"Lord Zeref, what are we going to do now?" Kyoka asked. With eight rangers together, Zeref and his minions are going to have a real fight on their hands. "There are eight rangers now. How are we going to beat all of them?"

"You worry too much, Kyoka." Zeref said.

"Lord Zeref, you don't seem the least bit concerned." Tempester stated.

"The Power Rangers might have some skill, but they will fall. No one is invincible." Zeref said. "Speaking of that matter, I have just the new etherious to help us in this fight. His body holds a strong defense. It's almost like steel. Torafuzar, step forward." A new etherious showed himself. He had fish-like features with pants and a jacket with fur in it.

"You summoned me, Lord Zeref?" Torafuzar asked.

"Go and show the Power Rangers your power." Zeref said. "They won't know what hit them once they go against you."

"As you wish." Torafuzar said.

…

Mystic Star

Natsu and Gajeel were at the Mystic Star and doing some workouts. Both of them were on a bench press and lifting the barbell. The two of them were going through a competition of their own to see who could do the most sets.

"Getting tired yet, Gajeel?" Natsu said.

"In your dreams." Gajeel said as they both kept lifting the weight. At the time, Levy came walking in and she was looking for Gajeel. She and he have been hanging out a lot.

"Hey, Gajeel." Levy said. "Are you all set for that picnic?"

"Later." Gajeel said. "I've got to show this hothead that no one is better than me." Levy sighed with frustration. Lately, she and he haven't been clicking that well. Gajeel hasn't really shown interest in anything, but himself. Levy walked away, but when she did, Natsu's and Gajeel's morphers went off and alerted them of trouble. Both of them stopped what they were doing and answered.

"What's going on?" Natsu asked.

'There's an etherious attacking. You and Gajeel are the closest.' Mavis said.

"We're on it." Natsu said as the two of them got up and ran out. Levy saw Gajeel leave and without saying anything. She was getting fed up with his attitude.

"Magical Energy, Unleash!" Natsu and Gajeel morphed and went straight into Mystic Mode. They arrived at the location and saw Torafuzar there and he appeared to have been waiting for them.

"So you two are the Power Rangers." Torafuzar said.

"Cool! That guy looks like a walking shark!" Natsu said.

"That's bad news for us!" Gajeel shouted at Natsu. "Let's see what this guy can do. Mystic Iron Blast!" Gajeel shot out iron pillars, but Torafuzard endured each attack and the iron shattered. "Whoa! That didn't even seem to harm him."

"What's this guy made out of?" Natsu said.

"Is that all you got? Pathetic." Torafuzar said as he held out a blade on his left arm. He swung his arm and created a strong force that blasted both of them and did some damage to the building to the building behind them. Gajeel noticed an innocent old woman got hit as well.

"Oh no. That lady needs help." Gajeel said.

"Go help her. I'll keep you covered." Natsu said. Natsu charged right at Torafuzar and fought him off while Gajeel went to help the old lady.

"It's okay. I got you." Gajeel said as he carried her. Levy was driving by when she noticed Black Ranger helping that lady. Levy drove up to them.

"Here. I'll take her." Levy said.

"Thanks." Gajeel said as she helped the old lady in her car. "Get her to a hospital. She might be hurt."

"Right." Levy agreed and Gajeel went to help Natsu with Levy thinking he was so heroic, not knowing who was under the helmet. Meanwhile, Natsu swung his staff around to try fight Torafuzar, but it didn't seem like he was doing any damage. Gajeel jumped in and swung at Torafuzar, but that didn't work either.

"No way!" Gajeel said as he wasn't believing none of his attacks were working. Torafuzar pushed their staffs out of the way and gave both of them a strong punch in the chests and knocked both of them off their feet.

"This guy is really something." Natsu said.

"We better pull back for now. Nothing we're doing seems to be working against this guy." Gajeel said.

"I suppose you're right. We'll be back, tuna breath." Natsu said as they both got up and ran off.

"Run while you can. I'll bring you down soon enough." Torafuzar said. With such a strong defense, how can they beat this one?

…

Rangers' Base

"This guy was seriously strong." Natsu said as he and Gajeel reported back to the others and told them what happened. "He was as fierce as a shark and his body was like made out of steel. Nothing we tried worked against him."

"That sounds like a real problem." Sting said.

"How are we suppose to defeat someone like that?" Erza questioned.

"I could run an analysis and try to see if there's a weak point somewhere." Mirajane said.

"Good idea. If his defense is as strong as they say, we're going to need find some way to penetrate that defense." Mavis said. While they were trying to figure it out, Gajeel saw he got a message and it was from Levy.

"I've got to go. Levy says she needs to talk to me about something." Gajeel said.

"Ooh!" Natsu, Gray, and Sting taunted.

"Shut up!" Gajeel said.

"They're just teasing since Levy is your girlfriend." Rogue said.

"She's not my girlfriend! Is she?" Gajeel said as he wondered about that, but decided it was best to just leave.

…

Mystic Star

Levy met up with Gajeel at the Mystic Star. Gajeel placed an order for them and he was on his way to their table with a couple drinks.

"Here you go." Gajeel said.

"Thanks." Levy said.

"So what did you want to talk to me about?" Gajeel said. Levy looked a little nervous about this.

"This won't be easy." Levy said as she took a deep breath. "Look, Gajeel. I really like you and I thought you and I were going great, but I'm starting to think we're nothing more than friends and that's all we should be." Hearing that nearly caused Gajeel to choke on his drink.

"What?" Gajeel said. He was really starting to like Levy and this was not good for him.

"It just doesn't seem like there's anything between us." Levy said. "Also, I actually fallen for someone else. I know it might be silly because of who he is, but a girl has to hope."

"Well, who is this guy?!" Gajeel said.

"The Black Ranger." Levy said.

"Black Ranger! Thee Black Ranger, who in my opinion is the best out of all the rangers?" Gajeel said.

"Yeah. I'm really sorry, Gajeel, but I think friends is all we're suppose to be." Levy said as she grabbed her purse and just left. It was hard enough for Levy to say all that and she doesn't think she had much more to say.

"So she likes the Black Ranger, does she?" Gajeel said as he was forming an idea and probably wasn't going to go well.

….

Levy

Levy was walking through the streets after having one of the toughest talks she had.

"Excuse me, but you seem to be having some sort of problem." Levy looked down an alley and was met with Gajeel in his ranger uniform.

"Oh my gosh! It's really you!" Levy said as she was really happy to see him.

"Yes. A little rumor is going around saying you like me." Gajeel said.

"What? How did word get out already?" Levy wondered with her face becoming red.

"Don't worry about it." Gajeel said. "You see….I actually think you're a pretty cool girl myself."

"Really?!" Levy said as she felt so flattered to be complimented by an actual ranger. "But you don't even know me. You don't even know my name."

"I know it's Levy McGarden." Gajeel said. "How would you like to spend the whole day with a ranger?" Levy saw this was going to be the best moments of her life. Gajeel did just that. He took her on a little picnic, they took a stroll through the park, Gajeel even took her on a ride on his Magic-Cycle. Even though Levy doesn't know who is under there, she's already having the best moments of her life with him.

"Oh my goodness! This is the most fun I've had in a long time." Levy said.

"I'm glad you're enjoying yourself." Gajeel said as they kept riding along. What they weren't aware of was that Torafuzar was watching them.

"So the ranger has a little friend." Torafuzar stated as he was beginning to form an idea of his own.

…..

Rangers' Base

Gajeel actually looked happy. He hanged out at the base and looked over pictures of Levy and Black Ranger.

"I see that Black Ranger has a new friend." Mavis said and scared Gajeel a little since she came out of nowhere. "Gajeel, you know better than to use your ranger powers for personal reasons. Why are you doing this?"

"I know." Gajeel said. "It's just, for reasons I don't know, she just wants to be friends and I….I actually want to be more. For whatever reason, she likes me as a ranger."

"Yet she doesn't know you're him." Mavis said. "Gajeel, how can you expect Levy to be happy if she doesn't know it's you?"

"So what am I suppose to do?" Gajeel said.

"Why don't you start by asking why she chooses Black Ranger over Gajeel?" Mavis said. "If you really wish to be with her, you need to think of her happiness, even by putting it above your own." Gajeel thought about it and saw he hasn't really been doing that lately.

"You're right. I'll go talk to her." Gajeel said.

….

The Park

Levy met up with Black Ranger at the park and were taking another walk for them to get to know each other better.

"You've been so great and I don't even know who you are." Levy said. "Are you sure you can't tell me who you really are?"

"I'm afraid so. In fact, I need to talk about that." Gajeel said. "Levy, I think you're a great girl, but I'm afraid we can't go much further. I have my ranger responsibilities to think of and I might be putting you in danger because of this."

"Oh." Levy said as she was sounding like she was waking up from a dream and didn't want to.

"Don't be upset. Isn't there some guy out there you had your eye on?" Gajeel asked.

"There was one, but I don't think he would take a relationship serious." Levy said. "Every time I tried to hang out with him, he would rather do whatever the heck he was doing."

"Levy, sometimes guys can be real idiots and jerks and aren't even aware of it." Gajeel said as he saw the mistakes he made. "Maybe this guy wasn't aware of how big of a jerk he was, but you should at least consider giving him a second chance."

"Maybe. Anyway, I understand. You need to think about the city." Levy said. "I'll see you around." She said and left. Gajeel ran behind some cover and changed back.

"Just terrific." Gajeel said with sarcasm. He was about to leave when he heard her scream. "Levy?!" Gajeel ran off to try and find her. When he found her, he found trouble. "Levy!"

"Gajeel, help!" Levy called out as she was held by Torafuzar. Gajeel ran to help her. He jumped over and behind Torafuzar as he kicked him in the side. Torafuzar swung his blade at him, but Gajeel ducked under it and swung his foot in Torafuzar's head. He was able to grab Levy and got her away from him.

"Levy, you go get somewhere safe. I'm going to go get help." Gajeel said.

"Okay." Levy said as she ran off and left the two to each other.

"What's the big idea going after my girl?" Gajeel said.

"I knew if I went to her, I get to you." Torafuzar said. "Now that I have you, I won't let you escape this time."

"I don't intend on going anywhere." Gajeel said as he went to fight him. Torafuzar tried to hit him, but Gajeel kicked him in the chest, but none of the attacks he used has worked. Torafuzar grabbed him by the leg and tossed him down the road.

"Now to finish you!" Torafuzar said, but some energy blasts came and stopped him. Gajeel looked and saw all the other rangers showed up.

"Gajeel, are you alright?" Lucy asked.

"Yeah." Gajeel said as he stood back up. "A lot more than what this guy is going to be. Magical Energy, Unleash!" Gajeel morphed and was ready for action.

"Mira was able to find his weakness." Rogue said. "His scales are less thick around his stomach. We've got to aim for there."

"Tartaro soldiers, come!" Torafuzar ordered and the soldiers appeared. "Take them out!"

"Take care of the tin cans. Fish face is mine." Gajeel said. "Mystic Mode!" Gajeel went into Mystic Mode and both forces charged each other. Gajeel pushed through and went after Torafuzar. Torafuzar swung his blades down, but Gajeel held up his staff and tried to hold them back, but Torafuzar was starting to overpower him.

"Give up." Torafuzar demanded.

"No way!" Gajeel said as he spun out of the way and tried striking his staff, but was barely making a dent. Torafuzar smashed his arm against him and pushed him back.

"Iron can't defeat steel. You're efforts are all in vain." Torafuzar said.

"That's what you think." Gajeel said. "Mystic Iron Slash!" Gajeel formed a sword blade at the edge of his blade and slashed it against Torafuzar's stomach and it looked they were right. Torafuzar was in pain after getting hit there. "Looks like I got you!"

"Think again!" Torafuzar said as he swung his arms at him again, but Gajeel jumped back.

"You're done for!" Gajeel said as he jammed his staff against Torafuzar's stomach. "Mystic Iron Blast!" Gajeel blasted a barrage of iron against Torafuzar and it felt like getting hit by a train. Torafuzar couldn't hold on from all that power and fell back with him being destroyed.

"It would seem even a steel resolve can't hold up to you." Gajeel saw Keyes showed up.

"Where do you keep coming from?" Gajeel asked.

"Breath of demon and spirits of sake, make Torafuzar reawake!" Keyes unleashed his dark power and caused Torafuzar to rise again as a giant.

"Guys!" Gajeel called out as they finished off the soldiers.

"We got it!" Gray said.

"Let's bring him down!" Sting said. All of them called upon their zords and brought together the White Shadow Megazord and the Heavenly Magic Megazord.

"Let's see if two really is better than one." Torafuzar said. He swung both of his arms and the shockwave blasted against both of them.

"Whoa! Doesn't this guy's blades ever go dull?" Sting said.

"Let's wear them down." Erza said. They pulled out their sword and slashed their blades together. The White Shadow Megazord flew over them and swung the leg down in an axe kick.

"Time to finish this!" Gajeel said.

"White Shadow Flash Fang!" Sting and Rogue used their attack and blasted against Torafuzar.

"Heaven's Sword Strike!" The others used their attack and aimed right for Torafuzar's stomach and blasted right through him.

"Nicely done, but you will never defeat Lord Zeref." Torafuzar said as he fell forward and was destroyed with another victory for the rangers.

…..

Mystic Star

Levy and Gajeel met up one more time and had another talk. Levy was really impressed with what he did for her and it seemed like the two were better than how they left things.

"I'm really sorry about earlier." Levy said.

"You got nothing to be sorry for. I have been acting like a real insensitive jerk lately." Gajeel said. "I really would like to make things right. That is if you'll give me another chance."

"I would love to." Levy said as she held out her hand.

"Gajeel!" Natsu called out as he entered the room. "Ready to finish what we started?"

"No way. I got other engagements." Gajeel said as he took Levy's hand and went off with her and putting her before himself now.