Chapter XIII: Silent ride

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(time skip) Eren transformed to throw the explosives (Y/N's POV)

I was standing on top of the clocktower watching the whole battle lay out infront of me. The garnisson's canons were less than useless against titan Rod Reiss, and now the Survey Corp was going to intervene with their gamble of a plan. I remember hearing their plan yesterday before I fell asleep on the roof. They plan to use explosives tied to spiked barrels to cut its hands off once he puts them on the wall then have Eren, in titan form, throw a bunch of explosives in his mouth that is hopefully open and throw them in deep enough to blow up the titan's neck then to slice the nape with 3DMG.

I watched as Eren threw the barrels straight into that bastard's mouth, the explosion was huge and I had to cover my ears to avoid going deaf. When I looked up again, chunks of the titan's flesh was falling like comets towards the city. I saw the squad search for the nape piece in the fray of smoke and titan tissue.

But then I saw Historia shooting her gear around, desperately searching for the right piece that will end her father. She was so focused that she didn't see the rubble that was heading in her direction.

I dropped off the tower and ran as fast as I could and once she was directly above me, I jumped up and pulled her out of the way. I landed on a falling piece of Rod titan, pushed my feet off it and landed on the stone road. I sped around town, carrying the future queen bridal style.

"Thanks (Y/N)." sighed Historia relieved.

"I promised I'd keep you safe, imagine what captain short stack will do to me if you die..." I said flat faced. "Now you keep your promise, go kill your father like you said you would."

I jumped up with her and let her go, she shot her hooks at the nearest piece of flesh and I landed back on the ground and watched her when she found the right piece and cut it down like it was butter with no hesitation or regrets.


(Levi's POV)

Once Historia killed Rod, we gathered back, no casualties to report and not too much damage to pay for. But there was still one thing we still had to do, Kenny's men, they could still be out there and even with Rod gone they're still a liability. With Erwin's permission, I took a horse and went alone to go back to the crystal sanctum to see is they're any shitty cowboys I need to cut down.

I rode for awhile, not changing course or slowing down, I just faced North, the wind whipping my hair around. But suddenly I heard a familiar voice talk to my right.

"Hello Levi." said (Y/N), running beside the horse.

"The fuck... never mind... what are you doing here?" I asked.

"I bored of waiting around in Orvud so when I saw you leave the district alone I decided to come with you." she answered casually her eyes not leaving the direction she was running in.

"Of course you did..." I muttered.

We kept moving for 30 minutes, our paces not slowing down. I admired her stamina, running at the same speed as a horse and making it look easy.

"Oi brat. It's going to be a long way, several hours. Are you going to be okay?" I asked.

"Well. I don't know... I never ran at this speed for more than 7 hours... but after that I couldn't even get up..."

"Well a paralyzed soldier is nothing but deadweight to me, get your sorry ass on." I scolded, indicating the space on the saddle behind me.

She didn't retort for once and just jumped on the leather saddle and wrapped her arms around my waist, which strangely reassured me.

"Thank you." she said flatly.

Why am I doing this for her?

Actually I knew exactly why I did that for her. The girl intrigued me. She had the very same determination that I found in her brother that day before his trial in Trost, she had unparalleled skills in combat, she is very intelligent, can be cold blooded and ruthless and knows how to hide her emotions and she can get along with people despite the way she was brought up. And even though she tried to kill me, I'm willing to trust her with my life.

After several hours of silent riding and deep thinking, I felt (Y/N)'s go limp against my back. She must have not slept very much or well if she slept on the roofs last night. I shot a side glance at her sleeping face and saw how calm and at peace she was despite how shitty the world is right now.

I smiled at myself the turned my head to look forwards again.

Sorry for the cringe...

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