Oh no...I'm not good at lying!....er....er... Takahisa thought in a panic, not knowing on what to say. All he did say was: "I don't...actually know."

---

Kaika got back to her usual hiding spot near the HQ, settling behind the thick bushes. I have not much to do until an opening comes up, and I can see if he really is the "key" to the relic for this world... Kaika thought to herself as she used her "sixth sense" to see the location of all of the people in this area.

Armin looked him over carefully. "Are you from the East region of St.Maria? In Trost?" he asked.

---

Eren allowed Marco to sit and talk with him. Eren told him about the visions and Marco kindly listened, processing what he was telling him.

"...I don't recognize those places...either," Takahisa sighed as he held his head as if he were thinking. At this point, he was trying to put the impression that he had amnesia, but it may not work as he had already given his name.

---

Can't really do much to directly fetch him over...there's someone with him, not to mention that it's heavily guarded here....wait a minute, yeah, that's Takahisa's soul I'm feeling. I thought this was a stealth mission, then why send the young on here?...actually, I think I can start up some kind of distraction...but I have to make sure I do this right, or I'm pretty much boned... Kaika thought as she quietly went through her weapons arsenal. It was all here, her hidden blade/gun, her customized katana, dual pistols, and her Spirit Shard.

Armin smiled and set a hand on Takahisa's forehead gently. "Sasha told me about your fall. Must've hit your head pretty hard, poor thing." he said.

---

Marco and Eren had began to walk, walking down to the gates and sitting out on one of the rocks.

"...that would explain why...my head sorta hurts..." Takahisa says, commenting on the fall. Well, at least this was believable.

---

Alright, distraction time, hopefully this goes as I hope it would, or else I would potentially screw myself over... Kaika thought as she silently generated an energy blade and sent it to cut right through one of the large trees in the area. Once it cut clean through, the blade disappeared from sight, and Kaika immediately went into the Spiritual plane to remain unseen. It was a tree so close to the HQ, it would had just fell over the base. However, Kaika did make sure she wouldn't actually kill anyone, since this was supposed to be a distraction after all. While still invisible, Kaika kept her eye on Eren, standing near him as she waited for the right moment to drag him into the Spiritual plane.

Marco stood andran over, telling Eren to stay there.

Eren sat, watching. He was still utterly confused.

---

Armin laughed softly. "Are you hungry? Lunch is just being served in the mess hall if you are..."

Gotcha... Kaika thought to herself, letting herself become visible for a split second, grabbing Eren's arm and then sending the both of them into the Spiritual Plane. "I'm going to take a guess and say you've had some...visions already," Kaika says once they were invisible and unseen by anyone, but she still kept the mask to cover her mouth and the hood to cover her head and partially her eyes. Though, the only feature she couldn't really hide was a few strands of her brown hair.

---

"Oh...sure...I'm not sure when was the last time I ate...." Takahisa nodded, feeling his stomach grumble. In the Spiritual World, he never had the senses to eat or sleep, but since arriving here, those sensations of hunger were coming back once again.

Eren looked around. "Who are you?" he asked, backing up a little.

---

Armin smiled. "follow me...." he said, motioning towards the next hall as he walked.

"My name. Sorry, but I don't really give out my name until I really trust you with it. I guess for now, you can just call me the Violet Assassin...or at least that's what I'm usually called when it came to these things," Kaika said with a shrug. She carefully walked towards him. "Well, it just came to my attention that you and I share something in common...I can see that weird mark on your neck. Apparently, I have that same mark on my hip. I'm not going to disclose too much info, but I do know that you're necessary for what I'm looking for. It's simple, come with me for a bit, get my job done, and I'll safely escort you back here. Usually I get tasks and bounties with just the goal to kill, but I don't really have a reason to harm you. That, I can swear on," Kaika further explained, showing that she had no intent to really hurt anyone. Though, maybe using her "assassin" name and role wasn't the best idea to start an encounter, especially to someone that had witnessed a bit of her strange spiritual powers already.

---

Takahisa followed Armin happily, though it did made him wonder just what Kaika was doing at the moment.

Eren tilted his head. "What do you need me for?"

---

Armin opened the door to reveal many soldiers sitting at different tables. The tactician led the young boy to the food line, handing him some bread, some meat, and some fruit. "Sorry the food's not what you're probably used to, but it's what we get after being out here for almost three years."

"Whatever I'm supposed to find, you just happen to be the 'key' to it," Kaika said, not trying to reveal too much information to him. Without anything to say, she began to walk in a random direction, and Eren had no choice but to follow as he was trapped in the Spiritual Plane with her and Kaika was the only one that could send them back into the real world.

---

"I'm alright with this, so don't worry," Takahisa said as he sat down and settled his bag on the floor before eating.

Eren followed her silently.

---

Armin sat down next to the boy, beginning to eat as well.

Mikasa came over and sat across from them. "Hey, Armin."

Jean suddenly butted in. "Well look who's playing 'Daddy'." he teased, hinting towards the fact that Armin was keeping close to Takahisa.

Armin smiled shyly. "Well, he needs someone to keep him from running into the wrong person, and knowing you, Jean, it wouldn't have been you to do the right thing."

Jean rolled his eyes and sat down next to Mikasa.

After a while of walking, both Kaika and Eren were sent back into the real world, but since they were so far from the HQ by now, no one would see them. However, Kaika's cell phone still had reception due to some enchantment, so the phone just happened to receive a call as her ringtone could be heard. "Goddammit..." Kaika silently cursed as she took out her phone and answered the call,"What is it this time?...I'm already on it, geez...like I need you reminding me more than 2 times a day...I'll be back soon." With that said, Kaika hung up the call, and put her phone away. Hopefully her ringtone wasn't that loud to get any unwanted attention.

---

Takahisa couldn't help but laugh a bit at the exchange between Armin and Jean. Yet, he immediately responded to the sound of his bag falling over, some of it's contents tumbling out of the bag. That included some of the jars filled with the strange medical mixtures (which weren't damaged from falling onto the ground), and more importantly, a strange green crystal with a dim light at it's center. Not wanting the others to see, Takahisa tries to put the items back into his bag before anyone would see.

Armin looked over at Takahisa. "Is everything alright?"

Jean chuckled.

Mikasa smacked Jean in the back of the head.

---

Eren tilted his head. "What is that device?"

"Y-Yeah...I'm fine," Takahisa reassured them as he managed to get everything back into the bag without crushing anything, and closing the bag with a fastened tie so it wouldn't open a second time. He sounded a bit too nervous, as he almost literally spilled his secrets that were in that bag.

---

"Nothing you would understand the first time," Kaika says with a sarcastic tone. It was obvious that this world did not have the technology she possessed.

Armin smiled slightly. "Okay."

---

Eren shrugged. "Oh well."

After that, Takahisa was a bit silent as he finished his food. Man...that was really close...I thought I really messed up there...it's a good thing that they don't seem to mind... Takahisa thought in relief.

---

Kaika only continued walking, though, she began to notice something was off... She could detect an incoming soul...but it also had a big presence.

(cue the Female Titan!)

Eren followed her, but froze when he felt the vibrations in the ground. "She's coming..."

---

Annie (in her titan form) walked through the trees, knocking some over in the process.

---

Armin and the others began speaking about the next mission and about who they could take along.

Eren followed her, but froze when he felt the vibrations in the ground. "She's coming..."

---

Annie (in her titan form) walked through the trees, knocking some over in the process.

---

Armin and the others began speaking about the next mission and about who they could take along.

"And who would that be?" Kaika blinked at him, for once not knowing he meant. Sure, maybe it was a Titan nearby, but from Eren's reaction, this wasn't going to be easy.

---

Takahisa didn't really say anything as he was still shaky and nervous from earlier, but heard a bit of their discussion on their next mission.