So yeah I finally finished this chapter. This time I'm not making any promised that the next chapter will be up so soon since the end of my school's grading period is coming up, therefore I need to study for my tests. Thanks to those who have reviewed and I am open to criticism.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the any of the Attack on Titan characters except for Dillan, Sina, and Aki.

Chapter 5

My knuckles were bruised and a slight painful throbbing feeling radiated form them. I had punched too hard, well hard enough to have caused his nose to become crooked and bloody. The sight of it made me feel triumphant at my handy work, but Levi sure didn't think so. He and the bald man, form the night I had arrived late, were standing a couple of feet away from us. For once Levi held a plain, simple, easy to read expression on his face, disappointment. A small knot appeared in my stomach and I suddenly felt uneasy, all the smugness leaving my system and being replaced by a sudden panic. I stared at him for awhile wondering what it is that I could tell him that wouldn't sound like a lie.

"I asked what was going on here, are any of you going to explain." Levi did not look amuse, not as much as the man standing next him was.

I needed to come up with something fast, something that was believable, but not utterly stupid. I thought about it, but in the end I decided to be blunt. "Well, I was walking towards the showers and," I glanced down at Dillan sitting Indian style holding onto his bloody nose, "and... his face ran into my fist."

The smiling man erupted into laughter, and bend down holding onto his stomach. His body shook and in order to maintain his balance he had to placed a hand onto Levi's shoulder. His laugh was deep and low, and it felt strange seeing a grown man laugh so easily. I could never recall a time where I would find my parents smiling or laughing like this. Maybe thats why I couldn't help, but feel weary when I was encountered by his smiling face. After a few minutes of non-stop laughter the older man finally came to a halt and stood straight up. He surveyed the damage done by my fist and once again smiled.

"It doesn't look like his nose is really broken, maybe just a little crooked, but since there wasn't much damage caused here, how about you guys just go on ahead. " He grinned up at me, "For a such a pretty lady you sure got a good arm."

I just stood there staring up at him in bewilderment at his carefree personality. Levi, was no different from me, but he was quick to go back to his straight poker face.

"You...you can't be serious! She punched me in the face and your just letting her go!" Without realizing it, I had actually forgotten all about Dillan.

I turned towards the smiling man wondering what his reaction might be towards Dillan's out burst. Instead of finding the usual smiling man I was met with a frown directed towards the young boy sitting at my feet.

"Do you have some problem with that?" His eyes pierced deep into Dillan's blue ones and I could physically see goosebumps forming on his skin.

"I...I.." With anger raging inside of him, Dillan stood up, hands on his face and scruffs. He walks away flinching as if walking caused him pain.

We watched as Dillan disappeared and stood there with perfect silence. There was nothing that I wanted to say. Dillan having kissed me without my consent sure had shocked me, but the rage was now a thing of the past. He got what he deserved and that's all that I cared for. Hopefully he won't bother me further during my time here.

Slowly I glanced at Levi's calm, controlled face. He didn't seem to care all that much about the days events, but yet again nothing really seemed to surprise Levi. His cool, blue eyes were always hard and held this glare of determination that signaled self-confidence. And even though Levi wasn't all that tall, his stature didn't effect the intimidating aura around him. Just looking at him caused me to actually stare just like I was doing right now. He is human, just like me, but he doesn't compare to the majority of the simple-minded ones that we seem to have a surplus of.

"Well, I have to say that we've gotta go now. It was a pleasure to see you once again young lady." Placing his hat on his spotless head, the man begin to walk away.

"Wait." It came to me that this was the second time I've met this man, and I still didn't know his name.

He stopped and merely turned his head around in order to be able to glance at me, his body kept facing forward, though. "Yes?"

"What's your name?"

He looked amused at my question and like always smiled warmly at me. "Dot Pixis, anymore questions?" I shook my head no and watched as he commenced his departure once again.

"Try and keep that temper of yours under control for next time alright." Levis sudden words startled me slightly, but I was quick to recover and gave a nod towards his advice. "Good," and with that he left following behind Dot Pixis. And as I watched those two leave a thought crossed my mind, I really don't like that smile.

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For the next few days Dillan completely ignored me, and I was grateful for it. No one knew of the incident and I was able to pass the first test and was now in the mists of learning about the Titan's history. This by far was a lot more interesting then learning how to dangle from a wire without falling down, The lessons were actually fun, and it gave me a feeling of how it felt to be learning inside a classroom like normal children. There was only two very important problems with this, I couldn't read or write. So far I was able to go on with just listening to the teacher or what the other recruits would read out loud, but the work was getting harder.

Yesterday was the first time we were left homework, and I was more then willing to finish it, but it involved reading a passage form our text books and then writing a paragraph summarizing it. How was I supposed to do it. At first I tried looking for help, I asked all the girls in the dorm, but none would even let me finish asking, when they just told me to go away, That's when I thought I could go to Levi for help. Right before lunch begun I went looking for him, but was only told by an officer who was working at the camp that Levi, Erwin, and Dot Pixis had left to Wall Sina.

My hopes were crushed and defeated I walked towards the girl's dorms to see if there was anything I could try and understand form the work. I felt extremely upset at the fact that tomorrow I was gonna have to tell the teacher that I couldn't read or write. He'll get mad at me, especially because it took me so long to admit it. How was I going to know that being in the military involved school work.

On my way there I found a tin can resting on the ground. It held brown spots caused my erosion and age. Slowly I kicked it forward and watched as it rolled onward. In my continuous pace I started kicking the can forward with every step I took, until it stopped. The can had rolled of it's usual straight course and strayed into a crack between two cabins that had been placed close to each other. The opening was big enough for a small animal to fit in, but it be hard for a human to actually wall through. I followed the can intending on retrieving it, when I found a body laying limp on the ground.

His body had been wedged into an awkward position, with his legs high in the air, and his face planted on the ground. Blood tricked down his chin and a soft moan of pain escaped his lips. I could see light purple marks on his arms and his lower back, which was visible given the fact that his shirt was falling downwards on his chest. As quietly as I could I reached out towards him and stretched out my arm grabbing hold of my tin can.
"I'll just let you rest here." Slowly I retrieved my can and turned around to leave and go on contemplating my problems form earlier when I heard a soft whisper being directed towards me.

"Sina, wait. Please help me." I turned around and saw my little sister there. She was clutching her torn leg under a rock, tears streaming down her cheeks. A terrified expression was plastered on her face as she cried and begged her older sister to help her.

"Sina?" In an instant her image faded and was replaced by the boy from earlier, except that he was now conscious.

"Yes." I stared at him wondering why in the world he want my help.

"Um...can you help me get out of here." A light blush spread on his cheeks as he tried and wiggle his way out off being in between the two buildings.

"Sure." I walked towards him, leaving my tin can behind and took hold of his light brown hair, which was just barely long enough to grab onto.

"Wait, don't pull me!" I surveyed the position he was in again before I acted. His head was facing the opening, but the rest of his body had been forced in, including his arms, which had been tied behind his back. So without anymore consideration I tugged onto his hair and pulled him out sending him falling face first into the dirt, but he was no longer trapped inside.

"Th..thanks," he groaned in pain.

"Stay still." I sat on his back and started undoing the knot on his arms."There," once again I stood up and continued in my routine of kicking the can.

"Hey, wait!" The boy jumped to a stand and stumbled in the process.

I stopped, but didn't turn around. "What?"

"Let me repay you."

"Repay me?" I tilted my head back and raised an eyebrow, questioning him.

"Yeah." His face was bright red and he held his hand behind the back of his neck scratching it nervously. His glasses were even tilted of to the side, with a small crack on the left lens.

I thought about it, wondering how he could repay me. "Can you read and write?"

He seemed confused about my question, but answered none the less. "Yeah."

"Can you help me with my homework?" A big smile erupted from the boy's face and began to walk towards me.

"Yeah, I can." With that we started walking towards the girl's dorms.

"What's you name?"

"You don't know my name?" He kind of looked hurt. I guess it was because I didn't know who he was, when he himself had called out to me by my name.

"No, I usually don;t pay much attention to others."

"Oh, um it's Akitoshi Yinama, but you can call me Aki."

"Aki."

"Yeah." I turned around noticing that his face was now even brighter then from before. His ears were a red and he kept on wiping the sweat from his palms on his pants.

"Are you okay? You look really red."

Franticly and in a flustered reaction he answered with, "Oh, no I'm fine. Really you don't need to worry!'

"Alright then." After that we walked in silence.

During the walk Aki kept himself at a distance behind me, not wanting to get to near. He kept his gaze at the ground and his hands inside his pockets, while I maintained my steady path forward all the while kicking my tin can. When we finally reached the cabin, I opened the door and stepped inside, but Aki wouldn't come in.

As if reading his thoughts I told him, "It's fine, no one is in here. They're all at the dinning hall." In the short time I met this boy, I could tell right away that he was a gentleman and entering the girl's sleeping quarters was something he never thought of doing. The pink dust decorating his freckled cheeks were proof of that.

"Okay." He entered and I brought him towards my bed and sat down. Aki sat down as well, but on the far side of the bed looking even more embarrassed then before.

"Here, help me read this." I handed him the text book.

"Ah, sure, um so what words are you having trouble with?"

I stared at him for a second before I could answer. "All of them."

He looked quite surprised at my revelation. "You can't read?"

I shook my head no. "That's why I need your help." It felt degrading having to ask someone for help, but I knew that it was inevitable. If I was planning on passing I needed to go out of my way and ask questions no matter how stupid I would come out as.

"Do..do you want me to help you learn?" His eyes were no longer shy, but held this intense stare to them. He seemed to be serious about this, but I didn't trust him. It was too good to be true that this boy was willing to teach me just like that.

"What do you want in return?" I wanted to learn, but not if the price was going to be too high to pay.

"Nothing, I just want to help you and well, get to know you." He lowered his head in a hurt expression and shifted in his seat uncomfortably, but I didn't feel bad for having doubted him. I needed to secure myself before I could accept anything someone offered me.

"Alright. Aki, please teach me how to read and write."

His head snapped back up so quick I think he might of gotten whiplashed. "Yes, and don't worry I'll be a good teacher!" He grinned up at me and moved to be closer. Placing the book on top of his lap he began sounding out the words for me to repeat.

For the rest of the lunch hour Aki spend it with me helping me finish the passage, but we soon had to head towards the field for the rest of our training, which included running, drills, and being taught the basics of hand-to-hand combat. After a few hours of being worked to the bone we were sent to the showers and then told to go ahead to the dinning hall for dinner. On my way to the showers I was fallowed by an overly excited Aki.

"Lets finish eating fast so we can do our homework okay!"

"Yeah." I nodded at his smiling face and left to wash myself.

Once I reached the dinning hall, being the same huge cabin Levi had taken me to eat before, I spotted Aki sitting on one of the bench like tables waving at me to come. I did. As I made my way through the building I could feel the eyes of several recruits on me. Usually I would eat fast at some random table and leave, but today was different. I reached Aki's table in a matter of seconds and placed my plate next to him and sat there. He tried to make some ideal chat with me in hopes of starting a conversation, but I simply responded in short one word answers.

"So where you from?"

"Wall Maria."

"Wow me too! I feel bad for all of those who didn't make it out though. I was lucky and all of my family was saved. So where's your's." He grabbed a spoonful of peas and shoved them into his mouth and chewed.

"Dead." I did the same and kept eating on.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to...," It seemed like he couldn't find the right words to console me even though I didn't need it, "I didn't know I was just trying to..,sorry." He lowered his head in shame and continued eating. I didn't try and tell him that it didn't matter and that there was no need to feel sorry for me, but if I did that he would of just kept talking the whole night. So as I took yet another spoonful of peas I decided that the less he knew the better.

Thanks to the silence both of us finished our dinner rather fast and headed outside. On the walk to the girl's dorm I couldn't help, but remember about how just earlier today I had found Aki wedged in between two cabins tied and beaten up. As I turned to look at him, I wondered what he could of done to have angered someone to the point of treating him like that. Aki doesn't seem like a bad person in fact he seems to be by far the most pure hearted boy I've met, but it still caused me to feel suspicious towards him.

"Why were you stuck in between those two cabins this afternoon?" I didn't stop walking I maintained my same speed while I moved forward, but Aki didn't he stopped dead in his tracks.

"I insulted them."

"Them?." My feet came to stop and I looked up at the darkening sky. We were a couple of feet apart, so I barely was able to hear what he said next.

"It was just a couple of guys form the group. They don't deserve to be here. All they want is to enter the Military Police, so they can have an easy life!" His shout didn't surprise me, I could see the tension building up inside of him as he had been speaking. His shoulders were trembling and hands were clenched into tight fists.

"How do you know that?" I kept my voice low and leveled.

"I heard them. They were laughing at us, making fun at our hard work! They've never seen a Titan before so they don't know how terrifying they are! They don't deserve to be here!"

"So."

"What are you saying? Doesn't it make you angry seeing how they don;t care about freeing man-kind? Don't you feel disgusted by their selfishness?!"

"No, people are normally like that. They're selfish and cruel, some or just worst then others. It's not my problem what they think, and it shouldn't be yours either."
Aki didn't seem to like this answer of mine. "I thought you were different from them."

"I am, but I'm not what you thought me out to be."

He said silent for awhile, thinking. "Then who are you."

\ I stared at him. He looked tired as if the argument had worn him out, the sky was now turning a bright shade of red, and I knew that we only had an hour at the most to finish the homework before it got dark. On my heels and spun around and continued walking towards the dorms. "I can;t tell you who I am right now, and it's getting dark let's finish the work we gotta do and rest for the day."

Aki didn't answer, but I took his light footsteps behind me as the answer I need.