Hey Everyone! I hope you really enjoy my version of Attack on Titan. I'm gonna change A LOT of the anime. Also, Kaiias has seen the anime AND the manga. So he knows what's gonna happen. This chapter is longer than the others because I kinda forgot when to stop the chapter this time.
Enjoy
Kaiias: Wh…what?
Levi: You heard me. We need your skill. Any soldier who could take out 42 Titans and 29 assists in one day is fit for the scouts. And definitely fit for my team.
Kaiias: (looks highly surprised) But…my arm…?
Levi: We'll tell you everything later. But first, we need you to say yes.
Kaiias: (looks at Mikasa and Armin)
Mikasa and Armin both look surprised at Kaiias. They both nod to Kaiias.
Kaiias: Umm…I'd be honored to.
Levi: (nods) Good. (turns around) Pick up your things, we'll be riding out in an hour. (walks out)
Mikasa: Wait. So you'll be able to see Eren?
Kaiias: I hope so. If I'm correct, the special operations squad is also called the Levi squad. It's banded with elites. Also…
Mikasa: Also what…?
Kaiias: The people that'll kill Eren if he went rouge…
An hour later Kaiias joins the Levi squad. Which has Petra, Oluo, Gunta, Eld, Levi, and Eren.
Kaiias: (rides next to Eren) Hey.
Eren: (looks at Kaiias surprised) Kaiias…? What are you…?
Kaiias: I'm on your team. (smiles)
Eren: But, why…?
Kaiias: In Trost, I cut your feet really fast. Making you fall. Do you remember that?
Eren: No. I only remember picking up the boulder.
Kaiias: (nods) Well, I did. Plus I also had a kill count of almost 45 Titans. 42 if you wanna be technical.
Eren: Wow. So, you're going to be the one to kill me…?
Kaiias: Eren. We've known each other since 845. Trust me, in all my power, I will try not to let them kill you. (looks around) And by the looks of it, (looks at Eren) you better control yourself.
Oluo: There it is. (looks at the old castle) the scout's headquarters, once a high fortress of solitude, now just a memory. (looks at Eren) These were the early days for us, now this is just all for you, our little prisoner.
Eren: (looks back at Levi)
Levi: (keeps a blank stare on Eren)
Eren: (turns around quickly)
Oluo: Do not be deceived green horn…(looks at Eren) whether you're Titan or human, don't be expect any kind of treatm—(bites his tongue really hard)
After they reach the headquarters, Petra gives Oluo a towel to wipe off the blood from his tongue.
Petra: Way to go genius. That was one hell of a presentation.
Oluo: The rookie needed to know his place…first impressions are a key to good leadership.
Petra: Well that was a first impression both of the rookies will never forget.
Eren: (looks at Kaiias) So, how's you're arm?
Kaiias: (nods) It's fine. I'll be perfectly fine for the mission. Let's just hope we don't run into a horde of Titans and you'll try to kill Mikasa and me again. (smiles and laughs)
Eren: (laughs a little then looks at Kaiias) Hey, Kaiias, you remember when we fought the colossal?
Kaiias: (nods) Yeah why?
Eren: After we fought it, you said that I'd be way more beneficial to humanity. Is this what you meant?
Kaiias: (nods) Yep. I wasn't expecting it to be because of this circumstance, but I was kinda right.
Eren: (laughs and nods) You're always right when it comes to that gut feeling of yours.
Kaiias: (laughs a little)
Levi: (walks up to both of them) Cardyle.
Kaiias: (stands up and salutes) Sir!
Levi: You'll be guarding Yeager's cell. (looks at Eren) He'll be sleeping in the dungeon until he can control his ability.
Eren: (nods) Yes sir…
Kaiias: Yes Sir.
Levi: (looks at the dirty castle) Now! This is a challenge no one has trained for!
Levi orders everyone to make the place spotless.
Eren: (looks at Levi as he walks in) I'm finished cleaning the upstairs sir.
Levi: Good. You remember where you'll be sleeping right?
Eren: (nods slightly) Yes sir…so…why will I be sleeping there…?
Levi: (turns and takes off his mask) Because you're powers aren't even close to being controlled.
Kaiias: Captain, I'm finished with the bathrooms.
Levi: (nods) Keep an eye on Eren while I check on his work. Finish up in here. (walks out)
Petra: (walks in after Levi walks out) Don't worry about him. He's not one to actually be welcoming.
Eren: (nods) I see why. I'm a monster.
Petra: So, you two know each other?
Kaiias: (nods)
Eren: We became friends when Wall Rose fell.
Petra: Wow. Small world. Who would've known you're friend would grow up to be almost as strong as Levi? (smiles)
Kaiias: (smiles at Petra awkwardly) Yeah. Definitely not me.
Eren: (turns to Kaiias and looks kinda scared) Kaiias…why do you have that look in you're eye…?
Kaiias: (looks at Eren) Nothing, really nothing this time. I promise.
Petra: (looks confused) What's going on?
Eren: Whenever Kaiias starts acting weird, something either crazy or really bad happens…
Kaiias: (looks at Eren) Trust me. Everything's fine.
Levi: (walks back in) Eren.
Petra: (pretends that she's been cleaning the entire time)
Levi: You idea of cleaning is highly wrong. Get back to work. (looks at Kaiias) Kaiias, go look after him.
Kaiias: Yes sir.
Eren: (nods and salutes) Yes sir! (runs out)
Two hours later, everyone is sitting in the living room discussing the attack on trost.
Gunta: So, that's how your arm got so screwed up?
Kaiias: (touches his still broken arm) Eren is the main reason. I should have stopped when it was sprained…
Levi: If you would have stopped then you would have died along with you're teammates. You made the right decision to keep fighting.
Eld: So, Eren.
Eren: (looks up)
Eld: What do you remember of Trost?
Eren: I…I remember running along the Wall to the boulder. People doubted me. And then we jumped off the Wall and headed towards the giant rock. I remember transforming. Then I blacked out. The next thing I know is that I woke up to Levi saving us from two Titans.
Eld: (looks at Kaiias) And what do you remember?
Kaiias: I remember everything that Eren said. Except when he blacked out. That's when he went rouge.
Levi: I suggest we stop talking about Titans.
Petra: Why?
A loud thump comes from the door.
Hanji: Ouch! Why do you always have to put locks on the door?
Levi: That's why…
Hanji: (walks in) Well, I know you guys missed me, but I just have to talk to the new guys!
Everyone gets up and leaves except for Eren and Kaiias. Hanji sits down closest to Eren.
Hanji: Hello Eren. I know you know who I am. But I know little about you. Are you interested in running some tests for me?
Eren: Um, what kind of tests?
Hanji: Well, as you may know, I am the leader of the Scouts research squad. I need you to help with a few tests. I poke and angry those big bastards we capture. (flashbacks)
A blonde Titan has nails all in his body and is stuck next to a dark haired Titan. Hanji walks up to the captured Titan.
Hanji: (gets closer to the Blonde Titan) Well. Hello big guy!
Blonde Titan: (breathes heavily)
Hanji: First thing I had to do was to see if they could communicate…
Blonde Titan: How are you? Are you in pain?
Soldier: Commander Hanji! You're too close!
Hanji: Nonsense! (smiles at the Blonde Titan)
Blonde Titan: (tries to bite Hanji's head off)
Hanji: (backs off and goes to the dark haired one) Hello! Wonderful weather we're having right?
Black haired Titan: (instantly tries to eat Hanji)
Hanji: (jumps back)
Soldier: Damnit stay back!
Hanji: I knew it was a long shot. But no communication happened, unless if they're way of communication is by trying to eat me.
Hanji: (walks back and forth) Long ago. There was a tribe of human eaters. Unlike you, they were actually people. These people would kidnap humans, cut them up. And eat them.
Garrison Soldier: Ugh…we have to go through this again…? Her name game is weird.
Soldier: What did she go with last time?
Soldier: Chickitlo and Albert…
Hanji: (stops in front of the Titans) These cannibals ate on humans for 25 years give or take a few years. Around that time…they killed around 500 people. Probably more than both of you have eaten combined. (closes her eyes and smiles) They actually perfected the art of cooking flesh in that time. (looks up) Steaks were cut from meat from their hindquarters. Leg meat cut sliced, diced,
and added to stew.
Soldiers start groaning in disgust.
Hanji: Belly fat, made into patties and fried. Sausages made from blood clots and intestines.
A soldier starts throwing up.
Hanji: (smiles at the Titans) As a matter of fact. Some would say they mastered culinary arts. That makes them way smarter than either of you. (laughs a bit) Alas, this tribe was hunted down and killed. Captured by their own prey. Just like you two. In honor of that tribe, here are your names. (touches the Blonde Titan) You are Sony. (touches the Black haired Titan) You are Bean. (looks at both of them) Let's be friends.
Hanji: That's how I named them. The second step was to see the amount of sunlight there would be. We already assume that Titans draw their energy from sunlight. Depriving them of sunlight would be a good step right? How ever, I discovered a big difference in the two.
At night, Hanji stays up with the Titan.
Sony: (breathes more slowly and starts to close his eyes)
Hanji: (looks at her watch) Wow. Only an hour. (looks up at Sony) Good job. Sweet dream you lug. (smiles and walks towards Bean)
Bean: (keeps a very blank smiling stare at Hanji)
Hanji: (sits down and looks at Sony)
Three hours later, Bean is still awake.
Hanji: Wow. You're gonna make me pass out. (yawns) Well, this won't be the first all nighter in the name of science.
Hanji: Sony was out after an hour. But Bean, he stayed awake three hours in. It's weird. They have vocal organs, but they posses no reason to breathe. Every organ in their bodies is metabolized to sunlight. Titans may have different reactions to sunlight withdrawal. I gotta be careful. Don't want them dying on me. Several have already perished due to my ignorance…two died because we tried to decapitate them…they're names were Chickitlo and Albert…poor devils…such adorable ear to ear smiles…it still haunts me…
Eren: (looks shocked)
Hanji: (yells) I HAD TO KNOW!
Eren: (jumps)
Hanji: I HAD TO KNOW IF THEY EXPERIENCE PAIN! IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO FIGURE OUT THEIR OTHER SOFT SPOTS!
Bean: (yells out in pain)
Hanji: (stabs him in the eye) I'M SO SORRY BEAN!
Soldier: It isn't necessary for you to scream!
Hanji: (yells) HOW CAN I DO THIS AN NOT SCREAM DAMN YOU! LOOK AT HIM! HE'S IN AGONY! (takes the stick out of his eye) HANG IN THERE BEAN! (stabs him again)
Hanji: Sony however, couldn't feel pain.
Eren: (looks down and looks confused) Commander, no disrespect, (looks up) But why do you talk as like their bad pets? They're the single greatest threat to mankind.
Hanji: I know. Believe me. When I first joined the Scouts. I absolutely hated them. But one day, I kicked the severed head of a 3-meter Titan. It weighed almost nothing. Same goes for severed limbs of Titans. It doesn't make any sense. I thought they would be heavy, but turns out. They're light as a feather.
Kaiias: (remembers the Titans getting killed and stands up quickly)
Eren: (looks at Kaiias) Gut feeling…?
Kaiias: Gut feeling.
Hanji: (looks confused until a soldier comes bursting through the door)
Soldier: Section Commander Hanji! The test subjects! They're dead!
Hanji: (stands up and runs out)
At the place where the Titans were being held, there had two skeletons of where the Titans were.
Hanji: (yells loudly) WHO DID THIS? WHO DID THIS? (starts crying)
Eren: I wonder who did it…
Levi: (looks at Eren) It doesn't matter. Let's go. (walks out)
The next day, the cadets start getting their gear expected.
Soldier: (looks at the gear) When did you last use your gear?
Sasha: 16 days ago. At the mop up.
Soldier: (writes that down) All right. Next!
Connie: (looks at Armin) Looks like someone hated those Titans more than I did.
Armin: It's not just that, they may have meant to help them. All the knowledge they contained. No one has it out for them to jeopardize that.
Connie: (closes his eyes) I'm actually glad they did it. Before I've seen a Titan, I wanted to take them all on…(looks up) now, I never wanna see one again…and today we gotta choose our regiment…(looks over to Jean)
Jean: (holds a bone in his hand)
Connie: Is Jean really gonna do it…?
Connie is on the ground thinking about all his dead friends burning.
Jean: (looks up) I know what everyone is thinking…they're probably thinking about why the hell we ever put these uniforms on…(walks up to the ashes and picks up a bone) Marco…I…I don't even know which one of these bones are yours…(remembers him and Kaiias seeing Marco's dead body) Now that I'm a soldier…I have to worry about who's next...We have to fight…I know that now…I also know that I'm not a suicidal maniac…(remembers what Marco said to him)
Marco: Look, I wasn't calling you a leader because you're strong…I said it because you know what it's like to be scared and weak…Just look at how you reacted back there. You knew we couldn't help him and you were scared of your own safety. You know how to react in fear.
Jean: (looks at everyone) Hey…guys…
Everyone looks at Jean.
Jean: Have you guys chosen what regiment to join…?
No one answers.
Jean: (looks at the fire) I've….I've made my decision…it's be tough…(looks at the bone and starts crying) I'm gonna go with the Scouts!
Connie: (looks at Annie) Hey Annie, you think Jean is serious about the scouts…?
Armin: Wait. Jean said that?
Annie: Who cares?
Connie: I see you're still gonna go to the MP's. I'm actually thinking about going there too.
Annie: Answer this. If someone ordered you to die, would you do it?
Connie: What? Of course not.
Annie: All I'm saying is to do what you think is best for you. What about you Armin? Would you?
Armin: Well, if I knew that my sacrifice would save others. I would think about it. Not that I'd want to. Any regular person wouldn't want to.
Annie: So have you decided?
Armin: My goal was the Scouts all along.
Connie: (looks at Armin) Come on, not you too. You know what could happen. (sighs)
Annie: I have to say I'm impressed a mouse like you would do something like that.
Armin: Thanks. I guess. You know, the way you're talking, it sounds like you actually care.
Annie: (looks at Armin)
Armin: The way you're trying to discourage us about the Scouts. It sounds like you're looking out for us. Is that why you're joining the MP's? You probably think you can do some good there, right…?
Annie: (looks ahead) No. I really don't. I just want to live…
Kaiias, Eren, Levi, and the rest of team Levi are sitting in the dining room when Ervin walks in.
Ervin: Good evening.
Levi: What is it Ervin.
Ervin: I have a question for Eren and Kaiias.
Both Eren and Kaiias look up in shock.
Ervin: What did you see two days ago? Who do you think is the real enemy?
Eren: Um…I don't know.
Kaiias: (looks at Ervin) Sir. I think I may know.
Ervin: (nods) Come with me.
Kaiias walks outside with Ervin.
Ervin: (looks at Kaiias) Answer the question please.
Kaiias: Well, it's obvious that someone was helping the Titans. Maybe it's someone like Eren.
Ervin: (smiles) You're sharp kid. Really sharp. It's been suspected that the Colossal and Armored Titans are like Eren. Some even believe that he is even working with them.
Kaiias: So that's why people don't believe him. The soldiers in trost thought he would be a distraction.
Ervin: Exactly. Now, here's the plan.
Kaiias: (looks surprised)
Ervin: We've suspected to believe that they're after Eren. Either because he's under the supervision of us, or he's a key source to them.
Kaiias: The Mission, it isn't what it really is for isn't it?
Ervin: (looks at Kaiias) How on Earth did you know that…?
Kaiias: (looks away) Umm…(looks back at Ervin) A gut feeling. Ask Eren about them…
Ervin: Well, we've been suspected that they're within the 104th's cadet core. We're gonna tell them the decoy plan, and hopefully. They'll come after Eren.
Kaiias: But, if the person does, we'll suffer lots of casualties. Right?
Ervin: (sighs) Yes. Sadly. But, thanks to Hanji's efforts, we have a way to hopefully capture the person.
Kaiias: (remembers Annie breaking free) What if she has a special ability?
Ervin: She? How do you know it'll be a she?
Kaiias: (thinks to himself) Damn it…I really gotta be careful with this…(looks at Ervin) Maybe it could be a she. It's obvious that the Colossal and Armored are boys.
Ervin: Maybe so. Well, if it breaks through, it'll be you and Levi to try and cut her out.
Kaiias: Me…? Why me…?
Ervin: You're the second best swordsman I've heard of. Any 15-year-old boy assigned to the Levi squad fresh out of training deserves that.
Kaiias: (nods) Well, that's the plan?
Ervin: (nods) Yes. People will die…I will have to carry the burden…but, if we catch this, then we will be put in history Kaiias. I know we will.
Kaiias goes back to the dining room. The next day, everyone about to choose their regiment. Jean walks up to everyone.
Jean: Hey guys…
Armin: Jean! Are you really gonna go to the Scouts?
Jean: (nods) Yeah.
Sasha: What? Aren't you scared?
Jean: What? Of course I am! I'm not an idiot!
Connie: (looks at him) Then why are you joining?
Jean: Because I'm scared and I wanna do something about it…I just want my death to actually mean something…Look, I know that joining is pretty much suicide, I'm not gonna judge if you don't join. Unlike a suicidal maniac.
Connie: (looks down) Oh yeah. Eren has been a Scout for some time now hasn't he?
Jean: Yeah. He's living his dream.
Soldier: (yells) Cadets! All in! Time to choose!
Jean: As a matter of fact, no one can convince you to risk your life. So believe me, this decision is all mine…(walks away)
Everyone stands in front of the stage as Ervin comes on the stage.
Ervin: Good evening. I am Ervin Smith. Commander of the Scout regiment. Today you will choose you're regiment. Let's skip all the greetings, the scouts need you. We need all the humans we can get. After the Attack on Trost, you now know how horrifying the Titans can be. You also know the limits of your skill. After the battle, it gave humanity a better chance at victory. Eren Yeager's abilities are the greatest creation. We all owe him our lives. As well as Kaiias Cardyle, who saved his group from Eren. They both served life and limb. They both are alive and well. Those of you friends with either one of them should be grateful. Eren is a key factor, not only has he been helping, he has also helped to display the truth of our origin.
Everyone looks surprised.
Ervin: It has been suggested that the secret is back in Shiganshina. More importantly, Dr. Yeager's basement.
Mikasa: (thinks to herself) What…? How is that possible…?
Ervin: We will get the secret, and use it against them. In order to do that, we have to take back Wall Maria. With the help of Eren, we have a bigger chance!
Armin: (thinks to himself) What…? The Scouts never go out in public like this…even if they're really desperate…
Ervin: Now that the gate to Trost is inaccessible, we will have to go to Colanith district and go from there. We expect the cadets to be in this mission. Now that I am finished. Those of you who wish to be in other branches, leave. I hope you have a great life.
Everyone including Annie leaves. Connie, Sasha, Krista, Mikasa, Armin, Jean, and Ymir are among the ones who chose the scouts. Ervin looks at everyone.
Ervin: Answer this. If someone asked you to die, would you do it?
Jean: We don't want to die sir!
Ervin: (smiles) Well then, let's hope you don't. (looks up) You all have my upmost respect. Welcome to the Scouts.