Disclaimer: Naruto is owned by Masashi Kishimoto and Fairy Tail by Hiro Mashima. Anything written is purely my own thoughts.
"With this win it's another 10pts for Fairy Tail so let's look at the board."
1st - Fairy Tail - 68pts (+20pts)
2nd - Sabertooth - 62pts (+10pts)
3rd - Lamia Scale - 61pts (+10pts)
4th - Hidden Beasts - 54pts (+10pts)
5th - Mermaid Heel - 35pts
6th - Quatro Cerberus - 30pts
7th - Blue Pegasus - 13pts
8th - Twilight Orge - 6pts
"This brings them to a first place but that will change after the next battle between Lamia Scale and Sabertooth! The winner of this fight will be in the doubles final versus Fairy Tail!"
Naruto: The Fairy Tail Shadow: Part 3: Chapter 31: The Dragon King Festival Part 4: Dragon Slayers versus Dragon Slayers.
(Fairy Tail Tenrou Island Theme OST)
1st - Sabertooth - 72pts (+20pts)
2nd - Fairy Tail - 68pts (+20pts)
"Now it's time. The final match of the day. Fairy Tail versus Sabertooth. It's a heated arena, but be sure to not miss any of this next fight! Just now, the emblems of both guilds have been erected in the arena! The guild known as the strongest seven years ago. Versus the the guild that currently holds that claim. With only 4pts between both teams a win for Sabertooth could see there lead extended to 24pts while Fairy Tail could go 16pts in the lead."
The crowd's roar only get wilder and louder as the anticipation grew. "And it's Fairy Tail's Natsu and Gajeel. Versus Sabertooth's Sting and Rogue! All four of them are Dragon Slayers! They all use the magic that was made to kill dragons. It's finally time for their confrontation! Who will win? The Fairy or the Tiger! Four dragons have now been released onto the battlefield! LET THE MATCH BEGIN!"
As soon as the match began Sting and Rogue made a move towards Natsu and Gajeel but the pair from Fairy Tail were the first to strike.
"FIRE DRAGON'S IRON FIST!"
"IRON DRAGON'S HARD FIST!"
Both Sting and Rogue rolled backwards but only Rogue managed to stay on his feet.
"FIRE DRAGON'S TALON!" Natsu followed up his attack on Sting back backheeling his gut while he was lying on the ground.
"IRON DRAGON'S CLUB!" A pillar of Iron punched and extended inwards Rogue's gut from Gajeel's attack.
"WHITE DRAGON'S ROOOOOAR!" A beam of white light fired from Sting's mouth. Natsu and Gajeel both avoided the attack.
As Gajeel ducked out of the way of Sting's attack Rogue followed up with his own. "SHADOW DRAGON'S SLASH!"
But Gajeel easily countered. "IRON DRAGON'S SWORD!" Gajeel's counter proved to be more powerful than rogue's and it caused the Sabertooth mage to be send flying backwards.
But his head was caught by Natsu who dashed towards Sting with Rogue's head in his hand. "FIRE DRAGON'S WING ATTACK!"
The rest of Team Fairy Tail drew smiles on there faces as they watched Natsu and Gajeel tower over there opponents. "It looks like Natsu and Gajeel really haven't been tested yet." Laxus commented.
"Yes but don't question the spirit Sting and Rogue are showing either." Erza replied towards Laxus.
"All four are holding back. But it looks like Sting and Rouge are about to make the first step up in this match." Naruto noticed Sting and Rogue slowly pull themselves back to there feet.
"Strong, as I thought you'd be..." Sting commented as he wiped away dust from his mouth.
"Gajeel." Rogue lowly growled.
"Did you guys really beat dragon's with that level of power?" Natsu asked with a confused tone.
"Not beat... Killed. With these very hands." Sting answered.
"Weren't they your parents!?" Natsu once more asked with time with anger in his voice.
"That has nothing to do with you!" Sting shouted back in response to Natsu. "Now I'll show you the power that kills dragons. WHITE DRIVE."
"SHADOW DRIVE."
(Third Generation Dragon Slayers OST)
"NOW RECEIVE THE JUDGEMENT OF HOLY WHITE!" Sting shouted as he charged at Natsu punching him in his face.
"SALAMADER!" Gajeel shouted but quickly had to run his attention towards Rogue who followed up with a kick to his head.
"You cannot capture a shadow." Sting and Rogue then bombarded Natsu and Gajeel.
"WHITE DRAGON'S CLAW!" Sting then marked Natsu's stomach.
"I can't... Move." Natsu grunted as he struggled to move an inch.
"It's a holy attack that leaves a stigmata to restrict your movements. And with this... I WILL SURPASS YOU!" Sting shouted once more as he charged an attack for Natsu.
Meanwhile with Gajeel his fight with Rogue had become one of cat and mouse. With every attack Gajeel made on Rogue it was pass through him.
"The dragon that becomes shadows hides itself. Surely hunting it's prey." Rogue stated as he charged an attack for Gajeel.
But he found his arm was caught by Gajeel. "Surely hunting... What was that?" Gajeel coldly stated.
Sting now was fully charged and aimed another fist towards Natsu but he noticed a smile on the fire dragon slayer's face.
"FIRE DRAGON'S IRON FIST!" Natsu who was barely able to move moments ago punched Sting's face in.
"W... Why can you move!" A shocked Sting asked only to notice steam rising from the location of his stigmata mark on Natsu's gut.
"You're good. But not good enough." Natsu stated to Sting.
"Don't get too full of yourselves, you punks." With his grip still on Rogue's arm Gajeel slammed his elbow onto his chin. "Don't look down on Fairy Tail!"
Sting was taken back from Natsu's sudden recovery and steadied himself. "I'll have to use my best then. The white dragon's fist will even turn flames to ash. DRAGON SLAYERS SECRET ART: HOLY NOVA!"
A giant orb of white magic surrounded and consumed Natsu. A huge pile of dust flew up into the air from the outcome of Sting's attack.
(Sannin no Dragon Slayer OST)
But when the dust settled Natsu was seen standing tall and holding on to Sting's fist. Sting couldn't believe what he was seeing as he started to sweat under Natsu's glare.
"Yajima what is this?"
Now it was Sting and Rogue's turn to recieve an bombardment of attacks from Natsu and Gajeel.
"The level between these fighters... They're not in the same league." Yajima stated as Sting and Rogue were next seen lying on the ground in front of the tall standing Natsu and Gajeel.
The rest of Team Fairy Tail were thinking the same thing but unexpectedly Naruto felt the same presence that he felt from the hooded figures several days ago."I have to go."
"What's wrong?" Erza asked with a concerned tone in her voice.
"They're both back again." this was simply Naruto's answer to Erza as he quickly turned and left to chase after them.
However back with the fight both Sting and Rogue were slowly getting up. "We can't let it end here like this." Rogue stated towards Sting.
"Yeah... I knew that this wall could not be surpassed so easily. I made a promise to Lector... I won't lose." The tone color around Sting's face and body changed as he gave off a white glow. "I can't lose. for Lector's sake... DRAGON FORCE MODE!"
"DRAGON FORCE MODE!" Rogue as well as Sting were covered in markings symbolizing there element. White for Sting and black for Rogue.
Jellal who was on his way to meet up with Naruto suddenly stopped in his tracks to observe both Sting and Rogue. "It's almost like Natsu when he absorbed my powers to fight Zero. But... They're able to use a dragon's power on their own will... Is this the true power behind a third generation dragon slayer?"
(The Last Magic OST)
Sting then motioned forward. "Rogue, stay back. I'll be enough." The words that Sting spoke shocked the crowd but not those who had witnessed the power of the dragon force before.
"Only moments ago Sabertooth were on the back foot... And now they want to go two on one!?"
"He must be very confident."
"This is so COOOOLLLLL!"
"That bastard is underestimating us..." Gajeel commented with a low growl.
"But this feeling... He's strong." Natsu responded as he remained focused on Sting and his movements.
In a burst of speed Sting punched Natsu's face as he was too slow to react in time. Gajeel attempted to follow up by kicking towards Sting's head but he easily dodged underneath it.
"WHITE DRAGON'S BULLET!" Sting fired towards Gajeel and sent the Iron dragon slayer back. Now Natsu followed up but this time it was behind Sting.
"FIRE DRAGON'S IRON FIST!" But like Natsu had done with Sting attack the latter caught Natsu's flaming fist with ease.
With a quick knee to Natsu's stomach Sting then pulled Natsu over his shoulder and threw him towards Gajeel who just managed to get back to his feet by this stage.
"WHITE DRAGON'S HOLY BREAAAAATH!" A small blast of white energy blasted its way towards the floor of the arena and expanded to a massive size size upon impact. The force of the attack alone caused the Floor of the arena to collapse and be destroyed.
"The floor of the arena!" Laxus was simply in shock. "Not even Naruto's attack did that... Is sting stronger than Naruto in that form?"
"He destroyed it yes but he's not as strong as Naruto. We both know that."
"Then explain why the floor didn't give in in his last match with Rin then?" Erza was not able to answer Laxus' question as the match continue'd on the lacrima screens.
"IT'S NOT OVER YET!" Sting shouted as he fell towards Natsu and Gajeel.
"FIRE DRAGON'S SWORD HORN!" Natsu blasted him off the rubble and his head directly hit Sting's chest.
"IRON DRAGON ROOOOOOOAR!" Gajeel followed up behind Sting.
With Sting sent crashing to the ground he was still standing tall. "White Dragon magic is pure and will defeat any enemy. HOLY RAY!" Sting's then sent multiple projectiles towards Natsu and Gajeel while they remained in the air. Unable to avoid the attack both Fairy Tail mages took the attack head on.
Feeling the pain from Sting's last attack both Natsu and Gajeel landed and pressed forward once more. Fists were flying as Sting was making it look easy as he avoided both Natsu's and Gajeel's attacks. The rate of the attack kept increasing as a dust cloud appeared between the three dragon slayers.
But by this stage Naruto has reached the two hooded figures. "You two are coming with me. Now." Naruto allowed his body to slightly access Kurama's chakra but only enough to make his eyes become crimson red.
The male hooded figure turned to face face Naruto but the only thing Naruto could see was a red sharingan. "MADARA!"
"No... I am not Madara nor is this woman with me. We will both follow you after this match but only after it. It's about to get to the best part." The male hooded figure stated towards Naruto before he turned once more to face the lacrima screen.
On the screen it showed Natsu and Gajeel lying on the ground, their faces down.
And Cut! Bit of a short chapter I know but the next chapter will have the finish off with Natsu vs Sting and Rogue as well as answering who is the hooded figures. So i hope you'll stay tuned for that but here is this chapter's Q&A!
1) From all inner spirit/partner that reside within, like Kurama from Naruto, Zangetsu (Quincy/Hollow) from Bleach, Skeith from .Hack/G.U., Yami/Atem from Yu-Gi-Oh!, Ddraig from Highschool DxD, etc, which do you prefer? Most battle manga are kind of like that in a sense but to pick a favourite would be hard. It would be a toss up between three in my eyes. Naruto and Kurama of course as well as Yami/Atem from Yu-Gi-Oh but i'd say Yoh and Amidamaru as well.
2) How come Sting broke the floor of the arena when you wrote down that the Bijudama didn't? I can explain that one. The Tailed Beast Bomb did yes hit the arena floor but it was confined into a smaller arena and the blast wave was forced upwards due to the blast not able to expand outwards and since there was no force holding it back going upwards that is where the energy of the blast went which allowed the arena floor to remain intact.
So that's all for this chapter folks. Like always if you have a question do feel free to post a review or PM myself. If I don't answer your question on next chapter's Q&A I will try to reply via PM. Thank you for reading this chapter. I hope you've all enjoyed it. Till next time!