So yeah, sorry about how short last chapter was. Oh, and I want to make this story around 23-28 chapters.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail.
With Natsu
Natsu was soooooooo not in the mood for Gajeel. Mostly because Gajeel was standing in between him and Lucy. And that pissed him off. Big time.
He threw himself towards the Iron Dragon Slayer, throwing fire at him at the same time. Gajeel deflected with the iron rods flying out of his hands.
"You're really petty, huh. Perhaps I should squash you like the worm you are." Gajeel grinned. "Iron Dragon ROAR!" A whirlwind of iron came flying towards Natsu.
He barely had enough time to shout, "Fire Dragon ROAR!" A tornado of fire met the iron whirlwind three feet from Natsu, who flew back into a nearby tree.
He growled and threw himself back at Gajeel. "Fire Dragon Iron Fist!"
Gajeel leaped out of the way, throwing Natsu into the ground with his iron rod. He landed on the ground next to Natsu and punched him back into the ground.
Natsu growled and swung himself around, sweeping Gajeel's feet out from under him. He then flipped his feet over his head and stood up.
Gajeel got up soon after and ran forward at an inhuman speed towards Natsu. They exchanged punches for a while at unusually high speeds until Gajeel punched him straight in the jaw sending him crash through a tree and into another.
Natsu got up and growled. He lifted the fallen tree and swung it towards Gajeel's midsection. Gajeel caught it and yanked both it and Natsu towards him, and lifting up a foot that met Natsu's face, causing him to create a small crater a few feet away.
Natsu leaped up on one hand and shouted, "Fire Dragon Claw!", and spun around like a gymnast, enfulging Gajeel in his flames.
Gajeel leaped forward, now in iron dragon scales and pulled Natsu's head down into his knee, then punched him in the ribs. Natsu lifted his leg and kicked Gajeel into a tree, while desperately gripping his ribs.
Gajeel got up and transformed his arm into a sword.
"Let's play dirty." He grinned maliciously.
He jumped towards Natsu, swinging his now half-chainsaw half-sword at where he standing. Natsu leaped back with the grace of a cat and pushed himself off the tree towards Gajeel.
"Fire Dragon Sword Horn!" He shouted ramming his head into Gajeel's and successfully leaving a crack down the center of his face.
With Lucy
Lucy was in bad shape. She needed Natsu and soon, or she might become a literal zombie. She needed a very familiar face and soon.
She was getting worried. What if her father did something to him? Or Gajeel? Was he alright? Would they be separated for good this time?
She couldn't deal with that. She wouldn't. So it was decided. She was going to find Natsu. She gripped the only key her friends had found at the moment and slipped off into the woods.
With Natsu
Natsu was aching everywhere. His ribs hurt, he had no doubt broken some. He was completely drained of magic power and his head, oh his head. It hurt so much, he thought Gajeel had jammed his sword-chainsaw in there and just left it spinning.
He needed some fire, and he sooo wished he could eat his own. On second thought, he probably couldn't make a spark at the moment.
Gajeel slammed him into the ground and he didn't have the energy to even begin to get up.
"You seem tired. You should perk up, cause I hate this taking it easy shit and I might just kill you soon." Gajeel growled into his ear after jumping down onto him.
If Natsu thought that the tree was a little heavy, this was 100 trees falling atop his already crushed ribs.
He hacked out some blood and jumped to his feet. He couldn't leave Lucy again. Especially not in the condition she was currently in.
He spun around weakly and struck a battle pose, fighting to keep his balance.
Gajeel smiled. "Ya know, ya could've just stayed down. It would've had the same end as you perking up. Me leaving you broken and bloody."
An arrow came out of nowhere and struck the rocks, creating a fire that the fallen tree caught, creating a wall between the two Dragon Slayers.
"Well, here's a third option. He eats some of this fire." Lucy stood just to the side of the fire wall, key in hand gleaming as the horse man saluted one last time and disappeared. "And he leaves you broken and bloody."
Natsu gave her a thumbs up, grinned, and started inhaling the fire.
Still sorry about last chapter's length. And this one was a little short too... but I updated twice in a row! And I'm sorry guys, I had a pretty bad week. So thanks, everybody who did/has/is reviewing, you are making these kind of weeks easier for me. Cookies to anyone who knows where I got the below reference. (Hint: YouTube channel).
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