The Great Titan War iv
Book Two
Volume 7
Ch. 98 The Great Titan War iii
Pov.
-Kara-
"GRUAHHHH!" he lunges at me
I left hook his jaw and I smash my knee into his gut
His body folds an he falls back on his ass
I let him get up before smashing my heel on his face
He back handsprings to his feet, shaking the entire island as he lands
He lunges at me without a second thought
I block his fist with my elbow and I harden my abdomen
I manage to somewhat tank his knee to my gut in exchange for an elbow to his face
He stumbles back as the hardening on my abdomen shatters
After blocking my fist with his forearm I lean back, dodging his left hook by a hair
I kick his ankle, breaking his balance and as he fell on his back I kick the living shit out of his face
…
His back smashes into the ground
I quickly grab his legs
I lift him off his back, but as I did my foot breaks through the ground and it smashes into the underground city
"Shit" I grumble still having to pivot that same foot in order to toss Eren aside
I quickly pull my foot out and I peek through the hole I made
The nobles ran the underground citizens out in order to stay out of harm's way
Eren watches from a distance as I pull myself up
After patting myself down and walking out of what was once the Capital of Mitras we glare each other down for a moment
We simultaneously lean forward, before taking off
The surrounding clouds and trees get blown away the moment our fists clashed
After exchanging a few blows I duck under his fist and I pivot around him
As he turned his head to face me I smash my elbow into his face
As he stumbles back I wipe the little blood off my lip as he dropped on one knee
I step back, waiting for him to get up. When he suddenly swings his arm back as if he was planning to back hand me from way over there
I don't bother moving an inch, knowing he was too far away
Even so, something slams into my jaw
I stumble back wondering what the hell just happened as he bull rushed me
He was over 150 meters away when he suddenly jumped into the air
He puts his hands together and brought them down as if he were holding a blade or something
I cross my arms above my head and I harden my forearms
Within a meter of my arm he hardens a blade from thin air
But it vanishes the moment after it slammed into my forearm
I was still shaken from his previous attack so he managed to get in and smash his shin into my abdomen
I stumble back
Before he'd jab me in the face I twist my shoulders, slipping his fist
I grab his wrist and I slam my forearm onto his elbow, snapping his arm in two
I yank his arm down and I slam my knee into his face so hard I send him flying across the island
I toss what was left of his arm aside and follow behind
By the time I arrived his arm grew back and we exchange a few more blows
He raises his hands to the sky
"Again?" I get ready to dodge this time
He creates a massive sword, twice his height and he pulls it way back behind his head as if it were weightless
What a fool
He's wide open
I dig my elbow into his gut
But I don't even faze him
I was ready to step aside but just then, the ground explodes from beneath me
Something grabs my ankle
It was a Titan, a Colossal Titan
"Wh-what the?!"
They crawled out of the ground like insects and held tightly onto my legs like little children
I try shaking them off but they hardened right away, connecting with eachother and locking my foot in place
I quickly raise my hands and catch his blade with my palms
The edge was inches away from my eyelashes
I could feel the titans crawling on top each other until one grabbed my throat
I summon Susanoos armor, blowing every last one of them away before pushing Erens massive blade aside
Even so, it still managed to take out my left arm
By then, he had already let go of the handle and was at the midst of swinging one of two hammers
I raise my right hand but it was too late
His hammer slams into the left side of my face
With the other hammer he slams it onto my chin, sending me flying across the sky
I open my arms, catching myself in mid air
…
There were hundreds… no… thousands of titans crawling out of the ground
It was all over the island, as far out as the eye could see
I look back at Eren
He was wearing this long grin across his face
…
"BASTARD!" I launch myself out of the sky
He managed to catch my fists and hold his ground as the earth around him erupts
"Ten-million." He chuckles "There's too many of them. What are you going to do?"
…
"Kgheheh" I smile
"Wh-what?"
"Kgh*" he grits his teeth "How?!"
He yanks me in and wraps his arms around my waist
He body slams me into the ground
"How?! Why?!" I cover my face and temples as best I could as he bombarded me with his fists
"You could barely handle the War Hammer, so how?! Tell me how!"
I manage to catch his fist
I move it aside as I simultaneously slide my grip onto his wrist
He stands up, ready to stomp on me but I manage to lock his arm into a straight arm bar
After breaking his elbow I manage to free myself and get back to my feet
"Agh?!" He roars as I stand back, waiting for him to get up…
I mean he wasn't wrong…
How?
How is it that I got so strong in such a short period of time?
I was on the brink of death. Instead, I came back stronger
…
Pov.
-Kara-
-28 years ago-
-3 months prior to fall of Maria-
"Hehehe, it's so awesome that Captain Erwin himself reserved a table for us" Eren giggles as he leads the way to the restaurant he's been dying to dine in
"It's only because he owes me a favor, so really. You should be thanking me" I shrug
"Shut up, you're stupid and old!"
"What?!" I growl
"Oh my.." Carla giggles
"Thanks again for letting me come along, Kara" Armin says
"You should thank Grisha for not showing" I shrug
…
After we get inside I managed to convince the waitress to switch our table to the one right under the AC
"What do you mean, of course he's good looking"
"What the hell Armin. What are you, a faggot?" I sit down beside Krista
"Kara!" Krista smacks the back of my head
"Yeah, fa-" before Eren could repeat it Krista smacks him too
"See what you did?!" She kicks my shin
"It was just a question"
"Eren is jealous whenever you're around all of Carla's girlfriends they ignore him" Mikasa says
"That is NOT what I said!" Eren stands up
"Sit down!" Carla flicks his ear
"Hmm" Eren frowns before doing as he was told
…
The six of us tried to enjoy our meal together and we did… for the most part
"Mikasa, just shut up already. Why do you keep telling them everything?!" Eren storms inside the house
"What do you mean? You never told me to keep it a secret."
"Honey, let me teach you a thing or two" Krista pulls Mikasa aside
"Oh… okay" Mikasa follows along
"Gee that was awesome" Armin sits back on the couch
"Yeah, be sure to tell Grisha how awesome it was" I stretch my arms
"Shut up!" Eren growls
"Kara, you know h-" Carla stops after Eren storms over to me
"No! I've had it up to here!" He kicks my shin "you're always saying Grisha this, Grisha that! Just shut up already!"
"Honey, he's only kidding" Carla tries calming him
"No! It's not funny. You always laugh it off and make those stupid faces when he smiles at you!"
"Watch your mouth, Eren" I look at him crazy after the way he talked back to her
"Quit trying to act like my dad!"
"Eren, stop it!" Carla shouts
"Shut up, you're just a stupid whore!"
I back hand him across the face so hard I bust his lip and knock him on his ass
"Where the hell did you learn to talk like that?"
"Kara, stop it! He doesn't know what he's saying!" Armin jumps in front of him but I shove him aside
I grab Eren's shirt and I yank him back up on his feet
"Who do you think?!" Armin shouts
"You'll never catch me talking to a woman like that. Now tell me who, Eren."
"D-d-d…" Eréndira trembles, unable to even formulate a word
…
"It was some drunk by the bar! H-he's always talking a-about Mrs. Carla because she's… well… she's always around you…" Armin says
"What bar?" I shove Eren aside
"Kara, stop it!" Carla shouts
…
Pov.
-Kara-
-present-
Why this?
Why now?
Stupid kid, Erwin had to bail me out the next morning cause of him
I smash my elbow into his chin
He stumbles back on his ass
I follow closely behind
"You stupid.." I smash my heel into his face
"stupid.." again, "boy…" and again
I step back as he slowly pulls himself back up
No matter how hard I hit him, he just… he won't let up
It's been 3 days since our battle began
We're so massive it feels like it's only been a few hours
I raise my hands to the sky as he charged at me with the little strength he had left
Once he was in range I dig my hands into his chest
I grab a tight hold of his collarbones and I yank him in, head butting him square in the face
He drops to his knees
His eyes tremble as I pulled my arm back, pointing my elbow to the sky
…
"Stupid kid.."
I slam my palm onto his chest and his back explodes after I obliterate his insides
The color in his Titans eyes fade away as his body was engulfed in steam
I slowly revert myself back to normal just as his body vanished leaving a heavy cloud a steam behind
Out of the little cloud of smoke I found him standing on his two feet
This little…
"Grrraah!" He lunges at me
I step aside and I shove his face into a wall I hardened from the ground
He jerks around, blindly swinging his fists
I slam my foot on his chest, so hard that I felt his rib cage snap
His back slams into the wall behind him and I uppercut his chin
As he fell over I left hook his jaw
His knees buckle so I uppercut his chin again, keeping him up
I keep at it for as long as I could before kicking the back of his head so hard I obliterated my foot
…
I hold my hand out
Moments later, my katanas handle comes flying back into my hand
I shove the broken tip into the palm of my hand
I carefully began pulling it back out, creating a blade to go along with the handle as I did
Once the blade was long enough I run my finger along the edge
All the while he just laid there… motionless
…
Stand up…
And fight…
Eren…
No matter what he's done
Can I…do this?
I mean… how could I?
He's like…
Almost like my very own son
Mikasa said it herself.
I slowly hover the blade over his back
I grab the handle with both hands and I raise the katana over my head
I know as well as everyone else… this has to be done
…
I bring my sword down, but just then, an odd yellow aura emerged from his back
I halt for a second
The aura slowly formed into a little head
It was a… a child?
She slowly sits up
She looks around before carefully standing up
She slowly turns around
Her eyes widen the moment she saw me standing here
She looked like she had been bawling her eyes out
Her bottom lip trembled and her eyes flooded with tears
"P-papa…" she sniffs
I set my sword down
"Wh-"
"Papa!" She lounges at me before I could ask any questions
I stumble back on my ass after what felt like a sudden gust of wind shove me down
"I'm sorry, papa! I'm sorry! He said there was no other way! He told me to do it. He told me, it was all his fault!" She cries
"Who?" I ask before getting this weird feeling someone was looking over my shoulder
I jerk my head around and just then…
Standing on the tallest mountain of Paradi I made out a dark figure…
Wait…
Those eyes…
…
The child vanished by the time I came back to my senses
Then after looking over my shoulder once more so did that dark figure
I jump back to my feet as Eren began coughing and gagging
"Agh?! I swear I never…" he stops
He slowly raises his head
We glare at each other for a moment
…
I hold out my hand
His eyes widen
"N-no what are you…" he grabs a handful of dirt
"That's enough. Let's go home… Eren…"
"Kghk*" he grits his teeth
"Damn you!" He tosses dirt at my face
I swat it all aside before catching his hardened fist leading to my chest
The hardening was so weak it turned to dust
I snap his wrist
"Agh?! Bastard!" He comes at me with his other fist
I pat it aside before slamming my knee into his chin so hard his teeth shatter and his face slams into the ground
I wait a minute or two for him to get back up and by the time he did his teeth had grown back
"Kill me.. p-please…" he sniffs
"Eren…"
"You have to, I can't live like this." He shakes his head
"Shut up"
"Do it! Think about Sasha! I killed her! I did it, remember?! It's all because of me!"
"Stop it…"
"Just do it, you saw it yourself! I killed everyone, so kill me!"
"Shut up!" I backhand him across the face.
Sasha…
"I couldn't control myself… she isn't here now, because of me…"
"B-but I…"
"Eren… One is enough. Don't make me do this again." I hold my hand out
…
"N-no." He punches the ground
"I-I can't.. I can't…" he shakes his head "you can't let me… y-you can't make me live like this."
He suddenly stops after seeing my katana laying beside him
He grabs the blade
"Eren… you don't have to do this…"
…
"You're wrong, Kara… There's no place left for me in this world."
"What are you talking about?"
…
"Eren…" I shake my head
"I-I'm sorry, Kara…" he whimpered before shoving the blade through his stomach
…
-to be continued