Chapter 3: The Tenacious Hero

His head was clear at last, his hands grasped his swords tightly and he was running with everything he had. There were only a couple of inclined steps between him and the shoulder, now. Once he reached the shoulder, then he could have gone for the neck. Yet, the Female Titan wasn't standing idly by, she made her move again. She let her arm that Eren was running on loose, which caused moving Eren to fall in an instant, with the effect of the gravity. Her shovel-looking, still regenerating other hand had been already waiting under him, ready to capture.

Eren was getting faster and faster, as he continued to fall. This was making it impossible for him to aim his gear's hooks to its target. If he hadn't reacted quickly, he could have been caught. But Eren wasn't going to let that beast capture him so easily, that's why he came up with a familiar solution. He thrust his swords to her flesh again, started cutting to slow down. His speed was decreasing as he sliced her arm through, creating a chance for him to aim. Eventually he managed to stop and so he closed his left eye, seized the opportunity and pulled the triggers of the gear.

As the two hooks flew in the air to their target, titan's shoulder, Eren heard a cracking noise coming from a metal. Without even understanding what was wrong, his swords broke from the middle and he started to fall, again. He tried to thrust his blades to the flesh, the blades created sparks as they touched to the titan's skin, rather than cutting it. Eren immediately turned his head due to a reflex that protected his eyes. He pulled the handles back to stop the sparks, but he had used too much force. This caused him to drop backwards and keep falling in a lying position.

"What the hell was that?" he thought. "I should have cut her arm. How? How did her skin turn into something stronger than my blades?" Eren cursed the situation he was in. He was angry at himself and his back was still hurting. "I couldn't even attack her properly." he complained and continued in his mind. "Whatever tricks she pulled there, damn her! She is clever than I thought! She waited until I fired the hooks of my gear. Now, I can't even fire them to the nearby trees... There is nowhere to run..."

For a second, misery was everything he could felt. He tried to ignore it, he tried to focus, as a result that idea popped in his head. She was underestimating him, he had a trump card in his hand from the beginning of this fight. He had the chance to bring this fight in a fair level, to fight her in her own form, as a titan.

Mentioning about it in his head, caused the darkness that had been hiding inside of him to woken up once more; it filled his mind and surrounded his heart in a flash. Now, the words were echoing in his mind.

"Kill, rip apart, cut, drain, slaughter, massacre, finish off..." And that familiar voice was heard again.

"Let's...Let's kill them all!"

Eren was shaking with the urge to kill. He tried to persuade himself with pitiful excuses." This is the only reasonable thing to do. I am good at using my gear but she is a damn titan!" he paused for a second. "So there is no other way..."

"I'll turn into a titan to...Kill her!"

He moved his right hand to his mouth, opened his lips, closed his eyes and gathered all his strength. Right about when he was going to bite, he came to his senses by a powerful pulling force coming from his left. Had he already hit on her? Wasn't he supposed to hit on his back? And if he had hit why didn't he feel her hand under him? While these questions scattered the dark clouds in his head, Eren opened his eyes with curiosity.

There he was, hanging on his gear's left rope and his body staying sideward in the air. Eren tried to understand everything around him for a second. Then he saw the rope and realized. As it seemed, his gear's left hook had hit its target. It was a really lucky shot, however the shot wasn't the luckiest part. Luckiest part was, if he'd tried to reach right with his right hand, he could have touched titan's palm. He had a really narrow escape. After seeing all this, Eren's body filled with excitement. This had to be a sign.

"I will not give up!" Eren thought and continued out loud.

"Not yet!"

With a swift move Eren brought his right hand next to his left, thus bringing his gear's handles together. Now, his forefingers were desperately searching for those triggers, the triggers that were connected to gas tanks. When he found them, he pulled the triggers so hard as if he was going to break them.

The pressured gas coming from his gear began raising him to the shoulder. The Female Titan who felt the gas in her hand, tried to imprison him with her ill-shaped, just regenerated fingers. But her attempt to close her hand was in vain. Because, Eren was pressing the triggers with all his strength, he was going up at top speed. Eren cleared his mind once more and shouted with the all breath he held in his lungs.

"It is my turn now!.."

Eren reached the shoulder before he finished what he was saying. As he stepped on her shoulder, he jumped up with the boost of the gas. He pulled the pedals of the handles and released the broken blades. Then he connected them with the spare blades and pulled his swords quickly, without hesitating. Eren had already given up thinking now, he was moving only by instincts. He fired the hooks of the gear to Titan's head. His fingers found those triggers once again. Every muscle in his arms got strained and he continued with a roar.

"...I'll rip you apart!"

Author's Note: What's up people? Here is the third chapter of the Wolf in Sheep's Clothing.

Firstly, I would like to apologize for the late update, but it was a technical issue. My laptop's charger was broken. So, I am really sorry for that! :( But you can be sure I'll make up for it, next chapter will be published sooner than you think!

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