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Lucy watched as the two went all out in their fist fight. Natsu kept up with Gajeel despite The Iron Dragon Slayer's increased physical prowess.
"Iron Dragons-!"
Natsu made several hand seals in order to start his attack.
"Fire Style:-!"
"Iron Dragon's Roar!"
"Fireball Jutsu!"
The two attacks collided violently as they vowed for control. Lucy put an arm in front of her head. She had to shield her face from the intense wind that was born. She couldn't see the two fighters as smoke covered the pair for a short amount of time. When the smoke dispelled the pair seemed not to be affected by the attacks.
"I gotta hand it to you. You aren't no push over like those other fairies." Gajeel said.
"You ain't too bad yourself." Natsu replied.
The pair's magical energy began to flare as they stared the other down.
"Let's get serious, shall we?" Natsu asked.
"I thought you never asked." Gajeel answered.
"Are you serious!? They were just calling that a warm up!?" One of the present goons shouted.
'No...Natsu isn't even taking this seriously.' Lucy thought.
The two went into the air as they crashed through the ceiling. Everyone was taken aback by their flight and had to look up to keep track of the mages. The spectators could only see sparks as sonic boom like sounds followed after the sparks.
"So fast."
"Fireworks..." Lucy gasped in awe.
Natsu punched Gajeel in the temple as his oppenent tried to kick him. However, it was blocked and the intense fighting only continued as Gajeel couldn't land a solid hit. Natsu grab Gajeel's ankle and sent him crashing down back into the building. Everyone present saw someone being thrown to the floor. Gajeel got up and to his luck. The Iron Dragon Slayer found some iron to eat. Gajeel began to eat the metal as his magic energy began to return to him. Natsu landed while Gajeel had just finished eating his meal.
"That's the advantage of being an Iron Dragon Slayer. I can replenish my own magic but you can't, you can't keep fighting forever." Gajeel said.
"As long as you have my partner as a hostage. I'll keep fighting to set her free." Natsu said.
"But what if she doesn't wanna go back. She hasn't tried escaping, maybe you didn't consider her thoughts on the matter." Gajeel said.
Natsu glanced at Lucy before giving a long exhale.
"What do you want, Lucy?" Natsu asked.
Lucy tried to speak but there was too many emotions to effectively get the words out of her mouth. When Lucy didn't answer right away. Natsu dropped his guard.
"I won't fight for a half hearted answer. Tell me what you want Lucy and I'll take him down." Natsu said.
"Iron Dragons: Demon's Pillar!"
Natsu felt a pole hit him point blank in his chest. Lucy's eyes widen in realization at Natsu's words.
'Don't do this please...' Lucy internally begged.
Natsu took another hit and another as Lucy was forced to watch as Gajeel beat Natsu senseless. Lucy would start to cry as her desire to speak her wants began to overpower her. Eventually, Lucy had enough. She would speak her wants, for the first time. Lucy would voice her opinions and thoughts on the matter.
"I don't want to go back! I want to stay with Fairy Tail! I want to keep going on missions with you! So...please...stop this." Lucy yelled.
Natsu gave a grin and stood on his two feet.
"Eat metal!" Gajeel yelled.
Natsu reared his fist back as he threw out a punch. The fist connected with Gajeel's iron pole but Gajeel began to wince. Natsu had hit him harder then the entire match. The blow caused his steel armor to crack rapidly with his arm threatening to shatter. Gajeel flew back as landed on the ground. The Iron Dragon Slayer grabbing his injured arm.
"Well said Lucy. It's not a crime to always be selfish. I will make sure that they won't take you anywhere. I'll get this cleaned up in no time." Natsu said.
Gajeel glared at Natsu as The Iron Dragon Slayer let go of his arm.
"Don't think you can win after all that Dragon Slayer magic you just took! Roar of The Iron Dragon!" Gajeel shouted.
Natsu simply stuck out his hand and easily blocked the attack. Gajeel's eyes widen at Natsu stopping his attack with just one hand. Natsu advanced onto Gajeel as The Iron Dragon Slayer felt himself wavering against his oppenent. Natsu took Gajeel's hesitation as an opening as he delivered several punches right at Gajeel's head.
"This is for destroying our Guild Hall."
Natsu punched Gajeel in the male's gut causing the armor to shatter.
"Attacking our members for no reason.'
A set of blows hit Gajeel without mercy. Natsu listed off names that he could remember from The Guild. As for every name that Natsu called out, it was a landed punch on Gajeel.
"And Lucy."
Another punch but the blow was directed to Gajeel's chin. The attack made Gajeel lose his consciousness as Natsu emerged the winner.
"Woah...he beat the boss..." One of the spectators stated.
Natsu didn't really pay attention to them. Instead, he made his way to Lucy and knelt down in front of her. Natsu gave her a one over due to the injuries she did have from Gajeel.
"Here wear this for the time being."
Lucy watch in confusion as Natsu took off his trench coat and put the coat on her.
"Your gonna have a scar plus with everything...the coat will help to cover...ya know." Natsu mumbled.
Lucy couldn't help but let a smile slip onto her face. He may not know what to say but the gesture was much appericated. She held onto the coat as she used it to wrap around herself.
"Who knew you could be such a gentlemen."Lucy joked.
"Shut up." Natsu grumbled.
Erza stood before Jose as she breathed heavily from the taxing combat that she found herself in. Jose aside from a few bruises seemed unaffected.
"I have to admit, you're the first person to last this long against me. Let alone get in a few hits." Jose complimented.
Erza gritted her teeth. She had given it her all and yet she couldn't beat Master Jose. Her body had a few fractures with some broken ribs that burned in pain.
'Damn it, they are counting on me.' Erza thought.
She looked over to see Mirajane, Elfman and Gray all unconscious. Erza couldn't let them down.
"Come on, Erza you just have to join my side and you'll have all the power in the world." Jose said.
"I will never join you!" Erza defiantly roared.
"Its really a shame because your so powerful. Yet, you still manage to stay by Makarov's side. If you can't be reasoned with, I'll just destroy you and your guild mates." Jose said.
The man flicked his finger after aiming it at Erza. The Knight found herself being slammed into the wall.
"My Guild will take its rightful place at the top!"
Erza successfully dodged another set of attacks before headbutting Jose. The man stumbled back surprised at Erza's bold attack. Jose recovered himself.
"What is your problem with our guild?" Erza asked.
"Fairy Tail used to be second but over the years. The names of Laxus, Gildarts and Titania began to travel throughout the entire kingdom. Then The Name of Snake began to circumvate through the kingdom. It put us on equal footing with Fairy Tail." Jose said.
"You did all of this for a petty reason like that, you scum.' Erza hissed.
Jose would thrust out his hand at Titania and two dark beings grasped onto Erza. The pair held her into the air as the two spirits made Erza experience immense pain.
"Fortunately, my distaste for your guild didn't cause this to happen. Jude Heartfillia hired us to return his precious daughter to him. So, Makarov is trying to buy his way to the top. I won't allow it!" Jose shouted.
Erza began laughing and this caused Jose to give her a confused look.
"Its laughable about how you feel about our guild but I'm even more amused by how misinformed you are. Lucy came to us as a runaway. Before that she was traveling with Natsu as his partner. He probably had his suspiciousness. Natsu is a pyschopath and rule breaker but he is smart. He could have turned Lucy in anytime." Erza spoke.
Jose face only contorted to a sadistic pleasure. Erza screamed as the ghosts holding her captivate attacked her. Erza felt some of her life force being drained out of her.
"That doesn't matter! I will just take Lucy and bleed the Heartfillia Family dry of their fortune. I won't hand her over until I get some sort of benefit!"
"You scoundrel." Erza said.
Erza screamed again.
"You are in no position to talk. I will keep torturing you and when your guild sees you in such a sorry state. They will surrender and Makarov will return to his children in shambles with his Guild Hall destroyed." Jose chided.
Erza saw her sword behind her.
'I rather die then see my guildmates surrender because of me. I really have no choice. I'll leave everything to you Natsu.' Erza thought.
The woman lifted her sword off of the ground and aimed it at her back. That way she would at least hit Jose. Erza took a deep breath in before releasing it. However, she saw her breath as she felt her body shiver violently. She could hear a cracking sound that only grew closer to her. Erza looked at the source to see ice devouring the two ghosts. Once the ghosts were encased in ice they were shattered as nothing left remained. Erza hit the floor and looked behind her. To her surprise. Ur had arrived on the battlefield. To no one's surprise, she wasn't happy. Ur gave Jose a healthy scowl.
"What a pleasant surprise, I didn't think I would find you here. Ur Milkovich." Jose said.
"I'm here to end your childish game, Jose." Ur spat.