The Devils Inside - Chapter 9 – Graduation

At Dinner

I Rest My Head On My Hand As I Eavesdrop On The Conversation With Jean and Marco. "At Times Like That You Should Rev It Up, Just For A Second. That Way You Use The Inertia and Don't Consume As Much Fuel. Of Course, That Kind Of Move Can't Be Pulled Off By Just Anyone" Jean Says Confidently and I Turn My Attention To Armin.

"Eren's Right, Before The Fall Of Wall Maria, Vertical Manoeuvring Techniques Were Only Necessary For The Relatively Few Soldiers In The Survey Corps So No Innovations Were Made and The Practice Went Into Decline. To Keep The Techniques From Dying Out, They Had To Raise Their Value By Promising People A Life In The Interior. But They've Kept That Up Even After We Lost A Wall, So Now Everyone's Trying To Get In…. At This Rate, Soon They Will…. Eren Are You Listening To Me?" Armin Points Out To His Friends and His Question Is Confirmed When He Notices, Eren Staring At Jean.

Jean Chuckles and Says, "But Just Because I'm Really Good With Vertical Manoeuvring Doesn't Mean I Want Word To Get Around! Then Competition'll Get Tougher" Eren Growls and Says, "Hey Jean…." The Beige Haired Boy Looks At Him and Asks, "What Eren?" Eren Narrow His Eyes and Growls, "Damn It… Don't You Think It's Crazy? This Plan To Improve Titan-Killing Techniques By Promising A Life Far Away From The Titans" Jean Smirks, and Answers, "Well… You May Have A Point But That's Reality, So All I Can Do Is Go With The Flow. After All, They Keep This Stupid Plan Around For People Like Me." I Groan Under My Breath and As If On Cue, Eren Stands Up.

Eren Glares At Jean and Yells, "YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Jean Stands Up Too and Yells, "WHAT, JEALOUS BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ANY TALENT?!" Reiner Laughs At Them and Yells, "There They Go Again!" Annie Grunts and Snaps, "Not Again" I Nod and Growl, "Why Don't They Give It A Rest" Eren Steps Away From His Table and Yells, "LOOK! TELL ME HOW TO BEAT THE TITANS WHEN EVERYONE WITH ANY POTENTIAL SHUTS THEMSELVES UP IN THE INTERIOR" Jean Laugh and Says, "Well, Don't Complain To Me… I Mean" Jean Stops For A While and Then He Grabs Eren's Shirt.

"I'VE HAD IT WITH YOU!" Jean Yells Angrily and Eren Replies, "ASSHOLE. YOU GRAB ME LIKE THAT MY CLOTHES ARE GONNA RIP!" Jean Barks Out A Laugh and Roars, "WHO CARES ABOUT YOUR CLOTHES?! I ENVY YOU!" Eren Gets Ready To Punch Jean As He Spits, "WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? IF YOU DON'T BACK OFF…"

Eren's Eyes Meet Mine, Annie's and Reiner's and He Stops Ranting. He Smirks and Uses One Of Annie's Fighting Techniques To Floor Jean. I Turn To Annie When She Lets Out A Small Gasp and I Turn Back To The Two Boys. Jean Rubs His Head and Yells, "JACKASS! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!" Eren Smirks and States, "That Was The Move I Learned The Hard Way While You Were Lying Around. You Say Reality Is Living An Easy Life and Giving Into Your Feelings? How Can You Call Yourself A Soldier?" I Bite My Tongue To Hold In A Sharp Remark.

Jean Stands Up and Growls, "What'd You Say About Being A Soldier?" The Door Creaks Open To Reveal Shadis and Jean and Eren Go Back To Sitting Down. Shadis Scans The Room and Says, "I Just Heard A Loud Noise In Here. Can Anyone Give Me An Explanation?" Mikasa Raises Her Hand and Explains, "It Was Sasha Letting Out A Huge Fart" I Let Out A Chuckle and I Look At Mina Who Is Trying To Hold In A Laugh and I Bite My Lip As I Shake With Laughter.

Shadis Looks At Sasha and Growls, "You Again, Eh? Learn Some Self Control…." When Sasha Gasps, He Walks Out and Closes The Door Behind Him. Eren Smirks At The Boy Opposite Him and He Points Out, "That Was Close, Jean. You Almost Lost Your Chance To Become An MP Over A Stupid Fight" Jean Chuckles and States, "The Trouble Is It's Not Over Between Us But I Can't Afford To Take Care Of This Here" Eren Nods and Growls, "I Have An Idea. We Have Time To Scuffle Out In The Open, Don't We? I'll Wait Until You're Ready"

The Next Morning

Eren Walks Up To Annie and I and Asks, "Hey Guys? Does It Look Like Jean Is Slacking Off To You?" I Shake My Head In Response and Annie States, "No, Not Really But It's Not Like He's Working Hard To Become A Great Soldier. He's Doing It So He Can Pay You Back" I Rest My Arm Around Annie's Shoulders As We Continue To Watch Jean.

Eren Smirks and Chuckles, "Oh, I'm Sure He Is Serious About Learning The Moves But… Anyway, What Did You Think Of My Kick? I Was Just Imitating What You Did, But It Worked Perfectly" Annie Crosses Her Arms and Grunts, "It Sucked. Not Even Close." I Nod and Say, "She's Right Yeager" Eren Looks At Us and Asks, "Seriously? What Was Wrong With It?" I Smirk, and I Am About To Reply When Annie Beats Me To It.

She Turns To Him and Says, "If You Like It That Much…. I Wouldn't Mind Teaching It To You" I Smirk and Eren Shakes His Head In Fear "Huh? No Thanks! It Really Hurts…"

He Admits and Annie Smirks and Grunts, "Oh Please, I Insist" I Peck Annie's Lips and I Say, "Have Fun You Two. I'm Going To Study With Armin For Our Classes Tomorrow. Eren, Try Anything and I'll Put You Down" Annie Smirks and She Pecks My Lips and Murmurs, "and I'll Do The Same With Armin If He Tries Anything With You" I Chuckle and I Walk Off.

In The Library With Armin

I Place My Bag Down and I Say, "Hey Armin" The Blonde Boy Looks At Me and Says, "Oh Hey Danielle. I Didn't Think You Would Show Up" I Sit Down Next To Him and I Say, "It Gives Me A Chance To Bond With One Of My Comrades" Armin Nods and We Begin Studying. I Flip Through A Book About Ymir Fritz and I Get Onto A Page and I Read Through It.

My Eyebrows Crease Together and I Nudge Armin and I Say, "Armin…. Look" He Looks Over and Asks, "Who's Lena Redwolf?" I Stroke My Jaw and I Say, "If My Family Knowledge Is Correct Then She Married Ymir Fritz After She Acquired The Power Of The Titans." Armin Looks At Me and Gasps, "Do You Know What This Means?!"

I Raise A Brow and Ask, "What Does It Mean?" Armin Grins and He Continues, "This Means You Are A Direct Ancestor To Ymir Fritz! You Are A Part Of Her Bloodline So That Means You Have Royal Blood!" I Look At Him and I Ask, "Really?" Armin Nods and Answers, "Yeah! That Is So Cool!" I Grin, and We Continue Studying.

The Next Day – In Class

I Sit At The Back Of The Class With Annie, Reiner and Bertholdt As We Listen To The Teacher Drone On About Titans. I Lean On My Hand and The Teacher Says, "What We've Learned About Titans, Such As Their Mode Of Life, We Owe To The Latest Reports By The Survey Corps. We Haven't Been Able To Confirm Whether The Titans Possess Humanlike Intelligence. Therefore, There Is No Precedent For Mutual Understanding Between Our Races." I Sigh and Grumble, "No Shit Dumbass" Loud Enough So Only Annie, Reiner and Bertholdt Can Hear It.

Annie Elbows Me Hard and Growls, "Shut Up. We're Doing Recon Remember. We Need To Know How Much These Devils Know About The Titans" Into My Ear and I Nod With A Sigh As The Teacher Continues, "The Structure If The Titan Body Is Fundamentally Different From Other Living Beings. They Have No Sexual Organs and The Method By Which They Reproduce Is Unknown. Most Of Them Tend To Have A Male Physique. Their Bodies Have Extremely High Temperatures and, Strangely, They Show Absolutely No Interest In Other Lifeforms Other Than Humans"

I Pull The Leather-Bound Journal From My Shirt Pocket and I Begin Writing Down A Recon Report As The Teacher Continues, "The Titans Sole Behavioural Principle Is Eating Human Beings But When We Consider That They Existed In An Environment Devoid Of People For Over 100 Years We May Make The Conjecture That Titans Don't Actually Need To Eat" I Look Up From The Journal and I Feel Paper Hit My Head. I Look Over At Reiner and He Nods At The Paper. I Pick It Up and I Open It. "He's Stating The Obvious Now" Is Sprawled On The White Page In Reiner's Untidy Handwriting and I Write "I Know. I'm Getting Sick Of These Devils and We Have Only Been Here For A Few Years.".

I Pass It Back To Him and He Reads It and Nods In Agreement. I Continue Writing My Recon Report As The Teacher Continues, "In Other Words, Their Purpose Isn't Predatory But Rather Purely Killing" I Hear Murmuring and Annie Grumbles, "No Shit Idiots" Under Her Breath and I Hum In Agreement.

The Teacher Looks Back At His History Book and Says, "Also, The Main Reason The Human Race Has Been Driven Into A Corner Is The Titans Astounding Ability To Survive." Everyone Stops Murmuring and They All Look At Him "Since Long Ago, Humanity Has Possessed Enough Power To Blow The Titans Heads Off. However, That Enough Wasn't Enough To Cope With Them. There Are Individual Differences, But In Most Cases, Heads That Are Blown Off Regenerate In One To Two Minutes," He Continues. Everyone Starts Murmuring Again and Marco's Hand Shoots Up and He Asks, "So Then Are The Titans Invulnerable?!" I Shake My Head and I Say, "No, Nothing Is Invulnerable. You Just Have To Know The Weak Spots. In A Titans Case, There Are Three Weak Spots But Only One Will Kill Them, The Others Will Slow Them Down…"

The Teacher Cuts Me Off and Says, "Thank You Miss Redwolf. This Is My Class and If You Don't Mind, I Will Continue To Teach It" I Slouch Back In My Chair and The Teacher Draws A Diagram On The Board and He Draws A Circle Around The Nape and Says, "Aim For Right Here. This Area Below The Occipital Region, At The Nape Of The Neck. If A Titan Sustains Major Damage Here, It Doesn't Regenerate and Dies."

I Roll My Eyes and He Motions To The ODM Gear On The Desk and Continues, "For That Very Purpose, You Must All Master This Vertical Manoeuvring Equipment. At Present, The Most Efficacious Means Of Repelling The Enemy Is Through Combat Skills That Make The Best Use Of Mobility."

I Close My Journal and I Place It Back In My Pocket and I Cross My Arms and The Teacher Says, "Each Hand Uses The Grip Of This Device To Operate The System. The Firing Mechanism At Both Sides Of The Waist Launches An Anchor. Steel Wires Discharged From Inside A Cylinder Is Reeled In Through Pressurised Gas."

He Picks Up A Blade and Continues, "This Replaceable Blade Is Your Weapon. In Order To Cut Through A Chunk Of Tough Meat, The Blade Is Made To Be Flexible" Bertholdt Passes Me A Piece Of Paper and I Open It. "It's Obvious That They Don't Know About The Shifters. I Think Were In The Clear For This Whole Operation" Is Sprawled Across The Page In Bertholdts Neat Handwriting and With A Light Chuckle I Write, "Don't Jinx It Now. There Is Still A Chance That They Could Learn."

I Pass The Note Back and He Reads It and Hums. I Look Back At The Teacher When I Hear Scratching On The Chalk Board and He Says, "You Use These Two Blades To Slice Through The Area. If The Attack Hits The Titan's Vital Spot, It Dies Instantly Before It's Regenerative System Can Kick In." The Bell Rings, Signalling That Class Is Over and We All Gather Our Books and Walk Out.

A Few Hours After Class

Annie and I Sit With Reiner and Bertholdt and Annie Says, "While You Three Were Tuckered Out After Playing Soldiers With Your Friends, Meanwhile I Was Crawling Around The Sewers In The Royal Capital." I Look At Her and She Continues, "The Man In The Black Coat Was Different From The Imbeciles We Have Been Around For The Past Few Years. He Was Skilled and I Narrowly Avoided Capture."

I Clench My Fist and She Laces Our Fingers and Continues, "He Might've Seen My Face. So, If I Join The MPs and He's There Then I Can't Do Anymore." Reiner Looks Down and Says, "So That's It?" I Look At The Blonde Boy and Annie Plays With My Fingers and Says, "It's Almost Been Five Years Since That Day So Let's Go Back To Marley With The Information We Have. They'll Be Happy To Hear Anything At All"

Reiner Looks Up At Her With An Evil Look In His Eyes and He Snaps, "Do You Really Fucking Believe That?" I Glare At Him and Reiner Continues, "I'm Sure Marley Will Be Disappointed If These Five Years Of Results Are All We Bring Them" I Rub My Eyes With My Free Hand "So Then What Do We Do? No Scratch That, What Else Can We Do?" Annie Asks. Reiner Stands Up and Says, "We Destroy Wall Rose. Whether Or Not The King Has Vowed To Renounce War Or Not, That's The Only Way Left For Us To Smoke Out The Founder."

Bertholdt Looks At Me and Says, "Danielle? Are You Alright?" I Nod and Say, "Yeah. I'm Fine Bert." Reiner Rolls His Eyes and Continues, "The Day Our Training Corps Class Is In Trost District Is The Same Day That The Survey Corps Will Be Going Beyond The Walls. Even The Training Corps Will Be Forced Into Action If We Create As Much Chaos As Possible"

I Nod and Say, "That Could Work. Considering We Are In Trost District Tomorrow For Graduation" Annie Nods and Asks, "Do You Guys Know What Order We Are In? For Rankings?" I Nod and Say, "Yeah. I Overheard Shadis and Someone Talking" Reiner Raises A Brow and Asks, "What Order Are We In?" I Look At Him and I Point To Each Of Us In Order As I Say, "Me, Annie, Bertholdt and Then You" Reiner Narrows His Eyes and Snarls, "Bullshit! Bertholdt Doesn't Have The Courage Or The Balls To Even Rank In The Top Ten! Let Alone Third!" I Smirk and Say, "Well Jokes On You Because Bertholdt Had Ranked Third Just From One Training Session. You Were Last Until Your Score Was Bumped Up In Hand To Hand Combat Training!"

Reiner Growls and Says, "I Knew Commander Magath Made A Mistake When Making You The Wolf Titan" I Stand Up and I Grab His Shirt and I Snarl, "Shut Your Mouth Before I Shut It For You. Now Finish What You Were Saying and Get Out Of My Sight!" Reiner Gulps and Nods. I Let Him Go and Reiner Continues, "In The Confusion, We Can Even Slip Into The Huge Crowds Of Refugees That Will End Up Flooding The Royal Capital Or Better Yet, Depending On The Situation, We Can Even Continue Being Soldiers. With The Guarantee That We'll Be In The Top Ten, We Can Wait To Graduate and Become MPs In The Interior and Move As The King Of The Wall Moves. That Will Put Us In The Best Position To Strike"

Annie Rubs Her Eyes and Says, "A Lot Of Your Friends Will Die. Maybe All Of Them" Reiner Growls and He Walks Forward and Snaps, "How Many Times Have I Told You? They Aren't Our Friends. They Aren't Like Us. They're Eldian Devils. But It Doesn't Hurt For Us To Gain Their Trust Either. If Anything, Your Attitude Of Isolating Yourself Is Elegantly..." Annie Cuts Him Off By Groaning, "I'm Going To Puke" Annie's Blue Eyes Meet Reiner's Gold Ones and She Says, "Could You Please Not Put Your Face So Close To Mine?"

Reiner Smirks and Says, "Am I Making You Uncomfortable?" I Stand Up and I Push Him Back and I Snap, "Back The Fuck Off Braun." He Shakes His Head and Says, "You Must Be Tired. I Feel Bad For Always Putting The Burden On Your Shoulders." The Sarcasm In His Voice Begins To Annoy Me When He Walks Off and Says, "Let's Leave It At That For Today". I Flip Him Off and Bertholdt Says, "Something Has Snapped In Reiner's Head." I Nod and Say, "He's Gone Stark Raving Mad."

Annie Sighs and Bertholdt Says, "I've Been Seeing The Same Dream Over and Over... I'm Dreaming Of The Old Man Who Hanged Himself In That Settlement. I Always Wondered Why He Told Us That Story Before He Put The Noose Around His Neck..." Reiner Turns His Head and Glares Daggers At The Boy Before He Storms Away From Us. I Sigh, and I Say, "We'll See You Tomorrow Bertholdt" He Nods and Annie and I Walk Back To The Barracks.

The Next Day

Danielle's PoV

I Stand Next To Annie In Front Of All The Commanders and The Training Commander Yells, "Now That You Have Completed Your Training, You Have Three Choices.

The Garrison, Which Reinforces The Walls, Thereby Protecting All Of The Towns.

The Survey Corps, Prepared To Sacrifice Their Lives Outside The Walls By Defying The Titans In Their Own Domain.

and The Military Police Brigade, Which Exercises Control Over The Kings Subjects and Maintains Order.

Of Course, Out Of You Raw Recruits, The Only Ones Who Can Join The Military Police Brigade Are The Ten With The Highest Scores.

1st Danielle Redwolf

2nd Annie Leonhardt

3rd Bertholdt Hoover

4th Reiner Braun

5th Sasha Braus

6th Mikasa Ackerman

7th Eren Yeager

8th Connie Springer

9th Jean Kirschtein

10th Krista Lenz

Soon, I'll Be Asking You Which Branch You Want To Be Assigned To. But As Of Right Now, The 104th Training Corps Is Officially Disbanded! Dismissed!"

I Stand There With A Stoic Expression On My Face and We All Yell, "Yes Sir!" and We All Get Sent To The Mess Hall.

I Sit With Annie and She Rests Her Legs On My Lap and I Ask, "Comfortable?" She Nods and I Take A Large Gulp Out Of The Drink On The Table and I Hear, "Lucky Bastards, Making The Top Ten! I'm Sure You're Gonna Join The Military Police Brigade, Right?" I Look Over At Jean and He Replies, "That Goes Without Saying! Why The Hell Else Would I Have Aimed To Crack The Top Ten?!" His Friend Marco Grins and Says, "I'm Going With The MPs, Too. Getting To Work Near The King...It's An Honour!"

Jean Hits The Back Of His Head and Asks, "Are You Still Playing The Goody-Goody, Marco?" Marco Looks At Me and Jean Continues, "Tell Me How You Really Feel... You Can't Wait To Get Into The Interior, Right?" With A Grin On His Face, Jean Slams His Fist On The Table and Yells, "WE CAN FINALLY ESCAPE THIS SHITTY SUFFOCATING FRONT LINE TOWN! A SAFE, COMFORTABLE LIFE IS WAITING FOR US IN THE INTERIOR, RIGHT?" I Chuckle and Marco Yells, "Shame On You! At Least I'm Not..." Jean Cuts Him Off and Yells, "Oh Sorry! My Bad! I Forgot You Were A Prize Pupil!"

I Roll My Eyes and Jean Points At A Group Of People, Splashing His Drink Everywhere In The Process As He Asks, "But What Would You Guys Do? I Mean, Getting The Chance To Live In The Interior, It's Almost Unheard Of, Right?! Or Given The Choice, Would You Rather Stay Here In This "Human Stronghold", Or Whatever They Like To Call It?!"

I Grunt, and Someone Replies, "Well, None Of Us Asked To Be Born In This Border Town, So If It Means Not Having To Cower In Fright When You Hear Titan Foot-Steps..." Jean Cuts Them Off and Says, "Good Answer, You'd All Like To Go To The Interior, Right?" He Sits At Our Table and Asks, "So How About You Guys?"

Bertholdt Smirks and Replies, "I'm Applying To The Military Police Brigade" Annie Nods and She Downs Her Drink and Says, "Me Too But I Don't Want Anyone To Think I'm Like You" I Shake My Head and I Grunt, "I Came Here To Save Humanity. Not To Cower In Fear. I'm Going To The Survey Corps" Eren Sends Me A Grin and Pipes Up, "At Least Someone Has Some Sense!" Jean Laughs and Asks, "The Survey Corps? Really? Someone Of Your Skill Would Be Wasted On Them. Especially If You Die" I Roll My Eyes and I Watch As Yeager Stands Up and I Mumble, "This Should Be Good" In Annie's Ear and Eren Says, "Hey...You Said That The Interior Is Comfortable? Until Five Years Ago, This Town Was Part Of The Interior, Too" Jean Looks At Him and Eren Continues, "Jean, You Don't Have To Go To The Interior. I Mean, Isn't The Interior Of Your Brain Soft Enough For You?" I Hold In A Laugh and I Watch As Reiner's Drink Explodes Out Of His Mouth and Nose and Goes All Over Armin.

Mikasa Grabs The Boys Sleeve and Mutters, "Eren... Don't." Jean Spins His Chair Around and Asks, "Are You Trying To Say That I'm An Idiot, Eren?" When Eren Doesn't Reply, Jean Continues, "Well, I'm Not. I'm Looking At Reality. More Than Anyone Here" I Rest My Arm Around Annie's Chair and Jean Continues, "Four Years Ago, Twenty Percent Of The Human Population Was Sent Out To Recover Territory Stolen By The Titans. An All-Out Attack Was Launched."

Jean Rubs His Eyes and Continues, "and Most Of Them Ended Up Walking Straight Onto A Titan's Mouth, Swallowed Whole. How Many More Would We Have Needed To Retake Our Land? For Every one Of Them That We Defeated, An Average Of 30 Humans Died. However, The Number Of Titans That Dominate This Planet Is A Lot More Than 1/30th Of The Human Race. I Think It's Crystal Clear. Humanity Doesn't Stand A Chance Against The Titans" Jean Sighs and He Groans, "Look... It's Like A Funeral In Here, Thanks To You" Eren Scoffs, "So What?" He Asks.

Eren Walks Closer and Jean Asks, "Huh? Were You Listening To Me?" Eren Looks Down At Him and Snaps, "So What You're Saying Is, "I Don't Think We Can Win, So I'm Giving Up." Tell Me... What's So Good About Giving Up? Is It Better To Escape From Reality, To The Point Where You're Throwing Away Your Hope?" I Look At Him and He Continues, "In The First Place, It's A Given That We'd Lose To The Titans In Material Terms. One Of The Causes Of The Defeat Four Years Ago Was Our Ignorance About The Titans... We Lost Then, But The Information We Gained Will Surely Lead To Our Hope For The Future." I Finish My Drink Off and He Continues, "and Yet You're Going To Give Up On Developing Strategies To Fight Them? Do You Want To Be Titan Food That Badly? Give Me A Break."

He Stops To Take A Breath and Then Says, "I Have A Dream... It's To Exterminate The Titans and Leave This Cramped Walled-Up World. My Dream Is To Explore The Outside World" Jean Stands Up With A Laugh, "What The Hell Are You Talking About?! You Must Be The One With The Soft Noggin!" Eren Clenches His Fist and Growls, "What?" Jean Smirks and Says, "Look At Them! Not A Single Person Here Agrees With You!" Eren Clenches His Eyes Closed and Snaps, "Okay... You're Right. I Got It"

I Let Out A Laugh and Everyone Looks At Me When I Say, "Look At You Two. Fighting Like A Married Couple. Eren Has A Point If You Use Your Brain Kirschtein. Unlike The MPs, The Survey Corps Have Humanities Strongest Soldiers and Mikasa and I Are Two Of Them. What Do The MPs Have? Nothing! The Best Soldier That The MPs Will Have Is Sat Right Here!" I Jab My Thumb Towards Annie Who Lifts Her Drink To Her Lips With A Smirk On Her Face.

Both Boys Look At Me and I Smirk At Them and They Turn Back To Each Other and Eren Growls, "So Why Don't You Shove Of To The Interior... Having A Defeatist Here On The Front Lines Is Bad For Morale!" Jean Laughs and Snaps, "Of Course, That's Just What I'm Going To Do, But You Wanna Go Outside The Wall, Right? Go On Ahead! The Titans You Must Love So Much Are Waiting For You!"

I Roll My Eyes and Eren Hisses, "Pain In The Ass" Jean Smirks and They Both Swing Punches At Each Other. Connie Shoots Up and Yells, "WHOA! THERE THEY GO AGAIN!" I Grunt and Annie Says, "Pathetic..." I Nod and Reply, "Exactly. That's What These Devils Are Like. Pathetic Imbeciles That Fight Among Themselves Like Wild Dogs." Jean Pushes Eren Away and Yells, "COME ON, EREN! WHAT'S WRONG?! IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE AGAINST ME, A MERE HUMAN THEN YOU'RE NOT FIT TO GO UP AGAINST TITANS!" Eren Roars In Anger As He Brings His Knee Up To Connect With Jean's Gut and He Yells, "OF COURSE NOT, IDIOT!"

Reiner Sighs and Yells, "Hey! That's Enough! Jean, Did You Forget What Eren's Hand-To-Hand Combat Score Was?! It Was Top Of Our Class!" I Stand Up and I Grab Both Boys By Back Of Their Heads and I Slam Their Faces On My Knees and I Bark, "That's Enough! God! Some People Just Want To Enjoy A Quiet Drink With Their Friends But It Seems You Can't Be In The Same Room With Each Other Without Causing Shit!"

Everyone Looks At Me and Reiner Mumbles, "Or Was He Second To Danielle?" Mikasa Picks Eren Up and Walks Out With People Laughing At Eren and I Walk Back Over To Annie and I Sit Down. I Look Down At My White Pants and I Groan When I See The Blood Stains On Them.

Franz Stops In Front Of Jean and Chuckles, "Jean, If You Guys Keep Making A Racket, The Instructor's Gonna Come By!" Jean Glares At The Taller Boy and Growls, "This Is The Highlight Of The Farewell Party! Don't Fucking Stop Me!" Franz Grins and Says, "Um, No... I Think Watching Danielle Putting You and Eren In Your Place Was The Highlight Of This Party. Anyway, We've All Had Our Fill." Hannah Nods and Says, "Let's Stop Fighting Amongst Ourselves!" I Groan and I Stand Up and Walk Out Of The Mess Hall and Towards The Barracks With Annie Following Close Behind.