It was hot, swelteringly so, Sweat beaded on his brow and flowed down his nose, he tightened his fists and waited, every muscle in his body taught and waiting, His opponent, a tall broad shouldered boy with short blonde hair and gold eyes gripped the small wooden practice knife a little tighter as the two stared each other down. Reiner shifted and Eren widened his stance and turned on his heel, the boy stabbed air as Eren brought his elbow down on the back of Reiner's neck, the boy regained his balance before falling on his face and charged again, Eren caught his wrist in his hand and turned pulling the blonde over his shoulder, the boy hit the ground with a loud thud and he coughed.

Eren offered his hand to the downed boy and stretched out his back extending his arms above his head, he walked over to the small pack he had brought with him, pulling the small silver canteen of water out of it he drank greedily and wiped his mouth before replacing the cap and tossing it to Reiner who caught it deftly and followed suit. Eren tugged at his shirt, the thing was matted to his body with his own sweat, he pulled the fabric over his head and rolled his shoulder before walking over and picking up the small practice knife, he spun it in his palm and tossed it into the air before catching it again.

"Alright, Let's go again." Reiner puffed out as he placed the canteen on the ground beside Eren's pack and took up his stance opposite Eren.

His arms were slightly lower than Eren, protecting his body more than his head he was more lowered considerably more and he left his right hand open, Eren frowned at the stance before shaking his head and widening his own, gripping the knife low to his waist and facing away from him. He lowered onto his front leg and launched the spring in his jump closing the distance as quickly, Reiner stepped back and launched a quick punch at Eren's head, Eren sidestepped and Reiner turned bringing his leg around and catching Eren's left arm, he retracted his leg and went on the offensive, launching three quick punches Eren had to back step away from, Reiner led with a wide left hook and Eren ducked it to find Reiner's right hand closing on his collar, Eren grabbed the blonde's wrist and turned inwards slamming his shoulder into Reiner's exposed ribs, the blonde grunted before Eren dropped low and brought his leg around in a quick kick, taking Reiner's legs out from under him and placing he small practice blade to the blonde's neck.

Reiner opened his hands in defeat and the two rolled away from each other. Reiner got to his feet and walked to the edge of the small training yard, leaning against the fence. Berthold patted his shoulder.

"You almost got him," Berthold encouraged "Won't be much longer."

Reiner smiled at the brunette, before the pair turned their eyes back to the training ground "Who's next?"

"Oh, This ought to be good." Connie began excitedly, The group of Trainee's turned their attention to Eren's opponent.

The boy facing Eren was average in height and build, he had short ash-brown hair and a specifically intense look in his eyes, Jean glared at Eren as the black haired boy finished the remainder of the last canteen, That meant this was the last match of the day for the trainee's who had been going at Eren for the better part of four hours.

"You guys have to come see this!" Sasha announced loudly as she burst into the women's barracks, the female trainee's looked up at her from their beds, most were content with lazing around on the only day off they had from training in weeks.

"Where's the fire potato girl," Ymir groaned from her bed, Sasha puffed her cheeks out at the nickname, apparently more than one person had seen her on that first day and that name was difficult to live down "Or is there actually a fire?"

"Oh, no," Sasha paused a moment "The boys are out sparring!"

This caught some of the girls attention, a little of it anyway.

"So?" Krista asked from the back of the room.

"Well in this heat, it seems most of them couldn't take it," Sasha continued before she looked like she was about ready to explode "THEY ARE ALL PERFECTLY RIPPED!" She shouted in finish.

Ymir flopped onto her bed and sighed, the reactions varied from disinterested in the guys to girlish screams of excitement.

"What's go all of you so excited?" Mikasa asked as she walked back into the room, a towel hanging loosely around her head to dry her hair, Sasha wondered how she managed to wear that scarf in this heat but promptly ignored it.

"We are all going to see who got the best bod out of the boys!" She blurted out

"Oh? I see, have fin then." Mikasa responded boredly

"Eren's there two," Sasha prompted "All sweaty and hot."

Mikasa's head picked up, she visibly took a calming breath "Maybe I'll join you, I need to make sure he is okay on a day like this."

"Yeah, We all know you want Yeager, no need to try and be modest here Mikasa." Ymir groaned from the bed, lifting her head noticing Krista standing in the group that was going to ogle.

"You're going to huh?" He voiced.

"I was thinking they would need a bit more water on a day like this," Krista replied holding up a bag, the rattling of canteens could be heard from inside.

"You probably the only one going with good intentions." Ymir rolled her eyes form the bed as the group left, Mikasa followed albeit slower and staying small distance behind them.

Jean stood with his hands on his knee's panting, a fair bit of dust over his torso, most of the guys had followed Eren's example after awhile, their shirts getting more annoying as the day dragged on, Jean used it as excuse to get an extra match, claiming the shirt bogged down his movement.

Eren circled the brown haired boy slowly, in terms of ability Jean was probably the worst of them based on martial prowess, but he was craftier than a raccoon and his attacks were unorthodox making them difficult to predict. Jean charged Eren with a loud shout, Eren dropped his weight back and launched his leg at him, Jean faltered his momentum carrying him too far as Eren's boot met the side of his head, Jean flew to the side and landed with a loud thud, Jean got his feet groggily and staggered.

"Not yet!" He shouted as Connie moved off the fence, the shaved boy faltered and paused.

"Oi! Jean, That's enough you aren't going to be able to beat him today." Jean shook his head and faced Eren again, Eren trained his eyes on the boy, Eren's stance hadn't changed at all. Jean continued to glare at him.

"Hey boys, looking good!" Sasha shouted from the oath back to the barracks, The group of boy turned to look at the group of women walking up the hill with interest, it wasn't like the girls to train hand to hand combat on days off, They had been doing it since they found out they couldn't beat Eren.

"What are you all doing here?" Connie asked, his brow furrowed in confusion.

"Sasha told us you guys were training, we came to cheer you on and Krista brought more water." A girl with black hair answered simply.

The boys cheered, mostly because that meant Eren would stay longer, it was basically an unspoken rule that when the water ran out he left, they all might get a few more rounds in with that. They looked at each other excitedly.

Jean and Eren paused there little match when the group of girls had arrived, although Jean seemed impatient he wasn't going to attack Eren when he clearly wasn't paying attention. The girls filtered into the group and sat around the fence. Eren noticed Mikasa standing a little off of the fence, pretending to be interested in almost anything that wasn't in his direction.

He sighed "Shall we get-" He cut off as he jerked his head back to avoid a wild punch the Jean had sent at him, He pivoted on his foot and sent a quick kick low at Jean's legs, causing the boy to jump back.

"That was pretty cheap Jean." Eren taunted.

"Shut up!" Jean retorted as he charged again, Eren was getting tired of the same opponent, he stepped forward launching a heavy blow into Jean's stomach, Jean's charge was abruptly cut off and he fell to his knees and held his stomach as he wheezed.

Eren caught the canteen Connie tossed to him, He drank a little slower than he had before, glancing at Mikasa out of the corner of his eye 'Why did she come with them? I can't see her as the type to come and ogle guys just cause their shirts are off.'

"Okay, I'm definitely going to beat you this time!" Connie declared pointed at Eren with a smirk.

Eren smiled at him "Come at me then!"

"Ah, I'm tired," Eren sighed as he leaned back in his seat "Did Krista have to bring I that much water, Honestly I am surprised I didn't pass out."

Armin chuckled "I told you to try and appear as a newbie, Guys don't take getting beaten like that easily, they are going to keep challenging you too."

"I didn't say anything about the sparring, it's interesting and frankly pretty fun, I just don't think I can handle it all day like this," Eren responded "Even I get tired."

Armin nodded in understanding.

"Speaking of which, Why'd you come up with the other girls Mikasa? I didn't take you as the type that enjoys looking at the male form in her spare time." Eren asked simply.

Mikasa found the table underneath her hand very interesting as her cheeks rivaled the color of her scarf "I-, uh, Had to make sure you were okay, I didn't want you to get exhausted from the heat and pass out or anything."

"I'm sure Eren all glistening with sweat and shirtless had absolutely nothing to do with it," Armin prodded enjoying the reaction from his friend "I wonder if the girls would end up going shirtless in training, I'm sure Eren would never partake in ogling the perfection of you girl in just bra's at all."

If looks could kill Armin's entire family line would have just died and the ashes would never be found, he swore he could see steam coming out of Eren's ears, Armin smirked to himself sufficiently satisfied with the images he had planted in Eren's head and the reaction he got out of Mikasa.

"I didn't take you for a pervert, Arlert," The small blonde turned to the voice, Annie stared at him with a smallest of smiles on her face, she leaned forward and whispered in his ear "I might be able to convince Mikasa to train like that with me."

Eren watched his small blonde friend slowly begin to glow a whole variable color palette and almost laughed, he was definitely curious what was just said to the small boy and was most definitely going to tease him about it till he relented the sentence.

"Well, That's it for me today, We got a long day ahead of us tomorrow." Eren stated standing up and gathering his plate, he deposited it in a small buckets of water for whoever was on wash duty and left the Mess hall. Getting back the men's barracks and hitting his bed with a heavy relieved sigh.

A/N: Shorter chapter in comparison to my first two, but yeah it's just a little fun chapter I had the idea of writing and felt like changing it up a bit, Hope you enjoyed and I'll see you next time, peace!