Beyond The Walls

Chapter 033

Traitors

Lev and Hanes was shocked when they saw the district streets filthed with titan bones and dried blood. They quickly went to the castle to see a very distraught cadets and the commander. "What happened here?" Lev asked. Amir stood up and went to wrap his arms around his captain's waist. "They took Jiro with them. We failed to protect him." He said as hot tears starts falling down on the boy's face. Hanes gasped as she noticed how many cadets were killed. They are only down from 32 to 9. "Who took him?" Lev asked. Yukan then stood up. He cried as well, but not as how Amir cried. Lev was about to grab his horse and tries to find Jiro himself when Leone and Gustav arrived, with Jiro behind them. They we shocked to see that Jiro's all well and not injured. "Everyone, we saw him on the woods on our way here." Leone announced. Lev removes Amir's grip around him and took Leone down on the ground. He started kicking and punching his face, but Jiro stopped him. "Captain! They saved me. Don't punish them anymore." Jiro said as he blocks Lev's assault. The captain stopped and looked at him. "Are you sure? How did you even got out of this district without even telling me!" Lev said angrily before stomping on Leone's elbow joint, causing it to break. He rides the pain as Gustav helped his friend to stand up. Hanes and the others dragged Lev away from him as they took Leone to the infirmary for him to get treatment for his elbow. "Leone, I'm sorry on how the captain acted towards you." Jiro said as he put a support on his left arm. Leone just smiled at him before ruffling his hair. They went out of the infirmary, walking down the desserted district. "Jiro, can we have a word with you?" Leone said. The boy agrees and they walked further away from the rest. "We need to tell you this. We've been keeping this secret for a while now." Leone said, making Jiro confused and Gustav worried. "What is it?" Jiro asked. Leone took a deep breath before continuing. "As you can see, I'm the armored titan and Gustav's the colossal titan. Rocco is the jaw titan if you didn't noticed." Gustav gasped before grabbing his friend's arm. "What are you saying? They might suspect us to be the culprit!" He said in a quiet voice, that only the three of them can hear. Jiro looked at them before laughing. "You two are hilarious! You must be tired." He said before patting Leone's shoulder. Gustav laughs awkwardly. "He is very tired as you can see." He said before letting go of Leone's arm. But Leone's face says the opposite. He sighed before laughing at himself. "We tried to make it easy for you, Jiro. We just want you to come with us." He said. But Jiro didn't take that statement seriously. "Haha! I mean if you really are the armored titan, why would I come with you?" He replies before turning his back at them. Leone chuckled before shaking his head. Yukan notices the the wind starts to become uneasy for them, so he grabbed his blade with him as he slowly walks towards Jiro. "You're right. There's no reason for you to come." Leone said before taking his arm support off. "I must've stayed here for quite a while now, making me stupid. But this will end now. I will take this all on my own." He said as he tries to grab Jiro. But Yukan was swift enough and threw his blade on Leone's arm and slicing Gustav's throat in an instant. "Yukan!" Amir shouted as Yukan pulls Jiro away. "Gustav, let's do it." Leone said. Gustav looks at everyone with sadness in his eyes before lightning strikes down on the both of them. The steam and wind blew them away as the two transforms and revealed to be the armored and colossal titan. Gustav only went for a partial transformation, as his lower half was missing. Yukan was about to run with Jiro when Leone grabbed him and runs away from the scene. Jiro never felt more betrayed than anyone else. The guys he looked up to, was the same guys who ruined his childhood. All of their words about reclaiming the lands from titans are all just show offs. The words Gustav told him, that they will be friends till their last breath, was just all thrown away. "I will kill you! You traitor!" Jiro shouted before biting his hand, transforming him into a titan. He clenched his fist and threw a punch on Leone's face. Thus, starting another titan fight.