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ACT V: Ragnarok – The Faithful Encounter

Approximately X793

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Chapter 26: Dragon Slayers, part 1

Jellal spotted a corpse merely seconds away from strangling Millianna, making him sprint in her direction before he delivered a roundhouse kick directly into the zombie's stomach, which sent it flying backwards.

The girl quickly turned her head and looked in his direction and started stuttering, before she dodged an incoming attack from one of the foes she was currently fighting.

Not saying anything Jellal smirked before he started running away from the team of girls consisting of Kagura, Millianna, Beth and Risley. Sure he could stay and help, but it looked like they were somewhat in control of the situation. Besides his job just like the rest of his guild was to support the teams that really needed it. So with that in mind he raced through the battlefield, occasionally dealing some helpful hits to the incoming enemies. Sometimes he would stay and try his best to try putting up a strategy that would ensure that the enemies would stay down, but unfortunately he had no idea how to slay them.

Not yet anyway...

Hopefully he would reach some sort of conclusion soon, because it didn't seem like the corpses nor the demons had any weaknesses. It was weird... too weird actually in a bad way, because if this continued the alliance of humans would exhaust themselves, making them incredibly vulnerable to the incoming attacks.

To make matters worse Acnologia had taken flight and was about to start spewing attacks on them, which would make it hard to dodge and fight at the same time. Well knowing some certain individuals it shouldn't take long before the dragon had his claws full.

Jellal scratched his jaw before he started smiling almost teasingly.

If only he had time to watch that showdown himself. He would love seeing that idiotic dragon getting his butt kicked until tears of despair was flowing down his scaly chins.

"He's gonna cry and call out for his mum" Jellal whispered before he started chuckling at his own silly joke.

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This was honest to god, seriously annoying!

Natsu thought to himself as a roar escaped his lips before he swung his elbow into the chest of one of the snarling corpses.

Ever since Acnologia had disposed of that magical liquid the corpses kept multiplying whenever they removed a body part. It could be anything really, because a finger was enough to make a corpse grow until it was a functioning body again. The situation was quite dire and it was fucking frustrating because he wanted to go kick the stupid dragon's ass.

His eyes momentarily darted towards the dragon, which resulted in him not seeing a male corpse coming from behind him before he felt its teeth digging into his shoulder, earning a painful groan to escape his mouth, before he spun around on his feet and smacked his clenched fist against the thing's jaw.

"I thought I told you this already, I'm NOT a freaking snack for you to munch on!" he shouted while growling in anger.

Inwardly cursing the Dragon Slayer took a moment to look at the bite mark on his shoulder which caused him to curse even more, when he saw his punctuated skin and the blood that was starting to stream down his arm.

"Tsch!" snorting Natsu was about to slam his hand against another corpse, when multiple blue swords suddenly pierced the enemies around him, before he got a chance to hit anything.

"You should pay more attention" Meredy said from somewhere behind him, making him turn around to greet her.

"Ey! Thanks man" he smirked before sending her a thumbs up.

"It's good to see you" Erza stated in her stoic voice while continuing to battle her own opponents.

"Yes..." Lucy nodded but didn't turn around because she was too busy being in a hand to hand while wearing her Taurus star dress, that earned her more forceful attacks.

"Uh-huh" sounding indifferent Meredy spawned more swords that was sent in the corpses that was surrounding the celestial mage "Lucy I need a favour from you so can you get over here"

"I uhm... sure" the blonde muttered in return before leaping over to the girl, who was succeeding in holding the corpses back.

"What is it?" Lucy asked while glaring in concern at the Dragon Slayer who didn't notice anything. Nope, he was only seconds away from rushing over to aid Erza, but before he managed to do that there was a hand on his shoulder making him flinch since it was placed directly on his newly acquired wound.

"Argh what gives?!" he spat defiantly at Meredy who sighed clearly annoyed about the pink haired kid.

"You wanna take care of the dragon right?" the girl tilted her head in Acnologia's direction "But before that, Lucy can you do something about this idiot's wound, before we let him go?"

"Oy, who are you calling an idiot?!" Natsu's eyebrows twitched in anger as he glared daggers in Meredy's direction.

"Yeah sure" Lucy said from beside him, before he felt her grabbing his shoulder "Uhm, can you raise your arm a bit?"

Not answering he did what he was told and felt how the celestial mage very gently wrapped his shoulder, making him blush as he glared into the distance where he suddenly spotted a blue dot flying in his direction, which he soon recognised as Happy.

"Natsuuuuu" the cat yelled when he was in hearing distance.

"Happy!" he shouted in return, smiling widely because this meant there was a way for him to get closer to the dragon.

"All done" Lucy said as she finished her job and sent the Dragon Slayer a radiating smile.

"Thanks" he smiled in return as he flexed his arm, feeling glad that Lucy had done a good job in bandaging his arm.

"Are you okay?" the cat asked in concern when he spotted the blood that was trailing down his arm, from the wound that was now wrapped in cloth.

"Yeah I'm fine, don't worry about it"

"This isn't the time to chit chat so if you're done, you should get your ass out of here already!" Meredy snapped in annoyance, making Natsu, Happy and Lucy flinch by her unrestricted fury.

"... right" the Dragon Slayer nodded to himself before turning towards the cat "Happy it's time we go kick some dragon butt"

"Aye sir!" Happy responded before grabbing Natsu making them levitate above the ground.

"Luce I..." he bit his lip suddenly unsure of what to say to her.

"It's okay" the blonde winked "We'll take care of these guys, while you're gone"

"That sounds neat!" Natsu smiled warmly as he continued "And you know what?"

"No?"

"We'll be back before you get time to worry about me... I mean us!"

"Tsch, as if I would ever worry about you guys" she rolled her eyes with a small blush on her cheeks.

"Uh-huh" Natsu chuckled brightly as he raised a clenched fist into the air "Yosh! Happy you ready to go?"

"Aye sir!" Happy confirmed but didn't fly away "Wait a second"

"What is it buddy?"

"Gildarts left our team to go search for Cana so right now Gray is all alone fighting those demons" Happy answered obviously worried about the ice mage.

"It's okay, it looks like Erza and Meredy can manage this situation, so I'll go make sure Gray is doing okay" Lucy nodded making the cat smile genuinely back at her.

"Come on we gotta get going! See ya later Luce!" the Dragon Slayer called out, smiling wholeheartedly towards her as they left the ground and flew upwards in the dragon's direction.

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Lucy followed the exiting duo with her eyes, before she turned around to exchange a glare with Erza who nodded in her direction to let her know, that it was alright that she left the army of corpses to the armored woman and Meredy.

Determined the celestial mage sprinted in Gray's direction, who was indeed alone and struggling to keep up with the huge amount of demons that was attacking him.

"Ahhh!" Lucy roared as she raised a clenched fist behind her and smashed it against the ground, causing a ripple of rocks to spawn, from where she hit and directly towards the demons thereby creating a wall between the ice mage and his opponents.

"Thanks" Gray smirked in her direction as she ran over to him, where she quickly wiped her forehead with the back of her hand.

"You're welcome" Lucy nodded "So how do we deal with these guys"

"I don't know, I still haven't figured out what their weakness is"

"I see..."

That was all the time they got to exchange a few words before the demons crushed the wall of rocks, before they came growling and engaged both mages in battle.

Lucy wanted to see how Natsu was doing in his fight against Acnologia, but she couldn't afford to do that since the fight she was in required all of her attention. Which was the reason why she summoned Virgo who helped them dodge the incoming attackers, by digging holes underneath the surface that functioned as traps.

This couldn't go on, they had to figure out their weakness somehow, Lucy thought as she snatched her arm backwards, preventing it from being chewed on by sharp teeth.

"Lucy..." Gray panted as he flicked his wrist instantaneously freezing the closest demons before he jumped over to her, placing his back against her's so they were ready for any incoming attackers.

"Yeah? She answered heavily breathing through her mouth.

"Could you try using your strength to smash one of the demons I've frozen?"

"Sure thing!" Lucy bounced from her position with a growl forming in her throat, as she clenched her fist and slammed it against one of the frozen demons. As it did the ice started to shatter, but it didn't look like it had any effect other than freeing the creature.

"Damn it!" the ice mage snarled "What in the freaking hell is their weakness?"

"You're looking at this the wrong way" a male voice said before tattoos appeared on the demon Lucy had set free. A second later the markings slid across the victim's skin and as it did they seemed to restrict the demons movements leaving it immobile.

"Jellal" Lucy gasped in surprise feeling momentarily relieved to see him there.

"They might be demons and have impregnable scales, but all creature have a way to be killed. Such a thing as true immortality does not exist" Jellal continued as he commanded the demon to open it's mouth with the power behind his attack.

"What...?" the blonde girl wondered when she saw golden coloured flames surrounding the older mage's hand.

"Flames of rebuke" Jellal called as the hot substance shot inside the demon's mouth, making the creature growl in pain as the flames inside of it intensified before the demon exploded, making golden flames and blood spout everywhere from the rather cruel attack.

A lot of it landed on Lucy who felt a shiver run down her spine, when she felt the thick and sticky substance hit her body.

"You..." Gray started his eyebrow twitching in annoyance, because he was also hit by the demon's remains when it suddenly exploded "... couldn't have done that demonstration in a more subtle way, huh?"

"Yeah..." Lucy agreed while she wiped her head and arms, to remove the nasty substance that also contained tiny bits of what she presumed was flesh from her.

"Mmm?" Jellal blinked and looked somewhat confused before he took in the sight of the two mages "Ohh..."

"It doesn't matter" the celestial mage shook her head "At least now we know how to deal with them... somehow..."

A sigh escaped her lips, because the prospect of using so violent methods didn't intrigue her at all.

"Don't worry, if it comes to it I'll deal the final blow, while you fixate them" Gray said in a cheerful tone as he patted Lucy on her back, trying to encourage her.

"Thanks..." she smiled genuinely back at him.

"And I will assist you as well" Jellal said in a stoic voice as he raised a clenched fist looking rather resolute.

The two guys being so determined influenced the blonde in a good way, as she in a quick movement grasped the hilt of her whip, while scanning the ground where she soon spotted Virgo who gave her a thumbs up implying she had finished setting up her traps.

Good! It was time to turn the tables in their favour!

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Natsu and Happy was flying at a super fast pace, when the cat removed his paws from the Dragon Slayer, turning him into a flying projectile what was soon covered all over with huge flames.

When he was close to colliding with the dragon a ferocious and anger filled snarl escaped from him before he tilted his head forwards.

"Fire Dragon's Sword Horn!" he roared before head butting Acnologia in the side. It didn't have any effect whatsoever on the dragon, in fact he didn't even blink as Natsu's body bounced backwards almost as if Acnologia's skin was made out of rubber.

"Whaaaa?" Natsu's eyes bulged in surprise as his body was suddenly sent spinning like a ball, rocketing backwards and away from his opponent. He wasn't airborne and flying for long because Happy was quickly there to catch his body.

"Thanks" the Dragon Slayer said with a smile playing on his lips.

"Aye!" Happy smirked feeling somewhat grateful.

"Can you drop me off on his back this time?"

"Are you sure?" the cat asked with a hint of concern in his voice.

"Yeah it'll be fine, I've got this" Natsu replied, sounding confident in his own abilities.

"Mkay" Happy nodded before flying over to their destination where he dropped his partner onto the dragon who was opening his mouth, evidently preparing to deliver an attack on the battlefield underneath them.

"Like hell I'm allowing that! Crimson Lotus, Fire Dragon's Fist!" Natsu yelled as he engulfed both of his hands with fire and started rapidly hitting his target, who didn't react at all as something blue started to glisten inside of dragon's mouth, signifying he merely seconds away from firing.

"Damn it!" Natsu cursed feeling a shiver of terror when he thought about the amount of people who might get caught of guard, because it could potentially cause a lot of casualties. With that in mind he tried to put more force into his attacks as he continued hitting the dragon.

"You big stupid dragon!" Happy yelled as he flew with maximum speed towards Acnologia's head "You're just a huge lizard that needs to lose weight!"

The cat was like a blue bullet before he hit the dragon's eye earning them the first reaction from their opponent, as it started roaring in pain. As Acnologia started roaring the light inside his mouth vanished, making them succeed in protecting the people below.

Natsu was about to cheer on his partner's behalf, when he saw a huge claw suddenly spawning behind Happy.

No...

His eyes widened very slowly as the claw almost in slow motion hit Happy, making the cat scream in pain before his small body was rocketing at a dangerous speed towards the ground.

"HAPPY!" he reached his hand towards his best friend until he could no longer see him "No..." he shook his head in denial.

He would be fine, right? Somehow Happy survived that fatal blow... right?

"Fuck!" Natsu shouted, feeling really frustrated but also incredibly angry "I'll get you for hurting my best pal, you... idiotic lizard!"

His emotions was getting the better of him, but he didn't care as he sucked in his breath and bit down into the flesh of Acnologia's wing where a muffled "Fire Dragon's Roar" escaped his mouth, before fire spouted into the concentrated area, before the started licking all over the dragon's wing.

The dragon made a weird sound, but Natsu didn't let go. Nope not even when he felt his canines punctuate the dragon's skin, making him feel the dragon's blood on his lips.

"What the heck do you think you're doing?" the voice of Gajeel reached his ears, making him reluctantly look in his direction, still clinging onto the dragon with his mouth.

Natsu couldn't see it himself but his pupils was glistening red, giving him a ominous and cruel look, especially because it was the first time the iron Dragon Slayer and Exceed saw it.

"Woa..." Pantherlily gasped in surprise at the sight.

"Tsch! Drop me down next to the idiotic brat" Gajeel said and a second later he was on the dragon where he quickly snatched Natsu's scarf and brought him up to eye level.

"Let me go!" the pink haired kid growled impatiently while squirming trying to get free.

"You need to calm the fuck down!"

"Shut the hell up!"

Gajeel didn't say anything before he smacked Natsu's cheek, making the kid momentarily confused by the sudden violent act.

"I saw what happened to Happy and you gotta believe he's okay" the iron Dragon Slayer snarled "We have a mission here and I don't want you to be all hot headed and go berserk, because you don't believe in you friend"

"What the fuck?!" Natsu snapped back "I never fucking said I didn't believe in him"

"And yet you lost your temper" Gajeel crooked an eyebrow before releasing the kid from his hold.

"No I didn't..." Natsu snorted defiantly, inwardly knowing he was right.

"Uh-huh" the iron Dragon Slayer smirked mockingly.

"... stupid Gajeel... anyway let's do something about this flying crocodile, shall we?"

Not answering the other Dragon Slayer followed Natsu's lead which meant the incredible fight against the King Dragons was about to start...


A/N: I finished the chapter! I finally finished it! *cries and crawls underneath her table*

I'm so sorry for the delay, but for some reason I haven't felt like typing for a long period, resulting in a major writer's block in my mind.

Anyhow, I think one of the main reasons I couldn't write was because the story seemed too large for me to continue when I thought about the amount of stuff I wanted to include. So in order for me to keep going and keep my mojo up, I'm gonna be more strict and only choose a few people I type from, because there are sooooo many characters involved in this fight .

Ohh! I forgot to type this in the last chapter but Freed is with the Thunder God Tribe ^^

Bonus info: I made a fun typo while writing this chapter: The Natsu Slayer!

Poor guy, lol xD

I'm off for now, hopefully it won't be too long before I update this story.

Take care my precious kittens! :)

/Hejmdal