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      Explicit
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      M/M
  Fandom:
      Shingeki_no_Kyojin_|_Attack_on_Titan
  Relationship:
      Levi/Eren_Yeager
  Character:
      Petra_Ral, Erwin_Smith, Hanji_Zoe, Gunther_Schultz, Oluo_Bozado, Armin
      Arlert, Marco_Bott, Jean_Kirstein, Eld_Jinn, Mikasa_Ackerman
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      Princess_Mononoke_-_Freeform, A/U, Fluff, Romance, Smut, Tragedy, Slow
      romance_(sort_of)
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      Published: 2014-02-15 Updated: 2014-09-22 Chapters: 5/? Words: 39806
****** Prince Mononoke ******
by Undertakerla
Summary
     In ancient times the land lay covered in forest, where from ages long
     past dwelt the spirits of the gods, back then man and beast lived in
     harmony, but as time went by most of the great forest were destroyed,
     those who remain were guarded by gigantic beast who owe their
     allegiance to the great forest spirit for those were the days of gods
     and demons.
     *Those who watched Princess Mononoke, will know what I'm talking
     about, same concept theme, but with some twist. Turning it into a
     series&
Notes
     Undertakerla: "Yes.....finally posted Chapter two....Enjoy the read,
     comments and kudos are needed for me to continue!"
***** The Cursed Prince *****
Chapter Summary
     Levi a prince of a small village in the east, discover there was evil
     happening in the west, that evil was brought down on to his people
     which would change his life indefinitely.
     He will have to travel with unclouded eyes from hatred to see pass to
     the truth. He embarked on a long long journey to the west leaving his
     home and friends behind.
Chapter Notes
     Undertakerla: "Chapter one, enjoy our beloved Levi <3 Comments and
     Kudos are welcome."
 
                                  Chapter_One
                               The_Cursed_Prince
                                        
In ancient times the land lay covered in forest, where from ages long past
dwelt the spirits of the gods, back then man and beast lived in harmony, but as
time went by most of the great forest were destroyed, those who remain were
guarded by gigantic beast who owe their allegiance to the great forest spirit
for those were the days of gods and demons.
                                      ***
“Sasha! Sasha stop shoving our hard earned work down your pipe hole, can't you
wait until we get to the village before you eat!”
 
The brunette hair girl shook her head making the pony tail sway back and forth
in motion.
 
“But...but...but I'm soo hungry....and it looked so delicious...I couldn't help
myself.”
 
The girl wailed as Leah gave her a scolding look.
 
“Calm down, Leah. It's okay I picked up some more than usual let Sasha have her
snack.”
Kristine replied trying to calm the tension between two of her best friends.
 
“Krissy, I wish you would stop babying her. She could have hold out a little
while longer.”
 
She replied quite firmly, it was not like this was the first time that Sasha
ate half of their gathering due to to her hunger(ous) appetite.
 
“Now now, stop fighting, we got what we needed so lets go back okay?”
 
For a few moments longer Leah finally gave in with a defeated sigh a pout
clearly on the young girl face, but eventually she gave a brief nod of her head
toward Krissy who was patting a crying Sasha...
 
“Alright, but this is the last time...I mean it...”

They all knew it wasn't going to be a last time because they all laughed among
themselves making their way back toward their small village. It was until then
only after a little while did they began to notice something strange about the
forest they traveled in.
 
There were no animals in which they could see....nor was their any birds that
were soaring in the day light sky much less their chirping sounds amongst the
many branches. There wasn't even an insect calling amongst them and that was
odd at this season since this time of year was famous for their mating cycle.
 
It was obvious among the three girls that the whole atmosphere of it all was
strange, more so for Leah who had a bad feeling about this.
 
“Come on girls, pick up the pace.”
 
Leah didn't have to tell them twice because they were walking quickly of the
forest they venture in to being back on civilized pavement they imprinted on by
their everyday walking or wheels that transported things in and out of their
private village in which no outsider had access too. Following along the marked
path they could see the stony wall that formed a narrowed path from going in
and out of their village home. The path may be narrowed, but two people can
squeeze by each other on either side if need be.
 
                                      **
 
Words were sent out by the wise woman wanting everyone who left their village
to return. For she had seen something dreadful to come to pass through their
village. Those words traveled out swiftly reaching the ears of the prince. Levi
himself volunteered to spread the message outside their walls himself, it was
not only because he knew his younger sister were outside these walls, but also
because he wanted to know what was truly going on.
 
Leaving the village at once, he set out with his gear on him calling out to his
furry friend to give him a ride, Haku heard his master call and galloped toward
him in speed it took years of practice to time it perfectly for him to grab
hold of the antler horn kicking off the ground for him to lift himself up
easily sliding on to the beast back as they continue downward.
 
It wasn't long before Levi travel meet up with his younger sister, he urged
Haku to slow down into a halt.

“Leah, the wise woman want all of the villagers to return back to the village.
Go now.”

“We will, brother but there's something strange going on in the woods we just
ran into Gunther moments before and he confirmed our suspicion that there
weren't any creatures that inhabited the forest now. It's as if they all ran
away or gone into hiding.”
 
Levi looked over to the wooded area, she was right. When he looked up toward
the sky he didn't see any birds that hover it. Looking back down toward his
sister he pointed toward their village.
 
“I'll go check it out with Pixis, but for now get back to the village, Leah.”

“Mn. Be safe, Levi.”
 
Ushering Sasha and Kristine onward she gave one last look at Levi retreating
form before running after the girls with their basket either on their side or
above their head back toward the village, she had a feeling something terrible
might happen to her brother and she tried to squish that feeling underneath her
pounding feet. Levi is strong....the strongest human alive....he would be
safe...he always will...after all he was humanity's strongest prince...but even
so....Leah prayed for his safety never the less.
 
                                      **
                                        
 
Levi made sure that Leah and her group of friends were on their way when he
grabbed hold of Haku's reigns signaling him into motion a short distant away in
full gallop he jumped off the elk back making steady progress climbing his way
up the wooded step latter the way the tower was made was twisted in a round
about way, but it was structurally founded so they never tried to do anything
else with it. Those who didn't know how it was made wouldn't know how to climb
up there so swiftly as Levi. Mid-way up the tower he paused narrowing his eyes
at a certain area ….it had darken....moved even, until it was silently still...

“Somethings there...”
 
Whatever it was....it was coming fast, shifting his bow and arrow promptly on
his back with his sword at his side. He finally made his way to the very top of
the tower, leaping over the railing he stood beside Pixis who held a look of
half concern and half seriousness upon his face. Which was unusual to the usual
carefree expression he has always worn. It wasn't like the time as before where
they had to look over their shoulder and fight on a daily basic.
 
Pixis never looked in Levi direction he knew who it was without having to
visually see him.

“What do you think it is.”
 
Rather or not Pixis meant it as a question for him to answer or not he replied
never the less.
 
“Don't know.”

Whatever it was...Levi knew it wasn't a human making such disturbance that the
inhabit that lived in that forest would vanish entirely.

“Whatever it is....”
 
Pixis responded,
 
“It's not human...”
 
He finished as he continue to stare, he let his eyes narrowed and for a moment,
Levi figured as much so he only gave a curt nod to the man beside him who was
trying to see through all the vegetation as if he had some sort of physic power
to see through trees and heavy bushes. Levi own eyes travel toward that wooded
section from earlier. Something about that spot told him it would come from
there and not anywhere else.
.

Not long after did Levi see some subtle movements it was a stark reminder that
the wood had been so silently still it was unnerving. Shortly after the leaves
began to rustle and shake pierced until it stopped just as quickly as it had
began. The color of the leaves changing until it was dark and crumbling purple.
It had happen so quickly that Levi acted on impulse by pulling off his bow he
set up his arrow among the window wedge that was on his bow taking the strings
into his skillful fingers, he taunted his bow by pulling the string further
back the arrow securely in place he focused his eyes on the target and took aim
waiting for a clear shot when it burst through the woods. All he saw at that
moment were some wiggly looking ring worm appearing on the dead section of the
forest, the shade in color identical. Talk about leaches sucking the life right
out of you, that one there was a prime example in his book. Levi couldn't help
the way his finger twitched. His face still remaining the same way with a look
of disgust in his eyes.

“Fucking Disgusting....”
 
He mutter, as soon as he utter those words the bricked walls exploded and
something demonic came crawling out of the forest and toward their way. At
first it was slow as if it was struggling or disoriented either way it must
have found what it was looking for because it was coming their way and fast.
 
As soon as it reached the clearing it paused once and that was when it had
reached a particular sunlit area. Levi never saw a creature of this caliber
before, at less he didn't until it exploded upward at the same time a boar cry
could be heard, he could even see it now when that shit wasn't covering the
beast. Just as quickly it had shot up in the air it rained back down just as
quickly covering the beast back up in those nasty maggot like worms.
 
Talk about filthy just thinking about it upon his own flesh made Levi grimace
in reaction.
 
That thing was no longer an animal of this world....no this one is a demon,
pure and simple...but this one is a bit strange.
 
Levi had his fair share of demon killing to know what this one is, but never as
large as this one before nor as foul looking. Seeing as how the beast turned
this way and that it ran straight forward to their watch tower, but his Elk was
in the way from being chow food.

“Haku! Get away from there!”
 
Either his companion couldn't hear him over the thunderous steps of the demon
charging at them or Haku was too scared to move. Tsking he aimed his arrow
downward he aimed straight at the wood next to Haku head. The bone shape arrow
lodged deeply into the wood fully startling the elk to run away. It was just in
time before the demon smashed right into their tower so hard that the wood
broke and everything became unstable. The demon did a good job at smashing it
to smithereens because he and Pixis were the one to land in a few of the tree
branches. It was a good thing too, Levi had grabbed Pixis around the waist
before he jumped off the railing with the older male who smelled like moth
balls.
.
With another audible tsk from Levi he spoke.
 
“I'll lead it away from the village, take care of the rest.”
 
The older man looked slightly stuck being so high up in the tree, but he called
out to the lad giving him a warning.
 
“Prince Levi wait!”
 
When the prince of their people did not wait having seemingly jumped down from
the tree he whistle loudly for Haku to come to him, but it would take a minute
for Haku to reach him.
 
Pixis spoke again quickly loudly for him to hear.
 
“Whatever you do, just don't let it touch you!”
 
Pixis manage to get himself down despite being concern for the prince he had
his own job to do. Levi ran on top of the bolder wall that hadn't been broken
by the demon on his bare feet he would have thought of it as filthy, but this
was not the time nor place for crude thinking as he made another quick call to
Haku to come.
 
Haku showed up mere seconds after the call grabbing his horn he pulled himself
up upon the beast back in which the elk jump down from the cliff hill. On their
way down however he had to maneuver around some wooded area, a few branches
here and there scratched Levi's arm, face, and leg as he speed down on Haku's
back to catch up with the demon whose eyes were an infernal red. Such hatred
reflected among those beady eyes, but all Levi could think of was how filthy
this was going to be and the stench? Let's not even go there it was by force of
will he was holding back his gag reflex.
 
“Calm your fury old ancient one, turn back and leave my village at peace.”
 
The boar demon ignored him and which he plead again.
 
“God or demon we wish you no trouble so please leave us be.”
 
When his plead of warning was ignore despite him asking again and again he took
matter into his own hands with a good ol' fuck it. One warning should have been
enough, but as the custom he was brought up on he wanted to at less try before
slaughtering it.
 
That decision became crystal clear when Leah and the girls were in danger of
being run over or killed by the very demon he tried to ward off with previous
pleads.
 
One of the girls had the unfortunate of falling it was Kristine who had tripped
dropping the basket she had been carrying. Leah had stopped running toward the
village to return back to her fallen friend.

“Keep going, Sasha! Come on Kristine get up!”

The long dark haired girl pulled out her sword ready to defend her as the
swirling worms of demons headed their way, it was by pure chance she saw her
big older brother. Seeing him there brought a sense of relief to her because
she had sheath her sword and grabbed Kristine arm half dragging and half
pulling her away from danger.

Levi took aim wasting no time to shot his first arrow that said arrow landed in
the beast right eye, as a retaliation of sort Levi was far to close to evade
the surprise attack this demon had sprout on him. The wormy substance grabbed
hold of his arm. It was seeping through his gloved material and the pain was
immense. Grunting in pain he yanked his arm free from the demon the sluggish
feeling of the worm wiggled digging underneath his flesh, burned and sting
immensely. Quickly he set up his second arrow since he took out one eye he went
after the other one, but in order to do so he had to either get in front of the
demon or get on to his other side. He chosen to get in front of it as much as
his arm was bothering him he still his designated target by successfully taking
out the left eye.
 
A roar later the beast had trip falling over face first before it rolled on to
it's side, as soon as the beast was unable to do any more damage he leaped off
Haku back to dig up fresh loose dirt spreading it over his wounded arm. He
could some what hear his little sister calling out to him.

“Don't touch it, Leah....”
 
Gritting his teeth he added more dirt into his wound,

“Levi...”
 
Helping her older brother putting more dirt on to his wounded arm she only
looked up when one of the village man told someone to fetch the wise woman, but
she was already making her way toward them on one of the younger healthier male
that could have put that demon boar to shame.

“LEEEVIIIII!”
 
Mairge held a bottle in her hand as she waved to him, she looked excited and
concern at the same time, excited to see a forest god and concern to see
humanity's strongest kneeling on the ground with dirt on his arm.
 
“Old hag, still loud as ever.”
 
He hissed through gritted teeth as he held his wound ignoring the zinging
sensation of pain ridding up his arm making him frown in concentration to
breath through it. Leah was just about to touch his shoulder until a elderly
voice told her otherwise.
 
“Ah! Wait don't touch him, stay back stay back!”
She called out as she unscrew the bottle of water,
 
“Hold out your arm quickly, Leah pour this over his wounds, but don't let it
touch you.”

Giving it to the girl, Leah took care as to pour it directly over his wound the
water steamed and Levi face were the same as always, but his eyes showed that
it bother him greatly.
 
Mairge stood near the fallen god and bowed to it as custom.
 
“Oh nameless god of rage and hate, I bow before you, a mound will be raised and
funeral rights will be perform where you have lain we ask of you to leave this
earth peacefully baring us no hatred. Oh ancient one.”
 
The boar who was slowly descending to death only replied with hatred still in
the pits of his being his very soul.
 
“Disgusting little creatures soon all of you will feel the same pain and hate
and suffer as I have suffered.”
 
Levi eyes fallen on to the boar, the worms were no longer surrounding the beast
as much as before. Shortly after the boar flesh melted away quickly the only
thing that was left of the demon boar was the bones... All that was truly left
were a pool of tainted blood seeping into the ground.
 
The stench was awful, but he was too pissed off about a few things to think
about the cross contamination on the ground.... Because there was one thing for
certain his life has changed this day and his destiny had been alter.
 
                                      ***
 
That follow evening Levi gain more treatment toward his injured arm which had
been bathed, prayed and wrapped after they applied medicine on him. He himself
took a bath as soon as they were done fussing over him to get rid of any
residue of that demon boar grime off him along with the dirt and bacteria he
had accumulated of this day thus far.
 
When he was summon by the wise woman he came to her the council already there
sitting patiently amongst the wall..

There he was sitting, his leg crossed as he watched Mairge flicked some pebbles
knocking some out of the way while gathering the other stones in her hand once
more. She gained information from the circle she made, it told her of the
incident that had transpire this day. A few moments of silence etched between
them all.
 
“I'm afraid this is very bad.”
 
She began,
 
“This stone told me that the boar god came far from the west. He had some sort
of poison inside him driving him mad. A poisonous hatred that consume his heart
and flesh and turned him into a demon monster... Prince Levi Rivaille”
 
When she used his full name he sat up just a little more straighter as he
looked at her his gray eyes bore into her brown ones.
 
“Yes.”
 
“Show everyone your right arm.”
 
Levi raised his arm and began to unravel the bandage revealing the dark
bruising like band around his arm letting the men inside the room see what that
Boar god did to him. No matter how much he would like to scrub it clean, it
wasn't coming off.
 
Despite their audible gasp, one man in his late fifty spoke,

“What does it mean?”
 
“Patient,”
 
was her response as she kept her brown gaze locked with Levi gray gaze.
 
“My prince, are you prepare to learn what fate the stone has fore told you.”
 
“Yes, I've prepare myself for that moment when I choose to let my arrows fly.”
 
“The infection will spread out through out your whole body, bone and flesh
alike. It will cause you great pain than kill you.”
 
“Is there no way to stop it?”
 
He was the same man who posed the first question, before another spoke up in
his place.
 
“The prince got that wound by defending this village and saving our lives.”
 
Pixis was the next one to spoke up next,
 
“Do we just sit here and watch him die.”
 
Even as the word left his mouth, he didn't want to see his friend suffering or
dying such a fate.
 
“You can not alter your fate, my prince however you can rise and meet it if you
choose. Look at this.”

In her hand was a iron like bar in which it fell out of her hand rolling
lightly on the board like map where she foresaw the future in which the stone
tells her.
 
“This iron ball was found in the boars body, this is what hurt him so. It
shatter his bone and burned its way deeply inside him this is what turned him
into a demon. There is evil at work at the west, Prince Levi” it's your fate to
go there and see what you can see with eyes unclouded by hate. You may even
find a way to lift your curse if you go there. Do you understand?”
 
“Yes.”
 
“We are the last of the wall Sina, it's been five hundred years since the
titans destroyed our tribe and drove the remnant of our people to the east.
Some manage to survive here for all these years. But the blood of our tribe
growing thinner and weaker after each generation. Now our last prince must cut
his hair and leave us to never return, sometimes I think the Gods are laughing
at us.”
 
Levi said nothing as he turned around to face a pillar of sort in which he took
out a short dagger, he looked in the mirror and grabbed the top of his pony
tail and began to cut it making sure it was even. He long since have a under
cut and it was not usually seen if his hair was down, but when it was up it was
quite noticeable.
 
Now when he cut the longer session away he looked fairly handsome with a clear
clean cut. There was no mirror where he was going so he might as well look good
before he venture off into his long journey alone.
 
Setting his hair down and bowing slightly he turned back around to face Mairge
who looked like she was about to cry and throw a fit at their custom, but had
no choice but to accept it and move on.
 
“Our laws forbid us from watching you go, from now on you are dead to us,
Prince Levi.”
 
Levi said nothing he accepted his fate wordlessly standing up he quietly left
them without a word to say. It was she who spoke softly to him.

“Fare well, my prince...”

And just like that, Levi gather what he would need for his journey he took what
he could inside his traveling bag. Leaving his home he headed toward the
stables to retrieve Haku, he made sure to lock the stable back up again to
prevent any of the other elk from getting out and wandering about the village.
Stroking Haku neck and face he pulled himself up on Haku back. Pulling the
reigns lightly he was just about to move out when Leah caught him.
 
“Levi.”
 
“Leah, what are you doing here, you know it's forbidden.”
 
“Do you think I care about that? I only came to give you this.”

She handed him a glass dagger in which Levi held in his hand it took him a
second to recognize what it was.”

“Leah this is your crystal dagger, I can't take this.”

“You must, I want you to have it so you won't forget about me.
Please.....please take it with you. For both me and mother sake?”

“Leah, you know I can never forget you.”
 
He smiled a gentle smile a caring one, before it was shielded away with his
mask.
Levi took off in a gallop leaving Leah where she stand he had to make their
meeting was brief in case someone might walk in to see them together and she
would be punished by either leaving the village or death which Levi want
neither of that for his one and only little sister he raised since birth.
 
                                      ***
 
Levi traveled for three solid weeks only to rest his body when he could no
longer ride, or when Haku needed to rest and eat. He took shelter where he
could if it rained, how ever if it were nice he would sleep out door beside a
tree with his straw like cape blanketing him to keep warm while his bag was
used as a pillow. A few days later he had stumble upon a village....a village
that was disarray.

“A battle?”
 
No, that wasn't quite right this wasn't a war he was seeing with his gray
eyes...
It only confirmed his suspicion when there was a group of villager running away
from bandits in warrior armor.
 
Seeing a bandit slashed down a young man he couldn't help watching them in
annoyance this was just a badly poor excuse of a masacare to shed human life
for no reason, but to greed. Levi never liked a meaningless death especially so
when nothing warrant such sacrifices.
 
“Look! Up there upon that hill!”
 
Levi turned his gaze at the loud mouth who was clearly pointing at him, so much
for him to go by without being notice. He didn't want to be involved and for
that man to call him out like that just made him tsk calling him a squealing
swine out of his mouth. Fingering his mask he urge Haku to go in full speed.
 
“It's a warrior!”

“Good his head is mine.”
 
The man shouted as he shot an arrow at Levi that missed him terribly by a
country mile.

Pulling his mask back upon his face he guided Haku away from the man who fired
another shot an attempt to get his head. Levi eyes shifted toward what was
happening right in front of him a woman who was trying to run away from a
bandit tripped as soon as the sword had been brought down to her back. The bag
is what saved her life, but the man wasn't letting up to shed more blood on to
the mother earth soil. Levi didn't think twice, especially when a child was
going toward the woman, it was that boy mother.... Something about that image
had draw him to draw his own weapon, he pointed his arrow toward the man.
 
A strong emotion overwhelmed Levi, his desire unnamed to him, pulling his arrow
back even further. It was right then that the cursed arm started to pulsate
shifting and moving to his strong emotion that were not positive by any mean.
It may have brought him extreme discomfort....pain even, but he could ignore
it. It had no effect on his marksmanship, he knew he was strong, but to have
taken out two arms of a living being who was clutching on the sword handle so
tightly to be ripped off was a whole new level of inhumane strength even for
Levi standard... That said arm dangle and bobbed, the hand still clutching on
the sword handle and his arrow embedded in the middle of that said arrow lodged
itself into a tree.
 
The man looked at his arm surprised and dumfounded that he had no arms, the
shock of it all delayed his immediate reaction by a few more seconds until a
screamed erupted from the filthy man, understandable since he lost two limbs,
but hardly anything to wail about if he was still alive for the time being.

“My arm!!! My God My ARMS!!!”
 
He screeched as he fallen to his knee lifting his arm over head as he cried for
his missing limb, the pain immense because even the bones had
 
He made a slight curve going around the man who was now armless man having done
so a few men who were on the ground leap or fallen back trying to avoid him
from getting run over Levi's beast.
 
Levi grasp his own arm trying to to control it, it didn't take a genius to
figure out what was going on. Hatred or anything murderous would effect his
arm...his control over the matter is unstable. Sensing danger he moved his head
back an arrow whizzed past him an angry twitch mark appeared on the side of his
temple that throb underneath his hooded mask face.
 
“Hey! Stop him before he gets away. Kill him!”
 
Levi figured if this is what was triggering his emotion he should try to avoid
killing people, but if it came down to his own life. And his warning was not
heed, he'll let his arrow fly once more.
 
“Let me pass! I'm warning you!”
 
He placed his own arrow onto his bow once more and took aim, his arm still very
much being a little shit to him. You would think they would let him pass, but
bigots would be bigots because the enemy shot a near close arrow that whizzed
passed in front of him it would have connected to his throat if he hadn't lean
back a little, deciding to take his chance he lean a little further back and
shot his arrow, this time it arrow took out a mans head leaving him as a
headless rider on the horse back until it eventually fallen off and the horse
stopped moving. Levi had to wince as his arm gotten worst after killing his
first man of this day. Who knows what happen to the armless man, rather he was
alive or not he didn't care. His goal was to not kill another man and he can
assume the others were now too afraid to attack him less be all be dead by the
rider who ride a red elk. The other rider who had been charging after the man
in a red mask and straw cloak ceased his pursuit to slow down and looked at his
beheaded comrade the look of horror was upon the shabby face.

“A demon.....my god he's a demon...”
 
He watched that demon go and prayed for the first time in his life that he
would never see that being ever again.
 
 
 
***** The Wolf Prince meets the Cursed One *****
Chapter Summary
     The young wolf boy who is the prince of the forest comes out to
     light, a small sneak peek into his infant years, after a failed
     attempt to assassinate Erwin that left his mother wounded, he have to
     retreat and seek his revenge another day, except he meet a different
     type of human....a human he brushed off entirely.
     Levi meet a boy in a forest, a forest he thought was dangerous to
     human. That boy was different than any of the person he ever meet, he
     found himself drawn to him and seek him out.
Chapter Notes
     Undertakerla: "Hi everyone it's me again, sorry sorry. Comments and
     Kudo's are welcome."
     Eren: "I'm looking forward to killing that human."
     Levi: "So blood thirty..."
     Undertakerla: (gulp...)
                                  Chapter_Two
                     The_Wolf_Prince_meets_The_Cursed_One
                                        
Eren
 
A young boy stood naked in the middle of the lake his hair weighted down by
water, he heard his name being called by one of his brothers facing where the
sound was directed from. He smiled when two white wolves came out into the
clearing toward him one of them seemingly out of breath.

“I take it you found them.”
 
The young looking boy replied as he splashed more water over his arm and neck
cleaning himself from the dirt and blood he accumulated from the hunt. His
sharp dagger strapped onto his right thigh.

Eren never let himself undefended his weapon was always on him if not near by
within reaching distant. The forest was not as friendly and just that he could
live here in peace without some confrontation amongst the inhabitant of this
forest. His mother may be a god, but the other gods and wild gigantic beast are
still not quite fond of humans and Eren is a human....he may not smell like
them, but he looked apart never the less....at less in this state he does. It's
not to say he didn't get along with them, because he do and the forest loved
him after many years of proving his loyalty to them and his hatred toward
humans. He would willing fight the humans to protect his treasured home and the
gods and beast could see his determination and commitment to the cause had open
them up and accepted him as the prince of Mononoke. There were still a few
certain group that didn't accept him and those were the ones he often have to
fight against, but that was that for that matter. He was truly happy where he
belonged. It showed when he smiled that boyish smile of his when the wolves
joined him in the cool water.
 
Their attempt to either cool off from the heat or bathe off whatever
accumulated on their fur had Eren moving closer to them in order to help them
by splashing more water on to their body using the herbal soap he had made to
use upon himself to get clean was now being rubbed on their fur. He took his
time working on wolf then on to the one making it silky smooth to the touch
when he lather them up and rinse them to reveal silver fur that wasn't dull, it
glisten just as brightly in the water he bathe in from the sun reflection upon
the surface of the lake. He gave him the same treatment as he did with his fur
which was the mop on the top of his head and the occasional two tails and ears
he grew when his emotion ran wild from him which was either when he was
fighting intensely or becoming extremely excited over somethings or down right
stress. His emotion is what trigger the sprouting which is why he was a bit
different then any other human.

We did, many of them are traveling on the stealth path heading up the west side
mountain, they reek of gun powder and iron, that man is also among them. The
one who killed Nobunaga.
 

“I see....So he's there, does mother know?”
 
The boy asked as he duck under to rinse clean from the herbs he used to bathe
with before swimming back up to the surface. He waited for them to do the same
after he applied more onto their fur.
 
Yes, in fact there she is now.
 
Eren eyes brighten up immensely because when he turned around brightest of all
smiles were on the boy face as he saw his mother lounge over a large border
watching them silently she had been there for quite some time.
 
The excitement of seeing her had his own ears and tails popping out of him, it
wasn't white like their fur, but it was a beautiful brown with a shiny coat of
its own. They weren't like him who was originally born as a human, from what he
had gathered over the years his original parents were slaughter and he had been
taken by some other folks, they had abandon him in the woods shortly after he
had been taken in. They wanted to use his life in exchange for theirs so they
could travel through the forest peacefully and live on the other side.
 
They probably didn't do it intentionally, but he couldn't see that they must
have wanted to start a life with him at the beginning rather it was to live
with him or use him by some other means were unclear to him, but because their
journey had lead them through the forest they had angered the god his current
mother in fact. They had been terrified of the god and offered up the baby
which was him at the time as a sacrificial lamb in which they threw him
literally to the wolf feet. In doing so they manage to injure the infant where
a branch had stabbed him on his left side, a baby wail could be heard and his
mother (The wolf god) took pity on him raising him as her own as soon as the
human had left her territory. In order to save his life however she had infused
her wolf spirit with his human one and as a result he was reborn and that was
when he developed his own ears and tail making him part wolf who can understand
the cries and calls of the forest better than any human or beast.
 
He can live among the forest creatures without fear and have the freedom he
would have never had known had he been just a regular human who couldn't
venture into the forest. He was grateful for what had had happen, for he has a
mother who loved him raised him as her own. She was the only mother he would
ever need in this life time. The Wolf Goddess could see that and she laid their
smiling proud of him and her two young pups .
 
“Mother.”

He greeted in cheerful tone had made his way toward her shadow.
 
“Eren”

Moro greeted pleased to see that her three sons were together. The boy brought
warmness to her beating heart if only there were more humans like him then she
would have see them in a different light and live among them, but since that
was not the case and a freckle dream for that matter she only allowed Eren to
remain by her side his human heritage not important. Yes...after all these
years upon giving this child a name, Eren was a good fit for a child who has
had no one else to rely on, but herself and the cubs she had given birth too
two years later after her adoption of her beloved Eren.
 
“Mother did you see today’s catch, Yustafa helped me carried it back.”
He asked excitedly his tail waving underneath water surface creating a thick
ripple, the old goddess laughed at his childish excitement to please her.
 
“I did, you did very well my little prince.”
 
The boy positively glow giving her one of those charming smile she loved seeing
him wear.
 
“Hehe, I'm so glad, Mother.”
 
He had been basking in the glow when Moru the youngest pup decided to pounce on
him by submerging the little brat under water, this earned a light chuckle from
the oldest pup at their affection.
 
Mother, before Eren gets carried away and forget our mission we hast planned to
set off at dusk it's perfect due to the weather tonight it shall rain a
tremendous storm.
 
Underneath his large paws, air bubble escape from below popping upward on to
the surface to indicate Eren was still very much underneath him.
 
“I see....very well then. I shall accompany you as well. It's high time that I
bite off that man head once and for all.”
 
By that man she was referring to that annoying human who was known as Erwin.
 
Standing up Moro leaned backward on her hide-leg to stretch her arm before
leaning forward to give her back a good stretch shortly after she giving her
fur a good shake before leaving the boys to their obvious play.
 
Eren finally managed to get out from under Moru paws before he had died of lack
of air to only see his mother retreating form feeling dejected his ears lowered
and looked so sad that he didn't get the chance to tell his mother good bye,
when he heard a snickering sound from his brothers however brought his ears
back up in aggression and gave them a glaring look.
 
A look that certainly says that they were going to get it as he jumped on them
first it was Moru since he was the closest one out of the two and because he
had nearly drowned him moments before.
 
How ever long it lasted depends on how winded they were when they had finally
climbed out of the water and collapse on dry land heaving to get oxygen back
into their starving lungs.
 
Eren stayed down let the sun dry him off completely before he put back on his
clothes, it's not like he minded going around naked, but there were just some
things he didn't want on him or up inside certain crevices. For example his
younger brother fur in between the crack of his ass when he rides on them.
 
Placing his makeshift shoes on his feet, he grabbed his staff and climbed onto
   Yustafa back heading out, they were to nap, fed and properly hydrated for
   tonight’s mission they had already gone over about the plans they wish to
accomplish which was the shortage of their supply. The less iron and food they
     had the better when they infiltrate their barrier and kill them all.
                                      ***
Meanwhile Levi stood by a small water fall rising is right arm under a flowing
   stream of water he notice that the mark that were on his arm were growing
 bigger and darker each day. He closed his eyes in remembrance as to what this
  curse was going to do to him. Drying his arm and putting on his sleeves he
  traveled again as far as he could go the weather itself changing into rain.
                                      ***
  Sunrise had just set into sunset, dusk was approaching fast on the mountain
 Eren and the wolves were waiting for the night to swallow them up completely,
 some time during the evening the darken and rain drops began to fall lightly
  until it became a full down pour in only a few hours later it was as if the
                              heaven was crying.
                                      ***
 Eren couldn't help suppress a sudden gut feeling that something bad was going
to happen he can feel it in his guts, but he didn't let his mission get thrown
off because of some bad vibes. Everything will be alright he tried to convince
himself that much. Putting on his white fur and his wolf mask with the red ears
 pointing up. He took a deep breath and silently motion for Yustafa to go, the
  two wolves made their way up the mountain on the shortest route possible so
 they were on top and they can easily catch their prey at the bottom. Let the
                                hunt.....begin.
                                      ***
  Eren charged ahead on Yustafa back he could hear them give a warning call.
                                   “Wolves.”
“Calm down, get set up, but don't let your fuse get wet and keep your gunpowder
                                     dry.”
 
Erwin commanded his eyes track the two wolves and the prince that rode on one
coming their way. He smirk at the boy determination. So they meet again, that
boy timing as always were terrible in the condition they were in. It was like
the boy strives to make them suffer as much as possible that he chuckled..

“Keep the ox moving, don't let them panic. Gunmen wait until they get closer
and then fire. On my mark.”
 
He waited until they were within gun reach so close until he spoke the word.

“Fire.”
 
A few rounds set off, causing Eren to dodge them from hitting them as always
the wolves were skillful to evade it moving out of the way and using the trees
to shield them. While they were moving away from it Eren's wolf turn back
around to charge yet again, this time Erwin was ready with thethe second patch
of gunsmen ready to fire. He gave the command looking straight at the forest
prince.
 
“Fire.”
 
The guns exploded loudly shooting at the wolves and the prince who was riding
on one, Eren gave the signal to retreat when he sense his mother already in
place. He moved his arm pointing in one direction and the wolves comply moving
into formation.

“Was that it? They weren't so big.”
 
“Aoura, they were just pups. Wait until you see their mother.”
 
Indeed they waited looking around as to see where the next attack would be
coming from, Erwin looked up in time to see Moro running down the path at full
speed, Erwin got ready ripping the paper wrap from his own gun to take aim at
Moro if he could kill one god he could kill another. This one would be a keep a
keepsake that no god could deter him from his goal.

“There's Moro!”
 
He warned, that warning did little good when Moro was sending most of his men
down the cliff to their death with a few of the ox's cattle going over board as
well. Some of them were bitten and others killed by the Goddess herself. The
men attacked her trying to kill her before she tried to kill any more of them
it did little good since it look like she was playing with them by sending them
flying like she was swatting flies with her two twin tails waving behind her
like a battle flag.
 
Moro spotted her target in the mist of the crowd and charged right at him, she
wanted the main course after all and that was to have that man head between her
jaw, but that was to say her carelessness was her downfall when Erwin open fire
on her the bullet plunged it way deep inside her. She choice to ignore it with
a growl when her lips pulled back. She was just close enough to bite until her
body was erupted in flames and she fallen off the cliff in shock. That damn man
beside Erwin was the one who fired at her making her body combust into flames.
She hit one solid branch on her way down, the rain easily putting out the fire
on her body.
 
“Ahahaha, I killed her serves her right.”
 
Aoura laughed as he looked over the cliff where he have given the finishing
blow.
 
“You forget that she is a god, It will takes more than that to kill her.”
 
From a distant Eren saw his mother fallen off the cliff pulling back, his heart
pounding inside his ribcage.

“Retreat, find mother. We will get them another day. I swear it.”
 
He bit his lip hard enough to bleed, but not causing it serious injury.
Something like that only took moments to heal he'll remember that voice...that
mans name....Aurora's a dead man when he comes back. Erwin may be on the top of
his to kill list, but that bastard....he would never forgive him.
 
“She certainly did a lot of damage.”
 
Aoura said at last when he looked behind at the mess she caused.
 
“Will move out now.”
 
Erwin looked over the access damage...they still had plenty of rice...no harm
done among a few other things, but it was going to be a bit tight this month,
but he was sure his people could handle it.
 
“But, what about the men she pushed off the cliff.”
 
Aoura question as he looked at the boss man.
 
“They're dead now lets get the living home.”
 
Was Erwin response when moved ahead to get them back on track, he had to keep
their priority straight some sacrifice would do the greater good to man kind.
It may be a cruel way of thinking, but that's life for ya.
 
                                      ***
 
“This smells like super donkey piss...”
 
He claimed as he slurp more of his soup before he caught eyes of the traveling
warrior.
 
“There he is now..”
 
Slurping the rest of the content he got up and walked over to him.
 
Levi meet a strange one on his journey the man called himself Hannes the man
was filthy, but he had helped him get his bag of rice when he handed the
merchant woman who sold rice a piece of gold he had carried among himself he
was just about to tell her off when this man showed up.
 
After getting what he wanted Levi intended to leave the man there amongst the
crowd, but he had followed after him to his dismay.
 
There was something about him that just seemed fishy beside his overly friendly
nature.
 
“You're that warrior right? Thanks for helping us out back there. Where did you
fight like that? You fought like a demon.”
 
Levi said nothing at first hoping he would get the hint, but the guy must be
dense or incredibly stupid....despite the obvious look Levi gave him.
 
“It's alright, you're a man of few words I get that.”
 
Levi would have mentally rolled his eyes if it had not been the way he shifted
his gaze behind him without moving his head to see three men following them,
rather it was him or the monk he wasn't for certain, but the monk noticed it.

“Ah, they must be coming after us after waving that gold nugget around eh,
they'll probably wait for us to sleep before slitting our throats. How about we
demonstrate them how fast we can run, huh?”
 
The so called monk took off running first and soon after Levi followed after
him just so he could get rid of the low life following them.
 
                                      ***
 
Once they were clear of being followed by anyone did they settle down and Levi
decided to speak to him.
 
“So the demon monster turns out to be a boar.”
 
“I follow it's trail going westward through the mountain trail, but Samurai's
were attacking the villagers, but then-”
 
“You lost them.”
 
“Mn”
 
“That's life you see this place here, when I came here years before this place
was a nice little village, but there must be a flood or a land slide or a fire
the only sure thing is that everyone is dead. These days their angry ghost all
around us. Dead from wars, sickness, or starvation and nobody cares. So you say
you are under a curse, so what? So is every damn one of us on earth is.”
 
Levi gave him a pointed look and the monk raised his hand to fend him off with
a gesture of we are cool don't kill me sort of gesture. Shortly after gesturing
for him to hand over his bowl which he reluctantly did after he watched him
washed his hand thoroughly before even touching his nice red bowl.

“Beautiful bowl, I seen one like this once. Have you ever heard of the Wall
Sina people. They said they ride red elks and use stone arrows just like you.
Of course they were all wiped out five hundred years ago. Don't worry I won't
tell anyone where you come from.”
 
Levi was tempted at this point to end him right then and there since the monk
brought up the taboo subject, but instead of dirtying his hand and cleaning a
much bigger mess he opt to ignoring him for the rest of the night, but he had
one question that was still needed to be answer.
 
He pulled out a iron ball the one that has been buried inside the boar for the
man to see.


“Have you ever come across this.”
 
The older lad looked at it and shook his head.

“I can't quite say I have, There's a place higher up on the mountain further
west from here there's where the spirit of the forest dwells in and it is a
very dangerous place for humans to enter there is certain death.”

He replied as he slurped more of his home cook meal inside his pipe-hole.

“The spirit of the forest?”
 
He asked, wanting the man to elaborate as to what he was trying to go with
this.

“I've been told that the beast up there are all giants just as they were at the
dawn of time.”
 
Pouring more soup into his bowel they both finished their meal in silence, as
they settle down for bed Levi thought about the spirit of the forest and it was
the last thing on his mind when he closed his eyes to sleep.
 
He was the first one to awaken before dusk can breach the horizon and took off
leaving the traveling monk to peek after him and mutter to himself after seeing
him bow slightly before ridding off.
 
“See you there my friend.”
 
And with that being said the monk fallen right back to sleep.
 
                                      ***
 
Having left at dawn it was nearing mid day when the storm came in that he had
to continue onward on the mountain path, when it gotten so bad he took refuge
in a near by cave waiting it out until the storm as passed. It was until the
next day when it had cleared up and he was now riding down the more steady path
on the mountain to the ground level.
 
There was a few things that caught Levi attention when he made it down the
mountain and traveled beside a flowing river, for one he noticed a few material
going down the river such as tents, boxes, and cloth like object another
example was an injured man lying half in the water and half out prompt on a
rocky shore. He moved to pull the injured man out setting him beside Haku while
he went out to search for other survivor. He manage to find one more and
carried him on his back. This one was slightly heavier than the other man he
had pulled out from the water.

He set the man down before laying him out right on to his back so Levi would be
free to do one last final search for any survivor while doing so he was also
checking to see if there was anything he could use to apply basic first aid to
the injured men he picked up.
 
During his searching and grabbing a few things out of the water to set it aside
away from the water tide so he could come back to it later, there was something
that caught Levi attention on the other side of where he was ducked under
quickly over some fallen branches he peeked through the gapes and holes someone
or something was coming over that big bundle of white.
 
What Levi could see was a very large beast laying on the shore, so this was
what the monk was talking about.... They were indeed 'big' bigger then what he
had encounter before. Not even the demon boar he killed could compare to the
height of that beast he could see from the other side.
 
Two wolves with a rider on one of their back approach the white giant, when the
beast lifted herself did he can identify it as a very large wolf. The
rider...is a young boy leaping off one of the larger looking wolf back to
approach a bleeding giant of a wolf that uncurled from itself, from what he
could see their was a deep flesh wound on the side of the neck just above its
shoulder, the wolf lip were pulled back in almost in a snarl about way, but the
boy expression only held nothing, but concern as he reached out to touch it
face caressing it in gentle touch, before he took one look at the wound to
access how bad the damage was.
 
He looked like a young teenager....he didn't appear to be any older then maybe
seventeen or eighteen of age... He had messy brown hair it was longer in the
front and a bit shorter in the back....and when Levi narrowed his gaze just a
little more he could make out the boy brilliant eyes....l It looked like a teal
blue green sort of shade....like the ocean he had once traveled too....it had
been beautiful.
 
A deep green tint in clear aquamarine blue the boy was beautiful and for once
in his life he was fascinated by someone his skin kissed skin held a beautiful
bronze color and he was tall...that was a given. He blinked out of his
astonishment his heart actually skipping a beat which was unusual to him. For a
minute there he thought there was something wrong with his health right then
and there.
 
Resisting the urge to lean in more closely the boy he had been checking out had
moved in quickly to suck deeply on the wolf neck and spitting whatever it was
out of the wolf neck from where he crouched at was only blood that stained the
white rocks.

Disgusting.
It was down right disgusting, but that rawness that was displayed before him
held him captivated. It was the first time he meet someone like him.... Despite
him repeatedly sucking whatever was in that wold neck on to the ground dirtying
his face and hands. Never mind what it did to his clothes.
 
                                      ***
 
Eren found his mother at long last when the rain had cleared up and they could
tracked her down better by tracks and scent alone. Seeing her like this put a
concern look upon his face even more so when she growled at him in pain.
Touching her face and looking at her wound, he could smell the poison inside
her body that was killing her slowly. With a soft growl of his own he wasted no
time at all to suck deeply at her open wound and spit the content on the
ground, he repeated his action over and over again deeply...strongly...for him
to put as much blood inside his mouth before spitting it out on the white rock
beside her that white rock now covered in his mother blood.
 
He didn't stop he needed to lessen the effect the poison had on his mother
because he knew he wouldn't be able to get the iron ball that was lodged deeply
inside her without making a mess of things and accidentally killing her
himself. He would never forgive the humans for what they had done to her...his
mother spirit was touching his own, he could feel her pain as if it were his
own.
 
Moro had her eyes closed feeling the strong pull of Eren sucking on her wound,
it only until then she picked up a unusual sound and sensed an intruder near
by. It wasn't long before she found him and she turned her giant head in his
direction. She growled strongly her fangs on display as her eye narrowed toward
the cursed human who was peeped at them through the thick fallen branches . She
be damned if anyone decided hurt her further with her childrens at her side.
Eren was brash enough to attack first and get himself killed. Moving she
straighten herself up her ears fallen back in the most dangerous of way.
 
The changed in growl was enough to stop Eren from sucking to look at his mother
face the bone earring he wore chimed softly at his movement. He had a feral
look in his eyes at the way his mother his reacting, it told him plenty that
they were no longer alone and he was searching for that intruder. His eyes
spotted the mask being and he stood up quickly looking right at him. Spitting
out the last content of blood inside his mouth he raised his bloody hand up to
his face using his arm he wiped the blood on it to clean some of it away facing
the stranger completely. He resisted the urge to growl, he couldn't charge at
him due to the distant between themselves, but he did stepped in front of his
mother so he could protect her through whatever means necessary.
 
Levi stood up then leaping on the tree branches quickly while removing the
facial mask he wore to hide his face now that it was no longer covered he would
be able to speak more clearly without the thing hindering the projection of his
voice.

“My name is Levi, I travel far from the land of the east! Are you an ancient
god and have I come at last to the realm of the spirit of the forest.”
 
In answer the boy only glared at him watching him saying nothing at first in
turn Levi stared back at him with calm steady eyes, something Eren was not use
to seeing on a human face. His brothers behind him moved to stand on either
side of him ready to defend if need be.
 
The large wolf with the twin tail only stood up onto her feet and simply walked
away from him sensing he was no longer a threat, even though he was quite
capable of doing some serious damage with or without that cursed upon his arm.
Since his mother ignoring the human male Eren too also turned his back on this
Levi guy to climb on to Moru's back.
Levi could see from the back side that the boy had a white fur on his back
along with a wolf tail and mask from folklore design, the boy even have a
dagger strapped to his thigh when he jumped up to climb upon the tall beast
back with ease. He was facing him now his hands buried on the back of the wolf
neck he finally spoke.
 
“Go away.”
 
With that being said he rode off catching up to his mother.
Yustafa was quick to stretch out his hide legs and front legs before grabbing
hold of an ox neck that's been drifted upon the shore he dragged it along with
them toward their hidden lair long from here.
 
Shitty Brat...
 
Who was that boy, as much as he wanted to ponder his question he heard a yelp
and shortly after a scream. Tsking he went back to them, grabbing the supplies
on his way back.
 
By the time he came back to see what ail the injured man he placed his hand on
his shoulder preventing him to further injured himself. Looking up to see what
the man was pointing at he merely have a look....really? He was scared of a
kodama. Those thing couldn't even kill a fly much less hurt anyone so why be so
worked up over something so little?
 
“It's a Kodama I never thought I would get to see them here.”
When he couldn't take this man wailing any more he gripped his shoulder
tighter.
 
“Calm the fuck down, idiot. You don't want to further injure yourself do you?”
 
When his words go unheeded, he actually hit him on top of the head his patient
short to begin with because the shitty brat from earlier just disregard him
after introducing himself.
 
“I said calm down he's just a tree spirit he brings good luck. It's a sign that
this forest is healthy.”
 
“But...but they'll lead their lord and master straight to us, how the hell can
I possibly stay calm huh.”
 
“If you rather have me knock you out, that can be arrange. Now shut up.”
 
Surprisingly the horsed face man truly did shut up after Levi's threat.

Good.
 
Levi moved prepared to give them treatment he had to repeatedly wash his hands
once he was done fixing them up as best to his ability. Once he was satisfied
with his work did he turned to the forest spirit.
 
“Hey little guy, do you mind being our guide out of this forest?”
 
The little Kodama shook it's head and got up going up the forest and looking
back to him waving in a way that says follow.
 
He hid a small smile before setting the man with a broken arm and leg onto
Haku's he made sure to give him a through bath once this was over while he
himself carried the unconscious, but still alive man on his back.
 
The travel was long and uneventful eventually they needed to take rest so they
had stop at the heart of the forest. Levi himself was slowly growing tired, but
after seeing the beautiful old oak tree he commented on how beautiful she is.
Shortly after they made their rest stop at a lake which he was thankful for,
the unconscious male from earlier woke up mumbling about water. Setting him
down he went through his bag picking up his clean red bowl leaving his side he
kneeled beside the lake and dump his bowl inside the crisp water.
 
Out of no where his right arm started to go out of control in which he had to
use his left hand to keep it under water while it ran amok, he applied more
pressure to his pulsating arm.
 
It was only then he saw something strange more strange then the wolf boy he
encounter from earlier....it was a deer... Well there was one creature among
the herd that stood differently from the rest....this one in particular was
majestic that some what had a human like face Levi had never seen before in his
life time and he was practically in his early thirty. One would think he saw it
all, but not this one.
 
Grimacing at the increase muscle spam and pain he had to look away to focus on
his arm ignoring the concern man on his Elk.
 
He could feel and hear his own heart beat setting off in his arm it timed
perfectly and after a few moments it finally settled down.
 
A whoosh of silent air left him and relief followed closely behind he looked up
to see that the whole whole flocks of deer was gone especially the one that had
looked at him that caused his arm to go out of control. Pulling his arm back
with the clean water inside his bowl he turned back around and lifted the sever
injured man head up to give him some water.

“Is everything okay you turned sheet white after a while.”

“Fine...did you see anything.”

“See what?”
 
“Nevermind.”
 
The man sort of whined at him for being left out, but rode quietly after seeing
his look who was giving water to his injured companion.
 
An hour or so later they made it out of the forest safety with no more eventful
events the only thing he got out from it was that he felt like a new man after
that spam session. The man no longer felt heavy on his back and he was
surprisingly light on his feet. It was incredible to say the very least he felt
like his old self again. But not completely.....after all....he himself was
undeniably filthy....he was just so damn dirty that his surprisingly light mood
plummeted when he thought about how much dirt and sweat he collected through
out this whole journey. A journey he wanted to end with a decent bath....
 
“Ah! There's Jean-Pierre and Najire!”
 
Levi glanced up to where he was pointing to see two men sitting on the boat,
one man had purple like long hair, his skin surprisingly tanned...or maybe
brown...he had the most unusual eye color he had ever seen that was a mixture
of an orange-redish color. While the other one had a strange pale like blonde
hair that matched with his pale skin, his eyes too were a peculiar eye color.
 
“Jean!! Najire!!! Looks whose back!!!”
 
He shouted, the two men looked up to see Jean their ox driver coming out of the
forest all banged up on a beast back.... beside him was a short....petite male
carrying a injured Bertholdt... The two stood up seemingly rushing over to them
to help them inside the boat. Which Levi willingly gave them over, he may not
be tired, but he didn't want to carry any more then he have too.
 
Grabbing hold of Haku reign he told him to wait as he took off his clothes and
put the bag over his head. There were obvious scars on him, but nothing out of
the ordinary since he was labeled as a warrior.
 
Putting his things above his head, he made it across the lake on Haku's back,
the Elk was a very good swimmer to carry him upon it's back, only Levi's chest
was wet throughout the whole ordeal before he dried himself and put back on his
clothes ignoring the gossiping males behind him.
 
The man Jean spoke up from beside him still on the boat.
 
“That's Sir Erwin fortress we use the sand and the ore to make iron it's called
the Iron town.”

He replied in a much more animated voice.
 
Levi took what he said into consideration....Iron town was it....maybe he'll
get information about the iron ball he was carrying inside his bag as well as
the boy he meet from earlier. His brunette hair and brilliant teal green eyes
still had his immediate attention. He was looking forward to finding that
shitty brat from earlier.

Words traveled quickly it seems because now the people from Iron town were
coming out to meet them. Levi choose then to have his mask covering his head
and face once more when he was properly dressed.
 
Moving over to Haku he gave him a swift pat.

“Good job, Haku you did very well to let someone else ride you. Despite being
an overly annoying horsed faced human.”
 
Haku licked his hand affectionately nuzzling up to him.

“Yes....Yes...I'll be sure to feed you some tasty apple afterward....Good boy.”
 
Levi is surprisingly gentle with his furry companion the two of them have a
good understanding about the other.
 
***** My apologies *****
Chapter Summary
     Installing update.
Hi hi everyone, I just deleted chapter one and two because my god it was old
and two...I didn't know how to go about it soooo I re-wrote the whole damn
thing because now I got my character in order, please enjoy the first two
chapters! Here's a sneak peek to chapter three!
                                 Chapter_Three
                           And_So,_We_Meet_Again...
“What?! What do you mean people walked out of that forest?”
Aoura demanded as he got close and personal with one of the villager,
“It's true.....look there they are now!”
He replied in excitement, Aoura turned his hazel eyes to the new comer he
recognize Jean and Bertholdt, they were the one who got knocked over the cliff
by the God he shot fired too, beside them was a man on a elk back, covered from
head to toe.
This man was the one who carried these two injured man back to the village
through the damn forest? Impossible he was just so short. Puffing up his chest
he walked over to him being some what rude.
“You're the one who carried these two back through the forbidden forest.
Ridicules you got here almost as fast as we did with two injured people who
can't even walk. You're so damn short it's ridicules.”
Levi gray eyes turned to a dangerous slit, that his steel blue eyes were some
time over looked, before this man even knew what hit him, Levi feet came
crashing down on the man skull.
And here he thought that horsed face bastard was annoying, but this man took
the icing on that cake.
“My my.....such a powerful body in such a petite form...”
A tall handsome man came down to meet them, a smile on the blonde face. His
deep blue eyes calculating as he looked at the smaller man before him. He
raised his hand up in gesture of peace.
“Now now, calm down. I'm sorry that Aoura was so rude to you, but I am
extremely grateful that you brought my two best men back home. I can never
repay you.”
Levi was just about to put him down just like the said man he had kicked
moments before, he was going to show them that his size were a lot bigger up
close and personal.
TO BE CONTINUED!!!
I should have it done by tomorrow *or tonight around four or five am when I
pull an all nighter* , that is my goal.
After all I have to return to writing chapter nine for Flappy Bird from Hell, I
got plenty of threat and inboxs about continuing it >w
***** And so, We Meet Again *****
Chapter Summary
     Levi meets Eren again, but at what cost?
Chapter Notes
     Undertakerla: "I'm sorry for the long wait, I don't have internet
     like I use to, comments and kudo's are deeply needed for me to
     continue onward please and thank you."
     Just know I do not have a beta so I may have some grammar mistakes,
     but I hope you will enjoy it.
     I'll let you decide through comments rather or not I should post
     chapter four or work on flappy bird from hell <3 thank you.
                                 Chapter_Three
                                        
                           And_So,_We_Meet_Again...
                                        
“What?! What do you mean people walked out of that forest?”
 
Aoura demanded as he got close and personal with one of the villager his hands
occupied with marking the merchandise they brought home into account,

“It's true.....look they are outside the gate now, Jean made it back from the
dead with one of our rifler!”
 
He replied in excitement, Aoura turned his hazel gaze to the entrance swiftly
getting upon his feet to make his way toward the entrance of this fortress
village. It only took him moments to stand outside the gate looking down a
steep hill toward the new outsider in strange clothing. His gaze over looked
him to recognize Jean and Bertholdt being carried off the boat as best as they
could without injuring them further, they were the one of the many who had got
knocked off over the cliff by the wolf goddess whom he shot fired too, beside
them was a man on a elk back, covered from head to toe.
 
This man or should he calls him boy was the one who carried these two injured
man back to the village through the forbidden forest? Impossible he was just
too short to have that sort of strength to pull that off by his petite form.
Puffing up his chest trying to make himself bigger and more intimidating he
walked over to him being some what rude.

“You're the one who carried these two back through the forbidden forest.
Ridicules you got here almost as fast as we did with two injured people who
can't even walk. You're so damn short it's ridicules.”

Levi gray eyes turned to a dangerous slit, that his steel blue eyes were some
time over looked, before this man even knew what hit him, Levi feet came
crashing down on the man skull.
 
And here he thought that horsed face bastard was annoying, but this man took
the icing on that cake.
 
“My my.....such a powerful body in such a petite form...”
 
A tall handsome man came down to meet them, a smile on the blonde face. His
deep blue eyes calculating as he looked at the smaller man before him. He
raised his hand up in gesture of peace.
 
“Now now, calm down. I'm sorry that Aoura was so rude to you, but I am
extremely grateful that you brought my two best men back home. I can never
repay you.”
 
Levi was just about to put him down just like the said man he had kicked
moments before, he was going to show them that his size were a lot bigger up
close and personal.

Turning his blue gaze to them both he gave them a slight bow,

“I am sorry we should have gone back to look for survivors.”
 
Jean looked at him before turning his head away,
 
“Damn straight you should have, but I guess I could understand you're
reasoning....”
 
Bertholdt said nothing about this ordeal...
 
“Again I am sorry, alright people get the injured inside and have them get
treated immediately.”
 
With a aye sir, the men hurled them away leaving Erwin with the stranger and a
few of the villagers that surrounded around him and the savior, even Aoura who
was knocked out by Levi's kick was taken away back into the fortress...this
place doesn't look like anything like a town he preserved it to be...glancing
back over to the blonde who stood in front of him, he folded his arm across his
chest.
 
“As for you stranger, what's your name? I'm Erwin Smith and this is my iron
town.”
 
Levi looked up to those intelligent deep set of blue eyes before he grudgingly
saying his own name.

“Levi.”
 
“So you're name's Levi, where did you come from?”

He asked with that same smile, but Levi can tell it never reached the stoic
male gaze.

“I don't think that's hardly any of your business now is there? I don't like to
be interrogated after I brought your men back home. Thanks to them I am
undeniably filthy from this ordeal.”
 
Erwin laughed wholeheartedly it seems his visitor was quite the spunky man.

“You're right you have my most sincere apologizes, please come inside, Levi let
me express my gratitude at less. Stay the night and get to know us. I would be
happy if you were to stay. We need more men like you. Why not have a fresh bath
and a good meal to eat. We can talk afterward in my secret base later on
tonight, I have work that I must finish up right now to entertain you at the
moment.”
 
He replied with a charming smile, that Levi thought he looked shit faced or
constipated for trying to be pleasant with him. However he wasn't going to give
up a chance of a decent bath however so he nodded to his invitation, at less
this way he can start gathering information. Sort his thoughts out more clearly
without interruption.
 
                                      ***
That following evening he got what he wanted, he was actually shoulder deep
submerge in a tub that was full of clean hot soapy water, his eyes closed in
obvious delight. This was what he likes most to feel clean from the inside out
with no dirt, grime or sweat on his skin.
 
Combing his wet hair back from away from his face exposing his forehead he
thought back at the time where he saw those wolves.... his mind traveled back
to the brunette bright eyed male that had been with them. That kid is obviously
a human boy and yet he lived among the forest creature?
 
It was quite strange considering from all the rumors that the forest is
dangerous to human. Despite him walking through that said forest hours before.
He didn't really see the whole big deal to it when he had been crossing it for
the very first time, maybe his sister was right he just didn't get the normal
fear other possess. Because in his gray blue eyes, so long you avoid the
creatures territories by looking at whatever marking that they left placed
behind by that said animal is a usual and obvious indication to avoid it or
take that path at your own risk. This was strictly through Levi's perception of
the forest he walked through, he remember the wolves wolf print on the moss
grass, there was even a human for print into it beside those wolf print.

And, let's not forget about the unusual hooves print that were left by what he
assume was the strange deer with the many antler... Everything was just so
weird, but at the same time he wanted no more then to talk to the shitty brat
from earlier and get some question now that he knows that the forest he walked
in was indeed the right place he needed to be.
 
With no time to spare, he got up from his bath almost reluctantly due to the
obvious frown that's etch on his face. Stepping out of the tub with one feet at
a time he easily dried off with the clean folded towel he placed beside him
before he stepped into the heavenly large bath that was just right for him.
Just because he was petite did not mean his body was all soft and lean he was
by no mean he have an unattractive figure. No that was hardly the case in this
matter Levi's body was more structure and impressive from his daily hard work
he carried out throughout the village and discipline routine in his training
both weaponry and bodily to keep him in perfect physic. His muscle define and
sculpture like a master piece by the highest sculpture artist that just by
looking people can see he's a beautiful painting that's been captured by life
especially the way the beaded water that were sliding down his skin travel
through lines and hidden passage way. Levi always dried from the heads first
before he bent over with a beautiful curve to his back and the rounded small of
his ass on display he dried his leg down to his toes.
 
Pleased with being thoroughly dried, and the spare clothes he packed with him
were put on him, then the previous dirty clothes he worn. He finger through his
hair once more feeling the soft tangled free strands sliding back into places.
He didn't need to look at his reflection to know he looked good because he felt
good. Leaving the bath house he made his way back to the main house on his way
he saw the idiot from earlier whom he clearly stepped on for his rude remark
earlier.
 
“Oi.”
 
Either he surprised the man or the man was indeed an incredibly stupid human
because he heard an ow on his part and turned to him, blood seeping through his
mouth and his finger reaching up to touched it.

It was obvious the dumb fuck had bitten his own tongue that he wanted to cringe
at him for being so disgusting.
 
“W-what, sir.”
 
Sir....
 
He wanted to to give an airless chuckle at his change of personality, Levi
figured he was trying to be polite after his fuck up from earlier. It's just
prove to show that his theory is indeed correct, never fuck with the smaller
people. You'll get your ass handed to you every damn time because they were
full of surprises in such small packages. He was no exception in that iron clad
rule he long sense establish.
 
“I need information, but first let see what kind of shit you people been
eating.”
 
He replied after staring him down making the man feel even smaller then his own
height, he carried his travel bag draped over his shoulder. He was positive on
his way to where ever they were going he would by pass the stable. On en-route
he could at less check up on Haku he wanted to make sure his elk is being well
cared for. Especially after bitching about how unclean the stables were (just
imagine a petite male pointing and waving his finger around barking orders
while talking shit about how filthy it was) and forced them to clean it while
providing fresh food and water for his lovely elk. He had been barking order
like he owned the place while he feed the promise apple to his good boy.
 
“Yeah, sure... Just follow me.”
 
He replied turning back around leading him toward the place where all the male
eat and get drunk at, they indeed had passed the stables which he did a quick
in Haku's direction before leaving with the man once more. He eyed the clean
stable and gave his nodded approval. For the time being Haku will be
comfortable with this establishment if only for a day or so if he planned to
stay.
 
By the time they actually got there, if it weren't for the years long practice
of just having an intimidating evil look set upon his handsome face. Levi would
have had a commercial look of 'fuck' this couldn't get any more bad than this
expression. It was like a pig stop in here with a lot of bunch of sweaty dirty
old men who had the basic eating habit of a five year old. He didn't bother
masking his obvious disgust as he followed the idiot now called Aoura to an
empty spot on the floor, he debated himself to even set his bag down on it so
he could sit on it and keep his clean ass on the wooded dingy floor. If he was
going to take up any sort of residence in this god forsaken town then he was
going to demand some cleaning structure around here or he would take his
chances being eaten by wild boars.
 
Either that shit face Aoura been watching him or he had guessed what his
problem was he had set down a clean padded cushion down right in front for him
which he had gladly taken. Where'd he get this seat cushion from he didn't know
and seemingly don't care where'd he had pulled it out from.
 
“Thanks.”
 
Levi wasn't all bad, he knew when to properly give thanks when called for. His
mother would of boxed his ears off if he hadn't otherwise. That mother of his
is the strong believer type that everyone should have proper manners and
despite Levi crude way of talking no matter how much his mother tugged on his
ear to break that habit. His mother was at less glad that her Levi has grown
into a proper gentleman toward the elderly.....that's passed sixty of
course..it was the best that woman could do with Levi personality whom he
obviously gain from his deceased father.
 
“No problem.”
 
Was what the wavy hair man response, before he could get in another word
someone called for him at the door way.

“Aoura we need ya for a sake, boss man is calling for you at the main house.”
 
The boy was young having a buzzed cut, but had a large set of eyes on him that
was slightly pointed from the corner. He had smudges on him and fum on his
clothes.
 
“Yeah yeah, coming. I swear that man wants to work me to my early grave...”

He groaned as he got to his feet, tapping Connie on the shoulder on his way out
he left the traveler to his own device.
 
Left to his own advices it wasn't loon for other men to swarm him and the girls
that were checking him outside the door way there were a few comments exchange
between Levi and the girls saying he would love to see where they worked at.
That seem to please them making him hold on to that promise before they left
him with these men, maybe he should have taken their offer and ate with them
instead. Because now those said men swarm him like a bunch of bee's to nectar.
 
“Is it really true you walked through the forbidden forest? The whole town is
talking about you.”
 
Levi turned his head away from the bad order in this old man mouth.

“Yeah.”
 
He resisted the urge to roll his eyes when he asked again with a really to it,
instead of wanting to be asked question about his so called experiences, he had
a question of his own he was in dire need to know of.
 
“Tell me do you know any other human that lives in that forest.”
 
Levi asked suddenly cutting the man off from his persistent questioning.
 
“Other human?”

He repeated with a confuse look upon his face,
 
“Yeah, a young boy. That travels with wolves”
 
The man face lit up in recognition, before it darken solemnly.

“Oh, you mean Prince Mononoke.”

Levi looked at him then,

“What?”
 
“Prince Mononoke, he's the prince of that forest, why a human is with a bunch
of filthy animals is a mystery to me, but he lives there with the gods and
creature that inhabits that godforsaken forest. He's not human.”
 
The man shrugged obviously not liking the boy from the way his eyes showed dark
emotion.
 
“What do you mean? He's obviously a human.”

“Not to man kind he's not, that bastard killed plenty of my friends and family.
He's no friend to humanity. That prince hate us as much as we hate him.”
 
Levi eyed him for a moment longer,

“How long has he been in that forest and why is he the only one able to live in
there with the gods.”
 
he asked, the man just shrugged.

“Who knows, he didn't start showing up and fighting with us a few years back
they said he was young back then like he was ten or twelve at that age. It's
just a rumor says anyway I don't know much about that kid, but Lord Erwin
might.”
 
The man replied with a lift of his shoulder.
 
Another one spoke up adding to what that man had said previously,

“Protector my ass, it's not like he could protect all the gods, Lord Erwin came
to this town and killed Nobunaga a few months back.”
 
Levi attention was perked by this,
 
“What do you mean.”
 
Another man perked up at the chance to speak.
 
“Lord Erwin came to this town with his rifle men and challenged that gigantic
boar god, he manage to to put a bullet in him before he ran away in a rampage.
Thank goodness for it.”
 
“Oh....what's the story behind that.”
 
He replied, he no longer had the appetite to stomach their food instead he went
about to grabbing his cursed arm. Something about this story has a deep
connection to him. Personally might he add.
 
“Well, Nobunaga is a war god, thanks to him we couldn't go anyway near that
forest to get more material for our iron. It's due to the fact that we had used
up all the iron in the sand so we tried to venture out further by going to the
mountain, but in order for us to work on that we had to try to clear away that
accursed forest, but Nobunaga wasn't going to have any of that. We even tried
to set the place on fire once, but that didn't go so well. We lost a lot of
people thanks to both the boar and their so called prince.”
 
He replied,
 
“Yeah, that's when Lord Erwin came down to save us, one day he just appear with
his rifle man and pushed them all back, we were so glad when he killed that god
who ran amok and gave us fear day in and day out.”
 
As they told their version of the story, Levi couldn't help feeling what he was
feeling....nor thinking what he was thinking.

If these damn shitty people left the god damn forest alone then they wouldn't
have to have so many death, but no humans were just so god damn greedy to push
mother nature even more and so she slapped them back a couple around. Thanks to
Erwin smith that fucked up Boar came crashing into his own village and cursed
him to death. It was just so fucking fantastic because he could clearly see
that mental image as day inside his own mind. He wouldn't be so please either
is his home was invaded like that so he could see where the boar was coming
from, but hey human were blissful ignorant, but arrogant creature god has made.
 
“Hey....What's wrong? Does your arm hurt?”
 
“Did you injured it or something.”
 
Levi gray eyes were sharp has he pinned him with a stare.
 
“No, I was just thinking about the boar god who died with pain and hated. ”
 
Shortly after he got up, taking his bag and bowel with him, the men were
puzzled by this man behavior and Levi couldn't give a flying fuck what these
shit head were thinking. It was obvious their fault, but the one he needed to
kick ass was that fucking giant ass tree of a blonde called Erwin, but first he
needed to confirm a few more things before he dump his ungodly wrath on the
man, but in order to do that he needed a clear mind to process it without
judged feeling, although he was bias and was already not liking this one bit.
 
 
                                      ***
                                        
Later on that passing evening it was getting late and Levi finally finally meet
with the man who was the one to invited him in in the first. Talk about a rude
ass bastard, he could have gave him a warning or some shit.
 
“Ah, sorry for the long wait. We were behind and these shipment needed to head
out tomorrow....”

He turned to look at Aoura as he bang against the iron in his hand.
 
“Yes, this is very good iron. Take these away. Oh and tell our workers this
will be it for tonight. They should get some rest while they still can.”
 
He mention to a petite girl with short hair.
 
“Sure, my lord.”
 
Even her tone matched her face and this whole time Aoura has been giving that
young woman quite the look. To Levi it looked like he had a thing for the young
looking woman, returning his glance back to the golden hair blonde. It was he
who spoke first.
 
“I know I came off the wrong foot, but tell me if you don't mind me asking
again where do you come from? I've never seen a red elk like yours before.”
 
He asked really curious about the man and wanted to check him out, but he had
nothing to go by so the best way is to get some sort of information about this
man.
 
“I came a very long way to get here, that is all I'm willing to say about this
matter.”
 
“You cocky bastard, answer the lord.”
 
It was right then that Levi gave him a look that can decapitate a man very own
set of balls that Aoura stepped back his hand still remaining on his handled of
the sword.
“Calm down, there's no harm done.”
 
The blonde spoke up as he smiled back to Levi.

“So, what brings you here if you traveled such a long way.”
 
Levi watched the wavy hair male with a pointed glare, it must have worked
because the man finally eased off his stance looking away. Levi moved to bring
his hand inside his inside sleeve untying the string that hold up his separate-
able sleeve while pulling out the iron ball he has carried with him for quite
some time. After using his other hand to pull down the sleeve he showed the man
his arm.
 
“Thanks to you I'm cursed, the boar god you killed came at my village and I
fought with it. This shit here was inside the boar and since you're the only
place I know that makes iron and these people praising your name as some sort
of demi-god I figure you'll know what I'm talking about.”
 
Having said that he threw the iron ball to Erwin whom in return catches the
ball on the fly. He examined it and nodded this was the iron ball his people
had made and he used this sort of ammunition to kill that raging boar god.
 
“I see, you fought with Nobunaga is that it. So, why are you here.”
 
“To see with unclouded eyes.”
 
He replied, in his mind he was already reserving that ass kicking he was going
to dish out if he didn't like what he had to say. Again he seem like the
arrogant piece of shit, but this arrogant freakishly tall bastard is an
intelligent he knows that with just a look this man held in his steady sure
gaze.
 
Erwin chuckled openingly getting to his feet tugging on the light shawl he wore
on his shoulder.
 
“Very well, I'll show you all my secrets. Follow me, Levi.”
 
“Lord Erwin, are you sure that's alright? To show an outsider of all people.”

“It's fine, take over for me.”
 
He replied with a small wave of his large hand, Levi pulled his sleeves back up
tying it back to where it belong before following after the long strides of a
man who obvious eat up the distant the long distant in large strides. He had to
walk slightly faster to keep up with the man leaving this building he walked
through the town taking notes to everything.
 
It was certainly hot in this village with all the heat it was producing it was
like a inferno sauna in this crappy town, but the prosperity was obvious here,
since iron were rare and far and few to come by. No wonder people would pay
gold for this shit. It had more values and merit over anything else, especially
over swords, knives, bows, arrows and staff like weapon. Of course food and
money were everything, but to those who want to rule the goddamn country will
need some fire power behind it. These guns were just one of the many process
for a man to take over the damn world. After a long walk they finally made it
to their final designation. Erwin stepped through a wooded gate door and he
shortly after followed him to only stop to look at the many garden. It smelled
of herbs, fresh soils...but there was still the lingering scent of gun powder.
The older male turned to look at him with a smile still on his handsome face.
 
“This is my garden, none of the towns people come here. Follow me if you wish
to know my secret.”
 
The tall male left him to go to a cabin like house, Levi stood by for just a
little while to take note of this garden and the bright view of of the full
moon and the water below.
 
Not bad.
 
The view was nice from where he stood, glancing back down he moved his ass to
catch up with the man.
 
“Good evening.”

Erwin greeted who were outside the door entrance he moved in after their
acknowledgment for what was within.
 
As soon as Levi entered right after him moving the straw door to the side he
took notice of the few people that were inside, but their faces were covered by
heavy band-aid, minus one at the moment. She looked up and her brown eyes widen
with obvious excitement.
 
Erwin nod his head at the watch guard before he made his way in,
 
“Oh oh, we got a new visitor, eh. Who is he who is he?”

The woman with the brown pony tail and goggle like glasses set on her lean
nose.

Levi could tell right off the bat this woman was destine to annoy him.
 
“Calm down, Hanji. I spoke about him earlier before. He's Levi. He brought two
of our injured men home.”

This caused the woman to squeal, she was out of her seat in no time and Levi
didn't have the chance to even make an attempt to block or dodged the woman
when she was hugging him so tightly his spine cracked from the forceful
pressure.
 
“Get....off me you shitty ass glasses.”
 
He reached up and pulled her pony tail forcing her head to go back away from
his face.
 
“Ow ow ow, don't pull my hair, I just wanted to express my gratitude.”
 
“Then get off me, there's no need to express it in this matter.”
 
He growled back, it was Erwin who pulled the brunette away from the black
haired one.

“Now now, Hanji. You'll get your fair chance to talk to him. How is
everything...”
 
“Oh...Oh you mean the new rifles right, it's actually completed. I got the
prototype right here we just finished it in fact.”

She picked up the rifle and handed it to him, sleek and brand new to the touch.
 
He brought it up to his shoulder testing it out as he felt the weight of it
all....
 
“Hmm....it's still a bit heavy...”
 
“Well maybe if you didn't hold it so delicately it wouldn't be a problem,
Erwin.”
 
“If we made it any lighter the gun will just fall apart.”
 
One of the bandage male spoke as he pulled separate ends of the cloth.
 
“They are not for me, its for the other women....”

He replied, a few chuckles broke out.
 
“That will be for something to see.”
 
One woman replied that was in bandage.
 
“I trust you and Hanji to figure it out. Levi this is the latest model I ask of
these people to make. The one we brought back were far to heavy, but with these
when right. It would be perfect to killing those forest monster and pierce the
most thickest of samurai armor.”
 
“Better watch out, young man this man wish to conquer the world.”

He chuckled and Levi where the amusement in that was. Maybe it was the way he
was brought up to respect the forest, or maybe it was the elder and his mother
constant preaching, but this was hardly anything to laugh about.
 
“I'm sorry for working you all so hard, I'll be sure to have wine sent down to
you later.”
 
“Ooh.....that would be a nice treat.”
 
One replied with obvious delight.
 
Erwin continue to wear the same expression, it took a few second really for
Levi to compose himself to his new found freedom when his gaze leveled to the
rifle his thin brow had a light twitch to it. Once Erwin stopped showing him
his gun and returned that said rile back into the hands of that crazy ass
glasses woman. He wanted to shake his head because this was actually pissing
Levi off, what's the point in making more dangerous weapon. Like seriously why?
World conquer is one thing, but this is another. He wasn't going to say he was
a tree huger, but he had enough brain to respect nature as it should be.
Including all those big ass tree's he saw when he walked past that fine old oak
tree. There was beauty in that vegetation world more so if that kid was there.
He's not going to deny that kid was unworldly from a distant.
 
“So tell me, first you still the boar forest and turned his ass into a god damn
monster and now your making even more deadly weapons how much more bullshit are
you going to cause until your fucking satisfied hmm?”
 
Erwin turned his gaze back to him after handing Hanji the weapon, Hanji just
stood their staring at the short man. Like she was fascinated by him it was a
first anyway for anyone to talk to Erwin like that. Interesting, she wanted to
conduct some tests on him and that was the sort of look she had in her eyes.
 
“Yes, I am the one who shot that boar and I'm sorry that you suffered I truly
am. That brainless pig should have put a curse on me not you.”
 
The way he looked away wearing that same fucking expression made wanted Levi to
kick his ass even more and these banged up people weren't going to stop him
from stomping on him six feet under if not more. Having thought so he didn't
even realize he was clenching his fist so hard trying to contain himself, much
less have a steady control over his emotion when the cursed arm pulsated and
started to act up. He could practically feel those cursed parasite wiggling in
his arm in a frenzy when it lifted up. It was as if that man had triggered a
sudden kill switch with in him and as much as he would agree with it
wholeheartedly he wasn't going to let his curse arm be the fucking boss of him
when ever it decides to come out and whack a mole or two.
 
That said arm reached over and grabbed his sword and Levi glared down at it
using his other hand to hold the wrist of that arm firmly back keeping that
sheath sword right where it needed to be. With a painful twist he made to his
right wrist it finally let go of his sword and he hold it up and away from the
deadly weapon. It was still out of control when he looked at Erwin and Erwin
seemed unfazed by the man reaction, he found it a bit amusing as he stood his
ground while the bandage people were startles moving away from the man as they
could.
 
“Does that right arm wish to kill me, Levi.”
 
“If it would lift the curse, I would have gladly let it rip you apart, but even
that wouldn't stop the killing now would it?”
 
Levi didn't phrase it as a question when he looked at him.
 
“No it wouldn't....It would have to kill all of us for it to be in peace.”
 
Rather they know it or not, Levi had no intention of becoming dirty after he
had just bathe hours before.
 
A man furthest from the group near a fire spoke to Erwin he sat beside a man
covered in a straw blanket,
 
“Lord Erwin, Gonzo has something he wish to say.”
 
“Forgive me my lord...you must not make light of the boy strength. Young man,
like you I know what rage feel like and grief and hopelessness, but you must
not take your revenge on Lord Erwin. He's the only one who saw us as human
being. Normal, ordinary people fear us wouldn't come near us, but he....but he
washed our rotten flesh and bandage us. (Koff)
 
The poor man had a coughing fit after spoken for so long that the man beside
him loom over him speaking his name softly with concern.
 
“Gonzo...”
 
“Life and suffering it is hard and the world is cursed, but we find reasons to
keep on living.....(he gasp roughly) I'm sorry...I'm not making any sense...”
 
Levi stood there, his cursed arm finally ceased it's movement he was going to
have to discipline his right arm and pain was the sort of method he believed in
to keep one in line....but that was a thought for another day. The last thing
he want is for his own arm strangling him in his sleep.
That man who was lying there must have used too much of his strength because he
stopped talking after that.
 
“Gonzo is asleep, my lord...”
 
“I see he did pushed himself didn't he....let him sleep.”
 
When it was said and done the tension ceased and everyone was calm again,
including Levi.
 
Outside there was a distant howling a howling that could only belong to a wolf.
Erwin and Levi heard it quite clearly and they made their way up a hidden
staircase leading them on top of the cabin, Erwin had a rifle with him and Levi
just stood by watching the man as he set it up. Once it was upon his shoulder
he was aiming at something and fired at it.
 
“Those damn things keeps coming back always wanting to plant more trees wanting
to turn that mountain back into a forest again.”
 
Levi looked up to him and in return Erwin looked back at him.
 
“Stay here, help me kill the forest spirit, Levi.”
 
“You would do that. You would kill the very heart of the forest.”
 
“Without that ancient god the animals will be nothing, but dumb beast once more
when the forest has been cleared and the wolves wipe out this distilling place
would be the richest land of the world and Prince Mononoke will become human.”
 
Now that seem to catch Levi attention because he had stop looking at Erwin to
look at the forest. Reverting his gray eyes back to him there was something in
Levi eyes that were unexplainable at that moment, but that heat inside his
chest must be some sort of inner fire.....passion maybe.
 
“Prince Mononoke.”
 
He repeated, the way he took that tone had Erwin looking back at him with a
smile. It seemed he got his attention and he was going to use that, maybe this
Levi guy have a thing for the forest prince. He certainly seems interested now.
 
“Princes of the spirit, ghouls and beast and ancient gods. The wolves stole his
soul and now he lives to kill me.”
The image of that boy flashed in Levi's mind, the way he stood in front of the
large wolf spitting out blood that was inside his mouth and using his forearm
to wipe some blood off from around his mouth was a site Levi most remember him
by. His bright gaze glaring right at him...
 
Again that heat was inside his chest. Even though he seemed interested his face
remained unchangeable he looked back into the forest thinking about him. Prince
Mononoke....
 
 
“The legend says the blood of the great forest spirit can heal anything,
perhaps it can heal my poor leaper and maybe it can lift your curse.”
 
That man is cunning....Levi knew that, but he did pointed quiet a few things
that warrant his thinking.
 
“Lord Erwin, how does it feel was it even better?”
 
“It was smooth as silk the perfect thing to rule the world with, but it's still
too heavy for the girls.”
 
He replied.
 
Levi choose then to walk away he was seemingly done with him.
 
“Alright.”
 
Said the man below him.
 
                                      ***
 
Levi crossed the small bridge that had flowing water he continue to walk on
having seemingly decide what he wanted to do. His mind was made up, he was
leaving first thing tomorrow morning, his objective now was to find that boy.
This time he won't let him get away without answering his questions that had
build up inside his mind. He heard Erwin side of the story even the villagers,
but now he wanted to know from the boy point of view. That is if he ever see
him again and that is only if he can capture that boy.
 
Just as he was about to pass by the working place he heard singing from within
and he paused long enough to look inside seeing a few of those girls he had
promise to go see during that time he turned and made his way inside greeting
the fellow ladies.
 
Some of the ladies were asleep, but the one awake perked up instantly waking up
their fellow girls who in turn getting excited to see the gorgeous boy kept his
promise to see him. Levi was a lot older then what he looked like, but there
was no need to correct them.
 
“Well looks who's here.”
 
Toki greeted, Levi glanced at her making eye contact.”
“Good evening.”
 
He replied, taking off his hooded hat and tucking it behind him on his belt
loop he was just getting out of his shirt tugging it down so it wrapped around
his waist, he only did minor adjustment to keep everything where it needed to
be.
 
“Is it alright if I worked on the bellow for a little while.”
 
He asked as he moved over to stand behind a woman.
 
“Well....I...ah I guess so.”
 
Toki responded in surprise, she stood up going after the handsome devil, but
not in the way as she leaned against the wooden boarder.
 
“Excuse me may I try it.”
 
He asked, the girl in a light mint kimono blushed looking surprise to see a
gorgeous man behind her.
 
“Ah..”
 
“I's okay you might as well let him try it.”
 
Toki responded as she grinned at the girl.
 
“But...I..”
 
Nothing else could escape that woman mouth as Levi wrapped his hand around the
long cord. Thank goodness for that none of the women mention his height or they
didn't care which was also another good thing as he slipped in when that woman
slipped out putting his foot down on the swaying board with one great push he
had those girls feeling like weightless birds. They weren't even needed to help
as he continue onward that made these girls laugh having quite the good time.
 
“When ever you get tired, I'll take over for you.”
 
One of the girls who just walked over said to him, she too had a smile on her
face watching this man being put to work.
 
“That shouldn't be very long.”
 
Toki teased, Levi made no remark on that matter. This wasn't exactly anything
hard about this one to someone like him. In fact it was retentively easy. The
girls kimono were just flapping into the make shift wind that Levi created that
they tried to to close their kimono and keep their privates private.
Their was even a few squeaks and screams in between.
 
“Whoops, you better keep those kimono close tight girls.”
 
Again laughter could be heard as they rearrange trying to keep their fold
closed as much as possible without Levi making them bounce in the nude.
 
“I'm impressed, but you'll never keep that pace up.”
 
“It's hard work isn't it.”
 
A few mmhms could be heard.
 
“Ah you bet and our shift is four days long.”
 
Toki responded,
 
“You must lead hard lives huh...”
 
To him it may be light, but for a woman and possibly men...it could be heavy to
push without some aid.
 
“Yup.”
 
“I suppose yeah, but it beats working at a brothel city.”
 
Toki told him as her friends beside her spoke up too
 
“Yeah, huh.”
 
“Yeah, plus we get to eat as much as we want and the men don't bother us.”
 
“Unless we want them too.”

Another perked up collecting more laughs in return.
 
Levi focus his attention on working there was just a lot of good and bad going
on at this town isn't it. For an hour or so he kept at it until he deem this
was enough.
 
                                      ***
Oddly shape creatures line the trees and a few rocky stones, their eyes glowing
red in the dark. They could resemble like monkeys by their shapes while other
humans would see them as ghouls of sort.
 
The sound of soft paws and sharp nails cross a particular path a rider was on
it's back follow by another the two white wolves eyes were practically glowing
a inner bright green to help them see in complete darkness.
 
Eren held his weapon in one hand while the other was buried in Yustafa hair,
Moru followed behind his two older brother they ignore the white mouses at
their feet as they carried on.
 
In the clearing two raccoon descended while the two wolves and their single
rider stood on top of the rocky cliff, Eren eyes were focus on the town below
his heart thumb a littler harder in his chest making the adrenaline rush in his
veins. Moru let out a deep growl, both of them showing some teeth. As Moru put
his large head on Eren lap, Eren looked down with a soft expression of his face
with a small smile as he scratched his muzzles reassuringly.
 
With his other hand he was stroking the back of Yustafa neck, they were close
and it was evident how they feel and thought about the other. Once their growl
died down Eren sat up straighter pulling his wolf mask over his face and
fanning out the fur behind it over his shoulder catching some of his long hair
with it.
 
It was time to move and he was ready for this, his body tensing for battle.
 
                                      ***
“What?! No. Don't leave tomorrow.”

“Yeah, can't you stay a little longer...”
 
“Why not stay here, you can work with us.”
 
The girls pleaded with him, Levi was fully dressed standing outside their work
place.
 
“Thank you all, but there is someone I need to find in that forest.”
 
Just then Levi felt....that caused a light gasp from him, he turned his head
away from the group that said group looked at him a little confused at Levi
sudden changed in attention.
 
Eren himself was speeding down the mountain on Yustafa back, Moru closely
behind until he broke off in formation that wasn't far behind, but to the side.
 
“He's here...”
 
He took off leaving the girls to ponder his words they looked among each other
to see if anyone knew what he meant.
 
Eren broke away from Moru guiding Yustafa to a closer path that would get him
up the fortress wall.
 
The tower guard banged against the iron plate hard giving out a loud warning.
 
“The wolves are coming!! The wolves are coming!!! It's the wolf prince!!”

This alerted everyone into a waken state, Prince Mononoke was doing it again
and they had to arm themselves quickly. That boy always manage to kill a few
people before he retreated back into that cursed forest that hides and shield
him from them.
 
One of the rifle man got to his station he was already lighting the fuse taking
aim at the white wolf. He fired at it, but again the wolf prince and his
damnable wolves dodged it easily. Eren pointed his spear to him and the wolf
shift his direction going right towards him. Yustafa was no doubt the fastest
when he charges into the battle field....Moru is fast...like his older brother,
but Yustafa had that extra power in his hide legs that gave him that extra
boost.
 
Closer down, they were crossing a dry deem and Yustafa was now rushing up the
hill, Eren already posed on his back in a crouching manner his foot
planted....as soon as he slammed the side of his body into the wooded stakes,
Eren was sent flying, not to say he didn't give himself that extra height when
he kicked off. He was already soaring in the air his staff posed and ready to
stab into the wooded fortress wall. He only dangled for a second leaving the
staff in he had to use it to jump up on it to help scale his way up the wall
quickly. He didn't need that to kill them all in fact he was already taking out
the sharp ivory of his dagger in his hands.
 
The one who shot at him jump back in fear he rebounded quickly because he was
now swinging something at him that broke two pointy wood he had been standing
on, Eren leap from one spot to the other before he flipped down and was
charging after the man skillfully his speed obvious superior to the man as he
raised his dagger knife and swipe at him, the idiot must have forgot where he
was because he made the wrong step that cost him his own life when he was
falling off the tall wall to the grounds below. Eren ears twitched at the sound
of a fuse being lit and he turned going right at him at first, but he was
leaping off on top of a wooded roof.
 
The man reloaded to fire again his sole attention was to kill the boy, but Eren
has no intention of dying tonight. He was in and that was all that matter he
was just that much closer into killing those bastard for hurting his mother.
His objective clear in his mind he can't waste his time with these low life so
he ran trying to pick up a scent he knows so well.
 
Levi had been running toward the gun shot, but stopped when something leaped
over on to the next building, that was when he saw him, but the boy was wearing
a red wolf mask, the white fur covered his back....he was so swift in his
movement that Levi stop his dazed mind as soon as another fire shot at the wolf
prince for he had jumped down in a curled balled flipped in a way. Eren doesn't
recognize him at first so he swiped his dagger at him intending to kill him.
Levi leap back and was dodging all of Eren's swipes of his blades.
 
Not bad.....
 
The brat is good....to the point he had to draw his sword to ward off his
attacks.
 
“Stop!”
 
He was commanding him, his voice was set in steel trying to get the boy to do
what he wanted. The boy is relentless in his pursuit.
 
“Wait! I don't want to fight you! You shitty ass brat. I'm a friend.”
 
Eren made swift movements making the air whistle from his weapon, did he said a
friend? His voice was oddly familiar, but Eren has no friends that were human
he didn't have any hesitation when he lea[ed back one of the villager who was
holding on to a fire stick swiped at him downward that he leaped further back.
 
He was surrounded from the ground level that he tsk, noticing a plank of woods
he used that to scale up the house and back on to the roof top.
 
Levi fucking growled, these shitty as people were getting in his way for fuck
sakes he wanted to get through the boy, but now the boy was running off again
after he just meet him again.
 
The kid was gone and he was forced to track that boy down again, before the kid
truly did something stupid like get himself killed.
 
“Hurry! He's after Lord Erwin!”
 
He yelled,
 
“Some body cut him off!”
 
another cried and that was when the villager followed after him, Levi did too,
but on a different route then they are he was scaling the same wood that wolf
boy scaled, but his weight was a bit forceful that he broke a piece of the
woods in which he moved away from. He was scanning the other roof time to get a
bead on the boy. To his displeasure that kid is fast.....very fast, because he
was already so far away scaling up the pyramid roof top of those worker girls
place.
 
So the kid knew where it wanted to go and he was following right after him on
the roof houses.
 
“Keep stroking those fire!”
 
Aoura shouted as he barked more commands.

“Rifle man to your center get him right where we want him.”
 
The women were working beside the men gearing up in weapons.
 
“Move it.”
 
“Get weapons for every man, help defend iron town and protect Sir Erwin!”
 
                                      ***
 
A girl ran inside the woman Toki was already holding on to her weapon after
hearing the news.
 
“Toki's he's on the roof.”
 
Fear was evident on the working girls.

“Now don't get excited, keep those bellow pumping, What ever happens we can't
let this fire go out.”
 
 
                                      ***
 
“Is he alone?”
 
Erwin asked as he appeared by Aoura side.
 
“Yes. He can't escape we have him cornered. You know he's mean to kill you,
he's already accepted his death if he's coming at you at this degree...”
 
“We'll see about that, come on.”

He replied already making his way into the center, what better bait then
himself to lure that wolf boy into the heart of this city. Two women accompany
him as he said this. This made Aoura let out a huh and dumb like expression on
his face, but he snapped out of it.
 
“Move for Sir Erwin. Make way!”
 
The villagers were battle ready, lights were lit in the surrounded area leaving
no darkness unturned by light.
 
“Can you hear me, Princes of Beasts. If it's me you want then here I am.”
 
From a short distant away, he could hear Erwin booming voice. Crouching down
near a window he was scanning the roof top. His gut feeling telling him that
wolf boy heard him loud and clear.
 
“If you seek revenge for all the animals we've killed, well there are two women
down here whom I would like you too meet. They too want revenge as well for
husbands that were killed by your wolves.”
 
“Come on out you little wench, my husband is dead because of you!”
 
Levi continue to scan each and every housing for that boy...this town is truly
meant to kill that boy...Figured as much...damn.
 
Just then he looked up and he saw a bunch figure on top of the roof top of the
pyramid they were both on. Finally found him....it could only be him, no
regular human would be up there so high hiding.
 
Just then that figure stood up and the light illuminate his silver fur.
 
“There he is!!”
 
A male shouted pointing where the wolf prince stood.
 
The make shift wind blowing on the prince form making his fur ruffle in this
breeze of fiery smoke beside him.
 
“Everybody out of the way!”
 
Aoura demeaned, but the dumb fuck bit his tongue when he was running that he
cover his mouth feeling blood seep through his lips.
 
“Get ready to fire.”
 
The townsmen were poising their weapon at the prince, but the boy stood their
unafraid. His wolf pride kept him from fearing death or the townsmen obvious
hatred toward him, he hated them just as passionately they hated him.
 
Rife men were at their station paper ripped from their guns as they aimed
precisely at the boy their fire stick burning close to their fuse. They were
ready to open fire on the boy ass once and for all. If they killed the prince
then maybe the forest won't be so bold, and once their ancient gods are gone
they would be the one to rule the land.
 
“Shit, it's a trap.”
 
Levi muttered, he stood up and try to warn the boy.

“No wait! It's a god damn trap you fucking brat!”
 
He climbed up higher looking directly at him.

“Princes of the wolf gods don't you fucking dare go down there! Go back to your
forest!!”

Either that boy was deaf or he wasn't listening to him at all, that was a
typical sign for brats even after he went out of his god damn way to warn the
kid, if he get out of here alive he was going to beat the kid until he got some
fucking common sense.
 
“Listen to me for fuck sakes don't throw your life away!
 
Eren could hear him loud and clear, but he made no indication that he was
listening to him, why the hell would this human try to help him? What does he
gain from this and who the fuck was he? He knew he meet him....like earlier
that day....but why the hell was he here? Unless he too was a trap. Ignoring
him whatever trap they have he will get out of it. He always do and if not then
well...at less he wouldn't have to see his mother dying before him. Just
thinking about his mother resolved him he hated the humans....and he was out
for blood.....if he could kill Erwin tonight then at less his mother could die
in peace. His brothers could handle the rest they were after all gods in
training.
 
“Should I try and stop him?”

Aoura spoke staring at Levi on the top of the roof the same roof as that wolf
brat.
 
“Leave him be, let him do whatever he wants.”
 
It's just confirm Erwin suspicion that Levi has a thing for that boy after all.
 
“But-”

He stopped once he saw Erwin face, but then a howl could be heard from a
distant....it was the wolves...
 
 
This signal Eren to raise his dagger, he was ready because in that split second
Eren charged down the roof going for a direct frontal attack.

“Shit!”
 
Levi tried to the cut the kid from his path, but didn't make it in time even
with his agility. Again the kid was fucking fast on his feet....probably
because he is a wolf.
 
He had been so close to getting the kid, but explosion erupt in front of him
and Eren smelt those gun powder a mile away because he got away from being hit
directly, but the heat did get him only slightly.
Levi on the other hand used his arm to block shatter woods and fire from
hitting his face when he leapt back.

God damn it, fucking hell....everyone was just determine to get in his fucking
way. Damn the brat and damn the people inside this town too. Because one of the
shattered wood slice deeply into his arm, but he paid it no mind when he saw
the kid tuck into a ball rolling and he does mean rolling down the fucking roof
top.

Was he hurt??
 
Shit, the pounding in his chest was ready to explode any moment.
 
“Yes! They got him we got him.”

Aoura cheered that gave gasp and talks among the crowds.

Was that that fuck face....Levi was going to kill that man eventually.
 
Aoura was running toward the wolf boy, but as soon as the people tried to
follow it, Erwin interven.
 
“Stay back! Cutting off a wolves head still has the power to bite back.”
 
This stop Aoura from charging ahead too much further,
 
“What?”
 
Eren was still rolling down the roof top at a fast speed.
 
“Take aim where he falls...”

Erwin replied in a stoic voice as if bored of this matter.
 
“Right.”
 
As much Levi wanted to run down there he wouldn't make it in time so he grabbed
the first thing he seen already he was pulling the foundation of one particular
thick plate of wood in his grip causing the wood to crush in with his strength.

Eren was no free falling off the rood in mid air seconds to reach the ground,
it was like he was dead, but he airless moved to land on all fours body press
to the ground. It was then he moved lifting himself up off the ground in a
stance his knife still in hand.
 
“Open fire.”

Erwin commanded and the two woman on either side of him fired at Eren directly.
 
Only one of it hit him knocking him off his feet and shattering the ivory mask
he wore on his face. He was flat out on his back his earring chiming softly.
This caused the boy to loose conscious, but he wasn't dead....long from it in
fact, because now Moro spirit that reside in him activated keeping his heat
beat pumping, no blood indicate he was hurt from that shot. In return his ears
and twin tail appeared the moment he went down and the mask shattered and the
hood slight off his head, but still on him.
 
“He's down we got him ahaha!”
 
He charged ahead this time sure the boy was at less dead, no one could have
survive from that hit, but Levi had other plans for that boy life.

“No! Stay back!”
 
He was already lifting the heavy wood high above his head, this caused the
people to look at him when he finally threw it. It was long damn near eight
feet long when he threw it down preventing them to go after the boy, rather
they saw him as an enemy he didn't care, but that kid life was his if he was
still alive of course.
 
“What the devil was that!!”

Aoura screech as the large lumber pierced down a fire lamp into the ground the
amber blazing out some of it catching on that loud mouth clothes. Levi waste no
time running down the roof leaping off it in fact to get on the ground.
 
He was already that boy side grabbing his shoulder.
 
“Wake up, you better not be dead you fucking brat.”
 
The boy was still out, but to his relief the kid was breathing....and even
knocked out the kid....was still very much beautiful....
 
That one shake woke him up and when they meet eyes, that surprise look was
cleared away instantly from the boy face because his dagger was up and he
swiped at him, off guard Levi only suffered a cut to his cheek when the blade
slices his skin.
 
“Rawr!”

“You shitty ass brat is that how you repay me.”
 
The kid kept coming at him in that crouch like stance and Levi kept dodging him
not giving him a second chance to cut him.
 
The kid saw an opening and ran passed him,
 
“Shit! No-”
 
Aoura draw his blade throwing his sheath away, but Eren saw him as weak he
wasn't someone he needed to worry about, he only wanted the head of one human,
but then he realize this man did shot his mother with flames. As much as he
wanted to kill him now he couldn't so when he swung his blade horizontal Eren
jumped up high and came back down making two solid hard stomp on the man face
before using his face as a jumping board to leap over the large crowd that
surround him, that said loud mouth lost consciousness.
 
The people gasp at his high jump some even showed fear getting the hell out of
way from the charging boy who held his blade beside him dangerously. He roared
at Erwin his intention clear from the start when he infiltrated this town.
 
Blades upon ivory clashed in a loud sound, Erwin threw the cloak off him when
he grabbed his second weapon that was deadly sharp to a point it was swift and
Eren lean back his fur being cut in the process that only angered him more as
the two danced around each other their weapon clashed over and over again while
the people surrounded them cheering for Erwin to kill prince.
 
Eren not only have to watch his back from all angle, but he had to keep
advancing on Erwin....but at the same time dodge when he wanted to cut him down
like a rapid beast.
 
Levi lost it, his emotion getting the best of him as he stood up.
 
In front of him, the man shook Aoura who in tern finally woke up with a bloody
noise and a cut lip.

“Are you alright, sir.”
 
“I'm fine, I'm fine....fuck I'm going to kill that son of a bitch...”
 
He growled angrily.
 
Levi felt it, the wind....the curse...his desire....his anger....it swirled
inside him his clothes catching on non existence breeze. Levi is beyond furious
then he had been in a long long time. He moved then with dangerous purpose his
eyes clearly trained on the circle that separates him and that boy.
 
“Get away from me!”
 
Aoura demanded at their persistent concern for him it was humiliating enough as
it is then for them to think he was weak. The kid already done that when he
used his face to stomp him into the ground unconscious.
 
“Be gone!”
 
This frighten the two men to leave his side with a yes sir. Aoura on the other
hand was rubbing his head until his attention trained on Levi the traitor who
wanted the boy alive. A solem hah (huh) came from him, and that was because he
saw something like black snakes that emitted a strange purple aura around it.
It covered his entire right arm, in his left hand he had his sword out.
 
“You're a traitor aren't you! You're a spy for those wolves!”
 
He was so stupid....he drawn his blade to Levi posed and ready to kill him
despite his fear from the look on Levi's face and the way his eyes made him
want to cower and hide. What was even scarier was that thing on his arm....his
cursed arm...
 
“Stay back!”
 
He demanded, but Levi heed him not for he used his cursed arm to bend the blade
in his hands in a curled about manner that would be useless to use against him.
“Step aside.”
 
Even his tone brought shiver down Aoura spine having struggled to keep the
sword inside his hand. Once he left him two snake remain on the tip of the
blade that caused the tall man give out a pathetic whimper his teeth chattering
that lead to him biting his tongue once more.
 
Levi who was calm so deadly calm stroll up to the circle and was tossing men
left and right pushing his way through to the center of the two men fighting
each other to death. He was so close that he pushed both side that a group of
people fell to the floor one men was face first in the dirt flashing his red
tunic underwear in the air.
 
This caused Erwin to get slightly distracted, but the kid brought him back into
the fight in which he deflected his attack once more. He has to admit the kid
was good.
 
Levi stroll right on in and timed it perfectly grabbing hold of the wolf boy
wrist that contain his bladed hand, Eren was surprised by this and used his
nails to dig at the new comer hands and wrist trying to pry him off as best as
he could. Levi ignored him as his own blade clashed with Erwin blocking him
from trying to kill the boy he had in his hand.
 
“What do you think you're doing boy.”

Erwin demanded struggling against him,
 
“Spare your hands the boys life is mine and in my hands.”
 
Eren growled loudly and bite into his arm deeply to the point he broke Levi's
skin and still Levi ignored him.

“I'm sure that boy would make a lovely wife for you.”

He smiled sarcastically.
 
“Yeah, and there's a demon inside your shitty as eyebrow how'd you like that?”
 
He remarked still keeping Erwin at bay even the boy has a demon inside him.
 
Eren continue to try and pry him off, but shortly after he was trying to pull
away in fear his loud gasp was any indication he wanted to get far away from
him because those snakes that had appear moments before had resided when Levi
was pushing his way through the crowds. It has reappeared itself and Eren only
knew what this mean and he dug his feet into the ground trying to get away from
it feverishly after his stunned surprise left him.
 
The people could see it now and they all gasped loudly at the travelers arm.
 
“This is what hatred looks like this is what it does. It's eating me alive as
fucking disgusting as that sound, but this is what it does once it gets a hold
of you. So you can kiss your god damn ass good by once it settles in. Fear and
anger is what grows this abomination.”
 
 
 
Eren was scared....afraid as he continue to swipe at those snakes that was
edging toward him.
 
Get away from me.....
 
“I'm getting a little bored of your curse, Levi let me just cut him down and be
done with it.”
 
Levi felt his vein probing on the side of his head and moved using the handle
to him in the solar plex extremely hard that knocked Erwin out. He didn't even
seen it coming as he fell forward and Levi caught him using that strange
strength of his. Levi then looked at the boy who still resisted him and pulled
him back toward him with ease, he used his fist to knock him out just as he had
done with Erwin.
 
Eren world blacken and he lost consciousness the pain ripped him from this
world.
 
“Lord Erwin!”
 
Holding to the males he faced the villagers.

“Some one come here and get his heavy ass off me before I throw him.”
 
It didn't take long for a few people to stumble over grabbing Erwin and pulling
him away from the monster who had strange black snakes that emitted a purple
light that surrounds him completely with the two males.
 
“Don't worry he's just stunned he'll be alright.”
 
He told the girls who came for him, the girls truly love Erwin it was obvious
at this point since it was Erwin who bought all these women out of their
brothel life style.
 
With him taken away, he finally sheath his sword and moved to throw his tall
brat over his shoulder, for once he could touch the kid....he wasn't so far
away from him. Hefting him up above his shoulder.
 
“As for me, I'm leaving and I'm taking this shitty wolf boy with me.”
 
He announced,
 
“Oh no you're not, no one treats Sir Erwin like that and get away with it.”
 
it was a woman who was already aiming her rifle at him, he only spared her a
glance that caused the woman to hesitate.
 
“Move and I'll fire!”
 
She threaten.
 
Levi moved not caring for her threat, in a few quick strides the circle was
broken the men with their weapons wanting nothing more then to get out of his
way.
 
The woman shake, trembled as she hold her rifle posted at him, the thing
already lit, a woman beside her called her name startling her that she open
fired accidentally....she wouldn't have shot him have it not been for the older
woman scaring her. The explosion was loud and it shot through Levi back exiting
from the front just below his heart. He stumble lightly, but never fallen.
 
He just kept on moving as if it didn't phase him, no sound of pain escaped his
closed lips he was already focus to get out of there.
 
“H-How can he still be walking....”
 
“.....”
 
Aoura saw him coming straight towards him and he posed his useless blade at him
until he realize a little to late he couldn't do a damn thing, but get out of
his way throwing the useless blade to the ground. Skittering around him he went
to the group of people.

“Is he alright?”
 
He demanded,
 
“Yes, he's safe...”
 
A man in front of him replied.
 
“Some one bring me my gun, rifle man get on the square on the double they will
not leave here alive.”
 
Aoura barked, he was not going to be made a fool of again especially by him.
 
 
A few girls stood along side or by the door of the bellow building, the caught
sight of the travler and noticed a gaping wound on his chest.
 
“Toki come here.”
 
One of the girls called,
 
Levi kept walking,
 
“What...what happen?”
 
Levi choose to ignore her questioning he walked passed as if he didn't see her
at all despite that their eyes has meet.
 
Toki looked down and saw blood trail that she gasped at how much blood he was
losing.
 
                                      **
Levi only made one stop and that was to get Haku from the stables, he was
already at the front entrance of the village where everyone was waiting for
him.
 
“Sir, I can't let you pass.”
 
Levi only spare him a second look.
 
“The gates been order shut, it can't be open.”
 
If it was that it wasn't a problem for him to open that gate himself, he was
just done with this shit.
 
All of it, right now he had a boy over his shoulder unconscious that felt like
a dead weight to him and his blood seeping out of him taking some of his
strength it it. Which he ignore the slight light headedness he was feeling.
 
At the gate two men blocked his path crossing their staff as he approach.
 
“Turn back, please.”
 
“We're grateful to you for bringing those men back to us, we don't want to hurt
you.”
 
“Please.”
 
“I walk through these fucking gates this morning....and now I'll leave the same
way.”
 
He replied he was placing his hands on the gate door now already putting his
strength and weight into it after he got his center.
 
“Don't be a fool, it takes ten men to open these gates.”
 
The blood flow just increase as he was forcing himself to get this god forsaken
gate open the men from behind him notice this.
 
“Stop this! You'll kill your self at this rate.”
 
A creak was made....and then a groaning sound shortly after, the gate was now
being pushed slowly back and Levi resisted the urge to grind down on his teeth
as he concentrated to get this open.
 
The people gasp and murmur in surprise.

“It's.....it's opening....”
 
“He's really doing it...”
 
while he had said that Aoura was already making his way down a spiral set of
stairs back into the village with the rifle men and his gun in both his hands.
 
Levi already open the gate lifting it high above his head as he step through.
Keeping the gate open with one hand, he and the men behind him could see two
wolves traveling down quickly toward them.
 
Aoura and his men saw the gate opening that shocked him, but what stun him out
of his surprise were the two wolves that were coming down here fast.
 
“The wolves are attacking!”
 
He yelled that he knocked a few of his men down trying to lit his rifle, but in
the process he lost what was needed to fire his weapon.
 
“F-flam-”
 
Levi cut him off.
 
“It's alright! Your shitty as prince is safe with me.”
 
This caused the two wolf to stop staring at the cursed human they saw earlier
this morning....
 
They growled ferociously at the man who had their prince...their brother
unconscious on his shoulder. They bore their teeth and snarled at him.
 
“Stay the fuck there and I'll bring him to you!”
 
He glance at Haku,
 
“Come on, Haku.”
 
Haku ear twitched, he even looked nervous as he followed what his master
wanted.... he ducked his head and stepped outside the gate. He was more worried
about his master pushing himself then his well being....the blood was so strong
in the air he can tell he was fatally wounded.
 
“You have my thanks.”
 
he turned and dropped the gate behind him, the two wolves were just a feet away
from him, proving to show how quick they got down that hill and close to this
town.
 
Behind the gate that man whispered on deaf ear to the traveler...
 
“Good luck, Stranger...”
 
                                      ***
 
 
Yustafa and Moru eyed the human male not once did he hand over the boy whom he
set on the red elk, shortly after he too was situated behind their prince. He
had Eren riding bridal style his head resting on his shoulder that wasn't
stained by blood. He had a firm hold of the reins, he had a feeling that if he
handed the boy over to them directly they would have ripped him and Haku apart
without a second thought. Which was why he was some what holding the boy
hostage as a bargaining chip to continue his own life.
 
Who knew how long they travel, but he was now on the rocky hills. The moon
shinning brightly how strange....the full moon looked awfully beautiful to him
now then him thinking back then that it was a silver disk that's hanging in the
sky.
Levi looked down...his head nodding as he fazed in an out....
 
Shit.....I just lost too much fucking blood....
 
Seeing the tale tell of the black spots that was behind his eyes he closed them
trying to breath through it, but found himself slipping out of conscious
instead. He tried not to let it beat him, instead he tried focusing on
something else....like the boy....and those strange ears and tail he just
sported when it happen he doesn't recall, but it had still been there when he
pushed and throw people around to get into that fucking circle. He was
wondering if it were real....would it be soft if he touched it.....he would
have done it have it not been for the fact he couldn't move his body any more
from pushing it so hard.
 
 
Eren felt strange.....slowly his brain was coming online.....the first thing he
register was that he was moving....the second thing was the scent...and lastly
that his body felt warm....something or someone was holding him. This brought
Eren to open his eyes and looked up to see who or what it was....dazed....he
can make out that Yustafa and Moru is near by....close in fact that he only had
to turn his head to see them. When he looked back up to his original goal his
blood freezed over as he sat up, the man that had been holding him fell
back....lifeless tumbling and rolling down the cliff they were on now. Just
then Yustafa charged putting the human head between his jaw shaking him like a
rag doll.

“S....Stop! Put him down!”
 
He barked,
 
“I said put him down, Yustafa. Who knows where that human been. I don't want
you getting diahrehha for putting junk food in your mouth.”
 
He replied leaping off the elks back who ran ahead to keep a subtle distant,
Moru eyed him like the fresh meat he was.
 
“Leave him alone, Moru.”
 
Yustafa just growled and literally dropped him out of his mouth, if Levi has
the strength he'd of knocked his fangs out of his mouth....but he found it
difficult when all his limbs felt like dead weight.
 
Eren groaned holding his stomach....God it hurts.....but he could recall what
happen, the simple fact he was even alive must have been because of this damn
human. Walking over to him he kicked the cursed male on to his back and saddle
his stomach his blade pressed to the human male neck. He was still breathing so
Yustafa didn't crush his skull.....but there was a gaping hole underneath the
human male chest that haven't been there when he knocked him out.
 
…...If he didn't know better....this human must have got it after escaping that
place.....when he looked up he couldn't smell the fire or burning woods.....the
fume wasn't thick I the air...so they must have traveled far....when he glance
around their surrounding however he got a bead on where he was.

“Wake up you vile human, I know you can hear me. You're not dead. Yet.”
 
Levi eyelid flicker here and there until his eyes gazed up to Eren turquoise
eyes.....it was green....but it was also blue.....there was even gold flecks in
there as well.....amazing.....the moonlight really brought them out....the boy
looked so wild and untamed and free....
 
“Why did you stop me, why did you stop me from slitting his throat you
bastard.”
 
“.....You....would have died...”
 
“I don't care, it's not your decision to make. I wanted that man dead! I came
down there for the sole purpose of killing that man once and for all.”
 
Eren was so angry by this that the hidden blade he had tucked at the small of
his back was now in his hand and pressed into the male neck. The ivory
sharpness of his knife already making welts of blood appeared seeping through
the parted skin....it was only a little however...
 
“.....Didn't want you to die....brat.”

“Who are you calling a brat your life is still in my hands.”
 
“.....You are.....”
 
He replied tiredlessly, but even so he managed to raise his bloody hand to cup
his cheek so they were looking eye to eye.
 
“For a shitty ass brat.....You're beautiful...”
 
Eren blinked....he actually leaped off him as if he scold him with
flames...touching the cheek that was of that human blood, he didn't want to
think about what his eyes does to him, much less his voice, or that tenderly
soft touch a man could make.
 
'What.....'

'What did he just say...'
 
What's wrong, Eren.....do you want me to bite off his head now...
 
“.....N...no....”
 
Why are you hesitating just kill him.
 
“Shut up, you know I can't... Fuck.....Shit....I'm going to hate this....”
 
Eren growled.....but the human saved his life and he is indebted to
him....beside even if he doesn't kill him the wounds will before that curse....
 
Neither he nor his wolves like this...but they honor their tradition....their
heritage more.
 
Going back to the human he crouched down ready to tell him off, but that man
was no longer conscious...
 
“Fuck.”
 
Tucking his blade away he moved pulling on the human male arm to get him up in
a semi sitting position. The male face looked so pale...he wasn't sure how long
he'll last....but he was going to need to hurry.....he might hate humans, but
he owe this man his life....he was at less going to try an attempt to save his.
 
Lifting him up bridal style he grunted under the male weight.
“God....damn he's heavy.”
 
Then leave him.
 
“Shut up, Yustafa unless you're going to carry him in my stead...”
 
Dawns approaching....A few hours to less.....he could make it....at less he
assume he can as he made his way down, he was going directly to the healing
lake he always passes by to go home.
 
The ancient god of that forest too passes by their so maybe if he offer up a
prayer he'd hear him out, he was going to let the forest god decide rather he
live or die. This way it would no longer be his problem....although if he was
saved....that was another matter entirely...
 
Edging his was closer and closer he was now entering the forest of his home,
two wolves on either side of him while an Elk travel a safe distant away.
 
He jumped over a rotten log, careful not to jar awake the human in his arm he
finally stopped after hours of walking. He had to go in deep inside the water
so it would be easier to pull him back on the shore keeping half his body in
the water and half his body outside it. He laid him down and left him, cutting
a specific branch he stabbed it into the ground above the male head. He only
offered a small prayer before he was up again.
 
I still say we should eat him....
 
“Hush, Moru. Let the forest god decide his fate....”
 
Eren glanced at the red elk....huh....it's been a while since he seen
one...walking over to him he grabbed hold of his reins.
 
“Be calm, I won't hurt you. Animals are all friends to me.”
 
He murmur soothingly as he took out the reign off his head and mouth, he even
untied the saddle on his back.
 
“You're free to go where ever you wish in this forest....and if you ever need
me...call me... I doubt your master will survive for very long, but he seem
like a tough little bastard...so their may be hope for him yet...”
 
Smiling softly to him he stroke his nose and under his chin before giving him a
soft pat on his back.
Haku only gave a small shake and stood where he was.....huh...so he was going
to stay by him....he's either really loyal to his human....or fond of him in a
personal sense...whatever the case may be he didn't want to look in too deeply
until the forest god make his decision.
 
“Come on you too, let's get out of here. I reek of humans and I want a bath.”
 
The two came to him, Yustafa offering his back which Eren gladly leaped on
accepting the gracious ride.
 
“I love you both, thank you Yustafa.”
 
He placed a kiss to his head.
 
Eh, where's mine?
 
“Then come here and bring your fat head closer to me.”
 
He grinned tiredly, Moru lifted his head having walked closer to him, he waited
until Eren bent over offering him the same peck his older twin brother gotten
before him.
 
“Come on, I bet you guys are sleepy and hungry right? Let's catch a few deers
and go back home for a well deserve rest.”
 
What about your bath?
 
“....Ugh....you're right...drop me off and you guys go hunting....I can't go
back home smelling like humans....”
 
Fine.
 
Lucky you, I wish I could be lazy and just take a bath, eat and sleep.
 
“Are you really complaining? You don't want your belly scratched?”
 
He asked grinning a knowing smile at the sulking Moru. Moru ears practically
twitched at the words that escaped the boy mouth while, Yustafa tail swagged
side ways at the mention of a belly rubbed. Eren has godly hands when it came
to making them feel like a puddle of goop when they get their rewarded rub me
down.
 
Not at all, let's go.
 
“Heh.”
 
As the three of them left, Levi was left alone his blood slowed, but still
manage to spill in the water he had fallen asleep his heart stuttering to keep
up with the massive blood lost. He was slipping away from life and he knows it
some where in his unconscious mind.
 
Everything was just so dark....
 
And shortly after....
 
His chest ceased to move...
 
***** Fated Encounter, Red Strings of Fate *****
Chapter Summary
     Levi is mortally wounded and Eren is the one to help nurse him back
     to health, there are a few encounters in which Eren defends and
     protected him from the forest creatures.
Chapter Notes
     Undertakerla: "Hello, sorry for the long wait, but here is another
     chapter for your pleasure!
     I'm currently working on Ghost Whisper and Forever us Three a new
     Eren and Levi fanfic, I hope you guys will be interested in reading.
     I know I need to work on Flappy bird, but sadly I'm having a writer
     block, so for now I'm focusing on my two new fanfic. Ghost Whisper is
     about Eren who can see the souls of the dead, he recently moved to a
     new town where he meets Levi. The two of them would go on a journey
     like nothing before.
     The next fanfic Forever us Three is a pair of Twin that are Levi and
     Rivallie, they are identical in every sense of the word to other
     people, but to Eren he knows them as two individual. The three of
     them are consider to be in the best friend category. Sorry I suck at
     summary, but these two will be posted soon. Thank you! Kudos and
     comments are welcome.
     My tumblr username is: Eren-is-Levi-Shitty-Brat, I hope to see you
     guys soon."
Nothing.

There was nothing that indicated that Levi was still alive....no shallow
breathing...no heart beat resonating inside his chest....he appeared to be
dead.
 
Should be dead, but his body merely slowed down it's functional activity to
preserve what little blood he had left for only a moment. The sun finally
rising on the horizon boarder line of this forest, it's been hours since he was
left alone. He couldn't hear anything couldn't feel anything either and for a
split second he wonder if this is how everything would end.
 
He didn't get anything accomplish that he had set out to do once he embark on
this journey and now he was going to die that seem hardly fair. It was then at
this moment that he told life that it was a bitch that settle it and here he
thought constipation was a capital offense, but this dying thing and having
fate decide where he was put down is more of a ass slapper he had ever gotten
in his life time from his own mother.
 
Just thinking about his old lady brought some sadness in him well in general he
missed his baby sister sister Leah too. Missed his home, missed his friends,
hell even missed that old wise woman despite he can't stand that woman
meddlesome behavior. She always trying to set him up with marriages, but hell
even he missed that part of life. He could feel himself being carried away and
was even being pulled across the cool water that soon turned warm, he was
braced up against something soft that smelled like moss. That boy must have
brought him there because for a split second he felt a warm head on his chest
before he lost consciousness again.
 
                                      ***
 
The sound of the kadoma shook feverishly high above the tree their sounds
carried through out the forest, the NightWalker the god of this forest slowly
appeared walking toward them, the night time slowly deceasing into dawn. A few
men hid behind animal skin, the monk from earlier had been dozing off to sleep
until the wind changed the fur he wore tickling his nose. It woke him up with a
jolt his eyes landing on the forest god.
 
There it was, so tall and transparent.
 
The forest spirit of the kadoma welcome it as it walked toward them, the light
inside the creature shown brightly like stars of the universe.
 
“Finally, there he is come and see. Hurry. Quick you idiots it's the
NightWalker, he is the reason we've been sitting here in these stinky animal
skins.
 
“But, sir we can't it's a sin to look at it.”
 
“Ha, and you call yourself the greatest hunter of the west. Look we got a
letter of pardon from the emperor for forgiving us for cutting off the head of
the forest spirit.”
 
He had been in the process of removing that said letter out from under his dead
animal bear skin to show it to the fellas, before tucking it back in as he
crouched low his hands on top of some tree roots as he stared at the
NightWalker who sank lower still within the thick vegetation of trees. The
other men followed his lead looking at it, scared to be doing such a thing as
to gaze upon a god.

“Legend says when day becomes night the forest spirit turns into the night
walker and when the sun rises he changes back. Ah! Look, see there it's
happening.”
 
The NightWalker antler slowly shifted as it's body grow smaller and smaller
reverting back to it's original state before dawn sets over the horizon it
turned back to a human face like deer. The wind so strong and heavy blowing the
kadoma that stayed in the tree like glue.
 
                                      ***
 
Pssh.....
 
Psshh....
 
Psshhh....
 
Pssshh....

Psssh....
 
The grass and flowers began to sprang forth as hooves stepped on to the
vegetation moss grass before it died just as quickly as it began to take life.
 
Something soft was fondling Levi's chest like a nibble on his tender flesh and
if his eye lid weren't so heavy he would have looked to see who it was messing
with his body, but all he heard was something approaching him and then leaving
him until he was no longer conscious.
 
                                      ***
 
The forest god stroll passed his normal routing like usual until something
caught this human face deer god attention that he walked over to the man that
was half in and half out of the water. Looking at the tree branch full of
healthy leafs. He pressed his lip against it accepting the offering and the
prayer of the young boy he knew and loved.
 
Pulling away from the branch he lowered his head more nibbling on his wounds
sealing it closed, he did nothing about the curse on his right arm. It seem
this forest god has a different plan for this human especially since it could
see a future with the prince of this forest. Shortly after the blood flow stop
and the wounds to all his other injuries were sealed he left the human alone
for the young prince to take care of. He made sure to give the little wolf
prince his verdict with a simple call that only his little ears could pick up
on.
 
                                      ***
 
Meanwhile monk Hannes and his traveling hunters had left the facility to be
scaling a stone wall that had a steep narrow passage way. They went into one of
their hiding spots.
 
One of the hunter spotted something from the distant and alerted the master to
see, when he peeked through his eyes widen, a smile on the older man lips.
 
“Oh look, there must be hundred of them.”
 
The monk whisper as he stared at the many boar that roam the hill,
 
“Those boars are not from this region they must have been traveling for months
to get to these region.”
 
As the three of them continue to look onward they notice a white boar, it's
tusk long and sharp, his ribs showing considerably under tight skin, the birds
circled around the surrounded area. He was old, wise. One of the human hunter
notice who it was.
 
“That one is Akoto....”
 
“That can't be, they said he died a hundred years ago.”
 
The male beside him shook his head,
 
“That's him alright, I know that old tusk from any where and it looks like he
brought his whole tribe here.”
 
He replied back to him, having said that, Akoto sniffed the air it's snout
moving each time the wind tickle it's snout, his blind eye shifted in the
direction toward the outsider as it continue to sniff out until it identify
that the outsider were indeed humans. It's ear perked and his blind eye
narrowed in on them knowingly.
 
“Shit! He seen us, let's get out of here.”

The monk Hannes pushed him forward trying to get out of their hidden shelter,
the squeal of the large pig echo loudly alerting their were humans amongst
them. By then the monk and his group were traveling as far and as fast as their
leg could carry them over a fast flowing river leaping from boarder from
boarder of rocks.
 
 
                                      ***
                                        
 
Eren actually woke with a start, drool on the side of his mouth he looked so
dazed and out of it when he first wakes up, but his ear was twitching a storm.

“Eehh......what?......”
 
What's wrong, Eren?
 
“.....Hold on...”
 
Perking his wolf ear he rotated it slightly and that was when he heard it, it
looks like the forest god like that human enough to save his life....since his
life was saved he would be the one to take care of him.
 
Eren?
 
“He's alive, that humans alive....weak, but alive.”
 
So the forest god took pity on him.
 
“Not exactly, far from it actually... he has taken...a liking to him....”
 
Raising his hand up he wiped the side of his mouth taking note he had been
drooling from his nap reluctantly he got to his feet stretching as he done so.
 
“You guys stay here, I'll be back soon.”
 
You sure?
 
“Yeah, I'm sure. I'm only going to check to see if he's truly alive. Shouldn't
take too long.”
 
Eren replied as he left the den, but on his way out he took a few dry deer meat
strips with him.
 
Eren.
 
“I'll be back, Moru. You two watch after mother when she returns.”
 
Are you still sulking after her lecture to you...
 
“....A bit, but I understand you know. I understand that I made her worry about
me and that she was angry at me for being so careless about my life. But you
know, it made me happy....really happy. I really do love my mama.”
 
Eren replied with one of those happiest of all smile on his boyish face that it
was down right bashful in his blushing state.
 
Oh....looks whose rosy so early in the morning.
 
“Shut up.”
 
He jumped down without a care in the world running down the rocky slope before
leaping off the side walls to the soft grassy plain below. That's right when he
came back home his mother truly laid it in him before she pushed him down to
sleep shortly after he explained himself as to what happen prior to his rescue
by the human male she meet earlier that other day. Even though she was mad at
him she openingly express her fear and concern for him that only made him love
her that much more.
 
                                 **Flashback**
                                        
“I mean it Eren, don't you ever do this again......you ever pull this stunt
again I'll tear you a new hide...”
 
“Yes....I understand mother...I'm sorry. So don't be mad at me.”
 
'….Yes, I am mad, but I am extremely relieve that you are alive and unharmed,
child. Now as for that human....if he does survive and when he is able to
travel. Bring him here. I wish to meet this man.'
 
“Eh.....but, why?”
 
Eren looked so confuse as to why his mother wanted to meet this human much less
bring that said human here of all places....
 
'He saved you did he not, he saved my child and that is why I wish to meet him.
Beside if you leave him out there for too much longer, he's going to get
eaten.'
 
Eren looked away in a childish attempt to say he doesn't wanna, but after his
mother nipped his ear as punishment and he ducked his head in turn while
placing both his arms over his head covering his wolf ear in the process...
 
“Alright, alright fine....I'll bring him here even though...I don't wanna.....”
 
That human weight was the least of Eren concern, he just didn't want to share
his mother with another is all and he was quite childish about it...
 
'Eren.'
 
It was said so affectionately that he looked up to only have his ear flatten
back when his mother hover on top of him and decided to squish him under her
weight, with a loud umph and a few groans here and there, he attempted to crawl
his way out from underneath her that proved to be futile...
 
'Sleep Eren, I love you.'
 
“I.....I love...(gasp)....you too...”
 
This only made the goddess let out an airily chuckle as she finally pulled him
out from under her so that he was now resting beside her body her tail lightly
draped over him. Shortly after her two cubs returned and they cuddled beside
her next to a sleeping prince.
 
                             **End of Flashback**
                                        
Eren paused mid-way only because a few large apes prevented him from going to
the place he needed to be in.
 
Eren eyes meet with black orbs and for a second he wonder if news has traveled
that a human was among their mist. Eren tilted his head upward making his back
his body stood up that much straighter, at first nothing were exchange between
the two, but the silver back gorilla finally gave him a small nod making his
way to whatever designation he had planned on going, the few apes behind him
follow him shortly after...
 
Strange....
 
But, Eren could ignore that for the time being....it's just seem so unusual to
see apes in these parts of the forest...Shrugging it off with his shoulder he
leap down from where he was perched on to going back on that full run he had
been on previously.
 
It was then Eren made a break through, his hand resting on a thick vine that
was wrapped around the tree. He spotted the red elk first, before he made his
way down to see the human still very much in the same position he had left him
as.
 
Sniffing the air he scented no one near by so he stepped into the water
swimming across to stand beside the cursed male, crouching beside him he did a
quick scan of him, placing three of his finger to the gaping hole in his shirt,
he felt nothing, but solid skin where there use to be a gaping hole.
 
Amazing, the only thing that was left there was a scar....a scar that was the
same size as that gaping hole from last night....
 
“You... really are a lucky, human...”
 
The man was obvious still out so he left him there to move back in the water
closer to the red elk, that said red elk lowered his head to bump Eren cheek.
It got his attention so he looked up. It was then that Haku finally spoke to
him in a voice that only Eren could hear.
 
His name is Levi, he's a good human from a good village...he feeds me
apples...bathe me, brushed me too...
 
“....You are very fond of your human master...”
 
I am...
 
“Alright, tell me about him....what's he like...”
 
Eren stood their stroking the elk neck before underneath his chin.
 
Well....he's a prince....or at less the other humans kept calling him prince in
that village.....he also have a younger sister.....that looks just like him,
but softer...with longer hair. He has a mother too, but quite old in age, but
she is a very....passionate and a bit overly dramatic old woman. I never meet
his father, I believe he is deceased from a earlier time period in the time
I've been with him.
 
“Hoo....so he's a prince that's been exile from his own village...is it because
he's been cursed.”
 
Yes, but before that he has always been a unique and special human....he
understands ones pain...he's very kind....takes very good care of others too. I
love him.
 
“....You love this human?”
 
The elk merely bobbed his head in a manner to say yes.
 
“Tell me more about his family....about him...what makes him so different then
any other human.”
 
Eren is intrigued by this Levi, about his strength, about his value, what he
thought of about death, hell he was more respectful about the forest than any
other human he had encounter by. He listen to his stories and laughed at a few
tales like how Levi would run away from a potential marriage from their old
wise woman. Beside him mentioning that he had a unique way of talking he seem
like someone Eren could get along with one day. It was similar to what his
mother dreams would be like, to get along beside humans in a mutual
understanding that they could in fact co-exist if one did not take over the
others...
 
“I see... So he has that sort of life, his mother and this Mairge person raised
him well. It's a pity....I would have liked to meet his younger sister and his
mother...maybe even see his home village.... You say he's of Wall Sina
right...it's hard to believe that his existent race is still very much alive
and living quite peacefully in the land of the east.”
 
Who knew how long Eren's been sitting out there, but it must have been a long
time considering it was getting dark and he could hear the pounding of paws of
two separate wolves that broke through the clearing.
 
“Moru, Yustafa? What are you doing here??”
 
Eren look out!
 
“What?”
 
Before he even knew it something was thrown at him that he slipped on a bone
that was submerged in the loose muddy soil beneath his feet that he went under
his name a cry on both of the wolves lip.
 
Confused he stayed under water to notice a large rock had been thrown in that
he frowned pissed at the fact that if it had hit him he could have suffered
some serious injury himself.
 
Popping up out of the water he shook his head getting the water bead out of his
eyes and face.

“What the hell?”
 
It was by then he caught in some more other scent, it was the scent of
apes....more apes then he had encounter previously.
 
“Apes.”
 
'How dare you filthy ape show such disrespect.'
 
Yustafa bared his fangs growling dangerously.
 
Eren stayed close to the human male without actually getting on top of the
small island he kept his hand to his side, but it was inches away from his
dagger.
 
“What are you doing? Why are you here?”
 
Eren demanded as he swatted some sticks and stones that were being thrown at
him from a great distant to him or more like to the human male he was
protecting from behind him. This only angered the two wolves who snarled and
snapped their powerful jaws shut.
 
'We want the human.'
 
'Give us the human.'
 
The apes demanded.
 
“Why?”
 
'So we can eat him....'
 
'To drive the humans away from our forest.'
 
“Since when do apes eat the flesh of man! This human can't help you.”
 
'You've brought a human here, you are a traitor.'
 
“I am not a traitor! The great forest god saved him from a mortal wound so he
is no enemy!”
 
'He is like you. Human.....You will always be a Human that defile our
land....destroy our trees and burned our land. We can't plant new life because
of you humans.'
 
Eren actually clinched his fist his earring chiming as he silently flinch back
from those words.
 
“I. Am. Not. A human. I will never be human! Go back to your forest, we will
win, you can go back to growing your trees and plant. We will win against the
human, just be patient! Continue to grow your plants as freely as you desire.”
 
“No...if you won't hand him over we shall eat you as well.”
 
Those dumb apes actually told their prince that they would eat him enrage the
two wolf pups to no end that they unsheathe their claws and bared their fangs.
 
'Enough!'
 
They actually attack the closest ape and pulling him down and digging their
fangs into them.
 
“Moru! Yustafa stop! Leave them alone!”
 
But they didn't obey in fact when they were knocked to the side by the apes and
they shook it off and literally chased them down intended to kill.
 
This was not what Eren wanted, the forest creature should be united as one. He
didn't want them to turn on one another to fight against each other. This is
his home, his family and he loved all the animal that inhabit this place, but
when they fight amongst each other it just made him sad. They were better then
that he was sure of it.
 
“.....Moru....Yustafa.....”
 
Glancing back to the human he went over to him.
 
His mother was right he couldn't leave him here, but he was in no condition to
travel.
 
With no other option then to stay with him, he just pulled the human off the
small isolated little island and brought him back to the other side with the
branch tree he had put above his head as a blessing, now he was going to use it
as protection. Swimming back with the dead weight he set it up like before on
the other side in which Haku got back on land and shook off the access water.
 
Stabbing the branch into the moss grass he too got out of the water and sat at
a particular sunny spot he stripped off what he could and checked on the deer
jerky he brought with him, they were a bit wet, but nothing a little drying
won't fix. He even ate one as he waited for the human to finally wake up from
his sleep. He would stay there guarding him, even as his brother returned to
him he waited.
 
“Doesn't look like he's waking up. Go ahead and go home I'm staying here.”
 
'Eren..'
 
“I'll be alright, just check up on me tomorrow and let mother know. You two
didn't kill any of those apes did you?”
 
He asked because there was blood on their coat...the two lolly their tongue
panting lightly as they licked their muzzle.
 
'….Maybe one...'
 
'Possibly two.'
 
'Taste pretty damn bad actually...'
 
'Like spoil boar intestines thats been left out in the sun for days....'
 
'Really, I thought it had the stench of smelly frog intestines that's been
baked first and submerged in swamp water for days.'
 
Eren looked at them with one of his disapproving looks and they in turn merely
panted in his face so Eren would just sigh.
 
“Moru...Yustafa....what am I going to do with you. Ugh, look just go home. I'll
howl if anything happens okay?”
 
When they were reassured they did indeed left him, but not without Eren telling
them to bring more deer jerky when they came back the next day.
 
                                      ***
 
That said next day lead to an unsuspected visit, Eren had been guarding the
human, watching him slept. The scent in the air and the sound of paw print had
him crouching before he was on his feet. The stench of his mother and two
younger brothers came out into the field at the same time he smelled a bunch of
boars trekking through the forest near him moments later.
 
Eren slightly crouch as he eyed both his mother and the boars that surrounded
them

“We are here to kill the human and save the forest. Why are there humans here,
Moro.”
 
“Humans are everywhere these days,”
 
She growled softly her fangs visible as she spoke,
 
“Go back to your mountain kill them there...the boy there is Eren my son.”
 
“We will kill them there, we will save this forest.”
 
The boar squeal,
 
“What is that other human doing here.”
 
He motion his head toward the lying unconscious man on the ground, Eren was the
one to answer him.
 
“He was shot and the great forest spirit heal his wound this man is not our
enemy.”
 
Eren shouted as he stood firmly in front of the lying human behind him.
 
“The forest spirit saved him? Save the life of that loathsome runt, why did he
not save Naga? Was he not the guardian of the forest WHY?!?!”
 
The squealing of those pigs were beginning to hurt Eren ears at their outrage
cries that he flinched from the high pitch of their voice.
 
“The forest spirit gives life and takes life away. Life and Death are his
alone, or have you boars forgotten that?”
 
Moro tilted her head up bracing her body equally on to all four as her back dip
lightly at the hostility in the air.
 
“You Lie! You must have begged the forest spirit to spare his life, but you did
not beg for Nobunaga did you?”
 
He demanded his beady eyes narrowed in on the she wolf goddess,
 
“Naga was afraid to die. Now I too carry within my breast the human bullet,
Naga fled and the darkness took him, I remain to contemplate my death.”
 
A low growl was evident in her voice, their was an obvious large scar where her
fur grew over it differently.
 
Upon hearing this Eren turned his gaze to his mother, he ran up to her concern
evident in his voice.
 
“Mother please, ask the forest god to save you.”
 
He pleaded,
 
“I've lived long enough, Eren. Soon the forest spirit will let me rest
forever.”
 
Her eyes were gentle to him when she glanced his way, but narrowed when she
sensed movement on the other side a warning growl escape her to tell them to
stand back.
 
“All these years you've protected and defended this forest, Mother. He must
save you.”
 
Eren was sadly interrupted by the foolish boar who show no respect to his
mother.
 
“You are not fooling us, Naga was beautiful and strong. He would not have run
from anything! You wolves must have eaten him!”
 
Eren bared his fangs his gaze locked on the loud mouth, his wolf ears and tail
shown itself as he growled dangerously to them.

“QUIET! Watch what you say you filthy pigs.”
 
A dark chuckle came from behind Eren and he turned to see that the human had
regain some sort of conscious. Levi had said his own sort of insult into the
mix after waking up to their squealing.
 
“Nobunaga died far from here into east and I was the one who delivered the
final blow to kill him. He had become into some sort of demon. Attacking my
village, that shit stain was the one who placed a curse on my right arm. I came
to this forest to beg the forest god to lift Nobu curse from me, but all he did
was heal the bullet wound in my chest, but the demon mark remain it'll rip my
soul into shred and then kill me. If you want proof all you have to do is look
at my hand.”
 
With that he fondle with the fingerless sleeve, the small loop that was on his
middle finger and thumb was pulled off of it so the sleeve could slide down his
arm he lifted it for as long as he could before it collapsed on his belly.
 
Moro and Eren watched him as he done so Eren was a little surprised to see the
curse grew so boldly and large shortly after a silver boar came trekking
through the forest his blind eyes leading him into the center. Moro and her
pack watched him stepped forward into the clearing.
 
“Akoto, finally a boar who will listen to reasoning.”
 
Moro had a sneer of a smile on her lips as she watched the blind demi god
stepped forward.
The blind old tusk moved closer to Levi breathing his scent, alarmed Eren
rushed back to his side trying to stop him.
 
“Lord Akoto, please don't eat him.”
 
“Ah.”
 
The low voice that was octave deep and soothing came from the boar spoke as it
raise his head to sniff at Eren.
 
“You are Moro human child, I have heard about you.”
 
He huffed through his snout,
 
“You're blind.”
 
Eren responded as he stare into a pair of sightless pale blue eyes.
 
“Stand back, I will not eat him.”
 
“Prince M-monoke....it's alright. Lord Akoto I did mean what I said about
Nobunaga death was the truth...”
 
Levi lifted his curse hand and felt a strong suction and breeze against his
hand, his eyes still closed tired from exerting himself. When he stopped
sniffing his arm he let his arm relax backed on to his stomach.
 
“Hmmm.....I believe you....and I thank you for it young one. I only grieved and
ashamed that such a demon came from my tribe.”
 
From a distant their was an obvious ashamed voice coming from the boar tribe as
if one was scolded by the news and is shamed terribly.
 
“Is there a way to lift this curse from me...”
 
Levi asked, but the boar god only answer him in this way.
 
“Leave this forest, the next time we meet....I will have to kill you.”
 
Levi would have snorted at that, but choice not too until he can fight for
himself.
 
“You can not win against the humans their guns will destroy you all.”
 
Her eyes narrowed the present of her fangs still sticking out from her muzzle
when she snarled lightly. The boar god turned his head to her and parted his
snout to speak.
 
“Look at my tribe, Moro we grow small and we grow stupid we will soon be
nothing, but squealing games. Let the humans hunt for their meat.”
 
“You'd risk everything for one last battle? That's what the humans wants.”
 
“I do not ask for the help of the wolf tribe. Even if every one of us dies it
will be a battle for the humans will never forget.”
 
With that as his final parting words he turned to leave, his tribe following
after him with squeals later. It was only until they were gone and it was
silent when Eren notice the forest spirit standing on top of the lake.
 
“The forest spirit...”
 
The words left his mouth and the deer like creature with the long tail and a
human face turned to look at him, for a split second he thought he saw the
spirit smiling at him, before it totter away leaving them.
 
“Just....what is he up too....”

Turning to look down at the human he notice that the human was no longer with
them. His eyes remain closed and his breathing even and slow. He was sleeping
again.

Eren turned to his mother, sad and remorseful that she would seek her eternal
rest. This was what she wanted and Eren can't beg her to do otherwise and that
itself was the cause of his wolf ears to lower and his tail slightly tucked
between his legs.
 
“Do not be sad, child. Death is a natural part of our cycle. Embrace it, for I
will always be with you. By your side.”
 
Eren looked at her then and nodded as she came over to him, nuzzling him with
her teeth and licking his face and ears for comfort. He gave a small tentative
smile, before he stepped back from her.
 
“I'll see you soon....mother.”
 
Her eyes were kind gentle as she gazed at him before she turned her back and
left him, her two cubs stayed behind momentarily.
 
“It's alright, go with her. I'll stay here.”
 
He replied, the two siblings nodded as they left Eren to care for the human
male.
 
 
                                      ***
 
It took three days for the human male to regain concision from that ordeal in
the mean time Eren has been the one protecting him....
 
Eren moved to settle beside him he loom over him his finger curled into a paw
as he planted it beside the human male head. He was leaning down sniffing him
he no longer smelled like the other humans in that god forsaken town.
 
“...Where....am....I?”
 
The human male asked his eyes slowly flutter before it peer open to him he was
a bit disoriented as to where he was.
 
Eren leaned back slightly so his teal gaze stared into the silver storm clouds
below. It was a bit hazed....dulled even probably because he was still in some
sort of pain.
 
“My forest.”
 
He replied, the male gave a slight lift to the corner of his lip starting to
recall something important.
 
“I'm....surprise.....”
 
He gasp right there groaning as he continue onward to what he wanted to say,
 
“you didn't kill me...after that”
 
Eren growled lowly at him,
 
“Believe me, I wanted too. I still do. But I hate owing a human so much more. I
didn't save you, the forest god did. He wanted you to live...”
 
He replied it was a while before Levi spoke to him again,
 
“How long....was I out for....”
 
Eren humor him,
 
“Bout three days a little over more since it's late in the evening.”
 
Eren moved back to get the food he placed to the side,
 
“You're lucky human, your beast hasn't left your side once. He truly loves you
vile creature.”
 
Eren grasp the deer jerky and moved back to him,
 
“Here, eat. You'll need it.”
 
He place the jerky between the human male chapped lips he eyed those chaps lips
that slowly try to work on chewing it... Ten minute passed and Eren got
irritated since he didn't make no process of eating at all.

With a loud tsk and a growl later he took the jerky between his canine teeth
and tore it with the force and sharpness of his fang before he chewed
thoroughly making it as small as he could. Eren refused to look at the human
male who stared up to him, after thoroughly meshing the meat he plants his hand
back on either side of the human head and placed his lips against Levi rough
ones. Either Levi doesn't know what Eren was trying to do or he was being
stubborn of parting his mouth. His teal turquoise eyes stared into his
unwavering, never mind the fact this was the first time he ever clasp lips with
another that weren't muzzles.
 
Eren flicked his tongue to Levi's lip silently demanding for him to open up
which he did, with a slight huff of air release from Eren's nose he pushed the
jerky into the awaiting mouth of the human. Leaning back he bit into the jerky
again chewing thoughtlessly, even though the human male lips were chapped and a
bit rough it still felt...nice...
 
Shaking his head he huffed to himself, glancing downward he saw that the human
actually got it down. Making sure he meshed it well he lean down coaxing Levi
to part his lip again, the human obey silently and Eren used his tongue to push
the content in his mouth into Levi's he lightly graze his tongue against the
humans tongue who reacted by preventing the food to actually go down his throat
until he was situated into lightly chew the food that's already been thoroughly
meshed for him to swallow easily. His throat feeling dry from nothing to drink.
Eren heard the raspy sound in his throat and paused to get some water, when he
returned he was just leaning down with the water inside his mouth to transfer
it into his he saw something he never saw on a human face.
 
Tears...
 
The scent assaulted Eren nose like nothing before, it was right then and there
that he thought a human could be beautiful. Even though the dull cloud color
hues were hidden behind lids and thick lashes, the way the tear slid down his
cheek that glisten a little had stunned Eren into immobility. He felt his heart
clenched painfully as he nervously looked around. He never thought he would see
someone....a human cry up close and personal.... well...no he sort of did saw
another human a cry....but it had been a blonde blue eye boy who wander into
his forest lost, but that was years ago when he guided that boy out of his
forest safely.
 
Slowly he lowered his head coaxing Levi lips to part again and at first he
didn't respond until a few seconds later he parted it and Eren let the slightly
cool liquid trickle lightly down Levi's throat which the human gave a relief
expression. Eren left to get some more water and fed it to him which Levi took
greedily. Eren alternate from the jerky and water, pleased to know that the
human was at less eating and drinking. Habits got the best of Eren even as he
licked the human male lips repeatedly. Levi had a frown on his lip, but he was
too weak to move to stop him from what he was doing even as Eren licked his lip
clean of the dry dead skin leaving his lips once more smooth and soft. Eren
spitted out the dead patches of skin to the ground.
 
“Preserve your strength we'll leave tomorrow.”

Eren responded as he moved to pull Levi out of the water fully for him to rest
upon the land.
 
“Filthy...”
 
Eren glanced at him,
 
“What is?

Even though Levi couldn't see the wolf boy glaring at him he could somewhat
feel it burn like cider.

“Me. I would kill for a bath right now...”

Levi commented as he turned his head to look at Eren, his sentimental feeling
long sense forgotten.
 
“You've been submerged in water for more then three days. You're not that
filthy.”
 
“Filthy.”
 
Eren rolled his eyes getting to his feet,
 
“Then get well quickly, human.”
 
“Levi.”
 
Eren glanced at him, an eyebrow raised.
 
“Stop calling me human, say Levi.”
 
Eren snorted dismissing him with a wave of his hand,
 
“Human is good enough for you.”
 
“Prince Mononoke.”
 
Eren frown at that, but realize that this human doesn't know his name, he
hummed in acknowledgment.

“It's Levi.”
 
“Stubborn human aren't you?”
 
“Prince-”
 
“Even if I do call you by name, it's pointless because once you're heal I'm
kicking you out of my forest and will forget all about you.”
 
Eren replied cutting him off from calling him his title.
 
“I don't want you to forget about me, I don't plan on leaving any time soon
even after I'm healed.”
 
Eren rolled his eyes,

“We'll see about that.”
 
Eren turned to the red elk,

“Watch after your stupid human I'll be back, Haku.”
 
“How do you know his name?”

Levi asked as he tilted his head back far enough so he could see them.
 
“He told me his name, talked a lot about you, where you came from, who your
family and friends were. Like I said, he loves you. Now shut up and rest.”
 
Eren walked off whatever Levi has to say to him would fall on deaf ears, Levi
could only watch for so long before his head collapsed back on the soft moss
grass.
 
It was quiet beside the insect noise and the flow of water, slowly he lifted
his hand to explore his chest, it was sealed....the gaping hole no longer
there. Feeling hope he struggled a little bit to move his detachable sleeve to
the side, to his utter disappointment the curse was still on his arm and thick
as ever.
 
“Fuck.”
 
Letting his hand drop down to his side, a scowl on his youthful face he barely
notice the nudge to his cheek as Haku gave a light lick to his cheek.
 
Levi smiled a little,
 
“I'm okay, thanks Haku.”
 
He felt the elk face graze his face and hair with it's teeth.
 
“I see you taken a liking to that brat...”
 
Sure he was making light conversation, but if the boy could understand his
beast then his beast could understand human. More so if they held conversation
with him clearly out of it, any one would if they had a gaping hole in their
chest like he did. The amazing part of it all was that he was alive to actually
tell the tale....
 
The Elk nudge him with his head, before it settle down beside him keeping
watch.
 
“Where did that brat run off too..”
 
He said after a long while, turning his head he could see the moon peeking
above the trees, the wind started to pick up and he shivered involuntarily from
the cold.
 
It was getting cold fall wasn't that far away and soon enough it'll be winter
which he was dreading. Shivering again Haku moved to wrapped himself around
Levi trying to shield him from the wind, he can tell when his human was cold
and did his best to press his warm body into his.
 
“Thanks...”
 
He murmur, shortly after he began to doze off still full of jerky and water.
 
Eren didn't come back until a few hours later which he silently sneak up on the
red elk who laid beside the human male. He cleared his throat and the Elk
turned to stare at him tense at first before it relaxed.
 
“He's asleep?”
 
Eren asked as he moved to sit beside them, the Elk only bobbed it's head.
 
“Good, look I'm going to take this human home with me. I won't be able to take
you with me. It's not something you can climb and walk on. You can stay near to
be closer to your human, but it'll be outside. I made a shelter for you that's
why I was gone for so long so you can stay there until your human is well
again.”
 
Haku eyes gazed into his in understanding,
 
“Good, as soon as he wakes up tomorrow we'll go. Moru is going to carry your
human, don't worry he won't eat him and I'll be riding with him so he's safe.
Moru is more well manner then Yustafa whose on the rough side...”
 
Eren moved shifting his legs so he had his knees brought up to his chest, his
arm wrapped around his legs as he gaze up to the moon, it'll be full by
tomorrow night. Lovely, he wouldn't mind going for a run tomorrow night. He
still needed to keep those apes in line, he was sure words had long sense
travel by now. The apes were the least of his concern, it was the boars he
should look after. The apes were cowards in a way, but a boar is brash and head
strong and....violent when call for so yeah. He was more concern for a pig then
any of the other creatures. The Ghouls he didn't have to be concern with since
he spoke to them they were fine trusting his better judgment in this which was
saying a lot more than the animals. The spirits were a lot more logical and
understanding then beast were.... No wonder his mother rule this forest as it's
protector and leader. She wasn't just beast she was also a spirit like no other
and he was proud to be raised by such a magnificent creature.
 
 
“.....It's a beautiful night don't you think?”
 
He asked as he looked up the starry sky surrounded by the mother of the moon,
there were transparent dark clouds over head with the leaves rustling from the
wind to everyone else who didn't appreciate nature wouldn't be able to see the
untamed beauty he lives in. If he had been an ordinary human he wouldn't see
this world so vividly as he is now. The different color always assaulted his
vision which he welcome graciously. Not one leaf were the same color or the
speck of blades of grass were ever the same size or shape.
 
Nor is the trees and creatures that takes resident here, he loved the flowers
this place has and made a few spot his secret hiding spot to get away from
everything and distressed from the on going war with man and beast.
 
If only this war would cease and everyone stay on their own side it would be so
much peaceful so much better. Neither one need to co-exist together as one, but
as individual in their own world.
 
Lowering his head he stayed awake through out that night keeping guard for
intruders and if he scented them he would leave his side and deal with it
before returning to keep watch. It stayed that way until dawn and when the
human was fully awake to do what he asked.
 
                                      ***
 
“I keep telling you to call me Levi, brat.”
 
“Shut up, before I throw your ass off this cliff.”
 
Eren and Levi had been bickering for some time now, Levi laid out on a pallet
of fur as Eren stood over him glaring.
 
“Not until you call me by my fucking name already.”
 
“My god you are annoying.”
 
“Annoying? There is only one little shit in this fucking cave who's annoying
and it's a brat who doesn't know how to say a person name.”
 
Eren matched his glare for glare, Eren felt a rumble in his chest as he bared
his fangs at him.

“You are in no position to be demanding anything you dead weight bastard.”
 
“Trust me, Kid if I can move you would not be acting almighty and haughty above
me right now.”
 
Eren rolled his eyes and pulled a middle finger at him,
 
“Stop calling me kid fuck face, you should be glad I'm tending to you at all.”
 
Levi decided to kick the little shit right then and there to hell with the
consequences, Eren haven't expected him to even remotely have the energy to
move his damn limb until it connected and he stumble over on top of his ass.
They both grunted in pain, Eren from having his left leg throbbing in pain from
being kicked by the human and Levi moaning in pain that the little shit landed
right on top of him hitting him dead center of his use to be open wound.
 
“Fuck!”
 
Levi hissed as he struggle oxygen in his burning lungs,
 
“You dumb ass shit....”
 
Eren snarled at him and thump his chest for good measure.

“Don't call me dumb you're the fucking idiot here...god damn your kick
hurts...”
 
Eren got off him looking at a pale looking Levi who was grimacing in his own
misery,
 
“Serves you right I hope it hurts.”
 
Eren got on his hands and knees intended to crawl away from him, but Levi
strangle noise had him peering back at him, there was a slight concern in his
eyes as he watched the human placed a hand over his heart...
 
“Human?”
 
He moved closer to him,
 
“Hey, human....are you okay?”
 
The concern was slowly reaching into his tone of voice as Levi eyes remained
shut so tightly his breathing shallow...
 
Alarmed Eren moved even closer looking him over he even moved Levi hand away
from his chest so he could place his ears to his chest. His heart beat sounded
irregular to him....
 
“Human? Hey, don't you dare kick the stone bastard. You got to get well so I
can kick your ass for all the trouble you caused me....hey? Human....are you
listening.”
 
Eren tried shaking him, but that obvious brought a strain noise from Levi's
lips....
 
When he ceased moving entirely, Eren was freaking out.
 
“L-levi? H-hey, come on you're a tough son of a bitch you can't croak over
yet.....Levi?? Levi?!”
 
He shook him his heart is rising up in Eren throat, he didn't mean to kill the
bastard....honest he didn't.
 
“Levi!”
 
After a good solid of two minutes of calling Levi's actual name, it was then
that the human open his eyes and turned to look at him.

Eren had been close to tears by then,
 
“See, now was it that hard to say my damn name. Fucking brat.”
 
Eren fell back looking at him stunned or possibly an expression that was
stupified,
 
“W-wait what...?”
 
Levi gave him a lopsided smile and it was only then did it truly clicked inside
Eren's brain.
 
“Y-y-you.”
 
“Hey now, it's not you, you just said my name a few seconds ago. Don't go
reverting back to it.”
 
Eren started to tremble, but it wasn't fear he had been feeling moments before
he was seething in rage.
 
“You fucking trick me! God damn it, I swear you are a fucking ass you sick son
of a bitch. I hope you croak over and die, Levi.”
 
He got to his feet and moved away from him before he actually does kill the
human slab of meat on his bed.
 
“Oi, I want a bath. I'm fucking filthy.”
 
“Shut up!”
 
Eren went out the other way then where they came in from to stand outside on a
cliff. It had a nice view from what he could make out from lying there.
 
“Prince Mononoke.”
 
“Shut up. Stop calling me that. Die old man.”
 
Levi rolled his eyes,
 
“I'm not even that old I'm still in my god damn twenties.”
 
Levi announced as he tried to catch Eren figure who was now hidden from his
view.
 
“Mononoke.”
 
He called out when he didn't respond to his announcement of his age before.
 
“I told you to shut up and it's Eren bastard!”
 
Wolf boy yelled as he sat cross legged on the cliffy rock his mother likes to
sleep on,
 
“Eren? Is that your real name.”
 
“Their both my name asshole.”
 
“Eren, huh. It suits you...Eren...Eren”
 
It was like he was continuing to test out his name as if he liked the sound of
it or trying to memorize it while Eren on the other hand fumed silently in his
own corner ready to choke a bitch lights out and that bitch was Levi who laid
in his bed..
 
“Eren.”
 
Eren covered his ears, why did he tell this human his name....he hated when he
kept saying his name it did things to him no one else had ever done to him
before.
 
“Eren.”
 
This time Eren ear twitched, because his name was said in a whine.
 
“What.”
 
Eren voice held hostility toward the human and it wasn't all entirely due to
the fact Levi tricked a while ago.
 
“I'm filthy...can you please bathe me.”
 
Eren glared down at the cave hole,
 
“Can't it wait until you're able to get up and walk on your own.”
 
Levi groaned,
 
“How about if I can sit up by myself without any help from you, will you please
let me get a bath.”
 
Eren thought about it for a long while.....in his condition he shouldn't even
be able to move much less sit up so he decided to humor him to only laugh at
him in the end for being stupid.
 
“Fine. Only if you can sit up by yourself.”
 
Eren jumped down from his spot and walked in, his left hand on his waist as he
peered down at Levi. The human was a stubborn bastard and would only keep
bitching at him until he did what was asked of him.
 
“That's a deal right? If I can sit up you'll take me to get a bath right.”

Eren rolled his eyes and sassed him,
 
“Yeah, so hop to it. Let see you move dead weight.”
 
Levi moved and grunted, it took him a full ten minutes to sit up by himself, he
used more profanity then he had ever used in his entire life time as he was
determine to get his damn bath. This whole time, Eren stood by hand on his hip
as he watched him with watchful eyes.
 
“You're struggling.”
 
Eren pointed out with a smirk on his lips in turn Levi glared a him wobbling.
 
“Shut up, I'm sitting aren't I?”
 
Eren actually laughed a little his fangs showing and some how that scene was
etched into Levi's mind, seeing him laugh with his pearly white flashing at him
made him want to remember this moment.
 
“Yeah, you are. You're like a new born calf having trouble standing.”
 
Eren walked over to him crouching,
 
“You really want that bath huh.”
 
“No shit.”
 
Eren laughed again getting up to grab something when he returned back to Levi
side Eren lifted Levi up bridal style.
 
“You're still heavy as hell no matter how many time I pick you up.”
 
“Well I am taller than you.”
 
“Shut up, I'm not that short.”
 
“Uh hu.”
 
“I'll drop your ass.”
 
The boy replied, as he made his way out and peer around him checking his
surrounding before he venture out completely.
 
“Not this platinum ass you won't.”
 
He heard the human said and he gave him a confused look,
 
“A what?””
 
Levi saw the look and sigh,
 
“A silvery-white metal....kinda like silver...”
 
Eren just shook his head,
 
“Whatever your ass isn't worth that much.”
 
The teen rebuke, that earned him a up side the head slap from Levi and the teen
glared at him ready to let go of him so Levi could fall ass first down the
cliff.
 
“The hell it ain't.”
 
Eren growled at him and jumped not caring what Levi thought as Levi wrapped his
arm around Erens neck and held on tight as they both fell airelessly down to
the ground. The whole while the two bicker and snap teeth at each other.
 
                                      ***
Splash....Swoosh...
 
Levi sat there naked, leaning back against the wall, surprisingly the water
felt so good. He hadn't been expecting to get a natural hot spring. He sigh
pleasantly as he lean back feeling so much better with Eren scrubbing some sort
of herbal like soap on his arms and neck that he tilted his head back further
to give him better access.
 
“You should take a bath too, Eren. You're filthy just by carrying me.”
 
Eren snap his teeth together,
 
“Awh, nervous. Feeling subconscious after staring at mine.”
 
He purred.

Eren felt his face heating up and snarled at him, he did not want to be
reminded as why he train his eyes over his head or at his hands.
 
“No.”
 
The boy teeth were gritted behind closed lips a silent snarl rising in his
chest up to his throat.
 
“Really? You were looking pretty damn hard Eren, did you like what you saw?”
 
Again, he purred to him he was leaning closer to Eren which Eren lean further
back.

“No, now shut up.”
 
Eren flinched when a wet hand stroke his cheek,

“Eren look at me.”
 
Eren peeled his lip off his teeth a snarl rising in his throat,
 
“Eren.”
 
The way he dropped his tone a level brought Eren turquoise eyes to his,
 
“Strip.”
 
Eren blinked cut off guard at the command of his tone and shortly after frowned
at him,

“No.”
 
Eren held his gaze, it was true that Eren did look at him...practically stared
and oogly him too...but that was because he hadn't expected to see what he had
just saw. The man was beautiful....naked and in full glory he saw it all... His
pale skin, the ripple of muscles, he was tall and he was lean...and god help
his soul he couldn't help staring at his abs, or his long legs and broad
shoulder with matching long arms. He was hairless...except the patch of trim
fur between his ahem... The male was bigger then him down there and Eren never
had to compare himself with anyone else before and now that he has the chance
he didn't want to compete...
 
Each time he move it flex and move...it ripple and Eren was under the
impression he had the fluid grace of a dangerous predator...and that did
something to him. Like a large jungle cat....a big ass scary cat that he didn't
want to fight with despite that he secretly wants to mount him just because he
was strong.
 
“You're staring.”
 
Eren stiffen when he realize he wasn't even looking at his eyes any more, but
staring at his chest...

“Wash your own damn self then.”

“Eren.”

“Shut up, you are the most annoying human I have ever meet beside that filth in
that town.”
 
Levi grabbed Eren wrist pulling him closer is it just Eren or is Levi strength
returning at a frightening speed...
 
“Eren you're still filthy, I'll stop fucking with you if you get in.”
 
Eren glared at him and set aside the make shift bottle he made and stood up
taking his wrist back by force.

“Fine if that would get you to shut the hell up then fine.”

Eren took off the white fur that was on his back and began to slip the white
shirt over his head, then the longer purple shirt that cover his thigh slipped
over his head as he revealed tan skin, he ignore the feeling that their were
eyes on him. Blushing a little he took off the shoes he had on his feet and
strip the last garment that was obstructing Levi's view.

The man in the water ate it all up even as Eren covered his lower half, the
blush and his innocence was killing Levi in a whole new way. Eren quickly moved
to get in the water submerging himself shoulder deep into the water.
 
“Stop staring at me, I know I'm not as nice looking as you, dick.”
 
Eren kept his distant a frown on his face and Levi thought he was adorable.
Down right adorable, he didn't get enough of actually looking at his body. It
was to quick of a sneak peak for his taste, but he knew the kid is hairless
with a set of his own muscle. It was light, but well balanced in portion, his
tan skin wasn't the effect of bathing in the sun he was just naturally that
way, and lets face it the kid had a supple booty when he turned away from him
and he ate it up. The way his back curved and arched when he pulled the
material of his skin had him thinking all sort of thing that awaken a deep felt
lust with him that pooled in his lower body and tighten the sac beneath him.
 
“Eren you're lovely.”
 
Levi saw Eren flashed him the fuck you finger.
 
“Really you are, you're too far how are we suppose to get clean if you're
sitting all the way over there.”
 
Eren snapped his teeth in warning,
 
“Wash your own damn self you already got me in the damn water.”
 
“But, Eren. I'm so weak I can't lift my arms.”
 
He protested as he made feeble noise, Eren glared at him.
 
“You can too! Quit lying.”
 
Levi shook his head,
 
“I used it all up, Eren....Look I'm still dirty... I can't even reach the
bottle....”
 
He pulled a look that had Eren tripping over his own self.....it's not fair
that this human did this to him... Scrubbing his face with his wet hand he comb
his hair back wetting his hair a little before he came closer to him.
 
Grabbing the bottle in a huff he went back to scrubbing the human male with his
own hands and Levi hum in contentment because Eren hands were so soft despite
the light scars on his palms or his hands. Levi peeked under hooded eyes as
Eren moved from one arm to another, the bubbles from the herbs making light
suds on his skin. Eren wore a look of concentration and it was cute how his
brow frowned and his eyes intense on focusing on a single task. Even his lips
were parted for him to see lightly of the nice little peek of the fang that was
conceal inside. Only when Eren hands moved down his chest did he saw a faint
reddish hues under his cheeks. He hid his smile, the boy was obviously curious
about his body even if he denied it. When the boy slightly sharp nail scrapped
his nipple light he let out a soft moan he thought the boy couldn't hear, but
the sound alerted him enough for Eren to look at him.
 
“Sorry, did I hurt you?”
 
Levi lifted his lid to stare at him and Eren sucked in a sharp breath, the
human eyes were no longer dull. In fact it was the first time he ever saw
something like that in a human eyes unless he was in a death fight with the
human blonde.
 
“No, quite the opposite actually...”
 
Eren felt a shiver run down his spine, Levi's eyes were silver....no...steel
blue....no...maybe both...whatever it was it impaled Eren to the spot.
Swallowing thickly he glance back down heart pounding as he moved Levi to sit
outside the hot spring for only a moment so he could wash his legs and feet his
hands gliding higher on Levi thigh that the human gave a soft groan that left
Eren embarrassed for some strange reason.. Washing him became a battle of will
and determination that left him utterly exhausted when he saw that organ
standing proudly at him. A husky laugh came from the raven male as Eren ducked
under water to care for his own self and ignore the same reaction that man was
displaying towards him.
 
“Have you never seen an erection before, Eren?”
 
Eren ignored him as he scrubbed as his shoulder and chest.
 
“What about masturbating?”
 
That caught Eren attention to look at him with confusion.
 
“What?”
 
Levi got his answer by just the look alone, but it only confirmed when he
question him.
 
“Masturbating, you know give yourself pleasure....a release.”
 
Eren slowed his fierce scrubbing to a soft rub.

“I don't understand what you mean by release or pleasure.”
 
He replied,was that a human thing or something? Levi motion him to come forward
and Eren stayed stubbornly where he was to scrub his own ass and legs.
 
“I'll show you, I'm a lot better at explaining it physically then words. I
think it'll benefit you better since you are the hands on kind of guy.”
 
The way Levi was looking at Eren should be a capital offense or something that
should be forbidden because Eren ducked neck deep into the water glaring.
 
“I'm not curious.”
 
Levi chuckled deeply,
 
“I think you are, don't you want to know how to get rid of that.”
 
He said motioning toward the area where they both have heat pooling at a center
point.
 
Eren narrowed his gaze placing both his hands in front of him in case the human
can see it under the foggy water.
 
“No...”
 
“Don't you know if you leave it unintended....it'll fall off..”
 
Levi replied as he casually lean to one side of his body, Eren actually looked
scared when he told him that.

“W-w-what do you mean....when you say...i-it...it'll fall off....”
 
He was stuttering and Levi found that so cute,
 
“It's exactly how it sounds and what your thinking. It'll fall off as in that
guy there won't be there when you wake up.”
 
Ahh, this was so funny...and the kid doesn't even know he's teasing him to a
degree.
 
Eren raised a soapy hand to his lip in worry, he glance down at his hips and
then back to the human.
 
“H-how?”
 
Levi sunk his claws into a naïve Eren and was reeling him in with a devilish
smile that made the boy tremble,
 
“Come here.”
 
                                      **
 
“M-mmph...”
 
“Tsk, relax your grip, Eren.”

“Nnn....ah...ahh...”
 
Levi shallowly pumped Eren sensitive flesh swiping his finger through the slit
pressing in on it. In turn Eren hands was wrapped around his own straining
erection at first he had been squeezing him to tightly, but now he eased his
death group to quickly pumping him, his other hand in between his teeth his
fang peeking out as he bit into his finger. After getting off himself in front
of Eren watchful gaze he was now including him in it, by physically
demonstrating it on him while Eren gets to try it hands on on him.
 
“Le...vee...”
 
His tone so husky it made the heat between his legs throb that much stronger
and Eren must have felt it because he dropped his hand to plant it behind him
his head tossed back and his back arching closer to Levi. A breathless silent
cry escaping his parted lips cheeks flushed a light sheen of sweat sleeking him
further. God the kid was beautiful and he groaned when Eren squeezed him yet
again.
 
“Now twist your wrist when you're going down to the base, it'll feel good.”
 
When he got a confused sound from him with his soft cries, he showed it to him
when he had him looking down.
 
“Yeah, like that...just like that, Eren that feels so good. What about you?”
 
He pinched the tip of Eren penis and Eren in turn rewarded him with a loud cry
that stung his ears and made his stomach clench painfully.
 
“Mnn....ahhh....ah....g-g-good.... ah...feel....ah f-feel....good..”
 
A light hiccup could be heard and Levi thought he was going to have heart
failure right then and there as he peered down into Eren tearful gaze, he was
just so weak against pleasure it did things to Levi's mind. When he wanted to
act on it however his sluggish body wouldn't move the way he wanted to do,
despite his body is heal it felt like the recovery time was going to be the
same if he had suffered from a mortal wound. Tsking in annoyance he tighten his
grip on Eren cock as if to punish him, but in truth he was showing him another
mean to a quicker release and Eren cried out at the sensation that floored him,
even as Levi other hand joined in on the action to cup and massage the soft sac
underneath.
 
Eren whose legs were on either side of Levis saddling him lean forward and bit
down on his shoulder hard whimpering at what he was doing. Levi grunted at the
feel of his teeth in his shoulder and groaned as he tried to lean back that was
useless, the kid teeth was in his skin.
 
“Eren, fuck...let go.....move your hands...”
 
The kid wordlessly removed his hand and Levi let both of their flesh be pressed
together and they both groaned loudly in union before Levi continue his
ministration with Eren moaning and whimpering in his ears huskily.
 
“Move, Eren just rock your hips. I can't do it. Believe me I want to be the one
to move you...”
 
Eren pulled back long enough to look him in the eyes and slowly he moved back
and thrust forward blushing hard at what he just did. It was embarrassing for
Eren, but when he started to move he couldn't stop. He rocked his hip and
seeing Levi flush expression was enough to spur him on at the moment.
 
“Keep thrusting, just like that....there's no need to rush...”
 
Eren nodded his head to say he understood, but it still didn't stop him from
feeling the way he did. Was this really going to prevent that from falling off?
Eren doesn't dislike it, in fact he liked it a lot it gave him some sort of
feeling he never experienced before. Like there was a fire of liquid pooling in
his belly rushing low making some fierce tension in his lower body.
 
It was getting unbearable by the second as he shallowly hump on top of the
human, and Levi was taking it into stride when he lowered his head and flicked
his tongue on soft flat nipple which he pulled between his teeth and with a
slight bite to pinch that flat nipple had the boy on top of him yelp in
pleasure. If he bit a little rougher he would catch specks of gold in Eren eyes
as something came undone. It shocked Levi when he pulled back to see a pair of
wolf ears emerged from his head pointing upward and quivering as it laid back
when its transparency faded away into a more solid substance. With his free
hand down Eren's back he could feel the soft yet heavy tail that was thick with
water that weighted it down heavily on his knee and caressing his leg. The
light tremor of his tail was proving to be a bit of a distraction, but not as
much as having Eren claws on either side of his shoulder clinging desperately.
He grimace at the sharp pain on his shoulder and gave it a careless glance to
see their was a bit of red mixed in with the transparent droplet. Those were
going to leave a mark and it was a done deal when Eren lean back crying out
loudly his grip in his skin had either loosen or lost traction because those
small scratches turned into a long angry red mark to the front of him. Annoyed
that it stung and irritated him, Levi lean forward to bite roughly at the side
of Eren neck deeming it was a fair trade to leave his own set of mark. This
action only set Eren off more because he came undone with a boneless heap that
Levi had to force his limps to pull Eren back into him and not under water for
him to choke on with his mouth open and panting his name in a silent chant.
 
Levi smiled placing a kiss on the top of Eren crown head, the long chocolate
strands wet and slightly wavy matching Levi own state of hair that was in
disarray from their activity. It was the perfect way for his normally neat hair
to be fucked up by Erens fingers that had been embedded in his locks from
earlier exploration.
The two of them were exhausted, Eren by his first time of ever actually having
a sexual release while Levi was due to his body condition of still in a healing
state. Again just because the wounds were no more, the recovery time to be in
tip top shape is proven to take a lot longer to catch up with his healed body.
They stay glued together, Levi breathing through his nose with his eyes closed
while as Eren panted shallowly with his mouth open, his wolf ear pressed to
Levi chest hearing the fast steady beat of his heart pumping. His body still
quivering from the after effect of his release, it was the first time he felt
that white hot lightening had course through his body leaving him powerless and
defenseless. He just felt like a sac of meat or lightly scatter bones from how
limp he was. Whimpering he tucked his tail around him pressing lightly to his
stomach that obviously tremble at the contact. Another softer sound escape his
parted lips as his gold speck teal hues closed behind brown lashes. The only
thing that tickle his senses were the smell of Levi and herbs mixing with his
own and the flow of water and Levi heartbeat beating against his ears. Every
now and then there would be the sound of the wind rustling some trees.
 
That alone made Eren doze off lightly into an exhausted sleep.
 
                                      ***
Eren you smell strange.
 
Eren glanced at Moru who repeated pressed his nose into Eren's belly sniffing
him like he was being reacquainted with a new stench he never smelled before.
Eren hid the blush by sheer force of will as he silently glared at a slab of
meat on his bed.
 
“I do not, I took a bath.”
 
You do smell strange...did you get marked on?
 
“No one peed on me.”
 
Was the boy response as he pushed the giant head off his belly,
 
You smell funny though.
 
“You're probably smelling the human then, no one marked me.”
 
He replied getting irritated as Yustafa pressed his nose on his ass sniffing
him.
 
It's not a bad stench.
 
Yustafa said as he sniffed Eren ass yet again.
 
“Will you two cut it out, stop sniffing me”
 
He snapped as he moved to get away from the two wolves that was encasing him in
with their body in some sort of circle.
 
Silence, if you get a new stench we need to know in order to track you. You
sniff us all the time. I don't see a problem with getting to know each other.
 
“Don't tell me to be quiet, I've hardly ever sniff you guys.”
 
The two wolves looked up to him, their tongue lolling out of their mouth.
 
Do you want to sniff my butt?
 
Moru asked as he turned his back side to Eren with a wolfish grin on his mouth,
Eren glared at him.
 
“I don't want to smell your butt, stupid.”
 
Yustafa had charged underneath Eren clothes to smell directly at his ass that
Eren yelp and scamper away.
 
“Cut it out, Yustafa! I don't smell all that different! What is with you guys?”
 
Eren demanded as he used his hands to cover his ass.
 
Maybe he's going into heat, brother.
 
Maybe...He's at the age to go into heat....
 
“Eh? What are you talking?”
 
He demanded, Levi stirred lightly rousing from his sleep with the constant
bickering he hears in the background. He wasn't sure how he had fallen asleep
or had gotten back to the cave, but it was clear he wasn't all to happy to
waking up to a brat shouting. He turned his stormy hues to the scene that was
on his left.
 
Heat, you know mating season. You're a bit late to be starting now.
 
Yeah your scent is so much thicker then before.
 
Levi narrowed his eyes on the conversation he woken up too, he looked at the
boy flushing face.
 
“I....I'm not....I don't go into....into heat...I don't want to mate, there's
no one-”
 
I wonder if brother is going to have pups soon...
 
Ohh, that would make me an uncle,
 
Moru replied as he looked at his older brother.
 
“I'm not having any puppies, there's no one to mate with and and-”
 
It's possible for your body to have pups, Eren. The only problem is...
 
There's no wolf to mate with you...poor Eren.
 
“Shut up, you two beside mother are the only wolves in this forest and I don't
plan on leaving to go in search for another. No way. Over my dead body. Ugh.
Drop it, just drop it.”
 
He growled as he glanced over to the human male who was shockingly enough awake
and staring at him, he stumble back bumping into Moru.
 
Ow, watch it, what if you step on my tail huh.
 
“Shut up, that tail needs straightening anyway.”
 
The boy huffed as he left the cave for some much needed air, the way the human
had looked at him stir that feeling from before and it made him a bit weak in
the legs to see his eyes trained on him. He never felt like a prey before, but
when that human stare at him unblinkingly it made him felt like a harmless
rabbit then a wolf predator.
 
Moru growled lightly and snapped at Eren heels which the boy ignored in favor
to going outside, Yustafa turned to look at the human staring after his human
brother.
 
Looks who decided to wake up...
 
Moru shifted his head to look at the piece of filth on their human bed,
 
Oh lookie, and here I thought he was dead.
 
A pity we can't eat him....
 
He'll probably taste bad being all chewy and tough like...
 
Levi glared at them both,
 
“Try it, you'll be a bunch of toothless wolves.”
 
Oh, a feisty human.
 
It's been a while since we ate one of those.
 
He looks like he can put up a fight, it makes my blood boil.
 
Moru finished after his brother as they stalked over to the bed circling the
human, they were baring their teeth until they heard Eren from outside.
 
“Cut it out you two, that slab of dead weight is in my care. Mother wants to
speak to him.”
 
Upon hearing that they growled lowly,
 
Lucky human...
 
He's been saved..
 
Levi icy stare leveled on the larger one first before he glanced at the other
with the same chill he muster so easily. They both bared their teeth at him
before moving away from him, even if they did bit him, Eren would more then
likely beat their asses for disobeying him.
 
Night came and Levi found himself sleeping again, the pain that his curse made
discomfort him that he broke out in a cold sweat despite the fur that Eren must
have placed on top of him to keep him warm. He groan and even grunted a little
as he finally awaken from his slumber. The cave itself was dark, but the moon
shown brightly to illuminate the darkness within. Levi turned his head to find
that Eren was curled up beside him, his white fur from before draped over him,
he was sleeping so soundlessly that Levi smiled a little brushing some of the
fallen strands from his face without waking him. The kid was even beautiful
when he was sleeping. Levi pushed aside the fur blanket as he sat up right with
little to no difficulty. Standing however was a little hard as he sway on his
feet cradling his arm, but once he gain his proper balance he slowly made his
way outside of the cave where Eren had gone through that wasn't the entrance of
the cave.
 
Standing outside he looked up to the crescent moon slowly he gazes down to the
magnificent view from below.
 
“You know....you could always jump boy...”
 
Moro told him as she watched the human from on top of the cave cliff, she had
heard him grunting and moving in his sleep. She was well aware when the human
had fully awaken that she waited for him to venture out.
 
“And it all.”
 
Levi then turned, tilting his head back to see the large wolf from that day at
the creak.
 
“As soon as your strength return the mark will spread and destroy you.”
 
“It makes me feel that I have been asleep for weeks...I had a dream that Eren
had been by my side nursing me.”
 
He mused as he turned his head back to the forest beneath him.
 
“I was hoping you would cry out in your sleep. Then I would have bitten your
head to silence you.”
 
“It's a beautiful forest. Is Akoto and the boars on the move yet?”

He asked as he returned his gaze at the she wolf.
 
“Yes, the boars are marching. The trees cries out as they die. But you can not
hear them. I lie here, I listen to the pain of this forest, I feel the ache of
the bullet in my chest. And I dream of the day I would finally crunch that damn
man head in my jaws.”
 
“Does Eren hear it too? Moro why can't the humans and the forest live together.
Why can't we stop this useless fighting now.”
 
“Yes, he hears it too for he is I. The humans are gathering for the final
battle the flames of their guns will burn us all.”
 
“And what will happen to Eren? What is your plan to let him die with you?”
 
“Typical. Selfish. You think like a human. Eren is my son. He is of the wolf
tribe. When the forest die so does he.”
 
“You must set him free he is not a wolf he is human.”
 
“Silence boy! How dare you talk to a god like that. I caught his foster parents
killing his parents stealing their baby and took him as their own shortly after
I caught them defiling my forest and so they threw their stolen baby at my feet
injuring him. Instead of killing him, I kept him and raised him as my own. My
poor ugly, yet beautiful child is neither human nor wolf. How could you help
him?”
 
Levi thought back at the scar on Eren side that was a deeper shade darker than
his tan skin, it was ugly and wicked long. It must be the injury Moro was
talking, but how did she kept a injured baby from dying and what was with those
wolf ear and tail. She was right he was neither human nor wolf...
 
“I don't know.”
 
He replied, he didn't know how to help him.
 
“But, I would like to think we would find a way to live.”
 
The wolf god laughed at him openingly finding a dark humor to his answer.
Typical human. He has grown a weak spot for her child, she could tell that from
their mingling stench. Her jaws were wide and Levi could see all of her sharp
teeth glaring down at him.
 
“How? Will you join forces with Eren and fight the humans?”
 
“If that is my only choice to be with him then yes, but I don't think that is
the answer. So No. It would only bring more hatred and he and I will not be
able to live in peace if the war continues to rage between us.”
 
She huffed lightly her fangs still bared,
 
“There is nothing you can do boy. Soon the demon mark will spread and kill you.
Now leave this place at sunrise. Return and I shall kill you.”
 
Levi locked eyes with her in a silent battle, Moro can see this human would not
back down so easily...but she could not hand over a child to a man or beast who
could not protect him wholeheartedly.
 
Levi turned to her and walked back inside without another word and she returned
her gaze back to the forest. Once inside he sat down on the pallet of straws
that were covered with fur he pulled his legs in to sit cross legged as he
mulled over the conversation he had with Moro and about Eren and the war that
was taking place sooner then he would like. He felt better at less he could
move.
 
“You feeling alright?”
 
The voice of Eren jolted him out of his thought that he turned to him with a
small smile on his lip.
 
“I'm fine thanks to you and the forest spirit.”
 
“Are you cold?”
 
He asked, Levi stared at him and for a second he would have replied no, but
instead he just nodded his head. Eren got up then and moved over closer to him,
Eren had to push Levi to lie back down before he grabbed the furry blanket and
draped it over both of them as Eren snuggled up to his side using his body heat
to warm him that was normally high.
 
“Better?”
 
He asked, Levi nodded silently.
 
“Good....now sleep...”
 
He whisper and the boy fallen asleep without a second thought, Levi stood awake
for a moment while longer looking at his face. Memorizing it to his
memory....he didn't notice that the two wolves moved as well to be pressed
against Eren side, he was too captivated by his earthly beauty to pay them no
mind.
 
Eren.
 
Shortly after darkness claimed him too he had until sunrise to leave not until
his strength return. It was a good thing he was at less getting stronger. Eren
was the last thought that came to his mind as he slept soundlessly. Peacefully.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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