A/N: Yo, Been away for a few days, basically just been playing a shitload of a few of my favorite games, Namely being the Resident Evil series and just haven't really been writing, In other news tomorrow if the Anniversary of my very first Fan Fiction, some of you may remember it, some off you may not have read it, In my own opinion for a first attempt it wasn't that bad, but I have an idea for an new fiction and that will likely be put up tomorrow as an Anniversary fiction! But for now, I hope you enjoy this chapter!
The massive doors of the palace grated open slowly, the sound was almost as terrible as nails on a chalk board, the pair walked in slowly checking for any ambush the king may have set in wait for them.
"So, You've decided to betray me again Nightsbane," A dark chuckle emanated from somewhere in the massive room "Well to say this wasn't expected would be a lie, all because of that damned redhead."
Nightsbane clicked his tongue angrily "Get out here your majesty," He spat with a venom "With all of the generals incapacitated you have no gold over me, Time to pay you back for fifteen years of suffering!"
The king laughed, the sound echoing around the room "You might be right about that, but I am not such a weak man that you will be able to defeat me, I will make Edolas invincible!"
"I've had more than my fill of your insane ramblings old man," Nightsbane growled "GET OUT HERE NOW!"
"As you wish, I guess I can grant you this as your last request." As he finished speaking, the ground shook violently, the large pillars that lined the throne room shuddered and broke apart showering the room in dust.
Natsu lost vision of his doppelganger as a rush of air blew the dust around them, his eyes darted through the cloud carefully waiting for any kind of attack. He could make out the sound of a metallic clank somewhere around them 'Armor?' He thought as his head darted around, trying to zero in on the noise effectively.
"Enough of your games old man," Nightsbane growled, whipping his spear around himself and launching the cloud into the air, giving them clear vision.
The large metallic suit resembled more of a dragon, Natsu lowered himself carefully as he watched the armor begin to prowl around them, slightly lowered as If waiting to pounce, for a horriblely strained second none of them made a move. Natsu gritted his teeth and brought his hand into the air before bringing his fist down hard, the ground split apart towards the suit, Nightsbane darted forward using the shifting ground as a platform to launch himself into the air as Natsu rushed forward, the ground split under the suit and it swayed only a moment before writing itself and turning its attention to the pinkette. It let out a thunderous roar and Natsu brought his hands up in front of himself, a slightly transparent wall materialized in front of him he cut into the magic infused sound wave and pulled his arms apart, the wave split around him and created a few new large craters on either side of him, rearing his hand back he slammed into the side of the large suit as Nightsbane brought a strike across the top of its head, the spear clanked against the metal without having an effect, Nightsbane flipped back and landed deftly there was a moment's pause and then the area Nightsbane struck erupted in a powerful explosion, the suit was driven back a few steps as Natsu slammed his fist into, the suit rolled backwards and righted itself quickly. It let out another roar towards the pair.
"Those pitiful excuses for attacks won't even scratch Dorma Anim, what do you think Dragneel? We took the design from you Earth Lands very own dragons." The king taunted with a long laugh.
Natsu wiped the edge of his mouth of the back of his hand "You call that sorry excuse for scrap metal a dragon?"
"What was that?!" The king demanded
"Dragons would never be so easily destroyed," Natsu growled as he lowered his body "Shall I teach you a little about, my world?"
"Let's see what you can do boy!" The king growled
"Requip," Natsu let out in a barely heard whisper, a golden light enveloped his body and as soon as it had appeared it disappeared along with Natsu "Lesson one." He announced as he hovered in the air momentarily. Large black spikes protruded from his shoulder, his head was covered by what seemed to be the head of a beast, it's curved pointed teeth making up the face guard his eyes seemed to glow a dark red through the eyes.
The large club like sword in his hands held a similar demonic appearance "The first blow is always a single tenth of your strength!" He shouted as he spun his body around and brought the weapon down across the suits back, a large metallic crack was heard as the armor split and cracked, the tail of the suit wrapped around and attempted to swat at Natsu, he flipped over it pushing over his hand and rolling in the air before bringing the weapon across quickly the tail snapped off and slammed into a wall across the room.
"Impossible!" The king shouted "Our strongest weapon, Won't fall to the likes of some brat!"
"Lesson two," Natsu growled as he darted up the suits back "Never underestimate your opponent, You'd think this would be easy to remember."
He dragged the sword along its back before leaping into the air and slamming down on the back of its head, He dived out of the way of a clawed hand swiping at him and landed on the ground with a soft thud "Lesson three." He lowered his stance and brought the weapon above his head as he watched the suit.
"Don't get cocky brat!" The king growled as the suit charged forward.
"Never piss off Fairy Tail!" He growled in an almost demonic tone as he sliced upwards, the blow connected and the suit toppled over the top of him and slammed through a few more pillars.
"Nightsbane," Natsu called sharply "It seems you have something else to worry about, so leave this one to me." He pointed at the suit as it slowly got to its feet.
Nightsbane shook himself out of his stupor "I'm counting on you!" He shouted as he darted down a side corridor and out of sight.
"Never underestimate your opponent was it?" The king let out a guttural growl as the suit raised itself slightly, a dark purple glow emanated off of it the metal shifted its color turned a dark black the tail shook itself free from the wall and rifled back into its position, the armor repaired the cracks Natsu had made, the sound of metal sliding over metal could be heard and the tail suddenly turned into a spiked club like appendage, the claws on each hand sharpened and turned black, it let out a swing towards Natsu, his eyes widened as he noticed the magic energy in the air, he brought his sword around and locked against it, the blow struck him and sparks flew from his weapon as cuts opened up on his arms cheeks and legs, blood began dripping from the immediately and he gritted his teeth.
"Looks like you forgot the most important rule boy!" The king launched as the dragon raised its head and let out a roar the blow sent Natsu flying back through the door of the Palace, he rolled to his feet and embedded his weapon in the ground dragging up the ground as he finally slid to a stop he launched off the small mound that he had created back into the throne room.
Rotating his body around he brought the weapon across, a clawed hand raised and the weapon slammed into it uselessly the jarring clang reverberated up his arms and he found himself floating in the air for a moment before a clawed hand slammed into his side sending him rolling across the ground as deep furrows opened up on his sides, he spat and blood spewed from his mouth. He rose to his feet slowly and clutched his side, he could see the suit from where he was standing and he sent it a menacing glare.
"You will not win," The king growled "You will die, Your friends will die, I will absorb every living thing in Earth Land to fuel Edolas's rise to power. You will fail!"
Natsu's eyes narrowed as he glowed gold, his eyes shifted seeming the color seemed to move, sway and ripple as if it was the surface of water he was standing in his coat a deep red glow could be seen emanating from the mark on his shoulder through his clothing, he teeth bared as he ignored the pain in his sides to raise his arms, he felt a light pressure on his shoulder and he didn't even need to glance to know who it was.
'I'll hold him still, Finish him.' Natsu thought aggressively, a small platform appeared horizontal to the ground in front of him, a rush of red hair appeared in front of him and planted her feet against the surface as he reared back and slammed the thing forward, fire bellowed around the thing as Erza rifled forward, Natsu focused on the large armored suit that was the king. Placing his hands in front of himself only slightly apart magic encroached against the large metal suit before it locked around it, Natsu intertwined his fingers and then paused.
"Sending a girl to fight your battles?" The king taunted seemingly unconcerned.
" Metsuryu Ogi: Guren Bakuenjin!" (Crimson Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade.)
Erza growled as she rotated her body and slammed herself covering in flame into the target, explosions rocked the palace and Natsu slammed his palms together. A sudden surge of energy hit him, his hands felt like they had been electrocuted and he lost focus on his magic and winced, Erza back flipped out of the cloud of dust and landed with a light thud.
"Just how tough is this thing?!" She demanded angrily, she glanced towards Natsu outwardly his appearance had calmed and his wounds had healed, his hair had a light fire like effect pulsing through it and the mark on his shoulder shone a bright brilliant red.
"It's using the remaining magic energy for the whole kingdom," Hughes groaned from his position against the wall "It will repair itself for as long as we have even a shred of magic energy left."
"So, A battle of endurance then?" Raken rolled his neck calmly
"This sounds like fun." Wendy smirked
"Erza, Wendy would you do the honors?" Natsu asked bowing his head slightly
The two girls nodded before darting forward, each jumped and rotated slightly
"Karyu no Hoko!" (Roar of the Fire Dragon.)
"Tenryu no Hoko!" (Roar of the Sky Dragon.)
The dragon slayers shouted in unison, the torrent of flame and wind magic mixed together and rocketed towards the large metal dragon. Natsu nodded to Raken and the pair lowered their bodies and darted along under the massive wave of energy, Natsu pulled a pair of swords seemingly from the air and dropped into a slide, slicing the blade along the knee of the large chunk of metal, it staggered and Raken slammed into the opposite leg forcing it to the ground as the wave slammed into it, Natsu rolled to his feet and slid to a stop. Raken slid to a stop on the opposite side of the Dorma Anim, Wendy and Erza landed with soft thuds in the doorway of the throne room.
"Is that all you brats have?!" The king taunted
"Tear this asshole apart!" Natsu roared angrily
Erza flashed her large canine as she slammed her fists together a fire erupted all around her, she hopped once before launching towards the metal dragon, a massive clawed hand moved into the air to slam down on her and Natsu slammed into it, driving it back towards the ground. The tail whipped around and Raken brought his leg down in a powerful kick.
"Tenryu no Yokugeki." (Wing attack of the Sky Dragon.)
The wave of magic slammed into the exposed side of the Dorma Anim and it was forced backwards.
"Karyu no Kenkaku." (Fire Dragon's Sword Horn.)
Erza slammed headfirst into the massive expanse of metal and skewered a hole in the neck, her eyes darted to the left as she passed through and she realized exactly where she had to hit, a wicked smirk enveloped her face as she rotated and planted her feet on the roof above the smoldering piece of metal.
Natsu could recognize the look on Erza's face from miles away, it was her token 'I figured it out, But you probably not going to like how I go about exploiting it' face, he rolled his eyes as he drew the kings attention to himself.
"Let's see the power of your fake dragon!" He taunted loudly
"Damned brat!" The head reared back, as the large maw opened a torrent of dark purple and black flame spewed towards him, Natsu bolted forward, drawing the swords around him he flourished them in a figure eight pattern around himself and fell into a slide, he fell into a crater that had been opened up by one of their attacks earlier and pressed himself to the ground as the massive attack flew straight over the top of him.
"Tenryu no Tekken!" (Sky Dragon's Iron Fist.)
Wendy slammed her fist atop the fake dragons mouth, slamming the jaw closed harshly, Natsu rushed out of the crater and leapt into the air.
"Grand Chariot!" Raken shouted as he drew his arms across himself, large bolts of gold energy battered into the side of the Dorma Anim as Natsu flipped over and slammed his blades into the top of its head with enough for his swords shattered Natsu clicked his tongue in annoyance as he flipped backwards.
"Metsuryu Ogi: Guren Karyu Ken." (Crimson Lotus fire Dragon's Fist.)
Erza growled as she slammed her fists into the part of the dragon that joined the head to the rest of the body, her arms only seemed to increase in speed as violent explosions began appearing at the impact points of her hits, she gritted her teeth and let out a long cry as she finished, the head snapped completely off and rolled to the ground.
Raken darted forward and grabbed a hold of the leg of the king inside and pulled harshly the man was yanked free of the suits head and was sailing through the air a moment before Natsu leapt up, rotated his body around and slammed his heel down, sending the king hurtling into the ground. Natsu landed in a low crouch as a large crater opened up behind him.
"Just so you know, The most important rule is never piss of Fairy Tail." Natsu glared down at the old man as the man fell into unconsciousness.
A/N: Will everything end in happily ever after?! Will I ever update my other stories?! Why is my sandwich delicious?! Find out next time!
I was sort of in the mood for that, but hope you all enjoyed my take on the Dorma Anim fight and I will see you guys in the next one, peace!