Chapter 1
"I'll put an end to this cruel world! You're not a slave! You're not a god! You're just a person! You don't have to bow to anyone! You can decide! It's your choice! You get to choose!"
"Eren... what are you doing?" Zeke is chasing after Eren, who is hugging Ymir from behind, "Ymir! Obey my command!"
Eren then turns into a soft voice, "Ymir... do you want to stay here forever or leave? You have been waiting all this time for us..."
Then Ymir starts to cry in tears, ignoring Zeke's voice from behind. Zeke has been running, but Ymir has trapped him in a loop. Ymir speaks, "I... I want to end it all..."
Eren says, "You can do it. If you love your daughters, if you love your husband, I wish you can save us Eldians from extinction. Just lend me your power to end this cruel world..."
"I won't let you..." Ymir says, causing Eren to gasp, "You suffered enough, every Eldian has suffered enough. You don't need to be the villain anymore."
Just then, she glows, and Eren is surprised to see himself at the Reiss Farm. Historia notices Eren and gasps, "Eren? Is that you?"
Eren notices Historia and rushes to her, they share a hug before Historia asks, "What are you doing here? I thought you were battling in Shiganshina..."
"I don't know, the last thing I remember is that I was shot in the head by Gabi..." Eren says.
Just then, they are teleported to the paths, just like the other people. And then he hears a voice, "To all subjects of Ymir."
Eren gasps, "That's... my voice..."
"My name is Eren Yeager. I'm using the power of the Founding Titan to address all of Ymir's subjects. The hardening of all walls present on Paradis has come undone, and all titans entrapped within them have started marching. My objective is to protect the people of Paradis, the place where I was born and raised. However, the world wishes for the annihilation of the people of Paradis. The hatred that has been swelling up for so long will certainly not end until not just the Paradisians, but all of Ymir's subjects have been eliminated. I reject that wish. The wall titans shall trample all Earth outside of this island underfoot until all life existing there has been exterminated from this world."
As they're teleported back, Historia says, "What's going on... If you weren't the one who was speaking, who is the one and why did it use your name?"
"I think it is probably Ymir..." Eren says to Historia. "I didn't think she was going to let me live... she wants me to avoid that plan I told you before... Why? I was supposed to be the villain! I was going to trample all humanity outside the island..."
Historia then gives him a kiss to calm him down, and she says, "Eren, if Ymir wants to do it instead of you, then you should be happy. You're not going to commit genocide and we get to stay with each other longer. Do you still have your Titan Power?"
Eren bites his hand and there is still steam, and he says, "I guess I can feel the power of the Attack and the War Hammer in me, but not the Founding Titan. That means the curse is still here..."
Historia frowns, "I see..."
Then Eren remembers Shiganshina and he says, "Historia, I think I'm going back to Shiganshina. I realize that without the Founding Titan and Zeke, the Titans are probably going to attack our soldiers."
Historia nods and says, "Stay safe."
Eren is now in his Titan form, and he sees that the Scouts and the Yeagerists are fighting the Titans. Eren notices Mikasa is having trouble with the Titan, he roars before creating a bow and arrow, shooting the Titan from the nape.
"What the..." Mikasa gasps to see the Titan that saved her. "Eren?!"
Armin and Jean also arrive and they notice Eren. Jean says, "Wait, is that Eren?"
"If that's Eren, then who is the Titan that was marching with the Colossal Titans?" Armin asks.
Then they watch as Eren continues to kill the Titans using his hardening, Mikasa says, "Guys, we leave the Titans there to him. We have to continue to find the survivors."
The others nod as they try to kill the other titans, after it's done, Eren gets out of the Titan and finds Louise lying on the ground. "Louise!" Eren rushes to the girl since she has Mikasa's scarf wrapping around her.
"Mr. Yeager... It's a pity... I'll never be able to see the free world... that you guys will make." Louise says. "I became a soldier because I admired you and Mikasa. I have no regrets... because I chased after you... as I lived... devoting my heart..."
Eren frowns and says, "You've devoted your heart. But please, I need the scarf."
Louise nods and gives him the Scarf, she says, "I want to get closer to you, that's why I have the scarf when she threw it away..."
"I know." Eren sheds a tear before leaving her with the other Yeagerists who are dealing with the dead bodies. Eren then walks around and finds Floch.
"Eren..." Floch says.
"Floch, are you okay?" Eren helps him and he says, "You really did it... you really activated the Rumbling..."
"Yes, but it seems that someone decided to do it in my place, that's why I get to live..." Eren says. "However, there are a lot of things that we need to deal with, and we need your help."
Floch nods as they all head upstairs to where Jean and the Anti-Marleyan Volunteers are. Jean gasps, "Eren?"
Eren ignores Jean and turns to Yelena, holding a gun at her head. "I did everything to push away my friends, laughing at Sasha's death, punching Armin in the face, calling Mikasa a slave. Everything is to get Zeke's trust so that this can happen. And now you're under arrest."
"What?" The others ask in surprise, and Eren turns around, "As for the other Anti-Marleyan Volunteers, I'm pretty sure that you don't know about the plan firsthand, so we won't arrest you. However, I am deeply sorry that your homeland has to be trampled. Thanks to the Rumbling, gigantic Titan footsteps are all that'll remain. But I made a deal with Founder Ymir, once everything is over, your homeland will be thriving again with nature and abundance. You will have a choice, to lend your strength here on the island, or wait until the rumbling is over so that you can have not only your stolen homelands but also more lands that you can have to create your own country."
The Anti-Marleyan Volunteers are all stunned at what Eren has said, one of them tries to protest, "Who do you think you are, you bastard!"
Just then, Floch shoots the man to death, and Eren says, "What are you doing, Floch?"
"He lived as a proud volunteer to the end, refusing to submit, even in the face of the bullet. But... pride is nothing worth dying for. What's so bad about submission?"
"Floch, you have to realize they are still our guests." Eren says. "Because of helping us, they are getting a lot of punishment by the military. They already suffer enough."
The Anti-Marleyan Volunteers are shocked to hear what Eren has said, and Floch sighs, "Fine."
It is then Mikasa arrives at the scene, and she is surprised to see Eren. "Eren?"
Eren notices Mikasa and frowns, he turns around and says, "I know you're not going to forgive me for what I did at the restaurant. I wasn't expecting that I was going to live, and you still have a long life ahead of you."
He takes out the red scarf, and Mikasa widens her eyes in surprise, "I found this with Louise, she died because a Thunder Spear was impaled on her chest. I'll be taking this so you'll be free."
Mikasa frowns, Eren is still giving her the same cold glare as he did in the restaurant, Eren says, "I wasn't the one who said those words of trampling the outside world with the Rumbling, however, I admit that everything is the same as my thoughts. My objective is to protect the people of Paradis, the place where I was born and raised. However, the world wishes for the annihilation of the people of Paradis. The hatred that has been swelling up for so long will certainly not end until not just the Paradisians, but all of Ymir's subjects have been eliminated, I reject their desire. If you're asking why I'm saying this, I'm just telling you that I'm not going to help you stop the Rumbling."
Jean says, "But did you really need to go this far? If it is for Marley then we understand, but why the entire world?"
Eren turns to him and says, "Simple, if you understand how the world works, Marley has been tolerant with Eldians more than the other nations in the world. If you know that, you'll be able to realize how dangerous the outside nations are compared to Marley. If we just eliminated Marley, that would only fuel the hatred for the other nations. That's why the Rumbling is going to end it. I know that none of you like it, I myself don't like it as well. But for all the people here, this is the only choice."
"There has to be another choice..." Mikasa weakly mutters. Eren says, "During these four years, I have been trying to find other choices, but none of them worked."
Then Eren says, "I'm tired of talking about this anymore. If you want to save the world, you go do it, and don't drag us with you. I will also tell our military to let you go without any interference. I have only one wish, let the others believe I'm the giant titan that follows the Colossal Titans to trample the world."
As Eren is about to leave, Mikasa asks, "Wh...where are you going?"
"The Military was gone thanks to Zeke's Spinal Fluid. The soldiers that are alive here are mostly Historia and my faction of soldiers." Eren says, "The Military needs to be reformed and we're going to give the true history to our people."
"True history?" Jean asks. "What do you mean by that?"
"The sins of the Eldian ancestors, they are just lies made by the world to control the Eldians." Eren says. "Eldians have been the victim even 2000 years ago. As a former Founding Titan shifter, it's my job to give back the stolen history."
Before leaving, Eren says, "Mikasa. Since I'm not going to die because of the Rumbling, I can express my true feelings. I don't hate you because you are still a family to me. However, there is someone who knows me better than you do."
Then Eren and the Yeagerist soldiers leave, Mikasa knows what Eren means and she can only kneel with tears. Floch turns to Eren and says, "Hey, Eren. You're still keeping the fact that you are the king secret to Mikasa?"
"It won't be a secret for too long, because I'm going to reveal it sooner or later."
Welcome to Isolation Second Chance Darker Version. This is going to be an Erenx Historia fanfic with Eren living after the Rumbling. It is from my old fic and I decide to add some stuff into this story. I hope you like it and the next chapter will be Eren's speech to the crowd about the history and his status as the king of Eldia.
