Sorry it's taken so long. I had to get my life in order, with graduation and placement exams coming up. More action in this chapter.

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Previously

"Help Henning out over there." Kagome said, gesturing to where Henning was hacking at a Titan's nape.

"I'll take care of the ones over here." Kagome replied before jumping away from the roof.

"Wakata." Lynne replied before heading off to assist Henning.

"Come at me." Kagome mumbled under her breath, as she stared at the two tall Titans that were steadily approaching her, their arms reaching out for her.

"As if." She said. Sending one of her grappling hooks into the first Titan's nape, she slashed it out before jumping onto the second's head.

"Die!"

Kagome flicked her sword of the Titan's blood as she cut out the second Titan's nape. She jumped back to the tower for support as she watched the two Titans evaporate.

Meanwhile, inside, Christa was attending to Reiner's bite wound that he got from a smaller Titan while Connie thanked Reiner for helping him.

"I think it's broken." Christa said. Mika handed Christa a bottle of alcohol, which she spilt on the wound, causing Reiner to flinch in pain.

"Yeah, just my luck." Reiner replied.

"We'll need a splint and a bandage. I know." Standing up, Christa ripped her skirt and began to bandage Reiner's wound.

"You okay Reiner?" Connie asked.

"Yeah. More or less." Reiner replied.

"By the way Christa… My hand got scraped up a bit, too…" Ymir started off.

"Huh? Just spit on it or something." Connie told Ymir before turning back to face Reiner. Ymir stuck her tongue out behind Connie's back.

"Sorry about that, Reiner. It seems like you're always saving my ass. Speaking of which, Annie risked her life to save me, too. I've got to pay you back soon." Connie said.

"Not really. It's the normal thing to do. Because we're soldiers." Reiner replied.

"I wonder. I doubt I could ever be that brave. Hey, Bertolt. Has Reiner always been like this?" Connie asked.

"No… In the past, Reiner was more of a warrior. Unlike now." Bertolt replied.

"What does that mean? What do you mean by warrior?" Reiner asked.

"For now, let's try to gather anything useful we can find." Ymir said walking up the stairs.

"That way when we die, we can do so without regrets." Ymir continued as she stared out one of the windows in the castle tower at the courtyard below.

"That's the Scouts for you… They're on a completely different level from other soldiers." She said as she stared at the evaporating bodies on the ground and Kagome's flashing movement as she cut down two more Titans. At the same time, Nanaba cut the back of the Titan's feet while Gergar cut the nape out, killing the Titan.

"That's mostly it for the big ones." Gergar said once he and Nanaba had retreated back to the tower, joining up with Kagome.

"It's a good thing we have this tower." Nanaba replied, catching her breath.

"Yeah, we might actually survive." Gergar added on. Lynne and Henning joined up with the three after killing another Titan.

"We'll go check on the recruits!" Lynne yelled before heading up the tower with Henning.

"Okay." Kagome replied. Just as they flew up, a whooshing sound echoed in the night. Nanaba, Gergar and Kagome turned to look for the cause of the sound.

"What's that sound?" Gergar asked. Seconds later, something hit the courtyard ground and dirt and dust began to cloud the air.

"The horses!" Nanaba said, staring at the dead horses and crushed stables. At the same time, at the top of the tower, Lynne and Henning stood on the edge of the roof, watching from above.

"What the hell is that sound?" Henning asked as he looked around as the whooshing sound came once again. This time, something hit the top of the tower. Kagome, Nanaba and Gergar watched as parts of the tower fell from above, among the pieces were Lynne and Henning.

"Lynne! Henning!" Nanaba yelled out as she, Kagome and Gergar saw their bodies fly through the air.

Hearing the sounds and crashing from above, Connie, Chrstia, Ymir, Mika, Reiner and Bertolt came rushing up the stairs to the rooftop to see part of the tower missing. Nanaba, Gergar and Kagome were on the roof, holding two bodies. Gergar held Lynne's body down while Kagome was setting Henning's body down.

"It's no use. They both died instantly." Gergar said, gently putting Lynne's body on the ground. Nanaba looked down at the two dead bodies in front of her, looking at the glassy eyes of her friend.

"This can't be…" Christa whispered, holding her hands to her mouth.

"It's him!" Connie said, staring out at the distance.

"The one that walked off towards the wall! That Beast Titan did this! Ahh!" Connie said, pulling away from the ledge that he had been looking over. He saw a large horde of Titans running towards the castle ruins.

"A group of Titans approaching. More that twice the number from earlier!

"Uso…" Christa said, her feet staggering away backwards as she stared at the mass of Titans walking towards them.

"What did you say?" Gergar asked, looking at Connie with a shocked look.

"Their timing is too perfect, like it's part of some strategy. But who is the brain behind it?" Kagome wondered.

"I get the feeling they've been toying with us from the start." Nanaba said, gritting her teeth as she glared out into the distance. Just then, they heard a loud howling sound and turned to see the Beast Titan roaring and waving its arms. As it did, the Titans at the base of the tower ran up to it and began to claw at the building.

Above, at the top of the tower, everyone panicked and held their grounds as the tower shook. Nanaba, Gergar and Kagome lept off the roof and clung to the side of the tower before hacking away at the Titans.

'This is bad.' Nanaba thought, looking at her gas tanks. 'My gas is all but gone!' She spiraled around one of the larger Titans and cut out his nape with a swipe.

"Did I get it?" She muttered before looking in shock as the Titan who she just killed toppled over, knocking one of the other towers down.

"Come and get it bastards." Kagome snarled as she sped past two Titans, ripping out their napes with her blades, before hooking her cables to the tower and leaned on it.

"This tower won't hold much longer." Gergar said aloud. Kagome looked above her right to see Gergar and Nanaba on the side of the tower as well.

"I only have a small amount of gas left. What about you?" Nanaba asked, looking at Kagome.

"Probably the same as you. My blades are all but done. This is my last pair." Kagome said, looking down at the pair of blades in her hands. The edges were jagged and cut. She turned to look at her friends when she saw the state that Gergar was in.

"Gergar!" Kagome said as she stared at the blood dripping down the left side of Gergar's face.

"Huh. No gas here, and I used up all my blades. Ah, my head is pounding." Gergar said before turning towards Nanaba.

"Those blunt ones the last you have left?" Nanaba nodded. The three of the looked back down at the Titans clawing at the building.

"How many did the five of us kill?" Gergar asked.

"I wonder." Kagome said.

"I don't know. I didn't have the luxury to count." Nanaba replied. The 104th cadets stared from above at the three older members.

At the Top of the Tower

"What's going on down there?" Christa asked, wondering why they weren't killing Titans, instead hanging on the side of the tower.

"Think about it." Ymir's voice cut the silence, drawing everyone's attention to her.

"They've been fighting Titans for god knows how long. Not to mention, two have already died. We don't have an unlimited supply of gas and blades. My guess is that they're running short." Ymir said.

"What are we going to do?" Christa asked, her voice wobbling.

"There's nothing we can do." Reiner said.

"He's right! We've got no weapons, no uniform. We don't even have horses to get away on. We're stuck here." Connie said, before staring down to see Gergar's body falling off the building.

On the Side of the Tower

"You know what? I think I did a pretty good job myself." Gergar mumbled out.

"But the thing is… I wish I could have a drink before I go."

"Gergar…" Nanaba said, turning towards Gergar with a feared look, but it quickly changed to horror as Gergar's head hung forward. The blood dripping off his face in a rapid pace.

"Sorry Nanaba, Kagome. I must have hit my head somewhere." Kagome stared with a horrified look. She couldn't bare to see anymore of her comrades… her friends die tonight.

"I can't hold… on any longer." Gergar's hooks fell out of the side of the tower and his body went falling down into the hands of a Titan.

"Gergar!" Nanaba yelled as she went to cut the nape of the Titan. Meanwhile, Kagome hacked at the hands of the Titan, said Titan dropping Gergar's partially-alive body into a hole in the tower.

As Nanaba's blades met the Titan's nape, her blades broke, the jagged pieces flying in the air. Kagome zipped around the fallen Titan, hacking at another one's nape before flying back to the side of the tower.

Nanaba shot her hooks at the tower, and rested on it again, staring at her broken blades, when large shadows covered her body. Looking up, she stared right at the faces of many Titans that had swarmed around.

"NANABA! Get out of there!" Kagome yelled.

The 104th cadets stared in shock and horror as two more soldiers were caught by the Titans. By the looks of it, Gergar had passed away from the massive injuries to the head.

"They got him." Connie said, dropping to her knees. Christa picked up a stone on the floor of the tower and threw it down at the Titans.

"Quit it, Christa. The tower's about to crumble! You'll fall!" Ymir shouted, pulling the blonde away from the edge.

"But they're dying in our place!" Christa yelled back, staring at the Titans below, who seemed to have caught Nanaba.

"Nanaba…" Christa mumbled staring below.

"No! No! Father! No!" Nanaba kept yelling, tears running down her face. Around her were 5 Titans pulling at her body. Already one of her legs had been ripped off.

"Nanaba!" Kagome yelled, blinking away tears as she continued to hack at a Titan's nape to help get to Nanaba.

"I'm sorry. I won't do it again! Father! No!" Nanaba yelled out as a Titan lifted her towards his mouth and bit off her head.

"Ahhhhh!" Kagome screamed and she flew past, slicing the nape of the Titan that had just killed Nanaba before returning to the side of the tower. Tears ran towards her face as she saw the bodies of her friends being eaten.

"Damn it all to hell!" Connie said, sliding down to the ground, slamming his fist against the wall. All was silent… until they heard the sound of 3D Manuever Gear. In an attempt not to cause more damage to the tower, Kagome pulled her wires back. The wires tangled in her movements and she fell to the tower floor hard, her arms scraping against the cold stone.

"Damn it!" She cursed as she picked her body off the ground, rubbing her shoulder. Once she saw that she was fine, Kagome checked her gauge on her gas tanks and blades. Blood was splattered over her coat and uniform, her face streaked with a line of blood across the cheek.

"Kagome… your alive." Christa said, stumbling over as she crashed into the older girl's arms.

"Shhh. Don't cry Christa." Kagome said, smoothing Christa's hair as the girl burrowed her face into Kagome's chest, seeking comfort.

"What's going on Kagome?" Kagome looked up from Christa's head to see the rest of the 104th cadets giving her scared and grim looks.

"This is my last set of blades and I'm got barely any gas left." Kagome replied, knocking her knuckles against the gas tank, hearing a hollow echo.

"Damn it! Hey… Do we gotta wait here now until the tower falls and we get eaten alive?" Connie asked, looking at everyone, before turning to Kagome.

"Is there nothing we can do about it?" He asked. Kagome looked away, unable to meet his gaze. She looked back down at Christa as the girl lifted her head slightly and saw a golden chain around her neck, hidden by her shirt. Kagome's eyes widened as she stared at the necklace.

"Christa… that necklace…" Christa looked up at Kagome with a shocked look.

"That necklace is the same necklace that was presented to my mistress. As my brother is the Cardinal Lord, he is the advisor and right hand of the King. Me, being the next in line, is in charge of the heir to the throne, one that I would be advising and looking after once she took the throne." Kagome said in a quiet voice so only she and Christa could hear.

"Are you… are you her?" Kagome asked. Christa shook her head but Kagome gave her a stern look.

"Christa, it may not matter to you, but it matters a great deal to me. I am under a blood oath to protect the mistress whose blood runs pure and royal, the one whose necklace you have. I will ask again, are you her?" Kagome asked. It took a while before Christa nodded her head slightly. Kagome smiled and hugged the girl.

"Don't worry. It will be alright. I won't tell anyone. You can come to me for anything, just as I will protect you from anything." Christa nodded, keeping her grip on Kagome as she sought out comfort.

"This sucks… We'll be wiped out without even finishing our mission." Connie mumbled. Christa pulled away from Kagome and went to look over the edge of the tower at the Titans.

"I… I want to keep fighting, too. If only I had some sort of weapon, then I could fight and die alongside them." Christa said. Kagome walked up and stood behind Christa, ready to stop the girl if she tried anything.

"Christa… You're still saying things like that?" Christa looked at Ymir.

"Don't you dare use their deaths. They didn't die so you'd have an excuse to get yourself killed." Christa's eyes widened.

"That's not… That's not what I meant!"

"You're not like Conny and the Scouts. They don't want to die, but you don't even care. All you want to do is die in a way that makes you seem like a hero." Ymir told the girl.

"That's… That's not…" Ymir turned away and headed towards Connie, looking for the knife he had.

"She's right Christa." Christa turned to Kagome.

"Don't take the easy way out of this. Don't let them die in vain. They died to protect you. Make sure that you honor their sacrifice." Kagome said, patting the girl on the head. Christa slowly nodded her head.

"What do you want it for? Connie asked. Kagome and Christa turned to see Ymir holding Connie's knife in her hand.

"Hmm. Well, you see… I'm going to fight with this." Ymir's eyes glazed over as she grinned maniacally.

"Ymir… What are you going to do?" Reiner asked.

"Who knows? I don't even know myself." Ymir said before walking over to Christa and holding the girl by the shoulders.

"Ymir…" Christa stared into Ymir's eyes. Kagome watched the scene carefully, making sure that the blade didn't go anywhere near Christa's being.

"Christa. You've probably forgotten all about it by now…" Ymir was cut off by the tower shaking as a Titan pounded its hand against the bricks.

"But this might be end, so… Try to remember, that promise we made training on that snowy mountain. I have no right to tell you how to live your life. So actually, this is nothing more than a hope of mine…" Ymir said. The sun began to rise, showing the signs of dawn.

"I want you… to live a life you're proud of." Ymir began to back away from Christa, heading to the other side of the tower. She tested the sharpness of the knife, before looking at Christa once more.

"Remember our promise, Christa." She said, before charging straight at Christa, knife ready in her hand.

"Ymir! Wait!" Everyone but Kagome watched in horror as the girl jumped off the tower, with Christa trying to reach for her.

"I knew it." Kagome muttered as she stared down as Ymir spilt her blood. A bright yellow streak of lightning crashed down right where Ymir had previously been. A loud roar sounded as the 104th cadets all crowed around to see what was happening. A small Titan emerged from the bright lightning and began to bite and claw at the Titan's napes.

"Is this real? Ymir is a Titan, too?" Connie asked, staring at Ymir's Titan form.

"Ymir…" Christa mumbled.

"That Titan is…" Reiner said with a look of horror, the same one on Bertolt's face.

"From that day…" Bertolt ended, remembering that day years ago, when their friend had been eaten right in front of their eyes. As Ymir went around killing more Titans, the tower shook and Christa lost her grip and fell off. Luckily, Kagome had grabbed her leg and pulled her back up, setting the girl a little farther away from the edge.

"Na… Christa, did you know?" Reiner asked, before looking down at the chaos Ymir's Titan form was making.

"That Ymir was a Titan?"

"I had no idea. I was always so close to her, too. How? How could this be?" Christa said.

"That Titan… is Ymir?" Christa said, staring at the Titan that was clinging to the side of the tower.

"In other words, she knew some of the secrets of our world. And I never suspected a thing." Reiner said.

"Hey… Do you think she's known about it? Eren's a Titan, too, but he didn't know until it happened. But Ymir is like… she is aware of being a Titan all along." Connie said.

"Are you saying she might be an enemy of humanity?" Christa asked.

"I'm saying that's one hell of a power to hide. Who knows what she might have been thinking." Connie replied.

"I wonder… What could Ymir's goal be?" Bertolt asked. Christa looked down to see Ymir get pulled off the tower and in the hands of a Titan.

"Ymir!" She yelled. Ymir was able to get a hold on the side of the tower, but a Titan grabbed both her feet. As she tried to pull away, she noticed that the bricks she was holding on to might crumble the tower, so she left go. Once she was brought down, she began to struggle and get away from the Titans.

At the Top of the Tower

"What was that? Is she worried about the tower falling?" Connie asked.

"She has to be. If she wanted to, Ymir could use this power of hers to escape all on her own. And yet, she's not doing that." Christa said.

"It's you four. She's risking her life to protect you guys." Kagome said. Christa stood up on the ledge. Making sure that her charge wasn't going to fall, Kagome held onto the back of Christa's shirt.

"Don't you die, Ymir! Not in a place like this! Don't pretend like you're good, you idiot! You wanna go out in a blaze of glory?" Connie had to hold onto Christa as the girl started to lean too much.

"Are you stupid?!" He yelled at Christa.

"it's too late for you to try and get into heaven! Live for yourself, goddamnit! If you're gonna die protecting this tower, forget about it! Tear it down!" Christa yelled. Understanding what Christa was saying, Ymir clawed her way out of the other Titan's grips and began to throw the bricks of the towers at the Titans.

The tower began to fall forwards. Bertold and Reiner fell down, trying to stay on the tower. Connie held on to the edge while Kagome had to hold Christa so the girl didn't fall down.

"Hey! She's really tearing it down!" Reiner yelled out.

"Keep it up, Ymir!" Christa cheered. Ymir pulled her Titan form up to the top of the tower and stared down at the five humans.

"Want live…? Grab me!" The five grabbed onto Ymir's hair and the tower fell. Once she was on land, Connie, Reiner, Bertolt and Christa were knocked off by the wind and force of Ymir jumping down.

Unfortunately, not all the Titans were killed when the tower fell over. Slowly, one by one, they began to pop out of the ruins.

"More Titans? Hey, ugly! Go and finish the job!" Connie yelled at Ymir's Titan form.

"Kagome, get down!" Ymir turned to see Kagome on her shoulder, the girl's grabbling hooks lodged into her skin.

"You're taking me with you. I've got one pair of blades left and a tiny bit of gas, and I'm not going down with a fight, especially if you end up dying. Remember, you promised Christa." Kagome said, staring right into Ymir's Titan eyes. Ymir nodded and jumped away, heading for the Titans.

"Kagome!" Christa screamed before Connie covered her mouth.

"Stop screaming. If you keep making loud sounds, the Titans will now that we are here." Connie said.

"But Kagome is…"

"Kagome is going to be fine. Don't forget that she is on par with Humanity's Strongest, Levi." Connie replied. Ymir jumped and clawed her way up to the first Titan, dropping Kagome off on another Titan as she cut through its nape. When Kagome had killed the Titan, she used the last bit of gas to get to the last Titan in her range.

"How many more are left?" Kagome wondered as she went to slice at nape. Just as her blades made contact with the Titan's nape, her blades broke.

"Damn it!" She cursed as her gas tank ran out and she fell to the ground, her shoulder hitting a loose pile of bricks.

At the same time, just as Ymir went to bit the nape out of a Titan, just as she did, another one grabbed her by the head and slammed her body on the ground. Many Titans began to pop out of the tower ruins like they had never been injured and began to make their way over to Ymir's fallen body.

"This looks bad!" Connie said as the Titans began to approach Ymir. As soon as the first Titan grabbed her, the rest followed and began to rip and bite at Ymir's Titan form.

"Ymir is…." Connie said, his face depicting shock while Christa looked in horror as a Titan approached Kagome's body on the ground.

"This can't be…. no…" Christa said as the Titan bent down, picking Kagome's unconscious body.

"Kagome… Ymir…" Christa said, as she began to walk towards them.

"Christa!" Connie yelled, trying to get the blonde to come back to safety. After all, what could she do? She had no weapons or gas to fight the Titans.

"This can't be…. Wait! Kagome! Ymir!" Christa said, running towards the Titans that were feasting on Ymir and holding Kagome.

"Ymir…. I still haven't… I still haven't told you my real name!" Christa yelled to Ymir, hoping the Titan would wake up and get herself out of the mess. Just as she was about to pass a large brick structure, a Titan popped around it, seeing Christa running towards him. Behind her, Connie, Reiner and Bertolt were running to get to Christa, hoping they would get there in time. Just then, they heard the sound of 3D Maneuver Gear and saw the TItan fall down. Standing on the large brick structure, was Mikasa, in all her glory.

Kagome crinkled her eyes as she tried to force them open, her head pounding. She could feel blood running down the side of her face. to see the face of an ugly Titan. The grip on her body was tight, almost suffocating her. With all her strength, she grabbed her broken blade and threw it at the Titan's right eye.

Piercing it's eye, the Titan howled, letting Kagome go. Kagome felt the Titan's fingers let her go and she went plumetting down.

'Ah. I hope they make it out alive.' Kagome thought, hoping Christa made it out alive. Falling to the ground, she landed with a roll, bruising her arms as they took brunt the impact. Once she had stopped moving, she looked out to where she had last seen Christa, to see Mikasa standing over a fallen Titan.

"They've made it." Kagome sighed as she stared up at the sky. Not a second later, wire cables shot across her vision as multiple soldiers rushed passed, slicing the napes of the remaining Titans in one swoop. One of the soldiers came and ripped out the nape of the Titan that had previously grabbed her. Kagome moved out of the way as the Titan came crashing down.

"Kagome!" Looking up, Kagome saw Inyuasha standing on the downed Titan.

"Inuyasha…" Kagome called out. The boy jumped off the Titan and began to run to her, not caring about anything else. As soon as he was within arms reach of Kagome, he grabbed her gently and pulled her into a tight hug.

"Thank god. Damn it. Thank fucking god." Inuyasha mumbled in her ear as he burrowed his nose in her hair to take in her natural scent. 'She's alive. And not out of control. Thank god!' He thought.

"What's the matter Inuyasha? I've never had a reaction like this from you before." Kagome asked when Inuyasha pulled away.

"Feh. Don't expect it to happen again. It was a one-time thing." Inuyasha said, before jumping away to help the others. Kagome looked around, hoping to spot Christa again, when she saw her and the rest of the 104th cadets holding on to a human-Ymir.

"She's alive." Kagome sighed. Slowly, she began to walk towards the group of cadets and Hange. She recognized the faces of Eren, Armin and Sasha as she got closer.

"Kagome!" Eyes turned to see her walk over towards the 104th cadets and Hange. Around the tower ruins, many Survey Corps soldiers stood, watching over the scene as well as looking out for Titans.

"You're bleeding!" Eren stared at the blood on her uniform and body.

"I'm fine. It's not my blood." Kaogme replied as she had finally reached Christa's side. She gently put her hand on Christa's hair and softly calmed the girl down as Christa's sobs got quieter.

"Ymir… onegai! Wake up! I haven't told you my real name." Ymir's eyes scrunched and began to open, her lids barely opening enough to see Christa.

"Ymir! You're awake!" Christa said with joy. Ymir smiled softly, taking in the faces of her fellow comrades before stopping on Kagome. The two shared a small but meaningful conversation with just one look, before Ymir turned to Christa once again.

My real name… it's Historia."

Hope you guys liked it. More revelations in the next chapter. Levi will appear in the next one so if you want some revelations or action with him and Kagame, comment about what you want:)

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