AN: I'm back! I'm so sorry for the delay in updates, I haven't abandoned this story or anything, but schoolwork's been a bitch this year! Anyway, it's time for another flashback chapter, this time from Levi's perspective! *Children cheering in the background*

Disclaimer: Don't own.

Levi was annoyed.

'It was bad enough that Erwin has to go observe the brat from the other universe train every three weeks, but why did he have to send me instead? Okay, so maybe he has an important meeting with those dicks in the military police, but really, the brat's hardly my responsibility. ' he thought to himself as he scanned the crowd of young cadets for the spitfire blonde. He finally found her laughing with some of the other recruits. She seemed to be telling a crazy story to a pompous looking teen with grayish brown hair and a sign taped to his back that read, I am a horse, neigh neigh mother fucker!

"And that's how I got a lifetime ban from the Philadelphia zoo, and a lifetime debt from the leader of an international cyberterrorist group!" She concluded grandly.

"What's a Cyberterrorist?" Asked a freckled youth, looking confused.

"Ross!" Shouted Shadis from the front. "Because I hate you, you're going to go first on the 3DMG testers."

She did an odd salute by holding her hand up to her forehead. "Sir, yes sir! The feeling is mutual sir!" she shouted back. She swaggered up to the gear, a cocky smirk on her face, and strapped herself in. As the 3DMG tester slowly lifted the impish woman of the ground, her smirk grew strained. Levi could see that she had a natural sense of balance on the machinery, her smirk twitched into a small grin. She leaned forward a touch, (small enough that if Levi hadn't been watching closely he would have missed it completely, but big enough that it had to be intentional), and flipped upside down.

"Ross! Quit fooling around and correct yourself!" Shadis barked. She made a futile attempt to adjust herself my pin wheeling her arms and kicking her legs, then shrugged in defeat. Levi snorted and made his way to the front of the crowd of grinning recruits. He heard whispers race through the exited group.

"That's Captain Levi!"

"What's he doing here?"

"Humanity's Strongest!"

"Is he wearing a cravat?"

He came to a halt in front of Shadis.

"Captain Levi, can I assume you have something to add to my assessment of this cadet's shit performance." He growled.

"Really Shadis were you expecting me to do-" She cut off with a gasp. "You!" she thrust a finger at him. "You're the cranky midget that ruined my escape attempt and gave me that shiner!"

He pointedly ignored her angry flailing.

"Brat, your commanding officer has given you an order. Adjust yourself."

She scowled at him and crossed her arms, the effect of which was slightly ruined by the fact that her face was going red from hanging upside down for such a long period of time.

"I would if I could, but I can't so I shan't" she said icily.

"Tch, you and I both know that that's a fucking lie. Adjust yourself." She glared at him.

"No."

He sighed internally and unsheathed one of his swords. Alarm flashed over her face for an instant before she could school her features into a neutral expression.

"Well someone's compensating for- JESUS CHRIST!" she yelled as he swung his sword at her head. Acting purely on instinct, she swung into an upright position.

"ARE YOU FUCKING INSANE!" she shouted, staring at him wide eyed.

"Tch, If you had just done that in the first place I wouldn't have had to go to such extreme measures." He said, turning away.

She seemed to notice for the first time that she was upright.

"WHY YOU-"

"As much as it pains me to say this," Shadis cut in. "Ross, you pass."

She stared at him sputtering, as Levi pushed back through the crowd of shocked cadets.

"But I… You… Why I outta… Fucking… YOU LITTLE SHIT!" She called after him. He sighed internally again. 'This brat had better not choose the survey corps.'

AN: I'll try to get another chapter up before break's over, if not, then I'll be posting some time in spring.