Title: Regrets

Summary: Levi was humanity's strongest in more ways than one.

Pairing: Eren/Mikasa, Levi/Petra

Warning: May contain adult themes.

Author's note: AU. It stopped just after Chapter 65 or an assumption of what happened after that.

Disclaimer: the manga, characters, etc. are not mine.

CHAPTER 2

The wind rushed through his ears and he can only vaguely tell that Mikasa was right behind him. A few of the squadron had broken off into the forest as an attempt to lead the titan back into the trees but it seemed to be an aberrant, running aimlessly into the formation ahead. He sheathed his blades from the canisters on his hips and shot his grapple hooks into the titan's back. He flung himself low to cut at the titan's knees and it fell to the ground. He felt more than saw Mikasa cut through the nape of the titan's neck. He landed in a low crouch with his back to a group of soldiers. The titan crashed in front of him, steam was already building in the air as the titan disintegrated.

He flickered his gaze to where Mikasa stood on top of the titan's head. She had a gobsmacked expression on her stoic face, her eyes widened a fraction and her stare was more intense than the aloof gaze she usually has. Eren could only tell because he had known her for so long and he frowned in puzzlement. There's not a lot of things that could render Mikasa speechless.

He turned to see what had her so shocked and his eyes bugged out.

"C-captain?" he asked, sounding unsure.

His squad had landed a few feet away, facing the soldiers from the formation.

Armin, despite looking as equally lost as the rest of them, had his shrewd eyes narrowed. Eren could practically see the gears in his head turning, calculating. Armin met his gaze and Eren gave him a look, silently asking if he had any idea what was going on. Armin shook his head once but the determination in his eyes told him he'll figure it out.

Mikasa dropped down from the titan and frowned at Levi, positioning herself beside Eren, ready to pounce if the situation calls for it.

"I'm very confused right now." Eren heard Sasha murmur, scratching her head.

"Yeah, same here." Connie murmured back.

"This must be some kind of trick." Jean suggested to Levi who ignored him. His eyes were glued to the people in front of him.

"Captain?" Historia tentatively stepped closer to Levi, seeing his stunned expression. Similar to Mikasa, the slight widening of his eyes or the parting of his lips were seemingly normal on any other person. But Captain Levi and Mikasa were different. They challenged the dead's expression on a daily basis. To have such a blatant, unguarded look on his face was shocking to say the least.

Then it disappeared and was replaced by his usual stoic expression. He sheathed back his blades and glanced at his squad.

"I don't know what happened but we may have landed ourselves in the middle of a fucked up situation." he said dryly and began stoically glaring back at the same expression of another version of him.

A younger Levi flanked by Isabel Magnolia and Farlan Church.