Disclaimer: I do not own fairy tail Hiro Mashima does sadly, but I do own any oc characters that appear.
People speaking "I'm all fired up"
People thinking "FAIRY TAIL"
Spells and techniques "fire dragon's roar"
Chapter 2
Show of strength
(Clearing in the forest outside magnolia)
"Master are you sure this was a good idea?" Erza asked wondering what the master was thinking, as she looked upon the sight before her. Makarov had found a big clearing in the forest outside magnolia so Natsu and Laxus could have their fight without damaging anything. But what she didn't expect was some of guild members to treat it like a major event.
"Oh let them, makes it more exciting." He said in a laid back tone while drinking some beer out of a mug.
"But they set this up only an hour after Natsu agreed, he could let it go to his head and get hurt." She replied concerned about the dragon slayer.
"You worry too much Erza, you should relax have a drink and watch the show. Besides if someone does get hurt we have Wendy here to treat them." He said pointing over to the sky sorceress and trying to reassuring Erza.
"If anyone gets hurt I will do my best to heal them." Wendy proclaimed as Carla stood alongside her.
"I will never understand the appeal you all find in these barbaric fights." The female exceeds added with a disapproving sigh.
Giving up Erza just continued to stare at the clearing waiting for the fight to commence.
(Inside the clearing)
Elsewhere inside the clearing Natsu was getting ready for the fight doing stretches. Afterwards he looked over to Laxus who was by the looks of it being annoyed by the thunder god tribe's words of encouragement. He then looked over to Gray who was picked to be the referee since he was the one who got Natsu into this, and smirked. "Get ready to eat those words you said earlier pop-sickle." He said still smirking at the ice-make mage.
Gray who looked backed at the dragon slayer smile and shook his head." You do know if Laxus takes this fight serious he'll destroy you right." Gray replied.
Natsu tsk at this and looked over where he saw some of the members gathering and went to go check it out and found Macao and Wakaba in the middle of it.
(Group outside the clearing)
"Hey what's going on here?" Natsu asked wondering what was happening.
"We're taking bets for the fight." Macao answered with a smile.
"And by the looks of it, they're all against you." Wakaba said in a chuckle at the dragon slayer's reaction.
"What!" Natsu cried out. "You can't be serious, all of them?"
"Of course Natsu, what'd you think? Everybody's knows about your history in going up against Laxus." Macao replied.
"Or any S-class for that matter." Wakaba added.
"I was thinking you guys would have some faith in me. You jerks." Natsu exclaimed before turning to the group near to them. "And you guys." He said pointing an accusing figure at them.
"Challenging your superior's shows you've got guts which are manly, but you're going to get hurt." Elfman said arms cross.
"Also you've never beaten Laxus one on one." Cana said carrying a beer barrel.
"And even when you had help you still had a hard time." Levy said adding more reasons.
"Screw you all then." Natsu replied.
"Oh come on, guys that's not fair to Natsu."Mirajane said walking up to them along with her younger sister Lisanna.
"Don't worry Natsu we'll bet you'll put up a good fight." Lisanna said helping Mirajane to lighten Natsu's mood.
Natsu smiled at them as they proceeded to place their bets and then turned to Lucy who was standing with them. "What about you Luce, you going to bet on me too?" He asked her.
"Sorry Natsu, but gambling's not really my thing." She replied
"Come on, if you bet on me you're guaranteed to win." He insisted but she just decline as a certain blue exceed came alongside her.
"Lucy knows she can't afford to gamble with her rent." Happy said teasing the celestial spirit mage.
"Shut up you stupid cat." Lucy replied to the exceed's teasing, but happy just snickered and flew towards Natsu.
"Natsu you do realize Mira and Lisanna said they'd bet you'd put up a good fight not win, and did you even see how many jewels they bet." Happy said. Natsu processed Happy's words in his head and turned to the Strauss sisters.
"Hey Lisanna, you and Mira didn't say anything about betting on me winning, and how much did you guys bet anyway?" Natsu asked giving them a questing look.
"Oh um you see um we ummmmm." She tried to stall but luckily then remembered the time.
"Oh Natsu shouldn't you get back to the field the fight's about to start soon?" she asked trying to get his mind off the subject, and succeeding.
"Your right, I better hurry and get back." He said as he turned and hurried back to the field, where Gray was waiting for him with an annoyed look on his face, completely forgetting what he asked her.
"So how much did you two bet anyway?" Lucy asked the Strauss sisters out of curiosity.
"Just don't tell Natsu because he'd probably get mad, but we bet 125 jewels each." Mirajane answered.
"Yeah Natsu's are friend and all, but we can't risk our savings on that." Lisanna added.
"Yeah, but who knows Natsu could surprise us all he's done it before." Lucy said looking back at Natsu.
"I doubt that being possible against Laxus." Freed said adding his opinion in to their conversation.
"So you and the rest of the thunder god tribe are done encouraging Laxus?" Lucy asked from their arrival.
"You can say that." He replied.
"He sent you guys away didn't he?" She asked deadpanned. To which he went silent to. So she just continued to look at the field in anticipation of Natsu's performance.
"Juvia bets Gray will be amazing." Juvia said staring at the ice mage.
"But he's not competing." Macao said but she wasn't listening as she was lost in thought about the ice mage. He was going to say something else but Wakaba stopped him putting his hand on his shoulder.
"We'll just say her bet was placed". Wakaba said, in a way solving the problem.
(Inside the clearing)
"Where'd you go flame brain, I almost thought you ran out on your beating?" Gray asked annoyed at having to wait for the dragon slayer.
"Shut it snowflake, I'm here aren't I?" Natsu replied.
"Whatever let's just get your beat started." Gray said as he proceeded to announce the fighters.
"In this corner we have leader of the thunder god tribe, S-class mage, lightning boss Laxus Dreyer." He said in a loud voice, motioning his hand towards Laxus. "And in this corner we have hot-headed mage Natsu Dragneel." He said quickly in less exciting voice much to Natsu's displeasure, motioning to the dragon slayer. "Now let's get this beatin- I mean fight started." He said officially starting the fight and walking out of the field, but as he walked he failed to notice he was only in his boxers.
"Will he ever change; anyway you can have the first move Natsu." Laxus said taking off his headphones and fur coat, and then getting into a fighting stance.
"Thanks, but don't go using that as an excuse when you lose." Natsu said grinning at the lightning mage before charging with his fist engulfed in flames. "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" He yelled. But as the dragon slayer reached Laxus the latter swiftly gave him one lighting enhanced punch sending Natsu crashing into the ground.
"Well, that was easy." Laxus said disappointed looking upon the seemingly defeated dragon slayer, as the guild members in the background were laughing in joy of their winning bets.
"Alright then the winn-" Gray said.
"Wait a minute, I can still fight." Natsu said as his head shot up, interrupting Gray before he could announce the fight to be over and surprising most of the guild members watching. "That was a just a warm up now let's get this fight really started." He said after jumping away from Laxus gaining some distances he got into his own fighting stance.
"Fine then, same thing as before." Laxus said with his initial disappointment gone and was now really interested since it usually take one hit to defeat the pink haired dragon slayer.
(Outside the clearing)
"Huh I've never seen Natsu in that stance before." Erza said eyes locked on the fight about to recommence. In her mind seeing Natsu get up after the one-hit Oks it would usually take to defeat him, was a significant difference.
"Me neither." Lucy added.
"So he's starting with that move." Happy said munching on some fish.
"What move?" Erza asked in questioning tone.
"You'll see it's really awesome." Happy replied, leaving them in anticipation.
"I bet it is." Romeo added in excited tone as the fight was going to restart.
"It makes no difference Laxus will defeat Natsu no matter how strong he's gotten." Freed said in a tone confident in lightning mages strength.
(Inside the clearing)
Natsu in his stance facing Laxus, who stood a few meters away from Natsu in his own stance. Natsu's left arm out stretched open palm towards Laxus, his right hand to his chest and his right elbow pointed the opposite direction. "I think I'll start off with something new." Natsu said. "Fire Dragon's Jet Fist!"
Natsu yelled igniting his fist and with the flames from his elbow rocketing him at high speeds towards Laxus. Laxus eyes widen as Natsu appeared in front of him. And before he could re-act Natsu's fire engulf fist increased by the speed of the flames from his elbow slammed into laxus's chest, exploding on contact sending Laxus flying to the ground.
(Outside the clearing)
Everyone was shocked as Natsu sent Laxus to the ground in the first move.
"So fast." Macao exclaimed with his mouth hanging.
"I didn't even see Natsu." Wakaba said after his smoking pipe hit the floor.
"Yeah, that's one of Natsu's new spells he created." Happy explained as everybody turned to the exceed.
"It's powerful." Lucy exclaimed.
"How it works is Natsu combined his fire dragon's iron fist and flame elbow to create it." Happy further explained.
"I'm impressed he was able to create such a spell." Erza said in a surprised tone.
(Inside the clearing)
"Ugh damn that hurt." Laxus said getting to his feet, clutching his chest. "That spell was strong Natsu, but it's going to take a lot more to take me down." He said
"Then try this on." Natsu replied bringing his hands to his mouth and taking a deep breath. Upon seeing this Laxus brought his hands up across his chest to block what he thought was a roar. "Fire Dragon's Flame Gatling!" Natsu yelled as he shot a barrage of small fire balls from his mouth at Laxus. To stop the barrage before it broke through his defense he turned himself into lightning and charged at Natsu.
"Sorry but I don't need my hands to do a roar anymore Laxus." Natsu said.
And seeing the incoming Laxus Natsu decided to use his flames to propel himself towards Laxus. As they met they clashed in hand-to-hand combat using their respected elements to fly around. But as they clashed Natsu was on the defense since as lightning Laxus was intangible.
As Laxus got behind Natsu and was about to struck him, Natsu quickly turned around and punched him in the face.
"Nice try Laxus but when you have to hit me you half to become tangible again, and after fighting you all those times I figured out most of your habits." Natsu said smirking.
"Well then guest turning myself into lightning won't work on you, so I'll just fight you head on." Laxus replied with a smirk of his own, as electricity started to crackle around him. As the fight preceded Natsu's improved skills were making the fight more exciting to Laxus.
"Bring it Laxus, I'm all fired up now." Natsu yelled as his body erupted in flames.
They stood there with their respected elements erupting from their bodies, and then they charged at each other and engaged in close-combat. Their fists engulfed in their respected elements as they fought.
"Fire Dragon's Crushing Fang!" Natsu yelled as he swiped at Laxus only for him to jump at of the way.
"Thunder bullets!" Laxus yelled as he fired a barrage of lightning ords in midair at Natsu. "Fire Dragon's Flame Gatling!" Natsu yelled as he countered with his own barrage, canceling out Laxus's attack and creating a smoke cloud.
"Fire Dragon's Sword Horn!" Laxus heard, and before the smoke cleared Natsu with his body covered in flames rammed head into Laxus stomach sending him further into the air. But before Natsu could back off Laxus grabbed Natsu by the waist and raised him over his head.
"Crap!" Natsu yelled as Laxus using the momentum from coming down from midair slammed Natsu down head first in a pile driver, with the impact resulting in a crater blowing up smoke obscuring the impact.
"That was a close one." Natsu said as he rolled out of the smoke with a few scratches.
(Outside the clearing)
"No way, how'd Natsu get out of that one?" Gray asked surprised at the fact that Natsu didn't seemed harmed.
"You must have not seen, but right before the impact Natsu used his roar on the ground to cushion the impact. Erza answered. "But I must admit Natsu's definitely more skillful than before." She added.
"Go Natsu!" "You can do it!" Lisanna and Mirajane cheered.
"Natsu's gotten so much cooler." Romeo also cheered.
"Yeah Natsu's definitely become a real man." Elfman roared.
"I'll say, he's gotten really strong." Macao said in a proud tone.
"Kid's come along way." Wakaba added.
"Uh, guys you do know if Natsu wins you're losing your money, right." Cana stated finishing her barrel.
At that realization most of the guys started sweating. "I wouldn't worry about that, Natsu may be stronger but it will still take more to defeat Laxus." Erza reassured them.
"Of course Laxus would never lose to Natsu." Freed added confident in Laxus.
"I wouldn't say that so soon." Happy said. "Natsu still has a few new tricks." He added.
"Like what, lightning-flame mode but aren't the effects only momentarily?" Erza asked.
"You'll see." Happy replied.
As Happy said Lucy watched the fight with a smile on her face happy at Natsu's new strength.
(Inside the clearing)
As that was happening Natsu and Laxsu were engaged in heated combat, with their respected element surging around them.
"Fire Dragon's Wing Smash!"Natsu yelled as he clotheslined Laxus in the neck sending him to the ground. "Lightning Eruption!" Laxus casted now back on his feet sending Natsu into the air and landing with a thud.
"You're a lot stronger Natsu but I'm still better." Laxus said as Natsu got back to his feet.
"Oh yeah, try this one on for size." Natsu replied razing his head and creating a giant fireball over his mouth and then compressing it. Seeing this Laxus prepared his own attack. "Resounding through the air, the roar of thunder, plunge from the heavens and reap destruction!" He chanted.
"Raging Bolt!" "Fire Dragon's Nova Bang!" They both called out there attacks. As the attacks collided they created a giant explosion.
As the smoke cleared the two looked at each other and smirked. "You're just as destructive as ever." Laxus stated. To which Natsu smiled at before charging at Laxus.
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" Natsu yelled but as he closed in on Laxus the latter dodges his fist and started hammering Natsu with lightning engulf fists.
"Sorry Natsu but all those lightning attacks can cause temporary paralyses." Laxus said as he proceeded to bombard Natsu with lightning enhanced attacks.
As Laxus got close bringing both of his arms up for a major attack, Natsu with his paralyses hearing off smirked and took the opportunity to surprise Laxus with his own counter attack.
"Lightning-Flame Dragon's Fist!" Natsu yelled as he punched Laxus dead in the face sending him crashing into nearby boulders. As Laxus was getting back to his feet he was met by Natsu's lightning enhanced fire engulf foot as he yelled his attack. "Lightning-Flame Dragon's Claw!" sending Laxus back further.
After which Natsu proceeded to continue hammering Laxus with a series of lightning flame attacks, completely over powering him.
(Outside the clearing)
"Huh, what's going on Natsu's never been in lightning-flame dragon mode this long?" Lucy asked.
"Yes, I thought the effects were momentarily." Erza added, eyes focused on the battle.
"They are, but Natsu figured out a way to use it almost anytime and save magical energy at the same time." Happy answered.
"How?" Erza questioned finally turning from the fight.
"He activates lightning-flame dragon mode in a part of his body, like his arm or leg." Happy explained "just look" he pointed out.
As Erza looked backed onto fight, on closer inspection on Natsu she noticed that his entire body was engulfed in fire like usual, but only his arm was also engulfed in lightning.
"A partial lightning-flame dragon mode." Erza concluded.
"Yeah, you could call it that." Happy replied.
"Wow Natsu's on a whole new level now." Lucy exclaimed astonished at Natsu's strength.
"Ha ha, Atta boy Natsu keep getting stronger." Makarov said proud at Natsu's growth.
(Inside the clearing)
As Natsu continued to overpower Laxus sending him into the ground on his back, the latter decided he's had enough "That's it, time to take this to the next level." He said getting back up.
Now on his feet Laxus smirked as his muscle mass started to increase tearing through his shirt, as scales formed on his arms. As this happened Laxus let out a powerful roar as he released a column of lightning into the sky.
(Outside the clearing)
"Master don't you think they're taking this too far." Erza asked upon seeing Laxus's increase in power.
"I'd be lying if I said I don't, but I'd like to see how Natsu counters against this." Makarov replied interested how the fight will play out.
(Inside the clearing)
Natsu smirked at this "Huh, so you're going to use dragon force, well then bring it." He said. But before he knew it Laxus was in front of him sending a barrage of lightning enhanced punches with his renewed power.
After the assault Laxus preceded with a near point-blank attack. "Lightning Dragon's Roar!" Luckily Natsu predicted the incoming attack and went on the defensive. "Fire Dragon's Spiral Shield!" He quickly said spinning his hands creating swirling disk of fire to shield himself. Natsu was only able to keep the shield up for a while before the Laxus's attack broke through creating a small explosion.
"Huh, guess he's done." Laxus said until a voice called out from the smoke.
"Damn it Laxus." Natsu said as the smoke cleared to reveal him standing with annoyed look and his shirt now tattered he then proceeded to tear it off, revealing his muscular upper body and a few scars on his back.
(Outside the clearing)
"Why that bastard. I'm supposed to be the only one with cool scars." Gray said.
"Natsu never had scars on his back." Erza added.
"Oh those, there were some jobs where I couldn't always watch Natsu's back" Happy answered.
"That explains why he'd take longer some jobs; he must have been healing from those injuries." Lucy concluded.
"Yeah, but now he rarely needs me to look out for him." Happy replied.
"Heh, told you he couldn't handle his jobs." Gray said with a smirk.
"Gray when are you going to find your cloths, you've been in your boxers since this fight started." Cana said.
As that was happening Lucy couldn't help but stare Natsu worried at what kind of injures he's had, until someone voice interrupted her thoughts.
"Like what you see." Came the voice of Mirajane in a teasing tone.
"W-What n-no! Mira I wasn't staring because of that." Lucy said blushing as Mirajane just giggled.
(Inside the clearing)
"That hurt and all, but you didn't have to ruin my shirt." Natsu yelled
"What are you going to do about it?" Laxus replied which proved to goad Natsu.
Natsu smirked at this and engaged Laxus in hand-to-hand combat once again enhanced by their respected elements. As they traded blows it was clear that Natsu's lightning-flame attacks were overpowering Laxus.
After separating they looked at each other once more before charging at each other. As they charged each other once more with their fists pulled back "Lightning Dragon's Breakdown Fist!" "Lightning-Flame Dragon's Firing Hammer!" they said in unison as they're attacks met creating a massive explosion.
As the smoke cleared to reveal both Natsu and Laxus panting and ready to continue and the latter obviously taking more damage in the explosion, but as they were about to continue a giant hand grabbed onto Laxus and Erza stood in front of Natsu.
Hey what's the big idea I was just about to kick Laxus's ass? Natsu asked angered at the interference.
"Like hell!" Laxus replied as the giant hand now revealed to belong to Makarov let him go.
"Sorry but if we'd let the fight continued there's no doubt it would have escalated to the point where you to would have serious hurt each other." Makarov said as his arm shrank back down. "And not to mention your battle has already destroy beyond the boundaries of the area." He added motioning to the damage the area sustained. Boulders turned to pebbles and trees entirely burned form the fire and lightning attacks.
"But I wanted to prove I could beat Laxus and shut that stripper up." Natsu replied.
"Natsu you were able to fight on equal terms against Laxus one of our strongest S-class mage, which is no easy feat. Shouldn't that be enough?" Erza said with a smile proud at Natsu's new found strength.
"Well I guess so." He replied but then turned to the others with a smirk. "Alright who next, remember I did say anyone?" To which most shook their heads in decline. "How about you stripper, want to go." Natsu asked now challenging Gray.
"You just went against Laxus, I don't think beating on somebody weaken will prove anything matchstick." Gray said.
"What you say? I'll show you whose wea-." Was all Natsu was able to say before dropping to one knee panting.
"Natsu you overused lightning-flame dragon mode." Happy said flying towards him.
"Yeah yeah." He replied in a weak voice.
"Well since we can't continue I'll be going now. And Natsu you put up a good fight, we should do this again." Laxus said as he began to walk away, with the thunder god tribe following behind him.
As Evergreen carried Laxus's fur coat and Bickslow carried his headphones, Freed turned towards Natsu "Well I must say you're lucky Laxus went easy on you, but you won't be so next time." He said before turning back to catch up to the rest of the group.
"Tell him I'll be waiting." Natsu replied with a grin.
"Using it that much and it only brought him to one knee, keep growing Natsu." Makarov thought. "Well that was very interesting why don't we call it day. And Natsu I advise that you go on that job when you recuperate." He said to which his answer was a nod.
"Natsu's proven to be stronger don't you agree?" Makarov asked as Erza walked beside him.
"Yes I must agree master. Lucy was right when she said Natsu would surprise us." She replied.
"Yes but I'm more interested in how much he's grown." Makarov said, and then turned to look at Mirajane and Lisanna as they seemed to be harassing the other guild members.
"Alright pay up now. A deals a deal." Lisanna said with her hand out.
"Come on, you guys didn't take those bets seriously did you?" Macao said trying to get out of the bet.
"We sure did, after all Laxus did say it himself, Natsu did put up a good fight." Mirajane said with a sweet smile.
"Now I'm sure we can come to a reasonable agreement." Wakaba said since he was in the same situation as most of the guild members.
"We expect to be paid in full and in cash, that should be reasonable enough." Mirajane said again with a sweet smile. That made some members gasps and whispers something that sounded like demon.
As he watched Makarov thought about how lucky he was deciding not to gamble.
(New spells/techniques)
Fire Dragon's Jet Fist: a combination move of Natsu's Fire Dragon's Iron Fist and Fire Dragon's Flame Elbow. Using the flames from his elbow to propel himself and his fire engulfed fist at high speeds toward his opponent, seemingly as if he disappeared and reappeared nearly tripling the power of his fist and exploding on contact. The only drawback of this spell is because of its high speed it has to be aimed (using his other arm) and can only attack forward. The stance is the same as luffy's jet pistol.
Fire Dragon's Flame Gatling: no longer needing his hands for Fire Dragon's Roar, now when he uses them he compresses the roar into small high-speed rapid fire balls of fire.
Fire Dragon's Wing Smash: an alternate version of Fire Dragon's Wing Attack. Igniting his hand and arm on fire in the shape of a wing, Natsu clotheslines his opponent slamming them into the ground.
Fire Dragon's Nova Bang: creating a giant fire ball over his mouth Natsu proceeds to compress it into roughly the same size of his head and fires it at his opponent creating a massive explosion.
Fire Dragon's Spiral Shield: spinning his hands in the same motions as Crimson Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade, Natsu creates a swirling disk of fire to repel attacks.
(Author's note)
This chapter was just to show off Natsu's new moves and new control over lightning-flame dragon mode. And that hole Natsu goes on a training trip is over used in fanfics. Anyway I hope you guys like Natsu's new spells and the fight. Review what you think about them.