Their Embrace (AOT fanfic)

Chapter 11

     "You have extensive training in combat. Killing a titan is different. I assume you have a basic idea on how to kill them?" Historia stopped walking, turning toward Chrysanthe to see if she was listening.

     "Yes. In my schooling, I was tested on the titans, and their weaknesses." Chrysanthe responded. They had been walking to the training grounds the scouts used for training. Historia wanted to see how she did with dummy titans, then work from there. Looking ahead, a large forest was in their path, a couple of bodies standing at the edge of the tree line.

     "Who else did you bring?" The anger in her voice palpable, tension rising in the air.

     "I invited the Leader of the Scout Regiment, and his right hands." Historia's voice was smug. Chrysanthe huffed with anger, but continued following the woman until they were standing with the group of people.

'Well look at that. His right hands are my soulmates.' Chrysanthe was pissed, everyone seemed to realize this and unconsciously stepped back.

     "So, I hear from the Queen you've been trained extensively. Maybe you and I could spar, so we can see if you're actually up to par." Levi's voice had an aura of superiority.

     "Levi. We are only here to give her criticism. No need to challenge the girl." Erwin, as always, stepped in to keep the conversation peaceful.

     "Yeah Levi, I personally want to see what this beautiful wom-"

     "Not beautiful, not a girl. How many do you need to be killed? If I don't get a number assume they are all dead." Chrysanthe's voice cut off Hanje mid sentence. She had enough of people talking about her as if she wasn't there.

     "Just try your best to get as many as possible. It's highly unlikely you'll get all of them. Gear up, your stuff is at the base of that tree." Erwin pointed to a tree a meter away, but Chrysanthe remained unmoved.

     "Give me a go." Her voice was quiet, deadly. The sentence being directed at Historia.

     "You need-," Historia's eyes seemed to lit up," nevermind. GO!" The scouts looked at the woman confused, but a flash caught their attention.

Chrysanthe heard everything in slow motion. The moment she was told to move, she moved. Her body was elegant, flying through the air. The wind whipped through her hair, the feeling of gravity disappearing giving her a true high.

'Mission: Kill all Titans within the forest. Return swiftly.' Chrysanthe swung through the trees moving at such a fast past before seeing a wooden figure a couple feet to the left. Twisting her body mid swing, she maneuvered to the titans neck before carving out a slice. The men below the titan didn't hear her coming, and she had come and gone in seconds. The nape of the titan was falling to the ground, just a little shallow.

'Deeper.' Fixing her mistake, she took down the next Titan perfectly. All of the soldiers in the forest were confused. Who was killing the Titans at such an alarming rate.

     "I don't trust her. She might be a spy, or trying to gain our trust for something else. Why did you even bring her Historia. I know you've learned your lesson about trust." Levi was glancing at said girl with a question in his eyes.

     "I don't trust her. Her soulmates though, are people I trust. Maybe they can actually get past the mask. She cracked it for me, but then it closed again."

     "Her soulmates? Are they here? Do we know them? What do her marks look like? Have they already touched? A-" Hanje was abruptly cut off.

     "No. I only know their names. The tattoos and their completion are something I don't know. I might be able to change that though. I can't share anything else, for now." The queen ended the conversation quickly, not wanting to overshare.

In the forest, the soldiers felt as if an army of Levi's had been set loose. The woman was quiet, and quick. Nobody saw her until she had already killed the Titan. Every move she made was a risk, but she always pulled through. Chrysanthe was reckless, not quite caring if she was injured during this training.

'I'll kill every one in less than an hour. Maybe I'll make a new record.' After about 20 minutes every Titan had been taken down. The woman was bored and heading back to the small group when an idea graced her mind.

'Fight the soldiers.' A sinister grin set on her pink lips, and she adjusted her course. Chrysanthe moved swiftly, taking down every soldier. None of them were dead, just roughed up. All of them unconscious by the time she was done with them. Some tried to run, but it just made it all the more fun for her. She was just finishing up when she realized, someone had cut her arm deeply.

'Might need stitches, but let's get back before they come looking and see it.'

Historia was bored sitting with the other three people. The tension was thick, the silence unnerving. Levi was pissed that this brat was taking her sweet time. Erwin's head was filled with many thoughts, all of them stemming from his past. Hanje was anticipating the woman's return by watching the trees with keen eyes. Soon she spotted movement, she moved and told the others.

     "I think she's coming back. It's been less than an hour, it's almost impossible for her to have gotten all of them. If she did, she might have beaten Levi's record. Oh boy, I really hope I can get a better look at her. She might be the strongest strongest-"

     "Enough Hanje, look." Levi pointed to the top of a tree. There sat Chrysanthe, whose eyes were lit with amusement. A scout's cloak rested upon her back, where it came from no one knew, yet anyways.

     "I say we take a swing in the forest, take in the kill count. What do you say?" Chrysanthe giggled shortly after, seeing the faces of those below her.

     "What did you do, brat?" Levi's voice was cold, assuming she killed soldiers.

     "Let's take a look shall we?" Chrysanthe stood from the tree, facing them from the branch.

     "I'll be by the titan on the east side. The one that had 3 soldiers maneuvering it. See you soon." She shifted her balance to lean back. No one having seen her ODM gear, the group let out panicked shouts. Her body started to fall head first, the wind stinging her cheeks as she free fell. Soon she released her ODM gear, and used her gravity to travel east.

     "God dammit. She killed them, she killed the soldiers. Hurry, let's go see if I'm right. Then I can kill her." Levi zipped quickly to the nearest titan, hoping to find anything amiss. He could kill the girl who was a pain in his ass.

Historia, Erwin, Hanje, and Levi all arrived at the scene quickly. Three soldiers lay unconscious, the titan's nap cut nearly perfect. All of their thoughts ring with the same thing.

'She did this on her own, in less than an hour?'

Chrysanthe was perched on a tree, the scout cloak being used as a barrier between her back and the bark of the tree. Her arm was tightly wrapped with a bandage. She didn't stitch it, for she didn't care. Though, Historia was sure to have someone fix it soon.

The woman sat there peacefully listening to the world around her. After what seemed to be an hour, the small group landed by the base of the titan she was close too.

     "Come out here, brat. We have things to discuss." Chrysanthe moved like a cat, landing on the ground doing a roll. Rising to her feet, the cloak long forgotten. Her toned body moved lithely, full of sass. Skin tight pants graced her long legs, a tight long sleeve shirt to match. The bandage on her arm had a little bit of leakage, but she didn't care.

Levi was seething, his body full of tension. Erwin was shocked, for no one had ever created that much chaos in only an hour.

     "Your arm is injured, can I look?" Hanje's hand was reaching out before she even finished speaking. Chrysathe flinched and took a step back. She shook her head vigorously, confusing the scouts. Historia merely smiled.

     "I know someone who can fix that arm. Why don't you guys head out?" Erwin nodded, then commanded Hanje and Levi to follow him back to the horses. Levi was the last to leave, for he had a parting message for the woman.

     "You are a brat. Dangerous, and untrustworthy. I can and I will kill you. No one will stop me, but it's because you're unpredictable." He turned and left before she could say anything back.

'He is going to be a god damn pain.'