The next day arrived as we finished the early morning training and the noon classes
We were currently in the eatery once more as I sat alone once again as I ate my food, Also about me being alone... Well it's not like I'm a loner, no... it's just I rather to be by myself, yeah that's the reason I am always alone! not because I am a loner or anything definitely not!
Anyway as I was eating quietly on my table, a person suddenly sat infront of me making me look up from my food as I identified the person infront of me
My face showed a confused expression as I said:
"Why are you sitting here... Christa aren't you supposed to be with that freckled girl? I asked as I looked at the blonde girl in front of me
"You mean Ymir? She said she had something to do so I sat here and... Well I did say I will see you tomorrow which is today... But during training whenever I tried to talk to you, you always avoided me so explain why you're ignoring me!" She showed a displeased expression as her face frowned
"Well..." I scratched the back of my head
It's true I was ignoring her whenever she tried to talk to me... As for the reason well... It's because I didn't want to earn the hate of most of the boys by talking to her, I mean I don't really care if they hate me or not it's just that dealing with them would be troublesome so I decided to avoid her
Well that plan has gone to the fire now since I am currently receiving tons of glares in my direction from all sides...
"Well?" She repeated what I said as she was focusing on me that she didn't realize all the glare I was receiving
I sighed as I decided to explain to her
"You might not know this but the boys in the cadets has an unsaid rule..." I said as I felt headache coming as I felt glares all over the eatery, and this unsaid rule was agreed by most of the boys but I was one of the one who didn't care much and just ignored them so I didn't have any problem leaking this rule
"An unsaid rule? What does that have to do with you avoiding me?" She tilted her head in confusion as her face was still frowning a bit
"Let me finish... This unsaid rule is if broken by one of the boys, well... They will earn the hate of most of the boys here in the cadets... And this unsaid rule is... To not get too close to their 'goddess' which is you..." I sighed after I explained as she became dumbfounded and stared at me as if processing what I just said
After processing it she tried to confirm it by looking at the other boys as they immediately looked away as if they were just doing their usual business
She then looked at me as she exclaimed
"Eh? M-Me an Angel? No, No, No! I'm not a goddess at all so don't avoid me! If you want to talk to me then just go ahead I don't mind!" She shyly said as her face was embarrassed and was literally shouting it
All those that heard those words, made their expression look like they reached enlightenment as this unsaid rule became even stronger and unknowingly started a cult for her soon after, though it will most likely get destroyed after we graduate since most of them are gonna die anyway
"Well I've already earned the hate of most of them by leaking it so I don't care much about hiding that we're friends" I said as I continued eating, after looking at me a bit she did the same
"I know that it's pretty personal but... Are you feeling okay? Your whole body is pretty bruised and you have bags under your eyes" She said whilst looking at me with a worried gaze
*Huh? Oh, I'm fine I'm used to it by now. Most of these came from 'my' training" I emphasized my and not the instructors to tell her it was because of my nightly training
"You should take care of yourself more! We only have one life so let's make sure to live it to its fullest okay?" She said in an reprimanding tone that doesn't seem to be taking no for an answer
I sighed as I looked at her
"I'll tone it down a bit" I said as her face lightened up a bit
"That's all I wanted to hear! Thank you!" She happily said
"Oh yeah, can you tell me as for why you were sneaking out last night?" I said whispering to her as some nosy fanatics was trying to listen in on us, can't afford getting us in trouble
"Oh it's because I wanted some time for myself... It's just calming to take a stroll at night you see..." She explained whispering back
"Oh right! Do you have any idea as for what our special training will be for this afternoon? The instructors didn't give us any information about it..." She asked
"Well... I do have a suspicion..." I said
"Really? Can you tell me more about your suspicion?" She asked as she looked at me with a hopeful gaze
"Well... I don't mind... You for this past week we have been trained to increase our proficiency in balancing remember?" I informed her as I ate my bland food
"Now that you say it... It's true, The Instructor has been increasing our tasks in balancing this past week" She said as she thought of my words, her hands were cupping her chin as she thought
Her eyes then widened as she looked at me with an excited gaze
"Could it be?!" She looked at me as her eyes were asking for me to confirm it
"Yeah, it's just a suspicion for now but I think we will finally get our odm gears and train with it" I confirmed
"Though we will find out later if my suspicion is true... For now let's just eat so that we can have more energy for later" I said
She nodded and started to eat her food aswell as her eyes were showing a little excitement
We talked to each other as we ignored the gazes of the guys around us
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We were all lined up infront of a huge forest as in front of us were a bunch of odm gear
'So my suspicion was true after all' I thought as I was a little excited since I really wanted to try it ever since I started watching the anime
In the corner if my eye Christa and Ymir were talking to each other, a little further more from them Eren, Armin and Mikasa was also there discussing the possible training maybe
Eren's eyes were shining wildly as his hand was clenched showing his absolute determination
Anyway the instructor finally finished talking to the other seniors
"Attention! When your name gets called out, come forward and get one of the odm gears, Make sure to properly put it on, your training to fight titans starts now!" He yelled out
After that one after another, our names got called out, after a few minutes I got called out as I stepped forward and got my ODM Gear, after returning to my position I went ahead and put it on carefully as just a little mistake of putting it on might cost my life
After a few minutes I successfully put it on
Honestly it was pretty fulfilling to put on since every fan of AOT must've wanted to put it on aswell and I'm no exception, everyone that says no is definitely lying
Well after everyone got their ODM Gear the Instructor showed us how to use the ODM Gear
After finishing to show us how to use it the Instructor finally told us our Special Training for today
"Now you all will finally learn how to deal with titans! Inside this forest there is shit tons of targets that is shaped like titans, you will all be graded by how much you kill these training targets" He yelled out as he explained
"The time limit is 1 hour from now! The signal that the exam has ended is a Green flare, after the exam ends you all will return here"
"Now then, Start!" He said as most of them flied away and I was no exception
It honestly felt awesome to fly around as I felt the air hit my face
Using the ODM Gear is pretty easy, I thought it would've been hard but it's not that hard really. I guess the Instructor's training did wonders
Anyway I assessed my current surroundings as I shot an hook on a huge tree causing me to be propelled towards it
A basic knowledge with the ODM Gear is that the gas canisters could last for 2 hours if used without boosting oneself
But if you just boost yourself it could only last for an hour, depending on how proficient you are with it you could go much faster, so you need to have a technique when flying around
Anyway as I skimmed through the forest I finally found a target as I flew towards it
The seniors under it did something as the target which was lying down started to stand up
I shot my hook as I flew high enough and then I started to spin in high speeds as I slowly fell to the titan, soon I was near the titan as I fell horizontally towards its nape
Soon my blades came into contact to it's nape causing the leather in it's nape to be slashed as I composed myself and ignored the dizziness from spinning as I shot my hook to look for another target
'I wasted too much movements and gas, the titan wouldn't just stand still and let me hit their nape, I need to go faster, I also need to not let my hook be within reach of titans since they could grab it...' I thought as I shot my hook and after a I gained enough speed I stopped using my gas as I just let my speed take me to my destination to conserve gas after I started losing speed I shot another hook and repeated the same process
I soon after found another target as it stood up and I shot a hook to a tree near it I boosted myself to the tree as I let the hook get detached to the tree as I shot another hook to the nape of the titan as I was already behind itto change directions and I slashed again, taking down the practice target
And so I skimmed around the forest taking out all the practice targets I came across, sometimes I met some other cadets who tried to take down a practice target but were too weak to slash it deeply and make it go down
I stole all their kills ofcourse and so, an hour passed as I saw the red flare shooting up in the sky indicating the training is over
I immediately changed directions and went back to the starting point to regroup with the others
In the end I think I only got 23 practice targets down, I think that is good enough since this forest is very large making spotting the titans harder, some were hidden and if it weren't for my sharp senses then I might've missed some of them
Anyway I soon arrived and I saw only a few people there that got here earlier than me, I noticed the Instructor was busy looking at some papers, might be the scores of each cadet in this training
I just went somewhere with less people as I sat down and closed my eyes to rest until everyone got back
5 minutes passed and more and more people were arriving
I was getting impatient due to them taking a while to all gather here
Soon my thoughts started to get chaotic
'I want to train, I want to plan what I will do in the future!'
'I want to work! After all that's the only escape for me to not breakdown, for me to not remember that I have left my family that might be crying for me right now, for me to not think about how I can never see them again!'
It is true that I always keep myself busy so that I don't think of my family back in earth, after all I need to be strong... After all I'm now all alone here... In this cruel world, I don't have anyone I can lean back into, I don't even have the memory of this body's past owner... So I am truly alone right now.
'I-I... I miss them...' as I was having a break down a voice called me out
"Hey August are you alright?" I heard a familiar feminine voice call out to me
I snapped out of my thoughts as I opened my eyes wide as I looked at her
"What is it...? Is everyone already back?" I asked
"No... Not yet, but they should be here soon... Anyway are you alright? You're crying you know..." She said as she looked at me worried as she sat infront of me
"H-Huh?" I touched me eyes and confirmed that she was right
"It's nothing just remembered some unpleasant memories... Though I'll be fine soon thank you for caring" I said as I tried to assure her
"Anyway why are you here? Got something to talk about?" I tried to change the subject
"I was gonna ask about how well you did in the training but... Well if you need someone to talk to I'm here you know? Even if you don't tell me the problem you can just vent your feelings out on me" She said as she sat next to me
I stayed quiet for a little while
"Thanks... But I'll be fine" I said as she nodded at me hesitantly since she clearly didn't believe it
We just enjoyed the scenery for a bit until all the cadets has arrived back
When all of them came back, we returned to our positions and The Instructor soon dismissed us after saying some things about our performance on the training
I soon washed myself up and did my 'nightly routine' in the forest
And so with my daily routine continued on as a lot of time passed by, I met a lot of the main casts aswell even though I painstakingly tried to avoid them... But after meeting everyday, it was inevitable to become friends with them
And so... 2 years passed.
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A/N: This is my first time writing a story, a fanfic at that so I would appreciate it if you all won't be too harsh on me, also if you can tell me if you see any big plot holes, bad writing and how to improve it then I would also appreciate it, a lot at that. Anyway see you in the next chapter!