A/N: Thank you guys for sticking around for awhile. I know it's been almost two months but I finally got the time to start working on this chapter during Spring Break. So here's the start of a new chapter and a new arc in the Attack on Titan universe.
Chapter 5: Attack on Ed - Part 1
Fairy Tail Guild Hall (Fairy Tail Universe)
The looming threat of a possible annihilation of Earth Land has been swiftly snuffed out by our heroes as everything in Fiore slowly proceeded to return to its daily social routine. The wizards of the kingdom and the rest of the world were liberated from their long imprisonment. Fairy Tail, the strongest guild in Fiore, relished the return of their lost comrade, Natsu Dragneel. Many were relieved and happy to see their Dragon Slayer again, including Lucy, Wendy and Happy. Others were angry that he was gone for so long, especially Erza, Gray, Gajeel and the rest. Laxus even kicked him in the groin just for leaving, but Natsu knew that he meant well anyway.
"You really are a dumbass, Natsu! You know that?!" Laxus shouted at the Fire Dragon Slayer, who heaved over in pain while cradling his bruised tenders.
"I missed you, too, Laxus." Natsu groaned. Gray and Gajeel just laughed at him teasingly.
Eren was being treated by Yuna, who merely just stuffed his bleeding nostrils with tissues and gave him an aspirin. "Just try to rest awhile before you go back into combat, Eren. As for your injuries, we'll just let them recover on their own for a bit since you have a high healing factor. But just so you don't get any infections, I'll apply some gauze so it won't fester."
"Thanks, Yuna." Eren thanked the cosmic girl.
"That was really reckless of you to fight Acnologia head on. You could have been killed." Erza said scoldingly, which received an annoyed glance from the scout.
"But that was still very courageous of you to fight for us, Eren. You even managed to beat him all by yourself." Wendy thanked Eren by embracing him in a hug, to which the teenager obliged and accepted it in return.
The Eds, Goku, Naruto, Luffy and Edward were also healing each other's injuries they suffered from the preceding battle while also taking part in a conversation.
"Do you think Sarah and Jimmy are okay, Double D?" Ed asked worriedly.
"Fear not, Ed. I'm sure that they, as well as Rolf and Kevin, are kept in a safe and secure place." assured Edd.
"Seriously, isn't there anybody that you don't know that's trying to kill us?" Naruto asked, wrapping gauze around his wounded wrist.
"What was the deal with those Kanker girls? Why were they so obsessed with you guys?" Edward inquired to the three Eds.
"Yup, that's the Kankers for you. They always hunt us down like wild animals and would have our way with us like we were their boyfriends or something." Eddy explained.
"Lately, though, after the Mondo-A-Go-Go incident, the Kankers have been rather docile. Now the Corruptonium is affecting them just like it affected the neighborhood kids." Edd pondered.
"But they didn't attack us, either." Goku added. "Does that mean they're good guys?"
"Hard to say. They didn't even try to attack us at all. But they also nearly killed us by blowing up the royal palace, along with destroying any evidence in finding out who the Miracle Worker is." Edward said.
"I dunno, guys. This day has me beat. Why don't we all just call it a day and sleep for a bit?" Luffy yawned as he got up and went to go sleep in the Space Lift.
"Works for me. I'm more bushed than a bush." joked Naruto as he followed the Straw Hat captain.
"I like things that are bushy!" Ed said dumbly as he followed the other two.
"We're all gonna be leaving soon anyway. So we might as well wait in the Elevator until we leave." Goku said, following the latter.
"But not before our Dragon friend says goodbye, I suppose." Double D said.
"Yeah, something tells me it's gonna be an emotional one." Eddy said.
"Why's that?" Edward asked as the short Ed-boy pointed to Yuna talking with Master Makarov and Mirajane Strauss to share something important to him.
The old man in the wheelchair had a somber but understanding expression. He nodded to Mirajane as she sadly pushed the master's chair over to Natsu.
Natsu noticed Makarov coming over to him. "Hey, Gramps, what's up?"
"Natsu..." Makarov began. "Yuna here told me that the reason you've been gone was because of this crazy adventure you had with those other comrades that you met. Is that true?"
"Yeah. I was thrown through a weird portal and ended up in another world. It was insane, Gramps." Natsu said, which gained the attention of the other Fairy Tail mages.
"Yuna told us that she needed you to come with her to help save the multiverse or something. Right?" Mirajane said.
"Basically." Natsu replied, until a thought occurred to him. "Wait, you're not upset I'm gonna leave again, are you?" The other wizards were immediately shocked to hear what the Dragon Slayer had to say.
"Actually, no. It is clear to me that this world, as well as others like this one are in mortal danger. It goes far beyond just Fiore and the like." Makarov said.
The Fairy Tail guild gathered together in front of their master with worried looks on their faces. Lucy then spoke up. "So, just when Natsu finally came back, you're gonna let him leave again?"
"I'm sorry, guys. But this whole situation is bigger than ourselves. If I don't do something about it, our world may cease to exist." Natsu explained sincerely, giving a serious expression. "I know you all won't like it, but that's the way it has to be. It could mean that I might die if I screw up. But I'm not just doing it for the sake of the multiverse. I'm doing it for all of you. My friends, my family, my home. Everything that I care about is in our hands now. My hands especially."
The mages looked at their comrade with soft eyes. Many understood his reason to go, and they accepted it. Fairy Tail would do the same thing for one of their own, no matter how the outcome may be. Whether or not it meant life and death, defending their home is their top priority and that is noble enough.
Erza smiled softly at Natsu as she raised her hand and gave the guild's signature hand sign. The other mages used the same gesture to honor their friend, cheering him on. Natsu smiled warmly at his comrades' support as Lucy embraced him in a hug, tears rolling down her eyes.
"Just... promise me you'll come back, Natsu." Lucy sobbed, holding on to Natsu tightly. The Dragon Slayer cradled Lucy's head as she raised her teary eyes up to his face and shared a kiss, making him blush. Happy, Gray, Wendy, Erza and Gajeel also embraced him with a group hug.
"Try not to die, idiot." Gray advised the fire mage while also teasing him.
"Aye! We don't want you to come back in pieces." Happy giggled.
"I'm gonna miss you, Natsu." Wendy said tearfully.
"Hey, don't worry, Wendy. He can handle himself." Gajeel assured the Dragon Slayer girl.
"Just remember that we're here for you, Natsu. No matter how far, we'll cheer you on." Erza smiled, hugging Natsu embracingly.
The others peered from the open elevator doors and smiled at the tender scene.
"I think Natsu is in good hands. Don't you think, fellas?" Goku asked, turning to the others.
"He's gonna need all the love he can get if he's gonna keep his fighting spirit up." chimed Naruto.
"Friendship is what makes the world go round." Luffy said enthusiastically.
Edd began to well up with tears, making him wipe his eyes. "Oh, dear, I'm overcome with emotion already."
"ED'S BISCUITS FEEL ALL BUTTERY INSIDE!!!" bawled Ed, hugging the sock-headed Ed-boy tightly.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever, this is very touchy and it makes me weepy. Can we go already?" Eddy asked impatiently.
"All right, lover boy, let's go. I've found us another lead. So let's get a move one." ordered Yuna as she and Natsu entered the Space Lift.
Before the doors closed on him, however, Natsu turned to his comrades for the last time, waving goodbye to them as they waved back. The elevator disappeared along with the heroes and Eds that were inside.
The wizards were saddened by Natsu's sudden farewell. Happy and Lucy were especially depressed by this, but they knew in their hearts that their friend will come back as always.
"HEY!" Makarov shouted all of a sudden, as frantically searched for something in his bag that was missing from him. "My stash is gone!"
"Uh, your stash of what, master?" Lucy asked.
"My porno magazines! They're gone!"
Lucy, Happy and the others stared blankly at the perverted old man. "Okay?" Happy said awkwardly.
"I know I've left them here somewhere--" Makarov immediately had a realization as he thought back to where he had last left his bag. Right next to the short, three-haired boy named Eddy. His face turned red as a beet once he knew where his magazines were. "THAT... LITTLE... PERVEEEERRRRTTT!!!!"
Meanwhile in the Space Lift
Eddy was lounging as he read the magazines that he 'borrowed' from Makarov. "Man, Natsu's grandpa has got some weird kinks, I'll tell you that."
"Eddy, that was quite unkind of you to steal from that poor old man in the wheelchair. Have you no respect for your elders?" Edd said, chastising the small Ed-boy by wagging his finger at him.
"Have you no respect for your personal hygiene?" Eddy retorted, flipping a page in the magazine.
"I beg your pardon?"
"I'm just saying that you smell bad, Sockhead. When was the last time you took a bath?" Eddy asked while plugging his nose.
Double D was taken aback by Eddy's comment, but curiously, he sniffs his underarms. Eddy was unfortunately right. His nostrils were met with a putrid smell that only flies can enjoy. Edd hasn't taken a bath ever since he and his friends were forced to flee their universe, and now he was beginning anxious about it.
Edd goes up to Yuna, who was fiddling with the device left behind by the Irene after Erza slayed her dragon form. He taps the cosmic girl on the shoulder, who immediately turns to him. "Oh, Double D. What's up?"
"Um, Yuna? If you don't mind me asking, but is this space elevator equipped with a shower that I can perhaps use for personal purposes?" Edd asked awkwardly.
"I hate to break it to you, but sadly this elevator doesn't have a personal bathroom." Yuna said. "As much as I need one to use for private time."
"Well, I--I don't wish to disturb, for you see, I am very, very filthy."
"You think you're dirty? Look around you, Double D." Yuna gestured to the others, which seemed to prove Edd wrong.
Goku's gi was covered in many fluids including food and sweat stains. Luffy was picking his nose with his pinky. Naruto was eating ramen noodles sloppily. Natsu began to feel sick from the movement of the elevator and started throwing up in a bag. Edward was napping as drool dripped from his mouth. Eren sneezed, spreading germs all over the place. Eddy scratched himself in unmentionable places and let out a small toot. Worst of all, though, Ed was playing with his pet stinky cheese named Sheldon, the one thing that Double D despised the most.
Edd was also met with an even more disgusting smell as the smell of body odor filled the inside of the elevator. His anxiety levels have reached a new high as he realized the severity of the amount of germs and bacteria that surrounded him. The Sockhead felt nauseous from the lack of fresh air, making him want to either faint, throw up, or both.
"How could I have been so negligent of the possible contamination of this elevator's interior. It's so... revolting." Edd gagged, backing up against the nearest wall.
Yuna sprayed some air freshner to mask the odorous scent. "Yeah, I may have to have this elevator scrubbed and bleached." She said ghastly.
"Yuna, about the device that you recovered, what do you suppose it may be?" Edd asked as he plugged his nose with a clothespin.
"From the looks of it, it's an auto injector. It must've been used to inject some Corruptonium into Irene Belserion, causing her to mutate into that ugly monster. And guess who it belongs to." Yuna hands a magnifying glass over to Double D, who inspected the device and discovering the initials 'MW' labeled on the back of it.
"The Miracle Worker... of course. Why am I not surprised?" Edd deadpanned.
"This insidious plot is getting thicker by the second. We're nowhere to finding who he is or what he is doing. We've been getting hints and clues, so far, but there's not much to go on."
"I agree, which is why I have created a list of possible suspects to narrow down our search." Edd began to elaborate. "I've deduced that the Miracle Worker could be one of the kids from the Cul-de-sac, or the 10 generals to be exact. That being said, we can easily rule out Kevin, Rolf, Sarah and Jimmy as being higher-class henchmen. The remaining kids could be our mysterious mastermind. That includes, Jonny, Nazz, and the Kanker Sisters."
Yuna sat down in her swivel chair and contemplated this theory. "You know, if this was an average scenario, I highly doubt that any normal kid would be a shadowy villain sitting in a big chair, watching their evil plan unfold." The cosmic guardian sighs. "But with Corruptonium involved, nothing is off the table."
"There's also another thing I've been wondering. Why I was able to produce an elastic, proton-based force field when we were in Fairy Tail's universe?" Edd asked.
"I don't know. I might be because you have unlocked a secret technique." Yuna theorized. "Even though you're not physically strong like Goku, Luffy or the other guys, it might have been triggered emotionally. Probably when you and your friends were in danger of getting killed. Kind of like when Ed fought off Goku's arch-enemies."
"But that was caused by a mere pebble embedded in the sole of his foot." Edd concluded. "There's not a slight possibility that emotion alone can grant a single individual Herculean strength. Even Ed has his own limitations in his vast strength in comparison to that of Goku."
"Oh, Double D, I've already seen a thing or two." Yuna smirked slyly. "Emotions are an HUGE factor in this Multiverse. Joy, Anger, Sadness, you name it. It either weakens you, or gives you strength. It also depends on your force of will or determination. Basically, your mindset, depending on whether you feel like you can or can't do something, can be affected by your emotional state and emotional strength can benefit you in combat."
"That's... rather cliché." Edd said.
"It may be cliché, but it's a lot less complex than Calculus, that's for sure." Yuna retorted.
The elevator control panel emitted an alarm, indicating that it has finally reached its new destination. "I assume that's our latest stop on our universal journey?" Edd assumed.
"That sounds about right." beamed Goku, stretching his arms and bending his knees as he warmed his reflexes.
"Open those double doors! I'm all fired up!" proclaimed Natsu, igniting his body on fire.
"Whatever comes out of there, we'll be ready! As long as it's not a bunch of killer plush toys with automatic weapons." grimaced Naruto.
"Okay, but a quick word of warning, guys. This world is a lot more dangerous than the other worlds you've been to so far." Yuna forewarned the heroes.
Luffy smirked confidently. "Dangerous is my middle name! At least that's what I think the 'D' in Monkey D. Luffy stands for."
"Will there be alien tomatoes from outer space that eat human flesh?" Ed said dumbly.
"No..." Yuna said awkwardly. "Just... be careful out there."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. You already know well enough that we don't always take caution to the wind." reminded Edward. "Except maybe Double D. And also Eddy."
"Don't you think we should know what we're gonna get ourselves into before diving headfirst into battle?" Eren asked but his words were fallen on deaf ears as everyone ran out the elevator into the new world. The Scout merely shrugged as he followed the others.
Naruto out ran everyone, springing forrward with excitement. "DATTEBAY--AAAHHH!!!" The ninja suddenly found himself falling off the edge of a large structure, allowing gravity to let him plummet towards the ground. Fortunately, Goku flies down and catches him before he could fall any further down.
"You okay, Naruto?" Goku asked the shinobi.
"Yeah, I'm good." panted Naruto, realizing that he nearly fell to his death. The saiyan lifted Naruto back to the top of the structure.
"Where the heck are we now?" Eddy asked.
"Well, from the looks of our surroundings, we're--" Edd suddenly gulped, his eyes widening out of intimidation. "...high. Very high."
From afar, the stone structure, as it turns out, to be a wall. But it wasn't an ordinary wall. It was a wall that looks large enough to tower over the tallest modern-day skyscraper. Anyone who stood on top of the titanic landmark would feel the enormity of its massive height. Edd stood back from the edge of wall for fear of falling off, while the others looked down at the wall's precipice with curiousity.
"Cool. Are we in China?" Ed said in awe.
Eddy whistled in surprise. "Dang, are we in an alternate reality where Trump became emperor instead of president? Cause this hunk of rock is huge!"
"It must've taken years for someone to build a bigass wall like this." Natsu said gawkingly.
"By my estimation, probably a whole century, depending on how much brick and concrete they used to contruct it. I bet with Alchemy this could be done within a month." Edward calculated.
"It's not brick and concrete." Eren said lowly, which brought questionable glances from the others.
"What?" Luffy asked.
"I said... it's not brick and concrete." The young soldier seethed with a more enraging tone in his voice. His brow furrowed as a serious and angry glare replaced his neutral expression. "It's made of something else."
"Eren, you okay? What's the problem?" Goku asked concernly.
"Yeah, we haven't seen you this angry since... uh, you know, the last time you got angry." Natsu said.
"Do you know what we're all standing on?" Eren growled demandingly to his comrades. "You're all standing on Wall Rose, one of the three walls that stands between humanity and its mortal enemy."
"The enemy? What enemy?" inquired Edward.
"The Titans."
"Titans? You mean like the football team?" Eddy asked ignorantly.
"Now, I believe he may be referencing one of twelve primeval deities of Greek Mythology." Edd assumed.
"I like the TV show with the teenage superheroes where one can fly, one can shapeshift into animals, and the other is part robot. I didn't like the reboot though." Ed ranted, which made Eddy and Edd roll their eyes.
"So this is your homeworld, Eren?" Naruto asked.
Eren tilted his head down silently. "Yes. I know it all too well." He responded. The Scout looks over to the otherside of the wall, where civilization resided. "For the last hundred years, humanity has been couped up behind these walls after the Titans appeared and began to devour millions of people. Pushing us all to near extinction. We all thought we were safe from them. But we were wrong. Five years ago, I lived in the Shiganshina district with my family behind Wall Maria when the Colossal Titan and Armored Titan breached the wall." His fists clenched tightly as he remembered that day. The day that paved his destiny through bloodshed. "I lost my mother to one of those bastards. From that moment on, I joined the Scout Regiment to help humanity fight back against them."
The heroes and Eds felt sympathetic for their friend. Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist, especially can't help but relate to the youth. He also experienced a great loss from losing his mother. Her death, however, wasn't just the only thing that changed him and his brother's life so dramatically. It was what they attempted to do that sealed their fates. The golden blond alchemist hated to dwell on it. But still, he can understand the pain that Eren Jaeger experienced.
Edward's eyes softened as his saddened glance met with Eren's hard expression. "Eren, you probably wouldn't believe me if I told you this, but I've been through the exact same thing. It hurts to lose someone close to you, I get that. I even made sacrifices to try and get that back." He glances at his automail arm. A heavy depression loomed over him that gave the teen the need to weep, but he pushes it aside to maintain his composure. "All in all, though, I eventually came realize to realize that not even Alchemy can bring the one you love back. The best thing to do at this point is to try to look towards the future and make your own path."
"But that's what I intend to do. I want there to be a future outside of these walls. I've spent most of my life living behind the walls in fear with everyone else like lambs to the slaughter." Eren responded with fierce determination. "That's why I'm going to kill every last Titan! AND IF ANY OTHER TITAN SHIFTER OR WICKED HUMAN BEING PREVENTS ME FROM ACCOMPLISHING MY MISSION BY GETTING IN MY WAY, I'LL FUCKING MOW THEM DOWN AS IF THEY WERE NOTHING!!!!!"
The Scout's violent proclamation scared the wits out of the Eds and even the strong-willed heroes. Never in their days have they ever seen a kid with this much explosive determination. This was both an astonishing, yet terrifying revelation. Naruto, Luffy, Edward, Natsu and Goku were quite speechless.
"Okay... that was melodramatic." Naruto commented awkwardly.
"Yeah, it's kind of concerning." Natsu replied nervously with an exaggerated sweat drop.
"Well, Eren, as long as you have a goal, you go for it." Goku said encouragingly, giving the young soldier a thumbs up.
"Really? That's all you have to say?" Eddy said sardonically.
"I agree! If Eren is willing to wipe out all the Titans to make his dream come true, then kudos to him!" Luffy exclaimed enthusiastically. "Everyone deserves a chance to achieve their dream! Just like how I'm going to become Pirate King!"
"And how Naruto will become a hoagie!" chimed the dimwitted Ed-boy.
"That's Hokage, Ed." corrected the ninja.
"HELLO!" yelled Ed, shouting into Naruto's ear and making it ring.
"Do not worry, Eren. We support you no matter how... utterly graphic your destiny may be." assured Edd.
"Thanks, Double D." Eren smiled warmly as his angry demeanor vanished.
Suddenly, the sound of screaming interrupted the latter as the group ran to the edge of the wall. Humanoid giants were stumbling around in the large city at the base of the wall. Scouting Legion, Military Police, and Stationary members alike were both fighting and retreating from the Titans as the advancing monsters swarmed the Trost district. Survey Corps squads fended off the Titans as the Garrison helped the wounded. Not many Military Officers were involved in the onslaught as the rest retreated back to the inner wall to assist in evacuating the citizens of Wall Rose.
"Oh, dear! Those soldiers are giving their all, but to no avail!" Edd exclaimed.
"Yup, they're screwed." Eddy commented.
"Say it ain't so!" Ed exclaimed.
Natsu smiled with anticipation as he finally found his own battle. "Well, looks like someone needs a hero. And this is where we make our superhero entrance. Goku, time to call in the air raid!"
"You've read my mind, Natsu!" Goku picks up the salmon-haired Dragon wizard and rockets the latter down towards Trost to help the soldiers in their fight.
"Goku! Natsu! Stop! You don't know what you're up against!" Eren called out to the two as he used his ODM gear to glide after them.
"Hey! Did he seriously just leave us up here?! WHAT THE HELL?!?" shouted Edward, realizing that they had no way down.
Naruto suddenly jumps off the top of the wall with Luffy on his back. After dropping a few feet, the Straw Hat used his body as a parachute to lower the Shinobi safely to the ground. "See you at the bottom, Eds!" laughed Luffy after he and Naruto landed and the duo raced off to battle.
"So, any of you geniuses know how to get down from this thing?" Eddy retorted.
"I'm sure there is a staircase nearby." The Sockhead assumed.
"I know! Let's get naked!" Ed suggested.
"Heavens to Betsy, no!"
"Hey, I think Lumpy's on to something," Eddy said as a thought came to him. "We can use our clothes to make a rope ladder. Okay, Edwardo, we'll start with you. Take ALL your clothes off."
Edward's temper eventually flared up. "Goddammit, do I have to come up with everything by myself?!" The golden-eyed teen then used his alchemy to forge a stone platform from the wall's brick shell. "Get on!"
The Eds did what they were told and stepped onto the platform. "Hang onto something, boys!" ordered Edward. The Eds then crowded around him, each getting a firm grip of the Alchemist's red jacket. Edward sighed. "Of course."
He slams his foot onto the platform as it gave way, letting gravity drop it all the way to the base of the wall like a falling lift. The Eds screamed for dear life as they rapidly plummet to the bottom. As they got closer and closer to ground, Edward counted the seconds until the timing was right for them to jump. "JUMP! NOW!"
The four leaped off the platform just before it crashes into the ground, smashing it to pieces. Edward quickly landed on his feet while the Eds just flopped to the ground like fish out of water.
Eddy coughed from the dust that came off of the debris. "Man, what a ride."
"Can we do that again?" Ed asked naïvely.
"I think my lungs just collapsed from the force of Earth's gravitational pull!" gasped Double D.
"You guys stay here so you don't get killed." heeded Edward as he heads off to help the others.
"Oh, come on! Why do we get to watch from the sidelines!" whined Eddy.
"Just stay put, you idiots! And don't do anything stupid!" shouted the Alchemist, taking off from the scene.
"Wow, Hero of the Month, everyone." The bigmouthed Ed-boy applauded sarcastically.
"Eddy, I think Edward was right to allow us to stay behind. Those Titans may be more hazardous to our wellbeing than we thought." Edd said forewarningly.
"Lighten up, will ya? Those are our boys we're talking about. I bet a quarter for everytime they wail on one of those naked giants like they were--" Eddy suddenly noticed that Ed was missing. "Hey, where'd Ed go?"
"Oh, dear! Ed? ED!!" Edd called out to his dumb friend. "Well, isn't that convenient? What a fine time for him to go off on his own like this."
"We better round up the burrhead before he gets himself eaten!"
"I agree. Surely, he couldn't have gone far at this point." With that being said, the two remaining Eds head off to find their beloved moron before a wandering Titan gets to him first.
Meanwhile...
A Garrison squad member ran frantically through the embattled streets from a pursuing Titan, which smiled creepily as it slowly followed him. He constantly kept tripping over the cobblestone street with panic-stricken fear. A few other Scouts tried to distract the Titan so the the Stationary Guard member would have the chance to flee from the area.
"HEY! Over here, you ugly son of a bitch!" shouted a female soldier, flying through the air with her ODM gear. The Titan took notice of her and snatched her in midflight.
"Jane!" yelled a male Scout as he tried to release gas to make him accelerate over to the distressed girl, only to find that his tanks were completely empty. "No! Not now!"
"HELP! PLEASE! SOMEBODY HELP ME!!!" The girl screamed and struggled for life as the Titan slowly opened its jaws, ready to consume her.
"Jesus Christ..." The male soldier cried softly, helpless as he watches the girl about to be crushed by the gigantic set of teeth.
Her life, nearing its end, was flashing before her. "GOD HELP ME!!!"
"CRIMSON LOTUS: FIRE DRAGON'S FIST!!!!!"
A firey explosion engulfed the Titan in flames, knocking it to the ground while sliding right into multiple buildings. The girl soldier flew from the monster's grasp, almost hitting the ground, but was saved at the last minute by an unknown force. Other soldiers standing on the rooftops of buildings nearby noticed this and became bystanders to this event.
"What the hell is that?!" exclaimed a Scout.
"Is it a Fire-breathing Titan?" A Military Police Officer asked.
"Don't be stupid! Something clearly blew up!" said another Scout.
"Look! Over there!" A soldier pointed to the streets below them as the enveloping smoke dissipated, revealing a buff figure holding the girl soldier in his arms.
The girl thought she was dead, but when she opened her eyes and her ears were ringing, she looked up at the figure's face. Once her hazy vision cleared, she sees the stoic face of Son Goku. He turns his sincere galnce down at the girl. "You all right there, Miss?"
Speechless, the girl nodded in response. The Saiyan puts her down, letting her stand back up. The other soldiers flew down to the ground to assist the girl.
A Garrison soldier glanced over to the girl's savior with curiousity and confusion.
Goku's serious expression softened to a cheerful smile as he replied, "Oh, hey, I'm Son Goku. How are you?"
"Yo, Goku!" shouted a familiar Dragon Slayer who emerged from the smoke. He stretched and winded his arm after delivering the fatal punch to the Titan. "WHEW!! That was awesome! Let's go find another Titan and do it again!"
Just then, Eren Jaeger glided on his ODM gear and arrived at the scene. "Are you guys all right?" Eren asked.
"Don't worry about us, Eren. We already took care of the Titan." informed Goku.
"And on top of that, we saved a Damsel in Distress. You're welcome." Natsu smirked casually while folding his arms behind his head.
"That's peachy and all, but are you sure you killed it?" The Scout asked the Dragon/Saiyan duo emphatically.
"Of course it's dead. I burnt that naked bastard like whole-wheat toast." Natsu replied.
"Did you at least hit its weak spot?"
Goku and Natsu's eyes widened. "Uh, weak spot?" The Saiyan replied. Before Eren could respond, however, the scorched Titan squirmed its way out from the wreckage of the decimated buildings. Its burns and severe injuries quickly healed like a lizard's tail as it lagged and slowly got back up on its feet. The other soldiers retreated from the scene to avoid getting consumed. Natsu and Goku's mouths hung open and their eyes grew wide with exaggerated shock. Eren facepalmed himself as he realizes his two comrade's lethal blunder.
"It's still alive?!" exclaimed Natsu.
"And you say it has a weak spot, huh?" Goku asked. "I kinda figured its fleshy, naked body was a weak spot."
"No! The only way to kill a Titan is by slicing the nape of its neck!" barked Eren.
"How the hell was I supposed to know that?! I'm pretty sure I got more than just its nape, Eren!" Natsu replied.
"Bullshit!" growled Eren. Using his ODM gear to leap into the air, he maneuvers his way around the lumbering Titan before finding an opening that allowed him to strike his swords into the nape like a cleaver cutting into sausage. The atrocious humanoid collapsed onto the ground, quickly dying as its corpse evaporated.
Eren landed on the rooftops with as Goku and Natsu joined up with him. "And that is how you kill a Titan." The teenage scout said, inserting his swords into their metal sheaths.
"Where are the others? Are they all right?" Goku asked.
"Yeah, they're taking care of the rest of them as we speak. I already told them about the Titan's weak points, so they should able to take them down easier."
"Gum-Gum Elephant Gun!" Suddenly, a 15-meter Titan came flying over their heads and over Wall Rose like a baseball. The three look down to see Luffy, his hand stretched out into a large, inflated black fist, punching various Titans and sending them high up into the air and out of sight.
The Pirate noticed the trio on the rooftops and waved at them. "Hey, guys! What's up?" greeted Luffy while punching a 5-meter Titan.
"Nice job, Luffy! Just keep it up and Trost will be completely rid of them!" Eren shouted, encouraging the Straw Hat to keep on punching.
"Incoming!" Edward yelled while ramming a metal spear into the nape of a 10-meter Titan, making it tumble into a row of buildings. He turns around to see an Abnormal Titan barreling towards the latter. "There's a really creepy one coming straight at us!"
"It's an Abnormal! Get out there!" shouted Eren.
"I got him!" affirmed Naruto as he produced hundreds of shadow clones that tackled the Abnormal Titan. The clones pinned it down long enough for the blond Shinobi to embed a Kanai into the back of its neck, killing it.
"There's more coming from that direction!" shouted Natsu, pointing at a small herd of Titans that lumbered towards them.
"I'll take care of them!" Goku said, flying towards the Titans. Within a flash, he uses the Destructo Disc technique to slice all of the Titans' necks.
"Hell, yeah!" cheered Natsu, but then his enhanced hearing suddenly picks up the sound of footsteps on the rooftops. "Hey, did you hear tha--?" A hard kick to the back suddenly struck Natsu in the back, pushing him off the roof and letting him fall to the ground.
"Natsu--!" Eren also receives a kick to the back of his head, making him fall forward and lands on top of Natsu.
"Huh--?" Luffy hears the commotion when he gets ambushed as well. Naruto and Edward noticed a group of people surrounding them before subdued by the unknown figures.
Goku flew back down when he gets conked on the head by a blunt object, but his dense skull absorbed the blow like it was nothing. Sadly, though, it still hurts. "Ow! Hey, what did you do that for?"
He didn't get his answer, however, when his assailant tried to punch his abdomen, but the Saiyan grabbed him by the arm and threw him against the side of a building. The figure revealed to be a young Survey Corps member named Jean Kirschtein, who was a possessed victim of the Corruptonium.
"So, this world's affected, too." Goku said.
The corrupted Jean lashed out at him, but Goku was more than prepared to deal with him. "Sorry, friend, but this is probably gonna hurt when you wake up."
Edd and Eddy
For what seemed like hours, Eddy and Double D were still searching for their missing Ed, who wandered off not too long ago. Eddy was getting tired, as well as his sockheaded friend, but the pair were not gonna give up on their friend just yet.
"Ed! Ed, where are you? Ed!" Edd cried out, hoping Ed would hear his name being called out.
"Yo, Lumpy! If you can hear me, just make a weird noise!" hollered Eddy.
"I'm starting to fear the worse, Eddy. What if Ed is--is--" Double D stammered, as his eyes began to water. "Oh, I just can't bear the thought!"
"Come on, Double D, don't you start blubbering on me. Ed probably found a tub of gravy and is having a really fun time." assured Eddy, unaware that a 10-meter Titan is sneaking up behind them.
"Still, it's what Yuna said earlier that's stuck in the back of my mind." Edd stated. "If this world really is that dangerous, then the odds of us surviving are quite slim. Especially since there are Titans about--." A foul odor suddenly gets caught in the neurotic Ed-boy's nostrils. "Good heavens! What is that horrible scent?!"
Eddy cringed at the pungent smell and pinched his nose. "I dunno what that is, but I'm pretty sure it's not Ed's smell." The short Ed-boy said nasally. The Titan's large shadow casted over Eddy and Edd, which caught their attention as they looked up at it in horror. "WHOA! Now that's a real piece of work!"
"Oh, my land, it's naked!" shreiked Edd, horrified by the monster's lack of clothing. "Let's back away real slowly. We don't know what it's capable of."
The duo backed away from the leering Titan, but it bends over and plucks Edd up by his hat with its left hand. "HELP! EDDY!" The Sockhead shouted, as he was lifted off the ground."
It then uses the other to pick up Eddy by the collar. "HEY! Put me down, Ugly! Hey, I'm talking to you!" Eddy shouted at the Titan, but he fell silent as the humanoid opened its jaws and dropped both Eds into its mouth, swallowing them whole.
Edd and Eddy screamed as they slid down the Titan's slimy tongue and into the esophagus. Fortunately, Eddy began pushing in against the walls of the slippery esophagus, lodging him and Double D inside the Titan's throat. "NO! I AM TOO YOUNG AND HANDSOME TO BE THIS UGLY JERK-OFF'S BRUNCH!!!" The loud-mouthed Ed-boy shouted angrily.
The Titan choked and gagged on the two Eds, struggling to cough them back out. Inside the Titan, Eddy was beginning to lose his grip on the sides of the esophagus. "Eddy, we're slipping!" Edd yelled as they began to slip further into the stomach.
"If only we can make this cannibal spit us back out!" Eddy said, while jabbing the esophaesophagus' interior.
The giant humanoid was still choking on Double D and Eddy as they were close to being dislodged from its throat and falling into its gullet. Eddy continued to punch and kick at the Titan's innards, but all attempts at freeing him and Edd seem futile.
"Eddy, it's hopeless! Our only chance of escaping is through..." Edd gulped before finishing his sentence. "...Nature's Course."
"Wait, you mean--" Eddy then gave a look of dread as he feared the worst. "EW! I am NOT waiting around for that, Double D!"
"You're right. Forget I mentioned it." Edd said sheepishly.
Suddenly, a sharp object penetrates the Titan's nape, causing it lurch over. As it collapsed, the esophagus turned horizontal and saved the two Eds from being completely consumed.
"What just happened?" Eddy said.
"I think the Titan has fallen over." Edd assumed.
They sat in the damp darkness in silence for a moment until they hear a thumping sound above them. A sword penetrates the flesh of the Titan's neck, slicing through the evaporating skin. Light shined into the dark, damp esophagus. Eddy and Double D poked their heads through the hole in the neck of the deceased Titan, sunlight shining in their eyes.
"Well, surprise, surprise. You're both still alive." said an unknown cynical voice, whose tone sounded smooth but convicting. It belonged to a dark-haired man, wearing a Survey Corps uniform and a dark-green cloak. He was equipped with ODM equipment much like the other soldiers, but his most prominent feature was the cravat donned on his neck. He had a deadpanned expression that was difficult to read, but was also intimidating.
"Hi-ya, guys!" said a goofy voice, which Edd and Eddy immediately recognized it as Ed's.
"Ed? Is that you?" Edd asked, seeing his best friend standing beside the man with the cravat.
"Yup, I am Ed, Bringer of Bacon!" beamed the buttered toast-loving Ed-boy.
"Where the heck have you been, Ed?! And who's that guy?" Eddy said as he and Edd jumped of the evaporating dead Titan.
"Oh, yeah, this is Mr. Anchorman. I found him while I was exploring the abandoned ghost town. Mr. Anchorman, these are my best buddies, Double D and Eddy." Ed introduced his friends to the man that rescued them.
"It's pronounced Ackerman. Corporal Levi Ackerman." corrected the Levi.
"Well, I'm McGee. Cool Guy Eddy McGee." Eddy said, making finger guns in a sad attempt to look cool in front of Levi.
"I don't suppose your middle name is Skipper, is it?" Levi assumed correctly.
"Hey, how did you know?!" Eddy exclaimed but drew back and cleared his throat. "I-I mean... no it's not."
"Don't lie to him, Eddy. He is an adult, after all." chastised Edd.
"Yeah, my middle name is Skipper." Eddy grumbled.
"My real name is Eddward with two Ds, but everyone calls me either Edd or Double D."
"His middle name is Marion." Eddy snickered.
"Eddy!" Edd flushed with embarrassment.
"Don't lie to him Double D. He is an adult after all." mocked Eddy, receiving an annoyed glare from the Sockhead.
"So you're all named Ed? Are you sure none of you are related?" questioned the corporal.
"Nope, but we act like brothers. Right, guys?" Ed asked his friends while bear-hugging his companions.
"Well, boys, as much as your happy reunion warms my heart, you three need to evacuate to Wall Sina before more Titans show up and try to eat you. If you're lost, however, I'd be more than willing to guide you there." Levi informed the trio.
"Do you know where our other friends are are?" Edd asked the corporal.
"I can't say for certain. Either they're dead or safely behind Wall Sina. I already helped your tall and... smelly friend here to find you, and I'm wasting time as it is."
"Hold on a minute," Eddy said urgently. "You're one of those Scout guys, right."
Levi nodded. "Yes, I'm an elite member of the Survey Corps. Why do you ask?"
"Do you know, Eren Jaeger?" Eddy's question seemed to grab Levi's attention as his widened a little in surprise.
"That's impossible. He and other members of the 104th cadet corps have gone AWOL for almost a week." Levi said.
"Well, we just so happened to be friends with Eren. If you wanna to find him, you gotta listen to us." offered Eddy.
"How do I know you are not lying?" Levi asked suspiciously.
"Mr. Ackerman, I think it would be in your best interest to trust us. Whatever starnge events that may be happening in your world, it's all connected to Eren's recent disappearance." Edd explained.
"I don't know what you're on about, but if you're willing hand over information about my recent investigation, then I guess I have no reason to torture you." Levi said morbidly, which made Eddy and Edd nervous, but Ed seems oblivious to the tense atmosphere.
"Oh, look, a little worm. Aw, it's so cute." Ed awed in fascination as he looked at an earthworm wiggling on the ground.
"So tell me, where can I find Jaeger?" Levi asked, getting up in Eddy's face, which intimidated the short boy.
Eddy didn't know what to say until multiple explosion went off on the other side of Trost. Recognizing them as one of the hero's bombastic fights, Eddy seized the opportunity. "Just follow those explosions. I bet it must be Eren right kicking Titan butt."
"Guess that's my que. Thanks for the information, boys." Levi then flew towards the fight scene that unraveled in the direction Eddy pointed to, leaving the Eds behind.
"Quick, after him!" ordered Eddy as the trio followed Levi.
"Eddy, wait! I am physically incapable of keeping up with you!" Edd hollered as his inactive body already started getting sharp pains in his side from running."Oh, cramp! Cramp! Cramp! Cramp!"
"What are we doing again?" Ed asked dumbly as he followed his two friends.
Meanwhile at the top of Wall Rose
Overlooking the chaos and anarchy that plagued Trost, a blonde girl in a Military uniform with the number 5 as the insignia replacing the iconic Military factions, watched as Titans were defeated at the hands of the heroes one by one.
"Looks like the Eds are here already." The girl smiled as she took out a couple of capsules from a dispenser, used a small baster filled with water, wetting the capsules and throws them off the wall.
Flashes of light, instantly turned the capsules into 15-meter Titans as they hit the ground and began qandering around. "There, that'll do for now. The real fun is about to begin, soon." She turns around and lets herself fall off the wall. A giant hand that belonged to a large Titan made of armor catches her.
"Let's go, Reiner." ordered the girl as the Armored Titan obeyed and retreated back to whence it came with the girl in tow.
A/N: I hope you guys enjoyed it. If you guys have any questions about the story just leave a review for the story and i might answer it in the next chapter. As usual, Read Review!