SURVIVING THIS WORLD: CHAPTER 2: RUMOR HAS IT AND MOVING ON
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The next day Eren was on his way back to the scouts, he was glad to be back but he was also afraid because coming back meant he had to face the others which he was not looking forward to. What would they think of him now, especially Mikasa. After a while they finally arrived and Eren went off reluctantly to find his friends, he soon found them all in a group talking. "Hey guys." Eren said hesitantly as he walked up to the group. "Eren you're back!" Armin said happily greeting his friend. "We heard about what happened, what you did." Jean chimed in. "But don't worry Armin told us everything about what happened." Connie added. "And we don't think any less of you Eren, we're still you're friends." Christa finished. "Thanks guys I was worried you'd hate me, and where's…Mikasa." Eren said hesitating at the end. "She should be in the mess hall, we said we would all meet there." Armin replied smiling reassuringly to try and soothe Eren's conscious. Eren nodded and he headed to the mess hall with the rest of the group. As soon as they arrived they saw Mikasa and everyone went and sat down, Eren sat across from Mikasa and they were alone so they could talk. Eren couldn't manage to make eye contact with Mikasa, he could hardly bear sitting there.
"Eren." He heard Mikasa's familiar voice say. Eren tensed up hearing her voice. "Mikasa…I'm so sorry, I don't expect you to forgive me, but I just want you to know how I feel." Eren said trying his best not to shed tears. "Eren, look at me, look me in the eyes." Mikasa said calmly. "Eren slowly brought himself to look Mikasa in the eyes but he had to struggle not to turn away. "Eren, I forgive you." Mikasa said smiling softly. "But Mikasa how can you just forgive me like that after…after what I did to you, it's unforgivable." Eren said his eyes starting to water.
-FLASHBACK-
Finally it was over, Mikasa laid there unable to move bleeding from cuts she had gained from her struggle and Eren lay at the foot of her bed unconscious and back to normal. "Eren…why? What happened to you, somethings wrong here." Mikasa thought to herself. "Why can't I bring myself to move…I feel so weak, will someone come to help?" She continued feeling worried. "Oh Eren what will you do when you wake up? Will you remember, or will it be like the other times where you had no memory of it? Eren, I hope you won't blame yourself for this, no matter what I won't blame you, I forgive you Eren because I…" She thought to herself.
-END OF FLASHBACK-
"Eren I can forgive you because…" Mikasa started before she was cut off. "Attention everyone, I apologize if I am interrupting but we have things to do. I received word from the members of the Garrison regiment that they spotted unusual Titan activity outside of Calaneth district and we have been asked to look in to it. Upon hearing this everyone stood up and went to get ready, once they were ready they headed out. After what seemed like a long time they finally arrived in a town outside Calaneth within wall Maria that had been taken over by Titans. "This sucks I was hoping this day would be easy." Connie complained. "On the bright side we're in a town and not open plains like with Annie, so we can actually USE our ODM gear." Jean responded. "Yea, I guess you have a point." Connie replied.
"Heads up guys we've got five titans approaching, all are about 10 meters!" Mikasa shouted from a different rooftop. Upon hearing this the others looked over seeing the Titans and went to work and took them out fairly easily. "That wasn't so bad." Connie said. Just as he said that however, they looked over to see that there were many more Titans and they seemed to be heading for the middle of town. "There's so many!" Jean said astounded. "And they seem to all be going for one place." Mikasa added. "That can't be good." Connie sighed.
Meanwhile Eren was at the center of town. He looked around to see that many Titans were closing in on him. "What the hell? Why are they all coming here?" Eren remarked. "They're getting closer! And there's so many! Do I have permission sir?" Eren called out to Erwin who was not far away. Hearing Eren he looked around and with a reluctant sigh replied. "Yes Eren, but remember if you lose control we'll have to act" He said "Yes sir!" Eren nodded. "Okay Eren, keep it together you can do this…" He thought to himself as he bit down into his hand.
Back with Mikasa, Mikasa was headed for the center of town when there was a loud explosion and a tremendous roar which she immediately recognized. "Eren!" Mikasa shouted increasing her pace. As soon as the dust cleared you could see Eren fighting the Titans that surrounded him. "Eren over h-" Mikasa tried to say but was interrupted when a 15 meter Titan got onto the roof and lunged at her. She managed to dodge but in the process her gear got damaged rendering it inoperable. "Oh no my gear!" Mikasa cried out. She tried to run but the Titan grabbed her before she could get away. "Oh no you don't!" she shouted cutting off the Titans fingers freeing herself and running to a safe distance however the Titan did not give up. It swung its arm down hoping to grab her, and she almost dodged but one of the Titans fingers hit her legs knocking her over and causing her blades to fall from her hands. "Damn it!" She thought to herself. She tried to get up but was injured so she was having trouble and before she could the Titan grabbed her leaving her helpless bringing her closer to its mouth to eat her. "Damn it I won't die this way!" She screamed trying her best to free herself.
As soon as she screamed Eren heard and looked over to see Mikasa in the hands of a Titan with broken gear and no blades to speak of. "Mikasa!" Eren screamed in his mind. Mikasa was still some ways away and as soon as Eren turned his back the Titans all attacked Eren and started eating him rendering him unable to free himself. He watched in horror as the Titan holding Mikasa dropped her into it's mouth and swallowed her whole. "MIKASA!" He screamed to himself in desperation also unleashing another tremendous roar. "I'll kill you…that damned Titan! I'll kill it and free Mikasa! I'll kill them all!" he continued to scream both inwardly and outwardly. But even with all his rage he was surrounded by too many Titans and fell to the ground as they ate him. "Damn it both Mikasa and Eren are being eaten!" Connie shouted as he stared in horror with the rest of his teammates. "Damn, we have to save them!" Jean shouted back as he headed there way. As they headed for Eren and Mikasa they were also swarmed by Titans.
It had been 10 minutes now, Eren was being devoured, Mikasa was in the belly of who knows what Titan and all hope seemed lost. But then all of the sudden everyone heard another tremendous explosion, like the one you hear when Eren transforms. "What was that? That couldn't have been Eren right?" Connie said looking at Jean. "I don't think so but that had to have been a Titan shifter, I'm sure of it, let's just hope they're on our side." Jean said hoping that it wouldn't be like it was with Annie. As soon as the smoke cleared it revealed a black haired female 15 meter Titan! Eren heard this explosion and managed to pull himself up to look and he saw the female Titan. "What?! Who is that? I know it's not Annie but who?" Eren thought to himself in shock. But that was not the only thing that surprised him, because next the female Titan looked over at Eren and began running over to him taking out the Titans in her path and taking out the ones that ambushed him. Soon enough the nearby Titans were dead and beginning to vaporize. Eren then got to his feet and looked at the female Titan. "Who is she…let's see her eyes are dark and her hair is between chin and shoulder length and it's black…wait…no way could it be…?!" Eren thought to himself. Before Eren could do anything however they were interrupted by more Titans as well as some of the other scouts. "Eren and whoever you are, are you okay?" Connie shouted. Since they could not talk, or at least not at this point they simply nodded their heads. "It looks like Eren is almost healed." Jean pointed out. "Yea you're right!" Connie said happily.
Before anyone could say anything else Levi showed up with his blades ready. "Hey, anyone want to tell us who this other Titan is?" Levi said. "We don't know sir." Jean responded. "Are they hostile?" Levi asked keeping an eye on the female Titan. "No it doesn't appear that she is." Connie stated. "Good, hopefully things stay that way, I want you two to keep on eye on her." Levi said preparing to leave. "Yes sir." Jean and Connie said in unison, and with that Levi left. Turning to look back at the female Titan they saw she and Eren had taken out the Titans and were on their way to more. The female Titan headed for the back of town while Eren headed for the front. They spent all day in the town fighting Titans and looking for clues about their suspicious behavior. For now it seemed there were no more Titans around for the time being and they were asked to return to the back of town Eren and the female Titan went back still in Titan form to be on the safe side.
"Well I suppose that since the female Titan has regrouped with us we can assume she is on our side and a part of the scout." Erwin said looking at the two Titans. "Alright you two can come out now, the cost is clear." Levi chimed in. Eren then laid down flat on his stomach so he wouldn't have far to climb down. Steam shot out from the nape as Eren pulled himself out of his Titan body and climbed down while the female Titan observed. "Alright now for the moment of truth." Eren said looking up at the female Titan. She then proceeded to do what Eren did. Once she laid down, steam then shot out from her nape and she pulled herself out and climbed down. As the steam cleared it revealed that the female Titan was in fact Mikasa. "M-Mikasa…" Eren said quietly as he approached her. "Mikasa appears to be okay but she looks tired like she'll fall over any second." Eren thought to himself. As soon as he thought that Mikasa began to fall but Eren ran and caught her. "Eren…" Mikasa said faintly as the others gathered around to see Mikasa.
"I think we're done here for today." Erwin said. Everyone then proceeded to get into the wagons and head home. On the way home Eren sat in the wagon with Mikasa while she rested. "Mikasa, what happened to you, I…I saw you get eaten." Eren said tears coming from his eyes. "As if what I did to Mikasa wasn't bad enough, now this…why did this happen too?" Eren thought to himself. "Well…" Mikasa said quietly thinking.
-FLASHBACK-
"Where am I…?" Mikasa groaned as she opened her eyes. It was dark where she was but she could see enough. Once she was awake she stood up and looked in horror as she found herself in a pool of blood and dead bodies of citizens of Maria, scouts, and more. "Oh God please this can't be real!" Mikasa screamed. "Eren! I have to get to Eren!" Mikasa screamed again remembering what happened. "Eren! I'm coming hang on I'll be there, I will get out of here! I swear it!" She cried out. And then all of the sudden she transformed into a Titan.
-END OF FLASHBACK-
"And you know the rest…" Mikasa said finishing her tale. "That's just like what happened to me, my leg was bitten off then Armin was eaten but I grabbed him and saved him but got my arm bitten off and I was swallowed and then I woke up in the stomach." Eren said explaining to Mikasa. "I'm just glad you're okay." Mikasa said also crying. "And I'm glad you're okay too Mikasa." Eren replied tearfully.
Authors Note: Hey all! I hope you enjoyed the second chapter! I said I would get to it right away, I may not write chapter 3 till tomorrow but we'll see! I hope you're enjoying the story, please feel free to leave a review, also give it a favorite and a follow if you enjoyed it enough. It helps me know how much people like it! Also check out my sister Akari Ito, she helped me out a lot and she has really good stories! Until next time!