Natsu has made himself pretty well known as Dragon-Man. While that might sound like a good thing, it is also causing problems. Someone out there is after Dragon-Man. This mysterious person watches some videos that were captured of him.

"Fascinating. All the characteristics of a dragon and who knows what else. I must have him and learn how his powers work." This mysterious person placed a phone on its speaker. "How is my latest project coming?"

"Excellent, sir. It's on its way right now and Dragon-Man should be alerted about it."

"Good. If he's going to play superhero, he's going to need some supervillains." Who is this mysterious man? Why does he desire Dragon-Man's power?

….

Natsu

Natsu flew around the city as he continued to patrol around the city. Wasn't easy explaining to Igneel where he's been through most of the night. The thing is that he could just not stop thinking about that Seduce he came across.

"Seduce? Who is she?" Natsu questioned as he landed down on a building. For reasons he doesn't quite understand, he just can't stop thinking about her. He hasn't met a girl like her before. "Why am I even thinking about her? For all I know, she's a criminal." Natsu didn't know that much about her, but he actually wanted to know more. Suddenly, he was interrupted from his thoughts when he heard an explosion go off. "Uh oh. Better go check that out." Natsu unfolded his wings and flew off to where the sound came from.

"Hurry. Back to the car, on the double." Another robbery was in process by more thugs. They were about to drive off, but Natsu came down and slammed the hood of the car to get them to stop.

"You guys never seem to learn, do you?" Natsu said.

"Actually, we do." Natsu was surprised as he felt someone grab him from behind and tossed him out of the way. Natsu hit a building's wall pretty well.

"Thanks, Ezel." The car was still able to drive off and left Dragon-Man to face their associate.

"Okay. Who's the wise guy?" Natsu said.

"I am." Natsu looked ahead and was spooked a little at what he saw for it wasn't human. This guy was a blue/green color and was twice his size. He had four arms and had tentacles instead of legs. "Dragon-Man! I've been wanting to take you on. Let's go."

"Whoa! Who are you? No. Let me rephrase that. WHAT are you?" Natsu said.

"I go by Ezel, but thanks to this new built of mine, you can call me Blade as well."

"Blade? I don't get it, but I guess that means you're not as sharp as one." Natsu said. "Since I guess you are, I meant that you're not all that smart."

"I'll show you smarts!" Blade said as he tossed two of his hands at him, but Natsu jumped out of the way. Blade tried reach to grab him, but Natsu stayed out of reach. "You're not getting away from me!" He tried slashing his hand against him, but Natsu ducked right down. Natsu avoided the hand, but he saw how it went right through a concrete building.

"What the hell?!" Natsu said. "Your hand just went right through the building like it was a….blade!" Now Natsu understood why he was called that.

"That's right!" Ezel said as he lashed one of his tentacles and knocked Natsu right back and he landed on his back. "These arms of mine can be as sharp as a sword. Perfect for slicing you to pieces!" He went right at him, but Natsu got back up and jumped on a light post.

"I don't know what this guy is, but I better stay out of his reach." Natsu said. Blade wasn't letting him escape. He jumped up and surprised Natsu. "What?! How did he jump with that body?!" Blade pounded him with both of his arms and knocked him back into the street.

"Let's go, Dragon-Man. I haven't even begun to tear you to pieces yet." Blade said.

"That's fine." Natsu said as he got back on his feet. "I haven't even begun to get warmed up." Blade reached at him again, but Natsu unfolded his wings and flew up. Natsu breathed out fire, but Blade was able to move through the flames and grabbed a hold of him by the leg.

"Are you fired up yet?" Blade said as he slammed Natsu against the ground. He slammed him a couple more times and pounded him hard with Natsu hitting the wall. "Is that all you've got?"

"Nope." Natsu said as he got back up. "Okay. Time for one of the rare occasions. Time I used my head."

"I'm going to slice you into little pieces." Blade said and started to spin around with his tentacles lashing around at the bottom and his sword-like arms swinging at the top. Natsu moved out of the way and was careful not to get hit by either of those.

"Where do these guys come from? Can they go back?" Natsu said. He's been dealing with a lot of strangely powered people since he first got his powers. This one was one of strangest. Natsu flew away from Blade just as all the spinning stopped and Blade got all dizzy.

"Urgh… Not my best idea." Blade said as he tried to keep his focus straight.

"Now's my chance." Natsu said as he flew right at him. Natus managed to pound him across the face a few times and managed to land a few good hits. Natsu gave him one powerful hit and it caused Blade to be pushed back. "Now have you had enough?"

"Not even close." Ezel said as he tried to grab him, but Natsu flew over him. Natsu came back at him and got him in a headlock.

"What are you going to do now?" Natsu said. Blade tried to shake him off, but Natsu was holding on tight.

"Does this answer your question?" Blade said as he managed to grab a hold of him and tossed him off. Natsu flew into the air, but he was able to pull himself together and kept his balance in the air.

"Man. This guy is tough." Natsu said as he was seeing this guy was really a challenge. That didn't mean he was going to quit. Natsu tried a straight forward attack, but Blade was ready for him. Blade held out his arms and let Natsu tackled him. That allowed Blade to wrap his arms around him.

"Now I've got you!" Blade said.

"Sorry. I'm not really into bear hugs from complete strangers." Natsu said. He tried to get out of that grip, but Blade was a tough one.

"You're not going anywhere." Blade said as he put the squeeze on Natsu. "I'll break your bones and squeeze the air right out of you." Blade kept trying to tighten his grip and Natsu was having trouble breathing.

"Okay. This isn't nice anymore." Natsu said. Natsu couldn't really catch his breath. He might have gone through this with Seduce, but at least that would be in a position guys like.

"Better hold your breath. You're about to take your last one." Blade said. Natsu wasn't going to let it end like this for him. Not when he still has much to do and much to figure out. No mutant octopus man is going to stop him. Natsu took the biggest breath he could. Natsu breathed out his flames at point-blank range in hopes it will get him free. Blade tried his best to resist the flames and Natsu was running out of breath. It's hard to tell who was going to give out first. "AAWWW!" Blade couldn't hold out and released Natsu. Natsu moved as far as he could from him and tried to catch his breath.

"What is it with people wanting to hug me to death?" Natsu said as he was taking deep breaths.

"That's it." Blade said. "Now it's really time to slice and dice you." He held out his arms and they all glowed with them changing.

"Now what?" Natsu questioned. Blade's arms transformed into actual blades. "You have got to be kidding me."

"My swords can slice through just about anything. Nothing can save you!" Blade said. Blade leaped right at Natsu. He swung all four of his blades at him, but Natsu jumped over him and was able to fly in the air. "Get down here and fight me."

"I will as soon as you put those things away." Natsu said. "Those are dangerous for you to be playing with. Children should not be playing with sharp objects."

"Did you just call me a child?" Blade said.

"Well, you seem to like giving great big bear hugs." Natsu said.

"That's it." Blade said as he was frustrated with him now. Blade jumped up and tried to cut him in half, but Natsu flew around and finally found a blind spot.

"Dodge this!" Natsu said as he flew right at Blade and struck him hard in the back with a lot of force behind it. Blade went crashing into the ground and it appeared to have done some damage. Blade wasn't getting back up and Natsu thought he had him. "Now let's find out what you are." Natsu flew down to him. Just as Natsu was about to examine what he is, he saw his head open up and an actual person crawled out with him having a bald head and wore camouflaged clothes.

"Oh man. The boss is going to kill me." Ezel said.

"So that's what you really look like." Natsu said as he turned to see him. Ezel tried to attack him with his own power, but Natsu moved out of the way and gave him a powerful blow to the head and it knocked him down. Natsu went over to what he came out of and saw the inside was all robotic with a chair inside it. "This thing is really mechanical?"

"Argh." Natsu saw Ezel was trying his best to stay conscious. Natsu went over to him and pulled him up.

"Talk. What is that thing?" Natsu said.

"Give me a minute. My head felt like it got hit by a sledgehammer." Ezel said.

"Talk." Natsu said as he wanted answers.

"I don't know. Some guy just gave it to me. I didn't get his name or anything." Ezel said. Seeing as how he's not going to get anywhere with him, Natsu just tossed him back down and stared at the robotic suit.

"Where are these things coming from?" Natsu questioned.

…

A live video was brought back to the one who created the suit. He was looking over it and his interest increased.

"He certainly has some power and he's crafty. I can't wait to see what else you can do, Dragon-Man. Until I get what I need out of you, I will keep sending you enemies. I will test you to your limits. Now who else should I get?" He turned to his computer and saw the data on other equipment that will bring more villains upon Dragon-Man.