Akako's POV

So out we headed, again, for another expedition. The people seeing us off had the same looks as usual. Some looked hopeful, some looked indifferent, some angry, and some had that 'have fun Titan food' look on their face. I didn't really hate it. It's not like they actually go out and do anything, and they have never seen outside the walls. Technically, neither have I. We're only going out of Wall Rose, so I've never really seen outside the walls either, and it's depressing to think about.

"Hey, Akako, why the long face?" Hanji asked, looking back a bit from her position. I sighed.

"Just the usual." She nodded. The usual was 'I want to see beyond Wall Maria.' I looked off to the side and saw some children, looking at us like we were heros. I smiled warmly at them and one of the boys blushed. I couldn't help the giggle. I always loved the children's expressions. So innocent, trusting, and I could almost feel their hope, and it always made me want to try harder, so that one day they could see past the walls.

"We're headed out, get ready." I straightened on my horse. Levi turned to me a little, and though his face was in it's normal facade, his eyes said 'Be careful'. I smiled.

"You too." He nodded and turned back to face forward. The gate opened, and out we went. We went back to our long range formation. This was just an extermination run, seeing how far we could get before we needed to retreat. We made it to an abandoned town, that was filled with Titans, as most of them were.

"You know your orders!" Levi said as he used his 3DMG to go find some Titans to kill. Eren and I looked at each other and nodded. During this expedition, we were not to transform unless we saw the green signal. So we went and did our job.

I landed on a roof, looking out. Three 15 meter Titans off the bat? I was slightly overwhelmed. I only have ever been one-on-one with a Titan. One of them saw me and reached for me. I used my gear to dodge, swinging around to spin and cut it's nape. I got it, but the other two had sensed me and one of them reached for me. I dodged again, but only to get my leg grabbed by the last one. I growled and cut it's fingers, nearly escaping the second one. I landed on a roof, again. I was going to need help. I can't do more than one at once, but I had no time to fire a signal.

I had to dodge another. I went to try another kill, when I felt a sharp pain in my leg and missed, slicing the arm instead of the nape. I crashed into a roof, breaking some of the roofing. I pushed myself up, wobbling. My body was arguing over whether or not the pain felt good or not. And it pissed me off. I turned and right there was a Titan. Beady black eyes and a weird messed up grin. It reached for me and I just got away from it, and managed to kill it. When I went to land, I fell flat on my face. I looked down, and noticed that the pain was because my leg was bitten off, and I was losing blood. I clicked my tongue.

Why didn't it click sooner? I felt my vision begin to fog. Shit, I've lost to much blood, he severed the femoral artery. The only reason I probably wasn't dead was because of the Titan regenerative powers. I could slowly see my leg regenerating, but it wasn't fast enough. Hanji hadn't gotten around to see if our human forms could handle amputation, or how long it would take to regenerate. We also never found out if we could bleed to death. I looked up as a hand grabbed me. I struggled in the grip as the Titan put me into it's mouth. I growled. I wasn't supposed to transform unless I saw the signal, but right now, I couldn't die.

So I bit into my thumb and felt the familiar feeling of the shift. I was in control, so I came out of the Titan, successfully killing it. First Titan kill in Titan form. Isn't that how Eren changed the first time? He was eaten by a Titan? Well, I can effectively say that it reeked, was disgustingly slimey, and warm. Definitely warm.

I roared, letting everyone know that, by the way, I shifted. That was an instruction, as soon as Eren or I transformed, while in control, we roared. So I just pretty much strolled around, killing Titans, getting angry looks from Survey Corps members because, I wasn't supposed to yet. And then I got swarmed by Titans, like they overwhelmed me and started to eat my Titan body. I managed to break out and tried to get away, but it just had to be my luck that I ended up losing both of my legs in the process.

I landed on another roof, having pieces break off, and even slid over the edge and landed on an old awning. I was so tired. Not only had I bled out earlier, and gotten eaten by a Titan, but I had also shifted into a Titan, which was even more exhausting, and right now both femoral arteries were severed, and my legs were slowly regenerating. I would have fired a help flare, but I was tired, and weak. I saw a 4 meter Titan heading over to me. Was this really happening? This was bullshit. I was either going to somehow manage to bleed to death, or a 4 meter was going to eat me. Great.

"Levi..." I sighed out. If I was gonna die, his name was going to be the last thing I said. But, speak of the devil, there went Levi, killing the 4 meter as it reached out for me. And he looked PISSED. Like very pissed. He turned to me and his expression changed completely.

"Akako!" He came over, kneeling next to me. "Can you hear me?" I nodded weakly. He tore part of the awning and wrapped it around my legs, effectively stopping the bleeding. He picked me up gently after wrapping more of the awning around my legs, so that nothing could get in and infect it.

"Levi!" It was Hanji and Erwin. They came over, and Erwin seemed... content. "We have completed our expedition at the moment, the city's been cleared. Eren's finishing off the last few Titans and we can return with few casualti- Akako?" Erwin looked desperate, and Hanji looked slightly mortified.

"Akako! What happened?" She nearly screamed. I mumbled, weakly shoving my head into Levi, trying to kill the headache that was forming. I looked up at Levi, he looked so worried, and it made me frown. I pushed my head into him more, snuggling into him.

"'M tired." I managed out, slowly closing my eyes.

"Akako, don't you dare go to sleep on me. Stay with me. Open your eyes." Levi sounded slightly desperate, but I sighed and opened my eyes, attempting to glare at him. "Stay with me." I nodded a little and allowed my head to just rest comfortably on his shoulder.

"Levi, we need to get her onto the cart-"

"No. I won't let her leave my sight."

"Levi, riding on your horse could make it worse. You know that. Now stop acting like a brat and come on. She's going into the cart." Hanji insisted.

"No..." I said, trying to clutch onto Levi, but could barely move my arms. Hanji came over and was looking down at me, serious.

"Akako, now is not the time to be clinging to your boyfriend. You are injured, horribly. And I don't know how long it will take for your legs to regenerate, and you aren't well enough to shift. And the horse ride could cause you to start bleeding again." I growled, trying to cling to Levi again.

"Don't... care... want... Levi..." Hanji sighed.

"Akako." She reached out to me and I flinched away from her. She growled. "Erwin! Talk some sense into her!" Erwin came over.

"Akako." I looked up at him and pouted. I tried to look as pathetic as I could, which wasn't to hard. I heard Levi growl.

"She's under my care, remember? I chose what happens to her. She's staying with me." I nodded a little, allowing more of my weight to rest against Levi. They both sighed.

"Fine, but as soon as her condition gets worse, she's going to the cart." Levi nodded to Hanji. They took my gear off and put me on Levi's horse. As soon as Levi got on, he held me. We left and Eren and Mikasa nearly shit themselves looking at me.

"W-What happened to Akako?" Levi told them and then why I wasn't in the cart. They weren't happy.

"She should be in the cart!" I would glare, but decided not to. I would have to find out where Mikasa was located right now, and then glare, but I was too tired. But I couldn't sleep. Levi would kill me if I did.

Going back through the town was weird. Levi and I were definitely stared at.

"Isn't that Humanity's Strongest?"

"Why is he carrying a soldier on his horse with him?"

"What happened? Where are her legs?"

"What's going on there?" The whispers continued. I looked up at Levi. I wasn't as light headed anymore. I just sighed and cuddled into him. More whispers came from that. Levi just leaned down and kissed the top of my head, causing even MORE whispers.

"Isn't that one of the Titan Shifters? One of the ones that can turn into one of those monsters?"

"Isn't she also a masochist?" I frowned a little. Why did they care? Well, obviously they're going to. A Titan Shifting masochist? Seems pretty dangerous if you really thinking about it.

"Are they together?" One person whispered, causing the person next to them to laugh.

"That would be something. Dating the person ordered to kill you. He's probably doting on her because she's injured and he has to watch over her." I sat up a little more and glared. Levi had heard the comment to, and by the look on his face, he wanted to stop his horse and go give them a piece of his mind.

"Levi." Erwin said, turning a little. "Stay in check." Levi clicked his tongue.

"Whatever Eyebrows." He mumbled. I sighed as more of those comments were made. It upset me. I didn't want people to think he was doting on me because I was in his care, but because he loved me. And by the look in Levi's eyes, he had almost had enough.

"I bet she's a whore, and is just hoping Corporal Levi will take pity on her." Erwin had heard that comment, I saw his shoulders tense. And I could almost feel the tension coming from Mikasa, Eren, and Hanji. I looked up at Levi. His eyes looked like they could kill the Colossal Titan. Levi stopped his horse, causing everything to stop. He turned his head towards the man that made the comment.

"You there, come here." The man walked forward, a little frightened. "What did you just say? About her?" He motioned to me. The man looked a little antsy. "What? Can't say it unless you're in a crowd. Whatever you had to say must've been important if you said it loud enough for me to hear." The man shifted.

"I-I..." Levi leaned down a bit.

"I believe you called my girlfriend a whore?" The man's eyes widened.

"G-Girlfriend... her... You're in a relationship with a mon-"

"You aren't going to finish that sentence." Levi's eyes darkened, and the man shut up. Levi straightened, looking around. "Anyone else have anything to say about my relationship with this girl?" No one said anything... well... there was that one comment from Hanji.

"You could always prove it with a kiss." She said, making me blush a little.

"Hanji!" My voice was weak, and this was definitely embarrassing. The Corps had known we were dating for only a day, and we just let humanity know, pretty much. Levi just shrugged and leaned down, planting a gentle kiss on my lips. The crowd was silent, though I did here a few cat calls from the Corps. And so when Levi pulled away, he continued moving like nothing had happened.

"Levi." Erwin sighed. "Did you have to do that?"

"They called your daughter a whore." Levi said bluntly, causing a different cycle of whispers to start. I sighed. This was going to be awkward from now on.

Yes, I had Levi stop the entire Corps to sass someone for calling Akako a whore. I also had him kiss her infront of the town. Because I can. =)