The crossed paths

Geo and...?

-GOOD MORNING TIGER-SAN!!! WE'RE GONNA TRAIN AGAIN!

As every morning, Atsuya shouted to wake up his student. Tiger fell down from bed, awake.

-Morning, Atsuya-sensei...

-Well well, dress up as fast as you can and come with me. Today you'll meet someone.

-Huh? Who?

-Isn't it obvious? Your new partner! :D

-WHAT?!

-C'mon, dress up and let's eat with him.

Tiger went to take a shower and then he put some of his favorite clothes on. He was excited. He walked to the dinner room, and opened the door.

Note: maybe one or two months have passed from his first day.

-So you're Tiger, huh?

-Ehem... n-nice to meet you...

-ME TOO!! I hope we will be good friends!!

The boy jumped happily. But then, Tiger noticed that there was someone near this guy. It was Eren.

-Yo', Tiger. You became stronger and taller from the first day I saw you.

-Pff, that's nothing. There is only one step between the Eternal Blizzard and my NEW technique. Ha ha.

-Really? Me too! Eren-san teached me how to control my titan, and soon I'll discover my real power!

-No way! You can transform into a titan?!

-Yup! Oh, yeah, sorry, my name is Geo. Nice to meet you, student of Atsuya.

-Geo! Like Geo Megaman!

-?? ...Eh?

-Oh, excuse me, my mistake. But, wait...

-What's the matter?

-Eren-san, maybe you... do you know how are Julia and Dragon...?

-(Eren) Only Julia. She's alright. She has a new partner too. Do you know Yukimura?

-Oh, yeah! Fubuki's student!

-(Atsuya) Is my brother alright?

-(E) Only a broken leg.

-(A) WHAT!? HOW!?

-(E) Calm down, Atsuya. Maybe you can go to visit him. But, do you seriously want to leave those kids alone?

-(G and T) WE'RE NOT KIDS!

-Yeah, yeah, they can stay alone for some days. And, plus, I have Yuno, Minna and the others. So, Geo, Tiger, see you in five days or more! :D

-What!? Hey, no! Atsuya-sensei, you can't leave me here with Yuno!

-Geo will be with you, and Minna too. Just train hard and wait for me, right? I know you can do it. Bye!

Atsuya and Eren went out the base and, when they closed the door, all the base got quiet.

-This is strange...

-What's the matter, Tiger?

-Usually, the base is not so calmed...

-Really? I like the silence.

-I don't. Let's go, I'll go to see if everything is alright.

-Well, before you go, can you tell me something?

-Yeah, what's up?

- Are you a human?

Tiger looked at him confused.

-Why do you ask...?

-Because you have a tail. And strange marks on your face.

-Oh, right... It's not my fault, you see. A witch did this to me. It's because of my name, Tiger. She wanted to play me a joke, and here I am, with a tail and a strange face. I'm weird, no?

-You're not weird... In my old base, everybody joked with my name. "Geo is sooo strange! Maybe he's the son of the ground, or his father is a rock!" That always pissed me off, so...

-So?

-I... I killed someone.

-Nah, that's nothing.

Geo looked at him impressed.

-Nothing!?

-Yuno kills someone everyday. And, until today, I've killed more hollows than Minna. Kill something or someone is nothing.

-What the hell...?

-Now let's see if everything is alright there.

They walked through the corridors, looking at every room, and then they reached the last door. The dinner room. They got in, and they saw something awesome.

-Tiger!! This man became crazy!

All the guys in the base were on the ground, injured, and only Yuno was there. In front of them, there was a man with long, black hair, and blue eyes. He had muscles, and he was wearing some type of kimono. A blue and black kimono. He had a sword, too.

-Hey! Who the hell are you!?

-T-Tiger, what should we do?

-Stay back, Geo. Yuno! Where's my katana!?

-In your room! Well, maybe... I don't remember it clearly. Minna-chan took it because she needed to clean your room!

-It's alright, I can do this without a sword.

-(?) Who are you, child? Do you really think that you can beat me only with two arms and legs?

-(T) Let's go out. This battle will be funny. *evil grin*

-Good.

Geo went behind them, but Tiger stopped him.

-Please, don't go out. It's cold outside. It's normal for me, but you will faint in three seconds. And this battle will be hard. Stay here and look through the window, right?

-I'm not a child! I wanna go with you!

-Geez... I'm sorry. Yuno! Take care of him!

-Yes. Come on, let's go to see the battle from your new room.

-But...!

Tiger ignored his cries and went out with the other guy. For some reason, he looked familiar. The man... He had never met him before, but he looked so strange...!

-Well, here we are. Child, tell me your name.

-My name is Shirou. Tiger Shirou. I'm Atsuya's student.

-Very good. Now it's my turn. My name is Masamune, and I'm the best swordmaster of all the worlds.

-No way! Masamune?! Oh, no, I'm in big troubles!

-Ready to die, kid? Fight!

-Did you call me..... Kid........?

-Yes, why?

-You. Are. Going. To. Die....