Hey guys. Here's another chapter for you all and I hope you're enjoying yourselves. I really hope I'm doing a great job with the characters and I'd love to hear what you all have to say. Thanks to all those that followed and favorited my fic. I appreciate it. Alright, on with the story.

"So, are you excited?" Mikasa started as she walked with her son on the barren cornfields. Several volunteers wandered around. Some were carrying out stretches and other workouts while others only loitered and lazed around.

"Not even the slightest bit," Junior responded as they stopped waking, "I'm really nervous right now."

The woman then tilted her head as her silver eyes filled with curiosity and concern, "what made you join in the first place?"

"I don't know, I-I just…" he started before sighing, "I was thinking joining the military would bring me closer to dad but now… everything seems so…" he trailed off.

"Intimidating?" Mikasa completed as her son nodded. She then looked at him before chuckling, "we haven't even begun training and you're already giving up? You have Ackerman blood; you know?"

The male rolled his eyes in annoyance, "ugh, why do you always say that? I don't even know what you mean by it," he said before stuffing his hands in his pockets and sighed, "I just don't know if I can make it. I mean, if making it through gym class was a miracle, what more the army?"

"Just give it a bit of time," Mikasa responded before turning, "you'll get the hang of it. It's in your blood." With that, the woman walked off to join the other adults.

"What's so special about my blood?" Junior groaned himself as he watched his mother walk off. Her ambiguity was getting rather annoying.

"Hey Levi!" Irene's voice called out, forcing Junior to turn and look in her direction. She was standing with a few other teenagers and was motioning for him to join her.

Junior jogged over to the group and when he arrived, he couldn't help but notice that some of the boys were laughing. "What's so funny?"

"Don't mind these guys," she dismissed before looking back at him with excitement, "aren't you hyped up for today?"

"Nope," he shook his head unenthusiastically as the blonde sighed.

"Hey Mikasa," Eren said as she walked towards him and Armin, "glad you could make it."

"Of course I was going to be here," Mikasa responded as she stopped next to them, "Erwin wouldn't let me sit it out."

"hmm, you refer to him so casually," Armin pointed out before continuing, "don't you think you should be more formal now that we'll be soldiers?"

The woman gained a blank expression for a moment before speaking, "I suppose you're right," she started before looking at junior in the distance, "even if he's the godfather to my kids, I should be professional with him from now on."

"W-What!" Eren said with a shocked look on his face, "I thought I was their godfather?"

"And you thought Levi would be okay with that?" she asked the brunette who looked hurt. She then tried to cheer him up, "look on the bright side, you're still their uncle. I mean… they love you."

Eren then sighed in defeat, "stop lying. Junior never acknowledges me, Dean always calls me out and Marie always calls me a dirty man," he then groaned, "the only one that actually likes me is Daniel—or is it Dean? Did I mix them up?" he was while the other adults rolled their eyes.

"Best godfather award goes to the guy that can't even identify his own godchildren," Armin commented but before Eren could retort, a loud voice called out.

"Attention!" Hange shouted, catching everyone's attention. The air went dead silent as everyone stood and looked at the woman before them, waiting for her to speak. Hange then grinned as she observed the crowd in front of her, a look of contemplation on her face. Everyone watched her with confused faces before Levi smacked the back of her head.

"Focus, shitty glasses," he scowled at her.

The brunette then sighed before speaking, "alright everyone. Welcome to the Survey Corps. I'm Hange Zoe and together with my associate, we'll be training you from now on."

Mumbles came from the crowd and the scientist managed to get a few people passing comments about how ridiculous she looked and sounded. She ignored them and continued to speak, "Now, your training will be practical and theoretical. This means that sometimes you'll be taught in a classroom and other times out here until you graduate."

"Now, we wish to get two groups from this crop of trainees," she started, "we need about fifteen people to be under the Titan Science section, while the rest of you will be Scouts."

"What's the difference?" a short, dark skinned man with a shaven head, asked.

Hange's eyes beamed with excitement as she loved the chance to explain, "the Titan Science section will be responsible for carrying out research on the beasts. We won't have to go out on expeditions unless of course there's need for more research evidence. We'll spend most of our time at the labs," she then took in another breath before speaking, "The Scouts will be in charge of going out on expeditions and facing the titans head on."

People went on about how they'd rather have the position under research than scouts and Hange chuckled at this, knowing how critical she'd be when deciding who'd be in what group. She then decided to make it known, "now, you will all undergo serious training in several aspects of your abilities and this is what will be used to assign you positions. You will not choose to be scientists; you have to be picked."

She then chuckled as the people started talking about her statement. She then looked back at Levi, "why don't we find out who they are?"

The short man then nodded before casually walking in front of the trainees with his hands in his pockets, "alright, listen up!" he started as everyone tuned their attention towards him. He rolled his eyes before speaking, "The name's Levi Ackerman and like shitty glasses said, I'll be one of your trainers. Now, we don't know who the fuck any of you are so when I walk up to you, you state your name and where you're from."

He then walked in front of the first person, "Name!"

"Eren Jaeger, sir!" Eren said while saluting fiercely, obviously trying too hard to play the soldier role.

"From where?"

"What…" Eren asked, confusedly looking down at him.

"Tch! where do you live, idiot?"

"O-Oh, I come from Shiganshina Boulevard," he responded nervously while looking down at the shorter man who glared up at him. "I assure you that I'm going to graduate at the top of the class!" he said, trying to get on Levi's good side. He already had it planned out. Helping out, extra training and making sure to graduate in first position.

"You know; you remind me of a recruit I met back in the army. He was quite the popular guy in the barracks," Levi started as though recalling a pleasant memory.

"Was he popular because of his enthusiasm?" Eren asked, hoping he had finally impressed his brother-in-law.

"He tried too hard to be on everyone's good side. He would always try to help out, try to impress everyone through extra training and setting his mind on graduating first place," Levi explained as Eren felt he had planned right. Levi then held a small frown, "alas, the guy gained a lot of unwanted attention and ended being anally raped every night. He was dismissed as soon as he couldn't walk anymore."

"I did not see that coming," Eren said as he felt all his chances crumble before him. the short man then walked to the next person.

"Name!"

"Armin Arlert of Shiganshina Boulevard!" Armin responded with a salute. His eyes avoided all forms of eye contact as he didn't want to go through what Eren just went through.

"And what do we have here?" Levi asked as he walked and stood in front of his wife.

"Mikasa Ackerman of New Sina Town!"

Levi had to admit that he felt a hint of nostalgia at that time. Memories of their time in the army briefly flowed through his mind. He then felt himself smirk as he thought of trying to push her buttons. "Alright Ackerman, what are you doing here?"

Trying her best not to roll her eyes, Mikasa kept a straight face before responding, "I'm here to join the Survey Corps, sir!"

"The Survey Corps, huh?" he asked before looking her up and down, "you know the force isn't a place for little girls right?"

"Yes, I do sir!" she responded, "I'm actually wondering how they let you in, sir!" her last comment erupted in gasps from the crowd. Mikasa almost smirked when she noticed the shorter man's eyebrow twitch but she held herself together.

"Heh," he chuckled spitefully before trying to get at her again, "alright, Ackerman. Just so you know… the fight you're joining is against titans; the ugliest fuckers you'll ever meet," he continued, "when you look into their faces, you'll be left with nightmares for the rest of your sorry life. So Ackerman…" he leaned in, closer, "do you think you can handle that?"

"That's no problem sir!" she responded, "their faces probably won't compete with ugly faces I see every morning." He last statement caused an eruption of chuckles, giggles and sniggers to feel the background ambience, "and they get worse with each passing day."

Mikasa bit her lip as she held back her smirk when Levi scowled at her. If there was one thing she would have fun with during her service, it was bashing Levi and it never ceased to satisfy her.

"And what do those ugly faces look like?" he asked, unamused by her antics.

"Well sir, if you carefully sneak into the nearest rest room and take a look into a mirror, you'll see for yourself," she commented as the crowd was now in full blown laughter.

"I swear this isn't over," Levi admitted defeat as he walked away from her smirking at him. He then continued to look at the recruits until he stopped in front of another one.

"Historia Reiss, from Shiganshina Boulevard, sir!" she said as she saluted. Feeling the urge to, she glanced in her husband's direction and met eyes with him for a moment before he looked away, hiding the pained look on his face. She then flinched when she noticed the glare Mikasa gave her.

She let out a small pout before looking back ahead of her and saw that Levi was still staring at her with the same amused look as before. Growing a bit uncomfortable, she decided to ask, "is anything wrong, sir?"

Levi then let out a sigh as though he were satisfied, "I like you. You're a respectful woman," he said before patting her head and moving onto the next person.

"You shouldn't even be so proud of yourself, Shorty," Mikasa mumbled as she knew exactly why he did what he did. She then looked at Eren and a look of concern was on her face, "are you alright?" she asked before the brunette slowly nodded in response.

"Alright," Levi started after everyone had introduced themselves, "now that we're acquainted with each other, you should know that it's time for your first training exercise. You're all going to find partners and spar. I need to know how much combat training you'll all need," he explained.

"What if you're too hungry to spar?" A brunette woman, Sasha, asked as she looked at the crushed potato on the ground. Unfortunately, snacks weren't allowed on the training grounds.

"I don't care about your hunger," Levi responded before checking his shoes for any potato mush. He then looked back at the crowd, "come on, let's get to work!"

The crowd of people began to organise themselves into pairs as they began their sparring matches. It looked like a huge mess as many of the people barely knew what they were doing.

The two trainers stood together as they watched the recruits throw hits at each other. "This is embarrassing to watch," Levi grumbled at the disaster in front of them. He noticed the man that introduced himself as Connie running into a group of people, sending them all to the ground. Were these really the people that volunteered to risk their lives?

"It's not all that bad," Hange responded as she typed on her phone. She then looked away from it and noticed Irene taking down one of her opponents, "Irene sure is determined," she said before smiling, "she's like a mini Erwin."

"I can agree with you on that," Levi responded before noticing Junior sneaking around, avoiding any fighting, "Tch! Erwin always gets the good stuff," he started, "he has the looks, the brains, the skill and even a badass kid. All I get is some slacker that jerks, LARPs and blogs."

"Don't underestimate him," Hange responded before deciding to call out, "Hey Levi! Come here!"

"Don't notice me…" Junior said as he maneuvered through the crowd. He was not going to get his hands dirty when he didn't even know how to throw a decent punch. All he needed to do was to make sure he avoided everyone until they were told to stop.

"Hey Levi, come here!" he heard Hange call. His plans of staying low-key were ruined. He then groaned before making his way towards the trainers.

"How can I help you?" he panted as he came to a stop in front of them. He silently prayed they hadn't noticed him hiding.

"You haven't fought anyone yet," Hange pointed out as she adjusted her visor, "what's the matter?"

"Actually, I just realised that the military just isn't for me," he explained while scratching the back of his head.

Hange then gained a concerned look, "Is it because you're intimidated by these guys?" she asked before putting her hand on his shoulder, "you know you can tell your aunt Hange anything. If these guys are giving you a hard time, then we can let you go."

"Well…" Junior started. This was his chance to bail. Before he could finish, he noticed his father staring at him with his normal deadpan look and he felt the guilt rising within him. He forgot the actual reason he joined the army, "actually, I was just kidding. Hah!" he laughed before the adults gave him weird looks. "I was just fooling around. I can't believe I got you guys…heh."

He then cleared his throat, "Don't worry. These guys don't scare me one bit," he said nervously before a buff man with blonde spiky hair fell on the ground beside him, making him yelp.

"Oh really, Ackerman?" Levi started, "then why haven't you fought anyone yet?"

"O-Oh, none of these guys seems worth my time," he responded before puffing out his chest, "I need a real challenge. Not a novice."

"That's great to hear," Hange boomed while sporting a wide grin with her usual hyper self, back in, "why don't you challenge someone up front? They're probably better than whoever's back there."

"Oh yeah," Junior responded before looking at the people in the front. He needed to find someone that he knew wasn't going to put up much of a fight against him. He looked at each and every person until he realised. Only one person that was probably incapable of bringing him any pain. His mother. "I'll take her on," he said proudly, pointing at Mikasa, who was taking a breather.

The adults shared a look before Hange spoke up, "…are you sure? There are so many people out here…"

"I'm sure," Junior said as he lumbered himself up, "she may be a cop but the only fights she's good at involve getting the twins to bed." He looked at his mother once again. Once he was done with her, he'd be free to do whatever he wanted.

"Le…" Hange was about to discourage but stopped when Levi covered her mouth.

"Alright, Ackerman," he started, "if you want a fight, you've got it." He then looked in Mikasa's direction, "Ackerman! Get over here!"

Mikasa made her way over to where her trainers and son stood. Had he gotten in trouble on his first day? "what's the matter?"

"You're going to spar with me, next," Junior pointed out confidently before getting into a fighting stance, "come on Mikasa. I don't have all day."

"What's happening?" Mikasa asked the two adults as she looked at them. She was hoping she wouldn't have to face her son of all people.

"He wanted to fight you," Hange explained, the look of fear for the boy was evident in her eyes. She then grinned, "I can't wait to see if your abilities re genetically inherent.

"Mikasa, come on…" Junior said as he bounced like a boxer. He really seemed ready for her.

Mikasa only sighed before facing him with her casual stance. She didn't want to do it but she didn't want to waste his time. "No mercy. Don't let him beat you if you want him to toughen up," she heard her husband say as they watched them. A group of the people had stopped to watch.

'This is in the bag,' Junior thought as he looked at her mother's face. She looked hesitant, which was good for him. This was an advantage, or so he thought, "I'm coming!" he said before he took a deep breath and lunged at his mother with a fist held high. Unfortunately, he missed after she casually sidestepped.

"Okay, no problem. it was just my first time," he assured himself before rushing at her again. He closed his eyes before swing his fist.

"What the?" he asked after opening his eyes to lock them with Mikasa's expressionless ones. She held his arm in her hand.

"My turn," she said before socking him square in the face, sending him stumbling backwards. She then rushed at him and kneed him in the gut, forcing him to gag but before he could vomit, she landed a spinning kick against his jaw, sending him flying onto the ground as everyone gasped.

Junior felt immense pain on the regions he was hit as he fell onto the ground. This was not what he expected. He looked back at his mother and saw her with her deadpan look. She was looking less and less like his mother by the second. Suddenly, he felt his stomach hurt before he turned and began to release breakfast's contents onto the soil.

"Oh no…" Mikasa gasped as she snapped back to her senses. She had just brutally beaten her child. All her warrior instincts were immediately overshadowed by her maternal ones before she rushed over to his side and knelt next to him, "I'm so sorry sweetie," she said as she rested his head on her lap before stroking his hair. She felt herself burn with guilt as she watched him writhe in pain.

"Ackerman, let's avoid showing too much affection to other soldiers," Levi started from where he stood, his face showing no concern whatsoever, "he blindly chose to challenge you and he got what he deserved. You did the right thing."

Mikasa then snapped back at her husband, "Levi, in case you've forgotten, this soldier is your son."

"Formalities, recruit," Levi responded with the same demeanour, "family matters remain off the training grounds," he continued before finishing, "besides, you're only toughening him up."

Mikasa was about to respond when another person flew and landed right next to her. She looked to her side and she felt her heart move when she realised it was Eren that was tossed. "Eren, are you alright?" she asked as her eyes darted around for the one that could have hurt him.

Her eyes finally found their target. A short woman with blonde hair, tied back while a fringe was draped over the right side of her face. She was dressed in white, hooded sweat shirt over a pair of blue jeans and white trainers. She calmly walked towards where Eren lay but stopped when Mikasa stood up defensively.

The woman wasn't there for the introductions. She must have come in later. Mikasa felt her body tense up as she locked her silver eyes with the woman's blue ones.

"Mikasa… I'm okay," Eren tried to say but was silenced by the Ackerman's hand. He sighed after realised that she had gotten into over-protective mode. A mode that had been there since childhood.

"No, Eren, you're not okay," she said before taking a few steps towards the woman. The whole crowd had stopped to watch what was transpiring. She stopped when a few feet separated the two of them, "who are you?" she asked with a glare at the woman's expressionless face.

"Why does it matter to you?" she responded, confidently. She appeared to show no fear at the sight of Mikasa's threatening posture.

"I don't know what's happening but I love it," Hange said in excitement. She, like everyone else, could sense that the newcomer was very powerful, judging by the way she carried herself. Meanwhile, Levi passed a suspicious look at Eren before eventually shifting his gaze to the two women.

"It matters because you just hurt my brother," she responded, "who are you to do that?"

"I'm here to be a soldier," she started, "not to answer questions. Not especially if they're coming from something like you."

"Thing?" Mikasa growled, slightly offended, "you just called me a thing?"

"Well, I can tell you're not a normal person," she started.

Mikasa's face then darkened as she glared at the blonde. Her body was literally aching to give this woman a beating she'd never forget, "maybe this thing can teach you a lesson for hurting those that mean a lot to me."

"Why not?" she said before getting into a fighting stance. Her fists were held out in front of her as she kept her eyes on Mikasa. Everyone silently waited for the fight to commence. They all knew that it was going to be brutal to watch.

A few minutes had passed before Mikasa lunged at the blonde. In a swift movement, she barely dodged her attacker for a moment before they stared each other down. Everything seemed to be moving slowly before they both landed fists in each other's jaws, sending them both back.

The blonde woman briefly nursed her jaw before dashing at Mikasa with the former also charging, both of them moving quickly before they landed their attacks.

"That's enough, you two," Levi said as he stood between the two of them. His right hand holding back the blonde woman's fist while the rest of his body held Mikasa back, "these are friendly spars, no killing each other involved," he explained as the women pulled away from him.

"What happened?" he asked his wife, who only scoffed before walking away, "why's she mad at me, now?" he asked himself as he watched her storm off. He then turned to face the blonde woman, "after making such a grand entrance, you owe us an introduction."

"I'm guessing you're the one in charge around here," she started while looking up at him. she then looked him up and down, "I expected you to be bigger."

"Tch! I'm bigger in more ways than one," he responded casually before asking, "name?"

"Anne Leonhart, sir," she responded.

"Where'd you learn to fight like that, Annie?"

"My father was a master of the martial arts. He trained me as a child," she explained.

Levi looked at the woman and he had to admit that he was impressed that she seemed to be able to face Mikasa. She showed promise.

"Levi, you're staring," Hange pointed out, forcing the man out of his trance.

"Welcome recruit," he said, offering his hand, "we could use someone with your skill around here."

"Thank you, sir," she responded before shaking it.

After the gesture, Levi turned to the rest of the crowd, "Alright, that's enough for the day. You can go back to your dorms!" he announced before most of the recruits started to leave the area. He then turned to Annie, "you can join the ladies in the girls' dorm."

"Alright," Annie nodded before following the women, leaving Hange and Levi together.

"She's a tough one, huh?" Hange grinned as she rested her arm on Levi's shoulder, "Training these guys is going to be awesome."

"Yeah, whatever," Levi shrugged off her arm. "Anyway, I have an angry wife to deal with so I'll catch you later." With that, he walked off.


Levi finally arrived at his quarters. He braced himself before turning the knob and entering the room. He stepped in and glanced around. She was nowhere in sight, "where is she?" he asked himself as he scanned the room.

His eyes then landed on the ground where he noticed her discarded clothes lying, "Tch! Just because she's angry doesn't mean she should mess the room up," he groaned before picking up the clothes and carefully folding them. He placed them in the laundry basket. His eyes started to look around for any other messes she had made.

He immediately grabbed a broom and began to sweep the floor, making sure to get every single bit of soil that may have entered the room with Mikasa. After he was done, he proceeded to wipe his desk because he somehow managed to see dust on it. He was in full blown cleaning mode.

The door to the bathroom opened, revealing Mikasa in a towel. She dried her hair as she walked into the room, ignoring her husband's presence.

"Hey," Levi tried to greet but was ignored completely. He then proceeded to walk towards her and wrapped his arms around her waist, keeping her close to him, "come on beautiful, talk to me," he purred before elevated himself using his toes and planted a few kisses on her neck.

Mikasa's only response was to shove him back and continue to get back to her business. She was not in the mood for him.

"Mikasa, come on…" he started but still got no response. He felt himself growing annoyed by her actions, "Mikasa, what's going on?" he asked, now demanding a response.

Mikasa only glanced back at him before she started to put on her underwear. She could sense that he was getting angry.

"Mikasa, what did I do?" he asked while holding his hands out in front of him, "why are you mad at me?" he asked but got no response. He felt his temper begin to rise, "Tch! You're an adult for fuck's sake! Quit being so childish and talk!"

"I'm mad at you because you were okay with me brutalising our son!" Mikasa snapped back.

"Mikasa, he wants to join the military so he needs to be toughened up. He needed that!" Levi responded.

"He needs the right amount of training from the right people of the right skill level."

"Who better to train him than his own parents?"

"Levi, you know very well that Junior can barely defend himself against his younger brothers," she started, "putting him to face people like you and me is just not safe for him."

"The boy is an Ackerman. He should be able to hold his own by now!" Levi responded, "it's because of you babying him for all 16 years of life that he's grown into the pathetic nerd he is right now!" Levi felt himself get shocked by what he just said. He also noticed Mikasa's eyes narrow at him dangerously.

"You're a horrible person, Levi," Mikasa said as she slowly shook her head, "I should've known before I said, yes to you."

"I'm a horrible person, now?"

"Levi, you watched your brother-in-law get tossed around like some ragdoll and you didn't even give a shit about his safety," Mikasa pointed out.

"Well excuse me for not saving a grown man from a small woman," Levi rolled his eyes before continuing, "it's because of you being over-protective of him that led him to grow into the careless loser he is now, with his struggling marriage."

"Wow…" Mikasa's voice shook, "I think he and I will have another thing in common soon."

Levi's eyes widened by her statement. This was not where he expected things to go, "Mikasa, wait…"

Suddenly, the door burst open, revealing Daniel breathing heavily.

"Daniel what…" Mikasa started but stopped when she noticed he had tears in his eyes, "sweetie what's wrong?" she asked before the boy rushed into her arms and began to bawl his eyes out on her shoulder. She glanced over at her husband with a look of worry in her eyes.

"Let's… sit down," Levi suggested as they all sat on the bed. He then leaned in, "Daniel, what's the matter?" he asked as the child still sobbed onto his mother's shoulder.

"Danny, come on," Mikasa gently urged, "tell daddy and me what the matter is."

They sat in silence with the only sound being his sobs. His mother gently rubbed his back while resting her chin on his shoulder. She was growing concerned. She didn't want another of their children to end up depressed. No, she couldn't bear the thought. She felt her eyes sting.

Levi quickly noticed the situation and rested his hand on her shoulder, "don't worry, everything will be okay," he said, giving her shoulder a reassuring squeeze.

"Guys…" Daniel finally spoke, catching his parent's attention.

"What is it dear," Mikasa asked before the boy pulled his face back so that he could look at the both of them. Levi instantly got to work and wiped away his tears.

The boy's lips quivered as he thought. It was like he was trying hard to find the best way to say something.

"Don't be afraid to tell us anything, Daniel," Levi started, "we're here for you."

"I killed someone."

Alright guys. That was chapter 6. Barely any changes but I hoped you enjoyed it. Anyways, we best move on.