Notes: any feedback is appreciated, I have had a hard time trying to fit in the time to write this chapter, and I do admit that I had a little trouble coming up with how I wanted this chapter to flow.
Gohan woke up on top of a building, where he noticed that the soldiers were still attempting to fight the giants to make sure that special one could get the boulder to the hole in the wall. He groggily rose to his feet, the Kaio – Ken technique had really drained him and his muscles screamed in exertion as he started heading towards the fighting.
"Go Eren!" Armin screamed as Erens hulking form threw the boulder into the hole, causing chunks of the wall to collapse around it, sealing the wall for good. Armin rushed up Erens hulking form and got to the nape of its neck, finding Erens back already exposed from beneath his Titan forms rough skin. Armin tried desperately to pull his friend out of his Titans body other Titans were closing in, but Eren was still partially fused with the Titans neck making pulling him out impossible.
"Armin is Eren ok?" Mikasa cried out to the blonde boy as she rushed towards Erens still titan form
"He is very hot but he is ok, but I can't pull him out he is still fused with his Titan body!" Armin said, his voice belaying the desperation that was creeping into him as he noticed other Titans were heading their way.
Mikasa shot her manoeuvring gears hooks into Titan Erens shoulder, when she noticed two shadows fall over Erens hulking form, two fifteen metre classes, She just hoped that the remaining elite squads could help, in her position the Titans would grasp her before she could evade them and get into an attacking position.
Armin looked up horrified as the two Titans looked down at him and Erens unconscious form, almost mocking them as they stared down at him helpless to do anything. Armin was about to give up hope seeing as nearly everybody had died for Eren to get here and now these two fifteen metre classes were unchallenged in their quest to devour him and Eren. A green blur shot across the back of the nearest Titan, the whirring of the multi axial manoeuvring gear in action clear in the almost surreal moment. Blood sprayed from the back of the Titans neck, it fell into a heap onto the floor as the figure cut through the second Titan with blistering pace "Mikasa?" Armin called out, she was the only person he knew who might be able to take down two Titans so fast. "Armin I'm right here" Mikasa nudged him, Eren was in her arms freed from his Titan prison and was regaining consciousness fast. Armin's mouth was agape he was dumbfounded, if it wasn't Mikasa who took down those Titans who was it? "Wings... of …. Freedom" Eren managed to choke out, his voice hoarse.
"What the hell is going on here brats?"
It was Captain Levi, humanities strongest warrior that was said to be worth 100 soldiers by himself.
Mikasa looked down and noted that Eren had passed out again, his exhaustion overcoming him, the heat from his titan body had given him a fever, she needed to get Eren medical attention soon carrying the boulder had been too much for him, he was still new to his "power".
Levi looked around taking notice of the scale of the battle that had just taken place, he assumed it was successful though as the gate was once again sealed permanently this time though, but how? And why were those brats on top of a dead Titan that was so close to where the wall was sealed, unless that huge boulder no person could move it, a Titan had helped? Impossible.
Armin could see small pieces of the wall were still coming off from the after shock of Eren slamming the boulder into the breach, he wasn't sure if it was safe to be so close to the wall at the moment. "Shit" Armin screamed as a large piece of debris was heading to fall on him Mikasa and Eren, there was no way they could move out of the way in time. Mikasa looked up noticing the huge chunk flying towards them and started to move out of the way with Eren slung over her shoulder.
Gohan was moving towards the commotion by where the breach had been sealed, although there were no giants in the observable area he was still on guard. Gohan could see the still form of the strange Giant that seemed to be decaying in front of the newly sealed wall. Even from this distance Gohan could spot what appeared to be three people on top of the wall sealing giant. It was then that Gohan noticed that chunks of the wall were falling off from the top, probably from the shock of the violent sealing of the hole. Gohan looked on with horror as a huge piece detached from the top of the wall and was heading straight for the trio who didn't have time to move.
I have to push it further
"KAIO KEN TIMES 3!"Gohan screamed as his body was engulfed in an erratic red flame of Ki, steam rising from his body as it was pushed to its limits. With the Kaio ken technique boosting Gohan's speed he quickly intercepted the falling piece of debris, catching it whilst standing on top of the remains of the giant. Gohan could now get a good look at the people he had just saved.
They are only young, they can't be much older than 15 and yet they are forced to fight in situations like this? I can't hold this for much longer!
"Please MOVE, I can't hold this for much longer!" Gohan screamed at the three soldiers. Mikasa immediately realised it was the same person she had observed earlier, but quickly moved off of Eren's titan body, bringing Eren's unconscious body with her. Armin was in a state of shock, what was happening before his eyes was physically impossible no human could hold that much weight, they should have been crushed. Levi quickly snapped into action using his manoeuvring gear to quickly grab Armin as the strange man's strength faltered and he was crushed under the large fragment from the wall.
"Idiot, why didn't you move? Now I have dust all on my jacket!" Levi angrily said to Armin, who was still in a state of shock at what he had just seen. A sudden rumble came from the mass of rubble in front of the now sealed gate, and the man shot outwards, still pulsing with a red glow. Gohan's body was buckling under the strain from the Kaio ken technique and he was becoming desperate, springing out the rubble with the last of his strength Gohan let out an agonizing scream before he fell to the ground unconscious.
Eren woke up why am I in a bed, I should be sealing the wall! Eren quickly shot up and quickly realised he wasn't at the barracks or with his friends, the chain around his wrist said it all I am in a cell? But why I must have sealed the wall, I remember doing it! I proved I am an ally to mankind!
Fury quickly began to overflow Eren as he realised the predicament he was in. "Eren" Eren quickly looked up to see two people outside his cell, he recognised both Commander Erwin of the Scouting Legion and Captain Levi, what are they doing here? "What do you truly want Eren?" The commander asked blankly. Eren was mulling over how to answer when another voice spoke up, this one more condescending and accusing "Answer up you piece of crap" Levi moved closer to the Titan boy as he was now known. "Levi, we have no reason to suspect he is an enemy to mankind, he nearly died filling the breach in the wall and his devotion to fighting the Titans is notable" Erwin replied, watching Eren sternly. Eren thought about what the Titans had done to him and to his family and what he had seen them do to his comrades, it was an easy decision to make. "I want to join the Scouting Legion and just slaughter the Titans!" Levi's eyes glinted in approval, surprised by the boys strong answer "Hm, not bad" Levi replied moving closer to the cell's bars. "You will join the Scouting Legion and be my responsibility, but I will kill you if you go out of control" Levi's words were cold, then he and the Commander walked out leaving Eren on his own.
Mikasa watched as Eren was brought into the room in chains, her anger flared at seeing him in such a state, after he had given everything for the advancement of humankind against the Titans, he was being treated like this. Armin looked over to Mikasa and saw that her normally stoic face was held in a slight frown, Armin knew that Mikasa was furious over Eren's treatment, he was too but Mikasa was so protective over Eren and loved him so much that Armin could see her slowly falling apart, quite like she did when she thought he was gone forever. After Eren was brought in, two more people were brought in on trial, the first to enter had long shoulder length purple hair, he was quite tall and had a muscular build, his left arm in a cast, following him immediately afterwards was somebody that Armin would recognise anywhere. It was the person who had caught the chunk of the wall that would have crushed him Eren and Mikasa. Armin could now take in his appearance; he was taller than the person who had come in before him and hard unruly hair that seemed to defy gravity but what was most interesting was it's colour, it was darker than any hair Armin had ever seen, even darker than Mikasas. Armin also noted that the darker haired young man also had a muscular build and he began to walk towards the purple haired man. As he began to walk his eyes locked with Armin's for a brief second and Armin could see determination in his eyes, which to Armin's surprise were also coal black just like his hair, this trial was going to be very interesting indeed.
End notes: I think this is the longest chapter I have wrote so far, sorry it took so long I haven't had much time on my own recently. As I said in the beginning notes any feedback is appreciated, it makes writing this story more enjoyable knowing other people out their enjoy it too or could help me improve it. I hope I got Levi right, I think out of all the characters who will be featured in this fic that Levi is the hardest to write, and Gohan and Eren being the easiest. The reasoning for Gohan and Trunks being on trial will become clear in the next chapter. I'm just going to say this now, their will be no pairing between Gohan and Trunks and the Shingeki characters, mainly because Gohan is already in love with Videl and Trunks is 20 in this fic, whilst most of the girls are 15 or so, the same principle applies to Levi as well. This doesn't mean that these characters will not have heartfelt moments with each other in the future though.