Chapter 8

(Friendly remimder, Connie and Sasha are like 9)

Armin walked down the path in the forest. He decided to wonder a bit more before finding Eren again. There was something in Eren that he needed to talk to him about. "Arrrmiiin!" Two young voices yelled. Connie and Sasha. Armin stopped and looked around, and the next thing he knew, he'd been tackled to the ground.

"Oh hey you two." Armin said, quite happy. "We missed you!" Sasha chirped. "I did too!" Connie said, sending a scowl at Sasha. "Well I missed him more!" Sasha shot back. "Did not!" Connie replied. Armin chuckled and ruffled Sasha's hair. "Hey you two. I missed you guys as well." Armin said. "Ha! You owe me 20$ Connie!" Connie stuck his tongue out at Sasha. Armin looked confused. Did they really bet on him? Yep. They did. "The day is mine!" Sasha gloated. Armin's expression softened and smiled at Sasha and Connie. The pain in his head returned but he tried his best to ignore it. "Oh hey Armin!" Another voice called. Marco.

Armin looked over at Marco, and saw there was a man walking beside him. Who was that? "Connie. Sasha. Get off him." The man said, in a stern voice. Connie and Sasha did immediately. Something told Armin that this man intimidated them two. Armin then stood up. "So who is this?" The man asked. "Jean, this is Armin." Marco introduced. Wait, Jean? The one Mikasa was talking about? "So, you the new Alice ,eh?" Jean asked. "I guess." Armin guessed. "Hmm." Jean mumbled and walked up to Armin. "Looks wimpy and not as strong as the others. Not only that, but a boy. And quite wimpy for a boy ,might I add." Jean mumbled. "Well aren't you a gentleman." Armin mumbled. Connie, Sasha, and Marco stared at Armin in shock. Did he really just say that?

Jean looked down at Armin, shocked. "Oh, he's dead! He stood up to the boss!" Sasha panicked. "I knew he wasn't gonna last long. Bye Armin!" Connie then waved goodbye. Sasha ran up between Armin and Jean. "Pleeeeeeeeeeeeease don't kill him! He's the first Alice who hasn't called us gremlines!" Sasha pleaded. "If your gonna kill him can you get it over with?" Connie asked. Sasha shot a scowl at Connie. Jean started laughing.

Sasha and Connie stared up at Jean in confusion. They had expected that Armin would be dead on the ground right now. "I'm not gonna kill him. This one's got guts." Jean finshed laughing and looked at Armin. "And I need guts." Jean continued. Jean extended his hand forward to Armin. "Wanna join?" He asked. "Join what?" Armin asked. "Well of course our Mafia!" Connie said.

Armin's eye twitched. Did they say Mafia? "Y...Your running what again?" Armin asked. "A mafia." Jean replied. Armin took a step back. "Oh come on it's not that bad." Jean continued. Jean was about to grab Armin's arm, when something stopped him. Jean felt elctricity go through hand. "Ah!" He yelled. He took his hand back and rubbed it. "How'd you do THAT?!" Connie asked. Armin looked at his arm. "I-I dunno!" Armin replied. "Were you around a reality bender? Like Eren or Annie?" Marco asked. "I was around Eren a while ago." Armin answered.

Jean expression went grim. "Eren.." He gritted his teeth. "So, he finally found an Alice he liked?" Jean asked. "Finally found an Alice is liked?" Armin asked. Jean was about to answer when Marco pushed Sasha to the side and stood between them. "I-It's nothing! Just Eren can be moody about some people." he answered. Jean sighed. Thats when Armin noticed, Jean looked a LOT like Kirchstein, just with a darker tone of hair. "Kirchstein..?" Armin mumbled.

"Oh he finally noticed." Sasha thought outloud. Jean's expression grew more grim. "I'm not like Kirchstein." He mumbled. Jean took a step back and cleared his throat. "I'll explain back at the mansion. You've been there right?" Jean asked. Armin nodded. Jean began to walk off and Connie and Sasha were hot on his trail. Armin was a bit hesitate. "Don't worry, you'll be fine." Marco whispered to Armin

When they arrived, they walked to the back where Armin sat with Marco, Sasha and Connie last time. Jean sat across from Armin and Connie and Sasha sat at the sides of them. They were waiting for Marco. Marco then walked out with a tray with 5 cups of...Coffee? Marco gave every 1 cups and then said. "Sorry, I don't know how to make tea." "And I hate tea anyways so. Win, Win right?" Jean chirped in. Connie and Sasha started giggling.

"What? That isn't funny to you?" Jean asked Armin. "Oh I uhh..." Armin said. He was lost in thought, thus, not hearing Jean's 'joke'. "You didn't get it, did you?" Jean asked. "I guess so." Armin guessed. "So." Jean took a sip of coffee, "Whatcha wanna know first?" He asked. Armin thought for a moment. "Why do you look so much like Kirchstein?" Armin asked. Jean went quiet. "Alright so. He's a copy of me. A clone you might say. I used to suffer from multiply personality disorder." Jean paused. Then continued, "Then when I was brought here, we got split. But little did I know, that he was a perverted horny mess." He finished.

Armin nodded. Believe it or not, but he believed him. Come on, he has met a talking cat. "And don't you dare ever. Accuse me of being like him." Jean threatened. Armin nodded. "Now what about Eren. You said that 'he found an Alice he liked." Armin asked. Everyone went silent. Oh what Jean could say. He either tell him the truth, or lie to him about Eren. "Eren has...Killed other Alice's." Jean said. Armin's eyes widen in fear.

END OF CHAPTER 8