Before She’s Gone
In an AU where Eren, Mikasa, Hanji, Petra, Levi and Erwin are reincarnated. However, Levi is reincarnated as Akashi Seijuurou and Erwin as Midorima Shintarou from KNB, while others stay the same. They join the same middle school - Teiko Middle School, except for Petra.
Pairings: Rivetra
A/Ns are in bold.
Thoughts are in italics.
Let the story begin! ^o^
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“M-MIKASAAAA!! PUT ME DOWN!!!” Eren shouted frantically as he was being dragged by Mikasa to school. Mikasa entered one step inside the gate and threw Eren towards a wall. The gate closed.
“O-Ow!!” Eren dropped down flat onto the ground. He caressed his head with one eye closed. “What did you do that for??!”
“Eren, if I did not throw you, you’d have been clipped by the gates. Let’s hurry, we’re late.”
“WHAAATT?!!” Eren shouted. His lips quivered. Does Mikasa care about me at all?!! He slowly got up and continued running behind Mikasa. But he was stopped by a red-hair about the same height as him. Mikasa, noticing that Eren wasn’t following her, stopped too, and turned around.
“You’re late,” The red-hair gave an intimidating stare that sent chills down Eren’s spine. “And it’s our job to record down the names of those who are late.” He was holding a board clipper with a blank paper on it.
“EHH?!!” Eren shouted in disbelief. Not because his name was supposed to be recorded down, but because the red-hair looks really familiar. “Cor..Corporal Levi...?”
Mikasa raised her eyebrow when she heard this. “Corporal?” She muttered.
“Haah?! What are you talking about? Who’s this ‘Corporal Levi’ you speak of? Don’t play around with me, I’m the Emperor!” The red-hair denied, taking out a razor-sharp scissors from his pocket and cut the air in front of Eren.
Mikasa zipped in front of Eren, opening her arms as wide as she can, trying to defend Eren. “Look, if you touch Eren, even if it’s just a single strand of hair, I’LL KILL YOU.” She stared sheer hate into the red-hair’s eyes.
“Oh?” The red-hair said in a stuck-up manner, with his most annoying voice. “Know your place. I’M THE EMPEROR, AKASHI SEIJUU---”
Rinngg!! The morning bell rang, interrupting Akashi. He turned around, facing the speakers, and threw his scissors towards it, silencing the bell. He turned back. “I’m the Emperor, Akashi Seijuurou. I shall let you off for today, but you won’t be so lucky next time.” He walked away towards his classroom. Eren and Mikasa just stared at him.
But Eren and Mikasa were still late anyway. They had to stay back in the teachers’ room for the whole of lunchtime.
“Eren, please wake up early next time,” Mikasa pleaded.
“I know!” Eren said indignantly. “I wonder how Squad Leader Hanji is doing now...”
Meanwhile, in Akashi’s classroom...
Akashi was just minding his own business while the other GOM were busy chatting with each other.
“Osu~!” someone tapped Akashi’s shoulder from behind. He turned around and shot a disgusted look to that someone. The GOM backed away, for they knew that someone had angered him. And he’s not easy to be trifled with.
“What? Another brat again after those 2?” Akashi narrowed his eyes. It was a girl around his height, with neat brown hair tied up in a ponytail. She had hazel brown eyes. Could it be..?!
“Ne, Levi, you didn’t tell me you were in this school!” Hanji put her left arm on Akashi’s shoulder. “You know, Eren and Mikasa also--”
“First off, who are you?! And who’s Levi?!” Akashi cut her off. He reached out for his scissors. Just as he was about to take it out, the girl interrupted him.
“Ah, gomen, gomen~! My name’s Hanji Zoe, the Squad Leader! Levi, don’t you remember me? We used to--”
“Silence. Now get out, kusou megane(shitty glasses).” He was prepared to attack anytime.
“Hora, you remembered me! That’s my nickname!”
Midorima thought Akashi was referring to him, so he cleared his throat and fixed his glasses.
Hanji turned to Midorima. Her eyes lit up. She ran up to him. “My gosh! Erwin, I never knew you were here too!!” He backed away a little.
Akashi shoved Hanji away from Midorima. “Are you trying to deceive my teammates too? I told you, we’re unrelated! NOW GET OUT!”
Hanji sighed. “Well then, Levi, Erwin, if you remember anything, you can come look for either me, Eren or Mikasa. Our classroom is right beside yours. Right, one more thing before I leave...” She went to Akashi, whispering something into his ear. He had no reaction whatsoever, but he could feel his emotions being thrown into a mess inside. After that, Hanji left.
Akashi and Midorima stared into space. The other GOM were kind of shocked.
(A/N: Timeskip to a few weeks later)
“Petra, hurry!” Hanji called out to her handphone. Petra was on the other line.
“Hai, hai! I’ve reached the school gate, Hanji-san...!” She stepped into Teiko Middle School, gasping for air. She was wearing a simple pink dress with a long purple scarf flowing with the wind. She smiled happily.
“PETRAAAA!!!! AITAKATTA(I wanted to meet you) YO!!!” Hanji shouted, running towards Petra and hugging her.
“You too!” Petra replied. “Shall we go now?”
“Why yes!” Hanji led her to the indoor basketball court, where the GOM was.
They opened the door. The squeaking sound of basketball shoes could be heard almost everywhere. Akashi’s quick eyes spotted them. He called the other members to rest for a while, then he walked to the door.
“What are you all doing here?” He asks coldly. Then he noticed Petra. His heart shook a little.
“Cor... Corporal... Can we come in?” Petra asked, with her sorry eyes looking at Akashi’s cold eyes.
“Well...” He considered it. “You may come in.”
Somehow, Akashi felt goosebumps whenever Petra was near him.
“So I’ll leave you guys here!” Hanji said cheerfully as she ran out of the hall.
“W-Wait, Hanji-san!!” Petra protested. But it was too late. Hanji had already left. “W-Well... this is embarrassing...”
“Stay here and watch me practice. You can chat with my teammates if you want.” He took a glance at the GOM.
“Hai...”
(A/N: Timeskip, end of practice~ Akashi is walking home with Petra)
There was an awkward silence as they walked home. Coincidentally, Mikasa saw them, so she decided to follow them. Petra decided to break the silence. “Ne, Corporal, I think your team’s really good. I’d want to see it in action once in a competition.”
Akashi stopped, his head hung low. I’ve had enough of this. “STOP CALLING ME CORPORAL LEVI! I’M NOT HIM!”
The words cautioned Petra a little. “......”
“And that’s the reason why I cannot fall in love with you again. So please, don’t look for me ever again.”
The words tore Petra’s heart in an instant. She managed to keep her composure. “Uhm, I can take it myself from here... thank you..” She walked away before Akashi could see a drop of tear.
“Your heart is not the only one broken. Mine is, too,” He muttered under his breath.
“How.. How could you be that heartless?!” Mikasa shouted from her hiding place. Realising she didn’t need to hide anymore, she ran out to in front of Akashi.
“Oh. So you’ve heard it all.”
“You... you! I WISH ARMIN WAS THE ONE REINCARNATED INSTEAD OF YOU! HE DESERVES TO BE REINCARNATED! BUT NOT YOU!”
“We have to know when to draw the line between our past lives and our present lives.”
Mikasa clenched her fist and gritted her teeth while Akashi took out his scissors. With her recklessness, Mikasa went straight for Akashi’s scissors. He moved it towards himself, trying to pull it free from her clutches. But he was too late. She had already shoved him, using her great strength, to the ground, with her on top of him. Mikasa also grabbed the scissors. She held it the murderer way, about to stab him in the face.
“So what now? You’re going to stab me?” Akashi asked fearlessly, smirking.
“UGGHH!! YOU....!!!” Mikasa shouted ferociously, her hands seemed to be locked in the air. “YOU JERK!!” She tossed the scissors away violently that it almost killed a passer-by. She finally backed away. “Don’t let me see you again, or I’m going to kill you for real.” She shot a death glare to Akashi, then walked away.
“Hmph,” Akashi scoffed. He stood up and muttered, “That was just luck. As if any girl’s stronger than me.” Suddenly, his eyes gazed at the tree he was under. It looked just like..... the tree that Petra was flung against. Recalling the pained feelings, a shadow of anguish fell across his face. He decided to switch off his phone so that no one--including his parents--would be able to reach him. And he kept blaming himself -- why was he the reincarnation of Levi? And not others? Mikasa was right -- he didn’t deserved to be reincarnated. His life was being thrown into a mess by the few of them - Eren, Mikasa, Hanji, and Petra. Wait. How about Erwin? If I recall correctly, he’s Shintarou. Does he know that himself yet? Questions filled his mind. He finally reached home, and he hits the sack, tired of what happened today.
(Timeskip - a few months later, October)
“DAMMIT!! WHY CAN’T I REACH LEVI’S HANDPHONE?!!” Hanji yelled into her handphone as she ran towards Teiko Basketball Team’s competition venue. She shoved open the locker door for Teiko. “LEVI! ARE YOU THERE?!!”
The whole of GOM jumped, except for Akashi. “What? Don’t disturb me right before a game.”
“PETRA HAS AN EMERGENCY!” Hanji cried out. “Look, I’ll explain to you on the way, okay?! Can I borrow you for.. a few hours?!”
“But--”
“Akashi. Don’t worry, you can count on me,” Midorima suddenly offered. “I’m after all, the reliable Commander Erwin Smith.”
Akashi blinked. “So you knew it after all, Shintarou.”
“Well yes, I apologise for that.”
“..... This time I’ll let you off. Make sure our team wins.”
“Hai.”
Hanji dragged Akashi so fast that he didn’t even have time to change out of his jersey.
“Where are you bringing me?!” Akashi demanded to know.
“To the hospital!” Hanji answered.
“Hospital?”
“Petra’s in there!”
They finally reached the hospital, with Hanji panting like mad. Akashi was fine, though. After all, he’s an athlete. They headed towards an operation room. Eren and Mikasa was outside the room, sitting down on chairs. Eren had a pained look on his face, while Mikasa buried her face into her hands.
“So you’re finally here,” Eren frowned, unwelcoming. He shot Akashi a dirty look. “Even if you’re my Corporal, I won’t mind killing you here.”
Mikasa just stayed silent as she glared at Akashi.
Hanji hung her head low in disappointment. “Levi, we didn’t tell you this. Petra was born with a weak immune system, that’s why she’s always going in and out of hospitals. And this time, she’s at her limit.” She gazed at the door, wanting the doctor to come out and explain the situation. “And Mikasa’s told me everything.”
“I see.” Akashi could feel everything collapsing around him by just Hanji’s words.
“We have to... expect the worst.” Hanji couldn’t help shedding tears.
Akashi decided to sit down and close his eyes for a while, processing information. Although he said he couldn’t fall in love with Petra anymore... he still felt pain in his heart... as if the break-up never happened. Why must it be her?! Why not me?! She has to die young again... why?!!
“Hanji,” Akashi called out. “Shintarou has admitted that he’s Erwin Smith.”
“Well, that’s great, but I don’t think it lifts up the mood here.”
The hours passing by felt like eternity. Everyone was so quiet that the ticking of the clock could be heard loudly. It’s as if the clock was mocking Akashi, “You deserve it!” with it’s tick-tocks.
The doctor finally came out. “Ahem, is there anyone here related to Petra Ral?”
Hanji, Eren, Mikasa and Akashi immediately came forward. “Um, Petra doesn’t have any families or relatives, can you tell us instead? We’re her friends,” Mikasa explained.
“Since it’s like that.. well.. okay,” the doctor seemed a little uncomfortable. “Looks like she’ll be in coma for an unknown period of time. Could be 10 years, months, or weeks.” Then he walked away, leaving the 4 of them in a daze.
“In a...coma?” Eren repeated. His agitation fueled, grabbing Akashi by his collar. “IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT ISN’T IT?! MIKASA TOLD ME EVERYTHING! YOU ASKED HER FOR A BREAK-UP!” He gritted his teeth so hard that the teeth almost fell out. He clenched his fist, about to punch him, but he held back. “I...I HATE YOU! CORPORAL LEVI!” He let go of the collar, letting Akashi land unstably on the floor, but he didn’t fall down.
Akashi didn’t even feel like taking out his scissors anymore. His mind was all on Petra, and everything felt like it was going haywire. “Leave me alone. Please.”
Mikasa gasped. It wasn’t like Akashi to say “please”. Hanji was unaffected by it, though.
The room fell to dead silence. Not even 1 word was uttered.
(A/N: Timeskip - December 24, 8pm)
“He’s at it again,” a nurse whispered to another.
“Maybe it’s because of love,” the other nurse replied. All the nurses left the room.
For the past 2 months, Akashi has been coming into Petra’s ward every night just to wait for her to wake up. And as always, he falls asleep on her body.
Something happened. He felt something moving, so he propped himself up and rubbed his eyes and yawned.
Her index finger moved.
“Petra...? PETRAAA!!” Akashi screamed. Petra’s hand moved a little more. Then she moved her arms. She was on the verge of waking up.
Finally, her eyes opened. “Cor..Corporal?”
Akashi could only see in shock with his mouth agape. “Pe.. Petra... PETRAA!!!” He cried, hugging Petra.
“Shhhh....” Her weak voice asked Akashi to quiet down. “Could you take me outside without telling the nurses? I really want to see.. the outside world... before I’m gone... I’m tired of seeing the same old noises made by the machine and the wires that connect to me.”
“Well.. the timing is just nice. The nurses just went out, so we’re alone in this room.”
“Can you.. jump out of the window? The height isn’t relatively tall.”
Akashi peered out of the window, and true enough, it wasn’t so tall. He unplugged the wires and everything, then he piggybacked Petra. She seemed pretty light, because she didn’t eat much.. or maybe she couldn’t eat. This is pathetic. He’s kind of nimble, since he’s an athlete. He stood on the window and took a deep breath. His legs took off.
Somehow, he landed perfectly on his 2 feet. He heaved a sigh of relief. “Petra, are you okay?”
“Yes, Corporal,” Petra assured. “What date is it today?”
“24 December.”
“I see.... I’ve always wanted to see the christmas lights and decorations. Can you bring me there?”
“Yes. But can you walk?”
“I probably can’t... I was in bed for 2 months..”
“Right.” Akashi smacked himself on his head internally. He gave Petra his coat, because it was currently snowing. He walked towards the street that had food stalls and christmas decoration. And of course, a huge christmas tree.
“Aren’t you cold..?” Petra asked in concern. She blushed a little.
“Your body’s warmth is enough to keep me warm,” Akashi replied, reassuring her. “Besides, we had nothing like this back in the world with titans... it was either to kill or get killed.”
They finally reached the street -- it was filled with beautiful colours, music, everything.
“Sugoi...” Petra commented, smiling. “This is so beautiful...” Something crossed her mind. “Oh right, how are the others doing?”
“They’re doing good,” Akashi said. “Also, our basketball team won the Inter-High.”
“Corporal and Commander working together huh... Haven’t seen that in a while...”
A family of 2 kids passed by the both of them. Petra looked at the children. “I wish we had lots of kids together..” She giggled. “Oh, what am I saying?”
Akashi blushed a little. Kids might be good...
They chatted and walked for long hours. Both of them felt like as if they had found happiness. But it was short-lived...
Petra could feel pains being wrecked in every part of her body with the passing of time. She reckoned that now the nurses were looking for her.
They had spent about 3 hours plus now. They decided to have a rest at a nearby bench near the church. And there was a beautiful, gigantic christmas tree near the church. It was currently 11:59PM.
“It’s beautiful,” Petra commented, her head resting on Akashi’s shoulder, and her hand grabbing Akashi’s arm. He put one of his arms on her shoulder too.
“Yeah, I know...”
She felt her life ebbing away. “You know, this was the best christmas night I’ve ever spent.”
Petra loosened her grip.
“Wait.. what are you..?!” Akashi suddenly noticed that Petra was as white as a ghost. The worst was happening. His eyes were widened in shock
She cried, tears dropping down furiously. “Arigatou, Corporal Levi-kun....” She thanked, with her last bit of strength.
She gave up the ghost. At the same time, the church bells sounded loudly. 00:00AM, 25 December. Christmas Eve.
His screams were silenced by the loud bells that seemed to choke him.
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A/N: Whew! My first oneshot fanfic! ^o^ And it’s a feels one, too! I’m sorry if I wrote it really bad... because I kinda rushed this xD
Here’s a song for everyone - Shingeki no Kyojin OST - Call Your Name
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