Chapter 11! WOOHOOO!
Mizu: Hey Guys! I'm so sorry that I wasn't able to post as often because school is starting soon and I'm really busy but I'm still squeezing as much time into this as possible!
Ameko: Also, Because Narration and flashes of images aren't the most interesting thing to read...We're starting at the Training Initiation :)
Mizu: Do you like fluff? Do you like One-shots? Do you like Attack on Titan? WELL WE GOT ALL THREE BITCHES!
Ameko: To fill in chapters we're going to be making the next few chapters about what happens during training! Obviously we add the 3DMG first lesson and the fight in the mess hall...
Mizu: But we're also adding Mizuki into the scenes of the OVA and one special bonus scene! So we're looking at around 6-5 MAYBE 4 chapters in the 104 training
Ameko: REVIEWS!
SapphireFlyinDov: Thank you! Ill try!
Kai Dalton: DUDE! I HAVEN'T READ THE MANGA! DON'T SPOIL ANYTHING! And I already said the first chapters that this wasn't going to always follow canon
lilnightmare17: Me too!
Mizu: Just to clear things up we have the ages so far as of when Mizuki and Eren join the military
Ameko: Mizuki - 14 , Eren - 13 , Levi - 17
Mizu: Am I the only one who thinks the ages are weird?
Ameko: Probably...
Mizu: ENJOY!
Ameko: AND REVIEW DAMN IT!
Mizuki's POV (2 years later)
The sun beat down on my normally pale skin. The black shirt I picket out to wear under my training jacket was a big mistake. Due to alphabetical order of our last names I stood next to Eren and some guy I've never met. While Eren had a fierce emotion inside his sea-foam green eyes I guessed that I might look a bit bored and tired. Not exactly what other people were looking like but oh-well.
We got into formation with hands behind out backs as the drill camp instructor walked onto a platform to speak.
"Straighten those spines pissheads! The 104# cadet boot camp starts now!" He sounded like what most people would have nightmares about but to me I knew that he was trying to make us scared.
"Allow me to introduce myself, I'm Keith Chardus and you will grow to hate me! Training is gonna be a white knuckle ride through hell!" On that day we signed up I was surprised to see Annie sign as well. Over the year I've known her a bit better and when I say a bit I mean about a grain of rice level of more. But Annie was ok to hang around with. We didn't exactly talk much but we did spar a few times and she is a very qualified fighter.
"If I've done my job you'll be waking up in a cold sweat from memories of this place every night for the rest of your miserable lives!" Sorry man, already happening.
"Right now you're nothing...Livestock...But over the next three soul-crushing years you'll learn to take down you're own Goliath. Remember this moment when you come face to face with him. Because here is where you ask yourself..." Its not as scary if you realize he must have rehearsed those lines in his office or something.
"Am I a fighter!? Or am I feed!?" Buddy I've been a fighter ever sense I got tossed into those streets of hell.
"Am I gonna be ground up to pulpy human crushed between boulders sized sizers?"
"Or am I gonna be the one to bite?!"
I could almost hear the jaws snapping in my head.
"Hey malt-top!" Chardus walked up to Armin.
"Sir!" Armin saluted.
"What do they call you maggot?" Chardus was just drilling through us to wear off some sense of ignorance some may still have that this would be nice. Thats what I thought at least.
"Armin Arlert from Shiganshina sir!" I could hear fear in his tone but Armin was definitively making an effort to stand tall.
"Wow seriously? Why would your parents curse you with such a dumb name?"
"It was my grandfather sir!" Wow Chardus, sensitive topic. Armin's grandfather died on the concealed mission to get rid of useful people to make room for more food. That was the day all three of us became orphans.
"Cadet Arlert why is a runt like you here?" Hey dude I'm even smaller than him. In fact right now I'd say I was only about a few centimeters shorter than Levi.
His voice started shaking, "To help humanity overcome the titans!"
"That is delightful to hear! You're gonna be a great light-snack for them! Row three about face runt!" I wonder what he'll do when he gets to me? Should I say the truth? That I was in the underground?
Chardus went around questioning more people but eventually I zoned out.
When I signed up I was forced to say I was in the underground for a while but should I say that here? No not in front of Chardus, he would either call me out on lying or he would give me more publicity then we're going to get from being in shiganshina.
Then I noticed that he passed over a few people like Mikasa and Annie...does that mean hes passing people who saw the titans? I am saved!
The rest of the enlistment went over my head. The only thing that really caught my eye was a girl who was eating a potato. My first thoughts were...
'Shes got some guts, respect!'
My next one was after she broke off some of her potato to Chardus.
'Uhh that does not look like half. More like...1/4'
Once the ceremony was done we moved on to the dorms and the mess hall. Once we arrived I immediately left and headed outside only to find I wasn't alone. The sun was glowing gold in the sky, enough light to illuminate five other people. Eren, Armin, some guy called Connie, and two others I forgot the names of were turned to me.
"Hey Mizuki, glad you could join us" I almost wanted to say I wasn't looking for other people but I kept my mouth shut.
The first guy with black hair looked out to see a girl jogging across the ground, "Man, I thought Chardus was gonna kill potato girl"
"I know. One hell of a first day" I leaned on the railings and stared at the girl named Sasha.
"It's funny, being told to run till the sun sets didn't seem to bother her nearly as much as loosing meal privileges for the next five days" Eren commented.
I closed my eyes and spoke to the group, "I respect that reaction. I would have felt the same way but probably for a different reason"
"What do you mean by that?" Connie asked.
"Mizuki was kidnapped and taken to the underground about a year ago. She only just arrived he day before Wall Maria fell" Armin! What the hell?
Everyone gasped, "Woah seriously? How did you get out?"
I remained silent.
"So Eren. Do you and Mizuki know each other?" I knew we didn't look alike! The only thing we have in common is our personality
"Mizuki's my older sister" Eren smirked.
Eren looked over to the hill with a carriage, "Hey, whats that?"
"They're dropouts. They prefer to work in the fields" Lazy dumbasses...
"But It's only the first day" Armin complained.
"Thats the way it is. If you can't handle the pressure you gotta leave" Be lucky you had that option to just go assholes.
"I can't believe anyone would rather pull plants then fight" Everyone including me turned to look at Eren.
"Took the words right out of my mouth Eren" I walked next to him.
The guy with black hair and freckles straightened up and gestured to Eren, "I know about some of us but you never mentioned where you were from Eren"
Eren gave a little smile and put his hands on Armin and I's shoulders, "Same as Armin and Mizuki. From Shiganshina"
Everyone's eyes widened, "Oh wow, that means you saw it. You were there that day" Connie was interested? Dear god 'Ignorance is Bliss' has never been truer now.
"The colossal one! did you see him?" Eren answered.
"Yeah, yeah I did"
When we walked inside the cabin everyone from outside called people saying that we saw it. A vein popped in my forehead. Pretty soon we had a large group surrounding us while we ate. Now knowing that there would be enough to go around I stuck to eating only a few bits of bread to keep my appetite small.
"Yeah alright? We saw the big guy" Eren was getting annoyed at this as well but he had an easier time showing it.
"Ok exactly how tall was he?"
"He stuck his head above the outer wall" More gasps. Oh my!
"Woah wait, I heard he stepped over the wall completely"
"Thats stupid. If he was able to step over the wall dont ya think he would have destroyed more then just the front gate?" People turned to look at my statement. Its true!
"So what did it look like?"
"It had a mouth like a corpse and no skin, just muscles" Pretty good description Eren. Gold star.
"And the armored titan? The one that broke through Wall Maria?"
"Is that what they're calling it? In all the panic it was just another titan to me"
"I saw it a bit better I guess. It had short white hair and plates surrounding its body. But you could see cracks of red. And it might just be my imagination but it looked like it breathed fire like some fairy tale" I muttered loud enough for people to hear me.
"So what were they like?" I froze with Eren.
Flashes of mom being eaten alive came to mind and I instantly grabbed my wing necklace. I've done this a few times to calm myself down. The pain of the wing tips digging into my palm was strangely relaxing.
Eren dropped his spoon and brought his hand to his mouth as if trying to swallow down vomit.
People cast us worried glances before one tried to back the rest off. Finally they're gone!
"It's not like that" Eren took a bite out of the bread with a cocky smirk on his face similar to my own. Damn it Eren we were this close to getting rid of them!
What Eren said next shocked me, "Those stupid titans. They're really not that big a deal. If we focus on mastering the omnidirectional mobility gear they give us then it's titan payback time"
"I've waited years to be trained as a soldier, All of a sudden the reality is sinking in. I'm joining the scout regiment. Then I'm sending the titans back to hell"
Inspiring words Eren. Glad to know that you're still set on the scouts so that way I'll still be with you.
"Hey are you crazy or something?" Came a voice from the other table.
"Not that it's my business but signing up reconisence is like a death sentence" I stiffened at the thought of Levi and the rest dying out there.
Eren looked back at a guy who had tan hair and a collar shirt. I think his name was Jean or something, "I guess we'll see. Or at least I will. You seem content hiding in the interior with the MPs"
"Look I'm just speaking honestly here kid. I think it's better then being some loud-mouth bragger tough-guy wanna be pretending hes not as piss scared as the rest of us" You're wrong Jean. Eren isn't scared, he's furious.
Thats what makes me worry about him so much.
~End of Chapter 11~
Could you PLEEEEEEASE REVIEW?
It makes me feel better in this basement...
