This story was lacking in views so I decided to post another chapter.
Yay for too much free time.
That and I really like the idea of where I'm taking this.
Has anyone ever gotten a haircut and then noticed that you know look like this one person from a TV show.
Well I cut all my hair off just the other day and got it done in a pixie cut way.
Now I can style it to look like Eren's. I totally didn't plan for it, but it happened.
Enjoy the chapter...
We've almost finished training. Currently we were running through the forest in the rain. We carried packs that had weight and stuff. Everyone had to carry their own packs and run at the same time. I had a pretty good pace going at the beginning when we started, now I was almost at a full on sprint. I turned my head and looked back. Everyone else seemed to have a slower pace and were all running together. They were about 20 or so meters behind me. I turned my head back around and kept running.
"Pick up the pace you lead heeled lagers!" I heard Shadis yell. I in turn speed up a tiny bit. Shadis had it easy, he was the only one on a horse. After that test we were sent to try our best at slicing fake Titan necks. I gave a nod to Shadis before launching off into the trees towards the Titan figures.
I zipped around and behind the neck, slicing it as I went. I then launched through the trees looking for another one. As I went I got a glimpse of something. I made a sharp turn and barely ran into the fake Titan figure as it turned. I ducked under it's chin and did a spin before landing on it's neck, slicing a huge chunk out of it. I noticed several others in this small area. I used the gas to propel off the titan's neck. I bounced off tree after tree slicing necks as I went. I landed on the very last one in the area and looked back. There had been about ten, all with slices on their necks now. I then plopped myself down in the top of tree next to the last one I defeated.
"Lily!" I heard someone call down to me. I rolled off the branch I had been sitting on and fell backwards towards the ground. When I thought I was close I launched off the hooks into a tree branch above. I slid to a halt and looked right to see the angry face of my commander.
"Yes sir." I asked lazily, hanging sideways.
"What do you think you're doing?" He asked, his voice stern.
"I was about to take a nap." I told him, my face stern to match his tone.
"You don't just nap on the battlefield! Now go. It's time for the next test." He then turned around and walked off. I stuck my tongue out before letting go of my straps and following after him.
I was partnered up with some guy. He had shaggy blonde hair and I saw brown eyes underneath. He was also about 6 foot 2, towering over me. For this test we had to fight our opponent and take the knife from him, or her. He had the knife first. He ran at me with it raised. I dove down and between the gap between his legs as he ran. I narrowly fit through it. I then jumped up and sent a round house kick into his left side. He fell over and landed in the dust. I quickly spun over to him and pushed his side with my foot and he fell over. I picked up the dagger from his open hand.
"Your turn." He told me. He slowly stood up and faced me. I brought the dagger up and placed it front of my face. I ran at the guy. He dodged off to the left as I swung my arm out and down. I then jumped up and over his leg that stuck out. I spun around and held the dagger up to his throat from behind. He managed to keep his balance. I opened my hand and the dagger fell. It landed on the ground with a clatter and thud. Even though it was a wood dagger, it could still hurt to be hit with it.
"Your dead." I told him, standing up and walking away. I looked over to see Eren staring off into space near his partner. He's been doing pretty well. I quickly started off at a sprint running straight for the dining hall. When I got there I flung open the door and walked over to the far back table. I then laid across one of it's benches. I slowly drifted off for a few hours to be awaken by the chit chat of people entering. I got up and went to get food. After finishing my meal I got rid of my trash and sat down next to Mikasa.
"You gotta do the strut if you want to make the cut. The MP only recruit the best." I heard Jean announce from the table over. Armin had been talking about something while Eren focused on Jean, and Mikasa ate. I scoffed and Jean looked at me, instead of Mikasa who sat behind me.
"You really think your the best. There are in fact people here who could take down a Titan so much better than you." I declared, eyeing him up and down. He had muscle, but he was average looking, like all the guys here.
"Man, that would be amazing. Working within a stone's throw of the King. No greater honor than that." Marco said, lifting up a pitcher to drink from it. He sat next to Jean.
"Shut up Marco." Jean then hit the back of Marco's head. The liquid in his pitcher splashed up onto his face and he looked like he had a beard when he pulled the pitcher away. I started laughing in my seat. "We're not children, you can drop the misty eyed BS. Honor doesn't have any damn part of it. You just want a nice, cushy job in the interior playing glorified sentry." Jean said, getting in Marco's face.
"That's not true! That's not me at all." Marco retorted.
"Listen to you guys." All three of us looked over at Eren. "Interior, 5 years ago this was part of it." Eren then took a drink.
"You got a point to make friend. I'm right here." Jean declared.
"Poor Jean, so miss guided and besides, I don't think your head'll fit in the interior anyway." I stifled a laugh along with several other people who had been listening in on the conversation.
"Very funny." Jean commented after hearing everyone.
"Seems backwards to me. Fine tuning your Titan killing skill so the brass'll station you somewhere you'll never see one." Eren stated.
"You'd rather I was good at getting killed. Thank you but I'll pass. It's better to play the system than to get gnawed on." Jean retorted.
"You son of a bitch." Eren said standing up.
"Bring it on you little bastard." Jean said standing up as well. they walked towards each other.
"Eren please stop it." Armin pleaded standing up.
"Come on guys." I begged, I was about to stand up when Mikasa pulled me back down.
"Gentlemen please." Mikasa said. She stood up and walked around the bench and stood next to the two men who were about to fight. She pulled Eren's hand off of Jean's shirt and put it back down by his side. Eren gave in and was about to sit back down when Jean grabbed his shirt.
"YOU THINK YOU CAN JUDGE ME!" Jean yelled.
"YOU RIP MY SHIRT YOUR DEAD!" Eren yelled back.
"I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOUR SHIRT! YOU PISSED ME OFF!" They continued to yell.
"WHAT!? ARE YOU CRAZY!?" Eren finished. He suddenly went silent and started staring past Jean at everyone else. In a few quick motions Eren grabbed Jean's wrist, hooked a hand on his chin, kicked at his left leg, and suddenly Jean was smashed against the floor. His head hitting with a loud bang. Where did he learn that?
"Dammit." Jean groaned, sitting up and holding his head. "What the hell was that move!?" He demanded to Eren.
"A little something I picked up this afternoon while you were busy with your thumb up your ass. You honestly believe the military police are your friends? Your ticket to the good life? Your not a shoulder. Your a joke." Eren said sternly. Silence fell throughout the hall. The door creaked open.
"Would someone care to explain the ruckus I heard just now? I do hope everything's alright." Shadis said, peering in creepily. Jean and Eren walked over and took a seat at our table.
"Sasha passed some gas Commander." Mikasa said, Sasha gasped as everyone stifled laughs.
"Why am I not surprised." Shadis stated. Sasha looked like she was going to die she was so embarrassed. She let out a stutter like cry. "For the love of God, learn some self control." Shadis said before leaving. As soon as the door closed I started laughing my butt off. Soon a few people had joined me. Soon enough I had ended up falling backwards with a loud thud. I continued to laugh while others started laughing at me. Eventually I stopped and just laid there on the ground. The people seemed to ignore me and walk by. Everyone left and was on their way to the dorms. Soon Reiner and Connie stood over me.
"Take me away officers. Just know that I'm not telling you anything." I laughed sticking my arms up in the air.
"Did you hit your head?" Reiner asked. He grabbed my arms and pulled me up off the ground. He then held his arms over his head so that I was face to face with him.
"Nope, that's just me. That and I was thinking how much fun it would be if we planned a party. I mean, it is basically our last free night so why not?" I tried shrugging, but ended up shouldering my ears.
"Sure. Let's all meet in the empty bunk house later tonight. You invite a few girls, we'll bring a few guys." Connie answered.
"We could all stay in the bunks their." Reiner stated.
"Then it's a plan. Make sure you bring lots of pillows." I then squeezed my hands out of Reiner's grip and ran off after all the girls heading back to the dorm.
We were an hour into our party. Armin had made a small fort out of pillows. Jean helped stock up ammo, more pillows, inside the fort. Reiner lay knocked out right outside the fort. Marco had been checking on Mina who had been knocked out pretty earlier on into the pillow fight. Connie held two pillows and jumped over the side of the fort. He was about to tackle Sasha who in turn held two pillows. Bertholdt was trying to get to sleep on one of the beds. Ymir and Krista lay next to him. Last I checked Eren was pinned to the ground by Mikasa while Annie ran at the two. I swept up a pillow that had been next to Mina and ran towards the fort. I jumped up did a somersault in the air and tackled Jean to the ground. Part of the fort wall fell as an explosion of feathers filled the room. There was shouting and yelling. I grabbed a pillow and flung it across the room, managing to hit Connie who in turn banged his head on Sasha's. The two fell on each other getting knocked out immediately. I held my sides as I laughed. I was then smothered to the ground by a pillow. I reached up and grabbed a pillow from the fort wall. I threw it towards my attacker who fell back. I lifted the pillow off my head and the room fell quite, other than the stifled screams of Eren under Mikasa. We all looked towards the door.
"50 laps around the perimeter then you clean this all up. Be ready for training in the morning." Shadis demanded before leaving us to do as he said. The door swung shut.
"Time to get to work." I giggled, standing up. I walked over and picked up Mina. I then carried her over and placed her next to Reiner who had been placed on a set of beds. I had Armin help me carry Connie, and Sasha over to another bed before we followed Marco, Jean, Eren, Mikasa, and Annie out to run 50 laps. Ymir and Krista had ran off to the dorms. I laughed the entire time i did the laps, loving the chill in the breeze. That mixed with the faces of Jean, Marco, and Armin as I passed them again and again. Eren, Mikasa, and Annie just stared forward into space. It wasn't until midnight that we all finished running. Luckily Bertholdt, Sasha, and Reiner had woken up and cleaned everything. We then carried the remaining two cadets back with us to our dorms and went to sleep.
Of the original recruits two hundred and eighteen cadets graduated, some with honors.
"Do you have heart?" A Commander yelled out to all the cadets.
"Sir!" Everyone yelled at the same time, saluting with their right fist over their heart. We stood in rows, one in front of the other.
"As of this moment you have three options open to you. Chose wisely." The same Commander yelled again. "The Garrison regiment, whose job is to reinforce the walls." That job was way too boring for me. I needed something with more action. "The Scout regiment, who rides out into Titan country to take back what was once ours." They sounded much better. "And the MP regiment, maintaining law and order under orders from his royal majesty." That sounded like a terrible job! "Those cadets eligible for the MP have already been named. The rest of you take a look. These are the top of your class." Krista, Sasha, Connie, Marco, and Jean ranked tenth through sixth. Eren, Annie, Bertholdt, Reiner, and Mikasa ranked fifth through first, with Mikasa in first. All the other cadets stood behind them accept me. I was placed just off to the side of Mikasa, I wasn't close to anyone. It felt kind of lonely, I didn't like it. I had been specifically told to stand here, no idea why but apparently I had to wait and find out. While everyone left to go celebrate I got the chance to speak with any commander I chose from one of the three regiments. I would have rather chose to hang out with all my friends at the party, but no. I had to talk with some old guy about who knows what. Yay me.
"Who do you chose?" Someone asked.
"The Scouts." I told him, straightening my posture.
"Then you'll have to wait until they get back tomorrow. Until then go and rest up." I nodded to him and walked out of the courtyard. Once out of view I ran through the halls towards my room. I crashed through the door and flung myself on the closest empty bed. I shoved my face into my pillow. I felt someone place a hand near my shoulder. I flinched and slapped it away. I looked up to see Sasha.
"Oh, I'm sorry for hitting you." I apologized, shrinking into a corner of the bed.
"It's fine. So what's up?" She asked, handing me a roll. I grabbed it and looked at it.
"I was told to pick a commander of one of the regiments to talk with. I chose and was then told to go rest since they weren't her. I basically missed the entire celebration because of this." I groaned, biting angrily into the roll. I swallowed the piece and nearly choked.
"Don't do that, you'll die and where would we be then. We need someone to cheer us up everyday." Sasha laughed.
"Right thanks. If you don't mind I'm gonna go to sleep." I told her right before I yawned.
"Night." She walked over to one of the other beds and I turned off the light next to mine. I laid down and started falling asleep. Why had I flinched so badly when she touched my shoulder? I didn't get much sleep. I just felt uneasy for some reason. I quickly grabbed my stuff, changed and left the room. I made sure not to wake Sasha, or Mikasa. I left the room and wandered the streets for a while and in time the streets woke up the sun rose and everything was normal. Something still seemed off, their was a kind of fear, or... heat in the air that I knew no one else could feel. It was strange and unnerving. Soon Eren and Armin found me. They dragged me to a street saying this and that, but I couldn't hear anything right. It just seemed to jumble together.
"Head's up!" I was broken out of my trance and I looked around for the voice. " The main unit of the Scout regiment is back!" Someone cheered. That's when I noticed the people riding on horses. The one at the front had blonde hair and was probably the man I needed to speak with. I focused on him and the people behind him as they passed, ignoring the people calling out and asking questions. I heard the name Levi and noticed a shorter man riding by a woman with brown hair. I recognized the woman.
"Feel how excited everybody is? It's like the crowd just has a different energy now." Eren asked next to me. I looked over at him. It did feel lighter, but I still had the same eerie feeling. I tuned out and looked back at the woman. The horses had passed and I ran after them trying to get a glimpse of the girl. Suddenly Eren was running by me. I turned and looked over at him.
"Wanna come with me?" He asked, a bit out of breathe.
"Sure." I nodded. He ran ahead of me and I followed. We soon ended up on top of the wall.
"What? The hell you mean your joining the Scouts? What happened to the MP, that was your whole thing?" Eren complained once he saw Connie.
"Don't worry about it. A guys allowed to change his mind okay." Connie groaned back. I stood next to Eren as more people showed up.
"I think your speech yesterday lit a fire under him." Mina said walking over to us.
"Ain't nobody talkin to you. His temper tantrum had nothing to do with it." Connie retorted. I laughed as more people showed up with their own stories as to why they were there.
"Hey! That's the first time I've heard you laugh in nearly two days!" Mino pointed out. I rubbed the back of my head.
"Yeah well, lots have been on my mind I guess." I replied. I then looked around at all the people around us. I noticed Sasha holding something under her jacket.
"Can you guys keep a secret, cause I totally just helped myself to the officer's pantry." She pulled out a roll of some kind of meat. For some reason that didn't seem all to appetizing compared to how I usually feel about meat.
I walked over and sat on the edge of a cannon. I placed my head in my hands and rubbed my temples. What was going on? Why was I acting like this? Everyone was asking for a slice of meat, but I just sat there. I looked out to the land that was in Wall Maria. I felt a surge pass through my body and I staggered to my feet. I walked over to the edge of the wall and looked out into the empty fields. A stronger surge passed through me, it sent a shiver down my spine. What ever had been going on was almost here?
"Lily, are you okay?" I looked over to Connie and smiled, trying to be reassuring. Connie went back to his work. There was a strong breeze and I turned back and looked out. There was a lightning bolt and suddenly the Colossal Titan stood before me.
"So it was you." I whispered. He was amazing, nearly 60 meters high, his skin was replaced with muscle and he had steam that rose up in giant columns. He was a beautiful Titan. One thing lead to another and somehow I had managed to hold my ground as he swept his arm across the top of the wall. I was struck with a hard blast of hot steam. I stared it down as it stood there. It had probably busted down the door again, but this was something I could not go through. I could not lose all the people I had just met. I screamed spun right around and jumped off the edge of the wall down to the city. I was going to save the people I had met over the last five years, after all Titans weren't my enemy.
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