Natsu vs Erza
Natsu and Erza stared each other down, with the tension in the air so thick it almost made the area seem impassable. They were in a large underground ruin.
"Natsu," Happy said softly, from further back.
"Stand back, Happy," Natsu instructed, as his chest lit up, "I'm going to go all out here."
"Good," Erza said, as she re-quipped into her Flame Empress Armor, "I owe it to you to also go all out myself. Get ready Natsu, I'm going to fight harder than ever before!"
"Likewise!" Natsu said, as the two then sprung at each other. Erza's sword, and his fist collided.
(with Levy and Gajeel)
"Of literally all the people to bump into, I'd seriously prefer someone else," Levy said, making a face.
"Save it Shrimp," Gajeel answered, "Focus on who's in front of us!"
"I'd say the same," Bixlow said. For better or for worse for either of the teams, Levy and Gajeel had met up with Freed and Bixlow. Levy supposed that it could be far worse, they could've run into one of the S-Class mages. But of all seven other teams, they were among those Levy seriously did not want to meet.
"You going to do something, or will we have to make the first move?" Freed asked.
"Hell no!" Gajeel answered, "Iron Dragon's Harpoon!" He then fired a spear of iron at Freed, who easily avoided it.
"Baryon Formation, babies!" Bixlow ordered. HIs dolls then assembled, and fired at Gajeel. Acting quickly, Levy pulled out her pen.
"Solid Script: Wall!" she said. A wall appeared in front of Gajeel, blocking the attack. Freed then took the opportunity to launch at Levy again, as the girl managed to avoid the strike.
"Go easy!" she cried.
"You know I can't do that," Freed answered, "Dark Ecriture: Explosion!" He then sent several runes Levy's direction.
"Solid Script: Stone!" The letters solidified into solid iron, which blocked the explosion.
"Solid Script: Lightning!" Blasts of lightning shot at Freed, who created his wings, and avoided the attacks. Meanwhile, Gajeel and Bixlow continued their own duel.
"Iron Dragon's Roar!" Gajeel said, as he let out his breath attack. Bixlow avoided the attack.
"Line Formation!" The dolls came around to fire their attack. Instead of dodging, Gajeel decided to test their strength.
"Iron Dragon Scales!" The attack struck him, and while it caused Gajeel's heels to dig in, it didn't do that much damage.
"Wow, you're pretty good, Iron Man," Bixlow said.
"Not bad yourself Dolly," Gajeel answered with a smirk, "But 'not bad' doesn't fly in situations like these."
"That's good to hear," Bixlow answered, "I'd be disappointed if it were." With that, Team Levy, and Team Freed, continued their fight.
(with Elfman and Evergreen)
"For the record, I blame you for this," Evergreen said.
"But you are the one who chose this route!" Elfman protested.
"But you didn't try and protest!"
"Yes I did, you just didn't listen!"
"Oh its so cute!" Mirajane said, "You're just like a married couple!"
"We're not a married couple!" the two yelled together.
(with Mest and Wendy)
Wendy had come to the place with a good feeling. That feeling had evaporated when she saw Gray and Loke standing before them.
"Well this is going to go well," she said, with sigh.
"Let's do this, Loke!" Gray said, as he put his hands together.
(with Juvia and Lisanna)
"Looks like we got the easy one. We got luck on our side!"
"Juvia doesn't want to compete with her Gray!"
"Maybe you should've taken notes from Edo-Juvia."
(with Natsu and Erza)
"Fire Dragon's Roar!" Natsu breathed his fire at Erza, who easily avoided it. The Dragon Slayer then let into the air, and kicked down at her.
"Fire Dragon's Talon!" he said. However, Erza held up her sword, blocking it.
"That's not going to be nearly enough!" she said, "Re-quip!" She then summoned up a water sword, swinging it at Natsu, who managed to actually catch it.
"One sword isn't nearly enough to stop me!" he said.
"Have you ever known me to use just one sword?" Erza said. She then summoned up another several swords, and launched them at Natsu, who leapt back, and either dodged or deflected them.
"Fire Dragon's Blast!" He launched a ball of fire at Erza, who re-quippped into her Adamantine Armor, and blocked it.
"Re-quip, Heaven's Wheel!" She re-quipped into one of her signature armors.
"Dance of Twenty Blades!" Erza declared, as twenty swords rained down on Natsu. The Dragon Slayer's chest lit up, as Natsu breathed his fire. The heat of dragon flame was so intense it melted the swords. Natsu then charged Erza again.
"Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame!" He then brought down the attack on his friend, who avoided it.
"Re-quip, Morning Star Armor!" Erza said, "Photon Slicer!" She brought the two Morning Star swords together, and pointed them at Natsu, firing the massive blast of light at him.
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" He smashed into Erza, who blocked it once again. The red head couldn't help but cringe. She was starting to actually feel these. She then jumped further away.
"You've certainly got better," Erza said, smiling.
"I have the power to beat you now," Natsu declared, "I promised my son that his dad would be S-Class. What kind of man would I be if I broke that promise?" His body then flared up with his fire, gathering around him. Erza recognized that.
"So you're using this spell now," she muttered, narrowing her eyes, thinking So I'll have to face the power that beat Jellal, and Laxus. The fire then concentrated into Natsu's eye, and he opened to reveal the glow.
"Eye of the Fire Dragon!"
"You're using one of your ultimate techniques?" Erza said, smiling, "No Dragon Aspect?"
"I want you to survive the fight," Natsu said, "I'd hate having to tell Haru I crippled one of his godmothers."
"You're sure confident in your power, aren't you?" Erza asked.
"Hell yeah, I am!" Nat's said, with a grin, as he held up his arms, and formed his dragon fire cloak around him. He then took the air, and dove at Erza, breathing fire as he passed over.
"Re-quip! Black Wing Armor!" She managed to avoid the attack, before going up to face Natsu, swinging her sword at him. He caught it with his fire infused hand, before lashing his tail at her.
"Re-quip, Water Sword!" She swung her water weapon at her comrade, dousing much of the fire on him, only for it to flare back up again.
"It'll take much more than that to put out dragon fire!" Natsu declared, as his chest lit up again, but the glow then traveled from his chest to his arms, before going to his hands, causing them to glow as well. He then swung his hands at Erza, who dodged. Natsu's hands instead cut through the rock, as it melted right through. Fascinating Erza thought, narrowing her eyes, before grinning Time to take it up a notch.
"Re-quip, Flight Armor!" The girl charged at Natsu, using the speed her armor granted, as she elbowed him int he stomach. This caused Natsu stumble back, crashing him into the ground.
"Natsu!" Happy cried. Natsu sprung from the rubble.
"Fire Dragon's Wing Beat!" He beat his wings, sending a wave of fire at Erza. The girl re-quipped back into her Flame Empress Armor, as she spun her fire sword, dissipating much of the fire. Natsu then took advantage of this time to dart at her.
"Fire Dragon's Sword Horn!" Natsu slammed into Erza, sending her careening away. Erza wiped the side of her mouth, smirking.
"Impressive," she said, "To amend my earlier statement, you've gotten whole lot better."
"And again, I'm going to beat you!" Natsu said, his fire tail lashing behind him.
"We'll see," Erza said, as she returned to her standard armor, "But I've got to take this up to another level." She then held out her hands, as a glow began to form around them. Its time to give this weapon a test run she thought.
"Re-quip, Ten Commandments!" Erza said, bringing out her newest weapon. In the ensuing week, she had been practicing with this weapon on the island, and was now confident enough to use it readily.
"Isn't that the spear that that weird Edolas Erza used?" Natsu asked.
"It is," Erza answered, "She gave it to me when Edolas was losing all of its magic. Figured I would get more use of it than she would."
"Silfarion!" The Ten Commandments reformed into its speed form, and in an instant, was being Natsu, having slashed him. Natsu let out a cry of pain as he was knocked down to one knee. Erza drove the spear's head into the ground, as she looked at her opponent.
"Don't let a new power get the better of you," she said, "No matter how strong it is, there is always some way to beat it."
"Well that ain't it!" Natsu said as he got up, glaring at her, "I'm still going to beat you!" He then took to the air, folded his wings in, and spun towards where Erza was.
"Fire Dragon's Twister!" A swirling mass of fire descended upon Erza, who held up the spear.
"Rune Save!" The spear head then turned jagged, and green. Erza then cut through the fire, causing it to dissipate away.
"It sealed my magic!" Natsu said.
"This spear has an answer to almost anything you can throw at me," Erza said, holding her spear at the ready.
"Then I'll beat your spear along with you!" Natsu said, as he dove at Erza holding this fire claws at the way.
"Explosion!"
"Gravity Core!"
"Now….," Erza muttered, as she held the Ten Commandments at the ready. Natsu moved to brace himself, but was too slow.
"Dance of One Blade!" Erza struck him with a gravity infused attack, sending him flying him straight through the wall.
"No! Natsu!" Happy called, flying over to him. Erza panted, she was legitimately tired, more than she had ever been in a fight with Natsu.
"Try again next year," she said, as she straightened, "Next time you're victory will…"
"Oh shut up!" Natsu snapped as he rose out of the rubble, much to Erza and Happy's shock, "I'm not going let you beat me this time! I refuse to go down!" He then held up his hands, as his fire swirled around him.
"I will not break my promise to Haru! I will become S-Class!" he declared. The fire then began to take a distinct shape.
"This power…," Erza murmured.
"Dragon Slayer's Secret Art: Writhing Wyrm!" A massive snake-like creature with a dragon's head made out of fire launched itself from his hands, towards the red-head. In awe, Erza could barely move as it came at her. This power… has he… Erza then smiled, No, he's definitely surpassed me. The creature then clasped its jaws around Erza, and with a massive burst of flames, it consumed her. When the flames faded, it showed Erza still standing. Natsu panted, as he looked at her, ready to continue fighting.
"You… did good…. Natsu," Erza murmured, as she collapsed to the ground. All Happy could do was stare at the sight, of Natsu standing, and Erza collapsed.
"He did it," he said, "He finally beat Erza." Natsu then pumped his fists, and let out a triumphant roar, as his fire flared around him like a tremendous storm.
(with Lucy and Cana)
Neither girl could move, as they just stared, shaking in fear.
"Come on, am I really that scary?" Gildarts asked with an embarrassed grin.
Note: I figured with all the power ups Natsu has been getting, maybe its prudent for him to finally demonstrate his strength, and overcome Erza. Some people may not like that, but I think its appropriate. Besides, its not like he had an easy time. I also know that I sacrificed the scene between him and Gildarts, but I think the upcoming scene with Lucy, Cana and Gildarts will make up for it.
Sorry about not giving much attention to the fights with the others, but I figured we'd all rather watch the titular fight.
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