Miracles: Chapter 11 (Rivaille x Reader)

"SOLDIERS!  Be prepared to leave in 5 minutes!"  You heard Erwin call.

You brought your (e/c) eyes up towards Levi and gave him a saddened smile.

Obviously unsettled by the look you had given him, Levi wrapped his arms tightly around your figure, and pulled you in tightly for a hug.  You complied, resting your hands on his firm chest and nuzzling your face into his shoulder.

You stayed like that for a few moments, but all too soon, Levi pulled away.

He looked down at you, noticing the single, silver tear that was slowly cascading down your cheek.  Slowly, he placed a chaste kiss onto where the tear was falling.  A warm, salty taste could be felt on his lips as he pulled away once again.

"You'll be fine."  Levi cooed.

As if speechless, you nodded and offered him a sheepish grin.

"That's my girl.  Now go kick some titan ass!"

Levi turned you around in his arms and pushed you in the direction of the rest of the troops.

You turned your head around quickly to shoot him one last smile.  Meeting your gaze, you saw the glare in his steel gray eyes lighten as he shot a fist in the air, middle finger extended.

You let out a chuckle.  How long had it been since you had seen your team's hand sign.  A good ol' flip off.  But one with much meaning.

"Fuck this.  Fuck the King.  And for fucks sake we might as well let the titans join in on this shitastic gang bang.  So let's go fuck them up the ass!"  You remember Levi shouting whenever he had first become a squad leader.

Bringing up your hand, you sent the finger right back at him.  To which he let out a low, and almost inaudible snicker.

"Just please, for my sake, come back alive."

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A few hours had passed since your departure from the resting grounds and you were quickly closing the distance between your team and your destination.

You, along with Erwin, and Hanji rode in the front of the stampede.

"I saw you getting nice and friendly with the Corporal back there, (name)!"  You heard Hanji call out to you.

Your cheeks immediately turned three different shades of red.  "Shut the fuck up, Hanji."

Those around you laughed nervously.

"Oohhhh.  Just admit that you're in love with Levi already!  It's written all over your face!"  Hanji called out to you.

You could feel your heart drop.  "Even if I did, what use would it be?  Especially when I can't even promise that I'll be able to come home alive.'  Your tone suddenly turned serious.

Hanji's lips opened to retort when she was suddenly interrupted by the voice of a young cadet.

"Commander Erwin, sir!  We've spotted a huge horde of titans running towards the East!"  The cadet shouted.

"Thank you, Cadet.  (Name), I going to send you, Hanji, and a squad of twelve soldiers to investigate.  Eren included."  Erwin yelled calmly over to you.

"YESSIR!"  You answered, offering up your heart with one hand still on the reins.

The Commander began to call out names.  "Cadet Ackerman!  Cadet Arlert!  Squad leader James!  Cadet Kirschtein!  Cadet Jeager!  Cadet Anzu!  Squad leader Jin!"  You, and the rest of your squads are to follow (name) and Hanji over towards where the titans have been spotted!  You must investigate quickly and return!  Godspeed!"

And with that, those whose names had been called out branched off from the group, followed by those belonging to the squads of James and Jin.

"(Name)!"  Hanji called.  "Keep the pace for me!  I need to fall back and speak with Eren!"

"Got it!"  You shouted back to her, trying not to let your voice get muffled by the continuous stamping of hooves.

You could feel that Alabaster was tiring.  Though his pace had not slowed you could feel his muscles using more and more force to propel themselves forward.  You leaned in a stroked the side of your partner's neck.

"It's alright, Ali.  Just a little bit longer."

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After about thirty more minutes of chase, you finally began to catch up with the titans.  If fact, you already had.

"Fourteen solo kills already."  You said to yourself as you whistled for Alabaster.  Obediently, Alabaster turned from the rest of the team and had begun charging back towards you.

"And here's my trusty steed.  Now, all I need is a prince."  You joked as you sliced through another titan.  Blood spattered over your clothes and your face, making you look down at yourself in disgust.

"God I hate when they do that.  It's fucking disgusting."

You, strangely, were put in charge of keeping titans away from the troops, alongside Ackerman.  Probably because you learned your skills from the best.  And you had to admit, your kill counts were pretty damn good:  43 solo kills, matched by 57 group kills.

"Hey!  Mikasa!"  You shouted towards your friend, who had just rejoined you on the back of her horse.

She looked at you with dark, emotionless eyes.  They always reminded you so much of Levi.  "What?"

"What's your kill count so far?"  You snickered playfully.

Mikasa thought for a moment.  "22"

"Damniiiit!  I'm getting beaten by a freshman!  What the hell?!"  You joked.

You heard Mikasa sigh.  "This isn't a game (name)."

You let out a smirk.  "Well, it is for me.  Makes things a lot less stressful."

She laughed.  "You're the same as always (name)."

You shot her a Levi glare.  "You forgetting about my rank, Ackerman?" You said, mimicking Levi's voice.

Mikasa let out a snort and continued to laugh.  "You really do like him don't you?"

"Y-yeah.  But I get the feeling that I'm never going to get to tell him."  You sighed.

"Don't say that!  You'll make it back just fine!"  Mikasa scolded.

You winced at the harshness of her voice.  "Okay okay.  Calm down girly."  Noticing you were far behind the rest of the squad, you snapped Alabaster's reins.  "Looks like we've found the motherload."  You said, eyes narrowing on the large pile of rocks and Titans that you were nearing.  You looked towards Mikasa.  "Let's hurry.  They'll need us."

Mikasa nodded, snapping at her horses reins as well.

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Blood was constantly being spilt over your body as you jumped from one titan to the next, cutting at their napes.

"41, 42, 43, 44."  You counted as you watched four titans fall to the ground.

Landing on the ground, you stood up slowly, trying to balance yourself out.  While, spinning was considered Levi's specialty, it was actually yours as well.  Though his, however, was far less complex than yours.  By propelling yourself sideways as you spun, you were able to drop more titans more efficiently.  However, you often found yourself regretting it as you watched your world spin around in circles.

Once freed from your dizzy spell, you shot off again, feeling your tanks slowly leaning towards empty.

"Just let me get a few more down, then everyone will be safe."  You said to yourself through clamped teeth.

Four more titans fell to the ground.  "48."  You panted.

You looked around you, watching as the last titan fell.

Exhausted, you fell to your knees.  You were quick, however, to get up.  Remembering whom you were fighting so mercilessly for.  Let go of some extra weight, you ditched the empty tanks on your 3DMG and ran towards the remains of a toppled spire.

"Is everyone okay?!"  You shouted through gasps as you ran towards the cluster of people.

"(Name)!"  You heard a familiar voice draw nearer.

"Connie!"  You exclaimed.  Pulling him into a bear hug.  "Where's Sasha?"

You watched Connie's knuckles clench together tightly.  "She ran off to protect her village.  But she's fine."  They clenched even tighter.  "I know she is."

Looking down at Connie you gave him an exhausted smile.  "I'm sure she's fine.  She's strong-willed and is certainly a tough girl to get by.  She'll be fine."

Connie nodded slightly before moving to the side for you to continue towards the group.

Getting closer, you noticed Krista crying.

"Ymir!  Ymir!"  She kept calling, her small hands grasped tightly around the freckled ones of Ymir.

You looked down towards Ymir, letting out a smile as you saw her there.  She wore the small markings as Eren whenever he was first removed from his titan form.  Ymir was badly beaten and was missing an arm.

You crouched down next to Krista and put a hand on her shoulder.  Startled, Krista jumped and turned towards you, tears streaming down her face.

"(N-name)."  You heard Krista cry, collapsing into your arms.  "Ymir is.  Ymir is."

"Ssshhh."  You cooed, stroking her blonde hair.  "She's going to be fine."

Ymir's weary eyes met with yours and you shot her a smile.  "Finally went a-wall didn't ya, Jumper?"  You joked.

Ymir simply sighed, and weakly smiled up at you.  "I guess you could say that."

Looking up, you saw everyone staring at you, dumbfounded.  Hanji especially.

"W-wait a second."  Hanji stuttered.  "(Name), you knew?!"

You nodded simply.  "Yeah.  Though I only found out recently.  But trust me when I say this.  Ymir is of no threat to us.  As long as Krista is safe, Ymir will never be an enemy of the human race."

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Calmly, your group cantered back to the meeting point.  Along the way, you explained in detail everything you knew about Ymir and Eren's titan shifting ability.

Eventually, you made it to the wall.

Carefully, everyone made their way up.  Those who were injured where taken up by elevator and immediately taken off towards the nearest village of treatment.  Those uninjured, however, were made to climb the endless, metal ladder that spanned up the 50 meter wall.

You could hear Erwin let out a sigh of relief as he offered you a hand up.  Which you graciously accepted.

"Hey Erwin, guess what?"  You smiled up at him.

"What do I need to know?"  He laughed curiously.

"I win.  I've officially beaten Levi's kill count."  You snickered evilly.

You, Erwin, and Hanji were the only ones who actually knew of Levi's kill count.  Though it was probably a give or take a few estimation.

"Jesus, how many did you get?"  You heard Erwin curse.

"48!"  You said proudly.  "But now, I'm god damned exhausted.

He smiled at you.  "You've grown up to be an excellent soldier, (name)."  Erwin praised, petting your head.  "Now, sit and rest.  And here, take this."  He said, handing you a canteen of water.

"Thanks, man."  You said, taking the canteen from the man's large, calloused hands.

All of your men eventually arrived at the top of the wall.  And were shortly followed after by Hannes of the Garrison.

Hanji ran over to him, and offered her hand.  "Where's the breach?"

Hannes expression sank into despair.  "That's just the thing... There IS no breach!" You heard Hannes shout.

Surprised, you spit out your drink.  Covering you, and the cadets in front of you with water.

You heard Hannes and Hanji mutter a few thing to one another before she turned back to face everyone else.

"The operation has been called off.  Everybody shall return to Trost on stand-by."  She informed.

As the others turned to leave, you decided to sit for a few moments longer, hoping to rest your tired legs as you took another large swig of water.

You looked in the opposite direction of the returning scouts.  Reiner, Bertholdt, and Eren stood next to one another.  Obviously conversing over something important.  However, what bothered you was not that.  It was the look Mikasa had on her face as she stood only about ten feet away from the conversing boys, equidistant between yourself and the guys.  Your eyes narrowed.

"Shit."  You said to yourself, remembering the quick conversation you had, had with Hanji, Eren, Mikasa, and Armin just moments before taking off.  "HANJI!"  You shouted, towards the shitty-glassed woman.

Noticing her turning around through your peripherals, you shot her the hand signal.  Reiner and Bertholdt, your long-time friends were the traitors you were looking for.

"EREN, RUN!"  You heard Mikasa yell as she sped towards the group.  Swinging her blades she cut cleanly through Reiner's right hand, then proceeded the split his left down the middle.  The blade pointed towards Bertholdt was lodged into his arm ans throat.

You ran towards Mikasa, hoping to be of some help.  Only to watch as Reiner slammed into Mikasa hard, sending her flying off of the wall.

"MIIIKASAAA!"  You shouted as you lunged towards her.

Quickly, you grabbed onto her collar and thrust her upwards to the wall top.  You felt yourself become weightless as you began to fall.  Desperately, you reached for your 3DMG.  Only to remember that you no longer had gas tanks.  You wouldn't even be able to do so much as shoot out your cables.

It was too late anyways.

You let out a smirk, tears flying from your face.

"See, Levi?  I told ya I wouldn't be able to keep our promise."