(Two Months later)

It was late at night, and the Lunarian couldn't fall asleep, so he carefully got up so that he didn't disturb Uta's sleep and quietly left their home.

He walked around Origashima for a while, and his mind was plagued with ideas on utilizing his Titan abilities better and how far he'd progressed with the power of the Nine.

Ever since he obtained the power of the Nine, the Lunarian has been training nearly non-stop to use his abilities for long periods without worrying about getting exhausted quickly in battle, which was incredibly hard.

As Mikasa informed him, using the Nine's power used a ton of stamina. Crow thought that was a major understatement as even using the lesser abilities of the Titans nearly rendered him unconscious, and he needed to consume two times the food he initially did.

However, it was worth it as so far, he can go two hours straight using his newfound powers to their fullest extent before succumbing to fatigue and can transform four times.

Speaking of his abilities, he's been finding creative ways to utilize them.

The lunarian tested these abilities extensively as he was curious about what he could do with them, and it was safe to say he wasn't disappointed with the results.

For his steam-based abilities, Crow discovered that he could not only generate and control but also rapidly heat and dehydrate anything with liquids within a fifty-meter radius. The first time he tested his abilities, he could heat liquids between two hundred to four hundred degrees Celsius. However, after extensive training, he could heat things between eight hundred to twelve hundred degrees Celsius. For dehydration, he could now instantly dehydrate small objects and organisms. However, big things like trees, massive animals, and plants take a few seconds to minutes to remove the water thoroughly.

For his scream-based abilities, he can now emit sonic blasts destructive enough to destroy entire buildings, cause weaker people's heads to explode, or temporarily stun people like the Flying Six or rupture their internal organs. However, he can also use it to enhance his voice and repel most targets.

For his crystal-based abilities, he's created melee and ranged weapons, fields of spikes, and gigantic structures. He also utilizes his crystal manipulation to increase his or others' defense further by coating himself or his allies with the crystals without having to sacrifice speed or mobility.

For his shape-shifting abilities, he can alter his and his Titan forms, size, and mass. He can also change his and his Titan's appearance to a limited degree.

Lastly was the ability to control his transformation blast radius. This power was the most difficult to control due to its devastatingly destructive capabilities. Even transforming into a smaller Titan emits enough energy to destroy anything within fifty meters. Luckily, he could regulate his smallest form's blast radius to twenty-five meters. However, the Lunarian decided that until he could handle the transformation power, he wouldn't shift into Titan unless he absolutely had to.

The only powers he's unable to utilize are the Attack Titans' foresight and summoning abilities. Even Mikasa was surprised that he couldn't immediately access them and chalked it up to him not being strong enough to use the powers yet.

Crow, while disappointed he couldn't use these abilities, decided not to think about it too much and focus on the powers he could use.

For his Titans appearance, he had two different forms he could shift into.

Azrael, his first form, his height increased by twenty meters, his hair shorted to his shoulders, and he grew rows of sharp teeth. For his facial features, he developed a hooked nose, and his eyes were sunken, pupilless, and a deeper shade of red. Bodywise, his Titans form was well-portioned, extremely lean, heavily muscular, and had spiked wings.

Akatosh, his second form, transforms him into a forty-meter black and red human-dragon hybrid. For his facial features, he has a pair of gray-whit sharp-pointed horns on his sides that curve upward. His face looks as expected, taking the appearance of a dragon as he develops slit pupils, an elongated face with powerful jaws and teeth. Bodywise, it's similar to the Azrael in portion and leanness, but that's where the similarities as the muscle mass of the Akatosh form is two times greater than that of the first form, his body is covered with durable black scales, has a thick sixty-meter tail with spikes, and powerful digitigrade legs. The parts that aren't black but red are the hide, spikes, and membranes of the wings.

It honestly baffled him how far he had progressed. Even Mikasa was surprised by his growth in power and stated that his growth rate was second only to the former user. However, she also reminded him that despite all his progress, the lunarian still had a long way to go before he could use the true power of the Nine.

When Crow asked what she meant by the true power of the Nine, she smirked and replied in a teasing tone. "Get good, and I might tell you~"

Crow rolled his eyes at her comment and smiled.

He was thankful for Mikasa's aid as without her, he honestly didn't believe he'd get this far with the Nine's power and would've been struggling for years.

Because of her, not only is his current power several times greater than before, thanks to the power of the Nine and her Training, but his own strength and abilities have also increased as well.

Crow can now get hit by a non-serious King five times before getting knocked out. It may not sound like an achievement to most, but to people who know the true strength of the lunarian, that's quite the feat.

Crow was broken out of musings when his transponder snail rung.

"Hello?"

"Hey..." Uta yawned. "Where are you?"

"Just walking around the island, why?"

"...I can't fall back asleep without you," she said shyly and adorably.

Crow chuckled. "I'm on my way."

"Yay~ Also, before you hang up, we should find out the gender of the babies later," she suggested.

"Babies?" Crow quirked an eyebrow.

"Yeah, I have a feeling that there's more than one little lunarian in me," she said happily.

"How do you figure that."

"Woman's intuition," she joked.

Crow snorted. "Right. Anyways, I love you, and I'll see you in a minute."

"Love you too, bye," she said before disconnecting from the call.

End.