The Ackerman's Part II

"It has been about a week and a half since Mikasa came to live with Levi. The two got along as well as you would assume. While, Levi still worked, he was a captain of a squad in the police brigade, Erwin didn't have him working as much. When Levi asked why Hanji just couldn't come and look after the 'the little brat', Erwin merely shook his head and said that Mikasa needs to grow a bond with him. Levi made a weirded-out face and accepted that as a worthy answer. Hanji came to visit as much as she could, much to Levi's everlasting annoyance. Even though she never said anything, Levi knew one of the main reasons why she kept showing up was because she found some happiness in hearing Mikasa call her "oba-san". Though Hanji liked to tease him about how whenever he heard Mikasa laugh he smiled. Though she just ruined the moments.

"Mikasa!" Levi called from the kitchen. After a beat, Levi heard the pitter patter of little feet and sure enough the little girl appeared in the doorway of the kitchen.
"Yes, Onii-san?" she asked. Levi gestured to the kitchen table where a plate filled with food lay.

"Your lunch is ready," he said. Mikasa smiled and sat down at the table, on her knees, and immediately dug in.

"What are we doing today, Onii-san?" Mikasa asked, putting a cucumber slice in her mouth.

"Well, I need to head down to the station and do some paperwork so I'm having my coworkers take you to the park," Levi explained sitting across from the six-year old. Mikasa grinned.

"I love the park!" she said

"So, I've heard," Levi said, taking a sip from his teacup.

"What coworkers?" she asked tilting her head to the side. Just then the doorbell rang, and the door opened.

"Hello?" a feminine voice called out. Levi smirked while Mikasa gasped delighted.

"Petra!" Mikasa squealed. She jumped from the table and ran into the living room.

"Oi, brat! Come finish!" Levi sighed, defeated, when he heard Petra laugh and squeal back. Levi placed his teacup down and entered the living room. Mikasa was currently in Petra's arms getting the life squeezed out of her, but it didn't look like she minded because she was giggling. While, Oluo (can't for the life of me pronounce it XD), Eld and Gunter simply stood behind the redhead.

"How are you, Mikasa?" Petra asked, once she let the girl go.

"I'm good! Are we going to the park now?" Mikasa asked. Petra laughed while Levi tsked.

"Not until you finish your lunch, brat," he said. Mikasa nodded.

"Okay!" and she skipped back into the kitchen.

"You sure you 4 are able to handle her?" Levi asked. Petra smiled.

"As much as I think it's adorable that you are one of those protective guardians, I am a little hurt you need to question us," Petra said. Levi smirked.

"I know she may be quiet, but she can be a handful," Levi warned.

"Nothing we can't handle," Eld said. "After all, we know she listens well, I'm sure she will be just fine."

"Besides, it's not like she hasn't been away from you before," Gunter said.

"Yeah, but that was when she was here, in the apartment. Out there, there are probably kids her age who are little motherfuc-"

"Levi!"

"-fudgers, who are spoiled and bratty," Levi finished.

Petra shook her head. "Levi, you are overreacting. You know for a fact that Mikasa needs more kids her age," Petra said. Mikasa took that moment to bound into the room, giggling to herself.

"Onii-san, can we go to the park now?" she asked. Levi sighed.

"Mikasa, come here," he commanded. Mikasa immediately was at her cousin's side.

"Yes, Onii-san?" she asked.

"Now, when you go to the park, I want you to play nice with other kids, now if a bully or a mean kid comes up and is being rude to you I want you to…calmly and efficiently…deck the asshole in the face," Levi said.

"Levi!" Petra protested.

"What?" he asked. Petra knelt to Mikasa's level throwing Levi a quick glare, which Levi scoffed at.

"Mikasa, if there is another kid being mean, I want you to walk away, or come and get one of us, okay?" Mikasa nodded. Petra smiled.

"Okay then, go get your shoes on, your Onii-san must get to work," she said. Mikasa beamed, which is hard to believe with what she went through, but she obeyed and went to the front door to put her shoes, which Eld helped her with.

Mikasa and Levi's squad, left before Levi did, and to say Mikasa was excited was an understatement. She was practically vibrating in her car seat. With Gunter driving, Petra in the passenger seat and Oluo and Eld in the back on either side of Mikasa, they drove to the park.

"So Mikasa, you think you are going to make any new friends?" Petra asked, looking at the raven-haired girl. Mikasa looked hesitant, but she shrugged.

"What's wrong?" Eld asked.

"What if the kids don't like me? No kids at the foster care liked me…" Mikasa trailed off. The 4 shared a look.

"That's okay," Oluo said.

"Yeah, if there are no kids to play with, we'll play with you, sound good?" Gunter asked. Mikasa seemed to brighten up a little at that.

"Okay," she said.

Before long, they reached the park and Mikasa looked delighted at the amount of kids laughing and playing with each other. She grabbed Petra's hand as they entered the playground. Levi's squad found a picnic table to sit at, while Mikasa walked towards the playground. There were swings, monkey bars, a spider net, slides and many other play equipment. She looked around and her eyes landed on the swing set. She skipped over to it, smiling to herself, unaware of the squad watching her like a hawk. Levi would kill them if anything happened to her.

When Mikasa arrived, she was surprised to see she wasn't the only one there. A girl was sitting on one of the swings, looking a little lonely. Mikasa bit her lip but put a smile on her face and approached the girl.

"Hi," Mikasa said, making the girl look up. She was a little blonde girl, with blue eyes and her hair was pulled back into a bun. The girl looked around, then softly replied.

"Hello," she said.

"Do you want me to push you?" Mikasa asked. The girl was a little surprised, in an innocent kind of way. She looked at the ground and then nodded. Mikasa's smile grew bigger and she went behind the girl and gently pushed the girl's back. "My name is Mikasa," she said. The girl took a minute, but she eventually replied.

"I'm Annie," she said.

"Oh look! Mikasa made a friend!" Petra cheered, as they watched Mikasa and the blonde girl switch places, so now Mikasa was the one being pushed. The guys all looked and nodded.

"I don't know what Levi was so worried about," Eld said.

Meanwhile, back with Annie and Mikasa, they decided to go play on something else.

"So, Annie, why were you by yourself?" Mikasa asked. Annie shrugged and put her hands in her hoodie pocket.

"I don't get along with other kids," she said.

"You get along with me," Mikasa put out there. Annie smiled a little. "I guess that's true," she said. Mikasa smiled softly.

"WATCH OUT!" Mikasa turned around but was immediately met with the sky and pain in her head, as she was knocked down.

"Mikasa!" Annie cried out and was at the girl's side. "Are you okay?" she asked. Mikasa nodded rubbing her throbbing head.

"Ow," she said.

"I am so sorry!" a male voice said. Mikasa and Annie both looked up to see a boy. He had brown hair and green eyes and he looked very worried. "Are you alright!? I didn't even see you there!" he said. Mikasa glared. Was this boy a bully that Levi was talking about? What should she do? She was too far away from Petra and the others, and she didn't want this bully to be mean to anyone again. So, she did what she thought was right. She decked the boy in the face. Annie's eyes widened as the boy hit the ground, hard."Ow!" he cried out. "What was that for?!" the boy screeched. Mikasa was standing up now, her fist still clenched. Her fist wasn't that strong considering she was only six, but it seemed to hurt.

"You're a bully!" she said. The boy just stared at her gobsmacked.

"What!? No, I'm not!" he glared furiously at her, green eyes flaring. Mikasa crossed her arms and Annie came up behind her, trying not to laugh.

"You hurt me," Mikasa stated firmly.

"I said I was sorry!" the boy shrieked. "Bullies never say sorry!" he said. Mikasa looked at him. "If anything, you're the bully! You're the one who punched me!" Mikasa was shocked. She didn't know what to do…so she did the one thing she thought she should do.

"Petraaaaaaa!" Mikasa cried as she ran towards the 4, Annie followed her. Petra and the others were up in seconds.

"What is it, Mikasa!?" she asked franticly. Mikasa eyes watered.

"There was this boy, and he bumped into me, so I punched him for being a bully and then…and then…and then, he called ME a bully!" Mikasa said. Annie patted her back for comfort. After all, if the boy had bumped into her, she would have done the same thing.

"Mikasa, you punched him!?" Petra asked. Mikasa nodded.

"That's what Onii-san said to do," she said. Petra sighed.

"Well, your Onii-san was just kidding, sweetie. I think you should apologize to the boy for punching him," she said.

"But he bumped into me," Mikasa said, rubbing her head.

"Did the boy apologize?" Gunter asked. Mikasa hesitated, then nodded.

"Well, there you go, now can you please go and say your sorry?" Petra asked. Mikasa nodded again and started back towards the boy, Annie waved to the group, before following her friend.

When the two girls reached the place where the boy was, they saw that he was still there. He was sitting on the ground with his head in his hand playing with the rocks on the ground. He looked a little upset, but he wasn't alone. There was a blonde boy and he was sitting beside the boy reading a book.

When Mikasa and Annie approached, both boys looked up. The green-eyed boy was up in seconds.

"Hey, I am sorry for making you cry," he said, shuffling his feet.

"I'm sorry, too," Mikasa mumbled. The boys head snapped up.

"You are?" he asked. Mikasa nodded. "Well, I forgive you," he said smiling.

"I forgive you, as well." The blonde boy was beaming as he walked over.

"I'm glad that everything is okay, Eren gets very pouty when he's upset," he said. The boy, Eren, Mikasa assumed, blushed and whirled around.

"Armin!" he said. Armin grinned and then turned to look at Mikasa.

"I'm Armin, by the way," he said. Mikasa smiled.

"I'm Mikasa," she said shyly. The two shook hands. "This is Annie, my…" Mikasa trailed off, looking at the blonde.

"…friend," Annie finished, smiling slightly. Mikasa smiled as well. She made a friend! All three pairs of eyes turned to look at Eren. He looked confused.

"What?" he asked. Armin sighed.

"Introduce yourself," he said.

"You already said my name!" he protested.

"So? It is polite to tell them your name," Armin said. Eren grumbled.

"I'm Eren…" he said. Mikasa held her hand out.

"Nice to meet you, Eren," she said. Eren looked at her with wide eyes, before hesitantly taking her hand and shaking her hand.

"Mikasa!" a voice called out. Mikasa gasped.

"Onii-san!" she cried out and turned around to run into her cousin's arms. Levi lifted her off the ground and slightly smiled of her delighted giggles. Mikasa then gasped. "Onii-san, I made a friend!" she said. Levi put her down and Mikasa ran over to Annie and grabbed her hand to drag her towards her cousin. Annie flushed when Levi knelt to her level.

"Hello," Levi said. Annie shyly waved.

"This is Annie," Mikasa introduced. She then turned to the blonde. "Annie, this is my Onii-san." Annie nodded and held out her hand, which surprised Levi a little, but he shook her hand regardless.

"Well, Mikasa, it is time to say good-bye to your friend," Levi said. Eren and Armin came up behind the two girls. Eren was the first to speak.

"I'm Eren," he said. Levi raised an eyebrow.

"I'm Armin, nice to meet you, sir," Armin said, politely.

"I thought you said you made "a friend", meaning only one?" Levi said. Mikasa shuffled her feet.

"I only just met them now," she said. That was when Levi's squad came up to the children and Levi.

"Well, there was a bit of a story meeting these two boys," Petra explained. Mikasa looked at the ground. Levi noticed this.

"Oh? What happened?" he asked. Petra smiled a little.

"Mikasa, why don't you explain what happened?" Petra said. Mikasa didn't say anything, so Annie spoke.

"Eren bumped into her and knocked her down and then she punched him," she said, simply. Levi snorted and then did a little laugh.

"That's my girl!" he said. Mikasa giggled. Petra was not pleased, she whacked Levi in the shoulder.

"Levi, we are not encouraging this!" she said.

"Hey, I'm the guardian, so I say job well done, brat probably deserved it," Levi said. Eren glared.

"I am right here, ya know," he grumbled. Levi ignored him.

"Alright, it's time to head back to the apartment. Unless, you don't want the treat I got you," Levi said. Mikasa cheered.

"What is it?" she asked. Levi smirked.

"It's a surprise," he said. Mikasa grabbed his hand and waved good-bye to her friends.

"Will we play together again?" she asked. Annie nodded.

"Of course," Armin said. Eren nodded along with him. Mikasa waved and then followed her Onii-san back towards her home.

Okay, so I maybe rushed the ending, but I couldn't think of anything else. If any of you have any ideas to put in this series, then I highly recommend you to give me ideas. Oh, also, I think many of you may have thought that since it's obvious I am going to pair Mikasa and Eren together, that I am putting Annie and Armin together. Now, over the past couple of months I may have been starting to warm up to them, but I still love Armin and Krista and Annie and Bertoldt. I haven't decided what I am doing with those 2 now, so don't expect anything romantic with them yet. Thanks!

~Lexi Heartfilia