Fallen (guest): Wow is really all that came to mind after reading your review ^^

I honestly don't know what to say. Perhaps I should tell you that it had me grinning like an idiot for five full minutes? (I'm honestly glad no one came in my room XD)

As you might have guessed your review made really happy (if you'd been in front of me I would've hugged you *.*) and I'm really glad to know that people can be bothered with this fic and actually like it (I mean I suppose there's madness everywhere… XD). So yeah, all this to say thank you for taking the time to write this massive boost to my ego (unfortunately not the biggest review I've ever had but it's the only one that had only compliments in it ^^).

THANK YOU! And you can have all my love while I'm at it because you deserve it! XD

Just a warning before you go on to reading: this chapter isn't very good. I have to admit I wasn't very inspired but I had to write something to tell you what happens after Levi and Eren are out of the picture. So there you go ^^'

Not my best, but I'll compensate with a good next chapter (hopefully)!

Weird didn't even start to describe the situation. Jean wasn't even sure he understood all of it. One moment they had all been staring at the hairy not-Titan murdering the other overgrown freak and the next Corporal Levi was hugging Eren's unconscious body like it was his only lifeline. Right.

What the fuck?

This actually encompassed multiple questions. How the hell did Eren transform into that creature, was one. What the fuck was going on between the Corporal and Eren, was another. Needless to say none of them had been answered. Admittedly they had had other things to think about. Such as how to make the Corporal react when he was visibly too caught up in being shocked? Or what they were going to do next with an unconscious Eren and an unresponsive leader?

Thankfully Hanji Zoe – a type of glasses-wearing creature which seemed to have a hyperactive nature – had arrived with her team and took charge of things. It was only when the bat crazy woman had been hovering next to him that the Corporal had looked up. He had said something but none of them had heard anything. They had heard the woman say she was very happy for him, though. It didn't help them in understanding the situation.

Mikasa and Armin looked a bit frustrated that they weren't able to go and hug Eren as well, but more than anything they seemed taken aback by the Corporal's actions. Just like the rest of them. Whatever had been going on between the two men, it had happened without their knowledge.

Jean, along with the rest of the witnesses of the strange events, had to resign themselves to putting off the time for answers as Hanji had ordered evacuation. Her second-in-command, a guy called Moblit, took care of carrying Eren while the Corporal was placed on the back of his own second-in-command. The operation took a while, as the Corporal was clutching Eren's shirt very tightly and it took some time to force his grip to slacken and separate them from the brunet.

Once that was done, they started off with the intention of joining the rest of the Survey Corp before traveling towards the inner wall.

After that was a swirl of action. With Hanji's arrival, the time for the trainees' independent actions was apparently over. Not that any of them were complaining. They were grateful for the senior soldiers' protection. Jean himself was quite glad to let someone else take decisions.

It was almost surprising how well everything had gone. It seemed as if the fight against Titans had been over from the moment Hanji took charge of them. They had re-joined the Survey Corp and Commander Erwin, made their way to the inner wall where they had been allowed some much needed rest. The Commander along with Pixis, who had finally been notified, planned how to retake the first wall of Roze and put it into motion.

It wasn't that difficult thankfully, as the city was built in blocks which could be closed off completely. The only thing they had to do was activate the shutting of the broken section and send soldiers to annihilate the Titans that were in the others. Once that was done they started the ventilation which was meant to purify the air.

It would take a few days but Roze would soon be back to what it had been, with exception of the section which had been broken in.

All that remained was for Eren to wake up. Except he and the Corporal had been shipped off to the Survey Corp's headquarters as soon as they reached the inner wall. Commander Erwin had announced that Eren would be asked to join the Survey Corp as soon as he woke up in light of 'his heroic actions during the war'. Not a word was said about the creature he had become and all witnesses had received a firm order to keep their mouths shut. They had all sworn secrecy on the matter and the trainees had been sent back to the training grounds.

It was where they were now, tending to their injuries and mourning their dead. There wasn't much else to do. Their career choice had been postponed to a month from then. Time enough to take back Roze and recover from the attack. For now, they were meant to stand by at the training grounds and continue training. It was practically a punishment as far as Jean was concerned. He would have given anything to be able to participate in cleansing the retaken Roze. Or even to be able to visit Eren wherever he was. At this point he would have done anything as long as it had him moving. As long as it kept from thinking, anything would be fine. If he was left alone with his thoughts, memories of broken bodies and desperate cries would come back to haunt him. It drained him and made him itch for action.

The battle had taught him this much. Sometimes surviving was more painful than dying.