"As you can see, financials are looking great." A woman with long pink hair said, who wore a red dress with black stockings. She was reporting to Jellal as his secretary. "We'll be satisfied for the next few years."

"Thank you, Meldy." Jellal said.

"Jellal!" Jellal heard him called out and saw his assistant, Ultear, enter the room.

"What is it, Ultear?" Jellal asked.

"I was able to track down the source of the small trace of energy we detected earlier." Ultear said. "It came from the city, Magnolia. I have reason to believe that it might have come from the duel guild, Fairy Tail."

"Fairy Tail? I have heard of it." Jellal said as he tried to think of the possibilities. "See if you can get a visual from that place. If you detect anything, alert me at once."

"Of course." Ultear said.

"Does this mean the moment you've been telling us about is close?" Meldy asked.

"Perhaps and if it is, we need to be ready for anything." Jellal said.

…

Fairy Tail

Lucy's made herself quite at home ever since she joined Fairy Tail. She's made great friends and continues to make some. At the moment, she was sitting at a counter with Juvia, Lisanna, and Levy while Mira was working behind the counter. Lisanna was looking through Lucy's cards and seemed to like them.

"Lucy, you're cards seem amazing." Lisanna said. "Are you interested in stars, constellations, and all that other stuff?"

"I guess so. My Mom was interested in all that stuff and people do say I take after her." Lucy said.

"You must have cards representing all the zodiacs." Levy said.

"Almost. I haven't found the ones of Libra and Pieces yet." Lucy said. "Until I do, I feel like my deck isn't at full power."

"I must admit that they do look amazing." Juvia said. "You just better not use those cards to woo over my Gray!"

"Turn the crazy button off. I have no interest in him." Lucy said as she took a sip of some juice.

"Besides, Juvia, I think she and Natsu might be cute together." Mirajane said and caused Lucy to do a spit take.

"What!?" Lucy said.

"My sister has a sixth sense for this kind of stuff." Lisanna said. "She likes to play matchmaker. She actually got a few people together and they're still together to this day."

"Yeah, well consider this her first wrong one." Lucy said. "I'm not interested in Natsu in like that. He and I are barely friends since there's still much about him I don't even know."

"You never know. He might like you the same way." Mirajane said.

"Trust me, dating the men here isn't really a good idea." They all looked down the counter and they saw another woman that was older than them. She had long brown hair with a white top that showed off her belly. She also wore dark tight pants as she was helping herself to a drink.

"Cana! How long have you been sitting there?" Levy said.

"Long enough." Cana said.

"Cana? I've heard about you." Lucy said. "Not only are you a great duelist, but you can even use your cards for some fortune telling."

"That's me. You must be the new girl everyone is talking about." Cana said. "Trust me, you don't want to date the men here. In my opinion, they're all idiots."

"You're only saying that because you haven't found your destined match like Lucy did." Mira said.

"Natsu and I are not destined for each other." Lucy said.

"Hey!" Natsu called out as he headed on over. "I heard my name. What are you girls talking about?"

"Nothing." Lucy said.

"Hey, Mira. Shoot me some milk over here." Lucy looked to the left and saw a muscular man with blonde hair and a lightning shaped scar over his eye. He had a purple collar shirt with black pants and wore a black coat with grey fur. Mira handed him the glass.

"Speaking of men, here's Fairy Tail's most brutal member." Cana said.

"Laxus!" Natsu said as he looked like he wanted to start another fight.

"Laxus, the Thunderbolt!" Lucy said. "I've heard about him. Is it true that some people consider him to be Fairy Tail's best."

"It is understandable. He is a skilled duelist, the same level as Erza." Levy said.

"Master Makarov also happens to be his grandfather." Mirajane said.

"Say what?! He's the master's grandson?!" Lucy said. Laxus looked over and he just noticed Lucy.

"Oh. You must be the new girl I'm hearing about." Laxus said.

"Laxus!" Natsu said as he stepped in his sight. "Let's go, Laxus. A duel between you and me, right here, right now.

"Hold it, Natsu!" All of them looked to see three others. One was a women with long brown hair in a green dress and fishnet leggings. The other was a men in dark clothing with a cape around his shoulders with a furry crest on the back with a knight visor. The last was another male with long green hair. He wore coat that covered up most of his body.

"Who are they?" Lucy asked.

"The Thunder Legion." Juvia said.

"They're like Laxus' bodyguards." Lisanna said. "That's Evergreen, Bickslow, and their leader Freed."

"What do you guys want? Laxus and I ae talking here." Natsu said.

"No we're not." Laxus said.

"Natsu, you are not worthy to face Laxus as an opponent." Freed said.

"Seriously. You'll end up on your face anyway." Evergreen said.

"You don't know that." Natsu said.

"Either way, we're not going to let you waste Laxus' time." Bickslow said. "You'll have to get through us first."

"I don't want to duel you lammos. Laxus is the only one I want to duel." Natsu said. "Come on, Laxus. Let's have ourselves a match."

"No thanks. Why would I want to waste my time on an idiot like you?" Laxus said. "It's not going to hone my skills or anything."

"Laxus, behave yourself." All of them noticed Makarov above them on the upper floor. "If Natsu wants to duel you in a friendly match, there shouldn't be any harm in it. That's how we grow, it's how our bonds grow. Dueling is all about fun and making new and stronger friendships. It's not just about improving yourself."

"Yeah, what Gramps said." Natsu said. "So that means you have to duel me whether you want to or not and I'm not going down easily. I'll show you how much stronger I've become."

"What is it with you and always wanting to pick a duel with someone?" Lucy said.

"It's fine as long as it's just friendly competition." Mirajane said. "He does it because he acknowledges people's strength and he uses that to help him improve and become better."

"Fine." Laxus said with a sigh.

"You really don't' have to go through with this." Freed said.

"Yes he does." Natsu said.

"If beating you to the ground means you'll shut up, I'll do it just to get it over with." Laxus said. "Meet me in the duel area tonight."

"Not that it will matter. Laxus will win on one turn anyway." Bickslow said as the four of them left.

"Well, at least we'll see a few fireworks." Cana said. "Laxus always did things quick and flashy."

"I'll show him!" Natsu said and left as he went to prepare his deck. Lucy felt like Natsu was in for complete humiliation for talking so big.

"You really think Natsu and I are destined for each other?" Lucy questioned Mira.

"You never know." Mirajane said.

"Well, I know for sure Gray and I are destined for each other." Juvia said.

"We're not even talking about Gray." Lisanna said. "Speaking of which, Mira, I always thought you and Laxus would make a cute couple." When she heard her sister say that, Mira's face turned a little red. Meanwhile, up on the second floor, Gajeel overheard everything.

"Salamander against the thunder troll? Well, at least one of those arrogant punks will get what they deserve." Gajeel said. "This is something I can't miss."

…

Jellal

Jellal stared out the large window in his office. He stared at the moon and the stars. He was in deep thought about something that is about to come if he is right.

"Jellal!" Ultear said as she entered the room. "We got a visual from Fairy Tail. It looks like a duel is about to start."

"Very well." Jellal said as he left his office. Ultear led him into another room with Meldy already inside. Meldy brought up visual and it showed the duel field with Natsu and Laxus on it. "So who are the duelists?"

"Natsu Dragneel and Laxus Dreyar." Meldy said. "I looked into their records. Natsu is considered above an average duelist. Laxus has higher stats than him, but that's because he's a few years older than Natsu and had more experience."

"Do you think these two could be part of it?" Ultear said.

"Perhaps we'll find out soon enough." Jellal said. "Keep your eyes open for anything suspicious and keep those readings coming."

…..

The Duel Arena

Laxus and the Thunder Legion were at the duel field and the Thunder Legion were making sure Laxus was all set to go with his yellow and grey duel disk. Natsu was just waiting for them to start. Lucy was up in the stands for support.

"Lucy!" Lucy looked and saw Erza, Gray, and Wendy made it.

"Hey guys. You made it just in time." Lucy said.

"We came as soon as we got your message." Wendy said.

"Natsu's a glutton for punishment." Gray said. "When is he going to grow up and quit picking a fight with everyone?"

"You're one to talk, Gray. When are you and Natsu going to stop all your pointless fighting?" Erza said.

"It looks like we're not the only ones here to see this." Wendy said. She pointed higher to the stands and they all saw Gajeel was there too and wondering why he was here.

"Let's go, Laxus. I'm ready to start this." Natsu said.

"Fine." Laxus said as the Thunder Legion cleared the way. "Let's get this over with." Both of them activated their duel disks. LAxus may have just wanted to get this over with, but Natsu was ready to rumble.

"Duel!" Both of them said with all their life points.

"I'll start this off." Natsu said. "I'll start with one of my favorites, Fire Dragon Iron Fist!" His monster rose to the field and had 1600atk points. "I place a face-down and end my turn."

"My turn." Laxus said. "I play my Thunder Summon spell. This allows me to special summon a thunder type monster. I summon Thunder Crasher." An armored warrior with a double sided club with electricity running through it came on the field with 1500atk points. "Thanks to his special ability, I can summon another one." A second Thunder Crasher came out. "They won't be staying because I summon Heavledge the Lightning Dragon!" Both warriors vanished and a new dragon rose on the field. The dragon was yellow scaled that made it look like it was made of electricity with red eyes. It also had 4000atk points.

"Another dragon?! Does everyone have one?" Lucy said.

"I send one card in my hand to the graveyard to destroy every monster on your field." Laxus said. "Ragin Bolt!" Heavledge caused lightning to strike down and destroyed Natsu's only monster. "I knew this would be over quickly. Heavledge, finish this with Roaring Thunder!" Heavledge unleashed a mighty roar that shot out a blast of thunder and Natsu was caught in the attack.

"That's why Laxus is called The Thunderbolt. It's always over loud and quickly." Gray said.

"I knew it would end like this." Evergreen said.

"That's what you get for running your mouth." Bickslow said.

"There isn't anyone who can beat Laxus." Freed said. Laxus was ready to walk away, but he saw Natsu was still standing with 500LP.

"How are you still standing?" Laxus said. He also saw Heavledge was weaken to 3500. "What happened?"

"I activated my Guardian Flame trap." Natsu said. "When a Fire Dragon is destroyed, this trap weakens your monster's attack points by 500 for each one destroyed. Which was just enough for me to survive."

"So there is a brain in that head. He was aware of Heavledge's ability and prepared for it." Laxus said. "I place one face-down and end my turn."

"My turn." Natsu said. He saw he drew Igneel, but for some strange reason, he felt some pain in his arm. "What's going on? What's this pain in my arm?" He wasn't the only one feeling it. Laxus, Gajeel, and Wendy were as well.

"Wendy, what's wrong?" Erza asked.

"My arms is starting to hurt for some reason." Wendy said. Natsu ignored the pain and kept going.

"I summon Fire Dragon Talon!" Natsu said. Talon jumped out with 1500atk points. "I'm also going to activate Flight of Dragon. This allows me to summon all dragons in my hand to the field. I only need one. Rise, Igneel the Fire Dragon!" Igneel soared out to the field with all 2500atk points. However, when both dragons roared, the pain in all of them grew stronger and Natsu felt the feeling he felt when Igneel faced Metalicana. That wasn't going to stop him. "I use Igneel's ability. By sacrificing Talon, he gains all his attack points." Igneel absorbed Talon's power and his attack points went up to 4000. "Igneel, attack now!"

"Not so fast. I activate Elite Defense!" Laxus said. "With this trap, Heavledge's attack points go up to match Igneel's, but neither can be destroyed." Heavledge's power returned to normal. Both dragons unleashed fire and lightning and the two collided, but when they did, it created a giant ball of light and shockwaves being shot out. Then, the light shot into the air and literally blew the ceiling off and something was formed.

"What is that?" Natsu said as all of them could not believe what was in front of them. It looked like another dragon as long and large as a river with large wings, but it was a rainbow light.

"Is that another dragon?" Lucy said.

"Yes, but where did it come from? Natsu or Laxus didn't summon it." Erza said. Natsu, Laxus, Wendy, and Gajeel seemed to have been connected as the pain in their arms intensified and their arms started to glow. Natsu and Laxus were blown back from the force as the dragon flew up into the sky. The dragon unleashed a roar through the whole city before it completely vanished.

"That was weird." Gray said, but they heard Wendy wince in pain. They also heard Gajeel groan as well.

"Laxus!" Freed called out.

"Are you alright?" Bickslow said, but Laxus held his right arm.

"It burns!" Natsu said. He looked down on his arm and saw a glowing red dragon mark on his right arm. "Where did this come from?"

"So it's not just me." Laxus said. Natsu saw Laxus had a mark too, but it was yellow. Wendy and Gajeel did as well with them being blue and grey.

"What's going on? What are these marks?" Natsu said.

…

Jellal

"I think we found what we were looking for." Ultear said as she and the others were able to see everything. She looked over at the readings they had. "These readings are off the charts." Jellal turned the screen into a split screen and saw a picture of all four of them with the marks on their arms.

"Four of them are already together." Meldy said.

'The mighty beast has returned once again.' Jellal thought.