After Eren, Katsuki, Izuku, and Mikasa were let out of their cells, the Scouts were given a memorial for their fallen comrades.
Izuku: "My God; I never thought that battle would be so crucial."
Katsuki: "Yeah, I know; Definitely different than back home with all the villains."
Izuku: "Will things be different after today?"
Katsuki: "Seems like it to me, Deku."
Just then, Izuku and Katsuki heard a loud voice coming from their friends, and got concerned. When they looked, they noticed that Floch was starting a serious argument about why Armin was still alive.
Izuku: "Hey, Kacchan, I think Forster's trying to cause trouble with our friends."
Katsuki: "That guy; He seriously pisses me off."
Izuku: "C'mon, let's go check it out."
Katsuki: "Yeah."
They both then walked over to the group and soon checked out what was really happening.
Eren: "What do you know about Armin to justify saying that!? Not a damn thing!"
Floch: "Yeah, you're right; I'm not a childhood friend of his. Hell, I'm not his friend at all. But, I can still tell you why he's standing here now. It's cause you 4 got emotional and Captain Levi did the same. You made an irrational choice! You treated that syringe like it was yours and wasted it! He's alive because you think your friends are more important than the rest of us!"
Izuku was getting furious about what Floch said, and he and Eren walked up to him with serious expressions on their faces.
Izuku: "Are you kidding me right now!?"
Eren: "Alright, I think it's time you shut your mouth."
Floch knew that they were definitely serious, but still kept going.
Floch: "Eren, I bet that even at your core, you still believe that you're always in the right. That's why you and Katsuki wouldn't give up. You're like little kids who won't listen to reason."
Suddenly, Mikasa came from behind, and touched their shoulders to prevent them from getting any further.
Mikasa: "Eren, Zuki, just let it be, alright?"
Floch: "At least Mikasa acted like an adult out there, but I saw her give up in the end."
After hearing what he said, Mikasa backed up slowly while letting go of Eren and Izuku, and felt upset. Katsuki saw this, and he got help from Jean and Connie to stop Floch from continuing.
Katsuki: "Damnit! What the hell's wrong with you!?"
Jean: "Hey, Floch, let's not do this during the memorial of our fallen comrades."
Connie: "What's done is done; There's no sense in dredging it up again."
Floch: "As for the rest of you, you might not have acted against your superiors, but you didn't do anything to try to stop Eren and Mikasa either. You didn't do anything but watch. Medals? For what? A memorial for who? When you guys start rebuilding 'The Survey Corps', you better tell your recruits the truth, or else you'll just end up with cowards like me in the ranks! I know that I'm just faughter, I understand that my life's expendable, but still I should get to call it like I see it, and decide if this cost is worth dying for."
After hearing everything Floch said, Armin believed that he is right, and felt guilty.
Armin: "I think Floch's right; Commander Erwin's the one who should've been saved with the syringe. Maybe he could've turned the situation around. I can't though."
Izuku didn't want Armin to believe it, and decided to comfort him.
Izuku: "Armin, hold on, how can you be so sure about any of that?"
Soon, enough, Katsuki and Eren stepped out to to help Izuku comfort Armin.
Katsuki: "Deku's onto something, Armin. Look, whatever these jackasses say about you being brought back to life instead of Erwin, scratch that from your brain. They just can't understand how pitiful it is to lose someone who's practically family to you."
Eren: "Never thought I'd say it, but he's right. I don't know what choice was right. So, I won't pretend to; None of us know what the future might hold. I mean, we can barely imagine."
Izuku then looked back at Armin, and asked him something important.
Izuku: "Armin, think about it; If we were to go outside of Wall Maria, what would we find?"
Armin: "The Sea?"
Eren: "Yeah, that's right; We'd find the Sea. A place we've only dreamed of. Water that glows like fire, fields of ice, giant rocks that'd take days to climb! How could we be sure of anything when there's so much we haven't seen yet!? On the other side of the wall, freedom is-!"
Suddenly, Eren stopped after seeing painful memories and froze up. This got Katsuki concerned about him, and checked to make sure he was still okay.
Katsuki: "Eren, you good?"
Eren: "Yeah, I just tensed up a bit there of a moment."
Just then, Levi came over and got everyone lining up for the ceremony to begin.
Levi: "Alright, you brats, it's time; Line up."
As the medals were being handed out, Katsuki was deep in his thoughts about everything that he saw. From the look on his face, he couldn't help but worry about his comrades; Including Eren.
Katsuki: "(Holy Shit; I never expected any of this happening at all. First, Eren gets kidnapped by some random royal who wants to steal his power, and now he almost lost 1 of his childhood friends to a former comrade who had the Colossal Titan power. So much has happened in the time I spent with these guys. What scared me the most was that I almost lost the person that I betrayed and wanted to start over again with. No way in Hell am I gonna let that happen to him or anyone else again. This time, I'll make things right with Eren and keep him safe. I'm not gonna risk losing him ever again.)"
After Katsuki had all of his thoughts sorted out, they all went back to their bunkers and got some sleep after a long day.
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