Vista - Attack on Titan x Reader

CHAPTER ELEVEN: Cute & Confused

"Sir...I implore you...teach that brat some self restraint..." Oluo narrowed his eyes at me as; for the seventh time on our lengthy trip, stopped to pick flowers.
"Let her be, for now. I'm under orders to at least keep her somewhat comfortable..." Levi replied with one hell of a sigh as they slowed their horses so I could hop back up on Boy and catch up.

"She's young, let her have an least this before you try and break her spirit, Sir." Eld chuckled, though it was somewhat dry. I rode up beside him; shoving my growing collection of flowers into his saddlebag.
"I'm not that much younger than you..." I mumbled as I gave him a pout, which didn't really help my case with looking younger than I was.

Originally, I was only going to gather a few flowers, but once I realised it was pissing Levi off, I just kept going. Both Eld and Petra were carrying my scented spoils, and I was eyeing the slight space in Gunther's saddlebag for my next spot.
"I'm only allowing this because you'll be put through your paces shortly, brat... Childish whimsy is something that won't be accepted whilst I'm around..."

Levi, I'm going to fill your boots with fresh horse shit...

It didn't take us that long to reach out destination; an old, run down castle. Levi was the only member of the squad that hadn't become a part of my flower convoy, save for the single daisy I had managed to slip into his horse's tail.
"Alright...this is the old Scout base...It's disgusting and needs to be thoroughly cleaned before it will be of any use, so get to work." Levi announced as he dismounted Mire.

"Sure thing, Sir! Will you be starting (Y/N)'s training while we clean?" Petra queried as she stroked her horse's forelock.
"I would like to use the cleaning as her training...but in this situation, that wouldn't be such a good idea. She can begin with basic exercises as I set up the old training dummies in the surrounding area...then we'll see how fast she can think whilst using her gear..." Levi looked over at me, and I couldn't tell whether he was expecting me to succeed or to fail. It didn't sound as difficult as I had thought it would be, but I wasn't going to let my guard down. That little gremlin would certainly have tricks up his sleeve.

It took about an hour of non stop sit-ups, push-ups, crunches, lunges and laps before my supposed 'course' was set up, and I was instructed to gear up and meet him back out by the tree line.
"So, what you're saying is...I just have to slice all the targets..?" I summed up his explanation and he nodded once.
"Yes, that's correct. You must make your way through the surrounding forest area and eliminate each one, and I shall time you. You may continue if you miss, but if you make contact with it with anything apart from your blades, you must restart."

This is so stupid...

I unsheathed the blades he had mentioned and looked at my reflection. I didn't look like a solider, nor did I want to, but it kind of felt right to hold them in my hands. On his signal, I sent an anchor to the nearest tree and began to make my way into the shadowed territory. Shadis had never permitted me to use any of their titan dummies during training, because he insisted I was too inexperienced for it. It was kind of exciting that I had a chance to prove that I could do it.

I wonder how long I'd last as a Scout..? Probably not all that long...but maybe enough time to actually have somewhat of a life...Maybe...That's if I even make it into the regiment...

I broke out of my thoughts for a moment as a sharp pain twanged in my shoulder, and I wondered why it would act up from merely swinging around.

There hasn't been any dummies yet...Are they even working? Levi probably doesn't even know how to set them up right...This is such a waste of time...

Just as I thought that, a large, wooden mass popped up directly in my path; making me yelp out. Trying to think on my feet; or rather in mid air, I shot an anchor straight into it's chest and swivelled around until I could spot the wad of whatever it was that symbolised the nape. Reeling myself in, I let out some meek, pathetic battle cry as I slashed out, and grinned to myself once I realised it was spot on.