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"Should I shove a sock down my trousers?" Mikasa asked to nowhere as she glanced down to herself. She's already done the binding her chest and she's rather certain her bandages won't come lose as she's tested out a few fighting moves. 

She was hidden away in the woods on the edge of the training camp. She had another ten minutes of walking left and decided to give Hannes a quick break as she tried preparing herself to be "The Man" she was acting to be. She did try getting Hannes view over her walk and voice but he was useless .. more so by napping the whole time instead of helping. 

Soon Sasha appears as a giant shadow being cast on a rock with flames on eitherside. Her real appearance remains out of sight while Connie works on keeping the small fire alight by her feet. 

"Did I hear someone ask for amiracle!? Let me hear you say aye!" Sasha excitedly roars out in a Southern Baptist Preacher's voice and poses to seem more powerful than she was in her shadow. 

"You've got to be kidding me" Mikasa scoffed out as she unsheathed her sword and stepping into a fighting stance. 

"Whoa! Calm down, lady. I'm not here to kill you" Sasha cried back, stumbling back and almost hitting Connie with her tail as she freaked out a little. 

"A Ghost?" Mikasa asked unsure, sheathing her sword as she knew it wouldn't help her much against a ghost. 

"Um no. Get ready Miss Ackerman,  your serpentine salvation is at hand. For I havebeen sent by your ancestors--" Sasha frowned before getting all hyped up and jumping on the spit a little as she tried seeming all powerful and knowing but coming to a quick stop/

Sasha quickly notices Connie making a hand shadow of adragon on the rock and smacks him down with her tail for messing around like that when this was meant to be her big moment. 

"-to guide you throughyour masquerade" Sasha finishes her sentence, making a pose and awaiting for Mikasa to cheer or bow down to her. 

"C'mon, you're gonna stay you'regonna work" Sasha quickly whispers as she lends down to Connie as the fire was dulling and he was in charge of keeping it burning to form her shadow. 

Connie grumbling under his breath but went back to building the small fire up again and making her shadow form grow even larger once more. 

"Heed my word, 'cause if the army finds outthat you are a girl, the penalty is death" Sasha warns as she points a finger towards Mikasa in hopes to spook her a little and soon big flames shoot up from therocks where she and Connie was hiding behind. 

"Who are you?" Mikasa finally asked, placing a hand on her hip and leaning it a little. Even Hannes attention was caught and he stood, waiting to see the so called guardian. 

"Who am I? Who am I? I am the guardian of lost souls" Sasha snarled out, acting insulting from her question and trying to make a big deal out of it. 

Mikasa lifts an eyebrow out anticipation of seeing her guardian and wondering what her shared family ancestors had sent her way to help her survive this war.  

"I am the powerful, thepleasurable, the indestructible .. Sasha!" Sasha announced proudly and came out from the rocks to show her realsize to Mikasa. 

Mikasa eyebrow fell as her straight lined lips turned into a deep and troubled frown. Crossing her arms over her stomach and looked Sasha before turning towards Hannes and giving a small nod. 

"Oh hah, hah, pretty hot, huh?" Sasha started to brag before screaming out in pain as Hannes stomps on Sasha straight away and acting like she was some lose rat that snuck into their home. 

After a full minute had passed, Mikasa stepped forward and gently pulled Hannes away. Stroking his mane and silently praising him for good work while glancing down to her so called guardian. Taking notice over Connie jumping towards Sasha and poking her with a broken stick to see if she was still alive or not. 

"Ah, my ancestors sent a little lizard to help me? Did they really have that little faith in me?" Mikasa mumbled out as she rubbed at her eyes and still saw Sasha laying there, proving this wasn't just some bad dream. 

"Ouch, mean. I didn't go judging you tomboy" Sasha whimpered back as she rubbed at her stomach, sulking a little. 

"Why was I sent a lizard?" Mikasa asked unimpressed. 

"Hey, dragon, dragon, not lizard. I don't do that tongue thing" Sasha argued back as she pointed a finger towards Mikasa  while still flipping out her tongue to show Mikasa what she means and looking like a real lizard to Mikasa.

"You're uh..." Mikasa started to say, letting her arms drop to her side as she tried thinking over the right words to use. 

"Intimidating? Awe inspiring?" Sasha bragged back, giving a goofy grin and trying to seem more powerful than she was. 

"Tiny" Mikasa finally answered as she made a hand gesture to denote her guardian smallness of size. 

"Of course. I'm travel size for yourconvenience. If I was my real size, your cow here would die of fright" Sasha scoffed back as she walks over to Hannes and patted his snout before jumping back as Hannes tries biting her in return. 

Mikasa and Hannes sharing a look before rolling their eyes over the small guardian. 

"Down Bessy. My powers are beyond your mortal imagination. For instance, my eyes can seestraight through your armour" Sasha warns as she glares towards the horse before looking straight towards Mikasa chest armour without thinking. 

Mikasa quickly covers her bust with her left arm andslaps Sasha with the right and earning Connie to laugh his cricket butt off as he watched the whole scene from the side-lines. 

"Ow. That hurt" Sasha whines back, rubbing at her cheek as she stays sitting the ground and Connie hops over with a bread crumb for her to nibble on. 

"That's what you get for being a pervert" Mikasa huffs back in annoyance, glaring towards the guardian who shoved the crumb straight into her mouth without a second thought. 

"All right, that's it! Dishonor! Dishonor on your whole family. Make a note of this.." Sasha angrily snaps back before turning towards Connie and giving him instructions. The cricket pulling out a pen and a bit of paper, ready to note it all down. 

"Dishonour on you. Dishonor on your cow. Dis-" Sasha loudly says with gusto and storming towards Mikasa who quickly scoops her up and keeps her guardian mouth shut. 

"Stop! I'm sorry, I'm sorry.I'm just nervous. I've never done thisbefore" Mikasa pleads desperately as she really needed help with this. 

"Then you're gonna have to trust me. And don't you slap me no more, weclear on that? All right. Okay donkey, let's getthis show on the road. Connie, get the bags and my snacks!" Sasha states back sternly as she looks Mikasa dead in the eye, watching the young women give an understanding nod before carefully placing her back down on the ground. 

Connie hopping away to grab the small handful of crumbs that sat as Sasha stolen snack collection right now. Mikasa watching as Sasha started heading towards the camp and turned towards Hannes last minute. 

"Let's move it heifer" Sasha orders Hannes who gives an annoyed snort back. 

Mikasa takes a deep, shaky breath before following along and getting Hannes to walk along with her. The two following along behind Sasha with Connie hopping inside one of Mikasa bags to stay hidden out of the way and take away his chances to be stepped on.

Ten minutes later and Mikasa was inside the training camp area. She left Hannes at the edge, keeping him out of the way and out of sight if Armin and Eren were sent to this camp as well. She never got to see what camp they were being sent too and was just going to pretend they mistaken her for someone else if they did assume she was their sister and friend. 

Sasha had slithered inside of Mikasa armour to stay out of sight and hidden away. Leaving Mikasa to glance around and take in the sights of untrained and none fighting men that would soon be turned into fighting fit soldiers ... or as close as their captain could get. 

She wasn't grossed out by all the little gross and disgusting habits men had, she lived in a household where she and Carla were the only women after all. Armin wasn't so bad but the other three .. she grew up use to the gross sights thankfully. 

Sasha risked a peep out and saw a man poking his nose while another was picking out fluff between his toes with a pair of chopsticks. Her chestnut toned scales soon turned green as she caught another guy sniffing his armpit before poking it with his fingers and licking them afterwards.

"Beautiful isn't it?" Mikasa asked in a whisper, not wanting other's to think she was mad and talking to herself. 

"Disgusting. I think I'm gonna be sick" Sasha groaned back, slithering back inside the armour and trying her best to not throw up. 

"No, they're men. I'll be having to try and act like them from now on. Unless you want me to get caught for being the wrong sex here?" Mikasa whispered back with a frown as she headed inside a tent, wanting to explore the centre of the camp a little more.

She took notice over the cooking pots being in the direct centre of the camp and already cooking tonight soup on a slow boil. A wooden post that reached high into the sky was the centre point of the camp and tents seemed to line up in rows on either side, leaving one long pathway straight down between both sides. 

"Look, thistattoo will protect me from harm" A random soldier spoke from where he sat on one of the benches, showing a tattoo that went across his chest and belly. 

Another soldier seems thinks for a moment, then punches the tattoo Soldier in the stomach causing others to laugh around them.  Mikasa watches in utter amazement while Sasha watches completely terrified. 

"I hope you can get your money back" The soldier who punched the other snorted back, causing more laughter to fill the end. 

"I don't think I can do this" Sasha whimpered back, wanting to go home already. 

"We've already passed the turning back point. We've just got to act tough like that guy was" Mikasa calmly stated as she understood over the different type of men. Their was always a top dog and the followers and lastly, the weak pup. Mikasa wasn't a top dog but she wasn't weak or a follower either .. she was a class on her own and that helped her deal with anyone who tried bulling her brothers. 

She reached the end of the tent that seemed to be the dinning tent as tables and benches were all sat up for them to eat around. She stepped out, smacking someone with the tent flat as they were about to walk in while she was heading out. 

"Apologize quickly" Sasha whispered in fright as the bigger built guy stumbled back a little after getting smacked in the face. 

But Mikasa didn't listen, she kept her emotionless expression as always and looked over the soldier she back slapped by mistake. Taking notice over his built and knowing he worked out a lot and could hold one strong punch. 

She knew better than to simply apologize even if it was the reasonable thing. She wasn't going to be the weak pup or step herself into being a mere follower. She wasn't after being a top dog but just be left alone out of all the other men messes and plays. 

"Damn, your pretty" Another voice spoke out from the side.

Mikasa raised an eyebrow towards the other guy, he looked a bit horse like and yet, he was gaping at her. She feared for a moment that her secret would be ruined but than reminded herself that she was a perfect guy right now and there was plenty good looking men. 

"Dude, leave the guy alone" The guy she smacked by mistake earlier huffed out and smacked the back of his friend head. He's got a large height with broad shoulders and an intimidating presence. He's got short blond hair with bright hazel eyes. 

"Sorry about my friend. He's been a shut in all this time due to his Mama wanting to keep him safe from the wrong type of girls" Another guy spoke up with a friendly smile and held apologetic eyes over his best friend behaviour towards her. He seemed above average height with a broad but muscular build. He's got short, parted black hair that's neatly brushed. Adorable freckles dotted over his cheeks and light, caring brown eyes.

"Don't make me sound like a prisoner in my own home. I do leave for work" The guy that complimented her yelled out in announce as he grabbed at freckled boy collar. He is of average height with an muscular build. He's got a scowl that kinda reminds her of Eren but also seems to have a long face, like a horse.  He seems to hold spiky, gray hair shaved into an undercut style,  with the shaved portion being black. He small intense eyes are a brown eyes.

"He's an artist" The freckled boy admitted with a sheepish smile. 

"Are you going to tell him my birthday too why we at it?" The horse face grumbled out, looking rather irritated over his friend to blurting out his personal information. 

"These idiots are Jean and Marco. The name Reiner" Reiner, the larger built, man introduced himself and his newly gained friends. Marco gave a kind but shy smile with a quick wave while Jean simply nodded his head respectfully towards her. 

"Mika" Mikasa introduced herself, deciding to just shorten her name and keep her fake name simply so she wouldn't be caught out on it.  

"It's lovely to meet you, Mika. Hope we can learnt to get along splendidly" Marco sweetly smiled and seemed to be a rather nice and friendly guy. 

"I'll my best to get along with you all. I'm not the best with strangers and most are spooked my unreadable face" Mikasa simply replied with a timid nod towards Marco who smile only grew brighter. 

"It can't be any worse than having a horse face" Reiner grinned back without any mercy for his newly gained friend self confidence. 

"I swear to god if the Huns don't kill you I will" Jean grumbled back as he glared towards Reiner who only chuckled in response. 

"If you gentlemen don't mind, I'd like to carry on exploring the camp a little more" Mikasa spoke up as she wanted to carry back to taking in her surroundings and make a mental map over the campsite before she stood as a soldier in training. 

"Did you just arrive?" Reiner asked surprised.

"Yes" Mikasa simply answered, giving a small unbothered nod. 

"We got called for a couple days ago. Apparently today is the last day for everyone called forward to arrive. Would you like a tour?" Marco blurted out happily and passing on some uselessly information before offering to show her around as he knew how big the camp was and how easily someone might get lost if they're not careful. 

"We were the first to arrive and help set up all these tents with the main soldiers who were already here with Commander Ackerman" Jean explained as he and Marco was one of the first few to arrive and everyone slowly started arriving since. Seemed towns closer were given their conscription notices first to get them moved out into the camp first and have those further away have to travel over quickly not to be late. 

"I think it's best to leave Mika alone for now. He's just arrived and getting use to everything that's going on. He deserves a few minutes to himself to calm his thoughts and take in the full weight over being in this camp" Reiner replied for Mikasa as he knew what it was like to be the new guy and well, none of them were taking the war news very well. They were all being forced to stand as soldiers and fight for their kingdom by empire Furlan. Everyone needed a minute alone to take all their heavy burden and news in and calm themselves over the future coming their way.  

"Reiner is correct. Hope you don't turn man by the burden we now carry. Just call if you need any help or want a better tour later on" Marco smiled sadly, feeling a little bad for being so pushy towards Mikasa and keeping his help offered if she needed it. 

"Thank you. I'll keep that in mind" Mikasa muttered back before going on her way once more and leaving the other three males behind to carry on with whatever they were planning to do before she bumped into them. 

She stayed as close by to the centre of the camp as she could as she knew they'd all be called in soon and lined up to start their training and greetings. She felt her nerves but she felt more, protective than sacred. 

An enemy had threatened to steal away her second family. 

She couldn't lose the warmth she's finally gained again nor could she allow her parents and grandpa to suffer the pain she's barely survived once before. She knew their hearts wouldn't be able to take such a blow like she could. 

So, she was determined to end this war, quickly. 

She'd find the leader of the Huns and bash his skull in along with any of his men who didn't accept the retreat she offered them. 

She wasn't going to allow her brothers to fight and die for their kingdom, she'd win this war for them and return them home before they lose their lives. 

She knew she should hold more faith in them both but war changed people, in unforgivable and unfair ways. 

Even they were unlucky enough to survive through the whole war, they won't ever be able to be the same men they were when they left.

They'd forever be trapped by nightmares and live with the costs of war.

Their hands would forever be stained, no matter how much they tried to wash the blood away. 

And if they were lucky enough, they would be swiftly killed without feeling any pain. 

But everyone else around them would be left to suffer from their deaths. 

War was never once beautiful, only cruel. 

There might be moments, a single second where beauty shines upon war but it was never worth the damage that war brought and did. 

Human nature was their biggest enemy because no matter how much people wished for peace, man kind only brought war upon them.