The Devils Inside

The Devils Inside - Chapter 15 ~Flashback Chapter~

Danielle's PoV

I Lean On A Wall Outside Of The Trainee Base While I Watch Mikasa and Armin Help Eren With His Aptitude Test. "You Should Be Able To Do It If You Stick To The Basics. Don't Try To Get Fancy. Stiffen The Muscles Of Your Upper Body, and Let Your Lower Body Hang Loose. Just Keep Your Balance, While Slowly Shifting Your Weight To The Belts On Your Waist and Legs" Mikasa Points Out To The Boy.

Eren Nods and Armin Says, "You Can Do It If You Just Relax. Even I Managed To Do It, and I Have No Coordination At All" Eren Nods Again and He Turns To Me and Asks, "How Did You Do It? You Have The Highest Grade In Our Class" I Look At Him and I Grunt, "Hmm? I Did What Mikasa Said. In My Hometown, Annie and I Would Do A Lot Of Balancing With Ropes and Stuff Just In Case We Got A Chance To Fight The Titans."

Eren Nods and Turns Back To Armin and He Says, "I Have A Feeling I'll Get It This Time. Lift Me Up Armin!" Armin Nods and Hoists The Boy Up. It Doesn't Last Long As Eren Flies Forward and Hits His Head Off The Ground. I Push Off The Wall and Mutter, "Well That Backfired On Us" and I Help Mikasa and Armin Take Eren To The Infirmary.

In The Mess Hall

I Look Over At Eren and I Hiss, "He Said He Was Going To Eradicate All, Titans Yesterday But He Is Now Sat Over There Looking As If He Is Drugged Up On Something" Annie Grunts In Response and I Turn To Look At My Blonde Friend and I Ask, "Annie? You Alright?" She Grunts Again and Turns Away From Me. I Wrap My Arms Around Her Waist With A Smile and I Ask, "Are You Jealous? Annie?" The Teasing Tone In My Voice Appears To Annoy Her.

Annie Scoffs and Growls, "I'm Not Jealous. Only Devils Would Feel Such An Emotion" I Chuckle and Ask, "Are You On Your Period?" Annie Elbows Me and Hisses, "Fuck You, Redwolf" I Chuckle Again As I Nuzzle Her Back, "If You Want To, Leonhardt" I Say, My Words Are Muffled By Her Hoodie. After A Few More Minutes, We Stand Up and Walk Out Of The Mess Hall and Towards The Girls Barracks.

With The Boys

Eren's PoV

"A Trick To It? Sorry, Buddy, But I'm Just A Natural. All I Can Say Is To Feel It" Connie Says With A Small Chuckle. I Turn To Jean and He Asks, "Hey, Why Don't You Tell Me? Tell Me The Secret To Keeping Your Sanity After Disgracing Yourself In Public Like That!" I Look At Them Both and I Stammer, "G-Guys, I'm Seriously Asking For Your Help Here..."

Marco Pipes Up and Says, "Okay, Okay. Forget Connie and Jean, Those Guys Over There Also Got High Marks. I Think Their Names Are Reiner and Bertholdt" I Nod and Armin and I Climb Up To The Two Older Boys and Ask For Their Help.

Reiner's PoV

"Hmmm.... The Trick To Posture Control?" I Ask. Eren Looks At Me, "Please! I Heard You Guys Were Great At It.... Reiner.... Bertholdt" He Pleads. I Shrug and Say, "Sorry... But I Don't Think You Need A Trick To Just Dangle There. I Don't Think I Have The Words OF Wisdom You're Looking For. Anyway, Danielle Was With You So Why Didn't You Ask Her?"

Eren Sighs and Replies, "She Didn't Give Me Much To Go On. She Just Said That Her and That Blonde Girl She Is Always With Used To Practice In Their Hometown" Bertholdt Chuckles and Murmurs, "Yeah. That Sounds Like Something Danielle and Annie Would Do." A Grin Slides On Eren's Face and He Says, "Hey! Maybe I Could Go and Ask Annie For Help" Bertholdt Shakes His Head and Stammers, "I Wouldn't D-Do That If I Were You" Eren Looks At Him and Asks, "Why Not?" Bertholdt Sighs and I Say, "Annie Isn't Very Talkative. The Only Person She Talks To Is Danielle and Those Two Have Been Friends Since Childhood. They Hung Out With Each Other Months After Being Born." Eren Shrugs and Asks, "It's Worth A Shot Though, Isn't It?" I Shake My Head.

Bertholdt Chuckles, "If You Want To Get Your Ass Kicked Then Yeah" He Says Jokingly. Eren Looks At Him Confused and Asks, "Why Would I Get My Ass Kicked?" I Cross My Arms and I State, "We Also Grew Up With Danielle and Annie. Those Two Got Into Fights With The Other Kids and Were Able To Beat Them Without A Problem. If Annie Doesn't Kick Your Ass First, Then Danielle Will" Eren Nods and Sighs, "I See." Armin Looks Down At His Hands and Says, "You'll Just Have To Bet On Tomorrow".