Chapter 4
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Chapter 4.1: The Advent
Location: Old Castle in Wall Rose Territory
Sasuke is just taking a walk outside the castle after a satisfying lunch (this time with venison, the poor deer was shot accidently—which he claimed to be otherwise—with the hook of the 3DMG he borrowed), when a familiar dark hawk fly to his direction. It flies few rounds of circle before descending to the ground level to give him an expected letter. He unloads the scroll from the bird's back, bit his thumb to smear some blood on the seal, and then rolled open the scroll after the seal glowed. By this time, Sai's already by his side, he is; no doubt, noticed the hawk few moments ago. Standing quietly slightly behind him to peek over his shoulder, Sai watches as Sasuke un-rolls the scroll.
"Temes," it read, how typical of their-sometimes-immature-commander,
"You guys get five days before the team arrived in the first layer of wall; I have Gaara and Mei-chan with me. Don't forget to bring those assholes who want a show in the first place. And the Military Force, make sure that each division have their representative to witness Rai's awesomeness. It would be a helpful of you guys to gather as much as possible normal giants around the perimeter, because the more the merrier. Well, arrive at the south gate."
They'll appear in Shiganshina, coincidentally also the first district they pass when they first arrived.
"Last, you guys up for some action? We might accidently bring along some Class 1 and Class 2."
It happened to them too, a Class 2 managed to follow them all the way here. Maybe because of the large number of high-class people involved, more titans become more attracted to the energy sources, they must be eager to evolve, apparently.
"Dickless is too careless, those titans will find a way to enter these walls," Sai commented, a hint of fondness lingering in his voice. Sasuke just chuckles, they knew that their-sometimes-idiotic commander know this too, so the tag-along-titans' are not as unintentionally as the letter implied.
Sai turned his attention to the man beside him, "Sasuke-kun, I'll get Erwin-san and the others. Do you think you can attract the titans there?" Sai asks his companion, head titling to the side to emphasize the question.
Sasuke nods, "I can do that. How many do you think it would satisfy the Dobe?" He asked, lips quirking up, because knowing the blonde; he won't settle for less than a hundred, it was as if killing titan as much as possible was his newest goal. And the titans exist here are just normal to abnormal class anyway, they can handle them with eyes closed, no matter the numbers. They just hoped that the more titans they killed, the less their monstrosity population become, and the less chance they'll evolve too.
"Let's settle with above a hundred, that should please him," Sai answers after some contemplation, smiling at the thought of the blonde's fury exclamation at the sight of hundreds of titans after his hide.
They shares look, and then the next second they're gone from their previous spots to do their respective task.
Sai shushin back into the old castle's dining room, where the majority of the Recon Corps still lounging about. His appearance startles the occupants of the said room, some of them visibly jumped, others with greater control over their body reaction merely flinched at his unexpectedly fast comeback.
"Sai! Don't do that, you shitty ninja!" Levi ungraciously yells at him, as he was being the closest person from Sai's sudden appearance's spot. Levi will never admit it, but he nearly has a heart attack. And that always happens whenever those shitty ninjas popped out of nowhere. And Levi's sure that the rest of the team get it just as bad as he is, or even more so, even the ever stoic Erwin included, that twitch of his hand's holding his glass is too obvious.
"I'm sorry Levi-kun. But, I have something to announce," the twat of a ninja says, looking not sorry at all, he can even see the amusement in those dark pools of his. Unfortunately, his outburst gained the attention of the occupants, unintentionally helping the shinobi.
"What is it?" Erwin asks the pale shinobi, already sitting across them, his voice steady, as if preparing himself for the worst situation, or another baffling lecture from the shinobi, because he's very sure that all the information the pale men had shared with the was just a tip of an iceberg. They hide way too much.
Sai turns to look at the Chief in the eyes before answering, "Our Army Representative will arrive in five days in Shiganshina, I'm sure everyone would like to see them."
'Ah, it's time,' Erwin thinks.
Everything after that is a blur to Levi. He remembers barking orders to those lazy assed soldiers to spread the words, Erwin goes to his office, doing whatever things he needs to do before leaving, and the other members buzzed with excitement. Then, they make their way outside to begin their journey to the outermost district. Sai is ahead of them on his ink bird, saying he needs to check on Sasuke.
They arrive in the district on the fifth day. By then the words had spread like a wildfire about the advent of a foreign country's army to help humanity defeat the titans. That's not a shock, because even after the moment those ninja first arrived here, they had become the hot topic of the week and the weeks after. And after their stunt in the Council Meeting, they officially became celebrities. It doesn't help that most people, civilians and soldiers alike, find them attractive. It was the main reason why they used the old castle in the Wall Rose area to host them; the practically isolated castle really helped to keep those stalker-wannabes at bay.
The top of the walls become a hot spot by now, not just for the Garrisons, who by default have their duty to guard the wall, but also other divisions from the other millitary forces. Heck, all the divisions of military force's representative are all present, even the Millitary Police.
Inside the walls, the civilians wonders why the hell all those soldiers perched themselves on the wall. They know that a foreign army is going to be arrived anytime soon, but they don't know that the said fleet would give them a show of their power. There's uproar when they get one of those soldiers to tell them what the hell's going on; and they all want to see too. Some lucky civilians, who know their way, manage to claim a spot on the walls, and together with the country's soldier they wait for the foreign fleet's arrival.
Without a word, the newly arrived Recon Corps' team dispersed themselves to find another good spot. Bellow them, the titans begin to gather; and there are awful lots of them. Some of the civilians (and even some soldiers too) shriek at the sight, because by now those hideous monsters starts clawing uselessly against the wall trying to reach them. Hn, as if these walls will give up on them.
And when he starts to wonder where the hell those shitty ninjas are, he sees two dots in the horizon; and as those dots become closer and closer he can deduced that those dots are none other than the ninjas. And behind them are hordes of titans; he swears that their number must reach above a hundred. 'What the hell are they thinking?!' Levi shrieks internally, outside he just lets out an annoyed noise to express his displeasure.
Their fans shriek at the sight; their god-like idols are leading hordes of titan in their direction. And despite the commotion, the two shinobi landed calmly on the wall, Sai's beside Dot Pixis and Zacklay, who's for some reason found standing side by side along with some pot-bellied man with partial bald head, in which later known as Lord Balto; while Sasuke returns to Erwin.
After a few moment of silence, Sai turned to his companion, and still smiling, says, "Zacklay-san, here they come."
Chapter 4.2: Titan Massacre
Erwin looks at the man standing quietly beside him after Sai's words reaches his ears, silently questioning the meaning of those words. Sasuke just looks at him flatly before answering the non-verbal question, "In a matter of seconds the team would be sighted. Keep your eyes up, Erwin."
True to his words, few seconds later they can see a speck of silvery dust in the faraway sky, some spectators also see this and exclaim in wonders and curiosity. As the time pass, the speck of dust grows bigger until they all can see that it was some kind of ship, an Air-Ship to be exact. The people can't help but be awed at the transportation. It is truly fascinating. The mere size was quite intimidating, and from the big transparent windows, they all can see the people inside the magnificent ship.
He catches a glimpse of red and yellow before the sun interfere by blinding the glass window.
-The Inside of StingRai-
"Well, that's insane amount of giants, don't you think?" Naruto asks the other commanders on either sides of him, eyes glinting with mischief.
"I know what you're planning, Naruto-chan. Do you think we didn't notice another horde on our tails?" Mei Terumi asks the younger commander, hand on her chin while she eyed the cute blond commander from the corner of his eyes. Oh yes, the Leaf Commander is cute, because even in the past seven years the Uzumaki boy almost didn't age, other than the many inches added to his height, the boy doesn't look that much older, he still looks like an 18-19 years old boy, while his peers already reach the prime age of 23-24. For this, she blames his Uzumaki heritage; they were known for the longevity of their life after all, so it's no wonder they age slower than most people. Damn, even the stresses of being a supreme commander don't seem to affect his youthful looks.
"I agree with her, we're going to scare them after this," Gaara adds, his hand pinched the bridge of his nose in exasperation at his fellow commander, who sometimes surrenders to his childish side.
"More like, scare them shitless," a navy haired youth chimed in from the back, an arrogant smirk plastered on his face. He's one of Terumi's escorts, a young man around Konohamaru's age with dark blue hair just like Ao. The teen has dark skin and blue eyes in the same tone as his hair. And he's strong, even if his attitude need some remedy.
"Shut up, Ao-Junior. Besides, you got to fight more, you should be grateful, you brat," Naruto replied, eyes calmly staring at the blunette, who's now squirming under the stare.
'Damn', the blunette curses under his breath. He always forgets that the commander is older than him, despite how young he looks compared to the other commanders,
"Naruto-kun, I think we should start now, or those Class 2 giants would catch up before we finish up here," a silky snake voice cut in.
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"Well, you guys know what to do, and don't let any of those freaks get any chakra. Dismissed."
The majority of the occupants are gone the next second, excited to butcher some giants, even if these giants are no match for them. Their blades glinting in the air, as they make their way down, some of them already on the back of their summons' back flying around, other, such as Kurotsuchi's half brother, used their own means to maneuver between those giants.
"How much time do you think the Class 2 needs to reach here, Orochimaru?" Naruto asks, rotating the swiveling chair to face the pale snake man.
"You have around ten minutes, Commander."
"Heh, plenty of time," The blond says, now facing the previous direction to gaze over the battlefield.
"You don't join the fray, Commander Uzumaki?"
"Nah, they're no fun at this stage. Don't you think so, B-Ossan?"
"They're no match— for I, they can't catch! Baka-yarou!~"
Never in his 40 years of life has Dot Pixis ever witness something like this. Men flying around in the sky with a large number of titans running around stupidly below them.
There are really a lot of titans; this has to be the largest number of titans ever gathered in one place. The titans gathered there must have reach 200 by now, and they're still coming. They are ranged from the 3m class to the gigantic 15m class; it is such terrifying sight. He can't help but to shudder at the risk. Because even he, as a commander, has to admit that maybe he won't be able to see tomorrow if he's the one against those titans.
He watches with apt interest as one of the ninjas jumped down from the airship lands on the ground in crouching position with both palms flats against the ground, and suddenly, on the next second, the rather barren area are filled with big trees, not as big as the tress in the Giant Tree Forest but those trees easily tower the highest titans gathered there. Before any titans get near him, the ninja sprinted towards the nearest tree and then without even pausing run upwards; his body perpendicular with the ground, as if there's no gravity pulling him down. Just as the tree-maker-ninja vanish from his line of sight, another wave of ninjas jumped down from the airship, each aiming for the trees. They must be the rather unfortunate shinobi who don't have the means to fly. But with the growing trees ability, they can stand their own chance. What a handy asset.
Beside him, Lord Balto's busy glaring and gaping at the flying ninjas and the popping trees, some of the ninjas are riding birds, just like the first ninjas he met. The birds are all big enough to carry one or two shinobi on its back. He can recognize some of the gigantic birds, there's swallow, eagle, crane, falcon, and dove.
And he notices that the ones on the faster birds are the ones attacking, diving and swooping around the titans, leaving the titans' entrails in a spray of blood.
Those ninjas are truly fascinating.
It is titan massacre. Erwin is sure of it. They start normally enough, or as normal as he imagined them to be, by jumping down from the airship to their summons' back. The interesting fact is that not all the birds are the faster type, like the dove and the crane, and he has yet to see the shinobi on them take action towards the titans. The ones on the faster birds already make their way around and eliminating titans with brutal efficiency and some of them don't even use a pair of twin blades like the others.
He watches closely as a giant bird catches his attention. It's a crane, so far the biggest bird he ever saw. And on its back, there are two people, a man and a woman around his age. The man has shaggy brown hair, while the girl has pale blond hair. It seems like the brunette is the one controlling the bird, because the girl has her back towards the man. She's carrying an open giant fan with three circles decoration, which in the next second is swung in a wide arc. What happen next would be best described as a storm of wind blades, because there's a blast of winds that rocks even the sturdy looking trees. And the same blast seemed to have chopped the titans in big chunks; their limbs are falling as if chopped by invisible force, which, in a sense true, and they drop to the ground, not dead yet, but it soon remedied by the other hiding in the trees, by simply throwing out kunai with a paper—paper?—attached on the nape of those fallen titans' neck. And in rain of gore and bloods, he's sure those titans won't be able to regenerate, let alone stand back up.
Hange is literally shaking with excitement at the sight of the massacre and the shinobi, who effortlessly have their way in annihilating the titans. She watches, with jealously, at the lucky ninjas that freely fly as if gravity doesn't mean anything to them. She wants to try riding those birds too! But she's more fascinated by the individual who fly on his own, slicing titans left and right, mocking the failing gravity in dragging him down. The boy's rather pretty with his cat-like eyes of his, and the other females seem to be captivated by him too, and they all go 'Kyaahhh' when the boy wink at them.
'Geez, what a cheeky brat,' she thinks, then diverts her attention elsewhere. And she notices another interesting thing, namely, a group of people that don't join the fray bellow. There are at least four people still inside the airship, silently watching as the other shinobi have their fun (well, they looked like they're having fun in her eyes). Oh, are they the commanders? One of them has particularly startling red hair, like; his hair is literally red, blood red. What an intimidating color.
Just as the airship reach few hundred yards from the wall, the titans turned their attention to them, leaving the wall, as if knowing that the people in the airship are more benefiting for consuming, little did they know, they're walking to their death.
And it's true, just after a mere five minutes, their number has decrease by half, and there are just around twenty ninjas killing them, and not all of them are flying or using tools like the 3D Maneuver Gear. One of them just popped some trees from the ground, and the non-flying ninja can do their job just fine with those exploding tags. Levi is impressed by the ingenious way of eliminating the titans, since their canons don't have the same effect as those tags, even if they both explode on the titan's face.
He's itching to draw his blades to join them butchering those giant freaks, but he knew that his presence would just be a hindrance for them, not that he's self-conscious with his skills, no. Rather, he's quite confident, but, the cables from the 3DMG might end up strangling those flying birds and the fast moving ninja beyond those trees.
Especially, he can strangle that particular fast moving green blur, it moves faster than any other ninja, so fast that in the past five minutes he hasn't had a glance on the blur's identity. As if the god hears his complain, the green blur pause its break neck pace to have a one-sided bicker with a silver haired lazy ass that since the start just sitting on one of the highest branch, reading some kind of orange book. But, he regrets his wish to identify the blur as he gets a good look on it. It's a man, in his late thirties with black hair in a blob cut, he has the thickest eyebrows he ever seen, even bushier that Erwin's! But he frightening aspect is not that, it's the spandex green overalls done on the man's muscular body. And God, he never want to see that much!
Glancing sideways to give his eyes some relieve, he notices a new recruit was about to see the green man (or at least to the green-man direction), and he hastily turns the recruit head to the opposite direction so fast, he could almost hear a snap, then with a quiet but deadly serious voice advises the new recruit, "Don't look that way." And when the brat wants to protest, he adds, "You'll thank me later, now shut up."
The titans are gone in the next few minutes. Yes, all 200+ of them. Their remaining carcass are still evaporating on every surface, and the shinobi make it faster by blowing fire from their mouth to the remaining chunks. And when the people on the wall think the show is over, they see a strange giant. This one is surprisingly clothed, with long spiky brown hair tied up with a shinobi bandana, and has his cheeks decorated with red swirls; one on each cheek. He seemed to be running desperately from something. Then they saw it; hot on his heels is another horde of titans with strangely hot body.
And while the clothed giant's running from the sexy titans, he bellowed to the sky, "YOU OWE ME AN AKIMICHI BANQUETE FOR THIS, NARUTO!"
-End of Chapter 4-
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