The Guardian's Tale (AOT fanfiction)

-Perfect Game-

The Colossal Titan scooped up houses and hurled them into the air where they scattered across other parts of town as flaming pieces of debris. At this rate he was gonna turn the entire district to nothing but ashes. 

"Oh no...look at all those houses up in the sky." Connie spoke up. "One of those could be yours right Eren ? How's it feel to have your own roof over your head again ?...Get it ?" He asked before laughing nervously. 

"Yuki can you smack him for me ?" Jean sighed before I hit Connie over the head with my thunder spear.

"Anyway...it doesn't look like Bertholdt knows where we are." I noticed.

As a rock fell right in front of us, Sasha and Connie pressed Armin for orders but instead, he froze for a few minutes before giving the commands to Jean. I saw him hesitate and I simply placed my hand on his shoulder.

"Remember what Marco told you Jean." I said before giving him a small smile."He believed in you...and so do I."

Even though Jean was still visibly distressed, he ordered us to make for the river by riding on top of Eren to avoid wasting gas. Eren moved out of Bertholdt's sight for now since we all knew that at one point we would get his attention. Jean then turned his head to the side and informed Armin that he didn't have a plan to get out so in the end, we would all be counting on the blond. Seeing that Armin was still unsure of himself, I placed my hand on his head and smiled in an attempt to reassure him. 

"Jean...the Colossal's getting too close to the Wall." I noticed.

"Yell at him Eren !" Jean directed. "We can't let him get any closer to the Wall."

We all covered out ears before Eren let out a deafening scream, momentarily getting Bertholdt's attention before he resumed his march back to the Wall. Seeing as the plan failed, Jean had Eren tackle Bertholdt's leg. As Eren chased after him, Sasha noted that our gear would be useless against the Colossal due to the steam he emitted. 

"I have an idea...we can distract him. Connie. Give Mikasa your thunder spear. She can kill him." I said calmly. 

As Eren got close to Bertholdt, we all scattered and watched as Eren unsuccessfully tried to tackle Bertholdt's leg. For a moment, he managed to push his leg back but Bertholdt pulled it further back into a kick that launched Eren to the top of the Wall. Mikasa, horrified, pointed out that Eren wasn't moving but Jean brushed it off.

"He's still alive though." Jean reassured her. "Focus on keeping Bertholdt off him."

"Hey Jean...hate to break your optimism but if we don't manage to turn things around, we're all gonna either look like a buffet of roasted meat or be Titan food...including the rest of humanity." I pointed out.

Jean gathered the group together and had us distract Bertholdt while Mikasa went for the kill. I hovered over his face and a sudden urge to kill came over me as I remembered that he was one of Marco's murderers. 

"Hey Bertholdt !" I shouted. "I really wish we'd been able to torture Annie. You know why ? BECAUSE I WOULD'VE LOVED TO HEAR HER CRY OUT IN AGONY !"

Shit...this wasn't enough but it would have to do. As Mikasa went for the killing blow, Bertholdt noticed her and emitted a blast of steam which blew away the thunder spears. Before I had the time to grab her and get her away from them, they exploded right behind her. Due to the steam, our hooks detached themselves from Bertholdt and as we fell, I noticed that Jean was about to fall onto a loose gutter. I cursed under my breath, grabbed him and placed myself under him, taking the blow.

As I slowly tried to get up, a sharp pain coursed through my shoulder and I felt Jean's weight on top of me.

"H-Hey...could you get off ?" I said before coughing due to inhaling some of the steam. "You're kinda heavy."

"WHAT THE HELL YOU SUICIDAL DUMBASS ?!" He yelled as he got up before hitting me over the head. "I WOULD'VE BEEN FINE !"

"Yep...clearly." I joked touching my back before looking at my blood covered hand. "Eh...just a scratch. You alright Mikasa ?"

I looked over at the black haired woman who had gotten hit by some of the shrapnel from the thunder spears. She nodded and I helped her get up before she asked Armin if he had come up with a counterattack yet. Distressed, he said he hadn't and I was about to offer something when I heard loud footsteps. Could it be...? When I turned around, I saw the Armored Titan slowly walking towards us.

"Guys...Reiner's back." I announced with a strangled voice. 

I looked at my ring then at Reiner and I clenched my fist. It didn't matter if I loved him...not anymore. He was an enemy...and we had to eliminate every single one of them. I took out a knife from my boot and Jean looked at me, confused.

"The Guardian Titan was given its powers to watch over the 9 other Titans...but for me..." I smiled at him. "It's to protect my friends."

TO BE CONTINUED !