Chapter 10: That Was Too Quick! Back to the Alternate Universe

[This chapter is going to be a little short because of the last chapter, but I promise, next chapter will be long… just read you'll be able to put the pieces together on why.]

The training was beyond exhausting. I fell on my ass breathing heavily and all I could think of was 'I'd rather be breathing like this because of sex with Levi' and my face was severely heated and I could tell. Thank God I can blame it on this heat and I groan in embarrassment from my own though. Why am I thinking like this?

"Oh Levi and Rinne, I have a favor to ask of you two!" Hange was basically singing this… This can't be good.

"What do you want? We're training." Levi coldly replied to Hange.

I stood up and walked to Levi as Hange was just about near him. "Yeah, what's up?"

"Please go to the alternate universe again! You can choose two other people too! I want to expand this more!" Hange is pleading again… like actually on her knees and is she drooling? Yep she's drooling. She is giving that look she gave to Sawney and Bean. Oh God.

"No!" Levi was stern on this. I could change his mind I bet.

I pouted a little. "Levi… This sounds great I kinda liked the other universe. Please? We can choose a few more people to go with us! I think we should have… Jean and Eren go with us!"

"Oh no! Absolutely not!" He's protesting. I should charm this up a little.

"Levi… please? I wanna go. If you don't go, I'll go without you! I'll bring Jean and Eren with me and we'll be all alone and Just think. What if one of us loses our memory. I don't know what it'll take to get their memories back!" Levi froze, even though his expression was dull as ever, I knew I got him.

He sighed and I was looking at him with such a serious expression. He knew exactly what I was going on about.

"Does it have to be Eren and Jean. Those shits will piss me off the whole fucking time."

I smiled widely at the approval of going back coming from Levi, but I rethought who to bring. "Armin and Jean!"

He sighed for what seemed like hours but he said, "Fine."

"So you two will do it!?" Hange is way too excited.

Levi and I nodded slightly.

"I'll go get Armin and Jean! Meet me in my office! We'll start immediately!" She was skipping… actually skipping.

"You got me into this, let's go." I could tell Levi was a little annoyed, and yet I knew he couldn't say no to me. He took me by my wrist and started walking towards Hange's office. I can't help it, I'm smiling.

I giggle at the thought of my best friend, Armin, who was actually a little shy and Jean, who I enjoy hand-to-hand combat training with, going to this world. I'm just hoping they keep their memories. I don't know what to do if they lose them.

"I wonder how long we're staying this time. Hopefully not long since now we know the change in times between these universes." I was talking to myself out loud and Levi heard me.

"If it's the same time frame as before we'll be gone for a while from here."

"True, but I'm hoping it will be only a few hours there."

We were walking for what seemed like forever before reaching Hange's office and when we got there, Armin and Jean were walking in with Hange to her office. After we were all in Jean finally spoke up.

"So, what are we all here for?" Jean spoke up.

"Y-yeah, I mean… um… W-what exactly is this for?" Armin finally spoke up.

"Experiment." Hange looked like a mad scientist saying this.

"You mean that place you sent those two to!?" Jean was pointing to Levi and I.

"Trust me, you'll like I think. It's an interesting place to learn." I smiled to Jean expecting it to be some type of reassurance to him.

"Didn't you lose your memories though? That was the whole reason we all went over a year without you and Captain Levi." Jean had a point to not want to go. I'll have to bribe him.

"Oh come on Jean, pleeeaaassseee! I'll do hand-to-hand combat training with you for five months. Six out of seven days a week." I knew it worked since Jean was smirking.

"Really?" He asked as reassurance was necessary.

"Yes, really, and Armin, I just wanted my best friend to go with me. So, will you go?" I turned to Armin and smiled.

Armin had nervously nodded and said he'd do it. So, everyone was on board and Hange explained everything to both Armin and Jean.

It took about an hour to go over everything, plus having to keep reassuring them it'll be okay.

I was actually kind of excited to be going back. I wonder how we'd be over there now that more of us are showing up.

Alright. Time to go then.

"Oh, by the way, to tell who has memories of this place, look at the phone you'll inevitably have and the only contacts will be us. I realized this the last time when Erwin was the only contact in my phone and when I found Rinne, she had no idea who she really was."

I figured this question was coming…

"SO! How did Rinne get her memories back in the first place?" Jean asked. As much as I expected this question, I still froze in a bit of embarrassment and I could feel Levi tense up.

"Levi and I were just doing homework and I uh, was pointing to a page in his book and our hands touched and memories just started flooding and next thing I knew, I realized who I was." I lied. I really hardcore lied. Crap, was it obvious?

Armin was pretty smart. He could usually tell if I lied and how far off it was. But I wished I could have been more believable.

He actually shot me this look of 'Really Rinne? I don't believe you, but, I'll keep your little secret, you owe me the truth later.'

I sent him back a nervous smile. Man, he knew… Wait! This other universe, how is it going to be with Levi and I?

Okay, we are going. Hange has us lay on cots and hooks us up to an IV line that connects us all so we're all going at the same time. I can hear the nervousness in all of our sighs as Hange says, "alright, drift off time. Like before, a few hours only in that world. Please find each other very soon and do some research. Also, have a little fun too."

We're off to the other universe as Hange releases the injection and we're off to sleep… I hope… I hope we all have our memories.