, the markings on the man's body were very visible to anyone, also he had a muscular body with high heights, which made the young girl blush at the sight in front of her. Although by his fiscal expression, the man was in pain.

"What a poor guy, I can see the pain in his face" Mikasa sympathizes with the dead body of the weird man that she accidentally found, she felt sorry for him.

While she was in her deep thoughts, Mikasa heard a growl behind her at the cave's gate. the girl was frozen and she knew exactly what this sound belongs to! The Gray wolves. Three grown wolves with malice in their eyes.

The three Gray wolves started to walk slowly inside the cave and eyed the poor girl with hunger and saliva on their sharp teeth.

Mikasa was helpless she can't survive against those gnarled wolves, even her dad with his rifle if he was there beside her. She cursed herself to be this stupid and waste a lot of time in the forest, the sun was beginning to set and it was getting dark.

Then she remembered the hunting knife that her father, had given her early this morning. She grab the fire stick in her left hand, and the knife in her right hand. while soft tears flow from her eyes.

She will die by those stinky hungry wolves, what a pitiful fate! She can't say farewell to her parents and won't see her future brother/sister. The tape of her memories began to gather rapidly in her mind from the hour of her birth.

Then she turned to the stone man that she had never witnessed something like that in her life. She wished that he was alive so she can know him and know his name. Wolves were almost near her position, a few inches away from her face.

"PLEASE SOMEBODY HELP ME!" She cried with the loudest cry along with tears in her eyes before the wolves attacked her.

The stone man behind her was covered with glowing light and a red aura, which led the boulder to explode along with a wild roar that came from the man that lay inside it.

"AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!". The shockwave of the roar shatters the boulder completely with a massive force that sent Mikasa along with the wolves outside the cave.

"My head!" Mikasa gasped and grabbed her forehead with pain, she was a little bit dizzy but was shocked to see the man that came out from the boulder alive. She found the wolves ran in fear, she was glad for the unsudden action of this weird man, she was glad he was still alive!

Huge footsteps came out of the cave with, a red aura and glowing red eyes. Although it was dark within the forest, the light of the moon and glamorous aura around him make her shiver in fear!

The Ackerman girl noticed the man has a tanned skin bulky with rough muscles with red markings all over his body. He has spiky white hair and white pupilless eyes that make him look feral. And the trousers he's wearing with a red flame pattern are uncommon. On those trousers, he wears a golden sash. He wears unusual golden greaves that also act as sandals and golden armor vambraces on his legs.

Mikasa have never seen something like that before, she was shocked and scared at the same time. "Is he a human being?...because no human has these formal details he has" although he has a humanitarian appearance his features, it doesn't prove her thoughts about his appearance.

What caught her eyes, was his golden arms they were beautiful. But, inside her, she felt this man is a good person, not a harmful one if he wa_

"Mithra...is that you" The man suddenly whispers "You are still alive" He glanced at the young girl with hope in his eyes, he remembered the girl that looked like his daughter back in the village when he was fighting the Gohma and the Seven Deities.

"Mit..th..ra" Mikasa manged to say. She stood up on her feet and look directly at the man and his wild eyes. He began to approach her until he got down on one knee in front of her so that he would be on her level. Mikasa was frozen in her place she couldn't move her muscles.

Then he pats her head gently and wrapped his golden arms gently around her back "Don't be scared little one... I am sorry for what happened to you back inside that cave" Mikasa felt a little relief inside and she could feel the man's warmth hug, she felt safe between his golden arms "but you remained of my daughter" he closed his eyes. He really missed his daughter.

Mikasa was shocked after hearing his words she felt sad for him. He opened his eyes and released her on her own. She looked at the ground with grief and said "I'm sorry to hear that" then she glanced at his face and smiled "My name is Mikasa Ackerman".

The man is known as the Eight Guardian General and the Demigod of Wrath smiled back at her "Mikasa... what a beautiful name you got there". Mikasa blushed intensely at his compliment.

"Asura... my name is Asura" Mikasa looked at him with stupor. ASURA! Mikasa had heard her mother before telling her about a myth in her family's culture, about a being called Asura, her mother described him as a demon, and Mikasa was scared back then of that story.

But the Asura in front of her, she found him a handsome man even though his appearance terrifies her in the first place. But she felt safe with him. She trusted him. Maybe she is just an innocent young girl, but her judgment about him from inside her would be right.

"Nice to meet you Asura" She blushed at him, and Asura chuckled at her reaction.

"Tell me Mikasa" He started to ask her. "What a little girl like you doing here in this gloomy forest, you know I was glad that I was resurrected her you would be dead by those wolves".

She was shocked "What do mean resurrected, you were dead before!?" she can't believe it! that was a supernatural act besides the titans outside the walls, there was a secret behind Asura's words and Mikasa would ask him later.

"It was a long story!" Asura humphs in disappointment "Even after I defeated that bastard Chakravartin. I won't be able to reunite with Durga and Yasha in Nirvana, why I was still alive and sent here in this place, I'm glad Mirtha is still alive and can live a peaceful life, but I'm not sure it was still in Gaea or sent back to another world" He closed his eyes and gritted his teeth with frustration, even after his long journey while he struggled and fought his enemies in order to save Mithra and the world, his fate won't be settled yet!

He tried to calm himself, thanks to Yasha's mantra core, and the Mantra Reactor he put inside his core before their last battle. He won't lose himself again like before. And deep inside him, he knows there is the reason why he returned here right now. Although Charkarvatin was already dead. But, Asura's mantra power remains, he was glad for that and if he was sent to another world, and the people there were in danger he will use his power to protect them even if it will cost him his own life.

Then suddenly. Mikasa's small hand grabbed his huge golden one. "Are you alright Asura!". She worried about him when she saw the sadness on his face. She wanted to comfort him, and tell him everything will be okay.

"Tell me Mikasa is your house near there, your parents must be worried about you, and it's quite dark around here." He asked her with concern in his eyes.

"Ah... yes we have to go east there" She pointed her finger in the direction. "But we can't go there I'm scared" Mikasa was afraid of these wolves back then.

Suddenly Asura carried her in princesses style she blinked at him "Mikasa, hold onto me tightly this gonna be fast for you" He smirked while looking in the direction of her home.

Mikasa smiled at him and grab his neck tightly "Yes, let's go Asura".

TO BE CONTINUED...