My Ice Heart is Yours [Levi Ackerman]

Chapter 2 - Who Are You?

The morning sun shone brightly over the vast field of green. You stood at the center of it all, watching Isabel skillfully ride her horse back and forth across the grass.

"I'm surprised," you said. "Did someone teach you how to ride a horse?"

"Nah," Isabel said, patting the horse's mane. "But I've always been fond of animals. This guy says he likes me, too!"

Your impassive expression faltered for just a moment. "Oh? Interesting."

"Ah!" Isabel grinned at you. "So you can look less scary! You should relax a little. I thought you were going to eat me the first time we met!"

Isabel pulled on the reins of her horse, taking off again. You glowered after her, thinking she'd selected quite a poor choice of words. If you hadn't had a thousand tasks to attend to, you might have seen to it that she was put on extra cleaning duty. 

You made your way over to where Flagon stood with the brown-haired squad leader, Hange Zoë, assessing the maneuver gear skills of the new recruits.

Levi barely gave you a glance before he took ahold of one of his blades. Backwards.

"What do you think you're doing?" Flagon asked, his eyes scrutinizing Levi's posture. "Those blades weren't designed to be held like that. Do you want to die the moment you step outside of these walls?"

"That might just happen to you," Levi responded, striding confidently towards the forest.

"What did you just say?" Flagon demanded.

"All I have to do is slice the titan's neck, right?" Levi asked, turning around to look at him. "I'll do it my way."

Flagon trembled with anger and took an intentional step forward. You held out a hand to stop him. "Leave him," you ordered.

You would never admit it out loud, but this man exuded an air you had never felt from any cadet in the Survey Corps. Without interference, he could show them something phenomenal.

The said man launched off the ground, twisting and spinning through the air with an astounding ease that made even you arch a brow. 

"Was he given formal training?" Hange asked in shock.

"No," you answered.

"Good. Very good!" Hange said, blushing in excitement. "Everything from the way we search for titans to the way we take them down is dependent upon individual methods. He's the perfect example of that!"

He utilized his maneuver gear with unparalleled grace as he flew through the trees, skillfully avoiding obstacles. If it weren't for his arrogance and low regard for mannerisms, the Survey Corps might have had themselves an amazing cadet.

"(Name). Will you be overseeing the new recruits' physical combat training today?" Hange asked, glancing in your direction.

"Yes," you said, momentarily discarding your thoughts. "Though I doubt it will be eventful."

"Make sure to keep everyone in check," Flagon said, watching Levi fly expertly through the forest. "You'll probably need to be more alert."

"Sure." 

That couldn't be too hard at all.

~~~

The purpose of this exercise was to test the recruits' hand to hand combat skills. Unfortunately, you noted that many weren't taking the exercise seriously.

"Leon," you addressed a member of your squad. The white-blonde haired male glanced at you, as you continued, "watch over the recruits on the left. Be rough with them if necessary."