A/N: This is my very first fanfic so please understand. I do not own Fairy Tail and all rights, characters, and everything goes to the creator, Hiro Mashima. And last thing, I'm a Nalu fan forever.
As soon as Minerva dropped Lucy, Natsu ran as fast as could while Gray was starting to have trouble keeping up with Natsu. Natsu then was able to catch Lucy and the second he was able to let Lucy lie down on the ground, Gray was able to make it to Lucy's side. Wendy, Erza, Chelia, and many others were able to make it to Lucy as Wendy and Chelia started treatment on Lucy.
As the Wendy and Chelia continue healing Lucy, Natsu felt a rage that he never felt before. He knows that he has seen his friends like this in previous battles, but when he saw Lucy in the state she was, Natsu couldn't control himself and wanted to take it out on the one who had done this to his partner. Just as soon as Natsu finished his thought, he saw Minerva sliding from the water battlefield to the ground and the second she landed, Natsu walked towards her angrily while Erza tried to calm him down saying, "Natsu, calm down. I know you're furious, but not when it's an unofficial match. You'll get payback for Lucy, but you need to stop and breathe." Natsu only just stopped, but continue with a dangerous glare towards Minerva as well as everyone else.
Gray then said to Minerva, "You knew she wasn't a threat and you've could've stop after the five minute time, so why did you continue to slaughter Lucy?" "It's because she was an idiot to say she wouldn't give up. And also because I don't have any respect for the weak and pathetic," Minerva said. That set Natsu over the edge and the second he took another step, the rest of Sabertooth came down to intervene Natsu. Sting then said, "Yo. If you want to fight her, you fight with all of us." As Sting and the others prepare for battle, Natsu continued with his glare, but with more rage and he wasn't the only one. Erza, Gray, and Gajeel step forward to aid Natsu in the battle.
As the crowd chanted for the two teams to fight, the other teams were preparing to fight as well. Just as the brawl was about to begin and some of the audience decided to leave because they didn't wanted to see the onslaught of all the teams in battle, Arcadios then said, "STOP. IF ANYONE OF YOU WISH TO CONTINUE THE GAMES AND NOT BE DISQUALIFIED FOR THIS BEHAVIOR, THEN I SUGGEST YOU STOP RIGHT NOW OR ELSE." After that announcement, everyone started to stop and walk. But Natsu was still seething anger for what happened to Lucy and needed to get her to the infirmary.
But just as Natsu was about to turn around and walk, Sting from Sabertooth spoke softly that only dragon slayers can hear saying, "That's right, walk away, and take that piece of garbage with you cause she's worthless." Natsu had it and decided he couldn't take it anymore. Just as Sting was about to look at Natsu's face for what he said, Sting was punched so hard that he was flow to the other side of the stadium. Natsu was so furious that he entered Lightning Fire Dragon Mode and continues powering up. As Sting was about to get up, Natsu said, "I'm only going to say this once, DON'T YOU VER DARE CALL LUCY WORTHLESS OR GARBAGE BECAUSE SHE'S AN AMAZING WIZARD AND YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO SAY THAT." Sting then said, "Why do you care so much about this woman?"
Natsu then said something he never thought he would say about his partner, "BECAUSE I CARE FOR HER MORE THAN JUST A FRIEND OR A PARTNER. IT'S BECAUSE SHE'S SOMEONE WHO ALWAYS BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY AND KNOWS HOW TO MAKE YOU LAUGH. SHE ALSO BRINGS HOPE TO ME EVERYDAY AND IS ALWAYS THERE FOR ME AND EVERYONE ELSE. IT'S ALSO BECAUSE I LOVE HER." After what Natsu said, Sting was about to laugh and tell how weak and pathetic he is until he notices something in Natsu. Natsu was showing Sting what he has only shown to his toughest enemies. As Natsu continues to power up, an image of a giant red dragon stood behind Natsu ready to strike as so as was Natsu(I'm talking about like how Natsu was against Zero as well in Edolas against the King and such.)
Sting couldn't speak because he was starting to become afraid of seeing a dragon in front of him as well as everyone else. Many people couldn't believe at the power Natsu had all this time, but never shown it. Natsu's guild mates were also scared about Natsu's fury. As Natsu was about to strike, he then realizes that he needs to take care of Lucy. So Natsu decides to let it go for now until it was time to fight Sting in an official match. As Natsu was about to walk away, he then told Sting, "Say that again one more time, and I won't hold back anymore." Sting was shocked to hear that Natsu said he was still holding back and became angry that Natsu had been hiding his strength, but at the same time excited to fight him at full strength. Sting then said, "You better not hold back when we fight, Natsu."