Natsu stood on the only remained balcony on the second floor of their patch worked guildhall. His fingers were interlaced and his chin rested on them, as his chest plate gleamed in the last few rays of sun, he knew Phantom was coming and soon, 'At least everyone made it out okay, Makarov will be fully healed soon and nobody died.' He continued to watch over the bay, 'We still need to deal with the Element four and Jose, this is not going to be easy, but Erza can go toe-to-toe with Gajeel, we will defend the guild.'

He straightened and made his way back down into the basement, Makarov lay still unconscious under a white blanket, his breathing even, Mirajane sat next to him, slowly wiping his brow with a wet cloth, Wendy nursed her arms and sighed, exhaustion from healing more than half the seriously injured guild members catching up to, she should eat air, but it was not half as effective as actually sleeping. Raken leaned against the foot of the stairs, unsurprisingly unharmed through the ordeal that was there failed attack on Phantom, Lucy sat on a small crate, Erza was doing her best to comfort her but she still did nothing but blame herself. Cana sat in front of a crystal ball, demanding Laxus come back and help them, Natsu strode up behind her and glared through the orb at him.

"Laxus, you going to let them stomp on your guild's name like that?" Natsu demanded angrily.

"If the old man hadn't let Fairy Tail get so weak, this never would have happened, he should just hurry up and kick the bucket so I can take over, things are going to be different when I am in charge." Lacus announced boldly.

Natsu smirked at him "I will keep that in mind when I take over Makarov's position, just like he will hear all about this conversation."

Laxus glared at him "You think I am afraid of the weak old man?"

"No Laxus, I think you are too stupid to fear those with more power than you." Natsu snarled as the image winked out.

"Well wonderful, we can't even mount a half decent defense without injured." Cana complained dejectedly.

"We go out of Phantom didn't we?" Natsu challenged.

"Because of you," Cana retorted "But you can't take on all of phantom on your own."

"And here I was under the impression you were a guild mate of mine Cana," Natsu allowed a very small smile "I am not the only capable wizard in Fairy Tail."

The silent challenge was heard by many of the guild, Natsu turned around to the all looking at him expectantly "What are we?"

The mages looked at him confused "Are We mages or children?!" Natsu demanded

The group slowly got up and looked at him "Phantom is coming, I for one am not going to sit in here and wait for them."

He pointed up the stairs leading the streets "when they arrive I am going to go out into the base, personally rip the Element four to shreds and turn my full and undivided attention to Jose!" Natsu growled in an almost evil tone.

"So I will ask you all one more time! What are WE?!"

"The best guild in Fiore!" Erza shouted raising her hand, index finger up and thumb outstretched.

"And What are we going to deliver Phantom when they show up on OUR Doorstep?!" Natsu demanded

"The swiftest kick in the ass the world has ever witnessed!" Gray shouted.

The ground shook violently as Grey finished and Natsu turned back to Cana, she gave him knowing smile "You seem almost too good at riling them up."

Natsu flashed a cocky grin "Look's like our guests have arrived. Let's give them a proper Fairy Tail Welcome!" Natsu shouted.

Natsu stepped out onto the concrete street and looked down towards the bay, the familiar Phantom castle lumbered towards them slowly.

"Fairy Tail, hand over the girl and no further harm will come to your guild." Jose announced loudly over a speaker.

"I was unaware you could make demands of the strongest guild in Fiore!" Natsu retorted loudly

"Haha, you Insolent fool's it is of little concern to me how much of you is left, I was hired to make sure little Lucy Heartfilia made it home safely." Jose announced loudly, th building shifted and a large cannon made its way out of the centre of the walking fortress.

"I am going to block the blast," Natsu spoke two Erza, Wendy and Raken quietly "When I do, get in that castle and tear everything that looks important to pieces."

"How are you going to block a blast from something that big?!" Erza asked dumbfounded.

He smirked "Let me worry about that. Happy!"

"Aye?" the small blue cat asked

"Get Erza onto that cannon the second the first blast is over, Erza you get inside and break the Lacrima when you arrive, the rest of you get in there and deal with element four, if he only has one trick up his sleeve I will be surprised." Natsu gave the order in rapid succession, the group just nodded.

Erza cracked her knuckles a wide grin on her face "Oh, And Black Steel is mine." She growled dangerously.

Natsu held out his fist "Make sure to hit em hard for me." The group nodded again.

Natsu turned back to the large cannon, the speaker crackled to life "Jupiter cannon, Fire!"

Natsu was enveloped in gold light as he walked towards the beam, the two shield of his Adamantine sui in front of him, he slammed together as the blast hit him, his feet broke through a layer of the street as the weight of the attack bared down on him, he gritted his teeth and forced himself to stay upright, pieces of his shield splintered and broke off, He pressed his entire being into maintaining the shield long enough, the shield became dangerously small, he closed his eyes and waited for the last of it to break away, the power that surged through him was like nothing he ever felt before, His eyes snapped open and his left shoulder glowed brightly, Erza's mark glowed through the plate of his armor, he requipped again, looking at the now snarling dragon perched angrily on top his shoulder, it's tail swished along his upper chest as it sat.

A large smile split Natsu face as he slammed his fist into his palm "I thought you were going to destroy us?!" He taunted loudly.

He turned to the small group of people behind him and nodded, Happy wrapped his tail around Erza's midsection and took off "Look's like I get to hit them hard…Personally."

Raken smiled "Loser buys the winner a meal?" He offered his hand.

The competitive look in Natsu's eye was Raken answer, the heard a voice pipe up behind them "If Erza or I win, you guys need to take a few days off."

The two males of the group stared at her and she smiled vaguely, Natsu glanced at Raken who merely shrugged "I think I can deal with that."

Natsu nodded "Deal."

"Hey Cana!" Natsu called out.

"What!?" She looked at him confused.

"Keep the guild standing will ya, we will be back soon!" Natsu shouted.

Cana merely shook her head "Alright you heard the Brat, we keep this place standing!" Cana shouted at the Fairy Tail member's around her.

Erza stood at the base of the cannon looking down at the gray stone, she raised her hand in the air as it engulfed in flames, she slammed though the roof landing with a soft thud he looked around the large circular room, a lone man stood in front of the large pale gray-almost clear Lacrima, the man had his hair tied in a top knot, it was white on one half and black in the other, he wore a large red coat and had a Katana strapped to his belt, He had a black Tattoo of a straight line running over his nose and across his face.

"Who are you?" Erza asked curiously

"My Name Is Totomaru, of the Element four." The man-Totomaru- replied flatly.

Erza slammed her fist into her palm as it ignited "Bought time on of you showed up, I was getting bored." He smiled widely her elongated canines make it look more threatening than anything else.

"Ah, The Great Salamander of Fairy Tail," The man rolled his neck "The this fight is already decided."

Erza snickered "Why, because you can manipulate fire?" She cocked her head to the side as she looked at him, her hands flames died down.

The man studied her with a serious expression.

"I don't need to use my fire to beat you," Erza announced flatly "In fact I think I could do it with my eyes closed."

"You are very arrogant if you truly believe that." Totomaru announce loudly, he drew the long Katana and held it out horizontally in front of him.

"Natsu warned me that I won't always have magic I can use," Erza responded flatly, she pulled a small metal gauntlet from a small pouch on her back, she grabbed a hold of it and channeled a very small amount of magic energy into it, it expanded until it could fit onto her hand comfortable "He got me this, just in case." She held it up in front of her examining the object, she hadn't done so in a long time. The Large silver gauntlet had a large orange gem planted in the top, hovering where the back of the hand would be, other than that it was just a normal chunk of armor, it was magically reinforced so it wouldn't break, she smiled at the idea of finally actually using it 'That reminds me, now I owe Natsu a piece of his favorite Cake.' she inwardly groaned, she had forgotten that bet.

"Prepare Yourself!" Totomaru shouted as he shot forward, he met with a clash of metal as Erza brought her arm up, he spun away and landed a small distance from her, she flew towards him throwing a few blows with her left hand at him, he dodged or blocked the strikes, she brought her hand above her head and slammed it down he jumped backward as she slammed into the ground, her fist firmly embedded in the concrete, she cursed silent as she realized she was going to be able to pull it out, Totomaru seized his opportunity running towards her brandishing his Katana.

Erza watched and a waited until the last second before freeing her hand from the Gauntlet and using her flexibility planted her foot firmly into his chin sending him up, she wasted no time and righted herself before jumping after him, she slammed her fist into his stomach and he coughed loudly as the air left his lungs, she slammed her fist into his face as and he lurched backwards in the air, she caught hold of his ankle and pulled, his face coming under her elbow, she rotated in the air and placed her foot in the centre of his face slamming him into the ground beneath her. He embedded into the concrete and lay completely still, she took a long breath and turned to the Lacrima.

"Fire Dragon, Roar!" She placed her hand over her mouth as the powerful gust of flame shot from it, slamming into the Lacrima and effectively shattering it.

(A/N: You all know the building transforms and I can't be bothered writing that out.)

Wendy, Raken and Natsu slid to a stop at a crossroads, well halls. One path led upstairs, another veered off right and the other continued forward "I'll take the stairs."

"I'll go right!" Wendy announced loudly before taking off, still eager to win their competition.

"I think your girlfriend's gonna beat you Raken." Natsu warned as he ran up the stairs.

Raken shook his head "You might wanna hurry up too, Erza's already got a lead on us."

Natsu chuckled as he disappeared over the top of the stairs.

Wendy continued down the corridor sliding around the corner, her body registered the blow before her mind and reacted arching her back as a long whip-like strike flew over her head whipping her hair up, he placed her hands on the ground and pushed up flipping over and landing on her feet, he strand green haired brown suited man bounced in front of her like a spring, she stifled her laughter at his strange appearance.

"Bonjour, I am Sol, Missure Sol, also known as Sol of the Earth, I am one of the element four." He announced loudly, his French accent heavy.

Wendy's hand emitted a faint light blue glow that slowly grew in intensity, "My name's Wendy." She said with a small smile. 'He is the earth member of the Element four, I doubt he is going to give me a lot of room to get close.'

"And here I was hoping I would get the chance at one of the strong Fairy Tail wizards." Sol said slightly disappointed.

The wave of almost killer intent that hit him made him flinch "You calling me weak springy?" Wendy growled

"How Dare you, such a repulsive nickname," Sol cocked his head to the side "But I am a gentlemen, so I will allow the lady to make the first move."

The large intimidating smile that spread across Wendy's face made Sol regret his decision, she flickered in front of him, before slamming her hand into his ribs, the blow bounced of and the momentum took her back a few steps, Sol smiled tauntingly at her.

"Ah, it would seem you attack's cannon harm one who can soften his entire body." Sol Taunted, Wendy his him a few more times before diving out of the way of one of Sol's attack's she slid away from him slightly.

Wendy gritted her teeth 'I can't beat someone I can't hit!' she thought angrily as she watched her opponent 'There has to be a limit, or a weakness I just need to find it.' she gave a small nod and flew at him again, her blows either bounced off him or did nothing, she threw another punch and he caught it in his fist, before his arm coiled and snaked around her body, she glared at him.

"Ah, a mere girl could never hope to defeat one as good as I" sol announced cockily.

Sol learned one thing in that moment, when fighting a Dragon Slayer…Do not make them angry. The glow the girl emitted started out soft and gentle, but it quickly gained ferocity as she heated up, Sol's arm began to burn like he was being electrocuted and his arm recoiled to its normal size and he rubbed at it tentatively.

"Mere Girl?!" Wendy growled angrily as the light continued to gain shape around her, slowly flickering and arcing around her like lightning.

She sprang off the ground towards him, slamming her fist into his chest, he felt like his entire body was struck by lightning and he sat motionless and she continued to slam her hands into his stomach, when he lurched forward in pain she embedded her knee into his face, as he flew up she jumped above him and dived straight down forcing his head deep into the concrete that was the floor, he was still alive and he twitched around on the ground for a few moments as her anger faded, she took another long breath before continuing down the hallways.

Raken stepped out onto the small rooftop area, the man triangle window's sticking out of the ground around him as he walked, he noticed the steady fall of raindrops around him and looked up, a small patch of dark black clouds above him.

"Drip, Drip Drop." the soft almost eerie feminine voice caught his attention he glared at the woman approaching him.

"This one is called Shiro," The woman cocked her head to the side "I am the rain woman of the Element four."

She stopped a few meters in front of him, she had black shoulder length hair and wore a large blue coat, trimmed with white fluffy wool, she wore a small black coat over her shoulder, Phantom's guild mark holding it over her shoulders, the long blue dress ended at her ankles in the same fashion as her coat lined with the fluffy white wool, she wore a pair of black heeled boots. (A/N: Just think Juvia, with black hair and green eyes.)

"Good for you, I got my own guild to save so get out of my way and I won't hurt you!" Raken warned flatly.

"Unfortunately you will not pass this point," Shiro stated in a cold voice as she raised her hand in front of her "Water lock!"

The water around Raken rose up and grew heavy around him, locking him in a sphere, he smiled at her and she frowned before he simply melted away, reappearing outside the sphere, he placed his hand on the side and closed his fist popping the thing like a bubble, he glowed gold as he flew towards her, he kicked across her midsection and was surprised when he lost no momentum, he turned his head to see he had literally just gone through her, small droplets of water floated around him before reattaching to her, completing her appearance again.

"My body is made entirely out of water," Shiro explained flatly "Nothing you do can touch me."

Raken gritted his teeth as a stream of water slammed into him, he raised his arms up slightly so try and guard against the attack, before dodging to the left, he rolled on his shoulder and remained crouched.

"Tell me your name." Shiro demanded.

Raken looked at her a little confused "Why?"

"I have never met anyone who could survive either of those attack's I am interested." Shiro responded, she looked away to try and a hide a very low tint of red in her cheeks.

"It's Raken, I was once known as Mystogan though, so you probably have heard of me before." He introduced with a small bow of his head.

She raised her hand again this time she gave him a small smile "Maybe one day, we won't be enemies."

He smirked "That might be nice." He replied.

The thick steam of water flew towards him, he had a theory about her attack patterns and he hoped his gamble worked, he disappeared before the jet slammed into his, appearing behind the girl, he brought his hand over her neck and pressed a nerve point in the neck Wendy had showed him, she went slack in his arms almost immediately and he silently thanked Wendy for taking a little time to show him that. He laid her down and fell heavily breathing rather quickly, he assumed a part of her magic drained him, probably that water prison it was the only reason for him to be this tired.

"Raken!" He turned his head to spot his Bluette dragon running towards him, he gave her a warm smile.

"Hello," He greeted flatly, he noticed it had stopped raining but it was barely a side note in his mind "So how many did you get?"

Wendy smirked "I beat the Earth guy." She announced loudly raising throwing her fist in the air.

"Well I just beat her," Raken indicated with his head "So I guess we are even, so we leave it for Erza and Natsu for the decider."

Wendy nodded, she sat down beside him, she edge a little closer and planted a small kiss on his cheek before smiling at him.

He patted her head absently as he looked back towards Fairy Tail, his guild mates were holding off Jose shades quite well, he sighed his magic energy was too low to get over there, this woman's spell hit him hard.

"Mm, no Raken we can't." Shiro mumbled out in her sleep, before letting out a soft moan. Raken paled and turned slowly toward Wendy, she gave him a innocent looking smile and her eyes burned with a vengeance.

"Raken, How exactly did you 'get' this woman?" Wendy asked very seriously.

Raken paled and raised his hands defensively as he began to explain.

Natsu ran into a long hallway style room, columns lined either side of it and a red-carpet extended the whole length of the room and up the stairs of the far side, he sensed another person's magic energy and slid to a stop "I know you are there, come out now!" Natsu demanded, A large man floated out from the ground a small distance ahead of him, he wore a green fedora style hat and his eyes were covered in bandages he had a odd necklace on a gold shirt, a large green unbuttoned overcoat and green pants.

"Ah, So the Great Knight has finally arrived at the evil castle." The man spoke loudly.

Natsu shook his head "What are you talking about, you are one of the Element four aren't you?"

The man nodded "And I know that our master has fallen, breaking the laws this way."

"Then why didn't you oppose him!" Natsu demanded.

"If your master became twisted and ordered you to attack us would you have disagreed?" The man asked flatly.

"Damn right I would have!" Natsu challenged "Makarov has always told us to follow our hearts, if it told me what we were doing was wrong I would have challenged him then and there!"

"Perhaps." the man announced cryptically.

Natsu requipped into his black wing armor, he drew the two swords from his back and glared at the man opposite him "Surrender now!" He warned flatly.

"You honestly think you have a chance of defeating the great Aria?" The man laughed, as he tugged at the bandages around his eyes, they fell away revealing the forward inward point pink triangles that made up his eyes. Natsu just continued to glare at him.

Aria raised his hand, an invisible wave shot forward, Natsu merely sliced upward splitting the magic in two it slammed into the walls on either side of his back, Aria's eyes widened as he stared at the boy, Natsu charged forward, Aria continued to send wave after wave at Natsu who sliced through them easily, he slammed his elbow into Aria's stomach and when he lurched forward he brought the hilt of his weapon down on the back of his head "If you are the strongest Phantom has to offer, your guild has fallen greatly." He announced flatly.

He leaned against one of the columns, the magic energy he used stopping Jupiter catching up to him, he slid down the wall slowly and closed his eyes taking long deep breaths.

"Natsu!" Erza voiced called to him and he open his eyes to look at her, he smiled warmly as she approached him "Something wrong?"

He shook his head "Just out of power."

She nodded "So you got one now too?"

He nodded.

"Guess that mean's I'm gonna win." She announced happily, she had heard there little wager.

He nodded again.

The speakers in the room crackled to life "Attention Fairy Tail, there is something I think you will be interested to hear."

Everyone stopped when they heard a pained scream of someone they recognized, Lucy. Natsu gritted his teeth and attempted to get back to his feet, he failed as his knee's gave out and he fell back heavily against the column, his armor disappeared and he sat in his normal clothing Era placed her hand on his shoulder and gave him a small reassuring smile.

"I'll get her, don't worry just rest up a bit." Erza said flatly.

Natsu nodded "I wonder how we are going to past the time when you get back."

Erza gave him an almost seductive smile "I am sure we can think of something." She winked at him as she ran off.

Natsu just leaned against the wall.