"Due to Raven Tail's disqualification, the council asked 2 of the Fairy Tail teams to merge..So..Introducing the new Fairy Tail team A…" Chapitilola paused, waiting for the 5 chosen members to walk forward as the audience screamed at the top of their lungs. "This really is the strongest team." Makarov nodded.
Natsu, Gray, Erza, Gajeel, and Laxus walked into the stadium, glaring furiously at Sabertooth. Sting, Rogue, Rufus, Ogra, and Minerva just smirked back. "The tension between these two teams is intense! Will Fairy Tail's new team get revenge for Elie!?" Chapitilola screamed.
"AAAAAHHHH." Let yawned loudly, preventing Haru from hearing Chapitilola's last remark. "Long night with Julia?" Haru teased. "Hush. We're supposed to make fun of you for that. We don't have the luxury to sleep in whenever we feel like it." Let chuckled. "One time. And we got second place anyway, didn't we?" Haru asked. "Y-Yeah.." Let nodded quickly. "You're acting weird." Haru stated as Let shrugged.
"Next match..Hamrio Musica and Shuda from the new Fairy Tail Team B Vs Chien and Jaguar from Blue Guardian!" Matt announced as the 4 contests stepped forward. "Careful. We don't know the big guy's powers yet." Shuda warned. "Yeah. And something tells me she has a trick or two up her sleeve as well." Musica responded.
"Don't worry. It'll all be over soon. Right now, all you need to do..Is go to sleep." Chien said as he created a stream of leaves that rushed at the duo rather quickly. "Hm? Are you serious?" Shuda asked as he swung his blade, dispersing the blast and burning the leaves to nothing.
"Fool." Jaguar smirked, as Shuda's eyes widened. After a few seconds, Shuda collapsed to the ground, asleep. "Woah! What the hell just happened!?" Haru and the others yelled. "The leaves are just for show. A distraction. My real power comes from the particles I release with the gust of wind. It'll make you sleep for days." Chien jumped up and landed on Shuda, making him cough up blood, and jumped over and over, but Shuda remained asleep. "Nothing can wake you."
"Stop that!" Musica growled. "Don't be so grumpy. Maybe some sleep will fix you up too." Chien fired another blast, which Musica tried to dodge, but it simply followed him around. "Shit!" Musica exclaimed as he was hit by the blast.
After a few seconds, he began wobbling, and started to fall to the ground. 'Crap..Losing like this..Is humiliating..' Musica thought as he fell, his eyes slowly closing. 'Humilating..They..They humiliated Elie..' Musica's eyes suddenly opened as he looked over at Sabertooth, who were all smirking, just like they were when Minerva was torturing Elie.
"!" Musica suddenly slammed his foot into the ground, stopping his fall, standing steady. "W-What!? That's impossible! You should have fallen asleep!" Chien was shocked. "SLEEP? YOU THINK SOMEBODY THIS PISSED OFF CAN SLEEP?" Musica asked, veins visible on his face and body. "Right now your little joke has no effect on me."
"A-Ah.." Chien was speechless. "NOW GET OFF HIM!" Musica ordered, jumping at Chien and slugging him in the face, knocking him off of Shuda, who was still asleep. Chien hit the wall, and before he could react, Musica grabbed the wall and slammed his knee into Chien's face, breaking his nose. "You were laughing too..At Elie's pain.." Musica growled.
"This guy..Is scary!" Jaguar stated as she lunged at Shuda, trying to end him. "Not so fast!" Musica's silver suddenly popped out of the ground, knocking Jaguar away. "Good distraction!" Chien praised as now he charged Shuda, swinging his wooden club.
Musica jumped up, grabbing Chien's face, getting hit in the head by the bat. "You all hurt Branch too.." He glared, blood trickling down his forehead. "RAAAH!" Musica uppercut Chien, sending him tumbling. Musica slowly walked towards him, flexing his fists, still glaring. "How about I even the score a little!?" Musica kicked Chien in the face, punched him in the stomach, elbowed him in the jaw, and dealt several more blows before punching him square in the face, letting him fall to the ground, unconscious.
"I was trying not to think of Elie so I wouldn't get distracted..But that fuel is exactly what I needed.." Musica said out loud. "I hate men who talk to themselves." Jaguar stated. "You're not my type either." Musica stated as he swung at her with a silver whip.
"Hmph!" The silver stopped before it hit Jaguar's body, and to Musica's surprise, began wrapping itself around her. "My DB lets me wear anything like a dress." She purred. "Oh..Crap.." Musica realized as Jaguar charged him quickly, catching him off guard, and slashing with her claws before Musica could react.
"Hmm.." A voice called as it blocked Jaguar's claws with a blade. "That was a nice nap." Shuda smirked. "You're already awake!?" Jaguar was shocked. "I must thank you. I feel so fresh now. Killing you will be simple." Shuda chuckled.
"! Watch out!" Shuda suddenly grabbed Musica and jumped out of the way, dodging Chien breaking the ground where they were just standing with his fist. "He's awake again!? No..He's..He's still asleep!" Musica realized as Chien was still unconscious.
"Haah!" Chien struck Musica with a fist, sending him flying. "That attack was a lot stronger than before..This guy..He's even stronger when he's asleep!" Musica deduced. Chien lumbered over him, and suddenly fell, almost body slamming him but Musica dodged. "And his attacks are so wild and random..This is troublesome!" Musica lunged forward, stabbing Chien with his lance. "Got you!"
Chien did not react at all to this wound, and punched Musica in the chest, before hitting him with a forearm and sending him tumbling. "Shit..The pain won't wake him up..How do I beat a guy who can't feel pain?" Musica asked himself.
"HAAAH!" Chien charged Musica again. "Son of a..!" Musica lunged again, only this time Chien got the stick part of the lance, stopping it, before kicking Musica in the gut. Chien struck Musica with several more blows, however, Musica did not let go of his lance.
Chien swung the lance up and down, making Musica slam into the ground several times over. But still, Musica's grip was tight. "Let go.." Musica said quietly. "I don't care whether you're asleep or not..Don't touch my weapon.." He warned. Chien could not hear him, and got ready to strike again.
"Don't you ever..EVER..Lay your filthy hands..ON REINA'S GIFT!" Musica roared as he stood up, slashing Chien across the torso with the lance again. Only this time, Chien yelled in pain, waking up for an instant, before falling to the ground again, out cold. "Musica.." Reina put her hands to her mouth, speechless and crying.
Music panted, waiting for a minute to see if Chien would get up again, but he didn't. "Whew..I might be a flirt and all, but that doesn't change the fact that she is the only woman for me." He exhaled. "Oi, I did my part. She's your business now." Musica told Shuda, who was exchanging blocks and slashes with Jaguar.
"Hmph. You just need an excuse not to fight a girl." Shuda called Musica out, while lunging at Jaguar. "I hate sexist men." Jaguar dodged each lunch and slash. "She's fas-!?" Shuda raised his guard, blocking one of Jaguar's claws, and jumped back, his forehead bleeding from a scratch.
"She nearly got my eye..Plus she's evaded all my attacks..Like paper fluttering in the wind..How is she so quick and agile?" Shuda thought out loud. "Your reactions are pretty good." Jaguar purred. "But I hate cocky men."
"Oh, you're gonna hate me a lot more." Shuda raised a finger as an orb appeared around Jaguar, trapping her. "But I guess you can't hate when you're dead!" He stated as the orb exploded, engulfing Jaguar.
When the smoke died down, Jaguar stood, unharmed. "How the hell.." Shuda wondered. "I do hate you more." Jaguar agreed. "Are you mocking me?" Shuda asked, suddenly behind Jaguar, having slashed her when she was off guard.
"Ahh!" Jaguar cried out as her shoulder bled, and then ignited on fire. "Got yo-..What the hell!?" Shuda yelled as the fire spread around her body, but didn't hurt her. "I guess you were knocked out when I did this to the Silver Claimer. It's called dress up. I can wear whatever I choose as a dress." She stated.
"This fire is hot but..Hot is good once in a while." She teased. "Bitch..So let me guess, that speed of yours is from wearing the wind as a dress?" Shuda asked. "Mhm. And when I was in your orb I wore the earth to shield me from the explosion and then I wore the smoke to avoid any of the flames." Jaguar explained.
"Is that right.." Shuda was deep in thought. "But then your options are limited to the elements around us." Shuda stated. "That's only half true. There's moisture in the air." Jaguar stated as water formed around her, which she then whipped at Shuda, who dodged all the swings.
"And that big muscle head from before was using lightning." She recalled Laxus' fight, now wearing a dress of lightning. "LIGHTNING CLAW!" Jaguar stabbed the ground, as electricity travelled into the ground. "!" Shuda quickly leaped into the air, avoiding a shock.
"Weapons dress!" She called as weapons from all over the stadium, guns and knives, appeared around her, before she jumped into the air towards Shuda. "Can't dodge in the air!" She shot at him with bullets, which he blocked with his sword. "Got you!" She said, stabbing him in the stomach with one of the knives.
"Guh!" Shuda grunted in pain, before attempting to slash at her head. "Wind!" She quickly dodged by wearing the air as Shuda fell to the ground, injured. "Damn it..She can wear more than one dress at once..?"
"You disappoint me. I thought you used to be one of DC's best. I hate men who aren't loyal." Jaguar told him. "Loyalty? Like you scum are worth being loyal to?" Shuda got up, laughing. "That's hilarious. Anybody in DC would stab even their own mother through the heart. Nobody would have cared what happened to me in DC. I knew that all along, but still, I joined." Shuda explained.
"And then I met this idiotic little bastard with silver hair..I tried killing him and his friends twice..Yet after he defeated me, he almost died trying to save me. What reason did he have to save an enemy? None. But he still did. Maybe he saw something in me? Heh..I don't really know. My point is..Don't ever say I'm not loyal. I have people worth being loyal to now." Shuda ended.
"You're not planning to stab them in the back?" Jaguar asked. "Wouldn't even think of it. I owe the Glory family too much. I never met their mother but..Gale, Haru, Cattelaya..I am in debt to all of them. And I will fight to the death for them. But not here..I can't waste my life on you.." Shuda answered.
"AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?" Jaguar asked, offended. "It means I can't afford to die here, so I'm gonna defeat you now." He smirked. "Ohhh you piss me off..That's it! FULL ARMOUR DRESS!" Jaguar yelled as she was covered in fire, air, water, lightning, earth, and weapons.
"How do you want to die? Or are you going to use your hidden sword finally?" Jaguar asked. "Hmph. No need. I'll defeat you without landing a single slash, or using my DB." Shuda told her, switching his blade from one hand to the other. "I'd like to see you try!" She shouted, firing chunks of rocks at Shuda, who dodged them and charged forward. Jaguar fired bullets, but he blocked each one with his sword.
Jaguar whipped at him with water, as he created an orb around himself, shielding him before it broke. The water splashed, drenching him. "Perfect." Jaguar smirked as she sent out a bolt of electricity, shocking the now conductive Shuda.
"Tch.." Shuda quickly recovered and continued his charge. "This guy..Stop already!" Jaguar fired a blast of wind at Shuda, cutting every inch of his body, but still, Shuda continued. "Got you!" Shuda raised his sword and slashed down at her.
"Using your sword after all? I hate men who lie!" Jaguar blocked his sword with her claws, then grabbed his arm with both her hands. "You like fire, don't you? THEN BURN." She laughed, lighting Shuda's arm on fire. "Ahaha..Haha..Ha?" Her laughter quickly died down when she saw Shuda smirking, not in pain.
"You lose." Shuda said as his sleeved burned up, revealing his mechanical hand. "Don't tell me..When you switched hands for your sword?!" Jaguar realized Shuda's plan. "Bingo. Now.." Shuda grabbed her by the face with his normal hand, as she began to kick and scream, helpless.
"The biggest weakness of your DB is that its powers don't work on living creatures. Like I said, I don't need my sword or DB to hit you. As long as I have a fist." He smirked. "Now, got anymore insults?" He growled.
"No..Don't..I'm sorry.." Jaguar cried. "Hmph." Shuda grabbed her DB off her neck and yanked it off, dispelling all her dresses, before letting go of her face, letting her drop to the floor. "I guess I don't wanna hit girls either." Shuda laughed as he sheathed his sword and began to walk away.
"Hey..GIVE THAT BACK!" Jaguar shouted, about to run at Shuda and claw at him, but stopped dead in her tracks when Shuda turned around with a glare. "Don't push me. I might not wanna hit you, but I will not hesitate to rip you apart if you move any closer." He threatened, completely serious.
"Ah..I hate scary men.." Jaguar whimpered, admitting her defeat. "THE WINNER IS SHUDA!" Matt declared as Shuda crushed the DB in his hand. "When did I get so soft?" He asked Musica. "I asked myself that too. Haru rubs off on people." He chuckled. "I blame Catty." Shuda nodded. "You're calling her Catty now too?" Musica laughed. "Shut up." Shuda told him as they quipped at each other all the way back to the team.
"Hmph." Giraffe sounded as he walked to the arena, grabbing Chien. "I could've carried him up myself..I'm sorry we lost.." Jaguar apologized. "I'm not carrying him up..In fact..I'm putting him 6 feet under." Giraffe stated as Chien screamed in pain, coughing up blood, before Giraffe dropped his lifeless body to the ground.
"Chien! No..Please don't!" Jaguar pleaded, realizing she hadn't seen Koala since he lost. "You're a disgrace to BG." Giraffe glared at her. "We're comrades, aren't we?!" Jaguar quickly turned away to run, but was met by Lukan, the man with the alligator skin.
"We don't consider useless people our comrades." Lukan stated. "You should've let Giraffe kill you. It would've hurt less." He stated coldly, creating and throwing acid at Jaguar, who screamed in fear.
"BASTARDS!" Haru roared, punching Lukan across the face, causing the acid to miss Jaguar, letting the ground it landed on erode quickly.
"The Rave Maste-!" Giraffe was caught off guard by Haru punching him across the face with his other hand, sending him tumbling. "Throwing away your comrades just because they lost? I won't watch your disgusting actions anymore. Just try to kill her! I dare you!" Haru growled, angry.
"He..Protected me?" Jaguar was stunned. "Oi, Jaguar. If you want to stay with us, stab him with your claws." Hardner ordered. "What!?" Jaguar asked, shocked. "You heard me. He can't defend against all 3 of you at once." Hardner laughed. "Especially with those hands." Hardner nodded at Haru's hands, one burned badly from punching Lukan and the other broken from punching Giraffe.
"I..I won't..He saved me..I like brave men!" Jaguar removed her claws, crying. "Ordering her to do something after you tried to kill her? You got guts, I guess." Haru growled. Hardner glared at him, before standing up. "Lunar." He stated.
"Yes?" She asked, before Hardner kicked her in the face, sending her flying. "Who is your master?" He asked. "You, sir." She got up and kneeled before him, her mouth bloody from the kick. "See that? I'm their master and they know it. Want more proof? She'll slit her throat if I tell her too." Hardner said as Lunar nodded, ready to do so. "I ran into Reevil on my way here..He wouldn't accept his orders as gracefully..Let's just say he died a lot slower." Hardner licked his lips, giving a dark smirk.
"You sadistic piece of crap.." Haru was shaking with rage. "Now come here, Jaguar." Hardner ordered as Jaguar got up and walked towards him. "Wait! What are you doing!?" Haru was about to grab her when Lukan and Giraffe got in the way, blocking his path.
"Thank you for saving me..But he's right. I owe him my life. If I can't obey his orders, he has the right to take my life away." Jaguar kneeled down before him as Hardner raised his arm, which had a gun cylinder in place of a hand.
"STOP!" Haru roared. "Y'know..Maybe if I met a guy like you earlier..I could've changed." Jaguar smiled, eyes full of tears, before Hardner fired a bullet straight through her skull, smirking mercilessly as her body fell to the ground. "Execution complete." He stated.
"!" Everybody in the audience gasped and then screamed, some running for the exits. "YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Haru screamed, suddenly in front of Hardner, holding his blade strong, despite his injured hands. Lunar got ready to strike, but stopped when she saw Hardner smiling, enjoying himself. Lukan and Giraffe were shocked Haru got past them so quickly.
"I'M GONNA TEAR YOU TO PIECES!" Haru swung his sword, cutting off Hardner's gun-like hand. "Gah!" Hardner grabbed the stub of his hand and jumped back, bleeding. "YOU..I..WON'T..FORGIVE..YOU.." Haru was trembling, roots slowly crawling up Haru's arm from his sword, which was beginning to turn into Sacrifar.
"Enough." Sieg ordered, taking the stage with all of the other FT teams with him. "We'll settle this in the ring." Sieg touched Haru's sword, dispelling the roots. "They'll disqualify us all if we keep going. Let's do it the right way, Haru." Sieg told him. "..Okay." Haru sighed.
"For cutting off Hardner's arm and impeding the team's progress in an unofficial match..Fairy Tail C is disqualified!" Matt announced as everybody was shocked. "You can't be serious..He just killed two people, but that's okay since they were on the same team!?" Let yelled.
"That won't be necessary. I want them to continue. I'm fine." Hardner stated as his hand instantly regenerated, now human flesh, just like his other one. "Thanks, kid. It's been a long time." Hardner opened and closed the palm of his new hand. "Is his power regeneration?" Lucy wondered. "Uh..Since Hardner is able to continue at 100% strength..Fairy Tail C will be reinstated." Matt announced.
"Settling it in the ring..You said that last time too..When Sabertooth-" Hardner was cut off by a glare from Erza. "Oh? Is that a secret? Now that you mention it, this punk wasn't there..Ahahaha!" Hardner broke out laughing. "I get it! That's hilarious! And you call yourselves friends!? Okay. I'll play along. It'll be funnier the more we wait." Hardner laughed, walking away with Lunar, Giraffe, and Lukan.
"What did he mean by that?" Haru asked. "Who knows..Here, let's go so I can heal your hands." Wendy suggested. "Oh..Right.." Haru nodded, walking away.
"Moving on..Perhaps the most anticipated battle in this entire tournament..The battle between dragon slayers! Natsu and Gajeel vs Sting and Rogue! Will it be Sabertooth or Fairy Tail to succeed!?" Chapitilola yelled, the audience cheering louder than ever, as the 4 warriors marched into the stadium.
Natsu and Gajeel kept their stern faces from earlier, Rogue showed no emotion, and Sting was smirking. "We believe in you!" Fairy Tail cheered. "Do your best. That's all I have to say." Makarov stated. "Show them the strength of Sabertooth. Make your victory absolute." Gemma demanded.
"For Elie." Natsu simply said, remembering Elie's smiling face, her pained face as Minerva beat her down, and her resting face as she lay in the hospital bed. "Haru too, right?" Gajeel asked, remembering Haru's goofy smile and how they lied to shield him.
"30 minute time limit! Match begin!" Chapitilola announced. "Let's go!" Sting yelled, charging. "Yeah!" Rogue ran behind him. Natsu and Gajeel saw an image in their heads of Haru and Elie holding hands, grinning happily, growled with anger as the image faded, and on pure instinct, lunged forward at Rouge and Sting.
Before either of them could even react, Natsu and Gajeel were in front of them, and punched them across the face in synchronization. Natsu then leaped after Sting and kicked him into the ground. Gajeel punched Rogue in the jaw, and then kicked him in the gut, sending him tumbling.
"Tch..White Dragon's Roar!" Sting fired a white blast at Natsu, who barely dodged. "A laser!?" Natsu exclaimed. Sting swung his head, the laser changing its path, but Natsu dodged again. "Shadow Dragon's Slash!" Darkness covered Rogue's arm as he threw a fist at Gajeel, who changed his arm to iron and blocked, before using his other iron fist to punch Rogue away.
Natsu grabbed Rogue by the face, slamming his head into Sting's face, and then ignited his arms on fire, slashing both of them and sending them flying. "FIRE DRAGON'S WING ATTACK!" Natsu barked. "W-What's going on!? Sting and Rogue are getting completely beat!" Chapitilola yelled and the audience was stunned.
"Strong as I thought you'd be." Sting and Rogue got back up. "Did you really kill a dragon with that power?" Natsu taunted. "Not beat. Killed. White Drive." Sting answered, shining brightly. "Shadow Drive." Rogue was encased in darkness.
Sting charged Natsu and threw a fist, which Natsu blocked with his forearm, but then Rogue uppercut him in the jaw. Rogue leaped at Gajeel and kicked him across the face. "You..!" Gajeel attempted to punch Rogue, but his fist went right though him. "Shadows cannot be captured." Rogue elbowed Gajeel in the cheek.
Sting and Rogue pummeled Natsu and Gajeel for another minute, before Sting began charging his energy in his palm. "You've been marked by my holy magic.." A white pentagram of light was visible on Natsu's gut, paralyzing him. "Your freedom has been taken away…Let's finally decide who's stronger.."
Gajeel tried to strike Rogue again, but Rogue's shadows would always twist and turn, allowing him to dodge. "The dragon that becomes a shadow itself, quietly hunting its prey.." Rogue was behind Gajeel, a punch thrown.
Without even turning around, Gajeel grabbed Rogue's fist. "Exactly who is the hunter and who is the prey here?" Gajeel elbowed Rouge hard in the jaw. Sting charged the immobile Natsu, his fist charged with white light.
"Heh." Natsu smirked, the mark on his gut burning away as he ducked under Sting's fist and punched him in the face with his own flaming one. "Hah..Hahah.." Sting skid back, grinning. "Looks like I have to try my best. I'll turn your flames to ash." He began focusing all his energy into his fist.
"Dragon Slayer Secret Art..HOLY NOVA!" Sting leapt forward and punched Natsu, creating a small explosion on contact. When the smoke faded, Natsu stood, holding Sting's fist with an open palm, unharmed. Natsu was glaring at Sting, who was completely shocked, like everybody else. Natsu hit him with several smoldering blows, knocking him back.
"GAJEEEL!" Rogue charged Gajeel, his entire body covered in intense shadows, but before he could even try to attack, Gajeel punched him square in the mouth, sending him tumbling again. "3 months of training and Second Origin made them this strong?" Even Makarov was a little surprised. "HELL YEAH! KEEP IT UP!" Haru cheered.
"Damn it..I promised Lector..I can't lose.." Sting slowly got up, glowing even brighter. "As if we'd let it end like this.." Rogue's shadows always increased, as both their faces had weird marks on them. Like Natsu's scales. "That's..Dragon Force!?" Natsu exclaimed, recognizing the form. "This magical energy..So powerful...They can activate on their own free will!?" Mavis was shocked.
"Take a breather, Rouge. I'll handle them myself." Sting declared with an arrogant smirk. "Challenging them to a 2 on 1 after just getting pummeled..Sting is confident!" Chapitilola yelled as Sting suddenly appeared in front of Natsu and punched him in the face.
Gajeel turned his leg into a giant iron sword and kicked at Sting, who leaped over it and then hit Gajeel with a blast of light. Natsu threw a flaming fist, but Sting simply caught it in his palm like Natsu did earlier. Sting brought his knee into Natsu's gut as he coughed up blood, before punching Natsu right into Gajeel.
Sting leaped into the air, inhaling. "White Dragon's..HOLY BREATH!" Sting exhaled a massive blast at them, creating a violent explosion, destroying the floor of the stadium, causing them to fall through it. "Fire Dragon's..Sword Horn!" Natsu jumped into the sky and tackled Sting. "IRON DRAGON'S ROAR!" Gajeel blasted Sting into the wall.
Sting got up quickly, unharmed, cupping both his hands, charging light. "The light of the white dragon purifies all things..HOLY RAY!" Dozens of arrows of light shot out from Sting's hands, stabbing Natsu and Gajeel.
Sting charged Natsu and threw a fist, but Natsu blocked. After a few seconds, Natsu was overpowered, and was sent flying by a blast of light. "FLY AWAY!" Sting yelled, continuing to beat both of them down.
"Are you watching, Lector?" Sting asked, raising his fist to the sky, as Natsu and Gajeel lay on the ground, still. "The time of the old generation has ended." Rogue stated.
"Oi..Don't get carried away now.." Gajeel stood back up. "Yeah. Hold up." Natsu got back up as well, both of them stretching and rubbing their wounds, shocking Sting and Rouge.
"Better than I thought..But now I've seen through all of your habits." Natsu smiled confidently. "For example, when you attack, you pivot to 11 o clock." Natsu stated. "No, it's 10 o clock." Gajeel stated. "11." Natsu said again. "Even giving in a step, its 10:30, not 11." Gajeel argued.
"It's 11! 23 would be fine too!" Natsu argued. "That's going 360 degrees!" Gajeel argued. The two argued their stupid argument before Natsu pushed Gajeel into a nearby cart, which began rolling back on the tracks, making Gajeel motion sick. The area beneath the stadium seemed to be an old mining cave. "What..Are..You doing.." Gajeel asked, ready to barf, slowly being taken away from the battle.
"I have to pay you back for looking down on us..I alone am enough!" Natsu smirked, the fire around his fingers spelling "Come On" as the audience was absolutely baffled Natsu sent Gajeel away so he could fight the hopeless battle alone.
"My business is with Gajeel." Rouge stated. "Then get through me first. If you can." Natsu taunted. "Dragon Force is the power of a real dragon..You think you can defeat two dragons alone!?" Sting charged and threw a fist.
"Oh? So you've been holding back?" Natsu teased, blocking the fist with his forearm. "I KILLED VICELOGIA WITH THIS POWER!" Sting screamed. "I see. Well then, I'll use my power…To fight for my friends that you hurt and laughed at." Natsu declared, punching Sting in the face with a powerful fist.
"SHADOW DRAGON'S ROAR!" Rouge fired a blast of shadows at Natsu, who quickly whipped himself around and fired his own roar, overpowering the shadows and blasting Rouge. Sting charged but Natsu kicked him in the face. Rouge charged but Natsu punched him in the gut. He blocked their punches, and traded blows for them, 2 on 1, before punching them both away with his own fists.
"STING!" Rouge yelled. "YEAH!" Sting shouted back, as they both stood beside each other with an arm pulled back, fusing the light and darkness. "Unison Raid!?" Makarov exclaimed. "HOLY SHADOW DRRAGON'S FLASH FANG!" Sting and Rouge fired a fused blast of light and darkness.
"Dragon Slayer Secret Technique.." Natsu's flames grew very intense and powerful. "CRIMSON LOTUS!" Natsu swiped both his flaming arms forward, firing a massive wave of fire. "EXPLODING FLAME BLADE!" Several violent explosions erupted from the fire as it ripped right through the blast and struck Sting and Rouge with so much force that when it faded, the two dragon slayers stood torched, and instantly fell to the ground, defeated. "Let's fight again." Natsu smiled happily.
"I'll let you win this one. It won't make a difference." Sting smirked during the Chariot event, letting Natsu and Gajeel beat him in the race. "Just don't cry about that one point later, punk." Gajeel chuckled knowingly. "FAIRY TAIL HAS PASSED SABERTOOTH IN THE STANDINGS!" Chapitilola yelled as Fairy Tail A was one point above Sabertooth. Everybody standing around Gemma screamed in fear and ran away due to the look of pure rage on his face.
"Unbelievable..Single handedly..The winner is.." Chapitilola trembled, pausing, as the crowd exploded.
"NATSU DRAGNEEL!"
-Somewhere in the Same City—
"That battle changed our lives that day." The figure with black and white hair stated. "Yeah..That was the day everything changed for worse." Figure 2 with all white hair answered. "How so?" Figure one asked.
"That was the day they betrayed me. That was the day.." Figure 2 trailed off.
"I killed Elie with my own two hands."
