Izan didn't get as good a sleep as he wished. He woke up early and was excited to see what the day would be like. Izan was greeted by the sound of marching boots that were stomping across the roads. Izan stood up and walked out of the alley to see the parade, but was startled by the person who greeted from behind him, it was Squad Captain Hanji who stood there and said "follow me… we have to go". "Go where" Izan asked but received no response he demanded an answer "I will not move until you tell me where we're going". Hanji rolled her eyes "then I'll move you by force",
Izan thought she was joking until she grabbed him by the wrist and pulled him which forced him to move. After walking through three alleys Izan spoke "you can let go of my wrist now, I'm following okay" "that's too bad because we're already at the destination… now we wait". A cart stopped in front of the alley and three Survey Corps personnel came out of the back with Izan's sword and gave it to Izan. The one on the left side spoke "I think you'll need this for the expedition", Izan looked to Hanji "what expedition, I wasn't told of an expedition". Izan hooked the sheath to the loops on his back as Hanji looked excited about something, her eyes were twitchy and she was looking fidgety. Izan asked Hanji a question "what are you excited about" Hanji then answered his question "I'm excited because we can detail your combat skills while we capture two titans. You're a part of Special Ops Levi Squad now"
Izan asked "what's my job then" Hanji responded to his question "you'll be keeping the titans occupied and away from us". "Well that's definitely something I've haven't done before" Izan said sarcastically with a smirk, Hanji wasn't very impressed with his sarcasm and slapped him on the right cheek before saying "sarcasm won't make you improve, You must show us your combat skills". "You're telling me that I have to prove that I can fight a titan? But I feel a bit lazy right now, I don't think I can" Izan said sarcastically and joked. Hanji smacked him on the cheek again and said "Stop being sarcastic! This is serious, you will or you'll die trying" Hanji looked serious and Izan said "sure, I'll try to stay alive, but don't try to emphasize my battle skills, they are what they are".
After Izan finished his sentence a horseman arrived with a spare horse. That's when Hanji asked Izan "you do know how to ride a horse right" Izan turned around and faced her for a second "yes I learned how, when I was ten years old" Izan turned back around to get onto the horse. Then Izan looked to Hanji and asked "when do I leave". She responded with "you leave now. You have to reach the front gate before the troops open and close it. Try not to gather too much attention from your fellow soldiers" Izan left with no further wait he pulled out a pair of brown gauntlets with white knuckle guards he thought to himself "time to prove my worth".
Izan smirked and when he reached the gate, it was closing. Izan thought to himself "let's see what you got!" Izan yelled "YA!" and leaned forward. The horse responded and picked up its pace by one hundred and twenty percent. The guards who noticed Izan and couldn't close the gate in time to prevent him from leaving, Izan rocketed past. He noticed the Survey Corps soldiers weren't too far away, signifying that they only left shortly before he did. Izan quickly caught up and saw that Hanji was amongst the troops. Izan thought it to be a good time to look for Levi Squad. He saw that Levi was on the left flank and Eren was a few meters behind him. Izan caught up and rode beside Eren. Eren noticed Izan and looked at him with an expression that said "how did you get out here" Izan smirked and pointed in front of Eren. Eren turned his head to see he was riding toward a tree.
Eren corrected himself and followed Izan and Levi into the titan territory. They spotted a titan right away, Eren pulled out a green smoke signal, fired it, and they received a response. Later the formation split in two parts half went to capture new titan specimens for research, the other half went into the woods to attract as many titans as possible away from the titan capturers. This left only some titans to be captured and very few to cause a disturbance. Izan was amongst the group that would be in the woods, killing titans.
Izan closed in on the group to speak to them "now… if you'd excuse me, I'm going titan hunting". Izan left the group then Levi looked to Eren and said "Yaeger, go with him, there's something strange going on here". Eren nodded and left to follow Izan. Izan made a series of sudden turns, until he came across three houses in an opening I the three houses were surrounded by a large moat without water in it. The moat was twenty meters deep, it surrounded the buildings. There was a bridge across the gap and Izan was already past it and was entering a building.
Eren approached the building Izan entered and saw a man inside. The man was sitting in a chair facing Izan the details of his clothing and face could be seen. The man had red eyes and black hair that covered his right eye. He wore a large coat, had a pair of grey pants and a light brown shirt underneath the coat. Although no weapon could be seen, Eren knew he had one somewhere.
Izan called him Hellflix and greeted the guy with a nod. Izan spoke first "long time no see, my comrade", this led to Hellflix's response "I could say the same, haven't seen you in what, it must be a month". The two men chuckled. Then Hellflix glanced out the window and saw some of Eren's brown hair against the window. Izan caught the glance and understood that someone followed him. Izan thought to himself "the follower must be from squad Levi". Izan quietly walked to the door, he opened the door and grabbed Eren by the shirt. Izan pulled Eren inside and pinned him against the wall. "Eren, Why did you follow me this time", "when did I ever follow you, this is the first time and It wasn't my idea blame Levi, I wouldn't have followed if he didn't order me to". Izan wanted to annoy Eren a bit and said "I think he wanted me to make sure you wouldn't get hurt, I think you just don't want to admit it" Eren shook free and said "your just like Mikasa, now you're treating me like a little brother, stop it!".
Izan laughed before answering "Well you are my little brother, I don't know about Mikasa though" Izan chuckled some more. Eren looked angry and said "I don't care; I can take care of myself" Hellflix stood in the background with his arms crossed. Hellflix asked "so… who's this Mikasa, is she good looking", this led to Eren's response "no…" before Eren could explain, Izan said "yes, she's very good-looking" Izan said this just to irritate Eren. Eren looked like he wanted to punch Izan in the face and said "If you weren't my brother… I'd punch you" Izan turned his head and made a funny expression before responding "you still could, I'm not going to stop you". After Eren calmed down, Hellflix asked Eren "you're Izan's brother; I do see some resemblance in the face structure". Izan looked at Eren put his arm around him and said "yes, Eren's my brother; I'm older by two years". Hellflix responded "that basically makes us family as well, I'm Izan's cousin. I go by Hellflix but my real name is Marcus". Then very loud steps could be heard and that signified that there was Titans arriving. Izan and Hellflix looked at each other before Hellflix spoke "well time to fight".