HIII! I'M SO SORRY FOR BEING SO LATE! I've been worrying about school because it's the end of the year. After today, it's two more days and I'm out! Then I can focus on kpop, anime and of course my fanfictions!

Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. PLEASE NO CRITICIZM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT! Thank you. I didn't have very much motivation to write this so it's crappy, BUT I GOT IT DONE! Enjoy my lovelies!

Eren sat on his horse looking straight ahead as his squad led the rest of the group in a straight line. They had quite a few squads behind them for the mission. They were going to clear out a whole area of titans outside the wall and rescue a squad that's been running for days from titans. The squad apparently were running out of food and had no weapons left. They had no air in their maneuvering gear either. They also said something about having some important information to pass on the the general. Eren looked to his left, where Levi was.

(I wonder how that shortass got on that horse.)

Eren must've grown taller, because he was now just a little bit taller than Levi. He found it a bit amusing that he now looked down at his superior, even though the man always made everyone feel two feet tall, including the people above him. The large gate in the middle of the wall ahead of us slowly opened. Everyone's horses rushed out of the walls as fast as they could and went into a closed formation as they rode out. The air around them was different. It seemed fresher, more free. Eren loved to breathe in all the freedom that came with going outside the walls. After riding for awhile, they spotted a titan about ten meters tall coming at them on the right and a titan 15 meters tall on the left.

"I've got the one on the left," the brunette said to the corporal, who nodded back to him.

"I'll take the one on the right then," he said. They both launched at the titans using their gear and slayed them at the same time, cutting their arms and legs and finally, the back of their necks. They landed back onto their horses an glared at one another. A smirk fell upon Levi's lips. "You're certainly better than I thought," he said. Eren looked away, not wanting him to see the blush on his face.

(Fuck you, Levi. Fuck you and your smile.)

They eventually got to a small shack where titans roamed around. It was the shack that they were told held the squad they were rescuing. Everyone moved their horses around until they were in an open formation.

"Prepare yourselves for battle!" Levi shouted. Everyone let out a battle cry and lunged at the Titans. Eren went too, watching as people were thrown, ripped in two, or eaten. His eyes filled with horror like they always did whenever this sort of thing happened. He averted his gaze to a titan in front of him. As he came towards it, he dodged it's outstretched hand that was trying to grab him and circled around it until he got to it's neck. His sword cut straight through the thick fat and slayed the titan. He went straight for another titan and did the same thing. Once he got to the shack, he knocked on it hard.

"Is anyone in there?" the brunette called out. The door creaked open and a soldier looked at him from the other side of the door. He seemed to be shaking.

"B-behind you!" the shaky man said and Eren turned around to see two more titans coming at him.

"Shit," he said immediately springing into action. He used his gear to swirl around one of them and sliced it's neck open as quickly as he could. When he looked over to the other titan, however, it was already dead. He got back onto the ground and saw a certain black haired fellow killing titans around him.

"Get them out of here already!" Levi shouted to the brunette. Eren nodded his head and led all the soldiers to some of the extra horses they brought. Everyone kept killing titans.

"I'm gonna leave you guys here, I've gotta get some of this action, too," Eren said and jumped back into the battlefield. After a long, tiring battle with the titans, they were all wiped out. Eren stood there panting, sweat dripping down his forehead.

"Good job, Yaeger," Levi said patting him on the shoulder. He was too tired to shake him off. He looked around to see a significantly smaller amount of soldiers still standing. Levi must've noticed his sad expression, because he spoke up again. "Casualties are definitely something guaranteed when going outside the walls."

"I know, but I can't help but be sad every time we do this." Levi ruffled his hair.

"It's good to be sad about death, it means you're still the same kind hearted Eren I knew at the academy."

*Time pass/Eren's POV*

Everyone got back inside the walls and walked through the town in the same line of squads they always did. I tried to keep looking straight as the villagers watched us in horror. Some of us were covered in friends' blood or their own. The whispers and scowls came from every direction. I looked over to get a glance at Levi. He was on his horse, an annoyed expression on his face. I quickly looked forward before he caught me staring.

I could see out of the corner of my eye a little boy smiling and staring at us. He reminded me of myself before the titans came and killed my mom. Guilt came over me as I looked at him. He saw me looking and his smile widened. He waved at me like I was a superstar, eyes sparkling and everything. I couldn't bring myself to return his wave and just gave him an awkward smile back. We all headed towards the academy I used to attend and my squad along with the leader of the squad that was rescued walked inside. Students made space for us to walk through as we headed for the principal's office.

All the memories of when Levi and I were together flooded through my mind as I looked at the back of his head. The older male had gracefully walked ahead of everyone else, leading the whole group all the way to our destination. Once we reached it, he opened the door and walked inside. The same bald old man that was always there looked up from some papers on his desk and gave us his full attention.

"Pixie," Levi said.

"It's Pixis, corporal," the man said glaring at him.

"We brought you a little present," he said stepping aside to reveal the squad leader that had come with us.

"Ah, good," he put his hands together and looked the squad leader in the eye. "Tell me, boy. What is it you've found out while outside the walls?"

"Sir, we discovered signs of human life beyond the walls," the man held out a paper. Eren couldn't see what it had on it, but Pixis held it out after taking a brief glance at it so we could all see it. The soldier continued to speak. "We found it in the shack we were hiding out in. It seems to a be a map of some sort that shows the location of our walls and everything in the middle of it," he pointed to a spot on the map. "This seems to be another habitable place much like our own. It shows that there are walls smaller than our own, but it still looks like a large place," they all took a look at what the man was saying. There indeed was a smaller structure at the bottom right corner of the map that looked smaller than ours, but still relatively large. It was almost identical looking, too.

"Well shit, and we thought we were the only humans left," Levi said with a deep sigh.

"Corporal, language!" Pixis said.

"Yeah yeah, whatever," Levi waved his hand in a sarcastic manner. He started slowly pacing around the room.

"I guess this means we might have allies," Eren said.

"Or enemies," Levi retorted. The brunette glared at him for a moment, but Levi didn't seem to notice. He was in deep thought. They all knew that this could mean the human race was about to expand or become extinct. Friendship or war. Good or bad. There was no in between. They either had people that could help them or people that could hurt them.

"You are all dismissed. I need time to think about our next move," Pixis said. They looked up at him.

"But sir-"

"I said leave. I need to be alone to make up a good plan," he said. His tone of voice made everyone scramble out of the room except for Levi. He just stared at the older male.

"What are you planning?" Levi asked. He got no answer, only silence followed. After awhile of waiting, he just left. When he walked out of the room, he saw that everyone had been waiting for him. Without another word, he joined up with them and they all started walking. Students kept their eyes on them the whole time, creating a relatively large path. Eren finally broke the silence once they got outside.

"So there's more people out there. I hope they don't try to kill us, I don't want to have to use my swords on people," Eren said. Levi looked at him for awhile. "Even if we do though, I know we can win. They've got a much smaller structure than us, so we've got a larger population."

"A larger population is a problem though when it comes to titans," Petra said. I nodded my head.

"I know that, but we're not dealing with titans right now," the brunette said.

"It doesn't matter, Eren. Either way the titans will still be there. Besides, we don't even know if there are really people out there or not."

"Stop it, you two. Discuss this on your own time, not mine," Levi said stopping them from arguing any further. It wasn't like they were really arguing, more like disagreeing with each other. The whole group went back to their homes to see their families and assure them that they were safe. Eren went straight back to his own house and sat down on his small, yet comfortable couch.

"Fuck.."

(I guess we were wrong for thinking that we were the only humans left.)

The brunette stood up and paced around in front of the couch.

"What are we gonna do? There's absolutely no way of knowing who or what the hell we're dealing with," he said to himself. A knock on his door brought him back to his senses. He walked up to the wooden door and opened it up the reveal a very worried woman with dark hair on the other side. "Mikasa? I thought you weren't coming over until tonight."

"I heard you guys were done with your mission so I came over early," she said looking up at him. Before he could invite her inside she had her arms wrapped around his shoulders. "I was so worried about you, Eren."

"Mikasa, you know I won't die that easily," the brunette said returning her embrace.

"That doesn't matter, I still worry about you anyway," she said. She finally broke away from him and looked down at the floor. "If anything happened to you, I wouldn't be able to go on living anymore," Eren sighed and let her pass through.

"I guess it's a good thing that I didn't die this time, then," he said. After shutting the door he joined her on the couch. "So, how have you and Armin been?" he asked. After Mikasa realized that dating her brother, blood or not, was wrong, she found herself with Armin. They had always been close to Armin in the academy, so dating him seemed almost natural to her. From Eren's perspective, it was a good thing they were dating. He loved the fact that his best friend could be his future brother in law, and he loved that they were both happy together.

"We've been talking about living together, actually. I was thinking about moving into his grandfather's place with him."

"That's great, Mikasa!" the brunette said excitedly.

"I was wondering if you'd like to join us," she asked. Eren shook his head quickly.

"I don't want to be a burden. Besides, I like living on my own."

"But Eren, I miss living with you," Mikasa said. Their conversations continued well into the night. Eren and Mikasa had patched things up somehow and Mikasa got over him awhile after Levi had left the school. They had become close again and she was back to being the overprotective sister she always was. It made Eren happy to know that Mikasa didn't hate him for rejecting her years ago.

He was, however, worried that she might find out about Levi being the captain of his new squad. She would definitely go crazy, and either kill the man or force the brunette to transfer. He really didn't want to transfer out of the best squad in the survey corps. He just kept his mouth shut for the time being and let her talk on and on about Armin.