Notes
Hey guys, hope I didn't keep you waiting for long, so first I wanna thank you for reading and especially thank those who left nice comments, reading them makes me happy to continue writing.
Now to answer 4Leafsakura question : yes for now I'm following AOT story, Eren's mom still dies in here, as for later chapters, I'm not sure yet, probably a lot of those who died in the original story would stay be alive.
Hope you like this chapter, don't forget to tell me what you think
They were riding so fast that their horses were at the edge of exhaustion, but they beated the road faster than Erwin expected. Faster than any of them expected. At first they weren't even conscious of their speed, the realisation hit them when they finally reached the Wall, their mouths went agape and theirs eyes wide in shock, utter terror, theirs hearts stopped for a moment. There was a hole in the Wall a huge one, big enough to make titans come inside. Indeed, they saw those giants entering the inner wall of Maria through shiganshina district hundreds of people taking the boats that leads to Wall rose , loud screams could be heard, there were still people trapped inside shiganshina , people they needed to save.
"The gate was destroyed " shouted one of the soliders
"What are we gonna do Commander" another one asked.
Erwin half turned to look at them "Will go in, try to kill as many as we can and save as much civilians as we can. "Everyone! Kill as many as you can and help people!" Erwin commanded and they rushed inside. There were a few titans exactly in the hole of the inner gate , so they had to take care of them first.
Levi sprung up and started killing them, one after another. He needed help though, there were just too many of them and he wasn't experienced enough to handle all of them by himself. He could be grabbed by one of them at any moment. No one would make it out alive without help, so Erwin sprung up as well and joined him in a fight, making sure that his back was secured enough. One more soldier joined them, clearing the space for the rest of them.
"We'll stop titans from coming inside the rest of Wall Maria, dely it untill enough civilians are safe , you try to take down those already inside, and take people to the other side to the boats " miche screamed as he hooked his gear on one of the tallest titans around.
Sakura was amongst the Scouts that entered Shiganshina. She took a quick glimpse at the location and the image burned into her mind - people crying and screaming, begging titans for mercy. Mercy that titans weren't capable of giving. She took her blade out and sprung up, hooking herself on the closest rooftop. It seemed like a right decision, most of those titans weren't that high to reach her. They could only place their hands on the roofs, but couldn't look at them, so there was a small chance to be grabbed by their hands. She waited for a titan to pass by her and she attacked it, cutting it's nape. It was an easy job from a high position. Few of the Scouts spotted her position and joined her. Now they could take down more of them.
"Help!" they heard one of the civilians. It was a woman and her skirt got hooked to the door, making it unable for her to run.
"I'll go for her" one of the Scouts informed Sakura and the rest and flew down to help her with her clothes. It only took a few seconds for the titan to grab them both and squeeze them in it's hands. They didn't even manage to scream one last time as their body exploded, spouting blood all around. Titan didn't mind their destroyed bodies and swallowed them anyway, sucking in the blood that was streaming down it's hands. Sakura froze in place for a moment, her breath got quicker, but there was no time to panic, she has a job to do.
she hummed to herself and took out her blade, cutting the nape of the tall titan coming their way, run toward the kid who was crying in the corner, grabbed him and flung herself to the closest roof . " don't worry, I'll get you out of here " she said gently. Oule took another titan heading toward her . They were defending the rooftop, making sure that titans wouldn't climb
"It's too many of them. We need to retrieve" Erwin yelled at them while helping Hange to kill another titan. "Secure people on the way out. Most of them are already coming to the inner gate. Defend the place, Garrison will secure civilians on their way to Wall Rose!"
"Yes, sir!" a few of the Scouts yelled back and hooked themselves to the other rooftops. They were running through them to the gate, trying to cut as many titans' napes as possible along the road, grabbing some civilians with them, or helping them run outside of shiganshina.
At some point Sakura managed to give the child she was holding to one of the garrisons, and went back inside, looking for survivors. Unfortunately, she was met with a titan that was 30 meters high. It sprung in front of her out of nowhere and moved his hand to grab her, she jumped to the side, but the hit of it's hand made the whole rooftop shake which caused her to fall down, hurting her back. It hurted as hell, but she couldn't give up on her own life. No, she owed it to Naruto . She had to live. She got back on her feet and used her gear to fly away from that place. She wanted to take that titan down, but suddenly it's eyes got emptier than before and it crashed on the ground. She saw Levi and his blades - sunk in titan's blood. He was covered in it as well, he killed every titan in his way, the pinket was stunned for a minute, before moving, this wasn't the time to admire the captain skills, she had seen her fair share of good
warriors , but there was something different about Levi that captivated her, maybe it's his dedication for what he's doing, or him doing things normal people with no Chakra shouldn't be doing, or just that his moves were so calculated that it proves his smartness adding to his skills.
They finally managed to get out of the Shiganshina district. Unfortunately, the whole Wall Maria got flooded with titans. They were rushing through that place, trying to help the Garrison in securing civilians escape. It was a hell.
"Who is hurt?" Hange yelled, asking all of the Scouts around her. Most of them looked at her with utter discontent as the majority of them were scratched or in pain, but they didn't want to engage in conversation about it. They still had to guard the area along the road where citizens were passing by to reach Wall Rose.
Their moment of relief didn't last for long as they heard a warning from one of the soldiers. All of them turned to the direction of the voice and saw another bunch of titans coming their way. It seemed that the squad that was obliged to keep them away got destroyed or wounded at least, otherwise titans wouldn't flood the area so much.
They sprung up again, fighting with all of their beings for the sake of both civilians' safety and their own. Sakura heard screams around her as some of her comrades got caught by titans and eaten, ear-piercing pain got to her ears, making her whole body shiver. She hooked her gear on the closest titan arm and cut it's nape.
The next group of titans was far away from them. Far enough for them to enter Wall Rose and be safe. They rushed towards the gates, a few Scouts killing off a few fastest titans that managed to reach them. Sakura was amongst them, she wanted to help as much as she can, be useful, make sure more of her colleagues survives, even if her back was killing her.
Levi gritted his teeth as he watched Sakura engage with titans, he saw that fall earlier, she must at least be suffering a broken bone, but he shouldn't care, she's capable of protecting herself, and it's not his job to protect her anyway. That's what he told himself before watching how the Pinkett got pushed away by one of the titans. She got smacked against the wall of one of the buildings they were passing .
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Sakura quickly opened her eyes, only to see levi grabbing her and flying off with her to the Wall Rose. "You're a fucking suicidal " he grunted as they reached the safe area. Sakura was barely conscious, not even coming up with a snarky response, her back hurt so much , she didn't even hear when the gate got closed, leaving the titans behind.
"We need to take them to the nearest HQ" miche ordered. They had a lot of wounded people and there weren't enough carts to place all the soldiers on them. Sakura was one of those who didn't manage to get a place. "We need volunteers to ride on horses with wounded soldiers"
"I'm in" Levi volunteered. "I'll go with her" she pointed with his head at Sakura, who was still in his hands .
When they arrived at the hospital Levi put her on an empty bed gently, his eyes never leaving her face, she was sweating, her eyebrows drew together in pain.
"See what's wrong with her " he shouted , looking at one of the nurses.
The nurse flinched a bit at his ton before nodding and approaching Sakura , Levi sighed regretting the way he talked, why was he on edge anyway? She's not gonna die, then again many of his colleagues died, this shouldn't be different.
" her hand is broken and some fracture in her back, she'll live, There are more wounded patients her," nurse informed him , rushing towards one of the other beds. "You can warp her hand on your own, give her pain killers pills if you want , otherwise you will have to wait" she added, pointing at the medical equipment spread across the table as she started taking care of one of the men.
Without giving it another thought Levi took the the pill, a glass of water and approached Sakura . She was laying there, her eyes closed and her breath short.
"Sakura, can you hear me?".
"Emm"
"You need to seat a bit straighter in order to take the pill, it will help with your pain"
She tried, but failed miserably.
Levi bent closer to her "If you allow me" he muttered.
Without waiting for her response he warped his hand around her and helped her seat a bit straighter then held the water and the pill for her, Sakura moved her good hand to take the glass from him, but he shrugged it off "Open up" he said.
After giving her the pill he backed away " it's supposed to help with the pain in your back, nothing broken there, however your hand is, I can warpe it for you"
Sakura gave him a perplexed look " You know how to deal with broken bones ?"
"I can manage , you are free to wait for the nurse if you want"
"No need, you do it, I'll tell you how "
"You know how to deal with broken bones ?" this time he was the one to ask
"Yes , now hurry up, I'm in pain and I suddenly feel sleepy"
"Side effects of the pill" He explained, before grabbing the medical equipment "So what do I do?"
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"this should be fine, thank you Levi " she muttered looking at her broken hand.
The dark haired male shrugged "No prob, how are you feeling now? "
"Better, the pill is working, my back feel less painful"
Levi felt good seeing how pain was fading away from her face and being replaced with her usual expression . He watched her carefully, making her feel weirdly pleasantly. She could feel how her cheeks started burning her.What was wrong with her?
"Didn't know that you care about me" she said suddenly, trying to pass the awkward moment.
Her question caught him off guard. It was fair, though. He would have asked her the same if the tables were turned.
"It's my job, I'll do it for any one in my squad" he said.
"Right" Sakura muttered, what was she expecting? That he was treating her in a special way ? Why on earth would she think of such of thing anyway, must be the pill side effect. She told herself.
"Oi, don't try to pull a suicidal shit again . I won't accept it brat" he scolded her
She was about to reply, when a nurse approached them and started examining his work
"My my, You took good care of her" the nurse said looking at Levi before turning to sakura "He was worried sick about you. Couldn't even wait for me, you'r so lucky to have him miss"
Levi cleared his throat awkwardly"She's my subordinate" he said
"Oh, I see, you did a good job anyway , but I can take care of her now"
He nodded "Take care sakura" with that being said he walked away.
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3 weeks later.
The atmosphere at the base and everywhere she goes was so gloomy, sadness could be seen on every face she passed. Thousands of people died in wall Maria, and humanity lost quarters of it's population.
Sakura through her kunai in frustration, they struggled to save people, and now the government sent half of them in a suicidal mission to retake Maria, what can a bunch of civilians without training do against titans?
Erwin talked to them this morning, he gave one of his strongest speechs, it made a lot of the soliders feel better and believe in the cause again, however Sakura was used to those speechs back in konoha, it doesn't affect her anymore, leaders will say anything to make you throw yourself at war again, it doesn't change the fact that people died, and they lost.
She decided to take a walk in the city, maybe it will take her mind off the images she saw in shiganshina.
Walking through the streets absently untill something caught her attention
"I will kill them all" Sakura's gaze followed the determinate voice, to find a brown haired kid. She walked closer to the kid and his friends, curious to know what was the little boy so angry about? Who would he kill?. Listening to the rest of the conversation she realized that those kids are part of the refugees from wall Maria.
The trio was amusing, the brown haired kid determination and reckless illogical statements reminded her so much of Naruto, however the look in his eyes wasn't naruto's, it was darker.
The blond kid, oh she liked the kid the time he opened his mouth to speak, a smart kid, well spoken too, and the girl, she seemed to be very attached to the other two, especially the brown haired kid.
They reminded her of her early days with team seven when they were still doing D ranked missions, though this kids are different, this kids had already seen the cruelty of the world.
"Hey there" she decided to make her presence known to the children. The trio looked at her for a minute, the brown haired kid in admiration, the blond in curiosity and the girl narrowed her eyes at Sakura.
"You'r from the survey Corp!!" exclaimed the brown haired kid.
"Yes, I'm Sakura and you are?"
"I'm Eren jeager, and I'll be joining you guys in few years" he said, his voice full of enthusiasm.
Sakura smiled at him "Nice to meet you Eren"
She looked back at other two, and it was the blond who spoke first "... I'm Armin... armin alert" he looked a bit shy.
Then the girl "Mikasa akerman" she said her eyes never leaving sakura's
"Pleased to meed you kids, so I assume you kids are from wall Maria?"
All three nodded. "Shiganshina to be exact" added Armin.
Sakura's eyes went wide "Shiganshina, that's... I was there, Saw the cruelty of what happened and I'm sorry kids"
Eren narrowed his big green eyes.
"Not your fault, it's the damn titans, I will kill them all, I will wip every single one of them of the face of earth."
Sakura shuddered when she felt the all burning hatred from the boy's words, it reminded her of Sasuke, but the enemy here was titans not humans, it's not the same, it's okay to want to kill them all (She thought) but that didn't stop her from giving the kid an advice
"Look Eren, I can understand how you feel, but you should always remember that hatred doesn't solve anything, it builds nothing but it can destroy everything, if you want to win against your enemy, your goals should be more than just revenge, it should be a noble goal "
" I understand " he muttered
Sakura ruffled Eren's hair causing him to blush " Good, train well, do your best and I'm sure, one day you'll achieve your goals"
The kid gave her a wide smile "Of course, Thank you Sakura"
Sakura was about to say her Farwell when the blond kid spoke to her "mm Sakura isn't a common name, never heard of it, do you mind telling us where are you from?"
If she was taken back by Armin's question it didn't show on her face, instead she smiled at the blond " it's in a different language, Japanese"
All three kids eyes went wide with surprise, Eren jumped up and down looking at the dark haired girl "Mikasa did you hear that, she said Japanese, wasn't that the language your mom taught you?"
Sakura unintentionally locked eyes with Mikasa who was watching her carefully.
Thinking about it now Mikasa sounded somehow Japanese.
"Mikasa Chan, can you understand me?"
She said in Japanese.
"Yes, I do, didn't practice my Japanese for a while, but I remember well"
"What are you guys talking about?, include us" it was eren who spoke, Sakura rolled her eyes at the kid.
"Well, I guess someone else knows another language in here, thought I was the only one, how come you know Japanese Mikasa"
"My mother was the last Asian, or that's what we thought, she taught me the language when I was young" explained the girl, Sakura noticed the use of the past tense : was, but she's no more, for a second she wanted to hug the cute little girl, but decided against it "I'm sorry Mikasa Chan" The girl only nodded
"So maybe you two can stay in contact, it would be cool" Armin suggested.
Sakura wasn't sure what to say, untill she noticed Eren's hopefull eyes, and Mikasa's shy but curious eyes.
"Yes, why not, I'd love to stay in contact with you guys, however I'll be back into the official base of the survey Corp in one week, I guess we can exchange letters?"
The three kids nodded in union.
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She walked back to the base, passing by her favorite training spot to gather her weapons, for she left them there before going out, What Sakura didn't expect though, was to find the dark haired captain, throwing her shrunken at the tree. She stood watching him, he was good, so good, what the heck! , he was even better than her now!! But she was the one who taught him. Sakura chuckled to herself, guess the student surpassed the master (she thought, a smile on her face)
"That's impressive captain, were you practicing behind my back"
Levi gritted his teeth at hearing her voice "Don't sneak on me brat"
"I didn't, you were distracted" she said.
Levi throw another shrunken "I don't get distracted, you are a sneaky little shit"
"I'll take that as a compliment captain" she said not bothering with his rude language, it's just how Levi talk and she got used to it by now.
"You'r a quick learner, I'll give you that"She added.
"Tsk, what are you doing in here Sakura, shouldn't you be out with the others?"He asked, his gray eyes fixed on her now.
The Pinkett titled her head to the side "Shouldn't you captain?"
Levi huffed "I asked first, but if you're curious I didn't go cause I'm not fan of drinking"
Sakura found that hard to believe, most soldiers she met so far loves to drink, theirs lives was stressful and they use alcohol to feel lighter, enjoy few moments of peace.
"So? why aren't you with the rest of the team?" he questioned, not really interested in the answer.
"Not feeling like drinking , you know what I really want captain? A good meal, with meat and vegetables, I'm really fed up with soup and bread"
Levi glared at her "What do you expect, we just lost quarter of the lands and there's more mouths to feed inside Wall rose"
He didn't mean to snap at her, but people complains about food always makes him angry, in the underground people who have bread and soup are considered lucky, most didn't even have anything to eat .
Sakura's face flushed "My apologizes" She murmured and performed her salute ready to leave the captain alone, however looking at her face, Levi regretted the way he talked to her.
"Wait"
The Pinkett half looked at him "What?"
"Come, we are going somewhere"
"You and I? Where?"
"You'll know when you see, now hurry up"
Levi knew that he's gonna regret what he's doing, but he couldn't help it, she just made that guilty sad face and he couldn't stop himself from trying to make feel better.
When They left headquarters on foot Sakura glared at Levi "Are we going somewhere far? Cause I'm tired"
"Stop whining, it's not far" he replied, not looking at her.
15 min later they stopped in front a small restaurant, or bar, she wasn't sure.
"Don't you know any other place to take a girl?" she rolled her eyes.
"Well, it's not a date, isn't it?, and we are here to eat " He decided to be bold, looking her straight into eyes.
He opened the door and let her go inside first. As soon as they entered the place their nostrils got hit with a smell of food and drinks .
Sakura sniffed the air "Mmm, looks like they serve more than soup and meat in here"
Levi watched her wide smile for a minute, she looked stupid, he thought, but cute, cute in a stupid way, he just can't find the right description for the girl right now, all he knew is that he loved looking at her, him and probably half of the people inside the small restaurant, for he could sense eyes on them "Tsk, stop sniffing the air like a fucking lunatic and sit down"
She obeyed, the smile never leaving her face " I didn't know you knew restaurants around here" she said.
Levi scoffed "Hanji invited me to this place before, it's why I know they have good food"
"It's thoughtful of you to bring me here, I was craving different food, not that I don't appreciate what we have at the base, but it's just that I'm a person who feels happy after eating good food, and after the fall of the wall, I'v been in constant sadness " she blubbered, making the smile on his lips to slightly fade away.
"I see" he muttered looking for the waiter with his eyes .
"Levi"
Hearing his name without his title from her was a rare occasion, she usually calls him captain, and that's it, he turned his gaze toward her
"I wanted to thank you again for taking care of me while I was injured, and thank you for bringing me here to eat" catching his eyes she added "However you could have chosen a restaurant that looks a bit nicer, not complaining, just saying, for when you want to invite a girl"
"Noted, no restaurants next time, a nice restaurant would cost me all of my wage and you'll still be hungry "
Sakura's face went a shade darker, why was he talking about her? She didn't mean her by the comment, she meant another girl, a special one, sensing that he too regretted what he said, she decided to change the subject" Apparently, they are so busy at this hour, I'll go bring us the menu ".
Before he could protest or say that he'll do it himself, she went her way.
They ate in silence for while, Levi was liking the silence until he heard his name being called.
" captain Levi, fancy seeing you here "
Levi spotted the brown haired man from the garrison walking toward them , a blonde woman to his side.
"George" he said acknowledgment.
"My my...a date? And a lovely lady, hello there miss, I'm George Roberts"
Before she could say anything Levi interfered "She's my subordinate" he said.
"Oh, I see, never thought beautiful birds like you joins the scouts" the brunette said, studying Sakura with his eyes.
Sakura sent the man a smile "I'm Sakura haruno, pleased to meet you George"
George mentioned for his companion who introduced herself as Mila a fellow garrison .
"You don't mind if we joined you Levi, do you? It's an opportunity to catch up" George said.
Levi huffed and was about to decline (catch up my ass, I'm not even your friend) he thought, but Sakura beats him to it "Of course you can"
Levi struggled not snap at the pikett.
From eating to having some drinks, Levi had to endure George's nonsense, and to make it worst, he kept flirting with the Pinkett, who apparently didn't mind.
When they said their goodbyes and left the restaurant he let out a breath of relief
"Finally, I was starting to think George blubbering would never end" he muttered more to himself than Sakura, but the Pinkett found herself responding "Why are you angry, we had good time, George is a very nice guy, seems like a good man"
Levi side glanced at her "That's your idea of a good man?"
"What? There's nothing wrong with him" Sakura hissed "He's nice, and well mannared, and _"
"And a flirt with so much bullshit to talk about" the dark haired male cut her off.
She smirked "Oh you're just jealous he knows how to make girls like him."
"Tsk, Hardly, I don't compare myself to the likes of George" "And something else" he added giving Sakura a pointed look "What's with the change in your demeanor, you'r... Almost nice to George and his companion, it creeped me the fuck out, thought I was with a different person "
"I'm nice" Sakura stated. "Did it ever occurred to you that I'm actually nice, but you bring out the worst of me? I'm like this just around you"
He snorted " I'm receiving the special treatment then, should I be honored ? "
Sakura growled but did not dignify his question with a response instead she said "And I thought we were starting to become friends"
Levi raised an eyebrow at her "Friends? You and I? I doubt it "
She tried to hide her anger as best as she could " why not?, lot of people would die to be my friend, you know "
Levi huffed " Isn't obvious why they want to be your friends? I bet most of them are man"
Now she was offended "Why.. You, how dare you think that I'm only likable because of my look"
"I didn't say such a thing, I only said that half of your wanna be friends are guys who wants more than your friendship" He explained
"Is that supposed to make it better? Cause to me, it sounds the same thing" she said crossing her arms over her chest and glaring at him.
"You may understand it the way you want"
He said.
"Then I suppose you can not be my friend cause you don't find me attractive?"She said, waiting for him to say yes, so she can tell him how horrible she thinks he looks. But to her luck he replied with a No
"No, because you are clumsy, loud, dogheaded, and _"
"That's enough, I can mention a lot of your flaws too, captain, however, I'm ready to overlook it and be your friend"
"thank you for your generosity" he said rolling his eyes.
"You're welcome, so? "
"so what?" he turned to look at her.
Sakura offered her hand to the captain " Friends?"
Levi looked at her hand, then her face
"Tsk, you're so persisting pinky" he muttered and took her hand in his.