Year 844 July 31st

Ayamu's Pov

Sorry for not posting, I was really busy with homework and everything. I will be going back to my regular posting schedule. But here is Chapter 3! Please leave a review! ;3

Immediately after the new soldiers appeared. Ayamu ducked into one of the many half destroyed buildings. As soon as she went through it and made sure a few soilers were in there, she collapsed the building with a previously placed bomb. Ayamu could feel herself going into battle mode. Senses on high alert, with adrenaline pumping through her veins.

"3 down, five to go," said Ayamu. She put at least a good 30 meters of distance between her and the soldiers before she saw them coming after her. Then she realized there were not five, but 3. Turns out I overestimated the Survey Corps, Ayamu thought, You don't need to know fancy maneuvers in order to kill titans. She was going to finish them off with some close hand-to-hand combat when she heard a bullet whiz by her ear. Ayamu turned around to face at least 10 more Survey Corps officers. For a moment Ayamu thought she was dead. Until her hand wandered to a smoke bomb in her bag. When she bought it the seller had warned her that they were extremely unstable and should be used only as a last resort.

"Well, I don't have much of choice now" Ayamu muttered. She took it out and flung the bomb at the officers. It was only when she saw that the smoke was a dark purple that she remembered that they were poison smoke bombs. Well, that happened, she thought. She launched an anchor into a building quickly to get away from the poison gas. When she was safely away from the smoke, she ducked behind a building. Only to meet Erwin Smith, for a moment both of them just stared at each other until they realized what just happened. Then, Ayamu whipped out a dagger that she pointed at him.

"Aren't you one of the thugs in this city?" Erwin said.

"Maybe," Ayamu replied in a deathly cold voice. At that time 5 Survey corps members closed around them. And now I'm surrounded, Ayamu thought. She tried to calculate her odds of getting out of this situation.

"It's 6 to 1 if you didn't notice," Erwin said matter-of-factly.

That's when Ayamu made her move to stab the nearest soldier. When the soldier fell down the other soldiers lunged to her. Taking out another dagger, she stabbed a soldier and kneed another in the stomach. The last two soldiers just kind of backed away from her, not wanting to share the same fate as the two soldiers that she took down. I can handle three, she thought, especially at close combat.

What she wasn't counting on was the fact that there was a 6th soldier behind her. So when that soldier delivered a blow to her head, instantly knocking her out, you could imagine how surprised she was.

"Well, that was bothersome. The others should be arriving with the rest of the thugs soon." Erwin said, checking his watch. (are there even watches in AOT?)

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When Ayamu woke up some 30 min later, she instantly tried to remember where she was. It wasn't until the soldier that was pinning her down dug his boot into her back that she realized that was pinned to the floor with her hands behind her back.

"So you're awake," Said Erwin who was in front of her. "I'll give you the same deal as I did with the others." Others?, Ayamu thought, I'm not in a gang.

"You can either join the Survey Corps and go to the surface or I'll turn you over to the Military Police." He continued. This is

"I'll join the Survey corps then." she said, "It's not like I have that much of a choice."

Ayamu really didn't, if she was turned over to the MP, they would gladly kill the source of their leaked information.

"Also, where did you learn to use the 3DMG like that?" Erwin asked, "Where you once part of the military?"

"I taught myself how to use a 3DMG and no, I have never had any personal connections whatsoever with the military," Ayamu replied. Well, that's half of the truth, Ayamu thought, I never had personal connections but I have had connections.

"Is it even possible to self-teach yourself how to use a 3DMG?" asked Erwin. Look stupid, Ayamu thought yet again, face it, there are smart people in the world.

"If you throw 100 people with 3DMGs outside the walls, is it possible for one to become really good at fighting titans? Like, assuming they actually have minds?" Ayamu replied with a hint of sarcasm in her voice.

"That's not the point, the point is that you're coming with me to the surface." Said Erwin. DENIAL, Ayamu thought, you know it's the truth.

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Year 844, July 31st.

When Ayamu thought that there wasn't more to the deal, there was.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!" Ayamu nearly yelled/screamed in surprise.

"I mean you will be sharing a room with the other underground thugs," Erwin said all-so-formally. "Because no one else is willing to share the room with you guys." Ayamu decided to ignore the last part.

"First of all," Ayamu said, "It's not 'you guys'. I'm not in a gang with them. Second of all, how many other thugs did you capture?" I might have killed one of them with a paper bullet, Ayamu thought, I have killed people with paper bullets before.

"There were three of them if you were wondering," Erwin replied. Thank god, she thought, I was afraid that I would never see the light of day again. The three of them can fight pretty well.

"Well, I'll show you your room," Erwin said as he opened the door to the hallway. Ayamu followed him, not knowing what she should be feeling. She was about to share a room with three other people that thought she previously tried to kill one of them. Maybe they didn't have weapons, if that was the case Ayamu could fight her way out. The Survey Corps were smart enough to leave behind her dart gun but was unaware to the other many blades she had. Including that wire in my shoelace, Ayamu thought, For picking locks.

"Hey," Erwin called into the room, "I'm coming in with your last roommate." Then he opened the door to a trio of very surprised/murderous-looking people.

"First of all," Ayamu said very quickly to the trio, "I shot a paper bullet at you guys, and I wasn't aiming at anybody." Her remark was met with cold glares, except Hyper who just looked at her curiously.

"Tch," hissed Levi, "Did anyone tell you that you should introduce yourself before you talk to somebody?"

"Oh," Ayamu glared at Levi, "I'm Ayamu, Ayamu Yoshikuni."

"Hi! My name is Isabel," Said Isabel (Hyper) who just got up, "Isabel Magnolia. Nice to meet you!" Isabel put her hand out to shake but Ayamu declined. Ignoring that Isabel continued.

"That's Brother Levi," She said pointing at a glaring Levi, "And that's Farlan." She continued pointing to Farlan. Ayamu was surprised on how openly she talked to someone who fired at her. Also, her instincts were on the edge because she didn't know the layout of the Survey Corps HQ. Rule no. 1 of survival: Don't be in a place that you don't know like the back of your hand.

"I'm going out for a walk," Ayamu announced to the trio. Because you guys are keeping me on the edge, and Levi looks like he's going to murder me.

When Ayamu walked out of the HQ she looks a minute to marvel at the open area. There was a never heard peaceful silence in the air. She climbed on the to of the building to get a rough idea of the layout. At least now she could calculate where the nearest exits were. Ayamu thought, Well, this is what you wanted.