Attack on Titan: The Feral Titan

Chapter Sixteen: The Forest Of Giant Trees

Asura had picked up Armin and was currently running towards the center of the formation, hoping to warn them about the Female Titan before it was too late.

The Female Titan. It bothered Asura how familiar her scent was to him, despite the fact that he had never seen her before.

"Asura? Are you alright!?" Armin asked.

Asura halfway emerged from his Titan's nape, not fully in it now, but not out of it to the point that it would just drop dead.

"Yeah, I'm fine!" He answered. "The Female Titan's been bugging me though. Her scent was familiar to me!"

"How!?" Armin asked.

"Hell if I know!" Asura replied. "We'll figure that out later, but I don't think this is a regular Abnormal!"

Armin was silent for awhile, but soon spotted Reiner and Bertoldt.

Asura stopped and his Titan lowered itself to the ground.

"This is your stop, Armin." He said.

Armin got off.

"What are you going to do?" He asked.

"I'm gonna head for the center. If the Female Titan's going where I think she's going, I need to move fast and I can't do that if I have to worry that you're gonna fall off me." Asura explained. "Be careful, Armin. And don't trust anyone you don't know."

Asura went back into his Titan and sprinted off, leaving Armin, Reiner and Bertoldt to go over what they learned.

He needed to spread the word around quickly about the Female Titan, or the entire formation would crumble.

Asura stopped in his tracks and inhaled deeply, before letting out a howl that could be heard for miles.

It was a warning to everyone that there was a Titan that the Feral Titan couldn't handle. Which meant that the Survey Corps were on their way to Asura's old stomping grounds.

Elsewhere, the Female Titan had been heading to the center of the formation the Scouts were using, looking for her target.

A hook flying in front of her alerted her to Scouts, and she covered her nape with her hand to protect it.

This threw them off at first, but they went for the attack anyway. Trying to hit her from different positions, but she seemed to know what they were doing and jumped over one line, before landing on the Scout that fired it and grabbed the second one and began to spin him around like a piece of string.

The Female Titan then swung him down to the ground and stepped on him, before she resumed her run, leaving an entire squad dead behind her.

Not far behind her, Asura happened upon her handiwork. He was impressed.

Just like the Colossal and Armored Titan, the Female Titan was smart.

(I need to hurry.) Asura thought.

Asura broke into a sprint and beelined for the Forest of Giant Trees, where the main force likely was right now.

-Forest of Giant Trees.-

The Survey Corps had made it to their destination, the Forest of Giant Trees. Before Maria fell, this forest was a popular tourist trap. Now, it was to serve as a staging area for the Survey Corps' new mission.

Capture the Female Titan.

Asura swung from the tree branches, trying to catch up with the Female Titan.

(Why?) He thought. (Why does that Female Titan have such a familiar scent? I've never even seen it before! Unless...)

Asura stopped in his tracks as his mind put two and two together. There was a reason her scent was familiar, and it was just now dawning on him.