The Hope's Peak Titan

The Place To Find Our Destiny/Despair

Despite the man's confident stance, he held quite the kind voice. Eren still had his doubts about everything that happened prior, but now he had to deal with this man. "The higher ups wanted you in handcuffs, but I stopped them." The kid stared at the man in shock, 'The "higher ups"? Who are they?' he thought to himself. The man sighed and walked over to him. "No matter what happened in there, I will not let anyone find out about it. I need to repay the favour "they" gave me." Eren looked down in confusion, perhaps it was someone he knew before he lost his memories, parents? It was a foreign word to him, it surprised him that he even knew such a word. He had every intention of asking, but the man held his finger against his mouth. "I'll be back later, just rest for now... Oh right, My name is Jin Kirigiri. I'll be looking after you for the next four years." He got up and left the room.

Just what kind of favour had "they" done for him? Of course that wasn't the most pressing issue on his mind. Memories clouded his mind, memories of the lab, the strange old man who claimed to be his Grandfather, his death and the serum. Now that he thought about it, the serum looked quite similar to something else, but he can't quite remember. Every time he tried to reach for the answer it felt like it was being slowly dragged away. Like a cat chasing a piece of string. Not only that, but the dream he saw of the man throwing himself into the river. It felt like it hurt his very soul. Laying on the bed surrounded by medical equipment, he looked out the window. The sun shone unlike he had ever seen before. At least there is //Hope\\.

–

After a mind-numbing drive along the streets of Japan, we made it to a small house near the centre of the city. It was only really fit for a single person. 'Isn't Jin supposed to be living here too?' He quickly got confused. They both got out of the car and walked along the path towards the house. " I know I said I would be looking after you, but the Steering Committee pressured me quite a lot." Eren quickly pieced it together that the Steering Committee were the "higher ups" he was talking about before. He didn't even need to ask who they were when Jin immediately continued. "They're the ones who run Hope's Peak Academy, they even hold power over me, The Headmaster."

They went inside to continue. Contrary to its lacklustre appearance outside, it was quite the luxurious house, clearly Hope's Peak had quite a lot of money to spend. It was a 4 room house, the living room was a mix of white and brown, with most of the furniture being a similar colour with black dotted around, similar to the kitchen. The bathroom was mostly white. The bedroom had a king size bed with grey sheets, a black wardrobe along with a massive desk containing many study materials and a high-end monitor and pc underneath. It got Eren's blood pumping. What also stuck out was a small safe laying next to the bed.

"Ah, as I was saying. The Steering Committee made the decision to make you stay here on your own, I'll come over to visit as much as I can. I do have a school full of troublemakers to look after. Especially "Them". The Class 74th Trio really makes things difficult. Ah forget about that, I'll be back soon." He tossed the house keys over to Eren and left only a second later.

'So much for that I suppose'. Despite feeling a little let down, he walked back upstairs to the bedroom. 'Hope's Peak Academy' and 'The Steering Committee' intrigued him, the latter mostly. If they can exert dominance over the Headmaster themselves then surely they are capable of something much more. It was time to find out.

– 20 minutes later –

Eren had managed to find out a lot about Hope's Peak and the people running it. Firstly, Hope's Peak Academy is a school funded by the Government to research and cultivate "Talent". The ones who go there are scouted by the school, these are known as "Ultimates". They can be anything from "The Ultimate Boxer" to the "The Ultimate Housekeeper", if you are the best at a certain field then you are qualified to become an Ultimate. The other requirement is that you have to be in Highschool.