Chapter 5

When Armin and Annie head to Mikasa's house, they decide to knock at the door, only to find that the house is empty. Annie asks, "Are you sure Mikasa lives here?"

"She has to be..." Armin says as she looks around. "But it seems like she's moved out of the place."

"Do you think she is living inside the walls that we saw a few hours ago?" Annie asks.

"Then the person she was with has to be Eren." Armin says. "But how? How did he get revived from death? Why didn't he bother showing up, and why would he still have the Titan powers? And who are the other Titan shifters?"

"There is only one way to find out, we'll have to enter the walls." Annie says.

"But how are we going to get inside?" Armin asks.

Just then, they hear the lightning and they flinch. "Was that?" Annie asks.

"Yeah... someone must have transformed." Armin says as they follow the sound, only to see a giant wolf chasing after the small animals.

"That's..." Armin gasps.

"The Beast Titan... as a wolf..." Annie mutters.

Behind the wolf, a cloaked figure is carrying the wagon as it chases after the wolf, the two of them look at each other before chasing after them. Once they stop, they see Sasha with the cloak jumping out from the neck and says, "Commander, it seems like we have a lot of meat today."

Erwin says, "Good, let's bring them back to the village."

After putting the meat in the wagon, the girl sits with the meat as the wagon leaves. When they follow the wagon, they finally arrive at the Coordinate Village. The gate closes just before they can get in. Armin says, "So those two were also Titan shifters..."

Annie says, "Are we going to wait for the gate to open again? Who knows when we're finally going to get inside..."


Inside the village, Sasha and Erwin are placing the meat on the ground. Sasha says, "So you said Armin managed to see you and Mikasa?"

"Yeah. Knowing Armin, he might be heading to Mikasa's living place for some answers." Eren says. "Mikasa, did you send a letter to him that you moved out of the house?"

Mikasa frowns, "I haven't done it yet. But why would Armin and the others be here?"

Fay asks, "Do you think they also found out? I mean... a few months ago, we attacked the Mid-East Nations because they were planning to attack Paradis."

"What?" Mikasa widens her eyes, and Eren says, "Yeah, it was not our best movement. Especially it is another one of Commander Erwin's gambles."

"Why am I not surprised?" Mikasa rolls her eyes. "What if the negotiations failed after the other nations realized the Titans haven't gone yet?"

Frieda says, "According to the newspaper, none of the other nations believed the claim of the Mid-East Nations about the attack of the Titans. Besides, we only attacked the fortress, there shouldn't have been children or innocents in there."

Erwin sighs, "However, the Mid-East Nations want to get revenge on Paradis as they try to attack a few days ago, but thanks to the Paradis Military, they are all arrested."

Petra says, "Eren and Fay have used the Cart Titan and the weapons to shoot down the airship... maybe that's the reason why they are here to search for us..."

Mikasa frowns and Eren says, "Mikasa, this is something that we have to do."

"But... I don't want you guys to be targeted again..." Mikasa says.

"Don't worry." Sasha says, "We've been really careful."

Just then, they hear the gate knocking, Colt asks, "Should we open the door? It seems that someone is on the other side of the gate."

Eren sighs and says, "If I have to guess, it is Armin and whoever he's with. I guess we should face the consequences right now."

The other 8 nods as Eren opens the gate, only to see Armin and Annie standing at the doorway. Armin and Annie can only widen their eyes in shock. The one opening the door is Eren.

"Eren..." Armin gasps.

"It's been a while, Armin, and to you as well, Annie." Eren says in a monotone tone.

Armin feels his tears coming as they share a brotherly hug. Armin says, "How? How are you still alive?"

"It's a long story." Eren says. "I'm sure you have a lot of questions that you want to know."

"Of course we do." Annie says. "Why are you still alive? And are you going to do the Rumbling again?"

"I'm not the Founding Titan anymore. I don't have the power to do that. Besides, the Wall Titans are gone, there's no reason to do the Rumbling." Eren says. "Armin, how long do you remember about the last conversation?"

Armin frowns and says, "You told me that the one who freed the Founder Ymir was Mikasa... and you were just following the path until it happened. That's why you've been doing some questionable choices..."

"And I was supposed to be dead. Founder Ymir somehow revived me and 7 others, giving each of us the rest of the Titan powers. The Curse of Ymir was gone, so we would continue to grow older until death. The 8 of us have been living here since."

The two of them are shocked to hear what Eren has said, Armin asks, "Mikasa... did Mikasa know everything?"

Eren nods, "Mikasa... she's living with us. We talked about everything, and... Why don't you come inside?"

Armin and Annie nod as they enter the walls, they are surprised to see a farm, crop fields, training grounds, and houses surrounding the small plaza. It reminds them of the training grounds in Trost.

"Sasha! Are you trying to steal the meat again?" Marco sighs as he grabs Sasha's arm.

"Come on, Marco, I was hungry. Besides, the Commander and I worked so hard to get those prey." Sasha says.

"You really shouldn't have drunk too much wine, Colt." Frieda sighs while helping him sit on the fence.

"Yeah... you're right..." Colt sighs.

"Hiya!" Petra is having hand-to-hand combat with Erwin, but Erwin manages to block her attack. "How did you know I'm going to attack there?"

"My guess." Erwin says as he knocks her back to the ground.

Annie and Armin can only look in shock after seeing people who are supposed to be killed, and Fay rushes towards Eren and says, "Brother Eren, are they..."

"Fay, this is my friends Armin and Annie. Where is Mikasa?" Eren asks.

Fay points in the direction where Mikasa is helping with the vegetables. At the same time, Sasha notices Armin and rushes toward him. "Armin! Long time no see."

"Sasha..." Armin says. "I can't believe you're still alive as well..."

"A lot happened." Sasha sighs as she notices Annie. "Oh, she's here as well?"

Annie says, "Relax, I'm not going to fight you."

Marco says, "I really hope so, I still remember how you took my ODM gear and let me eaten by Titans..."

"Marco..." Armin says. "Even you got revived..."

"Good to see you again, Armin." Marco says. "What brings you guys here?"

Armin says, "Uh... We came back from Marley yesterday and we're here for an investigation."

"Is that so?" Eren sighs. "Marco, gather everyone, it seems we have some explaining to do."

Marco nods as he calls the others, and once they are here, Armin is facing Commander Erwin and he salutes, "Commander Erwin..."

"I'm not the commander anymore. It is nice to see you again, Armin Arlert." Erwin says.

"And I still can't believe she's here as well." Petra says while glaring at Annie, who frowns, "I'm really sorry before..."

"Yeah, that isn't going to make up for my friends and myself being killed by you." Petra says.

Colt says, "So if you're here, does that mean Reiner or Pieck is somewhere here?"

"We ask them to go back to Capital Mitras." Armin says. "We're here because the Queen showed us these pictures."

After showing all seven pictures, they widen their eyes and Eren says, "So much for being hidden..."

"So you guys attacked the Mid-East Nations, but why?" Annie asks.

"When we heard that your negotiations with the Mid-East Nations failed, we decided to check out what's their deal, it seemed that they have been preparing weapons to attack Paradis. That's why we decided to attack them." Marco says.

"With Commander Erwin's gamble, it worked as usual. However, I still can't believe we were taken through the photo..." Petra says.

"But you do realize that this can ruin our negotiations with the other nations, right?" Armin asks. "People negotiate with us because they know that Titans aren't existing anymore. If you guys continued to do this, do you know how much danger Queen Historia is going to be in?"

"There is a reason why we are still alive." Eren says to Armin, who looks at him with confusion. "During the next year, a giant crisis is going to happen in Paradis. We suggest that the Mid-East Nations is not the only one that is going to do this. Founder Ymir sensed this and that's why she brought all of us back to life. As for Historia, I think it will be better if we pay her a visit."

"So we're finally going to do this, huh?" Frieda says.

"Um... you are?" Armin doesn't recognize the girl, and Eren says, "This is Frieda Reiss, Historia's older sister and also the current War Hammer Titan."

Hearing this, Armin gasps in shock. "But that means...you are..."

"I used to be the Founding Titan until Grisha Yeager took my power. However, I was actually grateful for him to do that so I wouldn't be bound by the stupid renouncing vow." Frieda says. "And Historia is a better queen than I do, so I'm glad."

"Is that so." Annie says with a sigh. "So what are you guys planning to do now that you're living?"

Eren says, "Simple. We're training with our skills so we can face the upcoming crisis. We've combined the Warrior Training and the Cadet training, as well as the Titan training and weapon training. And we're going to make sure Paradis is safe from threats."

"But what about the military?" Armin asks. "Why don't you just leave everything to them?"

"The military was actually my mistake. I created the Yeagerists so that I could have helped to get to Zeke. However, I never knew they have become like this... I never wanted to kill Premier Zachary, I just didn't want any interferences like feeding me to another pure Titan or something else."

"We understand." Armin says. "We'll help you get in contact with Queen Historia."

"That will be nice." Eren says. "Since it is already late, how about staying here with us for a while?"

"Are you sure?" Annie asks, "I'm pretty sure that there are some people here who hate me."

"They aren't going to do anything now that we have important matters to attend to." Eren says as he turns to Mikasa. "Mikasa, do you want to come with us tomorrow to meet Historia?"

Mikasa nods, "Of course, I'm not going to leave you again."

"I'm glad." Eren says. And Armin is slightly relief that Eren and Mikasa are getting along like old times.


And here is a new chapter, and as you can see, even Armin and Annie learn the truth about the Titans and the Mid-East attack in the last chapter. I hope you like this chapter and the next one will be meeting with Historia.