OKAY, LAST CHAPTER WAS A BIT OF A DOOZY, SINCE I HAD A LOT OF CRAP I HAD TO DO WHILE I WAS WORKING ON IT, BUT ENOUGH EXCUSES LET'S GET TO IT!
AGE 760 20 YEARS SINCE THE FALL OF
VEGETA
"Haaa ...mmm...that was a good sleep*yawn*" Caleb awoke in a large tree branch. After the events of last night he found a nice branch and had a surprisingly good sleep. He was trying not to remember the events of last night, specifically him forgetting to tell Maiz the location of his room so she could stay there.
He looked around and realized it was morning from the rays of light that were starting to blind him. He decided to head back to the castle, since there wasn't anything better to do, plus he wanted breakfast.
He jumped from the tree branch and landed on the forest floor. He looked around one last time before walking over to headquarters.
He walked through the entrance to be met by, no one.
"Well, that's a first" He said to himself as he made his way to the dining hall.
He walked in to see something he wasn't expecting, he saw the whole group with their seats all scooted next to each other, with Maiz in the middle. They were listening to her tell tales of her adventures across the stars. They all listened in fascination.
'Huh, well at least I'm not the one being barraged with questions now, good luck Maiz' He thought as he grabbed a plate and sat down and got to business.
"Oh Caleb you're here" Connie realized as he turned his head to the right.
"Yep, im here" He replied as he inhaled a giant piece of ham, damn this stuff was good.
"Where were you last night?" Mikasa asked. Caleb pointed his finger up in a gesture to say "one moment".
He swallowed.
"I slept in the woods, since Maiz had nowhere to sleep last night i gave her my room, heh, it probably fit her better anyway" Caleb replied.
"Well that was nice of you" Krista commented before she drank some water.
"She was our guest, i'm a monster, but i'm not rude" He said as he dug into a T-Bone steak.
While he was eating Caleb looked over at Maiz he saw her lip the words "help me", she felt surrounded and overwhelmed by the constant questions, Caleb could sympathize, for not too long ago was he in the same position.
"Hey guys, give the woman some space, she just got here, you wouldn't want to overwhelm the new kid right?" He told them.
The others backed off and returned to their regular seats.
Miaz lipped the words "thank you".
Caleb gave her a thumbs up.
Their breakfast continued with not much difference compared to their regular schedule, sides a new member that is.
(POV SWAP)
"Commander" Levi walked in the room.
"What is it corporal?" Erwin asked.
"What are we going to do about the second super brat?" Levi asked.
The commander just sat in silence for a few moments before sighing.
"She was very unexpected, but she could be an invaluable ally, since the two Saiyans are extremely strong in both brute strength and tactics...hmmm...we will almost certainly have to have another trial, we will not be able to hide her forever" He started as he got out of his seat and looked out a window.
"She also knows of life outside of earth ...which is unexpected...from what we've gathered...there is an even more powerful foe that could possibly even rival Caleb in power, but we shouldn't consider that until these...Saiyans come to earth in two years time...all we can do right now is wait to see what happens" The commander finished.
"Hmmm, what about the expedition?" The corporal asked.
"The expedition will continue on schedule, in three weeks time...we will wipe the titans out in wall Maria and close the breach, if the skinless titans interrupt our operation...that's what Caleb is for and if the Rogue Titan can be convinced, he will join too, and who knows...maybe Maiz could sneak in the operation" The commander slightly smiled.
"Never figured you for a rule breaker Erwin" Levi commented.
"If it is required I will do what is necessary for humanity,and no one knows of Maiz's existence yet…. so I technically wouldn't be breaking the rules, and if those skinless Titans are too much for one Saiyan, two might have better odds" Erwin said as he turned away from the window.
"Understood commander" The corporal saluted before walking out of the room, leaving the commander to think of how this will work out in greater detail.
(POV SWAP)
"Heh, so to get to the point, that's why you never fish with a fifteen meter titan" Caleb said.
Everyone continued to laugh at the story, it consisted of Rogue getting a hook in his ear and he began to freak out before Caleb corralled him back to the fishing spot to remove the hook, after getting flown around for three minutes.
"Sounds like he's a sensitive guy" Maiz laughed.
"You don't know the half of it" Caleb commented.
"Hmmm..i should really go check up on him, see how he's holding up...hmm...i could do it right now" Caleb said as he considered flying to his brother.
"As long as you don't get caught" Caleb heard from behind him.
"Levi? Huh, your the last person I thought would say that" Caleb commented.
"Do you want me to say yes or no? And take Maiz with you, i really need to have less commotion right now" He said coldly.
"Well, you heard the man, lets go Maiz" Caleb said as he blasted off.
"Hey! Wait up!" Maiz yelled before following suite.
(A FEW MINUTES LATER)
"So ...is Rogue nice around strangers?" Maiz asked whilst they were flying over Rose.
"If your friendly, he's friendly" Caleb replied.
"Okay, good ..cause from what I heard about your little exterminations...he doesn sound like a guy you wanna piss off," she Commented.
"You got that right, just be friendly...just be yourself and you'll be fine...seriously he's like a giant child" He finished as he blasted faster.
It took them a few minutes but they eventually reached the cove and Caleb was immediately met by two, giant green eyes watching him descend from the sky.
"Hey Rogue! Miss me!" Caleb yelled as Rogue blasted out of the hollow tree and charged him and stopped right in front of him before immediately getting on all fours.
"Hey bu-ughh! Hey! I told you- agh!" Caleb yelled as he was assaulted by a giant tongue.
"Pfft, well he's certainly a cute one" Maiz commented as she watched the man get attacked by Titan kisses.
"Okay..okay! That's enough...ugh...it's gonna take forever for this to dry" He looked at his soaked shirt.
Rogue stopped his kiss assault and looked over at Maiz.
"Oh, Rogue this is Maiz….she's a friend..and get this Rogue...she's just like me" Caleb explained as Rogue crawled over to her.
"Uhhh, hi Rogue...its nice to meet you!I've heard a lot about you" she smiled up at the titan.
Rogue looked down at her and hummed in pleasure at the greeting, he liked her.
"Hey, looks like he likes ya" Caleb said as Rogue stood up.
"SOO...SHEEE IKE U..?" Rogue asked.
"Yep" Caleb answered.
"SOO...SHEE KAN..OWER UPPFF IGHT?" Rogue asked.
"Yes again" Caleb replied.
"KAN EII SEEE ITT?" Rogue asked.
"Uhh, sure" Maiz answered.
She began to power up, growling as she did, until it evolved into loud screaming and she powered up to maximum with an aggressive white aura.
"OOOW! U WERE IGHT! SHE ISSS UST IKE U!" Rogue commented as he stared at her aura in wonder.
"So, like what you see?" Maiz asked, Rogue nodded.
"Hey Rogue?..been wondering...have you finally got your power under control?" Caleb asked, Rogue slowly nodded.
"EII IDNT ANT TO EST ITTTT OOT TILLL U ERE HERE, ONT TRUSS NYSELLFFF" Rogue tried his best to explain.
"Hmmm, makes sense I suppose, well lets see it!" Caleb said with excitement. He wanted to see his brother grow stronger, much stronger.
"RRRRR…..RAAAAAAHHH!" Rogue roared with unrivaled fury as slowly but surely..small amounts of lightning began to crackle around him. His veins began to show through his skin until they were bulging, he continued to yell with fury and Caleb could sense his power beginning to rise and slowly his aura began to appear, but it wasn't the regular white, it was a very light blue.
"HAHA thats my bro!" Caleb yelled as he looked at his brother with pride.
Rogue continued to power up until his muscles began to get larger and his power grew to huge proportions.
"Damn...if you continued to train...you could surpass me" Caleb looked up at Rogue in slight awe.
"Uuu REEELLY DINK SOOO?" Rogue asked, now at full power.
"Yeah, just keep at it bud...now we gotta teach you to make energy blasts" Caleb said while he made an energy ball in his hand.
Rogue looked from Caleb's hand to his in confusion before nodding.
(A HALF HOUR LATER)
Rogue looked at his hand in concentration then all of a sudden, a spark of blue light burst from his hands.
"Okay, finally...now remember Rogue..control" Caleb said as Rogue continued to channel his energy.
Rogue growled as he controlled the flow of energy in his body, and in a few moments, finally, a blue ball of energy appeared in his palm.
"There ya go!" Caleb encouraged.
"EIII...EIII...I DIID IT...I DIID IT! HAAA!"Rogue yelled in joy as he looked at the ball in astonishment.
"I'm surprised, he learns fast" Maiz commented, genuinely impressed at his learning capabilities.
"The problem is getting him to concentrate on the goal, everything else is fine" He said, before getting flicked in the head by a giant finger.
"Ow!, Rogue!" Caleb rubbed his head.
Caleb looked over to see Rogue giving him the middle finger, yep...Caleb has influenced him for the worst.
"Okay well, *sigh* Rogue….we should probably head back soon" He said regretfully.
Rogue just slightly whined for a moment before nodding in understanding.
"It's been nice to meet to meet you Rogue!" Maiz smiled up at the titan, Rogue purred in glee from the compliment.
"OH KALE...EE..BB...HOO AR...DUH..NILLTE ONES DOIIINNNG?" Rogue asked, having trouble saying his brother's name.
"Oh, the kids? There doing better than ever!" Caleb answered, Rogue purred in joy at his words, content that his little ones were safe. They continued to do a little bit of catching up before the two knew they had to go back.
"Well Rogue...it's been fun...but don't worry in... three weeks ...were not gonna be separated ever again,promise " Caleb held out his fist, Which Rogue fistbumped.
"See ya Rogue!" Caleb said before he blasted off, waving at the titan.
They blasted out of the cove and flew towards Rose, leaving Rogue behind, wondering what he should do now.
"Quite a productive day so far, taught Rogue about ki...taught him to create ki blasts...i'm quite pleased" Caleb recapped.
"I didn't expect him to learn so fast..it usually takes weeks for someone to learn how to manipulate ki" Maiz explained.
"Well, to be fair ...i have been trying to teach him the technique since I was fourteen so that's about…..six years now" Caleb replied.
"Wait...so your twenty?" Maiz asked.
"Yep, you?" Caleb asked.
"Uhhh, i think im nineteen in your years" she answered.
"Huh, im older than you then" Caleb smirked.
"Why are you smiling?" Maiz asked him with humor.
"Because im one year up on you" Caleb explained.
"Oh, so it's a competition of age now too Huh?" Maiz asked, smiling.
"Well, since we are officially rivals...yes its a competition for everything now" He explained snidely.
"Alright, your on" Maiz agreed.
"Oh, Caleb? I have a question for you" Maiz looked over at him.
"Sure, what is it?" Caleb asked.
"Why is your tail so long?" Maiz asked.
"My tail?" Caleb looked at his tail wrapped around his waist like a belt.
"It's just, my tail isn't nearly as long as yours, not to mention your tail is abnormally thick for a saiyan" She explained as she uncoiled her tail.
"Huh, i guess it is.. wait, could it be because im larger?" Caleb asked.
Maiz shook her head.
"Not really, even the tallest saiyans tails were never that long..and some saiyans were even taller than you...most tails are in a very small size variety ...there's barely any distinction in a Saiyans tail, unless its cut off but that rarely happens." She finished.
"Huh...interesting ... I'll probably find out one of these days" He said before spotting the castle.
"Well, home sweet home" Maiz said as they descended.
They landed and were met by a group of teenagers.
"So how is Rogue doing?" Mikasa asked with slight desperation.
"He's doing fine...better than fine actually, since he has learned how to manipulate ki" He said with pride.
"Wait, so he can throw explosions out of his hands and get stronger at an exponential rate? Like you?" Armin asked.
"Yep...he could surpass me in power if he kept at it...man would that be fun!" He said, getting pumped just thinking about it.
"Man ...you sure love fighting don't you?" Mikasa shaked her head and slightly smiled.
"Well he is a saiyan after all" Maiz explained.
"So, saiyans have an obsession for fighting?" Krista asked.
"Well, yeah...it's really fun...for us i mean" Maiz said.
"Tell me about it!" Caleb interjected.
"Jeez ,you two are perfect for each other" Reiner laughed, causing the two to get embarrassed.
"Whh..wwhat do you mean?!" Maiz asked, her cheeks slightly red.
"Exactly what i said" Reiner replied with a smug smile.
"Ok, I'm gonna forget i heard that…*sigh* well, speaking of fighting, Maiz?" He looked at her to the courtyard.
"Oh, sure!" She yelled as they blasted off to the courtyard.
"Im calling it right now,those two are gonna be a thing" Reiner said.
"How can you be so sure?" Ymir asked.
"What, you got the hots for him too Ymir?" Reiner asked back, causing Ymir to go red in the face.
"Okay, how many of you have the hots for that guy?" Reiner pointed over to Caleb sparring with Maiz.
Ymir sighed and slowly raised her hand, then Krista, Sasha and finally Annie.
"You too Annie!?" Bertholdt asked.
"He's both extremely an strong man and a incrediblely nice at the same time, he's dependable,smart, and shows kindness to those that don't show him that at all...what woman wouldn't fall for him?. He convinced me to join the scouts just to be around him, if it weren't for him...we wouldn't be having this conversation,id be in the military police" Annie explained with an emotionless expression.
"Anyone else?" Reiner asked, nobody else raised their hand.
"Okay then, well Caleb has a harem on his hands" Reiner laughed, before getting punched in the gut by Annie.
"*cough* *cough*...wworth it..aahh!" He said as he rolled on the ground in pain.
The group just laughed at the display.
(POV SWAP)
"Haaah...haaah...haaah.." Caleb breathed heavily as there intense sparring match continued.
"Caleb" He heard from below him.
He looked down to see the commander,he descended and saluted, Maiz following suite.
"At ease, I just wish to discuss some things with you two, if you wouldn't mind" Erwin explained.
"Uhh, sure commander, what do you wish to discuss?" Caleb asked.
Erwin looked at them with calculating eyes.
"The Rogue titan" he answered.
"Oh, okay" Caleb replied.
"I was just wondering if he could be convinced to join us, if it were possible" He explained.
"Uhh, funny you should ask, we actually just visited him," Caleb said.
The commander's eyebrows rose.
"Really?" He asked.
"Yep, and he was quite willing to come home with us….he wishes to see the kids again...he misses them" Caleb replied.
"Understandable,well that was the biggest question I had, and since it will be easy, I no longer need to worry," Erwin said.
"One more thing, is Maiz ready to fight titans? I assume you've already gone over the basics with her?" The commander looked tge saiyan female over.
"Yes sir, she's completely combat ready" Caleb answered, smacking her back.
"Good, we ship out in three weeks and I wanted everyone prepared, although for you two, your situation is going to be a little different than us" Erwin explained.
"How so?" Caleb asked.
"You see, while we are out there, the main goal for us is to block the hole where the colossal titan kicked the wall, we are going to close it up, and our part of the mission will be complete, but as for you two, it will be a little different. Your objective is extermination, you will kill every titan throughout the entire area of the wall, and your mission will not be complete until the last titan is dead, you will start in shiganshina, so as for us to not run into any complications while we're sealing up the wall. We will have wagons containing all the building materials that we need to start" The commander explained in great detail.
"Are you up for it?" He asked the two.
"Oh hell yeah"
"You can count me in"
"Very well and since we do not wish to get in your way,once our part of the mission is complete we will take refuge in the forest of giant trees, which is where the Rogue titan inhabits correct?" Erwin asked.
"Yes that's correct" Caleb answered.
"Well, we shall send in Armin Alert and Mikasa Ackerman to converse with it, explain that were friends, not foes. I'd rather hold up in shiganshina but that would be the place for any of the skinless titans to look should they learn we closed the hole they made" Erwin continued.
"Oh,and how long do you think it would take you to exterminate all the titans from the area of Wall Maria?" Erwin asked.
"I'd say ...at least two days when we start in shiganshina, we can cover a lot of ground in a short amount of time" Caleb answered, rubbing his chin.
"Hmmm, earlier than I had expected...well better to be early than late" Erwin commented.
"That will be all" The commander saluted before walking away.
"Man ...never thought i would participate in another extermination mission" Maiz said to herself.
"Another? This isn't your first one?" Caleb asked, Maiz shook her head.
"Back in the frieza force ...i was forced to exterminate worlds, and once i was done frieza would find a buyer and sell the planet at the highest bidder, same with hundreds of worlds that frieza concurred" She explained.
"So….you killed people?" Caleb asked.
Maiz slowly nodded before looking down in shame.
"If I didn't, they would kill me and every other Saiyan that was left alive, at least that's what they told me," she explained, trying to not remember the screams of all the individuals she's killed,the men, the women, and...the children, she remembers the faces, the planets, the races...everything...having a good memory was her curse, she could remember every single kill...and he regretted every single life tooken. She clenched her fists before feeling a hand on her shoulder. She looked to see Caleb give her a look of understanding, and pity.
"I don't blame you...if our positions were reversed, I would've done the same" Caleb said.
"Thanks" she smiled up at him.
"Don't mention it" he replied.
"So, wanna continue where we left off?" Maiz asked.
"Of course!" Caleb yelled as he charged up and blasted towards her and there punches clashed.
(THREE WEEKS LATER)
It was the day, the day they departed to Maria. The gang were nervous to say the least, since this was the second time they were going to be exposed to the titans, and remembering there last time… they weren't very hopeful they would survive this time...except for the fact they had Caleb.
"Well *crack* it's about time to kick these bastards out of my home" Caleb cracked his knuckles,while on horseback, with Maiz to his left with a hood on, covering her face so as to make her look like a regular scout. She had gotten new clothes as well, over the three weeks they had made survey Corps attire that was designed to fit her, with a small hole in the back for her tail of course.
"So, to recap...aim for the nape right?" Maiz asked.
"Yep, same goes for the intellectual ones...those ones are a bit tougher, just remember the nape is, the, only, way, to ,kill ,them…*sigh*..i'm gonna need mental therapy after this one" Caleb sighed while rubbing his head.
"Why is that?" Maiz asked.
"Did you see me when i saw titans the last time around?...i went fucking ballistic...if i stay like that for two damn days….I'm sure something is gonna get hurt up here" he tapped his skull.
"I'm sure you'll be back to your normal self when this is all over" Maiz tried to reassure him.
"I hope so" He replied before the squad was off to the gate in Calanes district.
(A FEW HOURS LATER)
After a few hours of riding on horseback Caleb was starting to get bored ...like really bored.
He sighed with frustration.
"Uhhhh...Calanes district couldn't come any sooner," He complained to himself.
"Relax, sides don't you want to keep away from the titans as long as possible?" Maiz asked.
Caleb just raised an eyebrow.
"Why would I want to keep away from them?" He asked.
"So you can keep your sanity for as long as possible" Maiz explained.
"I...guess? But the sooner we get there the sooner we can kill all the titans and get Rogue and go home" Caleb replied.
"True" She agreed, might as well get it over with.
The scouts finally hit Calanes district, in which they were met by a large crowd, some with respect in their eyes while others, quite the opposite.
"Huh, I guess opinions on the scouts is a fifty fifty huh?" Maiz asked as they rode past a huge crowd with half of them shouting praises, the other curses.
"Pretty much" Caleb replied.
(THIRTY MINUTES LATER)
They had finally gotten to the gate where the commander was in the front, on his horse.
"Let the expedition ...BEGIN!" The commander yelled as the gate opened and the scouts charged through.
They were in Maria now, titan territory...but not for long.
"Caleb, Maiz...dismount and continue the mission in flight, you'll be our eyes and ears until we hit shiganshina" The corporal yelled from the front. The two saiyans quickly flying into the air, on the lookout for incoming titans.
"Incoming! From the left!" Caleb yelled before blasting off towards the threat, a twelve meter.
"Jesus! These things are ugly!" Maiz yelled in disgust as she got a good look at it. It had an oversized head whilst its body was shriveled up, there wasn't much on the body except for skin and bone, it surprised her this thing could move, let alone walk.
"Heh, I'll end this quickly" Caleb remarked before rushing the beast and landing a haymaker to the titans jaw, sending it flying thirty feet away.
He went after it and once he saw the target through the dust he charged up a ki blast and threw it.
"Eraser Cannon!" He yelled as the ki blast expanded to huge proportions, consuming the titan before exploding, leaving only the titans lower body remaining.
"Okay, actually managed to not lose my mind ...yet" He commented to himself before he returned to titan watch duty.
"So…Eraser cannon? That's your best attack name? Pftt" Maiz covered her mouth,.trying not to laugh.
"Well do you have any ideas?" Caleb asked,filled to the brim with sarcasm.
Maiz shrugged, giggling to herself.
A few minutes of flying and the two saiyans spot ...nothing.
"This isn't right" Caleb remarked as he sniffed the air.
"What's wrong?" Maiz asked.
"There are no titans, and i can't smell anything either ...which is extremely odd, they should be running to the group like a bunch of diabetics in all you can eat buffet" He explained.
"So ...that's bad right?" She asked.
"I….i think so...this isn't normal" Caleb said before descending, with Maiz following.
"No, stay up there and keep an eye out ...something's not right" Caleb ordered, Maiz nodded.
He descended to the front of the formation, and was met by confused stares.
"Corporal Levi...something's not right sir, there should've been more by now" He said, Levi nodded.
"Correct, there should've been more by now...smell anything?" He asked, Caleb shook his head.
"No sir I haven't picked up anything, nothing but cold and old trails...at least seven hours old" Caleb explained.
"Damn it" Levi cursed.
"Wait ...what is that?" Caleb said as they heard...a giant rumble?.
"Be prepared!" Erwin yelled.
Before they know it they saw a giant horde of titans on the horizon, all charging at full speed...like moths to a light.
"But how?!...how could I not smell them?!" Caleb yelled in disbelief.
"That doesn't matter now! We need to get rid of them!, Caleb! Provide a distraction!" Levi yelled.
Caleb blasted towards the horde, mass firing ki blasts as he did so, with Maiz following his example.
"RAAAAAHH!" He yelled as he charged up to full power before firing a giant beam from his right hand.
"Omega blaster!" He yelled right before the beam made contact with the horde, annihilating a huge chunk of the titans, before more took their place.
"Storm whip!" Maiz yelled as a giant whip of green ki appeared from her hand as she began slashing titans left and right, taking multiple titans out with one swing, slicing them to bits.
'Damn, she never told me she could do that!' Caleb thought with amazement before continuing to throw ki blasts at the horde of abominations.
Caleb continued to release more and more power until he began to rip out so much it began to drain his sanity in exchange for his strength.
"Hehehe…..HAAHAHAHAH!" He suddenly began laughed sadistically before he began to throw larger, even more devastating attacks
"Caleb! Don't lose yourself!, not yet!" Maiz yelled before slicing a titan down the middle, killing the creature before charging into the horde and spinning at a horizontal angle, cutting of heads left and right until half the horde was decapitated.
"Rrrrrr...RAAAAAHH!" Caleb yelled before grabbing a titan corpse by the foot and using it like a club, smashing titans to the ground with one of their own, and feeling sadistic bliss while doing so.
They continued to kill every single titan in sight...until there was nothing left but bones and steaming blood.
"Haaah...haaah" Caleb breathed heavily, not from fatigue, but from the mental strain of trying to keep himself in check.
"You alright?" Maiz asked while walking over to him.
"Yeah...yyeah im fine..haah..okay..i'm good" he replied as he looked over at her.
"What was that trick you learned?" Caleb asked, smiling, now finally in control.
"Oh, hehe...i uhh...may have kept that a secret...hehehe" she laughed.
"*sigh*...well let's get back to group" Caleb said before blasting off.
"Right behind you" Maiz said before following suite.
(POV SWAP)
"Armin, you think those two will be okay?" Mikasa asked.
"Those two could take out that horde easily...it's Caleb's sanity that I worry about" Armin replied, before hearing something before seeing Caleb and Maiz behind them.
"See? Easy" Connie remarked.
Caleb flew to the front while Maiz stayed in lookout.
"Sir, the horde was exterminated" he reported.
"Good..we have a ways to go from here..hopefully things will go according to plan from here" Levi replied with an unreadable expression.
"Sir yes sir" Caleb saluted before going back to lookout position.
(QUITE A FEW HOURS LATER)
It was close to nightfall and the scouts had just reached the outside of shiganshina district, the scouts had scaled the wall and looked down at the devastated district.
Cakeb looked at shiganshina in complete disgust...titans everywhere...disgusting. Caleb clenching his fist till his nails made his hands bleed, the blood starting to drip to the ground, getting his friends attention.
"Caleb?" Krista said with worry.
"*sigh*...yes?" He asked,trying to keep his composure as he could feel his sanity slipping.
"Are you okay?" She asked.
"Physically...yes...mentally…...hell no ... I used to walk in that town Krista...i knew people there..i remember the happy store clerks to the children that ran the streets, always playing.. I remember... Mom...dad..one of the happiest couples I had ever seen..then ...those...those bastards! Come to my home and take away everything from me!" Caleb yelled, his eyes beginning to flash from black to yellow.
"Its okay to feel the rage you know...just harness it" The corporal explained.
"Alright...harness it" Caleb looked at the devastated city, remembering all the harm caused by the titans,. He remembers trying to safe as many people as he could...until he found his house...and his dying mother...the memory made his logical thought almost go down the drain as his eyes were now constantly flashing from yellow to black...his aura not turned green however...he was trying to control it into one narrow source, it was working.
"Remember...extermination...no titan is allowed to leave shiganshina alive...am i understood?" The commander asked.
"Yes sir!" Caleb and Maiz said simultaneously.
"Good. Once you are done, fire the flare..now get to it...happy hunting" Erwin smiled.
"Lets go!" Caleb before blasting off into the city.
"Don't need to tell me twice!" Maiz yelled as she followed her fellow saiyan.
The two instantly got the attention of a few titans. They slowly drew towards them and Caleb bursted towards them and landed a doubt axe handle to a thirteen meters head and before it could recover Caleb plunged his hand into the nape and fired a ki blast inside of nape, causing an explosion of blood, the titan was dead. The next target was a five meter, it leaped into the air, mouth wide open. Caleb caught the titan by it's jaws, trying to close around him. Caleb opened his mouth and before anyone could see it, a ki beam fired through the titans mouth, through the nape, killing the creature. Caleb threw the worthless pile of meat into a building before looking for his next victim.
"Oh this is so much FUN!" He yelled.
"Lets try and have the prey come to me! HAHAHA!" He laughed before his sadistic smile slowly disappeared and instead his face look like that of a rapid wolf, canines showing and a feral look in his eye, with no other objective than to destroy.
He screamed with an ungodly fury...but it wasn't a normal roar ,this one was different...it was extremely loud, so much that windows that weren't broken from titan footsteps shattered from the sound, the very ground itself began to shake, high winds were caused by it...its purpose was a beacon...a false dinner bell, causing the entire population of titans in the district to hear him and head in his direction.
"RAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" He continued to roar, making sure every titan heard his cry of their impending doom, and his ultimate revenge...a challenge to truly see who was the dominant species on this planet.
The titans closed in, all having one goal in their mind...the desire to feed...but little did they know they were like flies..being led into a venus fly trap.
They continued to converge until the entire district was on top of him, but he had made a plan.
He continued to scream, but this time he was charging up his energy, waiting for just the right moment to strike. He saw his window and his white aura turned into a dark green, his eyes turned permanently yellow. The aura began to change from flames into a giant ball surrounding him and with one final yell of rage, a giant three hundred and sixty degree mass spread of ki blasts erupted around him and consumed the entire area of the town in explosions and green flames, erasing all titans in its vicinity.
Maiz just watched the spectacle in slight awe, but also in slight disappointment for he stole all the kills.
Caleb descended into a small crater created by his extraordinary power, holding his head in mental pain..trying to control himself.
"Come...onnn ...get...out!"Caleb yelled before he exploded with his regular white ki, his eyes now black and his mind instantly calming down.
Maiz flew over to him and landed.
"You alright now?" She asked.
"Yes, I'm fine ...fire the flare" Caleb ordered, still holding his head.
Maiz nodded before taking the flare from a pouch on her waist and fired it.
(POV SWAP)
"Commander, mission successful, we can start sealing up the hole" Hange said while holding a telescope.
"But what about the hole the Armored Titan made to allowed the titans from shiganshina to invade wall Maria?" Armin asked.
"An excellent question...well since those two will be completely exterminating the titans in Wall Maria...we figured the titans would be too far and between to actually pose a threat that we couldn't handle" Hange explained.
As they talked,Caleb and Maiz landed on top of the wall.
They walked over to Erwin and saluted.
"What next sir?" Caleb asked.
"Next you will begin to exterminate the entire population of titans in wall Maria...the execution of the extermination will be left up to you two" The commander answered.
Caleb and Maiz looked at each other before discussing.
"So...how about you start going right and I'll go left...and we'll meet up at the other side" Caleb explained.
"Sure...seems like a good enough plan to me" Maiz agreed.
"See ya in two days!" Caleb yelled as the two blasted off in opposite directions.
And so they started their mass extermination of the titans in Maria.
(DAY ONE)
Caleb and Maiz started in the forests, since they knew that those were the most difficult places to track and find every single one. Once they had turned the titan population in the forests to ash they set their sights on the towns, since they knew the titans desperation for a meal would lead them to where humans inhabited, their smell was intoxicating to the beasts.
Once most of the cities had been cleared, Caleb had begun to smell the titans out while Maiz tried sensing them, because life, no matter how lifeless they looked, were still alive and all living beings have a ki signature. So they continued to purge and slowly the night turned into day.
Caleb wasn't doing the hottest in terms of sanity so he decided to take 30 minute breaks every time he cleared an area, just to keep his wits about him.
(DAY 2)
They were hunting the last remains of the titans until they met at the other side,it was the afternoon… and just one titan remained ...but the question is...who was gonna kill it first. Caleb and Maiz looked at the other with playful eyes and they put their hands up...for rock, paper, scissors!. One, two,three!... Maiz had rock,and Caleb had scissors.
Caleb cursed before Maiz charged the titan, smiling while she did so. She got the titans attention and before the beast could charge her, she materialized a ki whip from her hand and swung at the titan, cutting it straight through the nape, killing it.
The whip in Maiz's hand dissolved into the air and she sighed, relieved that the job was finally over.
"We should get paid for this" she said as she stretched in mid air, hearing her back crack as she did so.
"I wouldn't mind that, heh if i got five coins for every titan i killed...I'd be rich ...eh, but who cares about money anyway," Caleb replied, getting a raised eyebrow in return.
"What?" He asked.
"You don't care about money?" Maiz asked.
"Well, i see the point of it...but as you know...I lived out in the woods for years ...and unless you have some weird wildlife, animals don't exactly care about gold coins" He joked.
"Heh, fair point...wait what were we supposed to do when we were done again?" Maiz asked.
"Were supposed to meet up with the rest of the scouts in the forest where Rogue lives, you know...the place we visited three weeks ago" Caleb explained.
"Oooohhh, okay let's go!" Maiz yelled before blasting off, remembering immediately where it was.
"Okay" Caleb followed suite.
It had only taken the two a few minutes to reach the area the scouts were held up...which was right inside the cove.
"Huh...never thought I'd see the day where people would be here" Caleb said to himself as he saw the wagons and horses as he landed, and of course the scouts.
"He's certainly way more carefree than I was expecting" Petra said as she watched the Rogue titan cuddling with Armin and Mikasa.
"Yeah, people always assume that he's a monster...but he's the exact opposite" Caleb said from behind Petra, making the girl jump.
Caleb laughed.
"That wasn't very nice!" Petra screamed out of fear.
"It was still funny, was it not?" He asked, causing everyone to laugh, even Petra.
"Well well, i guess your as good of a comedian as you are a fighter" Maiz said from behind him, causing Caleb to smirk.
"I'm just in a good mood...no..a great mood...finally...no current threat of titans trying to kill my friends and family...i can feel…..peaceful for once...hmph…..maybe even a little content" He slightly huffed before walking over to his family.
Maiz watched him leave with an unreadable expression.
'Again, he's so unlike any other saiyan I've ever met, most of them are just cocky, overconfident assholes...and i don't wanna think about that whole "saiyan pride" junk...but that guy is different...did he get hit on the head or something? guess I'll never know' She thought while watching them catch up.
"So Rogue, ready to head home tomorrow?" Mikasa asked the titan, getting a lick and purring in reply.
(POV SWAP)
Caleb looked over at the tree in the middle of the cove and began walking over to it with a feeling of nostalgia.
He walked into the hollow tree and looked around, nothing had changed besides a few more pieces of junk Rogue had collected, it was all here...all the toys and all the memories.
Caleb sighed as he looked at all the pictures that were nailed to the side of the hollow, all the good times from when Mikasa and Armin were little and before Caleb's soul had been shattered to pieces, leaving him a psycho with the only purpose of exterminating every single titan on this planet. He grew solemn as he remembered what he had devolved into...he thought his parents were probably ashamed of him, that he was a disgrace to the Jaeger name, he clenched his fist at the thought.
They were probably disgusted they had raised him...a true failure. He began to tear up as he thought about how his parents probably thought of him. He quickly regained himself realizing that he was probably just overthinking things, Carla and Grisha could never hate him, at least that's what he hoped.
He walked out of the hollow to see Rogue showing the scouts his ability to manipulate ki, they looked at his aura with pure awe.
"So your just like Caleb ...that's AWESOME!" Connie yelled at the sight.
"That's so cool" Krista said in fascination.
"Pretty impressive huh?" They turned to see Caleb walking towards them.
"Yeah, we never thought Rogue could do such a thing" Armin replied as he looked at the titans aura.
"But why is it blue?" Armin asked.
Caleb shrugged his shoulders.
"Don't ask me, its like my aura ...turns from white to green...no idea why but it happens" He explains.
"Ki is so confusing" Mikasa stated, causing Caleb to laugh.
"Got that right ...don't forget power levels are bullshit" Caleb added.
"Wait, power levels?" Armin asked.
"Yeah, it's a measurement of who's stronger than who...take me and Maiz for example" He points to the woman in question.
"My power level is higher than Maiz's, Maiz's power level is higher than Rogue's...but I've learned that its a bunch of bull…. you can't measure power like that ...it just doesn't work that well" He explained.
"Huh, why's that?" Sasha asked.
"Because it can depend on your emotions, your experiences...hell it can even depend on if your excited or not...I've realized there's just too many factors to accurately measure it" Caleb continued.
"Interesting" Hange commented while writing in her journal.
"So,Rogue...wanna spar?" Caleb asked, smiling with a challenging look in his eyes.
Rogue looked at him with surprise at his sudden challenge, but slowly had a smile on his face, even with no lips.
"Can you fly?" Caleb asked.
Rogue looked at the ground for a moment before his aura began to grow around him and ever so slowly he began to slightly float off the ground.
"How did you learn that!? It takes years to learn how to fly!" Maiz yelled in pure shock.
"KK..KAA..LLEE..BB TAAT NEE OWW ITT OORKEED EFOREE HEE AN NITTLE ONNES LLLEFF" Rogue tried to explain, coughing afterwards.
"Really?" Maiz looked over a Caleb.
"Well...in case he ever learned how to manipulate ki i taught him how to in theory, if he ever learned it...which he did and look at him now!" Caleb replied.
Rogue lifted his hand and waved towards himself in a gesture that said " come at me". Caleb smiled before he blasted into the air, even beyond the clouds, with Rogue in suite.
The two met above the clouds, fists raised...ready to fight. Caleb charged him and Rogue cocked his fist and they blasted toward the other, roaring as they did so. Their fists collided, cause all the clouds in the area to dissipate from the pure impact. Rogue launched a huge kick at Caleb, which he dodged with ease before charging and landing a punch point blank into Rogues stomach. Rogue coughed up phlegm before throwing a huge ki blast at Caleb, sending him flying. Caleb recovered and fired his own ki blasts. Rogue tried to dodge but because of his huge frame a majority of the attacks hit their target. Rogue yelled in surprise before he began charging his ki, roaring with determination while he did so. Caleb responded by charging up as well, their auras becoming so large they collided with one another, creating a beautiful lightning show of white and blue.
They charged at each other once more and threw out flurries of punches and kicks, their attacks constantly meeting each other, causing shockwaves so powerful that even the people at the cove could feel them. Rogue landed a kick to Caleb's body, sending him flying miles away.
Caleb recovered and blasted right back at him and landed a solid punch to the titans jaw, his head getting knocked sideways at the recoil before he hit Caleb with punch to the head, sending him flying once again, Caleb had to hand it to his brother, his hits weren't that powerful in terms of ki, but in terms of pure raw muscle he could not be beat.
Rogue's lipless maw had breaches of energy coming out of the spaces between his teeth. Caleb realized what he was doing, and he was planning to meet him in kind, he began to charge up, his aura growing even more aggressive and slowly steam started seeping through his teeth, charging his attack. They launched their gigantic ki beams out of there mouths! their beams colliding, blue clashing with green to create an amazing display of color and power. They were in a stalemate until Caleb increased his energy, causing his beam to slowly overpower Rogues and eventually his beam completely overpowered the titan, Rogue was enveloped in a beam of light before it exploded.
Once the smoke cleared Caleb could see a burned covered, panting,Rogue, the flesh wounds slowly regenerating from the trauma.
"You okay bud?" Caleb asked.
Rogue slowly nodded, breathing heavily from the blast.
Caleb hovered over to him.
"Sorry for putting so much force into it...i guess i was having too much fun hahahaha" He laughed nervously, before hearing a loud huffing noise, realizing that Rogue was laughing along with him.
Rogue gave him a lick to tell him it's alright.
"As long as you're okay" Caleb responded.
"We should probably head back now...although I wouldn't mind a rematch later" Caleb said before Rogue nodded and the two flew back to the cove.
(A FEW MINUTES LATER)
"So...when are we heading back to Rose?" Connie asked while they were in the cove.
"Tomorrow, since Maria is secure once more we don't need to worry about more hordes, but the titans could just break the walk again, since there very persistent" Levi answered before sipping his tea.
"So why not head back now?" Caleb asked.
"Because the horse's are completely exhausted, they need rest" Erwin explained.
"Okay, good enough for me" Caleb replied before walking towards the huge tree and climbing it.
"What are you doing?" Maiz asked.
"Resting" Caleb answered before he began to hang upside down from the tree by his tail.
"That does not look like resting" Maiz replied while floating onto the branch he was hanging from.
"Well I learned that i can stay like this with no adverse side effects, kinda like bats" He explained.
"Really, didn't know we could do that" Maiz commented in fascination.
"Hell I've even fell asleep like this once" Caleb said.
"Really? Why do you not let go?" Maiz asked.
"From what I've experienced...its like your tail locks if its wrapped around something when you fall asleep...it's weird...it's like my muscles lock while I'm unconscious" Caleb explained.
"Huh, I wonder if I can do that" She wondered as she crouched down and wrapped her tail around the branch and began to hang upside down.
"Wow...i don't feel dizzy at all like people tell me it's like" She looked around while upside down.
"Yeah, it's the weirdest thing" Caleb responded.
"Well, im gonna take a nap" Caleb said before he closed his eyes.
"Ya know what, I'll join you" Maiz replied as she too,closed her eyes.
The two both slowly fell into a light nap.
(MANY HOURS LATER)
"Hey! Wake up!" The two heard and they awoke to see jean prodding Caleb in the face with a stick.
Caleb bit the stick and ripped it out of jeans hands and spit it away.
"Hey! It wasn't my fault you guys weren't waking up!" Jean yelled, causing them to wake up completely, although not very pleased about it.
"Jean ...give me one good reason not to kick your ass" Caleb asked as he showed his canines as an intimidation display, and it was working.
"Uhhh, th..the commander told me to!" Jean yelled. Caleb stopped showing his fangs and dropped from the tree, with Maiz following his lead.
"Well..its morning so that wasn't just a nap" Maiz yawned.
"Huh, you think so?" Caleb asked sarcastically, getting a playful gaze from Maiz in return.
"Well, we're getting ready to head back to Rose" Armin explained to the two as they walked towards the group.
"Okay, good enough for me" Caleb replied.
The two Saiyans watched the scouts load up the wagons and mount their horses, and set off.
Caleb and Maiz were still on titan watch, one could never be too careful.
"Hey Caleb?" Maiz asked.
"Yes?" Caleb looked over.
"Isn't tonight a full moon?" She asked.
Caleb looked at her, confused before nodding.
"Okay, so we'll need to stay inside for the whole night," she explained.
"Wait...why?" Caleb asked, even more confused.
"So we don't turn into great apes, duh" She answered, but it just made him even MORE confused.
"Wait, great ape? What's that?" Caleb asked.
Maiz looked at him with wide eyes, he didn't know what a great ape was!? That both confused and shocked her equally.
"You know...when you stare at the moon you transform into a giant ape?" She said, trying to understand how he didn't know.
"I can stare at the moon and I'm fine, it just makes me less sane, kinda like fighting titans" Caleb explained. Maiz's eyes widened even more.
"So...your saying...that you don't transform when you look at the moon?" She asked.
"No, I don't...I'm just more aggressive is all" He replied.
'Thats ...That's impossible! Every Saiyan transforms! How?..is this because he's the legendary super saiyan? But why? How does it make sense!?' Maiz thought in complete confusion.
"Is something wrong Maiz?" Caleb asked.
"Yeah, just a bit blown away by that...no other Saiyan is like that ...its ...a complete shock is all" Maiz explained.
"So ...all other Saiyans can transform into these...great apes?" Caleb asked.
"Yes, it increases their power by ten times...but it comes at a cost to most, unless they are trained by the royal family..or by some miraculous feat of self control happens...they cannot control the form...it consumes them...they become mindless beasts with a thirst for endless destruction" Maiz answered.
"Huh ...is it really a bad thing that I can't do it then?" Caleb asked.
"It's not a bad thing Caleb, it's just...the most abnormal of abnormals" She replied.
"Well my mom always did say i was different Haha!" Caleb laughed.
Maiz just shook her head, smiling while doing so.
"We'll probably be back by late afternoon, by the looks of the sun...so that means we'll have enough time to get you away from the moons light" Caleb explained.
"Okay, but if i do transform ...cut off my tail okay?" she asks, suddenly serious.
"Uhhh, sure...i'm guessing that reverts you back right?" Caleb asked.
"Yes, it will revert me back to normal, and I won't be able to transform ever again" Maiz answered.
"Okay, good" He says as they continue to look for titans, only to be met by a few herds of deer and a few flocks of birds.
"Heh ...RAAAAHH!" Caleb roared, but it sounded more like a lion than a man. The animals in the vicinity all looked towards them, the deer putting their heads down in a sign of submission.
"What was that about?" Maiz asked, curious as to why he roared all of a sudden.
"It's just something I learned, I guess since i'm a saiyan i'm more in tune with the animal's than with man...they basically see me as their universal alpha" He explained.
"Huh, weird...I've mostly been on spaceships my whole life so I never had the chance to interact with wildlife all that often" Maiz responded.
"Really? That's disappointing, you can practically read animals like books if you get good enough...hell they can even understand ya" Caleb explained.
"You serious?" Maiz asked, slightly shocked.
"Yep, watch" He said as a bird flew by.
He growled and the bird heard Caleb and looked over at him. Caleb growled again, asking the bird if it could bob its head back and forth, and the bird did what it was told, it waved its head back and forth over and over before Caleb growled once more,telling the creature it could leave, the bird responded by flying off.
"Wow, huh...interesting" Maiz commented, intrigued.
"I can teach you after we get home and this whole full moon thing blows over, again," Caleb said.
The two fell into silence for a minutes before Maiz decided to break the silence.
"So….how about we spar after tonight? like..the next morning? Then we could so the animal training?" Maiz asked.
"Sure" Caleb answered.
"Okay, cool" Maiz replied.
The two kept talking about their plans till the sun was about set until they finally saw wall Rose, they were home,Rogue with them...just like Caleb promised three years ago.
"Finally, we're home!" Connie yelled.
"About time!" Reiner yelled as well.
"Maiz, put on your hood and mount a horse" The commander ordered. Maiz put her hood up and landed onto a horse.
They had reached the gate and had entered Calanes district.
The walked through the district and were immediately barraged by people.
"Is that the Rogue titan!?"
Is that person flying?...im not hallucinating right?"
"What's the Rogue doing here!?"
"Is that the hero of Maria!?"
They tried their best to move out of the district as quickly and as peacefully as possible, without disturbing the local population.
(A FEW HOURS LATER)
The scouts were about to reach headquarters before their torches burnt out.
"Shit" Jean cursed.
"How are we gonna get home now?" Connie asked.
Caleb got an idea.
His body suddenly erupted with a bright, glowing, white aura.
"Oh ...that works" Connie remarked.
"Rogue" Caleb looked up at the titan, Rogue nodded before his body was engulfed with huge, blue flames.
"No such thing as too many torches" Maiz chuckled, she was unaffected because of the hood, it was blocking the blutz waves from reaching her eye's, well, at least not enough for her to transform.
They had continued their trek until, after another half hour, they had reached headquarters.
"Oh, finally!" Caleb yelled.
"So, where do we put the titan?" Maiz asked, since she remembered there not really being a place where Rogue could sleep.
"Uhh,hehe" Caleb nervously laughed.
END OF CHAPTER 14 ...SO HOW WAS IT? I HOPE IT WAS GOOD ...STAYED UP ALL NIGHT WITH FOUR CUPS OF COFFEE BUT I DID IT! REVIEW AND IF YOU DON'T MIND ...I'M GONNA PASS OUT NOW….ZZZZZ