I sat on a chair, watching Gajeel torture the girls.
At first, he hit Lucy a few times, but Mercy stepped to defend Lucy, so Gajeel started beating her, even with the injuries Mercy already had.
As Gajeel began tormenting Mercy, I said, "Well she's a tough bitch, I'll give her that. But I don't expect her to hold out very long."
Mercy flashed me a wry smile, "You'd be surprised."
"We've beaten wizards tougher than you on days we feel rather generous," I said.
Gajeel continued beating Mercy, causing her to scream every now and then. I turned to watch the battles outside. Cana was throwing cards at the phantoms using her Magic Card. Macao Conbolt was using his Purple Flare, while Alzack and Bisca hit them with their bullets. Han Gauss was trying to grasp the phantoms using his sand. Maryse Greenwood was running around, healing some injuries while firing some nature attacks. Sandra Skyheart had summoned a Celestial Spirit that was using Sword Magic.
I didn't know exactly what had become of the Element 4, but I was assuming that they were being defeated.
Then I turned back to Gajeel, "Gajeel, enough."
Gajeel looked at me quizzically.
"I still want to get some hits in," I said.
"You got hits in when you captured her," Gajeel pointed out.
"It's not enough," I said.
Gajeel shrugged and I stepped forward, my hands sparking. "So you want to play heroine," I said. "We'll see about that."
"I know all your little tricks!" Mercy spat.
I laughed. "Oh really?" I drew my curved sword. It has a purple handle with claw like decorations at the end and a bunch of golden rings attached. The blade was silver. I slashed Mercy with it. She yelled in pain.
"But I do like sticking to lightning," I admitted before hitting Mercy with lightning. I wondered how many lightning strikes it would take to take her down when the ceiling started crumbling.
Gajeel smirked a bit.
The roof gave away, and four Dragon Slayers and four cats came in.
One was Natsu, accompanied by Happy. Next to him was a girl who looked exactly like him, with a ruby red cat. Her name was Naomi Dragneel, Natsu's twin sister.
The third one was Sebastian with a calico cat.
The last one was a girl with long silver hair in a ponytail and crystal blue eyes. She wore a blue shirt with sleeves that reached her elbows along with a black skirt and ocean blue go-go boots. Misty Swanson. Her cat was midnight blue with grayish-blue eyes.
"Natsu and I will handle Gajeel," Sebastian said. "Misty, Naomi, you guys take Bella."
I looked over Gajeel and met his red eyes. It might not seem like it at first glance, but we were friends. We'd been through a lot together. We'd been through blood, tears, fire, storms, and bar brawls. After years of fighting together, it was almost as if we could read each other's thoughts. The look in his eyes were clear: Take care of the two girls. Make sure they don't get to Lucy and Mercy.
I nodded slightly, and he smiled a bit before turning his attention to Natsu and Sebastian.
I turned to face my challengers. "Well hello, ladies. Come to rescue Lucy and Mercy? Well I can't allow that. Lightning Dragon Roar!"
"Dark Fire Dragon Roar!" Naomi yelled.
"Water Dragon Roar!" Misty yelled.
Black fire and water intercepted my lightning. I growled before charging at them, "Lightning Dragon Wing Attack!" Naomi and Misty went flying. Naomi recovered quicker and yelled, "Dark Fire Dragon Sword Horn!"
The fire burned me. I yelped, before I growled and shot more lightning, "Lightning Dragon Iron Fist!" I punched Naomi, my hand coated with lightning. There was a nasty sparking noise and Naomi yelled before slumping against the wall.
Misty ran at me, "Water Dragon Talon!" She yelled, shooting water at me. Her magic circle was as blue as the ocean.
I dodged before shooting, "Lightning Dragon Roar!" My magic circle was a dark purplish-blue.
Misty took the damage, but she wasn't beaten yet. She was tough.
But not tough enough, I told myself. I refused to be beaten.
I saw Naomi get up and run at me, dark fire forming in her hand. Misty ran at me with water ready.
But I had my lightning ready, "Lightning Dragon Iron Fist!" I yelled, punching both girls back.
Over with the boys, Gajeel had an upper hand, but Natsu and Sebastian were strong and formidable too.
"We are your opponents!" Naomi yelled, punching me in the face. I flew backwards.
"Don't turn your back on an opponent!' Gajeel yelled. Unfortunately for him, this gave Sebastian an opened to nail him with a Nature Dragon Roar, sending Gajeel flying after me.
"You were saying?" I said dryly.
"Shut up," Gajeel huffed. "These kids are strong."
"We'll we're stronger," I insisted. "We'll see if they can survive Iron Lightning Dragon's Breath."
We stood in unison, with me forming some lightning and Gajeel forming iron. We'd done this before, so we had our Unison Raid under control. We brought our magic together and felt it combine into one large attack.
"IRON LIGHTNING DRAGON'S BREATH!" we yelled.
A spiral of iron blasted at them. It looked like Gajeel's regular Iron Dragon Roar, but this attack was infused with my lightning. It sparked around the spiral, and shot out at nearby targets. I smiled as the destruction it was causing.
"No!" Lucy cried. She was supporting Mercy, who was beat up bloody.
"Now, where was I?" I asked.
Lucy flinched, backing away slightly, but suddenly some of the rocks exploded with fire.
"WHAT?" Gajeel yelled.
"HOW?" I roared.
Natsu smirked.
"Why do they keep fighting?" I asked. "Why do you keep fighting? You're clearly injured."
"Because I can't let you harm my friends!" Natsu yelled.
I faltered for only a second. But apparently that was enough for Naomi to nail a dark fire attack. Misty finished with her water. Natsu and Sebastian did the same to Gajeel.
I suddenly felt weak and dizzy. Apparently, the Unison Raid has taken a lot more energy than I'd thought.
"Dammit..." I cursed. Next to me, Gajeel fell, too.
The other four Dragon Slayers were apparently tired too, for they all sat down. I guess they judged that we weren't much of a threat anymore.
While we'd been fighting, Fairy Tail's master Makarov had recovered and cast his Fairy Law spell to defeat Phantom. I cursed. We were defeated. Lucy and Mercy were saved. I was on the ground.
"Hey, Gajeel, Bella," Natsu spoke up. "You hear me?"
"Nah," Gajeel said.
" I just wanna know where you guys learned Dragon Slayer Magic," Natsu protested.
"I told you, I'm not listening," Gajeel said stubbornly.
"You two are the only other wizards outside of Fairy Tail who use the same type of magic we do," Misty pointed out. "You can't blame us for being curious."
"Blitz," I spoke. "I learned Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic from the Lightning Queen, Blitz. But seven years ago, she disappeared on July 7."
"No way!" Natsu exclaimed. He accidentally fell off his ledge.
Gajeel explained that he was taught by Metalicana, the Iron Dragon. Then, of course they started fighting over something really, really, really stupid.
"We've met before," I concluded. *
"Huh?" Every Dragon Slayer looked at me.
"It's a faint memory," I admitted.
Gajeel and Natsu continued arguing, while Naomi pinched the bridge of her nose, "Boys are idiots."
"Hey!" Sebastian protested.
"I meant Natsu and Gajeel," Naomi pointed at the two.
But now they were talking.
"So all of our dragons disappeared on the seventh day of the seventh month seven years ago?" Gajeel asked.
"GAH! What's with all the sevens?" Natsu yelled.
"How should I know?" Gajeel shot back.
"They need professional help," Sebastian muttered.
The two started fighting again, yelling stuff about home turf, demolished guild halls, favors, and truces that would never happen.
"Ah forget it!" Natsu finally yelled. "I'm never calling a truce with you!"
Phantom Lord lost the war. We were forced to disband our guild. Now we were all guildless. I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do. Ever since Blitz disappeared, I'd been with Phantom. And now I had to leave it all behind and face the truth.
But then I decided, which ever way the wind blew, it didn't matter to me.
I quoted a little Bohemian Rhapsody at the end, i know.
SPOILER ALERT:
In the manga, it was revealed that the Dragon Slayers met as young children when their Dragons got together to talk business.
The next chapter will start the Tower of Heaven Arc. How it will work is that Bella and her team will be investigating the Tower of Heaven and they'll meet the Fairy Tail members there.
