Yes I know I'm an awful author who can't update on this story at a regular pace because I'm an idiot. But I'm back with a new one for you all to enjoy regardless.

And this time, to make up for the lack of updates, I'm going to make this a super chapter! Meaning that instead of doing the usual 2000 to 3000 worded chapters or whatnot, I'm going to make this one much larger.

Or at least that's the plan. Besides for a story like this I think it would be better if I tried to make longer chapters anyway.

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Chapter Eight: Infiltrating Togow City

Togow City, one of the largest cities in all of Bosco, was a place where trade reigned and markets thrived. It is here where people who journey from all over gather to sell their goods to one another, either it be food or valuables it did not matter. Even with the current state of the nation's government, the city was one of the few places where people were able to live without fear due to the trade practices that helped them give tribute to the King. As one of the largest and busiest cities in the nation, it also held a large military presence that watched over the citizens and kept an eye out for enemies that may try to breach or invade.

And it was that what a certain group of travelers planned on doing, as the familiar forms of the former Fairy Tail Mages along with Flamy and Ace could be spotted laying on the ground on top of a nearby hill overlooking the large civilize place with the full moon's light shining down on them as it was completely dark. Of course 'invading' was a strong word, more like sneaking in and taking out any high officials of the King that were present.

That and they were low on supplies, so they hoped to snatch some of those while they were at it.

"That's a big city mon." Flamy muttered as the leather armored Monk looked on while he and the rest tried to stay hidden from any guards patrolling the city's borders.

"No kidding, and here I thought Magnolia was big." Cana stated in a quiet voice as she spotted some guards guarding a bridge over a creek that led into the city. While Togow City didn't have massive buildings, the size of the land the civilized area covered alone was enough to dwarf that of Magnolia's.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Kinana couldn't help but ask, not sure how all of them were supposed to sneak into the city and travel around without being spotted by all the guards and soldiers patrolling all over the place.

"It's not like we have any other choice. They would attack us the moment we're spotted by them." Mira pointed out, as all of them were practically enemies of Bosco due to their actions against the kingdom.

"I'm just glad that we have at least found civilization again," Lucy admitted as the busty blonde's eyes didn't leave the sight of the guards at the bridge at the base of the hill they were all on, "Seriously it felt as if we were lost in the wild for like seven months."

"That's an oddly specific number of months." Lisanna couldn't help but point out. After all it's been only around a week since they were at the village they saved before ending up here at their current situation.

Ignoring that for the time being, the large group looked back towards the city's border as they eyed the guards patrolling and guarding the bridge nearby. Each of them were trying to figure out a way into the street of the large trade run city, as Erza thought to herself what they had to go with for now while the red head was close to Natsu, who was also trying to spot any means for them to get through.

"There are roughly around five guards patrolling the bridge. There's nothing of the sorts that we can use to hide should we move in and take them down. And if we are too slow from taking the guards out then no doubt they will raise an alarm." The red head muttered, pointing out what they had before them while figuring out a way to get inside the city without warning the large urban area.

All of them tried to figure out how to get inside the city, before Ace, who was lying on the ground observing the guards down at the bridge gained an idea if the sudden smirk he gained was any indication.

"I think I have an idea," The hat wearing bald man started to say, grabbing everyone else's attention before the Hunter went on, "This is a bit risky, but I think it would help us In the long run. The city is surrounded by hills that are covered with many natural barriers for anyone to hide behind, so I will camp out and move around the place and shoot at the guards and soldiers around the city's barriers. That will grab their attention and have them all focus on that, while the rest of you can easily sneak in without detection."

The rest of the group widened their eyes from hearing that, unsure that to think of the risky plan that Ace had came up with.

"Are you sure? What if they manage to spot you?" Juvia couldn't help but ask with worry, knowing the high chances of the Hunter being spotted and caught if he tried to draw the entire city's military presence onto him.

"I will be fine; don't underestimate my ability to blend in with my surroundings. It helps with hunting down prey and other big game. Besides do you all have any better ideas that don't involve just running in and flinging fists around?" The gun wielding man asked them with his smirk still present on his face.

"Hey mon, he does raise a point there. We don't exactly have any other strategies to run with at the moment." Flamy pointed out, agreeing with the Hunter's plan. It was better than anything else he was able to come up with.

Natsu and the girls looked at one another with slight worry, before they all sighed at once. If this was the only thing they could come up with, then they guess they have no choice right now. They can only hope that Ace knows how to keep out of sight. Turning their heads towards him, they all gained serious expressions before they nodded towards him.

"Alright, but stay safe alright?" Natsu requested of him, getting the Hunter to smirk even more from hearing the Fire Dragon Slayer's concern.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine. Just wait for my signal and run for it. You'll know it when you see it." Ace responded to them.

With that, the hat wearing bald man started to slowly get back onto his feet before making his way towards the right of the others, disappearing into the bushes and trees that infested the hills surrounding Togow. That only left Natsu, Erza, Lucy, Mira, Lisanna, Juvia, Kinana, Cana and Flamy as they waited for Ace's supposed signal.

They didn't have to wait too long though before gun fire was heard echoing throughout the air as one of the guards on the bridge had a bullet shot through his skull despite the armor, killing him instantly as his body fell overboard into the creek below. This shocked the other soldiers before in a matter of seconds' bullets fired into their armor and piercing their flesh, killing them all as well while their bodies hit the concrete ground below. Waiting for a few seconds to see if any patrols would show up to investigate, it seemed to be in the clear for the time being before Natsu and the group made their move.

"Let's go." Erza motioned for the others to follow as the red head slowly made her way down the hill, with the others following suit.

Arriving at the base of the hill none of them slowed down in the slightest before they made their way beneath the bridge, intending on trying to remain hidden and undetected as long as they can. Thankfully the creek itself wasn't very deep so they were able to walk through it without getting wet aside from their legs, knowing that now wasn't the best time to worry about that.

Natsu couldn't help but see the corpse of the guard that Ace shot dead lying in the moving with a sympathetic and somewhat sorrowful expression. The Fire Dragon Slayer hated how that their situation had to resort to killing in order to get by and move onward. Natsu only hoped that he and his girls didn't have to be forced to take such action themselves.

They heard more gun fire elsewhere echoing throughout the air, showing that Ace was causing more mayhem elsewhere around the city's borders to draw the attention of soldiers and guards to investigate, thus allowing less threats for them to worry about once their inside the city.

Luckily for them once they started to enter the streets of the city, there weren't any guards or soldiers around at the moment. If they have to guess the gun firing caused by Ace got the soldiers that normally would be present to go investigate the closest chaos that the Hunter was causing outside the city. They weren't also hardly any traders or other people in the streets, most likely due to the large urban area having a curfew in place for people to remain in doors this late at night.

"Everything looks good so far…" Natsu muttered. If anyone other than the girls, the Monk and Hunter have seen the Fire Dragon Slayer trying to stay stealthy along with the others, they would have been surprise since he was the type of guy who would recklessly charge in and demand a fight. But in his eyes, that was one of many reasons why his guild and other people despised him, no matter what the assuring words his girlfriends would tell him. He wouldn't risk their safety just to fight, he refused to let harm come to them because of his actions.

"Which way do we go?" Kinana couldn't help but ask, as after all they don't have any idea where they would exactly go to find anyone in charge of the military presence here in the trade run city.

"Let's head deeper into the city, maybe we will find what we're after there." Mira suggested. After all, if it was like most towns and cities back in Fiore, then usually the main building where the local military force stayed at and were deployed would be more towards the center of the city.

Believing that would be the best course of action, the group continued to remain low as they moved about in the nearly empty streets of Togow, passing by many of the current unattended markets and outdoor booths that in the day would be swarming with people from all over.

It remained like this pretty easily, only occasionally ducking behind some cover when a group of patrolling guards would run by without spotting them due to hurrying to the city's borders to investigate gun fire taking place all around. However as the group of nine moved onward they stopped and widen their eyes when they arrived at a crossroads in the city when they spotted a larger group of soldiers up ahead.

"Get cover." Mira told the rest who didn't need to be told twice as they all moved to hide behind the nearby outdoor booths or in Flamy and Cana's case, behind some barrels that were nearby. Kinana was with Natsu as the Fire Dragon Slayer knew that the purple haired woman would be more at risk compared to them, as she didn't have any Magic or other means to defend herself.

Listening in on the group of soldiers while peeking over to see the group, they all saw an armored woman captain on a horse along with two other riders and their steeds as they listen in on the report by the group of guards before them.

"Head over to the east entrance and search the area for the enemy. We will continue to patrol the streets in case the culprit has snuck in. Now move out!" The female captain ordered the troops before her, who all saluted before bolting off in the direction they came from.

Natsu, the girls and Flamy looked onward while remaining hidden when the three horse riders then started to move down into the street they were in, their eyes not leaving the three horse riding soldiers as they walked by.

Flamy however didn't choose to remain still as he looked towards the others near him before raising a finger towards his helmet covered mouth, signaling for them to remain quiet when the Monk started to move about from his spot, surprising the others while alarming them greatly.

'What is he doing?!' They all thought into their heads, worried that the Monk was about to blow their cover and somehow alert the rest of the city of their presence.

The captain on horseback and her two fellow soldiers remained oblivious when Flamy managed to trail right behind them without making a noise while he approached them easily. As he appeared right behind the horse the captain was riding, the leather wearing male grinned even though his helmet made it impossible for everyone to see.

'Gotcha mon.' He merely thought when he sprung into action.

If the captain had any idea that an enemy was behind her, then she was too late to react or act in time when the Monk without warning channeled his inner energy to fire off light green lighting from the palm of his hands, striking not only her and her horse but the other two riders and their mounts as well. They screamed in agony; buy only for a moment before they were all burned into a crisp from the attack, falling onto the ground with thuds, leaving the burned corpses on the road.

"There we go mon, that's less to worry about now." Flamy admitted before jumping to his side to where the others were close by still hiding, their eyes widened in shock from seeing the move the Monk just did while he landed next to Lisanna and Erza.

"What the heck was that?" Cana questioned from her spot, still trying to remain quiet since she didn't want the risk of anyone hearing them despite how the horse riders Flamy killed screamed aloud in pain for a moment.

"That's one of my abilities mon, it's known as Jade Lighting. It's called that because the lighting has the color of jade if it weren't obvious." Flamy informed them all with a grin, even if they can't see it.

"But… did you have to kill them like that?" Kinana couldn't help but ask, wishing that there was another way to take the captain and the other two soldiers and their steeds down without slaughtering them.

"Sorry, we can't risk leaving them alive for them to wake up and scurry off to alert their higher ups mon. I know you're not comfortable with it, so just leave the bloodshed to me mon understood?" Flamy told and asked them, as he could see that the former Fairy Tail Mages didn't like or want to have to resort to taking lives.

Natsu and the women only nodded in understanding, even if they did still didn't like the need for it at the moment. Seeing this Flamy was content before the group started to move further into the city once more.

Meanwhile at the center of the city, a large cathedral was present surrounding by guards and soldiers alike patrolling the perimeters as they kept an eye out for any intruders or others who were not in doors due to the curfew. While this holy place would normally be a place for worship, the military have at the moment turned it into a barracks for the time being. For despite the city's large size, it did not have a proper barracks or other similar buildings to hold the large military presence since Togow was normally just a city for trade alone. But with the King of Bosco growing ambition to increase his nation's strength, which meant turning cities that normally didn't need such a large military presence into strong holds for the arm of the law.

Inside of the large cathedral, where many supplies were packed all over the place while many soldiers were present along with some Mages also that were employed by the nation's royal guard stood the commanding general watching over the large city of trade. He stood around seven feet tall clad with silver and blue armor, covering him from head to toe, thus preventing what the man looked like underneath. He carried a large long axe as his weapon, which was currently in his right hand, gripping the long handle of the weapon as he stared down at his men with frustration present in his eyes.

"What's so hard of finding a sniper outside the city?! So many of you could easily rush in and search the perimeter to find the nuisance!" The armored general questioned the men before him as he heard the recent report from a short moment ago.

"Sir, we're trying but every time we sent troops out none of them make it back alive. We can't risk sending all of our forces to the border of the city just to find one person." A soldier responded with some concern noticeable in his tone. He and some of the others with him didn't see the strategy of sending every troop available to find this sniper somewhere in the hills surrounding Togow only to leave the city defenseless all over.

The general let out a growl of anger from hearing this, before stepping forward and leaning over towards the men before him. This got the soldiers in front of the general to lean back in slight fear from the angry aura enveloping the armored tall man.

"Split up the forces and search all around the border of the city! If this is all the work of a single entity then they can't be everywhere at once! Comb every hill, search under every tree and rock if you have too! Now go!" The general ordered them all, and while they didn't agree with this plan, they had no choice but to obey as it was their duty to do so.

"Yes sir!" They all responded at once with salutes before they took off, leaving the general alone with the other troops stationed here at the cathedral.

Back outside the large occupied section of the city, the group of nine had finally arrived close to the scene, hiding behind a building as they peeked over to see the large amount of forces surrounding the cathedral. Looking all over the scene, they could spot hundreds of soldiers and guards and some Mages all around patrolling the scene.

"Odd, why are there so many here at that cathedral?" Lisanna couldn't help but wonder, not getting why such a large military presence would be around the holy sight of worship.

"Maybe they are holding a large amount of supplies there mon?" Flamy guessed, after all if there were a good amount of goods then it would be important for the Bosco guard to protect it as much as possible, and that usually meant a good large military presence around it.

"That could come in handy for us to grab some of it," Cana figured, before she looked back at the many soldiers all around the large building with a pondering expression, "But how do we get inside though?"

That got them all to think hard, seeing that it was practically impossible to just sneak inside the building considering the large presence of soldiers all around the building. But they didn't want to risk rushing in and causing mayhem else something to do horribly wrong.

Meanwhile, back in the hills surrounding the city of Togow, Ace was spotted hiding behind some trees as he looked towards him at another entry point into the city as more guards appeared to investigate the dead bodies that the Hunter took out. Seeing more targets got him to grin wider before he carefully aimed once more before taking his shots once more one by one. And just like the other soldiers before them their bodies dropped dead before any of them could even process what just happened.

'That's right, keep it coming. Let me gun you all down.' Ace thought to himself, glad to see that they were taking the bait of coming out. Hopefully the others were doing alright still at the moment and haven't been caught. Though, the Hunter had a feeling that they were alright.

"SEARCH THE AREA! CUT DOWN THE TREES IF YOU HAVE TOO TO DRAW THEM OUT!" A captain's voice grabbed Ace from his thoughts as his widened widen from hearing that.

'Oh crap!' Ace thought to himself for a moment before ducking over into some nearby bushes to hide himself better from being spotted.

Looking through the leaves, the hat wearing bald bearded man spotted a large squadron of soldiers and a few Mages searching through the area, with them even using their weapons or Magic to cut down some trees in hopes of drawing the Hunter out of hiding. Seeing this got him to grunt to himself in annoyance.

'Crap, looks like they managed to send out a search party from one of the others ports of entry from the city,' Ace thought while he started to sneak away from the approaching soldiers who at the moment were unaware that they were closing in onto their enemy, 'I'll just get a good distance away from them then I can-.'

His thoughts were interrupted when one of the Mages, in hope of drawing the Hunter out of hiding, fired off an explosive ball of Magic towards near where the black bearded man was located. This devastated the nearby trees and bushed while startling Ace, not having seen that attack coming as he jumped into the air in shock.

"GAH!" Ace shouted as he landed onto his feet.

His eyes widened as he finally noticed that he was now out in the open, allowing the search party of soldiers to spot him a few yards away from where they were all at. Naturally they all widened their eyes before they got ready to take the Hunter down.

"There he is! Kill him!" The captain exclaimed towards his fellow troops, as they all started to charge directly at Ace.

However Ace didn't plan on going down so with his rifle in hand, he quickly pulled his gun before him as he fired accurate shots towards some of the enemy soldiers before him, piercing their armor and their flesh with ease, killing them before the bearded Hunter took off with speed.

"AFTER HIM!" The captain shouted, refusing to allow Ace to let away from them all as they went on to pursuit.

Ace kept on running all while making sure to drop a few of his traps he had on hand in hopes of slowing his chasers down in some form. The Hunter kept his hearings open to hear for any other threats that may pop up, refusing to get the drop on once more from any sudden surprises.

Eventually he found himself out in the open, arriving on a dirt road on a hill that led down towards Togow City itself. Looking back, not seeing the soldiers behind him, Ace breathe out a sigh of relief before he started to rush into the trees once more in hopes of going back into hiding once more.

"THERE HE IS!" Ace was caught off guard when yet another group of soldiers emerged from the direction where he was about to head towards, coming out of the trees and bushes as Ace ceased his movement before backing up.

Surprise written on his face, Ace turned around only to see the remaining soldiers and Mages from the original group that he escape from emerging from behind the trees and bushes. While they were smaller, showing that his traps he dropped managed to take out a few more of them, it didn't help that he was now surrounded by soldiers all around.

"Well… sh*t." Ace muttered as he saw the enemy troops surrounding him, not planning on letting him escape once more. Well, guess he's going to have to get his bloods dirty as he readied his rifle once more, planning on taking them all on at once.

However before the fight could properly begin, without warning a loud horn was heard echoing down the road on the opposite side of where the city was located. That not only grabbed Ace's attention but the soldiers all around him also when their heads turned towards the sight of the noise… as well as someone screaming.

"SLOW DOWN YOU IDIOT!" A man's shouting was heard as the noise was getting closer.

"WILL YOU ALL SHUT UP I'M TRYING TO NAP!" Yet another person's voice was heard.

And not even a moment later without warning did a vehicle was spotted moving towards them all at great speed, shocking Ace as did the other soldiers as they all became fully aware that the military truck was fast approaching where they all were at.

'Sorry, I don't plan on becoming road kill today!' Ace thought to himself before he jumped while doing a flip backwards high into the air to avoid being crashed into by the moving vehicles.

The other captains and their soldiers weren't as lucky as before they could move out of the way the war vehicle slammed right into them, running them over while others were sent flying into the nearby trees due to the force of being hit by a fast moving vehicle.

"NOW LOOK WHAT YOU DID!" Someone in the fast moving military truck shouted in annoyance at the driver.

"Hey man, they should have moved then." The supposed driver responded in a somewhat deep voice towards one of his friends, who only face palmed from hearing the man's answer.

Before anyone else could say anything as they drove into the city, Ace was seen landing into the back of the military truck, as his eyes widened as he fell down due to the fast moving vehicle swerving all over the place. This grabbed the others in the stolen vehicle to look back to see the new passenger.

"Crap my hat!" Ace shouted when he saw his hat being blown into the wind, oblivious to the other people around him in the military vehicle that they all show a while back.

"Uh…"

That grabbed Ace's attention, before he turned around only to see that he wasn't alone in the cargo bed of the military truck. Needless to say he got both confused and alerted by the few people around him who were all sitting down.

One of them had an eye patch covering his right eye, and he wore mail armor that consisted of dark grey and dark crimson color, and he wore shoulder pads. The man also wore a bright red tabard with white edges covering his chest. His hair was in a trollverine style and was a light blue color. He didn't seem to carry any weapons on hand, his feet were bare and his skin was a bit darker toned compared to the rest of the group. This man was known as Mathe.

Another of the group was also a man albeit more muscular and slightly taller compared to Mathe. He wore dark brown leather robe that covered everything aside from his head and fingers. He wore two shoulder pads that each had two sticks with a moon crescent symbol attached to the top of them, thus sticking out in a rather unusual way. He had paler skin compared to the rest and wore a small dark brown hat which covered most of his short black hair. Trugo was his name, and he waved at Ace with a small smile on his face.

The third man was similar in height and muscle with Trugo, but his attire was different. He had short black hair like Trugo but he also had a short yet messy black beard covering his chin and side burns. Compared to the rest he wore heavy metallic armor consisting of dark blue shoulder pads with blades on them with yellow glowing marks on them, dark blue gloves, boots, leggings and chest piece with them having a golden edges on them also. He also wore a black tabard with a random white colored symbol that Ace didn't recognize, and he had a large sword present on his back. This man, who was currently reading a dictionary for some reason, was named Stomfh.

The fourth man was in the front seat next to the driver as both of them could be seen through an opened window that allowed those in the cargo bay to see and talk to them. He was a bit bulky like the latter two but not as tall. He wore cloth armor that consisted of a black and dark green robe with skull patterns on it, a black tabard that had a white jaw symbol on it, and two large cloth shoulder pads with each one having a large skull of some unknown creature covering the entirety of them. The man was also bald and wore mechanical purple goggles for some reason. This more rational minded of the bunch was named Breezy.

And finally there was the driver himself, who was now humming to himself in a happy tone despite him driving recklessly into the large trade city's streets. His elbows and knees were exposed while the rest of his body was covered in his armor, which like Mathe looked to be made of mail than leather or pure metal. His head was covered by a dark grey hood as only his eyes could be seen somewhat. He wore two shoulder pads that had a skull design to them as they glow a bright yellow color, while the rest of his armor was also mostly black or dark grey in color and appearance as his boots and belt also had a skull design to them as the eye sockets of said skulls also let off a hue yellow light. Like most of the group he too didn't seem to have a weapon on hand for the naked eye to see. This was known as Cyke, one of the more reckless members of the group.

"Oh hi there." Trugo happily greeted the confused Ace, who had no idea on how respond back to the unusual group before him.

"You don't look like one of Bosco's soldiers, so who are you supposed to be?" Mathe questioned the Hunter, who widened his eyes from the sudden question. Composing himself, the bearded man went on to introduce himself to the others before him.

"I'm Ace, but who the heck are you all?" He couldn't help but question as they all continued to drive down the road through the city without a care in the world.

No one answered him as the military truck bumped a little, getting the group to be caught off guard for a moment before they were able to steady themselves once more. Turning towards Cyke, Breezy looked at his friend with a narrowed and annoyed expression.

"What was that about?" The goggle wearing bald man asked the hooded man, who shrugged in confusion as he looked back at the cloth wearer.

"I don't know, I think I saw some burnt up bodies of people and horses that I ran over. So they were already dead before I hit them." Cyke casually told him, his eyes no longer on the road as Ace hummed from hearing that with a small smile appearing on his face.

"Ah, that must be the others' doing." The Hunter told them, getting them all to be puzzled from what he was referring too.

"The others? You mean they are more of you here?" Mathe couldn't help but question, as the others including Stomfh who put his dictionary away looked at the bearded gun wielding man before them.

Ace nodded to them with a grin, interesting the group more. Before they could ask more about who Ace was referring too though, Breezy looked ahead before his eyes widened in horror.

"CYKE LOOK AHEAD OF YOU!" The bald man shouted at his friend, who looked puzzled before looking ahead of them once more as his own eyes widened even if no one could really see them due to his hood.

"GAAAAAAAAH!" Cyke shouted as he tried to control the vehicle but alas it would be too late.

At the cathedral, Natsu, Erza, Mira, Lucy, Lisanna, Cana, Kinana, Juvia and Falmy were still remained hiding while thinking of a way to sneak into the cathedral and bypass all the guards without raising the alarm before the noise of a vehicle grabbed all of their attention. Puzzled, they all looked back towards the direction they all used to come from before their eyes widened from what they were seeing.

"What the heck…?" Natsu muttered when he saw the military truck drive right by them and towards the large number of soldiers, who all widened their eyes from the sight of the now out of control vehicle about to crash into them all.

Some of them were unable to move out of the way when the vehicle slammed right into them, knocking them into the air or running them over before the machine crashed directly into the nearby stairway of the cathedral, bursting into flames as the small explosion pushed back the nearby troops who were close to it.

Luckily the vehicles occupants were alright as they was seen emerging from the burning remains of the military truck and onto the ground, each of them groaning a bit from the sudden crash. Stomfh looked into his pockets only to see his dictionary was completely burned from the explosion.

"Dang it, I need to get a new one now." The sword wielding man muttered in slight sadness, as he was attempting to learn new words for another language with that. As Ace and the rest got back onto their feet, Breezy looked back at the ruined wreckage of their ride they stole from the Bosco forces a while back with a sigh.

"Great, there goes our ride." The bald man muttered before glaring a bit at Cyke, who was currently whiling innocently as if he tried to act he didn't do anything wrong.

"Too be fair, we were low on Magic Lacrimas to power it up, so we would have no use of it sooner or later." Trugo pointed out since these vehicles needed some kind of Magical power source in order to fuel them.

Ace was about to say something before the shouts of orders being flown around grabbed his and the other group of five's attention when they FINALLY noticed the large amount of soldiers and Mages around them. Needless to say, they all gained comical wide eyes from the sight of this as the Bosco forces moved in to take them out.

Without warning however a Fire Dragon's Roar slammed right into a large amount of soldiers, knocking them down and defeating them as the others turned to see Natsu, the women and Flamy rushing into the scene, already ready to fight seeing how being sneaky was now out the window now.

"LET'S GO EVERYONE!" Erza shouted as they all started to split up to fight against the large forces all around them. The red head and Natsu made sure that Kinana was safe with them, as unlike the rest of them she had no means of defending herself.

Ace grinned when he saw his allies jumping into the flay. Turning around to look at the other five newcomers the Hunter motioned them to follow suit before he readied his rifle before charging into the battle.

"Huh, what are the odds that we run into help?" Breezy replied to his friends, who all wondered the same thing.

"Well since we have allies then let us crack some skulls shall we?" Mathe told the others with a grin on his face while cracking his knuckles.

With that, the group charged into the battle as well, intending on taking out the forces of Bosco that made an enemy out of them.

The noise from the battle didn't go unnoticed by the general and the others inside the cathedral, as their eyes widened when they realized that enemies have not only breached into the city but have also arrived right at their front door. Needless to say the general was not pleased with this development at all.

"ENEMIES ARE AT OUR STEPS! GO OUT THERE AND SLAUGHTER THEM ALL!" The general roared out, getting the soldiers to salute and respond back to their superior before chagrining out of the holy sight and into the battle outside once more. Refusing to allow the enemies of Bosco to get away, the general himself made his way outside to join his brothers and sisters into facing off against the attackers.

Back outside, Erza was near Kinana as was Natsu with the two knocking back some soldiers who were getting close towards them. Seeing how she had a break, the red head turned around towards the purple haired woman with a determined expression on her face.

"Kinana here!" Erza exclaimed, grabbing the former barmaid's attention before Kinana reacted quickly with slight surprise when a sword was given to her. Looking up Erza nodded towards her when she spoke once more, "That will help you defend yourself, but stay close!"

Nodding in agreement, Kinana gripped the blade as if her like depending on it. Granted considering their current situation it kind of was the case.

A roar of anger grabbed their attention as the large group were clearing out the soldier all around before the general himself made himself known when he leaped from the entrance of the cathedral and into the battle zone. His long axe in hand, the armored man looked over towards the closest enemy, who happened to be Natsu.

"In the name of the King, I will strike you down!" The general roared out before charging towards the pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer.

Natsu widened his eyes as he jumped back to avoid the long axe being swung at him as it hit the ground. Landing back onto his feet the pink haired young man charged before delivering a Fire Dragon's Iron Fist into the larger man's chin, sending him up into the air. Not stopping his assault Natsu jumped up into the air to follow suit before he went on to deliver a barrage of flame empowered punches into the armored man repearly before finishing it with a roundhouse kick thus launching the general down into the ground once more. As the battle around them raged onward, the general got back onto his feet when he spotted the Fire Dragon Slayer landing not too far from where he was located. Fury growing inside of him, the general charged forward once more while swinging his long axe at the pink haired man once again who side stepped it to avoid being hit. Seeing an opening Natsu went on to grab the general's arm before lifting him over his shoulder with a mighty yell, following up with him chucking the general up into the air once more before the pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer fired off yet another Fire Dragon's Roar towards the airborne armored general. He had no means to defend himself when the attack hit, causing a large explosion as the injured general hit the ground with a thud.

Slowly getting back on his feet, the general glared at the pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer with fury as he raised his weapon once more. Grinning, Natsu was ready when the general was about to charge over towards him to continue their battle once, until…

"GOT YOU!"

Natsu and the general would be caught off guard when out of nowhere Stomfh appeared right behind the general before bringing his large sword down upon the armored general. The large man didn't have time to defend himself as in an instance the general was cleave vertically in two, his bloodied halves falling flat onto the concrete ground below them while Natsu looked at the sword wielding man with surprise.

Seeing this, Stomfh merely waved at the pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer when he spoke up once more.

"Hey, that was pretty cool Magic you did there. What kind of Fire Magic was that?" Stomfh asked in a casual tone as if he didn't just cleave a living being in half or being surrounding by their friends and allies battling the soldiers all around them.

Natsu didn't have time to respond when Cyke's along with Cana's voice grabbed their attention as did the others despite them still fighting the soldiers and Mages all around them, as the hooded man and brown haired woman were seen emerging from the cathedral carrying a good amount of supplies that they were able to snatch up during the quick battle involving the general.

"We got some supplies!" Cana exclaimed happily while she was still able to kick down a nearby Bosco soldier in the face, causing them to fall backwards on the stairs and into the ground where Flamy, Mathe, Lucy, Lisanna and Mira were at.

"Let's get out of here while we can!" Cyke told his friends as he along with Cana ran down the stairs of the cathedral while the Bosco forces dwindled down to a great extent to the point that it was clear who the victor was.

"With what? Our ride was wrecked." Mathe asked as he snapped a nearby soldier's neck like nothing.

"I have an idea!" Flamy exclaimed loud enough for his companions to hear him.

"And what may that be?" Mira couldn't help but ask as she knocked out yet another soldier while the others around her quickly did the same.

"Easy!" Flamy started to reply… before bolting down a random street away from the cathedral and dwindling Bosco soldiers, "RUNNING AWAY AS FAST AS YOU CAN!"

"THIS AGAIN?!" Natsu and the women shouted from seeing the Monk running down the streets of the large city with no signs of stopping.

"Oh I like that idea! Let's go!" Trugo exclaimed as the man also ran off after Flamy.

Seeing that they had no other option right now, the group figured that they might as well head off seeing how they both got some supplies and killed the general stationed here in the city. And so with that the large group of travelers followed Flamy and Trugo through the city.

Even after they stormed pass some more soldiers at a point of entry, the group still kept on running as fast as they all can, leaving Togow City behind them all.

Ta-da! Chapter done! Hopefully that was satisfying for all of you, and if not, shoot me. What will happen next to our heroes? And who are the five newcomers that they have helped and run into? Only one way to find out next time!

See you all next time, whenever that will be.