Izan was walking to the resupply station through a system of alleys and there was a large opening in front of the resupply station and there was a crouching seven meter class titan directly ahead of him. Izan knew he that the building across from him was a resupply station but wasn't sure if it was the right one. Izan was spotted by the titan and pulled his blade back out. He started to run to the titan, the titan also sped up, and they clashed. The titan tried to hit Izan but missed because Izan barrel-rolled out of the way. Izan slashed its knee joints causing it to fall down; when the Titan fell Izan decapitated it with one swipe.
Izan didn't want to meet any further resistance until he met the survey corps in the station. He ran the rest of the way and entered the building. He saw several soldiers inside the building who didn't recognize him or his armor. Most didn't pay any mind to Izan, who had just entered the building… they were too busy with checking their stock. Izan was stopped by someone shorter than him; he looked down and saw it was Armin. Armin asked "Izan, is that you". Izan remained silent and sheathed his blade. Izan then tapped on his armor once, the armor other than his cuirass cracked and fell off. Shortly after cracking the armor disintegrated into a fine black powder.
Izan's face was revealed, when the helmet fell the red hair was first to show and then Armin recognized him as Izan said "yes… It's Izan, where are Mikasa and Eren". Armin looked out a window and pointed at two figures using their three-dimensional maneuver gear. The two people were about twenty houses away, and were heading in a straight line directly beneath a road. Izan grabbed the Armin's shoulders and said "thank you" before tapping his chest plate twice and recovering himself in armor. Izan then nodded, turned around and stormed out. When he ran to an open area, Izan activated his S.O.J.B and then pulled out his sword and angled himself toward the two people. Izan made a fist and a large gust fired from the pressurized air in the cylinders. As he reached half way to the people Izan started fall because of gravity. When Izan reached ground level he stamped his feet and launched again. After reaching them he noticed there was a short five-meter class titan hidden between two buildings.
Izan had little time to react, he also had two choices. The first being to grab them both and launch out of the way and the second being he would attempt to kill the titan. He chose to kill the titan because the risks of their injury would be less. The titan jumped at the soldiers and as it launched itself ahead of Izan, Izan used his S.O.J.B, and blasted through the titan's neck. The soldiers didn't notice that there was a titan there until there was a loud thump. One of the two soldiers looked down at the ground to see a man dressed in armor and was wearing clothes like Izan. Izan recognized Mikasa amongst the two.
The soldier that spotted this man slowed down and eventually Mikasa, who didn't notice that there was a man beneath her, saw this armored man covered in dispersing titan's blood and after the shiny red substance melted off his armor and left him in a shining silver color. This left Mikasa to the thought of Izan and she immediately lowered herself to the man's location. Mikasa ran to the man and hugged him; she could barely put her head on the man's shoulder. Mikasa's eyes were teary and then she thought of the possibility that it was not Izan. Mikasa pulled away and tried to ask who are you, but all she said was "who". Mikasa thought about what would happen if it wasn't him. But out of all the possibilities but only one could happen
Izan stared at Mikasa but she wasn't paying attention. Izan tapped on his armor twice and the arm plates, leg plates and helmet fragmented and fell off into a pile of silvery dust. Izan was breathing heavy, which could not be seen through the muffled effect of his armor. Mikasa still didn't realize who she was looking at until she was pulled into an alleyway by her wrist. A titan passed and Mikasa noticed Izan's red hair blowing into the wind that came through the alley. Mikasa looked down from the hair and saw the face of a man that she thought had died.
Mikasa clung to the man again and said "we all thought you had died", Mikasa's tears hit Izan's shoulder and Izan said "I told you that I'd be fine, you don't have to worry for me so much, although I do appreciate your thoughtfulness". Izan pushed Mikasa away, Mikasa looked saddened and Izan said "we can do this later right now we are in titan territory we have to focus on the Mission, have the civilians been evacuated yet". Mikasa nodded and said "yes, but we're trying to find out if there are any remaining survivors", Izan let go of her shoulders and said "Mikasa, you should go with the rest of the soldiers, it's not safe here"
Mikasa didn't like the words but knew he was right, she responded with "I won't… I've lost enough people that I…" Mikasa paused and then thought about what she was going to say. She then continued "I won't unless you come with me", Izan was confused by Mikasa's behavior; she had never acted like this with him before. Izan asked her "why are you so suddenly…" Izan thought back to several 'alone' moments they shared and asked "you have strong feelings for me don't you". Mikasa couldn't hold back her answer and said "of course I do, I admire you for your honesty and your courage", Izan wasn't paying attention after she said the first four words. Then he said "we can continue this later but for now we have to evacuate ourselves from the titan infested areas". The two departed to regroup with the rest of the squads preparing to leave for the innermost wall. They didn't know when they would get there or how long they would have to stay safety is a priority for all people.