In the cell, Eren was still staring at himself in the mirror. "Fight! Fight!" He narrowed his eyes and repeated that word over and over again until a voice cut him off. It was Hange, who was standing in front of his cell. "What are you doing?"

Eren looked away from the mirror and eyed her from the corner of his eyes, his eyebrows furrowed. "Were you just saying 'Fight, Fight,' to the mirror just now?" She asked, raising an eyebrow while Eren stared at her before he looked back at his reflection. "Hey, you said, 'Fight, Fight,' didn't you?" She continued while Eren remained silent.

"By 'Fight, Fight,' what are you saying?" Hange asked. "If you're saying, 'Fight, Fight,' does that mean there are two fights?"

Eren's eyebrow twitched in annoyance but he kept quiet. Hange stared at him and when she got no response, she started talking again. "Keeping quiet isn't helping. Normally, people don't talk to themselves like that." She furrowed her brows, frowned, and looked over at the mirror. "I know I've never talked to myself in the mirror before."

She turned her head back to Eren. "By the way, I find that hairstyle looks good on you." A small smile was on her face as she talked. She pretended to mess with her hair. "It looks unkempt, but it's as if you tried your best to make it look that way."

"What are you here for?!" Eren suddenly yelled at her, annoyance clearly laced in his voice. Hange flinched slightly at the sudden outburst. Her hands fell down at her side as she answered him.

" 'What', you ask? Well, I'm here to talk. We spent all night talking about Titans the first time we met, didn't we? You stayed quiet and listened to my story. I always knew. That you wouldn't sacrifice Historia."

Eren said, "Then what about you? Are you willing to sacrifice the queen or the Premier?"

Hange flinched as she asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Eren said, "I've got intel that Premier Zachary was planning another uprising, together with the Garrison and the Military Police. I want to know, whose side are you on?"

This caused her to be surprised, she asked, "Was that what you saw in the future memories?"

"At first, I refused to believe it, but then one of my followers gave me this letter, it was from Queen Historia." Eren said while holding the letters. "They were also trying to arrest all the Anti-Marleyan Volunteers, even though they weren't doing anything wrong to us. So tell me, what side are you on?"

Hange stayed silent as she tried to progress what Eren had said.

(Flashback)

2 years ago, The port on Paradis Island was finally finished. The Scouts were standing in front of the Marleyans, who wore black suits and the Scouts wore their green jackets. Yelena looked at Eren and smiled at him. "Eren, I haven't seen you since you lifted our ship a whole year ago." She held her right arm out. "I'm honored to work with you."

Levi narrowed his eyes at her and made his way to Eren and stood in front of him while Hange and Mikasa stood by him. "No, you won't be working together." Levi stated and putting his arm out and held the left arm up as Eren looked down at him. "You're lucky enough to see his face."

Yelena's smile didn't fade as she let her arm fall to her side. "Plenty enough for me." She turned to her right, took a few steps, and held her arms out as her smile brightened. "Today will be a joyous day. The port is complete and we're welcoming our first outside visitor. From Paradis island's sole friendly nation. Hizuru - Special Envoy, Kiyomi Azumabito."

There was a ship, making its way to the port of the island as the woman, Kiyomi, stood there as her hair flew in the wind.

They went within the walls and into a military building. Three Military Police officers were in the room while Levi, Hange, and Historia stood behind Mikasa and Eren. They stared at the back of Kiyomi as the woman grabbed something that looked like a cloak from a box and turned to Eren and Mikasa.

Kiyomi's arm slid down to reveal the three-sword crest. "Do you recognize this crest?"

Mikasa held quickly held onto her left wrist and brought it close to her chest. "That's..."

Eren looked at her. "Show it, Mikasa."

She looked at him with a sweat on her face, slightly nervous. "But my mom said to keep it a secret."

"You showed it to me when we were little. It's a secret meant for today."

She only looked at him, trying to send him a hint that she didn't want to, but Eren didn't seem to catch that. "Go on."

She looked away, down at her wrist before she began to remove the bandages. She held her wrist up and showed it to Kiyomi, who gasped at the sight. On her wrist was the crest as she began to explain it to them. "Before she died, this symbol was passed down to me from my mother. She said I should pass it on to my child."

Kiyomi walked over to her and placed her hands on Mikasa's shoulders while she hunched over. "What an admirable deed! Over a century ago, the shogun we Azumabitos descended from had a son. He was on friendly terms with King Fritz and often came to Paradis." She explained to her. "After the Great Titan War, Hizuru was defeated and in disarray. In the confusion, a child of the shogunate was left behind on the island." 

She had tears in her eyes as she looked up at Mikasa. "You're the lost descendant of our nation's ruler! You're the hope of Hizuru!"

Mikasa stayed silent as she stared at Kiyomi.

The higher-ups of every regiment were now outside of the room as they took a break from the meeting. The four Garrison's started murmuring together.

"First of all, I still don't get what a 'nation' is, to begin with." "Anyway, if we can exploit Hizuru, we must do whatever we can." "What if this is a trap?"

"I suppose we should ask Yelena's opinion about this." One Garrison said as inside the room Kiyomi and two Azumabitos were sitting at a table while Yelena and the Marleyans stood behind them. The Garrison's stared at the closed doors with crossed arms or hands on their hips until a blonde spoke up.

"No! That would be exactly what they want!" He shrieked. They stared at each other until a voice interrupted them.

"One thing is for certain:" They turned around and saw Commander Pixis standing there. behind him were Hange and Levi, who looked at him while he spoke. "The sea has joined us to the world, but we're still just a child learning to walk." He walked up to the door. "We should sit quiet and hear what others have to say."

Mikasa looked after them as Historia approached her and looked up at her. "Hey, why'd you only show that mark to Eren?"

"Eh?" She looked down at her.

"You've never taken off your wrist wrap for anyone." Historia said smiling.

Mikasa held her wrist and looked away while she stuttered. "Well, that's..."

Eren walked up to them. "You seem happy." He said to Historia, who turned to look at him.

"I am!" She answered. She went closer to Mikasa's face. "We were both born with a heavy burden to bear! There's nobody else I'd rather rely on!"

Mikasa's eyes widened at her as she blushed at her words. Historia grinned at her while she also had a light blush on her face. Eren smiled at them while Hange stood in the background waiting for them.

They sat together at different tables. Hange, Mikasa, Eren, and a few other higher-ups from other regiments sat in front of Kiyomi and Historia sat at the head of the table. The others sat at other tables behind them. They all had paper laying in front of them.

"It's a historic day for both our nations." Kiyomi exclaimed. "Today is only possible thanks to the one who brought us together, Zeke Yeager. After meeting with him in secret, we agreed to an arrangement under the condition we were able to meet Lady Mikasa."

Zeke and Kiyomi sat in a dark, her guards standing behind her. "First, please take a look at this." He held up the ODM gear, he stole from Mike.

Kiyomi's eyes widened at that. "This is...?"

Huh? This is top-secret in Marley, but you recognize it?" Zeke was surprised. "This ODM gear is an anti-Titan weapon made in Paradis. I procured this on my own, so don't worry. Consider it a gift." He held it up to her. "However, to make this work, it needs a special fuel."

Kiyomi exchanged a short look with one of her guards behind her and he walked over to Zeke while he continued to speak. "They called it Iceburst Stone." He gave it to the guard and continued. "It's a unique underground resource mined only on Paradis. There should be traces of it inside the weapon."

"Zeke Yeager said if we cooperate with him, our nation may just helm an industry that restores it to its former glory." Kiyomi titled her head. "And yet, he hasn't even prospected your reserves. But a resource like that in this age of modernization would be worth its weight in jewels and treasure. She licked her lips while Mikasa stared at her with a dark look.

Mikasa's face darkened, 'I'm being used as a pretext?'

'Yelena said the talks would go well since the Azumabitos are money grubbers.' Hange thought.

'After all, it's not worth the risk of coming here unless money is involved.' Pixis thought as he narrowed his eyes.

"And? What exactly is the arrangement you have with Zeke Yeager?" Historia asked her.

Kiyomi turned her head to her. "As you know, Zeke Yeager has a secret plan in mind. To achieve it, Hizuru's cooperation is needed."

The papers on the table were shown and she said, here are his three points to protect Paradis from the rumbling."

"First is the test run of the Rumbling- to release a sample of its power and show the world its devastation. Next is Hizuru's cooperation. Your military must be strengthened until the use of the rumbling isn't necessary. And lastly, the Founding Titan and a Titan with Royal blood must be passed down. That's the third point. 

Eren glared at the paper as she said this. His teeth were clenched together as Mikasa's eyes were wide while Kiyomi continued. "Since Zeke's time is almost up, he will pass on the Beast Titan to someone in Paradis and that person has to spend 13 years to bear as many children as possible."

Everyone in the room had wide eyes in shock. Hange had her eyebrows furrowed together while she stared at the paper. 'No matter how developed other weapons might be, the Rumbling will remain a powerful weapon. If we can't let it go, the inheritance will continue for generations.'

A chained Historia was shown, and in front of her was a pure Titan about to eat her. 'Is it right for us to push this problem on our descendants to save ourselves now?' Hange looked at Historia, who sat there with closed eyes. 'Of course not. But...'

Historia says, "Very well. I agree to inherit the Beast Titan. As long as the Rumbling is necessary for our continued existence."

Kiyomi's eyes widened and she looked away with a sad look. The others had the same look on their faces. Mikasa looked around and then at Historia. "Historia..." she whispered but got cut off by Eren, who suddenly stood up and placed his hands on the table. He glared at the table while he spoke.

"After years of getting trampled on, now we've gotta breed like livestock? If that's the price of getting to live, Zeke Yeager can take his damn plan and shove it!" Eren said, which causes both Historia and Mikasa to look at him. "It's too dangerous to gamble on having the rumbling. We need to spend our time exploring what other options are available to us."

Historia had tears in her eyes at his words.

(Flashback Ends)

Here is a new chapter, and nothing much changed in this chapter except for what Eren wanted Hange to choose. I hope you like this chaper.