"Do I Deserve It?" (Eren's second chance) (AOT)

5. It's Been A While

AUTHOR'S POV:

Another year had passed. It was now their graduation day. All the 218 cadet corps were standing infront of superiors.

"Give your hearts!" One superior shouted.

"Yes, sir!"

"You have three options after you graduate from the Trainee Corps today! The Garrisons, which reinforces the Walls and protects each city! The Survey Corps, which risks life and limb to venture into Titan territory outside the Walls! And the Military Police, which serves under the king by policing the people and preserving order! Of course, the only ones allowed to join the Military Police are the top ten trainees who were previously named!"

The top ten stood side-by-side in order of their ranking: Mikasa, Eren, Reiner, Bert, Annie, Jean, Marco, Connie, Sasha, and Christa.

'I've finally made it here... Now it's my turn to make everything right...' Eren promised.
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Everyone were at the mess hall, celebrating their graduation. Some were eating while some were talking to their friends.

"Yes!" Connie grinned. "Now I'm gonna be in the Military Police!"

"No more worrying about food!" Sasha cheered.

'How'd I get ranked under Eren?! Damn!' Jean sighed and took a deep swig from his mug.

Eren, Mikasa and Armin were surrounded by some of his friends.

"Are you seriously not gonna join the Military Police, Eren?" Thomas asked.

"Even after you got into the top ten and all?" Samuel said.

"I wanted to join Survey corps from an early age even before my mom died.. I didn't train all this time to live in the interior. I did it to fight the Titans and avenge my mom and everyone who died because of the titans." Eren said with determination.

"We can't beat them!" Thomas yelled.

The room instantly quieted.

"You know how many tens of thousands of people have been eaten so far? The answer was clear after we lost twenty percent of our population. Humanity can't beat the Titans."

"So, you want to give up because you think that we can't win?" Eren asked in a calmer tone.

"Well..."

"I admit, humanity has lost so far. That's because we were clueless about the Titans back then. We lost, but the information we gained in battle will lead to further hope! Are we just going to throw away all the advances in fighting techniques that cost us tens of thousands of lives so we can be Titan fodder?!" Eren said with determination.

Every pair of eyes was on him.

"I want to go outside of the walls and explore there. Someone has to do the sacrifice play so that others could live and I am ready to sacrifice myself. I will join the Survey Crops and that's final." Eren said and left the mess hall.

'I am glad I was able to say these words... Again..' Eren thought and sighed.

"Wait, Eren!" Armin and Mikasa went after him.

'If you wanna go outside the Walls, be my guest! I'm gonna join the Military Police and live a comfortable life.' Jean thought.
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Eren went outside and sat on the stairs. He was looking at the stars. Soon, Armin and Mikasa joined him.

"Eren," Armin said, "That stuff about your dream just now..."

"Yeah, I borrowed those ideas of yours about going outside of the walls.."