I'm sooooooo sorry about he long overdue update! I hope everyone had a good Christmas (well, tried to anyway) I had a bit of a writers block after the last chapter I made, so I hope this will make up for it. Here are the nicknames that Isabel and Farlan have gave their 'Aunts' and 'Uncles'
Erwin- Uncle Eyebrows
Hanji- Aunt Crazy Lady
Armin- Uncle Coconut
Jean- Uncle Horsey
Sasha- Aunt Potato
Connie- Uncle Baldy
Christa- Aunt CC
Ymir- Aunt Freckles
Reiner- Uncle Buffy
Bertholdt- Uncle Tree
Basically, the twins have picked up the names that Levi had called them at a young age, it's easier for them to learn who's who by appearance. That part is gonna be so funny to write XD Enjoy!
It was now midday. Eren and Levi were standing in front of HQ, with Isabel and Farlan in Eren's arms. Both kids were a bit scared and shy, they were finally gonna meet everyone else and it was a scary thing. They also learnt names of the people they were about to see, it was crazy to think that their fathers lived here. Eren gently placed his kids feet first on the ground, their eyes had sparkled and shown as they saw the huge castle like building. It was huge! They could hear loads of chatter from the other side of the closed gate. Farlan looked up at Levi, hugging his two lizards close to him. "Papa, what if they don't like us?"
Levi looked down at his son, looking into those emerald green eyes that shown fear and slight rejection. He knows that his kids were special but he also knows, that most of the scouts know too. They haven't been here for 4 years, it was a long time. "I wouldn't worry about it, me and your dad will be here to set everyone straight"
Isabel nodded with a huge smile on her face. "Yeah Farlan! Both papa and daddy will protect us! We wanna be brave like the scouts right!?"
Farlan nodded at his sister, with a smile of his own. "Yeah, you're right Izzy! We'll be brave like the scouts!"
The girls cheeks puffed out with annoyance. "Stop calling me Izzy!"
Eren chuckled as he leant down, ruffling his kids hair jokily. "Cut it out, You're the bravest kids I know. You'll be fine"
Once everything settled, Levi walked over to the gate and opened it with both of his arms, walking inside with his family tagging behind him. Some of scouts stopped what they were doing and looked. Whispered talks could be heard but soon it turned to smiles, big ones actually. "Oh my gosh, they're back! The kids look so darn cute!" All of scouts were giving out sweet compliments at Isabel and Farlan, which made the pair smile brightly. There was no need to be scared.
Isabel's silver eyes caught the sight of a cadet with blonde hair and bright blue eyes, but his hair was like an undercut style. She saw that he was approaching them and she knows who this is. "Hello Uncle Coconut!"
It was Armin, he looked down and gave off a chuckle. Uncle Coconut? That's a new one for the books. "It's good to see you again, Isabel and Farlan. And yes, my name's Armin. I'm sure you heard all sorts about me"
Farlan nodded with a huge smile. "Uh huh! Daddy always talked about you and Uncle Horsey!"
This made Levi turn his head at his partner, with a look of annoyance. "And you told me to not give out nicknames"
Eren just rubbed his neck with a nervous laugh. "It was funny at the time. Speaking of the horse, where is he? You guys still together? And what's with the new haircut"
The blonde just smiled like normal. It was great to have his best friend back again after so long. "He's gone to pick Yukki from school" He didn't even notice little Farlan had a splash of red on his cheeks. "She only goes half a day, so they should be back soon. Yeah, we're still together and it's been pretty crazy around here. Ever since you guys were gone, Jean got asked to be the captain until you guys came back"
"Captain huh?" Levi muttered, arms folded. "Well, he can kiss that role goodbye"
The blonde laughed slightly. "He did a good job actually! Trained everyone really good, we haven't many deaths this year. We have lost a few people on missions, which was expected"
"Did...Did you guys find out who sent that flare? Where you found Yukki that day?" Eren asked.
Armin sighed as he folded his arms. His face looking stern and hard as he thought back on that information. "We know who it was, we found out a month after you guys left. It was a member of the MPs. Myself and Jean had questioned the person for answers, as Yukki is our little girl. She is everything to us. Apparently they got force to do this, by someone unknown" He continued to speak as they now started to walk towards the mess hall. "We still don't know who it is but...they said that they murdered the family and stole Yukki at dawn, a few hours before the mission. Stole a flare gun and fled the scene when we arrived"
"Did they say their names?"
Armin took a seat at one of the benches. "They work for a guy, apparently he's nicknamed 'Kenny the Ripper'?"
Levi froze, he gripped the edge of the table as his knuckles started to turn white. Isabel and Farlan paid no attention as they played on the floor with their soft toys. Levi knows who that bastard was. That fucker was known for killing over 200 MPs by slitting their throats years ago. Eren and Armin noticed how Levi was stood still. "I know Kenny, he raised me"
"What?!" Armin and Eren said, looking over at the captain for information. "He raised you?"
"Back when I was just a little brat, my mother died from a disease" The captain said, running a hand through his raven locks. "It must of been days when he found me...he took me in and took care of me but the wrong way. Yes, he fed me but it wasn't the point. He taught me how to use a knife, I killed a lot of people in the underground...Kenny was a psychopath, he taught me that I needed to fight to stay alive. One day, I must of been like twelve or thirteen...I nearly killed a market stall worker, I had him at knife point and that day...Kenny had walked away and left me to fend for myself"
Eren placed a hand on his partner's shoulder for comfort. "And you think he caused this?"
Levi clicked his tongue. "Tch, what else? He must of used Yukki has bait to get to me that day. However, I told you and Kirstien to check it out" Then he looked down at Isabel and Farlan "Now, I have to make sure that Kenny doesn't get these two"
"Erwin has placed more night watchers out at night" Armin stated. "Kenny has yet to show up again after that, he must of been waiting for you to come back"
"How's everyone else been?" Eren asked, he wanted to change the subject as he was feeling Levi tremble next to him in anger.
Armin got up and made a pot of tea that was already made. Hanji had invented some kind of flask that keeps tea or coffee hot for hours, it was pretty handy to have. He poured 3 cups of black tea. He handed two cups over and had one for himself. "Well, a lot had went down when you guys left. Mikasa went crazy when she heard you guys left here when Isabel and Farlan were still babies. She's calmed down a lot though, I think she had some time to think about her actions"
"In what way?" Levi asked, taking a sip of his tea.
Armin added two tea spoons of sugar and a small amount of milk to his tea. "Mikasa spent most of the time in the dungeons to think, I think she was down there for at least a week. She was really depressed and upset with herself, Erwin or Hanji had to bring down her food and drink every night" He quickly took a sip of his tea before continuing. "We all forgave her in the end, it took us awhile to gain her trust again. She wants her brother back and she is willing to accept her niece and nephew"
Farlan looked up from the floor and blinked his emerald eyes up at Armin. "Aunt Mika's sorry?"
"But Aunt Mika hurt daddy's feelings" Isabel sadly said.
Eren got up from the bench and knelt down in front of his little kids, smiling sadly. "I'm sure she's sorry, it will take me some time to trust her again but I forgave her ages ago. If you two are frightened of her, then stay with me or papa okay?" He saw his kids nod as they understood.
"What else has been going on?" Levi asked.
Armin sighed as he started to think of everything that has been going on. "Well, Christa or in this case Historia, is now the queen of the walls-"
"WHAT!? Since when was Christa crowned queen?!"
"Ever since they found out that King Fritz was fraud and that Historia has royal blood in her veins. Her father was part of the royal family, they are the ones that have the Founding Titan but it was stolen. No one knows where it is and Historia needs to claim it back by eating a titan shifter who has it. The walls even have titans inside of it, which was kept hidden from us" The blonde said, his eyes narrowed slightly. "We even know who are the Armoured and Colossal Titan"
Eren's eyes widen up, this was new. He was finally gonna know who they were, the rightful killers that destroyed his home and resulted in his mother's death. "W-Who?"
Blue eyes looked into teal of his best friend. "Just promise not to freak when I tell you, they're waiting to stand trial. They offered themselves in about a month ago and they're willing to say information they have in court. It's Reiner and Bertholdt"
This was a lot to take in. Reiner and Bertholdt were the shifters. Eren just staid frozen at this information, then he rose up and left the mess hall. Isabel and Farlan wanted to follow their daddy but Levi gently picked them up. "Daddy needs some time to himself, he'll be back later...okay?"
"...Okay" They both said with a frown. They hated seeing their daddy upset.
All of a sudden, the door opened up again. There stood Jean with little Yukki in his arms, who was holding onto her book and bag. Yukki's golden eyes smiled brightly, her glasses were tilted to one side "Daddy! Daddy! I'm home!" Farlan's little face started to go red again, all he could think about was that kiss she gave him this morning. Then, her eyes found Farlan's, she waved cutely as she smiled. "Hello again Farlan!"
Farlan gulped as he waved back, looking all shy.
Jean put Yukki down as she ran over to Armin and gave him a hug. Armin giving off a chuckle as he kisses her strawberry blonde hair. "Hello my little bug, how was school?"
"It was loads of fun daddy!" She shrieked out with joy. "We learnt a lot about different colours, there are so many! I even have a favourite colour now and it's blue! Just like the ocean daddy!" For a little girl, she sure talks a lot. But then she frowned as she gave Armin his book, it was all damp and dirty. "I erm...I ruined your book-"
"No you didn't" Farlan spoke up, feeling brave as he clutched his fists together. "Uncle Coconut, Yukki didn't ruin your book...these mean girls did! They threw it into a dirty puddle!"
Isabel blinked over at her brother, since when was he this brave? Especially in front of a girl that isn't her.
Armin blinked down at his book then over to Farlan, then he looked into his daughter's eyes that were shield by her glasses. "Are those girls picking on you again?"
Yukki nodded as she looked to the floor. "They treat me different...because I don't have a mommy and that I have two daddy's. They call me weird and a loser for believing in the outside world..." Then she started to cry. "They won't leave me alone!"
Jean came over and rubbed his little girl's back to give her comfort. "I swear I'll go to that school myself and have a word with your teacher, this has gone too far"
Levi would of felt the same if his kids acted like this, instead of talking, he would kill those bullies on the spot but he's not cold hearted. He got up from his seat and got in front of Yukki, ruffling her hair. This made her look into Levi's steel eyes as she wiped her face. "How about Farlan and Isabel go to school with you? They can protect you"
"Captain, you don't have t-"
"Ackerman blood runs through them, and they can take care of themselves" He said. "Which school is it?"
"Rosalie Primary School" Armin answered.
Levi nodded. "I'll go there tomorrow, you two brats ready to learn?" He looked down at his kids. They gave him a nodded with a smile on their little faces. "School is not place to fool around. Make sure you listen to your teachers, do your school work and make sure you sanitize yourselves when you come back, I don't wanna catch any dirty snotty germs from a dirty kid, understood?" Then he turned to Jean. "And another thing, I want my role as captain back"
"Yes sir!" Jean, Farlan and Isabel said.
