Hello everyone, DRAGONfromheaven coming with a new story and some might be surprised as it's an Attack on Titan story as I've decided to pick it back up and watch the anime and read the manga which is awesome by the way. To everyone asking if I will continue American Kitsune, kitsune of the park, A king yes they will be continued do not worry as I love them too much to give up on them. I don't want to spoil too much but I will tell you the final pairing will be Naruto x Ymir with a juicy twist.

Also small tidbit all the characters will be aged up accordingly to avoid a couple awkward things I would be uncomfortable with writing. Also as far as description for characters go I'll only be really describing Naruto as everyone else should be familiar.

Also huge thanks to AizenTheGoat who's helping me not only write this story but also providing me ideas, anyway with that out the way let's get on with the story.

"Hello" = talking

"I'll kill them all" = thinking

"TITANS" = yelling

"Die" = Dark voice/distorted voice

Disclaimer: I don't own either anime/manga

Humanities salvation

Chapter 1: where it all began

Eldians, better known as subjects of Ymir were once on top of the food chain so to speak. They had the power to transform into either mindless titans or if blessed enough to become one of the nine, the nine titans were beings with strong abilities each with their own unique traits depending on the current user.

The beast titan with his incredible accuracy, Jaw titan with its deadly bite that could tear through even hardened titan skin, the female titan with the best hardening abilities and maneuverability, armored titan who in every sense of the word was a tank, colossal who was used for fast and decisive battles due to its destructive capabilities, the cart that was used for munitions and warfare, and finally the warhammer titan that was able to use its hardening abilities to form any weapons it needed.

Unfortunately one of the most important titans, the attack titan was lost to history while the founding titan was in the possession of the eldian royal family. The eldians were thought untouchable until, like all good things that came to an end, they were finally brought down though not in the way everyone has been led to believe.

At one point in time the Eldians had conquered most of the world. Afterwards the nine families who possessed a titan began growing resentful of one another. This led to what was dubbed as 'the great titan war'. After years of bloodshed and a Marleyan hero turning the tides of the war, Marley was able to get 7 of the 9 titans in their possession. King Fritz took as many eldians as he could to paradise island and used the power of the founding titan to create three giant walls created from hardened Colossal titans. Unknown to all but a few select people, King Fritz gave an ultimatum to enforce peace between the Eldians and the Marleyans. Any further act of war against Eldia would result in the releasing of the titans within the walls against the rest of the world.

The ones who were left behind suffered fates worse than death as they were abused and treated worse than garbage. The men were forced in back breaking labor and military service, women were taken against their will and children were brought up to believe their own kind were devils and that they should be grateful for the marleyians kindness.

Since eldian people were the only ones capable of turning into titans the marleyian people raised children to be their perfect weapons and make them think it's an honour to become a warrior, inherit the titans and serve marley to their dying breath. They were incentivised to do so by being told that becoming a warrior would ensure your family became 'honorary Marleyans'.

Though some of them were not as blind to the cruelty they were forced through and decided they didn't want to be their lapdogs at their beck and call. This is the story of a man who went on to change the world forever.

-Warrior Selection-

Currently inside a decently sized room there were seven teenagers of various sizes and descriptions who were all silently talking or quietly standing. These were the warriors who went above and beyond and were chosen to hopefully become a titan user, unfortunately two of them wouldn't be receiving one because of the uneven number.

First was a rather tall, ashy blond, he had a relatively well built upper body and unwavering loyalty to marley. Most in the room, bar one, were certain he wouldn't be chosen. The young man's name is Reiner Braun.

Beside him was a much taller black haired youth, unlike the person beside him he was skinny and lanky who was also loyal but not to the same degree as his best friend, he was hoping to every deity that his best friend would become a warrior alongside him, but the chances were slim. The tall young man's name was Bertoldt Hoover.

Off to the side, away from everyone else was a decently sized woman who had her arms crossed and a neutral look on her face, she had long blond hair whose hair was done up in a neat bun with her bangs hanging down, bored blue eyes scanning the room. This womans name was Annie Leonhart

In another part of the room were two other young men who had a striking resemblance to each other. One had two tone black and blond hair, with the blond section slicked back and the black part cut short on the sides. The other boy who looked only slightly older than the other had longer dark brown hair that was also slightly combed back. These boys were Porco and Marcel Galliard.

The last two were seated together on the only couch in the room. Well, one was seated and the other was sprawled out over it and the legs of the other occupant. The one occupying most of the space was a young woman with long black hair that she let flow freely. Her eyes looked tired even though she was basically laying down. Her top half was resting on the knees of the final occupant of the room while her bottom half was slightly in the air, unknowingly drawing the eyes of the other males in the room. The woman's name is Pieck Finger.

The other person on the couch was slowly stroking Pieck's hair and he had a bored look on his face when in reality he was constantly alert. The young man was an above average tall person with spiky blond hair that was combed back with two strands hanging down, blue eyes that reminded everyone of the ocean with a sharp aristocratic face that was devoid of fat. The most defining features about him were a deep scar on the bottom of his chin that traveled down to his neck and being the most muscular person there besides Reiner. This was Naruto Uzumaki, the top warrior candidate.

Each of these teenagers have been training for multiple years to prove Marley they were fit to become warriors until the age of sixteen where they would be selected to fight and die for their country.

"So who do you think they're going to select?" Reiner asked, breaking the silence. Everyone's eyes snapped to him.

Porco coughed into his hand before answering. "My brother and I will definitely be picked. Marcel as the Jaw, me as the Armored titan. Annie will be taking the female titan, Pieck will have the cart. Bertolt will be getting the colossus titan."

"What about Naruto?" Pieck said with her gaze daring Porco to not include Naruto

"Huh? What about him?" Marcel scoffed arrogantly, thinking he'd finally get to one up the bored blond.

"Well he is the best warrior to be out of all of us Marcel, use that small brain of yours" Annie spoke with a sigh having to state the obvious.

Reiner smirked at the upset look his fellow blond now sported. "Hm. After all that talking you do you're going to look real stupid once they tell you you're not inheriting a titan."

Bertoldt looked from one person to another in slight distress hoping a fight wouldn't break out. He looked to the other blond in question for some assistance only to see him still playing with the woman's hair.

"What was that ya damn reject?!" Marcel barked as he walked up to reiner to get in his face, even though he wasn't near the man's height. Thanks to a recent growth spurt Reiner was still a bit taller than him.

"If you make me get off of this couch, I swear to Ymir herself deciding who becomes the next titan will be the least of your troubles." Naruto quietly spoke as his eyes suddenly sharpened that reminded everyone of an agitated predator making everyone freeze. Everyone quickly quieted down. They'd all seen the blond fight many times during training.

He was the only one of the group who's fighting technique was good enough to handle Annie in hand to hand combat. Though his style was more brutal in the sense that it aimed to inflict as much damage as possible instead of simply incapacitating. None of them wanted to get on his bad side.

"Besides if anyone's getting the armored or jaw titan it's going to be me" Naruto smirked as he laid back now that tempers weren't threatening to boil over. "It's all but guaranteed that Annie, Bertolt, Pieck and me will receive a Titan, two of you will just be shit out of luck."

They didn't get to argue any further as the door opened revealing general Magath. Everyone, including Naruto though it was clear he was reluctant to do so, stood up at attention.

"Listen up! Each and every single one of you deserve to be here as you've proven that you can loyally serve this great country even though you're eldians, unfortunately since we only have five titans to bestow, two of you will not be selected and will be enlisted into the military where you will continue to serve your country faithfully!" General Magath spoke, demanding their attention and respect.

"Faithfully" Naruto thought disdainfully. Though one wouldn't be able see his true feelings as his face showed no outward emotions.

"Now I will begin to call each of you one by one to receive your titan, then you return until everyone does or doesn't receive a titan, understood?" The general ordered, getting affirmatives from all the warriors assembled, nodding he walked back into the titan chamber.

"Annie Leonhart!" A soldier shouted out making her move inside the room, while everything outside went quiet, after about ten minutes and hearing multiple noises inside, Annie finally walked back out looking no different than when she walked in.

"So which titan did you receive annie?" Pieck asked curiously making everyone listen in

"The female titan" Annie answered simply as she moved a bang behind her ear and got back in line.

"It's a shame you didn't get the female titan pieck" Naruto whispered to her making her shrug her shoulders nonchalantly "Don't worry at least I know I'll get the cart titan then"

Their talk was cut short as Reiner was the next to be called.

"Good luck reject" Marcel grinned making Reiner's nerves start to get to him

"Marcel, stop antagonizing Reiner" Porco softly spoke, making his brother scoff but didn't say anything else. It was the brother's turn to have their nerves begin to eat at them as soon after Reiner was revealed to inherit the Armored titan, Bert was called who received the colossal titan. This was followed by Pieck and Naruto who received the cart and Jaw titan respectively.

"WHAT THE FUCK" Marcel screamed out with his face turning a shade of red in anger as he stomped up to reiner while Porco looked down at the ground in silence and clenching his fist in despair.

"Well well the person who talked the most shit was left high and dry, ain't karma a bitch?" Naruto chuckled seeing Marcel about to pop a vein, while Annie looked on with indifference though there was a ghost of a smile, Bertolt was relieved to have his best friend, and Pieck was extremely happy that both her and Naruto received a titan.

They didn't get to retaliate as Magath and some soldiers called the five of them out to begin the process while the soldiers took Marcel and Porco away. The procedure was simple, the previous titan shifter was shackled while the new warrior was injected with the serum and would proceed to eat the previous user.

The process took no more than half an hour to have all of them done and once they had been pulled from the nape of the titan's they were given the rest of the day off.

-Later that day-

Currently lying in a king sized bed were Pieck and Naruto completely naked after going a couple of rounds of lovemaking, they were cuddled up with each other as Pieck had her head on his chest while Naruto was deep in thought staring at the ceiling. Not long after they'd been made shifters the Marleyan brass told them about a mission. Reiner, Bertolt, Annie, and himself would be infiltrating Paradise to retake the founding titan in the coming months while Pieck and Zeke would stay on Marley on standby in case of any foreseeable problems.

'I'll Make Marley pay and help free all the eldians, this I promise you mother' Naruto thought darkly as he stroked Pieck's hair while she hummed happily.

"Naruto?" Pieck spoke out as she looked up towards the thinking blond, making him look down and raise his eyebrow in question.

"What is it" Naruto questioned as he brought her closer to him

"I've been doing a lot of thinking, between me and you lately and I know we just started this 'thing' as sexual partners but over the years I've been slowly falling in love with you and was hoping we could start a real relationship when you came back from Paradise?" Pieck shyly spoke as she looked away with a blush.

Naruto didn't respond right away. He was conflicted as he knew going to Paradise would be the only chance he'd get to be unsupervised by the brass. If he was going to pay Marley back this would be his chance. He hadn't counted on Pieck confessing though, that complicated things, things just got a lot harder.

Sure he enjoyed his time with her, and if he was being honest had grown very fond of her. But was it enough to throw his entire plan out the window? No it wasn't.

"Really? I wouldn't be opposed to the idea. How about once I get back you and I talk about it again. If you still feel the same way we can give it a chance." He said with a bitter smile. He knew if his plan worked he'd be coming back but not as a Marleyan warrior. He just didn't have the heart to tell her that. Hopefully when he came back one day she'd willingly join him without a fight otherwise no matter how much it would hurt she'd be just another obstacle in the way.

"Well I'll be looking forward to that day then" Pieck smiled before laying her head back on Naruto's chest

-Training-

A few days after receiving their titan's the group of five was put to work on controlling them. One by one they were put in a training field where they were told to shift and do basic movements until they got the hang of it. Fortunately for the military they group of young warriors got it down fairly quickly. Two months, then three passed by and they had all managed to get the hang of it down to a level where they could begin combat training.

Annie was forced into situations that tested her agility and coordination. Reiner was tested to see how much damage he could take before his armor gave out and to see how fast he could pick up speed. Bertolt was tested to see how long he could expel steam before his titan form completely gave out

Pieck was fitted with armor and weaponry on her back that she needed to learn to maneuver with so those on top could increase their accuracy. Finally Naruto was put in situations that had a mix of all of them. He was currently in a simulation right now in titan form.

He was being shot at from many different places while also having to destroy certain obstacles. He jumped from building to building, his claws doing a good job keeping him in place, as he made his way to his target. Swiping a claw outward he destroyed two posts with Eldian soldiers that were instructed to try and take him down.

As he dashed through the course he noticed from his left that an anti titan artillery missile was making its way towards him. Fortunately it wasn't on the same level as those in other countries had produced. Inside the titan Naruto closed his eyes and pictured Reiner's titan, or rather the armor it sported. Those watching from a distance, namely Magath and the other warriors, looked on in open shock as white-blue crystal appeared on separate parts of his jaw titan.

The missile hit the left side of his body and detonated but to their amazement he ran out of the smoke produced with minor scratches at most making everybody surprised as being hit directly with an anti-titan round was devastating. After jumping between buildings he finally reached the artillery placement and finished it off by snapping them all up with his jaw.

Landing in front of General Magath and the other warriors he exited out the nape of his titan while he stretched out his neck hearing a satisfying snap before jumping down to the ground.

"So what's next?" He asked, ignoring the shocked looks of the other military higher ups.

Magath wrote something down before handing it to another man who left shortly after. "Nothing. You're done for today." Magath commented

"Really? What's the special occasion, we usually train longer than this" Naruto asked curiously while inside his head were less than stellar thoughts about the general.

"Because soon you, Reiner, Bertholdt and Annie will begin your mission to locate the founding titan and acquire it by any means necessary, so we need you all in top shape so you're dismissed." General Magath ordered making everyone shout out an affirmative before they started to leave as a group.

'Soon I'll have my revenge.' Naruto silently thought as everyone started to leave for their own homes to begin packing.

A few days later after a training session Naruto noticed Pieck kept glancing at him out of the corner of his eye. He could make out curiosity and a hint of sadness in her eyes. Naruto gazed upon her grey eyes, who only shone brightly for him, with guilt knowing he was leaving her behind. The thought that they would most likely be enemies the next time they meet weighed heavily on his mind.

"Did General Magath give you a set day to leave?" Pieck asked as she subtly moved closer to Naruto while making it inconspicuous so as not to raise attention to them.

"Tomorrow, we'll have a debrief and assigning of roles and any extra necessary equipment we would need before boarding our boat and departing". Naruto replied back in a rare bout of melancholy as he kept sneaking glances at the girl who helped slowly tear down his walls and help dull the pain and anger inside him, unfortunately by tomorrow they would be back up and reinforced.

"Whaddaya say we spent our last night together?" Pieck said with a small smile on her flawless face.

"I'd enjoy that" Naruto chuckled as they kept walking in relative silence

-Next Morning-

Blue eyes snapped open to the first rays of sunshine peeking through curtains which made Naruto groan as he sat up and stretched his sore body and stood up. Looking over he saw a mane of black hair peeking out of the blankets making him smile briefly before returning back to his neutral face. He started to head to the bathroom to properly wake himself up but stopped as he gazed at a portrait that made his face harden.

The smile of his mother

She was the vision of perfection, blood red hair that stretched down to her hips, an energetic smile and vibrant purple eyes. She was hugging a six year old Naruto who looked annoyed at the contact but had a barely noticeable smile on his childish face.

'I miss you so much mom, I'll avenge you and liberate all the eldians even if I have to walk over the bodies of thousands to get there' Naruto thought putting a hand where her heart was before continuing his walk to the bathroom.

Later that day the assembled warriors, General Magath, and the warriors' respective families were at the docks to see them off.

They were all off to the side talking to mothers, fathers or siblings while Naruto stood alone with crossed arms waiting for the General to command them to begin their boarding. It didn't take long for the warriors to part with their families and begin making their way to the boats. As Naruto was about to join the trio he stopped when he felt two arms wrap around his midsection from behind him.

He knew who it was immediately. Turning around he pulled the young woman into a hug which seemed to last forever before they were forced to let go. He also noticed war chief Zeke watching them not too far away. He was looking towards the trio but stared at him for a minute before nodding and turning around and leaving. Looking back down he was surprised by what he saw, he saw in a rare amount of emotion Pieck freely let tears fall from her face as she buried her head in his chest.

"Promise me" She whispered

"Promise what?" Naruto said even though he had a general idea of what she was gonna make him promise.

"Promise to come back to me in one piece" she looked up, her grey eyes gazing at him and even at that moment, through him.

His heart cried out to say yes while his mind tempted him to say she would never see him again, Naruto could safely say if given just a little bit more time he could see himself falling in love with her but logically he should've broke it off right then and there.

Something in the back of his head told him not too

"I promise" he finally responded making Pieck give the biggest smile he's ever seen from her

"Then let me give you something so you don't forget me" she whispered as she got on her tip toes and puckered him on the lips, luckily away from prying eyes before they disconnected and Naruto boarded the ship.

It took them a few days to make the journey to Paradise but they'd made it safely. Part of him was worried they'd run into some titans on their way but luckily they didn't. As it stood the four of them were just outside the walls, all standing or in Naruto's case sitting on a tree branch preparing to start the attack.

Annie was the first to transform, followed by Reiner and finally Bertoldt. Naruto watched with his arms crossed, no expression visible on his face as the Colossal titan broke the wall and the Titans Annie had called began swarming. He was lucky he was far from the action as he was sure he'd hear the terrified screams of his fellow eldians if he got closer.

Reiner headed in next with the titans as his part of the plan was up next. He stood up and gave a silent prayer to all the eldians who would take their last breaths today. It was unfortunate that they had to die but soon they would all be free, their sacrifices would pave the way for true freedom.

-Chapter End-

This deserves first and foremost notice, thanks so much AizenTheGoat you a real one bro, thanks for the help and throwing ideas.

To the reviewers who keep complaining on my stories and many other author stories about how this isn't Naruto because he doesn't like ramen, orange, doesn't have kurama, whisker marks etc just stop if you want an exactly canon Naruto go watch the anime or stick solely to Naruto fanfiction instead of crossovers.

Anyways hope you all enjoyed it very much, any complaints please keep them to constructive criticism or PM me, thank you for your time.

Until next time