Chapter 6

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So training corps arc is over.

Enjoy reading.

And their relationship was just like that for years.

Not exact friends, not exact enemies.

Until the last year of the training corps. Final tests were coming, they soon had to figure out what team would they be in.

She excelled in all tests, as ranked 1st of the 104th trainees.

"He ranked 5th, not bad at all." - Mikasa thought.

The top 10 was allowed to go to the Military Police, but it seemed like he had other plans.

"You're going to join the Scouting Legion, don't you?" - She sat down next to him.

They were sitting on a stair near their barracks.

"You sure understand me." - He grinned.

"You ... are really weird, you know?" - She mumbled.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"I think you're the only one to join the Scouting Legion with such determination. Others are just for pride."

"Then how about you? You're joining the Military Police, right? You ranked first after all."

"I'll...come with you to the Scouting Legion."

"What?!" - He stood up.

The fact she would join the Scouting Legion didn't surprise him, since she already said from day one she would. It was the words she said that surprised him. "I'll come with you", and why she said it like that.

"Mikasa, what do you mean when you said you'll come...with me?"

"A competition." - She quickly answered.

"Huh?"

"I wanted to compete with you. That's all."

"Why? You're already way better than me."

"Oh, so you're scared, not even have the guts to compete with me?"

She touched his pride. He knew he was nowhere as good as her, but he couldn't act like a coward.

"Fine, let's make a bet! When we make the Scouting Legion, who kills more titans wins. How about that?" - He said.

"Sounds good to me." She raised her hand up. "Pinky swear? Promise me to join Scouting Legion and not fucking die before the bet ends."

He hooked his pinky with hers. "Pinky swear."

"Let's return to the barrack. I don't want to get scolded in the last days." – Mikasa said.

It was a cold night.

She shivered. She was never good with the cold to begin with.

"You hate the cold, don't you?" - He asked.

"Nobody loves it." – She denied.

He smiled. He was used to her stubbornness against him now. And somehow, he found it cute.

He already knew this was a result of her being kidnapped. He then removed the red scarf around his neck.

"What are you doing?" - She asked, looking at him.

He wrapped it around her before she could react.

"This should keep you warm." - He smiled. "It will get colder the next few months. You should have it."

"Thanks..." She pulled the scarf up to cover her face.
She was blushing and she didn't want Eren to see it.

They continued walking in silence.

"Hey Eren." – She muttered.

"What is it?"

"Thank you."

"It's just a scarf. You don't need to thank me that much."

"Not that."

"Then what?"

"Thank you...for trying to be my friend, for caring for me...for everything... Even I kept pushing you away, you still came back. If you had given up, maybe today ..."

"I would never give up on you, you already knew that."

Suddenly she felt his fingers knitted to hers.

She should pull back. She could pull back.

But she didn't.

She didn't want to.

"Mikasa, you're coming with us!" - A man shouted.

"But...sir...I'm just another trainee, why I get to join with you guys..." - She asked, tried to refuse.

"This is an order. I have no time to debate with you."

"But..."

Then someone bumped her forehead.

"Hey!" - She yelled.

"Just listen to the order, won't you? It's safer there." - Eren said, placing his hands on her shoulders.

"But you're in the front line!"

"I can take care of myself."

He removed his hands and turned back, attempted to leave.

"WAIT!" – She shouted.

He turned around.

Her hand grabbed his sleeve.

"Don't...don't die..." - She said with trembling voice. "You promised me, remember..."

He gently smiled at her, pulled his arm away.

"I'll be fine." - And he left without looking back. He knew if he looked back and saw her face, he wouldn't want to go anymore.

For Mikasa, she reluctantly followed the commander.

She found the trainees on a building roof.

They stood still, fright was all over their faces.

She landed in the middle of the crowd.

"Why are you guys still here? Get the gas and leave." - She looked around.

"If we can get the gas, we won't be standing here now." - Reiner, the tall blonde guy, said.

"The titans took over the basement, we can't get access to the gas!" - Jean shouted.

"Hmmm..." - She mumbled, looked around again. "Where's Eren?"

Annie pointed at the crying boy in the corner.

"Ask him." - The blue-eyed said.

Mikasa moved toward Armin and bowed down.

"Armin, where's Eren?" - She asked.

"He...he...along with the rest of my team...Mina, Tomas, Eren...they all..." - Armin tried to talk while crying.

The whole crowd widened their eyes.

They didn't need Armin to finish his sentence to understand what happened.

Eren was popular, very popular for his "I'll kill all the titans" swear. So his death on first day facing the titans was shocking.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry Mikasa..." - Armin cried.

"There's no time to be emotional."

She stood up, acted like nothing happened. She walked between the eyes of all the trainees.

Her face was still calm. No reaction was shown.

"I'll get the gas." - She said.

"What?! Mikasa, even it's you, it's impossible!" - Connie yelled.

"It's possible. I'm stronger, stronger than all of you. I can do it." - She turned her back to everyone.

"If you don't fight, you don't win."

After saying that, she shot her hook and headed to the gas storage.

She didn't care if the trainees followed her or not.

Because she herself didn't understand what was she doing as well.

She cut titans after titans' neck in a swift. The distance got smaller.

Her eyes got tired and she felt down. She didn't even bother to stand up.

She was out of gas.

Why didn't she realize this?

She landed on a garbage dump, fortunately, because it lessened the damaged.

She eventually moved and got out, only to find no strength left in her body, instinctively knelt down onto the ground.

"Eren's...dead." - She mumbled. "I thought...I thought I finally found someone...finally...and yet..."

Well it should be longer but yeah, it's too much for one chapter so I cut the ending and put it in chap 7.

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