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Meant to get this out sooner, but FFVII Remake kept me occupied.

EDIT 12/08/20: Fixed an error near the end of the chapter that somehow didnt get put in the first time I posted.

Chapter 3

It had been four months.

Four months since Farlan and Isabel died, four months since he tried to kill Erwin only to decide to stand by his side, four months since... he met her.

Kagome.

There had been three more expeditions since then, he hadn't seen Kagome since. He knew she was out there. He didn't know how, but he could feel her. It was crazy. He always somehow knew that she was there. Even when the Scouts did expeditions in other sections out of the walls besides Shiganshina. He had no idea how she traveled that far and knew where they were heading.

Then there were the stories, the expeditions after he met her had significant lower deaths. Many talked about being saved by some glowing angel, others mentioned a cat being near them as they woke after passing out. The same cat was said to have guided back several scouts to the walls. Several mentioned about only seeing startling blue eyes before they passed out from blood loss or shock. Only to wake up to their injuries being healed.

Many thought it was a gift of the walls. Ridiculous.

He knew it was her.

There was one good thing about her helping. The Scouts numbers were increasing due to the lower death rates. Erwin was tickled at the amount of new recruits joining. The number of deaths have fallen by a third, the lowest it has been in recent years. Erwin didn't know why, he was under the impression that his gamble was finally paying off.

He wasn't completely wrong.

Taking a sip of his tea, he vaguely listened to Erwin and Hange talking about the expedition next week. They were to leave from Shiganshina District this time. He was to take his new squad ahead of Erwin's and scout for Titans and dispatch them. Given there weren't too many for his team to handle.

It was perfect for what he had planned.

"Levi."

Diverting his attention to Erwin, he raised one thin eyebrow. "Yes?"

"How are things with your new squad?"

Placing his cup on the desk, He crossed his arm across his chest. "They're skilled. More skilled than most of the brats."

The blond man nodded once, diverting his attention to Hange. "If possible, I want you and your squad to try and capture a titan with our new equipment." He ignored the brunettes squeal of excitement. " Mike, you have some new recruits in your squad as well. Make sure they're ready."

The bloodhound nodded once.

"You all are dismissed."

Mike and Hange got up and left, Levi watched them leave. Once the door was closed, Levi rested his elbows on his knee's and regarded Erwin for a moment. He watched as his thick eyebrows were creased in concentration on what he was writing. He knew full well that Levi was still there.

"What is it you need Levi?"

"I have something to show you when we go on expedition next week."

A single thick eyebrow raised. His full attention now on the shorter man. "Oh? And what would that be?" He inquired.

"I know who has been helping the scouts outside the walls."

That got both eyebrows raised, he wasn't expecting that at all. "Who?" His curiosity was piqued.

He leaned back, getting comfortable on the couch."An Oriental named Kagome. I met her the same day I tried to kill you." He knew Erwin knew what day he was talking about. "She has some weird two tail cat with her."

"Interesting. An Oriental? Is she from the walls?"

Levi shook his head. "No, I don't believe so. For the brief moment we spoke, she seemed to have no knowledge of the walls, or Titans for that matter. She said that she woke up on the outside three days prior, she had no ODM gear either." He paused. "I'm confident that she is the one that is helping scouts we leave behind. The descriptions match."

Erwin placed his chin on his interlocked hands in thought."Why have you not shared this information sooner?"

He got a one shoulder shrug. "I have not seen her since, I was also coming to terms with some things. I want to try and meet with her next week. I want you to meet her as well." He ignored the blonds critical gaze. No doubt he still had suspicions on him trying to kill him.

After regarding him for a moment longer, he nodded. "Very well, Mike will be coming along as well then to meet this oriental and her cat."

Levi expected as much, while he may have taken the title of the strongest soldier. Mike was still second and would give him trouble if they had to fight. He just nodded. "That's fine. No one else though, I think the fewer people that know about her, the better off we'll be."

"I'd have to agree with you on that. I will brief Mike on the change of plans tomorrow morning. You are dismissed."

Standing up, Levi left the room quietly, he had some things to get. No doubt living in the wilds like Kagome was meant she was fucking filthy. He would need to change that.

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Kagome sneezed and rubbed her nose.

"Someone must be talking about me." She had a feeling she knew who it was. Dark blue eyes flashed in her vision for a moment before they were gone.

"Wonder how Levi is doing."

Kirara rubbed against her elbow, mewling for attention. She started purring when Kagome scratched her behind her ears.

Smiling, Kagome scratched behind her ears for a moment longer before standing up and stretching. Being sure to keep her balance on the branch she was on. A few of her joints popped and she moaned in bliss.

Kirara jumped on the next branch and watched her expectantly. There was a good five meters between the two.

"Yeah, yeah. I know. I need to practice more." She waved off the look and concentrated on focusing putting energy into the soles of her feet. Once she was confident, she used the extra energy stored in her legs and leaped. She landed on the same branch as Kirara with the grace of a deer on ice.

She wobbled briefly before she was able to balance herself. She left out a sigh of relief when she didn't fall. "Ya know, I don't know how Sasuke does it so perfectly. This is hard!" She ignored the pain in her chest when thinking about watching Naruto with her brother. "Then again, I'm not a ninja and I'm sure their chakra is different than my spiritual energy..."

Honestly. she was happy was able to do it at all.

A memory of her watching Naruto with Souta flashed across her mind briefly before another soft mewl from Kirara brought her out of her thoughts.

She smacked her cheeks getting herself pumped. "I just need more practice is all!" She smiled, watching Kirara jump to another branch. This one was a little closer. Repeating what she did before, she leaped to the branch and landed smoother than she did before, she only wobbled a little.

"Yeah!" She whooped.

Kirara meowed at her in praise.

Getting ballsy, Kagome concentrated on the soles of her feet again, before the walked on the branch upside down. Kirara was watching her in concern. The weren't too high, but Kagome was clumsy...

Not a moment later there was a scream and a crash as Kagome landed in a bush.

"Oww... Not ready for that..."

Kirara just stared at her blankly. She watched as Kagome fought with the bush to escape, nearly failing. She was lucky she didn't have her weapons on her. Would of been painful if she landed on them.

Once she was finally free of the bush, Kagome pulled sticks and leaves out of her hair. She signed to herself. "I knew that was a bad idea, but I did it anyway."

Looking down at her clothes, they were now covered in dirt like she was now.

"I need a bath..."

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And here is this chapter, will Kagome get to see Levi next chapter? You'll have to see!

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