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Chapter 29

A Fever Pitch Battle

The next morning, I came into the guildhall feeling a little disappointed. I had just had gone into town looking for any information regarding Aquadia, but I had no luck. Everyone I asked either laughed telling me I was crazy and dragons didn't exist or ignoring me not interested in listening to what I had to say. Although there were some people that were nice enough to give me a response. After a few hours of info searching, I decided to head back to the guild and try and think about my next move.

I had barely just walked in when I sensed something. Someone was coming straight at me from above and I knew who it was. I sighed exasperated and then I sidestepped to my right to find a certain pink headed fire dragon falling right next to me slamming right onto the floor.

"Yowie!" yelped Natsu holding his head in pain. "That really hurt!"

"That's what you get for sneak attacking me for the umpteenth time," I said flatly. "Can't you give it a rest already Natsu? You're only hurting yourself as well as your pride. Besides now's not a good time right now."

"No way! I ain't gonna till you fight me!" snapped Natsu pointing a finger at me. "I'm gonna kick your butt and won't let up until you say, uncle!"

"OK. Uncle."

"What?! Don't say that now! I haven't even done anything yet!"

"That's cuz you ain't gonna do anything," I said. "I told you before, I'm not gonna fight you."

"Screw that! I'm gonna fight you whether you like it or not! So get ready, fish boy!" said Natsu stomping his foot and igniting his foot with his magic. "Now... FIRE DRAGON TALON!"

As Nastu came at me with his Fire Dragon Talon, I quickly took a step to the right and dodged the attack. Natsu quickly rebounded and then attacked again. I quickly took a look around and once again as luck would have it, I saw Gray who was nonchalantly sitting by a table lounging around. I really hated doing this and I would probably ask Erza or Makarov to tell Natsu to stop but the guy doesn't learn sense, so this was pretty much the only way to get Natsu off my case. Besides him and Gray fought constantly anyway and it always worked like a charm.

So as Natsu was about to attack me again, I made sure that Gray was in his line of attack. Then Natsu leaped up and ignited his fist on fire.

"FIRE DRAGON IRON FIST!"

As Natsu came at me with his attack, I waited till Natsu was close enough. Then at the last second, I leaned to the left dodging his attack. Natsu flew right past me shooting right past me not being able to stop himself. Once again before Gray had a chance to react, Natsu crashed right into him making the two end up in a heap on the floor. The two gazed grimly at each other.

"What the heck's your problem Natsu?! Do you really want to get your butt kicked that badly because I don't mind beating you again!" yelled Gray.

"Shut up jerk! You shouldn't have gotten in my way!" Natsu yelled back. "And I beat you last time and you know it!"

"No, you didn't! I beat you by a mile fire-for-brains and you know it!"

"What'd you call me you icy loud mouth flasher?!"

Then the two of them once more engaged in an all-out brawl against each other. I, however, let out a sigh of relief walking away from the two.

"Geez. He never quits does he?" I said to myself. "I'll give him this much, he certainly does have persistence. Although... he is a bit simple-minded. At least that took the heat off of me for a while."

I went over to the bar away from the fight and sat down letting out a sigh. Levy and Cana just so happened to be nearby.

"Well hello there Willy," said Cana. "What seems to be the problem? You seem kinda down."

"Oh it's nothing Cana," I said. "I'm just resting a little bit," I said

"I see that Natsu's been picking a fight with you again," said Levy. "I'm surprised that you haven't actually fought him after all the times he's tried to ambush you."

"Yeah, I know. He's been at it for a while now. I'd wish he'd give it a rest already." I sighed.

"Well have you tried telling Erza or the master?" asked Cana.

"Believe me I tried, but that isn't stopping him," I said now feeling annoyed. "He still does it. It's like trying to shoo away a fly that won't buzz off."

"Well, have you actually fought Natsu?" said a familiar voice.

I turned towards the voice to see Erza coming up to us.

"If you really want Natsu to stop picking fights with you then it would make sense for you to fight him. "If you defeat him then maybe he'll stop."

"Well... I guess that's true, but..."

Erza made a valid point. If I did fight Natsu and beat him, then maybe he would actually stop provoking me. However, there was one reason why that I didn't want to fight him. The reason being was my strange and recent fever. I could still remember what had happened the last few times it spiked mostly because of me using my magic. The first time was back in Osia and then again the first time Natsu picked a fight with me. I also tested my magic out a few times by myself and the result being my fever acting up. In short, I was worried if I went and started using my magic in a fight, it would cause my fever to act up again or get worse. The last thing I wanted was for people to worry about me especially the Strauss siblings, so I kept it to myself and I prevented myself from using my magic.

"Well... let's just say that I'm not exactly in the mood to fight him Erza," I said. "Not to mention I'm not a fighting freak like he is."

"Well, I can't argue with that," said Erza. "Still, you gotta give him some credit though. He may not be brightest, but his persistence is quite commendable."

"Well well. Someone's busting out the big words today."

Erza and I knew who that was. Sure enough, she along with her brother and sister came up.

"Mira. Lisanna. Elfman. How's it going, you guys?" I asked.

"Pretty good. We actually just came back from doing a job," said Elfman.

"So what are you guys talking about?" asked Lisanna.

"Oh nothing much Lisanna, Natsu's been picking fights with me again," I said. "I was just trying to come up with a way to get him to stop."

"Then why don't you kick his butt already?" asked Mira. "I mean come on, the bonehead will never learn unless you hammer it into him. You can take him, so just beat him up!"

"Now, now Mira. Don't be mean," said Lisanna.

"She's right. Besides," said Erza. "Willy's taking his time trying to solve the problem peacefully. Not everyone is as belligerent as Natsu and apparently you are."

"Oh wow. Someone learned another new word," said Mira mockingly. "Where'd you learn that word? From a dictionary? How lame. I bet an idiot like you doesn't even know what the word even means."

Erza turned towards Mira clearly insulted and the two of them glared threateningly at each other.

"You looking for a fight again you simple minded wench? Because I'll be happy to teach you a thing or two again if you wish," hissed Erza.

"Oh quit acting so high and mighty," growled Mira. "We both know that I kicked your butt last time and don't think I'll do it again."

"Oh is that so?"

"Yeah. You gonna start something?!"

"Oh boy. Here we go again," deadpanned Cana as two girls went at it again. "Here Erza's telling Natsu and Gray to not fight in the guildhall, but when she and Mira fight she gets to fight whenever she wants?"

"Yeah. That's nothing short of hypercritical," said Levy flatly.

I let out a sigh exasperated with all the fighting. Is this all that this guild is known for, fighting and brawls? It was no wonder why I haven't joined Fairy Tail yet. Well... that and the fact that I can't exactly join due to my condition. Not to mention that I had to keep looking for information on Aqaudia.

"By the way Willy that reminds me," said Elfman. "How come you haven't joined Fairy Tail yet? I would have thought that you'd have joined by now."

"Yeah. If you joined, you would have been able to go with us on the job we just went," said Lisanna. "You would have been able to see lots of interesting places and people."

"Yeah. I know," I said. "But I didn't join yet because I'm still trying to decide if I should join or not. You know weighing my options if you will."

"You should join now," said Lisanna. "It's not the same without you... Especially when we go on jobs."

Lisanna looked at me with a pouty expression on her face. Seeing that, I couldn't help but smile.

"I know Lisanna," I reassured patting her head. "But don't worry. I'll join Fairy Tail after I've given it some thought. In the meantime, just give me a little time OK?"

"Oh OK," replied Lisanna still pouting disappointed.

"We hope you join soon," said Elfman. "It's not the same when you're not around. And maybe you can help keep Big Sis Mira in check with her fights."

I couldn't help but chuckle. I then requested for a drink of water. Water was a good way of restoring my stamina, although it would be better if it helped with my condition. As I drank my water, I let my mind wander thinking about what I should do. I could forget about looking for info in Magnolia because there was next to nothing. I even looked as far as books in libraries, but they hardly had anything either. If anything, the only book they had was a book called Dragon Historia. It was pretty much a book filled with nothing but facts of dragons which I already kinda knew.

My next option was probably to leave and head to the next town, but I couldn't do that. That would mean leaving Mira and the others behind and that would never do. I did promise them that I was gonna stay with them no matter what so that's what I was gonna do.

"Man... what should I do?" I thought to myself.

"Seems like you have a lot on your mind."

I was so startled that I almost choked on my water. Turning to my right, I saw that Makarov had all of a sudden appeared right next to me. He was sitting on the counter drinking a mug a beer without a care in the world.

"Master Makarov! You startled me!"

"Sorry about that," apologized Makarov taking another swig. "I couldn't help but notice that you're in deep thought about something. Mind telling me what it is?"

"It's nothing important," I said. "I'm just thinking about some things, sir."

"I see," said Makarov. "Let me guess, you didn't find any info on your dragon and you're trying to figure out your next move?"

"Yeah. You guessed it," I replied. "I just don't know what to do now. I wanna find some more info, but I didn't find any here. Master Makarov, what should I do?"

"Hmmm. Let's see..." Makarov hummed thoughtfully. "I don't know much about dragons myself so there's not much I can tell you, but I can tell you that the answer will soon come to you. You just have to take your time that's all. The information will come soon enough."

"I suppose so."

"Now then since I answered your question, how about you answer one of mine? How come you haven't joined the guild like your friends did? It'd be a great way for you to go to around to different towns looking for information regarding your dragon."

I sighed upon for being asked that same question again. "Believe me Mister Makarov. I would love to join, but... there are some... complications..."

"Complications? Like what? If you have some kind of problem, you can talk to me about it. I'll do whatever I can to help you."

At first, I wasn't going to say anything, but then I had a thought. Maybe Makarov could help. I mean he was the master of the guild and he probably knew all sorts of magic. Maybe he could help me with my condition as he did with Mira. I was just about to explain what my issue was regarding my powers, but then suddenly something hit me hard on my back causing the water I was drinking to splash all over me.

"What the heck?!" I coughed as I snapped my head around to see who had attacked me from behind. Soon enough I saw who it was. There stood Natsu who was standing behind me with a smirk on his face.

"Ha! Gotcha that time fish boy!" he said victoriously.

"That was a cheap shot Natsu!" said Lisanna.

"Oh shut up Lisanna. He had it coming!" Natsu said. "Besides that's what he gets for leaving his guard down!"

This made me feel a bit irritated. It was bad enough that Natsu made me spill water all over myself, but now he was telling me that I "let my guard down." I couldn't help but get a little angry.

"Natsu. Seriously. You need to cut this out," I said hotly. "I'm really trying to be nice here."

"Being nice or chicken?" mocked Natsu. "I bet you're scared to fight me because you know you'll lose."

I felt my eyebrow twitch as I grew a little more irritated for what Natsu said. Now he was calling me a chicken? I wasn't about to let that slide. I immediately got off my stool and stood in front of Natsu.

"Who are you calling a chicken Natsu?" I demanded. "I just don't wanna fight you because I wanna save you the trouble from getting yourself beaten by me!"

"Oh yeah? How do you know that?" Natsu shot back. "You don't know because you keep running away all the time! Just like a chicken!"

My hands were now balled up into fists slightly trembling in anger. For some reason, I was angrier than before. In fact, I was fed up. I also didn't notice at the time, but a small crowd of our guildmates had formed around us listening in on us.

"You know what Natsu? I'm getting really tired of you trying to pick fights with me! Not to mention you calling me a chicken!" I snapped angrily. "If you wanna fight so bad? Fine then! Let's take this outside and fight! Over at beach at noon!"

"Yeah! Now we're talking!" said Natsu. "Let's go!"

Then the guildmates that gathered around us began to cheer.

"All right! They're finally gonna fight!"

"I've always wanted to see a fight between Dragon Slayers!"

"I wonder which one will win?"

It was then that I finally registered what I had just said. Then Mira and Gray came up to me.

"You're finally gonna fight Natsu? It's about time," said Gray. "I've been wanting to see the two of you go at it!"

"Yeah. It's about time you show this bonehead who's boss!" said Mira. "Go get em, Willy! You got this!"

"What... what did I get myself into?" I thought. "Oh crap..."

NO POV

Moments later Willy and Natsu were standing at the shore of the beach close to town with a small crowd of spectators watching them. The spectators comprised of Erza, Gray, Cana, Levy, and The Strauss Siblings.

"Well this is sure to be interesting," said Erza.

"Oh yeah! This is gonna be good," said Gray. "It's one thing to fight Natsu, but to watch him being clobbered is a different story."

"I sure hope that Willy's gonna be alright fighting," said Elfman. "I haven't seen him fight in a long time."

"Now that you mention it I haven't seen him use his magic ever since we left Osia," said Lisanna. "I wonder why? I hope he's still OK after that fever he had before."

"Don't you worry about a thing guys," said Mira confidently. "Willy's got this in the bag. I'd be more worried about Natsu. He's so gonna get creamed." She then called out to Willy. "Hey, Willy! Show no mercy! Knock that bonehead into next week!"

"Yeah! And make sure that you get a few hits for me too!" added Gray.

WILLY'S POV

"Oh man... I just had to open my big mouth and get angry," I thought to myself. "Oh well. No use crying over spilled water. I'm just gonna have to fight Natsu and get this over with. One thing's for sure, I have to try and not use my magic. If I do then my fever will act up. All I have to do is use my fists. Nothing more and nothing less."

Nastu stood in front of me cracking his knuckles in anticipation. "I've been waiting for this! I hope you're ready to lose fish boy, cuz I'm gonna beat the pants off of ya!"

"We'll see," I said as a took a stance ready to fight.

No sooner than that, Natsu leaped towards me his fist raised in a straight punch. I raised my hand and blocked the punch with ease and then flung him away. Natsu quickly rebounded and attacked again with a kick. I quickly blocked the attack by crossing my arms and pushing him back. Natsu flipped in the air regaining his composure and landed on his feet like a cat.

With a mighty yell, Natsu attacked me again with a flurry of punches hopelessly trying to connect a bow and I blocked and parried each punch with ease. Then I countered with an uppercut right on his chin sending him flat on his back on the ground.

"Had enough yet Natsu?" I asked. "No matter how many times you keep attacking, I'm just gonna knock you down again."

"No way! I ain't done yet!" barked Natsu. "I'm not even close to being done!"

He clenched his fist coating it on fire and with another yell he attacked with his fire coated fist raised. I waited till the last minute when he was close enough, then I tilted my head to the left dodging his punch. Natsu rebounded and attacked again this time coating both of his hands with fire. He attacked once more using a flurry of punches and blows. Once again I dodged, blocked and parried each of the blows. The blows were a little hotter than usual, but it was nothing that I couldn't handle.

Then Natsu ignited his right foot with fire and then swung it at me in a roundhouse kick. I caught it with my bare hand and threw it making Natsu stumble and I countered with my own kick hitting him square in the stomach. Natsu was once again sent flying into the air until he hit the ground eating the dirt. I looked down at Natsu as he got to his feet once again.

"Looks like I'm winning," I thought. "I didn't even have to use my magic. I'd say it's about time I wrap this up."

"Haven't you had enough yet Natsu? Or do you want some more?" I asked aloud.

"I ain't done yet!" said Natsu with determination. "I'm not even close to being done! I'm gonna beat you! Just you wait!"

"Come on Natsu. It's clear that you can't beat me," I sighed shaking my head. "No matter how many times you try, you won't be able to beat me."

"Shut your face! Let me tell you something, Willy! You may be stronger than me, but somehow someway I'm gonna beat ya!" snapped Natsu defiantly. "It doesn't matter if you're like me as a dragon slayer... I'm gonna show you and everyone else how strong I can be! Just you watch!" Natsu then chuffed out his cheeks taking in some air and then unleashed a giant blast of fire from his mouth. "FIRE DRAGON ROAR!"

It was an exact duplicate of my breath attack only his was made of fire. Seeing the attack coming I instinctively clenched my fist and got ready to use my Water Dragon Geyser Wall, but then I suddenly remembered.

"Man! I forgot! I can't use my magic! Guess I have no choice, but to dodge!"

I jumped into the air and dodged the attack. The breath attack hit the ground from where I once stood making the sand to explode in a cloud of dust. Sand billowed everywhere blinding my line of sight. I landed safely on the ground and tried to see where Natsu was, but I couldn't see a thing.

"Darn it! Where is he? I can see a thing! I gotta get out of this sand!"

I dashed forward and I got out of the cloud of sand, but the moment I did, I suddenly heard Natsu.

"You're wide open! FIRE DRAGON SWORDHORN!"

I turned and before I had a chance to react, Natsu slammed straight into my stomach using his head and his body cloaked in fire. The attack sent me flying and slamming into the ground.

"Ha! Told you I'd get you!" said Natsu victoriously.

NO POV

"No way!"

"He actually scored a hit!"

"Impossible!"

The spectators who were watching the battle could not believe what they were seeing. Natsu who was getting his butt handed to him had finally scored a blow on Willy. Mostly everyone was shocked, but Erza, however, was impressed.

"A pretty clever move," she said. "Natsu used the sand as a smokescreen when he made his attack. Then when Willy stepped out of it, he took advantage and attacked him when his guard was down."

"No way. That had to have been sheer luck!" said Gray. "That moron doesn't have the brain to come up with something like that!"

"Hey! I heard that frosty!" shouted Natsu.

"Come on Willy! How could you let that guy hit you like that?!" shouted Mira. "You can't lose to someone from Team Erza!"

"Since when is Natsu on a team?" deadpanned Cana.

"Something's not right here," said Elfman. "Willy got hit so easily."

"What do you mean, Elfman?" asked Lisanna.

"I mean... it was such an easy attack," explained Elfman. "He could have seen it coming if he used his magic, but for some reason, he didn't."

"Hey you're right," said Lisanna. "I wonder why he didn't. Is he holding back or something?"

Then Willy got up on his feet now recovered. But for some reason something was different. Willy had his face turned down to the ground hidden from view. Then he looked up. Willy looked at Natsu with a face that hardly anyone had seen before. His face had a slight twinge of anger and his eyes were glinting with a slight shade of violet. Although it was only for a moment.

"Alright, Natsu... since you were able to land a blow on me," he spoke. "I think it's time I return the favor."

Then for the first time in a while, Willy cloaked his hands in water activating his magic.

"Looks like Willy's about to get serious," said Levy.

"Alright! Now we're gonna see what kind of magic he can do," said Gray.

Willy and Natsu stared at each other daring for one to make a move. Then Willy dashed towards Natsu at an incredible speed and punched at him aiming right for his face. Natsu barely managed to dodge and tried to counter, but Willy blocked it using his hand. As soon as he caught Natsu's punch, he squeezed it not letting go out it. Then he cloaked his fist with water and gave Natsu a powerful punch right to his face.

"WATER DRAGON IRON FIST!"

The blow hit Natsu hard sending him flying and sprawling to the ground. Natsu quickly got back up and preparing to retaliate, but before he had a chance to react Willy suddenly appeared in front of him and attacked him again.

"WATER DRAGON TALON!"

Willy cloaked his leg with water and slammed Natsu in the gut. Natsu's eyes practically popped out of their sockets from the blow as he was sent flying again. He tumbled along the ground and fell flat on his face.

"Oh man! That had to have hurt!" said Gray.

"No kidding," said Cana. "That made me feel the blow too."

"That's the way!" said Mira. "Go get em!"

As the spectators cheered and watching enjoying the fight, Lisanna and Elfman watched on with worry. Something was amiss with Willy, but neither one could figure out what that was.

Natsu struggled to his feet still reeling from the blow and glared at Willy. "N-not bad fish boy," he groaned. "But... I'm not gonna go down that easily..."

Willy said nothing. His eyes stared at Natsu as if something had awakened in him. Then he chuffed out his cheeks and prepared to unleash a breath attack. Natsu seeing this chuffed out his cheeks again and prepared to use a breath attack on his own.

"WATER DRAGON..."

"FIRE DRAGON..."

"ROAR!"

Both dragon slayers unleashed their most powerful breath attacks. Willy's being a giant stream of water and Natsu's being a stream of fire. Both attacks collided with a sphere of two colors in the middle of the struggle. Both attacks pushed each other back and forth trying to overpower the other. Then Willy flared up his magic power and his breath began taking the color it had before. Blue with a slight tinge of black only the black was showing itself more. With a mighty shout, he pushed back Natsu's Fire Dragon Roar until it was close to overwhelming him.

"Natsu get out of there!" yelled Erza.

Natsu hearing Erza immediately ducked out of the way. The roar kept going surging past towards the sea. The attack split the sea in two causing waves to ripple from two sides. Water sprayed everywhere.

"Holy moly..." murmured Natsu.

"I... don't believe it," said Erza. "I-I've seen anyone use so much magic power before! Just how strong is Willy?"

"I don't know... but he's super strong..." said Gray. "Might be even stronger than Erza..."

The Strauss siblings themselves were equally as surprised and stupefied. Particularly Mira. Out of all the times she had seen Willy's magic, this was the first time she had seen it like this.

Willy stood there looking at Natsu as he sat there still shocked by the power Willy had just displayed. Seeing that Natsu was safe from the blast, he slowly walked towards him. As he did, he held his hand up about to create a sword made of water, but then he staggered and then fell to the ground face first.

"Willy!" cried Mira as she, Elfman, and Lisanna rushed to his side. She lifted him up taking him into her arms shaking him. "Wake up! Willy! Willy, can you hear me?"

"What happened? What's wrong?" asked Natsu showing concern and rushing over as well.

"I don't know," said Lisanna. "Did he faint or something?"

Erza then came over and noticed how flushed Willy now was. She then felt his head and her eyes widened.

"This is bad! He's got a high fever!" she said urgently. "He has to be taken to a doctor right away!"

OK then! Another chapter is now finished!

Willy's fever has flared up again!

What is this unknown condition that's afflicting him and his magic?

You'll have to stay tuned and find out! Until then...

Dragoman out!