Some Say (Jean Kirstein X Reader)

Chapter Six

Hanji and I stand facing each other in a clearing in the middle of nowhere. Her team is on standby. This was getting a tad ridiculous. She had dragged me from my peaceful slumber before the sun had risen to get some study in.

"Can I shift now?" I ask.

She hums to herself as she inspects my face like she hasn't seen it a thousand times before. Her team takes constant notes about every moment I make.

I sigh and move away from her. "I'm going back to bed," I grumble.

She grabs me by the shoulder stopping me in my place. "I haven't finished yet."

"I wasn't even sure you had started. You keep staring at me and it's making me feel like some kind of freak. I bet Levi isn't doing this to Eren."

She wags a finger at me. "You will get a chance to shift but I have been analysing your face. I want to compare similarities between your titan and yourself. I didn't really get a good look at you last time."

"I got a great look last time. Those teeth and claws. I'm surprised no one jumped in to save Jean when I grabbed him."

She laughs a little. "I think if anyone had tried to, you would have eaten them."

I sigh. "Can you hurry this up? I thought you were going to be quick about this so I could have a break before Levi makes me clean for the rest of the afternoon."

"This was never going to be a walk in the park (y/n). You have some serious abilities we need to talk about."

"I know but do you really think I can be any help to humanity?"

"You alone have more skill and determination than any of those new ones. Even when you were younger, we all saw that in you."

"I wish you hadn't to be honest. I wished to be a normal kid all my life."

Hanji places a hand on my shoulder. "Levi tried his best to make sure your life was normal. I know he pushed you and trained you but he tried to shelter you away from everything else."

I look at the ground, kicking a stone away from me. "I should be grateful for Erwin and him finding me but I do always wonder what my life would be like if none of this had happened."

"I think you would have turned out very much the same. You came into our lives fighting and you did change us for the best."

I look away from her. "Can we just get this over and done with? I'm not in the mood anymore."

"(y/n)," Eren calls out as Levi and him come to join us.

I put on a fake smile. "I thought you were training."

"Captain Levi thought it would be a good idea for us to train together. Something about testing us together."

I shoot a look at Levi before coming back to Eren. "I'm not even surprised that it was even suggested for us."

Eren and I face each other in titan form. This is all so strange to me. I feel like I'm in control but there is something deep and dark lurking in me that I know could take over at any moment.

Levi calls out something from below but in my mind, I can't comprehend it. I tilt my head to the side but Eren seems to know what he is on about.

Eren moves towards me and I take a step back growling at him. Levi shouts something else out but I still don't know what he's on about.

A fist is thrown at me and I duck just in time. Eren snaps at me. That instinct deep within snaps back at him as I ready myself. Eren charges at me and I grab him by the throat slamming him into the ground. He slowly gets back on his feet, steam rising from his injured head.

A tingle comes from my shoulder and I find Levi standing on it pointing at Eren. I can't make out anything he is saying. I look past him and find our friends advancing on us.

A dark look crosses over Levi's eyes and he yells something at Eren pointing towards our friends. Eren's titan looks at me but doesn't move. Levi yells again, this time the titan moves in the direction of our friends.

Levi jumps off my shoulder and waits beside Hanji. He motions towards Eren who is heading straight for Jean. I charge after him, quickly gaining speed. I launch myself forward, my jaw latches onto his arm, ripping it clean off.

Eren brings his other fist around smacking me clean in the face. I spit his arm out and tackle him over slamming him into the ground.

Our friends stop a couple of hundred metres from us and I look over their faces. Eren struggles underneath my hold and I roar at him.

Levi walks around to the side of Eren's head and looks up at me. I grumble at him just as Eren manages to kick me off. I land on my feet and race back towards Eren. He gets to his feet just in time to dodge my fist.

Hanji lands on my shoulder and signals for me to stop. I grunt and sit down, her eyes grow wide and a strange sound comes from her. I hold my clawed hand out to her and she jumps on it, no hesitation. Bringing her close to my face, she immediately stares into my face taking mental notes.

She taps her blade on my teeth and I naturally open my mouth. Without a delay, she climbs inside. Levi's face drops and before he can do anything I close my mouth trapping Hanji inside. Our whole team backs up and Eren starts to move towards me.

Opening my mouth back up, Hanji springs out back into my hand. Her face full of glee, she points to the nape of her neck meaning my time was up.

Jean holds onto me as I start to come to, two large titans sit in front of us. One belonging to Eren and the other to me. The steam rolls off them. Eren is just visible to me across the way as Armin and Mikasa help him.

Sasha and Connie crouch in front of me, fanning me. I roll my head to the side and groan.

"That was pretty badass," Connie says.

"You tore Eren's arm off like it was nothing." Sasha grins.

I manage to get a small laugh out, Jean pushes the sweaty hair away from my face. I look up into his eyes.

"You scared us for a moment then when you closed your mouth on Hanji." He smiles.

"I knew what I was doing."

Hanji comes screaming across from Eren over to us. She practically jumps on me with a huge grin plastered on her face.

"That was amazing, I never thought I would get to experience being in a titan's mouth without being killed."

"You're welcome, I won't be doing it again." I yawn as I struggle to sit up.

Hanji rips me to my feet and Jean jumps to help stabilize me as I wobble on my feet. She grabs me by the shoulders, shaking me a little.

"We need to do this again, we have so much to learn from Eren and you. Take the rest of the day off with him, you two need to rest."

I nod as I put my arm around Jean's shoulders. Eren hobbles over to us, he looks about as broken as I do right now. Before we can exchange any greetings Levi interrupts.

"Not so fast. These three have cleaning duties to attend to before they can rest."

"You have to be kidding, I can barely hold myself up." I groan.

Levi's eyes narrow. "You should've thought of that before deciding the dining hall was a good place to hold a fight."