It's been a while, but finally finished my finals! For your patience here is a sequel, enjoy!

It was late afternoon when Eren arrived at Annie's martial arts class; it was located in a nearby gym from his house. After what he calls his "declaration of love," a lot of pressure was on him to back up his claim. After all, it was one thing to speak your mind and another to act on it. As he entered the gymnasium, he felt the rush of cool air and the beat of music that matched the rhythm of his heartbeat. He had been here many times before but it always felt new, and now it was time for him to get pumped up for what was to come.

The room of her class was the same as before, and he noticed through the small slit of glass Annie, who was warming up with the others. His nerves began to spike up as he took a deep breath, and just as he was about to enter, a pair of gorilla-sized hands palmed his right shoulder.

"Hey Eren," said Reiner, "you came back! For a second I thought you had given up."

Eren turned around to see his grinning friend, "Given up? No way, just needed to get my head on straight."

"Well glad to see you're here, let's go in, class is gonna start," Reiner pushed Eren through the door.

As the two boys entered the room, Reiner waved and greeted to a few of the students. Eren looked around and noticed his usual spot wasn't taken, so he took his belongings and placed them there. Annie, who was sitting down as she grabbed the front of her toes, looked at Eren intently. It would be a lie if she said she wasn't curious to see how Eren would respond to last night's "declaration." Annie lightly smirked and picked herself up to start today's session.

A few hours later…

Eren was trying his best to formulate a strategy to steal himself from his current predicament. Though it's difficult to think of a plan when your arm is being forcibly extended from its normal joint position. This was normally called an "arm bar," as Reiner is pointing out to the other students. Indeed, Annie is very good at various fighting techniques, including extensions, hence why she teaches mixed martial arts. Since Eren had missed a few of the recent classes, he was getting a crash course on submissions in order for him to catch up with the others.

"So, you understand that you want to avoid being in this position," said Annie making it look effortlessly.

Eren grunted, "Yeah, I get it!" Reiner yelled at Eren the technique to escape, but it was too late; Annie had already prevented any kind of escape from happening. Looking at the bright side, Eren had to agree that being grabbed by Annie like this wasn't so bad. In a split second that thought was erased, as Annie mercilessly gave one last tug, making a sharp pain race towards the rest of Eren's body.

The class had ended shortly after that; everyone said their farewells for tonight. Reiner also waved goodbye Eren, who smiled back but was then followed with a sigh. Annie still stayed behind to clean up, so Eren thought he would just head home for tonight. After all, he really didn't want to show Annie that he was still in pain from her submission.

Back home, Eren walked sluggishly in towards his room when his stepsister stopped him. "Eren…I knew going back to that class would get you hurt again."

"Mikasa, I knew it was going to be like this, but I want to do it."

"I told you if you want to get stronger, I'll teach you…I know how to fight too."

"And I told you, knowing how to fight and teaching it are different," said Eren as he motioned back to his room.

Mikasa wasn't content, "Not really, I know I can do a better job than her…and isn't that the real reason you signed up for that class, to be near her?"

Eren had stopped momentarily, hesitant at his next choice of words, "Sorry did you say something, I really got to take a shower now so excuse me!" Eren suddenly found a new burst of energy as he quickly went up to the bathroom, leaving an irritated Mikasa behind, "Eren."

The next day, Annie found herself in a predicament. She was trying her best to concentrate on the customer in front of her, but it was difficult when a pair of piercing eyes were stabbing the side of her face. Finally, she spoke up when the person with said eyes came in front of the counter, "Can I help you, Mikasa?"

"It's been a while Annie, I hear you're still teaching that MMA class."

Annie quizzically looked at her, "Yes I am, why does it matter to you?"

"I'm going to make this short, if I see Eren return with anything broken, I will break you," Mikasa stared at her darkly, as well as Annie to her.

"Oh really?" Neither of them acknowledged the fact that there were other people around them. The dark aura that resonated from them, had people grabbing hold to the nearest thing they could find.

Meanwhile, Eren and Armin were having lunch as Armin was trying his best to help his friend. "Mm why don't you try asking Levi for help."

"What?!" Eren said trying to piece together why he would suggest such a thing.

Armin brought his arms up in innocence, "I mean, he knows how to fight and he even taught some classes too before."

"I don't know, I highly doubt he'll want to help me."

"Well, you don't have any other options…since you don't want to ask Mikasa," Armin looked at his best friend intently waiting for Eren's reason.

"Mikasa is a great fighter, but…she is just really not good at teaching," said Eren looking away.

"I suppose so," said Armin.

"Remember that time the three of us were studying for that one test? I got more confused than I already was," said Eren

"Yeah, and I thought you getting more confused was an impossible task, but Mikasa proved me wrong," Armin said laughing.

"Shut up Armin…I guess I'll talk to Levi."

A few days later…

Eren grabbed his usual gear and then bent down to tie his shoes.

"Eren," said Mikasa, "I'm going to class too, let's go."

Before Eren could even formulate what was happening, Mikasa was out the door.

"Wait! Mikasa!" said Eren as he rushed to follow her.

At the gym, Mikasa and Eren were greeted by Reiner, "Yo Eren, you brought Mikasa with you I see."

"Yeah, well, I guess she was interested," said Eren as he went to his usual spot with Mikasa following. Setting his gear down, he looked back at Mikasa, "I think this class will bore you Mikasa."

"Don't worry I'm not interested in the class, I need to see if Annie is good at teaching."

Eren sighed, "I figured it was something like that, just don't make a scene."

"That's up to her."

Later on…

"Okay, Reiner and…" Annie looked around, "Eren…you two spar, let's see if you've learned anything." Even though Eren wasn't going up against Annie this time, by no means would this be any easier. Reiner is just as tough as her, and it would be more difficult to pull any kind of submission on him. But Eren was ready, and he felt like this was the perfect time to show Annie his worth.

"You ready Eren?" said Reiner.

"Yeah." A few seconds later, Eren had made the first move. A quick jab with his left hand forced Reiner to duck, but the jab was a fake. Eren quickly brought his right fist forward making contact with Reiner's jaw. Immediately, Eren went for Reiner's leg tumbling the both of them to the ground. It all happened so fast that the other students couldn't believe it; Eren had brought Reiner down.

Reiner smiled, "Heh, wasn't expecting that at all."

"Yeah," Eren grunted sitting up from his position, as he was about to strike Reiner's face, "surprise attack, you know?"

Eren performed ground pounds as Reiner blocked his attacks with his forearms; bruises were beginning to form. Noticing that Eren didn't have his legs locked, Reiner pushed Eren off and quickly got back up on his feet. Reiner didn't hesitate to take a jab at Eren; this one wasn't a fake. Eren couldn't block in time as the impact on his chest brought him down. Reiner's force was like a bomb that had exploded right in front of him; Eren lost control of his breathing temporarily. Mikasa looked on with a haunted face, while Annie kept her gaze waiting for Eren to make a counter attack. Not giving him a chance to get back up, Reiner went for the arm bar. Eren noticed this and quickly prevented Reiner from locking his arms with a figure-four. However, with Reiner's strength pulling on his arm, Eren was starting to lose his grip of his fingers.

"What did I tell you Eren, you wanted to avoid being in that situation," said Annie with arms crossed. Eren had a good start and his reactions have improved, but he was still nowhere near strong enough to where he wanted to be.

"Come on Eren," said Mikasa who felt helpless.

"You give up?" said Reiner as he was just about to pull his arm completely out from his grip.

"Hell…no." Eren knew the technique to escape, but his strength wasn't giving him the chance to do it. If he was ever going to prove to Annie that he was growing stronger, now was the time to start it. Before he would succumb to defeat, Eren decided to do what Levi had told him. He took a deep breath and then…

OOOOO what's going to happen now, lol. Thanks for reading, leave a review if you want and tell me what you think. Check my profile for updates on stories and schedule later. Now that I got break from school, I can start writing again! :D