The Guardian's Tale (AOT fanfiction)

-The Warhammer Titan-

I slowly opened my eyes as a sharp pain coursed through my right leg before noticing a ray of light seeping through a hole in what seemed to be some kind of ceiling. I looked behind me and my eyes widened when I realized that it wasn't a ceiling but rather a Titan hand that had come from Reiner's back. Outside, I could hear the familiar sound of ODM gear and Eren's Titan roaring as well as a pair of unfamiliar Titan footsteps.

"God dammit Eren the plan wasn't to kill me." I muttered as I took my jacket off and tied it to my waist, leaving my torso covered only by a white tank top.

I was about to climb up through the hole when I noticed Reiner's face, calm and seemingly sleeping despite the chaos that had begun outside. I froze for a second before slowly taking off my ring and placing it in his free hand, my heart tightening at this simple action.

"I can't pretend I deserve you..." I said as I slid my hand through the hold. "Not anymore."

When I finally broke free from the cage-like structure, I extended my hand upwards right as a soldier dove down. He grabbed my hand and instantly used his ODM gear to pull back up before he had a chance to hit the ground. As we soared through the air, I noticed the hundreds of civilians laying on the floor, the children crying for their parents and the survivors scrambling over each other to find a way out of the war zone. Just like us when the Colossal Titan attacked.

"Alright Yuki...You ready ?" The soldier asked calmly.

We got to the back of a building which had a group of enemy soldiers perched on top along with Anti-Titan Gear which they were using to try and shoot down Eren. I gathered heat in my palms before quickly glancing over at Eren who was face to face with a Titan covered in white skin...the Warhammer Titan.

"You kidding ? I've been waiting for 4 whole years Jean." I grinned in response.

He nodded and dropped me onto the rooftop, drawing the attention of the enemy soldiers who just looked at me with confusion and disbelief portrayed on their faces. I calmly stood in front of them and grinned as my eyes turned scarlet, earning gasps and cocked rifles from the soldiers.

"Good evening gentlemen...I hope I'm not interrupting this lovely Titan watching." I greeted. "But I'm sure you'll find my show much more...enlightening."

Without giving them any time to react, I slammed my hands on the ground and fire broke out from under my hand, engulfing Anti-Titan artillery as well as soldiers. I quickly took notice of some untouched men and I took a gun out from the back of my pants. I nonchalantly walked though the fire, making it hotter and gain more ground as I shot the remaining individuals. 

However, I found myself out of bullets in front of one last individual so I crystallized my arm and stabbed right through his chest. Once I was sure that the only breath left on this rooftop was mine, I walked over to the edge and let myself fall off of the building.

Before I could hit the ground, Jean swooped in and caught me, bringing me to the agreed rendez-vous point which happened to be a nearby rooftop. When we climbed up an enemy soldier came flying towards us but I grabbed him and threw him down before turning to Floch who was sending explosives down.

"Those morons." Jean mumbled before running towards Floch. "Hey ! You gonna burn the whole zone down ?!" He yelled at the man.

"What part of keeping civilian casualties to a minimum don't you get Floch ?!" I growled as I wiped blood off of my arm. 

"The only thing here are enemies and places they live." He retorted, turning to Jean and I. "Did you forget how they massacred humanity inside the walls ?! WE WERE EATEN ALIVE DAMMIT ! THEY'VE GOT IT COMING !"

"Yeah and you've got a bullet coming through your head if you keep disobeying orders." I spat out, poison laced in with my voice as my scarlet eyes started glowing brighter.

"Look ! Eren's telling us something...to fight !" He pointed at Eren's Titan body which had been impaled by a crystal spike. "We shouldn't just wait for our deaths in the walls. What we need are devils like you and him !"

I was about to punch him square in the face but Jean placed a hand on my shoulder, shaking his head. I reluctantly lowers my arm and followed through with the plan, strapping thunder spears onto my arms seeing as I had no time to put on my ODM gear. Just as I felt the cold breeze brush against my exposed collarbones, Sasha and Connie landed next to us.

"Jean, we stalled the reinforcements." The boy spoke up as the brown haired girl bumped her fist to mine. "And the lights are all in place."

We nodded and I trained my eyes back to the front where the Warhammer Titan was fighting Mikasa, holding what seemed to be a sword made out of its crystallized skin in its hands. Mikasa managed to take out its eye but it seemed somewhat unfazed as white flashes of light and electricity circulated around its left hand. My eyes flickered to the ground and I narrowed my eyes as I noticed a strange white cord from its heel to beneath the stage. I let out a small gasp as I realized that I had seen its nape get blown off by Mikasa yet it was still standing. That meant that its actual human body was where the cord ended.

Eren must have deduced the same thing because he dove down and shifted before reaching underneath the rubble that the stage had become. He pulled out a crystal casing just like Annie's where a the shape of a human body could be made out on the inside. He ripped the cord from it and surely enough, the Warhammer Titan collapsed. We all watched, apprehensive, as Eren brought the crystal to his mouth in order to consume it.

Suddenly, a Titan appeared behind him and latched its claws into Eren's head and shoulder before biting its nape. From the way it was built, I deduced it to be the Jaw Titan...meaning Ymir was dead. Just as he was about to bite down, I heard the familiar sound of ODM gear and Captain Levi dove down, slashing his jaw as to make him unable to bite down. Eren used the Titan's clear confusion to grab him by his blond locks before it slashed his hand and tried to run away. I fired one of my thunder spears into his hand, making him fall from the building he was using in his attempt to get away.

Without a word, Jean wrapped his arm around my waist and we all dove down, aiming our spears right at the Titan helplessly laying on the ground.

TO BE CONTINUED !