Hello, here is the promised quicker and longer update! As an apology for not updating this series for a looong time, I added this chapter shortly after the previous chapter. Enjoy!

The three Dragon Slayers stood on the top of the cliff, with Grandeis, preparing for a fight.

"I don't know what're you planning to do, but I know it is not a good thing!" Natsu exclaimed.

"It is not? Personally, I think it is a good thing to do." Grandeis smiled a bit.

"Just what are you planning, Grandeis-san?" Wendy asked with a worried look.

"It's a secret…..You'll know soon enough, though." Grandeis said casually.

"Whatever, I'm going to knock you down!" Natsu charges forward, igniting the tip of his elbows with fire, causing him to charge in an amazing speed. He then prepares to land a punch on Grandeis. However, when he strikes, Grandeis teleported.

"Huh? Where'd he go?" Natsu looked around.

"Iron Dragon's club!" Gajeel turned his hand into an extending steel club, which extends toward Grandeis. But, Grandeis teleported again.

"He keeps on teleporting!" Gajeel then turned his arm back to normal.

"You can't even touch me…How do you expect do defeat me that way?" Grandeis appears in a new location.

"Don't underestimate us!" Natsu is enraged.

"Heh….I guess I'll keep you Dragon Slayers Company for a while." Grandeis grinned.

"Bring it on!" Natsu taunted.

"You said so." Grandeis then teleported, and quickly appeared behind Natsu, then striked him with a lightning fast kick.

"Gah!" Natsu was sent flying for a few meters, before landing.

"Natsu-san!" Wendy was concerned.

"How come his regular kick can be so powerful…!"Natsu stood up.

"Haven't you known it yet? I absorbed the power of the Dark Dragon earlier." Grandeis explained.

Suddenly, a few knives are flying toward Grandeis. Grandeis dodged them, and Gajeel, with the Iron Dragon's scale, landed a strike on him. Grandeis, however, can still stand.

"That's not nice…Interrupting my explanation…." Grandeis turned his eye on Gajeel.

"Sorry…I'm not the polite type!" Gajeel grinned.

"Then I'll teach you a lesson you won't forget, bad boy…" Grandeis went into his fighting stance.

"Oraah!" Gajeel charges toward Grandeis, and turns his arm into an iron sword. Grandeis teleported behind him, causing Gajeel to miss his attack, and then he struck Gajeel with a powerful punch. But, Gajeel can still stand, due to his Iron Dragon scales. Gajeel quickly turned back, and swung his arm which has been turned into a sword. Grandeis evaded the attack by jumping high into the air, and then fires a ray of purple laser from his palm. Gajeel quickly rolled away, and when he prepares to attack Grandeis by throwing knives, Grandeis teleported again. Gajeel looked behind him, expectin Grandeis to attack from that direction. But, Grandeis appeared in front of him and head butted Gajeel.

"Gah!" Gajeel was stunned, and Grandeis prepares to land a punch on him. Natsu grabbed him from behind, preventing him from striking Gajeel. "I got him!"

"Not bad, salamander!" Gajeel then strikes with his punch. However, Grandeis teleported again, causing Gajeel's attack to land on Natsu.

"Ugh!" Natsu was knocked down by Gajeel's Iron punch.

Suddenly, a purple disc struck Gajeel from behind. "Damn…it" Gajeel then fell on the ground.

Grandeis is standing behind the fallen Gajeel. "Pathetic…."

"Sky Dragon's…roar!" A Hurricane like blast heads toward Grandeis. Grandeis teleported again, now appearing behind Wendy, preparing to strike her with another punch. Natsu realized this, and quickly rammed Grandeis. Natsu, now on top of Grandeis, ignited his fist on fire, preparing to strike him. Grandeis teleported before Natsu could attack him, and then appears behind Natsu, in the air, then charges toward Natsu bullet fast. Natsu sensed it, and evaded Grandeis' attack.

"You teleporting coward! Come and fight without running away!" Natsu was mad….

"Perhaps…..But, I can't do that…..That's my style." Grandeis said."I guess I've entertained you enough."

Grandeis charged towards Wendy, and swiped Wendy. "Kyah!" Wendy fell on the ground.

"Wendy!" Natsu couldn't prevent that attack in time.

Grandeis then charged toward Natsu. So fast that Natsu didn't see it coming and Grandeis landed a punch on Natsu. Natsu almost knocked to the ground, but he then regained his balance. But, Grandeis landed a punch to his abdomen, and proceeded with another punch on the skull. This time, Natsu was knocked to the ground. "Gahh…..! So…Fast..." Natsu was panting, and having trouble to stand up.

"Time to sleep….." From Grandeis' plam, emanates a purple light.

"Stop it!" Wendy shouted.

"Sorry…Can't do it." Grandeis fired a purple towards Natsu.

Natsu was struck with the powerful laser, and fell unconscious.

"Natsu-san!" Wendy approached Natsu and tears fell from Wendy's eyes….

"Now, it's your turn, bad boy." Grandeis turned to the heavily wounded Gajeel, which is still conscious, but he doesn't have the strength left to even stand. "Damn…" Gajeel whispered.

"Stop it! Please, stop it!" Wendy begged.

"I told you, can't do it." Grandeis prepares to fire the laser towards Gajeel.

Suddenly, an arrow of fire charges toward Grandeis. Grandeis sensed it coming, and evaded the arrow. Gajeel, Wendy, and Grandeis looked at the direction where the arrow came from, and found someone, holding a fire made bow.

"Who're you?" Grandeis asked.

"I'm Marcus Anderson, and I'm taking my friends back!" Marcus then made the fire bow disappear.

"What if I'm not going to let you do that?" Grandeis asked again.

"Then we'll see what happens…." Marcus grinned.

Somewhere in Dragon Land

"Where'd everyone go?" Gray is alone in the middle of nowhere.

Gray looked around for a while, and found nothing but cliffs…..He then decided to explore a bit. "Maybe they're around here…."

After a while of exploring, a few dragons appeared!

"Dragons? I guess that's pretty common here…." Gray prepares to fight the dragons. "Ice make…Sword!"

Meanwhile…..

Lucy looked around too, and can only see cliffs….."What just…Happened?"

A few dragons too, appeared.

"Waah! Dragons? W-What should I do?" Lucy panicked.

One of the dragon looked at Lucy, and then it raised its claw and prepares to smash the ground….

"Wah!" Lucy managed to dodge the attack.

"(Looks like these dragons are unfriendly…Even though I'm a bit scared, I need to defend myself!)" Lucy thought to herself. "Open the Gate of the Golden Bull! Taurus!"

Somewhere again….

Erza just defeated a dragon. It seems like she already defeated several dragons. "They're not as tough as I expected…."

Erza looked around her surroundings. "The others are not around here….Looks like the dimension key randomly transfers people around…."

Erza walked around for a while, and noticed something from a distance. "I see huts…Is that a village?" She then proceeded to that direction.

On the Cliff….

Marcus swung a fire axe towards Grandeis, but he teleported to dodge the attack, appearing behind Marcus, in the air, and launches himself at him. Marcus turned back, and creates a fire shield which cancelled Grandeis' attack.

"Interesting…." Grandeis landed.

"I can show you more interesting ones!" Fires appeared on Marcus' fingertips, and Marcus fired the fire bullets repeatedly. Grandeis evaded the attack while Marcus kept on firing. Grandeis then suddenly teleported below Marcus and shot a dark energy ball towards him. Marcus knew this and dodged the energy ball.

"That's a pretty common attack….." Marcus teased.

"As long as it's powerful, it's fine…." Grandeis landed again.

Marcus then threw his fire axe towards Grandeis. Grandeis jumped, evading the axe. The axe then disappeared into thin air. Marcus then rushed toward Gajeel and then Natsu in a lightning fast speed. And threw them off the cliff…..

"Wah!" Gajeel couldn't do anything, while Natsu was still unconscious.

"Marcus-san! What have you-"Wendy went to the edge of the cliff.

You should go down too!" Marcus pushed Wendy off the cliff…..

"Kyaah!" Wendy thought she's going to fall down….But; a fire platform carries her and the other two Dragon Slayers.

"Go down there and heal those two." Marcus then made the platform going downward.

"You don't afraid of me going there and finish them off?" Grandeis remarked.

"You won't. You can do that…After you beat me!" Marcus grinned.

"Actually, I can do that right now…But, I guess I'll do that after I'm done with you…." Grandeis prepares to fight.

Below the cliff

Wendy, Natsu, and Gajeel arrived at the bottom of the cliff. Wendy then heals Gajeel.

"Natsu-san…Please wake up!" Wendy worriedly heals Natsu

After a while of healing, Natsu regained consciousness. "Huh? Where is this?"

Wendy was glad to see Natsu recovering. "Natsu-san!"

"Wendy?...Oh yeah! Where's that coward? Ouch!" Natsu tried to stand up, but he couldn't.

"You're badly injured, Natsu-san. We need more time for the injury to heal." Wendy explained.

"Uhh…..I kinda need some help here…" Gajeel spoke.

"O-Oh yes…..Sorry, Gajeel-san…" Wendy then heals Gajeel

"Are you feeling better now, Gajeel-san?" Wendy asked.

"Yeah…I can walk now…." Gajeel stood up.

"We need to get back to the village…..Natsu-san needs some rest….." Wendy worried.

"Do you know where the village is?" Gajeel asked.

"Not really….It's quite far from here….We came here by carriage." Wendy recalled.

From a distance, Gajeel can see something. "Is that….A carriage?"

Wendy looked towards the direction Gajeel was pointing. "Yes it is! We can ask for help!"

That's chapter 9. Sorry if it's not too long (It is longer than chapter 8, though...Just a bit...) But, I'm certain that this update is a lot faster (Even faster than I planned). Sorry if there're grammatical mistakes, I'll try to do better in the next chapter. Hope you enjoyed it, and stay tuned for the next chapter :)