Thanks to all of you who reviewed! Nothing parkour-relevant to say about this chapter, so don't worry bout that.


Never before has Hanji done something so scandalous. Hiding in the closet attached to the Principal's office, with a video camera, wasn't something she'd normally do. But Rivaille's orders were orders, after all. And this would also give her a chance to view her specimens in a tense situation. Muffling an excited chuckle, she opened the door just a little bit more.

"So, what you are saying is, students from Titan Reform School trespassed on school property and attacked you?" The Principal could've done more to hid his skepticism.

Sasha Braus nodded, nervously chewing on a cookie. It was obvious that Sasha had no idea why she, of all people, was being questioned.

"They filled the pool and covered the top, with you all inside?"

She nodded, eyes shifting suspiciously around.

"And your entire class decided to work together to find a solution. With zero panic."

Sasha quickly remembered the cover story they all developed together.

"We quickly tried to think of a solution, once we realized what was happening. Everyone was calm and collected. We worked together. Jean Kir-something used his phone to find the exit, but it was blocked. And then Ymir Something threw Eren Jagger-something so he could get us out. And that's what happened, exactly," Sasha said as seriously as she could.

If anything, she was just glad she remembered what to say. Reiner's Tell-the-truth-but-better explanation wasn't very good. It mostly consisted of him blushing, avoiding looking at Bert, and making her swear not to mention him. Mikasa also gave her a murderous look and made Sasha promise not to tell a certain thing.

God, her friends were weird.

"Is that all?" The lymphatic principal said, pinning her with a rotten look.

"Yes."

"Alright, dismissed. I'll discuss the punishment later," he said, waving her off.

"P-punishment?"

"You didn't think you could get away with destroying the pool cover, did you? Now out!"

When Sasha stumbled out of the room, Hanji retreated further into the closet. Things were getting interesting.


"Alright, you fuckers! I've been told to go easy on you maggots because of the recent events! Like hell that's happening! We are going to read about the reproductive organs in our body so we can get Health done! Open to page three hundred eight! Connie, begin!"

Connie tried not to smile as he read the page. "The scrotum, heh, is the-"

Mr. Shadis walked over and calmly slammed Connie's face through the desk. Connie's muffled shrieks of pain echoed through the dead-silent class.

"Someone, read it again. Laugh and I'll kill you."

'I'm going to die,' thought everyone besides Eren and Mikasa.

Eren was thinking about- surprise, surprise - the Titans from earlier. Particularly about how they were unconscious when he finally got out.

'Why were they asleep? Did someone knock them out?' Eren chewed on his thumbnail. 'No, that can't be possible. I'm the strongest person in this school and even I couldn't beat them!' It was Eren's unbiased opinion that he was the most powerful person in existence.

Mikasa lovingly watched Eren out of the corner of her eyes. 'He must be thinking how scared he was,' Mikasa decided. 'It's okay to be scared, Eren.'

She then noticed something that made her blood freeze.

Standing calmly in the corner of the room, was that guy. The bus driver. And he was wearing a school uniform underneath his green jacket.

'What are you doing here?! Are you a student or a bus driver?!' Mikasa mentally screamed.

Mr. Shadis noticed him, but didn't do anything. The young man continued standing in the dark corner, looking at Mikasa's innocent classmates with his predator eyes. Mikasa looked away before he could catch her staring.

'W-what is this?'

Rivaille languidly followed his target to the next class, always staying just out of sight. Eren Jaeger didn't even notice Rivaille slide into the desk behind him. The teacher saw and raised an eyebrow, but didn't comment. She wrote on the board the English assignment, which was, Three Things I Regret Doing.

Jaegar immediately wrote, I regret not being able to protect my mother.

Rivaille mentally sighed. Not another sad back story.

2.) I regret not avenging my mother.

Okay Eren, we get that something horrible happened and you were too much of a pussy to stop it.

3.) I want to eradicate the Titans!

The last one wasn't even a regret, but it peaked Rivaille's interests.

'We might just have something,' he thought.

Mikasa was acutely aware of the young man. He tailed Eren the rest of the day, his ambient eyes always on him. Eren didn't notice at all, so it got to the point where Rivaille didn't even bother to hide himself. Mikasa couldn't speak up, because Eren would probably flip out if he recognized the stalker, so she suffered in silence.

'All I have to do is get Eren away from him, and then I can make my move,' Mikasa thought.

During lunch, unaware of the heated gaze coming from across the room, Eren stood up and excused himself to the bathroom.

Mikasa tried to follow him.

"Uhm, Mikasa, I have to go in the boy's restroom, and there are urinals, so..." Eren awkwardly explained.

It's not like Mikasa hasn't seen it before, but she acknowledged that it was socially unacceptable for her to hover over Eren while he peed. The redundant things they must do to fit in society were a hassle.

"I understand." She sat down.

"Uh, okay." Eren hurriedly left.

Mikasa decided that the young man probably wouldn't follow Eren. In the bathroom, he was sure to get noticed. She looked across the lunchroom to where the stalker had been before.

He was gone.

Eren felt like someone was watching him.

The bathroom was empty, though. Twisting his neck around, Eren made double-sure. Nothing but the toilet stalls.

Rivialle ducked down his head. Seems like the damned brat is finally catching on. Rivaille's legs hurt from pushing against the walls of the toilet stalls, and it hurt his pride a bit to not be able to see over the wall, even if he stood on the toilet.

But it would be worth it in the end. They were one step closer to getting Irvin back.


Oh wow how short. Sorry.

Important question!

What character (besides Rivaille) would you want to see more of in the story?