A/N: Disciplinary action is not quiet done yet but I swear it's a lot more tame compared to the last chapter. But you'll have to wait for another chapter to read about that. For now, I nice and "normal?" check up. Enjoy!

HANJI'S POV

It was shortly before lunch when I noticed that Levi had come back but he was without parts of his uniform and covered in dirt and... was that blood?

"Levi." I called out to him and he stopped. Gosh, he looked worse up close. He had his usual scowl plastered to his face as I approached. "What happened?" I asked.

"Don't ask." He stated, trying to walk off. I grabbed his arm and he flinched at my touch before looking back at me. My eyes widened when I saw the cut on his cheek.

"So that is blood I saw. Come on." I said pulling him back with me to my office. "Gotta clean that up before it gets infected."

I heard him start to protest but he fell silent after a moment. I pulled him through the door and let him go as I fetched my disinfection and clean up kits. He sat down on his usual chair and I pulled up beside him, setting the supplies down on the table next to us. I grabbed a clean cloth and grabbed his jaw loosely as I wiped away the grim and blood on his face. He cringed before collecting himself. Don't tell me he was actually in pain.

"You going to tell me what happened, Levi?" I prodded at him and he returned my pestering with a glare.

"What part of 'don't ask' do you not get, Shi-" I tightened my grasp on his jaw and it caught off his words immediately.

"And what part of you doesn't get that you're hurt for once and I'm actually concerned?" I said before he slapped my hand away, holding his jaw gently and groaning. "Besides if you don't tell me yourself, I'll just find out another way and people will start asking even more questions than I would." I explained. The look in his eyes softened and he sat his hand back down on his leg. I continued to clean up his face as he spoke.

"Hand to hand combat training. Apparently, I'm rusty." He stated, and uncomfortable look etching into his face.

"And the gash here?" I asked, touching lightly just below the cut. "It's too clean for it to be from anything else but a knife." He grimaced and looked his eyes away from me, crossing his arm and leg, obviously annoyed. God he was pouting like one of those "brats" of his.

"She got lucky." He stated.

"She?" I asked, my eyes widening and I paused briefly.

"Yeah, Valkihar." He spat her name as if it was dirt in his mouth. Which he probably did anyways judging from the amount of dirt on his clothes.

"Let me guess..." I began. "Your normal 'induction' ceremony went sour at some point?" He cast his eyes down and briefly nodded. I was impressed. Nobody else had gotten to Levi like this before. "How many of the others did she win against?" I asked, reaching for some iodine.

"All of them." I turned to him with a surprised look on my face.

"And she still took you on? Surprising." I stated, dabbing some iodine on a cotton swab.

"I didn't give her a choice. She couldn't tap until I said so." He informed and I roughly thrust the swab into his cut. He exclaimed and shoved him away from him and out of the chair.

"WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT FOR?!" He shouted, clenching a fist at me.

"If you look like this, I can only imagine what Celica must look like! You don't bother holding back and if she managed to piss you off, Sina help her." I explained, feeling my face drop at the last statement. "You always take things too far, Levi!" I yelled back. "Not get your scrawny ass back into this chair so I can finish up that stupid face of yours." I ordered.

Surprisingly, he obeyed, but not before casting a deadly glare at me. After a moment of silence, Levi spoke back up.

"Valkihar doesn't have any real serious wounds, just in case you're wondering." He informed, forcing himself to relax a little. "You might want to pay her a visit later in check bruising though. Especially around her ribs and such."

"Levi..." I warned but he quickly cut me off.

"It wasn't just me. The others hit there as well. I saw his eyes glaze over slightly, thinking back. "She's probably just exhausted though." He trailed back into silence. "By the way," He looked back at me, snapping out of his stupor and digging a coin from his pocket. "THAT belongs to you." He flipped the coin at me and I caught it in my hand.

"What's with this?" I asked as I looked at the coin now in my fingers. "I thought you earned it. After all, you won, didn't you?" I inquired with a sly grin, dropping the previous topic. He ignored my question and tensed his body.

"What did you have do to find out she had a personal keepsake hidden away?" I asked bluntly. "Did you go through her things on your own when she wasn't there? Is that why you fought her, planning to beat it out of her?" I asked with a smirk? As bad as it sounded, I wouldn't put it past Levi to go through such extreme measures.

"What do you take me for, Shitty Glasses? A depraved cretin?" He questioned me, his tone reaching a dangerous low. I chuckled.

"Not quite, I think. Maybe just an ex-thug. Perhaps that how a knife got involved anyways." I said, taking a shot in the dark. His eyes widened a fraction before returning to normal. Had I nailed it right on the head? "You still carry it around with you everywhere you go, don't you?"

"I never go anywhere unarmed, you know that." He stated, an edge in his voice. "What of it?" He could see him look for an escape out of this as he shifted uncomfortably in his chair.

"What changed last night?" I asked, bringing back the real topic back.

"If you must know..." He began. I could see something flash in his eyes and they suddenly seemed softer. "She was on the roof last night and I gave her back the medicine you had requested that I bring to her."

"That's it?" I inquired, my eyes slimming. He narrowed his eyes right back at me. I was going to pull this information from him one way or another. "Levi..." He sighed and straightened up stiffly.

"A gust of wind blew her hair ribbon out of her hands and she almost threw herself off of the room to get it. She would have fallen off if I didn't pull her back." He explained quickly. He truly looked uncomfortable and I felt so as well as the thought of her potentially falling from the roof hit me.

"It's that precious to her, huh?" I whispered to myself but he had still heard it. "For now I won't question why you two were up there together as thanks for her life." I stated, changing focus.

"Tch. It's not like I had an ulterior motive or anything. I just found her up there when I needed some fresh air." He was quick to defend himself.

"I never said you did." I stated plainly and he caught his slip up. I could see a faint blush cross across his cheeks and had to contain my smile internally.

"I wouldn't dream of it." He remarked, forcing the slight pink of his face away.

"Whatever you say, Levi." I said, finishing up. "Let that get some air and it should heal quickly."

"Thanks." He spoke before standing up and attempting to leave the room.

"Wait." I said as I tossed a tiny bottle with a handful of pain pills in them at him. He caught the bottle and looked down at it. "For your jaw. And your pride." I teased. Without another word, he glared and left the room.

I sat back into my chair and slumped slightly, bringing the forgotten coin back to my line of sight.

"Impressive, Celica." I whispered to myself. "I knew you were different. Maybe now he is starting to see it too." I clutched the coin tightly, tucking it away into my jacket. "and If I'm not mistaking, this is only the beginning. That girl can probably be your undoing, Levi."

CELICA'S POV

Petra and I limped back to the room and entered. She sat me down in a chair and I laid the Corporal's garments down on the small desk next to me. We had one desk to share between the two of us but neither of us really used it except for the occasional book or something. For now, it was the only place I could think to put the dirty clothing.

"Do you want me to draw a bath for you?" She asked as she set down her jacket on her bed. I shook my head.

"No. Go ahead. I'll end up taking longer so go ahead and use the bathroom. I need a minute for my muscles to rest anyways." I explained.

"Okay then." She said as she gathered another uniform and headed to clean up. I turned my chair to sit properly at the desk, crossing my arms under my head as I relaxed on the desk. Sighing heavily, I let the events of the morning replay in my head.

It had gone well until the captain butted in. He was confident when he had stepped up and after seeing it for herself, he had every right to be with how fast and strong he was. The looks he had given me ran my blood cold still and I shivered slightly. I never imagined that a simple fight would cause such a reaction in him. Maybe it was aftermath from last night. Maybe he really was a sadistic bastard who enjoyed fighting and bring pain to those he faced. Either way, I knew that he got at least some kick out of the fight.

I briefly looked over my body, feeling my sore ribs and side with gentle fingers and I groaned softly. They didn't seem broken but they were definitely at least bruised. I rested my chin on my palm in defeat of my wandering thoughts and felt something warm and sticky touch my fingers. They came back red and I remembered when some of his blood fell onto my face. I hadn't wiped it off yet.

I reached for the cravat before stopping myself. I didn't need to make any more of a mess for myself to clean up. I sighed and looking through my wardrobe, I found an old and torn piece of brown cloth of mine from a shirt long ruined ago and cleaned up my face with that instead.

Eventually Petra came out from the bathroom looking refreshed and I took my turn, gathering some fresh clothes and turning to the bathroom. I ran the bath to a comfortable temperature and quickly settled in, relaxing into the warm water. I took the time to inspect my body as I cleaned. My skin was red where I had been hit and grabbed and my ribs were discolored with bruises in spots. The side I felt the most pain from had the darkest bruise by far and I knew riding tomorrow would be painful. However I thought it wouldn't be anything that I couldn't handle.

I finished washing my body and hair before drying off and began dressing. I put on my pants and buttoned up my shirt the majority of the way but left it partially open as I realized that I had left my 3D Maneuvering Gear straps out in the room along with my boots. Oh well, it's not like we weren't both girls, I thought to myself. At least I was mostly covered.

I exited the bathroom with a towel dabbing at my wet hair when I heard a knock at the door. Petra got up to answer, giving me a knowing nod at the way I was dressed, as I quickly grabbed my straps and opened up my wardrobe doors to block the top of my body from view. When Petra answered, she found Hanji at the door.

"Oh, Hanji. What are you doing here?" She asked, keeping the door mostly closed while her own body took up the rest of the open space.

"I came to check up on you two. I caught Levi earlier and he told me what had happened. I've already visited the other two so now it's your turn." She explained. "May I come in?"

Petra glanced back at me and I nodded my okay at her. "Sure." She said, letting Hanji into the room.

"You're up first Petra." Hanji stated and Petra sat on her bed as the scientist looked her over. "No real damage. Mostly just muscle soreness, huh?" She asked.

"Yeah. Celica held back even though she told the rest of us not to." I looked at her incredulously. She noticed now didn't she?

"I didn't wanna hear anyone complaining later on or getting scared of me. Well, except Auruo." I stated. Petra laughed and smiled at me.

"Don't worry, we wouldn't have. No offense but you don't come close to Heichou went he gets riled up." She explained and I briefly saw the leftover fear in her eyes from earlier. I was sure the same look reached mine as I thought about her statement.

"So it' true then? Levi lost his cool?" Hanji piped up looking up at Petra and then over at me. We both nodded.

"I've never seen an expression like come from Heichou before." Petra stated, her face paling.

"Huh?" Hanji looked slightly confused as she swapped back and forth between us.

"Heichou..." I began, remember that evil glint in his eyes and that unsettling smile. His dark chuckle reverberated in my ears again. "His face... it wore a look of bloodlust and I swore that... that I was a dead woman." I explained before Petra could collect her thoughts.

Hanji's own eyes widened at my words and her jaw dropped slightly. I heard her intake a breath before exhaling it.

"What did you do to make that happen?" She asked cautiously. My words caught in my throat and I swallowed them down.

"I was barely able to dodge most of his attacks. I only managed to get him with an elbow into between his shoulders and punch him once. Then I grazed him with the knife he brought out when he had me down. Other than that, I didn't really connect any other blows. Sure I knocked him off his feet a few times but..." I trailed off "Is it true that no one else had managed to touch him in battle before?" I asked, my mouth forcing the question out into the open.

"From what I'm aware of, yes." She stated. I shut the door to my wardrobe as I finished buttoning up my shirt the rest of the way.

"You know that's pointless, right?" Hanji said as she went to stand again. "I need to see your ribs."

I simply nodded and sat on my bed and undid the buttons as Hanji looked over my ribs and sore wrists and ankles.

"Nothing's broken. But still, take it easy. It's almost as if Levi is trying to keep you bedridden at this point." She said and I felt my face drop. She saw my look and patted me on the knee.

"Don't worry. I doubt that's actually the case." She stood up and placed her hands on hips. "And don't take everything I saw so seriously. I have a tendency to babble as you may know."

A small 'okay' slipped past my lips but her words hadn't stopped the throbbing and uncertain pain I felt in my chest. Did the captain truly dislike me at this point? He didn't bother to hold back at all and the question pulsed through my brain again and again.

"Anyways, you should finish dressing otherwise you two are going to miss lunch." She said before excusing herself from the room. Shortly after that, we also left to head down for our meal.