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After explaining the situation to Natsu, he disappeared and Lucy prepared for the next dragon slayer. "I am connected to the spirit word, heed my call, open, gate of the Iron Shadow Dragon Slayer!" Lucy called, key held out in front of her.

Strong magic power emitted from the key like Natsu's did when she first summoned him. A person appeared in front of her, though he was tall. "Salamander was here," The person that the book said was named Gajeel Redfox, his nickname was Black Steel.

Gajeel's eyes landed on Lucy and he walked right up to her. "Tell, me, you know where Salamander went?" Gajeel was about to lift Lucy up off the ground when a certain pinkette interfered between the two.

"Don't you dare try, Gajeel," Natsu growled.

Gajeel backed off a couple steps back, seeming in shock.

"Salamander, what are you doing here?" Gajeel asked, seeming to recover from the shock, but still showed signs.

"She's my new master. She showed me promise that she'd treat me good," Natsu told Gajeel.

Lucy stared as the two dragon slayers interacted. "That girl, promise? Has a part of your brain melted, Salamander?" Gajeel walked right up to Natsu, easily towering over the leader of the seven dragon slayers.

"No, my brain has not yet melted, but I can tell you that Sting and Rogue has betrayed the group," Natsu told Gajeel.

"You saw them?" Gajeel gave Natsu a bit of room.

"It was all thanks to Lucy that I saw them again, but now we need to stop them. It seems their goal, or at least Sting's, is to defeat me and perhaps take control of the group. Though, it would help me if you trusted Lucy and gave her a chance," Natsu told Gajeel.

Gajeel glanced at Lucy and said, "I'll give Bunny Girl, over there, a chance. Though, as long as I get put into some good fights," Gajeel smiled.

"Bunny Girl?" Lucy asked.

"Gajeel has the problem of not using people's names and gives them nicknames. He'll only use your real name if it's serious," Natsu turned and explained.

"So that's why he calls you Salamander," Lucy realized.

"I'll be going now," Gajeel disappeared.

"Gajeel isn't too bad when you get know him. Just don't let him get to you, Lucy," Natsu told Lucy before disappearing.


Happy birthday to me! So, this is a short chapter, but you got to meet Gajeel! I've also decided that I will not have the Grand Magic Games take place. Instead, that never happened and the dragon arc never occurred. Anyways, I've changed my name to 'The World Of Rabbitleap' so I'm enjoying the new name! Well, if you've enjoyed the chapter, then don't forget to follow, favorite, and review!