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He was the king's servant, the King's own personal assassin. All the nice, hopeful rumors about the King were incredibly false.
Kanda just realized, as he bowed in front of the King.
He was special, they told him. Kanda just deemed himself lucky. His friend had died from the tests, he seemed to be the only person who survived from the experiments. The first man-made exorcist, as they call them.
However, one day, Kanda had enough of the ruthless requests from his king. He decided to run away. Sure that sounded childish, but he was a child. A child with a special cutting tool. He had miraculously escaped, it was night, and he found himself in the alleyways of Stohess District.
He skidded to a stop. It seemed he had been running for hours, yet it had no effect on him. Kanda warily looked around. What is there to do now? Join the military? Live an uneventful life in the wilderness, away from society?
He sensed someone else. It was dark, he didn't see, but he did hear the shuffle of feet, since it was practically dead silent.
"Who's there?" Kanda called out. He reached for his sword. 'If it was someone from the Military Police…'
The unknown silhouette laughed warmly. "Oh, it's all right. I'm not here to harm you." Kanda's hand gripped tighter onto the hilt of his sword. The sword named Mugen. "You can call me Tiedoll." The voice came from an old man, who wore some worn out spectacles. "Or you could call me daddy. I wouldn't mind."
"Shut up!" Kanda spat. "What do you want with me?" He asked, drawing his sword and reaching the older man with a blink of an eye.
"Don't you want to use your powers for good?" Tiedoll asked suddenly. "I can teach you how to do that."
Year 850, Survey Corps HQ, courtyard
Eren and Allen sat on a bench, with plates of food in front of them. The sun was just above the horizon, leaving a nice blood-orange glow in the sky. They had cleaned up the important rooms, such as the kitchen, restroom, basement, and office.
Eren had been very cautious of Allen. He avoided Allen while cleaning, and flinched under his gaze. Allen looked up from his food, and observed Eren with a raised eyebrow. "What's wrong, Eren? You aren't eating, you must be hungry."
"Ah! Um…. Yeah, I guess I am hungry." Eren blankly stared at his food. His thoughts traveled back to his session… "Hey, Allen…"
"What?" Allen asked, sipping some of his tea.
"Um…how?" He started. "How could you be so…. Ruthless back then?" Eren wasn't sure how to voice his thoughts.
However, Allen's expression turned dark. "It's a story for another time." Allen put down his cup in his saucer. "Let's just say I've had a bit of experience, before joining the Black Order."
Eren suddenly felt uncomfortable. "But you don't have to worry about me, Eren!" Allen brightened. "I can control my titan form. I'm a nice titan, just like you are."
"Nice…titan…" Eren muttered.
"Tomorrow will be much simpler, you won't have as much pressure as you did today." Allen stated, sitting up. "For now, we should be done for tonight. Come on, Eren."
Eren just nodded, and quickly finished his food. He took the dishes, and they walked back into the kitchen of HQ. While Eren washed the dishes, Allen lit the torches in the castle, for as night had fallen it became much darker inside.
He also retrieved something from the office. After his work was done, Eren approached him in the hallway first. "Where am I going to sleep?"
"You are going to sleep in the basement." Allen said, shaking some shackles in front of him. "Follow me." He said, turning on his heel.
"Why?" Eren asked.
Allen glanced back at Eren, noticing a betrayed look on his face. "Because," Allen began. "If you transform in your sleep, then it would be easier to take you down in the basement."
Allen reached a fork in the hallways, and hesitated before turning left. "But, Allen, you are a titan too."
"I know I am." He shrugged. "But like I said many times before, I can control myself. Once you prove you can control yourself, then maybe you won't have to sleep in that basement." Allen explained. "It's just a precaution."
They rounded a few more corners. However, there has been no sight of any staircase leading to any sort of basement. Allen began to panic. "Oh dear."
"Allen, we've been wandering for at least an hour." Eren noted; tiredness obvious in his voice. "Don't tell me we're lost."
Allen cautiously turned around, and saw a bemused Eren. Allen scratched the back of his head. "Well… we kind of are lost. I might have forgotten the map of the place at my office." Eren sighed. "Maybe you should try to lead?"
Eren pushed Allen aside, and Allen followed him down the hallway. They reached yet another fork, and Eren decided to turn right. It seems Allen has been leading them in circles. With one try, Eren found the staircase, and gestured to it proudly. "There it is."
"Ha! Thank you, Eren!" Allen stepped in front of Eren, and decided to lead the rest of the way.
Allen opened the door at the bottom of the stairs, and let Eren in. It was a cell. Inside the bars, there was a simple bed with one thin blanket spread across.
Without further ado, Allen cuffed Eren and shut his cell door. Almost immediately Eren fell asleep. Allen sighed. Two more days. That's how long Allen has before squad Levi shows up.
The next day came around. They were in that same clearing as before, with Allen grinning like a maniac along with Eren shifting his weight uncomfortably. "So, what's the training today?" Eren asked.
"You haven't noticed?"
"Noticed what?"
Allen gestured to a pile of chopped up wood, and Eren blinked. "Logs."
"Yes, logs." Allen nodded. "This is probably what they would have you do. First they would have you pick up these logs, and then they would probably have you pick up a human being."
"Ok, sounds easy enough." Eren said, with confidence.
"Great!" Allen still smiled. "This time, I won't transform. Unless things go awry, then I will." Eren nearly let out a breath. "Now, keep your mind focused on an objective."
Without warning, Eren bit down on his thumb, and the sudden eruption nearly threw Allen off of his feet. He now stood in the shadow of Eren's titan form. The smoke from the eruption took a few moments to dissipate. "Eren!" Allen called.
Eren stood there, looking away from Allen. Eren was looking into the forest. "Hey, Eren!" Allen called again, but still got no response. I don't get it… he was conscious yesterday… Suddenly crows escaped the trees in a hurry, and Eren narrowed his glowing green eyes at the trees.
Eren stood in front of Allen, and shifted into his fighting stance. Allen couldn't help but sweat-drop. "Eren, remember the logs?!"
Suddenly, a stray abnormal titan appeared from the trees. "Oh…" Allen breathed, and activated his crown clown. With a blink of an eye, the titan stood in front of Eren. However, Eren reacted quicker, and the titan's face met with Eren's fist.
The face was utterly crushed, and the titan fell over. To finish it, Eren dug his foot into the titan's neck, and the rest of its body. When he was done, the titan was much more deformed than before.
All the while, Allen stared wide-eyed. The titan's body was now dissipating, and Allen deactivated his innocence. Allen couldn't help but wonder if this was how he looked when he was destroying titans.
"Eren!" Allen tried one more time. Finally, Eren knelt in front of him, so that they could be eye-to-eye. "Good. You can hear me, finally." Allen uttered. "So, how about lifting those logs?"
Eren nodded, and stood up. He walked over to the pile of logs, and stared at them for a moment. Then he picked up the entire pile into his arms, and turned back around, showing them to Allen. Allen smiled at him, all thoughts from before tucked into the back of his mind.