DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN OR NARUTO, IF I DID ARMIN WOULDN'T BE SUCH A WUSS.

Naruto arrived at the front entrance of his school just as the District bell rang. He sighed in relief knowing he had gotten there just in time, and hurried to his classroom. He pushed open the door and headed inside, paying his teacher the least bit attention.

Naruto walked down the aisle to the last row of desks where he sat down. As he waited, he looked around his classroom, surveying his classmates. There weren't many children in the Shiganshina district, most of them where actually sent off into deeper part of the walls, Naruto never new why, Safety precautions maybe? Or where the parents too scared of living so close to the titans? Naruto's thoughts were interrupted as he heard a familiar voice call out to him.

"Hey Naruto, Long time no see."

Naruto grinned as he felt a hand on his shoulder; he turned around to see a small boy, roughly about his height. He had Brown hair and Green piercing eyes that held a bit of wildness within them. He wore a brown shirt, along with black shorts, just showing how skinny he was.

"Eren!" Naruto thought with joy.

Naruto jumped out of his seat before bombarding his fellow friend with questions.

"I heard you went traveling with your dad, how was it?"

"Uh, it was-"

"Hey, didn't you just turn ten last month? You were on a trip too then, right?"

"Yeah, I think we went not too far from-"

"Did you bring any cake with you?" Naruto's eyes widened at the thought. "If you did, you might want to hide it before the others find out about it. They are practically hyenas be careful."

Eren laughed at his friends antics. It was good to be back, He had been away for a month due to his father's work, and was relieved, when they finally got home. The first thing he had wanted to do was go find Naruto. He later decided against it, since it was pretty late when they arrived, fortunately there was school the next day, and he was glad to see Naruto again. He was like a brother to Eren, and had been his best friend since they were 4.

"Hey, is it ok if I come over after school?" Naruto asked. "I want to know everything that happened when u left the district." Unlike most of the Children in the class who had parents who traveled within the walls, Naruto had never been outside this little town and was always curious of what was happening out there, where he couldn't see.

"Sorry Naruto, I don't think that's possible," Said Eren apologetically. "My dad is still has some business with the garrison troops. So, that means I'm staying with Hans after School."

"Hans? Naruto said in disgust. "But, what about your mom and Mikasa?" Asked Naruto, "You should just stay with them; Hans will probably be too drunk to take care of you anyway."

Eren sighed, "Mom and Mikasa left to give some of our neighbor gifts for a celebration. They won't be back for quite a while, sorry Naruto."

Naruto Smiled at him, "It's alright; we can meet up tomorrow afternoon. It's going to be Saturday. So we don't need to worry about school.

"Ok then said Eren happily. "I hope you don't mind if I bring Armin and Mikasa with me.

Naruto shrugged, "its fine with me, but make sure Armin brings that cool book about the wonders beyond the walls."

"Alright then, ill-"

Before Eren could continue, the teacher ordered all the students to get to their desks and take out their notebooks for note copying.

Naruto just groaned.

It was time for class.

After 6 hours of writing and listening to boring lectures, the District bell rang signifying all students that School was over. Naruto stretched before standing up and flung his backpack over his head. Eren had already left, quite a few minutes ago; it seemed Hans wanted him there right after school was over. It really didn't concern him much.

Opened the door of the school he stepped outside and began his walk home. As he trekked along the busy streets his thoughts flew to the lesson he learned just a few hours ago. "That was really stupid, he thought. " I know the titans are our number one enemies but I wish they wouldn't teach us of their existence, its best for kids to stay ignorant and maintain their childhood for a few years."

A noise brought Naruto out of his thoughts; he looked at the location, a small alleyway, and was mildly surprised at the sight. There being beating up and mugged by three older boys was none other than Armin Arlert. Knowing what he had to do Naruto sighed. He sprinted out into the alley and called out to the bullies.

"Oi! What are you guys doing?"

The boys turned along with Armin, and looked at him with mild interest. Naruto's eyes widened a bit. These weren't the normal guys that went after Armin.

"Who the hell are you?" Yelled one of the boys.

This didn't go unnoticed by Naruto as he grinned. This was great; these idiots didn't know who he was. If it were the normal bullies that normally picked on Armin, They would have already pissed their pants and ran away. Luckily these guys haven't heard about him, and weren't afraid.

Yet.

Naruto slowly walked up to them. "Can you leave my friend here alone? It doesn't look like he's done anything bad."

"Why don't you mind your own business?" commented one of the other boys.

Naruto just looked at them with a straight face. "Guys, please don't let this be harder than it really should, just let him go before you regret it.

All the bullies chuckled at his response. Naruto couldn't blame them; he was pretty short and barely reached their shoulders. If it weren't for his blonde spiky hair, he'd probably look even shorter than he looked

One of the three boys walked up to him, a chubby freckled boy with a red bandana resting on his head. "This must be the leader". Naruto thought as he looked up at the bully's face.

"Look squirt," started the leader. "I think it's best for you to get going we don't want to have to hurt you do we guys?

At that the other boys chuckled in agreement.

Naruto looked up at the chubby boy then took of his sandals. The others looked at him questionably.

"Hey! Why are you taking those off?" The leader yelled.

Naruto pretended to look confused. "Oh you mean these?" he said as he held them up.

The leader smirked. "Yeah, if you're thinking of throwing shoes at us then running off, then you're in for a surprise."

Naruto just smiled back at the bullies. "No, that's not the reason" he said as he threw his sandals to his side. "I took it off, so I won't break your nose."

Before the leader could register what Naruto had just spoken, He felt his stomach explode with pain. Slowly the boy looked down to see a fist, Naruto's fist, buried in his stomach. The leader staggered back gasping for breath. He didn't have time to recover before a foot crashed into his face sending him spiraling into a nearby trashcan.

Naruto landed on the ground with a smirk on his face. "Ha," Naruto laughed, " looks like i put you right where u belong.

With anger, the freckled boy yelled out through broken teeth. "What are you guys doing just standing there get him?"

The other baffled boys looked at their leader then looked at Naruto. The choice was Obvious on this one. Without looking back the rest of the boys Ran away screaming bloody Mary.

"W-what are you guys doing!" The leader yelled. "Don't leave me here!" With that, he scrambled off the floor after his buddies.

Making sure they were gone, Naruto walked up to Armin who had hid in a Corner during the fight (If you could even call it one).

"Armin you ok man?" Naruto asked. "Hope they didn't hurt you too bad"

Armin looked at Naruto thankfully before standing up. "I'm fine, Thanks for the help."

Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "It's alright, but you need to learn to stand up for yourself more often, I won't be there to protect you all the time."

Armin looked down shamefully at his words. Naruto didn't understand at all how he felt. He didn't know how to fight like Naruto, less alone trash talk like he can. To him, standing up to one of those guys was suicide.

Naruto lifted Armin's head up. "You're a runner aren't you?"

Armin nodded his head.

"Good, if they come back and try to bully you. Flick them off. And if they come after you, just kick one of them in the balls, then run as fast as you can, ok?

Armin nodded while Naruto chuckled.

"Alright then," Naruto stated. "I'll see you tomorrow"

"Tomorrow?" Armin said puzzled. He didn't make any plans for tomorrow. What did he mean?

"Oh yeah that's right" Naruto exclaimed. "Eren hasn't asked you yet, but me, you, Eren and Mikasa are hanging out tomorrow at the usual place by the Canal."

"Ok," agreed Armin with a smile. "I'll be there."

Content with his answer Naruto turned around and continued his walk home.

(at Home)

As Naruto Stepped in the house, he didn't bother asking if anyone was home. Liz was probably at the market buying tomorrow's lunch, and, Erich probably went back to HQ after stopping by earlier. He went straight up to his room.

Without hesitation he fell back on the bed, clothes and all. It had been a normal day once again. He knew it'd different when he got older, He wanted to join the survey corps along with Eren, and he knew it wouldn't be boring. He turned around and buried his face in his pillow. For some strange reason he was excited about tomorrow, spending time with his friends was going to be fun, he knew that. But there was something else there as well he didn't know what was going to happen but it made him almost shivering in excitement.

He looked at his window and noticed it was already dark. "Liz must be home already" he thought as his eyes drooped. Somewhere along the lines he remembered falling asleep, but was awakened by a deep rumbling sound. His eye snapped open, and was shocked to see a pair of giant eyes staring at him.

Naruto didn't move, He was scared, not because those eyes belonged to a titan. No, these where the eyes of an Animal.

AU: Another chapter successfully updated. I hope it wasn't too boring for you guys, but I wanted to explain what's going on and so on. As you can see, Naruto is good Friends with the Eren crew, and is a natural Badass and is smarter than the average 9 year old (I mean, come on, he was raised by two soldiers from the survey corps). Also if you're wondering about the Kyubbi; I've already decided what to do with him. You will see next chapter as well, this is where the story really starts off.