The Guardian's Tale (AOT fanfiction)

-The 104th Cadet Corps-

I stood in line for the 104th cadet corps, my right hand over my heart and my left arm behind my back. 

"HEY YOU !" Commandant Keith, our instructor yelled at Armin. "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU ?!" He asked as Armin saluted. 

"Armin Arlert, from Shiganshina District !" Armin replied.

"I see ! That's a ridiculous name ! Did your parents give it to you ?!" He yelled as I stopped myself from punching him in the mouth.

"My grandfather did sir !" The blonde replied with a shaky voice.

"ARLERT ! WHY THE HELL ARE YOU HERE ?!" Commander Keither asked provocatively. 

I trailed off into my thoughts as Armin replied. I was going to kill the titans. Every single one of them and avenge my brother. I looked blankly in front of me as he passed by Eren, Mikasa, me and a few others. I listened as he yelled to a boy with two toned hair and a horse looking face. When he asked him why he was here, the boy replied that he wanted to live in the interior, which made Eren and I glance at him. The interior huh ? I suppressed a grin when he got a head-but from Commandant Keith. He then moved on to a black haired boy with freckles. This one looked quite friendly and innocent. Then, he yelled at a boy with extremely short hair who had done the salute wrong. How could he get that wrong ? It was the first thing they had taught us. He walked over to a girl eating a potato, with clear anger on his face. Well she was screwed. Surely enough, she was forced to run laps until dark and her meal privileges were taken away.

I stood outside of the mess hall along with Eren, Armin, the shaved boy named Connie, the freckled boy named Marco and another girl who's name I didn't remember. We all watched as potato girl kept running and I looked up at the sky. I let my long black hair loose and let the wind play with it. 

"Hey Golden Eyes." The boy named Marco called out. "What's your name ?"

"My name's Yuki. Yuki Uchiha. Nice to meet you Marco." I smiled as I turned to him. 

"S-Say were you born with that strange white strand ?" He said, red faced and pointing at my hair. "And why do your eyes glow ?"

"Yeah I was born with it. No idea why." I shrugged. "As for my eyes I dunno. My brother had the same ones."

We watched as a cart of dropouts strolled away. Eren made a comment about how if you couldn't handle the pressure you should just go home and Marco turned to him.

"Hey we haven't heard where you 2 are from yet." He pointed at Eren and I.

"We're from Shiganshina. Same as him." He pat Armin's shoulder as he wrapped his other arm around my shoulders.

"Oh that means..." Marco said as him and the others' faces filled with pity and sadness. 

"You were there that day weren't you ?" Connie asked. "Did you see the Colossal Titan ?"

"Y-Yeah..." I replied, slipping away from Eren's arm as he looked at my jaw, then at my shoulder, then finally my ankle.

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

"Yes I saw it." Eren said as I silently sat across from him in the mess hall. "It was big enough to look over the wall." He stated, answering a boy's question. "It had a huge mouth and almost no skin."

"What about the Armored Titan that broke Wall Maria ?" Connie asked.

"ENOUGH !!" I yelled as I slammed my fist on the table and everyone fell quiet. "DO YOU REALLY THINK WE WANT TO REMEMBER ALL THAT SHIT ?! HOW ABOUT YOU GUYS GO THROUGH THAT AND TELL ME ALL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HUH ?! JUST BECAUSE WE COME FROM SHIGANSHINA DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE SOME KIND OF FUCKING STORY BOOK ! I SAW THE LAST GOD DAMN FAMILY I HAD CHARGE TO HIS DEATH THAT DAY !" I turned around and caught a blonde, muscular boy staring at my right ankle.

I got up and walked out of the mess hall, feeling myself about to throw up. I sat on the steps of the mess hall, visions of that day coming back to me. The blood pooling in the streets, my brother, the Armored Titan saving me, the dead bodies. I placed a hand over my mouth to stop me from throwing  up when I felt someone place a hand on my shoulder. I turned around and saw the blonde boy from earlier take a seat next to me.

"You alright ?" He asked, looking off into the distance. "What about your ankle ? And the wound from your jaw to your right shoulder ?"

"Yeah I'm..." I removed my hand from my mouth. "Hang on how do you know about those ?"

"I...I uhm...W-Well I could spot your scars from a mile away. E-even the one on your ankle." He stuttered. "H-Here let me see."

I pulled on my shirt to reveal the big scar running from my jaw to the end of my shoulder and his eyes widened. 

"I-It's you..." He said.

"Huh ?" I placed my shirt back on properly. "Do I know you from somewhere ?"

"N-No...sorry...my name's Reiner Braun. Nice to meet you." He smiled as he extended his hand and I gently shook it, looking away shyly. 

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

Today was the day that we were going to work on our balance with the ODM gear. I looked over at Eren and nodded. This was the day he and I had been waiting for. The mot crucial aptitude for a soldier. I was up first with Mikasa, Jean, Eren and Marco. I looked over at Mikasa and smiled. This was incredibly easy and everyone looked at us in aw while we just stood there, balancing like it was nothing. I looked over at Eren and let out a small gasp as I saw him hanging upside down. 

(.....)

I stayed behind with Armin and Mikasa to help Eren with his balance but it was no use. After dinner, I had an idea and snuck into the boys' barracks. I grabbed Eren's hand and lead him and Armin over to Reiner and Bertholdt. 

"Can you guys help him ? Please." I pleaded, looking at Reiner.

The muscular boy looked away, red faced, as he mutter something that sounded like "Fine." I then turned my head to look at Eren and I saw a look of confusion and horror paint on Bertholdt's face as he looked at my scar.

TO BE CONTINUED !