Here's the next chapter! Hope you all enjoy!

July 7, X791

In one of the several sections of the capital, the mages of Phoenix Dawn continued to struggle against the crystalline dragon, Auraia. Every attack thrown at him, either at the crystals on his back or his regular dragon scales, seemed to have absolutely no effect.

"It's no use!" Melody said. "Those scales are too tough to break through!"

"Let's see how he handles this!" Frost shouted as she charged at Auraia. "Ice Dragon…"

Auraia chuckled. "Heheheh, what makes you think your attack will be any differ-"

"CLAW!"

Frost created a sharp claw made out of ice and swiped it at the large dragon just below its throat. The claw pierced through the scales a bit and left a few scratch marks along its body, causing the dragon to wince in pain a little.

"Frost's attack actually hurt it!" Spiral exclaimed.

"It's like that Natsu kid said!" Frost said loud enough for her guild mates to hear. "Our Dragon Slayer Magic is the only thing that can hurt these things!"

"You little bitch!" Auraia growled.

Auraia tried to crush Frost under his hand, but she leaped out of the way and completely avoided it.

"The hell's Jayden?!" Frost questioned. "Having another Dragon Slayer would be very helpful right now!"

"He's still healing." Azusa answered.

Aqua had a sudden thought and ran off in another direction.

"Aqua, where are you going?!" Hikari exclaimed.

"I have to get to Jayden!" Aqua called back while still running. "The more Dragon Slayers we have, the better!"

"Another one?!" Auraia's eyes widened in shock. "No, you don't!"

Auraia reached his large hand out to Aqua.

"Ice Dragon Frozen Fist!"

With her fist surrounded in ice, Frost jumped up and punched Auraia in the throat. The force of the blow almost knocked the wind out of Auraia, altering his breathing slightly and stopped his arm from reaching Aqua as she ran out of the dragon's reach.

"I know that magic!" Auraia said. "How does a human like you know Crysalis's spells?"

"So you know my Mom, huh?" Frost said.

"'Mom'?! She actually took in a human as her child?!"

"You have something against humans or something?"

"Humans are inferior to dragons, both in strength and magical prowess. It's only natural that we rule over them with an iron fist. Most dragons would eat them, but I'd call it a waste and a not very filling one at that. I'd rather have them cater to my every whim and worship me like a god!"

"Wouldn't that get boring, though?" Frost inquired with a tilt of her body and a hand on her hip.

"That damn Crysalis!" Auraia's body started shaking. "She would rather help humans and not ask for anything in return! And the humans revered her for it! And even then, she remains humble and refuses to take advantage of it! Just thinking about her really pisses me off!"

Auraia's claw was gripping the pavement so hard that it broke apart and dug up some of the soil underneath it.

"Oh, how your death will bring such agony to her…" Auraia grinned evilly. "I can already taste it!"

From the body of the dragon Future Rogue, Natsu and Lionel were on hundreds of eggs began falling to the ground, crashing into the buildings and sidewalks of the city. Within the eggs hatched human-sized bipedal silver dragons, all of their unseen eyes set on the wizards.

While White Valkyrie was still dealing with Talfos, the hatchlings flanked them from behind and were ready to strike. The only ones able to sense their presence were Momo and Leah.

"Behind us!" Momo shouted.

The other members of White Valkyrie looked behind them toward the hatchlings, just as Talfos was ready to swipe his massive hand against them. Before he could swing, he felt a powerful force pushing against his left jaw that caused him to recoil. Sora looked behind him at Talfos and saw something small and pink clocking Talfos in the face.

"Sakura?" Sora gasped.

Sakura had punched Talfos square in the cheek, her arm surrounded in cherry blossom petals Talfos reeled back from the blow and stumbled a bit as Sakura landed between him and the mages of White Valkyrie.

"I'll take care of this guy!" Sakura said. "You all get rid of the small fries!"

"Thank you, Miss Momohime." Kara bowed to her and turned back to her guild mates. "You heard the young lady! TO ARMS!"

As all five members of White Valkyrie charged at the hordes of hatchlings, Talfos recovered and leered at Sakura.

"Impudent child!" Talfos growled. "How do you wield the magic of dragons?"

"Fleuressca taught me everything I know about this!" Sakura replied with a smirk.

"So the Queen of the Forests took in a human as her successor… Interesting…"

"'Queen of the Forests'?"

"Queen Fleuressca is renowned all over the lands for her hospitality to all walks of life. She gave the humans bountiful harvests and nurtured the creatures of her domain as if they were her own children."

"Yeah, that sounds like Fleuressca, alright!" Sakura chuckled and smiled widely.

"I never cared much for the divide and prejudice between human and dragonkind. Many times she had tried to convince me to use my abilities to benefit the humans, but nothing changed my mind. And she he had quite a silver tongue."

"Enough talk!" Sakura put up her fists. "Let's fight!"

"If you had not said so, I would not have thought you were Fleuressca's disciple."

"Ahahahahaha!" Zirconis cackled heartily. "Now who should I eat first?"

Everyone looked at Zirconis, with Wendy looking at him more out of curiosity as the Jade Dragon stroked his beard.

"Zirconis… Do you remember us?" Wendy asked. "From the other night?"

"I highly doubt it." Carla said. "The Zirconis we spoke to was his long dead spirit."

"But…" Wendy looked down a bit sadly.

"You heard what Natsu said!" Carla raised her fist proudly. "Only Dragon Slayers can defeat dragons! Right now, the only Dragon Slayer here is you! So pull yourself together!"

"I got it!" Zirconis's voice boomed with excitement. "I'll eat you all in one bite!"

Zirconis opened his maw and a white light shot from it, the palace guards completely engulfed in the blast. Wendy, Lucy, Mirajane, Yukino, Kyo, Hisui, Arcadios and the Exceeds all ducked and the attack missed them, the screams of the soldiers ringing in their ears.

"That's not fair!" Happy said.

"Didn't he say he wanted to eat them?" Lily questioned. "Why's he incinerating them?"

There was a huge cloud of smoke surrounding the soldiers caught in Zirconis's attack, but when what remained of them became visible, the stragglers were utterly taken aback by what they saw.

"… I don't think he incinerated them…" Volt said.

All of the guards were completely naked, their armor and clothes nowhere to be seen. Wendy, Lucy, Yukino, Mirajane and Kyo looked at the soldiers with dumbfounded expressions, with the young Dragon Slayer clasping her hands over her mouth in shock and slight blushes on the girls' faces.

"Humans taste great, but clothes ruin that taste." Zirconis said. "So I got rid of them."

The guards all panicked and desperately tried to cover themselves with their arms.

"That's one way to beat an army." Mirajane placed a hand against her cheek. "How embarrassing."

"Your Highness, are you all right?" Arcadios helped up Hisui.

"Y-yes…" Hisui answered.

"How shamelss…" Darton said to his soldiers.

When they looked to Darton, Hisui immediately hid her face behind her hands so she wouldn't see the Minister in the buff.

"Minister!" Arcadios exclaimed.

The guards ran away from the embarrassment of their situation.

"Hmmm…" Zirconis pondered for a brief moment. "Come to think of it, I don't particularly like the taste of men. But women…" Zirconis smiled giddily. "They are delicious!"

Lucy squealed and cradled herself in her own arms.

"Was that… magic you just used?" Wendy inquired.

"Yes, it was!" Zirconis answered. "All dragons can use magic!"

Zirconis released a small puff of his previous breath attack that floated toward Lucy. When the breath cloud reached Lucy, her clothes instantly vanished and revealed her buxom and voluptuous figure to everyone around her.

"YAAAAAAAAAAH!" Lucy screamed while doing her best to keep herself covered.

Kyo was staring at Lucy's bare figure, his face completely pink and his mouth agape. Yukino motioned her eyes to him, closed them angrily and slapped her hand against Kyo's eyes to keep him from ogling Lucy any further.

"It also robs humans of their dignity." Zirconis continued smiling.

Wendy clenched her fist and her usual soft demeanor was now gone. "My magic… Will be the magic that defeats you!"

"Magic that will defeat ME?" Zirconis laughed at Wendy's words.

The Sky Dragon Slayer simply stared down the Jade Dragon.

"Clothes first!" Lucy yelled in a panic. "Somebody?! Clothes?!"

Zirconis grabbed Lucy with his large, scaly hands.

"Miss Lucy!" Yukino gasped.

"Lucy!" Happy flew after her.

"Put me down!" Lucy demanded angrily. "I don't want to die in the buck!"

Zirconis held Lucy near his face as she struggled to break free from his grip.

"Do you think you can take me down before I eat this girl?" Zirconis asked.

"Arms! Vernier! Enchant!" Wendy cast support spells on herself.

Mirajane also readied herself for a fight.

"I WILL defeat you!" Wendy said with resolution.

"Cheeky twerp!" Zirconis's voice boomed so loudly that it knocked Wendy, Mirajane, Yukino and Kyo to the ground.

Arcadios shielded Hisui from the force and stayed in place as Zirconis spread his wings and took to the skies.

"Ahahaha! Humans can't fly, so how will you reach me?" Zirconis boasted.

Zirconis proceeded to drop Lucy into his mouth, the nude blonde pushing herself against the dragon's teeth and claw as best she could so she wouldn't get eaten. Suddenly, Mirajane transformed into her Sitri form and tackled Zirconis straight in the jaw. Zirconis looked at her and smirked at the transformed mage.

"Didn't even feel it!" Zirconis said.

"Wendy, now!" Mirajane shouted.

Above Zirconis, Wendy was flying with the aid of Carla.

"Sky Dragon…" Wendy puffed out her cheeks. "ROOOOOOOOAR!"

A blast of wind struck Zirconis in the back of his neck, keeling downward from the attack and growling in pain.

"He felt that!" Carla said.

"You little…" Zirconis then tossed Lucy out of his claw and through the air.

"EEEEEEEEEEE!" Lucy screamed.

"Miss Lucy!" Yukino gasped.

"I'll save you, Lucy!" Happy gave chase after the flying Lucy.

"Thanks, Happy!" Wendy said before she turned her head back to Zirconis. "We'll take Zirconis!"

Wendy and Mirajane stared down Zirconis.

"… Any way your spirits could give me a lift, Yukino?" Kyo asked as he pointed at Wendy and Mirajane.

"Sorry…" Yukino nervously replied.

Natsu and Lionel were still battling Future Rogue on top of the dragon Motherglare.

"Come at me as many times as you want, it'll change nothing." Future Rogue said as he blocked both Natsu and Lionel's attacks with a shadowy swipe. "There are seven years of difference between us. I am much stronger than I was at the Grand Magic Games."

"Aaaaaaah!" A faint screaming could be heard in the distance.

Natsu and Lionel turned their heads to see a naked Lucy flying right at them at high speeds. Lucy crashed into Natsu and the two were sent falling into the city below. Future Rogue looked on in confusion as to what he had just witnessed while Lionel had a different train of thought going through his head.

*… Lucky bastard!* Lionel thought to himself. *Wait, why was Lucy flying naked anyway? … You know what? Don't question it. I better save her.*

Lionel looked around for the closest and tallest building he could find, leaped off of Motherglare and slid down the roofs to give chase after Natsu and Lucy. Future Rogue simply looked on as Lionel got away.

"… No matter." He said. "One way or another, he will die at the hands of a dragon."

A/N: Got this done before Christmas! After some criticism, I will be bringing Jayden into the fight. I hope you all have a Merry Christmas! Stay tuned for next time!