We're nearing the end of the duel between Natsu and Sting. Natsu had 3400LP and his Igneel at 2500atk points, but Sting still had that Impenetrable Fortress and still had 350LP and he's also combined the two dragons. They have become Weisslogia the Holy Shadow Dragon and as a grand total of 3700atk points.
"How is Natsu suppose to beat that?" Wendy said.
"Light and darkness together! I've never seen a monster like it before." Levy said.
"Not only that, but it could end the duel." Mirajane said.
"Sorry, but this ends now for your Igneel." Sting said. "Weisslogia, attack and destroy Igneel. Holy Shadow Flash Fang!" Weisslogia unleashed a powerful spiral blast of light and shadows and it looked like it was going to be the end for Igneel.
"From my hand, I'm activating the special ability of Glutton Dragon." Natsu said. A small and thin dragon came on the field and stepped in the way of the attack. The dragon opened up its mouth and was eating the attack.
"What the heck? What's that little thing doing?" Sting said.
"Glutton Dragon's special ability allows me to remove it from play when it's in my hand when a dragon is being attacked and my dragon gets to survive the attack." Natsu said. His small dragon kept eating up the attack until it was so inflated that it burst like a balloon. Natsu still took some damage as his life points dropped down 2200.
"Your dragon may have survived, but you're still at a big disadvantage." Sting said.
"What are you talking about? I still have way more life points." Natsu said.
"Not for long. Watch. I'm activating my Swords of Revealing Light spell." Sting said. Lights in the shape of swords formed around Natsu's field. "Now you won't be able to attack for three turns."
"You've got to be kidding me!" Natsu said.
"I'm afraid not. I end my turn and since we've reached the end, Weisslogia's ability will take away half of your life points." Sting said. Natsu was surrounded by a black and white light and his power was being drained with his life points going to 1100.
"Sting and Natsu continue to chip away life points. Who is going to win is anyone's guess, but what about the problem with that virus at hand?"
'I've got him.' Sting said as he looked at a game changer. 'Even if he has his monsters in defense mode, I can use my Flashing Radiance spell. This spell will cut all defense points of a monster in half and it will allow Weisslogia to deal piercing damage. I've got this. Wait. Even if I win, what about the virus? We still don't know how to stop it.'
"My turn!" Natsu said and drew his next card.
"This could be Natsu's last turn to turn this all around." Gray said. "Does he have any card in his deck that could end this?
"The only card I can think of is the one where he combines Igneel with Heaveledge." Erza said.
"But he doesn't have Heaveledge and there's still those swords. This isn't looking good." Laxus said.
"Come on, Natsu! Don't lose!" Lucy cheered as did the rest of Fairy Tail.
"I'm not planning on losing, virus or no virus." Natsu said. "I'm activating my Assault of Fire Dragon spell. So now I can draw one card and send it to the graveyard. If it's a Fire Dragon, I can destroy one card on the field."
"Natsu is betting this all on a single draw. Will it work?"
"He's relying on luck? The fool." Jiemma said. "This duel is over and he knows it. All that is left is for Jiemma to deal the final blow."
"There's no way." Sting said.
"You be surprised. Just like how my friends are always there for me, my deck is as well." Natsu said. "My deck is filled with all kinds of cards and monsters that have never let me down before and I know it won't now. Here we go. I draw!" He drew that card and all were hoping for the best. "Oh yeah! It's my old buddy, Fire Dragon Iron Fist. So I send him to the grave to destroy your Swords of Revealing Light." Fire erupted around the swords and destroyed them all. "See that? That's what believing in your friends can do. They're there when you need it and I consider my deck a friend that will never let me down."
"No way!" Sting said as he couldn't believe Natsu pulled it off against all odds.
"Now I activate Passion Draw. So I can send cards in my hand to my deck and take new cards." Natsu said. "I'll send Brilliant Flame back to my deck and take Dragon Fusion."
"Dragon Fusion? You're planning another fusion summoning?" Sting said.
"That's right. First, I'm going to summon out Copy Dragon to the field." Natsu said. A white dragon looking like an infant came on the field, but it had no attack points. "And thanks to Copy Dragon's ability, when I'm fusion summoning a dragon, he can take the place of one of the monsters used to summon it. So I'm fusing Igneel with Copy Dragon." The two of them fused together to bring out Natsu's best. "I fusion summon Igneel the Lightning Flame Dragon. Let's end this old buddy." Igneel reappeared surrounded by an electrical fire with 3300atk points.
"That's an impressive monster, but it's not enough to beat my Weisslogia." Sting said.
"It's a good thing Igneel has his special ability. He can steal all your monster's special abilities and attack points." Natsu said. "Go, Lightning Heater." Igneel released some lightning that zapped Weisslogia and robbed him of all his power. "Let's end this. Igneel, attack and finish this with Lightning Flame Impact!" Igneel charged right at Weisslogia and created a devastating impact that destroyed the dragon and Sting lost the last of his life points. With his defeat, the virus was destroyed as well as the fortress became static and began to malfunction.
"It's over! For the first time in what feels like forever, we have a new set of champions. Fairy Tail wins the Grand Dueling Tournament!" Fireworks and confetti went off as everyone cheered. Not only has the current dueling era been saved, but there are new champions.
"Yeah!" Natsu shouted. "Fairy Tail is the best there is!"
"Hahaha." Sting laughed as he got back up. "Oh man. I never knew losing could be so much fun." Natsu could see that Sting had gone through a change and he was glad to hear he learn his lesson. They both heard clapping and saw both teams from the guilds clapping.
"Excellent duel and you stopped the virus." Minerva said.
"It's no longer a threat." Rogue said and everyone was glad to hear that.
"No!" Jiemma shouted. "I do not accept this. Sabertooth is the strongest there is. There's no way a weak and pathetic guild like Fairy Tail could defeat us."
"It's over Jiemma." Makarov said.
"Not quite. I'll destroy Fairy Tail for this." Jiemma said.
"Father, it's over." Minerva said.
"You know what, I'm getting sick of you." Sting said. "You treat us, even your own daughter, like we are nothing more than your pawns. We're suppose to be a guild. Not your own personal army. It's time Sabertooth changed and that means we don't need you anymore."
"Absurd! Sabertooth is nothing without me!" Jiemma claimed, but he felt himself getting shocked. Security showed up and used tazers against him to keep him immobilize.
"Let's go."
"You have a lot to answer for." Security took Jiemma away and took him away from the throne he placed himself on. Ending his reign and set in motion a new beginning for Sabertooth. Natsu took joy seeing that creep being taken away.
"Natsu!" Natsu looked to see everyone from his guild running his way. Lucy was the first to arrive and kissed him.
"You really are amazing." Lucy said. Everyone gathered around and took celebration in their victory. Sabertooth took notice of this so they could see what a guild is really like.
"What a splendid tournament this was. We had some twists and turns and now a new guild is number one. I like to take this time to invite you all to the grand party."
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The After Party
All the guilds came together for one more party and all the celebration and everyone was having a fun time. Gray was catching up with Lyon, Sabertooth is learning to be friendly, Erza was getting along pretty well with Kagura, and Erza was also doing her best to avoid Ichiya.
"Up top." Sting said as he and Natsu tapped glasses together. Sabertooth and Fairy Tail are learning to get along now.
"Man. You guys are awesome and those cards of yours rock." Natsu said.
"I must admit that you two are pretty tough." Lucy said.
"Thank you." Rogue said. "Sting and I do make a great team."
"Thanks to you guys, we know what being part of a guild means." Sting said.
"I hope that means you're doing takebacks." All four of them noticed Sorano with Yukino.
"Yukino!" Sting said as things were pretty tense with her and Sabertooth.
"I'm….I'm sorry that you lost the tournament." Yukino said.
"I believe there's something else to be said." Sorano said.
"Yeah. Yukino, I'm sorry with how things went." Sting said. "We were wrong to treat you the way we did."
"So we're going to do our best to change Sabertooth around for the better." Rogue said. "We like to start by having you come back."
"Do you mean it?" Yukino asked.
"Of course." Sting said. "Please, Yukino. Please come back and join Sabertooth." Yukino was beyond glad to be part of Sabertooth again.
"Glad that's taken care of." Sorano said and was leaving without explaining herself. As she walked off, Erik saw what she did.
"Are you ever going to tell them that you're Yukino's older sister?" Erik asked, but Sorano just shook her head no.
"I've caused a lot of trouble for a long time." Sorano said. "It could cause problems for Yukino. I'll tell them about it one day." She said as she smiled for her sister. Erik accepted it and went over to the others.
"So you guys are good now?" Erik asked.
"Sure are. I just realized that all seven of the dragons are together!" Natsu said.
"You got that right." All of them looked to see Laxus, Gajeel, and Wendy coming over.
"This is great." Wendy said.
"I guess this means we're all a team or something." Gajeel said.
"I guess so. We all share these marks." Laxus said.
"Here. I'll get a picture." Lucy said. All of them gathered together and Lucy took out a camera. She took a picture of them as all seven dragons have finally come together. It was a great party, but out in the shadows, another evil was lurking. Just outside the building, someone watched through the windows.
"Celebrate while you can. Our time will come soon….Natsu." Who is this mysterious force? With all the dragons together, they'll face it together.
