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"DID YOU GET PERMISSION FROM CAPTAIN?" Eren asked, taking a quick glance at the woman as they walked through the hall.

F/n nodded her head, playing with the sleeve of her uniform. She had been given a proper soldier uniform with the Survey Corps badge attached to it. After Erwin had sorted everything out with the higher-ups, it was finally legal for her to live inside the walls.

Though it looks good on her, she wasn't exactly comfortable after being so used to wearing baggy clothes to not hurt her frail bones. But now that she was healthier, she had to get used to this.

The short woman lightly pulled on Mikasa's shirt sleeve, gaining her attention before speaking.

"Where?" F/n asked and the girl immediately knew what she was referring to.

"We're going out to the training area," she replied, "We're training, remember?"

She nodded. Of course, she remembered.

The sun was bright, fitting perfectly with the vibrant blue sky and the small patches of clouds. The weather was nice; it was neither too hot nor too cold. Everything was just right.

F/n took a step forward, following behind the blabbing teen as his friend stayed by her side, silent as ever. They decided to warm up first, F/n only following everything Mikasa and Eren did.

"Reiner!" Eren shouted, "Let's spar!"

The tall, blonde boy stepped up and F/n watched as they fought. Eren came for a punch but was stopped by Reiner who pulled his arm behind his back, restricting him from freedom of movement.

The shorter boy groaned.

"How do you always defeat me so fast?" he murmured, nose scrunching in distaste while pitifully rubbing his forearm.

"You're improving a lot though," Reiner encouraged with a nod.

"F/n, do you wanna have a go?" Eren offered.

"You shouldn't spar with Eren first," Mikasa interjected, narrowing her eyes warningly at the male, "Who won't hold back."

"Hey-!"

"Why don't you spar with Sasha instead?" she ignored the male, guiding the older female to the food-lover instead, "Sasha, spar with F/n."

"No, thank you," she dismissed, eyes strained on the crate of raw potatoes, "I think I'm going to find food instead. I'm hungry."

"I'll get you food after you spar with F/n," Mikasa bribed and the other girl immediately lit up.

"Really?!" Sasha exclaimed with a wide grin and Mikasa nodded, backing away as the two females faced each other.

F/n looked into Sasha's eyes, only to see a glint of, what she thought, hope. In food, she guessed, hope in food.

"I'm sorry but I won't be too easy on you, F/n," she said, knees bending down even more.

F/n, who was still lacking in experience despite the countless training she had with Levi, was still standing on her two feet with knees straightened and not bent.

Sasha charged at the woman, screaming loudly for food while F/n looked at her in slight amusement. She raised her leg and kicked her right in the stomach, launching the poor girl away from her as she clenched her stomach in pain.

"What was that?!" Sasha screeched in pain, dramatically tearing up.

"Come on! It can't be that bad!" Connie grinned with much confidence, "Kick me, F/n. Kick me as hard as you can."

And the woman did as she was told, sending the boy flying away from her with a painful grunt escaping his lips.

"Oh, yeah- That hurt-" he managed to mutter out.

"Where did you learn how to do that?" Krista asked, eyes shining in admiration at the woman.

F/n shrugged her shoulders and said, "Levi teach me."

Her comrades blinked at her.

"Captain Levi taught you how to do that?" Armin asked and she nodded in confirmation.

She nodded.

Jean scoffed. "I can still do better."

"Shut up, Jean," Eren hissed, "You can't even beat a horse, even though it's the same species as you are."

The boy gritted his teeth irritatingly at him.

"We'll see about that, then, suicidal maniac," he retorted and stretched his arms and legs to get ready.

They got into position, well, he did, and faced each other with much fierce and determination, again, he did, not her.

He ran to her, swinging a fist that missed her just barely. She tried the infamous kick that she had been doing this whole time but Jean was quick to stop it from reaching him.

Instead, he pushed her to the ground and took charge of the fight.

His tall figure jumped above her and with her crouching down on the ground, his appearance appeared more dominant and larger with much more power and confidence. Her hands flew to her hair, gripping it tightly as if her life depended on those delicate locks.

A loud ring rang through her ears and she let out a high-pitched scream that rang through the large area, even to be heard from the inside of the buildings.

A crystal layer appeared around her and like a miniature dome from last time, it was protecting her from any danger happening outside of it.

Footsteps were heard once her scream was muffled with the crystal around her. She started to breathe heavily, almost hyperventilating, after a while instead of wasting her energy on her voice.

Apparently, they heard the scream and recognised it as F/n's, Hange making a guess of it while Levi compared it with the one he heard last time, which, by the way, had no difference with this time's.

"What's happening here?" Hange demanded, frantically looking around for the woman she grew close to while ignoring the salutes and greetings from the cadets.

Levi followed behind, more composed than she was but still held onto his regular expressionless expression. With arms crossed, he glared across the cadets in the training area, sending shivers down their spines when they each caught eyes.

"Armin!"

The boy flinched at his name being mentioned by the dark brown-haired woman. He quickly saluted.

"Section Commander! F-F-F/n..." he stuttered with hesitance evident in his voice, "She... I-I don't know what happened! But she-"

"Oh, my god..." the scientist breathed out, quickly approaching the girl who was still crouching down on the ground, hands protectively covering her head while her body shivered.

Levi watched as the woman banged her hand against the crystal layer F/n had to separate her and everything and everyone else there.

The man pushed the woman backwards, giving him more space to walk to the small dome-shaped layer of crystal. He placed a hand on top of it, the feeling of the crystal not foreign and instead brought him memories of their first meeting.

He knocked on it thrice and despite not being able to hear the noise from the inside, F/n raised her tear-stained face and let her glistening e/c eyes meet with his sharp, dull grey orbs.

As if electricity jolted them both awake, energy rose in their bodies and the crystal shattered into tiny little pieces.

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