Attack on Titan: The Berserk Titan

It didn't matter how hard I tried; I wasn't able to stretch my arm long enough to reach that gap above the gate. I just learned of my powers today… It's impossible to become that skilled so quickly.

Time was ticking, and I was running out of options. Soon, that guard would return with a report or even an order to apprehend me.

But it seems I wasn't fated to go on like that. Vanessa didn't make a mistake.

When the situation looked quite bleak, in the middle of the night, the gates began to open.

!!!

The gates were not supposed to open at this time... wasn't that what he said? In any case, this was my luck. I only needed to somehow cross that gate and run for it. The space was open, there was no way to do it without being seen... but once I was in the other side, everything would be easier.

'It must be someone from the military' I thought.

My train of thought switched; instead, I tried to think of how to rush inside without being noticed. It looked like a difficult task, considering even the officer who remained looked surprised. He took his weapon and walked to the opening gate to see who was coming across.

I couldn't quite see from the angle, but my eyes brightened when he spoke, addressing the person I happened to know.

"Lord Reiss!? W-What brings you here at this time?" The guard said with a respectful and surprised tone.

It is my father-in-law! I have never called him that... but damn, I was ready to kiss his feet now. 

I hopped off and on the street to have a better look. I saw him, Mr James, the coachman, a nervous Frieda, and not too far back from them, my parents, who looked pale; my father was carrying a fat suitcase.

"I know it is not usual to come at this hour, but it is an emergency and we must go through" Rod Reiss showed the guard some sort of medal or insignia that made the man immediately nod like pecking a chicken and allowed them in.

But he didn't need to.

"Mom!", I screamed my lungs out. I even called her 'mom', unlike how I would usually just call her 'mother'.

I was very relieved to see them.

"Arthur!" She let go of the suitcase and ran to me, hugged me and cried. I was shocked even as I hugged her back... I didn't think Vannir would have this strong of a reaction. 

My father, Leon... approached and hugged the two of us like a family. 

"Arthur!"

Frieda followed. It was a big family moment that made me feel endless warmth... warmer than any moment of this life. Only Rod Reiss was looking at me in shock.

"Did Kenny let you go? How?" He asked in disbelief.

"Wait a second, my lord, this boy is currently under custody!" The officer said in a rush.

"This boy belongs to my family, I came here to look for him", Rod said and showed the insignia once again. I had never seen that before, but that officer looked scared to even see it. 

"I told them what happened, and they still wanted to leave me here, Mom!" I said with puppy eyes, trying to throw that officer under the ditch. He glared at me as if saying 'shut up, brat!'.

"You did what to my son!? You wanted him to sleep out here in the cold!?" My mother went berserk; she started having a go at the officer, pushing her finger against his chest, threatening to get him fired. We may not be a top-class noble family... but we have enough money to make sure this man doesn't see the light of the day again.

"Madam, please calm down, it is the procedure–"

"You have seen this boy check up several times alongside a carriage of my brand, and you still give him trouble? I'll have a serious talk with your chief" Rod Reiss pulled us back into Orvud... not before my mother slapped that officer twice. 

It reached the point where that officer had to go on his knees and apologise to her. 

"I'm so sorry, madam. Please go ahead… it won't happen again".

She huffed a disdainful huff and pulled me into the carriage back home. My parents, Frieda and my father-in-law, asked me tons of questions. Mostly questions about why my clothes were so dirty... they thought Kenny had tortured me.

I told them that he made me starve, he dragged me around the floor to swallow dirt, punched me a few times and eventually let me go into the wilderness, expecting the hungry animals of the night to devour me, leaving no corpse... but I had managed to miraculously walk back to the village to cross to orvud and survived. 

Yes, I exaggerated it just a tiny bit. 

Mr James rode Frieda to her home in Orvud, and from there they sent a bird to contact my parents to meet at the gate to look for me. My mother, unable to know what to expect, brought a shit ton of money in case the kidnapper asked for ransom.

Thankfully, everything was solved and the money I worked so hard to produce was not used.

My mother insisted that my father-in-law tell us Kenny's true identity because she would probably hire someone to do the untold to him. Sadly, all her hopes were smashed when he said that Kenny was a very professional mercenary who worked for her brother, Uncle Uri... although sometimes he took missions on his own. 

And forget about killing him, just finding his wherabouts was very difficult. He would have normally just shrugged this off, but even Frieda wanted Kenny's head... he begged them to remain calm about this, and that he'd try to get us some compensation for the incident and get to the bottom of the reason why I was kidnapped.

At no point did I bring up our 'deal'.

...

My parents never let me go through the journey. I could see the shadow of Vanessa watching me. This is what she wanted… this is the home that she gave me.

Now in this position of security, I could bring myself to think about her and our time together. I cried, and my mother Vannir embraced me, thinking I had been scared all this time and bottling it up.

But I was just mourning internally. I could take vengeance, but that wouldn't bring her back. I could look for her with hope, but afraid of never finding her.

I gained a family but lost Vanessa. 

I woke up the next day with Frieda by my side, after kicking up a lot of fuss, her father allowed her to stay with me for the night. He expressively told her 'not to get funny with me', and he even said that in front of me, like I was too innocent to know what he meant. 

Of course, Frieda kept her promise; she only cuddled with me while wearing very light garments and no underwear.

She got sexy, not funny... so she kept her promise. 

When I woke up, our maid prepared my favourite dish for breakfast. Egg, bacon, cheese... exclusive ingredients. I was treated like a prince. 

When it was time for Frieda to go, she didn't just go. 

"I stayed here one night, now you come to my house one night~ we will go see Historia first".

She then whispered in my ears something that froze me, "I want to see your powers, Arthur".

!!!

I gasped and forgot when Kenny attacked me, she saw me get shot and have the steel ball bounce back. 

"Show me, it will be our little secret~".