Til death due us part

3DMG

It's been a couple of weeks and we have finally got our 3d maneuver gear of our own.

"I can't do this Sola!" Lunette screamed at me, refusing to let go of her grip on the tree we were currently positioned on. What were we doing in this tree? We were supposed to be practicing on our gear but Lunette decided to act like me last time and panic about the whole ordeal.

"Moon, shut the fuck up! Let go of the tree! I know you can do this." I said grabbing her and yanking her, successfully breaking her grip with the tree. I started to push her toward the edge of the branch we were currently on.

"What in the hell are you doing?!" she yelled at me. I stopped for a moment before I responded with a smirk.

"Fly my little birdie." I then gave her a shove. I watched her activate her gear, shooting off and by the looks of it, getting a hang of her gear. Told the idiot she could do it.

"Yes! I'm flying!" she yelled "I can do it!" All I could do was laugh quietly as I watched her fly around the place. That was until I noticed her heading straight toward a tree!

"Moon! Careful! Watch out!" I tried to warn but I was too late. I watched as she collide into the tree.

"There's a tree" I trail off, flinching as she slid onto the ground. I ran over toward her and she was sitting up just as I got over to her. On closer inspection, I noticed her nose was bleeding like crazy. Damn, that has to hurt.

"I almost had it Soul" she said as she slowly stood up, using her jacket to wipe away the blood dripping from her face. I turned my head away as I heard footsteps approach us.

"What the fuck are you two doing" the commander yelled when he arrived in front of us. I paused for a moment, looking back at Lunette, who seemed to be more focus on stopping her nose from bleeding than the angry yelling come from the commander.

"It looks like she ran into a fucking tree" I whispered, mainly to myself. Surely he couldn't of missed Lunette's stunt, it was hard to miss.

"What was that Cadet Pierce?" he angrily asked me "I asked you a question! Now answer me Cadet!"

"She ran into a tree sir" I simply stated as I looked up into his angry gaze. Please, please don't make us run laps. The commander look at us for a moment before snapping back.

"If we were in the woods you two would be titan food by now. Let's go!" he told us before turning around and walking away. Suddenly I heard a loud sound of something hitting a tree close by. I turned around, seeing Lunette smacking a fist against the tree she had first ran into.

"I will get this and show him" she said hitting the tree again. I approached her, slowly putting my hand on her shoulder.

"Moon don't get discouraged. It was your first time" I told her softly. She smacked my hand off her shoulder and turned to face me.

"My first and last time. Let's go!" she snapped and flew off. I followed closely behind her, watching her fly and sore, avoiding running into any more trees. Suddenly I got a bright idea, wouldn't a race make things more fun?

"Moon! How about a race?" I called out toward her, she slightly turned toward me, smiling.

"Okay" was her response.

"First one to the commander wins" I yelled and took off without waiting for her to reply.

"God dammit! Soul, you cheater" she said, trying to sound angry at me but all I could do was let out a small giggle. We were both flying dodging and going through the trees when suddenly she passed me. We then found ourselves flying past the commander. As we passed, I turned to look back, witnessing the stunned expression on his face. Smiling to myself, I turned my attention back to Lunette.

"How about best 2 out of 3 Soul?" she called out to me.

"You bet!" Was my response as we raced toward the training course. Soon we landed but no sooner did our feet touch the ground, we heard to commander land a few steps behind us.

"You two!" He yelled at us. Slowly we turned to face him. Oh please, no laps was all I could think to myself.

"Yes commander?" Was Lunette's response. Please don't sass him, please don't.

"How are you two so good at the maneuver gear?" he asked us. We looked at each other and shrugged. How was I supposed to answer that? To be honest, I had no idea myself.

"Let's see if you are still good when you are faced with titans" Lunette and I looked at each other, her giving me a playful glare. In return, all I did was stick my tongue out at her.

"Maggots!" the commander yelled at us, forcing us to return our attention on him.

"Go! I want to see what you two are capable of."

"Who will get more?" I asked Lunette as we took off back into the trees.

"Who knows? Let's go" she said and she took off. I could see a silhouette in the distance and after pointing it out to Lunette, we headed toward it. She sped ahead of me, hitting the first target in the neck perfectly. I followed soon, making contact with my blades but my cut was too shallow. No matter what targets we came across, I couldn't make any of the cuts deeper. After the last target, I landed, resisting the temptation to throw my gear. God damn it, why couldn't I make a deeper cut? Lunette was able to make all her cuts just perfect. Speaking of Lunette, I could hear her soft steps approaching me.

"You'll get it" was all she stated, smiling at me softly.

"I know." I said "But why couldn't I make at least one decent cut? All of mine were too shallow."

"All that matters is the cuts that you make would still kill them Cadet Pierce. Just remember that. They may not be perfect but you still would kill the titan" the commander said to me as he walked by, jotting something down in the notes he carried with him.