Though their guild was cheering loudly for them, the two dragon slayers could only smile at them. Drenched in sweat and out of breath, the two of them fell to the ground when they finally crossed the finish line. Laxus and Elfman ran to aid their nakama and when they returned to the Fairy Tail section, the exhausted participants were eager to see two barrels of water waiting for them.
Their guild members congratulated them, but their attention was solely on the water. Seeing they weren't going to get a response out of them for a while, the guild left the exhausted two alone.
The two attacked the water like animals and the sound of vicious gulping of liquid dominated the air. With only a third of the water left, and finally able to breathe without wheezing, one of them finally said something.
Putting down his barrel with a thud the iron dragon slayer snarled out. "Those guys really piss me off." He was glaring at the Sabertooth section at the two fellow dragon slayers.
Natsu who was about to finish his barrel, stopped his movements and turned to Gajeel. He smirked and patted Gajeel on the head. "Don't worry, I doubt anymore of these challenges will have motion junk in them."
Gajeel jerked his head away from the Natsu and pushed his hand away. Natsu laughed but stopped when he glanced at Rogue and Sting. "Who cares about them, Fairy Tail is going to win! Don't worries about those guys th-"
"He called me a newbie at being a Dragon Slayer" Gajeel snarled out. "
Natsu laughed and put his barrel down. "Is that what's bothering you? Ah come on Gajeel stop being so sensitive."
"I don't like how we share so many things in common with those two. I'm not like those guys!" Gajeel's voice was escalating and Natsu began to truly see his friend's disturbance.
"Hey Gajeel calm dow-"
Gajeel snapped his head towards Natsu and with clenched teeth said. "Don't tell me to fucking calm down. That fucker really pissed me off."
"What's so bad at being called a newbie?" Natsu's full attention was now on Gajeel. He could feel the anger radiating off him.
Gajeel didn't reply and instead answered by slamming his fist into the stone wall they were sitting against. The wall cracked and shook from the unexpected assault. With a scowl on his face he said in a deadly tone. "Do you really consider yourself a dragon slayer?"
A frown settled on Natsu's face and he made sure to make eye contact with Gajeel. "Of course I do."
Natsu watched as Gajeel stood himself up and glared at the Sabertooth section. "Well I don't consider myself one. I'm not a dragon slayer, and I never will be one."
Natsu jumped up at that and shouted "How the hell are you not a dragon slayer. You're a first generation dragon slayer, just like me and Wendy."
Gajeel refused to make eye contact with Natsu and instead kept looking at Sabertooth's own dragon slayers.
"So when you finally find Igneel will you kill him?" Gajeel asked and looked at Natsu, whose mouth was now open and confusion etched on his face. "Will you be a true dragon slayer, and kill a dragon when you are faced with one? Even if that dragon is like a father to you? Will you be like them."
The two of them stood in silence and that was enough of an answer for Gajeel. Taking one last look at Natsu he said. "Those are true dragon slayers. We are and will never be them."
"So what are we then!" Natsu yelled.
Gajeel didn't reply and walked towards Fairy Tail B. Natsu stood there and with a scream of rage and confusion he punched the barrel of water. Turning away he walked away, a headache now settling in his head.
A_N
So if you have read my previous work, then you should know that I usually grab the contents of a chapter and just run away with it. This plot will be nowhere as close to what is going to happen in the manga but hey when my brain starts forming a plot there is no stopping it.
I hope you guys enjoyed the intro of this new story. And if you guys could please be so lovely as to leave a review, with comments, thoughts or even questions you have for this new story. Thanks guys for reading!