I don't own Fairy Tail and Shingeki No Kyojin. They belong to Hiro Mashima and Hajime Isayama.
Chapter 6
More weeks passed by and Levi's squad made several more outings since the first. With more time spent together, everyone was pretty much well acquainted by now, well, except for Natsu and Eren. Speaking of the two...
Reiner yawned as he stretched his arms above his head. It was morning time, and for once in a long while, he had managed to attain a proper night's rest. The young man quietly gazed around the room and noticed that he had been the first to awaken. Slowly, he climbed down from his bunk, trying not to disturb his bunk buddy's slumber. When his feet hit the cool, wood floor, he heard tussling.
"Sorry, did I wake you?" He whispered.
"No." Laxus replied. The lightning man sat up and then twisted his back from right to left, earning a few pop sounds. "What time is it?"
"I want to assume it's around 5 a.m." Reiner said.
Laxus sighed. "So dang early..." Slowly, he got out of his bunk.
After a few morning greetings, the two men agreed that they both would head out for a morning jog since it was Saturday, their "day off". On their way out, they couldn't help but chuckle at the other recruits' awkward and unappealing, sleeping faces. Two in particular caught them by surprise.
"Well, would you look at that..." Laxus said quietly. If only I had a camera lacrima.
"You definitely don't see that everyday." Reiner added
There lay in front of the two men was Natsu and Eren, snoring and snuggling up into each other's arms. The two were extremely tired from another punishment they had earned because of their extreme hatred and rivalry for each other. The two dorks must have been so tired that they couldn't even put up another one of their daily feuds, choosing which bunk to crash in. But anyways, seeing a sight like this was extremely comical. Reiner and Laxus didn't pay any attention to the time that had passed but had assumed that it had been a while due to the multiplying crowd of their peers.
Natsu wrapped his arm tighter around Eren's shoulder, drawing Yeager closer to him. Eren also threw an arm around Natsu's waist pulling him closer as well.
"Well, isn't that cute~" Jean yawned. A Gihee was made and heard.
"Should't we wake them?" Armin questioned. He was feeling slightly fearful of the two's reaction to come.
"Nah," Grey answered. "For all the bickering that we have to put up with, this is payback".
The crowd of men continued to watch Natsu and Eren sleep and snuggle for a few more minutes until another joined the watch party.
"Enjoying the show?" Levi questioned them. All shoulders stiffened. It didn't matter how old a person was, what gender a person was, and how strong a person was; there was no one under Captain Levi's rank who was not at the least a bit fearful of him. "Get out and start cleaning. No one eats until it's sparkling outside." All hurried outside except for the sources of entertainment.
Tch. Levi snickered. He approached the two sleeping and lifted his arm up. It had been carrying a bucket of cold water which had been meant for a recruit to use for mopping.
"Rise and shine." He said quietly to himself. His lips curved slightly upward.
DUMP
At the immediate contact of the cold water, the eyes of the two men flashed open. Although they sat up quickly, their arms were still wrapped around each other. As seconds passed for them to process who they were, where they were, and what was going on, fear, shock, and worry flooded their eyes at the realization of where their hands were placed. Then, they met each other's eyes.
"YOU'RE NOT MY MOTHER!"
"YOU'RE NOT IGNEEL!"
It was 7:00 a.m. The men and women were cleaning just about every inch of the Survey Corps grounds. Mikasa, Sasha, and Lucy cleaned in the stables. Connie, Juvia, and Wendy tended to the horses, Laxus, Evergreen, Jean, and Gajeel washed windows, Freed, Mirajane, Armin, Annie, and Bertolt took care of the weeds and watered plants. Reiner, Elfman, Bixlo, Ymir, and Christa were on kitchen duty. The rest cleaned anything else that was deemed 'not clean enough' by the captain. Oh, and we can't forget our two of our favorite protagonists, Eren and Natsu. Where were they and what were they cleaning? The grossest and filthiest place on the grounds followed by the stables; the bathrooms.
Natsu and Eren faced the building of the almighty, comfort room. They stood about five feet away from it and stood between the two doors labeled 'male' and 'female'. The stench had been so overpowering that almost all their senses cringed and felt as if they were burning. They two men looked at each other, and as if they had read the other's mind,
"I call dibs on cleaning the girls' bathroom!" they both shouted.
"Nah-uh. I don't think so." Eren said.
"I should say the same to you! You ain't getting away with cleaning the cleanest bathroom!" Natsu yelled. "I've actually been in a girl's bathroom, and I know how to clean and take care of it!" Natsu didn't realize how misleading that sounded.
"I know what it's like in the men's bathroom, but not in a woman's. Go and educate yourself!" This also sounds very misleading.
Their argument was interrupted a passerby, also known as Gajeel Redfox. "Oh for crying out loud!" he yelled. "Go clean them both together! That way, you idiots can get done quicker!" Gajeel readjusted the pale of water in his hands and walked back to whatever window he was cleaning.
Dragneel and Yeager managed to clean the women's restroom in a short amount of time. The place had been left sparkling.
"I don't get it, but girls usually manage to keep their bathrooms more clean." Natsu sighed. Eren, who was now educated as to what a woman's bathroom is like, nodded in agreement. As they picked up their cleaning supplies and exited the room, horror and grief overcame them. What lied ahead of them was a room of an utter, dark mystery filled with various stenches and unknown objects lying about on the floor. A cold chill ran down their spines.
"Well," Eren breathed. "H-Here we go..."
As each stall was opened, the boys' first reactions were to gag and then hold back the upcoming of whatever they had left in their stomachs. Natsu had never seen a toilet so green and so brown. He wasn't hungry anymore.
"How are we supposed to clean this?" Natsu asked. "Compared to everything, this is far more worse than all the punishments we've had to face."
"It would take a lot of alcohol and fire to kill every bacteria, germ, and disease starting whatever." Eren said, using his forearm to cover his nose and part of his mouth.
Natsu paused the mention of fire. He then felt the urge to put his left hand over his right shoulder. He remembered that he was forbidden from using any magic.
"Well, if Heichou gave us these cleaning tools, then they must be enough to clean this dump." Eren said, although Natsu was still deep in thought. "~Ah~ grooooss. I can taste the stench in my mouth!"
In time, the grounds became sparkling enough to meet the captain's standards. Everyone then got to enjoy their well deserved breakfast.
"Everyone has been working so very hard lately." Erza spoke. She, along with the Commander and Captains, had been observing the recruits eating.
"Indeed they have." Erwin agreed. "What are you trying to get at?" He sensed that she was going to ask something from him.
A tint of red warmed her cheeks. She had been found out. "Ah, well... I was thinking that they are deserving of a reward."
"Things like that don't happen around here." Levi said coldly. Erwin raised a hand to calm Levi.
"What did you have in mind?" Erwin asked.
"Well..." She started.
"A Bathhouse as a reward?" Christa repeated. "We've never received an reward before, especially not something as luxurious as this."
"Really? But you guys work so hard all the time." Lucy said.
"Those who are part of the Survey Corps don't get to enjoy thing like rewards and bathhouses." Ymir said flatly. "I don't know where you're from, but things like that don't exist around here."
"Well they do now." Lucy replied.
The girls gathered their pajama wear, all were identical do to them being given by the Corps. Later they met up the the boys at the bathhouse.
*w*
"So, an onsen..." Jean said. "How does it work?" Gajeel and Grey laughed.
"It's a beautiful thing." Gajeel said as he patted Jean's shoulder before walking ahead in the baths. "Gihee, Gihee, Gihee..."
"Ok?" Jean was stilled confused.
"Just remember, only a wall divides us." Grey said chuckling. Jean still didn't know what he meant.
By the time everyone had entered the baths, men in the men's, women in the women's, they had all agreed that this was the perfect opportunity to get to know more about one another.
So with that being said, let's check on the girls...
"So, you enjoy literature?" Hanji asked. Levy nodded. "It's a beautiful thing, isn't it?" The scientist laughed. "You should become a scientist!"
Levy chuckled. "I'm more of a historian."
"How long have you known Eren, Mikasa?" Wendy asked.
"Since we were kids, he has become a very important person to me." She replied quietly. "How old are you Wendy?"
"Well," She should be around 17 but because she, along with the others had been in a magic coma for 7 years, her appearance hasn't changed much since her 10 year-old self. Quickly, she came up with a reasonable lie. "I'm fourteen"
"You're so young, what made you want to join the corps at such an age? Eren, Armin, and I joined also very young, but we had nothing left. Eren though joined for a slightly different reason..." Mikasa spoke quieter.
"I wanted to help." Wendy said. It wasn't a lie. "The Survey Corps does so much and gives up so much for the sake of humanity's survival." Mikasa didn't say anything.
"Ughhhhh! I'm so hungry!" Sasha whined. Juvia who was walking with her towards the bath laughed at her friend's common predicament.
"But Sasha-san, we just ate." Juvia smiled.
"I'm soooooooo hungryyyyyy!" She whined again.
"Here." Annie gave sasha some sweet bread she had purchased. Gave? Haha, author meant shoved into her mouth. "Stop whining. It's annoying."
"Was Annie trying to be nice?" Christa gasped.
"Who would have thought..." Mirajane played along.
"Are you... a goddess?!" Sasha's eyes sparkled.
Annie said nothing but her cheeks became red. She quietly sat down in the bath.
"Maybe we'll see the lighter side Ymir next." Erza joined. Ymir just snickered.
"Please, the day I change is the day Evergreen stops thinking she's all that." Ymir said.
"I don't think I'm all that, I AM all that!" Evergreen responded.
After that, laughter filled the women's bath.
Now, with the boys...
"It's angelic, I tell you..." Laxus said to Reiner and Elfman. The three had been listening to the laughter coming from the next room over.
Reiner said nothing. His face slowly became red, but he had later insisted that it was because of the steam from the bath. Elfman was no better.
Bixlo came over and sat next to Elfman. "Thinking about a certain fairy?" He whispered. The 'manly' man's face became even more red.
"N-nooo!"
"I'm telling ya mine's bigger!" Grey laughed/shouted.
"No way!" Connie laughed too but slightly irritated.
Grey flexed his arm, causing his arm muscle to bulge. Connie did the same. The two held up their arms together for comparison.
"Ladies, ladies... you're both pretty. Besides, mine's even bigger." Gajeel flexed both his arms causing the other two to remain silent because they knew that it was true.
Freed sat next to Bertolt who was currently gesturing both of his hands to signal for the men to calm down. "You guys don't know how misleading that sounds... What if the girls hear you?" Freed nodded in agreement.
"It's inappropriate!" Freed said.
"They aren't doing anything bad, so chill." Bixlo said.
"Girl's can be total pervs sometimes." Natsu sighed as he entered in the water.
"What?" Eren questioned in disbelief. He too entered the water.
"Especially Luce..." Natsu said to himself.
"So... you're saying that the girls are bathing just behind this wall?" Jean asked again all flustered. His thumb was pointing over his shoulder the wall the stood behind him.
"Yup. Pretty much." Gajeel answered for the third time.
Jean's face heated up to a whole new shade of red. He was silent for several minutes. "I bet Sasha has a great pair..." He whispered to himself.
"What?" Gajeel didn't hear him.
"I said Sasha found some great pears."
After much enjoyed time at the bathhouse was spent, it was time for them to return to the Survery Corps grounds.
Little did they all know, that someone had been watching them once again...
"Seems like they have their guards especially lowered today..." Hands left the teleorb, causing the device to turn off. "I want you, demon and shifter blood." The person turned behind to talk to another. "We invade tonight. Grab as many as you can, but not all. I want to have some fun with them." The woman returned her gaze towards the powered-off teleorb. "I'm going to crush your sanity."
The time was 12:00 a.m., or midnight. Everyone was asleep and the surrounding area was silent.
Thump.
Natsu's eyes flickered open. His eyes met the bottom of the bed that lay atop of him. (He had lost the battle of the bunks that night). He thought his dragon senses picked up something, but maybe they didn't. His senses have been out of whack since his body and transformed. He ran a hand through his brown locks. Different He thought.
Just when he was about to convince himself to go back to sleep he heard another sound.
THump.
This time the sound sounded closer. Although he hated the man that slept above him very much, he knew that he knew very much about the titans of this world and that Eren played a very important role with the Survey Corps, although Natsu didn't know what exactly the role was yet. He decided to wake him.
"Eren." This was the first time Natsu had used the man's first name. It sounded weird at first, but he shook the feeling off. Natsu heard tussling above him, so he called out his name again. "Eren."
"What?" Eren yawned.
"I heard something." Natsu said.
"Yeah so? What do you want me to do about it? Sing you a lullaby?" Eren said sarcastically. "It's probably the rats."
Natsu didn't have time for this. "No it's not the rats, it's bigger than-"
THUmp.
Eren sat up quickly, carefully enough not to smash his head to the ceiling. "Okay, those aren't rats." Eren jumped down from his bunk and Natsu got out of his bed. The two listened in silence. Maybe it happened to be titan that was just passing by, after-all, titan's were supposed to not be as active during the night as they were during the day.
It was silent for the next 15 minutes. The boys sighed. Eren looked towards Natsu.
"Maybe it was just passing b-"
THUMp
THUMP
THUMP THUMP THUMP!
YAOWEIJFOISDAUOFIHSDOFIJWOIERJOISDFLKJASOFDIJ a loud, ear-piercing screech was heard. Everyone woke up.
"TITAN!" Eren yelled. All the recruits rushed to get their 3D-maneuver gear on and then rushed outside.
"What the-" Natsu started.
"helk?" Eren finished.
There stood in front of them was a 20 foot titan, no Intelligent.
"How did it get inside?!" Gajeel yelled.
"Beats me, but we gotta take it down!" Grey shouted.
Armin ran, avoiding the Intelligent and the Intelligent's attack. He left to inform Captain Levi, Hanji, Erza, Mike, and Commander Erwin. Connie ran to the girl's cabin to wake them up. It only took 7 minutes for everyone to come rushing out.
Some attempted to take out the Intelligent from the ground, and others the roof. Captain Levi joined the fight as soon as he made it outside. His eyes had never looked so fierce. He ran up along the roof and was joined by Hanji.
"How did it get in here?" Hanji asked herself. Her eyes couldn't leave the beast that was now trying to attack the recruits.
Lucy, Levy, Gajeel, and Laxus aimed for its left leg. They needed to take this thing down. Jean, Freed, and Elfman worked on the right.
The Intelligent began to notice the 'ants' that surrounded its legs and reached down to grab them. Wendy had managed to use the 3D-maneuver gear fast and had sliced the beast's left arm.
AWOIEUROWIUFOISODJOWIEJOFISODIJFWOEIMOW! It screeched in pain. It tried swinging its right arm towards the girl dragon-slayer. However Jean had managed to distract the Titan by slicing up its right shoulder. It screeched once more. Mirajane, Juvia, and Sasha tried to climb their way up to a high place to find an opening to the beast's nape.
With the Beast distracted by all the recruits flying around it, Levi was granted an opening to its nape.
ZWIP.
Levi sliced off a heavy chunk of its neck. The beast fell silent and collapsed. Thankfully, it didn't land on any of the buildings. Several minutes passed and everyone gathered together.
"What was that?!" Connie screamed. His eyes were trying to hold back the tears.
"It got inside..." Sasha said quietly as she stared at the fallen beast that lay in front of her.
Levi looked towards Hanji. "Can you explain this?" His voice sounded stern, but Hanji knew that his sternness wasn't directed towards her. She quickly glanced around the site, but there weren't any signs or hints as to how it got in. She turned to him.
"I don't know for sure." This bothered her. "It either jumped, or..." She looked at the beast. "It's a shifter." Levi was taken aback.
"Shifter?" Levy asked.
"Well, I suppose now is the time you all know." Hanji said. "A shifter is a person who can transform into Titans." All eyes of the fairy tail guild widened.
"Why would someone want to turn into a Titan?" Grey asked. He was more confused about the idea.
Hanji couldn't answer the question. No one had known the reason yet.
"It's disgusting." Lucy said. "Why would they want to destroy the lives of the innocent?"
"Not all are innocent." Hanji replied quietly.
"Do they all think killing people is rad, or something?" Bixlo too was confused.
"Not all of them!" Everyone turned their gaze towards Eren who had just shouted.
Hanji spoke up once more. "He's right. He knows because He is one of them." So many questions had arisen among the members of the fairy tail guild. Natsu didn't know if he could trust Yeager, but it's not like he did or anything.
Levi climbed on top of the beast's nape and switched out his broken blades for new ones. He then lifted his swords with a firm grasp. Just when his sword was about to come into contact with the neck once more, the beast's eyes flashed wide open, and with the same speed, its arms swooped around and grabbed Laxus, Connie, Mikasa, Grey, Evergreen, Bixlo, Mirajane, Levy, Christa, Reiner, Annie, and Hanji. It quickly threw them into its mouth and snapped the jaws shut. It quickly stood from the ground, causing the captain to fall about 15 feet onto the ground. Heichou was knocked out cold.
The beast picked up its left knee and began to charge. As it approached the wall, it jumped over it like a hurdle. There was nothing anyone could do but watch. Fear, anger, sorrow, and anxiety flooded their minds.
Hey ho! The author is here. Okay, I know that I haven't updated in a long, long, long, long time. What have I been up to? Well, I finished high school that's what! I'm also currently away overseas too! I'm having loads of fun. Anyway here's the chap you've all been waiting for! Ok I've realized an error I made in the story. In one chapter I said that Eren was 23 or something and then I said that he was 21 (or something) in the character log. I'm going to stick to him being around 23, cause hey! Because FT members are around 24-30 years old! Please remember to leave a review. Silent viewers leave me hanging about my writing style. I want to know what you all want to see happen in the story. I want to try to connect with y'alls.
Character log:
Natsu Dragneel:
Age: 400+, or "24"
Likes: food, playing pranks, competitive fights, fire
Dislikes: the men's bathroom, being helpless, Eren
