Shingeki no Kyojin

Chapter One

I wake up and groan. "Stupid insomnia waking me up at five in the morning..." I sigh and sit up. "Well might as well get ready since I'm up." I get up and get dressed and walk out to train. I do a bunch of workouts then I do a series of punches and kicks to brush up my fighting. As I train I notice some boy watching me. I recognize the boy as Eren Yeager. My brother often talks to him and helps him out. I roll my eyes and punch the training dummy hard. I feel my knuckles split and start bleeding. I sigh and grab some bandages and wrap my fists. "Need any help?" I shake my head. "I don't need help." "Oh come on you would think since we're both from Shiganshina you would be more open!" Silence. Silence is louder than any word. Silence is an answer I know how to give without hesitation or regret. Silence is my answer to many things. People are arrogant and stupid. Only causing problems for me and my duty as a fighter. If it was up to me I'd push every last one of them off into the woods and let them fight to survive. Eren speaks again. "You okay Kumi? By the way, how old are you again? You never told me even when we met five years ago." I think back to that day five years ago. I had lost Marcel. I count back to that day when I was twelve years old. "I'm seventeen Eren." Eren's jaw drops. "I thought you were my age!" I shake my head.
"Then that's your mistake. The day you met me I was twelve years old and you were ten right?" Eren nods. "I thought so. Now if you will excuse me I must go wake up Ymir. It's about time for her to wake up." I walk off with some blood dripping from my bandages. I wrap more bandages over my hands and wrists. I walk over to where Ymir is sleeping and I shake her awake. "Get up Ymir. Stop being lazy." Ymir goes to smack me and I grab her hand and yank her out of bed. "I said get up. I mean it now, not later." Ymir wakes up and groans. "You seriously-" Ymir notices my hands and sighs. "You really need to be careful. Not everyone is as brave as me to help you." Ymir grabs a first-aid kit and tends to my hands. "What do you mean by not everyone is as brave as you?" "Have you seen how intimidating you are? You scare so many people. Even Shadis is intimidated by you but not by much. You even have Mikasa who knows not to mess with you. I'm the only one besides Eren and Reiner that even bother to help or talk to you." I scoff. "Ymir you know me better than that. I don't need help." Ymir rolls her eyes. "You do, you may say you don't but you do. Everyone needs help." I roll my eyes "I'm fine Ymir really. I'm a big girl, I can handle myself." Ymir sighs. "You really are one stubborn bitch." I nod and look at my treated hands and mutter "Thanks." Before walking out to the mess hall. I spot Eren eating with his friends and I also spot Reiner eating with his buddies.
I go to sit by myself when Ymir drags me to her table with Krista. I groan and roll my eyes. Krista speaks up. "Why do you seem so sad yet so mad? Is it that you've lost someone or something like that? Is it because you are still grieving?" I glare at Krista, her big blue eyes met my narrow hazel eyes. "If you've got to my age, you've probably had your heart broken many times." Krista looks at me. "How old are you?" "Seventeen." I say with no emotion. Krista takes my hand and looks up at me. "I don't know who hurt you but I promise I'll be your friend and help you learn to feel and love again." I scoff and pull my hands away. "As if I need your help. I'm fine with how I am." "No you aren't!" "Yes I am." Krista shakes her head. "No Kumi you aren't." I scoff. "Krista, listen here." I grab her hands. And pull her close. "And listen well. Anyone who says they're interested in you beyond using you for their own benefit is full of shit." Krista's eyes widen and I take her chin in my hand and smirk. "You know I'm right." A few tears run down her cheeks. "Aww look at the little princess. Crying because she knows I'm right. If you don't like it then grow up or just use Ymir as your little bodyguard like usual because that's all you ever do." I let Krista go. And she speaks up. "You are mean and cold! You don't care about anyone but yourself! You don't know what it's like to love anyone!" My eye twitches and I grab her face again but this time rougher. "You listen here Princess. I obey no one, I act on my own, I do not need the weight of a lover tying me down. So maybe if you beg enough I'll be kind enough to show the slightest bit of affection towards you." I look down on Krista and Ymir intervenes, taking my shoulder and yanking me away. "Enough Kumi." I sigh and look away. "Fine whatever."
I walk off. I pass Eren and he smiles at me. I roll my eyes. I keep walking but something in me stirs. A protective instinct that I thought only applied to Reiner. The days passed by quickly and soon it was the Trost mission. As I ride beside Eren I look at him. "Oi be safe okay? Or else I'll have to save your little butt." Eren smiles and nods. "I'll try!" I bite my lip and nod. As we split up I felt like something was wrong. I leap off my horse and use my ODM gear to zoom around. I see Armin and my eyes narrow. No it wasn't Armin who was making me feel like something was wrong. Then I see why I feel this. I see Eren whose leg was bitten off and I maneuver myself to him. "Eren." I say as I land near him. I pull him into my arms "Eren listen to me brat! Don't even close your fucking eyes! Get up!" Eren looks past me and sees something and he gets up and uses his ODM gear to maneuver his way to Armin. "No." Was the only thing I thought it was the only thing I could think of. I watch as everything seems to go in slow motion. I try to get to him and pull him out. "No!" I cry out just as I grab his hand. The Titan's mouth slammed shut and all I was holding was an arm. I stand there in shock. I mutter out a hoarse no. I stand there and then leap up into the air. I speed off using my gear to kill as many Titans as possible.