The Guardian's Tale (AOT fanfiction)

-Shiganshina-

"It's nice to finally get a break huh ?" My older brother Genji asked as he rubbed the top of my head.

I nodded, my arms holding bags of groceries we had gotten from the Shiganshina market. I smiled and looked up at him. His white hair was framing his tanned face and his glowing golden eyes were sweeping over the city. It had been 5 years now since our parents and eldest brother died, murdered while the two of us weren't home. I shook my head as if to get rid of the memories and looked in front of me with eyes filled with determination. At least the Survey Corps had been good to us and I still had my brother. 

"Are you okay ? Do you need me to hold this for you ?" He asked, pointing at the bag of groceries in my arms. 

"Huh ? No way ! I'm 10 I can hold it on my own." I protested as he let out a laugh.

He grabbed my hand and lead me through the city. It was a nice break from having to clean the barracks all day because of Captain Levi. 

"Onii-chan do you think Levi-sama will l-" I stopped when I saw a look of horror plastered on his face. "Huh ? What are you looking at On-"

When I looked up at the wall, I saw a huge steaming titan made of flesh leaning over it. But how was this possible ? The wall was 50 meters high and from how much taller this titan was than the wall he must have been 60 meters. 

"Get on my back...NOW !!" Genji yelled.

I obeyed and as soon as I hopped on his back he started running. I clung on to him, terrified. Were we going to end up like mom and dad and Onii-sama ? I was snapped out of my thoughts when I heard a huge crash and a wind stronger than any before threw me off of my brother's back. I quickly got up from the floor and looked at the wall. I froze as I saw a huge hole right in front of me.

"ONII-CHAN !" I yelled out, my eyes frantically sweeping the now dust covered city.

All around me, bodies had been crushed by rocks or thrown into houses. Blood pooled through the streets and my brother was nowhere to be found. I started running towards where I saw him fall and spotted him, only, he was wearing his ODM gear. When he turned towards me, a weak smile formed on his lips and he opened his arms. I ran into them and I hugged him as tightly as I could as I felt his arms protectively wrap around me. 

"Yuki...you have to run. I'll protect you I promise but you have to get to the boat. It's not far from here but you have to hurry." He commanded with a strangled voice.

"Onii-chan please...please don't....don't leave me all alone." I cried as I hugged him tighter.

"I'm sorry but...it's my duty as a Scout." He let go and just as he turned around he stopped. "I love you...Kirei." He then headed off towards the titan.

I knew very well that this was the last time I would ever hear my nickname. I wiped my tears and started running towards the boat. This wasn't the time to disobey him. I had almost made it when I felt a sharp pain from my jaw to my right shoulder. I looked over and a rock had cut deep into my skin. I fell, unable to move or do anything as a rock fell on my ankle, pinning me to the ground. This was it. This was the day I would die. I weakly looked behind me and another strange titan who looked like he had an armor busted through the wall. He opened his mouth and steam came out of it, then, then he looked down at me. I closed my eyes as he pushed the rock off of my ankle and picked me up. He was going to eat me. This was it. I looked into his eyes, curiously and placed my small hand on his huge jaw. Then, the unexpected happened, he laid his eyes on me and let them wander for a second and just as he looked away, he gently tossed me onto the leaving boat. As I landed, I hit my head and lost consciousness. 

(..........................)

I slowly opened my eyes and tried to move when I felt a hand softly touch my left shoulder.

"You shouldn't get up just yet." A young girl with black hair spoke. "I'm Mikasa by the way. And this is Armin." She pointed at a blonde boy. "And this is Eren." She said, pointing at a brown haired boy with strange green eyes.

"N-Nice to meet you guys I'm..." I looked at them and smiled. "I'm Yuki. Yuki Uchiha. Let's be friends." I said as they all smiled and nodded. "Say...what happened ?"

"Dunno. You just landed into the boat and lost consciousness." The boy called Eren pointed at my shirt which was soaked in blood. "You have a really deep cut from your jaw to your right shoulder so we bandaged you up. Also looks like your right ankle's broken."

"Here hang on I'll go get us some food. You should rest." Armin spoke as he walked away.

I lifted my hand to touch my bandage but Mikasa's hand stopped me.

"Please don't. You have to heal." She simply said.

"Tha-" I was cut off when we heard a commotion. 

Eren was yelling at some men for complaining about the food shortage. The blonde boy stepped in and apologized on his behalf. He then walked over and handed us the bread, however, Eren refused to eat it so Mikasa forced it into his mouth. I softly smiled and looked down at my blood soaked shirt. My brother...I got up and they all stared at me. I limped towards a tall man who seemed to be part of the Garrison and tugged on his shirt. 

"S-Sir....do you know...if a man called Genji Uchiha is here ?" I asked, on the edge of collapsing.

"Oh my-...what happened to you dear ? And no I'm sorry but he passed away. Why ? Did you know him ?" He asked, holding me up.

"I...he was my older brother...but thank you..." I limped back to my new friends and collapsed.

TO BE CONTINUED !!