Hey everybody. I'm back with my first story of my Gohan crossover series. If you haven't already, check out my prequel to this story called Gohan's Beginnings to know how this all started. Anyways, I hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball Z or any of the series that I do crossovers with.

Chapter 1: Beware the Titans

With Gohan

It had been approximately 5 minutes since Gohan had first arrived in the void. He was currently traveling through a swirling black and blue tunnel while unconscious. After about a minute of this, he started to wake up and noticed his surroundings.

"What the? Where am I now? The last place was so empty but this? This is beautiful. I wonder where it's taking me." he said as he floated there motionless and in pain.

Suddenly, he started to see a bright light at the end of the tunnel. And all of a sudden, he fell through it.

A few minutes earlier in Shiganshina

Everything had been a normal day. Armin was getting picked on. Eren was picking fights. Mikasa was protecting Eren. The usual. However, that was all soon to change.

Eren had just stopped some local bullies from bothering Armin even though they were actually just afraid of his unofficial bodyguard.

Armin was a small 10-year-old boy. He had blue eyes and blonde hair that was in a bob cut style. Also, he wore a white collared shirt with a light blue long-sleeved single-buttoned jacket, tan dress pants, and gray dress shoes.

"Haha. That's all it takes. One look. I'm just that scary." Eren panted out full of self-confidence as the bullies ran away.

Eren was a young 10-year-old boy that wore brown pants, a forest green shirt, a maroon colored coat that was unbuttoned, and brown shoes. He was slightly tan, had green eyes, and medium length dark brown hair with bangs that parted in the middle.

Behind Eren was a stoic 10-year-old girl named Mikasa. Mikasa was the adoptive sister of Eren. She had pale skin, long black hair with her most of her bangs parted to the side except for one patch of bangs in the middle, and gray eyes. She wore a simple white dress with a pink unbuttoned coat, a red scarf gifted to her by Eren, and red dress shoes.

"Well, one of you is." said Armin as he started to get up but stumbled in a little pain. Seeing this, Eren immediately shifted his attention to his friend.

"Where'd they get you Armin?" asked Eren in concern as he approached Armin and put his hand out for Armin to grab. However, Armin didn't grab it and started to hold back the urge to cry.

"It's alright. Thank you." Armin said as he got up on his own.

After a bit, the trio found themselves sitting on some concrete steps beside a river when Armin finally decided to confess to his friends why the bullies had been trying to beat him up.

"Well, they just heard me rattling on about how mankind's future laid beyond the walls." Armin told them dejectedly. "Doubt they understood half of it but still."

"Jerks. Why's it got to be this way? Why can't people just let us dream?" Eren asked nobody in particular. He really hated it when people looked down on the dreams of other people.

"The walls are a powerful idea. We've survived for over a hundred years because of them. Nobody's keen on tempting fate." Armin simply told Erin like it was the most obvious answer in the world. As Eren continued to look at him with interest, he decided to continue. "I may not agree with that sentiment but I can see where they're coming from. It's human nature Eren. When it's all said and done, the government's policies are a reflection of our fear."

"Yeah. The rest of the herds maybe. I say forget them!" Eren shouted angrily as he looked away from Armin and at the river.

"Someone's gonna hear you." Mikasa finally said gaining the attention of both boys. "Keep it down."

"What do I care? You'll rat me out either way." Eren retorted as he remembered how earlier that day Mikasa told his mom that he had planned on eventually joining the Scout Regiment. This, of course, caught the attention of Armin as he had an idea of what Mikasa might've told someone.

"I never promised you anything." Mikasa replied as she looked away from Eren.

"Your folks know about the scouts?" inquired Armin as he looked towards Eren.

"Basically. And they're not too pleased." said Eren with a disappointed look.

"Yeah. Big shock." Armin sighed out as he wasn't the least bit surprised by this. Not many people approved of their family members joining the Scout Regiment as there was an immensely high chance of death at every corner do to the titans that lived outside the walls.

"It's sad what most people here are willing to settle for in exchange for some fleeting sense of security. You know? And make no mistake, it absolutely is fleeting. The walls can't hold forever. Only a matter of time." Armin continued gravely as a gentle breeze started to flow throughout the small city.

Just then, the breeze stopped and everything got eerily calm when suddenly, a huge orange bolt of electricity struck just outside of the wall surrounding the city with a resounding boom knocking everyone off their feet and onto the hard ground.

When everyone finally picked themselves up, they all started to look to where the sound came from as nobody knew what was going on.

"What was that?" Armin asked as he felt slightly shaken by what happened.

"I don't know." said Eren with curiosity.

Suddenly Armin also started to run towards the wall to get an idea of what happened thus leaving Eren and Mikasa to catch up to him.

As they caught up to him and a large crowd, everybody noticed something that shook them all to the bone.

There was a gigantic flesh covered hand on the very top of the wall. A wall that was 50 meters (164 foot) tall.

"No. That's impossible. That wall's 50 meters high." Armin stammered out in pure shock.

"Oh no. It's a titan!" Eren whispered out equally as shocked as a giant fleshy face poked up from behind the wall as well.

Then, as everyone stared, the enormous titan slowly raised up it right leg behind it, paused, and swung its leg forward smashing a giant hole in the wall that had once protected its people.

The shockwave kick was so powerful that it sent strong winds flowing through the immediate vicinity causing people to go flying and large debris to smash houses and people alike causing everyone to run in the opposite direction to avoid getting killed from the falling debris too. Despite this, many still got hit and killed.

However, this wasn't their only problem. As the colossal titan began to disappear from behind the wall, a large hoard of relatively smaller but still gigantic titans began to approach the hole in the wall so they could eat its human inhabitants.

"It... It blasted a hole. Like it was kicking a rock." panicked Armin as the titans finally began to enter through the hole causing everybody to scatter in complete and utter fear.

"We have to go." Armin started but noticed Eren was starting to walk toward the chaos in a way that was almost robotic. "Erin! No!" shouted out Armin as Erin continued to walk faster and faster.

"My house is in that direction. Mom's still by herself." Eren said in shock as he started to run towards his house with Mikasa running soon after to join him while Armin stayed behind accepting that it was the end and that every last one of them was going to be devoured by titans.

But what nobody noticed, because of all the panic, was that as the colossal titan kicked a hole in the wall, another hole was forming. A small black and blue vortex rapidly started to appear in the sky up above. The vortex began to grow slightly larger until it got to about the size of a full-grown man. It then started to grow and shrink rapidly before a small figure flew out of it and fell to the ground below with a loud thud.

Below it was a certain young demi saiyan.

With Gohan

"Ow. Now, where am I? Why do I hear so much screaming all around?" Gohan said to himself as he forcefully flipped himself over to look up at the sky only to see the vortex above him fade into nothingness.

So, since he had no idea where he was, he decided to do what he thought would be the best idea. He decided to stretch out his senses to see if he could feel any of the energy signatures of his family and friends.

And that's when it hit him like a brick to the face. Not only did he feel their energies anywhere but he felt the most twisted and sickening energies he's ever felt all over the place. Not even Cell's energy felt this demented. Even if their energies weren't nearly as powerful as anyone he faced, he felt the need to throw up from how twisted they were.

"What is that!? Whatever those things are, their energies just feel so... so..." said Gohan in shock as he couldn't even think of words to describe how they felt.

But despite his better judgment, he continued to sense everything around him because he couldn't move himself around much because of his injuries. He could feel normal humans around the area too. And every time, one of those things got near a person, their energy would disappear. It didn't take a genius to tell what that meant. People were dying because of these things. And what's worse, he couldn't do a thing about it. He could barely even move. It was both frustrating and terrifying.

"Mooooooom! Mooom!" Gohan heard being yelled from about a street away. And although he couldn't see who it was, he could tell it was a young boy's voice. He could also feel another slightly stronger energy signature closely following the boy and another energy up ahead of them that was losing energy. So, he decided to try and listen to what was going on with his enhanced saiyan hearing.

"Mikasa, hoist that end up with everything you got." he heard the boy say to the slightly stronger energy signature beside him. Gohan assumed the other energy belonged to the boy's mother and that she was trapped by something heavy due to what the boy said.

Then he heard a thump.

"Oh no! One of those things is getting close to them! They're going to die!" Gohan thought to himself as he tried to muster up everything he had to get up and help them but with no luck.

"Hurry up!" "I'm trying!" he heard two people saying as he continued to try and force himself to his feet.

"It's them. You've got to get out of here. Eren! Just take Mikasa and run! Now!" Gohan heard from the third energy signature as he deduced was the mother of the now established Eren.

"I want to more than anything! But first I need you on your feet!" he heard Eren shout to his mother as he finally got himself up on one knee.

"Sweety, listen to me. My legs have been crushed. Even if you can get me out of here, I can't run. There's no time." Eren's mother said dejectedly as Gohan got up on both feet.

"Now I just have to get to them and I can save them!" Gohan thought to himself as he started to limp towards where they were.

"Whatever! I can carry you!" Eren cried out hysterically as he and Mikasa continued to try and lift the debris of their house that was crushing her.

"Will you just be quiet and listen to me for once in your life!? One thing I'm asking you! One thing! Mikasa make him." Eren's mother cried out as Mikasa started to silently cry to herself because she realized there was nothing they could do to save her.

"I can't." said Mikasa as her and Eren continued to try and save her in vain.

"You want all three of us to die?" asked Eren's mother sadly knowing that what little time they had to get out of there was quickly running out.

Suddenly the sounds of slinging ropes could be heard as a man named Hannes arrived at the scene.

Hannes was a tall, well-built man with short blonde hair, a thin mustache, and golden hazel colored eyes. He wore a typical uniform from the Garrison Regiment with a gray V-neck shirt underneath.

"Where did that guy come from? And what is that device he used to get here so fast? It was almost like he was flying." Gohan said softly to himself as he slowly got closer and closer to the group.

"Hannes!" Gasped out Eren's mother in surprise. "Take the children and get them out of here!" she pleaded as Hannes kneeled down in front of her.

"C'mon Carla. That's not our only option. Hey, I'm a trained soldier. My skillset is killin' titans and savin' lives!" said Hannes as he got up and began to run to kill the titan as he pulled out his swords.

"Nothin' fancy. Just take it down. Get all three of them out of harm's way. Make good on the debt you owe!" thought Hannes full of heroic determination.

That is, until he finally came face to face with his adversary. He couldn't help but freeze up as it stood there with its giant creepy smile that just showed its lust for human flesh. He just had to get out of there. So, he quickly put his swords back, turned around and ran back to the fallen house. He picked up Eren and then Mikasa despite their screams of protest and squirming. And then he started to run the other way.

"Thank you, Hannes." Eren's mother said with a tearful smile on her face. At last she knew her kids would be safe.

"Wait! Nooo! We can't just leave her!" Eren cried out in protest as he reached his arm out in a desperate yet futile attempt to reach her as the distance between them got further and further.

"I love you! You hear me!? Stay alive!" cried Eren's mother as she remembered their lives together. But doing so made her tear up and want to continue living too.

"Don't leave me." she cried to herself.

However, just then the unexpected happened.

Just as the titan got behind the house, Eren saw a boy reach the house too. And from the looks of it, he was badly injured.

"Don't worry! I'm going to get you out!" Gohan shouted as he used what little strength he had left to throw a small ball of ki at the titan. This caused the titan to stagger and fall. Giving Gohan just long enough to look at Eren's mom, grab the debris and start trying to lift it.

"No! You have to get out of here! It's no use. We'll both die if you stay here any longer" Carla said as she couldn't see the miraculous feat Gohan just performed

Only Eren got to see it since he was the only one facing Gohan and he was amazed. He finally regained some hope that this mystery kid could save his mother.

"Stop Hannes! He's gonna save her!" Eren shouted causing Hannes to stop for a moment to see if she really was about to be saved and what he saw surprised him.

Gohan was actually starting to ever so slightly lift the house just enough to get her out out. Such a thing seemed impossible to all of them. But here it was. A miricle was being performed before their very eyes.

"Gah! Hurry! Grab her! I can't hold this up much longer!" shouted Gohan as he was using the very last of his strength to even hold the house up this much.

"Right!" Shouted Hannes as he ran as fast as he could back to the house.

He made it just in time too as the titan was finally getting back on its feet and pulled Carla out.

"Now run!" Gohan shouted as he dropped the house debris back down. As he did that, he fell down too as he had absolutely no more strength left to move. "Oh no. I'm completely out of energy. Not good." he muttered out.

So, Hannes listened to the boy and ran. He knew the boy would probably be eaten but he ran anyways. And he didn't look back. All Carla could do was look away.

"What are you doing!? Why didn't you grab him!?" shouted Eren as Hannes grabbed Eren in one arm in a way that had Eren facing forward, held Mikasa's hand in the other and told her not to look back, and had Carla on his right shoulder where Eren once was. He was determined to make sure neither of the kids saw another kid get eaten. Even if they knew that's what was going to happen.

"I can only carry three people!" exclaimed Hannes as tears were rolling down his face. He just left a kid to die. What kind of monster was he. So, he carried them all off to safety as Eren struggled to free himself and save the kid who saved his mother. And while Eren was doing that, Mikasa just had a sad face on her look and Eren's mother just quietly cried as they got further and further from the scene with nobody looking back to what they assumed would be the boy's death.

Well, that's it for this chapter! Just so you know, I got some inspiration from the story called Strange Monkey Boy by Trusty McGoodGuy so don't be surprised if you see a couple similarities between the two stories every now and then. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the chapter!