Hey guys, Colonel here, sorry for the delay in the chapter, there was some family issues I had to attend to and before you start whining, Do you know how scary it feels to see your mother collapse onto her own crap and blood? Or how powerless it feels to have your mother barely awake and hardly moving on your lap as your dad drives to the hospital? However there is good news, she is now awake and recovering from her operation. kh2996, Empty Promise, TMDF Artyom and Gamermann22, thanks for the moral support

How, I must express my condolences to the poor souls in Jakarta and to TMDF-Artyom's uncle who passed away coincidentally on the same day my mom fell ill (unsure but let's just say it was close), Also congratulations on leveling up (Ask him, if you don't get it)

Now, to those who complain about the references, I highly recommend that you better not read this chapter because I am going to dump even more references and crossovers. Why you ask? Because I am writing this story not you, so end of discussion and good bye

Now on with the chapter.

Chapter 28: Kingdom of Angeloid and the Attack of the Idiot

March 5th

The United Nations Armed Forces had decided, seeing that they are now in a new world, to explore it and see what it had in store as the UN had only knowledge of Falmarr and the surrounding islands. There were other continents nearby but the UN had been so wrapped with fighting the Empire that they ignored the other continents. However, Operation Hurricane had ended as all the colonized islands which meant the naval forces had nothing to do which means, they can go exploring. Halsey joked that he should have colonists on his ships.

The naval forces were already in taskforces so it was only determining which direction to go in. The UN had eight taskforces go in all eight direction of the compass, Taskforce 33 heads north, Taskforce 34 sails for north east, Taskforce 38 heads east, Taskforce 40 heads southeast, Taskforce 46 heads south, Taskforce 50 heads southwest, Taskforce 54 heads west and Taskforce 58 heads northwest. The UN sailors, marines, airmen, ship girls and witches were in high spirits as they were now on a journey full of adventure and discovery

Taskforce 54

"This is so exciting poi! We are like our ancestors, sailing the high seas and discovering new lands, this is so cool poi!" Yūdachi cheered as she skated across the water.

"Yes it is Yūdachi, this is a new experience for all of us" Fubuki smiled before she looked up, "Oh look, it's the Strike Witches"

"Don't you mean the Dragon Hunters, Bucky?" Mutsuki said.

"Yeah, all of them have killed at least one dragon" Guest said.

"Well they are the 501st, they are among the best we got" Sussex said as she looked up to the witches above.

In the sky

"Hey do you think we will find treasure beyond our wildest dreams?" Francesca asked.

"Maybe, but not up here" Shirley grinned.

"Too bad Amirah is not here" Christy said.

"Well she needs a break; she is been through a lot" Chris said.

"Ja and I think it gives time for Amirah and Orlovsky to forge a stronger relationship" Gertrude said.

"When did you become an expert in relationships, Trude?" Hanna teased.

"Hanna, this is our friend we are talking about, don't you want the best for the one who saved your ass a few times in Africa" Shirley reminded, "Besides, let her and Orlovsky have fun in London"

"Hey I see land" Mami pointed out to landmass in the distance.

"Wow, two days at sea and we already found land, the advances of technology has really shrunk the world" Minna said,

"Hey, that island looks strange" Ember said.

"Yeah it does" Shirley said. The witches looked at the island and couldn't help feel uneasy.

"This is USS Essex, to Lieutenant General Wilcke, we are getting strange radio interference from the island but we can't seem to determine what is causing it; can you go and check it out?" The captain of the USS Essex radioed.

"We are going to go in and check it out" Minna radioed back. The girls of the 501st JFW flew in and took a closer look at the island. They saw that it had signs of human activity as it had buildings or what remains of them.

"It looks like there was a settlement here" Keiko said.

"Well, it is abandoned now" Hanna said.

"And not too long ago, look at the ruins, they aren't as weathered down for them to be ancient ruins and they look to be of the same style of that in the Empire" Raisa said as she looked the ruins.

"Hey guys, you better come and see this" Shirley said. The rest then ran to where Shirley was as she and Francesca at something below.

"What is it, Shirley?" Ember asked.

"Look" Shirley said as she pointed to a massive crater just below them. It was a massive hole that was mostly filled with water.

"Mein Gott, what happened here?" Minna gasped. Yoshika meanwhile noticed something on the ground, she picked it up; it was the flag, the ensign of the Imperial Navy.

"Hey guys look; it is the ensign of the Imperial Navy" Yoshika said.

"Wait, didn't Piña told us about an Imperial Naval base in this area that went silent?" Chris asked.

"Yes… wait, does that mean… this is…?" Shizuka asked.

"This is that naval base that went silent and now we know why but now the question who and how they did it because this is looks like a blast from a nuclear bomb" Minna said.

"This is BNS Rebellious to the 501st! Warning! There is something is heading your way and it is big on the radar!" A Blue Neuroi destroyer radioed frantically.

"Roger, we will keep an eye out" Minna said, "Everyone, get into the air now!"

"Roger!" The rest of the 501st soared into the sky as they prepared for whatever approached. They were slightly surprised by what they saw; it was a pink haired girl with angel wings in a white dress and she was flying towards them from a large landmass in the distance.

"You can go no farther as you are entering the territory of the Kingdom of Angeloid, if you are part of the Empire then turn back or you will suffer the same fate of those who were based on this island" The girl threatened. Minna turned to see the ships and ship girls go into their battlestations and she didn't want to cause bloodshed so soon.

"We will not advance any farther but first answer me this, what happened here?" Minna asked.

"It was a naval base for the Empire; it was where their ships were docked and where they would launch raiding and blockades against the Kingdom of Angeloid so I was sent do destroy the naval base and I succeeded" The girl said, "Now who are you and why are you here?"

"I am Lieutenant General Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke of the 501st Joint Fighter Wing and my witches and I are not part of the Empire, we are part of a military force called the United Nations Armed Forces, we are not allied with the Empire, we are in fact at war with the Empire" Minna replied to the winged girl.

"I am Ikaros, a battle-class Angeloid of the Kingdom of Angeloid, and why is the United Nations Armed Forces at war with the Empire?" Ikaros asked.

"The Empire attacked my homeland, Karlsland just two hours after we won a war against an enemy we call the Red Neuroi, we were angered by their unprovoked attack and we retaliated and invaded them in response. At the moment we are crushing the Empire however my commanders have decided to have some of its units to explore the world" Minna said.

"So your nations can exploit the world's resources?" Ikaros asked.

"No, to learn more about this world and if possible forge new alliances, we come bearing the olive branch and not the sword" Minna said. The air became tense as Ikaros processed what Minna said.

"I see that you bear no ill will so you are granted access" Ikaros said as she looked to Minna and her witches, "Welcome to the Kingdom of Angeloid"

"Thank you for trusting us, I promised you that this will be a decision you will not regret" Minna said. Ikaros led the 501st and Taskforce 54 to the capital of the Kingdom of Angeloid, Synapse. It was amazing sight for the UN forces as it was a beautiful city and they were surprised that in the Kingdom of Angeloid was mostly populated by women.

Port Synapse

An Angeloid's POV

I was at the main pier of the port of the capital when I spotted Ikaros; one of the Imperial Knights flew over and behind her was twenty two female fliers all I have never seen before.

"Faye, look at those ships" My co-worker shouted as she pointed out to sea. I turned and was amazed to see grey ships of various sizes approach the port. I also saw amongst the ships was girls of various ages wearing strange clothes and had strange equipment on their persons.

"Tanya, you think they are part of the Empire?" I asked.

"I don't think so, Faye, look at their flags, none match the Empire's naval ensign" Tanya replied, "And I think they are part of a coalition, look at all the different flags"

"Look at all those men…" I said as the ships came to about a few hundred metres from the docks and stopped. By now many other Angeloids have gathered along the shore to see these strange grey vessels stood tall and proud as they anchored off shore.

"Strange, the sailors aren't coming ashore" An Angeloid said.

"But don't usually sailors come ashore and cause trouble?" A younger Angeloid asked.

"That is true with the sailors of the Empire east of here but these are not Imperial sailors" An older Angeloid said. Just then I noticed the sailors on the ships, they were waving to us. Then some began shouting and cheering.

"Hey beautiful, How are you?!" A sailor shouted from one of the closer ships. I was confused as I looked around as I was the only one at the end of the pier as Tanya had gone off somewhere so I pointed to myself.

"Are you talking to me?" I asked back.

"Yeah you, beautiful" The sailor smiled. I couldn't help but blush to his compliment and I noticed other Angeloids blushing as well.

"Damn, this is really a kingdom of angels, just look at the beautiful and cute angels at the shore" Another grinned.

The Angeloids soon found out what the sailors and floating girls were, they were part of the United Nations Armed Forces and they were on exploration mission. They had no ill intentions for the Kingdom of Angeloids. Thanks to Minna, the Kingdom of Angeloids agreed to an alliance with the United Nations but the Queen of the Kingdom of Angeloids was surprised by the fact that she wasn't requested to join the UN's current war with the Empire as she thought would be necessary. After three days the UN forces began to move out again but not before being treated to a banquet by the Angeloids which the sailors, soldiers, airmen, witches and ship girls were very happy to have attended. Ikaros joined the UN, more specifically the 501st Joint Fighter Wing as she gotten herself "imprinted" on Yoshika Miyafuji when the Fusoan Marine captain protected Ikaros from a deranged priestess called Nymph. Yoshika and Chris then went off and attacked and defeated Nymph's abuser, the Sky Master. He was beaten so badly that now if he hears the word marine, he would freeze in fear also Nymph was "imprinted" on Chris and now the 501st has two additional members. However Taskforce 54 wasn't the only one that discovered a new civilization.

March 9th

Taskforce 34

While Taskforce 54 prepared to move out from Kingdom of Angeloids, Taskforce 34 was approaching uncharted land and they saw a town. The ships stayed back as the ship girls moved forward to recon the area. Enterprise then decided to head into town straight to see if it was safe.

"Enterprise, are you sure it is a good idea for a carrier girl to go scouting?" Iowa asked as she watched Enterprise cock her M1903 Springfield.

"Well Iowa, I am an old carrier girl and I am already too old for the navy of the jet age so at least I can do simple support missions like this" Enterprise said as she placed a helmet on her head and strapped it on.

"You may be oldest active but you are the best carrier girl we got" Midway thought as she looked at her fighters conduct their CAP.

"Well wish me luck" Enterprise said as she sailed towards the port town. She noticed the town had a 19th century European feel with the designs of the buildings that she saw. She thought of using her ghost powers but had decided against it as she fears she might scare someone. She then climbed ashore on one of the many piers and looked around and saw that she had chosen one of the quieter piers as there were very little people there.

"Well, so far so good" Enterprise said as she looked around, "Now for some recon flights"

Enterprise then launched her SBD Dauntlesses and SB2C Helldivers to scout the town and surrounding area. Her fairies flew into the sky as they recon the area. As they flew their mission, they didn't realize that they had caught the attention of three flying cat-like creatures or if they knew, Exceeds.

"Huh? What are those things?" Happy, a blue Exceed asked as he watched the mysterious small objects fly over Hargeon Town.

"I don't know, maybe toys?" Carla, a white Exceed said as she watched the same object

"They look too detailed to be toys" Panther Lily, a black Exceed said as he carefully observed the object.

"Whatever they are, they seem to be looking for something" Carla said. Just then they saw an eagle flying overheard and it dived on the small flying object.

"The eagle is going to destroy it" Happy said in horror.

"Wait, look" Carla said as she pointed to the small object. The small thing began to fly erratically and they saw flashes appear from the back of the object as small streaks of light hit the eagle. The eagle looked to be in pain as it began to bleed from the streaks of light.

"What was kind of magic is that?!" Happy said in surprise as the object flew in a way that suggested that it was controlled. It was then he saw tiny people inside the object, "I see tiny people inside the object"

"What? You don't be lying now, Happy" Carla said.

"He is not lying, Carla, I see them too" Panther Lily said.

"What in Earthland is that object?" Carla asked as the eagle and object changed roles, the eagle, the prey, the object, the predator. The eagle dived into the streets below with the small object chasing it. The Exceeds followed the chase. They watched as the dark blue cross shaped object skilfully chased the wounded eagle and it carefully used its streaks of light. They saw that the tiny operators only attacked when the eagle was not flying over anyone or anything. The eagle was in bad shape and was beginning to falter in its flight. The small object then used its streaks of light on the eagle and that was the coup de grace as the eagle fell dead but unfortunately it fell on top of the Exceeds' friend's head, a very easily angered pink haired dragon slayer's head.

"Hey! What's the big idea?! Who threw this bird at me?!" Natsu barked as he picked the dead bird.

"Probably some kid" Gray said unfazed.

"Strange, that bird has small holes in its body" Erza pointed out.

"Hey, what is that?" Wendy said pointing to an object flying in the sky.

"It looks like a cross" Lucy said.

"Hey guys" The group turned to see Happy, Carla and Panther Lily fly down to them.

"What's the matter, Happy?" Natsu asked.

"That blue cross killed the eagle" Carla said.

"What? That thing will pay for dumping this bird on me!" Natsu said as he chased after the blue cross.

"Natsu, wait!" Erza barked, "That idiot"

"He's always charging in" Gray sighed before smiling, "And that is what I like about him"

"Gray, hold on, wait for us" Lucy said as Gray ran after Natsu.

"Come on, let's go before they get into trouble" Erza said as she, Wendy and Lucy chased after the two wizards.

Meanwhile at the piers

Enterprise had her flight deck ready as she prepared to take in her scout bombers. She was slightly entertained when she heard one of her scout bombers took out an eagle.

"Well, at least my girls didn't all get bored" Enterprise said. Just then she got a signal from Admiral Halsey.

"Well Enterprise, how's your little recon run?" Halsey radioed asked.

"I am having a good time" Enterprise said when she heard something, it sounded like someone shouting. Enterprise turned to see a pinkette running towards her at full speed.

"Hey you! What's the big idea?" The young man growled as he pointed to Enterprise who was confused by what the man was saying.

"What are you talking about?" Enterprise asked, "I am just doing some reconnaissance of the town with my birds"

"One of your birds dumped an eagle on me!" the pinkette said.

"So, not my fault?" Enterprise said not amused.

"I will teach you, what you get if you mess with a dragon slayer because I am Natsu the Fire Dragon Slayer!" The pinkette barked as he charged at Enterprise. Enterprise blocked Natsu's punch with her M1903 catapult rifle. Natsu seemed surprised that Enterprise didn't flinch from his punch.

"What? How can you be unaffected by my punch?" Natsu asked.

"There is more than meets the eye with me" Enterprise smiled. Natsu continued to attack Enterprise but Enterprise stood her ground as she fought defensively.

At sea

Taskforce 34

"New Jersey, Enterprise is being attacked by a man with fire powers" Yukikaze said as she looked through her binoculars.

"Damn it, we can't let Enterprise get captured, let's go everyone" New Jersey said as the fleet of ship girls to move out to back up Enterprise.

"This is Admiral Halsey to all ships, move in to closer, get ready to provide Enterprise with fire support" Halsey ordered as Taskforce 34 moved in closer with their guns ready to support their most veteran carrier girl.

Meanwhile back on the pier

It was a stalemate, Natsu was attacking with all he got but he couldn't get the carrier girl to budge, Enterprise on the other hand stayed on the defensive as she didn't make the situation even worse but it was going to get worse anyway.

"Hey Natsu, need some help?" Enterprise looked up to see a shirtless man jumping into the fight.

"Oh come on Gray, I can do this on my own!" Natsu barked. Enterprise immediately decided to fight back with kicking Natsu back and turning to block's Gray attack. Enterprise now faced a two on one fight but she glanced to sea and smiled, that disadvantage will not last long.

With Erza, Lucy, Wendy and the Exceeds

"Damn it, where could they have gone?" Lucy asked as she looked around.

"They were heading for the coast so maybe they are at the docks?" Wendy guessed.

"Lucy, Wendy, look out to sea" Erza said.

"What are you talking about Erza… what are those?!" Lucy shouted as she and Wendy turned to see hundreds of strange vessels moving towards the town. But was more surprising were the hundreds of girls gliding on the surface of the sea. Erza looked at the girls and she could see that they had the eyes of soldiers.

"Why are they here?" Wendy asked.

"I don't know… hey, the girls are heading somewhere" Lucy noticed.

"Maybe, there is where Natsu and Gray are" Carla said.

"If that is so, they are going to face an unfair fight" Panther Lily said.

"Come on, let's get to the docks before the idiots causes the destruction of Hargeon" Erza said. The six "Fairy Tail" Guild wizards immediately headed for the docks where they saw Natsu and Gray attacking a girl who was surprisingly was holding herself quite well against the two veteran wizards.

"Wow, who is she?" Lucy said in awe.

"Whoever she is, she must be a comrade of those girls and whoever on those ships" Erza said as she looked at the floating girls and the grey vessels prepare to assist their comrade, "I need to stop this fight"

"How" Lucy asked.

"Requip!" Erza said as she summoned her Heart Kreuz Armour and headed into the battle.

With the fighting

Enterprise was getting tired, her energy was low and the attacks of her opponents were now beginning to take a toll on her.

"You are quite strong, mystery lady, I like that but let's see if you can take this" Natsu smiled as he took a step back, "Fire Dragon's Flame Elbow!"

"Ah shit…" Enterprise said as she braced for the impact when she saw Natsu charging towards her with his fist. But it never came, she lowered her arms and saw an armoured female knight with long red hair standing in front of her and she was blocking Natsu's attack.

"Stop fighting, you idiot! You are endangering the town!" The knight barked.

"Erza, what are you talking about?" Natsu questioned.

"Look" Erza said as she pointed to sea. Natsu and Gray turned towards the sea and were surprised by the large number of floating girls and ships gathered and they didn't look very happy.

"Who are these people?!" Natsu said.

"They are my comrades, we are part of the United Nations Armed Forces" Enterprise said.

"It seems we have much to discuss, sorry for those two idiots" Erza said.

"It's alright, I have seen worse" Enterprise smiled. Taskforce 34 then finds out from Erza that they have arrived at the continent of Ishgar or to be precise on the shores of the Kingdom of Fiore in the port town of Hargeon. The UN sailors and soldiers were quite surprised that they managed to bypass Caelum without alerting anyone on that island nation. Fiore's king, Toma E. Fiore, granted the UN troops permission to come ashore. Admiral Halsey then struck a defensive pact with King Fiore between the UNAF and the Kingdom of Fiore which then extended to the all the nations on the continent of Ishgar. While this took place, the UNAF back on Falmarr were being plagued by dragon problems so much so that the 501st JFW was recalled from Taskforce 54 and the 503rd and the 505th JFWs were reactivated and brought in from Europe. The UNAF were going to deal with the dragons once and for all but first the line has to be held before the full might can be brought upon the dragons and maintaining line is going to be the responsibility of the Flying Tigers.