Chapter 15 Conclusion of a Battle

Eren's POV:

With the power of the Deceiver Titan, I am fighting the Jaw with Mikasa while also hiding in the building waiting for the Cart Titan shifter to show up. Much to my delight, Falco and Gabi bring Pieck and Reiner to the building. Reiner is still unconscious, while Pieck is slowly healing.

"It's awful. Her body can't heal fast enough. But she's a Titan, so why?" Falco asks.

"Unlike the Armored Titan, the Cart Titan isn't exactly known for toughness." Gabi replies.

I decide to do my trick and Pieck is healing faster than normal. I remember the soldier who mocked the Eldians even after they won the war, he gasps, "What is going on here?"

"I made it happen." I come out of the shadows, and they gasp while seeing me.

"Eren Yeager!" Gabi roars at me as she tries to aim the gun at me. But I quickly use the Founding Titan's power and controlled Gabi.

"What? I can't move!" Gabi gasps in horror. I say, "Do you forget I have the Founding Titan? The Founding Titan can control all Eldians. How about I show you what I can do?"

Just then, the soldier widens his eyes as he sees that I'm having Gabi aiming the gun at him. Then I stop the control, and Gabi fires the gun while killing the soldier in the end.

"No! You..." Gabi is now angry, and I say, "I don't want to fight fellow Eldians, but I will be taking what belongs to us in the first place. You were there when you killed all of our comrades, didn't you, Pieck Finger?"

Then I use the Founding Titan's power to take away the Cart Titan's powers, causing her to fall unconscious as well.

"Pieck!" Falco gasps and Gabi tries to shoot me again, I decide to do nothing but take the hit, then I say, "The Jaw is the only one left."

After falling to the ground, I just disappear and the powers are back to my real self. That's one of the best abilities of the Deceiver Titan.

"Is he dead?" Falco asks, but then they probably hear my roar, and they look out the window and find me still battling Porco Galliard.

"What? But he was just here!" Gabi says. "This doesn't make any sense!"

I smirk while feeling the Cart Titan power inside me. "The Jaw is the only one left." I say to Mikasa.

Mikasa nods. Porco lunges over at me with his mouth open. He raises his right hand and his claws getting ready to attack once getting close, but he doesn't get the opportunity because I hit him with a massive punch with the hardened hand. However, I was surprised that he bit off my hand and repeatedly scratch my face.

I let out a staggering noise as the Jaw Titan aggressively held onto my head with his left hand and went to scratch my face again, but I'm not going to let it happen, since I use the Attack Titan's ability to get myself away.

"What the... how did he do that?" Galliard is shocked. And at the same time, we hear Commander Hange's airship approaching. He yells, "You guys think you're escaping on that? Not happening!"

Then he runs over the airship instead of us, and that's his grave mistake. Mikasa quickly uses her blades to cut off all of his legs, and I drag his head and jump onto the room, throwing him down to the ground. I also stomp on him while tearing off his limbs.

"You've lost the battle. Give up now." I say while I proceed to take the final power from Porco Galliard. And at this moment, the power of the 13 Titans is now with Eldia.

"I think the fight's over. We've got what we need. In that case, let's go back home. My gas is gone. Mikasa, will you help me?" I ask.

Mikasa nods as we all head back to the airship. On the way, Adler is also trying to protect the soldiers by using the winds to blow away the bullets from Marleyan soldiers.

While we're about to get onto the ship, I see Armin, who looks sad while bringing me and Mikasa inside the ship.

"Damn, you're a filthy sight." I look up and see Levi walking toward me. "You fall in a pile of shit? Eren?"

I just give him a dead look, before I feel him kicking me in the face, sending me flying against the wall. Mikasa wants to help me, but she's stopped by Armin. I also use the Founding Titan to tell her not to interfere.

"This brings back memories, Eren. You have such a kickable face. After you're all tied up, we'll chat." Levi says.

"That's fine." I say. "But I have Mikasa explain everything. Did you not understand it?"

He scoffs at me and says, "That face... It reminds me of the rotten shits who lived underground. Never thought I'd see it on you. Cheer up. Everything happened like you wanted."

Then I notice Zeke beside me, I say, "Sorry, Brother. But I really need this."

"What?" Before he can reply, my eyes are glowing and then a crystal comes out of Zeke's body, and Zeke falls to the ground unconscious. "Hey, who said you can fall asleep? Wake up."

Levi tries to shake Zeke, but it's no use, at the same time, I give the crystal to Mikasa and say in her head, "Mikasa. Use this to save Sasha."

Mikasa nods as she puts the crystal in the pocket, I say, "Forget about him, Captain. I used my Attack Titan power to knock him out. He won't awake."

"Tch..." Levi glares at me. I continue to look outside and the Sky Titan is returning to the airship. Armin asks, "What's the deal with that Titan? It is not one of the nine, isn't it?"

Mikasa says, "There are actually 13. That's the Sky Titan."

"13 Titans? But all we've learned are 9..." Armin asks with confusion.

"The other 4 are the Sky Titan, the Weather Titan, the Defend Titan, and the Deceiver Titan." I say in a monotone tone. "Their powers are incredible."

After some minutes, Zeke wakes up and sees me, he asks, "Eren... did you just take my Titan ability?"

"Sorry, Brother. But I need it to save a friend. I'm also returning your Titan power to the true royal family. You have the Royal Blood of the Founding Titan and the Attack Titan, but the Beast Titan doesn't belong to you." I say.

Zeke is confused as to what I'm saying, but he decides to trust me, much to my delight. After hearing the shot, Levi mutters, "They're still celebrating?"

I nod at Mikasa, who decides to leave as soon as possible with the Beast Titan power in her hand. "Hey, Mikasa!" Armin decides to chase after her.

Mikasa's POV:

Eren was right, Sasha was being shot, and the only way to save her is by giving her the Beast Titan. "Sasha!" I open the door and both Jean and Connie stare at me.

"Mikasa? What are you-"

"There's no time to talk." I say as I put the crystal inside Sasha's mouth, and after Sasha swallows the crystal, steam starts to come and her wounds are starting to heal.

"Wait, what did you just do, Mikasa?" Connie asks.

"Your highness." Floch also comes to me with the two kids in their hands. "They climb aboard using Lobov's ODM gear. Should we toss them outside?"

"If you kill them right now, Adler will try to give you a lot of pain." I reply to him, and Armin, Jean, and Connie are confused about what I'm saying.

"Don't touch me, you devils! We haven't lost yet! The rest of our comrades will carry on the will of War Chief Zeke!"

I notice that the girl is still screaming, and she continues, "Us true Eldians are gonna haunt you till you die! Pass that on to your ringleader after I'm dead!"

The boy is trying to stop her but in vain. I say, "I'll take you to them. You can tell them exactly what you told me."

Then we bring Falco and Gabi to where Eren and Zeke are located.

Eren's POV:

Since I can't let Levi know about everything, I talk to Zeke in the paths. He tries to show me the memories of my old man, but he realizes that I'm the one who manipulates my father to have him kill Historia's family. And after knowing that he won't get what he wanted, and how we manage to get Stamer and Vilij on our side, he decides to give up and join my side instead.

Now Mikasa and Jean bring Falco and Gabi into the room, and Commander Hange also arrives. "Well? Did everything play out as you hoped, Zeke Yeager?"

Zeke says, "For the most part, but there were a few miscalculations."

"Zeke?" The girl gasps.

"Who are these kids?" Hange asks.

"Miscalculations."

"Yelena! What the hell happened to trapping the Cart and the Jaw?" Jean yells at her.

"I'm sorry. I assure you they fell down the hole, but it's still my fault." Yelena replies.

Levi then adverts his eyes down at Zeke, glaring slightly. "And to cover for that slip-up, the Beast chucked more rocks at us than planned. That was some clever improvement for a clown like you. Wouldn't you say, hairball?"

Zeke returns the look and says, "Don't glare at me like that, Levi. I already give up my Titan powers to save that girl who was shot by Gabi. What if I piss my pants? And you're quite the actor yourself, considering you want to kill me so bad."

Levi takes a step forward and looks down at him. "I'm the kind of person who saves the best bite for last. I like to savor the taste."

"We killed the Marleyan brass and destroyed their port, some portion of their reinforcement and fleet. That should buy us some time." I say.

"Until the whole world launches a joint attack on Paradis? Every time you're caught by the enemy, we sacrifice lives to get you back. No matter how much it takes, and yet knowing that you went so far to make yourself a hostage. Just like you hoped, we didn't have much choice. You put your trust in us and we lost our trust in you." Hange says.

Lost their trust in me, since when did they have trust in me in the first place? I turn to Mikasa and say, "Mikasa, did you give the Beast Titan to Sasha?"

Mikasa says, "Yes, and she's healing."

"Good." I say back. "It's a good thing that Sasha also has Royal Blood. And now we also have all 13 Titans. The cost of those sacrifices will be paid through Eldia's freedom."

"What do you mean 13 Titans?" Zeke decides to ask me, and I say, "I'll explain it the other day. It turns out that there are a lot of people with Royal Blood, just that you and the queen have the Founding Titan Royal Blood."

Then I decide to stay silent until we reach Paradis Island.

Here is a new chapter, and I decide to skip the Zeke and Eren talking in the paths part in this story since they're basically the same. I hope you like this chapter and the next chapter is going to be the rise of the Yeagerists.