"Oi Armin! The plan is falling apart!" Jean slashed the nape of a five-meter, then looked at his sputtering gas tank in annoyance. "At this rate, we won't make it to HQ."

The plan was this. They were in a diamond formation with three rings of operation. The best soldiers on the outside, the others in the second ring and the thing they're protecting on the inside. Those on the outside kill titans that engage them. Reiner and Yoni were in the middle. Reiner was doing his best to keep them out of the titan's reach however, the formation was dissolving quickly. The soldiers on the second ring were getting picked off easily, so Reiner had the engage on some tricky maneuvers to get away from them. Yoni, on the other hand, was fast asleep. Even though there was all this commotion she was managing to remain unbothered. She had complete trust in Reiner and the rest of her squad, so she used this time to try and heal up.

Armin sensed that his plan was on the verge of failing. He noticed that the people around him in the second ring were not going to make it through all these titans, so he needed to reevaluate. They all landed on some roofs and thought out their situation. They were about three-fourths of the way there, however, the concentration of titan drastically increased. If they were going to make it through there, they needed a new plan.

"How are we going to get through this many titans, with the gas we have?" Sasha asked. "Don't forget that we still have meat on the wall to go get."

"Sasha's right," Armin said. "If we try to go through this many titans our gas will run out for sure and we'll get eaten. What should we do?" Armin massaged his temples.

"Well, we can't stay here!" Mikasa gassed towards an incoming titan and killed it with ease. This many humans in one place will keep attracting more!

"I don't think that's it." Armin turned and looked at a sleeping Yoni.

"What are you getting at Armin?" Annie asked.

"Well, when you guys found me on that rooftop, there was a good bit of us, but no titans came towards us. Most of them kept their distance. But when we found Yoni, she had already killed a titan that had been drawn towards the area, most likely from her bloody headband that Mikasa was holding." Everyone was thinking it, but no one said it.

"I'm attracting the titans." Yoni beat Armin to the punch.

"Yoni I--"

"Its ok Armin, I understand if you want to leave me behind." A determined look grew on her face as she stood up with little to no wobbling.

Mikasa ran to her side. "Yoni sit down, you shouldn't be standing!"

"Daijoubu desu, Mikasa. I'll be damned if I get eaten alive."

"I never said we were leaving you behind Yoni, we just need to find a way to use it to our advantage. Maybe if we--"

"Maybe if we what?" Bertolt asked. A harsh tone took him over. "Do you have another plan that will get more of us killed Armin? I say we leave her here. If the titans are attracted to her we can create a window if we leave her. She can survive, she already killed seven titans, that's more than all of us except Mikasa. If we leave now we can come back and get her before anything."

"Oi Bertolt, what kind of soldier are you?" Connie asked. Connie looked up at him with burning eyes. "What kind of soldier leaves their comrade behind. I guess I had you pegged wrong." Connie walked over to Yoni and helped her stand up tall. "If you guys are leaving her behind, then I'm staying with her."

"Me too!" Sasha said.

"Me too!" Marco joined in.

"Me too," Annie stated in a glib tone.

It didn't take long for Bertolt to be the last one standing. "Connie, you were well ready to leave those people in HQ, what changed?"

"I did."

Yoni couldn't help but feel overwhelmed with emotion. Her comrades were willing to stay with her even if it meant almost certain death. 'Is this what unconditional love and friendship are?'

"Arigatou mina san, demo it makes sense for me to stay behind. If you all are willing to risk your life for me, then I can do the same." Yoni patted Connie on the back signaling him to let her go. Yoni readied her blades that she got from Reiner and walked towards the end of the roof. She shot her cables into the roof on the other side of the street. "I'll distract as many titans as I can, you guys make a straight shot for HQ."

"Yoni I said we weren't going to leave you, we can figure this out together."

"You're not leaving me behind Armin, I'm choosing to go. This is the best way to ensure the least amount of casualties."

Mikasa looked angry. Like really angry. "Oi Yoni, what the hell do you think you're doing? Your acting just like Eren. You're going to get yourself killed. I thought we promised each other we wouldn't do anything reckless!"

Yoni turned to face the road before she answered. She couldn't tell Mikasa what she really wanted to, not in front of everyone. Yoni always was a coward when it came to things like this.

"I think letting myself go with you guys is the more reckless thing to do. This is the best way Mikasa, and you know it. Don't worry, I still have a few tricks up my sleeve." She was about to gas away, but a seven-meter titan came and tugged her cables, pulling straight to ground with a quickness. The impact was so hard the cobblestone underneath her lost of its integrity and cracked. However, Yoni wasn't in pain. Were all of her bones broken? Did her body go numb from shock? No, Yoni could feel her limbs and could move them easily. The only answer she could think of was that her generation activated. But she didn't know she could anything like this. Yoni suddenly remembered when she was in the mouth of the titan, and how it couldn't bite through her. The only thing was that she was in great pain at that time. Yoni chalked it up to the fact that she wasn't being continuously pounded into the ground, unlike being constantly bitten down on. Her thinking time was cut short. The titan reached down to grab her

"Yoni!" Mikasa gassed into the air and was ready to kill herself a titan when out of nowhere a 12 meter appeared with glowing green eyes and shoulder-length dark brown hair.

Yoni could hear Connie yell out "Are you kidding me!" from the roof.

Instead of coming for them, the green-eyed titan kicked the other titan away from Yoni so hard the titan flew back and destroyed any house that was in its way. The consecutive impact looked like it was enough to do serious damage to the nape because it started steaming and deteriorating.

The 12-meter titan looked down at Yoni. He made movements to grab her but Mikasa was quicker than him. Mikasa scooped Yoni up and brought her up back onto the roof.

"Was that one of your tricks Yoni?"

Yoni gave an embarrassed smile and scratched the back of her head. "Well, I wasn't planning on a titan to grab my cables."

"It's a wonder that you survived up until now." She had a playful snarkiness to her voice.

The 12-meter titan held his hand out and rested it on the roof. As if in a trance Yoni walked over and touched it. And small tingle went through the titan and into Yoni. She couldn't understand why she was seeing what she was seeing. She was seeing herself, Armin, Mikasa, Carla Dr. Yeager, and Hannes. She saw fleeting memories like they were from someone else's point of view. They were happy memories though, they made Yoni feel warm inside. And in an instant, she was back into reality.

She lost her balance for a quick second, but couldn't regain it fast enough. Yoni plopped down on the roof, her hand gripping her forehead.

"What's wrong Yoni?" Mikasa bent down next to her. Yoni eyes were wide and watery.

It took a minute for Yoni to get her words together. "I can't believe it. Eren?"

--

Eren in titan form helped the squad of soldiers make it to HQ. He destroyed any titan they came across with ease. Eren was in complete control of his actions however, he didn't know how to feel. He hated titans with such intense hate it was almost scary, yet here he was walking around in a 12-meter tall giant meat suit. But he was happy that he could lay waste to this many titans, and so easily.

Mikasa, Armin, and the others were still a little skeptical that this titan was actually Eren. They didn't have much proof to go on, other than Yoni saying that she had a feeling. Still, it was hard to imagine that a regular titan would be helping them and not eating them.

After he got them to HQ, He emerged from the nape and pulled himself free of the strong titan tissue. Mikasa couldn't contain her happiness. She ran up to him and kissed him passionately. A kiss that Eren reciprocated. Yoni kept her composure, but displeasure and jealousy ran rampant inside her. 'She kissed him in front of everyone, she didn't even hesitate huh?' Yoni asked herself. She managed to brush this aside for the moment. Her friend was alive and she should be happy about that.

As if she sensed Yoni's unease Mikasa gave a glance in her direction, to which Yoni swiftly avoided as she limped out the room to get ready to head up the wall.

Yoni was happy that Eren was back, but she couldn't help but feel a little hurt by Mikasa's actions. Did their kiss mean absolutely nothing? Yoni was beginning to feel that way.

Mikasa watched as Yoni left the room obviously hurt and couldn't help but feel like an ass. 'I really made a mess out of things.'

Eren saw the whole thing. "What was that about?"

"Oh it's nothing, I guess she just wants to get to the wall as soon as possible."

Eren knew that was a lie. He wanted to see if Mikasa would tell him the truth. He knew everything. When Yoni saw his memories, he saw her's too.