Chương 15: Battle Royal

" Alright, you guys will be next, get ready...Go!" (Senior)

When Asriel heard 'go', he dashed towards the small canyon with great speed and left Thomas and Mina in the dust. When he neared the walls of the canyon he used his ODM Gear and continued to traverse the canyon swiftly. With every swing and wire shot, he would go further and further cutting the corners of the canyon's bend like fish in the water. Thomas and Mina were surprised with his speed and was shocked still until they heard Keith yelling their asses to move.

Asriel quickly arrived at the end of the canyon and earned himself three points. He continued to dash at the training titan dummies without rest since he wasn't exhausted. He saw Christa and Ymir doing their subjugations, he just flashed a smile at them and quickly zipped towards the first small titan. He took care of it in a flash and shot another wire towards the next small titan while still maintaining the speed. Like doing a combo he zipped towards the other titans with one wire shot to the next continuously without stop. He also managed to destroy all the medium titan's leg portions before cutting their nape. Cutting his last titan's nape he shot himself into the air before falling. He used the gas to soften the fall and when he touched the ground he rolled forward to further soften the fall. At the end of the subjugation, he got sixteen points in total with the addition of the previous points. He looked towards Christa and Ymir to see if they have finished theirs and saw that they were standing still looking at him like a freak, well, Ymir was, Christa was looking at him with a smile. He thought they have finished and walked towards them while ignoring their stares.

" Hey guys, have you finished your subjugations? " asked Asriel with a smile.

" You....freak!" (Ymir)

"Eh?" he had a helpless smile when he heard that.

" Ah, mou~ Ymir please don't be rude. She was just surprised by your speed Asriel. It took us a few minutes to completely subjugate all the titans but you only took about 50-56 secs to do it." Christa said with a bright smile.

" Ah it's nothing much I just have faster reaction speed that's all. " replied Asriel while scratching the back of his head.

" *shaking her head* Nn nn, even still it was very impressive." said Christa with an admiring gaze.

" Che, let's go Christa I don't want you to turn into this freak." (Ymir)

" Wouldn't her turning like me a good thing?" asked Asriel with an amused smile.

Before Ymir could reply Christa interrupted her and said " Asriel! Since you have already finished your subjugations let's go to the next area together. It's ok right Ymir?" Christa replied excitedly.

" Yeah sure, why not." Asriel shrugged and replied.

" Che...." (Ymir)

They went to the next area while chatting together. Christa was very energetic for some reason while talking with Asriel. Ymir....she was grumpy the whole way while muttering something about Asriel stealing her Christa. When they arrived the next area they saw that the other trainees were already waiting there. Mikasa who was waiting for him quickly arrived before him.

" Eru.....how did it go?" (Mikasa)

" Well, it was fine, by the way how much time did you take to subjugate the titans?" (Asriel)

" 56 sec" replied Mikasa with a proud smile looking like she wanted some praise from him.

" Haha as expected of you Mikasa, guess how much time it took for me?" said Asriel with an amused smile.

" Nn...59 sec?" replied Mikasa with a slightly mischievous smile.

" Hmm close but it was 54 sec." replied Asriel while smiling warmly and gently petting Mikasa on her head which she gladly accepted and enjoyed. While they were flirting with each other and getting intimate, Christa who was by the side couldn't help but feel a bit jealous of them although she didn't know why. Ymir seeing this dragged Christa away from them and started to tease Christa about how she looked cute while looking serious. Thomas and Mina arrived a few minutes later.

" Hey guys, good job on getting here quickly." (Asriel)

" Not as quick as you Asriel. We couldn't even see your back after a few seconds you left." (Thomas)

" Yeah, you were so fast Asriel how did you become so fast like that?" (Mina)

" When I was young I used to run around the walls and train in the forest, like dodging around the roots and branches and whatnot when I was bored. Maybe that's why." (lied Asriel) [Well I can't just say it's because of titan powers now can I?]

" Wow, when I was young I was just lazing around the field near my house I didn't have many friends then...." (Mina)

" Well then, consider yourself gained another friend." replied Asriel as he smiled at her.

" Asriel...." (Mina)

" Am I not your friend as well?" asked Thomas with a helpless smile but was ignored by them.

" Alright! Since all the trainees have arrived I'll be announcing the score of the top three! First! Asriel with sixteen points! Second! Mikasa Akerman with sixteen points. Third! Annie Leonhart with sixteen points! All three of you would've been first if not for the subjugation times being different! Asriel subjugated all the training dummies in 54 sec, Mikasa Akerman in 56 sec, and Annie Leonhart in a minute! That would be all! " (Keith)

The trainees were awed and surprised for a while but after a while, their respect for the three people who managed to get in the top 3 increased significantly.

" Now! The last examination, which is the battle royal! There are dummies scattered all across the forest! You are to subjugate them and earn points. There will be a time limit of 5 minutes. After 5 minutes you all are to stop and will be rewarded points based on the number of subjugations and the destroyed leg portion! Don't think that you can cheat since all of us including me will be supervising this last examination! If you need to get supplies, there are supply bases scattered around the forest as well! Now! Any questions!? Good! You will start when you see the green smoke." (Keith)

" Mikasa, why don't we make a little bet?" asked Asriel with a smile.

" Nn? A bet?" tilting her head a little to the side Mikasa replied.

" Yup. Let's bet on who would get the top 1. If you win I'll do anything you want for a whole day. If I win...hmm that would be a secret. So...what do you say?" (Asriel)

Mikasa started to imagine some kinds of stuff as her face becomes red and some steam was seen rising from her head.

[This girl...what the hell is she thinking of making me do.] thought Asriel.

Suddenly, while looking at Asriel she became very determined as she replied with a strong nod " Let's bet!"

" Alright, there's no backing out now. Are you sure?" asked Asriel with an amused smile.

" Yes! I'm sure! Eru shouldn't back out now as well! " replied Mikasa with an enthusiastic tone.

" Then, be prepared to lose Mikasa!" (Asriel)

" I should be saying that to you, Eru!" (Mikasa)

" Oi, you two love birds over there will you keep it down? Some of us have to prepare for this examination! " yelled one trainee while he was checking his equipment and changing his gas canister. In fact, he was just jealous, the same goes for the other guy trainees. They were glaring at Asriel while in their minds they were saying 'riajuu go explode'. Asriel could see that and he couldn't help but be a bit proud.

*BANG*

A green smoke roses up into the sky and when the trainees saw this, they rushed into the forest like there's no tomorrow as they want to get those juicy meat for their meals, especially Sasha......she was like a rabid beast charging into the forest.