Unexpected

Chapter 7

To say that King Jaeger was worried is an understatement.

He was immensely perturbed. He knew that his kids should have not been arriving home so early, leading him to ponder in anxiety what made them leave. His fast-paced footsteps could be heard echoing all over the throne room, a room so bare.

It only had what its name described, thrones. Both were identical, same height, same red cushions, the only difference was the color of the metal. One being silver and one being gold.

A few pots of plants were scattered about and King Jaeger was extremely tempted to knock them down. He was about to until the door opened to let a servant into view.  "Sir, your children are here." The servant said before opening the door wider to let Mikasa and Eren in.

The two could already sense their father's distress and were slightly off put about it. "Thank you, you are dismissed," Jaeger said with a wave of his hand. The door closed and it was still before the king fired questions. 

"What happened? Why does Eren have a cut on his head? Did you make sure to make an excuse for me? Speak now, children!" He boomed. Eren defiantly looked at the potted plant to his right as Mikasa went closer to the King and bowed. "Sir, Eren was attacked by an assassin," she paused to see if the King would intervene but when he didn't, she continued. "He was able to get away safely, obviously. We did make sure to keep your excuse up. Also, I request that I stay by Eren's side at all times."

"This assassin was different, call it gut feeling, sir. I am the most capable of protecting him-" Mikasa was cut off by Eren. "The most capable person to protect me is me. I can handle myself just fine! Dad, sir, you know that!" Eren protested. 

The King just sighed. "Eren, you may have been training longer than her, but she's bested you in spars again and again. She's proven that she is the most capable of handling herself and you." Eren didn't like that response and began to open his mouth again but his dad gave him a hard look to shut up. Eren, for once, complied.

"Mikasa, you are ordered to stay with Eren at all times. I'll raise security around the castle as well, but your main priority is him. Do you get that?" He asked. Mikasa nodded. "Crystal."

With his worries lessened, the King dismissed the two of them and got to work. 

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"Mikasa!" Eren whined.

The girl rolled her eyes. "You know it had to be done. Once you beat me in a fight, then I'll be okay leaving you for a day," She responded.

Eren grunted and crossed his arms. Mikasa smiled a little at the fact that he looked like a five-year-old who didn't get the toy he wanted. "Would you rather me or Jean?" She asked. Eren shuddered. "You. Horse-face is only good on horses since, you know, he's a horse," he retorted.

As if on cue, Jean Kirstein appeared at the end of the hall the two were walking down. "I heard that Jaeger!" He shouted. Eren grinned and patted Jean on the back roughly when he reached him. 

"Good, I want to know that my horses have good hearing," Eren teased. Jean huffed and responded with a "Suicidal Bastard." 

Mikasa resisted the urge to roll her eyes again at them, such children. "Jean, I thought you had to help the newbies today when I was away. They should be doing there evening sparring right now," she said. 

Jean's face contorted into one of unease. "About that, training was canceled. A couple of the younger ones reported a woman who eerily fit the description of Annie," he said. Eren's eyes lit up at the name 'Annie'. 

"Where is she? What direction did she go in? Jean, Mikasa, what if she didn't die! We gotta go help her-" Mikasa put her hand firmly on Eren's shoulder.

"Eren, we are sure she's dead," she shot a look at Jean. She didn't want Eren getting false hope, because if Eren got false hope, Armin would later hear and be led on a goose chase with disappointment at the end. "It was most likely a girl from the village that was curious how the castle looked."

Jean sighed in defeat. He honestly did believe that Annie didn't die. She and Mikasa were always toe and toe in spars and those usually ended in draws. An attack led by barbarians wasn't going to kill her. 

"Whatever you say, Mikasa. But I say we just let them rest for the night. They got shaken up," Jean suggested. He wanted to add on that she should rest too, Mikasa hardly ever did, but he knew what her answer would be. 'I have to protect Eren '. 

Jean was jealous that Eren always got the undivided attention from Mikasa, but he could understand why. Eren had helped her all those years ago, according to the story she told him. But still, he wanted to prove to Mikasa he was also worthy of her love too. 

"Fine. Let's go Eren. We'll see you around Jean," she said as she dragged Eren to his bedroom.

At his door, he protested saying that he didn't want to sleep and go talk to Armin about finding Annie. "Armin is helping some of the other researchers find a cure for a disease. Let them do that, it'll help living people versus a dead one," Mikasa said sternly.

"She's not dead, Mikasa! She was the second strongest and all we found was her guard pin! No body, no clothes, just a pin. It's very likely she didn't die!" Eren argued. Mikasa shook her head. "The barbarians didn't get wiped out completely. It's also very likely they took her, she put up a fight, and then she got executed. That pin is the only thing that we have to remind us of her," she countered.

Before Eren could argue again, she pushed him gently into his room and closed the door. "Get some rest but scream if someone gets in or you need help. Good night." She instructed behind the door.

Eren sighed angrily and flopped onto his bed, not pleased at all. He was so angry that he passed out, reliving his memories.

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Okay, so like I am sorry for not updating in like forever! I didn't know that this story would catch on! Anyway, I'll be doing more regular updates. Once a week, you'll see what happens next!

What is the memory Eren is reliving? 

Is Levi coming closer?

What is Historia doing?

When is Ymir getting introduced?!

All these questions to be answered next week!

Okay, okay, I'm done. See ya guys later!