most of the flashbacks use scenes I put in previous chapters, so you can skip those if you desire. up to you.
Episode 10: The Three Dragon Slayers
Lucy just sat there as she looked at Natsu who was hotter than anything she'd seen before. Gajeel on the other hand just laughed in amusement.
"Guess it ain't too hard to catch a salamander if you use the right bait," Gajeel sneered.
"Unlike you Phantom Creeps," Natsu said angrily, "I watch out for my friends! I won't let you lay a hand on her!"
"Natsu," Lucy said quietly as she smiled. However, her smile vanished when she saw his expression.
"Stay back," Natsu said without looking at her, "This could get ugly."
"Gajeel," said one of the PL members.
"This one's mine," Gajeel said with excitement before he leaped towards Natsu.
Natsu leaped up as well with his fists engulfed in flames and grabbed the iron pillar that Gajeel fired at him. Natsu spun around in the air and swung Gajeel into a wall. However, Gajeel landed with his feet cracking the wall a bit. He looked up and saw Natsu heading towards him with a fiery fist. Gajeel only had time to hold up an iron arm to block Natsu's attack. The force of the attack caused the wall to explode which prompted the PL members to scatter. Gajeel didn't and instead leaped away and out of the dust cloud, but he wasn't able to block Natsu's next attack. Natsu punched him hard and sent him flying across the room. Gajeel crashed into the wall and rubbed his chin before he looked up to see Natsu with glowing red eyes.
"Fire Dragon: Talon!" Natsu shouted as his right foot was engulfed in flames while he flipped forward in the air. Gajeel barely had enough time to block the attack with an iron pillar, but he succeeded. That caused Natsu to go flying back a bit due to an explosion.
Lucy looked on with concern and she wanted to help, but she knew she wouldn't stand a chance. Especially, without her keys.
"Hey, are you alright?" Happy asked as he hurried up to her.
"Happy!" Lucy said with a smile before she looked back towards Natsu.
"Is something wrong?" Happy asked as he turned around to look as well.
"No, it's just," Lucy said quietly, "I've never seen Natsu like this."
"Aye," Happy concurred as Natsu walked out of a dust cloud with his fists balled up, "He's more fired up than ever before."
"I wouldn't want to be that other guy," Happy added.
"For being fairy scum," Gajeel said as he snapped his jaw back into place, "you sure are cocky."
"You're the scum here, pal," Natsu growled, "As payback for what you did to Lucy, I'm gonna use my firepower to melt your ugly iron face."
"Hahaha," Gajeel laughed amused, "Sounds like fun."
"However," Gajeel sneered, "How do you intend to beat me without your icy girlfriend?"
"I don't need her," Natsu said, "I can do this all on my own!"
"Guess there's only one way to find out!" Gajeel sneered before they ran at each other. They punched at each other with their right fists but missed each time. They kicked at each other, but again they missed. When Gajeel extended an iron pillar at him, Natsu dodged and leaped on top of it to deliver a kick to Gajeel's face. However, Gajeel responded by punching him hard. Natsu placed his hand on the ground and spun himself around. He placed his feet on the ground and skidded to a stop. When he looked up he glared at Gajeel.
"That's a pretty gnarly lookin' toy," Natsu said as he eyed Gajeel's right arm. It was a blade with spikes coming out of the sharp edges.
"Heh," Gajeel smirked, "This is the iron dragon sword."
"I thought I'd give you an up-close and personal demonstration," Gajeel added as the spikes began to spin giving hit a look of a chainsaw.
"Ooh, I'm so scared," Natsu said sarcastically.
"How is he doing that?!" Lucy exclaimed.
"It's iron dragon slayer magic!" Happy explained.
Gajeel leaped into the air and cackled the entire time, and continued cackling as he fell towards the floor. He swung his chainsaw sword down at Natsu. Fortunately, Natsu had managed to dodge the chainsaw sword. However, that caused the weapon to hit the floor causing several portions to become rubble. Gajeel kept at it not letting Natsu one minute of respite, and Gajeel didn't seem to be tiring out at all.
"Not so cocky, now, are ya kid?!" Gajeel said with glee.
"I think you're scared!" Gajeel said as he slashed multiple times, but Natsu kept dodging the attacks.
"I'll give you credit for being such a nimble little fairy," Gajeel said after a final slash which Natsu of course dodged. This time he did allow his opponent to get some respite.
"You're no slouch yourself," Natsu admitted.
"But, we still got a score to settle from the other day," Gajeel said as his chainsaw arm turned back into a human one, "that ice bitch too. No time like the present, wouldn't you agree?
"Well, she's not here," Natsu said, "but I am. Let's go rivet face, I'm all fired up now!"
As dragon slayers, they both have the power to take on the mythical creatures, Lucy thought fearfully, which means the two wizards who are strong enough to slay dragons are about to duke it out in front of me! I don't like where this is going.
Suddenly, a green magical circle appeared under Gajeel causing a green light to shine around him. As they watched, his skin became iron scales and his face became less human.
"He's changing!" Lucy exclaimed.
"Dragon scales!" Happy also exclaimed.
"Iron Dragon: Hard Fist!" Gajeel shouted as he punched Natsu. That punch sent him flying back towards the wall. Gajeel laughed as Natsu crashed into the wall.
"Hearing you hit that wall was like music to my ears," Gajeel sneered as Natsu clutched his very bruised forearm.
"He took Natsu down with just one hit," Lucy said with concern in her voice.
"That's 'cause the scales on his fist are made of steel," Happy explained.
Gajeel cackled as he delivered punch after punch which Natsu could neither block nor evade. Fortunately, Natsu was able to dodge his next attack which was a kick. However, the kick sent a ton of wind blasting around. Happy had to hold onto Lucy and she had to hold down her skirt to keep it from flying up.
"Is this wind seriously coming from his kick?" Lucy asked loudly.
"It's because his attacks are twice as strong now that he's covered in those dragon scales!" Happy explained loudly.
Natsu delivered a flaming fist into Gajeel's face, but that didn't do anything at all.
"Poor little fairy," Gajeel mocked, "That had to hurt, huh."
"Hate to break it to ya," Gajeel boasted as Natsu pulled his hand back, "but your puny hand can't even scratch this steel."
"Natsu!" exclaimed Happy as Natsu fell backward and rolled away. He screamed the entire time.
"I'm fine!" Natsu lied poorly, "I'm not hurting at all!"
"Yeah," Lucy said not believing it one bit, "right."
"Cut the act, punk!" Gajeel shouted as he knocked him to the floor.
"You just don't want your friends to see you crying like a baby!" Gajeel continued as he prepared to stab down with his steel fingernails.
However, just before he could he felt the room suddenly get cold. He exhaled and saw his breath had frosted up. He looked up in time to see an icy cloud coming his way. He quickly moved his arms up to block himself but he was knocked back a few feet.
"If a fire is nothing to you," said a female voice, "how do you think you can fare against ice?"
Lucy, Happy, and Natsu turned to see shuzy walking forward with her blue hair tied into a bun, wearing a tank top, and a light blue skirt.
"Now I get to kill two birds with one stone," Gajeel smirked as he cracked his knuckles and stared at Shuzy.
"Alright, you walking garbage can!" Natsu shouted as he got to his feet quickly, "time to blow you away!"
Natsu took a firm stance and proceeded to puff out his cheeks far more than should be possible.
"Fire Dragon…" Natsu yelled as he placed his hands over his mouth like a trumpeter would, "Roooaaaar!"
"Iron Dragon…" Gajeel said as he prepared a similar attack, "Roooaaaar!"
Suddenly, a torrent of flame and deadly iron dust whooshed out of their mouths towards each other. When they clashed an explosion of concussive waves occurred. The wall behind Gajeel exploded outward while Shuzy hurried to grab Lucy and Happy to keep them from flying off into the air.
"Looks like there are some pretty big differences between fire and iron dragon slayers, aren't there Salamander," Gajeel smirked as he spread his arms, revealing a torn shirt, "You can shower me with flame attacks till you run out of hot air, but it's not gonna crack my armor!"
"On the other hand," Gajeel added, "just one of my iron blade breath attacks can rip your puny body to shreds."
"Natsu," Lucy said concerned as she slid against an undamaged wall. Happy just stood watching.
"Come on," Happy urged, "take him!"
"Heh," Natsu smirked, "I can't crack your armor, huh? Sure, you're not feeling a draft, buddy?"
Gajeel widened his eyes as his iron scales cracked.
It's not because of Natsu's roar attack, Lucy said realizing what was going on, It's because of Shuzy's ice attack she used to save Natsu! The cold must've weakened the metal enough for the flames to damage it!
"You and Natsu have to fight him together," Lucy said to Shuzy who had sat down next to her, "Your cold attack weakened Gajeel's metal scales, and that's why Natsu's flames shattered it!"
"Natsu won't accept my help," Shuzy scoffed.
"Then don't give him the option," Lucy said.
"Look, I don't just breathe regular old fire!" Natsu said as he removed his fest and dropped it, "The fire dragon's roar can destroy anything it touches!"
"I think it's time we stop playing around!" Natsu said as an orange magical circle appeared under him and shone orange wavy light, "Let's get down to the real fight! I'm gonna shatter you into a million pieces!"
"Let's go!" Gajeel shouted as a similar light show occurred around him. His shirt was also completely blown away.
"Whoa," said a PL member, "They're getting serious."
"Yep," Happy said, "They're both dragon slayers."
"They're amazing," Lucy said now having stood up.
"And they're both practically half-naked too," Lucy added with a grin.
"Blacksteel," Natsu said angrily, "I'm ready when you are."
"Sky's not big enough for three dragons, kid," Gajeel sneered, "After you, I'm taking the icy bitch out. One way or another."
Natsu, Lucy thought with concern once more.
Meanwhile, in the FT courtyard…
Igrao was about to hack at a ghost before it suddenly flew off. He and all the other FT members watched as all the ghosts combined into a purple-black intangible sphere.
"That thing's got creepy hands everywhere," Laki said as she looked at the waving appendages.
"That's the least of our worries!" Wakaba exclaimed.
"Yeah, this is bad," Macao said.
Suddenly, the black sphere began bashing the guildhall.
"That monster's trying to tear down our guild hall!" Cana exclaimed.
"Shoot it down!" shouted an FT member. At that, the FT members began using their magic on the sphere to no avail.
"Kill it!" shouted a guild member.
"That thing is impervious to our abilities," Igrao said grimly as he just stood there now that he had returned his sword to his pocket dimension.
"Agreed," Erza said just as grimly as she returned her blades and armors to her pocket dimension to conserve mana, "but what else can they do? They need to feel useful, so I say let them at it."
Back with Natsu and Gajeel…
Natsu and Gajeel ran at each other with their fists pulled back. When they clashed, the wind picked up and sent debris and dust flying around. However, once the debris and dust settled they saw that both of the dragon slayers had blasted upwards into the sky.
"They just do that?" a PL member asked.
"They're flying!" exclaimed another.
"What did you expect, morons," Shuzy shouted, "they're dragon slayers, and dragons fly."
"Shut up insect!" shouted a PL member before turning to another member to whisper, "she has a point."
Natsu and Gajeel punched each other repeatedly, but all that happened were their heads were knocked back a little. They traded blows so fast that it looked like fireworks were going off to those in the castle.
"Whoa," a PL member said, "what's happening up there?"
"Fireworks?" Lucy asked.
Natsu and Gajeel landed on the castle's roof and looked at each other. They then leaped at each other and headbutted each other. They kept at it for quite a while.
"What the?" a PL member asked.
"He's actually keeping up with the boss," another remarked.
"That's crazy," a third commented.
Natsu and Gajeel still traded blows, but eventually, they knocked the giant spike off of the roof which went falling to the ground below. Lucy, Happy, and Shuzy had to hurry to escape it and the same went for the PL members.
"We gotta get outta here!" Lucy cried out.
Once again, Natsu and Gajeel were back on the ground. However, unlike before they were both panting.
"Is that kid beating Gajeel?" asked a PL member.
"No," a second one replied, "Salamander's running out of breath too."
"What?" Natsu exclaimed when he saw Gajeel eating iron.
"Hold on!" Natsu shouted, "that's not fair, man! You're eating!"
"So what?" Gajeel asked not caring.
"I can't believe he really eats iron!" Lucy exclaimed.
"Iron dragon slayer, duh," Shuzy said leaning against a wall, "what did you think he ate?"
"Uh, I don't know," Lucy said quietly, "chicken?"
"I wonder if it tastes any good," Happy said with his eyes closed.
"I wouldn't try it if I were you," Shuzy said in a sing-song voice.
"Now, I've got a fire in MY belly," Gajeel smirked.
"Hey!" Natsu said angrily, "that's my line, pal!"
Suddenly, Gajeel roared as a wave of energy burst from him causing the wind to pick up.
"Wait a minute!" Lucy exclaimed, "where'd he get all this energy from?!"
I'm not even going to bother, thought Shuzy with a sigh.
"Dragonslayers eat their element to replenish their mana," Happy explained, "It also increases their power."
"So, Natsu needs to eat fire!" Lucy said.
"That would help," Happy said, "but he can't eat his fire, it has to come from some sort of outside source."
"Yeah," Lucy said remembering the past times she's seen him eat fire, "That's right, but how can we make that happen?"
"Say g'night, fairy," Gajeel said as he sneered at Natsu. He pointed his right arm straight at Natsu and placed his left hand near his shoulder.
"Iron Dragon: Lance!" shouted Gajeel, "Demon Logs!"
Suddenly, loads of iron spikes fired towards Natsu. Natsu cried out in pain as he couldn't do anything.
"Fire, fire, how to get him fire," Lucy said muttering as she searched in her purse.
"While you figure it out," Shuzy said as she walked past Lucy, "I'm going to aid Natsu."
She then leaped into the air and crossed her arms.
"Ice Dragon: Ice Maelstrom!" Shuzy shouted as she spread her arms and flapped once. Suddenly, the wind picked up and ice shards flew around in the air surrounding Gajeel. Gajeel had to stop his attack to cover his eyes, and while he did that Shuzy landed on the ground and picked Natsu up. She ran to Lucy and dropped him unceremoniously in her arms.
"Gah!" Lucy cried out as she fell to the ground due to Natsu's weight.
"You!" Gajeel said now that the ice maelstrom had ended while Shuzy walked to the point Natsu was.
"Yes, me," Shuzy said as she raised a fist surrounded in an icy aura.
"No!" Natsu said as he tried to get up, "Gajeel is mine!"
"Not while you're running on fumes hothead," Shuzy called back to him, "Relax, I got this."
"I hope," Shuzy muttered to herself.
Suddenly, Gajeel ran towards her and delivered a strong punch into Shuzy's abdomen. That caused her to exhale forcefully ejecting whatever oxygen was in her person. Gajeel then elbowed her to the ground, where he stepped on her back.
"You have no chance against me, bitch," Gajeel sneered, "Now, I'm going to break your back!"
He proceeded to raise his foot to stomp down again, but Shuzy rolled to the side. As she did so, she picked up a bit of rock dust and threw it in his face.
"Gah!" Gajeel exclaimed as he stumbled backward and rubbed the dust out of his eyes furiously.
"Ice Dragon: Ice Create!" Shuzy shouted before she leaped on him and pressed her mouth onto his. While it may look like she was kissing him, she was preparing to do something else. She then exhaled and Gajeel went blue as his saliva froze along with his blood due to the cold air Shuzy exhaled into him.
Gajeel fell backward on the floor and Shuzy jumped off of him as he went.
"See," Shuzy said as she turned to smile at Lucy and Natsu, "I got this."
Suddenly, she was grabbed by the back of her neck and hoisted into the air.
"Nice trick," Gajeel snarled as he grabbed her crotch. He then raised her in the air so that her front faced the damaged ceiling.
"But, I promised that I'd break your back!" Gajeel shouted before he slammed her down onto his right knee. There was an audible snap along with a cry of pain coming from Shuzy before Gajeel just tossed her to the ground.
Back at the courtyard…
The FT members were still wasting their mana on the intangible sphere, but that didn't matter to Igrao right now. He had a sudden horrid feeling that something bad had happened and he looked at the castle.
"Cana!" Macao said urgently.
"Let me go!" Cana cried, "I gotta stop that thing!"
"There's nothing you can do!"
"Go," Erza said when she noticed where Igrao was looking, "Right now, they need you more than we do."
Igrao looked at Erza once and nodded before he ran extremely fast to get to the castle before something worse could happen.
With Natsu…
Natsu slowly got to his feet, but he was shaking as he did so. For some reason, the PL members were nice enough to move the prone form of Shuzy from the path of battle and to the side. Partly because she was hot, and partly because the female PL member felt bad for what Gajeel did to Shuzy.
"I call upon thee in the world of the celestial spirits!" Lucy shouted as she held her newest key up, "I beckon you to my side at once! Pass through the gate!"
With the sound of a bell, a golden glow emanated from the ground.
"Open, Gate of the Archer: Sagittarius!" Lucy shouted.
"Well, howdy-do my lady," said a man that suddenly appeared. He looked so odd because he had a grinning horse head as a hat on his head. On his back was a quiver of arrows and in his hand was an oddly crafted bow.
"Wow!" Lucy exclaimed pleased, "That really worked!"
"What's with the horse costume?" Happy asked.
"I'll explain why later, but I need to know if you shoot fire!" Lucy said with an urgent tone.
"No, but I'm quite proficient in archery," the guy said as he saluted her a second time, "yes, indeed."
"Okay," Lucy said dejectedly.
"Who does he think he's saluting over there?" Happy asked.
"Lucy!" Natsu shouted, "you guys better get out of the way!"
That prompted Lucy to pull on the spirit and moved out of the danger area.
"Here goes!" Natsu said as he was engulfed in flames before launching himself towards Gajeel.
"Iron Dragon: Sword Horn!" Natsu shouted as he rammed into Gajeel. Unfortunately, it didn't do anything at all.
"I got a fire in my belly," Gajeel sneered, "but where's yours?"
He then punched down at Natsu knocking him to the ground hard.
"Why don't ya eat some iron?!" Gajeel shouted as he extended an iron pillar into Natsu forcing him to drag across the ground.
"That's brutal," the female PL member said.
"Gajeel's crazy strong," another member said.
"Maybe just plain crazy too," a third remarked.
"I think I've had my fun with you," Gajeel grinned as he threw Natsu away behind him, "so get lost, scumbag."
"This can't be happening," Lucy said as she began to cry after about a minute of Natsu just laying there, "Natsu, get up."
"Hey, take a look at your guildhall," Gajeel jeered, "We're doing some redecorating."
Natsu slowly opened his eyes and saw a big purple-black sphere with arms bashing into the FT guildhall. He also saw a black speck hurrying towards them. He then widened his eyes as the guildhall came crashing down all of a sudden. Gajeel just let out a maniacal cackle while Natsu stared at what was his home. He suddenly flashed back to the day he first saw it.
"Whoa, this place is huge!" said young Natsu, " so this is a wizard guild, huh?"
"Yep, it's called Fairy Tail," said younger Makarov.
"Hmph, that's a weird name," young Natsu said.
"Yes, but you see," younger Makarov chuckled, "Nobody knows whether or not fairies have tails, or if they even exist. So, it'll forever be a mystery. Unless we try to find out, which could become an amazing adventure."
"And our members are the ones who would want to find out," younger Makarov added.
"I don't get it," young Natsu said, "but it sounds awesome!"
Meanwhile, with Soron…
Soron looked out at the guildhall with an open mouth and wide eyes while Jose sneered. Jose could take the chance to attack Soron, but he wanted to enjoy the sight for a while.
Soron flashed back to the first day he ever saw the guildhall. Soron had turned around to leave before something wrapped around his right arm and he was yanked in which made him fall on the floor. With a furious expression, he looked to see who had done that and saw that Natsu held Lucy's whip in his hand.
"The hell was that for?!" Soron had exclaimed irritatedly as he freed himself from the whip.
"You were just going to leave without getting a proper thank you!" Natsu had replied as Lucy snatched her whip back.
"Maybe I don't want to be thanked by a hothead like you!" Soron had said angrily.
"And maybe it doesn't matter what you want!" Natsu had said getting worked up.
"Enough!" yelled a commanding voice.
Everyone looked to see the owner of the voice and saw a short old man, who he now knew as Makarov. Makarov had white hair and a matching white mustache. He had worn an orange jacket with light blue cuffs, with a white t-shirt that underneath that bore what Soron had guessed was the guild's logo. He also had worn orange shorts, curled shoes, and a jester-like hat on his head that only had two of the flappy things. It was striped blue and orange. In his left hand was a wooden cane, which had a pink smiley face at the top of it. However, the old man appeared to not need it at all.
"What is going on?" Makarov asked each one of his guild members.
"Natsu yanked a guy in with Lucy's whip," an onyx haired kid had said. Soron now knew him as Grey. The kid had the fairy tail logo on the left side of his chest, in blue. He was also just in his boxers.
"Grey," Lucy had sighed, "your clothes."
Grey had then looked down and panicked as he danced about for a few seconds.
Makarov had looked at Natsu sternly before he homed his eyes in on Soron.
"So," Makarov had asked walking up to Soron, "what could make Natsu think it was a good idea to yank you inside the guild hall?"
"I… uh…" Soron had said slowly, "He thinks I have to be properly thanked…"
"Why?" Makarov asked.
"He helped us take down a giant take-over wizard," Lucy had said, "and he carried the giant to right outside of Balsam Village for us."
"Did he now?" Makarov asked before he grinned and held out his hand, "I'm Makarov and the master of Fairy Tail."
Soron then remembered some of the more recent times at the guild and away from it. He remembered when he rendered Natsu unconscious with just a punch, and when Makarov had convinced him to return to the guild after the guildhall had been attacked.
With Natsu…
Seeing the guildhall destroyed had given him a small bit of energy and that's what helped him get to his feet. However, he didn't turn towards Gajeel just yet.
Not too long ago Natsu had punched a hole in a nearby piece of rubble in rage which had caused some pieces to fly from it.
"Dammit!" Natsu had shouted, "They got Lucy! That means this entire war was pointless!"
"Natsu," Soron had said which had attracted his attention, "It's not pointless. Just because we began this war to keep Lucy out of their hands and to get our revenge, doesn't mean it's pointless. We will keep on fighting till none of us are left standing, and even then we'll rise. You want to know why?"
Natsu had just stared at Soron quietly.
"It's because we are members of Fairy Tail," Soron had said, "and we never give up! Even when we die, we'll fight. It doesn't matter if the enemy has any kind of victory because, in the end, we'll remain victorious. Lucy may be captured, but we WILL get her back! To do so, we have to use all of our strength! For me, it's inside my watch. However, for you it's dormant. Believe in yourself, Natsu. Find it. Find your strength and awaken it. For Lucy. For our guild. Do it now, Natsu! Show me! Show me you can surpass me in my strongest form! Only then will you be strong enough to save Lucy and the rest of Fairy Tail!"
As soon as he remembered that speech, Natsu opened his eyes turned around.
"Natsu," Lucy said as she cried while Natsu walked slowly towards Gajeel, "Don't do this. Let's just give them what they want."
"Maybe if I just let them take me," Lucy continued, "They'll leave you alone."
"Lucy," Happy said attracting her attention. He had grabbed her with his tiny paw. "You know there's no way, he'd let that happen."
"Your guild hall's in shambles," Gajeel said as Natsu came to a stop in front of him.
"So," Gajeel continued as Natsu prepared to punch him, "How's it feel to lose?"
He immediately swatted Natsu right into a wall where he slumped to the ground and face planted.
"I can't stand watching this happen," Lucy sobbed into her hands.
"I'd stay down if I was you, Salamander," Gajeel said as he walked towards the slightly moving form of Natsu, "'cause I'm starting to get bored with all this holding back garbage."
"And it's not gonna be good for you," Gajeel grinned with red eyes glowing out of a shadow that had covered the top half of his face.
"Natsu took down Jupiter," Happy said barely holding in his sobs, "and he had to fight two of the element four. He used way too much of his magic power."
"If he could just eat some fire," Happy suddenly broke out into sobs, "He'd be strong enough to beat this guy!"
"So long, kid," Gajeel said as he picked up Natsu with one hand, "You reached the end of the line."
He then morphed his left forearm into a chainsaw sword.
"Just a moment," Sagittarius suddenly said, attracting Lucy and Happy's attention.
"It seems I didn't quite understand what you were asking me earlier," he continued with an arrow knocked, "When I arrived, you inquired as to whether or not I could shoot fire. And I answered that I did NOT have the power to do so. However, now I see that it's the fire itself that's important. It doesn't matter that I can't produce it myself as long as it is produced."
"This is it Salamander!" Gajeel yelled as he prepared to give a final blow, "The end!"
However, he was suddenly blasted to the side by a wave of fire. He had dropped Natsu in the process, and when he looked up he saw that a kid in a black long coat wielded a sword with a flaming blade.
What happened next was several arrows struck the machinery next to Natsu and a fiery explosion occurred.
"Nice job!" Happy grinned.
"You found a way to create fire!" Lucy gasped.
"Depending on the force one applies when shooting an arrow," Sagittarius explained, "and the trajectory that arrow follows, it's possible to pierce or shatter steel. Also, your black-attired friend helped with a fiery attack of his own."
"The both of you are getting in my way!" Gajeel shouted angrily.
Igrao just stayed quiet as he walked forward towards him. Suddenly, he ran faster than humanly possible and slashed at Gajeel. Gajeel widened his eyes and blocked just in time. Igrao moved so fast, that it was all he could do to block.
Igrao summoned a second blade, and this one had an icy aura around it. He began to slash much more furiously and faster as well.
"Faster," Igrao said to himself repeatedly. It also helped him attack even faster than when he began as well. However, eventually, he slipped on some rubble and fell backward.
"Ow," Igrao grunted as he banged his head on the floor.
"You're fast," Gajeel smirked, "but you're not that strong. Even with two weapons. However, you are an annoyance I could do without."
At that, he stomped down on Igrao's right lower leg breaking it completely in two. Gajeel's foot had also ripped the flesh and skin enough for the leg to no longer be attached. Igrao cried out in pain before Gajeel kicked him hard enough to send him into the wall behind Lucy.
Suddenly, the flames all flew up into the air and then back down towards Natsu. A slurping sound could be heard as Natsu ate the flames while getting to his feet. His belly bulged out impossibly big before returning to its normal muscled appearance.
"Just what I needed," Natsu said with a smirk, "Thanks a million, Lucy."
Lucy smiled and returned his thumbs-up, but Gajeel wasn't very happy. He was angry.
"Eat all the fire you want," Gajeel said as he ran towards Natsu, "You're still not gonna beat me!"
He then leaped intending to deliver a flying punch, but Natsu delivered a fiery uppercut before he could reach the Salamander.
"Alright!" Lucy cheered.
"Oh yeah!" Happy also cheered, "Natsu's fired up!"
Gajeel rammed into a giant piece of rubble which caused it to begin falling. The PL members began to panic upon seeing that.
"Levy," Natsu said quietly and angrily, "Jet, Droy, Lucy, Shuzy, Igrao, Gramps…"
"All my friends," Natsu continued much louder, "My guild, Fairy Tail."
"Iron Dragon…" Gajeel yelled as he placed his hands over his mouth like a trumpeter would, "Roooaaaar!"
That caused loads of deadly metal dust to go spewing out towards Natsu, but Natsu deflected it without any damage to himself.
"He deflected my breath attack!" Gajeel gasped in shock, "and he did it with just his bare hands!"
"I don't know how many more people you need to hurt before you're satisfied," Natsu said angrily with his entire face covered in shadow and eyes glowing red, "but it ends NOW!"
"There's no way," Gajeel said in disbelief as Natsu began walking towards him, "I can't lose to him. It's impossible! He's nothing but fairy scum!"
"I'm gonna make you pay for what you did to my friends!" Natsu shouted with both fists engulfed in flames, "Messing with Fairy Tail is the biggest mistake you've ever made!"
I was really in the mood for this story today. I did this chapter in just half a day. I intend to work on the next chapter soon, but not today more than likely.