As they strolled through the crowded city, Kagome kept unusually silent the whole time—"Why have you not let me go yet?" Well, maybe not the whole time—

"You expect us to just let a possible enemy loose within our walls?" Levi sent her a 'are you stupid' stare.

"You know I'm not an enemy, and I told you that I can't hurt humans with my powers." Yet he just continue to stare at her and she sighed. "You still don't trust me."

He gave a snort, as if it was obvious. "Of course."

"Then where are we going?"

"Everyone is headed to the base." He answered.

"So I'm going to your base?" He gave her the 'you are stupid' stare again and she sighed. "What? Don't want me to know the location of your top-secret base? Don't trust me with that either?" She rolled her eyes.

Levi sighed. "Before you can roam freely, you must be assessed by someone of higher power. After you have been judged, and acquitted of any and all suspicions, we will allow you to do what you want, if it is deemed you're indeed trustworthy and harmless as you say."

"I don't have time for that." She grumbled. "I have my own reason for coming here, you know."

"And what reason is that?" He asked.

"I was wanting visit your library."

"Library?" He turned his gaze to her. "Why would you want to go there?"

"Why else would someone want to go to a library? To read." She laughed at him.

"Hmm." He stared at her for several moments, then he nodded his head. "I will take you there."

She tilted her head at him. "You will?"

"You can't go on your own so I will have to escort you. It is a simple enough request."

His words surprised her. "Thank you." She smiled at him. "You're not so bad after all, Shorty." His eyebrow gave a small twitch of annoyance upon hearing the word 'shorty', and she laughed. "You saved me from that crowd too."

"I was ordered to guard you, that is all."

Yet she just giggled at his words. "You don't have to act all tough ya know." She looked down at the cloak that still covered her body, smiling her herself. His strong scent was heavily soaked in the green fabric. She could smell it with every inhale. It surrounded her, and the manly aroma oddly enough relaxed her.

She closed her eyes and sighed— "Tch." She opened her eyes back up and glanced over, seeing him rubbing his leg with his face slightly scrunched up in discomfort. After he removed his hand he acted as if everything was fine once again.

"Your leg is hurt, isn't it?" He turned his head to stare at her, his eyes narrowing in her direction. "I didn't mean it as an insult or anything, pointing out your weakness—I was just going to offer to heal your leg for you."

He turned his head away. "I will wrap it myself and fix it when I get back to base."

Her lips thinned to a small line as she frowned. "That is not what I meant." She told him. "I mean heal it." She repeated. "If I use my powers, I can heal your leg." She leaning towards him, she reached out her tied hands to his legs. "All I have to do is touch it and—" Just as her fingers was about to touch his thigh, her hands were slapped away. "Hey!"

She glared at him, yet he returned it with just as much vigor. "I don't need your help."

"Alright then… grouch." She mumbled beneath her breath and turned away from him.

Once again, uncomfortable silence surrounded the two. "Girl." That is until Levi called to her. "The power you spoke of. What is it?"

"I already told you." She sighed. "And don't call me 'girl'."

"Don't call me short." Was his reply and she rolled her eyes at him.

"If you really want to know, I was born with theses powers." She told him. "I was told the power came from god, to help us defeat demons: Monsters who killed and ate humans." She continued. "My power is all about purity. I purify evil, like demons, and Titans. They are 'unpure' creatures and must be cleansed of their evil." She shifted in her seat, speaking the words as if they were engraved into her memory. "I was told that I can only use my gift if my soul, heart, and body stayed pure. If I ever lose that, I forfeit my powers." Hearing an amused sound from beside her she glanced at him. "What is it?"

"Pure body hmm?" He turned towards her and smirked. "So you really are innocent." A.K.A 'So you are a virgin?'

The people around her that could hear, were laughing at her, and she felt her cheeks instantly become red in embarrassment. "Perverted old geezer!" She growled at him in Japanese, her cheeks still flaming red.

"What did you just say?" He questioned with a sneer, agitated that he couldn't understand her.

"I called you a dirty old man!" She plainly told him.

"I'm not surprised you call me old, since I'm probably twice your age, little girl."

"I'm not a kid! I'm 25!" There's no way he's twice her age.

"You are still a child." He poked her in the forehead—"Here" – Then he slipped his hand in the green cloak. He placed his palm against her stomach, over her clothes and his hand started to go downward, making her squirm—"And here." She let out a squeak when his touch went down a little too far.

She took her tied hands and grabbed his wrist, pulling his hand away from her. "Damn Letcher! You're worse than Miroku!" At this point she began cussing the man out in her native tongue.

Mikasa, who was near the end of the group, could hear the miko's shouting from where she was, and slowly, her cheeks started becoming encased in red at hearing such foul words. Yet the whole time he was being shouted at, Levi just smirked, ignoring her as he led their horses to the gate.

Kagome continued her rant, until darkness suddenly came over her as she was taken underneath a tunnel, going through another gate. Her senses were calling to her once again, feeling a Titan close by. She glanced at the stone for several seconds, until they were completely passed the small tunnel. On the other side, it was no longer a city, and instead Kagome was greeted by a wide and open area. She guessed they used it for fields and farms.

As they walked further from the wall, Kagome glanced over her shoulder once more, still sensing the odd feeling—"Hey, Shrimp."

Levi paused and looked towards her. "What is a shrimp?"

"You know, those tiny fish in the ocean—" Kagome shook her head, realizing they probably never seen the ocean before—of course he wouldn't know what a shrimp was—"It's another nickname for short people." At this, his eyebrows angled together in anger. "But that's not the point." She told him. "Are their Titans in the walls of the city?"

His expression turned serious, his eyes narrowing at her. "Why do you say that?"

"I sense them."

He waited before finally answering her. "No Titan has ever gotten through Wall Rosa… yet."

His words confused her. Maybe he misunderstood what she meant? Before she could question it further, he turned his back to her once more. Kagome glanced over her shoulder at the large wall behind her—A certain blonde leader quickly approaching them came into her line of sight.

Erwin waited until he was beside Levi, before speaking. "I am going to go ahead and turn in our reports." His blue orbs then shifted so that he glanced at her. "I will also inform them about our new companion. While I do so, you are to continue watching over her." He ordered him. "The hearing will most likely be held within a few days. After the events with Jaeger are settled down."

Hearing?

"Hmph." Levi nodded, acknowledge his words. "I am taking her to the library."

The blonde stared at the shorter male for a while. Kagome became tense, thinking he would object- "I will meet you there when I am finished." But he didn't. With that, the male pulled hard on his reins and prompted his horse to move forward. The animal gave a snort and quickly picked up speed, pulling ahead.

After he was gone, Kagome was still confused about what the blonde said, so she asked Levi. "Hearing? If there is something wrong with his ears, I can heal them for him if he wants?"

His lips curved ever so much in amusement, and he laughed through his nose. "Not that kind of hearing." Was all he said, which left Kagome even more confused.

Kagome noticed that soon after that, the rest of the group turned away, heading off somewhere, while her and Levi continued onward. "We are headed in the same direction as Erwin?" She noticed.

"Yes." He answered. "The courthouse is in the next city." It wasn't long after he spoke those words, that she could see another wall peeking out in the distance. They were crossing another wall?

"The library is in the courthouse?" That's little odd…

Levi never answered her, and instead turned his gaze downward. Seeing this, Kagome shifted in her spot anxiously, and didn't ask any more questions on the matter.