"Ah so it is that boy." Leblanc says with an evil smirk on her face as she points at Eren in the video footage. Vladimir nods. Leblanc simply chuckles. "It has been a while since we met face to face. Perhaps another meeting would suffice." she then turns to Vladimir. "You know what to do." Vladimir nods and walks away.

"I see that someone is enjoying his gauntlet." Swain points at Eren who is busy trying to tap the buttons. "Hey! Don't blow up the damn place!" Seto yells. Eren just blinks, a confused look in place. Weeks have passed since that mission and things are okay saved for a few spats between them here and there.

"But how come you still did not give him a proper weapon?" Sasuke asked. "He might misbehave," says Swain. "WHAT?!" Eren tries to pounce on Swain but Light and Lelouch both grab his arms and restrain him. "Eren calm down."

"B-But I am not a monster!" he says. "Says the boy that destroyed half of the world's population." Eren breaks free of his bounds and punches Swain in the face.

He then takes off the gauntlet, throws it onto the ground and storms out of the room. "Boy does he have a temper." says Seto. "That more or less answers your question Sasuke." says Light.

Eren reaches the hallway, sinks to the ground and shuts his eyes, trying to fight back the tears that were threatening to fall down. He already hates himself enough but Swain and Seto decide to rub everything in.

I should not have come back from the dead! I should have stayed dead and rotted in hell. He then looks around to make sure no one was looking. I cannot stay here. I have to leave.

With that, he gets back up and walks off. Meanwhile, the others begin to look for Eren. "Have you seen Eren?" Lelouch asked. "Nope and no one cares." Seto replied. "So he isn't here." says Light. "He is probably somewhere in the house. Let's wait for him to cool off." says Sasuke.

The others nodded and decided to call it a day. Hours pass and yet no sign of him. "Okay this ain't good." says Lelouch. "Checked all over the house. No sign of him." says Light. Seto meanwhile checks the CCTV cameras in case of any footage. He then stumbles upon some footage of Eren walking out of the house.

"He went to town." says Seto who then shows the others the footage. "Where is the most likely place someone like him would run off to?" Sasuke asked. "Only one place comes to mind..."

Eren sighs as he sits down on a bench in the park. He watches as little kids run around laughing, remembering the good old days with Armin and Mikasa in his previous life. Life was a lot simpler then. Perhaps he made things a lot more complicated with his actions.

"Ah there you are." He turns around to see the other four. "What do you guys want?" he asks in a grumpy tone. Sasuke comes forward and sits down next to him. "Don't you think you overreacted a little bit? We all do not like our current situation but we have no choice."

"Yeah but why is it me that he is singling out here? Did we all not commit grievous crimes at some point?! Like what the actual fuck?!" Eren flares up. "Whoa chillex." says Sasuke.

"How can I chill when I feel like the odd one out?! You guys get better weapons than me? That gauntlet is good but it can get shattered!" says Eren. "We know. We know." says Light. "No you don't!" Eren snaps, earning a couple of stares from some passerbys.

Seto gives Eren a cold glare. "You know your problem? You expect the entire world to revolve around you when there are others. No wonder you did what you did." he says coldly. Eren shoots him a death glare. "I did what I did because I wanted to end the Titan curse and save my people."

"You knew what you did was wrong yet you went ahead and did it." says Seto. Eren just gets up and is about to walk off when Lelouch grabs his hand.

"Eren wait." Eren turns around to stare at his roommate. "We can speak to Wizard-kun about your case and hopefully he gives you a better weapon so that you do not feel left out." Lelouch suggests.

Eren's eyes soften at this. "Really? You can do that?" The others nodded whilst Seto just huffs. They then head back to the house and go to Swain's office. "I apologise for punching your face." Eren mutters, staring down at the ground.

Swain just shakes his head. "My aren't you a firecracker Eren?" Lelouch then speaks up. "You know Eren raised a very important point. It isn't fair regardless of the reasoning to sideline him especially since none of us are perfectly sane to begin with."

"True." says Light.

"With that said, we want you to give Eren a proper weapon to fight with."

Swain then nods. "See Eren? You should have asked nicely." he says with a devious grin in place. Eren had to stomach the urge to pounce on him again. With a snap of his finger, a large silver sword materializes and ends up in both of Eren's hand. "Wow..."

"That sword should come in handy. Surely you would enjoy this a lot more." Eren smirks. "Why of course I would." he said. "Don't go assassinating people." Seto warns. "I am not a psycho thank you very much." Eren replies.

Once that was settled, they head off to the game room. Lelouch and Seto decide to play chess whilst the others sit on the couch and watch. "If Eren does not count as a marksman then what is he?" Lelouch asks. " An assassin?" Sasuke replies.

" Assassin is more fitting thanks to that sword," says Seto. "He is still a marksman though in a technical sense but he moves more like a freaking assassin. Lelouch and I are the marksmen here, Seto and Sasuke are the pure assassins. Eren like Seto pointed out is an assassin because of the sword. Either that or Eren himself has some magical abilities from his past that he is unaware of." Light replies.

Eren is taken aback by this. "Me?" he says. "Lord knows what secrets you are hiding." Seto says as he moves his rook. "Is it me or do you just hate me that much?" Eren asks.

"I will be honest. I do not hundred percent trust you or any of the others but you in particular." Seto replies icily. "The feeling is mutual." came Eren's sarcastic reply.

The others glare at the two and the tension between them. "Uhm...can we talk about something else?" says Light. "No. I will leave." says Eren who gets off the couch and leaves the room.

The others watch as he leaves. "Must you be hard on him?" Lelouch asks. Seto just huffs. "What? So I cannot speak my mind again?"

Eren heads into his room and sits down on his bed. He then grabs his iPhone, puts in the earbuds and listens to some music he downloaded the previous night on Apple music and listens to it.

"All my friends are heathens take it slow. Wait for them to ask you who you know..." Eren sings along to the song and in the process, tears roll down his eyes.

If they want him to be alone then so be it. He prefers it that way. Later that evening, Eren did not show up for dinner. Noticing this, Lelouch took his food upstairs to the room.

"Here is your dinner," says Lelouch. Eren stares at it. It was macaroni and cheese. "Thank you." he says as he takes the tray from him and begins to eat. Lelouch sits on his bed and watches his roommate. "You ok?" Eren just nods and keeps on eating even though he did not feel like eating due to his bad mood.

"Seto can be a bit well..."

"It's fine."

Lelouch stares at him. Perhaps it is best not to push things further as the boy was still clearly upset. "Alright. I will leave you be." He then leaves the room so that Eren can have some breathing space.

Eren did not sleep at all that night. He just stayed on the bed, staring up at the ceiling. Seto was right. He was a monster. A monster that does not deserve anything. I should not even be here. Tears flow down his eyes again. There is nothing more painful than being reminded of his past. He thought that no one would bring it up but the fact that Swain and Seto kept on bringing it up made it worse.

He then decides to sneak out of the room and head outside to the garden. He takes in the beautiful scenery, getting reminded of his past life again.

He then remembers the sword. Why was he so selfish? He does not deserve any weapon. What is wrong with me?! Why am I acting up?! He literally pulls at his hair and drops to his knees. His past memories begin to flood his mind and the boy places both hands on his head and screams in pain and begins to shake violently.

"W-What have I done? Why are the others not affected by their pasts? O-Or have they made peace with their pasts?"

Seto was watching Eren from afar, a disapproving look on his face." Pathetic."

The following morning, Eren groans as he slowly wakes up and finds himself in a different room that isn't his. "Huh?"

"I see that you have woken up." Eren looks up to see Swain petting his pet crow. "W-What is this place?" He looks around the luxurious room which was different from the boys' rooms. We are talking black and gold gothic-styled bed with curtains and matching black furniture.

"You are in my room." he says. "Huh?!" Swain nods. "I found you passed out in the garden and had to bring you in here." Eren just sighs. "Yeah. Couldn't sleep."

"Is it because of the tension between you and Seto?" Swain asked. Eren nods. "Give him time. That reminds me, there is something I want to show you." He then picks up a box and opens it, showing Eren two silver bracelets.

"Is that for me?" Swain nods. "Those bracelets can help you deflect bullets. Oh and one more thing." He then picks up a round black shield. "You would be needing this." says Swain. Eren smiles. "Thank you." he says.

"You are welcome. I should have been a lot kinder to you kiddo. My apologies for my earlier comments." he says. "Apology accepted." the boy replies. "That leaves one more thing. You will see it tonight. Now you boys have a mission tonight. You go rest up till then." Eren nods and heads off to his room.

Lelouch was messing around on his laptop when Eren walks in with his new weapons. "Wait...Swain gave you these?!" Eren grins and nods. "These are incredible!" says Lelouch as he stares at the new items.

"What would the bracelets do?" Lelouch asked as he picks up one of them. "They would help deflect bullets." he says. "Really?!"

"Yup."

"I have to see that in action," says Lelouch. "Your wish is going to be answered."

Later that night, Swain briefs the boys on their new mission. Eren changes into a brand new costume, a black sleeveless catsuit with silver stars on the sides and black boots. He was now wearing the bracelets and had his shield and sword fastened to his back.

Lelouch wore a copy of his old Zero costume, complete with the helmet. Seto wore the black version of his signature coat over his catsuit. Light wore a long-sleeved catsuit whilst Sasuke wore the black version of his old shinobi outfit.

"Nice weapons Eren." Sasuke compliments him. "Thanks." Eren replies with a smile on his face. "What are ya, some Gladiator?" Seto sneers.

"How about you shut it Dragonhead?" Eren fires back. "Or else what? There is nothing you can do as you are a useless, whiny little brat." Eren tries to lunge at him but Sasuke and Lelouch hold him back. "Eren no. Leave him.

"

Eren just walks away. "Loser." Seto says. Lelouch glares daggers at him. "Why do you keep on riling him up like that?!"

"What? So I should say the truth?" "Why did they even add you to this team when you are nothing more than an egotistical bastard?!" Lelouch yells.

"Oh that's rich, coming from a Prince with questionable fashion sense."

"Can you like shut the fuck up?!" Lelouch shouts. "Guys we got a mission to do." says Light. "Nah you dweebs go ahead. I have more important things to do." says Seto. Lelouch rolls his eyes and walks off with the others following suit.

Notice the tension amongst them? As for Eren's new costume, that would be explained in the next chapter.